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, 1934-11-29
Jealous Man Kills
Wife and Another

CHESTER, Pa, Nov. 20. tP - A
man said by police 70 have been
crazed by jealousy shot and killed
his wife and a man. seriously
wounded another woman, and then
committed suicide with a sawed
off shotgun In q Chester rooming
house.
The slayer. Grover Evans, 80. de-
scribed BY Chester police as a small
time racketeer, rushed into a room
ing house Wednesday night. pulled
the shotgun from q trouser leg, and
opened fire on a party being held
in a room adjoining that OF his wife,
Mrs. Anna Evans, IS.
, 1934-11-29
Needy. as Well as Fortunate
Have Cause for Thanksgiving

(By The Associated Pressl
The nation paused In its far
flung activities Thursday as its
millions observed a day or
Thanksgiving.
Although rain and snow pre-
vailed In many parts OF the
country. a festive spirit filled the
air.
Thursday vas a day OF feasting
I'm which virtually everybody
participated. The needy every
where were provided with holiday
dinners.
said Harry u Hopkins, Federal
Relief administrator:
Many millions OF Americans
win sit down to Thanksgiving day
dinners provided BY the Federal
Relief administration expanding
federal funds. I am thankful that
, 1934-11-29
Wreck Kills Man

SEGUIN. Nov. 29.-LP-An auto
mobile wreck caused the death here
Wednesday night or "A. =. Bolgerin
Of San Antonio. The car he was in
collided head-on with another
vehicle ten miles out OF Seguin on
the San Antonio highway.
Harry HOTnSby. Jr., OF Uvalde:
Fisher Little OF Uvalde: w. c
Barnes, OF San Antonio: and Jack
Callson, OF San Antonio, were in
jured but we're recovering in a hos
pital here.
, 1934-11-29
CHy Briefs

we are giving m liberal dlacDuE
on all heaters. 2OGb ON Gas. Brown.
vile Hardware. Adv.
Mr.. and MRS. John Hickman \
Burnett ere visiting I'm the hon|
OF Mr.. Frank Hickman nt Port It'd
bel. This Is their first trip to IN
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Reed. u
are the parents Of Mn w and "a
pound baby girl born Wednesdd
night at the Mercy hospital. TN
baby has been named GecrE|
Carolyn.
JUST ARRIVED. Hats with Iar|
and small brims. AT Amaya's M
inery and Beauty shop Adnrl
street.
, 1934-11-29

Thanksgiving brought rain and
snow to Texas. The day dawned
with q light blanket Of snow cover
ing the West Texas plains. Lub-
book reported two inches Of snow
fell wednesday night. while fur
ries were whitening the Plainview
area Thursday. Around Amarillo
the snow fall was lighter. Falling
temperatures brought snow at
Eweetwater and points 10 the north
Of there.
A drizzling rain was falling at
San Angelo and the temperature
dropped 10 50 degrees In the early
hours before dawn. Showers we're
general over that range country.
Good rains were reported nc Water
Valley, Brady and Paint Rock.
, 1934-11-29

those in need Of food viii have
it,"
President Roosevelt Is observing
Thanksgiving day at Warm
Springs, Ca. Thursday night he
viii preside at q turkey dinner
for a group Of young infantile
paralysis patients az Warm
Springs Foundation.
IN Plymouth, Mass, where
Thanksgiving Day was given
birth BIZ the pilgrims 3l3 years
ago, the day viii be marked by
religious services IN the old
Pilgrimage church.
N countless homes, Thanks
giving Day meant the reunion Of
families as absent members re-
turned TO help celebrate the day.
Transportation services we're
pressed 10 the limit by holiday
travellers.
, 1934-11-29
Sentence Held Up
In Purse Snatch

Judge "A. M. Kent heard Juvenile
delinquency charges against two
Brownsville youths Wednesday aft
ernoon but held up imposition OF
sentences. The charges we're filed
against the youngsters after they
had signed confessions admitting a
series Of purse Snatchings here.
Judge Kent indicated that the
younger OF the two, aged IL, would
be paroled TO his parents.
Charges were filed against a third
youth but he failed to appear In
court when the cases were called.
Officers have been ordered to pick
him up.
, 1934-11-29

