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MORNING NEWS TELEPHONE 5351 ALL DEPARTMENTS VOL. 104--NO. 106 COMMERCE BODY STUDY RAILWAY MERGER PROPOSAL Traffic Manager of Chamber Hits Prince Consolidation Scheme Vould Reduce Favorable Position Wilmington Occupies Because of Competition The proposed railroad reorganization which would leave Wilmington rith only one major line will be made subject of a study by the Chamof Commerce, said I. B. Finkelpresident of the chamber, last zanwhile, Philip F.

Guerke, traffic pager of the chamber, voiced ung opposition to the Prince conlidation plan and declared he beeves 1 a majority of the traffic men a Wilmington are against the proposal, which he said would mean virtual disbandment of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Reading rights of through here. way, plan would eliminate almost entirely--at least from WilmingtonBaltimore and Ohio and the Reading Railroads. They would be merged in one new Eastern system built around the Pennsylvania Railroad. Frederick H. Prince, multi-millionaire banker and heavy railroad stockholder, sponsored the plan.

Joseph B. Eastman, Federal railroad coordinator, is reported considering it, The plan would reduce Wilmington's favorable position with two competing railroads, Mr. Guerke asserted. Where would we be, he asked, if the single remaining road should try to dictate to us, or if it were more favorably disposed towards some other city? Mr. Guerke will probably conduct the chamber's survey.

"In my opinion," he said, "the Prince plan will never be put into effect unless the Federal Government takes over operation of the railroads." The fact that hundreds of railroad workers would lose their jobs if the plan were put into effect would be disasterous to the recovery program, he added. That there would be any reduction in employment in Wilmington was denied by a high railroad official here, said he could not be quoted directly. The Edge Moor shops, he said, would be greatly expanded, with the result that a large number of additional men would be employed there. The Prince plan, he pointed out, envisages dismantling the Reading Railway shops at Reading which probably would mean much cf the work done at these shops would be done at Wilmington. He said the Baltimore Ohio line would continue to be operated, though under management of the Pennsylvania, and denied that the plan would mean virtual dismantelment of the Saltimore and Ohio.

In addition, the same man pointed but, much of the shop work on Baltimore and Ohio trains operating tween. Baltimore and York also probably would be done at the Edge Moor shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The plan calls for discontinuation of the Baltimore and Ohio as such between Baltimore and New York. This, the official said, simply means Pennsylvania would operate the thoroughfare and that most of the (Continued On Page Nine) The Weather The Weather Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania: cloudy slightly colder Wednesday; cloudy followed by rain. LOCAL WEATHER LOCAL WEATHER 3.00 a.

m. .....53 5.00 p. m. .30 p. m.

.....73 Midnight Laximum 75 Minimum LENGTH OF TODAY Jun frises, 6.29 a. sets, 4.58 p. HIGH TIDES TODAY A. M. Lewes 7.36 Kitt's Hammock 9.21 Bomb Hook 10.01 Port Penn 9.13 Mouth of Christiana .10.38 Wilmington ...........10.43 Weather Conditions Eastern and Thursday .....70 ......62 .....44 p.

m. P. M. 7.57 9.27 10.17 10.15 11.00 11.05 General weather conditions at 8 m. (Easter time) last night, reported by the United States Weather Bureau at Philadelphia: Temp.

RainPlace. 8 p. m. high fall Weather libany, N. 58 66 Clear stianta, Ga.

66 72 Cloudy Atlantic City. N. 68 74 Clear Bismark. N. 50 64 Cloudy Boston, Mass.

60 66 Clear Buffalo N. 56 58 Cloudy Chicago, Ill. 70 78 Clear Nevsland. O. 70 70 Clear Denver, Col.

70 76 PI.CI dy Detroit, Mich. 78 Clear tastport, Me. 46 48 Cloudy Galveston, Tex, 74 76 Cloudy farrisburg. 68 76 Pt. Cr dy latteras, 74 Clear ndianapolis, Ind.

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Me. 50 56 Clear ortland, Ore. 56 60 T. Cloudy Louis, 82 Clear in Francisco. 64 .04 Clear sIt Lake City, 62 .58 Rain impa.

Fla. 8G Ciear tranton. Pa. 74 Pt. dy avannah, Ga.

74 Cloudy lashington, D. 78 Clear Wilmington WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, Heiress Travels Incognito To Avoid Cranks, Kidnapers Doris Duke Flees San $50,000.000 Girl Hides Her Identity Francisco By Plane When Her Identity Becomes Known SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 (AP)Doris Duke, 20-year-old tobacco heiress who travels incognito to avoid and possible underworld plots, left here by airplane today when her identity became known. She had beer. sight-seeing and visiting about San Francisco four days.

