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JEALOUS SUITOR - KILLS GIRL, SELF Man Uses Borrowed Shotgun in Double Tragedy Near Danville. BY the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va, January 5— Crazed with jealousy and brooding, officers said, because his attentions had been repulsed, Harry McGregor, 23, shot and fatally wounded Miss Louise Hayden, 28, in the kitchen of her father's home at Keeling, 10 miles from here, yesterday, then walked half a mile to a barn and fired a shotgun load into his own chest. McGregor died instantly, but Miss- Hayden lived to reach a Danville hos- pital. She had been hit three times, however, and died without regaining consciousness. Sheriff A. H. Overbey of Pittsyl- vania County, who investigated the shooting, said McGregor, who had been paying attentions to Miss Hay- den for several years, went to the home of a neighbor yesterday morn- ing and borrowed a single-barreled | shotgun. Reaching the Hayden home, he found the girl in the kitchen and fired at her point blank, Overbey said. ‘Wounded in the breast, she staggered from the kitchen into the yard, and McGregor followed her, reloading the gun and firing another charge, which struck her in the left sohulder, al- most severing her arm. The girl ran back into the house, McGregor fol- lowing, and shooting her a third time, the sheriff said. Miss Hayden was the daughter of H. A. Hayden, Keeling farmer, and McGregor was a son of Charles Mc- Gregor, a share cropper on the Hay- den farm. - ~LC.C (Continued Prom First Page.) been insistent on adequate sinking funds being set up against financing operations. As it is pointed out in the report, in 18 current reorganizations, 17 contain provisions for sinking funds and eight provisions for additions and betterments. Tax Effect on Roads. “Recently,” says the commission of this phase, “our attention has been called to certain provisions of the revenue act of 1936, namely, those im- posing a surtax on undistributed prof- its, and to the effect that these pro- visions will have upon sinking funds and additions and betterments funds | tio be set up out of income. For illus- fration, it has been represented to us that a sinking-fund payment of §35.000 a year required in connection vith the issue of certain bonds of the Chicago Union Station Ce. authorized our order of August 26, 1936, will Tiecessitate the payment of a tax of spproximately 21 per cent on thel amount reserved, which would be ided if the company distributed | dividend the amount required to | reserved, and that to provide a sink- irig fund of $1.000,000 a year, as con- templated in the plan of the Chicago &| North Western Railway Co. would, if| there were no “dividends received” credit or other allowable deductions, repuire a net income of approximately tlFflB,{']O. of which about $257,860 | would re quired for surtax, which | wauld be avoided if the sinking fund | wejre not required and the net income reinaining after the payment of nor- mil taxes, in this case about $220,610, ‘were distributed as a dividend. ‘I'The revenue act exempts from the suwitax amounts paid out or reserved for| retiring funded debt, or withheld Ircm stockholders, under written con- tracts of a certain kind cxecuted prior to [May 1, 1936. The exemptions do nol| apply in such cases if the contract wag entered into subsequent to April 30,(1936. This means that the amounts usefl or irrevocably set aside under contracts entered into after the date last| mentioned will be subject to the surjax and that companies that do not| o use their income or set up such funfs but distribute all their net in- comle will not be subject to the tax. Thl% also means that those companies whirh have weak financial structures and| should use their income to im- prole their property, retire funded debt and build up a liquid surplus agaipst a day of future trouble will, if they undertake to do so, be sub- to a penalty, whereas railroad es with strong financial struc- nd able to finance their re- ents through the issue of stock, distribute all their income and escape the surtax. Encouragement Needed. “If is our view that railroads with ‘weakl financial structures, and those Just pmerging from receivership or re- or| tion proceedings under section %7 o} the bankruptcy act, should be encojiraged to use their earnings, to the oxtent authorized or approved by us, tq build up and improve their prop- erty,| retire their funded debt and creatp corporate surpluses in amounts sufficient to meet their emergency needs, support their borrowing powers and |afford insurance against obso- Jescence. We suggest that the situa- tion pf the steam railroads under the reverjue act of 1936 should have the furthier consideration of the Congress.” The Commission views