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Richcard Prendible, another neigh bor, pr John F. Walshs q priest. Did you talk with the doctor when he came downstairs?" asked Clark.
 "He asked me if Bill had been sick. said for the past six weeks he had not been feeling well. told him that l asked Bill to go to a doctor but he wouldn't. The doctor later called the medical examiner, who came to the house. Then Mrs
 Hoffman, (another neighbor) ar rived"
 "Did you go over to the Hoffman house after you found Bill?" Yes. I took the baby over and asked them to keep 1t for awhile because Bill was dead"
 Mrs Costello. while on the wit ness stand today, was sobbing one moment and cooly composed the next. So rapidly did she talk that she was frequently asked to repeat her mumbled answers. A court stenographer reported that the defendant was speaking at the rate of about 200 words per minute The attractive widows eyes, flashed and she made gestures with hel hands, as she recited her version oi events following discovery of hei husbands body.
 With the temperature soaring to- ward 90, the jurors were again in shirtsleeves, but Mrs Costello still wore the 1ong-sleeved jacket over
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pocketbook."
 "When you got to the top of the stairs, Mrs Costello, what did you seer" asked Clark. There was, long pause. Mrs Costello moved her lips but said nothing. Her eyes filled with tears. Finally she mumbled: 1T just got to the top of the stairs and saw Bill lying in the hall. I didn't touch him! I ran downstairs and: Katherine, Bill is lying in the hall. I think he is dead.'
 Then tried to get Dr Pomeroy (the family physician), but he wasn't in and then l tried Jack Purcell Ca neighbor) because I knew that he would know what to do if there was anything to do."
 She described the position of the body, saying it was lying near the bathroom, with the head near the top of the stairs.
 "Why didn't you touch the body?" Clark asked.
 Her reply. was inaudible and District-Attorney Hugh A. Gregg asked that 1t be repeated.
 "Because three years before," she said. T came home from the hospital and found my baby dead in the crib, and Bill had the same white look on him that my baby had"
 Mrs Costello told of the arrival at the house of Purcell and also
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General Johnson
 in Over His Head
(Continued from Page 1.)

