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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. to o norihwest winds. 37, at 4:30 pm. ; lowest, 26, at 8 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Markets, P: y 14. 12and 13 No. 32,092, Entered as secon post office, Wash! d class matte: ¥ D. C. ington, i he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Sfard, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 1 CENERAL SALES TAX PASSACE ASSURED BY HOLSE LEADERS No Material Change Is Ex- pected in Amendment to Revenue Bill. INJURY TO BUSINESS SEEN IN OTHER PLAN Substitute Measure Being Prepared for Special Levies on Luxuries and Selected Industries. By the Associated Press. Now that they have had a chance to size up the turbulent opposition to the sales tax provision in the revenue bill, House leaders are predicting the meas- ure will be passed substantially un- changed. o have not yet complet a ot'x;g:ymmbersmp. but it has gone far enough to convince them, they say, that the hue‘ aggn ery fi?fifiyufi ely-spread im) on i ;‘:nfi‘;’utured products has not enlisted enough Representatives to wage a win- ning fight. Meaflngwhfle. Secretary Mills said the tax bill was “wholly acceptable” to the and that he would speak to- night over the radio in support of the e. P Balancing the budget is the most im- portant matter before the country, Mills said. “The bill as reported by the Ways and Means Committee will bal- he budget.” o fter conferring this morning with Speaker Garner, the Secretary went on the floor of the House and discussed the situation with Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and Means Com- mittee. House leaders are basing their chances of success on the appeal to reason in their argument that any al- ternative taxation scheme cafinh.e n:‘ Taising enough money would hurt the country’s business structure far more than the general sales tax, and would be more troublesome to more people, and that any not too obnoxious scheme would fall far short of balancing the budget. Progressive Support Claimed. However, Representative La Guardia of New York, & leader among the inde- ients of both parties who style scives Frogressives, claims support o entire group for the amendment will be offered to shift this part tax burden to luxuries, higher 1cgisw2tton of tions an ebove $100,000 would be made to yleld, under this amendment, spproximately $518,000,000 more than drawn from them by present taxation or by the pending bill. This would take the place of the general sales tax yleld of u%aa.— 000, posal to It may yield a vote along but n{wtyieven its enthusiastic sponsors are under any illusion that they can t it across. p“‘Axmt.her substitute plan has been pre- pared by Representative Doughton, Democrat of North ouxtzug: ln.ud 'r):e“ is to_be offered soon. volves spe- cial levies on luxuries and selected in- dustries. Big Industries Threatened. Representative Rainey of Illinois, the Democratic leader, said today at a con- ference with newspaper men that if the “manufacturers’ excise tax is not accepted by the House direct excise taxes on: big industries will be forced to enactment.” “Every time one of these so-called patriots make a speech cn the floor against the broad and just manufac- turers’ sales tax he burns his bridge behind him and commits himself to higher sales tax that will be felt, and felt keenly, by the people,” Rainey said. “Whatever happens, the pecple of the eountry can be assured that this Con- ! gress is not going to adjourn until a | revenue bill is passed that will balance the budget. We know that the manu- facturers' sales tax, with tbe ‘soak the rich' rates on incomes, is the best way. If the people don't accept that, then they will have to take the Treasury proposals, which will be far more bur- ‘White House approval of the $1,006,- 000,000 measure as drafted by the Ways and Means Committee was predicted yesterday by Representative Snell of New York, the Republican floor leader. He sald the sales tax provision was more equitable than any substitute roposition suggested and that it would Ee the least burdensome on the country. ROOSEVELT FORCES HOLD OFFER OPEN Comrromise With Smith Turned Down in Bay State, but Stands Until 5 0'Clock Tonight. By the Associated Press i BOSTON, March 12.