John 4. FIoore. former mama
ser OF the fair who helped II. v.
Jamiscn cf Dallas find subjects
for the movies Wednesday had
10 eat q green papnya and pre-
tend hn liked III for benefit 0f
the camera. "A byStandcr added
wryly that he would have 90 pre-
tend that he liked ripe papaynS.
Misses Charlotte TnmpkinS and
Maurine Mcdonald cf the BrcwS-
ter and Sam Lane Schools In
northwest Hinnlgo county. pilot
ed q group Of their pupils through
the fair grounds Wednesday
Henry Alsmeyer, county agent,
and family a7e going t0 enjoy "A
turkey dinner Thanksgiving for
the first time Ia years. 1t has
always been Henry's lot t0 be un
duty at the fair and eat ham,
burger for his Thanksgiving din
ner. but this year Mrs. Alsmeyer
won a turkey at q rattle and
Henry intends 20 he present when
IL In served.
Fruit An the San Benito COM
munity exhibit almost failed 10
net into the fair. It was taken
out uf the LOvctt AK Kirk shed
At San Benito less than three
hours before IN fire broke out and
destroyed the building.
III. W. Gardner, official lair
photographer. taking a few shots
Of community and other exhibits.
Fred Latham, In charge OF the
, 1934-11-29
Double Dip Ice Cream
Plant Located Here

The Original DOuble-Dip Ice
Cream company OF Houston Is en-
tering the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
II was announced here Thursday by
T. j. Landon Of Houston.
The company has leased the build
ing az Washington street and Mar
ket Square formerly occupied by the
Sweeney Coca Cola Bottling Works.
and remodeling the structure Is
underway.
The company recently opened In
McAllen. and vii lopen IN San Be-
nito on December 10. The Browns
vile store win open December IS.
The firm now operates some sixty
establishments over the state.
Twenty flavors are served.
, 1934-11-29

A special sermon explaining the
significance OF Thanksgiving An
America was 10 be delivered nc the
Immaculate Conception chu r
Thursday night by Father BalEnla.
The special sermon was TO get un-
der way nc 7:30 ID. IN.
-Four services we're held Thursday
morning with high mass at 1850
O'Clock.
, 1934-11-29
Houston Man Shot
To Death by Negro

HOUSTON. Nov. 20-P)-A negro
who shot Fred Gebert. q, to death as
ne walked 70 a nearby store last
night TO purchase a goose for
Thanksgiving dinner. wa sought by
Houston police Thursday.
Gebert, In company with his wife,
was en- route to the store when a
negro ran Up 10 him and shot him
down.
Two negro girls told police two
white men had thrown rocks at
them and that they complained 10
a relative, who accompanied BY an
other negro. accosted the two men.
, 1934-11-29
ROYAL PAIR


symbolical Greek orthodox service
when they had returned to Bucking-
ham Palace from Westminster Abbey.
Despite the hundreds Of thousands
who jammed the route to tine Abbey
the wedding went or In clock-like
precision. George and Marina were
pronounced man and wife at III I'D.
only Is minutes after the service
started.
They intoned their vows after the
Archbishop OF Canterbury. Georges
voice was slightly tense and strained.
while Marina's was calm with q soft
tone. To showed just N slight trace
OF accent.
The brilliant uniforms Of the men
and the gorgeous gowns uf the
women sparkling with costly gems
gave the usually somber Abbey a.
vivid color.
Throngs which only a few minutes
before had acclaimed the passage ut
the we=;.ng party from Bucking-
ham Palace 10 the Abbey packed
row upon row or gnily decorated
stands erected on the Abbey grounds
and In adjacent streets as the VEN
cradle, white haired Archbishop
pronounced the wedding lines on the
Church OF England.
, 1934-11-29
Boy Near Death As
Result of Accident

