Messenger-Inquirer from Owensboro, Kentucky • 1

The Weather VOL LI No 123 OWENSBORO KY RIDAY JUNE 22 1934 TEN PAGES WEST KENTUCKY STORM DAMAGE VERY HEAVY Partly eloudy tonight id Satar day probably local shower aad thunder storm in north portion not much change in temperature YHEWORLD'S SUPERjiig SALESMAN SUESMAN SAM A Dally ea ture it MANY ACTS REGULAR SESSION LEGISLATURE HELD INVALID THE OWENSBORO INQUIRER Armsco Official Kills Wife Commits Suicide TOTH INILI! Ill THIS SECTION SIDNEY RECTANUS CHANDLER AILED PUBUSHEHS HEAR Unite Noted Baseball Political Names IS 342 INCHES WOUNDS I WHILE A BAUMGART ON HIS RAMPAGE CODE AUTHORITY inter YALE ININS TINO VICTORIES OVER NEW YORK POLICE HARVARD OAHSMEN ASSASSINATION ROOSEVELT SHOE TIGHTENING NET AROUND POD ER JAY (Continued on Page Eight) An (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Eight) ORD PURCHASES JOHN DILLINGER AGAINPROBLEM (Continued on Page Eight) 32 YEARS OLD (Continued On Page Eight) I fetter rom Hi Sister to director of the club and Is the INAL DECREE IN JOHNSON GLORIES I a 11 JLU agio VAiic VU day but funeral arrangements have not been completed STREET CAR CASE (Continued on Page Eight) IN BRAIN TRUST (Continued on Page Eight) Life Prison Sentence Given To orest Page Is Affirmed the Reconstruction corporation called Hotel than Hoo New despite the fact that th may be complying with leaving the latter part of the week thereafter for England as I expect to alias Lee Columbus returned necktie had lost fired at Dr Richard Morris 53 years old died at St hospital at Louisville at 6 this morn ing Dr Morris had been confined to the hospital for the last three weeks Two weeks ago he suffered a paralytic stroke Dr Morris whose home was in Uniontown was a well known den tist practicing in Evansville for more than 20 years About seven years ago he moved to Chicago but was making arrangements to return to the Indiana city when he be came ill He is survived by his widow who was Mrs Mary Overstreet Birk of Owensboro and two step children Mrs red ischer of Evansville and Charles Birk of New Mexico Mrs Ella Overstreet of Owensboro is Dr mother in law and Mrs Will Overstreet and Booth are sister in law and broth er in law respectively The body was taken to the home of Mrs ischer in Evansville to the items of the budget bill as in troduced in the house The house approved the bills of Tyler Munford (D) Morganfield to provide that the three per eent sales tax be levied on automobiles and trucks purchased outside of Kentucky for use in Kentucky Munford explained the bills were intended for the protection of auto bile and truck dealers especially in the border counties Kelly rancis (D) Stanford questioned the validity of the bills Munford said they had been draft ed by the attorney de partment and phrased for the pur pose of meeting objections as to their constitutionality 'The vote was 56 to 12 in favor of the bills (By LOUIS LOCHNER) Berlin June 22 Nazi agents swept swiftly through Germany to day tracking down and spiking ru mors that an attempt had been made to assassinate Adolf Hitler So insistent were the reports that the government press department took cognizance of them by issuing a denial Sifting of the rumors disclosed one fact Somebody took a pot shot at ani automobile en route to funeral services Wednesday for rau Karin Goering wife of the premier of Prussia and government minister The bullet was not fired on the road Hitler traveled to the funeral and apparently was not intended for him or any other high official flood Henry work Married Mrs Mary Over street Birk of Owensboro rankfort Ky June 22 The house recessed today until 3 to allow the appropriations com mittee time to consider the $23 000000 budget Speaker Rog ers indicated an effort would be made to report the bill to the house late today and give it first read ing Speaker Rogers suggested that the house stay in session tomorrow and give the budget bill second reading and act on unfinished leg islation He expressed belief that if the legislature remain in session tomorrow and the entire six days next week it could adjourn sine die June 30 Indications were that the Appro priations committee would recom mend reductions in a number of Harold Bell Wright is more often read than seen but the famous novelist made this ap pearance in Los Angeles court to contend in a motion picture suit that he should have extra compensation for one of his novels produced as a talkie Producers claimed a single sale agreement gave them all film rights fired at Gillians