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500 or 6 MARSHALL EVENING CHRONICLE For 2721 Telephone Circulation March FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR MARSHALL, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936 PRICE THREE CENTS CLAIM HUBBARD WELL STRUCK OIL, GAS MICHIGAN NEWS NOTES (By United Press) SAGINAW; April men who abducted Willard proprietor of a local meat market, Saturday night and escaped with $1,400 in cash and in-, dorsed checks, were the objects of! pollce search today. Waldren was released 'near Saginaw city limits. BAD AXE. April services were arranged tofor Joseph O'Hara, 64, Saniday lac county federal relief administrator and former railroad executive. He' died of heart disease in Hubbard Memorial hospital Sunday.

JACKSON, April W. 1 Bennett, auditor of the state prison of Southern Michigan. has been dismissed as result of a consolidation of the prison's departments, Warden Harry Jackson' said today. ZEELAND, April queen will rule the annual Zeeland baby chick and egg show this year for the first time in history. The who will preside over the queen, gala event scheduled May 5-8, inclusive, will be selected from high! school girls of Ottawa and Allegan: counties.

ADRIAN, April question of whether Sheriff R. Seger will pay Lenawee county collected from the state for $1,329 transportation of prisoners to. the institutions, will be decided by Prosecutor L. B. Kuney.

Harry Bradley, county treasurer, served with demand for the last week, pointing out that money that such fees be laws 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. HAGOOD IS 1 RESTORED Dismissed Army Officer Is Given Form- I er Status By President WASHINGTON, April Gen. Johnson Hagood, who was relieved of command of -Mat. arcar after he critieighth corps cized the WPA administration.

was today us of, reinstated the sixth corps area with headquarters in Chicago. Hagood, whose dismissal raised a of political controversy, had conferred and with his President reappointment Roosevelt indicated by his smiling re-! was fusal to comment w4 he left Che White House. He had been removed from his command by "order of the President." Criticized WPA Program 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 8 congressional committee, Hagood called funds "stage money" and assalled the administration for using money in a way he considered unwise.

At Chicago, Hagood will replace Mat. Gen. Frank R. McCoy. who will go to New York as commander of the second corps arca.

Thus Hagood, having been disciplined by being placed 011 a status of "awaiting orders" for about: two months, has been restored to a pesition just as high as that which he vacated. City Briefs 8 Airs. Wayne Borer, who is a sur-, gical patient at Oaklawn hospital 1s making a satisfactory recovery. Mr. and Mrs.

Colin Currie, and Mr. and Mrs. Colin Currie, were Easter guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Robertson in Battle Creek.

The body of Nichols Lorig, 45 old Battle Creek man, who year drowned in Gurnsey lake, Barry county, Friday, was recovered yesterday. Lorig, logged in a leather coat and high rubber boots, set out in a small rowboat, which overturned, Condition of his body showed that he had succeeded in kicking off the boots before finally giving up in his efforts to reach land. He drowned in about 14 feet of water about 600 feel from shore. Motorcycle Operator Fails To Own License Many are the arrests made by police for failure to have automooperator's licenses, but seldom anyone apprehended for being. without a similar permit to operate: motorcycle.

Out of the ordinary or not. Officers Gilbert Marple and Willard: Purcell arrested George Tekonsha, in the west end of the Michigan avenue business district latt Saturday night for failure to possess the necessary document legalizing his right to operate motorcycle. Rich's automobile operator's license was revoked for sixty-day period early last summer following his arrest on a reckless driving charge. Arraigned this morning before Justice Darrell Scott. Rich fine and costs amounting to $9.55, the alternative being ten days jail.

