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set Of the session, Attorney Gen.
eral David T. Wilentz asked the
court for permission to introduce a
record from Bellevue Hospital to
show that Louis Kiss, silk painter,
one Of the defense alibi witnesses.
had taken his son to the hospital
February %, 1882, instead of Feb
ruary %, as he had testified on
the stand yesterday.
Mr.. Kiss, who said he saw Haupt'
mann in New York the night Of
the kidnapping, March l, said one
of the things that helped fix the
date in his memory was the trip
to the hospital with his son Eek
actly' week before. Mr.. Wilentz
showed the hospital trip was eight
days before March /.
Mr.. Reilly then began question
ing Mr.. Trendley:
Q-I show you the ransom
nursery note and call your atten'
ton to the 3D." Do you find on
Mr.. Osborn's charts the ID"
which oeglns the note?
Mr.. Trendley got down from
the stand and looked over the
array of great black and white
exhibits on the wall. He said:
~ cannot find it here"
Q.-Will you point out if the
"ear" of dear" is on Mr.. Os-
born's chart. Alt is not on
there.
Mr.. Reilly was moving in on
a broad attack on the formidable
testimony Of the State handwrit-
ing eperts.
Q.-Isn't it a fact, Mr.. Trendley,
that when the photographs OF
Hauptmann's writing and the ran
som notes were taken, only GER
tain letters and words from the
various writings were photo
graphed. Ayes.
Mr.. Reilly then began to bring
out how certain unusual things in
the ransom notes were not photo
graphed in the States exhibits.
One of these was an exclama-
tion mark, thus Dear sir!" in
the ransom notes,
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Words Omitted

Q.-Is it not a fact that you
cannot find on Mr.. Osborn's
charts any letters, symbols or
words contained in the first five
lines Of the nursery note? A
That is the case, sir.
Much time was lost searching
through the charts, which oc-
casionally fell to the floor with
q clatter. Mr.. Reilly said:
"NOw take the word the
Does the the from line six of
the nursery note appear on Os-
bOrn'S charts?"
"It does not"
Q.-Is there a difference be-
tween the the" in the ransom
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Jurors See Notes

Again the ransom note was
passed among the jurors.
Mr.. Reilly asked the witness If
the unusual AVE" and "dy" or
the figures $4,000" from the ran
som notes were used in Mr.. Os-
born's exhibits.
"They were not"
The witness pointed out the let
ter combination ave-" as in
have" was always a continuous
line in the ransom notes.
He showed that where "dy"
come together. as in "redy" for
ready" in the ransom notes, the
ID" and ~" were separate. The
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bills" Left Out

He pointed out some peculiar
"s's" and the word bills" from
the nursery note"-the first mes,
sage left after the KIDNAPPING.
Mr.. Reilly asked:
''Are these SIS indicated in
OsbOrn'S charts the same kind
of SIS that appear in the 'nur-
Sery' nOte?"
"They are not"
Mr.. Trendley and Mr.. Reilly
stood in front of the charts as
the Interrogation went on. A
young assistant aided them in
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Fisch Card ShOlUn

Q.-Now, I show you this card,
which T offer to have marked for
Identification. and ask if the "y''
shown in it is similar to the "y''
in ready. A.-Yes.
Assistant Attorney General Lani-
gan objected to the admission of
the card as evidence. He said:
1--WE don't know what that
card is and how it is connected
with the case. 1t might be the
history of the world, for all we
know
Mr.. Reilly said Sarcastically:
Hardly, on a post card"
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CHART
Of WRITINGS
ASSA|LED
in a tilt over charts, Mr.. Lanigan

in a tilt over charts, Mr.. Lanigan
said:
"He has no charts Of his own"
Mr.. Reilly bristled and shot
back:
''We don't need any charts.
Well use yours"
Mr.. Reilly turned to Mr.. Trend
ley and said:
1--WE come to the word notify
In this note. You will observe
that the IT. is not crossed and
resembles an T.. Is that cor
rect?"
The witness said that was right.
And when Mr.. Reilly asked him II
that word notify" appeared on
Mr.. Osborn's charts, Mr.. Trendley
said it did not
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"Y" Is Different

