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The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Chinese Retreat Provides the Way Out
Eagerly Sought By Japs, Says Gibbons

parently panic,stricken over the
expected japanese invasion. De
spite the detection of police, no
looting or other disorder was re-
ported.
Chinese Beg Protection
Chinese merchants petitioned
the foreign consular body today
asking international protection for
Chinese citizens within the area
taken over by the Japanese.
Fighting was continuing in the
direction Of Nanziang after 8p.m.
with tension in Nantao increasing
proportionately.
The remainder of Shanghai,
however, was approaching nor
mality. Throughout the after
noon and evening japanese troops
were busy removing the barbed
wire entanglementS from North
SZechuan Road and elsewhere in
the Hongkew district, preparing to
return full control of the area to
municipal settlement police at 8
a. m. Friday.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
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achieve the object Of protect
ing japanese residents by peace
full means.
However, proposals based on
such a desire were not, to their
regret, acceded to by the Nine.
teenth Route Army Of China
and at last hOstillties were
started.
"The Chinese forces have now
retreated to positions beyond
the distance originally requested
by the imperial forces, and
signs are seen Of the peace Of
Shanghai's settlements being
recovered and the safety of
japanese residents being as,
Sured.
II have therefore decided to
order my forces to halt for the
time being at the point actually
held and to stop fighting, pro-
vided the Chinese forces will
not resort to further hostile
actions"
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura
commander-in-chief of the Third
Japanese Fleet, issued a state.
ment declaring termination of
hostilities at 1880 p. M, to the
following effect:
"The Imperial Navy, in CO.
operation with the Imperial
Army, have exerted their efforts
to fulfill the mission entrusted
to them of affOrding prOtec.
ton to Japanese residents in
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Car Owner Described
As Candy Salesman

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 8 Il.
N.So Archie C. Lentz, of 1924
North Street. Harrisburg, to whom
Pennsylvania license tags AC-135
were issued, has not lived at that
address since last September.
J. H. Webster, the present occu-
pant, said he thought Lentz and
his family left for Canada. Lentz
has two daughters about 2 and
years old. Webster said. 1t was
learned that Lentz had worked for
the Pendergast Candy Company
here as a salesman until a month
ago.
He is abOut6 feet tall, Webster
estimated. His wife also is tall
and rather slim.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
WOMAN MAILS
THREATS To
L|NDY
FIees Boston P. o. When
Clerk Sees Address; InspeC-
tors Hard on Her Trail

BOSTON, March 3 (IN.S.).
An air-mail letter of warning
to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to
spare no time in meeting the
demands of the kidnapers Of
his baby son was mailed at
South Postal Station A today.
It was believed to have been
posted by a small, nervous CO.
year-old woman with a slight
German accent.
There Is no hope, but it Is a
vitally important COmmunica-
ton" was written on the face
of the envelope.
Carried New Jersey Tags
A touring car had been OBJ
served outside the postoffice at
about the time the air mail letter
was posted.
1t carried New Jersey license
plates, J-6898.
The car was stopped on the
Jamaica highway by Traffic Off
GER Joseph Iiailafous. It was
driven by the owner, Harry
Spring, jr., %. single, of Milford,
N. j., not far from the Lind
bergh home at Hopewell.
Spring explained that he left
his car near the postal station
while visiting a friend named
Kruger at City Hospital, near
the station.
Spring said he came here ten
days ago from New Jersey to
visit his parents, who live in Rox-
bury.
Gives Police a Clue
He explained that as he left
the postal station he saw a ner.
vous-appearing woman hurrying
toward the door and that he held
it open for her. She walked up
Washington street toward Dover
street. Spring said.
The description Of the woman
80 years old, 5 feet 4 inches, 145
pounds-as given by Young Spring
tallies with that given by John
Mackin, from whom a woman
bought an air mail stamp.
Another clerk, Frank A.
Downes, observed the letter ad.
dressed Colonel Lindbergh, Hope.
well, N, j." and hurried out of
the post office in an attempt to
find the sender. ...
Downes saw the New Jersey car
and mistook Spring for a woman
driving off.
TRENTON, N. j., March 3 Il.
N.So. - State troopers today
checked up on the reported
license number of the auto.
mobile in which a woman in I3os-
ton drove away after mailing an
alleged threatening letter to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh.
The license number of the ma
chine forwarded by Boston au-
thorities was found to belong to
a resident of Milford. N. j., only
a few miles away from the scene
of the Lindbergll baby kidnapping.
Troops were sent to Milford to
discover whether the machine, a
red roadster, was stolen.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Rum Runner Reports Mystery Cruiser
With Baby Three Men Off Sandy Hook

