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Rusty Handcuffs Clue in Series of Kidnaping9 Robberies and Murders
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FIVE MEN AND
TWO WOMEN IN
POUCEPROBE
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. (JP)—A pair
©f rusty handcuffs became the Jink
with which police strove today to
fasten the guilt of the O’Connell
kidnaping on a gang of seven seiz
ed yesterday in one of the most
striking coups in recent years.
Seven Arrested
With the arrest of five men and
two women, the police said they
had solved or were nearing solu
tion of five murders, four bank
robberies and the kidnaping of John
J. O’Connell, Jr., young member of
a family powerful in Albany poli
tics.
O’Connell came here last night
and looked at the five men. Two of
them, Anthony Reino and Leonard
Scamici, seemed to him to resem
ble the men who abducted him.
“But I can’t be positive,” raid
O’Connell. “I never got another
chance to look at them. And this is
a very serious charge.”
He was certain, however, that
handcuffs found in an apartment
where part of the gang was seized
were the ones that had been used
to bind him. Tell-tale patches of
rust and tiny nicks in the metal
enabled him to identify them, he
said.
Lindy Case Enters
Although police are questioning
the gang about the Lindbergh case
as well as the O’Conner kidnaping,
they decided to concentrate for the
time being on the bank robberies.
Three of these occurred in New
York City, and one in Rensellaer,
where a detective was killed.
Reino and Scarnici were charged
with robbery and homicide; Philip
Zeigler, Charles Herzog and Fred
Plentl were accused of robbery.
Eleanor Scarnici, wife of Scarnici,
md Emma Russo, described as the
wife of Reino, were charged with
acting in concert.
Land taxes in the Dutch East In
Ues may be paid in rice.
Vet Administrator
Will Be Center Of
Convention Fight
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (JP)—
A quiet drive among some groups
of American War veterans for re
moval of Prank T. Hines, veterans
administrator, will culminate at the
national convention of the Ameri
can Legion in Chicago, Oct. 2 to 5.
A survey of the actions of state
legion conventions, preparatory to
RUMAGGI OVER
FLOOD FORCES
SAN BENITO, Sept. 21.— Lt. L.
J. Rumaggi of Galveston is now
in charge of flood fighting forces
in the Valley and is maintaining
headquarters with the Interna
tional Boundary Commission in the
federal building.
Maj. Hill Carruth, assistant U.
S. Army division engineer, New
Orleans, returned to his post early
this week and Maj. Edwin Marks,
U. S. Army district engineer, spent
I Wednesday in the Valley, again
returning to Galveston and leaving
Lieut. Rumaggi in charge.
oome i,d00 men were employed
at one time in patrolling levees
and otherwise engaging in obser
vation and protective work. The
first big rise was followed by a
smaller one which is still holding
the Rio Grande to bank full pro
portions in its lower reaches but
neither rise caused waters to break
out of bounds.
The flood fighting forces are
being financed with a $60,000 ap
propriation made when Valley
citizens sent an S.O.S. to Wash
ington in the face of impending
high water which local people had
no money to fight. Army engineers
were sent to take charge in the
emergency.
the national conclave, today disclos
ed the move against Hines as one
of major issues to be fought at the
Chicago convention, together with
a demand for restoration of veterans
benefits cut by the economy act.
The study of state convention ac
tions showed that the demand of
ex-service men for cash payment of
the bonus which reached a climax
with the nine to one favorable vote
at last year’s legion convention,
had largely abated.
Only five state conventions have
called for cash payment of the
bonus, an almost complete survey
showed, whereas nearly all have
favored in one form or another the
four point program advanced by
the legion’s national rehabilitation
committee for liberalizing the eco
nomy law.
Four state conventions have act
ed on resolutions calling for the re
moval of Hines, assuring its consid
eration at the national meeting.
Two of them asked his removal out
right, one adopted a resolution ask
ing for an investigation of his ad
ministration and the fourth voted
down the removal proposal.
Veteran opposition to Hines cen
ters on the accusation that Hines’
recmomendations were responsible
for what the veterans regard as the
“drastic” economy legislation.
Many Inoculated
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Sept. 21.—At San
Benito Tuesday people were still
coming in for their first typhoid
inoculations. A total of 376 “firsts”
for that day made the total num
ber of “firsts” 9392, and the total
number of second shots 3553, accord
ing to the report of Nurse Allwright.
Dr. W. C. Schley of Santa Rosa,
on a visit to department head
quarters Wednesday, reported ap
proximately 1,500 first typhoid inoc
ulations, 976 seconds, and 518 thirds.
He is assisted by Miss A. Pierson as
nurse.
HIGH TREASON
IS ISSUE IN
REICH BLAZE
LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 21. (JP)
: —Incendiarism in the German
Reichstag became a secondary issue
and high treason the primary point
today as the supreme court trial
of five men charged with setting
the fire last February got under
! way.
The court moved the phrase, “at
tempt forcibly to overthrow the
constitution,” in the foreground of
the indictments and put the charges
of incendiarism second.
This indicated that the whole
realm of communist activity in Ger
many will be investigated.
The defendants were brought in
to court shortly before nine o’
clock accompanied by two police
men. They were taken to the court
building under heavy police guard.