the air mail set-up critically. At|the outset, it points to divided suthgrity exercised with the Post Of- fice artment over air mail compen- and accounts kept by air mail and says of the latter that ter should be adjusted by Con- next comes in for adverse t, the commission stating, “It is qujte spparent that unless & phe- pomepal increase occurs in the rev- enue | from airmail postage by 1938 compensation measured by rates con- fined [to such revenue would not enable the carriers to operate the present class jof mail service, if it would per- mit them to operate at all.” Al ng for lifting the prohibition sgainst inauguration of new service by an airmail carrier which in any way compstes with another service, the ission concludes: | Interpretation Difficuit. "n:rn‘ y provisions of the present law are so worded and their requirements interipcked with other provisions in such & manner that interpretation snd [sdministration are exceedingly difficult. As an alternative to fur- ther amendments of the existing acts, the d ng of an entirely new law for comprehensive regulation of in- terstate air transportation similar in scope| to Parts I and II of the inter- state| commerce act governing the Ation of interstate railway and Y Odets said he is 30. Luise Rainer, Viennese screen actress, and Clifford Odets, film writer, in Los Angeles yesterday just after they had filed notice of intention to wed. Miss Rainer gave her age as 25 and —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. to be preferable. While the present scheduled air transport service began as an exclusive mail service, the trans- portation of persons and property has grown to such volume and extent in recent years that transportation by air has become an integral part of the transport system of the Nation and should be recognized as such.” After nine months’ operation of the motor carrier act, the commission tells Congress it is convinced the measure “establishes a sound and workable system of regulation for motor car- riers, and while there are cerfain pro- visions that might well be strength- ened or clarified, we do not feel that | we should recommend amendments | to the act until we have had a longer experience in its administration.” ‘The highway carriers, it is pointed out, are bending their efforts toward stabilizing the industry, and these are insisting “they must be protected by adequate enforcement of the law as it affects those who are now evading | its provisions.” “This viewpoint is sound and well recognized by us,” the commission as- serts. ‘The commission notes that the rail- | roads are doing more business and | says passenger traffic has been helped by the lower fare imposed on the East- | ern lines. WRITER FOUND DEAD Taken Poison. HOLLYWOOD, January 5 ®).— Chester Mays, 38, fiction writer was found dead in his home here yester- day. Beside him was a half-emptied glass of wine which Detective Lieuts. S. H. Jackson and R. W. Carter said ap- peared to contain poison. The officers said they found a note asking that his wife be notified if “anything should happen.” I.C.C. Asks C;(mge Check Confusion Report Cites Difficulties Arising From Com- munity Changes. By the Associated Press. It's time, the Interstate Commerce Commission reported today, to do something about the time. Declaring that ‘“confusion, incon- venience, irritation and in some cases danger,” have resulted from com- munity changes in standard times, the I. C. C. asked Congress to “amend the standard time act so that it will completely effectuate the purpose an- nounced by its terms; namely, ‘to es- tablish the standard time of the United States.’” A recent time change in Chicago, the commission reported, has affected a large area around that city “against the statutes and counter to the ex- pressed desires of the people” of the @he Foening Sfar Armstrong’s Pharmacy, | Ith & Park Rd. N.W. Is an Authorized Star Branch Office F YOU want to locate some one who can supvl.y that want you have tgken the one sure and most lassified Advertisement in The Star. direct way—a It will go all over the Maryland ond Virginia. That means a lot of people. Copy for The Star Classified Section may be left at an one of the many authorized Star Branch Offices. You'll find them conveniently located in practically every neighborhood in town and nearby | house talking with Dr. Mattson, | paroled and escaped inmates to au- | thorities in charge of the kidnaping | the case closely believed it was a futile | entered the house led to first impres- | sion e was criminally insane or pos- | sibly & narcotic addict. | was subsequently Chester Mays Believed to Have| In Time Act to) AUVERTISENENTS ReceiveD HERE Kidnaping (Continued From First Page.) his school class by Mrs. Gus B. Appel- man, his