The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 1

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....81 Michigan's Biggest Buy For Reader And For Advertiser CONSOLIDATED FEB. 29, 1904 Leat4 Wtra Bcrrle Of Tk AtMclateS Pcm BENTON HARBOR, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1938 12 PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS FMAL EDITION aura? fflfyEB nnr? mnnn JWUlS AOL Strikers City eize Bay WORLD GIVEN SPECTACLE OF FASCIST MIGHT POKER PIKERS? NOT THESE TWO! SALE 11EK BERRIEN CIO SITDOWN STOPS TORK IN GMC DIVISION Non-Union Members Are Allowed To Leave As Dispute Flares BAY CITY, May 3 C. I. O. employes of the Chevrolet-Bay City vision of General Motors took oos- Class Antagonism Hit By C.

of C. President "Well All Sink Or Swim Together," Says George H.Davis In Washington of the plant here shortly after jXrM nnr, Utft- I uip eiuyiuyco ui. lug uny Biuiv came to work. E. S.

Wellock, plant manager, said 100 employes began turning off the switches and that orders were then Issued to close the plant. The office and main entrances were chained by the unionists after non-union and other employes who wished were permitted to leave. Wellock said about 100 remained in the plant. The strike climaxed several weeks of discussions between employes and the manage- lr ment. fmA Ul CTUlU 1UWV viwi Reuben Peters, president of Chevrolet Local 362, U.

A. W. said that least 300 men are holding the plant. He denied that switches were pulled and said the men merely refused to work when the shift went on and chained the doors. 1 Foremen have been requested to I y'' leave but have thus far refused, Peters said.

About 100 men were massif A oKmif the nlnnf entrnnre The union took a favorable strike vote April 16 effective May 1 and later voted its executive committee power to call the strike at any time before or after that, date. Conference Fails Peters, Louis Schmidt, vice-president, and Walter Laskowski went to Detroit Monday and conferred witn Cnanes wetnerau, unevroiei, ge-eral manager, Hugh Dean, his assistant, Arnold Lentz, operations manager for Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. Elmer Dowell, director of General Motors locals, and other International U. A. W.

representative were present. Peters said the union sought reinstatement of three of its members recently discharged. The management offered to return Joseph Rathjczak, one of the trio! to work with a 4- monins suspeiisiuu. Also discussed at the conference It's cot penny ante when these two gents sit down for a few hands of poker. Harry T.

Clifton, top, to the Englishman who claims he lost in single deal to Lew Brice, lower photo, brother of Comedienne Fanny Brice, Alleging that the money changed hands through "tricks and device," Clifton obtained a court order stopping payment on his check to Brice while the Los Angeles' district attorney's office investigated. QUEEN STARTS Blossom Envoy Helps Dedicate Blue Gray Trail On Monday HARRISONBURG, W. May 3 (Special) -Blossom Queen Dorothy McBride and her party were en route home today after a royal visit to Virginia and the formal dedication of the Blue Gray trail, which, under the designation of US-33, now links the Virginia Tldswater region with the Great Lakes at St. Joseph. The Blossom Queen brought to Virginia and the Intervening states an Invitation to the governors and their citizens to visit Benton Harbor and 8t.

Joseph during Blossom Week, May 7-15. The new highway was officially dedicated Monday with ceremonies at the world-famous Massanutten caverns in the Shenandoah valley, and also at Richmond, Virginia's capital. At the dedication dinner at Massanutten caverns Queen Dorothy extended an invitation to Governor Price, who responded with an address in which he stressed the closer union of Michigan and Virginia, two great horticultural states. Market Described Miss McBride also introduced Joseph E. Wells, News Palladium staff correspondent and publicity chairman of the Blossom Festival committee.

He described Benton Harbor's (Please Turn to Page Three) liiilllil. swv- A J0UR1YH0I RELIEF FUND CONTROL KEPT BY ROOSEVELT Subcommittee Of House Drops Efforts To Shackle F. D. R. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 3 White House objections, an informed person said today, probably will kill congressional proposals to restrict the President's discretionary powers over "pump-prlmlng" and relief funds.

