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The Washington times., 1938-03-09
CRABB QUIzzED.
ON POSSIBILITY.
Wife WAS SLAIN |
Coroner Investigates
"SuiCide" of Bride

DELAVAN, ILL.,. March 9 IN.S0
The question of whether beauteous
Mrs. Collision Crabb was a murder
victim instead of a suicide was
officially raised for the first time
here today.
Coroner Nelson Wright brought
the matter into the open in ques-
tioning James Crabb. husband of
the 19-year-old bride of five weeks,
when he asked bluntly:
Would it have been possible
for someone to kill your wife?"
FURTHER INQUIRY
Young Crabb, who said he was
in the bathroom early last Tues
day when his wife was shot, an.
swered:
Il wouldn't know about that"
With his testimony, the coroner
adjourned the inquest until Satur-
day at the request of authorities
for more time to investigate the
mysterious shooting.
Earlier in the hearing, other
members of the Crabb family said
that while waiting for doctor
they had left the fatally wounded
girl alone and did not know
exactly when she died.
QUARREL ADMITTED
Willis w. Crabb, wealthy preSi-
dent of the Teazewell National
Bank, in whose home his son and
daughter-in-law were living, ad-
mitted quarreling with the young
couple when they came in after
party and disturbed his sleep.
Officers testified they had found
the gun, an old frontier model
belonging to young Crabb, jammed
between the mattress and the head
of the bedStead with the butt
barely visible. There were no
fingerprints on the weapon, a po-
lice expert asserted.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Puerto RiCans. 81 Oils; Maryland, Anne
Arundel county, bushel hampers, Jersey
type, 90c0$l
Observation-Disclosures weak. No carlot
arrivals; no cars on track. Florida, S6-
pint crates, 10@ lie; few 12C, per pint.
TcmatOeS-Market weak. No carlot ar
lug boxes, green, ripes and turning,
wrapped. 6xG $l.25 a SO; few 31.75;
SKI. *1m1.25; 1O-lb. baskets 6O@ SC.
Mixed Fegetables-One Cal. arrived; 6
broken and l unbroken cars on track.
Snap Beans-Market steady. No car.
receipts moderate. Florida. bushel ham
pers, Bountifuls, $1.5O@l.75, few 81;
Round Stringless, $1.75@2.25.
Peppers - Market steady Truck re-
ceipts light. Florida, y -bushei crates.
California Wonders, medium to large
Squash - supplies moderate: demand
light; market steady. Florida. bushel
hampers white wrapped. $1.25Q1.5O;
poorer. 81; Yellow. $2@2.5o.
Lima Bea"s-Supplies light demand
light; market steady. Florida, busheI
hampers. mostly around $3.50.
Eggplant - Supplies light: demand
light: market steady. Florida. 1A
buShel crates, mostly around $3.50.
KaIe-Supples light: demand slow
market weak Virginia, bushel baskets,
40I soc.
CoIIards Supplies light; demand slow ;
market weak. Virginia, bushel baskets,
3 ) a 4Nc.
CarrOts-No carlot arrivals: no cars
on track. Supplies light; demand light
market steady. California West e n
crates, punched. $2.5OG2.75. PennsyI-
vania bushel baskets, topped, washed,
G5075c.
CamIiflOwer-NO carlot arrivals: 2
broken cars on track. Supplies moder-
ate; demand light; market steady. Cali
fOrna, crates $1.50@1.75.
Parsnips- light; EN- nd
light; market steady. Pennsylvania,
l2 -bushel hampers, 4O@50c.
Beets-Texas. u crates, $1.1561.25.
MushrOOms-Maryland and Pennsylva
MIA $-pound baskets, 35 al soc.
*Ehdives - Belgium, 10-pound boxes
&1.75.
ShalIots-Louisiana, practically no sup,
plies the market.
WatermelOns-Cuba,2 1870 pounds aver
age. $16125
AVOcadOs-Flat crates: Florida, 75c q
$3.50; California. $2n250.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
New Freight Rates
Seen Aid to Steel

NEW YORK. March 9 G.N.SO .
The freight rate decision by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
which includes a 10 per cent in
crease in steel products, may
stimulate some immediate buying
of steel for quick delivery Iron
Magazine said today.
The publication pointed out
that the steel user will bear the
brunt Of the rate increases, as
important raw materials such as
ore. coke and bituminous coal are
excepted from the increases,
though scrap will pay a higher
rate.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
Liverpool Cotton
Quiet and Steady

