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The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Twin SERVICES
TO MARK DEATH
OFT, NJ, KNAPPEN
Rites Tomorrow Here
and in Hollywood

Funeral services for Theodore
Macfarlane Knappen. 81, prom
inent Washington journalist and
economist, who died wednesday
at the home of a sister in Holly
wood, Cal. will be held at IL a..
m. tomorrow in Hollywood, while
simultaneous services will be con-
Quoted here at p. m. at All
Souls Memorial Church.
The Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett,
pastor of All Souls Memorial
Church, will officiate at the local
services. The body of Mr.. Knap-
pen will be cremated and the ashes
brought to Washington.
LONG RESIDENT HERE
Mr.. Knappen, who made his
home at 1925 Tilden St. N. W.,
had lived in Washington since
1919. He went to the California
home of his sister, Mrs. L. K.
Woollett about 10 months ago.
Born in Poynette. Wis, in 1871,
Mr.. Knappen was graduate of
the University of Minnesota in
1891. Following service with the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Railways from 1891 to 1893, he
entered newspaper work, and was
associate editor of the Minneapolis
journal for eight years. From
1908 to 1916, he engaged in land
settlement enterprises which took
him from Florida to British Co
lumbia, following which he re-
entered Journalistic work as war
Industries analyst and commen-
tator for the New York Tribune.
EDITED TRADE JOURNAL
For the past II years, he had
been editor of the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers Association and
was associate editor and Washing
ton correspondent of the Maya
zine of Wall Street.
He was a member Of Phi Beta
Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraterni-
ties, and the National Press and
Cosmos clubs here.
Mr.. Knappen is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Nellie M. Knappen,
who left Wednesday by plane for
California; three sons, Judson
Norcross Knappen and A. Macfar-
lane Knappen, both of Washing
ton, and Theodore Temple KNAPP
pen, of New York City, and a
daughter, Phoebe Knappen, of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Capt. NV. S. Peters Dead

Funeral arrangements were be-
ing made today for Capt. James
w. S. Peters, prominent local at
torney and former Army officer
who died suddenly yesterday at
his residence, 1882 Connecticut
Ave. N. w.
Captain Peters, descendant Of a
Colonial family of Virginia, was
the son of DR.. william E. Peters,
professor of Latin and Greek at
the University of Virginia for
many years. He was born in
Marion, Va, in 1874, and earned
his bachelor of science, bachelor
of arts and doctor of laws degrees
from the institution where his
father taught.
He first began the practice of
law in Boston. His work took him
to London, where he lived for two
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Mrs. Archer Rite Sunday

Last rites for Mrs. Nellie Eliza
beth Archer, a sister of Chief
Justice William H. Gray, of the
Supreme Court of California. will
be held tomorrow at 10 a. m. at
the home of her daughter. Mrs.
James F. Hand. 7407, Wisconsin
Ave. Bethesda, Md. Burial will
be Sunday in Riverview Gene
terry, Richmond, Va.
Born in Durham, N. c., April
Is, 1884, Mrs. Archer was a grad
uate nurse of the Durham Gen
eral Hospital. She practiced her
profession until her marriage to
Charles E. Archer, contractor, in
February. 1908, in Brunswick
county, Va. They made their
home in Richmond until coming
to Washington Is years ago.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

years. Upon his return to the
States, he came to Washington.
During the World War, he
served in the ordnance division OF
the War Department and was sta
toned here and at Detroit, Mich
He returned to Washington at the
close of the war, and resumed the
practice of law.
He was a member of the Ma.
tional Municipal League, the
American Bar Association, the
D. C. Bar Association, Army and
Navy Club, University Club, Army
and Navy Country Club, and the
Optimist Club.
His widow, the former Miss
Edna Bishop, Of Wanetka, ILL.,,
survives.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
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The Washington times., 1938-10-28