A spokesman for President Roosevelt advised a House subcommittee, this informant said, that it would violate the expressed wishes of the Chief Executive if the practice of appropriating relief money to him were discontinued and the funds handed directly to the Works Progress Admin istration and other spending agencies. Subcommittee members virtually had decided on the latter course as a means of ending "blank check" relief expenditures. Protest la Vigorous So vigorous was the White House protest, however, that Representative Woodrum (D-Va), in charge of the drafting the legislation, said it was probable the present system would be continued. Efforts to insert restrictions may be made by a group of senators, neverthless. Some committeemen said the President wanted to retain his control over the allocation of relief money and the approval of individual projects in order to obtain more speed and better co-ordination in providing jobs for the unemployed.

The subcommittee completed hearings on the huge spendlng-lending program yesterday by receiving endorsements from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor; Mayor Fiorello LaGuardta of New York, head of the United States Conference of Mayors, and John L. chairman of the Committee Industrial Organization. Program Assailed While that trio was calling the legislation imperative because of increased unemployment, the program was assailed at the annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce by Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman of the Chase National Bank of New York. "By following this course," Aldrich said, "we are risking our national solvency, the credit of the government and the future of the currency.

We are facing, therefore, the gravest economic, financial and social convulsions if it turns out that the theory is wrong." Senator McKellar (D-Tenn), on the other hand, said in a radio address that the program was "safe and sane." "It Is time." he said, "when all Americans should get together and stay together until all economic danger is behind them." PARENTS URGED TO CURB YOUNG BICYCLE RIDERS Probate Judge Malcolm K. Hatfield today enlisted the aid. of the parents In Berrien county to check the reckless manner in which, children ride their bicycles throughout the county. Lyle Sherman, 13-year-old Niles school boy, was killed on US-31 south of Niles two weeks ago because his bike was not equipped a tall light. Several other children have been Injured lately riding two abreast and on the wrong side of the highways.

Judge Hatfield is of the opinion that if parents reprimand their children severely by refusing' to permit them to ride their bikes if they violate the laws, that there will be less accidents and possibly save the lives of their children. BULLETS MOW DOWN JAMAICA STRIKERS (By Associated Press) KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 3 La- oor disorders on Jamaica sugar es tates were known today to have caused six deaths and sent 50 workers to hospitals, seven critically Injured Constabulary detachments armed with rifles and bayonets were sent from Kingston to the Westmoreland district, where sugar workers striking ror higher wages battled the police Reports reaching Kingston said most of the casualties occurred when police fired on a mob. MONTEITH'S Mother's Day Hat Special II to 12.95 Adv. few BAPTISTS MEET HERE TOMORROW The theme, "Christian Fellowship and Service," will mark the programs tomorrow morning, afternoon and evening at the annual meeting of the Kalamazoo River Baptist association, convening at the First Baptist church in Benton Harbor. Welcome to the delegation will be extended by the Rev.

John G. Koeh-ler, pastor of the host church. The meetings will be presided over by the association's moderator, the Rev. J. E.

Winno, of Fennville. Response to the Rev. Koehler's greetings will be extended by the Rev. George Lobig, of the church at Climax, Mich. All the programs are open to the public, according to the Rev.

Koehler. Wednesday's affair opens at 10:30 o'clock, followed by greetings, appointment of committees, resolutions and memorial services. A devotional period occurs at 10:55, conducted by John North, of the West Summit Park, church. Will Hear Missionary Miss Elna Forrsell, a missionary to Jorhat, Burma, appears as a speaker at 11:05 o'clock on the subject, "Missionary Thought." Miss Forrsell, who began her missionary service in 1932, Is a member of the Central Swedish Baptist church at St. Paul, Minn.

She prepared for her work as a foreign missionary by at Bethel seminary, Macalester college, and Mounds Midway School of Nursing, St. Paul, Milnn. The strong influence of a Christian home shaped her life and decided her choice of a career. Two of her brothers are in the ministry. As supervisor of the School of Nursing and worker in the hospital in Burma, Miss Forrsell has helped build up the efficiency and prestige of that institution at Jorhat, Assam, Burma.