! emphasized by the discovery that
the kidnaper. in climbing up to
the second-story window, had to
place his ladder in front Of a Win
dow of the library on the ground
floor
AS Mrs. Lindbergh tucked In
her child before the kidnapping,
she attempted to close the shut.
ter on the child's bedroom win
dow. 1t was out of order and
would not close.
Police expressed q theory that
the kidnaper may have visited the
nursery earlier and deliberately
damaged the shutter.
Samuel Mandel. whose stolen
car was found abandoned at HILL
side, N. j.. was questioned by
Brooklyn police at the request Of
State troopers here.
Mandel told police the car was
parked in Brooklyn.
Fingerprints found in the stolen
automobile were being studied by
experts.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Sen. Watson PreSideS
At Indiana Bun0uet

Senator James E. Watson,
president of the Indiana State
Society, was toastmaster at the
annual banquet and dance of the
society at the Shoreham Hotel
last night.
Among the more than 500
guests present were Vice Presi-
dent Curtis, Senator and Mrs.
Felix Hebert of Rhode Island,
Senator and Mrs. Arthur e.
Robinson of Indiana; Representa-.
tive and Mrs. Arthur H. Green
wood of Indiana, Representative
and Mrs. William P. Connery Of
Massachusetts,; Representative and
Mrs. Harry c. Garfield o. Indiana,
and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Omar
Bundy.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
TakOnau Man Faces
Charges of Forgery

H. H. Cheatham. 80, Of Takoma
Park, was arrested in Richmond
on information furnished by the
Montgomery county police and
brought to Silver Spring today
by Sergeant Earl Burdine, of the
Montgomery force, charged with
forgery.
The charge is made by a chain
store. He is held in $1,000 bond
and will be arraigned shortly.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

Two of three men reported
to have been lettering in the
vicinity of the Lindbergh
estate before the kidnapping
were identified through pic
lures in the rogues' gallery of
Newark, N. J.
A "Mrs. Heating" waitress
in a Pennington IN. J.) res.
taurant, made the Identified
ton. This was announced by
John J. Toohey, secretary for
Governor Harry Moore.
The waitress told Police In
kpector Charles Wilson, of Jer-
sey City, that three men ap-
preached her last Friday and
asked directions to Lindbergh s
house.
The restaurant in Pennington,
where Mrs. Keating works is only
i've miles from HopeWell.
Men Like Foreigners
The men appeared again on the
night Of the kidnapping, she said.
She served them and they left.
She continued:
81 first saw the three men
last Friday night. They looked
like foreigners. After they had
finished eating they tipped me
well. and then asked directions
to the Lindbergh home. I told
them where it was and thought
nothing of it at the time.
CON Tuesday night, about an
hour before the Lindbergh baby
was kidnapped, these same men
returned to the restaurant. They
ordered sandwiches. This time
they didn't say anything to me
and they left pretty suddenly"
State troopers here working on
this lead believed that the trio
left the restaurant about p. M,
or possibly from 80 minutes to
an hour before little Charles was
abducted.
Colonel Iyindberph denied eno.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
PAIR WITH BABY
ABANDON CAR

Continued from First Pass)
New Jersey police, and ordered re
search Of all hotels and rooming
houses here for the couple and
the baby. He said:
81 consider the finding IF
this automobile so important
that / am placing all the facili-
ties of the department at work.
1t looks mighty good to e.
and there is a possibility that
the solution of the Lindbergh
case may be cleared up"
Detective Sergeant O'Dea mean
while is carrying on an investiga-
tion among tourist camps.
The name of Ella Prendergast
was found on a slip of paper in
the car, and word from Harris
burg indicates that q man named
Lentz worked for the Prendergast
Candy Company there.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

