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The Washington times., 1935-09-27
Longs Great Strength
Disclosed at Death

lis taking keen delight at the trou-
bles of the Republicans over the
AAA.
Several weeks ago the Grass
Rooters of Springfield, ILL.,, pro-
duced an amazing woman speaker
named Mrs. Simmons, who brought
the convention to its feet with her
denunciation of the AAA.
The Republicans thought they
had in Mrs. Simmons, a farmers
wife, something of an ace card.
But the more they pushed her
forward, the worse their plight,
because they learned-and now
admit-that the AAA still has
much support in the farm belt.
At the same time, while the G. o.
P. executive committee here was
planning to lie low on AAA, Rep
resentative Wadsworth of New
York, Eastern Old Guarder, was
delivering a heavy attack on
AAA in the East.
The situation indicates that, at
present, the farm belt is strong
for AAA and will not desert the
cash money returns for blowing
under, etc.
Look, then, for something sweet
for the farmers at Fremont, a
town, by the way, named for
Gen. John C. Fremont, first Re
publican candidate for the
presidency.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
BY EARL GOODWIN

Now that a few days have inter
vened between the tragic death of
Senator Huey Long and the hard
boiled present-day politics, it may
be o. K. to relate that just about
the time the late Kingfish lay ex-
piring, the Democratic high COM
mand here was receiving some in
teresting and real reports of the
Long strength throughout the
country.
The Kingfish had strength, too.
The Democratic high command
learned that he was exceptionally
strong in Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. These
are States with heavy concentra-
tions of industrial votes.
Wherever labor troubles and
disSensionS have occurred, Wher-
ever labor and capital were fight
ing, the Share-the-Wealth Society
would be organizing, propaganda
ing. proselyting for Huey and un-
dermining President Roosevelt.
Strength Widespread
This report, by the way, is il
Eliminating to many people who
believe that the Long strength lay
in Louisiana and seeped over into
Arkansas, Mississippi and possibly
into Georgia.
The figures showed as many as
100000 potential votes for Long
for President in Pennsylvania.
That is a lot of votes for a dev-
astating, party-splitting third-can-
date movement, and could turn a
national election in close times.
There can be no doubt that Sen
ator Longs death removed a
powerful threat from the political
field.
Politicians are not much ex-
cited about Longs successor, as,
from a national standpoint, they
see little chance of anybody ris-
ing now to take the Kingfish'S
place. Speculation that Senator
La Toilette may make grab at
the Long following has little basis,
so the leaders say here. They ex-
pect to see the La Follettes cling
ing quite close to the Roosevelt
bandWagon.
AAA Battle Under Way
1t is exciting to farm belters to
learn that the President will stop
long enough at Fremont, Neb.. to
make a corn belt speech. That
means that President Roosevelt
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
BEN KING SETS THAW BETTER,
NEW AIR MARK HOSPITAL SAYS

Ben King, Washington sports
man and amateur pilot, holder Of
several records, has set new un-
official distance record for sea-
planes weighing less than $50
pounds.
Leaving the Naval Air Station
at 11:10 a. m. yesterday, he landed
at Croton-on-the-Hu Hudson at 1:55
p. M, covering a distance of 240
miles in 105 minutes.
On Tuesday, King set new in
ternationally recognized altitude
record when his plane climbed to
10000 feet.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27

Bee, Sept. 81 G.N.SO.
Harry K. Thaw, stricken with
bronchial. pneumonia, was max
ing favorable progress and be-
lieved "out of danger at noon
today, it was announced at the
Hotel Dieu Hospital here.
Earlier today hospital attaches
said Mr.. Thaw was very, very
sick man."
He still suffered from a high
temperature, however, but this was
expected to abate as his fever de-
creased.
Attending physicians spent the
entire morning with the stricken
man who had fairly comfort
able night.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
By FLOYD GIBBONS
International News Service

