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Evening star., 1937-07-21
PAIRS DEATH LAID
TO MONOX|DE GAS
But That Theory, Too,
Seems Weird-FrenCh
Woman Slain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated P~eSS.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Detectives
of the homicide squad were confronted
with weird mystery last night when
a medical examiner reported that a
young couple found dead in their
Queens apartment may have been
killed by carbon monoxide poisoning
The victims. George Chinery, %,
and his wife, Ella, 25, had not been
seen since last Thursday Their part
ly-clad bodies were found when police,
relatives and neighbors broke into
their second-f1oor apartment last
night.
The body of the woman, bride
of five months, lay in bed. Her hus-
band, an employe of Brooklyn ware
house, was sprawled on the bath room
floor.
Police said all the windows of the
apartment were open, a circumstance
that puzzled investigators when the
carbon monoxide theory was voiced
by Assistant Medical Examiner How
ard W. Neail
No Marks OF Violence.
''An opinion based upon the autop-
sy," DR.. Neail said, indicates that
both may have died from carbon
monoxide poisoning, The windows
were open. How they could have been
killed by gas which did not affect
tenants in the first-floor apartment is
a deep mystery, as is the source of
the gas"
He added that there was no evidence
of external violence, or Strangulation.
Carbon monoXide is a colorless,
odorless gas found in the exhaust from
automobiles and in the combustion of
other fuels.
There was a gas range in the apart
ment, but all the burners were turned
off. There also was a gas refrigerator,
but police said it was operating nor
mally when they entered.
French Woman Slain.
In another part Of the city, police
sought some clue to the Staying of a
French servant woman. who was shot
twice at close range and apparently
tossed out of moving automobile in
gangland fashion. The body was found
beside the Harlem River Speedway,
near One Hundred and Sixty-fifth
street.
Detectives, tracing label found in
her clothing, announced she had been
identified as Irma Louise Pradier, 35.
Her last known employment as a do
meStic was at the New York Institute
for the Education Of the Blind, from
1880 to 1882.
The body was found by two men
taking an early morning stroll along
the speedway, a motor highway. There
were two wounds, one in the left
breast and the other in the abdomen
under the heart, either one of which
would have caused DEATH
Evening star., 1937-07-21

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after due advertisement and notice
to the property owner in writing.
Recommendations Listed.
Legislative recommendations of the
committee in brief were:
/. Allow the Commissioners to grant
hearings to citizens who protest as
sessment for public Improvements.
Hearings now are granted protestants
against assessments for roadway paw
ing. The committee asked that pro-
tests against assessments for alleys,
sidewalks, sewers and water mains
also be heard.
2. Allow the Commissioners to re-
duce assessments levied prior to the
enactment Of legislation proposed in
recommendation l.
3. Extend power to the Commits
sioners to waive interest and penalties
on unpaid taxes, real and personal
when in their discretion such action
would be equitable or in the public in
terest.
&hAioW ellC W ASSESS
property after court has declared the
first assessment confiscatory.
5. Limit the time for taking ap-
peals from real estate to the first
Monday in April. The present limit
is the first Monday in June.
Installment Payments.
8. Permit the payment of special
assessments in three equal annual in
stallments and limit the interest there
on to y of l per cent a month with
a rate period of go days. Permit the
payment of assessments in condemna-
ton proceedings in five equal annual
installments with interest of one-third
OF l per cent month
7. Prevent the public from paving
tax records by amending the 1929
code which opens all records to the
public. 1t is suggested that the as
SCISSOR shall give information with re-
spect to taxes, special assessments
and valuations to persons having any
Interest in the property involved.
8. Remove collection Of special as
Evening star., 1937-07-21

Mrs. Traxler told him they drove from
Verden to Denison, Tex, ate dinner
and then went to Sherman.
Mrs. Traxler told Murphy that about
a week ago Traxler came TO her home
at Verden and attempted to induce her
to come with him. Since then Traxler,
Tindoi and another fugitive from the
Texas prison farm, Charles Chapman,
kidnapped Baird Markham, jr, Yale
undergraduate and son OF New York
oil executive, for his car near Ada,
Okla, and fled northwest. They freed
Markham unharmed near Sapulpa,
Okla.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
new SHIP STRIKES
ORDERED IN EAST
Two Vessels Affected as National
Maritime Union Studies
C. I. O. Afiliation,

