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"I'M TIRED" SAYS AMELIA
ENDING HAWAII-OAKLAND
2,400 MILE SOLO FLIGHT
Ordered to Bed
by Physician
on Arrival.
CROWDS KEPT
IN SUSPENSE
Denies Plane Lost,;
but Went South
of Course.
Wirephotos from Oakland show
ing Miss Earhart's landing yes
terday—Page Λ-5.
(Copyright, 10.13, by the As-octated Press.)
OAKLAND, Calif.. January 12.— :
Amelia Earhart Putnam, ocean-con
quering aviatrix. flashed into Oakland
today to complete the first solo flight
ever made between Hawaii and Cali
fornia—and hastily combed her tousled
blond hair before turning to face
a madly cheering crowd.
"I'm tired." said the famous holder
of many aviation records as she
popped her head out of the cockpit,
saw the crowd and reached for her
comb.
The wheels of her swift red mono
plane touched dry land at 1:31 p.m.
(4:31 p.m.. Eastern standard time),
just 18 hours and 16 minutes after
her exciting take-off from Wheeler
Field, 25 miles out of Honolulu, and
2.400 miles from Oakland. Two hours
■fter landing: she went to bed in an
Oakland hotel.
Fought Weather.
Not satisfied with two aerial trips
across the Atlantic and a hast of other
aviation honors, the 36-year-old flyer
challenged the Pacific as has no other
man or woman. She came through
only after fighting a variety of weather
and giving California watchers an un
easy three hours during which her
position was not known.
"It was worse than the Atlantic
flight," she said. "There was no pur
pose or reason for it."
Miss Earhart was examined by λ
physician and a nurse and was ordered
to rest, and there was little possibility
of her continuing on to Chicago or
Washington, D. C., as she had con
iidered.
Airport attendants said she left in
structions not to refuel her plane.
Weather conditions to the East were
reported unfavorable.
"I had enough fuel in my tanks to
have lasted another two hours," Miss
Earhart went on. in contrast to the
statement of Lieut. Comdr. Clarence
Williams indicating her supply was
due to be exhausted about the time
she landed.
, Coast Cities in Suspense.
For three hours California costal
'cities had been awaiting her and
when she swooped down on the air- ι
port she took the crowd of 5,000 by
surprise.
A mighty cheer arose. The crowd
surged toward the plane and stopped
little short of its whirring propeller
blades.
Attendants pushed her plane into
• hanger and closed the doors against
the admiring crowd, but only after
many had succeeded in grasping her
hand and shouting words of praise
at her.
Someone mentioned that she had
rot been heard from for a consider
able time before landing: that there
were reports she was battling fog, had
strayed from her course; that her
tContinued on Page 4, Column l.)~~
FLANDIN ASSAILS
"NEW DEAL" CRITICS
Premier Declares Program Is to
Save Trance From Economic
Ruin and Dictatorship.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 12.—Premier Pierre
Etlenne Flandin struck back today at
critics of his just-launched French
new deal.
In an address broadcast from the
banquet of his party, the Republican
Democratic Alliance, he declared the
recovery program submitted to the
Chamber of Deputies this week was in
tended to save France from ecomonlc
ruin and dictatorship.
He defied advocates of an easier
credit policy, asserting that would lead
to inflation, and stood his ground
against devaluationists, declaring "the
stability of the franc must be main
tained."
In defending the program of indus
trial agreements his government
•worked out to adjust production to
consumption, the youthful premier
aligned himself with such experiment
ers as President Roosevelt, although
he did not refer specifically to Amer
ica's recovery effort.
"Between those who, at the risk of
making mistakes, wish to act," he
said, "and those who for fear of mak
ing mistakes prefer to wait, the coun
try will choose. As for me, I have
taken the risk."
WARNER DENIES CHARGE
Film President Welcomes Court
Test of Indictment.
NEW YORK, January 12 (if).—Har
ry M. Warner, president of Warner
Brothers Pictures, Inc., indicted by a
Federal grand jury in St. Louis for
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law, said today the Warner companies
were "innocent" of the charges.
