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Evening star., 1936-03-18

The pill boxes cannot win the war
for Germany, but they can make the
success Of an invasion extremely diff
ficult.
There is no longer any question in
Europe that in the event Of a con-
f1ict the French march l. o Germany
will be just a military parade.
Germany Is today the country Of
synthetic products and motorization.
In 1882 the German manufacturers
sold throughout the country $4,000
automobiles. In 1885, 215, 900 German
automobiles were produced and sold.
France produced, in 1881, $4,000
motor cars and produced in 1885 only
175,000.
And Germany was faced during
these years with serious shortage Of
raw materials and lack of money.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

half. They separated six months ago,
Mrs Wilson said.
An autopsy revealed Bessie's death
was wholly due to the gas which flowed
from three jets in q stove for at least
two hours before Mrs. Wilson found
the girls.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
planned to perform an autopsy on
Nettie today, but he added he would
withhold certificates in both deaths,
pending further investigation.
Bessie, Baileys Cross Roads (Va.)
schoolgirl, who had gone to visit the
night before at her sisters urgent re-
quest, was dead and Nettie unconscious
when Mrs. Wilson entered the room
at 10 am. yesterday.
No Hint Suicide Was Planned.
Mrs. Wilson and the girls parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Tippett,
Baileys Cross Roads, declared the two
gave no sign the night before that
they contemplated suicide. In the
elder girls purse, however, was found
three-page letter addressed to
Johnny" which read. in part:
Come see me In your automobile
Evening star., 1936-03-18
HAUPTMANN ENDS
EVIDENCE SEARCH
Interview in German Denies
He Ever Saw Lindbergh
Baby.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 17.-An inter-
view obtained by friend who visited
Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the
Treton prison reports that the con-
yicted kidnaper of the Lindbergh child
Is no longer looking for new evidence.
The interview, published in tomor-
rows New Yorker StaatsZeitung und
Herold, was conducted in German in
the belief that Hauptmann was handi-
capped by his uncertainty in English.
The newspaper explained that the
questions were put before Hauptmann
in writing by an unnamed friend and
that the German answers were care
fully set down from memory"
Did you ever see the Lindbergh
baby?" was the first question written
IN German.
mo" was Hauptmann's answer.
Have you ever been acquainted with
any person connected with the Lind
bergh or Morrow household?"
NO"
Have you any particular theories
about the crime?"
After much reflection during the
past year, have come to the convic-
ton that it was deed of revenge, and
that the servants know more about the
matter than they have told
Have you any change to make in
the story which you told on the wit
ness stand in Flemington?"
II was many times taken unawares
1t would have been better for me if
had asked for an interpreter for the
cross-eXamination. Unfortunately, I
recognized that too late. A visit
Of Lindbergh to me is quite out of the
question"
Are you making any attempt to
uncover new evidence?"
mo"
Evening star., 1936-03-18
PENSION HEARINGS
START MARCH rs
Townsend Expected to Be Among
First Witnesses Questioned
by Representatives.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Open hearings will start Thursday.
March 26, before the special congress
sional committee investigating the
Townsend and other old-age pension
programs.
Chairman Bell announced the date
after closed meeting of the commit
tee yesterday at which details of pro-
cedure were approved. Bell said a
schedule of witnesses to be called
would be announced later.
1t was understood that DR.. F. E.
Townsend, president of the organiza-
ton which bears his name and CO.
founder of the plan for transactions
tax to raise funds for payment of 5000
monthly pensions to all persons over
so will be among the first witnesses
questioned by the committee.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

in the middle Of the week. II things
don't get better, you'll find my body
in the river"
Tppett drove both girls TO WASH
ington late Monday, and planned to
bring the younger girl home last night.
At 8 am. yesterday, 'roomer noticed
a slight smell Of gas, but Mrs. Wilson
dismissed 1t as owing to a leaky fix
ture. At 10, however, the odor be-
came so strong she traced 1t to the
Tippett room.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

