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1 PAGE NINE THE INQUIRER, OWENSBORO, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933 uirer Is Well Satisfied With Inq 4HUSSELLST0HM NAZI II Willi At The Churches Success Of Cooking School Week nie Mitchell, 17OJ West Ninth JEWS I OWNING AND TRAPPED BY BARS, 11 GIRLS BURN TO DEATH INILA 10 Victims Perish Locked in Detention Cell At Reformatory School; Matron Questioned; 81 Escape. Truck Driver Held For Threats Against Railroad Philadelphia, May 12. Wt A bizarre. 20-day campaign to extort $75,000 from the Pennsylvania railroad under threats of blowing up passenger trains is over and James Vandersliee, 32, a pale, undersized truck driver, faces prosecution as its author. He was captured last night in the climax to days of effort by police to trap the writer of a series of letters which threatened wholesale destruction of trains and which caused a heavy guard to be placed over W.

C. Higginbottom, general manager of the road's eastern region. Police said Vanderslice mads complete confession in which declared his threats were a "bluff" and made only to obtain funds to aupport his undernourished wife and three children. Vanderslict said he had been unemployed fot 18 months. (I'fJso Prohibits Inheritance By Jewish or Colored Blood; Plans to Abolish Large Estate Ownership.

street; Mrs. R. R. William, 912 Walnut street- Miss Lena Barnes, 102 East Fifteenth street, and Mrs. T.

G. Trent, 9O4 Hathaway. Flow ers were awarded to Mrs. Elbert Bartlett, 1005 Parrish avenue, and Miss Rose Kortz, 51s Lewis street. The salmon loaf prepared by Mrs.

Thurn went to Mrs. M. B. Berry. MEANS TESTIFIES LIHDY BABY TAKEN (Continued from Onel own behalf.

Means said "Ma Has-seU'" and "Mas Greenberg" were responsible for the kidnaping. He added that he did not know the two men but that they had sold beer to servants at the Lindbergh house. He said "Irving Fenton." described previously by him as one of those responsible for the kidnaping, had told him that Colonel Lindbergh as a practical joke on occasions had placed his baby in a closet and told the servants that the haby had been stolen. This joke, said Means gave the kidnapers the idea of how to take the ba.by. One of the members of their "ring" did go to the Lindbergh house with beer, picked the baby from its crib and went away, he added.

Means took up the thread of his story where he left off yesterday and told of meeting Fenton at Concord. N. C. The former Justice department agent was telling the story of his own negotiations between Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, estranged wife of the former publisher of the Washington post, and the group he described as the kidnapers.

His activities resulted In the present charges that he and Norman T. Whitaker conspired to defraud Mrs. McLean of $35,000. In his negotiations with Fenton, Means said he told the man he was interested In getting motion pictures of the Lindbergh baby for positive identification but that Fenton said that would be impossible. "Is the Lindbergh baby dead?" Means said he asked.

"Absolutely not." he quoted Fenton as replying. He added that on one occasion, after lengthy negotiations with Fenton for the return of the baby, he returned to Washington and found a memorandum saying that "in an attempt to remove the baby from Its hiding place in New Jer sey the baby was dropped on its head and was killed. "Surrendered" Ransom Money At the afternoon session. Means described how he surrendered the ransom money for the Lindbergh baby near a bridge at Alexandria, to three men. Means said that as he was returning from Concord, with his brother in an automobile, a man with a red light stopped him an8 requested that he pull off the road.

He said he did so and the one man w'as joined by two others. "One of these men gave me the number and called the number ll, that of Mrs. McLean," Means related. "He said that Mrs. McLean had sent them for the money.

I told them that my instructions were to deliver the money to Mrs. McLean In person. He replied that those orders had been charmed. "I then reached back in the car, got the money and turned it over to them. My brother and I then continued on to Washington." NAMES TWO DEAD MEN Elizabeth.

