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Kidnapers Posing as Federal Men Escape with Ex-Night Club Owner
$10,000ASKED
% FOR RETURN
OF CHICAGOAN
CHICAGO. Feb 25 (^—Repre
senting thenselves as federal oper-1
atives. two men early today kid
naped Jeremiah Flynn, former
night club owner, and held him for
$10,000 ransom.
Flynn was seized as he was sit
ting in his automobile with a
friend, John Maloney, who was not
held. The men. displaying guns
and badges. Maloney told police,
said they wished to search the car
for liquor.
They ordered Flynn to drive
ahead and shortly after forced
Maloney from the car. saying they
were taking Flynn to a police sta
tion Maloney later called the
station and learned his friend was
not there.
As he was reporting the inci
dent to officials. John Flynn,
brother of the victim, received an
anonymous telephone call.
"We ve got Jerry in the base
ment.” the caller said, "and well
let you know by letter what to do.
We want $10,000 for him.”
The promised letter was found
by police in the victim’s abandon
ed automobile Tt said:
"Dear Marie < Flynn's wife):
Raise all the cash you can and as
quickly as you can and do as you
are told. Further instructions will
follow later."
The letter was signed *'Jerry”.
(Life, Works
OfO'NeiU
Are Studied
HARLINGEN. Feb 26 —The life
of Eugene O’Neill, his style and
place In American literature was
reviewed by Mrs. J. C Crcssett. di
rector for the program of the Har
lingen Study club Wednesday after- i
noon when members met at the i
Woman's building.
The leader contrasted his early
plays with his later works and
characterized him as a naturalist
and determimst with a trace of
pessimism as lie always predeter
mines happenings for the worst.
O'Neill won the Pulitzer prizes in
1920-22-28, his power of expressing
human emotions making him Amer- i
lea’s greatest playwright.
"Mourning Becomes Electra" was
reviewed by Mrs. J. A. Alderdice.
taking for her authority. Bums
Mautle. critic who reviewed and
criticized the ten best plays pres
ented in New York last year. The
play, based on an old Greek leg* nd. j
Was originally written to be pres
ented at* three consecutive perform
ances. but it w'as later condensed
i Into a seven-hour performance with
intermission of one hour fo- dinner
A medley of Civil War music was
played by Mrs. J. R Jennings.
Mesdames J. C Myrick and Jack
Cary were hostesses for the alter-1
noon and Mrs. A L Brooks, pres- ,
Went, welcomed Mrs. D. W. Diehl
as a new member, and Mrs Jen
nings as a visiting honorary mem
ber.
Captain Hobson sunk the Mer
nmac in Santiago Harbor and
“id 35 years for the con
lonal medal of honor. Now
adays. some folks sink a roll in
a campaign fund and hate to
wait six months for post master
ships. 1
Steel Vest Fail*
To Save Man’* Life
ROCHESTER. N. Y., Feb. 25. Pi
—An unidentified man was killed
today In an exchange of shots with
two policemen, one of whom was
wounded in the hand. The dead
man was wearing a steel vest and
several shots against his body fail
ed to take effect. One bullet struck
him in the head.
The policemen had responded to
a call from the E. P. Reed shoe
company that a man was loitering
about the factory, which expected
delivery of its payroll.
IA'RESTORES
JOHN BRADY’S
cmpsHip
AUSTIN. Feb. 25. i/P>—John W
Brady, former member of the Aus
tin court of civil appeals and for
mer assistant attorney general,
who served a penitentiary term for
slaying a supreme court stenograph
er with a knife, was given full
restoration of citizenship by Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson today.
Brady was convicted in Dallas in
January. 1931. for stabbing Miss
Lehlia Highsmith to death and
sentenced to three years’ imprison
ment. He was discharged from the
penitentiary on July 1. 1932 as
having served his term. He was
given credits for good behavior and
overtime work.
Others Get Freedom
Gov Ferguson said in her pro
clamation restoring Brady’s citizen
ship that she had been informed
Brady has been "leading a life of
a useful, worthy and law abiding
ctizen.”
The governor also Issued one full
pardon, six conditional pardons and
four general paroles.
