INJURED WHEN
CAR HITS TREE
- ;
Grandson of Former Presi
dent Hurt in Accident
in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 20.—Kermit1
Roosevelt, Jr., aged 20, grandson of |
the late President Theodore Roose- :
velt, was injured last night as his
automobile skidded into a tree. His
companion, William Burnham, aged
20, suffered concussion of the brain.
Both are in a hospital.
SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT!
PLUNGES TO
DEATH FROM
10THFLOOR
Attorney for Federal Com
mission Loses Life in
Texas City
HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 20.—P. T.
Norton, Jr., aged 25. of Fort Worth,
junior attorney for the Federal Se
curities E x c h a n ge Commission,1
plunged from a tenth floor window |
of the Rice Hotel this morning, dying i
a few minutes later.
Richard N. Mather, also of Fort
Worth, senior attorney for the Com
mission, said: “I talked to the boy
about 1 a.m. and he was in good
spirits and not despondent.”
Norton was in the city on gov
ernment business.
DECLINE IN
RELIEF ROLL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Harry L.
Hopkins reported today a 9.4 percent
decline during October and Novem
ber in the number of families and
single persons on the dole in large
cities. This is on account of an im
provement in unemployment.
INVESTIGATORS j
GET TURN DOWN
BYMORGENTHAU
Treasury Secretary Refuses
to Answer Query on
Credit, Loans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. — The
Senate Munitions investigators said
today they have made two requests
on Secretary of Treasury Morgen
thau but both remain unanswered.
The investigators asked for a report
on loans and credits extended to
Italian-Ethiopian firms.
