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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

SO caught soon! So that pubic Jury
hasn't mustn't be ynchedhe law must take
its courscand be And must DC
with ambitions And psychatr
electroce hang the man because
people studied under gasshe way we study bugs
etc. mustn't clubs or leagues for American ner
and so FORTH collect money IN behan
OF the Very little Of which to him. anyhow
Lawyers don't know? Whatever became OF tna
Yore Beer STUDIES in New York collected Tor Two years
for Hauptnann? Boy honey Of promotion stunt
HOW hose 1t added to your
check and you squawed might expect poane in your
At rate let us all hope that
public caught and given his punishment Ihe
United States $4,000 reward Tor
capture conviction the guilty. We have $4,000 anonymous
y donated add to that reward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

An advertisement of
nearly half a century ago
displayed this range and
told the good cooks of
your Grandmother's days
about Glenwoods. Ever
since that time Glenwood
ranges have held first
place in the hearts of
housewives as the most
dependable of cooking
equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12

ExPLO LOSrVE, red-haired, 'Wil. A liam Tecumseh Sherman had retired from army life in 1850 to enter a growing business and le. gal career. But the Civil War called him and soon he became one of the wiliest leaders of the Union forces.
 Shiloh, Viclksburg, Chattanooga, Knoxville tested his courage and craftiness. In 1864, he was or. dered to move on Atlanta.
 Thus began Sherman's famous i000-mile sweep through the Carolinas and Georgia, despite the courageous defense of the retreat ing Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Gen. John B. Hood replaced Johnston in the defense of Atlanta, but the Union invaders were indomitable.
 Sherman then undertook the destructive trek of 300 miles to Savannah that today is praised by some and deplored by others.
 Sherman remained in the army after the war, became highest in command under President Grant, and retired in 1884. He died in 1891, at the age of 7l. His pic. ture is at the left of the trio on the new three-cent army stamp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12
Brain Twizzlers By Prot. ,. D, Flint

In wartime prison camp the au- thorities had in one building of the camp Q room in which were stored the arms and ammunition of enemy captiyes. In this room were twelve baskets and one day there happened to be one pistol in each basket. A sergeant in charge of the supplies suggested puzzle. He said to pri- vate, Start at any basket, going in one direction, take one pistol. pass 1t over two other pistols and place 1t in the next basket. Take another pistol, pass it over two pistols and place it in a basket. Continue this, removing only six pistols. and when these have been placed there should be two pistols in each of six baskets and six baskets empty. It does not matter whether the two pistols pass ed over are fin one or two baskets nor how many empty baskets you pass. You must go tn one direction khd end where you started" fl you san do tnia in four rounds you are good, fl in three rounds yoil are ex- eellent. Try coins or something.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12
CHAPTER XVII

On Q Saturday early in January two persons in Bobbs Neck were cevoting considerable thought to the subject of their material environ fnent and to Marcia Canfield. Such is coincidence.
 Dorothy Osborn whose dissatis- faction with her lot in life had the redeelning feature of sporadic ef- forts on her part to effect an im- provement, surveyed the living room and dining room of the Os- born family. They were not ex- ceptional rooms, for 1t was not an exceptional house. The Osborns' income put narrow limits upon the accommodations and facilities which the family could enjoy, and Dogothy, to whom their lack Of money had long been 6 thron of embarrassment, was often hard pressed to give her home the ap- pearance she desired.
 But the two rooms were now . reward for long and painstaking work. Work with remnants of material. Although nothing could be done with the rug, Dorothy had managed to subdue the full effect of its unsightliness by proper col- ors in the rest of the room. A few pieces of old furniture, stun that had been in her mothers family for years, she herself had cleaned, repaired and polished; tired spring had been braced to more youthful posture. She had made slip covers for chairs, and somehow had man. aged new shades for some old lamps that were more attractive than she quite realized. The curtains had cost a few cents Q yard, but their work manship would have -graced costlier goods. Handmade by Dorothy.
 The dining room, with its atro- cious furniture, had been more difficult job, but the wood shone, candles made use of the outmoded lighting fixture unnecessary, and the napery was spotless.
 Dorothy surveyed all of this, on that January afternoon, and felt the thrill of accomplishment. She prodigiously, and tonight she had planned carefully and worked would raise the curtain on the per- formance she had arranged.
 And she went to the telephone.
 Giving the number she wanted, her face took on a hard little smile --and she didn't know the pity of 1t. For 6 while, looking about the romos she had created, she had been proud, pleased, and a bit softened. Her expression had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12
THE eTORY so FAR

