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ESTABLISHED 1661 VOL Lfll NO. 219
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUr, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1935
★ TWEMY-E1GHT PACES PRICE THREE CENTS
Slayers Of Ball
Player, Koenecke,
Will Be Released
Pilot William J. Mulqueeney and Aviator Irwin Davis
Will Be Exonerated of Any Criminal Act in
Killing of Baseball Player '
Toronto, Ont., September 18 — (UP) — The Attorney
General's office announced today that criminal charges
against William Joseph Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis,
American aviators, held in connection with the airplane
death of Len Koenecke, major league baseball player, would
not be pressed and that they will be released on bail.
The flyers will be asked'to tell their story of Koenecke’s
death at an inquest tomorrow night. They jvill be arraigned
formally Friday morning ana tnen
discharged.
The Attorney General, It was ex
plained, Is satisfied that the men
were forced to kill Koenecke, who
was crazed by liquor, in order to
save their own lives.
Still Held In Jail
Kulqueeney and Davis are held
in Jail on manslaughter charges.
The amount of. bail to be asked
was not revealed. It was indicated
the men would be released some
time this afternoon.
Koenecke’s father was expected
to come to Toronto toddy from
his ho^ne at Adams, Wisconsin, to
claim the body.
Edward C. Steep, owner of the
plane in which Koenecke was
killed, came here from Detroit
with the Intention of furnishing
the ball asked *Io rtbe aviators re
lease.
POWERFUL WAR
FLEETS GATHER
AT SUEZ CANAL
Most Terrific Battle in
World History It They
Make Attacks
By CLIFFORD L. DAT
(Copyright, 1985, by United Press)
London. Sept. f«^-IUP) — The
bass was being Mid In tho Medi
terranean Sea ytoday for the most
terrible naval warfare In world
history. From the green coasts of
Southern England to the pirate In
fested coast of China British war
ships, from tiny mine laying traw
lers to unslnkable floating fortresses
are steamed to the ancient ocean
which has been a theater of naval
warfare since the Achaeans be
sieged Troy. The Italian navy Is
massed on either side of the long
peninsula that lies between the
Tyrrhenean and Adriatic seats and
stretches down toward Africa.
The French fleet — built year
after year to outfight the Italian
fleet — is In the Mediterranean
and Atlantic. Reports from Paris
Indicate more and more strongly
that In event of war the French
fleet would be on Britain's side. It
Includes ships that match Italy’s
In speed, and partclularly the De
stroyed Terrible, world's fastest,
which has made 45.08 knots.
Take Their Positions
On the African and European
coasts, soldiers, airplanes, heavy
artillery, are taking their position.
Because the Mediterranean Is
narrow and Is bounded by three
continents any big scale warfare
would involve engines of destruc
tion which never have been com
bined.
Of the British fleet, latest re
ports placed three battleships, two
battle cruisers, three aircraft car
riers, nine cruisers, six submarines,
(Continued on Page 4.)
FOUND DEAD OF (JAS
New Britain, Conn., Sept. 18 —
(UP)—Mrs. Alice Swanson. 72,‘
Jamestown, N. Y., was found dead
from illuminating gas fumes In a
hotel room here today. The medical
examiner said he believed she turn
ed a gas jet on accidently, mistak
ing it for an electrical fixture. Mrs.
Swanson had been staying here
with a* son, Arnold, a travelling
salesman..
i
Paul Harrison
in New Orleans
YOUR favorite New
York columnist, whose
“In New York” Is famil
iar to WATER Btm Y
DEMOCRAT readers, has
temporarily deserted
Broadway for New Or
leans’ Canal street nn*
eapltol corridors at Baton
Rouge to bring yon re
vealing word-pictures of
the principals In Louisi
ana's exciting political
scmmMe.
No less Interesting than
Huey Long’s own life
story, well-known to
everyone, are the stories
of the members of his In
ner circle, men who coun
seled him, rose to power
and riches. with him,
shielded him. would will
ingly have died for him,
and who now see the
empire they helped to
hulld tottering about
them.
The first of Harrlsou's
authentic and penetrating
articles will be found
ON PACE 28 TJODAY
HUEY LONG, REV7~
C. E. COUGHLIN
ARE DISCUSSED
Conservative Press Forc
ed Their Success Said
Well Known Publisher
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 18.—
(UP)—The conservative press of
America Is responsible for the suc
cess of the Huey Longs and
Father Coughlins, J. David Stern,
Philadelphia newspaper publisher,
told President Roosevelt to-day.
