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She's Queen of Sun WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1939 PAGE TWO Phone 2263 Memorandum Says F. D. R. Kin Charged NLRB Distorted Facts WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 a ea.e found people tie Post-Intelligencer.

Against that Divorces British Mate paper, the American News paper guild filed discrimination cnarges memorandum stating that John there, some from AF of organi- Boettger, President son- that there had been in-law. vehemently had accused the some National Labor Relations board of, The committee counsel. Edmund tllc dismissal ot two making a decision based on dis- m. Toland. inquired whether Ny- tortion of the and "illogical lander's drinking with AF of inferences" was read today into members was the cause of his sus- the record of the House committee investigating the board.

The document, written by Elwyn Eagen, the regional director at Seattle, also Boettiger had accused a board examiner of unfairness and had indicated he would see that information at his disposal "reached the proper The committee counsel introduced documents, the purport of pension. don't think that that drinking was connected with his Leiserson replied, that incident of another similar have everything to do with his At the start of the hearings, Charles Fahy, counsel tor the labor board, demanded that as a matter of and which was that Harry Bridges, for- mtr west Coast director ol the CIO. led a campaign against Towne Ny- 1 krta A i llOHI (I fUCll i bi. ft LCI Nathan mony. Witt, in its secretary, previous testi- women employes, Ultimately, the labor board ruled in the guild's favor.

Soon afterward, the presence of his counsel ani two representatives of the guild. Boettiger gave Eagen his opinion of the decision. Boettiger leaned batk in his Eagen reported in his memorandum. addressed Witt, stated he had something to say to me as a representative of the hoard, that what he had to say was in no sense a reflection upon me personally, hut as 1 was the only one available representing the hoard he would speak his piece to me. stated he thought the order was based upon a lander, regional board director at Los Angeles, who subsequently resigned.

William M. Leiserson, member of the labor board, denied. Bridges had anything to do with departure from the subject matter he personally resented the decision Nylander's resignation or under discussion at the time, and very much and was only complying as he called it. that the committee counsel took a so as not to embarrass the Adminis- LeLserion declared, in his mind, recess immediately afterward To- tration and to avoid prolonging the Noting that the presentation of tortion of the facts produced at the the Boettiger memorandum was a hearing and illogical inferences that CLUE TRACED IN DOUBLE DEATHS Press Photo PITTSBURGH Dec. 12 (PP apple -strung up by the stem and suspended from a a rifle were the clues detectives worked on today in an effort to solve the deaths of Norval Harrison, 15, and his scoutmaster, Daniel Hacket, 29.

On the floor of an upstairs room in home, young Hairison was found mortally swaying above him. A few minutes later Haekett shot himself a fatally. Neither recovered consciousness before each from a bullet woutVd in the head. County detectives theorfred the two had been practicing a game of that Haeket shot the youth accidentally killed himself in remorse. The father Daniel Haekett Sr, said his son and Scout Harrii-on were close friends.

The Haekett, unemployed, MADELEINE CARROLL LONDON. Dec. 12 Madeleine Carroll, British star of American whose hobby was the preparation the angle in the Los An- land, he said, with a gesture to- controversy. He also stated he did won a divorce today from Capt. Philip Astley on grounds of mis- joi geles situation was the personal ward the press tables, a not want to do anything which He said a man named five minute recess to let that go would jeopardize the very fine re- Robinson related that when he went conduct with a woman named Dorothy Everard, They were married October 2, 1931, Astley, partner in a cross-word puzzle dictionary, tutored the bov in his school work London which had been retarded because to Nylander's hotel room to discuss I Boettiger is publisher of the Seat- paper latlons which he had with the news- 0f surveyors, did not defend the divorce suit.

The testimony of the a actress was given in an affidavit taken at Santa Monica, Calif. Press PhoU of Christian college of Columbia. and of Northwestern university, Jean Miller will fill the throne as of the at the annual Sun Bowl game and carnival at El Pa' Hew Day. Poison Boy 9 Given Two to 20 Years EXTENSION OF TRADE Body Identified PACTS TO BE ASKED As Prospective Lepke Witness ALL KNOWN BAKER World News in a Paragraph SCHEMERS SMASHED GOP SENATORS SWORN I HARRISBURG, Dec. 12 youthful Republicans were inducted The into the Senate in an unusual PITTSBURGH Dec.

