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VOL. XLIII No. 156
Prisoner
Maintains
nnocence
Murder Suspect Declares
'You've Got The Wrong
Man, Sheriff'
Two Others In Jail
To Reinforce Alibi
Claims He Drove Around'
Detroit During Period
Crime Was Committed
Continued grilling by Prosecutor
Albert J. Rapp and others through-
out yes'terday afternoon and last
night had not broken down George
Reed, Detroit fireman held awaiting
a charge for the murder of his for-
mer wife, Mrs. Ruth M. Reed, whose
corpse was found on the Dixboro
Road Thursday morning. At the end
of the questioning he still claimed
he was innocent.
Surrounded by his questioners in
one of the small rooms of the jail,
Reed naintained, "You've got the
wrong man, sheriff." The grilling
began at 2 p. m. and ended at 11
p. m. In all that time, Reed had not
admitted any connection with the
crime nor changed his alibi.
His alibi is simply that, because
he was not feeling well, he did not
have the scheduled meeting with his
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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS
St(
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Balance Budget, Moore StatesIno.h
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Pointing to a mounting deficit in by the legislature and approved: by
the States finances, Judge Andrew the Governor, a revolution was made
Moore of Pontiac, state senator from in the system of government. From
Oakland and Washtenaw counties, now on, he said, the only money
indicated a state sales tax as the taken from the property taxtby the
only method of balancing the bud- state will be the eight-tenths of a
get, in a speech this noon before mill allocated to the University and
a combined meeting of Ann Arbor's Michigan State College. This pro-
service clubs. vision will be in force until it is re-
The state government is running pealed.
behind nearly $125,000 a day, he Another problem facing the gov-
said, and so far the legislature has I ernment is the enormous and grow-
done nothing to take care of the de- ing body of delinquent taxes. He
ficit. No constructive measures have indicated that the delinquent taxes
been taken so far and no finance in Washtenaw county had tripled in
bills introduced. three years and that a large propor-
Some important functions of the tion of the taxpayers throughout the
stat hae hd n hel atallforstate are in arreors. Answering theI
some time, he pointed out. The road criticism which has been leveled at
tax, for instance, has been allocated the remittance of penalties for de-
ta xther pur oses than the mainten- lnquent tax-payers,uJudge Moore
toc othe urossghan hemantnasked, "What can you do? Worthy
ance of the highways. -y
hJudge Mooresaid thathe believedpeopleare asked to payttaxes which
Jude Moresai tat e blieedmight mean losing their homes
that, in principle the property tax bringing on a situation such as ex-
was too high-so high as to be con- lists today in Iowa."
fiscatory in effect, but that the 15 The solution seen by the senator
mill limitation on the property tax was a three per cent sales tax on
should not have been passed until everything. The government can't
there was some definite understand- allow its many services, including theI
ing aseto what was to replace it in educational program to be ruined, he
the state's revenues, said. The legislature can't be con-
With the abandonment of the tent to have passed a tax on beer and
property tax as a source of revenue hope that it will bring in enough rev-
for the state by a resolution passed enue to meet the obligations.
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Troopers Act
O'Connor Blames Leaders
Of Farm Associations
For Agitation
Claims Are Denied
By Board Leaders'
Prepare For Nation-Wide
Farm Strike To Begin
May 13, Reno Says
Parley Hears
Final Reports
In Economics
Political Science Section
To Hold Discussions
Today On Many Topics
Agree To Virtual
Debt Cancellation
Tariff Reductions, Return
To Gold Standard Also
Proposed At Meeting
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DES MOINES, Ia., May 5.-P)--A Reports of the three commissions
reign of terror induced by threats of on Tariff and Trade Barriers, Money,
violence was spreadinghover north- Credi and Capital Movements, and
west Iowa farms when nationalCrdtad apalMvmnsad
guardsmen were called into action War Debts and Reparations were re-
last week, Atty.-Gen. Edward L. ceived and accepted at the final
O'Connor charged today. plenary session of the economic divi-
Re turning from the scene of recent
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former wife. Instead, he says, he
drove about Detroit in his car, park-
ing about an hour before the house
and for about a half hour in his
garage.
Alibi Substantiated
This alibi is partially substan-
tiated by Victor Reed, a cousin, and
Mrs. Anna Peltier, a widow, both of
Detroit. Victor Reed claims he was
with the suspect until about 9:30
p. m. Then, he says,. he left George
Reed, driving about Detroit. Mrs.
