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Evening star., 1934-01-17
THE original of the Declaration
of Independence is not the beau
tifullv enproSSed and signed copy

of Independence is not the Deau-
tifully engrossed and signed copy
On exhibition in the Library Of
Congress- 1t is, rather, printed
sheet. also in the possession OF the ma
tional photographic treasury, but not
displayed.
These facts are brought out in
handsome brochure now being publlShed
bv the Government Printing once
under authority of Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 2, June 13, 1888. Inc
booklet reproduces both the offlclal text
of the immortal proclamation OF 1ree-
dom and the Constitution OF the Unlteo
States, together with notes prepared py
Public Printer George H. Carter 1olloW-
ing an exhaustive study OF the history
of the two charters.
Mr.. Carter says: The Declaration
of Independence is here reprinted IN
accord with the text and topographic
style of the original printed by John
Dunlap at Philadelphia Tor the Contt-
mental Congress. which, on July 4. 177b,
Ordered, That the Declaration be au-
thenticated and printed. That the COM
mittee appointed to prepare the Decla-
ration superintend and correct the
press
The first copy of the Declaration as
printed by Dunlap was attached by
waters to the Manuscript Journal OF
the Congress in a blank space provided
for that purpose under the entry, The
Declaration, being again read. was
agreed to as follows and thus became
the approved and official text.
Similar printed copies of the Dec
laration were. by order of the Con-
gress, sent to the State Assemblies and
to the commanding officers Of the Con-
In a letter to Gen Washington
dated July 6. 1776, John Hancock
President of the Congress, inclosed a
printed Declaration and stated he had
been directed to transmit it for proc
lamation at the head OF the Army.
THE text of the printed Declaration
and the engrossed copy in the Library
Evening star., 1934-01-17
HOPKINS TO DIVIDE
WORK, UNDER C.W.A.
Plans Stagger System Of
Hours That Would Double
Number on Rolls.
BY the Associated Press

The placing of two c. w. A. workers
where one worked before, was the an
nounced goal yesterday Of the Civil
Works Administration for decreasing
unemployment in small communities.
Harry L. Hopkins, the administrator,
said that without spending much If any
additional money. he was authorizing a
sort of stagger system, whereby work.
ing hours would be reduced from 80 to
Is week in rural areas and towns of
less than $500.
In this way, he said, he hoped to
provide employment for 100000 more
people. although the earnings of all
concerned, of course, would be reduced.
Hopkins reported statistics from 140
larger towns and cities for December,
showing reduction of 81 per cent, as
against November in the number Of
families receiving unemployment re-
lief. but that 1,256825 families re-
NAMED on the list.
At the same time, the administrator
directed Eric Biddle, Pennsylvania civil
works administrator, to discharge David
Evening star., 1934-01-17
LEE BIRTHDAY PROGRAM
WILL Be HELD FRIDAY

A birthday anniversary service in
memory of Gen. Robert E. Lee will be
held near the statue of the Confederate
hero in Statuary Hall at $3.50 pm. Fri
day by the District Daughters of the
Confederacy and the District Children
of the Confederacy. Senator Reynolds
Of North Carolina will be principal
speaker.
Those in charge Of the program in
clude Mrs. Eugene Barr. president of
the District Division, Daughters of the
Confederacy: Mrs. Cora Talley, director
of the children's division, and Mrs
William H. Barstow, leader of children
Evening star., 1934-01-17
5000 Blooms on Plant.

