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CHRONICLE STARTS LONG TRIP MICHIGAN (By United Press) CADILLAC, Dec. 10 per cent dividend will be paid to depositors of the People's Savings bank! Dec. 10, officials said today. The payment will total $75,000. YP8ILANTI, Dec.

Four Wayne residents face examination Dec. 8 on charges of breaking into a -gasoline station. Mrs. Agnes P. Abeshell, Miss Aldona Abeshell, John Paull and Frank Schwido were named in a complaint signed by John J.

Edwards, who rents the station. Edwards charged the four with entering the station removing his possessions illegally. HIGHLAND PARK, Dec. than 500 physicians and surgeons were expected to attend the one-day clinic of the Highland Park Physician's club at the Nurse's Home of the Highland Park general hospital today. SECURITY IS SOUGHT FOR DOMESTICS Would Be Included Under Plan of Voluntary Insurance By RICHARD L.

HARKNESS United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) WASHING'toN, Dec. The Social Security Board today considered creation of a- voluntary old-age insurance program to protect 16,000,000 agricultural and domestic, workers excluded under the present compulsory-law. The suggested plan calte for the creation of a government pool to make monthly pensions available at cost to low-Income workers on a basis similar to insurance company -annuities. The plan also would be available to the 26,000,000 workers affected by the Social Security Act, if they desired to participate. No Employer Contributions McNARYDKS TODAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS Veteran County Official Passes Away At Home in Battle Creek Frank E.

McNary, who on Dec. 31 would have completed ten terms as Calhoun county clerk, representing a total of 20 years service in that office, died at 7:00 a. m. today at his home, 103 Fremont street, Battle Creek. He was 81 years old.

Mr. McNary was not a a ndidate for re-election this fall, voluntarily withdrawing last summer before Last of Ringling Brothers Is Dead HEALTHIEST NEW YORK, Dec. Ringling, 70, last brother of the famous Ringling brothers circus family, died of bronchial pneumonia in his New York apartment at 2:45 a. m. today.

Ringling, sixth of seven had been ill only a'few days. Almost to the last he spoke in his low, soft voice to family members and close friends. At his bedside were Ida Ringling North, a sister, John Ringling North," a nephew, Frank Hennessy, life-long friend. Dr. Maurice Costello, his personal physician, two nurses and a chauffeur.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Once Worth 50 Million John Ringling, called the greatest magnate of the sawdust ring, was born a poor boy. At the-height of his career, he was reputed to have been worth $50,000,000, a fortune which dwindled during his later years. John and four of his brothers 'started in the entertainment world by holding "kid" circuses on a vacant lot in Baraboo, long the winter home of the Ringling the primaries circus, in 1884 the show went on In poor health intermit-r he road and was a success from tenfcly the past year or so, the start Mr. McNary's death was not unexpected, although he was able to recognize and converse with visitors only last night.

He had suffered from laryngitis the past few days. He was considered an unusually efficient, conscientious and competent public servant, and over a period of years had gained such a large number renomtnations of friends that his and re-elections were regarded as foregone conclusions. Born in LeRoy Mr. McNary was born in LeRoy township, Sept. 23, 1855, and re- side.d in Calhoun county all his life.

He was time LeRoy Gil Dobie Seriously Hurt in Auto Crash Abdication of King or Resignation of Cabinet Appears Likely NEAR CRISIS WILL HAKE IN ENGLAND SHORTSTOP IN URUGUAY Took Stand Against Aggression in Speech Yesterday By WEBB MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) LONDON, Dec. Britain was plunged into one of the gravest constitutional crises of ve lt sa jd fairwell to its; history today over the friend- i tina to( ay sailing aboard ship of King Edward for Mrs thg Indianapolis By ARCH RODGEB8 United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1936, by United Prop) BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ,1 (U.P.)—President Wallis Simpson. It was learned on absolutely trustworthy authority that the re- ter a luncheon to President Justo at the Augustin P.

ui. uov suit may be the king's abdication United States embasy. the resignation of the cabinet. The cabinet has "advised hlsi BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 2.

i majesty" not to marry Mrs. Roose- json. The king thus far has refused ve takes leave today of I to accept the cabinet's advice. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin has threatened, unless the king promises to accept the cabinet's "advice," to rush through parliament a bill making, it compulsory for any sovereign to obtain the ap- proval of the privy council for his marriage. the still in iured Sally today'' ri ht: A Abbott, of Blairs, Jerry Cowan, of Rogersville, and Roy -f Olrln The system as now envisioned would be entirely self-supporting with no employer contributions.

Premiums could be held as low as with the maximum annuity payable to any individual set at $50 a month after the policy holder reached 65 years. Two of the three board members Chairman John G. Winant and Arthur J. Altmeyer, approved creation of federal insurance policies when they were members of the committee on economic security appointed by President Roosevelt to study the whole question of social security in 1934 and 1935. A goveij.iment insurance provision was written into the original Wagner-Lewis security bill, but lost out in the U.

