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TURNING BASIN
IS HEIGHTENED
BY 300 FEET
Three Boats Now Can
Tie Up To Wharfs
AT One Time For
lLoadings

An additional 800 feet win be added
10 the length OF the Brownsville
turning basin. making 1t 1900 by 1000
feet. II Is indicated In q letter frcm
Lieutenant Colonel /. II. Marks. dis
trict engineer. To t. y. Cummins. con-
sulting engineer or the Brownsville
Navigation district.
The additional 800 feet OF length
was In the original plan. but was cut
out when bids for the dredging con-
tract were opened In order to keep
this contract within s1.455.0 900.
Dredse Contractor willing
Colonel Marks In his letter states
the pre-dredging surveys for the
Brownsville channel dredging Job
have recently been completed and I
am pleased to inform you 10 Is in
dictated there from that sufficient
savings will be made en- the original
estimated yardage &c enable the bas-
in to he extended In length towards
Brownsville 20 the length OF 1900
feet originally projected.
The dredging contractor has been
contacted informally, and has indi-
Gated that he will be willing to un-
dertake this additional work nc the
contract price (6.47 cents per yard)
under supplemental agreement upon
the predication that the work can be
made continuous and without inter-
ruption."
Col. Marks set forth approval OF
the PWA must be- secured to the
change, and II is expected this will
be arranged Immediately. The Navt-
CATION district ~ taking the initiative.
mn suggested by Colonel Marks. In
getting the extension.
The additional length on the
Brownsville turning basin will make
it possible for three freighters TO
dock at the wharves, and to dis
charge and take on cargo ut the
same time, while four Or five other
boats may be anchored in the turn
tng basin.
New Depth Held Up
Announcement also has been re-
celved here In "a telegram to the
Brownsville Chamber OF Commerce
port committee from Senator Nor
rim Sheppard that the u. u. Beard OF
Army engineers has decided that
the additional five feet OF depth on
the Brownsville channel, and also
GOuRht by the Port Isabel port. SIS
not advisable or necessary nc this
time
Senator Sheppard quotes General
Plllsbury, who recently made a visit
here. as stating "he and the beard
believe that some additional COM
mere must develop before additional
depth is granted. He states that he
and the board have the greatest
faith In the project. and believe
that later II win justify u greater
depth. j viii continue TO cooperate
tn behalf OF the project"
, 1935-08-15
CITY BRIEFS

Flowers TOR all occasions La
Ehanos Greenhouse Company. Phone
1888 Adv.
Yellow Cab-Phone lo3s.-Adv.
City Ordinance requires covered
garbage cans. Buy them al Cara
Hardware.-Adv.
New and used automatic and 9TH
er pistols--PhiIlips Hardware, san
Benito. Tcxass-AdY.
, 1935-08-15
". r. w. To Meet

Several matters OF Importance TO
~ex-service men r scheduled to be
discussed nc the Thursday night
meeting OF the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars organization. IL was an
nounced Wednesday.
All members were urged TO be
present
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MRS. KRAUSSE
Continued from Page one)

been located on the SauE ranch for
many years.
The decedent Is survived by her
husband. two daughters, two sons,
George and Gustave; her father,
@. r. Durham CT the Sauz ranch:
two sisters, Mrs. L. 3. Puente Of
Raymondviile and Mrs. Luke Waters
Of Harlingen: and three brotheJs
George, Hal and Bland.
, 1935-08-15
House And Senate
Fuss Over Hopson

WASHINGTON. Aug. is. CP-The
house rules committee Thursday ap-
proved q special resolution calling
for the immediate arrest OF Howard
G. Hopson but directing that he be
available TO the senate when not ac-
tually being questioned bv the house.
This development followed word
that the senate leadership was con-
sidering Abandonment OF their search
for Hcpson. putting II 10 to the
house whether the much-wanted
witness should escape senate COM
mittee questioning at this time.
, 1935-08-15
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. l5-LPl-drain
values scored early upturns here
Thursday influenced by strength Of
The Liverpool wheat market, and
BY continued dearth OF moisture In
domestic corn territory. Opening
h-S higher. December $685.,
Chicago wheat futures quickly
climbed further. Corn started 81
cent up. December 57A-H and then
held near To these limits.
, 1935-08-15

Caravan leaders IN the Sahara
Eessrt bury fiat loaves OF bread In
well marked places IN the sand for
following needy caravans that fol-
low. The leaves are marked with
cryptic siRns which convey news OF
General interest to other desert trav-
eiers.
, 1935-08-15

