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Evening star., 1936-04-04

the grand jury that was struggling
over the murder charge against Paul
Wendell.
Hauptmann asked for "just a min
ute to myself" and kneeling quietly on
the cement floor Of his cell prayed
quietly for 10 minutes before start
ing his death walk.
Then he said:
IT am ready"
Rev. John Matthiesen, one of his
advisors, described his last few min.
utes.
Matthiesen and Rev. D. G. Werner,
another adviser. read to Hauptmann
in his cell, reading portions of the
Old Testament. Isaiah, lii, and of the
New Testament, John, xxi.
A few minutes before he left his
cell he said to his two companions:
Let me have just a minute to
myself"
Then, said Matthiesen, he knelt
down on the cement floor and prayed
quietly for about 10 minutes.
"N0w Am Ready"
He turned his face toward us and
said, Now I am ready" the minister
related. He said Hauptmann shook
hands with the ministers and four
guards in the death house and walked
toward the door clasping the hands
| Of his advisers.
The three men softly repeated the
Twenty-third Psalm until they reached
the execution chamber. Then, the
ministers read the last words Haupt-
mann could have heard-from Revela-
! ton, xxi:
And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth; for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away and
there was no more sea-"
| The witnesses were in their places
before $40 pm.
Executioner Elliott stood in the
corner at the wash basin. He was
busy soaking the electrodes. The
volts strike most swiftly that way.
Warden Kimberling stood nearby,
he held his hat in his hand. He wore
a brown business suit and over it a
brown topcoat.
| Six Doctors Present.
Ranged on the opposite side of the
room were the six doctors.
Behind the rope that separated
them from the officials were the wit
nesses, sitting in rows. More than
80 of them were newspaper men, for
the death of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann, once an obscure carpenter,
once a machine gunner for the Ger
man Kaiser, and once petty thief
in his native Kamenz was a matter
of concern throughout the world.
The door leading from the death
house opened
The two Lutheran ministers entered,
walking abreast. Each carried book
from which they read in unison the
ritual of the dying.
They spoke in German. Their
voices sounded grating, loud.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann fol-
lowed. He was between two guards.
It was not that ne needed support.
The guards were close, so that no
sudden failing of the arms, no quick.
frantic resistance, might occur.
They need not have feared.
Walks Steadily to Death.
Bruno Hauptmann was walking to
his death steadily, with a hint of a
spring to his stride. just as it was at
his Pennington trial day after day.
The clergymen kept on reading
aloud.
While the door to the death house
was opened, the witnesses listened as
though expecting some sound to come
from the five condemned men who
remained behind-flve who must some
day follow the trail Hauptmann was
walking.
But there was no sound. The five
Evening star., 1936-04-04
MRS. HAUPTMANN
WILL CLAIM BODY
Faces Ordeal Today Of Per.
forming Task at Trenton
Prison.
Nv the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., April Airs.
Anna Hauptmann faced the ordeal
today of returning to Trenton and
claiming the body of her husband,
who died in the electric chair for
the Lindbergh babys murder.
AS his nearest relative" the wife,
who declared. "he was innocent; I
am not aShamed-1 am proud OF him,
was expected to arrive some time be-
fore noon to perform the task at
the New Jersey State Prison.
She will come from her apartment
in the Bronx, where she sought con-
ISOLATION with her 3-year-old son,
Manfred, after an outburst of hyS-
terical weeping that ended with her
locking herself in room for 20
minutes, while friends battered at the
door, fearing she would harm herself.
Mrs. Hauptmann next will follow
her husbands instruction that his
body be cremated. Friends also eX-
pected her to comply with his ex-
pressed wish that she remain for
a while in the United States"
Faith Is "Unfaltering."
The Rev. John Matthiesen, Haupt-
mann's spiritual adviser, said the
cremation would be at Fresh Ponds
crematory in Queens, N. Y, or in
Linden. N. J., where the body Of
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr, was Gre
mated.
My faith in my husband is un-
faltering I know that he passed
away like a Christian who believed in
his Cod Mrs. Hauptmann said in a
statement issued for her when she
left Trenton after the execution.
Il feel not ashamed, but proud Of
him. I know the truth will be known
and that his innocence will come to
light.
They have taken away from me
my faithful husband and a loving
father from my child" she said.
The Rev. Matthiesen, after the exc
cution, brought Anna a message from
Bruno. dictated before he walked to
the chair
The message gave directions for the
disposal of his body. expressed the
wish that she stay for awhile" in
this country. and said, Il shall
always be with you in spirit"
Was "Ready to Die"
Hauptmann told the minister to
say he felt at peace and was ready
to die.
Newsboys were shouting. Extra
extra, Hauptmann dead" when Anna
left for New York last night escorted
by four policemen and two detectives
In the Stacy-Trent Hotel and or
the street men and women stood aside
when the haggard woman passed. She
entered an automobile while the
street crowd looked on silently.
She was still wearing the gay
checked Spring suit in which she
paid her last visit to Hauptmann in
his death cell and made her frantic
trip to Pennington before the execu-
ton to swear out a warrant against
Paul H Wendell in an attempt to save
her husbands life.
Sat Waiting for Reprieve.
In the same checked suit, she sat
in her hotel room awaiting word of
q reprieve that never came.
From the window, she could see the
f1oodlights at the prison where Haupt-
mann walked to his death.
The woman whose last farewell in
person to the condemned man had
been I'll see you again"-who had
seen him thrice saved from death
never abandoned hope.
When, at 8;4712 the word came,
"He's gone" she Sobbed, "Oh God,
why did you have to do this? dom
want to live any longer"
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Warden Recalls
Invitations Given
To Death Witnesses