dBO 4sy experts and clerks, and spread his office over a large part of the fourth floor of the, commerce building.
 There the temperature usually is in the high nineties. Electric fans circulate the humid air and make whirl winds of mimeographed pro- nouncements.
 All the offices, including John- sons are furnished with old desks and wobbly chairs left over from previous tenants. Few doors carry the names of the men who work behind them..
 That makes it difficult for the business men who hurry through the marble corridors seeking help in preparation of their codes. The story goes that one man from the far west hunted two days for the proper official finally found him, and then had to go through the process all over again the next day because half dozen offices had been moved overnight.
 The officials and their clerks get to work at a. m. Sometimes they are through at 9 D. m. They work all day Saturday. Ma / of them . labor through Sunday and fre- quently eat their lunches at their desks.
 Many of the men and the wom- en who formulate 35 and 40 hour week rules for industry stay on the job themselves 70 and 80 hours a week. When the temperatures get so hot they can stand it no longer they go to the basement, where the
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to the dignity that should accom- pany such an exalted movement. Here Is the situation in a nut-shella a We are in a situation really com parable to war. In many ways it has been worse than war. because in the case of war you can see and contact your enemy but in the case of this depression the enemy is intangible, invisible and invidious. There Is not an individual Or family felt the blighting effects in one way or another of this terrible depres- sion.
 Now. it is the idea of the ad- ministration at Washington and of our corps of workers here in Wa terbury that every individual has a stake in the recovery that we are trying to bring about. We are all soldiers together embattled against the common enemy. And there is not man, woman or child in Waterbury who cannot do some- thing to help. Remember that. And all that is needed to win this victory is that each person do his share. This does not mean neces- sarily that any great hardship or loss must be suffered by anyone. On the contrary, the plan is so sound economically and the whole nation is swinging into the move- ment so enthusiastically that we feel sure that the army of old General Depression will soon be completely routed.
 ''As was explained by President Roosevelt in his recent radio ad- dress. the first steps, of course, are being taken by the employers who employ two or more persons. They are signing up rapidly and in g. very few days I shall be able to announce the names of all who have signed the employers cove nant with the President of the United States and have thus sig nified their acceptance of the blanket code as to minimum wages and hours of employment. Those employers who enter the re- employment agreement with Pres ident Roosevelt, and I look for few if any slackers in Waterbury, will have the right to display the N. R., A. emblem as a badge of pa- and, if they so desire, to stamp 1t on their merchandise or other products. In fact, as President Roosevelt stated. they are urged to do 50.
 Let me emphasize this fact: This emblem will carry with II something of the same patriotic sentiment that we as Americans are pleased to accord to soldiers uniform or to the flag of the .na- ton. "Every citizen of Waterbury, therefore, can exert tremendous influence in this movement by | throwing as much help and SUD- | port as possible to those firms that, with fine patriotism, are en- titled to display this badge oi honor. Thus the whole communi-
 ty is being bound together in one
 great, sweeping movement which soon will put back to work every | unemployed working man and
 working woman in Waterbury. And
 we can all rest assured that while
 we are doing this here in Water.
 bury. every city. town and com
 munity in the nation will be do.
 ing the same thing"
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Mrs Costello Has
 Ended Testimony
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tions at the rate of 200 words per
 minute. the comedy widow had cat
 egorically denied the mountain or
 circumstantial evidence which the
 government contends is proof she
 killed Fire Captain William J. Cos
 tello with a heavy dose of cyanide
 February 17 last.
 "Did you kill your husband, Mrs
 Costello?" asked Chief Delense Counsel William c. Clark, abruptly after she had reviewed the cir- cumstances surrounding her nus bands death.
 No, sir. did not" she said firmly. "Yes, sir" Earlier today Mrs Costello had denied that she moved her nus bands body after death. The state has tried to show through expert medical testimony that Captain Costello did not die at the spot where his body. was discoyered In the upper hallway of his home. Too, the widow insisted that the only time she ever bought capsules was II months prior to her hus- bands death. A surprise govern ment witness had testified that the purchase was made only four months before Costello died. Through the testimony of med- ical experts, the government has sought to establish that Fire Cap tain William J. Costello did not die at the spot where his body was found, lying on it's back, in the upper hallway of his Peabody home last February IT.
 pr George Burgess Magrath, the states star medical witness, testi. | fled that livid spots on the fore parts of the body proved conclus- ively that Costello was not lying on his back when death came. 1t was pointed out that the livid spots would have appeared on the back, since blood gravitates to the
 lower portions of the body after death.
 "At any time from the time you First saw Bill in the hallway up to the time he was buried. did you eyer touch that body?" asked chief Defense Counsel William c. Clark. NO sir" replied Mrs Costello. :, "Did you in any way move that body in the hallway"
 'No, sir"
 Mrs Costello wore the same black ensemble she had on yesterday. but | with a fresh white jabot.
 :, Resuming her story from the point where 1t was interrupted yes | terday, when court adjourned early | because of the heat. Mrs Costello | told of using the mixture. of cyan ide of potassium and oxalic acid | for cleansing purposes at her home | the day her husband died.
 She used the mixture. she said | to clean all the brass in the livine | room and the dining room. and also the plates of all electric push buttons.
 She said she instructed Mrs | Katherine Simbolist, charwoman to finish her work downstairs and | then 70 upstairs and do her work there, being careful not to disturb Bill. who was ''still asleep"
 Mrs Costello told of the arrival
 of Mrs Nellie Ayres. candy sales. woman.
 "she asked me if I wanted to buy any chocolates" said the witness
 T told her I didn't want any be. cause I was too busy. but she said the doctors recommended it and it was rood for. children. So finail, IF told her I'd 70 upstairs TOT m,
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|Scorching Heat
 Has Been Licked
(Continued from Page 1.)

(Continued from Page 1.) in Hartford after coilapsing from the heat. At Darien Herman c. Gippert. 53, collapsed while wait ing on, tables in 8 restaurant and died.
 Frank Urban, 20, of Stratford, lost his life yesterday evening when he dove into a lake at Long Hill. He apparently was seized with cramps. Two friends saw him sink, rescued him and rushed him to a Bridgeport hospital. He was dead on arrival.
 The second drowning took the life of Arthur Molinaro, IT, who went down while swimming in Daubeeka Lake, on the summit of Wooster Mountain, near Danbury. Jimmy Van Ness, 15, tried to save him, became exhausted and was hauled from the water by his brother, Donald Van Ness, IA. John Burke, q state trooper from the
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Mayor Hayes Has
 Sounded Slogan
tContinued from Page l,

