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Monday.Maich 7, 1932
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANPE, ORE.
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Hear my voice, 0 God, in my prayer:, preserve, my life.
Hide me -f rbin the secret counsel of the wicked. Psalm 64 :
1,2. : .-'
OUR NEW BANK
The city of La Grande now has but one bank the new
First National, formed by. merging the assets of the two
former banks, the United States National and the La Grande
National. And this new bank, with a capitalization of
$125,000 and a surplus of $25,000, is infinitely stronger and
safer than either of the former institutions.
All the business men and well informed citizens of the
community are unanimous in the opinion that this merger
was the very best thing that could have been done under
the circumstances, and that it is a long step towai'ds the
building of greater confidence in the future of La Grande
and the Grande Ronde valley.:
The immediate cause of the sudden decision to merge the
assets 'of the1 two '. banks , into a new institution was the
action, late Saturday afternoon, of the bank examiners in
demanding, that each of these banks charge off from their
books certain lanre amounts
evitably accumulated, though not because of any laxity or
carelessness in nankin tr nractice.
,
Aneiunawniental. reason for
tnnvaa h fnnt- h.,f rlnrncu.n
products, and decreased incomes in nearly all lines of busi
ness, have made it impossible for numerous borrowers of
money to repay their loans at maturity, thus leaving the
banks holding these frozen assets. Most of these assets are
perfectly sure, the loans having been made to the most
honest and enterprising men of the valley.
But in order to protect the bank depositors and strengthen
the economic condition of the entire city and county, the'
new bank was organized, taking ;over the selected assets of
the two former houses, and backed by a fresh supply of ready
cash canital. The merfrei1 was acGnrnnliHherl. t.h nfnrk in
IV.n.Uni, ,n ..i i J
wic icy vuiiv ntw auuauiiucu,
elected, all in less than 36 hours.
The First National Bank of La Grande is in a preferred
position, starting out with a clean slate and plenty of re
sources, and is absolutely worthy of our utmost confidence;
La Grande has squarely faced a critical situation and has.
conquered it, thanks to tho indomitable courage and loyalty
of her citizens.
k The calm generosity with which stockholders and depos-
ifni'o nhcmlnf ihn iluivfyirl ff in.-,nf.. ....J M. :it:
v. v.i.fcv,vi WIl 00uva, uu uiu iuuy wining-
ness with which men and women subscribed for large blocks
nf stnrV in fhn nnw hnnlr
which has made La Grande such a progressive, wide-awake-city,
and that unshakable faith which is sure to lead to
much greatnr accomplishments in the future.
DAY BY DAY EDUCATION
A Columbia university professor of philosophy the other
day admitted the grave fallacy in the popular idea that the
education of children, and of young people can provide a
guarantee for capable, intellectual adult life.
It is a mistake to suppose that the childhood learning can
prepare an individual to cope with the problems of mature
life. The reason that so many persons fail to face nnd
conquer the trials and troubles that come with maturity is
because they stopped learning when they left school.
Genuine education is something more than public school
nnd college training. . It is a matter of adulls tackling the
nWililom nf linnitio nnd i-.tcliMn!i.. n,..:.. : l i
. . m,,,,,, tIIUU L-nvuuMilU'llt lllin
tnpir rlini'jimoi' nnd luminniti. ii i . n.
, uvwimiiK
process. ;
Under present conditions it is certainly necessary to look
beyond' the schools for ngendes of adult education. The
most valuable work that schools can do is to teach young
people how to teach themselves, and to inspire them with the
desire to go on learning throughout their lives.
Any adult can Warn something every day and some
thing really worth while from hooks, newspapers, maga
zines, and from the ordinary social and intellectual inter
course with his fellow men. learning that is confined to
adolescence leaves an attitude toward life that is sadly dis
torted. "A little learning is a dangerous thing."
; Governor Murray, of Oklahoma, is letting no alfaffa irrow
under his feet now that he has
nomination; ' K
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This first picture, transmitted by tclepliuto from New York to San
shows a rear view or tile home of the Lindberghs, with a New Jersey
detectives assigned to the case In conference on
OFFENSIVE AIMED
TO END HOARDING
LAUNCHED TODAY
(Continued From Page One)
hotel.
Mr. Hoover gave his full emphasis
to impressing on his, hearers the
grave effect of keeping money out of
normal channels.
