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square miles, turned in a number O
articles that might or might not b,
clues. Among them were two striped
convict's outfits complete with hat
jacket and trousers found in a field
The suits and various other finding
were sent to Miami for investigation.
The F. B. I. announced 1t woulc
pay double the face value of the
bank notes to finders of the first
100 bills Of the $4,000 ransom. Seria
numbers of the 1,500 bills were broad.
cast yesterday.
Finders must deliver the bills to the
Miami bureau without reporting the
discovery to anyone else ~ order tc
receive the payment.
A $500 reward for the capture ano
conviction of the kidnaper was posted
by the Palm Beach Town Council and
the Dade (Miani) County Commission
offered 81 900 reward for apprehension
Of the snatcher on conditions still tc
be specified by the F. B. I.
The augmented searching force took
the field at dawn. concentrating on
areas north of the Cash home, the
country southwark having been
combed yesterday.
Nine police radio cars from Miami
cruised back roads. picking up instruc-
tions broadcast from headquarters es-
tablished in a vegetable warehouse
here and relaying them to posses.
The Federal men centered efforts
on tracking down the abductors, who
accepted $4,000 ransom payment
without returning the victim
Sam Bennett of Fort Pierce, district
American Legion commander, an
nounced 1000 Legionnaires would join
the spreading hunt early today, aug
menting the hundred armed men who
yesterday beat over palmetto groves
and truck lands.
Expectations Indicated.
An indication Of what the F. B. I
men think the searchers might find
was contained In final instructions ot
E. j. Connelly. head of the Justice
Department forces, to the posses.
I'VE must face the strong possibility
this little boy will be found dead" Mr.
Connolly told the posse leaders. III
you See signs of freshly disturbed dirt
dig. Take your time and dig deeply
Look well irf every canal you pass, and
in every clump of bushes. Overlook
nothing"
Mr.. Connolly also gave instructions
that if the boy is found alive he be
taken Immediately to the nearest hos
pital or to his homo.
If the child is dead" he said, "un-
der no circumstances touch the body
Form Gordon around the spot and lei
no one inside your line. Touch moth
ing and disturb nothing, until one
of your number has notified us and a
Federal man comes to the scene to
take charge"
Neighbor Held.
One OF those questioned in F. B. I
headquarters at Miami yesterday was
M. F. Braxton, unemployed carpenter
and a. Princeton neighbor of the Cash
family. He was taken into custody
yesterday after the agents conferred
with the sorrowing father and mother
There was no confirmation or denial
Of reports that others taken to Miami
were relative of Mr.. Braxton, a
truck driver, a soft drink stand opera
tor, a fisherman and a man wanted
at Homestead for automobile robbery
The Miami Herald said the operator
of Miami night spot, identified as
Willard Campbell, under bond in
Evening star., 1938-06-02
Peter Levine
Decapitated by
Slayers, Belief
Declared MutiIated
Before Body Was
ThrO,cn in Sound.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW ROCHELLE. ". Y, June q
Revising an original police theory, DR..
Amos o. Squire, Westchester County
medical examiner, said today he was
convinced that kidnapers decapitated
12-year-old Peter Levine before dump
ing his body into Long Island Sound.
Dr. Squire said a check of 1900
drowning cases had failed to disclose
a single instance in which a head
had become detached from body by
natural causes after immersion of only
three months.
Police and Federal agents, still
without a tangible clue to the identity
of the slayer, continued dragging
waters of the sound near the place
where the boys wire-bound torso drift
ed ashore last Sunday.
Detective 1t. George Reifenberger
said police had discarded a theory
that the boy, who disappeared Feb
ruary "a, had been slain by some one
seeking revenge.
1T was an out-and-out ransom plot
simply to get money quickly he
said.
Evening star., 1938-06-02

