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yOL. 53—No 227
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^ »f f T T T T T V «T» »j» T» T T T T T V
p. /?. i4sfe Strikers To Return To Jobs
/-■> /v <S> <-3i —
[MORS NEXT
FKP WILL BE
DECIDED SOON
ill Confer Tonight But
[oosevelt Plea Received
Without Comment
EMOBILIZATION IN
| CA. IS NEAR, BELIEF
IVI'K i'XRK. Sept. 21.— (UP)
L < • Kct>>* velt today asked
k tr\'..if strikers to return to
L-k i" a formal appeal.
Hfi formally approving the re
L >.i(»i;>itte(l to me by the
[ nuii ry for the cotton
L I want to express
. ere hope that all em
i>nit on strike will re
k and that all textile
•■r* will take back em
a. - > • discrimination," he
\ K M.sevflt's statement
m board's, which also
k>! r sM-ikers return to their
> „ filiation attempts.
IV \> INC ! (>.\. Sept. 21 (UP)
>... lent Roosevelt's re
l -to return to work
I without comment by
■i : >rman. strike chair
<iay. The union's ex
lutive c until expected to deter
i: •> ..ture course at a meet
It l» held tonight.
ATLANTA. Sept. 21.—(UP).
'Believing that President Roose
It's appeal to the strikers and
inufacturers would produce re
lf>. Adjutant General Lindley
unp forecast demobilisation of
e Georgia National Guard by
»r.dav. (Jov. Eugene Talmadge
id he believed the President's
peal portended a quick settle
■nr.
B> ARTHUR F. DEGRAVE
ited Pre*» Staff Correspondent
f.\<HlMiTON. Sept. 21.
c !t\ If mediation board last
Js: recommended a series of
udy the stretch-out,
. a^fs :n the industry
I .iiion leaders to call
on-wide .strike,
u.' i's report was made
i- at ; .e White House. It
- . .iitit-d bv a statement
r. csident Roosevelt in
xr<re:-sed the hope that
• a.: ..tion can be had be
* '. .t* uood will and un
ntnce which undoubtedly ex
in the industry as a whole."
Vanct> J. Gorman, national
' unled the report as
: • of management"
— :o tall off the walk
ad consulted with
•Jt ..- ... council of the tex
union.
*■' v.:» nonet J tne council oacis.
be ca tal. Immediately after
Nport had been made public,
{!a ..nt'erred %vith President
m iireen of the American
ntioa ,,t Labor. He was to
with the mediation board
believe the Winant board
pone * conscientious piece of
Gorman said, "but wheth
« constitutes the basis for
attributed to it by the sec
of labor it is not possible i
*wy of Labor Frances
wr>o. with Chairman John
«aw of the
ith President*
Park, expressed
he report offered a* !
i-i> for settlement o* •"*'
V - I
VTmant board recommenda-,
twere disclosed as Gorman'
ed the scope of the walk
id ordered iO.OOO dyers to
their jobs Monday. He1
tued to caU ,.ut an addi-j
HO.OoO unle>-; industry1
1 to arbitrate the strike this j
(examination of the Winant
\ >h<>u> that tr." i; ard met
fcne or the demands1
Jy■ . ^ I
■ anion leader iemanded: \
• ' . ithoot reduc-;
■» |>ay.
I impartial hoard to adjust
w:.L'es between the workers
the employers. I
wtnution of the United Tex
orkers.
n«nation of abuses under j
retch-out system.
board proposed:
»tion of an impartial board j
»rec ;!rotei-t labor rights
• ■" bargaining, and
; i'Tovislons of the textile
w .. 1 be known as the
e .a:,, rehiuoni board.
llli i'V uhe department of
1 and t ie federal trade ypm
of Vjtges and hour* id
Pdustrv.
wetivc bargaining continue
Koatinued uu page four)
Alagna Says
Crew Coached
Georg£ I. Alagna, second radio
, officer on the ill-fated liner Mor
ro Castle, testified yesterday that
the attorney for the maritime
company warned the members of
the crew to keep silence when
questioned by newspaper men as
to the fire. Alagna also quoted
him at the New York investiga
tion as saying. "You will all be
taken care of."
FIRMS AVOID.
REGISTRATION
OF SECURITIES
Pecora Says Many Taken
I From Market to Avoid
Their Registration
PF3 MOINES, la., Sept. 21.—
(UP).—The stock exchange com
mission will not attempt to pun
ish market traders for past sins,
Commissioner Ferdinand Pecora
said yesterday, but it will move
swit'tlv to prevent unethical prac
tices in the future.
