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Evening star., 1934-12-24
SENDER Of BOOKS
TO JURORS SOUGHT
New Panel Asked in Lind.
bergh Case After Satire
Is Distributed.
BY the Associated Press.


FLEMINGTON, N. j.. December
24.-Federal authorities, called in by
the prosecutors Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, Lindbergh kidnap-mur-
der suspect, today sought to locate
the person who sent copies Of
pamphlet called mo. 23l0, criminal
file exposed; aviatCr's baby was never
kidnapped or murdered" to the $50
prospective jurors for the German
carpenters trial on charge of mur-
der next week.
Both prosecution and defense con-
sidered the possibility of applying for
new panel.
The State is mot interested in who
wrote 1t, but who sent it," high off,
cial source said In announcing that
Department Of Justice agents and
postal authorities in Chicago were in
vestigating the mailing Of the PAM
phlets.
Effort to "Tamper."
Sending of the pamphlets to Me
men and women, IL Of whom were to
decide the guilt or innocence Of
Hauptmann, was described by Prose-
cutor Anthony M. Hauck as malicious
and deliberate effort" to "tamper"
with the jury.
Mrs. Mary Belle Spencer. Chicago
lawyer, author Of the booklet called
1t a satire. written two years ago "to
poke fun at the asininity of our po-
lice and court system as whole"
ST1TE COITRT MATTER
Evening star., 1934-12-24

