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r PAC3 TT70 SXATCSHOUTIX sznx E7KKKJ :y JOTniNAI MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932. Victims of Gangster Bullets P ' t Herv are the two innocent victims of the most recent gangster outrage in Brooklyn. N. Y. They are Frieda Falis, 3 (left), who was shot inj the abdomen, and her sister Rose, wounded in the left hand and the right; arm and hand, when rival underworld factions staged a shooting affray! in the street near the children's home. The outrage is reminiscent of the Harlem baby killing of last year. Mrs. McCor mick Dies After Long Struggle Once Richest Woman. Daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Is a Cancer Victim. Chicago. 111.. Aug. 23. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, younger daughter of John D. Rockefeller, sr., succumbed at 4:30 p. m. today to the ravages of cancer. The Chicago society leader, who once was recognized as the richest woman in the world, died peacefully after she had been In a coma for more than 13 hours. She would have been 60 years old on August 31. Death occurred in an apartment in the Drake hotel overlooking the Lake Shore Drive mansion, the gift of her father, which she deserted a few weeks ago when, apparently. &he realized the seriousness of her ill ness. ; With her when she died were her divorced husband. Harold F. Mc Cormick; their -daughters, Mrs. ' Ma thilda McCormick Oser and Mrs. Mur iel McCormick Hubbard; their eon. Fowler; Mrs. Hubbard's husband, Major Elisha D. Hubbard of Con necticut; Fowler's wife, the former Fifi Stillman. and Edwin Krenn, the Swiss architect who long had been her social escort and business adviser. Blames Money Troubles. Financial worries, Krenn said, precipitated Mrs. McCormick's break down. In 1923 she organized her vast Chicago and suburban real es tate holdings into the five million dollar Edith Rockefeller McCormick trust and intrusted management of the properties to the firm of Krenn & Dato, headed by the former Swiss architect whom she had brought to Chicago following the end of a long stay abroad in 1921. The assets of the trust Increased to between 26 and 30 million dollars by 1928. but with the decline in values which en sued many purchasers of her prop erties found themselves in financial difficulties. Mrs. McCormick. anx ious for their protection, icrificed her private fortune in Standard Oil company and other securities to aid them. gave up her mansion, from which for more than a decade, she held sway over Chicago's elite. She also spent many days at her luxurious Villa Turicum estate at Lake Forest World-Herald. KIDNAPED' MAN IS DEAD New Orleans. A hotel gUesl ten tatively identified by police as Dave R. Ettinger, official of a Chicago op tical company, died of poison in his room four days after he was report ed kidnaped in Chicago. Hotel em ployes heard him groaning and call ed a doctor, but he died before first aid could be administered. A few minutes previously an unientlfled man called Ihe hotel desk by tele phone and asked for instructions re garding administering ah antidote, but when the doctor reached the room the dying man was alone. A coroner's autopsy revealed he died of poison and police reported two glasses of liquor were found be side his bed. Authorities said they had learned two men arrived here Wednesday by plane from Cleveland, O., registered at the hotel as A. N. Sanderson of St. Louis and A. J Blair of Cleveland and were assign ed the room lh which the dying man was found. Chicago police advised New Orleans authorities Ettinger disappeared from his office last Mon day and It was feared he had been kidnaped. BOYCOTT CAUSE OF SCARE It was about this time that she consul. Shanghai. Increasing progress of the anti-Japanese boycott movement is causing deep concern In both Chi nese and foreign business circles who fear the present activities may bring a return of conditions similar to those which preceded the fighting here last January. Merchants whose business already is at low ebb believe a renewal of hostilities hereabouts would subject the commercial structure to strains it would be unable to withstand. But despite their attitude The anti-Jap anese "blood and iron societies" con tlnue threats of violence against mer chants who handle Japanese goods As a result merchants have publish ed statements asserting they are not handling anything Japanese, hoping thereby to escape the wrath of the agitators. Mayor Wu Teh-Chen has received a protest from the "Japanese President in Equestrian Role M - S raw"" v''4 .v. ft 1 ( 5 . : TV . : i t : , "'.; Aa a fia herma n , Prejid ent Hoover is a familiar figure, but not many have ever seen the Chief Executive in the equestrian role in which he is shown here. -The President is shown as he enjoyed a ride on his favorite mount. "Billy." through the bridle paths of his picturesque mountain eamp, near RaDidan, Va-, where he and Mrs. Hoover spend their week-ends during the Summer months. New Offensive by the Miners in Illinois District Make Second Invasion of Coal Fields From Which They Were Becently Ousted. Gillespie. 