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LDIE, 3MISSING INTANKER BLAST Fire Sweeps Vessel Trying to - Salvage 0il Cargo in = Lake Michigan. 5 the Associated Press. OHARLEVOIX, Mich., January %.— The fire-blackened hulk of an aban- | doned ofl tanker yielded two bodies this afternoon, confirming fears that five rhen perished in an explosior. while salvaging its valuable M-' liné cargo fsar out in upper Lake| Michigan. The explosion occurred last night aboard the 110-foot steel-huiled Ma- rold II as it lay alongside the tanker J. Oswald Boyd on Simmons Reef, where it was wrecked in November. The victims were Capt. L. L. Riil, 83-year-old commander of the Ma- rold; Leon Hill. 50, his son; Evereit Cole, 35; Raymond Cole, 33, and Bruce McDonough, 32, all of Besver 32, Island. : ‘The fire spread to the tanker. which still contained most of its 900,000- gallon gasoline cargo. Not until that fire subsided could Coast Guardsmen reach the wreckage. . This afternoon, Coast Guardsmen returned to the Charlevoix station Bearing two bodies they found on the Boyd. The bodies were burned | beyond recognition. Search Is Abandoned. i Capt. Oscar Smith said his men had been able to search the deck | of the Boyd and that no other bodies were there. The Marold rested on ' the bottof, only its stern and BOW above water. He said it was incon- | ceivable that any one could have escaped alive, and & search for sur-’ vivors was abandoned Capt. Smith was uncertain whether | the two men were trapped by the| flames aboard the tanker, or .they were blown from the Marold the first explosion. . During the early morning hours, | He said, a terrific explosion occurred on the Bovd, apparently as the flames réeached one of the gasoline-filled cpmpartments. | - The Cole brothers and McDonough | were stockholders in the Beaver | Island Transit Co., which owned the Marold and the small tug, Rambler. | The transit company paid $3,700 to the underwriters who insured the tanker, J. Oswald Boyd, for the right to Salvage the Boyd's 900.000-gallon gasoline cargo. The Boyd was wrecked in November on Simmons ! Reef, 18 miles northeast of Beaver Island, in water so shallow that light- | ers could not remove the cargo. Larger Ship Assigned. Until last week the salvage opera- | tions were carried on by the Rambler. ‘The Marold. regularly assigned to mail and freight service between the mainiand and Beaver Island, was transferred to the salvage job because of its greater capacity. The Marold had made several trips to the wrecked tanker. carrying away each time 20,000 or more gallons of gasoline. Late yesterday an explosion w visible from the mainland, when Cap:. ‘William Ludwig of the Beaver Island Coast Guard station reached Simmons Reef a few hours later only the stern and bow of the Marold were above | water. The Boyd was burning flercely. ‘ Presumably. Coast Guardsmen said, | gasoline fumes collected within the ' inclosed deck of the Marold as the gasoline was siphoned into open bar- rels and exploded. FLYERS FORCED DOWN. Blinding Snowstorm Ends Hunt for Possible Blast Survivors. BREVORT, Mich., January 2 (#).— Two Chicago aviators who flew over Upper Lake Michigan today to search ' for any possible survivors of a marine explosion, were forced down on the Brevort emergency landing field at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern standard time) by & blinding snowstorm. Capt. Wilson Newhall and Sergt. | Elmer Isaacson made an easy landing on the fleld and prepared to spend the night at a Civilian Conservation | Corps camp a quarter of a mile away. | They were lodged in the officers’ | quarters for the night. | \Attaches at Camp Moran, where the flyers slept, said they reported swirling snow had reduced visibility td a point where they were unable to | see the lake surface. They planned | 16 take off tomorrow morning to résume the search, | Five inches of snow fell here this afternoon, and camp members wery prepared to clear a path for their take-off. The plane had nearly a full | tank of gasoline, the flyers having stopped at Grand Rapids and at St. Ignace. Mich.. on the way from Chi- | cago to refuel. | ot PRISONERS FIRE PILLOW | IN JAIL-BREAK EFFORT| 123 Men Short-Circuit Lights Be- fore Setting Up Alarm—Saw Blades Found. Br the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 2.