Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1935, Page 5

WAR PLANES AGAIN FLY OVER PEIPING Flights Seen as Attempt by Japan to Intimidate Chinese. 8y Radio to The Star. PEIPING, China, December 6.— Peiping was treated to another and bigger demonstration by Japanese war planes today in an apparent attempt to intimidate the CLinese. That these demonstrations come at @ time when Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, Nanking war minister, is here as the central government’s emissary to deal with the northern crisis, has led to the not unreasonable belief that the Japanese flights are motivated in part to remind him of *2e strength of the Japanese war machine. Planes Roar Over City. ‘This morning nine pursuit or com- bat planes in formation zoomed over the city, flying much lower than they did yesterday, so that the red rising sun devices on the wings loomed big above the heads of watchers, and the roaring distracted the city from its normal pursuits. They were followed by three un- usually heavy twin-motored Japanese bombing planes and then by a single fiyer. Not only did the air fleet circle low over the city, but it flew directly over both the American and British Embassies. Their estimated altitude when above the embassies was no more than 700 or 800 feet. The windows shook in at least one residence within the em- bassy quarter. At 2:39 o'clock this afternoon five more Japanese pursuit or combat planes soared over Peiping in forma- tion, this group higher than the oth- ers. This brought the total of Japan- ese planes thus far in the day to 18. Indignation Over Flights. ‘When asked whether they were from Manchukuo, Col. Tan Takahashi, Jap- anese military attache here, said he “thought” they were from Shanhaik- wan, Great Wall frontier city on the east coast. Although many Chinese and for- eigners laughed and joked as they stared at the aircraft above, there is indignation both among Chinese and foreign residents over the insulting flight. Nanking in the past has pro- tested much smaller Japanese flights. This afternoon correspondents at- | tempted to get from Takahashi an ex- | planation for the aerial maneuvers. | He said he had received no official in- | formation, but thought that the planes | were flying “for exercise, for recon- noitering of the situation and keeping the peace in the demilitarized zone.” The nearest border of the North | Hopei demilitarized zone is some 12 | miles from here, «Copyright. 1935.) Hauptmann (Continued From F‘lrs}fi?ag’e) vealed only yesterday, a few hours| before Hoffman disclosed that he had paid a nocturnal visit to Hauptmann in his death house cell at S!av.e‘ Prison. Conflict Blocked Efforts. The Governor said he understood | Parker attempted to investigate the| case along With the State police, but was “blocked” in his efforts by the | troopers. | Those who were at Hopewell in the | days immediately following the kid- naping recalled that Parker was pres- ent at the Lindbergh estate for sev- eral days, and then left. Reports at that time had it that he and the chief | investigating officials had not been in | agreement. The Governor said he understood Parker “had never been given access | to the State police records” in the kidnaping case. | He said he had not personally in- spired any independent investigation, | but that a number of private groups | were doing so. Representatives of these groups. which he did not name, had consulted with him, he said. | Asked if he had the authority to| enticipate that Hauptmann's case | would come before the Court of Par- dons—an appeal for a review is pend- ing in the Supreme Court of the United States—the Gowernor said that did not concern him so much as his “duty as first servant of this State | to see that justice is done.” Law Silent on Interviews. ‘The Governor said an examination of State laws showed that 26 States allow condemned men to appear in person beforé the Governor. New Jersey law is silent on this point, he said. However, it has been the practice for the Court of Pardons to interview prisoners seeking paroles, going to the prison for such inter- views. The Governor said he suggested to the members of the court a month ago that they give some thought to the Hauptmann case. He pointed out to them, he said, that if the Supreme Court of the United States takes no action the case “will undoubtedly be placed in our laps.” Because of the ‘“unusual nature of the case,” he said, “it is something they should look into.” The Governor made it clear he had not offered Hauptmann commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment. “I did not have any authority to make such an offer,” he said. He added he had not seen Col Lindbergh or communicated with him since the trial. Egbert Rosecrans, one of the de- fense attorneys, commenting on the Governor's statement regarding Park- er, said: “Parker has a great reputation and is usually always correct. When the case started he had a different theory from the State. The case certainly presents mysterious angles. Parker is well qualified to study them.” Schwarzkopt Says Little. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, su- perintendent of the State police, who directed the tedious investigation climaxed by Hauptmann’s arrest, had little to say on the latest developments in the case. ‘Without referring to Parker by name, Bchwarzkopf took cognizance of the charge State police “hlocked” Burlington County detective in the early days of the investigation. “We followed normal police work and police procedure,” he said. “We blocked no investigation.” Former Gov. Moore, now United States Senator, said Parker was “one of scores” of detectives called into the case, and pointed out police officials from all sections of the State and coun- try gave aid in early stages of the in- wvestigation. Declining to go into more detail on Parker’s connection with the case, ne referred ‘other questions to Col. Schwarzkopf. Parker, meanwhile, was hunting on ‘lonelynlemwmy, far the clamor aroused by the injec- THE EVENING STAR, Children