The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 6

at SECTION 1 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1940. Goal of $3,000 Sought Here In 'Mile of Dimes9 Drive Lexington Rises 8 Notches In Nation's List of Big Cities City May Buy Labor Temple 'For a Song Burks Reveals Peace Efforts Stalemated In Store Strike Detroit Firm Operates With Small Personnel Washington, Dec. 7 W) Lexington made the best population showing of Kentucky's three larger cities in the decade between 1930 and 1940. 1 It was the only Kentucky city over the 40,000 population class to better its standing among cities of comparable size. Preliminary 1940 census figures showed the Bluegrass municipality rose eight places from 210th in the Nation's size ranking to 202d.

Louisville, the Nation's 24th tee's needs in seeing that no family really in want goes unre-membered this Yuletide." Leonard Daugherty, industrial arts supervisor for the public schools, who directed the making of several hundred toys by school boys; Mrs. Wesley V. Bouterse, chairman of the toy committee, and who is directing and coordinating the toy program, and Major Bouterse, head of the Salvation Army here, directing the "Mile of Dimes," made short talks. The. committee will distribute food, clothes and toys to those not cared for by other agencies.

Last year approximately $2,000 was collected for that purpose. largest city, neither gained nor lost in standing, while Kentucky' second largest city, Covington, dropped twenty notches. Louisville gained approximately 11,000 in population in the ten-year period, but it was passed by fast-growing Houston, Texas, which increased in population from 292,352 in 1930 to 386,150 in 1940. Louisville's 1940 population is 318,713. Louisville passed Jersey City, which dropped from 316,715 in 1930 to 301,012 in 1940.

A population loss of more than 3.000 dropped Covington from 138th place in 1930 to 158th in 1940 with a 1940 population of 62,014. 3 Children, Mother Drown In Car Crash Motor Plunges 25 Feel Into Guyan River Williamson, W. Dec. 7 (JP) A 27-year-old mother and her three children drowned Friday night in Guyan River near Gilbert when their automobile went over a twenty-five-foot bank. The dead were Mrs.

Flossie Mae Taylor. Braeholm, Logan County; a son. Gene Tunney, 12, and two daughters, Betty Doris, 9, and Phyllis Ann, ,3. Says Car Forced Off Road. Elmon Taylor, Braeholm coal miner, and Earl driver of the car, escaped after Coyer kicked out a window.

Taylor said another car forced the automobile from the narrow road. The Taylor family and Coyer were driving to Betsy Layne, to visit Mrs. Taylor's parents. The mother and three children will be buried at Betsy Layne Sunday. People Have More Cash.

Washington, Dec. 7 (A) The average person had $64.30 in cash on November 30 $1.63 more than a month earlier and $7.43 more than a year ago, the Treasury said Saturday. Scaffold Fall Hurts 7 Men The possibility of buying "for a song" the price not disclosed an adequate, fire resistant building as police headquarters caused Director of Works Roy W. Burks end other officials to inspect Saturday the old Labor Temple at 127-133 W. Market.

Burks, impressed with the possibilities, believes that the city can save money by the purchase and improve the Division of Police by supplying centralized quarters. Police quarters now ere scattered through various floors at City Hall and the old lire headquarters. Mayor Favors Purchase. Mayor Joseph D. Scholtz was unable to make the inspection trip, but views the purchase favorably.

The building is mortgage ridden and tax delinquent. Burks said he believed the building may be bought and renovated for less than the cost of reconditioning the old fire headquarters at 617 W. Jefferson, adjacent to City Hall. Although the Labor Temple is far from the center of population, Burks said "we can't lose, as the city may be able to sell it some tsme in the future and relocate its headquarters, if necessary." Plans for converting the old fire headquarters into a police head-quarters were prepared in 1937, but funds set aside for that pur A $3,000 goal for the Community Christmas Committee's collections was set as the annual "Mile of Dimes" was inaugurated at 11 a.m. Saturday by Mayor Joseph D.

Scholtz. As George K. Caldwell, 12, Anchorage, slipped a coin ahead of the Mayor's, the latter said "That's all right, son; we can use all the money we get for those Jess fortunate, regardless of whether it is first or last." 200 Coins Start Drive. The tables have a capacity of 70,000 dimes, and, before the ceremonies were over, about 200 of the silver coins were in the rows. "I am confident this is going to be the best Christmas for Louisville and its citizens in many seasons," the mayor said.

"We have worked hard to make it such. With employment rising steadily here, there will be more money in the family pocketbooks and I hope more Joy and happiness in the home than ever before. But let us not forget in our own happiness the pliRht of those unable to provide a Christmas for themselves." Goal Called Sufficient. The $3,000 goal, Clyde E. Pearson, chairman of the committee, said, "although less than half a mile of dimes, will be sufficient to care amply for the commit- pose were used In flood reconstruction work.

Burks said the Labor Temple cost $400,000. Part of this cost was raised through the sale of stock to union members. It served as union offices and housed the Veterans' Administration until 1932. Loss of revenue caused the foreclosure of the mortgages by the Commonwealth Life Insurance Company. County Attorney Lawrence Grauman said there were mortgages and tax bills totaling "several hundred thousand dollars" against the building.

He said he had delayed selling it at the Court House door for fear it would bring almost nothing. Unions recently rejected a proposal to buy the building back. Two File Petitions In Bankruptcy Charles A. Meagher, 108 N. coal company salesman, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Federal Court Saturday, listing liabilities at $6,928 and assets at $215.

He formerly was a partner with Oscar Dueser in the operation of the Fehr Avenue Cafe, Jackson and Fehr. Charles M. Matthews, 1277 Eastern carpenter, also filed a bankruptcy petition, listing liabilities at $9,585 and assets at $25. Fenleys Detroit, Dec. 7 (JF) Peace efforts in the strike at stores of Neisner remained at a stalemate Saturday but the company continued operations, with reduced personnel, to meet Christmas trade.

The strike was called in sixteen of the thirty-two Neisner chain department stores in the Detroit area by the United Retail and Wholesale Employes (C.I. The union claimed that between 600 and 700 employes, including many women clerks, had walked out. Pickets Prove Issue. A. C.

Lappin, member of the state labor mediation board, said the union refused to withdraw picket lines until signing of a contract with the company and that the company declined to negotiate until the picket lines were removed. Company representatives said they had been given insufficient time to consider union demands. The demands included a statewide contract, a forty-four-hour maximum work week for women and forty-eight-hour maximum for men, and a minimum weekly wage of $16 for sales-people. EGG HOG MIX A64 Spirit If Per nslr4 Quart FENLEY'S MODEL DAIRY Seven men were hurt Saturday when a scaffold inside a huge chimney they were building at the Charlestown, powder plant broke and sent them tum- bling forty feet. Employes of an out-of-town construction firm, four of the men were brought here to SS.

Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. The other three were treated at the plant. None was hurt seriously. Admitted to the hospital were J. E.

Gorrell, 32, Greencastle, Elmo Horine, 24. Bethlehem, Orville Sutton, 21, Jef fersonville, and Claude Bruler, 27, Tall Man Arraigned On U. S. Liquor Charge Willie James Moore, Negro, 6 feet 3 inches, was arraigned before Acting' United States Commissioner D. L.

Mauzey Saturday on a charge of possessing and concealing eight and a half gallons of moonshine liquor. The hearing was set for next Wednesday. Mauzey is commissioner at Leitchfield. He is acting here in the absence of Commissioner Ray Kirchdorfer, who left Friday night to spend ten days in Florida. BICKEL'S 4 Country Sausage Fresh and Hickory Smoked a Rlb.

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