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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
FIRST CLUE OF
 RANSOM MONEY
 NOW REVEALED
Attempt Made to Pass Cur rency in Bakery in
 Greenwich
MONEY GRABBED UP; HASTY EXIT MADE
Further Details in Contact with Kidnapers are
 Made Public

GREENWICH, Conn.,, April 12.-A middle aged woman fled from a bakery here last night after a $20 note she of- fered was identified by the |pr0prietress as one of the ransom notes paid the kid napers by Col. Charles Lind bergh.
 The woman, who came to the store in a green sedan, driven by a chauffeur, grab bed the note and ran when the proprietress exclaimed:
 "Why, that's one of the Lindbergh billsl'
 A newspaper list of the bills paid the abductors by Col. Lindbergh was pasted beside the counter in the bakery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
SENATE WILL
 SPEED ACTION
 REVENUE BILL
Demo crats Unanimously Agree to Push Needed
 Legislation
HOOVER APPEALS TO CHIEFS OF INDUSTRY
Executive Makes New Re quest to Heads of Am
 erican Business
WASHINGTON, April 12.

WASHINGTON, April 12. = Prompt enactment of the Budgets balancing revenue bill was assured Monday night with the unanimous declaration of the Senate Demo- crats for speeding up the legisla- ton on this measure.
 The President consulted Con- gressional chieftains and he has also summoned Americas business heads to stem the new tide of de- flation of prices which is believed at the Capital to have extended beyond the limits of justification.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
Uncle Sam 'Party-Goer' Under
 New Tax Bill; Social Euents to
 Help Bolonce Budget by LeUies
tBy F. B. coLToN)

WASHINGTON, April l2.-Un- cle Sam will turn playboy if the new revenue bill becomes Jaw, for he'll be collecting taxes at almost every party and social ev- ent in the nation.
 Rouge on the women's cheeks, oil on their escorts hair, pearls, even if they're only imitation; au- tos in which the guests arrive, radios to which they dance, bever- ages served by the hostess and even the mechanical refrigerator in which they're cooled-all are scheduled to help balance the bud get by being taxed
 Even the invitations will pay an extra cent of postage if the tax schedule substituted for the man ufacturers sales levies and rushed through the House passes the Sen- ate and is approved by the Presi- dent.
 Hope To Balance Ledger
 
 By taxes on semi -luxuries and through other levies the ways and means committee hopes to raise funds needed to make the nations ledger come out even.
 Cosmetics, which include about everything from perfumes to tooth pastes; furs and jewelry are listed to pay ten per cent. tax, radios and refrigerators five per cent; autos three, and beverages various rates.
 If the guests stay for the week end and play golf, tennis or check CTS, take a spin in the hosts new motor boat or go fishing up the creek, all the better for the Unit ed States treasury.
 All sporting goods would pay a ten per cent tax, under the pro- posed new Law, and motor boats would pay five. And if the party stays in town and goes to the theatre, tickets over 45 cents would be taxed one cent for ev- cry ten cents
 Candy, Gum, Taxed Even the lazy guests, content to sit on the veranda and eat candy or chew gum, would find themselves contributing a five per cent tax for the pleasure. And the camper, touching a watch to his cooking fire or pipe, would pay four cents to Uncle Sam for ey- cry 1000 of them he lights.
 The Federal Treasury will be the unseen winner at every football clash, every baseball classic, ii the bill becomes a law. Regardless o' whether Notre Dame beats South ern California or Connie Mack wins another championship Unc,e Sam would gather in a ten per cent levy on the helmets ana chest protectors, balls and baeS l. used by winners and losers alike From Stock Market, Too Uncle Sam, too, will be one man sure to make money out ol the stock market # the revenue bill passes as drawn. Between parties and ball games he would keep an eye on the ticker tape and collect one-forirtn of one pe1 cent on every stock sale. (Continueu en Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
Slow Work Securing
 Jury in California
 Case; Defense Tipped

LOS ANGELES, Cal, April l2. It is not likely that jury VIII be completed before late tomorrow or Thursday to try James A. Tal- bot. former chairman of the Board; ; 10. M. Fuller, former President, and Raymond Mckee, former audi tor of the Richfield Oil Con- pany.
 Questioning of the talismen in- dicated the defense will be that the officials of the oil company had right to appropriate funds to keep the stock from falling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
WANTS TO UP
 AND AT THEM,
 SAYS MURRAY
Oklahoma Gov. Pleads for Chance to Lick
 Spectators

