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The Washington times., 1935-12-21
Polish Amnesty Bill
MAY Free 28,6OO

WARSAW, Dec. 21.-Release of
28,6OO prisoners Sunday was made
possible when the Senate passed a
political amnesty bill.
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
100 Families Await
Good Fellows Aid

spirit of giving, a time for Peace
on Earth, Good Will to Men"
But for the many unfortunates
unemployed fathers, widowed
mothers, orphaned children. de.
serted wives and children-who
have written or visited us begging
for someone to help them, Christ
mas is not a time of rejoicing.
It is a bitter season that only
stresses poverty and want.
How easy it is to be a Good
Fellow. If your funds are limited,
you can still be a Good Fellow.
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
BY THE GOOD FELLOW
EDITOR

Pathetic pleas for help at
Christmas are still pouring in to
The Washington Times. At least
400 more Good Fellows are needed
to answer these wistful little boys
and girls who ask so little to make
them happy at Christmas, and un-
happy parents who hope and pray
that their children will receive
something to break the dreadful
monotony OF poverty.
Christmas is time for happi.
ness, a time to enjoy the real
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
4 Killed When Train
Hits Car on Crossinq

BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 81 G.N.SO.
Four persons were killed instantly
yesterday when the .Ameri-
can, fast eaStbound Pennsylvania
railroad train, struck an auto at
Reelsville, near here. The demol-
ished car with the four bodies in
side was carried on the pilot of
the locomotive for half a mile be-
fore the train was stopped.
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
Brain Trust Lawyer
Quits RFC Next Week

Representing withdrawal of an
other member of the Administra-
Jerome Frank, special attorney for
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, will retire from Govern
ment service next week.
Formerly counsel for the AAA,
Frank was the center of a stormy
controversy last summer between
radical and conservative leaders
of the AAA.
The Washington times., 1935-12-21

lar volume is being transacted
than during the 1884 Christmas
season. Likewise it was the con-
census that shoppers this year
made most of their purchases
earlier than in 1884.
"BeSt Ever"
B. B. Burgunder, of S. KannS
Sons, said:
"This is the best Christmas
ever"
SearS-Roebuck sales we're IS per
cent greater this year than last,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Generally fair, Lowest temperature about
IS tonight; tomorrow cloudy and somewhat
WGTTeT, probably fOlioVed by snow.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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Weather Details on Page
The Washington times., 1935-12-21
Hudson Nominated
To League Court

GENEVA, Dec. 81 (U.S).-Man-
ley Ottmer Hudson, professor of
international law at Harvard,
was nominated here as candidate
for the seat in the Permanent
Court for International Justice
of the League of Nations.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
AUTO FINANCING
SHOWS GAIN

Retail financing of new passen-
ger automobiles was 48.5 per cent
higher in dollar volume in the
calendar year 1884 than in 1898,
and IS per cent higher than for
1882, the Department of Com
merce reported today on the
basis of preliminary estimates.
On a daily average basis the
dollar volume for the month of
December, 1884, showed 33.5
per cent increase over December,
1888, and a 70 per cent increase
over the corresponding month of
1882.
December showed a falling off
from November, however, declin.
ing about 20 per cent. This COM
pares with a decrease of 80 per
cent in the same interval of 1898,
and an average decrease of 9 per
cent between the same two
months for the last five years.
It was stated that the estimates
are based on figures reported to
the Census Bureau by a group of
large finance companies repre-
senting more than three-fourths of
the business written by all finance
companies reporting to the bu-
reau
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
FOUR ASK TRIAL
IN GUN CASES

Four men arrested Saturday
night in a general roundup by the
new pickup squad" demanded a
jury trial today when arraigned
in Police Court before Judge Gus
A. Schuldt on charges of carrying
concealed weapons. Bond was
fixed at $4,000 at the suggestion
of Assistant District Attorney
Louis Whitestone.
The men answered to the names
of Leon Steinburg, 33, Washington
Circle; Julian Spivack, 26, Balti-
more; Abe Greene, "a, 700 block
Eleventh st. N. w., and George
C. Williams, %, of the 1900 block
@ st. N. w. Steinberg was ar
raigned on an additional charge
of possessing a weapon after hav-
ing committed a crime of violence.
The men arraigned today were
among eight picked up Saturday
night.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
300 Watch PecOra
Inducted AS Judge

