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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
UNCLE SAM TO CLAMP LID ON TAX CHECK.UPS Names of Persons Ques=
 toned Locally Will Not Be Divulged NO GUARD TO BE POSTED AT P. 0.
 Federal Agents Powers of
 Subpoena Great; 5 Men | Working on Case

Secrecy of the Internal Revenue Departments probe for possibility that local men evaded payment of income taxes will even preclude the publishing of names of those called for questioning to the special quarters of the gov ernment agents in the post office building. Agents of the department returned to Waterbury yesterday after noon following a two days absence and told reporters that they would not be allowed to guard" the postoffice as they did the court house for the purpose of reporting the names of those called. Tt is probable that those we call will in no way be connected with any evasion of income taxes" said Inspector Hurney, who is in charge of the government investigation.
 Private Probe
 Under these circumstances the governments probe will remain pri- vate until such time as the agents have some announcement to be made public. This might include the possibility of federal grand jury to continue the investigation, or the application for bench warrants to be issued by a federal court at New Haven or Hartford.
 With their power of subpoena which is at least equal to that of the grnad jury's the federal agents are expected to call a large number of those men who have already been either questioned or censured by the grand jury.
 Started Last Monday
 Although the federal agents have been working on their local probe for several weeks it is believed that they did not actually start ques-
 fCo~fi~,,oL ov, Dora ON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
BRITAIN TO ACT
 AGAINST BOMBINCS
Special Cabinet Meeting May Be Called Monday
 to Dictate Policy

London, June 11.-CUP).-Some well informed quarters reported to- day that the cabinet, fearing an ex- plosion of public anger, had decided to take action against the bombing of British merchant shipping by Spanish Nationalist airplanes.
 It had been indicated most strong ly that the government wanted to remain inactive and submit to the attacks. AS late as last night it was predicted that parliament would be informed, when 1t met Tuesday, that the government was unable to recommend any plan to stop the at tacks.
 But today there was a change. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax, foreign secre- tary, are to return here tomorrow from their vacations. It was under stood they would confer at once over the situation and belief was ex- pressed that they would call spec ial cabinet meeting for Monday to examine the situation in full detail.
 Reports that the cabinet leaders have changed their minds and in tend to take action of some sort were based in part, apparently, on the belief that something had to be done, and possibly something of drastic nature, to quiet 8 popular clamor against inaction. It was re- ported that some influential govern mental quarters were seriously im- pressed by the protests pouring in on Chamberlain's office.
 One report in particular caused interest: That experts had told the government that the arrival of a British war fleet off Cadiz, Nation alist port lying on the south coast between Gibraltar and Portugal, and coincident definite warning that the city would be bombed if the attacks continued, might be effec- tive. If such a warning were given it would include a brief affirmative time period during which civilians could evacuate the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
CHINESE WAR GEN.
 FACES DILEMMA
Must Use Crash TrOOOps to Defend HankOW or
 Face Break

Shanghai, June 11.-(UP)-Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, com- mander in chief of the Chinese armies, is facing grave decision on the future conduct of his mili- tar policy, well informed sources said today.
 Chiang must decide, it was said, whether he will use his own crack, foreign trained regulars to defend the emergency capital at Hankow, thus risking loss of his personal strength if they are defeated, or leave the defense to provincial troops and thus face break with South ern China.
 Foreign military observers noted that in recent weeks few southern troops have moved to the front, al- though 100000 of them earlier had shared the central front battles with the National government troops.
 It was believed that the Canton csc commanders were disSa tiSfied be- cause Chiang was conserving his own units and because, if Hankow fell, he would withdraw his main forces southwestWard, leaving the Canton csc troops to defend their own ter ritory in event of Japanese drive on them.
 It was reported that Gen. Chang Fa-Kui, called "Old Ironsides," had been delegated to take command of the defense of Hankow dueto his intimate knowledge of the terrain.
 Chinese authorities said officially that their airplanes had sunk Jap anese warship at Kweichih on the Yangtze, where the Japanese have concentrated 2l ships in an effort to land an attacking column. Previ- ously the Chinese had asserted they sank a Japanese warship at Tatung, near Wuhu.
 Chinese admitted that Japanese cavalry had crossed the Peiping- Hankow railroad, going westward, and were near Yuhsien, 20 miles west of the line. It was believed the Japanese sought to take Loyang and cut off Chinese supply base. Japanese were reported to have bombed the Chinese retreating from the Chengchow area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
Tiny Town Of Clyde Devastated Last Night;
 Ruins Still Searched
Earth 7remors Felt
 h European Cities
Paris, Brussels, London Report Shocks-Reports From Brussels Say People Hurt By Debris Falling
 From Houses Into Streets

