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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

continued to riso regularly every morning, sc0fch unbearAbiy Ovory afternoon, and sot morcifully every evening.
 And thon, about one year later. from somo few hundred miles to the west of us, wo received color. ful reports of tho activities of a new Arab chieftain who called himself Ei Mhanok-ThO Leader, :
 And seemed that unliko most Arab chiefs ho was neither cruel nor bloodthirsty. On the contrary, El Mhanek was tho dosort version of Robin Hood--protocting the weak, uplifhting tho lowly.
 "Ho made made c young fort une by eonhning his activities to rniding and robbing the savage Touareg, who themselves live by robbing and raiding tho weaker tribes. Undoubtedly, that gentle. man found t both wise and ex. that certain law of Allah tho
 "Many wore the stories told of him. It was oven whispered about that ho was . grandson Of tho great Abd-ol-Kndir, but wo Legion. naireB hold other opinions. It seemed to uB rather odd that .he should take palms to steer clear of tho Freneh that operated in that sector, for it had been reported that he pufpoBely 0vaded Legion company, although ho could very elsily have attacked and annihil- ated it--and been dozen rifles to the e.,go good. d :. ,..... ..,... in this El Mhan0kj it isn't every day that an Arab lootor plays fa. y0ritos, and spar0g--of oil things--- Legion members. And when ono day somo months later some of hib playful young bucks took some pot. shots (without his sanction, we later discoyer0d) at som0 convoy of Froneh officers, and we were or. dored to forthwith dispatch him to tho joys of Allah, although we thoroughly enjoyed and welcomed the prospects of c skirmish, we In. tenBoiy dislikod to participate In operations against El Mhanok.
 Tn exactly nine minutes we were on parade 'en tenue do cam pagne' and with Capt Fabre litor. ally smaeking his lips, we once more marched out into tho dcBort, this time with view Of active ser. vice.
 "SIx DAYS LATlcR
 FOUND US HOPELESS"
 "six days later found US In El Mhanek's Boctor--eleverly lured into c hopeless trap. Evcn ns we came In sight, their leader gave q signal and an amazingly drilled, disciplined unit depl0yed from col umn to line. We were completely surrounded and overwhelmingly " outnumbered.
 "In the bad position we were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

FoLloUing aM old-tin,e custom members Of tue Mat- totuck Drum Corps participated in the memorial eGer cses last Sunday tn Wolcot. The boys decorated the gyaves of their former members momy of whom took mart in the Revolutionary War. person who is verv observing m matters alom0 ths lne noticed there were fve Of the drumners tn the band ahose Gverage age avas 72 summers the youngest being 60 and the oldest 79 Que member, his luther, hs grondfather amd hds great grandfather aoere aH dr@naers, the ast men. tioned havng drumned tn the Revolutionary War And here s somethi,g The membership committed 0f the S. A. R oould be mighty interested tn fmdimg out how namv of tue Mattatucks eh0ibe for membership 70 their organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

usually meet a doserter of the Logion--death from thirst, death at the hands of Arabs, or ten years of Q living death with tho penal battalion Ut Biribi, if caught by the authorities.
 "But Holt, unlike yourselves, was well provided against any of these ignominious ends. He pos. sessed an inbred, unfailing nerve, an excellent knowledge of desert routes, and looked and talked . convincing Arab when dressed in the proper garb.
 with these all-important ad. vantages, naturally though, we were little surprised he made good his getaway and had successfully crossed the border. Once out of French territory, he was Tree even to enter the eervice Of the Sultan of Morocco and perhaps some day become another Kaid Mcleod.
 with us In Capt. Tabre's regi. ment, things kept on as usual. We continued to march every day and to scheme every night. The sun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

it. El Mhanokl He reached It. manoeuverod the gun--and few seconds later crumbled up with q hole in his forehead.
 The enemy, seeing their bo- loved chief dead, broke and fled in confusion.
 "When we reached the body of ISi Mhanek wo reeognixod--Holt' And the machine gun he died for was pointed-not in our direction but upon his own menl
 "When he had become fully aware that we, his formor com. rades, were about to Do ruthlessly massacred--he then realized on which sido ho belonged!
 Holt tho desertor, Holt the traitor. Holt the renegado--raced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Connecticut Industry.

