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The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Sex Appeal Is Lacking
At Hauptrnann Trial

Colonel Lindbergh, himself, with
his handsome curly head bowed:
all dimmed and saddened the glad,
free look which the old sculptures
used to give to their own winged
hero, Hermes; the pleasant voice,
the blue eyes that were made to
smile transformed into a tone and
a glance like the blue steel thrust
of a sword.
Effect on Betty Cow
Betty Cow, the piquantly pretty
and "peppy" young woman sure
to have one or more admiring
youths in tow, the bright girl get
ting ahead in the world and de-
serving to do so, grown thin and
tense, and resentful yet with a
deep. cold understream of sorrow
from which, like icy drops, fall
the quiet words:
"That is the exact little shirt
I made for the baby"
Anna Hauptmann, plain, pleas
ant-faced, quietly simple woman,
who asks nothing better Of life
than the chance to bake cookies
and mend stockings for her baby
and have a hot dinner ready for
his father every night, now sit
ting in courtroom and sending
forced smiles, from lips drawn
and livid, to her husband accused
of numbering another woman's lit
tie child.
AS for the central figure of the
trial, Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
the most remarkable thing about
him isshis cypher-like quality, COM
pared to the figures with which
he is surrounded.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
BY MARGUERITE MARSHALL

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. II.
One week at the trial of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, accused of
the murder of the Lindbergh
baby! What are the impressions
that I am carrying away?
First, that here is the most
dramatic, appealing and unfor-
getable great case which I have
ever covered, because in every
way its tragedy cuts deepest to
the roots Of human life.
The crime which the testi-
mony outlines is callous and
cruel to the last degree. But,
with single exception, the
chief characters who appear at
Pennington Court House compel
the sympathy of every man and
woman, who has ever loved a
child, a mate, home.
No Sex Appeal
AS the man who sat next to
me put it, there's no sex appeal
about this case"
There is only the deeper ap-
peal of suffering motherhood,
fatherhood. wifehood. woman
hood.
Glance at these trial close-ups,
which I cannot forget:
Anne Lindbergh, white as white
violets, slender and erect as a
young white birch, telling with
trembling lips and gallantly tear
less eyes of the last happy hours
she was ever to spend with her
first born son.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Roosevelt, jr.,Freed
OF Crash CHARGE

RADNOR, Pa, Jan. ii G.N.SO.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, jr.,
20-year-old son of the President,
will not face court here on charges
growing out Of an automobile
crash on New Year Day, it was
announce today. It was revealed
that Edward Newman, slightly in
jured when young Roosevelt's car
Skidded and crashed into New
mans parked car, has dropped
the charges,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
HOLDINGS HIT
BY RAYBURN
BY International News Service

ny international News Service
Ch a r acterizing manipulations
Iof public utility holding CON-
panies as "a cancerous growth on
our body politic," Chairman Ray
burn, of Texas, OF the House In
terstate Commerce Committee, to-
day urged Congress to regulate
these superholding companies or
lay down a policy under which
they will disappear"
Urging members to study the
summary of the House inquiry
into public utility holding com
panieS, Mr.. Rayburn asserted:
IF left alone (the growth of
holding cOmpanies) it will
jeOpardize all our financial in
stitutiOns and perhaps destroy
the republic. The abuses of
the holding company are a
major influence that brought
on the great depression. Cur
failing them and removing
them is necessary to the re-
cOvery and to the future we'll
being and economic freedom
of our people"
In his message to Congress,
President Roosevelt demanded
the elimination of the "evils" OF
holding companies.
Through the simple device of
pyramiding, Mr.. Rayburn, contin'
ued, a small investment by those
in control of the top-holding com.
pany enables them to do as they
like with billions of other peoples
money.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
DiOnne Babies Due
For Riches in '36

TORONTO, Jan. II. G.N.S).
The Dionne quintuplets will have
a fortune of 100000 by the time
their guardians contract expires
in 1886, it was estimated by Off
cials here today. They said the
majority of the money is coming
from motion pictures and news
SyndicateS.
Lloyds in London will be asked
by the guardians to insure the
quintuplets because Canadian in
surance companies demand too
high premiums, according to re-
ports here. A sporting offer"
rather than straight life policies
will be sought.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Bradley
To Talk on Congo