Another report that a baby
had been seen on a cabin crui,
ser with three men aboard was
received by the Coast Guard
The tip came from a rumrunner
.(also doing his share in the
hunt). He said the cruiser was
80 miles off Scotland Light
Iabout five miles off Sandy
Hook and was sailing aimlessly
Identification of the KIDNAPPED
baby may be aided by the fact
That he has pronounced dimple
IN. his chin. Richard B. Scandrett.
Jr, nephew of the late Senator
Dwight w. Morrow. pointed out.
The baby walked a little and
knew q few simple nursery words.
He Is 2 feet 8 inches in height,
weighs 80 pounds. and has blue
eyes and a fair complexion. His
hair Is curly like his fathers.
Knew Child's Habits
State police are convinced that
the kidnapping was carefully
PAoAAAACA e11u IAldJ- CLIc 4SduCT
knew the habits Of the Lind
berghs, the typography of the
estate, and the construction of the
house.
He probably knew
That the baby was put 20
bed each night at 7 p. m.
That Colonel Lindbergh on
Tuesday was supposed to at
tend q dinner in New York.
That the ladder used would
reach exactly to the nursery on
the second story.
That the baby was fed at
10 p. m. and that the kidnap-
ing would be discovered by that
time.
Colonel Lindbergh did not go to
the dinner in New York because
he was confused as to its date. He
and Mrs. Lindbergh were in the
dining room. at the other end of
the house, during the KIDNAPPING
The daring of the baby raid was
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

TRIO Of FOREIGNERS TWICE
I. IN VICINITY PRIOR To
DISAPPEARANCE
Continued from First Pase)


case was accompanied by conference be-
tween Gov. A. Harry Moore and Colonel
Lindbergh.
The governor motored over from the State
Capitol, accompanied by Col. Fl. Norman
Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey State
police.
Another visitor to the Lindbergh home was Miss
Elizabeth Morrow sister of the baby's mother
The estate was cleared twomile area of every
body but the troopers necessary to keep 1t clear.
Lindberghs sidetrack Police
If the kidnapers only knew it, they may walk up the
winding lane to the isolated Lndbergh homestead and
conclude their barter.
The Lindberghs are not working with the police for
fear it might conflict with negotiations which they are
willing to conduct in good faith.
Neither are the police working with the Lndberghs-
lest it prevent the first baby of the land from beng
recovered. ~,
In line with the Lndbergh desire to replace bedlam
with peace headquarters for information to the press
was established at Trenton, the State capital
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

10000 Smokes FlTHER HUBBARD
is dying down." thus declared
Father Hubbar known
throughout Alaska as the
"Padre of the Glaciers" He
continued:
"Then 1 hope to try to climb
Mount ShiShaldin, the big
volcano that has been causing
all the disturbance on Unimak
Island"
1t is his sixth trip to
Alaska. Father Hubbard dis
covered that Aniakchak was
the largest explosive crater in
the world, a hole 1900 feet
deep and seven miles across.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Labor Departments
Bureaus Will Move

The Women's Bureau and the
Children'S Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor, now in Temporary
Building 5, will be moved into the
Winder Building, Seventeenth and
G SITS. N. W., as soon as renova.
ton of this structure is complete.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
State Police ScOur
Mountains for Rnbu

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 8
G.N.SO Secrecy today yelled
the movements of squad of 10
picked State troopers believed
securing the mountain regions
after receiving tip" in the kid.
naping of the infant son of Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Einsteins, Both Sick,
To Sail Tomorrow

PASADENA, Cal, March 3
GN.SO DIR. and Mrs. Albert
Einstein will sail tomorrow for
their new home in Germany fol-
lowing two months of scientific
research here by DR.. Einstein,
the scientist. Both are suffering
from colds.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

shall of the
st. Patrick'S
Day parade
on March II,
Mayor James
J. Walker ac-
cepte ed the
honor Of lead
i n 6 t h e
m a rch RS
from a com.
mittee W h o
called on him
at city hall.
"W h q { I
want to know
is how to get
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

MAYOR WALKER uptown" the
mayor said after ROderick Ken
nedy had notified him that he
was to be grand marshal.
"It is fitting that the grand
marshal be mounted" Mr.. KEN
nedy said hopefully. -e''" . e
But the mayor drew the line.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
RuinOus Hurricane
LaSheS Island GrOup

SUVA, Fiji Islands, March 3
GNS0 "A hurricane struck the
area just north Of Efate, in the
New Hebrides Islands, today, in.
flicting extensive damage.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

