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The Washington times., 1936-03-19

But to have thrown Connie ovel
for another woman was a differ
ent thing, and for one who was sc
mysterious, too. This Bernice may
be q beautiful woman, I thought
but she doesn't sound quite nice.
Anyway, I knew why dad
couldn't get away. He had founc
out the police were hot on Bruce's
trail again and had remained In
case Lloyd should need him.
But when we got home, dad was
there, talking on the telephone
and very much excited. found
out I was somewhat wrong. II
was a more serious situation than
I had thought. Dad had received
a letter from Bruce which con
firmed all my fears and certainly
played right into the inspectors
hands. This was it.
San Francisco,
November IL, 1913,
Dear Mr.. Martin:
I am sorry that circumstances
force me to a new decision which
I know will cause you some EN-
barrassment. I hope to relieve
you of that embarrassment very
soon. But the fact is that I find
it necessary to leave San Francisco
for a few days. I cannot say
where I am going nor can I give
you or anyone else any explana-
ton as to why.
I expect to be back in three
or four days. I do not know how
closely the police are watching
me; 1t may be that I will not get
far. In that case, things will look
very bad for me, I know. But
whether I succeed or not, the next
few days will be difficult for you.
When I return, if allowed to, OF
my own free will, you will be
cleared.
I am sorry for your angle OF
this. You and Mrs. Martin have
been most kind to me. You have
shown faith in me. Try to keep
that faith a little longer. I as
sure you I am innocent and do
this because Of necessity.
Sincerely yours,
BRUCE LLOYD.
That knocked the pins right
out from under all of us, so tc
speak. I don't know which of us
three Dad, Mother, or myself
felt the worst. I guess it was Dad
for Mother was inclined to retain
q blind faith in the "boy," and ]
was more or less prepared fol
something to happen. Dad was
hard-headed lawyer who had given
his own word for the mans good
faith, and he certainly had been
let down, even taking the letter
at its face value.
He was talking to the Inspector
it turned out, when we came in
OF course, he reported the letter
to him Immediately. O'Brien was
getting to work at once. Dad sat
around waiting for the telephone
to ring.
"I can't believe he'd run away
Mother repeated over and over
"You will find it is just as he says:
he has to go for some business
reason. When his business is com
pleted, he will come back"
"No doubt" said Dad sarcasti
cally. ''The only trouble is that his
business is probably in a foreign
country and will detain him for
some \ years!"
was too busy adjusting my own
ideas to say anything.
Finally the telephone rang. Dad
jumpe6 at it.
Hello, hello! Yes, this is he. .
Yes. yes. He did? Why didn't he
follow him?. I don't blame you,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
COOLIDGE HOME
 GOODS FOR SALE

Northampton, Mass, May - (UP)-Home furnishings of a for mer president of the United States will be placed on the auction block here tomorrow.
 Articles used by the late Calvin Coolidge from his Amherst college days to his final years in retirement at Northampton will go under the hammer at smith school arena starting at l0:30 a. m.
 Some furniture came from the White House. some from the modest Massasoit street duplex apartment to which he returned after the pTes- ldency, and the remainder from the Becches. the estate where he died iil January. 1883.
 A prize piece destined to have brought c top price was withdrawn Q week ago because of what Auc' tloneer George H. Bean. long-tiine friend Of Mir. Coolidge. regarded ai "advcrse publicity"
 This vas a cradle fashioned bJ Afr. Co0lidge's father. Some news naner accounts had stated the late president as a baby was rocked ill khe cradle. though extensive re- lsarch by Bean had failed to estab' ksh that as 6 fact. 'sTo protect tho nahllc." he withdrew the cradle be- ratlse he feared lt would act as falee lure to the auction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
ItaIy Is We'll Satisfied With Colonial Ambition

serve. But now we are ready to help establish a definite under standing among the great powers of western Europe. If they go to war, the result will be the crash of the whole of European civilization.
 He took up red rose as he said:
 DO impress your readers as deep ly as you can that Italy wants peace"
 This is the personal pledge that Mussolini gave me in the most po- sitive manner at this moment of Italian triumph:
 My policy never has planned any harm whatsoever to the interests of the British empire and does not plan any harm now.
 "Italy has not the least remote hankering for Egypt. regard Egypt as an independent country--not African but belonging to the Medi- terrancan, and one with which Italy always has been and always will be on the best Of terms.
 "Italy has no political interest whatsoever in the Sudan, none iil Palestine. Therefore it Is utterly false to ascribe to Italy any respon- slblllty for trouble between Arabs and Jews.
 "What more can say9 am ready to confirm what ! have said l0 sou in any form which may be required"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
WINNERS PICKED FROM TOMBSTONES

