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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-02
Chapter 3
ALLIES FOR REVENGE

VERY stood at the top of the
~ marble steps and peered about
for a taxicab, hoping vaguely that
one of HI boys It the field would
have come for him.
He glanced at a long black-and-
nickle roadster standing at the curb,
then sta ed at il more closely. No,
it couldn't be, he decided; Emory
Battles was in Boston.
He walked down the steps, crossed
the narrow sidewalk and, bending low
peered into the drivers seat There,
his face resting upon arms outstret-
ched over the great slanting wheel,
was Emo-y y, noisily asleep. Jerrys
pulses leaped. He would rather have
seen this lanky, carefree, reckless pal
inst at that moment than any other
maj in the United States. He reach
ed in and gave the sleeper a slap on
the back. Battles Strengthened up
with a start. of surprise. For a mo-
nrent he blinked, bleary-eyed, at Jer-
ry. then smiled into a wide, contented
Hello, kid!' he yawned. Are you
a free man.
His greeting was as casual as tho
1t had been but a day since he had
seen his closest friend, instead Of
Tall, rather thin, with high fore
head. straight nose and scholarly
mouth, one might have thot Emory
"A student taking a postgraduate
course in philosophy at Harvard in
stead of a restless, headstrong youth
whose passion vas adventure and
whose besetting vice vas wander
lust
AS Jerry sank into the deep cush-
Ions, his friend slipped into the traf-
fic and headed the throbbing o
Ster toward New York.
How did you get here?" demand
ed the battered pilot. II thot you'd
sworn off New York for ever and had
gone home to get into the good graces
of your stiff-necked aunts, uncles
land cousins
81 have and did" declared Emory,
comfortably. But when I read about
your little to-do out here in the
= country, | thot | might be missing a
bet by staying so far away from the
!. excitement. Besides, the atmosphere
= of home was beginning to curdle my
usually kind disposition"
$50 last night ] happened to read
your lapse from grace and knew
tit was time to be easing along"
Il jumped into the car, left Bos-
4on a few minutes after midnight
and beat the train to the Grand Cen
4ral by twenty-five minutes
How are fixed for money"
inquired Jerry succinctly.
filthy with IL, confessed MS
friend promptly. How much do you
WANT"
ssHow much will you spend" count
cred the other, ito have a little ex-
citement and, maybe, get yourself
mhot?"
"Ive got a couple of thousand with
me and I'll draw checks until the
bank sends somebody to arrest me.
Nhat's the excitement and when do
we start? Quick, now, I'm all of a
xwstteri"
The %kidnapings had taken place on
Hhe afternoon and evening Of Sep
Te1nber /. On the morning Of the 4th
ran unusual conference took place at
the offices of Hammond, Smythe, and
Whittelsey, Van Ashforth and Ham
.mond, attorneys.
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~ Gamblers Throw
10 6r En4tacs l. dam

