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THE WEATHFR Gold Cause Case Presents roar Alternative Actions THE NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG News Behind the News tells how fovemmerit can sidestep the difficulties On pare 6 SaJa or im oeaikly mixed Hk eat nim am4 nmt Woauawsix might sad Thandar, eeMer TharatUy airht. rcsTuonrs iKMPMjircax? m. h. 13 im B. midaichr A VIGOROUS NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TERRITORY PHONE 8181 Caatismoly PaMfeked Mao Jsasur UM ALTOONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1935 A I TrefalVAlC aaelle 8 PRICE, TWO CENTS hM Mowanaaot MML HUE Juv i State Hides Four Secret Hauptmann Witnesses Governor Asks Income Tax, Raps Utilities New Executive Also Assails Lobbyists, Promises Fight to Adjust Buying Power State's First Democratic Governor in 40 Years Blair Democrats Attend Inauguration Prosecutors Ready to Blast Bruno "Alibi aMwatatiarBi wiiw--rawMmMiairrArsi i mun i in i mi i ftt 'a 7 George H.

Earle, naval hero, sportsman and diplomat, of Haverford, Pa-, taking the oath of office as Governor of Pennsylvania as thousands jammed the inaugural stand, Capitol Park and Broad streets nearby. Chief Justice Robert S. Jfrazer of the state supreme court administered the oath. (Associated Press Photo). ii Mallery Named On Committees Heads Senate Judicial Apportionment Local Democratic leaders snapped yesterday In the reviewing stand on Capitol plaza, Harrisburg, Front row, Ramsey Black, postmaster of Harrisburg, left, and Arthur B.

Clark, postmaster of Altoona, right. Second row, left to right, James D. Ougoorlian, Democratic committeeman; Thomas M. Shute, president. Young Democratic club of Blair county; Mrs.

Dorothy M. Shute, vice-chairman. Democratic county committee; Mrs. R. A.

Henderson, wife of Attorney R. A. Henderson, and prominent Democratic wbrker, and "Mrs. Arthur B. Clark, wife of Postmaster Clark, and active in the Federation of Democratic Women.

Back row, Miss Virginia Davis, niece of Attorney and Mrs. Robert A. Henderson; Attorney Robert A. Henderson, former chairman of the Democratic party, and two petite Harrisburg misses, friends of the Hendersons. Below, representatives of the Blair county Democracy as they, waited to head the Blair county delegation in the four-hour inaugural parade in Harrisburg yesterday afternoon.

Prominent among the local men may be recognized B. J. Clark, Charles Wertz-berger, Walter Ricketts, John Kilcoyne, J. E. Buehanan, Thomas R.

Henderson, George Zeek, and other well-known leaders. (Tribune) Photos). i 4, Laughlin Heads D. A. V.

j. lester Laughlin Altoona chapter No. 34, Disabled American Veterans, named new officers at its annual election last night, in time for brilliant in stallation services to be held during the state D. A. V.

convention here late this month. The new D. A. V. commander will be J.

Lester Laughlin, who will be assisted by Jesse R. Har mon as senior vice commander and Harry Loomis as junior vice commander. Other officers will be as fol lows: treasurer, Floyd G. Hoen- stme; chaplain, Wade R. McDow ell; judge advocate, Victor Little; sergeant-at-arms, Boyd Johns; offi cer of the day, Alvie McNelly; and trustees, John Tingling, William Bowers, and Lloyd Gardner.

Floyd G. Hoenstine was named to serve on the state executive committee, while J. Lester Laughlin, John M. Yingling, and Harry Loomis were selected to represent the local post in the official proceedings of the state convention to be held here January 24, 25, 26, and 27. Second Death In Family Mrs.

Ellen Breslin died at the home of her nephew, Andrew Fleming, 1521 Third avenue, at 7:40 o'clock last evening of pneumonia after one week's illness. The death was the second in the family in one week. Her sister, Mrs. Annie Tiernan, 1512 Thirteenth avenue, died as the result of a fall at 11:20 o'clock Saturday night at the Fleming home wher she had gone to visit Mrs. Breslin who was' critically ill at the time.

Mrs. Tiernan was leaving the residence and fell down the steps from the porch to the pavement. Death was attributed to dilation of the heart caused by the fall. Mrs. Breslin was a daughtei of (Continaed Pm 4 4 Blair Democrats Join Inaugural Ceremonies, Receive Special Honors Defense Hints Fisch Might Have Been Author of Ransom Notes HAUPTMANN CASE AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press 1 Three relatives and nurse of Isador Fisch, Hauptmann's alibi man, hidden by prosecutors following secret landing from ocean liner.