Life in the French Congo will be
pictured to the members of the
National Geographic Society to.
night by Mary Hastings Bradley,
African explorer, at Constitution
Hall.
In a lecture entitled "The Last
of the Black Chieftains," Mrs.
Bradley will discuss her expert.
ences incident to the discovery of
several tribal leaders in French
and Belgian Congo areas. Motion
pictures will illustrate the talk,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Cal
Delicious to
Hungry Man

WILMINGTON, DEL, Jan. II
G.N.SD.-William Ellis was very
hungry. So he ate his land
lords cat.
Ellis took pains to make this
astounding announcement today
because, he charged, he had
applied for aid to the Whining.
ton Relief Commission last De-
cember Il and waited in vain
until the pangS of hunger be-
came too acute.
Boiled cat makes a delicious
dish," Ellis revealed. 'Tt is a
little more tasty than rabbit"
The landlord declined to
comment.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

AS he launched into his testi-
mony, he turned to Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard and
said:
'I'm a little hard of hearing
and I desire to use this (ex.
hibiting a small amplifier).
. Justice Trenchard said:
"YOu may do 50. Wen get
along"
The expert had a tiny black
contraption in his fingers as he
proceeded with his testimony.
Mr.. Osborn said he had written
several books on handwriting.
Yes. he had made a study of law
in connection with his work on
documents. He said he recently
testified in Texas and in the
Bronx in homicide cases.
Assistant Prosecutor George K.
Large offered the witness as q
qualified expert. He was &C.
cepted as such.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
D. C. Supply Bill
To House Monday

The District appropriations bill
for the fiscal year 1886 will be re-
ported to the House Monday, it
was announced today. The full
House Appropriations Committee
will give final consideration to the
bill early Monday and report it
out following the meeting.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
Studied Notes

Assistant Attorney General LAM.
gan began interrogating Osborn.
Q.-When did you first see the
ransom notes? Am the spring
of 1882. I studied them and
photographed them in April and
May of that year.
Odd you have occasion to
study them after that? Ayes.
During the next two years. I
studied 100 samples Of hand
(Continued on Page 8, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
ManchukuO King
Reported Very I'll

LONDON, jan. II GNSO.
An Exchange telegraph dispatch
from Singapore today reported
Emperor Kang Teh of Manchu-
kuo is seriously i'll and his re.
covery is doubtful.
No previous dispatches from
Hsinking, capital of Manchukuo,
have given any indication of the
emperor's illness.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
WOMAN ASKS $4,000

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. II
(SpeciaD Faith T. Jenkins, of
Elm Avenue, Takoma Park, today
filed suit for $4,000 damages
against the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company. The
bill alleged Miss jenkins suffered
permanent injuries when she
slipped and fell on a manhole.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
AAUPTMANN WR0TE THE RANSOM
NOTES, WRITING EXPERT SWEARS
F4AUPTMANN WROTE RANSOM NOTES
Handwriting Expert Testifiies

NOTED expert on pen-
manship, Mr.. Osborn today
swore at the trial in Flem-
ington, N. j.. that Bruno
Richard Hauptmann wrote
the ransom notes. !
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
sHRINER, 50, DIES

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. ii
QN.SO.-The oldest shriner in
the world, Alexander Smart, was
dead today at the age of SO. He
was born in Scotland,
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
TRAFFIC RESUMED

NEW YORK, Jan. II GN.sO.
New York Harbor traffic was
moving normally again today, fol-
lowing the lifting of the near
record fog, which for four days
paralyzed Eastern waterways.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

The Mcleod amendment to
the Independent Offices Supply
Bill, calling for restoration Of the
basic pay of Government en-
plOyes, was rejected by the
House today on a point Of order.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and colder tonight and
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1935-01-11

MEAN TEMPERATURE
Evening star., 1935-10-03
L0RT0N MAN DIES
OF ESCAPE WOUND
Shot by Prison Tower Guard Is
Fatal to Claude W. Bailey,
in Dash With Brother.