Mobile, Ala, on an arms smuggling
indictment, was questioned also.
Mr.. Braxton's wife said he had
been at the Cash filling station Satur-
day night, but came home and went
to bed about II o'clock.
w. P. Cash, the boys uncle. said last
night he thought even the parents had
given up hope.
We had great expectations through
Tuesday night" he said, but I be-
lieve they (the father and mother)
have about given up hope"
Meanwhile, a sheet of brown paper,
sandwich wrappings and a stained
stick were studied for lead in the
kidnapping.
Authorities also broadcast serial
numbers of the 1,500-odd banknotes
which made up the $4,000 ransom.
Sheriff's deputies reported they had
found the shoe box in which the
ransom was paid at the intersection
Of two roads where Mr.. Cash dropped
it from his car in response to a pre-
arranged signal of blinking lights.
Near the box was piece Of paper
bearing crude map of the area.
The brown paper discovered yes
terday by one of the 26 posses was
like that on which the ransom notes
were written. 1t bore writing, but the
context was not disclosed The stains
on the stick looked like blood. These
articles, with some other scraps of
paper, were sent to Miami for ex-
animation for fingerprints.
At Huntington, NJ Y, meanwhile, a
wallet containing picture of boy
strongly resembling the missing Cash
boy, was found on a railroad platform
by freight clerk. The picture was
in an envelope on which was written:
Boy held by gunmen and woman. 1
escaped in the Everglades l6 miles
from Princeton across the railroad
tracks"
Inspector Connolly. who organized
the hunt today, personally directed the
search at the spot where James Bailey
Cash, ST.. tossed Shoebox containing
the $4,000 ransom for his son at a
parked car early Tuesday morning.
1t was the greatest manhunt ever
seen in Florida. Virtually every able
bodied farmer in the district responded
to call for volunteers. Four hundred
American Legionnaires and other war
veterans came from Miami.
So great was the concentration that
many Scouts and Legionnaires who
came to participate in the hunt had
to be assigned to directing traffic in
stead. Cars lined the highway that
passes through the village for a mile
in both directions.
Evening star., 1938-06-02
ATHLETE SAVES YOUTH
AS ANOTHER BROWNS
Track Captain Rescues Boy in
Hampton Roads After
Bateau Capsizes.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June q
The choppy waters of Hampton Roads
claimed the life of one youth yester-
day and another was saved only
through the efforts of high school
track captain.
The victim was John Andrews, 20, a
grocery clerk, formerly of Tappahan-
mock, who drawned when a 9-foot
bateau capsized Conger Mcintyre, a
Newport News High trackman, rescued
Thomas Major. another occupant of
the bateau, with a roWboat
Despite having never swum before,
Major managed to remain afloat until
Mcintyre reached him.
Firemen and volunteer searchers
failed to locate Andrews body, al
though they dragged the vicinity where
he went down for two hours last night.
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Claim Occupation of Luyi.

One japanese detachment claimed
occupation of Luyi, IS miles west of
Pohsien, thereby helping to straighten
the 75-mile crescent-shaped front
running south from Lanfeng.
Supporting the land forces on this
Central China front, japanese planes
concentrated on towns back from the
railway right-of-way about Lanfeng,
where Chinese said they still were
holding firm.
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w. A. total was cut in committee to
Offset in part the $212, 100000 Senate
amendment for farmer payments, but
Senator Hayden restorted that Each
tub should stand on its own bottom, -
and that adding money for farm pay
ments bears no relation to the need
fer public works.
Meets Relief Needs.
Senators Byrnes and Borah argued
there is more need for increasing the
relief funds of W. P. A. than there
is for boosting P. W. A., because the
former meets the needs for relief more
quickly
Going into high speed at a night
session after more than week of
verbal sparring, the Senate late yes
terday cleared a string of hurdles
in the bills path, with the following
developments:
l. Reversed its Appropriations Com
mittee by restoring the loan authorize
ton figure for the Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration from $25, ,000,-
600 to the House figure of $1O0, ,OO0,-
600.
Broaden Discretion.
2. Broadened the Presidents dis
cretionary power to use $l25,000, 900
instead of s50,OOO,O00 out of the ST.
425, 100000 Works Progress Admins
tration fund for direct relief, on
motion of Democratic Leader Barkley,
after having rejected a similar pro-
posal by Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan the day before
8. Voted down without a roll call,
the proposal of Senator Lundeen
Farmer -Laborite, of Minnesota to boost
the new appropriation of Works
Progress Administrator Hopkins from
81, AIS, 100000 to $4,425, ,000, 900.
Meanwhile, Senator Wagner is pre-
pared to attach to the relief measure to-
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Planes Spread Destruction.

