Kossuth County Advance from Algona, Iowa • Page 1

ALGONA, IOWA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1936 10 Pages 80 Columns Number 46 HIP' SHARP, LONE ROCK. KILLED est Bend Veteran Drowns at Spirit Lake Tuesday OBLEUER PDWTOF AU SINKS New Secretary Parties ail Find Body of Victim. Fred Bleuer, 44, remained concealed in Spirit Lake late yee- after searching parties had I in vain since Tuesday af- i to recover it. Mr. Blauer a boat -at 40 'feet 'depth drowned.

fcer and Arnold Wilderman, Bend, had gone fish- rented a rowboat with an motor, They started to "mile out in the lake, but on a change 'in the hope tor luck. icr was in the rear of the I was operating the motor, up, inserted the starting- land jerked it. The motor jred, then stopped, and jr, losing-his balance, fell out. I Victim Couldn't Swim. ler was unable to swim, and illy he lost his head.

Wilder- unable to swim, looked Bleuer, intending to ex- jan oar, but Bleuer was not I seen. Apparently he dropped. i bottom of the lake without Jggle. perman waited frantically a mites, then started fpr shore help. Searching parties were Blzed and worked till' dark; fat daylight yesterday, resum- IS Oliver Reiley, formerly of Red Oak, recently elected secretary of the new Algona Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Reiley, who is married, has a son years old. A resolution adopted by the Red Oak Chamber of Commerce Friday praised Mr. Reiley for his work on committees there and congratulated the Algona Chamber on securing Mm. Mr Reiley takes office August.

1. DANCE FLOOR ENGAGED FOR 'MELON' DAY Radio Band Hired to Furnish Music for Paving Event. A dance floor to accommodate 300 couples has been engaged tho board of directors of the new Chamber Commerce for Watermelon day here next week Wednesday. In addition to tho floor space a.section of the street and adjoining sidewalks will be roped off and sprinkled with cornmeal. Jimmio Barnett's 12-plece orchestra, MBC broadcasting band, has DO YOU AGREE OR DO YOU DISAGREE WITH MIKE LOSS? AH, COOL WAVE AT LAST! HOT SPELL ENDEDJfESTERDAY The mercury has still been hitting the high numbers on the.

thermometer, but has reached the 100- degree marker only twice -the ipaiiions in Another Boat, week. Friday the temperature fscaich was difficult both be-i rost onl to 87 degrees for ot tho depth of the water and 1 spread over north Iowa engaged for the dancing. There will be no charge. The Barnett orchestra gets $150 for a dance. Dancers who have heard it jroadcast mornings from WNAX say it is among the best, Corn Games Planned.

Concessions were discussed at.a board meeting last night, and it was recommended that the club itself operate two or three corn games. Other concessions will ba secured, but no "clip joints" or money games will be only rides, a shooting gallery, and similar concessions. A full carload of watermelons is expected this week-end, and they will be placed in cooling rooms to be ready for serving next week Wednesday. Three stands, in tho three business blocks of the town, will be set up, and watermelon will be given away at each till everyone has been served or the whole carload-given away. Special coinmitte.es cut and serve the melons will be named.

Asked yesterday about the condition of the corn crop, Mike Loss was pessimistic. "Will the yield be cut'40 per cent?" "More than that," Mr. Loss replied. "Fifty per cent?" "More than that'' "Will the price be enough higher to make np for the cat in yield "There wont be any corn here at any price if we don't get rain soon." "Can much of the crop be saved for odder "Yes, if it is cut at the right time." "But farmers will have to find money with which to bnj feeding cattle, won't they?" "That's the heck of it!" 2 DOPE PEDDLERS NABBED AT SORT'S LEGIONf ESTIVAL Eugene L. Walsh and George Harman, floaters, were arrested at the-Legion celebration at Saturday night, and on Monday were arraigned here on charges of violation of state and federal nar- NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS LAUNCHED Corporation Will Be Formed With Paid Secretary.