teacher and an intimate of the family. “Of course, T missed him'" Mrs. Appelman said while she waited in her automobile for her husband, Lieut. Col. Appelman, who was inside the She gave an enigmatic reply to a question of how soon she believed there would be a break in the case. “I don’t know any more about it than anybody else,” she said. “We'll just have to wait.” “How long, do you think—today, to- morrow or a week or more?” “We'll all have to wait,” Mrs. Appel- man replied. :, Though officials of State hospitals for the insane sent photographs of investigation, those who have followed move. Actions of the kidnaper when he | ‘This theory discarded because of the extreme caution displayed and methods employed by the kidnaper. Circumstances of the Mattson case indicated the kidnaper received a thor- ough “schooling” in the business from | studying the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping here in May and June, 1935. He used even greater precau- tions than William Mahan and his companions, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Metz Waley, all of whom are serv- ing long prison terms. Reports of those close to the Matt- sons that important developments were impending bore out rising hopes pre- viously expressed by observers. Father Asks Halt. The hopeful tone was born of three developments: Dr. W. W. Mattson's request that officers stop hunting for the abductor of his 10-year-old son, another “Ann-to-Mabel” advertise- ment indicating establishment of con- tact and frequent visits to the Matt- son home of men mentioned as pos- sible contact men. Officers, complying with Dr. Matt- son’s request were as silent as ever. The family found some relief today from the terriffic strain it has under- gone since Charles was snatched from his home by reading scores of letters from ail parts of the Nation. Dr. Mattson even considered some of the letters amusing, especially the offer of a ‘“clairvoyant” to solve the case for a price, if the “sole of a soiled stocking” belonging to the boy was sent. All law enforcement agencies set- tled down to a “hands off” policy, pending Charles’ release, an event that would send them charging in search of the kidnaper. = They were ready to move at a few seconds’ notice, side and shoulder arms loaded and automobiles warmed. New “clues” came in, rumors. were circulated and interest in the case maintained, but officers withheld action. Tacoma police released a seaman last night after holding him four days for investigation because he bore a sharp resemblance to the description of the kidnaper. Dr. Mattson talked freely with visi- city and 25 miles into suburbs. Copy left ot the authorized Star Branches will be forwarded promptly to the Main Office. No fee for this Branch Office service—only regular rates are charged. Authorized Star Branch Of- fices display the above sign. FLORENCE STILES CLAIMED BY DEATH Assistant Editor in Carnegie Institution Was Lifelong Resident of Capital. Miss Florence Fraser Stiles, daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Callender Stiles and & lifelong resi- dent of this city, died of pneumonia yesterday at her home in the Roosevelt Hotel. She had been ill only & short time. For the last 28 years Miss Stiles had been an assistant editor in the Camnegie Institution of Washington, working on' numerous scientific pub- lications. - She was a granddaughter of the late John Stiles, who edited and pub- lished seyeral newspapers in Boston and later in Washington, during the period preceding and following the Civil War. She was & sister of the late H. C. C. Stiles, for many years connected with the Maurice Joyce Engraving Co. Miss Stiles was a graduate of Colum- bia University and a long-time mem- ber of the Woman's City Club, in the affairs of which she actively partici- pated. She is survived by two nieces, Miss Marian Cellly, with whom she made her home, and Miss Marjorie J. Stiles; and by two nephews, Donald M. Stiles and Richard F. Stiles. Funeral services will be conducted at Lee's funeral home, Fourth street and Massachusetts avenue northeast, at 2 pm., tomorrow, Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemeter: Hamilton Denies “Night Shirt” Was Stolen From Car Pajamas and not nightshirts are the style where Representative Norman R. Hamilton of Virginia comes from, de- spite published reports, he informed the press today when asked for a de- scription of his “sleeping clothes,” stolen yesterday. . The new member of Congress was victimized by thieves, who broke into his parked car at New Jersey avenue and D street southeast and made off with the pajamas, a suit, other cloth- ing, a brief case, a satchel and a clock, totaling $135 in value. “I'm not a speech-making Congress- man, I'm a newspaper