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The Washington times., 1938-11-02
HOWL. s. TRAPPED
KIDNAPPING GANG!
Radio Song, Bells,
Click of Billiard
Balls, Clues
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES Il. AALOALAEN
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 G.N.s).
Radio music, the tolltng Of church
bells and the clicking of billiard
balls-these were the clues, it was
disclosed today, that led G-Men
to the solution Of three kidnap-
ings, one of which involved mur-
der.
BY doggedly following these
clues, the G-Men cleared UP all
three mysteries and identified
four men as the abductors and
killers.
Murder SOlUed
Outstanding in this amazing
coup, as outlined by J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, was the So
luton Of the murder of Arthur
Fried, 80, wealthy White Plains
IN. W contractor, who was kid
naped December 4 last.
The arrest of the four men and
the confessions they aIegedly
made revealed, Hoover said, that
the gang-ehagrined by the fail
ures to collect $500. 900 shot Fried
to death and burned his body in
the furnace Of Ukrainian HALL
S17 East Sixth ST., New York
city. y
It was from the two Kidnapped
men who were allowed to live
Benjamin Farber, SO, prosperous
coal merchant Of Brooklyn, and
Norman Miller, 10, also of Brook
lyn-that the clues came that led
to the roundup Of the kidnap ring.
R0nsOrns Paid
Farber was kidnapped April IS,
1898, from in front Of a National
City Bank branch in Brooklyn,
and taken to q hideout in a va
cant store and pool room ut 211
East Sixth St., New York. He
was released the same day on
payment of $1,000 ransom.
Miller, son of Charles Miller,
owner of a produce market, was
kidnapped July "a, 1888, in Brook
Continued ON Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-11-02
PrOfiteering Done

Congressional circles were
stirred shortly after the Army.
Navy game a year ago when
charges were made on Capitol
Hill that certain members of the
secretarial staffs had hiked the
price of tickets to $25 a pair. The
charges however, went unanswered
after promises of an inquiry. It
was limited today the change in
the tickets had been
brought about by these charges.
The Washington times., 1938-11-02

TOKYO, Nov. 2 I.N.S0.-Japan
tonight declared a veritable Mon
roe Doctrine for Asia, with the
official announcement that Nip
pom wants to found a three-power
relationship Of mutual aid and
coordination among Japan, Man
chukuo and China.
The government also held out
what was regarded as an olive
branch to China, now that Can.
ton and Hankow have fallen.
NeuO Policy Demanded
Japan, it was stated. will "not
reject" participation Of the Kuo-
mtntang, the present Chinese ma
tfonalist government, in a new
order" for the Far East. It was
stipulated, however, that the gov
ernment of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-Shek must repudiate its anti.
japanese and pro-C Communist pol
icy, and remold the government
personnel.
One of the basic objectives Of
the Japanese campaign in China
has been removal Of General,
issimo Chang as Chinese die
tator.
Official announcement Of new
policy tailed with the announce
ment in the newspaper Nichi
Nichi. which has close govern
ment connections, that the con.
ception of China as "a colony Of
the western powers" is no longer
applicable.
The Washington times., 1938-11-02
ARMY AND Navy.
GRID" TICKETS
SCARCE ON HILL
Close Supervision
To End Racket

Walls of disappointment sounded
on Capitol Hill today and from
points north, east, south and
west.
West Point and Annapolis have
clamped down on congressional
sale of tickets to the Army-Navy
grid game leaving many "scalpers"
out in the cold and other football
fans innocently beleft of their
chances at tickets.
In order to cut out all chance
of those Gin the know" to receive
the coveted dllcats and hold them
until they could get almost any
price for them the two service
schools did it this way this year:
HOuU 1t Works Out
Each member of Congress IS
given two tickets and an option
on six others. The application
blanks in past years were mailed
to members offices in the Senate
and House office buildings. Bright
attaches Of the legislators Staffs
made it a practice to send for
the eight, give the member his
two and then sell the others at
q premium. In all instances it.
didn't work out this way, how
ever, as athletic-minded memberss
often took fill charge themselves.
m order to stop this racket"
both schools this year sent the
applications to the members resi-
dence, whether it was in San
Antonio, Tex, or Boise. Idaho.
Very Scarce Indeed
In this way members staffs
never got the chance to corner
the tickets unless the member
happened to look in his mail and
forwarded the application to hist
staff here in Washington.
AS most Of the members are
away few tickets were sent here.
Many of the members it is be-
lieved will be without the coveted
tickets this year because the dead
line for sending for them to the
athletic associations was last
Saturday. AS a result tickets in
Congressional ranks are very, very
scarce.
PrOfiteering Done
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21

