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The Washington times., 1933-06-19
PEGG'S PARENT
TEST|F|ES At
BUCK TRIAL
Stenographer Says Kenneth
Admitted Abduction, Say
ing He Was Desperate

BARNSTABLE, Mass, June 19
G.N.SD Mrs. Margaret McMath
mother of Peggy" McMath, went
on the witness stand today in su.
perior court where Kenneth and
Cyril Buck, brothers. are on trial
charged with kidnapping the child
Mrs. McMath told how it was
Peggy's custom to leave for school
each morning by bus with the
other school children and return
in the late afternoon.
On May 2, she testified, shortly
before p. m, Mrs. McMath re,
ceived a telephone call. She re.
lated:
81 heard a coin drop in a box.
heard central say long dis
tance call. I then heard a
mans voice. He said: L am a
lineman working on line.
Please keep the receiver off
for 10 minutes and disregard
any calls 1 did So"
Asked for Police
The district attorney asked
Mrs. McMath if she went to the
Harwich center grammar school
shortly after receiving the tele-
phone call.
She said she did and conferred
with Peggy's teacher. After talk
ing with the teacher she went
with the teacher to the super,
intendent's office and demanded
that the police be called.
District Attorney Crossley asked
her if. subsequently,, there was
something done about raising
money. She answered.:
eyes. / teIephOned my faith
er in Detroit. He is william
r. Kales. This was two days
after Peggy was kidnapped"
She said the $4,000 ransom
money which the kidnapers were
demanding was raised.
The next time she saw Peggy,
she said, was early the following
Friday aboard the boat, Bob, in
Wychmere harbor.
Mrs. McMath was preceded to
the stand by Miss Gertrude Col
Inns, court reporter, and George
B. Bacon, the Boston banker.
CrOss-Examined
Miss Collins told of taking down
the confession Kenneth made to
the authorities on May 9. She
related a conversation she had
with Kenneth that day in which
she asked him why he had
done it,"
She quoted Kenneth as saying:
I'm desperate. haven't had
job for year."
Bacon told how he hurried to
Harwich with $4,000 to ransom
the girl. Ten thousand of this
sum was given back to the girls
father by Cyril Buck, who refused
to accept it as his share for acting
as contact man. Bacon added:
"The $4,000 came from "the
treasurer of a very substantial
Detroit organization"
CroSS-eXamination of Mrs. Nc
Math was begun by Willard Carle-
ton, counsel for Kenneth Buck.
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Stock Market Booms as Dollar Slumps;
u. S. Delegates Split on Tariff
(Continued from Page y

(Continued from Page y
have drafted their ideas to
form a basis of discussion for
the agenda, but no such prOpO-
sition was submitted by the
delegation"
Behind this is an interesting
story of conflict between the
American delegates and experts
as to who is running the confer
ence and directing the American
policy.
The delegates naturally think
they are and the experts
patronizingly think they are.
Discussed on Liner
In so far as the tariff row is
concerned, International News
Service is in a position to give
the inside facts. They are:
The tariff policy was dis
cussed at numerous sessions of
the delegates and experts aboard
the liner President Roosevelt
and also in London without a
definite decision being reached.
While the majority favored
the principle of horizontal
tariff reduction, it was thought
best not to fix any definite
percentage, leaving that point
for oral discussion in the con-
ference proper.
In this situation, Herbert Feis
whose title is chief economic
adviser. and Henry Chalmers, the
Commerce Departments tariff ex
pert, were instructed to draw ur
a tentative draft of the American
tariff suggestions for the agenda
In view of the widespread mis-
understanding over the American
tariff proposals, the American
delegation today made public the
covering letter written by Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull in
presenting the suggestions to the
economic commission.
The letter disclosed Secretary
Hull regarded the memorandum
as suggestions for the commits
sion's agenda rather than the
American program.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
MARKET
QUIZ FOLLOWS
BANK PROBE
Not Satisfied With First In
quiry, Fletcher States;
Seeks Safeguards