"We have done nothing but con
duct our business in a fair and honest
manner," he said. "We are sure that
the charges are groundless and wel
come an opportunity to test the mat
ter in court."
Amelia Earhart shown at the door of cabin plane in which she
flew from Honolulu to Oakland. Calif. Although her first words were:
"I'm tiled,'' she was still able to smile. Photo taken late yesterday at
Oakland. Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
tort's Story
%EhV fus·"
BY AMELIA EARII ART.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
OAKLAND. Calif., January 12 (N.A.N. A.I.—The flight from Honolulu
was attempted with no thought of proving anything aeronautical
I can only hope one more passage across that portion of the Pacific
succeeds in marking a little more plainly the pathway over which
the inevitable eir service of the future will fly. To me also, it seemed
good training for other hoped-ior long-distance flights.
It came off primarily because the preparation of plane and equipment
was admirably handled by Paul Mantz of Burbank. Calif., to whom belongs
a large measure of credit. After all. others have flown this stretch and there
are many competent pilots, women as well as men. who will do it again.
As a place to prepare for a flight,
Hawaii has one serious drawback.
It is so altogether delightful one hates
to leave it. But Thursday night I
felt that the plane, my Lockheed
Vega, was ready and its pilot in con
dition. Then Lieut. Stephen?, who
was very helpful, announced that Fri
day's weather map would tie as favor
able as we might reasonably expect.
So yesterday afternoon I rested while
the men at the field loaded about 500
gallons of gasoline into the tanks
Then came a final check of weather
reports and storing of articles needed
on the flight. By 1 o'clock I v.as
ready. This final preparation was ac
; complished very cautiously. 1 wanted
i to escape the fuss and crowds of j>
' (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
NEW DEPARTMENT
OF SECURITY SEEN
Co-ordination of Several Old
and New Agencies May
Create Cabinet Post. |
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt was disclosed
yesterday to be considering the estab
lishment of a co-ordinated agency to I
handle virtually all social security and
relief work.
Whether the agency would take the
form of a division under an existing
department, or be raised to the status
of a separate department, whose head
would be a member of the cabinet,
remained to be decided.
Many officials felt the Emergency
Relief Administration should form the
nucleus of the new agency and that
Harry Hopkins should remain as its
head. Others said Miss Josephine
Roche of Colorado. Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, was a likely se
lection. She has long been an inter
ested and keen student of public
welfare work.
Might Absorb Agencies.
Into the new agency, official* said,
there might be woven the existing
Public Health Service, under the
Treasury, and the Children's Bureau,
now in the Labor Department.
These persons, who have watched
the social security program since its
inception, argued that administration
of unemployment insurance, old-age
pensions, aid for dependent children
and health aid, all points of the New
Deal security program, would fit natu
rally into one agency.
By utilizing existing relief ma
chinery, they contended, no new bu
reau would be created, and a drawing
of the Children's Bureau and the
Public Health Service Into the unit
would fit into the President's co
ordination plans.
Recommendation Undecided.
Whether President Roosevelt would
recommend the step in his next week's
message to Congress was said to be
undecided as yet.
The impression spread at the Capi
tol that Mr. Roosevelt would leave the
determination of many phases of the
program to Congress. Among the
pointa that might fall into this cate
gory were the amount of the pay roll
tax to be levied for unemployment
insurance and whether it should be
financed wholly by employers.
While the unemployment iasi!ranee
bill was pointed along the same gen
eral lines as that of last year, except
that the Federal Government would
handle the central fund, few details
were available regarding other phases.
For old-age pensions, most persons
familiar with the progress of the pro»
gram felt >30 a month might be sug
gested. Forty dollars has been re
ported, but this waa described as too
high. . „
DEMOCRATS BEGIN
PATRONAGE WAR
Mitchell of Tennessee Sees
Bitter Fight to Gain
More Jobs.
By the Associated Près».
Democrats, dissatisfied with the pa
tronage situation, yesterday began a
move to force action for more party
jobs.
