Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 13

. ANONYMOUS NOTE SPURS ROSS HUNT Message Gives Address Where Kidnaped Chicagoan ¢ Allegedly Was Held. By the Associated Press. OHICAGO, October 23.—An anony- mous letter opened a new avenue of nvestigation in the kidnaping of Charles S. Ross today. The message, giving the address of # South Shore apartment where the tipster claimed the retired manufac- #turer had been held until last Sun- day, was turned over to Federal agents. D. M. Ladd, chief of Chicago's G- man staff, said the information was under investigation. The author named two men and a woman as the abductors and reported they had offered him some of the $50,- 000 ransom at & 50 per vent discount. “Ross was there alive up to last Sunday and the cops searched but in the wrong flat,” the letter set forth in part. “1 am a neighbor but was ,, warned to keep my mouth shut.” Ross was carried off four weeks ago but in that time there has been no word as to whether he is alive or| dead. | Federal agents pressed their attempt | to trace the ransom bill placed in cir- | culation. The trail led to the First National Bank in suburban Blue Is- land. The agents checked over $50,- 000 in currency there but failed to uncover any more ransom notes. Meanwhile, a study of the activities of known gamblers continued on the theory some of them might have re- gorted to kidnaping when their hand- “ Books were raided by police squads. FOOD-DRUG SESSION | T0 OPEN TUESDAY Officials Will Hold First Conven- | tion Here in 11 Years—Enter- tainment Planned. The Association of Dairy, Food and Drug officials of the United States will . hold its forty-first annual convention THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER- 24, 1937—PART ONE. Facing Deportation, Man Pens Plea to “Jantlemen” of Court By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 23.—What everybody agreed was one of the most unusual letters ever to come within the purview of the Federal District Court today entered the Government's deportation case against Karol Cnssel. The missive pleaded with the * tlemen of the United States District Court” for leniency and ended with & fervent “three chars for the rad, whith and blu.” Cassel came here from Russia and became an American citizen in 1919, with two friends testifying to his exemplary character. But recently United States Attorney John Knox received bad reports about him-—that he had served tinie in Cape- town, South Africa, and Berlin for Nationally-Known ASAM, washable and suntested Wall Paper—by Union Labor. at the Raleigh Hotel Tuesday to Fri- day. It has been 11 years, since the convention has been held in Washing- ton and delegates and their wives from the 48 States are expected. Entertainment of_the visitors will be | divided between a'committee under Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley for the women and a group under Dr. George Ruh- | land, District health officer, to look | after the men. Mrs. Wiley announced for her group a 8 possible trip to the D. A. R, Red Cross and Pan-American Buildings Tuesday afternoon. The next day the | visiting women will be taken on & sight-seeing tour of Congress, the Con- gressional Library, the Supreme Court and the Folger Library. Transportation | will be furnished through the courtesy | of the Maryland and Virginia Milk | Producers’ Association. In the after- | noon the group will visit Greenbelt in | transportation furnished by wives of | members of the National Canners'| Association. | Thursday the group will take in | Mount Vernon, Gadsby Tavern and | Arlington in the morning, followed by | a luncheon at the American Associ- | ation of University Women Club, 1634 { I street northwest, and an afternoon visit to the Cathedral. | Mrs. Wiley's committee includes Mrs. C. A. Brown, Mrs. W. D. Bigelow, Mrs. N. R. Ellis, Mrs. G. 5. Jamieson, Mrs. Thelma F. Lee, Mrs. C. G.| McDonnell, Mrs. Everett Wallace and | Mrs, Ward B. White. MUSICAL TRAVEL()GUE Branson De Cou to Show “Dream Pictures” at Church Benefit. | Branson De Cou will show his *Dream Pictures” at a benefit musieal travelogue for the Episcopal Church Home, to be given at 8:15 p.m., No- ¢, vember 5, in the Willard Hotel. His subjects will include “Florence and the Italian Hill Towns” “The | Cathedral Group of Florence,” “The Notable Italian Gardens of Tuscany” and “The Treasures of Patti Palace,” | all to be shown in pictures. There will | be appropriate musical accompani- | ment. The board of managers of the | Episcopal Home is sponsoring the | affair. 5 The building of this small Grand was lon planned by Chickering. fi is an exquisite instrument with all 3:; nobility that is inseparable from this great piano. Its fame is founded on unquestioned worth— enly the finest materials go intp the making of this Chickering — now as always for 114 years. EASY TERMS Piane of any make taken in exchange at good allowance ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G St. Corner 13th pocket-picking and in New York for revolver possession and shoplifting. While Knox was looking for Cassel, preparatory to sending him back to Russia, - letter arrived from him. Knox filed it in court today, Advising the authorities that Cassel was in a hospital here suffering from “six per cent dyebitos,” the letter continued: “What is the use to go to cort talin lies and to deny everything, no—no— no—I will not tell lies, only I and God and a lot of my friends knue that more than a hafe of the arrests ar for nothing, but I will be believed if I will cut my hart out and-to show cort.” Followed Cassel's story of a con- ference at “police hat corters” and his demand of the court “have I got to be a teaf or can I be a good Ameri- can?” “Give me this time a chance,” the letter concluded, “to be a good Ameri- can sitisin, I will obay the law, and will give my life for my contry and this is the U. 8. A. and three chars for the rad, whith and blu.” Judge William Bondy granted Knox's request to have the case re- stored to the calendar. Meanwhile, they're trying to find Cassel. CONFERENCE ON LABOR' BACKED BY GOVERNORS New York, Indiana and Connecti- cut Executives Send Indorse- ment to Miss Perkins. By the Associated Press. Governors of New York, Indiana and Connecticut yesterday sent Secretary Perkins their indorsement of the fourth annual conference on State labor legislation which the Secretary has called for tomorrow. The conference will bring together 1abor commissioners from most of the Btates to discuss new problems of ad- ministering labor laws and developing co-operation between State agencies and organized labor. Gov. Lehman said previous confer- ences on labor laws have “resulted in an improvement in labor legislation throughout the United States.” King's Birthday Observed. Siam celebrated the 12th birthday | of its boy King Ananda Mahidol, who | is attending school in Switzerland and | is expected to return to his country A—13 They Can’t Read Aloud. 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