The Times from Hammond, Indiana • Page 42

SPORTS-MARKETS CLASSIFIED ADS THE HAMMOND TIMES WRITE TO THE "VOICE' PLEASE KEEP IT SHORT Tuesday, May 16, 1939 HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1939 Page Nine Stewart Says-- Nicaragua's Boss Tied Washington Into Traffic Knots By CHARLES P. STEWART Draw a deadline right through the middle of any busy city, with a population as large as about half a million, abolish all traffic along that main street for two or three hours and permit nobody to cross it for the same length of time-i ar.d, believe me, autmobileism and pedestrianism and everything are bound to be a signt to behold when "normalcy" resumes its sway. Washington had such an experience the other day. To be sure, Washington, if any place, is accustomed to tie-ups of just the sort referred to. Every fojr years it has a presidential inaugural parade through its business midst, which gums up its works marvellously.

However, the citizenry is prepared, long in advance, for these periodic sieges. It knows what's coming. Business virtually suspends it self. Commercially the place is as dead as a herring, but it expects to be. Moreover, the capital's inaugural visitations have their recompenses.

They bring in crowds of visitors, who are a pest to local house folk, tourist agencies, taxicabmen and various others. Between inaugurations the town also is strongly addicted to com- I paratively minor pageants, like Independence and Memorial Days. But they're not peculiar to Washington; all towns have them. True, they're worse in Washington than anywhere else, for Washington has exceptional facilities to aggravate them. Still they're foreseen, too They don't fall as per thunderclap.

Besides, their kinds of processions are provided with occasional loopholes for auto and loot traffic to snoop through while they're in progress. They don't paralyze the "whole municipality. Another thing, inaugurations, Independence Days, Memorial Day, Armistice Days, et cetera, are recognized as genuinely important occasions. Business is willing to be snarled up by them. tf tt a BUT PRESIDENT SOMOZA? Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza's Day was different.

A week ahead of Senor Somaza's -coming 99 per cent of Washington "and 99.9 per cent of the rest of North American never had heard of him. He's president of a country with scarcely twice the District of Columbia's population. He's more of a pewee than the president of Cuba--and I've seen the president of Cuba received with more "eclats" than Henry Ford or J. P. Morgan.

The president of Mexico or Brazil or Argentina or even of Panama (because of our canal there) might be regarded as of some conse- Pfuence. But Nicaragua? Phooey! Being polite to President Somoza was okay, of course. Probably it was alright to be extra-polite to him, considering the administration's inter-American neighborhood policy. But the other day's blowout in his honor surpassed anything in past history. I've seen the Prince of Wales get off his train and go up to the White House with nothing but a pair of motorcycle policemen tooting ahead of him.

And a 0queen or two, and a few first-class premiers. When Mr. Somoza was coming up the street, you couldn't get across Pennsylvania avenue. 1 suppose it flattered Anastasio, but it didn't flatter Washmgtonians, whosa business called them across the "avenue." PRESIDENT DECREE This tie-up of the capital was by piesidential decree. It was issued suddenly.

It cer- (Jtamly caused local business embarrassment. It likewise irritated a lot of our Gringoes who figured that an excess of consideration was being shown to a Spiggoty visitor. Hitler or Mussolini couldn't have surpassed it. The story is that F. D.

was putting on a dress rehearsal for the coming visit of the king and queen of England. Well, if the king and queen of England tangle up traffic in Wash- any worse than it was tan- up by that one-horae little president of Nicaragua, they'll have to go some. OF TO HEAR SCHUTZ THURS, Schutz, who recently stirred GOP county circles by stating he intended to resign as chairman of his party, will be the guest speaker at the Thursday luncheon of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce in the Masonic temple. Schutz, who is also president of the Lake County Central Labor union, will talk on "Labor Relations." O. H.

