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The Washington times., 1936-12-28
KIDNAPPED BOY SOUGHT

ehaving witnessed the abduction OF
her brother.
DR.. Mattson told local officers
he had received no prior notes,
threatening his favorite son.
The kidnaper was described as
approximately 40 years of age,
five feet, seven inches tall; weigh
ing 145 pounds; swarthy complex
ion. He wore dark trousers, a blue
Upper jacket and light tan
checkered cap. His face was COW
cred by a heavy, dark beard.
His'little victim, a small boy of
feet 6 inches, weighs 10 pounds.
The Mattson home is only a
few blocks from the stately man,
sion. Haddaway Hall, part of the
estate of the late j. P. Weyerhaeu-
SER lumber magnate and grand,
father of George Weyerhaeuser,
who in May, 1885, nine-year-old,
was snatched by William Mahan
and Harmon and Margaret VALLEY
while he was returning from
school.
The kidnapped youth is a class.
mate of George Weyerhaeuser.
Like George, who was safely re-
turned following his narrowing
experience of being shackled in a
hole by his abductors, Charles is
an unusually bright boy.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
FRANKLIN, JR.,
OUT OF DANGER

BOSTON, Dec. % GN.S).
twenty-five pounds thinner be-
cause of his month-long confine-
ment with sinus trouble at Massa-
chusetts General Hospital, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, jr., today was
anxious to be away on his recuper-
ative journey southwark.
Buoyed by visits of his mother
and his fiarcee. Miss Ethel du
Pont, munitions heiress, young
Roosevelt has passed through the
dangerous stage after an opera
ton to relieve the sinus condition.
He suffered several minor nasal
hemorrhages, it was admitted by
physicians, the last one on Christ
mas Eve.
DR.. George L. Tobey, ir., attend
ing physician, said no more hem
orrhages were expected.
Upon his release, expected in a
few days, Franklin, jr., will take
a trip possibly to Bermuda or
Nassau. DR.. Ross Mcintyre, White
House physician, will go along to
keep a check on his condition.
Both Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
dill Pont visited him again today.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
WINDSOR GIFTS
GO TO $4,000

VIENNA, Dec. % G.NS0.-The
Duke of Windsor sent Christmas
presents to $4,000 children Of the
impoverished mining areas in
South Wales, it was believed here
today.
The sending of gifts to the poor
Welsh children evoked special in
terest because the Duke a few
weeks ago visited the region as
King and made remarks about
their welfare which were inter
preted as a rebuff to the Baldwin
government. He had said then
something would be done" for
them.
This was taken then as perhaps
undue interference in the govern
ment's work, but it was suggested
today he might simply have made
a decision to help them himself.
Shown newspaper stories reveal
ing the children received the pres
ents, the Duke refused to answer
questions about this specific
matter, not denying he had given
the presents and adding signifi-
cantly that he had mot forgotten"
his promise to help the unem-
ployed of the poor mining regions.
The Duke arose late today and
spent the day at Castle Enzesfeld,
where he is the guest of Baron
Rothschild.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
VICTORIAN ERA
REVIVAL SEEN
BY PRIMATE
Canterbury Ready to
Cease Criticism Of
Duke of Windsor

