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Waterutile Ufarttittg Sentinel PRICE THREE CENTS VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 190 TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 1936 WATERVILLE MAINE THE WEATHER AIR AND CONTINUED COLD WITH RAIN OR SNOW WEDNESDAY SEE REPORT ON PAGE EIGHT IN THE NEWS I REPORTED CRASH PLANE IN SHAWMUT IS PROVEN A PAUSE RUMOR STORY ON PAGE SIX Severe Wind Storm Hits City Edna ROOSEVELT LANDON shattered the front porch storm snapped Heavy Property Damage In Wake of Southwest Storm Bangor Vote Now Changed it the OUR CONVENIENT LOCATION WILL SAVE Tax Club JOIN A TAX CLUB remaining membres of the Edwin Lv a and a past al Governor Has 166 Vote Gain twytnuMO hardware He had WINTER MARKS IN THIS STATE Bows Arrows In Big Woods Communism Is Charged To Roose velt Waterville Savings Bank 175 Main St Waterville RANGE AND UEL OILS Axe Murderer acing Court Death List Reaches 310 Many Others Lost Expect Arrest Today In Weymouth Murder Query Odd Job Man Maine News Briefs Rumford Woman To Be Tested Mentally Gold low Is Agreed Upon If you have not already started to save a little each week for your 1 937 taxes NOW is a good time to begin Liberal Relief Program Being Offered By Landon Roosevelt Calls Republicans wo Utica Doctor Claims Guns Not Needed to Hunt In Maine Three World Powers Adopt New Standard Benton and on the Augusta highway these bringing down both power and telephone lines In Shawinut contact of transform ers which Was caused by the wind occurred just as a plane on the Boston Maine airline was passing by and residents in that section were of the opinion that the plane had fallen until the cause of the blast and ac companying display of flashes was explained This incident occurred while the entire central section of the Valley was experiencing near midnight blackness due to the low fast traveling clouds The most serious individual dam age caused by the storm it was be lieved occurred at the home of Nor man Woodbury at 76 Bay street where a poplar tree close to feet at the but was felled by the wind crashing onto the roof of the two story house and smashtog a chimney to page 3 No 13 Gain of Over 20 Per Cent Is Reported Wounds Him at Augusta One Other Is Under Arrest London Clerks Checking Up On Estate AUGUSTA Me Oct summer tourist business for 1936 the Maine Development Com mission said today increased 20 1 5 percent over that of last year The commission also announced that reservations already made at hotels tourist homes and other similar places indicated that will be even better than the current The analysis for the 1936 season (Turn to page 8 No 3) Advances Are Registered In Seven Bangor Wards And Orono MANILA I Oct loods intensified tonight the hor rors of a destructive typhoon that swept five provinces of the Philip pine archipelago killing at least 310 persons leaving hundreds of others unaccounted for and isolating whole districts The swollen waters of stream in the central provinces of Luzon Is land directly north of Manila car ried bodies of men and animals in terspersed with the wreckage of nu meorus frail Nipa huts and other flotsam Trees In the lowlands were dotted with refugees who had' failed to reach higher Jeevls before the ty phoons and heavy rains sent streams raging from their banks While these hundreds waited for food and rescue from the Red Cross the Philippine constabulary and cit izen volunteers the populations of other villages hastily strengthened weakened dykes that momentarily threatened to collapse and flood larger areas The typhoon swept over Luzon for 40 hours riday and Saturday whirl ed seaward and then passed over the island again Sunday Today it was extending its de struction in Isabela province to the northwest isolating the province Turn to page 3 No 13 CLEVELAND Oct Gov ernor Alt Landon proposed to night a relief program founded on federal money grants and state rule to supplant the New Deal system he said had built a' less political by debauch relief funds am dedicated to the proposi the presidential nominee said no American citizen shall ever again be put in the position where he has to sell his vote for The Kansan faced a cheering throng that overflowed 15000 seats on Che spacious floor and lofty horseshoe galleries of the huge pub lic auditorium where four months ago the Republican convention nominated him for the presidency Behind him a music hah with capac ity for more than 7000 held more of the crowd unable to find seats in the main hall It was Landon's second major speech of his lakes states campaign In tones loud speakers carried to far corners of the auditorium and radio throughout the country the candidate said that if elected the jobless would be released the grip of their political exploiters" He said millions had been Turn to page 3 No 11 CASH LOANS PERSONAL INANCE CO Room 308 loor 3 Professional Bldg Phone 1W5 Waterville Ms 1st per month Listen to Unicen riend" at 5 Bandar Afternoon WLBJC Central Maine Power Gets Brunt Of Trouble With High Tension Lines Limbs all rom Trees President in Cleveland Talk