—Prison- ers in one cell block of the county Jadl set fire to a pillow late to- day and then threw the floor into darkness by short-circuiting an elec- tric light socket in what jailers de- scribed as an attempted jail break. About 12 prisoners were in the cell! block where the disturbance started. | “All the prisoners were locked in their cells at the time, Assistant Jailer Nicholas Nero said. “Apparently they thought that when they set up an Readers' Guide and News. Summary The Sunday Star, Jan. 3, 1937. PART ONE. Main News Section. WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Inventory made of 15G years “Ameri- jcana” at G. U. s Page B-1 Children narrowly escape death in crash on way to party. Page B-1 Jury to act Wednesday in first third- offense drunk charge. Page B-1 Representative Kennedy to lead House fight on “red rider.” Page B-1 | Legal loopholes seen in case of death of Zoo deer. Page B-1 King sympathetic to need for new Receiving Home. Page B-1 District budget bill up in air on eve of Congress opening. Page B-1 Virginia Planning Board urges airport in Hampton Roads area. Page B-2 Old Georgetown road plans to be fur- thered by trade body. Page B-3 Meeting for Shenandoah Scenic Route Association. Page B-3 Police seek slayer of Eugene Hancock in Southern city. Page B-3 Rankin withdraws from speaker fight; caucus tomorrow. Page B-3 FOREIGN. Tension in Europe grows as Spain de- fles threats of Nazis. Page A-1 | Pope reported resting comfortably after earlier suffering. Page A-2 NATIONAL. Marine officer and mother stabbed to death in apartment. Page A-1 Mellon gift of priceless art and gallery | tendered to President. Page A-1 Stay-in strikers ordered by couit to vacate two plants, Page A-1 Matisons renew efforts to reach kid- naper by ad. Page A-1 Support of higher pay for lower bra:- kets grows in Senate. Page A-1 Gang holds up 85 in New York cloth- ing store. Page A-1 Slaving of woman in robbery is con- fessed by three men. Page A-2 Two known dead, three missing in oil tanker blast. Page A-2 whether Food is dropped to 20 Indians; many | more unlocated. Page A-6 THE SUNDAY & REPORTED EASED Callers at Vatican Believed to Have Been Specialists. U. S. Prelate Visitor. BY the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, January 3 (8un- day) .—Pope Pius XI was stated to be resting more comfortably early this morning after suffering great pain during the first part of the night. Sources close to the Vatican said the pontiff began to rest about 3:15 am. (9:15 pm. E. 8. T. Saturday) after a siege of pain. Their report came after two well- dressed civillans, whose identities were not officially disclosed, were whisked to the Vatican by automobile. Watchers sald they belleved the civilians were specialists called by Dr. Aminta Milani, the Pope’s chief physi- cian, for consultation on the possibility of administering stronger medicines to induce sleep. The civilians arrived at 2:30 a.m. and left within 30 minutes. Following their departure, members of the Vatican household said, all became quiet in the Vatican. Recent Consultationa. | It was recalled Dr. Milani has been | consulting Rome heart and blood specialists regarding the pontiff's con- dition. Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Phila- | delphia arrived in Rome last night and | was summoned to Pope Pius’ bedside at 10:30 p.m. to receive letters of cre- dence as papal delegate to the Inter- national Eucharistic Congress at Menila. | Cardinal Eugenio Pacelll, Vatican | i secretary of state, met the visiting | | prelate at the station and escorted {him to the Vatican. Cardinal Doughery was accom- | panied by Bishop Gerald P. O'Hara of is:vunmh, Ga., and Rev. Father Sal- | vatore M. Burgio of Brooklyn, N. Y. The Holy Father yesterday received | expressions of hope for his recovery | Plans revived to outlaw “profiteering” | from rulers throughout the world, in event of war, Page B-2 SPORTS. ! Albert Elkins, Pauline Ford win big Star tourney prizes. Page B-7 | George Washington basketers easily score over Nebraska. Page B-7 | Maryland boxing team due to pack punch this season. Page B-8 Donald Budge and Alice Marble top national net ratings. Page B-9 Ponte and Mader, heavies, feature ring card here tomorrow. Page B-10 Brevity’s failure biggest turf jolt dur- ing 1936 campaign, Page B-11 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Traffic convictions, City news in brief. Educational. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles. Pages D-1.3 Editorials and comment. Civic news. Military and veterans’ news. ‘Women's clubs. Parent-teacher activities. Stamps. Cross-word puzzle. WAnning contract. Public Library. PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages E-1-11 Well-known folk. Page E-6 Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-11 PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 Dick Mansfield. Page F-2 Radio programs. Page F-3 Amusements. Page F-5 Automobiles. Page Aviation. Page Children’s. Page High lights of history. Page PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Drive to cut U. S. debt Page A-2 Page D-4 Pages D-5-7 Page D. Page D-6 Page D-8 Page D-7 Page D-8 Page D-8 F-6 F-6 F-7 F-7 Page Page k G-1 Business holds far above 1935. D. C. exchange volume G-1 Page Page Page Page jumps. Stocks go down (table), Bonds irregular (table). Curb list lower (table). Classified advertising. Resorts. Page G- VIRGINIAN INDICTED IN DEATH OF TWO Winchester Lawyer Charged With Operating Car Under Influ- ence of Liquor. By the Associated Press. WINCHESTER, Va, January 2.