Connecticut Industry. The Clock Company re- gently naugurated series of pay raises for various classes of employees including cent an hour increase TOT trSiners The Jewelry Workers Union is said to have tabled the proposed demand for fiat 10 per cent increase
 William A. Carpenter, efficient supervisor of the Pat. en Button Company will be of the speakers at the enh annual Industrial Conference to be held at Camp Hagen in Chester June 16. William F. Birs of the Farrel Foundry Machine Company recently elected director of the Hartford chapter, N. A. c. A. Employment n eight brass factories in this city rose per cent last AR en ma J. R. Nei head of the Watertown Manufacturing Com- pany embarked on research and actual commercial man factre of phenoc resins and compounds From reseafch laboratory and manufacturing establishment parked in brick stable the present company now known as the largest manufacturer of lamnaed material in the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

to certain death to give the rest of us Q chancel
 "He was Holt--the Legion. naire--"
 Papa Pierre paused. A silence fell upon the group round the biaz- Ing campfire.
 fie stood up, and with his back to the men, saluted dramatically in the direction of the flagstaR.
 eff 1t was Q renegade who Baved the Legion that day." he said, "theh may God make more renegRdes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
By MORTON EDWARDS

INNINGS had not begun well for the Legonnaires of the
 VIIth Company of the Foreign Legion of France sta- oned at isolated Fort Hirondee in the Sahara and had rapidly progressed from very bad to much worse.
 First the commandant Adjutant Lefreysse, together with fourteen better than herself had been lost in la .n..A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

Barbs. :. Socialists have voted Co resist Oar co the emd SO they cam tell ter 0randchtdrem how theD fou0ht tue qOar Go resist Ddr. Ultimately, saDs scientist aveU lose the of our fngers and thumbs How terrible for the hitchhiker! The dtsarmamem conference is failre since some o the mattoms oo~d rather lock arns on the batte field hat block arms 70 the conference room. . . Joan CraaDford saDs rddto stors should not mearrv But V they dont marry, how eau then get divorced YounG John Jacob Astor saDs life is difficult for him because of hs riches pressed further he might a0ree that Rfe Vould be b1 more difficult VithOnt his richer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

yive thousand silkwormB must
 eat 125 pounds of mulberry leaves
 to mako enough silk for one ki- mono,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Tall Tower Topics
LET'S col
ii907fsi Si;O sr THE MAN IN THE TOWER

LEI 6 OO6 Let's 20 to the mountains Where days are crisp and fair, And take our share of pleasure Along with taking the air. They say it's quite tonic And bound never to bore, You can't prove by us because We've never been before. Let's take trip across to The Continent and the British Isles, Go many paces do many things Travelling endless miles. Paris, too, and the famous Left Bank, See everything, have no regrets; Museums, cathedrals, the whole works Not forgetting French Crepe Suzettes. Let's plan summer trip What, you hate all the fuss All right, what's the use We'll weekend in the family bus.
 -Em. Elm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

Editor, Tau Toper TopicS: We'll here am way up in FlagstaG Mane sergeant of the l7Sth Compamy Ca,np @10G Tue countrys idea up here aud am r0ht n the proverbiaL pink Ot condition the meals are riqht Go n,y Rkn0 Gue my regards Co the boys M the C;ty Room. Sincerely, Dun SulliDan. (Ma@y thas for tue ome cemter Dummy bov were afwoys 0ad 10 hear from Vou Da dear readers, is the merry son of our well-knoacm ioW entorcer Patroman Joe Sul- hv1n.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Friday tidbits.

