Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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A Paper For the Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
Eastern Pennsylvania: Cloudy, rain
in   northeast   portion   Sunday;
Monday    fair    and    colder.
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TliD   Only   Sunday   Newepupcr TinfTlng   the   Wyoming   Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1936
Entered   at    Wllke»-Bnrre.    I'n. As   Second   Clnss   Mill   Mailer
PRICE TEN CENTS
FREAK STORM PUTS CITY IN DARK SURGEONS WORK BY CANDLELIGHT
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DARK AGE IK
Christmas Story Ends In Tragedy
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. IB. (UP)- Mrs. B. F. Hudson, a widow, sacrificed and saved for weeks to get enough money from her Relief allowance to buy a cheap toy for each of her eight chil¬ dren.
After buying the toys today, she boarded a street-car to take them home. .Stepping from the street-car wilh the gifts under her arm, an automobile struck and  killed  her.
The toys lay smashed on the street.
IN FLIGHT OF
Governor Of Pennsylvania Promises Business Men A Reform  In Conditions
TO ATTACK BOOTLEG
Earle Declares Assurance Of Peace In Anthracite After   Inspection   Tours Reckless
ON ICY ROADS, E
n n e r Political Workings May Be Held For Blame In Escape Of An Ex-Boss
STATE WILL PROBE
WPA Named Aide To Santa  Claus
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Washington, Dec. 19. (UP)— The Works Progress Adminis¬ tration Is turning Its hands to making Christmas merry for destitute children, Harry L, Hopkins, Administrator, made known  tonight.
Some 30,000 workers over the country are gathering scraps cf dress material from WPA sew¬ ing rooms and odds and ends of lumber from carpenter shops to make soft dolls and toys for youngsters whose Christmas niisht  otherwise  be  barren.
About 725,000 gifts will be ready for distribution among ihildren whose parents cannot afford   a   Santa   Claus.
Meanwhile, l.'5,000 unemployed musicians throughout the nation will "make the welkin ring" in carol festivities and sym¬ phony  concerts  Chrisimas  Eve.
STS OF LEWIS DARE FOE
Mine Worker Leader En¬ gages Battle For A Show¬ down On Rights Of Labor
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HAS FUNDS TO SPARE    \
Train Hits Auto Five Men Killed
Litchfield, 111., Dec. 19. (OPI —Five men were killed Instant¬ ly today when the automobile in which they were riding wns struck by a Wabash railroad passenger train at a grade cros3- ing seven  miles  north  of here.
The dead, all residents of Litchfield: Frank Kutchi, 2E; George Gerling, 23; Walter Scmpploliski, 31; Stanly Funk, 22. and Joseph Tobcka. 22.
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T TO BE TOGETHER
TO VISIT 4 COUNTIES
Drivers Ordered To Appear; Search For Others Who Disappeared
Prison Officials Admit An Unusual Freedom Given For   Republican   Leader
FOUR ARRESTS MADE
Philadelphia, Dec. 19 (UF)- Governor George H. Earle imposed the dcnlh sentence tonight on the Company Town, "chief symbol of economic serfdom."
He said it has "no place  in our modern  life"  and   "must go"  from , Pinnsylvanla.
In a radiocast address to a busi¬ ness men's organization, the Chief Exccu'ivc promi.sed also that "eve."y pledge I made during my campaign either verbally or in my platform, will be kept."
He said the "backbone" of the Administration's ID.'i" legislative program would be the Democratic State Platform of 1934 on which Earlc rode into office as tho first reprcsent.i'.ivc of hi.s party in the governorship since  189S.
The Chief Executive intimated that corrective action in the boot¬ leg eoal problem would result from hia tour of four anthracite coun¬ ties, beginning Monday.
roinpany Town For .Slave*
Defining a company lown ns "a feudal establishment, company owneil, ope. ated and controlled by the industry which employs Us in- hnbilanls." the Governor said:
"In some of these towns, chiefly In western Pennsylvania, men and women are brought into thi.s world by company  doctors
CAR RAMS STATION
Pottsville,   Pa.,   Dec.   19.   (UP)~ Four peisons were arrested tonight I
WITH ALL SAVED BY DICK MERRILL
May Throw Empire Of Steel And Motorcar Kingdom] Into A Complete Tie-Up
Chaperone For Mrs. Simpson Provided And A Meeting Is   Expected   To   Follow
SHOPPING CROWDS CAUGHT IN GLOOM WHEN LAMPS FAIL
Tree Across Heavy Power Line Cuts Current In Store Center And Causes Crisis At Hospital Where Wounded Youth Is Given Emergency Operative Treatment
ROAD  WARNING ISSUED
HIS AGENTS ON JOB
REMAIN GUARDED
Washington. Dec. 19. (UP)—Act¬ ing Comptroller General R. N. Elliott, in an order issued tonight.
