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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

I'm Not What She Deserves"
across the plains and the mountains
and the desert in winter. I'll be
able to show them that I've got
big thing"
To say to the man, 'Tt was you
who persuaded me to put my saw
ings into this peanut business, and
If you turn tail now and run like
yellow dog, as you propose, you're
a self-confessed fraud"-to say
that and a lot more was on Ed
wards tongue while Mariner talked.
But when he ceased talking, the
impulse 10 retort died away. AS
he sat there with hanging head,
his face working and his hands
clenched. he was merely pltiable.
Suddenly he looked up. II beg
your pardon, Patterson. don't
mean what I've been saying. Be
tween this new invention of mine
and my-and my wife, I'm beside
myself.
Patterson. l don't know what
she's doing out there. / don't know
what she may do. I'm not a prop
er husband for her; I'm not what
she deserves. But I've got to hang
on. I've got to go out there. Cd
! ought to be there nowr'
; Edwards gaze fixed itself out the
window. You couldn't look at a
man while he was saying things
like that. There was another si-
lence.
Il don't mean that, either" Mar
liner went on again. "I-I can't
seem to talk at all this morning
without running wild. Of course
there's nothing serious. l don't
want you to think that for a min
ute. But about this choke. l think
there's a real chance to open up
some new territory. I'll do the very
best by 1t that / can. At the very
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

At the library, book must be re-
turned in two weeks. If borrowed
from a friend, you return it after he,
has forgotten you have it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

mice" people are those who don'r
have anything to be ashamed Of.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
No Problem at All

Wife-Little Freddy has drunk the
ink. What shall l do?
Hubby-Write in pencil.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

"Patterson, Don't Know What
She's Doing Out There. Don't
Know What She May Do. I'm
Not a Proper Husband for Her.
I'm Not What She Deserves"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

w. N. u, DENVER, NO. 23--1s32.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

A pullet usually gains in weight
until the end Of her first winter.
The Washington times., 1932-02-16

two days. Then we drove off
again, in . closed sedan similar
to the one in which we started.
Once 1 recognized from signs
that we were in Syracuse"
Soon afterwards, Blagden was
transferred into the delivery
truck, riding in back with Cur
ley." while his two other husky
captors, who he said were called
'Zeke" and Jimmy" sat outside.
Suffers From Shock
Another halt was made for a
day at a small farm house whose
location Blagden does not know.
Blagden thought it was some
time Sunday night that he was
again ordered into the truck and
driven Off.
Throughout the rides, he re.
lated, he planned to take the
first opportunity to escape, but
saw no chance until he was left
alone for a while with "Curley."
Suffering mainly from nervous
shock and exposure, Blagden was
expected to recover completely
after a few days rest.
He furnished police with a fair
description Of his kidnapers and
this was broadcast Immediately
by authorities.
Two of the men were about six
feet tall. "Curley," the smallest,
being about feet 8, Blagden said.
Neither of the three appeared
to him to be of the gangster type,
as they spoke in well-modulated
voices and were well, but not
flashily, dressed.
Wide Police Search
A police guard was posted
around the Peck home, where
Blagden was staying. Fearing
further >molestation from the kid,
napers, officials would let no one
enter the house.
A general alarm was sent out
over the police radio broadcast
for all cruisers to watch for the
three men and the panel truck.
All available county police cars
were enlisted in the search.
The Washington times., 1932-02-16

sportsman, telephoned him today
from Cleveland that he had es-
capped his kidnapers.
The reassuring news had q spe-
cially cheering effect on Harry's
father, Thomas Blagden, II, who
had been near collapse ever since
his son was abducted from the
cottage of E. Roland Hartman
last Thursday. Augustus said:
Strain is Over
I'VE are naturally all relieved
the strain is over"
He and his brother, Thomas,
jr., still hollow-eyed and pale
from several days sleepless vigil,
nevertheless plainly mirrored
their joy in their faces.
The brother directed the search
for the missing man.
AS search through the winter
locked faStneSS of the Adiron-
dacks failed to reveal. clue to
the kidnapped man through sew
eral days, fear began to spread
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
BLAGDEN BATTLES WITH NDNAPER ESCAPES TO FRIENDS

among members Of the family
that the abductors, despairing OF
obtaining ransom, killed their VIC
tim.
Appointment Not Kept
They tried to keep an appoint
ment with the abductors made
through q ransom note sent by
Harry, but premature publicity
apparently caused the kidnaLers
to shy away from Tupper Lake
the appointed rendezvous.
At the time of the abduction,
Mr.. and Mrs E. Roland Harrl.
man were absent. They returned
Friday morning.
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
Continued from PAGE ID


