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1HTV1F I 1 TFMTF at VOL. 28. No. 341. TVIX.

REPORT OF ASSOCIATED PRESt NASHVILLE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 20, 1933. FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS WJ'S'! MAURY CITIZENS SUBPOENAED IN MOB PROB THE SEE AN i ri Jt Works Pretty Well for Santa! IflN OF GIRL AMONG! NEW CITY COUNTY BUILDING FAVORED Grand Lama of Tibet, Hailed As Reincarnated Buddha, 'Dies Highest Priests Will Choose Successor to "Jewel of Majesty" From Boys Made Candidates Th rough Omens. BOLIVIA, PARAGUAY DROP FIGHTING FOR 11 DAYS 1H BOREAL Peace Negotiations in Montevideo Are i BY 8 TO 1 BALLOT! aovereignty of Tibet in his own hands. The prevailing religion of Lama-Ism is a form of Buddhism. The Dalai Lama is chosen by priests, and there is no check on his power He known aa the "Jewel of Majesty" and the "Sovereign Treasure," but is guided In ordinary usages by The sect has many followers In Mongolia and China, Tibet is.

nominally a part of China but is under British over-lordship. In 1893. a treaty of com-merce was algned by Great Britain and Tibet, but the enow-capped 1 'iee im Only 7,207 Votes Cast With Little Opposi-tion to Issue. Davidson Will Apply For Approval of the $2,000,000 Loan. With only 7,207 votes oast Davidson county and Nashville voted Tuesday by a margin of MSI to 7S2 In approval of the proposed 12 000.000 courthouse-city bond Issue.

With only about E0 per cent normal trote bv virtue of no or ganized opposition to tha bond is sue proposal, the city wards swept In overwhelming majorities for the construction of the new county-municipal building, and by a lesser proportion the county ells trlcts likewise voted approval- The vote for the new structure was better thnn I to 1 All city wards and precincts therein 31 boxea In number- voted targe majorities for approval of the Eleven county pre cincts o.f the 38 voted In opposition to the Issue, although th vote was extremely light in all cases. As a matter of fact, the county voters cast 463 opposition votes of a total of 2.29S while, the entire city cast only 2R against from total of 4 911 ballota. With the Issue so overwhelmingly approved, the county will immedi atelv apply to the state PWA for approval of the 2.000.000 loan that construction may be begun on the new county-municipal building as quickly as possible after the Washington- PWA office make available th money and the contract can be advertised and awarded. 811 Bonds to U. 8.

The county will aell Its bonds at 4 per cent Interest with the federal government as purchaser and with the customary 30 per cent grant from the government, and aa the rul th county will construct the magnificent new building which wll. house all county offices, the city offices, the civil and criminal courts, the county jail and other customary quarters. The city will aupply all lights, pay rentals, under an agreement entered into by th city and coun ty, with, the bond lsw-ssnnsnf by ll.a eniHfttv a-nwnmAt4 hi V. the citv assumes th major us- navln. nftrtlnn.

I Th elect ioa passed qutctiyi throuahout th citv end Vountv I with only a half-portion of the usual vote being caat in Ither city or county. inree city waras, tn rirtn. riiu ana i airirriun su strong administration wards failed to reg- Ister a elngl vote against the is- sue wun me lnirteentn voting iso to 9 for the biggest majority. ine issue raised mucn less en thusiasm In the, county districts, where the issue waa fairly close in many preclncti The county vote (outside Nash ville) waa 1328 to 4(3, or to 1 aa against the city vote of 4.603 to 2M, or a margin of a leas than! 20 to 1. Opposition In County In the county the following pre cincts voted a majority in oppo- (Continued en Page 2) Prior Sentences Not Nullified by Repeal.

Believes Judge Gore V. 8. Judge John J. Gore, In a statement from the bench Tuesday fternoon following aslea of Mr, O. C.

