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THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE i I I A I CITY EDITION I A "KOKOMO, THURSDAY; DECEMBER'S igs TWENTY PAGES PRICE-THREE CENTS ROPER RESIGNS Biz Burial Ground Had One Grave 70 Years Ago; Now Has 14.472. TALE OF GATHERED YEARS Mute Reminder That Life Is Soon Cut Off and We Fly Away. "The days of our arc threescore years and ten; and If by reason of strength they bfl years, yet -is their strength abor and sorrow; for it is Hoon cut off, and we fly away." "The days of our age are threescore years.and ten; and though men strong that they come to fourscore -years, yet is their strength then but labor and sorrow; so soon it away, and we are gone." The foregoing quotations, tnc first from the Bible and thc second from the Book of Common prayer, came tolling across the memory of it Tribune reporter Thursday noon, as he stood all alone among acres of the unreturmng, out there In Crown Point cemetery, and meditated on the story told by the eloquent silence of the place. He knows not overmuch of the Bible, nor overmuch of the Book of Common Prayer, but the two quotations, which say the same things, though In slightly-different ways, are possessions that have been i i from the far-away days of his boyhood. Even In that long-gone and care-free period, there was'about the two pas-ages a mournful kind of beauty, a sort of melancholy music, that made FIRST TRIBUTE DAY "QUIET" AS FINE Berlin, Dec.

fii-pl of the tour installment rlnys on which German Jews must pay $400,000,000 tribute for thc sle.ylntr of Ernest Vom Rath. Paris legation secretary, was a drab, matter- of-fact affair entirely lacking In Berlin banks had comparatively little to do with today's as the Jews had taken pains to arrange all details so thc payment's would strike no snags. There were no special guards at any of the finance ministry's offices where the lines were payable, nor where there any signs of disturbance. Jews' and gentiles paying fines, taxes or other bills approached tellers' windows with no attempts (Continued on Page Two) CO-fElfl OF CHARITIES Good Fellows To Open Files To Those Who Would Give To Children. Co-or'd(nation of Christmas charities for Kokomo children will be afforded through a number of conferences between heads of organizations sponsoring such philanthropies, and Mrs.

C. M. Hunt, who is in charge of classification of needy cases tor thc Good Fellows, Hunt will be given special office space at The Tribune building on Saturday, Monday and of melancholy music nat tttlc 6n to them forever unforge table tl TM those-who are In- miik iwi. Not strange, then, that they came crowding among his thoughts ta ho stood out there on the highest point in Section 1 and let his eyes wander, first In one direction and then In another, over the wide expanse of graves and thc gleaming marbles above them, Kor tho Visit What took him out there at such an hour on" December 15, 1038. Well, ho has bce'n'maklng scribbles for The Tribune.

for a -long, long time. 'His has been the kind ,01 calling that crams one's recollection with all sorts' ot interesting odds and ends. It was one of these that impelled his little journey to the local scene of sepulchres. Somehow, he knew that Crown Point cemetery had recently attained to Its threescore and tenth milestone, and it occurred to him that the fact was one worth telling the community about. Seventy years ago today there was but one grave within all the area of Crown Point.

Today there are 14,472 graves within its borders. Story of First Grave Over the" one grave that wns there on December :5, 1858, the sod had not yet closed. The brown soil nbovc it 'still stood exposed to sun and cloud, to shine and shower. Tho grave is that of Dr. Horace Armstrong, a member of thc Armstrong family that has been prominent In Kokomo almost from the days of its beginning.

He was not only a'foremost figure in the local medical' profession, but was also a member of the firm from which the-Armstrong-Landon- company of the present day derives. His grave is In Section 1, at the southeast corner thereof, on the highest ground in the big burial monument, on which the epitaphs arc weather-worn dim, marks the spot: His body was buried there on November 20, 1S6S, first ever interred within those grounds. In the lapse of years and ten 14,771 others have been gathered there to keep him com- Pany Mow Scene Has Changed When that first grave was opened the cemetery seemed Jar out of town, for the corporation Una on the cast lacked nearly half a mile of coming to the burial "round's borders. Crown Point had been platted earlier that year. Four sections In the center ot its original plat had been graded and drained, but only Section 1 had been made entirely ready for service.

