The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 1

I Served by the United Press VOL. XXVIII-NO. 90 BI BLYTHEVILLE COURIER THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OP NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Blytheville Courler, Blytheville Dally News, Blytheville Herald, Mississippi Valley Leader. BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931 STORM MENACES GATTY Waiting as Flyers Race Around World POST3 FAMILY GETS NEWS farm looms ut Mayaville, Obta. Mr.

reading newspaper describing loti pral right, have no AT PARSE ITOME JIY COURIER-On and Mrs. W. F. l'ost, parents of his adventures Mr. and Mrs.

Post, telephone and must wait for the the fraut porch of their modest the world flyer, are shown above who are shown in closcups at the mailman or other courters, LISTENING TO DADDY'S VOICE IN FAR-OFF LAND- -While Harold P. Galty and Wiley Post wing their around the world in an attempt to set new speed record, their escited familles are auslously waiting at home for news of their progress. At the left are Galty's wife and kiddies in their Los Angeles home listening to him talk via radio from Berlin. Left to right, are: Lindsay, Alan, 5: and Airs. with Ronald, 2, on her knee.

BANKS LAWYERS QUESTION WILSON Liquidating Agent Recalled to Stand for Cross Examination Today. TITTT.P POCK. June 30 (UP)-. Trial of A B. Tank: former nrosident of the American Exchange Ran': and Triast commune of L.ittle Reck.

with having receivcal deposits with the knowledwo the waG moved forUnder 1c1th min elate continue 11s effort to chow the not prior to its Nerembar 17. Sam .1. Wilson. lignidating ament. cron'ed the witness stand mast nf vesterday and last night and was 1 for crose exam inton hr defanta councol lei hy Senator T.

R. Hugh i r.rlo. former accountant for the A.I B. Banks company, and considercal an innartant. state witness, was avracteri to testify during the dav.

Hie testimony was esnected to centor around hankrupter schedules filed by the Ranks company. Complying with rennest of furors nicht sessions. Roth state and de- I Judge Abuer McGelve ordered attorneys, It was believed unfence holding likely that the care would go to fury this week 1.5 the state has many witnesses vet. unheard. De-! fence attorneys have indicated that two three dace will be required to present their case.

Wilson testined that uncollectible loans of the American Exchange Trust rompany totnied more than $3.000.000 and that officers and direclors of the bank were in-! terested In loans to the amount of more than $3,000,000. Four other officers of the bank are under indicinents and will be tried Immediately after the close of the Banks case. Helen Jacobs Triumphs Over British Favorite (UP)--Helen Jacobs. Pacific coast -star, flashed surprise upset in the Wimbledon women's singles tournament today when she defeated the British favorite, Belly Nuthall. WIMBLEDON, June 30.

NEWS AND Texans Plan Non-Stop Seattle to Tokyo Flight FORT WORTH, June 30. (UP) --Reginald Robbies, former holder of the world's endurance flyIng record, and 1. S. Jones, Texas oil promoter, left. by alr carly today for Seattle, Wash, where they plan to begin their proposed flight to Tokyo Thusday or Friday.

Robbins was Dying. Jimmy Muttern and ll. S. Orceber. who will do the refueling for Robbins of Nome.

Aloska, left at the same thine 'in a Furl Letmotor. DECISION MEANS FOR CITY MAYOR BELIEVES Early Recovery on $5.000 Natural Gas Bond Is Predicted. several years ago to sunply Blytheville with natural gas. Similar franchises were obtained from other citles in this section the state. for faithful performance of contract.

which called for furnishing gos within a scar. were posted in given each case, Bonds of $2.000 were each nf the cities except which was gisen $5.000 performance bond. Claimed Conspiracy The Cherokee dumpany Inter brought sull against the Mississipni River Furl Cornoration alleging it bad entered Into a conspiracy with the Arkansas Light and Power com( pony amt refused to supply the Cherokee company with gas. Recause of the conspiracy the kre company contended its franchises were in danger of being cancelled. The Cherokee Arms sought to avoid Hability on the grounds that its contracts, calv "contingent bound It upon to acts furnish of Goal and other things beyond the control grantee." cities involved filed cross' commaints the Pulaski chancery court tnok different view from tha! of the Cherokee comuany and ordered recovery allowed on the bones.

11int would recover onthe $5,000 bond of the Cherokee Public Sersice company within short lime 39 result of decisicn handed down by the Arkansas supreme court yesterday. The 511- preme court nfirmed the decision of the Pulaski chancery court, which held that Blytheville and a numbor of other, northeast Arkansas cities should be. allowed to recover 011 surely bonds because of failure of the Cherokee company" to cATTy out contracts to provide the with natural gas. May Ask Rehearing Mavor Neill Reed and Capt. Ivy W.