The reckless driving charge against Rich last year was the first case handled by Justice Scott. 51 PROJECTS BY MARSHALL FARM PUPILS Netted Wilcox's culture Students $4,453.31 The financial summary of cultural projects completed year by the students of C. D. cox, agriculture instructor at high school, shows that 51 projects were completed and netted the pils a total profit of $4.453.31, $87.32 per project. Last year 40 projects were pleted and netted the students profit of $2216.95.

or $55.42 per ject. Marshall's profit per project this year is one of the highest the state. Poultry and dairying proved most popular of the projects year. Eight local students carried: on poultry projects at 2. total profit.

of $579.36, while cight took up dairy projects at a net of $586.15. Four students enions at a net profit of $814.28, over $200 per project. One Mint-Raising Project One student took up mint -raising and raised six acres of mint at. net profit of $370.66. The remaining projects were follows: Three potato projects, profit three beans projects, three field corn pop corn.

$36.76: four gardens, three hog projects. 33; five sheep projects, $251.57: (Concluded on Page 4, Column PLAN SPRING RECREATION Grade School Sports Will Start This Week The Civic Recreation Council, which has, been formed for the of working out plans for purpose the organization of a City Recreation Association will meet at the high school next Monday evening. Organization of softball league. horseshoe Icagues. will not take place until after next Monday night's meeting of the council.

June McKay, WPA recreation director, is starting an extensive, spring program of work this week. Baseball practice for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, well as the proposed Junior Leas gion team will start this afternoon. after school. at the Wilcox-Rich Field. diamonds at Perrett The marble tournament and one.

or two track events, including the broad jump. will be started for grade school pupils tomorrow at recess periods and after school. Egg Hunt Sunday The Rotary club has agreed to furnish the eggs for the egg hunt and egg roll to be held at the fair grounds next Sunday. 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 recreation expenses, including the 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 program will be work out. SURPLUS OF $60,000 AFTER PLANT COST 6 Electric Light and Water Dept. Expected to Pay City Bonds Also While thr: electric light and water commission has made no official statement, it. is understood Commissioners will again liquidate the city bonds matur-: this year, amounting to approximately $19.000. It is The Evening Chronicle's information that the surplus of the department is approximately in cash and United States! government bonds.

of that: amount about $50,000 will be aside for the addition to the plant and the purchase of a large Diesel engine with twice the capacity of the engines now in the plant. With the setting aside of $50,000 that will leave the surplus in cash and bonds at about $60.000, tidy sum when it is considered that for two years the Department! has paid off all the city's maturing and just previous to that. bonds, had rebuilt the city lines entirely. Most of the city's bonds mature on November 1st so it is quite sible that- by the time the payment has to be. made.

the department's surplus will be considerably more thER. the. $60.000 remaining. after the city's share of plant paid for. Impounded Balance But in addition to the monies noted above.

there is still an impounded balance in the old First National Bank of $19,000 and doubtedly the department will realize on at, least a very sizcable portion of that amount. The department now has $70,000, present market valuo, United States government bonds Land since that computation made the prices of all the city's government bonds have advanced in value. Within a few years the city's' bonded indebtedness will been wiped out. The last city bond matures in 1945. Then will come: the question whether the commissioners in office at that time favor doing anything about school district bonds.

They cannot legally do anything about them now, even if they the funds. A part of the school district will have to conform the city limits before the could pay anything on school district indebtedness. year 1945 will roll around quickly if the city is to get itself and shape so that when the city bonds pre paid off, a portion of the plus cornings of the Department' can be to liquidate the school district bonds, the matter should bc whipped into shape and ready for action when the proper con.es. CLASSES RESUMED THIS MORNING: P.T.A. Meeting Tues- day, Opening Ball Game on Schedule Marshall schools re-opened today after the spring vacation, with the highlights of the week's schedule the combined meeting of ParentTeachers organizations in the high school auditorium tomorrow evenjing.

and the opening baseball game at Hillsdale Friday afternoon, The detailed schedule follows: Tuesday--Home room program 11:30 a. m. Teachers' club in room 112 at 4:00 p. m. Combined.

meeting of P. T. A. in auditorium at 8:00 p. m.

