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Evening star., 1935-12-26

If Borah can win anywhere neal
that many primaries, he will, of course
be the peoples choice. The number OF
his pledged delegations will not count
up to as much as the manner In which
he won them.
The strong men OF the party l0iH
then be compelled to take one OF
tho evilS.: Ia Mr.. Bor1h or (b) q
candidate ,Dho Uill not be the peo-
Piles choice, tUhoSe chances of elec-
tion therefore may be diminished.
|. This is the plain unadvertisec
strategy behind the Borah candidacy
1t has enlivened his personal hopes.
Strategy May Be Altered.
The game will probably not work ou
that way. Since leaping, Mr.. Boral
has received several unsympatheti,
Republican friends who might no
have called except that they saw hi
scrawl upon the wall.
1t is possible they may be able t.
do business with him on compromis,
terms.
Failing in that, the uhole Re-
publican strategy may haze to be
altered. Up to nou the party
thinkers hare been trying to dUoid
fights. They are encouraging cdn-
didacies OF tavorite sons and step
sons in udrious States, also work.
ing for unpledged delegates in
others. They todnt to trdit until
convention time to do their nonri-
mating.
That may now prove to be too late
They cannot beat some one with NJ
one. They will have to face Mr.. Boral
in person now, or in the primaries
with q real candidate.
At least, that is what Mr.. Borai
hopes.
Silence, Borah Policy.
Senator Borah is inherently a silvel
man, but he has apparently reached
the unannounced conclusion that 81.
lence, at least, is golden. His earlier
planned tactics of going out and max,
ing speeches everywhere are being
quietly abandoned. He will make ont
big speech, in Cleveland, next month
but no others.
Root OF antagonism to Mr.. Borah
among the Uise men is that they
haze marked him of as an in
fdttonIst. They like his line on the
Constitution. They know he mould
probably make as good campaign
on that issue as any one else. At
least, he kno11S that subject better
than any one else.
But he has made some inflationary
speeches and cast some inflationary
votes in the Senate.
As between the Constitution and
sound money they prefer sound money
Old-timers tell Of a prominent po-
litico whose double chin was giving his
managers something to worry about ir
campaign a few years ago. They
told him the double chin was not 60
ing over well with the masses, that he
would have to get rid Of it. There
was not time to diet or to operate sc
they worked out substitute scheme
A special stiff collar was ordered In
a design which would partly conceal
the fatal political deformity. An ar
rangement of radio microphones was
made for each speaking occasion, SO
the audience could not detect the collar
rnpcaa 1r,apt
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Letter
Continued Prom First Page)

your excellency the proceedings Of the
court martial on my trial, which I
must request you will do me the favor
to lay before the Council and General
Assembly.
Il would wish to take from the
minds Of those gentlemen every un-
favorable impression which the un-
precedented publication of the presi-
dent Of Council Of Pennsylvania may
have made and to convince them that
my character has been most cruelty
and unjustly aspersed," Arnold con-
cludes.
1t was a few months later, records
show, when Arnold asked George
Washington for command Of West
Point to turn that strategic position
over to the British.
The letter is in excellent condition.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
ADVERTISERS PLAN
DR|VESFAR AHEAD
Survey Shows Campaigns
Planned Further Than
Since 1929.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 26.-Ad-
vertising, promotion and sales plans
are being made farther ahead than
at any time since 1929, says Herbert
L. Stephen in an article appearing in
today's Printers Ink on the results
of a survey.
About Is per cent Of those answer
ing a QUESTIONABLE on national ad-
vertising are reported as saying they
are working on plans for six months
in advance and another Z per cent on
plans three months in advance.
Increases Of advertising appropri-
ations for 1886 ranging from S to
rs per cent and averaging II per cent
were reported as planned by So per
cent Of the national advertisers an
swering the queries. Another 20 per
cent expected to raise their appropri-
ations by an undetermined amount
and IS per cent expected to make no
material change. Others said it was
too early to answer the question OF
else failed to answer.
stephen says the largest increases
are indicated in the steel industry,
with the motion picture industry also
among those making material in
creases. The biggest increase among
package goods advertisers will be
shown by the liquor interests. Auto
mobile and accessory concerns indi-
Gated increases and grocery product
budgets seemed likely to remain un-
changed.
Nearly 40 per cent Of those answer
ing the queries indicated an intention
to increase sales STATS and none
planned to decrease its staff.
The article does not state the num-
Der of answers on which per centages
are based.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
YULE TRAGEDIES ]
TAKE 15O LIVES
36 German Wreck Victims.
Crime Toll Heavy-Fires
Boost List. u
By the Associated Press.

