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concern, Mrs. Redfern inquired eagerly
for details of Alfred Harred's story.
TT is fantastic story" she
observed. Il wonder how true 1t Is.
I would rather wait for further in
formation before placing much faith
in the story. There have been 50
many like it in late years."
ROCH's STORY OF DISCOVERY.
tcopyright. 1886. by the Associated Prsss.)
COLON, Panama, February 90
Tom Roch, the German-American ad-
venturer, last May 81 produced bat
tered diary to corrcborate his oft-dis-
believed tale that Paul Redfern, the
American aviator vino has been miss
ing nearly eight years, is alive in a
South American jungle.
Redfern, he claims, is crippled and
living with Indians - too badly
smashed up in a plane crash to move
without the assistance Of an expedi-
ton.
Roch had reached the Canal Zone
recently from South America, was ar
rested as avagrant and told his tale
Of Redfern.
Here is Roch's story:
During q trip up the Amazon, Roch
met three jungle Indians. They mo-
toned to him to follow them. He
padded his cayuco "a small South
American native boab up a little
river and entered large lake.
After two or three hours on this
lake he saw village containing near
ly 100 huts. The Indians housed him
there and he endeavored to talk to
them in both Portuguese (the ma
tional language of BraziD and Span
ish, but they were unable to converse
in those languages.
In this village he lived and fished
with the Indians for q week. There
came q day when Chief Kirikiriscoto
of the tribe occupying the village
came to him and pointed at the diff
ferences in the coloring of their skins
in an effort to tell Roch that an
other white man was further up the
lake.
"It took me two or three days to
figure out what ne was trying to tell
me-" said Roch.
Finally, with two guides, Roch en-
tered the cayuco and padded along
the lake. One Of the guides drew q
picture Of bird on the sand and
attempted to say by the sign language
| that a white man had flown down
from the sky, adding, with more ges-
lures, that he was hardly able to
move.
Roch wrote q note which he dis
patched with the Indian. saying,
please send me your name and con-
dition on banana leaf"
He said the Indian returned with
a palm leaf on which was written
with charcoal: II am an American
pilot and have been here i've years
and am crippled. Please come over
and see me. Nx773. Paul Redfern." I"
Refused 70 Render Aid.
Roch asserts that at the time he
did not know who Redfern was.
He says he went on till he reached
. hut In which Redfern. helpless and
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unable to return alone to civilization,
was living. He asked his Indian
guides to assist him in carrying Red
fern out, but the guides. harboring the
white man under a medicine man
superstition" refused to render aid.
Roch said that Redfern's hut was
on piles about feet above the ground.
that it was thatched with palm leaves
and that the fabric from airplane
wings was used as a door flap to keep
out the mosquitoes at night. Their
meeting, said Roch. was as follows:
Roch-Hello, mister. What's the
matter with you?
Redfern-Hello, yourself. What's
your name?
Says Roch: "He was approximately
E1a feet tall and of small build. He
has dark hair, a mark on his neck
under the left side of the chin and a
spot on his left eye. He had dark
eyes, but am not sure whether they
were brown or black. I tried the BEST
I could with every finesse to bring
him out with the two Indians, but the
Indians would no. do it. I could not
take him out alone, because 1t is too
dangerous to navigate the rapids OF
Rio jerry"
Left Brunswick in 1927.
He asserted that Redfern told him
he took of from Brunswick, Ga. at
8 am, August IS, 1927. on his birth
d.v onniyorsarv in an attempt to fly
to Rio de Janeiro.
Redfern told him, he said, that on
his fight he passed Norwegian snip
Christian Crogh, $50 miles from
Trinidad, the ship giving him his
nosition. Later he few over Margarita
island and Campano, q little north OF
trinidad. then saw the mail men In
a motorboat going southwest in the
direction of the Orinoco at pm
apparently AugA 2S.
He said he intended to follow the
coast to Brazil and passed 100 miles
cost. of Gurata, so miles below George
town. passed Chutbourgh and San
andres. but he did not locate Cleve-
land or the Rio Ayapuca. He saw a
Are burning at what he believes was
Macapa at 8 o'clock that night and
had intended to pass over the Rio
xineu and the Matto Crosse and
Maranao, but did not see them.
Then, Roch says Redfern told him,
he crashed into mountain.
Roch declared that Frank Buck, the
wild animal hunter, and Armand
nennis OF the Eastman Kodak Co.
would bear out his claim that he was
a Jungle explorer. He claims he owns
two farms near Auburn, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
TENANT FARMERS
TO CONVENE HERE
Convention Planned Next Month
to Impress Problems on
Congress.

