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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

tCOntInuGu IdbG AsJ captured. Alcorn was arrested the following day in Chicago. Sankey announced his intention to com- init suicide when arrested.
 Federal officials who were in charge of prosecuting Sankey, moved today to bring Alcorn into court to plead guilty. They like wise prepared to prosecute Mrs. Fern Sankey and other persons who will be charged with viola tions of the Lindbergh anti-kid- naping law.
 United States District Attorney Alof Eiden did not reveal the names of other persons to be pros- ecuted.
 The roundup of Boettcher's kid- napers began March z, 1888, with the arest of four suspects, Carl w. Pearce and Mrs. Ruth Kohler; Arr thur Youngberg, Kimball, s. D.; Mrs. Sankey and Mrs. Ruth Koh- Ter, Denver, were indicted on kid- naping charges. Pearce and Young berg pleaded guilty to their parts of the abduction.
 Pearce was sentenced to 26 years in the Colorado state penitentiary and Young received Q 16-year sentence. Pearce was said to have acted as contact man and Young berg as a guard at Sankeys Kim ball ranch.
 The indictments against the women were not prosecuted. All named Sankey as leader of the gang and Alcorn as his aide.
 Hankey lost his bravado after his arrest in Chicago. It was re- ported he planned to plead guilty and accept 6 life sentence. He pleaded that his wife be treated with leniency.
 Despite Sankey's denials of com- plIcity in the Iindbergh kidnapping, federal agents compared his hand- writing with notes in the Lnd- bergh case and sought to check telephone calls that were made from his ranch at Pierre, s. D., to New Jersey the day of the Lind- bergh Kidnapping.
 sankey had been living in Chl- cago under an alias for several months before his arrest. Agents tralled him through . letter mailed In South Dakota. They watched him and when no entered n barber shop an agent stuck q gun in his face.
 "Ali right. you've got me-" Han- key said. taken by surpriBe. I'm Verne Hankey. all right"
 gnnkey had fOur-dny growth Of beard on his fnco. iI0 had als lowed it tn grow because hla face was sore from having three moien removed in an oif0rt Co {, remove
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SENATE ORDERS | AN ARREST MADE
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(Continued from Page 1.) that in his opinion MacCracken had shown a "contemptuous disre- gard" for, the senate's inquiry.
 MacCracken directly challenged the power of the senate to impose punishment for acts "already com pleted" and held that, under su- preme court rulings. the courts alone had such power.
 He cited supreme court rulings to the effect that the congressional bodies could only force compliance with their orders when needed to reserve the legislative power. Their authority, he charged. extended only to the point of defending the legislative function by compelling compliance with their orders.
 "The court has held that punish ment for completed acts is a judi clal Junction." MacCracken's let ter said.
 gro appear would give assent and voluntary aid to violation of my constitutional rights" he added.
 Therefore I respectfully decline to appear.
 The dramatic move of the central figure in the contempt proceedings which the senate was to hear to- day was interpreted by those pres- ent as indicating that he had chos- en to take his fight to the local courts.
 MacCracken's communication in- cluded a long statement which he said he intended to read had he elected to appear.
 It was defense of his conten- ton that documents in his office relating to negotiations with a number of major airline companies were privileged between a lawyer and his clients, and under the law. could not be drvulged without waivers from the clients involved. "There is no such thing in my office," the statement said, Gas an airmail or ocean mail contract hle,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Romance Soon Withers