South Haven Man Talks The Rev. A. D. Worden, of South Haven, will' preach the annual sermon at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Adjournment at 12 o'clock for luncheon at the church, will be followed by the afternoon sessions called to order at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon.

Roll call, reading of church letters and committee reports and other business precedes Wednesday afternoon's program, which includes a talk on the work of the Maywood Old People's home, at Maywood, 111., at (Please Turn to Page Three) HAHN REPRIEVE IS HELD LIKELY Attorneys For Convicted Ohio Poisoner Seek Stay Of Execution (Bv Associated Press) COLUMBUS, May 3 Attorneys for Anna Marie Hahn started out today to resort to every device which might prevent her electrocution, scheduled tomorrow night. They had three avenues Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt of the Ohio supreme court, Gov. Martin L. Davey and the U.

S. supreme court. Joseph H. Hoodin, one of Mrs. Hahn's three attorneys, completed work on a petition to be submitted to Weygandt late in the day.

It asked authorization to appeal to the U. S. supreme court. Such authorization usually is accompanied by a stay of execution. Should Weygandt decline to act favorably on the petition, Hoodin is depending upon getting a reprieve from Gov.

Martin L. Davey. A reprieve would postpone the death of the convicted poison-slayer of Jacob Wagner so that Hoodin could carry his request for, an appeal direct to an associate justice of the supreme court. Informed persons predicted the governor would grant a reprieve. In event he did not, Hoodin planned to fly to Washington tonight or early tomorrow.

er Prevents From Fishing ploring the west side of the reef in small boats or fishing for the first time since the trip began at Charleston Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Fanning skirted the bank for several hours, continuing the off course depth soundings that have marked the trip since it started. Then, at 11 a. m. the two vessels resumed the trip leisurely, taking Samana bay.

'The President spent a quiet day dividing his time between his quarters and the forecastle deck," said last night's radio message to the Navy yard here, "On the run dawn today (Monday) the tonic depth finder rec necked existing charts," it added. German And Italian Dic tators otagev Keumon Today (By Associate Press) ROME, May 3 Adolf Hitler, moved in triumph across Tuscany late today toward Rome, where Fascism prepared for him the greatest welcome la Italy's history. As the German fuehrer's 12.eai m. cial train sped southward beneath lair sues, cneenng crowds and waving flags greeted him at every station. Orosfdnir the border at hixtnrta Brenner pass early this morning, the niuer special spea rrom one spectacular welcome to another across northern Italy.

At 3:59 p. m. (9:59 a. m. E.

S. he left Florence on the last leg of his Journey to Rome. Life Is Guarded In Rome police intensified their already strict surveillance as a precaution against any attempt on Hitler's life. Every traveler arriving in the city was subjected to minute inspection of his baggage. Persons invited to attend the celebrations were warned against carrying cameras or packages of any kind.

While the Italian rtresn Aimtrf ircmijr tis space to xuuers visit, L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican organ, did not mention it. The wide thoroughfare leading up to St. Peter's square was covered with decorations. Festive signs ended were the confines of Vatican City began. The pope left Rome last Saturday.

High ranking emissaries welcomed Hitler when he reached Italian territory at Brenner Pass for the reunion with Mussolini which is to dramatize the strength of Europe's great Fascist Bands "played the German and Italian national anthems as the train pulled Into the newly constructed rauway station avBrennero, lavishly decorated with flowers and bunting, at 8:01 a. m. (3.01 a. m. E.

B. TJ The fuehrer was up to receive tho emissaries of the King Vittorio Emanuele and Mussolini, sent to welcome him to Italian soil. They were the Duke of Pistoia, for the king, and Achille Stance, Fascist party secretary, for the duce. Giuseppe Bastianini, undersecretary or state for foreign affairs, represented the government. Soldier Everywhere There were small crowds but many soldiers.