A searching inquiry into the
tremendous operations of the New
York Stock Exchange to deter
mine the advisability of placing
it under direct Federal super
vision will follow the Senate'S
present banking investigation
international News Service learned
| today.
The market inquiry will be con-
Quoted by the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee, now
engaged in investigating COM
mercial and private banking.
Quiz to Resume Monday
The principal purpose of the
market inquiry will be to decide
whether new Federal safeguards
should be erected to protect. the
American investing public, which
has poured billions of dollars into
the stock exchange in recent
years.
The Senate committee resumes
it's banking inquiry next Monday
Then it will probe financial az
fairs of Kuhn, Loeb & Company,
with otto Kahn on the witness
stand. Later the inquiry may
be prolonged to include Dillon,
Read g. Company, although some
members of the committee favor
postponement of this phase until
cooler weather.
Senator Fletcher CD of Flor
ida. committee chairman, revealed
that the stock market would oe
probed before the investigation
is completed. He fixed no date
tor the inquiry but declared it
would be held and completed be-
fore Congress returns to session
next January. He said:
1--WE are not entirely salts
fled with the stock exchange
inquiry conducted by our COM
mittee a year ago. We are 60
ing into it again. We want to
know more about its practices
and how it handles securities.
KUHN, LOEB COMES FIRST
1--WE will investigate Kuhn,
Loeb g. Co. first and Dillon
Read Company next. After that
we may go into the Chase Ma
tiOnal Bank and some of the Sc
curity affiliates of other great.
banks. When that is completed.
we will take up the stock ex-
change again.
1--WE want to find out how to
protect the public-SO there will
not be a repetition of 1929,
when the general public was led
into the market trapped and
squeezed out of millions upon
millions of dollars"
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CnarleS Au. Maj. I. }. LanphieF
gustus Lindbergh and for some
years his right-hand man as
vice chairman of the technical
committee of Transcontinental
Air Transport.
The new organization, which
has resumed the name of the
Flanagan-Nay Brewery Corpora
ton, by which the plant was
known from the time it was
founded so years ago, until it
took the name of Phoenix, has
been chartered by the Secre.
tary of State.
Owney Madden expects to be
paroled from Sing Sing on
July 2.
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Earl of COWley Wed
To Cabaret Hat Girl

RENO, New, June 19 GN.SD.
Arthur Christian Wellesley, the
fourth Earl of CoWley, was on his
honeymoon today with the former
Mrs. Mary Elsie Hines, pretty
Reno divorce, following their
marriage here yesterday, the day
after Lord Cowley had divorced
Josephine CALI colt Wellesley.
known on the English stage as
May Picard.
After a tWe-weekS' honeymoon
trip to Santa Barbara, Cal, the
Earl and his bride will reside here,
he said. The bride recently had
been employed as check girl at a
Reno cabaret.
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BUSINESS CODE
TURNED DOWN

Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, admin.
iStrator of industrial recovery, de,
cisively rejected the first Of the
industrial codes submitted to him,
it was learned exclusively by In,
ternational News Service today.
This group, one of the first to
get its regulations in shape for
presentation, and the identity of
which was not made public, has
been informed that it's code fails
to measure up to the require.
ments the President has in mind
in order to speed industrial re-
coVery.
Hearings To Be Held
Rules governing industry are to
be announced by General Johnson.
Dates then will be set for the
hearing of various trade asSpcia-
tions, with the possibility of fixing
an immediate date for the steel
industry Spokesmen.
johnson reported that a pre-
hminary survey indicates that in
dustry generally is disposed to &C
cept the provisions and make a
whole-hearted attempt to comply
with it to cooperate with the Ad-
miniStration in it's fight to win
back economic stability and i'm
provement.
The Administrator agreed with
Senator Wagner CD of New
York that the operation of the
act would furnish employment
for millions of men and that the
first benefits would be distinctly
noticeable by early July.
Raise Agreed Upon
Nelson B. Gaskill, president of
the Lead Pencil Institute, re-
ported that all units of that
organization. with the exception
of one small manufacturer, had
agreed to an immediate raise for
hourly and base pay for piece
work. This he said would affect
all employees below the rank of
foremen and supervisors.
Building construction figures
available are particularly gratify-
ing to Johnson, who pointed out
that the May increase over April
was more than five times the
increase of 1882, while the build
ing outlay in 761 key cities was
1885 per cent higher in May
than in April.
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Tariff Reduction Plan
Made Official Record

GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, LON
DON, June 10 Q.N.SO-DeSpite
the disclaimer by Senator Key
Pittman, the United States was
placed on record in the World
Economic Conference today as
having submitted a proposal for
tariff reduction.
Opening today's session of the
economic commission, Chairman
Hendrix Collin, premier of Hol-
land, referred to suggestions re-
garding tariffs advanced by the
United States experts as the PRO
posal from the United States"
Prolongation of the interna-
tional tariff truce for the period
of one year was proposed today
by Turkey. The truce at present
is merely for the duration of the
conference.
Tariff proposals were also re-
celved from Cuba, Poland, the
conference steering committee,
France, Belgium and Uruguay.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
ONE CONFESSES
He GOT $1,000
AS HIS CUT
George MCGEE duplicates His
Brother and Names Ring
leaders of Plot

LYNCHBURG. Va, June 10
GNSO Two men wanted in
connection with the abduction
of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter
Of the mayor of Kansas City. are
under arrest in two Virginia
cities, authorities were convinced
today, as Missouri officers sped
eastward with descriptions fur
nished by the Kansas City girl.
The men are Howard E. Wilson
under arrest at Lynchburg. and
George MCGEE, held at Roanoke,
so miles away.
The pair was apprehended late
Saturday because of the suspicious
of a Roanoke detective after Nc
Gee was arrested on charge of
drunkenness.
Find Arsenal
Wilson, after a rapid courtship,
had married Miss Francis Spen-
Ger, a Lynchburg girl. only last
Friday. When police searched
his home they found two sub
marine guns. four large-caliber
pistols. several hundred rounds of
ammunition, three bullet-proof
vests and a pair of handouts.
He did not admit any connection
with the Kansas City abduction.
At Roanoke MCGEE, after ques-
tioning by Detective R. C. John
son, admitted completely in the
kidnapping. After his arrest on
a drunkenness charge MCGEE at
tempted to obtain bond and was
asked for references. He gave
the name of Wilson at Lynch
burg.
Finally Confesses
After Wilson was apprehended,
and the miniature arsenal found,
MCGEE was faced with the infor-
nation and then admitted his
part in the crime after a COM
pavtson of fingerprints.
MCGEE said he had received
$500 of the 100000 ransom paid
by City Manager McElroy. De-
tectives said MCGEE implicated
his brother, Walter, and a fourth
man named Click. The two
latter, he said, were ringleaders
in the plot.
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K|DNAPERSFREE
RICH BREWER

CONTINUED from Page y
two men who had bundled him
into the automobile was Sankey.
He continued:
"They kept me informed as
to the progress of the negOtia-
tiOnS, and they expected to
leave every night. Finally, Sum
day, at about 3 p. M, they told
me they had good news for me,
that they had been paid"
Hamm said he had not found
out how much ransom was paid
and j. E. Charles, attorney for
the brewing company. refused to
give the definite amount but said
the sum was "less than 100000. "
Hamm continued:
eve started out some time
last night after dark. There
were two men, a driver, and
myself in the car. 1 don't know
if they were the same men
who grabbed me or not.
GOT TO A FARM
They put goggles on me,
drove about eight hours, and
then let me out on the old
unpaved Highway No. l some
where near Wyoming.
II had some money, because
they did not rifle my pockets,
and went to a farm house
and called home. This was
about $50 a. M"
The kidnapers never once
threatened him, Hamm said. He
added:
Before they let me out of
the car, they said that if there
was anything they could ever
do for me to let them know,
but they did not leave any
forwarding address"
Hamm said he would cooperate
100 per cent with District Attor-
ney Michael F. Kinkead in trac-
ing down and prosecuting the kid
napers.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
Four Big Wheat Nations
DeadIoCked on Solution

GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, LON
DON, June 19 Q.N.SD The
four great wheat-producing ma
tions of the world remained dead.
locked today in their attempt to
find a solution to the industry's
ills.
A Commute meeting between
representatives of Canada, the
United States, Argentina and
Australia, at which Henry Nor
genthau, sr., and Prime Minister
Bennett of Canada were present,
again failed to reach an agree,
ment over proposals for reduction
of wheat production.
The four-power meeting was
held privately after a two-cor-
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
Conference Faces Rocks
On Sterilization Issue

