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The Washington times., 1938-11-23
truth NOT TOLD.
ABOUT "SUICIDE,".
OFFICIAL CLAIMS.
Widow Is GriIIed Anew
In BurckhaIter Case
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Nov. %
UN.S0 Mrs. Marie Burckhalter,
accused of helping her husband to
commit suicide in the family gar
age last Saturday, faced further
questioning today concerning a
blind spot" in her story of the
strange events Shrouding the case.
Assistant District Attorney FL
bert T. Gallagher insists the
"whole truth" about the case has
not been told.
The authorities wish to know
what occurred at the Burckhalter
home from noon until $40 p. m.
on Saturday in view Of disclosures
made by Betty Murdock, the
maid. According to the maid,
Mrs. Burckhalter accompanied her
husband, Eugene Y. Burckhalter,
q chemical manufacturer, out to
the garage about noon. 1t was
raining.
RETURNED AT $40
Burckhalter, the maid said, was
30 weak he was shaking. She
said Mrs. Burckhalter didn't re-
turn to the house until $40 p. m.
by the kitchen clock"
The 47-year-old manufacturer
was found Slumped over the steer
ing wheel of his car in the garage
about 5 p. m. He was dead, ap-
parently from monoXide gas. A
vacuum hose led from an exhaust
pipe into the car throw a rear
window. Authorities said Mrs.
Burckhalter admitted providing
the rubber tubing.
Miss Murdock said she asked
Mrs. Burckhalter what she had
been doing with that sick man"
in the garage and the woman re-
piled:
Hes all right, Betty"
Shortly after this conversation,
the 44-year-old housewife went
shopping, the maid said.
HEAVY DRINKER
The strange suicide was further
complicated by the announcement
Of DR.. Amos o. Squire, medical
examiner, that he had found a
quantity of a hypnotic drug in the
dead mans brain. The widow had
explained her husband had taken
sleeping powders that morning.
DR.. Squire also reported the
analysis indicated Burckhalter
was a heavy drinker.
Mrs. Burckhalter calmly told
the authorities how she had
brought her husband an egg-nog
while he was in the garage making
plans for his suicide.
The maid admitted Burckhalter
was a drinker, but she took issue
with stories told by an adopted
son, Donald Burckhalter, 20, and
the couples own 17-year-old boy,
William, that Burckhalter went
crazy when drinking. Neither
Of the Burckhalter sons were at
home at the time of the tragedy.
Mrs. Burckhalter is held in Jail
in $4,000 bail. She is to plead to
the charge of manslaughter, first
degree, on November 20.
FRIEND ALSO HELD
Melvin Kittle, 3S-year-old sales
man and a friend of Mrs. Burck-
halter, is held in $1,000 bail as a
material witness. He had taken
Mrs. Burckhalter out several times
and was at the Burckhalter home
last Sunday when the police ar
rived. 4xssl1
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tempted murder
to include kid
naping.
The original in
dictment charged
only an attempt
to murder Myrl
Alderman. Bla-
lock indicated,
however, that it
would be broad
ened to include
attempts on the
lives Of Miss Et-
ting and Sny-
der's daughter.
Blalock contends
that both of their
lives were jeopar-
died by Snyder'S
wild gunfire.
The kidnapping
charge, un d e r
which the Gimp
might face death
under California
law, will be based
on the charge
that he took Al
derman, at gun
point, from the
NBC studio in
downtown Holly
wood to Alder
m a n S hillside
home last Octo-
Der IS.
Alder m a n, a
composer whom
Ruth once de-
Scribed as her
husband" only
to deny it later,
was shot after
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

For Richer-Or For Poorer" Do
not miss Thelma StrabePs sparkling
serial Of a girls search for lasting
happiness. A thrilling, romantic new
novel in The American Weekly, the
magazine distributed with next Sun
days Washington Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
Gimp Now Facing
Kidnapping Charge

LOS ANGELES Nov 23-Deputy District Attorney Blalock
ment charging Col Martin Moe the Gimp Snyder with
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

And Harvard won.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
FRIEND ALSO HELD

