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THE WHOLE FAMILY rain night; in Sunday north; much generally cooler fair. toNEWSPAPER FOR WEATHER: Cloudy: probably SEYMOUR DAILY TRIBUNE VOLUME LV, NO. 98. SEYMOUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1937. PRICE THREE CENTS.

COUNTY TO GAIN BY NEW SET-UP Gas Tax Distribution in 1938 to be on Basis of Traffic on Highways. BENEFIT IS EXPECTED Belief Held Here That Change Will Result in This County Receiving More Funds. A change made by the 1937 Indiana General Assembly relative to the method of distributing state gasoline tax will be to the advantage of Jackson county, it is believed. Heretofore the counties received the funds on the basis of population and road mileage. Under the new law this has been changed so that the counties will draw largely in proportion to their traffic with larger cities, and the counties adjacent to the cities will get the biggest share of the fund.

A traffe survey is being made by the state department for use in distribution of the gas tax under the new set-up. Although the results are not known, it is believed that Jackson county will be in the group to benefit. The survev, however, may tell a different storv. It is indicated that under the svstem, which will become effeetive next vear, counties near larger cities or on heavily travelled routes will enjoy an increase in their gas tax while the counties with a small amonnt of traffic will be required to take reduced amounts. Cities and towns will draw practically the same as under the present plan of distribution.

Jackson county at present is receiving something under $100,000 annually from gasoline tax and auto license fees. Just how much the increase, if there is one, will amount to is unknown. The new law, it is understood, does not contemplate that the counties use the increase for maintenance, but preferably for construction of new roads. In an attempt to encourage the building of additional bard-surfaced roads by counties the law also makes it possible for the counties to issue three or five vear bonds, pledzing the gasoline taxes for payment. No bonds for road construction can be issued payable from propertv taxes.

A provision of the law requires that any road construction, exreeding in cost $1,500 per mile, the state highway department. Inasmuch as the cost of practically all types of road runs above the $1,500 per mile figure, practically all county construction will be under the supervision of the state department when the new law becomes operative. The state highway commission would approve the plans and specifications and send an engineer to superintend construction. Many. are of the opinion that the new law will afford the county opportunity to greatly improve its highway system.

It will he several weeks vet before copies of the new laws are distributed and the exact provisions of the highway law are learned. TWO QUARANTINES. More Scarlet Fever Cases Are Reported Here. Two additional homes have been quarantined for scarlet fever within the citv limits by city health authorities. A residence at 602 South Chestnut street was quarantined this morning.

Ruth Brock is ill with the disease. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClure, 309 Elm street, was quarantined Friday. A small son, David, is ill with the disease.

To Take Examinations. By Associated Press. Indianapolis, April 24-A total of 504 persons will take merit examinations May 1 for county welfare directors. Thurman M. Gottschalk, state director of publie welfare, said the examinations will be beld in Indianapolis, Evansville, Gray and Fort Wayne.

County welfare boards will select directors from the list of those passing the tests. REPORT GIVEN ON SCOUT WORK DURING THE FLOOD A complete report of the serv- ice rendered by the Boy Scouts of the Hoosier Hills Area during the recent flood disaster has just been compiled and a copy sent to the National Office of the Boy Scouts at New York. Every hour of service claimed by the boys was checked by adults in order that the report would be accurate insofar as possible. It was found upon totaling the number of hours reported by each Troop, that the Scouts had rendered 8,567 hours of service which equals 357 full days of work that was given without pay. The service was divided largely under the following headings: Moving families from inundated homes; passing handbills giving warnings to residents; acting as messengers for Red Cross, Western Union, and relief agencies; rowing boats performing ferry service; packing and distributing baskets of food and clothing; conducting first aid stations; chlorinating cisterns, and a multitude of minor tasks.