who sank to ground and soon expired" Page testified that he to the shop to get his watch and hat which he in the fight and that he Gillians in self defense as the de ceased was advancing upon him Page sought a reversal on the ground that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for a con tinuance and in giving instructions Thomas Litsey ormer ire Chief of Owensboro Dead Lafayette Ind June 22 Thomas Litsey 63 year old chief of the West Lafayette fire depart ment died Thursday after a short illness He had been chW of the department for seventeen years Previous to coming here he had served as fire chief at OwensboroKy for twenty one years The life prison sentence imposed on orest Page by the Daviess cir cuit court for wilful murder was af firmed today by the Court of Ap peals in an opinion by Judge Rich ard Priest Dietzman On Saturday afternoon August 6 1932 Page while driving along a street in Owensboro sideswiped a car belonging to Herbert Gillians After the accident Page went to the blacksmith shop of Gillians to report the accident An argument ensued and blows were exchanged according to testimony introduced Page left the shop but returned within three quarters of an hour and according to witnesses for the commonwealth took a shotgun from his car and "with an oath McNinch Reappointed ederal Power Chairman Washington June 22 dent Roosevelt today reappointed rank McNinch of North Caro lina as chairman of the ederal Power commission for a five year term Nashville Tenn June 22 General Hugh Johnson last night said "There is a brain trust in Washington all right but the brain is the brain of ranklin Roose velt and the trust is the faith of the whole American Addressing an economic confer ence at George Peabody College for Teachers the NRA administrator departed from his prepared speech to attack critics of what he termed President Roosevelt's brain trust ranklin Roosevelt maintains" Johnson as serted going to be a trust of the best brains of a cross section of the United He declared that what the ad critics do not like is fact that the brain trust is his wife Alma 42 and Washington June 22 OP) Diverse opinions were expressed today by 'Yeconstruccion corporation officials as to whether direct federal loans to industry could be used for pur chasing ord products Chairman Jones expressed belief that regulations imposed at the re quest of the NRA de not bar pur chases from Henry ord do not see" he told reporters this could keep anyone from buying a ord car if he wants to' Other corporation officials how ever told inquirers to ask the NRA for an interpretation of the regula tion On its face the regulation would bar expenditure of money borrowed from the corporation with any finn which does not comply fully with NRA codes This would include the ord in dustries but it was stated unoffl daily that there was an under standing that ord is willing to sign a certificate of compliance in spe cific cases and that this has been held sufficient to meet NRA reg ulations The corporation's rule covering the NRA includes executive order 6646 issued by the president on March 14 under which the comp troller general has held that pur chases by government department! from ord or any of his agents art barred agents codes The yesterday began direct lending ta industry under recently enacted legislation It has $530000000 tat this puruo Dr Richard Morris Dies In Louisville The initial business session of the sixty fifth annual mid summer meeting of the Kentucky Press as sociation at Hofei Owensboro today was featured by an address by A Baumgart Chicago National Editorial association code author ity the Code Means to the Non Metropolitan Printing and Publishing was the sub ject of Mr very esting and instructive talk The business session was to order in the ballroom at Owensboro by George Joplin Jr Somerset president of the associa tion The Rev Smith pastor of the ourth Street Presbyterian church gave the invocation Mayor red Weir welcomed the visitors Owensboro the response being by Crawford Corbin chairman of the executive committee nl I lowing the talk by Mr Baumgart I Keen Johnson Richmond director of the National Editorial associa tion conducted a code clinic Luncheon at Hotel The visitors were entertained with a luncheon at Hotel Owensboro at noon today the compliments of the citizens of Owensboro Urey Woodson president of the association in 1890 now alien prop erty custodian Washington gave a very interesting talk on Ow ensboro Was Host to the A in 1889 and Ted Arnold