Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burea Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder to- night, with lowest temperature about 36 degrees; moderate westerly winds. peratures—Highest, 56, at 10 a.m. today; lowest, 45, at 7:30 p.m. yesterday. 9. Full report on page B: Closing New York Markets, Page B-8 85th YEAR. No. 338 " BRITAIN PREPARES T0 REBUILD BASES IN PACIFIC AS NAVY "TREATIES EXPIRE Hongkong and Other Forti- fications Will Be Strength- ened—Eden to Make An- nouncement in Commons. ENGLAND WILL LEAD WORLD ARMING RACE United States Will Run Close Second in Unchecked New Fleets, Program—Other Nations Plan- ning Heavy Additional Ton- nage. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON.—Great Britain stood ready to build up its sea strength without limit as soon as the only checks on naval armament—the Washington treaty of 1922 and the London treaty of 1930—expire at midnight. ‘Tomorrow keels will be laid for two 35,000-ton capital ships to join the world’s greatest tonnage. ROME.—TItaly, Great Britain's rival for supremacy in the Mediterranean, was expected to use its freedom to bring its strength nearer Britain's heavyweight standard. PARIS.—France, entering the race with a $572,000,000 program to sup- plement “normal” naval expendi- tures, has authorized heavy battle- ship building to match German re- armament. BERLIN.—German shipyards already are working overtime to give the Reich its maximum sea strength under the 1935 Anglo-German treaty. s | Bs the Associated Press. LONDON, December 31.—Great Britain will announce next month a new program of rebuilding her Hong- kong and other Pacific naval bases, informed sources said today on the eve of expiration of a 15-year attempt to restrict naval tonnage by treaty. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will make the announcement to Com- mons soon after it convenes January 19. these sources said. Great Britain, not expett a Japanese reply to her proposal for extension of Article 19 of the dying Washington naval treaty, which provided for the maintenance of the status quo of Pacific fortifica- tions. The Washington treaty, signed in 1922, and the London treaty of 1930 expire at midnight tonight. From the dawn of the new year, technically, all barriers to naval build- ing would be lifted, as the London treaty of 1936, signed by the United States, France and Great Britain, had been ratified only by the United States. Europe’s shipyards hummed with preparations for unbridled competi- tion in strengthening the nations’ naval arms, permitted after the treaties die at midnight. Great Britain Leads Race. Great Britain stood foremost amorig the expected- builders of sea power— embittered because it believes the dying pacts gave other great powers an advantage so great the empire’s first line of defense has been weak- ed. The only hopes for slowing down Tearmament rested in the possibility other powers would sign bilaterally with Great Britain, under the unrati- fied 1936 treaty, binding themselves 5 to the provision for annual exchanges | of information regarding new con- | struction intentions. Great Britain and France set their | (See NAVAL, Page A-3) _ WAR DECLARATION DOCUMENT MISSING Paris Reports Foreign Office Loss After Check-up on Alleged Espionage Ring. B? the Assoclatea Press. ' PARIS, December 31.—Disappear- ance of the document of Ger- many's declaration of war on Prance in 1914 was reported today to have been disclosed in a check-up on foreign office documents in the investigation into an alleged espion- atge ring. ‘The newspaper Le Matin said an inspection and general revision of the Quai d'Orsay flles showed the docu- ment, which was presented August 2, 1914, by the German Ambassador was missing. Official confirmation of the report ‘was not immediately forthcoming. ‘The value of the document is chiefly historic, it was said. The check-up on documents was said to have been made in the inves- tigation of Mlle. Suzanne Linder, a secretary at the ministry of foreign affairs, and Michael Rosénfeld, a Lithuanian, who have been under arrest. Mile. Linder has been charged with falsifying and mishandling official documents, while Rosenfeld is held under an accusation of violating a ) Wit of expulsion from France. No 5:30 Star or Night Final Tomorrow Because of the holiday, there will be no 5:30 or Night Final Editions of The Star tomorrow. Subscribers to the Night Final receive the Regular Edition. it was stated, does ! u Forecast.) Tem- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 47, Hoffman Denies Lindbergh Bills Cache Discovery Another Pipe Dream, Says Governor of Jersey Report. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., December 31.—A formal statement from Gov. Harold G. 'Hoffman today said he knows “nothing abeut” a published report that a $21,650 “goldback” cache of Lindbergh kidnap ransom money had been found by a New Jersey State trooper. Col. Mark O. Kimberling, State police superintendent, said, “There's nothing to this latest thing” and described the Lindbergh investigation as_“quiet.” Earlier, through William Conklin, his press aide, the Governor had is- sued a terse “no comment” to the report published by the Philadelphia Record that a part of the ransom money had been found and that Gov. Hoffman would “tell all” today about the reputed new developments in the case, “Likely Pipe Dream.” The Governor's statement said: “I know nothing about this story. It is undoubtedly another one of the long list of journalistic pipe dreams con- ceived in confusion and designed to further mislead the public in its un- | derstanding of the Lindbergh case. “Like the late and beloved Will | Rogers, all that I know is what I read in the papers and I have read in the public press that the Lindbergh | case has been completely soived and | that all of the ransom money has | been accounted for. In view of this, | there cannot possibly be any truth to the story.” | Discussing the “goldback” cache of | | bills, which the Record said were “be- | | lieved to be Lindbergh ransom | money,” informed sources pointed out | that the $50,000 ransom contained not a single goldback bill. the trial of Bruno Richard Haupt- (See HOFFM, age A-2) EMBARGO POWER FGHT INDICATED {Civil War Barrier Agreed On, but Leaders Differ on “Discretion” Phase. BS the Associated Press. Although congressional leaders agreed to a quick resolution banning arms shipments to participants in eivil wars, a battle loomed today over mak- ing embargoes in the permanent neutrality act mandatory or discre- tionary. President Roosevelt is seeking broad discretionary power, but Senator Van- denberg, Republican of Michigan, last night called for mandatory legislation as far as possible. Vandenberg, one of the leaders of the small band of Senate Republicans, con- ceded munitions shipments to Spain | should be forbidden, but added: “I do not agree that the present | situation arises through lack of execu- tive discretion. It arises simply because | the mandatory code does not go far enough.” After Roosevelt, | McReynolds of the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees said they would introduce ‘he discretionary civil war embargo proposal as soon as Congress meets next Tuesday. Extension of the regular neutrality act, which expires May 1, will come up later. It is on this iegislation that heated debate is forecast, for the Senate in the last session refused to grant the President discretionary power. Hope to Block Planes Sale. By rushing through the resolution | preventing arms shipments in internal conferring with President Ltd, of $2,777,000 of second-hand planes and motors to the Spanish ioyalists. .Secretary of War Woodring dis- closed the company had purchased a 1 lot of used airplane engines from the War Department last January and | that another lot was sold in Novem- ber to the Martin Liling Co. of New York. The latter were reported sold, in turn, to Robert Cuse of Jersey City, president of the Vimalert Co., but | Woodring said they have not been delivered. “It is possible that the delay may i be indefinite,” he added, emphasizing | the engines were “in no sense mili- | tary.” Cuse was granted a license to ship {hic order to Spain, in the face of | “moral suasion” by the State Depart- {ment, because the present neutrality | act covers only international conflicts. It was disclosed yesterday that a 1930 congressional inquiry brought out his company was maintained to repair {and ship to Russia old Government airplane engines. Senator Pittman said the emer- (See NEUTRALITY, Page A-3.) | By the Associated Press. RAIFORD, Fla, December 31.—A graying old man who has lived it the shadow of the electric chair 10 years to- @h This fact figured in testimony at | Chairman Pittmann and | conflicts the administration Jhopes to : stop the sale by the Vimalert Co., | Seven Times Condemned to Die, Man, 65, Has Hope in New Year WASHINGTON, D. C, GERMANY'S REFLY ON SPANISH AID PROMISED SOON French and British Envoys Said to Have Received Hint of Tenor. CONSULTATION FIRST WITH ITALY IS LIKELY Nazi Volunteers Reported Speeded to Aid Fascists Pending Non- Intervention Terms. Bs the Associated Press, BERLIN, December 31.