will be cabinet ministers for the first time.
 Troops Respected
 The soldiers, symbols of the re- public where the police were but irritants to the rioters of Tues day and Wednesday, came in an- swer to the proclamation of q 24- hour general strike next Monday bv united labor unions. They were from the provinces, brought to reinforce the troops of the Paris garrison.
 Infantry, cavalry, artillery, mo- torized dragons, they marched In with the familiar efficient swing of the French soldier.
 As the troops came into town, Doumergue arrived at his office in the Briand room of the foreign office, at 8:30 a. m. and began tele- phoning public men, consulting them preparatory to drafting his final cabinet list.
 Andre Tardieu, right wing leader who was q bitter critic of the late Daladier government, and Is one of the nine former premiers from whom Doumergue selected his DTlHClpdl dluc5J NloitNN bhc pA ~'P~~ tive premier at 10 a. m.
 The strike Monday, called in pro- test against the possibility of a dictatorship under the coalition government Doumergue was form ing and which he expected to com plete to-day, bade fair to be Wide- spread.
 The government began bringing G..4 ,tt and faGh- nicians to insure water and electri- city during the strike, fearing that darkness in the streets at night might encourage commuhists and royaIists to riots and arson.
 Tardieu, leaving the foreign of- flee after his talk with Doumer- | guc, said:
 "I am most hopeful that the crisis is near solution" Albert Sarradt another former premier, was next. He said later:
 We shall know the solution within few hours" Then Doumergue received Adrion | Marquet, leader of the Neo-social- ists who broke from the socialist party to support the Daladler gov ernment. Later former Minister of Finance Germain Martin was called in.
 It seemed probable that Jean Chlappe, whose dismissal as per feet of police led thousands of or- dinary taxpayers to join in the riots, would be restored to offlce promptly. Several former premiers were understood to base their ac- ceptance Of cabinet posts on the popular Chlappe's reinstatement.
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(Continued from Page 1) cember to draw check payable to each member of the board of al- dermen for the amount of $100 to partly recompense them for their attendance at special and ad- journed meetings convened by him during 1893 in addition to the reg ular sessions.
 This amount was merely nom inal sum which, Mayor Hayes stat ed, he hopes, with the return of normal times, he will be able to see increased substantially. The attitude of the mayor on ths question is concurred in by chief executives of m ny cities throughout the country and will certainly be pleasant news, 1t IS felt, to the people of Waterbury who have felt for some time that their legislative body should be paid.
 Hartford May Pay Salaries
 The Hartford board of, alder men Is now considering an annual salary of $1,000 for each of it's members. In many cities through out tho country all city board members are paid.
 At the present time President Peter Griffin Is the only menfber of the board of aldermen paid. He receives $750 annual salary, minus the general cut instituted the yenr before last. It is felt that if tho president Is paid the other members should be. The momberH of the board of works are all paid $500. annually. 4,
 Eventually it is possible that nli local board members will Do paih n nominal sum. In thls way, It " felt, there will De a tendency to at- tract subalantiai citizens to tho narviee of the municipality,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

film Tarzan. Married Oct 8, 1893, their temperaments clashed before the match was three months old. "I guess it's Hollywood" says Lupe. we fight all the time"
 And it's final, according to the fiery little lady from the south of the Rio Grande. Johnny said nothing--just packed up and left. Second for Johnny
 It was his second failure in the marriage line, his first wife be- ing Robbie Arnst, musical comedy actress, from whom he was d. vorced in 1892.
 Tn practically all the marriages which included screen celebrities in 1883, one or both of the prin- cfpals had had at least ono di- Vorce.
 Adrienne Ames and Bruce Cabot took the plunge into matri- mony just 24 hours after the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
FAMILY PUZZLED

Winsted, Conn, Feb. 9-UP) -'rhe family of William Newett, G8, q special policeman Tor 28 years. today wns unable 10 explain his suicide last night by shooting himself through tho head in his bedroom. lle appeared to be In good health and apparently had no worries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

Identification marks. In his pocket agents fould three pills. He told his captors they were poison.
 T had q feeling that the govern ment was closing in on me-" he said." know I could never stand 1t to live in jail, so I got the pills and planned to take them rather than be arrested"
 Melvin Purvis, head of the Chi cago Bureau of Investigation of the U. s. Department of Justice, said Sankey's suicide "does not change the status of the Lindbergh case" He declined to say that San- key had been absolved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

addition, IS formal separations, of which some, at least, are certain to end in divorce.
 Of the 80 persons married, Is were divorced and married again within the same year.
 Five of the newlyweds plighted their troth for the fourth time; eight for the third tina; 16 for the second.
 Five screen actors and actresses simply couldn't wait and hunted up preacher before their separa- tions from former helpmates were legal. There had to be "re-takes" on those ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
By LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