Crawford, cily attorney, were optimistic over the which it is believed wilh mart end the battle over' the Bond. 'It was pointed out. however, that the Cherokee company may submit A motion for a re-hearing within 15 days after the decision is handed down. As the supreme court will adjourn next wreck until fall It Is possible thai the gas company will sook a re-hearing. if for nothing more, than to pub off houd payment.

The United States Fidelity and Guaranty company. Joint ant with the Cherokee company and surety on its bands. has expressed unofficially its desire to par off the bonds. elly offcials sav. and they anticipate that the $5,000 will ba forthcoming in short order.

The Cherokee coinpany obtained a franchise from the elty council BINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS HOME EDITION: POST WIND YESTERDAY DOES DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS, CROPS Storm Lashes aid Immediate in Late Afternoon. While- Blytheville was sweltering beneath sus oppressive heat thai 11:0 mercury soaring around 102 mark. a neakish wind. rain hall storm suddenly Snumediate laid vicinity saige the five city and o'clock yesterday afterWithin 20 minutes the storm passed leaving a trail of brokpower and communication lines damage thousands property dollars in its wake. tures tumbled 20 degrees during storm.

but quickly rose ufter passed. The freakish storm, which swept down on the cily and its astonished residents practically without warnwas one of several disturbances which visited sealtered districts in tri-slates, A similar storm, althought apparently not as intense. Jonesboro. Walnut Ridge and other places in northeast Arkanreports stated. In Blytheville the storm was confined largely to the eastern and centrai sections with property damfairly heavy in the northeastpart of the cily and the busidistrict.

In the rural district southeast and east of Blythevilie windstorin wrecked number barns, damaged farm houses and mowed down corn fields in scattered spots. Pain which accompanied the stortn was heavy over mort of Bly(hevlile and for a short distance to north, cast and south. bust was 110 means general over the coun- Motorists Abandon Cars The storm, breaking abruptly over business section, forced many motorists to abandon their cars and seek shelter in stores. Several cars were carried down streets, driverless, by the force of the wind. and windshiekls of a number of were broken.

While the was still raging. lighlning struck the flue of the residence of Mr. Minley. 300 South 17th street. A few minutes later an electric power line was blown onto the roof of a barn the home of Mrs.

P. P. Carter the northern edge of the city. Boll fires were extinguished with little loss. No reports of personal injury during the storm had been received today but several stories of narrow escape were making the rounds, some of them humorous.

Property damege In and around Blytheville sill reach into thousands of dollars although scattered reports this morning offered no basis for an Accurate estimate of losses sustained. Three gins were damaged br storm. 'The root of the Lee-Coppedze gin on East Main was partinile swept away by the storm. A small building at the lake Ungar gin Highway Gl. just outside the limits.

was blown down. and a section of roofing was torn off Blytheville gin on North Second street. Gas Station Demolished Tite Buchanan Service station. small frame building on Highway Gl just north of the city. was completely demolished by the wind.

the roof of the owner's dwelling nearby was damaged. Camp MoulItle, about 200 sards north of Buchonan station, sustained damage estimated at more -than The swath wing of the tourist tel was partially unroofed as tr.c service station operated in junction with the camp. A negro boarding house near the Oil mill. south! of the city. was reported damaged by the wind.

Windows were smashed in a bor of uptown and a plate gloss front in one store was ed broken. A sign in front of the Walpole Electric shop was tom from its supports by the wind. Several houses were slightly damaged. The Interiors of hundreds of residences were drenched when the wind blew gusts of rain through open windows. Broken branches of trees were scattered the lenath of almost every street in the central and eastern mart of the elly, especially along Davis and Kentucky avenues where trees were uprooted in some Instances.

Damage to crops in the farminz section- adjareal to the city was not bellored to be heavy although corn holds were badly riddled by the wind and hall in some instances. A large dairy barn and a hay en the old Cross farm. southeast of Mirtherille, operated J. were blown darn by the vind nod a largo horn on the Storm Freaks J. W.

MEson. farmer who lives moral: oust of narrowly escaled serious injury. According tO reports Allison was in a bay barn when the storm suddenty descended. lifting the rant off the barn and ruding bin in the midst of a rtend of hay. He climbed ont A large hollow tubed iron pipe.

from ponded. which a neon sign was 6125- groint way bent almost to the the storm damaged buildings nt at Camp Moullite. "Though the ramp, the delicate class tubing el the scan sign was unbroken. A window, frame, glass and all, in an upstairs office of the Grand Leader building. was blown in by the wind without breaking the glass.