Automobile accidents attributed 1 j. Margiolli called "a deliberate to icy pavements last nighl caused j and well-planned conspiracy" to injury to a dozen persons here, free Joseph K. Bruno. 52-year-old None was seriously hurt. Police | politician who took part in the ordered a number of persons loiKelayres election eve massacre of appear   on   a   charge   of   reckless i 1931.
driving, while in two cases authori-j Those arrested were Herbert tics announced Ihey were scekiti-r Goselin, warden of Schuylkill drivers of two cars that figured County Jail: Deputy Warden Rob¬ in  mishaps. ert Walker; Guy (Speck) Irving, a
Ann Evans. 24, of 9 Bell lan;-, | Ruard, and Mrs. Antoinette Billig, .suffered slight injuries early la.;-., Bruno's daughter, night when struck by an auto-: Bruno, found guilty of slaying mobile at Soulh Washington and, members of a rival political faction Hazle slreets. The machine, driven I who paraded by his home in 1934, by Harold Swick. 28, of rear 323 j disappeared yesterday morning Park avenue, was making a right i when Irving permitted him to go turn on to Washington street from i down-town "to visit a dentist." Hazle when tho girl was struck.! The four arrested were charged SwIck took Miss Evans to Homio-! 'vilh "wilfully conspiring to bring pathic Hospital for treatment and! about an escape," "accessory after was later released by Officer i the fact of murder," "wilful escape Reiser  to  appear  when  wanted     j through the a.ssistance of officcr.s "
Stepping from the curb on Ro.-s   ''"^ "conspiracy to aid, assist and
in what  Attorney-General  Charles ' C\ni\   Trace   Of   Wolf'S   ShlP' '""'ed  Ford  Motor  Company  must ,    w___:...;   ......   ...   .j„,^v,»-„,.   Ill"    ii«wv   v/ '^ i comply with the Walsh-Healey Act
In Scarred Canyon Snow
South Of Salt Lake City
ACE PILOT HURT
Newark. N. J., Dec. 19. (UP)-- Beaten away from Newark Airport by low ceiling and a driving rain, an Eastern Airlines transport carrying eight passengers and a crew of three crashed into a hill¬ side seven miles from Port Jervis, N. Y., late tonight. No one on board was injured, according to Capt. Edward Rickenbacker, of   the   lines.
which specifies labor conditions to be observed on Government con¬ tracts, if It intends to supply auto¬ mobiles lo the aovernmeht.
Vienna, Dec. 19. (UP) -Typical of fantastic rumors circulating in all parts of Europe pertaining to former King Edward VIII's future plans was one heard tonight in numerous coffee houses and beer gardens booming "Edward for Em¬ peror of Austria."
While considerable sentiment was
Elliott's ruling, involving an auto        ... .,    _ , j
mobile   bid   by   Northwest   Motor I'""'1 '° P'"*;"" 'L"l°"e 7'"''«" ''"d Company   here,   upheld   the   recent   Pe^sani^s
regulation of Secrelary of Labor Frances Perkins that manufac¬ turers supplying the Government must be considered as principals under the contract, even if a bid is made through a dealer.
Discussing a  reservation  in  tht
bid of Northwest Motor Company,
Elliott said it "cannot but be recog-
head , nized as an effort to relieve Ford
Motor Company, the manufacturer
Dick Merrill, trans-Atlantic flier ' and actual  furnisher of the auto-
street last night at 6:30 oclock, A. Tiarri, .'i2. of 116 Prospect street, was bruised when struck by an automobile driven by Gerald Herschenfeld,    29,    of    338    North
comfort   Joseph   Bruno,   a   felon." In   addition,   a   variety   of   other charges     were     fUed     separately against the four. Margiotti refused to say whether
Pennsylvania' avenue. Herschenfeld: ^if. investigation  had  revealed ad-
accident    at    police
ditional     information     about     the
live  Wi  com-
escape, but he emphasized that he believed the escape was "planned, wilful and deliberate."