N. May 12. Max Hassei and Max Greenberg, aid by Gaston Means at his trial to have been the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, were slain on April 12 at the Elizabeth Cartaret hotel. Known as beer racketeers, the men were presumed by police to have been shot to death in theii large suite by gangster enemies. Chicago Girl, 17, Hangs Herself After Accident Chicago, May 12.

(IP) Marie Bode, 17-year-old Riverside hih school girl, drove the family car against a youngster riding a bicycle yesterday. The boy, 7, was seriously hurt. Today the girl was found dead. She had hanged herself. STEAK Tender Home RUM RUNNERS Round or Loin, Tl REPORT BUSINESS STILL (NDPSWIG Agency Asserts Stride Reveals General Feeling That Current Revival Rests on Firm Basis.

New York, May 13. (ff) Busi-ness is still on the upswing despitj the fact that the period of normal seasonal expansion has passed, the Dun Bradstreet, Weekly Trade Review said today. "The stride which progress has the agency asserted, "reveals the general feeling of assurance that th current revival rests on a firm foundation which has been built slowly and solidly during the last two years. "Reports received from the leading centers of distribution emphasize the. steadily gaining weekly volume of retail sales, the appearance of price mark-ups in other than staple grades of merchandise, and a dollar volume in many districts running ahead of the comparative totals of a year ago.

"With the spring quota of unit sales set earlier in the season now exceeded the buying movement leing bolstered by the broadening of industrial activity and the widening of fields for employment. "Although confined yet largely to the iron and steel, automobile, rubber, textile and food products industries, and governmental undertakings, the successive weekly gains in employment are building up purchasing power, and making their influence felt in the accelerated movement of merchandise at retail and in the liquidation of long-standing obligations, which has provided more favorable collection status." DRIVER INDICTED BY A.tU. Stevenson Is Charged With Manslaughter; Nine True Bills Returned. A. C.

Stevenson was indicted by the circuit court grand jury Thursday on a voluntary manslaughter charge as a result of the automobile collision on April 9, which resulted in the death of E- J- Rowland. Stevenson is at liberty under bond. The indictments returned follow; Herman Nesmith, storehouse breaking; Edgar Martin, negro, grand larceny; Everett Brandenburg, Ernest Brandenburg and joe Wiley, storehouse breaking; Charles "Buck" Sims and Ulysses Rusher, breaking and entering storehoucse; William Warren, maliciously cutting; Newman Meri-mee, office breaking; Tommie Joe Barnard, storehouse breaking, and Willie Hester, malicious shooting and wounding. COURT OF APPEALS Frankfort, May 12. The Kentucky Court of Appeals, Eastern division sitting, handed down the following opinions today: Spencer (Walton) vs.

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Allen, affirmed. McFarland (Anoil) vs. Commonwealth, Whitley, reversed. Bartley vs. Robinson, Greenup, affirmed.

Rounds, et vs. Owensboro Ferry Daviess, affirmed. Wilson vs. Cooper, judge, in court of appeals, writ of prohibition denied. Meek vs.

Commonwealth, Johnson, affirmed. C. O- Ry. vs. Eastham, Boyd, affirmed.

Clark-Lack Grocery company's assignee vs. Price, judge; in court of appeals; writ of prohibition granted. Whole court sitting. Combs vs. Combs, et Breathitt; appellant's petition for rehearing sustained; rehearing granted: forme! opinion withdrawn, new opinion delivered affirming.

Whole court sitting. Phil li pc vs. Commonwealth, Pike, opinion modified on its face and appellant's petition for rehearing overruled. Grand Lodge of et vs. First National Bank of et Jefferson; appellants filed notice statement and motion to advance and to hear with Jhe cases of Fl delity Columbia Trust company, receiver of Louisville Title company, vs.

Crab Orchard Banking et on its merits, and also with the case of Masonio Widows and Orphans Horn and Infirmary al. v. Title Insurance and Trust company, trustee, on petition for rehearing; and also to require the Fidelity Columbia Trust com' pany, receiver, to file as a part of this appeal the entire record in the Jefferson circuit court In the cases of Bush Allin, insurance commissioner, vs. Louisville. Title No.

