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The Washington times., 1935-02-02
Sir Malcolm in Trim
For BOOM. .P.H.Tw

how long it will take him to
start, to hit top speed and to
stop and turn.
He also knows what a wreck
lies in store for the unfortunate
driver who would hit an unsus-
pected stone on the beach. He
knows that death probably would
follow minute unsuspected flaw
in a tire.
He knows all this better than
any other man on earth, but
they are only the hazards any
man must face if he would drive
a seven-ton 'rr at 300 miles an
hour. Despite all this, he would
be the first to deny that he is a
daredevil.
Few race drivers know the
physics of stress, strain, wind
pressure and resistance which
spell superiority of one car over
another. But Sir Malcolm knows
all about such matters. He COM
bineS q mind with steel nerves
and an unflinching heart.
He keeps in as fine condition
as any athlete on earth. His
nerves must be under perfect
control. He must have perfect
coordination Of mind and body
or he might drive himself to de.
struction even in a. perfect ma.
chine.
If the beach is in as good con-
dition as Sir Malcolm and his
machine, that 800 miles an hour
seems assured,
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
PLANE REPAIR
SHOP LICENSED

Service and repair stations for
aircraft are becoming as much of
a necessity as commercial garages,
the Bureau of Air Commerce indi.
Gated today.
Announcing the granting of an
approved aircraft repair station
certificate to Earl L. Smith, Of
Alexandria, Va, it was disclosed
that the bureau has assumed re-
SponSibility for seeing that aircraft
are properly repaired and is pre-
pared to issue certificates of ap-
proval to any station whose pro-
prietors can show they have the
necessary facilities and skill to
give efficient service in this field.
The Alexandria repairman is
authorized to repair aircraft
bodies, wings, struts and assembly,
whether of wood, steel or fabric,
without having to furnish draw
ings or other technical data to the
Department of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
Identities Picture

One of the men, he said, was
tall, the other short. They
helped the woman and baby on
to a cross-town street car and
then disappeared, Mr.. Sommer
told the jury. The baby was
blond and the woman had the
child wrapped in a blanket.
Mr.. Sommer was handed a
photograph Of Isador Fisch by
Defense Attorney Reilly, who
asked him if that was one Of
the men he saw on the boat.
Mr.. Sommer replied:
''It looks like him."
Later, Mr.. Reilly handed him
D picture of Violet Sharpe and
asked il she was the woman.
The witness peered at the photo
graph and replied:
'It might be-"
Thus. once more did these two
dead persons figure in the rec
ords Of this remarkable case,
Fisch was the former partner OF
Hauptmann in the furrier busi'
ness, the man the defendant says
left in his safekeeplng before he
sailed for Germany, where he
died, a shoe box containing more
than $4,000 Of the Lndbergh
ransom money. Violet Sharpe
was the maid in the home of
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's
mother.in-law, Mrs. Dwight Nor
row, at Englewood, N. j. Miss
Sharpe committed suicide during
the kidnapping Investigation.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
Old Groundhog
Best When He's
Little Porker

The grounding who saw
his shadow today may be a
weather prophet hereabouts, but
in Bloomington, ILL.,, he's only
pork sausage-ground hog, get
it?
They are hog.conscious in
that pig-raiSing section around
Bloomington and last night 800
patrons Of the industry used
the grounding for their own
purpose by sitting down to a
"Groundhog Eve" pig dinner,
with hog-calling contest trim
mings.
DR.. John r. Mohler, chief of
the Bureau Of Animal Industry,
Washington, was invited to at
tend the novel feast.
He replied with regrets at
being unable to attend:
Though the grounding may
see its shadow, may nothing
eclipse the continued contribu.
tiOns Of the great American
hog"
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
FiSch Accused

The belief prevails here that the
defense has less witnesses yet to
summon to the stand than they
indicate. They say they still have
about 80 to call but nobody can
figure where they can get hall
that many.
Some OF the defense witnesses
have proved to be ideal foils for
the State when subjected to cross
examination. One developed to
be q former bootlegger Of home
made rum, another ran q reStau-
rant which was ralded several
times by the police and third ad-
mitted he had been arrested tor
various crimes, including assault
and battery and rape.
A defense witness, whose story
is especially intriguing, is Peter
H. Sommer, manager OF q build
ing for the New York City De-
partment of Welfare and also a
fingerprint expert. He will re-
sumo the stand Monday for fur
ther cross-examination.
Mr., Sommer told a strange
story-one that brought to mind
the wraith.like figures Of the
dead Isador Fisch and Violet
Sharpe.
He testified that about mid
night of the night Of March l,
1932-the night the Lindbergh
baby was kidnaped-he saw on a
ferry boat running from Wee
hawken, N. J., TO New York, two
men who met a woman with a
baby in her arms outside the
ferry house on the New York
side. This was several hours
after the kidnapping.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
Witness Confused