No ioh was FRESHMAN DAY PLANS FORMED Committees for Fifth Annual Introductory Day Are Listed. TO REGISTER STUDENTS Committees for the fifth annual Freshman Introductory Day, which will be held Monday afternoon at Shields High School, have completed arrangements for the event, which will familiarize prospective Freshmen with faculty members, building and opportunities afforded at the high school. A total of 103 eighth grade students of township and parochial schools in Washington, Jackson and Redding townships will be transported to the high school building at 12:30 o'clock Monday by cars in charge of a transportation committee composed of H. R. Noe, chairman; L.

Martin, Dale Fink, George Henderson, Harry Schepman, Gustave Thias, Palmer Ude, Wal-' ter Voss, George Vehslage. I The students will be registered by a committee composed of DeWitte Ogan, chairman; Lorraine Lawson, Emma Margaret Lemp, Dorothy Meyers, Bettie Ballard, Kathleen Nicholson, Vivian Won-! ning. Miss Mina MeHenry and H. C. Henderson are co-chairman for the reception orientation period at 1:35 o'clock.

They will be assisted by the following students: Russell Davis, Maxine Nicholson, Pauline Johnson, Russell Bush, Audrey Wehmeier, Woody Rapp, Kathryn Storey, Edwin Booth, Ellen Marie Keith, LeRoy Hodapp, Marguerite Hess, John Kasting, Mildred Siefker, Harry Schepman, Kenneth Christopher, Shirley Marling, Palmer Ude, Dan Caddell, Ellen Hardesty, Joe Richart, Jack Ahlbrand, Mary K. Droege, Lowima Hageman. The program committee is composed of Miss Elizabeth Feaster, chairman: Miss Lillian Wells, Miss Lillie Fosbrink and Albert Judd, assisted by Owen Frost, Carolyn Kasper, Emily Keith and Robert Etter. Miss Pearl Shaffer is chairman of the entertainment committee. ageisted by Mrs.

Grace Hemmer, Mrs. Alice Walters, Harriett West, Norma Preuss and Reinhart. Junior High School I students totalling 119 will join at the convocation hour. The invitation and publicity committee is composed of Mrs. Annette K.

Test, James Deputy, Bevins Clark and Doris McKinnev. Introductory Day, for which local school officials have received much praise since it was troduced here, is for the purpose of introducing the prospective Freshmen into the general routine of the school system and to the teachers so that they will feel more "at home" when they enter the Freshman class next fall. School authorities have found that the innovation not only helps enrollment and lessens confusion experienced preyiously during the first few days of the fall term, but results in a better I satisfied group of Freshmen. FOOD RUSHED TO SPANISH FRONT Basque Government Sends Supplies to Hungry DefendersHope 18 Mounting. SITUATION IS IMPROVING Minister of Food Says Conditions Are Soon to be Relatively Normal.

By Associated Press. Bilbao, Spain, April 24-The Basque government rushed food to its hungry defenders today with mounting hope that the supplies brought by British blockade runners would avert capitulation to Gen. Emilio Mola's fierce insurgent offensive. While the mountainous Durango front, about twenty miles southeast of the capital, echoed machine gun, rifle and artillery fire, 400,000 inhabitants of Bilbao were jubilant, feeling the hold of the insurgents by land and sea had been broken. The first supplies brought to the refugee.

swollen capital yesterday by the steamers Hamsterley. Stanbrook and MacGreg-. or past Gen. Francisco Franco's warships, went to hospitals and to troops fighting desperately to hold the El Orrio line, less than six miles from Durango. The minister of provisions announced the food situation was improving rapidly and soon would be relatively normal, indicating confidence that other supply carriers would defy the insurgent naval cordon.

The blockade runners came just in time. Bread was completely lacking on the eve of their arrival. The supply was still scant today owing to the possibility of preparing immediately the great quantities of four required. Four thousand tons of wheat were hastily carted to mills from the Stanbrook. The Hamsterley brought potatoes, meat, eggs, coffee and sugar; the MacGregor wines and liquors.

Mola's legionnaires strove to bring their encircling lines closer to Durango, keypoint of his drive through tumbled Terrain toward Bilbao. The city stands on an improved highway down which his mechanized columns hoped to sweep sixteen miles into the capital. They attained positions about a half mile from El Orrio after long. strenuous fighting in which they were said to have sustained heavy losses. By Associated Press, Madrid, April 24--Heavy rain clouds hanging low over this beleaguered capital provided respite todav from insurgent artillery attacks while Madrid's government underwent 8 drastic reorganization.