SHANGHAI, June 2 R.-War-
planes Of the army Of Nippon again
spread a trail of destruction today
through towns and villages about the
Lunghai Railway, and Japanese said
this enabled their columns to make
important gains.
The japanese announced they had
occupied corner of Kihsien. 20 miles
south of Lanfeng. after an hours
fight. Chinese field gun positions
north of Kihsien were damaged
heavily.
For two weeks, the japanese have
been fighting for staunchly defended
villages about Lanfeng, railway station
on the Lunghai on the westward
route to Chengchow. whence they
hope to turn southwark in a mass
offensive against Hankow, China's
provisional capital. ....-.
Evening star., 1938-06-02

All but the heaviest bears are able
to climb trees.
Evening star., 1938-06-02
Second Accident Fatal.

PALO ALTO. Calf. (P.-Arnott
Hawkins, 81, spent seven months in
hospital with injuries received in
an auto accident.
Three days after his discharge his
motorcycle collided with a car. He
was fatally hurt.
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Evening star., 1938-06-02
CAPT. BOB BARTLETT
TALKS TO KiWANIANS
Canadian Explorer Here for Brief
Visit Prior to Trip Into
Arctic Regions.

Capt. Bob Bartlett, Canadian ex-
plorer who accompanied Admiral
Peary on his journey to the North
Pole, was guest speaker today at a
kiWanis Club luncheon at the May
hower Hotel. Capt. Bartlett arrived
here last night for a brief visit pre-
paratory to a voyage June % to the
Arctic.
He was guest last night of the
Clinical Club of Washington at a
dinner at the Congressional Country
Club, where he told of his many trips
into the Arctic regions. DR.. Roy L.
Sexton was chairman of the Banquet
Committee.
On his trip this summer Capt.
Bartlett will visit his family in
newfoundland and stop briefly at a
monument to Admiral Peary on the
coast of Greenland before proceeding
northward. He is stopping here with
DR.. Francis Hagner, at 1924 Nine
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1938-06-02
PROGRAM AT HOWARD U.
Corner Stone of New Dormitory
to Be Laid Tomorrow.

TO be Lalu TOMORROW.
The corner stone of the new mems
dormitory at Howard University will
be laid tomorrow at pm. Speakers
will be the Right Rev James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, and Frof.
William B. West, dean of men at the
university.
The corner stone will be laid by
Ebert K Burlew, First Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior.
The first project for the mems dor
mitory will cost S525,000 and will ac-
commodate 1877 students. The be-
ginning of construction resulted from
a personal recommendation last year
by Secretary Ickes.
Evening star., 1938-06-02

= IUlH T IIsI FdgtJ
with speed considered amazing in
diplomacy. The American note an
nounced yesterday was delivered to
Japan the day before. Evidently the
Japanese lost no time in acting since
Consul General Frank Lockart at
Shanghai telegraphed the same day
announcing issuance of the passes for
Americans to return to Nanking.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-08

open meeting OF
LOCAL COUNCIL
Rev. John s. Kennedy Is
Guest Speaker Nom
day Night \

The FIRST open meeting Of the sea~
son Of the Waterbury Council Of
Catholic Women viii be held Mcra%
day evening at the Diocesan Bu-
reali, SO Church street, at . o'clock
and follows the regular executive
meeting. The council has secured
Rev. John 8. Kennedy, associate
editor Of the Catholic Transcript
as speaker. He viii discuss some
timely topic. Rev. Eugene r. Cryre,
director, will be present to greet
the council members, and Miss
Kathryn w. Hayes, will preside.
Each month this program will be
carried out, an open meeting to fol-
low the executive meeting. A diff
ferent speaker will be engaged for
each meeting, OF either local or state
prominence. Ali council members
In the city are invited TO attend
this and subsequent meetings which
will be held every month.
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|NOLLE GRANTED
DOUBLE VICTIM
Accused Beaten, Robbed Of
$50; Then Arrested By
Mistake