— G G G G -5- 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 | Thomas G. Scully, young Winchester (lawyer and member of a socially prominent family, was indicted today by a special grand jury of the Pred- erick County Circuit Court for “fe- loniously killing” two men with his sutomobile Christmas night. | The men, Frederick M. Affieck and | Homer Hook, were fatally injured | when Scully's machine crashed into | & group of persons who were placing the body of Dewey Newlin into an ambulance. Newlin had been killed in an automobile accident an hour earlier. Two identical indictments covering the Affleck and Hook cases were handed up late today after the jury had heard seven commonwealth wit- alarm of fire we would throw open the | e cell doors and they could rush us. ! “When we saw the pillow burning | we just went in and put out the fire. : ‘We didn't open the cells and they had | no chance to rush us.” ! The pillow was lighte¢ and pushed ! through cell bars into the runway | outside. Three saw blades were found in-cells of the block last night. e RADIO PRO_BE PLANNED l_o‘xlmn Official to Investigate - Border Stations. LAREDO, Tex., January 2 (P).— Vigente Cortes Herrera, subsecretary of- communications for the Mexican gavernment, said today he would in- vegtigate complaints arising from op- eration of radio stations along the Méxican border. He said he would determine whether the stations were operating within thiir contracts. Herrers was in Nuevo Laredo on an wuon trip of flood control proj- v e . Scully’s $10,000 bond was renewed d his trial date set for Febru- ary 16. A bill of particulars filed by Com- monwealth’s Attorney Burr P. Har- rison said the State would show that Scully operated his sutomobile while under the influence of liquor, that his machine was not under control, that he passed in a reckless manner other cars going in the same direc- tion and that he failed to stop to render assistance after the accident. ‘The commonwealth made no charge against 1. N. Grubbs of Frederick County, driver of the machine which struck Newlin, MALADY HITS SCHOOLS DENVER, January 2 (#).—Public and parochial schools will remain closed next week, officials announced today, because of the large number of influenza cases in Denver. The num- ber of cases was not announced. Denver University, Colorado Wom- an's College and several other schools will net be affected. ‘ 7 Page D-2 | | Messages Presented. Diplomats accredited to the Vatican presented messages from their Kings and Presidents, conveying sympathy | for the pontiff and wishes for his restoration to health. | The pontiff, in pain from cireulatory obstruction in his left leg and able to | sleep but little, insisted upon discuss- | Ing church problems with Archbishop !Jean Chollet of Cambrai, whom he ll'ecel\'ed briefly. | All-Night Vigils Begun. | Young Italian aristociats, members |of the Papal Noble Guard, began all- | night vigils in the antechamber to the Pope's bed room, it was learned to- ! night. The act was interpreted as an indication of growing apprehen- sion over the hoiy father's condition. “No material change” was the Vat- ican report of his condition. A burst- ing varicose vein left an open wound in his leg, and physicians labored to build up the Pope's resistance to pos- sible infection. | Among the notes of sympathy was | one from King George of England, presented by the British Minister and constituting the first expression by the new monarch to the Pope. Mass Heard in Chapel, The pontiff heard mass sald by his | secrelaries in the chapel next to his bed room, then received Eugenio Car- dinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, and later conferred with the arch- bishop. The Pope “is mentally the same as when I saw him three years ago,” | the French visitor said. “While there is no doubt the holy | father has suffered greatly, he still | has all his strength mentally. | “The Pope remarked he had been 'AR, WASHINGTO! Reporters and watchers at the Mattson home in Tacoma, Wash., scene last Sunday nig Charles Mattson, 10, speculated on the possibility of a kidnap letter as, William Mattson, jr., 16, opened the door to receive a ht of the kidnaping of young special delivery from a messenger boy. This was one of the many letters received since the kidnaping. 'Ransom Note Text Is Publishet{; Previous Kidnap Threats Cited —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Different Boy Intended Victim in Ab- ductor’s Original Plan, News- paper Story Asserts. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, January 2—The Post- Intelligencer published tonight, under | copyright, what it termed the authen- tic ransom note left a week ago to- morrow night by the kidnaper of Charles Mattson, 10, in Tacoma. The asserted text follows: “Get eighteen thousand dollars, five and ten dollar old bills, number not to run consecutively. ‘Get ten thousand in fifty dollar old bills, numbers not to run con- secutively. “This amount will double each | week. “The boy is safe. “When you are ready. insert in per- sonal column of the Seattle Times— ‘Mable, what is your address, Ann.’ “Disregard any no.cs reccied by | you unless this type and this color ink ! is used and signed ‘Tim.’ “Use an old Ford car. “Tim. Printed With Toy Set. The story, dated Tacoma and writ- ten by a Post-Intelligencer stafl re- porter, said the note was printed by means of a toy rubber printing set on a sheet of loose-leaf notebook paper; that here and there an occasional letter was penned in, and that it was punctuated in ink of a peculiar color. The paper said it would not disclose Franklin home—having gained access to the child's bedroom on the first occasion, November 24, after crawling up an 18-foot ladder. Mother is Awakened. Mrs. Pranklin, sleeping with the child, was awakened by a flashlight beam as the marauder reached for her son. She screamed, seized her boy and ran from the room while the intruder climbed down the ladder, | abandoning it in his flight. That ladder, seized by police, is considered | an important clue in the Mattson | kidnaping. | ‘The newspaper said policemen. with | sawed-off shotguns, guarded the Franklin mansion several nights, but | were withdrawn November 27. Two | nights later, the prowler returned. Franklin had engaged a 16-year-old INPURSUIT PLANE Burned Wreckage of Army Craft Found in Hills in Alabama. By the Associated Press. MUNFORD, Als, January 3.—The bodies of two service officers were found today in the burned wreckage of an Army pursuit plane which crashed in the rugged hills of Cheaha State Park. The plane, piloted by Col P. I. Eglin and carrying Lieut. Howard E. Shelton, jr., & naval officer, left Langley Fleld, Va., yesterday en route to Maxwell Field, Ala. After an all-night search through- out the Southeast for the missing | ship, a Forestry Service fire tower ra- diced a nearby C. C. C. camp that the wreckage was sighted early this morning. The first report said three bodies were in the wreckage, but this was found to be incorrect. World War Pilot. Col. Eglin, veteran Army fiyer who piloted planes In the World War, was 48 years old and a native of New York. He was transferred from Max- weli Field to Langley Field last June. Lieut. Shelton was a graduate of | the United States Naval Academy, and was en route to the 8an Diego naval base. Col. Eglin picked him up at| Norfolk, Va. for the flight to Max- | well Field. Shelton graduated at the Naval Academy in 1932 and later from the | Naval Air School at Pensacola. He was appointed to the academy from | Kentucky. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition. Lieut. Shelton was iden- tified by his class ring. Crash During Rain. Army authorities placed the time of | the crash at 3 pm. yesterday. At that hour a heavy rain was falling | and a thick fog hung over the moun- Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘WAR. ANDOLPH LOVE, 63 Rhode Island avenue northeast, probably will think twice be- fore “bawling out” another truck driver. Stopped for a red light at a down- town intersection, Randolph appar- ently didn't move fast enough to suit the truck man when the signal changed. The truck driver tooted his horn several times, then swerved around Love's sedan and sped on his way. A few blocks farther on the truck | driver was halted by another red light and Randolph overtook him. “What the heck’s the matter—ya got ants in your pants?” yelled Ran- dolph, or words to that effect. The signal changed before the trucker could frame a suitable reply Randolph had forgotten the inci- dent when he reached his destination. Before he could step from his parked car, however the truck driver sud- denly appeared, reached in and punched him on the jaw. Then the trucker, who was considerably larger than Randolph, jumped back into his vehicle and drove off. “Ill fix him,” Randolph decided, rubbing his swollen jaw. “The big stifft I'll follow him until I see a cop, then have him arrested for as- sault.” For more than an hour Randolph trailed his assailant around town be- fore finding & policeman, who agreed to make the arrest, adding: “But you'll have to come around to the precinct and place the charge.” When Randolph entered the police station, the officer announced: “This man says you assaulted him. i I don't know which of you to believe, | ROBBERY SLAYING CONFESSED BY TRIO West Virginia Woman Shot as She Discovers Them Looting Till, BY the Associated Press. WHEELING, W. Va., January 2.