- StAS Hno1SAatcd EIcoos
Disaster and death marred the
Christmas holiday at home and
abroad. The toll Of lives, including
So killed in German train wreck.
exceeded $50.
Trafic accidents took the heaviest
toll. Crime. fire and exposure claimed
other victims.
Domestic disturbances accounted for
several deaths. John Rogers, Sc, Phil
adelphia, killed his wife, his mother
in-law. his three children and him.
self. Joseph McElroy, IT was accused
Of shooting to death his stepmother,
Mrs. Lillian McElroy, in another Phil
adelphia affray.
Two Die In Fight.
At Butte, Mont, Frank Walsh, "a,
and Policeman Tom O'Eeill, 81, we're
killed and two other persons were
wounded in a boarding g-house disturb
ance. Police sought Harry knight as
the suspected slayer.
Arthur Blake Maness killed his in
fant child, wounded his estranged wife
and killed himself at Carthage, N. c.
woman was burned to death In a
Hot Springs, Ark, theater fire, an
other woman and two children died
In Oklahoma residence blazes; q father
and his two children burned to death
In New York; woman was burned to
death at Stockton, Calf.
A freezing cold was blamed for
deaths in Illinois, Montana, North
Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Ari-
zona, New Jersey and two in Wis
consin.
Suicide Note on Tree.
Suicides gave Macabrc twist TO the
Christmas celebrations. At Kansas
City, Kans., Mrs. Alline Thompson
found a farewell note on her Christ
mas tree, her husband dead Of carbon
monoxide poisoning in the basement.
Ten died in Missouri traffic acci-
dents; Texas counted II dead in auto
crashes and in the premature explo-
sion Of a cannon.
Other traffic fatalities included:
Illinois, 8; Oklahoma, 4; Georgia, 8;
Washington, 8; Kansas, 8; Michigan,
g.; Los Angeles, 8; Florida, 2; Ohio,
g.; Indiana, S; Massachusetts,, 3.
THREE BODIES SOUGHT.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
ANDREWS RAISED
TO MAJOR GENERAL
Temporary Promotion Announced
by Dern in Reorganizing
Top Army Positions.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Dern completed reorgani-
Zation of top positions in the Army
Air Corps today, with temporary pro-
motion of Brig. Gen. Frank M. An
drews, chief of the General Headquar-
ters Air Force, to the rank of maj
general.
Dern announced two days ago the
designation Of Brig. Gen. Oscar D.
Westover as chief of the Air Corps,
with the rank of major general
Westover had been serving as acting
chief, succeeding Maj. Gen. Benjamin
D. Foulois.
Andrews was named head Of the
&c. H. O." force at the time Of its
organization, but without change in
title.
The War Department statement said
the promotion was in line with Dern's
desire to give the Army air force
greater rank in the tactical scheme
of the land force, and place 1t In It's
proper relative position with the
other combat organizations which are
now commanded by major generals"
Evening star., 1935-12-26
EARLE NAMES AID CHIEF

READING, Pa, December rs UP.-
Gov. George H. Earle announced last
night he would recommend Karl De
Schweinitz of Philadelphia as State
emergency relief administrator at
meeting of the Relief Board next Mon
day.
Robert L. johnson leaves the post
Of State relief director on January /
to make a survey of relief work in sew
eral countries in Europe.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Loo missionaries i'm Area.

The Rev. DR.. James Endicott, gen.
eral secretary of the United Church
Of Canda, said more than 100 mis-
sionaries from his branch Of the
church in the dominion were working
In. Szechuan Province, some In the
region experiencing the earthquake.
The fertile interior province Is
populated densely, with an average Of
nearly 800 persons to the square mile.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

somebody pointed out that II you
read the message the other way 1t
spelled raw" which also seemed to
cover the case pretty well.
This barnyard phenomenon died TOO
soon. How the New Deal boys could
use q hen capable Of turning out
weird alphabetical combinations ana
then going of and forgetting them!
Observation-Disclosures all the Of
fice-seekers or office-holders who have
been or may be mentioned for q
presidential nomination next year-or
even for Vice President-you will
search in vain for the name Of Gov.
Hoffman Of New Jersey.
(Copyright 1885. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Retired Railway Man Dead.