James Grappone, SO, 70 SO South
Leonard street, who claimed he was
robbed Of $50 after being attacked
IN the Brooklyn section early Thurs
day morning, received Q nolle In
city court otday on breach OF the
peace charge.
Prosecutor Frank Healey recon-
mended the nolle, stating that Crap
pone had been guilty Of no crime
but was arrested through q mislHi-
derstanding. A warrant was issued
yesterday for the alleged assailant,
but Grappone, after seeing the sus~
pect, said II was not the man.
Stanley Skipp, 80, Of Country club
road, who was arrested yesterday on
o charge Of violating the weekly
wage act, received o nolle.
Domenic Rinaldi, az, Of 223 Plat
street, charged with driving while
his license was under suspension,
was fined 800 and costs, but $06 Of
the fine was RENTED. He had plead
ed guilty to the charge some days
ago.
Continuances to the nth were CIV
en- Leo Schiappa, 50, Of rs Ardmore
avenue, charged with failure to
grant the right Of way; Felix Ko-
walski, 81, Of Oakville, charged with
violating the rules Of the road; and
Ted Thunberg, "a, Of Scoyill street
charged whit driving while his IL
cense was under suspension.
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CHANGE OF VENUE
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falling all over each other" he said
describing the possibilities Of courts
being held on oil doors Of the build
ing.
When suggestion was made that
temporary court quarters might be
set up elsewhere, Judge Simpson said
he had no desire 70 be running oil
over town looking for his court.
Sought New Haven
Az hte very outset OF the hearing
the defense corps presented their
plans for the transfer Of the case to
New Haven II at all. When Judge
Simpson indicated that II was within
his power TO transfer the trial to
that city, Mr.. Alcorn fumed and
sputtered, cried, There's nothing
for me to do but withdraw my mo-
tion," then settled down TO fght
against any such procedure.
InsinuationS about Mr.. Alcorns
familiarity with jurors In Hartford
county were made by Attorneys
James d. @. Murray, Josiah Peck,
and Cassidy. They made pointed
reference TO Mr.. Alcorn's lengthy
term as prosecutor In Hartford. At
torney Murray stated that accord
Ing TO reports Mr.. Alcorn has O
speaking acquaintance with the jury
men In Hartford county, and has the
faculty Of knowing whether the jury
men In that county would return
guilty verdicts.
Objects To New Haven
Mr.. Alcorn voiced jealous objec-
tons against New Haven as O scene
for the trial. He cited the "biast" In
the papers which had been given by
Mayor John Murphy, which was adj
verse TO grand juries. Mr.. Alcorn
stated that the sentiment Of q city's
mayor might DO the sentiment Of Its
people.
The only witnesses called In the
afternoon session were Plumbing In
spector James n. walker, Arthur
Bronson, an insurance man, and II.
y. Harris, New Haven superior court
messenger.
Judge Simpson said that testi-
mony regarding the New Haven
court and It's facilities was unneces.
sary as he was fully acquainted with
II. Defense and state counsel agreed
for the record that the building Is
adequate for the trial.
Twelve defense counsel took part
In the arguments. They were:
James d. Q. Murray, Thomas r.
McDonough, Josiah II. Peck, Sidney
s. Cassei, Patrick Healey, william J.
Wholean, Harold Ashworth, John II.
Cassidy, Benjamin Slade, Frederick
l.. Waterhouse, and Attorney George
Crawford.
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Disn1en1ber771ent By
Nations Claimed
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gary, In negiations with Czecho-
slavakia starting tomorrow night,
was likely TO claim Ruthenia on
the ground that It was part Of Hun
gary before the World War, though
the inhabitants are largely Ukrain-
ians.
Want Common Boundary
Sources close to the British gov
eminent asserted that there was
not the slightest doubt that the
real reasons for the new Polish
Hungarian claims was @ desire to
create O common boundary between
the two countries.
This would bring nearer to reali-
zation Poland's dream Of q power
full neutral belt Of nations, serving
as @ buffer between Russia and
Germany--and, extending from the
Baltic Sea to the Adriatic sea-to
make German Russian war almost
impossible.
The government here seemed still
uncertain as to the lengths to which
Poland was prepared to go to press
her claims. But some relief was ex-
pressed at the tone Of the German
press to the project. The German
newspapers so far had been some
what hostile.
1t was understood that the gov
eminent was urging both Poland
and Hungary not to try to bring
the matter to q crisis Immediately,
but to leave 1t for possible later
diplomatic negotiations.
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hane read o prepared speech, IN
part, o. follows:
II realize the responsibilities that
10 with that office and II elected
pledge you, that I viii do every.
thing within my power TO discharge
my duties In such O manner as 70
bring honor TO the Democratic party,
To the citizens OF waterbury as O
whole say that " will be my ef-
fort 10 represent this community
In the upper house OF the General
Assembly for their good, for the good
OF the city and for the good Of the
entire state. feel that my expert
ence In the state senate has pre-
pared me 10 carry on with greater
efficiency than In the past. That
being the case, the only question Ia
whether ! will continue 10 carry on
with the high purpose which now
pledge 10 do. ! leave my record %
the answer 10 that question.
During the heat Of any political
campaign anyone Ia bound to lose
his balance and ! suppose some
have In the last one or two. In
1897 we were classed % not being
Democrats. reiterate what said
then that we were. and are now,
honest and sincere Democrats.
We've heard rumors about knife
Ing. All I'll say 10 that I'm not
afraid Of any knife or any night. !
will continue 10 sponsor social ana
economical legislation for the bene-
fit OF the masses, not the classes
The Republicans will not dare TO
criticize the legislation we have In
troduced and put through for en-
largement of humane institutions,
better labor conditions. better wage
conditions, general social legislatiori
and progressive and labor legisla-
ton"
There after, remarking that pre-
pared speeches were not particular"
" 10 his liking, he dwelt upon some
OF the internal dissension IN the 10
cal Democratic ranks and referred
TO the last city campaign, saying:
"In 1897 we were classed as not
being Democrats. I reiterate what
/ said then that we were and are
honest and sincere Democrats.
The Waterbury legislator referred
TO his record on social and other
legislation and drew applause when
he pointed 10 the particular por'
lions OF the Democratic platform
which call for direct primaries and
for a constitutional convention. He
declared himself whole-heartedly In
favor OF these matters and said OF
the latter proposal that the conyen-
ton Is Of particular interest to Wa
terbury inasmuch as the city has
only two representatives In the Gen.
erai Assembly while communities Of
only few hundred population have
representative.
He concluded with:
'Tf I am elected ] will carry out
every promise made to this con-
yention but I will be Embossed and
my only allegiance will be to every
man and woman In Waterbury and
for their benefit
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Halloween Party
Planned By Scouts
Betty Cook Joins Troop Wednesday Bridge Club 20.
ing to New York Tomorrow
WATERVILLE
Mrs. r. W. HeniOn-i7Se Thomaston Ave-TeL 3-S46e