Melvin Kittle, 3s-year-old sales
man and a friend of Mrs. Burck-
halter, is held in $1,000 bail as a
material witness. He had taken
Mrs. Burckhalter out several times
and was at the Burckhalter home
last Sunday when the police ar
rived. 41nnl
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HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Washing Fine Hose.-To pre-
vent runs while laundering fine
mesh hose, put stockings in a
cheesecloth bag, squeeze gently
in mild soap suds and rinse sew
eral times. Hang up to dry.
Drying Fabric Shoes.-To dry
wet satin or fabric shoes, stuff
with soft paper, pushing it in to
shape but not strain the material.
Treating a New Broom.-Before
a new broom is used, soak it in a
strong salt water solution and dry
thoroughly. It will last longer.
For Dreaming Butter.-A per-
forated wooden spoon is best for
Dreaming butter. 1t does the job
more efficiently.
Exposed Fruits. - Fruits and
vegetables that wait for hours in
a warm kitchen before cooking or
canning lose much more of their
vitamin c than those that are
freshly picked or kept chilled in
refrigerator.
COrks That Fit.-If corks fall
out of salt and pepper shakers,
soak corks in hot water to make
them swell; or use piece of adj
hesive over the opening.
Cooking Doughnuts.-Add a tea
spoonful of vinegar to the cold fat
to be used in cooking doughnuts
and the doughnuts will not absorb
grease.
Spare the Wallpaper.-Protect
new wallpaper or freshly painted
area above or on the side of old
time sinks with transparent cello
plane paper, put in place with
thumb tacks.
Apple COMPREHENSIVE prevent
apples from turning dark when
they are peeled, sprinkle orange,
lemon or grapefruit juice over
them and put them into the refrig-
orator until ready to serve. Sliced
apples also may be kept in salt
water to which one tablespoon of
salt has been added for each four
cups of cold water.
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Bv Ben nmes 'WILLlnms

I broke It open myself. You know
how you do lie, when you're
scared"
"Of course"
He went on: ''Then they found
some ashes in the furnace, where
some money had been burned. They
could tell it was money. They think
father brought it home that night,
to make the thing at the Office look
like burglars, and burned it." He
looked at her miserably. "And now
this thing Mary limited. That was
August, and Miss Wines was away
in August! He did it, Linda!"
"Phil, you're giving up too cas-
ily!"
"Gosh," he protested miserably,
chow can help it? He took her to
New Jersey; and he had key to
the office made and gave it to this
girl. Probably he used to meet her
there"
She urged: "But Phil, Mary may
be wrong! Or the girl who told her
may be wrong! And as for the rest
of it? Well, suppose someone else
planned to kill her and wanted to
make it look as though your father
did it. They could have stolen the
gun, and burned some money in the
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South Is Treasury for U. S. Chemists;
Raw Material Wealth Cited in Survey

Physical frontiers are gone, but
chemical frontiers remain to chal-
lenge the United States, DR.. Frank
C. Whitmore, dean of the school of
chemistry and physics at the Penn
sylvania State college, believes,
writes State College (Pa.) United
Press correspondent.
1.-THE South will be the chemical
frontier of the country for the next
quarter century, at least" he said
after tour through the southern
states to visit sections of the Amer
lean Chemical society.
cts chemical raw materials, es-
pecially the new ones such as cellu-
lose, starch and vegetable oils, have
hardly been touched. They are
ready for the chemical pioneers who
are going south and the additional
ones trained in southern institu-
TONS"
Considering the United States as a
whole, DR.. Whitmore believes it has
limitless supplies of cellulose in cot
ton, the purest form, in the slightly
less pure form of cotton linters and
in the rapid-growing pine. He said
pine made an ideal chemical crop
because it utilizes sunlight, water
and air without taking more than
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09
SYNOPSIS
o Ben An,es Williams.