At thnt time, Kokomo's population was only 2,500. Today Crown Point- cemetery cradles the dust of nearly six times many persons as there were inhabitants in tho whole town at the time that first grave was made. In those days Kokomo was merely a somewhat new and rather struggling little county-seat town and "trading point. Thc forests primeval come in close to its corporation lines on ah sides. It had been an incorporated city only three years.

It hart two railroads, but only one stretch of gravel highway led Into it--the old Kokomo. Alto, and New London pike, and It was not yet completed. City Owned Property Kokomo, however, had already outjrrown the Old Cemetery, the community's first burial ground, and for that reason Crown Point cemetery had been conceived, platted and prepared for use. It has been owned and operated from the beginning by thc city. Kokomo today possesses a population of .35,000.

possibly a little more. Crown Point cemetery doubled its area 'in three-score years and ten. It still 'has a few (Continued on Page Two). Ohio River Town Dedicates New Site To Escape Flood, Die-Hards Remain on Bank L-avenworlh, Dec. --They pulled Leaven-worth- out of the Today, according to the Red.Cross, it is the finest city of Its size In Indiana.

Dedication the new city today was only a ceremony, for the 500 citizens had moved out of their tents and shacks Into glistening new homes during- the two-year'in- tervfil. But the ceremony revived memories of other years--years when the townsfolk waited for the inevit- Gov. Townsend Expected Toj Throw Strength Against cd'orT a'hill" high above the menace Breaking Control. TRUSTEES "TOTEAD FIGHT Seek Control by Counties of Tax, Teachers' Tenure and Highway. Indianapolis, Dec.

15. (ITO-The "home rule" issue will be carried before Indiana's 1930 legislature on several vital fronts but Gov. M. Clifford Townsencl's administration is expected to resist all efforts to wrest control from thc state government. State organizations of local officials -already have announced they intend "to seek more local control over the administration of public welfare and the granting of retail liquor licenses.

Local Option. Dry forces will press for a local option bill on the home rule Issue claiming that local governmental units should authority, to determine whether they should be wet or dry. There were indications that the home rule cry will be raised against thc state tax board, teachers' tenure, ditches and roads, and municipally-owned utilities. County and township officials will lead the drive for decentralization of the state's authority. Townnend Opposed.

Gov. Townsend, however, informed these officials directly that he able rise of Old Man River, always expecting the worst. And in Jan- at which time those-who tercstecl in arranging gift enter prises for children may obtain all available. 'Information from the Good Fellow files. The same plan was followed last year and a thorough co-operation was obtained from all of the Kokomo charity organizations.

1 co-ordination of giving was reached- and the whole field" of needy children was much more efficiently covered because of the co-ordination measure. Many hundreds of cases have already been listed and are rapidly being Investigated by members of the P. E. two chapters of which organization are carrying on this function again this year. Many of these cases will receive special attention from the Salvation the veterans' organizations, fraternal groups and church organizations, but the pleasure of.

ministering to most of the childish needs at Christmas time will fall to thc Good Fellows. All children of the community in need of special' consideration at ea Liicso was not lympathetic to their home rule aims with the declaration tfia: he would "never hesitate to use the powers of state government to solve social problems when I feel that it la necessary and essentla. to thc general welfare." Addressing.a stale meeting of uary. 1937, the worst came. Rivei'folk who could PEACE PROGRAM TO Would Unify All Existing Pan- American Peace, Arbitra" day when Leavenworth was an im- Amcuwiu porUir.t river port stood helplessly lion AM LAGS geance It never before had shown.

Stunned, they could only appeal to ec ara ji on PolJCV May Be 1 1 the Red. Cross for aid. was given. Residents were transported to the hills and housed in. tents until, they thought, the i river would subside: But when the river dropped back into its channel, gaping holes ringed with stone Substituted for Latin Military Treaty.

Lima, Peru, Dec. "l5-Cfl)-The United States laid before the Pan- American ocnference today ft. proj- gaping holes ringed wim American ocmcrcnce showed where their homes had fol ifying all existing Pan- stood; splinters wood, mishapen Arrlc peace, conciliation and i 0111 in ho one (Continued on Page Nineteen) PARTIES SPENT county ISInC B. 3LH.UV i i i officials, Townsend said cash on hand. LAST CAMPAIGN Statements of Expenditures in General.Election Are Filed With County Clerk.

