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inaries v. bod uies;
Colorful Promoter
Once Backed Byrd
Bt \ht Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.—Charles V.
Bob, 57, former mining engineer,
who backed one of Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd's Antiarctic ex
peditions and
later served a
Federal prison
term for mail
fraud.was buried
here yesterday.
Bob, reputedly
once worth $10,
000,000 died
Tuesday of a
heart ailment.
The one-time
gold mining en
gineer, for whom
Admiral Byrd
named an Ant
arctic mountain
Charles v. Bob range, was con
victed of mail fraud and conspiracy
In 1'339 and sentenced to seven years
in prison. His w'ife said he later
received a presidential pardon.
Charles V. Bob remained, in
death, pretty much the misty legend
that he had been in life. As nearly
as can be figured, he was born about
67 years ago, somewhere in Colorado
He worked in the Nevada and
Colorado gold fields as a boy, was
a mine laborer in 1906 when he
was just short of 20. He was regis
tered at the hospital where he died
as a retired mining engineer, but
there is no indication where he
earned his degree.
There were reports, never fully
confirmed, that he spent a few
years knocking around Central and
South America as a soldier of for-!
tune Some 20 years ago he turned |
up as a gold-mine promoter in ai
small way.
Gave Extravagant Parties.
He burst upon the metropolis!
around 1927, unknown, but within j
a few months he was hail fellow j
well met to millionaire bankers,!
prominent social figures, wealthy j
sportsmen, leading flyers and even j
some of the better known bootleg
gers, including Salvatore Spitale.
He attacked New York City's
financial and social bastions, as one
writer put it, "behind battalions of
bus boys and waiters,” threw ex
travagant banquets and managed, in
some way, to play host to the great
and the near-great.
He knew men like Charles Evans!
Hughes, Otto Kahn, members of;
British nobility. Gene Tunney, even |
men of the cloth, and his ingenious!
publicity staff linked such names j
with his to startling front-page;
effect.
He owned two luxurious Bellanca
planes fitted out parlor fashion,
owned an estate at Montauk Point,
an impressive apartment at 1010
Fifth avenue, flew to his hunting!
and to golf games, flew Tunney
from his training camp for the
Heeney fight.
He promoted vast stock deals in
mining companies, in lighting corpo
rations, projected nonstop flights to
South America, ostensibly to look
over his mines; talked of establish
ing air service to Bob mines in Alas
ka and Canada.
Promised a $100,000 Beacon,
He promised a $100,000 cross*
shaped beacon to the Broadway
Temple on Washington Heights but
never delivered it.
The Bob Bubble popped in 1929.
Mr. Bob was indicted for the al
leged defrauding of some $6,000,000
from 5.000 small investors in the
Metal & Minings Shares. Inc. Three
juries heard the evidence, and each
disagreed.
Mr. Bob fled the United States
in one of his planes before these
trials, but came back from Mexico
to face the charges. He denied he
had held a pistol to his pilot to take
him south of the boarder, but that
was the common story.
Before the third trial had ended
he had set up new offices in Pine
street <he lost his impressive 120
Broadway suite after 1929. and his
home furnishings, too1 and was
busy on new financial schemes.
This venture—Coronado Gold
Mines. Inc—ended in fresh indict
ments. On February 3. 1939, he was
sentenced to seven years on a mail- j
fraud conviction. He went to prison
December 7. 1940: came out on;
parole October 8. 1942.
What he had done after his re
lease has not been told. Where j
he is to be buried is a family secret.!
Hr. C. L. Dugan Dies;
Once Practiced Here
Dr. Charles Leo Dugan, 55, for- j
merly a physician here, died sud- j
denly Tuesday in Cincinnati, accord
ing to word received here.
Dr. Dugan, a native of George
town. graduated from the George
town University Medical School ini
1912.
At the outbreak of the World War
he was commissioned a first lieuten
ant in the Navy and detailed to the
Marine Corps.
After the war he established the
practice here which he continued
until last spring. He was a member
of the District Medical Society, the
American Medical Society and
Knights of Columbus. At the time of
his death, he was connected w'ith
the medical department of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad in Cincin
nati.
He leaves two sons. Pvt. Charles
L. Dugan, jr., Tucson, Ariz., and
Flight Officer James F. Dugan.
Westover Field, Mass., and a sister,
Mrs. Mary Dugan Mattare, of this
city.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Trinity
Church. Georgetown. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Airliner
'Continued From First Page.'
tigating. but it was impassible to say
immediately wh.t caused the acci
dent .