Every seat was taken as the trial
opened. When the red-robed judges
five of whom are the principal
judges, with one reserve, filed in
the German spectators and news
papermen raised their hands in the
Hitler salute, to which the judges
replied in like manner.
Decapitation has been recom
I mended as the penalty upon con
viction. The defendants are Marinus
Van Der Lubbe, 24-year-old brick
mason and alleged Dutch commun
ist; Ernest Torgler, 42, former com
munist party whip, and three Bul
garian -political refugees, Georgi
Dimitroff, Blagoi Popoff, and Was
sil Taneff.
Becomes Bishop
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21. (JP)—'The
Rev. Leo Hayes—“the barefoot boy
who wanted to be a big league ball
player”—becomes a bishop of the
Catholic church today.
His consecration takes place in
the presence of 541 priests and 25
bishops and archbishops in elabor
ate ceremonies in the city where he
grew up a son of a railroad man’s
i 13 children.
He was bom and raised on Pitts
I burgh’s West Side.
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Government to Buy
Pigs From Valley
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Sept. 21. — The
government will buy two carloads
of pigs and piggy sows from Cam
eron county farmers as a part of
the fresh pork reduction program
and a meeting of interested per
sons has been set for Friday night
in the office of County Agent Hen
ry Alsm'eyer.
Due to its remoteness from pro
cessing plants, the Valley has not
been able to participate in the
program which is similar to the
cotton reduction plan and will be
financed with a process tax.
A maximum of 5,922,000 pigs will
be purchased before end of the
emergency hog marketing period
Sept. 29, according to word from
Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the corn
hog production section. The ori
ginal maximum was four million
pigs.
Permits to ship pigs are granted
only to original owners by tele
gram or letter. Shipments must be
accompanied by such messages. The
increase in the maximum was au
thorized because of a shortage in
feed supplies.
Piggy sows weighing 240 pounds
upward and pigs weighing from 25
to 100 pounds are being bought.
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MISSISSIPPI’S FERTILIZER
BILL LOW
JACKSON, Miss. (IP}—The small
est fertilizer bill in 30 years was con
tracted by Mississippi farmers last
year, says the state department of
agriculture.
$3,500,000 IN
STORM DAMAGE
IS TABULATED
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION, Sept. 21.— Property
damage estimates already received
and tabulated by the Rio Grande
Valley Rehabilitation Corporation
total approximately $3,500,000, ac
cording to a preliminary report
from the offices of T. M. Melden,
chairman of the corporation’s dam
age survey committee.
Few Surveys Complete
Reports had been received late
Wednesday from seven Hidalgo
county irrigation districts, from
virtually all of the dry land sec
tion in northern and central Hi
dalgo county, and from 16 of the
35 cities and towns in Hidalgo,
Starr, Willacy and Cameron coun
ties.
Of the seven water district re
ports, only four were considered
complete. The 16 cities reporting
included Brownsville and Harlin
gen as the only larger cities with
surveys finished. San Benito is
about 75 per cent complete, Mc
Allen is partially complete, Mer
cedes has not yet reported and La
Feria has not filed its report.
Cameron County cities are report
lng to the Brownsville Chamber oi
Commerce, which in turn will send
tabulations to the Mission office of
the Valley-wide organization.
Brownsville damage was shown
to total $1,084,506 in reports to the
Mission office, exclusive of Port
Brown, for whose rehabilitation the
war department has appropriated
$171,000. The Harlingen total thus
far is $1,595,755 and is considered
virtually complete. No information
was available as to the San Benito
total to date. Among other larger
Valley cities, the following fig
ures were reported: Weslaco, $39,
948; Donna, $23,822; Raymondville,
$23,700; Pharr, $23,485; McAllen.
$21,216. All figures are subject to
revision upward.
Under Shary’s Direction
Donna irrigation district has re
ported the greatest property dam
age to date with a total of $17<f,165.
The Cameron-Hidalgo Water Dis
trict No. 9, including areas sur
rounding Mercedes and Weslaco,
thus far reported damage of $137,
376. The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
district has reported $82,239. There
are more CSan a score of water
districts yet to report.
The survey is Being made for the
purpose of showing the Washing
ton administration the needs of the
section and the actual amount of
damage sustained. The report ?s
being tabulated under direction of
Chairman Melden and John H.
Shary of Mission, member of the
state public works board. It had
been expected that the survey
would be complete by Wednesday
but no definite date has been set
i for its completion.
100,000 ARE \
AFFECTED BY
N.Y. STRIKES
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—C^P)—
Strikes involving about 100,000
workers were in progress in New
Fork City today and a walkout of
transit employes appeared a pos
sibility.
The American Federation of
Labor, through its affiliate in the
street transportation industry, pre
pared to seek a showdown between
A. F. of L. unionization of 30,000
workers and the company union
policy maintained at present.
Patrick J. Shea, official of the
Amalg&ted Association of Street $
Electric Railway employes and moS
tor coach operators, announced his|
union had organized men on sub
way, elevated, surface and bus lines.
He said his union would file a
request with the NRA asking a
plebiscite to determine whether the
men preferred company unions or
the A. F. of L. union. He said
failure of the companies to abide
by the result and recognize the
union chosen would bring strikes.
An animal hospital in London
contains every modem appliance
from electric sun baths to X-rays
and treats more than 1000 birds and
animals every month; the institu
tion cost $125,000.
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