Attempting to leave the room in A hurry. IT. Highfill, cotton man, broke tie glass out of the office door. The wind a city fire truck whtel was called out the storm was raging, according to Kyle Reece, driver, who was at the wheel of the big truck unprotected by 3 windshield or top. man.

who made the wild ride with Reece wad Oscar Elliott, policeReece. said that de front of the; truck off the pavement at one time. GET 5900 FROM MISSOURI BANK Harveill Institution Robbed for Second Time in Recent Months. HARVEILL. June 30-The Eauk of Harvelll, oply banking Institution torn.

was tim of 3. bandit heldap Monday, afternoon by two unmasked men who recaped with all. the on head at. the lime. 21 amount said to be in excess of 3 0.

0. Osborn, cashier, was alone in the bank when the bandits 'entered and forced him to retire to! the rear of the vault. The bank! official staled that be was seated at his desk when the men entered, and, as one of the pair drove gun on him. br: was commanded to "suck rm One of the bandits guarded born white the other rifled the money tills and the rault. the noir were premaring to Brave they tied Osborn with a rope.

They then drove rapidly awav In 1 Prick automobile left idling I I near the bank building. Oshorn succeeded in freeing in about fifteen minutes and Pave the alorm which was spread to surrounding Butler county and Arkansas towns. Possos from several towns under the direction of Sheriff Tester ingham of Butler county scoured the countryside in both Missouri and Arkansas near the scene 11:0 hold-un. hat thus far have not nicen successfid in apprehending the pair. Yesterday's rebberv marks the seered holduo of the Bank of Harrell recentle, the place been robind Johnny Afardell nf St.

Tomis and Thad Owens this place March 12. when $500 was i taken Bolt: garlicipants in the Alter rebrory were captured in 2 battle with Shrrif Massinghani and deunties soon after the hold: 8119 and both are now serving 101. sear senteuces. Bishop Cannon's Son Has Narrow Escape! LOS ANGELES. June 30 (UP)Richard M.

Connen who salt he is thin 80:1 of Pishen James. Cannon of the DEcthedist Episconal Glairch South reposted to volice today a bullet passed through his automobile about while lie res driving on Valley Boulevard. The ballet. police were told. uncrowly missed Cannon's head.

Sudbury farm east of the city was torn down by the wind. Scattered reports continued to come in today of demage to other farm bulldings. Local lumber company employes Pore today as tehind erders time for on renair materials schedules and tumber plied up. Insurance adbusters were also puiting in 0 busy day. Telephone repairmen were speedliy returning circuits to normal condition today after 50 lines were reported down yesterday, includinz two long distance circuits.

Trucks of the Power company ware "troublelate sesterdar even before i the storm bad spent its force and service contiuned almost without HEAT WILL LAST ALL WEEK; CROP INJURY IS SMALL Arkansas Sweltering Along With the Rest of the United States. LITTLE ROCK. Jinn 30 (UP) Arkansas cast hopeful eyes skyward today indications of treal: In the 10-dar heat wave which has kept thermometers around the 100-degree mark. caussuffering ba nuny vertions. Weather nave Sitte promise of relief before the end the week, prediction the mercury would remain the high nineties today and Wednesday.

Crops have withstood the brat Ore reported in good condition desplle the absence of rainfall 10 past two warks. Only 190 directly attriberable to the hea: have teen reported in Arbut 3 number nf lions have cecurred in scattered sertians of the state. Many parts of the state reporttemperatures wore execeding the degree mark yesterday, trel highest bring at Hoxir. where tie mercury went to 101 in the afternoon. Other included points registering mere than 100 Jonesboro, Walnut Ridee.

Osceola. Little Pork. Two Die at Memphis MEMPHIS. June 30 (UP)-Two! persons wore dead today from heat prostratious du Memphis recovering and ser- 115 were homes and hospitals as the resuit the hellest June dar in the records of the U. S.

weather burElli here. Yesterday's temperature of 101 deerces. which tel! 12 degrees.beP. M. and dusk.

will not be counlied toxlar, lout hot weather will continue, Weatherman Brist forecast. 'The dead were F. K. Knapp. 70.1 retired nan, and 3.

negro laborer. Relle! Sell Distant CHICAGO. 30 (UP) seventh day of the nation's heat; wave shot temperatures upwar1 1 1 1 1 1 1 toward even more Wistering levels today. navanced the death toll to mere than 400. and brought predictions, that relief still is at 49 hours awas.

