Show 4r 271:: : if - p o The Weather Utah—Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday scattered light showers or mild thunderstorms Monday southeast Tuesday little change in temperature 1 - fi I - :s- i I - I Altt I u i " - (Detalled Report on rano 14) ') 'VoL 141 No 462 y 4tvt i-- 'ill ki - Salt Lake'Gty Utak Monday MorningSeptember 23 1910 Local Metal Markets t Gold $3300 Silver (domestic) 7111e Silver (foreign) Copper electrolytic delivered Connecticut valley II50e Laad490405c Zinc885e Loma Settlement Silent Lead4 90e - Co lottet (cathode) 10 901 18 Page—Five Cents — li 0 IDta er C ''' – I ' Total of 293 Persons Perish When Torpedo Blasts Ship 600 Miles at Sea During Fierce Storm 4 I ) LONDON ) - i 23 :::i1' !:':?::4 Sept - ft loss of children under Britain's scheme to remove them from the war zone— The children who perished were from 5 to 15 years - r women Men and children were swept fromtlifeboats 'by heavy seas Others died from exposure I as rain and hail storms swept :0: them from 10 p m the night of September 17 until dawn the next : day when a British warship reached the scene 1 Sank Rapidly The ship sank 20 minutes after 4 being struck Survivors said singing children marched obediently into the lifeboats‘ and were saluted by the captain who went down with his ship 431 "Take care of yourselves now" the captain shouted to his pas sengers But "tragic circumstances" defeated elaborate safety precau tions the communique said In telling of the heavy seas In one lifeboat alone which 1had held 24 seamen nurses chil' dren and adult passengers only a few still lived when the racing warship reached the scene chairGeoffrey Shakespeare man of the children's overseas reception board organizing the rernoval of English children called ithe disaster "another example of the barbarous methods associated with nazi Germany" Social workers made the sad t rounds of homes in the London and Liverpool areas to break the news to the children's parents The survivors told a harrowing story of the terrific explosion of the orderly gallant conduct or children who marched to their lifeboats of a ship which sank with its captain at salute at stern and of the later vigil on lonely seas Children Singing r The children in words of one nt the surviving escorts acted ::: "magnificently" and when the ' ship suddenly slipped under those ' In lifeboats were singing "Roll 4 Out the Barrel" Of the 83 children lost 42 were i Four bOvs and 41 were girls children were 5 years old five were 6 two were 7 nine were 8 nine were 9 15 were 10 eight I were II 16 were 12 eight were 13 five were 14 and two were 15 There were also aboard 10 chilunder private dren traveling auspices said the British Press association Four of these children were 'IP drowned Two children who survived the explosion and ordeal in the lifeboats died aboard the rescue ship I Suffer Intensely All suffered grievously from exposure for gusts of cold wind 7 and rain swept over the lifeboats and rafts throughout the endless night I'l: : Repeated squalls of rain and hail drenched and stung those in British Rain Havoc on Nazi Bases ' k - I r 1 A boats''— "What saw will haunt me until the I the day I die" said W R Forsyth of London a survivor Among those lost was Colonel a member James Baldwin-Web- b frpm Wrekin of parliament Shropshire and general manager of Baldwin's steel works of Birmingham He was en route to Canada on a Red Cross mission Badly injured when the torpedo hit the ship he steadfastly refused to enter a lifeboat until women and children had been accommodated The captain went down with his ship after shouting "Look after yourselves now" to the departing lifeboats chairGeoffrey Shakespeare man of the children's overseas reception board' reported that the children landed were "well and 1 )1a A I 1:e' 101 4111 Cr i'1' ':t Bombers Continue Destruction of 'Invasion Ports' By Associated Press LONDON Sept 22 — British bombers methodically scouring the German-hel- d "invasion" coast' across the narrow English-chann- el through daylight and darkness were reported Sunday to have blazed a