davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1936-04-30

MURDERED!-
Motives, meth
ods, and identity
of ffen d w b o
slew Mrs Nancy
Titterton, "a,
New York au-
thoress, in her
home in fashion
able Beekman
Place apartment
building, interest
police and pub
lie. c~~, Sh
Smyrna times., 1936-04-30
DOINGS.
OF so YEARS AGO.

CONTINUED From Page Three)
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Fun Loving WPAMen
Now Do Their JestinQ
Off Public Pay Roll

IPSWICH, Mass. Oct. %
G.N.SO ALI work and no play,
makes WPA work dull on a road
side Identification project, 70
workers decided.
So they pitched horse shoes,
went for strolls in the woods and
did a little crap shooting in the
privacy of a nearby barn.
And when new foreman from
Lynn protested, they dragged him
along the road and threatened to
drop him onto railroad tracks
from a bridge-all in the spirit
of fun and diversion.
That was the reason why State
police from the Topsfield bar
racks were summoned to quell
the disturbance, why immediate
suspension of the project was
ordered, why the 10 workers were
suspended and why an official
investigation was launched to-
day.
Daniel j. Mahoney, Of Law
renee. Essex county WPA admin
istrator. declared the new fore
man had been sent here because
Of numerous complaints the men
were doing only little work but
plenty Of play.
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SNOW FACES
M0LLIS0N.
INSEAH0P
Filler Off for England
Despite Reports Of
Bad Weather

NEW YORK, Oct. % G.N.S.)
James A. Mollison, famous British
flier, took off from Floyd Bennett
Field at 8:44 a. m. E.S.T0 today
on the first leg of a projected
flight to England and ultimately
to South Africa.
Mollison made an easy, grace.
full take-off after a run of about
1900 feet down the runway. He
waved and called cheerfully to
the crowd as the plane began its
runway dash.
Shortly before taking off, Mol
lison received good luck" cable
gram from his wife
Mollison said that although the
weather over the ocean is not
very good and that snow was
falling in mid.Atlantic, he will
be favored with a good tail wind
Quizzed about the dinner suit
he wore under his flying toys,
Mollison grinned and said:
eff 1 get to London in time
for dinner, 1 won't even have
to change my Clothes"
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Madrid Given 49 Hours
To Surrender to Whites
By THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, Oct. % G.N.sJ.
With the insurgents in the sub.
urbs of Madrid, Gen. Francisco
Franco, their generalissimo, today
sent his "laSt ultimatum" to the
capitals defenders. He was
quoted over the Corunna radio
as saying:
Surrender within 4S hours
or suffer terrific punishment"
That his artillery is now within
range to do so was indicated by
the same radio, which announced
that insurgent troops had occu.
pied Getafe, the first suburb Of
Greater Madrid.
Getafe, south Of the capital and
site of a big commercial airport.
is only eight miles from the
Puerto del Sol, in the heart Of
Madrid.
Situation desperate"
General Franco also said, &C.
cording to the Corunna radio, that
Marcel Rosenberg, the Soviet am.
bassador in Madrid, informed Mos
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VOTE AMERJcAN-
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DuCe Promises Italy
Another Good Year

ROME, Oct. % GN.S0.-An,
other year as productive as the one
that gave italy domination over
Ethiopia was predicted today by
Premier Mussolini, addressing a
throng in the Piazza Venezia on
the fourteenth anniversary of the
march on Rome. He said:
"The year IA of the Fascist
era has been fortunate one for
us. I promise that the year Is
will be no less fortunate. Our
will and our faith are tempered
as the steel of your swords. Ours
is the faith which, when it meets
obstacles, throws itself against
them and burns its boats. The
Italian people will defend with
all its force its victory and en-
pre-"
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T|MKEN DENIES
COERCION

CANTON, o., Oct. % IN.S0,
William E. Umstattd, president of
the Thinker Roller Bearing Com
pany, today voiced an emphatic
denial of charges Of political coer,
sion which the Senate Campaign
Expenditures ommittee an.
nounced in Washington it will in
vestigate. He said:
1--WE deny that any Of our Of
ficiaIS made the statement that
any of our plants would close
in the event of a Democratic
victory.
1--WE deny that any of our Of
ficialS made the statement that
Henry Ford said he would with
draw his orders from our plant
in the event Of a Democratic
victory.
eve deny that coercion or in
timidatiOn was used in any talk
with our employees"
The Senate com mittee an
nounced it would investigate al
legations that Thinker employees
in Columbus were informed on
october 81 that the plant there
would close if Governor Alfred M.
Landon were defeated.
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BOWIE GETS
CLUB Dali
TOMORROW
State Investigator Due
To Receive Charges
OF Motorists