NEW YORK, Jan. % G.N.SO.
In courtroom jammed with more
than 800 friends, Ferdinand Pc
cora was inducted today as a Su,
preme Court justice by the pre-
siding justice of the appellate di,
vision, Francis Martin. His in
duction represented the first
within the memory of court at
tendants in which the chief jurist
of the appellate division has pre-,
sided.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
RA|L |
TESTS DUE

BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.-The
22-million-dollar identification of
the Pennsylvania railroad has
reached such a stage on the Bal
timore-Washington division that
running tests will be made
shortly, Division Superintendent
George M. Smith announced
today after an all-day tour of in
spection between Baltimore and
the Capital yesterday.
Date of the formal opening of
the electric service has not been
set, but it is expected that a
special train drawn by one of the
new streamlined electric locomo-
tives will make a special run
between Washington and New
York to inaugurate the service,
carrying President w. w. After
bury and other road officials.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
BY ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Copyright 1895. by international
News Service)

By ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
copyright 1885. by international
News Servtce)
FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. %.
One Of the very first things a good
detective goes after when there
has been money stolen is the per-
sonal expenditure of those who
have had excess to it.
Unexplained money Is always
a finger of suspicion.
Unexplained money is always an
important clue to crime.
Unexplained money AFTER a
crime becomes evidence of that
crime if there are any other cir
cumstances to connect it with the
crime.
Isn't that true?
A German carpenter in the
Bronx earned 500 a month. He
was careful and economical
enough, or rather his wife was a
thrifty German woman and they
saved money, so that at the end
of several years they had bank
account that totalled $206. The
reason it wasn't more was because
the carpenter liked to play the
market, and though he said he
watched it closely''-still they
ended with $206.
Foul Robbery
Suddenly, a baby was kidnapped.
Suddenly, a man paid $4,000.
men time elapsed. Over two
years later, $14,600 of that money
showed up in the possession of a
man named Bruno Richard Haupt.
mann.
In other words, a connection
was made between him and $780,.
900 OF embezzled or missing money.
True, the money was obtained by
the foulist means known to the
human race. It was forced from a
father by a criminal who claimed
to have possession of his son. 1t
was a holdup under threat of
death to that child-probably the
most brutal highway robbery of
our time. But it was stolen, en-
bezzled, missing money.
What was obviously the next
step?
To find out what the guy now
connected with the ransom money
had been doing in financial af-
fairs from the moment that the
money was first missing. Had he
been gambling? Had he been in
possession of unexplained money?
Had he money he couldn't account
for? Had his financial condition
improved without visible evidence
as to why and how?
That's the next step in any
such investigation.
This German carpenter con.
nected with the ransom money
by its possession was therefore
put under careful scrutiny and
we have had access to all his
books and all his accounts and
all his spending.
Gambled in Stocks
Was he gambling? Yes, beyond
any question. he was manipulating
quarter of a million dollars
on the stock market the following
year.
Was he and had he been in
possession of unexplained money?
Well, he deposited nearly $40 900,
he invested $4,000 in the stock
market, he bought mortgage
for $3.50. He was living pretty
soft, making trips, going here and
there, having a good time.
Had his financial condition i'm
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
VISITOR HALTED.
ON HAUPT PTMANN
JAIL CALL
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

BENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. az
G.N.SJ.-An attempt by slen-
der, blue-eyed woman to visit
Bruno Richard Hauptmann in
tie Hunterdon county Jail today
had stirred considerable excite
ment and speculation here as the
prisoners trial for the murder
of the Lindbergh baby went into
its fourteenth day.
The woman was said to be
Mrs. Greta Henkel, of the Bronx,
N. Y; formerly a friend of both
Hauptmann and the late Isador
Fisch, who Hauptmann says gave
him a package containing $14,600
in Lindbergh ransom bills with.
out saying what it contained.
Believed Witness
She attempted to see the Bronx
carpenter after adjournment OF
the trial last night, but was not
permitted to go into the Jail.
She is the only one of the friends
of the enigmatic, lone wolf"
defendant to have tried to visit
him since his trial began.
Her call at the prison excited
a furry of rumors to the effect
she will be one of the star wit
nesses for the defense when it
opens it's case next week.
Members of the defense counsel
refused to make any comment
on this when asked about Mrs.
Henkel and her presence in
Pennington. Edward j. Reilly,
chief of defense counsel, grinneo
broadly and said:
"I never heard of her before.
I didn't know she was in Flem.
ingtOn."
STORY BRINGS DENIAL
C. Lloyd Fisher, another of
Hauptmann's attorneys, refused
to deny or affirm the report Mrs.
Henkel was to be called by the
defense as a witness.
Both Mr.. Reilly and Mr..
Fisher were much more voluble
about what they intended to Go
to the story of Mrs. Cecilia Barr.
of Newark, a cashier in a Green
wich Village IN. " theater. She
testified yesterday Hauptmann
gave her one of the S. Lindbergh
ransom bills on the night of
November 26, 1888, identifying
Hauptmann from the witness
stand. Mr.. Reilly said:
1--WE have bus load of wit
nesSe to disprOve Mrs. Bars
story. November 26 happens
to be Hauptmann's birthday-it
is my birthday, too, incidentally
and he had a birthday party
in his home in the Bronx on
that particular night of 1888.
There were lot of people
there and / will have them all
down here to testify"
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Navy Credit Union
To Pay Dividend

A 3 per cent dividend is due
shareholders of the Navy Depart
ment Credit Union today. follow
ing a meeting yesterday. New Of.
ficers were elected.
Leslie c. McNemer, Mrs. Mayme
Smith and Charles M. Baruch will
compose the supervisory commit
tee, with E. L. Bennett, M. S.
Noyes, j. I. Sullivan, E. I. Snyder
and Fred M. Ruby on the credit
committee. Herbert Aldridge,
w. S. Douglas, Mr.. Snyder, Mr..
Sullivan, Mr.. Noyes, Mr.. Bennett,
c. F. Hargett, Theodore Edwards,
and Mrs. Jean M. Spencer were
named on the board of directors.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
$50 Bankers Honor
Disappointment

NEW, YORK, Jan. % GN.S0.
More than 750 bankers from New
York State, Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania paid tribute last night to
Joseph A. Broderick, who resigned
December 81 as State Superin-
tendent of Banks.
Governor Lehman, in a message
read at the testimonial dinner,
wished him "Godspeed and all the
luck in the world"
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Courthouse Plans i"
Ready for Board

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. %.
Plans for the modernization of
the Arlington county courthouse
will be presented to the county
board tomorrow when Frank
Upman, architect, will appear to
report his findings. Mr.. Upman
was commissioned two months
ago to draw plans for the
enlarging and undermining of the
building, on the suggestion of
w. A. E. McShea, board member.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Employe of City
Victim of Poison

Thaddeus Richards, 20, an Of
flee employe of the city refuse
department in police headquarters
building, was taken to Emergency
Hospital early today suffering
from what police said was poison
ing. Fellow employees reported
Richards had swallowed several
tablets and Immediately had be-
come violeDtAH W
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Nazis Start Riot
At Catholic Sing

MUNICH, Jan. % Q.N.S0. g.
When rival factions failed to out
sing each other at a large meeting
where the Rev. Erich Przywara,
prominent Jesuit priest, was due
to lecture, they resorted to more
tangible weapons, and as a result
several were under arrest and
many others nursed minor in
juries today.
Several hundred Nazi students
invaded hall at the University
of Munich where 1000 Catholics
had assembled to hear the first of
a series of lectures.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
TO BLAME FSCH CLAIMING HE PENkED NOTES
Mystery Cash Linked
To Hauptr1lann