111. secret plans were made Friday by the strike commit tee of miners for a second invasion of southern Illinois fields by swift moving units operating from bases surrounding the operating mines. The committee, director of the nine mile motorcade of about 15.000 per sons which was repulsed by bullets and clubs at the Franklin county line Wednesday night, said it would give out details regarding the contem plated new offensfve. No large un wieldy group, however, will stage the second march, the committee said. Several thousand men, will be placed at strategic points surround ing southern counties and will be directed from four bases, located so that contact can be maintained with Kentucky, Indiana and Oklahoma miners who plan to Join the move ment. Several counties held mass meet ings over the state Friday to dischss the proposal and to select "commit teemen" to act as pickets for the sec ond drive. Gillespie headquarters said that "our civil rights of peace ful assemTHy and picketing shall be recognized If it takes all winter." Violence Pared again with Ray Tomboezi, Taylorville miner, report ing a bomb damaged his house tear ing off a portion of the porch and shattering windows. Tombozzi said another bomb failed to explode at the rear of the house. Christian county authorities Eald investigation failed to reveal responsibility for the bombing. Tombozzi is at liberty on bond on charges of disorderly con duct as a result of picketing one of the Peabody mines. The Christian county grand Jury indicted thirty-two miners on charges of rioting in connection with the strikers march on Taylorville a week ago. Harry Lowe, chairman of the Christian county mass meeting, said no attempt would be made to inter fere with the men returning to the reopened Peabody mine "so long as they are accompanied to and from work by the deputies." At Wilming ton a stip mine employing 200 men ceased operation by agreement be- twen union men and the northern Illinois coal company. The mine will be closed pending outcome of the persent friction between miners pro testing the new $5 basic wage scale and those who returned ot work un der the new scale; Dan McGIU, Springfield strike leader, charged state police led the strikers into the trap at Mulkey town in Franklin county where 100 of the invaders were injured. State Journal. FIND BULLET KIDDLED BODY Cedar Rapids, la. State and coun ty authorities are investigating the mystery slaying of Louis Tesch Hopkinton farmer, whose bullet rid died body was found in the Wapsie river near Central City. Tesch was believed by officers to have been kill ed by charges from a shotgun. He apparently was funning when hit they concluded. He left home Thursday morning on foot. Members of his family said he carried some money but they did not know how much. Labor Day Brings Need for Motoring Safety Says George K. Petring of the Platts mouth Motor Company in Interview. MEXICAN BONDS DEFAULTED New York. As chairman of the international committee of bankers on Mexico, Thomas W. Lamont filed a suit in the state supreme court ask- ne permission to account for the committee's ten years work and as sering that because of recurrent de faults on Mexican bonds it would be dangerous for the committee to con tlnue to act without the guidance of the court. The action states that there have been defaults over eighteen years in payments of principal and interest on Mexican government internal and railway bond Issues totaling over 500 millions and that no payments have been made since 1928. The bonds were absorbed by nationals in amounts as follows, according to the complaint: United States 101 bil lions; Great Britain, 1TTT mTTTions; France 117 millions; Holland. 47 millions; Germany 23 millions; Switzerland, 20 million; Belgium 19 millions; and Mexico, 7 millions. C0URTMABT1AL IS CHANGED Washington. ( President Hoover has modified , the court martial sen tence imposed ' upon Flfst Lieut. Francis J. Clark of tho infantry thru an order eliminating the six years of imprisonment, but confirming the dismissal of Clark from the army. Lieutenant Clark was tried at Fltzslmons general hospital. Den ver, March 18, 1982, on a charge ot criminal assault and being drunk and disorderly, being convicted on both counts. Upon reviewing the case, the president held there had been im proper admission ot hearsay evi dence in connection with the assult charge and stated that because of Clark's intoxicated condition there was a reasonable doubt as to wheth er he was capably of forming the criminal intent Charged in the specifications. "With the approach of the most popular vacation season and the three day "week-end," including La bor Day every motorist should check over the operating condition of his car, to insure maximum safety and freedom from trouble on the mo tor trip he plans, according to Mr, Petring of the Plattsmouth Motor Co. "Every motorist should have an inspection of his brakes, battery spark plugs, headlights, and tires an dother parts vital to the safety and pleasure of his trip. A few mo ments precaution now will avoid the danger of accident or annoying and costly delay on the road." Mr. Petring is planning a novel way of arousing the interest of motorists by appealing through the youngsters. He la offering a balloon with