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RECORD Gitteea TE RECORD-AftOU JAMtiYOWNWO Li; ElGHTY-SEVfeNtH 100 isTft PV.KSS LteAsteb tttfcfi RfcfottfS GREENVILLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 1935 PULL MAttttftT ttttt NAZIS RENOUNCE "BIG THREE" AT HELM III Hopkins, Ickes and WaU ker Prepare to Set Job- Making Machinery in Motion. PARLEY PLANS, NOT DISCLOSED "Three Musketeers" Also Assisted by Morgenthau and Tug well in Duties, Wasnlngton, April A triumvirate named by President Roosevelt took over the $4,800,000,000 drive today and jobless multitudes looked to the capital for, definite word as to when they will get work and what they will be paid. The president sent tho "big three" JU Hopkins, Harold Jj. lokes and Frank C. to the task after a White House conference of key officiate that lasted from early last evening until mld- Put Bonus Up to Perihingt li Suggettion Beverly Wills, April a time bonus.

Congress wants to pay Hi the soldiers want to It, but every person wants It paid or received according to his own particular plan, Looks like soldiers can't agree atry re that congressmen can tietter put Gen Porshlng In charge again, ho Was -tho only man we ovei had that could tell a soldier, and a senator, too, Where to head In. Don't hold those dimes, quarters halves, you may liave, too Ihjht- ly, for by tonight Roosevelt may have thought of a new price for 'em Yours, WILL. (Copyright, 1936, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) Walker, New York lawyer in charge of the division of applications and information, pressed preparation of application forms and met hundreds of preliminary in- iiulries. Secretary Ickes, chairman of the works allotment board sot up to give the president final advice on where and how the money should bo spent, moved to start 4100,000,000 of lie works proposals through; the work relief mill. Hopkins prepared to -set up a works progress division to speed exercise wide supervision over projects carried on by, different agencies, see that employes are 'taken from relief rolls and fix-wages to be paioVin difference sections.

rSomc observers were of tho, opinion that these assignments would afford Hopkins an to become the-'driving force of the cam- pulgn. As they left the White House, neither the relief nor other officials would disclose much that hud occurred at the conference. who addition to tlio newly-appointed "three were Secretary -Morgenthau, who will disburse the huge fund; Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the Securities Commission; ul Christian J. Peoples, In charge of procurement; Rexford G.

Tugwell, 'named to direct the of farm -families to new homes; and Charles West, the president's liaison officer with Congress. Klsewhere In the capital today, It wad disclosed that Tugwell had relinquished duties as admlnlstra- tivo officer of-the in order to direct rural settlement under the work relief pro- Brain. ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL I'hiUidelphla, April liullcemen mentioned during the Bar association inquiry that resulted in disbarment orders against six lawyers are ordered by Public Safety Director Theodore Wood to trial before the police trial board. I lls action was taken, on a report from Superintendent of Police Joseph who investigated police connection with alleged "unprofessional practices" of lawyers, mentioned in the association report. The lawyers ordered disbarred included State Senator Samuel Sulus, aud his brother, Civil' Service Commissioner Herbert Sojus, MANYTOWNSGO ON DAYLIGHT TIME TONIGHT Clocks Will Gain One Hour in: Fast Time Zones.

April clocks go ahead an hour in most ol the east's big cities tonlght'Ond the father of daylight time looks happily at the fruits of his work as ho carries on the fight to make fast time universal again. Robert Garland, 73-year-old 'president of Pittsburgh's city council was the man who headed the fight to put daylight time through Congress In World War days. The National act was repealed but many big cities 'retained it each year. Today, on the 18th anniversary of the day the clocks first jacked up; an hour for duration of the Garland is still urging that. 1 tlie.

i practlce become unanimous throughout the nation again. more play time Ji Is day's labor; is Garland's position, saying "we have exalted the-lamp and have 'been extravagantly wasteful of God's "sunlight. 'We hear a great deal of 'conversation' and it has many applications, but our greatest effort along that line would, in my opinion, bo in- the proper conservation our priceless inheritance" of -God's sunshine." So thanks to the.gray-haired Pitts burgher, at 2 o'clock tomorrow morn ing it'll be 3 o'clock. ALLEGE DRELIEF "CHISELERS" HELD Greensburg, April name's of -45 persons accused of "chiseling" relief funds for a total of about $9,500 are before a legislative committee investigating relief activities in Westmoreland county. The witnesses In submitting the names said that about $0,300 had been returned by the accused persons but the rest is-still outstanding, It also brought out that the county's annual relief organization payroll is approximately $800,000.