Delicious Christmas Stolen at the Peerless Bakery, Friday and Satur- day. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
Tin inCanMdtinee 4ac AtCdpitoI Friday
 For Juneau Kids

Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Elks lodge will be hosts to a show at the Capitol Theatre for all Juneau children, the price of admission beging can of food, jar of jelly, etc.
 Santa Claus will make his ap- pearance during the matinee hours, with a supply of candy, fruits, and goodies of all kinds for those at tending the show.
 The Tin Can Matinee" is an annual event, sponsored by the Elks Lodge in connection with the Christmas campaign for the needy, with all food proceeds from the show and receipts from the Tur- key Shoot tonight being used for this purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
Christmas Program eI-by-the-lake
 On Tomorrow Mighf

At 8 o'clock tomorrow evening the Chapel -By-T Lake will give the following Christmas program to which the public out the highway is invited to attend.
 Welcome, by Rosie Maier; Joy to the World, sung by the Sunday School Blessed Little Star, by Mary Ann Webb; Christmas, by Ralph and Dave Mielke.
 o Little Town of Bethlehem, sung by the Sunday School; Merry Christmas, by Elaine Arnold and Kenny Martin; A Recipe, by Jim and Bob Johnsen; Silent, Night, Holy Night, sung by the Sunday School.
 My King, by Glenn Mielke; Christmas Star, by Gene and George Hanna; The Beautiful Story, by the girls choir; Beauti- ful Star, by the girls choir.
 Jesus and the Angels, by Ouida Ward; Tn Bethlenem, Dy bdTIy Lenhart; There's Song in the Air, by the girls choir; Christmas Bells, by the girls choir; The Glad dest Living Time, by Vinton Me Michael
 At the Christmas Tree, by Jack Bareksten; Christmas Carol, by the girls choir; Merry Christmas, b. Joe Render; It Came Upon a Mid night Clear, sung by every one.
 The members of the girls choil are: Rosie Maier, Ouida Ward Marie Hanna, Norma BarekSten Dorothy Jones, Charlene Arnold and Mildred Render.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
SLEITMUT MAN
 E DEVELOPING
 CINNABAR ORES
Likens Mercury Recovery to Days of Little Still
 Under inc Hill

Mining cinnabar ore and recover ing its burden of mercury is just like making whiskey," according to M. P. Mellick, pioneer trader and miner of Sleitmut on the Kusko- kwim River.
 Mellick arrived in Juneau on the Baranof yesterday after a trip to Seattle for three months and was to fly to Fairbanks today with Pac- fife Alaska Airways and thence by plane to his remote home on the middle Kuskokwim.
 In addition to operating a trad ing post at Sleitmut for over 20 years, Mellick has been prospecting and developing the highly valued cinnabar ores occurring in the dis trict in scattered kidneys and lens es.
 Mellick believes he has a good one" this time in referring to the present vein he is working, which he believes is at least 200 feet long and 15 feet wide, with depth known to 200 feet.
 Assays run as high as $400 ton, Mellick said, with quicksilver selling at around S85 a flask, flask weigh ing 76 pounds in market weight in the world to hear from 48 suf- tends to install a ten ton retort with modern condensing apparatus.
 Its going to be lot different from what it was when first start ed in there" he grinned, recalling that twenty years ago, cinnabar miners of the district used to roast their ore in gasoline drums and con- dense the mercury in cooled pipes catching the vapors driven off in the heating process.
 Its just like making whiskey, Mellick said. Except that mercury is worth a lot more to the flask
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
BUSINESS HOUSE TO HAVE WINDOWS
 JUDGED TOMORROW

Christmas windows in the busi- ness district will be judged tomor- row afternoon after the Chamber of Commerce luncheon, according to Chairman of the Christmas Dec orations Committee of the Chamber the Rev. John A. Glasse.
 Rev. Chase said this announce ment is made in order to expel cause for any we didn't have time objections from competitors.
 Judges will decide residential dis trict winners at a later date.
 Those on the committee are the Rev. John A. Glasse, Chairman; Frank Garnick and Charles w Hawkesworth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
Snow Brings indication of White Christmas

