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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

Call1ornia, ana buuges IRIS WILL DC subject to change up to within one hour before the doubles, scheduled for Sunday.
 Australia will depend on two- man team--Jack Crawford and Adrian Quist, who won the all- England doubles title last year at Wimbledon. Each will play. two singles and pair for the doubles.
 The opening day draw pits Quist againest Allison and Crawford against Budge. Doubles will be played Sunday with tornorrow's pairings reversed for Mondays other two singles.
 Allison, winner of the American championship last year and Davis cup player for years, was given the singles berth over little Bitsy Grant of Atlanta because of his experience ad the fact that he is the nations No. 1 player.
 The Texas ace has been slow rounding into form but the Davis
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
QUEEN MARY MAY BREAK RECORDS
British Ship Captain Says He Is Not Seeking
 That Result
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE lIlnikad Press Gable Edlk0rl

Nf4SArAS A@e4eeO-
 Aboard s. s. Queen Mary, Tn Route To New York, May 2o-(Ur) With Q fresh northeast breeze blowing and Q moderate sea rilgl- ming, the Queen Mary at noon to- day had travelled 747 miles In the last 24 hours. sTs
 The distance run at an average speed of 29.88 knots gave Great Britain's proudest ship an excels lent chance to break the North At- lantic speed record established by the French liner Normandie on her maiden voyage last year.
 NOrmandie First Day
 On her first days run the Nors mandie did TIA miles, three miles under the Queen Mary's distance for the 24 hours ending at noon. on another days run, however, the Normandie travelled 748 miles.
 Our noon position was latitude 47.22 north, longitude 28.27 west.
 The increase in speed from m average of 28 knots on the first day out to 2D.08 knots on the second day out is slifiicient to set Q record considering the ability of the Queen Mary to speed up at any time. Her 100000 horsepower engines have nos yet been let out fully.
 All is well aboard with the 1905 passengers and 1,l0i members nS the crew.
 Seeking No Record as
 Sir Edgar Britten, in commaIlds stuck to his assertion that he was making Q scheduled voyage, and it has been insisted that the Queen Mary will not make . real bid tor
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Final Nelus Flashes
TOWNSEND CALLED HARD NAMES

Washington, May 29.- -(UPl-Rep. stephen M. Young, d, Ohio, denounced the Townsend old age pension plan on the house floor today as s'iust another racket to take money from the aged" Praising the house action in citing Dr. Francis D. Townsend, and two of his lieutenants for contempt, Young branded the 70-year-old physician "a racketeer, an agitator fraud and charlatan." His organization used the mail to .defraud," Young said. "He should be punished for his defiance of the house. The scheme is fan tastic, full of disillusionment, and vii prove bitter disappointment to its followers"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

broadcast what the KanSan'B Sups porters called Ian attempt to smeae Landon with oil"
 Against the liberal BorAh's "at- tack"they placed the liberal Pin. chot's favorable comments ana contended that the one effectively cancelled out the other.
 Attack May Help LandOn
 The fact that Borah attacked the conservative eastern faction of tho party led by Charles g. Hilles Of New York was interpreted as leaY@ ing Landon with . positive margin of strength over the Idaho senator Landon leaders had feared Borah and Hilles might get together t0 ''stop" the Kansan at the Cleveland convention. Apparently lending weight to the belief that the Hitiea group favored Landon was the re@ port that the Kansas governor WIS acquiring ballot strength amone
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
BOMB
 DANCER ON SEAS

London, May 29-(U.P.) - Some where on the Atlantic, the 1.400 ton British frelghter Santa Maria, 8 veritable floating bomb, sought Q haven today. It was one of the los- CTS in the Italian Ethiopian war. For the war ended while 1t was on its way to Ethiopia with Q cargo of explosives. Now, for weeks, 1t has sought a port where it can sell its cargo, and 1t is reported to be en route either to Arabia or China.
 Leased to . Finnish company, the little ship left Finland with 200 in- cendiary bombs. four machine guns. three alrplanes and two tons oi TINT, suflcient to blow up city. Half a dozen ports have refused t permission to land its carg0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
BANK BOUGHT
 WHOLE VILLAGE

