The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 1

INDIANA COUNTY NEWSPAPER THAT SERVES EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY-: iEttPttttt WEATHER Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow, probably snow flurries in north portion. Warmer Wednesday, say the forecasters for this section of the state. TEDDY Three more shopping days (and evenings) un til Christmas. Indiana stores have some splendid suggestions for the last-minute shoppers. Read ad COVERING THE WORLD FROM THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE 500 501 VOLUME 34.

NO. 103. TWELVE PAGES INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1937 TWO CENTS mams, mct MJEII "Son of Heaven" And So They Filled a Hundred Stockings! DIRECTOR HAS NO OFFICIAL REPORT COPY COAL GIVES EARLE BIG JOB FOR NEXT YEAR lack Diamonds," Hard, Soft, Threaten Administration JAPS' DRIVE ON RICH CITIES IS IMMINENT I 1, 000 "Soldiers Reported to Have Left for Port of Canton GUNDERMAN IS PAROLED BY JUDGE MAXEY Convicted of 'Third" Degree" Murder of Hoteman 00 The Ladles of the Legion filled Gazette rhoto-Knsrarttic Gentlemen of the Lecion are furnishing food and clothing. And the dav the food and the clothing will be distributed to the families of Legionnaires in Indiana County who are not getting so many "breaks." A vast percentage of the Legionnaires are In veterans hospitals in the United States. Pictured above aie the ladies of the Legion as they were hard at work subbing for Santa Claus.

SOMERSET. Dec. 21. W) Stacy Gunderman. former state patrolman, convicted of slaying Hotelman Frank dp.

Monaghan of Uniontown, was jreed today on parole by Supreme Court Justice George W. Maxey. After listening to a five-minute talk by Defense Counsel John Dug-gan Justice Maxey directed that the former officer be released "immediately" into custody of Probation Officer Austin D. Shaffer. On the court's order Gunderman, paled by ten months in jail, rose.

"Through all the 15 months of your trial." said the justice solemnly, "you have conducted yourself with candor, courage and dignity. There is no malice in your makeup. 1 have complete confidence you will be a law-abiding citizen." Duggan made no mention of facts in the case. Ha presented a petition signed by 80 citizens of Hollidays-burg. Gunderman's home, and referred briefly to the formal petition filed with the court several weeks ago.

Gunderman was convicted last February on charges of inflicting fatal injuries on the 64-year-old innkeeper, while questioning him in the basement of the Uniontown courthouse concerning the cutting of County Detective John C. Wall. "The Commonwealth has nothing to say relative to a parole," District Attorney A. M. Matthews told the justice after Duggan's plea.

Attorney C. L. Shaver was the only other representative for the state. Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti, vho prosecuted the case, was in Harrisburg.

4 Gunderman was dressed in a brown tweed suit. He thanked the judge in a low voice and turned to leave the courtroom, which contained about 20 persons. There was no demonstration. The former trooper left on the next bus for Harrisburg to meet his wife and spend Christmas at home. HARRISBURG.

Dec. 21. (IP) Pennsylvania's far famed "black diamonds" anthracite and bituminous coal threatened Governor George H. Earle's administration today with two of the biggest problems of 1938, the last year of his regime. The twin coals, forming one of the Commonwaalth's basic industries, both have been under government investigation for several years.

Earle has expressed his determination to put mining back on its feet before he leaves office in January 1939. Here are some of the problems: Anthracite elimination of coal hole mining, spread of business among various colleries so idle plants may share the work without injuring mines now in operation. Bituminous coal lowering of the differential on shipments from Pennsylvania to the New England states, so that the "Clearfield regions," may compete with southern producers. Governor Earle has threatened to call a special session of the legislature soon after the first of the year if the anthracite problems can not be worked out without new laws. Ha has a special committee inves tigating the industry.

This commis sicn already has drafted a bill to be presented to the special session. It would spread the work without in juring other plants, its authors members of the commission assert There have been suggestions that the statetake control of the industry, or at least take over a few colleries and operate them to provide jobs for the thousands engaged in free lance mining. Michael J. Hartneady, secretary of mines, who Wis a miner once- him selL has rallgtbe boot'. coalholes "dath tifipl" 'and- I'fpeitedly hi- warned mat in some places Iree-lance mining 'js endangering the lives of regularly-employed miners, as well as damaging property of the coal companies.