HARLINGEN, Nov. o. Jimmy
Nye was near death at the Valley
Baptist hospital Thursday morning
as the result OF injuries sustained
near Sebastian Wednesday.
According to reports. the boy
was riding on the back OF truck
and when he dropped off and ran
across the road he was struck down
by a passing automobile.
Both legs were broken and he
received severe internal injuries.
, 1934-11-29

UVALDE, Nov. 29.-tPJ- Vice
President Garner spent Thanks
giving in the way he likes best
quietly passing the day with his
family AZ his Uvalde home.
Tully G.. Garner, Son Of the
vice-president. Mrs. Tully Garner
and their daughter, Genevieve,
came from Houston TO be with the
family.
, 1934-11-29
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, 1934-11-29

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who landed at Plymouth Rock.
"A free will offering of s23.25 FOR
the Volunteers OF America was
taken.
Rev. Robertson spoke I'm the place
Of Rev. o. G. Grow. who had been
scheduled to make the annual
Thanksgiving address.
Rev. 4. p. Day. Presbyterian
pastor. and Rev. %. IL. Smith, Bap-
tist pastor, also took part IN the
services.
Special music was presented 10y
the choir OF the Central Christian
church. and Miss Gladys Woodrum
presented u solo.
, 1934-11-29

letters on golden grapefruit. Fruit
trees In tubs flank the exhibit and
the blackboard has a ma. showing
location or Elsa I'm relation 10
Engleman Gardens and other
points.
, 1934-11-29


got" their man. there was none OF
the bizarre circumstances that ur-
rounded the end Of the crime career
OF Dillinger. Dllinger was fatally
shot under the glare Of the white
lights OF n busy N0rthside street.
Nelson's end found him lying In a
muddy ditch. a twisted smile OH his
face.
Died I'm Auto
Apparently Nelson died as he was
driven madly from the scene Of the
encounter with the slain federal Of
ficers-carted away by his male
companion and the blond woman
believed to have been Nelson's wife,
Mrs. Helen M. ellis. A crude cot
ton cloth had been wrapped about
his body In an attempt to stop the
flow OF blood from a wound In his
stomach.
Unsuccessful in their efforts to
ward off death for their companion
in crime. his accomplices appar-
emily dumped his body into the
ditch and then drove away later 10
abandon the automobile they had
stolen after the federal officers
had been slain. The car was found
on outskirts OF Winnetka hours
before Nelson's nude body wrapped
In a red, green and black blanket,
was found.
A tip from an undertaken, Philip
Sadowski, led 10 the discovery OF
the body. TWO mysterious telephone
calls from an unidentified person
asked the mortician TO no out and
pick the body up, giving directions
as to its location. Sadowski noti-
fled the Niles Center police. Chief
A. g. Stolberg and two federal
agents made the find after Chief
Stolberg had stutlbled upon a pack
age OF blood-stained clothing near
the outskirts OF Niles Center.
Another Killed Agents?
Nelson, named also as the killer
OF w. Carter Baum, federal agent
shot TO death last April near the
Little Bohemia summer resort at
Mercer, wis, and As the slayer or
Theodore w. Kinder Of st. Louis
Park, q suburb OF Minneapolis. was
believe by most authorities to have
fired some OF the shots that killed
Cowley and Hollis. but there was az
least one who expressed q con-
trary belief. :
The opinion that 1t was Nelson's
male companion who killed Cow
ley and Hollis, came from Police
Commissioner Ambrose Brod Of
Niles Center q witness TO the duel.
He said the agents guns were work.
ing faster than Nelson's and that
the Baby Face, 50 called because
Of his cherubic expression. had
fallen before the officers dropped
mortaIly wounded.
Nelson's demise. like that OF Dil-
linger. disclosed that he had grown
q mustache and attempted to hide
his identity by using acid 10 oblit-
crate his finger prints, but they
we're easily identified.
, 1934-11-29

