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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31
. STORIES
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Deoth of Magellan ln the Philippines

TRAGEDY trailed Ferdinand X Magellan across the vast Pa- cific as he sailed from Tierra del Euego to the Philippines during the early months of 1891. The explorers had no fresh provisions, little water (and that bad), and putrid biscuit, Scurvy ravaged the entire crew, and at last men turned. to eating OK hides and saw- dust, and even rats.
 The torture lasted e8 days across the Pacific, which Magel- Ian named on that trip, until at last the fleet sighted the Ladrones and landed at what Is now be- lieved to be Guam. Here the out. fit rested, watered, obtained food. A few days later, March 10, the fleet sighted the Philippines.
 On April 7'the squadron ar- rived finally at Cebu, In the heart of the Philippines, and here Ma- gellan found warm reception from the native sovereign. But it proved a treacherous welcome. Undertaking to conquer the neigh- boring island of Mactan for the Catholic faith and for the scver. eign, Magellan was killed by the natives April 27, 1891. Later the King of Cebu murdered other members of Magellan's party.
 Burning one of the three re- maining vessels, the survivors escaped from the island to the Moluccas. Only 3i men eventually returned to Seville with the news that Magellan had circurnnavi- gated the globe, had accomplished what Columbus had set out to do --link west Europe with east Asia by ocean route.
 Magellan, landing In the Phil. ippines, Is shown here on . 1885 Philippine stamp.
 tCopyright. 1888. NsA Service. Ine.b
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31

reeley yawned. "Well, 60 ahead and have your fun. But let me get some sleep" The detective politely opened his door again. "Kiow's Myrna these daysq"
 Talt caught his breath, wonder ing if Feeley knew that Myrna had disappeared. He took Q long chance. "Fine, Dannie." He felt like a heel, saying that - but he consoled himself with the thought that If Dannie knew that Myrna wasn't sleeping peacefully ct the Claremont then Dannie Feeley himself wouldn't sleep the rest of the night.
 At 2:4S next day Tait stood in front of the Paciflc-P Plaza. He was on edge and worried, A telephone call to Anne Lester had revealed that no word had been received from Myrna since last he had tele- phones. And Tait wondered If Weeks, the musician, would really appear. If he didn't
 "Well, Mir. Taitl"
 The newspaper photographer turned to see Dannie Feeley, Q fiow- CT in his lapel, Perhaps you don't remember me, Mir. Tait. My name Is Farnsworth Elliott Farnsworth, the song publisher"
 "Of course remember you" Tait said, grinning in spite of him- self. Let's go inside and see if our genius is standing by the Number 1 elevator"
 Side by side the pair went into the luxurious lobby of the Pacific Plaza, steered themselves directly toward the bank of elevators. Surely enough, there stood by the fourth elevator tall, cadaverous- looking fellow whose clothes were out of keeping with the we'll groomed lobby and its prosperous looking occupants.
 "There's our man." Feeley whis- pered.
 "Take it easy" Bob Tait said out of the side of his mouth, "Re- lmemher, you are song publisher. not c dick. Don't whip out your handcuffs yet"
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31
.FIREMEN RESPOND
 TO FOUR ALARMS

Firemen answ6red four alarms yesterday, extinguishing two brush fires, an automobile fire and Q cel- lar fire.
 A car owned by Mrs. Armand Cicchetti caught fire at 6 o'clock yesterday morning in the rear of 760 Watertown avenue. A short circuit apparently caused the blaze,
 At ii:l4 c brush fire on Circuit avenue was put out. At i2:27 ?. m, firemen went to the home of Patsy Guerrero, 27 Haase street. where . small cellar fire was extinguished.
 A threatening brush fire near the Connecticut Lumber Go. yard on Highland avenue was queiied after Q hard fight early last night. Some old lumber was destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31