—Leaders of the “Roosevelt-for-President” campaign in Massachusetts have set 5 o'clock today | as the deadline for any compromise with political leaders backing the can- didacy of Alfred E. Smith for the Dem- ocratic presidential nomination. Efforts for a compromise engaged in 3T Louls C. Howe, personal secretary to Gov. Roosevelt, and Gov. Joseph B. Ely | of Massachusetts, leader of the Smith | forces in this State, have come to naught. ‘The Roosevelt organization last night offered to make no contest for presiden- tial delegates in the Massachusetts pri- mary if the Smith group would promise | to pledge its delegation to throw its strength to Roosevelt if and when it| appears that Smith cannot be nomi- nated. After a conference, Gov. Ely was re- | ported to have told Howe thet he was| unable to make any promis:s. Howe had no statement to make, but James Roosevelt, son of the New York Gov- erncr, and Mayor James M. Curley, Jeader of Massachusetts' Roosevelt forces, issued a statement that they would withhold a final decision on their ultimate plans until § o'clock today. Von Hindenburg to Close Bit- | nation-wide radio broadcast. dress In vailed decisive rally around the dent. opponents, Adol cialist; Theodore ist, and Ernst have which Twi Tree Made Famous By Lincoln Felled For Jobless Fuel By the Assoctated Press. QUINCY, IIL, March 12.—Three- quarters of a century ago Abra- ham Lincoln end Stephen Douglas stood under a linden tree in the public square to debate the issues of the day. Yesterday the tree was cut down to provide fuel for the un- employed. 30,000,000 AWAIT CERNAA'. BALY TING UNDER POLIGE EYE ter Campaign Tonight With Radio Appeal. | | first time in months. By the Associated Press BERLIN, March 12.—Republican Germany stood at the crossroads today as nearly 20,000,000 voters, the last din | of a bitter election campaign sounding in their ears, pondered which road to members, bids fair to succeed, it is said, take. Down one road lay the way to Com- munism akin to that of Soviet Russia. |th On ancther, to the right, the sign| pointed to Adolf Hitler's camp of Fas-| cism. A third way, the road of the Nationalists, swerved backward toward the old monarchy. On the fourth road stood the octo- | genarian former warrior, now President Paul von Hindenburg, seeking re-elec- | tion with a promise to maintain the | moderation of the republic. The veteran President was slated to | close the exciting campaign at 6 o'clock this evening with a last appeal on a| The ad- | will be the same he broadcast earlier this week and it will be delivered | into the microphone from a phonograph record. Important Day for Nation Throughout the nation tomorrow is ed upon as one of the most decisive days in ry. Nothing has been left undone by the radical forces to achieve control of the nation. Busi- ness has been paralyzed during the lat- ter days of the campaign and many bus- nfi‘e:: men luvetexpreued regrets that money spent on could not be used to reueve%mmm ic de- pression. le quarters the belief pre- that elect day would see a old Presi- of his three Hitler, National So- National- Thaelmann, Communist, been attended by huge crowds Ny were between Nationalist, B The cam; , ice to prevent more serious conse- quences. Police Forces Prepared. Police forces were prepared today for the closest ess, Karl Sever- , Prussian minister of interior, issued 8 decree forbidding all demonstrations | today and tomorrow. Pedestrians have been advised to keep moving tomorrow. In the provinces wild rumors were | afioat of the forming of “vengeance | squads” by Hitler’s storm troops. The | Nazi leader issued a statement in Han- over, however, declaring the National Socialists “have less need today than ever before to resort to illegality.” In the Nazi-governed town of Co- burg, however, the Bavarian minister of interior placed a non-Nazi commis- as an emergency measure. A Bavarien paper reported that Hitler and his staff reserved a dozen rooms at a Coburg hotel for election day, but the Nazis denied this. All Candidates Confident. This afternoon all the leading can- didates were sure of winning. Chancel- lor Bruening, on behalf of the Presi- dent, said: “All who heard him speak over the radio will devote all their energy to assure him a decisive victory on the first ballot.” Said Hitler: “I don’t think the old | gentleman will get more than 12.000.000 | ional Committee, the group probably | S0 votes. My election on the first ballot is not improbable.” The election “is only an episode,” said Thaelmann. “No matter it the result, our triumphant march to the final goal continues.” Duesterberg, who concedes that he| hasn't a chance to win, said: “Mine is not an also-ran candidacy. It is & candidacy of firm personal conviction.” — o 9,660 MORE GET JOBS NEW YORK, March 12 (#)—The “big push” to find jobs for the jobless rolled up 9,680 more posts yesterday, bringing the total of persons returned to work to 212,236. The goal is 1,- 000,000 Eighty-one communities reported the 9.660 yesterday. California led the States with 3,460. The drive is called the United Action for Employment Campaign GENEVA CONFIDENT FAREAST CONFLICT 1S NEAR SOLUTION Hope Pinned on Pressure Put on Big Powers and Chang- ing Policy of Japan. U. S. WOMAN’S ASSAILANT AT SHANGHAI PUNISHED Regret Expressed and Warning Given Against Repetition. Clash Near Kating. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star. GENEVA, March 12.—There is real satisfaction in Geneva today for the It is felt here that the Far Eastern conflict at last is about to be settled. The resolution of the League of Nations Assembly, adopted unanimously last night and now juridically binding on all League where the Council's dilatory and inter- mittent tentatives failed. The reason, it is suggested, is that e big European powers, Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, under the moral pressure, on the one hand from the United States and on the other from the smaller powers which dominate the Assembly, have begun to take a stronger :l:nd against the Japanese invasion of China. “urthermore, Japan itself, it is de- clared in inside circles, seems to be modifying for & number of reasons its Chauvinistic belligerency and _would now be glad to find a way out of what appears, even from the Japanese View- point, to be a disastrous adventure. Orientals Get Together Socially. Naturally, it is too soon to foresee a genuine happy ending. Action speaks louder than words at the present stage of the Far Eastern conflict and only when the Japanese do actually begin to withdraw their troops, first from shang- hai and later from Manchuria, wil skeptics and realists be convinced. Yet there is little doubt today that the outlook is better than it has been for a long time for a peaceful, even a con- structive final settlement. The atmosphere here has changed to such an extent that the British, for the first time since the affair began, were able to get the Chinese and Japanese together soclally last night. Sir John Simon, British foreign minister, at an intimate dinner entertained Dr. W. W. Yen. Chinese representative; Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Aml of delegation. There is reason to hope that the in« formal political conversations thus be- gun will be continued. It is believed that .1l present at Sir John's function expr themselves in utmost frank- ness with the view of ultimately find- ing a satisfactory solution. Two Important Points. The League Assembly's does two important things: It estab- lishes a new principle in internatiopal law, first officially enunciated by Amer, son, and sets up an Assembly Com mission to handle this particular dis. pute henceforth in place of the League Counctl. The new principle of international law, which now becomes automatically (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SO T S |G. 0. P. HEADS WILL MAP sioner at the head of the police torces‘\ CONVENTIDN PLANS HERE National Committee to Confer Monday on Maze of Details Con- nected With Chicago Session. By the Associated Press. Some of the thousand and one things needed to get the Republican national convention organized will be considered | at & meeting here Monday by the Con- vention Arrangements Committee. Headed by Chairman Fess of the Na- will select a sergeant-at-arms and dis- | cuss preliminary details regarding dec- oration, radio, ielegraph and telephone | arrangements and scores of other minor | problems A temporery chairman is not ex- | pected to be named until some time in | May, while the convention itself names 8 permanent chairman. A keynoter also must be selected. Fess made the 1928 keynote speech, | and Senator Moses of New Hampshire Was permanent chairman, Movie Actor's Trial Postponed. LOS ANGELES, March 12 (). —Be- cause a court room was upavailable, the trial of Kenneth Harlan, motion picture | actor, accused of driving an automobile | while intoxicated, was postponed yes- terdey until Monday. Harlan was ar- | rested early January 1, 1932, after his automcbile had crashed into a milk Wagon, Injuring himself and a horse. PLANT C;iLOROPHYLL MAY BARE KEY TO ALL LIFE ON EARTH Synthesis of Food From Sunlight and Air Nearly Solved, Harvard U. Scientist Reveals. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12—The riddle of chiorophyll, which possibly holds one of the keys to synthesis of food from sunlight and air, is nearing solu- tion at Harvard University. Chlorophyll is the green coloring | matter of plants. It is the substance | which enabled them to absorb the energy of sunlight and with it convert carbon dioxide of the air into sugars, starches and proteins. Thus chlorophyll is the gateway to |ed all life on this planet, the primary source of food, for animals and even the fungi: plants which are not green owe their lives either to plant foods or to living on animals which subsist directly on the plants. Chemists never have been able to synthesize chlorophyll. Once that is done scientists can use the green stuff to pry out the secrets of nature's process and possibly to learn how to do the laboratory or a factory. This chlorophyll synthesis -has been ~ same thing artificially in a | barred by lack of precise knowledge of the structure, the arrangement of% ,g“g.egneea material. Solution of this ing pattern is {5 s ot nearing completion These discoveries were descs | night by Dr. James ? comr:ll?dhm |of the Harvard Chemistry Department, | When he received the Nichols Medal, |one of chemistry's highest awards, from the New York section of the American Chemical Society. He credit- the new knowledge not only to Har- |yard but to other institutions, men- tloning particularly Dr. Hans Pischer, |the German, who two years ago syn- {esized hemoglobin, the red pigment c(_r;ood ere_are two kinds lorophyll. A and B. It has ge)en ',’é.,f,!,;l at i vard, Dr. Conant said, that the “A" kind is composed of well known chem- ical porphyrin, reduced to its elementary form, plus two hydrogen atoms. The ind is the same, except that the atoms are substituted for by %tom of oxygen. B hyd: a = 1932 —TWENTY-SIX PAGES. #» (P) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,059 TWO CENTS. Am':'f.«fi:g?‘% 0.~ $0 1 TooK HIM q}% AND ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO MAKE IT OUT! CITY BUYS $a2.000 IN BABY BONDS Figures for Week’s Anti- Hoarding Campaign Indi- cate Success. ‘Washingtonians purchased something in excess of $52,000 worth of the Treasury's “baby bonds” during the ?n week's campaign against hoarding, ewbold Noyes, chairman for this area of the President’s Citizens’ Re- construction Organization, announced last night after a preliminary check up on sales from Washington banks. The may be changed, but not ma- terially, after all sales are counted, in- cluding those made during the half day of business today, it was stated. “The campaign has been a success from every standpoint” Mr. Noyes stated. “The sale of the baby bonds was not great, but it was never ex- that it would be. According to banks, there hngul; hmmrd!.nl in compa extent that has been in some other less fortunate communities, and We were not expected = exchange money drawing higher in- for the 2 per cent baby bonds. Back in Circulation. ““The bonds that were purchased rep- Tesented. in nearly every case, money that had heretofore been placed out of circulation. Practically none of that money was withdrawn from savings or checking accounts for the purchase of the bonds. So, while $52,000 worth of bonds sold means that much money, heretofore hidden away, placed in cir- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4. FLORIDAN ACQUITTED OF SLAYING HIS WIFE Second Trial Wins Freedom After Original Conviction and Life Sentence. BY the Assoctated Press. ARCADIA, Fla, March 12—William R. Carver, former Philadelphia and Miami real estate operator, originally convicted and sentenced to life im- prisonment, has been acquitted of a charge of murdering his wife. A Circuit Court jury freed him here late yesterday and State attorneys said charges of slaying his infant son and & colored servant would be nolle pros- It was the second time Carver was tried in the slaying of his wife. The first resulted in conviction and a sub- sequent life sentence. The Supreme Court granted his appeal for a new trial, however, and he was given a change of venue, 'n;;othree slayings took place April 2 1930. Carver contended he shot the servant when he found him in the act of hack- ing Mrs. Carver and the child to death. The State, by circumstantial evi- dence, attempted to prove Carver killed his wife and child in an insurance plot and then shot the servant to con- ceal the crime. NATIONS ARE ASSURED NEW YORK, March 12 (£ —In a statement issued through the Argentine Bureau of Information yesterday, Min- ister of Finance Alberto Hueyo assured creditor nations that his country would meet all interest service on foreign debts. Minister Hueyo pointed out that the Argentine government intended to en- force the operation of & balanced budget and reduce expenditures to meet the falling revenues expected during the fiscal year. Stop Hoarding! T is wise to be thrifty. It is sensible to lay aside some- Not at all. He is antithesis of thrift. The man who hoards money is not thrifty. The thrifty man makes his dol- lars work for