MAY Be Used
FOR RUBBER

WASHINGTON, NOV. 20. -tPl-
Involving broad economic possible
tiles for the south, plans were re-
ported as completed here recently
To plant In February 100000 acres
OF Floirda's Everglades to poinset-
tias for the manufacture Of rub
Der.
Herman 4. Pitman, a st. Louis
chemist, who claims 10 have dis
covered a formula for extracting
rubber from the house plan COM
mon 10 southern climes. said he
had the backing OF one Of the
largest rubber users In the country
for his undertaking.
Within eight years, the chemist
predicts. the nations full require
ments for rubber viii be supplied
by his discovery from poinsettias
grown in Florida, Georgia, Alabama
Texas and California. In the south
east the flower Is indigenous 70
the soil and climate along the gulf
fringe.
, 1934-11-29

Armitase. the precentor Of the Alb
hey.
The Archbishop OF York. I'm robe
and wearing the emhlems Of his
high church office. then pronounced
the prayer for perfect love and
peace" followed immediately by the
announcement OF the blessing by
DR.. Norris.
The beautiful notes and words on
the hymn, Got Re In My Head
then resounded through the Abbey.
AS the last note died away the Arch
bishop delivered the formal address.
Two Ceremonies
Tie counseIled them, 'let your
deepest bond or union he I'm that
inward region of the soul where con-
science and true ideals dwell, for
there you come near 70 God and
God comes near 60 you"
After the address the hymn.
Praise Ny soul, the King Of Hea-
ven." was sung. Again the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury took his place
10 deliver the final prayer and hene-
dIcticn as n deathlike hush fell over
the assemblage.
The national anthem and the
playing OF the anthem. "Alleluial
AlleluiaI", specially composed for
the occasion, completed the ceremony
save for the formal signing Of the
registers.
The bride and bridegroom end
their attendants moved off 10 the
chapel to DC. Edward I'm the con-
fessor for this ceremony az the last
notes Of the special anthem died
away.
Two registers were singed by the
bridal couple and their official wit
nesses. One was the register OF the
Abbey, the other the government
document In which the marriages OF
all royalty for more than the last
100. years are recorded
As the bells OF the Abbey began
10 peal. the wedding party formed
again and drove back 20 Bucking-
ham Palace for the second ceremony
OF the day, a Greek orthodox marrl-
age In the private chapel there.
, 1934-11-29

The index finger usually n lonEe|
than the ring finger In women, bu
I'm men the ring finger often
more longer than the index fingel
, 1934-11-29

Texas and California. In the south
east the flower is indigenous 70
the soil and climate along the gulf
fringe.
Much Cash in Sight
Pitman said that, when the flow
or is planted commercially on q
broad scale, growers will receive APP
proximately Sl8,000.O00 for their
crop. He estimated 1000 pounds Of
rubber can be obtained from eight
months grow OF ~poinsettia on one
acre, and said growers PROBABLY
will receive two cents q pound from
the rubber realized.
Under the chemists formula for
which patent protection now Is
sought, Ii was claimed juice press
ed from the stalk Of q particular
species Of the plant will produce
between 90 and IS per cent crude
rubber, many times the percentage
ever obtained by long experiments
with golden rod, milk weed, cactus
and palmettos and palms.
The chemist found the ~polnsettia
OF high rubber content growing wild
IN Mexico. The seed from these
plants. he said. viii be imported for
planting IN Florida. Plans were re-
ported under way 20 establish a
rubber plant IN Mexico.
Trees Produce Less
II Pittman's formula proves out
II bids fair 70 revolutioni1e the en-
tire rubber industry in America, and
would be invaluable should the u
8. become engaged In another war
The nation now depends entirely
upon foreign sources for rubber
AS against his clam that 1000
pounds OF the crude rubber can be
produced annually from one acre OF
poinsettia. the chemist pointed out
that In India and the Dutch East
Indies rubber plantations, on which
ordinary para trees are planted IS
to 20 feet apart, only q maximum
Of 1900 pounds al be harvested
after 10 years OF growth.
The discovery Of rubber in the
flower, used extensively at Christ
mas for decoration. was partly by
accident. Pitman broke a piece Of
the decoration and felt II was
sticky. He began experimenting by
applying home cleaning fluids TO
the sap, and encouraged at what
he saw. pursued his studies with
various varieties Of poinsettia and
numerous cnemicals-until his for
mula was perfected.
Contacts Lawyer
He got IN touch with Alva ID.
Adams. Washington patent attorney
who. incidentally, is a brother to
q. e. Adams. Georgia commission
er Of agriculture, and sought i'm
mediate protection for HE discovery.
In Adams office the chemist
placed two bottles and a crucible
on a desk One bottle he pointed out
as containing sap from the flower
stalk and the other a chemical. He
poured first the milky-white sap
into the crucible, then the chemical.
The mixture, stirred with q fount-
ain pen top, c~oagulated in a second
or two.
Pitman washed the substance and
handed It to newspapermen and
others looking on. II bore ell ap-
parent qualities Of rubber, In flexi-
bility and toughness.
, 1934-11-29
DREAD PUBLIC