Directors of the Algona Community club last night voted to dissolve and incorporate as the Algona Chamber of Commerce, with, the newly elected secretary, Oliver S. Reiley, formerly of Red Oak, as full-time executive secretary. Incorporation will be made under an Iowa statute for the formation of non-profit cooperative organizations. The incorporators consist of present board members M. G.

Norton, president; F. J. Kohlhoas, vice; Mr. Reiley, secretary-treasurer; C. B.

Barre, J. D. Lowe, R. H. Miller, John Bleser, Jos.

Bloom, W. G. McCnllough, G. F. Pettit, Lyle Reynolds, D.

E. Devrel, F. J. Christensen. The Community club board had Making the Movies ByT.

H. C. Parti cotic laws. A state agent agent, the latter and a known federal in the movie and news world as a 1 It is about as easy to enter motion picture studios of Hollywood as for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle; plainly speaking (and that's usually what I do) it is almost impossible. Armed with a press card from that influential weekly, the Kossuth County Advance, supplemented with a short term pass from tho late Century of Progress, I attempted to storm the RKO (Culver City) bastile.

I was politely informed that the gentleman for whom I inquired was at the main, studio in Hollywood, but after persistent efforts, I was finally admitted to the "outer this case merely the broad sidewalks inside the gate. Bowed Out of BKO. I find that this particular studio leased by RKO, which has nothing to do with special privileges. Ai special guide escorts me to tho various stages (empty, of course) where scenes for The of Allah, with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer, are constructed. These stages are built in enormous structures, like huge auditoriums and depict both indoor and outdoor scenes.

They are "shooting" a few incidental Cloud and location effects for The Last of the Mohicans on'one of these stages-hut there Is nothing particularly thrilling about GRAYS VICTORS IN LAST NIGHT GAME VS, CHARLES CITY Klttenball to be Feuturen. the spot where drown- 1 Tuesday night and yesterday was ed could not be deter-! not eX a WM I exactly. Wilderman failed been delightfully cool The hot jork the boat's position. lake was somewhat rough i the men were fishing, but nan says the accident was used by a heavy sea, nor ileuer affected by heat, ell'kjsh and Clem Hogari, wave's back seems at last to have- been broken for good. The month of July this year has been exceptional, however, with 14 days of 100-degree temperatures, ten days in the.OO's, and four days in the 80's.

High for the viucu ixiaii aiiu isioui ftl who had driven to the month was recorded July 1-1, when Iwith Bleuer and Wilderman, I mercury reached 108. in another boat else-' Only once all month has there i in the lake and did not i been ram and that only enough to of the tragedy till some timo register, being .01 of an inch on It occurred July 17. The drought has made the farm situation serious, even in tl' world's garden spot. Estimates arrests. The federal agent had been following clues on dope ped- Lyle Reynolds, general chairman for some time le charges of the.

event, stated last night that in tne state courts were filed by a kittenball tournament had been aul Qruber, Dos Moines, state arranged for. There will be games, agent Tne oa tcrs were comU- in tho morning, afternoon, and ted to iai i to awalt trial, early evening at the Athletic park, i Band concerts will feature the afternoon program, and events such, as fat-men's and children's arrests were made on warrants issued by the discmt clerk under, a used statute. In normal cases warrants are issued by a races will take place, with prixes tj ce of the peace, and it' had for winners. Hall Game Promised. In the evening the Forest City Collegians and Algona Grays will play at the new ball This will bo tho only event for which a charge will be made.

The i been years since a warrant was issued by the clerk. Mrs. E. J. McEvoy, clerk, at first doubted her authority to issue such a warrant and had to be assured by attorneys that the code made provision for it.

In such instances informations Still Unfound. who clerked, in a est pool hall, was a World war aVmuclTas 50 per cent the corn who saw action in Franco crop lost are made. Gardens have i an engagement was wound- long been given up as lost, and tourney, latst night here, they parents are both dead, but mos lawns are white with dead arc now ani-ious to win 1 survived by two brothers fit gra ss. Danger of fire is increas- Bend and a sister in North ingly menacing. by the county attorney are irov.1 ranted the judge opd.r«, He never married.

