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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17

She placed a glass of water and a pencil and paper on the table next to her bed.a wonder how Eleanor Duse or Sarah Bernhardt would do this"
 She threw her chin high dramatically reached for the wa. ter, and with her eyes closed in anticipatory pain placed the cap- sule on her tongue and washed at down.
 Then she carefully worded . note to Marney, and with her heart fluttering in her breast, weariiy dragged herself into bed and com posed herself for death. At II o'clock Marney let her. self in and found granny in bed with all the lights on. Then she noticed the muslin nightgown, the embroidered pillow slips. and - why-granny's cheeks looked feverish. She flew to her side. There was a note lying on the coverlet. A pang of fear constric- ted Marney's heart as she read It's contents:
 T haven't long to live anyway, Marney. And you have a whole lifetime.
 q read your revised story to- night. Marney, dear, the death. the autopsy and the courtroom scene weren't very gripping. "If were not S2 your little white capsule would never have tempted me. But know you're going to need that $500 and my $50 a month too, to fight your ill- ness. Besides, I couldn't resist the chance to prove that suicide was ! the logical ending. You see, dar- ling, even well persons with a lit- tlc money coming in every month sometimes commit suicide when the motive is strong enough"
 Please comb my hair high and take the first train for Phoenix as soon as I'm decently buried" It was signed Granny" Marney began sobbing and the sobbing made her cough. Granny's eyes opened in startled alarm.
 "You here, too?" she gasped.
 "Where, granny"
 "Where, granny"
 "In heaven"
 "Oh, darling, thought you were dead"
 Granny smiled wearily. "I am. Almost. The capsule on your desk. I took it."
 "The capsule!" breathed Marney in relief, 'why that was nothing but powdered sugar and soda. Stage property, you know"
 Stage property" grunted gran- ny in disdain. Serves me right.
 Copyright, 1885, The Chicago
 Daily News, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
DAILY nBoRF sEORF STAGE PROP
At EishH-Two Granny Realized Her Lifelong |
 Abision to Become an Actress

'T wonder how long 1t would take. A half-hour? An hour7 Perhaps more" Carefully she put the can- sule back together and walked ogs CT to the dresser. She opened the bottom drawer and took out q fine muslin nightgown with Q deep embroidered yoke:
 The material was mellowed and had . musty smell about 1t, but granny fingered 1t lovingly. She removed her flannel gown and put on the embroidered one. She KAn a comb through her hair and put . dab of Marney's rought on her liv- cr-spotted cheeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
BY MARGUERITE HENRY


 "Are you memorizing that let- ter, child?" asked Granny Ross, crisply. "Just because I'm S2 is no sign I've lost my curiosity"
 Marney smothered . fanny little cough and handed the letter across the breakfast table.
 "Hm, wants you to rewrite it, doses her" Granny read bits aloud. Says the murder angle isn't log 'ical offers $500 advance roy- alty if you make the end seem in. vitable. -"
 A tear splashed into Marney's soft-boiled egg. "Oh granny, everything depends upon it! Everything"
 with little birdlike movements Granny rolled up her napkin and walked around the table.
 "Marney," she said matter-of- factly, you have enough money to get to Phoenix alone. And my $30 & month will take care of me here. Besides" her voice broke traitor ously, T might enjoy being alone for a change"
 'There's no use talking, gran- ny. I'd never get well if I knew you were here all alone"
 There was long pause during which granny's rusty old mind tried to untangle the snarls in her granddaughter plot.
 "Marney," she finally exclaimed, clasping her thin crowlike hands, "why couldn't the elderly uncle commit suicide?"
 Marney shook her head. ''No, that wouldn't happen. A well per- son with a little money coming in every month doesn't commit sui- eide. I guess I just didn't get the feel of my character. The editor says you've got to keep asking yourself: How far would you act under tho same circumstances?' Wonder if some stage properties would help!"
 An hour later Marney returned from the drug store and began transforming the kitchenette into a modern laboratory. In . blue smock, with a pestle in her hand. she was crushing and mixing white substances in a small mortar and putting the compound into cap- sules. Taking one of the capsules with her she went back to her desk and studied it for a long time. Then she began writing fev- erishly, page after page of manu- script. It was almost dark when Norman, the young advertising copy writer down the hall, asked her to go for a walk.
 Granny was tired. She slipped into her old flannel nightgown. As she was about to switch off the light she suddenly changed her mind, guiltily she went over to Marney's desk, gathered the sheaf Of paper and propped herself up in bed. It was fun doing this on the sly.
 Stealthily she returned the pa- pers, trying to lay them in the dis order she had found them. Then her beadlike eyes caught sight of the white capsule. She picked it up gingerly, as if 1t might explode in her hands. But nothing happened.
 Looks innocent enough" she unused. Who'd think that 1t could send Marney to Arizona and me to Ito .. Humph! I'm getting melodramatic," she snorted. "But then, I always did want to be an actress. And here am, almost 83, and the nearset I ever got to the stage was the dress circle!"
 As if an entire audience were watching, she lifted the top of the capsule and smelled it's contents
 Queer! Not much smell to it." A sprinkling of white powder fell into the desk. She put her finger to her tongue and dipped it in the powder. The taste was sickeningly sweet.
 A stab of fear knifed her heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
LOVE PREFERS LOVELAND