County central committees of the Republican and Democratic par- tics in Howard county spent a total of 511,765,36 in the campaign preceding the general election, statements filed with the county clerk showed Thursday. The report of the Republican central committee, filed by M. E. Hicks, treasurer, showed receipts of 56,911.78 and disbursements to- talling $5,365.73, with a balance of $1046,05. The report is for thc period from May 7 to Dec.

14, and worth securities issued by gov- thc receipts included $266.01 GIVEBOOSTTO TREASURY DEBT Uncle Sam "in Red" for Average of S303 for Every Man, Woman, Child. Washington, The treasury's debt took a spectacular jump today to the -unprecedented average of $303 for every man, woman and child in the country. This was payment day for investors on $730,000,000 of new bonds and notes sold- by the treasury, boosting the debt, to a new record of $30400,000,000. If the treasury's upjJuolL1 indirect obligation on $5,000,000,000 cra lly supporting the United Stales i i u.j i rnfl- -that "my attitude is for loeal self(Continued or. Page Two).

DIGGING ABOUT FINISHED FOR HEA1GPLA1 First Cement for Foundation Already Poured; PWA Man Here Thursday. Workers concerned with the ging of the basement excavatio the new central heating plant be Chrinmaa time reported ing constructed by the public to thV Good Fellows not later than i schools have reported that of next week. Names, I work is progressing as rapid.y as- i.sii i i Disbursements were reported in. detail as follows: stamps, office supplies. 5281.07;-clerical help, $788-, headquarters expense (utilities, 53l0.36;.-telephone.

entertainment, expenses for meetings, rent for halls, chairs, trucks, parades, printing, $229i95; political advertising, miscellaneous, service charge at bank, $1. Dallas Andrews, treasurer of the Democratic county committee, file a showing a balance of J79.39 as of Dec. 10. Receipts of the committee totaled $5,979.02, and expenses of $5,890.63. Disbursements were itemized as follows: operating expense of head- I quarters, S2.783.74; printing, 2 5 clerical help, $545.12: I precincts, 524.26; in, the per capita debt would $341.

$335; advertising, charges, NAFTZflER HEADS CLUB Monday ages and addresses must be given, the name and address of the formant must also be included. Court Names Uhlir To Defend Prisoner Judge Grover Bishop appointed George C. Uhlir Thursday to be attorney for Harley Lewellyn, 33, of Sharpsville, who is in jail here on charges of assault and battery with intent to commit rape. Lewellyn appeared in court with Sheriff George Scott and said that he was without, menns to employ counsel, but that he desired to have letral representation. The defendant, a WPA worker was arrested'by police last month afte- he had admitted taking a 14- year-old girl and her 9-year-oid brother for an automobile ride.

The two children asserted Lewellyn had mistreated thc girl. Converse City Hall Dedication Tonight I I possible. William Haggcrman, contractor for the general construction work, told a Tribune reporter Thursday it is probable that the digging at the heating plant would be finished by Saturday. As soon as the big shovel is finished at tho heating plant location, it will be moved to the site the first unit of a junior high school building in the Washington district Here, the excavation for the basement of that structure will be dug, -while other workers are pushing the heating plant on to completion, the contractor pointed out. Nothing, excepting the lay-off work and the final preparations before beginning construction, has been done at the Washington school site.

However, some of the cement for the foundation of the heating plant already had been poured, according to the report Thursday. Building of forms for the completion of the cement work at the heating plant will begin Friday, Mr. Haggcrman said." L. G. Coutcr.

Marion, a PWA representative, was in the city Thursday conferring with school authorities and thc contractor, au part of the $336,363 estimated cost TO TAKK PLACE OF ANDY CHALMERS AT KKI.M OF KOKOMO KTWANIS. William Naftzgcr, present vice- president of the Kokomo Kiwanis club, was named president of the club for the coming calendar year at a special election at the Thursday noon luncheon the organ- at the Courtland hotel. Mr. Naftzgcr will fill the place of Andy Chalmers, president-elect, whose transfer from Kokomo to Indianapolis will It impossible for him to take the office. A free-will offering of $70.90 was taker, during the meeting, to defray expenses of the annual Ki- wanls party at the Neighborhood House, which is to be held on Monday morning, Dec.

