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The Washington times., 1934-09-25
ALL CONVINCED
THAT SUSPECT
IS KEY MAN
New Angles Of Case Disclosed
At Round able Session
Of Convention
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Copyright. 1884, by International
News Service)

(COpyrtght, 1884, by INTERNATIONAL
News Service)
Three persons, one Of whom un.
doubtedly was Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, kidnapped Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr., and killed him 40
cidentally while fleeing the "a
nous aviator's New Jersey home
two years ago.
This was the consensus today
Of several hundred police and de'
tective chiefs attending the con-
vention here of the International
Association Of Chiefs Of Police.
Only one official called the kid
naping a lone wolf" job, and he
declared Hauptmann the guilty
man"
U. s. Agents Lauded
The veteran police officials
were unstinted in their praise Of
Government agents and New York
city police for the capture of
Hauptmann. They were silent
about the attitude of New Jersey
State police officials in the early
days of the case.
One detective chief, familiar
with the case, declared Govern
ment agents had been trailing
Hauptmann in New York for two
weeks before making the arrest.
This was done, he said, in hopes
Hauptmann would lead them to
his associates.
Another police chief revealed
the kidnap ladder, found at the
Indbergh home in New Jersey, had
been sent to different police de.
partments in an unsuccessful ef-
fort to secure an Identification of
its lumber.
The police heads were almost
unanimous in calling the kidnap-
ing three-person job. All, how.
ever, believed the evidence linked
Hauptmann to the case.
Synopsis of Views
A synopsis of their comment
follows:
Commissioner of Police H. A.
Pickert, of Detroit:
"HauptmGnn is the key man
in the kidnapping, but there
were others in the caSe."
Chief of Police william Miller,
Of White Plains, N. Y:
ut was not a one-man job,
and it looks like Hauptmann was
one of them"
Chief of Detectives George w.
Murren, of Pittsburgh:
II believe they have the right
man in Hauptmann, but I think
he had help. 1 can't see how he
could handle the whole case by
himself"
Superintendent of Police j. H.
Mclean, Waterbury, Conn:
more than one man was in
on the job. Hauptmann prob
ably was the ringleader."
Chief of Detectives M. I. Silver
stein, Mount Vernon, N. Y:
II think it was a three.man
j0b-One to handle the auto
mobile, one to handle the lad
der, and another to 60 in after
the baby"
Col. Charles Edwards, chair
man of the American Legion's
intelligence department and for.
mer police official of Kansas City.
disagreed with his colleagues and
called the kidnapping a "one-man
case" He branded Hauptmann
a "lone wolf"
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
D. A. R. TAX CASE
To HINGE ON
LETTER A
HotIy Contested Legal Row
Looms Over Taxing Of
Constitution Hall
By EARL GOODWIN

