Marshall Evening Chronicle from Marshall, Michigan • Page 1

CHRONICLE Circulation For March 2721 MARSHALL, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936 PRICE THREE CENTS HUBBARD WEL'. STRUCK OIL MICHIGAN NEWS NOTES Motorcycle Operator Fails To Own License (By United Press) SAGINAW, April Pour men who abducted Willard Waldren, proprietor of a meat market, Saturday night and; escaped with $1,400 in cash and dorsed checks, were the objects of police search today. Waldren was i released near Saginaw city BAD AXE. April I Funeral services were arranged to- ewg "a lizl ng his right to operate Many are the arrests made by': police for failure to have automobile operator's licenses, but seldom is anyone apprehended for being without a similar permit to operate a motorcycle. Out of the ordinary or not.

Officers Gilbert Marple and Willard Purcell arrested George Rich of Tekonsha. in the west end of the Michigan avenue business district latt Saturday night for failure to possess the necessary document SURPLUS OF $60,000 AFTER i PLANT COST; Electric Light andj Water Ex- pected to Pay City Bonds Also AIR HEROINE CAN NOW. day for Joseph O'Hara, 64, Sanilac county federal relief administrator and former railroad execu- tlye. He' died of heart disease in Hubbard Memorial hospital Sunday. a I motorcycle.

Rich's automobile op-; wiii'e electric light andj erator's license was revoked for a I ter commission has made no of-j Eixtv-day period early last summer i 'ficial statement, it is understood) the Commissioners will again offer before to liquidate the city bonds matur- following his arrest on a reckless driving charge. Arraigned this morning Justice Darrell Scott. Rich paid a ing this year, amounting to ap- JACKSON, April fine and costs amounting to $9.55, tionnn George W. Bennett, auditor of the tne alternative being ten days in i proximateiy state prison of Southern Michigan, a u. The reckless driving charge has been dismissed as result of a consolidation of the prison's departments, Warden Harry Jackson said today.

It is The Evening Chronicle's in- against Rich last year first (formation that the surplus of the case handled by Justice Scott. ZEELAND, April A queen will rule the annual Zeeland baby chick and egg show this year for the first time in history. The queen, who will preside over the gala event scheduled May 5-8, inclusive, will be selected from high school girls of Ottawa and Allegan counties. April 51 PROJECTS BY ADRIAN, question R. Seger will pay Lenawee county $1,329 collected from the state for the transportation of prisoners to Institutions, will be decided by Prosecutor L.

B. Kuney. Harry Bradley, county treasurer, served Seger with a demand for of whether Sheriff Fred: Netted WilCOX'g had rebuilt the city I i.1Y*OlV culture Students $4,453.31 the The financial summary of agri- moriev last week, pointing out that cultural projects completed this that such fees be: year by the students of C. D. Wil-: is paid for.

department is approximately 000 in cash and United States government bonds. Of that amount about $50.000 will be set) aside for the addition to the plant and the purchase of a large Diesel engine with twice the capacity of thc engines now in the plant. With the setting aside of $50.000 that will leave the surplus in cash an bonds at nbout 60 000 a tidy sum when it is considered' thal for two yearg tne Depa i lias paid off all the city's maturing bonds, and just previous to that: lines en- tirely. Most of the city's bonds mature on November 1st so it is quite possible that-by-the time the payment has to be made, the department's surplus will be considerably more thlfo $60.000 remaining after the city's. share of the power plant WILL NAME ALF.

STUART CITY ATTY. Rumors of Change in the Fire Department By New Mayor $100 Reward Offered In Local Robbery It is reported that when Mayor- CortrigrU, makes his appointments this evening there will be only Alfred Stuart will be attorney in place of one change, named city A reward of $100 in cash has been offered by the Western Union Telegraph company for information lekding to the arrest and conviction OT the person who broke into the local bffice of the company during the noon-hour of March 24 and stole $9.40 from the cash drawer. C. R. Garrison, local operator, received word today of the offer of the reward.