r T WAS only three weeks ago tnaC
Adolf Hitler extended hand Of
friendship to the French through
Il the medium of an interview given
to the Paris Midi. newspaper with
the largest circulation in Paris.
X
Hitler did not just give an inter-
view. He meant to talk to the French
people through the Intermediary of
the press.
The German dictator, despite the
muzzling of his own newspapers, be-
lieves that the facts the public Or
ganS can put before their millions Of
readers will give better results than
confidential conversations from for
eign Office to foreign Office.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Fifty Theaters in Tashkent.
Tashkent, capital of the Uzbec Re-
public, now has so theaters.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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suitable for roadways. rough concrete. fill
given free at LAMOND TERRA GOTTA
WORKS. Blair rd. and Underwood st. NV.
debts other than those made by myself.
LUTHER C. BOWERS. 1924 A st. Sc lg'
Evening star., 1936-03-18
INSULTS TO FLAG
CHARGED IN TEXAS
Grand Jury to Probe Speeches
at Laredo Labor Meet.

ing.
BY the Associated Press.
LAREDO, Tex, March ia Webb
County grand jury investigation Of
labor meeting speeches was ordered
last night after District Attorney John
A. Walls said agitators had spoken dis
respectfully Of the American flag and
scoffed at patriotism.
Walls, in complaining to District
Judge J. F. Mutually of subversive ac-
tivities here. told of several speeches
he heard at a labor meeting last Fri
day night in Hijos de Juarez Hall He
claimed incendiary literature had been
circulated in Laredo by Communists
and others.
This literature, he said. undertook 10
make laborers believe that the flag
signifies nothing" and that the labor
ers are citizens of the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Vandalism Everywhere

We return to discussion of few days previous on vandalism in cemeteries. we happened to read since our last outburSC of an incident out in Minnesota. Minne- apolis newspapers report that group or former U. s. Marines, headed by the Unl- versity of Minnesota football coach, Bernie Herman, is acting to replace a bronze memorial tablet to Minnesota Marines which was stolen last year. The news item calls attention once more to a plnoulish form of crime that has grown rapidly during the depression. Tempted by the sales value of bronze, vandalS with distorted minds rob grave markers ana other memorials in bronze.
 { That, of course, was not the motive Tn the local case. It was Wanton deStructlon here as well as treSpassing on a sacred thing. In erecting memorials, communl- ties and individuals are obliged to bear in mind the danger of such vandalism That 1t comes SO near home is all the more deplorable to us here in Waterbury. De- facement of public and private memorials is bad enough but their complete removal for the intrinsic value of the piece of bronze is beyond the pale.
 It usually is next to impossible to catch culprits who destroy monuments ana the like, unless some one has seen them or some member of the gang (it's seldom lone wolff weakens and confesses. There Is more chance of running down the crime where there is theft, because there are bound to turn up some clues chat will ultimately lead to the guilty person. With Memorial Day coming to- morrow we'd like to forget about such vandalism, but instead it brings it closer to us. Parents and grownups should exercise every infleunce to prevent sons and friends from falling into habits that include such wanton destruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
The Big Day Coming

June will be big month for the vet erans of the World War Their much awaited and long demanded settlement of the adjusted certificates will occur. Cities all over the United States, which have been designated as Key centers are getting ready for the distribution of the bonds. According to Postmaster Charles A. Babin of this city distribution here IS scheduled to start late the afternoon of June 16 with regular postal carriers talk ing part in the "big drive.
 Such a momentous occasion as this should be properly celebrated and re- garded by all citizens, whether they are veterans or friends. By celebration we do not mean any hilarious outburst of feelings. The occasion calls for some thing really worth while in the way of observation Bonds may be cashed at the State Armory with special corps of postal officials working there in conjunc- ton with representatives of soldiers or ganizationS. Payments will not be made on the spot but by checks which will be mailed after all fornalities are taken care of
 Identification of bondholderS is one of the important parts of the several trans actions. This will be comparatively easy in the majority of cases. Perhaps in some there will be little trouble. To facilitate this the Veterans Council is endeavor- ing to have a representative committee that will be capable of aiding any cases that might hold up the orderly procedure of this great event. The country from coast tc coast, border to border, will witness sim liar scenes. The last time such nation wide show was put on was when the draft started to work. Cause for celebration 1t certainly is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Tribute and Duty