Joseph Agor, a member of the Governor's anthracite commission, said the group after months of study had worked out a spread-the- work plan, which should be incor porated in a bill to be presented to the legislature. Members of the commission feel it would bring speedy relief to regions "where moit of the unhired miners are living. During a recent court hearing in which the Susquehanna Collieries Company was granted an injuncticn preventing a score or more free lance miners from operating, th men protested: 'All we ask is regular jobs, and we'll quit bootlegging. But we must have work to keep our families." Governor Earle has asked the mine owners themselves to make suggestions. But, he said upon his return from Sweden, they must have their answer by the first of the year, or he will call the Assembly into special session to find the solu tion.

Richard J. Beamish, member oi the Public Utility Commission, lead ing the fight to aid he soft coal trade by bringing down the differ ential to Boston, is optimistic aoont his conference last week with W. Franklin, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Beamish and Franklin talked for several hours in Philadelphia. Beamish said Frank lin told him the railroads arc ready to bring down the differential as soon as the case of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, before the Interstate Commerce Commission, is settled The Norfolk and Western op poses lowering the differential Tor Pennsylvania, Beamish said.

Beamish predicted that when the differential is lowered Pennsylvania will gain between 1.000.000 and (Continued on Page Two) A gift of Jewelry from Widdow son's is sure to please. 103x. Banishes S. Glaus TOKYO, Dec. 21.

OP) Santa Claus was banished from Japan today. A home ministry ordinance forbids the usual festive manner of celebrating Christmas this year. Japan, although not a Christian nation, had been celebrating the day with growing ardor annually, with department stores featuring Santa Clauses similar to the American variety. Shopkeepers have announced that instead of the usual decorations their establishments will display Japanese, German and Italian flags. (The three nations are signers of an anti-communist agreement.) Dies At 75 Edward C.

to Indiana Hospital as a surgicaj patient two weeks ago, Edward C. Hudson died there at 3 p. m. Monday. A son of Joseph and Araminta (Richardson) Hudson, he was born on a farm in Rayne township January 6, 1862.

Mr. Hudson continued to live on this farm during his life and took great pride in raising and dealing in livestock, mostly cattle and sheep. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Fred Dilts of White township: a brother, C. L.

Hudson of Washington township and eleven nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 9 a. m. Wednesday in Streams Funeral Home and services will be conducted at 2 p. m.

Thursday. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery. GEORGE KENLEY, JR. Funeral services are being held this afternoon in the family home for George Kenly, who passed away Sunday morning of pneumonia. The infant was born September 5, last.

Surviving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Kenly of Coral; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

A. S. Penrose of West Lebanon and the paternal grandfather, William Kenly of Graceton. The services were in charge of the Rev. G.

E. Letchworth and interment was in Coral Lutheran Cemtcry. DAVID W. NAYLON. Dec.

21. David W. Naylon, well-known resident of this city for 34 years, died in Adrian Hospital at 1.30 a. m. Sunday, aged 73 years.

Mr. Naylon, who had not been well for some time, fell on an icy sidewalk at Pine and Findley streets Tuesday and sustained a fractured shoulder, from which injury pneumonia developed. He was born in County Clare. Ireland. May 10.

1363. a son of Patrick and Josephine (Burke) Naylon. (Continued on Page Two) Bring the kiddies to see the Christmas decorations at Galbreath Motor Company. 103x Vn.ci,iihin began last August. Eight will begin payments later 1938.

The others will begin 1939. How many workers are covered bv unemDloyment insurance in the states which begin payments in Jan uary About 11.500.000. This is about half the number in insured occu pations in all states. What types of workers are cover ed by unemployment insurance? Generally SDeaking. those with jobs in factories, offices, mills, mines, shops, and stores.

