davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-02-20
PEGGY GARCIA DENIES
EARLIER MARRIAGE
Rubinoff Attorney Claims She
Was Wed at Time of
Romance"
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated tre6S.
NEW YORK, February 20-Peggy
Garcia's denial that she was married
before the blossoming Of the romance
she claims to have had with Dave
Rubinoff in 1888 brought a recess to-
day in the trial of her $500 900 breach
of promise suit against the violinist
while defense counsel sought to get
witnesses from Virginia to testify.
Justice Salvatore Cotillo ordered the
adjournment until Tuesday after
Abraham Halprin, Rubinoff's attor-
ney. asserted yesterday he had tele-
gram from Peggy's father in Roanoke,
Va, to prove she was a married
woman at the time she claims Rubin
off gave her the run-around.
Miss Garcia, who has testified her
real name is Pauline Micheline Taylor
and that she took the name Peggy
Garcia" for stage purposes. denied
Halprin's claim she was married In
1925.
The only marriage she mentioned
was one six months ago to a young
business man" whom she refused to
identify further. That romance, she
said, ended when her husband learned
Of her previous association with Rub
inoff.
Miss Garcia explained the Virginia
marriage brought up by the defense
by telling the court she had a cousin
of the same name who was divorced
in Roanoke.
That statement came after Justice
Cotillo had ordered her to answer
Halprin's question. warning she was
under oath.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
$4,000 WORKERS
BACK IN c. M. JObS
Shortage of Materials De-
laying Full Operations in
a Few Plants.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 20.-One hun
dred and twenty-seven thousand Of
the 100000 General Motors employees
who were idle at the peak Of the re-
cent strike, were back at work today,
a week after the corporation began
recalling workers.
Executives reported that 100000 Ct
the 235 900 employees were on duty,
but that shortages Of materials have
delayed complete resumption Of opera
tions in a few plants The remaining
$4,000 are expected to return to work
next week.
Negotiators representing General
Motors and the United Automobile
Workers Of America, saying they were
progressing, recessed over the week
end. 1t was indicated they would
resume discussions of seniority rights
when they reaSSemble Monday. -
International Bankers Hit.
Henry Ford, founder of one Of Gen.
eral Motors chief competitors, charged
in an interview at his Ways, Ga,
plantation that international bank
ers are behind the labor unions" and
advised workingmen to stay out Of
labor organizations"
international financiers are be-
hind the labor unions because they
want to control industry and kill COM
petition" the veteran automobile
manufacturer said. They are the
cause Of all these strikes.
"A man loses his independence when
he joins labor group of any kind,
and he suffers as result.
Competition in industry will guar
antee workers fair wage, but labor
unions destroy their competition.
1T is organizations Of this type that
lead up to war.
i am thoroughly convinced that the
cure for strikes and other labor diff
culties is high minimum wage.
1T is the less-skilled man, working
on the smaller wage scale, who causes
trouble when his income is insufficient
for his family needs. Merit, skill and
ability take care of the salaries of the
higher-paid men.
"A minimum wage has been our
policy since 1914. Industries must ar
range to take care of the expense Of
this
At Washington, William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, said regarding Ford's advice
to workers:
His conclusions, in my judgment,
are unfounded and not well based.
The individual worker stands helpless
in dealing in wages and hours with a
powerful employer like Mr. Ford"
Employees in the Oshawa, Ontario,
plant of General Motors were to re-
turn to work today, their one-day
strike having been settled.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

Of the situation. I hold no i'll feeling
against Rafael. in fact, I wish him
the best of luck"
William H. Neblett, law partner of
Senator McAdoo, had predicted in
1884 there would be no marriage when
the Senator threatened to "cut her of
without a cent"
Ellen has been spending $4,000 a
year." said Neblett them, placing De
Onate's income at $1,000 annually.
The Riverside County clerk refused
to issue De Onate a marriage license
unless he could furnish proof he was
not a Filipino. He admitted he was
born in Manila and was arranging to
obtain proof his parents were Span
ish-Basque when parental objection
to the wedding was Withdrawn. They
were married in Albuquerque, N. Mex,
November 10, 1884.
Mrs. De Onate asks "a reasonable
allowance" for support of herse!,-. and
son,
Evening star., 1937-02-20
MOTOR CLUB VOTES
APPOINT PROGRAM
Strengthening of Safety-Respon-
sibility Laws Here Sought
hy A. A. A.