(Special  to the Independent) Expect  Political Scandal
and one of the best known trans¬ port pilots in the country, brougiit the plane down with its fuselage intact, although the wings of the giant ship were knocked off by ^he impact. Merrill lost a tooth in the crash, the only hurt suffered by either passengers or crew.
The transport was en route to Newark from Miami with Merriil at the controls and John Battlo assisting him. Merrill reported his position over Washington and then later notified the Washington office that the selling at Newark Airport was oniy 400 feet, which, with un
reported    the headquar. ers.
Youth  Suffers  Bruises [
Joseph    Krcsses,    twelve,   of   480 North   Pennsylvania   avenue,   suf- pany   towns,   buy   their   food   and i fered  lacerations  of  the  chin  and ,
clothing     from     company     stores, ^ brui.ses of the knee early last night |    Pousville,    Pa,    Dec.    19-Rum-| favorable weather conditions,would work  m  company  mines  or  m Us,   when    struck    by    an    automobile   flings of a .scandal that n»y reach ' mike a landing hazardous, die in company hospitals and  fin-' driven  hy  Edw n  R. Johns,  40,  of   ,1,-   ,,„ner   hracket*   nf   <3^hl,^,1Uill i ^ ,.\.      .     V«- • 1     l„iT h.   \...a ally are buried In company ceme-; ,95  Kidd'er  street^ The  youngster. 1 Jl^^^^Pf Republican   Jolftt^^^^ ^'"^°"'^"   °"""'^   ""'   ''   *""'
'"ICS ^with his brother George   was pull-, ganization were heard here tonight
".Suih conditions are symbolic of | ing a small wagon loaded with coal ; ,,3 i„ni^\ repercussions to the sum- > feudaliJim of the Dark Age.s, , along North Penn.sylvania avenue i,„g^y di.smissal of three county which has no place in our modern ( near Oiin Ktreel when the accident | prison officials for "gross negli- life occurred.   Johns   tooij   the   hijurcd '   p„pg., j,,  ^^^  "walk-away" escape
youngster  lo  General  hospital   for 1 ^f   jog^ph   Bruno,   serving   a   life
I term for the Kclayres election eve massacre.
"I am determined that economic •crtdom and it.s chief symbol, the Company Town, must go. . . .
"1 sincerely believe thiit the ma¬ jority of Pennsylvanians arc just *> opposed to exploitation and in- du.strial feudalism as I am."
treatment. Cruiser Car Patrolmen Dunn and Fisher released Johns to appear when wanted.
A truck driven by Theodore Gag- liardi, 20, of 27 Becker lane, and an automobile operated by Wil¬ liam Sommers, 33, of White Haven, figured in a collision yesterday in Dietrick lane. The truck was driv¬ ing soulh through the lane when Sommers backed out of a driveway
So portentious were rumors of "higher-up" implications in what has been described as the most brazen jail delivery in Pennsyl¬ vania's penal history, interest of Pottsville townspeople tonight veer¬ ed from the nation-wide hunt for Bruno, former Schuylkill County detective, to reports that State in-
,STATl!; POLItK HEAD ILL
Harrisburg, Dec. 19 (UPl- Major Lynn (i. Adams. Superintendent of Slate Police, has entered University
of   Pennsylvania   Hospital,   Phila-j The drivers were ordered to RPPear ! q.'-J^y'i^Vo h^s'yetawa^mayTnvolve delphia.   for   medical   observation, ' m police court. .^   5^1^^^  g^oup   of   public   officials
nl« office announced today.    Ailing ,    Freeman   Stout,   30,   of   Thorn-   here.
for several weeks, Major Adams hurst reported to police yesterday I vV'arden Herbert J Gosselln ias entered the hospital for a com- Uhat an automobile which was later rjeputy warden Robert Walker and A'jetc diagnosis. , (Continued  on  Page A-141 | Prison Guard Guy Irving, the lat-
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political chieftain made is amaz- I ing "escape" Friday morning, were ¦ dismissed today by Schuylkill County Commissioners on charges of "gross negligence."
HouNcr Known  Here Edward Houser of Tamaqua, well knowti     throughout     northeastern
ITATE WILL PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC PARKS
Harrishurg, Di,^.. ig (UP)- Asserling Pennsylvania h.is "drag¬ ged di gracefully behind" other Stales in park development the l«»t ten years. Dr. James P. Bogar- aus. Secretary of Forests and Waters, said today he had laid poundwork  for  development  of a
well-organized" park system in the nex' few years. His plans provide '01" the system to become aelf- •ust.iining   "ill   time."