Markley'a attorney for writ of habeas corpus for her release from nnvlitson trmiitv tall tiera she ia aerving a recently imposed liquor sentence, declared that he did not think repeal of the Kigh teenth amendment nullifies sen fences already imposed. I do not believe repeal will af- feet defendant, not yet tried If they were indicted prior to the date of repeal. But I am not quite certain bout this," he continued in reply! to a piea or Attorney win rox Fowler that Mrs. Markley should be granted the writ on the grounds that the Eigtheenth amendment haa been repealed and the Volntead act has been rendered a nullity. Judge Gore refused to grant a a-rit tiihut mrniii latino- that! he would rjostnon hla decialon In the matter until after action of the CinclnnaU where a aimllar case is a ia I I LONDON.

Dec- II. UP) The Dally Mall's Kalimpong correspondent in Bengal said tonight he waa informed from a usually reliable sourc that th Dalai Lama of. Tibet waa poisoned- He died Sunday at Lhasa, LHASA. Tibet. Dec.

1 iJPf Th death of the Dalai Lama, the supreme religious ruler of Tibet, who waa regarded throughout all bud-dhlst Asia aa the reincarnation of Buddha who died centurlea ago, waa announced today. lie died Sunday at the age of sixty, but wise men in this mysterious land: believe that a lama does not cease to exist he merely discards the "mortal envelope'' and his spirit reappears In the person of an 'infant. The grand priest bad supreme civil and religious power in the country, where the Dalai Lamas, or grand lamas, waa worshipped as a virtual deity. Lhasa has been the lamas' capital for centuries. It is a "forbidden city," and still remains one of the most mysterious and remote Cities on the globe.

The late lama waa trained from his earliest days for the high office in a remote monastery. He entered Lhasa aa soon as he attained his majority and took th! FRANCE FINDS NEW HITLER ARMS PLEA FAR TOO HAUGHTY Sir John Simon Hopes To Moderate Differences. PARIS, Dec. 1. (yP Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany sent a definite rearmament program to the French government today but the revised demands failed to change the Franeo-Oerman deadlock.

An agreement in the matter la Impossible, It wa (aid in autlurtti tlv quarters, unless Hitler "climb down" In his desires. Sir John Simon, the British foreign secrets ry, was exnected dur ing a visit here Thursday to try to moderate the French stand and, in conversations with the French for eign minister, Joseph Paul-Boncour, and possibly Premier Camllle Chau temps, to close the breach by aa suring that Hitler will make con- cessions if the French are too ex acting. Te Demand Supervision. M. Paul-Boncour, It was said, will reply that he is willing to listen to a lessened program which he can submit to the council of national defense and the cabinet and the trench allies, but will be unwaver ing in his determination that the allies must stand together and Hit (Continued en Pag 2) Cuban Strike Fails But One Is Killed In Brief Outbreak HAVANA.

Dec. U.WV Efforts to stage a general strike failed to day when nearly all Havana merchants kept at least one door of their ahops open for business and transportation lines functioned normally. One civilian was killed and two were wounded" by "twlteti during an Intense but brief outbreak of shooting in mid-town Havana thia afternoon. The gunplay apparently was be tween snipers and soldiers who with aallors. were patrolling the streets to prevent a recurrence of seven bomb explosions earlier to day and last night.

Durlnr the morning small bands of negroes roamed the city- They were armed with sticks and urged merchants to keep their stores open. One negro, who waa eating In a restaurant, waa killed by a stray bullet, and another waa seriously hurt. Meanwhile. Jefferson Oaffery, the representative of President Roose velt, continued" his study of the American newspapermen at noon-He asked them for information but In turn gave out little for.pub- Th Cuban department of agri culture announced that about S3 sugar mills. IS of which are Amer-k-sn own4Ht.

are now preparting to grind thk rurrent crop. This number representa about 40 per rent of the total. NINE CALLED HERE TO TESTIFY TODAY Squire and Postmaster I Autos Listed to Are Summoned. Five Local Witnesses Have Already Testified. Instanter subpoenas calling po nine residents of Maury county te appear before the Davidson county i grand Jury today to- testify In tb Cordie Cheek kldnaplng-lynehing I investigation, were here yesterday.