drugged. Later, he said, his cap.
tors forced him to write the ran.
som note demanding $1,000 from
ms family. which started a far.
flung police hunt for the kid
napers.
His chance to free himself came
today, when the closed truck in
which the three kidnapers drove
him stopped at a roadside res
taurant not far from here while
Two of his captors went to eat.
Left alone with a man he
Identified as "Curley," Blagden
1elgned sleep, putting his head
on the mans shoulder.
fG.t Worked Sleep Ruse
y Continuing his story, Blagden
said:
Suddenly 1 punched him in
the stomach. knocked the
wind out of him and grabbed
his gun. / knocked him over
the head with it several times
until he became unconscious,
then ran out of the door Of the
truck"
Blagden asked pasSersby he met
after running a short distance
where he was. When told Cleve.
land was nearby, he walked for
an hour and a half until he
arrived at Peck'S home.
He was almost exhausted, but
insisted on notifying police and
talking by telephone to his
brother, Augustus, at Lake Placid
to tell him and his 77-year-old
father, Thomas Blagden, ST., Of
his safety.
Blagden told authorities that
although the three men who orig
1nally abducted him drove him
to the place where he made his
escape, he saw eight other mem
bers of the kidnap gang when he
was taken to a room he believed
to be over a garage in Albany.
Mustache Shaved Off
It was here that his mustache
was shaved off, he said, by one
of his guards.
Blagden said he was alone IN
the Lake Placid cottage last Thurs,
day, plainly hearing the strains OF
music coming from nearby ball
attended by social and political
lurninaries, including Ex-Governor
Alfred E. Smith and Mayor James
j. Walker of New York. He told
police:
"a man knocked on the door.
When / asked him to come in,
he said he wanted to use the
telephone. AS I turned, he GOV.
cred me with a revolver and
commanded me to put my hands
up. / was escorted to wait
Ing sedan, in which two other
men sat, and forced to get in"
Blagden was not permitted to
take either his hat or coat, and
was without them throughout the
time he was prisoner.
Z Threatened to Eat
He continued:
"After driving several hours
the car pulled up at side road
and the men took out a lunch
basket.
81 said was not hungry but
was told / would be killed unless
/ ate and drank something they
said was beer. After / drank
the stuff, / lost consciousness.
woke up in room without win
dOwS and with only one door. l
believe it was in Albany, over a
garage.
"The kidnaperS came in and
asked how much money my fam
lily had and whether they could
pay $1,000 for my return. /
told them thought they could"
Blagden was then forced to
write a ransom note and told to
sign it Henry Harrison Blag.
den," although his first name is
Harry.
Saw Other Eight
It was in this room that Blag,
den saw the other eight mem
bers of the kidnap ring. Blagoen
continued:
"We were in that room about
The Washington times., 1932-02-16

first swallow-I began to get better.
The soreness in my head, nose and
throat disappeared-and very soon l
stopped coughing altogether. Smith
Brothers is great stuff for coughs
and colds all right" ]. V. Ahlquist,
Rockford, I'll.
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
COP CURBS COUGH
Gets quick relief thru
Triple Action
''Duringarecent

During
blizzard / caught q
beauty. What q
coughl I was mis-
cradle. The drug
gist on my beat
gave me q bottle
Of Smith Brothers
Cough Syrup. In
less than no time
-
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
Father and Brother
Cheered by His. Escape

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Feb. 16
GN.S0.-"Thank God Harry is
safe."
These were the first words
of Augustus Blagden when his
brother, Harry Blagden, wealthy
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
BAPTISTS HEAR BUNDRANT

The Rev. ]. w. Bundrant, pas
tor of the Trinity Baptist Church,
was the speaker at the Baptist
Ministers Conference meeting yes
terday at the F orida Avenue
Baptist Church: The Rev. Au.
guStus Lewis presided.
The Washington times., 1932-02-16
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The Washington times., 1932-02-16
Ends Stomach
Gas Pain Quick

'Tve suffered my last spell Of sour
stomach" says Ii. K. White, Chicago.
Il found that by taking ACIDINE three
or four nights week. 1 never have that
uncertain feeling whether my meals
are going to set righI, or make me
miserable from excessive acid and gas"
End gas, sOuIpess. heartburn, dizzi-
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back. All druggists have ACIDINE.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Detroit GangSter Search
Has Not Abated