Americas thoughts on Decoration Day turn to the soldier dead whose graves we decorate with flags and flowers. The number of these graves has increased tre- mendously since the first Memorial Day. Not only have the Civil War graves grown more numerous, but other wars have added other graves. It is well to pay annual tribute to the memory of our sol- diers, but it is feeble gesture of gratitude unless we learn from the wars they fought, and profit by what we learn.
 If our war heroes fought for their country for idealistic reasons, it is up to use to see that "these dead shall not have died in vain" It is up to us to fight the battles of peace, to preserve freedom and democracy, not for the few but for all of us alike. If war sacrifices have proved futile and the causes of conflict remain untouched, as in the World War, it is up to us to see that no more futile wars add new graves to Americas soldier ceme- teFies. Memorial Day is a good occasion for looking forward as well as, back, to plan for peace as well as to pay tribute to past warriors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

WHEN the last veteran of the War Between the w States has gone to his grave and the Memorial Day processions no longer include any of those bent aged figures in blue or gray broadcloth the United States will have lost something distinctivey Amer ican something that helped to shape and to color whole generations of national life.
 The war in which those men fought is something that can well be committed to the abyss of time. It was dreadful and destructive thing, incidentally costly in all the human values that go to pay for war, productive of wounds that have been long in healing.
 But the men themselves-those men who once were young, tough, sangy, and irreverent after the time-honored manner of soldiers and who survived to become old men who lived in eternaly vivid memo ries-we shall not get on so well when the last of them has left us ~
 Memorial Day is . good occasion for renaenn- bering our debt to them.
 TT IS wholesome thing for us to be reminded \ that our country was not bought and paid for in 5-and-10-cent store It is what 1t is today great and rich homeland for free men and women because, in past generations, 1t managed to pro-. duce the courage and the devotion which could send men out to lay down their lives for it..
 They bought 1t for us, with blood and pain and hardship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
< AN EDITORIAL BY BRUCE CATION
AN EDITORIAL BY BRUCE CATTON--------- We Acknowledge Our Debt To Those Heroes WhO Freely Gaye Their LiveS To Save Nation

They paid, indeed, Q staggering price for it. They paid 1t without undue fuss about 1t, and we owe them debt that no money could ever pay.
 We set aside one day in each year-Memorial day--to make formal acknowledgement of that debt. And in making that acknowledgements we remind ourselves that the debt we owe to these
 men is simply the other side of the debt which we owe to our country.
 THE battlefield is not the only place where that A debt can be paid. Some men are called on to die for their country all of called on to live for t-to live in good citizenship in remembrance of the great ideals of liberty and freedom, in 8 steadfast determination that this land of ours will always be the abiding place of the bright dreams and high hopes of the human heart.
 We can rededicate ourselves to that task today, as we pay homage to the battle flags and the men who march behind them
 These Memorial Day ceremonies are challenge to the best that is in tis The names on the flags Manassas and St. Mihiel, Vicksburg and Mont- faucon, Chickamauga and the Argonne-are quiet blood bought reminders that America was built by men who could put duty above self
 May we in time of peace. follow that principle as nobly as the heroes of Memorial Day followed 1t in time of WaTl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

Reading a Hartford Times column re- gently we chanced on these lines !. "Connecticut's woodland by-ways are among it's priceless possessions. To de- stroy their nature whilst improving the going is not conservation nor progress but vandalism. :" True, oh, so true, but we are going to continue to do it for years to come. It must date back to the pio- neering days when men were cutting roads through forests and across prairies to the end of the rainbow. We cut roads through hillsides now, never go around them. We execute marvels of engineer ing We turn out remarkable roadways that cling to lnountainsides. We ascend to great heights at such gradual climb that you scarcely note it. No doubt it is dissertation in many cases. We perhaps should let alone Connecticut by-ways that penetrate such scenes of peace and loveliness, but if we don't do 1t, somehow or other the taxpayers, who pay for such improvements with much grumbling, complain. Whats to do about it all?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
IdentiHcatlon