The little letter "a" in an old
act of Congress is the small peg
on which will hang a furiously
contested legal battle between
the famous National Daughters
Of the American Revolution and
the tax-gathering officials of the
National Capital.
It's really case of William P.
Richards, tax assessor, versus the
D. A. r., in finish fight.
On the side lines will be Rob-
ert N. Harper, president of the
washington Auditorium Co., which
believes the D. A. RS Constitu.
ton Hall is competitor and
should pay taxes, like any other
hall.
$4,000 Tax Asked
AS already has been announced,
tax bill for $4,000 has been
sent to the D. A. R., which is
Assessor Richards idea of what
the D. A. R. should pay for the
current tax year. He never had
sent the D. A. R. bill before.
That great white building on
Seventeenth Street is part of the
$100,000,000 worth of local prop.
erty against which the tax gath.
erers never have raised a hand
because they are exempt by law.
In the case of the D. A. r. it
is exempt by virtue of five :: dis.
tinct laws, which would seem to
be plenty of protection against
Assessor Richards, and it has
always been considered so until
the opinion of Chester Gray, AS
sistant Corporation Counsel, who
advises Mr.. Richards that these
laws have a loophole in them
large enough to drive through q
coach and six-at least large
enough to give Mr.. Richards the
opportunity to slip the D. A. RS
a tax bill for $4,000.
These five congressional pro-
tections against the rude hand of
the tax gatherers all prescribe that
the D. A. r. shall be exempt from
taxation as long as the D. A. R.
occupies the property and as long
as it is subject to the provisions
of the old original exemption law
of 1877.
That ancient act of Congress
exempts the Corcoran Gallery of
Art specifically by name for all
time, and then goes on to specify
the conditions under which
schools, colleges, institutions and
charitable and philosophical Or
CARNATIONS may give the tax COL
lectors the go-by.
1t states that taxes shall be
levied against any of these privi-
legged institutions if any portion
"is used to secure a rent or in
come"
D. A. r. Claims Loss
Mr.. Gray not only stresses in
his opinion that the D. A. R. hall
is used for "a rent or income" but
goes into detail and quotes Web
Ster's dictionary as to what the
letter "a" means. 1t has been
claimed by the D. A. r., through
its attorney, Frank T. Nesbit, that
the hall is used for high-grade
cultural gatherings where admis-
sion is charged, but that the net
results show a loss.
However, Mr.. Gray and his
chief, Corporation Counsel Pret-
lyman, both stick to the theory
that the law does not prescribe a
profit but that the exemption
clauses are nullified by the re-
ceipt of "a rent or income"
District officials believe they are
in for a long fight with the D. A.
R.; they believe that the D. A. R.
is powerful enough to pull strings
that will make Congressman
dance: that if the D. A. R. loses
in court it will attempt at least,
to have the law changed.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Anne Lindbergh's Sister
Refuses TO Discuss Case

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Sept.
Is Q.NSO.-Miss Constance Nor.
row, aunt Of the kidnapped and
slain Lindbergh baby, refused to
discuss developments of the case
today as she resumed her studies
at Smith College.
Miss Morrow, who, as a student
at Milton Academy, was the re.
cipient Of a kidnapping threat,
which came from a Boston man
of alleged unsound mind, was
among a group of undergraduates
winning a scholarship from the
Dwight w. Morrow, William A.
Nelson and Sophie Smith funds.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Two Schools Bar
POst-Graduates

Two Washington High Schools,
Western and Roosevelt, today
barred further enrolment of post
graduate students because of over
crowded classes. Other schools
are expected to take the same
stand.
Night schools are crowded also
and cannot handle any more
students.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Big Packers Give
Increase in Wages

CHICAGO, Sept. IS U.s).
Wage increases totaling more than
$6,O0O,000 a year to 10000 stock
yards workers in the plants of
Swift & Co., Wilson & Co., Ar
mour & Co., and the Cudahy Pack.
ing Company were announced
here yesterday. All workers in
yards operated by the firms
throughout the nation are affected.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Anne Lindbergh Spared
Grand jury Ordeal

NEW YORK, Sept. Is G.N.S)
District Attorney Samual Foley of
the Bronx will not summon Mrs.
Anne Lindbergh before the Grand
Jury, probing the extortion
charges against Bruno Haupt.
mann, he said today. The pro.
secutor said:
''It would be a narrowing ex-
perience for her. I could not
bring myself to subject her to
it."
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

PRAGUE, Sept. Is CU.SO.-A
surgeon named Wimlatil was
seized with an attack of madness
today while operating on a wo-
man at Numberg. In a frenzy
he attacked his patient, who was
under anaesthesia. She died from
wounds inflicted by his operating
instruments. The doctor was
taken to an asylum.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
By JOHN DEAN M1LLIGAN

Within few weeks the Federal Housing Administration
will put into effect the ongrange portion of the national
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
GERMANY

RECKL1NGHAUSEN, Germany,
Sept. Is Q.N.S0 0.-Reichs Leader
Adolf Hitler has ordered the
Nazi party to exercise pagan
propaganda" from it's doctrines,
Count Won Galen, bishop of Muen-
ster, revealed here today. Blessing
a newly-erected Catholic church,
Count Won Galen said the chan.
cellor had disclosed his order in
addressing the bishops of the
Reich on June 81, and had ex-
pressed the hope of a final under
standing between the government
and church.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Tugwell Approved
AS Rome Delegate