Dr. D. M. Trout speaker. Wednesday--School Council at 11:30 a.

m. in west Thursday--Home room program 11:30 a. m. Northwest assembly 2:00 m. Jane Dudlay violinist.

Friday--Baseball. There at 4:30 p. m. F. F.

A. party at 7:30 p. m. Large bundles clean papers, 100 at The Chronicle Office. AIR HEROINE CAN SMILE NOW.

WILL NAME ALF. STUART CITY ATTY. Rumors of Change in the Fire Department By New Mayor persons lives of 11 others. The death. Miss Granger will transcontinental air flyer.

-Central Press It is reported that when MayorCortright makes his appointments this evening there will be only one change. Alfred Stuart will be named city attorney in place of Louts 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 a member of the electric light and water commission. Mr. Brook's term expires this year. Reports to-: day had it, however, that Mr. Cortright would reappoint Mr.

Brooks. There was also talk of a housecleaning in the Town Hall. This of Miss Nellie Granger, referred particularly to the fire: the recent plane crash department. Just what will come Uniontown, hospital for of that now is not known. There; Miss Granger, completely may be changes but the mayor has three who luckily not disclosed what they will be.

ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT BALTIMORE President Touches off Pre Convention Campaign Tonight Miss Nellie Granger Faint semblance of a smile lights up the face the hostess who played the heroine role in of a luxury airliner, as she poses in a her first picture following the tragic crash. recovered from her experience, was one of escaped death in the wreck which took the other two, however, were reported near be promoted to hostess of a crack BRUCKER IS A CANDIDATE FOR SENATE Announces Definitely That He Will Oppose Couzens in Primary DETROIT. April mer Governor Wilber M. Brucker, a Republican, opened his cam-; today for the office of paign Michigan's senior senator, James Couzens, whom Brucker declared. was a New Dealer by "voice, vote and action." Prucker's "announcement of campaign intentions was made in a formal statement yesterday.

He is one of the first of the state's Ramblican party leaders to announce a candidacy for a major office. The announcement may result in internecine strife within the (Concluded on Page 4, Column 2) President Roocevelt tonight touches off a seven-months campaign of oratory and political debate leading to the November election. The President will speak at Baltimore amid all the trappings the traditional American political scene. Baltimore's 'Young Democrats will parade through the city streets. bearing old fashioned torches and campaign banners, i Cabinet members by Vice President John N.

Democratic leaders of the Senate and House and a congressional (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) ANDY THOMPSON GETS OUT OF JAIL, DOES DISAPPERING ACT "Andy" Thompson was released from the Calhoun county jail Saturday morning and lost little time in making a complete disappearance. Nothing has been seen of, Andy since late Saturday night! and the circumstances attending his disappearance are inost mysterious. Andy was living with relatives at Litchfield until a few weeks when he wandered over to Homer, got into trouble, and found self serving a jail sentence here. Upon his release Saturday it was his intention to return to Litchfield. Accordingly Saturday night his son, Clarence Thompson, together, with Floyd Reed and John started to take the elder Thomp-: son to Litchfield in Reed's car.

Three of the men reported back at the county jail at 5:00 o'clock Sunday morning and told Deputy' Sheriff Clyde Weatherwax of their night's activities. Robbed In Albion The men started to Litchfield by way of Albion. They admit cruving some liquor when they reached that city and state that they stopped in front of a place pper-. ated by colored people where they thot some liquor could be obtained. Visel and the younger Thomp-: son entered the house.

