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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXXI. NO. 287.
REYNOLDS’ WIDOW STAYS IN HIDING
RUSSELL’S REPLY
Would Have Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation Lend
Needy Veterans Money on
Compensation Papers
URGES LEGISLATION
TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE
Speaks Before American Legion
Luncheon and Answers Ques
tion Forwarded to Him Yes*
terday By Boby.
Atlanta, Aug. 5. (TP)—Legislation
to immediately enable ex-service
who are in actual need and unable
to find employment to borrow the face
value of their adjusted compensation
certificates from the
Finance Corporation, was urged here
today by Governor Richard B. Rus¬
sell. Jr.
The governor, a candidate for the
Unitajlr States senate, was speaking
bet'd) 'fife an American Legion luncheon.
His opponent, Congressman Charles
It. Crisp, spoke before the same or¬
ganization at their*luncheon last week.
Russell said a small charge of one
fourth of one percent might be made
on the loans by the corporation to de¬
fray the expense of handling the bonus
payments.
“Much of the security that has al¬
ready been taken over by the Recon¬
struction Finance Corporation,” Rus¬
sell said, “is stock of private cor¬
porations of doubtful value. The bon¬
us certificates held by the ex-service
men is a promise to pay of the United
States government and is the finest
security on earth. Over o.ne hundred
million dollars a year is set up as a
sinking fund to retire these certificates
and part of these funds could be allo¬
cated to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation each year
'The Reconstruction Finance Cor¬
poration already has the authority to
investigate applications from financial
institutions and it will not be very
difficult to extend this to consider the
evidence of destitute ex-service
who are seeking funds upon the faith
of of the the admitted admitted obligation nhlie’ation of of the tVip Unit
ed ed States States government, government
“The means of subsistence which
are in the hands of the hungry and
ragged people should not. be dangled
before their eyes while they are pow¬
erless to reach it. . . .
“I further favor making the re¬
sources of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation available to any indi¬
vidual who has security in order that
the hemes of individuals may not be
sold over their heads because they are
unable to obtain credits in these times
of financial stringency.”
In reference to the recent situation
at Washington Russell said the ques¬
tion of the admissibility of the bonus
marchers gathering in large numbers
at the national capital was a debatable
one, but as a matter of law and right
they “undoubtedly had a right” to
gather there as citizens to petition
the government for the immediate
payment of the bonus.
“It is inconceivable,” Russell said,
“that those in charge of our govern¬
ment should have called out the army
of the United States, with poison gas,
tanks and light artillery to attack un¬
armed men who were violating no law
but. had gathered at the seat of the
nation’s government to present a plea
for immediate payment of future
binding obligations of that govern¬
ment, and this is especially true when
those men were unable to find jobs
that would afford them an oppor¬
tunity to earn their living by honest
work.”
FLAMES IN GRAIN
ELEVATOR SPREAD
TO OTHER BUILDINGS
Chicago, Aug. 5. (TPj—The flames
of a six million dollar fire challenged
six Companies of firemen and the
crews oi three fire boats early today
to put them out.
The fire, breaking out yesterday af¬
ternoon in the Quincy e-rain elevator,
spread to the Omaha Packing Com¬
pany where it destroyed four build¬
ings.
Three firemen were injured and 30
firemen and employes of the two
companies were overcome by smoke.
Perishing in the flames 'were — 800 —
hogs, 60 head of cattle and 200 sheep,
Destroyed of grain, ~,o00,000 also^ were pounds 985,000 of bushels ham:-;
and ba«m-S 300 tons of
ar.d ,out) hog carcasses. Three
tied up in the Chicago river
were burned at a loss of $75,000.
An explosion of dust in the stored
gram supposedly was the case of the
fire.
TWELVE PACES
Accused Of Murder
j !
l Mrs. Poliak,
Dorothy 26, was held
in Chicago charged with murder in
connection with the shooting of her
husband. She caused a near-riot when
she attended the funeral. Thousands
crowded the cemetery to see her.