The 18th regiment of infantry was on the platform at Brennero. along with squadrons of artillery, Alpine troops. Black Shirt militia and Fascist youth. A second train, carrying Rudolph Hess, Dr. Joseph Goebbels and others of the German party, followed through the pass shortly after Hitler's train departed toward Bolzano at 8:21.

The Fuehrer travelled through a region peopled by 250,000 folk of Teutonic blood, Austriana ceded to Italy after the war." Ironically, the fuehrer, who stands for the union of all Germans in one great Germany, has assured Mussolini he never will seek to extend his frontiers beyond the Brenner, so these Tyroleans are not included in the present scheme of things. As the train passed Alpine way-stations, the German fuehrer had an opportunity to see evidence of Italy's determination to make the region Italian, for even in communities where mostly German is spoken, all station signs were in Italian alone. Whatever the rank and file of Italians might have, thought of the elaborate display for the chief of their powerful new neighbors, with German troops at Brenner since the absorption if Austria, the government left nothing undone that would magnify the occasion. Tourists Throng Some' From the border to Rome, million of Italians took the day off to crowd into vantage points to watch Hitler pass, or to folow his journey by radio. For three days, thousands of sightseersItalian and foreign had milled about the principal streets to be traversed by Hitler in Rome, marvelling at the vast preparations for (Please Turn to Page Three) opened today with tho grand Jury summoned to consider information la 10 cases, among them that of Zupke, Tho Jury was expected to complete i.

119 K90IW toaiy, The first of the criminal eases to come before Judge Fred M. Raymond will be that of Oeorge Wilfong, 23. and Bernard 3. McGuire. 44, charged with a part in the $35,000 robbery ct a branch of the National Bank tf Qrand Rapids In April, 1337.

Zupke will be tried after WUie-7 and4vfcOulre. Court officials announced that for. mer Governor Fitzgerald, cho-n traverse Jury duty, had i --cued was the seniority clause or tne uen- eral Motors-U. A. W.

agreement which employes here allege has been repeatedly violated. At Detroit, Elmer Dowell, UAW di- rector for General Motors locals, said he had telegraphed the strikers to return to work immediately. He sent the telegram when he was unable to get In touch by telephone with the strike leaders. International officers of the UAW said the strike was not -'authorized. Tho iartnrv which enrolovs 2.300 DESCRIPTIONS PUT ON BLOCK 100 On Hand As Sale Opens This Morning At Courthouse Approximately 4,000 pieces of Berrien county property went under the hammer for delinquent taxes at the courthouse in St.

Joseph today the first tax sale since 1932. The sale attracted only around 100 persons, and bidding was slow. Descriptions were read for 20 minutes before the first bid was made, this for a piece of property at Paw Paw lake. Properties were being sold ior delinquent taxes of 1935 and prior years. Also on the block were those properties on which moratorium installation were delinquent.

Properties on which the moratorium Installments had been paid, of course, were not on sale. The price of the properties was the total amount of delinquent taxes due up to and Including 1935. Those descriptions, not bid in at the sale revert to the to be held two years, and then auctioned In Charge of Treasurer The sale was conducted by County Treasurer Edward LaVlolette who delegated the actual reading of the descriptions to his deputy, Alden Bridges. Owners of property sold have 18 months in which to redeem the land upon payment of the taxes, plus interest and penalties. Although the sale was conducted by the state throughout all the counties in Michigan today, the state itself does not benefit, inasmuch as the delinquent taxes are local levies.

The state eliminated the state property tax in 1933. Many Just Onlookers It was a drifting' crowd which attended the opening of the sale today. Many were there just as onlookers; others to see if a particular piece of property was sold or reverted to the state. Bidders sat or stood around, clutching pieces of paper bearing" the descriptions of property they intended to bid for. Several attorneys were there, representing bidders.

There was a liberal sprinkling of women, waiting to bid. Originally some 1,400 descriptions of property were advertised for sale today; but owners of approximately 75 per cent of the listed property eliminated it from the sale by previously paying up the delinquent levies. There was a wide range in the amount of taxes due. In some cases the total taxes due were less than 2, these largely on lots or acre tracts. Then again the total taxes due ran into thousands on improved properties.