Snow, the heaviest of the winter so far, fell in Juneau last night starting at 10:52 and at noon today the Weather Bureau reported a total fall of 48 inches. It is the heaviest fall since last February. On Novem- Der 10 and II a total of 3.4 inches was reported.
 Forecast was for more of the same tonight and tomorrow boding well for a white Christmas, although weather officials pointed out it was a wet snow which could easily turn to rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21

Empire Ads Pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
WILDLIFE AGENT
 WILL GET HOME AT .
 SANTA CLAUS TIME

Expecting to arrive, like Santa Claus, on Christmas Eve, Wildlife Agent Clarence Rhode passed through Juneau yesterday enroute for his home in Cordova aboard the Baranof. For the last six weeks the Alaska Game Commission rep resentative has been on duty in the Ketchikan region. He will get home in time to spend the holi- day with his wife and young son, Jackie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
Turks Will Fall Al EIks Annual Shoot Tonight

It's turkey night at the Elks to- night.
 Starting at g o'clock, following the lodge meeting, the Elks in- vite the public to try their eye on bagging a Christmas bird Herb Redman is in charge of the event and reports there will be an abundance of birds with oppor- tunity for every one to get a fine bird for the Christmas table.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
TRUCE DECLARED,
 DETROIT STRIKE

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2l. A city-wide strike of truck drivers. which would have tied up delivery operations during the Yuletide rush. was called off 45 minutes before scheduled to begin. The suspen- sion of the strike is under tenn porary agreement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
DIR. J. W. EDMUNDs
of Alaska and Seattle


 is now at THE GASTINEAU HO- TEL until December 3lst., at least, EXAMINING EYES FOR GLASS ES, correcting muscular Eye de- fects, etc.
 This is pr. Edmunds' Twelfth Annual Trip in Twenty Years. He is so well and favorably known that further comment is unneces- ssary.
 iE NOW is a good time to have School Children's eyes examined, or to show the Christmas Spirit by having Fathers or Mothers eyes PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT AT ONCE. DON'T DELAY. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
(0RNETT WILL BE
 CHAMBER SPEAKER

Marshal Cornett of Klamath Falls, Ore, District Governor of Ro- tary will be the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon at Percy's Cafe, it was an- nounced today by Secretary R. H. Stevens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec 21. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9as, American Can 100, American Light and Power 5h !, Anaconda 33h, Bethlehem Steel 743s, Commonwealth and Couthern 1h, Curtiss Wrgiht 6M, General Motors 48A. International Harvester 56, Kennecott 42h, New York Gen. tral 18%, Northern Pacific 109s, Safeway Stores 251z, Southern Pac- fife 1875, United States Steel 65A, Bremner bid l asked 2, Pound $4.66.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
B. B. MOzEE HEADS
 BACK TO NOME JOB

B. B. Mozee, U. s. Marshal for the Second Division. arrived in Ju- .neau on the Baranof and was to fly to Fairbanks today on his way back to his duties at Nome
 Mozee took a few prisoners out on the last boat from Nome and has since spent a vacation and business trip in the East and in the Pacific Northwest.
 No patent can be granted on a mere idea or suggestion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
SIMMONS BRINGS
 FOUR YESTERDAY

Shell Simmons came in from a flight to the islands yesterday af- ternoon, bringing in four passengers.
 Joe Repich came in from pex, Margaret Clark and Doris Mae Clark from Hirst and Sam Peko- vich from Hawk Inlet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-21
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 15058, rails 2995. utilities 2l.74.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
THE WEATHER

cover most eastern and far soufh-
western districts.
Light 70 n0derase precipitz-
ton. mostly N fhe fern Of rain.
has occurred from TIE rnld6le
Gull coast northeastNard oEG
the Middle Atlantic and portions
Of the North Atlantic Stztes. -
the Ohio and lower Mizsoasra a.
leys. and from the Norfh Pac1lir
States southeastWard info Cole
RADIO
Temperatures have fallen sume-
what over northeastern sec<ionx
while elsewhere chanees hzve
been unimportant. VII RESINS
generally above normal
G. s KENNEDY.
Official - ChzrEe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15

1t appears that the tables have
been turned on Mr.. William
Pious Watkins and his friend, Mr..
Ii Plummer. The team of Rus
sell Kerr and Cookie Mesa got
real busy and won the game Sun
day morning by eight-up on ac-
count of Mr.. Willie had SO strokes
instead of his usual 80 or SO. Mr..
Plummer thought it would be
nice to make nearly a hundred
and took 1913, while MIR. Cookie
was going great with 45-44, but
that does not seem to be right for
some reason or other. Mr.. Cookie
is a good golfer and a fine talker
but hardly enough expert to give
himself such a score as 80 strokes.
Mr.. Plummer blamed his bad golf
on milk punches, while MIR. CeDk-
lie admitted his good golf was on
account of just plain cistern wa
ter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
Brides 18Th To win

