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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-05
GOOD AFTERNOON

Premier Flandin 10 thinking of
getting France a "New Deal"
President Roosevelt may be glad
to give him some of ours, as
starter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
MIME SCHUMANN
 HEINK DEFIANT
She Sang Last Night De- spite Threat Made to
 Kill Her

New York, April 23.--(UP).-- Mime. Ernestine Schumann-H Hefnk' 72-year-old grand opera singer, de- fled a death threat last night to sing at concert held by the nonS-scc- tarlan anti-Nazi league.
 She did not reveal the threat, conveyed by letter as she entered Carnegie hall. until after she had finished singing
 Then she announced It and was cheered wildly. The letter was de. llvered at the theater before the performance, and was handed to Mme. Schumann-Hein when she arrived to sing. Written in German it said:
 You should not sing for Jews. Germans have suffered from them for 20 years. Had the Jews been let alone they would have made Germany communistic. If you sing for them you will be killed, Take warning.
 ..True friends of Germany"
 Mime. Schumann-H Heink was born in Germany One of her sons was killed fighting in the German army in the World war. Four other sons fought In the American army.
 Mme schumann- Heink made many enemies by aiding in Ameri- can war work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
DEATH MYSTERY
 MAY BE SOLVED
Skull Found Near East Thompson May Be That
 of Missing Woman

Webster, Mass, April 23-UP) -Jnvestigation of a 30-year mys- tery had been reopened here today after finding of a Corpus delicti'' without which a charge of mur- der. cannot be prosecuted in most jurisdictions.
 Authorities questioned Jerry Staskowicz. 75-year-old inmate of Webster infirmary, whose wife and seven-year-old son, eldest oi three children, vanished from their home in East Hampton Conn.,. just over the state line, in January 1895. He was arrested at that time but subsequently dis missed, after insisting that blood that smeared his home was that of chickens.
 The skull of the skeleton found by Jessie Budrow and Arthur Langlois, Webster men, on the shore of Webster lake yester- day wns fractured, indicating that the victim may have met with foul play. It was recovered at a swamp" so-called because 1t, ad- joined the abandoned farm once occupied by the Staskowicz fam fly. Search was under way today In the hope that q second skele- ton might be found.
 Medical Examiner A. J. Me Crea arrived from Southbridge to. day to view the skeleton. described as q mass of bones," indicative of great age. State Detective Ed- wadr J. Mccarthy arrived to col. laborate with Police Chief John .. Templeman in the investigation and in the search for a second skele' ton.
 Staskowicz was kept under sur veillance by attaches of the town infirmary, which by coincidence is only about n mile from the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
CARDINAL TELLS
 OF OUR DANGERS
Boston Prelate Says That Communism Is Great
 Fear of Nation

Boston. April 23.-(UP) The danger confronting the world to- day is communism, William Car
 dinal O'Connell, dean of the American Catholic hierarchy, said in a Sunday address before the Guild of St Apollonia, charitable organization of Boston dentists. "If by the flash of an eye these people (the communists) were transported to a genuine commun- istic state, they'd wish they were
 back where they are," the cardinal said.
 "It's all talk, It's something against the rich. something very vague. We ought to have all the
 money they have. Why should
 they have all the things of life. are some of their statements. It's just the circumstances of life, SC all this talk is nonsense. We will alway have the poor because it's the sort of thing that comes and goes.
 Man doesn't last long and the son of a laborer may be the mil lionaire of tomorrow. There is no way of controlling that by talking about 1t. What good does it do those who have 1t? But 1t Is good talk. 1t sounds fine and makes peo- pie discontented. and that is what they want"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
YOUTH FATALLY
 SHOT IN TRYING ! TO MAKE ESCAPE
Byron J. Lillibridge, l7, of Quincy Refused to
 Obey Officers

Darien, Conn.,, April 23-(UP) Byron J. Lillibridge, IT, Quincy, Mass, was fatally wounded by po- lice early today as he sought to escape in stolen automobile when a police cruiser car com manded him to stop on the Boston Post road.
 The police car, carrying officers George Evans and Harold Curtiss of the local force, sighted Liili- bridge travelling at high speed in an automobile they had received word was stolen.
 Driving alongside his car they commanded him to pull over to the side of the road. Instead, they said, the youth increased his speed and led them a chase for several miles.
 Several shots were fired in an eff for to puncture the gasoline tank or a tire, the officers said. and one of the bullets was too high and struck the youth in the head.
 During the. chase, their report said, the police was forced off the road several times.
 Lillibridge was taken to Nor- walk hospital where he died short fly after being admitted.
 Police said the car bore Massa- chusetts registration plates No. 12953. Identity of the owner was not known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
STREETS OF THE
 CITY TOURED BY MANY OFFICIALS
Annual Outing of Mayor and Others to Look
 Over the Needs