him, by sound in- vestment, by sound expenditures, by deposit in a sound bank that pays him for putting it there. The hoarder buries his money, @enies it the right to work for him and for others. A dollar withdrawn from circulation means five dollars withdrawn from the channels of credit. Credit is the lifeblood of trade and industry. Be thrifty—but be wise. Do to Angry Hippo Defies Immunizers Trying To Stop Zoo Germs By the Assoctated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 12— Immunization of the Swope Park Zoo inhabitants because of an outbreak of hemorrhagic sep- ticaemia struck a 3,800-poun: snag Thursday in Cleo, the hip- popotamus. Two jabs at Cleo’s thick skin resulted in two sets of growls and two lunges that sent the lunizers scurrying for safety. Planks will be nailed across Cleo’s waterpool home and Mon- day an attempt will be made to accomplish the immunization with a needle thrust down thrgugh & crack in the improvised roof. MILLS IN FAVOR OF UNITING WORKS Secretary Would Give Presi- dent Broad Authority Over Public Activities. By the Assoclated Press. A recommendation that President Hoover be given broad authority to con- solidate public works was made today to the House Expenditures Committee by Secretary Mills. The Treasury chief agreed with the idea of combining public works activi- ties under a new administrator, but did not approve provisions of pending bills directing the transfer of construction agencies to that new bureau. He expressed the idea this way: “It seems to me that the wise course to pursue would be to create an admin- Istration of public works and then authorize the Chief Executive, who, after all, has a broader and more com- prehensive understanding of the whole problem of administration than any one else, to decide which one of the con- struction and engineering activities can with benefit to the public service be consolidated in the new bureau.” Many Offer Possibility. Mills said many of the varied con- struction activities of the different de- partments probably could be consoli- dated satisfactorily. Representative Martin, Democrat, of Oregon, asked whether Congress could not “maintain its integrity by asking the President to make specific recom- mendations and approving or disapprov- ing them.” . Mills said he thought it would be “better business” to authorize the Chief Executive to make consolidations, sub- Ject to approval by Congress in 30, 60 or 90 days. Then he added: Outside Pressure Scored. “Whenever you (Congress) attempt to effect one o fthese consolations, if it is important, there is always enough Dressure from the outside to stop it. That is what has held up the reorgan- ization of the Federal Government for 20_years." Mills said President Hoover, because of his long connection with the Gov- ernment and his service as a cabinet member, “knows more about the Gov- ernment departments than any one liv- ing,” and consequently was qualified to consolidate. “Suppose he is not re-elected?” asked mmnunve Colton, Republican, of “Assuming he will not be re-elected, be knows more about the departments and more about the Government than any man who can be put in the White House,” Mills answered. —_— U. S. GIRL, 12, KILLS SELF, BOY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Student Tragedy Revealed in Ger- many—Engineer's Son, 16, Is Discovered Seriously Wounded. By the Associated Press. NEU RUPPIN, Germany, March 12. —The bod; de Dischmann, girl, whose home is disclosing dent tragedy. ¥ los a stu . Nearby Herbert Huelsen, found suffering from Do T Jeed Pl ot e Wwhere they sald, that the girl shot herself mwfi head and then he attempted su The two met at school. The girl was here with her uncle, a pensioned l;'lluon captain. T lis the son of an engineer, who formerly was em- ployed in Russia. tervening days serious bullet |3 LOSS IN RIZIK FIRE PLACED AT §25,00 Firemen and Janitor Over- come in Blaze on Con- necticut Avenue. A fire in the basement and first floor of the fashionable Rizik Bros. Women’s Apparel Shop, 1108 Connecti- cut avenue, this morning did $25,000 damage to stock, fixtures and building. The flames broke out about 8:20 and were first noticed by the janitor, John Craig, 22, colored, of 2227 New York avenue, who turned in the first alarm. Craig was overcome by smoke and taken to Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. Two Mere Alarms Given. In rapid’ succedsion thereafter, two ‘were in, summoning mmm: ap- paratus to the blgze. Dense clouds of smoke billowed down Connecticut avenue and atiracted hundreds of per- mofl'n t] ed until Sidewalk Hole Used. ‘The second alarm was sounded ap- proximately 15 minutes after the first as clouds of dense smoke billowed down Connecticut avenue. into the basement on account of the smoke, the firemen dug a hole in the sidewalk and poured streams of water through it into the cellar. Police lines were stretched opposite the store, along the Mayflower Hotel side of Connecticut avenue to hold back and protect the crowds. Auto- mobile was shunted off the ave- nue between L and M streets, but street cars were permitted to pass under hose CHASED, SAVES OFFICER Prisoner Freed for Saving Police- man From Lake. SEATTLE, Wash, March 12 (P).