LONDON. June 10 G.N.S).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
cruising off the coast of Massa-
chusetts in a small schooner, to-
day exercised greater influence
over the World Economic Confer
ence than any delegate in Lon
don.
Rejection of currency stabiliza-
ton proposals by the American
Chief Executive has hung the
conference on the rocks of un-
certainty, for without stabiliza-
tion of the dollar, pound, and
franc, the French say they are
unwilling to tackle tariffs, price
levels, and other agenda subjects.
While less outspoken than the
French, the British take the same
view, and the Americans are pro-
ceeding with extreme caution in
Stabilization negotiations owing
to severe restrictions imposed by
President Roosevelt'S instructions.
The difficulty of the American
position appears to be this:
If, in six months, President
Roosevelt decides the domestic
situation requires further infla-
ton, it would cause the dollar to
drop abroad. But if the dollar
were bound by pegging agree
ments the President would then
be compelled to export gold to
support the dollar at an agreed
point, which he has said he will
not do.
The belief today is that little
tangible is likely to be done
about stabilization until arrival
here of Prof. Raymond Moley, the
Presidents economic adviser, since
he is recognized as speaking with
more authority for President
Roosevelt than any of the other
delegates.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
Jobs Gain in Phild.;
Relief ShOUs Drop

HILADEL LPHIA. June 10
(IN.SO More jobs and fewer
families on relief was the story
contained in the Federal Reserve
report today on factory employ
ment. 1t shows that 5.4 per cent
more jobs were available in the
Philadelphia area than in the
previous month. That gain was
reflected almost Immediately in
as per cent reduction in the num-
ber Of families receiving unemploy.
ment relief.
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seminary a t
A h medabad,
I n d i a. Mia
Cram Cook,
a 24-year-Old
A m e ri an
girl, is today
living the life
of a 10 W y
worker in the
cause of un-
t ou chability
in the hope
of redeeming
herself in the
eyes of the
Mahatma M.
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K. Gandhi.


Daughter of George Cram
Cook. an American poet, she
stands accused of being one of
the major causes of Gandhi's
decision to embark on his re-
cent three weeks fast in the
cause of untouchability-a fact
she has admitted since her ad-
mission to the seminary.
Following secret charges
against her, Gandhi investi-
gated and announced tn a t
Nila's life had been one of
"untruth and extravaganza"
and that she was doing "irre-
parable damage to the faith Of
her adoption"
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

ashes of the
much : raided
Phoenix Ce.
real Beverage
Company, re-
putedly run
since 1925 by
Owney Mad
den and Big
Bill Dwyer, is
to be headed
by M a ] Or
T h o m a S j.
Lanphier, U.
S. A., retired,
war flyer, old
friend of Col.
Charles AN
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

girl and dedi.
Gated his life
to m e dical
work among
the poor, is
serving as an
in t ern e at
HarknesS Pa
vilion, a unit
of Presbyte-
ran Hospital
at M e d ical
Center.
The son Of
the colorful
Anne u. Still
m a n n o W
n
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

Jal., June l9.-SO father had a
day yesterday, did he? Where?
But you figure it out. And he
didn't deserve any more of a
day than he got.
There is a lot of hooey about
poor father being imposed on.
Dear old father gets away with
quite a bit of murder just be-
cause he is father. If he was
some outsider and pulled the
junk he does, he'd be chucked
in the alley.
There is nothing, outside of
an economist, that's been any
more overes mated than a
4
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Mccormick, and James A. Still
man, former head of the Ma
tional City Bank, entered the
institution with an absence Of
fanfare, contrasting strongly
with the lurid months of litiga-
ton that made his parents di-
vorce suit one of the most ia.
NOUS matrimonial controversies
in history.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
U. S. Disciple Redeems
Self in Gandhi's Eyes

LONDON. June 10 GN,S).
In a small, stone -floored and
simply furnished room of a
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Racketeers' Brewery
Goes Respectable

NEW YORK, June 19.-The
new legal 80 beer concern that
hopes to rise from the legal
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

Glow will ! get there" "Where will
questions hundreds Of people are asking
every day . they can he answered.
and economically. too. by the purchase
0R one Of the good used cars advertised
today In the WANT AID SECTION Of
this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

nered Austrian-Argentine confer
ence on wheat failed to ease the
divergence of opinions.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
bud" StilIman Now
Serving As Interne

NEW YORK, June 19.-James
A. cBud") Stillman, jr., who
married a backWoods Canadian
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
Brothers Get Mixed
UP Dividing Sheep

