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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
Stability Noted In
Seasonal Expansion
Favorable Features Outstanding in Survey of BUSH
/. ness Conditions in United States

way eQuipment-ha increased re-
Gently, and the outlook In these di-
rections Is believed to be favorable.
The construction industry reports
further progress toward higher lev
els Of activity, with gains especially
marked in residential building
which Is regarded as the key to re-
coyery. Although the total value
Of contracts awarded last month
was somewhat smaller than III Au'
gust, wide margin Of gain above
last years level was maintained.
Building Contracts Increase
Particular significance is attached
to the fact that residential con-
tracts In September exceeded ths
totals for non-residential building
and heavy engineering projects.
Prior to the depression, residential
building was the most important
category Of new construction; but
September was the first time since
the final quarter Of 1928 that this
condition obtained. The resump-
ton by residential building Of its
former position Of performance Is
considered normal and healthy de-
velopment that may mark defin-
tie return to q more favorable set
of conditions than has existed In
many years.
The underlying trend in the au-
tomobile industry has been temper
arily obscured by the partial sus-
pension Of production necessitated
, by the introduction Of new models.
This interruption resulted in q sharp
curtailment Of output In Septem-
Der, but the upward movement has
begun and Is expected to continue
rapidly as additional plants COM
plete their preparations. Nothing
has occurred to alter the funda-
mentally favorable position Of the
industry or to modify the expecta-
ito nthat the high level Of output
maintained so far this year will con-
tinue.
Another industry that reported an
exceptionally high level Of oper-
atoms was cotton-textile manu1ac-
ture. Domestic mills in September
consumed $40, 727 bales of raw co..
ton, the highest September total on
record and the highest figure for
any month since June, 1888. The
notable progress made by this in
dustry In recent months Is attribu!-
ed In part to the elimination OF pro.
cessing taxes and in part to a broao
revival of demand for Its products.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

partment OF commerce.
Belief is pretty widespread that
there will be at least an attempt to
legislate a successor to MIRA. Expert
ence cleaned through MIRA clearly
argues that no new plans should be
founded on policies improperly or
impractically partisan to labor. The
puzlic itself has a very vital stake
in this whole matter and In no
humble spirit we contend that sales
success Is the final measure OF
whether or not AMI given plan works
out successfully-because on the
volume Of employment and the rate
of pay to labor as measured by real
wages. Sales executives can con-
tribut much to shaping UP a possible
successor to MIRA. They have a
closer understanding Of consumer
attitudes than Is true Of most Of the
factors called In TO consider matters
Of this kind. We accordingly rec
ommend that the president and
other powers in Washington put
outstanC' sales executives on theii
committees.-(Sale Management.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
IMPORTANT FACTS
ON ILLUMINATION
Ten Facts Emphasize Need
of Adequate Lighting
Facilities

-,
Weed 1or adequate lnumination
80 T qua ao,,n ~ ee1 ~, .e" o,,as.
w ~. s .''.si, - ~. VIC ~. Soan 90
sna,,er "e nth pH =. avs .'' c con iv
thara !, masd 60, r,oys i,~hts 90
BIRTHDAYS nile up.
q. - ,.,,1, 10. ;. ho,s ths
~, -. ~ rso a; So W .rnrsc,o hiv
closer to his ewes than is or il
inches the nrobabiIitv Ia that he
needs glasses or better lighting, on
both.
3. Light acts as a magnifier OF
small details. An object must be
about twice as large 10 be visible
under one foot-candle Of light as II
would have to be under 100 foot
candles. One hundred foot-candles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
New York Stations
. . .
WEAF-66o - WOR-7lo - WJZ-76O - WABC-seO