Owensboro demon stiated a number of sleight of hand tricks at the luncheon Meet Ends Tomorrow The mid summer meeting of the Kentucky Press association will close following the final business session at Hotel Owensboro Satur day morning A talk by Walter Crim of Salem Ind well known publisher and a director of the Na tional Editorial association will feature the closing session after which newspaper contest prizes will be awarded and final reports will be given The Messenger and Inquirer will be hosts for a dinner to be heldn the ball room o' Hotel Owens boro at 6:30 this evening Ben Ringo Owensboro attorney president of the association in 1896 and George Bingham rye straw philosopher of Hogwallow Ky will be speakers A dance at the Coun try club and theatre parties for those who prefer this entertain ment will follow the dinner Golf and bridge tournaments were held at the Country club this afternoon for the and host's prize respectively A sight seeing tcur of Owensboro and Da viess county was also enjoyed by a number who did not take part in the other events Barbecue Is Given The meeting opened with a bar becue dinner at Hotel Owensboro Thursday evening This barbecue was scheduled to take place at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hager In Griffith avenue but due to rain was changed to the hotel Lawrence and Bruce Hager and George uqua were hosts amed Novelist ights ilm Suit Nazi Agents Sweep Through GermanyTracking Down Spiking Rumors to This Effect Basis Slight orty Seven States Still Re tain Majority or Presi dent Vermont Dissenting By Narrow Margin JO SIGN BILLS IN OPEN SESSION Says Brain of ranklin Roosevelt Trust aith of American People riend Says ugitive Alive Well Three Letters rom Agnes Tuf verson Refute His Claims of Marriage of Convenience Tes timony Helps The New Deal gains an Increasing approval as 1169827 ballots are tab ulated in The Literary na tion wide poll on acts and policies the returns of which will be published in tomorrow's is sue of the magazine orty seven states will show a majority vote for the president with Vermont only dissenting by the narrow margin of 238 per cent This sixth report on the poll gives a tally of 727700 ballots in favor of the New Deal or 6221 per cent of the total vote to 442127 ballots reg istering opposition Seven states give the president a vote of more than 3 to 1 and ten additional states ballot over 2 to 1 in favor of his acts and policies An of How Voters in This Poll Voted in 1932 and How They Vote Now" shows Ehat more than 4 out of 5 who voted officially for Roosevelt continue to support mm ana further that more 1 out of every 3 who voted for ver are now in favor of the Deal now Twenty eight states give president a larger majority in the poll than they did in the election while twenty states mainly in the south and the agricultural regions give the presdent a smaller ratio than when he was elected The heaviest gains for the New rankfort Ky June 22 yp Judgment of ranklin circuit court declaring invalid legislative acts of the regular 1934 session which were not signed in open session by Lieut Gov A Chandler as presiding officer of the senate was affirmed today by the court of appeals Judge Church ord of rank lin circuit court ruled on May 28 that Chandler could' not be com pelled after adjournment to sign bills he previously had refused to sign for technical reasons His ruling was given in a suit brought to mandamus Chandler to sign a resolution apppropriating to rank Kavanaugh of rankfort a sum of money to compensate him for pre paring the or state directory In another suit brought by the State Highway commission against the City of Junction City Judge ord held that a bill giving RC Officials Divided As to Whether Loans Could Be Used or Products Streets of Owensboro lood ed or Several Hours Many Automobiles Are Regatta Course New London Conn June 22 The presence of President Roosevelt riding on the ioredeck of the launch failed to inspire his son and the rest of the oarsmen of his alma mater Harvard as Yale swept to decisive victory in the reshman and Junior Varsity races opening the 72d regatta this morning ranklin Roosevelt Jr a stal wart 180 pound youngster six feet four inches tall pulled a manful oar at number six in the Harvard shell but the Elis won the opening two miles brush by slightly better than a length in something of an upset Juniors Also Win Then favored Junior var sity taking the lead at the half mile mark rowed steadily away from Harvard's jayvees to win by three full