S. Senate. Secretary of the Henry Mor- genthau, also had agricultural workers and domestics excluded, declaring it impossible to collect employer-employe pension taxed from them. Revived this Week The question was revived this week, however, when Winant ex(Concluded on Page 4, Coluriln 2) Under the law, the circuit Judge is empowered to fill a vacancy in the office of county clerk. Consequently, Judge Elaine W.

Hatch will name the person who will complete Mr. McNary's unexpired term, which extends until Jan. 1. township's representative on thej board of supervisors. First elected county clerk in fall, of 1902, Mr.

McNary, taking office Jan. 1, 1903, served two terms, until Dec. In 1920, he was again a successful candidate and served, beginning Jan. 1, 1921, continuously until his death, and consequently his last tenure of office represented eight consecutive terms. Mr.

McNary lived in Marshall a good many years. He was a devout member of First Methodist Episcopal church, Battle Creek, and was affiliated with the Knights Templar lodge. He retained the ownership of a large LeRoy farm, homesteaded by his parents in 1835. Besides the widow, Nancy, he is survived by three sons, Dr. H.

Ray McNary, of Battle Creek; George McNary, df Marshall, and Theron McNary, of Akron, O. A brother was killed in the.Civil war. Funeral services will held at the First Methodist church in Battle Creek Friday at 2:00 p. m. It Is expected that both the Marshall and Battle Creek offices of the county, clerk will be closed, at least during the hour of the services.

BOSTON, Dec. (Gloomy Gil) Dobie, 58, who has coached college football for 34 years, was injured critically today when his sedan smashed into a Graves, railroad overpass upright. A companion, Frank Murdoch, freshmen football coach at Boston college, where Dobie last February became head coach, also was hurt seriously. Extricated from the wreckage by police, they were taken to cityi hospital, where their condition; was said to be grave. Both suffered brain concussions and multiple face lacerations, abrasions and contusions.

They were still semi-conscious three hours later. The nation's healthiest boys and girls who were selected Tuesday in connection with the 4-H club program at the Interna-tional Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Front row, left to right: Mary Flynn Sellers of Lethohatchee, Margaret Topoviski of Wooster, Ohio and Martha fikberg, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Back row, left to i Okla. INDUSTRY'S GREER TO DEBT Of AID SOUGHT REMAIN IN 12 BILLIONS BY THEM CALHOUN OWEDTOU.S.

DeptjAmount Exceed All three-day Argentine host, President Agustin P. Justo, with the expectation that they will next meet in Washington. With the plaudits of 21 American republics resounding, as they rallied The king has counter-threatened i to his call for peace at thl i to refuse to approve any such bill. Inter American conference which he, opened, the President boards the cruiser In; dianapolis at 11:40 a. mu (EST) for a trip across the river Plata to Montevideo, Uruguay.

He will arrive there morning for a six-; hour official call on President Terra before beginning his voyage home. While his itinerary was not The constitutional question is a most thorny one, because of the probable difficulty of forming another cabinet in the event that Baldwin resigned. May Depend on Public Opinion It was learned that an editorial in today's Times, referring to the possibility that children of the Duke of York, the king's brother and heir presumptive, might reign was written with deliberate purpose. Present indications are that the POST OFFICE RECEIPTS TO SHOW A GAIN Expected to Top 1935 Receipts by at Least $8,000 Names of WPA Men Who Refuse Private Employment Decides Against of New Deal Relief Transferring Him Work Expenditures Trinidad, as was originally method of solution of the crisis plete. it was thought the Indiana, will depend largely upon the state polls would proceed straight iof public opinion.

Mobile, instead of to Port Of Conservative provincial news-! papers, aiming to bring the matter into the open, deliberately broke away todays frdni the se'lf-imposed censorship on which London newspapers had agreed among themselves. 4 Their editorials did not mention Mrs. Simpson or the king's friend-' for burial. contemplated. This was because Mr.

Roosevelt wished to take the body of lota, personal bodyguard August "Gus" Gennerich, who died yesterday of a heart attack, as dl- rectly ns possible to Warm Springs, KALAMAZOQ, Dec. at-' Arthur Greer will not be trans- tempt to return work relief labor- ferred- as deputy conservation of- ers to private jobs took a new flcer for Calhoun county, turn here today when eighth dis- That decision has been made 1 trict WPA offices Announced a by the conser vation authorities at plan whereby private employers Lansing knptty international game to col- could help bring about that objec-1 ordinarily such transfers as that i ec the war debts is $12,556,006,000, By SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. The United States' stake in the ship for her. They merely warned the king that he is a sovereign (Concluded on Page 6, Column 4) Rent Your Rooms Every day people are trying to find a place to live in Marshall.