Attorney General Wilentz did
not conceal his surprise at Mr..
Sommer'S testimony. During his
cross-examination Of the witness
Mr.. Wilentz tried to trap him by
showing him a picture of an ex.
convict and asking him:
''DOeS this picture resemble
the other man you say you saw
that night?"
Mr.. Sommer replied:
"Well, yes-msybe yes, maybe
no."
"YOu wouldn't say this mic.
ture isn't the MANI"
mo, I wouldn't say it wasn't"
The witness was confused. To
numerous questions he answered: +:
MAYBE yes, maybe no." He was
anything but clear.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
SENATE REVOLT
ON RELIEF
LOOMS

Disgruntled Democrats will
join Republicans in the Senate
to hamper the eaSy.going way of
most of President Roosevelt's
proposals as far as the 4,80O
millon-dollar relief bill is con-
cerned, it was indicated today.
With the bill not yet out of
committee, there already is an
attitude of resentment on the
part of a number of the Demo
cratic members concerning the
lack Of information given the
Appropriations Committee as to
exactly what the huge sum is
TO be spent for and who will
supervise the spending.
Senator Comments
One Democratic member of the
committee reflects the sentiment
of a group of Independents in
his ranks with the assertion:
"There is a substantial
anxiety on the part of many
members Of the Senate to get
information concerning the
fund who is going to spend
1t and for what?
81 believe that If we could
be given any indication as to
what the money will be used
for and who likely will spend
it, the bill would be given quick
approval.
However, this is a big re-
SpOnSibility, and we will have to
answer to the people as well
as the President, If this money
is expended in any way which
meets the objections of the
people.
1--WE had before the commit.
tee Mr.. Ickes, Mr.. Hopkins and
others who are close to the
President and have much to do
with the spending of such
funds, but each said he knew
nothing about how or by whom
the money is to be spent"
PRESENT AGENCIES
It was the view of this Senator
ChaC the existing agencies for dis
pensing such funds should be the
ones designated to supervise the
expenditure of this great amount.
He contended that the existing
agencies have their forces set up
and are competent organizations
to handle the projects.
1t was proposed in the National
Resources Board report that the
following types of projects be
aided by governmental funds: Re-
clamation, rivers and harbors,
highways, slum eradication, hous-
ing, electrification.
The Senator said it would not
surprise him if this program will
be carried out with this money
and that the National Resources
Board be designated as the super
vising agency.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
CARRIERS HEAR
DERBY DETAILS

Washington Times and Wash.
ington Hearld carrier boys mum.
bering more than 1,400 attended
a series of meetings through the
city today at branch stations and
were given details and final in.
StructionS for the Inauguration of
the National Capital Air Derby"
Officials Of the circulation de.
partments of both The Times and
the Herald presented the city.wide
plan Of competition for the boys,
all members Of the Times-Herald
Boys Club. The unique and un.
usual campaign will enable these
newspaper carrier boys not only to
gain public recognition-but to
compete for their share of more
than $500 in cash awards.
The National Capital Air DERBY
is a new type of competition for
the youth of Washington, based
fundamentally upon the exploits
of world-famous fliers, and de,
signed to be a substantial step in
their careers as young business
men. Win, lose or draw, all of
the boys are expected to find the
National Capital Air Derby a fine
outlet for their enthusiasm.
These young Lindberghs, Tur.
ners, Posts, Rickenbackers will
gain much in "airfield expert.
enceS" in races. In their efforts
to qualify for competition, they
will call upon hundreds of people.
Watch for them and listen to
them, because you will find them
sincere, and you may find 1t ex.
tremely interesting to follow the
exploits of these young pilots" in
The Washington Times daily.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
POla Negri Happy;
Hitler Lifts Ban