Four brothers were com.
pairing the number of sheep
that they owned. It was
found that Charles had ten
more sheep than Daniel. If
Charles gave a quarter Of
his sheep to Ben, then
Charles and Adam would to-
gether have the same number
as Ben and Daniel together.
If. then. Adam gave one-third
to Ben, and Ben gave a quar-.
ter of what he then held to
Charles, who then passed on
a fifth of his holding to
Daniel, and Ben then divided
one-quarter of the number he
then poSSessed equally
amongst Adam. Charles and
Daniel, they would all have
equal number of sheep.
Come On-give it a guess.
How many sheep did each
son possess? The answer to
this feature is published to-
day in the Want Ad section
Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, $998,531,-
064.53; expenditures, $41,588,-
604.37; customs receipts, $11,87l,-
J 001.31.
The Washington times., 1933-06-19

father. He is necessity and that about lets hi
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The Washington times., 1933-06-19
WILL ROGERS Says:

SANTA MONICA Cal June 1870 father had a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-18
HEAVY TERMS
melted TO SIX
Given Sentences TotaIing
80 Years; Four Receive
Is Apiece.

Six defendants to robbery charges
were given state reformatory sem
fences totaling ninety years by
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker,
Friday.
Dewey T. Montgomery, %, and
Charles Pike, 26, charged with muir
der in connection with the death of
Patrick Mcmahon, bus station man
ager, were permitted to plead guilty
to robbery Each was sentenced to
fifteen years.
-Four members of an alleged gang
two of whom were known to police
as the brother bandits" also were
sentenced on robbery charges.
They are: Alfred Lime, %, of 214S
North Temple avenue, and Edward
Sanders, %, of 212 East North street
fifteen years each; Richard Dickin.
son, 910 College avenue, twenty
years, and Edward Laughlin, 20, o.
R. R. II, Box 236, ten years.
The quartet of alleged robbers
were charged with participating il
fifteen holdups of street car oper.
ators and bus drivers. Seven indict.
ments were pending against them
Sanders and Laughlin turned
states evidence and pleaded guilty
while Lime and Dickinson were
convicted of the formal charge O.
robbing Harry Miles, bus driver
of $12. Dec. 1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-18
CHINESE ATTACK
JAPAN FORCES
Answer Order to Get Out of
JehOI by Launching
Drive.
By United Press

PEIPING, Feb. 18.-The COM
mander of the Chinese garrison at
Kailu, on the eastern border of
Jehol, answered a Japanese ulti-
matum today by attacking japanese
positions between Kailu and Tung-
lao, an official Chinese comnlunique
said.
The "big swords" of Feng Chan
Hal also participated in the attack,
the communique said. The Jap
anese were forced to retreat to Shi
CHA Pao, between Kailu and the
main japanese concentration OF
Tungliao, the Chinese claimed.
Japanese artillery shelled Chinese
positions at Naming. Chinese
sources reported that japanese
cavalry attacks at Changing TIE
and Shang Shuai were repulsed in
zero weather.
The Japanese ordered the COM
mander of the Kailu garrison, Tsui
Sing WI, to get out of the Kailu
sector, or the Japanese would attack
in full force.
The Twenty-ninth brigade of
Chinese regulars was sent to Chao-
yang, one of the towns in line of
the Japanese advance, which had
been defended previously only by
guerillaS
General Chang TSo Hang, former
governor of Kirin province, who is
commanding Chinese forces on the
eastern Jehol frontier, telegraphed
Governor Tang Yu-Lin that his
troops were prepared for the utmost
resistance to the japanese.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-18
SENATE HIT BY
RUSH OF BILLS
Middle in Congressional
District Is Cleared by
One Measure.

With only sixteen days remaining
for the session OF the Indiana as
sembly, the senate late Friday hur-
ried through the introduction of
eleven new bills and one concur
rent resolution.
Word had been passed that adj
ministration leaders were prepar-
ing to clear the way for measures
advocated by Governor Paul " Nc
Mutt and his advisers. Many sena-
tors who had stills of their own
which they desired to be considered
consequently presented them before
the stage was occupied completely
by administration measures.
One of the new bills corrects the
hastily prepared congressional dis
trict measure passed in 1881, which
failed to designate specifically in
what district Beech Grove and
Woodruff Place were placed.
This measure now definitely al
lots these two towns to the Eleventh
congressional district, along with the
First, Ninth and Tenth Indian
apolis wards and Lawrence, War
rem, Franklin and Perry townships.
Remainder of the district comprises
Madison and Hancock counties.
Another measure seeks to estab-
lish central standard time for the
entire state, preventing daylight
saving time insofar as banking
hours, official activities and court
business are concerned. Senator
Henry F. Schricker Oem., Knox
is the author.