208832, and Lee Cralle et vs. Louisville, Title company. No. 209047. Lester, vs.

Commonwealth, for use. Campbell; appellant filed reply brief and notice. Case argued orally by Stephen L- Blakely, Covington, and J. W. Cammaek, Owenton for the appellant, and by L.

J. Crawford, Newport, for the appellees, and ordered submitted UN BRADSTREE GRAND No More Death Reported Today, But the Injured Mount to 69. Jamestown, May 12. Extra ministers were called in today from the outside to assist in conducting funeral services for the 14 persons killed in Russell county by a tornado Tuesday night at which time sixteen in Monroe county and two in Adair county also were killed and $250,000 destruction was While no further dead were recorded today, the number of injured in Russell county mounted to 69 as state board of health and Red Cross workers pushed into the more remote sections. Travel wa made, almost impossible by swollen streams and muddy roads, littered with uprooted trees and debris.

The relief work included measures against spread of disease as well as care of the injured and sheltering of the homeless. Rehabilitation efforts had not been started. Only in a few instances where men were gathering up the wreckage and erecting shacks to care for their own families were any steps being taken to rebuild the sixty dwellings and 100 barn destroyed. The storm victims temporarily were being cared for by relatives and friends in most instances. Forty injured and homeless were at the Russell Springs hotel, and the Methodist church there protect! others.

Others were at the hospital of Dr. M. M. Lawrence in Jamestown. Louisville business Men In Herald-Post Company Louisille, May 12.

(A) purchase of a substantial block cf stock in the Herald-Post, Incor. porated, by a group of LouisvllH business men, and assumption the presidency by Walter H. Gird ler, one of the group, was announced today by John B. Gallagher, publisher. Gallagher will continue as publisher.

On the new board of dl-rectiors in addition to Girdler and Gallagher are George O. Boomer, W. L. Kennett, Charlss J. Hodapp, and H.

E. Baumgarten. Saying there would be no changa in the Herald-Post editorial policy, Gallagher added "it will maintain an independent attitude in politics and mm Elliott Roosevelt, Son Of President, on New Jot Los Angeles, May i2. (JP) At work today at his new job as general manager of the Gilpin Ai Lines, Elliott Roosevelt, 22. son of President Roosevelt, said he would devote is hours a day to his work until he found out what was expected of him.

"I have been interested in aviation for the past six: years," said young Roosevelt, "and have done publicity work and aviation sur veys in the East. I have flown eome. foo. and taken dual-control instruction, and perhaps I'll get a chance here to go through with my flying training." Laffoon Designates May 27 "Poppy Day" in Kentucky Frankfort, May 12. (JP) Governor Laffoon today designated Saturday, May 27.

as "poppy day" in Kentucky. The governor said "it has been the custom of the American Legion and the American Legion auxiliary to set aside certain days in memory of the soldiers of the World war, at which time the memory of these brave soldiers is perpetuated by Americans by wearing the poppy to commemorate those who fell "in F'anders field where the poppies grow'" in the service of their country." Seventeen Persons Hurt In Ohio Passenger Bus Wreck Toungscown. May 12. W) Seventeen persons were injured, six seriously, when an Indian coach line bus was wrecked three miles west of Covington on the Cleveland-Warren road, early today shortly after leaving Cleveland. The bug was bound from Detroit to New Tork.

Traveling thought a fog, the bife left the road and went into a six-foot ditch, struck a tree and partly overturned against a steep bank. Killed nice shsfr. vtjjj yuA? i tvo poKnM Wfcol or Half. LB.12fc 1 DEAD AD BURIED Hall Street Baptist Rev. B.

F. WaiU Combined service 10 to i2 o'clock. Sermon at II o'clock, "A Vision of Cc-urage." Evening sermon at 7: JO, "Jtsus Is Coming Again." Buen yista Baptist tftev. Le. lie S.