The Southern Tenant Farmers
Union, claiming $4,000 members in six
States, plans to hold convention here
next month to impress its problems on
Congress. it was disclosed today
An unsuccessful struggle was waged
at the last session of Congress to pass
a bill authorizing Government loans to
share choppers and tenants to help
them buy farms.
Announcement of the forthcoming
convention followed mass meeting
last night during which revolt in the
cotton field was pictured. The session
was presided over by Msgr. John A.
Ryan, rector of Catholic University
and president of the National Catholic
Welfare Council.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
PISTOL THREATS TOLD
Mrs. Spreckels Accuses Husband
at Hearing.

LOS ANGELES, February 20 (P.-
winsome Roxana Gloria Spreckels
told a divorce trial jury yesterday she
twice covered in fear of her life while
her millionaire husband, John D.
Spreckels, III, stood over her with a
loaded pistol.
The sugar heir, in his cross-suit,
denies his wife's assertion she needs
$1,000 month for the support Of her.
self and their 10-month-old son. He
fixed the amount necessary for her
at $3.50 a month. He charged her
with possessing violent temper and
becoming intoxicated on various occa-
Siong
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FIRE TAKEN TO TOWN

OKLAHOMA CITY OP.-An inter.
urban car speeded into Oakland City
with fire in the baggage compart-
ment. but the 40 passengers couldn't
be interested.
To them it was an old story.
It was the third time the ccmpart-
ment had caught fire during a short
trip here from Edmond. An over
heated stove was the cause.
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FAMILY's HOPES RAISED.
Redfern's Father Receives Letter
From Art Williams.


COLUMBIA, S. c., February 20
P).-Mrs. A. j. Bedenbaugh, sister
of Paul Redfern, long missing aviator,
said today DR.. Frederick Redtern, their
father, had received letter from one
of the searchers recently saying the
approximate place that the aviator dis
appeared had been located.
The letter, from Art williams, one
of the flyers of the search party,
related experiences of the jungle hunt
for Redfern, who crashed in 1927, and
gave details of information which lee
the party to believe his rescue was near
at hand.
Mrs. Bedenbaugh said members of
the family were "overjoyed" at the
news he had been found, confirming
long belief of his father that he had
not crashed fatally or been drowned
on his Georgia to- Brazil flight, and
looked forward to his escape from the
jungle tribe holding him.
DR.. Redfern, a professor at Benedict
College. was not available at once for
q statement.
WIFE Is HOPEFUL.
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Gables Trinidad Consul to Probe State
ment by Haired.


| BY the Associated Press.
The State Department today cabled
instructions to the American consul
at Trinidad, British West Indies, to
investigate the statement by Alfred
Haired at Georgetown, British Guiana,
that he had seen and talked to Paul
Redfern. missing American aviator.
The department asked the consul at
Trinidad, the nearest place of Ameri-
can representation, to seek further
information from Haired, whose story
was the first report that any outsider
actually had contacted the missing
flyer.
Gibson Report Revealed.
Coincidently, the State Department
made public a report from Ambassa-
dor Hugh Gibson at Rio de Janeiro
dated February 8, asserting the Bra
lillian foreign Office was working
through its boundary commission
along the British Guiana border to
establish the authenticity of the re-
port Redfern was alive.
The Ambassador report was based
on information said to have been sup
piled by Art Williams, an American
aviator employed by the British
Boundary Commission as transport
| contractor, with whom Haired said
he made the flight ending in their dis
covery of the missing aviator.
Ambassador Gibson reported the re-
ceipt by the Brazilian foreign office
| of a telegram from the head OF that
governments boundary commission
! concerning Redfern. The commits
sioner quoted radio message from a
| Brazilian major, Pojucan, a represen-
tative of the commission on the head.
! waters of the east branch of the Cor.
entyne River.
New Expedition Asked.
Williams and another American
from the same English airplane have
! been in village where Redfern Is
supposed to be. have received from
Woodson (secretary of the British
Boundary Commission word thai
Williams proposes a new expedition
to liberate the aviator Redfern anc
seeks our aid. May we count on your
approval of collaboration to obtain
permission from the Brazilian gov.
ernment. (signed Phipps.' Phipp.
is head of the British Boundary Com
misSion.)
THE ilot (Williams) has been ir
the village where the aviator Redferr
is supposed to be. The Indians ART
friendly and yet distrustful; when h
asked for Redfern they ordered him Il
depart. (Signe0 Pojucan."
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DAY TO BE MARKED
BY SONS OF LEGION
Entertainment Program Arranged
and Essay Medals Will Be
Awarded.