With 5000 blooms on the 13-foot
hanging branches, a chrysanthemum
plant was taken recently on a special
railway car to Toxic, Japan, for ex-
hibition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

sOoN.' HE SAID CHEERFULLx'
i'll and medicine is 30 very dear.
It seems nobody wants TO have
their fortune told any more and
what then can we dot"
The director hesitated, then ne
smiled and said: "You have the
sapphire. It viii. never fail your
race. We have 1t in our records. q
remarkable history"
The girls eyes widened. 'sIs that
really written down. what I have
told your" she gasped.
Beyond the shadow OF q doubt"
he assured her. why look. here
It has come to your rescue already.
Only yesterday the board Of direc-1
tors OF this museum agreed with
me to award you fifty dollars for
calling our attention to the un-.
usual nature of the sapphire we
have in our exhibit. have the
money right here" He fumbled In.
his pockets and produced the right
number Of fives and tens and
pressed the crumpled bills into her
hand.
The brilliance Of the sapphire
could not compare with the bright
ness of the girls shining eyes as
she stammered her gratitude. Joy
ously she departed with her sud-
den fortune. leaving the beaming
old gentleman musing to himself
Just think" he murmured to-
himself, those pig-headed direc-
tors insist there Is nothing remark
able in this stones history. That ~
H. fx,1p -
stupid records than of folk tale
unromantic foolsi How fortunate 4
had fifty dollars with me to-day"
When the gypsy girl reached her
drab home in the ghetto she was
greeted by an angry shout from
her father. "Hah. so there you arei,
Your poor poppa is dying for =
little medicine and you go running
away instead of staying here to tell
fortunes. Making foolish dreams IN
the museum house again. is It not.
so?"
Mutely the girl laid the bills be-
fore her father. He counted them
eagerly. FIFTY dollars! MY angel!
My pretty sweet child! Where did
you get them?"
But the girl die not hear him.
for she was lost in trance. Tc
think" she whispered in awe. 'sto
think that it Is truei MY lovely
story. the pretty story ! made up
all by myself is true! It il even
written. The gentleman said it u
written"
Copyright, 1884, The Chicago Daily
News, Inc
Tomorrow: "Amanda's Bus,r "
Flora Snyder, IL tale you'Il enjoy!
because the characters are 20 hu-3
man and the plot might very well
have been takeE from . page ~
the neighbor's diary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
BY CLARENCE CARPENTER

They made a strange couple. He
was sedate, ay-haired and con-
|servatively dressed; she was q
pretty little miss not yet in her
teens, brilliantly costumed in the
bright red and yellow garb OF the
fortune telling gypsy. The two
gazed at the glowing blue trans
parency before them. the finest
sapphire in the museum.
You seem quite interested in
that sapphire" the old gentleman
lventured cautiously.
The girl looked up quickly,
flushed slightly. but was treasured
by his kindly smile. "Ye'es," she
began slowly. You see" she went
on in a voice lowered to a conn.
Dental whisper. "It's a magic
stone!"
indeed" Her confidant re-
ceived this strange disclosure with
proper respect. "You mean 1t is q
talisman, luckstone? Is that it?"
That's i'll" The young gypsy
girl smiled happily at this quick
comprehension. you can look at
1t for a certain length of time and
when you repeat certain words to
yourself 1t will bring you haDpi-
ness and relief from troubles
Look here, young lady" and In
spite of himself the old fellows
eyes twinkled as he spoke, .'I'm
not much Of necromancer myself,
but l should like to know your
magic formula. Would a dollar bill
buy the key?"
For a moment the child eyed
the proffered bill longingly, ap.
parently fascinated by this over
whelming fortune that might be
hers, but she slowly shook her
pretty black curln in reluctant dis
sent.
mo, I cannot. It is an old family
secret, handed down for msn gen.
erations. Only a traitress would sell
it," Then before her new-found
friend could tempt her further she
hurried away.
The man laughed quietly as he
watched her hurry down the cor
ridor between the display cases
but his laugh was tingled with
melancholy. The girl was SO young
to be leading pauper's life. II
he could help her
A sudden thought thrilled his
scholarly Imagination. Perhaps
there was something behind the
girls fantastic story-some legend,
possibly. Sometimes. he argued,
folk traditions were centered in
fact.
For fifteen years I have been
director of this museum" the
gray-haired man unused, but this
is the first I have heard of any
magical qualities in our gem ex-
hibits. I wonder now. You never
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
Copyright, 1884, The Chicago Dali
News, Inc
SETTLES STRIKE BIZ PHONE

Cleveland (UP)--Long distance
strike. settling proved effective IL
the ending Of strike at the Dover.
Manufacturing company, Dover. o..
Ralph A. Lind, secretary Of the
Cleveland regional labor board. Tor
35 minutes had both plant offlcta1e
to work few hours later. Dover
is more than rs miles from Cleve-.
land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
But It's True!