Agricultural, do- msetic and maritime workers are not covered. A there any other restrictions on those eligible for compensation? In the states that will begin pay- Continued on. page Nine Hint His Successor. Anonymous, Already Named HARRISBURG, Dec. 21.

UP) Governor George H. Earle's decision whether to retain or dismiss Karl de Schweinitz. Secretary of Public Assistance, may be delayed until tomorrow. The Governor said so himself today at a press conference when he had been expected to make the announcement. Earle said he felt that because de Schweinitz had no copy of the report on charges of "inefficiency and politics" in the relief department until last night, "he should have 24 hours to make any answer he wants to make." "At 3 p.

he will do so," Earle said The Governor added If. he brings up something that merits further investigation my decision might be delayed until tomorrow." Earle refused to comment on reports that a successor already was chosen for de Schweinitz's place. A high state official had disclosed that a successor has been chosen to take the job of the cabinet officer whose administration of public assistance has been called "loose and This official attended the hearing yesterday in which de Schweinitz faced his accuser. Mrs. Emma Guf-fey Miller, with Governor Earle sitting as judge to review the cnarges of inefficiency.

The official declined to permit the use of his name. Asked who the successor was he said: ''You never even heard of him." De Schweinitz made this comment: "I have not prepared an answer to the investigation. I don't know what I can get together between now and 3 p. report of a month's investigation into the public assistancede- partment as a result of charges brought by Mrs. Miller, Democratic national committeewoman and sister of U.

S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey, found: That there is a confused if not entirely unsound concept of its legal purpose and that it is wasteful not only in what it does but principally in what it lets undone." In 120 pages, the committee of three, which headed the state-wide inquiry, presented findings to support this general declaration. Mrs. Miller, "prosecutor of the charges, said that the report proved de Schweinitz operated the six-months old department in an "inefficient and extravagant manner." After emphasizing that de Schweinitz and his assistants "were honest" she declared, however, that "Governor Earle would be justified in dismissing him." In the conference were members- of the Goodrich committee which propounded the unified plan of as sistance by which poir boards go out of existence January 1.

Unemploy ment relief, old age assistance, blind pensions and aid to dependent children are to be administered by one (Continued on Page Two) CIGARET PERMITS REQUIRED JAN. 1 All cigaret dealers, both whole sale and retail, as well as operators of cigaret vending machines must have their 1938 Cigaret Dealer's Permits conspicuously displayed, on January 1. 1938. as required by law. According to J.

L. McCorry. divi sion chief. Department of Revenue. Stamp.

Store and Theatre Taxes. 1937 Cigaret Dealers permits expire on the last day of December of this year and 1938 cigaret permits must be conspicuously displayed on the dav of January 1938. in order to avoid immediate prosecution. Mr. McCorry states that under the amended Cigaret Tax Act.

summar" proceedings may be instituted against persons selling cigrets wtih out a 1938 permit after December 31, 1937. This is an to the original cigaret tax act ad the conviction for a violation thereof curries a fine of $25.00 and cosrs of prosecution, and in case of default of payment, subjection to imprisonment for not more than ten King's Guaranteed Bill Folds Silk boxed sets. calf. pig. goat, steer and ostrich.

Your name it) gold free. On sale at Johnston's News Stand. Hall's Book Store. Indiana; Levenson's. Clymer.

Pa. 103x BUYERS. ATTENTION! Became of the Saturday holiday, local food stores will not observe their usual half-holiday tomorrow. Knowing that the foW stores will be open throughout the t1 this Wednesday. howwlre en devote their monrtnj, anwor-rled.

to holiday preparations In the home or take advantage of an extra opportunity to lefearely for more ftft frarfah. COURT RECORDS SHOW DECLINE 0 Larger Support Orders In Child Cases Slump Cause A sharp decline in the number of cases involving childien born out of wedlock was noticed during the year in the local Criminal Courts. Observers attribute the reduction to the warning given in recent years by judges that those responsible such cases must expect to pay fully for the proper maintenance of the children One sentence given yesterday, to pay the costs of prosecution, lying-in expenses and $10 a month for 90 months, covers an outlay more than twice as great as was the rule many years ago. In another case where a settlement $360 had not been met, the court ordered that $10 a month be paid as long as the child requires support. ROTARY CLUB HEARS SMITH William F.