NEW YORK, December 26 R.-
Jesse F. Patterson, retired general
manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in the New York zone, died yesterday
at the age of "a.
Patterson retired from the railroad
year ago, after so years of service.
He was born at Alliance, Ohio, on
January 8, 1871, and started his rail-
road career on the Pennsylvania line
October /, 1884.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
JAIL FARE PLEASING

CHICAGO P.-Alimony trouble
with his wife forced John Fardy, ~
to spend Christmas in the Cook
County Jail, but he figured he got
even with this pronouncement: THE
chicken dinner we had today was a
sight better than the wife could dish
out"
Evening star., 1935-12-26
THREE BODIES SOUGHT.
Woman Dead and Five Injured in
Arkansas Fire.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, December 26
R1.-Workmen razed the walls Of a
former theater today to permit search
Of the charred ruins of an adjoining
transient hotel for trace of three per-
sons missing after fatal Christmas
morning blaze.
Mrs. J. K. Love Of Jackson, Miss,
perished in the flames, trapped by
falling bricks and masonry Her hus-
band made his escape after an un-
successful effort to save her. He was
badly burned. Four others were in
jured.
The missing are Mr.. and Mrs. White
Beam Of Waldron, Ark, and ]. L.
Sanders, 81, Of Tulsa. Okla, or Lex
ington, KY.
Firemen who penetrated O short
way into the hotel ruins last night
were called back because Of danger
from the weakened walls.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

~ tie delegate counting under
wv his breath before he took
his leap into the presiden-
tial swim. He Matched his advance
prospects, and he rehatched them. In
the end, he counted up privately to ex-
actly 179 delegates. This inside figure
represented the force he thought he
could reasonably expect to accumulate
for the Republican nominating con-
vention in Cleveland June 8.
1t is roughly one-third OF the
delegates Dho iDill be there, not
enough to nominate, but probably
more than any one else tOould hare
If the delegates were assemble to-
day.
The way Borah and his counselors
arrived at their figure is simple. They
counted up the IL States in which
delegates are to be selected by public
primaries instead Of private party con-
vention. They dropped one or two OF
these, and added couple Of States
where he has a convention chance
PrestoI Change -o!-179 delegates.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
$17O,550 FOR UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO, December 26 CP.-Re-
ceipt of new gifts totaling $170,55O
was announced yesterday by the Uni
versity of Chicago. Oficials said gifts
received by the school during Decem-
Der total more than $250.000.
OF the latest donations, $156, 900 was
given by persons who preferred to re-
main anonymous.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

on IL! In my Gays
en- a count try
newspaper, this
gifted fowl was q
regular journals
tic feature. Her
output might be
soft-shelled and
shy a yolk, but
always the cryp-
tic writing W a S
there Once she
produced an egg
bearing lie t t erS
W h ich m q n y
tra n S ! ated as
prop esyin.g
sfxr, q ~ Nut
Evening star., 1935-12-26

Cool1dge aQm.n-
istration by SO
n q tions. He
charged President
Roosevelt Is ''us-
ing this pact to
support English
Imperialism and
to maintain Eng
lish ccutrol Of the
Mediterranean"
in the Italo- -Ethi-
opian affair.
At New York, q
committee Of the
National P eac e
Conference. rep
rasenfin 40
Evening star., 1935-12-26
QUARREL SLEPT OFF

Child Locks Self in Bath Room
and Firemen Are Surprised.
ST. LOUIS (R.-Marie Nagel, az,
became angry with her parents, locked
herself in the bathroom.
Her father and mother called the
FIRE department. A hook and ladder
company and an engine company
rushed to the rescue.
When the firenen crawied through
q second-story window, they found
! Marie asleep GA ths 6ooR.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Cow Gift to Milk Fund.

DODGE CITY, Kans. R.-An
enthusiastic girl tried to sell farmer
come tickets to a foot ball game New
Tear day. explaining 1t was for o
Gailk fund.
%okay," said the farmer, "r'l give
you 3 cow"
Evening star., 1935-12-26
KELLOGG PACT HIT
AS AID. TO BRITAIN
Tinkham Charges Roosevelt
Is Using Treaty to Back
Mediterranean Rule.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Kellogg BRAND pact renounc-
ing war as IAN instrument Of national
policy" received criticism and implied
praise today in discussions of
Americas future neutrality policy.
Representative Tinkham, Repub-
lican, Of Massachusetts, announced he
would introduce a resolution to abro-
gate the treaty, signed during the
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Angle ON Lindbergh Trip.

