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I I I miles State of Iowa Than the THE ESTABLISHED 1840: NO. 225 MUSCATINE JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 21, 1937 TWELVE MUSCATINE, IOWA, TUESDAY, Floating American Embassy The. river gunboat Luzon, American Ambassador Nelson naval and air forces prepared aboard. the embassy staff and especially for service along the coast for years. U.

S. Envoy, Staff Leave Danger Zone (By C. YATES McDANIEL) United States Ambassador Nelson Johnson and Nanking his staff evacuated the Chinese capital today with the expiration that of the Japanese ultimatum foreign lives would not be spared "the in thei: eiforts to destroy base of Chinese resistance." Three hours after the hour of passed at noon, not a Japgrace anese plane had appeared over the tensely. silent city but the United gunboat Luzon with ambassador and his staff sailthe ed up the Yangtze, J. Hall Paxton, veteran embassy second secretary, on duty at the legation as the volprotector of American- Ameri interests.

With him were 17 can- civilians holding the building against the threat of devastating. Japanese aerial. bombardment The gunboat Guam. remained at anchorage in the river to her guard the Americans remaining in the city. from the danger implied by Japanese indications that only the utter destruction of the Chinese capital would end their raids.

Destruction Spread by Jap War Planes Shanghai (AP) Chinese. daclared today, that eight Japanese warplanes of a fleet of 21 raidthe southern metropolis of ing Canton were destroyed as Japan spread desolation from the air along the China coast, Independent observers at the Portuguese colony of Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, bore out the Chinese claims. They said 21 Japanese passed Macao in the direction of over Canton at 6:30 a. but only 13 returned two hours later. Many civilians were killed by the earth-rocking bon.bs but material damage to great southera river port city was said to have been slight.

Chinese pursuit took off to meet the inships vaders and the combat high above the city was featured. by spectacular. dogfights. The. Japanese planes were said to be attached to the aircraft tender Notoro which is believed to be cruising just outside the mouth of the Canton river." Japanese planes were reported by Japanese army authorities tc have made a heavy bomb attack on Suchowfu, strategic junction of the Great Trunk railways traversing China: from east to west and north to south.

Considerable damage was said to have been done to the city which is 250 miles northwest of Shanghai and 700 miles northeast of Canton. Youth Loses- Finger in Mishap With Saw Goodell; Ia, (P) -Clyde Ruka, who had planned to leave today. for college at Ames, was injured late Monday when his. hand' was caught in a buzz saw. One finger was cut.

off and three others mangled. Last winter Ruka was badly hurt when he fell from an upstairs window while walking in his sleep. Black, Still Silent on Klan, Sails for America London -(P)-. Justice Hugo L. Black of the United States supreme court has departed for home, still declining comment on American newspaper accounts contending that he is a', member of the Ku Klux Klan.

The justice made a dash by auto to Southamptin late Mon-: day and caught the small ship, of. Norfolk, two: minutes before she sailed. had cancelled reservations aboard: the Manhattan when news -of his departure became Associated Press and NEA Service PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Fifth Avenue Packed for Legion's Parade -Two hundred thousand veterans of marched up Fifth avenue today in the greatcity of notable parades, vast and magnificent ever known. another American Legion convention trek under arms to the rattle of drums just the broad avenue under the long of bugles up. biggest buildings in the world.

Victory March Recalled. To thousands it was a homeafter 18 years, and it coming brought. a resurgence of those feelings of happiness and gratitude that marked the marches of 1919. These same. men, now older, grayer, slower, were then striplings with hard muscles and weather-beat-1 en faces fresh from manning the and the trenches in artillery France or newly come from perilous transport Atlantic.

duty. of the dirty gray North noticeable toThe change was day who to jammed the sidewalks from thousands of older people 26th to 79th. apaprent, too, even to It and women who had been men youngsters in those used feverish to days unwhen the transports load their cargoes of excited doughboys on these shores. feeling And this feeling--the everybody was a little that and maybe wiser added to the quiet, mystic excitement of crowd. Windows Filled.

Legionnaires get under way New Long before the movement of York--at least that part of its citizenry the daily job had moved which could get away from into Fifth avenue, parking along curbs with box lunches, the in from the side streets, swarming filling the countless windows of the tall buildings. They were happy to watch for hours. men along the line for the police officials, of putting march to keep order, ed the moving uptown for. 18 vast body of Legionnaires would be hours. And so, headed by.

a detachment. of 75 New York City mo-1 torcycle: the: Legion, policemen. the all. men started of avenue, marching 16 up abreast, eyes bright with joy, Fifth shoulders straight, proud of bearing. New the great war est parade this spectacles, has It was not parade, another and the blare windows of the First Aid! You'd think L.