Smith, of Punxsutaw nay. Pennsylvania Department Commander of the American Legion, was, the guest speaker before the Rotary Club at its supper-meeting in Hotel Indiana Monday evening. He told of the various activities of his organization and of the Unamericanism he had discovered in his various trips since being inducted into office. With Commander Smith were members of his official family who, while introduced, did not speak. They were: District Commander Roy E.

Penfield of Indiana. County Commander Lisle Flickinger of Homer City, Post Commander Lawrencei Redding of Indiana, State Americanism Chairman File of Indiana and Past District Commander L. A. McQuown of Punxsutawney. TRAFFIC TOLL OF DEATHS 2,599 Reported today to the partmcnt of Revenue: Killed Injured De- 14 364 Since January 1: Killed 2.599 Injured 58,346 Shopping at Widdowson's is made easy by the complete stock of latest Jewelry.

103x SHANGHAI, Dec. 21. (P) Japanese troop and warship movements today aroused Chinese fears that three of the nation's great coastal cities would suffer the fate of fallen Nanking. The Chinese expected Japanese to drive against Hangchow, Chekiang province seaport some 110 miles south and west of Shanghai, Canton, China's southern metropolis, and Tsingtao, Shantung province seaport to the north. Eleven thousand Japanese soldiers were reported to have left for Canton.

A party of 300 American and British women and children attempting to flee war threats in central China were turned back toward Hankow, one China's three temporary cap itals. A military boom across the Yang tze river at Matung, 100 miles above Nanking, obstructed passage of their refugee vessel, the British River Steamer Woosung. The United States Destroyer Pope arrived at Tsingtao, where the Cruiser Marblehead was due today to aid in protecting 300 Americans in the threatened port and evacuate them if necessary. The south China situation was considered the most threatening. A Japanese attempt to cut the railway between Canton and Kowloon.

which lies opposite the British crown col ony of Hongkonk, was expected momentarily. The prospect of dangerous incidents in warfare close to its boundaries led to growing uneasiness in Hongkong. Gunfire was audible in Hangchow. Three Japanese columns were clos ing in on the city. lx -Shanghai.

Major General Ku-makichi Harada. Japanese military attache, modified some details of his report on the bombing of the United States Gunboat Panay by Japanese Warplanes Dec. 12- Harada announced that additional investigation showed Panay cannon (Continued on Two) NO SANTA CLAUS AT ALCATRAZ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. (IP) Santa Claus will have a tough time breaking into Alcatraz Federal pris on, where two convicts jusi Drone out.

Disappearance of the pair Thursday, however, will have no effect on s'ringent Christmas rules, said Warden James A. Johnston. The rules have been fixed since 1934, when the bleak island in San Francisco Bay became a prison for the nation's worst criminals. A special dinner is planned for the nearly 300 convicts, who won't have to work Dec. 23.

but they can receive no packaged gifts. Besides the danger of attempts to smuggle in firearms or other weapons, the receipt of any gift is against penitentiary rules. Meanwhile the grim search went on for Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, long-term prisoners who vanished in a blinding fog. Warden Johnston said be believed they drowned in a strong ebb tide a few minutes after they apparently struck out for the mainland, a mile and a quarter away. DRAGGING RIVER FOR FLOOD VICTIM Blairsville fireman, bridgeworkers and nearby residents today were still diagging the flood -swollen Conemaugh River at Livermore for the body of Sherman Greaves, aged about 26, of Sallsburg, who was drowned yesterday after he fell from the new bridge, upon which he was working.

Greaves, son of the late Rev. Ulysses Greaves, pastor of the New Florence Presbyterian Church for manv years, and father of three children, was a structural steel worker on the new span which wll replace the bridge carried out by the 1936 St. Patricks Day flood. Sec the Cellophane Wrapped Packard at Galbrcath Motor Com-oanv. 554 Water Street.

103x Indiana Evening Gazette Make your Christmas shopping easy. Mail the Indiana Gazette. SILVER DOLLARS WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.

