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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
FOUND IN MOUNTAINS
No Ransom Paid; William
Muhlenbroich Being Held
AT Undisclosed Spot
BOY RETURNING HOME
Wealthy Family Celebrates
After Receiving Word That
Youngster Is Safe

HILLsBOROUGH, Calf, Sept. %.
-R-Three-year old Marc De iris
tan, Jr., kidnapped last Friday for
500, 900 ransom, vas rescued I'M
harmed today, and the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation announced
that his abductor, a German alien,
was in custody and had confessed.
Two hunters found the little boy,
scion of wealth and nobility, and his
kidnaper this morning in an isolated
section of the Sierra Nevada moun
tain country, nearly 200 miles from
his home.
They overpowered the man, res
cued the child, and turned the kid.
naper over to officers.
Confesses
Within a few hours, the FBI an
nounced the abductor, who was paid
no ransom, had confessed and was
being held at an undisclosed spot,
pending legal action against him.
He was identified as Wilhelm ia
kob Muhlenbroich, 40, who entered
the United States on Jan. 10, 1895,
under the German quota from Van.
couver, B. c.
The announcement concerning the
kidnaper iva made at FBI head.
quarters in San Francisco while the
curly-haired little boy, son of the
Count and Countess De Tristan, wag
being returned to his parents home
in Eulsborough, exclusive residential
district 20 miles south of the Bay
city.
1.-THE child is being returned to his
unframed, perfectly safe and
in good condition." said the FBI an.
nouncement.
Count De Tristan said he had
never heard Of Muhlenbroich before
and that the man had made no eff.
fort to contact him since the boy
snatched from his nurse last
morning.
Word this morning that the child
was safe sent scores of friends
hurrying joyfully to the De Tristan
before the identity OF the
kidnaper or many details Of his cap
ture had been learned.
Cries of joy and celebration echoed
the home. One relative hurried
an armload of champagne into the
residence.
The Countess De Tristan, the for.
ner Jane Christensen, ran from
friend to friend, crying, "this is the
aappiest moment Of my life!"
The FBI released no details Of the
capture or questioning Of Mullen.
saying only that "the kid
1aper is in our custody and has ad.
being the kidnaper. He was
lpprehended with the child in his
possession"
Residents of the river pine area
mountainous Ell Dorado county
old, however, Of the rescue of the
boy by a pair Of hunters, n
# them Cecil Wetzel, owner Of a
sawmill.
Wetzel and a friend mot immedi.
.tely identified) encountered the mar
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
Japanese Troops Attack
French IndO-China City

HANOI, French Indo.C China, Sept.
23.-(MondayeGR- Official French
quarters said Japanese troops at
tackled Dongdang on the Chinese
border 120 miles NORM Of this CAPT
tai at 10 p. m. last night but later
ceased in the face Of strong French
resistance. The attack was expected
to resume at dawn today.
The attacking troops belonged to
Japan's South China army, the
French said, and action followed a
collapse in negotiations between the
two countries over Japan's demands
to land forces in the colony for an
attack on China's back door,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
Axis Plans To Conquer
Britain, Divide Africa

ROME, Sept. 22-R-Axis plans
for the conqest of Great Britain
and the division of Africa among
Germany, Italy, Spain and per-
haps Portugal hung in the balance
tonight as German foreign Minis
ter Joachim Won Ribbentrop hur-
ried back to Berlin.
Informed sources here believed
Won Ribbcatrop, travelling on an
armored train, was carrying Pre-
mier Mussolini's assent to tn e
German plans.
Giovanni Ansaldo, authoritative
fascist editor, stated that definite
decisions were reached in Rome
by Mussolini and Won Ribbentrop
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
FIND
YOUTH, SEIZE
HIS KDMAPER
Chief Praises Press
For Cooperation In
Marc De Tristan Case

HILL ~LSBOROUGH, C l..
Sept. 22-R-Chief of police
C. M. Hirschey, who informed
the public of the kidnapping of
Marc de Tristan within five
minutes after its occurrence
last Friday, praised the press
today for its cooperation in the
case.
81 decided to bust the case
wide open," Chief Hirschey
said, because the chase was
so hot I wanted the public to
watch for a man without a hat,
who had a child in his car"
The Detristant kidnaper lost
his hat in a scuffle with the
nurse from whom he abducted
the child.
ut was my idea that if the
public knew about it imme-
diately," the chief said, "the
kidnaper's plan would be spoil
ed, and the only way in which
he could establish contact with
the family would be to return
the child alive"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23