Springfield, Mass, May 20-(UP) -The Springfield Five Cents Saw ings Bank bought the entire village of Crescent Mills for $50,0O0 at an auction here yesterday. The sale followed foreclosing of a mortgage on the property, formerly owned by Chapin k Gould Paper company. The village comprises a paper mill on Westfield river. Q mill tenement block and several one family houses. Included for good measure was timberland in Huntington, Blandford and Montgomery. The village is located in the town Of Russell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
COL. McMULLEN
 IS DISMISSED

Washington, May 20.-(UP).-Col. Joseph I. McMullen, recently con- victed by e District of Columbia court of receiving pay as an attor- ney for corporation while a menl- Der of the adjutant generals office, was discharge from the army to- day.
 McMuilen recently was tried by an army court martial on Q charge of accepting two railroad tickets to california from Joseph Silverman, a dealer in army supplies, while he liaid office. His punishment for that was domotlon to the bottom of the list Of colonelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
SCADDINC HAD
 AN OPERAT ON

Halifax, May 2S.-(uP) !--Alfred scadding, one of the two men who survived the Moose River mine tragedy a month ago, underwent an operation in Q hospital here today in which all of the toes on his left foot were amputated. E .l
 Scadding suffered Q gangrenous infection in his feet after being tak- en from the mine where he was entombed more than . week. Physi- clans said that the toes on his right foot would have to be sraputated but they had not determined when this would be done. scadding's condition was reported satisfactory after the operation,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
SENATOR BORAH HITS HIS PARTY
Paves Way to Desert at Proper Time = Appeals
 to Party Masses
BY LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 Washington, May 29.-(UP).-A thinly disguised challenge to Gov- ernor Ali M. Landon's presidential candidacy and 8 direct appeal to party masses to repudi- ate four notable old guard leaders echoed today in Senator William E. Borah's final address in quest Of the z. o. D. nomination. Borah warned that the nation must choose between Q decentralization of corporate economic power and a possibly revolutionary concentration of governmental power. AS exam. ples of concentrated governmental power he cited Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Russia, His speech, broadcast last night, more clearly defined his poe tentialities of @ Borah bolt than any preceding 1t. Borah made "anti" monopoly" the top issue of his wind up campaign speech. He said the choice between continued centrali- zation of industrial power and ex- pansion of federal power - cofiStt. tutionally or otherwise = was per- fectly evident.
 Final Word of Warning
 ''What the party woes under pres- ent conditions, therefore" he said, T must regard as final" That language was interpreted here to mean that if his advice as to norni. nee and platform are ignored m Cleveland he will refuse to support the republican nominee. Calling upon the voters to repudiate the republican leadership Of Charles D. Hilles of New York, J. Henry Rora-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
NAME OFFICERS
 IN TYPO UNION
Charles P. Howard Slate Probably Will Carry
 Off Elections

Indianapolis, Ind, May 20-(UP) collection of Charles P, Howard, Indianapolis, as president of the In- ternational Typographical Union was indicated today. He received 7.453 votes as compared to 0.778 for Hugh McGanr, Houston. Texas.
 The incomplete vote for members of the executive council follows:
 First vice president, 0. M. Baker, Indianapolis, 0,233; Charles P. Laf- fin, Hartford. Conn, 6,637: second vice president, Francis G. Barrett, Indianapolis, 7.0l4; William P. Me- Connell. New York. 6.S60: and sec retary-treasurer, Woodruff Ram dolph. Indianapolis, e.234; c. ,. Des- per, Washington. 6,358.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
GREAT BRITAIN
 INCORES DEBT Conference Asked By U. s. Refused - France Is
 After New Loan
By CLIFFORD [. DAY

