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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Food Sale VIII Be
 Held Tomorrow

\ A food sale for the African mis- sion will be held tomorrow at the Miller & Peck store. The sale is under the sponsorship of the Wa terbury Catholic Study club, the in- ternational Federation of Catholic alumnae and the Waterbury chap ter of the Connecticut Councf of Catholic Women.
 Misses Mary Devereaux, Catherine Connor and Kathryn Hayes are in charge of the event assisted by a large group of committee members.
 Mrs. Maurice Noon of Coolidge avenue entertained at kitchen shower at her home last evening in honor of Helen Condon. The home was atrractively decorated with green and white crepe paper and vases of flowers. Bingo was en- joyed and later in the evening, a luncheon was served, with large cake which adorned the center of the table. #.,
 Miss Condon was the recipient of many beautiful and costly gifts from the guests attending VITO were Mrs. J. Connors, Mrs. George Con- nors, Mrs. M. Ellis, Mrs. D. Walsh, Mrs. E. Reilly, Mrs. M. Dolan, Mrs. J. Healy, Mrs. F. Jones, Mrs. Rush, Miss Helen Rush, Miss M. Condon, Mrs. J. Worrell, Mrs. A. McKeon, Mrs. J. Sullivan, Mrs. J. Clear, Miss Julia Lawlaus, Miss Mary Conway, Mrs. Leo Conway, Mrs. E. Sheehy, Mrs. H. Smith, Mrs. J. Condon, Miss Minnie Collins, Miss Christine Cog gin, Miss Mildred Goggins, Miss Helen Lester, Miss Catherine Con- don, Misses Helen and Mary Con- don, Mrs. w. Cruess, Mrs. T. Grant Mrs. D. Kelley, Mrs. w. Kelley, Mrs J. McNellis, Mrs. w. Condon, Miss Jane Condon, Mrs M. Canpwell and Mrs. Maurice Noonan.
 Mrs. Thomas Gibbons opened hel home on Franklyn avenue Wednes- day afternoon for a card party fol the benefit of St. Mary Magdalen's church. The high scorers were Mrs Henry Stella, Mrs. Joseph Dick, Mrs Helen Shanahan, Mrs. Felix Le- Beouf, Mrs. M. Tannerhill and Mrs Frank Withey. Others in attendance were Mrs. Lawrence Ross, Mrs. Her bert Hersch, Mrs. Joseph Henry Mrs. Patrick Cavanaugh, Mrs. E. H Coon, Mrs. James Dwyer, Mrs. Vera Masi, Mrs. Ellsworth Leach, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Fred Mason, Mrs. Ar mand Richards, Mrs. Louis St. Hil- laire, Mrs. Patrick Box, Mrs. Anna Fiftal, Mrs Folsom Cromwell, Mrs. Thomas Gibbons, Mrs. Thomas Shields, Mrs. William Babin and Miss Constance Gibbons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Local Guest VIII Attend Hartford Tea

Many local people will be in at tendance at the tea and fashion show to be given for the benefit of St. Agnes guild tomorrow after noon at 2:3O o'clock at St. Joseph's college in Hartford.
 Mrs. Edward L. Bowling of Hart ford, formerly of this city, is 8 member of the arrangements com- mittee. The fashion show will be one of the largest and most com- plete style showings of the season and is expected to attract large attendance from Hartford and sllr- rounding cities.
 MT. and Mrs, Sherman B. Brain ard, Frost Road have as their guest MT. Brainard's sister, Mrs. Leon Richard Abbe of Fairfield, Conn.,, Mrs. Abbe was organizing regent and is honorary regent and chaplain of the Penelope Terry Abbey Chap ter, D. A. R. of Enfield, Conn.
 A large bingo party will be given this evening by the Women's Den1- ocratic club at Veterans hall on Bank street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

The annual spring meeting of the New Haven County Federated Wom- ems clubs of Connecticut will be held Wednesday, April IA, in the New Haven Women's club, 591 Whit ney avenue. The morning session
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

Mrs. Thom w. Corby of Prospect street and Miss Bernice Kolet of Hillside avenue sailed yesterday on the Queen of Bermuda for ten day stay trip to Bermuda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
TITIE SET

"North of the Rio Grande" has been set os the fifth Hopalong Cas- sidy which Harry Sherman will pro- duce for Paramount.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
GET LEADS

Frances Farmer and Bob Burns today were announced for leading roles in Frank Lloyd's next produc- tion for Paramount, wells Fargo"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Today's Contract Problem