lengths While the president failed to see his big crew win he did see his son row a terrific race under perfect weather conditions Bil lowing over his oar at number six Middletown June 22 (P) Sid ney Rectanus 46 vice president of the American Rolling Mills com pany today beat and shot and killed wounded two other members of his frmily and then killed himself Wounded were 1 is mother in law Mrs Elesa Rathman 76 shot in the neck condition said to be serious and a daughter Shirley 12 wound ed in the right side condition fair Temporary Insanity Seen Two other children a daughter June 18 and a son Daniel 16 said they were struck by their father in his rampage and fled in terror from the house The daughter Shirley despite her wound was making her way to the garden of their home when police reached the scene Rectanus has been a member of the engineering staff of the Amer ican Rolling Mills company since 1900 He resigned as vice president in charge of operations on May 15 1932 but still retained his vice presidency Coroner Cook ascribed the act to temporary insanity from some un known cause Children Horror Stricken The children still horror stricken said that as far as they knew their father arose from his sleep early today and began striking his Alma 42 with his fist Her screams aroused other members of the fam ily Crowding into their bed room they found he had shot then mother through the heart with one of three pistols he owned Jane end Daniel were struck by pistois in their hands and brushed aside Then they said their father shot down Mrs Rathman in her room across the hall shot Shirley in her Miearby room and then returning to his own room shot himself the head The two wounded were rushed to a hospital Mrs con dition was said to be serious Galton June 22 (P) Mrs Eulalia Callender of Galion today received a letter from Mrs Audrey Hancock of Maywood Ind sister of John Dillinger saying: Is The letter also said today is John 32nd birthday neard from John He is the letter to Mrs Callender said know where he is hid ing I wish I did know We have so much mail for him riday June 22 is his 32nd birthday don't believe he would sur render He trust anyone this bunk about wanting dad to go on the stage is just another federal trap If they catch him one way they will try anoth Mrs Callender said she has writ ten Joseph Sharts attorney of Day ton asking him to petition Gover nor White to commute to life im prisonment or less the death sen tences given Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley former Dillinger companions They were convicted of the murder of Sheriff Jess Sar ber of Allen county and are to die July 13 President Pres ence ailed to Inspire Hia Son ranklin and Rest of Alma Crew New York June 22 Three letters written by the missing Miss Agnes Tufverson were brought for ward today like words from a tomb to refute Captain Ivan defense that theirs was a marriage o' convenience The letters showed that Miss Tufverson planned to abandon her brilliant legal career in America and to spend the rest of her life abroad with the Jugoslavian sol dier of fortune rom Vienna came protests against the prolonged imprisonment of Poderjay and the warning of Viennese authorities that they must release the man soon unless a spe cific charge is lodged Letter Refutes Poderjay In one letter dated December four days after' her marriage and 12 days before she vanished Miss Tufverson wrote to Miss Helen Havener of the Saturday's Chil dren club declining an invitation to De a saying: am next or London live the rest of my life this in contrast to story that they married only that she might not be a spinster and planned to part soon On the same day Miss Tufverson Names famous in politics and baseball were linked in Washington with the marriage of Miss Susan Sheppard daughter of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas and Cornelius McGillicuddy Jr son of Connie Mack manager of the Philadelphia Athletics The couple who met two years ago at Duke rftv shown at the Shep pard home in the capital before the wedding Judge Dawson Names A Carson Evansville to Sell Property AITLMPT UHJNGIUN IN DIGEST HITLER DENIED Kentucky Press Association Holds Initial Business Session Urey Woodson Gives Talk OHIO RIVER STAGES Aja Pittsburgh stage of 105 feet fall Wng Cincinnati 117 pool Louisville f68 rise of 16 rainfall 32 Leaven worth 67 rise of 17 rainfall 65 Addison 52 rise of 9 rainfall 174 Owensboro 58 rise of 1 rainfall 285 Newburg 59 fall of 10 rain fall 207 Children Still Horror Strick