1936-03-13 — Page 7

SHE WANTS TRUTH OF HAUPTMANN

LADY OF THE DIAMOND WHO MAY CHEAT "CHAIR”

“I DID and I didn't."

This was the reply of the owner of the Hope dia- mond, Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, when she was asked recently whether she had engaged Mr. Samuel Leibowitz, the lawyer who "always cheats the electric chair," behalf of Bruno Hauptmann in an eleventh-hour bid to save the life of the man condemned for murdering the Lindbergh baby.

on

Mrs. McLean admitted she had|trip to Russia and appearing in discussed the case with Mr. the streets of Moscow decked out Leibowitz in Washington before in all her jewellery. On her return he went to Ace Inuptmann. ale explained that she had done it. "to give poor, dismal Russin a real

"But I haven't put up any thrill." money," she asserted.

Was

'In American soclety she usually known 18 Mrs. "Ned" "You mustn't get it into your McLean, and in the successful New hend," she added "that I ELITE trying to get this boy off. AllYork show, "Anything Goes," which I'm trying to get is the truth. Bubsequently came to London, she

I feel very bitter about this awwas picked out by this name as one jof America's celebrities. The ditty ful crime of kidnapping

run thus: always have done."

and

Mrs. McLean has three children. "Do you believe Hauptmann in-i nocent?" she was asked.

"I don't know. But what I do think is that he was one of a lot of people who were in on it. No

"When Mrs. Ned McLean, God

bless her,

Con pet Russión. Reds to 'YER"]

her,

Then our knows

Anything goch."

During the nation-wide hunt for

one person could have done it the Lindbergh baby she was tricked And I think every aingle person; Into handing over £20,000 as reward who was even remotely connected to a private detective named Gaston with that ghastly crime ought to B. Means, who declared that he had be electrocuted."

[contact with the kidnappers, Means was subsequently sentenced for fraud.

HIS LAST CHANCE "What do you hope will happen?"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY; MARCH 13,

AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE SON

Australia has a favourite child to love. Ho is Charles Kingsford, Smith Jr., a beautiful curly-haired blonde boy, who spent his third birthday picking flowers. Perhaps the blossoms were in memory of his father, the famous Austral lán airman, who disappears! while on a flight from England to his ho me continent, last year. Since it is generally believed that Kingsford-Smith has died, the Antipodes have taken ils son to their hearts.

"I certainly hope that Hinup WITNESS KILLS HIMSELF BRITAIN

mann will come clean. He has his chance now. Io could tell lots. more than he has told. He ought to show up the whole crowd. Whether he will or not in the ques- tion."

Mrs. McLean said she had also

discussed the case with Mr. Robert

Hicks, the defenco investigator who accompanied Mr. Leibowitz and Mra. Hauptmann to the death house recently when Hauptmann broke down and wept.

Rather Than Testify Against Sister

Leningrad, Mar. 1.

W opened here to-night, it was found that Arseniev, principal witness against his sister, Vera Petron, the only woman defendant, had committed suicide rather than testify against her.

XTHEN the trial of thirty-nine ex-Czarist nobles and merchanta

"Shall you go to Trenton ?"" Stars That

I'm just altting back

in

Washington, that's all, waiting to don't

see what will happen.. } Blow "Smoke

know a thing more at présent except that I'm absolutely not put- ting up any money.”

WEARING HOPE DIAMOND

Asked whether It was true that:

she had parted with the famous

Rings"

Hope diamond, Mrs. McLean said: ORIGIN OF PLANETARY

"Certainly not, othing in

the world will ever induce me to part with it, I wear it all the time. I've got it on now."

NEBULAE

Long exploded stars are the Mrs. Evelyn Melcan is one of probable origin of the great gase- the most remarkable and pictures-ous balloons, many of them mil-

personalities in

que society.

American lions of millions of miles across,

CAVE RUSSIA A THRILL A few years ago she caused first-class sensation by taking

Fortunes Given Away In U.S.

ESCAPING NEW TAXES

within our sun's system of stars,, according to Mr. J. H. Reynolds, | a who delivered his presidential a address before the Royal Astron- omical Society. in London last month.

These are of "clouds" known to astronomers as the "planetary jnebulae," much smaller than the nebulne of outer space, but still of fantastic extent.