Accused of Murder April Skelly, 27, unempioyed former high- way'worker, is in jail today accused of slaying Leroy Stock, 25, his friend and partner In a Vegetable garden enterprise, in quarrel over distribution'. of the produce, Stock, father of four small children, died last night in the cupied by both the Stock and Skeily fapiilies of internal hemorrhages which doctqrs said resulted from a )lqw by a club, "Model Legislature" Serious In Debute Over Toijchy Subjects Barrisburg, April As serious though they were actually making' PennBylvanla's laws, a 'model legiBlaturo" of 100 college stu dents attending the Intercollegiate conference on government down to an all-day session In the educational forum tpday. Their committees; carrying textbooks, statistics, and. data gathered from other states, were in session until late last night, framing numerous proposals for legislation to be "enacted" before adjournment of the conference tomorrow noon, John P. Bracken, of Pittsburgh, a lowndev of the conference last year, Is president of tho one-branuh legislature.

We says he Is e4 to allow no suoli monkey-shines ftS lobbying, marches around the members, or long debftteg on l)ke eol phutos and Sunclay The studonta expect to enact some things their elders have been debating for a long time. They want to solve the relief problem by dividing the state into ten districts with a state administrator in office for ten years with power to hire and fire Work relief wonlcl bo preferred to direct relief "wherever possible." Under other "bills" Philadelphia's city ami county governments would bo merged, a natural resources boaid would have custody of forests and minerals, purl of tho public scr vice oprnmltjsion would bo (ilectlvo, poor boards would he ubollahecl, and tin Income tax would bo levied, Other taxes (a touchy subject, tho delegates realized) would bo levied by a state tax commission. More than 200 students interested in government attending the sea alons, representing morn than 3ft ftnpylyjinla colleges, and ynh'SWl' Mid-West Farm Leader Opens Furious Attack on Democratic "Promises" BANKING BILLS ARE PREPARED Earle's Program Ready for New Rush for Action. April 27 (XT') Although the Senate has Ignored It ao far, Governor 13arle's prbgiiun of banking in 20 being groomed for a now push along the path to enactment In the House. bills arc designed to strength- oil the present banking code and extend the powers of tho State Bank- Ing department.

Nine have been approved and sent to the Senate, and sevora.1 others are listed for final House action' soon after tho General Assembly reconvenes. Among the bills on Ayhlch -the House is scheduled to act Is an omnibus measure carrying amendments to the banking code. One of tho amendments would glvo the secretary of banking, Dr. Luther the power to remove any officer or director of an Institution If he believes the bank Is being conducted In a manner prejudicial to tho interests of depositors or stockholders. Such removals would bo subject to approval of a board of nine, consisting of the secretary of banking, and eight persons appointed by tho governor, six of them from a slate of nominees submitted by tho Pennsylvania Bankers' association.

LIQUOR BOARD REPORTS PROFIT Hai-risburg, April, Tho Liquor Control board today announced tho system made a profit 699.87 during four weol0 in March and, that inventories have been reduced to' less than half those of a year ago. Tho net prof it. for the first 16 months of the store system, is $7,015,881, the board reported, of which 756,780 was made 'from June 2, 1984, to March 80, 1935. Inventories, which stood at $22,474,978 a ago, have been reduced to 110,860,988. The "healthy decrease" by' the board has been effected to tho extent, of in' tho past three months.

The March profits were made on total sales of $3,774,092. The board also announced sales for tho week of April 20 as $1,224,008 as compared with $1,021,171 for the previous week. Victim of Fall from Stoneboro School Is Recovering Nicely Stoneboro, April Wai-, ters, who was hurt Tuesday when a tieavy steel beam fell at the school Duildlng, is reported to be rapidly mprovlng. Mr. Walters Was up about 30 feet when the beam turned.

Ho grabbed a rope and swing he Avas caught 4pme It was n.jt feared that jone had been fractured. He was removed to the Mercer hospital but is expected back soon, Jamestown Man Wife for Burglar Last Night A Jamestown woman the victim of an unusual accident yesterday morning. Her husband, awakening, mls- ook his wife for a burglar and struck her across the" forehead with a window stick which was near at land. Mo Inflicted a deep gash In her forehead, which required three stitches to close. Tho husband was confused upon B.

L. E. Change Time of Passenger Train Change of time of one train Is made by the new time table of the P. L. K.

H. U. effective Monday, Train No. 2, liutlor to Qreeiivllle leave fit p. nnd urrlva at Qreeiivllle, 7:07.

This train for. uurly left Hutloi; at fiHO and atrlvei at 7H7. Used oars that pan and. do nm, state Moyoc-Suhulble Motor Co. Charges Administration Destroys Peoples Confidence SCORES AAA NRA IN BITTER SPEECH DCS Mollies, April Mllo Ronp, president of tho National Farmers' Holiday association, turned loose his fury on tho national Uoino- cratlo administration todny, accusing It of an attempt to "destroy poo- pics' confidence In our form of "I'ho promises of this administration have not only boon Ignored and broken to agriculture, but to all classes of society," ho told delegates to the Holiday association's convention.

