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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-18
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 GALE HENDERSON, pretty and 23, works in c silk mill. She and her 10-yearsOld brother, PHIL, support their invalid fa- ther. s.
 STEVE MEYERS, who also works fin the mill, asks Gale to marry him. She promises to give him an answer in a few days.
 Gale goes skating, breaks through the ice and Is rescued by BRIAN WESTMORE. whose father, now dead, built the mill. Brian has come home after two years in Paris to enter the mill. Gale disappears before he learns her name.
 viCKY THATCHER, daughter or ROBERT THATCHER, gen. cral manager of the mill, schemes to captIVate Brian.
 Gale, at work in the mill, IS summoned to the office Of MISS GROVES, personnel director. Miss Graves makes 1t plain that if Gale will pass on information about her fellow employees h will be to Gales advantage.
 CHAPTER XXV
 There was clock on the book case facing the personnel direc- tors desk. It was a small clock with a case of dark, polished wood the ticking of the clock was the only sound that broke the stiffness It went "tick- tick, tick-tick,' and to Gale it seemed to shriek.
 She knew Miss Groves was wait ing for her answer. Miss Groves was watching her. Gale looked down at her hands, clasped to- gether In her lap, and said, "1- couldn't Miss Groves"
 "I'm afraid I don't understand you"
 II don't know anything about the meetings you've been talking about" Gale said. "I've never been to any, and I don't know anyone who has. But if I did, I wouldn't want to come and tell about 1t. Ii sounds-sneaking to me-"
 The lines about the older wo- mans mouth frightened and two sharp spots of color came into hel cheeks. Don't be insolent!" she snapped. we have ways to cure insolence, too. How dare you sug. gest that I asked you to do any thing sneaking or underhanded?"
 "I didn't mean that, Miss Groves I'm sorry it sounded that way. only meant-well, that I'd rather not"
 What you meant is that you're an impertinent young woman You" The anger died from the woman's voice but in her eyes there was q chilly gleam. You will report to your foreman at once." she said. At once!"
 "Yes, Miss Groves"
 Gale arose and went out into the corridor. She walked down the long hallway with rapidly beating heart. "It's done now,' she thought. "I'll lose my job now. oh, why couldn't I have told her I'd do it? Why didn't I say something anything to make her think agreed? I could have gotten out of it somehow later. I'll lose my job now and what'll I do-?"
 There were no harsh words from the foreman as Gale had expected. SEe did not see him again that af- ternoon. She went back to work, fingers flying with new energy She'd work harder, faster, she re- solved. She had to keep that job! They couldn't possibly live, she and Phil and her father, on the little Phil made. It was hard enough skimping to make things come ou even on her wages and Phil's to- gether.
 Over and over, as Gale jerkei bobbins off spindles and clamped them on again she repeated the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-18
URGES CRIME COURSE IN
 SCHOOLS.

Madison, Wis. (UP)--Prof. J. Howard Mathews. University of Wisconsin ballistics expert, rec- commended that colleges and uni- inciude studies in tbe basic sci. ences. law, medicine, psychology. lection and police methods. Matb. ews has used scientific methods to help police solve many bafhing crimes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-18
TURKEYs WORTH S2,OOO, 900

San Antonio, Tex. (UF)-Soutn and Central Texas contributed about $2,OOO,000 worth of turkeys to the cariot market during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, according to a government survey. The survey estimated that the south and central section shipped about 500 cars of turkeys, about half the total number ship ped from the entire state. During the latter part of the season prices rose to nearly 20 cents a pound for first class birds.
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NEXT: Skin tonics.