~YoO become a song publisher and interview Mir. Weeks.s
 Reeley r,lmpled his thinning hair. why don't you be the sonl puhllshere"
 There's the chance that Mir Weeks may know me, and know that I'm the manager of ThV Swingateers. Remembering a cer' tain night in the Millhay district I think it's Q good chance, too So I'll go along with you and pre-. tend I'm interested because mN band win introduce and plug tho song that you select to publish"
 "okay, Bob. I've been every thing else, might as well try act ing Q song publisher. Got any idea how they acte"
 Sure. They act dumb = like .
 detective" Tait laughed. "Yot won't have any trouble"
 "Get out of here" Feeley roared. And I'll meet you in front of the main entrance of the Paciflc-Plasa at @ quarter until $ tomorrow"
 '0oodl" Tait said. "By the way, dld you have Nelda Star watchedp'
 Feeley nodded. Mike Dunphy'S been watching her. She stayed in her apartment after you left her apparently, and then about 10 o'clock tonight she went down tc the Golden Bowl, Mike 'phone6 me from there. I told him to stick with her"
 "was Rogers with here"
 "No. He may have gone after you left - or he may still be in the apartment. Mike had one of hi' men stick around to see if Rogers came out where he went Il he did come out. I haven't heard from him, so I guess there's noth- ing on that"
 Tait pulled Q magazine from his pocket, T don't know whether its anything or not, Dannie = but look at this"
 It was the reprint comics maga- zine which Tait had picked up in Nelda Starr's apartment. Thanks" Dannie said, T like comics"
 Listen, Mir. Feeley, look at that advertisement on the back"
 Dannie looked. It was the ad- vertisement of e novelty company in Minneapolis. It offered anc illustrated at least two dozen odds and ends appealing to boys, Plans for auto racers, X-ray boxes ehameleons, turtles, Q book or 'ventriloquism, invisible ink. Dan- nie grinned. "Yeah. used tc send for Q lot of stuff like this when I was kid. Once I got q chameleon. I put it on the linoleum in our kitchen. It was eheckered linoleum and the alarmed thing died trying to make good"
 That's an old joke, Dannie. Look down there in the lower left-hand corner"
 Feeley looked. Then he raised his eyes to Tait's. Well, what do you know about that9"
 T don't know anything about 1t yet. But I do know 1t adver- tises e gadget to make 6 noise like e cats cry. You put 1t in your pocket, squeeze 1t, and have fun with your friends and your dog. But I wonder if maybe 1t might be used for something else"
 "You're dreaming, Bob. This nutty musician, with his obsession about Q song called The Cats Meow. might get one of these things If he figured to do some murder. But Rogers or this Starr girl aren't crazy. It's just CO., Incidence"
 T suppose so. But the thing Interests me enough so that I'm going to wire that outfit and ask them to tell me the names of the people who'Bve ordered that gadget rom this town in the last two nonths."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31
CRANlUM CRACKERS

Having nothing better to do. two saturnine eIecfFiciang who found tlemoeIyes stranded ir the capital cf Ecuador set out to figure the WattaRe of the continuous electric current they were using. with the aid of their knowledge of the volt nNb and fte ampera9e. x
 What kind of men were lll4 elecs IFIeians. Hi1aE city were they ~ and heR e|d i'ley azTiKe nt il'e ~s''age7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31
CAST or CmARAcrERs

MxRNA DoasBEx = heroine. wife ee aAe sensational swing band leader ROBERT TAHT - hero. News. paper photographer ANNE LESTER = NEyrnas clos est friend. DANNTE FEELEY - oiIacer as- signed Co investigate Ludden Dombey's murder.
 
 Yesterdays The newspaper ad TAlt runs Is answered. A mes. uonger brings the answer to Tait's rooms Feverishly, he wonders ie it contains Myrna's freedom, solves Che murder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-31
. sERAL ST0RY
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09