Mr.. Trendley further testified
that the "y" in "you" in one Of
the ransom notes had three Sepa-
rate strokes, the initial one, the
downward and the upward stroke.
Q.-(By Mr.. Reilly: You mean
by initial stroke the belly of the
"y'? A.-No.
Q.-On the request writings
the "y'' has the initial and down
ward strokes only? Ayes.
Mr.. Trendley said the word
were" written in the nursery
note obviously for where" is
highly significant. But. he added.
it is not embodied in Mr.. Osborn'S
charts. He characterized the kid
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Osborn Hit

Mr.. Reilly paid particular atten-
tion to the "the" appearing in the
nursery note, which Mr.. Trendley
said had not been used in Mr.. Os.
born's photographs. Mr.. Reilly
said:
"NOw, you heard Osborn say
he had testified rs an expert for
50 years, yet he did not use this
word the in his comparison. Do
you consider that word impor.
tant i'm making . comparison Of
Hauptmann'S writings with the
ransom nOtes?"
Mr.. Trendley replied:
II certainly do. ] think that
word the rs 1t appears in the
nursery note, is one Of the most
curious words I'm the ransom
notes.
Q.-Do you think Hauptmann
wrote it? Al do not.
Then they turned to the word
"is" in the nursery note. This
word was not included in Mr..
Osborn's chart either.
Q.-Do you think "is' from
Hauptmann's writing was written
by the same man who wrote the
"iS" in the ransom note? A.-No.
Mr.. Trendley explained:
'The PEN pressure is entirely
different i'm these two speci.
mems. In Hauptmann's writing.
the upstrOke is light, the down.
stroke is heavy. The handwrit.
ing is oval. In the is' of the
ransom note the shading Is
uniform"
Court was adjourned until
1:45 p. m.
Despite the zero weather,
crowds sought to work their way
into the trial today. Men and
women were on hand when the
courtroom was thrown open
shortly after 8 a. m. Every seat
was taken almost at once.
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Turning to the court, he said:
eve intend to show merely
that the characteristics Of the
" in the postal card are similar
to the " in the ransom note.
We will connect it up later"
A recess was taken at this
point and defense counsel told re.
porters the card was a Christmas
card sent to Hauptmann from
Lsador Fisch after going to Ger.
many Mhere he died
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note and those shown on the
charts? A.-There is.
The State had attached a great
deal of Importance to alleged simi-
larities between "the's" of the
ransom notes and Hauptmann
writings. Sometimes they were
spelled "hte.'
Mr.. Reilly impressively held up
the charts before the jurors.
Q.-Now, did you notice pc
culiarity of the "y" in "redy" and
money" in the ransom notes? A.
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taking down and putting up the
charts.
The word "bills" could not be
found on the Osborn charts, Mr..
Reilly also brought out.
The testimony indicated a strong
defense contention that the State
experts carefully handpicked for
the jury only the characters from
the ransom notes and Haupt-
mann's writing which we're similar,
ignoring dissimilarities.
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VOTE LAWS STUDY

The California voting laws will
be discussed by Mrs. Carol Stew.
art, Of the Veterans Board of Ap-
peals, at a dinner Of the Women's
Democratic Educational Council
at $50 p. m. today, in the
Women'S City Club.
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naper's "were" as "all one single
movement"
Word after word contained in
the ransom note was sought on
the Osborn charts to no avail.
The testimony was the sloWest
since the trial began.
Row after row of newspaper
correspondents sat in compare.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
PIE SOCIAL MARCH
9 AT GRANGE HALL

A "Pie Social! What luscious
sound there is to the very words; and
that is quite what the members of the
White Bluffs Grange have planned for
Saturday evening, luscious time for
everyone.
This year King Cowboys Woolly
West Revue is to appear and provide q
part of the evenings entertainment.
A playlet, Harmony Junction." will
also be given as we'll as several skits,
one of them dealing with darby, a
rube and a tramp. Grange members
have spent most of the last few weeks
rehearsing their parts and promise
letter-perfect performance of the hu-
morous program they have for the
audience.
In addition there will be real pie
eating contest with prizes for the win,
ner. The first three boys under Twelve
years of age who apply will be allowed
to compete. Other entertainment has
been planned for the youngsters while
their elders enjoy the dancing which
will be free.
Admission will be fifteen cents for
adults and ten cents for children. Pie
and coffee will be served for ten cents
or five cents for the pie alone. Every
one is urged to attend.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
Still Working For
Orchard Cleanup

