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STORY OF SLAYING | PROBED BY POLICE ‘Woman Says Alleged Mur-| der Forced Her to Go on Wild Ride. By tfe Associated Press. GUNTERSVILLE, Ala., January 4— | Authorities _tonight were investigating the story of Mrs. Dovie Hicks that H. G. Culbreath killed Gilbert Ayers, stuffed the body in his automobile and carried it through six North Alabama | counties before disposing of it. Mrs. Hicks told officers Culbreath forced her to accompany him. Both men, she said, were boarders in her home. Boarders Are Questioned. | A number of witnesses, including other residents of the woman's Winston | County boarding house, were questioned by _a coroner’s jury. The body of a man identified by ! Mrs. Hicks as that of Ayers was found on Bridle Lee Mountain. in Marshall County, six miles from here late yes- terday. after the arrest of Culbreath of Fort Payne in the adjoining county of De Kalb. His arrest resulted from the woman's handing a barber a note " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, SISTERS POPULAR 'IN NEBRASKA COLLEGE e iy In 1924 Alice Grantham (center) won the contest for the most popular student at the Nebraska State Teachers’ while Culbreath was being shaved. The | College, in Kearney. In 1928 her sister Therese (right) won the title and Gladys (left), another sister, claimed the note said Culbreath had killed a man | honor in 1929. Their interests have run uniformly parallel, the girls having engaged in the same activities both in and and Mrs. Hicks was being forced t0)out of the school. Their home is in Kearney. —Associated Press Photo. flee with him. The barber called police. Said She Saw Killing. In her story to county officers, Mrs Hicks sald she awakened at her resi- | their own use,” and that they “had |pany and that on October 3 the BROK?RS ARE SUED' been sold, thereby damaging the |brokers sold the stock. He asked for dence to find Culbreath beating Ayers | By the Associated Pre: plaintiff,” a suit was filed in Federal |a judgment for the difference between on the head and shoulders with a | hammer. | Court today by Joseph Silver of Seattle | the sum the stock: brought and the SEATTLE, Wash., January 4.— |against the stock brokers, | market value as “shown within a " | Charging that certain stocks left with | Silver said he pledged 1000 shares |reasonable time” after the sale. The Avse:\: m‘é}f'f.:dbaf‘fl:?fi'?hre‘l-“;‘i“?fl‘mnn & Bryan's Seattle office hnd been | of Briggs Manufacturing Co. and 500 | sum involved is $5,000. The suit is an the back of his car and forced her to | accompany him on a trip across Winston. Cullman, Blount and Morgan | Counties. The body was deposited on the mountainside near here. IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HOLD TWO PROMOTERS De Castro Brothers Unable to Give Bond They Will Leave Country by March 11. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 4.—The De Castro brothers, Marquis Rafael Ciura | and Count Jose Ciura, bond salesmen, real estate dealers and promoters of | an airplane safety device, were held | at police headquarters today in default of $500 bond each. They were ar- rested last night by a United States immigration inspector and were held when they were unable to give bond that they will leave the United States March 11, when the extension of their passport ends. The brothers had announced they had purchased manufacturing rights for an airplane safety device. Authori- ties said they learned the brothers in | the last two days had been attempting | to borrow money to take up checks| returned by a bank and marked “in- sufficient funds.” According to immigration officers, deportation warrants are sought be- cause the brothers, after coming to the United States about two years ago as special envoys for the Cuban govern- ment, being admitted under visitors' passports, to attend an international aviation conference at Washington, stayed on and on. They are natives Immigration Inspecior | if they desire to re- side in this country they must return to Italy and enter under the quota law. They said they had obtained several extensions of time on their passports. EATON WOULD PUT TARIFF ON BUYING POWER BASIS New Jersey Representative Anksl Lig:‘* Tax Against Goods of Purchasing Nations. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4.—Represent- ative Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey today advocated _adjustment of the tariff to the buying powers of foreign | countries in an’ address before a dis- cussion luncheon held by the National Republican Club. “While the present tariff will prob- #bly be put through upon the old basis, T see no evidence that it will be perma- | nent in its application,” Mr. Eaton said. “My ides,” he added, “would be to lay a light tariff against countries of | high buying power and purchasing large quantities of our products, and a heavy tariff against countries of a low | buying power due to low wages. | “We are no longer & debtor Nation,” | he continued. “We have invested in other countries from 14 to 16 billions of dollars. It is a different thing to erect a tariff against people who owe money to us. An expanding foreign trade is absolutely essential as a steadying force in our economic devel- opment.” AIR CHIEF OPTI!HSTIC. Plane Company Official Reports on Passenger Business. ST. 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