B. Lowenstein of Los Angeles had had enough hiking in the army. But here he rubs weary feet on arrival for the American Legion convention in New York. He came afoot! Rattlesnake Bite Fatal to Former Ames Instructor shoulders straight, proud of bearing. Rapid City, S.

(P) Dr. Murphy Grand Marshal; Paul D. 50, former 35- The head of parade, sociate professor of soils at Iowa the the Emerson, Postartment, college, was dead. here tocombined Legion. New York PRay State Grand Marshal Murphy of day; the victim of a rattiesnake Iowa and his staff, staffs and bite.

and the honorary grand marshals and United States Fellow officials of the soil conand marines, reached servation service found Dr. Emdetachments of the army, reviewing navy stand at 59th street the the erson's body in a canyon eight about half an hour after miles west of here Monday, He parade started. Harry W. soll. scientist with National Commander was a -senior Colmery, eyes red in from the stand for the SCS.

sleepless hours, had been Dr. Emerson had been missing nearly an hour. He looked about since Friday afternoon, when he him to and children, jammed on went out to collect soil specisee thousands of men, the women sidewalks as far as the eye mens for a lecture. could see. A searching party found the He was joined by Maj.

scientist's body slumped on the Gen. James Harboard. Over- ground, a tourniquet twisted retired. Also in the stand were Angeles, around his left leg just below ton H. Mennett, chief of of the G.

A. the knee, Apparently the deadly Los commander in com- poison had spread before he could Bernard chief W. of the Veterans apply first aid. Tierney, mander in Wars, Alfred J. Near his car was a suction of Foreign recently com- part of his equipment to and Kennedy, mander-in-chief of the Spanish be used for such emergencies.

elected pump, veterans. as well as Maj. Gen. Dr. Emerson received a docwar Dennis Nolan.

retired, and Maj. tor's degree from Iowa State colGen. Frank R. McCoy, com- lege in Ames, in 1917. He was mandant of the second corps army associated with the college from area.

Governor's Island. 1919 to 1935. when he resigned They watched together as the to go with the soil conservation van guard swung. up the street. service.

Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, a wartime major of aviation, and Gov. Herbert H. Lehman.

a wartime drum corps. champions from colonel, marched smartly with Daytona Beach, with a William Haskell. ting girl drum major. commander of the 27th division, Voiture. 557 of New Bedford, New York national guard.

in gold tunics, played the First Division Honored. way for the Hawaiian delegaIn the army section, the first tion, each of whom wore a native division, Co. F. 16th infantry, lei. first unit of army to suffer Italy was next with Julia casualties in the World war, had Wheelock, executive place of honor.

from Italy, in the van. Greece The first Legion unit, march- fcllowed and then Puerto Rico. irg behind the. service. detach- Then Mississippi, first of the ments, was the commonwealth and state delegations, awarded honor Edison post of Chicago drum place among states because it led bugle corps, last the year's title Monday, cham- in 1937 in recruiting new mempions who lost Cali- bers.

night to San Gabriel of Iowans in Third Group. the third fornia. Mississippi headed. Wollaston post rifle champions, and came drill division which included Vermont, delegain their North Dakota, Nevada, Iowa, Nesquad, national. tions and.

floats from past na-. praska, Tennessee, ArtColmery, Commanders Louis A. South Dakota, New Hampflanked by tional. Johnson of from the west As state after state: passed, the West Virginia, and shire and. Maine.

James A. Drain solemnity diminished. The coast, unit, sun climbed higher, the shadows followed. early headed by Jim Colmer. Sid- moved back, day grew Then came the Alaska, warmRainer, who came to the er.

The marchers. slowly, an air with of ney. convention with the knowledge good humor, assumed they April, since the last wanted to exhibit its tall: corn, can't return to the frozen I sectional boastfulness. Iowa north until will sailed Vermont its. winter sports, Misbefore they leave.

New York. sissippi its ship. for home have Canada Represented: Laughter rippled and grew Fifth toCanada, with a band from New deep roars up and down: spirit had Jersenion lilting band as ever lively played as "The touched Legion again: any; avenue. The comic. Maple Leaf Forever," marched touched" the crowds Legion's merry thoubravely.

up the street in Andrews, its: beautiful women, its with vet- candfold. erans clowns on bikes, now and then on from the Princess Pats Enc. the French delega- a horse, and in automobiles of And carrying then the tri-color ban- questionable security, frolicked tion, and roistered up the broad avener. And the sons of the Legion nue, Fate of New School Lies With Voters Litvinoff Hits "Crusades" of Three Nations Geneva-(P)-Maxim Litvinoff, communist Russia's foreign combitterly attacked anti-commissar, munist crusades of Germany, Italy before the league of and nations Japan assembly today, terming them only excuses for "invasion other states breaches cf inof ternational treaties." called on the assembly to He "call a spade a spade and aggresaggression or whatever slogan sion it decorates itself with." The heavy-jowled Russian's created a fresh stir in the oratory, of European rivalries in Mediterranean a. situation the had been relieved by the which of a face-saving formula to prospect win fascist Italy's participation in the international piracy patrol.