The giant Ford Motor company, now O purely fam
lily enterprise, probably would pass partly into the
hands Of other investors through operation Of high
inheritance levies proposed In the administration
tax bill, according TO the U. $. Bureau Of Internal
Revenue. Robert III. Jackson, general counsel Of
the bureau. contends: "The effect Of the proposed
taxes would be to convert what Is now u family
industry into d w~idely-owned one, and TO permit
the public 30 share In the future earnings Of sn
enterprise to the building Of which public patron
age has made q substantial contribution. The Ford
report to the Massachusetts, commissioner Of corpo-
rations indicated Ford net worth Of $500, 000, 900.
Edsel B. Ford, only son OF Henry Ford. acquired
ala per cent Of the outstanding stock OF the
, 1935-08-15
UNLOADED GUN

CONTINUED from Page One,
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Deep TEST IS

CONTINUED From Page one)
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WINSOR RITES

Continued From Page One)
Evening star., 1935-01-10

No. DIR. John F. Condor ap-
pears fresh and smiling after hours
OF direct and croSS-examination
at the Hauptmann trial. Photo
taken yesterday as "Jafsie" left
court room.
No. 2-Spectators jamming the
exit of the court house, making it
almost impossible for those leaving
for their lunch to reach the street.
The huge crowd overwhelmed State
troopers trying to get out.
No. 3-Bruno r. Hauptmann
leaving the court room after
hearing "Jafsie" accuse him of
being the John" who accepted
s50,000 ransom money.
No. 4-Hugh McQuillen, head Of
the intelligence unit of the internal
revenue Office in New York, shown
in the crowded court room. His
official interest lies in the income
tax aspects of the ransom deal.
which the State charges Haupt-
mann made after killing the Lind
bergh baby.
No. 5-Mrs. Ralph Hacker,
daughter of DR.. Condor. as she
entered court to hear her fathers
testimony.
No. 6-These women found one
way to be comfortable while wait
ing to be admitted to the court
room. They brought their own
chairs. "A. P. Photos.
Evening star., 1935-01-10
q. When?
A. In about November, 1892.

@. When? .tsH
A. In about November. 1882.
The letters were accepted In evil
dence.
Reilly then jumped to another
angle
@. Do you recall two women calling
on you at your home during the ran
som negotiations?
A. There were hundreds of them.
Reilly then asked a woman named
Mrs. Ferrain to stand up and come
over to the witness stand for Condor
to identify.
Jafsie identified her as one who,
| with companion named Mrs. Busch,
had called on him.
| @. Didn't you give Mrs. Busch these
letters (referring to the previous ex-
hibits) and tell them they were in the
handwriting Of the kidnapers?
Unable to RecolIect
Naming Four as Abductors.
A. No, did not.
O. Didn't you tell them you knew
the kidnapers were four in name?
A. don't remember.
Reilly asked II Mrs. Busch had not
Identified herself as native of Flem-
ington by exhibiting bank checks.
A. I don't remember exactly.
Jafsie" said that the woman had
told him she had bought two farm
plots near Hopewell, one of which she
hoped to work herself.
Wilentz demanded that the letters
be read to the jury.
The contents are not so i'm
portant." Reilly replied. sits the hand
writing. I will not have the letters
read"
Counsel then agreed that the con-
tents had no reference to the Lind
bergh case, but were introduced for
handwriting evidence by the defense
Reilly started to ask if DR.. Condor
had been transferred from a public
school where he had been principal
in 1902 because of conduct unbecom-
ing a gentleman because Of conduct
with woman teacher"
mo, sir" snapped Condor while
Wilentz objected
Wilentz said he did not object to
thorough cross-examination, but he
would oppose the assassination OF a
witness characted by inference"
Judge Trenchard permitted the
answer to stand and court recessed
shortly afterward for luncheon.
The defense's excursion into Con-
don's record as public school teacher
in New York brought the reply from
Jafsie
Il have been transferred twice dur
ing so years in school work."
He seemed hurt at Reilly's remarks.
Discussed Farm
Transaction With Women.
Mrs. Koren and Mrs. Busch were
two women who came to DR.. Con-
don's Bronx home in March, 1892,
when his identity as Jafsie was known
Reilly brought out Mrs. Busch tod
the doctor she was familiar with
Hopewell. A real estate transaction
involving two farms was discussed
Condor said.
The defense said it would call Nj
Koren as its witness in the case.
Although the court was cleared fC:
! Continued on Page 5, Column ID
Evening star., 1935-01-10