ASMARA, Eritrea, Sept. rs
q o. No. (via Romeo. - Hello,
everybody!
Down across the blazing desert
from this mountain capital, at
the port of Massawa, more Italian
troop ships are arriving every
day. bringing the present total OF
Italian forces to 100000 men,
One third of them are native
troops.
Headquarters at Asmara, where
I am attached to the Italian ex-
peditionary force, are hummlng
with activity. The streets resound
to the marching beat of hob-nailed
boots, grooming motors, and heaV-
ily-loaded camelS.
And the morale and spirit of the
troops, in spite of all kinds OF re-
ports back in Europe about their
condition, are the highest possible.
All are eager for the take-off.
Their equipment is the most
complete that could be assembled
here, with hundreds of thousands
of tons of supplies in reserve.
Extensive roa d-building ana
other transportation arrangements
are being rushed to make troops
and supplies still more mobile.
The air is full of rumors and re-
ports concerning the starting gun
for the march into Ethiopia, but
nothing is definite yet.
What is certain is that Premier
Mussolini'S African army is IN
readiness, awaiting only the word
from Rome to 90.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
WOOed Girl TeStifies
AGAINST Sherman

devious and the time you got
home?
Ave were in his car, parked
at the side of the road.
Q.-What did you do there?
Ave talked and then he
tried to make love to me. I
told him he hadn't ought to.
She told of another night two
weeks later when, she admitted
they Rugged and kissed"
The girls voice dropped to a
whisper. Her cheeks were scarlet
She stared fiercely ahead.
Q.-Anything else?
A.-NO.
Odd Sherman say any
thing while you Rugged and
kissed?
A.-Only that he loved me.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
DUCTS TROOPS
EAGER TO FIGHT

Floyd Gibbons, famous War
correspondent and the only
representative OF an American
news gathering organization in
Eritrea, today reUeGlS the
thoroughneSS of Italian prepare
tionS for 1OGr.
Scotching reports abroad
that the spirit of the troops is
lou because of illness and
climatic conditions, Mr.. Glib
bons says their morale is OF the
highest, they haze immense re-
SerueS of supplies, and are all
ready for 1DGr at a signal from
Premier MuSSolini.
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
POISON DEATH
AUTOPSY DUE

An autopsy was to be per
formed today on the body of Miss
Billie Hopkins, %. who died at
4:3O o'clock this morning of
poison taken, police said, Sep
TENDER Is in front of hotel at
Fourteenth and K SITS. N. w,
Miss Hopkins died in the Elmer
gency Hospital.
Police said Miss Hopkins, who
lived in the 1900 block Sixteenth
St. N. w., was clerk and had
been here for several months
since leaving her home in Hunt
ington, W. Va.
Upon arrival at Emergency
Hospital, police said, a note was
found in her pocketbook
The Washington times., 1935-09-27

WORCESTER, Mass, SepC' ~
G.N.SD The Commonwealth to-
day rested it's case in the Amer
lean Tragedy" trial of Newell
Paige Sherman, 26, Sutton choir
singer charged with, the murder
of his wife, Alice.
Prosecutor Owen A. Boban
completed the case by which he
hopes to send the 223-pound de-
PENDANT TO the electric chair, by
placing Esther Magill, Sherman's
18-year-old paramour OF Purga-
tory Road, WhitinSville, on the
witness stand.
Tells of TryStS
The buxom girl told a sensa-
tional story of her secret love al
fair with Sherman-a story OF gay
drinking parties at night clubs, Of
passionate midnight trystS along
highways, of clandestine affairs
which went on for months, while
Sherman'S wife was home with her
two babies.
She ended her testimony with
an account of a gri1nly prophetic
statement Sherman made to her
the week before his wife was
drowned on a canoe ride in Lake
Singletary on the night of July
20. She said he had told her he
was going canoe-riding that week
end with his wife. Explaining she
had been trying to break off with
Sherman, the girl said:
81 told him I hope you go
down three times and come up
Once'-but that his wife would
be saved.
"He said that he wouldn't go
down, but that somebody else
might"
GIRL BUSHES
This, the Commonwealth con-
tends, is the explanation of how
Mrs. Sherman died that Saturday
night. Hoban charged that Sher-
man deliberately upset the canoe
in which they we're riding and let
her drown so that he would be free
to marry the Magill girl.
Miss Magill blushed deeply as
she told of trysts in Sherman's
parked car. She admitted:
1--WE Rugged and kissed"
But when Prosecutor Hoban
bluntly asked her if she had had
intimate relations with Sherman,
she said:
II refuse to answer on advice
of counsel"
SHERMAN GLUM
When Hoban pressed his in
quiry, she said an answer might
tend to incriminate and degrade
me-"
Asked what Sherman's feelings
for her were, she replied:
"He told me he loved me more
than anything else in the
world"
Sherman watched the girl
glumly.
She told how they used to ride
to work together.
Q.-In December, 1884, did
anything occur?
Ayes. He gave me $40 at
Christmas time to buy a dress.
Q.-Did you accept it?
Ayes, for few hours then
1 gave it back to him.
Miss Magill admitted she knew
She%nan was married. She told
of drinking with him at a night
club.
SHERMAN MADE LOVE
Q.-Where were you between
the time you left Caesars rem
The Washington times., 1935-09-27
GREET
PRESIDENT