Italy Will Aid in -(P)- Italy agreed toAnti-pirate Patrol Rome in night anti-piracy patrol of the Medto join Britain and France iterranean. Foreign minister, Count GalCiano, advised the ca77.0 French rovernments of and italy's readiness to join the patrol, on basis of parity with those two nations. Britaln and France, the Italian government said, have agreed to satisfy this demand. previously had refused to Italy join the patrol, set up by nine powers at Nyon, because she was offered only a comparatively minor role, as guardian over the Tyrrhenian sea just off her coast. Obviously referring to the three an powers, Litvinoff declared: Missions Questioned.

"In a burst of inexhaustible love for the near and distant peoples they proclaim their mission to be the freeing of those, peoples from communism. "To carry out their self-apmission of conferring great blessings on other nations, they are ready to spare no energies and resources of their people, they are ready to reduce to the minimum its most elementary material and leave it hunger rations only to. have on sufficient arms to root out communism in other countries." Anti-communism, Litvinolf asserted, often "signifies a yearning. for tin, zine, mercury and other and denied that either the present wars-in Spain or of China could be justified as anti-communist crusades. "We.

frequently hear that all democratic parliamentary governments are on the eve of bolshevization," he continued. "It is not from this to the assertion that far it is necessary to confer the same blessings on them to save them from the destruction by which they are threatened, as in the case of Spain, by means of armed interference and attack." Both Italy and her major fascist friend, Germany, have sided with the insurgent cause in Spain with the avowed aim of preventing "bolshevization" of the Iberian peninsula, Japan's invasion of China is explained in Tokyo as an effort to suppress anti-Japanism and communistic influences. Advisory Committee Called. The league of nations' special advisory committee. seeking A formula to curb the Sino-Japanese war, was called 'into session today.

with a representative of the United States sitting in to give his government's view. He's Sorry-But Classes Must Start Lincoln, Neb. -(P)- Chancellor E. A. Burnett, of the University of Nebraska is sorry, but the education business, like the show business, must go He revealed that two unidentified students wired him from Estes Park, "Hold opening date of school.

Spender and Balinger cannot arrive by sixteenth." river, was the refuge of shown and some 20 other Americans as Japanese above anchored in the T. Johnson, China. The Luzon took his staff, to bomb up-river out of bombing range. Built Nanking. ancient capital of other Americans has been a fixture along the Chinese and steamed Chinese rivers, the Luzon Roosevelt Ready for Trip to West Coast Hyde Park, N.

(P) President Roosevelt will start Wednesday on one of his most energetic cross-country conferand speaking trips since he ence took office. In the short space of two weeks, he will make more appearances in 'eight northwestand middle western states, leave American shores for a brief visit by destroyer to. British Columbia, inspect many federal projects. and deliver at least one "major" speech, at Bonneville dam, near Portland, Oregon. First Talk at Cheyenne.

His first rear platform taik, under a. tentative itinerary, will be Friday morning at Cheyenne, home town of Sen. (D- an anti-court bill" leader who pencilred the opposition surrender terms when the administration finally gave in on the supreme. court. increase plan.

He also will. visit the home state of Sen. Wheeler another court bill opposition chief, and Boice, Idahp, home city of judiciary, committee Leader after Roo- the death of Majority inson. Enroute to Seattle and back he will stop in Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Illi- nois. One Major Address.

Sec. Marvin H. McIntyre said there would be only one formal address of the "major" type at Bonneville dam next Tuesday morning. Other talks would be extemporaneous, he said. He added that senators and possibly some state and local party leaders would board the train for conferences during the swing, which the president has described as onc to be devoted more, to listening than talking, and afford him an opportunity to see for himself some of the largest federal navigation, power and flood control projects.

Traveling on Ten. Car Train. The journey, to be made on about al ten-car' special train, with 60. persons aboard, including a score of newspapermen, will end the morning of Oct, 6, at Washington. Enroute to Seattle where he will arrive next Tuesday night to spend two nights and a.

day at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger, the president will travel. the Central route. He will return by the Northern.