Fort Stevens Post and Squadron of
the Sons of the American Legion will
conduct their celebration Of George
Washington's birthday anniversary to-
morrow at pm. in the auditorium of
the Paul Junior High School, Eighth
and Oglethorpe streets.
An entertainment program designed
to appeal to the youth has been ar
ranged, according to Comdr. John D.
Kiley. Medals will be awarded to win
ners in the essay contest conducted in
grade schools by the post and squadron
Evening star., 1936-02-20

spell for the Middle West the first part
Of next week.
He termed the current cold wave a
miniature return of the ice age and
said it followed the Keewatin lobe of
the glacier which millions of years ago
covered what is now Chicago.
New Cold Wave Hits U. s.
Meanwhile, a new cold wave from
Canada today Cancelled the Nations
brief respite from Arctic weather.
The icy blasts were renewed when
a low-pressure area that promised
to keep things a little warmer was
shunted of the western slopes of
the Rockies.
Temperatures rose from to Is
degrees east of the Rockies, except in
New England, during the night, but
the weather man predicted they would
drop during the next day or two.
Despite the milder weather the mer-
curry still was 20 to 80 degrees below
normal, he said
The zero line, which cut across
Northern Nebraska and Iowa to
Michigan this morning. was due to
stretch Southwark over Nebraska and
Iowa tonight.
"a Below in Montana.
First point to feel the shock of the
new cold was Havre, Mont, where the
column sank to "a below zero over
night. The cold was expected to reach
Chicago tomorrow.
The Grand Rapids, Mich. public
service director said ice jams were q
flood menace and announced he would
request the War Department to drop
bombs on the ice from planes.
A 90-mile ice gorge in the Ohio
River from Owensboro to Uniontown,
KY. froze shut again after breaking
and moving 100 feet during the night
Evening star., 1936-02-20
MRS. CUNNINGHAM, Fl,
DIES AFTER ILLNESS

Mrs. Beatrice M. Cunningham. 81,
of 1923 Twenty-second street. wife OF
Gilbert F. Cunningham, golf profess
sional of the Burning Tree Golf Club,
died today in Georgetown University
Hospital after a short illness.
She is survived by her husband,
a 1-month-old daughter. her mother,
Mrs. Anna Wilson of this city. and a
sister, Mrs. Audrey Sartor of Cherry
dale, Va. Mrs. Cunningham was q
native of Alexandria, Va.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced later.
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deliver the prin-
cipal address at
the M d W j n ter
on v o cation of
George Washing
ton University, to
be held at Consti-
tuition Hall at 8
pm. Saturday.
A p proximately
100 students will
receive certificates
a n q degrees. 1t
was announced.
DR.. Joseph H.
Sizoo. pastor of
New York Avenue
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Church, will pronounce the invocation
and DIR. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
of the university, will deliver the
charge to the graduates and confer
the degrees.
A musical program will be present.
ed by John Russell Mason, organist.
and George Gaul of the National
Symphony Orchestra. The ceremonies
will open with the usual academic
procession of faculty and students.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
LUCAS RITES TOMORROW
Tydro-electric Engineer to Be
Buried in Mount Oliyet.