Evidently chigger has a most variable taste.
We can't imagine anything entirely opposite a
human and snake =. yet he finds both to be succu-
encein milk. You'll find WORDEN'S VITAMIN sd"
milk has every necessary ingredient to make it the
safest and most healthfu milk for he whole family
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02

Answers to Previous Questions
THE two.way talk was con.
= Quoted between Major Bar
tholf and Lieutenant Stevens Of
the U. s. Signal Corps. Fox's
home was the mecca Of the curl.
GUS who sought to hear spirit
knocking and rappings. His
daughters, Margaret and Kate.
continued his work. The N. Y.
A. G. was organised Sept. 8. 1868.
and incorporated April 4. 1870.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
STOP IMPORTS,
LANGER'S PLEA
Let American Farmers Feed
U. S., North Dakotan
SAYS in Speech.
BY JACK HOWARD
Times staff Writer

Let the United States farmer feed
the people of the United States and
keep foreign imports out of the
country. This is the panacea for
the nations economic retching
offered by William LANCER, who is
or isn't Governor of North Dakota.
Governor LANCER, under auspices
of the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union of America, last
night addressed in the Claypool. a
noticeably small gathering, whose
numbers even a twenty minute de-
lay in the speech-making failed to
augment.
The paucity of listeners failed to
discourage the brilliant Republican
who recently was convicted on a
federal charge of obtaining political
funds from federal relief workers in
North Dakota, and he launched
into an attack on the adminiStra-
ton of President Roosevelt, the
AAA, Agriculture Secretary Henry
A. Wallace, and the press in gen.
eral, and in North Dakota in par
ticular.
AT a time when No. l rye was
selling for l cent a bushel in Mon
tana," Governor LANCER said, 1--WE
were importing thousands of bushels
from Europe. When the federal gov
eminent was shooting cattle in
South Dakota and burying them in
the sand, the farmers of that same
state were buying canned beef in
Brazil and the Argentine"
Governor LANCER referred to a
prediction speech made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in which he called
attention to ''Hoover's cruel joke" of
paying farmers to pillow their fields
under and kill off their pigs.
Nov he is doing the same thing, -
said Governor LANCER. He is pay
ing farmers 81 an acre for idle fields,
In the south he is paying farmers
from $40 to $40 to pillow under their
cotton. All these AAA's, FERA's,
NRA's and PWA's are going to end
in just one thing, I. o. US"
Thousands of North Dakota farm
ers were bribed to join the AAA by
the promise of % cents an acre, but
it is the farmer himself who pays,
said Governor LANCER.
why right here in Indiana" he
said, farmers paid S5,729, 585 in a
processing tax and what did they
get back? Just $1,40O,O0O In Hi
nois they paid a processing tax Of
$50 1858, lot and got back S1,767 ,623.
They have been gypped again."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