Reno attacked tho AAA and NHA, dubbed the national secretary of'ag- riculture "Lord'Corn Wallace" and lauded H.uoy of Louisiana ho'sold, "refused to bo blindfolded Into servile submission and had tho nerve to toll them 'to go straight.to Reno promised tho Holiday ossor elation "Is ready and willing to cooperate with any group of American citizens for the betterment ot society Which believes, advocates or defends representative governments. "Wo have no sympathy with nor will wo be associated in any manner with any group that proposes'to substitute a Mussolini, a Stalin or a Hitler for our representative rorm of government," ho added. CHALLBNGH PROMISES 'Inserting into ills denunciation paragraphs from the national Democrat platform, Rono challenged fulfillment of the party's promise to bring proud position of domestic Instead or reducing governmental expenditures, "tlio expeiises of the administration 1 i the same period than 1 during' tho world's War," Reno said. Tho platform advocated a competitive tariff, "yet hardly had the present administration come Into power when It demanded that tho president of the United States have complete control tho tariff," ho assorted. Instead of strongthenlng'tho antitrust laws, "this part of tho solemn covenant was kept'.

by voiding tho anti-trust laws," tho while the platform urged removal of government from fields of private enterprise "the record will show that the government has either taken 'over 'else, through a system of espionage and control, dominates every lino of human endeavor." Where the platform condemns tho Improper use of money in political activities, "one of the arguments In the last campaign In support of tho administration was to support tho Democratic party or you may not receive the full measure of federal money," Reno said. Instead of promises fulfilled and pledges redeemed there Is more distress, doubt and discouragement and uncertainty than has ever prevailed the history of this country." DEBATE ENTRY OF LETTERS IN MELLOWS CASE Legal Question Arises on Right Privileged Pittsburgh, April Important logal quentlon of. poBBlblo far-roaohlng effect aa to whothdr ocrtatn letters between Andrew Mellon and his personal attorney should Into thq financier's Itv oomo tax hearing started attorneys for Mellon and tho government browsing through authorities today necking support of. t'iclr opposing contentions. The tax'board of appeals ondoi a vigorous tworhour argument between Robert Jaokson, govorhmen 1 attorney and Frank llogan, Rtel- lon'a counsol, by ordering them to bring In their authorities Monday Hogan omphatlpally tooic tho position that the letters fwCro of the 16ng recognized confidential typo bo- twcon a man and hla lawyer am 1 could not bo put Into a public record.

Jackson vehemently' argtioc tho government might as wol up Its hands" In numerous Inooino'cases if'tho board upholds tho -question of privileged matter between a taxpayer and his lawyer. The letters with the 1981 deal whereby Bethlehem Steel acquired 121,000,000 of McClln- tlo-Marshall corporation assets and were between the former treasury and Donald Shepard, his personal attorney. PITT HEARDTPROEfE Charge Ousted Instructor Talked Against Faith. Pittsburgh, April University ot Pittsburgh students are on record as saying that Dr. Ralph H.

man whose dismissal led to an Investigation of the as a professor made remarks "inimical to religion." Tho three students toaUfied yesterday before a. legislative invosU- gatlng committee on behalf of th'o Pitt administration, defending Itself against accusations that liberal thought an action aro suppressed on the campus. Turner, who two weeks ago testified he lost his job at Pitt because of his liberal views, was dismissed Chancellor John Bowman said it was because of Turner's Irreligious remarks. Fairmont, W. the lushness of spvingthne.

Fotherol, a four-leaf clover hunter of parts, has sought and found 100 of 'em since tho first of April. That makes 2,900 he's garnered In two years of hunting. BULLETIN JNcw York, April stock market's silver honeymoon was Interrupted today when world prices for the metal, dropped sharply and mining-; declined WJilio, no especial weakness cropped out In most other sections of the list, the close -was somewhat heavy. Transfers approximated 600,000 shares. WARBURG OPPOSES BANK BILL ORCHESTRA OF PENN HI TAKES THIRD HONOR Greenville- School Musi- ciatii Do Well in State- Wide Contest.

