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(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder late tonight, much colder tomorrow, Lowest temperature tonight, about 30 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 53, at noon to- day; lowest, 34, at 5:30 am. today. Full report on page A-12. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,119. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 4 WASHINGTON, D. C., LINDBERGHS HEAR STATE PAINT VIVID PICTURE OF MURDER IN OPENING CASE <« ‘We’ll Prove It,” Cries Wilentz at Accused. INFANT HELD SLAIN IN FALL | Mother Bows Head as Death Details Are Bared. (Copyright. 1935, by the Assoclated Press.) FLEMINGTON, N. J.,, January 3.— The State of New Jersey charged | to a quickly completed jury foday that | Bruno Richard Hauptmann killed | baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh | simultaneously with the kidnaping of the child 2 years and 10 months ago. The State further charged the stolid Bronx carpenter with ripping the sleeping suit from the dead baby in order to perpetrate a ghastly ransom | hoax upon the parents. The speech of the prosecutor was in the presence of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lind- bergh. Taking of testimony began imme- diately after the State's statement of its case with Walter E. Roberts, Hun- terdon County engineer, on the stand to explain charts of the Lindbergh | estate at Hopewell in line with the | State's attempt to prove the crime | was committed at the place charged. | The attorney general, David T. Wilentz, told the jury he would prove that the man who kidnaped the baby and murdered it “sits in this court he accusing Hauptmann, said: “'He went out that window and down that ladder of his. The ladder broke. | He had more weight going down than he had when he was coming up. And down he went with this child. Instantly Killed. “In the commission of that burglary the child was instantaneously killed when it received that first blow. It received a horrible fracture, the di- mensions of which, when you hear about it, will convince you that death was instantaneous. ‘Wilentz declared the kidnaper, real- {zing a dead baby could not be re- turned, “ripped the sleeping garment from the body” to use for ransom ne- gotiation purposes. He spoke of Dr. John F. Condon, “a | very distinguished educator in the Bronx,” and told how the elderly man inserted an advertisement in the Bronx Home News offering his serv- jces as an intermediary. “That advertisement Mr. Haupt- mann answered,” he said, thumping | the court rail. He told of that futile flight Lind- | bergh made to Gay Head, Mass, to find the “mythical” boat on which the kidnaper said the baby was. | “And Lindbergh, who could find a | speck at the end of the earth, could not find his baby—because Haupt- mann had murdered that baby.” A look of horror flitted across the | faces of jurors as Wilentz described the gruesome scene in the morgue when the “horribly decomposed” body | was identified. | “That was the little eagle,” he said. | During Wilentz' dramatic presenta- tion, Hauptmann sat fixed in his chair, staring at the speaker. His head was raised for almost the first time as Wilentz launched into 8 description of the finding of the baby’s body. The defendant seemed to brace himself as he sat back in the chair. “One leg was gone, eaten away, or rotted away,” he said. “One hand ‘was gone. There was the curly blond hair, the high prominent forehead. The foot with the overlapping toes.” Mrs? Lindbergh Hears. Mrs. Lindbergh's head bowed for- ward. Her eyes were fixed on the floor. Perspiration eppeared on Lind- bergh’s brow. He moved nervously. in his chair. Betty Gow also dropped her head forward, her eyes downcast. Wilentz talked from 11:17 am. to 11:46. Edward Reilly, defense counsel, im- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) —— PAY RESTORATION PLANS ARE RUSHED House Sentiment Is Declared Favorable to Government Employes. ‘With the opening of Congress to- day friends of the Government em- ployes in the House membership dis- 1 cussed the prospect of rushing through | legislation to restore the full basic salary as of January 1. Representatives John W. McCor- mack of Massachusetts, John J. Boy- lan of New York, William J. Gran- field of Massachusetts and scores of others announced their determina- tion to speak vigorously for early con- sideration of pay restoration legisla- tion, They said they have found a very strong sentiment in the House in favor of giving the Government workers their full pay as of January 1. Restoration of basic pay as of Jan- uary 1 “is a simple act of justice that ‘would improve living standards among Pederal workers, encourage private employers to take similar action, in- crease the purchasing power of the workers, heighten the confidence of business men, and so provide an im- portant impulse toward recovery,” the National Association of Letter Mrs. Lindbergh at Trial Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh nd Robert Pescock, Assistant Attorney General, are pictured as they arrived at the Hunterdom County Court . Houst' at Flemington today. Mrs. Lindbergh will be one of the State's chief witnesses in its trial of Bruno son, Charles A, jr. Hauptmann for the murder of her . —Wide World Photo. The State’s Case Against Hauptmann (Copyrighted 1935. the Associated Press.) FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 3.