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HELD
FOR LEAVE
BENEFITS
Ramspeck in House
May Force Restoration
In Conference

Released yesterday from the i'm,
passe which held them in the
Senate for nearly year, the Gov
ernment employees leave extension
bills today appeared assured Of en-
actment at the present session Of
Congress.
Although the Senate. ut the in.
sistence Of Senator Kenneth Nc.
Kellar CD of Tennessee, amend.
ed the measures so as to consid
erably reduce the benefits pro.
vided under the proposals as they
passed the House, it Is coasid dered
highly probable that some Of
these benefits may be restored be.
fore the bills 60 to the White
House.
RamSpeck Action In Doubt
Representative Robert Rams
peck Cd of Georgia. chairman
Of the House Civil Service Com
mittee, has not definitely decided
as yet that he will disagree with
the Senate amendments, explain
ing that before he does so he will
confer with original sponsors ot
the legislation to ascertain what
course Of action they might
recommend.
1t is q reasonable certainty. how
ever, that he will disagree to the
Senate amendments and have the
House send the bills to confer
ence.
Just how much Senator Nc.
Kellar might be moved toward
compromise in conference is q
matter Of pure speculation at this
time. He was doggedly inSistent
that the bills be altered so as to
reduce the amount of leave
granted in the House bills while
the measures were before the
Senate. and it was for that rea'
son that the measures were dead.
locked before that body for SO
long a time
Usually, however, lost ground
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REICH TRIES
HIM AS A
GERMAN
NisseIbeck Has Been
Held in Jail for 9
Months in Case

MUNICH. Germany, Feb. 81
U.N.S).-Karl Nisselbeck, natu-
rallied American and former New
Yorker, was sentenced to two
years imprisonment today on
charges Of high treason and
bringing forbidden literature into
the Reich.
The sentence was imposed by
the peoples court, which de-
Quoted nine months from the
sentence to make up for the
time Nisselbeck has already spent
behind bars while awaiting trial.
Coldly ignoring NiSselbeck'S
American citizenship throughout
the trial, the court pronounced
sentence contending he "aided ar
rangements reasonable to the
people"
Convicted as German
Since only natives can act
reasonably, Nisselbeck was con-
victed entirely as a German. The
court claimed that NiSSelbeck
worked on behalf of the Steel
Helmets, that he afterwards on
his own behalf sought contacts
with the anti-Nazi BLACK Front"
and that he employed methods
such as working with Jews and
enemies of the state"
Yesterday, demanding six years
at hard labor for the American,
the public prosecutor argued that
while he had not been caught red
handed, NiSSelbeck had mot dis
proved charges" that he was an
agent of Otto StraSSer, head of
the "Black Front" in Czechoslo-
vakia.
"UncOnvincing"
NiSSelbeck contended that as a
veteran he had been connected
only with the Steel Helmets, Ger
man ex-soldiers' organization re-
Gently dissolved by Chancellor
Hitler.
The prosecutor, however,
claimed this sounded unconvinc-
ing"
Wilhelm Hartmann, a co-defend-
ant who broke under the strain
of imprisonment while awaiting
trial and had to be removed to a
psychopathic ward, was sentenced
to nine months and Immediately
freed, since he has already served
that length of time.
The third defendant, Heinrich
Kanzler, a German, was freed yes
terday at suggestion of the prose
cutor because of good services
rendered the Nazi cause after the
war in fighting the Reds"
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BROKER FACES
$4,000 TAX

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-It may
cost Wall Streeter Leonard J.
Marquis just $4,000 per year for
the extra-marital company he kept
with Fraulein Elvira Trabert, Ger
man stage star. In addition,
Broker Marquis may henceforth
go his way while his wife, Mrs.
Blanche LemelSon Marquis, con-
tinues on at the Waldorf Astoria.
So ruled Supreme Court Referee
Thomas C. T. Grain yesterday in
recommending $4,000 yearly all
mony and a separation in the suit
Of Mrs. Marquis against her hus-
band.
According to Mrs. Marquis, Frau
lein Trabert, who starred in the
European production of Grand
Hotel" was at play spots and
hotels on numerous occasions in
company with Broker Marquis.
This companionship, Mrs. Marquis
charged, finally broke up 20 years
Of married life with separation
last May.
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GIRL APPEALS
FOR HER DOG