RISES ON MARKETS
SUDDEN LPWARD TREND FINDS
MANY ON WALL ST. NAPPING
AND MISSING CHANCES
By CLAUDE A. JAGGER
Associated Press Financial Editor
New York, Aug. 5. (TP)—Rarely has
an important upswing in the stock
market caught so much of Wall street
napping as has the advance of the
past month.
Not only have the bears been sur¬
prised, but a number of traders who
felt that a substantial rally might be
in the making and hoped to get into
the market at the proper time, found
the market running away on the up¬
side before they could establish their
positions.
J T lt .T^f, ’* Tnal 'hat niany nothing notmng skeptical in in the the traders, way of who
a
. comeback
oi the low was possible, in view
status of corporate earn¬
ings and general business, have been
flabbergasted by the way the market
has continued to forge ahead.
One investment banker among the
group that successfully called the
Uirn, says there is nothing particu¬
larly mysterious about it. He says
stocks were forced down to their ex¬
tremely iow levels by a combination
of fear over the outflow of gold, hys¬
teria over balancing the budget, and
disappointment at the lack of spring
business recovery, Now gold is re¬
ed turning, of for the the budget "has been dispos-'
time being, and atten.
tion is being diverted toward the busi¬
ness prospect for the autumn, when
a seasonal upturn is normally expect¬
ed.
What really caught Wall street
napping, in his view, was the influx
,of buying orders into this market
from London, which was accompan¬
ied by orders from Amsterdam and
Paris. Sentiment in London took a
marked upswing on the signing of the
Lausanne agreement. Liquidation
had dried up, and the market was ex¬
tremely dull, so not much buying was
required to start the movement.
SLAYER OF AGED
RECLUSE SOUGHT
Natchez, Miss., Aug. 5. (/P)—Of¬
ficers today were attempting to track
down the slayer of Miss Jane Merrill,
aged recluse, whose bullet marked
body was found at daybreak today in
a thicket about 200 yards from her
ante-bellum plantation about one
mile south of here.
Finding of the body followed an all
night search by officers and blood¬
hounds called out' after a friend of
the wealthy woman found the furni
tuie in her home bloodstained and
tossed .about.
Miss Merrill, daughter of Ayers
Merrii one time United States am¬
bassador to Belgium, had few ac¬
quaintances during her later life and
ordered all comers away from her
door.
Sheriff C. P. Roberts of Adams
county expressed the opinion the wo¬
man had been murdered by robbers
j or a mentally deranged person.
I NARROW ESCAPE
, Cordele, Ga., Aug. 5. ITP)—Two
'year-old Jas. Edward Pitts got off
a train al! by himself here yesterday
—via a a window window as as it '* travelled * on
an hour—and escaped
unhurt. The child crawled from a
coach and tumbled to the ground as
ibis mother left him in the care of a
small sister. The train had travelled
two miles before the mother learned
of the fall.
BRUNSWICK, CA„ FRIDAY, AUG. 5. 1932.
L'
I il
I Evacuation of Johnstown Site
Progressing and Mayor Me*
Closkey Says Billets Will
Cleared By Night
RICKETY VEHICLES
CARRYING VETERANS
Gasoline For Every Private Car
and Truck Will Be Furnished
By Oil Concern, Say Offi¬
cials.
By LEO W. SHERIDAN
Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 5. (/P)—Evac¬
uation of the stranded bonus army
from its squalid suburban camp pro¬
gressed slowly today but Mayor Ed¬
die McCloskey said the billets will be
cleared by nightall.
A long .line of rickety automobiles
will begin moving during the after¬
noon. McCloskey announced he had
arranged with an oil company to fur¬
nish gasoline for every private car
and truck in camp.
lo-yv This cheer announcement the brought who a have hoj
from veterans,
been sitting around in their cars for
for two days, waiting for money or
gas. About 1,000 remain in camp.
McCloskey said he “hoped” other
towns will cooperate and furnish the
battered caravan with gas along the
route.
Meanwhile, McCloskey and business
men negotiated with the Pennsyl¬
vania Railroad to move stranded con¬
tingents from New York, New Jersey
and New* England who have no cars.
Nearly 100 state highway depart¬
ment trucks were parked just outside
the camp to carry Pennsylvania units
to their homes.