For a copy of Alicia Hart's new booklet, 'Glorifying Yourself" cOv- cring all phases of beauty from head to foot, send 10 cents in coin to Alicia Hart in care of Democrat Special Service Bureau, Room 3O5. 401 Eighth Ave, New York, N. Y.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
 BY WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

pertaining hen!h Is in
 
  Demo
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RETURNING FROM MASS

Cleveland-(UP)-As was was returning from morning mass. James V. Sennor, 83, was killed by a street car. He was Identified by a prayer book he carried.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-18
NUTRITION MEANS MORE
 THAN DIGESTION

To those whose interest Is Him. tied to headlines and funnies, nu- triton is q fancy term for victuals or "eats." With increasing knowl-
 edge of the chemistry and the
 physiology of plant and animal life the word nutrition denotes more and more in the field of science. Indeed 1t has now come to such a pass that when a group of scientific experts discusses their observations and researches they speak in a strange language which
 we ordinary folk can hardly un- derstand.
 By your leave I purpose to sit for a while op this step half way
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TODAY,s FAsHION TIP

Musical cIefs used as buttons in metal, and enamel notes for buckles.
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AUTHORS given from the scentnc questions be answered with absolute decision what morally science puts the rights Of organized society aboyeth he Of
The Washington times., 1935-01-10
SENATE PASSES
8 D. {. BILLS

In rapid succession, the Senate
today passed nine bills affecting
the District of Columbia, one of
which is the antigambling pro-
posal.
The antigambling measure,
recommended by the United
States District Attorney here and
the District Commissioners as an
aid in carrying on a campaign
against crime, tightens the law
concerning gambling, with espe-
cial regard to the numbers racket.
Another of the bills passed to-
day provides that when the driver
Of an automobile is convicted Of
certain major traffic violations,
his permit shall be revoked until
he takes out insurance or puts up
a bond.
The Senate passed a bill per-
mitting the District Commission
ers to acquire excess land in con-
demning certain plots for public
projects and Improvements.
The other measures approved by
the Senate today are: To provide
punishment for entry into unoccu-
pied premises; to exempt from tax
alton certain property of the
Daughters Of Union Veterans Of
the Civil War in the District Of
recording Of deeds Of trust and
recording Of deeds Of trust and
mortgages secured on real estate
in the District.
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Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Jan.
1O.-Last week it was How did
you like the Presidents mes
sage?" This week it's "How
did you like his figures?"
Inever thought we would live
to see a Democrat that could
put down that many figures
and get EN- right. Well, it goes
for relief, and there is nobody
can legitimateIy kick on that.
BY the end of next year,
1886, our per capita debt will
be $4,000 each. Course IL you
think that's too high you gotta
perfect right to die and beat
it,
Well, England the country
we point out as being the most
prosperous at this time, theirs
is exactly double that. Why
We are just amateurs at being
taxed.
Copyright, 1885. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
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No NONSENSE!
SAARWARNED
BY LEAGUE
'0fficiaIs Threaten to Halt
Ballot and Rush More
Troops to Scene

GENEVA, Jan. 10 G.NSJ.-If
there are any serious disturbances
during the Saar plebiscite Sun
day, the League Of Nations
Council may step in, interrupt
the voting, and postpone tn e
referendum for several weeks
until more troops can be called
in.
This was learned by Interna-
tional News Service today as
grave-counte n anced diplomats
began arriving today for tomor-
rows council meeting to watch
over the plebiscite. One high
league official said: -.
1--WE are determined to stand
no nonsense in the Saar.''
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THE RANSOM SYMBOL
Ransom Note Symbols
Battle Experts
THE RANSOM SYMBOL

Those weird symbols used as
signatures on the Lindbergh ran
som notes.-the expert who iden-
titles them can yet produce the
Hauptmann trials major sensa-
ton.
For instance: They resemble
closely the designs drawn by
gunners to place a target def
nitely in a trap between two
sources of fire. And Bruno
Richard Hauptmann was once a
German machine gunner!
But maybe they don't mean
that. The human heart, the
dagger which pierces it, the blood
which flowS-these are symbols
of warnings sent throughout the
years by Italy'S Malta, Rumanian
gypsieS, Macedonian patriots and
countless other groups.
Strange Signs
Each note bore for signature the
following diagraS: Two intersect-
ing circles Of blue ink, possibly
drawn around a quarter dollar;
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OF
Jafsie In
Full