STRENGTHENING the District safety
responsibility law and passage OF
compulsory motor vehicle inspection
measure are principal objectives in
a four-point legislative program
adopted yesterday by the A. A. A.
District of Columbia Motor Clubs
Advisory Board.
The program was drafted by the
boards Special Legislative Commit
tee and submitted to the board by
Bishop James E. Freeman, chairman
of the committee. The program also
calls for Federal-aid contributions to
the District and for a law requiring
the recording of automobile liens in
the traffic directors Office.
Full approval of Capt. H. c. White
hurst's plan for street and bridge
Improvement was voiced by the board,
which stressed the pressing need for
lettering the physical conditions
under which Washington traffic
operates.
Special guests at yesterdays meet
ing, presided over by Isaac Cans,
acting chairman, were Leonard e.
Kolmer, general manager, and Palmer
Nickerson, counsel, of the Automo-
bile Club of Maryland. Nickerc n,
discussing the legislative program of
the A. A. A. Club in Maryland, urged
that all members of the District
Motor Club, residing in Maryland, join
m the fight against threatened diver
sion of s7.600.000 Of special motor
vehicle taxes to non-highway pur-
poses.
with the accident situation In
Maryland so serious" Nickerson said,
I'VE cannot afford to continue divert
ing the amount of money now mis-
used-much less take away $7,600,000
additional from the highway fund"
Evening star., 1937-02-20
French Name for English.

In the Middle Ages the Frenchman's
favorite name for the Englishman was
Jean Goddano, from the Englishman's
taste for swearing and cursing.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 90
Ellen McAdoo de Onate was at the
home of her father, United States
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, today
after suddenly filing suit for divorce
from the debonair film actor she mar
ried under turbulent circumstances in
1894.
They separated Thursday The brief
divorce complaint charged non-sup-
port and asked custody of their son,
Richard, 112 years old.
IT cannot understand it," said Ra-
fael de Onate, known to the screen
as Ralph Novarro. He married the
granddaughter Of the late President
Wilson when he was SO and she 19.
But Mrs. De Onate explained:
Things simply came to the point
where my son and I we're not getting
proper financial support and I
thought it best to take this way out
Evening star., 1937-02-20
PROBE BRIDGE FATALITY

SAN FRANCISCO, February 20 lP.
Collapse Of Golden Gate Bridge
construction scaffold, killing 10 work.
men, was investigated today by the
State Industrial Accident Commission.
A previous investigation by cor
oner's jury brought a verdict Of fail
ure to use certain safety equipment" A
State engineer testified that reinforce
ing bolts had been recommended but
not installed before the accident.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Indians Dreamer Religion.

We have had an apostle of racial
purity and superiority above all others
right here in this country. Smohalle
Q8l4-ls0O, an Indian prophet taught
the so-called Dreamer religion, that
the Indians were the only real people
in the world and that all others were
created by "the Great Chief above"
after the creation of the Indians, and
created for the sole purpose Of oppress.
ing the Indians or departing from their
ancient faith.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Fish Go on Spree.

Thousands of fish went on a spree
when a diStillery at Bundaberg,
Queensland, was destroyed by fire and
its LIQUOR flowed into the river.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
JOHNS HOPKINS PIONEER
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
DR.. Howard A. Kelly, 70 Today,
Only Surviving Founder
of University.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February 20. DR..
Howard A. Kelly, only surviving mem
Der Of the group which founded Johns
Hopkins University here. was 79 years
old today. No formal celebration was
planned.
Members Of the Pocket Testament
League presented the noted surgeon
and religious leader birthday cake
at its weekly meeting last night. DR..
Kelly is a regular guest at the leagues
luncheons.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
LOST.

AMERICAN PIT BULL. answers to name
'Pep." Reward If returned to 1913 18th
et. NV. Dec. 012S.
BOSTON BULL TERRIER-Black and
white; tag No: .6O64; also tag 1920 Riggs
Courts. Phone Natl. 1894. Il.
COCKER sPANIEL-Male. brown, with
St. NV: license tag 25363.. Reward.
Robert M. Philips. Emerson $3.50. 20s
GLASSES Boys. gold-rfmmed. thick
lenses; between Takoma Park-silver Spring
High School and Sligo Park Hills. Shep-
GLASSES-Tortoise shell in leather slip-in
case. gold-stamped VIM; H Waters q
Tel Walter M. Royal. jr.. National Capital
Press. Lincoln 6060.
SABLE FURS CO.. vicinity Of K st. and N.
2 ave- NV. on 14th St., February Is.
Liberal reward. National 9010, Apt. 2O5.
SUIT CASE-Patent leather; initials L. D.
G.; in front Of Post once, Friday eve
ming 6:15. Reward. Wis. 25l7.
WRIST WATCH lady's Elgin rectangular.
with link bracelet: reward If returned to
1899 2Sth st. NV, Apt. 20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