Terms of the sale are cash, for the amount of taxes due. Bidders who fall to put up the cash within 24 hours are subject to pay five times the amount of the taxes, and the state law authorizes the state to bring suit for' the amount. Prosecuting Attorney Edward A. Westin opened the sale at 10 a. m.

to- (Please Turn to Page Three) SALVATION ARMY PLANS FESTIVAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Salvation Army corps of Benton Harbor is staging a "Coronation Festival" on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at its local 'citadel, 91 Bridge street, to celebrate the crowning of its child queen, Helen and king, Charles Lantry, who were winners in a new membership contest. Mayor Solon Emery will crown the king and queen. Their lady in waiting and king's jester are Marjorie Curry and Erwin Bradford, respectively. The affair win be conducted under aus pices of the Junior Young People's Legion whose sergeant is Mrs. Doro thea Prinzing, Miss Gertrude Bowers, senior young people's secretary, is assisting.

F. P. Rosback will show motion pictures of his travels during the program Wednesday evening. The public is invited to this entertainment. FALLS FROM BED, FRACTURES BONE SOUTH' HAVEN.

May 3 Mrs. Martha Porter fell out of bed this morning and broke her collarbone. She was arising at 5 a. m. when the mishap occurred.

Dr. Cecil L. Penoyar attended her injuries. Her husband. Harold Porter, is a local baker.

Tho couple live at 228 Erie street. B. H. CHAMBER AT CAPITAL MEET BENTON HARBOR'S Chamber of Commerce is officially represented at the national meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Washington this week. M.

J. Hall, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, left Sunday to attend the Washington conference, which lasts until Friday. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 3 President George H. Davis of the United States Chamber of Commerce declared today that class antagonism is the greatest menace to business. "Experience is bringing home the realization that we can not get very far by penalizing the good in order to restrain the bad," Davis said in a speech prepared for the Chamber's annual convention.

"Under-the American system, organized as it is, held together by a meshr of reclprocalfttlcnshlpBr'Ve all sink or swim together." Criticises Reformers He criticized "the reformers, the the prophets of the new day" on whom he placed the blame for "the serious predicament we are in today." He made no direct comment, however, on governmental measures to regulate business. Davis' address followed one given last night by Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman of the Chase National Bank of New York, who declared that President Roosevelt's new spending and ATTYVOGELIS ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT Stands Mute On Two Counts; Asks Delay Of Trial Until September Whether Attorney David Vogel, 34, Benton Harbor, is to be tried on two felony charges during the present term of the Berrien county circuit court or get a delay until the Sep-, tember term will depend on the ruling handed down by Judge Fremont Evans on the two motions he took under advisement today. Vogel, who was arrested in San Francisco, two weeks ago, stood mute when arraigned on the two charges before Judge Evans today. Judge Evans ordered that pleas of not guilty be entered.

The Benton Harbor attorney, who was represented today by Attorney Charles W. Gore, waived the reading of the information on the charge of embezzling $2,640 from Harold Friedman, Benton Harbor merchant who gave Vogel the sum of money to arrange a settlement with creditors. The second charge was for disposing of mortgaged property, or the sale of his automobile which the Citizens Finance Company of Benton Harbor held a $300 chattel mortgage. Judge Evans announced that the same bonds under which Vogel has been held since he was returned here will remain in force, and that he would render his opinion on the two motions. Attorney Gore moved that Vogel be tried during the September term of the circuit court and Prosecuting Attorney E.

A. Westin moved that Vogel be tried during the present term of court. GEORGE W. WELSH BECOMES MAYOR OF GRAND RAPIDS GRAND RAPIDS, May 3. George W.

Welsh took over the controls as mayor of Grand Rapids today, urging the city to "take advantage of every opportunity to get federal assistance in the form of funds for public improvement projects." Welsh formally was sworn in at a brief ceremony in the commission chambers last night, returning to municipal affairs which he left in 1939 when he resigned as city manager. He succeeds Tunis Johnson. llv nrodur.es carburc- tors and other parts, most of its production going to General Motors' Chevrolet division. There was no Immediate indication whether the strikers would obey Dow-cll's orders to return to work. Saginaw Trouble Settled air.INAW Mnv 3 United Auto- mobile Workers union pickets hav GEORGE H.

