The Sunday News and Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 1

NEWS AND TRIBUNE VOL. 6, NO. 35 A SUNDAY COMBINATION OF THE MORNING CAPITAL NEWS AND EVENING POST-TRIBUNE JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1936 Revision of City Traffic Rules Urged Earl J. Reeder, Notional Safety Expert, Finds Many ions Needed in Capitol City Too Many Stop Signs, Lights Poorly Timed Education of Public and Study of 'Danger Spots Suggested as Special Measures J. Reeder, National Safety cScancil traffic expert, yesterday recommended to the city counci! that a thorough survey be conducted to determine the proper type and location of traffic signs here.

He recommended a complete revision and simplification of-: existing traffic ordinances, "both to assist the motorist in understanding the laws and to assist the traffic officers in enforcement." Pointing out the major problems encountered in handling traffic here, Reeder emphasized tha proposed survey would "be building for the future," and woult eliminate unnecessary and costly experimentation. Thorough Study Needed Cue by one Reeder outlinec what he found were Jeffersoi City's major traffic problems ant told what methods were being employed in other cities to remedy, similar situations. He stressec Ihe fact that he had only two days in which to study local condition: and could not make specific reC' ommendations without exhaustive data which could only be obtained through the proposed survey. Reeder emphasized that reduc tion of the number of automobile depended on several fs" which were closely inter "First," he. told the council ani members of the public safety com mittee, "we must have the prope regulations, and" these regulation must be correlated with gooc planning.

If accidents are frequent at a given point at is necessary to first discover why and how these accidents occur and in view of this knowledge determine the proper method of traffic regulation. Too often stop signs are placed without regard for the true situation and frequently result in an increase instead of a decrease in accidents at that point." Must Educate Public Next in order, Reeder explained was the education of the public and of traffic officials in safe driving practices. The third step, he said, was in the proper enforcement. "In many cities where the National Safety Council has conducted surveys," he said, "we found that although officers were conscientious in making arrests, in many cases the offenders were never fined or sentenced. The officers, naturally, became discouraged.

Enforcement must be consistent and general to be effective." Reeder criticised the "divided authority" system which, he told the council, the national safety organization had encountered in many cilies. "Too frequently," he said, "we nd that x'arious types of traffic signals are placed at a given point because some official or person has requested it. The planning of a traffic system should be in the hands of one man who will conduct a survey of each particular situation aVid recommend installation of a signal in view of his findings." Major Problems Jefferson City's major problems, as outlined by Reeder, are: 1. A properly planned stop sign system. "It seems to me," Reeder said, "that there is a superabundance of slop signs in the city.

Possibly some could be eliminated and others changed to aid the flow of traffic." 2. "Danger spols." The traffic accident chart maintained by the police department, Reeder said, shows 25 places in the cily where four or more accidents occurred in 1935. These, he said, would require special attention and treat- Uptown Night'Will Be Held March 26; Merchants Prepare lor Spring Showings Latest in Fashions, Home Furnishings, and Other Products to Be On Display; Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Contest PRICE FIVE CENTS An "Uptown Night," similar, jut in many respects different, to the one held last fall, will be held lere Thursday, March 26, it was announced yesterday. Decision to hold the event was voted by the retail merchants' committee meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, which reported pronounced interest on the part of merchants. Several changes were voted for the spring, event at which merchants will display the latest in wearing apparel and home furnishings.

Window displays will be lighted until late at night, but stores will not be open. Window Shopping Event The spring show will be mainly a "window shopping" event, the committee decided. There will be no fashion show like the one held in a theater here last fall. Instead, merchants will have individual "style shows" in their It was made optional for the merchants either to have living models displaying their wares or will resort to mechanical action displays for the purpose of effectively showing their wares to the uptown crowds. An evening program of music will be arranged, with bands from the Musicians' union, the Senior high school and the i American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps participating.