1'hn orchestra of 1'onn High school standa third among tho Claaa high school orohoBtraa of tho Mate, cnrn- Ing that honor at OH City day tit the flunk) of tho annual 1'otm sylvanla Mnnlo and Forenato Loaguo'a con tout Oroonvlllo Wilt bo later awarded with plaque for win nlng third place, Uollovuo High, winner of tho Clans event for the third BttocoaHlve year, won permanent poa- aloii of tho Claaa orchestra trophy, Woatmont High placed aocottd. Bolloviio ono ot four schools that won permanent trophtoa yesterday, Sharon High also ranking among tho group for carrying off major honors In airing quartet for the third consecutive year, According to Carroll D. TCoarna, director of Qroonvlllo'a 4B-ploco or- chustrn, tho only local group entered In tho state finals thla year, made a commondablo showing against a high caliber of opposition. Jiidgoa reported that tho orchestral renditions thla year attained a much higher average than did tho band groups. In the Greenville orchestra group wore the following students! First Claroo Sellers, gone Jackson, Harriot Book, Guorrinl, LoRoy Aul, James liams, Clifford Rhoados.

Second Dorothy Baor, Junior Parker, Clyde 1 McGranahan, John Barnes, Jane McQueen, Dorothy iSuBchlag, Kenneth Martin, Robert Delsslor, Willis Barnott, Virginia Fritz. Violas Konneth lllnkson, Charlea Moss man. Vlollncollo Betty Cunningham, Roberta Wttlto. Baritone Sault Martin. Bu Carl Wil- Ueokor, Robert Peters, nar Martin, Second clarinet Robert Aubol, Todd- Rlsholl, Paul Golden, Kenneth Smith.

Saxophone Stanley; Hazon, Tony Rliiolla. flat alto horn Carl Reed, Hart. 'J'rumpolfl Jloward Wlllamau, ttaymond Baohor. Trombone Richard Walto, ROBS Limber, Betty Mulvoy. Rloliard Neol, Robert Campbell, Double Philip Hlntz.

Susavhone Calvin Loutiton- hlsor, Virginia Solple, Among the Mercer county entries who placed In tho state event yesterday wero tho following: String quartet, Sharon, first. Instrumental ensemble, Sharon, second. Brass sextet, Grove City, first. Vocal ensemble, Grove City. ond, Class orchestra, Greenville, third.

Tuba sola William Albright, Grove City, second. Class A boys' chorus, Grove City, first. Class girls' clioruH, Urovo City, Irst. Class A. mixed, chorus, Sharon, first.

Cobler, uf Conneaut Lake, ivinuer of the oboe solo Is a member of tho Greenville symphony orchestra. AT THE HOSPITAL Mrs. Keller was discharged Wednesday evening. Mrs. L.

Delott and baby daugh- cr wero discharged this afternoon, Mrs, ISmma Barry was discharged Friday evening. Thomas Donahue, North Second street, was admitted Friday evening. ON THE AIR FROM RADIO CITY SUNDAY MORNING Itov. KV. Jahtfca 3.

icearnn received it telegram from City, New Yorki announcing tho of Urn brotidofut of hid play, "Jcitl Itnpors" which will bo put, on the nlr under the uanio of i Tho hour In net for 8 o'clock Ifiaalorn Standard Tlmo Sunday morning, a feature of tho.i'egu- "Inr Children's Hour program regularly given At that time. Tho broadcast, of tlila piny, and produced by the local prlcat, will bo of unusual tot-cut In Greenville since probably a majority of populaoo has noon at least otto of tho stago presentnUonn of thin nnt comedy lioro. Tho play has changed but slightly ft'oin tho original Borlpt to tnilt tho time And tho necessary alterations for brondonaltug purposes, FARRELLMAN FILES BILL OF EXCEPTIONS Opposition Develops to Proposed Valley Merger Project. Morcw, April now unglo.wos Injected Into the. proposed Sharon- Farroll 'merger by the filing of a bill of exception thin morning by Adolph Matuslok, of Farroll.

Tho case oorncH up for hearing at 10 11. Monday, April 21), boforp Judge J. MoLuughry, Tho petition for merger woa presented to tho court April ID, On tho return day if there are any objections tho proceedings may bo attacked, otherwise if tho proceed- Ings oorrootly drawn tho court will-not a date for tho epoclal Matuslok alleged that tho signatures, 1,000, Wo 1 looking tho two per cent necoHsary, lie that some of tho slffimtar6H'' woi'o'. obtained'un- der coerolon ono" fraud; description of tho boundaries of tho tWo cities are properly sot forth; that tho notion IB unfair and unjust permits tho electors ot tho argcr city to overpower and outnumber thoso of tho lessor, and that tho merger will inoreaao tho tax bur- Ion. Tho proposed city of 50,000 persons would bo ranked a third- class otty.

