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GOOD EVEN IN Gt How will you celebrate the Fourth of July? "One Newspaper Is Better Than Many Criminal Laws." Calvin Coolidgt iFrmtklm Sosttnrg 1 65th YEAR Entered as Second Matter at the Post Oflce at ChambersburK. Under the Act of March 3. Ifc79. CHAMBERSBURG, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1934 Published Daily, Except Sunday, by Tba Public Opinion Company. PRICE THREE CENTS CHURCH MODERATOR DIVORCE-SEEKER OTEO OUTLAV OCEAN BEU HITLER'S GOVERNMENT PUSHES 'LIQUIDATION' OF REVOLTING GROUPS CHIEFTAIN DRAFTS REPLY TO REVIEW OUT i NEW STORM CHIEF Sub-Leaders of Storm Troopers Arrested Over Week-End 4 if- 1 -4 i I i 1 i 1 I iv i i i 1 1 I AGAIN OUTWITS FORCES OE Li Attack Upon Physician Fades As Clue in Hunt For Dillinger PATROLMAN KILLED IN ROBBERY OF BANK CHICAGO.

July 2 W) Once again John Dillinger has outwitted momentarily at least, his pursuers. Although the cry "Get DUlinger" was shouted with new vigor by peace officers on the theory it was he who led the $29,989 raid of bank bandits on the Merchants' National Bank of South Bend, the trail they followed was cold. An attack on a North Webster, physician looked for a time like an important clue in the hunt for the elusive gunman, but it was dissipated when the doctor said he could not identify the man as Dillinger mobsters. The physician. Dr.

Leslie A. Laird, was knocked unconscious by two men after he had been called from his home to his office early Sunday to treat a bullet wound in the arm. Although Dillinger has often been reported' dead, investigators said they were confident he was the leader of the band of robbers who killed Policeman Howard Wagner in the South Bend raid. The belief that Dillinger and his men may have headed toward Chicago seeking their old big city hideouts, was based on the finding at Goodland. 100 miles southeast, of the bullet punctured automobile used by the South Bend killers in their escape.

SOUTH BEND, July 2 A bandit quintet with John Dillinger reported to be in command stormed the Merchants" Bank Sat-furday scooped up $28,439 and fied in a wild barrage of bullets, ing behind a killed policeman and four men wounded. The raiders engaged in gun battles with a detective, two officers and a jeweler as they emerged from the bank and made their way to the flight car a half block away. More than fifty shots raked the street the heart of the city, throwing the entire district into a turmoil and sending scores of pedestrians to whatever shelter they could find. Officer Harold Wagner encountered the three gangsters who carried out the actual robbery as they were hurrying from the bank. He was fatally wounded before he could reach his pistoL REVOLVER SHOTS HALT SOUGHT MAN 'Newt' Eshelman Caught by Officers Woman and He Face Adultery Charge Shots from the revolver of Constable C.

Blaine Rotz halted "Newt" Eshelman of South Fourth street, near Lincoln Way, in his tracks when he attempted to flee from the officer near Dull's Hill reservoir early today. "Constable Rotz, seeking Eshelman with a warrant charging him with desertion and non-support, reported he came upon him and a woman giving her name as Mrs. Ada Detrich of Chambersburg as they slept along a fence row at 5:30 o'clock this morning. The man had been sought since midnight by the constable. After Rotz had read the warrant to Eshelman, the latter made a move to flee and was seized by the officer.

Eshelman broke away after a tussle and began running. The officer fired several shots, and (Turn to page please) ROOSEVELT BEGINS CRUISE Two Sons of President Aboard Ship on Trip to U. S. Possessions PRESIDENT NAMES IMPORTANT GROUPS ABOARD THE U. S.

S. GILMER ACCOMPANYING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, July 2 iP President Roosevelt tund to the open sea today, strikinf out on his historic journey to thi American possessions of the Atlan'ic and Pacific. The cnusei Houston, carrying the President. stps at Hampton Roads for a exchange of official papers. A rheering sendoff started the trip as darkness fell last night at Armapois, From H.mpton Roads, the President goes the high saas, stopping briefly a' Haiti Thursday before landing it Puerto Rico Friday to travel across the island.