Mr. Reynolds told how the ex- ploding of a star in modern times had enabled what was probably |the general history of these clouds

to be followed,

New York, Mar. 3, The extent of last-minute efforts by wealthy Américans to First the star swells to a huge escope the new death-duties and size, its brightness increasing cor- taxes on gifts' was revealed to-respondingly. Then a concentric day. The new taxes range up to luminous ring is blown out from 70 p.c. estates and 51% p.c. on the star, to go on travelling out-) gifts.

ward for, perhaps, many thousands; They became effective on January of years. Finally, a "nebulous 1, and it has been predicted that envelope" follows the luminous they will have the effect of wiping ring.

out all great fortunes in the United

States within three generations, ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATION Outstanding gifts in December are

liated in a report of the S, and E. The nebula, once formed, is Commission to-day but the names "excited" to luminescence by the

of the recipients of the gifts intense ultraviolet radiation from.

are not disclosed. The gifts in the hot star within it. All nebulae, clude:

Mr. Walter Chrysler, chairman of of this type have stars within the famous firm of motor-car man, them. facturers, 40,000 shares of Chrysler Corporation stock, valued at £750..

.000.

Mr. James Gray, an

executive)

There is one uniqué case of s nebula whose parent star has failed it, but which is yet lit on officer of the R. J. Reynolds To-one side by the radiation from a bacco Co.. 30.000 shares of Reynolds neighbouring star. stock, valued at £348,000.

Mr. Cyrus McCormach, of Chi Mr. Reynolds explained to a re- cago, 24,000 shares of International presentative of the Morning Harvester Co. common stock, valued Post after his address, that this

to fewer than 245,000 shares, view of the general evolution of planetary nebulae was one to Mr. Joseph Schenck, chairman of the board of Twentieth Century which a number of authorities had Fox Films, 45,000 sharca common Doon gradually led over a number and 15,000 shares Preferred stock of yours. So far as he was aware. of that company, valued at £286 It had not before been formally 000.

stated.

Mr. Charles Nash, founder of

Block, valued at £180,000.

One of the curiosities of these

"My brother will not be here to day," the woman announced in

court.

R

PAYS FOR

ASSYRIANS

Treasury has been asked for £482,295, not included in the last Budget estimates,

This supplementary estimate includes £57,000 for the League of Nations.

The charge against the prisoners Is that they obtained licences to work na Individual craftsmen and used them to organise

In the Budgat the estimate large manufacturing concern. In this for the League of Nations was way they cheated the State of £166,500. Now the League of £60,000 in taxes,

Nations will cost the British taxpayer £223,500 this year.'

Vera Petrova is accused of com- plicity with her husband in con- cealing jewels and conspiring to bribe tax collectors. It was alleg ed that she gave drinking parties to the collectors.-United Press

Bit Off Girl's Nose, Judge Says 'This Is Going Too Far.'

Berlin, Mar. 1. found guilty of biting off his for

Ernst Richter, aged twenty-ive, mer fiancee's nose, was told by a Berlin judge yesterday: "This is carrying jealousy too far.”

The girl, on whom a doctor had grafted a new nose, pleaded: "Don't be too hard on him. My new nose is much better than the old one in any case." Richter was sent to prison for a year.

NO REFUND

This is the official reason for this latest demand for £57,000:-

"The League of Nations have arranged for the settlement in the Ghab' aren of the French Mandated Territories of the Levant of those Assyrians of Iraq who may wish to leave that country,"

The British Government have undertaken to provide five-twelfths up to £250,000. of the total cost of thla scheme

These funds will be administer- ed under the supervision of the League, but expenditure. in detail out of this grant will not be ac- counted for in Auditor-General.

The statement further adds that if any part of this money is unspent, Britain will not be able to reclaim it.

ICE BOUND IN TIENTSIN

One of B. & B, steamers, tee bound now for several weeks in Tientsin

harbour.

HERMIT'S LOVE SECRET

1936

RADIO BROADCAST

Recital by Anne Winter From the Studio

B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA

From Z.BW. on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles);

4-7 p.m. Chinose Programme, G-6.30 pm. "Children's Studio Con- cert,

7-7.30 p.m. Orchestral Music. Sylvia Ballet (Delibes); Hungarian Dance No. 6 (Brahms); Hungarina Danco No. (Brahms); Ave Maria

(Meditation) (Back-Gounod); Ava Maria (Schubert: A Concert.

7.30-7.50 p.m.

Pianoforte Solo-Dance of the Gnomes (Liszt)....Sergei Rachman- inoff: Song-Gentle Zephyrs (Jenson) Ackland (Contralto): Violla Caprico (Kreisler), Shepherd's Madrigal (Kreisler).. Fritz Kreisler; Songs-By the Dark Lagoon (An Island Serenade). The World is mine tonight (Posford).. Charles Kullman (Tenor).

7.50-8 p.m. From the Studio, "Book Reviews" by A.D.

6 p.m. Time and Weather Report; Stock Quotations.

8.95-8.10 p.m.

"I hear you calling me" (arr. Haydn Wood),

8.10-8.20 p.m. From the Studio. "To-morrow's Racing" by Valley.

8.20-8.30

p.m.

1932 Stars.'

8.30.9.20 p.m.

Daventry.