Lack of presentation of the lib
eral side of the picture, he ex
plained, has driven a large sec
tion of the people to seek it where
they can find It.
“That Is the reason," he added,
"why Long and Coughlin were so
popular as radio speakers. They
supplied the wants overlooked by
conservatism."
Chicago as Example
Stern then cited the Chicago
district as an example, pointing to
the Chicago Times as the only
paper presenting llboral argu
ments. The rest he remarked, were
conservative.
"Just as a dog will eat grass it
he la hungry enough, sq will the
American people of liberal ten
dencies appease their appetelte by
following liberal thinkers," he said.
Stern also discussed Pennsylvania
politics with Mr. Roosevelt, pre
dicting that Philadelphia will elect
a democrat mayor this fall. He
said the party was united behind
John Kelly for mayor.
The publisher, a close friend of
the president also touched on the
subject of tire defeat of the pro
posed state constitutional amend
ment. Such an amendment, he said
would have lifted the heavy tax
burden, among other things, on
real estate.
i
DOHENY ESTATE
GOES TO WIDOW
Lob Angeles, Sept. 18—(UP) —
Mrs. Carrie Estelle Dohcny, 60
yeaf-old widow of Edward L. Do
heny, was left his estate, variously
estimated at between seven and 10
millions of dollars, according to
provisions of his will on file for
probate today.
The estate represented one-sixth
of the oil man’s once vast fortune.
Seven years ago he divided his
wealth In thirds, giving one-third
to his wife, another to his daugh
ter-in-law Mrs. Lucy Smith Batt*
son wldo of his slain son; and
keeping the remainder himself.
This portion he divided, giving half
to his grandchildren.
In view of this previous appor
tionment, no provision was made
for Mrs. Battson or his grandchil
dren In the will.
cameronjUct
MADE CITIZEN
Detroit, Sept. 18.— (UP).—Wil
liam J. Cameron, personal repre
sentative and spokesman for Henry
Ford, was a bonaflde American
citizen today after having lived in
this country for 66 years and huv
Ing voted for many years in the
' life ho was a citizen.
Applying for a passport recently
Cameron was Informed that he was
not a citizen. He was granted citi
zenship papers yesterday by Fed
eral Judge Edward J. Molnet.
"I always thought I was a citi
zen,’’ Cameron said. "But when 1
tried to prove It I found I was
wrong.”
Cameron, born In Canada of
Scotch parents, said he believed
his father had become a citizen of
the United States. *
DOCTORS VIEW
NEW CURIOSITY
Chicago, Sept. 18—(UP),—Phy
sicians b?nt over an x-ray machine
today, peered Into the chest of Rob-,
ert Adams, 66, an accountant, and
ranked him among the strangest of
medical curiosities.
Adams' heart beats on the right
side. His nppendtx Is op the left.
Every Important organ Is trans
posed, according to Dr. Charles R
Wiley, who compared him to a
photographic plate which ha* been
reversed, or to the Inverted reflec
tion of a mirror.
The accountant raid he hod no
suspicion of the discrepancy which
has thrust him Into overnight, fame
He went to the hospital fearing
he had appendicitis, but hadn’t.
New German Flag Makes First U. S. Bow
While 2500 members of the crews of three German vessels In New York harbor shouted “Hell!”, the
Naxi swastika was raised ns the German nntlonal cm blcm for the first time. Sailors aboard the S. K.
Bremen arc shown saluting ns the banner, red with u black swastika In a white circle, was unfurled.
When the swastika was tom from the Bremen’s mhst on u prcvloas visit, events leading to Its designa
tion as the German national emblem were set In motion.
Veteran Police Chief
Threatened By Slayer
Slippery John Bey, Hunted for Murder of Conn. Con
stable, Promises to Kill Chief Reardon of Hadley;
Officers Will Get Him Dead or Alive
_u— t —
YOUTHS ARE SENT
TO REFORMATORY
FOR AUTO THEFT
Nine Counts Against Two,
One Charge to Another
of the Trio
Reformatory sentences were Im
posed upon three youths charged
with the series of automobile thefts
In the city In the summer, when
they pleaded' guilty before Judge
Newell Jennings In superior court
today. The youths were accused of
entering garages In the night time
taking out the automobiles, dnlvlng
them to 'the outskirts of the city
ard stripping the machines of ac
cessories. They pleaded guilty to
charges of breaking and entering.
