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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22
STOMACH ACHES AHEAD

Statesvil1e.-F. R. Alexander
apple tree thinks it's spring.
The tree is full of blossoms-and
in addition has a fine crop of green
apples about the size of partridge
eggs.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22
NEWS BRIEFS.

sentence so he could be home for
Christmas.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22

HOW ABOUT THANKSGIV-
ING? t- 80. J.. ,rv =
Durham.-George Tickle was
convicted Of m%istreating his wife
and Judge Walter Bass sentenced
him to 50 days, then reduced the
sentence to so days on the road at
the !: } prisoners request. Il
Tickle said he wanted . reduced
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22
Wild Game To Find Place
On Many Tables This Fall

equipment these cold November
days, perhaps you had better jot
down right now, this recipe for rab-
bit baked in wine. You will dis
cover that the addition of a small
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22

.NEWTOWN, Ind. ~. One hundred thousand farmers gathered here
to witness the annual national corn husking championship which was won.
by Elmer Garrison, 26. (above), of Audubon County, Iowa. Elmer shucked
4loz usshe OF corn IN 50 minutes, pitching a gross weight of 1895 pounds
in so doing. The world record Of 800 bushels was established in 1882 by
Carl Seller II Oneida, H. Five of the eighteen contestants, in this year. $
championships, bettered Seller IS old world mark.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-11-22

amount of domestic red wine (pre-
ferably Claret) will give an I'm.
usually delicious flavor to tie meat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

men interested in the defense Of the
Gallup rioters had been kidnapped
by a band Of masked men. and spir-
tied away from this mining town.
Those missing were David levi
son, famous attorney for the In
ternational Labor Defense Council
and chief counsel for several men
charged with murder in connection
with the recent eviction riot here,
and Robert Minor, militant New
York Communist.
The alleged kidnapping was report
ed by Mrs. Julia Bartol, %, wife of
one of the men charged with muir
der. No other witnesses of the
affair could be found. and neither
Kelsey Presley, Gallup police chief,
nor D. w. Roberts, sheriff, had been
notified officially of the case.
Chief Presley openly expressed
his doubt that the men actually had
been abducted. He said that he had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03

King come here with the Cole Bros.
Clyde Beatty Circus.
Matinee and night performances
will be given, and an fashioned
street parade will be held at II
Tuesday.
In addition to bands. floats and
cages Of animals. and hundreds of
mounted performers, including
clowns. there viii be the Shrine
band and the uniformed units OF
the Shrine in the parade.
Clyde Beatty. who has been in
iur-d numerous times in his animal
training act. will perform in So
foot iron encircled arena, with lions
and tigers.
Allen King who performed at TIE
Worlds Fair. will present an ami
nal act in which lions, tigers, pu-
mas. leOpards and panthers will be
grouped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03

been on the streets near the scene
Of the alleged kidnapping and had
seen nothing amiss.
Sheriff Roberts could not be
reached. 1t was reported that he
had accompanied two members of
the state highway police patrol, who
have been stationed in Gallup since
the bloody riot in which Sheriff M.
r. Carmichael and three unem-
ployed men were killed, in an in
vestigation of the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03

brought by five employees Of the
company who ask for judgments
amounting to approximately $4,000.
The judges. Herbert Wilson, Will
liam Pickens and Joseph R. Will
liams, expect to reach a decision
within the next two weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
MAY 8, 1895


The indianapolis Chamber Of
Commerce today announced that a
motorcade from Michigan City viii
visit this city May 81. The motor
cade also will visit other cities in
the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
CIRCUS TO Give
PARADE; ANIMAL
ACTS FEATURED
Clyde Beatty, Allen King
Headline Performers
Here Tuesday.

Two Of the worlds most famous
animal trainers living will appear in
indianapolis Tuesday and Wednes-
day. when Clyde Beatty and Allen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
.EMPL OVERS LIABILITY
LAW IN COURT TEST
Three Superior Judges Consider
Aero Mayflower Suit.

Three Superior judges today had
under consideration a test of the
conStitutionality Of a law passed by
the General Assembly in 1888 affect
ing the liability of employers who
fail to pay wages twice a month.
Attorneys for the Aero-Mayflower
Transit Co., claimed that the law
was void because it entailed an ex-
cesSive penalty. The claims were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
ABDUCTION OF
z MEN IN RIOT
CASE REPORTED
Famed Attorney, COmmu-
mist Kidnapped in Gallup,
N. NJ, Is Claim.

