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The Washington times., 1932-04-06

Morrows-at Englewood, N. j.,
are all keyed up by revived
hope that little Charles soon will
be recovered.
Colonel Lindbergh, however, has
not revealed even to his family
the details of the mysterious
maneuvers of the past few days
in which he personally has played
a leading role and which have
rekindled hopes that the child
soon will be back in his crib.
Lindbergh, back at his home,
has kept his own counsel regard
ing the two mysterious flights he
made to Vineyard Sound and
along the southern coast Of
Massachusetts. 1t was explained
by friends in close touch with
the Lindbergh family that he did
not want to cause the hopes Of
his wife and relatives to rise too
high while there still was a posi-.
bility of the failure Of negotia'
tions.
Rumors that the return of the
child was imminent persisted to-
day. The relaxed, optimistic atti-
tude of Lindbergh himself
heightened this impression. In
fact, there we're rumors that the
child already had been returned
to its parents.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
SENATORS HEAR
AUTO TAX HIT

After an initial hearing late
yesterday, at which only four Of
many prospective witnesses testi-
fled, the Senate District Commit
tee this afternoon was to resume
its consideration of the so-called
Mapes bill, passed by the House,
to tax automobile in the District
by weight.
S. r. Bowen and Thomas Dun
lop, representing the Washington
Railway and Electric Company
and the Capital Traction Com
pany, registered a strong protest
against the Mapes proposal of a
heavy tax on BUSES.
They told the committee the
traction companies now pay 4
per cent of their gross receipts
from buses as a street tax and
the Mapes measure would amount
to double taxation.
Thomas F, Murphy, assistant
chief Of the United States Bu-
reau of Efficiency, which had re-
written the Mapes auto tax bill,
was another witness. He advo-
Gated it's passage as modified by
the bureaus report of two weeks
ago,
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
DEVELOPMENTS
EXPECTED BY
SUNDONN
Tense Activity In Mountain
Home Indicates Real
Results Expected
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fact the flounder-dragger Alva,
conveyed by Coast Guard vessels,
steamed across the Vineyard
Sound shortly after the plane had
covered the same route. The Alvs
was chartered by stranger at
Chilmark for undisclosed pur.
poses.
Four men aboard were in uni
form. The lone civilian sighted
was reported to be John H. Cur.
tis. one Of three Norfolk (Va.) in
termediaries of Lindbergh seeking
to establish contact with the kid
naperS.
Cruiser Crew Mum
The Coast Guard cutter Acush
net was back at its base at Woods
Hole after cruising the sound. but
the crew refused to affirm stories
that message from the strange
amphibian was received when it
passed.
EdgartoWn, at the extreme end
Of Matthias Vinepard, aroused
already by a druggists reveala.
ton that a stranger purchased
some baby food recently and ap-
parently took it on board some
ship, was 1Grther stirred today
by the presence of an unidenti.
fled coast guardsman.
For a few days he aroused
curiosity because he sought to
avoid the appearance of search.
ing the neighborhood, yet appar.
entity was awaiting to make con.
tact with some one.
Jafsie ReappearS
Col. n. Norman Schwarzkopf
denied reports that the windsor
(Ontario) police identified Harry
Mack, a prisoner, as a friend of
Henry Red" johnson, suitor of
Betty Cow. nurse of the vanished
child.
There was another "Jafsie"
message in the public notices of
q morning newspaper today.
These reputedly emanated from
some one connected with the
search for the baby. The mes.
sage read:
"What is wrong? Have you
crossed me. Please better d.
rectiOnS. Jafsie."
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
BONUS DEFEAT
SEEN WITHOUT
USE Of VETO
Foes of Plan Expect to Beat It
on First Vote in House;
Patman Still Hopeful