The thief broke in the back door of the office while Mr. Garrison was out for lunch He broke the lock on the cash drawer by prying the drawer open with an instrument thot to be a screw driver. BATTLE CREEK MAN HAS OIL ROYALTIES Heavy Stockholder in Hubbard Well, Says It Was Capped with Steel Ball Nellie Granger Paint semblance of a smile lights up the face of Miss Nellie Granger, the hostess who played the heroine role in the recent plane crash of a luxury airliner, as she poses in a Uniontown, hospital for her first picture following the tragic crash. Miss Granger, completely recovered from her experience, was one of three persona who luckily tscaped death in the wreck which took the lives of 11 others. The two, however, were reported near death.

Miss Granger be promoted to hostess of a crack transcontinental air flyer. provide turned over to the county when; the sheriff is on salary. Because of Seger's refusal to pay, Bradley said that Kuney would be requested, to decide the issue. RESTORED cox, agriculture instructor at the high school, shows that 51 projects were completed and netted the pupils a total profit of $4.453.31. $87.32 per project.

Last year 40 projects were com; pleted and netted the students a 'profit of $2216.95. or $55.42 per pro- Marshall's profit per project i this year is one of the highest the stale. Impounded Balance But in addition to the monies noted abovr. there is still an im- i pounded balance in the old First National Bank of $19,000 and un-1. doubtedly the department realize on at.

least a very sizeable I portion of that amount. The department now has overj BRUCKERIS A CANDIDATE FOR SENATE ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT BALTIMORE Louis W. Schroeder, who has held the position during the administrations of Mayors Thick and Smith and previous to that during the administration of former Mayor Brooks. There has been considerable talk that Mr. Cortright would not! reappoint Harold C.

Brooks as member of the electric light and; water commission. Mr. Brook's term expires this year. Reports today had It, however, that Mr. Cortright would reappoint Mr.

Brooks. There was also talk a cleanlng in the Town Hall. This referred particularly to the department. Just what will come of that now is not known. There; may be changes but the mayor hasi not disclosed what they will be.

i Previous to the election last! week there were many reported "deals" made but they were denied later. Tonight's appointments will disclose just how much truth there was in the reports. One story had it that Chief of Department Harold Vogt was to be MERCHANT DIED HERE YESTERDAY George T. Hopkins Was Member of Hardware Firm of Hopkins Eymer A sensational story from a very substantial business man in Battle Greek, who had invested heavily, is that the oil well on the Hubbard farm, drilled four year ago, struck a big pocket of gas. this Battle' Creek business man, one of the wealthiest in that city, charges that placed a steel ball in- the pipe whichr had been put down which prevented any further showings of gas or oil.

He said this occurred at the 3300 I foot level and it will be remembar- ed the well was sunk to a depth of over 4,000 feet. "I've got sand from that oil well in my office right now which is full of oil. I'm as satisfied as any ci'c. can be that that well struck not only oil but gas as because when the 3300 foot level was struck I touched a match to the top of the pipe and the gas flamed up at least ten feet above the top of the pipe." Have Royalties "Just to show you that I think (he named another wealthy Battle Creek Announces Touches off in 1 $70,000, present market value, inj I A- United States government bonds That He Will OppOSC Pre Convention Poultry and Dismissed Army ficer Is Given Former Status By President WASHINGTON, April proved projects year. Eight local students carried.

on poultry projects at a total net i in value. i profit of $579.36, while eight others Within took up dairy projects at a net pro- i tonded fit of $586.15. Pour students raised (onions at a net profit of $814.28, over $200 per project. One Mint-Raising Project tnci.and since that computation was this' made the prices of all the city's COUZCnS in Primary government bonds have advanced a few years the city's indebtedness will have been wiped out. The last city bond a matures in 1945.

Then will come DETROIT. April For- mer Governor Wilber M. Republican, opened his paign today for the Campaign Tonight demoted and William Diver appointed chief in his place and Mr. Vogt made assistant chief. Mayor Cortright's appointments this evening wltt foe 'interesting) because of the many rumors circulated during the campaign, Following a long illness, George Thomas Hopkins passed away at his home, 721 east Michigan avenue at 3:40 o'clock Sunday af-'l'm right.

