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.931 ArcrsT 1911 gEPIEBt THE PAPER WITH THE WIReMoTOS Des Moines Tribune 8 BMTWTFg 8 8 12 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 1 1 17 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 28 27 28 29 30 31 13 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 18 17 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 PAGE ONE A i DES MOINES, IOWA, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937. County Officials Study Homestead Act Details ATTEND PARLEY HERE Council to Get Bids on 'Stretcher Sedans' 125 Meeting With Storms ambulances in case of emergency. The ambulance on duty now will be kept. The police department will trade in four cars on the deal. Brouck said purchase of the squad cars equipped with stretchers will supply the police department with four vehicles which can serve as The city council will re ceive bids Thursday on four stretcher-equipped sedans for the police department.

The FIRST 7 MONTHS cars on which estimates have been asked will be fitted with an emergency stretcher which slides in from the rear. Safety Commissioner Henry Has- OF 1937 Building Jobs Gain 42 GARBED TO GREET HOBOES 1 I 'i' j'r'xj ly'-'' mm in nwii mmmim "ri m'ih NiiiiMiiftiiiiii iriiiii g- D. V. Celander (right), chief accountant In state auditor's office, discusses bookkeeping problems with three Dubuque county officials. The Dubuque county men, left to" right, are: A.

T. Da kin, auditor; W. M. Cannon, deputy treasurer; and A. L.

Holseher, also deputy treasurer. (The Tribune'e Iowa Newi Service BRITT, IA. Hoboes arriving here for their annual "convention" Tuesday are greeted by this band. Garbed for the occasion, the members are, left to right: Ed Salstrom, Des Moines; and F. Ziegler, Ray Kelley, and Richard Dlsseltlorf, Britt business men.

The hobo assemblage will elect successor to their king, Scoopshovel Scottie, whose reign was disrupted by jail sentence. Mwr'- I III -J Among county officials present Monday for conference with State Auditor Charles W. Storms and his staff were these three from Page county. Left to right: Frances Phander, deputy treasurer; Frank P. Rotton, treasurer; and A let ha Hutchings, deputy auditor.

Conference at statehouse was called by auditor to discuss various bookkeeping problems In connection with new homestead tax reduction law. Deaf School Auditors, Treasurers Eye System. Iowa county auditors and treasurers met Monday with State Auditor W. Storm in Des jjmnes to study bookkeeping connected with the new exemption law. The meeting hopes to work out a uniform system of applying hmuestead credit to Individual property and for keeping records of the allocations, said D.

W. Olanrfer, chief accountant in the state auditor's office. He said the state board of assessment and review in September vs. ill certify the amounts avail-8ble for credit in each county, the auditors and treasurers will pro-rate the fund to individuals nn the basis of assessed values. (Vlander, in opening the meeting attended by approximately 125 Measurers and auditors, said the Ptate auditor's department hoped a uniform system may be adopted in oider to facilitate the making of annual audits next year.

Several problems will face the rnunty officials, Celander said. He Mid county officials will have at least three different types of refund to ma.ke. Farragut Estate Pays $13,867 Tax Andrew Cox Heirs List Taxable Value at $138,670. The Andrew Cox estate of Farragut. (Fremont county) paid state inheritance tax Monday.

The tax was paid on an estate taxable value of State Treasurer Leo J. Weg-n an also reported receipt of the following other payments: John Rabenberg estate, Grundy Center. $1,226.52 on Bridget McMahon estate, Dewitt, on Margaret Drer.nan estate. Fort Dodge, $408- 63 on $4,085.25. Approves Iowa College Job Bid Council Acts on Minnesota Firm's The state executive council Monday approved a state board of education contract with the Robert w.

Scott Construction Co. of Al bert Lea, Minn. The contract for $29,179 is for he building of a new greenhouse and botanical laboratory at Iowa State Teachers college, Cedar Falls. The contract still must be approved by the state retrenchment and reform committee. 4-H Demonstrator Ranked in Colfax (Tht Tribunt'i Io Nei Service.) COLFAX, I A.

The Jasper rnimty 4-H club fair and achievement show opened Monday at Colfax with more than 400 head of livestock, poultry and grain exhibits and 17 girls' club booths on display. Claude and Carl Rust, brothers, ard Lester and Edwin Moffitt, lousms. placed firsthand second respectively in 4-H boys team dem-nnst rations. Charles Thomas and Junior Eubank were third. The show continues through Wednesday.

World War Veteran Found Dead in Barn i The Tribune's low Newi Service.) MASON CITY, IA. Ambrose McGaheran, 46, was found dead in "if barn of his farm home near Rockwell. late Sunday after-nrn. The body was found by his toother, Henry, who went to look 'ir him when he did not return the barn. McGaheran, who was a world war veteran and unmarried had hpfn in poor health for the last "veral months.