Concerned for her lost Trixie,
wirehaired terrier, Miss Beverly
Moffett, debutante daughter Of
the late Admiral William A. Mot
fett, today broadcast an appeal
for the return of the pet.
Trixie was in care of Mr.. and
Mrs. Reginald Mead, in the West
chester Apartments, during the
recent absence of Miss Moffett
and her mother from the city.
Miss Moffett believes the animal
may have tried to find its way to
the Moffett home at 2019 MaSSa-
chuSettS Avenue N. w.
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BLANKETING
INBUREAUS
T0WA|T
President, However,
Favors Transfer to
Civil Service

Proposals to bring non-classi-
fled Federal employees into the
Civil Service system command
the sympathetic interest Of Pres
ident Roosevelt, but the work Of
classifying the new agencies must
await q determination as to
which may become permanent,
In outlinging his views on the
question today at his press con.
ference the President indicated
that the tremendous task of
classifying all the new agencies
probably would require q year.
The Presidents views were un-
derstood to close the door on the
prospect Of immediate transfer of
the new bureaus to Civil Service.
Backs Postal Bill
Mr.. Roosevelt wishes the work
of classification to advance as
rapidly as possible, it was made
clear. AS beginning he sug-
gested completion of legislative
action this session on measures
already before Congress. which
would bring all first, second and
third-clasS postofficeS into the
Civil Service system.
Although the President did not
discuss any specific measure his
remarks were interpreted as favor
ing prompt action on the OMa-
honey bill which would bring
some $4,000 postmasters under
Civil Service.
BY the same token, the Presi-
dents inSiStence on examinations
first. rather than afterward, his
discussion indicated little sympa-
thy with the Logan bill which
would transfer the emergency
agencies to the classified service
by one gigantic operation, or
through group examination.
Blanketing' to Wait
The President favorS a more de-
iberate procedure, under which
the qualifications and fitness of
those transferred would be deter
mined first. And even this method
would not be applied until it is
clearly determined from future
developments which of the new
agencies are to. be regarded as per
manent establishments.
On Capitol Hill the Presidents
remarks were regarded by leaders
as ending all prospect of Civil
Service blanketing during the pres
ent session.
The outlook for the O'Mahoney
bill is uncertain. It has been be-
fore the Senate Post Office Com
mittee for more than a year, and
has been blocked several times
recently when called from the
House consent calendar.
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RESISTANCE
TO GR|LL|NG
INPRESSES
GOVERNOR
Hoffman Declared to
Doubt Doomed Man
Is Baby's Slayer
By KENNETH I. DOWNS

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. q
UN.S0.-Bruno Richard Haupt
mann's iron win has won him q
very strong chance for q new re
prieve, International News Service
learned today from an unimpeach.
able source.
For, when he resisted nearly II
hours Of grilling by Samuel 8. Lei.
bowitz, noted criminal lawyer, who
was bent on obtaining a confes.
sion. he provided Gov. Harold G.
Hoffman with Q new argument
for postponing his execution
again.
To Get New Reprieve
Governor Hoffman intends to
use this argument, one Of his close
aides confided to International
News Service. Despite his denial,
the governor plans to grant one
more repriepe. the Informant said
adding:
"The governor does not merely
believe that more than one per
son committed the eriHne-he
sincerely doubts that Haupt-
mann was the Lindbergh mur-
derer at all. He told me so him.
self after LeibOwitx had gone in
to the death house the second
time to try to break HauptTnann
and failed"
Partially corroborating this in
formation was written state
ment to the press from the gov
ernor. The statement, in answer
to the query, do the statements
of Mr.. Leibowitz influence your
position that the Lndbergh case
is still uT1solved?" said:
"NO. / am more convinced
than ever. I had hoped that
Mr.. LeiboYitz in almost nine
hours Of questioning might
have been able to get some
thing from Hauptmann il he
had anything to tell"
NOTHING TO LOSE
From a practical standpoint
as well as because Of his personal
belief, the governor will be moved
toward issuing another stay for
Hauptmann, the writer's in
formant said. He declared:
"The governor will really
have nothing to lose through
granting another reprieve. He
can't take any more abuse
than he's getting now. And
he win have everything to gain.
The odds are tremendously
against his success, but every
body knows that If he solves
this crime beyond any doubt
he will be swept into Wash
ingtOn.
"He may advance any one Of
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Broke, Starving, Cold,
Ex-ConviCt Decides
lis Time 10 Give Up