Peltier says she was waiting at
Reed's apartment when he got home
at about 11:30 p. m. This leaves two
hours unaccounted for, during which
time the suspect might have found
it possible to pick up the slain
woman, taken her out to the Dix-
boro Road, killed her, and returned
to Detroit.
Sheria Andres believes that Reed's
partially - substantiated alibi, was
planned days before the slaying.
Andres says that when he and his
deputies called at the Peltier home,
Mrs. Peltier said, before being ques-
tioned, "You can't get him."
Asked as to whom she meant she
replied, "George Reed. He has an
alibi. I was with him last night."
Officials, however, want to get a
confession. out of Reed before they
bring him up.for arraignment. They
feel that Reed is the man who com-
mitted the murder, but fear he may
not be found guilty by a jury in a
murder trial based entirely upon cir-
cumstantial evidence.
Quarreled Over Alimony
Reed and his former wife had been
quarreling over alimony payments,
investigation disclosed. Divorced in
September, 1929, Reec, was supposed
to pay Mrs. Reed $5 per week. At
the time of Mrs. Reed's death, he
was behind about $90, he says.
Fred Hull, friend of the slain
woman, in a signed statement, said
Mrs. Reed told him she was going
to meet the suspect Wednesday night
for the purpose of getting some of
her back alimony. That was the last
he saw of her, Huff says.
The strife between Reed and his
former wife went to the courts again
in November, 1932, when he brought
suit against Mrs. Reed, charging she
was not fit to have the custody of
their adopted daughter, Ilene, five
years old. The verdict was returneda
in favor of Mrs. Reed.
The body of the slain woman was
brought back to Detroit yesterday
afternoon by her parents, Mr. Jessea
Miller, and Mrs. William White.
May Festival Tickets
Will Go On Sale Today
May Festival tickets may be pur-
chased "over the counter" beginning
at 9 a. mn. today at the School of;1
Music. office on Maynard Street, it
was announced yesterday. At this
time all season tickets which have
not been ordered by mail, will be
oflered for sale to the general pub-
lic at $6.00, $7.00, and $8.00 each,
except that Festival coupons from
season Choral Union tickets will still
Britain Denies
Support For
TariffTreaty
See Block To Success Of
Economic Conference In
England's Action
LONDON, May 5.-UP)-America's
first big move for giving the world
economic conference a constructive
send-off by means of a tariff truce
failed today to gain thesupport of
the British government.
With other countries awaiting Brit-
ain's lead, there appeared no hope
tonight of making effective an ar-
mistice in the economic warfare
among the nations.f
No outright refusal of co-operation
came from Downing St., where Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald held
two long sessions with his cabinet,
but it was understood that Sir Rob-
ert Vansittart, permanent under-sec-
retary of foreign affairs, had in-
formed Norman H. Davis, President
Roosevelt's negotiatoir, Of the inabil-
ity of the Brillish government to
agree to any immediate truce, or even
to a truce from the opening of the
economic conference, unless Britain's
tariff position is protected by safe-
guards.
A tariff truce with reservations,
according to an authoritative Amer-
ican view, would rob the measure of
m(uch of its constructive psycholog-
ical effect..
Mr. Davis tonight packed his bags
and, with no conferences arranged
with British officials for tomorrow,
he will proceed -to Geneva to turn
his attention to disarmament prob-
lems.
Official secrecy prevails regarding
what passed between Mr. MacDonald
and his ministers around the big cab-
inet table at No. 10 Downing' St. to-
day, but .it was believed the prime
minister's sympathetic presentation
of the American proposal was con-
fronted by a stone wall of opposition
from the tariff wind of the national
government.
Tickets On Sale For
Depression Matinee
Tickets are still available for the
special "depression" matinee perfor-
mance of "Journey's End,"htoabe
held at 2:30 p. m. today in the Lab-
oratory Theatre, it was announced
last night.
The tickets are now on sale at the
box office of the theatre at 25 cents
The reduced price performance
was arranged in order to make it
possible for more students with de-
pression pocketbooks to see R. 9
Sherriff's well-known war e p i c,
Valentine B. Windt, director of Play
Production, said.
The afternoon showing will mark
the second to the last presentation
of the play by membersof Play Pro-
duction. The final performance will
be given at 8:15 p. m. today.
This play is the last of two plays
which will conclude Play Pioduc-
tion's dramatic season for the school
year.