Maintains Republicans Have Made Spectacle in Criticism You will find that it takes very little time to get to this bank because of its accessible location You are sure not only of getting here quickly but of getting away quickly Our service takes care of that If you like to avoid delay in financial matters we believe you will like to bank here We will make a real effort to please you By Staff Photographer or the second time this year the home of Norman Woodbury at 76 Bay street Winslow was damaged by exterior elements In June an automobile shattered the front porch storm snapped a large poplar tree in front of the building causing it to fall directly upon the roof of the building tearing down a chimney and damaging three upstairs rooms The picture shows the tree as it rested upon the roof Landon Says Citizens orced To Sell Their Vote or Loaf Of Bread New Deal A Disgrace and Unfit Are Being Prepared or Last Minute ight Cold Wave ollows Severe XAef Atrvrm VW SV VV 1V kw Damage Results Bv The Associated Press i OR OCT 12 1936 BOaniBAY Mrs Asa a Alley 50 of tills town was de clared a suicide by drowning today 1 bv Medical Examiner George A Gregcy Her body was found in Cove last by searchers Dead But Man ortune is Growing Madrid People Stand Ready Tourist Business In Maine on Increase PRSQUE Miss 4 Coleman of Everett Mass injured in an automobile accident which caused the death of Miss Elizabeth Morgan East Millinocket teacher was reported recovering today in a hospital here1 The automobile oc cupied bv the two women was in col i'h ar driven by Merle Weiher? W'etherly and two occ par' o' bis car were slightly hurt ARMER IRES AT HEN THIE JrliOIle niRIGO OIL CO Watervflle U0 alrfieU 103 WEYMOUTH Mass Oct Attorney Edmund Dewing said late tonight he would court tomorrow in the slaying of Mrs Grayce Asquith 41 year old widow whose legs were re covered from Boston Harbor a week ago This statement came shortly be fore midnight as Dewing his assist ant George Arbuckle Captain John Stokes chief of state detectives and others investigating the case closet ted themselves with Oscar Battallnl By The Associated Press While government troops in field shivered under the driving sleet and first chill blasts heralding win approach every man woman and ch Hd in Madrid was ordered last (Monday) night to work on fortifica tions within the capital itself ready for a "last stand against a ascist storming of the gates Invalids and the aged physically unfit to labor on the defenses were ordered to devote all their time to making clothing and oth er materials for the men at the front Tire bitter weather hampered gov ernment forces as they sloshed over rain mired roads to attempt to stem! the advance of insurgent forces at Navalperal de Pinares Valdemaque da and Casa del key points in the defense of Madrid ascist units reportedly were ham mering the last link in their chain arching the capital from Cebreros to San Martin A government force attempting to (Turn to page 8 No 7) RUMORD Me Oct (In County Attorney Walker Abbott said tonight Mrs i Rudy reder icks 1 49 accused of murdering her daughter with a hammer would be taken to the Augusta insane hospital for observation tomorrow Superior Court Judge Albert Beliveau signed a commitment order at Portland late today after Mrs redericks wife of enwick reder icks Mexico oil worked had been (Turn to page 8 No 1) EDERAL TRUST CO S3 MAIN ST WATERVILLE MR Branch Office Uni ty Matae AUGUSTA Me Oct Two men one wounded in an exchange of shots with a fanner from whom they tried to steal hens were ar rested here tonight State Trooper Arthur reeman said and capture of a third man was expected soon reeman said breaking and enter ing charges would be lodged against the pair who called themselves William Carver and Henry Cormier both of Bangor Carver was' in a hospital nera for treatment of a shotgun wound in the right leg He also would be charged Turn to page 3 No 15 Shell Shocked Vet Unnerved By Events Accused of' Killing Child With a Hammer UTICA Ort Dr Paul A McAlpin Utica dentist headed toward the Maine woods on a big game hunt tonight armed only with three bows three dozen arrows and two cameras Dr McAlpin is president of the New York State Archery Association George Prime a neighbor is going along with him to help with the camp chores and perhaps retrieve a few arrows They were headed toward Kokad jo Maine They plan to be "in the woods for at two weeks the woods where I am Dr McAlpin said are moose deer bear and wildcats I hope to remain up there until I shoot some (Turn to page 8 No 6) WASHINGTON Oct (Bi Secretary Morgen thau today An nounced the establishment of new type of gold by the United States Great Britain and rance providing for the free exchange oi gold between the stabilization funds of the three nations The tri power agreement effect ive tomorrow does not establish fixed ratios for currencies of three coun tries and gold transactions will noir be permitted by individuals 1 Morgenthau characterized the standard as a "second toward international currency stabilization (Turji to page 8 No 5) VALUABLE