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A—12 =» U.S. OPENS TRIAL OF T0 KIDNAPERS Group Is Nation’s Last Or- ganized Kidnap Gang, G-Men Claim. By the Associatec Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., June 2.—The Government opened the trial today of what Department of Justice agents have termed the Nation's last oigan- 12ed kidnaping ring—10 men charged with the 1933 abduction of John J. C’'Connell, jr, scion of a politically prominent Albany family. Eighty-five trial jurors paraded into | Federal Court for a drawing which | prosecution and defense say may take | several days. Nearly two score G-men, deputy marshals and State troopers guarded the defendants. | Federal Judge Frederick H. Bryant of Malone is presiding at the trial. Indicted under the Lindbergh law— punishable by life imprisonment—on charges of kidnaping, conspiracy and extortion, the 10 men were trans- ported here from various county jails and New York and Massachusetts State prisons where some have been serving terms for other crimes. Four Plead Innocence. Four of the men—John Oley, 36; John (Sonny) McGlone, 24; Charles Harrigan, 37, and Thomas Dugan, 35— have been in the county jail here since May 3, when they pleaded innocent to the indictment. The six others were speeded into the city during the night | under heavy guard From Dannemora Prison at Clinton eame Manning (Manny) Strewl, 35, serving 15 years for blackmail in co nection with the case; from the Al- bany County Jail, Frank Fischer, 53; | Thomas Burke, 29, and Harold (Red) Crowley, 35; from nearby Chenango | County Jail at Norwich, Percy (Angel | Face) Geary, 34, and from Massachu- setts State Prison, George Car- guillo, 31. Trio Brought From Alcatraz. McGlone, Harrigan and Dugan were brought East last month from Alca- traz Prison, near San Francisco, where | they were serving terms for their part | in a $129,000 Fall River, Mass.,, mail | truck robbery. ‘Two others indicted for the kidnap- ing. Francis Leo Oley and Christopher | Miller, have since committed suicide in their jail cells. | Young O'Connell, now 28, was kid- | naped in the early morning hours of | July 7, 1933, JUSTICE STONE PASSES | | wise and meritorious” 1940 Prospect EDUCATOR 1S MENTIONED FOR PRESIDENCY, SWITCH ON COURT REFORMS IS DENIED Senator Pope of Idaho Says He Will Vote for Plan if Raised in Senate. Bs the Associated Press. Senator Pope, Democrat, of Idaho, said yesterday the “judicial reforms suggested by President Roosevelt are and should not be abandoned. Expanding a statement earlier in the week that the impelling necessity for | the bill has been removed by recent Supreme Court decisions, Pope vigor- | ously denied that he had switched and was no longer for the measure. “Any conclusion drawn from my | statement that I am opposing the court plan is a misinterpretation,” Pope said. “I have declared myself for it; T am for it now; and if it comes to the floor of the Senate, I will vote for it.” = (T THE SU THE EVENI DR. FRANK GALLED 940 POSSIBILITY Former Wisconsin U. Presi- dent Addresses Charleston, W. Va,, College Group. B the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va, June 2.— The University of Wisconsin's former president, Dr. Glenn T. Frank, came to West Virginia yesterday and heard himself described as possible presi- dential material in 1940. The widely known educator, in Charleston to address Morris Harvey College seniors, did not directly men- tion political matters, but after the commencement attended a Kiwanis Club luncheon. Forecast 1940 Leader. There, Walter S. Hallanan, Repub- lican national committee: and "HONEST DENTISTRY For 36 years we have enjoyed a reputagion in Washington for— Honest WORK MATERIALS Honest ADVICE Honest LOW PRICES We Use the New ANALGESIA PROCESS WHICH POSITIVELY ELIMINATES PAIN DR. FREI()T HOURS: Rais®am o & oo, 407 7th St. N.W. I N IS NO Honest RESPECTER ON PORTRAIT OF SELF Central Figure in Mural by Leon Kroll in Office of Attorney General. B the Associated Press. Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone turned art critic yesterday and handed down a favorable opinion on ® portrait of himself. The justice appears as a central fig- | ure in mural by Leon Kroll, Carnegie | Institute prize winner. The mural, entitled, “The Triumph of Justice, hangs in Attorney General Cummings’ office. Stone viewed it yesterday for the first time. With Cummings concurring, the #pinion was 2-t0-0 in favor of the mural, STUCK IN PIPE Girl's Finger Freed After More | Than Hour's Work. 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STAR, WASHINGTON, president of Morris Harvey alumni, sald in introducing the visitor: “I prophesy that in 1940, when the eyes of the Nation look for & new leader, they will be looking toward Glenn Frank.” Hallanan spoke of Frank as one of the Nation's progressive thinkers, but one who opposed a socialized State. “I believe ne will be definitely in the picture when the time comes for discussion of leadership of the party which upholds the principles he does,” said Hallanan, Frank, in speaking to the club and its guests, asserted: “I am one of those who believe you cannot subject individuals and make the state great, for the benefit of all. More Planning Needed. “We need more social, more indi- vidual and more political planning than ever before, and that planning is not possible with the sweeping de- struction of everything by the name of | self-government. * * * “If we keep the press, the colleges | and the churches surgically clean of D. ¢, the influence of centralized control, or the influence of propaganda, then we can prepare our young people as free and disciplined to think in terms of | truth and right.” BISHOP EMMETT HERE FOR G. U. SERVICES Most Rev. Thomas A. Emmett, S. J., Bishop of Jamaica, is in Washington to attend the commencement activities this week at Georgetown University and the Georgetown Preparatory School at Garrett Park, Md. Bishop Emmett is widely known in ‘Washington, having been on the fac- ulties of both the Georgetown insti- tutions for many years. He was head- master at the Garrett Park school when appointed to his present post in Jamaica. 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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937. ous operation. Bishop Emmett served on the college faculty some years ago | and the two renewed an old friendship. During his stay here the Jesuit prel- ate is making his residence at the pre- paratory school, where he is to preside at its commencement next Sunday. F. H. ELLIS, RETIRED U. S. EMPLOYE, DIES Frank H. Ellis, 61, of 1832 K street, retired Government employe, died of a heart attack Monday in Ashburn, Va., it was learned yesterday. He FOR YOUR OLD STOVE TOWARD THE PURCHASE had been living at his Summer home in Ashburn since Spring. Mr. Ellis retired from the Indian Service of the Interior Department four years ago after about 30 years' service. He was employed as a statis- tician at the time of his death. A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., he came here in 1901 and was employed | for two years in the Pension Office be- | fore transferring to the Indian Service. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lida Ellis. 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