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SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 3. 1938 THE HUTCH INS ON, KANSAS. A PAGE FIVE A Busy Night For Policemen More Celebrants Warned Than Jailed A hot summer Saturday night provided several kinds ot fireworks for Hutchinson police who doubled shifts, worked overtime Btid still found their tasks never ending. Traffic snarls, firing of crackers, domestic quarrels, driving and drinking, crashes occurted In an ever changing but oft repeated sequence.

Few persons awakened this morning in as the result of the July 2-whirligig) police work being more "patrol and control" than book and jail. Booked As Drunk Driver Wilbur Massau, 24, Arlington, driver ot a car in which four other youths were yelling, hooping and hollering, was arrested for driving while drunk and. operating a car without brakes. Police found a quart bottle containing some kind of a mixture in the car. Nassau's companions were released Police stopped an argument at 13lh and Main, following a motor car crash involving car driven by Jake Scheurman, gar- ageman.

and a parked auto owned by L. E. Bush, 131 West 11th; Bush said the accident occurred after an argument over a bill. Damages In the crash were greater than those originally repaired. Pour From BoHlB Four Wichila Ncgros were questioned at headquarters after an officer saw one of them pouring something from a brown bottle.

The Negroes were hilarious, but not intoxicated. They wcrs released. Two men and a woman were questioned when their car seemed a bit wobbly. At the station, the woman became worried about her ten year old son, who was at a theatre. She was released to get the boy, and returned.

AU of the party was released after the effects of a little too much beer wore off. Patrol runs to quell firecracker disturbances were to all cornen of the city. President To Unveil Memorial (Continued From Pate One) of milk to a lanky" Confederate veteran who ambled onto her porch. "I don't drink milk. Ma'am," the southerner replied.

He suggested a "toddy." "What's a toddy?" the woman nsked. The veteran showed her- how they 'em down In Dixie," Charley Still Wants A Name For It Debt Pact To Aid Peace Plan England Less Fearful Of European War London Great Britain's debt settlement with Germany gave a fresh Impetus last night to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's ambitious plans for general European appeasement. Talk of possible early approach toward the broad political Issues now keeping Europe in a state of fear followed quickly on the Neels of yesterday's agreement cm thorny Anglo-German financial questions. Sir John Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, called the agree- A Cold Nap CHARLES JONES, park superintendent, still is in a pickle over the new-born deer at the Carey'zoo. Since the exclusive picture, above, of Nellie and her offspring was taken shortly after the blessed event, the fawn has not been seen.

Until it is found, its name must remain a question mark. In the meantime, Jones is open to suggestions. Nellie only followed deer Instinct in hiding her baby from the rude eyes of man. The fawn's protective coloring helps. (Staff Photo.) NELLIE'S EXAMPLE was also a reproof for Abe and Arabella, the park's supposedly romantic buffalo pair.

Jones would like nothing better than to see a buffalo calf added to the Carey park preserve. (Staff Photo). Seek To Add To Public Debt Charles S. Riggin, 85, confed- Bond Petitions (Continued From Pace One) New Jump (Continued From Faje One) and I want to see them vote on it erate veteran from Vaughan, N. if they can do so legally," declar- says the man who talks most ed Commissioner Charles Briggs.

about battle "was a long ways back." Said he: "A man right In fighting i doesn't have time to look here and there. He only loads and shoots." The veterans didn't know but a southerner is in charge of policing tho G. A. R. encampment and a northerner sees that everything goes right among the U.

C. They are Lieutenants Jules Carvilla of Louisiana and Lieutenant Gerald I. Zimmerman of Pennsylvania, both instructors at Valley Fore Military academy. Passes are required to enter both encampments. Even a veteran, decked out in his uniform of blue or gray and wearing a reunion medal, must get one to enter camp of his erstwhile enemy.

O. Blchard Gillette, a veteran of the Gray, said a union veteran walked up to him and thanked him for "saving his' life" it An- tieiam. The northerner's gesture was In appreciation of drink of water Gilletta gave him after he had been wounded. The Yankee said he recognized Gillette by his voice 'and "cussin 1 Mrs. Carolyn Hart Tryon of Richford, N.

a reunion visitor, exhibited a muslin bedspread, nine by seven feet, on which she had stitched the story of the war between the states in words and pic- lures. She said the work required two years. Robert B. Tyler, 84, of Joplin, claimed he was the youngest veteran at the anniversary. He said he joined the U.