— Chief of Police Albert Megale ane nounced today three men police had questioned since Wednesday concern=~ ing the slaying of Mrs. Anna Bris had confessed. He named the three as: Raymond Styers, 28; his brother, Thomas, 19, and Kenneth Lightner, 23, all of Moundsville, W. Va. Megale said the three signed con- fessions they lost $3 in slot machines in the Bris Beer Garden in South Wheeling the night of December 22. Early next morning, he said, they | agreed to go back and rob the place to recover their money. The Styers brothers entered the beer parlor, took the slot machine and loaded it in-their auto, in which Lightner waited. Robbery of Tiill Suggested. Then, Megale continued, Raymond | Btyers suggested that they rob the fcash till and the Styers brothers re- entered the beer parlor. Mrs. Anna Bris, 40-year-old mother | of five, heard them and rushed into the beer parlor from the Bris third- floor apartment. She fell in a volley of shots and died without speaking as John, 43, her husband, reached her side. Megale and Prosecutor C. Lee Spil- lers asserted the confessions said that | both men fired at Mrs. Bris. Spillers filed first-degree murder | charges against the three late today. Police placed a heavy guard around the jail to prevent what they termed | “any attempt at escape or rescue.” Three to Be Released. Megale then announced he would release George Lightner, 26, brother of Kenneth, and Albur Burkey, 33, 50 you'll both have to put up $10 col | POth of Moundsville, also arrested The wreckage lay near the top of Cheaha Mountain, highest of the Ap- | palachian peaks in Alabama, 50 miles | from Birmingham ‘The plane, skimming across tree tops 800 feet before it nosed into the mountainside, lost its left wing be- fore bursting into flames. Soldiers from nearby Fort Mc- Clellan, an Infantry post, carried the bodies to Anniston. Col. Arthur V. Fisher, Maxwell Field commandant, appointed an investi- gating board composed of Majs. P. E. Skanse and Bavard Johns-n and Capt. C. M. Horton. Mattson __ (Continued Prom First Page) searched s poultry ranch east of Olympia belonging to John Mattson, | a relative of the abducted boy's father, Dr. W. W. Mattson. Then they turned to “an old turkey ranch” southwest of Olympia. which was described as near a possible hide- out camp. ‘The two ranches were brought into boy to sleep in the home, armed with the investigation when L. E. Rucker a rifle, and was making use of an iron of Olympia reported a dark, whiskered grille the Weyerhaeusers had installed 5tranger approached his home last at the head of the stairs to bar access Sunday night. about an hour and 45 to the upstairs sleeping rooms, the minutes after the abduction, and | story said. | asked directions to the farms. | The Post-Intelligencer said Franklin | Oficers reported they interviewed had locked Miss Mogen in her down- | & Mrs. Moll on their first visit to the stairs room the night the prowler re- | Mattson ranch, and talked with Ivan | turned. About midnight the maid saw | Rhoads, the carteaker, on the second | | & figure outside. For half an hour | Visit. when they searched 49 poultry | | she watched him as he walked back | sheds. They said the fact a relative and forth. Then he strode to a doo: ©of Dr. Mattson owned the place had | lateral apd fight it out in Police Court!” % x AND PEACE. Well. you'd think that would be the end of the story, wouldn't you? But it isn't. At Police Court, after waiting around for nearly two hours, Ran- dolph encountered his erstwhile foe. And—uwell, a peace conference in the corridor resulted in both Ran- dolph and the truck driver apolo- gizing to each other, then dropping their charges in order to get their money back without loss of any more time. *x % x THIS day, when men shake their heads over piles of Christmas bills, we have chosen to tell the story of Carina Sudduth. About her story there seems to be something singu- larly inspiring. e It is Mrs. Sudduth’s way to give away .many presents, but most of them are exquisite hand-crocheted things which she makes herself. A couple of weeks ago, when every one was coming to grips with the awful problem of what to give Aunt Min- | nie, Mrs. Sudduth’s gift dilemma al- ready had been beautifully solved. | Wednesday, and Clarence Taylor, 35, of Lore City, Ohlo. A seventh man questioned in the case, Francis Alexander, 50, of Mar- tins Ferry, Ohio, Megale announced, would be imprisoned for 10 days on a charge of petty theft. | Police said he admitted theft of | Jumbo, the Bris dog, several days after the slaying. Alexander told po- | lice Jumbo escaped from his auto and disappeared. CALENDAR REFORM STRIDES REPORTED World Association Cites Support for Change From Many Nations. With the beginning of the new year, the World Calendar Associa= tion reports rapid strides