He -will leave around 2 p. m. central standard time, Wednesday, traveling via Cleveland, Chicago and Omaha toward Cheyenne, but making no appearances enroute. Stroke Fatal to John A. Verink; Rites Wednesday John Albert Verink, 58, salesman for the Motor Service con? pany, died at Hershey hospital at 11:25 m.

Monday after a 12 illness. Mr. Verink suffered. a stroke of paralysis and failed to rally. His home was at 814 Sycamore Mr.

Verink: was born in Cranston, July. 21, 1878, spending his entire in Muscatine county: He married Katie Barger on Oct. 16, 1901 at. Cranston. He was a member of the First Baptist church Surviving and are his wife, and: two of the Masonic lodge.

sisters, Mrs. Finn of: and. Mrs. Josie Freers of Muscatine. Several nieces and The body sis at: the Hoffman nephews also, survive.

Funeral home and will remain there for services at the funeral church at p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Vance Webster, of the First Baptist: church, will officiate: Burial will be in the Oak Grove cemetery at. Cranston, City School Election at a Glance Facts about Muscatine's whool election at a giance: THE QUESTION.

Shall not to exceed $280.000 bonds be issued for the conin struction of a new high school? MAJORITY REQUIRED. Sixty per cent of votes cast favor proposal to make it must effective. WHERE TO VOTE. First Ward Fire station at 312 Cherry street. Ward Central fire Second station at 308.

Sycamore street. First precinct of thizd ward Home society building, 421 Mulberry avenue. Second precinct of third wardhose house on Halstead Alert street. Fourth ward Relief hose house, 222 Bleeker street. WHEN TO VOTE.

Polls which opened at 7 a. m. will close at 7 p. m. Iowa Stops Not Slated By President Des Moines (P) Franklin Roosevelt will.

come -to Iowa sometime Thursday, but the color and fanfare of his last summer's drought conference visit missing. In fact, plans call for no stops in the state. At Hyde Park, N. an tentative itinerary for the and Omaha. Thus, it is likely western: trip includes.

Chicago that travel the over the Chicago and North presidential special will Western line, entering it the state.at Council Clinton and leaving at Bluffs: The itinerary indicates the: probably Iowa be portion late Thursday journey and evening. Last summer's drought conference of the president and the gov-of several midwestern states ernors herc attracted wide attenbecause former Gov. Alfred tion Landon of Kansas took part in M. the meeting. Landon was the republican nominee for president at the time.

Dr. Schoemaker, Former Teacher Here, Succumbs Dr. W. R. Schocmaker, 74, native of Muscatine.

and former in rural schools of the teacher at his home in San county, Monday, it was disDiego, closed in a telegram received Blooming- by Mrs. Thomas Beatty of ton township, a sister, A graduate of lowa State colat Ames and of the Univerlege sity of Chicago, Dr. later serving as professor of spent his boyhood Muscatine. mathematics at Ithica, old N. Y.

friends He visited relatives and in Muscatine four years ago. Born in Muscatine Sept. 4, 1863, the eldest of a family of 11 children, he married Helen Taylor, April 2, 1902. She died Feb. 21, 1921, and he was married second time to Helen M.

a Browning of Denver, Aug. 31, 1922. His second wife preceded him in death Aug. 6, 1925. A Baptist minister, he held pastorates at Menominee, Manistique and Kalamazoo, in Michigan; Glenwood, and at Denver and La Junta, Colo.

Failing health forced him to give up the ministry in 1933, where he retired to San Diego. Besides the sister, Mrs. Beatty, survivors include a brother, George. Schoemaker, Madison street, Muscatine, and several nieces and The body will be brought to Muscatine for burial, here probably Thursday night or early Friday morning. The Ralph Wittich funeral home will be in charge of arrangements.

The Weather Iowa Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; and in. somewhat and warm-. south er tonight east. central portions Wednesday; cooler. in extreme northwest portion Illinois -Fair.

and somewhat Wednesday afternoon. warmer tonight and Wednesday. River Stages: Hastings 1.5; fall .1. Dubuque 0.5; rise :5: Davenport 0.2; fall .2.. Muscatine fall 0.3.