has sweated in mosquito-infested
marshes. He has the soft voice, the
Clipped speech of the Indian and the
o.d-time mountain man and plains
| man.
His writings, including articles for
leading magazines and for scientific
journals, have won him the degree
of Doctor of Science. But what he
knows of wildlife was learned by liv-
ing close to wild things, not in lab
Oratories and libraries.
Bill Finley has lectufed UP and
down the country for twenty-five sea-
sons. He has been an ardent evan
gelist in the cause of wildlife restora-
ton and three federal bird sanctuar-
les and a number of state refugees
in Oregon owe their existence in a
erge measure to his persistent agi-
tation.
He was one of the first to be ap-
board drawing up regulations under
the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty
Act.
Bill Finley is one of the most active
leaders in the General Wildlife Fede-
ration, sponsoring National Wildlife
Restoration Week, March 20 to 26.
He is vice-president of the Federal
and regional director for Oregon,
Washington and Alaska He is also
a vice7president of the Izaak Walton
League.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09
SPY SCARE IS NOT
ANYTHING SERIOUS
Agents of Foreign Govern
ments Can Learn Little
Here That Has Value
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, March Il is not
much to, the credit of the American
ense of humor that so much after
ion is paid to recent accounts of the
octivity of foreign spies in our midst.
1t is news, of course, thct our Omen
ave made a batch of arrests on es-
0lonage charges of late. It is a rather
colorful story, in fact, especially the
circumstance that beautiful WON
an is one of the suspects. Oh yes, it
makes interesting reading. But that
anyone should take it seriously
hats too funny
The alleged spies intentions may
have been bad, to be sure. Perhaps
they should be sent to Alcatraz on
that ground. Or perhaps they should
be penalized for obtaining money in
der false pretenses from their en-
Dloyers. However, the notion that any
of them ever obtained teaspoontul
of worthwhile American army or navv
information for the benetlt OF uncle
Sans potentional overseas enemies is
laughaLle.
Strains Imagination.
Fart Of the yarn is to the effect that
the plotters tried to lay hands on
bunch of Yankee passport blanks, to
facilitate the operations of confeder-
ates abroad. If that is true, it was an
offense, certainly.
The charge also is made that the
.onsnirators planned to murder an
American army officer to gain pos
session of secret documents he was
s,Innosed to be carrying about with
him. That, likewise, if proved, would
be bad business, involving interna-
tional complications. But prove It'll
or that any foreign government sane
toned it,
This reported plot obviously was Of
German origin supposing that there
was such plot.
Is any one so cuckoo as to believe
that the Hitler regime approved pro
gram calling for the killing of an
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09

American army officer in New York,
to rob him of secret papers? One may
disapprove of Hitlerism all he pleases,
but he strains the Imagination to
think of it as that Grass.
What a Stipend!
True, it may be argued that Hitler
did not suggest the matter; that it
was the scheme, not of Berlin, but oe
Berlin's individual spies in this coun-
try.
Well, according to our G-Men's YER
sion, who was Germany's chief spy9
Why, he was getting from his prin-
cipals (this, again. is according to the
G-Men's> account) $50 monthly.
A fine stipend for a spy of any con
sequence!
Their Secrets"
Furthermore, where do spies get
their information?
We have one of them now Ca
cashiered American navy officer) do
ing time in federal prison for selling
information to Japan.
His defense was that all the infol-
nation he purveyed was acquired by a
perusal of publications available to
dIly one \SUCu DIS CdLc
Ships periodical for sale to any one
willing to pay for it-as open as
who's Who" to the general public).
This ex-officer read it intelligently,
as an expert, assimilated it and dish
ed it up in pre-digested form to ia
pan, which was willing to pay for his
Interpretation.
He may have been blameworthy but
he betrayed no secrets-for he had
:lone.
Every important embassy or legs.-
ton in Washington has a military
and naval observer.
This chap is licensed spy.
He doesn't snoop, but he mixes with
our army and navy men. He tells, pro.
fessionally at his club, what he has
to tell, in exchange for what his AM
erican associates have to tell to him
There's little secrecy about it, There
is not indeed, much to be kept secret.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09

sportsmen and expert photographers
studied the Finley methods they dis
covered that the secret was, after all,
simple.
Plenty of patience, in stalking and
waiting. Plenty Of understanding
and gentleness in winning the conf
dence of their wild subjects.
From Alaska, and the desolate is
lands of the Boring Sea, to wave
washed sand-spits in the Gulf of
Mexico, Bill Finley has braved all
kinds of weather in his camera hunt
ing. He has scaled the highest peaks
in the Rockies and Cascades. He
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09
You can't tame a porcupine-"

You can't tame porcupine-"
You can't tame a wildcat"
Bill Finley has heard a lot of re-
marks like these about wild Great
mes. and there is never time when
some "untamable" animal is not
star boarder in the Finley household.
It was more than thirty years ago
that NJ. and Mrs. Finley began their
long series Of adventurous hunting
trims with the camera. At first,
great many people believed that some
Of the remarkable pictures the Fin
levs took were faxed" in some way
or other. But as naturalists and
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-09

There are not half dozen true rel
flowers, while there are hundreds Of
blue and yellow.
Evening star., 1938-10-24
U. S. FARM COOPERATIVE
OFFICIALS WILL CONFER
Presidents and Secretaries of 12
District Banks to Meet
This Week,

