The Coshocton Tribune from Coshocton, Ohio • Page 1

"Oil May Stage Comeback In Ohio Fields THREE AREAS MAY BENEFIT SAYS EXPERT Western Ohio to Be Searched For New Sands COLUMBUS The year 1939 may be important to Ohio at the beginning of a revival in its ailing efl and natural gas industry. Operating at the lowest point in nearly SO years, the industry is receiving a shot in the arm this summer from application of two new production methods and legalization of an old one, State Geologist Wilbur Stout said today. At the same vjime, geologists, with the help of improved scientific instruments, are exploring out" fields for "hidden" OS. sands as well as several new areas in western Ohio where oil or gas have never been produced. All of these factors caused Stout to forecast a reversal of the downward spiral of Ohio oil and gas production for the last 35 years.

"No one can say definitely that the new developments mean greater production this year but they do brighten hopes for the im- inediate future," he asserted. Edward V. O'Rourke, assistant professor of geology at Ohio state university, supplemented this analysis by pointing out the possible presence of a valuable residue of oil and gas in the so-called ''inactive" fields--once productive but now pumped dry by prevailing methods. "There may be 70 to 80 per cent of the original oil left in some of these fields, ripe for secondary recovery by new methods," he said. The new developments have instilled optimism among the owners and operators of oil and gas properties in the state's three large fields Trenton in northwestern Ohio, Clinton in east central Ohio from Lake Erie to the Ohio river, and the shallow fields of southeastern Ohio.

Most important immediately is the authorization by the 1939 legislature to permit water flooding in shallow oil fields. This method has been prohibited in Ohio since -first oil was drilled in I860, Of greater potential significance is the 'successful drilling in Noble The CoshoctonTribune THE WEATHER OHIO--Local showers and slightly warmer tonight. Tuesday showers, warmer in northeast portion and cooler at night. VHT YYY "NTH VULi. AAA, JNU.

VO. Pictorial COSHOCTON, OHIO, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1939. Full Leased Wire Report of United THREE CENTS (Conttnwed on Page Five) Plane Crash Kills U. S.Army Pilot Wisconsin Man Falls Near Wright Field on Way To Home DAYTON Wright field army officers today investigated the crash of a light pursuit plane 12 miles northwest of Dayton which caused the death of the pilot and only occupant. Lieut.

F. O. Redetzke. Redetzke, whose home is at Wausau, had been given permission to fly the ship on a weekend trip to St. Paul, Minn.

First news of the accident was telephoned to Wright Field by Ed Thunderberg and William McCord, farmers, who heard the crash at 11:30 p. Sunday. The farmers immediately started to search for the plane but did not locate it until four hours later when they again notifed Wright Field. The plane was demolished and Redetzke's body badly crush- He was believed to have tried a forced landing altho army investigators were unable to state immediately the probable caiise of the accident. Redetzke had been assigned to the power branch at Wright Field since August, 1936.

NEUTRALITY BILL IS SLATED TO COME UP IN HOUSE NEXT WEEK wu- liam Bankhead said today that house leaders planned tentatively to take up the neutrality revision bill nex week, adding that with senae cooperation adjournment by Julv 15 still is possible. Bankhead admitted, however, fhere are many "ifs" in the adjournment situation. He made the statement after the regular weekly conference of legislative leaders wjth President Roosevelt at the White House. "I know of no new proposals." Bankhead said in response to questions regarding possibility of a new lending-spending program ar.d other new legislation. HOLD LAST RITES Funeral services for Don C.

Porter. 50. former Coshocton county prosecuting attorney who died Friday, were held this afternoon at the Hammond funeral home in Chicago. HI. The Park Lodge, No.

843. Free and Accepted Masons, conducted services, and burial was made at Chicago. BRITISH PREMIER HAS PEACE HOPE Mother Confesses Slaying 11-Weeks Old Baby MARTIAL LAW RULES STORM LASHED TOWN Tornado Toll Is 10 Dead and 200 Injured ANOKA, Minn. a i a guardsmen, police and volunteers, under personal direction of Gov. Harold E.