Paris, June 11.-(UP)-Earth tre- mors, mild but distinct, were felt in Paris, Brussels and London al noontime today.
 Strong tremors were felt in Brus- sells at 11:58 a. m. (6:58 a. m. EDT) and many people rushed into the streets. Houses shook noticeably.
 In London, the tremors were felt shortly before noon. Vibrations con- tinued at 12:10 p. m.
 Here, the shock was felt at noon It was felt most strongly in the Vaugirard quarter in the southwest part of the city, but was insufh- cient to cause damage.
 Desks in the United Press offices swayed slightly.
 Brussels, June 11.-CUP)-Many persons were reported injured today by fragments from falling chim- neys, shaken by strong earth tre- mors felt at 11:58 a. m. (6:58 a. m EDT).
 Townspeople rushed into the streets in terror. Houses were shak- en noticeably.
 London, June 11.-(UP)-A slight but distinct earth tremor was felt in London shortly before noon to- day.
 The Seismographic needle at Self ridges department store swung ar inch off the center line and was still vibrating at 12:10 p. m. (7:1( a. m. EDT).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
All Communication Cut Off By Tornado Which Fol-
 lowed Thunderstorm
HOUSES TORN DOWN;
 FREIGHT TRAIN SPLIT
Tornado Completely Cir- cled Town Before Cut
 ting Path Through It

Clyde, Texas, June Il. - (UP) = The bodies of 12 per- sons were recovered today from the debris left by a tor nado which - exposed by brilliant flashes of lightning - sent residents of this little west central Texas town flee ing to storm cellars at 8::30 o'clock last night. Searching parties left at dawn to visit farms and rural districts seeking to determine if there were others dead or injured.
 More than 20 injured, at least half of them in serious condition, were treated at emergency hospitals.
 Death List
 The known dead. listed by the Red Cross, were:
 Mrs. J. B. Easterling, 60.
 Mrs. J. F. Bonner, 75.
 James Johnson, IS.
 Melvin Kniffin, 20.
 Jesse Rutledge, 25, and his A- year-old wife.
 J. E. Graham, 60, and his wife Marian, 53.
 J. E. Sullivan, 60.
 Mrs. Margaret Ross, 5.
 William Dale Despair, 4.
 An unidentified man who was riding Texas and Pacific freight train that was wrecked. He was white man about 25 years old.
 Telephone and telegraph wires were down, and for hours the 800 inhabitants of the town were par- tially isolated. First aid came from Abilene, IS miles west, survivors had raced there in automobiles.
 The tornado struck during rain storm, on a sultry night. Because of the brilliant lightning, those who were looking out windows could seq the black, funnel-like cloud swirl ing down upon the town. Fathers and mothers quickly gathered theil children and ran for the nearest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11

$2O1 ,86S IS ODSerVeQ. Sucn are a few of the statistics shown in the monthly survey issued today by the Waterbury Chamber of Com merce, giving the graphic chart of how things are going hereabouts. Building permits were fewer last month than for May last year, so were postal receipts lower. Yet there are more telephones listed for May, 1888, than there were in May, 1887, in Waterbury, 307 more, in fact.
 And four new families moved to Waterbury during last month.
 Here is the complete picture as furnished by the Chamber of Con- merce:
 Bank Clearings
 The total bank clearings for the month of May amounted to $751; 10000, an increase of $l,080, ,000.0o as compared with the month of April, and a decrease of $2,092,000O0 as compared with the month of May, 1887.
 Bank Debits
 The bank debits for the month of May amounted to $24, ,993, ,83314, a decrease of $536, ,739.39 as compared with the month of April, and a de- crease of $17,316, ,468.56 as compared with the month of May, 1887.
 Bank Savings
 During the month of May there was net loss of $546, ,563.82 as of the last day of the month.
 The total savings for the month of May amounted to $46,725, ,5l5 20, decrease of $546,563.82 as com- pared with the month of April, and an increase of $207 ,86938 as com- pared with the month of May, 1887. Building Permits
 During the month of May there were 55 building permits issued, val- ued at $85,550.00, a decrease of Il permits and $41 10000 in value as compared with the month of Auril, and a decrease of 16 permits and $82 100000 in value as compared with the month of May, 1887.
 Electricity
 During the month of May there were 11,9l4,161 XVII of electric cur- rent consumed, an increase of 211,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
SUICIDE WATCH
 KEPT ON YOUTH
Confessed Kidnaper Is Closely Guarded in Mia=
 mi County Jail