Administration leaders in
Congress today expressed con-
fidence that a presidential
veto of cash payment of the
$2,40O,000,000 soldiers
Bonus, " will be upheld if the
proposal is not defeated on
the first test either in Senate
or House.
With the House Ways and
Means Committee preparing to be-
gin hearings on cash payment
bills Monday, both hackers and
opponents Of the legislation were
busily making informal polls.
Johnson Doubts Passage
Representative Royal Johnson
(RO of South Dakota, leading the
ex-service men fighting the meas
ure, declared passage is doubtful
and q veto is certain to be up
held. He said:
"A Presidential veto will be
upheld either in Senate or
House, whichever passes on the
question first. Sentiment in
the last few days has been
changing rapidly against pay
ment Of the bonus. Especially
among members from the West.
"I understand those support
ing the legislation claim to
have pledges Of 1873 members of
the House, and 294 members
must vote for it to pass the
legislation over q veto. Some
of those named in the list Of
1873 deny they have pledged
themselves"
Representative Wright Patman
(D0 of Texas, also a veteran
and the chief cash payment advo-
cate in the House, declared, on
the other hard, the legislation
will pass and Congress will over
ride a presidential veto.
Defends Greenback Plan
Defending his plan to issue
greenbackS partially on gold and
partially on the bonus" debt,
Patman said an increase in the
currency is necessary to restore
prosperity.
Retorting to the statement Of
Commander Henry L. Stevens of
the American Legion that legion
posts are backing the national
conventions position against cash
payment, Patman said Stevens
doesn't know what is going on
in his own organization"
Hundreds of legion posts, he
said, have either backed cash
payment as posts or by petitions
signed by members as individuals.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
THRONC VIEWS
ARMY PARADE
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from the east front of the Capitol
to the Washington Monument,
where the marchers disbanded.
Members Of the House and Sen
ate viewed the parade at its start
and President Hoover, with men,
berS of his Cabinet, military Off
GERS, District Commissioners, and
members of the United States and
District Bicentennial Commissions,
reviewed the marchers as they
passed a special stand on Con-
stitution Avenue, opposite the
Washington Monument.
Major General Malone Marshal
United States and Bicentennial
flags flew from every light stan
dard and from many Of the
business places and hotels. The
Federal buildings were in holiday
dress, although thousands Of Gov
ernment workers were unable to
get away from their desks to
see the parade.
MAJ. Gen. Paul B. Malone,
U. S. A., was grand marshal of
the day. Preceding him and
members of his staff was a
platoon Of Metropolitan Police
acting as escort.
Automobiles bearing members
of the United States and District
Bicentennial commissions pre-
ceded the first division, com.
posed of military units.
These were followed by the Ma
tional Guardsmen and Organized
Reserves under command of Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan.
Fries Leads Legion
The third division of cadets,
college R.O.T.C., and Reserve Of
ficerS were led by Major William
H. Hobson, while Maj. Gen. Amos
A. Fries headed the fourth divi-
sion of American Legion. posts,
veterans and patriotic organiza-
tions.
Grandstands and bleachers.
built to accommodate $4,000 per
sons, were literally patronized.
The process Of removing these
stands began shortly after the
reloss - &Gaa' DaSad&
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
FIGHT IS CLOSE
IN WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 6
GN.SJ.-1n a spirited battle of
ballots Republican PrQgressives
and Democratic supporters of
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt were
leading their respective opponents
today in WiSconSin's party
primaries.
The closest struggle was waged
in the Republican camp, where
slate of progressive candidates
for delegates-at-large to the Ma
tional convention forged ahead Of
a group Of conservatives regarded
as favoring the denomination Of
President Hoover.
Returns from 700 out of the
States 2,845 precincts gave the
progreSsives, headed by Senators
Robert M. La Toilette and John
j. Blaine, 174,8S2 votes to their
opponents 158,487.
The Democratic primary e
veloped no such neck-and-neck
battle as that which character.
lied the Republican voting. A
slate of candidates for conven-
tion delegates, pledged to support
the presidential nomination Of
Governor Roosevelt, enjoyed a
preponderant lead over a groul.
of uninstructed candidates said to
be favorable to the nomination OF
Alfred E. Smith.
The Roosevelt candidates
amassed 142,562 votes as against
68,123 for then opponents in the
TOO precincts tailed.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Believe Craft Nellie
Finally Located