During her residence here, Mrs
Archer spent the greater part
travelling throughout the United
States. She visited in almost
every State in the Union ano
recently had returned from a
trip to Florida.
In addition to her husband, she
leaves three daughters, Mrs
Hand, Mrs. John F. Keene, OF
Bethesda, Md, and Mrs. Frank
IS. Henray, Fort Riley, Kan, and
a son. Leroy Charles Archer, OF
this city.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
ROSA MITCHELL
Final Rite Scheduled
For Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa
C. Mitchell, IS, widow of Clifton
Mitchell, building contractor, will
be tomorrow at 2 p. M, at the
Gasch Funeral Home, 46 Mary
land Ave-, Hyattsville, Md. The
Rev. Reginald Hall, pastor of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, of which
lshe was a member, will officiate.
Burial will be in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Mrs. Mitchell was born in Wash
ington and educated in the Dis
trict public schools.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Gen. LeitCh' S Funeral
Tomorrow on Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81
U.N.SD.-Funeral services will be
held tomorrow for Major General
Joseph D. Leitch, rs, U. S. A. re-.
tired, who succumbed last night
at Letterman Military Hospital
after long illness.
General Leitch was secretary of
the War College in 1928 and
received several medals for his
work during the World War. His
war service included commands
Of the Eighth and Thirteenth
Divisions.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
MRS. BERRY
Funeral to Be Held
Here TOMORROW

Final rites for Mrs. Martha F.
Berry, former educator, who died
yesterday at her home, 1017 Eighth
st. N. W., will be held tomorrow
at 4 p. m. at the Martin Hysong
funeral chapel, 1900 N st. N. w,
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
A son, Raymond H. Berry, an
attorney of Detrict, a brother,
Frank Ward, Of Parkerburg, w.
Va, and a granddaughter, Martha
Jane Berry, Of Detroit, survive.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

Another public enemy No. 1 snuffed
out. The cruel "Lamp-post of the
Green He'll" was BraEils king of
crime for % years. Then he added
really lost his head. thrilling true
life story in The American Weekly,
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

Best wishes, but blgamy is danger.
Ous." 1t was only = telegram from
his wife to the millionaire aboard his
honeymoon yacht but IL turned out to
be q storm signal rs well-for soon
there came q matrimonial hurricane.
Read this Illustrated feature Of mari.
tai troubles in The American Weekly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
GROWS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, Dec. 1-(UP)--New Eng lands general business activity jumped 6.8 per cent in October over September, the New England coun- cil reported today.
 The councils October index equalled that of the corresponding 1887 month for the first time this year.
 "The increase" the council said, lis the result of the speedy restora- ton of public services and transpor- tation facilities following their in- terruption" byb the September hur- ricane and floods.
 Compared with October 1887, the index components'. percentage chang eS were: wool consumption up 56, shoe production up 36, cotton spin- dle activity up IA; electric power production up 1, metal tonnage re- ceipts off 2, carloadings off II and industrial employment in Massa- chusettS, exclusive of shoes and textiles, off IS.
 "A favorable fourth quarter" the council said, Twill be dependent up- on improvement in the rate of cot- ton spindle activity, wool consump- tion and shoe production. The tex- tiles and shoe industries in New England have reflected 8 tendency to reverse the strong upward move ment the first eight months of 1888. While the cotton, wool and she industries in October were :. above October 1897. all three have re- ported decreases from higher levels obtaining in August of this year."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
THREE-ACT COMEDY TO BE PRESENTED

"The Ghost Flies South, three act comedy by Frederick Jackson, will be presented by the Bunker Hill Players Wednesday evening, Decem- Der 7th, in the Bunker Hill church gymnasium. The production will be under the direction of Miriam Hurl- burt and promises to be one of the outstanding dramatic events of the winter season. The play will be a new one, full of sprightly dialogue and amusing situations, and this fact, coupled with the unusual abil- ity of the cast, should assure a pro- duction of professional smoothness.
 Included in the cast will be: Mrs. Howard Freemen, Mrs. Warren Rob- bins, Herbert Carlburg, Katherine Colgrove, Roland Keaveny, Miriam Hurlburt, Mrs. E. w. Pierpont, Dom aid Rogers, Mrs. Roland Latimer, Ralph Storey, and Mrs. Gordon Wells. Harry Bartlett will be stage manager for the prduction, Lillian Loeffler heads the costume commit tee, and Richard Platt will be in charge. of lighting.
 The curtain will rise promptly at eight-fifteen. Children will be ad- mitted only in the company of adults.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
NONSTOP FLIGHT
 COST HIM $3O.9l