Reach Cincinnati
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. 5. (TP)—A
sJxteen-car Baltimore and Ohio train
carrying more than 800 homeward
bound bonus veterans stopped here
early today, disgorged 300, took on
food for the others and continued to
St. Louis. Those detraining were
from southern states, Cincinnati, In¬
dianapolis, Detroit, Dayton and To¬
ledo.
The southerners hoped to get trans¬
portation today over either the
Southern railway or Louisville and
Nashville.
Ranks Thinning
Chicago, Aug. 5. (TP)—The ranks of
the home bound B. E. F. were thin¬
ning today.
In a roomy old mansion that had
seen prouder days in its gold coast
locale the veterans from the far west
were billeted last night, awaiting
some means to continue their journey
home from Johnstown, Pa.
Chicago’s soldiers, 145 of them
amor- 400 who returned yesterday
iri the first “evacuation special” from
the eastern camp, broke ranks after
an evening march up Michigan bou¬
levard from trainyards to barracks.
R. H. Shaw, leader of the Califor¬
nians, had a job in store today—a
job begging rides for the veterans to
the coast. Meanwhile a movement
was afoot to establish a camp in
county forest preserves for those
homeless who have no destination.
Report Delayed
Washington, Aug. 5. OP)—Court at¬
taches believed today that the grand
jury now studying the veterans’ riot
will not express an opinion on the
use of regular army troops to halt
disorders.
It was predicted, though, that sev¬
eral indictments would be returned
charging rioting, trespassing on and
destruction Vf government property.
All evidence has been presented to the
jury, which delayed its report until
next week.
ALABAMA SOLONS
ARE CALLED IN
EXTRA SESSION
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 5. ( A 3 )—A
special session of the Alabama legis¬
lature has been called by Governor B.
M. Miller for August 16 to balance
the state budget through new reve¬
nues and take steps to liquidate the
current deficit.
In a proclamation yesterday, the
governor suggested legislation to sub¬
mit to voters constitutional amend¬
ments for an income tax and for a
bond issue for debt liquidation. He
also recommended reduction of sal¬
aries in appropriations for state de¬
partments.
' The governor’s call also took cog
of the employment situation,
He proposed that the legislature en
act measures to permit counties and
municipalities to borrow from the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
to make direct contributions from
public funds for relief of the unem¬
ployed and destitute.
Elvy Kaiep, Estonian aviatrix, and Roger Q. Williams are shown at
Floyd Bennett Field, New York, as they were making preparations for an
attempt to fly non-stop from New York to Athens, Greece.
OF LANCASTER IS
READ 10
Defendant’s Record as Written
By Himself Disclosed lo Pub*
lie at His Murder Trial To
day
AUDIENCE LISTENS
WITH MUCH INTEREST
Reveals Innermost Thoughts of
Aviator Relative to Aviatrix
and His Companion Whom
Was Slain.
Miamj, Fla., Aug. 5. (TP) - The per¬
sonal diary of Captain W. N. Lan¬
caster, and personal correspondence
written by him, Haden Clarke, for
whqse killing Lancaster is on trial,
and Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miiier, with
whom botli men were in love, was
read to the jury in Lancaster’s trial
oay.
State Attorney N. Vernon Haw¬
thorne read the documents, with a
crowd of listeners leaning forward to
catch every word.
J. F. Russell, a state witness, who
testified yesterday that Lancaster had
muttered his intention to get rid of
Clarke, was cross-examined today.
Russell, former associate of Lancaster
in a proposed western flying venture,
is serving a six months’ prison sen
tence for conspiracy to smuggle aliens
into the country.
The diary, written by Lancaster
from January 1, 1932 to Sunday, April
1, told of Lancaster’s financial and
domestic troubles in Miami and dur¬
ing his tour into the west in search
of employment.
