Meanwhile, Lieut. Comd. W. M.
Fechteler of the Perry and Lieut.
Comdr. R. McL. Smith of the Zane
paid their official respects to Gov.
John W. Troy in the Federal and
Territorial Building this morning,
A similar exchange of good wishes
included greetings with Mayor Isa
dora Goldstein,
JACOBS MOODY
STILL IN MEET
LONDON, England, June 27.—
Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Helen Wills
Moody, two of America's best wom
en tennis players, battled their way
j into the third round of the wom
an's Wimbledon tournament here
today.
Meanwhile. Johnny Van Ryn, the
American ace, lost to Fred Perry,
tip world champion, after a sur
;rising show of strength, 4-6, 6-1,
16-3, 10-8.
Important Amendment to
Kidnaping Law Is Passed
I WASHINGTON, June 27.—'It
| has just been revealed that whil*'
! the Department of Justice was di
j recting the capture of the kid
napers of nine-yeaj-old George
W-yerhaeuser, the Senate, without
a word of debate passed an amend
ment to the Federal kidnaping law
which "G-men" regard as Lne mast
, j important since the law itself was
i macted.
| It makes punishable by a $10u00
line or 10 years in prison or both
the offense of knowingly receiving,
possessing or disposing of any mon
ey or property "which has at any
•ime been delivered as ransom or
reward in connection with kidnap
ing.”
According to federal authorities
this amendment places in the hands
of the bureau of criminal investiga
:ion one of the most powerful weap
ons of all in combatting the crime
of kidnaping.
Explorer, Wife Sail on Holiday
Sir Hubert Wilkins and Wife ■" .——
r Hubert/Wilkins, Polar explorer, sails with I-ady Wilkins from
New York' for/a holiday abroad.