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct.
28.-Affidavits from 80 motorists
alleging irregularities in traffic
cases in Prince Georges County
will be in the hands of States At
torney Alan Bowie tomorrow for
comparison with the case records
and for use in a probe which is
expected to be launched by a
State investigator, it was learned
today.
The affidavits will be delivered
to Bowie by George Keneipp,
president of the Keystone Auto
mobile Club; Harvey L. Cobb, of
counsel for the club, and Louis
Lebowitz, a Maryland attorney.
Identity of the investigator
could not be learned, but it is
understood he will be a member OF
Bowie'S staff.
Garage Is Named
Named in the affidavits, it was
reported here, are several proml-
nent lawyers, a State policeman,
q bondsman and garage.
Denying that the clubs purpose
was to "get" individual police or
County officials, Mr.. Cobb de-
clared:
eve are not interested in
prosecuting grafterS. We are
interested in protecting motor
lists. If a man is guilty Of
drunken driving, we want him
to be guaranteed a fair trial"
Charges in Affidavit
In an affidavit sworn to by
Henry C. Wright, 1922 S st. S. E.,
Washington, it was stated that
Wright had been arrested on
charges of driving while drunk
and reckless driving and that he
had paid a $50 fee for the bonds
man for his release from jail
pending hearing.
He sWore that he was later told
that, for an additional 500 the
case could be fixed, and that he
and his bondsman had driven to a
State police Sub7station where the
bondsman, a lawyer and a State
officer held a brief conference and
divided the $500. Wright further
Continued on Page 3, Col. y
VOTE AMERICAN
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MERICANS
WIN SWEEPS
FORTUNES
9 Get 1000 Apiece
Eight Draw $4,000
On Second Horse
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

NEWMARKET, England, Oct.
% G.N.SO.-Dropping a colossal,
unprecedented windfan on % lucky
American ticketholders, the classic
Cambridgeshire Handicap was run
today with the favorite, Dan Bull
ger first, Daytona second, and
Laureat II, third.
Nine Americans won $4,000
apiece when Dan Bulger crossed
the finish line. Ten others caShed
$4,000 each on Daytona and nine
scored to the tune of $50, 900 each
on Laureat Ia grand total Of
$4,000, 900, the largest American
total in the history of the Irish
Hospitals Sweepstakes.
Thus So per cent of the 48
winning tickets went to Ameri-
can holders, a windfall made all
the larger by virtue of the fact
it was an exceptionally big sweep
stakes pool to begin with.
Daytona and Laureat II. were
both outsiders and their placing
second and third in the historic
race was a surprise to everyone
and a blessing to the 10 Ameri-
can ticketholders who had stubs
on these entries.
Dan Bulger, three-year-old, own
ed by Sir Abe Bailey, himself
carried $1,350,000 across the fin
ish line and into American
pockets. Americans won $750,0C0
on Daytona and $450,000 on
Laureat II.
The Winners
Here are the American ticket
holders who won fortunes on Dan
Bulger:
North" North Bend, Ohio.
"Nickan Co." 1349 Hayes ST.,
San Francisco.
Crane, Is Sea Gull Road,
Quincy, Mass.
James Short, 514 Main St., Por-
tage, Pa.
Margaret Cuneen, 1923 Vesta
Pl., Brooklyn.
Hooker, 400 Swift Ave-, West
Durham, N. C.
West, 5416 Ridgewood st. Phila-
delphia.
1.-The Ten Girls" S54 Undercliff
Ave-, Edgewater, N. j.
William Schrieben, 301 E. Water
ST., Syracuse, N. Y.
Laureate II was the best-liked Of
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
VOTE AMERICAN
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BY DAVID P. sENTNER