E. Stassen, today began clearing debris left by a tornado which struck this little Mississippi river town late -yesterday, killing at least 10 persons and injuring more than 200. A drizzling rain, which had been heavy immediately after the tornado hit, added to the problems of workers as they probed thru a litter of wrecked buildings, uprooted trees and -broken communication and power lines. "Within a few hours after the twister struck, Stassen came here to assume full charge of caring for the injured and homeless and the work of rehabilitation. Early today he reported: "Tiie situation is now under control." Authorities believed all victims of the storm had been found.

They said that a score of the injured were in serious condition, and estimated that property damage would 'total at least $500,000. "Three hundred national guardsmen patrolle'd the The town, population 5,000, was virtually under martial law. A dras- tice 9 p. m. curfew kept the streets cleared during the night.

Strikes Suddenly The tornado struck with sudden fury late yesterday near Cui'coran, a village southwest Anoka and several miles northwest of Minneapolis. It struck, an automobile in which four Minneapolis persons were riding, tossed it 200 yards in a field, kffling the occupants. It dipped again at the village of Cbamplm, killed one man and wrecked several homes. Then it swept into Anoka, killed five per- (Contlnued on Page Six) 'Birth' Expert's Forecast Fails NEWARK, N. J---It was father's day to some people, but to Sidney A.

Fortel it was just a bad Sunday. The self-proclaimed expert in the predetermination of sex had announced March 7 that a son would be born to his wife on June 17 or 18. For months he confidently repeated the prediction. He arose briskly on the morning of the 17th and asked Mrs. Fortel little tenderly, how she felt.

She said she felt fine. He asked her the same question yesterday. He got the same answer. Instead of taking her to the hospital, he took her for an automobile ride. K-, one strike on me," he said.

"But I'm still the champion. My son. Howard A. Fortel, will be a little late in arriving, maybe as much as 10 days. But the baby be a boy, and he may be accompanied by a twin brother.

As for a girl, there isn't a chance." Naval Defense Pact Is to Be Negotiated ROME--Admiral Cavagnari. under secretary of navy, is expected to negotiate a German- Italian naval defense treaty at a two day conference at Friednch- shafen, on the shores of Lake Constance, witn Admiral Erich Raeder, commander-in-chief of the German navy, Italian naval quarters said today. Cavagnari and Raeder will confer tomorrow and Wednesday. Rumors here were that Premier Benito Mussolini expected the joint command of the Italian and German navies, in event of war, to go to an Italian, with a German commanding the two armies. Negotiations already have been conducted regarding mutual army and air force defense, but there has been'no report as to a possible single command for the air forces.

Unhappy Marriage Motive Of Crime, Tells Officials After Lie Detector Tests MRS. VELMA B. FINK Husband, Nieces Are Named Heirs One Nephew Also Benefits Under Terms of Evelyn Magness' Will A total of $5,000 in cash bequests in addition to personal property and real estate will be distributed under terms of the will of Evelyn P. Magness, filed today in probate court. Mrs.

Magness, who died June 11, provides 81,000 legacies for her husband, Charles H. Magness; a nephew, Banks E. Spurgeon, and three nieces, Katherine S. Max, Lilly P. Fulkerson and Evelyn Kirkpatrick.

All household goods, a home at 317 N. Eighth st, a 55-acre tract in Lmton township, and lots 21 and 23 in Del Monte Grove. Monterey county, are also left to the husband. Her will provides $100 for a grave marker, and S300 to be held in trust by a niece, Lilly Fulkerson. to be used in maintaining the graves of Mrs.

Magness and her family in a Zanesville cemetery. All clothing, jewelry and personal effects are left to the three nieces, while the residue of the estate is to be divided in equal shares between them and the husband. A brother, Henry B. Parsons and a nephew. Harry P.