Claude w. Bailey, AZ, Lorton Re-
formatory prisoner, died yesterday in
Gallinger Hospital of complications
resulting from a bullet wound in the
leg inflicted by prison tower guard
on September II. when Bailey tried
to escape in taXicab in which his
brother. John Bailey, was sitting.
According to Lorton authorities, the
prisoner made dash for the cab
when it pulled up near a plumbing
job where he was working outside the
prison walls. The guard, Wick Clag
gett, called to him to halt and when
he failed to do so first fired two shots
from a rifle in front of the prisoner.
AS Bailey continued toward the cab,
the guard then fired a third shot,
which hit him in the leg.
John Bailey and the cab driver,
Joseph Cryer, were detained by Lor-
ton authorities and later the case was
turned over to the Department of
Justice for investigation. Subse-
quently, it is said, the taxicab driver
was found to have had no part in the
planned getaway.
Claude Bailey had been serving
since last May on a sentence of from
9 to 18 months for illegal use of a
smoke screen.
- Elwood Street, public welfare direc-
tor, said the guard acted in line Of
duty and no investigation is contem-
plated.
Evening star., 1935-10-03
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig Named
Ne,v Chief of Staff of Army
Building Up Air Corps
and Infantry Among
First Tasks.
Veteran of TWO Vars
NO,U Head of Var
College.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A husky 61-year-old cavalryman, a
veteran of two wars. took command
today as the new chief Of staff of the
Army.
He is Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, now
commandant of the Army War Col
lege, to whose lot will fall the task
of enlisting more than $4,000 men in
the ranks and building up the Air
Corps to a full fighting strength of
$500 planes.
Craig was selected by President
Roosevelt yesterday. The new Army
leader succeeds Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, now en- route to the Philip
pines to become military adviser to
President-elect Manuel Quezon.
Gen. Craig was sworn in this morn
ing without any ceremony. He merely
walked into the War Department and
quietly remarked that he was ready
to take over.
The new chief OF staff took his
oath of Office from the acting adjutant
general.
Cavalry to Be Mechanized.
One OF the first tasks facing Craig,
who assumes the rank of a full gen.
eral, will be mechanization of the cav
airy in which he served for many
years. His immediate plans, however
were not known. He was playing golf
yesterday when word of his selection
reached Washington. Friends say that
is his favorite sport.
Craig served in the Spanish Amer
ican War and was chief of staff Of the
1st Corps during the World War. He
received the Distinguished Service
Medal for his service in France as
well as decorations from France, Eng
land, Belgium and Italy. He is a
native Of st. Joseph, Mo. and has a
son, Malin, Jr., who also is an Army
officer.
During MacArthurs regime Con-
gress authorized increasing the en-
listed personnel of the Army from
10000 to l64,250. To date approx
mately 1900 new men have been
added to the rosters.
5-Year Plan Proposed.
Just before he left, Macarthur rec
commended a five-year plan to mod
ernize, mechanic and motorize the
Army to make it more mobile and
increase its speed.
Evening star., 1935-10-03

Gated, however, that the administra-
ton expects to provide some form of
aid for the commercial potato pro-
ducers.
I'VE want to get their judgment"
Wallace said, they're in real trouble.
The price of potatoes is less than half
of parity"
Many conferences have been held
to find a way of helping the potato
producers, Wallace said, and many
proposals have been made.
Referring to his comment upon the
potato law. Wallace added:
I've merely indicated my own atti-
tude"
The Secretary's statement came un-
expectedly after several minutes dis
cussion at a press conference. A
reporter said the Secretary could settle
a lot Of questions by simply telling
us whether or not you intend to
enforce this law"
Wallace Smiles.
Wallace laughed and gave his reply
almost instantly. He declined COM
ment on the Republican National
Committee criticism, but said 1T is
interesting to know that the Repub-
licans want us to enforce the potato
act"
Funds for enforcement of the tax
provisions Of the laws, 900, 900
were included in a deficiency appro-
priation bill which failed to pass on
the last night of Congress.
The law seeks to clamp an IRON
bound system Of compulsory control on
potatoes. It provides for quotas for
potato growers, with prohibitive tax
on production in excess of quotas, and
is armored with jail penalties for will
full buyers or sellers of bootleg po-
tatoes.
Critics of the New Deal seized on the
act as a prize issue, citing it as an
example Of RECOMMENDATION" to which
they said compulsory crop control
points. The American Liberty
League called it another step toward
The Republican National
Committees publication, Facts and
Opinions, said the legislation was the
logical result" of A. A. A. policy,
but that President Roosevelt, con-
fronted by open revolt and defiance"
Of the kw. was seeking TO ignore It.
Evening star., 1935-10-03
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Hoover's Secret Political
Machine a Myth, But
He Knows a Lot.
BY PAUL MALLON. s.