z. NJ.
4:00-W Orch.
WOR-Lanin Orch.
WJZ--National Congress of
Parents and Teachers.
WABC-Curtis Institute Mu-
sicale, Barbara Thorne,
Soprano; Jorge Bolet,
4;15-WOR-Ncws.
4:30-WEAF-Vo Vocal Quartet.
WOR-kaye Orch.
WJZ-Kogen Orch.
-WEAE-Grandpa Burton,
Sketch.
WJZ-Young Hickory
WABC-Gogo De Lys. Songs.
O-WEAF-Studio orch.
WOR-Studio Music.
WJZ-String Ensemble.
WABC--Junior Nurse Corps
Sketch.
5:15~-W Mix Straight
Shooters.
WOR--Johnson Family
Sketch.
WJZ-Thc Freshmen
Vocal Trio.
WABC-Dorothy Gordon,
Songs.
5:30-W Armstrong
Sketch
WOR-Story Teller's House.
WJZ--Singing Lady.
WABC-Treasure Adventures
of Jack Masters-Sketch.
5:4J-W EAF-Little Orphan Annie
Sketch.
WOR-Dick Tracy-Sketch.
WJZ-Flying Time-Sketch.
Wilderness Road
Sketch.
Gov American
WOR-Uncle Don.
Schools.
WJZ-News; Animal News
Club.
wABC-Buddy Clark,
Songs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

proper lighting.
10. Reading when the page Is
brightly Illuminated and the rest
Of the room Is comparatively dark
often causes eyestrain and fatigue.
Some Of the light should 60 to the
ceiling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
PERSISTENT GIRLS COLLECT

New Philadelphia, O-UP)-Po,
lice looked but they couldn't fine
the two girls, II and Is years old
who caught" ride with c. w
Pepper of East Cleveland and re.
fused to leave the motor car until
he gave them 81. Pepper said he
complied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

Ozzie Nelson, whose band is
heard on the Bakers Broadcast,
has signed an all-Winter contract
with New York's Hotel Lexington,
where he has been playing in the
grill room for two months. During
the two months, the hotel an
nounced, all OF its records for at
tendance were broken.
when Kay Kyser's band
played II Love You From Coast
to Coast" ON the Football Re-
vue Il had an actual meaning
that he didn't tell his radio au-
dience about. For the engage
ment OF Miss Dorothy Hutch
ins, United Air Lines hostess,
and George Duning, Kyser's
musical arranger, has been an
n0lluced. Duning met her ON an
alrilner. On several trips, he re-
newed his acquaintance. The
romance continued by tele-
phone. telegraph and special
delivery letter. They will be
Dec. 70.
Vincent Lopez and members Of his
band, heard on the Speedshow,
have written another song, carry
ing the general theme of their hit,
KNOCK, Knock" The new song is
whats Your Business?"
Jimmy Dorsey, who conducts
the orchestra In the Music Hall,
uses an unusual baton, the only
one Of Its ind in existence. Bling
Crosby, emcee Of the hall, had
. turey leg polished for him to
use. The dfumstic was left over
from Thanksgiving Day at the
Crosby home.
Spencer Tracy, in dramatic
sketch, heads the cast Of Rudy
Vallee's Variety Hour on Thursday,
December 10. Other stars of the
entertainment to be broadcast over
the NBC red network at 800 are
Joe Cook, who used to be billed as
the "One-man vaudeville show;
Doris Hare, British coincidence;
Don Tanner, Russian dialect
comedian from vaudeville; and
Captain John H. Ayers, who was
head of the Missing Persons Blu
reau of the New York City police
department for seventeen years.
Tracy has been in Hollywood for
a number of years and his reputa-
ton has steadily grown with each
picture. Most recently he has play
ed roles with a heavy dramatic
touch. Captain Ayers, now retired
from active duty, will be inter-
viewed by Rudy on the operations
of the famous Missing Persons Bu-
reau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
Ten,orrew

A. NJ. I,
8:OO--Transradio News.
S:15-Early Bird ,SereNade.
8:45-Francis J.. Cronin, Organist.
9:00-Morning Devotions.
9:l5--ShOpper| Guide.
9:45-Cub Reporters.
I0:0O-John Metcalfe's Choir Loft.
1O:l5-On Time With the News.
10:3O-Marriage Clinic.
l0:45--Walter Kidder.
ll:o0-Pat Barnes with Katznap's
Orch.
i1:3O-Ed Fitzgerald and Company
Musicale.
12:O0-Mid-Day House Party.
=. NJ,
12:15-Melodic Moments.
12:30-Transradio and Democrat
News.
12:45-MeIodic Moments.
1:0O--In the CrimeIight.
1:l5-Terry o'Toole.
1:30--Concert in Miniature.
1:45-Ranny Weeks Orch.
2:00-BOy and Girl.
2:l5-Treasures in Melody.
2:30-Monitor News.
2:45-Pahner House Ensemble.
3:0O-Eh and FEB.
3:15-Fraudberg's Orch.
3:30-Sammy Hayes Orch.
4:00-House of Peter McGTegor.
. 4:f5-Let's Dance.
4:30--Top Tunes Of the Day.
5:00-Uncle Harry.
5:15-Melody Parade.
5:30--World-in- Review.
5:45-Melody Parade.
6:00-Transradio News.
6:15-Fay Observation-Disclosures
Man About Town.
6:30-Sign OF.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
GUERNSEY COW "ANGORA"