Reed and Andy Thompson remained outside in the car. Reed went to sleep in the rear seat and suddenly awoke to find a negro in the car with him, going thru his pockets. Another negro stood on the runningboard of the car, armed with a gun which he was sticking in Reed's ribs. The two negroes robbed Reed Reward Offered In Local Robbery A reward of $100 in cash has been offered by the Western Union Telegraph company for informa-1 tion leading to the arrest and con-; riction of the person who broke into the local office 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 3 screw driver. MERCHANT DIED HERE i YESTERDAY George T. Hopkins Was Member of Hardware Firm of Hopkins Eymer Following 8. long illness. George: Thomas Hopkins passed away ati home, 721 east Michigan: avenue at 3:40 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

Mr. Hopkins was born September 3, 1874, in Toledo. When four years of age, his parents removed to Marshall and he had since resided here. In 1903 he was united in marriage with Mary: Lena Mau of this city. He been.

engaged in. the hardware business. the past thirty-six years beginning his services with Leedle, Brothers about' 1900. George Leedle purchased the business the following year. In 1921 C.

B. erton succeeded Mr. Leedle proprietor. In 1925, the business purchased by Mr. Hopkins and was Frank Eymer.

Mr. Hopkins was a member the Chamber of Commerce, also the First Baptist church, serving for many years on the board trustees. He was also a member St. Albans Lodge No. 20.

A. M. and Lafayette Chapter No. 4, R. M.

Of strictest integrity identifled with the civic, religlous and social life of the community many years, the passing of Hopkins Is regretted by a wide circle of friends and business sociates. Besides his widow, surviving relatives are two daughters, Royal Howard of this city, Mrs. Clyde Smith of Ionia; three sisters, Mrs. F. L.

McWithey, Mrs. Joseph Faulkner and Mrs. James Carroll, all of Marshall; one ther, Roy Hopkins of New two grandchildren, Robert Mary Louise Howard: also several nieces and nephews. A sister. Grace, and a brother, Ernest, preceded him in death a number years ago.

The funeral service will occur 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon! and interment be given Oakridge. Mortuary Mortuary Mrs. Arvilda Loretta A resident of Marshall since 1917. Mrs. Arvilda Loretta Trefry, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.1 Berthol Bails, 413 north 'Marshall avenue Saturday afternoon followIng a two weeks illness of paralysis.

Mrs. Trefry was born in Valparaiso, June 10, 1858 and was; seventy-seven years of age. On June 1 13, 1874 she was married to Jas. T. Cunningham and resided in Redfield, 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 Redfield. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Bails, is survived by three sons Hugh and Jas. Cunningham of Redfield, Iowa; and William of Richmond.

one grandson who has lived with her since infancy, Orville Cunningham of Kalamazoo; one sister, Mrs. Harry C. Cunningham 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.

BATTLE CREEK MAN HAS OIL ROYALTIES Heavy Stockholder in Hubbard Well, Says It Was Capped with Steel -Ball a a the ing in 000 ngri-: this Wil-'is the puor coma pro- in the this net i others: proraised 8 ELS two: two: 2): 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 his there was in the reports. One story had it that Chief of the- Fire Department Harold Vogt was to be demoted and William Diver ap-1 pointed chief in his place and Mr. Vogt made assistant chief, Mayor Cortright's appointments this evening will be interesting because of the many rumors circulated during the campaign, which strangely enough failed to bring out more than a third of the voters. I BROTHERS WAIVE EXAM HERE TODAY Indicate They Will Plead Guilty to Chicken Theft Walter Gleason, 29, and his- brother Harvey, 27, who were captured 1n Detroit Thursday by officers after an exciting chuse climaxed when their automobile upset and rolled over 13 times, waived examination when arralgned before Justice Darrell Scott today on a charge of breaking and entering in the nightthine and were bound over to cuit court under "bonds of each.

Both men have indicated they will plead guilty when arraigned before Judge Blaine W. Hatch. They to have stolen about 80 chickens from the farms of Grant Dewey and Tom Everetts, who resides on the Duck lake road. Continue Probe Merrill Gleason, 39, a 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 111 Omaha, Neb. The brothers have served time in Iowa penal tions, while Walter Gleason has also been confined to the Jollet prison in Illinois for automobile theft. The trio was returned to Marshall late Saturday by Sheriff Frank A. Furner, and Deputies Harley Reek and Earl Sutton. City Briefs Henry Hammond, who is medical patient at Oaklawn hospital, was slightly improved today.