OR YOU MINUTES DAINTY REST MATTRESSES Red Spring and Mattress Complete $1000 Innerspring Mattresses 38J8 DISPLAY ROOM i 5 Silver St rOHTL George Edwards 'll) long a member of the Edwards 4 ai 1 dealers died here today bft'ii 1 ned since 1932 former odd jobs man for the dead widow The group met behind closed doors in the office in Quincy police headquarters Dewing declined to reveal the purpose of the Earlier in the day State Detective John Dempsey reported he had found a stained automobile seat and burlap bags marked in home One of the legs found in Boston harbor was wrapped in a burlap bag markedMaine Captain Stokes said earlier in the night there would be important later at night He made the announcement on his return Turn to page 3 No 16 A sudden and unexpected blast from the southwest yesterday churning to a wind of gale velocity swept tlie Kennebec Valley causing much property damage and disrupt ing electric and telephone service in many communities Breaking at mid Inoming the storm was accompanied' by heavy rain light hail and caused tempera tures to drop several degrees in less than an hour The storm was follow ed by a clearing which brought with it fresh west winds which added to the damage later in the day when at times they reached high velocity The Central Maine Power com pany experienced undoubtedly the brunt of the damage caused by the storm high tension i lines being grounded by falling limbs in the Vicinity of Brooks affecting the service in Waterville and vicinity shortly before noon Trees were felled across lines on the River road in Sidney on Pleasant street in I The Civilian Conser COips observed the founding of the United States forest service the Sesqui Centennial anni vrrsan of he constitution to efur Trres and seedlings were plant ro ps members nicy wiU be ccdicated' ofiicially 1937 AUGUSTA Maynard Collamore of Portland and Augustus Magnus m' of Bar Harbor filed pardon peti Ttmis today with the secretary of department Magnusson Sen tenced for liquor law violation said be had been in Hancock county jail i April 4 1936 Collamore finedr Bangor municipal court on a charge dninken driving said to regain his automobile op PORTLAND Me Oct (De Maine had her first taste of winter temperatures tonight after an al day blast of westerly winds which dLsruptod cortununicatibru brought down trees and limbs and in Aroos took county damaged buildings The weather bureau here predicted a minimum several degrees below freezing before sunrise? The state's experimental farm at Presque Isle in Aroostook prophesied tempera tures as low as 20 degrees above dur ing the night Much of huge potato crop still is below ground The high winds brought snow flur ries hail rain and lightning in the northern part qf the state In the southern part skies were fair highest wind velocity was 30 miles an hour but the coast guard at nearby Cape Elizabeth re ported an extreme velocity of 45 miles an hour which delayed ship ping all along the Maine coast Coast guards saved the 80 foot Boston schooner yacht Pegasus from going ashore on Is land at the entrance to Portland Harbor Turn to page 3 No 14 Coughlin Speaks With Cutting Words In Boston Address BOSTON Oct Rev Charles Coughlin today reiterated his assertion that President Roose velt has and quoted from the chief execu message to congress of last January as of his contention The chief executive he said told the national legislature that the New Deal had created governmental powers which if benovelently ad ministered would be for the public welfare but which would result in for the poor if they should fall into the hands of cal (Turn to page 8 No 8) lood Dangers Apparent In Philippine Archipelago Districts lUGUSTA Stewart and Wil liams Inc I of Augusta and Carlton of "Woolwich submitted low b'cs for two proposed hvttr instruction projects in Maine The projects were Sumner Hartford and Dresden WORCESTER Mass Oct (T) Thomas Crosble 54 Worcester State hospital patient will be ar raigned in district court tomorrow on the charge of slaying his wife with an axe yesterday afternoon while he was on a temporary visit to her home Cfosbie shell shocked war veteran and former widely known musician remained under guard in his police cell all Dr William A Bryan superinten dent of the state hospital ssiid no disciplinary action could be taken against the interne who Bryan said (Turn to page 8 No 3) ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN ENROUTE TO WICHITA Kans Oct At the tip of his 5000 mile western stumping tour Presi dent Roosevelt today compared Re publican leadership to the God Janus and at the same time pledged the New Deal to? pre serve a "Constitutional representa tive form of He' said Republican leaders had made a "pitiful in call ing the works program "waste and that under his own administration the nation had gone the and that monetary system Is the soundest in the world The President spoke in Denver from a platform on the west terrace of the gold domed Colorado capltoi Policy Chief' George Marland of Denver estimated 45000 persons we re packed into the capitol grounds perched