Transcript of todGy'S testimony
By John F. "J1tSie" Condor, Dho
resumed the stand under cross
examination By Defense Attorney
Edward J. Reilly at the Haupt-
mann trial in Remington, N. j.,
tolloUS:
Q.-(By Mr.. Reilly: I think,
Doctor, when we adjourned yes
terday we were discussing a note
found under a rock? A.-Where?
Q.-I am handing you Exhibit
SAT and S-48, the envelope and
the letter delivered at your house,
I believe you testified yesterday,
March IL? A.-May I open it?
Q.-Yes. Al received that
note on March II.
Q.-And in response to the
contents of this note, I think you
testified yesterday that you did
60 to the last station on the
left side beyond Jerome Avenue,
where there was an empty frank
furter stand with a big, open
porch? Alright.
Q.-And found this note, eX-
hibit S-51, inclosed in this enve-
lope Cindicating)? Al received
that letter at that frankfurter
stand on that night. May I look
at the envelope?
Q.-Certainly. Anything, Doc
tor. A.-Thank you. examines
envelope). Yes, sir, I picked that
note I'm
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Q. - Didn't you ask the
driver to run the man down?
A.-No. I couldn't on account
of the traffic.
Q.-Didn't you yell to any
passengers to grab the man?
A.-No. It was none of my
business.
A surprised murmur ran
through the courtroom. Mr.. Reilly
quickly demanded in a loud voice:
"YOu mean to say it was none
Of your business?-NOne Of
your business to grab this man
to whom you paid over $4,000?
You made no Outcry?"
II did make an Outcry."
Q.-Did you stop the bus and
get off. A.-NO.
Q.-And where did Hauptmann
(Continued on Page 8, Col. y
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an ellipSe Of filled-out red where
the circles intersect, and three
holes in the paper punctured at
equi-distance with a nail or pencil
point.
GunnerS use similar symbols.
But here is another surprise. The
same idea is found in a German
Book Of Signs" And on cross
examination "Jafsie" Condor had
to answer whether or not he took
out such a book from the New
York city public library. He said
he hadn't. The educator proceeded
to give the courtroom a laugh by
adding he has never withdrawn
a book from the library.
GunnerS' Circles
In this book, the symbol most
closely resembling that on the
ransom notes consists of two
circles, one within the other, with
a blackened small square in the
smaller one.
Machine gunners draw the
CONTINUED on Page II, Col. o
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CHIEFS CALLED
= 'BYPRES|DENT
By International News Service

Fully recovered from his cold,
President Roosevelt today opened
conferences on the general legis-
lative program, summoning Vice
President Garner, Senators Rob
inson of Arkansas and Byrnes of
South Carolina and Representa-
tive Buchanan Of Texas to the
White House.
He planned also to see Donald
R. Richberg, his recovery coordi.
nator, and to have Joseph p.
Kennedy, chairman of the Secur-
tiles and Exchange Commission,
his guest at luncheon.
The President released several
recess nominations, including
acting postmasterS, for Senate
confirmation.
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BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

COURTROOM, FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan.
10 QN.S).-Dr. John F. Condor, the
"Jafsie" of the Lindbergh case admitted un-
der a blistering cross examination today at
the Bruno Richard Hauptmann murder trial
that, although he saw "John"- man he
had identified as Hauptmann-as late as Au-
gust 1894, he made no attempt to capture him.
"Jafsie riding bus at the time but, he told
Chief Defense Counsel Edward j. Reilly he did not de-
mand that the driver stop the bus Neither did he yell
for anybody to seize the man. His amazing
1T none Of my business
Mr. Reilly went after Jafse about his failure to try and
apprehend John the to whom he had testified he had
paid the $4,000 Lndbergh in St. Raymonds
Cemetery
@ (by Rey)-Dd you ask the bus driver to stop? A-No.
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Saar Seethes With Hate
As PIebiScite Nears

SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Terri
tory, Jan. 10 QN.SO-With pub
lie demonstrations and ballyhoo
forbidden beginning today, the
Saar approached Sundays plebi-
scite with all factions waging a
bitter whispering campaign I"
whose surface calm belied the
nervousness underneath.
Commanders OF the interna-
tional army of $500 kept all avail
able forces at their stations to
prevent pent-up feelings from
bursting into disorders.
The outstanding complaint of
pro- Germans today was the reve.
lation that the bulk of the troops
and police had been moved toward
the German frontier of the Saar.
Propaganda, otherwise restrict
ed to word-of-mouth, found it's
most powerful outlet in the
partisan press. Socialist, Com
muist, and Catholic newspapers,
favoring continuation under the
rule of the League of Nations,
hammered away with allegations
Of NaZi terrorism, complaining
that 200 persons have been ex-
ecuted under Hitler.
Long range campaigning, how
ever, continued. At Kaiser-Lau-
ten, only 10 miles east of the
Saar border, Joseph Buerckel,
Chancellor Hitler's agent in the
Saar, called Saar residents favor.
ing League rule TRAITORS" in a
speech broadcast from several
German stations and easily
picked up in the territory itself.
Buerckel also promised that no
body from the Saar would be
lodged in concentration camps
upon it's anticipated return to
Germany.
NewsbOys Beaten
That there would be a contest
over the legality of the referen-
dum's decision was foreshadowed
by an appeal sent to the plebi-
Scite commission in Geneva by the
united front of anti-NaziS asking
that terrorism" in the basin be
considered in judging the vote.
The council of the League Of Ma
tions meets in Geneva tomorrow
to consider the plebiscite.
Evidence of the feeling exist
ing in the Saar was forthcom-
ing yesterday when two news.
boys, selling a pro-league paper
in front of Nazi headquarters
here, were beaten. League parti-
sans blamed, the Nazis; the Ger.
man front charged that two Com.
munists invaded" their offices.
The Washington times., 1935-01-10
M'LEODOPENS
. FIGHT FOR
FULL PAY
viii Introduce Amend I'm e n t
Before House Asking For
Restoration Jan.

Representative Clarence j. Nc
Ieod (R0, of Michigan, came
forth today to champion the
cause of Government workers by
introducing in the House an
amendment calling for restoration
of their pay retroactive to Jan
uary /.
The amendment, Mr.. Mcleod
said, will be tackled on to the in.
dependent offices supply bill
which was reported to the House
yesterday and which contains q
provision for full restoration OF
Government salaries July / this
year, The bill omitted mention
Of restoration of the pay as Of
January /.
Representative John J. Nc
Grath CD of California an
nounced today he also will
introduce q bill in the House
providing for the full restoratfen
Of salaries, retroactive to Jan
Uary l.
Declaring such a bill is mot
only fair but reasonable" the
Californian said living expenses
in Washington have increased
recently in leaps and bounds.
Mr.. McGrath said he will in
troduce his bill within the next
few days.
In introducing his amendment
Mr.. Mcleod said:
6GrNHNm nAe% - H3wSraap $NMMw~v
upon which the pay cut has
been predicated, has been totally
discredited by Congress when it
restored twO-thirds of the cut
last year. Even the President
has discarded the fallaciOuS
idea of measuring wages by .
so-called cost of living theory.
NAMES JULY
"'In the budget message the
President states among the
economy provisions, which now
obtain and which it is not pro-
posed to continue, is the per
cent reduction in compensation
Of Government employees after
July 1, 1885,
Further on the President
says, the index figures of the
cost of living, on the basis of
which salary restOratiOns are
provided by section 3, title 2 of
the economy act Of 1888, now
indicate such restoration in all
probability would not even be
justified on next July 1 or for
some time thereafter
Mr.. Mcleod said the present
idea of the cost of living theory
has been thrown overheard by
Congress" and has now been re.
pudiated by the President as a
measure stick for determining the
salaries Of Government employees.
Would Be 30 Millions
The Representative pointed out
that the index of prices of whole
sale commodities show a Is per
cent increase over the same period
last year. He estimates the cost
of the restoration of the pay as
Of January would be $50, 1000, 900.
Asserting that "justice and fair
ness demand" the full restoration,
Mr.. Mcleod declared such a
restoration would alleviate hard
ships of thousands Of lowly-paid
Government workers.
The Washington times., 1935-01-10