WOODS HOLE, Mass, April s
UN.SO-A vessel now outside
the 12-mile limit was added today
as mysterious link in the Lind
bergh baby hunt.
Unofficially, it was admitted to
be the object of the search which
the massed Coast Guard vessels
made for several days throughout
Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's
Bay and nearby waters.
The craft was believed to be
the 28-foot contact" boat Nellie,
for which inquiries were made by
the four men, one of whom re-
putedly was Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, who flew to Cuttyhunk,
Mass, Sunday, in an amphibian
plane.
Information received by Coast
GuardSmen appeared to indicate
the Nellie, now near Cox's Ledge,
81 miles southwest from Guilty
hunk Island, was expected to
make contact with a ship of for
eign registry.
Ship Cook Sought
A cook supposedly aboard q
vessel usually lying outside the
12.mile limit was reported to have
been sought by the four visitors
to Cuttyhunk, and this lent color
to the theory the boat may be
an important factor in the recov-
cry Of the kidnapped Lindbergh
infant.
The cook was said to be a for
mer Navy man, who knows Rear
Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired,
one of the three Norfolk, Va,
eniSsaries of Lindbergh seeking
to negotiate with the captors.
However, the cook has not been
seen in Cuttyhunk, where he
lived for four years.
Alva Not Chartered
The Nellie was reported to be
within the Gordon of Coast Guard
boats, which were said to have
orders not to molest it.
The Coast Guard boat McDou-
gal continued to explore the
waters off Martha's Vineyard to-
day in connection with the baby
hunt.
Capt. Joseph Rocha brought
his dragger Alva into New Bed
ford harbor today with 1000
pounds Of founders.
He denied reports his craft
was chartered Sunday at Chill.
mark by a stranger, suspected by
some to have been John H. Cur
tbs, one Of the Norfolk negotia-
tors group. He also contradicted
stories four men in uniform were
aboard during his trip.
Two New Jersey State police
officers were in Fall River toGay
on a mysterious mission, but
they asserted their arrival was
not in connection with the Lind.
bergh case but with a New Jersey
murder case.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
WRIT IS SOUGHT.
IN TAX CASE

The District Commissioners to-
day asked the District Supreme
Court to force. by writ OF
mandamus, a citizen to file a
signed and sworn return on per-
sonal property.
The Commissioners point out
that under an act of February
1S, 1929, such action may be
taken when citizens fail to make
such returns, with the cost Of the
action being place on the de-
linquent persons.
Justice Jesse C. Adkins directed
the citizen named in the Com
missioners' petition, Robert E,
Mathers. 1901 Thirty-sixth st. N.
W., to come into court May 2
and show cause why he should
not be compelled to file the re-
turn.
Tax Assessor William P. Rich
ards notified the Commissioners
that Mathers' only personal tax
return was . typewriter, I'm.
signed report. A signed ana
sworn statement is SeqEsd v
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

reason for her belief when inter
viewed here today. Moreover, she
declared she no longer has in her
possession the letter written her
two months ago by her daughter
in which Miss Cow is quoted
as saying she feared something
serious might happen.
When asked concerning her
revelations of the contents of
Miss Cows letter, Mrs. Taylor
said:
Eyes, 1t is true, and I have
nothing to add to it. ..
Betty; wrote that Colonial
Lindbergn-Lindy. she called
him-had asked her to go to
HOpeweIl, which I understand
is situated in one Of the quiet.
est parts of New Jersey.
I'm her letter, Betty COM
mented on the extreme quiet
ness of the place. Somehow or
other, she had fears something
was going to happen, but she
probably never dreamed 1t
would happen to the baby, or
that the baby would be snatched
from its crib"
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
POWer Boat Group
To Banquet Tonight

Advantages possible to local
yachtsmen by public control Of
Washington's waterfront, as pro-
vided in the proposed port au-
thority bill, will be described by
Charles w. Eliot, I'd, tonight at
the annual banquet of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac. Power Boat
Association.
Commodore Edmund F.. Jewell,
general chairman of last years
Presidents Cup Regatta, also will
outline plans of the club for the
coming season. The banquet will
be given at the National Press
Club.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
aimed at recovery of the kidnapped
Lindhergh child.

Lindbergh child.
Curtis, a shipbuilder and chief
of three Norfolk men engaged in
efforts to effect return of the
stolen Lindbergh infant, has been
away on a mission in connection
with the negotiations since early
Saturday.
His wife said she expected him
to return today, and the Very
Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, rector
of Christ's Episcopal Church and
another of the negotiators, pre-
dicted important developments"
Mrs. Curtis said today marked
a crucial point in the work of her
husband and his two associates.
She appealed for cooperation
from all, and said that given this,
the negotiations would be brought
swiftly to a conclusion.
Mrs. Curtis only yesterday re.
turned to her home after a weeks
absence.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

tional n e e d
of the coun.
try" t ID a y
of balancing
tn e Federal,
State and To-
cal budgets,
DR.. Nicholas
Murray But
Ter, president
of Columbia
University, de-
clared.
He attacked
the House of
r e pr eSenta-
tiveS for it's
a TIL tude on
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Woman, 40, PIunges
8 Floors to Death

PHILADELPHIA, April 6
0.N.SO woman, believed to
be Mrs. w. A. Reed, 40, of New
York city, plunged to her death
early today from the eighth floor
of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.
Hotel employees said the woman
registered last evening and re-
mained in her room nntA her
-fatal plunge ,.a-. =
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
MODINOS
BARES NEW
BABY CLUE
Baltimore EmiSsary Says
Child Will Be Left on
N. Y. Street Corner