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 12. Pleading for a chance to lick the speculators," Gov William H. Murray, of Oklahoma, last night began stumping Oregon in behalf of his candidacy for the nbmina- ton of President at the Demo- cratic National Convention.
 Gov. Murray blamed the spec ulators for the present economic ills.
 Andrew Johnson whipped them once and I would like to try it again." Gov. Murray said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
ECUADOR NAVY
 IS RECAPURED

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, April F. The Ecuador navy is back in the national fold with net a shot fired. Marines in small boats surrounded the two gtmboats. overpowered the rebels. who revolted last week, and in a hand to hand fight regained control.
 Gen. Mendoza. leader of the re- volt, was found hiding in the boiler room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
JOSEPH LETTER,
 FAMOUS GRAIN
 DEALER PASSES
Death Recalls Or e a t Att tempt to Corner All
 Wheat Tn U. 5.

CHICAGO, April 12. = Joseph Letter, famous grain dealer, died at his home here late yesterday.
 Old time operators in the Chi cago grain pits still delight in telling of the stormy days way back in '97" when Joseph Letter, then a youth of 29, tried to corner all the wheat in the United States. And with a subtle gleam far more significant perhaps than the lay man is able to appreciate, they don't forget to add that before the gigantic scheme collapsed the game of bushels and marifgs had swal- lowed up from s10,0O0.000 to sl2,- 100000 of the Letter family for tune, as well as some $7,000,000 in paper profits standing to the credit of the terrifying young man. ipulator at the height of his car- eer.
 Heir To Fortune
 Born in Chicago, December 4, 1868, Joseph Letter reached man hood the heir to one of the larg- est fortunes in the country. His father, Levi zeigler Letter, was member of that coterie of mid dle-western multi-millionaires num- bering among it's partners the first Marshall Field, one of the rich est merchants in the world, and F. ID. Armour, founder of the great packing industry that bears his name
 Young Letter, the only son of a seIf-made father who had be- gun life as country store clerk, was educated at St. Paul's, Con- cord, N. H., and Harvard Univer- sity, receiving the degree of A. B. from the latter institution in 1891. Upon his graduation his father presented him with $1,000,000 in cash and gave him free reign to try his hand at business. He showed such aptitude that he was soon made agent for his fathers estate, and by 1897, when he em- parked upon his famous venture in wheat, more than 30,000,000 of the Letter properties were under his direct control. Among other offices, he held the presidency of railroad, headed great Illinois coal company, and was a director in several banks and trust com- paries.
 Wheat Corner
 The huge wheat corner-moSt ambitious as well as most disas- terous of several such schemes attempted in the Chicago grain pit was launched in April, 1897 when Letter began buying wheat at 75 cents bushel on the bull side, dealing chiefly with the Chicago Board of Trade. Eighteen mil lion bushels of cash wheat and p 900 900 bushels of futurs were at one time in the hands of Lei ter and his associates, and by May
 (Ccnt,nueo on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
CRUISER SENT
 TO ST. JOHNS

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. Ap- Til 12.-Tlhe British cruiser Dragon has arrived here. The cruiser was ordered here as the results of dis crders last week when rioters dam aged the Colonial Building and threatened to throw the Prime Minister into the harhor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
CONTRACT WITH KIDNApERs