Reporters who had ferreted out the
news OF this important meeting
thronged the reception room on the
fourteenth floor, where they watched
many noted personages enter the
closely-guarded wicket.
Mrs. Frederick Mallory, accompan-
led by Humphrey Hemmlngway,, was
first 10 arrive, A few minutes ia,er,
Wendell Hamilton. brother Of the
missing man, entered with Royal 7.
Haywood. chairman OF the hoard of
directors of the United states Tex
tile corporation, and Irving L. Welsh,
w~ell-known corporation close
on their heels came Mrs. Colburn
Wentworth, mother Of the missing
girl. escorted by Philip Macomoer,
her future son-in-law.
The newspaper men recalled that
the conference was being held in the
offices Of Mr.. Macombers attorneys.
Last of all arrived Inspector OR.
Mullanphy, of the New York police
department.
man with beribboned nose glasses
| minced into the reception room, clap
ped his hands smartly for silence
and read a prepared statement 10
the attentive reporters.
Il am instructed to issue the fol-
lowing statement:
Mrs. Frederick Mallory, MT. en-
dell Hamilton and Mrs. Colbourn
Wentworth have each received in this
mornings mail a letter p%urporting 10
be from the abdlctors of the two
gentlemen and the lady who are
known to have disappeared. With
NJ 5. Mallory's consent, we have
caused her letter TO he photostated
and will presently supply each of you
gentlemen with a copy. While each OF
the letters varies in details, n OF
them will. we hope, suffice. Inspector
Mullanphy has authorized us to give
you the following details as to the
physical makeup of the letters them
selves.
'They were written on stationery
which may be purchased in any sta
tionery store and are enclosed in en-
velopes of similar paper. They bear
postmarks indicating they We're mailed
at City Hall station. New York City,
at or shortly before 5 p. m. yesterday.
AS YOU will presently observe, they
have been hand printed with pen and
ink, thus making it impossible to
trace the author by employing the
services of a typewriter expert OF an
authority upon handwriting. 1t will be
further noted thai the missives were
written, or dictated, by a person OF
obvious intelligence.
'In closing, | am instructed 10 say
that a decision has been made to full
fill, in every detail. the demands that
have been made. That is all, gentle
men. Those who attended the confer
ence have left the building by an
other exit, since they do not wish to
be interviewed
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more leisurely, most of them stop
ping to read the letter before leaving
the reception room. 1t was as follows:
Dear Mrs. Mallory:
Your husband, who is honoring us
with a visit, has suggested that we
list the possessions he carried with
him in order that you may be assured
that we are not perpetrating a hoax
Of doubtful humor.
THE following items were in his
pockets when he accepted the invita-
ton to join our little house party:
! gold cigarette case
! gold fountain pen
l gold pencil
! gold cigarette lighter, not in good
order
l gold flask, half filled with bath
tub gin
8 guest ana membership cards to
various clubs
l certificate Steel Ltd, 100 sh.
common
/ bunch keys
2 cigars
l mans handkerchief
l lady's ditto, embroidered
/ leather pocket book containing
business cards, several miscellane-
Gus personal cards and 1898 in
cash.
1 check book, folding, on New I'm
ion bank.
photograph, presumed to be Of
Mrs. F. Mallory.
6 personal letters.
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Why let business go out OF town !
Advertise and keep 1t here.
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CHILD'S HEALTH is
u OF BEHAVIOR

Worcester, Mass, June lap
Health of the child has a direct
bearing on juvenile delinquency in
the opinion of DR.. Samuel w. Hart
well, author of the book, @Fifty-five
Bad Boys"
"In trying to understand the
cause Of delinquency" DR.. Hartwell
asserts, at is best to say This
child is delinquent because he is
discouraged, or afraid or lonesome
or unloved or he is confused with
life.'
"Such methods as these are what
cause or make possible the childs
misbehavior. In the search for what
caused the moods we frequently
find i'll health and physical handi-
caps.
@The child who feels himself un-
loved and unaccepted by others
often believes, and sometimes 1T is
true, that these things are made
possible because he or she is not
so strong or good-looking or heal
thy as other children are"
Why let business go out OF town! !
Advertise and keep 1t here.
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had set for himself and for the vio-
lent, adventure loving Emory.
With the police, man-hunters by
trade, bending every energy in hope
Of finding some clue to the senders
of the insolent ransom letters, how
| could he ana Emory expect to sue
coed? They had no access to confid-
entail information, no standing as Of
fetal investigators. Just two men on
their own, the one burning for re-
venge, the other bored with riches
and the deep ruts of conventional
living. Their chief assets were an in
tense personal interest in the chase,
the ability, thru their flying, to cover
| ground rapidly and adequate funds.
Cutting across the easterly arm OF
Great South bay with fifteen thous-
and feet beneath them, they followed
the tiny white thread of sand which
separates Moriches and ShinnecocR
bays from the sea. Then, suddenly,
Emory, who had been watching the
magnificent panorama as 1t unrolled
beneath them, turned in his seat and
pointed to the southeast.
Copyright, Dial Press)
A strange plane appears, tomorrow
and Jerry and Emory play hide and
seek with il in the clouds.
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SAYS BOND ISSUE
WOULD TIP BUDGET