y. !. U. Amllatl0n,
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 2l.-Fresh strikes
plagued the East Coast today as the
National Maritime Union met In
convention which had the question Of
c. I. o. afiliation as its chief issue.
Strikes were ordered on two ships
Of the Barber Steamship Lines and
on three ships of the Seatrain Lines,
operating between New York and New
Orleans. A threatened walkout aboard
the United States Liner President
Harding was averted by Joseph Cur
ran, chairman Of the N. M. U. con-
vention, who said the strikes followed
refusal OF the shiplines to recognize
the union
The convention protested to Mayor
La Guardia against the action of
company guards in turning back strike
sympathizers, who attempted to take
food aboard the Fall River Liner
Priscilla, held at its dock by a week
old sit-in strike Of its crew of 180.
Two Brooklyn shipyards, operated
by the United Shipyards, Inc, opened
as shipyard owners continued efforts
to break a strike that has tied up a
score OF plants in the New York
New Jersey area.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
d. C. Taxes

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Evening star., 1937-07-21

Wagner to Ask Lynch Bill Action.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Demo-
crat, of New York said he planned
to seek Senate action on his anti
lynching bill as soon as a decision
was reached in the court revision
fight.
Evening star., 1937-07-21

after due advertisement and notice
to the property owner in writing.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
POLICE GUN CHECK
MADE |NLYNCH|NC
States Attorney to Find
Whether Officers Were In
volved in Florida Killings.
Eg the Associated Press

ES the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE Fla, July 21.-De-
termlned to establish whether police
were implicated in the lynching of two
Negroes, States Attorney Orion C.
Parker, jr., today ordered check of
the caliber and serial numbers of all
police pistols
Parker said only policemen and Sher-
IFS deputies were supposed to know
that set of jail keys was kept at
police headquarters.
The four masked men who shot the
Negroes, Richard Hawkins and Ernest
Ponder, to death first compelled Police
Sergt. Harry Fairbanks to accompany
them from police headquarters and un-
lock the Negroes cells.
Parker said he was making the police
pistol check 80 that if policemen are
implicated we can establish it, and if
they are not implicated the evidence
Will clearly eXonerate. We don't have
many clues to work on, but we are
doing the best we can, and a report
will be furnished to Gov. Fred Cone"
Will Prosecute ANY One"
The executive, who called the lynch
Ing murder" planned a special in
vestigation and promised prosecution
to the limit of the law of "any one
we get"
A coroner's jury met, but made no
definite findings in the Staying of the
two Negroes, accused of stabbing Pa
trolman V. K. Kelly, who was in a
serious condition today
Sheriff's officers reported the Negroes
bodies were eXhumed, upon a sug-
gestion from Circuit Judge J. B. John
son. a few hours after they were
buried. A second autopsy produced
three pistol bullets from each body,
and these were to be turned over to
Parker
Police Chief Gid Powledge told the
coroner's jury that only policemen
and sheriff's deputies we're supposed
to know Jail keys were kept at police
headquarters
Sheriff Frank Stoutamire testified
he picked up two 38-caliber bullets
and two of 80 caliber near the Ne
groes' riddled bodies on a highway
few miles from the capital early
Tuesday. The sheriff said he car
ried a .32-caliber revolver and Chief
PoWledge said city policemen used .3Ss
Four Men Blamed.
Stoutamire said four men, wearing
paper sacks over their heads, forced
Fairbanks to accompany them to the
county jail. Officer Fairbanks said
the four men-'Two stout men and
two short men-entered police head
quarters about 3 am, poked a gun to
his back and said:
1--WE want the jail keys and we
don't want any foolishness.'
L got up and gave them to them"
He said the men tied his arms and
gagged him, and left him locked in
q cell block.
Lynch Total Now Six.
County Jailer Robert Maige slept
through all this, Sheriff Stoutamire
recounted, but was awakened by
Fairbanks calls for help. The police
department uses the county Jail and
has its own keys, the sheriff ex-
planned.
Bodies of the Negroes were buried
by sherlff's deputies here yesterday
without ceremony.
The deaths brought to six the num-
Der OF lives taken by lynchers in the
South this year. Eight were killed
in 1885,
Wagner to Ask Lynch Bill Action.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Demo-
crat, of New York said he planned
to seek Senate action on his anti
lynching bill as soon as a decision
was reached in the court revision
Frht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
SCHOOL TEACHER.
 DRUGGIST SUIT