proved? 1t certainly had. Instead
Of $206 in the bank he had sew.
eral thousand, and some stocks,
and trading account at a stock
brokers'.
Now was there any logical ex-
planation for this sudden access
of wealth?
From the very date that the
$4,000 was stolen this German
carpenter, who had earned $100
a month-had never done a days
work. He had not earned a nickel
that we know about.
Explanation Needed
Wouldn't you think if you were
reading about all this that the
unexplained money called for ex.
planation?
I want to know where Haupt-
mann got that money.
must know where Hauptmann
got that money.
Bruno Hauptmann had to have
something to start with when in
1888 he manipulated deals that
ran up to $256,000. He couldn' t
just go in and say start trad
ing" He had to put up some
dough.
Where did he get dough of that
kind, this German carpenter who
didn't work much and only earned
$1OO a month and whose final
stock market deals showed q
loss?
Don't You feel an intense curl,
oSlty about that? I do.
Mr.. Hauptmann had very
good day in court yesterday and
he looks very we'll. He laughs
often. He talks incessantly with
his lawyers. His eyes glitter with
excitement. The testimony about
the money seems to excite him
violently, the testimony on his
stock deals seem to bring him
delight in memory.
The State is approaching the
end of it's case.
Quit His Work
We know now that Bruno
Hauptmann did not work on the
day the ransom money was paid.
He worked the day before, he
worked for two days afterwards
and then-without explanation
or by your leave, he quit. He
was working as a carpenter on
the Majestic Apartments on April
l. He was checked in and
checked out. On April 2, the
day the money was passed, he
didn't show up. On April 3 and
4, he was checked in and out
OF the job-and then he vanished.
He didn't tell anyone on the
job he was quitting. He Just
didn't show up for work any
more.
Another strange coincidence of
dates to which Mr.. Hauptmann
appears to unjustly subject.
That $4,000 dollars - which
can be accounted for in Haupt.
mann's life, between April 2,
l932-the ransom date-and the
date of his arrest. Another un
fortunate coincidence for Mr..
Hauptmann-that the account
ants figures should come so very,
very close to the $4,000 of the
ransom money.
Piece by piece the evidence
against Hauptmann has been
built up until it towers in a
gigantic and menacing pyramid.
Will Hauptmann be able to
knock it down when he gets on
the witness stand?
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
DON'T NEGLECT COLDS

DUB soothing, warming Musterole
II we'll into your chest and throat
almost instantly you feel easier.
Musterole is NOT just a salve. It's
a "counter 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 Is 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 Housekeeping Bureau, No. .4867.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
Admiral Beating
Pneumonia Attack

Rear Admiral Reginald F.. Mich
olson, U. S. NJ, was reported at
Naval Hospital today to be re-
covering rapidly from an attack
of bronchial pneumonia. He was
taken to the hospital several days
ago from his home in the 1900
block jefferson Pl. N. w.. and is
expected to be returned within
a week.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
EVIDENCE
BACKS LONE
MAN IDEA
BY LEIGH MATTEsON


FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. %
G.N.SO.-It will not matter much
longer what the general public
may think about the guilt or In.
nocence of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann.
Before adjournment of court to-
morrow night, Attorney General
David T. Wilentz hopes to con.
clude presentation of the States
case-and then only the opinions
OF the eight men and four women
comprising the trial jury will have
any practical Importance.
Lone Man Theory
Supporting the "lone" man
theory first outlined to the au.
thorities in May. 1892, by Inter.
national News Service, Mr.. Wilentz
has presented more than 200
items of evidence and has ex-
amined nearly 100 witnesses with
out once deviating from his con-
tention that Hauptmann was the
only person involved in the crime
of stealing the Lindbergh child,
killing him and extorting the ran
som from his haraSsed father.
Testimony and evidence by the
State and its witnesses today and
tomorrow are designed specifically
to imbed the conviction in the
minds of the Jurors.
Mr.. Wilentz has professed the
belief that the jury would have
convicted Hauptmann more than
a week ago, on the basis of evil
dence and testimony given to that
date, if the State had chosen then
to rest its case.
States Case
These are among the outstand-
ing items presented by the State:
i. The Lindbergh baby was
normal" and loved by his par
ents and the servants.
2. He was stolen from the
nursery through window
which had been reached by a
ladder found on the premises,
together with wood chisel ap-
parently brought along to "jim-
my" the nursery shutter and
window.
3. The decomposed body, found
five miles from his home, was
that of Charles A. Lindbergh,
jr.
4. Betty Cow, the child's
nurse, was incapable" of parti-
cipation in any plan or plot
to steal or harm her tiny charge.
S. DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Con-
don likewise was incapable Of
participation in any plot that
included any human being as
a victim.
6. Hauptmann was caught
with Lindbergh money in his
possession.
7. Hauptmann's handwriting
corresponded to the handwriting
of the ransom note writer.
8. Hauptmann told Federal
Agent Thomas H. Sisk he trans"
ferred money found in his gar
age from a crock to the Shellac
can in which it was discovered,
about three weeks before he was
arrested, conflicting with his
statement he found the money
in a Shoebox three weeks before
his arrest-a shoebox left behind
by his friend, the late Isador
Fisch.
9. Hauptmann, while unem-
ployed from April 4, 1882 (tWo
days after the ransom was
paid, came into possession of
$44,486 before the date of his
arrest, September 10, 1884.
The Washington times., 1935-01-22
CHAMP EGGLAYER