Putnam, Cosl. - CUP - jacob
Gurquitz found an "angora" COW
among a herd he purchased and
had shipped here from Wiscon-
sin. The animal, a full-blooded
Gurnsey, has the regulation clor-
ing but the hair is three times
longer than usual, giving the ap-
pearance OF sheep wool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

With RAY FITZPATRICK.

Sammy Hayes popular dance
band may be heard Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 through
WATR. Hayes orchestra emin-
ates from the Mutual Broad
casting System.
Phil Cahill, director of the
WATR Playhouse. announces thai
a series of detective mysteries viii
be aired soon. The players have
been off the air for couple Of
weeks but will return Sunday al
ternoon. Dec. 10th at 3 O'Clock. Ca
hill is having difficulty in finding
talent among Waterbury men, anc
Is issuing one last call for appli'
cants before recruiting out-of-towi
talent.
Swinging constantly upward
during the past few weeks,
Chapel in the Moonlight"
leads all the rest this week In
the list Of the nations favor
lite songs 1t will be played by
Harry Salter and his orchestra
in "YOur Hit Parade and
Sweepstakes" over the WABC-
Columbia network Saturday,
December IL, from 1890 to
1880 p. m.
"Pu Sing You Thousand
L0v0 Songs" Is in second place
and closely pressed by "Its
De-Lovely," ace tune Of "Red.
Hot and Blue" Others Of the
Lucky Seven" tunes that are
now the highest in countrywide
favor, to be played on the
broadcast are 1--WE Got You
under My Skin" you Turned
the Tables on Me-" "The Way
you Look Tonight" and "Pen-
MES from Heaven"
Edith Dick, soprano, and
Buddy Clark, tenor, will be
heard in vocal refrains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

James Gleason. currently co fea-
tured with Zasu Pitts In The Plot
Thickens," an RKO Radio detective
thriller, writes many scenarios. and
once collaborated with Irving Ber-
lin In writing musical.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
..WDRC--Hartford-.133O

Il. NJ.
3:00-Manhattan Matinee.
3:30--Melodic Moments.
4:00-Curtis Institute of Music.
4:45-Gogo DeLys.
5:00-Sunbrite Junior Nurse Corp.
5:15-Christmas Tree Grove.
5:30-Treasure Adventures of Jack
Masters.
5:45-News Service.
6:00-Buddy Clark.
6:15-Bobby Benson and Sunny
Jim.
6:30-News Service.
6:35-Nutmeggers.
6:45-Renfrew of the Mounted.
7:00-Poetic Melodies with Jack
Fulton.
7:15-Popeye the Sailor.
7:30--Goose Creek Parson.
7:45-Boake Carter.
va1cade Of America.
8:30-George Burns and Oracle AL
len.
9:00--Nino Martini and Andre Kos
telanetZ' Orch.
9:30-"Come On Let's Sing.
10:00-"Gang Busters'-Phillips
Lord.
i0:30-To be announced.
10:45-Del Casino--Songs.
II :00-News Service.
Goodman's Orchestra.
u :30-Roger Pryor's Orchestra.
12:00--Ozzie Nelson's Orchestra.
A. VI.
2:30-Bobby Meeker's Orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09
WATR PROGRAMS

2:00--DeBat: Resolved That the b
Extension Of Consumers, Co.
Operatives would contribute
81, to the Public Welfare.
3:00--Eb and Zeb.
3:I5-S9y IT With Music.
3 :45--Pettic6at on the Air.
4:00--House OF Peter McGreg0T.
4:15--Let's Dance.
4.3O-Sammy Kaye's Orch.
5:0O--Uhcle Harry
5;l5---MelOd:. Parade.
5:SO-Worid In Review.
5:45-Melody Parade.
6:0O-Transradto News,
6,t5-Ray Fttzpatrlek = Mattatuck
Man About Town.
6:S0-Sign Oft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-09

Vincent Lopez and members Of his
band, heard on the Speedshow
have written another song, carry
ing the general theme of their hit
"Knock, Knock" The new song is
whats Your Business?"
Evening star., 1936-09-13
GALL|NGER NOTES
DROP IN PATIENTS
Bocock Reports Slump Helps
improve Circumstances
of Operation.