The leaders in the neo-revolt in
clude Representative McFarlane of
Texas and Representative Mitchell ol
Tennessee, who has introduced a reso
lution calling for an investigation.
The group it provides for would in
quire into nepotism and also determine
how many Republicans are occupying
jobs that might be given to Demo
crats.
McFarlane said yesterday a petition
would be circulated, if necessary, to
force the calling of the House Demo
crats into caucus to consider the situa
tion.
Bitter Fight Forecast.
A meeting similar to that McFar
lane has in mind was called last year
and a special committee resulted. It
failed to report and both its chair
man, Lozier of Missouri, and the most
vigorous member, Carpenter of Ne
braska, failed to return.
"The members are more belligerent
this year, and we will keep up the
fight to the end," Mitchell said.
Secretary Ickes and Harry Hopkins,
relief administrator, are still targets
of the patronage dissidents. McFar
lane said other high party officials
had failed to give the Democrats their
dues.
North "Hard nit."
"There will be a petition circulated
for a patronage caucus," the Texan
said. "I don't know by whom, but 11
no one else does it, I am willing to
although personally I do not have a
whole lot of kick comTng. It is the
North and Middle West that has been
hit the hardest. While I haven't gol
any patronage to speak of, the waj
the members from that section talk
they haven't even been considered
out there."
"I think," Mitchell said, "there art
too many Republicans holding jobs
They ought not to expect places undei
the mandate of the people. 'To the
victor belongs the spoils.' In my sec
tion the Democrats generally feel dis
appointed—and I certainly have been
disappointed."
The Democrats have a régulai
standing patronage committee, but ita
appointment this Congress has been
delayed. _
EUROPE IS TENSE
1 AS SAAR VOTES ON
FUTURE CONTROL
.
Germany Already Celebrat
ing Reunion as 540,000
Prepare to Ballot.
THREAT OF DISORDERS
MINIMIZED BY LEADERS
I
___
Every Precaution Taken to Pro
vent Rioting—Nazis Appear
to Have Edge.
By the Associiled Pres«.
Europe today awaited anxiously the
; answer to the 15-year-old question of
the Saar.
As the 540.000 voters of the region
decided its future destiny. Germany
already was celebrating the Saar's an
ticipated return. France and Holland
strengthened frontier guards against
expected disorders and the League of
Nations hoped the plebiscite might re
move the last obstacles to European
peace.
Saarbruecken—The League's Inter
national army and police forces were
ready to quell trouble makers as. the
j bitter campaign ended. Saarlanders
voted for reunion with Germany,
union with Prance or retention of
League control.
League Backs Gumtny.
Geneva—League spokesmen said
they hoped the Saar would vote for
Germany, believing thereby the way
might be prepared for the Reich's re
turn to the League.
Paris—French Saarlanders de
parted gayly to vote, but France
sliengthtnird frontier guards and set
tip flist-ald .stations along the border.
The old French fear of Germany was
expressed again on the eve oi the
plebiscite.
The Hague. Holland—Holland's bor
der forces were doubled to prevent an
influx of refugees in the Saar.
Berlin—Preparations for reuniting
the Saar with Germany were complete
as Gennans. expecting an "over
whelming'' victory, eagerly await an
i nouncement of the vote.
BllTEK CAMPAIGN ENDS.
Gala Spirit Pervades Batin on Eve of
Balloting.
(Copyright. by the Auociited Pre··.)
SAARBRUECKEN. Saar Bean Ter
ritory, January 12. — A ding-dong,
rough-and-tumble campaign, in which
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime were
I the main issue, at an end. the Saar
I tomorrow will choose its future na
tional allegiance.
The plebiscite, the last of 12 issuing
from the World War, will be held
exactly 15 years and 3 days after
the treaty of Versailles went into ef
fect.
î Experts call it by far the most im
portant consultation of public opiu
j ion resulting from the late Wood row
Wilson's famous doctrine that all
peoples have the right to decide as
to the rule under which they wish
j to live.
I Through Wilson, It was recalled,
the United States is responsible for
giving the 790,000 residents of this
rich Industrial region their oppor
tunity to choose between continuance
of League of Nations government, re
union with Germany or union with
France.
