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Show THE PAGE TWO News Review of Current Norfolk Boat Builder Confesses Cruel Hoax in Lindbergh Case Terrible Tragedy at Sea Gossip of National Politics. By EDWARD W. P1CKARD if thirty-year-ol- d of the worst marine of recent years occurred near the entrance to the Gulf of Aden when the new French liner Georges Philippar of the Messagerles Maritimes suddenly burst Into flames and was destroyed. The loss of life is uncertain at this writing, but probably about 100 persons perished. The survivors were picked up by several steamships and landed in different ports. Two British vessels took 254 of them to Aden, and they said at least 100 of the thousand odd aboard the doomed ship were trapped in their cabins. Many others lost their lives in the stormy sea. From early reports It appeared that Captain Vicq and his crew did all in their power to save the vessel and its passengers. ONE "APT. put forth SPEAKER plan for depression relief, and It was Indorsed by Rnlney, leader of the bouse. Its main features are: 1. Appropriation of $110,000,000 to be expended by the President In his discretion for the relief of destitution, 2. Increase of $1,000,000,000 In the borrowing power of the Reconstruction Finance corporation for loans to state and local governments, corporations and Individuals for the purpose of Increasing employment. a A bond Issue of $1,000,000,000 for construction of federal public works In the Interest of revival of Industry and Increase of employment, this expense to be met by a d tax of of one cent a gallon on gasoline. GARNER one-thir- senators are not yet to give us real beer, even as part of a plan to bring relief to the, unemployed. By a vote of 24 to 61 they rejected Senutor Tyding's amendment to the tax bill. This amendment would have legalized 2.75 per cent beer with a tax of 24 cents a gallon upon It which was calculated to yield $200,000,000 an- OCR nually for amortization of a construction bond Issue and an add! tional $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 that would have allowed amount to be stricken from bill. that tht tax yXITH the near approach of the Democratic national convention speculation as to the chances of Gov, Franklin D. Roosevelt for the nomination grows Intense. His ager, ley, he manJames A. Far- still will believes be nom- inated on the first roll calL He asserts that Roosevelt will be sure of 691 votes to 403 for all other aspirants, and that before the clerk gets Owen O. tally down as far as Young Wyoming and the territories, enough states will change their votes from favorite sons to put the New York governor across the s line 770 votes. One of the most prominent of the "dark horses" has taken himself definitely out of the running. Owen D. Young, who had a large and hopeful body of supporters, though he never had been an avowed candidate, made the "final" announcement that he would not accept the nomination If .lt were offered him.. In a letter to John Crowley, publisher of the Times of Little Falls. Young's home town, he said his rea sons for this decision were "so controlling as not to be open for argument" It was assumed the chief of these reasons was Mrs. Young's ill health. two-third- A L SMITH has by no means In a radio address he set forth his personal platform containing planks designed to cure the ills from which the country Is suffering. The main features were : Balance the national budget A manufacturers sales tax to meet the $1,500,000,000 deficit. Reduction of national expenditures to an "irreducible minimum." Opposition to a veterans' cash bonus. Repeal of the Eighteenth amend- ment NEPIII. UTAH S. Thursday, May 26. ' Immediate modification of the Volstead act, to permit wines and PROMINENT bankers and beer. convinced that His previously proposed bond Ishave and fear public uncertainty sue for public works to relieve unreserve sysprevented the federal tem's policy from taking full effect employment, the bonds to be amorin the stimulation of recovery of tized by proceeds from a wine and beer tax. prices and of prosperity, have Defeat of President Hoover's to a formed committee of twelve aid in putting to work the hundreds proposal to relieve unemployment ef millions of dollars being poured through funds of the reconstruction Into the market by the system in finance board. Its program for credit expansion. Clothe the President with power These gentlemen gathered in to extend. If need be, the moratori New "fork at the call of George L. uni on international debts "until a Harrison, governor of the Federal real solution can be reached." Reserve bank of New York, with Suppress "all blocs which bedevil Owen D. Young as their chairman. legislation." The following statement was issued : CENATOR WATSON of Indiana. "Governor Harrison of the Fedp majority leader of the senate, eral Keserve bank of New York has does not think congress can possibly called together a committee com- get through its necessary