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The Washington times., 1936-07-28
HOTEL MAID.
BARES NEW
MYSTERY
Room Found Barred
From Inside Hours
After Staying
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

ASHEVILLE, N. c., July %
0.N.SO. The murder of Helen
Clevenger, New York University
coed, in Room 224 of the Battery
Park Hotel, became more Of an
enigma than ever today as the
local investigation struck snags
and a new angle developed 1000
miles away.
Prof. w. L. Clevenger, the slain
girls uncle, who had been de-
tanned in the county Jail by Sheriff
Laurence e. Brown for question.
ing, was at liberty: After spend
ing the night at the home Of
friend near here, the profS R2r
made preparations to motol 70
his home in Raleigh, N. G.
Sheriff Brown, meanwhile. be-
came interested in an unofficial
report he received from Boston
that a newspaper had sent a cor
respondent to a Maine resort to
interview Mrs. N. M. Cowdin who,
with Miss Lydia EverSon, Of Bel
mont, Mass, occupied Room 225,
next door to Room 224, the night
of the tragedy.
Heard Pleading Voice
According to information reach
ing the sheriff, Mrs. Cowdin was
quoted as having said that ABOUT
/ a. M, July Is, she hearo p1teous
pleading and anguiShed words
emanating from Room 224. Miss
Everson previously had been re-
ported as saying she heard mans
cultured voice" in the darkened
Room 224. Shortly before the girl
screamed Miss EverSon was quoted
as saying the man said:
Gust a minute and you'll be
all right, Molly"
Prof. Clevenger said so far as
he knew no one had ever referred
to Miss Clevenger as Molly" He
SaidI
"She had no such nickname.
Her middle name was Irene"
It was Prof. Clevenger who
found the body of Miss Clevenger
at $3.50 o'clock on the morning Of
July 16. She had been beaten
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
u. s. Lives
In Peril
At VigO
BY LEE DICKSON
Copyright. 1896. by International
News SerVice)

ABOARD U. S. S. OKLAHOMA,
off Bilbao, Spain, July %. QN.S0.
Grave fears are felt for the safety
of 20 Americans who fled the Vigo
district with the approach of
Sanguinary fighting and attempt
ed to make their way southwark
across the Portuguese border, w.
w. Corcoran, United States Consul
at Vigo, radioed the Oklahoma this
morning.
Corcoran added that about 40
Americans, Cubans and Pana-
manianS remain in the district
and he requested that an Ameri-
can warship stand by, ready to
take them off.
Editors Note-In dispatches
to the State Department at Wash
ington, Corcoran yesterday re-
ported an extremely grave Situa-
ton was developing at Vigo and
added that he was evacuating %
Americans and CubanS aboard a
British cruiser at once)
The situation at Bilbao remains
the same with the renewed out
break of serious fighting momen-
tarily expected. No officers or
members of the crew of any of the
foreign ships now stationed off
the coast, including the German
pocket battleShip Deutschland,
and the British destroyer WiShart,
are permitted ashore.
The American cruiser Quincy
wireleSsed the Oklahoma that she
had evacuated Paul Raymond JEFF
fords and Mrs. JeffordS, of Garth
age, Mo-, from the little village of
Motril, east of Malaga, and had
arrived at Alicante on the south
east coast Of Spain this morning.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
TIMES INDEX

Don't miss. the search for
POpeye'S POppa, a new series
starting in Thimble Theater by
Alan Segar on Monday in The
Times.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Bull Fighters Offer
To Battle Insurgents

MADRID, July %. Q.N.SO.
Bull fighters turned into insur-
gent fighters today when their
union, the MatadorS' Association,
placed it's membership at the dis
posal of the radical government.
Seventy bull fighters, including
some of the most famous, have
already enrolled in the govern
ment militia.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
INSURGENTS FEAR
RED TERROR RULE
IN CAPITAL
Developments i1a Spain:

Developments tn SPAN:
Lashed on by fears of a red terror in Madrid,
insurgent officers have led their three north"
ern columns to within striking distance of the
capital, reports Fl. r. Knickerbocker (Story
on Page g.
Heavy losses were suffered by the insur-
gents, however, in an air raid by Is loyalist
bombing planes.
Other developments:
ABOARD u s. s. OKLAHOMA, OFF BILBoA, Spain
Grave fears felt for the safety Of 20 Americans who fled
the Vigo district with the approach of sangunary fighting
and attempted to make their way southwark the
Portuguese border W. W. Corcoran United States consul at
Vigo radioed the Oklahoma.
MADRID-The first of three insurgent columns fighting
through the Guadarrama Mountains neared Ell Escoria
SAN SEBASTIAN-During terrific rainstorm four reg
ments Of Fascists fought their way towards the city
ESTEP0NA - Six thousand insurgent invaders from
Morocco inflicted crushing losses loyasts at this point
halfway between Gibraltar and Malaga.
SARAG0SSA- columns neared Saragossa and its
early fall together with collapse Seville segova Cordova
and other points, Toledo fell yesterday predicted in
Madrid
VIGO-American Consul William Corcoran put % Amert-
and Cubans aboard British cruiser At Fuenterrab
San Sebastian Ambassador Claude G. Bowers prepared
to the Coast Guard cutter Cayuga into floating
embassy"
LoNDoN-The death toll in the Spanish civil to date
has reached 100000 estimated in Lisbon dispatch to
the Daily Mail
were shot dead by Moroccan regulars at La Lnea
HENDAYE, France-1nsurgent troops in the Loyola bar
racks outside of San Sebastian surrendered Internationally
today, it reported here.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
No Good Ad Nets
Honest Film House
Owner Nice Profit

GALLON, Ohio, July % G.N.SO.
Unimpressed by the double fea-
ture he had booked for his movie
house here, Henry FickenSher
added this line to his daily news
paper advertisement:
Neither one any good"
Today FickenSher was con-
WINGED it pays to be truthful. His
mo good" program netted $40
more than his previous double
feature.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
3 Dead, One Missing:
In Mountain Blaze

HAVRE, Mont. July %. G.N.S)
Three persons were dead and a
fourth missing today as forest
fires ragged over a 35-mile front in
the Little Rockies, northeast of
here. The dead are Cameron
Baker, of Havre, a Northwestern
University graduate; John Rowles,
of Landusky, Mont, and S. r.
Brockmeier, of Lowell, Mass. All
were members Of a United States
Geological Survey crew.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28

EDWARD L. POTTER, an
insurance salesman, shows
his friend, Ann Louise Reed,
4, where a lightning bolt
came through the window of
his home, GOT jefferson St.
N. W., struck him on the
neck and drove him to his
knees. 1T didn't hurt" said
Mr.. Potter, "only made my
neck feel a little numb"
(P. s. He carries lightning
in s ur ance.) International
News Photo by Washington
Times. (story on Local
Page.) .
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
Bond Suspects Held

BOSTON, July % GN.SO.-Sus-
pected robbers of more than $751;
900 in bonds from trust companies
in Baltimore and Philadelphia,
three alleged confidence men"
were held today. Police declined
to reveal their names and sum-
moned "dupes" of confidence
schemes to look the men over at a
lineup.
The Washington times., 1936-07-28
WASHINGTON FORECAST
MEAN TEMPERATURES

Showers tonight and tomorrow; slight
cooler tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
NEW HAVEN ROAD GETS MORE TIME
Given Until February 1 to File Its New Plan for
 Reorganization

New Haven, Conn, Oct. g. (UP) Federal Court Judge Carroll C.. Hincks today granted the New Haven Railroad an extension of time until February 1 in which to file plan of reorganization under section 77-B of the national bank ruptcy act.
 The plan was to have been sub- mitted today, nearly a year after the road went into bankruptcy and the court ordered its affairs placed in the hands of three trustees.
 Opposition to the extension was filed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and the Railroad Credit Corporation, which proposed an equity receiverShip be ordered and that the time for reorganiza- tion be extended to less than six months.
 Judge Had Knowledge
 In allowing the extension, Judge Hincks said that from personal knowledge of the roads affairs, he was aware of the impossibility of perfecting a reorganization plan be- fore the February I.
 The railroad cited among its req sons for prolonging the plan study that the June orderer of the inter- state commerce commission reduc- ing rates to two cents a mile, made future revenues and expenses un- certain. The undetermined effects of the railroad retirement act, tax
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
Estimates Supplied
 On Assessments For
 Waterbury And State
Direct Deductions From Weekly Envelopes of Enl- plOyes Effective in 1037-One Per Cent Assess
 nient at Start-GOv't to Share on Bonuses