A million silver dollars will weigh down Christmas stock- ings Saturday morning, Treas- ury officials estimated today. There are about 40.000.000 sil- ver dollars in circulation, most- ly in the western states. But Christmas brings out a lot of them in the east, where child- ren seldom see them. gifts in Memorial Hall yesterday. The and 1 before Christmas the stockings FOUND, PAYERS HAPPY WITH TAX Matchmakers Lighting King Want Same, Larger Levy WASHINGTON, Dec.

21. (IP) Members of a house tax sub-committee said today they had discovered of all things some folk who asked that their levy not be and some who even wanted it boosted. Before quitting work for the holi days the sub-committee decided to meet both requests and incidentaUy up about $1,000 000 in revenue. Members explained the situation this way: Manufacturers of wooden and paper matches have been talking about equalizing the taxes on the two products. The levy on wooden matches of the common torch variety is two cents a thousand and that on paper matches in books is one-half cent a thousand.

Makers of wooden matches advised the sub-comm'ttee they did not want iheir tax lowered, while manufacturers of pannr matches said they would prefer to have thcr rate lifted to two cents. No reason was given, puzzled legislators said. Subcommitteemcn disclosed alio that in revising excise and "nuisance" tax provisions of the revenue law, they had agreed tentatively to abolish levies on nine items at an annual revenue loss of nearly $25,000,000. The products and the approximate losses for each are- cameras. S980.000: furs, S'i 920 000: Brewers wort and malt.

S800 000: phonograph records, $300,000: toilet soap and tooth paste. $6.62.000: chewing gum. $929,000: sporting goods, crude oil, $20 000. Altogether the excise levies vifld about $6C0 000.000 a year. Those scheduled for repeal, sub-committee members said, arc in some instances difficult to administer and others produce little or no revenue in excess of collection costs.

Sub-committee members snd they had decided not to issue at tins time a statement advising businf-s men and other taxpayers of committee recommendations for tax ic-vision. BITUMINOUS COAL HEARING JAN. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (P The Bituminous Coal Commission today ordered a hearing January 4 on a petition by the Consumers' Counsel to suspend the minimum soft coal prices as fixed by the commission recently. The Consumers' Counsel was to have been neard today but John Carson, head of that division, told the commission he was not prewired to advance argument, or to present evidence.

CHURCH NOTES ASKED EARLY Due to the week-end holid-'v. town and county church notes will both be published Friday. We would appreciate all notices not later than 10 a. m. Thursday.

Largest selection of Watches. Diamonds Jewelry at Widdowson's at prices you can afford. 103x. Christmas Problem Solved Mail the Indiana Eveninar Gazette to friends and away from home a letter a day. tf 100 stockings with candy and other RHODES CASH SWARTHMORE, Dec.

21 (IP) Rhodes scholarships for two years of study at Oxford Uni- versity, England. the second generation of an Ameri- can family today. Dr. Frank A. Delotte.

presi- dent of Swarthmore College and American representative of the Rhodes trustees, said that Gerald L. Brown, of South Dakota, was the first son to fol- low in a father's footsteps in winning the coveted award. MOTHER KILLS TWO CHILDREN WAVERLY, Dec. 21. (IP) Sheriff Frank Sager said a Bremer County woman shot four of her children in their sleep today, fatally wounding two of them.

He said Mrs. Elias Watters, whom he is holding in the county jail, admitted the shooting and declared the children "wouldn't mind her." The tragedy took place in the family's farm cabin. Her husband has been employed on a timber clearing project near Lansing, the sheriff said. The dead were: Eugene. 1 and Beverly.

2. The wounded: Lavonne, 5. bullet in neck, and Bernard, 9, bullet near the heart. JACKSON DAY DINNER BELLS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.

(IP) Next month's Jackson Day dinner bells will sound distinctly like a cash register, if ambitions of the Democratic national committee are realized. Party members in 48 states each will get an opportunity on Jan. 8 to swallow a $25 hunk of the Democratic deficit. In Washington the food will cost $100 a plate, but the program includes a speech personally delivered by President Roosevelt. SCRAP MAN DIES A MILLIONAIRE YOUNGSTOWN, Dec.