Watervilie, oct. S-Troop No. ~,
Girl Scouts, OF Waterville, met yes
terday afternoon In the Sprague
school gymnasium, under their
leaders, Mrs. Sidney Henchel, as
sisted by Miss Marie Laun, and
Mrs. e. Liebe.
-Four members, Carol Nyberg,
Penelope Bradley, Rita Guimond,
and Ethel Meriviglia. brought cakes
and cookies which they themselves
had made. The cake made by Carol
Nyberg was especially pretty, being
decorated with the Girl Scout EN-.
blem.
Games were played during the
afternoon, and plans discussed for
O Halloween party. One new mem.
Der was taken into the troop, Betty
Cook, and oil members present In
cluded: Olive johnson, Ruth Tyler,
Shirley Cook, Ethel Meriviglia,
Eleanor DiBlasi, Ruth Weymer,
Marie Tappiano, Barbara Pollard,
Lucille Sizer, Penelope Bradley,
Lena williams, Beverly Davis, shir-
ley Leisring, Barbara Burns, Rita
duimond, Carol Nyberg, Thelma
Elsdon and Betty Cook. at.
Mrs. william Heaney, Mrs. Thorn
as Buckley, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan,
Mrs. Alfred Ellis, Mrs. Francis
Whalen, Mrs. James McAree, Mrs.
Joseph Seery and Mrs. James Cor
man, all members Of bridge club,
which meets each wednesday after
noon, are planning TO spend Sunday
In New York city.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of ST. MI
chaels church will hold regular
business meeting Monday evening,
at 7:30 o'clock, In the parish hall, 10
continue plans for the annual Har-
vets supper OF the church, which
will be held Thursday evening, Oc-
tober 20th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Seery Of
Thomaston avenue visited Thursday
at the home OF Mrs. Seery's sister,
Mrs. James Laundria Of New Hart
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Buckley OF
Huntington avenue, attended the
wedding on Wednesday morning, OF
Mrs. Buckley's cousin, Mrs. Helen
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-08
LAKESIDE YOUTH
WINS b. o. r. AWARD

Clifford L. Martinez, Of Lakeside,
Conn.,, has been elected a member of
B. o. r., at Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, N. Y, where he is d
sophomore in the mechanical en-
cheering course.
Election TO the Bachelors of
Rensselaer, group is the highest
honorary athletic achievement
which a man may gain In his fresh
man year. Each fall the B. o. RI
picks eight foremost freshmen ath-
letes Of the preceding year.
Mr.. Martinez Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles J. Martinez, Of
Dere Island Lakeside.