 MARCIA CANFTELD, daughter aos wealthy PHILIP CANFIELD, knows the neighborhOOd is buzz ximg over the sudden disappear {. ance Of FRANK KENDRHCK, rwhose engagement tO Marcia has ] been announced. Since his dis- appearance, . shortage In Ken- . drick's funds has been discovered. with her friend, HELEN WAD- DELL, and others, Marcia Is In . restaurant when there k . hOld- up. Marcia loses a ring that was her mothers.
 Learning Frank is in Chicago, Marcia goes there to try to per- suade him to return and face his . financial obligations. Before she reaches him, Franw disappears again.
 In Chicago, she encounters BRUCE McDOUGALL, a stranger, who volunteers . slight service. Bruce is also . passenger on the plane Marcia takes to return home. A few weeks later she sees him again. Bruce, an artist, has decided to make his home In the suburb.
 Meanwhile, TONY sTELLICCI, restaurant chef, suspects his brother, CARLO, of being in- v0lved in the h0ldup and finds some of the loot in Carlos home. He returns Marcia's ring.
 Marcia stops at tn c Stellicci home with the public welfare nurse and interrupts converse tiOn between Carlo and Tony. Tony threatens to turn his brother over to the police, but Carlo escapes. Tony reports all he knows about the doldups. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12

reflection of this uplift. But it was gone now; she wore again the defiant look of a Representative person who is bitterly conscious of having less money than the neighbors.
 Marcia Garfield was the un- knowing author of the latter ex- precision. Marcia, who had every thingl Well, fate and other peo- ple's intentions nothwithstanding, here was something which Marcia or any one else would not appro- priate without Q .battlel
 A voice on the wire said Hello" Dorothy leaned toward the phone.
 Bruce McDougall likewise sur- veyed his new home with a sense of satisfaction. Except for his books, a fe wpictures and his drawing board, he had done nothing toward creat- ing the romos, but, since they fell within the board category of what he wanted, he was as pleased with them as Dorothy Osborn was pleased with the fruits of her own labors.
 Living room, bedroom, bath and a room that served as studio-his own private world. The rooms comprised the second floor of the house owned by Mrs. Amy Sellers, a widow of indefinitely great age, whose spinster daughter taught in the Bobbs Neck high school and, among many other services, had been chairman of the casting com- mittee for the Stagecraft Guilds current effort. The Sellers women, last of their line, liver comfortably in the old house, attended by Me- gro couple.
 By arrangement with his land- ladies, McDougall received break fast and lunch in his roms. Din- nler would be each day @ separate adventure.
 The artist had just returned from an afternoon walk, wander ing aiinlessly to get acquainted with the village in which he was to live.
 Now @ bath and shave and glad raiment, and @ dinner by invita- tion. He put a new blade in his razor.
 Since some of mans truest thoughts occur while shaving, Mo- Dougall was impressed when, sud- denly, 1t came to him out of the mirror that he was by way of be- ing 8 bit lonely.
 It was the purely temporary feel ing of living alone in strange com- munity that had struck him, of course. Living alone was what final ly drove a lot of people to get mar ried, he supposed. They wanted some- one around to talk to.
 On the subject of getting mar ried, what site for a home he had run across on his walk this afternon. A piece of land at the crest of & hill; the real estate agents sign said half an acre.
 Half an acre, half an acre. What was the name of that show-"Half- Acre in Eden?"
 He thought, too of another sign he had seen, in e furniture store window: "You furnish the girl, we furnish the home"
 All right. Make out . lot: I have my eye on the girl. Miss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12
HALF -ACRE y... M EDEN ~ sae =ss=s=.zzs SSS@sS BY ROBERT DICKSON