A sharp reduction in number oil
patients at Gallinger Hospital last
month, Supt. Edgar A. Bocock re-
ported yesterday to the Board OF
Public Welfare, made it possible to
conduct the hospital under fairly
satisfactory circumstances" An aver
age of 7766 patients per day reduced
the number to about the same figure
as in August. 1885. which was 1884,
patients, for the first time within the
year.
With the opening Of the additional
accommodations for tubercular pa
tients during July, total Of 1873 beds
were made available. The average
occupancy reached 1891 patients
daily. AS consequence of these new
facilities, 1t was possible for the first
time to remove all positive tubercular
cases in general wards of the hospital
to buildings provided for this disease.
In this way. Bocock reported, a dis
tressing situation has been materially
improved.
Although the tuberculosis service at
Gallinger again reached a new high
in patients, there was no overcrowd-
ing in wards generally.
There was the usual seasonal slump
on contagious and children's diseases.
An average of 42.7 children daily
compared with normal of 80.
The reduction in the number of
patients last month made it possible
for the hospital TO grant leave to
more than the usual number of en-
ployes. Since the new leave law
went into effect the staff has been
reduced about one-flfth throughout
the year.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
RED MEN EXPECT
1000 AT SESSION
Great Council of U. S. Will
Open Convention With
Reception Tonight.

More than 1000 delegates from all
parts of the United States are ex-
pected at the eighty-seventh session
of the Great Council of the United
States, Improved Order Of Red Men,
which will open at $50 tonight with
a reception at the Willard Hotel and
continue through the week.
Commissioner George e. Allen will
deliver the welcoming address at the
opening business session at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning In the Willard
Hotel. The response will be made by
William r. Moriarty. great sachem of
the District branch of the order.
Other speakers will be Mrs. Louise
Gill, great instructress, Degree Of
Pocahontas, and Arthur J. Rutland,
great incohonee of the Great Council.
At IL o'clock session of the
Great Council will open, continuing
tomorrow afternoon. Sightseeing is
scheduled tomorrow afternoon for
ladies and guests. Memorial services
Of the Great Council will be held at
$3.50 this evening.
The Improved Order of Red Men
Is described as the oldest American
fraternity, based on the Old Iroquois
Confederacy. traditions of which are
represented in the Colonial organiza-
tions known as the Sons of Liberty
and Order of Red Men, both of which
existed as early as 1865. 1t has
membership of more than 800, 900.
The local committee In charge of
the meeting Is headed by William r.
Moriarty and includes Roy T. Algate,
secretary: Mrs. Helen Rowland, treas
urer; Charles o. Storm, great
prophet; Thomas ]. Norvell, great
senior sycamore; Virgil M. Costello,
great Junior sycamore; Harry O,Neill,
Vivian Kuntz, Augusta Thompson,
Lulu Madison, Nettie Dennis, Anna
Jarboe. Billie Horne, Hilda Richards,
Bessie Baber, Louisa Moriarty, Ger
trude Abels, Anna Dickhaut, Kath-
crime Davis. Katherine Miller, Mary
Douglas and Alice Mueller.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