Speaking before the convention
of the Iowa Farmers Union, Pe
cora, who won fame as counsel in
the senate stock market inquiry,
said that although the commission
would not adopt regulations which
would impair or hinder legitimate
bosiness. it would exercise its
power to prevent speculation
from attaining the "dizzy" heights
of 1929.
' It is not the purpose of the
exchange commission, of which I
have the honor and privilege to
be a member, to administer the
securities law in a spirit of vin
dictiveness because of past sins,"
Pecora said.
"There is not the slightest de
sire on our part to put a straight
jacket up the legitimate financing
of business enterprise. If experi
ence should prove that the pres
ent requirement for the registra
tion of securities are harsh, I feel
safe in asserting that th ecommis
sion will exert all the power it
possesses to remedy the situation.
"There must not be, however,
any deviation from the strict
principle of the Securities Act
that issuers of securities must tell
the, truth about their securities
before they shall be permitted to
offer them to the public.
Pecora said had the Securities
Act been in effect prior to 1929 (
he was certain that "the investing
public would have been saved a
loss of a billion dollars."
Many officers of corporations
opposed to registration of securi
ties, as demanded by the new
law, < t^e« <f-$thdf a wing thjim from
the hrarftet.-P*caife said.' \y *
)fiA'f<L%ho"»<jV£r, every faith
and* belief ttiat when 'stockholders
become aware of the true import
and significance of this conduct
of their officers and- directors,
they will, through the exercise of
their power as stockholders, deal
appropriately with those officers
and directors who oppose the reg
istration of their securities,with
the commission," he warned.
FROG SEASON OPENED
SEATTLE," Sept" 21. (UP)—
Washington's bullfrog season now
is open. The amphibians may be
taken by hunters (or fishermen?)
jn the Paget Sound counties of
Pierce, Thurston and Kin^. They
may be captured only." bfr
nae of hoaks and ijine*. limit
six a day. Fjias of-^lniost' any
description were saitf to be thie
best lure.
ALAGNA HEARD
AGAIN IN SHIP
BLAZE PROBE
|
Repeats Evidence of How
He Tried to Get SOS
Message Sent
SAYS ONE OFFICER
WAS 'WHIMPERING'
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
I United Pre»t Staff Correspondent
NKW YORK, Sept. 21.—(UP).
An apparent effort of the Ward
line to stifle revelations of in
efficiency aboard the company's
$5,500,000 luxury liner Morro
Castle when she burned at sea '■
with an appalling loss of life was
uncovered yesterday as federal I
investigators continued their in- i
quiry into the tragedy.
George I. Alagna, second radio
officer on the doomed vessel,
j told the inquiry board that Stan
' ley Wright, a Ward line attorney,
coached members of the Morro
Castle's crew immediately after
the disaster.
j Wright came aboard tne coast
j guard cutter Tampa as it was
bringing rescued members of the
crew into New York.
"He told the men," Alagna
testified, "that the United States
district attorney and newspaper
reporters would be coming aboard
the Tampa at Staten Island. He
warned them to say nothing."
" 'Anything you say will be
used against you'," Alagna quot
ed Wright as saying. " 'I advise
you to say nothing- You will all
be taken care of'."
Wright assured the crew that
the disaster was entirely an act
of God," Alagna testified.
Alagna, considered one of the
star witnesses of the inquiry be-;
cause of his familiarity with con-t
ditions on the bridge of the Mor
10 Castle and in the radio room,
j was bitter in his denunciation of
J Captain William Warms.
He said Warms appeared to j
have lost his head completely \
during the disaster. He described i
the acting captain as a "murder-1
er" and a "madman."
The witness' voice vibrated (
with intensity as he lived again1
: the awful hours when he raced
j to and fro through flame and j
smoke in a vain effort to get au- [
thorization from Warms to send j
out an "SOS." j
"Warms was so obsessed by "
terror that he didn't seem to re-11
member the ship's radio equip-, 1
ment," Alagna said. L
Alagna contradicted the testi- i
mony of earlier witnesses. He ]
said Chief Engineer Eben Abbott 1
was on the bridge with Warms,
who had assumed command of ,
the Morro Castle a few hours j,
earlier when Captain Wilmott1
dropped dead of heart disease. I{
| Abbott was in full dress uni-11
! form "as if he were going to the
captain's ball," Alagna said. He
was whimpering, "what shall we
do! What shall we do!"