LONDON, Oct. % u.N.S9.
Into quiet Seclusion, protected
from publicity by a voluntary
British press censorship, Mrs.
Wallis Simpson retired today
while the slow processes of law
ground automatically on to the
day, six months hence, when her
divorce decree "nisi" will be made
absolute" and the queenly Bal
timore lady will be free to become
a queen in fact.
Guarded by one of King Ed
wards personal detectives, Mrs.
Simpson was back in London to-
day, at the handsome residence
at No. 16 Cumberland Terrace, in
the Regents Park section, on
which she has taken a years
lease.
She returned to town within a
few hours after her provisional
decree separating her from Ernest
Simpson was granted at Ipswich.
But, according to close friends.
Mrs. Simpson may seek further
to retire from the international
limelight by taking a trip, prob
ably to Bermuda. She will be
able to take direct passage to Ber-
muda on November 4. Otherwise
she would have to change boats
at New York-a necessity she IS
most DESTROYS of avoiding.
King Edward, who, his intimate
friends say, will marry Mrs. Simp-
son in June, after his coronation,
is deeply immersed in pressing
work of state.
Besides receiving a constant
stream of important personages at
Buckingham Palace, the Monarch
is preparing for the coronation,
and the more immediate duty OF
his first opening of Parliament
when, next Tuesday, he will drive
in state through Westminister's
streets to deliver his first speech
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.LAND0N FLAYS
SECURITY ACT
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. % G.N.SO
Charging those who claim to be
able to deliver the labor vote"
were "betraying the creed of
America" Governor Alfred M.
Landon today promised when I
am President" strictly to enforce
every law for the protection of
both organized and unorganized
workers throughout the nation.
Speaking to cheering thousands
in the Mosque Theater here, Lam
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. II
VOTE AMERICAN
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Knox Campaigning
In Wisconsin, Illinois

CHICAGO. Oct. % Q.N.SJ.
Col. Frank Knox, Republican can
didate for Vice President, left here
today for one-day tour of Wis
consin to be climaxed with a major
address at Lacrosse tonight.
Tomorrow Colonel Knox will
speak in a number of downstate
Illinois cities. with the major ad-
dress at West Frankfort at night,
and Friday he will campaign in
Indiana with the principal address
to be delivered in Gary in the eve
ming. He will make a final ad-
dress here Saturday night.
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KEMP RULING
DUE TODAY

Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal and the Superintendent Of
Schools DR.. Frank w. Ballou, are
expected to reach a decision late
today in the case of Lois Kemp,
11-year-old Junior high school stu
dent whose father, John S. Kemp,
recently won a victory over the
school superintendent ruling pro-
hibiting children of nearby Mary
land and Virginia from attending
the District public schools.
Mr.. Seal, who with DR.. Ballou
has been trying to reach an agree
ment with Mr.. Kemp'S attorney,
Robert Lynch, pending their ap-
peal noted week ago before the
Court of Appeals, refused to COM
nit himself other than to say he
will make no exception in t he
Kemp case. The matter, he
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
VOTE AMERICAN
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Mrs. Simpson Due
To Sail Nov. Il

from the throne" before the
Houses of Lords and Commons.
Then, in the following week,
the King will hold a review Of
the home fleet-also the first of
his reign. His only diversions dur
ing the next few busy weeks be-
fore Christmas will be week-ends
at Sunningdale.
Ernest Simpson, the former
member of a kings regiment, now
retires gracefully from the picture
in. silence, having made no de-
Tense Of the charges recited
against him in the divorce action.
Tiny squibs in today's press tell
ing of the decree at Ipswich went
almost unnoticed, and Simpson
was back at his shipping office
as usual today.
The divorce itself is now in the
hands of an officer known as the
Kings procurator- general.
The present procurator- general
is Sir Thomas Barnes, and his
assistant is w. E. Chapman. They
have agents in every British
country, whose duty it is to in
tervene, should collision between
the divorce principles be proved,
or further misconduct be dis
covered.
Intervention by a royal pro-
curator could prevent a final
DEGREES being granted, but such
action is rare.
In six months, then, Mrs.
Simpson, through her famous
attorney, Norman Birkett, will
formally apply to the Kings
bench division for a decree alb
solute, which will be granted
as a routine matter.
VOTE AMERICAN
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MERCURY DIPS
TO II HERE