Northampton, Mass, Feb. fl6- : (UP)-The story of a '.kissless, '' "loveless" friendship with a Mount Vernon, N. Y., school teacher was resumed today by Louis A. Levin, wealthy Northampton druggist and defepdant in a $25,000 breach of promise suit. Plaintiff is Miss Florence Moses, petite blonde high school instrnc- tor who charged Levin tilted her to marry Mrs. Elsie Blanc, divorced wife of Levin's former business part ner, in August, 1935.
 Levin admitted yesterday he might" have held hands with Miss Moses in New York movie theater, but denied vehemently that he ever kissed her, attempted to kiss her or made love to her. &
 Affectionate letters introduced as evidence he wrote only after Miss Moses threatened to commit sui- eide, Levin said. One of the let- ters contained this verse:
 ITO be or not to be, is not always
 the question, s
 Since we demand something
 more than just good digestion,
 We must have the beauty and
 the fragrance of roses;
 To live a rich life we must have
 at least . few bon-bons like
 Florence Moses"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Delays And Lack Of Uniform Rules Cited
 In Present Setup Of The Supreme Court
TIE HISTORY OF
 COURT CHANGES

l5Se-COurt established by CeagresS h accordsnce with power granted by new Constitution. Six members.
 l0ol-Reduced to Ave members by the retiring Federal ists t0 prevent appoint naentS by the incoming Jefferson.
 1oo7-Ralsed t0 seven meEn- bersj increase in work cited.
 lSs7-Raised to nine members; crease in work cited. lSe1--Raised to 10 members;
 increase in work cited. lSee-Reduced to eight mem. bers to prevent President Johnson from making two appointments. lSe0-Raised again te nine members; Grant accused of packing" court to get decision he wanted In the Legal Tender eases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

cigarette. either: thanks, he doesn't smoke. Wouldn't the re- barter just pull up 8 char, which happened to be soap box and sit in on the conversation? There re- porter would be glad to. ~.s Court Business Screwy
 "All this court business is screwy,'' said "Bossy". These judges never give the right fellow 8 break. A poor guy goes out and he steals loaf of bread, and they send him to prison. A rich mugg steals thousands of dollars from 8 bunch of widows and poor people and he gets a suspended sentence or Some- thing like that. Now, if I were judge ...
 How were politics in Massachu- sets? Bossy sat back on his soap box, pulled the lock of red hair that sneaked out from under his pushed back hat, reflected a minute and said: "Well, take my town for in- stance, NeWburyport. It's the small est city in Massachusetts, and it's a great place. let me tell you, fella, I'm the mayor again now. Yeh, this is my third term. I was in for four years, out for four years and now I'm back in for two more years It's nothing like what it used to be: there's just peanuts in 1t DOW, But It's job, anyway"
 Some Don't Like Me
 "Some of the people don't like me; but got the organization, fella And that's what counts. the old organization. I'm republican. T have been all my life, but I ran as non-partisan when I was elect ed the last time. And I won by more votes than I ever did before My term doesn't expire till 1888 Maybe I'll run again, or maybe I'll abdicate before then, like the king fella over in England. I don't know yet"
 'These democrats" said "Bossy'' leaning over close so that the re. porter would be sure to get the im- portance of 1t, "are in power now but they ain't using the ol' brains They could be gettin' themselves in strong, fella, but they're not They got a lot of good jobs to give out, and they go and give Q lot of them to republicans. That ain't right. That ain't smart. They don't use the old noggin. Up in my towr we had a guy hopin' to be post master: and he was good demo- crat all his life. And they aint many democrats up where I come from. But cid he get the job? He did not; some republican got 1t. Nov there ain't any sense in playin' pcli- tics that way. It'll never get ya anywhere" Little Bit of Wine
 Would the reporter like another little bit of wine? Oh, he might az well, they'd all have some. No, none
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Bossy Gillis Pays
 Visit To Waterbury
tcontinued from Page l)