Barbara Sentry. seeking to sober up her
escort Johnnie Boyd, on the way home from
q party. slaps him, and attracts the attention
Of policeman. whom the boy knocks down.
AS he arrests him. Professor Brace OF Har'
ward comes to the rescue and drives Barbara
home. On the way they see Barbara's father
driving from the direction Of his Office at
12:45, but when he gets home he tells his Wne
1t Is HIS and that he's been playing bridge
at the club. Next day Sentry reports his
Office has been robbed and Miss Wines,
former temporary employee. killed. Inc
evening papers luridly confirm the story.
and Sentry takes 1t hard. Mary. elder
daughter, in love with Neil Ray. young IN
terne at the hospital where she works. goes
off to dinner at Gus Loran's. Sentry's part
ner with Mrs. Loran's brother. Jimmy .Endie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sentry call on old Mrs. Sentry.
and Barbara, alone. receives Dan Fisher.
reporter. who advises her not to talk. PM
Sentry. son at Yale. Is disturbed at the
possible implications and suspicion of Miss
Wines absence from her rooms for three
days during August. He goes home to help.
Sentry is arrested and booked for murder.
Dan Fisher explains the evidence against
him-that the robbery was fake, the safe
opened by one who knew the combination.
changed since, Miss Wines employment
there-that a back door key. duplicate
of Sentry's, was found In the girls purse.
and that Sentry, too, had been away those
three days in August. Brace calls, and
backs up Barbara In her denial that Sentry
could have done 1t, because of the dis
crepancy Of time between the Staying and
their seeing Sentry on the road. Phil. show
ing the police over the house. finds his strong
box open and his gun, which only his father
knew of, gone. Meanwhile, the police find
the stolen money burned in the furnace.
Mrs. Sentry sees her husband, who swears
his innocence, and tells her he had known Of
the robbery and murder the night before.
but failed to call the police, and came home
at 1880. Mary quarrels with Neil Ray.
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job on your hands. Your mother
has always been so proud. This is
terrible for her, even when she's
sure that he's Innocent! If she ever
thought he wasn't-well, you can
see, you have to take care of her.
And of Barbara too, Phil. Barbara's
an awfully sweet girl. You mustn't
ever let her believe he did it. Phil,
it would just kill her."
81 see what you mean. I guess
it's up to me, all right"
"You'n have to be awfully good
to your mother, Phil" And she
said: 'The thing you'll all have to
do is not think about yourselves very
much. Think about each other. You
see, Mary just thought about her
self, and how unhappy she was, and
how her life was wrecked; and she
didn't stop to think about the rest Of
you, and that you needed her."
He nodded soberly, and Linda
went on: eat least, that's the way
it looks to me, Phil. You've all got
to have something to hold on to, and
the best thing for you to do is to just
set your teeth into the job of TAX
ing care of your mother and Bar
bara." She suggested: "Maybe you
can make your mother think you
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furnace, and thrown the gun in the
river back of the garage"
He echoed, startled: SIN the riv-
err? Was the gun in the river? I
saw them dragging for something's"
eyes," she admitted. "The pa
pers say they found it there!" He
shivered, and she insisted again,
"But Phil, someone else might have
done all those things"
"Who?"
"Why-anyone! Oscar, or Eli, or
some man that knew the girl, or
even Mr.. Loran."
''Shucks, Linda, you're joking!"
"No, I'm not!"
He looked at her squarely. "Hon-
est, cross your heart, don't you think
father did it,"
She tried to speak, said then hon.
estly: 81 suppose ! do, Phil. ] sup
pose I was just trying to find some
way to-comfort you. But Phil, it
isn't for us to decide, anyway" And
she urged: "And we can't give up.
You see, Phil, we're pretty young.
You know the way babies are. The
least little thing just looks awfully
black to them, and they scream as if
they were heart-broken. We're sort
of like that, probably. Things will
straighten out somehow"
"Gosh, don't see howl"
"And besides, Phil, you've got a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09

need her terribly, and make her see
that Barbara does too. That will
help her."
Phil said, "Barbara's been great,
all along, making jokes and being
funny and trying to make us laugh,
sort of like puppy putting on an
act. trying to get his master to
play" He asked: "But what's GO
ing to happen now, Linda? What
can we do to help father?"
81 don't exactly know" Linda
confessed. Except of course you'll
get a lawyer for him, and do what
ever the lawyer says"
His eyes widened with sudden
panic. Linda, can they make me
be witness against him, about the
gun, things like that?"
81 suppose they can"
81 won't do It'll" he cried pas
sionately. 'None of us will"
IT feel so darned ignorant" she
said helplessly. 81 wish knew more
about it. Mr.. Loran and Mr.. Hare
will help you, though"
He nodded. ~ don't know how
much the police know" he reflected.
His eyes clouded. "They didn't know
about the money in the furnace till
after they arrested him, nor about
the gun. But they must have known
something!"
no Be CONTINUED)
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Barbara's eyes were wide with
shapeless fears; but she did not
speak. Only she put her arm around
her mothers waist, half-supported
her as they moved away.
Phil and Linda were left alone.
After a moment he asked hoarsely,
want to 60 homer"
She shook her head, her eyes
deep. ''Not yet. Come, Phil, sit
down."
He obeyed her, sat leaning for
ward, his elbows on his knees, star
ing at the fire. After a while he
said bitterly, "Well, Mary's gone
off the deep end!" Linda did not
speak. maybe she's the sensible
one," he reflected, half despairing.
maybe she's right. Butt didn't
think she was a quitterl"
"You mustn't blame her." Linda
urged. "Mary has always-taken
things hard, Phil. She loved Neil,
had a right to count on him; SO
when he failed her"
"He-had to, Linda. What else
could he do? He couldn't afford to
be mixed up in a mess like this. It
would have followed him every
where"
"The things we're afraid Of are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09