LONDON, Dec. % Q.N.S0.-A
return to the moral standards Of
the Victorian era was foreseen by
many church leaders as pulpits all
over the country today took up the
appeal of the Archbishop of Can
terbury for a recall to religion"
His own regret that he and the
Archbishop of York had criticised
former King Edward was clearly
indicated when Canterbury recon-
mended that recent and vivid
memories had now better be kept
in silence"
The Archbishop, primate of all
England, made no other reference
to the abdication, but in a speech
broadcast through much of the
empire, declared he was convinced
that there is an instinct Of re-
ligion and sound morality in the
common heart. God, he said.
was not so much denied as
crowded out"
In the abandonment Of old
standards of morality, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury said, we see
TIE loosening of the ties of mar
riage and of the restraint upon
impulses of sex. He added:
"WeIl may we ask: whittier
is this drift carrying us?"
The white-haired prelate stated,
however, that he did not oppose
pleasures, asserting:
God knows how needful they
are as a means of escape from
the strain of life or the mo-
nOtOny of work. See that they
are wholesome. Help keep the
whole tone of our common life
healthy and clean."
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
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checkered cap pulled over his eyes
and held a gun in his right hand.
The kidnaper smashed the win
dow and entered, muttering:
"This place ought to be good
for some money"
William told G-men the gun
man commanded him to stand
still while he was searched. Find
ing nothing of value on the boy,
the gunman. slouching across the
room, turned to Charles.
AS the masked gunman .jerked
his head toward the door through
which he entered, the mask which
covered his eyes, slipped, giving
the children an opportunity to
glimpse his face.
"This ought to be better than
money" he mumbled, and seized
Charles by the arms, pocketed his
gun, picked the boy up bodily and
with his free hand extracted q
ransom note which he threw at
the feet of the terrified girls. The
note demanded $4,000 for the
safe return of the boy.
The children said they did not
hear a car drive away. 1t was be-
lieved the masked kidnaper car
ried his victim down a path in the
rear of the house to a wooded
gulch below.
VaniSheS in Rain
After the kidnaper disappeared
in a drizzling rain, William teIe-
phoned police and Muriel sum-
moned her parents. They arrived
at the same time police reached
the residence.
Chief of Police Harold Bird i'm
mediately summoned all police Of
ficerS for emergency duty and sur
rounded the neighborhood. He
then advised the Federal Bureau
of Investigation of the kidnapping.
G-men speeded' here by plane
from Portland and Seattle to take
charge of the case.
They rehearsed the kidnapping
scene with Muriel, her friend Alice
and william.
From william they learned the
kidnaper apparently was a dope
fiend. William said the man ap-
peared to be intoxicated or under
influence of a drug.
Then came the report from DR..
Mattson of the burglary of the
Mattson garage several nights ago
and the disappearance of a medi-
cine kit.
Boy Lightly Clad
William told G-men his brother
had just finished taking bath a
short time before the kidnapping.
The boy was lightly dressed,
causing his parents additional an
guish due to the steady, soaking
rain which blanketed the entire
Northwest.
Friends reported that the par
ents were bearing up we'll under
the circumstances, but Muriel was
proStrated with grief and shock at
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Crash Kills Priest;
His Mother Hurt