BERLIN, Feb. 2 G.N.S).
Chancellor Hitler has personal
ly designated Pola Negri for the
star role in a forthcoming Ger.
man film, "Mazurka,'' taking un.
precedented action in overriding
his propaganda ministry's ban on
the Polish-American actress.
It had been charged Miss Negri
had made anti German statements,
and was partly Jewish. She had
planned to leave for London to-
day. Upon news of Chancel-
lor Hitler'S action, she said:
81 am happy indeed
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
THREE DESERT
GERMAN AS
WITNESSES
(cOntinued from Page -

the, Hunterdon county Jail to
visit his father. it was reported.
Meanwhile, Hauptmann-as
calm, noncommunicative and un'
fathomable as ever-lolled in his
brightly.lit cell today, making the
most of another weekend respite
from the court room where he is
the central figure in the murder
trial of the generation.
It may be his last weekend
respite. For, by next Saturday,
it is quite possible the jury Of
four women and eight men may
be celebrating his fate. Death
in the electric chair? Acquit-
tai? Clemency?
Everybody close to the scene
realizes that this trial, with its
throbbing drama, its strange wit
nesseS and it's weird testimony, is
gradually drawing to a close.
BY next Thursday the de-
Tense will be ready to rest, &C.
cording to Attorney Reilly. Re.
buttal testimony by the State will
require only a short time and At
torney General Wilentz thinks
that by the end Of the week the
case will be closed.
Then all that will remain will
be the closing arguments, the
judges charge to the jury-and
the verdict.
Defense Attorney Reilly today
was in New York, rounding up
witnesses. The weekend adjourn
ment was granted at his request
because he frankly admitted to
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
that he was running out of ready
witnesses.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
DON'T NEGLECT COLDS

DUB soothing, warming Musterole
II well into your chest and throat
almost instantly you feel easier.
Musterole is NOT just a salve. It's
a "counteV irTitant" containing
good old-fashioned cold remedies
oil of mustard, menthol, camphor
and other valuable ingredients.
That's why it gets such fine results
better than the old-fashioned mus
tard plaster. 1t penetrates, stimu-
lates, warns and soothes, drawing
out the pain and congestion. Used by
millions for rs years. Recommended
by many doctors and nurses. All drug
gists. In three strengths: Regular
Strength, Children's (mild), and Ex-
ira Strong. Tested and approved by
Good H Housekeeping Bureau, No. 1867.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
SKATES ARE CLASSIFIED

LONDON Q.N.SO.-Ruling that
roller skates are vehicles in law,
Coroner Bentley Purchase of the
st. Pancras district of London de-
cided to summon a jury for the
inquest on a boy who died after
a fall while roller7skating. The
jury decided the boy died from
an accident while riding on a
wheeled vehicle"
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
Subpoena Gag

The situation has aroused the
Ire Of Attorney General Wilentz
who dispatched kilograms to the
New York offices Of five big news
reel concerns. In the messages he
requested the immediate with
drawa1 Of the Hauptmann trial
pictures "in the name Of the State
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
MRS. BYRD TO SAIL

BOSTON, Feb. 2 0.N.SD.-A
trip she has contemplated since
1888 was begun today by Mrs.
Richard E. Byrd as she left for
San Pedro, CAL, from where she
will sail to Denedin, New Zealand,
to meet her famous Polar ex-
plorer husband, Rear Admiral
Byrd, early next month.
The Washington times., 1935-02-02
BINGO PARTY TONIGHT

LYON PARK, Va, Feb. 2.
The Lyon Park Citizens ASsocia-
tion will sponsor a bingo party
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Com
munity Hall.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23

Trenchard admitted the photo
graph as evidence.
Q.-Explain, please, why, in
your opinion, the two boards were
at one time together in one board
A.-The picture shows the board
had been cut. The saw cut
showed in the adjoining board
BY matching up the grain of the
board in the floor and the grain
in rail Is" of the ladder, they are
found to correspond exactly.
Two more photographs then
were introduced showing the
boards in still more magnifieo
state to show the matching of the
grain of the board from the
ladder and the board from the
attic floor.
Defense counsel objected to the
introduction of these photographs
too. Attorney General Wilent2
told the court the photographs
were produced only for the pur
pose of making the wood com
parisons clearer to the jury.
Justice Trenchard deferred his
decision regarding these photo
graphs. saying they would mean
while be marked for Identified
fioN
The Washington times., 1935-01-23