business posed of bankers and Industrialists without a summer session before for the purpose of considering June 14. when the Republican namethods of making the large funds tional convention opens, so he pronow being released by the federal poses to other lenders of both parreserve banks useful affirmatively In ties that a recess be taken from June 4 to July 11. Speaker Gamer developing business. "Its purpose will also be gener- demurred, believing all legislation with the Reco- can be disposed of before June 11. ally to nstruction Finance corporation and so a decision was postponed until other agencies to secure more co- June 4. If It appears then that ordinated and so more effective ac- congress can end Its work by June tion on the part of the banking and 11. the recess plan will not be Interests." ldustri pressed. 1932 Scenes and Persons in the Current News LOU Events the World Over BREAKING down under Ions John II. Curtis, the Norfolk boat builder who hud put himself forward as an Intermediary In the Lindbergh baby case, confessed to Inspector Harry Walsh of the Jersey City police that his story was n hoax and "negotiations" wltb the kidnapers were entiresr ly a fake. He said 1 he never knew such S J ' rutrsnnl al thnoa ha to Colonel W. H. Steven named Lindbergh and to meet whom the distracted father made many trips to sea on a yacht In company with Curtis. In bis brief written confession of bis cruel swindle Curtis said be "became Insane on the subject for the time being, which caused me to create the story In Its entirety," and that he was "brought back to his senses' by a telephone conversation with, hW wife. , .. Curtis' activities the night of the kidnaping were being investigated. Be was locked up and later arraigned on charges of giving folse reports that hindered the apprehension of the persons guilty of the crime. If convicted he may be Imprisoned for three years or fined $1,000, or both. He waived preliminary hearing. Arrested In Brooklyn for abandoning his family, Frank Parzych, a narcotic addict, told detectives and clung to the story after more than twelve hours of questioning that he was one of a band of seven men who kidnaped the child and that the baby died after the man carrying him down the ladder from the nursery window accidentally dropped him to the ground. The police were inclined to believe this story was false. Th ugh tha authorities of the entire country are of course hunting for the kidnapers and murderers of the baby. New Jersey Is still the center of a operations, and the investigation there is in the charge of William H. Stevens, attorney general of the state, and of Prosecutor Erwln Marshall of Mercer county. Neither of these men is optimistic, fearing the case will be added to the list of unsolved crimes because,, as Mr. Marshall said, whatever trail there was is now virtually dead. The necessary excessive caution of the police while the child was still thought to be alive lessened the chances for solving the mystery. However, Attorney General Stevens by no means gave up. At a conference of state, federal and county police and Investigators in Trenton, a plan was established for all activities in the hunt for the murderers. REICIIERS, a darlnl aviator, was the Oral of this year's crop of would be transatlantic flyers, end he fulled. Hopping off from Harbor Grace, he sought to fly to Paris with a landing at Dublin. But he got lost in the clouds when nearly across tht ocean, came down not far from the south end of Ireland, and was picked up by the steamship President Roosevelt, whose commander, Captain Fried, and chief officer. Harry Manning, have rescued many persons from death at sea. TIMES-NEW- WMJJjliJ mm St." ROBERT DOLLAR, the aged and spectacular dean of the shipping and lumber industries of the Pacific coast, died at his home In San Rafael, Calif., after an Illness of several weeks. Bo.n little easy way, In Scotland In 1844, he began work and a week later as a lad In Quebec and rose steadily we dont know to the dominant position he held at we nave ever his death. been excited The coast guard lo6t its ablo about It That commandant when Rear Admiral F. affair In Honolulu when we beard C. Billard passed away In Washingthey were convicted why we all of ton, where he resided. He was fifty-eigyears old and had been 111 us like toIstore up Isthe place. Then all there too it the Governor two weeks. Dr. B. J. Clgrand, founder and over there pardons them, and its all over. president of the American Flag Day Course every country has got its association, died at his home In laws, and everyone of em have a 111. right to act them out according to ILTENRY L. STIMSON, secretary the Dictates of their own rlews, but of state, returned from Geneva, we dident think they got a square says his conversations there con- deal in the case, and we raised a vinced him that Europe agrees with howl. Now here is the catch in it the United States on what can and It this husband bad come up on must