The Maury residents named i. in two aubpoenas issued over the signatures Wiley Embry nd P-A. deputiea of the criminal court clerk, and sent yesterihty by mail to Sheriff Claude I. Ood- iin at Columbia, for Immediate aervice on the following: Hqulre Hayes Denton 1 of Glen- dale, uncle of the 11-year-old girl upon whom the negro ia alleged to have attempted a criminal assault, and former state legislator from Maury county. Robert "Bob Hancock, postmas ter at Glendale.

Maury community, whore the little girt lives, and scene of the negro's lynching. Constable Austin Harlan of Co- Iumbla. Sheriff Godwin of Columbia, Henry Carl Moor. Glendale- -Daddy" Gllham of Glendale. Walter Fitzgerald, care Saulre Denton.

Glendale. Jack Cathey, Glendale, "Pee-Wee" Howell. care th Watson IT Drive It company, I South Main street, Columbia, Fiv Summoned. Five of thos named wer sum- 1 moned Tuesday morning by Khr- iff Godwin upon receipt of the first subpoena list sent him siiy I Tuesday morning. A aecond list of aubpoenas was in th mail last night, duplicating the first fiv.

and. in addition. naming four others, it was declared. 8qulre Denton and roatmajiter Hancock have been name 1 by Sheriff lr A. Bauman as persons to whom licenses wer registered lor two autojnobiles in Which the lynchers rod away from th North NashviU home of Cheek's uncle, after taking negro front th ftntiw at gun point Fridsy afternoon.

License numbers nf ttia ln car were sain to have been taken I by at Flsk unlreralty I ligation dlscl.wed that the Her.iea nnd been Issued to Denton end Hancock, according to 'Sheriff 1 rsauman. Ordered Her Today. Some of th Maury citlaena were I ordered in the aubpoenas to appear in tne grand Jury room at th crlm I inal court building at o'clock Wednesday while other. were ordered to present themselves lat 1 'ig this afternoon. I Names of those aiibpia naed wer turned over (to Attorney-General i mcnura-ai.

Atainson ny inveatl- gating officials, who are headed by Sheriff L. A- Bauman Atkln- sent in suDpoenaes to tne or- l'1 Criminal Court Clerk C. II. Smith for issuance and the last authority to handle the papers 1 sent in suDpoenaes to tne or- (Continued en Page 2) Roosevelt Labor Board With Full Legal Powers wumvnTnv rw. 14 tB Wr.naAm.Al.

n. nlk.J national lr boaTd with the full leiml power it had lacked alnre i.i ri.i.iivr waa iiniuunri ujr chief executive in a public atate ment more than four month ago. Mr, lloosevelt Issued an execu- live order, officially defining the duties uf the board, the first order to fix the organization's standing in the governmental aet-uo. 1 he order waa retroactive, savins that "all action heretofore taken by i 11. .1 V.

1 uuiiii in in uinvnars or its i functions ia hereby approved and ratified. The board, headed by Senator Wagner of New York, has proposed to take court Wrtion on the elec- tion of union officiala at the Welr- The labor board came into exist- ence on August i under appoint- ment by th President. i The seven members were given offices in the National Recovery Administration In th Commerea IIihIIiIIiip rT- iiunrimnea ia mediating several nunared labor disputes. 14 PAVS TO 'ia 1- 1 til JJJliLLb I Scheduled. Battles Engaging 150, 000 Have Killed 30,000 Troops.

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. reape from war earn tonight to th Gran Chaco and the America Along a JCNSmlle front In the aub-Equatorlal wilderness over which Bolivia and Faraguay bar been In dispute for 50 yeara flrliij waa ordered to atop at midnight from tha tranches. At these miserable outpost In th last IT months 150.000 Paraguayan and Bolivian soldiers have battled; 10.000 have died; 20,000 have been taken prisoner, and unnumbered thousands have been casualties of bullets, dysentery, scurvy and typhus. Aa tha true of at least 11 days waa being arranged by the Leagua of Nation commission named to effect peac in the Boreal, with th backing of President Gabriel Terra of Uruguay and Pan-American republira whose delegates are now in session here, expressions of the deepest Joy were voiced on all sides. Both Cities Rejoice.

