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FORT MYERS NEWS-PR ESS THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24. 1931. PAGE TWO Parents Of "Closet Mother Pleads In Vain For Babe She Had Abandoned In Baltimore TEMPERATURES Maximum and minimum tmpraturc In renracntiittv cities, farnlthcd consider it had fully accomplished its lask if it did not draw the attention of the governments to the unprecedented cravitv of ADJUSTMENT OF REPARATION AND DEBTS IS URGED Child" Get Sentence COMMITTEE IN NED OF DELIVERY TRUCKS th Associated Pre from record com-' piled by the Weather Bureau. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.

UV) The severest punishment the law which weighs so heavily on till alike." These points were set forth in a summary prepared by Walter W. Stewart, the American member of the committee, and Sir Walter Layton, the British delft-gate. They coincided with the German extract made public earlier in the day. was obtain- match and a divorce provides for such an offense was )R CHRISTMAS DUTY F( BALTIMORE, Dec. A mother's plea for return of the two-year-old son she abandoned Low 40 meted out today to Mr.

and Mrs. jed. Later the the Sisters of child was born at Mercy home in (Continued From Page One) port, as detailed in an official advance summary, were these: 1. The statement thot Harry N. Ililey, convicted of cruelty to their 12-year-cld child.

in I Washington. She here Dec 5 went unheeded next married the name of 1 unrtt Vai onllrtr hu court today and Mrs. Elsie May Hih Asheville 06 Atlanta 68 Birmingham 68 Boston 52 Chicago 62 Cincinnati 60 Denver 52 Detroit 50 Galveston 74 Dozen Are Required Today When Baskets Are Distributed 62 58 40 44 40 38 44 Morgan and declared he left month later saying he was tired of married life. Without a trace of emotion, tlie father and stepmother of Ktlith Riley heard Justice F. 1).

Letts in District of Columbia supreme court sentence them to two years in the penitentiary and impose a Block letters 14 feet high will Identify the municipal air terminal at Oklahoma City. Morgan return to Portsmouth, Va-, facing the possibility she may never possess the child again. A writ of habeas corpus, on which a hearing was held today, was denied after Mrs. Morgan the crisis, the magnitude of which undoubtedly exceeds the 'relatively short depression' envisaged in the Young plan, to meet which the 'measures of safeguard' contained therein were designed." 4. The statement that Germany is taxed to the utmost, leaving no margin for increase.

5. The assertion that Geiv many is likely to recover from the business depression as are other nations, "but the German problem, which is largely responsible for the growing financial paralysis- of the world, calls for concentrated action which the governments alone can take." 6. The statement that the problem is world-wide and with many "would be justified in declaring that, in spite of the steps taken to maintain the stability of her currency, she will not be able in the year beginning July 1. 1932, to transfer the conditional part of the (reparations) annuity." 2- To references linking war debts and reparations, the summary said: "The adjustment of A dozen trucks will be needed to distribute more than 200 Christmas baskets of food and clothine today, it was announced 66 By 70 $250 fine. Referring to testimony that the Mellon Favors Hill For Reconstruction Finance Corporation cnnu nau been kept confined in SPECIALS last night by Al C.

Williams, 50 48 46 in tears, in the presence of her boy, told the story of her life, a tale of hardship and chairman of the Community Christinas committee. Those mr a dark closet for four years and subjected to other punishment, Justice Letts said the case wus "extremely strange and unusual in all its aspects." WASHINGTON, Dec. (P) Jacksonville 78 Key est 80 Little Rock 72 Los Angeles 60 Louisville 64 Memphis 76 Meridian 80 Miami 80 New Orleans 80 New York 62 St. Louis 66 San Francisco 58 Nhilmp, lb. Oysters, qt.

Red Roe, lb Halt Mullet, having trucks and drivers to loan are asked to send them to the all reparations and other war debts to the troubled situation (Ic II). The court ordered the boy, Richard Nash Morgan, be given to the city charities and be de Elk3 club charity depot. A last minute check revealed AM. KINDS FISH GO G6 GG 66 48 46 48 GG Mrs. Drivers Dies After Long Illness that the finance commit out previous peacetime parallel.

tee of which Harry C. Knisely 7. ine declaration that ac is chairman and Al G. Colcord, tion is most urgently needed in treasurer, had raised a total of Mrs. Anna L.

Driggers, 58, died -11 it of the world and this without delay if new disasters are to be avoided is the only lasting step capable of re-establishing confidence. It is the very condition of economic stability." 3. No direct reference to iin-conditioncl reparations annuities, which the committee had no power to touch, but the statement that "the committee would not Tumpa 80 Wellington 60 livered Monday to the family service league at Portsmouth, where jurisdiction was recognized. The little boy, who had been given a sleeping tablet by his mother when abandoned, in the last few days has been cared for KELLY FISH MARKET Phone (15 Orange colored market opposite Library 50 a much wider neiu man Ger Secretary Mellon added his appeal for the reconstruction finance corporation toijay as congressional committees speeded work to get the key measures of the national econ-omit relief program ready for consideration after the recess. Endorsing some changes made by the senate banking subcommittee in President Hoover's proposal for a $500,000,000 credit corporation, the treasury secretary wrote to Chairman Norbeck of the committee his belief that the act "should have reassuring effect on public many alone." Europe Has Snows 8.

An appeal to the govern At Christmas Time ments to permit no delay in dealing with this "great crisis at a 0 clock last night at her residence at 1915 Evans avenue. She had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Driggers had resided in Fort Myers for many years. Survivors arc her husband, James M.

Driggers, and three brothers, James E. James, R. T. James and W. C.

James, all of Fort Myers. Lawrence A. Powell has charge LONDON, Dec. 23. (IP) A WING GROCERY" at a private home in the city.