21. (IP) Samuel WilkofT, who landed in America at 19 with two cents in his pockets, died today at 74, president of the Million-Dollar Wilkoff dealers in scrap. A native of Poland, he got his start in New York selling tinware. Later ha became a peddler, in Beaver Falls, Pa. He came here in 1901.

To hasten consideration of the housing bill, Barkley made an agreement which forecast trouble for the regular 1938 session. He consented to making the controversial anti-lynching bill a special order of business for Jan. 6, three days after Congress reconvenes. The Senate banking committee worked all day yesterday to cum-plete the housing bill, designed to stimulate residential construction. It recommended four major change in the House measure.

Eliminated was the proposal to restore authority for modernization and repair loans up to $2,500 The committee also extended the amortization period on loans for construction of small homes from 20 to 25 Continued on page Nine "Of course I have a lot of irons in the Are but just what I will do is uncertain," Gunderman said. He was discharged from the state police force before his trial began. Gunderman was ihe first of 12 persons indicted in connection with Monaghan's death, to be tried. Margiotti, wno named himself special prosecutor, obtained indictments in Fayette County but asked removal of the trials from that jurisdiction. The Supreme Court ordered them to Somerset County and named Justice Maxey to preside.

Here Gunderman was convicted of second degree murder and his fellow trooper, Anthony Sanute. acquitted of a murder charge. On a change of venue to Allegheny County obtained by the defense, Fayette County's young district attorney, James A. Reilly, was acquitted of a murder charge. Four others indicted on murder charges and five on charges of "concealing true facts" in Monogh.in's death, hava not been tried.

All are prominent in Uniontown. Justice Maxey sentenced Gunder-fVman on Nov. 18 to 364 days in Somerset County jail. KIWANIANS ARE CHRISTMASY Upwards of $200 wilt be expended by the Kiwanis Club for clothing for the underprivileged in Indiana County this Christmas-tide. The money will be expended by Mrs.

H. Wallace Thomas, chairman of the Crippled Children Clinic and Captain Neil Hood of the Salvation Army. At the supper-meeting in Rustic Lodge last evening the speaker was Member Harry Burton Boyd, D. who gave a new interpretation of the historic significance of Bethlehem. Music was furnished by "Ye Olde Timers" Quartet John O.

St. Clair, W. Pearl Walker, Logan L. Houck and Dr. J.

Wilbur Gibson. TREASURY BALANCE IS $3,123,191,580.14 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (IP) The position of the treasury on December 18: Receipts. $75,765,622.49.

Expenditures, $87,508,178.75. Balance, $3,123,191,580.14. Customs receipts for the month, $19,189,105.44. MOTORISTS. CAUTION! "Chains, caution and keep yonr foot off the gas." That is the advice of the Pennsylvania Motor Police as highways of the district eon-tinned hazardous by reason of continuing snow flurries.

Highway cinder crews were active a wsval in minimizing peril for theae who mast of necessity trmvaL 11,500,000 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR QUICK SENATE HOUSING VOTE TO WIND UP CONGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT PAY (Editor's note: The firt I.ukc-scale payments of unemployment compensation will begin in January. The following article, first of two, gives the answers of Washington authorities to questions about who will be eligible for benefits. Tomorrow's article will tell how the insurance worker who loses his job goes about getting compensation.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.

UP) How many states will begin paying unemployment compensation in January? Twenty-one and the District of Columbia. They include Pennsylvania. Maryland and New York. What about the others? WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.

(jip) Republican senators indicated today they would agree to a quick vole on the administration's housing pro-gra min order to wind up the unproductive special congressional session. Senate approval before nightfall, leaders said, would make it possible to compose differences between that measure and the house-jpproved bill in time for adjournment tomorrow. Majority Leader Ba-kley (D-Ky) said, however, he wofild prolong the session until Thursday, if necessary, to get the bill to the White House. None of President Roosevelt's six legislative recommendations has been enacted, although the farm bill is in such shape that an agreement in January is expected..