Bernd is chairman of the program, committee. Members and "guests are asked to make reservations before Wednesday noon by calling Secretary Ed Hackett at Hammond 1000. THIEVES GET $15 IN THEATER RAID Thieves escaped with $15 in a second 139 raid on the Rio theater, 6155 Columbia avenue, Hammond. The theft was discovered by William Gohe, janitor. He told police that the invaders smashed a candy machine and pried open a door of the theater office, taking the money fromijn.

cash box. WELCOMES OPTIMISTS! Mel Ferch Optimists from eight Chicago- land clubs, including Gary and Harvey, will be guests tomorrow of the Hammond club at the 12th district convention in Woodmar country club. The visiting Optimists will be welcomed by Mel Ferch, district governor and Hammond business man, and Charles Tompjtins, president. KNIGHT, HUB ENGINEER, DIES Served Eight Years Under Mayor Youkey--Funeral Thursday CROWN POINT, May Engineer Lawrence Knight, 48, died at his home in South Main street last night after an illness of three months. Death was attributed to hearl disease.

Member of the surveying firm of F. L. Knight and Sons, Knight served as city engineer for eight years under the administration of Mayor Vincent Toukey. Survivors include his wife, Clara; two children, Mrs. Lorraine Gumbiner and James Knight of Crown Point; two step-children, Robert and Beatrice Sellers; his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank L. Knight of this city, and four brothers. Attorney Edwin F. Knight of Crown Point, Paul Knight of Crown Point, John Knight of Washington, D.

and Ray Knight of Chicago. Rev. Thomaa Adkins will officiate at funeral services at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Presbyterian church.

Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery. HOME LEAGUE TO MEET HERE A total of 50 delegates is expected to gather ii Hammond tomorrow night for a district rally of the Ladies' Home league of the Salvation Army. They will come from Gary, Kankakee, East Chicago. Hammond will also be represented. A business meeting will be held at 4 p.

m. An evening service, open to the public, will open at 8 o'clock. The Home league of the Salvation Army is devoted to instruction sewing, domestic science, and home training. Strip Cars in Garage Joseph Mexia, proprietor of a garage at 3475 Watling street, East Chicago, today reported to police that his business place was broken into Saturday and several cars stripped of accessories. HUBERS QUITS AS CHAIRMAN OF CITY DEMOS Hammondite to Become Manager of Broadcasting Corporation on May 1 Martin A.

Hubers, Hammond attorney, today announced his resignation as chairman of the Hammond democratic city central committee, effective May 1, when he will become manager of the Hammond-Calumet Broadcasting corporation. "I feel that I cannot devote the time necessary to the proper man- agei.ient of the office of city chairman," Hubers said in releasing his announcement. Rumors of Hubers' resignation have been bandied about the city for several weeks now. One indicated he was at odds with the Hammond city administration, but the report was not confirmed at the time. Hubers explains his resignation with the statement: "After careful consideration, I am of the opinion that my services as city chairman of Hammond are somewhat in conflict ith my present occupation." Hubers won the city chairmanship following the primary election last year in which he was an unsuccessful candidate for prosecuting attorney of Lake county.

In taking over the management of the Broadcasting corporation, the attorney will devote most of his time to the job, although he will retain his status as a lawyer. Hubers at one time in his career was a professional golfer. Who will succeed him as city chairman has not been indicated yet. The central committee will call a meeting soon to pick his successor. TEACHERS WILL HEAR M'GIVNEY Four hundred members of the Hammond City Teachers' association and their guests will attend the organization's annual dinner meeting May 25 at Cape Cod inn in Burnham.

The principal speaker at the banquet will be Donald McGivney, National Broadcasting company news commentator. An invitation to members of the Hammond school board to attend the affair was extended last night by C. T. Coleman, of the Hammond high school faculty, association president. Three Spanish War Vets Will Observe Birthdays A triple birthday party will be held tomorrow at the Hammond Civic Center to honor three officers of the United Spanish-American War Veterans' organization whose birthdays occur on the same day.

The auxiliary of the service organization is preparing the celebration for observance of birthdays of Commander Frank Rick, Edwin Norton, secretary, and Frank Baker, treasurer. Weddell Leaves for New Ambasador Post in Spain NEW YORK, May W. Weddel, the veteran career diplomat named to succeed Claude G. Bowers as American ambassador to Spain, was to embark today aboard the liner Washington for his new post. He was given the of office by a federal judge in New York yesterday because his scheduled departure today made it impossible to hold the usual ceremony at the capital in Washington.