12 Federal government todav smashed ceremony today giving the James all known of the Baker administration voting control of the an Known 1 a ors me bskp case there is a spe- NEW YORK. Dec. 12 estate scheme with conviction of cjaj session. Mandel. whose body was found in a five men for the second time on Chief Justice John David Brandt Guilty to Complicity in of Two Women PHILADELPHIA, Dec.

12 self-styled for a ring that plotted murders for insurance pleaded guilty in two deaths today and received the lightest sentence yet imposed in the to 20 years. With the State nearing the end of prosecutions, David Brandt, 31- ear-old former typewriter salesman, admitted complicity in the poisonings of Mrs. Jennie Gassetti, 34, and Mrs. Jennie Pino, 40. His plea reduced to three the number awaiting trial.

They include two widows and a phys I I a accused of supplying some of the poison the State contends was peddled to superstitious wives as and Six were convicted, 11 pleaded guilty, including Brandt, and three were acquitted. Trial of another defendant. Joseph Swartz, is under way. Two women and a man were sentenced to death in the electric chair, three others received life imprisonment, The others convicted or who pleaded guilty are awaiting sentence. In sentencing Brandt, Judge Curtis Bok said there was no evidence he contributed directly to the death of either woman.

He appears to have carried messages to Morris Bolber, Paul Petrillo and Dr. Horace D. Bolber and Petrillo pleaded uilty. Dr. Perlman has not been tried.

Meanwhile, a fourth panel of talesmen was exhausted in efforts to select a jury to try Swartz on a charge of poisoning his mother- in-law, Mrs. Lena Winkleman. The selection was slowed by the objection to all prospective jurors opposed to capital punishment. Widow Collapses After Testifying in Trial WILMINGTON, Dec, 12 Rose Carillo collapsed tonight after testifying at her trial on charges of poisoning her husband, Salvator. Detectives said he was one of scores killed for insurance in Eastern states murder plots.

She had to be lifted from the stand after she told of separating from her husband. She said the separation, at a time when her husband was unemployed, resulted from his refusal live with the The Court ordered a recess to allow her to regain her composure. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 Administration definitely accepted tonight a challenge to what may be one of the stiffest battles of the next congressional session when President Roosevelt disclosed Con- Manaei, wnose Doay was zouno in a fiVe men f0r second time on Chief Justice John W.

Kephart gress would be asked to extend the Quicklime grave near Folsom. N. charges of conspiracy and using about to a.sde his Supreme reciprocal trade agreement act. was identified today by Federal mails to defraud of court robes in retirement, made ad- Unless it is renewed, the Ad- authorities as a prospective wit- legendary fortune. i ministering of the oath his last of- minist ration's power to negotiate ness against Louis "Lepke" Buc- reciprocal trade pacts will expire halter, who had been sought with- june 12.

out success some months ago. With that date less than six Th se officials they had months away, many legislators al- hoped Mandel might help them edifice after writing this note on a typewriter: time leave some dough in this The fire was discovered last night before it gained much headway, F. HITS DIES REPORT WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 father said: were upstairs listening to radio, singing songs, I heard a thump on the floor, I got up to caution them to be quiet, because my sister was sick in another room, passed me on the stairway, running.

He went outside not saving a word. I went into the room and saw Harrison on the floor. went to call a doctor, and found Dan In the backyard, shot, with the gun lying beside J. Norval Harrison shook his head sadly, saying; watched ready have staited a controversy find a third man, who might in by either denouncing the program turn lead them to Lepke's hiding or going to Its defense. A few place, but added their interest in today he did not approve of the The five were the last of 46 pro- ficial act, because one of those procedure used by the Dies eom- moters.

including 24 Pennsylvanians sworn in was a son, A. Evans Kep- mittee in issuing a report linking to be convicted in the past 15 years hart, Philadelphia. consumer groups, with Communism, in the drive to break The other new senator is James The report, prepared by J. up a nation-wide scheme that has G. Fulton, of Allegheny.