Copyright. 19Se. By United Press)
 London, May 20.-- (UP) = The United States today indicated read. mess to reopen the whole question of Great Britain'S war debt to America but the British, mindful that another payment is due June 16, declined. The American offer was revealed when the foreign office received the customary D. s. de- partment of state reminder that an. other installment on Britain's war debt is about to fall due. The routine reminder, a mere formality since Britain ceased making even token" payments to the United States, dif- fered from the ordinary somewhat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
{. JAILED AFTER 21 YEARS

Maiden, Mass, May 29.-( )-Twenty- one years ago James D. Finn was fined $25 on a minor charge but couldn' raise the money imme- diately. The court granted an extension. Yes terday Finn asked Judge Elbridge c. Davis for few days more to raise the money. He was in- formed the court had waited long enough and was ordered to jail until the old fine is paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
REGISTRAR OF
 VOTERS INJURED

New Haven, Conn. May 2D--( (Upl August Erich. so. republican sen- eraI registrar of voters, wae in- iured critically early today when hsl Automobile struck an Iron pole after getting out of control on a central street.
 He suffered . possible skull frac. aafe. broken left leg, chest injuries @nd laceratlons of the face and body.
 rollce believed ho had fallen asleep at the steering wheel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Pinchot Speech GiDen
 AS Offset To Attacks ByMaho Senator
Ex-Gov. PinchOt May Be Slated f0l Second Place on Landon Ticket;
 Hoover Invited By Fletcher E

Topeka, Kans, May 29 = (UP) - Landon leaders tC- day weighed last nights radio speech of Senator William
 Borah against remarks of former Governor Clifford Pnchot of Pennsylvania added reports of eastern support ana wound up with answer which they believed gave ther dentia nomination While Pinchot visiting Governor Ali M. Landon in the governors mansion here, Borah
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 29--(UP)--Govs ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year to May 2tp as compared with a year ago:
 Thln Year Expenses Lnnt Yeqw $6,602, 2,473,12S.49 $6,4S1,4S6,73S.z ss.571. .s1s.5SS.Os ss.ssO. .Os7.ss4.2S $2,ss1. .26O.57s.43 ss.1i1. 1.4o77ltsoo $2.sss. .7s5. .5SS.ss si.s1e. .sss. .ss1.ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
lO4 YEAR OLD SLAVE THERE

Cambridge, Mass, May 28--(UP)--MFs. Frances Ann Whiting, 104-year-old former slave, was guest today at Memorial day exercises at Abraham Lincoln school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Allison. Budge Meet Australia II, Single Matches
Were Named Today in North American Zone Davis Cup Finals Gene Mako and Budge Will
 Be Doubles Team
BY HENRY McLRMORE United Press Staff COrrespondent)

Philadelphia, May 20 - (UP) - Winner Allison, national champion and Donald Budge red-haired California sar today named to play singles for the United States in the North American Zone Davis cup tennis finals begin ming here tomorrow against Australia.
 The American doubles team will consist of Gene Mako
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
STORY WRITER
 AT EXECUTIONS
Leslie Charteris Describes Death Chamber Scene
 as Four Youths Die

Telegraph Editors Note: Leslie CharteriS, British writer of nys- tery stories, whose sJiave charac- ter "The Saint" has tracked down criminals in such popular novels as "Salnt Overheard" and 'The Saint in New York;" covered for the United Press the final scene In Q real life crime last night. He describes In the following dis- patch the electrocutlon of four youths at Sing Sing prison.
 By LESLIE CHARTERS
 Copyright 1930, By United Press)
 Sing Sing Prison, N. Y., May &C., (UP)-I saw four men die in the electric chair. I wish every young man who has ever felt the lure of easy money could have been with me. Perhaps if those four had seen such 6 thing Q few years ago. I might not have watched them slouch one by one through the brown door over which is posted the one word silence" to be jolted into the last silence of all. Four men, young men
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
The Weather

Fair, Cool rOnlshts
 Unchanged Saturday Fun Wsnshse nsns Pnvs Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