CONTINUED From Page one)
, 1934-11-29

Mr.. Thomas Malone started for
his home I'm Bee county last sun
day morning.
, 1934-11-29

The members Oh the Brownsville
bar have chosen their partners
for the coming dance.
, 1934-11-29

The Harris arrived inside thI
bar Cat BRACES Santiago Pass a.
8 u. I'm. ON Thursday with 7B cart
OF freight.
, 1934-11-29

Chicken thieves visit the chicken
rOoSts most every night. It A
strange these night providers cant
be picked up.
, 1934-11-29

~. W. Gardner. official fair
photographer. taking a few shots
of community and other exhibits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-25

(Whiie Ray Fitzpatrick Is on vacation, some of radios fore t-niost stars will pinch.hit for
 him by contributing guest cOl- aumns. A column by an out
 standing radio star will appear
 here each day until Rays re- turn.)
 < Memory flashes back to Ohio State university.
 Ben Ames Williams and myself gave time and attention to every thing except classes. Football Baseball. Writing limericks. Prac- teal jokes. Midnight pranks. So- ber-minded professors shook their heads and prophesied Those lads will come to no good" A few years later Williams sold his first short story to the Saturday Evening Post. On the same day I made my first record, My Gal Sal" That was in 1919. Williams is still sell ing yarns to the Post. Pm still making records-sold in South Africa, Australia, to sheep ranch CTS; to a Maharajah of India. It all began on the campus.
 In college, 1 cleaned up an
 old ballad and called it ''The
 Gay Caballero." Later "The
 Gay Caballero" cleaned up for
 me. Two million records were
 sold. Old songs always inter-
 estcd me. I couldn't help mcm-
 OrixinS them. One night friend challenged me. bet
 him fifty bucks l could sing
 200 songs from memory.
 did. We sat up all night. And
 | collected the $50, but my
 throat was so hoarse
 couldn't keep a $1,OOO engage
 nient which started the next
 day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-25
Local 7heaters Feature Promising Pictures
THE CATS PAW"
 AT POLI'S TO-DAY
Harold Lloyd, Minus Spec tacles, in Latest and
 Funniest Picture