"One hoarded dollar deprives Bomo
wngo-earner of at least some part of
hlB pay," he said. "Multiply this
simple example by nearly a billion
and a half dollars of Idle money now
hidden In the country and you may
get somewhere near a true picture
of the enemy of our national security
that we vaguely call 'hoarding.' It
atranglcs our dally life. Increases un
employment and Sorely afflicts our
farmers.
In his Introduction of the presi
dent, Knox told of the three weeks'
intensive preparation by volunteer
organizations In more than 1300 com
munities for today's drive. Ho told
of the "baby- bonds" issued by the
tronsury solely to attract dollars now
hidden, assertod- the drive of his
forces was in no sense a campaign
to sell government . bonds, and
summed it up:
"Wo have organized a national em
ployment agency to find Jobs for
Idle dollars. We do not care what
the Job is so long as the dollar goes
back to work
Mills said hoarding was n major
,'faotor in keeping the banking sys
pjd
ciumea of tho inter phases of th
son .oaserUKUxuiv rtHKwesy-.oouuinot-
icomo until wio onormous wnoiint of
monoy now hidden was back at work.
Dawes said It mattered llttlo whether
the Individual amount held was ten
or ten thousand dollars on ite re
turn to work depended the return of
prosperity.
WOMAM TKACIlftll IIEATKV
ii y two .iai'am;si:, ki:iout
,Oontlnued from Page One)
!tho Incident ; to the United States
consulate but" did not favor a protest
to tho Japanese.
A Japaneso army truck crowded
him off North Specimen road, dnm-
Inslmj his car. When ho., sought to
obtain the driver's name Japanese
civilians gathered around him and'
pushed him away. He snld he was
not harmed.
CONFLICTING IWJPOKTS
SHANGHAI, March 7 UP) Japanese
military officials aald tonight . 3.000
Ch 1 ncno sold lerH 1 n the vlci n I ty of
Llhoi began an offensive against tho
Japanese positions there, forcing their
troops to take "defensive measures."
Tho Chinese on tho other hand,
said tho Japanese continued to push
westward from Namlnng along the
shanghat - Nankimj railway and also
wratwuru um ahuhk.
Neutral observers said they believed
considerable skirmishing was -continuing
along tho present battle line
but no general engagement hnd be
gun. HIKIAU AM) FLOUR
PORTLAND, Mar. 7 Sxigar
cane, granulated $4.40 100 lbs., beet
$4.30.
Domestic flour Selling prico de
livered: patent 40s $fi.C0: do OHs 95.40;
bakers' bluestem $5.20: noft white
Hour $4.604i $4.60; rye $5.76(.( $5.90.
TAX BILL IS
INTRODUCED
IN THE HOUSE
(Continued From Pngo Ono)
Speaker Garner has given notice
plenty of opportunity will be afforded
lor debate. However, it is rxpectcd to
bo adopted by that branch without
M..u t..i i.
owan.ium micnuunm,
Ibt fate in tho ennte Is uncertain.
Tho bill Is gigantic, consisting of
207 pages and containing approxi
mately ten thousand words.
None of tho new taxes is retroac
tive. The sales tx. expected to all
feet 140,000 manufacturers, becomes
effective thirty dnys after enact
ment, while tho various excise levies
become effective fifteen days after
President Hoover signs tho bill.
Boosts in Individual and corporate In
come Uix are not payable until March
15. 1033, and apply on Incomes of the
current year.
The manufactures sales tax system
la to bo operated through a licensing
system to prevent pyramiding of lev
ies. It Is to apply only on finished
domestic and Imported articles ready
for sale either to a Jobber, wholesaler
retuller. Electricity, gasoline,
household gas sow as a finished pro-
duct, ore to bear the sales tax. but iff
when sold as rriw materials are not.-"
Articles for export to foreign mar
kets, for sale to a state or political
sub-dlvlsion, or those sold from one
licensed manufacturer to another li
censed manufacturer for further
manufacture and are exempt along
witn raw loodsturr. religious para
phernalia and bare necessities of life.
All articles or commodities, includ
ing tobacco, coming under special ex
cise tax are exempt from the sales
levy, as well as Imported articles com
ing into this country before enact
ment of the law.