Loveland, Colo. (CP).-"Love- land" meant more than a city to Miss Madonna Salisbury of Hold redge, Neb., and Ralh R. Propp of Sidney. Ia. Because the name of the town had such a romantic ring, the couple drove 25s miles, through the rain and over ex- tremely rough and muddy roads, recently to be married here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17

Soviet Russia has ordered seven large timber-carrying vessels spec cially designed to penetrate ice flows in winter.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
HOUSE PUTS ASIDE
DISTRICT CAR BILL
Patman Asks Withdrawal
= as Result of Protests by
Cab Operators.

The District auto responsibility bill
passed by the Senate on January 10
was today Withdrawn from the House
calendar at the request of Representa-
tive Patman of Texas, chairman Of
the Subcommittee on Streets and Traf-
fic Of the House District Committee.
This was one of the most important
Of the District measures scheduled fol
consideration in the House today. II
was withdrawn as a result of protests
by independent taxicab operators that
they had not been granted an oppor.
tunity to be heard on this measure
They insisted that they would prefer
to have compulsory automobile insur.
ance imposed upon taxicab owners anc
operators. The present bill makes in.
surance compulsory after an accident
After the bill was reported a demand
for reconsideration was made in the
House District Committee last week
by Representative Hull. progressive, oi
Wisconsin.
Twice previously a similar bill has
been passed by the House, but failed
to get through the Senate
Members Of the District Committee
said today that they have found that
there is decided difference OF
opinion among the taxicab companies
regarding the provisions of the
measure.
Provisions Of Bill.
The bill provides for the suspension
Of an operators license and registra-
ton certificate in the following cases:
First. if convicted of operating an
automobile while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor or narcotic
drugs; second. If he has left the scene
OF an automobile accident in which
personal injury has occurred without
making his identity known, and
third, If a judgment has been OBJ
tanned against him and remained
unsatisfied for a period of 80 days.
The permit and registration cards
would not be returned to an operator
until after he has furnished evidence
Of his ability to respond in damages
of certain specified amounts for future
accidents involving life or property.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Wife and Other Disabilities
Revealed in Mail to Senate