man’ he laughingly told a reporter who wanted | to know if his “opening day”. speech was among papers in the brief case. He publishes the Portsmouth Star. tors about everything except the kid- naping status. He expressed thanks his appeal for non-interference by offi- cers and others had met with prompt response. He described yesterday as being *the most peaceful day I've had yet, as far as interference goes.” He kept silent on negotiations, pay- ment of $28,000 demanded ransom and | when he thought Charles might be | freed. Another of the letters which drew the doctor’s attention was sent by a man who claimed an invention “for finding lost persons.” The inventor asserted his device had been successful in finding “persons 400 miles away and undoubtedly will reach farther than that.” Dr. Mattson preferred to leave the case with Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion agents in whose hands he has placed his family and himself. William, 16, and Muriel, 14, brother and sister of the kidnaped boy, re- mained away from school. A boy about William's age took a stack of school books to the home and left them. Automobiles, carrying visitors, ar- rived and left the house last night, but before early morning the Mattson home was quiet, a solitary light burn- ing behind a curtain. Among friends visiting the home were Paul Sceva and Lieut. Col. Gus B. Appelman, both mentioned as pos- sible intermediaries of the family. ‘They did not indicate whether their visits had any relation to the latest Ann-to-Mable note, specified means of contacting the kidnaper, which ap- peared in the Seattle Times' personal columns yesterday. It read: “Mable—We have received your communications. Police have not in- tercepted them. Channels are en- tirely clear. Your instructions will be followed. We are ready—Ann.” Regardless of rapidl JANUARY 65, 1937 PAY ROLL ROBBERY CHARCED TO PAR Two, Already Out on Bond, Accused of $2,000 Lozupone Hold-up. Two men on bond for attempted housebreaking today, were charged with the robbery of & $2,000 pay roll from Joseph Lozupone, a contractor, on June 13. The suspects were Carelton G. Williams, 30, of the 700 block of Fourth street, and Robert Steel, 34, first block of Kennedy street north- east. Both deny knowledge of the hold-up. Lozupone, Who lives at 2525 Thirty-second street southeast, had gone to & bank at Eighth and H streets northeast to obtain the pay roll money. As he climbed into his automobile outside, a bandit forced himself into the car. Wore Dark Glasses. ‘The bandit ordered Lozupone to hand over his money and to drive on. At Seventh street and Maryland ave- nue northeast, the bandit leaped from the car. He was wearing dark glasses. Capt. Ira B. Keck, assistant chief of detectives, said Lozupone identified Steel as the man who held him up. Police were told that the bandit was picked up in an automobile at Seventh and Maryland avenue by a confed- erate. Williams and Steel were arrested early on the morning of October 25 in the rear of a grocery near Irving street and Georgia avenue and charged with attempted housebreak- ing. ‘The officers were guided to the spot by George Maynard, colored, 600 block of Gresham place, who explained he had seen burglars trying to break into & grocery. Weapon Carrying Charged. Police said they caught the pair in the act of breaking into the store. Steel, it was said, had & gun and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. A curious feature of the case was that Maynard was seized with an at- tack shortly after he conducted officers to the scene of the attempted house- breaking and died before medical aid could reach him. Steel and Williams were released on 42,000 bonds each. Detectives said they would seek to hold the pair this time under additional $5,000 bonds each. The two were arrested on the rob- bery charge Saturday night. U. S. WORKERS WARNED AGAINST EX-OFFICIALS | | B the Associated Press. Nine cabinet members received letters | yesterday from Representative Dies, | Democrat, of Texas urging them to | tell their employes to have no deal- | | ings with former Government officials. Dies hinted that unless the cabinet officers acted he might offer a bill aimed at what he called the ‘“evil” | of officials’ resigning to take private jobs or to lobby in Washington after getting training, prestige and con- tacts in Government service. Secretary Wallace was not sent a | letter. Soon after Dies announced | ast week he was going to press for & | congressional investigation of official | resignations, the Agriculture Depart- ment ordered its workers not to dis- | cuss poiicy or business matters with keeping part of her cargo, describing it as war material. The Spanish passenger, who the Basques con- tended destroyed his identity