A. Before or after the transaction?
ON May IS, 1892" Reilly asked
tartly.
Yes. believe did"
Q. Did you tell them you knew the
abductors?
A. On May Is? I did not. Not to
my recollection.
Reilly then shifted his line Of at
tack.
G. Did you ever 60 out in boat in
connection with this case? Blind
folded?
A. On a boat, yes. But not blind
folded
Condor Quizzed
Concerning Boat Trips.
DR.. Condor told Reilly he had been
asked to 60 by steamer to Brockton,
Mass, with Samuel Leon and Icons
| friend.
@. Did you ever stand on the deck
of a boat in which you believed the
baby was hidden below the decks?
A. No.
Reilly then swung to trips Condor
made to Froggs Neck in his rowboat
in connection with the case.
On one such trip he described how
he saw a boat on which a man named
Coal Barge John" and another per
son were visible.
@. You went out to that boat be-
lieving those men were the kidnapers?
A. No.
Reilly interjected a new note in the
case when he demanded Condor state
whether or not he had ever said the
childs body was brought back to the
spot where 1t was found"
He was trying TO establish Condor
had told that to a Marcus Grimm
of the New York Inquirer" In New
York.
Jafsie said he had no memory Of
the incident.
Denies He Asked
Pictures Of Hauptmann.
Reilly changed his course to inquire
If after Hauptmann's arrest he asked
a detective for pictures Of Hauptmann
so he might study them, requesting
the detective to tell no one Of giving
him the photos.
Condor made indignant denial OF
this.
@. I want the exact date of the
month when you saw Hauptmann in
the Bronx last August.
A. I don't remember.
@. You mean to say you didn't note
the date?
T A. No.
Q. What was the name of the
driver?
A. I don't know.
@. What was the number Of the
bus?
A. I don't know.
@. Did you call out for the
chauffeur, get that MANI"
A. No; 1t was none of my business.
@. Is it your sworn testimony, then,
that you made no effort to capture
the man to whom you say you gave
$4,000, the man who double-crossed
you on the ransom?
A. didn't say that.
Did Not Ask Driver
To Run Man Down.
@. You didn't shout to the driver
to run him down?
A. No, it would be impossible to do
that. There was so much traffic.
Reilly suddenly asked Jafsie do
you recall q detective investigator by
the name of Val OFarrell."
Never saw him. Died, ! believe"
Reilly showed him a picture Of
OFarrell.
Never saw him in my life"
@. He's dead, Of course.
A. Yes, but it's the truth just the
same.
Reilly asked If the witness remem-
bered going to the Windsor Theater
with Al Reich, his companion.
Il don't recollect it." the Bronx
pedant replied.
@. Did you ever know Mrs. Day?
A. No, sir.
Jafsie Seems Tired
Under Cross Examination. e
@. Do you know Capt. Bernard Eels? |
A. The name Capt. Eels is familiar.
I don't remember the Bernard. though.
@ Do you remember Mrs. Peacock?
A. No
Jafsie said he knew Capt. Eels ut
Woods Hole, Mass.
O. Where did you know Mrs. Pea
cock?
A She was tenant Of mine at City
Island.
@. Did you ever tell any one the
headquarters OF the kidnapers was at
City Islanda -
A. No.
Evening star., 1935-01-10

@ Did you ever tell any one you
were receiving mail from City Island
from an agent Of the kidnapers?
A. No.
Jafsie's spirit appeared subdued. He
seemed a little tired. The dramatic
resonance of his voice had all but
failed.
But he kept plugging. He went
along in stops and starts, thoroughly
Evening star., 1935-01-10

unable to attain the pace that so
impressed the court yesterday.
Looks Scornfully
At Chief of Defense.
Reilly showed him two letters.
@. Did you receive this letter?
Condor glanced at it and then
turned scornful look on the lawyer.
He read it for full minute and
said Yes, I received it."
Evening star., 1935-01-10