writer didn't say other disabilities !"
(The secretary Is married, which is
why he prefers to be anonymously
Another letter contained o fearful
plea from bootlegger. He couldn't
understand why his application for q
home loan was rejected just because
an investigator reported the home
was used for bootlegging.
A constituent who obviously hasn't
admired the Roosevelt recovery pro-
gram warned that unless something
is done the voters are going to take
the party for q slay (sic) ride at the
next election"
A manufacturer employing 40 men
protested that some Of his workers
had obtained Government loans while
he couldn't borrow $4,000 to enable
his plant to continue In production
He wanted the Senator to do some
thing about it.
Two letters protested the tariff on
cucumbers and tomatoes. A number
were from jobseekeys. Another large
stack protested or favored utility leg
islation. Still another pile contained
pleas that the Government forbid pub
lie inspection Of individuals incomes.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
.L0NG|SPROTECTED|
IN NEW ORLEANS
None Permitted to Talk to
Senator on Dash to
Baton Rouge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. February 25.-Sur-
rounded by bodyguards. Senator Huey
P. Long arrived by train from Wash
ington today and took an automobile
Immediately for Baton Rouge. where
martial law has been in force for about
a month due to the fight on his politi-
cal leadership.
The Senator. as counsel for the
Louisiana Public Service Commission,
said he was resuming today his inves-
tigation Of telephone rates before the
Louisiana Public Service Commission
in the capital city.
When he left the train his army of
bodyguards surrounded him and no
one was permitted to speak to him.
Some Of the attendants of the Senator
held their hands to their pockets as
they rushed Long across the station
platform to line of six waiting auto
mobiles. Long and his guards filled
the cars and the motor caravan sped
away.
Rev. Gerald K. Smith, organizer of
Longs "Share-the-W Wealth" Clubs. ar
rived on the same train with the Sen
ator, but left the station In different
direction.
Long said nothing here about his
proposed investigation of Postmaster
General Farley in Washington or any
thing else.
Citizens have been expecting the
State administration, which he con-
trols. to call special session of the
Legislature at an early date to reduce
the S cents a barrel Oil refining tax
Four cents of the tax were said to
have been rebated under an agree
ment between Long and the company
without legislative action.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Lost T,ci1,s, Back Home, Spent
Night on Bed of Pine Needles
Boy and Girl, 8, Wander Into Arms of
Policeman on A,cakening-Object
of All Night Search.

All was we'll today with the modern
twin babes in the woods" whose SELF
sufhciency enabled them to pass an
almost comfortable night under q pine
tree while a thousand men searched
for them through the underground,
quicksand. sink holes and standing
water of a three-mile swamp near
Beltsville. Md, just off the Baltimore
Boulevard.
Hand in hand, shortly after sunrise
today. the 8-year-old twins, John AL
exander and Margaret Elizabeth Mil
Ter, emerged from the pine thicket
where they had spent the night and
were seen making their way across
the fields toward the Baltimore Boule-
ward by Policeman Claude o. Reese Of
the Prince Georges County force.
The thorns had damaged Johns
trousers and scratched Margaret's S
knees, but otherwise the twins had
Jared much better than could be ex-
pected, and even summoned smile
of greeting for Reese. The pair ex-
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Sueettearts Sought in Death,
Du B0is Girls Notes Reveal
Last Letters to Parents Are Read to
Coroner's Jury Over Protests
of american Consul.

. Sicily, two weeks ago when their
Royal Rir Force flying boat, Ace of
Diamonds, crashed into hillside.
One Of the notes said that Flying
Omcer Forbes. engaged to another
girl, was going to break OF his en-
gagement in order to marry Jane.
The letters were read publicly over
the protest Of Franklin c. Gowen,
United States Consul.
The coroner said he only did his
duty in reading the letters as with
out them it would have been difficult
for the jury to arrive at a proper
verdict.
In time to come" he said, Il am
sure the father will realize that read
ing these letters was the only course
to be taken in the circumstances"
The Jury retired only a few min
utes before arriving at the verdict
which was worded in the usual phrases
for suicide cases in England The
jury expressed sympathy to the par
er1ts and also to Pilot p Kirton OF
fronfip,,aa ~ n.n. . NoI,,,oy sN
Evening star., 1935-02-25

planned policeman was just the man
they were looking for.
well. you've got nothing on us''
the policeman replied. The whole
county force, or such of 1t as could be
spared, had been searching the swamp,
together with several hundred volun-
teers to radio appeals, 200 c. c. c.
men from nearby camp, and volun-
teer fire departments of Berwyn,
Berwyn Heights, College Park, Branch
vile and Hyattsville.
The twins had wandered for miles
in and out of the swamp, finally cross
ing and Skirting the Baltimore Boule-
ward, far from the scene of the search.
They saw many houses and motorists,
but paternal Injunction was always
uppermost in their minds-"Never
speak to strangers"
When dark came and the twins
could find no policeman, they made a
bed Of pine needles in a thicket with
in hailing distance of the highway
Continued on Page 8, Column %
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Reception and Singing Mark
Labor Building Dedication