will you? Marcia Marcia-ah, Marcial
 Well, the beauty of living alone was that you could think what you pleased and there was no one else around to guess 1t from your ex- pression. No sneering, prying roommate tosay, "Uuts over the gal, eh? McDougall has fallen at last, has he2 McDougall's love- sick! McDougall gets to thinking about her until he can't get to sleepl Old sap McDougall!"
 Well, wash off the shaving cream, McDougall, and rinse away the dream. You've known her just long enough to do thorough joE of falling in love, and long enough to find out there's another guy ahead of you.
 He could not forget the whis- pered conversation in the village auditorium. How silly of Mar cia to fly after himp "WellL it's her engagement. If she was de- termined-"
 What was the matter with the guy, that Marcia had flown after him? What was the reason for her low spirits which. he had ob- served in the Chicago coffee shop, before he had known who she was or whence she came-before he'd known that fate would tantalize him?
 Well, whatever 1t was, what dif- ference did 1t make2 Marcia was engaged to the unknown; Marcia was, the evidence said, hopelessly in love.
 So. McDougall, wash 1t all away and forget itl Or pretend to. And now what? An, yes - his dinner engagement.
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-12
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-17

where they were sitting.
II think I have good news for
you, ladies'" he said with a broad
smile of satisfaction on his shining
face. "Mr. Warren has rallied
little, and asked for you, Miss
Madden"
With sudden and almost paraly-
zing relief, Marcia sank back on
the hard davenport. Seeing the
end of the nervous vigil which she
and Gary's cousin had kept, she
suddenly let go.
"Come, now" said the physician.
care you trying to give me two
patients where I only had one be-
fore? Brace up and go talk to
the lad. But I'm warning you not
to stay; he's not completely out of
the woods yet" Q
The three walked down the long
awesome hall, and Marcia thought
of that other time she had faced
an emergency in just such a set
ting when Ellen was sick. Fear
fully, she wondered what Gary's
mental attitude would be, if he
would blame her for the disastrous
events Of the night before.
It was with some trepidation
that she entered the door which
DR.. Winters was holding for her.
On the. bed, lying extremely fiat
and still, she saw Gary. With the
clumsiness that most healthy peo-
pie feel in facing anyone seriously
i'll, she walked stiff-legged to the
bedside.
"Hello, Cary" she said, feebly.
Sorry" he said with consider
able effort. $50 sorry, Marcia.
Don't blame yourself. Or your
friend. I'll get we'll" &
The tears flooded Marcia's eyes
as she considered the thoughtful
ness Of the sick man on the bed,
thinking of her peace Of mind and
Of Sandy when he was wracked by
pain. She nodded when he spoke.
and pressed his hand in apprecia-
ton. Then catching the doctors
eye, she smiled, II have to go now,
dear. Take care Of yourself; Marie
and I both will be here pulling for
you."
Quietly she slipped from the
room and Rugged Marie in her
happiness.
"Now will they let Sandy free?"
she asked almost before she had
time to catch another breath.
"Weu have to wait until MI
Warren is able to talk to the po-
lice, to tell them whether or not
he wants to prosecute" DR.. Win
| tiers explained.
"But of course he WON'T" Marie
disclaimed.
Probably not. But the ponce
will want his statement on that
They'll probably want to wait I'M
til he is definitely out of all dam
ger; you'll have to be patient I'm
afraid"
(TO Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-17
GzTS@%Y J SSMo !sI;?5;