throughout the world during the last 12 months | in the direction of calendar reform. Foremost among developments | pointed to were indorsements of the movement by the American States Labor Conference, held at Santiago, Chile, and the International Labor Conference, held at Geneva, Switzer lana. last June Only a few weeks ago, the associa- tion stated, the Central Statistical Board, a Government co-ordinating group, made public a report to the Secretary of State urging revision of the calendar. From England and her dominions, France, Germany, Switzerland, Bel- {glad to suffer so tremendously be- | the color of the ink nor the style cause he was able to offer himself to the Lord and because it gave him an | appreciation of the suffering of oth- | ers.” 4-POINT PROGRAM OUTLINED BY FISH Social Security Expansion and Amendment Upholding Wage Act Are Favored. A four-point legislative program, in- cluding expansion of the social se- curity act and a constitutional amend- ment to validate such State laws as the New York minimum wage act, was announced last night by Repre- sentative Fish, Republican, of New | York. He said he made no claim to pre. senting “the Republican program, although expressing hope that the rebuilding of the party along the “liberal” lines he h:s advocated would be effected through its members in Congress. | Speaking over a radio network un- der the auspices of the National Coun- cil for Prevention of War, he de- elared: - “I propose to introduce at the open- ing of Congress the following four bills: (1) To prevent profiteering in time of war and to draft capital, in- dustry, labor and armed forces on an equal basis; (2) & bill providing that no contribution to any political |organization or party shall exceed $10,000 from any individual, that such contributions snal! be 1estricied to the individual and that it shall be illegal to mak: such contributions through another person; :3) to amend the social security act so that it will {include farm labor.and domestic or ‘pou.wnold empioyes, &nd (4) propos- | ing a constitutional amendment em- powering the States to cnact mini- | mum wage laws for women end chil- dren.” GLASS WORKER STRIKE SETTLEMENT IS SOUGHT New Move Reported to Conclude Three-Month Controversy in Pittsburgh. BY the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 3.~A new move to end the three-month strike of employes of the Pittsburgh Plate g.uu Co., was reported under way to- y. Murray and Golden declined to com- director of the Committee for Indus- trial Oranization, and his associate, Clinton 8. Golden, discussed the situ- ation informally with Fred Keightly, director of labor relations for the com- Pany, at a meeting arranged by Fed- eral labor conciliators. Muray and Golden declined to com- ment on & report that a proposal was submitted for a joint conference be- tween officials of the Federation, of Flat Glass Workers and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. and the Libbey-Owens- Pord Glass Co. Keightly could not be § 2 of type. The newspaper asserted it had dis- | covered the note was written several | weeks previous to the Mattson kid- naping. It said the note was intended for the abduction of the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Franklin, who had purchased Haddaway Hall. the mansion of the late J. P." Weyer- | haeuser, grandfather of George ‘Weyerhaeuser who was kidnaped and bought back by his parents for $200,000 a year ago last Summer, Sent to Washington. The note was not photographed in Tacoma, the newspaper said, but was air mailed by Police Chief Harold P. Bird to the Federal Bureau of Identi- fication at Washington, D. C, for examination. Since the Mattson boy was stolen, it had become known that the Frank- lin household had twice frightened away & night prowler last November and that the Frankiin family left Monday for Los Angeles, ostensibly for s “vacation.” A search of court records disclosed this week that Anna Mogen, & maid in the Franklin home, was committed to & State hospital after an insanity hearing December 10. Records showed she testified she feared the house was being watched and that she had seen men with pistols. The newspaper said it ascertained that the soiled and worn note was left by Charles Mattson's kidnaper after a man had twice entered the Bankhead to Talk in Forum SPEAKER TO OUTLINE PROBLEMS OF NEW CONGRESS. EGISLATIVE problems facing the new Congress will be dis- I cussed by Speaker Bankhead of Alabama in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and to be broadcast over a Nation-wide hook- up of the National Broadcasting Co. at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. Speaker Bankhead has been in con- ference with President Roosevelt on the legislative program and his ad- dress, coming on the eve of the con- vening of Congress, is