The temperature record for the opinion was voiced yester- nast woek follows: the lake that the body would i July 22 it came to July 23 recovered till .100 66 game to prove that elimina- c1 to issue an arrest causeVf maWlity to play ball. 3 For convenience of people who wish to rest, all stores will, romaiu process permits district furface as the result of for- a of gas reducing its weight will float. The water is now than usual, because of the and the body was rise In a day or two. while watch for it is being Daughter for Algoniau. id Mra.

F. H. Frederick-. luutto. arc parents.

of 1' porn Sunday at a BUtte Helen Kay. The Fredis have one. other child, a Mrs. Frederlcksoni the for. 'en Dickinson, Is a daugh- E.

C. Dickinson nerickson is an accountant. ALGONA Markets HOGS butch. 140- July 24 July 25 July 26 July July 27 28 ..87 -96 .100 68; open till a late hour in the even court arrests without the formality GO, ing. 73 72 71 G6 During the day a numbe of of through a'justice court, one to a without the necessity of sub- advertisement in this 220-250 250,270 15 80 290-350 $9.60 350-400 JS sows, 300-360 Ibs.

Jl sows, 350-400 Ibs. sowa, 400-500 CATTLE cutters to $3.25 to to $7.00 Prairie Fire in Field 2 Acres of Cram Good Hope, July ilarm from the Henry Tues-. day morning, summoned neighbors 'to fight fire in an oat Held on the Edw Broesder north war soon brought under control' but only after two acres of' shocked grain had been consumed. area was far back from the road, and no one was known been near it recently, so the o. Igln of the fire was at first a puzzle, but later two sets of fresh automobile tracks were discovered across the unburned stubble, and it was concluded that some one bad gone into the field earlier in the.

si day to hunt, or on some other er- llOl-'vand, atti the fire was set either by the exhaust of car or. by a carelessly dropped cigar or c.lg- aret offers it. of' 3 were taken from each of the-men and were-analyzed by events are be- 1 Dr. Walter Fraser, was a're- tn an- search chemist duHng the World 113 UC White to to $6.50 to $7.00 to $4.75 corn com. 90c -20c Seven Couples Get Licenses to Marry Mrs.

Katherine 'McBvoy, district court clerk has issued lice to wed to the following couples: Wm. E. Greene Jr, Mona Yocum, both of Humboldt; Willard Laird, Val- eriaOchs. both of Blue Earth; Raymond Boeknke. Ruby Hage, both of Garner; Shirley B.

lyn. Doris C. Gudahl, LeRoy Pfeffer, Wesley, and Pauline Traer; Floyd w. Bertels, Lakefietd, Mary Tille. William Fair Wed Here.

were la-te'r. Brother-in-Law of Algonian Drowned in Minnesota Lake F. Zendcr and his daughter Gertrude were called to Victoria, last week Wednesday by news of the drowning of the former's brother-in-law J. J. Thul, 48, In Lake Victoria.

Mr. Thul was fishing from a boat, and bad made a cast. The book on a plug lodged In roots of rushes, and when he tried to jerk it loose he lost bia balance and fell into the water. He was unable to swim, and' though there boats and men near by who came to his assistance he was drowned before they reached him. Funeral services were conducted Friday morning.

Surviving are Mrs. Thul and six children four at home. Mr. Thul was buttermaker in a creamery. chemistry.

Affidavits were filec by Doctor Fraser when he found that the pilrs contained morphine Ledyard Child Rim Over by Car Ledyard, July The 7-year-old son of Jos. Drilling narrowly escaped serious injury Saturday night, when he was struck by a car. He darted out from between two other cars and was knocked down by a slowly moving car, being thrown in such a way that the car passed over him but didn't run over any part of his body. He was taken to Poctor for examination to sure there were no injuries. Many youngsters- do not use the regular crossings but run across the streets anywhere.

Britt, Mr. C. Wbderkpmr stwj sad tfee son had cowe to vfcit a few days. Another for State Street Geo, L. Miller began work early In the week on a new building for C.