en DescribeTragic Scene Injured Mother in Law Seriously Hurt Daughter Doing Well Acts As cribed to Temporary In sanity Court of Appeals Affirms Judgment of ranklin Court Killing Many Measures and Resolutions Representative Measure Passes By Vote of 56 to 12 Intended to Protect Dealers on the Border Arrested In Rich Death Harold St Clair abovp ex convict is held in New Orleans for the murder of Dr Meyers wealthy Eldo rado Ill dentist admits the slaying Dun Bradstreet Report Business Level Higher New York June 22 Business continues to show a trend toward recovery in spite of seasonal influ ences Dun Bradstreet said today in their weekly trade review The Review asserted that the slow broadening process in evidence since the first of the year has re moved the isolated peaks that out lined progress a year ago but has left the general level higher than it was at that time Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana today surveyed the damage wrought by a severe rain wind and electrical storm which late yester day cost two lives and resulted in property losses estimated in thou sands of dollars Rain that turned into a near cloudburst hit this section Thursday afternoon and night a total of 342 inches of rain falling according to Henry Berry official weather ob server Although the rain fell ao hard at times flattening small plants to the ground Mr Berry ex pressed the opinion this morning that the damage to most crops would not be so great as the plant would straighten According to Mr Berry most of the ground had been recently cul tivated by farmers following rain of the last few weeks and the soil was in such condition that th water could be absorbed rapidly Al though some low places were de luged and considerable water stood most of it had disappeared thia morning Tobacco Plante Damaged Some hail fell in various section of county and tobacco plant were damaged to some extent The plants are still quite small and th damage was not thought to great Streets in Owensboro were ed for several hours and Cline commissioner and his ers were kept busy throughout th 'ooklng after sewer Tn some ic tions of the city where sewers had' recently been installed the heavy downpour caused the ground to settle as much as a foot and crew were busy today repairing thi damage Many automobiles were "drowned in passing these points and many others were water soaked while parked on the streets On garage reported servicing nineteen such cars Many others were left by their owners to dry out with ths weather One taxi line reported two cabs drowned out during the storm Street lights were out in a large section of Owensboro early in the night and some electric circuit were all night it was report ed at the light plant Lightning and wind were responsible for most of the damage to the electric lines causing transformer fuses to be burned out and wires to be cross Shot Herbert Gillian to Death in Owensboro in August 1932 Claimed Self Defense rankfort Ky June 22 (AP) Action of the court of appeals to day in affirming judgment of ranklin circuit court which inval idated a number of acts of the reg ular 1934 legislature not signed by Lieut Gov A Chandler gave impetus to reports that Gov Ruby Laffoon may call another special session of the General Assembly to re enact several of the held void Several administration leaders said the governor probably would issue a call for another special ses sion to convene several days after the present session adjourns The proposed session would consider only those bills knocked out by to court ruling Such a session administration leaders said should not last more than ten days Judge Charles I Dawson has or dered a judgment and decree enter ed in the case of the American Trust Savings bank against the Owensboro City railroad company in which judgment for $200000 is given to the savings bank and $200 000 to the Louisville Trust company as trustee for the bondholders of the Railroad company A Carson Evansville Ind who has been receiver of the Owensboro City Railroad company for many years was named by Judge Dawson to sell the property of the railroad company The prop erty consists of the street cars rails tro'ley wire and several pieces of real estate along its right of way Very little of the proceeds if any will be available for the bondhold ers The street car system ceased operation in Owensboro several not a and a weeks ago their House Approves Bill to Tax Cars Bought Outside State 1 i vfr NEW DEAL POLL kjt Ks ism IB Sy AS Ba NtfBtps Ja ah kBi WL 1 Jf.