A gay flotilla of small craft surrounded the Houston in midstream at Annapolis and shrieked farewell to the hippy President, bent eagerly on his vacation. Frar.iiin. and John, sens of presilent. were aboard with him. ilrs.

Roosevelt and James, their ldest son, waved farewell from fce dock with a enwd that gave tie President a rousing send-off. The 13.C0u-mi:e route that lay ahead will rake the President to Cartajer.a. Colombia. South America arf Hawaii the first visits by a Presicer.t of the United States to South America and Hawaii and thenc to the American west coast. Laiding at Portland.

Oregon, abou August 2 the President will trar east, viewing at first hand the 'esults of his "New Deal." Tfe President spent a busy cay at his desk before departing. Amc.g other things he appointed RepE-entative Avres. Democrat, Kan a 5. as a member of the Federal Trade Commission to succeed Jame Landis. who was named to the iew Stock Exchange and Security Commission Saturday night.

Affcr making that appointment, Mr. Roosevelt conferred with Jama A. Moffett who was selected SatuSay to head the Administration's housing program. In the conference also were (Turn to page 7. please) COR'ORAL POWELL DIES 01 KIDNEY INFECTION State Policeman Dies in Naval '-fospital at Philadelphia Con.

Waiter Powell, of Troop E. Pennsylvania State Police, died yesteriay at the United States Naval Rspital. in Philadelphia, after an ilhess that began last September wnen he was wounded in a gun fight with criminals in Centre Coun. Powell was assigned to light duty with Mont Alto sub-station after psrtially recuperating from his wounl. He served there until June 13 wien he became critically ill with a kidney infection.

He was placed in the Good Will ambUance and. with State highway patrdmen leading the way, was rushxi to the Naval Hospital in four hours. Powell was 30 yaers old. He was a mtive of Wilkes-Barre and was a member of Troop Harrisburg, for thirteen years. He was a veteran of the World War, and a member of Masonic lodges, including Shrine.

RAINFALL IS BELOW NORMAL FOR MONTH Compiled by William B. Spear, observer of U. S. weather bureau at the Town Farm. The rainfall for 1330 the year of the big drought is included for comparative purposes.

Normal 1930 1933 1931 Jan. 2.73 1.55 1.63 2.82 Feb 2.90 1.86 2.38 0.75 Mar 2.93 2.28 5.92 2.72 Apr. 3.09 2.23 4.92 2.51 May 3.55 1.63 6.30 4.61 June 4.11 3.61 1.27 3.70 July 3.56 0.60 3.23 Aug 3.9G 0.93 8.63 Sept 2.92 1.19 4.63 Oct 3.20 0117 2.51 Not 2.70 0.62 0.77 Dec 2.63 2.77 2.38 Inches for the year 38 24 19 64 44.72 The rainfall for the month 01 June was 3 .0 mcnes, which is .41 of an inch be-low normal. The rainfall far this year was 17.11 inches, which is 2.25 below normal for the first six months. The mean temperature for June was 5.7 degrees above cormai.

-vsr 9 i Named moderator of the Congregational Christian churches, in the national assembly at Oberlin, Dr. Jay Tliomas Stocking, St. Lcuis, is shown above. Dr. S.

Parkes Cadman, famed Brooklyn divine, was chosen honorary moderator. WELL IIIDPU UllUII HUMANITY Self Sacrifice Said Biggest Need Historian Cites Choice in Nation UNIVERSITY, July 2 0P) The Christian church must save humanity from "the abyss of material ruin and spiritual despair" with which it is confronted, Rev. Dr. John McDowell, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, asserted today. At the Institute of Public Affairs conducted by the University of Virginia, he declared the supreme task of the Christian churches of America is to help the nation "reexamine the foundations of her political, industrial, intellectual moral and spiritual life" and to "inspire her to re-endow her citizens" with freedom, originality, humanity, hopefulness and peace.