He is believed to have suffered a heart attack. Ottumwa Drug Store Thieves Obtain $314j 1 The Tnbune'i Iowa Newe Service. OTTUMWA. IA. Thieves Sun-toy hvoke into the Ford Hopkins Co drug store here and escaped $314 in cash from the safe W1 cash register.

The safe was opened by the combination and entrance was by unlocking the front door. A night watchman found the front llochr open. P. Woman Dad. OTTUMWA, IA.

Mrs. T. L. -arnpbell, 83, a. resident of Chilli-Wie.

for many years, died morning. She was the Wow of a physician and was ac-Ve in Republican women's af-Funeral services will be at hllothe at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Murphy to Addresi Ad Club.

Murphy, Iowa insurance nnssioner. will address the Ad luesaay noon In Younkers 'room on "Insurance In Iowa, Says Delivery Strike to Hold Dispute Negotiations at Standstill. Negotiations in the 13-day Retail Merchants Delivery Co. strike were at a standstill Monday. "There's nothing new that I know of," Atty.

Rex Fowler, coun sel tor h. (J. Keppert, company president, said. "I have had no word from the other side." Will Continue. "We have made substantial concessions and have gone as far as we can, Carl Keul, president of the Des Moines Trades and Labor assembly, said.

'The strike will continue." Chief differences between the two sides concern wage scale and hours of work. 20 Affected. About 20 men are affected by the strike, it is said. The Reppert firm delivers packages for a group of downtown stores. There was to be a meeting Mon day afternoon between representa tives of the CI O.

and two Des Moines brick and tile plants at which strikes are in effect, Lowell Hollenbcck, C.I.O. field representative, said. Negotiations in connection with the strike have been in progress several days, Hol-lenbeck said, and "the outlook for an amicable settlement is very favorable." Supervise Swimming At Arrowhead Lake Swimming at Arrowhead lake. S. E.

Twenty-fifth and Shaw is to be supervised from 1 p. m. to 8 p. m. daily, starting Monday, it was announced by Miss Kathryn Krieg, superintendent of recreation.

Arrowhead has been open between 10 a. m. and 10 p. m. Miss Krieg said the beach will be closed by the city Labor day.

DEATH Deputy Sheriffs Probing Holdup Newton Man Reports $6 Rob bery North of City. Deputy sheriffs Monday were investigating the holdup late Sunday night of Earl Kelly of Newton, by two gunmen at Cornell st. and Hoffman road, north of Des Moines. Kelly told deputies he was parked at the side of the road with his girl when the gunmen appeared, robbed him of his wallet containing $6 and took his automobile. The automobile, a 1935 model, was found abandoned several hours later on Highway 65, near the Polk county farm.

Philadelphia Tenor To Sing Here Nightly Elbert T. Tindley, Negro tenor from Philadelphia, will sing every night this week at the Des Moines Evangelistic Center, in the old Princess theater building. Tindley is the son of the late Dr. Charles Tindley, pastor of Tindley Temple in Philadelphia. Dr.

Tindley was the author of more than 300 El, bert tidle. sacred songs. Services will be al 7:30 p. m. Preaching at these services will be by the Rev.

Harvey Springer, pastor of the Denver, Baptist tabernacle. Jay Clark, Former Newton Banker, Dies (The Tribune'! low Newe Service.) NEWTON, IA. Relatives here received word Monday of the death from heart disease Sunday night of Jay Clark, 83, at Pasadena, Cal. He was a pioneer banker here and a resident until recent years. AUTO 1 1 I ii i inn iiiiii i ii-iii Doubles U.

S. Average Pace Contracts Here Reach $4,024,500. Construction contracts let in Des Moines and immediate sur rounding areas during the first seven months of 1937 showed a gain of 42 per cent, compared to the like period of 1936. This was more than twice the average gam registered by the United States as a whole for the same months, according lo me F. W.

Dodge New York City, collector of national build ing statistics. The Des Moines total up to Aug 1, 1937, was $4,024,500, the Dodge bulletin states, as compared to $2,831,400 for the first seven months of last year. This amount included in residential contracts, $1,681,300 in nonresidential contracts, $382, 500 in public construction, and $733,500 in engineering and other projects. Marr, 40, Struck By Car on Grand Suffers Body Bruises Crossing Avenue Here. Karl Marr, 40, of 2803 Ingersoll suffered body bruises Monday afternoon when struck by an autqmobile in downtown Des Moines.

Marr, crossing Grand ave. near the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets, was struck by a westbound car driven by J. E. Van Ess of Bloomfield, la. The police ambulance took Marr to Mercy hospital for treatment Outside Workers Hired in Newton The Tribune'! lo Newi Service.