Dean is the suspected trigger man
of the gang. Both of them are con-
federates Of Willie Mason, who now
is at large after breaking out Of
Hamilton county jail Wednesday.
Blanton escaped from the we'll
guarded Governors island, New
York military prison, in July. aided.
it is said, by Hubert. Blanton,
Hubert and Hamilton escaped to-
gether from the Fl. Benjamin Har-
rison guardhouse last year. Blanton
has a record Of five escapes from
army camps.
At 7 each morning the jail staff
makes a thorough ir Ion of the
cells. This is the only daily minute
inspection, Mr.. Boyce said.
Mr.. Boyce complained that his
staff had been cut and that with
jailers sent to transfer and return
prisoners that the jail is seriously
undermined.
The statement of jailer Boyce
came as the county council studied
plea for four additional deputies to
guard the jail in the 1885 proposed
budget of Sheriff Charles Buck
Summer.
During the last year the jail mas
been manned by six deputies n ad-
dition to two turkeys and Mr..
Boyce. The sheriff's budget request
includes an appropriation of SIC 200
for ten deputy sheriffs instead Of
So. 100 for six deputies as granted
by the county council for the budget
year OF 1933-l934.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

was used in the escape was scofted
at by Sheriff Mulkins.
He says the prisoners escaped
afoot as did the four prisoners who
sawed their way out of the Mobiles
Vile Jail under the leadership OF
William H. (Willie) Mason, alleged
SLAYER of Sergeant Lester Jones, OF
the indianapolis police department.
Grilling of Adams by Sheriff Null
kins in an effort to learn how the
saws had been struggled into the
Jail was fruitless today.
Il amt no squealer. Sure, l
know who brought the saws in, but
1 won't tell" he said.
Carson was one of three men ar
rested by state police at Blooming
ton as suspects in filling station
holdup at Anlity. Marvin Roach
indianapolis, a buddy" of Carson
slugged a jailer in the Bloomington
jail few days ago and escaped
with another prisoner.
In the meantime Sheriff Frank
Hattery, Noblesville, grilled Lowell
Driskell, indianapolis, recapturec
prisoner in the Noblesville jail deliv-
cry, in an effort to learn how the
escape was effected.
Driskell placed the entire blame
for the Noblesville escape upon will
lie" Mason, the legged STAY
ing suspect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
VAN METER DIES
LIKE HIS CHIEF
Finger Man of DiIIinger Mob
Knew He Was Living on
Borrowed Time.
BY BASIL GALLAGHER
Times STAFF Writer.

Homer Van Meter. shrewdest of
the Dillinger gangsters, couldn't win
either.
Pitting mis- crafty mind and his
ability to elude police traps against
the law. the contact" man of the
terror mob" fell like his chief in a
St. Paul street last night with fifty
bullet holes in his body.
And death which sometimes is
quick and furtive. too, laughed last.
Wraithlike, Van Meter had eluded
death successfully more than a year
Refusing TO take part in dangerous
bank rObberieS. he served Dillinger
and his mobsters as a "fingerman"
-SpOtting banks to be robbed and
planning the detailS-and proved an
invaluable aid.
Van Meter alone Of all the Dillin-
ger gangSterS fully appreciated that
he was living on borrowed time"
Therefore, with that supercaution
which was his chief characteristic,
he was content to stay in the back
Turn to Page Nineteen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
TWO CLAIM THEY'RE
FATHER OF SINGERS
4-YEAR-0LD SON

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. "a
The strange case of the child
with two fathers" was to advance
another step toward a climax to-
day when B. E. Burton, railroad
dispatcher, testified from the wit
ness stand that he is the father
of radio singer Betty Burton
Baldwin's 4-year-oid son.
DR.. M James Baldwin, dem
fist, testified yesterday that he,
not Burton, was the father Of the
child. The case went to court
when Mrs. Baldwin, divorced wife
first of Burton, and now of Bald
win, sought to remove the child
from the home Of DR.. Baldwin's
mother.
When DR.. Baldwin refused to
allow the child to leave, habeas
corpus proceedings we're begun,
with Mrs. Baldwin protesting DR..
Baldwin had no rights to the child
because Burton was its father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