Williams, castor. Mnrnim worship 11 o'clock. Sermon by pastor; subject, "The Words of the Pure." Evening service. o'clock. Sermon by Rev.

r. n. Wallace of Louisville. Third Baptist 537 Allen street. Rev.

Alono F. CaIe. Dastor. Preaching by the pastor at both services. Morninz service.

10:50 o'clock; subject, "A Mother's Joy." Evening eerv1ee o'clock- subject, "Father, Mother's Side-Partner." Special music at both cervices. First Baptist Third and Lewis streets. Rev. Robert E- Humphreys, pastor. Services, ll a.

m. and 7:45 p. m. The pastor will speak at both hours. Morning subject, "Heaven." Evening, "A Pay ing Walnut Street Bap Hat Corner Fifth and Walnut streets.

Rev. W. B. Coakley, pastor. Morning serv-r at il o'clock.

Evening service at 8 o'clock. The pastor will Preach at both services. A series of protracted meetings will start Monday night with the Rev. Clar ence Walker, evangelist, pastor of the Ashland Avenue Baptist church. Lexington, in charge.

He will be assisted by his brother, Walter Walker, who will direct the singing. Services will continue throughout the week. Zion Evangelical Seventh and Allen streets. Rev. Christian T.

Rasche, pastor. Morning worship at 10:45 o'clock; subject, VMoth-er's Lov Influence." Evning service at 7:30 o'clock; subject. 'The Sabbath and Church." I First Christian Seventh and Daviess streets. Rev. Howard S.

Stephenson, pastor. Sunday morning service, 10:45 o'clock. Sunday evening service, 7:30 o'clock. Morning subject, "A Mother's Re ligion." Evening, young People's uouncn win giv a pccia.i proftaui at the regular church service. Trinity Episcopal Rev.

Harold O. Boon, pastor. Holy communion 8 a. m. Holy communion and sermon.

Real and Unreal," at 11 o'clock. First Presbyterian Frederica I at Seventh. Rev. Wm. M.

Bwartz- welder, pastor. Morning worship at HI o'clock, sermon by the min ister on the subject, "The Influence of Mother." Central Presbyterian Rev. D. Lauck Currens, pastor. Morning worship at 11 o'clock with sermon by the pastor on the topic: "Saving the American Home." Evening service at subject, "Some Reasons for Rejoicing Today." Cumberland Presbyterian Ninth and Cedar streets.

Rev. A. D. Rudolph, pastor. Mother's Day program presented, by the Women's Missionary society at 11 a.

m. "The Claims of Jesus" presented by the minister choir and twelve phar-acters at 7:45 p. m. Fourth Street Presbyterian Corner of Fourth and Crittenden streets. Rev.

E. E. Smith, pastor. Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Sermon subject, "Lessons from Mothers." Evening worship at 7:30 p.

sermon subject, "The Songs We Sing." Wood lawn Methodist Twelfth and Cherokee avenue. Rev. J. R. Marrs, pastor.

Morning service at 11 o'clock; subject, "Observance of Mother's Day." Evening service at 7:30 o'clock; sermon subject, "Significance of the Ark." Third Street Methodist Rev. j. R. McAfee, pastor. Morning service at 11 o'clopk; sermon subject, "Mother and the Kingdom's Call of Youth." Evening service at 7:30 o'clock.

A Sunday school and Mother's Day program will be given by the children of the Sunday school. Breckenridge Street Methodist Fourteenth and Breckenridge streets. Rev. H- C. Napier, pastor.

Morning service at 11 o'clock; sermon subject, "The Power and Influence of Mother's Life." Evening service at 7:30 o'clock. A Mother's Day program will be given by the church and Sunday school. Settle Memorial Methodist Daviess at Fourth. Rev. Dawson C.

Bryan, pastor. worship at 11 o'clock; sermon subject, "The Eternal Motherhood." Evening worship at 7:80 o'clock; subject, "Maintain the Spiritual Glow." The pastor will preach at both services. First Church of Christ, Scientist 602 Daviess street. Service, 11 a. subject, "Mortals and Im mortals." Golden text: Galatians 4:7, "Thou Art No More a Servant, But a Son; And If a son.

