New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 18

G i R S0 ! DU PONT T0 FIGHT PROHIBITION LAW Has Been Granted Leave by General Motors New York, Aug. 10 (A —Pierre S. Du Pont, chairman of the board of General Motors Corporation, has been granted a leave of absence and will fight the prohibition law, Alfred P, Sloan, Jr., president of General Motors, said the board had rejected Mr. Du Pont's resignation, which he had preferred because he did not wish his activitias as vice president and director of the asso- ciation against the prohibition amendment to embarrass the cor- poration. “The board felt that the position of the corporation, having been -stated, was understood and that all | should appreciate that Mr. Du Pon’ts activities in connection with that association's work are entirely those of an individual and did not concern the corporation,” Mr. Sloan said In his announcement, Not Accepted “His resignation was therefore not accepted and Mr. Du Pont was accorded a leave of absence in- stead,” the statement added. It was announced Mr. Du Pont would issue another statement today in which, associates said, he would come out in support of the presi- dential candidacy of Governor 8mith. The granting of the leave of ab- sence to Mr. Du Pont follows close- ly the resignation of John J. Ras- kob, chairman of the democratic national committee, from the chair- manship of the finance committee and as a member of the executive committee, Raskob is Assoclate Mr. Raskob and Mr. Du Pont have been associated for years in the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc., powder company and are two of the largest holders of General Motors stock. The Du Pont Company s said to control approxi- mately 25 per cent of the stock with Mr. Raskob the largest individual shareholder. Mr. Du Pont is an Episcopalian republican and a cousin of T. Cole. man Du Pont, republican senator from Delaware, He and Mr, Ras- kob have been closely identifi with the association against the pro. hibition amendment since its incep- tion and are among the most prom- inent of those advocating modifica- tlon of the prohibition laws. HOLD TRIPLE EXECUTION Thre Put to Death in Sing Sing for Murder—Former New York Po- liceman Included Ossining, N. Y, Aug. 10 (P— Three men were put to death in the dlectric chair last night, the first triple execution in the state since January, 1927, Two of the executed men protest- ed their innocence to the last. One of them was Daniel Graham, 26 The New Meet (i New Wringer (The New Washer-Dryer) Absolutely Different! Decidedly New! Be Sure To See Them! years old, a New York policeman who robbed and killed a paymaster he was assigned to guard. The other CHARGE POLICE BUNGLED | [was George Appel, 41, a former Chi- cago gunman, who killed Police | Finger Print Expert Assalls Evans- Lieutenant Charles Kemmer in a C: enn; Brooklyn holdup. ton Officers in Case of Miss Jenny Constance The third man to dle was Alex- ander Kalinowski, 49, who stabbed |to death James Durnin, principal| Chicago, Aug. 10 UP—A charge | keeper at Auburn prison, because he | that Evanston police bungled their ‘5“;‘1 he did not receive enough te | jnyestigation into the slaying of Miss eat. B i Jenny Constance, school teacher. Guaham, - btore | enieting el G oo by Petoctive Freder: death chamber, said, “Believe it or 4 { # x - " ick Bennett, fingerprint expert. not, they've got me all wrong.' g | s 5 All articles connected with the | Appel had attempted to save Gra- cnine Gnslndine tha tho i aei ham by confessing the slaying of inending A Plke Ased Judson Pratt, the paymaster for | 10 €lub Miss Constance to death en D (Ghat aa L were so handled before he was call- | whose death Graham died. Although | s : Mpre | ! L led as to eliminate possibilities of he, gained & reprieve for himself | [ 8% 1o SHmnate possibiities o |and Graham, his “contession” was | %O L gerp! s, oL eliored oY e court and & neW | “rh, handuag of Miss Constance, Kalinowski never denied his guitt, | V1" 'its contents missing, and her ey > Bult | vanity case were found last night near the scene of the killing in fromt | He said he had protested twice over | the scant rations at Auburn but had | 0% 5 0800 8 SR VAR TR RPN | only suspect still in eustody, was | been denied a hearing. Finally he | employed. | rushed out of line one day and stab- b O | Bet Darels 1 death. | Evanston police, baftled by lack | {of definite clucs and pressed by de- | mands of citizens to appreliend the | scant evidence and redoubled their | 1819 a Week Clerk Tells of Tempta- i | man hunt | Walter Dill Scott, president of | tions Which Made FEnter Into’Northwestern University, pledged | $1,000 to the several rewards al- | | $100,000 Plot. | v offered for the capture of the RN 2 | criminal who clubbed the 42 year |, New York Aug. 10 (UP)—John | olq woman fto death and attacked | [3. 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