LIVERPOOL, March 9 0.N.S0 l..
Liverpool spot cotton opened
quiet. Receipts totaled 5000 bales
including 1900 American. Prices
were steady.
AT noon strictly good middling
was 5.S9d; strictly low middling
4.S4d; low middling 4.34d; strictly
good ordinary 3.84d; and good
ordinary 3.44d. Good middling
was 5.59d, and strictly middling
5.34d.
Futures were quiet and steady.
At noon March sold at 4.94d; May
at 4.99d; July at 5.06d, and
October at 5.12d.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
STOCK MARKET
GAINS SLIGHTLY
AFTER DECLINE.
Rails Lead in Early Fall,
But Regain Losses
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK. March 9 G.N.SO.
The stock market gained slightly
today, after moving irregulariy
lower at the start under the in
fluence of disappointed selling in
the rails.
Carrier shares, though, recov-
cred with the rest of the list in a
rally Immediately after the open
ing. The recovery was halted in
the second hour. and leaders
slipped back to within fractions of
last nights closing levels.
GAINS REGISTERED
A few of the higher-priced
shares chalked up large gains be-
fore the rally was halted. Dupont
was up almost three points at one
time and Westinghouse Electric
climbed more than two. Coca Cola,
on a delayed opening showed an
overnight gain of 224 points.
u. s. Steel and Bethlehem con-
verted early fractional losses into
fair-sized gains, with big steel up
more than a point for while.
MOTORS IN GAIN
Chrysler and General Motors
turned in similar performances in
the motors. American Smelling
and Kennecott advanced point
in the copperS.
Rail equipments firmed on
hopes Of early new business from
the carriers. Utilities and oils,
along with rubbers and mail or
derS, gained moderately.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
Deliveries Lower
In G. NJ. c. Trucks

NEW YORK, March 9 0.N.SD d.
Retail deliveries of General
Motors Corporation cars and
trucks in this country in February
totaled 62,831 units against 5000
in January and 1900 February
last year. On a daily average
basis sales were slightly ahead of
January.
The Washington times., 1938-03-09
Washington Stocks
AFTER CALL,

AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 51as pfd.,
5@112h.
Capital Transit Co. 9@7h.
Potomac Electric IS pfd., 80 113;
2@113.
Washington Gas SIS. 1858, 81, 900
@l04b: $1,O00@104H.
Washington Ry. & Elec. pfd., 10
@110h.
Evening star., 1938-01-21

TEMETvENY CASTLE, Csejte.
Hungary. was the home in 1910 OF
the last degenerate descendant of the
celebrated Hungarian Bathory family,
the beautiful Elizabeth Bathory.
Strange as it seems, behind her lovely
face pitifully sadistic mind worked
. mind distorted with ideas of SELF
love.
Elizabeth fought against the thought
that one day she would grow old and
ugly.
spurred by this thought, she man.
aged to lure 800 girls to the subter-
ranean rooms Of her castle. There ac-
cording to contemporary legal records,
Elizabeth actually had the 800 girls
murdered, 80 that she might bathe In
their blood to capture youth and
beauty.
Elizabeth Bathory met q different
fate, however, when the wrath Of the
countryside was aroused by her hor-
rible crime. She was thrown into
prison and died there. Whether fate
spared her the anguish Of seeing her
self grow old Is not known.
Speed Light.
Scientists have developed new
light tube with . special hot-cathode
element that emits practically no
afterglov. Each flash Of this light lasts
only 10 micro seconds, and during a
hours Of burning on 4 eo-cycle current
1t shines only 5164 seconds.
Evening star., 1938-01-21
Can You Make This?