To promote interest in the event, the Chamber, of Commerce announced yesterday a slogan contest for individuals: a prizes will be awarded for the best reasons presented in fifty words or less on "Why I Buy in Jefferson City." Contest Open to All The contests will be open to persons of any age. All exeep retail merchants will be permitted to enter. Prizes ranging from $10 Otis to Hear 38 Crimi a I Cases Mar. 16 Federal Court Actions Involve 50 Defendants; All Trials to Heard Following Week Liquor and Counterfeit Charges in Majority Three Algoo Youths Who Kidnoped Doctor Face Prosecution as Dyer Act Violators Thirty-eight criminal cases will be called for arraignment at 7 o'clock on the evening of March 16, the opening day of the regular term of federal court, the docket closed. released yesterday dis- eases involve 50 defendants, (rossley Announces Reliet Plans After March 28 Deadline down to will be awarded.

the majority of whom are charged (Continued on page 2) Fairbanks and Bride on Honeymoon After Ceremony in Paris Plan Tour Through Europe Before Setting Sail for China Bloomiield Man and Stenographer Found Shot in Parked Car PARIS, March Fairbanks and his bride, the former Lady honeymooning tonight after a civil wedding ceremony culminated their hectic efforts to have the French marriage laws suspended. The couple planned to leave on a motor trip to Belgium and Holland and then to China where a motion pictured based'on'tlfe life of Marco Polo: Their marriage was performed earlier in the day by -Mayor Gaston Drucker in the gold marriage salon of the eighth ward city hall under a ceiling gaily decorated with pink cupids. Strauss Signs For Ashley Miss Elizabeth Covet of London attended Lady Ashley and American Ambassador Jesse Isidor Straus arrived at the last minute to sign the register at Fairbanks' witness. Mayor Drucker closed the ceremony with the traditional hope that your love marriage will be very wished the newlyweds a pleasant voyage to China. Fairbanks and Straus kept their overcoats on during the ceremony and all- the wedding parly were seated on red plush benches before Bert Bronnock, Member of Prominent Family, and Fiancee Dead BLOOMFIELD, March with liquor law violations.

Sentences will be meted out to those pleading guilty, while defendants pleading not guilty will be called for trial March 23 at 9:30 o'clock before Judge Merrill Otis. Three Algoa youths who kidnap- ed and robbed Dr. H. I. Taylor, Jefferson City physician, last September will answer to federal charges involved in -stealing the physician's automobile in which to further their escape.

Three Serving: Terms The youths, Charles Sage, William Larry and Charles Hamilton, are serving five-year --(AP)--Bert Brannock, 46, World) sentences in the Missouri state war veteran, and Miss Millicent' prison on their conviction of Jamar, 28, stenographer for a law firm here, were found shot to death in Brannoek's car early tonight on a road miles north-, west of BloomfJeld. The bodies were found by Ary said Brannock, "son of Frank' nock, representative in the Missouri legislature, was slumped over the steering wheel of his sedan, a bullet wound in his right temple. Miss Jamar, shot through the forehead, sat upright on the seat beside him. Thompson said a pistol with two empty shells lay on the floorboard between Brannock's feet. Brannock, member of a prominent Stoddard county family, gave up a lunchroom and soft drink business 18 months ago after a nervous breakdown and had been in ill health since.

He had gone with Miss Jamar for two years, friends said she had refused his offers of marriage because of the objections of her mother, Mrs. Flora Jamar. Both bodies were brought to the county courthouse here where an inquest will be held tonight. highway robbery in connection with the crime. Charles Lawsoii, the fourth member of the quartet, is a fugitive.

Twenty-seven of the defendants are charged with liquor law violations and include several from tJefferson City. Among those from the City are Maude Hartley and C. Connor, arrested in raids by local police and subsequently turned over to federal authorities. Another from here is Herman H. Grider, who was arrested by federal agents in January! i ties Worth $350, 000 a Month to Be Distributed Plans for administering commodity relief in Missouri 'after direct funds will be cut off late this month were announced here yesterday by State Administrator Wallace Crossley.

Commodity relief--the distribution of food and clothing with a federal grant of $350,000 a month --will be. the only major.form of assistance to be continued by Crossley's organization after March 28. This aid, planned for the most needy families, will be administered, Crossley said, by state approved welfare supervisors in each county and in the larger urban centers. They will- work under the direction of a skeleton state relief staff here. Although the supervisors will be and paid for by the respective county court or municipal governing body, they first must be approved by the state relief office.

