Reading Times from Reading, Pennsylvania • Page 15

Fifteen ASK RAILORADS WENDEL IflDNAP CASE REOPENED i.UKicb IN STAMPS By I. S.Klein AD) IN DROUTH "Lower Freight Rates MILT CROSS R0SERT M.L0VST LOU WEKMAR a taiBNDLY Islands Sought in Shipping of Starved Cattle ttrmr THE READING TIMES, READING, FRIDAY MORNING, LY. 2 4 ,1 9 3 6 0 U. S. Jury Calls Witnesses Today After Being Told It Has Jurisdiction CHICAGO, July 33 Railroads which serve the drouth burned west got together today to decide what they should do to help the harried farmer.

They had been asked to reduce freight rates to ease the financial burden of shipping starved cattle outof the uarched areas and moV' taut livctsock feed and Insect nnunn in But they were not ready to act without first making an exhaustive survey of the damage. WhJle continued heat ate fur ther into crop prospects, the rail men in session as the western trunk line committee heard pleas for swift, action from represent Uves of the federal government and others. "When we have finished hearing them," a committee offcial said, "we shall decide what steps, if any, are warranted. Showers In Iowa, Wisconsin While the railroad representatives argued their side of the question, the grain belt's weatherman, J. R.

Lloyd, reported showers last night in parts of Wisconsin and Iowa. But liail and wind crops to shreds in sections of northeast Iowa and demolished the Iowa tate Teachers' college stadium. More rain was due tonight and tomorrow, he said, in parts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin. No reilef was in sight, however, for Kansas, Ne braska and South Dakota, where temperatures remained around 100 degrees. Grain prices jumped on the Chicago Board of Trade in response to prospects of continued heat.

The drouth damage was em phasized at St. Paul, by Federal Resettlement Administrator Rexford Guy Tugwell, who saw, "no way to estimate' how much the federal government's drouth bill would total. At Kansas City, Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace began a tour of the corn belt. Crop reports continued pessimistic In the corn and wheat growing states, and forest fires complicated the situation in Michigan and Turning Back the Pages FIFTY YEARS AGO July 24, 1886 The National Consumers Meat company establishments in New Yo city are selling meat at 3 cents per pound. Announcement is made of the approaching marriage of Allen Quimby, 137 N.

Eighth sts to Miss Sallie, daughter of 322 S. Third St. County Treasurer Holtzman hands over to the state treasury department a check for $30,000. this being the amount realized from mercantile taxes in this city and county this year. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO July 24, 1911 Mme.

Denise Moore, killed at an aerodrome in France, is the first woman victim of aviation. J. E. Byler, purchases the fihitler property at Poplar and Court streets for $10,000, and will rebuild the. stables recently destroyed by fire at that location.

A safe deposit vault is installed for the Reading Trust company by the York Safe and Lock TEN YEARS AGO July 24, 1926 Reading Iron company buys the plant and equipment of McCon way Turley, of Pittsburgh, and will add it to the Reading plant, employing many additional hands. Private motor ambulance with all modern equipment is placed in service by J. Hunter Henninger, funeral director. Mrs. Frank Gilbert, Gilberts ville, is badly injured and is unconscious after being thrown from a hay wagon during a runaway.

Forty ton vault for the new Farmers bank is unloaded at Seventh and Perm by the Reading railroad wreck crew. FRENCH GOAT SENT BACK HOME BY U.S. NEW YORK. JulV 23 UP)PierrnL French goat, was on his way back to Europe on the liner He De France tonieht as U. S.

irnvcrnmpnt officials rejoiced that the menace of nooi ana mouth disease had been repulsed on one more front. Pierrot was imported a few days ago by Mary Margaret McBride, who lectures on the radio under the name of Martha Deane. While passed by customs officials, Pierrot alarmed officers of the department of agriculture's bureau of animal husbandry, who cited the quarantine on French animals as potential carriers of the cattle plague. Miss McBride, after an unsuccessful atten.pt to keep the goat in her Park avenue apartment, farmed him out to a friend in the country, but, at the request of the animal officials, tearfully recalled him for All M.L.i C.IJ I Overhauled, Quotation Submitted. Typewriter Service FRED p.