—| The following is the presentation in | part of the State’s case against Bruno Hauptmann, charged with the mur-| der of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., as | presented in court today by Attorney ! General David T. Wilentz of New Jersey: Mr. Wilentz: May it please your honor, Mr. Foreman, men and women of the jury: A grand jury that was composed of citizens of this county has returned an indictment. charging that Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was murdered. It is the law, men and women, as will be pointed out to you by the court, that where the death of any one ensues in the commission of a burglary that killing is murder—murder in the first degree. Cites Legal Provisions. 1t is also the law, as the court will point out to you, that if a person in the murder is feloniously stricken in one county, that is, the blow is given in one county, but death ensues in an- other county, notwithstanding the fact that the death ensues in the other county, it is murder in this county if the felonious striking took place here, or if the death occurs here. I just point that out to you, mot that I expect it will have any particu- lar effect, because we are going to prove that not only the striking but the death took place in Hunterdon County. Now, on the first day of March, 1932, the State will prove to you that a very distinguished citizen of this country was a resident of Hunterdon County and on that day the house- hold, the Lindbergh household, con- sisted of Betty Gow, Mr. and Mrs. Whatley, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, his wife, and their only and infant son, who was 20 months of age—I think it was 20 months pld. The child was a happy, normal, jovial, delightful little tot that age, blue-eyed, curly- headed, blond haired. He had been playing around that entire day with the family, and on the night of March 1, 1932, that child was killed; and the State will prove to you jurors, that the man who killed and murdered that child sits in this very court room —the gentleman in the custody of the sheriff’s guards right in the rear of the distinguished members of the bar, who make up the defense counsel. Presence Near Home Charged. This crime had been planned for some time. This defendant Haupt- mann had conceived this plan and had undertaken it, had plotted it, prepared it, and we will show you that by the fact that he was in and about the vicinity of this Lindbergh home on many occasions before as well as at the time of the crime. He camé there with his ladder, placed it against that house. He broke into and entered at night the Lindbergh home with the intent to commit & battery upon that child and with the intent to steal the child and its . And he did. Not only with the intent, but he actually committed a battery upon the child Carrlers said today in & memorial to Congress. s | first blow. and did ‘steal it ‘and did steal its % clothing. I will refer to its clothing and its stealing a little while later. Then as we went out that window and down that ladder of his, the lad- der broke. He had more weight going down than he had when he was com- ing up. And down he went with this child. In the commission of that burglary, that child was instan- taneously killed when it received that It received a horrible fracture, when you hear about it will convince you that death was instantaneous. Getting down there he took the ladder and about 70 feet away the load was too heavy. In the one hand.he had the ladder and in the other he had this bundle, this dead package to him. The ladder was of no particular use to him. He abandoned that. Then he proceeded on his way until he had gotten about a ‘half mile, the child dead. Knowing it was dead, he wasn't a bit. concerned about it and there, three thousand or more feet away and still on the Lindbergh estate, he yanked and ripped the sleeping gar- ment of that child off its body. Though it was cold and raw, he yanked ripped that sleeping garment off that child, because he didn't need the child as we will show you—he needed the sleeping garment. Shallow Grave Dug. Then, of course, at the very first convenient spot, some few miles away, he scooped up & hastily improvised and shallow grave and put this child in face downwards and on he went |on his way to complete the rest of his plans in this horrible criminal endeavor. ‘Well, pretty soon, about 10.o'clock, the Lindberghs found put that their child was missing—end you can, of course, imagine the excitement, you can imagine how hysterical some of the members must have been—and the first thing, as soon as Col. Lind- bergh heard about it, he immediately asked Wheatley to.call the police, and then he grabbed his rifle and went through the woods, and up and down the roads, while Mrs. Lindbergh and the rest of the family looked through closets, looked here and there, looked through places they knew the child would not be—but just looked, in the hope that springs eternal in the human