Nine counts were lodged against
Daniel Lltz, 18, and Nicholas Cag
glano, 20, and one count against
Alphonse Confortl
As State's Attorney Lawrence L.
Le .ls explained It, the actual
break In the garages was made by
LIU. The motors of the curs were
started by means of a copper wire,
obtained by Confortl from the fac
tory where he Was employed. Cag
giano. who has only one hand,
drove the cars away.
Many Garages GntcrcJ
A number of prominent persons
in the city had their cars taken
fr-m their garages during the
months of June and July. In a
few cases, the cars were rolled
right by the bedroom window in
which the owner was asleep. Po
lice managed to recover the cars
(Continued on Page 4.)
BROTHER OF HUEY
LONG WILL RUN
Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 18—(UP) —
Dr. George S. Long, Tulsa dentist
and brother of the late Louiaana
CKlngflsh," may be a candidate
for the U. 8. Senate from Okla
homa on Ifucy’s "Share-Our
Wealth” platform, he Indicated
today.
Long, fresh from a brief trip
to Dequeen, Ark, where he spriko
denouncing certain politicians in
Louisiana and charged them with
plotting his brother’s death, said
he planed to go to the stump in
Louisiana to ’’defeat four politi
cians Sen. Long named In a sen
ate speech as plotters against ,hla
life.”
He also Indicated that Rev,
Gerald L. K. Smith, head of th*
Louisiana ”Share-Our-Wealth” or
ganization, would come Into Okla
homa shortly to fill speaking en
gagements.
SWALLOWED POISON
Islington, Conn., Sept. 18.— (UP)
—Sitting on the front porch of his
home late yesterday. lames
O’Brien, 61. a woodchopper, told a
neighbor who stepped to talk w«!h
him that he had swallowed poison.
He died shortly after a doctor wae
summoned. He gave no reaaon
for taking hie life.
Hadley, Mass., Sept, 18.— (UP)
—A reported threat by John Bey
that ho would "get” Frank J.
Reardon, Hadley's veteran police
chief, to-day accelerated the search
for the fugitive Connecticut killer.
Bey. object of an 18-day hunt'
through two states, has long held
a grudge against Reardon. It
was the chief who first arrested
him at the beginning of his crim
inal career 17 years ugo, and who
also arrested him for the crime
lor which Bey served his most re
cent state prison sentence.
Chief in Seclusion
Reardon, who said he had heued
of Bey’s threat, remained in se
clusion to-day as more than 125
Massachusetts and Connecticut
state troopers, local police and
volunteers continued looking for
the the slayer of Constable John
B. Decarll of Ellington, Conn.
Previously Reardon had participat
ed In the search.
Grimly determined to take Bey,
dead or alive, before many more
hours had elapsed, police to-day
developed a new strategy. Fifteen
cruiser cars nnd four armored cars
were distributed throughout the
grea where Bey Is believed hiding.
When he is sighted agupn, a sig
nal will bo given and the nearest
ear will speed to the scene. Here
tofore Bey, when seen, has been
ablo to escape before police could
reach him.
Under Martini Haw
Several square miles of Hamp
shire county was virtually under
martial law today as an even larg
er army of state troopers and ci
vilians pressed by land and air
the search for slippery John Bey,
fugitive slayer of a Connecticut
constable.
That the 37-year old ex-con
vlet hod slipped through a tightly
drawn police cordon became appar
ent late last night when he ap
peared at the Moody Corners gen
eral store in South Hadley and
bought a loot of bread, two cans
of devilled ham, a can of evapo
rated milk, matches nnd a dews
paper. IVIoody Corners is about
(Continued on Pace 4;)
JUDGE HAMMOND
WILL PRESIDE
Worcester, Man*., S«Pt. IS—(UP)
—Superior-Judge ThomuH J. Ham
mond of Northampton, a former
law partner of the late President
Calvin CoolldRf, today was de
signated t« preside at the murder
trial of Newell P. Hhcrman, charg
ed’ with the “Amorlcan tragedy”
drowning of his wife. Chjcf Justice
Walter Perlcy Hall of the Massa
chusetts superior court named
Iiammond as the Judge in the trial
to begin (Monday.
