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it downward, well out of sight. The spring of the wire keeps 1t from slipping down. Then hang the gun by the trigger guard on the hook of the hanger.
 "It was simple to get the gun out, shoot al Torio and return 1t after you had gone downstairs. If I had been caught, I would have said I was merely disposing of a used towel.
 "'But I've been afraid, through some trick of circumstantial evi- dence, that you might try to blame Helen for killing Arnold That is why I chose this way out.
 "'Full control of Aston Motors will revert to Helen. Perhaps she will forgive me, as she has always insisted she already had, for sug- gesting her marriage to Benthorne. I urge her to make some restitu- ton to the girl and boy for the damage Arnold has done them,
 "And by the way, Captain, if this case has given you any head aches, please try those sleeping pills I gave you, You'll find they are just ordinary aspirin. I will have a long, and peaceful sleep now.
 My bank will attest my sigma ture am sound in mind, and know what am writing
 WILLIAM ALSTON.'"
 Dawson was back at the desk in the study when Ara and John en- tered
 How about taking of these bracelets?" Douglas asked, laugh ing
 Dawson smiled at their happi- ness.
 I'll give you the key, Ara, at the City Hall when you're Mrs Douglas. Then, If you're afraid you'll lose him. you can throw away the key" And as they turned to go, he called after them: "You'll find Nick Smith and his cab out front Make him take you down. town." He stepped to the window to watch them go out the front gate, out into the sunshine He smiled again as he saw Douglas kiss his brdie as the taxi sped away
 well, Captain, that winds up an. other one," Flynn said as the front door closed behind them.
 "Yeah," Dawson agreed. "Now maybe I'll get that vacation But you know, Flynn, this one had me puzzled. With this suicide and written confession, we'd never stand e chance in court, but per- sonally, I'm not convinced that Aston killed Arnold Benthorne"
 (THE END)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13
Dawson Finds The Gun


 into the room and Ara and John, still handcuffed, followed. All were watching Dawson as he read Als- tons message. Mrs. Benthorne's sob- ping was the only sound in the room.
 Dawson bent, whispered to Mrs. Benthorne. Her sobblng subsided a little. He cleared his throat,
 "You all are interested in this letter Mir. Aston has left for me. It concerns all of you.
 "'Dear Captain Dawson,'" he read. T trust my decision to solve your case for you will not upset too many of your excellent theories. It was inevitable that you should ultimately reach this final conclusion, and have taken 1t upon myself to anticipate you.
 "'1 killed Arnold Benthorne.
 "Any man who strikes my daugh- ter forfeits his right to live
 Helen's happiness has been my sole aim in life, since her mother died and If killing Ben- thorne will remove cause of un- happiness I am glad I was able to do 1t
 "'It was not difficult, came in the rear entry, went directly to Benthorne's study, killed him and then ran to the rear stairs, l was in the upper hall as Helen went down the front steps
 "'Much of the time was sup posed to be asleep, spent in Ar holds room, directly over the stundy. Your voice and those of the others were easily heard Arnold had special openings just for that purpose -- so I knew far more about the progress of your inves- tigation than you guessed What you did not know, or possibly overlooked, Is that there is com municating bath between Arnold's room and my own That simplified matters considerably. It would have been even easier If could have entered Helen's room by the same route, but her door was al- ways kept locked
 1T chose al Torio as my most likely suspect and tried to fasten suspicion on him by finding one Of his cigarettes in the pasageway. But he had obliged me by carelessly dropping one there himself,
 CT was listening, upstairs, when he started to tell you that he had seen me, so I had to kill him too. l probably would have done the same for the girl Ava -- 1T she had not suggested better way by telling you to look for the gun under Mrs. Benthorne'S mattress. You shouldn't have let her scream that so loudly But you arrived just in time to prevent my putting 1t there.
 "You'Ve been searching all over for the gun that killed Benthorne and di Torio It will be found in my hand with three of Its five shells fired.
 "I had hidden 1t In Q most con- venient location immediately after killed Benthorne The laun- dry chute. Your man didn't find 1t when he searched through the clothes because hung 1t within easy reach inside the chute Even If he had looked up, from the bot tom of the chute, he could not have discovered 1t, unless the door on the second floor were open and paid particular attention that 1t remained closed He might have seen It had he flashed his light up, but I doubt 1t, Anyway, that was one of the chances had to take. You would have found no on 1t, at any rate.
 "'How did I hang 1t therep l thought you might guess when you saw me with the wire clothes hanger in my hand. Simply in- sert the hangar upside down diag- onally in the laundry chute, push
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13
Sports QUESTIONS Answered