NALO ALTO, Calf, october s.
- Mr.. Hoover is not a candidate
and will not be one. What he
is, and will be in '36. is a
political and economic leader, an in
fluential one.
His friends say he has retired, but.
of course. he has not. Even he may
assume that he has retired but it
is physically impossible for a man of
his temperament to do so. At least
not in the sense that Calvin Coolidge
sat down on his Northampton porch.
ordered some good cigars and, with
his feet on the rail, watched the world
go past.
What has happened to Mr..
HooUer is that he has become
again the man he tUas as Secretary
OF Commerce, iUhen, nn,Uorried and
alert, he knew practically every
thing OF importance that pas going
on, or likely to 90 on, in the iUorld.
The ex-President's personal outlook
cannot be known officially. He gives
no publishable interviews. But he
talks freely with many friends, and
they know that the view from his
study window toward the world OF
politics is substantially this:
Evening star., 1935-10-03

Craig came into the Army through
the West Point route. He was born
on August S, 1875, and graduated
from the academy into a second lieu
tenancy in 1898. Immediately after
ward he saw service in Cuba during
the Spanish american War. and in
June. 1900, participated in the China
relief expedition made necessary by
the Boxer outbreak.
After service in various Army posts
in this country, Craig, on American
entrance into the World War in 1917,
was assigned as chief of staff Of the
4lSt Division and sailed with that
outfit for France Later he became
chief of staff Of the 1st Army Corps,
serving in that position until the
armistice was signed. Then he
marched into Germany as chief Of
staff of the Army of Occupation.
Headed War College.
On his return to the United States
in 1919, Craig served as director of
the Army War College during 1920-2l
and as commandant of the Cavalry
School at Fort Riley, Kans., in 1929
In 1924 he was promoted to major
general and made chief Of Cavalry
for two years, and then assigned as
assistant chief of staff for an add
tional two years.
Since that time he has commanded
the 4th Corps Area at Atlanta, the
Panama Division, the Panama Canal
Department and the 9th Corps Area
at San Francisco, until last January.
when he was assigned as commandant
of the War College.
Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds, who
frequently was mentioned with Craig
as a possible successor to Macarthur,
will remain as deputy chief of staff.
Evening star., 1935-10-03

For % years, before he left the
White House, he never had been out
OF a pressing administrative or execu-
tive job. He carried his troubles to
bed with him and arose to face them
again in the morning. Now, for the
first time in his life. he has no trou-
bleS. He can go fishing whenever
he wants to, and he can play.
The White House to him is house
haunted with troubles and man-killing
responsibilities. No man of his posi-
ton, in his right mind, would ever
want to give up the enjoyment of
life and return to them.
Vindication might be sweet, but life
is sWeeter.
Information His Hobby.
The secret of Mr.. Hoover which the
country does not understand is the
type of playing he has chosen to
enjoy. Before he entered the White
House, he had one hobby. He amused
himself by trying to find out every
thing that was going on in economics,
finance and business.
AS Secretary of Commerce he was
the best news source in Washington.
He could tip you on what development
was likely to occur next in Russia, in
the coal strike, in Wall Street. He
had lines out everywhere, personal
contacts extended beyond those Of
any other man in the country His
home and Office we're open forums for
people who knew what was going on
When he entered the White House
he changed all that. The RESPONSE
bilities of immediate duties closed up
the old avenues.
These hare been reopened. To-
day Mr.. Hoorer is again one of the
best informed men in the coun-
try. He knoWS ,Uhat is going on
nearly everywhere. And he has
added politics to the subjects in
1Dhich he is interested.
There probably are more erroneous
stories going around the country about
Mr.. Hoover than about President
Roosevelt. The latest is that he has
set up gigantic political organization,
secretly, and, when the right time
comes, he will emerge as the next Re-
publican standard bearer. Nothing
could be sillier.
Evening star., 1935-10-03
COUNTY PAYS RENT BILL
TO SAVE MAN OF ia
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Nebr., October 3.-The
threat that Solomon Rickner, ia
year-old st. Paul man who is regarded
here as the oldest person in the United
States. might be forced to move de-
spite his illness, passed yesterday when
the Howard County commissioners
voted to pay the past due rent on
his home and keep up the payments
in the future.
Rickner, who recently surprised ply
sicians by recovering sufficiently from
illness to be taken from hospital
to his home, was overjoyed by the
news.
The commissioners voted also to
continue an allowance to him for
groceries and fuel. 4
Evening star., 1935-10-03
MRS. H. T. TALBOT
EXPIRES IN DAYTON
Social Leader and PhiIan.
thropist Was Sponsor of
Westminster Choir.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. october 3.-Privste
funeral services for Mrs. Harold E.
Talbot, II, social leader and philan-
thropist who died last night, will be
held tomorrow.
Ill since last Saturday. Mrs Talbot
suffered a fatal heart attack at the
dinner hour last night.
Although interested for many years
in social activities in Dayton, her il
terests centered mainly in the further
ance of art and music.
Herself choral singer and musician
Of note. Mrs. Talbot saw the need for
development of choral group, inter-
esting herself in the Westminster
Church Choir of Dayton. Under the
direction of John Finley Williamson,
it came into national and interna-
tional prominence. She personally
conducted two tours of the choir to
80 States in this country, Canada and
IL countries in Europe. The organ
ization received high praise from
music critics abroad. A third tour this
Winter to China and Australia is
planned.
Several years ago, the Westminster
Choir and Choral School was moved
to Princeton, N. j., where it is now
located. Mrs. Talbot had continued
to give the organization her moral
and financial support.
Her home at Runnymede was the
setting for many conferences of State
and national music organizations.
Her charities to the needy were
many. The Berry School, near
Rome, Ga, an institution for noun
tain children of Georgia, received
many of her gifts.
Mrs. Talbot and her late husband,
Harry E. Talbot, for many years
prominent contractor and engineer
here and at Sault Ste Marie, Mich,
were interested in the community of
greater Miami, in Florida.
Evening star., 1935-10-03
MRS. MUENCH MAY.
TAKE STAND TODAY.
SteeIs Self to Fight State
Charge of Major Role
in KIDNAPPING.
Nv the Associated Press.