New York, May 6-(UP)--Dead men tell no tales--and collect no sweepstakes prizes. That is why, the government charges, 25 men charg- ed wiht conducting a $3,0O0,0 900 fake lottery selected the name of the winners from tombstones in New England cemetery. About 2,O0O,OOO persons were defrauded, 1t is al- legged.
 Postal inspectors who arrested five New York men here Monday said more arrests would follow. In- dictments were returned against % in Boston recently after a lengthy investigation of an alleged swindle on the Montreal Post Graduate Hospital sweepstakes. Names Of those announced as winners were copied from tombstones in various New England communities. There is no such institution in Montreal as the Post Graduate Hospital.
 Those held were Morris Berney, one time prohibition agent. and his brother, Paul Berney, Chaunccy Stone, Arthur Schafler, and Victor Leavin. All were arraigned except Leavln and held in e7,0O0 bail for removal hearing May 26. Leavin was not arraigned when he indi- cated he would not oppose removal to Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
BARTHOLOMEWS
 RENEW BATTLE

Los Angeles, May 6-(UP)-Mrs. Lillian Mae Bartholomew today re- newed her fight to obtain custody of her son, i2-year-old Freddie Bartholomew. film star, at super Tor court hearing.
 Several weeks ago the mother was defeated in her first attempt td obtain control Of the boy from hIa aunt. Miss Myllicent Bartholomew when a judge ruled she had been given sufficient time to protest granting the guardianship last october.
 The current action admits legal. lty of tho aunt's guardianship bil petitions for termination oG uis court order giving the boy 70 Mlia Bartholomew on grounds Freddie was brought to the United Slatet from England through mihFepreseil' latiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
LEROY PRINZ IN
 VERY MUCH FEAR

New York, May 6-(UP)--All the dangers he knew as Q soldier of fortune brought no fear to Leroy Prinz, dance director for Paramount Studios in Hollywood, like that which enveloped him today after he named filmdom's most intelligent and graceful feminine stars.
 He blurted them out in an inter- view at his hotel, knowing full well I'll get hell in Hollywood" They are, he said:
 Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich,
 Irene Dunne, Claudette Colbert, Merle Oberon, Greta Garbo, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins and Elissa Landi.
 T would name Ginger Rogers too," he said. but she Is just an intelligent child. She's not a woman yet. She is not of the jazz type everyone thinks she is. They think that just because she has been made a dancer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
EDWARD W. COSS MADE DELEGATE
Elected One of Nineteen at Republican Convention
 This Morning

Hartford, Conn, May 6.-tUP)- The republican state convention, with customary calm and deliber- ateness, today elected l9 uninstruct- ed delegates to the national con- Vention at Cleveland, June 6.
 State Central Committee Chair man and National Committeeman J. Henry Roraback, will head the delegation which, following a routine of years standing, will show it's preference for presidential noii1- inee on the convention floor.
 There were few last minute changes in the lineup of the nine delegates at large and their alter mates.
 Following an announcement by former U. s. Senator Hiram Bing- ham, Salen, the keynoter and per. manent chairman, that he would not oppose Representative William L. Higgins for reelection in the second congressional district, Hig- gins was shifted from an alternate to @ district delegate.
 A proposal that Robert Stocckel Norfolk, be a delegate from the fifth district, apparently met some oppo- (Continued on Page 8)
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COLONIAL TRUST APPEALS TAXES
Sixteen Protests Filed for Superior Court Against
 City Relief Board