S. Johnson next east of the Johnson store. This building wil" in time be 105 feet long, but a' present only 44 feet will be fin ished, It will be 22 feet wide and one story high. A basement has already been dug. A modernistic front is planned.

It is expectet that the building will be finished in September, and Mr. Johnson already applications for rent al. The small wooden-building ha been occupied by the Elmer Hart shorn barber shop, which stood on the lot, has been moved to tho parking space in front, but will be removed later by Mr. MiHer, who bought it. consisted of ten members, but the new board will consist of 12.

D. Dewel, who resigned as part-time secretary three months ago, but had served up to the present, and P. J. Christensen, were elected new members. Present Holds Over.

The present board will hold office till the next annual meeting and election, which will be set in the articles of incorporation for the first Tuesday after the second Monday in On next March 12 directors will )0 elected, four to serve three ears, four for two years, and four or one year. At succeeding annual meetings four new directors vlll be elected, the other eight members holding over. Tbe new Chamber will take over issets and liabilities of the Com- munjty-v club. A limit of $1,000 in- lebtednes.s has been set. on the by the articles, but upon af- irmativo vote of two-thirds of all members this can be increased to $10,000.

Bylaws Committee Sained. The board approved a contract with Mr. Reiley calling for a salary of $150 a month for a year. The Chamber will pay for a surety bond in the sum of $2,500. A committee to draft bylaws for he new corporation was named by Prc-sldent Norton, and It consists of Messrs.

Lowe, Bloom, and Christensen. A committee to draft a new schedule of dues for an in- reasod financial budget consists of Messrs. McCullough, Kohlhaas, and Miller. A resolution endorsing the county fair and proposing that the club again sell season tickets in Algona was adopted, a committee will watching this. Selznick International is making The Garden of Allah and is leasing the.

RKO Culver City studio for the As I have no special (Continued Page 2) The Algona Grays defeated the Charles City Lions, 5-4 last night at the local park In one of the best games here this season. Tho cold evening cnt the size of the crowd. Charles City scored first in the third inning, when threu men crossed home plate. Al gona scored one run in its half of the third, added another in the fourth, and in the fifth sent two men over to take the lead, 4-3. In the sixth frame Algona scored another rnn, and in the seventh.

Charles City squeezed one more rnn to end the scoring. The Grays will meet Iowa Falls here next Sunday night, and prospects ore that Jimmio Grant, former Western league pitching star, will be on thi mound for the visitors. Nex' week Wednesday the 'Grays wil 1 meet Forest City as part Watermelon day festivities here FARM HAND IS HELD TO THE GRAND JURY John Bahr, farm hand, was bound to the grand jury Tuesday by Justice H. B. White on a charge of forging a check.

It is claimed that he signed 1 W. Hanson's name to a $3 check which he cashed at the Madsori Hanson clothing store here. Bahr denies that he "forged" the though admitting that he signed the, check. He him THREE FIRES KEEP THE FIREMEN BUSYi DAMAGE NOT GREAT claims that Hanson check. gave authority to sign it in Hanson's name on wages duo for farm work.

Mr. Hanson, however, denies that he gave such authority. Besides the check to the clothing store, a second check for the same amount was cashed at the Anderson Cafe. Both were written on the Iowa State bank. Bond was set at $1000, which Bahr was unable to furnish, so he was committed to jail to await.

The 'fitemeif. have been called out three "times so far'this week. Monday morning at 8:30 sparks from a.laundry stove at Raymond Neuroth's on Minnesota street set fire to shingles on the roof. There was not much damage, the fire being put by the firemen. Tuesday afternoon a' call came from the neighborhood just south of the Dr.

L. C. Nugent home on east McGregor, where a blaze had started in a John Frankl 10-acre field of sweet clover which stood nearly 8 feet high in places. The wind, which was from the north, spread this fire rapidly, and for a time; it threatened buildings. Firemen put It out by driving the fire truck around the edge of fjeld and soaking the ground with water and chemicals.