Both were Matthews, the committee research mulcted millions of dollars from chosen at elections Novem-1 persons who believed they were de- her 7 to fill vacancies. President Roo made It clear over had been own. It couldn have been anything but accidental. I'm sorry he felt so bad about it as to take his own scendants of a non-existent Col Democrats and numerous Republi- this phase of the matter had ended Tarnh ord-o'i. cans in Senate and House have de- after Lepke's surrender, clared their intention to fight to They offered no suggestion as to the limit any effort to renew the the motive for Mandel's statute.

One of their principal arguments has been that the pacts have stimulated Imports of farm commodities to the detriment of persons In the agricultural areas who already are beset by surpluses and unsatisfactory prices Secretary Hull, the champion of the trade program, declared no later than a week ago in a speech a affair in which the victim was shot, stabbed and beaten. Lepke, who has been termed by Thomas E. Dewey, New York district attorney, as most dangerous industrial racketeer in the United at present is In Federal hands. He is on trial as an accused conspirator in a $10,000,000 narcotics Benjamin Parker. Atlanta, special assistant attorney general.

described the Baker estate fraud as a that has existed for 70 and has passed from generation to generation, Parker termed it one of the three estate in the nation, ranking it with similar schemes involving the non-existent fortunes of Sir Francis Drake, the sea rover, and Jan Boeardus. whose mythical estate was supposed to WHAT IF HE WERE YOUNGER? CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 11 Jeweler O. K. Lebron drove to the garage In the rear of his home, two Negroes seized him, one trying to hold arms while the other searched him.

He wrenched free from one bandit, gave battle to both and they fled, lootless, when Mrs. Lebron turned on a porch light. ED NOTE: Lebron is 70 years old. CITY TO ENACT WAGE TAX director, said the committee had evidence a great part of the current popular and official attack upon advertising is the direct result of Communist propaganda in the field of consumer 1 PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 12 TEMPLE ALUMNI HEAD NAMED proposed budget balancing fax of PHILADELPHIA, Dec.

12 i percent on and earn- George DctweHer, Philadelphia ed incomes in Philadelphia was mi- attorney, unanimously was elected president of the Temple University General Alumni association. lie succeeds Dr, Leon A. Ilalpern. Free Again CONVICTION REVERSED LOS ANGELES. Dec.

12 i i he Make a habit o' reading The Mercury. enjoy it. AMERICAN FLAG COUPON No. 138 Ont i uupitn anri tue tpecisi ol jrou tu su Sai outflt rhej ohutned Hanom and Kioi nt ti Rotili fori ortlff bf uth flit roter poMatt tni tddrtsmng youi Pnf Minori PoUl'tnirn syndicate. In Atlantic City, center oi the have included the present site of in Chicago that the argument was slaying investigation, County Pros- street and Trinitv church in fallacious because two-thirds of the PCUtor Altman 8aid ana cnurcn ln agricultural imports were non-com- del, left hLs Job in ft nigfht cluft Those convicted todav were Nor- District Court of Appeals today repetitive.

late in 1938 and traveled about the man H. Bloueh, Davidsville, Fred I versed the conviction of Martin country as though in flight, F. Sprengel, H. C. Sprengel and the Snyder for the I His body was identlfled by his David L.

Johnstown, and attempted murder of Myrl Alder- when peace comes to the woijd Mother, njamin, from a photo- william S. Miller, Indiana, All man, present husband of graph of the reconstructed face, were included in the "Johnstown former wife. Singer Ruth Etting. The identification was made posi- one or 68 organizations The ruling came only a few days tive by the of which Parker said were at one time a $1000 dental job. promoting the estate.

Sued He also asserted maintenance of the program was necessary so that there will be a foundation on which to build a stable economic structure. 4 GOP 'PRINCIPLES' ADVANCED BY TAFT BOSTON, Dec. 12 Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination, advanced tonight four for a GOP program for 1940. with the chief features a demand for a balanced national budget in two and for development of private enterprise through an administration friendly to business.

