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friends-almost the only ones!"
Poor Joan's voice was shaking q
little in spite Of herself. She
couldn't lose Hilda and Anne-she
must make Aunt Evvie see. "Oh,
please listen. You don't UNDER
stand! I'll promise never to dance
again il you'll only just let me"
DINNER is served" Mrs. Heeley
put her head in the doorway. Her
thin face was flushed with excite
ment. "Dinner is served, ladies!"
Aunt Babe got up and led the
way automatically cross the hall
into the dining room. The others
followed.
Evvie tasted her SCUM. sIt,s
cold. Heeley-take it out!"
Heeley glowered. Babe hastily
tasted hers. why, sister, It isn't
cold"
II said take Il Owtls
Heeley dounced out, mutterinx.
They heard her banging around in
tho kitchen, talking to herself. Ev-
vie was hardly conscious 81 Il. She
began on Joan again.
"This-this dancing teacher eama
here. She had the efKrontery 70
call here, while you were dawdlins
on your way home. Wanted money
g that you could learn dancing.
Joan's face Vas flaming. ~
never asked for anyi I Just went
with the girls 10 visit, and aha IA
mo dance this afternoon-free-D
"Freel Humph! Throw Z sprat
to catch . mackerel. Well. M
caught no macksrel-you1l do "a
dancing"
II never asked"
mo, y0u wormed your way n
free. Treel A Van Fleet
I'm not : Van Fleet. I'm Z Hast.
EWES lip curled. ~rt;s nothin,
to be proud Of. The less you ~
about that father Of yours 20 me-
SISTER! Please-n Aunt Bah
reached . skinny, trembling hand
across the table. "You forget your,
But the black-browed old woman
and the golden-hsired sirl didn'i
even see her. There was no stop.
ping them now. The lieht vas 81.
Proud! I'm not proud 81 any,
Mln& What hAlo 1 at = II pro1d
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Good CITIZENSHIP

Charles F. Urschel, victim OF the
Harvey Bailey George Kelly kidnap
gang, is q millionaire but rich and
poor alike may accept him as model
Of good citizenship.
BY his refusal to weaken in the
face OF vicious threats against his
life and that Of members Of his fam
lily, Urschel proves the mettle of
which he is made. Whatever the con-
sequences, he has cast his lot with
that Of good government and will
continue to assist the government in
Its prosecution Of Bailey and the
other captured kidnapers.
This takes nerve Of a quality all
too rare In these times, for a threat
by "Machine-Gun George Kelly is
not a thing to be taken lightly. The
man already has many murders
chalked up In his record. To him the
spilling Of blood Is q casual matter.
Various efforts being made to In
timidate witnesses and to plot the
release Of Bailey and hts confederates
II they are convicted testify to the
fact that q major criminal gang has
been broken up. It Is to the interest
Of society everywhere that its men,
bers be put In jail and kept there.
II and when this is accomplished
Urschel and other members OF his
family will be entitled to credit
Meanwhile, they should have every
protection which the government
can give them.
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Utmost Care Needed

The need for utmost care in handl-
ing developments OF the NRA pro-
gram IS illustrated by q recent in
cident affecting the Texas company,
one OF the nations largest oil re-
finers and distributors.
This firm participated in framing
the code for the oil industry and is
observing both the spirit and letter
Of that document, according to a
statement Issued from its home Of
fees. Yet it became the victim of a
misunderstanding when 1t clashed
with the oil administration over the
question Of price regulation.
The company opposes the fixing OF
prices on the ground that 1t will do
the industry no good and may, in
fact, result In real harm. It feels
that the sound approach to the ques-
ton lies in bringing the production of
crude oil into balance with consump-
tive demand and leaving prices to
take care Of themselves.
It was widely reported throughout
the country, however, that the Texas
company had refused to cooperate
with the oil administration. denying
1t access to the company's records
and otherwise attempting to ham
string the effort to restore order in
this chaotic industry.
This. the company asserts, is not
the fact. It has notified the oil ad-
ministrator Of willingness to furnish,
any data asked but reiterates its un-
willingness to participate In framing
q price schedule by the expression OF
opinions as distinguished from facts
In this it would seem to be just
flied. The main thing in connection
with any code is whether or not it L
being observed. It would be bad, in
deed, If every industry were called
upon to accept every suggestion made
by the code administrators without
question.
It is inevitable that changes In
these codes will prove necessary from
time to time. They are experiment
tai at best. Under these circum.
stances independent thought Is muct,
to be desired and more benefit VIII
result from critical analysis than
from unquestioning compliance.
The policy Is established and Is re-
ceiving nationwide support, but de.
velopments under the policy viii
continue to challenge the best
thought IN industry. The hotter th<
arguments the more conducive are
they to careful consideration and Jus.
tice In the long run.
Instead Of being condemned for It's
attitude, this big oil company should
be commended for raising such ques-
tions- as It feels should be presented
for further study. It Is not only Z
right, It is duty to fight for wha,
1t believes to be the proper thing.
Il Is necessary, In the considera.
ton Of these things, that the public
keep in mind the essential difference.
between conformity with q polio,
and disagreement as to the wisdom
Of the policy itself.
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Circulation