proposal is1 mot militaristic in any
sense, but confined to those elements
OF military training which are well
worth while and which insure to the
benefit of the Nation at large"
His statement, in full, as made pub
lie by Happy Days." is as follows:
1.-The benefits accruIng to America
through the fine work done by the
c. c. c. are great, but what an oppor-
tunity is ours If we will but modify
the emergency conservation) law and
pass every lad, without exception,
through one of these camps for a per-
iod Of six months.
"Such a program would enhance re-
spect for our Government and elimi-
nate crime and disease, with the result
that our man power would be SO sound
mentally, morally and physically that
no nation would dare cross the Atlantic
or Pacific to disturb us.
THE only thing that will assure
Americas future Is american man
power and the continued development
of that man power on the upgrade.
Over a million lads throughout the
United States reach the age of II or
18 each year. They form the crop from
which we develop the man power of
the Nation. Two six months courses
would enable US to handle them all
in any one year.
Should we accept such q plan, I
long ago recommended that we change
our course with the lads from q two
point plan to a three-point plan. At
the present time we work on the lad
and the lad works on a project.
would modify this and have three
points. Let us continue our work with
the lad in building up his character,
his respect for government, in con-
tinuing this education and in fitting
him properly to be absorbed In the
civil life of the Nation.
But I would take the six work days
and divide them into two parts. One
part, that is, every other day, would
be devoted to basic military training,
not militaristic in any sense, but con-
fined to those elements of military
training which are we'll worth while
and which inure to the benefit of the
Nation at large.
And during the other work days,
this same lad. assisted where neces-
sary by the tools of some trade, would
Evening star., 1936-09-13
MRS. LENORA COURTS
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Native sf Tennessee Had Been
Active m Patriotic 0rganiza.
tions of Capital.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lenora
Mccall Courts, II, who died yesterday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Richard v. Oulahan, 1918 Thirty first
street, will be held at IL am. tomor-
row at the home Rev. Albert Lucas,
canon of the Washington Cathedral.
will ofhciate. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Courts was the widow of James
c. Courts, for several years clerk of
the House Appropriations Committee,
who died in 1916. A native of Clarks-
burg. Tenn, she was active in patriotic
organizations, being regent of the
Eleanor Wilson Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and a member of the National
Society of Colonial Danes.
Besides Mrs. Oulahan, who is the
widow of the former head of the
Washington Bureau of the New York
Times, Mrs. Courts is survived by
another daughter, Mrs. Alfred r.
CLANCY of Detroit; son, Lieut.. Jen-
nings Courts, U. S. NJ, retired. of
Long Beach, Calf; two sisters, Mrs.
Ernest Hawkins of Nashville, Tenn,
and Mrs. Tillman johnson of Ogden;
Utah. and six grandchildren.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
MRS. GROVE DIES:
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Was Widow of, Clinton Rench
Grove-Burial to Be in
Hagerstown.

Mrs. Stella Hedges Grove of the
Fairfax Hotel, widow of Clinton Rench
Grove, died suddenly Friday night at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. En-
mons S. Smith, 2216 Massachusetts,
avenue.
She was born in Shepherdstown, w.
Va, daughter Of the late Rev. DR.. S.
A. Hedges and Betty Fairfax Hill
Hedges Of Jefferson. and Frederick,
Md. She was educated at the old
Keymar College in Hagerstown.
Besides her daughter. Mrs Grove Is
survived by a brother, DR.. Frank Hill
Hedges of Frederick, and three grand
children. Funeral services will be held
at the home of Mrs. Smith at 1880
am. Tuesday, with Rev.. DR.. Bland
Tucker ofnciating. Burial will be in
the family burying ground in Hagers-
town. = ''
Honorary pallbearers will be New
bold Noyes, Ralph S. Hill, Harold B.
Hinton, DR.. William B. Sims, Jasper
Du Bose and DR.. James D. Mitchell
all of Washington. Active pallbearers
will include William Preston Lane,
Adrian Onderdonk, Clarence Keedy,
Samuel Loose and Vincent Jamison,
all of Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
THREATS RECEIVED
IN ACID THROWING
Mystery Letter Writers Say
Probers "WRI Be
Next"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, September a.
Amid a series Of mysterious threats,
directed at city and county officials,
authorities sought today woman
accused by q 74-year-old evangelist's
young wife of soaring her with acid
which may cost the sight of one eye.
While police hunted the acid
thrower, who attacked Mrs. Madelyn
Messner, 25, last night at the back
door of the Messner home. Municipal
Judge Don Isham received a letter
the latest in a series of anonymous
threats-saying:
"You saw what happened to Mrs
Messner. You're next"
The letter, like those previously re-
ceived by other officials and the Mess
ner's, was signed 1.-The Mission
Committee" =
Husband Conducts Service.
Mrs. Messner's elderly husband,
David A. Messner, was conducting
services at the Divine Healing Cos
pei Mission, Of which he is superin-
tendent, when she was attacked.
Physicians said the acid burns may
cause her to lose the sight of her right
eye.
Judge Isham recently dismissed big
amy charges against Mrs. Messner on
grounds Ohio was without jurisdic-
ton, since she married the evangelist
in West Virginia.
Mrs. Messner said that shortly before
the attack she received a telephone
call A womap's voice told her, she
said, Were going to spoil that pretti-
ness and wipe that grin of your face. ;
Received Telephone Call.
"Then I received a telephone call,
she related, ito the effect that a sick
woman was being brought to our house
That isn't unusual, so when q knock
came at the back door I opened it.
Just as opened the door the acid was
thrown right in my right eye and over
my cheek.
II didn't recognize the man and
woman outside, but know it was the
woman who threw the acid"
Prosecutor Herman E. Werner, one
OF the recipients of threatening letters
said woman member of Messner's
congregation was sought as the author
of the threats and another woman
member as the acid thrower.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
1n Mrntnrtant.

