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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
BY ELMER s. WALZER United Press Financial EditOr)

New York, April 2 - (UP) - Stocks, bonds, commodities, except grains, and the dollar advanced to- day as the European situation ap- peared less tense and domestic bus mess continued to rise.
 The industrial stock average crossed the 160 level for the first time since 1881. Then traders gave rails a whirl.
 Automobile and Steel shares led the upturn early. General Motors hit a new high since 1929 while Chrysler crossed the 100 mark. U. s. Steel made it's best price since 1881. Bethlehem Steel gained more than a point. Demand for steels accompanied statements by presi- dents of these two steel units that operations were at 60 per cent of capacity.
 Mercantile shares continued their upturn, featured by mall order shares. Utilities were slightly high CT. Chemicals made substantial gains but failed to hold them. Cop per shades were carried higher as foreign price Of the metal gained. Farm implements had another gain but Case fell back to net loss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
European Situation Appeared Less Tense
Individual Stock Average Crosses 6O Level for First
 Time Since l03I-RaiIs Took Whirl

Oils, airplane shares, building issues, electrical equipments and rubbers scored gains.
 Among best gains were Allied Chemical at POS, up 4 1-2; Briggs & Stratton 66, up 2; DuPont 151 1-2, up 1-2; General Motors 69 3-4, up 1; Union Pacifis 134 1-2, up 2 1-4; U. s. Industrial Alcohol 59, up 3 7-S; Western Union 91, up 3; U. s. Steel 68 3-4, up 1 5-8; and Westinghouse Electric 121 1-2, up 4 5-8.
 New highs were made by Allis Chalmers, Anaconda, Columbia Gas, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, General Foods, and Stewart Warner.
 A break in Wheat of 1 1-2 to 1 3-4 cents bushel and smaller losses in other grains marred an otherwise firm commodity list.
 French francs slipped back. Other wise gold currencies drifted down in dollar terms. Non-gold units also dipped. However, there was no par ticular pressure. The French gold outflow now has been arrested and the franc crisis seems to have passed, according to banking ex- perts.
 Dow Jones preliminary closing averages showed Industrial 160.43 up 1.47; Railroad 49.04 up 1.34; Utility, 32.54 up 010.
 Volume approximated 2,190,000 shares compared with 1,690,000 shares yesterday. Curb sales were 463,o shares compared with 40l, = 900 shares yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
CHANGE PAUPER
 LAWS OF STATE
Proposal for Five Drastic Alterations in Present
 Connecticut Rules

Hartford, Conn, April 2-(UP)- Proposal for five drastic changes in Connecticuts pauper laws today rested with the state study com mission as a result of the meeting with mayors, selectmen and welfare officials of state, towns and muni- cipalities.
 The more than 60 persons in the senate chamber yesterday agreed the settlement laws are complicated but no specific plan for changing them was agreed upon.
 The changes proposed were as follows:
 A system of three or four regional institutions for aged instead of city an dtown almhouses and poor farms.
 A change from four years to one in the interstate settlement re- Quirement with Connecticut as- surning responsibility for families or individuals living here one year.
 The assumption by the state Of two-thirds of all relief costs of ci- ties and towns and the abnadon- ment of the four year settlement law between towns in the state.
 Expansion of the widows aid law to make 1t apply not only owidows who are citizens but alien widows and mothers whose husbands arc insane or in prison. The name mothers aid was suggested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
TWO MEN KILLED
 IN PLANE CRASH

Pavilion, N. r., April 2.-(UP)-- Federal government officials inves- tigated report that an American Airiines plane had crashed in a snowstorm near here last night, kill ing two men, was afire before it struck the ground.
 Mrs. Leon Phelps, wife of the Genesee county highways superin- tendent, said motors of the plane a regular passenger ship on the Newark Buffalo route, were appar- ently functioning properly just be- fore the crash but fire was visible about the cabin.
 American Airlines officials point cd out that Mrs. Phelps might have mistaken the planes exhaust flame for fire.
 The dead were Pilot Sanford L Underwood of Snyder, Buffalo su- burb, and William Garrett of Al bany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
SON FORCED TO
 TELL ON MOTHER

