Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 2

GarnerDeclines To Lead FDR I Foes ill Senate fObservets See Move as Involved in Presiden- tial Situation i Dispute Illinois' Trend ss i Democrats Claim Gains in Drives License Revoked By Judge Trares County Boards of State re- WASHINGTON, April 34 tt Vicc-Preildent Garner was iw ported by today lr, have declined to assume leadership over anti-Roosevelt Democrats in Senate. the These Informants said Garnet', maintaining friendly with the White House tlnce the session started, has decided to keep 'S a hands-off attitude In any argu- "ments between the President and his critics in Congress. Early in the session, there were Indications Gamer might act iv a behind-the-scenes strategist against various administration spending proposals. Since then, however, he has been discussed widely as a possible Presidential I candidate In 1940. Senate sources said this has placed him in a po- sitlon where it would -appear he was striving for personal advan- tagc if he actively opposed Presi- dentlai policies.

Confer With Farley and Postmaster General Farley are putting their together with great regularity. What lies back of those long talks is likely to provide material for political for some time. Both Garner and Farley are A well schooled in the art of saying nothing in public, although given to strict talking and over- the- a board dealing in private, jg Certain obvious facts mark off the boundaries of their conversn- Ucns: it is 14 months until the 2 Democratic national convention at which a. presidential candidate will be named. Farley as well as ner has received mention as a pos- Aprff ItV- to a chaise of Saturday, John Lincoln was fined hlbited from driving aft for one year by County Wilbur k.

was iwxmtattiidtd AttonMr Jt W. Griffith, office has been carrying out it- of V.te pioMvAUnf of arid driving. A of ftJwsi guilty to latter ty; Court bi neHlt, In all waiNi or meted Out? were prohibited-from opmtbtf their for Judge? Trans Imposirif sentence wanud Anderson would be subject to contempt of court if the driving order violated. Andenon's machine figured in an accident last week on south of In which five persons-were injured. Congress Kor Recover? Move Hopkim vate ter Stricken With Paralysis, Dies Succumbs Sunday at Home of Cousin; Was Here on Visit 1 ilbie contender.

Garner has taken no apparent notice of the efforts by friends in his behalf, and associates did not expect him to change that policy at any time in the near future. Dispute Illinois Trend SPRINGFJBLD, April 'M Chairman of the Democratic and Republican state dls- puted Illinois' political trend as judicial election campaigning gained headway 1 slate today. Hershey of Taylorvilte, state chairman, dell eland Democrats gained control 11 additional county boards Of 1 in towiwhip elections 2 this month while were winning three and asserted I Is a distinct back to the i Democratic party," jg to Chicago Gains A. X. Stiles of Sycamore, Ref publican central committee chalr- man, pointed to OOP In the Chicago mayoral election and con; tended "Hlmols Is now Republican ij by more than 53 percent" Both of the iitato party organi- are taking steps to make strong showing In the June judicial elections, Important politically as the last statewide test party strength before the 1940 Mrs.

Edith Waltrip Medd, wife of Frank Medd of San Jose, died Sunday morning at o'clock in Alton. She was stricken with paralysis late Tuesday night, April 18, while visiting at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Warren Ash, at 1010 Phmney avenue Mrs. Medd, with her aunt, Mrs. Jesse Rich, accompanied Mrs.

Melson Levis of Henry street on her return from a stay in the west recently, and was visiting relatives and friends in Alton for the first time since 1920. She was born in Greenfield, Aug. African Colony the Federal tne Sunday. number of Mftny parked the licenses and othm hid iplatei signifying their in By retaining tht total iaaid at the lock, where the day may gleaned froni wheat In the Alton feet a huge vicinity is sOort to started re- baseball game not half a mile away from the As early as 2 o'clock the crowd Mgan gathering at street for the and by game II45-. little playground filled.

and escaped 'with other of the wedding party, eluding- what hid bett arranged as ractical vation program far 1939. At wheat last fill the ihducemenU bffered the farm- at St. ChiVlesj by the AAA Miss Ann ElfgiBn and Walter fn fact, It was aH but per- capacity as to influence the Martin Tip Program Ugislttion For A Republican grets lead SSK" yStffsgarm business. offer- WHrin Dora Waltrip San Jose and the late Horace Waltrip, former Alton residents. At the time of her marriage to Frank Medd of Auburn, Nov.