'Murray Hill' Will
Depict Gay Nineties
Echoes of Queen Victoria fashion
plates-costumes of the "Gay Nine-
ties"-will rustle across the stage asj
the caurtain rises next Thursday on
Comedy Club's final offering, "Mur-
ray Hill," a three-act comedy by
Leslie Howard.
Laid in the fine old residential sec-
tion of New York known as Murray
Hill, the play surrounds the Tweedle
sisters, three elderly spinsters, and
their cats. The comedy arises out
of the amusing situation and smart
dialogue constructed by the actor-
playwright.
"Murray Hill" will be presented
May 11, 12, and 13 in Lydia Men-
delssohn Theatre as one of the fea-j
tures of Spring Homecoming. A spe-
cial matinee will be given Saturday
afternoon, it was announced. The
box office will open Monday. Sorori-
ties and fraternities are notified that.
special rates for reservations of five
or more tickets will be available.
Michiotan-Ohio
Fight For Dual
Track Honors
" s " " "":;" ' sion of the International Student Negotiations leading to the recov
riots at farm mortgage sales and the Conference on World Affairs which eoteadg r
abduction of a district judge, O'Con- meT t1e i e e t cry of the 10-year-old girl came
nor laid the blame for the trouble'met last night at the Union. through a ransom letter received
upon the leaders of the Farm Holiday Today will be devoted to the politi- Wednesday night and a mysterious
Association there. cal sessions which will discuss Hit- DETROIT, May 5. - (A) - Taylor ' contact subsequently established with.
Fanning the flame of revolt were lerism, Soviet Russia, Facism, Com- Drysdale, breaking his record of 1:46 the abductors.
communist agitators who filtered into munism, the Far Eastern Crisis, the The men who stole the girl from
the region and added their voice to future of the League of Nations, and . her schoolroom Tuesday afternoon
the more legitimate complaints of allied topics. collegiate title in the 150 year back- and held her a prisoner for almost
burdened farmers, the attorney gen- Three students, Harold R. Schmidt, stroke swim, captured the State three days demanded and received
eral stated. '34, Joseph G. Roseiburg, '34, and A.A.U. title here tonight, covering a promise they would be given a 48-
Racketeering Charged1 Gilbert Y. Rubenstein, '33, presented the distance in 1:44. Drysdale, who hour start in their flight.
He charged that "racketeering preliminary papers on the questions swam for the University of Michigan By prearrangement, at 3 a. m. to-
methods" in forcing farmers to join before the respective commissions in last year, is ineligible this season day, she was returned apparently in
the holiday movement, each paying order to prepare the background for and swam unattached. good health to her father aboard a
75 cents for membership, that "not the discussion which preceeded the boat owned by William Lee, a busi-
i Dick Degener, national A.A.U. low-
more than 25 per cent" of the holi- adoption of each report. ai'd dg namion competing ness associate.
day association members in the dis- Debts Report Adopted __r di a o, m i The other residents of Harwich-
order area joined of their own free The report of the commission on 'BASEBALL GAME CALLED port, one a garage owner, were also
will, and that others w ere warned War Debts and Reparations was then nnaboard the craft when the kidnapers
they might find their straw stacks redad!eetd oteasml Owing to rain and generally poor gv pterhsae fe cev
or barns ablaze some night. for discussion. The proposal of this weather conditions at Kalamazoo, the ing the ransom money.
"Business men were afraid to talk report, which was finally agreed to baseball game between Western State Return Kept Secret
for fear they would get a rock after a great deal of discussion, was Teachers' College and Michigan, I The father and his associates had
through their ,windows," O'Connor a virtual cancellation of all existing to be played yesterday, intended to keep the little girl on
declared. "Now they a e talking free war debts., was. called off it, was learned late the Lee boat until the 48 hours were
ly. It is only since the national' A three billion dollar bond issue up, fearing "dire threats of what
guard troops have been sent into the by Germany was proposed, to be last night,ol apni te rk hi
area that the true picture of the ac- b emn a rpsd ob would happen if they broke their
aratahetu>itreo h c handled through an international word of immunity.
tivities has come to light." bandBdshould n goaonal for Michigan tonight won the state
Milo Reno, president of the Na- for three years, due to present co- title with a total of 128.07 points, But a "leak" occurred. Just before
tional holiday association retorted nomic conditions of the world as aE 30 ahead of Ned Diefendorf, Univer- dusk settled over the harbor in front
with a vigorous denial to O'Connor's whole. If not sold in 1 years, the sity of Michigan freshman, his near- of the McMath home, ,coast guard
allegations and then resumed est rival. boats closed in on the Lee craft and
a..egaion ad ten esuedprep- bonds are automatically declared
arations for the nation-wide farm valueless. Tex Robertson, University of Mich- took off the child and her father.
strike. which his organization has .igan freshman took the 500-yard The first news of the girl's return
strie whr his o n.h For the United States, this settle- ( developed when she was seen on a
called for May 13. iftebnswrfod ol title.