NEWTON, IA. Several em ployes from outside of Newton were added to the force at the Daily News Monday aa the paper came out for the third time since a two-week strike suspension, according to James R. Rhodes, pub lisher. Striking composing room work ers continued to picket the build ing. They conferred with M.

L. Sherman, conciliator of the federal labor relations board. Three Men Hurt In Eldora Crash (The Tribune" i Iow Newi Service ELDORA, IA. Three men were injured early Monday morning when two automobiles driven by Jake Hoffman, Eldora carpenter, and Doc Arnold collided seven miles southeast of here. All were brought to the Eldora hospital.

Hoffman suffered a fractured collar bone and was badly cut about the head and face. Ed Starns, riding with Hoffman, suffered head cuts and chest injuries. Arnold was only slightly hurt. Newton Depositors Will Share $27,000 (The Tribune'! low New! Service.) NEWTON, IA. Distribution of $27,107 here Tuesday to former depositors in the old First National bank will end the trusteeship formed when the present Newton National bank was organized in 1932.

Depositors in the former bank were credited then with 70 per cent of their deposits in the new bank. Recent sale of the remaining assets and disbursal now of the fund, amounting to an approximate 8 per cent payment, will close the trust. McNie Loses Eye. HAMPTON, Morris McNie underwent an operation for the removal of his right eye, injured July 23. McNie was using a power saw when a piece of wood flew off, shattering his glasses and cutting the eyeball.

V.F.W. Names Grewell. WATERLOO, IA. mG. V.

Grewell, Marshalltown, was elected third district commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at a convention Sunday in Hotel Rus-sell-Lamson He succeeds Harry I. Clark, Waterloo. 300 at U.C.T. Picnic. More than 500 members of the United Commercial Travelers and their families Saturday attended the organization's annual picnic at Riverview park.

SELECTED (The Tribune's low New Service.) BLOOMF1ELD, IA. Ord Campbell, of Bloomfield was chosen outsanding boy In 4-H club work In Davis county for 1937. He Is shown with Donald Harris traveling trophy, which was presented Friday night at the Davis County fair. He Is a member of the 4-H judging team, which will appear at the Iowa State fair. Resident Here 59 Years Dies Death Takes Mrs.

George Ray at Son's Home. Mrs. George Ray, 59, a life-long Des Moines resident, died Monday at the home of her son, Philip Ray, Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Ray's husband.

George Ray, died in Des Moines July 6. The body of Mrs. Ray will be returned to Des Moines for funeral serv ices and burial. She is survived by another son. Harold, Dps Moines.

Red Oak Woman Dies. RED OAK. IA Mrs. Johanna Fredrickson, 55, died Sunday aft ernoon at the Murphy Memorial hospital after a two-week illness from pneumonia. II Second Dies In Same Car Upsets Fatal to Iowa Father and Son.

(The Tribune'! Iowa New Service.) IOWA FALLS, IA. Bruce Farr i0Wa Falls, 30, died here early Monday at Ellsworth hospital. He lost control of his car late Saturday night on a gravel road about five miles northeast of Iowa Falls and went into a ditch. His father was killed while driving the same car about four weeks ago. His wife and two children survive.

Killed on Way To Family Reunion GARNER, I A. Mrs. Sam Thompson, 55, of Blairsburg, was injured fatally Sunday afternoon in an auto collision a mile west of the city. She died en route to a Mason City. hospital.

With her husband and others of her family, Mrs. Thompson was en route here for a family reunion. As the Thompson machine turned off Highway 69 at intersection, it was struck by an auto driven by Mrs. T. S.

Schwedcr of Atchison, Kan. Minnesota Salesman Dies in Collision (Toe Tribune'! low New! Service.) MASON CITY, IA H. W. Stoltz of Hastings, salesman for the Sheffield. Brick and Tile was killed Monday morning when his automobile collided head-on with a truck loaded with brick and driven by W.

C. Crook of Sheffield. Stoltz was riding alone and officers who investigated the accident believe that he fell asleep. Iowa Boy, 8, Killed FORT DODGE UP) Romeo Genco. S.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Genco. was fatally injured when the coaster wagon in which he was taking a cake of ice home lo his mother, collided with gravel truck driven by Paul Oeste-reich here Sunday evening. 306 is the traffic accident toll In Iowa for 1937 thus far.

Total deaths on this date last year stood at 293 Official death toll In state last year was 526. Iowan Fatally Burned When Matches Flare DEWITT, IA. Burned about the chest, neck and face when a box of matches in his pocket burst Into flame and ignited his clothing, Joseph Hunter, 63, prominent eastern Iowa livestock buyer, died Monday in a Clinton hospital. Hunter was never able to explain what caused the matches to ignite just as he drove his automobile over a railroad crossing east of here Friday. Hal Ray Dies In Chicago Railroad Man to Be Buried Here.