The heiress to the $50,000,000 tobacco fortune left by her father James B. Duke, departed in a private plane for an unanuounced destination but airport attendants said the plane had clearance papers for Reno, identity was learned when interviewers sought Miss Duke and were turned back by Walker Patterson Inman, of Reno who was identified as half-brother of the" heiress. Besides Miss Duke and Inman, the party included Mr. and Mrs. K.

Russell. Fear Underworld Plots Indicating precautions were being taken to shield Miss Duke from any characters, said: dansean from underworld Everywhere we go it's the same. She gets to see a few of the sights, go out to dinner a few times then her identity becomes known and we have to rush off somewhere else." "What about gangsters and racketeers?" Inman wa. asked. "We have to watch." he said, smiling, "but that's the worst of it.

Cranks are the principal annoyance. Mail comes in by the bagful with all sorts of requests. Because she is supposed to have so much money. Questioned as to whether Miss Duke handled her own affairs or delegated them to others, Intan said: "Doris knows where every dollar of her money is and what it is doing. "Do you have much trouble keeping suitors someone queried.

"No; not so much. The average eligible suitor loesn't want to appear to be a fortune hunter." Inman said no photographing of Miss Duke was allowed because of the possibility of making her too easily identified. He said she had traveled considerably. It was said Miss Duke's visit to the Pacific Coast began with her coming to Reno recently to visit Inman. FORD TO GIVE DATA INSULL AGAIN WINS ON WAGES.

HOURS BATTLE AGAINST REQUIRED BY CODE U. S. EXTRADITION Figures For NRA to Be Supplied National Auto Chamber of Commerce Big Point of Compliance to Collective Bargaining 'With Employes Still Unsettled WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP)Henry Ford will supply code-required figures to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce by November 6 or 7. Establishment of this intention today raised definite expectation by Washington officials that his compliance with the code in all respects would be recorded before long.

The big point of compliance remaining to be settled was that of collective bargaining with employes. The issue is drawn squarely in the case of the Edgewater, N. Ford assembly plant strike, and Senator Wagner, chairman of the National Labor Board, told newsmen today that a determination was expected soon. Strikers have been heard by plant managers who referred the demands to Dearborn. Ford's answer, said Wagger, was "expected early this and the chairman was not disposed to press the issue until adequate time had been allowed.

Asked how much time should be allowed, he said "that will have to be decided later," observing also: "There comes a time when there is no longer any negotiating." Silent On Union Issues He refused to express his own opinion as to whether any genuine collective bargaining had taken place, saying the facts at Edgewater and in the parallel situation at Chester, "tell the whole story." Ford's intention to supply the wages and hours figures was announced by the NRA, and it was done without singling out the Dearborn (Continued On Page Nine) MRS. WOODROW WILSON TO END JEWELRY FIRM Will Liquidate Galt and 131- Year-Old Company WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP)Gait and 131-year-old jewelry firm of which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is sole owner, will start a "going out of business" sale tomorrow- a depression liquidation. Gone are the days when Galt's frequently handed as high as $200,000 worth of jewelry across the counter to regular customers who weren't even required to sign receipts.

No longer do Washington hosts give parties fifty or seventy-five guests with a $20 Galt gift as souvenir for each. Incomes from great estates aren't going into glittering diamonds to be worn at the next ball or reception. So complete has been the stoppage of this form of trade, on which Galt's has flourished since before the war of 1812. that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the World War President.

"wants to liquidate her William H. Wright, her store manlager, says. Mormg WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 19: EIGHTEEN PAGES WOMAN AND 2 MEN KIDNAP, BEAT AND ROB MILLIONAIRE Free Michigan Victim After Obtaining 000 Loot From Safe Federal Government Joins Hunt For Trio Described as 'Professional Abductors' MARSHALL, Oct. 31 (AP) -The Federal Government tonight joined the search for two and a woman who today kidnaped Louis men, E.

Brooks, millionaire manufacturer and social leader, beat him, forced him to open a safe in his office, and then released him after obtaining bonds, securities and jewelry valued at $48.000. D. E. Hall, a Department of Justice agent, arrived here from Detroit and conferred with Prosecutor William J. Kearney, James W.