Bogardus rc^.irded the initial wvclopmenl co.st, to be covered by Wmlnistralion-.sponsorcd appropri- Sjnn bills In the  1937 Legislature,
^"very inconsequential compared I** the return to the people in "saltli  anil  social  welfare."
"e   said   the lUdcr
construction of parks would begin . Pennsylvania   because   of  his  post
Although officials enough gas to last him until 2 a. m. he headed north, apparently in the direction of Hartford or Boston airports. Wild rumors that the plane had been involved in a bad crack-up were quiled by Captain Rickenbacker who announced a telephone call from Port Jervis re¬ porting all aboard safe.
All Passengers Safe
Rickenbacker said Merril had "mushed" the plane into the hill¬ side. J. Sisson, flight steward, im¬ mediately opened the cabin and the passengers got out. A large bon¬ fire was built to warm them against the chill, wet blasts of the nighl.
Eastern Air Line men Immedi¬ ately were dispatched to the scene to arrange transportation to New York City for those that wished it and to arrange hotel accommoda¬ tions for the others at a local hotel.
Merrill gained international fame last    Summer    when    he    piloted
mobiles offered, of responsibility for compliance or non-compliance with the requirements of the Act."
It was the first public ruling by the Comptroller General's office on the Walsh-Healey Act.
Lewie Declares  War
Washington, Dec. 19 (UP) —John L. Lewis, commanding the largest staff of union organizers ever en¬ listed and the million dollar re¬ sources of his Committee for In¬ dustrial Organization, sent his lieutenants today into virtually every important industrial town east of the Mississippi.
Their task was to enlist hundreds of thousands of workingmen Into Lewis-led unions, particularly in the steel and automobile industries.
The drive was heralded by threats of strikes in those indus¬ tries. One source said a steel strike was "almost inevitable."
Planning his battle for Labor rights wilh the precision of a Field Marshal, Lewis announced a meet¬ ing of "Progressive" leaders in steel company unions will be held to¬ morrow at Pittsburgh.
There he will seek to cripple company-sponsored employee-rep¬ resentation systems by formally in¬ viting delegates from Cleveland to the Atlantic to abandon the com¬ pany plan and join the CIO en masse.
Philip Murray, Lewis' right-hand man, will act as Lewis' spokesman. The CIO might win 200,000 workers at a single stroke if the invitation lo the company unions is accepted,
Arthur H. Young, vice president of U. S. Steel, has been invited to address   the   a.ssembly.   but   Is
for Edward, observers were agreed that Edward's per¬ sonal popularity never could have any political influence in Austria.
Socialists who are aaamantly op¬ posed to restoration of the Haps- burgs were listed as leading sup¬ porters of the campaign to "Make Edward Emperor."
New King At Windsor
Windsor, Eng., Dec. 19. (UP)~- King George VI and Queen Eliza¬ beth, accompanied by their two young daughters, motored to Wind¬ sor Castle late today from London, It was the first lime Queen Eliza¬ beth had been outdoors since taken ill by influenza. Princess Elizabeth planned to spend pari of the week¬ end riding horseback, while her younger sister. Princess Margaret Rose, played in a large doll house.
Harry    Richman,    the    singer,    to 1 expected lo attend.
Prince May Return
London, Dec, 19. (UP)—The Sun¬ day Referee, regarded as one of the most sensational British weeklies, says Prince Edward plans to re¬ turn to England with Mrs. Wallis Simpson as his bride shortly after the Coronation of King George VI next May.
The Sunday Referee, without at¬ tributing its assertions to any offi¬ cial source, says that the former King plans lo spend part of every year at Fort Belvedere, Eng., as a country gentleman.
The newspaper asserts that on the night Edward abdicated, serv¬ ants at Fort Belvedere were given notice but were promised that they would have their jobs back within a year.
King George VI Insisted that Edward retain Fort Belvedere when he signed the Instrument of Abdi¬ cation, according to the Referees story. I
Fort   Belvedere,   25   miles   from | London, was the favorite retreat of '¦ Edward. It was there that his ro¬ mance with Mrs. Simpson flowered. There they both spent many happy weekends working in the gardens.
The  fort  is a  "grace  and  favor" residence of the King.  He may be-, not j stow 11 upon w.iomcvcr he wishes
Hundreds of Christmas shoppers fumbled around in complete dark¬ ness as lights In many central city stores   went   out.