Parts of the diary follow
Friday, Jan. 1, 1932., Miami, Fla.—
Chubbie and I have moved into a
house with Major J. O. French. 2953
S. W. 16th Terrace. It is a small
bungalow, but quite convenient. We
have with us our gallant old Lincoln
car which we drove from Los An¬
geles to Miami. Taking the house
in Chubbie’s name for twelve months
at $45 per month. J. C. Aliers to
share this with us. We also hope Gen¬
try Shelton will join us in the up¬
keep. No ward from the blighter,
though.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1932, Miami, Fla.
—Some of tlie crowd arrived for (he
air races.....They are here for a
good time and get very tight, so too
does Chubbie. They come out to the
house. No news from Chubbie’s and
my partner. He has failed to bring
down the ship for the air races.
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1932., Miami,
Fla.—Spent an hour in the city jail.
It happened thus—Chubbie was driv¬
ing the Lincoln from the house to
the Columbus Hotel to return Bob
Barber, of Birmingham, Ala., to his
hotel. She was pretty tight, so too
was Barber. The car was being driven
by Chubbie with myself iri the back
seat. At the corner of 5th avenue
and 7th street, S. W., bumped into a
Buick belonging to a Leonard Brown.
He is nasty. Tq save Chubbie’s face
I declare I was driving the car, and
as a result the police acting on com¬
plaint from Brown say I was drunk.
As a matter of fact I had not had a
drink. It’s a dog’s life. Damage done.
Thursday, Jan. 7., 1932, Miami, Fl'a.
—Fined $50 with a suspended sentence
suspended on a complaint filed by
Leonard Brown. American justice
is all wet.
Thursday, Jan. 14, 1932, Miami.—
It’s a sort of helpless feeling, this
utter lack of cash. No sign of work,
either. Chubbie still the best little
sport over matters, hut she is blue,
too.
New York, Feb. 3, 1932, A. & N.
Club, N. Y., midnight.- -Am in a cold
sweat. Return to Aberdeen Hotel to
find two telegrams from Chubbie say¬
ing that I must call her im¬
portant. What can it be? Have just
fixed everything up in New York and
can leave in the morning for Miami.
But this urgent request to telephone
Chubbie has knocked me flat. God, if,
anything has happened to her I shall!
suffer as I have never suffered iri my
whole life. It cannot be bad, other¬
wise she would not be out uqjil one,
J a. m, —Just talked to Chubbie.
Gee, it was wonderful to hear her
voice. I love her more than my very
life, i think she needs me. If I did
not think this I would give my life
to make her happy.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, Miami.—Met Had¬
en Clarke, a writer. First impression
of him very good. He is going to
“ghost” a book for Chubbie.
Thursday, Feb. 31, Miami.—Chubbie
and Haden get cock-eyed, but not uri
(Continued cn Page 6.)
NO SANTA CLAUS
Displays No Freehandedness in
Administering Money For Re¬
lief and Turns Down Pinchot’s
Request.
Washington, Aug. 5. (TP) —The Re¬
construction Finance Corporation is
showing anything but Santa Claus
Free-handedness in administering the
$300,000,000 voted by congress for di¬
rect relief in the states.
It sticks to the position that the
federal fund should be used only to
supplement all possible state and lo¬
cal aid. On this premise, it turned
ddwn Governor Pinchot’s request for
a loan to Pennsylvania.
But the corporation has granted
three loans, satisfied as to the ur¬
gency of the need and wiih the recap¬
itulation of money already spent, and
likely will approve more.
It allowed Illinois $3,000,000 on a
showing that $18,750,000 of relief
bonds had been sold and spent and
that relief agencies in the state soon
would have to close without federal
aid. Ohio got $852,662 for use in
four counties and only yesterday $1,
800,000 was advanced to Detroit for
emergency needs pending further de¬
velopment of local programs.
The corporation reiterated its an¬
nounced policy when it said, anent
the Pennsylvania application, that
the “legislature of Pennsylvania and
its several subdivisions have not done
their full duty with respect to the
furnishing of funds for relief pur
poses.”
In making the first loan that to
Illinois—the board announced that
“the corporation will expect all states
to meet their needs to the greatest
extent possible from their public and
private sources and call upon the cor¬
poration only as a last resort to sup¬
plement their own efforts.”
The money provided would not be
sufficient to meet the situation other¬
wise, it was added.