Los Angeles, April D. (UP) - A motherly woman dressed all in black who is charged with the murder of her son, listened, utterly unmoved, while another son testi- fled against her. Today the state continued the presentation of evil dence 1t believes will hang Mrs. Grace Du Bois, 60, for the murder of Dr. Charles Warren Du Bois, Al, a physician. Ted Du Bois, an ad- vertising man, was an unwilling witness for the state yesterday. No man was in more awful situation than I arn," he said.
 Du Bois testified that his mother wanted to kill all her family. His mother, he said, attempted to per- suade him to commit suicide be- cause she believed the family stock was ito weak to cope with the present day economic situation" Du Bois described his mothers pride in the family's lineage which, she said dated back to the time of William The Conqueror. Mrs. Du- Bois is charged with carefully plan- attempting to blame his death on an unidentified youth to whom he was showing his guns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
|HAUCK ATTACKS' GOVERNOR AGAIN
Five Men Assaulted Care takef of Lindbergh
 Estate

Trenton, N. J., April 2-CUP) - Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of Hunterdon County, today charg- ed that Gov. Harold c. Hoffman was blocking his efforts to locate five men involved in mysterious assault on the caretaker of the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell yes- terday. Hauck said that his inves- tigator, seeking the motor vehicles files on the automobile implicated in the incident, had been informed that they were now in the hands of Gov. Hoffman and could not be obtained immediately. According to the Hunterdon prosecutor, five men, one of whom was recognized as MT. Saunders" of Pennington, drove into the Lindbergh estate at 4 p. m. yesterday and demanded permission to enter the house. They were opposed by caretaker Joseph Lyons.
 Refused Admittance
 Saunders" asserted that he was a constable but Lyons still refused him admittance. The men then got back into their automobile and, Hauck charged, deliberately drove 1t into the caretaker. He was not injured seriously but the prosecu- tor said he wanted to accuse the men of assault. The caretaker de- scribed the automobile as a 1886 Chevrolet bearing the license plate L 25358. The motor vehicle bureau first reported, Hauck said, that the car was so new the numbers had not yet been filed. Hauck demanded that the governor produce the miss ing records so that T can properly prosecute the case"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
IWENDEL TELLS l OF HIS CAPTURE
District Attorney Making Searching Probe Into
 His Torture Story

New York, April 2.-(UP)-Dis- trict Atty. William F. X. Geoghan of Brookline announced today that searching investigation" was be- ing made into charges that Paul Wendell, disbarred Trenton lawyer had been kept prisoner in a Brook lyn house and tortured into making confession, later repudiated, that he kidnapped Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
 Geoghan stressed that he was not interested in the truth or falsity oi the alleged confession, but simply wanted to determine whether a crime had been committed against Wendell.
 The district attorney said that one of his assistants, William F. Me- Guinness, a stenographer and county detective, visited Wendell ir the Mercer county jail yesterday.
 Wendell Describes It
 Wendell told McGuinness, Geoghar said, that he was about to enter the Hotel Stanford in Manhattan or February IA when man ap- preached and told him "De Louie wants to see you at headquarters. Wendell identified De Louie" as @ Trenton detective.
 Another man behind him pressed gun against him, according to his story" Geoghan said. "He was or dered into a car parked near the hotel. He said there were four mer in the car"
 Then, according to Wendel's story to McGuinness, he was driven to g place near Coney Island where he was held prisoner for ten days "ano tortured into making a confession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
WOOL MARKET

Boston, April 2-CUP) - Buyers have shown very little interest in the small quantities of domestic wools being offered on the Boston market, the U. S. Agriculture de- partment reported today.
 Prices were mostly nominal in the absence of actual trading. Co., casional sales of small lots of scolir- ed woolen wools were reported in- cluding fair sized lot of secured 6-8 months Texas wool at around 82-33 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
ASSEMBL YMAN
 DIED WEDNESDAY

