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STOR
Billy Hamm
Explains His
Predicament
Millionaire Brewer,
Released, After
Ransom Was Pj
cribes Experic
Picked Up on theWeet
as He Was on His Way
Home
KIDNAPERS WERE
VERY NICE TO HIM
By WILLIAM HAMM. JR.
(As Told to the United Press)
St Paul, Minn, June 19—(UP) —
I left my office at the Theodore
Hamm Brewing company about a
quarter of one last Thursday to
walk to my home. As I started up
the steps leading to the street
whleh passes the home, two men
cam* up. "Hello. Mr Hamm," one
of them said pleasantly. Then
they grabbed me from either side
and hustled me Into an automo
bile.
If there were guns, I didn’t see
any. A third grabbed me sort of
resembled Verne Sankey.
I was made to lie down In the
floor of the automobile Rnd a
white hood was pulled over my
head as we went out of town. I’m
not sure whleh way they headed.
11, Is awfully hard to guess
which way you are golti* when you
can’t see. They took me on a trip
whleh was eight hours each way.
There was little conversation.
I couldn't Judge whether the
man who resembled Sankey was
the head of the gang. There was
no real leader, as far as I could
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AMBASSADOR Ur
FRANCE IN VERY
SAD POSITION
His Country Has Been
Given Some Straight
Talk About War Debt
She Owes Here
Washington, June 19—(UP) —
French Ambassador Laboulaye to
day called on Actinic Secretary of
State Phillips for “an exchange of
views*’ on the debt situation as It
exists between France and the
United States. The ambassador
said he had no definite proposal to
make in reference to the situation
which reached what appeared ns
an impasse Saturday when the
United States bluntly reminded
France she had neglected to pay
her last two debt Installments, and
ignored a plea for a hearing on
the debt problem.
It was believed that the French
ambassador was seeking some
means of participating in a series
of debt conferences scheduled foa
July In which the majority of
debtor nations would participate.
The state department has previ
ously Indicated It would not con
sult with France unless at l^nst
the 119.000,000 installment de
faulted last December was paid.
France is in an unique position
because she has defaulted com
pletely while at the same time
failed to make any plea of In
ability to pay as have some of the
minor debtors.
GEORGEDUNLAP
PLAYED WELL IN
BRITISH GOLF
Ross Somerville Also
Passed First Test in the
Race for the English
Championship
Boylake, Eng, June 19—(UP)—
George T. Dunlap, Jr', of Poiponok,
Flushing, N. Y.. and C. Ross Som
erville of London. Ont. loading
overseas contenders, to-day suc
cessfully passed their first tests In
the British Amateur Golf cham
pionship. Having drawn first
round byes and thus playing in
the second round, Dunlap defeated
Joseph H. Gorry of County Kil
dare, Ireland, 4 and 3, while Som
erville, United1 States champion,
ousted D. H. R. Martin, Royal St
George's, 4 and 3.
Another highly regarded entry.
Jack McLean of Haystoh. Scottish
and Irish champion, also came
through by defeating Frank Schol
fleld of Ssndiway, 6 and 5. The
day's big upaet came In the elim
ination of the defending champion.
John DeForcst of Royaland An
cient, who lost 1 down In 50 holes
to G. D. Hannay of Woking. De
GOLD HOARDER
HAS LOST HIS
HARVARD JOB
Professor in That College
Drew Out $30,000 Be
fore Bank Holiday—He
Has Resigned
(Coyprlght 1033, by Tnited Press)
Cambridge, Mass, June 19—(UP)
—The fact that he withdrew about
$30,000 In gold from a bank prior
to the bank holiday last March
caused the resignation of Dr. Ar
thur Stone Dewing, professor of
finance at the Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration,
the United Press learned today.
Marking the llrst known acad
emic victim to the national pro
gram of gold mobilization. Dr.