The bea! will rensain. A. nell. you rumens weather ole.re er for iltr Chicago area. tote' Unit ed Press.

"There are no signs of immediate relief and mare g- ion. today ere one for tempera-! tures of 100 dezrees," he Au indication of the inten it: the wave was contained ir reports that It slowed down traffic. caused concrete wars to crack. and exploder 110t- manciers that were exposed tc. the sizzling Plunge in Bailing Water Fatal to Pine Bluff PINE BLUFF.

June 30 (TP)--Jin Stoppard. 44. prominentition Pine businessman, succumb-! ed Inst night to injuries received: late vesterday when he plunged head first into a vat of boiling water at his packing plant west of here. According 10 witncasrs Sheppari was standing 07 board over the huge vat and Inst his balance. was extricated by employes of tne plant but died several hours Inter in a local hospital.

Continuance Granted in Suit Against Newspaper KENNETT. Trine coMhos born granted in circuit. cour! at Jackson in the $10.000 libel suit cf Roy Shaw of Cardwell against the Demorrat nf this citv. Judge Frank Kelly sat ti: Trial date September 0. The case grew out of a news story appearine in the Democrat follow11c.

the killing of two men by Shaw in an altercation three years. 190 near Cardwell. It is declared in the petition that the news story referred to the plaintiff as an "exconviet and gangster." Shaw was subsequently acquitted of the slaying as justiRable homicide. Jefferson County Votes Todav on Sunday PINE BLUFF. June 30.

(UP)Under a binzing sun Jefferson conn- tr raters went to the palls today to ballot on legalizing Sunday baseball and moving pictures. Indications point to a record rote as a hented campalen was conchieted for several reeks by bat's proponents and opponrals of the pronosal, WORLD FLYERS FACING TROUBLE NEAR TRIP'S END Are Due Late This Afternoon at Edmonton After Flight From Alaska. cent the and to about ncon. had C.n aud of the it intg. the hit sas: age ern ness the of (..

the by the on 5 EDMONTON, Alberta, June (UP)--Wiley l'ost and linrold Cat-' who are speeding around: the: world In their monoplane Mae may be running throueti the first really unfavorable weather. of Weather of the their flight. forceasters Ed: monton airport indicated the flymay te encountering n' east wind of 18 indies. an hour. Iteavy rain was pouring over.

tho Meld shortly before and the' visibility. was cut: The -celling was fair temperature stood at. degrees. Tho barvineter falling indicating It- likely continue rolulug. Airinen here eniculnted the AVIntors should nrrive at 4 P.

mountain lime, or 5 P. M. 'central standard Ilme. A world -wide been U. S.

Bureau Gets Reports ST. PAUL, June 30 (UM)-Thunderstorms and rains were to the U. S. Weather' bureau to-, day from 'Alberta, where the world Wiley Post and Harold Gully are scheduled to land. The.

rainfall nnounted to .37 of an Irich in the last' 24 hones, ther officials said. -Other points in' Alberta reported nearly an Inch of rainfall. "We do not belleve the storm is of sufficient intensity seriously -interfere will thic sale of the: flyers." -Mi F. Hotde, weather pure Plane Brushes Trees FAIRBANKS, Alnska. June: 30 -Wiley Post and farold Gatty minde.

a breath taking devarture in the monoplane Winnle Mac today for Edmanton, Alberta, chi ronte to New York. Disaster was inverted by Inclies when the Winnie Mao brushed againat tree tops as it cleared the. field on its second nttempt. The: smoothly functioning shin roared away at 3:20 M. (8:20 6.

eastern staudard time) into. the far north's yellow night. With annroximately 31,070 miles. of the journey and the 'end in sight the Ayers faced 1.900 mile hon over northern plains to Edmonton. where they Inlanned to refuel and calch si few hours sleep.

Gatty Hit by Propellor Catty, whose shoulder was struck' by the Winnie Minc's pronellor while he was trying to, start nt Nome yesterdav. jested before his departure about his escape. "Just Willa nick. It Isn't even' he said lightly of the as he rubbed, sleep ont of -his eves. "I must be harder than thoucht.

The 'prop' had to be 'replaced and didn't, esen need. bandage." Hold Funeral for Victim of Hit-and-Run Driver SENATE, Mo. -Pimeral services were held this nfternoon for James Taylor. 53, former. who was instantly killed by a alt-and-run driver Saturday night 0n1 the highway near his home at Caruth, miles vortti of here.