Goshen, Conn, April 2--(UP( Funeral services will be held Friday for Edwin o. Wright, 69. former assemblyman, sportsman and mas, fer of Goshen Grange, who dleI yesterday after an illness oi two years. . a.o,o houso of representatives from 1899 to as, isU, and in the senate from 1850 to lsaa' Ee R was a democrat, former chair = man of the town committee se- iectman and a member or the school committee.
 A daughter survives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
charge that Paul H. Wendell com mitted the crime. Then Game Lindbergh Blast

charge that Paul H. Wendel con- mitted the crime.
 Then Came Lindbergh Blast
 Hoffman said later that he offer ed to go back any time and tell the grand jury anything he could.
 Isn't the Lindbergh case busted open againp he was asked.
 The governor grinned.
 "Its been busted open for about four years" he replied.
 No sooner had the Stocky, hard hitting chief executive left the jury room than Wilentz, jaws set and eyes flashing hurried from a confer- ence with prosecution officials and state police and presented his side of the case to the jury. What Wilentz Said
 When he came out, after two hours, Wilenta declared that it was impossible for the jury to indict Wendell for murder.
 Even if 1t were agreed that the confession he wrote and repudiated were legitimate" Wilentz said, "he could not be held for murder on the basis of that statement because 1t says that the baby died accidentally of fall from the bed"
 "The Wendell confession" Wilentz continued sarcastically stated that the child had been held month and that it fell out of bed during his (Wendel's) absence.
 That does not spell murder.
 Tt is my considered judgment that this county has no jurisdic- tion."
 The attorney general turned ab- ruptly and hurried out to his auto mobile.
 Jury Took Recess
 At 2:30 D. m. the jury recessed for luncheon. They said they would re- sume in about an hour.
 Reports again circulated that Dr.. J. F. Jafsie) Condon, who paid $50,000 ransom money four years ago today, would be the first witness at 3 D. m., but official sources indi- cated they did not believe he would | be called.
 Are Studying Law Meanwhile, 1t was learned that Wilentz and other members of the Hauptmann prosecution have been studying law books relating to con- spiracy indictments apparently in furtherance of their investigation into Parker's connection with the case.
 You can bet your bottom dollar that we're looking into Parker's &C., tivities," said one of the conferees.
 At the prishon, the Rev. John Mat thiesen visited Hauptmann early this afternoon.
 The prisoner asked what the grand jury was doing and was disap- pointed when the minister could give him no definite information.
 Matthiesen said that Hauptmann spent good night and was in good spirits.
 Mrs. Anna Hauptmann went into the prison at ;25 p. m. to visit her husband. If Hauptmann should be executed on schedule tomorrow night, this would be her last visit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
Market Showed Good Advances Today in Many Issue:
Little Girl Is
 Dead From Burns

Shirley Mathieu, 1 year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ray Mathieu OG 50 William street, died late this morning at St. Mary's hospital of severe burns sustained when she tipped a pan of hot water upon herself at her home Wednesday. Dr. Edward H. Kirschbaum, med ical examiner, said the child had sustained extensive burns on the face, arms, chest and back. She was brought to the hospital by Dr. Ulric Dionne. She is a1sO survived by one sister, Joan.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
TOWNSEND PAPER
 SECRETS TOLD
(Continued from Page 1.J

NCOIlLulueU 1EOII EABO 40 circulation statements in 1935 showed a weekly sale of 100000 cop les, only from 15,OOO to 10000 were actually paid"
 Ut was not philanthropy" Clem- ents remarked, because we felt it was a valuable way to disseminate information on the movement"
 Clements said that he, Townsend and Clyde Doyle, Long Beach attor- ney, founded the Prosperity Pulp fishing Co., which published the Townsend weekly, as private cor poration, in August 1884.
 Doyle Was Dummy"
 "Then Doyle was 8 straw man or dummy2" Sullivan asked.
 "Yes, if that's the proper 1egal term" Clements replied.
 He estimated only $250 was put into" Prosperity Publishing O., bJ the incorporators in fees.
 T feel sure the income at that time in March, 1895, was not over $500 to $500 weekly" Clements said
 If you charge three cents copy why wasn't it $3,000?" Rep. John B Hollister, r., Ohio, demanded.
 Because most of 1t was charged on the books" Clements said. "Ur to last October, about 1,20O, 900 ,cop- les were printed but had not been paid"
 Questioning by Sullivan revealed that state area managers of the O. A. R. P. were getting one cent out of each three cents for which the weekly sold.
 Medicine Adv.
 Clements told of a fanciful sug- gestion he once made for a patent medicine advertisement featuring an endorsement by Dr. F. F. Town send and picture of a naked wo. man."
 The suggestion was described by clements as "an attempt at levity' when house committee members questioned him concerning Q letter he wrote to M. D. Cerf, Los An. geles, identified as advertising manager for the Townsend week. ly.
 Clements wrote Cerf objecting tc proof for a patent medicine ad He went on to say that he had never taken the pills mentioned ir the ad.
 Had Taken Pills
 But Dr. Townsend said he has taken them by the handful, "Clem. ents wrote. And they cured him oi everything"
 Just for the fun of it." Clement. added, T wonder how much they would pay to use ToWnsend's en. dorsement with picture of a naked woman and attributing Townsend! ability to speak long hours to thu tablets"
 The letter, Clements told tn, committee which was inquiring in to patent medicine advertising rev enue of the Townsend weekly wa "facetious."
 He admitted however that 1t wa true LIT. IOWnSenQ had taken tn tablets and found them beneficial.
 Explains About Woman
 T didn't mean to infer any sucl thing as naked woman in tn ad," Clement explained. Tt wa an attempt at levity on my part" | Assuming you had meant wha you said and run that ad. it woul, have been a fraud" Lucas said.
 Tt would not have been true, Clements said. He said that he ha, never discussed the ad with Town send.
 You wouldn't care to claim tha these tablets are responsible fo Dr. Townsend's economic ideas, Gavagan asked.
 "Oh, no sir" Clements replied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