Headed by Mayor Frank Hayes Assistant City Engineer Charles S Root and Superintendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming, the board Of works shortly before 1O:3O o'clock this morning began It's annual spring tour of the city, studying proposed public Improvements re- quested or proposed during the past winter season. Every section of the city was included in the program of visits mapped out. Late this af- ternoon the works board will hold an adjourned meeting and pass on the merits of the various undertak- ings inspected.
 Included in the inspection party also, were Assistant City Clerk John DiCorpo, clerk of the works board. Controller Daniel J. Leary and Works Commissioner Joseph Lawlor, James A. Phelan, Peter Griffin, Laurence Kenny, Albert Loeffler, c. Arthur Dubois and Will liam E. Beecher.
 Visit Liberty Street
 Proceeding from the city hall the inspection party first went to Lib erty street where the paving job of last fall was inspected thoroughly Next Sylvan avenue was visited where the need of a hydrant as re- quested by the Washington Park Community club was given consid- eration.
 Crockett hill, where water mains are being installed by federal re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
AMERICAN WAS
 FOUND GUILTY
One of Large Group Con- victed of Espionage
 in Finland

Apo, Finland, April 23-(UP)-,, Finland's famous espionage trial ended today with the conviction oi a large group of accused, including Arvid Werner Jacobson, an Ameri- can.
 Jacobson, native of upper Michigan and formerly active m communist circles in Detroit, was tentenced to five years in prison.
 Mrs Marie Louise Martin, said to be q former resident of Canada. was sentenced to eight years. A Finn named Vaehae was given me and one-half years and other Fln- nlsh defendants shorter terms. A total of 28 were convicted.
 The convictions ended n secret trial lasting two and one-hair months. at which the defendants were accused of being members or an international spy ring located in Finland, with qualifications in other countries. It was intimated the group was affiliated with the es- pionage ring in Paris, of which MT and Mrs Robert c. Swizt or New York have confessed being mem hnra
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
Mrs. Rooseuelt Made
 Reply To Us. Senator
Schall, Republican of Minnesota Had Made Some Charges-First Lady Riddles Thenl-Schall
 Failed to Put in an Appearance

Washington, April 23-(UP)- Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt today invited Sen. Thomas B. Schall, r., Minn., to the White House to chal- lenge a statement he made con- corning the Reedsville, w. Va, farm factory and the Val-Kill furniture factory at Hyde Park, N. J.
 Schall did not appear after Mrs Roosevelt waited two hours. The presidents wife has a finan- cial interest In the Hyde Park .fac- tory and has been active in sponsoring the Reedsville project Her denial of Schalps statement was made when the senator did not appear at the White House more than an hour after Mrs Roosevelt said he promised to see her.
 The denunciation,' Schall's state- ment said, 'of Dr Wirt because he labelled Mrs Roosevelt's at tempt to build a furniture factory at Reedsville, with $25,000,000 of the taxpayers money, a commun- istic enterprise, Is interesting in view of recent developments in connection with Mrs Roosevelt's Hyde Park furniture factory.
 "Mrs Roosevelt's factory at Hyde Park produces furniture with her name autographed on 1t. The prices as quoted are five times the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
POLICEMAN JOHN PHELAN WILL BE
 ACTING SERCT
Will Take the Place of Sergt James Fitzgerald
 Who Was Hurt