Another significant fact Is that
the congressional crowd arose as one
man in mighty wrath against the
business recommendation for the dole
instead of public works. No Con-
gresham likes to lose his pork.
Another Indefinite Demand.
Also, the truth is no State Govern
ment is far enough away from bank
ruptcy to handle relief alone. The
business demand for that was just as
indefinite as the balanced budget
idea.
But, as between Mr.. Roosepelts
right-hand holders not knowing
what his lett-hand holders Uere
doing and Congress needlessly
fearing loss OF pork, the whole
thing mound up In q mess OF con-
ficttng headlines.
The liberals are longing for the
good old days Of Autumn when busi-
ness men called the White House
everything they could think Of, and
vice versa.
The funniest part of the whole af-
fair was the unobserved change of
business front. Two years ago, these
same business men were saying o dole
would drive the country to ruin. Now
they are for 1t, not only because II
is cheaper and less wasteful, but be-
cause 1t helps business.
tcopyrisht. 1e34.l
Evening star., 1934-12-24
SARTOR|AL TITLE
GOES TO BROKER
Jury of TaiIors Decides
William G. LoeW Is "Best.
Dressed" Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24.-A
Wall Street broker was given the dis
tinction today Of being Americas best
dressed man in an informal selection
of jury of tailors.
He is William Goadby Loew, whose
sartorial excellence is reflected in q
dark gray sack coat and striped
trousers, with a washable waistcoat
and a white carnation.
Adolphe Menjou of the films, re-
garded by many as the Nations best
male dresser, Is only an "also ran" In
. list formed from the choices Of fivs
leading tailors.
Film Stars Down in List.
With Loew in the favored 10, are:
Conde Mast New York magazine pub
Usher: e. T. stotesbury. Philadelphia
financier; Edsel Ford, Detroit automo-
bile manufacturer; Alfred P. Sloan
president Of General Motors; Claude
Boettcher, Denver banker; Warner
Baxter, Hollywood screen star; Douglas
Fairbanks. ST.. also Of the screen;
David A. Reed, Senator from Penn.
sylvania, and Walter D. league. In
dustrial designer.
Mast, who once came back from
Europe with q wine-colored dress suit
won high rating for his ability to
choose the right spats and for his
impeccabie brown ensembles.
Stotesbury was acclaimed for his
leisure clothes" One fortnight in
Florida he wore q different ensemble
each day, leading of with q green
cashmere coat, white fiannels, Q green.
striped shirt and o panama with q
green band.
Warner not Flashy.
Ford, Sloan and Boettcher wor
ranking for their business suits. The
tall, dark and handsome Warner
Baxter was pronounced . good all.
around nan-dressy, but not hashy
As for Fairbanks, his lapels are neither
too broad nor too narrow. His ap.
pearance Is that Of q well groomec
business man.
Senator Reed Of Pennsylvania was
nominated as holding sartorial honors
in the Senate. A designers Of stream
line trains, league also affects stream
line stripes. He also always carries q
walking stick.
Americas best-dressed man is often
seen at the Belmont race track in q
covert coat and gray derby. 1t may
have been the derby that captured the
title. For, said the tailors, the gray
derby is the most aristocratic hat In
the world.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
SANTA CLAUS TO VISIT
QUINTUPLETS TONIGHT
Plenty of Gifts Await Dionne
Youngsters, But They viii Be
Denied Turkey.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CALLANDER, Ontario, December
24-Santa Claus, who travels around
the world and sees many strange
sights, drops in tonight on quintuplets
for the first time.
When he slides down the chimney
at the Dionne Hospital he will see
five little baby sisters, all healthy, but
little too young to get excited over
the annual visit from the North Pole.
They will be seven months old Decem-
ber 20.
Plum pudding. cake and cookies are
In the Dionne larder for the Christ
mas dinner, along with turkey, but the
sisters-the i've yo,iEg ones, thank
you-wjll have milk and cereal.
Flowers and presents In profusion
came during the week end for the
quintuplets.
"All are in good shape" said DR..
Allan r. Dafoe.
To bear this out he allowed the
youngsters to remain outdoors for q
long while, although the thermome-
ter was about 10 degrees below zero.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
REPORT To CHURCH
ASSA|LS NEW DEAL
"Forgotten Man" Still For
gotten, Says Professor in
Methodist Survey.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24.-The
Rooseveltian New Deal. asserts q
survey sponsored by the Methodist
Federation Of Social Service, has failed
to remember the forgotten man."
Only 10 per cent of the Govern
ment's heavy spending has returned
to ''the ordinary man Of the street"
the survey stated. The greatest bene-
fits, it declared, have gone to bankers
and big business men.
The survey was made by DR.. Harry
r. Ward, professor Of theology at
Union Theological Seminary, Column
bia University, one Of the two secre-
taries of the federation. Miss Wini-
fred L. Chappell, the other secretary,
assisted him.
Their findings. made public today,
included assertions:
That the New Deal has lowered the
standard of living, brought an arti-
fetal scarcity of goods and a top
heavy" advantage to banks and in
dustries.
The federation is a voluntary asso-
citation of Methodist Church workers
President Roosevelt does not want
to 60 left" DR.. Ward wrote. He has
expressed sympathy for the forgotten
man, has promised jobs, social Sc
curity, restoration Of business. The
peonle have indorsed this nrocram
But at the same time he clings to
belief in the profit system.
business men use suesion and
threats against his big spending pro-
gram. He talks now of turning the
Job back TO the business men. The
same mixture is in the minds of
Mussolini and Hitler. Even they are
sincere in wanting the good Of their
people, but because they don't know
what's wrong with the system they
don't show how to get what they
want"
Evening star., 1934-12-24
GR|EV|NG WOMAN
KILLS G AND SELF
Maddened by Sons Death,
Nurse Stays Kin on
Christmas Visit.
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClAteQ HEeSS.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, December "a
The paper bells and tinsel garlands
that made Walter Dempsey's home
ready for a happy Christmas grace a
house of tragedy today, for all but one
of the family Of six are dead; slain,
police say, by a woman driven mad
by the death Of her own son.
In addition, the woman herself and
her sister are dead in the multiple
Yuletide tragedy.
Coming to the suburban home Of
Dempsey, her brother, Mrs. Kathryn
Schoch, 81, Of Dunkirk, N. Y, a
trained nurse, made the family merry
with gifts for all, but in the night
shot them with a pistol and ended
her own life with poison.
Mother Still Lives.
Five Of the Dempsey family died in
the shootings yesterday. The mother
alone still lives.
A pitiful note, telling how she could
not have her little 7-year-old son with
her to enjoy Christmas happiness,
was found by police, who said it held
the explanation Of the motive for her
act.
1t read in part: 20, dear God, it's
hard to do all this, but I just cannot
go on any longer. Not to feel my
darling boys arms around me nor hear
his precious voice makes living un-
bearable"
Sister Found Dead.
At Mrs. Schoch's apartment In
Dunkirk, police broke in and found her
sister, Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hughes,
dead Of a bullet wound. They said
she possibly had been slain by Mrs
Schoch before the latter left for Pitts
burgh.
Besides Mrs. Hughes and Mrs.
Schoch, the dead are:
Walter Dempsey, AZ. q welfare
worker; Robert, IL; Thomas, g; Wal
ter. jr., 10, and David, Is months. all
sons of Dempsey.
Mrs. Clara Dempsey, the mother, Ia
in hospital with a bullet wound in
the head. Physicians said she may
recover.
The father and three of the sons
were killed as they slept. Walter, jr.
died In a hospital several hours later
The baby, David, was shot while he
slept In his crib by his parents side.
Grief Over Son Blamed.
Reconstructing the tragic affair
from notes left by Mrs Schoch and q
statement from Mrs. Dempsey, police
arrived at the theory that grief ovel
the death month ago Of her son
Jimmy, upset Mrs. Schoch's mind.
Carefully pulling and pinning ths
blinds after the gay and unsuspectine
Dempseys had gone to bed, Mrs
Schoch made her way through thu
piled Christmas gifts In the living
room and entered their sleeping rooms
about midnight yesterday.
George w. Murren, chief Of Allie.
gheny County detectives, quoted Mrs
Dempsey as saying she was awakened
by the first shot, which killed her hus.
band.
Screaming, she' started to run fol
help, but was shot by Mrs. Schoch
The wounded woman managed tt
reach neighbor's home, but wher
they returned they found three Of tht
children also were dead, the othel
dying and Mrs. Schoch lying dead o.
poison draught.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
STATE COURT MATTER.
U. S. Says 1t Has Not Been Asked to
Investigate.