regarded as of unusual interest and _importance. Bankhead is expected to be re-elected as Speaker without opposition, Seldom has there been more interest in the opening of & new Congress than in the convening tomorrow of the overwhelmingly Democratic body, which must handle the New Deal leg- islative program. The Speaker also has been confer- ring for several weeks with Minority Leader Snell and leading Democrats and Republicans. He has been con- sidering proposed legislation dealing with such vitally important problems as revival of N. R. A. and the liquida- tion of other New Deal agencies. Bankhead anticipates recommenda- tions from three different committees which have been studying proposed reorganization of the administrative branch of the Federal Government. He, personally, is especially interested in the farm tenant legislation. There is additional interest in the ahéad of Congress, because this d shoved his fist through the glass | | the kidnaper did in entering the | Mattson home. The falling glass awakened the Franklin household. The vouthful no connection with the search. Attention then turned to the sec- ond ranch. E. N. Radcliffe, living near the Rucker home, also told police he saw And now when others still have | gium, Greece, Japan and China, as Christmas bills to pay. along toward completion of her 1937 gifts. It seems nice to know about Mrs. Sudduth as a way of taking your | guard turned on lights and found & strange automobile, containing a mind off yourself. | the prowler at the grille. The man | shook the grille. walked away. Fran- ;’lin stepped from his room and the | boy dashed back to get his rifle. | Outside. under a street light, ne | halted. The guard thrust his rifiz | out an open window. The prowler | | fired one shot and walked away as | the boy dropped below the window | ledge for safety. IMILWAUKEE BUTCHERS END STRIKE TOMORROW | | Union Recognized by Packing| Company as Collective Bar- gaining Agency. By the Associated Press. | MILWAUKEE, January 2—The butchers’ strike at the Plankinton Packing Co. was settled today. mem- bers of Local 248, Butcher Workers' Union, accepting an agreement to re- turn to work Monday. William R. Mansfield, union organ=- izer, said the union was recognized |as a collective bargaining agency, all strikers would be taken back in the order of their seniority and no new employes would be hired until all of the 800 who struck November 28 re- turned to work. SPEAKER _BANKHEAD. amendment to the Constitution, is different from any of the preceding 74 Congresses. Usually by this time & good start has been made on the annual appropriation bills that must be passed before July 1. Speaker Bankhead has served 20 years in the House. He was elected chairman of the Rules Committee in the Seventy-third Congress, and elected majority leader in the first session of man, in the woods back of his home Tuesday, and that it later passed him | and he observed “either a boy or & gir!” in it Seattle officers said they were look- ing for a man who, when released | recently from jail there, told other | prisoners he was “heading for bigger | things.” He was reported to have | mentioned Dr. Mattson’s name. | Clothing Is Examined. At Tumwater, not far from Olym- pia. officers examineéd clothing and | other articles found at a deserted | camp site, but apparently concluded; they had no connection with the kid- naping. Detective Capt. Cliff Osborne said | he would question further a 33-year- old former convict detained “for in- vestigation” last night when he at- aren't painful bumps—they're just| tempted to sell a cameo ring. | The man’s general appearance tal- lied in many respects with the descrip- tion of the dark, bewhiskered man who smashed his way into the Mattson | home here a week ago and carried off Charles while three other children looked on, powerless to do anything. | Rucker’s description of the stranger | at his home also checked in many | particulars with that of the abductor. | The Olympia man said the stranger parked for about 10 minutes in front of his home before venturing to the | door to ask the way to “an abandoned turkey ranch.” Descriptions Are Alike. ‘The kidnaper’s description, the ap- pearance of the former convict and the man in Rucker's story all involve dark complexions, dark whiskers, blue blazers, light caps and similar physi- cal measurements. Rucker was reported to have gone to Seattle on an unannounced mission after the officers visited the poultry ranch, which is situated a quarter of & mile from the Rucker place. It has many high-gabled poultry coops, any of which, officers said, could conceal one or more persons. It is about 30 miles from Tacoma. Rucker said the story of the camp site at Tumwater stirred his suspi- cions to the point of reporting the mysterious stranger’s visit. Police did not explain their fail- ure to question the former convict. He was photographed, fingerprinted and held while Osborne communicated with Seattle police regarding the ring. Osborne said the ring re- sembled one stolen from s womsan In Ballard, a Seattle suburb, several days ago. = Laboratory workers concentrated on the peculiar ink used to write the ransom demand. They said the ransom note warned the family to pay no attention to any further letters not written with the same kind of ink. 2 Investigators said the writing fluid used apparently either was home made or mixed from a variety of commercial inks. Texas Tobaceo Success. P. O. Naylor, Clarendon, Tex, farmer, raised a gsuccessful tobscco * x * x BUMPS. 