An order posted at police head quarters this afternoon named Patrolman John Phelan, who has been doing duty in the Washington Hill section, as acting sergeant. Starting tomorrow night he will take over the duties of Sergt James Fitzgerald. who was injured by a car driven by slot-machine hijack- CTS two weeks ago.
 The appointment was made by Supt of Police Joseph H. Mclean, who Is empowered to name an act ing sergeant when there is e va cancy in the department.
 One of the most popular mem- bers of the department. Acting Sergt Phelan has been on the force since 1914. He is chairman of the committee in charge of the | "45" tournament which has been conducted since, last fall by the Holy Name society of St Francis
 Xavier church.
 Sergt Fitzgerald is now at his | Eome recovering from the injuries he received as he attempted to prevent the getaway of the hi- ] iackers from Grand street. Seeing the men getting into a car with the slot machine, the sergeant ran to the scene. As he attempted to halt the getaway, the driver turned the car toward Sergt Fitzgerald and attempted to run him down. The sergeant received injuries to his hip and leg.
 Acting Sergt Phelan will assume the duties which Sergt Fitzgerald had been performing. working with the night platoon.
 The appointment will make 1t unnece cessary for the officers of the night platoon to continue the dou- Lling-up they have been forced to do since Sergt Fitzgerald's injury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
THURSDAY WILL
 BE WATERBURY
 DAY FOR STORES
Another One of Bargain Events Which Mer-
 chants Offer Public

On Thursday of this week, mem- bers of the Merchants Bureau of the Waterbury Chamber of Con- merce will sponsor Waterbury Day"
 That announcement is sufficient to inform thousands of shoppers of Waterbury and the entire Nau- gatuck valley that gala holiday awaits them. If 1t were possible to get moving picture of the com mittee in action that is working for the event, the result would show 0 group of individuals humming with activity in anticipation of what is expected will be one of the greatest bargain days in Wa terbury since the days before '29.
 Cooperation is the keynote of ar- engagement plans. Practically every organization of city-life is doing something to help. For instance. there will be free transportation of- fered shoppers of the city between the hours of 9:30 to II a. m.
 The Connecticut Co. will give free rides on its trolleys and busses, in- cluding suburban lines from Chesh- ire. Middle, Naugatuck, Water town Woodbury and Middlebury, to Exchange place from 9:30 to II Q. m.
 Independent bus companies, in- .cluding the Cooke street line, old Green line, the Northeast Transpor- tation Co. and the Bunker Hill line will offer the same service between those hours.
 All stores will be open until 9 p. m.
 Now Is the spring buying season and the merchants want to offer to the people chance to make those necessary purchases at prices faI below the nominal figure that or. dinarily would be charged under average conditions.
 Recalling that President Roose- welt last fall made a statement tC the effect that i've will be out of the trenches by spring." meaning the trenches of depression, it can be safely said that every day signs point to the truth of that remark. Local merchants reported the best business at Easter time that they have done for four years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
THREE ARE DEAD : BY INCENDIARY
 FIRE IN NORFOLK
Crazed Father and Two Children Were Victims
 of the Blaze

Norfolk, Conn. April e3--(UP) While in a drunken rage. Ja- cob Wirsula, 47, drove his wife and her aged father from their home. removed a four-year old child which they were boarding, to safe- ty, set fire to the house and per- ished in the flames early today with his two children who wero sleeping in an upper story bed room.
 The charred remains of Wirsula, Helen, II, and Robert, 9, were found in the ruins of the home by state police.
 Fatal Argument Begun
 Wirsula, authorities said. came home late last night in an intoxi- cated condition and started an ar- gument with his wife, Lillian, 45, and her 76-year-old father, Oscar Laitinen. He struck his wife. broke
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
POLICE ALMOST
 SURE BENSON IS
 DEATH SUSPECT
Asked to Explain Dents in His Auto This
 Morning.

Weekend developments in tho case of Earl s. Benson, 80, alleged driver of the car which fatally injured John Rowland on Colum- bia boulevard last week, strength ened police belief that there is Q strong case against him.
 Still held incommunicado at headquarters, Benson maintains his innocence despite what detec- tives say have been damaged ad- missions. Coroner John T. Mon- zani said early this afternoon that he had a number of witnesses to interview yet before he makes a finding. Police are holding Ben son as a coroner's prisoner.
 Viewed Car To-day
 This morning Benson was taken from his jail cell to the municipal garage. where detectives attempted to have him account for the dents found on his coupe. Strong points against him. authorities say. are a fir sh dent In the right fender and a scratch on the hubcap, said by police to have been received when Benson's car hit the curbing q short distance down the boulevard from the accident. .S
 Acknowledging that he was in the boulevard section at about the time when the youngster was fatal- ly hurt by careening car which sped away from the scene. Benson has several times varied his story of the route he followed from Melbourne terrace, his starting point, to the Exchange Place gar- age, where his car was found.
 Routes All Differ
 Lieut. Detective Joseph Stevens and Detectives Connie Shanahan and Edward McElligott declare
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23