Friday tidbits Harry Huey, Eddie Kosloskey Chris Pousen and Andy Stavntsky caught Johnny Moore at Sunday at the Polo Grounds as the Waterve M boy
 Bernice Lasky, class girl athlete at Wllby, has taken up horseback riding but out to Mddebury to strut her stuff She's little after the last ride , Jeanne Sherwood and Alice Combe becoming tennis ad diets and may be in their shorts practically every a ernoon at the Fulton Park courts. Joe Morton after mathed at Barney Rapps in West Haven Friday following inc Sacred Heart Aumnae semformal at Hamilton Park
 Ray Calvin is the handsome usher who has joined up with the State theater seatshowers Joe Robinson IS holding down a similar position at Polis,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

siokened of Wehtrsburger and the monotony) and when one day we learned that Holt, the American. Legionnaire. had taken Q stroll on his own, we cursed ourselves for fools for not having gone along"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
RENEGADE.

forced into we were sustaining great losses. We, who had come to punish, were being punished. Those Arahs remembered that we had come to shoot them down and now that they had us at their mer- cy they gave no quarter.
 "our one machine gun, thanks to Captain Fabre's foresight, had been placed at point in front of un in t.,e narrow pass, and was provin the only thing that was holding them of. It was that gun alone that was saving us from ex- termination. And then, suddenly, the gunner was down
 Tt was now left for the enemy to seize it and turn upon usl
 "Quick ns a flash q tall, bur. housed, striking figure dnshed' for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Here and there.

Here and there. . Jack Redy, of the genial sexton of the Church of the Immaculate Conception is home from Kentucky University for the summer months recent operation Robert Betts, cheerful Prudential insurance agent quite popular along the Abrgado Bobs advice has been a helping hand to many family. B Green and Barney Burnes delight in killing their leisure moments telling fish stories And what whoppers that ro tund buecoa can report Merwin $. Bronson was nalbearer Wednesday afternoon for Amos P. Mitchell 1 West Hartford. Bill Pierpont, Brass City minstreer. dropped into the other night to get his hair cut ala Bruscno Waterburys famed tonsorial artist Com missioner Gertrude Bowes and her daughter, Betty, wit messed the exercises of Vanova college terday where Gers youngest brother Bill received his sheepskin along with Edgar VeVrbya. Mike Testa who
 makes more noise around the South End than any six hu mans contempates setting sail the sea of matrmony in September Congrats Mike! Frank Skehan, popular Wilby prof. will be of the patrons at the Green and White prom week from tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
The Cast of Characters in
 Renegade"

PAPA PIERRE, French Legion.
 nAire, who is proud Of\ the ser.
 vice, and who tells the story Of HOLT, an American who deserted
 and still remained Q LegiOnnaiFe.
Evening star., 1934-02-02
STOCK LIST MIXED
/. INACTIVE TRADING
Metals and Some Special
ties Firm, but IndustriaIs
Meet Realizing.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Business Writer.

NEW YORK, February 2.-Stock
trends were at variance today fol.
lowing yesterdays wide advance.
Metals and a number of specialties
were firm, but profit taking was en-
countered by the industrials, includ-
ing aircraft and alcohol shares. Trad
ing was active, but under the record
total Of the previous session. United
States Smelling rose more than 4
points. Montgomery Ward and Con-
solidated Gas improved. but losses of
to points were shown by American
Commercial Alcohol, Douglas Aircraft
and Case. United States Steel eased
fractionally. Transfers approximated
100000 shares.
Selling in some of the alcohols fol-
lowed word from Washington that the
Department of Justice had begun an
investigation of complaints of an al
legged liquor trust. The Federal Trade
Commission, it was also reported, had
also started gathering material for a
proposed inquiry into distiller opera
tions
Trade and industrial news of an
optimistic character continued plenti-
full Dun d. Bradstreet found that re-
tail business in many sections during
the week had reached the largest
totals for any January since 1929.
Based on the strength OF consumer
demand, it was said. retailers have
set their buying budgets from Is to
4O per cent ahead Of last years.
Evening star., 1934-02-02
FAVORABLE DIVIDEND
CHANGES SET RECORD
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK February 2.-Favor-
able dividend changes in January
numbering 1888, were more numerous
than in any month since December,
1880, while unfavorable changes, to-
falling So. we're fewer than in any
January since 1929, according to the
Standard Statistics Co. of New York
Another favorable factor in the rec
ord for January was the payment by
81 companies of portions of the ar
rears on cumulative preferred divi-
dends passed during the depression,
paving the road to later assumptions.
Evening star., 1934-02-02