Beginning with January list next, the federal government will drain from the city of Waterbury alone and estimated average of $36,OO0 each week, under the provisions of the social security act, according to study of this measure as applied to Waterbury payrolls. The total to be taken from the city in 1897 alone will reach approximately $1,872, 900, whuch must be paid in addition to all other taxes, direct and hidden, federal, state and local.
 Deductions
 DireSt deductions from the pay envelopes of local employees will be- gin at an estimated weekly average of 5000. This levy, which starts at one per cent of earnings and grad- ually increases, is assessed against the lowest paid, as well as the av- craze and higher paid of local work CTS. An employe making $20 week,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

Thomaston road last night as he was hunting racoons near the vicin- ity of the Torrington dumping grounds.
 Wooden sent in call to the local police department at 10:50 p. m. and a squad of officers in charge of Lieut.. Harry Copley was dispatched to the scene.
 Medical Examiner Harry B. Hanchett viewed the body and granted permission for its removal to the Gleeson mortuary.
 When last seen in Torrington the deceased had been rooming at the home of Mrs. c. Yuchanas of 103 Wall street. He left here last Good Friday and evidently met his death soon after, judging from the con- dition of his remains. No relatives have been found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
City to Pay $36 OOO Weekly Under Social Security Ac
his foreman almost Immediately.

1 his foreman almost immediately.
 Tn dismissing the finding. Cont missioner Lynch found that fhe ac- cident happened May 1e, 1o5o but that the claimant lost no working time until his operation, August @. 1886.
 Agreements filed ln the ollee 0f the compensation commissioner this morning, in which weekly payments will be made during permanent dis ability are as follows:
 William l.. Gilbert Clock Corp, Winsted and Alexander Sesko, Win- sted, injury to left hand, t14.5T be- ginning Oct. 9.
 Torrington O., Torrington, and Joseph Pietrafesa, Torrington. der- matitis of legs and arms, @ begin- ming August 21.
 Torrington Mfg. O., Torrington, and John B. Platen, II Cameron street, Torrington, injury to both hands, $21, beginning Oct. 1S.
 Torrington Go. and Jermialz Hickey, Torrington, injury to toes. $13.43, beginning Oct. 9.
 France has increased allotments to the unemplOyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
POLITICAL CLUB
 TO HOLD DEBATE
Lithuanian Citizen Group to Hear BrOnsky and
 Kolbeck Tonight
BROOKLYN NEWS

Unusual interest has been mani- fested in the political forum and debate tonight of the Lithuanian Citizens Political club at Venta hall, 103 Green street at 8 o'clock with William Jokubonis presiding.
 The principal speakers of the evening will be Attorney Albert J. Bronsky, republican nominee for state representative, and Alderman William J. Kolbeck. The gathering will be the first special meeting in several years and it is expected a large attendance will be present.
 Attorney Bronsky, who is the first man of Lithuanian extraction to be- come candidate for any state office in Connecticut, has already made great strides in his campaign, being included in the list of Lithuanians campaigning about the state on be- half of the entire slate. In addition to speaking in Venta hall tonight he will also appear at Grange hall in Mill Plain to addres sa republican rally there.
 Alderman Kolbeck will discuss the milk pasteurization bill now before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

