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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16
HAWAII BECKONs HALLIDAY

Honolulu (U.P.)-John Halliday, American stage and screen star, win live in Hawaii when he retires, he indicated during a vacation here. Halliday Is negotiating for 10 acre estate near Honolulu.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

variety galore. Imelda Casey's danc- ing proteges will contribute much in the entertainment. Special Irish melodies and dances will be offered The entertainment will be followed by dancing to the tunes of Nc. Hales Irish 9etters.
 The committee in charge is head. ed by Rev. Joseph Donnelly, Clifl McIIale, James Lyons, Imelda Casey Theresa Fleming and Catherine Hy- land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16
SUIT SETTLED

The $500 civil action of Joseph Hosey against John Curtis and oth- CTS was withdrawn from the docket of common please court today after settlement out of court was reported
 The action was based on alleged non-payment of 8 commission for a real estate transaction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

Egypt will construct an aer-drome at isnailla. on the suez Canal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16
These Boys Deliver Your Democrat
BY JOHN ,. MoRRIssEY

Richard E. Altman has been member of rier force for the past three years He Is 16 yea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

Malaga IS demanding radiotele- phone service to London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

e STUDIO COUCH The divan has inner spring mattress and inncrspring lower eon- struction - richly cOy- cred; hand tailored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

. THREE BIC PII.- . TWO LA MP s LOWS = Covered to Modernislic style--the match the couch. very "e"es''
 COFFEE TABLE c TWO END TABLES New chrome plate Walnut finish wood. metal.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
AT HOME
FOR EDITH

WISE, Va, Dec. 18 G.N.SO.
Stunned by the jury's verdict in
sentencing her to 20 years for the
second-degree murder of her faith
er, Trigg Maxwell, Edith Max
well, %, was slowly regaining her
composure today. Once more she
showed her determination to figh'
to escape the penitentiary's walls.
Soon as the jury of mountain
farmers and merchants announced
their verdict, Charles Henry
Smith, defense counsel, filed a
motion for a reversal of the YER
dict and a new trial.
He argued the school teacher be
released under bond until the mo-
ton is heard. Judge Ezra Carter
agreed, freeing Edith under $15,-
600 bond until the motion is
argued the first Monday in March.
Edith and her mother and siste"
plan to spend the intervening
months on a farm near Richmond.
While she hoped to be abSolVed
of the crime at this. her second
trial, the pretty mountain girl
nevertheless found herself in a
somewhat easier position today
than she was this time last year.
This Christmas time she will
be free and with hopes OF get
ting another trial. Last Christ
mas Day she was under sentence
of Is years in prison-five years
more than she received this time.
She was kept locked in the stuffy
iailhouse for 13 months.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
SHELL
u. 5. CRUISER

GIJON, Spain, Dec. 18 G.N.S).
Spanish insurgent shells roaring
from the cruiser Espana came
perilously close to the United
States cruiser Erie and nearly in
volved America in a grave inter
national incident, officers of the
warship said on their arrival here
today.
Three 305 millimeter shells fell
within 300 yards of the Erie, the
officers said, while the American
ship was cruising off the northern
Spanish coast.
AS the shells dropped into the
sea, sending up huge geysers, the
Erie quickly ran up the American
colors, and at once the Espana
turned tail and steamed off.
The Erie had stripped her guns
for action when the Espana fled
Continued on Page 10, Col. q
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
WALLY LETTERS
BRING ARRESTS
By ROBERT CHASSEUIL

BY ROBERT CHASSEUIL
CANNES, Dec. 18 Q.N.S0.-The
French surete generate has re-
ceived information from abroad
it was believed today, that more
than one arrest has been made
in foreign countries Of persons
accused of writing threatening
letters to Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
Cannes and Monte Carlo police
affirmed that no arrests had been
made along the Riviera, but au
thorities would not repudiate re
ports that some threatening let.
ters had been traced abroad and
arrests made.
Riviera police commented on
the fact that practically none Of
the threatening letters came from
France, even though the desire
of business and hotel people here
that Mrs. Simpson leave is increas-
ing.
England and Canada contribute
the bulk of the letters to Mrs.
Simpson, the police said, but the
United States runs a good third.
Although the people of Cannes
are most sympathetic towards
Mrs. Simpson personally, they feel
that the best interests of the re-
sort would be served if she leaves.
The feeling is growing that her
sojourn at Villa Lou Wei is prov
ing more hurtful than the finan'
cial boon Cannes had hoped it
would be.
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SNOW DELAYS
PLANE HUNT