BIZ United Press
GALLUP, N. NJ, May 3.-Author-
tiles of city. county and state. to-
day investigated a report that two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03

A bank in Fox Grove. Ill, has
a peephole in its front door and no
stranger is allowed TO enter until
he is identified.
, 1935-07-14
SOLON SERVES
lO-HOUR TERM
Texas Representative Goes
To Jail On Contempt
Of Court Charge

WACO, July Is. Up Representa-
tive George Butler Of Bryan. who at
midnight finished serving a 10
hour jail sentence fer contempt Of
court, said Saturday only lack Of
time in which &c prepare a proper
writ forced him TO sit out" the sen
tence.
Judge d. w. Bartlett. who held
Butler in contempt In connection
with his attempt 70 obtain a con-
tinuance o. the murder trial OF Roy
Curry. told him he could wait until
: a. m. Saturday 70 start serving
the sentence provided he did not
seek a writ Of habeas corpus. But
Ter first agreed to this. then changed
his mind and went 70 Jail.
Therefore. Butler said. his attor-
neys had time only to preoare a for
NAL writ without details of evidence.
In refusing their application. AS
Sociate Justice +. L. Hawkins Of the
court of criminal appeals In Austin
said they had failed TO make a
prcuer showing.
Had my attorneys been given
time to prenare proper PROCEEDINGS
I believe the higher court would
have thrown out the sentence" But
Ter said.
He said he planned to return 10
bryan at once. The first several
Sours Of his sentence he spent a. a
hotel in custody Of a deputy sheriff.
Friends SGT with him In the fail
office FOR the remainder.
, 1935-07-14
TOSSerS Convinced
Of Snake Bite Healing Power

Other than q brace or two Of
off-stake squels In the wake Of
the bite. the subject Of the ex-
pertinent appeared to have suffer-
ed none from her Daniel-tn-the-
Loin's den combat with q Florida
snake.
Further, said Saturdays an
nOuncement, Miss de Ia Fontaine
ate d hearty breakfast. though
unconfirmed reports had II that
she had fumbled the check due to q
persistent swelling Of the fingers
on which the RATHER scored bulls
eyes.
Miss de In Fontaine's press agent,
a gentleman Of serious mien who
apparently went over 70 the left
wing spinachers hook, line and sin
ker, reiterated formally that she
had received no medical attention
and escribed her post-bite health
solely TO immersion In spinach
baths.
, 1935-07-14
TROOPS HOLD
STRIKERS OFF
Soldiers Break Up Raging
Street Brawl With
Gas Attack

TACOMA, wash, July -. R-
Scores nursed hurts from rocks,
rife butts. slaves and beyonets Sat
turday after riotous street fight
ing prectpttated by the prolonged
Pacific Northwest lumber strike.
Five persons were seriously intur-
ed before National Guardsmen
quelled with tear and anusea gas a
melee In which nearly 1000 strike
sympathizers participated for four
hours.
At least 40 Of the demonstrators
we're arrested and hustled off In Ma
tional Guard trucks while scores
more, including sympathizers and
spectators, were affected by the gas
which flooded the federal build
ing and adjacent office structures
National Guard forces, ordered
here by Governor Clarence ID. Mar
tin several weeks ago. guarded Sat
urday against further outbreaks
The rioting began late In the day
when a big crowd attempted 10 push
by National Guardsmen across the
18th street bridge, leading from the
business district TO the mill area.
The striking union demanded rec
ignition. a 40-hour work week and
wage increases.
, 1935-07-14

NEW YORK, July Is. R-The
spinach tossers gravely announced
Saturday that Miss Beebe de Ia
Fcntaine had indicated every
faith they had lodged In the eff
cacy Of foliage as q protection
against the venom Of . rattle
snake.
The spinach branch Of the coun-
tryis health enthusiasts, regarded
rs veering slightly to the left In
the demands for bigger and better
spinach courses, described Miss
de La Fontaine's condition In pre-
cisely these words: she Is In fine
shape"
The customers who crowded In
to DR.. Lloyd Shankltn's spinach
emporium In 18th street Thurs
day night were given ample op-
portunity to pass on that partic-
ular aspect of the rattle snake ex-
pertinent, and were unanimously
agreed with Saturdays announce
ment.
, 1935-07-14
Publicity Keeps Ghosts From
Party in Own Honor, Claimed