Hal S. Ray, 68. widely known former Des Moines railroad man, died Sunday in Chicago, 111. Funeral services will be Tuesday in Chicago, and the body will be brought here for burial Wednesday. The body will be taken directly from the train to Woodland cemetery for services at 9:30 a.

m. Rav had been hai. s. bay. in ill health for a number or years, and had spent the period from March to June this year in a hospital.

He had suffered a complication of internal diseases, and had undergone two operations in recent years. Started Here. Ray was director of personnel and public relations for the Rock Island railroad. He began with that road shortly after coming to Des Moines as a young man. His first job was selling tickets.

He advanced rapidly, and became assistant general passenger agent. While acting in that capacity he was transferred from here to Denver, but soon was returned to this city. Promotions. In May. 1921, Ray was called to the main office of the Rock Island in Chicago, and made assistant to the president.

Upon creation of the department of personnel and public relations, he was made its first chief. Ray was married here in 1897 to Miss Mary Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seward Smith, a pioneer Des Moines family. Mrs.

Ray and a daughter, Margaret. survive. Auto Upset Ends Vacation Journey (The Tribune')! Iowa Newi Service.) CLARION, IA. The vacation of Mr. and Mrs.

W. J. Duntz of Des Moines was at an end here Mon day with Mis. Duntz in the hos pital suffering from a broken hip and pelvis. Their car overturned near here earlv Sunday as they were en route to Winnebago.

starting their vaction. Duntz is man- ager of the College barber shop in Des Moines. Four other persons in the car and two dogs escaped serious in Jury as the car was wrecked. Killed by Train. SIOUX CITY, IA.

The b.ly of a man crushed to death here Mon day by a North Western railroad freight train tentatively was identified by Woodbury Coroner J. M. Krigsten as that of E. T. Hulett 40, of Onawa, la.

Award Voted Association Acts at Convention. The Iowa Association of the Deaf, in convention Monday at the Kirkwood hotel, voted an award to the boy and girl in each graduating class of the Iowa School for Deaf for "community citizenship." The award was voted unani mously at the suggestion of Tom Anderson, Council Bluffs, school faculty member. The suggestion, Anderson said, was made to promote better co-operation between the school and the Iowa association. Details of the award are to be determined by the school faculty and the association. L.

Berg, superintendent of the Iowa School for Deaf, addressed the meeting, telling of his first year as school superintendent. The association will have a banquet Monday evening at the hotel. Officers will be elected Tuesday, the concluding day of the four-day convention. Divorce Sought By Mrs. Crunden Insurance Executive's Wife Sues in St.

Louis. ST. LOUIS. MO. Pi Mrs.

Alice Tweedy Crunden filed suit at suburban Clayton Monday to divorce Walter M. Crunden, chairman of the board of the Central States ILife Insurance Co. Married in London in 1913, Mr. and Mrs Crunden separated in March last year, the petition stated. Mrs.

Crunden is one of three daughters of the late Mrs. R. Moore of New York who were bequeathed the bulk of her 000 estate. Newton Pastor Named. The Tribune' Inwe Net Service.) KELLOGG, IA.

The Rev. F. Braum of Waverly, will as sume the pastorate of the New ton add Elk Creek Lutheran churches Sept. 1. He succeeds the Rev.

G. Weber, who resigned to accept a charge at Lost Nation, last month. left here In July for Boston, to study under Mrs. Louise Willy Morgan, noted dramatic art teacher. Her acting ability was sufficiently advanced to enable her to proceed to the Boothbay playhouse.

Given the show name of Jane Gilbert, she appeared In her first play, "Death Takes a Holiday," on July 21. During this play a movie talent scout from the Twentieth Century-Fox film studio offered her a contract. Jane re fused, however, preferring the ex periencs of the stock company for a while longer. I i Margaret Lindsay Has A Rival Within Family I C4f liJrv i i 1 jTff Sister, Jane, 17, Acts With Stock Cast in East. The Tribune's low News Service DUBUQUE, Kies, 17.

daughter of Mrs. John L. Kies of Dubuque and sister of Margaret Lindsay, Hollywood movie star, has just completed her second successful dramatic production aa an actress with the Boothbay stock company of Boothbay, her mother reports. Jane was graduated from Dubuque High school In Juris and (The Tribune'! low Newi Service FORT IonfiF IA. This Is ear in which Dale Thoma of Day-Ion.

a killed near here early Sunday In auto collision that alo raiioed Injury to five others. Thomas was thrown through windshield..