Hammond presided at the trial
of Louts Bcrrett and Clement Mol
wny, Boston taxi drivers charged
with the slaying of a Lynn theater
employe, last year. This trial end
ed abruptly with directed verdicts
of not guilty when Abe Faber con
fessed that he and the Mllfen
brothers committed the crime
Faber and the Mlllens subsoduentljf
went to the electric .chair for an
other murder.
Several years ngo, Hammond
represented a legislative commit
tee In removal proceedings against
then Attorney-General Arthur JC.
Poaii<n«,
ITALY MAY TURN
DOWN EFFORTS
TO CREATE PEACE
League of Nations Offers
Last Plan in Order Jo
Avert War
(By United Press)
Development today In the tlal
ian-Ethioplan crisis:
Basis laid in Mediterranean for
most terrible naval warfare In his
tory; preparations being rushed on
land and sea.
Rome—Italy masses army In
Libya, in Egyptian-Hudanese fron
tier. Cabinet meets to discuss Anal
phase before war’s outbreak.
Geneva — League committee
submits final peace plan to Italy
and Ethiopia. Delegates hopeless.
Paris — France visualizes possi
bility of putting fleet on British
side in event of dash.
Rome — Fascists receive orders
to be ready today, tomorrow or
Friday for mass "test" mobiliza
tion of between 10,000,000 and
15,000,000 people.
Addis Ababa ;— Officials Indi
cate Ethiopia may accept league
peuce plan.
League at Cross Iloads
Geneva, September. 18 —(UP)
—League of Nations leaders
reached a definite turning point
today In their final efforts to avert
a war by Italy on Ethiopia.
The league council’s committee
of five nations — Great Britain,
France, Polund, Spain and Turkey
.completed a peace plan and em
powered Salvadore De Madariaga
of Spain, os chairman, to submit it
officially at once to the Italian
and Etidopnian chief delegates.
Replies were not expected for
(Continued on Page 4.)
Final News Flashes
MRS. WILLEBRANDT INJURED
Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 18.—(UP)—Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant at
torney general, was in Washington County hos
pital today, recovering from injuries suffered in
an automobile accident last night. Mrs. Wille
brandt’s mother, Mrs. M. E. Walker, Fairfield,
Pa., was in serious condition as a result of in
juries received at the same time. Mrs. Wille
brandt suffered a broken arm and other minor
injuries.
JUDGE SCORES POLICE ARREST
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 18.—(UP)—Frank W.
White, 18, who was arrested when he refused
to move from his own doorstep, was acquitted by
District Judge Ralph W. Reeve today. “Neither
these police—the arresting officers—nor all the
police can move a person off his own property,”
Judge Reeve ruled. White was waiting for his
mother when arrested. Police claim the youth
did not tell them he was onhis own property.
EGYPT MAY~ENLARGE BASE
Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 18.—(UP)—A
plan to enlarge the port of Alexandria, strategic
naval base adjacent to the entrance of the Suez
Canal, was approved today by the cabinet. Two
Italian submarines and a British destroyer en
tered the canal todav.
Fourteen Workmen Are
Trapped In Ruins—Five
Taken Out Badly Hurt
Cardinals Lose
Star Outfielder v
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 18—
(UP)—iir. Robert F. Hyland,
club physician for the St.
Louis Ca rdlnals, announced
today that Outfielder Terry
Moore’s injury In yesterday’s
name with the Brooklyn
Dodgers was shown by X-Ray
to be a fracture of the fibula
bone Just below left knee, and
that he would lie lost to the
team for the remainder of the
season.
Moore fractured his left
knee Joint and wrenched his
loft ankle while trying to steal
second base. Ills brlllla'>t
playing for a month hns been
a feature of the ... ’
nant drive. It was bel.e.cd
likely Munaicor F rankle
Frisch would send Pepper
Martin from third base to
center Held, and put Charley
Colbert, now benched, on
third.
CASEY STENGEL
TO TESTIFY IN
KOENECKE CASE
Called By Canada Officials
<o Tell What He Knows
at Inquest
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 19—(UP)—
Crown authorities issued a sub
poena today for Casey Stengel,
manager of the Brooklyn National
League baseball club. Stengel\wlU
be asked to describe the mental
state of Len Koeneoke, one of his
star players, on the day he left on
the journey that ended In his death
in an airplane several thousand
feet over 'Toronto yesterday.
