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wwc (Etta glX.T«-Sj;vJ5»nt 61, NO. 140. 4 SIOUX CITY, IOWA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, PAGES HtZOI THEM OBNT8 TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK Irregularities Are Hinted in Tax Refunds TEXAS SOLON SEES HOOKUP WITH 6,0, JJarner Says Beneficiaries of Treasury Aided Republicans statement ss- pwritnr that corporations represented by approximately 20 Individual of $5,000 and to the republican campaign fund thin year have been paid over In tax In the last four wan made Sunday by Representative Garner, of the democratic leader. "That. there In a clone bond of sympathy between the corporation)! that have been granted tax refunds and the republican national organization Is Indicated In the recently publisher! Hut of contributor to the republican campaign fund," Garner "It may a mere added, "but I attach considerable significance to the fact that each of the 14 individual of $10,000 has been a beneficiary of the ex tremely liberal policy of the gtates treasury with respect to thi £.: UK- refunds, credits and abate THE WEATHER TEMPRRATITRBS a.

48 2 p. 9 a. 52 p. 0 a. Bit A p.

1 a. 5 P. 2 noon R2 p. 1 p. 7 p.

The maximum temperature Sunday 69 deftrten and the mini- nnm temperature was 43 decrees. The sun will rise at p. m. today and cet at 6:11 p. m.

THR roRKCAST Chicago. W) Jowa: Fair Monday and probably Tuesday, slightly warmer Monday In northeast portion and in east portion Tuesday. Sooth Dakota: Fair and somewhat warmer Monday. Tuesday party cloudy, warmer In extreme nortfi- esut portion. Nebraska: Fair Monday and probably Tuesday, little chance In tern perature.

Minnesota: Fair Monday and prob ably Trtesday. slightly warmer day and In extreme south portions Monday. NEWS SUMMARY DOMESTIC! Young man and baby girl killed in auto accident. Page 1. Mail of undetermined value Is stolen from plane.

Page 1. Daniel Guggenheim, eastern capitalist, claimed by death. Page 1 Officer of marine corps ends life after wounding his wife. Page 1 Five, persons lose lives after ship founders in ocean. Page I Democrats are slated to meet today In Syracuse, N.

Y. Page 2 Vessel with fruit cargo believed to have sunk; six perish. Page Fire destroys a warehouse In De Motnr.n. Page 7 Police of Nevada city holding two bank robber suspects. Page 7 Hearst raps officials for non-actloi In expulsion case.

Pace 10 WASHINGTON saw another "algdlflcan in of Robert icas, former Commissioner internal revenue, executive dlrec tor of the republican national com' mlttee. "It was this bureau over which Mr. Lucas presided," he said, "tha handled these refunds, credits am abatements which In recent years have averaged more than $100,000, 000 annually." Texan referred to his effort! at the last aesnlon to obtain an In vest (gallon of the treasury for "fall ure" to secure a court decision In the United States Steel corporation tax refund case, and added: "To what extent these contributor to the republican campaign fund have been the beneficiaries of thi hesitancy on the part of the treas ury to secure court derisions on al major claims could not be aacer talned without a thorough investigation." Garner said a "very incomplete" inquiry showed following to he some' of the contributors of $10.000 to the republican money and the amount of tax to corporations with which they were connected: Some Contributors "Harry F. Guggenheim, New York, director Utah Copper company, fundede $102,911 in 1928; director Braden Copper Mini company, refunded $107,844 In 1929. "Jeremiah Mllbank.

flew York, director Chase National bank, refunded $41,239 in director Met- ropolttan Life Insurance company, $32,012 in 1929 and $771.848 In 1930; son of Joseph Mllbank. whose estate was granted refund of $46,344 in 1929. "John N. Willys, Cleveland, president Willys-Overland company, which with its subsidiaries, received refunds aggregating $177,607 in 1930. "Herbert N.

Straus. New York, vice president and treasurer R. H. Macy which secured refund of $508,065 in 1927; partner In private bank of R. H.

Macy t. which was refunded $62,171 the same year. "William Nelson Cromwell. New York attorney, director American Waterworks and Electric company, brated by solon. FOREIGN Many Germans are scanning boo; written by noted 'fascist.

