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THURSDAY, MAY 26TH, 1932. W II — ■ I V THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE SKYER. News Review of Current Events the World Over Norfolk Boat Builder Confesses Cruel Hoax in Lindbergh Case—Terrible Tragedy at v Sea—Gossip ; of National Politics. By EDWARD W. PICKARD DREAKING down under long contln- ued examination, John H. Curtis, the Norfolk boat builder who had put himself forward as an intermediary in the Lindbergh baby case, confessed to In spector Harry Walsh of the Jersey City po lice that his story was a hoax and his “negotiations” w i t li the kidnapers were en- -tirelj? a fake. He said he never knew such persons as those he named to Colonel Lindbergh and to W. H. Stevens meet whom the dis ’ traded father made many trips to sea on a yacht in com pany with Curtis. In his brief written confession of his cruel swindle Curtis said he “became insane on the subject for the time being, which caused me to create the story in its entirety,” and that he was “brought back to his senses" by a telephone conversation with his wife. Curtis’ activities the night of the kidnaping were being investigated. He locked up and later arraigned on iijes of giving false reports that m 1 m \ tions and individuals for the purpose of increasing employment. 3. A bond issue of $l,0u0 k 000,000 for construction of federal public works in tlie interest of revival of industry and increase of employment, this ex pense to be met by a tax of one-third of one cent a gallon on gasoline. O UR senators are not yet willing to give us real beer, even as part of a plan |to bring relief to the unem ployed. By a vote of 24 to G1 they re- Tected - Senator lydlttg's amendment to the tax bill. This amendment would have legalized 2.75 per cent beer with a tax of 24 cents a gallon upon it which was calculated to yield $200,000,- 000 annually for amortization of a construction bond issue and an addi tional $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 that would have allowed that amount to be stricken from the tax bill. ■Mlered the apprehension of the per sons guilty of the crime. If convicted he may be imprisoned for three years or fined $1,000, or both. He waived preliminary hearing. Arrested in Brooklyn for abandoning his family, Frank I'arzych, a thirty- year-old narcotic addict, told detec tives—and clung to the story after more than twelve hours of questioning —that he was one of a band of seven men who kidnaped the child and that J the baby died after the man carrying * him down the ladder from the nursery window accidentally dropped him to the ground. The police were inclined to believe this story was false. Though the authorities of the entire country are of course hunting for the kidnapers and murderers of the baby, New Jersey is still the center of the 'operations, and the Investigation there is in the charge of William H. Stevens, attorney general of the state, and of Prosecutor Erwin Marshall of Mercer county. Neither of these men Is opti mistic, fearing the case will be added to the list of unsolved crimes because, as Mr. Marshall said, whatever trail there was Is now virtually dead. The necessary excessive caution of the po lice while the child was sHU thought to be alive lessened the chances for solving the mystery. However, Attor ney General Stevens by no means gave up. At a conference of state, federal and county police and investigators in Trenton, a plan was established for co-ordinating all activities In the hunt for the murderers. . *ik »' O NE of the worst marine tragedies of recent years occurred near the entrance to the Gulf of Aden when the new French liner Georges Philippar of the Messageries Maritime^ sudden ly burst into flames and was destroyed. The loss of life is uncertain at this ■ ng, bnt probably about 100 per- perished. The survivors were ‘d up by several steamships and landed in different ports. Two Brit ish vessels took 254 of them to Aden, and they said at least 100 of the thou sand odd aboard the doomed ship were trapped in their cabins. Many others lost their lives in the stormy sea. Owen D. Young P ROMINENT bankers and industrial leaders, convinced that public fear and uncertainty have prevented the federal reserve system’s policy from taking full effect in the stimulation of recovery of prices and of prosper ity, have formed a committee of twelve t® aid in putting to work the hundi'bds of millions of dollars being poured into the market by the system in its program for credit expansion. These gentlemen gathered in New York at the call of George L. Har rison, governor of the Federal Reserve bank of New York, with Owen D. Young as their chairman. The follow ing statement was issued: “Governor Hatrison of the Federal Reserve bank of New York has called together a committee composed of bankers and industrialists for the pur pose of considering methods of mak ing the large funds now being released by the federal reserve banks useful affirmatively in developing business. “Its purpose will also be generally to co-operate with tlie Reconstruction Finance corporation and other agen cies to secure more co-ordinated and *o more effective action on the part of the bankilug and JJidustrial inter ests." ; t lAKER GARNER put forth his «n plan for depression relief, and It was indorsed by Representative Rainey, leader of the house. Its main features are: 1. Appropriatio» of $110,000,000 to be expended by the President in his discretion for the relief of destitution. 2. Increase of $1,000,000,000 In the borrowing power of the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation for loans to state and local governments, corpora- YITITH the near approach of the YV Democratic national convention speculation as to the chances of Gov- Franklin D. Roosevelt for the nomina tion grows intense. II i s pre-convention manager. James A. Farley still believes he will he nominated on the first roll call. He asserts that Roose velt will be sure of Gt'l votes to 403 for nil other aspirants, and that before the tally ^ clerk gets down as far as Wyoming and the territories. e>m a u g a states will change their votes from fa vorite sons to put the 4 New York governor across the two-thirds line— 770 votes. One of the most prominent of the “dark horses” lias taken h.mself def initely out of the running. Owen D. Young, who had a large and hopeful body of supporters though he never had been an avowed candidate, made the “final" announcement iliat lie would not accept the nomination if it were of fered him. In a letter to John Crow ley, publisher of the Times of Little Falls, Young’s home town, he said his reasons for this decision were “so con trolling as not to be open for argu ment.” It was assumed the chief of these reasons was Mrs. Young's 111 health. 