The Department Of Justice ex-
pressed interest today, but said it was
taking no part in an investigation
Of the sending of pamphlets to venire-
men for trial Of Bruno Hauptmann.
At the Office Of the Attorney Gen
eral it was said: Recently we with
drew, giving word that we would assist
If we were asked by the New Jersey
authorities now handling the case.
We have not been asked to assist in
connection with the pamphlets.
1T is purely q State court matter.
The State court handling the case has
authority to call a new panel OF to
discipline attorneys or take whatever
other action appears necessary"
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Youth Eats Torpedo,
Throws Gum TOp
Away in Bad Mix-up
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, December PA
young man was having lots Of
fun throwing miniature torpedoes
here and there.
He was eating gum drops, too.
AS he walked along through
the shopping throngs he would
pull gum drop from his pocket
and crunch it. Into his pocket
again and sgain-a torpedo, then
q gum drop. But, they got
mixed.
He went to the hospital suffer-
ing q badly burned and bruised
jaw. He had crunched a torpedo
and thrown a gum drop.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Roosevelt's Power Battle
Traced to Old Dispute
at Warm Springs.
BY PAUL MALLON.

TT IS well known that President
Roosevelt is against the power
companies, but even the all
i observant 8. Claus will be sur
prised when be drops down the
White House chimney and finds can
dies on the tree instead of electric
lights.
Also, the old gentleman may raise
his shaggy eyebrows in the homes of
the power people when he notes that
their cupboards are bare-ish, even II
not yet entirely bare.
1t may be neps to Santa Claus,
but all Washington has been pon-
dering about it for months. Many
setoing circle stories haze been
passed around. purporting to er-
plain phy the President pursues
the power issue NTH more thor
oughness, energy and glee than he
devotes to many another issue.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
STRONG MAN WILL GIVE
BLOOD FOR CHRISTMAS
"Spike" Howard, Famous Phi1a-
delphia Donor, Claims World
Record for Transfusions.
- tha Aeso.to taA pros~

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December a.
Edward (Spike) Howard, chain break
ing, spike bending strong man and
blood donor, will celebrate Christmas
day by giving several pints Of blood
to hospital patient.
1t will be his 324th TRANSMISSION,
records Of the blood donors registry
show, and he claims q world record.
I'll enjoy my Christmas turkey
all the better" he says. II always
eat several pounds Of meat after each
blood donation and that'n give me Q
better appetite"
Evening star., 1934-12-24
MAN WHO GULPED KNIFE
DIES UNDER OPERATION
Farm Worker Failed at Suicide
and Then Swallowed 7-Inch
Blade.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SIOUX FALLS, s. Oak, December
24.-William King, 34-year-old Es-
mond farm worker, died in hospital
yesterday few hours after an emer-
gency operation had been performed
to remove O. finch jacknife, which
he had swallowed Thursday after
slashing his throat in q suicide at
tempt. ....
Evening star., 1934-12-24
SOVIET ENVOY ARRIVES
Diplomatic Relations Are Re
sumed With Hungary.

sumed With Hungary.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, December "a
@.-After 20 years estrangement
from Russia, Hungary, threatened a
few years ago by the Communists
under Bella Kun, yesterday received
the first Soviet Minister. Alexander
Beksadian.
Beksadian, an Armenian, expressed
the hope to Regent Nicholas Horthy
in q special audience that the two
former enemies might henceforth
live as friends.
With Hungary's resumption Of re-
lations with Russia. only one inpor-
tant nation, Yugoslavia, refuses to
recognize the Soviet regime.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Comic Strip Artist Dies.

BOSTON, December a @.-Frank-
lin p. Collier, 50, creator Of the comic
character lotto Grow" and one Of
Hoston's best known Newspaper car
toonists, died yesterday aftsr . heart
attack. -
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Mexican Veterans Elect.