~1934@ Stock and
Hish. Low. Dividend Rate.
17h 13as Int Tel & Teleg. .
IA 81 Interstate Dept st
IA So. Intertype Corp. E.
Evening star., 1934-02-02
London Demand
Advances Dollar
Nearly 5 Gents
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, February 2.-The United
States dollar closed TODAY nearlv
cents to the pound better than yes
terday with a quotation of s4923. to
the pound, as compared with the over
night figure of s497la.
President Roosevelts devaluation OF
the dollar and his offer to buy gold
from the world market created a rec
ord scramble for gold and gold shares.
The early effect here was a heavy
demand for French francs with which
to buy gold at the current price of
the Bank Of France and TO resell in
the United States. thereby netting a
big profit for the operators
such was the demand for gold On
the open market that price fixing On
the current franc was abandoned. and
the price simply was regulated by
supply and demand.
Under this method was reached
record price for gold-l39 shillings. s
pence-a fine ounce-a close approxi-
nation of the United States offer of
s35 a fine ounce.
In the foreign exchange market the
demand for dollars persisted for the
same purposes which previously had
strengthened the rate to near the old
parity Of 4.86 to the pound. This de-
mand was represented principally by
desire to transfer american and
British funds to the United States 10
participate in what traders antici.
pated would be boom In Wall Street.
The French franc closed at 1859. as
compared to yesterdays close of 10 80
PARIS. February 2 LP).-Three per
cent rentes. IS francs 80 centimes;
AZ per cent rentes. 5000
Exchange on London 77.35. The
Evening star., 1934-02-02
WICK DIVIDEND VOTED.

NEW YORK. February 2 R.-
Wick Chemical Co. today declared an
extra dividend of 10 cents a common
share, payable March / to stock of
record February 13. A similar extra
was paid three months ago.
Evening star., 1934-02-02
TRANSACTIONS ON The NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGED
2:15 pm.

Received by Private Wire Direct to The Evening Star
Evening star., 1934-02-02

1874 12sA Ohio Oil.
g. 81, Oliver Farm Equip.
q IL Oliver F Eq pr pf A.
6A 51i Omnibus Corp.
10ls 71a Oppenheim Collins.
19h l4sA Otis Elevator t60c) u.
100 90 Otis Eev pf 60.
81 ~ Otis Steel. .........
161s 9 Otis Steel pr pf. -.
% 7SA Owens-Ill Glass 90
Evening star., 1934-02-02

CONTINUED on Page A-l5.)
Evening star., 1934-02-02

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llK 25L Hahn Opt Strs pf y.
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IS 81 Hanna NJ A pf 90. &.
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~ "a Hat Corp (A)......
) IN Hayes Body.
96k STA HaZeI-AtIas GIL t5..
IL 8 Hercules Motor.
lis Ill Hercules Pw pf GO .
~ 81 Holland Furnace. i,
10 So Hollandr (A)h12l2c
1856 $40 Homestake NJ (t13)
23L IL Houdaille-Hersh A.
Sc ~ Houdaille-Hersh B.
29.s FL Houston Oil.
5sa 3h Houston Oil (new).
3STt 351s Howe Sound go.
10h ~ Hudson Manhattan.
23A 1874 Hudson Motor Car.
ia 4 Hupp Motors.
Evening star., 1934-02-02
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK. February 2 q
Over market:
Noon Quotations.
Evening star., 1934-02-02