Sauth has opened the bid- ding with one diamond, and North has responded with one spade. With no other suits bid, South later jumps to six diamonds. Should East dou- ble3
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16
READ THIS FIRST:

Tim Kennedy has been writing
suicide note to himself in his wife's
handwriting.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16

Hoping to prove the existence of a mysterious
"crime disease" in every criminal two Chicago
surgeons, DR.. S. w. Brownsten and DR.. M. H.
Levy, plan tests on prisoners. BY examining nine
prisoners in Chicagos county JAIL the doctors said
they had been convinced that PERSONS criminal
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16
His heart was thudding as he untid the button.

win be on the high seas on Satur-
day, won't we ?"
Eyes, sir" replied Adams, at
attention.
"Still, we must get the tickets
as usual. Perhaps you would like
to go, Adams, with one Of the
girls q"
eyes, sir. Thank you, sir"
'"Tell him I'll be along in min
ute. - The aftermath of shock
remained. But in the surge of re-
lief from he knew not what his
spirits ran high, and he talked to
the policeman pleasantly for five
minutes. By the time he had fin
ished it was close on the lunch
hour. He replaced Esther's pen
and note paper, and as it seemed
to be getting hotter all the time,
he went to his room and changed
his heavy Norfolk jacket for a
light one Of gray alpaca.
He had been at the table five
minutes, talking with an easy
gaiety Of the coming holiday, be-
fore he remembered, with a SEN
sation Of siclkly panic, that he had
left everything in the pocket of
the Norfolk jacket. Prudence told
him to sit tight till lunch was
over; but he could not wait. He
made an excuse and almost ran up
the stairs. His heart was thud-
ding as he undid the button and
pulled out the papers. It was ali
right: they had clearly not been
disturbed. But he was very quiet
during the rest Of the meal.
Directly it was over he strolled
out into the orchard, made a bon
fire Of garden refuse, and put the
papers on it-Esther's notes. his
own experiments in forgery, and
the final model. He did not stir
from the bonfire until they had
all been consumed, and then he
ground the ashes with his shoe.
Only the essential letter was
spared and he was now afraid of
keeping it about his person. So he
went to the library and locked it
safely away in the drawer. /,
Tim had graduated into homi-
eide from the school Of armchair
murderers.
The fact is exceptional enough
to be worthy Of record, for this
class Of people, nearly always re-
cruited from the middle station of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16

life, IS habitually taken with so M.
tie seriousness as a potential men.
ace to society that it is considered
safe to indulge and even pamper
it. It is given fairy tales in the
form of the detective story. His.
tory is provided through the
medium of lengthy reports of trials
and inquests, and for those of a
scientific bent, instruction in tech.
nique is made available by books
on "criminology' and manuals of
medical Jurisprudence. And the
indulgence, save for about one case
in 10 million, is abundantly justi-
fed. The middle class, taken as a
whole, lacks the toughness required
for murder. It is frequently strong
in imagination, but fearful of any
action that has not the sanction
Of class tradition. Besides, IT. M
squeamish about electrocution. !
There are many who brood visit
fully ON the benefits that would &C.
crue from the removal here Of a
redundant wealthy uncle, there Of
a superfiuous husband or wife, who
has enslaved their very soul. But
give them an overwhelming mo.
tive, a. golden opportunity, and
virtual guarantee against detection,
and they will hold back. If funda-
mental humanity does not restrain
them, fear win. In the last issue,
they know their musings for what
they are-the poetry of the re.
spectacle.
Nevertheless, society sometimes
throws up a "sport" "a rare being
able to cast OFF the shackles of trs.
dition and inhibition, who will re-
gard the most dreadful of crimes
as preferable to the loss of conven.
itional good opinion and the eco.
llomic consequences it entails. Then
you get the true middle-class MUIR
derer, a figure Of awful menace and
awful fascination. Most frequently
the subject has always had screw
loose somewhere streak Of con-
genital depravity. Less common ID
the type, normally Of pacific and
unassuming disposition, who sets.
however, a definite limit to what he
is prepared to endure, and once;
that limit is passed will hazard
everything, disgrace, and even,
death, to relieve himself Of the;
burden. To this type it seems that
Tim Kennedy belongs.
(To Be ContinueN
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16
CHAPTER 2