543,313 Voters Qualified.
On those three issues the Saar's
543.323 qualified voters—qualified be
cause they lived in the Saar the day
the Versailles treaty was signed—to
morrow will express their composite
opinion, while heavy detachments of
international and Saar police and
gendarmes stand guard, and the 3.500
troops of the League's first interna
tional army watchfully wait.
With the voting less than 12 hours
away, unbiased observers tonight
gave Germany an edge on the ballot
ing.
"It is hardly conceivable." plebiscite
experts said, "that the anti-Nazis can
swing 50 per cent of this profoundly
patriotic German population."
To swell the ranks of those voting
for Germany were 54.000 Saarland
ers residing abroad. Germany sent
48.000 of them. In special traias that
rolled into the Saar yesterday and
today. The rest came from widely
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t
GUNMEN SLAY GIRL
Texas Victim's Companion in Auto
Shot and Wounded.
DALLAS, Tex.. January 12 (IP).—
Peggy Dutton, 20. was shot to death,
and the man riding with her was
wounded tyday by two unidentified
gunmen who jumped on the running
boards of their car and opened fire.
Tiie girl's companion, George Eunis,
was shot in the left shoulder.
Ennis told police he had never seen
the gunmen before and could think
of no reason why any one would shoot
him or the girl. Detectives said Ennis
and the girl had been rooming at the
same house here since Saturday.
FIRE DESTROYS CRUISER
$31,000 Boat Owned by Cliicagoan
Is Almost Total Loss.
MIAMI, Fla„ January 12 OP).—
Flames virtually destroyed the $31,000
cabin cruiser Stowaway of James II.
Pace. Chicago real estate broker. In
Biscayne Bay here today, and an ex
plosion of gasoline collected in the
bilge was blamed.
C. L. Pace, brother of the owner,
and a Miamian. C. O. Revel, were
aboard, but escaped.
I _ . 1
υηιαβ ior neauer·
General News Part One
Editorial Part Two
Society Part Three
Amusements Part Four
Finance Part Five
Auto Show Part Seven
Radio Page 3, Part 4
Sports Pages B-7 to B-ll
Lost and Found—Page A-9
II. S. COAL CONTROL
ASKED BY SURVEY
Price Regulations Included
in Plan to Conserve Bi
tuminous Supply.
By th» Associated Près».
An extension of Federal control over
the bituminous coal and other mineral
industries to provide for fixing both
minimum and maximum prices *as
recommended yesterday by a com
j mitlee which studied the subject at
President Roosevelt's instance.
The purchase and withdrawal from
production of unprofitable bituminous
mines also was suggested by the Μίι^- ,
eral Policy Committee of the Na- j
tional Ri.tource Board, which prc
: dieted a shortage of oil within 15
j years.
! Save for coal, however, the com
mittee said It favored "retention of
tbe system of private opera non " of
! the mineral industries "with Govern·
i ment supervision when necessary."
I
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"An exception to the policy of no ι
general extension of public owner-!
ship may be advisable in the kpecial
case of bituminous coal," in which a
proposal for the purtha.se of selected
acreage as a means of controlling
capacity deserves serious considera
tion." the report said. "Such a na
tional coal reserve would be leased as
needed with paying of royalty to the
United States."
The control of output or capacity
of the mineral industries through a
central supervision agency was sug
gested but the report said the
bituminous coal and petroleum in- .
dustrles would require separate legis
I lation.
The report was drafted before the
( Supreme Court decision which in
| validated seciion 9-C of the national
I industrial recovery act. under which
the Government attempted to regulate
ι oil production.
Would Minimize Waste.
The committee mentioned the at
, tempt to regulate petroleum output
ι by State compacts, but made no com
ment on specific plans other than
to demand a method "that will mini
mize waste of oil. gas and reservoir
energy and thus extend the life of our
limited supply."