Then An Heir of God Through Christ." NIGHT WATCHMAN TAKES 01 LIFE Sam Graham, 54, Shoots Himself At Depot At Be-vier Burial at Nortonville Bevier May 12. Sam Graham, 54" years old, night watchman for the Crescent Coal company for the- last JO years, left the property of the coal company last night and walked to the depot here and shot himself with a pistol, dying instantly, r. g. Allen, coroner of Muhlenberg county, eon-ducted an inquest, the verdict of the jury being that Graham ended his own life. Graham is survived by his widow and three sons, Frank, Elmer and Leon Gfham; a brother, W.

W. Graham, Central City, and two sisters in Louisville. Burial will take place at Norton Tille tomorrow. (Continued from Page One) dishes were demonstrated at this closing session. Among the dishes prepared today were turnip baskets, cream scones, coffee mallow pudding, peach or apple roll, sauce for the roll.

Mrs. Thurn also discussed the essentials of making good te as well as ways of making washday earier. Mrs. Thurn has been very complimentary to Owensboro manufactured products as well as products for the home carried by Owensboro merchants. In her baking a iu' cooking demonstrations throughout the school she gave full credit of the success of her breads and cakes to Golden Leaf floor, made in Owensboro by the Owensboro Milling Co.

"This flour tan be used with perfect sssurance of good results in all of your baking, regardless of what you are making, be it a difficult cake, or common ordinary pie. The pie will be better and the crust more flaky when you use Golden Leaf. Your cakes will have a finer texture, will be light and tasty when this wonderful flour is used," commented Mrs. Thurn. Of Chesterfield ham, bacon, and all other products of the Field Packins company.

Owensboro, Mrs Thurn was most delighted. "There is nothing that will be more suitable for a graduation banquet, than a reallv delicious baked ham, such as only Chesterfield can be when prepared with the famous old-time spices according to the old Kentucky recipe both of which are cni-inod with each ham when it is purchased from your grocery. Chesterfield bacon makes a most delicious breakfast, and the many tine sausages, and other products of the Field Packing company your own local packing plant, can be used with both advantage and economy foi variation in your daily menus," she said. "Homo furnishings are an im portant question to everyone, and a moat complete line i carried by the Purdy Furniture company stated Mrs. Thurn.

She urjed her listeners to visit this popular lo cal firm. "I hope it will be possible for every woman here to have electrical refrigeration and I can recom mend no better electric refrigera tor than the Frigidaire. sold by the Griffin Electric Co. The washer carried by this n.vinanv i cne of the essential needs of every home," stated Mrs Thurn. She especially urged the use of Rinso, nit only in washing clothes, but also for the dlsnes.

Ph stressed the fact that every mother should see that each child as given a quart of milk daily and stressed the Importance of all dairy products being handled in a sanitary manner as they are by the Ideal Pure Milk company. Mrs. Thurn stressed the import ance of proper care of the feet rnrt sucaested wearing Ir. Davis Arch shoes sold by Merit Shoe Co, "Wearing a pretty house dress has a way of making the housekeeper feel Lappy. A line carried by Lews is serviceable as well as at tractive." stated Mrs.

Thurn. Ush ers at the school during the week wore some of the attractive, and vet verv inexpensive ones that Levya carry in stock. "All housecleaning worries may be solved by the Owensboro Paint and Glass stated Mrs. Thurn. "A little paint here and there will do wonders to any room, or piece of furniture.

New wall paper will make the home brighter and more cheery," she continued "A full automatic Roper gis range handled by the Owensboro Gas company is a stove that should be in every home." was the opin ion exDressed by Mrs. Thurn. "It is most ideal for all cooking and bak ing purposes," she continued. She especially stresssd the use of Cris-co and Rumford baking powder in her lectures. In observance of Mother's day, Mrs.