on buildings and signboards and dotting the trees nearby to hear the address Man in McIntyre pres idential secretary and Secretary I allace estimated the crowd at 75 000 The chief executive left after i ward to invade the home state of his Republican rival Gov Alt Landon (Tum to page 8 NoT 10) AUGUSTA Me Oct 12 Counsel for Governor Louis Brann apparently unsuccessful De mocratic candidate for United States senator in Maine Sept 14 announced tonight at the conclu sion of the first inspection of ballots that tlie chief executive had gained 133 votes in seven wards and 33 in Orono a total of 166 Brapn who on the face of un official election returns was de feated by Senator Wallace White Jr (R) of Auburn "lost the city of Bangor by eight votes according to the results of the in spection of ballots cast in the seven counsel reported Counsel for the governor said they determined the net gain for Brann after comparing their in spection results with thq tally of the votes provided by Bangor and Orono officials John Clifford Jr of Lewiston United States dis trict attorney for Maine and Tum to page 3 No 9 I Representatives of a New I Yo financial house syndicate I which will underwrite a proposedG vk sue by the Bath Iron Works Corporation ere visitors at the plant toaay The corporation plan rei issuance of 194006 shares of $1 1 par common stock proceeds to be I trevl to retire outstanding first I inirtage bonds of the company and I Mweil up operations LONDON Ort or three years a small army of government clerks has been checking up the es tate left by Sir John Ellerman lit tle known "richest man in Eng and they are still hard at it today TTts government can well afford the time It ex peels to collect nearly f20000XX (Turn to page 8 No 4) Nevtfs at a Glance By The Associated Press Domestic WASHINGTON Treasury an nounces plan to free inter govern ment gold flow with Britain rance for exchange protection A of council offers to talk peace with Lewis Unions ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT TRAIN President Roosevelt calls Republicans "two rT Trvrr Gov Landon pro poses relief plan with fed eral cash and state administration i pRTLADELiPHIA Hopkins says no for relief spending oreign loods follow Philip I pine typhoon that killed 300 I HO Nazi official predicts trade war unless Germany regains col onies PARIS New election talked as government scans Communist Rightist clashes MADRID Women anq chil dren help bolster barricades against ascists BURGOS Insurgent surround Loyalist column Stanley Painter state irticuhurist announced the open I ing todav of Maine's state apple tree poof Tlie pool is conducted an 8 nually to aid the Maine ruit Grow ers in replenishing their stock with A out of fJtate trees (Miss Nettle Bur I' igh of Vassalboro member of the a Maine Republican state committee 1 left today for a several speak ing tour of the middle west for the I Republican national committee Tlie I Republican state committee's head I quarters in Augusta said Miss Bur Jcigh received a request from the national committee to maxe speecn es in seveial sections of the middle west inchidiiig Michigan Wiscon sin and Pennsylvania XUGUSTA Norman Gallaghern ca ibou today was nominat ed bv Governor Louis Brann to the board of trustees for state nor schools to succeed the late Di A Small (R) of reedom The governor al appointed 10 notaries pub'lr anu six justices of tlie peace AUGUSTA A move ment ha been started by Maine Charles White of the stii department of agriculture said tod v' to araft a "fresh egg law" for presentation to the legislature inrt7 "Th White said sucii a law would help the consuhier know the quality of the egzs he is purchasing and likewise aid the producer in keeping a high cfoTirlarrl nnftlltV fOT lliS OWH )miuuu VI a sales benefit A committee appoint ed by the Maine Poultry improve rncin Ajficrition to draft such a bill discuTl the proposal at a meeting today in the State House PO RTLA The schooner yacht osned by rederick Lee o( Boston was saved from going ashore un Island here to I day bv members of the Cape Eliza beth coast guard crew Strong winds caused the 80 toot Ci a ft to drag her anchors The Pe gasiis was perilously close to renkv of the island when coast guards arrived tn answer to her tress signal Caribou expects to entertain 700 Aroostook county teachers to the annual conference ofhe County here tomorrow Dr A Stod superintendent of Providence schools will be tlie principal speaker Norman widely known editor will add Maine Unitarian clergy and layniw (in I heir annual joint retreat Saturday and Sunday ORT AIRIELD JaCk HOUgh 1 ton told Hugh Murphy ort air field will represent Maine at tnc com et non of the uture rmcrso America at Kansas City Mo 17 24 Houghton is president of ie Maipe branch Murphy is a for the American farmer de 1 gree highest in the order ernando Phil 1 brick 93 one of the last of the seven st Liooy Host a ii commander of the Maine depart nient died here late Sunday night Thi1Kr(v with tile ZISu Vlaine infantiy during the Civil Wr Til MkW til Bl 1 'r 1 to In or Struggle 3 taro I jo DS.