1t seems that the ex-summer-
pro, Mr.. John Joseph Kirschen-
baum, has been able to find the
secret of a good game of golf.
Like the old-time eagle, he is able
to renew his youth or something
like that, because he went out
with his friends a couple of days
ago and made birdie on the last
hole to tie the score even after
he had made a 80 on the first
round. 1t seems that Kirsch got
Doc Willie Penababe Kemp for
partner while Mr.. Melvin Russell
got Mr.. Charlie Salas as a helper
and while Charlie got two 40's
and Melvin had 43-44, it did not
avail them anything on account
of the 18th as played by the afore-
mentioned Kirsch. On the first
round the ex-summer-pro made
the following score 455 454 354
for 80, while Doc took 46 and their
side finished three down. On the
next two holes, Doc got pars and
squared the match but not for
long on account of Mel and Char
lie got threes on the 18th. Then
Penababe made an eight on the
18th and that is where Kirsch
took Willie aside and told him
thing or two, which was mostly
about how to not knock your ball
into the woods. Then they took
a point with par but lost it and
one more on the 18th when Char
lie made neat three and the 9th
ers took fours and left the match
three-up for Mel and Charlie.
On the 18th Mel slipped to six
and that made Doc and Kirsch
two down and up came the 18th
and Kirschenbaum's birdie. Aft
er plopping his second shot on the
green. Kirsch told Willie the only.
chance they had to break even
was for him to sink the putt. O.
course. Charlie and Mel '1affed
up their respective sleeves, but
Johnny Jumpin Jehosophat sur
prised everybody, including him
self, by knocking the putt into the
can for a birdie, two points and q
tie match. and that is why you see
Kirsch smiling these days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
ECONOMIC HICHLICHTS
Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pals, Dividend
Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Ma
tienal and international Problems Insep-
arabic From Local Welfare

rent statistics which are largely
unfavorable.
Some brief items relating to the
state of business follows:
RAILROADS: Carloadings are
seriously down, with railroad re-
venues showing a grave decline.
The ices decision on the Is per
cent rate increase is expected
this month. Railroad heads are
talking of plans for consolidating
lines.
AUTOMOBILE: The outlook
has definitely improved. with
production rising after bad ex-
perience in January when new
passenger car registrations
amounted to only $4,000 units.
as against 100000 in January.
1897. The sales Of typical car. the
Dodge. for the first three weeks
in February were almost IS per
cent above the same weeks in
the preceding month
STEEL: Operating at around 81
per cent of capacity. A more OF
less substantial increase in sfruc-
tural steel bookings is expected
soon, inasmuch as these bookings
have been declining in spite Of a
good volume Of engineering con
tracts awarded
WAR MATERIALS: Here Is a
really booming business. and ev-
cry factor indicates that the year
ahead win see sfin bigger sales.
Almost every country In the
world. large and small. not ex-
cepting the U. s. IS spending
record sums in preparation for
Der Tag.
PRICES: Here IS the great
question mark az present Il IS
likewise one Of the AdminiStra-
tons principal headaches The
President believes in , price pari-
u policy-that IS. that some
prices are too high and some TOO
low. and that a balance must be
reached. A revolutionary trend
now seems % Be underway and Il
is believed that the gold sterili-
zation policy win be modified 50
that some Of the yellow metal
which new has no securities OF
currency out against il VIII be
used 70 enlarge the credit base.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15