"After going over the situation with members of our local staff of workers, in addition to many en- thusiastic words of encouragement that have come to me from hum dreds of our citizens, following the announcement of my selection to head the drive," the mayor said to- day, T can say without equivoca- tion that Waterbury has lined up behind the president and Recovery Administrator Johnson with an arr dor and enthusiasm that could be born only of a movement of such deep patriotic significance.
 While we are going into this movement with whole hearted en- thusiasm, I want it distinctly un- derstand, however, that we are go- ing to carry out General Johnson's ideas to the letter in these two ways: There is going to be neither ballyhoo nor attempted coercion. This is great patriotic movement, and nothing will be done contrary
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Ridgefield barracks, collapsed after running two miles through the heat to telephone when he called the Danbury police for a pulmotor. His condition was reported not serious, however.
 Numerous prostrations were re- ported from all parts of the state. In Hartford several of the big in- surance companies dismissed their employees early both yesterday and Tuesday because of the heat. The same procedure was followed in the Cheney Silk Mills. in South Man chester, and at the Goodyear Rub- Der company plant in Middletown.
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Prominent Official Of Wolcott Leaves
 Estate To Relatives
Son and Wife Left Legacy and Share S5 Percent of Residue-Three Other Children Share Remain der of Estate = Deceased Was We'll Known in WOlCOtt and Waterbury

The will of Elliott Bronson for many years a prominent official in the town of Wolcott was admitted to probate court today by Judge Dennis J. Slavin. Mir Bronson died in his S2nd year on July 11th. 1893. He resided with his son, E. sidney Bronson, well-known pho- tographer.
 In the will it Is stipulated that E. Sidney Bronson and his wife, Clara, are to share a legacy of s1,O0O. Mir Bronson and his wife are to share 85 per cent of the residue of the estate, while the re- maining 15 per cent Is to be divid- ed among three other children of
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commerce department keeps cool
 and peaceful aquarium. There they commune for moment with the
 Japanese fan tail fish and the rain-
 bow trout. Then they hurry back
 to the gnrars fish bowl.
 Somtimes some of the clerks
 must go upstairs to the offices of Secretary of Commerce Roper. They like to do that because the secretary's magnificent suite has iced air, like movie palace. It
 also has soft lounges, beautifully paneled walls, silvered ash trays
 and magazines on all the end ta- l,Ins
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, the deceased. Ransom s. Bronson,
 Joseph M. Bronson and Esther
 M. Bronson of Wolcott.
 An explanation as to the divis-
 ion of the estate stated that the principal beneficiary, E. Sidney
 Bronson, did not enter a claim for
 a share of his mothers estate and
 had provided a home for his father, The late Mir Bronson was a na- tive of Wolcott and spent the
 greater part of his life as an active figure in the community's affairs
 He was an employe of the Tracy
 Brothers for a period of 40 years The Colonial Trust Company has been named executor of the estate
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commodated up to noon hour toe day.
 Thomas S: Cochrane of the Em- pire Sign company conferred to- day with Secretary Frank Green of the Chamber of Commerce on the matter, of having the local sign painters get together and adopt a code covering their par ticular line of work. As the na- tional sign painters association ex- poets to make several recommends tions within the next two weeks no definite plan was agreed upon here today. A meeting of local members will be held shortly.
 Although no official word has been received from Washington relative to the operation of local plants under the brass code, ofii- cials of the Scovill Manufacturing company, Chase companies and the. American Brass company have issued statements. They have en- dorsed the 40-hour week schedule and have made 40 cents an hour a minimum rate of pay. If the various plants have yet to benefit by the orders they will as soon as the necessary adjustments are made. The 40-cent minimum ap- plies to male workers.
 Increases as announced on July ne, 1888 have been cancelled, the officials stated and the employees will be formally notified of the changes in rates as regards to salary and hours.
 The first officials list of firms and industries of Waterbury which have signed the MIRA pledge and i,n oy%kv ( of Commerce office in New York Postmaster A. N. Colgrove. It will be posted for public inspection in the lobby of the post office.
 The firms which obtained in- signias since yesterday noon in- clude the following.
 The Lake Drug Co.
 Brass City Malt and Speciality Co
 Ben's Service Station.
 Rosa's Barber Shop
 The National Cash Register Co. Mccarthy Confectionery The Malcom Motor Sales Co. Fifth Avenue Clothing Shop
 Canal Lunch
 Grand Union Company
 Leavenworth Barber Shop
 W. R. Bull & Co.
 Fordham Clothes
 Nastri Bros, Inc.
 The Radio Shop, Inc.
 Butler Printing Co.
 A. Rosenfield
 w. L. Douglas Shoe Go.
 John Byron Coal Co.
 Joseph Krasow, Inc.
 Vito Sciascia
 Wenzel Motors, Inc.
 Meadow Auto Body and Radia- tor Co.
 sherman Tobacco Co.
 Gabrielle Sciarra
 Bon Ton Cleaners
 Simpsons Market Joseph Ferris Antonus r. National Biscuit Co.
 Sanitary Barber Shop
 Sanders
 Jacques Barber Shop
 The Waterbury Mutual Loan Association, Inc.
 Joseph Coppella
 PhiPs Barber Shop sa
 The Wooster Bird Shop
 Salvatore De Simone
 w. H. Lowe Co.,, Inc. A l Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
 L. Bamberger Salvatore Foti Goldberg's Kosher Market | L.. K. Stevens |. Frank Polletta
 Michael Cardoza Ridgewood Drug oCo. Lamont A. Hall of this city was I chosen president of the Connecticut Wholesale Fruit and Produce Asso- citation at a meeting held yesterday in Hotel Garde, New Haven. The association voted to operate under a temporary code, with a working schedule of 52 hours, which Is a decrease compared to the previous
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GRIEVE, BISSET & HOLLAND, Inc. s''i's. e'Aa
her hIa clr crepe Iresg.