path of flame and destruction The raids began in daylight Saturday the air ministry said and were kept up by wave after wave of bombers through the night and into the early hours of Sunday Its report described havoc to the German "invasion ports" docks under spurting flamf ships-reelibomb hits 4nd the skies lighted for miles by roaring oil fires All Planes Safe From all these forays ranging the coasts of the channel and North sea from France to Germany the ministry said all Britisti''lanes returned despite the "alai furious barrage" of German antiaircraft fire Its communique named the Dutch ports of Rotterdam and Flushing the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Ostend and the French ports of Dunkerque Boulogne and Calais among nazi 1?ases 'healPily 400-mi- le ng -- Sea Disaster British government acGerman submarine with torpedoing British liner 600 miles o u t in Atlantic with loss of 293 persons Including 83 evacuated bound for Canada cuses Attacked Indo-Chin- a Japanese Dongdang of French troops attack on Chinese border a despite Pie fact her emissaries reached agreement with French providing for immediate entry of an undisclosed lumber of Jap troops in adjacent to China's "back door" Indo-Chin- Air War Nazi raiders bomb London and other English cities for sixteenth straight overnight assault: R A F strikes back at Berlin and other targets In Germany but nazi spokesmen say no bombs hit Berlin Axis Von Parley Ends Ribbentrop-Mussoli- nt 'talks on plans for Europe and Africa end (continlied tvn Pan Two) (Column One) : '4510'':"$4it:: alga 12 23 :' 4"f :Z: - ':- 4 4 :: 1-'''- 'i:: 3 ::::: ::::::::':'y'" :vK: t r 11 ‘ :iNA:4:: ' t :" 15 22 A'74-th' -‘ ' 41 v: it l' A'- t ZV :‘:1-:- ::1 Entire year 1939 f- ::::7?: ::ko:: ' i 4: : traffic accidents Sunday had claimed seven lives in Utah and Idaho sending the 1940 fatality curve sharply upward in the two states Two lives were lost in Salt Lake county another in Garfield Utah county this county year to 120 deaths 12 more than' for the comparable period in 1939 Two fatalities were listed in Latah county Idaho and another in Nez Perce county increasing the Gem state's toll to 129 corn-parI with 105'a year ago ii4:::-4- ' t ::- 'i1 Iri ACP ED 8Y POSTMISTRESS At AUKUM 4 toll " - SACRAMENTO PINE A I LeRoy Delaine Brailsford 21 was injured fatally late Sunday night when his Collided broadside motorcycle with an autodmobPage driven by 17s - --- -- - :: 1 leIDNAPER CAPTURED AND BABY FOUND BY TWO WOODSMEN ON THE OMO MACH' ma KIDNAPER STOLE CAR FI2041 VICINITY OF PLYMOUTH -- sy ' CAKLANO C ' - SCENE 11 l'--N ' TRACY OF (DNAPING 1 I- t eon )1 Top Marc three-year-o- ld de Tristan Jr had been freed and his abductor captured the child was befriended by Mrs Ann Brei- denbach (holding Marc) and Mrs J E South until federal agents arrived Center —Map shows '4where the c1ild was found and his abductor captured by two i I lumberjacks 140 miles northeast ol San Francisco Below — Accused kidnaper 1Vi1helm Jakob 'Muhlen- broich enters car followed by Cecil Wetzel one of two men who overpowered him - T h e 'Republican presidential nominee who will speak here Monday morning was accompanied by Governor and Mrs Charles A Sprague and Senator Rufus Holman of Oregon: Mrs Charles L McNary wife of Willkie's running mate boarded the candidate's train at KlaAt math Falls Ore Sunday Salem where the McNarys live Charlotte adopted daughter of the senator gave Mrs Willkie a bouquet of roses had tea Earlier aboard 4e train with Mrs Win- — ‘)0' kle 21n a statement issuethbetween stops on his special train Willkie expressed gratification at the reception he had received on his western tour and added that "the HILLSBOROUGHCat Sept 22 hundreds of thousands" who had come to hear 'him- - had demon-- (A))—The family of Count Marc de strated that they were "willing Tristan inhy have to cook its own to listen to The arguments of both breakfast Monday sides before making up their Chief of Police C M Hirschey is minds" Saying that "so long Is this holding Cecil Villanueva Filipino vitalI interest in government pre- cook in