I and I Hopkms was born Septem-; capitalist), have oil royalties on ber 3 1874 in Toledo. O. wuenj 6 fMt und TO nncl if tllp bl? oll companies ever four years of age, his parents re- figure tney want io open tne njgy. moved to Mai-shall and he had sna ji jjeld they'll pay us plen- since resided here. In 1903 he was ty." which strangely enough failed bring out more than a third the voters.

united in marriage Lena Mau of this One student took up mint-raising i favor doing anything and raised six acres of mint at, a school district bonds. They cannot legally do anything cam-1 President Roocevelt tonight touches office of off a seven-months campaign of the question whether the commis- i Michigan's senior senator, James oratory and political debate leading sioners in office at that time will Couzc lis. whom Brucker declared, up to the November election. BROTHERS WAIVE EXAM HERE TODAY Bro about 1900. Georg Leedle purchased the business the following year.

In 1921 C. Ath- about the, net Profit Of $370.60. who The remaining projects were as Three potato projects, tn obout them now, even if they had iinws- Thrr" ootato prelects tn f'i'ids. A part of the school was relieved of command of -the. IOUOVM iWlects' district will have to conform to alter he cri.i- $3 31 city limits before the commis- was a New Dealer by "voice, vote and action." Brucker's 'announcement eighth corps arear cized the WPA administration, i reinstated today as commander the sixth corps area with 88 quarters In Hagood, whose dismissal raised a of political controversy, had conferred with President Roosevelt! and his reappointment i indicated by his smiling re-! fusal to comment he left the White House.

He" had been removed from his command by "order of the Criticized WPA Program I The war department, however. had said the action was due to the manner in which he critized the administration's' relief policies. In testimony before a congres- tioiial Hagood called -PWA funds money" and assailed the administration for us- four gardens, hog projects, Five sheep projects. two (Concluded on Page 4, Column PLAN SPRING Grade School Sports Will Start This Week sioners could pay anything on the school district indebtedness. The year 1945 will roll around quickly and if the city is to get itself into shap? so that when the city bonds paid off, a portion of the surplus earnings of the Department can be used to liquidate the school district bonds; the matter should i be whipped into shape and ready i for action when the proper time The President will speak at Baltimore amid all the trappings of of, the traditional American political campaign" intentions was made in'scene.

Baltimore's Young Demoa formal statement yesterday. He crats will parade through the city is one of the first of the stale's streets, bearing old fashioned party leaders to tin-i torches and campaign banners, nounce a candidacy for a office major Cabinet members by i Vice President John N. Garner, may result Democratic The announcement in internecine strife within the and House and a (Concluded on Page 4, Column 2) (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) leaders and of the Senate congressional ANDY THOMPSON GETS OUT OF JAIL, DOES DISAPPERING ACT The Civic Recreation Council, which been formed for the ing money in a way'he considered purpose of'working out plans for RESUMED THIS MORNING The e'omnleTe men decided to for the police. complete disappea: use their the organization of a City Recrea- At Chicago, Hagood will replace tion Association will meet at the Maj Gen. Frank R.

McCoy, who high school next Monday evening. will go to New York as command- Organization of softball league er of the second corps area. 'horseshoe leagues, will not Thus Hagood, having been dis- take place until after next Monday ciplined by being placed 011 a sta- night's meeting of the council, tus of orders" for about; June McKay, WPA recreation di- two months, has been restored to i rector, is starting an extensive a position just as high as that spring program of work this week. which he vacated. Baseball practice "Andy" Thompson was released of $5.80 and from the Calhoun county jail Sat- urday morning and lost little time in making a i ance.

Nothing has been seen oi i Andy since late Saturday night and the circumstances attending i his disappearance are most mysterious. Andy Thompson of to Reed, negroes left and the two couldn drive their two friends in the house had the car keys. So, they started to run for the police. They had gone only- two blocks when an auto load Of colored men drove up and stopped day, Opening Ball Game on Schedule when he wandered over to Homer, got into trouble, and found him- 1 self serving a jail sentence here. Upon his release Saturday it was I his intention to return to Litchi field.

i Accordingly Saturday night his and said to Reed and Thompson: "Get in this car or I'll shoot you." Decide To Take Chance Reed and Thompson decided that if they got into the car they would be "taken for a ride," while sixth, seventh for the fifth, and eighth grades, son, Clarence Thompson, together. if tncy ran tne man stiu might not City Briefs Mrs. Wayne Borfcr, who is a sur-, diamonds at Perrett Field. I i T-I- -m rtt 1 VtlQ til All I. witn Floyd Reed anfl John Visel Marshall re-opened today startcd take the Thomp "hoot, and if he did shoot he Litchfield in Reed's might miss them.