3, 1919, she was an office employe of the Illinois Company. She is survived by her husband; her mother, one sister, Mrs. Ethel Hauerken of San Jose, and a Clyde Waltrip of San Frandsco. Mtv-jMedd arrived in Alton this morritng" and will depart tonight for San Jose, accompanying his wife's Mrs, will he Republican, minority floor" in a 12-polnt, business Honkms Mid night address read by assistant: "We know fiat rtlmulallon of recovery rests primarily upon w- sumption of tin) 'flow of private capital into enterprise. It been jfifr jfr 'to ment of buslnsss to Into hat a rising national tacreaied our national wealth and provided jobs In the past." Hopkins' views were expressed on an international radio program sponsored by United States world's fair commission.

MfeatfrlMtM Martin declared in a statement Issued through the" Republican national 'committee' that the only administration action to encourage business a speech by Hopkins two months ago was a recommendation against increasing social security taxes, Contending that administration leaders "torn hy conflicting opinions" over business intprove- Uiat Wotiid'L than herfc, vj? would just 31: At Lutherans Convention With-finis westhet an attendance of when rainy siege of the past two weeks is recalled. persons at lock Sunday were on hand partly to speed the departure of the flood engendered during that period of dpitatlon. Centtnoed Warn Prospect of continuing warm weather Was seen this morning in a prediction by the Weather Eu- cutting than 300 and marfcid Martin that mem- legls- JosetV Ices win be conducted at 6 o'clock this evening at the Streeper Funeral Home, with the Rev. R. Judson, pastor of Cherry Street Baptist Chiurth.

While a resident of Alton Mrs. Medd was 'an active member of the Cherry Street Church. Ministers Carry Rev. Qark's Bier primary and general elections. in the office of the sec- of state showed 39 of 51 circuit judges In the state will be seeking reelection tJune 5.

Twenty-eight are Demo's crats. In addition, the fourth district, including the cities of Rock Moline, Maeowb, Qulncy, Jacksonville, will elect a supreme court justice to succeed Jus- 5 tlce Warren H. Orr of Rock Island, Democrat who Is retiring, Only two of 17, "circuit court districts Will be with- gout a contest. Will Attend Meeting Ministers from Central Illinois Conference of Free Methodist Churches with relatives and friends from many oufrpf-town assembled hen Sunday to pay tribute at the bier of the Rev. WU- iard P.

Clark, a minister of Free Methodist and a member of the Greenville District of Central Illinois Conference Free Methodist Churches, who died Friday at the age of 30. Among those assembled here, too, were of Hamburg high and grade the Rev. Clark had been instructor for two years, Services were conducted at 3 p. at Free Methodtet Church with Rav. Homer Tanner, district elder of Greenville District of Free Methodist Church, delivering the sermon.

The Rev. Tanner was assisted by pastor of the church, the Rev. C. H. Coates, th Rev, A.

McDonald of St. Rev E. O. Hunsaker of Sorwi to and the Rev R. R.

Thompson Hillsboro. The Rev. Clark was graduated from Greenville Theological Co and the male quartet from lation which I. Keep United States out of war. Curb unnecessary spending.

3. Repeal undistributed corporate earnings tax. 4. Revise the federal tax structure. 5.

Repeal President's monetary powers. Amend Wagner Labor relations Act to clarify "mutual obligations of worker and employer." T. "Define specifically area. of government competition with private Provide warVeto for Agricultural goods. 9.

Rehabilitate the railroads. 10. Survey the effect of reciprocal treaties on industry and business, II, Clarify federal and regulations. 13. "Reject ail experimental legislation not clearly helpful in promoting recovery, or would subject agriculture, labor, or Industry.to compulsory decrees of a federal bureaucracy." Proposed suggestion that the federal tax structure be overhauled was echoed in a Institution report which asserted that federal levies were impeding movement of private capital into investment channels.