DETROIT, Feb. 81 G.N.S),
Cold drove Jack Shotter, 81
year-old Pennsylvania ex-convict
back to Jail today.
Walking into the county jail
Shotter said:
II want to give myself up. I
took some letters out Of my
pOstOffice box at my home in
WaIlaceburg, Pa, that weren't
addressed to me. There were
$50 in WPA checks in them.
cashed them, then came to
Detroit. But I'm broke, hungry
an" cold. It's time, says I to
myself, to give myself up"
He was locked up for Penn
Sylvania Federal authorities. Shot
ter said he had once served
three years in Pennsylvania fol
robbery, not armed.
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I ARE KILLED
BY GAS LEAK

FLINT, Mich, Feb. 81 Q.N.S)
Two persons died today and 10
others were overcome when gas
from q broken main seeped into
a home at Clio, near here.
The new deaths brought Mich.
iga1's gas toll to four deaths in
the last two days and eight deaths
since Sunday.
Other Michigan communities,
including Pontiac and Utica, also
have reported fumes Seeping from
frozen gas mains into homes but
no deaths there were reported.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Herman
were the victims of the latest
tragedy in Clio.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 81 0N.S0
Wayne Long, 20, of Batesville,
Ohio, and his helper, Sam Chris
tian, SIS, of Clasis, were overcome
early today by carbon monoxide
gas in a northside boarding house.
They were quickly revived by
emergency crews. A gas stove was
burning in the room.
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z QuadrupIets Dead,
Other Z CIinq 10 Life

CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 81
Q.N.S0-Two of a set of quad
ruplets, born yesterday to a Negro
family 20 miles south of here,
died today in q Charleston hos
pital.
The quadruplets were composed
Of two boys and two girls. Ef-
forts to save one Of the boys and
one of the girls failed, but the
condition Of the other two were
reported as "fair" today. The
mother, Sally Glover, is only 80
years old, but the birth of the
Quadruplets brought the total
number Of her children to 10.
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SNOW COMING;
MERCURY UP

A new cold wave sweeping down
from Canada promised more snow
for Washington today, but the out
look was for Short-lived flurries,
with little change in temperature
during the next "a hours.
The thermometer advance a d
steadily yesterday from IA degrees
at Z a. m. to % at S p. m. An un-
official low of nine degrees was re-
corded during the night, and this
morning the upward climb began
again.
Washington's principal traffic
arteries remain clear and dry.
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ShipIey Found Guilty
In TaxiCab Robbery

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Feb 81.
Lester Shipley, of this city, was
found guilty by Judge Frank G..
Wagaman in circuit court here of
the holdup and robbery last De-
cember Of Harry j. Byrum, taxi
cab driver.
Harold Getridge, II, indicted
with Woodrow Cutler in the rob-
bing Of r. H. Stahl, filling station
operator, entered a plea Of guilty.
Hunter L. Brown, Winchester. Va,
was found guilty on a charge of
forgery. All will be sentenced
later,
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= ID. G.. NOtabIeS Hit
BY Speeding Law

Prominent among the convicted
SpeederS whose driving permits
were suspended for temporary
periods by the Board of Revoca.
tionS and Reservations today are
a local real estate agent and the
son Of the Democratic national
committeeman for the District.
They are Victor Cahill, Of the
Dupont Circle Apartments, real
estate operator, and John F.
Costello, jr., Of 3149 Newark St.
N. W., son Of the well-known
lawyer and Democratic chfeftain.
Cahill, whose permit was suS-
pended for IS days as q result Of
his conviction on charges that he
drove his automobile sS6 miles an
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hour on a local street, declared to-
day that the action makes no diff
ference to me-" He asserted it
was a Shame" to penalize him
while Congressman are able to
get away with parking any
where"
Costello, who obtained first
word Of the suspension Of his per-
NIT from a reporter for The
Washington Times, said he didn't
know" what he would do about it.
Asked If he would file an appeal
within the five-day limit allowed,
Costello said he was uncertain.
He was deprived of his permit
for is days under the action Of
the Board Of Revelations.
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Illness of Witness
DELAYS Bank Trial

BALTIMORE, Feb. 21.-Illness
Of an important State witness to-
day resulted in the trial Of former
State Senator Emory L. Coblentz
being continued until next Friday.
Coblentz, former president Of
the defunct Central Trust Com
pany, is charged with fraud and
Misrepresentation In . bank
merger.
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Prisoners
Kill II in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 81 G.N.
SO.-Twelve were killed and prob
ably a score were wounded when
a band of escaped prisoners at
tackled a group of agrarians on
the outskirts Of Tepic, capital Of
the state of Bayarit, today.
The escaped convictS also at
tackled persons in several suburbs
Of the city.
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Deposits Of Coal
Found By Current