"What the church needs today is not authority in the old ecclesiastical sense, but insight, inspiration, power," he said. "What it must have, not to rule but to help the world, is the power of the consecrated life, the method which applies the spirit of Christ to all life. The greatest duty of the church in this tragic hour is not self-preservation but self-sacrifice." Harry Elmer Barnes, historian, professor and author, called President Franklin D. Roosevelt the "last hope of democracy and capitalism." If the New Deal collapses we have the stark reality of Fascism and then Communism staring us in the face, he asserted. "It is the New Deal, castor oil or the firing squad.

"If the New Deal fails," he continued, "there will be neither Democrats ncr Republicans in 1940. The partisan controversy in this country today at least Democrat-Republican controversy, is like two men angrily debating about a heavy dew in the path of the Johnstown flood." MAN ENRAGED BY NOISE KILLS FOUR; WOUNDS ONE Expresses No Remorse for Act as lie Faces Murder Charge EAST TAW AS, July 2 (JP) A. J. Wood, 53, who said the noise made by merrymakers so enraged him that he slew four of them and wounded a fifth, was held for arraignment today on murder charges. Wood, who walked to the county jail in nearby Tawas City after quadruple slaying early Sunday morning, expressed no remorse.

His only fear, officers said, was of mob violence. There were no signs of disorder. Those killed were: Dr. Stanley Homers, 31; Sheriff Charles C. Miller, 38, Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Hayes, age 35 and 31. respectively. Roy Hickey, one of the guests at the party, was wounded. FLETCHER ON AIR TONIGHT Henry P.

Fletcher of Grcencastle, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will speak from station WJZ New York, at 9:45 o'clock tonight. E.S.T. at which time he will give the Republican view of the New Deal. V. DR.

Ml pa pl unLLU TO SAVE I SEVEN OFFICIALLY REPORTED KILLED Von Hindenburg Said III at Country Estate Takes Revolt News Calmly (Copyright, n.U, hi The Associated Trist) BERLIN. Julv 2 The list of executions mounted rapidly tonight. It wa.s reported r0 have been put to death in Berlin alone. (By The Associated Press) A number of sub-leaders of Storm Troopers some estimates mid "several hundred" were arrested over the week-end n.s the Hitler government continued its "houscclcaning." All the arrested leaders ere held awaiting "punishment. (The chief of the Storm Troopers, Captain Ernest Roehm, ww executed summarily Saturday after he had declined Hitler's suggestion (hat hi kill himself.) Warnings have been broadcast to all Germans that "conspirators" are "playing with their heads." The number of persons executed or "liquidated" since Hitler struck forth with steeled fist Saturday against mutinecs is generally believed to be greatly in excess of th? seven officially reported.

President Von Hindenburg Is reported as ill, though not seriously, at his country estate. He took news of the suppression of the revolt calmly, doctors said. Franz von Papen. the vice chancellor whose June 17 speech sounded the first note of warning against rtidlcs-. "lemer.ts of the Nr.zl p-ntv is held to his home under orders not to leave without permission.

In a political "will" that President Von Hindenburg Ls reported to have made. Von Papen i.s named a his "heir" to the presidency. The Germany army, which supported Von Hindenburg, Is adjured in the "will" to give Von Papen equal support. Germany appears quiet, with in undercurrent of nervous suspense. The European press generally regards the week-end developments as establishing Hitler power more strongly than before, although some papers forses further trouble.

The Austrian border is closely patrolled by soldiers on both sides. (C -frrijht, toit. bv The Associated BERLIN, July 2 MV-Adolf Hlt- (Turn to page 7. please) FIND BODY OF MAN ONCE TRIED ON MURDER COUNT Bullet Punctured Body of Earl Gentry Trovldes Myntery JEFFERSON, July 2 W) The discovery of the badly beaten and bullet punctured body of Earl Gentry, once tried with D. C.

Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan for the death of Madge Oberholtzer, gave Wisconsin officials a slaying mystery today. Gentry's body was found late yesterday, grotesquely slumped in his automobile which had boon parked near a swimming pool on the rock river. Absence of normal amount of blood in the car and the fact that the body was covered with rugs led to a search of the home of Mrs. Carrie Gill, 59-year-old widow, where Gentry had lived for several years. The sheriff said what appeared to be hastily sponged stains were found on the kitchen floor.

The sherlfl said he learned Gentry spent Saturdav evening with Mrs. Gill's niece, Josephine Probst, at Fort Atkinson. Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Tuesday morning; local thundershowers Tuesday afternoon or night; cooler Tuesday night and Wednesday. THE HIGH AND LOW A YEAR AGO Wife of a member of the socially prominent Drury family of Washington. D.

Mrs. Peter Drury is shown as she appeared in New York county court, where she is seeking a divorce. Her husband is a noted aviator and sportsman. THREE MOTORISTS HURT lil CRASHES; 6 AUTOS DAMAGED Former Town Woman Hurt In Collision Fayetteviils Pair Injured Time persons were hurt and six motoi vehicles damaged in three coUis-ons investigated yesterday by the detail of the State highway i patrol. Mrs.

Mildred Geyer, 33, 5 East Kirg street, Shippensburg. wile of Earl Geyer, Shippensburg notary, hai her right arm fractured between the elbow and shoulder when the automobile of her husband, dnven by her daughter, Virginia M. Geyer, was struck by the automobile of William Ward of East King street, Shippensburg, formerly of Chambersburg, on the Scotiar.d-Shippensburg road, three miles north of Scotland, at 4:20 yesterday afternoon. The Geyers formerly lived here, Mrs. Geyer being the former Miss Mildred Milbee of town.

Ward will be charged with reckless driving before Magistrate Um-brell of Orrstown, the State Highway patrol said. The collision occurred on a curve as Miss Geyer was traveling southward and Ward was going in the opposite direction. Ward, the patrol said, infringed upon Miss Geyer 's side of the road and struck her (Turn to page please) LEGIONNAIRES GATHER FOR PICNIC AT PEN MAR Several Hundred Hear Addresses by i State Commanders Several hur.derd members of the American Legion from southeastern counties and northern counties of Maryland gathered yesterday at Pen Mar Park for the annual Legion picnic. Addresses were ma.de by Otto F. Messner, Pennsylvania department commander, Caesar Aiello, commander of the department of Mary- land, and Bnjamin L.

Wolfson. Mr. I Wolfson spoke on the organization of Sons of Legion units. Mrs. S.

A. Henneberger, Waynesboro, one of two surviving members of the G. A. R. Relief in Waynesboro, addressed the gathering briefly.

Herbert Hoover, commander of 22nd district of the Legion, presided. Commander Messner arrived after the formal session had adjourned, but he spoke from the dance floor vhere the American Legion Junior Band of town gave a concert during the afternoon. Von Hindenburg Makes Army Responsible For Von Papen PRESIDENT GIVES HITLER BLESSING Hitler and Goering Firmly In Saddle as 'Liquidation' Process Continues Copyright, 1034. by The Associated BERLIN, July 2 A bold stroke from President Paul von Hindenburg today calling the Reichswehr to the defense of Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen's safety, was quickly followed by advices from usually well informed quarters that the vice chancellor would resign, or would be ousted at the instigation of Chancellor Hitler, probably tomorrow. Advisers said Prussian Premier Hermann Wilhelm Goering would succeed von Papen in the vice chancellory.

Copyright. by The Associated Press) BERLIN, July 2 President Paul von Hindenburg today made the Reichswehr (German army) personally responsible for the safety of Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen, threatening a state of siege if he were victimized for his recent bold stand in criticising some Nazi policies. A guard of special Blackshirt soldiers was delegated to insure Von Papen's safety. The ultimate fate of the vice chancellor, bitter conservative critic of some of the Nazi methods, had become a question of burning moment in Germany when his friend and patron, P.resident von Hindenburg, gave his blessings to Chancellor Hitler today. The President from his retreat in Neudeck where he is lying ill telegraphed the chancellor: "You have saved the German people from serious dangers.