The report was prepared for institution, private research organization, by Dr. D. of York He suggested, among other things, that present tax on Intercorporate dividends abolished, that surtax rates on higher Incomes reduced substantially, and that the normal income-tax on corporate dividends be eliminated. The report recommended also that capital stock and profits taxes be eliminated; that m. at Which the Rev.

W. Oesch, pastor of the church delivered The business session opened at 3 f- with Judge E. H. Ch ttr district president, in the chain, E. W.

Schuette, 'president of the Alton society, wel- corned the and In a short addnss. National Field Secretary Dfab of Chicago and H. Willdh of Alton, district field secretary, reported on growth of the organlza- Uon in the last year. also discussed the Hour national radio broadcasting 'giving Information Man that tonight would In- cressing cloudiness with, rising temperature, followed by tinned temperature rises and cloudiness Tuesday. flood was on its way out in a hurry today after a tunning Sunday.

Since Saturday morning at 8 o'clock the stage has fallen over three and a half from 24.1 fett to 30A director of Ste- spoke on work of TJW, rupted for a so present might enjoy the last Lutheran Hour broadcast of the year. Officers elected tot the new year Judge Wegener, Chester, prasldent; Victor. XSuebert, Red Bud, H. Nehrig, secretary! Alfred BurgV dorf, 'Red Bud, traasunr. Selection of the place of the next district meeting was left for action by executive committee.

Meals for the delegates were by members of the Aid aocldty of Trinity church. day wu with an evening entertainment MrsJennie Marsh It is averaging two feet per 24 hours and should be back to normal within' a week if Its decline continues at a like -rate. East End place are steadily evacuating relief office tents to return to their once-Inundated homes, it was reported today. Patrolman Galloway reported Sunday that one tent had been abandoned by a family on Illinois avenue and notified the Alton Tent and Awning owner of the tent. East End residents were 'forced to evacuate their dwelling places last week when the rapidly rising Mississippi river, fed from above by the Illinois and from below by the Missouri, reached 25.7 feet, the highest it has been since -it 29 feet in June of 1939.

The water, covered the southern extremities Indiana and Mis- recwninended by the gW- ernment The faiin.r, received their com- mlttee inlormlng them how Many program, such a the 1939 cut had soiui and warn beidnnine tta of Illinois avenue, first 'road east of the. Owens-Illinois plant on East Broadway, when it reached its crest It hovered uncertainly for a few before making a decision move downward but now on its way to sea like a good little Dies in Florida Pdris, Berlin Preparing To Return Envoys Continued from page dark Mann, small corporations be fJOOO credit In computing their income of A. E. Marsh, died last week in funeral Saturday of noon. litical game that Sir Neville would in Chancellor Hitler 1 reply to President Aoose- velt Rtdchstag next Friday.

It was further token for granted that he would explain to Berlin authorities that Britain has ncj de- to "iwlrcls" to been made acres permitted for sowing'that fJuroMrjf generally disregarded 'the and planned in their program wheat During winter, however, the Department; of Agriculture worked out a different program, one they believed would enlist the co-operation generally of the farmors. While not much 'change was made in wheat acreage, many other changes wen worked out and cash payments were heavily increased In the program proposed for 1939. county and township agents, armed with the new program benefits, made the their territory they signed up a great number of farmers for this co-operation, including many who had mon acres of wheat than their quota prescribed in the program of last fall. One of the county agents said a day, or two ago he had signed up practically all, farmers in his district, many of whom would to plow up part wheat now growing on their forms. The phrase "plow that had been used so often a few ago and had almost'become Slang, Is soon to be on many tongues' ends in the near future.