Viola Wilson, convicted in Har
ris county in June. 1930. and sen
tenced to five years' imprisonment
for murder, received the full par
don
Condition pardons were issued to:
F Ermas. Lynn county, violating
prohibition law. two and one half
years.
Oscar Holden. Tarrant county,
robbery, five years, served four
years.
A. B. Smith. Archer county, at
tempted criminal assault, five years,
convicted in February 1931.
Lee Bragg. Harris and Wharton
counties, violating prohibition law.
burglary and theft, four years, con
victed in November 1931.
W L. Rainer. Dawson county,
violating prohibition law', one year,
convicted in November 1932.
Elliott Littlefield. Dallas county,
burglary, three years.
General paroles were given Tom
Turner. Anderson county, burglary,
two years, convicted in December.
1931; Henry Hawktns. Falls county,
robbery with firearms and theft.
25 years, convicted in December.
1927: Wr. E. Masses. Milam county,
burglary, five years, convicted in
June. 1931: James Brown. Grayson
county, burglary and theft two
years, convicted in March, 1932.
WreckKills Texan
NACOGDOCHES. Feb. 25.
John B Vardeman. 68. w'as kilhd
and Tom M. Williamson was injur
ed cnticaly today when the car in
wTiich thev were riding hit a cul
vert on Highway 35. 10 miles south
of Nacogdoches.
While Williamson was being
brought to a hospital here, the car
was stripped and a considerable
sum of money was taken from
Varderman's pockets. Cause of the
accident was unknown.
| Rabbits_
HORIZONTAL
lWbo starved
himself for the
freedom of the
untouchables?
f To what genus
do the rabbits
belong? •
It Stratum.
IS Typ« of A
trapper.
II Incongruous
fancy.
IT Gaunt.
II Fine whet
10 Anaesthetic.
tt Broken tooth.
St Prophet who
trained
Samuel.
tSTo devour.
S7 Frozen water.
tt Public store
house.
11 Cameras. !
It To deal with
as desired. 1
14 Shoestring. !
17 Barrier sur- i
rounding a
field.
M Night before. •
ft at:
Answer to Previous Puzzle
41 Three
(prefix).
43 Fruit of
hawthorn.
45 Side of a
room.
47 Haze*.
49 Entwined as
cloth.
50 Enlightened,
52 Dre**e*.
54 Ascended.
55 Slack.
56 Weight allow
ances for
waste.
57 Barked
snappishly.
VERTICAL
Fertilizer.
3 Title.
4 Coloring
matter.
5 Hither.
6 Angry.
7 Falsifier.
S Unit o(
energy.
9 Wooden pins.
10 The muse of
astronomy.
11 Pain.
13 To make sharp.
14 Borders.
16 Cavity.
18 Torture.
21 Makers of hat.
24 To squander.
26 Clan symbol.
29 Blackbird of
the cuckoo
family.
30 Embryo bird.
31 Mountain made
of an emerald.
32 Lair of a beast.
34 The American
who won the
Nobel prize
for literature.
35 Grandparental.
36 Basement.
38 A trochee.
39 Edge of a roof.
41 Ebb and flow
of water.
42 To w hat coun
try does * I
Sicily belong?
44 The Occident
46 To entice.
47 Hodgepodge.
45 Portico.
49 Small bunch
of straw.
51 Witticism.
53 Revolving toy.
GERMANY TO
VOTE AGAIN
ON MARCH 6
BERLIN. Feb. 25. Hard on
the heels of five major campaigns
in 1932. Germany on March 5 will
vote on members of the reichstag
and the Prussian diet, with Adolf
Hitler, picturesque new Nazi chan
cellor. fighting for majorities in
both bodies.
Support Fails
Dissolution February 1 of the
leichstag—the seventh since the
founding of the republic—and of
the diet necessitated the election.
The dissolution resulted when the
hopes of Hitler’s “government of
national concentration" for secur
ing the support of the German
parliament were baffled. The con
stitution specifies that for any
government to survive it must have
the support of the law making
body.
The Hitler forces, composed or
members of the national socialist
i workers party (the nazisi and the
German nationalists, needed, in or
der to secure a majority, the as
sistance of the Catholic center and
its Uy. the Bavarian people's party.