Washington, June 2-(AP)-
Secretary Mills told senate bank
ing committee today that the bond
issue section of the Democratic re-
lief bill is open to very serious
objection. The treasury head said
that the $500, 900, 900 bond issue
section of the bill would unbalance
the budget, forcing a resort to the
unsound device of an extraordin-
airy budget.
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I'm order that your husbands eN-
istence may continue TO be pleasant
and that his health may continue TO
be excellent, We make the following
suggestion;
Attend a meeting with the lawyers
who represent n other guests. After
listening patiently TO their protests,
instruct them TO place S3o0,OoO tSl0o'-
O00 for each guest) in used unmarked
n hundred dollar bills, in a black
handbag.
Instruct them. further, to have
this handbag placed in a white row
boat which, on next Thursday NOR
ming, At ten O'Clock, must be anch-
| oreG at sea exactly ten miles south
east Of Montauk point lighthouse. I'M
press upon them that no boats or
ships OF any kind must remain within
eight miles of the anchored rowhoat
in any direction.
III no trap is attempted and If
these details are carried out, your
husband will not suffer. Ii YOU eNade
payment Of his board bin. we will he
unable 10 continue to give him the
fun benefit of our hospitality
There was no signature.
\ man from a morning paper whis-
tied under his breath ana glanced at
an acquaintance.
say. Joe" he exclaimed. do YOU
notice hat they have demanded $780,
GOO apiece as a board bill and make
no promise 10 release those people
when they have picked up the
money
I'M say SOL" replied the other.
Looks to me as tho they might col
lect 500. 600 a month. or a week, may
be, just as long as they can keep out
Of the way Of the cops
"Al I've got 10 say murmured
the first man, thotfully, is that it's
a devil Of a good story. It's a brand
new racket in kidnapping.
1T is agreed Joe. what's more
| don't think the whole piece has
broken yet. My guess is that theren
be more KIDNAPPING TO ome
Shortly after eig%ht-thirty on Thurs
day morning, Jerry Calhoun swung
Justify on the walnut propeller of his
old biplane. skipped nimbly away
from the sudden death that lurked
in the gliStening are Of the whirlins
stick. and listened with vast salts
faction to the pulsating, deep-throat-
ed bark of the eight-cylinder engine.
Then. %clambering into the rear cock
pit, he grinned happily at Emory,
who was already strapped into the
passengers cockpit between the
| wings.
A jolting, careening rush across the
rutted ground, a br~eathtaking zoom
and they were off, climbing fast and
banking over toward the east as they
cleared the telephone wires at the
end of the field. To their right. as
they mounted higher and higher into
the inverted blue bowl Of the sky,
lay the shimmering expanse of tur-
quoise Atlantic ocean.
At last. after six disheartening days
during which there had been little or
nothing accomplished, they were on a
trail which might lead them to Nancy
Wentworth and to action. The pas
sing Of time HAD not softened. by the
slightest degree, the bitter feeling of
defeat caused by those few disast-
rous moments on the Merck road.
On the contrary. Jerry's longing for
a return action had grown with the
hours. Mon had the knowledge that
| somewhere hat wonderful clear-eyed
girl vas awaiting rescue added any
thing to Jerry's peace of mind.
In periodic moments of reason, Jer-
ry recognized what a q~uixotic task he
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the newspapers. Why with all the
eligible young men there were in the
world. Nancy HAD chosen h "A beet
iiug-jaWed, c~adaverous banker was
more than he could fathom. And the
fhOt tat she WAS In the hands OF
kidnapers who may have taken her
away because of her beauty was even
worse,
The doctor winked meaningly at
the detective and twitched his head
toward the door.
Well announced the detective,
I'm he easing along now. Got a LOT
nf work ahead of me. Wish they'd
puf someone else on the case. only
reason I'm here At all is that the
chiefs rot a bunch some old triends
Of mine are mixed mp IN II.
He waved his hand and was gone.
Jerry suddenly felt very tired.
Two days later jerry Calhoun en-
er7ged from the hospital, pale and
shaky. There was a grim, set express
sion on his face which transformer
the little laughing wrinkles around
his e. cs into hard. stern lines Whlch
framed. and accentuated, the steely
CLINT Of the pupils themselves.
For forty-eight hours he had tor
mentcd himself with ~harasslng re-
collections of the ignominious and fu-
Tile part he had taken thru those
brief moments on the roadside. His
sober Judgment assured him that
against five armed men he. single
handed. could have done little to
alter the sequence of events. Yet the
entire episode was, to a soldier and
a man Of action, unbelievably humil-
iating. He could not rid himself Of
the feeling that he had acquitted him
self very badly. Even now he could
not define a plan which would nave
prevented the %kidnapers from getting
away with the girl.
More than anything else, Jerry was
conscious of an almost 0VerpoWeflnS
desire FIR revenge.
In affairs like this he was a firm
believer of the ancient law OF an
eve for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
He knew that without another meet
ing with those men. the affair would
rankle for a longer time than he
cared To anticipate. Moreover, the
girl was a captive. He could not
overlook the horrible possibilities
that existed in such a situation.
But what could he do? He realized
thai the police were stirred into few
erish activity and that because of the
prominence of the victims the news
PAPER would harry the officials I'M
mercifully. For some vague reason
the government, too, had become In
Herested ii the case. as the visit OF
Stevens had borne witness. 1t seemed
presumptuous that Jerry, a
lone, could accomplish a thing. IL
would take unlimited time and money
even to fnin in the hunt. OF time he
had sufficient; of money, next to
none.
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He read a state
ment to the re-
porters, describing
the abductors' let
ter.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-02