Mackey, Brooks' attorney, and State and county officials. The estimate of the loot, considerably larger than that announced today by Mackey, came from Prosecutor Kearney tonight several hours after Brooks, beaten and bruised, had been found at his farm home near here. The said that 000 of the prosecutor, bonds and securities, while an estimated $12,000 consisted of jewelry, including a number of pieces long in the family. Those kidnaners were not said the prosecutor. They were professionals, and knew what they were after.

They told Brooks they had been watching him for a long time." First knowledge of the kidnaping came when Louis Waltz, night watchman at Brooks' rupture applian factory, was found by a janitor, bound and gagged. Waltz informed officials that the two men and a woman, with Brooks in custody, forced their way into the factory office shortly before daylight, and ordered Brooks to open the safe. The prosecutor said the manufacturer had been halted early Tuesday while en route to his home from Battle Creek, 20 miles away. Two men, he said, entered Brooks' car, handcuffed him and drove to the factory. During the drive Brooks was struck and beaten.

After binding the watchman and looting the safe, the men drove in Brooks' car to a point two miles south of Battle Creek. There they hid the keys to the car under a culvert, and fled. Brooks later recovered the keys and drove to his farm home nearby, where he called for medical aid, the prosecutor said. A left unexplained by the prosecutor was the presence of the woman, who was not mentioned in his description of the kidnaping and robbery. The watchman, however, said the woman was a member of the kidnap gang, and aided in binding him.

'HEAT WAVE' GRIPS CITY: MERCURY SOARS TO 75 2 All-Time Records For October 31 Believed Broken Here Two all-time heat records are believed to have been broken in this city and section yesterday. The maximum high record at the Porter Reservoir for the day was 75 This was several degrees above the previous record for the day established many years ago. It was also believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded here SO late in the season. The previous late-season record for Philadelphia and this vicinity was 77. reached on November 2, 1929.

Topcoats went back to the attic and light suits reappeared on the streets as the thermometer leaped upward from the 50s through the morning and gave the city one of the balmiest days in several weeks. The minimum at the Porter Reservoir was 44. At 8 o'clock the thermorneter reached 53; at 1.30 o'clock, it touched 73. At midnight it had dropped back to 62. cooler Weather predictions are slightly for today.

Actor to Undergo Operation HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 31 (AP)-Hoping to correct an injury received in the World War, Paul Lukas, Hungarian film actor, left the United Airport by Western Air express today for New York on his way to his native city of Budapest, where he will undergo a major operation in about ten days. 'Leaking Roof' Noted Singeme GANNA WALSKA ORMICK NEW YORK, Oct. (AP)--Told that the roof was leakin her Park avenue home, Mrs. Ina Walska McCormick, the singeturned from Paris on the Ile de ice today to see what could be debout it.

She insisted that whe only son for her visit, afa five years' absence, although said if there was anything she do for her former husband, Ha McCormick, Chicago farm implets manufacturer who recently named in a breach of promise she would do it. "I am by no me disillusioned," she said. "And I 1 not thought of another marriag It would be difficult, you know, And as nice a man another After seeing abothe repairs to her roof, she plans to go back to her Paris hi and the little theatre she operaten the Champs Elysees. She expects be here about ten days. WIGGIN REATED CANADIANIRMS TO EVADE U.S.

TAXES Admits Sling Stock Short Jist Eefore Wall Street (rash Borrowed luge Sums From Chase Bank: Tells Probers He Lost 5,19,697 By DON J. KIRKLEY (Associate Pres Staff Writer) WASHINGDN, Oct. 31 (AP)Huge loans th Chase National Bank to persoal empanies of Albert H. Wiggin, thn is head, for trading in the bak's stock, and creation by Wiggin of omanies in Canada to escape income takes were traced today before th Snate banking committee. Along with amiss of evidence showing these actins Ferdinand Pecora, committee consel, presented testimony and das disclosing that Wiggin's personal on.panies oaned to the bank's officer: and that he began selling the baik stock short just bebore the 1929 market crash.