EAST RUTHERFORD, N. j.,
Dec. 28.-The Rev. John out
water, 81, priest and professor at
Seton Hall College, South Orange,
was killed and his mother and
three other persons were seriously
injured yesterday when their
automobile collided with a gaso-
lire truck. The injured were Mrs.
Gertrude Outwater So, the priests
mother. of Newark; Mrs. Marie
Hamilton, SO, Bronx, N. Y, and
her two daughters, Marion is. and
Doris. is,
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
CLUE SUPPLIED
BY RANCHER
IS FALSE
Giant Plane Missing
on Coast Flight After
Radio Fails
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lice and deputy sheriffs, set forth
In a rentless search.
AS newspapers and news services
In Los Angeles were deluged with
telephone calls from friends and
relatives Of those aboard the first
clue to the whereabouts of the
coast plane proved false.
A group from the Ventura coun.
ty sheriff's office under Deputy
Sheriff Samuel Primmer inveSti,
gated a report from a farmer near
Simi, Cal, that he had seen light
and heard a crash at 8 p. M, short.
ly after the last radio report from
the plane.
Asked Radio Beam
Prmmer reported he had ascer-
tanned the farmer had heard and
seen a bolt of lightning which
struck near his home.
The big ship was due at the air.
port here at 7:30 last night. Edwin
Blom, the pilot, reported at 1877
he was late and asked that the
'localizer" beam be turned on for
him so he could come in.
That was the last heard from
the ship.
Airport officials said Blom had
gas enough to keep him in the air
until about 1920 p. m.
Missing Persons
Those aboard the ill-fated plane
are:
Edwin w. Blom, Burbank, Cal,
pilot.
Robert Mclean, Burbank, CO,
ppilot.
Yvonne Trego, Hastings, Mich,
stewardess.
A. L. Maxwell, wealthy Los
Angles diamond merchant.
Edward Ford, jr., of Pasadena,
Standard Oil Company official
and son of the vice president of
the Grace Steamship Lines.
His wife, Mrs. Charlotte Ford,
Pasadena socialite.
John Korn, Ell Centro, Cal.
Alex Novak, Ell Centro, Cal.
Mrs. w. A. Newton, Los Angeles.
Mrs. E. Valance, Los Angeles.
M. P. Hare, San Francisco busi-
ness man.
H. S. league, Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
MRS. SIMPSON
TO Be PEERESS
OF BRITAIN
Duchess Of Windsor
Her Title When She
Weds Ex-King
By KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, Dec. % GN.S).
Her royal highness, the Duchess
of Windsor, will be the title
given Mrs. Wallis Simpson If she
marries the man who gave up
Britain's throne for her.
A survey of British law OF
precedence today showed the Bal
timore beauty will be entitled to
full precedence and privileges OF
the Duke of Windsor's rank
after they marry. She will be-
come a peeress of the realm,
with right to attend the royal
functions of the House of Lords.
Socially, she will outrank all
other feminine members Of Brit
ish nobility, but not the royal
family.
Four Bars Of Ermine
She will be entitled to wear
four bars of ermine on her royal
cape at the coronation of King
George vi. This royal cape
shows the rank of the wearer.
Lady Astor, as viscounteSs, is
entitled to wear only two and a
half bars of ermine. A duchess
is entitled to four bars.
AS the eldest son of the royal
dukes, apart from his uncle, the
Duke of Connaught, former King
Edward ordinarily would be en-
titled to take precedence after the
heir-presumptive.
Since he has renounced the
throne, however, and also has
undertaken that his descendants
shall not be in the line of success
sion, he takes his stand in prece-
dence below that of a member Of
the royal family.
In House of Lords
Nevertheless, he still is entitled
to all privileges of a royal duke
and has the right to sit in the
House of Lords. He, furthermore,
will have the right to participate
in political debates, but this is a
right which is never exercised by
the royal dukes. 1t has long been
custom in British royalty shat
members of the royal family re-
frain from participating in de-
bates in parliament or partici-
pating in politics in any way.
Once Edward has been formally
made Duke of Windsor by his
brother, King George VI, however,
it will be customady for him, when
he returns to England, to appear
at the House of Lords and take the
oath of allegiance to his successor.
1t will not be necessary for him
to return to England formally to
receive the dukedom. If the Or
binary procedure is followed. he
will be created a duke by letters
patent, issued either in the Court
Circular or the London Gazette,
or both.
CANNES. France, Dec. %
GN.SD.-Police were still guard
ing the Villa Lou Wei, where
Mrs. Wallis Simpson is staying
as guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man I. Rogers of New York, to-
day and French secret police
agent told international News
Service:
1--WE have orders to remain
as long as Mrs. Simpson does.
We have heard she is likely to
be here until the end of April"
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Searchers Fight Snow
Hunting Lost Plane

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec.
% Q.N.SO.-A scant handful of
ground searcherS continued to
plod through snow drifts today in
search of the missing Western
Air Express plane with seven per
sons aboard.
Heavy snowstorms, which broke
over the Wasatch Mountains Sun
day, reduced the ceiling to zero,
preventing aerial searchers from
taking off, and buried deeper
whatever clue might previously
have remained to attract fliers to
the sight where the plane crashed.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
InCinerator Ban
Denied Greenwich

