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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08

It has been rumored that CO., Captains D. Summa, J. Summa, Cocchio and Blasi are deeply con- cerned as to the prospects of ob- taining the services of another bowler. Their reason for such q move is Hennie Minicucci. How ever, Minicucci has advised the cd itor that his presence may be eX- pected tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08
.HOPEVILLE CLUB AND NEW BRITAIN
 MEET TONIGHT
PhantOms and SpeedbOyS to Open Home Season
 at School Gym

The Hopeville Community Club Speedboys, one of the best clubs in the state last year will open their home season tonight at the Hope vile school gymnasium playing the highly touted New Britain Phan- toms. The Phantoms were declar- ed the state semi-pro champions of the state last year with q record of A victories out of 49 games | against the best in Connecticut. The Speedboys played the Phan- toms a three game series last year but failed to win the odd game in New Britain. The Phantoms will show such stars as Hewitt, star performer with the New Britain high school team few years ago, Lefty Druien, who received a try out with the New Britain Pros last year, Remetta. a former West Vir- ginia college star, and Ikowitz, star shooter who has been running wild this year on the court. The Speed boys will show the Old Timers: Alex MaZZarella. Roy Dubuque, Lew Darlington and Jack Grady. A preliminary game will precede the main engagement at 7:15 o'clock between the Speedboy Reserves and the Kiessel Five from Water town.
 Dancing will follow the main game which will be handled by John Cluney q central board off, cial.
 The line-ups:
 New Britain SpeedbOys Paluca If. .... J. Grady Myrska ....r .lf.. A. Mazzarella Hewitt Co .....c...... Bartolini Remetta .......rg.... Darlington Druien ....... .lg. .. Waugh (c)
 Reserves for New Britain-Mil- Ter, IkowitZ. Camp and Murphy. Reserves for Hopeville-O'Donnell, J. Mazzareila, R. Dubuque and H. Dubuque.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08
SDeeIhOlA.

Score by periods: Speedboys ...... s 15 20 25--25 Borgeson Eagles..3 10 16 24-24
 Referee: Ferandez. Time: Four: S-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08
JoIIv JOkcrs Sa(IJcned

The Corsairs overcame a four point lead at half time to defeat the Jolly Jokers recently at the Pearl Street Neighborhood house to defeat the "funboys", 15 to IA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08

Lefty Sordi and Cab Sciarra wish to announce they are ready to take on any two bowlers in the league, the losers to pay for two heaping dishes of raviloa. Mike Manfredi, please take note.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08

Two of the leagues most de- pendable bOWlcrs arc now serving time on Daddy Frenis' Diamond Diggcrs, Louis (Rosycheck) Ret tinO and Dom (Pokcrface) Rosa. These boys are two good reasons why the Diamonds top the roster. This statement, nevertheless, has no reflection on the bali throwing abilities of (BashfuD DiVitO and (Red Dog) Martincllf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08

IOldlS iV
 Score by periods:
 Burke Five ..... 8 ? IS 1g-1S Bulldogs ....... , 0 10 15-1O
 Referee: Prokowech (Fultons). Time: Four 6-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-08
Totals s............. l

Score at half time: Clock 23, City Yards 9. Referee: Lonergan. Time Four 10-minute periods.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

Pope went to the witness stand to
ask De Bisschop some more questions
on redirect. Taking the two pieces
Of board Wilentz charged had been
cut from the same piece, he had the
witness inspect them. De Bisschop
said one had been nailed to other
wood on one side, while the other
piece had been nailed with its op-
posite face against the wood. Both
exhibited saw cuts that were dis
similar.
Pope gave the boards to the jury
for examination.
De BiSschop told Pope that the
curvature" of the saw marks was
also different. Pope ended his exani-
nation and Wilentz took the witness
again.
Does Not Know About
Planer Marks.
Wilentz asked two questions before
excusing the irrepressible De Bisschop.
O. ANY planer marks on those
pieces?
A. don't know. They didn't show.
@. You don't know?
A. They don't show.
It was by planer marks, studied
under a microscope, that Koehler
traced most of the ladder wood to
the Bronx lumberyard where Haupt-
mann once worked.
De Bisschop then stepped down.
The defense was allowed to intro
ouce tentatively the card on which
the variation in plane nick marks
was allegedly displayed Wilentz asked
that it be retracted on paper.
Brevoort Bolmer, gasoline station
proprietor of Bolmers Corner, near
Hopewell, was called next by Pope.
His station. he said. was at the
intersection of the Hopewell road with
the Somerville Princeton highway.
A group of persons in a green car
stopped at his station several times
prior to March l, 1882, he said.
Saw Couple With
Ladder on March 1.
@. How many times did this person
come to your service station?
A. Three or four times.
@. What was the last time you
saw this car?
A. March 1. 1882, at 1:15 am.
@. Now what was it that especially
attracted your attention to the car?
A. A very poor ladder was tied
on the back. It took me some Gine
to figure out what it was.
@. Describe the ladder to the jury.
A. Why describe it? saw that
ladder there.
The witness gestured to the kidna2
ladder.
"The man said he was going to do
a nursery job," he added.
Bolmer asserted he had an oppor-
tunity to touch the ladder and ex-
anime it.
A man and a woman were in the
car, a model A Ford sedan, he said.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