BURTON. CAROLINE ". who passed to
her reward September 13. 1882.
Eye has not seen nor ear heard what
Him. HER DAUGHTER. .
JOHNSON. EsTELLE v. Sacred to the
EsTEILE v. JOHNSON. so 'elVhe' Who entered sd
into eternal rest nine years ago today,
r September 13, 1927.
20 blessed are those who are still
Remembered with certain Joy.
They hold q place in loves embrace
That even death cannot destroy"
HER LOVING SISTER. LAURA L
HAWS. OSCAR E. In sad remembrance
Of my devoted husband, OSCAR T.
HAWS, who departed this life four
years ago today September Is, 1882.
-Four years have passed since that
When one i loved was called away.
God took him home. It was his will,
But in my heart he Is living still"
HIS LOVING WIFE. CARRIE n. HAws. .
HERBERT. MARY ELLA. In loving menu
ory of our dear mother. MARY ELLA
HERBERT. who left us hve years ago
today
MABEL TURNER. HERBERT. ELMER. .
our dear mother. PRISCILLA REED.
who passed away September Ii. 1882.
Four years have passed since that sad
Since our dear mother was called away.
We loved her then. we love her still.
We miss her now and always will.
HER LOVING CHILDREN
Evening star., 1936-09-13
TEXAS MAN HELD
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Accused by U. s. Agents Of Writ
ing Ransom Note to
HIS Wife,

By the Associated Press.
TYLER, Tex, September 12-w g..
Funderburk Of Lufkin was charged
today with using the mails to defraud
l connection with a letter received
by his wife Thursday, which said he
was being held for 81 500 ransom.
Funderburk, in jail at Lufkin, was
formally charged in a complaint signed
by H. T. Arterberry, Federal Bureau Of
Investigation operative.
The complaint charges him with
placing in the mails at Shreveport
letter addressed to his wife, Viola Fun
derburk, demanding $500. Hearing
was set for Tuesday.
Funaerburk, SO, was questioned by
officers at Lufkin today regarding the
letter, which said that he had been
abducted and was held for ransom by
two men.
Funderburk was quoted by officers
at Lufkin as saying two men in a Tex
arkana filling station had aided him
to escape from kidnapers.
The letter was written in what Mrs.
Funderburk Thursday said was her
husbands hand, but was unsigned.
She said he left home early Monday
morning and had planned to return
by noon. When he did not return by
Wednesday, she reported the matter
to officers.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

Arlington County, Va.
Mr.. Palmer was native Of Arling-
ton County, where he was born 40
years ago. His mother, Mrs. Lilly
Palmer. widow Of w. H. Palmer, is
visiting q son. Harry Temple Palmer,
IN California, and will be unable to
attend the funeral.
Others who survive him are his
widow, Mrs. Grace Croswell Palmer;
two sons, william and Edward Cros-
well Palmer: brother, Estler NJ
Palmer of Bancroft, Va; and three
sisters. Mrs. Lawrence G. Sims and
Mrs. Juanita Pritchard, both of this
city, and Mrs. Rex. Collier of Lyon
Village, Va.