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REDS
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MISSIONARIES

SHANGHAI, April Is 0.N.S).
Fleeing before advancing Red
hordes from the north, foreign
residents of Chengtu, including
many Americans, today evacuated
the city and sought safety under
the guns Of foreign warships.
The foreigners, among them
many A m err &c a n missionaries,
abandoned their homes upon or
der Of Gen. Liu Shiang, chair.
man Of Szechwan province. He
decreed a general evacuation Of
all foreigners from all of Chengtu,
populous capital of the province.
Red Armies Near
The move was in fear of at
tack by Communist armies al
ready only $50 miles north of the
city.
It was not clear Immediately
whether all of the Americans
there were So living there, includ-
ing "a women and Is children
were leaving their homes, nor was
the percentage of evacuating
British and Canadian families
known.
Many wealthy Chinese citizens
were known to be leaving the area.
The refugees were fleeing by
alrplane and all other available
means of transportation for Chung
king, a Yangtse River port fire.
Quented by foreign gunboats.
Building DefenseS
Meanwhile Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek personally was d.
recting defense of the area, and
was building a circle of block
houses about the city to hold it
at all COSTS"
It was possible, in the opinion
Of some observers, that the Red
threat to Chengtu was to camou-
flage operations in southern
Kansu province, where mission.
aries have been in flight for sew.
eral days.
The following American mis-
sionS have posts at Chengtu:
American Baptist, American Bible
Society, Friends Service Council,
Seventh Day Adventists, Method
list Episcopal Church, North;
Y. M. c. A., and Y. w. C. A.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 1s, 1888

Breaking into a nearby cottage,
police charged, the two destroyed
the furniture to start fire in the
fireplace.
Mr.. Shepard was adopted as a
founding by the multimillionaire
Shepard family when he was 4
years old and made heir to their
vast fortune. He was found OH
the steps of st. Patrick'S Cattle
dral and had been given over to
a welfare society, where he Was
known as Little 104."
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FOwnes on Trip
With Third Wife

PTTTSBURGH,Apri 10 G.N.S).
Henry Gather Fownes, New York.
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia social
lite, was honeymooning today in
Jamaica with his third wife, the
former Mary Dixon, of New York,
friends of the couple learned here
this afternoon. Mr.. FowneS was
divorced at Reno last February.
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CITIZENS TO MEET

The Federation of Citizens AS
sociationS will meet in the Board
Room, District Building, at 8 p. m.
Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Read the Fies With Uncle Harry From Station WATR at 545
BY FRANK KERN LEVIN