Indian mothers plodded up the steep afreets of La Pas, the capital of Bolivia, the ahadow of snow-crested Alt- Illlmani. or acrosa the rough pavementa of Asuncion. Paraguay, through the summer laded with the scent of Bougalnvilleas to reread from torchlit blackboarda the word that peace at last had coma with the Christmas season. In high places, too. there was heartfelt rejoicing that finally the two natlona would cease the dis pute over tha border area, a wild ernes of 300,000 square miles of Jungle, plains, and swamps which Paraguay has claimed is a of her territory and which Bolivia has also claimed and haa wanted because it would giv her a river outlet 10 tn aea, To Negotiate In Montevid- From La Pas the president of the league Chare commJetiaa, Julio AlvarTl Vayo.

the eecre tary. Juan Antonio Buero, and th French member. General Freyden- berg, hastened to Montevideo to assume charge of the peace nego tiations, for which Montevideo was chosen aa the site-On their scheduled arrival Sat-rday they will meet Castro Bojaa. (Continued en Page 2) Cloudy, Colder i W.18HINGTOX romX-AST" TMNNRHSKEt Pertly rUmir-a central aa4 nut portlaa Tharartay partly elawly. sVRNTt'CKf Partly oloudr.

raider ta Mat portkoa 'Heaaaadal 1 aanxUr partly rfnatly. A.1-AHAM A Onemllr fair to wartl? aJnadr, avatisaed mile Wsdaaadajr mwi Th srsnsy. WKATBKR rORVCABT Tmt ltaafctill YMmttft ftnla Siblr Wraaeadar wilnfl raider. TKMFKIt tTrstlt WHlhff Burase (OffMaJ) It 1 a. la.

Saaa ,.4 4 a. at. .44 a p. 1 a. p.m...: P.B...M p.

1 p. WKATHKB KBCORDfl TJi. waathar bur.au rapnrt for th. 14 hears andtng at e'clock Is Bight is as follows: Hlsaaat teinperatura IT decrees, lew-sat 44. Th.

meaa temperaiura for the ilsy was 41 degrees. ahav orl So far thla nwnth there has kMi exeeae a Tit iteareea. Ammmt-ef precttttat.t:-7'taet-- total or this month to data la Inches, which la 1.24 Inrtaea mora than tha normal. Th total vraclpltatlon for tha year to data la 11.14 Im-tiea. or Ml larhea mora than th.

normal. aiunrias 4:44. aunnot 4:14. Total sua. Shin.

4 hours 4) nilnutra. Barometer (aa laral) a. aa. It.tT. p.

ta. 14.41. WEATHFJt TAIJt VASHINOTON. p. 1 iV W.sfh-r buras racorda of tamparatura and rainfall for tha 14 haara andins p.

In tha principal cotton srawlnc srraa and "Mwtloa Hlh ijuw Trr. Afnen. A.havllla Atlanta 41 SI .44 Atlantie Citr Birmingham Benton rhicara flnrlnnatl pnver ri Paa nalveaton Jx-oannvllla Knaa City 44 SS 34 41 44 la .44 .44 its Jij .1 -4 .44 .4 .11 .4 -Kry- -Wa I.mla Rok lsa Anacioi lAvtavlU. 41,. 44 14 44 44 4 44 M.

tnrhia len liS Miami JMOBlie Naw Orleans New York Northfteltt ruehmnnd Ft. Leuia aa Antonla San Francfaca Savannah Tampa 44 1 KJTKSi Bri-LKTIX Ofcuaatl a at a. av Land MtaairJ Ttwie. rtATtOMM c-3 CwmNerlaaal trnal1a. Kr i I 44 I l.a ,1 44 f-rha 44 1i.fi 1.4 i I 4 4 ir 4 I 4.t: .4 1 I' '1 n.T.a 40 ri.rkill.

4 K. Teaa-aura I I fitno ...1 Jl 4.V I 1 I RFC CASH SUPPLY IS LOW; JONES WANTS AliOTJIEJlJILUON Frtr Fmer rrmns-ir Prnnrnma Tn- 6-wj a vi(to tl tl i7i rtAfi fiftrt iai S17 -y -'i vvvf vv. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 (IP) A forecast by Chairman Jones that the reconstruction corporation would need another billion dollars soon carried estimates of future emergency recovery expenditure to $3,475,000,000 today and ran total which the new Congress probably will be asked to appro- uriate above six billions.

