Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 33

NORTH IOWA'S DAILY PAPER EDITED FOR THE HOME "THE NEWSPAPER THAT MAKES ALL NORTH IOWANS NEIGHBORS" HOME EDITION VOL. XLIII FIVE CENTS A ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS JLEASED WIRES MASON CITY, IOWA. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937 THIS PAPEK CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS SECTION ONE NO. 130 FEAR GANG EFFORT TO FREE RUNYON FIGHT MOVE TO TAKE SUSPECT TO SIOUX CITY Attorney General Appeal; to High Court; Heavy Guard at Local Jail. North Iowa officers Saturday intensified their precautionary measures in guarding Thomas Eunyon, 31, Bethel, held here for the murder of James Zrostlik, Britt farmer, following official notification that gangsters in two states were mobilizing in an attempt to free him.

"Let 'em was the challenge issued by the sheriff's office Saturday. "We're ready for Them, if they want to try anything," tersely said a representative of the sheriff's office. Extra guards consisting of police, sheriff's officers and state agents have been placed about the county jail, where Runyon awaits his murder trial at Garner. At the same time. Cerro Gordo and Hancock county authorities indicated they would utilize every legal means to avoid releasing Runyon to Sioux City authorities on a habeas corpus writ.

Appeals to Court. Atty. Gen. John Mitchell appealed to the supreme couri at Des Moines Saturday to forestall a move he. said he feared would bring "a gangland attempt TO free Runyon." He asked the court to nullify a writ of habeas corpus which would require the state to take Runyon to Sioux City for a hearing.

The court set a hearing on his request for 5 p. m. Saturday, information which indicat-s gar.g- 1 are" Vribbilizirig afSt." Joseph, and St. Paul, for an attempt to shoot Runyon's way to freedom on a trip from Mason City, where he is held now, to Sioux City." Mitchell told the Associated Press. W.

W. Akers, state investigation bureau chief, said he believes "they're starting to move in on us now." Gibson on Loose. "Glair Gibson is on the 1 Akers said. "He was one of Runyon's closest pals. He's wanted for ihc same job.

You'll notice we broadcast a lookout warning for him today. We've got his car license number and there is an off chance peace officers may pick up his trail." W. D. Daly, Hancock county attorney, and Frank W. Seneff, special prosecutor, started preparing arguments for submission at the court hearing at which the will seek to have the court set aside the habeas corpus writ granted by Judge F.

H. Rice at Sioux City Friday. They included in their petition for a court review of the writ, a county attorney's information charging Runyon with the murder of Zrostlik on the morning o.C Nov. 2. 193.x 34 State Witnesses.

The document listed 34 state iincases, including seven members of the Eppo Gremmer family. Gremmcr. a -Woden farmer, and his family were held up by tne three gunmen who killed Ziostlik for his car. as Zrostlik and his wife were driving to an early morning church service. are going to ask the death penalty," Daly said.

"We are convinced that the men who killed Zrostlik are members of the num- LOOK INSIDE FOR- JOHN L. LEWIS Calls C. I. 0. Meeting to Talk Over Campaign ON PAGE 2 Overtime Battles at Sectional Cage Test ON PAGE 9 Lehigh Plant to Start Operations on March 12 ON PAGE 16 Train Crew Blamed in Fatal Boyd R.

R. Clash ON PAGE 8 Vlason City's School Election on Monday ON PAGE 10 North Iowa to Escape Serious Flood Damage 6 Governors and F. R. in Relief Parley WASHINGTON, white house visit by six governors to plead against slicing works prog- ress rolls appeared likely Saturday to bring a restatement or clarification of the government's relief policy. The governors of New York.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota requested the conference with President Roosevelt after declaring state and local governments al- I ready were hard put in trying to care for needy unemployables. They said their states could not stand having this burden increased by cuts in WPA, which enlists only "distressed employ- The governors held a strategy meeting in a hotel room prior to their meeting with the president at luncheon at 1 p. m. Has Announced Plans. Harry L.