Prospects of an orchard cleanup
and -scraping project in Benton
county appeared more favorable fol-
lowing the action of the county COM
nlissioners Monday in approving pro-
gram submitted to them by Ray Kelso,
horticultural inspector.
Growers in this and other districts
have endeavored to secure such a pro-
gram through the VERA, but both the
VERA and the county horticultural
department are powerless to adopt
such a program. State Director OF
Horticulture j. I. Griner has been try
ing to secure such program for the
growers and through the use OF PWA
funds it is believed that the project
can be started.
The program submitted by Kelso, OF
the horticulture department, calls fcs
the expenditure of $4,000 in Benton
county and embraces tree-scraping AND
cleanup of orchards of all types as q
sanitary project to eliminate the men
ace of worm damage to fruit. The
county is to furnish the tools and SUI
pervision of the work.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
SPECIAL STAMPS
ISSUED ON 18TH

A special issue of postage stamps
In uncut Sheets and blocks has Been
announced by the Post Office Depart
ment. These will not be sold at post
offices and must be ordered from
Washington, DC, but the local post
office can give full information con-
corning them. They will be issued for
a limited time only as a collectors
item.
Three-cent stamps which will be
printed ungummed and some of them
unperforated, include the Proclama-
ton of Peace stamp, the Century Of
Progress Souvenir issue, Little Amer
lea, Little America Souvenir issue,
Mothers and Wisconsin. The National
Parks issue, from one to ten cents,
may be had as we'll as the one and
three cent National Parks Souvenir
issue and the sixteen cent Special De-
livery Air Mail stamp.
The stamps will be available on
March Is and are to be sold in blocks
and uncut sheets ranging from blocks
of four stamps to uncut sheets OF 400
stamps.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
YAKIMA MRS MEN
ADVISE VETERANS

Representatives of the Yakima MRS
office met Friday night with John
Lindblad post. of the American Legion
at their special meeting to discuss en-
ployment prospects on federal and
state projects and to check on the
classifications of local veterans who
had applied for employment and who
were present at the meeting.
e. F. Newton, state vice. commander
of the Legion announces that anyone
in this valley seeking employment on
the Coulee Dam or other projects
should see that their application cards
are in the active file at the Yakima
office and that their employment clas-
sifcation is correct The MRS office
sends periodic missionaries to all
persons listed in their files, and unless
an answer is received within ten days.
the individuals name is removed from
the active file to the inactive file.
Those who have an opportunity to visit
the Yakima office should see that all
information is correct.
The National Unemployment Service
representatives told the local men that
the Coulee Dam project employees but
small percentage of the relief workers
in the state, and that men whose cards
are in order will have opportunities
to secure work elsewhere.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
FEBRUARY WEATHER
MILD BUT CLOUDY

While one-half of February's twenty
eight days were cloudy, the month was
a pleasant one, with temperatures
above normal, according to the wea-
ther reports of the Hartford and Wah-
luke weather stations
At Wahluke one and one-half inches
of snow were reported during the
month, with total precipitation of
81 of an inch. Six days were clear,
eight partly cloudy and IA cloudy. The
maximum temperature of SO degrees
was recorded on the 10th while the
minimum temperature of 20 degrees
was recorded on the eighth, according
to the report of Gabriel Jadden, Co.
operative observer at this station.
The maximum temperature recorded
at the Hanford weather station, in
charge of T. DeLacey Mofatt, was ST
degrees, on both the 22nd and the 9th.
The minimum temperature was 16 de-
grees, recorded Feb Z. Three-quarters
of an inch of snow were reported here,
with total precipitation of 81 of an
inch.
Temperatures during the past week,
as recorded at the Hanford weather
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
Time Extension And
Rebate On Taxes

With an extension Of time for pay
ment of personal property taxes and
an additional rebate, taxpayers have
been afforded a measure of relief by
the state County Treasurer Ben Knox
informed The Spokesman this, Thurs
day morning.
A three per cent rebate on personal
property taxes has been placed in effect
on all taxes paid before March l5, says
Mr.. Knox, and the time of delinquency
on these taxes has been extended to
May 81. No changes have been made
in the law regarding payment Of real
estate taxes.
Under the former law, no rebate was
allowed on personal property taxes,
which became delinquent if the first
half was not paid by March Is. The
second half did not become delinquent
until November 30.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
Events of the Week
Thursday. March I