The reconstruction cornorations supply of cash Is running low and its power to lend expiree next tower to lend expiree next h. One of Congress' first Jobs be legislation extending i'a mid providing it with funlj month, will be lite and providing it to continue its work of opening closed banks, strengthening others I snd possibly to lend directly to In dustry, a course now under con sideration Continuation, Ncssary The agency also is th instru ment by which the President's gold buying plan operates and for that reason aione us coniinuaiion womiui vtenrieri a mnmnwnill. I tlon to that effect probably will I Included in hia first messace to Congress. Jones stlmmarised the UU, v. I I needs today after participating, usual la a discussion with Act Ber'refa'f? 'MargHtu, which came the announcement th.it the price of domestic gold was con tinned unchanged from yesterday at $.14 06 meanwhile, gold was aell (Continued en Page 2) APPEAL, MAKE BOND Prison Term Assets Against Election Commissioner- NEW ORLEANS, Dee.

1 UP) Himalayas are a bar to modernize tlon. The higher lamaa choose the su preme lama. In so doing they fol low the doctrine of rclncarnatlor and several boys are chosen as "candidates'' by One of them is finally- chosen the Dala Lama, according to the character tics he shows. Sometimes the head lama Indl cates where his reincarnated self tn a newborn Infant will be found The baby ultimately becomes the Dalai Lama. Recently a quarrel developed be tween the late lama and the Tashl lama, who some Tibet la ns consider superior to the ruler, and the Tashl Jama fled to China.

He la now in refuge in Peiplng. 21 NATIONS AFTER EDGE IN SHIPPING LIQUORS INTO U.S. 1 nans ror niccer French Wine Quota Are Deadlocked. WASHINGTON. Dec.

1 1th negotlationa for an increased French wine quota deadlocked -by the tariff boont France imposed on American products, 21 natlona were Jockeying today for the trmd ad- vantas.es they might gain by send jug 4bt 4iinira JiH ih Jtfirttrrl States. Prent Mtxlc' Case Mexico waa sne of the erurte. The Mexican charg d'affalrs. Dr Don IOuls Padilla-Nervo, presented his country case before a commit tee consisting of Frederick. Llvesey assistant economic advisor of the state department Ray Miller of the alcohol control administration, and4 representatives of the treasury- agr riculture and commerce depart ments.

A liberal quota waa souaht for Aguardiente. Habanero. Tequllla, and various other native drinks es pectally desired Ir the population in California and other states bordering Mexico. Maurice Qarreau-Donbasle, the French commercial attache, con ferred with American officials again today about th impassa on the In creased French wine quota caused by the tax on Import licensea to be Imposed January 1 which would double the present tariff on Amer lean apples and pears. However, the French commercial attache hal not received any new Instructions from Paris.

Waiting Instruetiona Garreau-Donbasle said he hoped to have instructions tomorrow which will enable Jilm to resume activ negotiations. He said im porters of fruit and other Ameri ran producta had put the differences between th French and American governments in a false light Th rontmerciaT attach an Id tt was explained to American officials before the agreement was reached for an additional wine quota that the French tariff administration (Continued en Page 2) HOUSE MEMBER DIES New York republican Representa tive Sue umbs te Stroke. WASHINGTON. Dec 1. UP) Representative James P.

Parker N. T-. (t. died at his home here today from a paralytic stroke suffered last Wednesday- Parker waa on of th veterans of th House, having rounded out his second decade of aervic in Congress last March- itopuhlwa aian trol of th House, Parker rose to th rank of chairman of the inter state and foreign commerce com mittee. After Democrats took control, he was ranking Republican on the committee.

He represented th SSth district of New York, embracing the east central counties of Saratoga, War-ren. Washington and part of Rena-aalaer. Then to Englewood they went. Their lest hop was from Charles-ion, S. C.