in talks dealing with the war at
titudes of the United States, Soviet
Russia, Spain, Greece and Turkey.
Ramon Serrano Suner, General.
issimo Frances brother-in-law and
minister of government, is in Ger
many repeatedly awaiting the out
come of the Rome conversations.
According to information here,
the Italians expect Greece to yield
to axis demands, perhaps waiting
until the outcome of Italy's cam
paign in Egypt is clearer.
conversations between Premier
Mussolini and Won Ribbentrop end.
Continued on Page Three. Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
|Wreckage OF
Plane Found
Searchers Believe Fort
Bragg Chief And COM
panions Have Persisted
IS in SWAMP
Plane Had Been Missing
Since 1t Passed Over
Savannah Friday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. %
-RASearchers who found the
wreckage of an army plane in a
southeast Georgia swamp late TO-
day expressed belief that Brig.
Gen. Francis w. Honeycutt and his
two companions had persisted. +.
I'VE don't think we will ever
know the cause of the crash" said
Captain F. S. Stock, who directed
the two-day search for the missing
craft in which two score army. and
coast guard planes participated.
Captain Stock said the plane
looked as if it had come straight
down at terrific speed, making a
crater 20 to Is feet in diameter
where it plunged into the soft,
marshy earth.
Salvage Planned
Salvage operations will begin
early tomorrow.
Pulling the craft out will be very
difficult Captain Stock explained.
Boards will have to be laid on the
ground to make a road ove which
to transport equipment, he said.
The wreckage, partially buried
in the mud, was sighted in Noyes
Cut on the Satilla river six miles
east of Woodbine, Ga, by a coast
guard plane which tersely mes
saged: "We have sighted the
wreckage in Noyes cut"
This message did not state
whether Gen. Honeycutt and his
two companions, Captain George
F. Kehoe, pilot, and Corp. Robert
Berry, of the Charleston base, had
Coast Guardsman Hurt .
Later, hope for them frightened
when one of the planes radioed for
an ambulance and physician to be
at the municipal airport here. This
was dispelled, however, when the
plane landed with a member of its
crew suffering from an injured
hand. The coast guardsman, o. F.
Berry, of the Charlestn base. had
been struck by the propeller Of an
amphibian that landed near the
wreckage.
The big plane, bringing General
commanding officer of
Fort Bragg, N. c.; to Jacksonville
for a conference on military af-
fairs, had been missing since it
passed over Savannah, Ca. Friday
night.
1.-THE plane was practically
Captain Stock said on his
return here. THE only thing that
can be seen is a small portion of
the vertical stabilizer. About "a
of it is sticking out of the
ground in what looks like a huge
bomb crater" e..
Fragments of human skull were
found Is feet from the wreckage,
he said. Since almost the entire
ship is buried in "a crater of liquid
it will be impossible to ex-
tricate the demolished craft and
Continued on Pare Three: Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23

aldermen with the resorts proper
ty-holders at the fire headquarters
tonight at 8 o'clock for the purpose
Of discussing plans for the future
building program.
Mayor Fergus said that it was
especially urgent tn property
owners, who were burned out in
the blaze last week. be present.
Sherwood Brockwell. state fire
warden, and municipal architects
are expected to be present to dis
cuss building plans with the own
ers.
Continued on Page Three; Col. u.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
COLUMBIA WOMAN
KIDNAPPED, ROBBED
Three Young Men Charged
With Abduction OF Mrs.
Mary Ross Walker

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. PIP
Three young men we're in jail
here today on charges of kidnap'
ing and robbery in connection with
the abduction of Mrs. Mary Ross
Seibels Walker, member of a so.
cially prominent South Carolina
family. =
Sheriff T. Alex Heise said the at
tractive young Divorce was abb
Quoted late last night on the out
skirts of Columbia after her. COM
panion, Frank B. Gary, Jr.s Column
bia attorney, was felled by a blow
on the head in a fight with her cap
tors and left unconscious on the
roadside.
Sheriff Heise listed the trio as
Willis Evans, 10, and Hugh Evans,
%, brothers of nearby Dentsville.
and Hampton Lee, 26, of Columbia.
The three men, Heise said, made.
oral confessions that they robbed
the dark-haired society leader of
several rings, a bracelet, and an
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23