Sixteen appeals to superior court from grossly excessive, dispropor- donate and unlawful" assess ments of property by the City of Waterbury were filed today by the Colonial Trust company. The bank, acting as trustees of local es- tates In IS of the suits and as property -owner itself in the other action, appeals from rulings of the board of relief refusing to lower valuations placed on the properties by the board of assessors. Snial reductions of the valuations oi, some of the properties placed by the assessors were made by the re- lief board, but the trust company holds that the property valuations for taxation purposes are still far too high.
 The appeals, involving parcels of land aS well as buildings in every section of the city, are returnable to superior court in June. The writs filed in the l6 cases, all similar, were drawn up by the law firm Of CArHOuy hHu 4UUUln'
 Prominent Local Estates
 Prominent local estates are among those whose properties, says the bank, arc assessed at too high @ figure. Among the estates and trus- teeships figuring in the appeals are the Elisha Leavenworth Foundation, Trinity Parish, the Waterbury hos pital, the George Woodruff Fund, the Clayton DeMott estate and others.
 In the appeals, the Colonial Trust Company declares that the Valua- tions placed on the property as of May 1, 1885, do not represent the flair market value thereof. The superior court is asked to place on the various properties assessments reflecting their true and actual value."
 Property Involved
 Apartment houses, office buildings, tenement houses, dwelling houses, a factory, numerous garages and other structures, as well as the land which they occupy, are involved in the litigation started today. The value of all the property involved reaches a total of several hundred thousand dollars. Some of the ap- peals have two or more counts.
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|BIC DIRIG|BLE
 STARTS TODAY
Will Cross Atlantic for New Jersey-Over 100
 Are on Board
BY WEBB MILLER

Copyright, 1936, by United PreSS)
 Friedrichshafen, Germany, May 6.-CUP)-The great airlincr. Hin- denburg, takes off today on its first north transatlantic flight to the United States. The giant dirigible's official starting time was at g D. m, @ D. m, EST) but 1t will take the air immediately after the last mail- bags arrive by airplane from Frank furt and are placed aboard. Weather prospects, are favorable; the skies are sunny and calm. More than 100 persons will be aboard the dirigible as several more men were added to the crew at the last moment. There are 4o passengers, including seven women. The non- journalistic travel CTS pay $500 each for the privilege
 Will Visit Cities
 If the weather Is favorable after the Atlantic is crossed and the goal -Lakehurst Air Station at Lake hurst, New Jersey, is reached, Cap tain Ernest Lehman, who shares the command with the veteran, pr. Huga Eckener, plans to fly over Washington, Baltimore, Newark and
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EDWARD DYSON
 WAS RELEASED
Probation Officer Took Charge of Youth; Going
 to Some Institution

Edward Dyson, the l6 year old youth who two weexs ago admit. ted the sending of a $2O,Ooo extortior note to City Controller Daniel J LeaYy and has since been held iil Middlesex County jail under heavy bond was released today lin non- inal custody of the United States probation officer for voluntary commitment to an educational in- stitution." Announcement of the disposition of the federal govern ments case against Dyson was made this morning at the office oi United States Commissioner Harry KraSow.
 Indefinite Period
 Dyson, examined by e psycholo- gist, was found to be sane and te have no criminal tendencies. His release in custody of United States Probation Officer James Milne Oi Hartford means that the youth will be sent to an institution for an in. definit- period. The name of the institution was not made known by authorities. but Dyson's parents are said to have consented to pay for his care and 1t is assumed that 1t Is not @ state-maintained estab- llShment.
 Father Will Pay
 United States Attorney Robert Butler of Hartford and his assist. ant, Louis Gaberman, agreed to re. lease Dyson after his father hac consented to pay for the boys tn- stitutjonal care for an indefinite period. His eventual release, 1t is assumed, is dependent upon hts behavior and upon reports to the probation officer.
 Arrested April 20
 The youth was arrested Monday morning. April 20, by Captain Jo. seph Stevens of the detective bu-
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BEST MAN FAILS
 TO BE PRESENT

Hollywood, May 6.-(UP)-Weldon Hepburn and his bride, the forEer Jane Eichenberger of Cleveland and New York, were honeymooning to- day at Coronado while the film col- ony discussed the mystery of "what r. enei tc the missing best man"
 Edwin l.. Marin, close friend of Hepburn, had promised to be the best man. Marin failed to appear. A telephone call was put through to the studio where Marin is a di- rector but he could not be located.
 Hepburn finally recruited Frank Clinton, a broker, to serve as best man and the ceremony was perform cd by Rev. Gordon c. Chapman, Methot,.st Episcopal minister.
 Others present at the wedding in- Cluded the brides mother, Mrs. George Eichelberger, Nancy Carroll and Wendy Barrie. Heyburn's first wife, screen actress Greta Nissen, obtained an annulment of their Mex ican marriage last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
By G. WARD PRICE Transmitted by United Press) (By arrangement with the London
 Daily MaiD