Listen to Santa Claus Three of the tots from the Gospel Mission Home. John Marshall place, gather around the radio to hear their old friend Santa Claus broadcast an appeal on their behalf ,asking the good folks of Washington not to forget his little friends at Christmas time. —Star Staff Photo. tion of his name into the famous three- year-old case. He could not be reached for questioning. HIGH COURT TO DECIDE. Fate of Hauptmann Review Hinges on Ruling Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. ‘The Supreme Court is expected to make up its mind tomorrow as to whether to grant a review of Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s conviction of killing the Lindbergh baby. On Saturday, it is generally believed, the nine justices will gather at their usual roundtable conference, where such decisions are made. Veteran ob- servers of the court say a review usually is allowed if three justices favor it. If the decision is made Saturday, it will not be announced before Monday, when the court sits publicly. In event a review is granted, several weeks, and perhaps several months, will elapse before a final decision on Hauptmann'’s plea that the death verdict be voided. While Hauptmann's name flares in the headlines again, the high tribunal quietly has been studying papers in his case. When stacked, these papers stand more than 2 feet high. LETTER KEY TO PROBE. — Parker Studying Note From Man Who “Got Cold Feet.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—The | New York Daily News said today an anonymous letter indicating a possi- bility that Bruno Richard Haupt- mann is innocent of slaying Charles A. Lindbergh’s kidnaped son is the center of a new investigation of the crime. Information concerning the letter follows a disclosure yesterday by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey| that he had made a midnight visit to Hauptmann’s prison death house cell to study the con- victed man’s claim of in- nocence. The letter is being studied by Ellis Parker, chief of Burlington County, N. J., de- tectives, the News said. It reported that he, too, has visited Haupt- mann in the prison at Tren- Gov. Hoffman ton, N. J. Parker, the News says, is studying a theory that the baby was not killed the night of the kignaping, March 1, 1932, but died later. Postmarked at Buffalo. The letter, one of hundreds mailed to officials shortly after the kidnaping, was postmarked at Buffalo 10 days after the crime. It was delivered to the police chief at Trenton. Parker takes the view, the News says, that the man who wrote it was the man who stole the child. The most significant sentence in it said: “Follow the Lindberg tele- phone wires and you will find the baby and three fellows.” The child’s body was found & May 12, 1932, about 60 feet from temporary telephone wires installed at Lind- bergh’s Hopewell estate two days after the abduc- tion. 7 feet,” letter, “We all thought we could make some easy money. We got a place near Elizabeth, N. J., and one of the fellows who was pretty smart runs a wire to this place and listened to got cold Ellis Parker, the News quoted from the By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO. December 6.—The Only one plece of the ladder found | outside Baby Lindbergh’s window has The one identified piece, Koehler, at Hauptmann’s trial, was & | piece of flooring from the convicted Teuton’s attic. | Another piece was found to have| come from the lumber yard at which Hauptmann was employed, Koehler | | said, but no proof was obtained that Hauptmann bought it or stole it. | Hauptmann's arrest occurred while | Justice Department agents questioned | employes of the yard in connection | with this discovery, and the trail of | the ladder was followed no further, | Koehler said. e= Santa (Continued FProm First Page.) Broadcasting Co. sends Santa Claus’ | appeal through two stations—WRC | and WMAL, Merchants Lend Support. What more can be done to touch the heart of each man and woman | shopping in downtown Washington these days—when the Christmas spirit is over the land? This is the ques- tion Santa Claus wants answered, | and the only ones who can answer it | are the men and women with money in their pocketbooks—who have just that extra touch of consideration | needed to bring joy to little boys and | giris. That The Star and the National Broadcasting Co. and the Warner Brothers are not without active sup- | port on ail sides was proved today. | All the merchants of the city, through |a gommittee, notified these repre- | sentatives of Santa Claus that the| merchants will aid in the campaign. | Not only will they give toys them- selves, but they will deliver any extra toys that the Christmas shoppers pur- chase. ‘There, then, is the last obstacle re- moved. Any person who has not time {in which to deliver that extra toy | will have it delivered—and by the best delivery servicz in the business. | Think of that boy and think of that | girl who might not have even a lolly- | pop this Christmas, unless some kind- | nearted man or woman went to the trouble of buying an extra article. Santa Claus Practical. Are there many of these boys and girls? Too many of them. Now Santa Claus, while he is a! good, kindly soul, is a practical fellow | at that. He was having a heart-to- | heart talk with an old friend of his| the other day, and Santa Claus said: I “The older I get, the more I realize | that nobody on earth gets half so| much joy out of what is given him as what he gives. That is a hard lesson to learn—but it's the truest thing ever said. It is, forsooth, more | Joyous to give than to receive. You | try it sometime. It'll pay dlvidends.