Tn answer to questions of her att torney. M. J. Fulton, she said that she never had heard of E. c. Jame- son, New York financier. contribut- infi any lore than $17,300 to Can uon's anti-Smith democratic com mittee in 1928.
 Miss Burroughs and Cannon arc charged with conspiracy because an additional $3S,000 contributed by Jameson was not reported by them as required by law.
 Miss Burroughs said she had not heard of Jameson when she filed her first four reports with the clerk of the house. When she filed the final report on Feb, Is, 1929, how ever, she said, she included the S17,300 contribution from the New Yorker.
 'r got that information from Bishop Cannon," said Miss Bur- roughs. "No information was con- yeyed to mo concerning any contri- buttons MT Jameson had made un- til Feb. II and that was the $17,- 300 contribution.
 ''The first time ever heard of any other contribution of Mir Jame- son was when he testified before q lot of congressional committees and 1 saw an account of 1t in the news papers. That was in 1880, l think"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
GETS TWO YEARS
 FOR EXTORTION

Providence. R. T., April 23. (uP) Louis A. Sackett. 40. was giveD two-year state prison sentence to- day after pleading nolo contendere to indictments charging him with attempting to extort $5,000 from James Sinclair, general manager Of the Providence department store where Sackett also worked.
 sackett was alleged to have sent series of threatening letters to sinclair starting year ago last March.
 Tn. another move to iptlmidate stnc4alr lle dropped gas bomb ID the laftcr's office, Police trapred Sackeft with the help Of a dummy package of money"
 sentsnce was imposed ny superi-' or Judee Hush p, Baker '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
Final Neze,s Flashes
SHOT SLAYER IN COURT

Crockett Tex, April 23-(UPl-Ben EIIis walked into district court today and killed Frank Brisby, Negro, who was on trial charged with staying Ellis uncle. Ellis walked to the railing, Brisby slumped in his chair men and women fought to gain the exits. Officers permitted Brisby to lie on the floor for an hour before he died. No effort to move Brisby was made the officers said because they feared violence from the mob outside. Ellis was released on bond:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
EUROPE AFRAID OF OUR DOLLAR

London, Apr. 23-- -(UP)-Alarm- ist reports that the dollar would be- valued further persisted in European capitals today despite assurances from Washington. Fears were felt by many that some nations might be forced from the gold standard.
 The belief seemed general here and in Paris particularly that President Roosevelt planned q 50 cent dollar. It was forecast that declining commodity markets would force the change. The dollar was quoted below Its 59.06 cent par both in Paris and London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
FAMOUS DEDHAM
 TRIAL STARTED
Jury First Viewed Scene Where Two Policemen
 Were Shot Down
BY MARTIN KANE United Press Staff COrrCaDOndcnt)

Courthouse, Dedham, Mass, April 23-(UP)-The Faber- Millen jury today viewed the scene of the crime--the $15,000 Needham Trust company hold-up in which two po- licemen were slain and two other men wounded--for which the state seeks to send three Boston youths to the electric chair.
 Approximately 20 automobiles comprised the motorcade which accompanied the jury to Needham, three miles from here, where 1t viewed the bank building and, lat CT, the fire station at Needham Heights, in front Of which one of the policemen was slain as the machine gun bandits were escap- ing.
 Subsequently the jury visited the Brinslcy -street garage in Dorches- ter, where the trio Of alleged killer bandits are supposed to have kept their Packard car and an arsenal
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23

T yelled what do you want?' Johnson said.
 "They told me that a woman nearby was sick and they wanted to get a doctor.
 "I dressed and went out. I was met by three men with guns. They stuck the guns into my stomach and said: Get your car and drive us out of here
 II got my little Ford coupe and two of them got in the front seat with me and the other two got In rumble seat"
 After assuring Johnson that "if you mind your own business, and drive like we tell you, everything will be all right" the gangsters sent him over little used byroadg and timber trails.
 "They kept those guns against me all the time," Johnson said.
 About midnight they told me to stop and get out. got out and they said, so long, and drove on."
 Johnson walked about six miles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
PRINCE GEORGE
 WELCOMED HOME

Southampton. England. April 23 --(UP)-Cheering hundreds lined the pier today to welcome Prince George back from a trip to Africa aboard the Warwick Castle.
 Tn the three months trip he GOV cred 2i.00O miles. of which 1i,00O were by sea. He visited all the states Of the South African Union and made brief trips in the Belgian Congo. The prince was bronzed and smiling as he acknowledged the cheers of the crowd.
 He will leave in September for another lens trip to Australis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
DILLINCER AND
 GANG SHOOT WAY
 OUT TO FREEDOM
Smash Through Circle of Armed Men After Four
 Were Killed