THEY marry in Hollywood But they divorce often.
 Incredible it may seem, amid all the hulabaloo about the perous condition of matrmony in the film cap ta figures for 1888 show that for every ten marriages that took place ter seventeen dvorces granted it's resi- dents And 1884 off to flying start in the direction
 of Johnny Wessmuler,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
SIGN BALKAN TREATY

Athens. Feb. 9--(Up) Foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey, Jugo- Alnyla ma HOumnnla 4Ddny algnsd the Balkan treaty, guaranteeing progoryntion 0f existing frontiers for i've yenFp,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

where two years earlier Eleanor married Rex Lease of the films.
 Doris Kenyon, whose marriage to Arthur E. Hopkins, New York real estate broker, was called one of the "most romantic" of last June, soon sued for divorce, her petition stating that she separated from Hopkins one month and "A days after their marriage because he criticized her and complained about her stage and film work un- til her health was impaired.
 
 Some Startling Figures
 It's all quite in line with the Hollywood tradition. Here are q few statistics:
 There were 40 marriages of mem bcrs of the film colony during the last year, 50 divorces and, in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
MARRIED IN LONDON

London. Feb. 9-(UP)--Cary Grant and Virginia Cherrill, motion picture actors, were married to- day at the Westminster Register office.
 They took a boat train for Ply mouth and will sail together to the United States,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

 came the wedding of Miss Ames and Cabot at Carlsbad, N. M.
 Ruth Chatterton and George Brent, who have played the hero inc and hero roles In so many screen dramas, had the knott tied with as little delay after Miss Chatterton's marriage to Ralph Forbes came to legal end.
 The Chatterton Pores divorce was one of the most polite on rec ord. While the actress went to Europe, Forbes went to Reno to take care of the unpleasant de- tails.
 As Miss Chatterton said she had only three months vacation and didn't feel' she should spend it getting divorce
 One day after the decree was granted she and Brent married.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

needy of Waterbury this morning seeing tO it thnt they were kepi adequately supplied with fuel huf. feFinR among inc needy, naverfhes less, was great.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

vorccd in 1927 by Nina Bayon, former Follies girl.
 Ricardo Cortez's recent mar riage to Mrs Christine Lee, New York society woman, which took place at Phoenix, Arlz., was the second for both bride and bride groom. Cortez's first wife was Alma Rubens, screen star, who died in 1881.
 When Mary Duncan became the bride of "Laddie" Sanford, noted polo player, it was her second trip to the altar. She was divorced two years ago from Lewis Woods. Romance Soon Withers
 Titan haired Eleanor Hunt and her new husband, Dr Frank S.. Nolan, went to Las Vegas, Nev, Tor their wedding-the same city
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
And Then a Divorce

Adrienne, comparative new conner in pictures, no doubt appreciated the advice the leading man could give her. Business kept Ames in New York Q large part of the time, but whenever he was free he hurried to Cali fornia for more of those jolly even- lngs.
 Then, early last fall, 1t was an- nounced that the Ameses would experiment with trial separa- ton" which eliminated in q Reno divorce. On the day following
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Wrong Aaniage3"-4rtick No 5 Marriage In Hollywood Just "Slip-On"
 They Step Out, Step In, Step Out Again
Seventeen DivOrces for Every Ten Trips
 To Altar Is Astounding 1933 Mark

is the of dx "What Wrong with Mar and marital by Blond" Love-" nd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09

decree from stephen Ames. Be- fore that the beautiful Adrienne, her broker husband, and Cabot had been seen together frequently at night clubs and public func- tons.
 They went everywhere, the throe of them, and both Ames and Mrs Ames declared, Bruce Is our mutual friend"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
Harlow Weds Third