Pafe 1 Downfall of monarchy In Spain la probable. Page 10 IOWA At 84 years old, Fac PiO- still active merchant. Page HOUTH DAKOTA Ten ho.vs form 4-H club to take up study of Page 2 NEBRASKA Pair of turkeys will spend week Journeying to India. Page 2 MINNESOTA Couple wedded GO years ago to eel ebrale anniversary. Page 2 SPORTS Bill Terry wins major league bat Ing title.

Tage 8 Grove certain to start series or Macks. Page 9 Few upsets irt college grid circles over weekend. 1'age S. Sioux flty teams face strong on. this weekend.

Page 8. Klcken winner of feature speed here. Page S. Rookie pitcher enables Cards to beat Pittsburgh. S.

Ruth hurls Yanks to win over Red Sox, 9-3. Page 9. (Continued on Page 2.) President Hoover and Wife Visit Their Ailing Son Orange, President Hoover and a small party of guests drove to his mountain camp on Rapidan Sunday and found Herber Hoover. who resting there apparently making progress in re covering from a touch of tubercula infection. Mrs.

Hoover already was at tbi camp. She had driven down Satur day and found Herbert, gaining in weight since her last visit. It has been decided he will remain in tb mountains for several weeks mote after which future treatment wi be determined. president and gueats plan Pretty Betty Fox is Vigil in Attempt to Break Her 10(1 Flagpole Sitting Record 1 MAIL IS STOLEN FROM AN AIRPLANE Purloined Pouches Contained Letters of Undetermined Value "NOT INTERESTED" BKTTV BIDS FAREWELL TO CROWD AT START OF CONTEST (Betty would like to hear fr you. Give her a ring.

Her telephone number Is 8-3884.) ernoon. In, an endeavor to break her own flagpole sitting record of 100 bourn. If Ratty succeeds In her attempt to break her own record she will have to remain atop the pole, which more than feet above the Fourth street pavement, until some time after o'clock Thursday evening. Regardlesa of weather the plucky girl will stay on the top of the pole, perched on only a small board, with no back or foot sup- Kansas pouches of mail of undetermined value were stolen early this morning from Chicago-Kansas City National Air Transport plane at the municipal airport here. One of the pouches was registered.

The hags, consigned to Kansas City, were stolen about 1:45 a. while the plane, brought In by E. Matucha, Chicago pilot, was left unguarded momentarily In the transfer of other pounches by the three night employes of the airport. Postofflce workers who habitually I met Incoming plane had been I called to KalVfax airport, Kansas I City, to obtain a consignment from a matt ship tlieio Airport employes said they were (confident the thieves bad not used a (motor car, leading postofftce inspec- Itors to belief they escaped by I boat on the Missouri river, by which the landing field Is situated. Five or six persons whii had gath- ered to witness the arrival of cendlng a step ladder.

Betty clam- pu ine, were questioned, bered up the pole Sunday afternoon while crowds filled the Intersection James A. Reed Former Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, told Interviewers he was not Interested In again becoming a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency. The famous solon was photographed aboard the S. 8.

Bremen, on which he returned from Europe. BABY AND MAN FATALLY HURT IN GAR SPILL Matt AIR PROMOTER PASSES AWAY Daniel Guggenheim Succumbs to Heart Disease Accident Occurs Near Three Persons Injured (Special Dispatch to Journal.) LeMars, la. Two killed and three were Injured Sunday afternoon when the automobile; In which they were riding left highway three mites north of and overturned three times before hatting In a ditch. The dead are: KENNETH KINSEY, 20 years old, Marcus, la. BETTY JEAN MILLS.

2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mills, of Klngsley, la, The Injured persons are: Max Mills, 5-year-old brother of the dead baby, and Mr. and Mrs. Mills.

Klnsey, driver of the, automobile, was dead when he was extricated from beneath the debris by passing motorists. Death was caused by a fracture of the skull. Betty Jean died while being taken to the Sacred Heart hospital In LeMars. Her death was attributed' to a skull fracture and severe chest Injuries. Max Mills suffered cuts and es about the face, arms, neck and body.

He was tn aV dazed condition when brought to the hospital here for treatment. Mrs. was treated. at tha hospital for shock and body injuries. Mr.

MtUs suffered lei Guggenheim, copper magnate and! lf ht j'i A I VtakAw 4 contained tn two pouches consigned 10-year- hftlm and two cbJMrfD, breaking attempt at of the day or night, her telephone number is 8-ISS4. While atop a flagpole on a hotel In Pittsburgh, Betty received 40 long distance calls and the'startling total of 26,000 local telephone calls from encouraging her in her task. As blithely as though she was IB brightly colored When questioned by Jot'rtal reporter Sunday-'night as to how she was feeling, Betty remarked that she was In the of spirits, and confident she would break her own record. The stunt Is being sponsored by The Journal and the Eppley Hotels system. Of fnf'Cnl- naltl Sunday nlgHt- Wegat said be believed the stolen mall will prove to have been of small value.