the household overnight vails in the United States we need while Villanueva recovers from a not worry" Willkie added: "It is only when depression tooenthusiastic celebration of the (Continued on 'mite Eight) return of kidnaped Mare aft (Column Five) Villanueva the chief said was h a butcher the kitchen At the Hillsborough jail the o crestfallen cook said he 'had not been overindulging but got the NEW YORK Sept 22 knife out "to protect the family" address by King George VI of EngWhen the chief called the happy land will be relayed to this country household to inquire whether the Monday at 12 noon EST (10 a m count wanted his cook freed in Salt Lake City time) it was an- time for breakfast he was told: nounced Sunday by the National "If he's not out we'll cOok our breakfast" Lown Broadcasting company - 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( 4 I tification established The man meanwhile was left tied on the floor until officers arrived to' take charge of him Even "before the child was returned home state authorities started plans to prosecute Muhlenbroich Attorney General Earl Warren said the man if 'convicted cad be imprisoned for life The place where the boy was found was within California boundaries apparently keeping prosecuof federal jurisdiction since no state line tion of the case-ot- it was crossed" California's kidnaping law 'specifies death if the victim is harmed The boy's nurse Mary Foley was severely beaten in a scuffle with:the kidnaper but the child was not hurt Warren said he did not know without studying the law further whether the injury of the nurse would make the kidnaper subject to the death penalty Hundreds Crowd Street Hundreds of persons crowded the street and lawns near the De Tristan home awaiting a glimpse of the returningchild They watched while a nurse fdorims cit pne praoroemd r t d the nursery upstairs ' O'-- ' 1:::-::- ' The boy was taken to the general store of Frank Breidenbach t 404 life' at River Pine from where his parents were contacted and : Or - — Parents Contacted 'sp4 4 - :1 The F It I released no details of the capture or quqstioning of Muhlenbroich saying only that "The kidnaper is in our custody and has admitted being the kidnaper He was apprehended with the child in his possession" Residents of the River Pine area in mountainous Ell Dorado county told however of the rescue of the little boy by a pair of hunters one of them Cecil Wetzel owner of a nearby sawmills Wetzel and a friend (not immediately identified) encountered the man and child in an automobile on a mountain road Suspicious of his actions and his possession of the child they began to question him He threatened them with a gun and they overpowered him - ::::: ::' ::::::::::::'-"- my - :: I Home Celebrates Cries of joy and celebration echoed from the home: One relative hurried an armload of champagne into the residence The Cou'iite'ss de Tristan the former Jane Christenson ran from friend to fric-- d crying "This is the happiest moment of 4!''i':-- 2 about tvup:wr :::': 1d i:2::5fN::::::e7nA:1 y 4 I1 ' 47 t 8': 'man quota from Vancouver B C The announcement concerning the kidnaper was made at PB I headquarters in San Francisco while the curly-hairlittle boy son of the Count and Countess de Tristan was being returned to his parents' home in Hillsborough esclusive residential district 20 miles south of the bay city 'The child is being returned to his family unharmed perfectly safe and in good condition" said the F B I announcement Count de Tristan said he had never heard of IVIuhlenbroich before and that the man had made no effort to contact him since the boy was snatched from his nurse last Friday morning Word Sunday morning that the child was safe sent scores of friends hurrying joyfully to the De Tristan home—long before I the identity of the kidnaper or many details' of his capture had 1111:i If-- l l ed ' Willkie Takes HIM ti)' Campaign To Northwest '' — After - - Hewas identified as Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich 40 who entered the United States on January 18 1935 under the Ger- ' 7 