into the house at 28 Pond street
where Miss Mianelli was living with
Miss Rose Delusso and forced the
Mianelli girl to accompany him,
after threatening to take her for a
ride. The girl was given time only
to throw a coat over her pajamas,
according to the story told by Miss
Delusso.
lombard Is held in bonds Of
$4,000, while the Delusso girl Is
held In bonds Of 81 900 as material
witness. Free on bonds Of $1,000 is
Philip Caruso, or Crusolo, A, who
allegedly kept the girl overnight at
81 Bridge street, and who Is charged
with technical breach Of the peace.
Found In Restaurant
Miss Mianelli was found in a
Hartford restaurant last night by
Detective Captain Andrew j. Will
dams and Sergeant Peter Gavin.
The girl told them she had returned
to Hartford Tuesday after being
freed and had been living In a ROOM
ing house since that time. Miss
Mianelli was brought back here last
night by Detectives John Calvin and
Anthony Mariana. She was locked
up at headquarters as a material
witness.
Miss Delusso and Miss Mianelli
say they met lombard at New
Years Eve party and that they came
to Waterbury when he promised to
get them work here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
-Four. States In
Battle To Liue
Continued from Page u

+, inundated by breaks In the st..
Francis river embankment.
$500 WPA Workers
Twenty-Five hundred WPA work.
ers were placed on the levee at
New Madrid, Mo-, to strengthen 1t.
There were several minor breaks
but the men stopped the leaks be-
fore the walls crumbled. Evacua-
ton Of New Madrid continued.
Hickman and Tiptonville, Tenn,
fought. back a flood crest moving
down the Mississippi channel at a
speed Of Is miles an hour. Both
towns were evacuated and about
1000 homes In the lower suburbs
Of Memphis were feeling back
wash from the flood.
Refugee colonies were established
at Paragound, Ark, Henderson,
KY, Forest City, Ark, Greenvile,
Miss, Wynne, Ark, Helena, Ark,
Memphis and many other cities.
Memphis Aids 10000
Memphis had sufficient food and
medical supplies to care for the
1000 0that had arrived but many
Of the smaller cities reported short
ages Of food and vaccines.
Arkansas state police closed u. s..
Highway 10 to all traffic except for
the movement Of refugees. Sight
seers were ordered to keep off the
roads. From Cairo, ILL.,, to Natchez,
Miss, the countryside was aedt TO
danger. The crest Of the flood Is
not expected to reach Memphis UNI
Fiji Tuesday when a stage of SO feet
Is expected, the crest will reach
Natchez about five days later.
Army, Civil Bodies Ready
Army and civil authorities moved
into, Jackson, Miss, today to pre-
pare for excavations II the emer-
gency arises. This Is the focal
point and General George Moseley's
staff from Atlanta took command
Of the situation. The general staff
said that q program Of complete
evacuation of al lowlands from
Memphis to New Orleans had been
worked out and that 1t could be
accomplished rapidly and without
loss Of human life. Plans are to
send all refugees possible to Men,
phis which has accommodations for
$4,000. Each train, truck and auto
mobile entering the city brought ad-
ditional sufferers.
Building Barracks
Carpenters were modified to
build temporary barracks to house
5000. The unheated fair grounds
buildings already have 5000 persons
crowded In them, the city auditorium
another 1000 and schools and va
cant buildings are accommodating
others.
Every refugee entering Memphis
must be innoculated for typhoid
The majority are III with colds and
influenza Is spreading. Physicians
said that 1t was feared influenza
csaes would number 1000 In another
"a hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
10000 RELIEF
WORKERS HUSTLE
CONTINUED from Page y