I express to you my deep thanks and gratitude with cordial regards." So far as was known to the gen- (Turn to page 2, please) FLORIST ASKS BUSINESS BE RETURNED TO CHARGE Henry Eichholz Petitions Discharge of Bank As Guardian A petition has been filed at the prothonotary's office in behalf of Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro florist, asking that his guardian be discharged and that his property be restored to his control. The First National Bank Trust Company of Waynesboro was appointed guardian of Eichholz on December 17, 1932, on petition of his wife. Mrs. Alvina Eichholz. The petition of Eichholz himself stated he was discharged from Mount Hope Retreat.

Baltimore, March 31, 1933, as having been fully recovered. It added that the greenhouse owned by the petitioner has been operated by his son. Herman Eichholz, who is desirous of being relieved. The senior Eichholz asked permission to resume charge of the business, succeeding his son. FLIERS LAND IN POLAND Adamcwioz Brothers Make Fourth Landing in Europe TORUN, Poland.

July 2 JP) Brooklyn's flying brothers, Joseph and Benjamin Adamowicz, were forced down near here today en route to Warsaw, making their fourth landing in Europe after conquering the Atlantic. A defective gasoline pipe was the trouble this time. Neither of the brothers was hurt and the plane was not damaged in the landing. They hoped to fix the gasoline pipe by 4 P. and make another start to Warsaw, their goal when they left Brooklyn.

State Accident Toll Over Week-End; (By The Associated Preset Pennsylvania's accident toll dropped sharply the past week-end with thirteen deaths from drowning and automobile accidents. Twenty-seven persons died in accidents a week ago. Four of the drowning victims were children. Dorothy Miller, 12, and Stanley Maszcupuk, 6, died in Ridley Creek, Eddystone, within an hour. The girl was bathing the lad fell from a plank betwene two barges.

Three-year-old James Stein fell into a Beaver County pool i I I I I I I i i 'i I 1 I Johnson Plans Answer To Charge That NRA Aids Monopoly BOARD TERMS LAW DEPRESSION SPUR WASHINGTON, July 2 Hugh S. Johnson intends to fire the parting shot in his feud with Clarence Darrow. He put his NRA aides at work today drafting an answer to the finaJ report of the Recovery Review Board. Like the previous two, the third report maintained NRA fostered monopoly. In so doing, it said last night, the recovery unit became "not the foe but the adjunct cf depression." Despite its recommendations, the board said, "there seems a sinister purpose to entrench" monopolistic practices "still more securely in the processes of the act." Abandonment of price-fixing was recommended.

WASHINGTON, July 2 (P)ln its third and final report, the Clarence Darrow National Recovery Review Board yesterday asserted nothing had been done "to remove or even to restrain" monopolistic practices which it said it had uncovered in NRA codes investigated by it. "On the contrary," the board said, "there seems a sinister purpose to entrench them still more securely in the processes of the act, to make still more unquestioned the monopolistic sway of the great interest." The National Recovery Act, through festering monopoly, the board said, had "become not the foe but the adjunct of depression." The final report, presented to the Presidential four days ago, was made available by the board yesterday a few hours before the scheduled departure of Mr. Roosevelt on his ocean cruise. The NRA codes, the board concluded, were "too drastic and attempted to do too much." In this connection, it recommended that the price fixing attempts cf NRA be abandoned as soon as passible. The board told the President that in all codes examined "one condition has been persistent, undeniable and apparent to any impartial observation," that the cede had given opportunity "for the more powerful and profitable interests to (Turn to page 8, please) PREMIER SILENT AS HE LOSES CAS Canadian Jury Awards Girl $10,000 in Seduction Suit Against Official EDMONTON.

July 2 W) Premier J. E. Brownlee, of Alberta, last night refused to comment on reports he will resign following the verdict of a supreme court jury which awarded $10,000 in damages to Vivian MacMillan, 22-year-old stenographer who charged he seduced her. It was reported that members of the government will meet in an emergency caucus tomorrow to consider problems arising out of the verdict. The premier's resignation would carry with it resignations of all members of his cabinet.