HERE is your chance to earn top
score. The hand below was played
IN duplicate game, with South in
every instance winding up 1T . con-
tract OF four spades. While four spades
can be made against any defense, the
various declarers were not at their
best that evening, only one South play
er bringing home the bacon. We do
not think the play especially dificult,
and would like our readers to try their
dummy play before reading the solu-
ton.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
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The opening lead Of the king Of dia-
monds was followed by two more
rounds Of that suit, declarer trumpine
the third. At this point most declarers
tried for . strip play. After drawing
two rounds Of trumps, they ruf1ed
dummy's remaining diamond, then
played three rounds Of hearts, trump
ing the third in dummy. Dummy now
now being down to three clubs and one
trump. declarer would lead . small
club with the intention of playing the
seven. thereby allowing West to gain
the lead with the doubtful privilege Of
either leading into declarer's tenace or
giving him = run and discard. How
ever. in every instance where this play
was tried, East put up the eight Of
clubs and declarer was forced to lose
two more tricks.
And now the correct play should be
obvious. After drawing trumps and
eliminating hearts from both hands.
declarer should lead the fourth dia.
nond from dummy and simply discard
his small club. West would then be ON
lead, and he could not then prevent
declarer from taking the balance Of
the tricks.
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answer letters from readers il
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p2ckst outline cf the -FOUR Aces system
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Twixzler Answer.
OF course. the trains win b The
same distance from Chicago when
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Evening star., 1938-01-21
Twizzler Answer.

OF course. the trains win Be the
same distance from Chicago when
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Evening star., 1938-01-21
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

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Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11

ment, dancing and refreshments
have been arranged for by the gen.
eral committee.
Special Program
An Armistice Day celebration pro-
gram at the Waterbury Catholic
High school auditorium yesterday
was featured by talks of Rev. Fran
els M. O'Shea, rector of the Church
OF the IMMACULATE Conception; Rev
George Reilly and Rev. Donald
OLeary, both of the same church;
and James H. Darcy, general man
ager of the American Republican
newspapers.
Selections were given by the
schools orchestra and choral club.
A reading on World Peace" was
given by members of the senior
class. Piano solos were given by
Jane Ryan and Dorothy Bernier. An
attractive program booklet prepared
by the senior class, was distributed
at the assembly.
Military Balls
Military balls sponsored by Da-
vid Fannick Post, Jewish War Vet
Grams of the United States, and
Florio Post, Italian American World
War Veterans, were attended by
large crowds last night.
The Fannick Post ball, the fourth
annual one sponsored by the post,
was held at Temple Hall. The grand
march was led by Daniel L. Nair,
of New Britain, national honorary
member; State Commander and Mrs
Milton Richman, and Commander
and Mrs. Rudolph Hennick.
The Florio post ball was held at
Buckingham hall. The grand march
was led by Alderman Patrick Per-
relic, Commander Michael Gior-
dano, Miss Edith Florio, and Mrs.
Perriello.
Delegations from many local and
out-of-town veterans organizations
attended both affairs. Past Com.
mander William Schneer>was chair
man of the Fannick Post ball COM
mittee and Commander Michael Di
PRIMO headed the Florio Post ball
committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11
ROOSEVELT NOT
DISTURBED

CONTINUED from Page u
about so. He made no estimates on
governorships, he added, except to
predict that Gov. Herbert n. Leh-
man would carry New York,
To FIJI Vacancies
Mr. Roosevelt revealed that before
he goes TO Warm Springs, Ca, Nov
q for Thanksgiving holiday he
will I'LL q large number of vacan-
cies in various government depart
mentS.
evil Gov. Frank Murphy Of
Michigan be among the appointees?'
he was asked.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that he hat
not yet made q list Of names. He
said he did not know whether the
present United States supreme court
vacancy would be among those filled
this month.
Asked whether he believed the
vote for Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D.,
N. Y, was an Endorsement OF the
national labor relations act in its
present form, the president said
merely that the voters Of New York
wanted Wagner to return to the
senate of the United States.
Early Congress Session
He was asked whether he contem-
plated an early session Of congress.
and he remarked, yes, on January
3-The regular time for the new
session adding however, that he
would just as soon have them at
any time.
Concerning the renewed Nazi
campaign against the Jews, the
president referred questions on that
subject to the state department.
He said the state department and
the labor department would send
representatives to the Philippines at
their request to assist in improv-
ing the immigration control system
of the commonwealth.
The Islands, he sad, would reim-
burse this country for expenses in
Cured In sending the men. The
state department will send George
L. Grandt and the labor department
l. F. Wickson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11