Farmers Exempt
Farmers and their products are ex
empt from the sales tax and nuinu
facturers doing a business Jess than
$20,000 annually aro not required to
obtain licenses. License fees are $2
each.
Tho bill specifies that the sales
and special excise taxes terminate at
the end of the fiscal year 1933, but
places no limit on the duration of
tho increased rates on Individual and
corporato Incomesestates and "gifts.
Tho corporate tax, increased, from
twelvo to thirteen per cent, Is esti
mated to yield an additional $21,000,
000. The Increases In individual In
come and surtaxes are expected to
return $112,000,000 while $35,000,000
la estimated from tho double estate
and tho new gift taxes. ,
Tax on Amusements v(
From the flat ten per cent tax on
admissions to amusement places $90,
000,000 is expected. It applies on ad
missions of 25 cents and above nnd
includes motion pictures, theatre,
prlzo fights, wrestling, baseball, foot
ball and opera. Exemption Is allowed
only when ail the proceeds of sujeb.
amusements go to charity.
costing 31 to 40 cents, and ten cents
on 50 cents and moro Is expected to
return $35,000,000. Press associations
and newspapers operating leased wires
aro exempt.
Tho committee discarded sugges
tions to levy a special one cent I a
(rail on trjc on gasoline because of the
heavy levies made by tho states. How
ever, it placed a four cent a gallon
tax on lubricating oil used by auto
mobiles and for other purposes. A
$25,000,000 return is. expected.
other provisions Include a tax on
wort, malt syrup and grape concen
trates to yield $50,000,000, administrative-
changes In existing law to
return $100,000,000 and an increase
from two to four cents on stock trans
fers and loans of stock for short boU
ing to bring In $28,000,000.
SOLOISTS With
BE WITH CHOIR
(Continued From Pago Ono)
nesday evening of each month.
It tokes Intelligence to bo a sing
er at least with the Midland Col
lego A Cappclla choir.
Members of tho choir during Mid
land's first semester stood 15 per cent
higher In their grades than other
members of the student body. More
over, six of the 10 students gaining
places -on tho scholastic honor roll
wero choir members, while only ono
of the 1(1 placed on probation because
of low grades was a member of tho
group.
Miss Ostby, ono of tho soloists,
stood second In scholarship among
Midland's 2H7 collegiato department
students with a 3.92 mark; Phyllis
Dacier. Omaha, soprano, was third
with a 3.80, and Itosallo Teas. Fre
mont, soprano, was fourth with a
3.82. Tho highest possible mark is
1.00.
I Oinii:U PITT CAGE STAR
CAHHIKS OX FOIl 1TI.SA
KANSAS CITY W Charley (The
Chipper) Hyatt. Uniontown. Pa., boy
who made good In a University of
Pittsburgh basketball uniform, still
roams the courts In n way that '
spreads consternation among rival
teams of tho Tulsa Oilers.
Hyatt, with five field goals, led the
Oilers to a victory over the hitherto
undefeated Kansas City athletic club
in tho Missouri Valley A. A. U. cir
cuit. TiKLAYKD OFFENSE NEW
NAME FOR TIME KILLING
COLUMniA, Mo. The Univer
sity of Missouri basketball team
doesn't play a "stalling" game.
Its action In protecting a lead In
a game with Kansas by bouncing the
ball around the back court for 12
minutes was described by Coach
George Edwards as merely a "delayed
offense."
Spectators, weary of tho delay,
showered the hardwood floor with
pennies In An effort to start things
moving.
OMAHA SHEEP
OMAHA, Mar. 7 W (U. S. D. A.)
Sheep 13.000; lambs strong, other
classes steady; fed wooled lambs $t.00
$0.15 ; ewes 91.3Dl.Ml
fat. and
feeding lambs 73 lbs. $5.W,
Frunrlsco by NBA Service, Inc.,
stale trooier In the foreground, and
the back . porch.
Aged Man Victim
Of Pistol Bullet
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 7 (P) An
tone W. Mueller, 73, resident at the
Gresham old peoples home here, died
In a Portland hospital last night from
a bullet wound In his abdomen.
Hospital attendants said they were
Informed tho bullet was fired acci
dentally from an automatic pistol in
tho hands of his son-in-law, A.
Hoehennnln while he was showing
the weapon to tho elderly man. The
shooting occurred at Hoehennain's
home Just outsldo the city limits.