the board of aldermen, explaining and interpreting the origin of the bill, and developments which may occur following its disposal.
 Brewers Dance
 The Waterbury branch of the Brewers union will sponsor a dance at 48 Green street hall Saturday night, October 31. The event will be in the form of Halloween fes- tival. Jack Fitzgerald's orchestra has been secured.
 Cal Kerwin has been named chairman of the committee, assisted by Louis Dreher, Jr., William Ma nancy, Vernon Pekock and George Wiehn.
 Junior Choir
 St. Joseph'S Junior choir will meet tonight in the Congress ave- nue school for a rehearsal at 7:45 o'clock. Miss Helen Wasilauskas is president.
 Personal Mention
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Loftus o1 Harriet avenue were recent visitors in Bloomingdale, N. Y.
 William Bulevich of Poplar place has resumed his studies at the Uni versity of Healing Arts in Hartford, after having spent several days at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. Martin Bulevich. MT. and Mrs. John F. Dunphy, Jr, of South Leonard street were recent visitors in Portsmouth, N. H. William Kelly of South Wilson street is visiting in Peekskill, N. Y.
 David Gordon of Congress avenue was recent visitor in Bronx, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
DISMISS CLAIM
 OF WARREN MAN
Atwood Fails to Make Dis. ability Request Within
 Prescibed Time

Failure to claim disability within the time prescribed in the hernia statute, is given by Compensation Commissioner James M. Lynch, as the reason for the dismissal of the claim for compensation brought by Clayton Atwood of Warren, Conn, against the Town of Warren.
 Atwood, as an employe of the Town of Warren, claimed to have suffered a hernia while attempting to lift stone from @ gutter during the course of his regular employ ment. He reported the incident to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

whole are striking. With Connecti- cuts present estimated taxable pay rolls of $758, ,732, ,042 the total amount to be taken from the state, including the one per cent deducted from the employees pay envelopes, the one per cent paid by the employers, and the two per cent for unemployment in- surance, will reach $30, $50 ,000 in 1887 alone. When the act is in full swing the amount to be drained from Con- necticut each year-based on present estimated payrolls- be $68,286,- 000 The total for the nation as @ whole will, of course, run into the billions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
LINKS LUCKY FOR DAY

Colorado Springs, Col. (UP)- Three holes-in-one were registered in one day on the Broadmoor golf course. Two of them were made on the 170-yard 18th hole and the other on the 136-yard 18th. The aces were all scored by out-of-state golfers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

Jack Benedict has been cast in the role of Colonel Mortimer Sherwood, an officer i'm the Colonial army, in the forthcoming production of the Waterbury Civic Theater, Inc, it was announced by Director James Furness today. The play will be presented at the Waterbury Women's club on the evenings of October 28 and 29.
 MT. Bendict appeared in the role of Henry in ''The Shining Hour" last season and previous to that he was an active member of the Old South Church players in Boston, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
SUICIDE NOTE FoILs ACT

Denver = (UP) A woman about to commit suicide by jumping off 8 bridge paused long enough to write Q second farewell note which proved the undoing of her plans. With ono foot on the railing of the bridge she stopped and before she could complete her note two patrolmen took her in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

CITY SEEKS TO GUARD BLIND
 Shelby, O. (UP)-White canes for blind persons have been suggested by Police Chief Leroy Coffey after several traffic mishaps in which pedestrians were not recognized as .sightless by motorists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

Czechoslovakia will permit the sale of gasoline for eight hours on Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
HUNTER FINDS
 BODY IN DUMP
Badly Decomposed Re- mains of John Rimasa-
 kas in TOrrington
Especial to The Democratl

Torrington, Oct. 23.-The badly decomposed body of John Rimasakas of this city wss discovered by Thom- as Wooden of the Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

and social security act, also were offere0 as further reason for the extension.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

France has increased allotments to the unemployed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

David Gordon of Congress avenue was a recent visitor in Bronx, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

William Kelly of South Wilson street is visiting in Peekskill, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