never so bad when they really hap
pen," she said. 'sHe's lodging
shadows"
''He was sensible!"
81 don't call it that"
Phil said gently: II know. A
woman wouldn't look at it the way
a man does. Women lose their
heads"
"And their hearts, Phil"
"You can't argue about 1t. !
suppose"
She smiled a little. women can
always find reasons to justify do
ing what they really want to do.
But I don't think reasons matter
so much as wanting"
Phil looked at her, curiously.
"You're pretty grown up in some
ways, Linda. Lots older than / am,
in the way you look at things"
women are always older than
men,"
He pounded fist into palm with a
slow vehemence, curiously elo-
quent; he muttered, "Gosh, Linda,
what are we going to do?"
"Just-live. Just 60 on living"
He whispered pitifully: "Poor
Mary. Marrying Jimmy Endle. He's
rotten, isn't he? And he must be
forty. Gosh, why did she do it?'
Linda did not answer. He said mis-
erably: 81 thought father was pref
ty grand, Linda. OF course he and
I never saw very much of each 9th
err" He grinned ruefully. "But I've
grown sup thinking of us, of our
family, of myself, as settled and Sc
cure. I felt as though I could play
around for a while all right, be-
cause when I was ready / could al
ways step into a place that was
waiting for me-" He looked at Lin
da, hopelessly.
She shivered, folded her arms
across her bosom as though she
were cold. "It just tears me in
two, Phil, to see you so hurt!"
He said: "It doesn't really hurt,
somehow. I don't realize it yet, I
suppose. ! wonder if I ever will.
~ OIL y VI SCC1llS dS tAAOuSA VIC WC4C
all dreaming or something"
And he said, as though to speak
were somehow comforting: "Mary's
right. Father-did it, you know.
I've known that since the day they
came here to search the house.
Inspector Irons went up to my room,
and he found this lock box under my
couch. A fellow out West gave me
an old revolver once, a sort of relic.
It hadn't any cartridges in it, but I
kept it hidden in that box, locked
away, because mother hates guns.
But someone had broken the box
open and the gun was gone; and
father was the only one who knew
where it was. That scared me, so
/ told the Inspector that I kept
reels and things in the box, told him
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09

traces of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash from the soil.
"Starch also exists in linitless
quantities from fast-growing crops
such as sweet potatoes" DIR. Whit
more continued. ''The Department
of Agriculture has already placed
this preparation of starch on semi
commercial basis.
"Great varieties of vegetable oils,
such as cottonseed oil, peanut oil
and tung oil, exist in imitless sup
plies. The tung groves are reaching
the bearing stage in many parts of
the South. A nation which is grow
ing must constantly have new from
tiers. Physical frontiers are gone,
but chemical frontiers remain to
challenge the United States"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09
Tvotite Recipe
on THE Mek~
COCONUT CAKE

I cup Of butter u teaspoon soda
ia cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking
3 egg yolks powder
l cup coconut "a teaspoon salt
3 cups cake -four / cup orange juice
u teaspoon vanilla 3 egg whites
teaspoon orange
extract
Cream shortening thoroughly.
Add sugar gradually. Add well
beaten egg yolks, then coconut.
Sift flour; measure, add soda, bak-
ing powder, and salt, and sift
three times. Add to first mixture
alternately with orange juice. Add
extracts. Fold in stif1y beaten
egg whites last. Bake in two nine
inch layer cake pans 80 minutes
at 375 degrees. Frost with boiled
frosting.
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CHAPTER V-Continued
p.