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 Daily MaiD
 Rome. May 6.-(UP) - Italy's colonial ambition is satisfied: she pledges herself to maintain the open door in Ethiopia; she will not threaten Egypt or other countries; and she is now ready to play her full part in solving Europes prob lems.
 Premier Benito Mussolini told me this at his Venice palace while the crowds were celebrating victory.
 He spoke earnestly and pounded the heavy oak table before hii:l in the great marble fioored room.
 Ethiopia's political and juridicaI destiny remains to be determined he said. He expressed belief that some minor military operations might be necessary in eastern Ethi- opia. But now. he added. he wai giving his attention to Europe.
 "It has become matter Of com mon agreement" he said. "that tho league Of nations needs reorganiz' ing. Italy is ready to help. It h my own conviction that the league can and must go on. But its taski must be made prop0rsionate to ca powers.
 League sanctions imposed Or Italy an attitude Of extreme re'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
SIX YOUTHS HAD CASES DELAYED
Were Arrested Last Night for Various Offenses;
 GO Over to Friday

Six youths facing charges varying from robbery with violance to pas sing worthless checks and receiv- ing stolen goods were granted con" tinuances to Friday by Judge Ed ward Mascolo in city court today while police complete details Of an investigation which began several months ago. Bonds of $l,00o were set for each youth and guardians appointed for two of the boys who are minors. The youths, and the charges against them, are:
 John Burns, 70 Cooke street, 9, robbery with violence.
 Irving Gass, 27, of l05 North Main street, receiving stolen goods.
 Fred Bovino, 2l, lo Grown street, robbery with violence, passing worthless checks, and obtaining goods under false pretense.
 John Sharon, 2i. 76 Hill street, passing worthless checks, theft of a radio.
 James Ruocco, 20, of 240 Cherry street, passing worthless checks, theft of radio.
 Patsy Scallo, IT. of l66 Easton avenue, robbery with violence, pas sing worthless checks.
 Class, Bovine, Ruocco. and Scallo had furnished the bond this morn ing and are at liberty pending the hearing Friday, while the others were held.
 Arrested Last Night
 Detectives Cornelius Shanahan, Edward McElligott, Joseph Bend- Ter and John Leary made the ar rests last night. climaxing an in- vcstigation which began two months
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
OLD DETECTIVE
 IS IMPLICATED

New York, May 6-tUP)-Eliis Parker, 6r., famous rural detective. was linked today by the testimony of two new witnesses to the fantas- tic abduction of Paul H. Wendell. disbarred Trenton attorney. who was tortoured into a confession" that he kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
 The venerable chief of Burlington County detectives. nationally known for his canny solutions Of more than 600 crimes. was accused by Theodore Kass ol Brooklyn of pay- ing him @ after he had been hired as . special guard" to watch Wen- del who had been held as q "yollin. tary captive" in . state asylum ai New Lisbon. N. ].
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

Statewide polllnB III CalnOEul@ was giving an uninstructed repub- lican convention delegation allied with former President Hoover fat lead over delegates pledged to Lan- don.
 But in early returns from South Dakota, Landon supporters were holding a slim majority for dele- gates favorable to the Kansan over a slate pledged to the candidacy of Borah. A defeat for Borah in this distinctly agricultural state might have important political conse- quences. Landon did not formally enter the South Dakota primary but the uninstructed delegation was accepted as his slate. Neither did Landon take the initiative in Call. fornia, but his name was put before the voters by an alliance headed by Gov. Frank r. Merriam and William Randolph Hearst.
 Democrats See Victory
 Democrats claimed today that re. turns, especially from California and Indiana, were ornens of Q New Deal victory next November. 1nn-
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AMERICANS ARE
 WELL GUARDED
Italian Troops Drove Off Bandits - Soldiers Re-
 tired to Their Quarters
BY JOSEPH II. BAIRD niAed Press Staff COrresuOndeI