The group said maximum prices
should be determined by a cost-finding
body as protection to consumers. The
committee emphasized the importance
of mineral exports and advised that
American companies be given the
right to participate in international
cartels. It suggested restrictions on
imports which might lead to surplus
production, but said no special con
cessions in freight rates or shipping
subsidies should be made.
Regulation of the export or scrap
mineral and such metals as would be
useful in war. and establishment of
war reserves of imported minerals es
sential for national defense, was
advocated.
Among the members of the Mineral
Policy Committee were Secretary
Iclces, Leon Henderson. N. R. A.s
director of research and planning;
Herbert Feis, State Department econ
omist. and F. A. Silcox, Forest Service
director.
ARGENTINE PRESS
ASSAILS BOLIVIA
Slaying of Native by Neighbor
Soldiers Declared to Be In· '
sufficiently Explained.
By the Associated Prr.ii.
BUENOS AIRES. January 12.—
Leading Buenos Aires newspapers to
day assailed as unsatisfactory Bolivia's
explanation of the slaying by Bolivian
soldiers of an Argentine standing on
Argentine territory.
Both La Nacion and La Prensa de
manded complete clearing up of the
circumstances surrounding the death
of Anacleto Quispe at the hands of
Bolivian troops who. dispatches from
the town of La Quiaca said, crossed
the border in an efTort to recruit con
scripts for service In the Chaco.
Reports from La Paz, meanwhile,
said strongly Intrenched Bolivian
troops had beaten off Paraguayan
thrusts at Villa Montes, major army
base, and other centers In the North
west Chaco, a* the two armies, be
lieved to total some 60.000 men,
struggled for advantage in their latest
deadlock.
In its editorial La Nacion said It
recognized that "it is not strange
that In scarcely populated regions
military groupe inadvertently pass
the Irontier."
Man Regains Sight,
Cwets New Glasses,
Then Drops Dead
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, January 12 —Blind four
years. John W. Martin, 75, Prank
ford. Mo., saw clearly again and 15'
minutes later suffered a cerebral hem
orrhage that caused his death.
Martin underwent an operation for
cataracts on his eyes last November.
Accompanied by Ids wife and
daughter. Mr. Martin was fitted with
eyeglasses at an oculist's office here
yesterday. He adjusted the glasses
and looked at his wife.
"Why mother." he said, "I can see
you. You haven't changed a bit—a
little stouter, but Just the same as
before."
Happily, the elderly couple and
their daughter left the oculist's office
They had walked only a few blocks
when Martin slumped to the side
walk.
MAIL CONTRACTS
REVISION URGED
Longer Terms for Air Car
riers and Ocean Subsi
dies Recommended.
By tlie Associated Pr*si.
A wide-grounded revision of the
present method of handling air and
ocean mail contracts has been recoin
mended to President Koosevelt.
Prom high official quarters word
came thai proposals had been brought
forward to:
Change airmail contracts from a
one to a two or three year basis, with
a new transportation commission to
determine when rates should be
changed.
Grant outright subsidies to ocean
carriers instead of the present sub
ventions through mail contracts, with
the new commission to determine the
basis and the amount of the sub
sidies.
Department Proposal.
The first proposal came from the
Post Office Department. It was tied
in with a report of a transportation
policy committee. The second came
from an interdepartmental committee
on ocean mail-carrying policy and was
linked with extensive hearings by the
Post Office Department.
For airmail the department planned
to recommend that contracts be let
for two or three years after bidding
that would fix the maximum amount
to be paid under contracts.
Post Office Department officials raid
they now regarded airmail contracte
as an Indirect form of subsidy, but
that they would not recommend a
change in this policy because they
claim it will be but a short time be
fore the lines become self-sustaining.
This was the rule they applied to
lomestic airlines. On proposals for
transoceanic lines, ihey felt differ
ently. They expressed belief that κ
flat, direct subsidy might be the best
manner to approach this question.
Merchant Marine Report.
The merchant marine report, now
before the President, was said to rec
ommend the substitution of a direct
subsidy for the present form of airmail
contracts. Decision on what lines
should receive the subsidy, the amount
of the gift and the regulations that
should govern it would be left to the
new Transportation Commission.