For the last six months the corpor¬
ation has been advancing money to
banks and railroads. The last avail¬
able figure showed loans of $642,789,-
313 to banks; $5^,484,923 to building
and loan associations; $63,465,500 to
insurance companies; $322,440 to ag¬
ricultural credit corporations; $l,270 r
000 to joint stock land banks, $6,594,-
586 to livestock credit corporations;
$73,600,000 to mortgage loan com¬
panies; $405,000,000 to credit unions
and $213,882,724 to railroads.
SELF-HELP PROGRAM
Atlanta, Aug. 5. (TP) - The central
relief committee plans to extend Ful¬
ton county’s self help program to
provide all able bodied men who ap¬
ply with two days of work per week
on public projects. Under the plan
announced by the committee the ap¬
plicants will he paid on a basis of
the number of dependents they have.
A sub-committee is to conduct the
organization of the program ami its
extension. Those given work by this
committee will be paid in foodstuffs.
< HARGFI) WITH
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 5. t/P) -An in
dictment charging Henry B.
son, former vice-president and
officer of the Columbus Bank & Trust
Company, with embezzlement was re¬
turned yesterday by the Muscogee
county grand jury. The indictment
charged a shortage of $2,516.79 exist¬
ed between January, 1930, and July
6, 1932. Patterson was released last
night on $4,00d bond
TWELVE PACES
AS TRADE BLOCK
Consumer in That Dominion
Likely to Prove (ireatest Diffi¬
culty ill Way of Proposed
Agreement.
By FRANK I. WELLER
Associated Press Stall' Writer
Ottawa, Out., Aug. 5. (TP) The Ca¬
nadian consumer was pointed out. to¬
day as likely to prove the greatest
difficulty in the way of the proposed
shift of between $100,000,001) and
$200,000,000 worth of Canadian trade
from the United States to Great Bri¬
tain.
(A report published by the Toronto
Mial and Empire saying the United
States and Great Britain agreed to
hold a trade conference following the
Ottawa parley was denied by the
state The department trade at Washington.)
Canadian proposal was
announced yesterday in an official com¬
munique of the imperial trade confer¬
ence which said the Canadian gov¬
ernment had mad specific free trade
and additional preferential tariff offers
to the British delegation, asking equal
advantages for Canadian trade in
Great Britain.
The statement was amended later,
however, to modify the sums stipu¬
lated by bringing out the fact that,
while trade agreements involving such
sums might be negotiated, the con¬
sumer demand could not be legislated
into line.
The amended statement emphasiz¬
ed that the conference does not claim
the government could pick up any
amount of business from one place
and arbitrarily set it down in another.
All it can do, it pointed out, is rec¬
ommend.
If the consumer demand reacts to
the cheaper commodity, empire pro¬
ducers might expect to increase their
business a,t the expense of foreign
competitors, provided they are equip
lied to supply the market.
AVIATRIX STARTS
ENDURANCE FLIGHT
Hableton, Eng., Aug. 5. t/P) Mis.
Victor Bruce, who made a false start
on Monday in an effort to set a new
endurance flight record, took off
again this afternoon.
She and her husband and a radio
operator are using ari amphibian plane
equipped with a kitchen, dining room
and shower bath, which Mrs. Bruce
calls her “flying bungalow.” On Mon¬
day they were forced down an hour
after the takeolf by trouble in the
electrical circuit.
Four other -planes wilt participate
in this attempt. Their function will
he to deliver fuel, food, newspapers
and mail.
“This is not a crazy scheme for no¬
toriety,” she said just before taking
off, “hut a definite move toward mak¬
ing air travel across the Atlantic
safe, for we are especially concerned
with the problem of refueling in the
air, which is the solution of ocean
air traveling.”