papers, also was kept at Bilbao. Subsequently German warships seized the Aragon and the Marta Junquera in ‘“retaliation” for the Palos incident. Today's ultimatum made it clear that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler is demanding unconditional ‘“restora- tior” of the Palos’ cargo and passen- ger as a matter of national prestige. At the same time, the ultimatum indicated there would be no further reprisals beyond the “disposal” of the two seized ships unless there are new sttacks on German shipping. But if more German boats are seized, the warning said, “further measures” will be carried out promptly. Navy Campaign “Relentless.” Earlier, Gen. Wilhelm Faupel, Nazl envoy to Gen. Franco's provisional Fascist junta, had left Berlin for Spain with word that the German naval campaign would be “releniless” 43 an answer to Spanish government “piracy.” Spokesmen represented Hitler as fully aware of the magnitude of his responsibility in recognizing Gen. Franco’s insurgent junta and is pre- sumably prepared to back it to the limit. A foreign office announcement as- sured that naval reprisals would con- tinue. Capture of the Marta Junquera and the Aragon and the attack that forced the Soton to run aground were not sufficient retribution, officials said. The three Nazi warships in Spanish waters—the Koenigsberg, the Graf Spee and the Karlsrune—will continue their attacks until the S8panish govern- ment meets the demand for release of the Palos cargo and its captured pas- senger “to the letter,” a spokesman said. Gen. Faupel, who brought Hitler what was reported as an urgent de- mand from Franco for armed masses of troops, was understood to be carry- ing word back that Germany would stop the “piracy” of the Spanish gov- ernment. The Franco demand was one of the causes of the French and British plea that Hitler end aid to the insurgents. Word came from the chancellor's Bavarian retreat at Berchtesgaden that he would give his answer to the French-British request in a “very few days.” Diplomatic sources feared the an- swer would be a definite refusal in the face of Nazi firmness over the Palos seizure and the campaign of retalia- tion that followed. BRITAIN GETS SATISFACTION. LONDON, January § (#).—Protest- ing British warships, ready for action off Spain, won a pledge of marine respect today from Fascist Spanish sea patrols. The commander of the British destroyer Grafton, which nosed into representations against the New Year eve halting of the English merchant- lessed home authorities he had re- ceived “satisfactory” promises that British shipping rights in and near the Straits of Gibraltar will be re- spected. Orders to that effect have been flashed to the insurgent patrol boats, the Grafton’s commander said. It was understood the insurgents said they had mistaken the Etrib for an- other foreign vessel “under suspicion.” She was fired upon and halted, but was not boarded and was permitted to proceed. ‘With British warships under or- ders to stand out to sea if the ad- | former department employes. -Eur.ope‘ {Comtifined Erane Bicst ¥ )iS | Nazis get back & sequestered German | cargo by 8 a.m. Friday. The radio ultimatum said the Marta Junquera and the Aragon, now under Nazi warship detention in the Bay of Biscay, would be delivered to Gen. Francisco Franco, insurgent dictator designate, unless the regional Basque regime at Bilbao releases the cargo and an unidentified Spaniard taken from the German freighter Palos al- most two weeks ago. Gen. Franco then would pay Ger- many for the Palos cargo, officials ex- plained, besides putting up a guaran- tee for damages which the Spanish | passenger might demand from the | Reich’s government. “* The Palos was released by the Basques, a few days after she was seized, but the captors insisted -on CH SHRINERGURNER Jor a SHORT TIME ONLY advaneing material and labor costs, we are following our usual custom of offering these reductions at this time. CUSTOM GRADE M EN'S as low as S HOES s@): reduced % 562 made in our own factory SALTZE: ey 92 1341 F Street N;W. SHOES money on an extra pair. the harbor of Cadiz to make sharp | man Etrib by insurgent trawlers, wire- | miralty decides their guns are needed to enforce freedom of the troubled waters off Spain, war risk insurance rates for shipping in those seas sud- denly doubled. Even British vessels were being charged 1 per cent, compared to % per cent & week ago. Rates on Spanish steamers with Spanish crews were quoted at 5 per cent, ‘The insurgent pledges from Cadiz, which omitted the customary apology, eased acute fear of British embroil- ment in straits hostilities, but left unsettled the prospect for British merchantmen in other coastal areas of Spain, Gen. Prancisco Franco, the insur- gent dictator-designate, has