Final Edition
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-20
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I ask me what l already knew.
Il know you visited Dow Van
Every's house last Monday night,
| Mrs. Bryce" / continued. ''Tomor-
row everyone will know"
"Lord!" The cigaret fell from her
! lips and rolled on the rug. re-
trieved it. &nd stamped it out. 'You
know thati"
"Yes. You let yourself in with a
key"
"You-told Captain Keyes?"
I was foolish then. I should hav1
said yes. Instead I said no.
"How do you know?" she flung at
me. I was watching her carefully.
On my guard.
Someone saw you and recognized
you"
"Then someone knows besides
your"
Eyes"
what shall I do?" she walled.
Another cigaret was lighted. and she
pulled at it frantically.
"You killed Margalo Younger?"
"No-no-that is the worst"
"You went up into the library?'
"Don't-for heavens sake-I'm go
ing insane. Dow is going to get .1e
away. can't stay here any
longer"
You can't leave New York, Mrs
Bryce. That is impossible"
Dow is going to get me away.
| called him tonight. and he is COM
ing here. He'll know some way.
There must be some way. can't
stand this-everything. everything,
tell you. is wrong. l didn't kill Mar
gallo Younger Oh. hated her. yes.
I wanted to see that night what she
was doing in Dow's house, spied on
him when he vent hack stage. saw
him come out with her-my taxi was
just behind his"
Miss Younger was with me. Mrs.
Bryce. Van Every did not know ner
until Monday night" l interrupted.
But he admired her. He went to
see her three times in her play"
perhaps he did"
II was jealous. Every time he
spoke Of her. saw that he was be-
ginning to love her. He told me he
admired her greatly. I thought he
l
have. He--I thought he loved only
me; would only love me. forever. AS
soon as Joyce was married. he prom
Used to marry me. I've been waiting
for that. too. for years."
I'm sure he still loves you"
felt I had to say something to calm
her.
"Oh. we've gone over all that.
Many times since Monday night. If
she. Margalo Younger had lived,
everything would have been different.
Dow would have loved her. Now he
still loves me. But always l think
he is thinking of her."
l remembered how pleased Van
Every had been when l had men
toned Margalo. How glad he was to
meet her. He had urged her to come
up to his house as much as I had.
And that simple introduction had led
to all this! Margalo. Laura Randall
ITO BE CONTINUED
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-20
FOresters Are to
Hold Conferences
On June 3 and 4
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
" Il e IA IN WILL.

-, u.
Raleigh, May 20.-State and dis
trict officials responsible for the pro-
lection of the millions of acres of for
est land in North Carolina against
fire, will assemble for a conference at
Busick on June 3-4, w. c. Mccormick.
chief of forest fire control for the
Department of Conservation and De-
velopment, announced today.
The conference, according to Mr.
Mccormick, will take the form of a
school of instruction and discussions
of problems involved in the control
of the RED Demon
Subjects to be discussed include CO.
operation with various other organiza-
tons cooperating with various phases
of forest fire control, including the
Emergency Conservation Work pro-
gram; education to the evils of for
est fires; the State game and inland
fisheries programs; improvements in
State and county organizations; an
analysis of forest fire records; the
detection system, eyes and Ears
Of the fire control system and county
and private cooperation in fire con-
troll.
State Forester J. S. Holmes is sche-
duled to open the sessions with in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-20
CHAPTER 81