Hopkins, WPA administrator, has announced plans to reduce federal relief rolls by 550,000 before June 1, cutting the total from 2,150.000 to 1,600,000. President Roosevelt, however, has made no statement while SENATORSMAKE PLANS TO FIGHT COURTCHANGES Opponents of Reorganization Mass Their Attack on Two Fronts. Mesenbrink of Scott county, also i examined Runyon. Murder Takes Precedence. Passolt said the Iowa murder accusation doubtless would take precedence over any Minnesota bank robbery charge.

Passolt also was informed by Dansingbcrg that Runyon was identified in connection with the robbery of the Kruse i Lumber company at Rochester, last fall. studying figures for next fiscal year's relief appropriation. He expects to send his relief message to congress late this month. Hopkins told a house committee the contemplated reductions were based on continued recovery and assumed a good agricultural year that would make drought relief unnecessary. To Suggest Solution.

The six governors--asked. -not only for an opportunity to protest cuts, but to suggest an "efficient and sound" solution. Asked for his views before going to the white house, Gov. Philip La Follette, Wisconsin progressive, said the federal government should provide work for all on relief rolls and that none be dropped unless taken into private employment. Gov.

Elmer Benson, Minnesota farmer-laborile, said: "The unemployment situation in Minnesota is serious. The federal WASHINGTON, opponents of court reorganization massed their attack Saturday on two fronts: The president's call for immediate action and the approach of crucial public hearings on the issue. Senator Burke (D-Nebr.) told reporters there would be "a new alignment of parties in this country by 1938" if Mr. Roosevelt should carry his point. The president's foes, carefully preparing to trade blow for blow, arranged a series of addresses culminating in a mass meeting next Friday at Carnegie hall, New- York, They also hinted they had lined! up a prominent "surprise" wit- ness to lead off their side of the case before the senate judiciary committee.

They would not dis- 2 Boys Leap to Safety as Bridge Goes Out Xivcrnment never has assumed its The Minnesota department ol criminal apprehension touched olf the hunt for Gibson, broadcasting a report that he was seen in Minnesota driving a (1933 Pontiac) state dan bearing a Minnesota license, (B48-590). The Minnesota broadcast from Redwood Falls, picked up ythe Iowa station at Storm Lake, said Gibson wss traveling under an alias. Warning Broadcast. Akers immediately broadcast a warning to all Iowa officers to be on the lookout for Gibson, warning them to "use extreme care in approaching him." Akers disclosed early this week, after the arrest nf Runyon at Wichita, that Runyon, Gibson and Robert Marquard are suspected of being the Zrost- lik slayers. Paul Gruber, state agent who arrested Runyon and returned him to Iowa, said that several persons who Zrostlik slayers, -rcunyon as one of the highwaymen and pictures full responsibility in caring for the unemployed." Burden Is Unbearable.

Gov. Henry Horner, Illinois democrat, said his state's burden is becoming unbearable. "Another matter of concern," he said, "is the reluctance of WPA employes to take private employment when offered, because if they lose such employment, they cannot get back on WPA without again going on the relief rolls. This should 1 be corrected." Latest WPA figures, based on official reports and estimates, show state expenditures for relief have dropped from $26.610,000 in January, 1936, to $16,880,000 last September. close his name.

"Fight to Bitter End," While Burke and his colleagues were serving notice of a "fight to the bitter end," the president and his chieftains went ahead with their campaign to sell the court program to the nation. Mr. Roosevelt worked on the chat" in which he will make his second plea to the country Tuesday night. On Capitol hill, hls'lieutenants prepared to follow up this speech with supporting testimony before the committee hearings beginning the next day. Opponents announced replies to the president's speeches would be given by four democratic senators from as many sections of the country at the New York meeting.

Walsh New Recruit. The speakers, they said, would include Walsh of Massachusetts. publicly, at least, a new recruit to their cause. The others are George of Georgia, Copeland ot New York, and Burke. On Wednesday night.