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SENATOR F
PRESENTS
PLAN
PRESIDENT IS
FORCED INTO
SAFE HARDOR
Wttli I'mldrnt llooscvcit. at
Nantucket, Mum., Jane 19—
—t’P—-Drenched by sweeping
Atlantic wave* which blocked
progress or the vacation
achooncr Ani her Jack II, Presi
dent Roosevelt put Into thin
little port today after battling
a northeast storm off Cape Cod. ,
fTlie president was enroatc
to Provlncctown on his voca
tion sail up the New England
coast when the little schooner
ran Into a second severe
storm. Mr Roosevelt, At the
wheel, headed the vessel Into
the teeth of the whistling
wind for three hours before he
Anally was forced to abandon
the attempt to continue to
Provlncetown. lie broiigli the
Amberjack around and ran for
the shelter of the |tort, the sev
ond time lie had been forced
to put In since the start of his
cruise.
Final News Flashes
OFFICIAL WEDDING NOTICE
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 19—(UP)—
Authorities announced officially to-day that the
wedding of the Prince of Asturias, eldest son of
former King Alfonso of Spain, and Senorita Ed
elmira Sampedro of Cuba, had been set for .Wed
nesday. The civil ceremony will be in the morn
ing and the religious in the Roman Catholic
church of the Sacred Heart at Ouchy at 4 p. m.
PRESIDENT OF~YOUNG ISRAEL
Asbury Park, N. J.', June 19—(UP)—Moses
H. Hoenig, of Brooklyn, today was elected presi
dent of the Council of Young Israel, concluding
a three-day convention here. Regional vice pres
idents elected were: Joseph I. Epstein, Bostonjr
David Berris, Detroit, and Samuel Danst, New
Haven.
GERMAN DELEGATES QUIT
Geneva, June 19—(UP)—The Germans
withdrew from Session to-day after a dispute
with the South Americans. Labor delegates from
many countries at the conference objected to the
fascist nature of the German delegation and the
South Americans alleged that Dr Ley of the Ger
man delegation had insulted them.
RABBI WISE GIVEN DEGREE
Lewiston Me, June 19—(UP)—Rabbi Ste
phen S. Wise of New York was one of eight re
cipients of honorary degrf.es at the 67th com
mencement of Bates college to-day. Degrees in
course totaled 107.
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Woman Wrecks Church In Nightie Battle
This dramatic picture show* Mm
Mabel Ferguson kneeling beside a
statue she assortcdly smashed dur
ing a battle in nightgowns with
Mm Josephine Trust, pastor of a
Ij?s Angeles tabernacle. Mm Fer
guson said she felt It her duty to
wrack the church “because Mm
Trust married a mere mortal in
stead of an angel.”
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ITTMAN
MONETARY
IN LONDON
Banks Should Agree on 80
Per Cent of Their Metal
to Be Gold and 20 Per
Cent Shall Be Either
Gold or Silver With
Proviso on the Latter
Metal
London, June 19—(UP)—A sum
mary of Senator Key Pittman’s
monetary resolution Introduced at
tho World Economic Conference
today follows:
"Whereas, confusion exists In the
fleld of International exchanges
and whereas It Is essential to world
recovery that an International
monetary standard should be re-es
tablished,
"Be It resolved that all nations
participating In this conference
agree, firstly. In the Interests of all
concerned that stability In the In
ternational monetary held be at
tained as quickly as practicable.
"Secondly, that gold should be
reestablished as the international
measure of exchange values;
(Continued on Page. 10)
RICH BREWER
RELEASED BY
ABDUCT0RS
William Hamm of St Paul
Set Free This Meriting
—D i d n * t Pay Full
$100,000 Ransom
BY WILLIAM K. HALLBKHY
(L'uited Freds Start Correspondent)
St Paul, Minn,. June 19.—(Ul»)
—William Hamm, kidnaped multi- ;
millionaire brewer, was released
near Wyoming, Minn, shortly be
fore 7 a. m. to-day, after payment
Saturday night of ransom "some
what less than $100,009" which
the abductors had originally asked.