IN CROSS-EXAMINING Jafse, Edward j. Reilly
defense counsel, asked him if he the John Con-
don" who consulted German work, "The Book of
Signs in the New York Public Library DR.. Condor
said mo-, and declared he had taken any book
out of the files there. Above is reproduction of
page from the German work with the symbol in the
Lindbergh ransom note superimposed on the center.
At the right is drawing of how the ransom symbol
made. International Photos.
The Washington times., 1935-01-10
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy, probably Oee0sion0I light
rain tonight; Friday, slightly colder.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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Mother, TwOSOns
Victims of River

OLEAN, N. Y, Jan. 9 G.N.sO.
Schoolmates today mourned the
deaths of Warren, 6, and Bruce
Pursell, Z, drowned with their
mother, Mrs. Alice M. Pursell,
while crossing the Allegheny
River in a small boat on their
way to school.
The Washington times., 1935-01-10
Mrs. SchWab Notes
92nd Anniversary

LOR ETTO, Pa, Jan. 10.
GN.S0.-Cheered by a visit from
her son, Mrs. Pauline Schwab,
mother Of CharleG M. Schwab,
the steel magnate, observed her
ninety-second birthday anniver-
Sary here today.
Except for the visit of the
steel magnate, the occasion was
to be observed in a quiet man.
ner.
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PAST Of OLD TEACHER
DUG UP BY CHIEF
DEFENSE COUNSEL

COURTROOM, FLEMINGT0N, N. J., Jan. 10
QN.S). S).-sensation after sensation broke in court
today while Dr. John F. "Jafsie' Condor was under
going a. severe cross-examnation at the Hauptmann
trial.
"Jafsies" past was dragged out by Chief Defense
Counsel Reilly, who asked him if he wasn't trans
ferred from Public School No. 2 in Brooklyn, N Y. in
1902, "because of conduct unbecoming to gentle
man-because of your conduct with woman teacher?"
''No, sir! shouted DR.. Condor, beginning to look
tired under Mr.. Reillys merciless examination.
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Ready for Mails

Q.-From under the rock. Now
Doctor, you notice that the note
picked up from under the rock
bears no symbols, is that correct?
Alright, merely stamps; right.
Q.-And it also was enclosed in
(Continued on Page 10, Col. ~
, 1935-07-05
Politicians DweH
On States Rights
And Liberty'P Pleas

cles. The day was marked also BY
denials that the New Deal tends
To dictatorship.
Former President Hoover was one
who spoke OF the need for the pre-
servaticn OF individual liberty" An
other 70 speak on this subject was
Senator Byrd. Virginia democrat.
who praised George Washington's
views On per- onal freedom. Governor
1almadge OF Georgia a persistent
New Deal critic, raised the cry Of
states rights.
While these addresses were being
made to Fourth or July crowds.
President Roosevelt remained In the
White House. comforting for "a time
with house leaders on his tax-the-
wealth program.
The American Liberty League as
sailed the new tax program as a
transparent political gesture" ont
IN Kansas, Rush d. Holt DIV. Va,
the senate's youngest legislator. told
q Topeka gathering OF young demo-
crats that the most dangerous in
fluence In America today Is the
American Liberty League
Senator Russell D-GaD declared
II was utter folly" 10 say Mr.. Roose-
welt Is assuming d~ictatorial pow
ers. He said the president did not
and viii not yield TO demagogues."
, 1935-07-05
$500 PERSONS SPEND
DAY AT BEACH