Senator Wheeler will reply to the president from Chicago. Burke's suggestion of a realignment of parties was the first open comment of that kind. There was little support, however, from other opponents of the president. Radio addresses by partisans of both sides were made last night in the wake of the president's Thursday night speech to democratic "victory dinners." Ice gorpe Friday night took out this steel bridge 5 miles north of Rockford, carrying one span 100 rods downstream. AT two boys.

Glen Kriejrer, left, and Junior Gruver, stood on the bridge watchinp the ice jam until the structure beffan -to give way. Then they-ran the entire length and in jumping to safety. Glen's home is near the east end of the bridge and Junior, whose home is in Rockford. was spending the week-end with him. "When the bridge started going down," one of the boys said, "we didn't think we could make we started running" for the farthest end, 'cause that was the way toward home." Both are sophomores in Rockford high school.

(Photos by Lock, Kayenay Engraving) Waters Fall Back Slowly at Ottamwa Generally. Fair Weather State Seen for Over Week-End. of Gibson and Marquard as those ber robbery gang of the of the other two men. rniddlewest, and we agree that if Runyon is taken to Sioux City i there will probably be an attempt 10 free him." i Mitchell said agents have linked the name of Maurice Denning, described by peace officers as Iowa's No. 1 public enemy, with the north Iowa robbery gang, and added that "there is an indication Denning would be tied up with a jailbreak attempt." Identified in Minnesota.

The state attorneys said they expected Runyon would be represented at the hearing Saturday evening. Melvin Passolt, chief ot the state bureau of criminal apprehension at St. Paul Saturday disclosed Runyon has been identified as one of two men who participated in Minnesota robberies. Runyon had previously admitted he robbed the Eyota bank last Nov- amber. Passolt said that witnesses to the Shakopee bank raid in January said the Bethel man looked like the bandit involved in that holdup.

Hayes Dansingburg, Olmsted county attorney, and Sheriff G. R. Geleatt, both of Rochester, questioned Runyon at Have You Read Your Newspaper DEAD IN RAIDS Government Held City in Spain Target of Rebel Planes' Bombs. MADRID, persons were believed dead Saturday in the government held city of Aranjuez after a night of terror in which insurgent planes, making repeated visits, dropped more than 50 The attacks on Aranjuez, which started at the dinner hour Friday night and lasted intermittently until after 2 a. m.

Saturday, were the most severe of a series in a broad semi-circle- of insurgent air raids on the central Spanish front. Aided by a star studded sky, the bombing squadrons dropped explosives with telling accuracy into Villaneuva del Pardillo, 15 miles west of Madrid; Alcaia de Henares, 15 miles to the east. Tarancon. 50 Mason City Friday with two oper- i miles to the southeast on the Val" encia highway, and other points near Madrid snd the Valencia atives of the state bureau. 'Wit nesses of the Shakopee stickup accompanied by Sheriff A.

F. highway. 1. Paul Runyon was accused'of the murder of James Zrostlik near'what North Iowa town? 2. What actor and actress won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards for the best film performances of 1936? 3.

Prof. Fred D. Fagg, was-. chosen lo succeed whom as director of U. S.

bureau of air commerce? 4. What local manufacturing company announced a 7 per cent wage boost? 5. Who was the fifth person convicted at Elkader in connection with the murder of Dan Shine, Littleport farmer? 6. General wage increases in what industry were believed to have averted a huge strike? 7. Claude Stanley, -Walter F.

Scholes and Peter Kies were appointed to the Iowa unemployment compensation commission. The state senate confirmed two of the appointees but rejected which one? 8. James F. Toy, prominent banker of what Iowa City, died in California? 9. Jewell Young of what Big Ten university broke the conference basketball scoring record? 10.

Slurring remarks about Adolf Hitler by the mayor of what American city brought a protest from Germany? (ANSWERS ON PAGE Johnson to Stay Calm. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former NBA administrator, said: "While I am for the proposal end usually like to light into it hard in a speech, I'm going to try not to get net up on this one. It's I too serious.