The authority of Gen. Jose (Continued on page 8. column 1) Local Youth In Navy Maneuvers Kenneth Earl Cockrum on Battleship "Arizona" Now "Somewhere on Pacific." Kenneth Earl Cockrum, fireman, U. S. Navy, son of C.

T. Cockrum, 512 East Second street, Seymour, who enlisted 111 the Navy at Indianapolis in 1935, was selected for and recently completed the course of instruetion in the machinist's mates sebool, at the U. S. Naval training station, Norfolk, Virginia. He is now serving on board the Navy Battleship, U.

S. S. Arizona, which, at the present time, is participating in the annmal fleet manenvers in the Pacifie Ocean in the Alaska- Hawaii -California triangle. Since enlisting in the navy, young Cockrum has served on board two types of vessels and has visited both the east and west coasts of North America, West Indies, Central America, and the Hawaiian Islands. These navy men do get around and see the world.

Fireman Cockrum states that he expects to visit his parents and friends in Seymour in September of this year. Track Meet Today. J. R. Mitchell, principal of Shields High School, said at 11 d'elock this morning that unless weather conditions interfere, the track meet scheduled for 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at Emerson Field would be held.

It is a fourway meet with Seymour, Colum-. bus, Crothersville and Scottsburg entered. E. S. WELCH WILL DIRECT ROTARY Officers and Directors of SeySeymour Club for 1937 Will Assume Duties July 1.

COMMITTEES WILL BE NAMED Elbert S. Welch, newly elected president of the Seymour Rotary Club, and other -officers and directors for 1937 will assume their duties July 1, the beginning of the Rotary fiscal year. Martin W. Steinwedel, president for the current year, will complete his administration July 1 and has been chosen a member of the board of directors. Other officers of the club for 1937 are Ernest N.

Birge, vicepresident; Francis Birge, secretary and Clarence Steinwedel treasurer. Dr. A. A. Cohn and the retiring president were elected members of the board of directors to serve until 1940.

Norman J. Lasher and Harry M. Miller, whose terms expire in 1938, and J. J. Kutch and Ernest Birge who will serve until 1939, are other members of the board.

Mr. Welch was eleeted a delegate to the annual Rotary meeting to be held in Fort Wayne. Several other members also may attend. The new president will appoint committees for the coming year. These will be announced when he assumes office.

Death Summons Donald Cooper Well Known Young Man Dies Following Illness 'of Eight Months. Donald Cooper, age twentyeight, of Indianapolis, well known in Seymour, died early this morning at the home of Fred Seybold in Indianapolis, where he had been removed recently from an Indianapolis hospital. Mr. Cooper had been ill for the past eight months with Bright's disease. Mr.

Cooper was the husband of the former Miss Ruth Gordon Scott, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Walnut and streets, this city, and had many friends in Seymour who mourn his death. He was born on April 13, 1909, the son of Dr.

and Mrs. John Cooper, of North Vernon, both of whom survive. He was married to Miss Scott at the First Baptist Church here on July 11, 1936. He became ill about two months after their marriage, his condition growing steadily worse until his death. Mr.

Cooper wAS graduated from Indiana University where he was 8 member of the I. U. basketball squad. For several years he was emploved with the Chase National Bank in New York City. While there he was a member of the New York Athletic Club and plaved with the club's basketball team and also with the Chase National Bank team.

At the time of his marriage, he was emploved with the credit department of the General Motors Company in Indianapolis. Besides the widow, the father, a well known North Vernon dentist, and mother, he is survived by one brother, John Cooper, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Cooper was a nephew of Albert Edward Wiggam, widelv known editor, educator and lecturer.

Funeral arrangements have not been learned here. Trial Continued. Ry Associated Press. Muncie, April 24-Trial of Carl Ferguson, charged with the cigar store slaying of Delbert Devore, WAS continued until Monday after a jury was selected late yesterday. One woman will sit on the jury.