breast, and then, of course, the world knew. Of course, they didn’t know their child had been murdered. There was left a note in the room by the de- fendant, and that note indicated that the person responsible for this crime would get in touch with the Lind- berghs again in a few days. And he did. He wrote Col. Breckenridge and in a few days after crying to Col. Breck- enridge, . the 'world having become aroused, a very distinguished and aged educator and scholar and teacher in the Bronx, in a desire to serve so- ciety and in a desire to serve the Lindberghs, inserted an advertisement Mr. Hauptmann answered. He said, “We will take you Condon; we will take you as the intermediary.” We show you that this: de- fendant, Hauptmann, de- fendnt, Hsuptmion, perscoally de- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.). 2 F | posal to control the manufacture of e ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n q Sfar THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1935—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. .. SEEN MAPPING CAMPAIGN T0 END ARMAMENTS RAGE Move to Curb Munitions Trade Believed Paving Way to Parley. CONCESSION EXPECTED TO GERMAN DEMANDS Europe Declared Ready to Rec- ognize Reich’s Military Prep- arations Cannot Be Halted. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The administration is reported to be prepared to make another drive to end the costly armament race now again in full swing all over the world. ‘The effort on the part of the Ameri- can Government to press for control of the international arms trade is in- tended to serve as an inducement for the revival of the limitation of arms conference. | Although State Department officials are reticent regarding the possibility of reviving the Disarmament Confer- ence, they think that, despite the strained situation in Europe, there is a fair chance for the European na- tions to get together again and come to an understanding regarding a defi- nite limitation of armaments. | Wilson Here for Conference. Hugh Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland, who is temporarily replacing Norman H. Davis as Presi- dent Roosevelt's plenipotentiary in Europe on disarmament matters, has spent 10 days in Washington confer- ring with high officials of the State Department. Mr. Wilson is returning to Europe about January 10 with a new set of | instructions to sound out the various powers about the revival of the Gene- va conference. State Department officials say that for the time being they are inter- ested chiefly in Secretary Hull's pro- | arms, The principal feature of this pro- posal is the control by an internation- | 8l commission of the statements issued by the different countries re- rding the manufacturer of arms the dimensions of which | and ammunition, Olive Branch to Germany. It is hoped that Germany, which! has so far not co-operated in the dis- | armament move, may be induced to| attend this meeting. When the Ger- man delegates come in contact again | with the representatives of other powers they will be approached with | the view of getting Germany back to the Limitation of Arms Conference, | which the Reich deserted in October, 1933. The situation for such a move ap- pears propitious at the present mo- ment. And this for two reasons. First, Germany is in difficult eco- nomic circumstances and should be willing to participate in a gathering to stop the present arms race. Sec- ond, Germany left the Geneva meet- ings because the nations gl!hel’ed" there refused to recognize her right to have “token armaments.” Since October, 1933, the situation | has changed radically. Despite the | restrictions of the Versailles treaty the | German government has proceeded to rearm and today it has not only a larger army than it is supposed to have, but also airplanes, tanks, gas and heavy artillery, all of which the French and British refused her 15 months ago at Geneva. French Expected to Yield. ‘This is an undeniable fact which nobody can fail to take into consider- ation, and there is no way of stopping Germany from rearming. Because of this situation it is be- lieved that the Prench government ul- timately will bow to the inevitable fact that Germany cannot be Te- strained from having all the arms she wants. It is suggested that if the control of the manufacture of armaments is soncluded successfully, Germany should be invited to return to the Disarma- ment Conference at Geneva, where she should declare all the munitions she possesses at present, together with a true statement of her military ef- fectives, ‘The present German military strength will then be taken as a yardstick for all big powers, which will be required to reduce their armies to approximately the German level. This idea is not in contradiction with the German ideas of 1933, when the BerMn government stated that it wanted to have only the right to possess the same war implements the other nations have. If there is & willingness on the part of France and Germany to accept such a solution, it is -believed the United States might play an im- portant role to make a limitation of arms treaty effective. Another Page R IDE HIM, COWBOY, Sop v by, Nt = SN\ - TALY AND FRANCE PLAN PEACE PACT Laval Leaves to Meet Mus- solini on Central Euro- pean Treaty. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Janua:y 3.—Pierre Laval. former premier, who stepped in as | foreign minister when Louis Barthou leaves | | tonight for Rome with a tentative | was shot down at Marseille, draft of a Franco-Italian agreement to keep Central Europe at peace. Problems purely between France and Italy also are expected to be settled when Laval meets Mussolini. Documents which the two are ex- vide first for an assurance of Austria’s independence and a plan to guarantee the security of Central Europe. A second object is the settlement of Franco-Italian colonial qustions in Africa. Agreement Reached. « An agreement in principle was reached in many long-distance tele- phone calls between Paris and Rome by which Laval was permitted to visit Premier Mussolini before he attends & session of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva, January 11. After Laval's return from Geneva Motorist Hurled to Death Through Wall Of Miner’s Home By the Associated Press. BLUEFIELD, W. Va. January 3.—Wakened by a crash and a heavy thud the family of A. Mc- Haffey, miner of Premier, found a dead man sitting upright at the foot of a fiight of stairs in the McHaffey home yesterday. In the wall at the top of the stairs was a gaping hole. The dead man, identified as Howard Kirby, 22, of Coalwood, had been thrown from his auto- mobile and catapulted through | | the wall of the McHaffey house when the machine failed to take a curve and plunged over an em- bankment. ROOSEVELT GIVES s SPEECH FULL TIVE 1»Bars Self to All Callers as He Works Alone on Message. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. ' Denying himself to all callers, Presi- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 Some Returns Not Yet Recelv 25,013 ed. R L2 () Means Associated P TWO CENTS. ress. ROOSEVELT 1S HIT ING.0.P.PROGRAM “Permanent Recovery” Is Asked in 20-Point Con- gress Proposal. By the Associated Press. A 20-point program, openly critical of the administration, was advanced by Republicans in Congress today to |bring “speedy and permanent re- | covery.” Drafted primarily by Representative Snell of New York and the House | Republican Steering Committee, its | general proposals were approved by most other leading G. O. P. members in both House and Senate. It was written, Republicans said, to answer charges that their party had no con- | structive suggestions. Snell, the minority leader, said: “We do not propose in advance to condemn every proposal of the majority or to accept them ‘in toto,’ but as far as I am able to speak for the minority we will meet each legislative proposal with open mind, judge each recom- mendation on its merits, regardless of he intends to visit London, perhaps| dent Roosevelt today devoted his enurei its political effects.” with Premier Pierre Flandin, for a further discussion with Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary of European problems. The primary document on which Il Duce and Laval will negotiate, it is understood, provides that Austria's neighbors mutually guarantee their own political independence and ter- ritorial integrity along with that of Austria, following lines of article 10 of the League of Nations covenant. Austria has agreed. it was under- stood, to accept Yugoslavia, Czecho- slovakia and Rumania among the guarantors of her independence, de- spite an earlier reluctance to do so. Consultation Urged. Pending adhesion of the neighbors to the convention, France and Italy, with the support of Great Britain, it was reported, would be asked to consult together in the event of a| sudden menace to Austria’s independ- ence. Laval will be four days in Rome working out the accord on which the late Barthou spent so much effort. Differences between Laval and Mus- solini were cleared away yesterday in telephonic conversations between the capitals and the foreign minister de- | cided suddenly to make the trip. Hitler Hand Seen. ROME, January 3 (#)—Belief was expressed in diplomatic circles today that Adolf Hitler- was responsible for the decision of Foreign Minister Pierre Laval of France to leave tonight for Rome to negotiate for a pact securing Austrian independence and Central European peace. Fear was growing, these sources said, that Hitler, confident of success in the forthcoming Saar plebiscite, might turn his attention to a union with Austria. Count Charles de Chambrun, French Ambassador to Italy, was reported to have told Laval by telephone “it is now or never.” —_— Pinchots to Bid Farewell. HARRISBURG, Pa, January 3 (#).