Last night, the mother and grandmother appeared at the house with Christmas gifts but were denied entrance. In court Mrs. Morgan testifieJ SUNSHINE MAKKET "FT. MYERS' FASTEST blizzard has paralyzed traffic on the Klack Sea the mosques of $1,631.75. This amount was deemed sufficient to purchase the desired amount of clothing.

Contributions of clothing and shoes will be accepted all day at the Elks club and the workers' committee will be on the job until late Christmas even. Those who worked with the regular committee to assemble the baskets were Mrs. T. A. Oresham, Mrs.

J. T. Chapman, Mrs- Thomas rhillips, Mrs. J- F. Garner, Mr.

and Mrs. J. T. Garner, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.

Julia A. Kline, Mrs. Clint Ilol-ick, Mrs. J. Cross, Miss Clarine JBelcher.

Mrs. E. W. Gould, Mrs. of the body.

Funeral services will she was married when 14 years v. confidence and be of a stimulating influence on the resumption of the normal flow of credit into the channels of business and commerce." 1 Turkey are etched with snow and the whole European scene from icy Lapland to the luxurious Mediterranean shores is set for a good old fashioned Christ be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Powell chapel. old but named broke to a sailor her mother Dawson up the UNSB mas. Transport difficulties are re ported from many districts in 0 MARKET 2110 HENDRY ST. A Edward Theegarten, Mrs.

Paul Franklin, Miss Margaret Poyd and others. I Ml WMWIWIm'i III I I II I Til JlllllliwIIIIIHII 111 If I IH I- I. I Pl(((rW WWftffllS? I THESE HOLIDAY SAVINGS WILL Tw jSl GUARANTEE YOU A JVW 3 Ellerry Christmas jJ 1 JAPANESE PLAN TO DRIVE EVERY FOE FROM PATH middle Europe, where the snow lias been particularly heavy. All over Scandinavia and Germany winter sportsmen rejoice over the snow and ice-Snows lie in great patchwork patterns over France and Spain. Erstwhile sunny Portugal is suffering from the coldest spell in years.

England is about the only country without prospects for white Christmas. Merry CEagasttiaaas to AM Specials for Thursday and Saturday (Continued From Page One) Hseuh-Liang's forces to withdraw uit))in iha rrvun il'iiII ami ac cii.ni-l fying the beginning of a more in tensive drive into southwest Man Mrs. Bisbing, 65, Is fA Aim churia. Dead At Home Here TfvW Lb. 19c Xmas Mixed Military reports revealed that while the drive to the southwest is I Of being continued, portions of the command to the north of Mukden, having completed their anti-bandit missions, have started returning NUTS, Mixed, 25C Chocolate Covered CHERRIES, lb.

box Mrs. Delia Bisbing. aged G5, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at her home on Parks avenue. She waa for many years a resident of Fort Myers. She is survived by her husband, P.

B. Bisbing, a daughter, Genevieve, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Reeder, of Al to their original stations along the South Manchurian railway. IFHKSH, XKW, MIXF.H fsJ il Tonight's communique was regarding operations in the Eddy's Pure EXTRACT, ICp I-Lemon or Vanilla, 2 for SUGAR, 25c 5 pounds ww liance, Ohio. I Arrangements for the funeral service which will be in charge of Lawrence A.

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"Williams of the community Christmas committee announced yesterday that toys and candy bought from the general fund would be handed out at that hour to the negro boys and girls on the charity list. None Such MINCE MEAT, OZn 2 pkg ARMORED TRAINS FIGHT PEIPING, Dec. 23 fP) A Japanese and a Chinese armored train waged a bitter, all-day duel near Yingkow, Manchuria, on the Ying-kow-Kaopangtze railroad today. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang's Shaver's TOMATO Kn JUICE Kid Glove Fancy CORN, 1Ap 15c value, No. 2 can A 11 PINEAPPLE, PEARS, OKs 2 No.

2 cans Joan of Arc Sugar CORN, 2 No. 2 cans OK- headquarters issued a communique saying a Japanese train with 60 McLin Is Officially troops aboard opened Are on their adversaries at Tienchuangtai, first Banner OATS, 1 Qp 2 pkgS Fancy Biscuit FLOUR, pTQp 21 Hi. sack OVKs Named To Position TALLAHASSEE, Dec 23 (P) Governor Carlton today appointed Walter S- McLin of Tallahassee to the office of state motor vehicle commissioner. McLin has served as acting commissioner since February, 1929. His commission was dated Oct.

31, 1931, and is for four years. station west of Yingkow, the Chinese returned the fire. It was emphasized that the Chinese were regular troops, not bandits. The Japanese later withdrew, and returned two hours later with a force of 500 artillerymen and in-fantiymen. They renewed the attack until evening, when darkness prevented further hostilities.

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pail IE lbs. Cluster RAISINS Phillips Tomato fT SOUP, tio. 1 can Lord Baltimore Cakes 40c JLady Baltimore Cakes 25c Devil-food Cakes 25c up Apgel-f ood Cakes 25c Moclrn Cakes Christmas Coffee Cakes 40c lbs. 15c Sweet POTATOES Brookficld EGGS, QQr doz OOL Fresh Pork HAMS, lb. lOL Springelle Honey Cakes Pepper Nuts Fresh Dressed 27c HENS, 11 I Eatmor ranberries MINCE MEAT PLUM PUDDING FIG PUDDING Christmas Mince Pies 35c We will be closed all day Christmas Bakery and Delicatessen at 1202 First St.

Perry's Electric Bakery CERTIFIED tinned E30 8 to 10 lbN. average, lb. Meffay Jimmas IT Phone 1129 1331 McGregor Blvd. gSUNSlIINE MARKET "FT. EKS' FASTEST- I GROCERY".