away from the couch as q doctor
said suddenly, II think we can
move him now. Better rush him to
the Emergency hospital"
The cafe manager had tried des-
perately to cover up the unfortu-
nate affair, and the orchestra was
blaring loudly to keep the guests
minds from the incident being
enacted under their very noses.
He breathed a deep sigh of relief
when the ambulance drew to the
curb, and the inert figure Of Gary
was put within it. He shud-
dered to think of what the papers
would print as they smaclzed their
lips over another Hollywood
braWr'.
Marcia climbed into the ambu-
lance, too, dumbly watching the
man on the stretcher. "He can't
die!" she said over and over to
herself, not realizing that she was
concerned primarily with the effect
on Sandy. She shuddered when
she heard one Of the attendants
say something about "manslaugh-
ter for that poor cuss if the fellow
here doesn't pull through. She
was on her knees in a second,
again pleading with the uncon-
scious Gary.
won't do you any good,
ma'am," the doctor told her.
"We'll have to wait till we get to
the hospital and operate. You'd
better keep hold Of yourself. Is
there anyone you can call?
The girl shook her head. Gary
lived at the University club, and
she didn't know Of any relatives
except Marie.
do you think it's that serious ?"
she begged, hoping they would re-
assure her. "He has cousin in
Santa Cruz"
Her world crashed about her as
the doctor said seriously, eyes, 1
think you'd better call her."
At the hospital, whitehead at
tendants rushed Gary away from
her, and Marcia walked blindly to
the telephone booth. A hurried
call brought Marie to the other
end of the wire, and brokenly she
told her the news. She felt flood
of relief when Marie said calmly,
"Pll come right down. What hos
pital is it? And keep your head,
my dear. It takes an awful lot to
get a good man like Gary down."
Marcia sat in the waiting room,
and watched the minutes tick off
slowly. She had been there for
almost two hours, whSn the head
nurse came to her side. "Come
on, young lady. I'm going to put
you to bed. They've operated on
Mr.. Warren now; but we won't
know for several hours how he
will rally"
The girl was grateful for the
placid tones of the woman. How
could she get so immune to suffer-
ing, she wondered as she allowed
herself to be led to a narrow bed
in an empty room? They gave
her a sedative that sent her into,
a troubled sleep, her dreams peo-
pied by thousand Sandys being
pursued and prosecuted by burly
police.
Sandy himself was experiencing
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herself. ''I1e probably hates the
ground walk on by now" she
unused, latter causing him all this
trouble"
During the afternoon, Marie
turned inquiringly to the girl.
Irving to divert her mind from
Worrying over Gary she said,
"What are you going to do about
this Sandy, after all the trouble
is over?"
Nothing"
"What do you mean, nothing 2"
Marie demanded. where is your
fighting spirit? Are you going to
let him slip out Of your life as
easily as that? Seems to me II
you're willing to sacrifice a fine
man like Gary because Of your
llove for this Sandy, at least you
owe it to yourself to have a
Thorough understanding with
him."
cts no use, Marie" she said in
a discouraged tone. I'VE just
seem to be misfts. Ever since we
first met, we've quarreled back and
forth. Sometimes the things were
important but more often they
were trivial. If Sandy wants to
blame me for this, too, that's his
privilege. I've given him every
opportunity to- speak his heart.
Why, I haven't even seen him for
over a month, until last night"
"But I thought you said he
called you last. night? Maybe he
had something important to tell
you," Marie went on, delving deep
er into the maze Of contradictory
facts she found in analyzing the
romance Of Sandy and Marcia.
For a moment Marcia's eyes
frightened hopefully, then she
shook her head. mo, if he'd
wanted to tell me anything really
vital, he'd have found time in spite
Eof all the excitement"
MAYBE seeing you with Gary,
and him-drunk, Marie shuddered
a little, maybe that changed his
mind"
Maybe. But I don't think so.
He could have managed somehow
to tell me. He was only reproach-
full and accusing when he bothered
Ito speak to me at ALL" Marcia's
emotions were getting the better
Of her, and she concluded abruptly,
Lets talk Of something else."
Marie shook her head. The girl
was dear to her, in spite Of their
short acquaintance, and she had
hoped to help her solve her prob
lens. But she could see that
Marcia had faced so many disap-
pointments, she couldn't bring her
self to question Sandy directly.
Maybe she was right. but in the
face Of her overpowering love
Marie felt she should sacrifice
every shred Of pride to get to the
truth of the matter. It was then
that Doctor Winters came into the
Immaculate little waiting room
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IN fact what was merely d HoAy
nightmare to Marcia. Taken 10
headquarters he was h a $ THY
booked for assault and battery,
and possible manslaughter, and
held without bond. Mike Borst
had rushed down to the station
and reached it almost as soon as
his friend. Furiously, he ad-
dressed the captain, cap, you
can't do thing like this. knight
here thought he was defending a
lady; it was just an unfortunate
accident, that's all. You can al
ways find him at"
We'll keep him right here
where we won't have to bother to
look for him." the captain replied
cautiously. "1f this Warren dies,
he'll face a pretty serious charge.
The public has had just about
enough of these society," brawls;
somebody is due to take the rap
for them"
Furiously, Mike began to plead
his friends cause but the officer
shook his head steadily. Finally
he lost patience, you're wasting
your breath. We've got duty to
do, and we're going to do it re-
CARELESS Of you or anything you
can say. Now get QUIT"
Sandy was being ushered out
between two guards, and Mike
watched him futilely. Loyalty, he
shouted, keep your chin up.
Sandy. Well see you through
this. I'll get a lawyer and have
you out of here in jigger."
Mike took taxi to the hos
pital first, to ascertain the serious
ness Of Warren's injury. What
he learned at the reception desk
did not ease his anxiety, and he
went solemnly to the phone. He
routed Lawrence Croker, an at
torney, out Of bed and told him
the predicament in which Sandy
was involved. Croker advised
him to wait until morning, when
Warren might have regained con-
seriousness sufficiently to exoner-
ate Sandy.
"But if he doesn't? IF he should
die?"
''Then you couldn't get him out
anyway, so you might as well go
home and get a good nights sleep"
the attorney said laconically.
''We'Il do all we can in the morn
ing: your friend will be well taken
care of where he u.s."
yeah, hot and cold running
sweat" Mike said in exaspera-
ton, land a choice room overlook
ing the city dump. Swell pros
pect"
Disgustedly, he hung up the
phone and walked out Of the
booth. AS an afterthought he
stopped at the desk to inquire
about Marcia, leaving his phone
number and message to the eff;
feet that she could depend on him
to be Of any service. With char,
acteristic abandon, he forgot about
the work on his new job that was
due to start tomorrow; he felt his
sincerest efforts would be de-
manded to see Sandy through al
difficult situation.
Ito BE COntfnuedl
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CHAPTER Al