Mr. Taylor is survived by one 11- sear-old daughter. SAYS BUSINESS NEEDS RELIGION America Will Not Prosper Without Return to God Rorie Tells Lions. America manat return to God byfor? will return to America, the Rev. Rorie.

pastor of the First Methodlst clearch. told the Blitheri'le Linns club todav. Relleinn is the only firm for prosperity. Mr. Rorle said.

declaring that the drift away from faith in God and from the fundamental moral princioles taught by Christianity had undermined the I structure of this country land of the world. Prosperity is not coming borks, he sail. netll we turn to tho right living and the Christian faith upon which AmerIca's greatness wne founded. He condemned atteninte legalizotterviep. to destrov the Christian Sabbath.

Mr. Rarie quoted Steinmetz. Edison. Costiceo and Babson in port of his contention that the anomie health of the nation is dependent 18 X771 its spiritual health. Graf Zennelin Leaves On Flight to Island FRIEDRICHSHAPEN.

Germanv. June 30. (17) -The' dirigible Graf Zonarlin loft todav on a flight to Iceland with Dr. Eckener In command. carried 12 messengers on the cruise Including Lieut.

Com. Edward Smith of the U. S. Coast Guard 35 an observer. Dr.

Fokener said ther world return Friday. Their Taste 129 over Holland and Enelaml to and then back through Norway. GOES DOWN WITH BOAT AT CHICAGO John Mattson, Former Drainage Contractor Here Victim of Lake Accident Captain John Matison. a former resident of Wilson and Blytheville, lost his Mfr last night when (he motor cruiser Aloha expicded and sank off the Chirago lake front, nccording 10 word rerelved here today from Walter Malison. the cantain's son.

Captain Antison had taken 3 party of men and women. among whom were prospective purchasers of the craft. for a demonstration trip on the Alohn. About 10 o'clock: at night, when the crulser was half a mile off shore, it suddenlv burst into flames. The passengers escaned on a life raft bal Coolnin Mattson remained at the wheel and avarenily went down with the toat.

His body had not been recovered Sunday. Mr. Maltson NOS one of the nioneer drainage contractors of Mississippi county. Ire came to Wilson in 1984 and in 1920 moved to Sfost of his work was done for R. E.

Lee Wilson. He is survived by his wife. Mari garet. and two s015, Walter, 24, and Tole. 22.

with him nt 4936 North Kedale Chicago. July 15 Set for Hearing on Freight Bnost Petition WASHINGTON. Tune 30. (UP)The Interstate commerce commission announced today hearings on the applications of the nation's railroads for a 15 ver cent increase in freight rates will commence Ju- ly 15. At the Initial hearing the petitoners and the supporting the polition will be heard.

On Angust 31 another hearing will enable further cross-examination. of the railroads witnesses and of evidence by agricultural interests and others protesting against the increase. WEATHER ARKANSAS-Generally fair night, Wednesday partly cloudy, Stor at Edmonton NEW YORK. June 30 (UP)-' National Broadensting company. direct touch will Edmonton.

Alta. said A storm was raging there There wAS rain and the wind was blowing. The N. B. C.

will broadcast the arrival of Hal Gally and Wiley, Post. the around the world flyers. Rowland Wolfort Will Operate Old Bertig Gin Fascist Rioting Snreads in German Universities MUNICH. Ciennanv, June 30 (UP1-Many were intured In riotthe University of Munich today when hundreds of Hitlerite students shouting with Jews" demonsirated against Professor Nowlatsky. accused of dofending the Treaty of Versailles.

Police wielding swords and trunchrons cleared the campus of the university. A parnde led by A wounded and bandaged demonstrators resulted In another clash. HAMBURG. Germans, June 30 students hoisted the Hakenkreuz or Swasticka emblem of the German Instists over tho University of Hambure todav amid wild tumult. The embiem is represented aS an anti-semitic symbol.

PERLIN. June 30 (UP)-Minor disturbances occurred today at the University ot Relin. Rowland Walfort has taken charge or the former Bertiz gin at and Vine streets and will onerate. It this year under the name of Mississippl County gin. The equipment is to be tmoroved.

and the plant placed In first class condition. Mr. Wolfor: Mr. Wolfort has a wide acquaintance with cotton men and farmers hereabouts as result of his years of activity in the colton and mercantile bustnesses. Darrow to Seek Freedom for Former Klan Dragon CHICAGO, June 30.

(UP)-Clarence Darrow, veteran criminal attorney, came out of retirement again today and announced he would try to win freedom for David C. Stephenson. foriner Ku Klux Klan grand dragon of Indiana, who is serving A life term in the Intl-. ana state prison at Michigan City, Ind. Despite previous reports he -had refused to enter the case Darrow artmitted he had been intrigued by tho arpect nt the 03.