DAVIS credit expansion policies amount to "throwing away all safeguards, removing all brakes and heading for disaster." The speech by Aldrich, one of 16 business leaders who recently pledged the President their aid in bringing government and business closer together, sounded the note of opposition to many government measures (Please Turn to Page Three) PLAN TO SEIZE MOTORISTS WHO IGNORE TICKETS Commission Ponders Proposal To Turn Violations Over To City Court The Benton Harbor city commis sion last night acted to clamp down on auto drivers who Ignore traffic tickets received for over-parking. An amendment to the city traffic ordinance which turns traffic violations over to the municipal court was proposed and will be drawn up. Under the amendment motorists receiving traffic tickets, may if they choose, take them to police de partment and pay the fine. However, if they desire to protest the ticket, the matter is turned over to the municipal court. Also, the police department will provide the court with a list of motorists, who have been issued tickets and failed to report to the department.

The court will then be authorized to take the necessary 'steps to bring the absent minded drivers into court. Conviction In such cases will bring not only the usual fine but court costs as well in the discretion of the ocurt. The April report of the municipal court showed total collections of 1446.85. RECKLESS DRIVER DRAWS 90-DAY TERM IN COUNTY JAIL Ford McGrew, Negro, of 382 Miller street, was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail this morning on a reckless driving charge resulting from an accident at Stevens avenue and Territorial road at 8:50 o'clock last night. Municipal Judge Frank L.

Hammond served warning that similar offenders might also expect severe punishment. McGrew, driving on the wrong side of the road, crashed into a car driven by Mrs. Lena Abulscato of Riverside. Mrs. Abulscato suffered a cut on her forehead which required three stitches to close and her leg was badly bruised.

McGrew had just purchased his ear yesterday and had failed to obtain a driver's license. Five other people were riding with him at the time of the accident. ing been withdrawn from the Chevrolet transmission plant here, Harold M. Spears, plant manager, announced today that Use plant will resume operations Wednesday morning, calling about 900 employes back to work. Any renewal of picketing will post-' pone the plant's- reopening, however.

Spears warned. Picketing of the plant, which began last Wednesday in a UAW protest niTolnct emnlovment-. of foremen fOt tvi nra Vl i re Pfli Vl t.Vlflll W6lC granted production workers, yesterday brought a sharp warning from M. E. Coyle, Chevrolet motor president, that the production workers would not be recalled until picket lines were discontinued permanently.

The plant had been scheduled to resume operations today. Emil Zupke Trial Scheduled Soon In U. S. District Court to'rmy Weath President (By Associated Press) CHARLESTON, S. May 3 Presi dent Rocsevelt waited for clear weather today before resuming his vaat.1nn vrtvaara A the ViroHn lalanria After in overniifht flnrhornw Inside Samana bay near the eastern end of Santo Domingo.

A threatening storm sent the cruiser Philadelphia with the President and his party aboard into the shelter of the Dominican bay early last night. A choppy sea during the day broke the Chief Executive's gooa titaafrtap limlr 4nnst nns ir Art fori flthlnn Emil Zupke, 38-year-old Benton Harborite, and principal in the Cora Raber murder case of 1924, will go on trial soon in the United States district court at Grand. Rapids on a charge of sending unsigned extortion notes through the malls, demanding $5,000 from George Schairer, Benton Harbor. Mrs. Schairer Is a sister of the late George C.

Brldgman, sheriff at the time of the Raber murder. Brldgman arrested Zupke and obtained a confession which resulted in a life sentence for murder Zupke was released in November 1933, after serving 11 years, by order of former Oovernc Frank Fitzgerald. The district court's spring term ur The Philadelphia and destroyer Fanning, tne escort ship, dropped anchor at 7 a. m. yesterday near Silver bank, but a south easterly breeze stirred the sea to such an extent that plans were abandoned for ex.