90 we mlgNt as well make
friends with the other kind. Marry
them!" Mary repeated defiantly,
eyes, marry them!" Mrs. Sentry
stood up quickly; but Mary cried:
Don't! Don't say anything! I
thought you might wish me luck,
but you only stare!"
Linda urged, ''But Mary, your real
friends
Mary laughed, almost tolerantly.
"You're so young, Linda. Maybe
you love Phil. And maybe you don't
feel as Neil did. Oh, I don't blame
him! He couldn't marry murder
er's daughter"
Mrs. Sentry whispered something,
but Mary said in reckless cruelty:
"Oh, he did it, mother! You'll know,
sooner or later. Coming back from
Southampton last August, I met Is
abel Hedges in New York. You
don't know her, but she knew father
by sight, and she told me she had
seen you and him at hotel in
New Jersey; kept exclaiming about
how young you looked! Trying to
get rise out of me, but L"
Mrs. Sentry's ears were ringing
as though from physical blow, so
that for a moment she heard moth
ing. Then Mary's words penetrated
her consciousness again.
''Maybe he'll wriggle out Of it!
The police may not find out about
that. But I won't be made to testi-
fy' about it. I'm going away!"
Mrs. Sentry did not protest. She
only murmured, "Where?"
yachting in the Caribbean"
Mary added contemptuously, "They
can't serve a summons on me
there!"
"Yachting?"
"Jimmy Endle's taking me-"
''Mr. Endle?"
Mary laughed. "Don't be a par
rot! And don't sound so shocked,
mother. It's perfectly respectable.
We're sailing at midnight. Jimmy's
waiting for me outside; and his
captain will marry us as soon as
we're at sea-"
No one spoke. She added, in
shaken tones suddenly pitiful, "But
Il wanted you to know where I'd
gone"
Mrs. Sentry, at last, spoke stead
lily enough. you're a grown wom-
an, Mary" she said. "You must
do as you decide" She rose. 'Try
to be happy, DEAR" she said, and
kissed her daughter. "Now may
help you pack?" she asked.
'I'm not taking anything, just 60
ing as I am" the girl said. She
added, almost appealingly, "Jim-
my's outside, mother"
'rm sorry. Mary. I-can't see
him."
Mary nodded in curt defiance.
"All right. Then that's all! Good
byl" She went out into the hall.
They heard the front door close.
Tires rolled away.
When Mary was gone, Mrs. Sem
try looked at Phil with bleak eyes,
and at Linda; she turned then, with
out speaking, to face the hearth
where logs were blazing. Phil start
ed toward her, but Linda touched
his arm, caught his eye, shook her
head. Then they heard someone
come softly down the stairs; Bar
bara, woolly bathrobe warm and
soft over her night garments. She
stood in the doorway, her eyes
clouded as though she had been
asleep; and after a moment she
asked:
''Who was that? I thought it was
Mary? Where is she?"
Phil saw his mothers shoulders
move in a long shudder,. as cold
dog shivers to keep warm; she hest
tated, spoke then to her son.
Good night, Phil" she said.
'Linda-Good night" She turned to
her daughter. Barbara, come up
stairs. I'll tell you."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09
Strength of Hair

Dark hair is much stronger than
light hair. Experiments show that
a single dark hair could suspend a
weight of four ounces. Fair hair
will give way at weights varying
according to the tint. Golden hair
will support nothing more than two
ounces, brown hair will hold up
three, and dark brown hair an extra
half-ounce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-09
Pattern 6128.

Want some color interest for
your room? Then embroider this
CHEEKY sampler. 1t is in easy
cross stitch with the flowers in
other simple stitches. Pattern 6128
contains a transfer pattern of a
panel 11A by Is inches; color
chart and key; materials needed;
illustrations of stitches.
To obtain this pattern, send IS
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, 259 w. 14th
ST., New York City.
Please write your name, ad-
dress and pattern number plainly.
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One Tear

It will afford sweeter happiness
in the hour of death to have wiped
away one tear from the cheek Of
sorrow than to have ruled an en-
pire, to have conquered millions
or enslaved the world. - Ecce
Deus.
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Just Modestv

A just and reasonable modesty
does not only recommend elo-
quence, but sets off every great
talent which a man can be pos
sessed of.-Addison.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
Here's a Rule
For Getting
Pictures
Say Something if
You Want Stars
Photo Free.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
This is for people who collect movie
stars pictures:
You can get them free OF charge If
you'll remember a very simple rule
say something In your letter
Between 100000 and 100000 letters
month are written to movie players
and most of them say something like,
II enjoyed your last picture and will
you please send me an autographed
picture?
Studio fan mail departments, says
Peyton Watkins. who runs one of
them, don't get much Of a thrill out
of such letters. But when they get
notes that contain some comment or
criticism or suggestion, the fan-mail-
ers unbend and send the writer free
photo of their favorite.
Only about IS per cent of the 5000
letters we get here at Goth Century
every month say something" Wat
kins declared ITO those who write
good letters, we send free pictures.
We think it's worthwhile"
Only about l per cent Of the first
time please send photo" writ
ers inclose the necessary dime to pay
for the photo they request To them,
the studios mail little thank-you
card giving the prices of movie pic
lures. They are 10 cents and, for
larger ones, a quarter. But you also
can buy hand-tinted II by las Of any
star from Gable to Rex. king of the
wild horses, for $3 Watkins says
sales Of the latter are regrettably
small,