two paper" jails.
Two Indianapolis men were
among those who escaped
from the Franklin Jail at $50
last night.
They are Chester Carson, %, In
dianapolis, charged with automobile
banditry, and James Jerry Griffin,
%, charged with automobile theft.
The other hunted prisoners are,
James (Jabo) Mathis, IS, of Frank
lin, charged with burglary and Vir-
gil Witham, 26, Franklin, charged
with houSebreaking.
With the possible exception OF
Griffin, none of the escaped prison
ers was considered a desperate
criminal, Sheriff Albert r. Mulkins
Franklin, said.
Bethel Adams, Gree WOO d.
charged with housebreaking, was
captured by Sheriff Mulkins as the
prisoners made their getaway.
A sixth prisoner, Roscoe PierSon
in federal custody, slept throughout
the escape.
Dogs Sound Alarm
The first inkling of the escape
came to the sheriff as he returned
from downtown at $50 p. m. He
heard dogs, which he had left in
the Jail, barking outside the jail.
Knowing that the loose dogs
meant something had happened
Sheriff Mulkins ran to the Jail. Rel
atives, who we're with him, heard a
motor car start.
AS Sheriff Mulkins reached the
inside court of the jail he saw the
prisoners running to freedom.
He grabbed Adams and overpow-
cred him. The four other prisoners
ran through an open door to free
dom.
Twenty steel bars had been sawed
The prisoners had crawled through
hole and lowered themselves on
blanket rope into the inner court
Fail to Scale Wall
They were foiled in efforts to
scale a wall and the arrival of the
sheriff gave them their exit to free
dom, it is said.
Belief that a stolen motor car
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
Two Get $500
By United Press

By Cntted Press
ROME, Ca, Aug. 24.-Two ma
chine gun bandits held up a Ma
tional City bank car today and es-
capped with a $1,000 pay roll of the
Tubize- Chattilon Company under
a fusillade of bullets that may have
wounded one of them.
The bandits swooped down on the
bank car on the outskirts of the
city short distance from the mills.
Joe Palmer was driving the deliv-
cry car and Emory Ford was his
companion.
Officers B. H. Washington and
Frank Russell pursued the bandits
for about eight miles, firing repeat
eddy at them. They reported that
one Of the bandits was seen to have
a blood-soaked handkerchief around
his neck and it was believed he was
wounded.
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1
During the lonely night hours only
three jailers are on duty and one
of them must stay in the office to
watch two sub-machine guns, the
jail's arsenal.
The bristling machine gun nest
which was built at considerable
cost and placed at such position
as to command the entire Jail IS
somewhat of a myth, Mr.. Boyce re-
vealed.
Due to a forced reduction there
was no one to man the nest, so
that the machine guns have been
taken out and placed in the office.
Although five man actually on
duty at night, two of them COM
pose the squad which must patrol
the entire county. The two jailers
remaining to watch the cells walk
through the corridors once each
hour for a hasty inspection.
However, it was pointed out. there
is no guard to prohibit persons from
hiding in the dark shadows outside
the jail and placing weapons and
Jail breaking tools on makeshift
ropes to be hauled up into the cells.
The five most dangerous charac-
tiers in the jail are Ernest Red)
Giberson and Edward (Foggy) Dean,
accused Of participating in the hold
up in which Police Sergeant Lester
Jones was murdered, and Melvin
Blanton, Charles Hamilton and
Theodore Hubert, all fugitiveS from
army custody.
Giberson escaped from the Hamil
ton county jail by saving bars and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
is DROWN AS SQUALL
CAPSIZES CANOES IN
LAKE MONSTER HUNT

By United Press
MUNICH, Germany, Aug. "a
A death toll Of sixteen holiday
makers was counted today after a
through investigation of a bur-
lesque chase of a mythical lake
monster" by a large party OF
canoeiSts.
The vacationist had crowded
Lake Chiemensee for hunt"
inspired by tales of the Loeb Ness
monster. A sudden Squall de-
descended upon them. overturning
scores of canoes.
Three bodies were recovered
shortly afterward and the re-
mainder were taken from the wa
ter today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
us. mail TRUCK LOOTED
OF $4,000 PAY ROLL BY
BANDITS; MAKE ESCAPE
SWoop Down on Machine in
Butler, Pa: Stage Raid
Like CIoCkWork.
THREE POUCHES TAKEN
Sacks Contained Registered
Post Intended for
Factory Town.
BIZ United Press