"a Reuters, British news agency,
dispatch from Shanghai however
said fighting ceased after an agree
ment between the Japanese and
French had been signed.
Reliable sources said the Japanese
attacked despite efforts by General
Nishihara, head of the japanese
military mission here which has been
negotiating with the French. They
said the general heard that the
South China forces intended to at
tack oaprecipitate negotiations and
Continued ON Page Three; Col. 3.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
Of 10000 Views
Ruins At Carolina Beach

crowd estimated at 10, 900 per-
NJ AsS-eoming from every section
we state - crowded Carolina
tn;so Yesterday to look over the
osa 'lS OF what was the resorts bust
district before last Thursday
Milng's disastrous fire.
ina yof II. c. Fergus in estimat-
NJ uae crowd, said that it was one
W., we largest at the resort this
erons carolina Beach highway was
no, oeo with traffic from early
Manng to late last night.
no,Whlle, town officials an
N4'ea a meeting of the board of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
PROBES PLANNED

n VlCHY, France, Sept. 22-R-
Inc Vichy government today
aaiaed General Castor Pretelat
resident of a commission charged
nlal examining French citizenship
stafted since 1928 with a view to-
, sala revoking the papers of under
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
"ANYTHING"

~ALBEMARLE, N. c., Sept.
22.-ReCounty Judge O. j.
Skies sentened the defendant,
convicted of attacking his wife,
to six months. 80. . .
The man, tears in his eyes,
said, "thank you, judge. I'd do
anything to get away from that
woman for six months"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
British Bomb
Channel Area:
London Is Hit
English Blaze 400 Mile
Path OF Destruction On
The Invasion Coast
SHIPS AND DOCKS HIT
Heavy Bombs Jar London
For Sixteenth Successive
Night OF Nazi Raids

LONDON, Sept. 22.-R-British
bombers, methodically securing
the German-held invasion" coast
across the narrow English channel
through daylight and darkness,
were reported today to have blazed
a 4O0-mile path of fame and de-
struction.
The raids began in daylight Sat
urday, the air ministry said and
were kept up by wave after wave
of bombers through the night and
into the early hours of today.
Ports Attacked -
It's report described havoc to the
German invasion, ports" docks
squirting flame, ships Keeling un-
der bomb hits and the skies lighted
for miles by roaring oil fires.
From all these forays, ranging
the coasts of the Channel and
North Sea from France to Ger
many, the ministry said, all British
planes returned despite the 'usua.
furious barrage" of German anti
aircraft fire.
Its communique named tn e
Dutch ports of Rotterdam and
Flushing, the Belgian ports of Ant
werp and Ostend and the French
ports of Dunkerque, Boulogne and
Calais among Nazi bases heavily
bombed.
Besides oil tanks, barge fleets,
warehouses and railroad yards bat
tered with explosives and incendi.
airy bombs, the communique said,
German merchant ships also were
attacked and one large supply ship
was hit by fire bombs.
A supplementary bulletin issuee
by the air ministry giving a a..
tailed account of the RATS blows
described barges blown up and set
afire by many huge explosions at
Boulogne and said that Calais har-
Dor took a terrific battering"
from British dive-bombers which
let 60 sticks of bombs method
cally hour after hour" !
LONDON ATTACKED
LONDON, Sept 22.-R-Heavy
bombs Jared central London TO-.
night as darkness brought German
raiders back for the 18th success
sive night of raids.
Shortly after sirens had sounded
the third air alarm since dawn,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina and South Carolina:
Fair Monday and Tuesday; slightly
cooler Monday and Monday night.
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:30 a. m. Il; 7:3O. a. m. SO; 1870 p.
m. 90; 1880 p. m. u; maximum 81;
minimum Sc; mean 70; normal ".
Humidity
1:3O a, m. 80; 1870 a. m. 80; 1:30 p.
m. ~; 7:30 p. m. 70.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. M,
lone: total since first of the month,
1.19 inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington - 1:51a s:52a
2:28p 10 :09p
Masonboro Inlet ----- 11:4Sa 5:43a
Sunrise 6 ola: sunset 6:0Sp; moon
rise 10 Asp moonset II :03p.
Cape Fear river. stage at Fay
e~tteville, at 8 a. M, September TO-
9.2 feet.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-23

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Evening star., 1940-09-23
Argo B mai B rith Lodge
To Hear Dr.. Sacher