— Instead of running away when L. O. Vanriper, harbor officer, fell into Lake Union while trying to arrest him, W. L. Ormley, & fisherman, jumped to a float and pulled the officer aboard. Hence Ormley was free f.?dfiyo (a! dla— yesterday. EXTRADITIO.N IS DENIED norge sgaiont Michee Minditn. 40, of ol , 40, of Cedarhurst, of veing a fugitive from justice from Chicago. was dismissed yesterday by Magistrate Stern after Q’;L Romv”e;:. at Albany, declined to 8 extradif papers. Mindlin, owner of several motion pic- ture theaters, was arrested .at request of William Shoemaker, Chicago chief of detectives. He was alleged to have misappropriated $2,600, said to have been collected for the Chicago Valen- tino Memorial Club. He denied being in Chicago at the time of the alleged misappropriation. IMMUNITY PLEDGE IS DENIED BY POLICE IN LINDBERGH CASE S y Official Circular Promised Only Confidential Treatment of Any Information. FIVE PERSONS I IN SUSPECTED NVESTIGATED KIDNAP PLOT One Man Believed Involved Is Held in Tombs—Scheme Reported as Begun in November. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J., March 12.—Police investigating the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby have promisea to treat confidentially infor- mation coming to them from an; y source, but this does not mean they promise immunity to the kidnapers themselves, it was officially announced today. Disclosure that a circular had been sent to every pelice head- quarters in the country appealin, g for information and promising secrecy had led to interpretation in some quarters that in effect im- munity was being extended to the criminals. This was flatly denied by Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, super- intendent of State police, who is in general charge of the case at the Lindbergh homa. “Expression “Our guaranty of confidence concerning Schwarzkopf said in an official bulletin this morning, “is an expre our effort to obtain information which sion of our sincerity concernin would result in the return of the b: of Sincerity.” informants” Col. aby. “The matter of immunity to criminals is beyond our control.” The question of immunity has cropped up repeatedly since the Lindbergh baby was stolen the night of March 1, the Governor of e to make such a promise§ which in effect would be to de- officials, includin, impossibl clare crime legal. and numerous he State, have said that it was The nearest possible thing to a promise of immunity is Col. Lind- berfrh'a own ap their terms an his child. KIDNAPING PROBERS APPEAL T0 NATION Circular Distributed to All Po- lice Through Justice De- partment Unit. In their first formal appeal to the al to the kidnapers, in which he to maintain complete secrecy if romised to meet ey would return Col. Schwartzkopf's bullettn con- tinued: “We have no control or supervision over the activities of Col. Lindbergh or his representatives in any respect. “All police agencies have been active in the investigation of this case gnd are making every effort possible to ac- veipaiors. 1. Couperate wha Ty IV s and every enforcement oficer o persons having of that may lead to the police of the Nation, New Jersey State mlfla police today asked co-operation of America’s law enforcement authorities in the search for the Lindbergh baby and his kidnapers. ‘Through the expansive and efficient channels of the United ghmmmmwun of Investigation, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, State police chief, sent to more than 1400 police officials throughout the country a large descriptive circular asking for any in- formation available that might lead to solution of the mystery. J. Edger Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation, confirmed the fact that his bureau had distributed the circular, following announcement of the move at Hopewell by Col. Schwarzkopf. Previously the bureau had refused to confirm or deny it. Photographs Included. Across the top of the brcadside were two photographs of the child— pictures already familiar to millions of newspaper readers. They were not very clear, but were