VOGEL Dial 2 7520 or S4S3 CLEARANCE SALE? OF ALL 1936 RADIOS! xtra So.clai Trade in If this one seems a trifle strange, Think of a song called "Home on the Range. (Today's answer on page 26) PROBE FRAUD IN HUGE WPA PROJECT JAMESTOWN, N. July 23 (PPh Government witnesses trooped to the federal grand jury room here today in an attempt to clear up definitely recurring charges that con spiracy to defraud the government of PWA funds existed in the $15, 000,000 Buffalo sewer project. Joseph H. Acheson, a represen tative of a New York engineering firm originally engaged as consultants on the job but later ousted by the Buffalo sewer authority, was called to the stand late today by William W.

Barron, attorney of the department of Justice in Barron said it was an affidavit by Acheson, charging Mayor George J. Zimmermann, of Buffalo, with official misconduct: that led to the federal jury Investigation. Acheson charged also that a conspiracy; existed" on the sewer authority to defraud the government of PWA money in the hiring of a consulting engineer. The investigation is being con ducted jointly with an investigation into the affairs of the Niagara Falls sewer authority. U.

S. SPY SUSPECT INDICTED BY JURY WASHINGTON, July 23 (JP) John S. Farnsworth, former lieuten ant commander in the navy, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of delivering con fldential national defense informa tion to an agent for the Japanese government. The grey haired former officer: who was court martialed and dis missed from the service in 1927 for "scandalous conduct," has not been able to post the $10,000 ball origin ally set by States Commis sioner Needham C. Turnage.

He is being held in the District of Co lumbia jail. Assistant United States Attorney Sam Beach said Farnsworth probably would be brought Into court "within a week" to enter a plea. If he pleads not guilty. Beach said, the case will be tried by a fed eral court jury early in the October term. WILSON'S GUARD TO PROBE GRAFT PHILADELPHIA, July 23 (JP) Mayor S.

Davis Wilson named his personal bodyguard, Detective Ser geant John Murphy, yesterday to neaa tne newiy iormea squad to in vestigate charges that police are conniving with lottery and vice op erators. "I am giving Sergeant Murphy carte blanche in this situation," the mayor said. "He will have the mayor said. "He will have seven men to start his investiga tion, and is privileged to pick his aides from among any he may select." A magistrate made the charges. The mayor requested a grand jury inquiry.

It was refused. I Good wi iim to, wilv Gm4 for dafair, m. tytn CMtult etn Smday. July 26 $1.10 Philadelphia St.SO Atlantic City Pettftewn Hamburg .11 Petti ville $11 HaiUtow 16 Day Ixcurilsni Saturdays until September 26 $4.70 Atlantic City Via Market Street Wharf 40i idditiorul vi. Del.

River Bds. Atbury Park Via Monmouth Junction ALL EXPENSE TOURS Srwt Smoky Mn. Pwk tm) St. Uwrtm, Skfurty Crttd GrMt LlkM HIGHWAY ROBBERY NETS $25,000 GEMS AKRON, July 23 OP) Two rnnaaeipnia jeweiry salesmen reported to the Portage county sheriff's office at nearby Ravenna that three men, armed with revolvers, today forced their automobile into an isolated road, trussed them with tape and robbed them, of between $25,000 and $30,000 worth of Jewelry. Sheriff's deputies and state highway patrolmen set out to search for the trio.

The salesmen identified themselves as Sagorsky and Sam Davis of I. S. Sagorsky Son, of Philadelphia. They claimed to have spent last night here and were en route to Warren on the Akron Youngstown road. The new.

Golden Gate bridge will be lighted by equally. iww sodium vapor lamps. ATLANTIC'S 3 UTILE MEN LOOK. TUER GO ATLANTIC 3 LITTLE MEN NEWARK, N. July 23 (JPh A "blue ribbon" federal grand jury of bankers, professional' and business men voted today to investigate the bizarre case of Paul H.

Wendel related to the crime which gave the federal "Lindbergh law" its name. Assured by V. B. Attorney hn J. Quinn it had jurisdiction in the case, the grand jury ordered to appeaV tomorrow for testimony on Wendel's story that he was kidnaped in Brooklyn and tortured into confessing the Lindbergh kidnaping, then brought to New Jersey and turned over to Ellis H.