SALT LAKE CITHY, Utah, Dec.
18 G.N.SO.-Airmen bent renewed
efforts today to force the forbid
ding WaSatch Mountains or Utah
lake waters to divulge the fate
of the missing Los Angeles-Salt
Lake airliner, carrying two women
and seven men passengers.
They have no hope now of find
ing alive any of the passengers
on the luxury liner which disap-
peared from the storm-swept air.
lanes before dawn last Tuesday.
Their only yearning is for the
reward of finding the missing
transport before drifting winter
SHOWS bury it to such depths only
spring thawS will reveal it's grim
secret.
Air officials claim this is no
idle fear as nearly every plane
observed Thursday reported brisk
Continued on Page 2. Col. q
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Webster DesCendent
Dies in Connecticut

NEW HARTFORD, Conn, Dec.
18 GN.SO.-William Webster Ellis,
worth, 81, great grandson" of
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth and
of Noah Webster, died today at
Torrington Hospital. He had
been i'll since he returned from a
lecture in New York last Friday.
He retired as secretary of the Cen.
tury Company, publishers, of New
York city, in 1915, and was known
as a lecturer on history and lit
erary topics.
He leaves a window, a daughter,
son, II grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
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POLICE ST I
TRAP FOR
REED
Manhunt Ready for
Last Of 3 Suspects
In Matthews Case

Every available officer in Mont
gomery County was expected to be
modified today for a manhunt in
the woods near Four Corners, Md,
to capture William Reed, 25, the
only one of three suspects at large,
sought in connection with the
Staying of a Burnt Mills, Md,
farmer.
The youthful suspect was said to
be in hiding in the wooded section,
and his capture was forecast some
time today by county police of
ficialS. State police are also aid.
ing in the nlanhunt.
Two of the members of the trio
are under arrest and are being
questioned in connection with the
crime.
EIudeS Police
Reed, named as the trigger
man" in an alleged confession
made in Charleston, w. Va, by w.
Joseph Kirby, 20. who admitted
participating in the Staying of the
farmer, escaped from a Gordon of
policemen who yesterday sur
rounded his home near Four Cor
nerS.
The other member of the trio,
Lawrence Gingell, %, was seized
by Washington police yesterday as
he fled on foot across the High
way Bridge toward Virginia. A
colored truckman, who recognized
the fugitive, told authorities here
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
P.0. ISENJ0INED
0NL0TTERY

Changing his judicial mind over
night, Justice Daniel w. O'Dono-
ghue, in United States District
Court, today granted temporary
Injunction to Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man in her suit to restrain the
Postmaster General from i'm
pounding mail of the National
Conference for Legalizing Lot.
teries, Inc, until the appeal is
heard in the Court of Appeals.
Yesterday Justice O'Donoghue,
after a lengthy hearing, ordered
dismissal of Mrs. Harriman's suit
and refused to issue the temporary
Injunction after her attorneys
noted an appeal.
Today Justice O'Donoghue called
Attorneys Horace ]. Donnelly and
Emil K. Ellis to the bench and is
reported to have told them that
the case was such a close one that
he had deemed it fair to issue the
temporary injunction until the
appeal is heard.
Mrs. Hartman claimed that hel
organization was violating no laws
when it sponsored a nationwide
contest in which the winning con
testantS are to be given prizes fol
the best essays on how funds de
rived from legalized national lot
teries might be best used to ad
vantage of the general public.
The Post Office Department
however, has either impounded the
mail, including many money orders
or returned it to the sender marked
fraudulent" it is claimed.
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Presidents Son Plans
To Spend Xmas Here

BOSTON, Dec. 18 G.N.SO.
Preparations were made today to
allow Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
son of the President, to leave
Massachusetts General Hospital
within the next few days for Wash
ington to spend the Christmas
holidays with his parents. His
physician, DR.. George L. Tobey,
said that a throat infection,
which seriously complicated sinus
trouble, has been remedied. The
sinus trouble, while not completely
eradicated, DR.. Tobey said, has
improved sufficiently to allow him
to leave the hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
RUM0RSA ARE
DEN|EDBY
WALLY
Plans Up to Edward;
Won't Join Him in
Near Future