Steaming automobile radiators,
overcoats and generously frosted
windows invaded the Capital scene
today as the mercury slid to q de-
greeS at 7 o'clock.
Outlying sections of the District,
however, reported temperatures as
low as % degrees and in the upper
regions of Maryland still lower
marks were recorded. Ice a half
inch thick formed on streams in
the Shenandoah Valley.
The freezing zone extends into
northern Kentucky and as far west
as Missouri and Oklahoma, the
Weather Bureau maps show.
The temperature will gradually
rise here during the day, the
weather forecasters predicted, and
the skies will continue clear. Yes
terday the high mark was Al de-
grees at p. m.
VOTE AMERICAN
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Professor Solves
Riddle Of Sphinx
lis Sun God Shrine

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. % G.N.S).
The riddle of the sphinx was par
TALLY solved today.
The inscrutable winged lioness
of Gizeh, carved from solid lime
stone, was a monument to Ra, the
ancient Egyptian sun god, accord
ing to a granite tablet unearthed
by Prof. Selim Bey Hassan, noted
Cairo Psychologist.
Erected by Amenhotep II, the
tablet records his pilgrimage from
Memphis to the great pyramids,
when he was 18 years old. The
Sphinx then was covered with
sand except for it's head and
shoulders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
SUBMARINES
DECLARED
READY TO
ATTACK
Italian Troops Mass
On Island, Madrid
Government Says

PARIS, Oct. % (I.N.s.).
The Madrid government
through its embassy here to-
day charged Italy was pre-
pairing to attack the eastern
Spanish coast to aid the in
surgents in their fight against
radicals of Catalonia.
An embassy communique
stated Italian forces already
have been concentrated on the
Balearic Islands in prepara-
ton for the attack.
Further, it was alleged
eight Italian submarines have
been made ready to leave
Genoa to blockade the Span.
ish coast. The submarines, il
was alleged, are to have
Italian officers and insurgent
Spanish crews.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
Bench Warrants Out
For HOeppelS

Bench warrants for the appre-
hension of Representative John
H. Hoeppel CD of California and
his son, Charles j. Hoeppel, con-
victed in United States District
Court last December for conspir-
ing to sell a West Point appoint
ment, were placed in the hands
of the United States Marshal to-
day.
The Hoeppels, under sentence
Of from four months to one year,
were to have appeared before Jus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
President Is Backed
By New Labor Party

NEW YORK, Oct. % GN.SO.
President Roosevelt today had
received the enthusiastic indorse-
ment of the new American Labor
Party, whose mass meeting in
Madison Square Garden drew Q
crowd of more than 10000.
Among the speakers were Gov.
ernor Herbert H. Lehman, Senar
tor Robert F. Wagner, Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia, and a number OF
labor leaders, including John L.
Lewis and David Dubinsky.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
Election Excursion
To New York Slated

Arrangements for a special eX-
cursion train to New York for
WaShingtonians who wish to par
ticipate in the election celebra-
ton in the metropolis were an
nounced today by the Democratic
Women's National Council.
The train will leave 1890 a..
m. November 3, on the PennSyl-
vania railroad, and will be known
as the Celebration Special"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28

tice Peyton Gordon for commit.
ment today when Assistant United
States Attorney David A. Pine
presented the mandate Of the
United States Court of Appeals
directing that the sentence be put
into effect.
A review of the case was re-
fused by the United States SUI
preme Court several weeks ago
and the Court Of Appeals recently
Continued on Page 2, Col u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28

PARIS, OCT. %. U.N.sD.
Princess Natalie Paley, former
Hollywood actress, today filed suit
for divorce from Lucien Lelong,
the famous Paris couturier.
A daughter of the Grand Duke
Paul of Russia, Princess Natalie
was a 21-year-old clerk in Lelong's
salon when they were married in
1927.
After appearing in a picture
with Katharine Hepburn in Holly
wood, she and Lelong spent the
summer at Fairfield, Conn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-28
Ice-Coated Body Found

CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 28
G.N.SO The recovered body of
man believed to be one of the
10 victims of the Canadian Sand
Merchant disaster was found on
the shore of Euclid Beach Park
here today. The body was not i'm
mediately identified. Previously,
eight bodies had been recovered
from Lake Erie or along the shore
and identified.
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FAKE POSTAGE
RING FOUND

BOSTON, Oct. % G.N.SD.-A
counterfeit 2-cent postage stamp
racket, centered in New York city
and with nationwide ramifica-
tions, which brought flood of a
million stamps into greater Boston
alone, was revealed today by Secret
Service agents with the arrest of
three men.
The stamps, closely resembling
the genuine, were distributed to
agents at cost of Sc per 1000,
$14 under the ostensible fact value,
Federal men said. Thus far 165, 900
of the fake stamps have been
seized.
VOTE AMERICAN-
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''3N2FROM 1"