MEXICO, Ohio october 3.-Attrac-
tive Mrs. Nellie Upton Muench, who
once travelled in the social circles OF
st. Louis. today steeled herself to
fight in Circuit Court here a State
assertion that she was "flngerWoman"
In the 1881 kidnapping of DR.. Isaac D.
Kelley, wealthy st. Louisan.
Prosecutors concluded yesterday
what they contended was an authentic
recital of Mrs. Muench's part in the
society kidnapping. Her attorneys
argued in vain to demur the States
case out of court, so today the red
haired defendant prepared her story.
The dozen defense attorneys de-
clined to reveal their defensive plan,
but indicated Mrs Muench, pictured
by the State as an alternate companion
of society and the underworld, would
take the stand in her own defense.
"In Highly Nervous State"
Pross T. Cross, of defense counsel,
said it was likely Mrs. Muench would
testify, but added she is in highly
nervous state and we can't tell now"
State witnesses testified that Mrs.
Muench, sister of a State Supreme
Court Justice. sat in on underworld
conferences where the kidnapping of DR..
Kelley was plotted. suggested him as
a victim, and agreed to obtain in
formation necessary to the abduction
1t was testified she was present at
A fashionable dinner party where DR..
and Mrs. Kelley were guests OF honor
ostensibly to ascertain the doctors
habits, and that, during the time DR..
Kelley was held by abductors, she en-
tertained in her home Angelo Rose
grant, later convicted in the kidnap-
ing.
Unmoved by Charges.
Throughout the testimony Mrs.
Muench, central figure in two court
room dramas in widely separated parts
Of Missouri, took without signs OF
emotion the mounting accusations OF
State witnesses.
She is being tried here on change
Of venue. In St. Louis County a
PENNSYLVANIA servant girl has claimed
as her illegitimate son an infant whose
birth Mrs. Muench announced six
weeks ago as "a gift of God"
The servant, Anna Ware, contended
in a habeas corpus proceeding that
her son was being held by Mrs.
Muench and her husband, DR.. Ludwig
o. Muench, with the intention Of
''palming it off on the public as their
own" The Muenches were childless
through % years of married life.
Evening star., 1935-10-03

forth to see how fares the country and
cant see the country for the reception
committees. He has private car to
travel in and spends his time on the
back platform. He goes back home to
do his work and all the visiting fire.
men in the land come to be photo
graphed with him on the White House
lawn. (Note-the exhausted gentle
man crouched In the middle is him.
+. A President of the United States
has no more privacy than "a Presi-
dent Of the United States. Fooled you
goldfish fanciers that time, didn't I?
=. It's as though we hired the exclusive
services Of Michelangelo and then sent
him out to take orders for enlarged
crayon portraits.
l(Copyrieht 1895, BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)