Miami, Fla, June Il. - (UP) - A suicide watch" was palced on the skyscraper jail cell of Franklin Pierce Mccall, 21, kidnaper and killer of five-year-old Jimmy Cash, today after Sheriff D. c. Coleman had learned that the youth was re- signed to his fate.
 "He has indicated, in his present frame of mind, that he will plead guilty" the sheriff said.
 Transferred from the Federal Bureau of investigation headquart- CTS, where he confessed yesterday that he alone was responsible for the Kidnapping, the death and the taking of $10,O0O ransom, Mccall was put in windoWless cell on the 18th floor of the courthouse. He was stripped of his belt and shoe faces, searched thoroughly and placed under 24-hour guard. An attendant will be with him day and night until an Extraordinary Grand Jury is impaneled Monday to in- dict him.
 He will be tried by the state, under law that punishes kidnapers with death in the electric chair.
 "He has admitted everything, the sheriff said, including the kill ing of the child, but claims the death was an accident in keeping the youth quiet while getting away from the Cash house"
 The denouement to the seventh child Kidnapping since 1882 came yesterday in FBI headquarters, block from the courthouse, when J. Edgar Hoover, head of the bureau, called in newspapermen and an- nounced that Mccall had confessed in full. The prisoner admitted, Hoover said, that he had stolen the son of J. B. Cash, merchant oi Princeton, Fla, 25 miles south oi here, from his crib on the night of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
REFUSE TO RENT

Hartford, Conn, June Il - GU. P) = Directors of the Polish Ma tional Home today refused to rent its hall for a meeting of the Ger man-American Bund July at which Fritz Kuhn, national leader, was to speak. The action was taken fol- lowing protests from individuals and organizations against granting use of the auditorium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
CIRCUMSTANCES OF
 DEATH PROBED

New Milford, Conn, June H. (UP)-State police today mvestigat- ed circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Parrott, A, who succumbed at New Milford hospital last night from what the medical examiner termed "a heart and kidney condition"
 Police, however, reported the wo- mans body was covered with bruises and her eyes were blacKened. George Parrott, her husband, was held by state police on 8 technical breach lof peace charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
Oh, What A Pal!
 Was Bystander

Lawrence, Mass, June H. (UP)-When William Strudi- sons automobile caught fire at a filling station, 8 well-mean- ing bystander emptied what he though was a bucket of water on the flames. Actually, the bucket contained gasoline. The car was 8 total loss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
DEMOCRATS GATHER

Columbia, Conn.,, June II. = (UP) = The annual garden party of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs was held today at the home of Mrs, Fannie Dixon Welch, Connecticut collector of port. Governor Cross and other state leaders attended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11
Birth Total For May
 Surpasses Death Rate
1S3 Recorded in Waterbury With lO2 Deaths; Bank Savings Show Decline But Jumped Over
 Figure for May, 1887

Checking in with of 183 that ''brd known as Mr. stork succeeded in capturing honors in the statistical Births in Waterbury while reaching the mark of 183 sented decline of 10 the previous month The total April Bank savings last month showed big drop, but when compared to May in 1887 substantial increase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
TODAY II
TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES


17SS-(15O years ago. Lewis Tappan'
New Years noted merchant, abolition
list, philanthropist, and founder OF the
country's first credit rating mousse,
born at Northampton, Mass. Dled
June 81, 1878.
1910 - Sarah Margaret Fuller
(Marchioness OssolD, one OF the
most remarkable of American wo-
men, writer, social reformer, born
near Boston. Died July 10, 1850.
1S2O-James B. Eads, among the
countrys great engineers, builder OF
ironclads, Of bridges, deepener of rlv-
ers. born at I4aurenceburg, Ind. Died
March 1887
1824-Ambrose E. Burnside, famed
Union general of the Civil War; Rhode
Island governor and senator, born at
Liberty, Ind Died Sept. 10, 1881.
1S3S-(1OO years ago. William I.
Luck, Union soldier, obstetrical pro-
lessor at the Bellevue Hospital Medl-
cal College, New York, author of a
classic textbook on the subject, born
at Norwich, Conn. Died June II, 1897.
1859-Everett T. Tomlinson, Baptist
clergyman, author of popular books
for boys, born at Shiloh, N. j. Died
at Elizabeth, N. j., Oct. 80, 1881.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
ANSWERS.