identify the ladder from newspaper
photographs and broadcast descrip-
ton.
Bolmer said he had never identified
it because he had not been asked.
Justice Trenchard admonished the
witness not ito be SO free with your
talk and answer questions"
Bolmer was excused.
Ewald Mielke, employe Of planning
mill at Lindenhurst, N. Y, was called
by Pope for testimony on planers and
tools.
Mielke, after saying he was a car
penter and millwright originally by
trade, told Pope he was an expert at
matching the grain in wood and had
handled much North Carolina pine.
Pope then asked him If he were IA
miliar with tools. When the witness
nodded, the defense counsel asked him
about planes.
@. What usually causes a nick in
the knife Of plane? A. Grit on the
board. sometimes a nail.
Pope was apparently leading up to
an attack on the testimony Of Koch
Ter that Hauptmanns plane left tell
tale marks on the kidnap ladder.
Pope produced the attic board.
@. In your examination of this
board and the rail in the ladder. we're
you able to say they were part and
parcel Of the same board?
Wilentz objected that the witness
had had no experience in the identi-
fication of wood and should not be al
lowed to answer.
He's not called as wood techni-
cian," Pope explained, but as a prac-
tical man in handling lumber" :"
wilentz questioned him.
@. How long did you examine these
boards? A. About five minutes.
Could Not Tell If
Board Was Cut.
In his work of matching cabinet
wood, the witness told Wilentz, he had
never determined whether any two
pieces had come from the same board.
@. You are not attempting to tell
now that you can say If two pieces
of wood came from the same board?
A. I could if piece han't been cut
out.
@. If there was any separation you
could not tell?
A. Positively not.
@. If the boards had been cut and
q piece taken out between them. you
would not be able to tell If the two
were once the same piece?
Evening star., 1935-02-08

nail from him, he asked to see it again
Wilentz demanded if he desired to
reconsider the answer he had just
given. Pope objected the question was
improper, but he was overruled.
@. Do you want it so that you can
reconsider your answer?
A. may or may not.
Says Nail Was Never
Used Before.
@. Would you say now it was never
used before?
The contractor squinted thought
fully at the nail.
A. No, it was never used
@. Would you be surprised to learn
it is one of the nails taken from the
attic board?
A I'd be awfully surprised.
Wilentz turned the questioning to
pine knots.
De BiSSchop said the knots did not
get larger" as trees grew.
Wilentz sought to introduce pho
tograph of a piece of Southern pine
with a large knot in it, but was op-
posed successfully by Pope.
De Bisschop testified that heat
caused splits to appear in pine wood.
Heat will make pine split some
times in an hour" he said.
He indicated split in one of the
short pieces he brought to court, as
serting it had occurred since yester-
day.
Wilentz, incredulouS, showed the
board to the jury for its determine
ton.
Wilentz in an unexpected attack
thrust the two pine boards in De
Bisschop's hands and asked him if
the surface grain did not match. The
contractor said they did not.
@. Don't they match because they
were the same board which you cut in
half and brought down here?
A. No (shouted).
@. Wasn't there a piece cut out
from between these two boards?
A. There was not.
O. Now, isn't that, as a matter Of
fact, just exactly what you did?
A. It is not.
De Bisschop fairly beloved his an
swer to the accusation.
Carpenter on Jury
Examines Boards.
Now, give the jury a look at this"
WilentZ went on.
@. One has been washed, hasn't it?
A. The oldest one.
Wilentz and Hauck moved the two
y,i o<l 1,-I .oll Il %
the rail to show the jury the alleged
similarity.
Liscom C. Case, the elderly carpen-
ter on the jury. examined the boards
at length, twisting them and compar-
ing the grain on the butt ends,
De Bisschop testified that black
marks appearing on both were from
ordinary tar paper
The jury examination concluded,
Wilentz released the witness.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