B. the Associated Press.
TRENTON. N. j., April 4-In-
vitations to Bruno Hauptmann'
electrocution, which would make
souvenirs, are back in their place
of origin-the warden's office.
Prison guards collected all in
vitations last night just before
the invites entered the death
house It was an unusual pro-
cedure.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

than a minute, and the headpiece
fitted.
8:43. Elliott spun the wheel for the
first shock.
The body of the baby murderer.
Hauptmann, stiffened, lurched at the
straps.
8:44. Elliott applied a second shock.
8:45. A third. Elliott sent a final
1000 volts through the body and then
turned of the current.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

aEcE S HH aoPEHh oF THE 5lSH 1sTu5 81
COLUMBIA Washington. March Is. 1886
The s1st al annual Hiao meeting Of the members rs
tie District of Columbia will be held on the
hrSt Monday IN April tthe sixth proXlmo1
a. the office OF the company. No. 1901 II
Street Northwest, commencing at IL O'Clock
noon.
tion OF directors. selected from the mem
bers. to conduct the affairs of the COM
pany; IS required to be held at the annual
The bylaws Of the company provide that
a. the annual meeting the first order of
business shall be the election of a chairman
ing two directors shall be elected for term
OF three years; and that in the voting for
directors the polls shall chose at o'clock
pm:
:, The annual statement will be ready for
distribution. at the office of the company
L. PIERCE BoTELER. Secretary.
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St NV. May 6. 1886. at $3.50 pm. for
elect eiecti9n 2ro + oficers and directors. Polls
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The Washington times., 1936-12-10
0FFENSE
SPEED fine
HELD HARSH

Characterizing the present po-
lice practice of suspending the
permits of first offenders con-
victed of speeding as harsh, un-
just and generally unsatisfactory" !"
the advisory board Of the Keystone
Automobile Club last mig n t
adopted a resolution urging
greater leniency for this group Of
traffic violators.
Opposition to the diversion Of
motor vehicle taxes to other than
highway and related uses was also
expressed.
A committee consisting of Ar
thur j. Sudlun, Edwin S. Hege and
L. Perry West was appointed to
study problems arising from the
increasing use of automobile trail
erS,
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

4 4"Nowwe eat Asp Bread
all the time. MONS glad
because she says it's good
for us, but we don't eat
it for that reason, we eat
A&P Bread because it
tastes so good"
The Washington times., 1936-12-10


Nv CARL L. BEMIES Vtuted the Magic Fire music for tn
ru.ouoo, = rhomos vo,np programmed "Sonnetto del P
- t.O ., - 80 trarca No. 2" Qiszt) there wer
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