—Germany's government informed French and Brit- ish envoys today it would reply shortly to their Christmas demand for a ban on volunteer sailings for Fascist Spain. While diplomatic sources depicted the Third “Reich as participating in an international rush to get new men to Spain before the lid gqgs on, For- eign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath called Sir Eric Phipps and | Andre Francois-Poncet, the British | and French Ambassadors, to the for- eign office. { It was understood Baron von Neu- ]rsm even indicated the general tenor of the forthcoming reply. However, it was learned the final draft of the answer will be de- | layed pending consultation with Italy, Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Pre- mier Benito Mussolini desiring to act jointly, as they did when they recog= nized the Spanish insurgents on No- vember 8. Withdrawal Advised. Certain sources in Berlin have indi- cated Il Duce has advised Herr Hitler | to withdraw from intervention in | Spain. | The Nazi press reported departure of Madrid sympathizers from Scotland despite the Franco-British demand for Hitler to agree to halt the flow of aid to Gen. Francisco Franco's insurgents. Diplomati¢ quarters pictured a rush by all countries concerned to get as | many troops as possible on the bat- tlefields of what has been described as “the little world war” in Spain before strict regulations to enforce non-inter- vention are agreed on. How many Nazis were leaving Ger- many to answer Franco's reported de- mand for more aid to storm Madrid was a secret held in utmost confidence Apparently not even the port au- thorities, knew. Most of the volunteers were assumed to be leaving from Bremen and Ham- | burg in civilian clothing. From scattered sections of the coun- try came vague reports from families | whose sons were in the military serv- | ice. | They knew only their soldier sons | suddenly left home in civilian garb, | asserting they had been ordered on | “special missions.” Estimates three weeks ago put the | number of Germans fighting under the | Spanish Fascist flag at 10,000. If that figure was correct, there are probably many more now. Returns to Bavarian Hills. After a day of hurried conferences in which high diplomatic and military | officials were recalled to Berlin, Hitler | left last night to resume his holiday | in the Bavarian hills at Berchtesgaden. Der Fuehrer did not lift the veil | from Spanish policy, suddenly brought to the fore by French-British demands for strict non-intervention and Franco's reported plea for aid. Not (See HITLER, Page A-3.) FLEISCHMANN YACHT IS LIMPING TO HARBOR $1,000,000 Power Craft Partially Disabled During Trip Off Lower California. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 31.—The $1,000,000 power yacht Haida, owned | bara, was returning under its own power today to Mazatlan, Mexico, with one engine disabled. There were seven passengers and & crew of 23 aboard when the 218-foot vessel yesterday blew the head off one of its two Diesel engines while off the tip of Lower California. It was on a fishing expedition, hav- ing left here December 15 and picking up Fleischmann at Mazatlan. No fear ‘was felt for the safety of the vessel. GANGSTER FOUND SHOT “Redshirt” Felice One-Time Asso- ciate of ‘“Legs’” Diamond. NEW YORK, December 31 (#).— Passers-by in the foggy dawn today stumbled over the body of Peter “Red- shirt” Felice, 38, one-time associate of the late Jack “Legs” Diamond, New York gangster, in front of 350 East “One Hundred and Fourteenth street, There was a bullet hole in his head. Police said they believed Felice was a victim of gangsters. ‘The new year will bring a new Gov- ernor to Florida, Fred P. Cone. Bu- chanan lives now in the hope that the new Governor “will commute his sen- by high officials. | by Max Fleischmann of Santa Bar-! WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION M GLAD 1936 1S NEARLY GONE: IDIDNT GETA /. THING | WANTED! 