NE1AES / EN- q
TIM LOOKED out Of the French
windows on to the lawn, and saw
that Esther was safely established
in a deck chair with the Sunday
paper. He rose, thrust the papers
into q drawer, and locked it, slip
ping the key into his pocket. {. F..
He was back again in two min
utes, with Esther's pen, two or
three sheets of her own paper with
an envelope matching it, and a
pair of thin rubber gloves which
he had got from his own room.
Then he unlocked the drawer
again, took out the contents, and
put on his rubber gloves. They
felt a little awkward at first, but
after a few minutes practice, he
was satisfied that they did not inn
pair his dexterity.
For the next half-hour he
worked steadily, folding the model
over as he proceeded, and pausing
at the end Of every line to rest his
hand. For all that his wrist was
aching by the time he finished.
But it was worth it. He looked
at the letter and saw that it was
good. It, would be impossible for
anyone to imagine that it had not
been written by Esther's own
hand.
He looked out Of the window
dreamily for few minutes. He
was not going to permit himself
any premature exultation; it was
necessary to key his mood to
something quite different. But it
was impossible to restrain alto
getl1er the excitement rising with
in him., BY this time tomorrow it
would be over. A month or two
of assumed grief and decent grav-
ity: then he would be free to pur-
sue his hearts desire. And he had
no doubt of the success Of his
quest.
He. took up the envelope, and
wrote upon it, with the same
meticulous care, one word-TIM.
Then he put the letter in the enve-
llope, and had just sealed it up
when there came a knock on the
door.
without undue haste, he slipped
off the gloves and thrust them,
together with the papers he had
been working on, into one Of the
pockets Of his Norfolk coat, fast
ening the leather button over it.
Then he called out Come IMP and
when Adams entered he had
started a letter to a London hotel,
booking a double room for the fol-
lowing Friday night.
''Well, what is it, Adams ?" he
asked, without looking up.
There's a man to see you, sir
a policeman"
His heart stood still. In an
aphasia lasting full minute, he
could only look down on the sheet
of note paper before him. contem-
plating blankly the meaningless
characters he had written thereon.
! "Shall I tell him you're busy,
sir ?" said Adams at last.
The sound Of Adams voice set
his brain going again.
did you say a policeman,
Adans?''
Eyes, sir"
II wonder what he wants.
IT think it's their sports, sir-at
Bradstock next Saturday.
Sports, eh?" He began to
come back to life.- This was ride
ulous- he would have to face
something more formidable than q
village policeman presently. But
the thing had been timed so curl
ously.
"Of course. :" His voice rose
to a note of gaiety. ''Well, they'll
have to do without us this time,
Ell. Adams? Mrs. Kennedy and I
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16

ave- sunka meran
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16

In contrast to the streamlined
entries from the east, Wyoming
sends this well-proportioned, yet
slightly heavy miss to Atlantic
City, N. j., as its entry in the
Miss America" beauty contest.
She is Mary Mclaughlin, and she
weighs 1873 pounds. Miss Nc
Laughlin is from Riverton, Wyo.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16
Wife Preservers

Pineapple and cucumber make
q refreshing combination for
salad. Either shredded or sliced
pineapple may be used. Dice Gu
cunber and use equal parts Of
each. They may be nodded IN
gelatin or simply served on let
tuce with mayonnaise-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-16

Map shows Chinese secondary
defense lines
Chinese armies defending Shang-
hal have marched back into made
to-order second defense lines, as
pictured on the map, daring the
Japanese to follow. The secorl-
Diary lines, 80 miles northwest Of
Shanghai, were set up so that
only a frontal assault could be
made. Map also shows where
Japanese made attacks on Chinese
at Yanghang and Hongkew.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Current Comments Written From
 Washington

On May '. 1915, the steamship Lusitania was sunk by a Germa n submarine, with a loss of about l200 lives. In substance, the in cident brought the United States into the World War, just as tn e sinking of the Maine precipitated the Spanish-American War, Tt was claimed that the Lusitania was carrying munitions of war for the Allies. Giving the pro ponents the benefit of the doubt, the mistake made by the United States was failure to lay prompt and definite embargo against the carrying of war materials in Am erican ships.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Stock Market Was
 On Increase Today
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 NEW YORK, Oct. 2l, - Stocks rushed up fractions to six or more points as fear, generated by yesterdays collapse, receded.
 The going was not entirely smooth. Steel shares were drag gy. Brokers said the market re- acted with mural rebound af- ter a severe downward thump.
 Some argued that if recovery continued much further, they could expect price levels to be tested by selling orders from those seeking quick turnover profits.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
FairbanksPas
 Made Flying Trip
 Church at Wales