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 U.N.S0.
Use Of an electrical current in de
termining the location Of coal de
poSits has proved highly effective,
DR.. Maurice Ewing, Of Lehigh Uni.
versity, announced.
Addressing the American Insti'
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, DR.. Ewing said devel'
opment of an electrical "divining
rod" process was started in 1884
and verification Of its findings has
been completed.
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IVA Selling Power

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 81
(IN.SO.-The iva announced to-
day it had signed contracts with
the towns of Jackson, Milan,
Somerville and Bolivia, Tenn, to
sell them surplus power from the
Wilson Dam.
This was the first action on
power taken by the authority since
the Supreme Court decision last
Monday upholding constitution
atty of the iva,
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President Silent
International News Service

International News Service
President Roosevelt declined to
commit himself today as to
whether he planned to attend per-
Sonally the proposed peace confer
ence Of the American republics,
which he has suggested be held In
BuenoS Aires. He said it was not
certain yet there would be a con-
ference,
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Child Dies Of Injuries

YORK, Pa, Feb. 21.-The third
coaSting fatality Of the winter
here occurred today when Janice
Diehl, 8, died from injuries re-
ceived several days ago when her
sled struck telephone pole. The
child, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clement Diehl, suffered internal
injuries.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Cloudy, possibly light snow this afternoon;
minimum temperature tonight about Ia; to-
morrow fair; not much change in temperature.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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find everything you need
awav from the window. I'D bet
ter change right away OF III De
late for dinner" :,
"We're not very formal here.
Take your time. There's only the
family here tonight. Dick told me
he didn't want any Other. guests;
Mrs. Searles smiled significantly
as she left the room. -,
Calls cheeks grew rosy. she
knew Mrs. Searles approved OF
her friendship with Dick. That 1t
would ripen into a warmer at
tachmcnt was the wish of every
member of the family. Hadn't
Rosemary urged her to marry her
brother?
Gail loved the Searles. They
were dears--every one of them,
she confessed, slipping on a dainty
frock of pale green embroidered
organdic. Yet though Dick had
proposed to her times without
number, she had never yet given
him her promise.
Tonight, contrasting her little
room in the clubhouse with the
luxurious room in which she stood,
Gail wondered once again why
she always hesitatcd to say the
word that would have spelt for
her - security. There had never
been any other men in her life,
for Miss Craston had assured her
students that work was their first
consideration so long as they were
at Merrywood.
Suddenly, as Gail slipped an an
tiuue bracelet on her slender
wrist, she recalled a pair Of twin
king blue eyes and lock Of dark
hair that fell carelcssly across a
wide forehead. Had she lost her
heart to Derek Hargreaves - an
artist who could probably never
offer his wife anything more than
studio apartment, who'd never
know from month to month what
his income might be? Yet as Gail
walked lightly down the broad,
softly-carpeted stairs and past the
beautiful antique furniture in the
hall, she realized that, without
love, even a gorgeous home like
this would be prison.
"Ah, here you are" exclaimed
Mr.. Searles, proffel'ing his arm,
as they followed Dick and his
mother into the dining room.
Dinner was gay affair. Gail
related some of her experiences
at Madame's, yet, as she talked,
she knew she was giving only one
angle of the picture. She did not
mention the little WEAKNESSES that
she had discovered were vital
part of Madame Lizette's charact-
er. She must not let herself
dwell on these unhappy incidents.
Presently they rose from the
table and, as it was now too dark
to go outdoors, they played bridge
not too seriously, however, for,
as Mr.. Searles said, "When you
treat it as though it were a life
and death affair, bridge is no
longer a relaxation
Ten o'clock was striking when
Dick laid down his cards, "Wc've
made game, Gail. Do you want
to play another?"
Gail smiled, trying to stifle a
yawn. "What do you say, Mrs.
Searles?"
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ing Co. and suspects the deal may
be crooked. Mark does not know
the whereabouts of his niece,
Gail.
CHAPTER MI
There was a note of pride in
Dicks voice. That's 'Hearts's De-
light" he said pointing out the
low, white ciapboard house with
its gray weathered roof, cresting
a low hill. otis been the home Of
three generations of Searles.
That's why it's sort of different