0.3: rise: .2. St. Louis fall Muscatine voters held in their hands today the fate of Muscatine's proposed new high school building program. They were casting either affirmative or negative votes to the question: "Shall the school district issue bonds in the sum of not to exceed $280,000 for the purpose of constructing a building new senior high school and procuring a site." Whether the community would vote to accept the $222,600 outright gift offered by the federal government, to be used to pur- and chase a site and construct cquip the much needed high school building, was problematical this afternoon. Voting was unusually light, even for a school election, a check of the five regular polling places revealed at 2 p.

m. Unless a heavier than normal vote is cast this afternoon it was expected a record low total would be recorded on the important issue. Organized opposition to the program was evidenced in early all parts this morning when voters of the city reported telephone calls received urging them to vote against the building program were also the project. But sponsors busy urging votes by telephone to and providing transportation and from the polls for voters. The total vote cast at 2 p.

m. 867, with totals about today was proportionate in The of total the was fire 218 voting in precinward: 275 in second ward: 131 in the first precinct of the third of. ward third ward the and a second 83. in precinct the fourth ward In the school election last when voting was conceded total of 1,464. votes ba been cast, at 2 elect Polls: open o'clock; Returns are expected to be available within an hour afterward: The Journal is prepared to give are returns immediately that they available.

Bulletins will be posted in the Journal window and special telephone service arranged to issue vote figures as soon 29 they are received. How They Talk -We'll haul liquor--" -We'll haul liquor--" ANDREW STEWART "We'll haul liquor just like a grocer hauls groceries." -Andrew Stewart, member of state liquor commission. in telling that trucks aren't needed. -0- "You are the who killed my sister and I am going to kill you." -That's what attorney for Brig. Gen.

H. H. Denhardt says Roy Garr said just before firing fetal shots at Denhardt. --0- "I'd like 10. propose an amendment that when and if to the constitution of the United States is ever declared again, conitself would be the first outgress into service and sent fit mustered into action." -Sen.

Joe R. Hanley of Perry, N. Y. to Campony reunion banquet. -0-- that way two blocks and "Walk 1 you'll be home- kidgirl, naping told victim as he released -Elderly man, five-year-old wanted, Muscatine for her from car.

Rev. J. H. Yagey, U. B.

Minister, Called in Death Word was received here today death of Rev. J. of the Yagey, pastor of the United recent Brethren church at Toledo, was well known here. The Rev. Yagey married Miss Mabel Bitzer' of Muscatine, daughter East of Fourth Mrs.

street, E. Mrs. BitE. Bitzer, 513 zer was visiting her daughter in Toledo, when the death occured, and. Mrs.

George Luckhart, sister of- Mrs. Yagey, will leave. soon 10 make her nome indefinitely in Toledo. Funeral services: for the Rev. Mr.

Yagey will be held Thursday afternoon at Toledo. Argyle, Reports Case of Paralysis Ta. -(P)- The first Argyle, case of infantile paralysis was reported here Monday night after Robert Shark, 14, had been taken to Iowa City for observation. He had. been for.

several days: before paralysis symptoms were I recognized. Girl Who Found Hidden Cash May Keep It, Ruling Des Moines, (P) "Finders Keepers" according an handed down by the opinion Iowa supreme court today in a case from Marshall county. The court ruled in an unanimopnion that 14-year-old Ida ous Mae Zornes is entitled to possession of $1.313.25 which she found concealed in glass fruit jars underneath a bedroom closet. The child made the discovery in June 1933, while playing with other neighborhood children. Ida Mae and her widowed mother, Mrs.

Etta Zornes, had been renting the house in Marshalltown for a year. The house belonged to R. J. Bowen, the widower son-in-law of the previous owners of the residence. The money had been buried under a.

concrete slab below a trap door in the closet 'floor. Attorneys for the child argued she was entitled to possession on the theory of "treasure trove." Chief Justice W. H. Hamilton bold with B. O.

Tankersly of Marshalltown, that the claim of R. J. as administrator of the estate of his wife, Clara L. Bowen, as to the ownership of the money "is not satisfactorily -0- Marshalltown, (AP) Although 16 year old Ida Mae Zornes has been adjudged the rightful owner of $1,313.25 which she found under the floor of a house she and her mother. occupied here in 1933.

Supreme court decision handed down today, relatives -do not know how to aprise her of her good fortune. She ran away. from home Sept. 6 in company with Martha Hutson, also 16, and SO: far police have not been able to catch up with her. Girl Plays With Matches; Burned public, and quietly booked passage on the smaller ship, shipping circles The justice, with Mrs.

Black. had been. vacationing here and was much about London until the question of klan membership munded was privacy raised. and refused for Then he. dethe week of his stay here to make any comment for publication.

The ship is due at Norfolk, Sept. 29: and at: Baltimore on Sept. 30. Rockford, (P) Donna Paulson, 4, is in the Cedar Valley hospital at Charles City in a serious condition from burns: as the result of: playing with, matches. Her mother, Mrs.

William Paulson, had both arms: burned pulling the blazing clothes from the Donna is one of ten. children in the family. 2.