MT. and Mrs. John F. Dunphy,
 Jr, of South Leonard street were
 recent visitors in Portsmouth, N. H.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08

came ahead Of any partisan inter-
est. I believe that this was typical
Of the general attitude. In short,
this Administration in the begin
ming had less opposition than any
administration that has ever been
in power in the memory Of living
man. And now, in all fairness, I
believe it is time for us to check
results.
I just read q study by one Of
Americas leading economists who
has no political connections. He
has locked into the facts and he
finds the facts to be these: The
present Administration has made
the worst record ever made in the
history Of the United States in
bringing this country out Of q de-
preston. Never before, once we
reached the bottom. did it take
US so long to get out Of a depreS-
sion. And our recovery Is still un-
finished business.
Simple Justice
Where humanitarian legislation
is needed we must provide it.
Where labor or agriculture are
under disadvantages, these must
be removed. Where business is
being hamStrung so that it can
not furnish goods or jobs, we
must free them.
We must insist upon equal
rights for all-special advantages
for no interest or group. That is
simple justice. That is also the
only way we can prevent the rise
Of class feeling which, I am sorry
to say, is being foStered in high
places.
Anybody who tries to divide our
people against themselves is not
the friend of America
Mr., Kaltenborn: Well, Cover
nor, that is certainly an Interest
ing outline of your views as TO
the Republican party. Now. let
me ask you what about the Demo
cratic party? After all. they play
a part in the picture.
They're Not Democrats"
Governor Landon: First, l wan
to make it plain that I do moi
regard the Administration 81
washington as in any sense 9
Democratic administration. It
whole method Of procedure ha.
been contrary to the historic prin
ciples of the Democratic party
Certain Of its detectives have beer
good. But its method Of trying t.
reach them mostly bad.
Mr.. Kaltenborn: Well. Governor
let me shift the subject. I hear
lot of talk in the East about thu
possibility of prohibition comini
back to the United States. Now.
lot Of people in the so-called wet
States, knowing that you COM
from "dry" Kansas, are anxious
to know about the way you stant
on prohibition and several hav
The Washington times., 1936-05-08

made it a point to ask me to ask
you just what Is your attitude on
prohibition?
Governor Landon: I am glad
you asked that question. I do not
believe my position is misunder-
stood here in Kansas, and I do
not want to be misunderstood In
any other State. We, in this coun-
try, had q long national debate
over the wet and dry question.
The people rendered an over
whelming verdict on the question
Of the matter being returned to
the various States for such deci'
sion as their citi1enry wishes.
I accept that verdict, and I be
lieve that it is up to each State
to determine its own policy on
liquor, subject, Of course, to sec.
ton 2 of the Twenty-firSt amend
The Washington times., 1936-05-08

and in their ability to work out
their own problems. We find in
almost every depression there are
q certain percentage Of people who
lose confidence in themselves.
They begin to doubt whether they
are really capable Of getting out
of the difficulties, and II Is usu-
ally at this point that someone
comes along with the idea Of find
ing o super-man and turning 1t
all over to him. To repeat what
have said before, what we need
most in order to 60 ahead in this
country Is o revival Of confidence
by the American people in them
selves.
Means Of Education
Mr., Kaltenborn: Well. Cover
nor, just how do you think we
should go about restoring that
confidence?
Governor Landon: We have q
presidential campaign coming on,
Mr.. Kaltenborn, and contrary to
some opinion I believe that q pres
idential campaign can be made q
great means Of public education.
one that will inform the public
and give the people q chance to
study and understand what the
real issues are.
Mr.. Kaltenborn: I certainly
agree with that.
Governor Landon: You must
realize that for three and q halt
years we have had only one side
Of the story. We have been up
against the greatest political
propaganda machine that this
country has ever seen. The worst
of it is, it is being paid for out OF
the public treasury.
Mr.. Kaltenborn: Well, Gov
ernor, what methods would you
use to get the people to a true
understanding of what the real is
sues are?
Governor Landon: First I would
enlist the united effort Of all
those people who have stopped to
think what this Administration
in Washington is letting US in for.
We must make these people ap-
preciate that during the next six
months this is the most important
cause to which they can devote
their time and effort.
Simple Issues
In planning our campaign, the
issues must be made so simple and
clear that every man and woman
can understand them and be able
to apply them to their own lives,
their own future and above all to
the future Of their children. Then
these issues must be personally
carried to each and every voter \
exactly those terms.
If that is done, I haven't any
doubt as to the results.
Mr.. Kaltenborn: Well, let's get
down to the Republican party.
What line Of action should that
party take?
Governor Landon: Mr.. Kalten-