Secretary of Labor Perkins, first
woman cabinet member, gave an elab-
crate coming-out party for her new
departmental building at its dedica-
ton today, with flowers, music, a re-
ception line and punch.
Formal speeches of dedication, de-
livered by the Secretary and by VIII
liam Green, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. constituted
only one of three parts to the festive
program at the new Government audi
torium, next to the new Department
of Labor Building at Fourteenth street
and Constitution avenue
Organized labor was given prom
inent role in the celebration, with
President Green speaking and with
the United Mine Workers Band of
West Virginia and the Melody Stroll
ers" of spartanburs, s. c., represent
ing the United Textile Workers Of
Evening star., 1935-02-25
DIRECT SUBSIDIES
TO SH|PSOPPO
Roosevelt Is Expected, How.
ever, to Recommend
Plan in Message.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated PreSS.
A forthcoming message in which
President Roosevelt is expected to
recommend direct subsidies to Ameri-
can shipping In place of ocean mail
contracts will drop into q Congress
which holds differing opinions on the
subject.
While several legislators have been
outspoken in their criticism of what
they term the present mail subsidies,
some are known to be opposed to all
subsidies ir principle.
The attitude of Senator Black,
Democrat of Alabama. who headed the
committee which investigated ocean
and air mail contracts a year ago, is
that subsidies are inadvisable unless
adequate safeguards are provided"
Black said his committee showed
that huge sums paid to build up a
merchant marine had been largely
spent in high salaries, extravagant
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column 10
Evening star., 1935-02-25
CRASH KILLS CONSUL
AT MADRAS, INDIA
Leroy Weber, Career Man, Dies
With 8 Others in Auto
Accident.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRAS, India, February as
Leroy Webber, United States consul
here, and three other persons were
killed last night in an automobile ac-
cident near Madras.
A. w. Estey, Standard Oil oficial;
Mrs. Estey and the native driver were
the other victims.
Leroy Webber, United States consul
at Madras, India, who was reported
killed in an accident there yesterday
was born at Buffalo, N. Y, July T.
1891. according to State Department
records.
He began his diplomatic career at
% in Glasgow, Scotland. He had
served in consular capacities at Not
tingham, England; Palermo, Italy,
and Hongkong, Annoy, Chefoo and
Shanghai, China.
Mr.. Webber became a vice consul,
career class 3, in 1920; a consul in
1928 and a foreign service officer In
1924.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Constitutional Amendment
Would Be Submitted
to States.
PLANS LAID TO MEET
AN ADVERSE DECISION
Independent Corporation to Be
Financed by Government Also
Is Considered.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The possibility Of taking President
RooSevelt's power policies to the peo.
pie in what would amount to a ma
tional referendum was considered to-
day by some administration advisers.
Under plan suggested for possible
use if :he Governments intention to
sell electricity in the Tennessee VAL
ley is blocked by the Supreme Court,
the public's sentiment would be tested
by submission of a constitutional
amendment to the States.
Would Back Roosevelt.
The proposed amendment would be
worded 50 that, If ratified by the
necessary 36 States. it would stamp
approval on the Roosevelt power pro-
gram.
The amendment was one of several
possibilities studied for use in event
the Government should lose finally the
appeal It is preparing from decision
by Federal Judge w. I. Grubb of Ala
bama. He ruled last week that the
Tennessee Valley Authority has no
right to sell surplus electricity
Another proposal given considera-
ton by administration advisers was
that a corporation financed largely
by the Government, but not connected
directly with it, might be set up to
carry out the Presidents plans.
Setback Held Temporary.
Oficials insisted, meanwhile. that
they regarded Judge Grubb's ruling
only as a temporary setback which
would be overcome in the higher
courts. Because the judge granted an
injunction against P. W. A. allotments
for constructing municipal power
plants to distribute T. v. A. power,
counsel for the Public Works Admin
istration has announced it will join
in appealing the case.
Should the final judgement in this
litigation go against the Government.
one power expert said, the proposal
for a constitutional amendment and
the suggested independent corporation
might have serious drawbacks. An in
dependent corporation might get out
of Federal control, it was said, and
obtaining approval of SO States to a
constitutional amendment usually re-
Quires long time.
Rankin Is Confident.
Confidence that the Supreme Court
will approve the sale of surplus elec-
tricity from Government plants was
expressed in a speech last night by
Representative Rankin. Democrat. of
Mississippi.
He called T. v. A. "the most profit
able investment the American people
have made in your day and mine" and
referred to private power interests with
the comment: An old regime dies
hard"
Speculation continued in the Capital
regarding the possible effect of Judge
Grubb's decision on other links in the
Presidents power program. Some sug-
gested that the administration might
not press for Senate approval of the
proposed st. Lawrence waterway until
present uncertainty is past The st.
Lawrence project. involving extensive
power developments, long has been
advocated by Mr. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1935-02-25
WALK0UT
MOVE COUNTERED
Special Board Opens Study
OF Code Protests by
Firms and Unions.