The centrists, however, made their
cooperation contingent upon con
cessions which the nazis would not
lecepl. Dissoluition of the reich
stag followed under article 48 of the
constitution, which provides for
the delegating of extraordinary
powers to the president in case the
safety and existence of the state is
at stake.
Disorders f ollow
A vigorous campaign was launch
ed. Disorders, bloodshed and vio
lent accusations followed. The
chancellor, soon after his govern
ment was installed January 30. re
instated curtailments on the press
which had been promulgated in
July by Franz Von Papen. then
chancellor, whose cabinet was re
placed the first week in December
by that of General Kurt Von
Schleicher After a few weeks.
Hitler, as a climax to a fight that
began with political planning in the
beer cellars of Munich in 1921.
ascended to the cabinet 'post, suc
ceeding Von Schleicher.
Postage Reduction '
Will Be Attempted
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. iJP)~
Holding that the Increase in first
class postage from 2 to 3 cents will
bring a $130,000,000 decrease in pos
tal revenues, Chmn. Mead of the
house postoffice committee toda/
announced he will ask the next
congress to reduce the rates.
-The whole history of the posr<l
service **,” he said in a statement,
“shows t*at attempts to wipe out
or reduce the deficit in the postal
revenues through increasing the
rate of postage on letters has in
every instance produced the exact,
opposite effect
C BFfears
EVOLUTION
TAKING FORM
HAVANA. Feb 24. —<>P»— Eight
bombs were exploded in Havana
within two hours after midnight
today as the 38th Cuban independ
ence day began.
Meanwhile, the capital was scan
ning reports anxiously to determine
whether a rumored revolutionary
movement was taking form. Mexico
City dispatches recently predicted
that a movement of rebels from the
mainland toward Cuiia would coin
cide with bombings in Havana.
Three of the bombs were large
ones, while the five others, which
were smaller caused several hun
dred iicrsons to desert the ballroom
at the Centro Asturiano.
Reports from Camaguey and San
tiago said those cities were quiet.
However, unconfirmed rumors said
rebels were numerous around Cien
fuegos and that a tense situation
prevailed at Nuevitas. Communica
tions were interrupted east of this
city.
A Santiago dispatch said the Ji
bacoa sugar mill near Manzanilla
was destroyed by fire yesterday but
that the cause of he fire had not
been determined.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and ' Irs. Celedonia Garcia
announce the birth of a daughter.
Maria Juanita, bom Saturday. Feb.
18. The baby weighed 8 pounds.
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Luncheon For
Womans Club
Of Monterrey
MISSION. Feb. 27.—The Woman s
Tuesday club honoring the repre
sentatives of their sister club .the
Woman's club of Monterrey. Mexico,
served a beautifully appointed noon
luncheon at the Goodwin club house
Tuesday.
Only members of the Tuesday
club and their guests from Mon
terrey were present.
The club room was adorned with
bright spring flowers, the table de
corations were ferns and sweet
peas, orange blossoms were fea
tured at each cover with the cock
tail. and in observance of George
Washington’s birthday, a patriotic
motif was expressed in the place
cards and the cherry pie.
Mrs. Leon Brown, toast mistress,
in her inimitable manner intro
duced the guests who included Mes
dames Herman Bateman. H. D.
White. Duncan McMillen. Rufus
! McNess. Mildred Ostos. and Misses
J Ma? Gilbert and Carmela Ostos.
Following the meeting the Junior
Tuesday club through its charming
president. Miss Janet Caldwell, in
' vited the guests to a delightful tea
in the basement of the First
Christian church honoring the mem
bers of the Monterrey club.
At the tea table, with its lace
cloth, double service of silver and
gorgeous decorations of sweet peas
were Miss Janet Caldwell and Mrs.
Ted Lemburg who poured. Other
members of the club assisted in ex
tending hospitality to some one
hundred guests.
• • •
The Tuesday club entertained at
a reception Monday evening, the
first of a round of events which
ended on Tuesday night.
Invited to share in this event
were all the study clubs of Mission:
Delphia. Delta Study club, Magazine
club. P. E. O.. and the Junior Tues
day club, in addition to the indi
vidual guests of the members.