Approval Of Prof. Rexford Guy
Tugwell, Undersecretary of Agri'
culture and Brain TruSter No. l,
as head of the American delega-
ton to the international Institute
of Agriculture, meeting in Rome
october %, has been given by
President Roosevelt, it was said
today. Prof. Tugwell is now trav'
cling in Europe.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
KIDNAPPING LAID
To LONE WOLF
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Belief that Bruno Hauptmann,
the German carpenter of modest
means who subsequently became
a Speculator in stocks, had no
confederates in the Lindbergh
kidnapping case, spread at the De-
partment of Justice, despite con-
trary views expressed by some
agents and the New Jersey and
New York police.
If Hauptmann, in whose pos
session was found $13,750 of the
$4,000 ransom Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh had paid to a mys-
terious John" for the recovery
of his son, had any associates in
the crime, the department has
been unable so far to uncover
any definite sign of their pa-tici-
patton.
AI1bl Broken
Today the main alibi of the
steel-nerved alien, who has held
up under six days of question.
ing, was broken by the Federal
investigators.
The prisoner claimed he found
the ransom money among per-
sonal effects Isidor Fisch left
with him when he went to Ger
many, and only found it a few
weeks ago. Fisch died last spring
in his native land.
The Justice Departments in
vestigation of Fisch's activities
disclosed:
/. His handwriting did not
correspond with that on any of
the ransom notes. Already the
writing on these notes has been
identified by Government hand
writing experts as being similar
to that of Hauptmann.
2. In the spring of 1888 the
investigators found Fisch was
virtually penniless and slept
some nights on New York park
benches. A short time later he
took the trip to Germany and
died.
3. Records of a bank account
Fisch maintained in the United
States disclosed his circum-
stances were modest during his
stay in this country.
To View Picture
Fisch's picture will be shown
Colonel Lindbergh. He will be
asked to determine if Fisch resem-
bled the man who walked by his
parked automobile with a hand
kerchief concealing his face while
he waited for DR.. John F.. "Jafsie"
Condor to toss the $4,000 over
the cemetery wall to the mysteri-
GUS John"
When the man walked by his
car, Colonel Lindbergh has stated,
he dropped. his handkerchief and
fled.
The Federal agents are not sure
whether this man was associated
with the kidnaper John" or
not. Nor will they say a woman,
whom DR.. Condor saw look at a
street sign near the cemetery and
say aloud "this is Whittemore
Avenue" was a confederate or
just happened to read the sign
aloud by chance as DR.. Condor
passed.
At that time he was following
instructions to go down White
more Avenue to the cemetery wall.
Records show that Fisch was
born in Leipzig, July 26, 1905, and
emigrated to the United States,
arriving in New York, December 2.
1925.
Department of Justice investiga-
ton developed that his mother
was deceased and that his father,
Solomon FiSch, lived at Leipzig
Plagwitz, Germany. He came to
this country to visit his cousin,
Max Liebling, at Rockford, Ill.
TnE cTYnU ~NN~V-V~AY
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Enfranchise D. C.,
Topic of Debates

Series of debates on national
representation for the District OF
Columbia we're planned last night
at a meeting of the District Com
mittee of the Young Democratic
Clubs of America.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
INSURANCE MEN MEET

The National Association of
Mutual Insurance Agents will
convene here tomorrow for a
three-day convention at the Shore
ham Hotel. More than 200 dele
gates are expected from all parts
of the country.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
TREASURY CONDITION

BY International News Service
Treasury balance, $2,221,680,'
909.21; internal revenue, $2,367,.
548.74; customs receipts, $27.420,'
1919.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
Home Mortgage Plan
Takes Effect Soon

This is another of series of articles the Federal
Housing Administration The Washington Times is the only
newspaper in the United States giving complete norma-
tion ON this subject.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
ITALY