So they raru However, they took different o'cldtk Indicate They Will Plead Guilty to I Chicken Theft Walter Gleason, 29, and his brother Harvey, 27, who were captured in Detroit Thursday by officers after an exciting chase climaxed when their automobile upset and rolled over 13 times, waived examination when arraigned befpre Justice Darrell Scott today on a charge of breaking and entering in the nighttime and were bound over to cir- 'bonds Of $2,000, indicated they when arraigned before Judge Blaine W. Hatch. They to have stolen about from the farms of Grapt Dewey and Tom Everetts, who resides on the Duck lake road. Continue Probe Men-ill Gleason, cousin, apprehended in Detroit with the other men was not arraigned today because of the desire of officers to investigate his case further. He states that he was in an Albion motion picture show at the time of the thefts.

Walter and Merrill Gleason give their home as Benton Harbor, while Harvey Gleason claims to live in Omaha, Neb. The brothers have served time in Iowa, penal institutions, while Walter Gleason has with Mary' It all sounds like a "fairy tale; city He hadi Dut the standing of the man who. been engaged in, the' hardware made the remarks and past thirty-six years quoted, is sufficient to warrant services with Leedle, considerable credibility to the story. He made the statement in- the presence of three Marshall men and he is confident that he is right. He takes the stand, however, it is impossible to buck the ii companies and was a member of; time L'ripeThey'll 0 develope the the Chamber of Commerce, also eld the First Baptist church, serving, It would seem if that correct, for many years on the board of the big companies would be get- trustees.

He was also a member ofjtuig on property. Perhaps st Albany Lodge No 20 A. M. thev have bu there is nothing to and No. 4, R.

A. indicate it The confidence with i which the Battle Creek man be- M. purchased by Mr. Hopkins and; Of strictest integrity and identi- lieves he's going to cash in his royalties, however, is somewhat fled with the civic, religious and social life of the community for i convincing. many years, the passing of Mr.

He said, he was confident that Hopkins is regretted by a wide ne drilled a weU of friends and business as- the one that was I guarded it day and night after his widow, surviving the drilling started, they-, would two daughters, fi of oil and gas. "I'll of this city and; guarantee said, that two cuit court under each. Both men have will plead guilty son the combined meeting Parent- at the colmty jail at directions. Reed went thru a num- patient is making a at Oaklawn hospital The marble tournament and one ttu jail a.u u.vw Teachers organizations in the high Sunday mornmg and told Deputy' ber of back yards and finally got satisfactory recovery. Mr.

and Mrs. Colin Currie, Mr. and Mrs. Colin Currie, two track events, including the school auditorium tomorrow even- or two track events me uamg basebftll game broad jump, will be started for prtday aftern oon. The grade school pupils tomorrow at tecess periods and after school.

to were Easter guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kgg Hunt Sunday 1 Elmer Robertson in Battle Creek. The Rotary club has agreed furnish the eggs for the egg The body of Nichols Lorig, 45 i and egg roll to be at the fair year old Battle Creek man, who grounds next Sunday. drowned in Guriisey lake, Barry county, Friday, was recovered yesterday.

Lorig, togged in a leather coat and high rubber boots, set out hi a small rowboat, which over- Mr. McKay is arranging a minstrel show to be given at the high school auditorium May 13 and 14 for the purpose of raising funds for the cleaning up of winter rec- at Hillsdale Friday afternoon, detailed schedule follows: room program 11:30 a. m. Teachers' club in room 112 at 4:00 p. m.

Combined meeting P- at in. Dr. D. M. Trout speaker.

Council liL Ol V7 1 J' 4-Vtn. turned Condition of his body reation expenses, including the nr nA slywed that he had succeeded in kicking off the boots before finally giving up in his efforts to- reach 1 land. He drowned in about 14 feet of water about COO feet from purchase of trophies for the winning basketball teams. A colored quartet and two colored tap dancers from Battle Creek have already been engaged and an extensive 11:30" a. in.

in west room program 11:30 a. m. Northwest assembly 2:00 p. m. Jane Dudley violinist.