Wiggin Clams $5,139,697 Loss Apparently inked ly Pecora's figures showing profits running into the millions from stock transactions, Wiggin interrupted the questioning of himself by the counsel today to read a prepared statement contending that net losses of his personal companies from stock accounts in which the Chase Securities Corporation participated from 1917 through 1933, aggregated $5,139,697. Pecora then brought out in ques(Continued On Page Nine) HUNDREDS PARADE STREETS IN CELEBRATING HALLOWE'EN Occasion Quiet Compared To Former Years As Younger Boys, Girls Run Wild In Downtown Section; Police Get Many Complaints The spirit of King Momus reigned last night as hundreds of children and many adults donned Hallowe'en costumes, and masks and paraded the down-town streets in groups. There was no formal march of the mummers, nor awarding of prizes, but the younger boys and girls staged an unofficial parade of their own along King street, from about Fifth to Tenth. There was a profusion of corn kernels, confetti and pop-corn tossed by the mummers, and plenty of racket from noise-makers of many descriptions. In numbers the Hallowe'en paraders were few compared with five years ago and before; but they ap- News The TODAY--Cloudy Tomorrow--Cloudy Weather- PRICE TWO CENTS $2,500,000 LOAN FROM SCHOOL FUND IS VOTED IN SENATE Bill Permits State to Bor- row From Board of Education Money to Finance Public Works Program; House Opposition Is Foreseen By a Staff Correspondent DOVER, Oct.

31-Authorization of a loan by the State of $2,500,000 from the funds of the State Board of Education for the purpose of financing a public works program to be adopted by the General Assembly is provided for in a bill introduced in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Van Sant. This proposed act is termed the most important measure that the Legislature will have to consider at the present special session because it is the bi.l that will, if adopted, provide the money necessary to carry out may de adopted for the the whatever public works program, that needy and to provide work for the unemployed throughout the Winter. Because of the importance of the act the Senate decided to have 200 copies of it printed for distribution although the Democratic members opposed this move. This is the administration's plan fur the financing of the works program. The Senate has already adopted a resolution placing itself on record as favoring such a loan from the school fund but this resolution at present is buried in committee in the House which body has never concurred in it.

has caused the behef here Democratic maThis, jority of the House will not accept the proposal. Expect Bill In House It is understood that when the Leg- islature reconvenes next Thursday there will be introduced in the House a bill to authorize a a a a a a loan of probably by the sale of bonds, for a public works program but that the work will have to be carried out under the provisions of the National Recovery Act which provision is not incorporated in the measure introduced today by Senator Van Sant. Under this proposed act the trustee of the school fund who is the State Treasurer is authorized to invest $2,500.000 of the school fund in the certificate of indebtedness authorized by this act. This certificate of indebtedness is to be issued over the signature of the Governor. the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer.

The loan would be made at 3 1-2 per cent interest, payable semiannually and the act that the interest charges are to be paid by the State Highway Department from revenues obtained same sources as supply the interest payments on highway and road bonds. The money when received is to be (Continued On Page Nine) MISS PERKINS WON'T BAR JOBS TO THOSE OVER 40 Value of Mature Judgment Cited By Labor Secretary WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP) -Forty or even fifty-year-old employes will not be barred from Secretary Perkins' service--she -ays she prefers them for many places. "From my point of view, the person over 40 or even over 50 is a more suitable and desirable employe for many posts than the person under 30," Miss Perkins told newspapermen today. She surmised that the Civil Service Commission, which is making 40 the age limit generally for taking examinations, probably has to have some means of cutting down its prodigious examination list.

She pronounced elimination of the more mature person from industry "not a sound economic policy, a very short-sighted policy." "In the person over 40, I find maturity of judgment and a willingness to modify the personality to meet the situation, that found in the young." she said. MERION SOCIETY WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN AUTO Authorities Say Death From Carbon Monoxide Fumes Accidental MERION, Oct. 31 (AP)-Mrs. Mrs. Bettina Crozier, socially prominent opera patroness and wife of a steel company head, was found dead tonight in the garage at the rear of her home.

She was about 35. Her husband, Richard J. Crozier, head of the company bearing his name, found her body in a car in the garage which was filled with carbon monoxide fumes. Montgomery county authorities said death was accidental. Mrs.

Crozier was the former Bettina Leighton, of Helena, and authorities said she was related to a former Montana governor. DRINKS EIGHTY OUNCES OF BEER IN 45 SECONDS Philadelphian Then Gulps Another Ten Ounces to Wash It Down WEST PALM BEACH, Oct. 31 (AP)-A local beer shop has a standing offer to give free eighty ounces of beer to anyone who will drink it in three minutes. A special 80-ounce stein is provided for the purpose. William Murray, of Philadelphia, didn't find out about the offer until he had consumed five 10-ounce mugs.

but that didn't bother him. It took him just 45 seconds--three watches confirmed it -to down the eighty ounces from the special And then he drank 10 mufiother ounces wash it down. WILLIAM COYNE, DU PONT OFFICIAL, DIES SUDDENLY Illness Is Fatal To Business Chief WILLIAM COYNE BRITISH GOLD PRICE DROP DOESN'T HALT U. S. BUYING PLANS Roosevelt Awaits Word, However, Action Won't Start Monetary War Domestic Rate Again Rises to New High at $32.12 An Ounce, $1.07 Above World By RICHARD L.