ROME, Sept. Is G.N.SO Car
dinal Mundelein, Archbishop of
Chicago, today requested a leave
taking audience with Pope Plus
for this Friday. The Cardinal
will leave Rome on Sunday, con-
cluding a visit during which he
has been feted frequently in
honor of the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of his conservation as an
archbishop. Tomorrow, the Ameri-
can College of Rome will tender
him a luncheon at the papal
summer residence at Castel Gan
dolfo.
The Washington times., 1934-09-25
RUSSIA

MOSCOW, Sept. IS Q.N.S0.
Both American entries in the
Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race
had come to earth on Soviet soil
along with four rivals today.
Eight other gas bags that scared
away from Warsaw Sunday re-
manned unaccounted for. There
is, however, but slight possibility
that any remain aloft, and there
is some chance that one Of the
American balloons may have
reached the greatest distance,
thus recovering the trophy from
Poland.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
ROBBER|ES LAID
To FUGITIVE
JUDGE ALLEN

Police today were conducting an
intensive search in Washington
for James H. Harley, 81, colored
trusty, who early today escaped
from the District Jail by sliding
down an improvised rope he had
fashioned from sheets.
From descriptions given them,
police believe the escaped truSty
Is responsible for two robberies
which followed the Jail break.
-Four hours after Harley escaped,
James r. Pazata, Of the 400 block
New Jersey Ave. N. W., reported to
police that a man garbed in light
blue prison uniform held him up
ct the point Of a knife and took
$50. Shortly afterwards Louis
Brown, Of the 1900 block Tenth
st. n. W., was held up by q man
answering Harley's description
and another colored man. The
pair held up their victim as he
walked along the 900 block Ninth
st. N. W.
Harley made his escape by
breaking the glass in the Skylig ght
Of the jail and climbing out onto
the roof.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

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The Washington times., 1934-04-30
100 MORE JOIN
TOBACCO PLAN

More than $50 tobacco contracts
were sent today to the Agricul'
tural Adjustment Administration
from Prince Georges county.
The number, added to the 80
already being considered by the
Federal Government, represents
the number Of Prince Georges
farmers who Joined in the to-
bacco control program in an effort
to raise tobacco PRICES.
Payment is to be made in two
weeks and the checks will be dis
tributed from the offices of P. E.
Clark, acting county agent, at
Upper Marlboro, he said.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
Church Unity Urged
Bu DR.. w. l.. Ddrbu

Church unity was urged by the
Rev. DR.. w. L. Darby, secretary
Of the washington Federation Of
Churches, in a sermon at the
Emory Methodist Church yester-
day. He declared:
"FOr four centuries Protest
antism has had liberty in abun-
dance, but little of the spirit Of
unity. New pastors and leaders
everywhere are sensing the
need Of planning and joint en-
deavOr. If that is found deSir.
able in business today, it is no
less necessary in religion"
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
BLOC IS DIVIDED.
ONPRES|DENT'S.
SILVER POLICY !
by International News service

by International News Service
President RooSevelt's gesture
toward remonetizing silver on q
30 per cent ratio with gold today
served to disrupt the Congressional
silver silver bloc's drive for free
coinage of silver.
Leaders of the silver bloc were
uncertain whether they would
press for free coinage in the face
of the Presidents new and mightly
relenting attitude toward remone-
tization Of the white metal.
Some Favor Acceptance
Some silver leaders advocated
acceptance Of the Presidents plan
and aband donment for the present
Of the Presidents now and slightly
ttzation. Senator Wheeler Cd Of
Montana said:
II don't know wRla& we win d.
The Presidents attitude n O
step In the right direction. He
does not 20 far enough. Some
day he will be forced by world
conditions into going al the
way"
Senator Thomas CD.) Of Okla
hOma, another silver leader, said
he would have to poll" members
Of the silver bloc before deciding
on further action. He said hs was
satisfied with the Presidents plan,
"even though It doesn't 30 far
enough"
Views Given H0use Leaders
The PreGdent communicated
his rAew silver views to O group Of
House leaders. He expressed op-
position to enactment Of S.andAr
tory legislation, but sid he per-
E0nally was willing to plAse Amer
lean currency upon Q 10 per cent
0oh and 80 per cent silver basis.
The amended Giles bfll, now
pending in the Senate, would 90
much further.
First, it would authorize the
Government to take up $3.50. .OO0,-
600 Of surplus farm products and
sell them abroad for payment in
silver, taking the silver at % per
cent above it's world value.
A second section would ma
Eonalize silver, giving the treas
Ury power to seize all now held
IA private hands.
Third, it would force the Treas
Hry to buy large quantities Of
silver in the world market
monthly until silver either was
lifted to q 16 to ! ratio against
sold or 1925 commodity prices
were restored.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
HEALTH EXHIBIT
At HOWARD