New York, Dec. 1.-CUP).-John M. Jones estimated today that it had cost him $S0.91 to fly nonstop from Los Angeles to New York in his rScotter" plane.
 He landed at Roosevelt field late yesterday, 30 hours and 37 minutes after leaving Los Angeles. He had flown 2,785 miles and set new dis tance record for light planes.
 The trip, he said, was "plee-. and uneventful." He cruised at 91 miles an hour, at an altitude of B. poo feet.
 The plane has four-cylinder mo- tor of 50 horsepower and burns three and a half gallons of gasoline an hour. Without fuel. it weighs only $50, pounds. Its regular gas tanks has only g 12-gallon capacity. He took of, however, with 146 gallons ! fuel load 1.200 pounds, almost twice the weight of the plane. The motor used less than one quart of pill on the trip, and there were 23 yal1ons of gasoline left.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
BY ALLEN c. DIBBLE United Press Staff Correspondent

Oxon Hill, Md, Dec 1-(UP)-The father of Kidnapped Mary Brown went personally to national offices of the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation today to seek aid of the G. men in the hunt of his abducted 18-year old daughter.
 Believing his daughter has been attacked and murdered. William E t. Brown, a government employe in the National capital, asked aid of G-men in hunting down the men who forced her into a truck last night on the outskirts of Washing ton.
 While Brown sought federal aid volunteer firemen, eco boys and neighbors formed a posse to search the neighborhood where the dark eyed convent girl was abducted.
 Many On Hunt
 The hunt on the scene was led by score of Maryland state police, hurried here by Gov. Harry Nice of Maryland after an appeal from Brown. The state police were un- der command of Capt. Edwin John son.
 Lucy Brown, 15-year old sister of Mary who escaped the abductors by fleeing across fields, provided offi- cers with their first tangible clue.
 Accompanied by Baltimore detec- tives and Maryland state police, she returned to the muddy road seven miles from downtown Washington where her sister was seized. The officers located tire tracks of the spot where Mary struggled with the two men. At the side of the road,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
Red Cross Roll Call $4,729.O1

Red Cross Roll Call returns: Pre- viOusly acknowledged: $3,878.99. American Brass company, S1 addi- ti0nal; BroOkside Diaries, Inc, S8; Buy Rite -Sell-Rite Co.,. $23; Bris- tOl Co.,, $33.25; Liggett Drug Co.,, $5.25; Lilley Bldg, SEQ; Manufac- turers Foundry, $16.85; Musler- Liebeskind, $27.05; Nathan Hale Mo tors, Inc, S5; Root & Boyd, $5; Waterbury Clock Co. S20; Water bury Police Department, $1 addi- tionaI; Kingsbury school, 8; Null cahy, $1; Webster school, $9 Well ton school, S4; Starview avenue, West and Kalamazoo, Mrs. F. Mac GreggOr, $1O; Frank street, Mrs. J. c. Guilfoile, s; Robbins street to Merrill street, Mrs. c. J. Daly, $6; Robbins street to Merrill street, Miss Doris Horton, S2; Country Club Rd., Eastfield Rd., and Oron0ke Rd., Mrs. Alfred A. Baldwin. $1, additional; Herkimer street and Grace avenue, Mrs. J. c. Reynolds, S16; Amaryllis street, Clinton and Hawley, Mrs. Irving Tolles, $22; Concord street and Lexington avenue, Mrs. Walter Van Tassel S15.
 South end of Fairlawn Ave. to Homestead Ove., Mrs. Sidney Cook, $8; Fiske St., Mrs. Richard Jeter, $40; Calumet, Fleming, and Kenil- worth Sts., Mrs. F. w. Barry, SIS; Kellogg St., Mrs. Dutt0n Lilley, $4; Hillside Ave-, No. 15 to 155, Mrs. Walter Makepeace, S1. additional; First Congregational Church, Miss Ruth Camp, $2; Bucks Hill; Mon toe Rd.; Grassy Hill; GreystOne: BOyden St. above No. 355, Mrs. Roy Ferris, $31; Hamilton Ave. 786 up; Peach Orchard Rd., Farrell St., East Mountain Rd., Mrs. Wendall Cross, $50; Baldwin St. No. 172O to end, Mrs. David Whitney, $1. additional; Thinsheet Metal Company, $38.25; Waterbury Paper Box Company, S104.5O; RowIand's Insurance Com pany, $5; WOodbury Branch, Miss Lottie Hitchcock, Chairman, S273.87; David Fannick Post Aux, No. 91, J. w. w., $2; Altar Society, Sacred Heart Church, $5; office subscrip- tions, $S; mail subscriptions, $9.
 Total returns to date: $4,729.O1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
Fire, Police Budgets
 Tentatively Approved
No Drastic Changes School Departments Estimates to Be Considered ShOrtIy-BOard Meets Tonight