[ Next time you go into a store to buy something for yourself, buy something | for somebody else. You'll have a let of fun out of what you buy for your- self, because that’s what you want. But you'll have greater fun out of | what you buy for somebody else. See | if you don’t. First of all, whoever you buy the present for will be made ex- ceedingly happy. Happy because you were so thoughtful. Then, theyll| thank ygu—and you’ll get joy out of | being thanked. After that, you'll get joy out of remembering all the joy | you gave. Youwll know that every time that person remembers the gift you gave that person will think of you—and it is pleasant to be remem- bered.” Santa Claus’ old friend thought that over. Then he went down town | to buy himself a new necktie. While he was in the store he saw a pair of shoes—for a boy. “By George,” he said to himself, “I'll buy that pair of shoes for some poor boy who probably needs a pair of shoes. So he asked the clerk to wrap up the shoes and send them to the Santa Claus Toy Headquarters—at 933 G street—where all the gifts for the poor will be as- sembled this Christmas time. And the next day the man’s wife went down shopping and while she was looking at a new hat she saw a fine-looking coat that would fit & m,x% street. Just that little bit of thoughtful- | for Paris this afternoon. DECISIVE VICTORY DUGE'S PEACE IDEA Army in Africa Launches Race Against Time to Get Settlement. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ROME, December 6—The Italian | government persisted today in its of- ficial reserve toward British and French peace overtures, authoritative sources declaring Premier Mussolini was determined to settle the erisis in his own way—with a decisive victory in Ethiopia. With only that official reaction to European negotiations made known immediately, authoritative sources disclosed Mussolini’s counter-program for solution of the controversy through a hoped-for swift, major victory over the Ethiopians. Demands Free Hand. Associates of Marshal Pietro Badog- lio said the new commander in chief of Italy’s armies in East Africa de- manded and obtained a “free hand” to liquidate the crisis by forcing a de- cisive battle and then confronting the | League of Nations with a settlement signed by Emperor Haile Selassie. Such a course involved a race against time, the Italians driving for victory before the Spring rainy season should force demobilization of the East African armies or an oil embargo | by sanctionist nations should cause any spread of the conflict. Feaf War in Europe. Diplomats confirmed recent asser- tions by government spokesmen that Mussolini would take what he wanted in Ethiopia, despite sanctions. They dreaded the possibility—called by some a probability—of war in Europe. Diplomatic sources acquainted with the Franco-British suggestions for settlement said peace was possible soon—if the Italian armies could smash the Ethiopians and force Haile Selassie’s acceptance of “reasonable terms.” Such terms would include Italian possession of little more than the Northern Tigre Province and South- ern Ogaden Province, already occu- pied, one well-informed person said, still leaving the Ethiopian ruler with & homogeneous nation. * WILL CONFER WITH LAVAL. Vansittart Leaves for Paris and Hoare Will Follow Tomorro LONDON, December 6 (#).—Direct negotiations beiween Premier Laval of France and high British officials for a plan to settle the Italo-Ethi- opian war were expected today to be begun in Paris tomorrow. Sir Robert Vansittart, permanent head of the British foreign office, left Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare will fly over the channel tomorrow to join Vansittart in talks with the French premier. Hoare will leave tomorrow night for | & holiday in Switzerland. Vaosittart was expected to remain a few days. 826 F ST. N.W. SHIPMENTS OF OIL TOITALY HELD GUT Standard 0il Co. Reports it Will Export 138,000 Lass Barrels in 1935. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—The Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), sup- porting the United States program of WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935. neutrality in the Italo-Ethiopian con- flict, said today it will ship 138,000 less barrels of oil to Italy this year than in 1934, “Our company is firmly of the opinion that nothing should be done by any citizen to embarrass the efforts of the United States Government to avoid entanglements in the European political situation,” the organization’s publication declared. First Loyalty to Nation. “As between pat-iotic obligations and busiress opportunities, there can loyalty is to the Nation.” (In Washington. belief was authori- tatively expressed the Government would not object to the reported plan of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.’s Italian subsidiary to construct a large re- finery at Naples.) The New Jersey oil company said 1934 shipment “from all sources to Italy” were 4,862,221 barrels, “while this year, including our December estimate, the total figure will be only 4,723,673 barrels.” J. A. Brown, chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., yesterday said that under the most favorable cir- cumstances the company’s Italian sub- sidiary cannot begin to operate before the Spring of 1937, The. construction of a refinery by Socony-Vacuum’s Italian subsidiary at Naples was in line with a plan an- nounced last July in both daily and trade papers, Brown said. He made the statement in reply to Bet you never dreamed that it takes the wool from 2 sheep to make one Bond suit! Of course, we could cut this live stock order in half, were we to use lower grade wool from the sheep's hind quarters and belly. Fabrics made from this cheap stock look real good —until you start wearing them. But you'll never find woolens of this breed in Bond Clothes. inquiries whether the refinery, said to cost several million dollars, was re- lated to proposals to put an embargo. 6n ofl shipments to Italy. The plan was developed, Brown said, before the refinery operations began. The refinery is expected to operate on the crude run of about 3,000 bare rels a day. St Danzig Bars Italian Goods. FREE CITY OF DANZIG, Decein- | ber 6 (#).—The Danzig Senate issued an order forbidding importation of Italian goods yesterday, in conformity with an earlier decree of the govern= ment of Poland. Cuba has repealed its consumption tax on footwear. 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