Spurgeon were named heirs to $1.000 bequests in the original will, but a codicil cancels this provision. Hurled Child From Bridge, Admits to Sheriff FREMONT, O. Mrs. Velma Baker Fink, 22, who confessed that she killed her 11-weeks-old baby boy while depressed by events following her unhappy marriage, faces a first degree murder charge today. Mrs.

Fink, subjected to a lie detector test for the second time after the child, Haldon "Buster" Fink, had been buried in the nearby town of Clyde, admitted orally to authorities late Saturday night that she became so distressed that she took the baby from her parents' home, drove to a bridge on U. S. route 20, and threw him into Green creek. In the presence oJ! her mo'ther, Mrs. Oren Baker; her brother, Edwin Baker; Prosecutor L.

Hyzer; Deputy Sheriff Ted Paul, who found the infant's body last "Wednesday, and Howard G. Robinson, who administered the lie detector tests, the young mother unemotionally told Sheriff' H. L. Myers: "I loved my baby. Naturally I would after I went fhru to get him." Little Haldon was born by caesarian operation.

Mrs. Fink was seized by violent spells of grief in the sheriff's residence after her confession Prosecutor Hyzer, who prepared the murder charge, doubted that she would be fit for appearance in a justice of the peace court this morning. Tells Full Story Prosecutor Hyzer, after a conference with Common Pleas Judge A. V. Baumann, said that her case would probably be considered by the Sandusky county grand jury late in July.

Conviction of a first degree murder charge is punishable either by death in the electric chair' or by life imprisonment Authorities planned to obtain a written confession from the dark-haired young woman. The thing that motivated Mrs. Fink to take the child from its crib last Tuesday night and drown him, she told the sheriff, was an argument with her mother over a "date" she had with Burns Are Fatal To Baltic Woman Mrs Elizabeth Belle Schumacher of Baltic died Saturday at a Cleveland hospital from burns received when naptha gasoline exploded vhile visiting at the home of 3 daughter, Mrs. Lewis Wilson, in Cleveland. She was 59.

Her husband. Arthur Schumacher, died three weeks ago. Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Lewis Wilson, Cleveland; a son, Kenneth Hawk, of California; ibiee grandchildren; four brothers. Elmer.

Ben, Ed and William Widder, all of Sugarcreek; four sisters. Mrs. John Snitzer of Sugarcreek, Mrs William Byers of Dover, Mrs. C. A.

Fair of Canton and Mrs. Arthur Fisher of Baltic. She was a member of the Baltic Evangelical and Reformed church. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m.

Wednesday at the home in Baltic, in rharpe of Re-. Agricola. Burial will be in Shanesville cemetery. (Continued on Page Elghti HOSPITAL NOTES A. Mrs.

Bertha Brunskill, 1520 East Chestnut major operation. Eugene Williams, Plainfield, major operation. Ward Overholt, 105 North Tenth minor operation. Mrs. Chardes Butler, 681 Walnut st, minor operation.

British General Visits Finland Visit of Gen. Sir Walter Kirke, above, inspector general of British home forces, to Finland, is viewed as highly important in light of the general's known friendship for Finland and Finland's apprehension that western powers may support Soviet demands in the Baltic. American Woman Freed in Russia Mrs. Ruth M. Rubens Out of Jail; No Clue to Husband.

MOSCOW Mrs. Ruth Marie Rubens, American convicted of entering Russia on a fraudulent passport, is at liberty and visited the United States embassy at noon today. Mrs. Rubens was alone when she called on the embassy and there still was no clue to the fate of her husband, who was arrested with her in December, 1937. Mrs.

Reubens was tried and convicted in municipal court on June 9. She was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment but it was announced she would be freed the next day because she had already spent that much time in prison. However, she did not appear until today. SORE THROAT EPIDEMIC ON WANE IN CITY Only Two New Cases Reported Over Weekend Coshocton's epidemic of sore throat definitely was reported on the wane today by Dr. W.

tt. Keenan, emergency health director and by Dr. W. G. Fisher, of the state department of health, sent here to aid other officials.