what is going ON in the lighted car.
Only one thing can happen.
On opposite sides of a plain table
-. in the regular dinning car seats,
two rows of men sit. On one side
Foch, opposite him the German
Gen. Detlaf Won Winterfeld
French General Weygant, and across
from him Matthias Erzberger, Ger
man plenipotentiary :. two British
admiralS in sober blue, two more
German uniforms, one more German
in civilian dress a military in
terperter in French blue.
DEATH HAS
A DEADLINE
It is 5 o'clock now. What can be
said has been said. A deed, or draft,
of the ArniStice terms lies on the
table In bold script the
Frenchman signs simply ST. Foch."
Wemyss, the British admiral, then
the trembling Erzberger, sign be-
meath. Aberndorf, Winterfeld, Won
Ealow, the names follow. Erzberger,
checked with emotion, rises and
reads a formal protest against the
terms.
Foch rises. 1t is over. BY o'clock
his train is on the way to Paris.
At II o'clock, as specified in the
paper with the six signatures, a
sudden and unaccustomed silence
falls across the front. The war is
over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11

payment on the amount at which
their property was assessed.
Rath is to be given state funeral
ct Dusseldorf Tuesday. Hitler was
expected to speak, and over Rath's
body announce the long range Nazl
policy concerning Jews.
Many Jews Ruined
Countless Jews had been ruined
throughout Germany and Austria IN
q campaign of destruction which
was ended last night by official Or
der. Many thousands of Jews had
been arrested. Their synagogues
had been burned. Most Jewish
shop owners were lefG without means
of subsistence. In Austria, by Of
ficial order, Nazis had begun con-
fiscation of goods in Jewish stores
Many grocery stores and restaurants
in Vienna received order to refuse
to sell food to Jews.
1t was the high point OF five
and q half years in which Jews had
been Systematically restricted in
their livelihood, excluded from pro-
LESSONS and trades, ostracized from
q large part of society, imprisoner
In concentration camps, in some
cases, because their names appeared
on police blotters for offenses like
overtime parking.
Fear Climax is Coming
But Jews, desperate, with no place
to go and with no hope of help
from abroad, feared that the climax
was yet to come.
They feared it would come soon.
Already Jewish residents of Munich
had been warned to get out of town
by tomorrow night.
This morning the streets presented
their normal calm here. They had
been cleared of debris. About every
other store in the west end shopping
district was boarded up because
windows had been shattered. There
was not enough plate glass avail
able to repair them all at once.
Railroad stations and airports
were unusually crowded with Jews
trying to arrange transportation
abroad.
Police and Nazi storm troops pa
trolled the shopping districts during
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11
NaziMobs End Attacks,
German Govt. Does Not
CONTINUED from Page u

4 the early hours, and now they ar
rested any who tried to wreck
stores.
Damage Estimate Unknown
Any estimate of the total damage,
of the total number Of shops
wrecked and Synagogues burned, Of
the number of Jews beaten or arrest
ed, was impossible. But in Vienna
United Press reports quoted esti-
mates that 10000 Jews were arrest.
ed and 1000 of them held. Nor was
there reliable estimate of the num-
Der of Jewish suicides, though vi
emma reported between SO and so
suicide attempts yesterday.
People standing in the Alexander
Platz last night saw more than a
dozen truckloads of Jews arrive at
police headquarters and other truck
loads taking Jews to unknown des-
tinations.
Reliable but unconfirmed reports
said two Jews were shot dead In
other cities yesterday.
German Papers Admission
The newspaper Tageblatt, first
this morning to comment on the
wrecking campaign, devoted $50
words on page three to it.
"At many places Jewish show
windows were smashed" said the
newspaper. 1.-THE goods remained
untouched" 1t was admitted that
synagogues were burned and the
newspaper added: "Since our blood
brothers kept perfect discipline not
hair OF any Jews head was
touched"
The Voelkischer Beobachter, Of
fetal organ of the Nazi party, COM
menting on the order to stop wreck
ing, said:
1--WE must emphasize that in case
of new provocation by world jewry
the German people will not show
such leniency in taking the GRIMM
ais to account. The Paris murder
probably brought Jewry and es-
pecially the press influenced by it
step nearer to realization that al
so outside German boundaries gen.
orally defensive actions are starting
against this parasitic people"
GOebeIs Issues Warning
Berlin, Nov. 11-(UP)-Dr. Paul
Goebbels, minister of propaganda,
warned foreign Jews today that "if
they want to help their co-racials
in Germany, not to agitate untruth-
fully or insult Germany as they
have done in the past few days."
Receiving the foreign press, Goeb-
bells denied that the wrecking of
Jewish shops had been specifically
organized.
"If I had organized this like a
real Nazi demonstration" he said,
"It would have been more success
full and more radical. I would have
had five, six or seven thousand
demonstrators in the streets"
Goebbels said that although Eyes
terday the people sought without its
government or its leadership to
solve the problem in its own way,
the government has no intention of
simply letting the public take solu-
ton of the Jewish problem into its
own hands"
Goebbels declared that the govern
ment's and the public's aims are
identical and the government would
try to solve the problem in a legal
way, although he is not able to tell
yet what laws may be forthcom-
ing.
1--WE will solve this problem in our
own way" he said.
Goebbels denied that there had
been any plundering or injury to
Jews. He also denied the police had
been instructed to remain passive.
He said there were insufficient po-
lice to quiet ian entirely spon-
taneous action. We could not give
the police instructions to fire on
the people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11