Member Of The Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to 1t
or not otherwise credited In this
newspaper and also the local news Of
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication Of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
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The New Deal
Washington.

Securities Act May BE Made Even
Stricter BY Congress Disagree.
ment on Price. Fixing Develops Per-
sonal Angle Administrators
johnson Cautious About Promising
Results.
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BRoOKHART LIKES BIBLE

Ex-senator Smith w. Brookhart,
who plots Russian markets for farm
products In the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, IS an inveterate
reader Of the Bible :. Clifford v. Greg
DRY, editor Of the Prairie Farmer, Chi
cago, wisecracks that the farmes can't
pillow any more because they're so busy
signing affidavits for the AAA.
Governor Ruby Laffoon, addressing
the Kentucky legislature, claimed:
!"God Almighty is walking by my side
today. He has walked with me through
life. He is walking by my side. He Is
taking care In q small degree Of the
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sTRICTER Law LIKELY

Backers Of the measure sought q
strict but reasonable" statute. They
mad to fight hardest tor q ''reason-
able" law, because many members Of
Congress wanted to make It tougher.
Promoters Of securities were threat.
ened with straight guarantee clause
which would have held them liable
Tor absolute accuracy in all represen-
tations.
They may face that again as pro.
posed substitute for the existing H.
duciary clause which only insists that
they be fair and careful.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, NJ. d.

Signed pertaining health hygiene
diagnosis treatment will be answered by DR. Brady stamped
envelope enclosed Letters should be brief and written
Ink No made queries not conforming instructions
Address Dr. William Brady, in care Of this newspaper
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Tribune Washington Correspondent

Washington, Sept. 26.-Wall Streets
persistent fire on the securities act is
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A correspondent says that Ger
many, with population too large
for her territory, Is turning to avia-
ton. That's one way to depopulate.
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JOHNSON CAUTIOUS

johnson furnishes some sharp Con-
trasts with the pre.Rooeevelt day.
when every recovery scheme from
Washington was ballyhooed - certain
to rescue the country from depres-
sion. Asked what effect tho 4. =. G.
$1,000. 100000 plan to finance indus
tries through banks would have On
the MIRA effort, he replied:
II It works 70 extend credit, Il
should have Z marked effect. Wheth-
er It win Or not, I don't know"
Hardly anyone is very optim1stic
about It. Banks, borrowing from z.
+. Q. TO lend industries, Win b taking
the risks. They can have an the
risks they want right now.
= = -
The Federal Trade Oommie.ion, I'M
der the securities oct, d sa$hering
fake tipster sheets which provide not
tips" to investors On stocks their
hackers want to unload.
Copyright. 1888, NEA Service. Ine.)
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taxpayers and the people Of Kentucky
and don't you forget Il"
QUESTION or PRICE. FIXING

SOE011VN VX 1168VBs = 11A1XU
The fight over price-fixiug Ia NRA
codes has developed . personal, emo
tional phase. Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace, secretary Of Commerce
Roper and Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce John Dickinson lead the
opponents OF price-ftxing.
Administrator Hugh johnson, who
has allowed price determination pro-
visions In most codes, apparently has
been neutral. But he u sore at what
he regards 8 : disposition Of officials
outside NRA to butt In" 90 the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. group also
has become somewhat emotional.
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The United States army put coats
Of arms into official use in 1919.
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Maine isn't set In her ways. She
was dry only a years.
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History repeats itself. SO do pub.
lie speakers.
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However. Fords latest publicity
stunt hasn't reached the point that
he Is front-paged as escaping from
something or other wearing skirts.
The Washington times., 1933-05-06
MOTHER MEETS
PRESS, GLAD
THEY AIDED
Girls Family Grateful SCribes
Cooperated in EffeCting
KidnaperS' Contact