LONDON, Dec. 18.-In an eX-
elusive, authorized statement to
International News Service at her
temporary residence in Cannes,
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson to-
day disclosed her future rests en-
tirely in the hands of the man who
gave up the throne Of England for
love of her.
At the, same time, she took oc-
casion to deny reports she had
disagreed with former King Ed
ward of England over their we'd
ding plans-particularly that she
wishes an elaborate marriage cere-
mony while he desires a quiet,
civil marriage only.
At present, she said, she is not
in a position to make any plans
for the future-either in connec-
ton with the wedding or regard
ing the possibility of returning to
the United States at some future
times with the ex-King as her hus-
band.
Design SecluSiOn
Furthermore, she said she does
not expect to see him at any time
within the next few weeks, thus
dispoSing of persistent reports she
plans to join him in his Austrian
exile, and that she desires more
than anything else to remain in
quiet and seclusion and out of the
limelight.
Mrs. Simpsons statement was
made in the form of answers to a
series of questions submitted to
her by this correspondent. Main
tanning the position, she cannot
grant interviews, she replied to
(COntinued on Page q Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
UNDERTAKES
REBUILDING
0FG0.P.
Frank Is Mentioned,
With Many Others,
as Candidate
By EARL GOODWIN

Governor Alfred M. Landon.
head of the Republican party by
virtue of his nomination to the
post of presidential candidate, is
soon to announce that he will not
again be a candidate for that Of
flee, but will remain as titulaF
head to help build up the organi-
zation, according to information
from usually reliable source that
has Just reached washington.
The Kansas Governor, while he
may change his mind about this
matter, has let enough suggestions
emanate from him in close private
conversation to make this state
merit very likely.
If Governor Landon really says
that he "does not choose to run
for President in 1910 he will, like
the late President Coolidge. throw
open the field to a most interest
ing group of possibilities-and &C
tual aspirants.
Remains Party Head
At the same time, it must be
remembered that the Governor
would not retire from the field OF
G. o. P. politics completely, for
regardless of the whisper that ne
will not be a candidate, he is and
will remain the so-called "titular
head" of the party-the man the
party chose to lead them and who
received more than $4,000, 900 votes
despite his defeat.
It could be expected, too, that
if the Governor would "be HIM
lContinued on Page II, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
LAND0N NOT TO RUN AGAIN, IS REPORT
POpePlans
Yuletide
Audience
By FRANK GERVASI
(Copyright, 1895, by international
Nawu SorvipaA

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 18.-Next
Thursday night, on Christmas
Eve, the world perhaps will realize
fully for the first time that the
once-vigorouS Pope Plus now is an
invalid, unable to walk and COM
PEELED to spend most of his time
in bed.
International News Service re-
vealed exclusively last week that
the Pontiff no longer can walk,
and that his few short excursions
from his sick-bed must be made
in a wheel-chair. Only those OF
his official and private families
closest to him have seen him
since he has been thus stricken.
But on Christmas Eye the
Pontiff's condition will be brought
home to the outside world. To-
day the Pope issued formal invi-
tations to a solemn Christmas
Eve audience at which the cardi-
mails will pay their holiday re-
spects and at which the Pope him.
self is expected to make an i'm
portant speech.
In Wheel Chair
The Pope will be in his wheel
chair throughout the ceremony.
Despite his incapacity, it was dis
closed in high quarters today, the
Pontiff, in addition. expects to
celebrate the traditional Three
Masses" at midnight Christmas
Eve.
In these ceremonies the Cardi-
mails will see a pale and weak Pom
tiff, cheerful but failing, and may
perhaps hear again, this time
more definitely, reference to
the possibility of the. Pope's
death, such as he made a year
ago during his Yuletide appeal
for world peace.
If the Pontiff is able to cele-
brate the masses, he would be
obliged to remain seated in the
chapel for over an hour, and his
medical advisors pointed out such
a program would be a severe or
deal for him. They want him to
remain in bed.
The Pope would not be obliged
to genuflect or exert himself in
any way physically, but even then
his doctors fear that such task,
after the pontifical audience of the
morning, would so tax his strength
he might suffer a relapse.
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in the Lin d ber g h case.
She said she is on the verge
of vindicating the name Of
her husband, Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, who was executed
last April 3, for the murder
of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.
She said:
The guilty ones, we will
name soon, and then the
world will know my hus-
band was innocent, like I
always said."
With her as she talked, in
the office of the Braun Inter
national Detective Agency in
lower Manhattan, was her
child, Manfred Hauptmann,
now a husky little fellow
of 3.
1t was not hard to see why
she is working so tirelessly at
trying to vindicate the Haupt-
mann name. For little Man
fried is becoming the living
image of his father! The re-
semblance is startling.
During the last eight months
his hair has changed from
flaxen blonde to the light
brown hair his father had. H
Richard Hauptmann. But mo
eyes. They are the round, un
gray, color, that his father h
So sure is she that she is
about to "solve" the case that
she has indefinitely abandoned
her visit to Germany, she said.
the woman widowed by the
electric chair has even held up
plans for disposition of the
ashes of her husband. The urn
containing the ashes still re-
mains at the Pond Crematory
in Long Island where Haupt-
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
PRINTING ED|CT
!. BYPRES|DEN7