1 - A L SMITH has by no means sur rendered. In a radio address he set forth his personal platform con taining planks designed to cure the ills from which the country is suffer ing. The main features were: . r Balance the national budget. A manufacturers* sales tax to meet the $1,500,000,W0 defldt. Reduction of national expenditures to nn “irreducible minimum.” Opposition to a veterans’ cash bonus. Repeal of the Eighteenth amend- menf. • • --■ Immediate modification of tlie Vol stead act, to permit wines and beer. His previously proposed bond Issue for public works to relieve unemploy ment. the bonds to be amortized by proceeds from a wine and beer tax. Defeat of President Hoover’s pro posal to relieve unemployment through funds of the reconstruction finance board. Clothe the President with power to extend, if need be. the moratorium on international debts “until a real solution can be reached.” Suppress “all blocs which bedevil legislation." S ENATOR WATSON of Indiana. majority leader of the senate, does not think congress can possible get through its necessary business with out a summer session before June 14, when tlie Republican national conven tion opens, so he proposed to other leaders of both parties that a recess be taken from June 4 to July 11. Speaker Garner demurred, believing all legislation can be disposed of be fore June 11. so a decision was post poned until June 4. If it appears then that congress can end its work by June 11, the recess plan will not be pressed. L OU T. REICHERS, ft daring Amerv lean aviator, was the first of ttils year’s crop of would-be transatlantic flyers, and he failed. Hopping off from Harbor Grace, he sought to fly to Parts with a landing at DliDim. But Ire got lost in the clouds when nearly across the ocean, cam# down not faF from the south end of Ireland and was ^ picked up by tlie steamship President Roosevelt, whose commander, Captain Fried, and chief officer,, Harry Man ning. have rescued many persons from death at sea. . V C APT. ROBERT DOLLAR, the aged and' spectacular dean of tlie Ship ping and lumber industries of the Pa cific coast, dledint his home in San Rafael. Calif., jfter ah illness of sev eral weeks. Born in Scotland In 1844, he began work as a lad In Quebec and rose steadily to the dominant position he held at his death. The coast guard lost its able com mandant when Rear Admiral F. C. Billard passed away In Washington, where he resided. He was fifty-eight years old and had been 111 two weeks. Dr. B. J. Cigrand, founder and pres ident of the Anierican Flag Day asso ciation, died at his home in Batavia, HI. H ENRY i. STIMSON, secretary of state, returned from Geneva, says his conversations there convinced him that Europe agrees with the United States on what can and must be done in regard to the far eastern situation and will co-operate with Undo Sam. He is certain neither Japan nor Rus sia wants war, and he indicates that the great powers will strive to keep the Manchurian trouble localized, at least for the present. However, the authorities In Washington are rather alarmed by the military situation In Manchuria because of the continued concentration of troops along the frontier. T. Inukai U NLESS reparations payments are maintained, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia will refuse to pay their International debts. This was de cided upon at a conference of these na tions, which form the little entente, at Belgrade, and it will be their attitude at the coming Lausanne parley. It Is not a new position for them, and Is the same as that miilntail>ed consistently by France, their great friend. Jugoslavia Is especially concerned about reparations, since the amounts due It were estimated on the basis of damage done. The Jugoslavs, fear Ger many cannot be persuaded to resume payments, in which case they will lose annually an Increasing amount begin ning with $19,001,000 and reaching eventually $20,000,000. or a total in all of $875,000,000. Jugoslavia's war debts to the allies total about $300.- 000.000, so that full cancellation of reparations and d“bts would cause a loss of $5TV >00.000. J APAN is in a state of ferment and the occidental mind can scarcely figure out what the results may be. Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai was assas sinated by a group of young army men and at tlie same time mil itary terrorists raid ed and bombed vari ous buildings and did other damage In To kyo. These events signalled the o u t- break of an actual mil itary revolt against the existing govern ment and its course in national and espe- c i a 11 y International affairs. Inukai’s cabinet resigned and plans were made to install Kisaburo Suzuki, new president of the Selyu- kai party, as premier. But the rep resentatives of the army served no tice that a national cabinet must he formed not based on political par ties. Tlie vice chief of staff declared the army would refuse to approve any nomination for war minister In a party cabinet. The constitution pro vides that the war minister must be a general of the army, so the army can prevent the formation of any q^inistry that it disapproves. Late dispatches from TolTyb indicated that the army would hnvb Its wav. Oill all over the world there was specula tion as to what •light he the effect on Japan’s relations with China and especially with Russia. Prince Saionj^, last o_f the elder stiiTesmen, was called to Tokyo to try to effect a compromise. . . A- Alien Carpe H ARRY J. LEIK, superintendent of Mount McKinley National park in Alaska, and three companions climbed both peaks of the mountain, the first time this ever had been accomplished, and discovered that tragic disaster had befallen a group of scientists headed by Allen Carpe who had attempted to scale the mountain for the pur ges e of measuring cosmic rays. Carpe himself and Theodore Koven lost their lives. K o v e n’s body Svas found on M u 1 d r o w glacier, and it was certain that Carpe had fallen into a crevasse. The lost leader was regarded as the ablest mountaineer in America. He was working under the direction of Prof. Arthur H. Compton of the University of Chicago, who had expected to Join him in Alaska to continue the cosmic ray study. Two other members of Carpe’s party, E. P. Beckwith and Percy T. 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