Copyright. 1885. BY the Associated Press.)
Confronted by growing discomfort
from both manufacturers and labor.
the N. r. A. has set up a special
board to study conditions in the
textile industry and determine the
possibility of code revision.
While N. r. A. has not said so
officially. the action was reported
reliably to have been taken with
the view of forestalling another tex
tile strike, threatened early in the
Spring II labor's demands for wage
concessions and more satisfactory
code enforcement Is not Forthcoming.
Meanwhile, led by Gov. Curley Of
Massa chusetts, group Of New Eng
land manufacturers and State Of
flcials gathered here for . conference
today with the New England congress
sional delegation. Objectives of the
meeting included preparation Of q
program to limit imports of Japanese
textiles, to eliminate or tighten the
cotton processing tax, to remove Sec
tional wage differentials and to stand
ardize wages throughout the in
dustry.
Bitter Fight Is Seen.
A bitter controversy was foreseen
over the wage differentials, with
Northern interests demanding that
Southern mill pay be forced up to the
Northern level.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers,
Massachusetts, Republican, planned to
introduce bill in the House today
calling for reopening Of the cotton
textile code and said its purpose was
to open the way to Standardization Of
wages.
THE Southern mills already have
natural advantages, through proximity
to their raw material" she said, "and
it is unfair to give them an added ad-
vantage in wage rates"
The N. r. AS decision to act swift
ly in the textile situation was reached
last week in the face of rumblings of
new walkouts. Serving on the special
board are Division Administrator
Prentiss Coonley and Arthur D. White
side, Leon Henderson and Sidney Hill
man of the National Recovery Board
Report Due Tomorrow.
A preliminary report on the cotton
industry is du> tomorrow, with sub
sequent investigations to be made Of
the woolen and worsted and silk in
dustries.
I'VE have an acute situation here"
Coonley said. in confirming creation
Of the special committee.
Leaders of the United Textile
Workers maintained that continued
peace in the textile industries de-
pended on the outcome of hearings
soon to be held by the N. r. A. on
recent reports by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics on wages and hours of mill
workers and on more satisfactory
enforcement of decisions of the Tex
tile Labor Relations Board.
Francis j. Gorman, organization
director of the United Textile Work.
ers, recently told the House Labor
Committee that I'VE are beginning to
wonder If we did right in urging our
members to end the strike of last
September" He said wholesale VIOLA
tions of section la of the national
recovery act continued in the South.
The manufacturers on their side
complained that the higher prices re-
sulting from the cotton code and the
cotton processing tax have left them
powerless to compete with foreign
mills.
Evening star., 1935-02-25

America in the Carolinas, and others
featured in the musical program.
The great auditorium foyer was
banked deep with flowers, as were also
the entrance lobby and principal Of
fees Of the nearby new Department of
Labor Building.
The Mine Workers Band started the
program with q concert of several
selections prior to the two speeches
Of the day. Invocation was by DR..
zeBarney T. Phillips, chaplain Of the
United States Senate, and the bene-
diction by Right Rev. Msgr. John
A. Ryan.
Following the formal exercises there
was an intermission before the musical
program of the afternoon. This merri-
ment started with songs by James G..
Quinn, secretary-treasurer, Central
frn,firifed an paRo Tn1Nmn AZ
Evening star., 1935-02-25
Chinese DOLLAR
REACHES new HIGH
Effort of Government to Check
Advance Due to Speculation
Fails.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, February as The
Chinese governments machinery for
sterilization of exchange failed to
halt the advance of the Chinese sill
yer dollar today. The dollar reached
the highest mark since 1929, sky
rocketing to 1885 against the United
States dollar under a wave Of specu-
lative buying.
(The average quotation for the sill
yer dollar last week as against the
United States dollar was .3720
An attempt to spike a rumor which
repeatedly was contributing to the
dollars advance, the Nationalist gov
ernment's ministry of finance issued
q statement that "the government
has no intention of abolishing the
export duty on silver or relaxing con-
rtrol over the exchange markets.