2 State announces it Is prepared to explode Bruno's story that ransom bills came from Fisch, now dead. 8 Third and fourth handwriting witnesses pin ransom notes, to Hauptmann; defense hints Fisch might have been author. 4 Thumbguard maker, "surprise" state witness, says his product doesn't rust, hits defense charge. By JOHN FERRIS FLEMINGTON, N. Jan.

15. T3 Three German relatives and the nurse of Isador Fisch, Bruno Hauptmann's dead alibi man, were hidden as secret state witnesses tonight as the carpenter's murder trial prosecutors announced themselves ready to explode "the Fisch myth." The mysterious manner of their landing from the liner He de France in New York harbor stole considerable interest from the little old Hunterdon county courtroom where the state of New Jersey seeks to send Hauptmann to the electric chair for the kidnap-kill- ing of the Lindbergh baby. It-wasiUsdv ya who, went to Germany to. die and left with him a shoebox containing more than $14,000 in ransom bills the bills with which the carpenter was trapped last September. In the musty, crowded courtroom two more handwriting ex perts the third and fourth testified Hauptmann wrote the 14th lying letter that led to payment of Col.

Charles A. Lindbergh's $50,000 ransom for a baby already dead. A "surprise" witness for the state, Henry Maish, Cincinnati manufacturer whose firm made the metal thumbguard worn by the kidnaped baby, testified his prod uct would not rust even though it was exposed to the elements for weeks. The defense had made much of the testimony that the when found by Nurse Betty Gow in the Lindbergh roadway at Hopewell a month after the kidnaping, was "bright and shiny." Prosecutors contend the kid naper dropped it there when he allegedly ripped the sleeping suit from the slain baby's body on the blustery night of March 1, 1932. The state considers the aban doned thumbguard an important link in its charge that Hauptmann killed the baby when he fell from a ladder while descending from the child's nursery.

The handwriting experts were John F. Tyrell of Milwaukee and Herbert J. Walter of Chicago. Fisch's name was brought di-( Continued en Fate 4) Sate Bruno Trail Jafsie A surprise witness for the prosecution in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann was Miss HUdegarde Oiga Alexander, a Bronx dress model, who testified that she saw Hauptmann shadowing John F. (Jafsie)' Condon before the Lindbergh ransom money was 'paid.

(Associated Press Photo). 1 HARRISBURG, Jan. 15. (P) On a white, festooned pagoda, in the center of a vast multitude of notables and citizens, George H. Earle, diplomat and naval hero, today became governor of Pennsylvania.

The hrst Democratic and the youngest man to hold the office in four took the oath to uphold the constitution in a biting wind, then beamed and smiled through a three-hour victory parade, which thundered through the capital's streets until almost dusk. Tonight, the Philadelphia sportsman who replaced Gifford Pinchot, the independent Republican, in the executive chair, gave himself up to his jubilant friends. With James A. Farlfey, postmaster general and Democratic national chairman, and United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey at his side, he entered into the brilliant round of social functions which climax the big political pageant.

Soft coal miners of the western counties went arm in arm with anthracite workers of the northeast, and mill hands joined farmers and mountain folk in cheering the new governor's inaugural address. He demanded an income tax to remedy the commonwealth's financial ills. He denounced utilities and lobbyists and promised a new deal for the common man in Pennsylvania. A light snow swirled about the inaugural stands as the official party arrived shortly before noon, Earle and the retiring Pinchot riding in the historic victoria, drawn I by two gray horses. Pinchot, wearing the old brown campaign hat so familiar to Pennsylvania politicians, smiled as 'hough he rode down the avenue of his own triumph.

The governor-elect, doffing his silk hat and bowing and smiling to the right and left, sat beside Mrs. Earle arid Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, "wife and political, ally of the forester-governor, ode in a state car. Their entrance at the plaza was heralded by the most dazzling spectacle of the inaguration, the governor's troop of the 104th cavalry, in uniforms of blue and yellow, with yellow plumes waving from glistening helmets. Meanwhile, a group of 85 members of congress with delegations of friends and relatives, were escorted to the plaza, while bands played in the distance, tuning up for the victory march.

The crowd broke into an ovation as the members of the general assembly, and Thomas Kennedy, tht- one-time mine boy they had just inducted as lieutenant governor, came from the capitol. Then came the members of Earle's cabinet, Chief Justice Fraz-er of th Supreme court and other notables to their places in the stand. With gleeful sfiouts of 'here he comes," the crowd let out a mighty roar as- Earle himself appeared, with Pinchot at his side. A cathedral bell chimed the -loon hour, and Earle bared his head before Jvftice Frazer, raised his rigilt hand, and took the oath of office. A few minutes later, Pinchot, whose battles with the Republican organization since Bull Moose days have made state political history, stepped quietly from the platform.