After he had left the stand it
was revealed Alagna was dis
charged by the Ward line July
23 after he had had trouble with }
the Mocro Castle's commander. .
He was reinstated, however. |
when a strike was threatened and I
sailed with the Morro Castle on
her last fateful voyage to Ha
vanna.
Warms and Chief Radio Opera
tor George Rogers, the man who
finally sent out the SOS, will be
recalled to testify todav to an
swer Alagna's accusations.
SOIL EROSION MEN
REPORT ON COUNTY |
HIGH POINT, Sept. 21.—The
report of W. D. Lee, soil special
ist of the soil erosion service of
the department of interior show.?
that a large amount of land in
Henderson county has been lost
because of excessive erosion.
Out of a total area in the coun
ty of 234,240 acres, about half
of which is in forest land, 21,109
acres are reported seriously erod
ed, and 8,920 acres abandoned;
11,020 acr?s are less severely
eroded and 16,100 acres are erod
ed to only a slight degree. The
section most damaged by erosion
! is the French Broad valley.
STORM OFF COAST
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (UP). I
The weather bureau today re-!
ported a tropical' disturbance of
small' diameter and probably of
trtine* intensity h. centered , 625
jmiljes east of Jacksonville. and
moving north northwestward. J
Again He'll Try
Hop to Warsaw
Undaunted by his plane disaster'
it sea in 19o2, Stanley F Haus
ler, Detroit Polish-American fly
;r, is ready, as shown here at De
troit airport, to start again on a
ion-stop hop to Warsaw. Haus
ler, forced down on his previous
attempt, floated on iiis piane for
?i>;ht <lays before being rescued
>ff.the Portugal coa.;t.
ROB NEW YORK
BANK TODAY
$50,621 Taken From
Branch of Corn Exchange
Bank & Trust Co.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—(UP).
—Three bandits robbed the Corn
Exchange Bank & Trust company
)ranch of $50,G21 after slugging
t nightwatchman and manacling
line employees as they reported
'or work.
Police said the bandits, who es
:apea in an automobile, clam
ored over several roofs before
entering the bank through a sky
ight.
India Missionary
To Speak Sunday
At Tracey Grove at 11 A.
M.; in City 2:30 P. M.
Miss Mavv Greene, returned
Missionary to India, is to speak
at the Wesleyan Methodist church
in this city Sunday, Sept. 23, at
2*:30 p. m., the pastor, Rev. M. R.
IJarvey stated today.
Miss Greene has spent many
years in India and is declared
to be among the most interesting
leakers of her fellow mission
aries.
, The public is cordially invited
to hear Miss Greene. A free-will
c^Fering will be taken for mis
sions immediately following the
address.
-jMiss Green will speak at the
morning service at Bethel Wes
leyan Methodist church at Tracey
tirove at 11 a. m. Sunday, the
pastor, Rev. Lorenzo A. Harvey,
announced today.
Rethel Wesleyan church is lo
cated two and one-half miles off
the Chimney Rock road, each, and
in the Tracey Grove community.
REPUBLICANS
TO MEET SOON
Young People's Club and
Executive Group Will
Gather Next Week
'meeting of the Henderson
County Young" People's Republi
can club has been called for
Thursday, Sept. 27, 8:00 p .m., at
the courtroom in the city hall.
At this time the club will be re
organized, officers elected, and
plans made for active participa
tion of young; people of the party
in the campaign and election this
fall.
The young people are reported
as anxious to revive their club
activities, and party leaders hope
that every precinct in the county
will be represented at this meet
ing. While the meeting is pri
marily for the younger members
of the party, it was stated that;
all interest party members, re
gardless oi age, will be welcome.
Ladies are especially invited to
attend and to take part in the
business of the club.
Chairman Waldrop desires that
all members of the party's execu
tive committee of the county be
present at this meeting to lend
encouragement to the young peo
ple and particularly to lay plans
to coordinate the work of the
club with that of the regular
county organization.
NEGRO ELECTROCUTED
RALEIGH, Sept. 21.—(UP) —
George Keaton, Winston-Salem
negro convicted of slaying his
sweetheart, Annie Lee Thigpen,
was electrocuted at state prison
today.