(Continued from Page ~
and policies of his AdminlStra-
ton.
However much the political as
pect of his journey to the Pacific
Coast is deprecated, it really
marks, in political minds, the
opening gun in his campaign Tor
reelection next year. He left Wash
ington almost simultaneously with
the Republican big-wigs who have
been meeting there all this week
comforting on ways and means OF
defeating him in, 1886. .
Will Meet Local Leaders
Officially, Mr.. Roosevelt Is
simply going to the San Diego Elk
position in fulfillment of a long
time promise. But his itinerary
has been arranged, and his speak
ing dates have been fixed to give
him opportunity for a cross
section view of the country, plus
personal contacts, that cannot but
have their political implications.
State and county leaders all
across the continent will get on
and off the Presidential special
as it rolls through score OF
States during the next week. From
them, he should be able to get a
fair first-hand picture OF condl-
lions, political, economic, social.
That's what he wants.
First Speech, AAA Defense
Mr., Roosevelt will deliver four
set speeches between Washington
and San Diego, the first at Ere
mont in Eastern Nebraska, tomor-
row afternoon. 1t is expected IN
this speech that Mr.. Roosevelt
will defend the AAA where it is
most popular-in the heart OF the
farm belt which has profited
greatly from the endless stream
of benefit checks that have poured
out of Washington in the last
few years.
And it will be surprising, in
deed, if he does not find occasion
in this Nebraska speech to speak
a word for the veteran Senator
George w. Norris, Republican,
who twice bolted Herbert Hoover
to vote for Democratic Presi-
dental candidates, in 1928 and
1892. Senator Norris is "a years
old. He is up for reelection next
year and doesn't want to run. The
Administration hopes he will.
Next At Boulder Dam
The other speeches which Mr.
Roosevelt will make will be at
Boulder Dam, in southern Nevada
on Monday: at Los Angeles on
Tuesday, and at San Diego on
Wednesday. He has been working
on them for some time. From San
Diego he plans to board a Navy
cruiser, the U. S. S. Houston, for
a restful three weeks cruise in the
Pacific, and back to the Atlantic
Seaboard via the Panama Canal
The President left Washington
after having allocated or ear
marked virtually all of the 4,8OO
million-dollar work-relief fund.
The business of spending this
money in such a way as to end
the dole" and transfer people
from relief rolls to pay rolls is
now getting under way.
The two chief spenders of the
fund, Secretary of the Interior
Public Works Administrator Har.
old L. Ickes and Relief Admins.
traitor Harry L. Hopkins, were
aboard the Presidential special as
it rolled through West Virginia
and Ohio early today.
Moreover. they plan to board
the Houston at San Diego and &C.
company Mr.. Roosevelt on his
cruise through the Canal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09
Biz Business Boom
 Not Justified Yet
Statistical Industrial Position Only Fairly Satsfac-
 t0ry-Normal Rise Toward Substantial Growth