HARTFORD, Conn, December ~
R.-Lieut. Col. Francis J. Shearer Of
Hartford was reelected commander
in chief Of the Mexican Border Vet.
erans' Association Ut its annual con.
vention here Saturday.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
ARMS PROBE PUSHED

bdTUu MdcmIIIdH NepOrteu Iedu-
ing English Quiz.
LONDON, December "a Up.-It was
reported yesterday that Baron Mac
milan Of Aberfeldy had been invited
to become president Of the royal COM
mission being established to investi-
gate the armaments business Of
Britain.
1t was not known whether Lord
Macmillan had accepted. He was
chairman Of the royal commission Of
i've which last year Investigated the
banking system in Canada at the re-
quest Of the dominion government.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07
AN AQUATIC EDUCATION
Edited by A. Nj. Potter, Executive
Secretary of Delaware Red Cross

There are men and women who
avoid spending their vacations
near water because of their inabil-
ity to swim. There are others who
sit idly by on the benches or paddle
around near the shore in water
shoulder high while their friends
are having a high time splashing
and diving out by the raft. The
reason for non-swimmers Well,
the chief reason is lack of conf
dence. There is no reason why
any normal person should have an
abnormal fear of the water. Yet
it has been said that for every
man, woman and child who is at
home in the water there are three
who are afraid of it. Fortunately,
this ratio is rapidly changing for
the better, since new methods have
made learning to swim easier and
since people have come to realize
the danger of not knowing how to
swim. The easiest time to learn
to swim is between the ages of
nine and fourteen and when coor-
dination comes with little effort
and when confidence is most easily
acquired. A child should learn to
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Urges Safety For All Outings
and Picnics During the
Summer Months
DANGER ON HIGHWAY

Hundreds of Delaware organiza-
tions will this summer conduct
outings to the parks, the shore, the
mountains and surrounding coun-
tryside. According to the Della
ware Safety Cuncil, none of these
truly delightful trips need occasion
mishaps or regret providing their
managers will organize for safety
Just as they do for all other picnic
arrangements. A special respon-
sibility rests upon the managers to
surround the picnic group with
every possible safeguard. The
most serious of the hazards gener-
ally encountered has to do with
transportation and it is to this
phase of the problem we want to
call your attention. Trains, troll
1eys, responsible bus companies
and licensed river craft are the
safest for the transportation of
large parties and pleasure seekers.
Choose the safest-not the cheap
est. The condition of equipment is
of paramount Importance. Picnic
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07
OAR. AT
DOVER, JUNE IA
DIR. AmanduS Johnson of Phil
adelphia, To Be Principal
Speaker at Annual Event
PLAN MUSICAL PROGRAM

DR.. Amandus Johnson, educator,
author and explorer, will be the
principal speaker at the annual
Summer Conference of the Della
ware Daughters of the American
Revolution to be held Thursday,
June IA, in Dover, with members
of the Colonel Haslett Chapter, of
Dover, as hostess. DR.. Johnson,
author of THE Swedish Settle
ments on the Delaware" is now
curator of the John Morton Me-
mortal Museum in Philadelphia.
His subject will be '"The Landing
of the Swedes in Delaware" A
musical program is planned to in
tersperse the addresses when vocal
selections will be given by Mrs.
Raymond Frederick, a member of
Caesar Kidney Chapter, of Will
mington. Representatives of the
various chapters throughout the
State are expected to attend the
Summer conference which will be
held on the lawn Of Wesley Colleg-
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07

managers have no means of determ-
lining the condition of equipment or
competency of drivers so it is urg-
ed that they employ only response
BILE concerns which specialize in
passenger transportation. Picnic
are cautioned not to
overload their vehicles. This co4n-
occurs only in motor truck
movements or private automobiles,
and in some instances has caused
very distressing accidents in var
ious parts of the country. Forum
ately our Delaware statistics are
clear from mishaps due to over
crowding. Sufficient time must be
allowed to make the trip safely
both ways. Never request or per-
NIT your driver to make up lost
time by reckless speeding. An
other important factor not to be
overlooked is crowding the driver.
To crowd the drivers seat is to
court disaster. In motor truck
movements particularly the picnic
supervisor should insist upon main
tenance of safe spacing distance
between vehicles as a protection
against rear end collisions. This
danger is, of course, greater in the
open country where speed is high
er. In a closely spaced line move
ment at a good speed in an en-
ergency stop or slow down may
easily produce series of collisions.
Railroad crossings are always a
point of extreme danger. Where
no crossing watchman is on duty
proceed with exceptional caution,
be sure you are safe and then go
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07