Cancer prevention and control
Is the feature Of a health exhibit
In Howard University gymnasium
this week.
The exhibit is under the direc-
ton Of DR.. e. H. Allen, head OF
the university health service.
Material is being supplied by the
American Society for the Control
Of Cancer and collaborating agen-
cies including the American Child
Health Association and the
American Public Health.
The project this year also Is
in collaboration with the ma
tional colored health movement.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
WEEK To MARK
CH|LDHEA[TH

City-wide observance Of Child
Health Day is planned for to-
morrow with $4,000 school chill
dren participating in some form
Of celebration.
Public Fairgrounds will be the
scene Of sport and athletic con-
tests under the supervision Ct
physical directors and child
games and plays will be held at
all Of the public schools.
At the Wheatley School "Amer-
lea in the Making" a pageant,
will be presented.
At the Christ Child Society
headquarters, 60S Massachusetts,
Ave-, N. E., a dental clinic for
children will be open through
the week.
The tuberculosis Association
and many Parent ntTeacher AS
sociations win hold programs with
child health as the theme.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
Sheriff Seeks Thief
Who Stole From Jail

HAGERSTOWN, Md. April 30.
Sheriff W. B. Downin is hot and
promises to make It hot for the
thief who stole q lawn mower
from the jail here. II the thief
1S caught and sent to jail, Sheriff
Downin said he will make him
push the lawnmower on the Jail
lawn on the hottest days this
summer.
The mower was missed Satur-
day when jail attendants ar
ranged to NOW the lawn. This is
the second theft at the jail since
Sheriff Downin has been there, q
GET Of harness having been stolen
from the stable several months
ago.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30

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The Washington times., 1934-04-30
Sergt. SpiOch Returns
To Bel Air Station,

Maryland State Police Sergt.
6pioch was today ordered trans
ferred from the Waldorf substa-
ton to Bel Air, where he several
times before has been in com.
mand. Sergt. Louis Bloom, now
at Bel Air, and in command Of
the Waldorf station q year ago,
will return to the station. The
subStation force, it was said, will
be enlarged to handle the thou
sands of motorists who are ex.
pected to visit st. Mary's county
during the Tercentenary celebra-
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
SAMARITAN ROBBED

Hubert White, Of the 1900
block Of G st. N. W., is sorry
today he gave two men a lift
last night when they told him
they were In trouble at Seven
teenth and Desales sts. N. w.
They held him up and robbed
him of So.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
PLAY AT FORESTVILLE

Members Of the Cheitenham
Players will present q play,
Happy Valley" at the Forest
vile Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow
evening for the benefit Of the
Forestville M. 4. Church.
The Washington times., 1934-04-30
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-23

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school, Af0ufHt xxeHzHzuFa. WNNn,
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school activities soE 1nB com.
fEg sear. QEosA epm o. ~
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stare manager Of Tire Piaye
NrA, the school dramatic or
sanitation. He has been CO.
tive ID shib de1aktfaegt dur
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several Of their productions,
He has also been active IN
athletics, choir giee cigbs
ana g. o member Of the,
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blanchard, son OF Mr. ana
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through . suocessfui senses.
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