TRENTON, N. j., April 2
G.N.SO Search for Harry
Fleisher and Abe Wagner, De.
troit gangSters, remains the chief
activity of police in connection
with the Lindbergh baby kidnap-
ing, according to a bulletin is
sued today by the State police,
which said:
"The search for FleiSher and
Wagner is continuing, and al
though several 'eadS were fol
lowed yesterday, no positive in
formation was disclosed as to
their whereabouts.
"RumOrS persist that Wagner
is dead and that FleiScher Is
somewhere in the Eastern
States"
A picture of Fleisher was iden-
titled by a rum runner at the
offices of the International News
Service as that of a man he had
seen on a cabin cruiser at sea
the day after the baby was kid
naped.
Colonel Schwarzkoff in the bull
(Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
7 IN FAMILY
MASSACRED
BY GANG
Posing as New Mexico Police,
Three Bandits Raid Ranch;
Woman, Children Slain

Ell PASO, Tex, April 2
(I.N.S.) ).-Visenti Espinosa, 18,
died today, the seventh victim
of a raid on the Espinosa
ranch by three bandits, posing
as New Mexico officers.
Six were slain in the kitchen
of the ranch house near Cham
berino, N. Mex, % miles north
west of here. All were members
of the Espinosa family-Selomena,
48, and her children, Luis, 80;
Hipolita, 26; Andres, %; Juanita,
IL, and Selicidas. 9.
Only two in the ranch house
escaped, Juanita Valencia, 81,
blind mother of Mrs. Espinosa,
and Malquado Espinosa, her hus.
band.
The bandits drove up to the
house last night and asked ITO
see Espinosa'S papers on his
cattle. They then demanded $5,.
600 they knew Espinosa had re-
ceived for the sale of cattle. The
demand refused, the bandits drew
their weapons and lined the
family against the kitchen wall.
One by one the Espinosas we're
shot down.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
HUNTER
POSING AS
SALESMAN
Mai. SchoeffeI Denies Errand;
Ignorant His Trip to
Europe Is Known
Copyright. 1892. International
News Ssrvics)

ABOARD S. S. MAURE-
TANIA, AT SEA, April 2.
I.N.S.) Posing as a sales
man, Major Charles A. SchOef-
fel, of the New Jersey State
police, was nearing the shores
of England aboard the Maure-
tania today, following up what
is believed to be an important
lead in the kidnapping of the
Lindbergh baby.
Major Schoeffel is making
extraordinary efforts to conceal
his identity, despite the fact that
wireless reports from New York
declared official announcement
had been made of his sailing.
He appeared startled when
questioned concerning his mission
and stoutly denied having any
thing to, do with the Lindbergh
case. He sailed under the name
of Carl Schoeffel, and his name
does not appear on the passenger
list.
When approached by ques-
tioners, Schoeffel declared he was
travelling for his health.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
CANGSTERSk|LL
DIAMOND 'SPAL

NEW YORK, April 2 G.N.S0.
Riddled with bullets, Lefty" Joe
Burke, former bodyguard of Jack
Legs" Diamond, died today in
Beth Moses Hospital a few hours
after gangster foes caught up"
with him in a Brooklyn saloon.
He was standing at the bar
with a glass of beer in one hand
when three men came in, walked
up to him and one said:
I'VE have been looking for
you a long time. Now we've
got you"
Forty patrons saw the men
pump two bullets each into
Burke's body.
The leader reaSsured the
patrons. He said:
"ThiS is no hOld-up, ladies
and gentlemen. Just move into
the rear room for a WHILE"
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
P|NCHOT AGAIN
RAPS HOOVER

CLEVELAND, April 2 0N.SD.
Clifford Pinchot, Republican gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, in a
speech today at the City Club,
assailed what he termed gov
ernment by concentrated wealth"
and accused the Hoover Admin
istration of doing nothing" at
a time when millions of Ameri-
can citizens were "in dire need"
Governor Pinchot severely
critized the taxation policies of
Andrew w. Mellon. asserting
that Mellon did more for "the
over-rich" during the almost IL
years he was Secretary of the
Treasury than any Secretary
since Alexander Hamilton"
In satirical terms, Pinchot
lashed the Administration be-
cause of the manner in which
it coped with the business de-
preston.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
KAISER REJECTS
THRONE OFFER
BY EDWARD L. DEUSS
Copyright. 1882. International
News Seryice)