SWIM as early as possible. Rut if
your education along that line was
neglected when you were youno
now is the time to remedy it. You
may not be able to grasp the meth
DDS so quickly as you might have
when you were boy. or perform
as good a jackknife dive, but Won
will be able to acquire enough
knowledge to give you added pleas
ure on your vacation and a. feeling
of safety on your fishing trip when
the wind blows and the waves-or
foolish friends-rock the boat. The
word educated" applies imperfect
ly to a college graduate who NAV
be compelled to stand on a wharf
or waters edge and see and hear
a helpless person struggling and
calling for help, and yet unable to
spring in the water and rescue
him. Let there be a change; the
necessity of being able to swim is
vividly apparent to the drowning
person and the thousands of need
lessly drowned have poor educa-
tional system to thank for their
fate. Over seven thousand persons
are downed in the u. S. each year
according to statistics recently
published by the Government.
There is no hard strain on the hu-
man constitution than inactivity.
To sit IN an Office for a life time
is an exceedingly great strain. To
offset evils of a sedentry life that
is not better exercise than swim
ming, as it brings into activity
every muscle in the body without
any undue strain on any one set Of
muscles. The muscles of all good
swimmers show an even proper
tionate to development. Swimming
keeps the muscles supple, enlarges
the diaphragm and the thorax.
straightens the spinal column, cor
rects hump back and evils that
arise from use of improper clothing
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07

late Institute. Mrs. Walter Morris
State regent, will preside over the
sessions opening at 10 o'clock,
standard time. Business sessions
will be held during the morning
and at noon there will be a box
lunch with refreshments. The pro-
gram is planned for the afternoon
session. In case of rain, the meet
ing will be held at the home of
Mrs. Jonathan Willis, State vice
regent, in Dover. One of the i'm
portant subjects for discussion at
the business meeting will be the
D. A. R. garden which the organi-
zation is planning for the center
of the new dual highway entering
Dover from the North. Already
plans are being made for the gar
den and it is expected to be COM
pleted by Fall. Trees of pink and
white dogwood, arbutus and ever
green are to be planted in the plot
and there will be D. A. R. mark
er. The organization will discuss
the proposal of the National So
ciety that each State send to the
national capital a young woman
graduate of high school, selected
for her scholastic ability, character
and good citizenship. The trip, if
it is approved, would be offered
each year and the girls would be
cared for in Washington by repre-
sentatives of the National Society.
Plans for the annual State Confer
ence to be held February %, 1885,
will also be made at the meeting.
Election of officers will take place
at the next annual meeting and the
nominating committee appointed
to prepare a slate for the election
comprises, Mrs. W. Williams, of
Penny Hill, chairman; Mrs. Eugene
Raughley, of Dover, and Mrs. ].
Pearce Cam, of Newark.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07
NJ! :::.
Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday "Tarzan
and His Mate" Tarzan returns to
his jungle throne! Lord of the
jungle. Child of the apes. com
bining the intelligence of man
with all the cunning of beasts. !.
Tarzan the mighty. rules his
jungle domain. Tarzan's army with
sabre-toothed apes hurl Jagged
rocks to rout the fierce attack of
THE Lion Tooth Men" Savage
cannibals, with fangs like jungle
monsters these were The Lion
Tooth Men" "Tarzan and HIS
Mate" featuring Johnny Weiss
muller and Maureen O'Sullivan
Smyrna times., 1934-06-07

ahead. Look both ways always.
A passing train or standing cars
may hide from view another train
rushing towards the crossing from
the opposite direction. Drivers of
motor trucks carrying passengers
must stop, look and listen before
entering upon the crossing. There
is no arguing the right of way with
a locomotive. Homeward bound
picnickers generally like to sing.
Ossacionally grade crossing disast-
ers have occurred because singing
prevented the driver from hearing
the warning whistle of an ap-
preaching train. The sporting
spirit to be the first on the picnic
ground and first home has been re-
sponsible for very serious smash
ups in the past. If safety super
visor accompanies each party as
has just been suggested this condi-
tion can be controlled with ease.
Storm conditions are also often
contributary causes of picnic acci-
dents. With storm clouds threat
ening, a rain falling, the natural
reaction of the picnickers is to
strike it for home, particularly if
the party is using uncovered We
hicles, but with the roads filled
with others similarly minded and
pavements becoming increasingly
treacherous the accident hazard
ratio jumps alarmingly. The folks
may get wet but if the picnic safe
ty supervisors function effectively
they will lead all of their party
home safe and sound.