Rooms are rented through The Chronicle Want Ads. One 30 cent ad yesterday rented a room and a. garage. MARSHALL EVENING "CHRONICLE The Marshall post make a decided gain this year. That was disclosed today office will tive.

F. S. Benjamin, district director, of who made the announcement, 1 stated that complaints of WPA workers refusing private jobs almost Invariably proved to be general rather than specific, and hx receipts asked would-be employers to report I at first contemplated in the case are made for good reasons cannot always be disclosed. There never had been a definite decision made to transfer Mr. Greer.

The protests against his when Ideal 4-H Club Girl Chosen at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. Stickling. 18. Merrill. was proud today of the highest honor in her around ideal 4-H club girl.

She was chosen from among the million members of the farm youth organization. Her nine year record: Made 174 garments, improved two rooms in ler home, baked 909 times, canned 2,725 pints of food, raised 655 chickens. Faye Miller, 18, Apache. was second in national ranking. Chosen as "typical" 4-H club members were Billy Hale 18, Hixon, and Daphne DeBruin, 18, Fort Benton Mont.

the receipts for the eleven, months of this year exceeded those for the 12 months of 1935. Up to the close of business Nov. 30th the stamp sales of the Marshall post office were $78,274.33. The total receipts for the whole year of 1935 were $77,45527. The December receipts -ought to reach at least $8,000 inasmuch as the receipts for December 1935 were $8300.

If December 1936 receipts reach that figure the receipts for the year will exceed $85,000 or a net gain of approximately $8,000 for the year. November receipts this year were about $550 less than for the same month last The November 1936 receipts were $6031.09 as compared with $6607.52 for November 1935. The salary of Postmaster Gauss beginning next July 1st will be raised from $3400 a year to $3500. as the result of this year's increase in receipts. The postmaster's salary is based on the receipts for the previous calendar year.

i all such cases to district offices. "If farm or more than sufficient to offset; the New Deal's tremendous, outlays for recovery and relief during the past four years, a survey by the United Press disclosed today. Thus, the huge sums spent for i destruction in the World war might private industry, whether but or factory, will follow this' course," Benjamin said, "we will transfer undoubtedly had some conceivably be used to pay for the effect in heading off the transfer costs of reconstructing the nation's ordinarily the department of economic life after one of the most conservation can hardly heed the staggering depressions of modern wishes of every group of sportsmen times. So far, the New Deal's ex- see that men are persuaded toj all over the state. If it did, there penditure on relief and recovery accept such offers of work.

Rarely wou id soon be no department in the past have we been given the wor thy of the name. names of offending, workers and In this case Mr. Greer's unusual unless we know the identity of the service record in Calhoun county undoubtedly had much to do with approximately Fire Causes $65,000 Loss Sylvan Beach men, we are unable to act." Would Lose Jobs It was explained that it Is man-; coun ty. datory upon work-relief employes: to accept private work. Failure to; do so means loss of their WPAi posts, provided that a living wage is offered, by the private employer.

Workers are also expected to accept short-time positions and may secure leave of absence for this purpose the decision to keep, in this G. O. P. State Committee Will Meet December 9 LANSING, Dec, Room and board will be consid- Michigan Republican leaders plan- ered part of a man's wage where such offers are it was stated type of employment common in farming communities. "When employers have had their offers of employment repected by; plans for a "comeback cam- ned today to rally their routed forces as Chairman Howard C.

Lawrence called a meeting of the state central committee to be held here Wednesday, DA. 9. WPA workers, they are requested to notify this office at once," Benjamin said. "Such co-operation on the part of private industry will paign" in the spring election will be laid at this time. Official business of the committee will be to decide upon the date greatly assist us in terminating the; for county conventions and the necessity of the WPA." time and place of the state sprinp convention.

WHITEHALL, Dec. from three Michigan cities battled several hours today but were unable to halt a strong fire before it had destroyed some of the finest cottages at Sylvan Beach on the shores of White. Funeral Service Gertrude Linden 20, Sawyer, lake Okla. ner. was named champion can- City Briefs No form Inn, proprietor, nounced.

alcoholic beverages in any will be sold at the' Parker Albion, hereafter, the new Frank Dean, has an- Preliminary estimates set damage at more than $65,000. The blaze was believed to have started in a cottage near Murray's Inn. Alarms brought fighting apparatus from the cities of Muskegon, Whitehall and Montague. Nearly 100 residents of the area helped remove furniture and other valuables from the burning buildings. Three Intersectional Games Next Saturday NEW YORK, Dec.