Thursday, March
Commercial club meeting, P. P. & l..
Companys Office, 8 pm.
Friday, March
Talk by j. E. Wilburn on the Town
send Old Age Pension plan and for
nation of a Townsend Club. Grange
hall, White Bluffs pm.
Saturday, March 8
Legion Auxiliary's Baked Foods sale,
10 am, White Bluffs Trading Co.;
benefit of high school piano fund.-
Sunday, March 10
Church-see announcements.
Gun clubs trap shoot, pm, west OF
Lumber Co.'S yard.
Monday, March IL
Democratic club meeting, Liberty hall,
81 pm.
Wednesday, March IL
Womans Club meeting, Lutheran
church basement pm.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
WELL-KNOWN SHEEP
MAN PASSES AWAY

George Hendricks, well-knoWn
sheepman of central Washington,
passed away in a Spokane hospital
Saturday evening, March 2. He was ia
ken to Spokane about two months ago
to undergo a serious operation. He had
returned to his ranch home near Con-
nell to convalesce, but on Saturday be-
came very ill and was rushed to Spo-
kane for treatment. He died few
hours after he arrived at the hospital.
Funeral services were held at the
Church of the Nazarene at Cornell
on Wednesday and his. body taken to
Walla Walla for burial that day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
EGGS Added List
In Predatory Drive

Large inroads are being made in
the ranks of predatory birds and ami
mails by those taking part in the drive
sponsored by the White Bluffs Rod and
Gun club this spring. Twelve men and
boys have already signed up for the
drive, and to date they have accounted
for number of pests, English SPAR
rows, pocket gophers and magpies be-
ing the most frequent victims. Richard
Griffith is leading the drive at this
time with total of 6905 points, with,
Joe Kelly and Paul Rousseau In Sec
ond and third places with 1910 and
$500 points, respectively. The drive will
continue until June 80.
With the Matching season at hand,
the club has included the eggs of pred
atory birds among the list OF points,
raven eggs counting rs points, magpie
eggs, 80, and the eggs of other preda-
tory birds, such as hawks, owls, crows
and eagles Is points. No points are
being given for sparrow eggs, since it
is difficult to distinguish them from
those of song birds and the clup is
anxious that no eggs other than those
of predatory birds be taken from the
nests.
Officers for 1885, chosen at the meet
ing of the club Tuesday evening are:
President, G.. r. Chase; vice-president,
Arno Krug; secretary treasurer, j. M.
Shinn. Since the inception of the club
two years ago, the membership has
increased from five to twenty
An intensive drive for new members
will be carried on by the club this year
On Sunday, the club, which recently
purchased a trap-shooting outfit, will
put on a trap shoot at the field west
of the John Dover Lumber company's
yard. This shoot will be open to every
one wishing to take part. The regular
charge for shells and targets will be
made.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
State AIAAct
Is Revised By
Legislature
Consumer To Have Voice In
Setting Of Prices On
Products

The state legislature Tuesday passed
the AAA bill, the house concurring
in all amendments made by the senate.
The bill now goes to the Governor for
his signature.
According to provisions of the bill,
prices to consumers cannot be set with
out a hearing Growers, wholesalers
and professors will elect their own
representatives on committees, but the
governor will appoint persons to repre-
sent consumers. The license fee for re-
tailers will be from ST to 500 and
for wholesalers will be from $40 to 500.
The bill is far more specific and
sweeping than the current law and
centralizes greater power in the direc-
tor of agriculture to control trade
practices and prices Products named
are hops, corn livestock, poultry, eggs,
fruit, vegetables, milk, nuts, honey,
nursery stock, oysters, sugar and all
by-products therefrom, and all other
crops raised from or produced on soil,
and any commodity substantially man
ufactured or produced from the same,
and any product competing Herewith
or it's substitutes or otherwise.
Whereas $4,000 was appropriated
under the present law for the two years
expiring next January, the new act
appropriates $15O000. According to the
bill, the director OF agriculture Is CIV
en- authority to regulate and control
production, storage, transportation
merchandising, sale and distribution
of agricultural products, to govern
prices, to prescribe marketing agree
ments and regulate all persons en-
gagged in producing, handling, manu-
featuring, processing or selling agricul-
tllral commodities sGnsTroducts. manu-
featured from them.
The bill provides that assessments
shall be used to pay the cost and ex-
pense of administering and enforcing
the marketing agreements, to adver-
tise the products affected by the agree
ment, and to obtain relief from dis
criminatory freight rates or from COM
peting foreign agricultural products by
securing tariffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
AT PIANO PUPILS RECITAL