He bases his opinion on the fact that the mall was for Sunday ellvery In Kansas City, These de- varies, he said, seldom contain pay oils or mail of much value, MARINE OFFICER KILLS HIMSELF Senators win season final from Philadelphia. Page it. sweep series with Cincinnati! Page 9. LOCAL Betty Fox begins her flagpole lit- Col. Richard Creecy Attempted to Slay His Wife First (fj Col.

Richard B. Creecy, of the marine, corps, committed suicide with a revolver Sunday In a fashionable Washington hotel after an apparent attempt to kill hit wife with a.hatrhet. Mrt. Creecy was found lying in a pool of blood between the twin of their hotel suite, with three deep ax wounds In the hack of her hcadl of Col. Creecy lay a few ting contest.

Page 1. More than 15,000 persons witness big air circus. Page 3. Five minor thefts are reported to police. Page 7.

Narcotic ring probe still on; probably file charges today. Page 7. Employes of two concerns here may sleep longer. Page 6. Youth ui urged to take leadership at laymen's meeting.

Page 10. Sloan, resident appointed head of churcli group. Page 5. feet away. She was taken to a hospital and blood transfusions were re- BIG BANK MEETING WILL OPEN TODAY Six Uekgstes Arrfre Cleveland for Hoover to Speak (ft that the eyes of the nation will be turned on them to learn their deliberations, 6.000 delegates arrived hers Sunday for the opening Monday of the American Bankers association convention.

The convention is considered one of the most important busings meetings held in this country since the stock market crash and start of biuUness depression. The delegates sorted to In an effort to save her life Police Sunday night had no motive for the tragedy. They apparently it had occurred nearly hours before the body of the marine officer and his wife were found. Sutelde Verdict Given A verdict of suicide was issued by Acting Coroner Joseph D. Rodger after an examination of Creecy'.

body. Rodzers said he believed deatl had been instantaneous, and that no Inquest was necessary. Police were puzzled as to why Mrs Creecy had been attacked with a while the officer took hi own life with a revolver. The couple had been married 2 years. Ueyt.

Col. Creticy was born ii Washington 41 years ago, He was commissioned in the marine corps in 1 901, and became a lieutenant colone in In he became for a Urn an assistant adjutant and Insptcto general In the marine corps. IJtut. Col. and Mrs.

Creecy ar rived in the United last week returning from a furlough from hi post of duty in Haiti. Bavarian Prince Expires; Death Is Due to Pneumonia 'talians Observe Grape Day; Much Wine Consumed Frasoatl. flowed rom fountains rich and red and rsgrant as Italy celebrated Sun- toy the "Feast day of the grape." From a designated fountain in the wine making towns like Frascatl, Orvieto, Monlefiascqne, Mhano. flowed frpm morning until night. Lines of persons equipped with goblets formed around It.

They could drink as much as they liked, but hey could not with decanters or bottles and take it away. In the big cities like Rome and Milan, wineshops were open all day, busily serving patrons. Sunday evening there were speeches, rendered less dry than usual by potions of the freely flowing wine. The speakers all lauded the glow- In? qualities of the grape, the bene- effects of the fluid. feast day of the grape and the unrestrained flow of the wine from the fountains Is a celebration centuries old.

The pagan Romans had it In their annual Bacchanalia. In middle sges, when the ambassadors of Spain or France their first visits to they caused to (low from fountains before their embassies all day long for benefit of citizenry. Some popes on their coronations offered similar treats to the Romans, The coronations of Innocent Clement were particularly famous In that regard. Leopold, of will be In session until Thursday Bavaria, field marshal of Germany to spend the nlgnt at bis mountai retreat, returning to the capita Monday morning. Mrs.

Hoover wi leave some time Monday for Indian apolls. where she will wttend Tuesday the national council of rlj scouts. She is honorary president ft the Mrs. Hoovrr v'll: join the president Thursday in Cleveland. Where he will address anjKtal convention of tbe American j- Bankers association.