visibility was for the plane flight
caused the little interchange.
Condor requested:
will you please speak better Eng
lish?"
1t was a demand that caused the
court to rock with laughter yes
terday.
Today the court did not laugh
There was only Reillys curt, whip
like.
do you want me to- talk baby
talk? I can't talk baby talk, doctor.
Describes Search
OF Waters Near Gay Head.
Bit by bit Reilly led Jafsis through
detailed description of that search
of the waters near Gay Head, Guilty
hunk and Woods Hole, Mass
The plane loaded at Hicksville at
about $50 pm. that day, Sunday
April 3. Jafsie said.
@. Did you ever 60 out on a plane
after that in connection with this
case?
A. No.
@. There were some insertions OF
advertisements after that?
A. Oh, yes.
notes after that, the payment Of the
ransom.
A. No, not with the signature.
Jafsie said he had received lots
of notes after that, but none with the
signature carried by all the Il ran
som" notes.
Denies Conference
At City Island Shack.
Reilly turned his probing to Con-
don's little shack on City Island.
@. Was there any conference at
your shack at City Island subse-
quently.
A. No.
Q. Did you visit City Island?
A. When?
@. On April 10.
A. I can't recall.
@. You went to City Island on
week ends?
A Yes. sir, did.
@. With whom did you talk on
City Island?
A. With my neighbors people
I have known IS years.
@. Did you ever tell your neigh
bors on City Island that you believed
the baby was kidnapped by a gang?
can't recall now
@. Did you tell anybody you were
the "Jafsie" of the ad?
A. Yes, everybody.
Q. And you told all your neighbors
you were "Jafsie."
A. All met.
@. What were the names of the
neighbors you told.
A. I can't remember. You give me
the names and I'll tell you If I told
them or not.
Told Neighb0rs
He Was "Jafsie" in Case.
Reilly had him name some of his
ne1ghbors on City Island, ticking
them off on his finger tips.
@. In your conversations with these
people, did you tell them you were
Jafsie?
A. Yes.
@. You've been talking about this
case ever since to any one who would
talk to you?
A. Yes.
@. Do you remember everything
you ever said?
A. No. don't think it's possible
@. You never made any record OF
your conversations with reference to
the case?
A. No.
@. Did you ever say a woman took
part in the kidnapping?
A. No.
The court, including the garrulous
"Jafsie," was silent as Reilly read
three typewriter pages to himself
It was the first time since the
opening of the trial that the defense
lawyer referred to notes.
Denies He Stated
He Knew Abduct0rs.
@. Do you remember telling news
paper men in the Office of Attorney
Mclaughlin in the Bronx that you
knew the abductors?
"Jafsie" stroked his mustache and
pondered for some seconds. Finally
he said:
"McLaughlin's ofice? The Bronx,
May Is, 1882? I don't recollect."
@. Were you In that ofice about
that time?
A. Yes. ! believe L was.
@. And did you talk with newspaper
men?
Evening star., 1935-01-10
Sought the Aid
OF Col. Breckinridge.

1
OF Col. Breckenridge.
Q. No?
A. No. I asked Col. Breckenridge
to help in this matter.
Breckinridge was staying at the
Condor home, Jafsie volunteered.
The note directed Jafsie to have
the ransom money ready for payment
the following night, April 2.
@. Then on Saturday the money
came to you?
A. Yes, on April 2.
@. How many people in your group
knew it?
A. What dc you mean by group?
@. You, Col. Lindbergh, Col Breck-
inridge?
A. The three of us.
The three of us knew it." Condor
repeated.
@. AL Reich didn't know it?
A. You'll have to ask him about
that. I didn't tell him. ! don't tell
my business to any one.
Q. Who made the box lin which
| the money was place0?
A. planned the making OF the
box.
@. Didn't those who wrote the
| ransom notes suggest the box?
| A. Yes.
Q. Then they planned it9
A. They suggested it.
"Jafsie" Fumbles
Over Maker of Box.
"Who made the box?" Reilly re-
peated.
"Jafsie," heretofore never at loss
for an answer, fumbled.
Reilly almost leaped at him.
@. Who made the box?
A. I can't remember the name. A
woodworker on Webster avenue near
1s0th street. I'd recall his name If 1t
were mentioned.
"You had a box made" shouted
Reilly, land you don't know who made
lit?"
wilentz popped up to object to
| Reilly's manner.
Don't shout, don't shout" said
Jafsie. II can hear. I'm not deaf. I
can hear every syllable you utter If
you use your lips. Don't shout"
Reilly wanted to know who in
structed him to have the box built.
@. Who were the orders from, from
the chief?
A. No. Col. Lindbergh and Col.
Breckenridge.
1t cost 1925 and was built according
to his own plans, he went on, because
he wanted to be able to recognize 1t If
he ever saw it again.
There were five layers Of wood In
the box to make it distinctive, Jafsie
related.
Recess of five minutes was taken at
11:20 am. at Wilentz' request.
Reilly Is Requested
To Speak Better English.
Jafsie did not seem to have all his
flashing fire of yesterday in that first
hour and a half of cross examination,
but he appeared as assured as ever as
he returned to the stand when the
session resumed. He again inspected
the jury, nodding his gray head as
his eyes went from face to face.
Reilly took up the story Of Col.
Lindbergh's futile airplane trip to Gay
Head in search for the "boad Nelly" /"
on which the kidnap note said the
baby was held
You and have a great difference
in English, haven't we?" Reilly de-
lnanded testify when Jafsie told him
a question wasn't good English.
mo, it's the way you use it." said
Jafsie. ,- . ...,~
A question about how good the
Evening star., 1935-01-10