A group of seventy music lovers
gathered at the high school auditor
ium Friday evening to hear the pro-
gram presented by piano pupils OF Mrs.
Alex Parke.
The children played well and were
heartily applauded by their audience,
The following children and young peo-
pie appeared on the program, playing
two or more numbers: Dock Arnold,
Altha Jean Gibbins, Patsy Morford,
Barbara Hawley, Jean Shinn, Gloria
Hawley, John James Keal, Pauline LIE
ander, Phyllis Leander and Dorothy
Morford Yvonne Ponsat sang "The
Good Ship Lollipop" as an internission
number. She was accompanied on the
piano by Gloria Hawley
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
LOST WENATCHEE MAIL PLANE
HOVERS OVER COLUMBIA RIVER

Apparently lost in the snow and sleet
storm which covered eastern Washing
ton Monday morning mail plane
which had left Wenatchee passed over
the valley that morning According to
reports from Pasco, the plane landed
there short time later. While many
people here heard the plane, few saw
it, due to the extremely poor visibility,
some reporting it to be two-motor
plane while others said it was a tri-
motor machine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
PARSEL LEADS IN
PRINCESS VOTING

Dorothy Parsel is still at the head
in the race for princess with lead OF
almost ten thousand votes. Another
chance to vote on princess to be sent
to the Apple Blossom Festival at Wen
atchee will be given on March 16 when
the White Bluffs Band will give st.
Patrick's dance.
This Saturdays dance was big sue
cess with everyone reporting good
time. The total vote to date is as fol-
lows: Dorothy Parsel, 1880; Aloha
Meek, 1000; Josephine Westling, 2,l00;
Alma Walker, 1000; Florence Griff1ths
1,45O; Eileen Stoddard, 1880; Lauretta
Grifhths, 500.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
wooTEN, WRIGHT
AND MCGEE WIN


G. L. MCGEE, G. F. Wooten and G..
I. Wright were elected Saturday to
serve on the board of directors of the
Vernita, Hanford and White Bluffs
school districts, respectively.
There was no opposition to McGee's
election in the Vernita district, where
only few voters went to the polls,
Wooten won the Hanford post with a
total of so votes as against % for j.
I. Miller. In the White Bluffs district,
G. I. Wright received nearly all of the
n votes cast
Mrs. A. L. Brockway and Mrs. Frank
Clark were elected to serve on the
Hanford library board for the three
year and two-year terms, respectively
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-03-07
Potato Control
Act Coming Up
Before Congess
Would Make Potato Crop
Basic Agricultural
Commodity

Scheduled to be introduced into Con-
eress in the near future, the Potato
Control Act is attracting the attention
of everyone interested in production OF
POTATOES For number Of weeks this
bill. also known as the Warren Act,
has been debated pro and con by au-
thorities of the potato industry.
The bill was compiled by Congress
man Warren of North Carolina ana
Congressman Brewster of Maine and
is framed upon a resolution drawn up
by number of potato producers OF
the east
This bill calls for making potatoes
basic agricultural commodity with
out a processing tax or benefit pay
ments, and to establish through the
Department of Agriculture a national
annual sales quota for potatoes. The
Secretary of Agriculture may deduct
per cent of the national sales quota,
this amount to be used to adjust In
equalities between states, if they should
arise allocating thereafter to the var
ious states on the following basis OF
computation: Each state taking the
three peak years, during the period OF
l927-1933, inclusive, of production and
multiplying this average by the three
peak years acreage average during the
same period, but not necessarily the
same years in both cases, forming
thereby the high average production
base. This base figure is multiplied by
the states percentage of the crop sold
on the market for the five year av-
erage, 1929-1933. This resulting figure
is the sales base from which the states
sales quota is established, the method
of establishing the quota enabling the
states stricken by drought the last few
years to go back 10 the more nearly
normal years to establish their quota.
Each state will have it's own setur
under the Secretary Of Agriculture to
make allotments to growers within the
state. Each grower will receive tax ex-
empt stamps or certificates in accor-
dance with his allotment, and on any
amount that is sold in excess Of the
allotment the grower must pay ~
per pound tax.
Under this act, each grower will be
allotted a certain production maximum
and will be taxed only on the excess
above the allotted quota. This tax is
placed on what he sells above thu
quota, and not on how much acreage
he plants or his production total.