her from rooms. padded up and
down the stairs and ruffled the fur
on her six cats Just didn't appear,
although for q moment Mrs. Har-
low and her IS guests thought one
had decided to join the party.
As the group waited down stairs
at the witching hour, o dish fell
from a table IN q second floor
room. Mrs. Harlow and her guests
rushed to the scene. There lay the
dish In pieces. Mrs. Harlow was
not surprised. II was the fourth
dish to be broken In the house In
the same mysterious fashion, she
said.
But nothing else happened and
when the party finally broke up
Mrs. Harlow said all the publicity
had been "distracting" for the
'haunts." But she said she would
hold another party some other
time.
Crowds milled all night about
the rambling old house which
Mrs. Harlow says is the home Of q
Chinese mandarin ghost who wan
ders about leaving a trial Of Chi
nese incense In his wake.
AS company for the mandarin.
Mrs. Harlow says. there Is q ghost
CT q dainty bride in satin and lace
and then there's q sporty fellow
with a bowler and evil smelling
cigar.
A student Of metaphysics. Mrs.
Harlow said before the party be-
gan I'm not a fanatic about 1t and
I'm never afraid"
, 1935-07-14

investigating committee rifled his
office and ransacked his personal
and official papers In washington
Friday.
Gadsden called the incident IAN
outrage"
he issued a statement Friday night
after returning from the capitol,
where he testified before the SEN
ate committee as chairman OF the
committee Of public utility exec
utives.
He said two representatives Of
Senator Blacks committee-Mr.
Mason. counsel for the committee.
and IN 1nquisitor' named Bun
quist-came TO his hotel and told
him Senator Black wished to see
him.
Il think that makes 1t rather OBJ
Vous that this man raided my Of
flee with the consent Cd the commit
tee-tactt, nc least
81 assumed that he wished TO ask
me as to the procedure to be fol-
lowed. so I hustled right off, with
out being given the opportunity 10
pick up o. paper or any memorandum
TO assist me In my testimony" Gads-
den said.
Mason and I got along splendid
ly. and 7 have no quarrel ut all with
him, but my back was no sooner
turned than this fellow Bunquist
began 10 rife my office.
ITO make IL worse, he actually
went through my personal check
book. 90
upon my return. 7 was Informed
that he went over every paper In
my desk and In the flies, read all OF
them, and dashed over TO the CON-
mittee room with others.
II was questioned about some Of
the papers before I had finished my
testimony.
II think that makes IL rather Oh
vious that this man raided my Of
flee with the consent Of the CON-
mittee-tacit, az least.
Il would have had no objection
Whatever II q request had been mad
, 1935-07-14
QUAKE Is FELT
In CALIFORNIA
Shocks Too Light To Do
Damage; Windows
Ratified

LOS ANGELES. July Is. CF-A
distinct earthquake shook portions
Of southern California early sat
urday. but no damage was reported.
The disturbance. apparently Of oc-
cilatory movement. occurred at Ass
a. m.
Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood
and Pasadena, Glendale and San
Bernardino on the west, Santa
Monica on the east, Long Beach to-
ward the south and Van Mugs and
Santa Barbara toward the north
noted the disturbance, rs well as
intermediate points.
Windows ratified and furniture was
Jared.
, 1935-07-14
ENfPLOYES WITH HIM
TNQUTSTTOR' SAYS

WASHINGTON. July Is. F1-.
Questionnaires were sent to all pow
er companies Saturday by Chair
man Black OF the senate lobby COM
mittee to ascertain how much money
they spent fighting the utilities bill.
Meanwhile. II. A Bunquist. the
committee investigator, defended his
action In selling records at the hotel
headquarters OF Philip III. Gadsden
So. Goodyear vice president on the
United Gas and Improvement COM
pany and head OF the committee OF
utility executives conducting the
drive against Wheeler Rayburn bill.
In Philadelphia GadSden termed
the action San u~nwarranted raid"
and IAN outrage" he told the SEN
ute investigators Friday the utility
people had spent "a lot OF money,
but openly and above board" as all
records were available for the ask
ing.
New reports were heard Saturday
that the administration may sus-
pend work en- the e36,00O.OO0 Passa-
maquoddy project to harness the
tides In Maine. This project was the
focal point OF recent testimony OBJ
tanned by the house rules commit
tee. It was resume les Investigation
Monday with representatives cf
utilities companies as witnesses.
Black said his committee would
not hold hearings for several days
10 give Il opportunity TO organize
and assemble information
Referring To Gadsden's assertion
that the committee investigators did
not spare his personal files, Bun
quist said 70 newspaperrnen:
Il don't know what are his per-
sunal files. and which are his off,
ciai ones. This is VI lobby investiga-
ton"
He said ne went into files only
In the Msyflower hotel office Of the
committee Of public utility officials
and not into the flies OF dadsden's
$250-a-month apartment in the
Carlton hotel
His secretary and others were
, 1935-07-14
Record Cotton Crop
Expected by Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO. July Is. Up
Brazil this year Is expected TO ex-
coed by more than 80 per cent her
1894 record cotton crop OF ap-
proximately 1,233.477 United States
bales. 1t va officially stated Sat
urday.
Figures confirmed by the ministry
Of agriculture showed an estimated
total crop OF 370,500,0 900 Kilograms
In 1888, equivalent In United States
terms to 1883, 300 bales.
, 1935-07-14