HARWTCH, Mass. May 6 Il,
N.S0.-"The world is a very diff
ferent place today for all Of us"
so said Margaret Kales McMath,
mother Of the $4,000 "poor lit
tie rich girl" whom kidnapers
returned to her parents yesterday.
Its a very happy One-nOw."
With a wistful smile on her lips
and a glance of gratitude at the
semi-circle of reporters who gath
cred about her on the portico Of
her home here, Mrs. McMath
made her first statement since
the ten-year-old girl disappeared
from school last Tuesday.
Very Appreciative
She came out, hatless, to ex-
press her appreciation to the
press for it's help in recovering
Peggy and staying away from the
McMath home while negotiations
were going on.
A tall woman with brown hair
and brown eyes flecked with gray,
she stood there as if she were
making a formal address, while
Peggy pressed her nose to a win
dow pane behind her mother and
eyed the reporters in awe.
Peggy looked well and cheerful,
trifle pale, perhaps, but no
more so than her brother Frances,
Z, who hung over her shoulder,
determined to miss nothing either.
Eats Big Breakfast
The kidnapping episode has
meant a cessation of school duties
for both children and an atmos-
phere of excitement which they
relish.
Mrs. McMath said:
81 am especially grateful for
your consideration last night.
We we're very weary and needed
the rest which you made it pos
sibIe for us to have. The whole
family is very grateful, and 1
am sure that your restraint in
handling this affair has helped
toward its final happy cOnclu-
SiOn."
This morning Peggy ate an
enormous breakfast Of Scrambled
eggs and bacon, toast, two glasses
of orange juice, and cereal quite
a. change from the monotony OF
ham sandwiches and milk or
cocoa, the sole items of diet her
kidnapers supplied.
Sail on a Pond
After breakfast Peggy and her
brother went out into the garden
back of the house and sailed a
large boat for half an hour or so
on pond.
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Stranger Accosts Buck in Garage, Says
He Can Lead McMQth to His Daughter

Buck, it was explained by Need
ham, lived in another part Of
Harwich. That was why some
body else took him away.
Stranger Appears
According to McMath's story
Buck was the contact man with
the kidnaper. A stranger came
into Bucks garage and told Buck
to get in touch with McMath, the
father, without attracting the at
tention of police or newspaper
men. The man was reported as
saying:
81 can lead him to his daugh-
ter"
Buck got in touch with Nc.
Math, who expressed willingness
to "do anything to get Peggy
back" but with~the fiasco Of the
Lindburgh negotiations in mind,
McMath wanted to be sure he
was in touch with the actual kid
naper of his daughter and that
she was alive and unframed.
So McMath wrote a question on
a slip of paper for Peggy to
answer which Buck delivered to
the stranger next time he saw
him. The question was:
what was the name Of your
dog that died last january"
DOGS NAME GIVEN
In due time the stranger de-
Iivered a reply in Peggy's own
handwriting:
"Peter The Great"
This, the father knew, no one
but Peggy would have known
even if the handwriting was
forced.
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Man Poses as Friend, Brings Her Food,
Warns Her That Kidnapers Are Near

ing a mattress. Here she spent
from Tuesday night until the
middle of Thursday night. Her
captor took her blindfold off, but
told her never to look at him.
Peggy" assured Brigadier Gen.
eral Needham that she honestly
made no attempt to see him.
He brought her food and he
posed as her friend, telling her he
was keeping her from the kidnap
gang who would hear her if she
raised a Sounds
They rode for a little while.
Then he took off the bandage
from her eyes and her father was
there. She sat with her father in
the back seat.
'LOOk Like q Bunny"
Cyril Buck, she said, drove the
car. The kidnaper sat beside
Buck. He had on his head a sort
of hood, with two points standing
up. She quoted her father as
saying:
You'd better take that hood
off or you will attract atten-
tiOn-yOu look just like a
bunny"
He did not. In a short time
they arrived at Wychmere' Har-
Dor, where she was put aboard
the boat Bob.
There her mother visited her
two hours before dawn Friday, she
said.
Needham said her story indi-
Gated she had never left Cape
Cod. He added that her story, as
a whole, would bear very care
full scrutiny" =.
Peggy" who was kidnapped
! from in front Of the HarWich
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Peggy, Her Father, His Partner, Sawyer,
And Buck Found on Lees Boat Bob