Thurn suggested that all mothers be remembered with flow ers where possible, and that Peter Morgen, florist, makes this possible. Lovely gifts of Morgen flow- trs were given during the school. AVeir's drug store one-cent sale was announced as well as Parker new grocery, where the cash and carry plan is used. Groceries for the school were purchased from Park er's groceiy. She also urged her listeners to investigate the policies of the Owensboro Building ind Loan association either for building a new home or other saving plans.

Unusual interest was shown throughout the week in the special gifts offered by Owensboro merchants today. Mrs. C. M. Morgan, 24 Maple street, received a 24-pound sack of Golden Leaf flour given by the Owensboro Milling company.

Mrs. Forrest Norris 81 Woodford avenue, received a Chesterfield ham given by the Field Packing company. Mrs. James Mahaney received a large can of Rumford baking powder as she cooked for the most persons, in number. Mrs.

John E- Cary. Calhoun, was given a five-pound can of Crisco, being the person to travel the longest distance to attend the school. Twenty-four boxes of Rinso were given to Mrs. Eu nice Dunn. A 9x12 Congoleum rug.

given by the Purdy Furniture company, went to Mrs. E. E. Rhoades, 1220 Triplett street; Mrs. Junius Klrlc, 320 Hathaway, trtcolater given by the owensboro Gas company: Mrs.

w. H. Hender son, ill I West Third street, a nous dress given by Levv: Miss Mary Lancaster, 1402 East Fourth street, an electric iron given by the Qriffin Electric company; Mrs. Will stone 44 Orchard street, a gallon of Red Spot paint grven by the Owensboro Paint and Glass company; Mrs. W.

D. Haley, dI3 Daviess street, $50 credit on a Frigidaire: Miss Gertrude Rosenthal, 5OT St. Ann street, set of Jean Nolan Cosmetics. The usual gifts were fivn today. Market baskets went to the following: Miss Cuba Anient, 1 wing avenue; Mrs.

Ewlng Aita, 1603 West Third xee-ti Miss Win- Manila, P. May 12. (Trapped by bars, eleven girl inmates burned to death today in a fire which destroyed the Philippines training school for s'rls, a government reformatory. Police, asserting they suspected arson, questioned a matron regarding efforts made to release the victims. Eighty-one inmates escaped from the building.

Ten of the girls who perished were locked in a detention cell on the ground floor of the building. Police said the legs of two were chained. A frightenid guard niade a vain effort to unlock the door of the cell, police asserted, trten fled. All the victims were In their teens. REPRESENTATIVES OF EIGHT (Continued from Page One) be made to help the unemployed by sound internal credit expansion and by a synchronized international program for the mobilization of public and private credit for productive purposes." ENVOYS SAIL MAY 31 Americans Going to jjondon to Economic Conference.

Washington, May 12. The American delegation to the world monetary and economic conference in London will sail May 31 from New York, probably on the President Roosevelt of the United States lines. Under-Secretary William Phillips said today the personnel was not lite ready to be announced. He also declined to say the size of the delegation or whether it would include Republicans. Questioners were referred to the White House.

It has been indicated that James M. Cox, Democratic nominee for president In 1920 would be named as one of the members. Secretary Hull probably will head the delegation which will include other state department officials and members of both houses of congress, including Senator Pittman, of Nevada, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee. EXPLANATION SOUGHT Arms Conference to Quiz Germany On Conscript Army. Geneva.

May 12. UP Hoping that t'me would calm excitement and reduce tension, the steering committee of the disarmament conference today decided to convoke a general meeting Monday at which all delegations will be free to air their opinions concerning the British draft disarmament convention as a whole. An attempt will be made to bring about an explanation by Germany of its attitude poncern-ing transformation of the Reich-s-wehr into a conscript army. A concession w-as made to Germany, as general discussion will he permitted on the subject of war material. Should the discussion fall to bring results, the tendency is manifest generally to proceed with the draft of a majority convention.