S. navy at 10 and wits on the U. S. Racer when the schooner bombarded Fort Sumpter. Governor George H.

Earle, of Pennsylvania making (our of the southern camp, shouted in the ear of one deaf old man: "My wife is from Kentucky. So you see I'm half southern," "There ain't no half-north, and half-south," quavered the old man, "It's all one country thank God." the municipal ownership s'rcd Popular. Decision "We have had so much discus- ion about municipal ownership," aid Mayor D. J. Wilson, "I think is time public opinion is regis- ered at the polls.

An election is ighly desirable, but I also want make sure it Is called without he violation of any laws. "The city has no other course tian to follow the statutes." The Kansas Power Light Iso appeared anxious for an elec- ion. If froiip it blocked because its peti- ions are insufficient, it will be he second time within 18 months. March 4, 1937, petitions bearing ,964 names were filed with the city ommjssion asking a $564,138.54 bond issue for the construction of a gas distribution plant. Court Hutchinson taxpayers brought action'in.

district court to compel he city clerk to follow the law the validity of hose petitions. Tha case was by Judge J. G. granted a writ leard Somers, who mandamus! Among, other Would Have New Run On New Deal Ticket Lawrence McGugin candidate for the Republican nom- niation for governor, suggested persons favoring the new dea 1 "vote for new dealers on the new ticket and not political opportunists masqueiading as new dealers on the Republican McGugin, addressing an outdoor meeting here, promised "an aggressive Republican campaign' 'this fall if nominated a.t the primary. "It is my firm conviction," he said, "that if the people want new 'dealers In office they will do the thing' of: electing new dealers on the new deal ticket anc not political opportunists mas- querading as new on thi Republican ticket.

things, it said the debt increased and budget transfers to trust accounts decreased $262,000,000. whole petitions were void if the circulator did not swear as to the validity of the signatures, if two ir more names were in the same landwriting, if the man swearing previous year, the validity did not sign the Comparing the petition, and-if the petitions were fiscal years, the filed 'atter the original petitions were filed. The writ also instructed the city clerk to strike out names if signers were not registered, gave the wrong addresses or wrong initials. Only 178 Names Valid The following day the city clerk reported the gas petitions only 178 valid signatures. The commission voted against the ordinance.

During the gas controversy, the lommlssion also was asked to call an election without petitions but declined because voting costs hac lot been budgeted and the city not legally incur them. Cosl City Already The waterworks question already cost the city nearly $1,500. A. W. (Jack) Hefling, appraiser for the.city,-has ben: paid $750 for his.

services 'and is to receive double that amount if the bonds are voted. The city's half of the $100-a-day fee charged, by Dean C. Crawford, arbiter, was $599.62. He wbiked 11 days. The city also paid his expenses.

Grover Harris received $60 and W. A Wilson $30 for services and the city had to pay for several instruments." The appraisal of the water system was approved by the it took an option on the plant. Municipal ownership advocates requested the option-'appraisal plan. Polish Nursw Air-Trained Warsaw, Poland Polish nurses are being trained to jump from airplanes -with parachutes in order to prepare them for iservice-In case ol war- Bont's For The Glorious 4th Stale Officials Volunteer Advice Topeka F. P.

Helm, ecretary of the State Board of Health, and Jack B. Jenkins, superintendent of the state highway wish you all a happy July 5th. You can have it, too, they said, you'll "exercise common sense md caution today and Monday in Independence Day celebra- lon. Just do or don't do these things: Drive with double caution to avoid automobile accidents. Highways be crowded.

Swim and wa.de only in supervised pools. Rivers and lakes take unofficial estimates for the year ust started: 3p, Up, Cp rear F-nrllnsr une 30 Spending Deficit 937 5.284 8,109 2.811 30MT .1138 8,312 7.766 1,925 5,600 S.SOO 3B.OOO Deducting the "bookkeeping en- for debt retirement from expenditures, to obtain what Pres- dent Roosevelt calls a "layman's 1 igure, the net deficit in the yeai ust ended was $1,459,248,100 compared with $2,707,347,110 he previous annum. Many long and short term records were produced by the 1938 figures. On March 12, before income tax collections and' othei factors reduced it, tile public deb eached.an all-time high of $37,814,000,000. Receipts were the greatest in 18 years and income axes alone were the largest in 1 years.