MAKE MOVE FOR CANNERY PEACE Bloody Strike Moves Into PeaceMeeting Stage Following Riots In Fields. TENTATIVE PACT IS SEEN Joint Statement Says Canners and Workers Believed Near "Satisfactory Solution." By Associated Press. Stockton, April 24-The bloody Stockton cannery "strike moved today from a field of rioting, where 59 persons were shot, clubbed and gassed, to peace meetings at Sacramento. There a conference of canners' and labor representatives with Governor Frank F. Merriam, broke up early this morning amid indications of a tentative agreewent between factions over demands for wage increases and union recognition.

A joint statement said canners and workers believed they were "not far from a satisfactory so- lution" but explained conferences with their individual would be necessary before reresumption of the peace conference. Doctors, meanwhile, battled to save the lives of two seriously wounded men injured in rioting which flared savagely here yesterday when strikers attempted to halt a spinach- laden truck being taken to a plant, reopened in defiance of the strike. John Drake, 22, a picket whose left eye was destroyed by a shotgun blast, and Henry Monroe were in a critical condition after the hour and a half of rioting. A valley of buckshot mangled Monroe's legs. The heaviest casualties appeared among the pickets who attempted to halt the truek.

Sheriff's deputies and state officers bombarded the pickets with tear gas and shotgun fire. The strikers replied with swinging clubs and flying rocks. Finally J. C. Fitzgerald, labor council member, mounted a loud speaker truck and appealed to the strikers to disperse.

Quickly a truce was arranged. Governor Merriam obtained renewal in Sacramento, 30 miles away, of peace conferences which collapsed last Wednesday. Representatives of the canners, who operate four big plants (Continued on nage 6. column 7) Will Hearing Moves Slowly Case on Trial at Columbus Not Expected to Reach Jury Before Wednesday. Trial of the Burrell will contest continues to move slowly in Bartholomew Circuit Court and Judge George W.

Long expressed an opinion that the case would not reach the jury before next Wednesday. The case in which two nephews of Mrs. Beldora Burrell, deceased Vallonia resident, are seeking a share of her $85,000 estate on the contention that she was of unsound mind at the time she made her will, opened in the Columbus court Monday. The nephews are Dan and Kirby Smith. Three nieces who Were plaintiffs in the original suit have withdrawn.

Judge Long announced that the trial would recess at 10:30 o'clock this morining until Monday morning, so that other court business could be transacted. Raleigh Stotz of Grand Rapids, and formerly of Vallonia, was on the witness stand testifying for the defense most of Friday morning. Stotz at one time worked for Mrs. Burrell and he was questioned relative to her treatment of him. He is the general agent of an insurance compauy in Michigan.

Dr. Polk Richard of Albuquerque, N. a son of John Amnsucker, who is one of the defendants and the chief beneficiary under the will of Mrs. Burrell, testifled Thursday. afternoon.

Dr. Richard is a U. S. government medical director. The plaintiffs rested their case Thursday morning.

Child Fatally Hurt. By Associated Press. Indianapolis, April 24--Parents were unable today to account for the accident which killed Donald Fisher, 9, at a filling station here. Witnesses said the boy climbed on an unused hydraulic lift and in some way it toppled over on him. The boy's father said the lad did not ordinarily try stunts.

STRIKERS LEAVE FORD FACTORY Six Hundred Sit-Downers Evacwate Plant At Richmond, California. SETTLEMENT SEEN NEAR Rv Associated Press. Richmond, April Six hundred sit-down evacuated the Ford Motor Company assembly plant early todav to the accompaniment of tooting automobile horns and shouting. Quickly ending the second such strike to close a Ford plant in the nation, the C. I.

O. unionists began their exodus eleven hours after workers took possession, charging discrimination in the transfer of twelve men. Officials of the United Automobile Workers union said they had been assured that a high Ford official from Detroit would arrive today, and that settlement was but a matter of a day or two. Frank Slaby, president of the local of the U. A.