'tuted the Magic Fire music for the
programmed "Sonnetto del Pc
trarca No. 2" (Liszt), there were
those present who reported how
beautifully the "Sonnetto" was
performed!
MendelSsohn'S italian Sym
phony" is a pure German express
sion Of delight. It was the COM
poSer's expression Of his visit to
Rome, during which he was
fascinated by the festivals, the
colorful dances and the charming
songs of the people. The theme
shown above gives the stamp Of
joy to the first movement.
The italian Symphony" will be
heard on the next program of the
U. S. Navy Band Symphony Or
cheStra Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at the Navy Yard Sail Loft.
The Interstate Male Chorus,
under the direction Of Clyde B.
Aitchison, will give the following
program tonight at $50 o'clock
in the Federal Auditorium at 18th
st. and Constitution Ave. N. W.:
"NocteS Surgentes," (Sullivan)
"Cato'S Advice" (Huhn); Eve
ming serenade," (PacrIe); "The
Lotus Flower" (Schumann)
"Volga Boatman Song" Carr.
TuthilD "At Fathers Door," Carr.
Davison); d-Sightin g."
(Grieg): "An Ode to Music"
(Schuff); I'm Transit" Born
schein) Sylvia" (Speaks); "Ab-
sent" (Metcalf); Rolling Down
to Rio" Germany "Hallelujah
Chorus from "The Messiah"
(HandeD.
Anne Helene MonSon, soprano,
will sing the following: Pace,
pace, mio DID," from The Force
of Destiny" CVerdD; "Jeg Elsker
Dig" (Grieg); "a Spirit Flower" "
Campbell -Tipton); Villa" from
The Merry Widow" Oehar)
and with the chorus, Spring
Night" (Filke).
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
BOY REFUSED DOCTOR

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.
God will take care Of our boy"
proudly asserted the Rev. L. M.
Hart, pastor of the Full Gospel
Church, today, as his 16-year-old
son, lay seriously injured with a
fractured skull and a broken col
larbone at his home and members
Of the preachers congregation
prayed in the tiny bedroom.
The boy was struck by an au-
tomobile while he was riding his
bicycle to deliver telegram. He
was rushed to a local hospital,
but his parents were adamant in
their refusal to permit medical
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

And there's reason why A&P Bread is
tustier, fresher, smoother! It's mode OF only
the finest ingredients money con buy
blended and baked by master A&P Bakers.
Try loaf today We know you'll agree it's
q tustier, fresher, better bread - and one
that costs you less money, tool
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

treatment. Physicians expressed
fear for the boys life.
ALI afternoon and all night long
the pastor and his wife watched
over their son, praying almost con
stantly. This morning they smil
ingly announced:
1--WE don't need any doctors,
Ralph Is much better"
The preacher said it was not the
first time faith and prayer had
saved his boy. When Ralph was 9
child, his back was broken in q
fall. But he was cured "the same
way the Lord cured my tubercu
losis and cancer" the father as
serted.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
Railroad Man Dies
OF 11,OOO-VoIt Shock

Effects of a shock from a II 900
volt high.tension wire which he
touched in the railroad yard be.
hind Union Station proved fatal
last night to Allen w. Ecker, So,
a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
engineer living in Baltimore.
Ecker is said to have piloted q
train into the depot here when,
intending to make an inspection,
he climbed on top Of the engine
and accidentally brushed against
the power line. He was given first
aid at the station, and later re.
moved to Emergency Hospital,
where he died.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