Hoop Tourney To
, Be At Heppner
PENDLETON, Ore., Mar. 7 m
Eight high school basketball teams
will meet in Heppner this weekend
to decide the district No. 3 title and
tho team that will represent the dis
trict in tho state tournament in
Salem.
Tho teams to meet in tho play-off
are Helix, Athena, Adams, Lexington,
Arlington, ; Hcrmlston, Heppner and
McLoughlln.
Arlington defeated Lexington at
Umatilla 40 to 30 to win the sub
district title there, while Helix de
feated Athena 25 to 20 to win the
Helix division crown.
Portland Woman Is
. Accident Victim
PORTLAND, Mar. 7 VP) Word was
of a prominent Portland family, in
Phoenix, Ariz., lost night from in
juries received In an automobile ac
cident. She was formerly Miss Etta
Honeyman.
Mrs. Zaiv was riding alone in her
car when it collided with another ma
chine. , She suffered from, concus
sion of the brain.
miTTHItlWT
. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 7 (A) But
torfat f. o. b. San Francisco 24c.
RANSOM NOTE
DENIED TODAY
BY OFFICERS
(Continued From Page Ono)
imping of tho Lindbergh baby.
DKATII PENALTY BILL DKl.AYKD
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7 Iff) The
son ate- judiciary com(mlttce postponed
action today on a bill to make Inter
state kidnaping a federal , offonse
punishablo by death, believing that
to act on It now would endanger safe
return of tl Lindbergh baby.
For more than an hour, the com
mittee discussed tho Lindbergh case
and tho pending bill by Senator Pat
terson, Republican, Missouri, and con
cluded tlidt to pass on It now would
frighten Jdic kidnapers, add to the
agitation nnd publicity and work
against the child's safe return.
By I-'niuel.s .lamlrcnu
HOPEWELL, N. J.,.Mar. 7 Cap
tain J. J, Lamb or the state police
announced today that no demand for
ransom has over been made for the
kidnaped Lindbergh baby and that
neither the Lindberghs nor the police
have ever had any communication
from the kidnapers.
This statement was in direct con
tradiction of information given out
by investigating forces at the Lind
bergh estate last week that a note
had been pinned to the nursery win
dow sill demanding ransom and
threatening harm to tho baby If the
text of the note was made public.
It was reported that this note de
manded $50,000 for the baby's re
turn but this was never officially
confirmed.
Capt. Ijmb made his announcement
today at the morning press confer
ence nt which he replied to a long
list of prepared questions.
Answers Given
Tho full list of 21 questions and
answers follows:
Will tho police say officially wheth
er or not there was a demand for
ransom in tho noto left by tho kid
napers? Tho family and police both deny
there was a note left demanding ran
som. Will tho police reveal the contents
of the note?
Police know of no note or con
tents, v
How milch ransom was demanded?
Same answer as number one.
Did any noto instruct Colonel
Lindbergh to announce Spltale and
Bt us as intermediaries four days af
ter the kidnaping?
No.
What token, if any, did the kid
napers leave to Identify their later
communications to Colonel Lindbergh
from fake messages?
None. 4 '
"He Who Fears
Possessions Is
FALK'S have the utmost confi
dence in La Grandeand its
farming community. .
We also have faith that we will
survive any difficulties that mo
mentarily effect us. '
Have the police or Colonel Lind
bergh received any messages they bc
llcvo are from the kidnapers?
None.
Believe Baby Is Alive
Do the state police or Colonel
Lindbergh believe the baby is dead
or alive?
We believe the baby Is alive.
Was Johansen Junge (husband of
seamstress in the home of Mrs.
Dwight W. Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh's
mother) released after being ques
tioned In Newark lost night?
Yes.
Was tho milk bottle found in
Johnson's car the property of tho
company which furnished milk for
the Lindbergh baby? Henry John
son, friend of Junge and suitor of
Betty Gow;, the Lindbergh, baby's
nurse, was still being questioned in
Newark today).
I can't tell you anything about the
milk bottle as investigators have not
reported as yet.
Will Johnson bo released under
bond or will he be detained fur
ther? That depends on the outcome of
his questioning.
Has the report on the questioning
of Johnson been received by the state
police at the Lindbergh home?
No, not as yet.