CONTINUED from Page ~
inforce the billion dollar double
leyee system along the Mississippi
In an attempt to subdue the rising
waters and permit residents to re-
main in their homes.
Up the Ohio from Cairo physi-
clans, nurses ana Trained IenaDih-
as ths wo ters 10000 sins,,,, r. ~ ~
ma lar task was o,,ardiro aoa;nst
eriJer,,cs wr;cI, ,oI,ou, anods
r.,-,
HehoVst'hg MONIES
1t also was necessary to renovate
homes and stores which had been
inundated and to find new living
quarters for those whose dwellings
had been swept away IN the torrent
Cold weather forecast by the U. 8.
weather bureau increased hopes that
the rate OF rise IN the Mississippi
l i,iNsns pc S.oweo; Eam was pre-
t,,ckv West v,rctr;a Ta,ra ssa.
Pennsvlvania and New york hut r.
morrow observers said n Will he
much colder Red Cross co,,ntv.hv.
county renorts showed univ 7oe nm
homeless but ofIciais said thew ey.
perience in nrevio,,s disa sters t,st;.
fed the, estimate NJ a milIion raf,,-
gees nv Admiral Carv r. Grsusor
Red Cross chairman
omu
onoefs H"pelui
Army officers hoped that the
levees constructed after the 1927
hood would hold back the mighty
Mississippi, but they prepared to re-
move residents OF 100000 square
mile area II the barriers crumble.
The Red Cross quadrupled its
number OF concentration camps and
doubled Its number OF field hospi-
tails IN caring for the million home
less from PittSburg TO Memphis.
There now are over 200 refugee
camps and so hospitals In operation.
Protect Residents
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

fear Of serious trouble from Cairo
to the New Orleans district on re-
port that the great levee system,
built after the 1927 flood disaster,
was designed to Withstand safely
100000 cubic feet Of water per
second in the Mississippi's main
stream. The Ohio river alone now
is carrying about 100000 cubic
feet per second.
officials said evacuation would
not begin in any area unless 1t APP
peared certain that the dykes would
crumble.
River Sun Rising
The Ohio river still was rising at
Evansville, Ind. Scattered reports of
loottng In the city caused ofIicials
to order special military police to
shoot to kill"
The smaller towns of Jefferson
vile, Aurora. Lawrenceburg, Rising
Sun, MARYLAND, Patriot, Lawrence,
New Albany and Mt. Vernon, al
ready were abandoned or were ex-
pected TO be Immediately.
Special trains continued to move
refugees from the stricken area,
while airplanes, trains and trucks
moved in with relief workers, food
and medicine.
Waters Tapped the tops Of levees
at New Madrid, Mo-, and Upton
vile. Tenn. Engineers at Memphis
warned residents to fee for their
lives or Idle like rats" Fifty-five
known deaths had been counted In
Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi
Missouri region. Nearly 100000
acres Of land were under water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

cars will be Communicated for the
great exodus II the emergency arises.
Memphis became the flood center
of the country, with both relief and
control headquarters conferred here.
1t also took over the main work
of caring for refugees, planning ON
handling $4,000. The city is on q
high plubb and safe from any flood.
The Mississippi continude Its steady
rise with the Memphis stage at
AT feet early today-the water
at this time was but 46.6 feet In the
great flood Of 1927.
Dead, Homeless
The high waters sweeping through
small towns and villages and rural
farms have resulted In 20 deaths In
Arkansas, 20 In Tennessee, IA in
Missouri, and in Mississippi. Red
Cross officials etimated 10000 were
homeless In this area, and property
damage was more than $4,000 with
nearly 100000 acres inundated.
Fear Of influenza epidemic spread
as more than 1000 cases developed.
Memphis work under the Red Cross
proceeded orderly in the flooded
towns. Paducah, KY. was. remov-
ing persons from 1900 flooded
homes at the rate Of 800 an hour.
Many were Ill with influenza and
needed disqualification.
Deserted Cities
Lewisport and Calhoun, KY, were
virtually deserted cities. Refugees
huddled on high ground waiting
for transportation to cities where
they would be furnished food and
medical supplies. South Arkansas
was under martial law with ma
tional guardsmen in control. The
troopers augmented regular soldiers
and civilians at Mellwood, where a
break In the levee Is threatened.
The Red Cross ordered Mellwood
evacuated and about half Of the 50,-
600 residents of the lowlands In
that area were removed in box cars.
Five were drowned at Monette,
Ark, when O rowboat turned over.
Truman and Monette, Ark, were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
BATTERED TOWNS,
CITIES OF EUROPE
CONTINUED from Page u