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The Washington Evening Star says Dr. John F. Condon, elderly Fordham University Professor, was "Jafsie" who signed a series of thirteen per- sonal column advertise ments through which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh communicated with the kidnapers of his baby son and to whom he paid $5O,00O ransom, the abductors then failing to keep their part of the agreement to re- turn the child.
 The Star says this is now re- vealed because "Col. Lindbergh himself has spoken"
 Child's Fingerprints
 The Star said Col. Lindbergh ob- tained the childs fingerprints on toys then demanded another set of fingerprints from the kidnap- CTS, but they refused.
 At one time the kidnapers de- manded $700Oo but through Dr. Condon this was reduced to the original demand of s50,000 ransom.
 The first contact was established at an obscure spot on Long Is- land on March Is, by Dr. Condon and Henry Breckenridge, friend of Col. Lindbergh.
 The second contact was in cemetery March 24.
 The next day "Jafsie" mentioned receipt of a real article appar- ently some article to identify the baby.
 On the night of April 1, Col. Lindbergh and Breckenridge went on mysterious trip
 Money Is Paid
 The next day "Jafsie" said every thing was o. K.
 Apparently the money had been paid
 Then a message came that the baby could be found on yacht on Martha's Vineyard.
 Unable to find the yacht, "Jaf- sic" inserted an advertisement say- ing: What is wrong2 Have you double crossed me. Please give bet ter directions.
 It will be remembered that press dispatches stated Col. Lindbergh made mysterious flight and was seen over Martha's Vineyard as if looking for a yacht.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, April l2.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is IA, American Can 51A, Anaconda 57s, Bethlehem Steel 1878, urtiss-Wright l, Fox Films 2A, General Motors IFS, International Harvester 183s, Ken necott 5h, Packard Motors "A United States Steel 343s, Bunker Hill 20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
CRACKS YIELD
 UP GOLD DUST

SEATTLE, April l2-Gold dust valued at $100 was ccraped from the cracks of the floor in the old assay office when the staff re- gently moved to the new quarters. Six ounces represented the accu- mutation in the cracks during several decades.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
SPENDS NIGHT
 SEATTLE JAIL
George Reynolds Is Unable to Raise Bond Pend
 ing Appeal

SEATTLE, April 12.-Failng to raise bond, George F. Reynolds, wellknown Seattle former police man and politician, spent the nigas Ill jail. He was recently sentenc- ed to 18 months in prison and fin- ed $200 following conviction of possession of alcohol. He plans to appeal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
Nomination of Judge
 Wilkerson Approved
 By Sen. Subcommittee

WASHINGTON, April 12.-Pro- motion to the Circuit Court of Judge James H. Wilkerson, who sentenced Al Capone. has been ap- proved by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
STOCK PRICES RALLY TODAY
 ON EXCHANGE
Selling Pressure Relieved; Rails are Getting
 Flrmer

NEW YORK, April >12.-Stocks rallied today and there was fair ly active trading. A relief from the selling pressure is evident and appeared bringing considerable cov- ering.
 Rails were firmer under the leadership of Santa F'e which rose two points.
 American Telephone and Tele- graph sold 2la points higher than yesterday.
 United States Steel, American Can, Auburn and General Motors improved from one to two points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-12
SHORT HOLDINGS REVEALED

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The Senate Banking Committee made public today figures furnished by Richard Whitney, President of the New York Stock Exchange, show ing short holdings of the United States Steel on April 6 were 36l,- 698 shares on the same date.
 Short holdings of General Mot ors were 263 ,905 shares on the same date.
 The figures were given at the hearing by which the committee is investigating short selling on the Exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
EQUAL CHANCE FOR GIRLS

An advisory council of friends of
womens colleges, headed by Newton
D. Baker, has issued an appeal for
endowments for seven of these in
stitutions, equal to the endowments
of the leading mems colleges. Up
to now, it has been far more diff
cult to find money for women's col
leges than for mems. About $780,
100000 is asked for the seven wo-
mems colleges named. They need
the money, to help ambitious but
penniless students, and to maintain
the salaries of poorly compensated
teachers.
The women shape the new gener-
alton. They place the mould of their
character and intelligence on the
boys and girls. The quickest way to
modify the character of country,
to inspire the people with higher
aims and intelligence, is to create a
great body of women having supe-
rior purposes and attainments.
Countless highly educated men
have not used their training in any
way helpful to the community. 1t
may have given them greater facil-
lty in dealing with the public, so
they earn more money. But it has
not changed their attitude enough
so they pass it ON to their children.
They bring them UP to be money
makers rather than community
builders.
If you change a woman's point of
view, she seeks by day and by night,
how she may impress her thought
on her children. They reflect her
keener discrimination and more bal
anced judgment.
The women's college graduates
are force for higher living. That is
not saying anything against the wo-
men who never had these advant-
ages. Millions of women who never
saw a college classroom have attain
ed the highest culture. But the col
.ege training places women in con-
act with the worlds best wisdom,
hey are Influenced thereby more
han the men, and the effects there
If are passed on to the next genera
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
THE aROYSo LOOK HUNGRY