"Song Carnival of

A Relay from,

8.30 p.m. The B.B.C. Dance Orches, tra, directed by Henry Hall,

9 p.m. Daventry News Bulletin. 9.20-9.30 p.m. "Ballade Wo Love.". 9.30-9.45 p.m. From the Studio. A Recital by Anne Winter (Soprano)

Luba accompanied by Shaftsin.

9.45-10 p.m. The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.

Memories of Tschaikovsky (arr. Sear); Melody in F (Rubinstein, arr. Sear); Cavatina (Ralf, arr. Scar).

10 p.m. Big Ben:

10-11 p.m. A Programme of Old Dance Favourites.

il p.m. Close Down.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

The following wave-lengths and frequenclau Ate abserved by Daventry. Call Sign Prequency

GSA

can

6.450 k.. 7.310 *..

GRC

1,5# k..

GSD

11.750

GBX

11.845

GAY

13.340

Сва

17,700

GSX

21,470 k.c.

GAI

16,200

GBJ

GBL

20348 k.c. 4.110 kc.

Wavelength

40,59 metred

31.55 metres

$1.00 metre

25.58 matsen 15.28

matres

11.01 metres 16.30 matter 11.97 metres 19.45 metres

TE.93 meires (9.16 Meine

Transmission I

IG.B.N., GA.D., 0.8.3.)

3.16 p.m. Big Ben. "Yeang [desa." 1.45 p.m. Viennese Waltzes.

p.m. Talk: "Forelen Alain" Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p., 4.15 p.m. "Empire Cocktail,” A sophie- tleated show with comedy, music, and West-end arisela. The News and Announcement,

Close down.

Transmission 2

3 p.m.

1.20 p.m.

(0.8.3., 0.8.0.)

Den. * p.m. Dig

The B.D.C. Welsh Orchestra. 7.45 p.m. Talkı “A Countryman's Diary.'!........

Greenwich Time Bikoal at 8 pm.

я

P.M. The Rutland Square and Now

Victoria Orekantra.

pjn.

1.30 p.m. The D.D.C. Dance Orchestra.

The News and Aunosnçaments. 2.10 p.m. Muale hy British Composers. 1.4 p.m. Close down,

Transmission 3

(G.8.G., O.S.E.) 10 p.m. Dla Ben. A Rovne: "Dk. Thoss

Dell 50 10.45 pm. Light Male. 11.45 p.m.. A Talk by the Chief Engineer

of the British Broadcasting Car peralien.

11 am. The Victor Olaf Batet.

Greenwich Time Rignal at 12.30 a.m. 11.10 a.m. The News and Announcementa. 11,50 a.m. The Hotel Metropole Orchestra,

Closs down.

I 4.9.

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the New York coninfodity exchange are Issued by Router..

March

May

July

October

December

January

Spot ..

New York Cotton

December

Total sales:

Mar. 11. Mař. 12.

11.01

11.30/36

10,97

10.90/00

10.00

10,65/05

10.33

10.27/27

10.32 10.28/29

10.30 11.41

10.31/31 11.40

New York Rubber

March May July

15.02

15.88 /80

18.04

16.08 /08

10.11

16,04b/05

September

18.20

10.10 710

16.29

10.23b/26

118 lots.

Chicago Wheat

00%

100%/100%

80%

90% 00% 887 807 8014 enlos:

8,691,000 bushels Chicago Corn

July

But these papers led to the band of mourning round it was piecing together of the drama be found. It told Pitcher's whole

story. hind this man's mysterious life.

Winnipeg Wheat

84% 85

854/85% 80%4/804 80/80%

Revealed By His Death In Fire

Brighton, Mar. 1.

ORATIO PITCHER, ninety-five-year-old hermit, landlord

musician, of Souvigny Estates, Cowfold, Sussex, was burned

Any July.....

Wednesday's

to death to-day in the little brick cottage from which he had not ventured for many years. Nothing was left except some charred May bricks and a few papers which he kept in a tin box.

October

May Nash Motors, 10,000 shares of Nash nebulae is that, although their handwriting led searchere to a spot years ago when his beautiful whe

A charred document in his own. His life virtually ended forty-five July Conspicuous in carlior Hats was light can be collected and photo- Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jnr., who graphed in astronomical telo in the thick of the woods by Cow-a dancer and actress whom he gave Standard Oil Company securi-scopes, they are many millions of fold Monastery, not far from his had met in France died from a

home. There, in ties worth £20,000,000 to educatimes less dense than the greatest rotting caravan amid the under The shock was too great, Pit May

deserted and | heart attack. tional and charitably institutions. vacuum,aclentista can produce."

growth,a faded silk hat with a deep cher gave up the world.

March

July

60% G0%/60% 00% 01 761

New York Bilk

1.00 1.0414/0436 1.01% 1.61/01

1.59

1.58/88

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