The condition of industry and
of investor psychology has been
accurately reflected by the stock
market during the past ten or
twelve month. During the first
four of those weeks, the market
level tended to advance slightly.
with each Saturdays closing fig-
ures showing consistent net gains.
This was caused by the expecta-
ton of q marked early spring up-
turn IN general business. Howev-
er, the upturn was so slight as TO
be almost non-existent, with the
result that for the six weeks
ending March 5, each week saw
a small net loss in prices. There
were no important breaks-values
simply oozed gently downward.
for lack of anything to sustain
them Volume of turnover was
extraordinarily low-in one week
totaling bat 2.67S.S75 shares. the
smallest in more than three years.
Current stock prices. as CON-
pared 70 1887 levels. likewise
provide a fairly accurate compare
son of business activity nov and
then. On March 5. the Ap index
of stocks stood at 445-the 1887
high was 1873 and the low AT.
On The other and. IN spite Of
the lethargy Of business. and the
growing belief that there viii not
be any significant improvement
until fan. the feeling Of most Of
the financial journals has not
been peSsimistie. Thus. Business
Week reports that although no
important changes have occurred
in the level Of industrial activity
sentiment has been somewhat
better The AnnaliSt. dealing
with more tangible factors. SAYS
that there are signs Of improve
ment IN some consumers goods in
dustrieS and IN commodities affee-
ted by speculative demands. The
labor situation has shown marx
cd Improvement in recent months
The Presidents price analysis
was commercially obscure" No
reputable authority Is actually
bulliSh-bui Il is worth recording
that . considerable degree q op-
timism obtains in spite O. the
constant appearance Of new cur
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST

It'll 7:30 p. m, Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday,
with showers Wednesday: mild
temperature; moderate to fresh
southerly winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy. with
showers "Wednesday. and in ex-
tPeme Dorth portion fonight.
4 Jacksonville 10 Florlda Straits,
Moderate fresn southerIy
winds, and partly overcast wealth
er tonight and Wednesday, with
local showers Wednesday.
East ~GQlf: vNpdszate TO fresh
sAAh&rly winds. Shifting to
southwest and west Wednesday
over north portion. and mostly
overcast weather tonight and
Wednesday over north portion,
and mostly overcast weather to-
night and Wednesday, with local
showers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15


A large business and banking bloc
has long favored this. though such
q policy is somewhat inflationary
IN nature
UNEMPLOYMENT. No one
knows how many enployables
are out Of work-everyone knows
the figure Is stin growing In all
probability. the total IS not far
from the 1925 high A few cor
porations. Of which General Mot
ors Is the largest, have started
to cut salaries. but this tendency
has not become widespread As yet
To sum UP. we are today IN a
static period There IS no reason
20 expect either sharp uptlzrnS or
downturns IN the business cycle
or security values for same time
20 cone
The political situation and the
international situation must BE
watched constantly for possible
changes N problems and policies
lit i possible but not probable
fhaf : biz break VII cone N
the next two o. three months All
IN all best foreczxt IS nothing
rsuch vii happen N either field
between nov and late sumner
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
Handsome One Best

In game of bingle. bangle and
bungIe, MIR. Handsome Horace
O'Bryant did more of each and all
than all the others and thereby
claims he won, but he cannot say
who lost. For instance, he made
81, while his friend, Mr.. Al West,
got 80. Now that isn't much of a
beat, but it is something, anyway.
And MIR. Ned Mccarthy got SO
and MIR. Ii Plummer got "a. In
the case of B, B and B, the Pro-
lessor got 10 of same, more of
each kind than anybody. 50 there
must be some sort Of shennani-
gans attached to this game on ac-
count Of a certain pretty individ-
ual always wants to play the
game. Some of these times his
win get wise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15

Construction work on State
Road No. 1 south Of ST. Johns
river in Jacksonville. is scheduled
to start March IA. Traffic Will be
detoured via Atlantic Blvd. and
either San Marco Blvd or Hen
derson Avenue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
THE ANSWERS
tSee Who Kncws?" on Page ~
l. s6,344. or. 10000.

tSee VINO knoWSg on Page ~
l. 6,344, 091, 10000.
2. John Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Van Buren,. VIM H. Har-
rison. Tyler, Polk, Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan, johnson, Ar
thur and Coolidge.
3. No The state of New York,
for example, IN the past few
years, has issued S215. 000, 900 of
relief bonds and approximately
500. 900. 900 from its general fund
for relief work
4 The government expects to
spend about 81. zoe, 900 900 in the
next u months
5. Under present regulations,
forty.
s. 1857 $50.
Z. About S715.0 600.
g. Approximately 1000.
9. No, about 100, 600 have not
applied for the bonds.
10. L E. Waterman, in 1884.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The western disturbance has
moved slowly eastward, being
central this morning over Kansas.
Dodge City, 1884 inches, and
pressure is low from the Rocky
Mountain States eastward over
the Mississippi Valley and south
ward over the lower Rio Grande
Valley; while high pressure areas
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-15

VALENcIENNES. France
After a nights sleep II fhe pub-
he square Of tins CITY. Ez-nez
Plateau. a homeless beEEzr.
awoke 10 find that someone had
stolen MS wooden leg ard crutrh-
IS 10 use for firewood-