FATALLY HURT IN A FALL IN DJUESDAY Crowbar Pierces Hii Abdomen; Wound Proves Fatal. Glenn Sharp, 32, Lone Rock, died Tuesday morning In a Watertown, S. hospital as the result of a -wound suffered Monday whea he fell on a crowbar which ed his abdomen. He survived for a little more than ten hours. Sharp had been at Redfield and Watertown, S.

a track- load of oats. He haS sold the oats and purchased the return trip to Iowa. Associated with him in the enterprise of trucking gralm to drought areas and'bringing back livestock was Melvin Hawks, also of Lone Rock. Mrs. Sharp Sees Accident.

Sharp was loading the hogs preparatory to the return. He bad been using a crowbar for eointa purpose not' known here, and pa finishing use had thrown It to: the ground. Immediately afterwards he jumped 'out. The crowbar' had struck the ground end up, and be was impaled on its point. accident ocurred in the presence of Mrs.

Sharp and other persons in the yard where the were kept. Mr. Sharp was promptly picked up and taken to a Watertown hospital, where according to reports here, peritonitis soon. venes late in September. be named later to work with fair's board.

the P. Rest Boom Dropped. J. Kohlhaas was spokesman to at a city council meeting tonight a -h this tvi.t thA! ed by the Rev. A.

English this and inform the council that the woman's-, rest-, the Sawyer The council will be asked to continue it at the present location; The meeting was adjourned till Monday evening at 6, when there will be a board dinner at the Algona hotel, following which an executive session to adopt bylaws and formulate a dues campaign will be held. Business in connec-- 60 hearing before the grand jury! The large hose carrying water when the next term of court con- from hydrants could not reach the field, and tho truck had to refill several times. It took the firemen nearly two hours to bring the blaze under control. Tuesday evening at 8:45 neighbors called the firemen to Henry Becker's on north Phillips. Tho Beckers had been heating bones for their bulldog on a basement, electric hotplate, but had forgot- en that the current was on, and so left the house for a show.

The show. The-bones to burn, and the scenting the enough disturbance to neighbors. There was no damage. City, officials earnestly warn against'fires at this time. Everything is EO dry that fires can I DIABETES FATAL FOR OTIS MOORE, ONLY 31 Otis Moore, 31, died Tuesday morning at the Kossuth hospital.

He had had diabetes seven years, but bad "been hospital only afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o'clock will be Pallbearers will in be Dennis and Emmet- Ev. set in from the abdominal wound. Wife Was Also at Watertown, va which point they, had accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Sharp to visit relatives in the vicinity, were the two daughters the couple, Betty'Ann, 8, and Eula Mae, 6.

Mr. and MTR. John Arbogast. Fenton, grandparents of Mrs. Sharpi who Is Dorothy, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Denipsey, were aleo there. Mr. a was familiarly known' both 'in the county and In other' scetlons of Iowa and adjoining states as "Chip," a nickname he acquired in youth and used when, some years ago, he managed a colored professional baseball team known as Chip's He owned this team two or. three years and accompanied on ours throughout the midwest.

Once Was Grocer Early In his business career Sir. "Sharp and a partner for a. timo operated a. grocery store at the Steele clothing location. This store WPS uurchased in 3922 by Hawcott Ogg, now operate ths Wonder goods store.

For some years Mr. Sharp operated a Lone Rock-'pool hall, and he owned a moving picture projecting outfit which he operated on. occasion at the- Lone Rock 'hall. He also operated-Chip's Pavilion, a dafice hall; and'a roller-skating rink at Fenlon. 'At various, times ho was ath- er ventures in that psirt af the county.

Barents liive at L. M. Merrit drove to WateV- ert Faith, Joe Ramus, Howard age before they can Redemske, and Hugh Carroll. under control. Mr.

Moore was born August 12, 1905, at Webster City. For nine near spread, rapidly dam-i town Tuesday for the body, return- tion with Watermelon day next week Wednesday will also be taken up. Nine Fined Under Parking Ordinance Nino violators of the new city ordinance forbidding any but diagonal parking have been fined a dollar each by Mayor Specht: M. P. Haggard, Oliver Moe, Mrs.

Maude Selichnow, R. 0. Bjustrom, Elmer Anfinson, Mrs. Hunt, E. G.