Th crowds the ship as it roared over New Jersey. A big plan with photographers arose to come and the colonel began a gam of tag with hia pursuers. Th big plan was faster than the Lindbergh's. It was on bis tall when the eolone! banked suddenly and the piruer roared overhead. Colonel LIAdberch "hot hli plane Into a haxe to the west and a few minutes later waa over th" teeming East river.

Their chase with thephotocra-phers' plsne was a glsnloroua fin- COMMITTEE'S PLAN FOR INCOME TAX RETURNS SCORED -r-4 i Industrial nnd Carrier Leaders Against rro- acauci 4rjj4ilSL Iv posed Changes. wisntvp.Tnv rw American industrial and transpor tation representatives today Joined the sdmlnistration in oDDosina the House ways and means committee proposed abolition of consolidated corporate income tax returns and credit for foreign tax payments. These proposals, designed by subcommittee to prevent Mncomi tax evasions and to bring in $30 000, 000 additional revenue annually were assailed at hearing aa Inter- 'erring with domestic business practices and striking at American foreign trade. scored By Dickinson Acting Secretary John Dickinson of the commerce department fol lowed up the criticism made last week by Acting Secretary Morgen- thau of the treasury against the recommendation that American concerns operating abroad not be allowed to take credit in taxes paid to the United State's' treasury, but to deduct the amount paid foreign e-'ivrrnmenta from their gross in come it is hardlr a favorable time to impose an additional tax burden on our foreign Dickinson said In describing tha committee proposal as "double taxatlou" jtnd explaining that he favored- the principle of single taxation, The proposal to abolish eonsoll dated returns. alo opposed by Mor- gentliau, eras assniled by representatives of Industry and railroads George P.

P. Bonnell of Pitts JLZTv JLld tf buMnes' re (Continued en Page 2) BOWERS' MOTION DENIED Na Severance From Reeee Case For Elizabethton Banker A motion to sever th cas of Jo P. Bowers. Elixabcthton, Ienn banker, from tnos or joaepn 4. Reece, former state commissioner of, insurance banking, ana nis brother.

Lsm iteece, auornej, ira denied tn cecona criminal, cnun "1 IB Tnrawiroii wimimiirr ed theft of 3100.000 in bonds from the Insurance department of th atates government. The motion was mad a ween ago. and taken under adviaement by Judr- Gix At Umt a motion to continue the case to some date later than February i. when th trial been set. was jd Gilbert veaterdav denied tjoth motion, and remanded Bow to the county iaiL France' Naba Allcced Soies rrance 1(aD8 gea jpiCH PARIS.

Dec. is. A wide spread spy syndicate, the newspa- per Petit rarlsien said toaay, was broken up by arrest or is men and women tn the last noura. The exact charges were kept cret' but the newspaper aaid the arrests were mad in Paris and Frecich provinces and involved a number of French isoh (35.0CO FOR TEACHERS Pajmrnt of J35.000 to teach ers of Tennessee who were em ployed through the federal teacher relief program, will made today. D.

M. Clements, In charae of the relief Work, said yesterday. "Let Your Light So Shine Fqr many year a number of peopl tn our city ia a spirit haa eorritd tweigri of sdng Int every part of Nash-'vlll on Chriatma Eve. Thes caroleri hav followed the age-old custom of singing at every threshold wbr a lighted candle shin Ui th window. This was a beautiful old custom of lighting lb Cbrut-Chtid in.

The money; received by the enrol choirs goes to the daily care of 5 rhlldren at the Fannie Buttle lav Home. Founded by one whose memory Is revered in Xushvllle. the Institution bearing her name, cares lor the children of working mothers whom recesslt' force to work for a livelihood. Th public has always generously responded and cannot fall these mother and little ones today- On Christmas Fv a lighted candle will me.in a carol at the door, and a gift of money for the continuance of the work togun by Miss Fryini Battle il years ago. Dark-Fired Weed Averages $10.71 As Clarksville Opens Tenn, iwc.

is (Spl) Opening of the tobacco market here today waa marked by an Increase cf more than II "a hundred poundf nver the opening price last year. Growers were paid 113,353.22 to day for a total of 143,35 pounds. an average of 110.71 a hundred. The opening average last year was 7.53. Few rejections were reported.