her black crepe dress.
 She described the arrival of Po- liceman Edward J. McMahon. so- called "kiss and tell cop" who claims to have been her secret sweetheart, though she herself tes- tified yesterday there never had been any intimacies between them. "Did you talk with Ed the morn. ing of Bills death?"
 "Yes. I said Bill was gone. He asked me what meant. l said he was dead. He asked If there was anything he could do and told him to come over."
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QUIV BRING
 NERV ES

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 Vegetable Compound When you are just on edfs :. when you can't stand the ehtl. dren's noise i. when everything is a burden when you are irrl- table and blue try this medt. cine. 98 out of 100 women report benefit.
 It will give you just the extra energy you need. Life will seem worth living again.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Marriage Licenses.

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Tenth street southeast: Rev. H. NJ B.
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ses sI ss sas w. w. JUDGE GsfE'i:
both a. ., sne .5s s sss M1;ss .4:s
cas1fs Wood and as Heen smsh g.
Central avenue northeast: Rev. K W.
Henry Dukes. 81. 7so Columbia road, and
Rev c. L. Smallyood rs
'0nn Mary y r Gocch is. Chapel Hill. N. C.;
T9V' Williams. III an "A. and Lucille R. Gresorie.
90. both Of Richmond. Va; Rev. John G.
Daniel Berry. 81. Chicago. and Jean NJ.
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Evening star., 1933-12-10
CUSHING FUNERAL
RITES TOMORROW
Electrical and Ordnance En-.
gineer to Be Buried in
Rock Creek Cemetery.

Funeral services for the late Samuel
Dewey Cushing, electrical and ordnance
engineer, will be held at o'clock to-
morrow in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr..
Cushing died in New York Thursday.
Mr.. Gushing was born May 16, 1870,
at Austin, Tex. He was the son of the
late Brig. Gen. Samuel Tobey Cushing
He was graduated with a degree in me-
chanical engineering from Lehigh Uni
versity in 1892. and entered the Edison
electrical works at Schenectady. NJ Y,
after which he was appointed engineer
in charge of the electrical works at
Sycamore. ILL.,, near Chicago Later he
came to Washington and was associated
with the Southern Railroad, installing
the block signal system.
He then went into partnership with
John Semple, a classmate, in the man
ufacture Of special ordnance. of which
the best known were the Semple shell
tracer and centrifugal fuse, used by
the American forces in the World War
After his retirement from active busi-
ness he lived at Shippan Point. near
Stamford, Conn, although maintaining
ar Office as consulting engineer in
New York He was interested in music,
theatrical productions and yachting.
Honorary pallbearers Will be Col.
William M. Morrow, U. s. A.; Reeve
Lewis. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, j. DuBose
Ferguson. Brig. Gen. George F. Downey.
Col. Goodwin Ordway, Brig Gen. Charles
w. Kutz, Brig. Gen. Frank r. Keefer.
Brig. Gen. Alfred T.. Smith and Col.
]. r. R. Lands
Mr.. Gushing is survived by his moth
er. Mrs. Samuel T. Cushing, and sister.
Miss Sarah K. Gushing of Washington;
the widow, Mrs Samuel D. Gushing Of
New York and Shippan Point, Conn:
son, John Dewey Gushing of New
York, and daughter-in-law. Mrs. John
Dewey Gushing of New York.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
EX-P0L|CE CAPTAIN
EXP|RESAT HOME
Edward ]. Keefe Became AT.
fiIiated With Department
Al Years Ago.