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Dec. %.
Judge Arthur F. Ellis of Superior
Court today cleared the way for
the construction of a garbage
incinerator in Greenwich by dis
missing an injunction plea brought
by Felix de Palma and other resi-
dents.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Many Cal. Prune Trees

Santa Clara county, Calf, has
1858, 800 fruit and nut trees, of
which more than half are prune
trees.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
PSNAT|0N;
DEATH TOLL 225.
Subzero Weather to Con.
tinue for Next a. Hours,
Forecasters Say.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January 27-Even Fore
caster j. r. Lloyd shivered as he looked
up from his maps and data tc predict
at least another "a hours Of sub1ero
cold would grip mos. Of the Nation.
which today counted . death list of at
least 225 persons since Wednesday.
Every indication. he said, pointed to
continuation of the intense cold
which would send the mercury to zero
or below every day. at least In Chicago,
until Wednesday, and probably Thurs
day.
His prediction was re-echoed by
most OF the weather observers in other
parts of the Nation.
The frigid wave. which generally
had avoided the Pacific Coast States.
today entered the State of Washing
ton.
The abnormal weather. described as
the worst OF the twentieth century,
extended South into Oklahoma, Texas
and parts OF Florida.
A snow blanket covered most of the
Northern States and extended as far
South as North Carolina, where one
or two inches fell.
More snow was in prospect for many
sections. A light fall started at mid
night In New Yoork City, where the
temperature was % at midnight. Many
Upstate roads remained blocked. Near
Storm King Mountain, TOO "snow
train" passengers were marooned in
near zero weather on the west bank
OF the Hudson River after a freight
Evening star., 1936-01-27
HEAD OF CITY COUNCIL
IN HAVRE DE GRACE DIES

BY tho Associated Press.
HAVRE DE GRACE. Md, January
27.-Jacob Davis. president OF the City
Council. died yesterday at his home
here. He was 10.
Davis, who was born in Russia. and
who had lived In New York and Balti-
more, had been a merchant here for
more than 40 years
Funeral arrangements are incom-
plete. Burial will be at the Hebrew
Cemetery in Baltimore. probably on
Wednesday.
The local American Legion post Is
named in honor OF his son, Joseph l.
Davis, who was the first Havre de
Grace soldier to die in the World War.
He Is survived by one son, Abraham
Davis, former chief OF the Susque-
hanna Hose Co.. and three daughters.
Mrs. Isidor Goldstrom of Baltimore
Miss Lillian Davis Of Havre de Grace
and Mrs. Edward Rosenburg Of New
York.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
M0T0RMAN FREED
IN WOMAN'S DEATH
Exonerated by Coroner's
Jury-Bandit Staying
Laid to "Unkn0Wn."

Daniel Hartnett. "a, motorman Of
the street car which fatally injured
Miss Nettie H. Graham at Eleventh
and G streets last Wednesday, was
exonerated today by a coroner's jury.
It was the third time in less than
two years that he has been involved
in fatal accidents while operatings =
street car.
Miss Graham, who was Is and lived
at 1903 Nineteenth street, died in
Emergency Hospital the day after she
stepped in front Of Hartnett's car.
The inquest into her death was one
Of two ordered for today by Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald.
Figured in 1884 Fatality.
The other case was that of Roland
P. Skinner, So. proprietor of q filling
station at New Jersey and Florida
avenues, who was shot to death by
two colored bandits who attempted to
rob him of his days receipts-s62-on
January 10. The jury decided that
Skinner, who lived at 2q27 Twenty
sixth street. was slain by "a party or
parties unknown" The homicide squad
still is investigating the case.
Hartnett was operator of street car
which in April, 1884, killed William F.
Haney, IS, colored. at Seventh and M
streets in a crash with an automobile.
His car later killed Charlie Jackson.
colored, at Eleventh and G streets
the same corner at which Miss Gra-
ham was struck-on January 8.
Stepped in Front Of Car.
Witnesses at the inquest today
testified that Miss Graham stepped
directly in front Of the car before
Hartnett had time to stop.
Mrs. Marie Herschof1. 1921 Trini-
dad avenue. said Miss Graham, a
moment before she was hit BY the
cas-. stepped from the curb directly
IN the path Of taxicab, which mar
rowly missed her.
Miss Graham was q sister of Miss
Annie e Graham, an employe Of the
Commerce Department.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
Deaths Reported.