Mrs. Joseph Jasienski and infant daughter were dismissed from Oaklawn hospital Saturday evening and returned to their home, 302 south Eagle street. Fred Stein, of Battle Creek, today was appointed by Probate Judge Louise A. Johnson, administrator of the estate: of the late Lewis. Newbre, of, that city, A sensational story from a very substantial business man in Battle" Creek.

who had invested heavily, is that the oil well on the Hubbard farm, drilled four year ago, struck: a big pocket of gas. Furthermore, this Battle' Creek business man, one of the wealthi-. est. in that city, charges that someone placed a steel ball in the pipe which, had been put down which prevented any further showings of gas or oil. He said this occurred at the 3300 foot level and it will be remember-' 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. cre. can be that that well struck not only oil but gas as well 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 I'm right, I and (he led another wealthy Battle Creek capitalist), have oil royalties on every foot of ground.

we could.get and if the big oil companies ever figure they want to open the Marshall oil field they'll pay us It all sounds like a fairy tale, but the standing of the man who made the remarks and who cannotbe quoted. is sufficient to warrant 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, that it is impossible to buck the big off companies and that when they get around to it and the time is ripe, they'll develope the field.

It would seem. if that is correct, the big companies would be getting options on property. Perhaps they have but there is nothing to indicate it. The confidence with which the Battle Creek man he's going to cash in.on his royalties, however, is somewhat convincing. He said he was confident that if anyone drilled 8 well right- beside the one that was drilled and guarded it day and night after the drilling started, they would find plenty of oil and gas.

"I'll guarantee said, that two (Concluded on Page 4, Column 2) i i THE WEATHER of $5.80 and Andy Thompson of $5, according to Reed. The negroes Jeft and the two decided to go for the police. They couldn't drive because their men 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 them.

One of the men had a gun 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 if they ran the man still might not shoot, and if he did shoot he might miss them. So they ran. However, they took different directions. Reed went thru 8 number of back yards and finally got to the police station. He and pair of Albion police set out to find the negro bandits.

They falled to locate them and also failed to locate Andy Thompson. Eventually they found Visel and the younger Thompson in a downtown restaurant. They also had not seen Andy. Finally the three men returned Marshall and reported their difficulties to another Deputy Weatherwax. Visel and son of Andy, Murl Thompson returned Albion yesterday after' noon to resume the search and again failed to locate the missing man.

At noon today all that was deftnitely known of Andy Thompson was that he is not confined in the i county jail. He got out Saturday. DETROIT, Mich. April. 13 -(UP) The weather forecast: Lower Michigan--Fair tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness' and not so cool.

-0- Weather Conditions: High pressure prevails over the Hudson Bay region and Ontario this morning with resulting northeasterly winds and relatively cool weather over the lake region. The unsettled rainy weather over New England and the middle Atlantic coast section is caused by a low pressure area that is drifting eastward over the Atlantic ocean. Weather over the greater portion of the United States is generally fair this morning with very Uttle precipitation. A -low pressure area with its attendant unsettled weather is charted over the Canadian northwest; the lowest eter reading is reported at Calgary, Alberta, 29.42 inches. reaction to warmer weather is indicated for the lake region during the next 24 to 36 hours.

The sun sets Monday at 7:10 and rises Tuesday at 5:53. THE TEMPERATURE High for past 48 hours- -57 Low for past 48 hours -31 Temperature at 2:00 today IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER If you haven't received your Chrontele by 6:45 o'clock, call No. 500. No calls for missing papers will be answered after 7:00 o'clock. Up to that bour a special carrier is at.

the to receive calls for papers He will call verve on promptly if you 6:45 and 7:00.