I "ft certainly is important to keep (supreme) court alert i and alive to developments in this country. The judges have the last 'I word on the fate of this nation, on this side of heaven. There is no appeal." "Fix the Umpire." Representative Guyer called the president's appeal for enactment of the program "an almost insolent demand" and an attempt to "fix the Senator McAdoo supporting Mr. Roosevelt, declared 5 to 4 supreme court decisions result in letting a single justice "make the constitution mean what he says it means." An organized labor Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers- advocated the reorganization, in advance of a convention of. labor's non-partisan league.

The group will meel here Monday to.discuss support of the Roosevelt program. OTTUMWA, (JP) waters which poured from the Des Moines river through the Central addition here Friday night" driving nearly 100 persons from their homes, receded slowly Saturday. Families from the flooded area, however, remained stranded from their homes. Many were under the care of the Red Cross, having been forced to leave their homes without taking any of their belongings. The water rose at the rate, of a foot an hour Friday riight after an ice gorge 13 miles long broke south of Eddyville releasing a flood which, had backed up for days.

National guardsmen and civilian conservation corps workers used trucks to rescue many of the lowland families when the river IOWANS STAGE ANNUAL PICNIC California Celebration Postponed Feb. 27 Because of Wet Grounds. LOS ANGELES, acres of grass became "Little Iowa" quickly mounted about the nine here Saturday. foot flood stage. Many families I Under skies that promised ideal spent the night in the coliseum, picnic weather, former lowans to Iowa Bill for Bridge Purchasing Reported DES MOINES, Iowa house comimttee on interstate bridges reported out Friday afternoon for passage a bill providing for the use of 4 per cent of state primary road funds for the purchase, construction or maintenance of interstate bridges.

High Waters Maroon 700 Basketball Fans WILTON JUNCTION, 700 basketball "fans attending the sectional tournament hero, were forced to spend the night hs.re Friday because of the impassable condition of the highways in the flooded lowlands, while others went to the homes of friends and relatives. Damage of 550,000. City officials expected the damage to equal the 550,000 caused by a similar flood in 1935. Earlier Friday hundreds of persons gathered along the Eddyvilie levee to watch the water come within inches of the top. The ice jam broke late Friday afternoon, and formed again a few miles downstream.

Early Friday night the second jam loosened and the river dropped quickiy in that area. Several highways in Mahaska. county remained blocked by ice cakes after the water which covered "them had receded. The body of a man not yet identified was removed from the Cedar river at Waterloo. The coroner said the body's condition indicated it had been in water several months.

At Des Charles D. Reed, Iowa meteorologist, reported the Des Moines river stage Saturday was feet, more than 5.5 feet above normal. River Foot Higher. He said the river stage at Des Moines was 9.4 feet, a half a foot hi'eher than- Friday night. Temperatures throughout the state averaged about 14 degrees above normal Saturda'y, Reed said.

the number of possibly 100,000 assembled for their annual'winter reunion at Lincoln park. Former President Hoover and Gov. Frank F. Merriam headed the list of invited Hawkeye natives. Whether.Mr.

Hoover could attend was problematical, but the governor rarely misses the Iowa picnic when he is in these parts. Headquarters for each Iowa county were laid out in the park The Weather FORECAST IOWA: Generally fair Saturday nicht and Sunday; somewhat warmer in the extreme northwestern portions Saturday night; somewhat colder Sunday afternoon. MINNESOTA: Generally fair Saturday night, becoming 1 unsettled Sunday: somewhat colder in west and south portions Sunday. IN MASON CITY Globe-Gazette weather figures for 24 hour period ending at 8 o'clock Saturday morning: Maximum Friday 52 Minimum in Nig-ht 32 At 8 A. M.

Saturday 37 Why the streams of. North lows are all out of their banks is told in the foregoing figures. For the first time in many weeks, the mercury passed the 50 degree with long.registers'waiting to be I mark Friday. The rernainiag-snow in this section is confined to filled. The picnic was postponed from drifted or sheltered spots.