William Dunn, sales manager of 1
the Theodore Hamm Brewing Co.
it which Hamm Is president, was
notified at Duluth and with In
spector Charles Tierney of St Paul
drove south to pick Hamm up.
Dunn and Tierney arrived in
Duluth at 4 a. m., and registered
at the Hotel Duluth where they
announced they were expecting a 1
telephone call. Tho call to Dunn
and Hamm’s release occured at ap
proximately the same time.
Meanwhile In St Paul a physician
and nurse had been called to the
Hamm home where the kidnaped
(Continued on Page 4)
EMPTY FACTORY
IN IPSWICH WAS
BURNED DOWN
Ipswich, Mass, June 19—(UP) —
K factory building, mill, and ltim
Ijre yard were destroyed and two
tenement blocks damaged in a
176.000 lire here early to-day.
Starting In the four-story wood
in structure formerly occupied by j
he F. L. Burke Wooden Heel com- ,
iany, the fire destroyed the build- ]
ng and the mill and yard of the ,
icarby Canney Lumber company- j
The French and Green blocks, <
tenement houses, were damaged 1
ind the William G. Horton grain
■ntll was saved by Its iron cowling. |
Kewburyport, Salem, and Bever- J
y firemen helped Ipswich firemen i
control the blaze. ’
rollies uirl Has Become
Buddhist Nun And Took
All The Vows CM Order
Lios Angeies, June ra—iun—a
former Follies girl today adoi>ted
the Austere life of a Buddhist Nun,
the second American woman to be
come a sister In the Ancient and
Oriental faith.
Renouncing her claims to word
iy pleasures, Mrs C. I. Chester took
the vows In a plain ceremonial in
which she received the name of
Kwa-Sho, "A Flower in the Tree
tops.” The ordination was admin
istered by Dr. Nyogen Senxaki un
ler whose spiritual guidance she
had placed herself for 10 years.
Mrs. Chester was a veteran stage
performer. She began her career
it the age of 11 when she appear
ed as a concert pianist. Later she
was In the Ziegfeld Follies chorus
For three yea re. She left the stage
In 1913, to marry but was divorced
ii years later, sue came nere
from New York three years ago.
The plump, middle-aged women
spoke with quiet fervor of her
conversion of Buddhism.
“Fame is fleeting,” she said,
“One minute the toast on every
body’s tongue, the next a forgotten
soul. So the discovery that fame
is not alt, that peace of mind and
tranquility are the greatest Im
portance in living the good life is
a happy one. This marks the be
ginning of my life.”
Before long she will leave for
Japan to enter the convent at
Kyoto. Her mass of thick dark
hair will be shorn and for four
years she will wear the monastic
robe before being permitted to
teach her new-found beliefs.
PULL THE TOP
LEVER TO WIN
REPEAL VOTE
til Plans Are Complete for
the Election Tuesday—
Wets Are Sure of De
cided Majority
Waterbury votes tomorrow on
:he question of prohibition repeal,
roday wet and dry forces complet
sd their respective plans for get
:ing out the vote and were ready
lor the polling tomorrow. The
Section, however, according to ex*
>ert opinions, promises to be the
nost one-sided in the history of
he city as the wets prepared to
to into the battle confldent of vic
:ory and as the drys were striving
:o make only a “showing.''
Not less than 20,000 vote are an
;lclpated in tomorrow's balloting,
vet leaders and officials in the
■eglstrars' office said today, reiter
iting their prediction of last Sat
trday. The drys were reluctant to
■ay what the odds would be but
jetting on the outcome, of course
vithout any monetary feature be
muse a wet landslide is assurred,
•nnged front 10 to one to 20 to one
is far as Waterbury is conserned.
for Connecticut as a whole, a
lubstantlal wet landslide was ad
pitted by the drys.