President Roosevelt today crack
ed down severely on the unauthor-
lied use of what he called multi
lithographing process" by govern
ment bureaus and officials as a
method of bringing out publica-
tions without having to use their
printing appropriation and with
out going through the Government
Printing Office.
President Roosevelt explained
that he had discussed this with
Public Printer August E. Giegen-
gack at length on Wednesday.
The President said that the mat
ter of unauthorized publications
throughout the whole government
establishment was a serious and
growing problem; that individual
offices were setting up potential
printing establishments of their
own and apparently doing a ire
mendouS lot of publishing that
had no authority in law, at least
as far as the cost of production is
concerned.
Blow to Propaganda
The Presidents sudden declara-
tion today is said to be a great
blow to many Government offices,
particularly some of the emergen-
cy organizations which have been
publishing propaganda magazines
and publicity matter almost with,
out limit.
The President explained that he
wants to get back to a complete
Capitalization of all Government
printing. He declared that the
matter of scattered and unauthor-
lied printing had arisen as a prob
lem at least twice in the last Is
years.
The President himself was a
member of an inter-departmental
committee which struggled with
a similar problem during the Viii
son administration when mimeo-
graph machines became common
in the Government.
It was a problem again, Pres
ident Roosevelt explained today,
in the administration of either
Presidents Coolidge or Hoover, as
a very definite move was made
at that time to route all printing
through the Government Printing
Office.
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President to Speed
Word to CONGRESS

ence today since returning from
South America, answering and
parrying questions on a number
of, administrative subjects.
The President made it clear
neither he nor his immediate
aides were taking any part in
the contest over the House floor
leadership between Representa-
tives Sam Rayburn Of Texas
and John j. O'Connor, of New
York.
Since 1888, there have been
three Speakers of the House, the
President pointed out. In two
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
TEXTILE HEAD
DIES IN CRASH

WESTPORT, Conn, Dec. 18
GN.SO.-Peter Van Horn, presi-
dent of the American Federation
of Textiles, Inc, New York city,
and a summer resident of West
port. was killed today in an auto
crash at Palm Beach, Fla, it was
learned here.
Relatives received word that his
auto left the road and struck a
concrete wall.
He leaves his wife and son of
this town.
For 10 weeks during 1885, Mr..
Van Horn was a conSultant on the
NRA staff in Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
Letter Carrier Kills
Invalid Wife, Self

RN, Wis, Dec. 1s
G.N.SO. - Worrying over the
health Of his bed ridden wife,
Harold Hubbard, 50-year-old rural
mail carrier, today shot and killed
her, then went to his garage,
climbed a ladder with a rope
around his neck, and killed him.
self with the same revolver.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

President Roosevelt will deliver
his message on the State of the
Union in person as soon after
January 4, when Congress con-
venes, as the legislators are pre-
pared to receive him.
His new budget message will
follow the next day-but as was
the case last year, it will be con-
fined only to normal expenditures
Of Government. Later in the New
Year estimates will be submitted
for 1898 emergency relief ex-
penditureS.
Bronzed and smiling, the Presi-
dent held his first press confer
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

mann's body was cremated last
spring.
Mrs. Hauptmann referred
all questions about her investi-
cation to Julius Braun, head of
the detective agency she en-
gagged last spring. Braun, a
tall, fierce-looking individual
with piercing black eyes, iron
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
Woman Is Rescued
From Death By Gas