Bein Q Pastor of the First Pres l byterian Church of Falrban ks with it's many duties a nd Servi ces i in the inland city, is only one of the everyday things which Rev John E. Youel of Fairb anks does.
 Last Saturday he arrived in Nome via MirowAir Service from Fairbanks, stayed only about one hour, and then hoped of in an- other M. A s. plane for Cape Prince of Wales, to visit the Thornton Memorial Ch umh con- ducted there under the supervi- sion of the Board of Nation al Missions of the Presbyterian Gnu rch, New York.
 Sacramental Services
 Rev. Youel conducted sacramen tai services among the two hun dred or mona Eskimos living at Cape Prince of Wales including baptisms and communions,
 The Community Worker there in charge of the church is Miss Emma M. Stouffer. a registered nurse, who serves as adviser, med ical director, Sunday school tea cher and head of the church.
 Rev. Youel remained at Wales until Tuesday, returning to Nome the same evening. He departed this afternoon for Fairba nks with Pilot Hans Mirow.
 Five White People at Wales
 Only five white people live at Wales, he said, they are Miss Sto- uffer, and MT. and Mrs. Hobgood and their two children, who are Office of Indian Affairs teachers there
 tcontinued on Page Three)
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
japs Continue
 Night Bombing
 With Successes

(By The Associated Press)
 RANKING, Oct, 2l, - Fifteen Japanese bombing planes this morning attacked the extreme northern and southern areas of northern and southern areas of Nanking, dropping bombs near the arsenal and military airfield.
 Twelve farmhouses near the field were destroyed. Ten peas ants were either killed or wounded Several stations along the Nan king Railway were also bombed
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21

It is gratifying to note that in the present Japanese-Chinese cri- sis, the President has lost no time in announcing that American yes sels trade in arms and ammuni- ton with the contending powers at their own risk. Thus one ground for American interference in the affairs of battling Asia is removed. If good business men see fit to drive a bargain with the Japs or Chinese, and ship goes up in pieces, it will have to be charged to profit and loss, and American citizens will not be call ed upon to quit their jobs and enter the trenches in the interest of money making from which they derived no profit.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Insurgents Fired Spanish Seaport of Gyon Today
THREE YOUTHS SHOT
 AND WOUNDED WHEN
 TRIED ELUDE POLICE

of Ross having started yesterday.
 Preceding the arrest of the three in Seattle, Yakima patrol men pursued three speeding cars. The men abandoned two of the cars and fled in the third. Yak ina police believed the men cap tured in Seattle are connected with the recent Eastern Washing ton store robberies.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
(By The Associated Press)

SEATTle, Oct. 2l. - Two rob- Der suspects were shot and wound ed. and third captured in the Montlake district of Seattle near Lake Union, when police chasing an automobile which had eluded Yakima police last night, trap ped them.
 Were Young Men
 One of them was rushed to the hospital for treatment of his bull- ct wounds, and the other two were taken to the police station. They gave their names as Bob Weis 20, a laborer, and Gerry Heissagen, 2l, a mechanic. One of the men was shot in the arm and the other in the leg.
 Were Former Inmates
 Weiss said that he and his com panions were former inmates of the state reformatory.
 Weiss said: "I don't know what you are chasing us for. l hope we don't go back to Monroe, the food is rotten
 F. B. I. Takes Case
 The suspects were shot after they had abandoned their cal and were fleeing over back fenc- es.
 Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion agents took charge of the case but would not comment or rumors that they were connected with the Ross Kidnapping in Chi cago, the hunt for the kidnapers
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
Near
 Capture Cijjon,
 Spanish Seaport
(By The AssocIated Press)

(By The AssocIated Press,
 HENDAYE, Spain, Oct. 2l, - Advance guards of General Fran cisco Franco's northwestern army were reported to thrust their way through the crumbling defenses of Gijon, to a point within three miles of that seaport, stronghold of the Spanish republican gov ernment.
 Massed on II Mile Front
 The main body of Franco's forces-infantry and gunners- is massed along an eleven mile front east of Gijon, for a final decisive blow against the city, which is reported to be already in flames and facing hunger and spreading anarchy.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21
CHINA PLANES
 DID DAMAGE
 TO JAPANESE
(By The Associated Press)

iBy The Associated Press)
 SHANGHAI, Oct 2l, - Chin~ csc bombing planes flew over a new route to avoid the interna- tional settlement in before dawn raids on Japanese positions near Shanghai.
 Did Some Damage 7 The Chine ese bombs damaged a Japanese mill on the Whangpoo river and set fir to six other buildings.
 Anti-Aircraft Ineffective The Japanese anti-aircraft fire was ineffective, said observers.
 The Japanese navy announc- ed this morning successful night bombarding of positions behind the Chimes Shanghai lines.
 The Jap planes were said to have raided fifteen Chinese artill- cry positions at one point At one front the Japanese packed up the bodies of two thousand Chinese dead
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-21