Accuses Association Heads ment, if the bonds were sold, would _ coast guard boat.
pay for approximately three-fourths The story of how police broke
Operations of the holiday associa- of the debt growing out of relief 1 *F l through the wall of silence which the
tion leaders were termed "just an- work that followed the armistice. J11Lit L I II S father and his friends sought to
other racket" by the attorney gen- None of the principle on the original ftherect was told tonight by State Coi-
wral, adding that many members war debt would be payed. Since each For Crass Use missioner of Public Safety Needham.
were not farmers. nation would be in charge of its own "Last night," he said, "the Mer-
"Many were not in financial diffi- { bond sale, the possibility of any pay- ed chants National Bank of Boston re-
culties," O'Connor said. "The case ment would rest with the creditor icWha nere quested Captain Bigh of the state
was that the activities appealed to rather than the debtor nation. This __questedCapolice at the statehouse to furnish
the type of person who wants to cancellation was justified on the p aa the trnsh
make trouble. Of course, there were grounds that continual dissension A demonstration of sound pictures an armey
some members embittered by econo- over war debts bred ill-feeling among I as a means of supplementary class- tion of money.
mic conditions." the powers, a condition that contin- room instruction was shown yester- $80,000 Delivered
O'Connor said the evidence un- ually threatened war. day afternoon in the University High "Captain Bligh sent Sergeant De-
covered by the military court at Le- Recommendations Adopted School auditorium, undet the direc- laney armed and in plain clothes.
mars revealed that the holiday asso- Recommendations for the adoption tion of G. C. Crippen, of the pub- Delaney returned to the statehouse
ciation had set up its own "courts" of a progressive tariff reduction lications department, University of about 7 a. m. today and reported to
to settle farm mortgage and rental schedule and a long-term principle of Chicago. Bhigh that he, in company with Mr.
disputes. Fees were collected from economic planning, offered by the Four films were shown, namely: Bacon (president of the bank) and
both parties involved, tariffs and trade barriers commis- "Energy and its Transformations," two other men had gone to Har-
sio n were adopted by the plenary "Electrostatics," "Oxidation and Re- wichport to the house of Mr. Mc-
sessonduction," "Molecular Theory of Mat- Math conveying a sum of money
T. H sHarris W ill Then ff ter," and a musical reel, "The Brass which he believed to be $80,000.
Thutaiff proposals would bring Choir." The last name, Mr. Crippen "This information was reported
about a total reduction of 40 per explained, was to show mainly, the promptly to us at Harwichport,
SpeaK B e o r e cent within a period of 10 years, with I possibilities of sound films in the whereupon Lieutenant Sherlock and
the provision tt ndutiesa be c field of musical instruction. I went to Mr. McMath's home, where
Ep sc pto Tles tany 10 pecet advpries It was pointed out that the Uni- we had an interview with Mr. Lee.
for an International Board for the versity of Chicago, under the so- "As a result of this interview and
Control of Trade, which would have called "new plan," is conducting ex- other info mation we returned and
Reception Tea To Be Held discretion over embargoes and im- periments with talking pictures as a had a second conference with Mr.
port and export quotas. means of classroom instruction. Lee at the McMath home at noon.