SHANGHAI, March 3 U.N.SO
Despite a Japanese announcement
at 4:3O p. m. that military opera
tionS in Shanghai would cease
Immediately, sharp firing con.
tinued to be heard in the direc.
ton of Nanziang tonight.
Chinese authorities outspokenly
doubted the good faith of the
japanese and predicted they
would invade and occupy the
suburb Of Nantao tonight.
Chinese police in Nantao were
handing in their arms and with
drawing from the District, ap-
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

North; Father
Bernard J.
Hubbard. S.
j.. noted ex-
plorer. W a S
on his way
today from
s an Fran
SEQ to
Alaska.
90 ne of
the m ain
purposes of
my trip will
be to prove
t h a tn e
alley Of
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Mayor Refuses to Ride
Horse in Parade

NEW YORK, March g.
After carefully aScertaining
that he would not be required
to ride a horse as grand mar
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Padre of the Glaciers
On PeriIous Jaunt

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3
U.N.S0.-Bound on his greatest
adventure into the frozen
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

Shanghai through peaceful
means. ---......
But unfortunately, efforts to
achieve our object through
peaceful means were frustrated
by continued hOstilitieS of the
Nineteenth Route Army and
we were obliged to start our
operations against the Nine
teenth Route Army.
However, Chinese troops
have retreated out Of the area
designated in our original de-
mandS, thereby removing the
menace to the safety of
Japanese nationals as well as
Of the international Settle
ment.
II want to order the cessa.
ton of all hostile actions
against Chinese troops unless
our men are challenged by their
renewed hOStiIitieS."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11

clanking steel of cage-like cell
blocks, they are secure and strong.
The cost, too, is less per capita of
inmate than any similar institution
in the country. Originally estimated
to cost $3,850.000, it will cost only
So, 100000.
It's entire cost can be amortized
over period of thirty years
through the saying in transporta-
ton now expended in conveying
men of the northeast area to At
lanta and Leavenworth.
The new prisons warden is
Major Henry G. Hill, formerly of
Joliet, Ill, a penoIogist of the newer
school. The new institution was
authorized by congress to relieve
the intolerable overcrowding at At
lanta and Leavenworth.
THE bureau of prisons makes no
rash predictions for the success of
this institution" said Director
Bates, former Boston lawyer, called
to Washington by Calvin Coolidge.
1--WE know that the older type of
prison has failed This one repre-
sents the best thought of some of
the most progressive minds in the
country.
Success of the experiment de-
ponds not only upon the way the
inmates react, but by the sympathy
with which the public accepts it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11

are turned over to specialists-ca-
reer officers of the public health
service-and housed in an up-to-
the-minute hospital.
The sick of mind are turned over
to psychiatriSts. The we'll are start
ed on their long climb to liberty.
Prisoners Advance
The intractable are sent to SOL
itary, but solitary does not mean an
underground dungeon hole. The
rest are put into single cells, each
equipped with toilet, waShStand, bed
and chair.
Each tier of cells is just a little
better than the one the prisoner
leaves behind. Finally he reaches
wards and honor rooms" with
Longing space.
There will be no idleness. A fac
tory for metal furniture is being
installed. A big athletic field for
baseball and football for all, voca-
tional training shops, a beautifully
decorated library, a chapel for a
once-a-week movie show of convict
performances, will keep the men &C
tive in body and mind.
The most amazing feature, how
ever, is a school built into the
prison, with clasSrooms for every
sort of adult education. This is
unique in the United States.
The men are fed a balanced diet
three times a day. The dining
rooms,- too, are graduated on the
behavior scale. All of them are the
cafeteria style, the men helping
themselves to the hot food as they
wish it and then sitting down to eat
it at small oaken tables.
Electricity Plays Big Part
The kitchens, bakeries, refriger-
ators and storehouSes are models of
modern convenience, with electric
ity playing big role everywhere.
All the rooms are simple but
handsomely built. Instead of the
usual gray and forbidding stone,
the walls are of warm browning
gray. The architecture is Italian
Renaissance, giving the institu-
ton a monastic appearance.
While the corridors lack the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11
CORN BORER is HALTED
Weather Conditions are UnfavOrable
for Spread of Pest.
WASHINGTON