4 Criticizes Amount of | Salary. By the Associated Press. | Retiring as chief of the Secret Serv- ice after 54 years with the agency, William H. Moran today criticized the service retirement system and told Secretary Morgenthau, “It is going to be a question from now on what I'll use for money.” Moran conferrea with Morgenthau before newsmen in the Secretary’s of- | fice shortly after the Treasury chief had announced appointment of Frank J. Wilson, former internal revenue ir- vestigator, as Moran’s successor, with Joseph E. Murphy, veteran Secret Service agent, as assistant chief. After exchanging pleasantries with Moran, Morgenthau said: “The Gov-J | ernment owes you a great debt of | gratitude.” “I am glad somebody owes me some- thing,” Moran replied. Smiling, Morgenthau asked: “Can't you counterfeit a little?” “No,” answered the stocky, white- Moran Raps Pension Scale; Wilson Secret Service Chief 2 Retiring Bureau Head WILLIAM H. MORAN. haired_veteran, “I know the service too well.” Speaking slowly in & deep voice, (See WILSON, Page A-2.) POPE RESTS EASIER AS THRONG PRAYS |Pain Is Dulled by Sedative. ! Pontiff Begins Greeting to Sovereigns. BY the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 31.— Pope Pius, pain in his paralyzed left leg dulled by sedatives, rested easier today as 16 cardinals and 10,000 lay- men prayed for his recovery at the Church of St. John Lateran. ‘The 79-year-old pontiff slept more peacefully last night, medical attend- ants reported, than since serious ill- ness from circulatory congestion forced him to bed more than three weeks ago. He awoke to hear mass outside his bed room and was declared sufficiently refreshed to begin draft- ing his New Year greetings to the world. ‘The prayer service at the Roman Church was held in conjunction with | & te deum celebrating the close of the | centennial celebration for Pope Saint Sylvester. Relatives Join in Prayer. Joining in the prayers for the pontiff’s recovery were his sister, | Donna Camilla Ratti; his sister-in- law, Signora Fermo Ratti, and his niece, Marchesa Persichetti-Ugolini. Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Sel- vaggiani officiated ab the service, standing at the same altar where the holy father celebrated his first mass JOLLY WELGONE AWAT NEW YEAR Hotels, Clubs and Private Parties Will Feature Annual Festivity. Prospects of dripping skies and a big bill to pay failed to dampen the | enthusiasm of Mr. and Mrs. Wash- ington today as they laid out their night club clothes and prepared to welcome a stranger. Some hope that informal street cele- brations would not be marred by bad weather were seen by the forecaster, however, when he predicted the rain would stop by nightfall. The tempera- ture is due to drop to about 36 over- night, he said, and tomorrow is ex- pected to be clear. The newcomer, known as “1937,” will stop the show temporarily, but everything will be in full swing when he appears on the stroke of midnight. Revelry of the pre-depression type seems to be in the offing, if the num- Der of reservations made at night spots, which advertise prices ranging from $7.50 down, and the sale of sparkling water. can be taken as a guide. But while most of the town cele- brates at some hotels, clubs and private parties, a good proportion of the citizenry will spend a quiet eve- ning at home and attend special services which are being held in the churches of the city. The largest and most elaborate private party will be staged at Friend- (See POPE, Page A-2.) Summary of Obituary .._A-10 FOREIGN. Nations ready for naval rearming race as treaties end. Page A-1 Germany promises early reply to note on Spain. Page A-1 Pope sleeps better and begins greetings to sovereigns. Page A-1 NATIONAL. Treasury half-year deficit decreased about half a billion. Page A-1 Fight ahead for discretionary em- bargo proposal. Page A-1 Women'’s Pg. A-11 Uncle Buck is 65. The fire has gone from his eyes and prison officials de- scribe him as “crushed.” He has been to | a model prisoner, they said. He came death he has heard the prison super- intendent read warrants for his exe- cution. Each time a writ of error or habeas to shave his head when a mporary reprieve came. “I never gave up hope,” said Uncle to “Flat Top,” the death row at Flor- ida’s State prison-farm, in 1929, con- Navy officials puzzled by dearth of supply bids. Page A-3 1. C. C. moves to cut accidents by set- ting up driving rules. Page A-10 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Washington prepares for gala wel- come to New Year.- Page A-1 Virginia buys cotton penal farm in Southampton County. Page A-3 Tells language group she is “rebel against conventions.” Page A-3 Relatives of suspected killer questioned at Rockville, Page A-3 Civic groups back new relief appro- pristion, 5 PageA-14 LY (See NEW YEAR, Page A-4.) Today’s Star .