Filing today for reelection to
the Montana railroad and public
service commission, Lee Dennis
said, During the term of my Of
flee, if nominated and elected, /
will adhere to the policies / have
advocated and practiced in the past
placing public interest above par
tisan Observation-Disclosures
all matters on their merits"
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Chapter q
ON n AIR TRAIL

THERE was an immediate scramble
Il for the photographs Of the letter.
Reporters for the afternoon papers
dashed madly for the door. intent up
on catching their next editions. The
men from the morning dailies were
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-02

Count Franz Won Papen was pre-
dicted by some political observers
today. The cabinet list, announced
yesterday, was crammed with en-
nobled aristocrats, and entirely de-
void of parliamentarians or repre-
sentatives of labor. Hitler had no
representative in it.
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4 asBa-1
When Amelia Earhart starts to
do a thing, there's no stopping her,
say filters who know her. The noted
aviatrix nearly four years ago set
her goal at being the first woman
to fly solo across the ocean. Her
resemblance to L~indbergh, which
has been noted often, is shown by
the picture of her at left. In the
center she is shown with her hus-
band, George Palmer Putnam, and
at right in a typical flying pose.
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PREDICT MILITARY
RULE IN GERMANY

Berlin, Germany, June Pap
The possibility of a virtual mill
tary dictatorship in Germany dur
ing the life of the new cabinet of
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Over 1000
Will Enroll
Opening Day
Expect Several =. ;"
Hundred Increase.
Teaching Staff Numbers 124 For
White And Colored Schools For
1932-1933
Boundaries Will Be Same As Prevailed
Last Year; County Schools Haze
Already Begun Work -.

The city schools will open Mon
day, September II, to begin the
1932-1933 school year.
Over 1000 students are expected
to attend the opening day.
The teaching staff, in both the
white and colored schools, totals 124.
Registration and classification OF
beginners has been underway during
the week.
Announcement has been made that
the school boundaries effective last
year will also prevail in 1~932-l933.
superintendent G. G. Haworrh,
who came 70 Salisbury from Burling-
ton this summer, is in charge Of the
preparations being made for the ap-
preaching scholastic year.
Catawba College opens also Mon
day. Over 400 students are expect
ed to m%atriculate.
County schools opened Monday
with an enrolment of 4,210. This
figure represents an increase of around
800 over last years enrolment.
In the city schools last year 1864
enrolled the first day. An increase of
several hundred is expected Monday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09

Above, Dr.. A. J. Allen, Cancer
Research Department of U: T.
School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
who discovered how to produce in
ternal violet ray in treatment Of can
Ger, and below Or. Ellice Mcdonald.
head of the department, and who
made the announcement to the Amer
lean Chemical Society. The discovery
consists of an organic solution which
when injected into the body and acted
upon by X-ray radiates ultraviolet
lights which are deadly to cancer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09
WINE TO HOSPITALS

Henry Heath, convicted in Green's
boro city courts with possession of
intoxicating beverages, told the judge
that the IS gallons of wine were
made for medical purposes and sug-
gested that it be given the hospitals
Judge Rives followed the suggestion
and ordered it distributed among the
hospitals.
POLICE CHIEF SHOOTS MAN
c. T. Monjoy, 26, was shot in
the back and critically wounded by
George Allen, chief. of police Of
Kings Mountain when he was being
chased by the officer on the Shelby
highway. Montjoy was allegedly
driving an automobile while under
the influence of liquor.
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ARRESTED FOR. UND
SPORTS