I' night when their principal speaker 1 will be President Hoover. Two Directors of Schools for Deaf Killed in Car Spil Hays, John Jones, 70. Columbus, superin tendent of the Ohio. State School to tbe Deaf, and Warren abash, Ind, director of tbe ludl ana School for the Dear, were Sunday when Dr. Jones lost control of an automobile.

Mrs. Oscar PitUnger. of Indianapolis, another passenger in tbe car, suffered a fractured leg. Mrs. Jones and Mrs.

Pittinfer, superintendent of tbe Indiana school, other members' of the party motoring to Colorado Springs, were uninjured. GERMANS SCAN HITLER'S BOOK Noted Fascist Is Understood to Favor quest of Russia W) as the victory of Adolph Hitler's fascist party In the recent elections has not been followed by a specific descrlp- lon of the "third retch" he hopes creste on ruins of the present republic, many Germans are consulting Hitter's Fight," further light on party's alms. The book, known as "The German Fascist Bible," has done little to clear up Hitter's general statement of Internal political alms before the supreme court at Thursday On the subject of the fascist foreign policy, however, It Is specific enough to make the readers' hair stand on end. Fascist Germany's foreign policy Hitter boldly proclaims In the book will aim at nothing lew than thi conquest of Russia, which he de scribes as a vast territory of untok wealth, utterly demoralised by bo! shevlsm, awaiting someone to come in and really and govern. Cites Might of Sword Hitler does not try to justify this) policy of upnquest on ths ground making Russia safe for foreign capitalism or anything else recently believed endangered there- It I reason enough, be curtly states, tha Otnneny must widen her frontier or perish.

He says Germany cramped within her present bound aries, and without colonial Simply must have mere room. "Just as our forefathers did no get land we live on as a gil from heaven, but had to. tight for it, just so will the land which weans life for our people not come tbroug an act of grace, but only by th might of our victorious writes. Hitler seems amused at then mans who by peaceful nego, nations to regain Germany's boundaries. Iowa Youth Victim of Hunting Accidenl Davenport.

Arinm- 17, r.ct:U5jn*a'°y in tbe 'icst a rifle 'uy. Is Jn -rpUal in a nd'tion, ths victim of t' in tbiv vicinity. ind commander of the German army in the east during the earlier stages of the war. died ot pneu-j Three Persons Are monla at his home in Munich. He S4 years otd.

to Death The prince p'ayed an Importrnt in the ei'r'y Girra-n 'n and Po'and, loadinx Jerome. Manley that captv.rtd in of ths Boise flying service, "as even rumored tt ths girl passengers. Marjorie h-; might be kins of ro- Candee, IS, and a Miss Kennedy. jt He was an undo of tx-Crowr. were burned to ddfth in an airplane i avaria.

crajth here i in Plane Wreck "Only childishly naive minds entertain tbe thought that tbjs can accomplish tbe correction of tbe Versailles treaty by sneaking, beg ging methods," he writes. "Howeve tbe boundaries of mean abso many. ince Rupprecnt, of Bavaria. lately nothing to (fee. of Oer In those boundaries la safeguard (or pist nor strength tor future." Hitler believes fascist Qertpttfl in dtrecUeas (Coat mu Column iangsters Answer Policeman with Threat of Death threat of death ame to tight Sunday as gangland's nawer to a policeman who has been oo active for them tn Chicago's ewest war on crime.

The officer nek KraUmyer, revealed the threat to rapt. Michael Delaney, of the near nrth side district, and, at the same me, denied reports that he had een offered a $10,000 bribe. The Herald and Examiner Insisted, owever, that it had learned of such an offer to Policeman Kratzmyer nd of the officer's refusal. pa- er added that It had found the of- er was part of a $100,000 slush fund, xacted by underworld commanders rom their to combat the urrent (Intensive campaign against awlessness. Among the gangsters arrested re- by Kratzmyer have been Joe Bush, member of Detroit's purple ang, still suspected of sharing blame or tbe massacre of seven Moran gangsters on St.

Valentine day. 1929 iouts Chapman, alias John Fogarty reputedly successful "fixer;" and pair of suspected murderers, KraU- myer has seised several beer trucks his district and the evidence has been turned over to federal author! uss. Meanwhile be has been recelv ing numerous th rests to desist. Ths near north side district is tbe scene of the greatest current war fare Harry F. Guggenheim, ambassador to Cuba, and Mrs.