be done In regard to the far those men at the time and had killed not only one but all of them, eastern situation and will with Uncle Sam. He Is cer- why he would have come clear with tain neither Japan nor Russia medals on him, but because he wants war. and he Indicates that waited awhile to shoot him, why the great powers will strive to keep that makes 1 him a murderer. In words must shoot you quick the Manchurlan trouble localized, at otheram it I going to. Well It was terleast for the present However, the rible mess and its good its ended. authorities at Washington are rathThat old Darrow Is a great old er alarmed by the military situation fellow. I have known and been In Manchuria because of the continued concentration of troops along friends with him for many years. 1 go to see him in Chicago. He is one the frontier. of the most pleasant and entertaining men in America. You know foi In a state of ferment is a real down right humanatariaa I JAPAN the occidental mind can doubt if he has his equal in our scarcely figure out what the results try. Color, creed, man or beast, may be. Premier TsuyoshI Inukal Darrow has a Interest was assassinated by in him. Lord in sympathetic this time with every a group of young kind of Shyster lawyer that we army men and at have, he is a notable exception. the same time miliPoor old Honolulu, I hope they get tary terrorists raid- this lived down, for it really was ed and bombed va- not their fault Course I am for em rious buildings and getting their Independence and run did other damage in the thing like they want too. Dara Tokyo. this thing of being somebodyelses events signalled the country and taking It over. No good outbreak of an ac-- ever comes of It We claim its for JT, fnnl protection sake that we hold it against the existing Thats a lot of hooey. Its two thougovernment and It3 sand miles away. II any Nation can T. Inukal come two thousand miles across course in national and especially international affairs. an ocean and then lick us, well we Inukai's cabinet resigned and plans are good enough sports to say, were made to install Kisaburo "More power to you." new president Suzuki, of the Those little Japs would be so seaSeiyukai party, ns premier. But sick by the time they got here they the representatives of the army couldent sight a gun anyhow. Turn served notice that a national cabCountry. Color, creed, maa or beast inet must be formed not based on and give Nicaragua back to the The vice chief of political parties. then come home and take thi staff declared the army would re- Nicks, country away from the Republicans fuse to approve any nomination for and it back to the Democrats. give war minister in a party cabinet. The Say this political thing is get constitution provides that the war minister must be a general of the ting more cockeyed every day Here in it looked lik army, so the army can prevent the Roosevelt California, was a cinch, then Garnei formation of any ministry that it comes A1 in and beats disapproves. Late dispatches from Smith who had had nohim, and press agent, Indicated that the army or advance Tokyo work done, why he rum would have its way, and all over up there almost with boU the world there was speculation as right of to what might be the effect on the em, and be was like the girl al tacky party when they voted relations with China and on the Japan's ugliest person and she won, especially with Russia. and said, "Why I wasent even runPrince Saionji, last of the elder statesmen, was called to Tokyo to ning." We dont know yet as I pen these try to effect a compromise. Immovable words, what is the things we will pay taxes on. ConTJARRY J. LEIK, superintendent gress guesses at one thing, and the of Mount AIcKinley National Senate reachs in the hat and drags park In Alaska, and three companout some other objects to be taxed. ions climbed both peaks of the Mr. Hoover throws the dice and mountain, the first they bring up some more different time this ever had WTT numbers. Ogden Mills the Treasurys been accomplished, i ' Secretarys weegee Board calls out some more names. Everybody ia and discovered that K tragic disaster had trying to get it over on the other fellow. They all want to put it on befallen a group of scientists headed by tn objects but they dont want to call Allen Carpe who M It a Sales Tax. They only want it on what is sold. had attempted to X scale the mountain The English sure have taken ta j for the purpose of Mr. Mellon. He ia the Lion of the hour in London. They figure that ha measuring cosmic Will cancel tha rays. Carpe him.1 l . n, self and Theodore Allen Carpe Koven lost their grims" Society lives. Koven's body was found on give him a dinMuldrow glacier, and it was cerner. Thats a sotain that Carpe had fallen into a ciety that found crevasse. The lost leader was re- the social going garded as the ablest mountaineer in not so "Hot" in America. He was working under America and the direction of Prof. Arthur H. migrated from ham