Eli1abeth Baker. -. Emergency Hospital
Frank II. simonds, 81. 3lOs r st.
Mildred r. Bowling, 56. Gallinger Hospital
Harriet G. Flammer. 81, Gallinser Hos
Eve 5. Ferguson. 81 Adams Mil rd.
Infant Ardinini. Children's Hospital.
Infant Buscher. Sibley HOSPITAL.
Samuel G Alexander. "a. Bureau OF En-
Rosetta Faison, 6S 22l4 18th st.
Ella B. Hranom, 81. 1875 Florida ave.
Jessie crosby. 43. Gallinger Hospital.
5smes Roydn s. @ Fords .ss
David H. Moore y. 2400 10th st;
Rse obd sysn; W01d d9msSpsths dasuss aosp'
Marearet A Darcy. =. 2140 st
Elizab.t .th G Brady. 6s. en- route to Wash
cormeiia B. Price, 81. .s1e esth st.
Thomas E cranston. 81, 415 9Th st; s:w;
Charles II c9okssy 4s crd Hospital
Taimadse r Walker. a 65s st. Sc.
AAsT3ba Annf NSs,Sn Tsnse Z, I'll s St. St.
Florence Mccormick, So. 1918 Union
Carrie arr Coleman. 50. Emergency Hospital.
Marthher A. Barnes snn 50 s21 .th i,.S.,,,. st Sc
FRANCES e, !; Simmons. so. st. E'izabeth's Hos
EIs Scott ,;, q. ;,. ssos z = s,.:.s St Sc
zm, HS5,st ,p HGss ss dsorsesavn e. ss III Hhoss15. St
George Young. IA. Freedmen's Hospital.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
PALESTINE DENIED
REFUGE FOR JEWS.
Hopes Are Mirage, Declares
Philadelphia Rabbi in
Zionist Debate.

The hope of a Jewish national state
In Palestine is mirage" and con-
stitutes no escape for members OF
the race from prosecutions TO which
they may be subjected by nations IN
which they live, Rabbi William n.
Fineshriber Of Kennesseth Israel Tenn
pie, Philadelphia, said in debate
last night with Jacob De Haas, world
Zionist leader, in the opening dis
cussion of a series at the Washington
Hebrew Congregation Temple.
Jews should take a realistic view
Of the situation, realize that Palestine
cannot become homeland for an
independent Jewish nation, and face
the realization they must not hope
for escape from the realities Of life.
but must stay in the trenches" and
fight out their battle. DR.. Fineshriber
said.
To achieve a national state, DR..
Fineshriber said, would require jew
ish majority in the state. This is
impossible in Palestine, where Jews
are outnumbered two to one by the
Arab population. Even if the land
could be improved and made to sup
port greater population, he said,
the Arab birthrate still would out
strip that of the Jewish population.
Palestine, he pointed out, is a very
poor land. 1t lacks water, agricultural
soil. minerals and other natural re-
sources necessary to national life.
Because Of conditions in Palestine
q great majority of Jews in Europe
would rather put up with present
political conditions than face the GER
tainty OF failure in a land which could
Prosecutions Cited.
De Haas, pleading for creation Of
q Jewish nation IN the homeland,
said that half of the 100000 Jews
Of Europe want to form a national
state because of the prosecutions to
which they are being subjected and
to which their ancestors have been
subjected throughout European his
tory.
In the second discussion Of the
series. tc be held February %, Lud-
Wig Lewisohn and Rabbi Barnett r.
Brickner will be the speakers. The
subject has not been announced but
probably will deal with some phase
OF the Jewish situation in the United
States. according to Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld of the Eighth Street
Temple.
Evening star., 1936-01-27