W. declared he was satisfied with the prospects of settlement. Another union official who declined to be named, said: "We don't consider this a retreat; we could hold the plant forever." There was no indication from Detroit that Ford officials had changed their attitude toward recognizing any union as a colleetive bargaining agency. President Edsel Ford was quoted by a company official 88 saying there was "nothing we can add to what has already been said publicly." Prior to that an American federation of labor representative at Atlanta, announced the AFL had made overtures to the Ford Company, seeking recognition as a bargaining agency. Workers started for Rich mond's business section, and nearby Oakland to hold a demonstration before going home.

Immediate plans were, made to reopen the welded side gates and turn over the property to the companv guards. The strikers left by the front gate which had not been welded. ROBBERY SUSPECT HELD Harvey E. Bailey Is Taken to Indianapolis. Harvey E.

Bailev, age twentyone, residing on North Vernon rural route 6, was arrested Friday by officers of the Seymour state police post for two Indianapolis detectives who were seeking him as a suspect for thirty or forty Indianapolis robberies. The arrest was made by Sgt. Enegne Vance and Detectives Donald Winn and Raymond Boll. Bailey was brought to the Sevmour post where he was questioned following the arrival of the Indianapolis city detectives. They questioned him at length and took him to Indianapolis where he is to face charges.

Heads Association. Joe Green, near Brewersville, has been selected president of the Jennings County Sunday School Association, it has been learned here. Mrs. Carrie Haile, of Butlerville, was named vice- president; Wilbur Beeman, of North Vernon, secretary the Rev. A.

H. Mueller. pastor of the North Vernon Methodist Church, adult division superintendent: Richard Hanna, of North Vernon, young people's division superintendent; Opal Beck. of Vernon, child division superintendent; the Rev. M.

H. Kennedy, pastor of the North Vernon and Vernon Presbyterian Churches. educational division superintendent and Mrs. Scott Denton. of Butlerville, administrative superintendent.

Use Tribune Classified Advertisements for Quick Results. ECONOMY MOVE SHOWING GAINS too small or too large for the Scouts to tackle. Many fine' letters have been received by Scoutmasters from officials of their localities in recognition of the work done by the Scouts. Service to others is one of the three points of the Scout Oath and community service' such 88 this is one of the purposes of the Scout Movement in building character. It is hoped that the communities in which Scouting is located will always recognize the willingness of the Scouts to perform any service for the community good and will call upon them whenever needed.

As a result of the flood disas. ter each Troop will be urged to form a Disaster Patrol of older Scouts who will be experts in first. aid, signaling, and other subjects which will make them efficient in times of need. These patrols will be available at. any time for any emergency and will he a part of the Disaster Committee in towns that are having a set -un of that nature.

Farm Head Dismissed. Indianapolis, April 24 24-(AP)--starvation Dick Heller, secretary to Governor M. Clifford Townsend, anpounced today Ralph Howard, superintendent of the Indiana penal farm, had been notified his services would terminate May 1.1 Howard's dismissal was the first major ehange to be made in personnel of any state penal institution since Governor Townsend took office. Hayden Planning Commencement Exercises Are to be Held at School Building Next Friday Night. Havden High School commencement exercises will he held at the high school community building in, Hayden next Friday night, according to announcement made by H.

B. Kysar, prineipal of the school. The program will begin at 8 o'clock when Indiana and Illinois U'niversity songs will be played for the march. Invocation will be offered by the Rev. Ravmond Marchino of Four Corners.

A serenade will be played by the F. H. Hancock Trio, of Seymour. and will be followed by a solo, "Oh. Dry those by Mrs.

Arthur Phillips, of this city. The class address will be delivered by the Hon. Judge James F. Deery and diplomas will be presented by the principal, Mr. Kvsar.

A program of music will be given by the Hancock trio and benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. G. C. Mitchell. Those who will be graduated from the high school 1 are: Robert Peek, Phyllis Padgett, Lucile Hauersperger, Lucile Sandhage, Raymond Haley.