TURNER (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP)President Roosevelt and his advisors today watched the market run counter to the trend they expected to follow the announcement of his plans for buying gold abroad, and quietly prepared to begin making purchases at the earliest possible time. But before invading the foreign market they were anxious for word from London that the British government did not consider the President's approaching operation as unfriendly or an invitation to retaliatory measures such as would be likely to start a duel in foreign exchange. London had been assured that the gold buying both here and abroad was a policy dictated by the internal situation here and part of the President's campaign to increase prices and steady exchange rates. Washington wanted assurances, in return, that London would not strike back.

Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said today the government purchases of gold in foreign markets would be started as soon as the machinery was set up and he believed this would be completed in a short time. London Drop Unexpected A particular source of comment in pected circles, the London price of official today was an unexgold. Seven and one-half pence were knocked off the value of an ounce of the precious metal and it was quoted at 44 cents less than yesterday. It (Continued On Page Eighteen) JOSEPH SCHUNDER DIES FROM HEART ATTACK Secretary of Succumbs Board in of Assessment Hospital Joseph Schunder, 60 years old, of 705 West Twenty-second street, died in the Homeopathic Hospital this morning at 1.20 o'clock from heart trouble.

He had been a patient in the institution since October 13. For a number of years Mr. Schunder had been secretary of the Wilmington Board of Assessment. He is survived by his wife and several other relatives. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made.

Prior to accepting the position with the Board of Assessment about ten years ago he was a building contractor and resided at Sixth and Clayton streets. He was a Democrat in politics and succeeded the late Harrie T. Price on the board. SEES MAE WEST STYLES, RUM EVOLVING FAT RACE Dr. Fishbein Says Highball, 3 HardBoiled Eggs Equal OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct.

31 (APMae West styles and prohibition repeal likely would make Americans more corpulent race, says Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The Mae West renaissance and the cocktail will go hand in hand in adding pounds to the average American," he told the Oklahoma Clinical Conference here today. "The average highball is equet to three hardboiled eggs. A cocktail is equal 40 three slices of bread and butter and a bottle of beer is equivalent to a plate of ham and eggs." Death Follows Heart Attack At His Home After Illness of About Six Weeks Was One Of Leaders In Philanthropy And Welfare Work In State Of Delaware DORIS DUKE Greek Court Rules Utility Magnate Not Guilty of Fraudulent Intent Age and Ill Health Taken Into Consideration; Crowd in Courtroom Cheers Verdict ATHENS, Oct.

31 -Holding that Samuel Insull was guilty of no fraudulent intentions, the Appellate Court today refused for a second time the United States' request that the former Chicago utilities operator be returned to face charges of violating the bankruptcy laws. Informed by th. presiding judge that he was a free man, Insull smiled broadly and cordially thanked the Greek court, while his friends and the audience burst into applause. court's verdict pointed out that while possibly the letter of the law had been violated in financial acts attending the collapse of the Insull utilities empire, the decision to reject extradition was reached after full examination of the extradition treaty. Age, Ill Health Considered While declaring that the judges took into consideration Insull's age (He is 74) and ill health, the presiding judge said the verdict wE: rendered without prejudice.

The first petition to extradite Insull to Illinois in connection with the the breakdown of the utilities system was rejected last year. (A Washington dispatch said the State Department was determined not to give up the long fight and Dwight H. Green, district attorney in Chicago, indicated the prosecution of others indicted -Samuel Insull, Martin J. Insull, a brother, and others--would proceed.) judges, who have been s'tting privately since the last public hear-. (Continued On Page Nine) SIEGE GRIPS HOLY LAND IN ARAB 'WAR' ON JEWS Situation Tense as Moslems Tighten General Strike JERUSALEM, Oct 31 (AP)--The Holy Land was.

under a state of siege tonight as Arabs made no move to call off their general strike in protest against the increase in Jewish immigration. No violence occurred after snipers started firing at government offices intermittently throughout the evening. Police returned the fire, but there were no casualties to add to the thirty dead and 200 wounded in previous riots. What Moslem move is planned next is hidden in mysterious activities carried on in their cities within the larger centers. It was learned, however, that of late the sheiks have been speaking more moderately in the mosques.