Two Men Still Held
W. J. Mqlqueeney, pilot, who
killed Koenecko with a blow from
a fire extinguisher, and Irwin Davis,
a professional parachute jumper,
still were held on a technical
charge of manslaughter, but au
thorities intimated that their vin
dication at an Inquest tomorrow
was likely. Stengel, who bfwlth his
team In St. Louis, was requested to
appear at the Inquest. Mulqueeney
and Davis said Koenecke was in
toxicated and fighting and that
only by "laying him out” with the
tire extinguisher, did Mulqueeney
prevent a esash with the loss of
all lives. Edward .1. Murphy, ap
pointed counsel for Mulqueeney
and Davis, said no effort would be
made to obtain bail for his clients
until the inquest.
Koenecke Despondent
Koenecke. a hard hitting outfield
er, was sent home from St. Louis
Sunday. Intoxicated, he was a pas
senger in an Airways piun^. from
Chicago to Detroit, where he was
ejected. He engaged Mulqueeney to
fly him to Buffalo, but began (a
tight with Davis that ended in his
death an hour after the plane left
Detroit. Koenecke had had a bad
season. His increasing despondency
was believed suddenly intensified,
by the order that sent him home,
Into a tit of temporary insanity.
Both Mulqueeney and Davis said
they believed Koenecke was at
tempting to kill himself by causing
the plane to crash.
Hollis Street Theater, Once Boston’s Finest Play,
house, Was Being Razed—Negro Dragged Out Dy
ing—Leg of Another Victim Amputated
Boston, September 18 — (UP) — The huge roof of the
Hollis Street theater, once Boston’s finest playhouse, caved
in with a terrific roar this afternoon, trapping 14 workmen
who were razing the 80-year-old building.
Five workers, all painfully injured, were soon extri
cated and taken to City hospital.
An unidentified Negro, dragged from the debris, ap
peared to have been killed. Father John E. Prendergast, a
CRACK TROOPS OF
ITALY MASSING
CLOSE TO EGYPT
Were Believed to Be On
Way to Africa—Italians
Think War Sure
By STEWART BROWN
(Copyright 1H35 by United Press)
Rome. Sept. IS.—(UP)—Italy
massed two divisions of regular
army troops in Libya, next to
Egypt on the North African coast,
today while the cabinet met to
make what may prove Its final de
cision on war with Ethiopia.
Military attaches here believe
the reinforcements will bring
Italy’s Libyan force to 47,000-in
tended directly as a protective
measure in event British closes the
Suez Canal or actively tries to keep
Italy from occupying Ethiopia.
No Doubt of War
That the decision would be for
war. no Italian doubted.
Mussolini is believed to be fully
Informed of the new offer being
made to him by a league of nation*
committee of five, and hence with
full knowledge of political and
diplomatic aspects of the Ethiopian
crisis, he Is In position to determine
immediately his future course of
action.
The public awaits his next an
nouncement calmly, if conscious
of its potential importance.
A casual newspaper dispatch re
vealed today that the crack Co«
seria and Essietta divisions of reg
ulars arc going not to East Africa,
as was believed, but to Libya—
which borders on Egypt and the
Sudan.
The disclosure was made when
the newspaper Gazetta Del Popolo
(Continued on Page 4.)
BOY USED PISTOL
TO HELP FATHER
Hillsboro, Mo., Sept. 18 — (UP) —
Sheriff Thomas E. Lanliam of Jef
ferson county announced today
that 8-year old Wayne Yarberry,
who joined his father, William N.
Yarberry, in a gun- battle with
county officers yesterday, result
ing in the fatal Injury of Yarber
ry, will ultlrtiatcly be turned over
to Mrs. Yarberry, of St. Louis.
“There will be a hearing in Ju
venile court Friday,” Sheriff Lan
ham said. “Then he’ll be turned*
over to his mother under present
plans. He was too young to know
what he was doing, except to think
he was doing right when his fath
er gave him the gun. Of course
Yarberry ordered him to help.”
Yarberry was sought over the
week-end for shooting and se
riously wounding Deputy Sheriff
James Boughton Saturday when
Houghton tried to serve a warrant
upon him sworn out by his wife.
Mrs. Yarberry charged Yarberry
slapped her when she tried to In
duce him to let her put the boy In
a school.