Minnie Wise, Bernard Oliger, Evelyn Foreman, Maryhelle Corvell, Hiram Grow, Gennibee Schleibaum and Helen Wohrer. The class colors are rose and gold: the class motto is "Onward and and the class flower is the pink rose. The commencement exercises for the eighth grade of the Junior High School will be held at the Community Hall, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, the regular high school assembly period. James Shafer, a member of the class, will deliver the class address. The class history and prophecy will be given by Margaret Casey and Roger Powers.

Music will be furnished by the Havden High School Glee Club and- Miss Laura Whitcomb. The twenty-two members of the class who will receive eighth grade diplomas are: Delbert Bannister, Paul Wilbur Capes, Margaret Casey, Roland Eades, Kathryn Gerringer, Marvin Jolly, Helen Marling, Louis Maschino, Paul Maschino, Martha Lee Roger Powers, Richard Ruddick, James Shafer, Willis Shields. Eher Stroup. Harold Stewart, Edith Mae Sullivan, Helen Tavlor, Doris Todd, Madeline Wise, Mary Wise and Harold Casey. Grocer Is Dead.

By Associated Press. Richmond, April 24-Funeral services will be held Monday for Patrick Joseph Clancy, eighty who owned and operated the first chain of grocery stores in Indianapolis. He died at his home here today. Proposals to Slash Appropriations by Ten Percent Gain Fresh. Support Today.

SEEK BALANCED BUDGET Plan Would Also Include Stashing Five Hundred Million From Relief Figure. By Associated Press. Washington, April 24 -Proposals to slash all federal appropriations by 10 per cent and to slice $500,000,000 from President Roosevelt's relief estimates gained fresh support today in the Senate appropriations committee. Although some committee members described a fixed horizontal cut as unscientifie, a majority said they would accept it in it proved the only means of balancing the budget by July, 1938. Backers of agriculture legislation served notice, however, they would not abandon pending farm bills without a struggle.

Senator Bankhead (D-Ala) expressed the opinion that President Roosevelt in urging economy did not intend to withdraw his support from the Bankhead-Jones farm tenancy bill. "I have had sufficient conferences with the President fu the last two years on the proposed farm tenancy legislation," Bankhead said, "so that I am firmly of the opinion he will not abandon it." Secretary Wallace recently called tenancy aid one part of the farm program which might he postponed to save money. The Bankhead-Jones bill would re quire $50,000,000 a year. A $927,421,996 appropriation to run the agriculture department in the next. fiscal year was proved late yesterday by the House, which held close tot the President's budget estimates, The members accepted proposal by Representative South (D-Tex) to add $23,348 for wool marketing studies, but defeated one by Representative Taber -NY) for a 10 per cent eat in the department's funds.

The idea of a horizontal reduction in all government appropriations appeared to be winning more backers in the Senate than in the House. Senator McKellar (D- Tenn) of the appropriations committee said he had prepared legislation to carry out that proposal, Senator Byrnes (D-SC) previously had announced he would press for such action as well. as a $1,000,000,000 limit to relief expenditures, two-thirds of the amount asked by President Roosevelt for 1937-38. Senator Burke (D-Neb) promised "fullest support" for the Byrnes proposal. Senator Bankhead, although opposing farm reductions, said he would favor a cut in military and naval appropriations as well as in relief.

Senator McCarran (D- Nev) was outspoken in his determination to fight a 10 per cent slash. asserting it would "hit the little fellow." He said he agreed, however, that relief funds should" be reduced to $1,000,000,000. Held Without Bond. By Associated Press. Marion, April 24-Warren Marr was held in the Grant county jail today without bond following his arraignment on charges of violating the state securities act and obtaining monev under false pretense, He pleaded innocent to both charges, the outgrowth of alleged stock transactions in which Indiana residents lost an estimated 000.

Weather Records The following weather record MISERY DOESNT temperature, taken read- LOVE COMPANY the downtown dis- If LOVES trict. and AUDIENCE! level reading the Ing pumping provided sta. by tion of the mour Water Temperature Today at 11:00 68 Stage of Rivers Three feet above low water mark..