provement upon the system it suc- ceeds.
 Satisfactorily, the position of the country in this particular business cycle is well up from the low points of 1932-33 and is rising toward what should normally be a period of substantial growth in national wealth and higher living standards. In previous depressions recovery was usually induced by a combina- tion of economy in government, the development of new industries, the easing of credit, and the avail ability of land for pioneers. The situation today is different. Good land for homesteading is scarce ard so are pioneers. The govern ment is competing with business and spending more money than ever before. In the face, therefore, of unprecedented difficulties and hazards. private business must eventually absorb the unemployed and also find the money to pay for relief and emergency spending. Fortunately at this point in the curve there is no longer any doubt about the identity of one new in- dustry, at least, which is emerg- ing according to predictions. It seems likely to have a profound effect on almost every major as- pect of American commerce and finance, just as the automobile has been a factor of tremendous im- portance in the development of steel, rubber, plate glass, gasoline. transportation, and other indus tries.
 There is no generic term by which to call it, except the inade- quate word housing It's ramifi- cation extend to every industry participating in the construction and equipment of places to live. A short list of products which will benefit by the impending advance in the spread of home comfort and convenience should include steel, lumber, glass, roofing, vari- ous scientifically prepared build- ing materials, refrigerators, ra- dios, all kinds of built-in electri- cal equipment, light, heat and cold insulation, modern plumbing fix. lures, and equipment for ventila- tion and the automatic control | of temperature"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09

(Continued from Page 1.)
 urging abandonment of the rail- road, and use of tri-weekly ferry system to the outlying points. !.
 The hurricane weather bureau service has been the subject oe continuous discussion. In a prelim- mary report dispatched last night to President Roosevelt, Col. George E. Hams, assistant administrator of veterans affairs, and Aubrey w. Williams, assistant EZRA admin istrator, refused to lay direct blame upon the weather forecasting.
 After weighing all of the evil dence obtained in as orderly and careful an investigation as it has been possible to make up to this point, it is impossible for us to reach the conclusion that there has been negligence or mistaken jude . ment on the part of those charged with responsibility for the safety of the men engaged on the keys projects, Williams and Hams said in their report.
 Service to the 500 or 600 hurri- cane dead was being conducted m Miami's beautiful Bay Front Park while burial and cremation serV- ices were being held in other sec tions of Miami and on the Flofloa keyS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE (COpyright, 1885, by United Prcss)

Addis Ababa, Sept. 9.-(UP).- Emperor Halle Selassie took rapid action today to rectify a mistake wh.ch led to the detention at Gam i bela of seven women and six chill dren, all except one of them Am ericans, seeking to leave the coun- try.
 The emperor intervened in the matter, the United Press learned, on the insistence of Cornelius Van H. Ensert, United States charge d. | affaires here.
 Later reports reaching Addis Ababa from Gambela indicate that only a part of the party of mis- sionaries travelling from Sayo to- wards the port where they intend- ed to embark for Khartoum were dc .sined. The mules carrying two or three women and two children were confiscated and hey were i forced to cover 25 miles afoot.
 The party from Gore is now be- lieved to have reached Egypt in safety.
 | Among those listed to leave Sayo were Mrs. Harold Wilson, her two children. and her mother-in- Jaw, i who was visiting her; Mrs. Phil West and her two children, Isabel | Blair, and a German nurse. | Those at Gore included Viola Bayna, Mrs. Christian Kenneweg and two children of Virgil and Mrs. Dougherty, who is remaining with her husband.
 Women connected with the Am erican missions were recently ad- vist by the mission board in tAe Tinted States to leave Ethiopia or at least to come to the capital here
 Whether the refusal to permit the party to leave Gambia province included all evacuators was not ap- parents. It was understood that the desire to evacuate women and chil- dren al csc not from fear of neigh boring Philippians, who usually ap. preciate missionary efforts. but be- cause of the possibility of incur sions of strange tribes who dis trust and dislike foreigners. | Zero Hour For Attack ] Addis Ababa, Sept 9-(UP)- Commandatore Bazani, an attache of the Italian legation in Addis Ababa, is leaving the Ethiopian capital by train Tuesday, it was learned today.
 l Meantime report was circulat- ing that an intercepted Italian message had set Sept "A as the zero hour for 1taly's expected push into Ethiopia.
 Source of the eport was vague but 1t was of sufficient credibility Ito receive interested attention in diplomatic circles.
 The departure of Amda Mikael will signalize the second general Ethiopian troop movement in pre- paration for the Italian invasion. The most advanced Ethiopian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09
EDWARD DOHENY
 DIED YESTERDAY
(continued from Page 1.)