—A farewell dinner for his official family, with State officials and prom- inent commissioners present, will be given tonight by Gov. and Mrs. Pinchot at the executive mansion. of Wirephotos in The Star Today Turn to Page A-5 for another group of Associated Press Wirephotos, illustrating the latest news events from far and wide. The Wirephoto has made possible the lightninglike transmission of good, clear of the country direct to The As fast as interesting pictures from every corner Star office. new pictures are received they are put into The Star—thus maintaining the rela- tionship between last-minute news and last-minute pictures. Assoclated Press Wirephotos are printed in the after- noon exclusively by The Star in Washington, Follow the News in Pictures in The Star | time to completion of the annual mes- sage he is to read to the joint session | of Congress at the Capitol tomorrow | afternoon. | message. Mr. Roosevelt is taking more | ned to have the job finished by night- | fall and to have advance copies ready for the press about three hours before | he begins reading the message in the House chamber soon after the noon hour tomorrow. Mr. Roosevelt began the final writ- | room study on the second floor of the White House. Announcing he would | see no callers, he also said he would | not leave his work room until the task was completed. This meant luncheon served to him at his desk, and possibly even his evening meal. Works From Many Notes. Before him on his desk were many sheets of scribbled notes as well as | typewritten memoranda. Besides tak- | ing great care with phraseology of the message, Mr. Roosevelt was exercis- ing considerable thought in arranging | the sequence of the various topics. afterwards when he was making a searching study preparatory to the drafting of this communication to the Congress. Miss Marguerite Le Hand, who has been the President’s private secretary since he was Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy, and Miss Grace Tully of the private secretarial staff are taking turns in recording the President’s dictation of the message. As usual, the President will not utilize _the facilities of the Govern- ment Printing Office to put his mes- sage into printed form, but will have it mimeographed at the White House. It was said at the White House to- day that the message would run ap- | proximately 4,000 words, instead of the 2,500 words announced about a week ago. Budget Message Next. ‘When the message is out of the way the President will then turn his at- tention to the finishing touches on his budget message. This document, how- ever, 1s virtually completed and the task of making it ready for publication will be a simple one. Mr. Roosevelt also has before him a rough draft of a so-called legislative program to fol- low during the present session. At the top of this legislative program in the President’s handwriting are a number of notations dealing with the soldiers’ bonus. 2 —_— BONUS BILL IS FIRST INTRODUCED IN HOUSE 2,400 Measures Put Into Hopper. Many Also Offered on Senate Side. By the Associated Press. The Patman bill for immediate pay- ment of the soldiers’ bonus was num- ber 1 out of a deluge of 2,400 measures introduced in the House today. Many were offered on the Senate side. The measure, by Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas was ac-, companied by several others for pay- ing the $2,100,000,000 in adjusted veterans’ compensation certificates. Several provided only for cancellation of interest on loans secured by the sertificates. » than ordinary pains with it. He plan- | ing at his flat-top desk in his oval| Some of his nctes were written by | gt him as early as last Summer, and| | “Wnhile we shall continue to sup- port the appropriations necessary to meet the present emergencies,” he | continued, “we believe the time has | now come for the administration to Realizing the importance of this |present a definite and complete legis- | | lative program for speedy and perma- nent recovery. Proposals Offered. “Such a program should be enacted at once, and to that end we offer the following: “1. We favor the restoration of the |three co-ordinate and separate | branches of the Federal | ment—the legislative, the executive |and the judicial. “2. We stand for government by laws passed by the regular constituted body for that purpose, this extravagant, bureaucratic gov- |ernment of the present administra- tion, which has already issued 10,000 executive orders that have the force of laws. | 3. We favor the immediate re- turn of all the legitimate power of the States to the States and the sub- divisions thereof. “4. We advocate an honest and speedy balancing of the Federal bud- et. “5. We favor a sound and stable | money policy, both at home and | abroad. “6. We favor permanent insurance of bank deposits. “7. We stand for restoration of the merit system in Government em- ployment. “8. We believe a protective tariff on all competitive products and strict enforcement of restricted immigration is essential to American labor. Child Labor Opposed. “9. We are for abolishing all child {labor and the sweat-shop system of contract _labor. “10. We favor strengthening, not weakening, the anti-trust laws. “11. We stand ‘for honestly-con- ducted private business and oppose the Government entering the competitive field of private enterprise. “12. We favor, as an emergency “(Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) ANN HARDING GIVEN Blond Film Actress Awarded Sole Care of Daughter at Private Hearing. By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev,, January 3.