DR.. Abram L. Sacher, national di-
rector of the B'nai Birth Hillel
Foundations, will address the first
fall meeting Of Argo Lodge OF B'nai
Birth, to be held at $50 pm.
Wednesday at the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center.
Henry Salus. president of Argo
Lodge, has announced the lodge will
undertake q wide program of cul-
tural and social activities during
the fall and winter months in CO.
ordination with the Program Com
mittee of the District Grand Lodge.
Edward Rosenblum, director of the
Jewish Center. is chairman of the
Argo Program Committee.
Memorial services will be held at
Wednesday nights meeting in honor
Of the late Gerald I. Oxenburg, 4
prominent member Of Argo Lodge
and a leader in Jewish communal
activity, who died recently.
Mr.. Salus announced also the ap-
pointment of Washington repre-
sentatives on the Advisory Council
for the B'nai Birth Hillel Founda-
tion at the University of Maryland.
They include Abe Shefferman. Sey-
mour Guthman and Edward Rosen-
blum. Representing B'nai Birth
Auxiliary are Mrs Lawrence Koen-
igsherger, Mrs. E. r. Haas, Mrs
Herman Hertzberg and Mrs. Maui
rice Bisgyer.
Evening star., 1940-09-23
DR.. Bowerman Is Given
Watch at Testimonial

DR.. George F. Bowerman, retiring
librarian of the District, today was
proudly displaying new wrist watch,
the gift of his fellow employees, who
honored him with a testimonial din
ner Saturday night in recognition Of
his 36 years Of service.
Given at Normandy Farm, near
Potomac, Md, the informal party
was featured by group singing Of
old popular songs.
George Moreland. readers adviser
at the Petworth Branch Library,
presented the watch. Mrs. Bower
man was among those present.
In charge Of arrangements were
Miss Emma Hance. Mrs. Helen
Steinbarger and Miss Margaret
Frawley.
DR.. Bowerman will retire Septem-
ber 30 Succeeding him will be Miss
Clara Wells Herbert, associated with
the library since 1907.
A testimonial luncheon will be
given DR. Bowerman by the Library
Board OF Trustees and the Board
of Trade at the Mayflower Hotel at
l pm. october S.
Evening star., 1940-09-23
Registration Is Begun
At Settlement Houses

Registration for fall and winter
programs at most of the community
and settlement houses in Washing
ton will begin within the next 10
days.
The Southeast Neighborhood
House, 324 Virginia avenue Sc,
and the nursery school of the North
West House, SIS M street NV. are
registering today. Registration at
Friendship House, 619 D street Sc.
will be carried on all week from 3
to pm. in the afternoon and 7 to
9 pm. in the evening.
Other registration dates are: Bar
ney Neighborhood House, 47O N
street S.W., September 30; Juanita
kaufman Nye Council House, 500
Sixth street S.W., September 80, and
the Georgetown Children's House
1924 N street NV, September 80
and October /.
Evening star., 1940-09-23
| More Guards
For Standards
Bureau Sought

The Bureau of Standards pro-
poses to make it increasingly diff
cult for spies to get into any of the
buildings to learn the nature of the
highly confidential work it is doing
for various Government agencies in
connection with the national de-
fense program.
DR.. Lyman ]. Briggs. director Of
the bureau, made this disclosure
when he appeared recently before
a subcommittee of the House Appro-
priations Committee and urged ap-
proval of an item of $4,000 to in
crease the guard force from 9 to l9,
and to erect woven wire steel fence
around the bureau grounds.
In his testimony, which was made
public today, DR.. Briggs said:
THE work of the Bureau Of
Standards is now concerned, to a
very considerable extent, with de-
fense projects and large part OF
this work is confidential. We have
closed the grounds to visitors, but
this is not effective. because we have
no fence around the property An
old fence that was put up at the
time of the World War incloses
some Of the buildings, but this is
about worn out. We would like to
put fence around the entire prop
erty, which will enable us to con-
troll the people who come in and 90
cut"
Evening star., 1940-09-23
Good Weather
| Just Too Bad for
| Aerial Anglers

The first aerial blitzkrieg on
Potomac River fish failed today be-
cause the weather was too good.
For an hour and half, two men,
bers Of the Washington Chapter
of the Izaak Walton League piled
rod and reel from the Goodyear
blimp, Enterprise, cruising slowly
over the Potomac near ST. Gather
ines Island, about 10 miles down
the river. But perfect" weather,
with only the slightest breeze,
forced the blimp to maintain a
speed of 10 miles or more an hour
the fishermen said, and their lines
spanked along the surface of the
water too swiftly for fish to bite.
Bob Wilson, chairman OF the
local Izaak Walton Cotton Thread
Fishing Committee, and Jack Mil
ligan. the other aerial angler, said
that if they could only have had a 10
to 15-mile- -an-hour wind to head
the blimp into, allowing them to
cruise at a virtual standstill over
the water, they would have caught
some fish.
Capt. Werner Smith, commander
of the blimps crew, seconded their
view.
Evening star., 1940-09-23
} Held in Kidnap.Robbery
OF Carolina Society Woman
By Ire Associated Press.