@. Would you recognize the man?
A. Yes.
stand up, Mr.. Hauptmann," Pope
asked.
Hauptmann arose.
O. Is that the man7
A. Absolutely not.
Pope asked the witness to describe
the man. and WilentZ objected.
The attorney general said Bolmer
had testified that the driver was not
Hauptmann and, therefore, his evi-
dence was irrelevant.
Justice Trenchard allowed the de-
Scription to continue.
Pope directed the witness to de-
scribe the man in the green coupe.
He was feet 10 or IL, about my
height. I looked right into his eyes.
He was thin-faced and his face was
longer in proportion to his width than
any face ever saw.
He weighed, I'd say, 1870 to 140
pounds. His hair was dark
Has Seen Pictures
OF Man.
44oNC yOd CfCA oCNll ally plCIul &C
of the man you saw since that time?
A. think so.
Pope sought to have the witness
identify picture of Isadore Fisch.
That's not the man." Bolmer de-
cided, after q short study of the
photograph.
Q. Would you be able to identify
the lady?
A. Not for certain-1 only saw that
much Of her face Indicating from
chin up). She only looked out once.
Pope stopped and Wilentz began
croSs-examination.
Wilentz asked a single question on
Cross.
Q. Did you ever report the matter
to the State police?
A. did not.
The attorney general said that's
ALL" and Pope was on his feet inquir-
ing "why?" the witness had not re-
ported it.
The gas station man said he did not
recognize the pictures of the kidnap
ladder as the same one he saw on the
coupe.
He explained that when he saw the
ladder it was "nested" where pictures
after the kidnapping showed it ex-
tended. II didn't want to make fool
Of myself reporting when I wasn't
sure"
Wilentz sought to show that Bolmer
had had plenty Of opportunity to
Evening star., 1935-02-08

ference in the rail from The attic board
because of the color.
(The discoloration was produced by
the flngerprint solution.)
Mielke was excused as a short re-
cess was called at 1859 am
Court reconvened ct 1909 pm.
As soon as the jury was polled
Reilly announced defense rests"
Hauptmann's eyes darted from one
side to another as Reilly made his
announcement in a loud voice.
Tells Of Collision
With Heller.
Joseph J. Farber, a New York in
surance man, was Immediately called
by the State in rebuttal.
He told Of his automobile being in
collision with that of Benjamin Heier,
defense witness.
Heller had testified that he saw Isa-
dor Fisch leap from q wall Of St.
Raymond's Cemetery the night Of
April 2, 1882, at the time the ransom
payment was made by DR.. John F.
Condor.
Wilentz examined Farber.
@. Now on the night Of April 2,
1892. where were you?
A. I was on the premises at 1850
Sixth avenue, Manhattan. 1t is a
delicatessen and luncn room.
Q. Did you have your car with you?
A. did.
@. Did you have an automobile ac-
cident that night?
A. I did, sir.
@. With what?
A. With a car driven by one Ben
jamin Heller.
Farber said the collision occurred on
the eaSterly side of sixth avenue, be-
tween Fifty-fourth and Fifty-Sixth
streets. Manhattan.
The scene of the accident, he said
was eight and one half miles from
St Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx
WilentZ released Farber to Reilly
for cross-examination and the defense
attorney adduced that the witness had
not measured the distance to the
cemetery with a tape measure"
WilentZ asked one question.
@. Have you ever been convicted
Of a crime?
A. No.
"Mr. Arthur Larson" Wilentz called
and a quiet little man stepped up
to be sworn.
Last week when Elvert Carlstrom,
defense alibi witness, testified, Larson
was identified as the mar who lived
with Carlstrom in a new house at
Dunellen at the time of the kidnapping
O. In 1882 what did you do?
A. I was a painter.
Swears Carlstrom
Was at Home.
O. Did you work in Dunellen at
some time in that year?
A Yes.
O. In February and March, 1882,
did you work there?
A. I did.
O. Now on the night of the kidnap-
ing were you in Dunellen?
A. Yes.
Larson said he and Carlstrom occu-
pied the new house while doing work
there.
@. Where was Carlstrom on the
night of March /. 1882?
A. In the house where ! slept.
@. What was the last time you saw
Carlstrom that night?
A. Between $50 and 10 before
went to bed.
This was about the time Carlstrom
said he saw Hauptmann in Bronx
restaurant.
Q. How many weeks did you work
in Dunellen?
A About two weeks.
@. Did you or Carlstrom leave at
any time during that period on
week day night?
A. No
"I went home week ends" Larson
Evening star., 1935-02-08
DEFENSE AIDE HIT
AS WOOD EXPERT"
Koehler, Called by State,
Says De BiSschop Should
Be Ruled Out.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. J.. February g.
To the scientifically trained Arthur j.
Koehler, Charles J. De Bisschop is
not an expert.
Koehler, wood expert and prosecu-
ton witness in the trial of Bruno
Hauptmann, said that the Connecticut
Yankee, who is a practical lumber
man, should not be allowed to tes-
tify"
De Bisschop. appearing for the de-
fense, demonstrated to the Lindbergh
kidnap-murder jury yesterday the
close similarity in grain Of boards of
different ages and origin. He endeav-
ored to show that an identification Of
grain in two pieces OF wood was no
proof that they came from the same
board.
On such a hypothesis Koehler had
traced a runner Of the kidnap ladder
to the attic flooring of Hauptmann's
Bronx home.
THE matching of wood such as was
done by Mr.. De Bisschop" said Koch
Ter, sis satisfactory for the construc-
ton of furniture, but 1t is not the
matching of grain
His demonstration is comparable
to matching coat and trousers of cloths
of different manufacture"
Evening star., 1935-02-08