BALTIMORE, April 6
(I.N.S.).-The Lindbergh baby
probably will be surrendered
on a New York Street corner
early next week without any
payment Of ransom, Nicholas
Modinos, local Greek restau-
rateur, asserted today.
Modinos claimed on Monday
that he was appointed by a gang
Of men, who he believes are hold
ing the baby, to be their Ego
between" and asserted this gang
had written Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh to recognize him as
their agent.
He was called twice to New
York, remaining there three days
on his last visit, and believes the
men who met him at the station
and conferred with him at the
Dixie Hotel know the child's
whereabouts.
"Wait Phone Call"
Modinos' last instructions, given
him by a man he was told would
meet him on a Philadelphia street
corner, were, he said:
GO back to Baltimore and
await q lOng.diStance call. The
baby probably will be left safely
on a New York street corner
early next week without pay
ment Of any ransom and will be
returned safely to his parents"
He said he was brought into
the case by a well-dresSed man
who entered his lunch-room last
week. The man asked him to
drive with him into the suburbs
Ito discuss the Lindbergh case"
and said, Modinos claimed:
you're a Square-shOter. /
want you to tell the papers the
baby is being kept on a yacht
in foreign waters. Entrain for
New York Immediately. You
will be met at Pennsylvania sta
tiOn."
Then the man left the car and
entered another that had been
following.
Met as Promised
In New York, Modinos said, he
was approached at the station
by man who told him to go to
the Dixie Hotel. There a man,
who he believed was associated
with the kidnapers, entered and
told him to go back to Baltimore.
This was Saturday, and when
he reached home, he received
another telephone call to return
to the Dixie Hotel. At 1:30 a. m.
Sunday he got a message to tele-
phone Union 1884 at $3.50 a. m.
When he was about to comply, he
said, someone started to unlock
the door to an adjoining room
and he fled outside to make the
call.
Threatened, He Says
He continued:
"The man who answered told
me to 60 to Gloucester, N. j.,
and meet q woman who will be
holding a handkerchief to her
face, and a man who will be
swinging a pipe-'they'H tell
you what to do
IL was late and missed them
and went back to the hotel.
got another call telling me
to go to a street corner in
Philadelphia, and there I met
q man who told me to 60 home
and await further orders if the
baby is not left on a street
corner in New York"
Modinos claimed he was a
secret-service agent for the Brit
ish during the war. He charged
he was threatened with death if
- sSaokv,.nksASaa
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

m e di an of
the 81 re e n,
now a film
director a n d
night club en-
tertainer, to-
day awaited
the setting Of
a d a t e for
his marriage
to Addie Nc
Phail, actress.
Th cir en-
gagement was
annOllnc ced
several weeks
ago.
A ~ hySAly1oSC
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

mer wife OF
Ernst Lu-
bitsch, noted
screen direc-
tor, today an
nounced her
e n gagement
to marry Al
bert Edward
S m | t h, %.
stock broker
and sports
man of Win
nipeg, Can.
Date of the
marriage is
in d e finite,
she said
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Plane Will Return Baby,
Says Nurses Mother
BY THOMAS C. WATSON
Copyright. 1889. by Universal

(Copyrlght, 1882, BY Universal
Service, Inc.)
GLASGOW, Scotland, April 6.
Mrs. Taylor, mother of Betty
Cow. nurse of the missing Lind
bergh baby, believes Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr., will be returned
to- his parents by airplane.
Mrs. Taylor, however, gave no
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

the tax problem. He said:
"The happenings in the House
some two weeks ago were dis
heartening in the extreme.
When these two forms of tax
are levied justly and fairly
without damagOgery or class
discrimination, they are econO-
mically sound, socially just and
financially advantageous"
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Mrs. Curtis Back Home,
Sees Results Near

NORFOLK, April 6 QN.SO.
John Hughes Curtis probably will
return to Norfolk some time to-
day knowing success or failure in
three EBeeks OF negotiations
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Butler Says Sales Tax
Should Be Passed

NEW YORK, April s ON ST..
Income and sales taxes would
solve that most imperative ma
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

Smith. an internationally
known hockey player and ten
mis- enthusiast, plans to estab-
lish a brokerage business in Los
Angeles.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Lindberghs Keyed Up
BY Renewed Hope
By DOROTHY DUCAs