In New York City, young woman dies as a result of the (Continued on Page Three)
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
WOMAN BEATEN,
MAN is QU|ZzED

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct.
25.-Prince Georges county police
are holding for investigation a
man believed to have been one of
the two masked bandits who beat
and robbed Mrs. Anna w. Frye,
79, of Seat Pleasant, Md, Sat
urday.
According to police, Readus
Frye, son of the robbed woman,
had taken his mother to their
home at about noon Saturday and
left shortly after. Several minutes
later two masked and armed men
stepped from a front-room closet
and demanded her money.
When she refused to give it to
them, they struck her several
blows on the head with the butts
of their guns. She then gave
them all the money in the house,
about $400.
Taken to the hospital, Mrs.
Frye was treated for severe bruises
and possible fracture Of the skull.
The man being held is said to
be a former employe of Mrs. Frye.
No charge has been placed against
him.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
EXTORTION LAID
TO4BY JEWESS

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 ,Q.N.SJ.
out $685. 900 "hush" money and a
million-dollar estate in Germany,
Mrs. Martha Unger, German-Jew-
ish expatriate, was busy settling
scores today.
Under arrest on her complaint
of extortion was Leo Saffien, So,
her New York-resident cousin who,
she claims, extorteI the $4,000
from her to keep silence when she
removed part of her holdings from
Germany but who talked, with the
result that the German govern
ment confiscated her holdings.
According to her complaint, her
husband died in 1921 leaving her
a prosperous drug manufacturing
business in Berlin, 100000 gold
marks. real estate and numerous
securities. .
In 1885 she smuggled part Of
her cash and some jeWelry into
Holland despite German law pro-
hibiting removal of valuables
from the country. Coming to this
country, she said she was visited
by Saffien and three other men
who threatened to tip the NaZi
government to what she had done.
For the $4,000 and valuables, she
said, they agreed not to talk.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Census Bureau job
Of Miss OurSLer
Fascinating

For Is years Mary C. Oursler
has been in charge of the keep
ing of census records for Uncle
Sam.
Sounds like a maddeningly
dry Job, doesn't it? But spend an
hour with Miss Oursler poring
over old tones filled with illus
trious and unheard-of names
and you'll never again believe
there is no romance in the cen
suS.
Take for example the writer's
own experience. We have al
ways believed our ancestry
French. Miss Oursler asked
few questions, started pulling
out books and an amazing truth
was brought out.
ENGLISH FORBEARS
The background is purely
English. Revolutionary soldiers
with records of land grants, a
purely military and sea-farlng
family, going way back to the
oldest of EngliSh-American stock.
A strange feeling, looking in old
books and finding your name
should really be Scarborough,
and reading of your kin from
the founding of the Republic.
And a grand one!
But the Census Bureau would
like it to be known that they
cannot do any more genealogical
work gratis. This is because Of
the great amount of work in
volved in copying the old rec
ordS on film, and the tremen-
dous number of requests coming
in for proof of age for social
security and insurance claims.
However, if anyone, wishing
to look up the family tree, will
furnish the exact place Of resi-
dence of an ancestor OH the
date of any census, an estimate
of the cost of examination of
schedules will be furnished by
the Census Bureau. Then a reg
ular genealogiSt can be hired,
and these are permitted TO look
into the records if given the
proper authority.
One responsibility Miss Ours
ler breads, and takes very seri-
ously. 1t is the inquiries that
come in regarding heirship
cases. Take for instance the
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Wave Wand
Balky Beer Pump
FOiLs MagiciGns

LOS ANGELES. Oct. Is G.N.sO.
They astonished each other and
their friends with feats of great
magic, but 100 magicians couldn't
work the right magic when the
beer pump got out of order at their
annual picnic here.
In fact, it was related today.
they nearly went dry unit lone
of them hit upon the simple idea
of hitting the keg with a hammer.
Among the prominent guests at
the gathering was Mrs. Harry
Houdini, widow of the great Harry
Houdini.