The largest crowd OF people IN
two years gathered at the beaches
at Del Mar and on the mainland
beach from Boca Chica to the
mouth Of the Rio Grande over the
weekend.
A check at Del Mar showed ap-
proximately 5000 people on the
island. with an estimated $500 on
the mainland, for a grand total Of
$500 persons at the beaches.
The two jetties were lined from
end to end with fishermen through
out the day Thursday. Those on
the north jetty made fairly good
catches of Spanish mackerel in
spite Of the unsettled weather IN
the morning. A few reddish were
caught in the surf. and some fish
were caught on the south jetty.
A number OF boats we're out.
most Of them trolling near the pass
for Spanish mackerel. In the aft
ernon when the weather cleared
some went out for king mackerel.
The beach al Del Mar was light
ed up almost continuously Thursday
night from the fireworks Of the
thousands Of people who gathered
to celebrate.
A check Friday revealed no &C
cidents in the beach section.
, 1935-07-05

The Saar is the most denseiy
populated area in Europe, having
more than 1000 persons per square
mile.
, 1935-07-05

Auto Supply, McAIlen. first; Spec
.alty Baking Co. McAlIen, second;
Lynn Spraying Co, McAllen, third.
Chamber OF commerce section
Mission Chamber OF Commerce, first.
Special mention was given McAllen
Chamber OF Commerce. whose entry
was not considered for judging.
Stunt section-McAllen Fire De-
partent won both first and second
places with their "bucking" fire
truck. equipped with off-center
wheels, and their bucking donkey
and cowboy. Verne Miller, Earl
Ziebel and Jess Watson manned the
fire truck. while Raymond Virdell
attempted to ride the donkey.
The annual terrapin derby az Nc
Allen high school athletic field at
tracted lis entries and hundreds OF
persons. A dark horse" galloped
home ahead Of q number Of we'll
known speedsters IN this race, W. w.
Dodd's Rusty" winning by several
lengths. southwestern Life" enter
ed by I. A. Patton Of McAllen, lop-
cd IN to get second honors, while
Fire Chief G. II. Britton's "Chief"
ran third. p. Z. Monty" Montgom-
cry, publisher CT the Rio Grande
Herald at Rio Grande City, sponsor
Of Hill Billy" which carried the
number, I'LL" said his "steed' was
among the "also-rans." "Hil Bnly"
was the most widely publicized en-
try In derby. The winner received
a purse Of s28.75.
The Mission 30-30 Rifles stopped
the McAllen Lions. 5 to /. in a game
played before a large crowd at L.
gicn Park during the afternoon.
Miss June Gray OF McAllen, rep
~resenting j. w. Davis Electric COM
nany. won first place at the annual
bathing revue az Cascade Pool Wed
nesday night. Miss Betty Roberts,
representing Palmer Paint and
raper People. placed second. while
Miss Ruth McRee. as Miss j. c.
Penney" WIS given third.
Brownsville entries scored heavily
in the HEIRESS-LOVE directed by Har-
~ Merits, winning three cups.
In the ladies' three-gaited class.
"Chattor. owned by w. r. Adams
~~d ridden By Miss Margaret Mon
-ca, took first honors.
"ChattOf also took first IN gen
'cnen's three-gaitAd class with
r.rl Thomas OF Brownsville as
rider.
"Chatto" scored another first IN
The polo class with Harl Thomas
up.
Chief. owned by Clarence Ragan
and ridden by Miss Salome Meal
len. placed third In the ladies' five
gated class. The other results
were not available at a late hour
Friday.