25. A special committee will make arrangements for thc party. Harold Freelandwas the featured speaker at the meeting, presenting an address on comparative governments. He traced the developments of the Communist, -Fascist and Nazi governments in Europe and briefly analyzed Converse, Dec. (Tribune thc construction of.

the two He then pointed Special)-- Albert Stump, Indiaaapo- The American's Creed. Thc exercises arc sched An exchange of gifts will be held to $185,000.10 furnish tonlg-it, uled president of the town board, has announced. Other numbers of the program to which thc public is cordially Invited will include Miss Maxlne Drook of Mier, Mrs. Russell Hlau and son Junior, th Reed and Ross A short concert also i provided by the Converse high school band. 8 More days to BUY and USE CHRISTMAS SEALS PROTECT YOUR HOME Thiy htlp to follow-up, and of enough make up thc approximate cost of the project.

Boy Wanting To "Become Sailor, Maybe," Catches Ride With Parole Agent Anderson police arc holding Elmer Wardtrop, 15, who resides 13 miles west of Kokomo, and have notified his parents that he was attempting to run away from home, an Associated Press dispatch reported Thursday. Wardtrop was said to a his farm home and "thumbed" a ride with a motorist in whom he confided he planned to hike to Florida, get a job on a. steamship and "become a sailor, maybe." Joseph Murphy, a state parole agent, was the motorist, according to the report, and he turned the youth over to Anderson police. The officers notified Elmer's mother and ol nil whereabbuti. in connection with the luncheon Thursday, GOOD FELLOWS FUND Previously Reported DeMolay's Mothers Circle 2.00 W.

E. Behymer 2.00 Julia Mae Reyburn 1.00 Elsie Ann Guild 'of the First Baptist 1,00 Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Shields 1.00 A l-Viend l-O" Geraldine Golightly 1-00 A Friend Chrysler Corporation Factory Police 5 00 Jack Cain 1-M Cash 2.00 Cash 35 E.

A. A. i 1.TM C. E. Hurt amount due end unpaid on war' debts owed'the" United States by European nations 'also reached.

If passed the as another installment became due, with on.y Finland waiting at the counter to pay. Heavy Intercut Costs On the direct national-debt alone, the interest cost is now more than $1,000,000,000 a year, or almost equal to the combined cost of the army and navy. Direct treasury obligations arc about 50 per cent higher than at the war period.peak of 526,596,,01,0,8 Aug 31 1919. and more than double the post-war low of $16,026,087,08, Dec. 31, 1930.

Of the subsequent $23,375,000,000 debt increase, $.1,900,000,000 was added during thc last two years and two months of Herbert Hoover's administration, and $18,470,000,000 since thc start of the Roosevelt 'administration in March 1933. Shows Mupe Deficit This fiscal year, the government is spending $9,000,000,000 and expects to collect only $5,000.000,000, leaving a deficit of $4,000,000,000. This deficit must be raised by borrowing except for $1,400,000,000 obtained through the cashing of sterilized gold- and a srnnncr amount of cash on hand. As for the war debts, the Finnish government advised the state department its check for 5232,935.50 would be paid at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. No other money was expected, was any promise anticipated from the 12 other debtor-countries to pay in the future or to propose any plan for settlement.

Unpaid War A total of $160,217,334.37 fell due today The previously due and unpaid balance on debts in default since 1932 to 1934 was $1,891,489,906 63 thus making the total amount now owed $2,051,707,241.10. The British government, wmch now owes a total of $1,202,827,897.13, expressed its willingness to reopen deb', discussions "whenever circumstances arc 'such as to warrant the hope that a satisfactory result might be reached," Thc British have made this statement each June 15 and Dec. 15 since going into default on their debt payment several years ago. Most of the other governments have reduced their refusal to short notes stating their regret at still being in a position of being; unable to pay or negotiate. arbitration agreements into one fundamental constitution of peace for the western hemisphere.