It is believed the destruction of growing wheat soon to start will be by far the most extensive crop plow-under ever known la this vicinity. Many are to to 30 acres in order to bring: acreage down to the quota necessary if 'they are to go along with the government in this year's program. Several cases have been reported of 40 of green wheat being plowed under. While then is an occasional cam where the destruction of crop 10 of East Alton, wedding attended by Coder's mother, Mrs, Harry YodeK of KeytesvDie, and his aiid sliter, Roberta and. Ralph.

is an of Yofler-s Night Club here and 'is' a member of, Bud Yoder-s Players, entertainers, The wUl make their home at i36 BrbadWay, East Alton. Speaks' on 'Catliblic at Conference in River Ap a4 Prided music, R.pment- B. W. Ing the at wlodi Louis wer. ofssor Granite City and and Mrs.

Woods. Joseph Grenier of attendance from i Crum, ifcS3g 9 tht flowl from officials wUl attend. sessions, beginning th dl ct SBLrtt- sf M0 B. 0. -tulnols, taxes; and that old age annuity under the soda) security act be reduced from 1 to percent The administration already, has proposed a temporary reduction of the annuity rates but Congrtss has not yet acted.

anniversary of their Jn Jacksonville h. Mm superintendent of the British 1 system of guarantees. Commissioners to Meet Wednesday Mrs. Marsh is survived by' Ml" Mabel Manh, Camp Ewtis, Va-, and two sons, the Luman P. Marsh ofDaytoni Q-, and B.

Marsh of LONDON, -Api Signlfkaaee Mistaken Identity! Ernwt ol 3315 atten- Kindergarten St. WiW, tojltchool next rolled at St, L. tor, will given Won Jn a kindergarten elan of the term, In regular Pt School EDWARDSVILUD, April conference of commissioners from over been called by for Wednesday afternoon at courthouH, when wcrk for will dls- Amoor group will IS namtd township April 4. of whom I Hit WPA progTiin, under which about TO county and townshjp MW, Mm duHUMfd awt Infomwtlon will to given on of of avenue Clara Barton Board to MM. Ragsdale ooard of CJara will tnlo tvwbi.

Vb JU. nue. for a Wetting on Th Mrs. A 3812 April 24, UB-Prlmo Minister Chamberlain told the House- of Commons today that there "no significance" In the return of British Ambassador Sir Henderson to Berlin. Chamberlain explained tint Sir Nevllt had called home from Berlin originally to report on German annexation of Bohemia, "and Moravia short period: of leave, had been Instructed, to return.

minister added that action did not mean Britain was Naii Uon of CngMtSloyak territory or cwqutit of Albania. for a will Ctthedr.1 WJ-ltaly victory today for axis. Yugoslav Cinca'Markovlch ended yesterday with statement promising wllalx-raUon" ot Yugo- and Owmany. word-r falthful'Whad apjpUid to Hungary's relations with (uftp after talks earlier when Hun- Count Paul Cownt is to extend over even a greater area, county say the bulk of field, to reduced.run around 30 acrss. In addition to the Increased benefits provided to now program, then la another feature to which the an looking Just- now low price for wheat as it is threshed next summer.

Fluctuation of wheat over last year has been scant market at present Is practically at same iurtn last ttr be a wop of wheat in territory unless hafl- storms, frost or other natural phenomena take effect between now and threshing an that aa soon as the new start into market skids will be put under prices, men. are predict. Ing fifty cent wheat and lower, of wheat to destroyed may be pastured by Uve- tock. If the farmer so to set-up, green wheat not make, the best pasture because stock In many cases not fond of It, many farmen an deriving some benefit from the crop destroyed in manner, Some surplus awes alnady been destroyed but the bulk of work nratww to be backward season, with cold weather, mental In holding back work, A case where an extfnsive farmer 1 to rtow-W 8Q acres of to comply with awnt in Macoupin county about JS inUw north of and that after had Alton Deanery, National Council of Catholic Women, met at.St Bernard's Sunday afternoon; guests was David Scully of Sprhigfield, spiritual director. Miss Johanna Wardein' of, Alton, deanery chairman, presided.

Miss' Olivia of Alton is deanery chairman. Father Scully spoke on "Catholic Action." Catholic Woman's dub of St. was, hostess to meeting, and Mrs. Q. McKlnnsy introduced the' Rev.