Boy Scouts again have set their elders good example. At the meeting of their national council in Atlantic City, they voted Co have their whole membership finger printed for purposes of identifica- ton. That means more than 1000, 900 boys. Through their local troops they will send to the Department of Justice at Washington for the necessary cards, then have the prints made and return them for voluntary registration.
 Why go to such trouble? In order, the boys leaders say, that if ever any of them are Kidnapped, suffer loss of memory, are involved in serious accidents, or have their identity questioned, their names and other essential facts about them can be clearly established. The boys obvi- ously don't see any reason why this won- derful method of recording Identification should be reserved for criminals. They hope to see the day when everybody will make use of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

plained by his taking the witness stand.
 British SIeuth
 Three experts from London's far-famed Scotland Yard have been visiting G-Boss J. Edgar Hoover, getting pointers on how he trails gangsters. l
 During the visit, one of them, R. M. Howe, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Department of the New Scotland Yard" said he wanted to locate Keith Merrill of the State Department. MT. Howe indicated that he had had consid- erable trouble finding him.
 "DId you look in the phone book?" someone asked the Scot land Yard sleuth. t
 "Why, mo. I didn't think of that"
 They looked. Keith Merrilps name was there.
 , Merry Go Round
 Jimmy Moffatt, Standard oil executivev and ex-administrator of l- Federal Housing, seems to have the inside track for the job of Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Jimmy is not Q Roosevelt rela- tive and Roosevelt relatives, ac- cording to tradition, fill this job, but he is a heavy contributor to the democratic campaign chest, and that, these days, is important. Charley Nicholson, publi- city pundit of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, is planning to move his headquarters to New York shortly after the Philadel- phia Convention. A publicity of- flee may be established in Chicago also. The one in Washington will be abandoned.
 Copyright, 1886, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

Republicans won't pull a fast one by naming Alfred E. Smith their vice. presidential candidate. In the first place to do that would be an admission of weakness on their part, strength on AIS, and above all desire not to give the U. s. A. good government, but simply to de- feat Franklin D. Roosevelt. We don't think that MT. Smith would stoop to such favor as this from party which had nothing good to say about him in 1928 What laugh it would be to see republi- cans who publicly lace; MT. Smith pat ting him on the back in 1886, simply be- cause they thought he might wean some votes away from President Roosevelt The g.o.p. is in sorry state to contemplate this action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29


 It will take Q lot to persuade him, but that persuasion will be organized at the psychological time.
 Not only does Roosevelt need Lehman badly to make sure of carrying New York state in No. vember, but also Senator Bob Wagner doesn't relish the idea of giving up his comfortable seat to run for governor. And to save the state for Roosevelt this is what he might have to do.
 If there is enough genuine den- onstration for Lehman's return his friends feel he is certain to run again.
 Constitutions Guardian
 George McNamara, who stands guard before the Constitution of the United States in the Library of Congress, has this to say about his sacred charge:
 Strange to hear 90 much about it. say to myself almost every day: There it is. Look at 1t. And I'm guarding it, and the Supreme Court and all of them are raising so much hell about it--but to look at it it doesn't look like so much"
 SubpOenaing Presidents
 The Supreme Court has given Roosevelt more headaches than any other President in recent years. But 1t has also done something else. It is making him become an expert on constitutional law and history.
 The other day Secretary of the Interior Iches and Jerome Frank, brilliant PWA attorney, went in to discuss with him the demend of Newton D. Baker, attorney for the power interests, that the govern Ynent produce a confidential memo signed TT. ID. R." It was sup posed to indicate that Roosevelt was waging Q campaign against the power companies.
 To the Point
 Ickes and Frank wanted to know what attitude the President want ed to take in regard to this pro- posed subpoena, and they didn't have to wait long for an answer.
 If the courts are going to sub- poena confidential menos of the President and his Cabinet. they will have to spend about all their time on the witness stand. was the Presidents view. He pointed out that this particular memo was only one In m series and, unless viewed in the light of preceding memos, would be misleadIng. The background would have to be ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