When the authorities boarded
the "Bob," they found Peggy
in the cabin, sitting beside her
father at a table, upon which
was a glass of milk.
She was wearing a blue coat
and the same gingham dress, with
rosebud design, which she wore
at the time she was excused from
her school class to meet a
"colored" man who had tele-
phoned last Tuesday to the school
saying he was her father and was
sending a chauffeur to call for
her.
Seemed Startled
Sawyer and Buck were sprawled
on hunks when the officers
boarded the "Bob." They seemed
rather startled.
According to a sailor who wit
messed the scene, McMath said:
"I'm her father"
He was told:
That's all right; come with
u.s."
The sailor gave peggy a pea
jacket and a sailors cap, which
she Smilingly accepted and wore
jauntily over one eye.
She said she had been treated
very well; that she had been fed
on ham sandwiches, cocoa, milk,
cereal, and chocolate cake. She
also reported, according to the
sailor, that there had been no
women in the party.
To Coast Guard Base
When the officers saw Lee ap-
preaching in small boat, they
said to him:
you'll come along, too"
The Coast Guard boat, contain
ing Peggy" her father, Lee,
Sawyer, Buck and the officers
headed out of the harbor into
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She was not allowed to say
anything at the interview but
her mother, Mrs. Margaret Kales
McMath, declared that "the world
seemed very happy to all OF
them today"
Brigadier General Needham
received a mysterious telephone
call Immediately after his re-
turn to Harwich. It was rumored
the call was from Gov. Joseph
B. Ely.
Needham. informed the press
he was "going out on an ex-
petition" as soon as he had a
shave. He asked not to be fol-
lowed. He said he expected to
have an announcement after he
completes his expedition, but he
could not say exactly when that
would be.
Quizzing Goes On
He was accompanied back to
Norwich from Woods Hole by a
horde of police officials and
State troopers. All night and
up to II o'clock this morning
McMath, Lee, Sawyer, and Buck
were questioned on the "head-
quarters" boat at the Coast
Guard base at Woods Hole. It
was there Peggy was taken, too,
after she was found last night.
He was asked:
"Have you obtained any part
of a confession from anybody
after your nights labOrs"
He replied:
IT would rather not answer
that now"
stenographers attending the in
terrogation took copiouS notes.
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FATHER AND FRIENDS CRLLED IN NkAATF4 KIDNAPPING
CHILD SAFE ON BOAT OWNED
BY WILLIAM LEE, $4,000
RANSOM FUND PAID
(I.N.S).-T expect an important
break in this case within three

0.N.S.)-T expect an important
break in this case within three
or four hours"
Brig Gen. Daniel Needham, in
charge of the. investigation Of the
Peggy McMath kidnapping, made
this declaration this afternoon
upon his return to Harwich after
an all-night session at Woods Hole,
interrogating the four men con-
cerned in the return Of the child.
Something Hot"
They were Neil c. McMath, the
girls father; William Lee, the
fathers contact man; Cyril Buck,
a garage keeper, who made the
contact with the kidnaperS, and
Harold Sawyer, assistant to Lee.
Needham personally took three
Of these men-McMath, Lee, and
Sawyer-to their homes here un-
der an agreement that they
would hold themselves available
for further questioning"
Buck was escorted home "by
somebody else," Needham said.
Needham told reporters that
with luck" he would have "some-
thing hot for you by late after.
noon or evening"
Lees Odd Actions
During the questioning last
night, Lee got up from one table
and sat down by himself at an
other. Later he began talking
incoherently to himself. Then
he took out handkerchief and
began sobbing. McMath came
over to him and talked soothingly
to him. Later Lee got up, Stun
bIed, and almost fell.
Peggy, meanwhile, had her
first meeting this morning with
the press since she was found
last evening on Lees boat, Bob,
lying at anchor in Wychmere
Harbor, a stones throw from her
beautiful 22-room home.
The Washington times., 1933-05-06