5—THE ELEVEN LATER AMENDMENTS
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
This is the fifth of a series of six articles reviewing the history
and contents of the U. S. Constitution, in observance of "Consti
tution Week" and the 147th anniversary of the Constitution's
birth, Sept. 17, 1787.
B
ESIDES the Bill of Rights, the Constitution hag had only 11
— other amendments added to it in its 147 years of existence.
These amendments, with dates of their adoption and their ratifi
cation, are:
Amendment No. 11—Provides that the judicial power of the
United States shall not extend to suits by a citzen of one state
against another state, or by a foreigner against a state. (Adopted
by Congress March 15, 1794; ratified Jan. 8, 1798.)
Amendment No. 12—Provides for separate election of presi
dent and vice-president bv the electoral college. (Adopted Dec.
12, 1803; ratified Sept. 25, 1804.)
Amendment No. 13—Abolishes slavery. (Adopted Feb. 1, 1865;
ratified Dec. 18, 1865.)
Amendment No. 14—Extends citizenship to all persons bom or
naturalized in the United States, and forbids any state to "deprive
any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of
law." (Adopted June 10, 1866; ratified July 23, 1868.)
Amendment No. 15—Forbids discrimination "on account of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude." (Adopted Feb. 27,
1869; ratified March 30, 1870.)
Amendment No. 16—Gives Congress power to tax incomes.
(Adopted July 12, 1909; ratified Feb. 25, 1913).
Amendment No. 17—Provides for popular election of senators.
(Adopted May 16, 1912; ratified May 31, 1913.)
Amendment No. 18—Forbids the manufacture, sale, or trans
portation of intoxicating liquors. (Adopted Dec. 18, 1917; rati
fied Jan. 29, 1919; repealed by Amendment N9. 21.)
Amendment No. 19—Gives eqUal suffrage tQ men anid women.
(Adopted June 4, 1919; ratified Aug. 26, 1920*) ,
Amendment No. 20—Abolishes "lame duck" session® of Con
gress; provides for presidential succession; chffnges Inauguration
Day to Jan. 20. Adopted March 2, 1932; ratifief Jan. 24* 1933.)
Amendment No. 21—Repeals the 18th Amendment. ^Adopted
Feb. 20. 1933; ratified Dec. 5. 1933.) ,
^
*' . v y <1
NEXT: Proposed amendments.
633 JAPANESE, INCLUDING
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN, ARE
KILLED BY STORM AND TIDE
Tidal Wave Sweeps in From Pacific, Tokyo to Osaka
Feels Force of Devastating Wind
'
OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 21.—
(UP)—A typhoon and tidal wave
struck Osaka prefecture with ter
rific force today killing- 633,
mostly school children, trapped in
collapsing buildings.
More than two thousand were
injured. Property damage is esti
mated at 25,000,000 yen.
The storm, sweeping in from
the Pacific ocean leveled build
ings as if matchsticks, crumbling
walls of sch"bol buildings oyer
studying children and washing
scores of vpssels ashore.
TOKYO, Sept. 21.—(UP).—A
typhoon lashed Tokyo and
wrought havoc over a large area
of Central Japan today.
• The night express enroute from
Tokyo to Osaka was derailed and
lay on its side near Kyoto.
The entire area between Tokyo
and Osaka was swept by the full
force of the wind. Many-com
munications wires were down.
Aboard the wrecked train were
Osaka staff employes of the Nip
pon Dempo News agency, includ
ing Hidenosuke. Shiome, Osaka
Library Benefit
Bridge Scheme
Stirs Interest
Merchants Generous in
Giving Prizes; Heyward
Volume First Prize
Sponsors of the forthcoming
benefit bridge which the Public
Library board is planning to give
at the Woman's clubhouse in
Druid Hills, Wednesday after
noon, Sept. 26, said today that the
benefit is awakeninjr keen inter
est on the part of Hendersonville
women- This entertainment is for
the specific purpose of raising
funds for the renewal of nflaga
zine subscriptions and the pur
chase of new booka.
Many of the town women con
sider it a civic duty to co-oparate
with the board in this worthwhile
project, and a number of tables
have already been made up for
play. _
The merchants who have been
solicited for prizes have been
most generous in their responses.
Mr. DuBose Heyward is in Hol
lywood doing the dialogoe for the
movie version of "The Good
Earth,'' but Mrs. Hayward has
most graciously sent a copy of
his latest novel, with a. cordial
note in which she writes, "But I
know "that he (Mr. Heyward)
would want very much t<7 send
the book for the library > b^enefit»
So I am mailing you a coAyy of
'Peter Ashley' in his namev U . I
do hope the benefit will be a huge
success.'* Needless to say, thib de
lightful novel of those tense four
months in Charleston just preced
ing the Civil war will be used as
the first prize at the benefit bj;i4ge
on September 26. ' .
