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THE LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS VOLUME XLX, NO. 79. LUDINGTON, FEB. 1, 1940. BRITIS ECONOMI PRICE, THREE CENTS.

WAY MAY BE CLEARED FOR LOAN Think Senate Committee Will Increase Capital of Export-Import Bank WASHINGTON, Feb. The Senate foreign relations committee was expected in administration circles today to approve a bill paving the way for a new non-military loan to Finland and possibly increasing the credits that might be obtained by China. One administrator supporter said that unless unforseen developments came from testimony by state department officials, it appeared a majority of the committee would vote to increase by $100,000,000 the capital of the export-import bank. He that strong sentiment had been demonstrated for altering a limitation of $30,000,000 on the cumulative total which might be advanced to any one borrower. Finland already has obtained $10,000,000 in credits, and China has a loan of $25,000,000 outstanding.

To get around this, some committee members were reported to be studying a proposed $30,000,000 limit on loans obtained after Jan. 1, 1940, without regard to the bank's past commitments. There still was opposition to the bill, however. Senator Harrison (D-Miss) held to his suggestion that the Finns try to bonds to private investors in this country instead of seeking a government loan. Senator Van Nuys culled the bill a "subterfuge" and asserted that lending money to a country involved in a con- Predict Farming Will Continue Profitable EAST LANSING, Feb.

Ibig commercial farms. The suc- Michigan farmers attending the cessful commercial farmer, he 25th annual farmers' week programs at Michigan State college are receiving what most of them came experts' best guesses of what the future holds for agriculture. Asserting that "sooner or later, farming will adjust itself to changing conditions so that it will continue profitable," Dr. E. C.

Young, of Purdue university, pointed to a trend toward two types of farming, were the small These, he said, self-sufficient farms and the larger commercial farms. The development of big commercial acreages, Dr. Young said, is particularly noticeable in industrial states due to the increased use of farm machinery. Such use, he said, lowers the cost of crops in a direct ratio to the increased acreage cultivated. Such crops as corn, potatoes, soy beans, wheat, hay and truck crops (and in about that order) are benefitted economically by the use of mechanical equipment, he said.

In a few years, when prosperous conditions are assured. Dr. Young said, the small farmer is to be subjected to "tremendous pressure" by the growth of the said, will be seeking more land, because he can till it with increasing profit by mechanical means. The federal A.A.A. program is adding to this trend, Dr.

Young asserted, because it permits farmers to curtail crops on the home farm for a benefit payment but to lake on other acreage to grow the same crops as before. BIRDS EAT CATTLE ALIVE IN WEST! Several Hundred Persons Attend Impressive Rites at St. Simon's Church Young South Haven Wife Dies Wednesday as Result of Shock and Fright SOUTH HAVEN, Feb. Sheldon Rupert, of Van Buren county, said today he would await the outcome of an autopsy before seeking legal flict would be "the first step to- action against Clyde ward our entry into another for- Clark 16-year-old eign war." Senator Clark (D-MO) commented: Tm against it, always have been still am." against it and WASHINGTON, Feb. rivers of the country are holding a threat of floods when spring, rains begin.

Weather bureau officials, while not attempting to forecast floods, nevertheless expressed concern over ice jams, when the present concentration of ice is moying southward. The danger will be greatest, they say, around large bridges and at river bends, such as those of the tortuous Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Today's weekly weather report said that' "floating ice was reported in the Mississippi river as far south as Cairo, 111. Gorges are reported at St. Louis, and in the Ohio river they are noted at Louisville, Cincinnati, and Parkersburg, W.

Even the Tennessee river is coated with three inches of ice as far south as Chattanooga, the Cumberland river is frozen over, and the James river at Lynchburg, tested two inches of ice. Park Increases in Popularity That Ludington State park is rapidly increasing in popularity as a mecca for winter sport lovers is amply illustrated in a letter received today by the Ludington Chamber of Commerce from a group of six Muskegon toboggan- ists who recently visited here. According to the letter, they enjoyed themselves so much that they are planning another trip to the park in the near future. The is only one of several of that kind recently received by the Chamber of Commerce. Willard South Haven high school student, in connection with the death Wednesday of Mrs.

Faye Edwards, 21. This morning Prosecutor Rupert appeared before Probate Judge Merle H. Young at Paw and obtained a waiver of jurisdiction whereby the was transferred to circuit court. Clark's arrest Wednesday followed an attack on Mrs. Edwards as she walked home Monday night.