It is good news to read that patients in the state hospital at Norwich are being transferred to Newtown. The Norwich institution has been accommodat 5000 inmates lately. Too many for one place. We'll have to do something soon, too, about relieving Newtown. Its ca pacity will be reached easily and new unit will be demanded there. There's always room for expansion in institu- tional care.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

MAY 90 Those most likely to be influenced by today's vibrations arc born from Sept. g through Oct 22.
 General Indications
 Mornng-Fairy good.
 Afternoon-Very good.
 Evening-Energetic. The afternoon and evening are both fortunate
 TOday's Brthdate You should have talent for solving enigmatical problems During January, 1937 you should gain through partners affairs or perhaps inheritance. Danger Oct. through 13, 1886. Make social calls, buy clothes or seek favors from June through 2, 1886. Readers desiring additional information re- garding their horoscope are invited to c0m- munieate with Octavine in care of this news paper Enclose 3-cent stamped, eIf-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
A Book a Day
BY BRUCE CAPTION

O O& IBADON3 OI8 4 0AN
 High adventure and down-east
 folksiness don't often go hand in
 hand. They dot however, in Robert
 Ferguson's "Harpooner" (Pennsyl-
 vania University Press: 42.60l, and the result is a Inarvelously interest- ing book for anyone who enjoys au-
 thentic stories of the sea. Ferguson was Q young 6cotch- American who, in 1880, shipped out Of New Bedford as harpoOner on a whaling bark, for Q four-year cruise.
 He kept Q diary during the entire
 cruise and the diary makes the book.
 It is by turns quaint and thrilling. The thrills come in his accounts
 of his job--the killing of sperm whales. It must have taken e rare combination of courage and skill to take Q frail whalehoat up alongside one of these enormous brutes and hold tt there while someone prOd- ded the creature with lance until 1t died.
 Ferguson describes such actions over and over again, with . xest
 which indicates that he got an enor-
 rnolls kick out of his job. The quaintness comes when Rerg~ uson writes of Ehipboard life bee 1 tween whales. He prided himself as l q cook; like New England house. wife. he tells how he baked bread ! prepared roasks of ham or chicken. made pleg--a compared recipes
 and culinary secrets with other horny-fssted Eeamen.
 He was an expert geanlgtress, too, l making a fine suit of clothes for the cabin boy. And all hands, from the captain on down, put in their spare time whittllngi"
 All this adds ID to an elabcEalely 1 faithful picture of the whaling trade l in It's heyday. It is ns vaiuatle 8 re- cord ok Aaneriea.a snillng~ehip ora ag pann'g Two Xeasa HclQEp the Mnst"-and lullY aG ren1abIe'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Selected Poem
THESE ROSES
Harmon Smith in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times.)

Harmon Smith in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) These roses fresh from their recent bud, Number once again the tender years Ours to share yet swift in their passing As but moment needing the keen blade Its thrust to loose their loveliness, And mine the dried petals And scarce dozen years of memories. Too swift those years in passing Yet up each dusty road We three, who, too, love roses, Go cheerfully with stride on stride, But they, upon whose childhood Thorns and grief had left no scars, Will never know the joy 1t brings To call each rose year, Or ever know their happiness has brought Fresh roses to my heart. We lay them down, theirs for what Life might have been, Mine for what it was yet numbering Scarce dozen roses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

gasoline may be obtained from about 24 pounds of coal.
 e. What is the principal raw ms. terial of 'rayon?
 A. Cellulose.
 e. Where is the state university of New Jersey?
 A. Rutgers University at New Brunswick Is the state university.
 e. How is the name Marquita pronounced?
 A. Mar kee z tah.
 If you want . copy of cur beOk- let, HOME CANNING" write to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ingtOn Bureau, 1913 Thirtecnth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents. for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

c. Can gasoline be produced from coal?
 A. A new chemical plant in Eng land is producing gasoline from coal by the process of hydrogenatioil. Powdered coal Is mixed with heavy oil and the resulting paste is fed, with hydrogen gas, to a converter. The mixture undergoes chemical transformation under tremendous heat and pressure, yielding 8 mix ture of hydrocarbons from which pure gasoline is recovered by dis tillation. Approximately a gallon Of