Mayor Knox told newsmen he was
awake at the time of the crash. The
airliner, he said, apparently was try-;
ing to come down through fog and:
“was wobbling a little bit.”
Just before the crash. Mayor Knox
said, the pilot gunned his engines
as if in an attempt to get the plane
up again. He said he “grabbed a
pillow” to break the force of the
impact when the liner crashed. He
suffered cuts and bruises on his face
and legs. He was “feeling pretty
good.” he added, but was “beginning
to get a litle stiff from his bruises.”
Speed the day of “Peace and
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WHERE YANKS GAIN IN HEAVY FIGHTING —Map shows
northern sector of the western front, where American armies
have reached the Roer River on a solid front.—A. P. Wirephoto.
Negotiator Refuses to Let Nazis
Talk Him Out of Extra Prisoners
By GEORGE TUCKER.
Associated Press War Correspondent.
NEAR ST. NAZAIRE, Nov. 29 i De
layed i.—A strange journey by jeep
and torpedo boat during which an
American Red Cross official from
Birmingham. Ala., sat blindfolded
for more than two hours was the
opening move in exchange of 53
Allied prisoners of wrar today.
Andrew Geron Hodges, senior field
director for the United States 94th
Infantry Division, hoisted a Red
Dross flag above his jeep and drove
into German lines west of the little
town of Chauve.
He was stopped by a German
lieutenant, who blindfolded him,
drove the jeep to a point near the
toast. There a torpedo boat took
them to St. Nazaire. After a 10
minute walk through the streets
hey entered a house. The blind
fold was removed, and Mr. Hodges
found himself looking at four Ger
man officers.
The parley for prisoners began
They handed Mr. Hodges what was
supposed to be a list of all Allied
prisoners in that sector. But Mr.
Hodges, examining it, shook his
head:
‘‘They're not all here. Two Amer
icans and an Englishman are miss
ing.”
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure,” Mr. Hodges said.
"I know' who they are, and they
aren't on this list.”
One German said: “Well, you
won't have to worry about the
Americans. They escaped last night."
"If they did escape I will know
about it when I get back.”
The Germans agreed that was
right, and then Mr. Hodges asked
about the Englishman.
“What do you care about just one
Englishman," the Germans asked
“You don’t even know his name.”
“The hell I don't. He's Capt.
Michael R. O. Foot. His father's a
brigadier."
The German leaned forward: “I'm
afraid we can t exchange Capt. Foot.
He's given us a lot of trouble. He’s
escaped four times and been recap
tured four times. He knew too
much."
“In that case," Mr. Hodges re
plied, “I can only say that the ex
change can’t come off. We want
them all, or none. My people
wouldn’t consider leaving a single
Allied prisoner here."
“You would sacrifice the freedom
Security
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plans for the security conference,
this statement was issued:
"We hope that the conference
will take place as soon as possible
No definite plans have yet been
formed."
The meeting of the United Na
tions Conference here will bring to
Washington hundreds of foreign
statesmen and political and eco
nomic experts. One problem not
yet solved is where office and living
space will be found for them.
The limited facilities of Dumbar
ton Oaks, observers pointed out, are
not sufficient to accommodate so
large a meeting. Possibly several
buildings will be used for delega
tion headquarters and committees
Observers pointed out that the
coming conference demonstrates the
need in Washington of a large mu
nicipal auditorium capable of ac
commodating large international
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of the other men for just one Eng
lish officer?"
"Yes. or for just one French pri
vate. It's all or none.”
Finally the Germans said they
would exchange Capt. Foot for five
German majors with Iron Crosses.
"Then you admit that one British
captain is the equal of five German
majors?" Mr. Hodges said.
When the interpreter translated
this for the ranking German offi
cer, he banged his fist on the table
and cried, "Nein, nein."
"But you said the exchange was to
be on an equal basis—rank for rank,"
Mr. Hodges said.
After further parley the Germans
proposed three captains and three
lieutenants for Capt. Foot. Mr
Hodges refused. In the end the
Germans agreed to swap Capt. Foot
for one German major or captain
with an Iron Cross. The agreement
then was sealed on a glass of brandy.
Mr. Hodges was blindfolded and
came back.
John Wetherill, 78, Dies;
Famed Figure in West
By the Associated Press.
ASH FORK. Ariz., Dec 1.—John
Wetherill, 78, one of the West's most
colorful characters and discoverer
of the famous Cliff Palace in Mesa
Verde National Park. Colo., died here
yesterday.