Authorities reported her death was due to shock and fright. Armed with descriptions of the attacker, police took young Clark into custody for questioning. Chief of Police Fred Hoper said the youth confessed the attacks. I i ATTENTION EAGLES Regular Meeting TONIGHT at EAGLES' HALL SPECIAL RAILROAD MENT AND LUNCH. Be Sure to Attend! New Orleans Mardi Gras in Full Sway NEW ORLEANS, Feb.

(IP) Mardi Gras, which annually turns New Orleans into a week of make-believe and merrymaking, is in full sway again. King Sargon, builder of ancient Babylon, returned to earth Wednesday night in the guise of a mortal king to open the festive week by riding his beau-lighted parade of flam- Impressive funeral rites, attended by several hundred persons, were held at St. Simon's Roman Catholic church this morning for Michael B. Danaher, pioneer local lawyer and lumberman. Mr.

Danaher, resident of Ludington for 76 years, died at his home here early Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Prominent in local and state affairs, his death brought an influx of mourners from Detroit and many distant points, as well as from his home community. This morning's Solemn Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. T. W.

Albin, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Jos. Koss of St. Stanislaus' church as sub-deacon, Rev. T.

Raymond Dark of Manistee as deacon and Rev. John E. Szydlowski of Freesoil as master of ceremonies. Other priests in the sanctuary included Rev. Dennis Behan, former St.

Simon's pastor; Rev. Thomas Brannigan, assistant pastor of St. Simon's; Rev. William Veisnoraitis of Custer and Rev. Gordon Grant of Scottville.

Following the Mass Rev. Dark delivered a beautiful eulogy to Mr. Danaher's memory, pointing to his thoughtfulness and charity. Burial was in Pere Marquette cemetery beside his wife, Mrs. Nellie Danaher, who died in June, 1936.

Active pallbearers were: A. W. Church, K. L. Ashbacker.

L. G. Jebavy. O. C.

Zook, Joseph Sahlmark, Joseph Knebl, A. A. Keiser and Dr. C. A.

Paukstis. Honorary pallbearers included: H. H. Hawley, Dr. E.

A. Greenwald, Fred Read George Cartier, Harold Gibbs, George Pomeroy, George Colyer, Peter R. VonSprecken, Ray Boertman, B. F. Gregory, Leo Duplessis, George D.

Caplon, Alphonse Meny, George Ackersville, A. E. Johnson. Dean Thompson, John Crawford, Ronald Ely, Dr. H.

E. Hoffman, William Lilly, M. J. Dahringer, Judge Max E. Neal, Eugene Christman, Harry Martin, Charles Brandt, E.

A. Miller, Dr. L. J. Goulet, Elmer Nelson.

J. Boone, Conductor Bay Lamberson and cow-eating birds Hungry birds are actually attacking and killing cattle in southwest Kansas, according to farmers in that area. The birds, mostly starlings, drill along the animals' backbones, killing and then feasting on the carcasses, say the farmers. Ray Lamberson of Liberal, is shown with two of the cow-killing birds he captured. One js a starling, the other resembles a meaclowlark.

Residents Grab Plows to Clear phan' Roads LAKE CITY, Feb. proximately 200 irate Ap- I clear the highway. Foreign Minister Makes Statement on Government Policy Before Tokyo Diet TOKYO, Feb. hope of putting her trade rela- tions with the United States back on a treaty basis was emphasized today by foreign Minister Hachiro Arita in a statement of foreign policy dealing at length on Japanese- American affairs. Arita's address, the foreign minister's report at the opening session of the Diet (parliament), canvassed the whole range of Japan's international relations.

Unlike last year, when the Diet applauded wildly over plans for Japan's "new order" in East Asia, Arita's summary was met with dead silence. Although the foreign minister gave no hint of immediate plans for the future, Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai de! clared the government was attempting to expediate enforcement of a planned economy in Manchoukup and China in cordance with the "new order." i Without setting forth concrete iplans, Foreign Minister Arita outlined these general (themes of Japanese foreign policy: The United expressed hope that a new treaty REPORT TWO SHIPS SUNK Labor Party Demands Appointment of Economic Minister to War Cabinet Ludington High School Band and Orchestra and Civic Orchestra Will Participate LONDON, Feb. Britain's economic front came under heavy fire in her own House of Commons today with a formal labor party demand for appointment of an economic minister to the war cabinet. In probably the most important test of strength between supporters of the Chamberlain government and its opposition since the outbreak of the war with Germany, Laborites contended that organization of the vital economic phase of the struggle had lagged behind the rest of the country's war effort. Support for the cabinet change cut across all party lines with the even strongly pro-government London Times joining in the chorus calling for correction of what it called "inadequate representation" of.