from some Of the newer places
around here"
But / love it," Gail told him,
Those queer, rambling wings,
the one-story and two-story parts.
You're lucky, Dick, to have such
a home"
Calls eyes glowed as she turned
to him. She had never known a
real home. Ever since her moth
cr's death, when Gail was little
more than babe, she and her
father had wandered from place to
place-here for few months,
there for year, but never long
enough anywhere to make a home.
Dick slipped an arm about the
girls slender shoulders, at can be
your home, too" he told her, eff
you'll only say the word"
She was silent. How peaceful
it was with the tall pine trees
standing sentinel about the old
place and the murmum of the
waves breaking along the shore.
The staccato note of an auto
mobile horn brought them swiftly
back from the land of romance.
Dick glanced in the mirror. "Thats
the veterinarian" he said. Gone
of the horses is sick. But this is
a fine time to be coming to see
the poor brute! l called him be-
fore l left home this morning"
perhaps he's making a second
call if the animals seriously i'll"
Gail suggested, as the car flashed
past.
"Perhaps," Dick agreed, for,
with Gail beside him, nothing else
mattered.
A few moments later Dick
swung into the wide, tree-lined
drive, and brought his car to a
smooth stop beside the wide porch
where Mr.. and Mrs. Scarles were
seated. Quickly Dicks mother
dropped her knitting and, with
her husband, stepped down to
welcome Gail. =,
"I'm so glad you could come, "
Mrs. Searles said, and her hus-
band added, "We've been looking
forward to seeing you, ever since
Dick told us you were in town.
We'll have to hear all about your
work"
eyes. Dad. but dinner will be
served in quarter of an hour.
Pm sure you'd like to go to yom
room, wouldn't you, CALI" Mrs
Searles said as she led the way in
doors.
4 y +
Gail gave a little gasp of de-
light as she stepped into the gucs
room. "What a gorgeous view
she exclaimed, looking at the
Sound.
81 thought you'd like it, my
dear" Mrs. Searles drew the flut-
tering net curtains still further
aside. Then, glancing around the
room. she added, 81 think you'll
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81 think we'd better stop. = 1t,
looks to me as though you need:
a good rest"
rOh, Pm not tired, only the
minute get near the sea I'm al
most overcome with sleep. I'll be-
all right in a second. I'D psye4
dream of going to bed so earlyv? :
Lets take a walk, Gail. It's
a fine moonlight night. | know
you'll like it."
"The winds blowing in from
the Sound. Better get a wrap for
her." said Mr.. Searles, rising
from the table and settling HIM
self to read a scientific treatise he
had been glancing at earlier in
the evening.
ooh, Dick" whispered Gail as
they sauntered slowly toward a
rustic summer house where Mrs.
Searles often sat and watched the
boats going up and down the.
Sound, 81 feel as though we're in
some enchanted spot. Doesn't the
moonlight make everything look
different" ...
Dick drew her close to him, but,
quickly slipping from his arms,
she stopped down and pressed her
lips against the velyety petals Of
q huge, sweet-scented pansy. Il
never knew flowers could smell so
sweet" she murmured.
81 never pay much attention to
flowers. Mother is the gardener
in our family, and l guess she
keeps old Geddes busy getting all
the new varieties she hears abouty
but, Honey, you were speaking
about the moonlight. 1t hasn't
changed you. Don't you love me,
swcet-iust little?" He caught
her hands in his.
"Of course do, Dick. | love
all your family. think your
dads adorable and your mothers
lust too sweet" :.
Gail, Gail! That's not what l.
want to hear. Why must you al
ways bring in the family? When
arc YOU going to marry me-"
Gail pursed her lips. Why did
Dick have to spoil the lovely
night? Didn't he understand yet
that, while she enjoyed his friend
ship, she would never want clos
CT tie?
ooh, Sweet, don't you realize L
love you? 'I'll do anything for
YOU, if only you'll promise to mar
nv me. You'll never have a care
in your life. Come, Honey, tell
me YOU will" His dark eyes
burned into hers.
"But Dickw Gail pushed him
gently away from her. 81 can't.
I don't love you like that. BE-
sides I've my work."
"Oh, hang your work! That's
only an excuse"
"Dick!" Calls cry was full Of
reproach.
"Oh, there, Honey, forgive me:
| shouldn't speak like that, but II
it's that that's coming against US.
then" suddenly he stopped. he
knew II ne faVeu dSdHhol uci Pio
fession, Gail would have still less
use for him. :,
"T'm going in now" she said
softly. Good night" The gor
geous moonlit garden had become
a place of torture for her.
When she reached the Terrace.
Dick hurried after her. Gail,
darling, please don't be angry
with me-" he begged.
w'm not" she answered.
"Then promise if you ever
change your mind, you'll let me
know"
"All right, Dick, ] will" She
tiptoed quietly into the house. w
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