and eggs Compton of the University of Chicago, who was expected to Join him and coffee, to In Alaska to continue the cosmic tea and marmalade. Well they ray study. - Two ether members of Carpe's dined him, and party, E. P. Beckwlth and Percy T. the Statue of Liberty that was made Oiton, Jr., both of New York, were in Ice melted during the festivities run into everybodys lap. Well safe, encamped on the glacier, Lelk and t he cancels the debt he better do reported. Beckwlth was seriously t with his own money. ill with fever and was rescued by France is still dragging gold out N. D. also airplane. Spadevcockia, of the party, had left the camp to of our Country by the millions and asking us to cancell the debts. And seek aid and was missing. then they tell you a Frenchman has no humor. We are all exDOPE PICS XI Issued an encyell- - cited out here over getting the Olympics, cal entitled "Charitas Christl" and will come out and hoping In which he called the world to see us. We you 55 Nations got coming, prayer, penance and mortification war or no war. Of course depression to save itself from "the peril of ter- will still be on us, but we will be rorism and anarchy" and "the still used to It by then. It will be your graver evils that are threatening." only chance during your lifetime For this purpose be set aside a pe- seeing one on in this country. riod of eight days for "reparation" Course you could go to Europe but on the octave of the feast of the rou couldent tell what language Sacred Heart, beginning June 3. they was running in. 1 i BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Well til I know Is Just wbat I read In the writing papers. Cant we beat the world getting all worked up over something as though the world coming to an end depended on It and then find Its settled in some 1 iinn -j a m m m ht Ba-tavl- a. These 1 1 Special economy committee of the senate at work, with Senator Jones of Washington, Its chairman, seated second from the left 2 Mayor Jimmy Walker leading New York's great beer 8 Horses of the Japanese Olympic games equestrian team being unloaded from a steamship at parade. Los Angeles harbor. v Soviet's Greatest Engineering Project Opened A group of Soviet workmen gazing at the completed dam at Dneprostrol which was dedicated amid a great fanfare. May 1, In the presence of thousands of men who worked on this, the greatest engineering project of the Soviet state, and many distinguished visitors. The creation of the dam and station will make a large portion of the river navigable; will be a source of water power opening up great prospects to the industry and agriculture of the Ukraine, and will mechanize the docks and warehouses . which are to be erected. hydro-electr- ic . MAX IN TRAINING Daring Aviator Rescued From Ocean . JR vf i - Max Schmeling, Germany's heavy .eight champion of the world, .heeling a load of firewood up a uill ns a part of bis Intensive training at Greenkill lodge, Kingston, N. Y., in preparation for the big clash with Jack Sharkey on June 21. FIRST KIWANIAN m'VS 1 ..' r? 'V' ,'.'. f' , A Lou Reichers, bold aviator," photographed Just before the start of his attempted flight from Harbor Grace, N. F., to Paris via Dublin. Losing his way amid clouds, he came down to the surface of the ocean near Ireland and was rescued by the steamship President Roosevelt Mrs. Herbert Hoover at Wooster t' . 1932. Wetm Newspaper Union.) 1932, ttcNtmxkl Srdvat. t . Joseph G. Prance of Detroit, rec- ognized as the first Kiwanlan, who will give a welcome to the thou sands attending the sixteenth an nual convention at Detroit, June2G to 30. Kiwanis was founded In De trolt in January, 1915. This year's convention will be a return to the birthplace after 15 years, to plan for a still greater service organiza tion. Sounds Saxo-Phoo- y "A Chan I know." Rnutterorl a Long Islander, "asserts thnt n biit- ophone Is as useful, in its way, as a cow. Isn't the addled comparison of an alleged musical Instrument and a moo-cosimply qstnlne and Jbsurd?" he asks the North Shore Journal? "Sure is!" croons the editor. "A cow makes the same nol as a snxophone and gives milk rW-J- T ' 'V I J 7 la-- Mrs Herbert Hoover, wife of the President, was the guest of honor during the celebration at Wooster. Ohio, of the city's 125th birthday, and the degree of doctor of humanities was conferred on her by the university. She Is seen above with Miss Eln.a Sage, queen of the Wooster color day, anil others. Good Average Speed Sir Malcolm Campbell. th fn- mous motorist who held the world's speed record, once stated that he regarded 28 miles an hour a good nverage speed for an ordinary motor Journey, traveling by day under avernge traffic conditions In an average car. Birth Coincidence the birth date of a mother, daughter and granddaughter in the family of Airs. S. A. Hamilton, Stillwater, N. Y. There are several cases of two successive generations in a family boasting the same date of birth, but three rare. June 13 is 3 |