Vatloiul Defense Record National defense costs amounlec the unprecedented peace-timi total of $974,157,233, and international tensioll caused even larger funds to be provided fo: this year. A year ago the business- slump had not yet developed, and re lief expenditures were reduced WPA spent in the last 12 month more than the amount provided for the firs 'en months of the new fisca year. The 1938 WPA cost wa $424,000,000 less than that of the mcnt ment" "constructive achieve- and "the latest example of success in the government's efforts to salve International difficulties by the method of friendly agreement." Other factors also contributed to an improved feeling about the future, especially in London's financial quarters, which are quick'to react to any turn in the European situation. These factors included: Cessation of Spanish insurgent attacks on British shipping, which had made political "trouble Chamberlain at home and for had threatened to wreck his still Inoperative friendship with Italy, agreement Possible early operation of the long-sleeping British plan for withdrawal of foreign fighters in the Spanish war. Settlement of Turkish-French differences.

Chamberlain planned to tell the house of commons Monday the results of his protest to Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Spanish Insurgent leader, 'fever the ship bombings, which stirred a clamor for stern action. nany lives. It the weather Is -unusually warm, eat and exercise with more usual moderation to avoid heat prostration. Avoid excessive exposure to sun and consequent severe sunburn. Fire works should be eliminated so far ns children are concerned if they are permitted and injuries occur, have a physician rest even minor burns and abrasions to avoid serious infection or ockjaw.

Dr. Helm said 22 persons were In accidents over the July 4th week-end in Kansas last year, svith drowning, careless driving and excessive heat the chief caus- "Most of them could have been prevented by common sense and caution," he said. Don't take anything for granted while driving, Jenkins said, adding that four out d't five accidents occur in good weather on dry, open highways. Motor Makers Believe Sales Trend Is Up Detroit (IP) production chiefs and sales executives whose ears have been unusually close to the ground during the last few months are Beginning once again to talk optimistically of the future. Despite the imminence of number of plant suspensions for inventory and new model equipment installation and the prospect of the lowest third quarter output in many years, they profess to he.ar things that promise an upward movement with the beginning of the 1939 model season.

Lowered dealer stocks, a steadj if lower flow of buying orders anc an improvement in the used car situation have contributed to the better outlook. This situation is of the utmost importance to the 1939 model season. By the time the new models come from the assembly lines, say the industry's executives, the merchandising division will be in better position than at the start ot any mode year since the losv point of the depression that began late in Obituaries New York McGuire, 43, drove away from Ms home in quest of a cool and found it in the East River while asleep. After parking the car on an embankment he dozed the wheel. The brake slipped and he woke to find the car settling in five feet of water.

Me wasn't hurt. GenuineWoman Hater I nfound Educator Brands 'Sour Grapes' Philosophy Chicago with various fixations come for guidance to the Illinois Society for Mental Hygiene, but its educa- ional director, Mrs. Kathleen O. jarkln says she had never encountered a "genuine woman hat- The reason for that, she says was simply that "there isn't any such animal." "To be sure, some men hate some women, but man jeneralizcs his dislike and takes all of womankind, brie can" be pretty certain that something besides genuine hatred is involved his reactions. "He may feel inadequate with women, or he may feel uncomfortable with them, or perhaps be afraid of women.

Alt these feel- ngs he may lump together and dispose of them with more comfort himself by the statement that he does not like women. It is a sour grapes philosophy." Men who subscribe to a Chicago To Buy Crime Lab? Northwestern Bureau Has Proved Worth Chicago considered purchase of Northwestern University's scientific crime detection laboratory may place in the city's lands one of the most incredible weapons against lawbreakers ever devised by human Ingenuity. Negotiation? for the transfer ot the crime clinic to municipal control were in an uncertain stage today, Mayor Edward J. Kelly announced recently arrangements had been made for the sale, and shortly thereafter the city law department approved a contract for purchase of the laboratory for $25,000. The matter then was referred to the council finance committee.

Established in 1929. after the St. Valentine's Day massacre on the near North Side, the crime laboratory was the Cirsl of its kind in the United and remained in succeeding years the only one con- philosophy, she cured, however, said, can't be simply by the suggestion that their feelings of latred do not in fact they are real to them; What they need, she declared. to understand themselves and what circumstances, possibly lead- ng back to their early childhood experiences, may have caused to shun women in the be- ief they are "dull," "pretty," or acking in the intellectual capaci- of the other sex. Three Soviet Women Sel Non-Stop Flight Record Moscow (If) women lieutenants in the Soviet airforcc flew a seaplane 14,981 miles nonstop across Russia Saturday in ten hours, 33 minutes.

Paulina Osipenko, pilot, was accompanied by Vera Lomaka and Mirena Raskova. They flew trom Sevastopol over the Black sea to Archangel on the White ea. Thus the Soviet union was spanned northward and eastward within six Vladimir Koki- makt flew non-stop 4,300 miles from Moscow to Vladvostok in 24 hours early this week. Ninety per cent of the world's, watches are made in Switzerland The lite of 50 years. a swan is at leas' nected with a university and unsurpassed In the scope of its operations.