Have you a sports question you want answered? Write your queS. tion clearly. sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports Service Bureau. The Waterbury Democrat. 1913 18th street, Wash' ington. D. C.. enclosing a 3'cent postage stamp for personal reply Don't telephone: write as directed
 c, Were the famous race horses, War Admiral and SeabiScuit, both descendants of Man O Warp
 A. Yes: War Admiral is q son 9f Man O War oHt Of the dam Brush Up. and Seabiscuit Is a son Of Hard Tack "a son of Man O War) out ot the dam Swing On.
 e. Was the boxer Sixto Escobai born In Puerto Ricop Why was he named Sixto2
 A. Escobar was born in Barce- lonetta, Puerto Rico, March 23, 1915 He was the sixth child of Jacinto and Adela Escobar, and therefore was named Sixto,
 c. Is there a, rule in the card game. Five Hundred, to prevent player from bidding or raising bid in a suit Of which he docs not hold at least one cardp
 A. No.
 (See our general Question and Answer column on Page O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13
CR ANlUM CRACKERS $
MAKING SENSE

MAKING SENSE
 The following sentences sound a little cockeyed because in each case one of the principal words Is incor- rectly used. In each sentence, sub- stitute the word that was meant for the wrong word In italics,
 1. She made good In the world because she was captious blond.
 2. The tenets of the fly are germ carriers.
 3. The increment was made at Holy Cross cemetery.
 {. A mentor fell in the sky last last night.
 5. Having worked hard all his years, he became redolent in his old age.
 AnaWAra mn Rack paea
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FIRE COMES DOUBLE

TipUon, Cal. CUP)--Bob Coude of Tipton wishes fire would act more like lightning and avoid repeti- ti0n. Coude lost all of his personal belongings. for the second time in two years from a fire that destroyed his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13

Yesterday: Mrs. Benthorne ad- mitS ownership of the cat, eX- plains her actions and the portion of BenthOrne's note mentioning the cat. After she admits quar- reling violently with her husband, Dawson accuses her Of plotting to kill Benthorne. to make it look like suicide. While he traces her possible actions q shot Shatters the stilnesS of the room.
 CHAPTER XNIV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13
CAST OF CHARACTERS

ARNOLD HAWTHORNE = Five persons wished him dead HELEN HAWTHORNE -- His charming young wife WILLIAM ALSTON - Ben- thornc's father-in-law and bus ines associate
 JOEY DI TORIO - Night club owner and gangster. ARA JOHNSON - The mystery girl
 JOHN DOUGLAS-A young min ing engineer, in love with Ara. CAPTAIN DAWSON - A detec. tive who likes to listen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13

Answers on Back Page
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1889, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.

Palm Beach, Fla, March 10.-In-
surance and guarantees are the lat
est American fad. The demand for
old pensions, for a "guaranteed'
wage, for unemployment INSURANCE.,
for fixed prices, and the like means
that America has come of age. Our
pioneering days are over. Instead OF
pushing on to new frontiers, our peo--
pie are clamoring for stability and
security. No matter how much we
endorse and underwrite our own fu-
lures, however, we will find that the
only real security is character.
To want security is the most ma
tural of human desires. To believe,
however, that security can be &C.
complished by simply "insurlng
every phase of human activity IS
tragic A security program is only as
strong as the character of its admin
istrators and the adequacy of its re-
sources. Moreover, history teaches
that government insurance is not
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Underwater Co.
Again Lowers
Power Rates

Raleigh, March 10.-(AP)-Util-
tiles Commissioner Stanley Win
borne announced today the Tide
water Power Company had agreed
to reduction of $6f 900 annually in
residential and commercial electric
rates in its territory.
The new rates are effective for
April Is meter readings, he said, and
following negotiations began early
in January He broke down the saw
ings as follows, on a yearly basis:
Residential for New Hanover
county, $4,000; commercial for New
Hanover, $4,000; residential outside
New Hanover county, S24, 500; COM
mercial outside, $4,000.
In February, 1888, he said, the
company made a reduction of about
$4,000.
''The commercial rates heretofore
have had a demand charge" he said.
''This has been eliminated except
where customers guarantee con-
sumption of 25 kilowatt hours per
month, in which case he gets still
lower energy rates and pays the de-
mand."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Noted Badman Dies
In Arkansas Pen