D. re ASsocltteo Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 23-
Sheriff T. Alex Heise said three
young men were held in the State
Penitentiary today on charges Of
kidnapping and robbery in connec.
ton with the abduction of Mrs.
Mary Ross Seibels Walker, socially
prominent young divorcee.
He listed them as Willis Evans. 49,
and Hugh Evans. q. brothers. Of
nearby Dentsville. and Hampton
Lee. 26, of Columbia.
The sheriff SAID Mrs. Walker.
daughter Of John J. Seibels insur-
ance company executive, was ab-
Quoted near Columbia SATURDAY
night after her captors felled her
companion. Frank B. Gary. lr.. Co.
lumbia attorney. with a blunt in
Strument and left him unconscious
on the roadside.
The three men. Sheriff Heise said.
orally confessed that they then took
Mrs. Walker TO lonely road, robbed
her of several rings. bracelet and
a sum of money. and beat her in the
face. She was liberated two blocks
from her Columbia home about four
hours later. the sheriff added State
highway patrolmen arrested the
men near Columbia about dawn,
Evening star., 1940-09-23
u. 5. May Consider
New Pressure on
Japan, Hull Hints
lndo-Chino Shows stotu,
Quo Being Upset Unde,
Duress, He Declares
BY GARNETT d. HORNrp

Secretary of State Hull indio.
today that this Government ma ~
considering new means of .Y.r,,. Oe
pressure on Japan. which has AZ
regarded United States yar,ins
against disturbing the status ono -
the Pacific. eN' IN
The Secretary said developnsr,.
In 1ndo-China made it clear H NV
the status quo is being upset Ind.
duress." N'i
He added that this Government.
disapproval of such procedure, b.s
been stated repeatedly. 'N
After making a brief formal s,,..
ment at his press conference NJ,
Hull declined to discuss what frr
ther measures might be taken -.
this Government except to saw th.,
all phases OF the situation rs..
were being observed with interss,
The Secretary said he could 49,.
discuss whether the possibility ~
enforcing an embargo on nil ;.
Japan, in cooperation with Gre.,
Britain, was being considered
No Information on Warshin
He said in response TO other mo,
tions that he had no informatior
bearing out news reports that ~.
U. s. s. Augusta, flagship of n.
Navy's Asiatic Squadron, would Nm,
into the British Navy base at sjno.'
pore for repairs. He explained tia,
no special agreement other than
permission from the local author.
ties at Singapore would be neces.
Sary for such a visit.
In his formal statement resnond.
ing to inquiries about this Govern.
ment's attitude toward the agree.
ment between France and lamar
permitting japanese military oner,.
tions in Indo-China to carry on ths
war against China. Nj. Hull njd
Events are tranSpirlng so rapldlv
in the Indo-China situation that !,
is impossible to get clear picture
OF the minute-to-minute develon.
ments.
1T seems obvious. however that
the status quo is being upset snd
that this Is being achieved under
dureSs.
The position Of the united
States in disapproval and in den.
recation of such procedure has re-.
peatedly been stated"
September 4 Statement.
Mr.. Hull first took cognizsnce of
the Indo-China situation on Sen
tember 4, when Japan was reported
TO have delivered an ultimatum de-
manolng use Of bases in Indo-
China for military operation,
against China.
In the September statemen,
Mr.. Hull reminded Japan that &
had agreed to respect the princips
OF the status quo in the Pacific and
that If she did not. the effect upon
public opinion in the United States
would be unfortunate.
Evening star., 1940-09-23
Small Scale Navy Yard
SOUGHT for Baltimore Area
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A small-scale Navy Yard may
operate in the Baltimore district
under national defense expansion
plans.
The possibility won unanimous in
dorsement from the States congress
sional delegation, which expressed
its opinion In a petition to the House
Appropriations Committee published
today.
The petition told of improvements
already made at the Curtis Bay
Coast Guard depot, then added:
I'VE are familiar with the fact
that the acting Secretary of the
Navy advised the Secretary of the
Treasury that the naval expansion
program would tax the Navy Yard
facilities and, therefore, requested
repair and construction work on
naval vessels be undertaken at
Curtis Bay and also that Admiral
Robinson. co-ordinator of ship
building of the United States Navy,
advised the chief of naval operations
that an inspection Of the Coast
Guard depot showed that the plant
facilities were suitable for overhaul
ing Of certain types Of destroyers
and small naval auxiliary vessels. ;"