Functioning as part of Northwestern's law school, the laboratory is manned by ton experts in chemistry, toxicology, ballistics, photography, miscroscopy and electronics, Although much of Die laboratory's service has been in those fields, the part ot its work that most quickly captured public's imr.ginalion was-with lite polygraph, or "lie detector." Last year the laboratory examined 812 persons on the polygraph, involving both criminal cases and personnel work for banks and insurance companips. Jt handled a total 634 cases in 1937, including document examination, firearms identification and graph, or "lie detector." Births Born to Mr. and Mrs. Phil Heffner, 717 East Sherman, a daughter, July 2, at Grace hospital. Born to Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Bedford. 1515 North Maple, a son, July 2, at St. Elizabeth's hospital. The Suez Canal Is 100 miles long.

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Dividend Checks Were Mailed June 30 DID YOU GET YOURS? Hundreds of VALLEY FEDERAL shareholders are spending their semi-annual dividend checks this week, assured that when the next dividend paying date rolls around there will be another check ready for them. Assured'too are they that their investment is SAFE, as well as profitable. They know that their monev is Invented in HUTCHINSON it is also insured up to ,15,000 per account by the FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN INSURANCE of Washington, D. C. You should plan your investments sn that you, too, will profit in this safe way.

Start your account with $1, $5 or invest bulk sums. Our Current Dividend Rate Is VALLEY FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION 14 West First Phone 596 1938 and 1837 official figures Mrs. Catherine M. TihbuH Mrs. Catherine M.

Tibbutt, resident of Kansas since 1883 and a citizen of Kingman county since 1884, died at her home in Kingman, Thursday. The three surviving children were with her at thn time of her death. The funeral will he at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday at the Christian church at Kingman. Hev. A.

C. Hornbaker, Edmond, Okla. will be in charge. Interment will be in tile Kingman cemetery. is survived by two.

daughters, Mrs. R. W. Campbell, Basil, and Mrs. L.

C. Swander, Cunningham, -and a son, J. P. Tibbutt, 22 Eas't 14th, Hutchinson. The funeral was delayed pending the arrival of Mrs.

J. P. Tibbutt and daughters, Fay Louise and Betty Jean from Portland, where they have been visit- also show federal public works spending increased $154,000,000, outlays of regular departments increased $80,000,000, social security administration costs and grants to states increased $108,000,000, agricultural adjustment outlays de- ing sister, Mrs. Hale creased $165,000,000, interest on and Ted and Tod Tibbutt, sons of Mr. and Mrs.

J. P. Tibbutt. Disappointment Ahead For Young Traveler Tha cruel cold world may seem to have many knocks for little Betty Jean Rapp, eight years old, who will be greeted at the Pueblo Santa.Fe station early this morn- Ing, not by her father whom she expects, but by Pueblo police. child who reliant and confident 'when she was put on the train here- last night to make the trip alone, will be taken to the Pueblo police station until her father calls for her.

She had been visiting relatives in Hutchinson. Her father, Lloyd Rapp, of Pueblo, made plans her solo train ride back to 'Pueblo, and stated the time he would be there to greet her, Yesterday, a short 'time after the child started her journey, the, father wired A. Dunworth, 810 West 18th, he would be unable to; meet the train, Dunswor.lh notified local police, who arranged for Betty Jean's Pueblo police, when she reached her destination, Mrs. C. C.

Barnes Mrs. C. C. 710 East First, died at 11:30 o'clock last night at her home, after a long illness. She is survived by her hus-- band; a daughter, Mrs.

Clyde Farney, 510 East Second; a son, Howard'Barnes, of the home; one granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Jack Cross, 400 Hyde Park drive; and four brothers, Earle Moore, 403 East Eighth, C. A. Moore, Norland, Roy Moore, Del Norte, and Jesse Moore, Mt. Hope.

Mrs. Barnes was born at Mt. Hope. Bull fights were common In ancient Greece. In ttw Chicago fire ot 1811 than 70,000 were made homeless, I For Your Barber Beauty Needs See 'Bert Williams Barber Beauty Shop West lit Phone 239 Hutchinson, Kansas your vacation plans WiH Not Be Complete Until you made arrangements to receive the Hufchlnson News and Hiitchiiuoii Htrold a vacation it should have that doesn't mean you should go without the news from home when you can get it so easily this way.

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