l. General Julian S. Carr When the
call was made for Spanish American
War volunteers, two companies, one
white and one colored were imme-
diately organized in Durham It was
some time before the cOlored soldiers
could be mustered into service. Dur
! ing this time General Carr personally
provided funds for the subsistence Of
this entire company.
2. North Carolina has lost. There
are 21S1 North Carolinians living in
Colorado and 326 Coloradians living
in North Carolina
3. General Julian Shakespeare Carr
of Durham. The Idaho delegation
joined with the North Carolina dele
cation at the National Democratic
Convention in Kansas City in giving
General Carr this complimentary vote.
4. Under date of Decent er %, 1877
the Journal of William Attmore a
Philadelphia merchant visiting IN
North Carolina, carries The following
entry: 1T is very much the custom in
North Carolina to drunk drains of
some kind before breakfast several
Of The assemblymen Ibis morning IN
/ obliged themselves in this respect"
5. This convention was called under
the orders of General E. r. S. Candy,
,, military director of the Carolina dis
trict, following the adoption of thu,
second reconstruction acts of con
gress. The convention was held in Ra
leigh January IA, 1858, and was called
the Candy Convention. 1t was COM
posed of 1O7 representatives, of whom
18 were carpetbaggers, and Is Ne
groes only 10 were conservatives Car
petbag Congressman Deweese called
this convention THAT assemblage Of
corrupt and doubtful representatives"
6. James Hogg of IIillsboro, a men,
Der of the Pennsylvania company,
which had purchased the Kentucky
area from The Indians, was elected 70
represent their settlements in CCn-
tinental Congress at a meeting held in
! Oxford, North Carolina September
:!5, ITS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

1701-Capt. William Kidd, pirate
Scottish-born, hanged in London, aged
about 55-after addressing crowd, as
was customary in those days, gal
lows broke down as they proceeded
to hang him so they hanged him on
the nearest tree.
178S-(15O years ago. South Caro-
lima, the 9Th State to ratify the new
Constitution.
1835-Los Angeles, Mexican pueb-
10 of about 2 900 inhabitants won over
it's rival Monterey as capital of Span
ish California.
1918-Some so American soldiers
died when British transport Media
via torpedoed off English coast.
1928+President Coolidge vetoed Nc
Nary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill and
signs Act providing quarter-billion
dollars-to encourage private shipping.
1937--Dies-aged9 81, John D. Rookie
Teller.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED H. MAY

1. Who was the Durham business
man who supported an entire COM
pany of Spanish American War SOL
lliers?
2. In exchange of population with
Colorado has North Carolina won or
lost?
3. Who was the North Carolinian
Idaho voted for for vice president in
1900?
4. When was it the custom of North
Carolina legislators to take a drink
before breakfast?
5. What kind of an assembly was
the convention of 1868 that adopted
out constitution?
6. What delegate to congress from
what is now Kentucky was elected in
Oxford?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23

Candidates Paradise-Of course
the convention was a candidates
paradise, all the boys who are run
ming for office getting their finest
chance to shake hands, pat backs and
otherwise snuggle up to prospective
influential supporters.
Tar Heels Still Kill = Release of
vital statistics for the first four
months of 1888, showed that North
Carolinians are still killing each other
off at the rate of one a day. Git in
the first 12O days of 1889.
"Over the Top'-The States rev.
enue for the current fiscal year has
already gone abovesth total collected
for the entire previous year, it v7as
jubilantly announced during the week
by Commissioner of Revnue Allen J.
.1axwell.
Governors Style Cramped = The
convention prevented the governor
from maintaining his usual average
of speech a day (Which in his case
seems to do as well as. an apple in the
matter of soaring off the doctorst
He did, however, get a chance to dash
down to Beaufort early in the week
and deliver a commencement address,
Supreme Court In Recess-JuStice :
of the Supreme Court took the week
off from oral arguments, devoting it
to study of cases already heard and
ureparatiOn of DECISIONS
This week there are no less than
five capital cases set for hearing. On
Wednesday the court will hand down
decisions in cases already heard. A
mong them is likely to be it's answer
to the appeal of Bill Payne and Wash
Turner, Tar Heels Bad Men Nos. l and
2, under sentence of death for the
murder of Highway Patrolman Rus
sell Penn.
Senatorial Candidates Vie for
Honors: Both candidates Cor the Unit
ed States Senate seat, incumbent
Robert r. Reynolds and Congressman
Frank w, Hancock, were On hand for
he convention.
Applause at a convention and dis
play of i-adges and insignia may not
count in the ballot boxes on June 4,
but If they are any indication Of the
result, Senator Reynolds is as good
as ''home free. There was unani-
nous agreement among scribes that
the convention had an overwhelming
ly pro-Reynolds atmosphere.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
CONVENTION GAVE
DUAL ENDORSEMENT
Lauded Conservatives State
Regime and Ultra-Lib-
eral Nationals