Armored cars were rushed to Gaza where Arab demonstrations threatened. The streets of this holy city were strewn with nails early today, presumably by Arabs to hinder the transporting of government forces. civic due had of was a him him and William Coyne, 67 years old, a vicepresident of the duPont Company, worker and philanthropist, died suddenly at his home, 1809 Woodlawn avenue, last night of a heart attack to complications with which he suffered for the past six weeks. Although he had been under the care his physician, Mr. Coyne's death unexpected.

He had been out for short automobile ride during the afternoon and his physician visited early in the evening. Later he became ill and the physician was with when death ensued at 9.45 o'clock. Mr. Coyne, in addition to his large varied business interests. was deeply interested in welfare work and made many contributions to charitable institutions of various kinds.

Born in Indiana He was born July 14, 1866, at Caluin Porter county, Indiana. His wife died in 1922 and he is survived two sons, W. Carroll and Philip Coyne, both of this city. Prior to coming to this city, Mr. Coyne was employed in the traffic department of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company with headquarters Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.

In 1904 he came to this city and organized the traffic department of the duPont Company and also acted sales director while it was in a state of reorganization under General Coleman duPont. At the outbreak of the World War he was sent to Hopewell where he reorganized the traffic department at the works of the Smokeless Powder plant and continued there until the end Wil- of returned to mington and undertook administrative work in negotiations with foreign countries in connection with Colonel E. G. Buckner, at that time a vice president of the duPont Company. Erected Block of Tenement Houses In 1915 Mr.

Coyne erected a block of small tenement houses to rent at low. rentals at Heald, Davis and Thirteenth streets. The houses are of fireproof construction and dwellings were provided for 28 families small means. The houses surround a court which became a playground for children of settlement and nearby neighborhood and is in charge of caretaker. He was greatly interested in parks and parklands and a playground in the city is named after the philanthropist.

As an example of his attention the happiness of the children of the city is cited an instance of several years ago, when Mr. Coyne played role of a fairy godfather to a large group of children. It was on December 24, 1931, that he took 63 little girls from St. Peter's Orphanage, at Sixth and West streets, and 45 boys from St. Joseph's near Delaware City, to Kresge's store on Market street, where each child was given a sum of money and told to purchase whatever they liked.

Some of children had never been in such "glamorous" store and several of children of the same family had been separated for some time in the different institutions. Mr. Coyne took an active part the work the Mayor's Relief Commission of which he was a member of before the work was taken over (Continued On Page Nine) MRS. E. B.

M'LEAN DROPS DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS Withdrawal of Suit Against "Insane" Mate Ordered Two Weeks Ago WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP)-Divorce proceedings against Edward B. McLean, former Washington and Cincinnati newspaper publisher, have been dropped by his estranged wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean. Although the withdrawal was ordered two weeks ago in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, no announcement was made until today.

McLean was declared insane yesterday at Towson, by a sheriff's jury. Mrs. McLean was granted separate maintenance from her husband some time ago and the Washington court restrained the former publisher from attempting to obtain a divorce in foreign courts. World News at a Glance (By The Associated Press) DOMESTIC WASHINGTON-RFC gold at new high, but markets fail to follow trend; British attitude awaited. NEW YO S.

Steel reports third quarter best since second quarter of 1931. WASHINGTON-Ford to supply auto code figures by November 6 or 7. DES MOINES-WISCONSIN-Milk strike terminated as Governors confer on farm. remedies. MARSHALL.

MICH -Kidnapers seize wealthy manufacturer, take $10,000 in bonds, free victim, WASHINGTON-Republican pamphlet opens fire on Roosevelt policies. WASHINGTON-Wiggin disclosed as selling Chase Bank stock short just before '29 market crash. LOS ANGELES-Mrs. Ion Chaney, widow of actor, dies. FOREIGN ATHENS-Insull extradition again refused by Greek Court.

OPORTO. -Graf Zeppelin turns to Europe from America. PARIS- Lindberghs may fly to Holland. of a to the the a the in by peared to have a good time despite the lack of incentive, which prizes and thousands crowding the sidewalks to watch, once furnished. Among the most amusing mummers seen were Big Bad Wolves, Mickey Mice, usual black-face dudes; the fat mummies, the drunks and clowns.

Much attention was attracted along avenue and later on Ninth street by a male couple dressed as Groucho Marx and an Elizabethian courtier. They were genuinely under the influence of -corn? and their antics amused many pedestrians and motorists. Objects which escaped "moving (Continued On Page Eighteen).