Brothers' Argument Over Car's Speed Ends In Court Judge Imposes $11 Fine on Ignacz Sniegowski for Speeding Ignacz Sniegowski, 30, of 1736 Delaware street, Gary, will never dispute his brother's word again. Several days ago Ignacz started an argument concerning the speed of the family car. "I don't think that old jallopy will "go over 40 miles an hour," he challenged. "It sure will," argued his brother, Tom. Ignacz decided to find out and while on a trip through East Chicago.

He was clocked doing 52 miles an hour between 145th and 161st street on ulevard with John McQuown, motorcycle policeman as a witness. Today in city court Ignacz paid $11 to settle the dispute and to find out his brother was right. Judge Thomas Callahan presided. Hoover Tells Lion's Club About Utility Advertising "Advertising" was the subject of a talk made before the Hammond Lions club today in the La Salle hotel restaurant by DonaW D. Hoover of the Northern Indiana Public Service company.

Hoover, who serves as public relations counsel and advertising for the local utility, talked from a background obtained during years of experience in the newspaper and advertising fields. EAGLES POLISH BENEFIT REVUE Show Will be Staged Thurs. And Fri. Nights in Hammond High School Finishing touches are being given to the "Musical Revue and Minstrel of 1939" that will be staged Thursday and Friday evenings of this week in Hammond high school auditorium under sponsorship of Aerie 1252, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Hammond. Each performance will start at 8 p.

m. under direction of representatives of the Gerber Production company, according to F. D. Peterson, business manager of the drill team. Proceeds will be used for the purchase of uniforms for the drill team.

The program consists of specialty acts by Eloise Diehl, June Lehmker, Earle Powis, Enid Eisle, Marcella Eberle, Marge Meo, Cleo Smith, Jean Lawson, Shirley Farcus, Billie Haninger, Helen Cash, Annabelle Moss, Mildred Cash, Eldean Harrison, Alice Jacobs, Norma Duizzi, Helen Johnson, Marjorie Fancher, Dorothy Tratebas and Josephine Kutt. Sophie Domalik, Michael Novotney, Desea Hepner, Grace Cole, Elenora Runyon, Blanche Underwood, Marie Kuchenbecker, Gladys Brouillette, Florence DeBold Patterson, Unice Campbell, Patricia Lordier, Les Campbell, Genevieve Za- rameta, Leo Engleton, Lloyd and LaVern Buckmaster, Julius Mayer, Margaret Murphy, Alonza Donaldson and Barney Peveler. Part two, consisting of the minstrel, includes performances by Henry Nowak, Frank Abatie, Burdelle Neff, Speed Boyle, George Runyon, Ray Lawson and Gretchen Helmeke. BEGIN PROBE OF PERROTTA DEATH GARY, May 16--(Special)--Three members of the Lake county homicide squad are investigating the 1935 murder of Daniel Perrotta, Gary councilman. Dr.

J. Robert Doty, coroner, who is directing the squad, said the Perrotta probe will be the first into 14 unsolved major murders committed in Gary and Indiana Harbor within the past five years. About 10 of the slayings have been linked to the illicit liquor business or other rackets in this vicinity. OFFICE BUILDING READY BY JULY Construction of a two-story office building by the Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing company, 4527 Columbia avenue, Hammond, will not be completed until July 1, a company spokesman said today. The new structure, which will cost in excess of $50,000, is being erected of reinforced concrete and brick.

It was designed by Frank J. Hoffman of Racine, and is being erected by the Strandberg company, Chicago general contracting firm. Originally, the company official said, the completion date had been set for June 1. Marsh Takn to Prison To Serve His Sentence CROW NPOINT, May Marsh, 37, of East Chicago, former chief accountant for the Lake county department of public welfare who was convicted of embezzling department funds, was taken from the county jjail to the Michigan City state prison today to begin serving a 2-14 year sentence. Sues Beautician Suit for $1,000 was filed in Hammond superior court today by Lucille Dutz against Carl Clapper, proprietor of a Hammond beauty shop.