But the crowd saw him going and set up a shout. "So long, Giffy," howled some-(Continued on Pare 4) Navy Airship Off On Canal Zone Flight NORFOLK, Jan. 15. () The navy's largest airplane, the XP2H, i flying boat, shoved off from Hampton Roads this afternoon on a proposed non-stop flight to Coco Solo, Canal Zone. The flight, commanded by Lieut.

(JG) J. S. Thach, comes as the climax to more than a year of preparation and tests at the Norfolk naval air base following delivery of the giant four-motdred craft by the Hall Aircraft company. Under special orders of the navy department no commercial photographer has been allowed to take pictures of the plane. Work to Start On 5 Projects Five SERB works division projects, two scheduled to begin tomorrow and three Monday, will provide work for 69 men for 51 weeks in all, it was announced yesterday by D.

T. Finney, deputy director, Blair county Works division. Largest of these Drolects is snnn- sored by Frankstown township road supervisors providing for road Improvement. Thirty-nine men are to be employed for 11 weeks. This work begins tomorrow.

The second project to begin tomorrow is sponsored by the board of fish commissioners and the approved proposal stipulates construction of fish dams on ibs Creek. (Continued on. Pace t) 165 Legal Deer Killed in Blair By E. E. JEWIS Tribune Staff Correspondent Two hundred thousand voters who guessed right in November tasted the first fruits of their victory at Harrisburg yesterday, when Name Lauver Jury Today Defense Plans "Surprise Moves" as Youth Goes On Trial for Murder With the defense promising "several surprise moves," Sydney Lau ver, 17-year old Altoona youth will go on trial this morning in the Blair county court on a charge of murder.

Lauver, who resides at 711 Ninth street, is charged with killing Patsy Minnini, 17, East End youth. shortly before noon on October 17, after a 100-yard "parade of death," down the East Sixth ave nue road. Attorney Samuel Jubelirer, head or me aeiense cuuusei, wueu aa-ed if there was any chance of the defendant pleading guilty, said: The case is going to the jury and we'll carry it through. We are not considering submission." District Attorney Richard H. Glibert, representing the prosecution, saidr "We are going to ask the jury to bring a verdict of first degree murder this case." With two submissions and another case tried by a jury yesterday afternoon, the court calendar was cleared for this term with the exception of the Lauver trial.

Judge Marion D. Patterson adjourned court at 3:40 yesterday afternoon to reconvene at 9:30 o'clock this morning when the jury will be picked to try Lauver. Yesterday afternoon a jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case in which James Brown, 931 Ninth avenue, was charged with violating the liquor laws in possessing and selling illegal liquor. Brown, a Negro, was sentenced bv Judee Patterson to Dav a $350 fine and the costs of prosecution. District Attorney Gilbert explained to the court Brown still was in debt to the county probation office for a previous fine and costs.

Imposed when Brown pleaded guilty to a like charge in 193L Attorney Samuel Jubelirer, counsel for Brown, explained that his client was under bond at the present time and the bondsman would continue the same amount for a short period until a heavier bond (Continued on Pare 41 WILL ROGERS: NOTRE DAME, Jan. 15 Well here we are in the famous Notre Dame. You know why these kids can play football, no cars, no roadsters here. When you are driving to town in all these other colleges, here you are either stifdying or catching forward passes. There Is a great spirit that makes this such an institution.

Say, I am tickled about Jimmy Doolittle cracking the passenger plane record. You know there is more flyers, (real flyers) that will tell you that Jimmy is the greatest all around flyer there is, Wiley Post told me so last week. Wiley is getting ready to come across pretty soon, at 35 thousand feet, using an oxygen suit. He will make it in about seven hours. Yours 1 WILL.

Group 5 Senator Charles R. Mallery, of Altoona, was made chairman of one of the important senate committees and a member of eight other committees in assignments announced in Harrisburg. Senator Mallery, Republican, is the senatorial representative of the Blair-Huntingdon district. He was named to the chairmanship of the judicial apportionment committee and a member of the. a i ations, public utilities, municipal government, military affairs, law and order, judiciary general, game and fisheries, forests and waters committees.

This newspaper last week announced that Senator Mallery would be given the chairmanship of one of the senate committees by virtue of the reorganization of the num ber of standing committees in that body. A number of were abandoned and five new one3 added to the list, making a total of 31, which was the actual number of Republican senators in" the body. Local sportsmen were keenly desirous that Senator Mallery obtain a chairmanship of one of the senate committees having to do with conservation and fish and game, but the assignment of Senator Mallery to the committee on game and fisheries and the committee on forests and waters seems to meet with satisfaction in local sports circles according to statements made yesterday. The senator started off his ca- Continued on Pace 4) Crazed Father Kills One Girl, Wounds Another WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-W A volley of pistol fire killed one young woman and wounded her sister in their home late today and police are guarding the father.