Tucker Prison Farm, Ark, March
1O.-(AP)-Joseph B. (Smokey Joe)
Anderson, 81, confessed slayer of
four men, died in the electric chair
at dawn today for murder of which
he steadfastly maintained innocence.
William Roberts and T. M. McDer-
mott, of the Wayne county, Michigan
(Detroit). sheriff'sD office, reported
Anderson confessed just before he
started to the death house that he
fatally shot Robert A. Moulch, De-
troit salesman, II miles out Of that
city last summer.
Officers said Anderson, also known
as Buford Goad, had previously adj
mitted killing three other men, but
denied he was responsible in the
case in which he was convicted. This
was the Staying Of Eldon Cooley, 26,
grocery chain official of Hot Springs,
Ark, who was abducted, beaten and
robbed of nearly $500 last Septem-
Der 8. Cooley's nude body was found
the next day in ravine.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
FDR Envoy
AtCrowning
0fNewPope
First Time In History
American President
Has Been Represent
ed; Kennedy Named

Vatican City, March 1O.-(AP)-
For the first time president of the
United States will be represented Of
ficially ut the browning of a pope
when Pins XII on Sunday receives
his triple tiara amid s~~nes Of
medieval srlendor on the Loggia of
st. Peters hasilica.
The American ambaccador to Lon
don, Joseph P. KENNEDY, is due in
Rome tomorrowsas the official Amer
lean representative at the ceremony,
which is expected to draw the lar
gest popular crowds ever assembled
in the Eternal City.
Vatican authorities expect more
than 100000 persons to jam ST.
Peters piazza and open spaces be-
yond to Witnessathe coronation. 45,-
900 may sit or stand inside the
vast church throughout the five-hour
pontifical mass preceding the corona
ton 1t will be the first time in near
ly 100 years that a pope has been
crowned outside st. Peters. The late
Plus XI was crowned inside the
basilica, but after the Lateran accord,
by which Italy and the Vatican re-
conciled their differences, he made
his first appearance.
The coronation will be broadcast
to the world, also for the first time.
Former King Alfonso XIII of
Spain may attend.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Big Tobacco
Industry Is
ToBeProbed
~N
Justice Department
Reveals Plans f or
Start of Investigation
Into Operation To De-
termine Monopoly
Status

Washington, March 1.-(AP)-
Justice Department officials said to-
day that an investigation of the one
billion dollar tobacco industry will
be started within two weeks to de-
termine whether the antitrust laws
have been violated. Identification Of
the tobacco industry is Wide-flung.
Tobacco is raised on about 100000
farms in the United States. Produc-
ton is concentrated mainly in North
Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, New
Jersey and California.
Statistics in the possession of the
Justice Department indicate that to-
bacco provides the South Atlantic
States with an agricultural income
greater than cotton and that it ranks
first in other important farming
areas.
Justice Department officials de-
clined to say what procedure would
be followed in the inquiry. 1t was
understood the antitrust division
has been giving close attention to a
full report on the tobacco industry
prepared by the NRA in 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Exemptions Sought
By College Groups
From Security Tax
Fraternity Men Claim
1t Will Help Many
Young Men To Get
College C urs e s.;
State FILA Charges
Under Study; Bone
Favors War Referen-
dunn

Washington, March 1O.-(AP)-
Undergraduate spokesman for a
claimed total of 100000 college stu
dents asked Congress today to ex-
empt student employees of fratern-
tiles and educational institutions from
social security payroll tax.
w. w. Stifler, Jr., Amherst Col
lege student, representing fraternity
business managers, presented a brief
to the House Ways and Means Com
mittee asserting that such an eX-
emption would help poor students
get college education, which Sin
itself is the best security in old age"
Stifler's brief asserted poll con-
Quoted by the Amherst College stu
dent newspaper showed that "a col
legeS in 20 states, with an enrolment
of more than 100000 students, favor
ed the proposal.
Other developments:
North Carolina members of Con-
gress considered a personal state
ment by J. l.. Suffer, director of the
Federal Housing Administration in
the State, in behalf of his manage
ment of the office in Greensboro.
Suffer called individually members
of the delegation yesterday to dis
cuss a controversy which has arisen
over whether the State has received
full benefits under the insured home
loan program.
Senator Bone, Democrat, Washing
ton, asserted that mo force stands
between the man in the White House
and plunging this country into a
bloody war" Because of that, he said,
the people should vote on any de-
claration of war. Bone, arguing be-
fore the Senate Naval Committee
in behalf of proposed war referen-
dun amendment to the Constitution,
declared that the legislative branch
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
VIM. 7. Clark,
Tobaccopist,
Dies At II