Continued from Page u
might be lessened would be to APP
point younger men" in the flu
ture, thus delaying the volume Of
retirements until the city's financial
position, at the least, has been i'm
proved.
Modern Methods
In line with modern methods Of
police departments, as effected by
Superintendent William j. Roach
with his motor matrol and acct
dent prevention bureau and acct
dent prevention squad, the report
indicates necessity for additional
motorized equipment.
PICK UP
Members of the various boards, aa
well as the Griffenhagen officials,
have sought to have the various
recommendation given comprehen-
sive treatment when they are pub
lished and, for this reason, have
been adverse to partial summary Of
the reports.
Officially. the reports were not to
be made public until either the po-
lice and fire boards released them,
or the finance board was informed
that it should undertake such re-
lease. A vote to this effect was
passed at a recent meeting Of the
finance board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-11

recent political campaign, experts
conclude that it will be extremely
difficult to find IL persons who will
be suitable for the iurv require
ments in New Haven county.
New Basis For Venue Change
This was expected to be the basis
of another motion for change of
venue by Special Prosecutor Alcorn
When interviewed yesterday, how
ever, he denied such intentions.
I'm going to try the cases in Wa
terbury."
In seeking November 20 as the
trial date yesterday, Prosecutor AL
corn stated that he had also con-
sidered November %. This he elimi-
mated, he continued, because Of the
Thanksgiving holiday November "a.
His remark that he would be ready
to go to trial Monday, November %,
if the court saw fit to enter such
order, is indicative that the con-
spiracy trial will be held five days
each week, Monday through Friday.
Usually Monday is not considered a
court day.
By starting November 20, the trial
will have made great progress by the
Christmas holiday, according to Mr..
Alcorn.
Attorney Murray Is Busy
Although he offered no objection
to November 20 as the trial date,
Attorney Murray stated that he
would rather a delay until Decem-
Der 6. His reason, he stated, was
the necessity OF appearance at the
New York supreme court of appeals
in Albany the week of November 20.
He represents two men who have
appealed from death sentence, and
are even now imprisoned in death
cells.
Attorney George r. Crawford, of
New Haven, counsel for Simon j.
Alderman, wrote Mr.. Alcorn that he
would appreciate delay of the trial
beyond November 20, but would Of
fer no objection if the court saw
fit to set that da.e. He has been Sc
riously i'll recently.
Attorney Peck argued that the
'preliminaries should be disposed
of before the start of the trial"
Special Prosecutor Alcorn answered
that the quo warranto and the
mandamus were in the "class of the
lame, the halt and the blind-with-
out merit, and independent of the
trial."
No Reason for Delay
Judge Simpson told Attorney
Frederick Waterhouse on Tuesday
when he granted the mandamus
that he would not consider it a rea-
son for trial delay.
At q short calendar session of
court yesterday, Judge Simpson de-
clined to schedule any civil jury
cases for trial, although last week
he did set several down on the trial
docket. This move was apparently
in anticipation of the early trial
date.
With the conspiracy trial appar-
emily going to continue more than
three months, a serious situation
has arisen, concerning trials of civil
cases on the superior court docket.
Whether they will be removed to an
other building for trial, or neglect
ed entirely during the trial is the
question confronting Waterbury at
torneys.
twenty-five Of the defendants win
be tried by the jury, according to
present circumstances, and one will
be tried by the court. One of the
defendants, Enoch E. Borgnaes, is
still missing, aid according to Coun-
ty Detective Edward J. Hickey is a
fugitive from justice.