Robert W. Straus, were at the bedside. Another son, lot. Robert M. Guggenheim, United States army, left Immediately for New York from Washington.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Temple Bmanu-EI. Long known for philanthropy and his prominence in the industrial world, Mr. Guggenheim gained his greatest public notice by virtue of rifts to aviation totaling $5,000,000.

1928 he founded the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics, with initial gifts of 11,500,000. He gave over thousands to universities and to aeronautical societies. Sponsored Cindy's Tour Mr. Guggenheim's aviation enterprises, which Included sponsorship of Col. Charles A.

Lindbergh's mile tour of the United States after his New Tork-Parls flight, and the countrywide tour of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's north pole plane, were based on a desire to help aviation, not gain from It When the Daniel Guggenheim fund was permitted to pass out of existence this year because the objects for which It was created were considered attained, Mr. said was thrilled by the thought of having helped make aviation safe One of Its most notable achievements was a safety contest in which many planes took part. He gave $800,008 to New York unl. verslty for an air school in He fostered ths first aeronautical engineering school in the south helped establish the airship institute at Akron in 1929.

He gave some $908,000 to American schools for the between rival Formerly! promotion of aviation. dominated by the Moran mob, It lately has been invaded by Capone men jnder the supervision of Teddy Newberry. TO ACTIONS FURTHER Committee WUI Meet in CU- cago Todsy to Continue of Wheat Deals house committee on soivet propaganda, beaded by Representative Hamilton Fish, republican, of New York, will meet Helped Rocket Experiment Mr. Guggenheim's interest in al things pertaining to man's conques of the air never ceased. Last sum mer It became known he was aldlnj the work of Prof.

Robert H. God dard, of Clark university, In big ex pertinents with rockets designed to pierce the upper atmosphere to gath er scientific data. Before retirement be was tbe pre siding genius In some of the. largest business enterprises, notably tbe American Smelting and Refining company, one of tbe large producers of Boro tn was one of Monday to continue brothers who remained togetb investigation into wheat traMdc- tlons by the Russian government la United States. PtesMeat John A.

Bunneli, of the trade, and Joseph W. Ba- cha.lrinan of board's have iavfted to appear, fcsavy ajurt ot wheat by Russia. 09 tha Chicago ntariut are considered to con trol about baU the tapper mines aad smelters of ths world. a dMBoraUsinc Influence on market Forty Jailed After Fight with Berlin lartiB. cooioju- Sunday aftsr elajUlBf with wbils paradtla front torsoar kaisar.

Ths was broken up. Daniel Quggeauelnt tbe guid geolvs In creation of some of tM largspt to Uuhto tory of this country, among them AJBMteaa was a company thropiat and deeply Interested, in avtotloa. Evidencing kit the rnssthjiittfn of highway, landing- In a djtefc nearby. MUnneaotan Taking Part Bank Robbery in Dakota St. Paul, Walter Diet, rich, years old, of Swanvllle, was arrested there Sunday nd lodged in the county jail hers a charge of bank robbery.

Operatives of the Minnesota state ureau of criminal apprehension said bad confessed to participating In he holdup of a bank at Harriaburg, S. September 12, when three men btalned (1.500. Dietrich waived extradition and will be turned over to Can ton 8. uthoritles Monday. Two men already Tiave been convicted and sentenced In South' Da- ota for the Harrlsburg robbery.

'hey are Leslie Charter and Earl Davis, who at Omaha, Neb. Harry Dietrich, a brother of Wai. er, was arrested at Swanvllle last weak by state agents and charged with robbery In connection with the holdup of the State bank at Verdi. September 4, whan three men obtained $1.064. He hu confessed, the agents said, and has agreed to plead guilty In district court at Ivanhoe, Tuesday, according to Qtn.

W. F. Rhlnow, head of the state bureau. Qen. Rhtnow said he was positive Charter and Davis the Verdi robbery.

King of Albania Reported to Be Close to Death Zagreb. The rana correspondent of the newspaper Utarni List reported Sunday that Zogu, Albania, was) known' to be fatally ill, although official denials of his sickness had been issued. The correspondent learned the had only a very short Uma to live and proaptct of his death was causing un. easiness in Albanian official cirebsv Meanwhile the were said be strengthening the military administrative German Africa's Glider Endurance Record Slmlra. N.

flat jtrong wuui sinco MtiaMl cUdfr contest opened here a vaak asp helped WoU Hlrth, at to exceed the American ord Sunday by remaining in hours The old rocort was tmuw ftUatK nf Mother.