Funeral services for George w. Lucas,
So, hydro-electric engineer, will be held
at am. tomorrow in st. Paul's Cath
olic Church following brief services at
the residence, 1923 r street. Rev. j.
Lawrence Kilkenny, assistant pastor
at st. Paul's, will officiate. Burial will
be In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Lucas died at his home Tuesday
night. Besides his widow, three sisters
and two brothers, he leaves a STEP
son, Reynald c. Feldt.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
WIFE is HOPEFUL

Inquiries Eagerly for Details Of Re.
porter's Story.
CLEVELAND, February 20.-Mrs
Paul Redfern, informed q newspaper
man reported finding her missing ,hus-
band captive of native tribe in
Western British Guiana, exclaimed
today. ooh, hope it's true"
Reached by telephone at the Foote-
Burt Co., q machine manufacturing
Evening star., 1936-02-20
DR.. S. PARKES CADMAN
TO SPEAK FOR G. W. U.
Midwinter Convocation to Give
Certificates and Degrees to 100
Students Saturday.

Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, radio min
lister of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America, will
Evening star., 1936-02-20

Swedish Post Office 300 Years Old.
The Swedish post Office department
will observe the 300th anniversary of
its founding in 1886.
Evening star., 1936-02-20
WE'D so YEARS, DISAGREE
Wife Seeks Divorce, Charging
Cruel Treatment.

Cruel Treatment.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 20 (P).
Six months ago Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin F. Skelly observed their golden
wedding anniversary.
Yesterday Mrs. Skelly filed suit for
divorce, charging her mate was "cruel
and inhuman, sarcastic and cutting"
at a funeral to cut short her mourning
Evening star., 1936-02-20
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DANDRUFF
Falling Hair
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| rected by the NU-HAlR METHOD.
1t penetrates to the base of the
trouble where ordinary treatments
or tonics cannot possibly reach.
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Continued From First page.)
has been financed by Edward Sill,
Georgetown merchant.
Haired said that, in order to reach
Redfern. he and Williams had to
hike several days on foot from the
plane.
U. S. ASKS MORE INFORMATION.
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Japan Buys from U. ..
Japan imported three-fourths of
its new a cultural implements from
the United States last year.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15
France Suffers Big
 Diplomatic Defeat
(Continued from Page D

and might bring one measurably nearer. Young King Leopold's arl- nouncement of a foreign policy "ex- clusively and wholly Belgian" 1m- piled denunciation of the traditional Belgian French military alliance, caused abandonment of any hope here for a successful Locarno treaty conference and faced the govern ment with the apparent urgent necessity for pouring new millions of dollars into the Maginot line of for tifications facing Germany.
 Body Blow to France
 The announcement, made before a council of ministers in Brussels, reached the government, as 8 body blow, not through diplomatic channels, softened by warnings, but as a surprise through news agencies.
 It seemed to end Frances hope of broad regional alliances among groups of neighbor nations for sell protection against any aggresSor; It seemed to strengthen greatly Germany's idea of direct treaties between nations, one nation with another nation.
 It seemed to end hope for sub- stitute for the Locarno treaty, guaranteeing the peace of the west ern powers; it weakened the French frontier and it was a most serious blow to French prestige,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

alist counter-offensive west of Ma drid has failed and nationalist troops are attacking fiercely all along the 30 mile front. Government lead- CTS hoped that the nationalists might be stopped and that the be- lief would be confirmed that by advancing their lines too far the rebels had blundefed. But today they were so strongly on the offen- sive that urgent orders were issued to intensity the fertilization of the capitals suburbs and delegates of the interior and public works minis tries joined the high defense com- mittee to aid.
 Smash LoyaIist Lines
 Nationalists smashed at the loy- alist lines at Navalperal De Pinares, San Martin De Valdeiglesias, Santa Cruz De Retamar and in the Bar gasmocejon sector-in brief not only on the west Madrid front but all the way to Toledo in a great semi-circle. It was believed that the objective was a gigantic line strengthening operation which would leave the nationalistS on front ex- tending north-westward from Moce- jon to Navalperal. This front would extend 55 miles. From 1t, the na- tionalists could drive on to Aran- juez, 28 miles south of Madrid, to cut the only remaining railroad tc the east coast; to Illescas, 20 miles south of Madrid on the Toledo high way, and to Navalcarnera, 20 miles southwest of Madrid
 Have Only One Hope
 The principal hope here was that the offensive, centering for the pres- ent west of Madrid, was premature ly launched and would end in fail- ure. Authorities renewed their ap- pealS to civilians to enlist. Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionari" of the communist party, addressed a gi- gantic mass meeting at which she said: We must militarize the civil- ian population. All men and all ma terial must be utilized to build oui forts and trenches. We need more husbands at the front. Women oi Madrid, do not hinder yours iron going. It is better to be the widow of hero than the wife of a miser- able coward"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