BEADS OF perspiraton stood out
on Ward Van Every's forehead-the
effort Of telling me his story. Before
! could speak, he leaned forward. and
spoke thickly. Are you going to
turn me over to the police? Joyce
will know. then. Dow. his position,
brother who has been a con-
Wet"
mo, I'm not. Don't worry. You
may stay here the remainder OF the
night and in the morning I'll think
up some plan. Get Lawn down here.
or something. He can influence
KeyeS-
Thanks"
"Now a few questions on my part
If you'll answer Them"
"Anyth!ng@"
"This woman. She has been iden-
tified-a friend Of Dow's." Ward
looked at me curiously.
"Keyes already suspects her. Your
evidence will convict her." 1 changed
my tactics when / saw the look of
fear in his eyes. But I'm not going
to say anything yet until have some
plan. Did this woman have a
weapon in her hand9"
"A purse was all. Yes, purse"
Rather q large purse?"
eyes"
Then I questioned him more about
the woman. The kind Of a wrap.
He didn't know whether it was sable
or not. He only knew it looked soft,
supple. and very luxurious With it
010 hnf
black pumps and stockings. None
Of her hair showed under her hat.
was sure, though. that Edith
Bryce was the woman. There was
NO doubt in my mind at all The
puzzle was fitting together slowly.
although as yet could see no reason
for the murder Of Margalo. I won
dered if little Laura Randall knew
that Edith Bryce had been at the
house that night: wondered whether
that was her errand at Mrs. Bryce'S
the rainy day Of her death. If Mrs.
Bryce was the murderesS. then she
knew that Joyce was in this hotel:
knew it because Van Every WOULD
foolishly tell her.
Hastily getting to my feet I STUN
UlGU OOWn the COTTIUOT anu ltSl0u0U
intently at Joyce's door. / could not
hear a sound. However, she must
be all right. I had told Mrs. Sum-
ner to phone if she heard anything
suspicious. Phone me.
In my room. Ward was still sit
ting in his chair, his eyes half closed,
breathing deeply. His nervousness
was leaving.
A strange coincidence. Ward Van
Every. his daughter in the same
hotel. the same floor, only a few
doors apart.
If it had been Reyes who had heard
his story. / knew Ward would have
been in Jail now. Meat for the de-
tective. Ward. a convicted murderer.
near the Dow Van Every house tn.
night Margalo was killed
But Reyes wasn't to know yet
He couldn't know. for the man who
was lounging in his chair seemed so
harmless to me. so broken. I didn't
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-20

t sistant yt5 Fsma Ea followed BY
VINO VINO will preside and lead %tSecormic,
Sons SONS. J: Herbert Stone ' the inc discus
aissah National Forest, S.n superviso:
other U. $. Forest S - A.sneville, ani'
program. appear on ~
dist E p;of of of the district foresta,,
has been asked by Nh Mr. SIX TX districts
s 81 ieat IN the discussion Of Ido nfck
s s,aDea, Round table aiscpss;o definite
9 threa d qulzzes viii follow eac6 Di :, and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-20
BACK-TO-THE-FARM
MOVE NOT GENERAL
Some Counties Gain Up to
5000, Others Lose Up
to 1000 or More

College Station, Raleigh, May 90
The back-to-the-farm movement i'm
193O-34 was not spread evenly over
North Carolina.
According to Federal farm census
figures Just released to Dean 1. O..
Schaub, of State College, some coun-
ties gained from 1000 to 5000 new
farm residents, while others lost up
to 1000 or more.
On January 1, 1885, there were 3d.
227 persons on North Carolina farms
who were not on farms on April 1,
1880. This does not include children
born since April /, 1890.
The movement of people away from
the farm offset part of the gain, so
that the total increase was 23,563,
or from 1,599,918 to 1,623,481. These
figures include all farm jewellers,
landowners tenants and laborers.
The back-to-the-land movement was
more pronounced in the western part
of the State. The decrease in farm
population was greatest in the east
ern tobacco counties and eveidently
took place during the three and one
half years of depression before the
farm program was begun late in 1888.
OF ii counties that gained more
than 1000 farm residents II were in
the west Many of the tobacco coun-
ties lost 1000 or more.
Robson County, with the greatest
farm population in the State gained
4O2 The increase was from 46,318 to
46,72O
Buncombe County made the great
est gain, 6,4S9 by going from 1887
to 27,S16. Haywood was next with a
gain of 1851. Madison and Yancey
gained around 5000 each.
Counties gaining around 1000 each
were: Alamance. Avery, McDowell;
Macon, Rowan, Rutherford and Will
kes.
Wake lost the greatest number,
dropping 1880, or from 1910 to a.
O3O. Pitt and Edgecombe lost almost
1000 each. Union lost almost 5000.
Counties losing around 1000 each
we're: Cleveland, Granville, Hoke,
Lenior, Nash, and Wayne.