During the last 38 years he had
operated a trading post at Ka.venta,
where notables of art, literature and
statesmanship were frequent vis
itors. President Theodore Roosevelt
Bishop Oxnam Heads
Protestants' Council,
Calls for Social Unity
By th« Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec, 1.—Bishop
G. Bromley Oxnam of New York, in-;
stalled as the new president of the!
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America in a colorful cere
mony at Trinity Cathedral here last
night, made a plea for a “united
church that can proclaim a doctrine
of social unity and expect a
hearing.”
In his speech of acceptance, Bishop
Oxnam said:
“If we are to end contemporary
acquiesence in injustice, we must
speak as one. If we are to meet our
full obligation in the matter of world
law and order, we must speak to
gether.
“If we are to demand that a man’s
opportunity to live and to labor is to
be based on his character and ca
pacity, and not be determined by his
color, we speak in unison. If present
conceptions of property and of sov
ereignty are to be revised to serve
the common good, we must speak as
Christians.”
Asks Conscription Delay.
The retiring president. Right
Rev. Henry St. George Tucker,
stressed the importance of the fam
ily as a "divinely instituted agency
for the training and discipline of
human beings.” The council asked
Congress in a resolution to wait until
after the war before deciding on
peacetime military conscription,
saying:
"We are not nere pronouncing
judgment for or against conscrip
tion. but we are pointing out that
for the United States to change now
its historic policy might be so in
terpreted as to prejudice the post
war settlement and jeopardize the
possibility of achieving the kind of
world order reflected in our Govern
ment's war aims.1’
Other resolution* adopted by the
council:
Warned that “military victory will
not of itself establish the better
world we seek" and urged that the
United State* beware of “the dan
ger of irresponsible and un-Chris
tian use of the unprecedented and
in some respects unrivaled power
which we are gaining. • • •”
Favor Fixed Easter.
Declared the churches as favor
ing. in principle, a fixed date for
Easter and approved a committee re
port which suggested the second
Sunday in April as nearest the his
toric date of the Resurrection.
Urged the Government to intiate
international consultation on “hu
man rights and fundamental free
doms."
Demanded that “the right of indi
viduals everywhere to religious lib
erty shall be recognized and. sub
ject only to the maintenance of pub
lic order and security, shall be guar
anteed against legal provisions and
administrative acts.”
Suggested “that our Government
be urged to apply the principles of
nondiscrimination on grounds of re
ligion in overseas relief."
and his son Quentin were numbered
among his guests.
Zane Grey wrote his Western In
dian epic. “The Vanishing Amer
ican," while staying with Mr. Weth
erlll, and he is frequently mentioned
in Mr. Grey's novels and those of
Harold Bell Wright, another of his
former intimates.
Catholic Paper Replies
To Protestant Attack
On Vatican Relations
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 1.—The Pilot, offi
cial weekly publication of the Boston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese, takes
issue with the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America
which on Wednesday voiced opposi
tion to establishment of diplomatic
relations between the United States
and the Vatican.
"We beg our brethren of ‘the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
in America’ not to be afraid of us,”
the editorial said. We are harmless
enough, and have no designs on any
thing that would be ‘contrary to
the spirit of our American tra
dition.’ ”
"The worried council seems to
have missed the point somewhat.
Mr. Roosevelt’s personal observer in
Rome, whom he selected and sug
gested for the office, is one thing,
and a full diplomatic representative
is something else.”
American Catholics, the Pilot said,
have no need for a special agent in
Rome, declaring that their own or
ganization provided constant ac
cess and that ‘an American envoy at
the Vatican was not our idea.”
The Pilot praised the “culture and
tact” of "the non-Catholic gentle
man selected by Mr. Roosevelt to go
to Rome” and expressed pleasure
that this country was not “com
pletely deprived of the recognized
advantage” of contact with the
diplomats accredited to the Vatican.”
The editorial “respectfully and
fraternally” submitted that the
council “meeting to discuss the
building of a better world for God
and country,” was not making its
fticnicat puvtjuic Wlitl 1UUL10I1 LO
that much desired end” by “preoc
cupation with this Vatican matter."
Composed of 26 of the larg
est Protestant denominations, the
Church Countil disavowed any in
tention of speaking against Roman
Catholicism as a form of Christian
faith and worship, but contended
that diplomatic relations with the
Vatican would “confer on one church
a special preferential status in rela
tion to the American Government.”
Western Front
'Continued From First Paget
officers commented that “even the
birds will be walking ”
Here was the battle line, front by
front:
The British 2nd Army in Holland
captured the German-defended cas
tles at Wanssum, 10 miles north of
Venlo, and Broekhuizen. 8 miles
north of Venlo, as well as the village
of Broekhuizen.