At Mercy hospital two doctors, guided by candlelight, stitched up the arm of a boy in danger of bleeding to death from a six-inch gash after that Institution was plunged  into  darkness.
Thousands of families, mostly in South Wilkea-Barre and Hanover Township, hastily resurrected old oil lamps and canulos as electric power over a wide residential area remained off for periods ranging from thirty minutes to an heui^
These were some of the results last night when a biting rain and sleet storm blev/ over a tree onto a high tensisn line of Pennsylvania Power & Lighl Company on Brown street, city. Electric current to a wide section of the city's business and residential districts was cut off. Stores filled by Christmas shop¬ pers were without lights in some sections for five minutes but in the lower end of the city the darkness continued for nearly an hour.
Warnings Issued
Starting with this havoc to the city's lighting system, the rain and sleet continued through the night unlil authorities issued a public warning against the worst travel¬ ing conditions of the year. Mountain roads turned into ribbons of ice as the rain and wind washed and blew away cinders as rapidly as 65 trucks of Pennsylvania Highway Department could spread the ashes. Reports late last night said that scores of automobiles were tied up in a blockade on slippery Effort Mountain, bul telephone inquiries there Indicated traffic was still moving.
The trouble began last night at 7:25 oclock when the wind bowled over a large tree on Brown street, near McLean. The upper branches dropped across an 11,000-volt line. Instantly there was a flash and sparks began shooting into the air. A fire alarm from Box 322 brought several city fire companies. An emergency summons called crews from Pennsylvania Power & Light Company as well as Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. For nearly an hour the e.nergency crews worked in the wind and rain before all danger was declared passed. Fire engines stood ready to prevent the outbreak of flames on property while the sparks kept filling the air.
Lights  Waver Meanwhile,   throughout   the   city there was wide effect. Shortly be¬
fore 7:30 oclock lights cverywher* in Wilkes-Barre wavered and weak¬ ened for a moment. Most lights re¬ mained burning, but on two sides of Public Square bounded by West Market, Soulh Main and East Mar¬ ket streets, lights in stores were extinguished. The same condition existed on both sides of South Main street. These two sections at the time were crowded by Saturday- night shopping throngs. Stores were in darkness for approximately four minutes but there was no panic or disturbance among the shoppers. Managers obtained candles or turned on emergency lighting systems until power waa restored.
Farther down South Main street the Irving theatre was left In dark¬ ness for an hour. Manr.ger Fred Hermann ordered all money re¬ funded to patrons viewing the in¬ terrupted motion pictures. Sections of South Washington street were also plunged inlo eclipse while it waa in South Wilkes-Barre that the real effects were felt. Starting at Hanover street practically all of I the city was in darkness for ths I hour.
Crisis At Hospital The    trouble    presented    a    real : crisis at Mercy hospital where the I entire institution  was left without j electric power.    Every room in the I hospital  was  dark  until  Sisters  of ¦ Mercy, internes, nurses and order¬ lies  hastened  from  room  to  room with candles. The patients remain¬ ed calm, however.    Attaches of the institution,    already    hardened    to emergencies by last March's floods which marooned the hospital, stood ready for anything that might hap¬ pen.
Just before the lights went out, Leo Gluck, 14, of 44 Dodson lane, was brought to the hospital suffer¬ ing from a deep cut on his right arm. He had pushed his arm through a window, it was reported. The wound extended six inches along the arm and Gluck was weak from lo.ss of blood. He was taken to the operating room and just as Dr. Michael Rachunis and Dr. Vic¬ tor Siegel were treating him the place was plunged into darkness. Nurses obtained two candles and with the aid of this flickering Il¬ lumination, the two doctors com¬ pleted stitching Gluck's arm.
The Lee Park section of Han¬ over Township was similarly affect¬ ed, except the area served by Luzerne County Gas & Electric Company. Several hundred homes in Fourth Ward, bounded by Divi¬ sion street, Oxford street and Lee Park avenue, were deprived of (Continued on Page A-14)
England  and  made  a  return   trip
across   the   Atlantic,   being   forced
down    al    Newfoundland.     He    is
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Costly To I'nion
The Lewis faction said the steel drive—keystone of the entire   union- (Continucd  on Pajre A-14)
program   was   well
way and anticipated actual I politan centers.
in the Spring.
"Judged by accepted standards, Pennsylvania docs not have one complete, first-class Slate Park to¬ day," Bogardus said, "and ap- parantly there had never been a disposition within the Department of Forests and Waters to reinedy this  condition.