"Pull the top lever if you want
repeal,’’ was the final word sent
jut by the wets today. The top
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THREE PEOPLE
OF HOLLYWOOD
THOUGHT KILLED
Big Bear Lake. Calif, June 19—
UP)—Bodies of two men and a
>oung woman were taken to-day
rom the wreckage of an airplane
hat crashed in Big Bear lake last
light. The body of the pilot an
iwered the description of Harry
Iweet. prominent Hollywood com
idy director, Who owned and pl
oted his own plane.
Tentative identification indicated
he passengers were Hal Davltt, a
■lollywood scenario writer, and
llaudla Ford, J20, also of Holly
rood.
New Weapons Keady 1
To Lick Underworld •
And Its Branches]
REPEALISTS IN
CONN. SEEM TO
BE VERY SURE
Campaign Is Over and
Wets Are Confident,
While Drys Are Not
Making Any Claims
Hartford, Conn., June 19—(UP)
—Workers for repeal of the eigh
teenth amendment, and their op
ponents, seeking to keep prohibi
tion on the law books, came to the
end of their campaign In Connecti
cut today.
To-morrow the state will elect BO
delegutcs who will sit in a special
convention later in the summer and
record the state’s decision on the
question.
The repeallsts, expressing confi
dence about the sentiment of the
state, were worried over the appar
ent apathy of their followers. Feel
ing certain the vote will be for re
peal by a safe margin, many wets
are expected to stay away from the
polls.
“We are planning a Anal effort
lor tomorrow wtyen we will try to
get out the complete wet vote in
•very one of the 35 senatorial dis
tricts," Walter K. Batterson, chair
man of the repeal forces said to
day. “We estimate there will be
from 60,000 to 100,000 dry votes
cast, and we want to offset every
(Continued on Page 4)
Industrial Recovery Bill of the Pi
dent Will Move Strongly Ags
'■ " — That Prey on Legitimate
TO PROTECT INDUSTRIES THAT
PLAY THE GAME HONESTLY
By RAYMOND CLAPPER
(Copyright, 1*83, by United Press)
Washington, June 19—(UP)—The industrial recovery
program has provided new weapons for a fight to stop rack*
steering. , . , , , , ‘W.
Broad powers granted by the industrial recovery act, •
the farm adjustment act and the securities control bin in
clude authority to move against the underworld of business
that has preyed on legitimate trade.
Th€y make it possible to reach on one hand the heavy
jawed racketer who, with a squad of thugs at his bad^|
wrings his tribute from terrified milk dealers, for instance:
and on the other the glib stock salesman with a brief
full of worthless securities.
Extermination of racketeering is not the prime obj
of the recovery program, but it is an important by-prod*
The recovery legislation is designed to increase consur
buying power by reducing hours so that more people
work, by insuring a Uving wage so that more people
buy the products of factories and by giving to the fi«_,
a fair price for his produce so that he can again become
purchaser._ , This requires industry to
FIRST REVOCATION
OF PERMIT TO SELL
BEER ANNOUNCED
Windsor Locks Man Falsi
fied Application About
His Never Having Been
Convicted — Several
Applications Were Re
jected
Hartford, Conn, June 19—(UP)
—The first revocation of a permit
to sell beer was announced to-day
by the state liquor control board
In the case of Vito Colopletro, of
Windsor Locks. The board also
announced refusal of several ap
plications for permits.
Colopletro, the board said, ad
mitted he had falsified his appli
cation when he stated he had
never been convicted.
The board rejected the applica
tion of Charles B. Bowles who
wished to start a tavern at 31 Lew
is street, Greenwich, on the ground
that the location and the persona
connected with the venture were
unsuitable. Bowles first named his
brother, Leo, as his backer, and
when he was rejected, said Frank
McNIchol was his backer.