the economic side in the war cabi- On the physical side of the war, the latest reported British farmers The highway, M-74, is one of could be concluded to end the and other residents of a snow- those recently described by State day-to-day status of Japanese- isolated section of Missaukee Highway Commissioner Murray American trade as a result of county broke into a state garage i D. VanWagoner, as not carrying the United States' abrogation and entered a county road com- sufficient traffic to justify its last Friday of the 1911 commission building Wednesday classification as a state highway. treaty with Japan. special benefit concert at hall Sunday afternoon to raise funds for the paralysis foundation. Starting- time has been nounced as 2:30 p.

m. with er vacate mission 25 cents per person. I John Pehrson. Dr. A.

E. Rasmussen, A. W. Hamel, Marshall Butters, Erwin R. Hermann, Philip Roehrig, John Gavan, S.

M. Snow, John McDonald, Dr. Lars Switzer, floats James McDonald, Corwill Jack- through masses of chilled but son, George Yockey, F. W. Haw- wildly cheering spectators.

King Momus succeeds him, on the throne tonight. After him comes Kings Hermes, Nor, Mid- City, Alia, Proteus, and so on, until Rex, lord of misrule and king of all carnivals, appears on Mardi Gras day next Tuesday. Then all of New Orleans rolls out of bed at dawn, dons costumes and masks and hurries downtown to romp, sing, dance and play on the streets until nightfall. The beginning of Lent Tuesday night will end the revelry. Three CCC Camps Will Be Dropped LANSING, Feb.

The state conservation department will abandon three Civilian Conservation Corps camps this winter, under orders of the U. S. forest service. P. J.

Hoffmaster, state conservation director, said the Au Sable camp and the Kalkaska camps near Grayling and the Mackinac camp in the Mackinac State forest would be the ones to go. Hoffmaster said the forest service notified him a curtailment of funds would require the closing of the camps, but did not Inform him whether 500 enrollees employed at the camps would be transferred or merely dropped from the rolls. Conklin, Judge Owen J. Gavigan, Mayor E. Thompson, Matt McBane, R.

J. Smith, T. J. O'Hearn, Dr. J.

F. Wood, Martin Abrahamson, Postmaster W. H. Cuthbertson, F. A.

Swanson and T. J. Barber. Public buildings including the post office, courthouse and city hall were closed from 9:30 to 11 during the services, as were stores and offices in the city. Strange License Puzzles Officer CHEHALIS, Wash.

name "Cundinamarea" beneath the license numbers made State Patrolman Richard Held and Highway Commissioner George Maltman curious. They flagged down the motorist, who explained he was some 5,000 miles from home. Cundinamarea is a state in the Republic of Colombia, South America. WEATHER Weather Forecast Lower Michigan: Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Friday; light local snows tonight. Detroit and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Friday, preceded by drizzle or light local snows this afternoon or early tonight; lowest temperature tonight 20 to 25; gentle to moderate west to northwest winds.

The eun sets today at 5:47 and rises Friday at 7:44. The moon rises Friday at 3:03 a. m. t.prritorv from Temperature at the coast guard sta- vff TO iS tlon tor 24 hours endln at 7 a. Maxl- foe Mississippi, except 99, winimum 30, night to get snow plows with which to clear 18 miles of highway.

The farmers complained the road had not been cleared since stretch of highway, the last iioavy snowfall after the I state turned the highway back to the county for maintenance, They asserted there were several cases of illness among families along the roadway and cited one instance in which a child was born with only the father in at- tendance. The doctor, they de- clared, was on his way but was I delayed by blocked roads. Sheriff Mearl BurKeu said the group asked officials of the state and county highway services to open the road and upon being refused took over three state and four county plows and work themselves. It extends from Pioneer to M-55. Third Powers in The The county road commission foreign minister disavowed any has refused to accept responsi- Japanese intention to eliminate bility for maintenance of the 18- "legitimate rights and other third and infnnrilP Steamer Highwave, the for- mianuie, mer torpedoed in convoy and i the later bombed off the Brita coast.

ad The announcement of the loss Ac of the Vaclite followed disclo- 11 sure by Prime Minister Cham- W. Cuthbertson, chairman of the' berlain Wednesday that the at- Mason county infantile submarine had been drive, tickets have already been sunk by Bri tish planes and war- placed on sale. ships. The Vaclite's crew was Tuberculosis Skin Tests Are Planned Tuberculosis skin tests will be given by Dr. Lars Switzer, Ma- scn-Manistee health unit physi- The festival of music is one of picked up by an Italian ship, four ways in which money is The entire crew of 18 of the being raised in Mason county to.