It will not be so easy to raise
campaign funds this year. The ira
ditional process of frying the fat"
out of wealthy contributors prom
ises to find their bones very lean
picking.
The "boys" of politics look hun
cry. They will appear still more
emaciated by November. Much of
the artificial enthusiasm of former
years, judiciously stimulated by in
fusions of the long green, will be
missing.
Every election hears a great out
cry about excessive campaign funds.
Each political party justifies liberal
expenditure on its own account, as
constituting an educational cam
paign. But similar expenditure by
the opposition is considered de-
bauching the electorate.
1t all costs a heap of money, if
the people are really to be given the
information they should have. 1t
does not seem unreasonable to mail
a circular to every voter. Yet that
one item would probably cost $4,000
for every 100000 voters, which would
be around $1,5OO,OOO for the whole
country.
Newspaper advertising and radio
broadcasts are essential. Many
printing, clerical, office, and trans
portation bills must be paid. What
the country dislikes most, is to see
great sums handed over to political
workers, to be distributed for So
called personal services. When
some ward politician is paid for his
time, the public often wonders if it
isn't about the same as buying that
support.
If people wanted better govern
ment as badly as they desire money,
fun, sports, ETC., there would be so
many willing political workers that |
not so much would need to be paid |
for personal campaign services.
When the American people get thor
Oughly enough "riled" to clean the
abuses out of their government, they |
will do most of their political work
for nothing. The "boys" will look
sad and melancholy under those
but the taxpayers will
smile for the first time in years.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
Il FATEFIL YEARS

| The 18th anniversary of the sign
ing of the Versailles treaty, ending
the World War, has just passed. This
agreement was supposed to so reg
ulate Europe that no wars could
again start there. But it has set
tied nothing. The principal reason
why Europe does not fight, is that
the dominating nations have more
weapons and soldiers. Our indus
trial depression has been aggraVat-
ed by these bad conditions.
That treaty cut up much of Eu-
rope into new nations. supposed to
be formed on race lines. For in
stance, it was considered that Aus
tria-Hungary could not live and
work in peace, because it was made
up of cOnglomeration of races. So
they put poor old Austria-H Hungary
on the operating table, and cut her
up into five nations. 1t was sup
posed that as each country was
dominated by some one race, they
would all live gloriously together.
But they are hobbling around like
paralyzed old men, pathetic rem
nants of former greatness.
1t was much as if they tried to di-
vide up the United States into a
group of racial countries, one ruled
by the straight Americans, one by
Irish descendants, one by sons of
Germany, one by the offspring of
Italians, etc. Our races are so in
termingled that such a plan would
be fantastic. Our race elements
have learned to respect each other,
and they get along with little fric-
ton.
The Versailles treaty made Ger
many wholly responsible for the war,
and required it to pay war damages
Theoretically the Ger
mans should probably pay, actually
they can't or won't. So they wallow
in prostration, and this quarrel
keeps the world in turmoil.
The sooner the nations become
.ired of solutions that don't solve,
he sooner we shall get ON a normal
basis in the United States and Della
ware.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
CLOSING CHURCHES

"The devel never takes any vaca-
ton, remark the ungodly as they
see closed churches. However, the
people who find fault are not COM
monty the ones who do the work of
the church and Sunday school. Any
who feel that the war on Satan
should be prosecuted with unremit-
ting vigor this summer, should Of
fer to teach a Sunday school class.
The old horse has to be turned
out to pasture sometimes, and the
workers in public causes need to lay
aside the harness once in while.
If your church is closed, try some
other, even if its creeds and forms
don't quite harmonic with your &C.
clesiastical millinery. 1t is a pleas
ant thing to drop in on some little
church along your tours, and help
fill up the empty seats. Say a
word to the toiling minister
who has perhaps CLEANED in a stub
bly, field for years. And don't look
too absent mindedly at the ceiling
when the collection plate passes.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
"BACK TO EARTH"