to cutting of personne1 by 37 in the fire department are not to be put in force, however. Nor are drastic changes to be made in conduct of the police department.
 So far as the school department is concerned, The Democrat learned that the finance board is leaving this departments budget until the last and that it has been discussed only informally up until the present
 The finance board will meet again tonight at 7:30 o'clock, changing the hour from 4 o'clock, the regular time for this meeting, to suit the convenience of Mayor Frank Hayes. This was decided last night after the mayor had commented that the board could start its deliberations at the usual time but that he would be absent, due to his presence being required at the grand jury affair at superior court.
 Approaching Deadline
 The finance board has given ten- tative approval to most of the budg- cts of the smaller departments, to those of the police and fire, and the school budget, constituting as it does more than one-third of the entire amount to be appropriated for city expenditure next year, is being held in abeyance until the last minute. Reason for this is the necessity to de- termine the city's financial position on the eve of submission of the budget outline to the board of al- derman, next Monday.
 The budget for the school depart ment amounted at $1,764,0 4,043.50 last year about three times as much as the fire, street and police depart ment estimates, $200,000 more than general financial item of the con- troller's office. Of this total, $1, ,4OO,- 735 was for regular salaries in the instruction category.
 Final Word
 AS relates to the report published in morning paper that the High land avenue fire house would be closed, The Democrat learned from a reliable source today that this is not the present understanding of the finance board. So far as the al- dermen voting to cut personnel clos ing public buildings the possibility appeared remote than majority vote could be summoned for such proposals. Thus, the board ot finance remains the final word, ir manner of speaking, where these suggested curtailments are con. cerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
HENRY FORD FOR
 JEW REFUGEES
FavOrs Limited Admission to This Country ~ Jobs
 Will Be Plentiful

Detroit, Dec. 1.-UP)--Henry Ford urged a limited admission of refugees from Germany into the United States today. He said they would be "a real asset to our coun- try" and that he would do eTery- thing possible toward helping op- pressed Jews rebuild their lives.
 He made the statement after & conference with Rabbi l.. M. Frank lin. He praised Jewish workers for their ability and loyalty.
 His statement follows:
 , T believe that the United States cannot fail at this time to maintain its traditional role as haven for the oppressed. I am convinced not only that this country could absorb many of the victims of oppression who must find refuge outside their native lands, but that as many of them as could be admitted under our quota system would constitute a real asset to our country. Be- cause of their special adaptability in the fields of production, diStri- button and agriculture, they would offer to the business of this coun- try new impetus at a time like this when it is badly needed. Hun- dreds of Jewish men now employed in our plants show marked ability and loyalty, and if the turnover among them is sometimes compara- lively high, it is indicative of their Justified ambition to improve them selves.
 Germans Not All Alike
 Tt is my opinion that the Ger man people, as a whole, are not in sympathy with their rulers in their anti-Jewish policies, which is the work of few war makers at the top.
 My acceptance of medal from the German people does not, as some people seem to think, involve any sympathy on my part with NaziSm, Those who have known me for many years realize that any, thing that breeds hate is repulsive to me.
 T am confident that the time is near when there will be SO many jobs available in this country that the entrance of few thousand Jews or other immigrants, will be negligible.
 q believe that the return-to-the- land movement is one of the ulti- mate solutions of our economic problems. In this movement, the Jews of the old world can play a significant part. I am wholly sympathetic with the movement to give the oppressed Jew an oppor- tunity to rebuild his life in this country and I, myself, will do every thing possible toward that end.'
 Error of His Career
 Fifteen years ago Ford's newspa- per, the Dearborn Independent, con- ducted an extended Anti-Semitic campaign. He is said to regard that incident as the greatest error of his career. At its height, Aaron Shapiro, lawyer, sued Ford for $5,- Shapiro lawyer, suer Ford for $5,- 100000 alleging that he had been ibeled as an individual member of the Jewish race.
 The Independents campaign against Jews continued for about year. It included an alleged translation of the Talmud in terms which were derogatory to Jews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
GOV. CROSS FILLS
 TWO VACANCIES