BY CARL L. DENIES
Thomas L. Thomas, young
Welsh-American baritone, was
greeted yesterday afternoon in
his Shoreham Hotel recital, by a
most hearty showing of apprecia-
ton and occasional cries Of
bravo" from the large audience
that seemed to feel that a NJ
singer had been discovered"
Thomas has a voice that is mel
low and pleasing to listen to; his
diction is given with care; his
resonance carries the tones well;
his breath control needs steady
ing; but his voice is not large
nor deep, leaning more toward
the tenor timbre.
Thomas has gracious stage
presence that will carry him far.
He won his way into the heart
of the sophisticated audience and
responded with several encoreS;
his second group Of songs was
interrupted for some time when
he sang the Negro spiritual,
Sweet Lii Jesus Boy" the audi
ence evidently desiring a repeti-
ton of this number.
DR.. Kurt Hetzel, Washington
pianist-conductor, made a decided
impression when he played his
own arrangements of the Magic
Fire Music from "Walkyrie," and
Isolde's Love Death from "Tr1s-
tan and Isolde" CWagneD, after
which he responded with Sig
mund's Love Song as an encore.
Hetzel seemed more at home
with the Wagner music; there
was more poetic expression as
if It's delineation were a part
Of is personal feelings. While
the Chopin works, Prelude, Noe.
turne and ValSe, were delivered
with technical care and singing
melodic lines, they lacked the
authority of the Wagner numbers.
Musician Albert SChoepper was
given a rousing ovation last night
when he played the dr. nbroSio
Concerto for Violin and Orches-
ira in B Minor" with the
United States Marine Band Sym
phony orchestra, at the Marine
Barracks.
Capt. Taylor Branson led the
orchestra through a careful and
sympathetic accompaniment for
this melodious concerto. Schoep'
per had played this concerto sew
eral weeks ago during a Wednes'
day night concert and the re-
quests for a repetition Of the
work were so large in number
that it was scheduled again last
night.
Captain Branson led the or
chestra through a brilliant read
ing of Mozart's symphony No
40 in G Minor" with delicacy
Of feeling for the strong melodic
contrasts contained therein. The
bright humor of the Menuetto
or third movement was only sur
passed by the revelry Of the merry
Finale movement.
When Robert Schumann first
heard Mendelssohn's Scotch
Symphony" a friend playfully
told him previously that it was
the composers italian Sym
phony." Schumann, upon hearing
the work, declared it so charming
ly represented Italy as to COM
pensate for never having been
there!
Ali of which goes to prove that
music does not speak an infallible
language nor is the stamp of any
one country always evident. When
Rachmaninoff recently subSti-
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
Burglars Steal Bond
And Jewel From Man

Harry E. McKenny, Of 1923 o
st. N. W., reported to police today
that his place had been entered
last night and a bond of the
Washington Gas Company stolen.
The bond had three coupons at
tached, he said, each worth $3.50.
An opal pin set in a 24-karat vel"
low gold frame was also taken,
he said
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
A. F. Baxter Heads
Auto Paris Group

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 G.N.S).
A. F. Baxter, of Buffalo, N. Y,
was elected president of the Ma
tional Automotive Parts Associa-
ton at the closing session Of its
twelfth annual meeting.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
Theme from First Movement, italian Symphony"
by Mendessohn

"A SUGGESTION USING prescribing the daily theme:
Muny teachers of appreciation ddve their pupils clip and
paste them on filing card NTH composers at the top
file them alphabetical orderJ
The Washington times., 1936-12-10

GEN. G. r. REYNOLDS
p. m. today at the Army and Navy
Club.
Surgeon General Reynolds will
be the guest Of honor and Lieut..
Earl H. Christian will be in charge
of arrangements.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
The World of Music

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RESERVE UNIT
HOLDS ANNUAL
FETE TODAY

The annual dinner Of the Medi-
cal Department Of the Army Re
serve Officers will be held at 1880
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-02-06

ready to sell soon. Several Of the
ladies have helped them with it.
Mrs. Carl Slaybaugh is quite sick
and her SON, Jewel Slaybaugh, and
wife have come home to care for
her.
The All cooking club held a meet
ing at Mrs. BenSon'S home last
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Dahlin had an all-day quilt
ing at her home last Wednesday.
A dozen ladies were present and a
few men in spite Of the cold wealth
er and all enjoyed a good dinner.
Ray Kuh and Norman WEIGH
were dinner guests Of Leo Monta-
que last Tuesday and Bob WEIGH
was a guest of Vic Mcclure.
The same evening they played
basketball with Richland grades and
won. The grade girls played also
and lost to Richland.
John Mccoy went to Portland on
Sunday, where he will take a course
in DIESEL engineering.
Mrs. Tholman is i'll at her home. 9
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EVENTUALITIES