" People were crowded in the bleachers,. and out along the
 wires stretching the length of right and left field were people. Everett hesitated for a moment. rubbed the corners of his mouth with his forefInger and thumb and then determinedly edged his way against the wire in order to get a better look at the players dressed in bright green uniforms for one team and bright blue for the other.
 Nobody objected to Everett. even though he was a little man. He wore a straw hat and he was in his shirt sleeves, and his stomach bulged. In fact, the man next to him, though an utter stranger, smiled - and Everett was not used to having people smile at him even when they were not strangers.
 Everett had sneaked out to see It was Everett's way of asserting himself. Whenever he wanted to go any place he would get into an argument with Agnes. For an hour, perhaps two, she would shrilly remind him of all the misfortune he had brought upon her by mar rying her. Everett would make faces, smoke cigar and listen. Then he'd find an excuse to go into the kitchen, and he would sneak out. Later he would sneak back in again.
 "If you sneak off tonight" Agnes had threatened, you won't find me here when you get home. I'm telling you. I mean 1t this time you won't"
 well, now, Agnes, I ain't sneak in off anywheres. I don't sneak off; if there's one thing aint, it's a sneak, and you know it."
 Mot a sneak! Why you sneaked off with me eight years, ago when we got married. All those fine sto- ries you told me about that big job you had. I'll never forget 1t. With all the chances I had, had to marry you. I don't see how I stayed with you and put up with you this long,"
 Well, things looked good then" Everett replied doggedly. And ain't going to stay pot and pan salesman forever. I'll work my way up to a good job yet. you wait and see," Everett declared.
 Anges was a half head taller than Everett, little plump, and in florid, undefinable way, fairly good looking. Despite the fact that he did sneak away from her once a month or 50, she was Everetts one achievement. And 1t wasn't so much that he loved her, as that he was afraid of losing her. She really frightened him when she threatened to leave him. But the temptation to be out and away from her every once in a while was so great that in spite of his fear he took his chances.
 There always was the lingering fear that when he came home, he could not find her. There was a quality of violence in Agnes with which Everett did not know how to cope.
 These games are gonna get more popular all the time. You just wait and you'll see," said Everett to the
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"Yes," assented the young man,
 and winkd at his girl friend.
 When the half of the inning was
 over, and the pitcher from the
 other team came out, 1t was ex-
 actly as Everett said, he did wear
 glove.
 "see, what did I tell you." de- clared Everett. "I know" How many outs?" one of the flelders shouted to the infield.
 Two" Everett shouted, and held up his hand with two fingers ex- tended.
 TWO" shouted an infelder to
 the outfielder.
 "See, what did tell you," de- clared Everett. T know" The game was over, and Everett started for home. There was
 that fear, but somehow stronger than usual, the Agnes ouid not be there. Agnes was his one achievement. She represented the only outstanding accomplishment of his life. There was a sickly feeling in the pit of his protruding stomach at the thought she would be gone. She had threatened him; she had said she would leave him. and get every cent of alimony she could. Everett was afraid. When Everett did sneak in the
 house, he listened for a moment; there was no sound. On tiptoes he
 went to the bedroom, and peered in. There was nobody. "I knew it," Everett said de- | sparingly and half aloud, shes l gone. Yessir, I knew it."
 "So here you are, are you? You 1 went and sneaked off again, did you! I'm telling you, some one of these days you'll come home and you won't find me here. And you'll pay me plenty plenty!" Agnes shrieked.
 Everett swung around and faced Agnes who had crept up behind him. He did not know whether to feel relieved or not. "One thing I never do Is sneak,
 and you know it," he said, purs-
 ing his lips.
 Pretty clever fellow standing
 next to us at the game, wasn't he?
 He knew everything" said the young fellow just before he kissed
 his girl goodnight.
 "Uh-huh," said the girl as she
 put up her brighter lips. Ines probably the type that sneaks out on his wife,"
 Copyright, 1885. The Chicago Daily News, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
DAILY SHORT STORY EVERETT KNEW A Shrew Who Couldn't Be Tanned Made Life a Burden for Her Mouselike Little Spouse.

l fellow who had smiled at him.
 That's pretty obvious" the foI- low said.
 "They ought to wait that pitcher out," Everett said. 'You can wait out soft-balI pitcher every time, that tries to mix up a slow ball with 8 fast curve. They ain't got no control"
 T see," said the young man without looking toward Everett.
 It so happened the next hitter walked.
 "see. didn't tell you. I know" declared Everett.
 "The pitcher isn't wearing a glove" the young fellow said to his companion, a young woman with bright eyes and brighter lips.
 ''The pitcher on the other team does though. You just wait and you'll see. The pitcher on the other team does"
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WOLCOTT STREET
WILL BE PAVED