The complaint alleges that she suffered five burns while receiving a permanent wave in the shop of Clapper. No date has been set for the hearing. GRADE 60-ACRE TRACT FOR NEW TERMINAL FIRM Hoosier Company Will Build Petroleum Storage Plant In East Chicago Grading of a 60-acre tract along the Indiana Harbor ship canal on which the Hoosier Terminal company wiil build a petroleum storage and shipping station has been started, an official of the company said today. Plans call for the erection of 16 storage tanks; pumping station and an office, it was revealed, on a site south of the East Chicago Dock Terminal company and on the west bank of the canal. Ship Illinois Crude The terminal company, according to its spokesman, will be used as a shipping point for the southern Illinois crude fields.

Crude will be pumped to the local terminal in pipe lines being laid by the Illiana Pipe Line company. Estimated cost of the plant was not but the company official stated that its equipment would include six 80,000 barrel tanks, four 20,000 barrel tanks, four 10,000 barrel tanks, all for storage purposes, and two blending tanks. In addition, there will be tank car and boat loading racks, making it possible for the petroleum company to ship either by water or rail from the new terminal. Erection of tanks and other equipment is expected to start about June 1. Approximately 20 persons will comprise the personnel of the plant when operations The employment of additional persona will depend upon business, the company official stated.

Denies Phillips Rumor One point on which the spokesman was emphatic was the fact that the'Hoosier Terminal company is not connected with the Phillips Petroleum corporation. "I haven't the slightest idea of where that rumor might have started," he told The Hammond Times, "but there certainly isn't any truth in it. Our company proposes to handle the products of any petroleum concern which desires to use our facilities." ARMY WILL SEND 12BOYSTOCAMP The advisory board of the Hammond Salvation. Army, meeting yesterday noon in Rothschild's restaurant, approved Major Hutchings' plans to send 12 members of the young people's band to summer camp from June 24 to July 4. Each year, the Salvation Army sends 400 young musicians to Camp Lake Wisconsin for instruction, he explained.

The advisory board will assist in securing funds to send the Hammond group to camp. Major Hutchings also submitted financial and service reports which showed a steady attendance at activities operated for neighborhood young people. Mrs. Frank Letz, new board member, attended yesterday's meeting with Dr. T.

W. Oberlin, chairman; Jesse Wilson, J. Sabados, J. D. Dennis, Frank Hosier, Major and Mrs.

Hutchings. GARYBANSPHOTO 'GYPS' WITH LAW GARY, May this is a pretty picture," sidewalk cameramen and coupon portrait makers were wont to sigh today after learning that the city council had adopted an ordinance providing for such high license fees that they are banned from business. Protection for local photographic firms developed when the council passed the bill applying a $20 daily license fee to sale of "coupon portraits," termed a racket here. The measure requires companies employing salespersons engaged in door-to-door order-taking to purchase daily permits from the city controller. Couneilmen said firms which sell 50 cent and $1 coupons for portraits use high-pressure methods to sell more pictures to coupon buyers after they go to the coupon firm's studio to pose.

All cameramen, who snap pedestrians and then hand them aja address where they can obtain developed prints of themselves, are also put out of business by the prohibitive license fee. DOWN-HEARTED? NOT THIS HAMMOND GIRL WARN AGAINST OVERPLAYING CORN ACREAGE Skinner Urges the Farmers to Keep Within Their Programs -Cites Penalties (Hammond Times Photo) Though she lost an arm and both legs in an accident, Alice Blockie of 822 Eaton street, Hammond, has many accomplishments which should prove an inspiration to persons more fortunate. Miss Blockie--with one hand--types 60 words per minute, takes shorthand at the rate of 80 to 110 words per minute, does excellent work in tapestry and needle point, and keeps house for her father. George Blockie. She is shown with examples of her work, now on display at the Lake County Vocational Rehabilitation exhibit in Hammond Masonic temple until tomorrow.

Poles Will Celebrate 148th Birthday of Constitution REQUEST BIDS FOR SUPPLIES Hammond Board of Education Will Receive Estimates June 12 The Hammond Board of Education advertised today for bids on classroom and other a supplies for the 1939-40 school year, to cost between $4,000 and $5,000. Bids on the supplies, to be purchased as needed after Aug. 1, will be received June 12. The largest single item will be paper. Several thousand reams of Mimeograph, duplicating and other types of paper will be purchased.