Edward j. Keefe, former captain Of
the eighth police precinct. died today
at his home. 1408 Spring road Mr..
Keefe. who was rs years old had been
in poor health for several years, but
did not become seriously Ill until Thurs
day.
Born in Washington, he became
affiliated with the Police Department
Al years ago and rose through the
various grades to the rank Of captain
before his retirement in June, 1928
Most of his police work was in the third
precinct but he also saw service in the
seventh before going to No. 8.
He is survived by his widow, Teresa;
a son, Edward ]. Keefe, jr., of New
Mexico. and three daughters, Margaret
T. and Nellie Keefe and Mrs. Frances
C. Frttch. all of Washington. Funeral
arrangements are being held up pend
ing the arrival Of the son.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Garna uf Thanks

BENJAMIN, MARY v. We wish to thank
our many friends and neighbors for their
kindness, sympathy and beautiful noral
offerings upon the bereavement OF our be-
loved one MARY v. BENJAMIN.
MRS. 8. v. BENJAMIN AND FAMILY.
CAYWOOD, SARAH JANE. wish to ex-
press my appreciation and sincere thanks
to doctors, my relatives. friends and good
neighbors for their loyal kindness TO my
devoted mother SARAH JANE CAYWOOD,
during her sudden death
LOVING DAUGHTER, ALICE.
MCCOY, EDWARD L. We wish to express
our appreciation and deep gratitude TO
relatives and friends for their kindness
and sympathy and beautiful horal oher-
ings and automobiles at the death OF my
beloved husband and our dear son. Ed
NELLIE r. Mccoy. EDWARD A. AND
NELLIE O. MCCOY
MOORE. OSCAR H. I wish to express my
appreciation and deep gratitude to my
relatives and many friends, who so loyalty
rendered service and sent Moral tributes
at the sudden death Of my dear, devoted
husband OSCAR H. MOORE.
BLANCHE A. MOORE. TO-
THOMPSON. LAvINIA e. I wish to express
my appreciation and deep gratitude TO my
relatives and friends who so Loyalty rem
dered service and sent floral tributes AZ
the death Of my beloved sister. LAViNlA
e. ELEANOR NICHOLS. .
Evening star., 1933-12-10
1tt Mrn1nrtat,..

CRAWFORD. EMMA. Ir loving y.n.r.
prsnce OF dear wife and mother. EMMA
SRAWF0hD. who died one year ago. De-
"A loving one from US has gone.
voice we loved is stilled;
place IS vacant in our home
winch never can be filed
happy home We once enjoyed.
sweet the memory still:
6uL Death has left q vacant chair
This world can never hll.
THE FAMILY.
FOWLER, CHARLES. In sad but loving re-
memprance Of my dear SON CHARLES
EOWLER; who departed this life four
years snd two days ago today. December
some may think have forectten
Ano the wound is nearly healed
6uI little they know the sorrow
mat lies In my heart concealed
MOTHER. MRS. MARIE FOWLER.
WARE. HATTIE. In sad but loving re-
memhrance Of my dear mother. HATTIE
WARE. who departed this life seven years
ana 1, seven days ago today. December 8,
No one knows the silent heartache
Only those who have lost can tell
o1 the grief that is borne in silence
For the one ! loved so well
HER DAUGHTER, MRS. MARIE FOWLER,
Evening star., 1933-12-10
CHURCH DELEGATES GIFT
ORGAN AT CEREMONIES
Mary Lewis, Donor, to Sing
Before Notables at
Services.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 9.-An organ
given to the Church Of the Holy Cross,
one OF the city's oldest churches. by
Mary Lewis. opera singer, and her hus-
oand, Robert L. Hague, vice president
OF the Standard Oil Co., will be dedi-
Gated tomorrow night by the Right Rev.
James =. kearney, Roman Catholic
bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Miss Lewis will sing at the dedica-
tlon. Rev. Joseph H. McCaffrey, pastor
OF the church, will conduct the serv-
ices.
Those who have accepted invitations
to be present include Former Gov.
Alfred E. Smith and Mrs. Smith: Col,
william Donovan, Republican candi-
date for Governor in 1882, and Mrs.
donovan. and former Mayor and Mrs.
Joseph v. Mckee.