Nantucket Sound and along the
shore Of Cape Cod to the Coast
Guard base at Woods Hole, which
is in charge of commander Rod.
erick S. Patch.
AS the boat passed a pier, on
which were standing a horde OF
newspaper reporters and photog-
raphers, Brigadier General Need
ham, standing on the dock.
shouted:
eve have the child. She is
alive and well"
There was mad dash by re.
porters to telephones and tele-
graph wires to flash the news to
the world. Cars roared up high
ways at breakneck speed.
Soon the town of Harwich was
gripped with the greatest excite
ment. Townspeople left their
dinner tables and went into the
street to discuss the news with
their neighbors. The recovery OF
peggy" was the sole topic Of
conversation.
Mrs. McMath, the girls mother,
was meanwhile driven by a de-
tective to Woods Hole, arriving
there before the cutter containing
"Peggy'' locked.
Tears welled in the mothers
eyes as she saw her daughter, the
sailors cap tilted over her dark
hair. The mother cried out:
"My baby!"
They embraced.
Photographers asked permits
sion to take pictures. This was
granted.
With Peggy" between them
Mr.. and Mrs. McMath posed.
McMath, Lee, Sawyer, anc
Buck were taken on board thu
headquarters" ship tied up tt
the pier. It was sos. Their
the questioning of the four be
gan.
The Washington times., 1933-05-06
PEGGY M'NATH
TELLS STORY
Of KIDNAPPING
Freed Girl, 10, Narrates How
She Was Handcuffed, Tied,
Taken to Small Shack
Rx DOROTHY DUCAS


HARWICH, Mass, May 6 T.
N.S0.-Peggy McMath came smil-
ing out of the dark hole where
she was held prisoner until her
father paid $4,000 for her re-
lease.
Holding her mothers hand
tightly, the 10-year-old girl told a
graphic story of her abduction,
Imprisonment in a dank place
where she could not even stand
up, and her confusing, terrifying
blindfolded release.
Didn't Cry a Bit
She spoke with dry eyes, for
she boosted she had not shed a
tear since she stepped into the
automobile driven by a Portu-
guese negro which called for her
at school last Tuesday afternoon.
But when she tried to sleep in
the snug comfort Of her own pink
and white bedroom, the images OF
men in hoods, flashlight beams
in an underground hideaway, and
the footsteps of kidnapers on the
other side Of thin walls kept her
tossing until dawn streaked laven-
der above Nantucket Sound. they
told her:
"Begin at the beginning,
Peggy"
HOW IT HAPPENED
Peggy related:
1--WE were having q singing
lesson in my class Tuesday,
singing Rain when someone
knocked on the door. My
teacher came back and said
Peggy, you're excused
"When / went outside I saw
a sedan with a cOlOred Chauf-
feur. The chauffeur opened
the door. 1 went with him
willingly because he said he
was taking me home to see
some friends.
1--WE drove east through sew
eral streets. There was a piece
of black cloth, fastened with
surgeons plaster, over the
speedometer. We turned into
a small road and drove into a
wood, which ended in cram
berry bog.
HANDCUFFED, TIED
'"There the chauffeur told me
to get into the back of the
car. He tied black cloth
over my face and tied my arms
and put handouts on me.
"Then he threw me on the
back seat and covered me with
q robe. He started to stuff
my mouth, but I promised to
keep quiet if he would leave
my mouth free. He agreed,
but said he would chlOrOfOrm
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were kidnapped and held for ran
som.
AS revealed in the Evening
American yesterday, the kidnapers
rehearsed the job under the eyes
of the Harwich villagers daily
during the four days prior to the
abduction.
Movements Seen
The curtain rose and the play
was on at 2 p. m. The masque-
rading, lampblacked chauffeur
with the white chamois gloves
stepped into the South Chatham
poStoffice and made his call to
the school.
But two people saw him and OBJ
served the channels gloves ION the
hottest day of the year." Observed
y the peculiar shade of black on the
face partially covered by a coat
collar.
Watched him leave the postof-
flee, climb into the dark blue car,
and speed in the direction Of
Horse Grass Beach across the bay.
Maybe Chilli Knew
A few minutes later William
Hersey, retired architect, saw
the beach guide at Horse Grass
Beach board the same car in
Deep Hole Road, near the lonely
stretch of sand which is only a
10-minute drive to the school.
Did Peggy penetrate the dis
guise of the chauffeur? Only
Peggy can tell.
At least Peggy started to cry
as she entered and he closed
the door upon her. Why did she
cry?
Because she knew the man who
appeared in that fearful disguise
and she aensed something dread
fully wrong? Only Peggy can
tell.