every purchase all next week Then he offers to inspect brakes, bat teries, spark plugs, headlights, and tires free of charge. "One of the greatest single fac tors in safety is tire equipment, as shown by the fact that some coun tries have laws with penalty of fine for driving on old smooth worn tires unsafe to the driver and to other drivers," Mr. Petring said. "In tnis country where you are traveling at high speed, tires should not only be strong enough to safeguard you against blowouts but should have a safe non-skid tread to prevent skid ding and side slipping. "Be sure your brakes will provide for quick stopping in emergency without side thrust caused by un equal action. Batteries must give dependable starting and sufficient power for the lights. Spark plugs are the heart of the motor and their proper performance will go a long way toward making your motor de pendable." Mr. Petring announces that in con junction with free testing in each of these lines his firm is equipped for expert cervices and is supplied with a complete line of Firestone products, which are quoted at the lowest prices in history, with extra values and a price range to suit the needs of all motorists. FARM BOARD MADE TARGET Memphis. The federal farm board was the target for verbal at tacks from cotton planters and ship pers as the Shannon congressional committee turned to the cotton belt in its inquiry into government com petition with private business. Rep resentative Shannon led the attacks upon government bureaus with a bristling interview in which he said anything from a pin to a piano may be bought from federal stores." "The federal bureaus are in the laundry, restaurant, architect, blue print, hog serum, cotton, grain, live stock and general store business. Government bureaus are approach ing the Russian idea of government," he added. Testifying to alleged government competition in the cotton business at the opening of the committee hear- ng, J. W. Garrow, of Houston, Tex., a representative of the American Cot ton Shippers' association, said that as long as the agricultural market ing acts stand unamended or unre pealed, this competition will con tinue imminent, it not actual." He added there was no limit to the com petition that could be forced by the stabilization corporations. Fresh Drive to Lead the Nation Back to Normal Business Leaders the Country Over Meet at Washington and Formulate Program. Washington. Powers in the eco nomic life of the nation aligned themselves Friday for a fresh cam paign to stimulate business and em ployment, after hearing President Hoover assert that "the major finan cial crisis" had been overcome. The president suggested that now bank ing and industry should "assume further initiative and responsibility" to work for recovery. The conference of some 250 prom inent industrialists and financiers, which met at the department of com merce on the call of Mr. Hoover, took up a broad six point program. It was devised by a group, to be made a permanent central committee, head ed by Henry M. Robinson, Los An geles banker, and named to co-ordinate the vast public and private agen cies in the drive for Jobs and busi ness. A distinct air of confidence and determination prevaded fcr un paralleled assembly of the nation's industrial and banking chieftains In an all day session. From the time early in the day when Mr. Hoover declared the financial foundation of the nation sound beyond doubt, there were, one after ar.othcr, announce ments aimed at Inspiring new confi dence; also there was no letdown in the series of commands that the men of the nation must be given uroU. Suspension of Foreclosures. Franklin W. Fort, charimun of the home loan bank board, disclosed amid applause that the comptroller of the currency had. ordered a sixty day suspension of foreclosures by re ceivers of national banks pending establishment cf the new homo loan bank system which 13 expected to start functioning by Oct. 15. Daniel O. Willard, president of the B. & O. railrcad, revealed that the Reconstruction corporation had proposed a large erconst ruction plan for the railroads destined to put 50, 000 men back to work. Democrats and republicans Joined in the call to action and UneiT up side by side in the organization to carry into effect the program. Owen D. Younfi New York industrialist and democrat, who with Secretary Mills drafted the plan of attack, shared a scat on the platform with Mr. Hoover. The six point program and the men to head each of the subcommittees to carry it Into effect follows: 1. Problem of making available credit affirmatively useful in busi ness. Chairman, Owen i. loung. 2. Increased employment on rail roads and stimulation of Industry thru expansion cf maintenance ofj equipment and purchase of new equipment in co-operation with the interstate commerce commission and the Reconstruction corporation. Com mittee consists of Daniel O. Willard and George II. Houston of the Bald win locomotive works, Philadelphia. 3. Expansion of capital expendi tures by industry in the way of re placement of obsolete and worn out equipment and otherwise. Chairman, W. Robertson of the Westlnghouse Electric company, Pittsburgh. 