JI---- ' Fhet British King To Broadcast ' Abductor Identified VIPANPEERL TOAD71 of Riverton tarianism" ' his home They overpowered the man rescued the child and turned the kidnaper over to officers Within a few hours the F B I announced the abductor who was paid no ransom had confessed and was being held at an undisclosed spot pending legal action against him 40 OMO RANC 1006ErA1Atib1 PLYMOUTH - Riverton Cyclist Fatally Hurt One) I ' ' (Column : " i ---gtotr IP ed :: : '' ' OF CAPTURE WORD r By Associated Press iE:I: HILLSBOROUGH Cal SeptMarc de Tristan-J- r '' : two rescued after clays in the hands of a kidnaper was ré7- - - turned' to his home here tonight A tremendous shout from hundredsof spectators arose as 4:' the car coptaining the boy arrived in the of the De driveway --- Tristan home Count de Tristan father of the child carried him shoulder 4kowio' high into the home as flash bulbs flared : :' ' ''':'':' u r Ag4i :::via::is : i::i itl 1 -- ' V: rl''''':-?':- - ' ::: ':::IW:::: 1i:: Returned to Mother Inside the house the little boy was handed intp the arms of his joyous mother Countess de Tristan - 1: The automobile arrived at 10:21 p m ': (P S T) returning 1"1 the Sierra Nevada mountain region 200 miles athweayboywhferroemb was rescued this morning The mother' audibly whispered "my ' ' angel" as she graspeCt the child's hand Her eyes were shining but she did not cry The child looked a bit sleepy but was not in the least abashed by the crowd 1p J The federal bureau of investigation announced that the 1:' boy:: ' ' Vcro who had been kidnaped last Friday for $100060 raniom was unharmed and that his abductor a German alien vias in custody and had confessed Two hunters found the little boy scion of wealth and and his kidnaper this morning in an isolated section nobility -- " the Sierra Nevada mountain country nearly 200 miles from P LRVILLE i !::::: 's:::::"::: :5''' 9 Fails to Get $100 060 Ransom ' :::::::? 163 Week-en- d i N 4 r-- :IA tlt1' - : 40 !:::' '1Hi'f :440101NIN640 K: 9 1 tt I ' i ''''00r''': ' :- f : ‘v y ' ei'p:::::::a:o::::::: :i ::' 11 - los A' 41s4410 N - To September 23 To September 23 1939 144 :: )'"i' ::: o T::: wke"5 1940129 '''4i ' aI't-- :::73:-- :: Snatcher identified as Alien Confesses to Federal Agents ::: : 9 :::: ::!::: - - '::' k n- :iA ': ' VH'5'':'1'i:::: 31k:':::::1: ' t :1:::" t :'::::'' '"' :3411' 99‘ 4- ::::: Idaho Deaths (Total) ' ' "NH -- li :::i: : ':::' ':41- i:::::::::::: - ::is:::1::Ai:'::4s:':2 iik : r710 4:: :1 :: J'sA: iv iiN::1: '1 J f - -li 0:7 0' st ''): :' '''1: - li: 14 l' :' - ' — 4 -: 7 ' 7 i!' ::: ' H::: A Corribat Zones ::t' o - :?:7:7- PORTLAND Ore Sept 22 UP) bombed —Wendell L Willkie arrived Besides oil tanks barge fleets Sunday night for an overnight (Continued on Page Two stay after declaring that the ColumnFour American people are determined to reject "the doctrines of totali- Gist of Day's News in f: : ' " 1 ) 4 41 1939 10 3? :f 71":Nilli -- $ $ - - 1939 1 '' i ' 4 :i6 :5 : ' Utah County Entire year 5'7 '' 108 160 To September '23 1940 To September 28 1939- 4 s ''4::1'443:::!1:1'1:t-:- 4 To September 23 1940 To September 23 1939 Entire year 1 - v71:: Abductor Taken In :Mountains By Deer Hunters - :- itt:4: '4 1939 storm-lashe- i l'-'- ''kr 1910120 n 40- l$' 1 1'° '9:::- i '' - t:: 1 ' x I f:' Utah Deaths (Total) ToSeptember 23 To September 23 Entire year 1939 y '' -- s Idaho's to 129 (Monday)—Two hundred and ninety three persons includ'ing 83 evacuated children bound for Salt La k e Cdunty- Cana-di-asafety' died last tuesday night 600 miles out'in the d Atlantic when their ship was torpedoed and sunk To September 28 1940 a German by gubmarine the British government announced To September 23 1939 Entire year 1939 officially Monday Only 113 of the 406 persons Gar field County aboard survived It was the first ' 1 4 ::4''''''' - 0‘ :: ' 120 ' 4 7 Safe di I V Wooten Befriend Kidnaped Child e-- ' 1 9 up- 83 Children Die Car Mishaps Kill Seven:t '1 As Nazis Sink Iiitvo States Toll Rises i t Refugee Vessel Utah's To and 1' n ht 6pt hi' CH 4:111 NE”10541 16 S Ns 74 - - ' ' s: s I |