On August II, the city council of
Charlotte adopted an ordinance pro-
hibiting the playing of sports on
Sunday. Six prominent sportsmen of
Charlotte were arrested for playing
tennis Sunday, and now the sports
men are said to be putting through
a test case of the ordinance, and will
appeal to the higher courts for de-
cision. 49, :
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GOOD
ORNING
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF TIL
II PAST Is YEARS

PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE
Il PAST Is YEARS
The World War,
: Bodied Hair,So
Short Dresses,
Silk Hose,
No Hose,
Thin Dresses,
Hoover Prosperity,
The Moratorium,
Lipsticks,
Assorted Taxes,
The Atlantic Ocean.
AN EVOLUTION
My dear Miss Smith;
Dear Miss Smith;
Dear Mary;
Mary Dear;
Dearest Mary;
Mary Darling;
Mary, beloved;
My soulmate;
Darling Wife;
Dear Mary;
Hello, Name;
Pay to the order of Mrs. Mary S.
Doe -.
x is the Roman notation for ten.
x is the mark. of illiterate men.
x is a ruler removed from the
throne.
x is a quantity wholly unknown.
x may mean Xenon, a furious gas.
x is a ray of a similar class.
x mas is Christmas, a season of
bliss.
x in a letter is good for a kiss.
x is for .Xerxes, a monarch renow-
ned.
x marks the spot where the body
was found.-Annabohs Log.
Joe: When l first got in to the
Copley, I thought that I had forgot
ten my ticket. I had some fright.
Moe: Yeah, I noticed her.
First Neighbor: What is your son
taking at college?
Second Neighbor: All I've got.
A lot Of fellows are caught in the
act who are not vaudeville perform
ers.
Are you a good sport3"
eyes"
u. "Then let me lean. against you"
Father, dear father, come home with
me now,
The sleeps in the meadow, the hays
in the COW,
Little Boy Blue has found your corn
And Little Red Riding Hoods pants
are torn.
The only thing worse than "Ath-
lete's Foot" is the athletes brain.
Elbow would you like to try para
chutting?"
"I'd jump at the opportunity"
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HELD FOR MURDER

Ed Childs, so, was shot four times
by William Russell, p, near Cram
erton on Saturday night. Childs died
in the Gastonia hospital Sunday af-
ternoon. The fatality grew out of
an alteration at a chicken stew near
Cramerton, when J. A. Russell, ~,
became involved in a personal con-
troversy with Childs.
THOMAsvILLE PLANT BURNS
The Boyles veneer plant at .hom-
a%sville, was destroyed by fire early
Sunday with a loss estimated at
$125,ooo, partially covered by in
surance. The plant closed about two
weeks ago when a walkout of its en-
ployees occurred, in sympathy with
strikers from other plants. Three
months ago, the same company lost
another plant by fire valued at $4o,-
900. No evidence connects the loss
with the strikers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09

The devils shoestring," a here
tofore Texas weed pest. is likely to
serve a great good to mankind, re-
ports the Department of Agriculture.
The weed contains poisons fatal to-
insect life. Experts are now trying to
extract the juices in quantities to be
used as an inexpensive insecticide. If
successful it will bring wealth to
Texas and take the place of ten mil
lion pounds of pyrethrum flowers
now imported each year.
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LIGHTNING KILLS SMALL
GIRL

Agatha Sampson, IA, of Gretna,
Va, was instantly killed by a bolt
of lightning Friday night. Her twin
sister standing nearby was uninjured.
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DAVIDSON SHERIFF UNDER
KNIFE

G.. v. Bodenheimer, sheriff of
Davidson county, underwent a ser
ious operation in a Greensboro hospi-
tai last week, and is promised GOV
cry if no complications set in.
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what we want" said Billy Jones
and Earnie Hare of radio fame, "is a
good closeup picture of us looking
down" on Wall street-also to show
how much we look down . and we
don't think you can take it." The pho
tographer won. Here are the boys
looking down from the 9th floor,
and in the background the new Sixty
Wall Tower building. third tallest in
the worId-and from the top of which
the picture was taken