for "Bos5y." "The most fun I. get" sad the chief executive of Newbury-' port, lis when I get in 8 little card game. never win, but it gives, me a lot of pleasure to see some, of those tight skinflints I know lose some of theirs. And I help 'em lose 1t, fella, even if I do lose nIy7 self. Like the cops came up one night because 1t was half-past twelve and they thought we ought to break 1t up. They knew it was me alright. they saw my car outside. Believe me, fella, I told those guys where to get of. That's the trouble with these cops and the courts, too. They don't like to let 8 fella have little fun, and then they go and let some big shot get away with any hing l1c wants to-"
 Heard of Waterbury
 "Business is pretty good in Wa. terbury, eh?" inquired "Bossy.~ "Why, we hear about 1t even up in Newburyport: they say there if you want job go down to Connecticut and you'll get one. Yeh, was hero once before, back in '28, when l was in the big money. I got a couple of hundreds just to come down here and talk at 8 dance or somethings It was easy money in them times"
 But 1t was about time for every- body to go now. for "Bossy" had to get back to Newburyport. He stopped at the door minute You Lnow, fella," he unused, "Ill have to think of something on the way home. It's about time the home town had some excitement or got walked up . bit. I'll have to give 'em 8 surprise. Just watch the papers, maybe you'll see somethin'."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

lContinued from Page D bers of the present court held abso- lute veto power over the govern- ment's legislative and executive branches.
 Minton Give Hard Facts
 There isn't a check upon their (the covrt,s) power, save their own conscience and your constitution, in the words O., Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, means just what the judges say 1t is.
 To-day the veto power of the su- preme court Is absolute. If our gov- ernment vAS set up on a system of three coordinate branches executive, legislative and judiciary, and 1t was. then we are woefully out of bal ance on the side of the court"
 Minton charged that five men of the supreme court" exercise more power than congress and the pres ident combined.
 Minton denied that the court plan encouraged dictatorship.
 If the bill is passed" he said, "the president can nominate but the senate has to confirm. That is check number one on dictatorship. And the president and the senate have to answer to the people: that is check number two. After 6 judge is appointed he is there for life or good behavior: that Is check number three. Check number four is the honor and integrity of President Roosevelt"
 Court Is Packed Now In reply to charges that the pres- ident plans to pack the court. Min- ton declared the court to be pack ed now by appointees of administra- tions gone and repudiated."
 T think the court is already packed and this bill would unpack it." he said.
 There is nothing in the pending bill that would keep us from amending the constitution after the bill passes" he said. Let us have an amendment, but we must have ac- ton now.
 "The way of amendment, like that of the transgressor, is hard. Witness the child labor amendment; for thirteen years 1t has been wandering in the wilderness. and still lacks nine states of being an authorized amendment. But do you realize that that child labor amendment would not have been required if one judge had gkany.nd nv0r np, fAA eide nf <k1 act of congress with the other four judges who thought the act was constitutional?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

through to the roof, burning away a portion of the roofing.
 Bremen kept the blaze from reaching the first floor, but that floor suffered considerable smoke and water damage. Stock on display on the second and third floors re- suited in much of the loss. Some of it was destroyed, more of 1t was damaged by fire, and still more sustained smoke and water damage.
 The building and the store fix ture company are owned by Max and Samuel Siiverman. The Water bury Store Fixture Co. sells all types (. furnishings and equipments, for stores, taverns and restaurants.
 Fire Marshaps Statement
 In 8 statement issued this noon by the fire marshal in relation tc the fire early this morning at the plant of the Waterbury Storage Fixture company, the marshal said:
 "The Silyermans, who conduct this establishment are good peo- pie, and their financial statements show they have been most success full in their business. On the 2nc floor, in the northwest section, was & paint and spraying room, ir which highly inflammable articles were stored such as lacquer, var nish, thinner, and such like, all kept within an enclosed area. Nc matter how careful, fumes anc yapors are bound to arise under any a:d all conditions, and oul presumption is that these vapors plus the other conditions, brought about 8 situation that produced fire, and threatened the entire structure, because the evidence oi the two policemen who made the discovery, Harold Sheehan ant John Cronin was that there was puff that sent the window glas. ut of the north side, onto the roo1 of the little alleyway leading ir proper from Spring street.
 Through Paint Room
 The fire actually broke through the paint room on the south side and eventually reached the oper stairway to the third floor, break. ing through the roof at a point directly over the shaft of the ele. yator. In this way, the fire wal vented at least, and saved a moro serious affair than actually oc. cured. We commend the working force for the excellence of the jot performed"
 "In line with the law on such in. vestigations we were joined by representative of the state police commissioner, as the state fire mar. shal, State Policeman Michael San ty of the Beacon Falls barracks"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Wages, Hours WiH
 Be We'll Discussed
(Continued from Pege D