4. Inereaped employment thru sharing work movement. Chairman Walter C. Toagla of the tandard Oil company of rew Jerrey. 5. Po.isiDjlity of etimulatlng re pair and Improvement of home movement. Chairmen, Sewell Avery of the United 6tate3 Gypsum com pany, Chicago, end C. M. Woolsey of the American Radiator and Stand ard Sanitary corporation. 6. Organisation of committees in the several districts to assist home owners with maturing mortgages. State Journal. O nw IPKUICES o o Mean Nothing unless you get Good Quality Hinky-Dinky offers you both! Good quality "no waste" foods always at Low Prices Prices for Wednesday, August 31st OKAY BRAN FLAKES Regular Size Pkn. VAN CA2V2P,S Perk-Beans Medium Cans - Del Mon to Crushed PIHEAPPLE Del Monte Fancy Red SALMON No. 10 Can "Gallon" l2-lb Can -39c - 10c No. 21 Can - - 1-lb. Tall Can - Eagle Brand Royal Anne CHERRIES No Heavy Red JAR RUBBERS SOAP Cans, 2 for - Dozen - - POC, lobars - - - - 3C 25c Pound - - - - MACARONI or SPAGF 2 f Iss. g c Hinky-Dinky Best FLOUR Guaranteed to Please. 4S-Ib. - - Ussl of All MARGARINE 89 HilU Bros., Butternut, M. J. B. or Folger's Choice of Your Favorite Brand 1-lb. Vacuum Packed Cans - r would Abandon Rulo Atchison Line Claim That This 45-Mile Lins Losing $100,000 Annually Make Application. Is BAIH S SENTENCE IS . 18 H0NTHE IN PRISON SHE2IFT S SIAYEE KILLED Chicago, in., Aug. 24.: John Bain, 73, Scotch immigrant , who abandon ed plumbing years ago to become a banker, was convicted today of two charges of conspiracy growing out of tbe 13 million dollar failure of bis 12 community banks, and sen teneed to. 18 months in prison. Phone tli news to No. 6. Big Timber. I.Iont. The body 01 Sam Regland, frrm hand, who shot and killed Frank "Wi'iitBel, Big Tim ber umlorshertff, and seriously wounded Siicriff Ed Brannin, near here WeJnss.iay. was found Thurs day with p. bullet wound thru the heart near hc place where he am bushed the officers.- Officers said Regland apparently was unbalanced mentally and expressed their belief he had taken his own life. Brannin and Whltsel started a search for Resland after being noti fied he had left Theodore Thompson's ranch with a rifla and three shells. The officers met Regland about five miles from Hig Timber and as they stepped from their car Brannin eaid Regland fpened fire. Journal Want-Ad cost only few cents and set real results! Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 26. Burling ton railroad officials today notified tho Nebraska railway commission that an application will be made to the interstate commerce commission for authority to abandon its line from Rulo, Neb., to Atchison, Kans. L. B. Lyman, assistant general manager of Burlington lines west, told the commission the line had lost an average of 100 thousand dollars annually for the last five years. lie said service had been steadily re duced due to truck competition un til now only one turn-around mixed train is run on the line daily. lie said practically all less than carload stock shipments go by truck and now even the grain movements are beginning to go by truck. Seven miles of the line are in Ne braska and 38 in Kansas. Lyman said the chief protest against abandonment of tho line would probably come from those who do not want to lose the tax source the railroad has been paying. In one Kansas county, he said, it paid about 30 thousand dollars in taxes annual ly. He Faid income from the line was far below the cost of taxe3 and operation expenses. World-Herald. LABRADOR THE NEXT JUMP Port Menier, Quebec. Adverse weather repcrt3 prevc-nffd the Hying Iiutchinsons from taking off for Ijabrador in continuation of their leisurely flight to Kurope by the Greenland route. The visit of tho party of air travelers, which includes Mr. and Mrs. George Hutchinson, their two young daughters and a crew of four men, gratified the resi dents of this lonely island. The Hutchinsons brought their largo amphibian down in the harbor Wed nesday afternoon after an easy trip from St. John, their first stop out of New York. After they get to tho Labrador coast they will make a 000-mile water jump to Greenland. PROFIT IN GERMAN BONDS Washington. Net profits of Am erican bankers from the sale of Ger man bonds in this country since 1923 were estimated by the Brookings in stitution at about 50 millions. The estimate, based on a study growing out of the f-enate's foreign bond in vestigation last winter, was made from calculations by Dr. Robert R. Kuczynski, until recently a member of the institution's staff. The re pearih institution estimated tho bankers made their profits from the flotation of 1.2S0,000,000 worth of German bonds, therefore clearing 4 percent of the amount they paid for the securities. The par value of Ger man bonus su.i outstanding In tnis country was estimated at $994,330,-900. Curtis Let Into the Secret -..-. 4 w;- '1 ,s ; , -'vx ? j-, X y' . . - " X6 Nlr ' I Vice President Charles Curtis (left) is shown on the speakers 'stand in the grounds of the State Capitol, Topeka, Kan., as he was formally notified that he had been renominated by tbe -G. O. -,P.. for the Vice Presidency of the United States. At right, applauding vigorously, is Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa. ' it V ' i 1