Sunday; Will Be Guest These experiments have been occu-
Economic planning would be post-' pied largely with making films in- "After the interview we were told
Of President Ruthven poned for consideration in another troductory to the fields of physical the little girl had been delivered to
World Economic Conference. to be science, biological science, social sci- the father the preceding night
Rev. Thomas L. Harris, student ad- held in 1936, but in the meantime ence, and-the humanities. Mr. Crip- (spokesmen for the family said $he
visor at Harvard University, will be the economic and financial section of pen said they were being made par- actual hour was 3 a. m.) and the
the guest speaker Sunday at the St. the League would be instructed to ticularly for junior colleges, but that money paid and that in accordance
Andrews Episcopal Church. The serv- carry out a preliminary study and they could be used beneficially in with an agreement made with the
ices will begin at 11 a. m. make recommendations to the next high school as well. He emphasized 'kidnapers the little girl, the father,
Mr. Harris will also speak at 4:15 conference. the fact that these films were in no Cyril Buck and one Harold Sawyer
p. m. Tuesday in Natural Science Au- After some discussion from the way designed to take the place of the were on the boat 'Bob' (Lee's craft)."
ditorium on the subject, "Religion floor, the plenary session also adopt-.. teachers, but. to provide supplemen-
and the Present Revolution." tinchange t the p ork lf the nist-cin
Thrjilb eeto n e ed without cagth rpoaso r s o thework f te
There will be a reception and tea the commission on money and credit teachers. Presienc ,e e
from 5 to 7 p. m. Sunday at HarrisaP
Hall, with an informal discussion at and capital movements. These were .VOn Council Agenda
7:30 p. m. At 9 p. m. Mr. Harris will tur number a nincluded the gold unCuperVisors te adios __
be the guest of President Alexander standard, an attempt on the part of For Deputy Sheriff Cars Two questions of major importance
G. Ruthven at the president's home.y
each nation to attain relative price will come before the regular May
Tea will be served from 4 to 6 p. m. stability, greater informal co-opera- Complimenting Sheriff A n d r e s meeting of the Interfraternity Coun-
Monday at Harris Hall, where stu- tion among central banks, and the upon the efficent management of his cil, to be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednes-
dents interested in meeting Mr. Har- re-establishment of the normal flow department, the Washtenaw County day in the Union.
us ayengage in an informal dis- j iof capital. board of supervisors yesterday voted Besides the election of the presi-
Special appointments may be made Gold Standard Approved to equip all deputy sheriff cars with dent from two candidates to be se-
for any students who wish to meet Gold was called by the commis- radios in order to felicitate dissem- lected by the Judiciary Committee of
,nntin o f nrc the cuncil theo ustin of hw fra-
Maize And Blue To
Revenge Today In
Home eet Of The
By CHARLES BAIRD
Seelk
Only
Year
Track interest in the Mid-West to-
day is centered around Ann Arbor
where two of the outstanding con-
tenders for Big Ten title honors,
Michigan and Ohio State will clash
to determine dual supremacy. The
meet scheduled for 2:30 p. m. will
take place on the Ferry Field track.
Rainy weather has threatened to;
slow things up somewhat, but a large,
crowd is assured for the Wolverine's
only home stand against Conference
opponents. The meet will mark the,
last local appearance of the Michigan
squad this year.
The Maize and Blue tracksters
have a revenge motive today. They
will be out to make amends for a
73 1-2 to 61 1-2 defeat suffered at
the hands of the Buckeyes at Colum-
bus last year. The Wolves will be
striving to give Ohio State their first
set-back in outdoor dual competition
since 1928.
Two, of last year's Olympic stars
will be feature performers in the
afternoon's activities. Ned Turner,
Michigan representative, is the out-
standing threat in the half-mile,
although he will be pressed consid-
era$Iy by Brown of the Buckeyes.
Howard Braden and Ed Lemen will
also be fighting for points in this
event.
Jack Keller, Olympic hurdler, is a
favorite to run off with honors in
both the high and low hurdles. Haw-
ley Egleston, in view of his excellent
performance against the Hurons
Tuesday, must also be taken into
consideration. He threatens to give
Keller a battle the entire distance.
The Wolverines' strongest group is
in the quarter-mile event. Captain
DeBaker, Allen and Ellerby have all
been clocked in less than 50 seconds
him, it has been announced. sion the best standard that can be'
Mr. Harris is an Englishman and adopted because of the confidence it I
was for several years associate rector inspires, the fact that it promotes
at St. Andrews Church, returning stable exchanges, and the fact that
here under the auspices of the Bald- it did not break down because of its
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iai on oz news.
Emmett Gibb of Superior town-
ship led the fight for the new radios.
"We have a fine, hardworking
bunch," he said, "and I would like
tn se their euiinment brouvht uD to
un ;ull, u Cqubll o Io Wl'l
ternities will treat the newly legalized
beer will be presented.
A committee composed of several
fraternity men and fraternity alumni
has prepared a resolution which will
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