BERLIN, April 2 G.N.S0.-A
recent attempt to restore the
Hohenzollern dynasty to power in
Germany was prevented by no
less parsonage than the exiled
former Kaiser Wilhelm II him
self, it was revealed to Interna-
tional News Service today by an
unimpeachable authority.
Hitler Can't Win
Influential MonarchiSts and Ma
tionalists, seeing futility in the
uniting of the Hugenberg and
Duesterberg forces behind Adolf
Hitler as the Nationalist candi.
date for the presidency, advanced
the candidacy of the former crown
prince.
This was done with the explicit
understanding that, if elected,
the Crown Prince would be a
regent-president awaiting the op-
perfume moment to effect the
Kaiser's return.
Ex-Kaiser Refuses
Hitler agreed in writing to with
draw from the presidential race
in favor of the Crown Prince,
while President Paul Won Hin
denburg, who now will be re-
elected, was reported to have ex.
pressed his sentiments by saying,
"As a former field-marshal under
the Kaiser I would not and could
not oppose the Hohenzollern fam
ily."
But the Kaiser, consulted. wired
back:
"An innate regard for my
people and my country prevents
my consent at this time"
The Crown Prince Immediately
withdrew.
The former Crown Prince Gre
ated a sensation today by issu-
ing a statement declaring he
would vote for Hitler in the
election run-off on April "be-
cause the strong Nationalist
front makes it imperative.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
6 SETS
K|DNAP TRAP

PEORIA, ILL.,, April 2 Q.N.SO .
Operatives of the Chicago Secret
Six, armed with machine guns,
today were reported closing in
on the hideaway of a kidnapping
gang which held DR.. James w.
Parker, IS, since March 4. The
physician returned to his home
here last night.
Relatives insisted not one cent
of ransom had been paid for DR..
Parker's releaSo, said to have
been effected by the Secret Six
Originally $4,000 was demanded,
but the kidnapers finally came
down to $4,000.
Joseph H. Pursi ull, lawyer,
and j. W. BetSon, a contractor,
both of Peoria, we're in custody
today for questioning. Police
Chief Thomas McCann declared
DR.. Parker had been kidnapel by
enemies whose chief motive was
not extortion.
DR.. Bennett r. Parker, of Chi
cago, son of the kidnapped man,
said:
"My brother called me by
telephone and informed me
father had been released from
his captOrs' automobile near
Peoria. He made his way home
unScathed and told the family
he had been well treated dur
ing his captivity.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Senate to Renew Fight for Sales Tax
GirlLepers
Refuse to
Return

MANILA, P. l., April 2
Q.N.SJ.-With police at the
Culion leper colony inadequate
to cope with the situation, many
of the girls abducted from
their dormitory by male pa
tients continued today to live
on the outside with relatives
or friends.
The raid in which $50 men
lepers rushed the girls dormi-
tory and carried away so of their
sweethearts was a protest
against a ruling against mar
riage between leperS.
Reports from the colony said
the situation was virtually an
impasse today. due to the in
adequacy of the police there.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
DRYS THREATEN
BOTH PARTIES

The plain threat that a third
and dry-party will be put in
the field next November if the
Republican and Democratic plat
forms contain any sort of wet or
moist planks in their platforms
was contained today in political
manifesto issued by the national
prohibition board of strategy.
The dry board embraces repre-
SentativeS of some two-score
prohibition and affiliated church
organizations. The manifesto
was the outgrowth of months of
conferences and councils. 1t vas
addressed to both the Republican
and Democratic parties.
The warning was put in this
language:
"The board of strategy,
speaking for millions of voters
in all sections of the country
who firmly adhere to national
prohibition, warns party leaders
that the adoption of a plat
form declaration in favor of
repeal or modification will be
an OffenSe which will not be
cOndOned by passive aCqui-
escence. Nor will they (the
dryS) support a candidate who
by word or act espOuseS the
repeal or the weakening of this
beneficient law"
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Er-Lindy Case?
He's N-Neuer
Heard of IT

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 2
G.N.SD.-Believe it or not,
there is one man in the country
who hasn't heard of the Lind
bergh baby kidnapping.
And, moreover, his home is in
Hopewell, N. j., the home of
Colonel Lindbergh.
This man is Edward Van ArS-
dale, 81, who was arrested here
as suspicious" person. He
was questioned by Detective
Chief Emanuel Schuh. Although
he admitted he lived in Hope
well, he declared stubbornly he
had never heard of the Lind
bergh kidnapping.
A charge of vagrancy holds
him.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
REED To HEAD
MOVE FOR
REVIVAL
House Leaders Fear Snag
to Budget Balancing Bill
as Bonus Cry ReSoundS