County officers ambushed Yar
berry on his return home Tuesday
morning. Young Yarberry admit
ted shooting a pistol at Sheriff
Unhtim at his father’s orders, al
though one member of the ambush
pajty said they heard Wayne ex
claim when the shooting began:
‘‘Dad, give me one o' them guns!”
SERVANT LEFT
GREAT FORTUNE
Newark, N Sept. 18.— (UP)
MImn Kohu Christoph, described
only ns a "faithful servant,” was
bequeathed the life Income from a
$100,000 trust fund set up by the
late Kdwln M. Hlne, former vice
president and general manager of
the Baekawanna railroad, It was
revealed today when the will wus
filed Ufr probate. In addition, the
will directed that she receive the
Income of another trust fund of ,
$150,000 tf tho widow, Mrs. Cisco
M. Bine, should die.
Mrs. Bine at her Montclair !
home, said that Miss Christoph hail
been employed by the family for
seven years. She said the domestic
had "gone out of her way to do
things” and that "Mr. Bine took n
liking to her.” On the deuth of
Mint Christoph and the widow, the
$150,000 trust fund will go to
Bethany college, Bethany. Pa.
Also, the $100,000 trust fund will
revert to Mrs. .lames K. Shepherd.
st(_p-dnughter of Bine, If Mies
ChrlsfopV should die. Bethany
college would get this fund, too. If
Mrs. Shepherd should be removed
bv death.
passerby, auimmsierefl tno last
rites aw police strove to revive the
victim.
Another worker waa held pris
oner by brick and Htone that had
crushed one leg. Police surgeons
began amputating the limb to free
him.
Several additional workmen
known to have been engaged on
the razing project, were unaccount
ed for a half hour after the acci
dent.
Police, firemen and volunteers
struggled through a mountainous
heap of brick, stone and wooden
beams in an effort to reach those
believed trapped—and critically
injured If not dead.
Thousands At Scene
Scores of pedestrians and motor
ists moving through downtown
Boston witnessed the roof’s col
lapse, and the noise and excitement !
soon brought thousands of addi
tional spectators. Rescue workers
were severely handicapped by the
crush of the crowds.
Only three walls were standing
after the crash and spectators,
from the street, could see through
(Continued on Paso 8)
BIECHELL HAD
SUSPENSION OF
HIS SENTENCE
Bad Check Passer Put on
Probation Because Fam
ily Needs Him
Though admitting an attempt to
pass a forged cheek for $45 at the
Howland-Hughes Co. store here
Monday, Joseph Biechell, 35, of
Stratford, was given a suspended
sentence and placed on probation
for six months when arraigned in
city court today. The Stratford man
was dealth wjth leniency after he
had told Judge Edward Mascolo
that his wife and children were in
dire circumstances in Stratford.
At Moscolo’s request, police then
telephoned Stratford authorities.
They learned that Biechell had
been in difficulty there with a
check also, but had not been pro
secuted when he made restitution.
They were also Informed that
Blechell's wife has stated that she
has been planning to secure a
warrant against her husband,
charging non-support.
Arrested Monday
Biechell was arrested by Detec
tive Edward McElligott late Mon
day afternoon after an unsuccess
ful effort to pass a forged check
for $45, which he had made out in
the name of Miss Elizabeth Bough
ton of Hewlett, and which he had
endorsed with the forged signature
of Horace Mallcttc, her chauffeur.
Detective McElligott found in
Blechell’s pocket a piece of paper
on which the Stratford man had
been practicing the signatures of
Miss Boughton and Mallctte.
The dcctlve also learned that
Mallette's first step in the forgery
scheme was to stund outside the
Howland-Hughes store, and watch
for sales-slips which are often
dropped or tossed away by cus
tomers. Mallette’s wife threw away
such a slip, and Biechell, checking
in the city directory, learned Ble
chell's occupation and the name of
his employer. He then mado out a .
hlanck check, but was caught when
the store refused to honor it.
TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, Sept. 18—(UP)—Gov.
iTninunt expenses am! receipts for
ilm current ducal year to Sept. 1*.
roinpared with a year airo:
I'hls Year Kiipenses Last Year
11,518,231;,040.01 $1,237,088,240.42
Receipts
1793,928,823.38 $781,031,911.81
Deficit
[724,307,218.03 $478,054,248.81
Cash Balance
[1,984,114,001.49 $2,164,833,577.38
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