E. J. Douglas, pastor of St. who offered prayer and extended a' welcome. Mrs.

McKinney also presented Mrs. Paul J. Schleeper, who led hi a salute to tixe flag. Miss Wardein announced that Alton deanery ranked In Diocese ih. the number of parishes affiliated with the council.

The ,17 out of 35 parishes interested in the council, Miss Wardein announced following chairmen: Tecla. Timper, Alton, study clubs; MrV Arthur Gru'enenfdder, Highland, family and pannt education; M. F. Manning, Wood River, Miss Amelia B. Ringemann, press and publicity; Margaret May CaldweU, Alton, organization and development Other'chairmen will be appointed later by Wardein, who was elected chairman at a conference held in Alton in January.

Msgr. W. Sloan, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul's Church. Alton, gave an address, and had for his subject "Organization." Mrs.

James Green, with Mrs. McKinney at tht piano, Margaret Ann Eden, pianist, Baker and Jack Maloney, saxophone players, entertained with selections: Miss CaldweU read a paper on "Study Clubs" utd gave "highlights" on Catholic from churches in Highland, Alton, GlUesple, Benld, Ed- wardsvllle, Virden, Wood Granite City, Vandalla, Carilnvllle W. order to plan. i i that six agencies would' have 1 to be into the conTerwjce. cause of stringent bndgetary necfe.

slties facing theXbpard In view, ol Alton's crowded school- situation. Immediate action. Brown suggested that a ttur- ough study, 'tax probf would' btf wise- before any action offered, tioiurwitftgclty and county official! himself and make, a report to tlu board soon as possible" on hit i findings. He delinquent taxes-were legally subject- to collection' pointed out that piovisioris to their collection empower electri officers to carry out the. act -He i pointed out the difficulties attending that collection, urged the board to defer proposed conference until prelim-' inary "feelers'? wertf made.

Brown said, today -he' had been unable as yet-to discuss the situation with State's Attorney R. Griffith in Edwardsville becaute of the latter's court duties but to reach him before the 'CburtelShrink la Esteem Of Public'-Murphj Continued from page 1. tor in profram by G. L. JCUbflelscfl.

coufty mwrvtsw -of WFA pro. wayi and of lur npiaovnwit OUUur of with of rock from tt a bfjaj! Mt up. avaUMbja tor road work, April 34, flriwwlal in wiiWWw iHP Aflfaj (Worr fmf, and other places reported on activities. Clergy present In addition to Msgr, Sloan, Father Scully and Father Douglas wen Very Rev. J.

J. and Rev, Fathers JOhn Crosson, Harry Wathen, Alton; A. M. HoW, Highland; P. Klumbys.

Carllnvillei Charles Meagher, Joseph Frank Corrigan, aty, and Klrby, Ship. Announcement was that next, quarterly conference would held in at St. Boniface's Church, the fourth Sunday in July. wu by solemn benediction, and later women of hoftesi club Mrved refresh. Granite man.

springs from inefficient administration" and a tendency to let politics creep up. at these weaknemi, inefficiency, Is painfully evident to congested condition of court dockets arid the, almost complex absence of coordination in tht work of the entire federal judicial system. "And if you want a picture' second failure the tendency toward political involvenuntr-yw have only to read the story o( thi Harding-Coolidge -era and ttt struggle of Chief Justice Tsft for the appointment Of better judges, "A good not wut patronage; a bad should not have it," Murphy specifically said then unfortunately had developed general feeling that bankruptcy aw a legitimate field tot payment of political debts." While saying there was room for the Attorney Gw- Move to Quwh eral declared that "The judiciary a whole' is an admirable organisation and a very definite credit to 'American democracy," Mr. in, the past few months, said, added'to "ran learning and Integrity." $4000 Fire in Class Exhibit atN.Y.Fwr WWf, Aprtt fire blwed through the dollar glass industry exhibit of tin York; World 1 Fair last niiftl, DM week fair 1 foroul opening, Ww apparwOy tftm aw 8W furnace njtfd a soojt accumulation In the last chimney. was esUmatwi first at WPOiOOO, Out David French, manager ojr not of M.

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