Must Be Competent "We want only persons who.are experienced in Missouri relief work to hold the jobs," Crossley explained. He made it plain that the state could not assist in paying wages for supervisors. He also pointed out that the size of the relief force in each county or city would be left to the respective governing body to determine. The plan of appointing supervisors was devised by Crossley and approved by the federal relief regional office at Chicago as well as by Governor Park and the slate relief commission. In three weeks, the burden of providing approximately 60,000 families now on relief will be shifted from the state to Ihe counties and municipalities.

that numbcry Crossley approximately- a rev and 25,000 unemployables; After April 1 lie anticipated about French Ready to Use Force If Necessary All Fortifications Along Frontier Ordered Garrisoned at Once with Troop Quotas To Ask League to Bring Sanctions Into Force Entire Nation Thorough ly Alarmed; Military Leaves Cancelled; War Again in the Air PARIS, March (AP) -France's military authorities ordered tonight that all fortifications along the northeast frontier be garrisoned immediately with their full quotas of troops. The order was issued shortly after the French government decided to do its "utmost" under the League of Nations' covenant to compel Germany to take its troops out.of the Rhineland. Officials declared France would asked the league to vote economic and financial sanctions against Germany. Remilitarization of the Rhineland. violates the treaty of Versailles, the pact by which the League of Nations also was created.

Turns to Co-Signers In-authoritative quarters it was slated France April 10,000 more anticipated about employable cases would be added. To Have $284,000 Over said after March 28 he would have about 1 remaining the ma3'or's desk during the short I Brannock is survived by his par- legal ritual. The wedding of the American actor and the former wife of the young British nobleman climaxed tangled marital difficulties of both principals which have been aired in courtrooms in the United States and England. The athletic actor came into the legal spotlight of the Pickford- Fairbanks-Ashley triangle for the first time when Lady Ashley's husband named him as correspondent in the young nobleman's divorce suit. Lord Ashley won a decree at London November 28, 1934 on charges of misconduct between Lady Ashley and Fairbanks.

Costs of the action, approximating $10,000, were assessed against the American actor. January, 1935, Mary Pickford won a divorce from Fairbanks on grounds of mental cruelly, indifference and neglect. The Canadian-born actress' 'decree became absolute early this year, shortly after Fairbanks returned to the United States. men I lo hazard. 3.

Lack climinalc the existing of synchronizalion of top-and-go lights on High and McCarty streets. "The lights are plainly not propei'ly synchronized," Reeder pointed out. "and (Conlinued on page 2) Weather MISSOURI: Cloudy, showers in cast and scmtli Sunday; Monday ents, six brothers and a sister; Miss Jamar by her mother, two sislers and a brother. William Jewell Student Wins Oratorical Contest MARSHALL, March Belle Burch of Brad- dyvillc, a senior at William Jewell college, won first place in the Missouri Inlcrcollegiale Ora- lorical conlcst al Missouri Valley college here last night. Miss Burch, a granddaughter of the late C.

S. Murray, former mayor of Liberty, was the first girl to win first prize in the (12- year-old contest. She will represent Missouri colleges in the interstate tournament at Northwestern university in-May. Frederick Drjftmeir, representing Tarkio college, was awarded Herbert Tanner Wins Highway Work Award Herbert Tanner of Jefferson was awarded a diploma testifying lo his excellent work in roadside beautification at a stale meeting of the highway maintenance department at Sedalia this week. The ccrlificale, presented to Tanner by Col.

A. T. Nelson, was the only similar award to be made at the meeting. During the conference, which lasted throughout the week, Tanner presented a paper on "Fruits of Missouri Trees." Other liquor law defendants i 1Vom the 6 state approare: I pialion which he would use to aid Many Liquor Defendants areas where relicf is mosl neecl Chalmer Jewell, whose case was passed last term; Henry Sallin, who was sentenced to five months in Monitcau county jail and then paroled until March Vic Morris, arraigned and plea of not guilty; Elsus Taylor, alias Nub Taylor; Thomas White, fugitive; Jack Johnson, fugitive; William Riley Lambert, arraigned and pleaded not guilty; Mamie Givens; Asberry Hodges and Jesse Peek, passed at adjourned term; Raymond McBiide and Grover D. Ro- Life Term Reduced to Ten Years tor Slayer Word was received here that Byron Wolff, of Denver, charged with second degree murder for the slaying of B.