ATLANTIC CITY. N. r July -
P-J. Edgar Hoover. head OF the
Federal Bureau OK Investigation
Saturday described as -true" IN e
rort that John paul Chase, life
termer In Alcatraz federal peni-
Tertiary, had admitted ne was q
witness TO the Staying OF Roy Fr1sch.
Reno banker.
Baby Face" Nelson. shot Cd death
lu Niles Center. Ill, by federal
agents last November. was named
by Chase as the killer. Hoover said.
Hoover said "A further investiga-
ton" OF the convict's story was be-
ing made.
, 1935-07-14

PROvINCErOwN, Mass. July
IS. Py-Ghosts don't like publ
city.
That's what Mrs Ralph Harlow
said when her all night 'spook
party" In her 135-year-od house
ended early Saturday.
The ghosts which have pushed
, 1935-07-14
Ethiopians Remove
Church Treasures

ISTANBUL. Turkey. July Is. Up
-Istanbul heard Saturday that the
Ethiopian government plans to re-
move church treasures. including
what is reputed TO be the tablet OF
the Ten Commandments received
by Moses on Mount Sinai. from
the path OF a possible italian in
vasion.
Precious relics and some Of the
crown jewels are said to be now
IN the sacred CITY Of Axum. ancient
vEthiopian capital. Because Axum
ID almost at the frontier Of the
italian colony OF Eritrea, Emperor
Halle SelsSsie repeatedly ordered
the treasures removed 20 mountain
strongholds.
, 1935-07-14

with me mt the time. and examined
everything o. evidence that / took
both letters, records. ana others. II
Mr.. Gadsden's personal files were
mixed In the official files, X could
not help lt."
Blunquist said at mo time during
the search we're any records exam
med save In the presence OF Office
employees OF the utility interests.
, 1935-07-14
Negro Hidden Away

CAMERON. July lS=R-Quanah
Brown. a i5-year-old negro charged
with attacking a i3-year-old white
girl in a pasture Of the Briary COM
munity In Milan county Friday,
was taken from Jail here 70 another
county for safe-keeping after rum
ors Of mob violence were heard. Of
ficers would not say where they
took the negro.
, 1935-07-14
Man To Held For
Attempted Attack
fsr~~'pl - me Heraldl

RAYMONDvILLE. July Ia A
preliminary hearing will be held
here Monday for q young ma who
allegedly attempted TO assault the
wife Of q prominent Raymondville
business man Friday night.
The man. officers say, attempted
10 drag the ~35-year-old woman into
an orchard near her home, but was
captured by neighbors who were at
1acted by the wonanis cries for
helm.
, 1935-07-14
Science Seeks
To Determine
If Story True
GRANDMOTHER Claims
Dancer Killed Man,
Cut Legs Off

CHICAGO. July Is. Rp-The po-
lice turned TO science Saturday to
check the story Of Mrs. Blanche
Dunkel. 43-year-old grandmother,
that the swamp murder" OF Erwin
Lang was done by Mrs. Evelyn
Smith. s5-year-old b~urlesque show
dancer for $500.
A chair found In the Smith wo-
mans apartment, named by Mrs,
Dunkel as the scene Of the crime,
was sent to the crime detection lab
oratory Of Northwestern University
for examination. and coroner's
chemists inspected rugs for blood
strains.
Police siepticaI
Meanwhile Mrs. Dunkel's alleged
claim that Mrs. Smith strangled
Lang. Mrs. Dunkel's s~on-in-law, left
police skeptical The police report
ed that Mrs Dunkel said the blonde
Evelyn. administered an anaesthetic,
clicked Lang 10 death with a rope
slowed his body In q closet q full
day and then sawed off both legs
to make It easier to hide on a Ions
drive TO Hammond, Ind, where the
body vas thrown into q swamp.
Mrs. Dunkel's story that Mrs
Smith performed the amputations
particularly aroused police skeptic-
ism. Chief OF Detectives John L
Sullivan said he did not believe the
slim woman was strong enough.
Legs sim Missing
After the victims legs had beer
severed. Mrs. Dunkel told investi-
gators that MRS. Smith and Harry
Jung, q Chinese reputed to be Mrs
Smiths husband, put the body ir
the trunk Of q borrowed automo.
bile and drove away last Sunday
Mrs. Dunkel said the victims Leg
had been left nc a spot about ter
miles from where the torso wa;
found. The legs have not yet beer
found.
The hunt for Mrs. Smith anC
Jung was pressed meanwhile In thu
Chinatown districts OF Chicago anc
New York. Detective Chief Sulli'
van said:
with lungs connections, the.
have q thousand possible hideoutI
In Chinatowns all over the United
States. It's like looking for q needll
In a haystack."
, 1935-07-14
new RUSSIAN
TRADE TREATY
IS APPROVED
e o m m e rec Between
Two N Is
Due to Treble AS
Result