NEW YORK, April 6 G.N.S0.
Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh,
members of her household at
Hopewell, and her relatives-the
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Former Wife of Lubitsch
To Wed Sportsman

HOLLYW Cd, April 8
U.N.SO-Mrs. Helene Lu.
bitsch, pretty blonde and for.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Roscoe ArbuckIe Plans
To Marry Soon

HOLLYWOOD, April 6
GN.SO. - Friends Of Roscoe
Arbuckle, former rotund CO.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

Ar buckles ADDIE McPHAh
divorced wife, Doris Deane, last
week married a Beverly Hills
broker.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06

HOST TO NEWSBOYS
Nathan Steifel, manager of the
Howard Theater, will be host to
colored carrier boys of The Wash
ington Herald and Times tonight.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
international Photo

DECIDING DEBATE WINNER
AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON HUTTON, the
evangelist, and Walter Huston, screen star recently
debated the radio the prohibition question The
public asked to file ballots to decide the winner of
the argument The picture shows the counting of the
ballots which officials estimate at between $4,000 and
T0,Oun Aas% 81 "a '.tpsg rr4
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-04
P()VJL1I1{Y
'F:AGL1O
NOW TO PLAN
FOR PROFIT MAKING
Selection of Breeding Hens
Important.

For hen to be high producer
and therefore be profitable TO the
poultry farmer she must mature
early, lay well during the winter
months and continue this production
during the hot summer months.
THE factor causing the birds to
lay for long periods is referred TO
as the quality of persistency and
is inherited or passed on from the
dam and sire says c. J. Maupin,
extension poultryman at North Car
olina State college. Therefore, if
breeding hens are selected in the
late summer or early fall and win
ter this quality can be noted and
only theslate molters selected"
Those birds molting in June. July,
or before August Is are lacking in
this quality and should never be
used in the breeding pens. The best
hens continue to lay through Sep
tember and October, and some even
continue to lay much later, and
from this group should be chosen
the next years breeders.
Mr.. Maupin states that good
males are also necessary for con-
tinual high production In the flock
and that at least one or two pedi-
greed males should be secured for a
special mating pen of the best hens
These birds should have a pedigree
record with female ancestors lay
Ing 200 eggs or more. He urges,
however. that only those birds Of
known pedigree be bought and that
these be secured from a reliable
breeder.
Records of four Of the best flocks
In the state last year showed an av-
erage production of 100 eggs a hen
with average returns above feed
costs Of $2.70 a hen. On the other
hand, four of the focks having the
lowest return produced an average
of 1918 eggs a hen for a net return
above feed costs Of only s. cents a
bird.
Producers do not have much con-
troll over egg prices but they do con-
troll the breeding and feeding prac-
tlces and in this way can improve
production and secure greater
profits" says Mr.. Maupin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-04
Golden Dinner Service
Not Alone for Wealthy

Would you like a gold dinner serv-
ice or, rather, one that looks like
gold? If so, it will not be long be-
fore you can buy it just as cheaply
as the familiar nickel plate.
Curiously enough, the new gold"
is made in Sheffield, England, the
city of steel. The first juStlikegol
dinner service was made as the re-
suit of joke. Messrs. w. Turner
and company had been experimenting
for some time with new alloy of
aluminium and bronze which has all
the appearances of good red gold.
"Why not make poor men feel like
millionaires" someone suggested,
and for a jest the first near-gold
dinner service was made. To the
surprise of the firm it aroused an
immediate demand. People liked the
idea of eating off gold, and the new
metal is easy to look after, since it
is almost stainless.
The biggest demand, though, is
likely to come from South America
and other Latin countries, where
there is a deep love of gold itself or
of metal that looks like it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-04
Outlook for Poultry
Held to Be Favorable

Prospects for a larger poultry
crop for market this fall and win
ter in view of 7.5 per cent increase
in the number of chickens being
raised on farms are indicated in the
poultry and egg outlook report is
sued recently by the bureau of agri-
cultural economics, United States
Department of Agriculture. Egg
production, 1t is expected, will not
exceed the high totals Of last year
unless there should be another mild
winter-this despite a prospective
increase Of to per cent in the
number of layers In farm flocks.
The bureau reports July stocks of
eggs in cold storage at 2S per cent
less than the volume In July a year
ago, and says that therefore 'the
market this year will be relieved of
the depressing effect of burdensome
stocks Of storage eggs" 1t points
out, also. that although egg prices
are low, they are not as low. rela-
lively, as most other farm prod
ucts." Low retail prices of poultry
and eggs have maintained, but not
Increased. consumption, the bureau
finds.