Wilson, March 10.-(AP)-Wil-
liam Thomas Clark, president OF the
w. T. Clark Tobacco Company, here
and twice president Of the Tobacco
Association of the United States,
died late last night in a Hot Springs
Ark, hospital of influenza and pneu-
monia. He became i'll Sunday.
Clark was born at Pittsylvania,
near Chatham, Va, December 4,
1867. He was educated at Lynch
burg, Va, and at the age of 16 be-
gan work for a Lynchburg tobacco
company.
He came to Wilson 38 years ago,
and shortly afterwards formed the
w. T. Clark Company, one of the
largest independent dealers in leaf
tobacco. He was formerly chair
man Of the Wilson County Board of
Commissioners and was active in
trade and civic organizations.
Clark served as president of the
Tobacco Association Of the United
States in 1884 and 1885. He was a
director of the organization when he
died.
Survivors include the widow,
formerly Miss Mary Howard, OF
Tarboro, and one daughter, Mrs
Dave Woodland, OF Wilson.
Funeral services will be held
from the home Sunday faternoon al
$3.50 o'clock and will be conducted
by Rev. E. c. Lynch, pastor of the
Presbyterian church. Interment will
be in Maplewood cemetery here.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
$9O,OOOSu1
In Budget Is
Kept There
Appropriations f o r
Various Departments
Approved as Contain
ed in Bill; Senate
Takes Up Revenue
Bill on First Passage
of Measure

Raleigh, March 10-(AP)-The
House, by a decisive vote, 70 to %
refused today to boost the 100000 a
year figure for State advertising as
contained in the biennial appropria-
tons bill. Representative Cherry,
of CASTOR, offered an amendment to
make the allotment $115,000 yearly,
and led the fight for it. Before his
proposal was defeated, the repre-
Sentatives as a committee of the
whole rejected on a voice vote an
amendment by Johnson, of Ashe,
to set the figure at 100000 a year.
The representatives earlier had
voted down by a wide margin an
amendment by Mcneil, of Hoke, to
increase funds for the adjutant gen
eral from ST., 121 each year to $88,
SIG for 1939-40 and $4,000 for
194O-41.
The solons approved without
change the allotmentS in the APP
preparations bill for the Utilities
Labor Department, Industrial Com
mission and Conservation and De-
velopment Department.
Representatives Finch of Bun
conlbe, Kinney of Pennsylvania,
Tompkins of Jackson, Clegg of
Moore and Bryson- Of Swain made
| vigorous pleas for more money to
advertise the State.
Null, of Cleveland, Ross of Ran
dolph, Roper of Lincoln and Stone
of Rockingham led the opposition.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Security Program Might
In End Confiscate Wages
Americas Latest Fad Leading in That Direc-
ton; Social Security Reserve Fund Myth AS
Money Is Spent as Fast as 1t Is Received

worth the paper it is written on when
based on a flat rate from which every
one benefits equally, irrespective of
character.
Consumer Eventually Pays.
Take the social security program,
for example. Under its provisions,
employers are now taxed one per
cent of their payrolls and employees
are contributing a like amount. In
addition, employers are paying three
per cent for unemployment insur-
ance. These taxes are scheduled to
increase until 1949 when employers
will be paying six per cent and en-
ployees three per cent, or more. This
will represent a six per cent excise
tax on employers payrolls and a
three per cent income tax on every
gainfully employed worker.
Naturally, this nine per cent tax
must be added to the cost of goods.
Therefore, it will eventually be paio
as all taxes are-by the consumer
The current five per cent tax is al
Continued on Page TWO)
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Found In
Gas Station Ruins
Finally Identified

Raleigh, March 10.-(AP)-
Coroner Roy Banks today said
skeleton found in the ruins of
filling station fire near hs-~ was
that of Acknowledgements, of
WadesbOrO. He said he was I'M
certain whether to conduct an
inquest and continued his inveS-
tigatiOn into the blaze on the
Raleigh Rocky Mount highway
near here early today.
Banks said Thompson had
been in this section for two
months and was employed at
the station.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete pending word from re-
lativeS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Students At
Pitt Protest
Sutherland