Subsiding almost as rapidly as it struck here two weeks ago, Dr. Keenan and Dr. Fisher joined in the definite statement today that "after a thoro survey of the city we find nothing serious and the epidemic fast disappearing." Practically all of the city's physicians were contacted by Dr. Keenan this morning and there were only two new cases of the disease reported. At the same time the number of houses quarantined was given as 18, Dr.

Keenan stating that local physicians contacted for quarantinable cases could list only that many. "Majority of the cases remaining in the city now are suffering from after effects of the sudden illness and have no septic condition of the throat that -would make a quarantine advisable," Dr. Keenan commented. Majority of physicians this morning reported no new cases within the last 24 hours, indicating that emergency measures adopted Friday by the city health board brot the epidemic under complete control with i danger of a further spread or a new outbreak. See No Danger There is no danger in resumption of normal business, gatherings or of any other phase of normal life, Dr.

Keenan said, indicating that any possible danger VOYAGE COMPLETED MARSEILLES, France The Atlantic Clipper completed a trans- Atlantic press "preview" flight from New York today, landing at the Mangnane airport terminus at 4 p. m. from Lisbon, Portugal. GAME POSTPONED The Alphas-Clows City league grarne scheduled for this evening at the fairgrounds has been postponed due to wet grounds. Free Acts Will Feature Coshocton Day Wednesday A golden opportunity to mix fun with business will be given bargain hunters Wednesday when 60 local merchants offer their annual Coshocton Day merchandising festival.

Cooperating with the tradp promotion committee of the Coshocton Association of Cornmeice, the sponsoring merchants promise the most extraordinary bargains of the year for the big event. Counters and salesrooms are being arranged to accommodate the anticipated throngs. The high spots of the day's program will f-ome at 10:30 a. m. and at 2:30 p.

m. when Bessie Hollis, sensational aerialist, will perform her daring act on a trapeze, 50 feet above the ground at the courtsquare. In the accompanying picture Miss Hollis is seen performing OP the trapeze. A public address system will travel the downtown streets thru- out the day informing vintorf of thft various bargains and other attractions and providing (Continued on Page Eight) Weekend of Rain Closes Highways Bridges Menaced as Echo of Downpour General Over State COLUMBUS Bridges were threatened, roads were closed and sections of central Ohio were under today as an aftermath of the torrential rains over the weekend. At Delaware, muddy waters of the Olentangy churned above the level of the devastating 1913 flood and leaped within a foot of bridges across the usually languid stream.

Water stood at 14 feet and was still rising after 4.5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. It was the second-wettest day in Delaware history and more rain was forecast for today and tomorrow. Much of the Ohio Wcsleyan campus and a section of the city was under water up to three feet. Livestock, marooned on an island near Columbus, created by the rising waters, swam to safety under the urging of farm hands. Yesterdav a stone bridge on Route 37.

near Alexandria, Licking county, collapsed as a result of the heaw rains, according to the state highway patrol. The state highway department this morning closed flooded highways in three counties. The roads were: in Licking county--state Route 37. just east of the junction with 310, because of the bridge washout; 37 between Granville and 310; 161 west of Granville; 13, six miles north of Newark. In Delaware county S.

36 was closed between Sunbury and Delaware; and U. S. 23 between Marion and Delaware. In Union county state Route 31 was closed of Mt. Victory.

BIRTH NOTE A son was born last night to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young, Oak av. Girl Attacked, Then Murderefl Bound and gagged body of 12- year-old Manan -Ellis, pictured with p'et dogj'wa'i 'iounS brother in Nashville, Police she hid been criminally assaulted, then slain. Navy Launches Squalus Probe Survivors of the IH-Fated Sub Questioned by Four-Man Board PORTSMOUTH, N.

navy today began its official investigation of the sinking of the Squalus, the first of three submarine disasters of the past month A four-man court of inquiry sat at Portsmouth navy yard to determine whether: 1--Faulty construction was involved. 2--Court 'martials should be ordered. The Squalus, then the newest of the navy's underseas fighting craft, sank May 23 in 40 fathoms south of the Isle of Shoals, with a loss of 26 lives. Only a week later the British submarine Thetis sank off Liverpool with 99 men. Thursday the French submarine Phenix carried 71 to the ocean bottom off Indo-Chma.