Among the out-of-town guests in
attendance were Mrs. Florence Scott
of Rio Grande City and her mother.
Mrs. Johnston. Miss Chapman of
McAllen. Mrs. B. H. King of Edin
burg. Mrs. E. C. Hazel of Atchison.
Kansas. Mrs. L. A. Smith of La Joya
and Mrs. E H. Bushey of Mayavine.
Six members of the Monterrey
club were present includin'? their
president. Mrs. Herman Bateman;
their vice-president, Mrs. H. D.
White, who is also their program
chairman: Mrs. Rufus McNess, par
liamentarian and Mrs Dur.can Mc
Millen, Mrs. Mildred Ostos and Miss
May Gilbert.
• • •
The George Washington theme
was carried out in the table tlcco
i rations, centerpiece, and dessert at
the regular meet mg of the Business
and Professional Women at th* ir
luncheon at the Mission hotel Tues
day.
Mrs. H. P Peterson was in charge
of the program and introduced
Rev. C. D. Peake, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, who spoke on
“Citizenship and Naturalization for
Married Women". Mr Peake brought j
out many interesting facts con-1
cerning the steps which must be
taken by a woman who marnes an
alien before she may become a na
turalized citizen, as well as several
amusing laws of the ancients con
cerning the rights of women.
Little Miss Helen Miller, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Miller,
gave the leading. “America For
Me by Henry Van Dyke, followed
by a clever encore.
Miss Johnnie Lee Wilson was a
guest of the club. Members present
were: Mesdames H. P. Peterson.
Dennia Espy. Lloyd Gilmer and
Misses Sunnie Garison, Georgia
Holmes. Angie Stroud. Florella
Salter. Elisabeth Yoakum. Mamie
Rome. Ruth Spencer. Ruth Urban,
Wilmuth Morgan and Wilma Burk.
• • •
Mrs. C. D Eppright invited a few
friends in Wednesday night tor
bridge, the occasion being Dr. Epp
right's birthday.
The guests included: Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Yates. Mr. and Mrs.
James Lockhart. Mr: and Mrs. T.
R Card. Mrs. S. Hardin and Mrs. M.
W. Boger. Miss Eugenia Eppright.
Cecil Eppright. the honoree and the
hostess joined in the Rames.
Mr. Card won the prize for high
est score.
• • •
One of the prettiest social events
of the week was given Wednesday
aiternoon by Mrs. C W. Van Aear
man and Mrs. C. B Amvs. jo nt
hostesses to eight tables of budge
at the home of Mrs. Amys a t922
St. Marie Ave.
The rooms were made gay with
a profusion of red roses with the
red and white colors being carried
out in the tallies.
Mrs. J. W. Kennedy of Spring
field. Mo., was the winner of high
score prize. Mrs. T. H. Armstrong
received (he prize for second high
score and low score prize went to
Mrs. Perry Wright.
Refreshments were served Id
Mesdames T. R. Burnett, A. JL
Whittlesey. W. A. Wolverton, John
Brannan. E. M. Goodwin, R. H.
Straw. James Lockhart. Nelson
Wimberley. O. K. Rumble, Haryr
Stewart. C. D Eppright, Chester
Crow. Perry Wright. George Matti
son. T. R Card. E D. Vawter. A. R.
Hanna. G. H. Butler. M. W. Tal
cott, E. P. Congdon. M. F. Arm
strong, T. H Armstrong. J. A. Gil
lett. A. C. McHenry. A. Boynton of
Edinburg. Roy Johnston. Slater and
Adams, all three of Ottumwa, la.,
M. W. Bormann, J. W. Kennedy
of Springfield. Mo., and Misses
Eugenia Eppright and Laura Wy
coff.
• • •
Mrs. Leo Marcell, worthy matron
of the Order of the Eastern Star in
Mission, and several members drove
to Donna Tuesday where they were
the guests of the Donna chapter of
the Eastern Star.
The Donna chapter, which w*as
organized by the Mission chapter in
1920 exemplified the degrees whtcn
was followed by a social period and
the serving of refreshments. One
of the interesting features of the
evening was the reading of the
minutes of the first meeting of the
Donna chapter when the Mission
women organized it.
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