The- proposal formed a 12-page document containing 23 exhaustive It does not carry agreements any fu'i-ther and makes no fundamental changes except In regard to arbitration. This followed disclosure by Argentine delegation leaders that Argentina had taken a dominant position in negotiations over a plan for continental solidarity and that the United States had. abandoned all hopes for a pact against outside aggression in favor of a mere declaration of policy. Argentine Opposes From the beginning of discussions before the conference of 21 nations opened Dec. 9, Argentina has opposed a definite non-aggression pact, while thc United States, although willing to compromise or.

the matter, hoped for something more precise than only a statement of policy. Talks ot the continental defense issue among delegates have shown that Brazil-and Argentina were in opposite camps, with Brazil generally supporting the United Stales viewpoint favoring a treaty or convention. In the face of Argentine opposition to flat commitments, thc Bra- (Continued on- Fatfc Two)-- HEED CHEMNAZI WAR FDR 510 7 Event Will Be Held in Basement of Courthouse: Banquet Is Scheduled. Plans for thc annual Howard County corn show, which is to be held Jan. 5, 6 and 7, were completed Thursday.

The show will be staged In thc courthouse basement, and the entry deadline is 1 p. Jan. 5. Potatoes and grain will be displayed along with outstanding samples of corn grown in the county. C.

Stangland, county agent, said (hat C. Trover, well known corn grower of Lafontainc, has been invited to act as judge. Judging will- uvkoiplace on thc first A farm management school will OP TO TRAVEL, REST President Accepts Resignation of Adviser in Exchange of Letters. TO CLOSEJJSk DEC. 23 Other Cabinet Changes Rumored in Shakeup of Administration.

Washington, Dec. White House today announced the resignation of Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper effective Dec. 23. The announcement was made public in a brief exchange of: letters between President Roosevelt and Roper.

The White House announcement followed by a few hours an authoritative report of Roper's intention to retire carried by the United Press. Roper's letter explained that he desired to return to private life to give attention to his personal affairs. Mr. Roosevelt expressed ''sincere 1 regret" at Roper's decision. There was no indication immediately as to Roper's successor.

Reports circulated several weeks ago that the commerce secretaryship might be taken hy Works Progress Administrator Hopkins In event Roper's retirement. The President's letter accepting Roper's resignation began Dear Dan." Other cabinet changes have been rumored. At the time of Cummings' resignation high administration official said that a shakeup was impending but declined to reveal in what departments. There have been reports, however, that Secretary of War Wood- iK' judging contest is scheduled for 9 o'clock Saturday morning, Jan. 7.

Thc annual corn banquet also will would force him 10 relinquish his portfolio. Postmaster General Farley has been seeking a job outside A Friend Total Chamberlain Views Financial Curb Important To Maintaining European Peace London, Dec. Minister Chamberlain, in a new, outspoken reference to Germany, told a luncheon audience today that British financial power was a curb on Nazi statesmen when thev thought of war. The prime minister said: "We may take It that when German statesmen--I will not say-the German people--reflect on the possible consequences of a conflict, if. ever a conflict should arise between our two countries, they think not onlv of our armaments but of our great financial resources, which in a war of duration might well prove to be a deciding factor." "It is" this sense which is always with us and which I am sure is in itself a great influence in preserving the peace of the world.

Chamberlain's brief reference to Germany seemed to indicate a somewhat stronger line toward the Nazi leadership since the German ambassador and other Nazi representatives boycotted his Tuesday nis-ht speech In which he rebuked the German press for its attack on Earl Baldwin, former prime minister. Observers were quick to notice (Continued on Page Nineteen) i government for more than a year. be held Satuioay. thc cabincc Open classes will tQ trave and rcst He tome in in his i -w daughter's behalf, the large estate corn, 35 cars of shelled hybrid mar hc husband -The last denial by Roper that he contemplated resigning came only a few weeks ago. There were rumors then that- Works Progress Open classes will be as lollop.