A Government official who knows
the Lindbergh family says unoficially
the air king, queen and Jon wanted
mainly to be out Of the country at the
time Hauptmann is electrocuted.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Old Southern Custom.

PORTLAND, Me. (F.-A former
southerner here told police his neigh
bors complained Of ilrecrackers which,
he said, he used 10 celebrate yuletide.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

One prominent gentleman of the
ticker tape has ToDel idea of
election betting. He has computed
whdt it toould be north to him to
see President Rooseuelt licked. The
amount is, say 10000. Halt of
this he Is oiping to the Republicans
and the other halt he Is betting on
Mr.. Roosevelt. Thus he figures to
break eDeB.
G. Bascom Slemp, once secretary tc
Mr.. Coolidge, was kept cooling his
heels in the presidential ante-roonn fol
half an hour on q recent visit to Mr.
Roosevelt. He complained to Appoint
ment Secretary MacIntyre, saying such
delays were unknown In the Coolidge
administration.
incidentally, Slemp has guessed the
last six Republican presidential nomi-
nees correctly before the nominations
were made. He is not ready to risk his
record by guessing the next one yet.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Hen Which Laid Eggs
With Initials, Died
All Too Soon.

SANTA MONICA, Calf. December
26.-Whatever became Of the hen
which from time to time hauled OF and
laid an egg with mysterious initiating
Evening star., 1935-12-26

fivers and formed lakes in other
places.
The upper Yangtze River suddenly
dropped feet when its tributary, the
Kinsha River, was cut on abruptly.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

1t worked all right until, at the
height Of the campaign, the candidate
in the exuberance of speaking, turned
sideways. A photographer with Q
flashlight got profile view.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
HOME GUARDED IN PLOT
Sweeps Winner of $14e, 900 Told
to Pay $4,000 or Die.

HULL, Quebec, December 26 (P.-
Police disclosed today they had placed
q guard about the home Of an elderly
sweepstake winner after he received
an extortion letter threatening him
with death.
Authorities said wilfrid Leblanc, so.
who won $149,0 in the Army and
Navy Veterans Sweepstake on the
1890 running Of the English Derby.
had shown them Q letter demanding
payment of $4,000. 1t was signed "The
Four Black Judges"
Evening star., 1935-12-26

continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-12-26
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Borah Counts on 179
Delegates-Personal
Hopes Growing.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MAI.LON.
w WISE Senator Borah did a lit
A tie delegate counting under
wv his breath before he took
his leap into the preSiden-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-26
Mattatucks To Play
 Tn Parade Saturday
Famous Waterbury Drum Corps Secured for Tercen-
 tenary Event -Colorful Pageant Planned
WOLCOTT'
Correspondents Louise snyder--Tcl. B-OB2e

Wolcott will hold it's tercenten- ary celebration Saturday, June 2S
 at the Center starting at l p. m. with @ parade. Louis A. Moss will have charge of the parade. Fol
 lowing the parade band concert of 70 pieces will be heard. Follow ing this the episodes Of the pageant will be announced by the heralds, John Bergin and Robert Tyrrell. The episodes will be as follows: "Early Settlers of Connec- lieut." by the Woodtick school; Pequots on the warpath by the Wolcott Community club; Charter Oak by 0 group of seven; Early Wolcott Settlers in four scenes showing James Wakelee presenting a land grant to his son, Ebenezer Wakelee in i727; John Alcott first settler on Spindle Hill presenting deeds of 100 acres each to his fine sons~ for homes; Captain John Al- colt, first baby born In Wolcott in 173i; Judah Erisbie, first settler fn Woodtick; Spirit of l776 by the Grange; Yankee Peddler by Wol- colt Women's club; tho whipping post. The school children VIII sing Colonial songs in costume. Tho Mattatuck band will also furnish music. From Q D. m. to l a. m thero will be Q Colonial ball In town hall with music by Bob Tyrrell and his Revelers. Tho cele. brotion will close on Sunday with
 church services at the Congrega-
 tional church. The officers are carl
 c. Mattson, president; Mrs. Claude
 Badger, vice-president; Mrs. Wil-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-26
POLl's