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 1 = U.Po Vacancies on two state commis- sions, caused by deaths, were filled today by appointments of Governor Cross.
 Mrs. Friede R. Stege, New Canaan will fill out the unexpired term of the late Mrs. Helen E. Lewis, Strat- ford as member of the Merritt Highway Commission. She will serve until July 1, 1941.
 Mrs. Sarah Barney Lefferts, Pom fret Center, succeeded the late Mrs. Rosemary A. Anderson, New Lon- don, on the Long Lane Farm Com mission and will serve until July l, 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-01
Girl Kidnapped By
 Two Truck Riders
Pretty Mary Brown Seized While on Way Home From
 SchOOl-Sister Eludes WOuld=Be CaptOrs

state police found a mans foot print. A plaster impression of the footprint was made.
 Sees Department of Justice
 Brown went to the department of justice after returning from an early 'morning survey of the abduction scene. Accompanied by Lucy and police, he carefully went over the scene where the daughte1 was forced into the truck.
 Then, after returning home with his daughter, he left immediately for the FBI. He held little hope, however, that his daughter still is alive.
 T did have six children" he said. Now I have only five" Lucy's Story of Crime
 Lucy's story of the crime gave credence to the police theory that the girls abduction was for pur- poses other than ransom.
 The girls were returning from Notre Dame academy in Washing ton shortly after p. m. yester- day. A small delivery truck stopped beside them on the country road, Lucy said, and two men offered them a ride.
 We told them mo-" she told po- lice. We said we just had little way to go and would rather walk. "
 The truck drove on short way, and then turned and came back. Both men jumped out.
 They didn't say a word" she said. T ran into some bushes near the road and kept running. heard Mary screaming and looked back. Both men had grabbed her and were throwing her into the truck" Lucy, near collapse when she reached home, could give only a general description of the men. She said they were "big and rough looking
 No Letters on Truck
 The truck, she said, had no letter ing on it but had a license that she did not believe was issued either by the District of Columbia or Mary land. All trucks of the type de- scribed were being stopped by po- lice and their drivers questioned.
 Mary is next to the eldest of six children in the Brown. family which has lived on farm near here for 15 years.
 Yesterday was the first time the girls had walked home from Oxon Hill. Usually they were met by their mother. But arriving in the center of this small suburb of Wash ington, they noted that Mrs. Browns car was parked in front of the family doctors house. They de- decided to start walking, expecting their mother to pick them up far ther along the road.
 Arrived Near Home
 They had arrived within quar- ter mile of home when Mary was kidnapped.
 Mary is an attractive brunette of average height with dark eyes. She and her sister have been going for some time to Notre Dame con- vent attending its high school classes.
 Capt. Edward NICK. Johnson, of the state police, arrived at dawn and took charge of the posse and police.
 Arriving at the rambling, old fashioned farmhouse home of the Browns. Johnson planned to or ganize the farmers, CCC youths and local police for a systematic search of the countryside. State police pa troled all roads.