(Continued from Page D the people in democratic institu- tions.
 "You have advocated confisca- tion of private property in your ad- vocacy of the destruction of pri- vate banks, without giving due thought to the chaos and confusion, disaster, and destruction which would result from a sudden reveral in this American form of financial practices. Surely, all communists are pleased with this doctrine. G
 Physical Brawls
 "And lastly, by your offer to phy- sically brawl with individuals who disagree with you and your prin- ciples, you have shown an ntoler- ance which aptly fits my concep- ton of the communist.
 "As to appeals to mob psychology in your recent broadcast, in which you stated that 8 stroke of the pen created 18 billion dollars worth of interest burden on the taxpayers, and that in turn created 36 billion hours of labor on the backs of the workers, let me say that that is the ultimate of fantastic misState- mcnt. The stroke of the pen signs death warrants, treaties, trade agreements, and every other form of agreement between humans, but back of the pen stroke, is the law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIs- TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, October 18th. 1886. late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the estate to, exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly ate tested, within said time. will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are request-
 ROSE WHELAN, 1O-15-3t Administratrix.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

of this democracy, which wage earners, at least, agree ought to be changed only in Q constitutional manEer.
 KneeI At Same Altar
 "As one who kneels at the same altar as yourself, 1t is hard for me to reconcile your venomous att tacks, your unChristian denounce- ments with the teachings of our faith, which received in my boy hood.
 Stand Before Mirror
 "Let me at this time urge you to stand before mirror and to listen with the ears of 8 true priest, to some of your recent utterances, and I am quite sure that if you do this, you will be obliged to impose upon yourself such a penance, that all the days of your life would not suf- flee in which to make an adequate atonement.
 My humble opinion is, that the fullest measure of penance that could be imposed on any one suf- fering from a grandiose complex would be a deep, total and utter si- lence.
 Remove Church Insignia
 "In conclusion, might I suggest that in view of the fact that you wear the vestment of 8 highly re- spected church which is loved by millions of wage earners in Amer ica, that if you continue to be 8 truce representative of Joe Stalin of Russia, you ought at least re- move from your person the insignia of that great church"
 peacoclr feathers are considered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

(Continued from Page lJ sent to relieve the besieged garrison at oyiedo had effected contact with the defenders and must soon pene- trate the city streets and be light ing hand to hand the miners trying to overwhelm the garrison.
 Hints that the loyalist (leftist) towns on the east coast were going to be bombarded by the rebel fleet continued.
 Madrid admitted @ severe aerial bombardment of Malaga yesterday One bomb ignited a gasoline tank and another, 1t was asserted, fell on 8 German freighter in the haroor, but did not explode.
 Serious Situation
 The position of the Mardid gov ernment at the moment was per- haps the most serious since the start of the civil war three months ago.
 Only yesterday, there were high hopes of a great offensive by the leftist troops on the WeSt-Madrio front. These were blasted. The troops who went westward yesterday were seen by a United Press Cor respondent pouring back from the front, in retreat.
 Unless the nationalists-as the leftists have hoped-prove to have extended their lines too far, and their present attack west of the capital was stopped quickly, the siege of Madrid would be on in fact.
 A brief United Press dispatch from Salamanca revealed that the nationalist hign command after a series of conferences completed its entire plan for the capture of Ma drid.
 It was intimated that there would be no race toward the capital but that the advance would be a delib- crate one which, when started, the nationalists would intend to consti- ute e steam roller moving slowly and irresistibly.
 BY IRVING PFLAUM
 Copyright 19S6 by United Press)
 Madrid. Oct. 15-(UP)-The loy-