other of the States ransom docu-
ments. and, as before, DR.. Condor
looked at it long and intently, turn
ing it over and over.
This note was postmarked April l.
Jafsie had inspected it several times
before. but he took out his glasses and
read it as If he were doing it for the
first time.
@. Did you acquaint Col. Lind
bergh of the contents of the note?
A. No,
Evening star., 1935-01-10
Condor Unable to
Identify POStmark,

What station did that come from?"
Reilly asked, motioning to Condor to
look at the postmark on the envelope
Long and earnestly Jafsie peered at
the Cancelled stamps and finally con-
fessed. THE stamps are so blurred /
cannot see."
@. Two notes came in the package?
A. The two notes were wrapped in
side the sleeping suit.
Q. What did you do with the notes?
A. ! took them out of the sleeping
suit and read them. One was ad-
dressed to Col. Lindbergh and one to
me.
I sent for Col. Lindbergh to come
up and see If the article I received
was his baby's sleeping suit.
There was another delay as counsel
hunted for ransom note exhibit,
and Justice Trenchard, looking almost
as much like Jafsie as Jafsie himself,
took hand in examining the witness.
He asked the doctor to place the
date the sleeping suit was received.
Evening star., 1935-01-10

Parcel Received on
st. Patrick's Day.
Jafsie said he placed the date on
or about March II (St. Patrick's day)
because that's a great day in nv
life"
He described the receipt of the suit.
When you opened the package
containing the sleeping suit, you dis
covered a letter or two," asked the
court
Two: yes, two"
After that interlude Reilly returned
to the attack.
@. Ever buy one of these (sleeping)
suits, doctor?
A. Never. Didn't need them.
| @. Never bought any?
A. No.
Q. When your children were grow
ing up, did you buy any of these?
A. That's the woman's part of the
household.
@. Was the sleeping suit wrapped
with any special kind of cord?
A. I don't remember.
Condor told the defense counsel
that he had surrendered all his ran
som evidence; the notes, the letters,
the sleeping suit; everything" to the
police.
Reilly produced another letter dated
March 10. Condor examined 1t care
fully for several minutes and looked
up to say:
Yes sir, ! received that letter."
He said that on the day he received
the letter he had consulted with Col.
Breckinridge. .....
Reilly then brought out still an
Evening star., 1935-05-05

The weather prophet of Little America.
w. c. Haines of the United States Weather
Bureau at work in his remote station in the
Antarctic.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

No space W as
wasted at Little
America. The cor
ner of these living
quarters served as a.
carpenter shop,
with tools neatly
rigged up on the
walls for use when
needed.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

in
preparing meal for himself the packing box quarters which
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-11

cottage on the beach to their resi-
dence on Front street, for the win
ter.
Miss Jessie II. Morris of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with hes mother
Mrs. Hannah w. Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland r. J. ltaught
of Lewes. announce the birth OF
daughter at the Beebe Hospital ON
Friday, October 4th.
Mrs. Hettie Simpler Found Dead
Mrs. Hettie A. Simpler, ~ years
old, was found dead on the floor in
her home Saturday morning at 8
o'clock by her son, Theodore Simp-
Ter, when he returned home from
work in the lighthouse service.
Death was attributed to apoplexy.
Mrs. Simpler had been in apparent
health and had worked Friday IN
the Graves garment factory. She is
survived by two sons, Theodore and
Ozzie. the latter of near Angola.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home, and inter-
ment made in the burying ground at
Conley's Chapel, near Angola.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-11
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--FOur beagle pups. Alfred
WiederlSehr. near Staytonsville. O1l-3tp
FOR sALE-Gold Swim Sweet Pota-
toes. J. H. Edgell, Greenwood. Del. ltp
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-11

cOrnfield It is a weed. Many other
plants are valuable under one set OF
conditions and pests under other
conditions. When pests, they are
weeds. When valuable, they are not
weeds.
Plants generally thought of as
weeds and condemned as soil rob
hers. in some instances are really
soil builders and savers. They are, OF
course. frequently responsible for
low crop Yields from weedy fields.
On the other hand. they seldom re-
ceive credit for the part they play in
increasing yields by improving soil
on idle land or where they do not
compete directly with a crop for