eral Motors subsidiaries - Guide Lamp and Delco Renay.
 '"rhe National Guard Is injuring our constitutional rights" he said.
 He charged that troops were sent to Anderson "after General Motors arranged 8 trap for our men and they fell for it."
 Company agents and "stool pigeons" he said, would try to fo- ment disorders so the company could say "the union has broken the agreement"
 Colonel Albert H. Whitcomb, com- manding troops in the area, an- nounced last night that four addt- tional union members had been ar- rested, bringing to l7 the number in custody.
 Without Military Passes
 He said they appeared at hos pital where two wounded men were being treated and attempted to gain entrance without military passes.
 The arrests were part of the mili- tia investigation of tavern shoot ing Saturday in which two unionists were wounded seriously, he said.
 A grand jury investigation into Saturdays shooting, in addition to the one already under way by the military, developed today.
 The jury of six appointed Philip O,NeiN, Anderson attorney, special investigator and prepared to sub- poena witnesses.
 Reuther, meanwhile, announced that Maurice Sugar, Detroit. Union Counsel, would arrive today to start legal action to free the IT in jail
 Whistles Are Answered
 Flint, February 16. - (UP) - More workers answered General Motors factory whistles today. as this industrial center returned swift ly to normalcy after the 44-day au- tomobile strike.
 The city council, voting unani- mously, revoked the emergency pawers which gave Mayor Harold Bradshaw control over police and other activities during the tense period of sit-down strikes in three General Motors plants.
 G. M. officials estimated that 30,- 900 men and women had returned to work, that 1,200 would go back today and the remaining 10000 by the end of the week.
 Three more battalions of National Guardsmen were to be withdrawn today, leaving 1900 here. Before the end of the week all traces of military activity will have vajn- ished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

Continued from Page 1)
 organizing or campaigns; 1t will speak of his fine service as the ad- ministrator of an important depart ment of the federal government.
 With Distinguished Prophets
 Tt may even add his name to the distinguished list of major prophets. Even as the name of William Jennings Bryan sometimes suggests the arithmetic, of sixteen to one, so perhaps the name of Jim Farley will suggest the more mod ern arithmetic of forty-six to two.
 But when history is written, af- ter all of us have passed from the scene, there will be something more important than the chronicle of success in accomplishment. Loyalty wil lbe written there-that loyalty to friends which results in loyalty from friends. Honor and decency will be written there-the honor and decency which have done much to raise the standards of public serv- ice in our nation. G
 "Jin, would not like 1t if I were to say we love him for the enemies he has made but I can tell him that we love him for the friends he has made-men, women and chil- dren, regardless of party, in every community of every one of our 48 states. including Maine and Ver- mont"
 Two Outside States
 The crowd cheered that reference to the two states which went re- publican last November and had their chance at them singly when Committee Secretary Lawrence J. Roberts called the roll. Boos piled on hoos when he shouted for the representatives of Maine and later of Vermont to stand. But when former Governor Louis J. Brann of Maine rose before the crowd the boos changed to cheers as they did when National Committeeman Frank H. Duffy took a bow for Vermont. Farley blushed from beginning to end of the dinner, great blushes that spread over his face to his bald head. But his reddest moment was when Miss Dewson pinned upon him a rose and said:
 we not only say it with flowers, Jim. but we say it with kiss" 2 And 50 she said it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
7lu0 Alarm Blaze On
 Spring Street Today
Continued from Page D

6 and 10 and Trucks 1 and 3. At All, a second alarm was rung in from Box 173 at East Main and Spring streets, and was answered by Engines 1, s and 2 and Truck 2. Chief Thomas Cavanaugh was in charge. With so much apparatus out n the blaze, the chief ordered several companies shifted to fill in." The last company left the scene at 8:32.
 Mass of Flames
 The interior of the building was 6 mass of flames when firemen ar- rived. After starting in the spray ing room, the fire spread through the second floor, breaking out through windows. Then 1t climbed, burning heavy beams and uprights, then going through to the third floor. The fire also reached the ele- vator shaft and climbed straight