What are the orders to the state
police If the kidnapers, after nego
Mating satisfactorily with, Colonel
Lindbergh, attempt to bring the baby .
to the Lindbergh home? j
Do everything possible to help them
deliver the child,
Has Col. Lindbergh asked the state
police not to Interfere with the nego-
baby to the house? Has anyone made
this request?
(A) Col. Lindbergh has made no
such request. (B) No.
No Disagreement
.What is the basis for the disagree
ment between the police and Col
Lindborgh as to tho method of pro
cedure in this case?
Thcro is absolutely no disagree-
mcnt between Col. Lindbergh and the
police,
Was the time at which the baby
was put to bed on tho night of the
kidnaping his regular hour for going
to bed?
Yes.
Will you tell tho movements of
Betty Gow (the nurse) from the time
she put the baby to bed until the
kidnaping was discovered?
Her movements were the usual
movements.
Is it true that polico are working
on tho tip that Johnson, when ar
rested, was on his way to Saco, Me.,
whero a relative of his, Mrs. Howard
Plnkham. has a baby farm?
Tho Investigators assigned to that
angle of the caso have not reported
as yet.
No New Clues
Aro there any new clues on tho
ladder?
Nono.
If tho Lindbergh baby was ill why
did Betty Gow leavo it from 7:30 to
to 10 p. m.?
Tho baby was not very ill. It had
a slight cold.
When will Colonel Lindbergh, Capt.
Lamb, or someone in authority grant
n personal interview to clear many
discrepancies in tho case?
Thcro aro no discrepancies given
out from hero.
Did Col. Brcckcnrldge (attorney ond
friend of Lindbergh) seo Spitale last
night?
Colonel Breckenridge did not leave
the house last night.
In accordance with procedure in
sisted on by police, reporters had to
submit their questions and were not
allowed to ask for more definite an
swers than the police chose to give.
For' that reason several of today's
answers failed entirely to clear up
matters which oro still a mystery.
Typical of this was the answer as to
Betty Gow's movements between the
time she put the baby to bed and the
time the kidnaping was discovered.
Tho polico gave answers to all ques
tions but til many Instances the an
swers didn't answer anything.
Complete Information on the prog
ress of the hunt for tho child was
becoming more difficult to obtain
because of an apparent lack of full
details on the part of state polico
in wnose cnarge the hunt is pre-
sumed to be.
Although no man In recent years
has been the recipient of as much
spontaneous publicity as Col. Lind
bergh, he never has courted It, nor
has he cared for it. Under the pres
ent circumstances he has followed
a policy of leaving all dealings with
tive press to the state police, except i
for the appeals for tho return of his
child which have been made over the
Joint signatures of Mrs. Lindbergh
and himself.
Independent Action Taken
The brief announcement Saturday,
over the Lindbergh signatures that
"Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz hod
authority to act as go-betweens in
negotiations for the baby's return,
apparently was an action taken In-
Not to Lose His
Hard to Beat"
dependent of the authorities, for tho
latter professed ignorance of the ac
tion. N.
Spltale and Bitz have been looked
upon as gang allies In the past. Uhey
were named by Jack (Legs) Diamond
in a statement to a newspaper man.
(which was published posthumously)
as the men who shot him down in
tho Monticello hotel (New York) at
tack that nearly cost him. his life.
Spltale was questioned late last year
in connection with Diamond's mur
der, but was not held.
Newspapers today theorized on the
significance of the Lindberghs' ac
tion In naming gangsters as co-be-tweens.
Some of them saw in tho an
nouncement an indication that Col.
Lindbergh had heard directly from
the abductors and that the naming
of Spltale and Bitz was the result
of such communication.
Tells of Communication
This morning's New York Amerl
can said a communication "accepted
as a valid message from the child's
captors," had reached the Lindberghs
and that it gave assurances that "the
baby Is alivb and safe."
However, early today Captain J. J.
Lamb of tho state polico was asked:
"Has any communication purport'
ing to come from the kidnapers and
stating that the baby is. 'alive and
weir been received?"
His reply was:
"No such, messages have been re
ceived by. this department."
Asked concerning any developments,
Captain Lamb replied:
"There, is nothing new."
No comment of any kind was forth
coming from the Lindbergh estate
h'dvo ' secluau"ThemsolWsfrom fhtcr"-
vlewers throughout the days of
search.