 worse, and Saturday his tempera- ture rose alarmingly. Sunday at- ternoon he lapsed into unconscious ness which persisted until his death.
 Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday in St vlncents s Cathedral, endowed by Doheny' with his old friend, Bishop Francls c. Kelley of Oklahoma City, assist ing Bishop John J. Cantweli or Los Angeles in the requiem hlgn mass.
 Born in a Fond Du Lac, Wis, farmhouse in 1856, western gold lured Doheny soon after he grad uated from high school. He was failure as a prospector. until ne turned his attention to "black gold" on the Pacific slope. Here his touch became enchanted, and oil spouteu as if by magic where Doheny drills probed.
 His First oil We'll
 He started his first well With a nick and shovel on the outskirts of Los Angeles, later persuading a banker to lend him money for drill- ing equipment. Within four years he had brought in 69 producing wells. Thereafter the Doheny for tune multiplied fabulously.
 He reached the height of his career in 1924, when the Teapot Dome "oil scandal staggered the Harding administration and brought indictments against Do heny and Albert E. Fall, secretary of the interior.
 Doheny was tried and acquitted in November, 1926, of a charge ot conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the Elk Hills naval petroleum leases. Fall Convicted Fall was convicted of conspiracy and accepting $1O0,00O from the magnate, with Doheny testifying in his behalf at Washington in Octo. Der, 1929.
 Doheny told the court his mo tiyes were patriotic" and thnt the cash his son gave Fall in a little black bag" was just a loan from an old friend"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09
BIG RusINEss-ANYTIME

BIG BUSINESS-ANYTIME ....
 New York-The September is- sue of Banking" published by the American Banking association con- tainsithe following review of busi- ness conditions:
 Trade news is favorable and business men are examining the fall prospect with unusual interest. Whether this confidence is the cause or effect of improving con- ditions is unimportant; 1t is enough to know that the two have been going along together. There is nothing, however, in the present situation justifying an early boom. and, if anything of this kind oc- CUTS in stocks, land and the gener- al price level, it would be unfor- tunate.
 There have been several false dawns since 1880 but the courage now in evidence seems quite different from previous in- stances of whistling in the dark. This difference is only partly con- cerned with the fairly satisfactory statistical position of industry. It rests to a large degree on tempo
 rary relief from anxiety and a realization that the American sys- tenn of private enterprise is not in jeopardy for the time being; and it rests also on human willing ness to postpone the day of reckon ing with federal deficits, prospec- tive taxation, the presence in our midst of millions of citizens SUD- ported by public funds and wield- ing tremendous power, and with bother matters almost equally serious.
 While the banking act of 1885 is distinctly compromise 1t is also distinctly conservative. It has preser'- d intact all the good
 points in the federal reserve sys- tenn as developed in over 20 years
 practical operations and has cor rected some of the weak points
 which the operations of 20 years have disclosed. It has met all legit- innate demands for liberalization
 of credit while retaining safe- guards for credit control and sound collateral for the currency.
 "The act has met all legitimate demands for the centralization Oi control and credit and currency
 in keeping with the trend of the times. It has strengthened super visory powers where more strength
 was needed and its general effect Is to establish a more compact and manageable banking system with
 out depriving unit banks of privil' eges they have enjoyed and valued It is by no means perfect bank, 1 ing instrument, but it is an i'm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09
Assassination Trial
 Was Not Unexpected
(Continued from Page 1)

sat in the chairs or various mem- bers, walked up and down the aisles, exchanging "wise- crack with his followers, occasionally | tWitting the handful of opposition representatives who so far have been able to withstand his machine. The senate was in session, but was marking time awaiting house pass age of the bills. Finally when the bills had been rushed through first reading, Long | left the chamber with O'Connor and walked into the path of his assassin.
 Observers marveled that many persons had not been killed or wounded in the wild panic that fol- lowed Weiss two shots and the barrage of machine gun bullets that dropped him. Many Long po1i- ticians habitually carry pistols, fearing reprisals. The instant the first shot echoed in the marble and gold corridor, dozens of pistols were drawn from their holsters. Even O'Connor, Longs companion, stood in that first second of sur- prise waving a pistol in his right hand.
 Allen Wanted Pistol
 A few minutes aft;r Long was taken to the hospital, white haired Gov. Allen came out of his office, his face frozen by emotion.
 "Did they get the senator?" he demanded.
 "No," someone said.
 "Give me pistol" Allen shout ed. If there's any shooting around here, I want to get in on it." He was led back into his office by friends who told him Long had been shot.
 My God" he said, sobbing. "Why did anyone want to do that?"