Problems and policies involved in
financing farmers cooperative asso-
Citations will be discussed by the presi-
dents and secretaries of the IL dis
trict banks for co-eperatives of the
Farm Credit Administration, who
gathered here today for a week of con-
ferences.
S. D. Sanders. cooperative bank
commissioner. who will preside at the
conferences, said that recent survey
by the district banks showed that the
membership and business of purchas-
ing co-operatives have more than dou-
bled during the past 10 years. There
are now 15,575 farmers cooperative
associations and mutual companies in
the United States.
These companies gross business, in
cluding wholesale and retail sales,
comes to $2,75O,00O,000 annually, Mr.
Sanders said. He added that nearly
half Of all American farmers are now
marketing farm products or purchas-
ing farm supplies, insurance or farm
business service through cooperative
farmer-owned organizations.
Evening star., 1938-10-24
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FLORAL PARK, N. Y, Oct. "a
Three-year-old Dean Tripp. son Of
Wealthy Wilbur D. Tripp, today was
returned to his home by George
O'Connell. ex-Marine, with whom he
disappeared Saturday, ostensibly on a
shopping trip to New York City.
OConnell, who was taken into Gus
tody as he stepped from an early
morning train at the Floral Park Sta
ton of the Long Island Railroad, was
released hours later after Inspector
Harold King of the Nassau County
detectives had communicated with
the Trips.
Mr.. Tripp requested that no charges
be placed against O'Connell. who. he
told police. would go to Brooklyn for
few days. and hoped the misunder-
standing might be cleared up shortly
and that he and the Trips again
would be happy family.
Federal agents had been called into
the case last night when O'Connell,
who had been befriended by Mr.
Tripp, failed to return to the Trip
home with Dean. Today a Govern
ment man answered a phone call at
the Tripp home shortly before 8 am.
O.Connell was speaking III be
in on the 8:3l train" he said
Police Chief James Humphreys and
Evening star., 1938-10-24
BY HORACE KNOWLES.

When night comes a man needs q
place to 60. If he walks around the
street he may get cold and weak and
fall over. He will Gle then. In jail it..
warm. with warm food and clothing
and tobacco.
Such were the thoughts today OF
Walter Byron, one Of the "old meh'
who, at the beginning of cold weather
every year, hurry to that focal point OF
all the ills of society-the Police Court
A dark red beard covered his face
and his clothes long since had taken
the last patch they could stand. A
ragged cap, its bill sagging and worn
was on his head.
In the cell block awaiting his turn
in court the 64-year- -old native Wash
ingtonian talked about the things a
man needs in the cold In the sum-
mer it is all right, but in the winter
it is hard
I've been a farmer most of my
life. but can do millwork, too ]
been shucking corn and travelling
around between here and Maryland
working on anything could get.
Il can take to the woods when its
warm. 1 growed my beard to keer
the mosquitoes and fles off my face
would shave it of now. but I don't
have any money I'll get it shaved
when I 60 to tail.
Il don't care what I'm charged
with here. don't care as long as J
60 where it's warm and I can get some
tobacco.
Evening star., 1938-10-24
ETCHINGS AND PRINTS
IN TRAVELLING EXHIBIT
Director of W. P. A. Federal Arts
Projects Announces Plans
for Next Month,

Selected from a group Of more than
200 etchings, Autographs. and other
prints now on display at the National
Museum, q travelling exhibition of so
will be released for circulation
throughout the country beginning
early next month.
This was announced by Holger Ca.
hill, director Of the W. P. A. Federal
Art Project. who explained the exhi-
bition will be loaned free to museums
and art centers, and other public in
stitutions. Among the first will be
the Des Moines Art Association, Des
Moines. Iowa; the Kalamazoo Insti-
tute Of Art. Kalamazoo, Mich, and
the Denver Museum, Denver, Colo.
Selection of the SO etchings, litho-
graphs and other prints to travel was
made by jury Of three prominent art
authorities: Forbes Watson, special
assistant in the Section of Fine Arts,
Procurement Division, United States
Treasury; Frederick Allen Whiting, jr.,
editor, American Magazine Of Art,
and Prentiss Taylor, we'll known print
maker.
Evening star., 1938-10-24