The board, appointed by Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson, was headed by Rear-Admiral William T. Tarrant, commandant of the first naval district. After questioning the survivors, the court probably will adjourn until after the Spualus has been raised, possibly within a month Cleveland Banker i In Hospital At i Joseph H. Cole, vice-president of the Central National bank in Cleveland a native of Millers- buig.

died at 9 p. m. Sunday Pomerene Memorial hospital in Millersburg of a cerebral hem- on hage. He was 48. Mr.

Cole was removed from hi; home in Cleveland to the Millersburg hospital soon after he was stricken Saturday night. He was born Feb. 6. 1891, a son of Joseph H. and Etta Snyder Cole.

He was married Sept. 29, 1937. to Elizabeth Williams, who survives. He also leaves a brother, Dr. A.

Cole of Millersburg The parents and a sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will br at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Hunter funeral home in Millersburg. Rev.

Joseph Henderson of the Methodist church, and Rn-. H. Creager of Trinity Lutheran church will officiate and burial will be in the Millersburg cem- CHAMBERLAIN SAYS ISSUES ARE CONFUSED Japs Threatening to Erect New Wire Blockade LONDON--Prime Minister Ne- rille Chamberlain told the house of today "it is still hoped a local settlement is possible" in the Tientsin incident. Chamberlain said the general position at Tientsin is not clear. He stated that the orignal Japanese demand for the handing over of four suspected Chinese terrorists las been confused by the introduction of larger questions.

No formal representation has been received from the Japanese government. Chamberlain declared. He said the British ment had believed the Japanese government "did not desire to -widen the issues." "At the same time," Chamberlain continued, "the British government realizes the effects of the dispute on other British interests and Lord Halifax (foreign secretary) is seeing Japanese ambassador today." Chamberlain, said British government is maintaining "the closest contact with France and the'. "United States and the British ambassador -in Tokyo is trying to clarify the" situation. Chamberlain's statement' expressing hope for a'lo'cal was taken -as showing that the British govern-" ment still is unwilling to take reprisals against Japan.

Gives Hope Basis Chamberlain indicated that the government derives hope from the fact that Japan has not presented wider demands formally. i a i conversations in Tokyo and London seemed obviously designed to forestall such, demands and make a face-saving, compromise possible. Chamberlain's statement to commons was preceded by consultations among key members of the cabinet on the situation. In reply to a series of questions (Continued on Page Eiglit) Hammer Slayer Escapes Prison Velma West, Life Termer and Three Others Get Away MARYSVILLE Velma West, 33, serving a life sentence for the hammer murder of her husband near Painesville, escaped -with three other prisoners from the Marysville women's reformatory early today after Mrs. West had written a letter to the superintendent saying that she wanted "one more fling before I die." Mrs.

Wast, an honor prisoner, wrote a three-page letter to Mrs. Marguerite Reilley. the superintendent, promising to return "if my escape causes you any trouble." She added that she knew she would "never get paroled" and said she wanted to have the "fhng." Mrs West was sentenced March 6. 1928. after the most sensational criminal investigation in Lake county history.

She pleaded guilty to a degree murder charge in the slaying of her husband. T. Edward West, son of a wealthy, respected family. West a fruit grower. Thp women who escaped with Mrs.

West are Virginia Bravrdy, 19, of Akron, servine for incor- ngibibty; Mary Ellen Richard, 23, Cincinnati, serving for robbery, and Florence Sheline, 23, Galh- polis, serving for breaking and entering. AWAITS HEARING Floyd Fretague. this ciry. was held county jail this morning awaiting final hearing before Justice D. Bassett on a charg of stealing garden plsrts, valued at $5.

from the residence of Ben Blackson, 117 av. Fretagus was arrested Saturday by Constable Dale Dickerson. Tus affidavit was signed by Mr. Slack-.