IQ trave and Ten ears open pollinated, any color, to his single ear, open pollinated, any col- gouth and direct, or; peck shelled hybrid marked ht the larg( ket corn, peck of shelled hybrid seed, peck of soybeans, box of 16 potatoes. A class of Five Acre Coin club members will cover 35 cars of any a special class for members of township school agriculture classes also will be provided. Five club members will 10 ears open pollinated, any coior; single ear, open pollinated, any color: 35 cars hybrid-market corn: and box of 16 potatoes. CLEAR A A Fair Tonight and Friday: Kot So Cold in Central arid North Portions Tonight; Rising Temperature Friday. Kokomo Temperatures.

Maximum. Wednesday, 35; minimum Wednesday night, 18; noon no'on Thursday, 33. Readings on Dec. 15, 1937: 'low, 26. 8 Shopping Days Till Christmas COKING BACK TO CHRIST- Ll MAS EIGHT YEARS AGO-Young Judge William Clark New Jersey startled country by declaring adoption of the ISth Amendment invalid.

Santa was bringing Sinclair Lewis a Nobel Prize. Companionatc marriage topic of discussion. Christmas merriment dompened by epidemic of bank failures. King Alfonso ot Spain preparing to vacate throne. America was greet- taj Prof.

Einstein uproariously. Ickes Not To Enter Mayoralty Contest Washington, Dec. 15. Aides of Secretary Ickes said today he would reject the- invitation of friends to run for mayor Chicago next year on a liberal Democratic ticket. The secretary, these aides said, feels he can not make the race for "a number of reasons." Chief among them, the aides added, was word from the White House that President Roosevelt wished Ickes to remain in the cabinet.

Grant For Canning Here Made Administrator Hopkins would sue cccd him. Although confirmation is lacking, it was reported in government circles that Roper had indicated to thc White House that he would not resign If Hopkins were named his successor. Last May there were reports, also denied by Roper, that he threatened to quit over a proposal to shift his department's key unit, the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, to thc state department. Roper is 71--the second oldest member of the cabinet, Swanson 76 Hc has served in the federal government for 2S years under seven different presidential appointments. In his early years, he taught school, studied agricultural chemistry and law, and then entered politics, gaining election to the South Carolina house of representatives in 1S92.

Project An additional grant of S19.8SS for thc WPA project under which surplus food is canned here was announced at Washington Thursday. Senator Sherman Minton made thc announcement of a number of grants in Indians, including thc one for Kokomo. Tho conning project is located at 515 North Buckeye street and is under the supervision of Arthur Gibbs. INFANT SON DIES AX 1'AREJfTS HOME HERE SANTA GETS AIR SICK FROM RiDE IN PLANE John Phillip Hynds, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Hynds, 1101 West Broadway, died at the home at 10 o'clock Wednesday night. The baby was born 11 days ago at the St. Joseph hospital. Surviving besides the parents are three brothers. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon In the home and burial followed in the Crown Point cemetery.

Looking for Jones Scranton, Dec. a request that has Mayor Fred J. Huester puzzled; a chap wrote from Luton, England, that he was looking for a fellow named Jones--and if it wasn't too much trouble, would the mayor please help. He added the information that Jos lived in Scranton -10 years ago. North Manchester.

Dec. Clau? a somewhat elderly gentleman, as any child will and like irwny persons of advanced years, changes to things modern do not set so well. In any case, ridinp on a reindeer sleigh must not like riainp in an airplane, according to Pilot Brush Kramer of Fort Wayne. Kramer was hired to fly Santa from Fort Wayne fc this city where Lh( northern visitor had an op- pointment with numerous members of the younger generation En route, the white-whiskered fcllov. found air travel not altogether to his likinsj and requested a brief stop-over in a field south of the c'ly However, he quickly regained "his "legs" and consented to another try.

This time he did not his assembled "raper Votes Bonus Rochester, N. Dec. of the Gannett company. newspaper publishers, have voted to distribute 10 per cent of thc 193S profits of the company among employes or the basis of their 'earnings, 1'or live yesrs ending this year. Frank E.

Gannett, president, announced today. time employes of the Gannett newspapers will share the distribution, Gannett said. Cheeks will be distributed aa soon as the' year's profits are known to employes of Gannett rapers in Rochester, Elmira, Ltica, Tbaca Ne.wburgh, Albany. Ogdensburg, JIalone, Saratoga Springs and Massena, N. 1.: Harl ford, Plainficld.

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