Anthony Zuckett, 65, who is near death in a hospital. Chief of Police Joseph Verder- ber says Zuckett, suddenly crazed, jumped from ilis chair by the radio, fired two bullets into the machine, and then turned on his daughters. Neighbors, hearing screams of "Help! Help!" said they saw Sue Zuckett, 22, appear at a second story window. Patrolman Mel Humphries said he heard another shot and the girl fell through the open window to the ground below. He said a gun was thrust out and another shot fired at Sue as she lay in the snow-covered yard.

Her sister, Ida, 16, then appear ed at the window screaming Neighbors said she was bleeding. The patrolman, followed by Ray Millep and Fred Rodocker, pedes trians, charged into the house and found Ida unconscious, six bullet wounds in her head and body. Humphries said Zuckett was locked in his bedroom but when ordered to come out replied "me come down," and staggered from the room. The patrolman said the man was hot three times in the ches Mayor to Aid Ball Program Will Serve as Group Chairman for Annual Presidential Dance Mayor John J. McMurray has accepted the invitation to serve as chairman of a local group which will assist in sponsoring the birthday ball in honor 'of President Roosevelt at the Penn Alto hotel on the night of January 30.

The invitation was extended by Arthur B. Clark, Altoona postmaster and general chairman of the local committee arranging for the ball. The ball to be held here that night will be the local effort of a nation-wide movement," the proceeds of which will be used in the fight on infantile paralysis. Thirty per cent of the revenues derived from the ball will be allocated to a National Research fund in the fight against the dreaded disease and seventy per cent will remain here for local use in the same warfare. A meeting of all local group representatives will be held in the Civil Service room of the post-office building, Thursday, January 17 at 8 p.

when the details of the local function will be gone over and the views of the various representatives exchanged in order to put Altoona in a class with other cities of its size. Mayor McMurray, at city hall yesterday, expressed his wholehearted interests in the movement and called upon all persons (Continued on Page 4 Surrenders as Slayer Of Two at Party SCRANTON, Jan. 15 IP Ernest Cianchetti, 53, of Dunmore, surrendered to police tonight saying he was the man they sought in the slaying of two men during a party. William D. Ross, 44, and Egidio Vittori, 33, were shot to death in a Dunmore house Sunday night.

Police Captain John Lewis said Cianchetti told him he shot Ross in self defense but did not remember shooting Vittori. they joined in celebrating the in auguration of their choice, Governor George H. Earle. Blair county boasted a large proportion of the concourse of the faithful, with more than 1,000 representatives of the local Democracy swelling the cheering throngs. Represented by a delegation of such strength, heade by leaders high in the councils of the party, Blair county figured prominently in the festivities.

Attorney R. A. Henderson who (Other pictures will be found on Pages 3 and 5) served as a member of the vital inaugural ball committee, was seated to the governor's left, within a few feet of the rostrum. Mr. and Mrs.

A. B. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M.

Shute, Mrs Henderson, James Ougoorlian and others were also seated upon the reviewing stand. Both Mr. Clark and Mrs. Henderson were signally honored by Mrs. Earle, who escorted them to places of honor on the speaker's platform.

The flower of Blair county Dem- (Continned on Pare 4) Four' Who Saw Last Democrat Inaugurated Only four among Blair county's thousands of Democrats who had witnessed the inauguration of Robert E. Pattison Pennsylvania last Democratic governor in 1891 could be named by party leaders present at yesterday's ceremonies in Harrisburg. Those four, each of whom has carried the torch of Pemoc-racy high through lean years between the two memorable triumphs, are enrolled in the mythical hall of fame of the party here. They are: Allen S. Garman, Rev.

C. L. Nonemak-er. Albert Schultz, and Max Wilson, according to the best recollection of their colleagues imong Blair county's veterans of Democracy's battles. Report Also Reveals Nine Illegally Slain Last Season One hundred and sixty-five legal deer were killed by hunters in Blair county during the season the fore part of last December, according to figures compiled by C.

Brennecke, local game protector, who is now completing his report for the large and small game season. Mr. Brennecke also reported that nine illegal deer were slain in the county prior to and during the deer season. There was no open season on bears in the state last season, and Mr. Brennecke also reported that not one bear had been illegally slain in the county.

He also said that there are quite a number of these animals in this section, that a few of them had been seen dur- ing the hiinting season, several within a short distance of the -city. The kill of deer, surprising as it may seem to many persons, according to the game protector, was approximately 30 more than dur-(Contlnued on Pare 4) 300 Attend Legion Rally More thna 300 ex-service men filled the American Legion home to capacity last night at a veterans' rally and heard Past Legion State Commander George Proesl of DuBois graphically outline the four-point program of the American Legion as adopted at the national convention. At various points in the address, Commander Proesl was enthusiastically applauded when he spoke on the four major points includ ing national defense, aid to widows and orphans, aid to the disabled veterans and immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certifications or bonus. Lieutenant W. A.

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