Robert J. Hennessey, whose
original petition for a club permit
at the South Norwalk Boht club,
was rejected, did not appear be
fore the board for a hearing. No
reason was*given for rejection of
his application.
Phllemona Mastengelo, Mans
field. also did not appear for u
hearing after his application for a
tavern permit had been turned
down. John Krayeske, of Thom
aston, who sought a permit for a
tavern In Now Haven, was turned
down bceause his father, named as
his backer, had been convicted.
SHOT AND KILLED
New York, June 19—(UP)—
Frank Grabskl, 69, proprietor of a
beer garden, was shot and killed
early today by four men who made
no attempt to hold up the place.
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Markets At a Glance
Stocks strong at gains of 1 to more than 6 points;
American Telephone up 5.
Bonds irregularly higher; corporation issues soar.
Curb stocks rise 1 to 5 points.
Chicago stocks higher.
Call money 1 per cent.
Foreign exchange strong against dollar.
Wheat bulges more than 2 cents; corn and oats
higher.
Cotton eases after $1 rise, but holds half of early
gains.
Rubber soars more than 50 points.
For Final Stock Prices See Page 10
TURNED NEGRO
ALMOST WHITE
Native of Haiti Is Now on
Way to Chicago to Be
Examined By Physi
cians
New York, June 19—(UP)—A
Haitian native whose ebony skin
was purported to have turned a
pinkish white after he had swal
lowed pills a voodoo doctor told
him would cure asthma, arrived
today on the liner Colombia.
The negro, Ysemond Dauphin,
67, who mteht easily bo mistaken
for a white man r.-tra It not for
typically negroid characteristics, Is
on his way to the Chicago medical
congress to be examined by physi
cians.
Dauphin, who can enlther read
nor write, was detained temporar
ily at Ellis Island but his release
wa sexpccled later in the day.
According to a letter from Dr,
Rulx Leon, director general of the
National Public Health Service of
Haiti, Dauphin was stricken blind
after taking the pills and remained
so for two months. His skin grad
ually turned to a bright pink and
his hair und eyelashes became
snow white. His asthma disap
peared.
Dr. Leon said the pills given
Dauphin contained a leguminous
seed known In Haiti as "quary,”
which was found to contain a
cynidlc acid.
REELECTED CAPTAIN
Amherst, Mass, June 19—(UP)
—Walter J. Murphy of Brookline
has been relected captain of the
Amherst varsity baseball team.
1 ' ---\
Industries must be protected
against cut-throat competition or
the whole structure collapses.' That
is where elimination of racketeer*
ing enters as part of the program.
President Roosevelt himself em
phasized that the government
must protect industries whcih play
the game.
“We must protect them from
the racketeers who invade organ*,
tzatlons of both employers and,
workers,’* he said when he signed:
the Industrial recovery bill.
Attorney• General Cummlnn
ilready has begun a fight to stamJN
DUt rackets. He has been Um<i
ited chiefly to activities which law’,
terfered with Interstate commerce^:
Mow he may act against any what
violate the fair play industrial^
:odes being set Up by the depart*!
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Over $800,000 Receivi
From Govt Will Be Di
bursed By Unemplo
ment Relief Commissu
Hartford, Conn, June 19—(Ui
—The federal emergency ,rell
funds allocated to Connecticut I
lay by Harry L,. Hopkins, admlnj
:rator of the fund at Washlngtc
will be disbursed In the state 1
he Municipal Finance and Unei
pioyment Relief commission, crea
=d by the general assembly eat
:hls month.
Sum Is Over $800,000
The commission, which also h
■harge of the Issuance of bonds t
ocal relief work and generally t
:>ervlses various plans for relief
:he different cities and towns, w
parcel out the funds to those mul
■ipalltles which make appllcath
for aid. Newton C. Bralnard, W«
Hartford, is chairman of the cot
ills* ion.
TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, June 19—(UP)—'
reasury net balance for June
va« $998,531,084.53.
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