the best snapshots ob- tainable of the famous son of the fiyer. There was no new information on the circular. It repeated the detailed de- scription of Charles Augustus, jr., al- ready published by the press, and that police communicate promptly to Col. Schwarzkopf any bit of informa- tion that might help “break” the case. “In our earnest desire to accomplish the recovery of the baby,” the circular sald, “the police will welcome informa- tion’ of any kind leading to its return, regardless of the source. “The identity of all discl information lesding. to Tecavery of the baby, whether the information be val- (Gpntinued on Page 3, Column 6.) e e VATICAN ACTION SHOWN 24 Marriages Annulled and 32 Re- quests Rejected, Report Reveals. VATICAN CITY, March 12 (#) —The Rota, Papal tribunal, annulled 24 mar- riages last year and rejected 32 requests for annulments, it was announced today. The FRota's report is in Latin and did not give the h:n;mu or mzncu of the parties making the requests. ‘There was no indication whether any of the cases involved Americans. | By the Associated Press. g ] i f agg 3 EBE Lt g B FINNS, CARRIED AWAY ON ICE, FEED FISH TO STARVED HORSES Last of 700 Fishermen, Saved From Huge Floe, Describe Efforts to Keep Warm in Tents. men normally. Into these flimsy shel- ters, the survivors said today, they crowded 15 at lu:ime and huddied to- provisions for the men had to be rationed out to make them last. The famished horses began nibbling at the tent walls and these to leak, while the storm poured . | began rain and snow upon the castaways. Then they decided to feed their fish to their horses and all the animals s. o s e e M lependent Ve ong appreciate the fact that when they amount to nothing of impertance we are not annoyed useless which would congest our files records not of a tangible nature. We feel certain that any information of importance or any value accumulated by any police agency will be transmit- ted forthwith by any police department or agency. “The status of the investigation has not revealed any information of a pro- ductive nature in the past 34 hours. Many of the investigators are at present on assignments which have extended into at least three other States and have not returned. The results of this investigation are not known and will Dot be known until they communicate or return “If their investigation develops any details of importance or value to this investigation we be pleased to transmit same in our next bulletin.” The first part of the police bulletin, dealing with the immunity question, was in direct answer to a question sub- mitted by reporters. ‘The earlier police procedure of giving information by answers to questions urged | submitted by the press at stated inter- vals has been abandoned, but questions are still sent in before the bi-daily bul- letins to keep police informed as to what phases of the Investigation are of current interest to the general public. The bulletins are written with these questions in mind, but with no attempt to answer them all directly. The Questions Submitted. ‘The questions submitted prior to the 10 o'clock bulletin today follow: 1. Is the guaranty of confidence which you pledge any and all informe ants to be construed as a promise of im« munity, even to the kidnapers, should they give information leading to the baby's return? 2. Have the police any information of (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) KIDNAP “RACKET” FAILS Convicted Swindler Sought to Raise “Search Fund.” NEW YORK, March 12 (#).—The “racket” Harry L. Davis conceived from the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby brought him an indeterminate term of from one to three years in the peniten- S piadad ttempted petty He pl guilty to attempt larceny as the result of a plan whereby he attempted, by use of stationery en which the name of promnent men ap- peared, to raise a fund to de- tectives to search for the stolen child. Davis, Who is 37 and gave his ad- dress as 258 Twelfth street, Detroit, Mich,, was arrested after he induced | Walter B. Cooke, an undertaker, to | contribute $100 two days afier fie wig- | naping. Police said he had been con- | victed for previous similar swindles. 50,000 WRITE LINDBERGH “Cranks” and Well Wishers Mail Him Suggestions. NEWARK, N. J., March 12 (#).—In the 11 days since 20-month-old son, Charles . A. received 50,000 letters wishers Lindbergh has from “cranks” and well offering suggestions as to how he might re- w;-‘xf.e%m' given today by Gov. ire was given 3 A. Harry Moore in an address at the Newark Athletic Club. He, himself, has received about 10,000 communica- tions about the case, he said.