The billion-dollar tax bill
passed on to an uncertain
fate in the Senate today while
the House was confronted with
new struggle over the
soldiers bonus.
Fearful that cash payment of
2,000,000,000 of adjusted service
certificates may undo their vic
tory for a tax bill intended to
balance the budget, House leaders
prepared to resist the movement.
Senate leaders announced they
will back a tax bill that will end
the Treasury deficit in 1888, but
extensive revision was predicted
for the measure that passed the
House late yesterday by a vote of
327 to Ga.
Bonus Hearings Set
Hearings on the bonus bills will
be started April II before the
Ways and Means Committee with
Acting Chairman Charles r.
Crisp CD of Georgia, against
cash payment.
The Senate Finance Committee,
which will receive the House tax
bill, is expected to begin hearings
next week with the hope that
tax legislation can be finally
enacted by June l.
Crisp, tired and worn by the
long tax battle, was pleased over
the decision of the House to bal
ance the budget. This, ne said,
means that the Governments
credit will be maintained and the
dollar will retain its high place
In the eyes Of the world.
Passage of the bonus measure
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
HELP CRY.
DRAWS MOB

Quick thinking by police prob
ably averted a riot today in the
Northwest section when they ar
rested three young students who
continued to yell for help as they
rode along in a truck.
More than 1000 persons chased
the youths from Seventeenth and
H Streets Northwest to Nineteenth
and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Held as DisOrderly
The boys, booked on charges
of disorderly conduct, gave their
names as Jerome Edgar Thomp-
son, 10, of 270 Fifteenth st. S. E.;
John Edwin Adams, 18, of 1906
East Capitol St.. and Edward
Francis Nolan, 10, of 1431 East
Capitol st.
Policeman A. S. Miskell com,
mandeered an automobile and
forced the truck to halt after
several blocks of hectic driving.
Miskell feared the crowd which
chased the youths would harm
them.
"Just for Fun"
The youths told police:
I'VE were just having a little
fun"
Witness said that, in addition
to yelling for help" the boys
had shouted:
kidnapping"
This led to first reports re-
ceived at the Third precinct sta
ton that a kidnapping had been
committed.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
JAP ARMY SENT.
TOHELPPU-Y

TOKYO, April 2 G.N.SJ-
With her grip on Manchuria men
aced by rising tide of revolt
against the regime of Henry Pu,
vi, Japan dispatched an army of
unannounced strength to the dis,
ordered region today.
Emperor Hirohito sanctioned
the sending of new troops, and
the army Immediately was ordered
from its barracks in Korea.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Mother, 3 Children
Die As Home Burns

PORT JEFFERSON, N. z,
April 2 GNSD.-A mother and
her three children were burned
to death today when fire broke
out in their home. While they
slept. The ruins of the frame
cottage in which Mrs. Orna
90, and her young sons
lived was searched today by fire
men for the body of one child
which had not been recovered.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
ReceiUership Racket
Under Chicago Probe

CHICAGO, April 2 GN.S0-A
secret investigation by the Chi
cago Bar Association, to determine
whether graft has entered into
the receivership of millions of dol
lars worth of Cook county real
estate came to light today. The
probe centered on reports that
professional receivers" have been
awarded choice cases, and re.
ceived extravagant fees.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Illinois Mine PdrLey
DELAYED TWO Weeks

CHICAGO, April 2 0N.S0.
Negotiations leading to the re-
opening of ITO Illinois coal mines
will not be concluded within two
weeks. John walker, president of
the Illinois district of the United
Mine Workers of America, de,
clared it unlikely the joint com
mittee seeking to agree on a new
wage scale would meet again until
after the primaries, April IL.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Worn by Tax Fight,
Crisp on Vacation

Acting Chairman Charles R.
Crisp CD of Georgia, of the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee, who led the tax fight, today
left for a secret weeks vacation
granted by the House.
Several times during the tax
fight Crisp, whose life was de
SPARED of a year ago when he
was on the operating table, ap-
peared near physical break
down.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
New Mexico Senator
Asks Federal Action

A demand that the Federal Gov
ernment aid States in protecting
the lives of American citizens
along the Mexican border was
made today by Senator Bratton
CD of New Mexico, as a result
of the Chamberino IN. M raid.
Bratton said troops we're within
"easy reach" of the border and
should be used to protect Amer
leans from bands of MexicanS.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Gerard Quits Post
As Party Treasurer

James W. Gerard, treasurer OF
the Democratic national commit
tee, today forwarded his resigna-
ton by registered mail to South
Trimble, clerk of the House of
Representatives. The resignation
is to take effect Immediately.
Gerard gave no reason for his
action.