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Wolcott street was taken because
of the fact that the state, partly
through the aid of PWA funds
paved the Wolcott road from Bou-
ley Manor to Wolcott. At the lat
ter point it joins modernly paved
highway which goes through Bris-
toll.
Used BY Motorists
Wolcott street, in the future,
will be used largely by motorists
going to Hartford. The new route
by way. of Bristol cuts off approx
imately six miles of the distance
between Waterbury, and Hartford
and also provides motorists and
trucking companies an opportun-
ity to avoid the Southington Noun
tain grade.
Since the fatal truck accident a
few months ago on the mountain
many trucking concerns have been
re-routing their vehicles headed
for Hartford and points beyond
through Cheshire and up through
Thomaston and Bristol. The new
highway will eliminate all danger
Gus hills and will be utilized, it
is believed, by motorists and
truckers, alike, on a heavy scale.
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Reuolting House To
Pass Its DUN Bill
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between house and senate menu
bers to adjust variances. The adj
ministration's last chance will be
there. The senate approved abolition
of holding companies and the adj
ministration hopes the senate con-
ferees will insist upon retention of
that feature.
The house yesterday refused to
put back into the bill the death
sentence to holding companies
eliminated by the interstate COM
merce committee. Sitting as COM
mittee as q whole, the house ac-
complished this by teller" vote,
whereby members are counted for
and against but there is no record
of how they voted.
Ask Roll Call Vote
To-day the administration fore
es will make two and perhaps three
attempts to obtain a roll call vote
on the holding company issue.
which would place the votes of all
members on record.
House administration leaders ad-
mitted they could not stem the
tide, which rolled over the death
sentence" provision by a 216 to
146 vote.
Friction developed meanwhile,
between house administration lead
ers and the White House over
methods used by the president in
trying to force the death sent
ence'' provision into the house bill.
They admitted they were "peev-
ed' that the president consulted
with such opponents Of the power
trust" as Representative John E.
Rankin, D., Miss, and Represen-
tative Maverick, D., Texas. who had
insisted that the death sentence"
clause could and should be carried
into the house bill on record
vote.
Told 1t Would Fail
Three weeks ago, they claimed.
they advised the president that this
could not be done. A poll by Rep
resentative Patrick Boland, D., Pa,
party whip, showed that only 1877
democrats could be counted on to
support it.
Following that, the administra-
ton put on a pressure drive to
sway votes. House leaders said it
got little result. Best unofficial esti-
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FIRE MARSHAL IS
PROBING BLAZE

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Mill Street Plant
May Quit The City
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when Games Corrigan, former pres"
ident of the Central Labor Union,
declared he had been assured by
police and city officials that the
strikers will not be interfered with
In any way a slong as they remain
orderly.
1t was announced today that pic
keting is still underway at the
plant of the Berkliff' Undergar-
ment Company, Madison avenue,
New York, said to be the parent
concern of the WATERFOWL under
garment Company.
Union Planned Ahead
Union leaders, among them sam
uel shore of New York, declared,
even previous to the company no.
tice of closing, that plans had been
completed to prevent work sent
out by the local factory from being
completed in other plants.
The strikers today denied reports
published in a morning paper that
they sprinkled nails about the fac
tory driveway to prevent trucks
from entering or leaving the plant.
Leaders denied completely knowl-
edge of any such action.
A new speaker to come here for
the strike was Margaret DtMagio
of the New York union, who at
tackled operators of "sweatshops
She described the years of work
that have been spent in complet-
ing effective union organization.
The Young Communists league
will play host to the strikers ana
their friends at hot dog roast
and outing at Lithuanian Park to-
morrow night. The event will not
be postponed because of the COM
pany's statement, it was declared
this afternoon.
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Dickinson Murder
Mystery Is Solved
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dined alone at the Book. Cadillac,
then went to the Detroiter hotel
where he, Sweitzer, and the three
women had drinks in Sweitzer's
room. Then they went riding in
Sweitzer's car. They drove through
Rouge Park. Sweitzer stopped.
This was the signal for the wo-
men to get out and walk away. All
but Loretta did so. This excerpt
from her confession carries on
the sequence
"Flo and Lii Miss Miller) had
left the car. Bill turned around
(from the front seat) and said:
'C'mon and get OUT He had the
seat) you're a damn fool, you
crazy kid Bill shot him then. 1t
wasn't loud. There wasn't any
fight. I turned my head down and
couldn't look. I remember Bill say
ing, that isn't much to kill a
man for"
Sweitzer insisted that Dickinson
resisted the effort to rob him and
therefore was killed. The women
iuoiSICu AlO was AtliC0 III CVAu OAOV0.
All agreed that he was shot once
through the chest in the car, then
dragged out on the ground and
given a coup de grace through the
head. Sweitzer jerked off his coat
and vest, tossed it to the girls. say
ing: "See what you find in that"
Story OF Miss Miller
Miss Miller here takes up the
story:
Flo and I walked away from
the car, and when I heard the
shot I ran back. I saw Bill stand
ing over him and saw him shoot
him in the head. / said, My God,
Bill, what did you shoot him for p
Eyes, / took the 1920 out of the
coat, what else was there to do?
I gave them to Bill and he said.
I though we'd find some fifties."
Sweitzer said as they left the
body, one Of the girls said:
We'll, he got what was coming
to him.
Sweitzer admitted he planned
the robbery, but insisted the MUIR
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at Walnut and Division streets, at
11:52.
No Connection Between Them
Tire Marshal Lahey declared
To-Day that there was no connection
between the two fires. He declared
that the cause of the damaging
dress shop fire had not yet been
officially determined. The official
hearing at headquarters this morn
ing was attended by William Rud-
nick, owner of the store, his ia
Their, and one or two other emf
ployes. State Trooper Mulcahy was
at the hearing only as a witness,
since state police take part in all
official Investigations of mysterious
fires.
Started Under Stairway
The marshals office said today
that the fire started under stair
way leading to balcony about the
Interior of the store. Smoke from
the fire worked it's way into the
Yale Misfit clothing store up
stairs. The building where the
fire occurred is owned by the Lin
coin Land Co. The marshal is be-
ing assisted in his investigation by
Capt. William Russell and Private
Eugene Legge.
Chief Thomas j. Lynch, Deputy
Thomas Cavanaugh and Acting
Deputy Martin Campion responded
to the two alarms.
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REGISTRARS CASE
TO BE APPEALED