DURHAM, N. H. G.Ns0.-A
White Rock hen owned by E. H.
Rutter, of Derry, is a claimant to
the worlds championship for egg
laying The hen laid 81 eggs in
her first wear of production,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-16
Expert Legal Advice

Expert legal guidance for the
movement was evident. Leaders of
six groups sponsoring it emphasized
that its unofficial nature avoids vio-
lation Of international law-the only
opening possible, it was pointed out,
for interference by immigration Of
f1cials.
It also was pointed out that con-
ditions in Harlem prepared it for
hungry response to a accounting
cause. An undercurrent of discon-
tent over alleged discrimination in
favor of white persons was blamed
for a recent riot.
The depth of emotion came I'M
pressively to light at a meeting
sponsored by the Negro Industrial
Clerical Association and the Inter-
national Congress for African JUS
tice. Su1 Abdul Hamid, who was
refused exit to Ethiopia last week,
heads the latter organization.
Like Louis Stopped Camera
Leaders called upon their race to
Knock out MuSsolini like Joe Louis
did Camera" Other typical express
sions:
IF we don't organize now, our
women and children will curse our
tombstone"
Il like the word. African. No
more Negroes an shines and coonsl
African"
Clergymen joined in urging the
race to fight to prevent the last
stronghold of African independ-
ence" from becoming another ma
ton of slaves for the white man"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-16

At the lakes, the seashore or in the mountains
roughing it in a cabin living in style at fashion
able resort no matter where your vacation takes
you or how you take it. it will be all the more enjoyable
if you take The Times along with you. good meal,
an easy chair and The Times . . and there's the end
of perfect day Of fishing swimming, gofng, sailing
or whatever vacation holds in store for you. Don't
forget Before you leave home . order The Times
to follow you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-16
WAGNER LABOR
ACT MACHINERY
READY TO BEGIN
Roosevelt to Name Three
Man Court Soon to
Administer Law.

By Scripps-Hooard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, July IS. - The
Wagner Labor Act machinery is ex-
pected to be set in operation this
week or next with appointment of
a three-man labor court" to ad-
minister 1t.
President Roosevelt, following con-
ferences already held with Secretary
Of Labor Frances Perkins and ex-
pected meetings in the next few
days with Senator Robert Wagner,
A. F. of L. leaders and others, may
be able to send the nominations to
the Senate late this week.
Unofficial reports indicate that
both Harry A. Mills and Edwin S.
Smith of the old board may be ap-
pointed, although Mr. Mills has re-
turned to his University of Chicago
post and his attitude is not known
definitely.
Nearly a dozen possibilities are
being considered for the three
O,000-a-year jobs. 1t is now def
mite that Leo Wolman of Columbia
University, lately chairman of the
Automobile Labor Board, will not
be named. Some A. F. of L. Leaders
who challenged his procedure in the
automobile industry had expressed
fears he might be appointed.
President William F. Green of the
A. F. of L. today notified all aff1li-
ated unions that the Wagner act,
designed to safeguard labor organic
ing and collective bargaining, is now
"the law of the land" and that
workers have the right to invoke its
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-16
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

provisions and to seek its protec-
ton"
Mr.. Green said the A. F. Of l..
would defend the act, insist that it
be respected and obeyed. and sup
ply the best legal talent available"
to protect it in court.
Staff members of the old Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, car
ried over under the new act, con-
tinued their preliminary organiza-
ton plans, but explained that un-
I'll the new board is constituted no
spadework in actual submission OF
cases can be done.
This was made clear in connec-
ton with reports that several pend
labor disputes are being cited to the
board for immediate action once the
members are named. A Cudahy
packing plant dispute in Milwaukee
is one of these.
Until the rel ional agents of the
board are authorized to go ahead,
no official action can be taken to
prepare cases and collect evidence
for submission to the board.
Furthermore, it is indicated that
the board will proceed very care
fully at first in an effort to get an
alright" legal case, or series of
cases, involving key and borderline
industries, before any thing is start
ed that will wind up in the big
marble building on Capitol Hill
where the Supreme Court will hand
down the last word.