BUTLER, Pa, Aug. "a. -
Three bandits, wearing dark
glasses, stole registered mail
valued at approximately $780,
900 here today, and then ap-
parently headed for a pre-
arranged hideaway near the
Ohio state line.
They swooped down on the lone
driver of the mail truck carrying
pay roll money to the Lyndora Ma
tional bank. One bandit car forced
the truck to the curb while the
other drove alongside.
Lie down and shut up" one Of
the bandits said, pushing pistol
into the ribs of Milton Lackey, the
mail truck driver Lackey obeyed.
Another of the robbers dragged
out three pouches of registered mail
from the rear of the truck. He put
it in the first of the two bandit cars.
The others climbed in with him.
If you move I'll plug you" the
driver warned as the Car lurched
forward. 1t roared down the city
street and away to the west toward
Pittsburgh and Ohio. Bystanders
near Evans City, a few miles from
here on the Pittsburgh highway,
saw the machine flash by at seventy
miles an hour.
There the trail was lost City and
state police, who meanwhile had
blocked the main highways in the
district, did not believe the bandits
could have slipped through the cor
don. The machine carried Ohio
license plates issued to John Hajdu,
deputy city clerk at youngstown, o.
He reported several days ago that
license plates were stolen from his
automobile.
The loot. intended for industrial
pay rolls in Lyndora, was in bills Of
small denominations.
Lyndora bank officials reported
that the money was $4,000 in $50
bills; $4,000 in SO bills; $1,000 in
old 81 bills and $1,000 in new 81
bills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

One hundred and four votes
separate the two leaders, but the
.'Kernels"-not of the Kentucky
variety-aver that it means that
they've hurdled the pellet-mixlng
KRUGER. of the Walgreen drug
stores. and that it'll take pole
vault of hundreds of ballots to beat
them to the derby wire on the night
of Sept. 6 at the GROWING OF the
winner at the state fair.
Stepping nimbly and becoming
ever the shadow Of the race Is DR..
VIII H. Smith Jr. Cosmopolitan
Democratic Club executive, with a
$4,000 ballot count
Just 1000 votes back of the dem
fist is the calm Fred w. Steinsberg-
er. president of the Indianapolis Re-
tail Meat and GrocerS' Association,
wading his way past the unlucky
spot in the contest-the $4,000
mark.
The "Steinsbergerians' just can't
be shaken of. Goling Dave Mitch
ell. national public links champion.
has been trying to keep close
enough to them TO be able to shovel
in the ballots during closing week.
Jim Clark. director of American
Red Cross life savers; Clarence 1.
Baker. furniture man; Walter
Pritchard of mayoralty hopes; Sid
FaSley- State Life building cigar
man, and George Ritter. National
Biscuit Company salesman, form
the other leaders.
MeSsrs. Pritchard. Essley and Rit-
ter viii be left at the post after
tomorrow at 1 p. N. If they do not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
4 Prisoners Escape at
Franklin as Police Hunt
4 NObIesUiIe FugiHUes
Johnson County Sheriff Catches One of Fleeing Qunte
Which Sawed Twenty Bars to Gain Freedom;
Brown County Searched.

Brown county and Indianapolis became focal points in
today for four prisoners who escaped last night
from the Johnson county jail at Franklin.
State and city police joined in the statewide search for
prisoners who sawed their out of the Franklin
prison and four of the five prisoners who escaped twenty
four hours earlier from the Noblesvile jail.
In the meantime, two prisoners who recaptured IN
the Franklin and Noblesvie jabreaks being griled
today in an effort to how struggled into the