F. B. I agents, together with Mrs.
Trip, went to the station.
The child, freshly bathed and neatly
dressed, was in the arms Of O'Cornell,
who also appeared to have just been
groomed.
Mr.. Trip met OConnell at Marine
Corps function about 18 months ago
Mr.. Trip also is former marine. He
asked O'Connell to come and make his
home with the Trips and since that
time had acted as a handyman and
guest. His chief duty was to care for
the German shepherd dogs Mr.. Tripp S
24-year-old-wife, Edna, raises.
O'Connell and little Dean became
fast friends. Saturday O'Connell took
the infant to New York. He stopped in
at the fathers Office, on Madison ave-
nue., and left about noon. Neither he
nor the child had been seen since until
today.
Questioned by Chief Humphreys
OConnell said he and the child had
spent the week end at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs L. NJ Golden of New
Gardens. Long Island, friends Of the
Trips.
He said he had tried to phone the
Trips yesterday afternoon. but re-
ceived no answer. Mrs. Tripp told
police the family had been absent for
a time in the afternoon.
O'Connell said he saw nothing un-
| usual in his having stayed away over
the week end. As the ex-marine
handed Dean to his mother she told
him. according to Chief Humphreys,
Don't you ever come back here again" "
As little Dean came within sight of
his home, he shouted, Hello. Daddy
and seemed little concerned with the
excitement he had caused.
Evening star., 1938-10-24
| d. C.. Defenses
Held Weakest
Among Capitals
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Military experts predicted today
Washington would remain the least
fortified Of major capitals Of the
world, despite the administrator
ambitious national defense program.
London, Paris, Berlin, Toxic and
Moscow all are ringed about with
forts and airdromes. In 25-n1ile
radius Of Washington there are Nrtu-
ally no big guns, the only forts are
civil war relics, and troops number
lass than 5000.
The chief South American capitals
are better protected, from . military
viewpoint.
Strategists have recommended no
material local reinforcement. Wash
ington's real defenses are about 200
miles away, at the mouth Of Chesa-
peake Bay. they explained.
There the big guns Of Fort Monroe
frown out between the Capes. Nearby
is Langley Field, Va. base Of the
second Of the three wings Of the
Army's mobile general headquarters
air force.
Beyond, in time Of war, would be
warShips Of the Navy, guarding any
approach from across the 5000 miles
Of the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1938-10-24

I'm the winter night a man needs
some place to 60. You can walk around
for one night, but you get cold and
stiff. If you walk around another night
you might get sti1 and fall over. Then
you'll die. don't have any money
to buy food or any friends.
Have you ever been on relief-the
w. P. A., run by the Government?
he was asked.
Relief? I don't know anything
about that. I've seen these w. P. A.
signs around, but I didn't know
whether they were Government or
contractors or what
Il want to 60 to Occoquan. I was
there about five years ago. They
treated me good. All I want Is a warm
place and something to eat for the
winter.
In the spring 1 will come out and
get work on the farms. Spring plow-
ing will be starting. There will be
work in the tobacco fields. can
take to the woods again"
! In court Pvt. John B. Singleton Of
the Traffic Bureau told Judge Walter
j. Casey that Byron had approached
him Saturday morning with the plea
that he was hungry, without a bed,
and wanted to go to Jail
do you want to 60 down for the
winter" Judge Casey asked the de-
fendant. Immediately realizing his
plight.
Yes. sir"
/ Judge Casey gave him warmth and
shelter until April "a on a charge Of
vagrancy.
Evening star., 1938-10-24
WAR REFERENDUM
VOTE is FORECAST
Sheppard, Foe of Plan, Intends to
Restudy Issue in Light of
World DEVELOPMENTS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Several Senator's expressed belief
today that the next Congress would
have to vote on war referendum pro-
posal.
Representative Ludlow, Democrat. Of
Indiana introduced a bill last year
calling for popular vote before Con-
gress could declare war, unless the
United States were invaded. It was
sidetracked in the House.
Chairman Walsh Democrat, OF
Massachusetts, of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee said he believed
there would be demand for strength
ening Of the Neutrality Act and elm
ination of some of its discretionary
features.
L think the American people are
unalterably opposed to anything that
would lead to war, except in the case
OF INVASION Senator Walsh said.
Chairman Sheppard, Democrat, Of
Texas of the Senate Military Affairs
Committee, who previously opposed
the referendum proposal as impracti-
cal, said he intended to restudy the
question in the light of world develop.
ments.