Other items are paint, hardware, athletic goods and lumber. Meeting last night, school board members began signing 485 teachers' contracts for the school year beginning next September. Action on a contract for teachers' desks, 96 arm chairs and 84 pupils' chairs was deferred until next Monday. Bids for the Business Furniture corporation of Indianapolis and Joseph Miller of Hammond are being considered. The offers were $761.96 and $823,88, respectively.

THIEF GETS $33 AT GAS STATION The holdup of a filling station attendent in Hammond shortly before midnight netted a lone bandit $33. The robber drove from the scene, 5706 Calumet avenue, in an auto he had stolen earlier in the night in a Chicago holdup. The victim, R. J. Verharen, said the bandit drove to the filling sta- lion and asked him to fix a flat tire.

While he was occupied in the repair job, the bandit warned him that he was gripping a gun in his pocket. Verharen yielded his funds and the robber sped west in Carroll street then turneii right to Sohl avenue and escaped. Investigating detectives said the license number corresponded to that of the auto of J. Stasewski, 8426 Escanaba avenue, Chicago, which was stolen in a robbery at 75th street and Colfax avenue. KIWANIS BOOKS WOMAN EDITOR Miss Rita Fitzpatrick, metropolitan editor for a Chicago newspaper, will be guest speaker tomorrow noon at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Hammond Kiwanis program.

The luncheon "Ladies' Day" program will be dedicated to wives of local Kiwanians, who will be guests of the club. The program was arranged by the club's entertainment committee. BRICK BRADFORD-And the Metal Monstei I PKu BRICK I'D SHOOT A WILD TURKEY FOfi SUPPER SAY, THAT GUY'S FLYIN'AWFUL KOPAK'S LABORATORY SHOULD BE SOME WHERE NEAR By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY THERE'S THAT AIRPLANE AGAIN 'HE KEEP5 CIRCIIM'AROUND JESS LIKE HE'S LOOKIN FOR I OUGHT TO TELL BRICK AND KALLA KOPAK ABOUT Parade and Special Meet ing to Be Held in Hammond May 28 Poles of the county will assemble in Hammond on May 28 to celebrate the observance of the 148th annviersary of the adoption of the constitution in Poland and to pay tribute to the late Marshal Joseph Filsudski, who formed the Polish legion in Austria, and Premier Roman Dmowski, who was instrumental in gaining Poland's pendence. The constitution-adoption anniversary and memorial will be climaxed with a parade which will assemble at St. Mary's church following services there at 1:30 p.

m. Among the marching units will be Polish-American foreign war vets, American Legion, veterans of Gen. Joseph Bailer's army, legion auxiliaries, Polish National alliance lodges, Polish Falcons and Harcerstwo of the Polish National alliance. The parade will disband at Trinity hall where addresses will be delivered by Mayor Prank R. Martin; Mrs.

Frances Dymek, vice president of the Polish National alliance; Rep. William T. Sehulte and others. Dr. R.

O. Ostrowski of Hammond will preside. Tags will be sold in the vicinity of all Polish churches during the day by girl affiliates of the Polish National alliance. Proceeds will be used to aid Poland's defense. The tag-day squad will be under supervision of Miss Wanda Maka, commander, and Mrs.

Constance Czarnecki, vice president of Circuit 49, PNA. The committee arranging the day's program is composed of Martin Kocal, chairman; William A. Roray, Wallace Pietraszek and John W. Walerowicz. SCHOOL STAGES PLAY TOMORROW The graduating class of the Wentworth school in Calumet City is presenting its graduation play at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.