L. Van Hoose, Carthage capitalist, was convicted and sentenced lo 10 years in prison by a jury at Carlhage yesterday. Wolff, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment at his first trial, was defended by Julius Mcy- crhardt, Jefferson City attorney, at the trial which ended yesterday. Van Hoose was slain under puzzling circumstances March 3, 1934. The jury deliberated 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Circuit Judge Warren L. While allowed the defense one week in which lo file a motion for a new trial. Attorneys for the state had asked the death penalty for Wolff. After the life sentence was affixed berls, pleaded nol guilly at arraignment; Harry Gensler, not guilly plea at arraignment; Jesse Peek and Wade Moon, Ihc laltcr of whom is a fugitive; Edward Hcrndon, held in jail; August'Ris- se, out on bond; James T. Johnson, in jail; William Johnson, pul on bond; John Hunter, on bond; Irvin Lock, bond; Adam Paul Bruemmer, bond, and Dave Butterbaugh, in jail.

Six persons arrested in Sedalia on charges of counterfeiting also will be brought before Judge Merrill E. Otis. They are Joe Fisher and four sons, Vincel, Elwood. Howard and Earl Eugene, and Frank Randall. Oliver, Cain, Face Trial Koehl Oliver and Willard Cain, both of whom arc in the state prison, will answer to federal charges of violating the Dyer automobile theft act.

Four persons will answer to narcotic charges. They arc Roy Rees, Joseph Preuilt, Eula May Proctor and Mary Proctor. Other cases: Hcrschcl Holsen- piller, postal violation: Butch Roberts, Dyer act; Raymond Francis Boon, postal violation; Lawrence Bock, forged endorsement; and Birlus Jones and Maurice Coleman, counterfeiting. fair: somewhat colder in west am3j. SGC ond prize.

Cameron Hurst of at his first trial Ihc north Sunday, rising temperature Westminster college, Fulton, won granted a in VL MJI Jhfivt HQctll I ed. These localities, he said, are the Joplin mining district, the east- central Missouri lead belt, southeast Missouri and in the urban centers" of Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and St. Joseph. He said he would allocate $25,000 to finance a garden program.

Crossley said he had set aside $70,000 for administering relief in Missouri until the end of the year. The slate relief organization gradually is being reduced. It will require from two or three months to liquidate, Crossley said. At the end of that time only a small clerical force together with several field representatives will be maintained. German Soldiers Cross Rhine, New War Threat Rises Russia Looks to a Official Comment Withheld MOSCOW, March looked toward France tonight lor reaction from Reiehs- fuehrcr Hitler's attack on the proposed Franco-Soviet treaty for mutual military assistance.

Among unofficial observers Hie feeling was expressed that the marching of German troops into the Rhinclaiid might hasten France's ratification of the treaty. No comment came from the foreign office. Observers asked if Hitlers move would make the French wary of possible consequences of a pact with Russia and thus forestall ratification or would lead the French to believe that French security necessitates an immediate ratification. Britain, Italy would ask Great and Belgium, cosignatories of the Locarno pact, which' Hitler denounced, to demand immediate evacuation of the Rhineland. This rcriuest will be made, it was said, after the league acts on the violation of Ihe Versailles and Locarno Ircatics.

Russia and Czechoslovakia, it Was stated by French officials, have promised France their unlimited backing- against abrogation -oMheiocarno Residents Welcome Return of German Soldiers to Rhine Goose Stepping Troops in Traditional Field-Grey Uniforms COLOGNE, March soldiers who started their march into Ihc forbidden Rhineland early this morning were sleeping peacefully in barracks lo-j night. I It-was first time in 18 yearsK Regiment After Regiment of Nazi Forces Take Up Posts Once Held by Kaiser's Armies Last YestigToi Pact at Locarno Wiped Out Der Fuehrer Says Action Is for Peace; Offers fo Sign 25-Year Pact with Paris Government (Copyright. 1038. by Associated Press) BERLIN, March re-established the "watch on the Rhine" today. By command of Reichsfuehrer Hitler, her troops crossed the famous- little river, regiment by regiment, to take up the posts once held by the Kaiser's armies on the frontier of France.