Eagle River, Wis, April 2s---
 UP)-John Dillinger and a haif- dozen machine outlaws escaped from department of justice trap at Little Bohemia lodge after three gun battles in which four men were killed and three wound ed.
 Federal agents who stormed the lodge at dawn captured three women who were with the outlaws.
 A huge search for Dillinger was pressed in this wooded area by hundreds of officials and deputies.
 First word of the outlaws es-. capes came from Margaret Me- Gregor, daughter of Sheriff Thom- as McGregor, of Eagle River. Me- Gregor called his daughter with word of the final raid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
MRS MASSIE IS
 NOW RECOVERED
She Will Soon Get Her Re- lease-Mental Troubles
 Are at an End
BY THOMAS E. MORGAN (COpyright 1884, by United Pressl

Genoa, Italy, April 23.--(UP).- Mrs Thalia Massie, unfortunate central figure in the Monolulu as- sault case. who tried to kill herself in despair, has bene regenerated and will be released shortly a diff ferent woman." 1t was officially an- nounced today.
 Dr Emilio Borelli, head of the mental clinic here she has been under treatment, reported to the kings procurator that nearly three weeks of rest in the friendly at- mosphere of the Italian villa has given her new outlook of life.
 He reported she may no longer be considered mentally unbalanc- ed. The condition of her nerves. arising from a hysterical tempera- ment, he said, evidently was the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
----------T----------------- YOUTH KIDNAPPED

Findlay. O.. Apr 2S. (UPl-The abandoned automobile of Donald Schoonover, 21. former athlete or Liberty Township High school Hancock county, was found near the youths home early to-day.
 A note found in the car by Sheriff Lyle Harvitt said Schoon- over had beer kidnapped. The writer demanded almost $1O,0OO ransom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
PROVIDENCE MAN
 SUES LOCAL WOMAN

Bertha Paquctte and Doris La France of Waterbury are named defendants in a $5,000 civil action filed today in the superior court here by Louis Nadeau of Provi- dence, R. I. The action is based on a note made to the plaintiff by Emile Archambault, formerly of Waterbury, over whose estate the Gnfandants ara AxanazkrzaAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
HER SEVENTH MARRIAGE

New York, April 21-(UP)-Mrs Eva Nc. Gee, 38, of Newton, Mass, set new local record today when she appeared at the municipal chapel for her seventh marriage. The groom was Wendell Small of Boston, who was taking his second bride. Mrs McGee has been divorced five times, all in Massachusetts, Her first husband died in 1913
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Apr. 23 (UP)--- Gov ernment expenses and receipts of the current fiscal year to April goth compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year; This Year Expenses Last YeRr $5.657. .0S5, ,6S6.70 $4.095,00 ,601.5O
 Receipts
 $2,441,292.607.62 $1,605,394. .l39.85
 Deficit
 $3,215,743,079.0S $2.4s9,6lS,461.66 Cash Balance ..... $4,4i6.60 733.53
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
MAN WITH ALIAS GUILTY

Shreveport, La, April 23-(UP)-D. B. Napier, 38, alias Fred Lockhart, confessed slayer and attacker of Mae Giffin, 16, today was found guilty of charges of murder and was sentenced to hang. Date for the execution was to be fixed by the governor. It probably will be May 18th, off, cials indicated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
Dillinger And His Pals Force Farmer To Driue
 Then, During The Night
Farmer Hopes He Never Again Sees Gunman-St Paul Police Fought Running Gun Fight With
 Gang, Who Shot Their Way to Safety

Park Falls, Wis, April 23.-(UP)-A carpenter who drove John Dnger John Hamilton and another member of the Indiana outlaw leaders gang 50 miles last night with gun against his side all the declared that q hope another gunman again."
 The unwilling chauffeur, Robert Johnson of Mani- owsh Wis., said the gangsers pounded the door of his cottage last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-23
"DEAD" DOG KEPT "ALIVE"

Berkeley, Calf, April 23-(UP)-A fox terrier dog, killed and then brought back to life has been kept alive for 10 days, it was revealed today by Dr Robert B. Cornish, University of California research assistant who is attempting to effect permanent revival from the dead.