Friday, February =
Needle Club with Mrs. H. w.
Withers
Chekola Club, Mrs. Ralph Mat
theWS
J. English Lutheran Ladies' Aid with
Mrs. Lewis Tweedt
Highlands Women'S Club
Highlands Improvement club, 8
pm.
Valley Grange with Locust Grove
as guests, 8 p. m.
* y
Saturday, February s.
Pomona Grange at Finley, 2:30
Liberty theatre, 1.-THE LittleSt
Rebel with Shirley Temple.
Sunday, February g.
Churches, see notices.
Liberty, same as Saturday.
Monday, February 10
OAR. with Mrs. o. P. Miller
Unity class, city hall, 2 pm.
Bluebirds, $3.50.
Shewa Camp Fire Girls, pm.
Boy Scouts, Troop &c, in M. E.
church basement, 7:30.
Troop 81, Christian church, 7:30
Troop 20, Highlands clubhouse.
Pasco-Kenn orchestra
Townsend. Club No. 1, English
Lutheran church, 7:30
!: Oddfellows at hall.
r. Business Girls dinner at home of
Mrs. A. H. Meyer, Gas pm.
City B. B. League-Profs VS.. C-B;
and L. G. VS.. Brick.
Tuesday, February IL
Kiwanis Luncheon, Genes
Kankakee club, Mrs. Leigh Bea-
IT, mer.,
Eashatuaya Camp Fire Girls at
e.. 7 o'clock. go $780,
Schubert Club, 8 pm. -.
Rebekahs initiation, 7:30.
B. b. game-Highland grange VS..
Yakima County Champs at
& high school at 7:30. rs
Wednesday, February 12-
Kenn Bridge Club, Mrs. j. H.
Siegfried, one o'clock luncheon.
General M. E. aid, Mrs. A. H.
Meyer, 2 o'clock.
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Helen KenniSon of Grandview was
an over night guest of Nellie Thurs
ton Wednesday.
Joe Siegfried of San Francisco
arrived Sunday to spend a two
weeks vacation with his parents.
G. w. F'ristoe of Prosser, Mrs.
Jennie Chellis of Kennewick and
H. S. Hughes of Hover were elected
as delegates to the state school di-
rectors convention which is to be
held February II and IL at the Spo-
kane hotel in Spokane.
The business girls will have a
dinner and business meeting at the
home of Mrs. A. H. Meyer Monday
February 10, at Gas. All members
are asked to phone Betty Schuehle
before Saturday whether or not they
are planning to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Pratt cele-
brated their thirteenth wedding an
niversary Wednesday evening with
a dinner at their home. Later two
tables were in play with high hon
ors going to Roy Stafford and low
and travelling prizes to E. A. Sill
man.
Grandma Tucker, who passed
away few days ago, is being ship
ped here for burial from Salem,
Oregon. There will be short serv-
ice about $3.50 tomorrow afternoon
at the cemetery, interment being
made in the local cemetery. Mrs.
Tucker is the mother of v. l. Tuck
err, former residents of Hover.
Ali girls who have their petitions
in for Rainbow Girls are asked to
meet at the Masonic hall at 8 pm
Saturday afternoon, Febrauay Is.
A dinner will be served in honor of
the girls at 6 o'clock and A. j..
Swindle, supreme inspector in
Washington, will be present in the
evening to oversee the instituting
| of the new organization.
! A pre-school meeting was held at
the home of Mrs. E. S. Black Mon
day evening with Mrs. Boldt and
Mrs. Barbee assisting. Mrs. w. G..
Smith of Walla Walla gave an in
teresting talk on ''The Value and
Aim of the Organization" Mrs. l..
w. Stark resigned as president and
Mrs. Sorensen was elected in her
place. The other officers elected for
the Kennewick organization were:
Mrs Stone vice president; Mrs. r.
Gowing, secretary and Mrs. Larry
| Oliver, treasurer.
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ROAD MEN TO
MEET HERE

Civic organizations in the towns
along the upper Columbia are still
working on the North Bank road.
Representative Fred Kemp has
called a meeting Of the special ROAD
committee Of the Mid-Columbia
chamber Of commerce for tomorrow
friday night at the club rooms in
Kennewick. Committeeman from
Goldendale to PaSco have Signified
their intention to be present when
ways and means of speeding action
On the upper stretch Of the road will
be taken up.