—Exclusive Govern- ; and oppose | CUSTODY OF CHILD; CONGRESS OPENS, RESTRICTING WORK 10 ORGANIZATION; AWAITS PRESIDENT ' Roosevelt Due to Present Legislative Proposals Personally Tomorrow. Byrns Elected Speaker. DOZEN NEW SENATORS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE Holt Present in Chamber, but Is Not Sworn in—Speculation Rife About Executive Plans for ® Session—Startling New Pro- posals Are Rumored. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The new Congress made its bow to the country at noon today. Both Senate and House planned to | complete their “organization” and | then recess until they can receive the ! recommendations of President Roose- | velt. The Chief Executive plans to go {to the Capitol tomorrow afternoon to deliver in person his annual mes- sage to Congress. This is the course { he followed when Congress convened a year ago. Byrns Is Elected. Outstanding in the day of routine was the election of the veteran Repre- sentative Joseph W. Byrns of Ten= Inessee as Speaker of the Hous Byrns, who served as floor leader i 1he last Congress, was formally elected !about an hour after the House met, amid the cheers of the Democrat He had been nominated yesterday secret Democratic caucus | Although today’s action was only a | formality, due to the huge Democratic | majority, there were three nomina- | tions for the speakership. Represen- | tative Byrns was placed in nomination | for the Democrats by Representative { Taylor of Colorado | _ Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader, was nominated by | Representative Lehlbach of New Jer- ! sey, and Representative Schneider of Wisconsin was placed in nomination by Representative Boileau, also of | Wisconsin. { The Schneider nomination exe pressed the protest of Republican in- | surgents against Snell. Schneider is ia member of the new Progressive party in Wisconsin. The vote on the speakership fol- { lows: Byrns, 316: Snell, 95: Schneider, ¢; | Representative Lambertson, Repub- {lican, of Kansas, 2. Three members | voted present. Snell Continues Leader. Snell will continue as leader of the 102 House Republicans. In accepting the speakership Byrns | pledged anew his devotion to the “policies, platform and principles” of the Democratic party and promised to support its legislative efforts This session of Congress will be hi: torically important, he predicted. ad; ing that he had no doubht the House would measure up to the responsibili- ties facing it. “The House is closer to the peopl and more responsive to their will t any other branch of our Governmen he said. “Because it is so representa~ tive of the wishes of the people, we | should see that it becomes a dominant | factor in legislation. I shall, as your | Speaker. devote my earnest efforts to that end.” The new Speaker also promised to preserve the rights of the minority party to express itself on all public | questions. Mrs. Roosevelt and various friends enjoyed the House scene from the | thronged gallery there. The Presi- | dent, meanwhile, remained at his desk to work on his 4,000-word message. Bankhead, Iil, Absent. Representative William B. Bank- | head of Alabama, although absent { due to illness, stepped into the picture strongly at the Capitol as Byrns' suce cessor as majority leader, a position to ‘\l’hlch he was chosen late yesterday | by the Democratic caucus. | At the Senate end of the Capitol, | the session was even less eventful than in the House. After a quorum 'had been developed on roll call, the Inewly-elerled Senators were sworn in—all except Rush D. Holt of West Virginia. who has not yet reached 30, the minimum senatorial age under the Constitution. Holt, on advice of the Democratic leaders, will not present himself to take the oath of office until next June, when he will be qualified as to age. The opinion generally is that he will be permitted to take his seat at that time, although several Senators cone tend that if he was not qualified at the time of election he canuot be seated. In the meantime, he will be at liberty to take a six-months’ vaca= ion—with full pay. Holt was on the floor as the Sen: ate convened, sitting in a rear ro When the list of credentials of Sena« tors-elect was read by the clerk, Holt's credentials were among them. Postmaster General Farley, who also is chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, was in the Senate chamber, heartily congratulating the Democrats who had been successful in the last campaign. The new Democratic Senators take« ing the oath of office were: Theodore G. Bilbo, Mississippi: Edward R. Burke, Nebraska; Vic Donahey, Ohio; care, control and custody of her 6- year-old daughter Jane was granted to Ann Harding, blond film actress, at a private hearing before District Judge Thomas F. Moran here today. Details of testimony were not made public. Irish Trade Pact Reached. LONDON, January 3 (#).—A trade agreement between the Irish Free State and Great Britain, after two years of economic war, was reported reached today. Although both governments were silent on the matter, it was under- stood that the agreement involved Irish cattle and British coal and was reached after secret negotiations, A (Continued on Page 6, Column 7., Guide for Readers After Dark . Amusements Comics ... Features Finance ...... Lost and Found.. Radio . Serial Story ... Service Orders Short Story . Society . Sports ’