United Press Stan Correspondent Washington, May H.-tUP)- Italian guards, sent to protect the American legation at Adds Ababa against vengeful natives, withdrew today after disarming the maraud- CTS, Vice Consu William M. Cramr reported.
 In a wireless message to the state department, Cramp said that condi. tons virtually had returned to nor. normal near the legation.
 The 50 soldiers were provided bS Marshal Badoglio last night after . new attack on the little American defense force was withdrawn.
 Engert, others to Return
 Cramp Oaid American Minister Cornelius Van H. Engert and mem beYs of the staff who went to thu refuge of the British legation yes terday expected to return today.
 Cramps report wss filed at 6 a m. (Addis Abeba time). With Ameri' can naval radio operators CramT reoccupied the American legation late yesterday, shortly after arriva of the Italians.
 "The Italian guard has left, hay ing taken number of rifles iron natives in the neighborhood wht had been firing during the night, Cramp reported. T expect the min iSter early this morning"
 Attack Started
 The attack on the legation came only a short time after Cralnp anc three U. s. navy operators had re-
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~. s. Women Golf Players Retain Cup
United States, Great Britain Tied in Curtis Cup Series But This Tie Enabled American Team
 to Hold Cup Possession

Gleneagles, Scotland, May G. (UP)-United States and Great Britain's women golf stars played to a tie in their Curtis cup series today. Each team won enc four some match and three singles. They split the other foursome.
 The tie enabled America to retain possession of the trophy which 1t won in the other two series in 1882 and 1884.
 Greatest upset of the series was the failure of little Patty Berg, IT, year-old Minneapolis schoolgirl.
 Playing with Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware, captain of the American team, Patty was on the foursome which produced the only tie match of the day.
 In the singles she was whipped four and three, by Mrs. Helen Holm of Troon, Scotland, British cham pion in 1884.
 British Fought Hard
 The British waged an uphill bat tie to even the series in the last singles match.
 The final point score was: United States { 1-2; Great Britain 1 1-2.
 To Jessie Anderson, slim Scotch girl, went the honor of scoring th' victory that enabled the British tt tie. With America needing tha' last singles match to win the series Miss Anderson scored brilliant onC up win over Mrs. L. D. Cheney oi Santa Monica, California, member of the last two winning American Curtis cup teams.
 Bitterly Contested
 Today's matches were the most bitterly fought in the history of the
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Final Nelvs Flashes
UNITED PROTESTANT CHURCH

Columbus, O., May 6.-(UP)-Pending uniication of three branches of Methodism was called today by Dr. Ivan Lee Holt St. Louis, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the beginning of United dressing the 32nd quadriennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which approved union with the Methodist Episcopal church south and Methodist Protestants, Dr. Holt pledged the Federal Councils present administration to work toward such goal. He is a southern Methodist clergyman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
GOV. LANDON HAS
 LOST FOOTHOLD
California Turne e d Him Down Yesterday-SO.
 Dakota in Battle
(By United Press)


 Gov. Ali M. Landon's drive for the republican presidential nomina- ton received its first setback in yesterdays primary in California incomplete but sizeable returns in- dicated today,
 Delegates pledged to him were trailing by approximately 65,O0o votes an unpledged slate considered friendly to former President Herbert Hoover.
 Tn South Dakota, the Kansas governor was running a close race with Senator William E. Borah in incomplete returns from yesterdays republican preference primary. The returns indicated that the states delegation to the national conven- ton would be divided.
 President Easily Wins
 President Roosevelt won an easy victory in California. The delega- ton pledged directly to him was leading delegations pledged to Up- ton Sinclair, EPIC leader. and Rep. John Steven McGroarty, ToWnsend pension plan advocate, by over whelming majorities.
 In South Dakota, the president unopposed in the democratic pref erence primary, received large complimentary vote. He also won the states convention vote.
 Incomplete returns from Indiana's congressional primaries indicated that democrats had received a larger total vote than republicans. In Alabama, the biennial demo- cratic primary. divvlged a sharp split over the method by which na-
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will be Q matter for joint consider ation by the states concerned at the forthcoming meeting of the league council"
 The council meets in Geneva next Monday.
 In subsequent general debate on foreign policy. Hugh Dalton, labor ite, indicted the cabinets Ethiopian policy, saying that "the country is ashamed of the government"
 The galleries were packed for the debate. The French, Belgian, Rus sian, Turkish and other ambassa- dors were among the audience.
 Dalton, citing Germany's re.arr11a- ment and mentioning rumorS of pos- sible violence against Austria and Czechoslovakia, said sarcastically some say peace will be safe until after the Olympic Games"
 Regarding reports that British financiers are granting short-term credits to Germany, Dalton Sug-
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