The majority opinion of the com
mittee that made the study was that
only one line between the same ports
should be subsidized and that it be
stipulated lines granted subsidies keep
their ships as efficient as those of any
other nations.
Plans to put through the airmail
legislation on the law books are being
made by Chairman Mead, Democrat,
of New York, of the House Post Office
Committee. He said he did not ex·
,iect transoceanic service to begin this
year. In this opinion he was at va
riance with Post Office officials. Plans
for both trans-Atlantiv and trans
pacific and Alaskan service are far
advanced.
RULING ON GOLD
CAUSES CONCERN
Congress Prepared for Quick
Action in Case of Ad
verse Decision.
Quirk congressional action to escape
from what admiuist ration spokesmen
have ( ailed possible "chaos'· was pro
jected yesterday as a likelihood should
the Supreme Court overturn the
Roosevelt monetary program in the
■ gold clause" cases, according to the
Associated Press.
Some—and they were not confined
to those who merely speculate upon
such problems—held that, regaidless
of the lortlicoming verdict, the Treas
ury could make no change in its pres
ent method of redeeming maturing
Government bonds until Congress so
ordered.
Even though a probable month of
suspense remains before the nine high
justices hand down their decision, a
ι gold tinge «as given to much of the
! news of the day. In Wall Street,
prices declined sharply, but later stif
fened. There was a rush of "gold
clause" bond buying, but the bond
ι market generally was irregular. Grains
again slumped, but recovered.
Expect Favorable Decision.
Although officials would say noth
ing and privately expressed confidence
that the court would decide in favor
of the Government, the subject was
gone into on Capitol Hill, especially
among the inflationist bloc, and ui ad
ministration quarters, as well.
A decision against the Government
would mean, in short, thai gold bondJ
ι and contracts would be worth—in
present devaluated currency—169 per
cent of their face value. The result
would be to increase the outstanding
public and private debt from around
$100.000 000.000 to 1169.000 000,000.
The court's ruling is to turn upon
the constitutionality of a congressional
resolution declaring invalid the clause
of most contracts guaranteeing pay
I ment on demand in a stipulated quan
! tity of gold or in the equivalent of that
amount of gold.
Congress, through the President,
ordered the amount of gold in $1
reduced by 40 94 per cent, and the
Treasury has been meeting gold bond
redemptions with $1 of the devalu
ated currency for each dollar of the
bond's face value.
Alternatives Suggested.
None among Washington officials
would say that should the court de
| cide adversely the Treasury would at
once start paying $1.69 for every
dollar of gold bonds. Physically, the
actual supply of currency would not
be great enough. The consensus wa«
that some offsetting action would
at once be taken.
Various alternatives have been spec
ulated upon. In Greenville. S. C.
Representative MrSwain said he
thought it likely a constitutional con
vention would be called. He pointed
out that the Constitution gives the
power to call a convention, adding
that the matter "could be handled
in the minimum time, possibly 3C
«Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
ARGUMENT IN WEIRTON
CASE DUE TOMORROW
U. S. Seeks Injunction Against
Company, Charging 7-A Clause
Is Violated.
Br the Associated Preu.
WILMINGTON, Del., January 12
—Final argument on tlie Governments
suit to restrain the Wrirton Steel Co
from alleged Interference in its em
ploy es' organization comes up before
Federal Judge John P. Nields on Moil·
I day.
Both sides in the action in which
! the Government seeks an injunction
prohibiting the company from inter
vening in its workers' election of col
lective bargaining representatives, sub
mitted briefs after a lengthy hearing
In Federal Court here.
The Government contends the com
pany has violated Section 7-A of the
recovery act. and that the present so
called company union in force at the
Weirton plants is not representative
of the majority
The company denies the violation
and backs the company union.
1
BRUNO WILL STAKE
LIFE ON 9 WORDS
TO DENY CHARGES
AND BLAME EISCH
Defense Will Limit Ques
tions to Blanket Denials to
Restrict Cross-Examina
tion by Prosecution.