The best leaf grade averaged 13 i4 on tha 88 t0 pounds that passed over the breaks for a total of 312 047.5. Seconds 27-465 pounds, 2,10 IT. Average, t7.CS. Lugs 28.960 pounds. 1,19...

Average. 14.44. Pales will open apnin Wednesday morning to continue through Thursday when the eight warehouses will close for the Christ mas holidays. A 1.i-i. mnlint nf tnVinneA arlll be on th Hours wiien the market opens tomorrow as lar quantities continued to pour Into Clarksville throughout today.

In ad dlt ton tor thw rales on the floors a great amount of tobacco that was contracted at the barns waa brought to Clarksville today, when growera revealed that these (Continued en Pag 2) Mother of Seven Weepi Her Foster Child HOT BPRINGS. Dec. It UP) A. mother of even grown children, who went to Jail In an ef fort to keep a three week' old baby girl not her own, wept bit terly today aa th county court de clared her financially incapable of providing support and gav the hild to I admit I have no more, 'sobbed Mrs. AUlc Van Meter.

Who hid the hild out for several days until she inally was taken to Jail, "but the mother gave it to me, and I want to keep it, for I love It." I hav had th. baby several ay and am attached ta it. I have ardly slept nights I have trifd to Prlson terma of seven months, pldjlton steel Company and the E. G. IH'U finea.

or an addition month of I Budd Manufacturing Company. i expected to rle on tha matter Jeergay oy juqs. nri bert All three are tinder indict- Lindberghs. Arriving Home For Christmas With Baby Jon, Outsmart Photographers Imnrisonment. today were assessed I against the first three of ill local election commissioners te brought to trial on chargea of alsifying returns from the stat I constitutional amendment vote in I hllii Mimaliai issz.

With the case ot tne trio, Har- old Pujol. C. J. Uisk and E. w.

Huck. design the I harged, an immediate appeal to the state aupreme court was an nounced and District Judge Frank EchexebeL who passed sentence. relaased tb men on $750 bonds pending th high court review. As Denies She Can't Provide For raised several children to be grown snd they are all doing well- so Judge. I think maybe money isn't to Important as the way they are trained and loved.

But County Judge Cbarlea H. Davis. In whose custody the bahy previously had been placed by a 17-year-old girl mother said that any adoption approved by th court must provide a parent morally, physically and financially able to rare for a cblld property. He thereupon awarded custody of I the child to a eovple here. Mrs.

Van Meier had refurrd to give rp the child tnhen the court first si -argi'd ji.r the adoption. She was Uiken to Jail jetctfiay for a few in ag-eed I fhlnk reneal wilt defendanta where an appeal Is pending in higher courts." Judge Gore added. "Owing to the im portance of the decision on the case pending In the Court of Appeal, for thia district I will pasa decision on this hearing until a ruling is given by the hlrher court It Is likely that bail will bel granted Mrs. Markley pending out- come or ine naiw aa Assistant u. s', uisinci Attorney Maynarn i lpps saia at tne neanng ysteruay afternoon had no objections to make to granting bail.

Mr. Mvk. ley has figured frequently in federal court liquor case in th last year I and was Tuesday referred to as a I persistent violator" by Judas Will Separate, 'Amicably" NEW TORK. 1. -yp) yVsmer Brothers Pictures, said lat today that Kay Francis, the movie actress, had asked them announce, that she and her hus band.

Kenneth McKenna. were amicably separating." Miss Frances, the company spokesmen said, is "in th country," nd could not reached for a NEW TORK. Dec II. V-The Lindberghs flew home today In time for Christmas with baby Joni Th colonel and his navigating wife dived low ovr the Morrow home in Enalewood, N. aalutln; then- aon, and then dropped their big red monoplan la Flushing Bry at p.

m. (E. 8. Behind them waa an odysaey from th northern lights to th equator, before them was Christmas with the folks. "Th only thing went rlaht now hi for all these poople to let us go home quietly," th colone! smiled as he and Anne Morrnw Lindberah climbed from their "We've been traveling around a bit, you know." take auch good -care of It, I t1-- I (Continued en 2) tatemert..

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