CAPACITY OPERATION
Phoenixville, Pa., Aug. 5. UP )—The
Ajax Hosiery Company, with mills
here and in Pottstown, Pa., now ern
ploying 600 workers, will go on a full
time schedule with 1,500 employes
August 15, Stanton D. Sanson, presi¬
dent of the company, said today. San¬
son said the concern had received or¬
ders which will keep the plants go¬
ing full time at least until next Jan¬
uary.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FATHER SEEKING
BOND FOR WOMAN
HELD IN MURDER
Libby Holman Reynolds’ Where¬
abouts Unknown But Report¬
ed She is in Hospital Under
Treatment
SHE AND FRIEND OI
HUSBAND INDICTED
"Political Erame-Up,” Says Her
Father-Lawyer Who Rushes
to Winston-Salem to Obtain
Her Liberty.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Aug.
(TP) Alfred Holman, father
Libby Holman, arrived here at
2:27 p m. today, to attempt to
procure bail for the indicted
widow o,f Smith Reynolds, tobacco
heir, for whose death she is being
sought.
Holman was alone as he step¬
ped from a sleeping car after an
all-night ride from his home in
Cincinnati.
He tqld waiting newspapermen
he would go immediately to the
Forsyth county courthouse to
appear before Judge A. M. Stack,
presumably to ask that bail be
fixed for Mrs. Reynolds.
Winston-Salem, N. €., Aug. 5. (TP)
The songbird widow of young Smit
Reynolds was was a a technical technical fugitive
from the law today on a charge of
slaying him. His boyhood chum was
behind bars on the same ehurge.
These two- -Libby Holman Rey¬
nolds, his bride, and Albert (Ab)
Walker, his best friend—were singled
out in the sharp language of a grand
jury indictment yesterday as the
“parties unknown” whom a coroner’s
jury previously had held responsible
for his death.
The widow’s whereabouts remained
known.
Her father, speeding here from their
Cincinnati home, declined to surren¬
der her to Ohio authorities.
“At the right time,” he said, “she
will meet these charges.” He called
the indictments a "political frame
tip.”
Albert (Ah) Walker, life-long chum
of Reynolds, is held incommunicado
save .for visits of relatives and coun¬
sel. He was arrested lust night at
the home of his father, a retired real
estate dealer.
The degree of murder to be charg¬
ed lies in the discretion of the prose¬
cutor. The language of the indict¬
ment indicated to court, officials, how
cover, that the grand jury had first
degree murder in mind, the penalty
of which is death in the electric chair.
The action came as another climax
in the investigation of the shooting of
the 20-year-old flier at his elaborate
mansion here, following a gay liquor
party the night of July 5.
A week after the early morning
shooting, Libby Holman Reynolds,
near collapes from the tragedy, left
Winston-Salem for her home to rest.
When the ease will he brought to
trial is not known. The next regular
term is scheduled to open October 3.
Because of a crowded docket, a spec¬
ial term before then is probable.
The two witnesses who testified
before (he grand jury yesterday were
Sheriff Scott and Stewart Warnken,
manager of the Reynolds estate.
Reynolds and Libby were married,
after an ardent courtship, at Monroe,
Mich., six days after Smith’s first
wife, Anno Gannon Reynolds, mem¬
ber of the wealthy North Carolina
towel manufacturing family, secured
a divorce.
Smith settled $1,000,000 on his first
wife and their baby daughter.
Young Reynold’s estate, held in
trust for him because he was a minor,
is expected to aggregate $15,000,000.
The young widow testified at the
inquest that her husband had often
threatened suicide. Walker said a
tew mniules before Smith went to an
upstairs sleeping porch he tossed him
bis poeketbook with the remark, “I’m
going to end it all.”
On the night of July 5 the Reynolds
entertained a birthday dinner in hon¬
or of a friend. A few friends were
there, including several socially prom¬
inent Winston-Salem young people.
Reynolds was shot shortly after 1
a. rn., it was testified. Rushed to a
hospital, he died there at 5:25 a. m.
Testimony of two nurses concerned
actions of Walker arid Libby at the
hospital, where Mrs. Reynolds was
placed in a room while her husband
was dying.
Ethel Shore, night supervisor of
the hospital, and Ruby Jenkins, a
nurse, said Walker entered the room
and they left.
Hearing “a commotion,” they said
they entered and found Libby and
Walker ori the floor together, strug¬
gling to get up. Miss Jones said she
heard Ab tell Libby to say nothing of
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