ACCUSED MAN TO LAY
RANSONCASHTO FRIEND
Reilly Hopes State Will Excuse
Mis. Hauptmann From Grilling
After Own Deference to Mrs.
Lindbergh—Handwriting Ex
perts Confer on Notes.
(Copyright, 1 !<:(.*. by the Associated Pi ess J
FLEMINGTON, N. J . January 12 —
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's witness
stand fight against the electric chair,
his lawyer announced tonight, will con
sist of answers to seven questions—
and six of the answers will be "No."
Hauptmann's wife Anna will follow
her husband on the stand, and the
defense expects the State "to accord
her the same consideration the de
fense has shown Mrs. Lindbergh."
mother of the baby for whose murder
Hauptmann is now on trial.
Said Edward J. Reilly. Hauptmann's
chief counsel, tonight:
"I think we shall ask Hauptmann
only seven questions. The questions,
and their expected answers, are:
"1. Did you kidnap the Lindbergh
baby? A. No.
"2. Were you in Hopewell, N. J., the
night of the kidnaping? A. No.
"3. Did you make the ladder (which
the State contends was used in gain
ing admission to the Lindbergh
uurseryj? A No.
"4. Did you go up that ladder to
kidnap the Lindbergh baby? A. No.
"5. Were you in New Jersey th·
night of the kidnaping? A. No.
"6. Did you write the ransom notes?
A. No.
I Where did you get the money
that was found in your garage? A.
From Isador Fisch."
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I Cross-question Limited.
Although Hauptinann's direct ex
I amiiiation. as outlined tonight by his
counsel, might require hardly more
than a minute, the cross-examination
by the State is expected to take longer.
By limiting the direct questioning,
however, the defense will restrict the
State's cross-examination.
Reilly did not indicate what testi
mony Mrs. Hauptmann would give. It
is expected to be corroborative of
Hauptmann's concerning Isador Fisch,
; the man Hauptmann has insisted gave
him the ransom money which was
found last September in Hauptinann's
possession.
In expressing the hope that t^e
State would give her the same treat
I nient that the delense accorded Mrs.
I Lindbergh. Reilly recalled that he
: had wai\ed cross-examination because
j "we do not believe a mother's grief
should be subjected to public examina
tion."
One of the day's developments—a
story that a "double'* of Hauptmann
had been found and that it might
have been this "double" that witnesses
reported seeing near the Lindberghs'
home in the Sourland Hills the day
the baby was kidnaped and killed,
failed to impress Keilly. (See wire
photo on page A-4). The "double"
; was named as Robert Scanlon of
I Menlo Park, a man who was in the
vicinity of the Lindbergh home about
: the time of the crime.
"From Mr. Edison's laboratories in
i Menlo Park come many inventions,"
said Reilly. "Could this story of a
Hauptmann 'double' be one of
! them?"
Examine* Notes.
The defense spent today—the trial
being in recess until Monday—at
Trenton, concentrating upon an ex
amination of the ransom notes in
an effort to shake, through its own
experts, the evidence yesterday of a
Stale witness that the notes were
written by Hauptmann.
With experts from several parts of
the country present, the defense
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CHINA FORCED TO FIGHT
CONTINUED SILVER RISE
Commission Foresees Adoption of
Foreign Exchange Standard
or Flexible Gold.
By (he Associated Preu.
NANKING, China. January 12.—The
industrial ministry's Silver Commis
sion today portrayed a dark future for
China's flscal aflairs if silver contin
ues to rise in price and the national
government takes no decisive measures
to offset the condition.
The commission forecast the gov
ernment will be forced to adopt either
a foreign exchange standard of a flex
ible gold standard to combat the price
rise caused by the buying policy of
the United States.
The report of the commission said
Chinese Imports have fallen in value
and volume since 1931, and foresaw
the shrinking of Chinese market for
all commodities in direct ratio to the
rise in the silver price.
The belief was expressed that the
taxes and fees the government already
has levied on sliver exports in an ef
fort to stem the outward flow of the
metal is "admirable In an emergency,
but not the only desirable measures
to check the deflationary tendencies
in China."
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