WASHINGTON, July Is. Up
The United States and Soviet Rus
sta Saturday signed a trade agree
ment expected by officials Of both
governments TO treble the value Of
trade between the countries.
This action ended IS years CT CON-
mercial relations which we're con-
sidered unsatisfactory.
Purchased Pledges
The state department said the
trade agreement. concluded In Mos
COW through an exchange Of notes
between William G. Bullitt, the
American ambassador, and Maxim
Litvinoff, Soviet commissar fer for
eign affairs. pledges the Soviet gov
eminent to make purchases totaling
$50. 900 in the United States has
granted Russia privileges contained
in trade agreements already con-
cluded with Belgium, Haiti, and
Sweden and will extend ell benefits
accruing from trade pacts 70 be con-
cluded with other countries.
Concessions granted In the Cuban
American trade agreements are spec
ifically excepted.
The new agreement contains no
mention OF, AMI in no way relates
to. the long pending Russian debt
question involving more than $1O0 =
100000 in debets contracted by the
Czarist and Kerensky regimes.
Negotiations attempting TO reach
a mutually satisfactory solution OF
that 15-year-old controversy broke
down six months ago because Of
Russian insistence on cash and cred
its. understood to total S200.000.0O0.
as an integral part OF the debt set
tlcment.
The Russo-American agreement
involves no reciprocal concessions In
In tariff rates.
See Big Gains
Although not a part Of the RooSe-
velt administrations foreign trade
expansion program, the new agree
ment Is intimately related to IL and
/ Is expected by American officials TO
provide a sound basis for mutually
beneficial expansion Of trade.
The soviet government is virtually
a trust" and controls all exports
and imports to and from Russia and
is in a position to enforce the
agreement.
Officials said the anticipated
trade increase was expected to re-
suit In q gain Of more than 100 per
cent over American exports TO Rus
STA in 1884. which amounted 70 s14,-
s67 900 and &c increase by approx
mately $50 per cent the acreage
American exports from 1882 to 1884
inclusive.
, 1935-07-14
Rifing of Files
In Quiz Charged
By Utilities Man

PHILADELPHIA, July IL. Up
Philip II. Gadsden, vice president Of
the United Gas improvement COM
pany. says an official investigator
for the u. - senate utilities lobby
, 1935-07-14

In q decent, straightforward man
ner-but this isn't Russia.
Il think that it's an outrage"
, 1935-07-14
Woman On Trial In
Death Of Husband

LIBERTY. July Is. R-Attorneys
indicated that testimony would be
completed Saturday In the trial Of
Pesrlie Browney. charged as an ac-
complice in the death Of her hus-
band. Doc Browney.
Before the state rested Friday. 3.
Barrow. who is serving a 9e-year
sentence as the actual SLAYER. testi-
fled that he had lived with the wo-
man and that she insisted that he
kill her husband fer $500.
, 1935-07-14

Ask your doctor about Malta fever.
Yor win want TO order Grisham,s
Pastedrized milk immediately.-Adv.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-10-02
Chicago Attorney Describes Objects
 Of Archaeology

Carl Dreutzer, Chicago attorney, representing Percy A. Robbins, who returned to Nome Sunday from Candle, where he has been for the better part of the summer, making only infrequent trips to Nome, had an interesting story to tell of anth- ropological excavations carried on there in connection with the mining work of the Arctic Circle Explora- ton Inc, of which MT Robbins is head.
 MT Dreutzer is member of the Adventures Club of Chicago, and is very much interested in archaelog ical and anthropological work where ever he goes.
 He brought with him to Nome, a nine-foot, perfectly preserved masta- don tusk, which was taken out of hydraulic pit of the company five miles up Candle Creek from the town of Candle. Another tusk, pre- sumably a mate, measured six feet eight inches in length, but was not
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