Robert Coughlin, g Cottage Place; Helen M. Harmon, 65 Walnut avenue.
 Michael Onofrio, IT Gilbert street; Mary Morea, 58 Sperry street.
 Charles J. Hagerty, 1879 Hamilton avenue; Bernice Schlegel, 4 Kenyon street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
AIRPLANE CARRIER

Quincy, Mass, April 2-CU.P0- Construction of the $2l .000, 900 air. plane carrier U. s. s. Wasp was un- der way today at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing Corporation. Ltd.
 The Wasp will be a sister ship to the U. S. s. Lexington. also built here. Little ceremony marked the laying of the keel of the new car- rier yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
Hauck After Records

Trenton, N. J., April 2-(UP)- Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck of Hunterdon county, stormed into the office of Governor Harold G. Hoff-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
Kimberling Story

Bogota, Colombia, April 2-(UP)- The newspaper Fl Tiempo quoted Colonel Mark o. Timberling, princi- pal keeper of the New Jersey state prison, as saying in a telephone in- terview today that he does not be- lieve Bruno Richard Hauptmann has been proved guilty.
 "In my opinion, strictly personal" |" he was quoted as saying, there is not sufficient proof to condemn Hauptmann. There are many ob- scure things in this case which I believe the authorities should clear up before punishing this main.
 However, my opinion is personal and does not signify anything. I shall have to comply with the orders I have received"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02
Hauptn1ann MayBe
 Held For Long Time
Continued from Page D

man today to demand motor vehicle records which are blocking his pros- ecution of five men who attempted to force their way into the Hope well estate of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh yesterday.
 The governor told him to come back at p. m. and he would tell him why the records were withheld.
 "1ll be back" Hauck said.
 The titular head of the Haupt- mann prosecution was incensed at his inability to obtain data on an automobile in which he said the five thugs" yesterday ran down Jo- seph Lyons, caretaker of the estate from which the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped in 1882.
 He charged that the records had been removed from the file by the governor.
 The governor, according to Hauck, said he wanted the records flor an investigation of his own" The pros- ecutor added that the five men "ap- parently had represented themselves as investigators for the governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-02

DOW JONES AVERAGES
Evening star., 1936-12-16
KIBITZES INTO JAIL

DALLAS, Tex, December 16 (P.-
Kibitzing when he saw five aces dealt
in movie poker game caused the
arrest of A. M Patchin, wanted here
on a mail fraud indictment, Clyde
Hood, assistant district attorney, said
yesterday.
Throw one of those aces away"
Hood said Patchin shouted, leaping
to his feet in Los Angeles theater
Monday.
A routine investigation showed the
Federal charge against Patchin. Hood
said he will be returned here for trial.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
COPYRIGHT RULING
REVERSED BY LET'S
Authors and Publishers of More
Merry Go Round Held Liable
to the Washingtonian.