food stage following torrential rains.
A blizzard followed rains and
floods today, insurgents reported
from Avila, Spain, adding to mise
ries OF the soldiers In the trenches.
Water from the swollen Manzan-
ares river, which runs through
Madrid, flooded the insurgent
trenches near Villaverde.
Insurgents admitted the weather
had "paralyzed the nationalist steam
roller"
In England, the Thames valley
floods receded from Windsor Castle
and Eton College, but passed
through Twickenham, establishing
the highest mark In nine years. A
radio message from the 283 inhabi-
tants of Ronaldshay, the northern
most, loneliest of the Shetland
Islands, said islanders were in des-
perate need of food after having
been marooned by gales since Jan.
o. An airplane was dispatched to
drop food to them. Communication
with the mainland by boat was I'M
possible.
Four Were Drowned
-Four persons were drowned at
Liverpool when a gale capsized a
tug in the Mersey river; from Oh
braltar came word that passengers
from the liner Strathnaver were
stranded ashore when the ship was
driven from port by a hurricane;
Mediterranean rnaneuyers were
cancelled by British warships. Thir-
ty feet of snow was reported on
some highways and railways In
southeastern Europe, with the storm
areas stretching from Austria to
the Black Sea where shipping was
endangered by floating ice. All nayi-
cation on the lower Danube river
was halted. Many ships in the ice
bound Baltic OF East Prussia APP
pealed for aid as the winter gales
sent them crashing into ice foes. It
was estimated nearly 200 German
seamen had been drowned In the
many shipwreckes caused by this
winters storms.
Digging Out Of Snow
Prague, Czechoslovakia. put 1000
men to work to dig the city out Of
heavy snowfall. Freezing weather
and influenza closed Polish schools.
Influenza waves followed the bad
weather everywhere except In
France which, with the exception Of
q heavy rain which flooded the
Cannes racetrack, escaped both. The
British health ministry reported an
influenza epidemic to be growing In
volume in the cities OF the indus
trial north. although decreasing In
London. Well cared for soldiers ~
ported little influenza IN the Span
ish civil war but the disease took q
heavy toll Of civilians behind both
lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

theater COLLECTIONS w,i, ha mad. ,,,.
M saturdav ~ e 49,
Th;s ronr,,,c - ~. r.,s ......
oysics With tote, ' ~ I i,t.,. oa 49,
20 noo ,,stad sor ~. t,,ssi , ,s.o, oS".
y gsntisy,sr ,a,,.aS =. S,,,a.,', n,,s
h.,,S,aa =. az Arear,oar aI pss.. @ ~
donat;a,, T,,;s nc Ia, rSs az s 1850. ~,
ii foo cortr,h,,t;o,, r,h ~ ne seI Saa,,
recs,ved 10 dats ~. o.t.r AI 1910. DSrn
come from the scoyill Mfg. Co
0rlv ro.- n.,. $780,
~ .1s D.ss Su
me orive ~ o. tne present time,
Dut lcur Gays olo ano tne manner
IA wnicn WaterDurians nave re-
spo,'ueu 70 ne local cnapters ap-
pea, 70 aiu .ne nillon iiooo SUI
t i,,a so waS ues tide scoay 70 a. pc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
JUDGE M'CRATH
RENOMINATED
CONTINUED from Page -

(Contlnuad from rage -
behalf OF this statue. On 1t are.
among others. Colonel James w.
Carroll, Major Michael J. Gallulo,
and Major william j. Shanahan Of
Waterbury, Senator Anthony Tel
esca Of Torrington, and Edward Cor
man Of Torrington.
Major Leonard Maloney OF New
Haven Is chairman Of the commit
tee. Major General Edwards died
on February IA, 1891, and Is buried
In Arlington National cemetery.
Senator Anthony Telesca Of Tor
rington introduced a bill In the sem
ate today under whose provisions
the city Of Torrington would not be
obliged to file Its old age assistance
tax list with the state until Decem-
Der 81.
Representative william @. Hun
gerford Of WATERFOWL today intro
duced bill In the house which calls
for the inclusion Of Buckingham
street In Oakville In the trunk line
system Of the state.
Senator George T. Culhane Of
Waterbury today introduced three
bills by request In the senate. One
concerns auditing Of accounts Of
tax collectors and treasurers. The
bill gives the state tax commissioner
power to send out confirming letters
TO persons whose taxes are unpaid.
This would avoid fraud among
town ofiicials.
A second bill concerns security on
,loans made by domestic life insur-
ance companies. Now they can loan
ON mortgages up to SO per cent Of
the appraised value.
Still q third bill concerns the ex-
animation OF books Of tax collectors.
Representative Hailett r. Clark Of
Winchester introduced = bill In the
house today which provides that q
tax collector must mail receipts
when he receives payments nv mail.