Ia 1aCallahan zinc. ....
s.. 1 Calumet & Hecla. ..
1917 oIa Campbell-Wyant.-
29Is ~ Canada Dry G A ID
16a. 12i. Canadian Pacific. =.
s1s. 2s1, Cannon Mills t1.15. i.
ga 5,s Capital Admin tA)..
81 26a4 Cap Admin pf At3.
S4as 65ls Case q u Co. o.......
81 231, Caterpillar Tr(50c)
43la 33h Celanese Corp.
3O1. % Cent Aguire u1a)..
S3 70 Cent r II of y j -...
9ls IA Century Rib Mills.
367s 32ss Cerro de Pasco. ....
IN 3A CertaIn-teed Prod. =,
81 17h Certa.n-teed pf. ....
IL IL Checker Cab Mfg. ..
45Ts 39h Ches & Ohio (2.S0)..
441s "a Chesap Corp (21z)..
4 2N Chi & Ea stern Ill. ..
An IL Chi & East Ill pf. ...,
5ls zIs Chi Great Western.
1lL ga Chi Great Westn pf.
rs AZ Chi Mil ST p & Pac..
1la 81 Chi M il StP&Pac pf
12ss 6ss Chi & Northwestern
227. l3h Chi & Northwest pf.
g., 6N Chi Pneumatic Tool
22L l61a Chi Pneu Tool pf.
oA 2s4 Chi Rock l & Pac.
311 Chi r & Pac 20 pf
81 4't Chi r & Pac 70 pf
"a 1914 Chicka sha c o h50c
l0la 6 Childs Company.
16L 13 Chile Copper. ......
59l, 49I Chrysler Corp CD.
2l'. ~ City Ice & Fuel (2).
752. - rty Ice & F pf tn.
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N Y City Stores ctfs. -.
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3sla % Cluett-Peabody %
1929. 95A Coca-Cola 49,. .....
14s. 9ss Colgate-Palm-Peet.
251a 1S Collins < Aikman..
7as 3as Colo Fuel d Iron.
80 20 Colo L. Sou 1st pf. ..
26 20 Colo & Sou Cd pf. -.
16Ia 11k Col G & Ell tb50c)..
72 81 Col G & FL pf A 80.
so Al Col G & E pf B (5).
27A % Columbia Pict vtc.
69A So Columb Carbon (2).
26h 1854 Commercial Credit.
43 SO Comcl Cred (A) (3)
25ll 231a Comcl Cred pf 1A)
Vi 911 Concl Cred 1st s "a.
48r 35A Comcl Inv TT a..
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Evening star., 1934-06-22