"The greatest asset any nation
can have is the spirit of it's people,
said George B. Cortelyou, President,
Consolidated Gas Company of New
York, "and the greatest danger that
can menace any nation is the break
down of that spirit. . That spirit
is still with us. 1t will carry us
through. However unfortunate our
present economic condition, it is not
as bad as it is painted by our pro-
fessional pessimists. Not all the en-
tries are on the debit side. We have
again learned-we seem always to
have to learn these things again
some wholesome truths that should
profit us in the future. We have
learned the folly of living in a FOOLS
paradise. We are rid of the halluci-
nation of easy money We have
shed the delusion of something for
nothing We have turned our eyes
from mirage to reality. We have
come back to earth. These are no
small gains"
The collapse of fictitious and abb
surd "values" will prove to be a
good thing for the country. Every
thing that had genuine value in 1928
or 1929 has genuine value now. We
tried to run an economic machine
on hot air, and the machine finally
slowed down awaiting supply of
solid" fuel.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
TIME ANNIHILATED

Time is more and more annihilat-
ed by modern inventions. In the
early days of the republic, remote
sections waited for weeks until
stage coaches brought letters and
meager newspapers reporting the
doings of congress. Many years la
ter these slow movements were
greatly speeded up by railroads and
telegraphs, so the majority of our
people knew the next day what the
statesmen had done.
Today the microphone ON the con-
vention chairman's desk at Chicago
carries the news instantly. We hear
the gavel bang, the rooters parade,
the rollcall of states, and the remot-
est hamlet knows who is nominated
as soon as the convention does.
Great and marvellous, we all say.
And yet, wasn't the country as well
governed back in George Washing
toms and Tom Jefferson's day?
Speed isn't all.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
FAT MEMS CLUBS

meeting of the Fat Mems Club of
the United States drew 300 members
and friends to Wilmington, Mass, a
few days ago. One might suppose
that the noble heavy weights there
present would not have much ambi-
tion for sports, and yet these power
full figures had a tug of war and
running races.
What draws the fat men together
in such meetings, held from time to
time? We never hear of the thin
men holding any conventions. They
are all the time trying schemes to
conceal their bony skeletons. But
the fat people seem to enjoy their
excess of avoirdupoids, and their So
cial natures draw them together.
Excessive weight is called under
yet the people who possess
it are always cheerful and smiling,
and perhaps get more out of life
than the Venuses and Adonises.
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08

Shameful abuses have been develop
ed, some phases of government work
have scarcely progressed beyond the
joke stage. But on the whole our
people do not care to make any radi-
cal change. But they do feel that the
boys and girls and all new voters
need training for the activities of
government as much as for those
of business and industry.
For successful self government,
the people must give at least as
much thought to political develop
ments as to sports and pastimes. If
they think their time too valuable
for such attention, they will pay
higher price than their time is
worth
Milford chronicle., 1932-07-08
FARMERS SHOULD READ THE
RECORD


In his keynote speech before the
Republican National Convention,
Senator Dickinson, of Iowa, said
that directly and Indirectly the Fed
eral Government has during the last
three years poured into the agricul-
tural industry nearly $1,000,000, 900.
Through the Farm Board, by way of
loans to cOoperatives, the effort at
stabiliZatiOn of wheat and cotton
prices and other activities $500,000,-
900 was expended for the benefit O
the farmers. To strengthen the
Farm Loan System $125, 100000 has
been appropriated by Congress. For
seed loans to assist in overcoming
drought the Congress appropriated
$50,000,000. Through the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation $780,
100000 has been made available to
assist the farmer. Outside of this
sum the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has placed nearly $751;
100000 of intermediate credit deben-
lures, the whole of which sums have
gone. out in loans to the farmers.
All these measures, with the i'm
mense sum of money which they in
volve, have originated with the Re
publican Administration and have
certainly testified most elOquently
to the solicitude of the Republican
Party for the promotion of agricul-
ture. Unfortunately this great basic
industry still remains depressed, but
certainly it cannot be said that
nothing has been done about it. No
other industry has received a 1.-THE
of the attention that has been given
by the government authorities to
agriculture, nor has any other in
dustry been given anything ap-
preaching the amount of direct
financial assistance. That the pros
perity of the industry has not. yet
been revived is deplorable; but that
every effort has been made which
could devise to bring
about such revival can not be de-
MED