| Police Court judges approve procedure reforms. Page A-14 Marines to" be on duty during in- augural. Page A-14 Flood control along Anacostia asked at hearing. Page A-14 Firemen extricate man squeezed into tiny space beneath roof. Page A-14 SPORTS. Panthers on spot in grid tilt tomorrow with Washington U. Page A-12 Morris awarded Sullivan memorial trophy over Owens. Page A-12 Albert Elkins and Pauline Ford lead in Star pin tourney. Page A-12 Coaches seek to end pro gambling on grid games. Page A-12 in national indoor A Page A-13 Hoyas crafty in again defeating N. Y. U. team before 18,000. Page A-13 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Political Mill. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Mark Sullivan. ¢ Foening Star THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##% DEFICIT TRIMIMED BY HALF BILLION |Six-Month Figures Show | Treasury Gains Compared With Last Year. By the Assoclated Press. The twin influences of rising Gov- | ernment receipts and falling expendi- | tures whittled the half-year deficit on | | Treasury ledgers today about $500,- | 000,000 under the same period last year. | The public debt, nevertheless, was limbing toward another peak. Available statistics indicated Presi- | dent Roosevelt may revise upward | message to Congress next Thursday. With the Nation's economic ma- chinery running at a steadily accel- | may be elevated. Outlays for drought relief are expected to raise spending estimates. In a budget summary last Septem- ber, Mr. Roosevelt forecast receipts for this fiscal year at $5,665,000,000, or 36 per cent over last year. Receipts Gain 13 Per Cent. 1 and December 28 were $2,135,000,- 000, or & rise of only 13 per cent. | Treasury officials explained, however, that the bulk of revenue flows in the last half of the year because of March tax collections. At $7,762,000,000, the estimated ex- penditures this year would be down | 14 per cent, but actual expenditures for the July-December period de- clined only 6.6 per cent. Thus, of- ficials said, the spending estimate may be raised. A deficit of $1,357,000,000 thus far | this year has lifted the public debt to $34,354,000,000. The debt is ex- pected to c1imb past the $34,370,000,000 | high of last June when the Treasury borrows $50,000,000 of new money next week. Hinge on Relief Plans. ‘That financing will wind up Secre- tary Morgenthau's projected $300,- 000,000 borrowing in anticipation of March tax receipts. The sum of ad- ditional funds borrowed before July 1 will depend largely on Mr. Roosevelt's revised relief estimates. Relief expenditures were linked with general business activity last night by Secretary Roper, who said further re- duction 1n unemployment next year would bring “alleviation of the con- comitant problems of Government ex- penditures for relief and of an un- balanced budget.” Roper asserted business reached the highest level this month since 1930 and “is still tending upward.” PAUL MELLON FATHER |Second Grandchild Presented to Former Treasury Head. PITTSBURGH, December 31 (#).— Paul Mellon, son of Andrew W. Mel- lon, former Secretary of the Treasury, announced today the birth of & 7%= pound daughter to his wife. The baby was named Catherine Conover Mellon. She is the second grandchild of the former Secretary of the Treasury. The child will be heir to one of America’s greatest fortunes. Ev the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—Dan Cupid drew a taut bow to place Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde at the head of the list of outstanding women of 1936, the New York Sun sald today. Citing 14 women as outstanding, the Sun’s annual list placed the former Baltimore society woman and flancee of the Duke of Windsor at the head of the list, with Mrs. Rohde, the daugh- ter of Wiliam Jennings Bryan, who gave up a diplomatic career to wed & Danish Guard captain, in second place. “When Wallis Warfield Simpson didn’t become Queen of England,” the Sun said, “she affected more people, more governments and more history than a whole carload of feminists en- gaged in international activities.” Whereas, Mrs. Rhode gave up all for love, the Sun said, Mrs. Simpson’s charms made her man do it, which gives Cupid the year's honors. Listed 's coup the Sun ced: after Cupid’ | pla Lucy Moore, youngest woman ever admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, 2 The only in STRIES NAY SHUT DODRSOF ALL AT FRWS EXGEP ONE Almost Total Halt of Big Industry Is Feared as Closings Spread. GENERAL MOTORS MAIN TARGET OF UNION ACTION Six Fisher Body Factories Closed. Request for Parley Acknowl- edged by Knudsen. By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, December 31.