MARCIA couldn't believe her
own eyes. as she saw the rapid
turn of events at the Trocadero.
Full Of concern over Gary. she
likewise was worried about Sandy.
He seemed in a sort Of stupor as
the officer took him roughly in
hand. Compassionately she went
to Sandy's side.
"You mustn't worry, Sandy" she
said to him, then turned to the
policeman. Let him alone! Can't
YOU see it was an accident? He
thought he was protecting"
Keep quiet, Marcia!". Sandy
brushed aside her sympathetic eff
forts to help. mo use getting in
volved any further in this. 1t looks
like it's going to be a nasty mess
before we're through. Better keep
your pretty skirts clear of it"
Disregarding the bitterness in
his voice, she turned again to the
officer, do something. You can't
arrest this man. won't have it,"
Her voice rose to high pitch in
the stress of the emergency.
TOO bad, lady. I'd like to oblige
YOU. but as far as can see this
man is guilty of assault and bat
terry with intention Of doing bodily
l..4... I've got to hold him. You'd
better get to your friend over
there, he might need you."
Marcia looked longingly at
Sandy, but the man refused to
meet her gaze. Eyes, get to your
friend. He needs you," he said.
"You can't do anything-more-
for me-" With nod to the police
man he indicated he was willing
to go with him quietly. Anything
to get away from this mob of
semi-hysterical women, bustling
walters, and the still form of the
man on the couch.
How different this evening was
from the one Sandy had planned
so hopefully that afternoon! Then,
filed with his new determination
to rush Marcia off her feet, he had
been confident that he could win
her promise Of marriage before an
other day dawned. In the hectic
confusion that had followed his
headstrong actions, since he found
her with Gary he had no opportu-
nity-nor any great desire-to tell
the girl of his changed ideas. AS
Marcia saw him rushed out the
door, she did not know how I'M
selfish and matchmaking his love
for her had grown. Instead, she
thought of him as being still in
volved with the grasping Paula
and now this new disgrace!
She heard the scream of the
police car as they hurried him
away, and turned desperately to
Gary.
Gary, you can't let go. you
can't! Open your eyes and talk to
me; can't you see what's hap
pened?" She was leaning over
him, looking for some sign of life
in the placid face. Suddenly she
put her hands on his shoulders,
shook him gently. Don't you
hear me, Cary"
Sympathetic hands drew her
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STOCKS DULL, WITH
FEW TRANSACTIONS
offerings Light and Prices About
Stationary, with 250,OOO-
Share Turnover

New York, July II (AP)-Feeble
rallies in some OF the steels, rails,
motors. coppers and specialties pune
tuated today's drab stock market SEES
sion. Mild profit-selling at the open
ing put prices down fractions to a
point or more but offerings were so
light bids were later hoisted in num-
erous instances. It was one of the
slowest days of the year, transfers
running to around 100000 shares for
the two hours.
Prices were we'll jumbled at. the
close. Bonds developed no definite
trend
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-17

a coroner's jury Of six American Legion members
is pictured hearing testimony in Chicago regarding
the Memorial Day clash between police and steel
strikers Police testified that steel strikers carried
guns and clubs and began the lighting which cost
the lives Of 10 strikers. These statements were
contradicted by the testimony Of Gus Yuratovik
president Of the Republic lodge Of the Alamga-