Three intersectional clashes feature this week-end's cleanup games the 1936 football schedule as Friday mornThg, were held northern breezes forced all action tl to the south and far west. Notre Dame, after smashing Ohio State, Army and Northwestern, tackles University of Southern California at Lcis Angeles in the headline affair, while Manhattan meets Texas A. M. at Tyler. Funeral services for Raymond E.

Wolfe, who died Sunday evening at Oaklawn hospital of Injuries received in an automobile accident, has been 000,000. France Owes Third Of Total Administration officials were cheered by reports that France had initiated negotiations looking toward a settlement of its debt which amounts to about one-third of the total international indebtedness to this country. Another installment on the foreign, debt is due Dec. 15, totaling $155,093,973, which includes $35,279,320 in principal and the remainder in interest. Of the 13 nations, treasury officials expected only diminutive Finland to place its $231,315 on the line.

Finland, alone of all the debtors, has fulfilled Its obligations faithfully. The major debtors on the Dec, 15 installment are great Britain, France, Poland Belgium, $4,642,000 and Italy $2,141,000. The United States' total loans i during the World war period were i $9,850,149,000, and under the agree' ment of Feb. 3, 1930, the borrowing powers agreed to pay $1,714,944,000 in interest, bringing the total to $11,564,000,000. This represented a 51.3 per cent reduction over the $22,188,000,000 they would have had: to, pay under the original arrangement over a 62-year period.

FIGHT ON FOR FLOOR LEADER MB Garner Supports Rayburn and Draws Ire of O'Connor Forces Greatest of All Receptions President Roosevelt leaves Bur cnos Aires after receiving the i greatest popular receptions ever i I accorded a foreigner, in which (ill shades of political opinion vied to heap honors on the American I Chief Executive; a visit which was considered more important by the Argentine newspapers than tbs war in Spain, the mother country, which, for the first tUne was crowded from page one. Although Mr. Roosevelt 'urged' his Argentine hosts to mator nls reception, as and unostentatious as possible, there was ho restraining the estimated at a million by police 'Who (Concluded on Column 5) By EDWARD W. LEWIS, United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. Vice President John N.

Garner's espousal of Rep. Sam Rayburn, of Texas, for the House majority leadership threatened today todis- White House legislative I THE DETROIT, Dec. The weather forecast: For Lower to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; somewhat wanner Thursday. organize plans. It threw a bombshell into already bitter battle between veteran Texas representative I Weather The pressure increases "from.

the i center of disturbance in the and Rep. John J. O'Connor, New York, chairman of the House rules committee and acting" Democratic leader late in the last congress. Repercussions virtually are cer- chewan, (29.22 inches) to of 30.64 inches In Maine, with fairly steep gradients near the extremes. It is colder in Florida, tor southwest, and Alberta, and wann- er from Tennessee and North Cw- olina north and northeast and tain to be heard on the House 1 from Manitoba to Wyoming.

floor when congress convenes Jan. 5. Both Rayburn and, O'Connor cipitation has been general in New Mexico, southern Kansas, thruout the south, and from Indiana tbd have been campaigning actively for the post since the death last: Wisconsin eastward. In the late session of Rep. Joseph Byrns ele- region it was snow; in the south.

vated Majority Leader William B. Bankhead, Alabama, to the speak- rain. Light amounts were reported in Oregon, Alberta. Wyoming, and and St. Mary's Galloping Gaels entertain Pop Warner's this the afternoon at Kelser-More 2:00 o'clock at funeral home.

City Briefs Michigan's 1936 onion shipments (are rapidly approaching the 1935 Rev. John Love, rector of Trinity I total shipments. Thus far in 1936 church, officiated and interment was cemetery, Acting as pallbearers Messrs. Tony Manlno and Donald Dice of Albion, Walter Campbell of Homer, Edward Waltz of Battle Creek and Leon Whltworth and Michigan has shipped 3,303 carloads of the total 1935 shipments were 3,829 carloads. Temple Owls at San ,1 Robert Beatty of Marshall.

Augustus Hammer of Ceresco was admitted to Oaklawn hospital this morning as a medical patient. ership. Charge Interference That Garner's unexpected announcement will figure in the fight was indicated by the imme-; diate and heated challenge of hisj support by O'Connor forces. They denounced the vice president for! "interference" and "gratuitous in-j trusion" into House party affairs, Every indication pointed to ad-j ministration support of Rayburn for the House leadership. Texan is an ardent supporter of the New Deal, whereas O'Connor frequently has been in opposition on important measures, particularly utility legislation.

Garner left his Uvalde, home at the request of President Roosevelt to come to tlje capital more than a month ahead of his usual time to take charge of administration preparation for the forthcoming; congress. Saskatchewan also. The sun sets Wednesday at and rises Thursday at 7:43. THE TEMPERATURE High for past 24 Low for past 24 Temperature at 2:00 today lit IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER If you haven't received Chronicle by 6:45 o'clock. No.

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