"We immediately set about to rectify the situation because Gov¬ ernor Earle and myself recognized the fact thai State parks were justifiable in thnt they serve a great social need and are a neces¬ sary clement in any well-organized social  system."
He said the department would concentrate ils attention on State parks in close proximity to mctro-
as Captain of the 103rd Ammuni¬ tion Train of the 53rd Brigade, was temporarily appointed Warden to succeed Gosselln, a former State trooper. Gosselln, who announced when appointed Warden that he in¬ tended to put an end to the re¬ ported privileges and liberties ac¬ corded Bruno and other convicted members of his family, has been in charge pf the prison for less than a year. Houser hag been a deputy warden and court house superin¬ tendent.
Street  talk  in  Pottsville  tonight included     rumors     that     Bruno's knowledge of the inner workings of Schuylkill County politics was such I mitted    by that he waa practically in a posi- | Franklin  B
SLASH TWO MILLIONS FROM LAWYER BILLS
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 16. (UP)—| New York Stockholders Protective
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The $2,700,000 bill submitted by the attorneys,    receivers    and    stock¬ holders    committee    of    Missouri- Kansas   Pipe   Line   Company   was slashed today to about $731,000 by Chancellor    Josiah    Wolcott,    who threw out one entire item of $750,- 000. The $750,000 item had been sub- Robert    W.    Wooley. Richards and  Hubert E   Howard   as   representatives   of' $180,000 t.i $70,000.
Chaperone Arrivt ^ Cannes. France, Dec, 19 (UP) — Mrs. Wallis Simpson's aunt, Mrs. Bessie Merriman of Washington, D. C. arrived today from London to act as her niece's chaperone. Mrs. Merrinian's presence, it was believed, would simplify a meeting between former King Edward and Mrs. Simpson, should they decide to alter previously announced plans to remain apart until Mrs. Simpson'.i divorce becomes absolute next April 27.
Members of Mrs. Simpson's en. tourage said Ihcy believed a meet¬ ing between former King Edward VIII and his American-born awcet- heart would have no adverse effect on   the   divorce   if   Mrs.   Merriman
FIND CRUSHED BODY SHIPPED WITH WASTE
Committee. Wolcott also disallow¬ ed a request for $70,000 from the engineers and secretaries for Frank P. Parish, pre.sideni of Mokan.
Wolcott reminded the attorneys that allowances were being made out  of  money  belonging   lo  others 1 were   present.
and that there was no room for I Mrs. Merriman was accompanied "vicarious generosity." Receiver I by a maid and a minimum of bag- Henry T. Bush, who had asked gage. She did not brii't Mrs. $50,000, got $35,000, and Receiver 1 Simpson's large wardrobe from her C. Ray  Phillips was slashed from   London house. At the H. L. Roger.s
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Hutchinson. Kans., Dec. IS (UP) -The body of a man wedged under a half-ton bale of waste paper, and with a piece of yellow scratch papcr bearing the last name of the Reno County Sheriff resting on his chest, was found when a sealiyl railroad car from Denver was opened in the freight yards here today.
Dr. H. M. Stewart. Reno County Coroner, said the man ha<l died of suffocation. Whether he had been smothered deliberately or had been trapped by a falling bale as he bummed a ride in the box-car was not determined.
A WPA card in the man's pocket bore the name of Paul B. Kingsley. 4645 Tuni, Denver, Colo, agn 39. The paper on the de.id mnn's chest hore this notation: "Mr. Allison to 614.T"
Thr Sheriff of R'-no County, in which   Hutchinson   is   locatvd,   is
George Allison, but the officer did
j not believe that the  notation con-
' cerned   him.   His   telephone,   houss
or  automobile  license  number  did
i not  correspond  to  the  number on
the slip. He believed that the paper
had sifted from the bale of waste.
Sheriff    Allison    said    the    man
cither   could   have   been   murdered
and placed in the box car before it
was scaled at Denver or have been
. crushed accidentally by the jolting
of the cargo of paper bales.
The shipment was consigned to Fibre Products Company plant hers by Frcedman and Son Paper Com¬ pany of Dervver. The car arrived Tuesday but was not opened until today.
Workmen first saw an arm pro¬ truding fi-om under the bale of paper. The man's shoes were besids the bale. When the bale, weighing 1.350 pounds, WHS moved, tiM I crushed body, .was benettb it.
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