Pittsburgh, Pa, March 10.-(AP)
A noisy crowd of students staged
q demonstration at the University OF
Pittsburgh today against the resig-
nation Of "Jock" Sutherland, foot
ball coach.
About so from the dental and en-
gineering departments paraded
about the campus, and edged into
class rooms yelling for recruits to
join. They picked up about 200 sup
porters. Signs were carried read
ing: WANTED: Sparetime Football
Coach, Must Be Stooge;" SIS The
Panther Dead?" and To-day we
strike for the glory of Pitt.
A majority of classes remained in
session. DR.. James Charlesworth,
39-year-old professor, led counter
movement with his fists that sent
demonstrators fleeing from his po-
litical science class room. One desk
was upset in 1.-THE melee, and DR..
Charlesworth broke his blasses A
Continued on Page Eight)
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Brenau College Is
Offering $500 For
Lost Colony Stone

EdentOn, March 1O.-(AP)-
DIR. III. ]. Pearce, president of
Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga,
has offered $500 reward for
stone which he hopes will clear
up a 35C-year-Old mystery of the
Lost Colony of Roanoke.
DIR. Pearce, an announcement
here said, made the offer as an
incentive to ChOWan county
residents to keep an eye opened
for the stone mentioned on an
other stone found last year and
now at Brenau College. 1t is be-
lieved to be somewhere on the
banks Of the ChOwan river near
here.
The stone found last year on
the river bank contained a terse
message telling of the hardShipS
the cOlOnistS experienced when
supplies from England failed to
reach them in 1885.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Roosevelt To Ask
Again For Further
Huge Relief Grant
Would Ban Over
Gallon of Liquor

Raleigh, March 10.-(AP)-
House Judiciary Committee No.
2 reported favorably today a bill
to make possession off more than
one gallon of whisky in a dry
county prima facie evidence OF
possession for sale. The measure
was a substitute for the Quinn
bill to prohibit transportation Of
whisky into dry counties.
AS amended, the bill aims at
the importation into dry counties
of wholesale lots of liquor for
sale, but permits an individual
to transport four quarts of legal
liquor.
Records of shipments of Ii
quOr are required to be filed by
manufacturers and importers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Madrid Reds
Smashed By
Miaja Force
Tanks Run Rough
shod Over "Die-Hard"
Forces in Eastern Part
of Capital; Many Sur
render

Madrid, March 10.-(AP)-Me-
chanized army units summoned to
the aid of General Miaja's govern
ment today smashed their way with
tanks into Plaza Manuel Becarra,
strategic square on the east side of
Madrid, crushing communist revolt
ers in their path. There was no in
dication Immediately of the number
of casualties, but it was announced
officially that $4,000 rebellious SOL
diers had surrendered since yester-
day.
Miaja's supporters said they had
uprooted ''most of the communist
nests" which had been holding out,
including the hiding places Of COM
munist snipers who had been firing
at the approach of loyalist troops.
Apparently the only means of de-
termining the size of the uprising
Continued on Page lTWo)
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Hunt Votes
For Diverting
Road Funds
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
~ JENRV VERTTT
BY HE

Raleigh, March 10.-Those who
keep records of politicians with
view to using these records in the
future are carefully coming the
roll call vote which anti-diversion-
lists finally forced in the house yes
terday and which resulted in their
being really crushed" 60 to az,
On that roll call
Chief interest of these record COM
pliers is to pick out of the list OF
those voting for the diversion OF ST.
100000 the names of those who had
pledged themselves, some of them
in writing, to vote otherwise. Those
records, it's minated, will rise in
the future to plague those who per-
formed completed flip-flops between
Continued on Page Two)
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0OON O1OOA1 x IL IL L - L
Congressional Cele-
bration in Wash
ington was embod-
led in the totalita-
r i a n governments
super resentment
at the suggestion
that Nazi-ism and
FasciSm, far from
being anything new
simply are .rever-
sions of the dark
ages, or even the
pre-dark ages. Ber-
lin and Rome are
prepared for at
tackc On their re-
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spective present system; they take
the position that said systems are
so young and original as not yet to
be understood here or in other
democratic countries. But it makes
'em boil to have it intimated that
they're mere copy-cats from the
Continued on Page F'iVe)