said, and was turned over for cross
examination.
Reilly led the witness through a
recital of his maintenance by the
State authorities while waiting to
testify.
@. What date did you go TO work
at Dunellen?
A. February.
@. What day?
A. don't know.
Larson said he and Carlstrom slept
on the same mattress.
Q. Did you know March l was
CarlStrom's birthday?
A. I don't know.
Q. Tell me what you we're doing at
8 O'Clock the night of February 90,
1882?
A. think I was working.
He corrected his answer TO say, II
think was sitting around"
WilentZ asked Larson one question.
@. Have you ever been convicted OF
crime?
A. No.
He was excused.
The owner of the Dunellen house,
oscar Christensen, told of building the
house and keeping a record OF the
building expenses. The record book
was offered in evidence, but Reilly OBJ
iected, and decision was reserved.
Dates Of Employment
Are Recalled.
Christensen recalled the dates OF
employment Of Carlstrom and Larson
without his book.
Q. Did you pay Carlstrom for March
/, 1892?
A. l did.
@. Do you know whether Larson's
wife was i'll March /, 1892?
A. Yes, sir.
The witness said he paid Larson for
his work, including March l, 1882.
Reilly, cross examining, showed that
Christensen saw neither men, March l,
1882.
He was excused, and the noon recess
was called at 1888 pm.
Evening star., 1935-02-08

No. Bruno Hauptmann returning from lunch with
his guards
No 2-Walter Maney, who left sckbed to testify in
Hauptmann'S defense
No 3-A copy of the photo displayed by Dr. E. M.
Hudson, ngerpnt showing rail 16 of the famous
Lndbergh kidnapping ladder Hudson claimed he only
nail hole when he examined the ladder after the
abduction The two nail holes not used for the rungs
be seen beside the knot The State maintains the
nail holes caused when the board ripped out
Of the flooring of the attic in the Hauptmann home.
No 4-Fugh Orr of Brockton, Mass, defense wood
expert
No 5-CharleS De BiSSchop Of Waterbury, Conn, an
other wood expert The defense seeks refute through
the testimony of Orr and Bsschop the evidence given
by Arthur Koehler Federal expert who declared of
the uprights in the ladder from the Hauptmann
home. "A P and Wide World Photos
Evening star., 1935-02-08
WITNESSES TELL
OF LADDER MARKS
Defense Continues Fight of
States Story of Attic
PIankS.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j., February g.
The possibility that Bruno Richard
Hauptmann's defense would rest its
case Immediately after court con-
vened today gave Hunterdon County
courthouse an atmosphere of eager
expectancy.
Chief Defense Counsel Edward j.
Reilly said there was a possibility of
such a move for he did not expect the
witnesses he had called for today to
appear for testimony.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
for the prosecution cleared the way for
a speedy termination of Hauptmann's
case when he abandoned plans to
continue his croSS-eXamination of
Charles De BiSSchop, the homespun
defense lumber expert from Water
bury, Conn.
The identity of most of the States
rebuttal witnesses was kept secret, but
1t was understood about Is persons
would be called, including perhaps
Mrs. Dwight w. Morrow, mother of
Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, and Col. Charles
A Lindbergh.
Wilentz announced he planned in
rebuttal to-:
Establish the whereabouts of Violet
Sharpe, the Morrow maid who COM
mitted suicide during the kidnap in
quiry, on the night of the crime:
Establish the whereabouts of Isador
Fisch, Hauptmann's deceased business
partner, on the night of the ransom
payment
Prove there we're four nail holes in
the attic board upright Of kidnap
ladder on March l, 1882.
Show that at least one of Haupt-
mann's alibi witnesses was in error
when he said ne saw the defendant in
the Bronx on the kidnap night.
The Washington times., 1935-05-02
Welcome Apple Blossoms