to get some facts" he said, and I
obliged them. My real work was on
placer mining"
rs there any mention Of this work
In any of this correspondence" Rogers
asked.
Fails "to Recall" Frequently.
"I don't recall" an answer fire.
quently made by the witness, was the
reply.
Another letter to williams in July
1892, said McMullen had attended a
luncheon with the chairman Of the
Tariff Commission and that he had
been informed an application for a
manganese duty had been "indefi-
nitely postponed"
Questioned at length about the cir
cumstances under which he obtained
this information, McMullen said he
did not recall who the chairman OF
the commission was at the time
although 1 think it was O'Brien. II
He referred to Robert L. O'Brien,
present commission chairman.
Il don't think / obtained that in
formation from O'Brien." McMullen
said. Il think got it from news
paper man who invited me to the
luncheon"
Evening star., 1934-06-22
SLAYER'S BRIDE 4 /
WILL TAKE STAND
Government Rests in Trial
of Norma MiIIen on Ac-
cessory Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DEDHAM. Mass, June 22.-The
Government rested in the trial Of
Norma Millen today after Detective
John Stokes had told of her arrest
and interrogation In New York when
she cried and continually called for
her dad.
When District Attorney Edmund r..
Dewing announced that he had COM
pleted his presentation, Norma'S at
torney, George A. Douglas, began his
opening address.
Norma, still a bride, is on trial in
Dedham Superior Court, charged with
being an accessory after the fact of
double murder and robbery in con-
nection with the hold-up Of the Need
ham Trust Co., In which two police
men were slain Her husband, Murton
Millen. his bother Irving and Abra-
ham Faber were convicted Of the
Staying of one of the policemen on
June 8 and now await sentence.
Stokes testified Norma told him
when arrested that she knew her
husband and his brother had guns
in their possession. but that she be-
lieved they were for protection from
bandits" she had been told were fol-
lowing them.
Douglas told the jury Of the early
life Of Norma. who, he said, he would
send to the stand today.
Witnesses will testify to her men
tality," he said. How her mind Is
much younger than that Of girl of
l8 years. From the time she began
to grow up she has been nothing but
q little girl"
Douglas said both the father and
mother would testify for Norma. He
said the mother would say that Norma
feared her husband.
Douglas said he would show that
Norma did rot drive an automobile
back from Norwood on the night an
other car, which had been used In
the hold-up, had been burned in an
isolated section. The State has con-
tended that the defendant followed
her husband and his two confederates
to the spot where the hold-up car
was destroyed, then drove them back
to Boston.
Evening star., 1934-06-22

refuse to answer I stand on my
constitutional rights"
You are out to get yourself" shot
back James.
Rogers and other committee men,
bere Joined in the controversy.
do you take the position that
your answer might incriminate you?"
asked Rogers.
Put it that way if you want to-"
McMullen replied. Yes"
Rogers later told the veteran Army
officer that anything he related be-
fore the House committee could not
be used against him in a criminal
proceeding, and urged McMullen to
answer, but the latter remained silent.
Wanted TO Probe Reports.
Committee members said they
wanted to ask McMullen about print
ed reports that a meeting of officers
and representatives of firms doing
business with the Army met at the
colonels home to discuss contracts.
McMullen said frankly that time
after time he had represented out
side firms in legal capacities of one
sort or another while on active duty
with the Army.
The witness testified that more than
half of his work in the judge advo
cate generals office concerned patents.
Rogers read records which showed
some of McMullen's fees come from
firms interested in patent matters, but
the colonel insisted that he did not
mix Government business and his
outside practice.
In a session that lasted almost five
hours, McMullen was questioned at
length about his services for Lindley
c. Morton, official of the Cuban
American Manganese Co.. and for
the concern itself.
The officer said he took a leave of
absence of two months and 25 days
beginning late in March, 1882. He
said he established law Office in
the firm of Semmes & Semmes, Wash
ington attorneys, in the belief he
was to be retired.
Services Melted $4,000.
During this period services for Nor
ton, or the latter's company McMul-
len said, netted him $4,000. A good
portion of this was a $3.50 monthly
retainer fee which lasted out the year
1882
McMullen insisted his work involved
looking up statutes on placer mining
but the committee chairman read sew
eral letters which talked about the
Cuban-American Co.'S efforts to fore
stall tax on Cuban manganese in
the 1882 revenue act.
One letter written by McMullen to
L. M Williams, official of the man
ganeSe concern, said F. H. Payne, for
mer Assistant Secretary Of War. had
testified before the Senate Finance
Committee on the value of the Cuban
manganese supply from a national
defense standpoint. The communica-
ton said Payne "at my suggestion
took sno position on the tax"
McMullen insisted, however. that he
was not employed to use his inf1u-
ence to forestall a tax on Cuban
manganese.
They asked me from time to time
Evening star., 1934-06-22
japanese Made Happy.

Yoshisaka, japanese delegate. said
that his country. which is linked to
the United States by long tradition
Of friendship" Is filled with Joy at the