Justice Trenchard and half the
jurors were on their feet to watch
the demonstration.
It looked for while as if a
State witness were blasting away
this part of the States case,
Everyone gathered from Mr.
Cramer's testimony that he was
showing the kidnap ladder up.
right did not fit in the attic floor
space.
Defense lawyers were beaming
and the prosecution ottorney
looked puzzled.
Justice Trenchard suddenly
broke in
"Are we taking testimony or
nOt?"
Defense Attorney Reilly spoke
up:
"WiII the court stenographer
please make a record that we
are examining the board in
question and the ladder as well?"
The confusion was fin a lily
cleared up when the rather ratified
policeman said he meant ne
thought he saw the overlapping
of the boards in a photograph. As
a matter of fact, the kidnap lad
der upright did fit in the attic
space.
Frank A. Kelly, fingerprint ex
pert of the New Jersey State police,
was recalled to the stand as the
first witness today.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
Nails Discussed

Defense Attorney Pope cross
examined Mr.. Enkler. He paid a
great deal of attention to the
type of nails used in the floor.
Mr.. Enkler admitted there was
a space near where the board
had been removed.
Q.-In order to put the nails
in the board in your tests you
had to make that space? A.-No,
it was there.
Q.-You had to take the ladder
aIari to make the experiment on
it? Ayes.
Mr.. Pope asked Mr.. Enkler if
he knew, of his own knowledge,
that the ladder had been put
back together exactly the way it
had been. The witness said he
could not say as to that.
A tilt arose between opposing
counsel when Attorney General
Wilentz said at one point:
"They know more about this
they lived in the attic"
Chief defense Attorney Reilly
jumped to his feet and exclaimed: ::
"They never lived in that
attic and I object to the Attor-
ney Generals remark
Justice Trenchard ordered the
remark stricken from the record.
Anselm Cramer, another New
York police carpenter, was the
next witness. He was present, he
said, when Mr.. Bornmann and
Mr.. Koehler examined the Haupt.
mann attic. He testified he found
where "this piece of board had
been sawed off and the next piece
of board sawed into in doing So.'
Mr.. Cramer identified the piece
Of board which had been removed
from the attic floor. He was
shown a section of the "kidnap
ladder" and asked to compare the
materials in both exhibits. He
said:
''The same thing"
Under cross-examination, De.
fense Attorney Pope said:
"They are not the same in
color, are they?"
The witness started out to say
one piece of wood had been
washed but he finally said:
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
STATE TRACES FNDNAP LADDER TO EAUPTNANN ATTIC
BOARD SHOWN
IN EVIDENCE
BY STATE
wasn't it. Al wouldn't say

wasn't it. Al wouldn't say
that.
Q.-How many times were po-
lice carpenters taken to the
Hauptmann attic before Mr..
Koehler went there? A.-Once.
The witness was excused and q
five-minute recess taken.
When court was reconvened,
Charles w. Enkler, New York po-
lice department carpenter, was re-
called. He told how he and other
police climbed into the Haupt-
mann attic and examined it.
One Of those with him, he said,
was Detective Bornmann. The
witness corroborated Mr.. Born
mann's testimony that a piece Of
board about eight feet long was
missing from the floor Of the
Hauptmann attic.
Mr.. Enkler's attention was
called to the two large photo
graphs of the interior Of the attic.
The witnes told ow he had taken
a section of the kidnap ladder to
the attic and fitted it along the
bare strip on the attic beams. He
said:
II found it fitted, and the
nail holes in the beams jibed
with the nail holes here i'm this
upright of the ladder"
The policeman was holding up
section of the ladder before the
jurors and pointing out the nail
holes. Pointing to the photograph,
he showed where he had found
the nail holes in the attic beams.
Mr.. Enkler identified the piece
of board taken from the floor by
police-the board which the
State contends yielded part of
the "kidnap ladder"
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
Examined Note

Mr.. Reilly asked that the
answer be stricken from the
record.
Q.-(By Reilly) Isn't it true
the human hand constantly gives
off a faint secretion which leaves
prints? Ayes.
Q.-Now, when you went to the
Lindbergh home after the kid
naping you were given the ran
som note left IN the nursery
weren't you? Ayes.
Q.-And it had not been
opened, had it? A.-No.
Mr.. Reilly asked if the ransom
note was in an envelope when he
first saw it. Mr.. Kelly replied it
was. He said in examining the
note he used the same process he
employed in court today.
Q.-You say you looked at the
sill of the window inside and out
side. Did you find any finger
prints at all? A.-No prints of
value. Only smudges.
Off the window had been
opened and closed from the out
side fingerprints would have been
left, wouldn't they? Ayes.
Q.-How could they be re,
moved-could they be removed
by a cloth or towel. Ayes.
Q.-NoW Mrs. Lindbergh and
Betty Cow had opened and closed
the window. Did you find any
fingerprints of Betty Cow or Mrs.
Lindbergh. Al said I found
no prints of value.
Q.-What do you mean of
"value." A.-Prints which could
be used for Identification.
Mr.. Kelly was asked if he had
taken the fingerprints of Mrs.
Lindbergh and Betty Cow. He re.
piled that he had.
Q.-You say you saw no prints
on the crib or in the nursery. A.
No. Nothing but smudges, made
hV hands
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
Last Witness