Jean Harlow's marriage to Cameraman Harold Rosson was her third. She was divorced from her first husband, Charles r. Me- Grew. Her marriage to Paul Bern, the director, ended with his tragic death in 1O32. Rosson was di-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-09
BANDIT SANKEY
 HANGS HIMSELF

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Some Startling Figures :.
MIME DOUMERCUE
 ASKS FOR PEACE

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ALDERMEN MAY
 DRAW SALARIES

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Merchant manifestation Mar quet, Neo-socialist leader.
 Agrlculture-Francois Pietri.
 National education-Yvon Dcl-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22

Considerable complaint is being
heard about the division of men and
projects under the CWA in this end
Of the county. While it is true, APP
parently, that the Kennewick division
of the quota allotted to the county has
been secured, the projects being push
ed have been in the other end of the
county. The Horn Road project, for
instance, has secured a greater por-
ton of the workers than its import
ance would justify. Further, the road
itself, when and if completed, will di-
vert traffic from this section and will
work to the disadvantage of this dis
trict. The general opinion seems to
be that County Commissioner Perry
is playing politics in the matter.
Rumor has it that County Chair
man Walt Sommers of the Welfare
Board, now serving as postmaster at
Prosser, has his eye on a county of
flee. The fact that this end of the
county has supplied men to work, on
Prosser projects seems to be indica-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22

available for government service.
They are built; they are ready, and
the government can command them.
Besides, if there be war, the indus
tries concerned will have plants and
equipment and plans. Production of
ships and planes for war can go for
ward at wartime speed. Thus, say the
subsidy advocates, subsidies for air
mail and for ocean mail actually are
for defense of the realm in their full
effect.
Then, there is the question of Amer
lean predominance in the field of
commerce. Other nations substitute
their shipping, their air craft indus
try. It is only by use of the subsidies
which means paying more for the
service than it actually is worth, can
we keep pace with foreign nations in
those two fields.
AS matter of cold fact, the use of
subsidies is the reason why the Amer
lean air craft industry has grown and
now equals or exceeds the same in
dustry anywhere else in the world.
As a further matter of fact, the use
of subsidies has kept a good deal of
American shipping alive and, there
by, has kept American exporters from
falling into the clutches of foreign
shipping companies who would have
no competition in numerous routes
were the Americans to withdraw.
Those who attack the subsidies,
however, claim they constitute vile
discrimination. They allege them to
be unjust use of taxpayers money,
because they suck cash from the
treasury that should be used for gen.
eral purpose Of government.
Further, it is the claim of subsidy
opponents that such payments pro-
duce monopolies, drive out domestic
competition which might not fall
within the formula for subsidy pay
ments. Generally, the opposition
claims that subsidies add to the
strength of the rich and the taxpay-
ers carry the burden. This extra
load, the figures show, amounted to
$54453, 900 in the last five years.
AS far as can see, and have done
considerable research work on the
question, the arguments of neither
side are infallible. Each side, in sup
porting its view, is not wholly mott
waited by utilitarian or nationalistic
sentiment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22

Unless reasonably certain outlet
for produce raised in this community
can be secured, the settlement Of the
Highlands and valley lands will ever
remain problem. With an outlet as
sured the problem dwindles and the
valley will enter upon an era of COM
parative prosperity. This is the big
gest function Of the new cannery
which will open here this spring.
From this standpoint the cannery
will become one of the most import
ant projects in the district. Here is
an institution which everyone, farm
er and businessman alike, can whole
heartedly support. Mr.. Brownell's
venture should receive every possible
aid toward it's success.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22

We have no idea what Walter Som
mers of Prosser, chairman of the
county welfare board, was doing on
Tuesday evening. But we'll wager
that he was spending an uncomfort-
able evening if that old saying about
ears burning when being talked about
is true. The council "panned" Mr..
Sommers right. Indignation at his
boards actions was high and unless
immediate relief is granted to the
city's street projects, the council
plans to start another investigation.
The council feels as strongly over this
matter at the congress did about the
air mail scandal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22
Tarred With Same Stick
National Topics Interpreted