Reversing a prior ruling, Justice F.
Dickinson Let's of District Court held
today that the authors and publishers
Of More Merry Go Round" are liable
in damages to the Washingtonian
Publishing Co., Inc, for infringement
Of copyright.
Defendants in the litigation wene
Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen,
authors; Liveright, Inc, publishers.
and the Van Rees Press. which
printed the book.
Justice Let's found that chapter
OF the book contained matter "prac-
tically IDENTICAL to an article in the
December 10, 1891, issue of The
Washingtonian, a monthly magazine
published here at that time.
In his first ruling, Justice Let's held
that by delay in filing copies Of the
magazine and in paying the copy
right fee, the plaintiff forfeited its
right to damages for infringement.
Today, however, he said the usual no
tice of copyright, printed in the maga-
zine constituted valid copyright, and
that failure to deposit copies did not
deprive the plaintiff of its right of
action.
Evening star., 1936-12-16

Its an old saying that the best always comes in twos
certainly true in respect these fine bed outfits. The b.
gum wood in mahogany walnut maple finish with the
known Foster springs and comfortable nnersprng mattress
Sizes
Kanns-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1936-12-16
LAWYERS GUILD
GROUP LAUNCHED
r. P. Walsh, New Deal
Backer, Says Liberal EIe'
ment Held in Check.
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 16.-In re-
volt against what he termed the re.
dictionary minority" within the legal
profession, Frank P. Walsh, an at-
torney and chairman of the New York
Power Authority. announced yester-
dsv the formation of a national law
yers' guild. -.
Walsh, one of the organizers, said
the guild would be organized formally
at a convention in Washington on
February %. He added there were
at present between 1000 and 5000
members, but said he expected men,
bership Of 5000 by the time OF the
Washington meeting.
Sees Curb on Liberal Group.
He said the guild was mot in COM
petition with any other association,
but that guild organizers felt the more
liberal element among lawyers was
not now sufficiently represented. The
American Bar Association now is con-
sidered the principal representative
Of organized lawyers.
Walsh, who was chairman Of the
Executive Committee Of the Progress
sive National Committee, which cam
paigned for President Roosevelt's re-
election, asserted the public had
formed the impression that the legal
profession was an instrument of OBJ
struction," due primarily to the fact
mo unified group Of lawyers has un-
dertaken to encourage and to assert
progressive leadership"
Sees Articulate Minority.
1.-THE reactionary minority within
the profession" he asserted, has be-
come articulate to an amazing ex-
tent" This minority" he said, had
consistently taken stand hostile to
proposals and legislation Of for
looking nature"
Walsh listed as among lawyers
who had aligned themselves with the
guild United States District Judge
William N. Holley Of Chicago, Jerome
Frank, a Reconstruction Finance
Corp. attorney; Charlton Ogburn, at
torney to the American Federation OF
Labor, and Henry T. Hunt of Wash
1ngton, former mayor of Cincinnati.
Under a draft of the organizations
constitution, made public yesterday,
members would pay dues arranged on
sliding scale, with maximum of
$40 annually.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
Females First English
Babes Born in America

The first child born of English par
ents in America was Virginia Dare,
porn at Roanoke, Va, in August, 1887,
about month after the arrival of the
expedition to found the colony. Her
grandfather was John White, governor
OF the colony. who returned to Eng
land for supplies in November of that
year. 1t was not until August, 1891,
that he was able to reach Virginia
again, and no trace of the settlement
then remained. Other expeditions fol-
lowed and in 1909 another white child,
Virginia Layton, was born in the
colony.
The first male child born in the Eng
fish colonies, according to a writer in
the Detroit News, was probably Pere-
CRIME White, born on the Mayflower
in the harbor of Cape Cod, November
70, 1920. He was the son of William
and Susanna White. William White
died during the first winter of the
colony and Susanna married Governor
Winslow, the first marriage in New
England. The name Peregrine was
considered appropriate, having the
meaning Of pilgrim" or traveller"
This pioneer New Highlander lived to
1904 and filed various civil and mill
tary Offices.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-06-18
Raccoons Intelligent

Raccoons are considered among the
more Intelligent of the wild animals
They have an Unsuitable curiosity in
their surroundings and often display
unusual interest in bright objects of
any kind, such as pieces of tin or met
al. They are among the more courag-
eous in the animal kingdom and often
give good account of themselves
when attacked by dogs. One of the
marked notwithstanding habits OF the
coon" is his sunbath. When the
weather is bright and warm, the coon
and his entire family, If they be large
enough, climbs from his home in hol-
low tree and the group distributes It.
self In the highest perches. Here they
sprawl, basking in the warm sunlight
and warm their fat bodies