Mr.. Koehler resumed the stand
when court reconvened at 1:4S
this afternoon. State Attorney
Joseph A. Lanigan told Interna-
tional News Service that Mr..
Koehler would be the States final
witness. The State has called 81
witnesses and offered 228 exhibits
in evidence.
Attorney General Wilentz ques-
toned Mr.. Koehler. The witness
said he was a graduate of the
University of Michigan, class of
1911, where he studied forestry.
He did postgraduate work at the
University of Wisconsin. He said
he devoted all his life to forestry
work. He produced books and
pamphlets he had written for the
Government. He read off the
titles of these various publications.
After Mr.. Koehler had detailed
his writings on the subject Of
wood, Justice Trenchard said:
II deem this witness quail.
fled as an expert in wood"
Still Mr.. Koehler, in response
to questions from Mr.. Wilentz,
continued to tell of his long ex-
perience in examining wood for
the Government. He said his
duties also had to do with the
identification of wood in connec-
ton with crime.
The State was taking great
pains to show that Mr.. Koehler
for years has studied every type
OF wood to determine every kind
of characteristic of wood. Mr..
Wilentz asked him:
do you study wood in Grim.
inal cases for the Government"
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
Found No Prints

Mr.. Kelly was recalled for cross
examination at the request OF
Chief Defense Counsel Reilly. 1t
was Mr.. Kelly who testified he
sought fingerprints in the Lind
bergh baby's nursery, on the first
ransom letter and the kidnap lad
der. He had testified he found no
fingerprints.
His wife, Anna, sat nearby. She
was attired in black and appeared
to be bit careworn.
Mr.. Reilly handed Trooper
Kelly, who works in the identifi-
cation bureau of the State police,
a piece of yellow tablet paper.
He said:
''NOw I ask you to find the
fingerprints on that paper in
the same way you tested the
ransom notes."
Mr.. Kelly took the paper and
placed it on Justice Trenchard's
bench. He opened up black
bag and took out a bottle of
blackish powder and a brush.
Mr.. Kelly solemnly went to
work applying the powder to the
paper with a bush to bring out
any fingerprints which might be
on it.
Necks craned forward eagerly.
Mr.. Reilly, standing with his
hands clasped behind his back,
eyed the officer with a cat
watching-a-mouse expression.
Judge and jury watched with
fascination as Mr.. Kelly worked.
holding the paper with steel pick
and never letting his hand touch
it. Finally, he Strengthened up
and looked at Mr.. Reilly.
The paper Trooper Kelly was
using was one Mr.. Reilly grabbed
up from a table when Mr.. Kelly
was testifying earlier in the trial.
Mr.. Reilly gave the paper to the
clerk that day, stating that it
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
ShOWs Board

Mr.. Wilentz then picked up the
upper upright of the "kidnap lad.
der" and the board taken from
the floor of the Hauptmann attic.
Q.-CBy Mr.. Wilentz): What
does the result of your study Of
both exhibits show? A-That
they were originally one piece.
They are two pieces now. At one
time they were one piece, but one
piece was cut in two.
Attorneys for both sides gath
cred around the witness as this
extremely significant declaration
was made.
Mr.. Koehler told of examining
the upright of the "kidnap lad
der" he said:
"T found that the four nail
holes in the board fitted ex-
actly over the nail holes in the
joist found in the Hauptmann
attic. 1t would be incOnceivable
that fOu- nail holes i'm another
board would fit as exactly"
Q.-(By Mr.. Wilentz) Did you
have to manipulate the board
from the ladder to make it fit
the holes in 6Ae joist? A.-No
sir.
The voices of both Mr.. Wilentz
and Mr.. Koehler were tense.
Mr.. Koehler pointed out that
there was a slant to the way the
nails were driven in both the
section of the "kidnap ladder
and the joists in Hauptmann!
attic. The slant was at the same
degree, he pointed out.