When completed this would be submitted to Germany for signature. If Germany refused to sign the military provisions of the treaty of Versailles, which limit her army to 100,000 men and forbid her to have military aircraft or submarines, would continue to bind her. REICHSTAG CALLED Berlin. May 12. The Reichstag was called today into session May 17 to the deadlock at the world disarmament conference at Geneva.

The federal legislature was convoked on the order of Captain Herman Goering, the speaker, who was deputized by Chancellor Hitler. A declaration by the government concerning recent events at Geneva will be presented. Russia to Sell Chinese Railroad to Manchukuo Moscow, May 12. OW "Catastrophic conditions" on the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria were described in a report of the Soviet manager of the road published in the Russian press today. Turning a deaf ear to Chinese Protests, the government has decided to sell the road to Manchukuo without consideration of what China calls rights.

The manager's report, covering the year ended May 5, declared that case of destruction of tracks, train wrecks, attacks on stations, and the murder and injury of Soviet employes were increasins daily. NAT DNS AREINAGREEIN Berlin, May 12. (P) The Prus-sian government will invoke on Monday a bold, revolutionary law to settle its most troublesome farm problem heavy landed Indebted-negs. The law will abolish large eats ts ownership, set up a new class of equally landed gentry, and will serve ultimately to deprive any person of "Jewish or colored blood" from ownership of farm land. "Only a German citizen of Ger-man birth can inherit land as a farmer," the law states.

"German blooded is he who has neither Jewish nor colored blood within four generations." Under the law no farmer may own a larger tract than is needed for the support of his family; and it must be worked without the employment of outside labor. Farm land ceases to be a commodity. It will be acquired only inheritance; and only the eldest child, of either sex, will inherit It. The law provides further that the eldest child, though he inherits the. farm tract, shall provide support for brothers and sisters if they come innocently to distress.

Prof. Ernest Wagemann, leading Nazi economist, explained that under the law "huge estate owners' t'ight of inheritance transmission will be revoked." By restricting ownership to tracts of such size that the owner himself can work them, the government hopes to prevent the land's becoming encumbered by debt. The law provides for sale of farm land In emergency cases. A court composed of a Judge and two farmers must give approval. As Professor Wagemann put Jt, the land "shall not be allowed to be degraded to an article of commerce.

"It must be passed from father to children," he said, "and to the children's children." The law applies only to Prussia, comprising two-thirds of Ger-pjany's total area, but other states fgf expected to act similarly later. ROOSEVELT SEEKS GERMAN, JAP I (Continued from Page One) neva by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. Thus far Germany has been the stumbling block in the way of progress toward adoption, but officials here feel that Japan like wise will present objections in due time. French opposition has been dispelled at least temporarily by Mr. Roosevelt's assurances that the United States will help guarantee international peace by some form of consultative pact If definite arms limitation is achieved.

The MacDonald plan, which Includes such a "security" provision, would abolish heavy mobile guns, leavy tanks, bombing from the air and poison gas. It likewise would set definite limitations on the size of contln-Cfltal European armies and would require that they be of a short term conscript militia type rather than comprise of a professional volunteer long term service soldiery. Germany, with its professional army, has been holding out against this latter change, as well as seeking the right to increase its armament. The president In his talks with Dr. Hjalmar Schact, German special representative here, has tactfully sought to change this attitude.

The disarmament problem is regarded here as certain to enter in to the talks the president will have with the Japanese economic dele gation due here May 23 for a five day stay. Dr. Schact expects to sail for home tomorrow. Start Wool Deliveries At Madisonville June 1 Madisonville, May 12. W) Producers of McLean, Crittenden, Caldwell, Union, Hopkins and Liv.

ingston counties have agreed to deliver wool here June 1 and 2 to representatives of the Kentucky Wool Growers' Cooperation asso ciation. Daviess county wool a'so may be delivered here. The. delivery will be under the ausPices of the Hopkins Counts-Golden. Hoot club, which has ar ranged an old-fashioned barbecue at noon June 1 to celebrate higher wool prices.