Hitler called the action a precaution ngninst Communism and France's "iron ring around tha Reich." II smashed Ihe Locarno pact and the remnants of Ihe military clauses of the Versailles treaty. Der Fuehrer declared Germany, reborn as a world power, was ready to reenter the League of Nations, but as a comrade rather than as a conquered nation. Reflections Ordered Then, in an effort to prove his ncl was the will of the German people, he dissolved the nation's parliament, the rcichstag, and ordered elections for March 29. It is the composition of the rcichstag. which determines the government of Germany.

Hitler called-his action a movs for He offered to sign tions, officials the. declared, i i i i a 1 1 1 Hi AVI I nt 1 pact. 'the' -closirig- Z5 non a pact trnnnri'-'iiaun wih) J. ranee and Belgium, with told 11 Killed in Blast at Auto Factory in Italy MILAN, Italy, March --Eleven workmen were killed and three others seriously injured in a terrific explosion today at the Isotta Fraschini automobile factory today. Three of the injured workmen were reported lo bo dying.

The explosion, which occurred near a furnace used for fusing metal, set fire lo two large gasoline tanks. Firemen finally brought the blaze under conlrol afler it had caused extensive damage. French Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin their governments were with France "to the limit" in any action against the reich. Authorities said despite Ihe drastic military order for garrisoning fortificalions on the northeast frontier of France, which included the cancellation of all army leaves, Ihe next military class would nol be called lo Ihe colors before its lime nor would any of the rccenlly demobilized classes be called lo duly. Force If Necessary French officials said Ihe word "utmost" meant everything that the League of Nations and the Locarno treaty signatories might decide, even force if lhat were found necessary afler all other means failed.

The government asked that Germany be punished for sending troops into the area ordered demilitarized by the Treaty of Versailles. It was announced that Premier Sarraut will go before his cabinet tomorrow and propose thai the German case he presented lo Ihc League council as a violation of the Locarno and Versailles treaties. The leaves of all members of the army were cancelled and the soldiers were ordered to report to their posts at once. Picrre-Elienne Flandin, foreign minister, told Great Britain, Belgium, and Italy, as co-signatories (Continued on page 2) Alameda Strife Abaies Ouster Is Invalidated Test Shows Chinch Bugs Survived Cold Weather BETHANY, March (AP)-- Harrison county's chinch bug argument was settled today. The argument began when temperatures several weeks ago dropped to below zero and stayed there nin days.

Some farmers argued the frigid weather was beneficial A "phenomenon in the sky" onc res cc at least, because it Flue Fire Casts Eerie Light Over Capital City police worried for a short time early yesterday morning. Told there was a bright illumination that reflected through the city, police jumped into their cruiser and sel out on a tour of investigation. Down lo Millbollom went the officers and found that the "phenomenon" was a flue burning out at the Missouri Pacific roundhouse. froze all chinch bugs lo clcalh. Others said the chinch bugs, which caused crop damage here in 1935, were unhurt by the cold blast.

ALAMEDA, March days of civic turmoil abated today under the weight of legal opinion holding invalid the ouster of School Superintendent William G. Paden by the city administration. Leaders of 1,400 striking high school students agreed lo return lo classes Monday. Armed men ended 24 hours of guarding the office of Mayor Hans W. Roebke against reported Ihreals of irale citizens to seize the municipal government.

District Attorney Earl Warren and City Attorney William J. Locke ruled Padcn was Iho legal superintendent of schools. The students walked out Wednesday, demanding Paden's rcin- staterr.uht. IIlo supporters blamed 'petty politics" for his ouster. been in the Rhineland with the announced sanction of their government.

(Some French military men have charged Germany for some time has had troops, exclusive of police and other forces permitted there, in the supposedly demilitarized zone). Welcomed by Ucsideuls The arrival of the goose-stepping German soldiers was welcomed by Ihc populace of all Ihc lowns to which garrisons were sent. There were lorchlighl parades, and the region was flag- bedecked, as it for a holiday. Between 15,000 and 20,000 soldiers in field-gray uniforms, with flowers in their buttonholes, came into Ihc zone during the day. There were 19 infantry battalions, 13 artillery units and two aviation units.