The title of the comedy is "All Aboard for Podunk," and it represents a railroad train in a rural section of the country. The case is as follows: Sylvester Augustynek, Anthony Maniscalco, Mamie Manfredo, Annette Sertic, Junior Baxter, Bert Swanson, Delores Lukowski, Nadine Perdue, Marie Olszewski, Robert March, Eleanor Romszew- icz, Phillip Gossetti, Edward Kol- odzsk, Edwin Jarosz, June Eckstein, Marguerite Abate, Raymond Koshman, Carl Sciackitano, Delores Yarck, Lloyd Moore, Lorraine Knuth, Anthony Sacco, Fred Goddard, Edward Kolodzski, Bert Swanson, Phillip Gossetti. The play will be directed by Paul Dillon with Dorothy Calkins assisting in make-up and Margaret Smith accompanying at the piano. Parents Have New Hopes Of Finding Missing Son NEW CASTLE, May (U.P.) Renewed efforts to contact Cecil Lockhart, Butler university student who disappeared last week, were being made today by his father, chief of police here, after a card posted in Rapid City, S. was received by the mother of one of the youth's friends.

The card was mailed to Mrs. Perry Nichols, of near Indianapolis at 7:30 p. m. May 11. She immediately notifed the youth's parents.

Nurses Serve Spaghetti To Raise Benefit Funds Spaghetti that would test the palate of a king! That was the verdict of several hundred East Chicagoans last night who attended the supper prepared by the 70 student nurses of St Catherine's hospital. The dinner? was given to raise funds for the nurses, CROWN POINT, May in Lake county, whn have signed farm plans indicating their intentions to participate in the 1939 AAA farm program and want to receive greatest benefit from their participation, are urged by Olind Skinner, chairman of tbe County AAA committee, to be sure to keep their corn plantings within their 1939 corn allotments. Two corn payments will be available to farmers in commercial corn counties who participate in this year's program--a price adjustment payment of six cents per bushel on the normal yield of the corn acreage allotment for a farm, and on agricultural conservation payment of nine cents per bushel on the normal yield of the allotment. Overplantlng Ineligible The price adjustment payment is available for the first time this year. Any overplanting of his corn acreage allotment will make a farmer inelegible for this payment.

Tho program provides that no price-adjustment paynent will be made to the farmer who over- plants the allotment for his farm. The farmer who does overplant his corn allotment will also have deductions made from the 9-ccnt agricultural conservation payment. This deduction amounts to 40 cents per bushel on the normal yield of each acre planted in excess of his allotment. Farmers who propose to comply with their soil-depleting acreage allotments by seeding grasses and legumes with oats, barley, rye, and other designated crops will not be subject to deductions where a good stand is not obtained because of flood, drought, or insects, according to Skinner. Under the program, a good stand of legumes or perennial grasses is required in order that the following crops may be classed as non-soil-depleting: wheat on a mon- wheat-allotment farm, oats, barley, rye, or mixtures of these crop's, when used as a nurse crop and harvested for hay.

Make Exceptions The new amendment provides that these crop uses will not be classified as soil-depleting if the County AAA committee finds that failure to obtain or maintain a good stand of grasses or legumes is due to: (1) Flood or drouth conditions which prevented the establishment of a good stand on farms generally in the community; or (2) Grasshoppers or other insects, if the farm operator has made every reasonable effort to prevent the damage. However, there must be evidence that the legumes or grasses were seeded in a workmanlike manner. White Rose Political Club To Hold Outing on June 11 Plans for tne 14th annual outing to be held June 11 at Black Oak Springs, will be outlined tonight at a meeting of the White Rose Political club of East Chicago, Albert Vinick, president, announced today. The meeting will start at 7:30 and Vinick asked that all members attend. It will be held at Ywanow hall, Broadway and Deodar street.

A general chairman arid committees are to be appointed. 'Tis Tulip Time in Front Of East Chicago City Hall East Chicagoans who are delighted with tulips in bloom need not waste gas and time going to Holland, Mich, generally considered the home of tulips. The Twin City has as beautiful a tulip patch as any to be found in Holland. It is in front of the city hall and the tulips have been the "cynosure of neighborly eyes" since they began to bloom. SPORTSMAN'S SHOW May 22 and 23 Admission lOc Fihinf, Hunting, Golf, Archery, Table Tennis (Tournament), Badminton, Riding, Camping, Hiking, Cycling, a i Photography, a (Tournament), sboe (Tournament).

Fisherman's Party Wednesday, May 24th RESERVED SEATS 35e Sponsored by THE HAMMOND TIMES NICE PRIZES.