Wm. Floyd, Negro, Taken Into Custody at Henderson William Floyd, negro, charged with shooting and wounding James Robert Taylor, another negro, on April 2. last. arrested today at Henderson, by Patrolman Eli JIuokenfuss, on information fur fished by Assistant Chi' William Vollman that he was wanted in Owensboro en felony charge. Assistant Chief Vollman and Patrolman Miles Freeman left for Henderson, to return Floyd to Ow fneboro for trial.

DISARMAMENT TORNADO STRUCK MONROE WITH ROAR LIKE TRAIN (Continued from Page One) town. It was terrible. Moans came from the fallen houses; children were crying; women hysterical. All the electric wires were down and we had to walk carefully to keep from stepping on them. "It was dark, though not raining yet.

Low on the eastern hori-Eon there wag a steady glow of lightning. This gave some light. not much. Overhead, an occasional streak of vicious lightning guided us in and out of the ruins. Take Injured from Wreckage "We worked half an hour draw, lng the injured from the mud and ruins.

By that time, the one hospital room in town had been filled up. This was the clinic room of the County Board of Health, situated in the rear of the first floor at the hotel. "Everybody brought things to this one little room. At first, there were only three doctors and a nurse. She was Miss Eugenia Griffith.

Mr. Ropke and I had dinner with her at 6 o'clock. "Women had gathered sheets and blankets from their homes and b.ought them to the room. Men were dragging in bodies and mangled victims. The little narrow hall leading back was slippery with Wood.

Finally, the little clinic was filled and no more victims could be taken in. We put the overflow in the hall both dead and dying. "Five died in the clinic in the first two hours. "Finally, at 11 o'clock, we turned the Baptist church into a hospital, and the Methodist church into a morgue. I don't know why they picked the Methodist church for the morgue unless it was that the min'ster and his wife had been killed, and their little 2-year-old son Injured.

He died the next day at Glasgow. "One of the drummers at the hotel took a fancy to this little fellow. He was brought in, and the doctors said he was injured internally. The drummer, he was from Memphis and I wish I knew his name, said he would adopt the boy i he lived. He took the little chap in his arms, commandeered an automobile and driver, and took him twenty-eight miles to the Glasgow hospital.

The next morning everybody rejoiced at word the baby was better, but he died at 10 o'clock. Glasgow Sends Help "Everybody kept count of the deaths by watching the two churches. Every time they saw the stretcher carried from the Baptist church to the Methodist church they knew another neighbor had died. In all, seventeen died at Tompkinsville by 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. "At 1 o'clock help came from G'asgow, that is, some doctors, nurses and one ambulance.

Victims were sent in the ambulance to the Glasgow hospital, one by one. all night. Three of them died on the way. Everybody was struck by the mang'ed condition of the bodies. It was terrible.

Heads weren't fractured, but caved in. Legs weren't lust broken, but twisted nearly off. Chests were flattened. Some of the fellows who were in the war said the storm was worse. "The tornado cut a zig-zag path about two city blocks wide.

I went to the top of the hills the next day and looked at the path it cut down the h.l'jiide. through the town, and back up the hills on the other side. It lifted people and trees straight up in the air. Trees were twisted off like soft candles. I saw an automobile with a piece ot wood driven through the radiator and half way through the engine.

The next morning we saw a hog running around town, with a wooden stave blown through its side. Chickens were plucked of every feather. They found -a negro woman and her baby, both dead, the next morning in the cemetery. She had been blown there from her house 100 yards away. The baby was clutched to her breast.

"The negro church was blown completely away. Not a trace at it was left- The wind stripped many victims of their clothes. The next day wo found thousands of cloth shreds all over the wrecked area. No houses were left standing In th tornado's path, and all but three were torn completely down. I was anxious, to tee what would have happened to a brick building, but none was in.

Its path." Kingston, Jamaica, Feels Sharp Earthquake Shock Kingston, Jamaica, May 12 A 6harp earthquake lasting six seconds, jarred Kingston at 3 a. m-today. Walls were cracked but there was no serious damage. lb. VEAL ROAST, Shoulder, lb.

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