Lieut. Governor W. L. Walsh also refused to comment. The jury of six men upheld Miss MacMillan's claim for damages in a (Turn to page S.

please) BETTER PISTOL RECORD State rolice 'Blue' Team Wins Match at Cascade, Md. CAMP RITCHIE. Cascade, July 2 (A) The Pennsylvania State Police "Blue" team, of Hershey, yesterday bettered the world's record for pistols or revolvers of .32 caliber and up at twenty-five yards at the thirteenth annual meet of the Eastern Small Bore Association. The Pennsylvania team fired an aggregate score 0f 1407. The previous record was 1398, according to association officials.

Ten police teams were entered in the event. Members of the winning team and their scores were: Pvt. B. L. Burtncr.

235; Pvt. T. E. Eshelman, 284; Lieut. A.

J. Whitecotton. 280, and C. C. Snitas, 277.

i "St ,1 Named new national commander of the Nazi Storm Troopers to succeed the deposed Captain Roehm is Viktor Lutze (above), governor of Hanover. Chancellor Hitler, in appointing him, praised Lutze as "a true and Ideal Storm Troop leader." Roehm was killed Saturday after being deposed. ANXIETY AND HOPE MINGLE AS HITLER CRUSHES REVOLT U. S. Officials Tight-Lipped On Reich Events Leaders Sound Crave Warnings WASHINGTON, July 2 'ZD-Anxiety and hope mingled in the minds of observers today as they read about the mopping up of Germany's abortive revolt.

Some feared the violence in the Reich might make the problem of debts more difficult; others hoped Hitler's crushing of so-called "wild men" might make the outlook for peace in Europe a bit brighter. They wondered if the Hitler stand against the Extremists might her-I aid a modification of the intense Nationalism which has characterized his rise to power. As for debus. Germany has de-; clared a moratorium on foreign obligations which include about 500,000.000 held in the United States. A reason she gave was that greatly diminished foreign trade had reduced her foreign exchange 'so that she could not continue in- (Turn to page 7, please) SPORT FACILITIES PROVE POPULAR AT CONFERENCE Episcopal Churchmen Take Advantage of Penn Hall Equipment Tonight at the Blue Mountain Conference' of the Episcopal Church, being held at Penn Hall.

Rev. Cal- vert E. Buck will address the dcle-I gates on "The Church and F-olitir National and International" Last evening the conference held a picnic at Mont Alto Park, where the delegates were addressed by Rev. Dr. Oliver J.

Harte. pastor of the new St. John's Church, Washington, D. C. The various sports facilities at Penn Hall are proving popular with the delegates.

Tennis and golf matches are being held. A oaseball game between the faculty and students was played this afternoon. Saturday a swimming meet was held in the school pool. Drops Sharply Thirteen Lose Lives while on an outing and drowned. Paul Belcher, 7, fell from a dock into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and drowned before aid could reach him.

Michael Sensky, 40, tried to swim the Delaware River at Bristol and sank about half-way across. Glenn Matthews, 21, of Pitcairn, was found dead in two feet of water in Connoquenessing Creek, and the body of John Yurask. same ae, was discovered in ten feet of water State Officials Urge Caution on Pact Of Citizens in July 4 Observance celebration cf the nations birthday. William F. Treager.

chief of the fire protection forces of the Pennsylvania State Police, this year singles out the citizen who is going to celebrate in the rural regions or the woodlands because of the restrictions on the use of dangerous explosives in city and town. This individual, says Treager. removes himself from Immediate hospital or medical attention and (Turn to page 6, please) HARRISBURG, July 2 (P) Preliminary skyrockets are shooting the air, firecrackers are crackling and cannon are booming as the State prepares for another Fourth of July, and Father Penn admonishes his sons and daughters to 'be careful!" Official Pennsylvania, the fire protection bureau of the State Police, the department of health, and other agencies in a series of bulletins, call attention to the high rate of casualties that mar every year's July 1 9871 July 2 8353 July 3 7353 July 4 8344 July 5 8753 July 6 S3 53 July 7 91 91 63 (Turn to page 8, please).

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