train wreck tied up trafIic on the West
Shore Railroad.
All of New England faced continued
cold. At New Haven, Conn.,, the mer-
curry stood at 10, while Philadelphia
reported 20, with more snow and colder
forecast today.
Sudden drops in temperature over
the State of Georgia led to prediction
OF snow and sleet. The thermometer
dropped to below freezing.
Pittsburgh was above at midnight
with fair and colder forecast. Louis
vile, KY, had zero. The Ohio River
was ice-choked above Greenup, KY,
and three-qcarters full from there to
below Cincinnati, with no boats NOV
ing.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
SPEEDING ON BRIDGE
COMMON, JUDGE TOLD

Everybody drives 30 miles an hour
on Highway Bridge-but I made a big
mistake" Stanley w. Hahn. who lives
in Virginia, told Judge Gus A. Schuldt
in Trafic Court this morning in ex-
planning a speed charge. x passed a
police car"
Judge Schuldt agreed that to pass
a police car or any other car at such
a rate is dangerous and fined Hahn
$40. Hahn said he drives across the
bridge twice daily and that all cars
move along at about 80 miles an hour
except when there is police car
crossing and then there Is always a
string of cars behind 1t. They just
block traffic"
Evening star., 1936-01-27
OMISSION OF T.V. A.
PAY ATTACKED
May Renews Fight, Charging
Facts Withheld From
Congress.

Representative May, Democrat, of
Kentucky. renewed his fight against
the Tennessee Valley Authority yester-
day with charge that it was trying
to keep information from Congress.
The T. v. A. submitted an annual
report. as required by the amendments
passed at the last session of Congress,
but May charged that it omitted.
among other things, list of personnel
and salaries.
May said he and some other men,
bers Of the House Military Affairs
Committee. to which the report was
referred, would bring the question up
In the committee this week.
Il don't know whether it was an
intentional violation of the law the
kentuckian said, but I do know of
their intention to keep these things
from US.
"The public is entitled to this in
formation and we are going to see
they get It,"
Evening star., 1936-01-27
Marriage Licenses.

Charles e: Lincoln; Il, and Phoebe Dawes;
Kenneth Il. Carr. %. Detroit. and Ruby
z. Hughes. 10. 1910 Georgia ave.; Rev
Car. L. Vi ,cent. %. 1918 18th st.. and
Blanche Williams, 81. 170s 18th st.;
and Grant rds.. and Anne C. Willis, Is.
1880 Lyman pl. ne; Rev. Robert An
An:hSny siscs; 2s: White Plains. N r.
,,,i19!, I'll st.. Rey g. F. Blackwelder..
y SNYDER both Of Richmond; Rev. P. 6.
Charles &: Printz. 20. and Beatrice Settle,
lS; both OF oulpeper. Va; Rev. J. II.
Robert L. Hopkins. s5. and Catherine L.
Til!yer. 10. both Of Richmond; Rev. A.
Calder XIX, 43. and Ruth N. Harlan. a.
Ernest Avery. IS. 1880 Y,th ""a st.. and ad
Eeamb Johnson. 25, 1889 P St; Rev.
william Z. HEs; Howard. %. s17 Minnesota
aye. ne: and Mary z; Farrall. 20. 51l
m:rtIn th & doo.y ss r ksv ds stb 4 Norris; And
garet Janicula. 43. New York City;
Rev. Il. B. DAde.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
Girl Triplets Born.

LANCASTER, Pa, January ~ (R
-Triplets. all girls, born yesterday
to Mrs. Benjamin Fisher, 80, Of Cor
donville, mother Of nine other chill
dren, all born singly.