A statement given by Spltale and
Bitz to the New York Daily News
today said:
"Wo were asked by a representative
of Col. Lindbergh to act for him in
tho hope that tho kidnapers would
get in touch with us. We had no
ulterior motives in sacrificing our
selves because sacrifice it is to aid
the Lindberghs. We hope for no
personal profit whatsoever.
"Further, we have not been In com-
mnnlnnl.lnn with t.hn Irlrinnnnro nnr
have they been in communication!
with us." ,
Spltale added:
"As the father of two children I
told the representative of the Lind
bergh family that I was concerned
with only one thing to recover the
child, alive and in good health. My
only thought is that as a man of my
word, my promise that I'll play ball
with the kidnapers Insures them of a
square deal."
Tho -naming of Spltale and Bitz
did not close tho door to any other
method of communication tho kid
napers might prefer. "We will follow
any other method suggested by tho
kidnapers that we can be suro will
bring the return of our child," the
statement of the Lindberghs said.
Selection n Mystery
How the Lindberghs happened to
select Spltale and Bitz as go-be
t weens remained a mystery. The
general belief hero Is that the Lind
berghs felt the kidnapers would be
more willing to doal with someone
they believed would have the gang
viewpoint, than with lawyers or the
Lindborgh family itself.
Commissioner Mulrooney of the
New York City police said he had no
knowledge of the selection of Spltale
and Bitz until it was published by
the newspapers late Saturday night.
Spltale has been arrested once, ac
cording to police records, but has
never been convicted of a crime.
Bite's record shows a feloyn convic
tion. Thu flics of both men have
been removed from the police rec
ords without explanation.
Spltale spent Sunday visiting num
erous hangouts where outlaws are
known to gather, and In passing the
word to his allies to be on the watch
for any word of the kidnaping.
Ii this was a professional Job."
ho said, 'I think I will be able to
obtain the baby's release. If ama
teurs did it, I am not so sure. They
might not', be willing to trust me."
Johnson Detained
Henry (Red) Johnson, the sailor
friend of Miss Betty Gow, nursemaid
to the stolen baby, was still detains
early today. He was arrested in Hart
ford, Conn.i late last week when po
lice found his automobile and a milk
bottle in it. He has been questioned
at great length since that time, both
by Connecticut and New Jersey au
thorities. Today he was held by
newars ponce, mere was no Indica
tion that he had made any statements
involving either himself or Miss Gow.
in tno Kidnaping.
A statement by Johansen Junge.
husband of a seamstress employed at
tho home of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow
(Mrs. Lindbergh's mother) In Engle
wood, tended to remove Johnson
from suspicion as a participant in the
kidnaping. Junge said he and John
son wens to the Morrow home last
Tuesday night the night of the kid
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naping about 9 o'clock, ond that
Johnson telephoned Miss Gow from
there. When she told him she could
not seo him that night, Johnson took
Junge for a ride in his newly pur-
chflrtccl ffUtomobire.'Thoy drove around
Engiewood.'-'Junge Bald," "until midi
night. :,
Tho abduction occurred sometime
between 8:30 and 10 p. m.
When Capt. Lamb of the state po
lice was asked today what the re
sult of the questioning of Johnson
had been, he replied:
"Tho questioning Is not completed
as yet."
Tho general advice of those in au
thority as well as of well wishers
has been that the return of the baby
Is of such transcendent importance
that any thought of arrest and con
viction of tho kidnapers is not now
a matter of consideration. The Lind
berghs themselves have followed this
reasoning from the outset, and have
indicated their willingness to meet
the kidnapers' terms, whatever they
may be.
In the absence of definite word
that any communication had been
received from the kidnapers, some
authorities today were considering the
possibility that ransom was not tho
object of tho kidnaping. The hiB
tory of previous kidnaplngs has been
that the abductors Invariably com
municated with tho parents Immedi
ately. The absence of direct and! re
liable word from them within six
days was seen by some as pointing
to tho possibility that the abduction
was motivated solely by a desire to
possess the baby and not to obtain
ransom.
Such a theory, however, was pred
icated upon the absence of definite
knowledge. It was realized that the
kidnapers may have communicated
with Col. Lindbergh and that both
ho and the state polico have with
held that information in the interest
of the baby's safety.
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