Highwave reached Flushing, the help wage the battle against Netherlands, Wednesday night, dread infantile paralysis. Two i two of them wounded by ma- birthday balls have already been chine-gun fire. They told how a held and the "March of Dimes" German plane dropped 20 and coin box collections are stillj bombs at their ship Monday in progress. before a direct hit sent her conductor will be L. F.

der. Peterson, director of music in! Apparently also lost was the Ludington public schools. Ac-! British Steamer Royal cording to present plans, both Crown with 12 of her crew. Fif- cian, at four different places in the high school orchestra and teen men who abandoned the Wayne County Deputy Placed 'Mason county, Monday, Feb. 5, it I band will four selections ship Tuesday in the North sea in Cell After Refusing to Answer Question was announced today.

Tests will be given at the Free- soil school at 9 a. in Custer at and the civic orchestra, making I when a bomb struck amidships its bow in local musical circles, is scheduled for three numbers. Complete program for the con, 10:30 a. at the courthouse in DETROIT, Feb. Ludington at 1 p.

and at cert, which includes a variety of; started refusing to answer a question Scottville high school at 3:30 p. fine music, will be announced put to him by the one-man! Tests will be given free to later in the week, it was stated. Later Burkett persuaded the gambling-graft grand jury, Ber- anyone Suspects and contacts reached the British coast in a lifeboat Wednesday. A second lifeboat was missing. men to confer once more with ard E.

McGrath, chief deputy! are especially urged to take ad- state and county officials and sheriff of Wayne county, today vantage of the opportunity regular drivers were sent out to was placed in a cell in the coun- As the tests can be performed i ty jail where he is second in quickly, persons planning to take tests, are urged to be present Homer ter- promptly. All who have a posi- the grand tive reaction can later have an Expect Record Crowd at Rink i command. Circuit Judge guson, conducting jury inquiry, acted Groundhog Will Emerge Friday less than 36 Fine ice plus swingy should help attract a crowd at the special hours after McGrath had led a raid on an alleged gambling es- i tablishment in suburban River i v-i record Rouge. "adult' A 60-day jail term and What will it be? An a ial cl nic to be spring or six weeks more held at the courthouse in Ludmg- inter? early hard ton, March 4. night" skating party to be held tonight on the North James street ice rink.

WPA recreational department $100 fine for contempt were assessed i by Judge Ferguson, who said McGrath can purge himself of the charge at any time by going officials this morning an-1 before the grand jury and answering the question asked of him. Chester P. ley, O. A. Starke, E.

C. Hardy. Wilfrid Hocking, A. Rork S. of holding special nights for nounced the ice in fine shape and said music would be furnished by Wallace Kuras of the Electrical Appliance Co.

Feature prosecutor for the grand" jury, said McGrath and another deputy made a "legal entry" to the River Rouge place on Monday Capt. Poderjay to Get Freedom Today AUBURN, N. Feb. The big door in Auburn prison's outer wall swings open today to eject once-dapper Captain Ivan Poderjay, who served five years for bigamous That is the question that according to tradition will be answered Friday, Feb. 2, when Mr.

Groundhog comes out of hiber- O'H-xra special 1Ui i mama thfi e'ranrt bride wno disappeared marriage on to a her 25 years of age and up is increasing in popularity by leaps and bounds, according to. night while "there were several the recreational department. DeFoe Won't Talk on Liquor Delivery LANSING, Feb. Murl severaf persons' i crap games and a blackjack game running." On Tuesday night, O'Hara related, McGrath and several aides returned, "smashed in two doors, making an illegal entry," and arrested DeFoe, liquor commissioner who proclaimed a one-man blockade for 20 days against the products of six distillers, said today he would have no comment upon evidence that nearly $25,000 worth of the forbidden Jarands had been delivered to the state in the past week without formal purchase orders. "Any statement should come from Chairman DeMass," DeFoe, who had been rebuked by Governor Dickinson for engaging in the dispute with the chairman, insisted.