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man Derwin and DUMAS were
forced out by a second ruling of
Judge Peasley, Michael Slavin and
Albert o. Faller, democrat and re-
publican, respectively, were func-
tioning without any deputies. The
law and the municipal budget al
low them deputies. Both of the
present registrars stated when
talked with that they had not de-
cided on what they would do in
regard to naming assistants.
Following Judge Peasley's final
ruling of last week it was believed
that the city would not prosecute
an appeal in the supreme court.
Corporation Counsel O'Connor said
the appeal and, therefore, had
today that he had decided to take
filed the notice with the local SUI :
perior court clerk. His time for
filing such a notice would have ex-
PRED tomorrow.
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RUSSIA IS SORE
OVER JAPANESE
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has authorized me Ambassador
Yurenev) to protest the hehavior
of TIE Japanese and Manchukuoan
military authorities, responsibility
for which must be borne by the
japanese government. I am also
authorized to inform you that the
Soviet government can not allow
the sailing OF Japanese and Man
chukuoan ships in the internal
waters of the Soviet Union. And II.
de=-ite all warnings Japanese and
Manchurians ships attempt to enter
Soviet waters, responsibility for the
Consequences must be borne By
Japanese and Manchukuoan au-
thorities."
The most serious recent incident
was protested in a Russian note
three weeks ago. Then 1t was COM
planned that on June Japanese
Manchukuoan forces came more
tl.an a mile into Russian territory.
near Lake Khanka (near the al
legged June 23 violation) and shot
to death a Russian frontier guard
whose body, firearms and horse
they took back with them.
Japan Not Disturbed
Tokyo, July 2-(UP)--Army and
navy authorities are investigating
Russian complaints of frontier vio-
lations, 1t was understood today.
The foreign office unofficially
was said to be little disturbed at
the angry tone of a Russian note
of protest which arrived yesterday.
1t was said there was some sus-
picion that the note was one of
diplomatic preparation to preface
negotiations for settlement of an
incident of June S, in which Rus
sian soldier was killed.
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death penalty for any offense, life
Imprisonment was the worst pos
sible punishment.
His girls, Florence and Loretta
Jackson, sisters, and Jean Miller,
probab bly, will be charged with first
degree murder to-day. The Misses
Jackson admitted they knew
Sweitzer intended to kill Dickin-
son. Miss Miller, while deny
ing she knew of the intent to MUIR
der, did admit she knew of the
intent to rob. On the basis of
their confessions, they are legal
ly guilty OF first degree murder,
subject to Michigan's most severe
penalty.
Prosecutor Duncan c. McCrae
accomplished the final denouement
of the murder drama by comfort
ing the sullen Sweitzer with the
detailed confessions of Miss Miller
and Miss Loretta Jackson.
Story of the Crime
The confessions detailed the
following story of Dickinson's last
days.
Ac Anew IOl dlLOlASy aAiANCo
in Detroit Tuesday to attend to
legal business of the William Yaw-
key estate, for which he and his
cousin, Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.,
were attorneys. He conferred
Tuesday with Detroit associates,
and Tuesday evening dined in one
of the public rooms of his hotel,
the Book-Cadillac.
Dining at a nearby table were
Sweitzer and the Jackson sisters.
Either on his own initiative or in
response to the advances of the
women, (they insist they did moth
ing to attract him) the 52-year old
attorney went to their table, in
troduced himself, and offered to
buy drinks.
They had two rounds of cock
tails; then Sweitzer, following the
routine technique of his trade, ex-
cused himself and Dickinson and
the two girls went to his room,
where they had more drinks. Be-
fore they left Dickinson is alleged
to have made arrangements for a
party Wednesday night, and in
cluded Sweitzer in his invitation.
The girls. returning to Sweitzer.
reported that he seemed to have
great deal of money.
He Dincd Alone
Wednesday evening Dickinson
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der was not premeditated.