bWHctehce SefCicG
WASHINGTON, NOV. IL
Weather conditions unfavorable for
the flight of the adults retarded
the spread of the European corn
borer during the last season, so that
it added little new territory to the
infested area, the United States de-
partment of agriculture announced.
The corn borer area now includes
territory as far west as Wisconsin,
and extends from the corn growing
provinces of Canada on the north
to Kentucky, Virginia, and Mary
land on the south.
Department of agriculture en-
gineers have devised special types
of farm implements with which
farmers in the infested area can
clean up their fields thoroughly in
autumn, thereby depriving the borer
larvae of refugees in which to spend
the winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11
Contract Bridge

viously had a safe suit to bid
after the double.
Easts next bid must be strong
ly constructive and must show his
partner three things; first, that
North's three no trump bid was a
psychic; second, that East had a
hand of great strength; third, that
he had only moderate assistance in
spades.
This he accomplished by bid
ding four no trump over North's
three no trump. West responded
with five diamonds - another
strongly constructive bid.
East now knew that his partner
held at least five diamonds and
consequently that he must hold
at least five spades. having bid
that suit first
Therefore, East had no hesitation
in raising to five spades and West.
in view of his partners construc-
tive bid, carried the contract to six
spades.
The Play
North opened with the Jack of
clubs and the declarer wisely went
up with the ace in dummy, refus-
ing the f1neSSe because he had
nothing to gain even if it should
win. A small heart was discarded
from his own hand.
West suspected from North's
bid that he might be void of
spades, so he laid down the ace
first to see how the land lay.
His suspicious were confirmed. so
he led small spade from dummy,
flneSSing the nine spot.
His next play was the ace of
diamonds and when South dropped
the jack, West continued with a
small diamond.
West reasoned that North had
shown no strength in either
spades, hearts, or clubs, and there
fore probably had a complete
psychic, so he placed the king of
diamonds with South.
He played low from dummy and
was lucky enough to have the king
drop.
South returned a heart, which
was allowed to ride to dummy's
king. and another spade f1nesSe en-
abled the declarer to pick up all
the trumps.
He then led a small diamond to
dummy's queen and the remaining
cards in his own hand were good.
Thus East and West were able
TO bid and make their small slam,
and North's psychic far from con-
fusing them, had given valuable
differences which assisted in max
ing the contract.
tcopyriRht. 1882. NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11

East and West were vulnerable,
while North and South were not.
South passed and West opened the
bidding with one spade.
North was entirely helpless
against the spade contract and
knew his partner to be rather weak
also, hence it seemed inevitable
that East and West would make q
game, or possibly slam, unless he
could interfere in some way.
At one liable North did attempt to
interfere oy inserting a bid of three
no trump.
This bid appears ridiculous, but
it is a psychic of a well-recognized
type. Mrs. P. H. Sims, the coun-
trys leading authority on psychic
bids, termed it The Barricade." be-
cause it erects high barrier which
interferes with the exchange of in
formation by the opponents.
OF course North expected to be
doubled at three no trump. in which
case he would bid four clubs. being
willing to take a penalty of three or
four tricks to prevent the opponents
from going game.
East recognized the bid as a
psychic and he considered it use
less to do-ble, because North OBJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-11
RECEPTION TO
HONOR M'NUTT
AT INDIANA u.
Governor Elect Tribute to
Be Paid Tonight by
Faculty, Students.

BB Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. IL
Indiana university will pay honor
to its distinguished son, Governor
Elect Paul V. McNutt, in a recep-
ton tonight from to in the new
Union building. Dean and Mrs. Nc
Mutt and their daughter Louise
will be guests of honor and students,
faculty and townspeople will attend.
President William Lowe Bryan,
Secretary John w. Cravens, Mayor
Joseph Campbell and Governor
Elect McNutt will be presented in
a brief, informal program. Indiana
university students and faculty and
townspeople will lay aside all politi-
cal affiliations in preparation for
the reception.
His election is not only a signal
honor to himself, but also one for
his alma mater" says the Indiana
Daily Student
The committee emphasizes that
the reception is to be strictly non
political and that no campaign
oratory will be permitted. The en-
tire first floor of the Union build
ing will be thrown open for the
McNutt home coming.
The committee in charge of the
reception Includes: Secretary
Cravens, Alumni Secretary George
F. HIGHWAY, Publicity Director
Frank r. Elliott; Miss Lucille Kit
son, president of A. w. S. and rep
reSentative of women students:
Dean Agnes E. Wells, Dean c. E.
Edmondson, State Senator Elect
Ward G. Biddle; Eugene Fletchan,
Indiana Union and representative