Washington-H I read the signs
correctly, neither the Democratic nor
the Republican party is going to be
able to do any shouting in the cam
paign next fall about the graft and
corruption that has taken place while
the other party is in power. The
clothing of each party bears indelible
stains on that score, and if one could
overlook the serious character of the
malfeasance that has taken place,
there might be occasion for a laugh.
That is to say, neither party can
point the finger of scorn at the other
and plead purity before the voters.
just as Senator Black of Alabama,
a Democrat, head of a senate investi-
eating committee, turns up some "pay
dirt" in digging into fraud in the
award of ocean mail and air mail con-
tracts under the Hoover administra-
ton, a District of Columbia grand
jury turns out indictments charging
fraud in the award of contracts for
the purchase of millions of dollars
worth of motor trucks for the army
under the Roosevelt administration.
Actually, the disclosures came within
"a hours of each other, although nat
urally the Black discoveries were of
incidents that took place about two
years ago. It does not change the pic
ture, however, from the political
standpoint. Each party has found
slime in it's own household, and neith-
er can deny it before the voters next
November.
In addition to the motor contract
fraud charges that the Democrats
must explain away, there have been
numerous cases throughout the coun-
try of petty graft in connection with
Civil Works administration affairs.
None of these have been of more
than local consequences in that they
usually involve only one or two per-
sons hardly known outside of their
own communities, but they have made
mn in numbers that which they lack
in size. And from the partisan stand
point, they constitute the basis OF
trouble for the party in power when
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22
Take Themselves Seriously

have always held the conviction
that each Of us, as an individual, is
and can be no more than just one Of
the teeming millions inhabiting this
old earth, and, holding that belief, !
never have thought that any of US
ought to be impressed with his own
Importance. In other words, "don't
take yourself too seriously" But my
philosophy of life apparently is not
shared by members Of congress. Most
of them do take themselves seriously,
very seriously.
In proof of my statement, permit
me to call attention to small uproar
that was created among several men,
bers of the house of representatives
because officials and staff of the
Farm Credit administration failed to
do a hop, skip and jump when the
house members sought something or
other from the credit administration
offices. The house members became
SO wrathy that they decided they
wanted to investigate the credit adj
ministration.
The rules committee of the house,
the committee that really determines
whether proposals for action by the
house shall ever get before that body,
had DR.. William I. Meyers, farm
credit administrator, before it. Doctor
Myers was told that there had been
numerous charges of graft and irreg-
ularity in credit administration af-
fairs and the house members were
trying to decide whether to delve into
them. In the midst of this discussion,
Representative O'Connor, New York
Democrat, burst forth with what the
newspaper correspondents seemed to
think was the real reason for the
flareup about credit administration
affairs.
The main reason we are consider
ing an Investigation" said Represent
alive O'Connor, lis because we have
trouble with farm credit officials
whose salaries we appropriate and
whose jobs we create, and who think
we have no control over them"
The New York representative call
ed the credit administration ssthe de-
partment that sneers at congress-
men," and Representative Carpenter
of Nebraska, also Democrat, said
he had tried to get an appointment
with Doctor Myers but had failed 70
get by the administrator secretary.
At this point, Representative Werner
of South Dakota, another Democrat,
chimed in with an observation that
when you go down to the Farm
Credit administration, they laugh at
you"
Doctor Myers denied any intent IN
his part or on the part of his staff to
snub members of congress, but the
representatives certainly felt they
had been snubbed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-02-22
PLAYING Politics

While it is no grief of mine wheth-
er member of the house or senate
wants to have everybody kotow to
him, continue to be a friend of the
executive branch of our government
and that friendship results from many
years of observation of it's capacity
to get things done. The records of
congress through the. years show dis
tinctly, as far as / am concerned, how
few times it has risen up to the full
measure Of the country's demands
upon it. It has persisted in playing
politics." and the amount of dema-
goguery that is printed in the Con-
gressional Record each day is enough
to choke several of the best cows in
the neighborhood. And, under present
conditions, am moved to ask why,
It these house members and senators
are so important, they obey the party
whip and do as they are told every