All resistance in small pockets
west of the Mags thus was eliminat
ed except in the town of Wanssum
at Bierlingsbeek. 17 miles north of
Venlo, and in Venlo itself.
On the 9th Army front the Ameri
cans had driven through the villages
of IJndera. Flossdorf and Roerdorf.
charred by showers of phosphorus
shells. These hamlets, all on the
banks of the Roer or near the river,
are within 2 miles of Linnich and are
in a line running from the north
west of the town to the southeast
of it. A mile south of Linnich the
Americans had taken Welz after It
had been flattened by artillery.
Across the river from Linnich
fighter bombers began the flattening
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! process on more of these fortified
villages—Baal, Rurich, Glimbach
Gevenich and Boslar, whose cellars
presumably have been turned into
fortresses by the Germans.
The Inde. which joins the Roer
Just below Julich and 7 miles south
east of Linnlch, presumably was
crossed in the vicinity of Altdorf, 4
miles south of Julich.
Nazis Back in Inden.
To the south the Germans fought
their way back into Inden, on the
banks of the Inde between Julich
and Eschweiler, and succeeded in
blowing the bridge across the Inde
after first neglecting to do so.
Gen Hodges’ troops succeeded in
clearing Lamersdorf.
The 1st Army veterans ground
out more gains into the high ground
east of Grosshau, 5 miles southwest
of Duren.
But in Merode, 4 miles west of
Duren where they fought out of the
fringe of Hurtgen forest, they were
forced to give way slightly in the
face of savage counterattack.
In the 3d Army sector Gen. Pat
ton’s troops, storming to within
half a mile of Merzig on the west
and 2 miles on either flank, came
under fire from Siegfried guns which
was heavier than at Metz.
The Germans blew up a bridge
leading across the Saar into Merzig
just as Gen. Patton's tanks came in
sight
Yanks Move Into Itzbach.
To the southeast, midway between
Merzig and Saarlautem, the 95th
Infantry Division advanced into Itz
bach, 1% miles from the Saar and
5 miles northwest of Saarlautern.
Still farther to the southeast, the
Americans occupied Karlingen and
L'Hopital on the German border 12
j miles west of Saarbrucken, and en
tered Adamsweiler, 3*4 miles east of
| Saar Union and 15 miles south of
| the Saarland frontier.
Frohmuhl, 5 miles east of Adams
| weiler, was captured by Lt. Gen.
i Alexander M. Patch's 7th Army in
| the drive across the Saarbrucken
| Haguenau railline northwest of
■ Strasbourg.
i To the east, in an area about
12 miles west of Haguenau, Gen.
Patch’s infantry pushed 3*4 miles
north of Uhrviller to a point about
10 miles south of the German
border in a drive skirting the south
ern nose of the Eifel Hills.
Schweighausen Captured.
Schweighausen, 2 miles southwest
of Haguenau, was captured and
other forces were less than a mile
and a half from the town, a key
to Karlsruhe.
(A front dispatch reported that
French troops took possession of
Huningue without resistance
after a heavy artillery attack. .
'The German garrison of about
1,000 men who held pillboxes dur
ing an artillery duel of the past
severe days had crossed to the
east side of< the Rhine under
cover of a fog, the dispatch said.
Most of Huningue was de
| stroyed.)
Gerstheim, 14 miles south of
Strasbourg and a mile from the
i Rhine, was captured by 7th Army
j forces driving south to join with the
French moving north .from the Bel
i fort and Mulhouse areas.
Stotzheim, 1614 miles southwest of
1 Strasbourg, was overrun.
Moroccans and Algerians of the
French 1st Army, pushing through
the hills on either side of Bussang
Pass, were within a mile of Urbes
and St. Amarin, 15 miles north
west of Mulhouse. They repulsed a
counterattack just south of Thann,
while other French forces drove
deep into the Harth Forest border
ing the Rhine east of Mulhouse.
The French extended their firmly
held lines to the Rhine below Hun
ingen near the Swiss border, cutting
the land escape route for the Ger
man in that Bridgehead city.
The Berlin radio said the French
put 30 tanks across the Huningen
Canal.
The Allies captured Le Haute
Koenigsbourg, \ \'i miles southwest of
Selestat, in the Rhine Valley, Berlin
said.
The German high command, de
claring Nazi troops had “unshake
ably withstood continuous large
scale attacks" in the Cologne Plain
since November 17, measured maxi
mum Allied gains at a little more
than 9 miles from Wurselen. north
of Aachen, and said 500 American
tanks had been destroyed.
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