Hillsdale. There at 4:30 p. 7:30 p. m. m.

F. F. A. party at program be work out. Large bundles Ct at The clean papers, Office.

Sheriff Clyde Weatherwax of their night's activities. Robbed In Albion The men started to Litchfield by way of Albion. They admit craving some liquor when they reach- to the police station. He and a paii- of Albion police set out to find the negro bandits. They failed to locate them and also failed to locate Andy Thompson.

Eventually they found Visel and Wat cit7rnd TtaV tharihey the younger Thompson in a down, stopped in front of a place town restaurant. They also had ated by colored people where they not seen Andy Finally the three thot some liquor could be obtain- men Marsha 1 and reed. Visel and the younger Thomp-1 their difficulties to" Deputy Weatherwax. Visel and another son of Andy. Murl Thompson re- 1 ClliaillCU in the car.

Reed went to sleep in: Albion the rear seat and suddenly awoke noon son entered the house. Reed and Andy Thompson remained outside to find a negro in the car resume the search and with, again failed to locate the missing him, going thru his pockets. An-: man. other negro stood on 'the running-1 At noon today all that was den- board of the car, armed with a gun nitely known of Andy Thompson which he was sticking in Reed's i was that he is not confined inthe ribs. The two negroes robbed Reed county jail.

He got out Saturday i sociates. Besides relatives are THE WEATHER oTloniaT three (Conceded Page sisters, Mrs. F. L. McWithey, Mrs.

Joseph Faulkner and Mrs. James Carroll, all of Marshall; one brother, Roy Hopkins of New York; two grandchildren, Robert and Mary Louise Howard; also several nieces and nephews. A Grace, and a brother, Ernest, preceded him in death a number that Column years ago. DETROIT, Mich. April.

13-r-(UP) sister, i Tne weather forecast: Lower tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness and i not so cool. The funeral service will occur at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon! and interment will be given at Oakrldgc. Mortuary Mrs. Arvilda Loretta Weather Conditions: High pressure prevails over the i Hudson Bay region and Ontario i this morning with resulting north- I easterly winds and relatively cool weather over the lake region. The unsettled rainy weather dver New England and the' middle Atlantic coast section is caused by a low confined to Illinois for the Jollet automobile also been prison in theft.

The trio was returned to Marshall late Saturday by Sheriff Frank A. Furner, and Deputies Harley Reek and Earl Button. City Briefs Henry Hammond, who la a medical patient at Oaklawn hospital, was slightly improved today. Mrs. Joseph Jasiensfci and Infant daughter were dismissed from Oaklawn hospital Saturday evening and returned to their home, 302 south Eagle street.

Fred Stem, of Buttle Creek, today was appointed by Judge Louise A. Johnson, administrator of the estate of the late Lewis Newbre, of. that city, A resident of Marshall since 19H. Mrs. Arvilda Loretta Trefry, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

pressure area that is dotting eastward over the Atlantic ocean. Weather over the greater portion of the United States is generally Berthol Bails, 413 north Mai-shall fair this moTnmg ith very little avenue Saturday afternoon follow-1 pre cipitation. A low pressure area ing a two weeks illness of paraly- with lts attendant unsettled sis. weather is charted over the Canadian northwest; the lowest barom- Mrs. Trefry was born in Valparaiso, June 10, 1858 and was seventy-seven years of age.

On June 13, 1874 she was married to Jas. T. Cunningham and resided in Redfleld, Iowa. He passed away In 1914 and in January 1917 she was united in marriage with Amos Trefry and came to Marshall to reside. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Stars and the Methodist church in Redfleld.

Besides her daughter, Mrs. Bails, is survived by three sons Hugh and Jas. Cunningham of Redfleld, Iowa; and William of Richmond. one grandson who has lived with her since infancy, Orville of Kalamazoo; one sister, Mrs. Harry C.

Cunningham of Altoona, Iowa; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Two other daughters died in infancy. Funeral services 'will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Kelser-More funeral home, with interment at Oakridge. eter reading is reported at Calgary, Alberta, 29.42 inches. A reaction to warmer weather is indicated for the lake region during the next 34 to 36 hours.

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