—The in- | creasing number ‘of strikes against | | estimates of both income and outgo | | for the entire fiscal year in his budget | erated clip, fiscal officials said Zfore- | casts of income and other tax receipts { Actual receipts between last July | units of the General Motors Corp., an observer said today, might lead to a tie-up of the entire automotive industry except the Ford Motor Co. At Cincinnati, Willis Marrer, presi- dent of the International Union of Auto Workers’ Local 131, called a| strike at 11 a.m. of 2,200 union em- ploves of the Chevrolet and Fisher Body Co. plants in suburban Nor- wood. It was the sixth Fisher plant and the fourth Chevrolet factory to close. Marrer said the strike which “shut | the plant down tight” was in support of the effort of the United Automobile | Workers of America to bring about “‘better working conditions and higher wages” in the automobile industry, Marrer said the strike was called on orders from international headquar- | ters in Detroit. | Marrer and other local union of- | ficials will attend a conference of union locals from all General Mmm’s"l locals at Flint, Mich., Sunday. Marrer said between 500 and 700 | men were placed on picket duty at the two plants. “If the General Motors tie-up be- | comes effective by Monday,” said | Alfred H. Ward, president of Ward's Automotive Reports, “it will mean | the whole industry will be faced with | the same proposition, with the ex- ception of Ford. The smaller com- | panies may work for a short time | | longer because of existing supplies. “It looks as if it will be a show- | down between the Committee for In- | dustrial Organization and the auto- motive industry. The manufacturers do not want a show-down, but John | | L. Lewis (head of the C. L. O is forcing it.” | It was pointed out that the Ford | Motor Co., the most self-integrated | unit in the industry, produced most | of its own automotive parts and would not be affected to such an extent by labor disputes in other plants. Five Fisher Plants Shut. General Motors remained the chief target of the United Automobile Work- ers of America, with strikes in effect | at six of its Fisher Body plants. Four of these disputes caused the closing of nearby Chevrolet plants de- pendent upon them for bodies. The fifth Fisher plant to close was the No. 1, at Flint, Mich. Membess of the night shift sat down last night and the plant, employing 6,500 per- sons, was closed. It supplies bodies | for the Buick Motor Co. factory at | Flint. There was speculation as to how long Buick could keep its 16,000 workers busy with its source of bodies shut off. A few hours before Fisher No. 1 closed the Fisher plant No. 2, at Flint, also had been shut down following a strike. Its 1,200 workers were idle. The Chevrolet assembly and delivery plant at Flint, dependent upon Fisher No. 2 for bodies, subsequently closed. It employs 1,000 persons. The Fisher factories in Atlanta and Kansas City have been closed by (See STRIKES, Page A-3.) BANK CLEARINGS SOAR Gain of $192,873,379 in Wash- ington During Year. Bank clearings in Washington dur- ing 1936 piled up a gain of $192,873,- 379.70 over the total figure for 1935, the Washington Clearing House Asso- The 1936 $1,127,930,~ ciation reported today. clearings amounted to 222.20. December clearings totaled $109,547,- 662.74, by far the best record of any month this year and within about $7,000,000 of the 1929 December mark. Both the 1936 and December figures reveal with what exceptional speed business has advanced this year in the Capital. (Details in financiak section.) Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Rohde Lead Outstanding Women List Mrs. Florence Kahn, for 12 years congressional representative from California. Mme. Irene Joliot-Curie, who be- came undersecretary of scientific re- search in the cabinet of Leon Blum. Mmes. Suzanne Lecore and Leon Brunschwig, who also were given posts in the French cabinet. Sally Salminen, Finnish servant girl, who wrote the prize-winning novel “Katrina.” Mary A. Beard of Washington, historian. Miss Palma Guillen, Mexico’s Min- ister to Denmark. Isobel de Palencia, Spain’s Minister to Sweden. Senorita Aurora Mesa Andraca, Mayor of Chilpanciano, Mexico. Mrs. Barbara Hanley, Mayor of ‘Webbwood, Canada, and Lilian D. Rock, president of the Woman for President and Other Public Offices League, who predicted a woman Vice President by 1940 and the title Mme. President by 1950. These, the Sun said, are the out- standing feminists internationally for 1936, Washington wit! Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (UP) Means Associated Press. evening paper the Yesterday’s Circulation, 136,783 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. NATISIN FANILY SHONSEONFIENE KONAPEDBOY S Speculation s Stirred on Possible Contact and Reassurance. PAYMENT OF $28,000 BELIEVED UNDER WAY Movements of Strange Automobile Spur Belief Ransom Deal Is in Progress. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash,, December 31.— Apparent restoration of confidence within the family of Charles Mattson gave rise to speculation today that contact had been made with his bearded abductor and assurances re- ceived the 10-year-old lad was safe. A household visitor, who would not permit use of his name, reported a new spirit of confidence throughout the household of Dr. W. W. Mattson, well-to-do physician and father of the missing boy. Mrs. Mattson, reported Tuesday to be near a breakdown, slept soundly through the night, the visitor said, after mingling with friends most of Wednesday. Muriel, 14-year-old sister of Charles, likewise seemed to have recovered from the shock of the kid- naping she witnessed, the visitor said, Dr. Mattson and William, 16, Charles’ brother, made several trips Tuesday to undisclosed destinations and appeared in good spirits. Early today, Dr. Mattson denied making any statements about ransom negotiations. Informed he had been quoted as saying no contact with the kidnaper had been established, Dr. Mattson said: “Any such reports are untrue. I have made no statements. I have nothing to say now.” Strange Automobile Noted. The new confidence that Charles would be returned safely was mani- fested as the movements of a strange automobile stirred beliefs actual pay- ment of the $28,000 ransom demanded for Charles’ release might be underway. The small coupe moved away from the house late Wednesday night. In it were a middle-aged man with close-clipped iron gray hair and a graying blond woman, perhaps 50 years old. Refusing to disclose their identity or the purpose of their visit with Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Mattson, the pair drove slowly toward the center of Tacoma—the same route they would follow in reaching a rendezvous almost anywhere in this territory. The car was registered to Mildred Mattson, cousin of the kidnap victim. Her address, according to State rec- ords, is Portage, Vashon Island, across Puget Sound from Seattle. ‘The waman denied she was Mildred Mattson. Neither the man nor woman carried | any packages which could be recog= nized as possible ransom bills. A sece ond machine, an old sedan, left simule taneously, carrying several persons who had been inside the Mattson | home. In House for Two Hours. Those in the coupe had been in the house for two hours talking with members of the family. Their visit climaxed 24 hours, during which cars with members of the family, possible intermediaries and casual friends, came and left constantly from the home of the well-to-do physician. There young Mattson was snatched by a masked, armed man, who left a ransom note fluttering to the floor behind him Sunday evening. The Associated Press learned this note contained exactly 72 words. It directed insertion of an advertise- ment—“Mabel: Please give us your address. Tim"—in the Seattle Daily Times want ad columns Tuesday as |a sign the Mattson family was ready (See KIDNAP, Page A-2.) MANILA PREPARES FOR NEW UPRISING Sakdalistas, Blamed for Loss of 60 Lives in 1935, Reported on Warpath. BY the Associated Press. N MANILA, December 31.—Military and police forces throughout the Philippine Islands took extraordinary precautions today against any New Year day uprising extremists might be planning. Unconfirmed rumors reached offi- cials that Sakdalistas, who advocate immediate independence for the Phil~ ippines instead of a 10-year trial period planned to carry out a threat to_overthrow the government before 1937, The Sakdalistas were blamed for an uprising in 1935 in which more than 60 persons were killed. A special escort was given Common- wealth President Manuel Quezon at Baguio today. The Star’s Annual Business and Financial Review Appears in This Issue, Beginning on Page B-1 Tables summarizing ex- change trading for the year will appear tomorrow. < /