Today Is the day and tonight tho night when the greatest "Public wedding" over attempted in Con- neoticut will be presented on the stage of the Poli theater at 3 p. m
 When this affair, which by the way will be one of the social events of tho season and the largest at- tended wedding ever in Connecti- cut, was announced, there were over score of applications to De the lucky couple, as they realized that with the reputation of Polls behind the affair that there would in no way be any comedy or fool. ing connected with the ceremony, ani there isn't to be. Beautiful stage settings, secured from New York, valuable gifts from prom inent merchants and many items which many brides and groomt would like to have will be awarded the young coui 10 who start theit lives together, from scratch on the stage of the Poll theator on Wed. nesday night, from the score of ap. plicants who signlhed their inten. tions ot being willing and pleased to be married on the stage, 1t wal necessary to select the ones with the greatest amount of character Their past was investigated by mem bers of the pinkerton detec' tive agency, whose service tho Pol theatsr and the youthful pair se' iected are the "eream" of the youth of Waterbury. Their reputatloni are spotless and their family con neetions.
 on tho screen there is . double feature program, tho first feature of which is "Black Sheep," witt Ec..lund Lowe and Claire Trevor assisted by Herbert Mundin ant Eugene Palette in e story that Il romance, thrills. comedy and al necessary ingredients for a grea | show.
 The companion feature is "NighI Lifo of the Gods" with another all star-cast, and this Is comedy purely hilarity and fun reigns supreme ir this feature, and 1t will give yol the best laugh that you have hat since the depression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-26
STRAND

Shirley Temple in "Our Little Girl" and Edmund Lowe in Md Dynamite" conclude their engage ment at Warmers Strand theater tonight. Tomorrow brings an all new show headlined by Maurice Chevalier in "Folies Bergere," in which he plays a double role.
 As Charlier. the straw-hatted singing star of the Folies Bergere revue, whose favorite indoor sport is battling with his insanely jeal- ous little dancing partner-sweet- heart, Mimi, Chevalier is the charming chap we all know. But as the suave, rnustached. monocled Baron Cassini. who juggles his banks funds and is forced to make a secret flight to London to try to raise Q loan to cover his deficit, we have an entirely new and inc teresting characterization which proves that Maurice is an actor as we'll as an entertainer.
 The companion feature will be 'srhe Casino Murder Case" with Paul Lukas. Rosaling, Russel, Don- aid Cook, Alison ekipworth, Erie Blore, Ted Heaiey and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-26

liam Klitka, secretary and Claude V. Badger treasurer. Helen Norton has charge of the decorations and favors for the Colonial ball. Mar. tha Wakelee is chairman of the bux lunch committee for the drum corps and band.
 W Vermont Invited
 A special invitation has been extended, to the town of Wolcitt, Vt, to attend the celebration.
 There will be e full dress rec hearsal for the, tercentenary epi- sodes Friday night at z o'clock at the green. Every one taking part in the pageant is urged to attend, as this Is the final rehearsal be. fore the celebration. eAsi. s
 About 200 people attended the special town meeting Monday night. It was voted to apply to the state highway commission for approxf- mately $71,000 to be used for con- struction on the state aid and dirt roads of the town. It Is proposed to uso the approcation for the con- struction of e bridge over Mad river at Cornels' pond and for completion of the unfinished mile on Spindle HI road and for tho continuation of the Woodtick road from the bridge northeriy to c point where 1t joins tho Kings Forest highway. Elby J. Boulan- ser was elected Us moderator of the meeting, the call for which was read by First selectman Elmer w. Coe. G
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-26
Hopkins on Top

Cities and states, already heav- fly burdened with debt, seem to be Tn no hurry to borrow b6 DOT cent of local project costs from Iekes when they may be able to geti00 per cent grants later from Hopkins. Ickes had about $100, ,000, 1000 in applications for projects ready. but some of those applications have been withdrawn, while applicants waitto see what their chances arc with Hopkins work progress di- vision.
 Ickes probably will be lucky if he gets . third of $900, 100, 900. Hopkins sits on top. He has the job of putting 3,5o0.000 people to work, of certifying them from his relief rolls, of getting projects un. der way and passing on their em- pioyment possibilities before ap. proval of the Ickes board can be- come final.
 He also has the job of bossing the investigative staff for the entire work-relief setup, and of fixing la borA rates.
 Which doesn't seem to leave much power for Mr. Ickes. But you never can tell. Copyright, 1885, NEA Service. Incl.