Ely, all of Aigona; F. Morris and J. M. Roe, Humeston. Harry Baker was lined a dollar for narking in front of a'hydrant.

Furniture Dealer Patient, R. G. Richardson was taken to the Kossuth hospital Tuesday evening suffering 1 ifroni Wood p.olson- caused-by of a hpll pa. left hjand. Tbe affected all We left Two Youths Hurt When Cars Crath West Bend, July and Lester Balgeman suffered -cuts and scratches Sunday evening, when their car and a car carrying two Bode- youths collided at the W.

D. Kuecker corner. The Bode car south of Algona. Mr. Moore was married to Evelyn Casler in 1928.

and his one daughter, three sons, a brother Edward, Algona, and two half-, sisters Kathryn and Gladys loway, both of Algona survive. three from Algona to G. O. Meeting H. B.

White and R. J. Harrington attended an organizing meeting for eighth district republicans New Kossuth Autos in '36 Rise to 608 Twelve more new sideswlped the Balgeman car. Rob- Tuesday evening at Fort Dodge. ert Balgeman suffered a severe cut Senator Dickinson was one of the in the face which required 16 stitches to close; Lester suffered a long scratch on the face and a bruised arm.

Robert and Lester are sons of Mr. and'Mrs. Herbert Balgeman. Farm Fire Rodman. West Bend, July Bend firemen were called to Rodman Monday, forenoon to fight fire at William Hough's, just north of town, where a and a corn crib-granary were ablaze.

Neighboring threshing save the house. crews helped Here's Thoughtful Son. Union, July 29 PonaW Boevers- recently made. a gift hl8 without one would General Electric refrigerator. speakers.

Mr. Harrington is new republican county chairman. It is planned to organize this congressional district in support of Landon and Knox, the G. 0. P.

nominees for senator and congress, and the state republican ticket. Two QirU Ride Runaway Horses Irvington, July 29 There was excitement at Mrs. Edna Harr's for a short time Friday afternoon. whoa a team belonging to Ralph Lee ran away. What made the affair more exciting than an ordinary runaway wag the fact that have been purchased in Kossuth, bringing the total for July thus far to 82 and the total for tho year to 608.

New Chevrolets were bought, by T. T. Thompson, Bode; Fred Weinberger, Buffalo Center; Amos A. W. Behrends, Peter Seaberg, Gerald Voigt, Fenton; William Alke, Titonka; and W.

K. Blackwell, Spencer. New Fords were bought by Matern, Durwood Mittag, Algo- and Albert B. West, Ledyard, A Plymouth was bought by Dominic Zeimet, West Bendf and a CMC truck by Paul J. Palmer, Algona.

be brought ing tho same evening. Funeral services were held this afternoon a.t 2:30 at the Lone Rock community church, and burial was ra the neighboring cemetery. Mr. Sharp was born at Lone Rock and always lived tt.ere. Be automobiles' was a of the Lone Rock man.

cept slight a youj)g. Tbe was M' No waj to the. rack, Aged Woman Heat Patient, Mrs. Ashing, 82. mother of Mrs.

George Wilson, is seriously sick aj, the Wilson home from heat prostration, affecting heart. Her son Ira, of Newton, came for a visit Monday, and the son James, Grinnell, has been here during the last few weeks. Flowe? Sfcow a special meeting of the county Flower club Monday night, It was decided to abandon a flow er £how this year, The because of hAve noi well. Tfes tbj Cljjfe wUl Sigh school. Besides the wife and children, Mr.

Sharp's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sharp, of Daytoa, a brother Russell at Lone Rock, and.

a brother and sister at Dayton'survive. The elder Sharp for 'many years conducted a Lone Rock store. IMcldnsoii to Dickinson yesterday (Wednesday) Defiance and today (Thursday) left for Chicago to attend a G. 0. P.

conference, also the official notification of the nomination of Col. Frank Knox for rtae-preeidest. Mr. Dickinson will speak at Coggon Saturday. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT Thunder.

Fantpia sjt Hour.