Raleigh, May 3d. Quite naturally
the Democratic State Convention
staged here Thursday overshadowed
everything else that happened in the
States capital during last week; but
except for the financial gains register.
eel by hotel keepers, restaurants and
other merchantile establishment the
whole thing could have been conduct
ed ny mail
There wasn't an audible dissent in
the auditorium packed with Demo
Gratis as the gathering resolved it
self into an amen group for hymns
of praise for administrations state
and national; dnd for the adoption of
a platform which was a masterpiece
of non-controversial generalities..
The outstanding feat of the con
vention was its ability to swallow with
equal ease and grace endorsement of
two administrations which have pur-
sued such diametrically opposite
rourses.
The State government was lauded
for it's economy, for its meeting OF
every obligation ION the day it was
due" for it's balanced budget, and for
the reduction of North Carolina
debt
In almost the same breath the "rec-
ord of the national administration I'M
der the leadership of our great Presi-
lent, Franklin D. Roosevelt was en-
dotsed with equal enthusiasm This
administration has pursued an entire
ly different course in the matter of
spending, debt status and budget
balancing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
ONCE UPON MAY 2srd

The world was many thousands of
years DID, the civilization of Assyria,
Egypt Greece and Rome all had flour
ished and faded, before Man had any
sure knowledge ~ the processes of
human reproduction, so it isn't sur
prising that it wasn't until the time
of Carl Lime who was born in Swed-
en- 231 years ago today that it was &C.
cepted that the vegetable kingdom
was made up of males and females,
too.
Lime, minister's son who trained
himself as physician made his adopt
ed name of Linnaeus immortal by his
discoveries in botany. To him we owe
the present system of classification of
genera and species. Yet he had been
so poor a student that his father was
asked to take him out of school and
put him to work as a tailor or cob
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of New York
chairman of General Motors, born al
New Haven, Conn.,, SO years ago.
John Stuart of Chicago president O!
Quaker. Oats born at Cedar Rapids
Iowa, 81 years ago
Mabel w. Willebrandt of Calf, ant
Washington, D. c., lawyer, born al
Woodsdale, Kans., 40 years ago.
Chester Beach of New York, emf
nent sculptor born in San Francisco
81 years ago.
Douglas Fairbanks, actor, born II
Denver, Col, SIS years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-23
MAY
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bier apprentice.
Linnaeus was not the discoverer of
the existence of separate sexes in
the vegetable kingdom. Herodotus
recorded that Babylonians knew that
there were male and female date
trees, and that female trees required
fertilization to produce fruit. In the
century before 29-year-old Linnaeus
first set forth his startling views on
the subject, other researchers direct
ed attention to the functions of the
stamens and pistols. But Linnaeus'
system of classification and the evil
denoe he presented in defense of it,
established the fact of sexual activity
in vegetable life among scholars. It
required some courage as well as
knowledge to do it, as may be guess
ed from the ecclesiastical reaction to
the publication of the discovery.
When he first published his discov-
cry of a sexual system in plants, the
writings were barred from distribu-
ton in a number of European coun-
tries!
Nevertheless, Linnaeus became the
most famous professor of his time
and his classes caused the enrolment
in Upala University to treble. Kings
offered him generous pensions to set
tie in their countries. He preferred
to continue teaching and writing in
Sweden. Curiosly in his sixties he
was beset by a mental condition that
caused him to forget all of the CLASH
fications of plants he himself had
DEVISED
(This same fate befell Muhlenberg,
great American botanist. In late
years, he lost his memory and had to
be taught to read the books he had
writtenD