der was not preme01tateu.
After the killing, the women and
their procurer returned to the De.
troiter hotel. Talking it over, they
decided Detroit was not safe for
them and fled by car to Chicago.
There Dickinsons money was spent
for clothes and for a portable
short wave radio which Sweitzer
planned to use to pick up police
broadcasts, thinking that would
avoid capture. They were arrested
in Fort Wayne, Ind, Saturday.
Changed Story Often
sweitzer, a sallow-faced, dissi-
pated youth, ran a remarkable
gamut of emotions from Sunday
night when police began question:
ing him to last night when he
broke down.
Again and again he changed his
story, each time becoming less
logical. Meanwhile, other qucs-
TONERS were working on the girls.
They were of similar mentality.
glib in the vernacular of the most
sordid side of the underworld but
uUdDlS " EcdSOH AO8ASdiiy aAVH5
many of the steps between cause
and effect.
Miss Miller, of uncertain age,
but between SO and IS, was quick
tempered, profane, all Of the soft
er feminine attributes taken from
her by the realities of her. profess
sion.
The jackson sisters, younger,
were not so hard. Their emotions
aroused, they finally began weep
ing and then entered into feminine
hysteria. Florence, Is, level
headed, held out longer. Loretta,
20, known as "Bobbie'. a girl with
a Madonnaish face in odd con-
trast to her means of livelihood,
broke down first. Her confession
led in turn to the others.
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faithful employees and claims the
workers would have remained at
their jobs. but for intimidation
una duress used by outside forces.
Union Leaders Adaniant
Union leaders, informed of the
announcement, said that the COM
pRny's announcement would make
no change in their plans. One
labor representative scoffed openly
at the statement and declared that
the announcement, given in the
form of a newspaper advertise
ment, was but a threat on the part
OF the company to bring the strik-
ers around" and that the, COM
pany would not actually shut down.
Bernard Schulz of New Haven,
who organized the strikers into a
Waterbury local of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union shortly after the strike be-
gan, told the Democrat that strike
activities would go on as usual. he
stated that the 400 strikers would
continue to picket the Mill street
plant indefinitely.
Labor May Halt Attempt
Organized labor, he said, would
move to halt any attempt on tha
port of the company to move
stock or equipment from this city.
Any plants which do accept work
from the local firm, he went on.
will be picketed by union labor rep
resentatives. Schulz himself did not
appear to take the "closing down
notice seriously.
The strike on the part of the
400 workers at the WATERFOWL IN
dergarment Company began last
Monday, shortly after the concern
had announced wage cuts which
employees labelled drastic. Work
ers demanded first return to the
MIRA code wage Levels, then later
demanded Is per cent raise i'll ad-
dition, as we'll as improvements IN
working conditions.
Considered Test Case
Union labor has taken the strike
as a ''test case" of national import
ance and has sent to this city dur
ing the past week some of its most
noted leaders and speakers. AS
soon as the strikers were organ
lied into a union, they began mass
meetings each morning, and picket
lines were kept at the factory
continually.
No Change In Strike
Early this afternoon the COM
pany's statement had resulted in
no appreciable change in the
strikers activities. Pickets today
patrolled both Mill and Franklin
z
the scene this morning. in charge
of Lieutenant James Mulville, but
there was no trouble of any kind.
At the strikers mass meeting
this morning, there were cheers