not an- swered a British protest over the shelling of the English freighter Blackhill in the Bay of Biscay by insurgent trawlers. Replies to Note Awaited. Still awaited here were the German, Italian and Portuguese replies to:the Franco-British demiand for cessation of sailings of foreign volunteers' to Spain. Complicating this question in em- barrassing fashion was information, which British officials insisted was re- liable, to the effect that Italy, over the holidays, had landed 10,000 men in Fascist Spain. The European Non-intervention Subcommittee prepared for another session under conditions admittedly pessimistic. Members said their hands were tied until the volunteer question was settled. In that connection, informed sources acknowledged, there are perhaps 1,000 English volunteers fighting on one side or the other in Spain. The same sources sought to stress that the new Italo-British Mediter- ranean agreement had been misinter- preted by the Italian press when it stated the pact barred existence of an independent Catalan republic in Spain. Seventeen warships already have been massed in the troubled waters about the civil-war torn peninsula, under orders, it was learned, to an- swer wi h shellfire any attack on Brit- ish merchantmen. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden cut short his holiday vacation to re- turn to London and take personal con- trol of efforts to smooth the troubled diplomatic situation caused by inter- ference with British shipping, land- | ing of Italian “volunteers” and Nazi reprisals in the “undeclared war” against Spain. ‘The government officially confirmed reports it possessed information more | than 10,000 Italians have arrived in Spain during the past fortnight. ARLINER'S CRASH IS RECONSTRUCTED Pilot Believed Trying to Lo- cate Radio Beam at Time. By the Associated Press, BURBANK, Calif., January 5—A reconstruction of two ghastly minutes —the last minutes of life for 12 pas- sengers in a doomed airliner—was written today into the record of a Fed- eral hearing. From the twisted wreckage of a San Francisco-to-Los Angeles transport that hurtled into a mountain gully near here December 27, Oliver West, United Airlines engineering superin- tendent, read the following story: “Pllot Edward Blom was at the con- trols and Co-pilot (Robert) McLean was at the radio. The ship was de- scending on a 6 per cent plane. At the same time it was banking in & right turn, at a 28-degree angle. It was traveling not less than 160 miles per hour. “In that turn the tip of the right wing hit a tree. At the same time | the right wheel of the landing gear— which was down—touched the ground. ‘There are marks on the ground at the top of the ridge to show all this, “You might deduce that she had 126 | gallons of gas left. It is impossible to state definitely, but the motors appear to have been functioning perfectly.” West said the elevation there was 2,620 feet. The two minutes visualized were from 7:36, when McLean radioed the | Burbank terminal “wsit a minute,” to 7:38, when watches of the crash vice tims had stopped. Maj. R. W. Schroeder, Federal chief of airline inspection. prepared to return | to Washington with the testimony. “Pindings will be announced there later,” he said. Unofficial opinion at the inquiry was that Pilot Blom got off the radio beam course, probably through static inter-" ference, and had started the customary S-shaped maneuver for re-locating the beam when his wing hit a tree. “Would you care Jor Wine, Sir?” Yes... Italians in War Zene. In addition to 4,000 l=nded at the insurgent port of Cadiz on New Year's | day, authoritative sources said 6,500 other Italians arrived there around | Christmas. | The January 1 contingent was said to have landed from the Italian mili- tary transport Lombardia. (Prench diplomatic circles said the | first group of troops was landed on December 22.) | Although informed circles took & most serious view of the danger to British ships and the landing of the | Italian “volunteers.” official action | was reserved pending a conference between Eden and key cabinet | members. Authoritative opinion was troubled at the thought the Italian action | came on the heels of an Anglo-French appeal to stop the flow of aid to in- surgent Gen. Prancisco Franco and almost simuitaneously with the sign- ing of the Anglo-Italian Mediter- ranean accord. FLORSHEIM GO ON Simple—correct— delicious. (Serve well chilled.) Barton & Guestier are leading growers and shippers of finest Frenchwines. A Schenley Tmport from Frasee Copr. 1936, Schenk SALE TODAY/! Not a clearance; net a “special purchase;” but regular Florsheim quality, liberally and legitimately reduced . . . but for a short time only. 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