Feb. 27 because of wet grounds. He forecast generally fair weather Saturday night and Sunday, with somewhat higher; mercury readings in the extreme northwest section Saturday night. The mercury is expected to drop somewhat in all sections of the state Sunday afternoon, the.met- eorologist said. Lowest official temperature registered in the state.

early Saturday was 32. degrees at Charles City, while: the high of the last 24 was 72 degrees at Sioux City. Council Bluffs reported 70 degrees. Minimum temperatures anticipated for Saturday night: Northwest Iowa. 35 above; northeast, 32 above; southern above.

WEEKLY FORECAST Weather outlook for the period March 8 to 13: For the -upper Mississippi' and lower Missouri, fair, except some precipitation likely middle- of 'week ah'd' Ohio valley -colder -Monday followed by temperature mostly- near or- above' normal. Mark Requaj Leader m. Gi 0. Succumbs LOS ANGELES, L. Requa long a dominant -in.

politics, died. Saturday at St. Vincent's BRIDGE WASHED OUT BY WATERS NEARROCKFORD Mason City Railroad Bridge Damaged and Basements Here Flooded. PICTURE ON PAGE 10. Although indications Saturday were that North Iowa would escape serious losses from floods, at several, points it was reported ice jams in swollen streams had caused some damage.

A bridge at Rockford was washed out, a Mason City railroad bridge was damaged and some Mason City basements were floodad and some oth- damage was reported. Most North Iowa waters were not rising Saturday, although as the ice was just going out in some places, there were possibilities that seme jams might provide a threat to further damage and inundations of small areas. What is known -as the Bumgardner bridge, 5 miles north of Rockford on the Prairie Center road, was washed out abour o'clock Friday night. This structure, with an overhead girder span of about 100 feet, was taken down stream about 10 rods. Two Bo.vs Leap.

Two 15 year old boys were on the bridge over the Shell Rock river when it started to go out, but they leaped to safety. They were Junior Gruver. son of Ernest Gruvar, and son of 'and and were watching the, ice accumulate. Strangely enough, at Rockford, further down stream, the ice had not gone out yet Saturday morning. The bridge was built many years ago.

Water rose to a 9 foot level in the West Park area ol Mason City early Friday night (measured by the height above the P. G. E. dam on Willow creek) and. drove several families from homes in the low-lying sections of the city, but no casualties were reported.

Salvagemen from the Mason City fire department moved five families along the Willow creek- section in the northwest part of the city, including one expectant mother who was moved to safety on a raft constructed of barrels and planks. Bridges Damaged. Water rose with such rapidity late in the afternoon that piers from the Chicago Great Western railroad bridge south of the Great Western and Rock Island passenger station were taken out. Steel girders had already been sent to Mason City for repairs on. this bridge in case of emergencv.

The M. and St. L. railroad bridge was also weakened, by the flow oC water and ice and traffic over it was stopped until a i pah' crew could put it in condition. The crew worked on the bridge throughout the night.

Although the water receded later in the evening, Lieut. John Cunningham and Firemen Harold! Hutchison and Carol Jonkers found it waist deep when they- rescued families from their homes early in the evening. Rabbits Rescued. Sixteen rabbits taken from the basement of the William Blake residence, 525 Van Buren avenue northwest, however, escaped without injury and were none the worse for their experience. Other persons taken from their homes were Mrs.

W. E. Laupitz, who was stranded in her residence at 521 Van Buren avenue northwest; Mr. and "Mrs. Andrew Rossman, and their three children and a house guest at 416 Van Buren avenue northwest; Mrs.

L. W. Michaels at 611 Tyler avenue northwest, and Miss Dorothy Atkins, who was trapped, at the W. J. Phillips home, where she has been visiting.

No damage is reported in the East Park area, although the Winnebago river and Willow creek banks were filled. It was necessary to remove the gas heater from the Howard A. O'Leary residence at 525 East State street, when water entered the basement of the home and reached depth of three feet in his garage- Blast Opens Channel. of the ice Thursday night and Friday aided in opening the channel so there was little danger of increased flood waters. The water had receded considerably Saturday morning.

Firemen, police and other em- ployes, of the city worked through- cut the. night to avert damage to properly. As William Crawford, 9. was recovering Saturday at.