ENJOYED AIR NUPTIALS
OAKLAND, Sept. 21. (UP)—
Seven male passengers on a three
mile a minute United air liner,
which played the part of the hon
eymoon express, think aerial wed
dings are a great' success—-for
they kissed the bride. High in the
air during a San Ftanciaco-Los
Angeles flight, A. H. Jasp*r and
Sarah Mulkey exchanged their
marriage vows. When they board
ed the plane they brought tl*e min
ister, Rev. Jas. B. Orr and a fly
ing bridesmaid and best.manTThe
seven passengers had no inkling
that, they were to be witnesses un
til the couple stood up in the aisle
and the minister married them.
SHOT IN STRIKE'RIOT
HUNTINGTON, Pa., Sept. 21.
(UP).—One man was -shot and
four others injured .in.',a textile'
strike riot. Fifteen state troop
ers despatched by Governor Gil
ford Pinchot restored order.
FLYER AND WOMAN DIE
LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Sept.
21.—(UP).—Jonn .Horton, Lake
Tahoe resort owner, and an uni
dentified woman were burned to
death last night when a plane
Horton was flying crashed. an
attempted landing at . BiJou, a
small village at the southern end
of the lake, \ i
I manager,
A bi-oadcastinjf station at Nag
| oya w*s wrecked.
Many small vessels foundered.
Hundreds of others scurried into
harbors.
! The.'ij> center of the typhoon
turned eastward, so that Tokyo
did not receive the full force of
the hurricane.
The stock exchanges at Osaka
and Kyoto suspended their ses
sions shortly after noon because
of the typhoon.
All wire communications west
of Osaka were disrupted. Kadio
stations operated only under the
greatest difficulties.
At Osaka the famous five-story
Tennoji Pagoda, a showplace of
the Orient, was wrecked. The
municipal office in Kamikyo ward
collapsed.
Fire in Kyoto, fanned by the
gale, destroyed the Ryoyo Middle
school. Many American tourists
watched the flames.
At Okazaki, an industrial hall
collapsed. • ...
SmaJl frame buildings were un
roofed at Yokohama.
District Masons j
Will Meet Next
Week In Brevard
BREVARD, Sept. 21. (Special)
Dunn's Rock Masonic lodge of
Brevard will be host to the 100
or more delegates and visitors ex
pected to attend the meeting of
the 38th Masonic district, which
will convene in the lodge hall here
Friday, Sept. 28,. in an afternoon
and evening session. The after
noon session will begin at 3:30
o'clock, and the evenining session
at 8 o^clodc. Supper will be served
at 7 o'clock by members of the
local chapter Eastern Star.
Large representations are ex
pected from the five lodges of the
district, which includes: Kedron
lodge, 'Hendersonvilie; Skyuka
lodge, Tryon; Dunn's Rock lodge,
Brevard; Mill Springs lodge, and
Saluda lodge, Saluda.
Visitors wiU include Grand
Master Roy Ebbs, of Asheville;
Grand Secretary John H. Ander
son, of Raleigh; District Deputy
Grand Master G. E. Bell, of Try
on, and others prominent in the
district work.
At the afternoon session first
degree will be cnoferred by Dis
trict Deputy G. E. Bell on the
candidate from Kedron lodge.
Second degree wiH be conferred
at the evening session by Dunn's
Rock lodge on the candidate from
the local lodge.
GOLD CERTIFICATE
WITHDRAWAL LEAD
TO KIDNAP ARREST
NEW YORK, Sept. 2t—(UP)
President Roosevelt's order with
drawing all gold certificates from1
circulation led to the arrest of
Bernard Hauptmann as the. man
who received $_50;000 in ransom
money in the Lindbergh kidnap
ing.
^ Hauptmann, police saM, pre
rnted a $10 gold certificate to a
ronx filling station operator in
" payment for gasoline. The filling
station man, having read of the
Roosevelt order, became . suspi
cious when he .was given the gold
certificate and took down the li-J
cense number of the car. When
police were notified and discov
ered that the, money was part of
the ransom, tiauptmann was ar
rested.
LINDBERGH DISPLAYS
BUT LITTLE INTEREST
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 21.