Il rented three rooms in
two days from one fur
nished room dd in the
Herald and Times Double
Quick Won't Ads. Could
have rented more rooms,
soYs Mrs. Zelda Fgunklin.
The quickest way to rent
your rooms, apartment, or
house is to coll Herald
und Times Double Quick
Won't Ads, District $3.50 or
District 1000.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; con-
tinued cold tonight with lowest temperature
about 80; rising temperature tomorrow.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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-VOTE AME RICAk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-09

ton since September /, 1885, IS
inches.
Temperature same date last
year: Highest, "a degrees; lowest,
So degrees.
Tide Table
High tide today, 3:17 a. m. and
$3.50 p. m.
Low tide today, 1000 a. m. and
1923 p. m.
High tide tomorrow, 4:19 a. m.
and 4:58 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow, 11:07 a. m.
and 1927 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today, 5:45 a. m.
and sets 6:25 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow, 5:46 a..
m. and sets 6:23 p. m.
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Holding Pocketbook
Costs Woman Plenty

1t cost Esther Pettigrew, IS, Of
p100 block Bladensburg Rd. N. E.,
$27 and a So wrist watch to hold a
pocketbook wadded with news
paper for an hour yesterday. A
stranger told Miss Pettigrew at
North Capitol st. and Massachu-
sets Ave. that the pocketbook con-
tanned $2,100 and offered to split
the contents if she would post
collateral to show her good faith.
Miss Pettigrew turned over her
watch and all her money. After
an hour she looked inside.
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Departures

Departures
Accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since January 1, 1886, 228
degrees.
Accumulated excess of precipi-
tation since January /, 1896, 81
inches, or deficiency of precipita-
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u. S. DAILY WEATHER FORECAST

The moon rises today 1888 a.
m. and sets 1913 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 1882
a. m. and sets 4:04 p. m.
TEMPERATURES
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District of Columbia-Fair to-
night and Thursday; cooler Thurs
day and Thursday night; gentle
variable winds, becoming north
erly.
Virginia and Maryland-Gener-
ally fair tonight and Thursday;
cooler Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-29

But anyhow, not money, and that's what's involved in this case"
 "Yes," said Helena slowly. That's all that's involved in this
 It was still early when she left the publishers office and made her way toward Fenderson's Dee partment Store. The clerks were just drawing of the coverings from the counters and tables when she climbed the stairway to her mczzanine office. Without reinov- ing her hat and coat, she sat down to Q typewriter and tapped out c short note to Courtney.
 T am leaving town tonight" she wrote. Please draw up the papers necessary to turn the store over to the employees, with your self in Q salarled advisory capac" fly. Whatever details you decide upon will be satisfactory with me, and you can send the papers to me for my signature. The salary due me is to be turned over to charity, and also the proceeds from the sale of the house." She added Q paragraph of appreciation for Courtneys help, and signed it Helena"
 This done, she left her own office and walked brlskly down the hall to Roger Barnes door. He beamed pleasantly ct her en- trance, but this expression faded quickly when he saw Helenas eyes.
 "As soon as I leave here," she told him evenly, I'm going to the cashiers office to have her write you c check in lieu of notice."
 "You're what2" he said, unbe. lieving at first. "I-1 don't know what you mean"
 T mean you're through, MT. Barnes" She smiled grimly. Fired --discharged = whatever you like to call it."
 Barnes got to his feet, his thin face crimson. q expected some- thing like this from you. But I'm warning you thnt-"
 "No," Helena interrupted him quickly, I'm warning you. I have certain plans for this store, and if you try to stop them-if you ever attempt to question the legality of Peter's will -- I'll give you some explaining to do. You see, know about those binders in the waro- house, MT. Barnes" She remem- berod Jameson's insinuation and added some pure bluff. "There are other things, too, that would need explaining"
 She did not wait for Barnes reply -- If indeed, there was one A glance was enough to tell her that she had found her mark. With e flourish she swung out of the room.
 Dropping the Courtney letter into an office chute. Helena hur. ried to tho cashier and gave In. structionS for the issuing of Barnes check. "its funny" she