Some crossed Rhine bridges which the last units of the ex- kaiscr's defeated army passed vet- in the other direction on a misty November clay in 1918. 2,000 Sent to Cologne The 2,000 men lo be garrisoned at Cologne broke inlo song as Ihey reached Ihc long stone and sleel Hohcnzollcrn bridge leading lo the heart of the city past Cologne's famous Gothic cathedral. So did those who were headed for Saarbruckcn and Trier, as they crossed the Rhine at Mainz, and the first unit to arrive at Ihc old headquarters of Ihc American army.of occupalion al Ihc town of Coblenz. The soldiers were met by somewhat bewildered inhabitants, many of whom had not seen a German uniform in all the years since the World war. Hospital Contract Let The slate building commission announced-yesterday it has awarded the contract for building a ward wing-at State Hospital No.

1, at Fulton, to the Epple Construction supreme court The officers reported Ihcy "stood of Columbia. The proj- on giouncls of until Ihe blaze had diet! mil. led will rnst annmvimaioiv Tfeert little damage. ouu Ccl Marriage Licenses Marriage licenses were issued Saturday to William Graham, Holt Summit and Dorothy Forbis, Jefferson City; Paul Busch, Howell, Nebraska, and Dorothea Winter. Man Struck on Head by Ax Treated at Hospital Charles Larimore, 25, was received at St.

Mary's hospital shortly before midnight for trealment of a wound on the forehead which hospilal attendants quoted him as saying he received in a fighl in Ihe Washington park neighborhood. Larimore told hospital attendants lhat he 'iad been struck by an ax while attempting lo separate two brothers who were fighting. The names of Ihe other parties were not learned. Larimore was treated and returned home. The injury is not serious.

His address was given to the hospital as 735 Ohio street. Leaves for Washington David P. Janes, local attorney, leaves today for Washington, D. where he will be present at Jefferson City; Everelt Gilpin, Eu- i hearing of the interstate commerce geue and Ellen Wells, Henley. Belgium, with Great Britain and Italy as guarantors.

He offered friendship to Lith- uamn arid Czechoslovakia. He assured Poland that Germany had no designs on Pomorze, Ihe Polish corridor lo Ihe Baltic sea. (But the French and Belgian governments, alarmed, cancelled all leaves for their soldiers. The British government consulted immediately with diplomats of Belgium, France, and Italy, the cosignatories of the Locarno pact.) Surprise In Europe The German government's action was delivered with the suddenness so characteristic of Hitler. He called.the members of the diplomatic corps, including William E.

Dodd, United Slates ambassador, to his chancellery and delivered to them a memorandum selling forth what lie intended lo do. He told the diplomats Germany was alarmed by the recently concluded treaty of military alliance between. France and Soviet Russia and slated: "The obligations which France assumed in the new pact are not compatible with her obligations under the Rhine pact." He referred to the agreement by which both France and Germany promised lo keep their soldiers out of the Rhineland--the area into which the soldiers of the Reich marched today. He said the German government had no assurance France would nol clccl a Communist government, and he declared that, in such case, France would be governed from Moscow and not from Paris. (France recently elected a second Communist member to the senate.) Defciids Nation's Right He conlinued: "In the interests of the primitive right of a nation to secure her own borders and to safeguard her possibililies of defense, the German government therefore, beginning today, restored the full, unmitigated sovereignty of the reich in the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland." But, staled Hillcr, Ihe world should nol consider this act militant "In order," he said, "to pledge the purely defensive character of these measures beyond peradven- lurc of doubt, and in order further to give expression to its eternally constant yearning for the real pacification of Europe and states having equal rights and enjoying equal respect, the German reich government declares itself willing, on the basis of the following proposals, lo enter upon new arrangements for the erection of a new system for the safeguarding of the peace of Europe.

His suggestion embraced six points: 1. Treaties among Germany, France, and Belgium creating new. on page 2)..