Grace Edna Williams, of GAL E
st. S. E., last night was found by
other tenants of the building over
come by gas in the kitchen. The
fire rescue squad revived her.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
By Manager
Stirs Minnie Mouse
To Singing Success

CHICAGO, Dec. 18 GNSO.
"I don't think I ever heard her
sing better" o. A. Alfred said OF
his protege today.
His protege is Minnie, the sing.
ing mouse, who made her world
premiere over the radio last night.
Minnie and her talents were dis
covered in the basement Of the
Chicago Industrial Home for CHR
dren in woodstock, managed by
Alfred, last week.
Carried before the microphone
last night, she warbled ana caroled
for the benefit of her radio audi
ance and skeptics who scoffed at
the idea a mouse could do any
thing but squeak
Minnie showed no temperament
or mike fright" last night as her
little cage was placed before the
microphone. But Alfred revealed
the cynical secret of her success.
He said:
"She sings when she is dis
turbed. See this little wire? l
simply prOdded her with it when
she was announced and / don't
think she ever sang better"
$50 Die in Mine Blast
CALCUTTA, Dec. 18 QN.SO.
Underground gas explosion in the
Poidis coal mine near Asansol
killed $50 coolies today.
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Hauptmann's Widow
To sAStOund WOrld'
Soon Will Name Persons Guilty in Lindbergh
Crime For Which Hauptmann Was
Executed, She Declares
Rv KENNETH T. DOWNS

NEW YORK, Dec. Is I.N.S.).-Mrs. Anna Hauptmann TO-
day disclosed she has been in Hopewe n j. recently and
declared she is about to make astoundng' revelation
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

J mouth is the mouth of Bruno
of all, the likeness is in the
linking eyes, of the same blue
d,
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
NALLY GIVES Interview DENYING RUM0RS
Chimney Is Refuge

Girl FIees Into Ann Hardng's Home
To Escape Elderly Assaiant
BONNIE WRANKLE, 13, cOn,forted by
her mother Mrs. Marie Wrankle, after
she explained to Los Angeles authorities
that she took refuge in chimney of Ann
Harding's home to escape of SIS
uUhO had attacked her. International
NeUs Photo.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Probably rain or snow tonight and tomor-
ow; not much change in temperature, lowest
emperature tonight about 81 degrees.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1936-02-09
February 9. 1896
Acme Photo

curves known as the Labyrinth. The joker ir
it is that if a pilot doesn't hit the first turn as
high UP as possible he'll get into more and
more difficulty as he goes on. That was Zent-
zytzki's idea when he planned it.
I'd give good deal to know what my
good friends, the Stevens brothers, are now
thinking of Zentzytzki's latest job. One
doubts whether it is as fast as the one he built
for Lake Placid, where you are frequently
travelling at more than seventy miles an hour!
shan't soon forget my first experience at
the controls of sled tearing down Mt. Van
Hoevenberg. 1t was really the result of a
rash remark of mine. The Stevens brothers
had taken me down couple of times. Re
membering the home made contraptions on
which we used to slide down old Squaw
Mountain behind Cripple Creek, was still
overawed by the large, beautifully made
500 pound affairs of today. So observed:
Cad. wonder what it's like, plotting one
of these things!'
Thereat Hubert Stevens said in a firm
voice: well, you're going to have that expe-
rience right now Get in. "What1 Behind the
wheel2" stammered. Certainly" insisted
CONTINUED on page ~
Evening star., 1936-02-09

instead of trying to correct his mistake. The
result: new record!
That was the story. At any rate, all fifteen
of the strapping American 200 Founders now
at Carmisch- Partenkirchen are having some
novel and undoubtedly exciting adventures.
Even to Fiske and Colgate that course is en-
tirely new OF course, before they began the
actual races, they had plenty of opportunity
to try themselves and their sleds out under
the shadows of the towering Zugspitze and
the Wetterstein. And they found a marked
difference from the Lake Placid run they