The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-06-03


Lindb ergh and to
a, a. e..,... meet whom the dis
tracted father made
many trips to sea on yacht in COM
pany with Curtis. In his brief written
confession Of his cruel swindle Curtis
said he became insane on the subject
for the time being, which caused me
to create the story in its entirety" and
that he was brought back to his
senses by a telephone conversation
with his wife.
Curtis activities the night of the
kidnapping were being investigated. He
was locked up and later arraigned on
charges Of giving false reports that
hindered the apprehension of the per-
sons guilty Of the crime. If convicted
he may be imprisoned for three years
or fined $1,000, or both. He waived
preliminary hearing.
Arrested in Brooklyn for abandoning
his family, Frank Parzych, thirty
year-old narcotic addict. told detec-
tives-and chung to the story after
more than twelve hours Of questioning
that he was one of a band of seven
men who kidnapped the child and that
the baby died after the man carrying
him down the ladder from the nursery
window accidentally dropped him to
the ground. The police were inclined to
believe this story was false.
Though the authorities of the entire
country are of course hunting for the
kidnapers and murderers of the baby,
New Jersey is still the center Of the
operations, and the investigation there
is in the charge of William Fl. Stevens,
attorney general of the state, and of
Prosecutor Erwin Marshall Of Mercer
county. Neither of these men is opti-
mistic, fearing the case will be added
to the list of unsolved crimes because,
as Mr.. Marshall said. whatever trail
there was is now virtually dead. The
necessary excessive caution of the po-
lice while the child was still thought
to be alive lessened the chances for
solving the mystery. However. Attor-
ney General Stevens by no means gave
up. At conference Of state, federal
and county police and investigators in
Trenton, plan was established for
co-ordinating all activities in the hunt
for the murderers.
nNE of the worst marine tragedies
~ Of recent years occurred near the
entrance to the Gulf of Alden when the
new French liner Georges Philippar
Of the Messageries Maritimes sudden
~ burst into flames and was destroyed.
The loss Of life is uncertain at this
writing, bnt probably about 100 per-
sons persisted. The survivors were
picked up by several steamships and
landed in different ports. Two Brit
ish vessels took 254 of them to Alden,
and they said at least 100 of the thou
sand odd aboard the doomed ship were
trapped in their cabins. Many others
lost their lives in the stormy sea.
DROMINENT bankers and Industrial
4 leaders, convinced that public fear
and uncertainty have prevented the
federal reserve systems policy from
taking full effect in the stimulation
of recovery of prices and of prosper
ity. have formed a committee Of
twelve to aid in putting to work the
hundreds Of millions of dollars being
poured into the market by the system
In its program for credit expansion.
These gentlemen gathered in New
York at the call of George L. Har-
rison, governor of the Federal Reserve
bank of New York, with Owen d.
Young as their chairman. The follow
ing statement was issued:
i "Governor Harrison of the Federal
Reserve bank of New York has called
together committee composed of
bankers and industrialists for the pur-
pose of considering methods of MAX
ing the large funds now being released
by the federal reserve banks useful
affirmatively in developing business.
ats purpose will also be generally
to cooperate with the Reconstruction
Finance corporation and other agen-
cies to secure more co-ordinated and
so more effective action on the part
of the banking and industrial inter-
ests.''
CPEAKER GARNER put forth his
- own plan for depression relief, and
1t was Endorsed by Representative
Rainey, leader of the house. It's main
features are:
I. Appropriation of S110000,000 to
be expended by the President in his
discretion for the relief of restitution.
2. Increase of S1,000,O0000O in the
borrowing power of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance corporation for loans to
state and local governments. corpora