8 HAS been frequently noted in this column, there seems to be no limit to the variety of questions that some people expect newspaper men to answer. The ultra-ultra, however, was reached by the woman who telephoned to inquire: “Can you tell me where I can find s good phrenologist—you know, one of those people who read bumps on heads?” “No, I can't,” the reporter who had answered the phone confessed. “When | T have any bumps on my head I see | a doctor.” “Oh, but a doctor couldn’t help me,” the caller explained. “These little ones I got celebrating New Year eve and I want to find out what they | mean for 1937." *x % % MOSES. JVIOSES is a dog. He belongs to & retired woman Government em- ploye, a lady of culture who speaks several languages and has an affec- tion for Moses in all of them. It 1s her custom, and Moses’ delight, to take occasional bus rides together on the Takoma Park line. dow and gives the passing world & Jolly once-over. “The bus they boarded the other day, however, had no empty seat by a win- dow. Moses was forced to sit on his mistress’ lap and look across a swarthy looking man. The swarthy man did not like it. As Moses crowded nearer and nearer to the window the man mumbled. When Moses was almost in his lap the man spoke aloud the opin- jon that the dog was being boorish. “At least,” his mistress defended him haughtily, “he is 100 per cent American.” *xx % OPENING. An ambitious young man em- ployed as office boy by a local firm was combing the want ad columns Jor c better job. Finally he came to the words, “Wanted—a young man for posi~ tion in business advertising; oppor- tunity to meet public; cxcellent Juture; not a sales position.” Eagerly answering the ad, the lad discovered that the “position” was that of counter boy in the firm which already employed him, the pay identical and the hours longer! Bank Pay Average $1,360. Census figures show the average she is well | On such ‘ pleasure jaunts Moses sits by the win- | well as the Latin American countries, comes support for the reform. The reform plan would divide the year into four equal parts, each quare | ter having three months, of which the first month would have 31 days and the other two 30 days each. In order to make the calendar perpetual, the 365th day would would fall each year after December 30, and in leap years the 366th day would be placed in mide Summer, after June 30. STEEL MAN DIES B. L. Hirshfield Was Director of Several Concerns. PITTSBURGH, January 2 (P .— | Benjamin Lewis Hirshfield, 61, a die | rector of the Blaw-Knox Steel Co. since its organization in 1906, died today. He studied law at the University of | Pittsburgh after graduating from Princeton University. He became treasurer and general counsel of the steel company in 1909, retiring as treasurer in 1930. Hirshfield also was a director of the | National Alloy Steel Co., the Union Steel Casting Co. and the Pittsburgh Rolls Corp. New Year Vow To Hit Someone Proves Costly Man Is Fined $26.45 After “Popping’ Woman. B) the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 2.—It cost | william Taylor $26.45 to keep his | resolution. | “I made a resolution,” he told Magistrate Grace Hartnett today, “that I was going to pop the next person to come around the corner.” “That,” Mrs. Hartnett commented, “is a strange resolution.” “Yes, I know. But I've been beat up a lot in my time and I decided to get the jump on 1937 by popping the first person to come around the corner,” Taylor explained. He admitted he had been slightly intoxicated the night before, which might have had some effect on his actions yesterday afternoon. The “first person to come around the corner” happened to be Miss Cecilia Clemm. “I hated to hit a lady, judge,” Tay= lor sighted, “but a resolution is & resolution.” He didn’t break the resolution, but he did break Miss Clemm's glasses. He picked them up and returned them to her. “Oh, excuse me,” he said. “Excuse me,” said Patrolman Joseph Langley, taking Taylor in tow. “Please excuse me,” - Taylor said to the magistrate. “Not on your life,” or words t@ that effect, sald Magistrate Hartnett. i’fl\lt will cost you $26.45."