(TVP).—Colonei Charles A. Lind
bergh showed' little interest yes
terday when notified of the arrest
of a suspect in the kidnap-murder
of His first son, the United Press
was Sold at .the home of Mrs. Au
drey \ Morgan,, a sister of Mrs.
Lindbergh. . ;' . , .
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh are in
seclusion .here after an overland
flight fry>m St. Louis, Mo., in their
new airplane. .
The peraon Who answered the
f telephone at the Morgan home
' would not give his name but said
he had been the first to notify
CoL Lindbergh. "Colonei Lind
bergh did not seem much inter*
Rested when I told him," he said.
KIDNAPING AND
MURDER MADE
LATERJARGE
Will Be Extradited to New
Jersey for Trial Mon
day, Is Indication
FIRM IN DEMAL OF
LINDBERGH AFFAIR
NEW YORK. Sept. 21. (UP).
Bruno Hauptmann wu held with
out bond today after arraignment
on an extortion charge In the
Lindbergh case. The United Pre**
learned Hauptmann will be extra
dited to Now Jersey next Mon
day to face kidnaping and mur
der charges.
KAMENZ, Saxony, Sept. 21.—
(UP).—Authorities here today
said Hauptmann escaped from
prison here in 1923 while serving
a theft term.
They described Hauptmann as
"sly and clover."
TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 21.—
(UP). — Extradition of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann from New
York to New Jersey was asked to
day by Gov. A. Harry Moore, in
a warrant charging Hauptmann
with the murder of the Lindbergh
baby.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—(UP)
Bruno Riehard Hauptmann, stolid
thin-lipped German ex-convict to
day stubbornly resisted the com
bined. efforts of police and federal
agents to link him with the kid
naping and murder of Charles A.
Lindbergh, Jr.
Weary, pale and weeding,
Hauptmann refused to yield when
oflkerajEonfrogtfid him with posi
tive proof that $(3,750 of tlw
$50,000 Lindbergh ransom money
wag in, ms possession.
He also was unyielding us he
was battered with questions about
an imposing array of circum
stances designed to connect him
with the actual kidnaping.
After Hauptmann denied that
he knowingly ' possess ad the
money and that he ever visited
the vicinity of the Lindbergh New
Jersey home.ifrora which the baby
wag abducted March 1, 1932, of
ficers said they were convinced
that Hauftftia&n was directly in
volved In the planning and execu
tion of the century's most sensa
tional crime. ' ! '
New York police revealed last
night' that they have obtained
strong circumstantial evidence
that Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
35-year-old German who is under
arrest, was the man who kidnaped
the infant son of Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh two and a
half years ago . in New Jersoy.
Hauptmarin, whose Bronx gar
age contained $13,750 of the
$50,000 ransom money paid to a
mysterious stranger in a Bronx
cemetery ten days after Che kid
naping, oncc was employed in the
viciftity of the Hopewell, N. J.,
home from which the Lindbergh
child was abducted.
He admitted, according to Po
lice Commissioner Jno. F. O'Ryan,
that Jie had access to the lumber
yard, where the boards used in
constructing the famous kidnap
ladder yrttt obtained. The ladder,
a two-piece affair, obviously was
built by an expert carpenter.
\ Hauptmann admitted he had
been employed as a carpenter.
Hauptmann, questioned relent
lessly since his arrest Tuesday,
when it was found that he had
one of the $20 gold certificates
that were included In the ransom
payment, persistently denied any
knowledge of the Lindbergh caw.
Commissioner O'Ryart, said that
the stories he tojd wouldn't hold
water, .
He admitted that he had not
: i Continued on pig* four)
Lutherans Plan
j Revival In City
Or. Schaeffer Will Speak
Nifhtly for Week
Grace Lutheran church fs plan
ning for a series of evangelistic
services, beginning Sunday morn
ing, September 30, and continu
ing through Sunday, morning, Oc
tober 7,. Beginning Sunday eve
ning services irili- be conducted
each . evening through Friday a£
7:45 p. m. , lt
• The speaker fqr these services
will be «ev. tf. Brest iSchaeffer,
D. D., former president of Lenoir
Rhyne college* at Hickory. Rev.
Schaeffer is a very able man and
is ^I'lpypwQ.tn this;community.
The local congregation feels es
pecially fortunate in securing Jura
for this .series of services.
The • people of this community
and general publican invited to
attend any and til the services.
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