In an address prepared for the Republican club of Massachusetts, he struck out at New Deal spending and administration of internal affairs, but declared there w-as no conflict between Republicans and the Administration on the principles of "adequate preparation for defense and the keeping out of Bull Wasn't in Character after attorney had won his conditional liberty on his own recognizance, pending outcome of the appeal. Snyder was released then because of ill health. Now he faces a new trial. MARKS 101ST BIRTHDAY PHILADELPHIA, Dec. II Muffer celebrated his 101st birthday anniversary today.

A veteran of the Civil war, he admits he's as spry as I used to but adds: "I get about enough for a fellow- been proved by the city finance commit- I tee and sent to City council, which Sis expected to act on the measure tomorrow. Labor groups have said they would fight the tax to the finish Also up for action tomorrow is a real estate tax calling for a levy $1.70 for each S100 of assessed real estate valuation under suspension of rules requiring three readings of legislation. I Press Photos John Monk Saunders LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 F. R.

OFFERS TAFT PRIZE FOR BUDGET BALANCE PLAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 President Roosevelt offered today to give Senator Taft Ohio), a very handsome prize if he would supply a bill of particulars on how to balance the budget in two years. The President was informed at a press conference that Taft, who is in the race for the Republican presidential nomination next year, had said in a speech it was possi GREATEST LITERATURE No. 263 42 Volumes if tbeat ft-upon, differently oom tbr fjft pri of of tt- l.ua# feet Wand urnt obUtnrd ai fbr PotUluwh oi at or Foyersfoni To orfter lost avtre toi mrb book gkoiiaft mil htBtfilnt, to Th, Potittowv Mmtiy entUtnwn Actress Fay Wray won a divorce t0 balance the budget within today from John Monk Saunders, author and film scenarist. She was awarded custody of 3- year-old Susan Cary Saunders, Mildred Bloomberg, a maid, said she had heard Saunders threaten i his life.

two years. Mr. Roosevelt, emphasizing his words with intonation and gesture, declared twice that he would offer Taft a prize if the senator, personally, would give him a bill oi No. 371 Vlumm 4 a bit. traviai (tfipmi of of IB iioott on Vrn at Kat nffiraa 2 Carloads Fresh Cut CHRISTMAS TREES On the Market Street Siding, Opposite Brewery NORRISTOWN B.

H. BUSTARD CEDARS, PA. Phone 2796 Center Point PAI DOUGLAS FRED WARING Press Photos NEW YORK. Dec. 12 Fred from the bull.

The bull went Uif Waring, the orchestra leader, paid entire route as gracefully as a Fcr off a football bet today by leadin'! dinand. a giant bull through a Fifth avenue Waring paid for the damage china shop, but only Waring did That was part of his bet he los. COMMISSIONER Ql ITS WILMINGTON, Dec. 12 (JP) Zack W. Wells resigned today as Delawares motor vehicle commissioner.

a few hours after he was held in $1000 bail on of misconduct in office and accepting Press Photo RUSSELL W. THAW LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 Mrs. Katherine Thaw today sued for separate maintenance from Russell William Thaw, aviator son of The pmta SfWINC CABINE CASWELL- RUNVflN CREATION I EN I ENT, meful beautiful any damage-- $25 worth. in top hat and tuxedo, Waring fell with a noisy clatter over a display table as he tried to back away to Paul Douglas, radio announcer Former Governor Harold G.

Hoffman, of New Jersey, was present to referee any arguments. a bribe. alimony of $400 a month. She chatted Thaw, w-hom she The State Highway commission appointed Wilbur D. Wilds, Kenton, as successor.

Wilds will serve until January 31, 1940. a THIEF FIRES CHURCH GLENDALE, Dec. 12 a thief who find any money in the First Congregational church set fire to the GOOD EYE SIGHT IS A GIFT Examined Without m. Dr. MEYERS Of No Than.

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