The Valley Virginia has put its festive garb to welcome
the thousands who today and tomorrow will join in the twelfth
annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The blossoms out the million trees in the valley
and Winchester central point of the festival is ready for the
parades pageants with which the blossoms welcomed
each year.
Fortunately for the visitors to the section the committee in
charge the festival has arranged time out between the
parades and pageans to enable them to journey through the
valley and Natures contribution well to visit the
many historic towns which nearby
Some folks have found il the past that the pleasures Of the
festival in Winchester attractive that they have failed
to visit the orchards That trouble of having such
hospitable host as Winchester.
But there is plenty of time to journey up and down the
valley between events the Winchester program and it is
recommended that those who want what the festival is
all about take the opportunity to travel the surrounding
countryside.
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

times? Yes Elsie Robinson
but we've known trouble worse
than this. Leaner years. Days
when, as a nation, we went in
rags. Yet nothing could stop
us! We performed miracles.
Why? Why do men and ma
lions so often achieve such
amazing triumphs when they're
weak and poor-and fail so
tragically when they're strong
and rich? What's lacking?
What has been losksomewhere
along the trail? ~
Any trusting, excited little
child holds the answer. That
little child has no plan, or only
a vague one. No shreWd under
standing; no experience or
sophistication. But it has some
thing that is more potent than
any plan, more compelling than
sophistication. It has FAITH.
WORKING FORCE
What is Faith? We have
thought of it as a mental atti-
tude, religious exercise. Dimly
we are beginning to understand
that it Is more, much more,
than these. It is a definite,
scientific force, as real as the
law of gravitation, and it works
as certainly for flesh, mind or
spirit.
What Faith IS, no one can
tell, but what Faith DOES, and
why it performs such miracles.
we begin to see. FAITH
REACHES OUT. 1t reaches out
exactly as a hand reaches out
for the thing it needs. Faith
reaches out and lays hold upon
some secret source of strength
which all men need, as surely
as they need air or water or
food; which all men should be
able to tap.
We try to tap it with our
clever plans and determined
struggles, but fail. Faith taps
it for uS-reaches across bar
riers of weakness, ignorance
and doubt-makes contact.
This is not a religious truth
for pious people. It is a prac-
tical life truth for anyone,
everyone. It is as true for the
sinner as for the saint.
And often the sinner, because
The Washington times., 1935-05-02

If the Seventy-fourth Con-
gress is embalmed in history as
"the crack.pot Congress" its
unenviable claim to infamy will
be due to a notorious minority
of pork-hunters and publicity
seekers.
One member of this Congress
has already been indicted by a
Federal grand jury for selling
an appointment to the United
States Military Academy at
West Point.
Another member Of this Con-
gress has just been exposed by
the President as responsible for
making public the most con-
fidential information concern
ing the National Defense of the
United States.
This information was given
at a hearing which, the wit
nesses were assured, was in
executive session. This asSur-
ance meant that the questions
and answers put into the record
would be regarded in the strict
est confidence.
Instead of keeping the faith
by fulfilling this promise, the
testimony of these witnesses,
given under cross-eXamination
by the chairman and members
of this committee, was ordered
published to the world. And an
employee of the committee is
alleged to have confessed that
this publication was specifically
ordered by one of his Superiors.
PUBLICITY SEEKING
A private citizen found guilty
Of revealing National defense
secrets would be subject to a jail
sentence in time of peace and
to be shot in time of war.
Another member of the pres
ent Congress went out to the
National Zoo the other day, and
was actually photographed in
one Of the cages there main
tanned for the housing of wild
animals and birds of the air,
snakes and other inhabitants
Of this most interesting national
institution.
Another member of this same
Congress has recently been pho
tographed accompanied by a
bodyguard intended to be
take off" upon a publicity seek.
er in another legislative body.
Another member of Congress
insisted upon being given per-
mission to broadcast from the
top of the Washington Monu-
ment.
And the only reason the beau
tiful Lincoln Memorial has not
yet been made a back-drop for
publicity seeking members of
the present Congress is because
the officials responsible for the
custody of this shrine to the
memory of Lincoln have posi-