Whoatland and Sharpavlllo, also given consideration In tho merger but not Included In tho petition, can vote on the plan without tho preliminaries necessary In both Sharon and Farroll, AND TWO MORIS Mercer, Apr. an hour after the filing of exceptions by'Ma- tuslok; exceptions woro filed by Mayor Franpk of Farroll and City Clerk Lloyd 8. Nowson. Tn tho bill of exceptions filed by tho mayor it alleged that signers had their names signed for them, and that the wtltlon served on him was in blank ind not correctly legally drawn. Tho exceptions filed by Nowson wero the name UB to tho petition being in Other exceptions filed by tho wo were the same as those filed by Matustok, MAN CONVICTED "DEATH TRAP" KILLING, NEIGHBOR but wero dragged Nazi J'arty Hall, Monday, April Admission 16o per person, a27-x-adv Vl Another Nice 038 Plymouth 0, po Luxe sedan.

Nuf Bo'd. Motor Co. ftt UrenniUnd red Rosenberg, Conneaut Lake 'ark, Sat, April 87. aZ7-ttdv. at fed Rpifenberr, Conneaut 'ark, Sa(, April 27.

Warburg (itft)! York tenkiri It ti hi wn- Infernally wltn Oirttr O'iii mUtii'i in thff bill, thi Ftitrsi Uwfrvi tiMrd wrt ivir Cloudy apd web- with showers tonight iWir mpmlnjp; Pittsburgh, April jury criminal court today convicted ohn Nardo, 68 year told farmer, of econd degree murder in tho "death rap" killing of his neighbor, John Cavln, 61, last December. Under the verdict, Nardo Is liable a sentence of 10 to 20 years In ion. The jury received tho case ate yesterday. Stoneboro, April Nardo Is accused of rigging a Stoneboro lateral tol behind a "no trespassing" Blgn on rapidly, his farm In suoh a manner that The grade when his neighbor, William Cavln, end at tho pulled tho elgn off he was shut part, In as, far to death, Nuns and Monks of ious Catholic Arrested As Sweeps Germany. MAY FOL Protestant I Hit; Declare Goi Revealed i Through Hitler.

Berlin, April monka, some of tliom doao ngod and from, diffe Catliollo ordora, arc hold for fo exchange aa speakers In a great tmtUOh' Ctarmnn faith movement through the Relolu The 'of thq irollgioul dors wore arrested during, a Mivlo purging of Catholic Ibst for alleged violations 'of tfio ch HIIRO law. Many of tho nuns uiToiSt'e olio sources said, have tioon tary rotroat for 'more 'than. years. They scarcely lor In, It. was said, and talnly never hoard (foreign exchange) and sickly inotlmrs among thoso 'nr'rofltod, brought to Berlin and wnmon'H prison.

This action was calls and stamping 1 feot'i night's anti-Christian trroat Berlin ob Wllholm llouor Christianity Is not thg truos of. Germans, At the Ba'mV th'ft' irpso' tost against tho nlng rxillglouH other' tlons hold Retoh, While a report was tho Vatican, the came further Involved fails struck nearer to jthjC Protcatnnt, opposltiph to ''ttj church by arresting throe piistorB, AH' wore closely with tho Inner non-oonforinlst, underground The th Rev. Mr, and Superintendent office manager organization of confessional men, werd.arroBted at an executive council' mooting the confessional ITauor, addressing a at tho Nazi-sanctioned rally," God had "revealed- himself through Adolf Hitler, 'Christianity saytf 'theVo one way to God and not bollovo In It Is 'Such a claim leads to confe sm from which sprung all afflicted the religious Gonrian people In, the past, Hit revealed himself In tlio so-c' chosen people alone, toijt 'ajso" our Fuehrer, to .0 accomplish our- grpat mlee ho world." Theological students attoropted iroalc up tho pantheistic gatherj to Stoneboro Lateral Progressing will bo poured "Knights of ths Boad" Confer Honor Titles As Meeting I April and privileges of; of the Head" today are the pr'pporty of Fedorftl Relief Adjnlnlstratop H(ir- jy Hopkins and eight honon oowfawodi by. the Hoboes of America on the men fhoy think are their frJonUs, As the wind-up of their 37th nu- r.utU opnvon(-loa, King Jeff Pay la und ills stalwarts of tho luternatlonal ItlnOrftwt Union spoaa upon Die records the names of thp mon they waited to wear tho htghest title the has fo bestow. The i Hopkins, jRusseU- Wtoa of of unemployed! A'ltponw, "The jRoundi; the PUUburfrh Tank of and Jwnee R.

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