"This will be a good statement for him to make. This The original United States, as constituted after the Revolutionary war, took in all present certainly isn't a practice." very orderly DeFoe said he had "suspected" there would be some attempt to run the blockade he created by refusing to add the third signature to purchase orders addressed to the six companies. He said the prompt delivery of the whisky supported his argument that the commission was carrying too large an some brands. inventory of fines on charges conduct. of disorderly Two Men Killed by Tank Blast MONROE, Feb.

of a steam pressure tank killed two men and injured five others of a crew of 18 at work in one room of the Consolidated Paper company plant No. 1 here shortly before midnight. The tank, suspended near the ceiling and used in the manufacture of asphalt impregnated board, was split in two by the blast. One portion of it tore I through the roof and fell in the engine room, wrecking- trie main steam engine and putting out the plant's lights. Another piece tore through several concrete walls.

Enos J. Giles, 65, foreman of nation, takes a squint at outside world and either pares himself for another snooze or gets ready early spring. By this time Friday, Mason the pre- long MUSKEGON, Feb. Kenosha, fish tugs were locked in the ice two and one-half miles northwest of this harbor today and the Coast Guard Escanaba stood by awaiting an opportunity to help. county residents will know for certain what lies ahead.

It is the most important day on the calendar for Mr. Groundhog and his famous shadow. The tugs have been ice-bound since Wednesday afternoon. Coast guards from the shore for an station reported today that a heavy fog had blotted out the view of the craft, but that they believed them to be in the' same honeymoon. The former Jugoslavian officer faces only a semblance of complete freedom, however, as! immigration officials wait to hold him for deportation.

His trim bearing lost his right eye in a fight with another prisoner two years ago! captain kept fast the secret of his missing bride throughout his half-decade of JACKSON The Michigan imprisonment division of the National Small Business Men's association has postponed indefinitely convention, set for next Monday. Late Michigan News CIVIL WAR VET LEDGE Feb. I Francis P. Spencer of Detroit, Miller, 94, last sur- I executive secretary, said the viving veteran of the Civil war association had been unable to in Grand Ledge, died Wednes- Hf 0 of day at his home. He served with the Union army in the 21st Ohio infantry.

"The others claim we need a six weeks' supply in our warehouse," he said. "This incident the beater room blast occurred at in which the 11:45 p. was killed instantly. He Was believed to have been under the tank when it exploded. Gerald Nash, about 30, died at indicates liquor can be delivered 2:45 a.

m. at the Monroe hos- to us in three with- pital. He had been scalded by out a purchase steam. FARMERS DISLIKE DIAL PHONES EAST LANSING, Feb. 1.

B. McPherson, chairman of the state tax commission, member of the state board of agriculture, and a farmer in his own right, says Michigan farmers miss the "hello girls." "We don't like the dial phones," he told a farmers' week crowd. "A dial doesn't find the doctor for you when your baby is sick nor call out the neighbors when your barn is on fire. We miss the friendly service the operators gave." position as when last seen Wednesday. Only an off-shore wind will free the tugs, marine men said.

The ice field at the harbor mouth is between five and six miles wide and is blocking the Escanaba. The tugs are the Harry H. and the Naomikong. It was not known here how many were aboard or how extensive were the food supplies of the crews. The Steamers Nevada and City of Milwaukee both broke free of the ice and reached port Wednesday night after a four- hour struggle.

obtain speakers for that date. a complaint filed by the International Brotherhood of Papermakers, the National Labor board is conducting a hearing of charges of unfair labor practices against the Fletcher Paper company. JACKSON Attendants at Mercy hospital expressed fear Wednesday that Janet Kay Fleming, 16 months old, might never be able to speak because of burns suffered when she placed the broken end of an electric cord in her mouth. DETROIT The Michigan Medical Society has established headquarters here for its So ln nCe charge of local station dur- paying $2 monthly may get ing Oapt. Furst absence.

$325 a year in. physician service Capt, Furst Given Escanaba Berth Captain D. A. Furst, commander of the Ludington coast guard, was transferred to duty aboard the Cutter Escanaba, stationed at Grand Haven, it was announced toaay, He will be on cutter duty for several months for the purpose of obtaining additional training in that branch of the service. Capt.

Furst, who only recently was appointed chief of the local station, will have the capacity of an officer while on the cutter although his exact duties are not known. Louis Holstad, boatswains- mate, first claso, will be in and may choose his own doctor. Aristotle wrote about cheese in the year 300 B. C. In France the poor are assisted partly through public reaux de bienfaisance" and partly by private and ecclesiastical charity..