Polls is the mecca of amuse- ment seeking throngs today as fer the first time in New England there is being shown the latest Harold Lloyd film 'The Cats Paw" at the same time that is is creat- ing box office records at the mas sive Music Hall theater in New York. Critics all along the line are unanimous in proclaiming that this is the very best of the films of this peer of the funsters, who has been specializing in comedies for over 15 years, so 8 delightful treat is in store for all who are fortunate enough to see this pie ture.
 "The Cats Paw" is a radical de- parture from the usual Lloyd brand of film. In the first place he for the first time plays a grown up. In all his other comedies he has been at the adolescent stage. In this he portrays a grown up and what a load of laughs there are in store for you.
 In addition to the star there has been assembled cast that assures all of the best that can be had in a picture. For instance, you have Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, War ren Hymer, Alan Dinehart, Grant Mitchell, George Barbier, Grace Bradley and many others of like caliber.
 "The Cats Paw" is positively the funniest picture you have seen in. years. When seen in the pre- view. where there is no audience reaction, hard-boiled critics were in stitches of laughter and well they might as all the tricks to make one laugh long and hilari- ously are incorporated in this film.
 If things are going wrong, if you think that there Is no justice, and that the world has gone back on you, beg, borrow. or even steal the price of admission to the Poli theater for the next four days and you will come out of there with different slant on life.
 In addition to the feature there is also Mickey Mouse and his group of cartoon performers in their lat est episode Orphans Benefit" and you will see Minnie, Horace Horse collar, Pluto and the rest in the first of the new seasons produce of this favorite. Also there will be .he usual carefully selected program of short subjects, which are being booked at the request of thousands of the patrons of Polls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-25
STRAND OFFERING
 DOUBLE FEATURE
"Here Comes the Navy" and "WhOfn the Gods
 Destroy" Sunday

Performances this afternoon and evening mark the final presenta- tion, at Warmers Strand theater of Blind Date" with Ann Sothern and Neil Hamilton also Jack Holt in 'The Defense Rests"
 Sunday brings Warner Brothers smashing hit Here Comes The Navy" with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien in co-starring roles.
 Cagney and O'Brien, two sea- men, are the bitterest of enemies, Jimmy having joined the navy just for a chance to get even with O'Brien who has knocked him cold in a fistic encounter and stolen his girl, a part played by Dorothy Tree.
 To add fuel to gtheir hatred, tiful girl (Gloria Stuart) who sister.
 For the first time in pictures, the whole gigantic Pacific fleet is seen, weighing anchor and steaming out of it's harbor for the Atlantic coast.
 Many of the thrills take place aboard the Arizona, where the Warner Bros company of play CTS spent three weeks taking scenes. In one of these, Jimmy saves his gun crew, including his hated enemy, from sure death in a flaming gun turret by rolling his half naked body over a burn ing powder trail which has almost reached bag of explosives.
 Another hair raising incident oc- CUTS at the navy dirigible base at Sunnyvale, Calf, where the com pany took scenes with the U.S.S. Dirigible Macon. Here three men are carried aloft clinging to ground
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-25

Cuskoos-NBC. 10:15-Harry Kings Orch.-NBC 10:45-Siberian Singers-NBC. 11:04-Guy Lom mbardo's Orch.-
 NEG. 11:30-Paul Whiteman's orch.- | NEG. 12:00-Weather Forecast. A. M. '12:02-Silent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-25
MUSICAL COMEDY
 AT STATE TO-DAY
"Dames,'' Featuring All Star Cast, Starts FOur-
 Day Run

Danes" Warner Brothers new est and most spectacular musical comedy romance, comes to the Warner State theater to-day, with an all star cast headed by Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler.
 Three hundred beautiful girls dance and frolic in beautiful and complicated ensembles that are said to be the most novel and most sensational yet created by that master of special numbers, Busby Berkeley.
 The picture is said to contain a number of the catchiest songs of the year, written by three teams of ace songsters, Warren and Dublin, Fain and kahal and Dixon and Wrubel These are sung by Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell and Phil Began, radios Singing Cop.
 The story, by Robert Lord and Delmer Dawes, carries a definite plot which is said to be one of the most hilarious on record. Joan Blondell heads the cast in the role of chorus girl mad cap WHo ueIlSHlS III SHipdIIdsS- ing dignified gentlemen, and who eventually weds millionaire moralist.
 Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler furnish most of the romance as 8 pair of lovers whose match is anathema to their families. Three famous comedians, ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert, pro- vide a large share of the com edy.
 Others in the cast include Ar thur Vinton, Sammy Fain and Arthur Aylesworth. An excellent surrounding pro- gram has been booked by Man. ager Julia M. Smith, to accom- pany this smart musical feature attraction.