Parker, chief of Burlington county detectives. Lehman Makes Second Request Wendel's confession, produced almost on the eve of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's scheduled electrocution, resulted in postponing the kid nap 1nurderer death three days. The grand Jury action came on the heels of the second effort made by New York authorities to have Parker extradited to Brooklyn where he, his son, Ellis, and three others are under indictment in the county court for the Brooklyn phases of Wendel's alleged kidnaping. Gov. Harold G.

Hoffman refused the first Parker extradition request. 2 KILLED IN NAVY AIRPLANE CRASH SANTA MARIA, July 23 W. Two aviators were killed today when a navy airplane crashed on the parking lot of the Santa Maria fair. Its occupants were not immediately identified. No Appointment Needed OVER THE RUSTIC 7 GOSH.

I'D LIKE TO INTERVIEW THEM FOR MY PAPER TONGA OCEAN" 1 r'APT. JAMES COOK, famous navigator, in 1773, came upon a cluster of strange islands in the South Seas. The natives, to his surprise, greeted him heartily, and so he named the group "Friendly Islands." Today these islands are' known as Tonga, and are a of Great Britain. On the main island, Tongatabu, is the palace of the ruler, Queen Salote Tubou. In the palace grounds is the historic tortoise, believed to be mors than 200 years old, which Captain Cook is said to have presented td the Tongan chief.

Here is the "breadfruit" tree, shown on the stamp below, and "kava," the strong native drink. Nearby is Niuafoo, "Tin 'Can Island," where ships drop mail for residents in sealed tin cans that are picked up by native swimmers. Many stamp collectors have had such mail delivered to the island and returned to them by the tin can route. (Copyrlffht, 1836, NEA Service, NEXT: Stamp news. 13 A MODERN DENTAL SERVICE TO MEET MODERN TIMES Dr.

Kaplan's Offices EAST BUDGET PLAN CREDIT or CASH LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE PLATES CIO At Low At Other Plates. $15 $17.50 $21.50 FREE EXTRACTIONS (Aslee tr lnkt) When Teeth Are Replaced. No Extra Charga for Credit. Registered Nurse in Attendance Modern Ray Service Phone 4 8009 RISIACmAKT Cold Crown and Bridge mm ffHII, 99 up OmCl HOTJES: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, A. M.

is I ML1 TiinuAr, Tgnagpw, miuihai, a. m. r. Recularly $09.95 Store Closes II I 6P.M. II I Snfurrfay 11 11.25 0 Weekly RfPORTfR SCORES HI! 7 TELL US, GENTLEMEN IS TRUE THEY SAY ABOUT THAT ROAD TEST? I I IS VC i i 1.1 YOU MAY QUOTE lnJASIHIER In cooperation with General Electric, Harold's is able to make this rare offer.

The regular $99.95 G. E. Washer, complete with drain pump, costs you only With your old washer. And you'll have a clear $30.00 saving on a handsome, massive machine, complete with Drain Pump, Balloon Wringer Rolls, 1 1 Safety Wringer, and all the sensational improvements that are exclusive with G. E.

While the limited quantity lasts! 1MIMI SCOOP THAT GCAAS WERE DRIVEN 100,000 MILES APIECE AT TOMS RIVER.N.J. Vi WITHOUT CARBON REMOVAL REPAIRS TO ANY LUBRICATED ENGINE PARTS THANKS ATLANTIC PRODUCTS ITrYrrr 1 MUCH OBLIGED THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WE'VE GOT A DATE WITU THOSE 3 GREAT PRODUCTS v. 7 I And It's Good News for YOU GOOD NEWS because that Toms River Road Test was scientific, yoU know; and, being scientific, can be duplicated. Today's automobiles are splendidly built, and give truly remarkable performance with Atlantic While Flash, Atlantic Motor Oil, and Atlantic Lubrication. To get Toms River results from your car, you should use Atlantic Products regularly, obey all the speed laws, and give your car the periodic maintenance service recommended by its manufacturer.

you cannot expect even Atlantic Products to restore metal that is already worn, but you Mill find that they all but stop future deterioration. The very least you can expect is far better performance and cheaper transportation than you'ver known before, T.Ztt Try All Three and seel LUB RICATION Tune In "THE ATLANTIC FAMILY" starring BOB HOPE, and RED NICHOLS and His "Swing" Music tvtry Thursday at 7 P. Eastern Daylight Time; C. B..