Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 1

MEMBER A KINGSPORT TENNESSEE FRIDAY JANUARY 15 1937 PRICE THREE CENTS EIGHT PAGES TODAY BrownirigT akes Oath ofOffice Before Huge Throng 11 Police Grill Suspect in Mattson Snatch Convict Surrenders Honest Efficient Government 7 VOL 22 NO 12 New Governor Newspaper Story Says Charles Wrote His Parents 3 Times PLANS CHANGES IN PROMOTION STATE AFFAIRS AUTO LEADERS WORKERS NEAR AN AGREEMENT GOV MAUSTER GIVES OP POST TO SUCCESSOR LETTERS DENIED Details of How Father Sought to Contact Snatchers Told TACOMA Wash Jan 15 ()- Federal officers questioned Fred Orrin IlSynes former convict and Lee Haskell Fowler under long sentence for robbery today in their attempt to find the kidnaper who killed 10-year-old Charles Mattson Haynes walked into the Seattle police station this morning They've got me all wrapped around this kidnaping he told Detective Captain Marshall Scraf- I Predicts Prosperous 'Years Under the -Guidance of Gordon Browning LEARNED LESSON Retiring Governor Foresees More Comforts and Luxuries In Future NASHVILLE Jan 15 (IP) Gov wer the ship of stre to Governor Browning today and expressed the belief that un-der his guidance Tennessee will prosper' NASHVniaE Jan 15 (JP) Gordon Browning became governor of CORDON BROWNIES Tennessee at 11:37 a today at OY GORDON 'impressive outdoor ceremonies-at Several thousand persons stood which he pledged an administrate crisp weather to see Gordon tio- of rugged honesty wovtunig former Huntingdon Chief Justice Grafton Green ad- (By The Associated Press) DETROIT Jan 15 General Motors corporation and tie United Automobile Workers of America ford and I didnt have anything opfP negotiations 3 for a settlement of their labor dis- to do with it ipute in Detroit Monday The former inmate of Folsom Representatives of each revealed rCalif prison had been sittmg un- utemmu to recognized for 15 minutes on aeir asreement in statements to i Gov Frank Murphy who made station before them public at 4:25 a (EST) Scraff 4 Blockaded' I Strikes called by the union have Fowler was held in the county mrc an l4) To I JSSS aFUntf Mtet te boekaded a precautionary He added the earnest hone that cmgesuman and world war vet- ministered the oath of office to the the years of his service may bring eran teke the oath of office as robust 47-year-old World war cap to her people that peace prosper- governor of the state of Tennes- tarn who wifl direct the state sf-itv and traifmilitv "-'-h te d'-- sec lie succeeds Hill McAhster fairs for the I next two years -tiirbed economic conditions cf the who in an address urged the en- A huge throng jammed Memorial whole world in recent times have tire state to get behind the new Square te frmt of the capitol ahnesif denied them governor in his economy program butf in hoior of the Volunteer Reviews Past Years I States heroic dead in the World The retiring chief msgi-'rate pr nnnn TUDC ATCM nthnr lnrf3 th inauguratlo viewed happenings of the past FLOODS iHKfc A I tN Surrounding To them Tennesseans from windows of buildings and his other fellow Browning saidr was as measure Officers said they became suspicious when he suddenly plead- milling company Dec 17 and waa aidy to' Sin ml whetiabS DS the night Charles was kidnaped tSES Washington police a'nd'fed-' eral agenta have 'been aeeklnff Since Tuesday Folsom officers HaynesT Early today Washington Mrs Martin Johnson (top photo) wife cf Martin Johnson world famous explorer is shown on stretcher being carried from t-iok by rescue workers after the air tragedy near Los Angeles Calif She is reported to be out of danger Bel Martin Johnson on stretcher being placed in died later from injuries received in the crash truck after plane crash The noted explorer "The union wi'l in good faith i endeavor to arrive at speedy settlement its letter to the governor said The statement from General Mo-tors executives said the negotiations which will open in 'its office cottage renter had been established 11COndictedTanWy and by persons who saw photographs hU pSTiJSSto four momentous years and said he believed that a3 a result of lessons learned in the derres-ron more Americans will be permitted to have a share not only in the necessities but likewise In the comforts and luxuries which our ever-increasing wealth is bringing to the fiation 1 Under the leadership of the great American who has occupied the White House during these eventful years he added' we have seemingly overnight come to a realization of a long neglected duty to endeavor to stabilize to make secure the social condition in life of aged men and women of mothers and their young children cf those who live by the sweat of their brow We have come to realize in this a104 Democracy of ours that we are under the necessity of facing the future in terms of the future and of leaving off using those old formulas and phrases which attach to a series of political economic and social conditions which have gone insofar as we know forever Whfie anyone who holds office of governor must have anxious and uncertain hours McAlister said these would always be over- Direct Action to be Taken to Bring Resident from En- dangered Province Six Persons Are Burned! METHOD I PLANNED TO MAKE to Death hxplosion AMEDIPAMC I AVI? ilUClllurillU LiLaf AGAIN AS STREAMS RISE FROM BANKS Flood Stages Reached Over Wide Area Schools Closed In Indiana and Ohio TOWN IS ISOLATED CHICAGO Jan 15 (JP) Rain- swollen streams went over their banks in the middle west and cast today flooding lowlands and men- scing a wide expanse of territory from Missouri to Pennsylvania Torential rains which reached cloudburst proportions created the most acute flood -conditions in years in many communities Streams approached or reached flood stage in Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Missouri and Illinois Colder Weather Forecasts of colder weather raised hopes for abatement of rains In sections Meanwhile many of Haynes Hunt Couple Officers began seeking the couple during their intensive search 8 of the area around Everett near where young Mattson was found slain Monday 15 days after he was abducted form his Tacoma home Conclusion Sought Negotiations said General Mo- i tors shall continue until a satis- factory settlement shall be effected i if possible Unless such a settle-! aMOmittent is eluded sooner there' note de an? $28000 shall be no termination of efforts Scrafford Summoned federal bu- to effect a settlement for at least reau of instigation agents and 1 15 from th date of comL more than an hour later the man Sit Down Strikers Evacuate 1 Plants In Carrying Out Their End of Truce WILL MEET MONDAY Negotiations to Continue Until Agreement Reached Say Plant Heads persons were injured Leave Plants The evacuation of sit-down striker will be effectuated a aoen pracUcable before Monday GtntM Mt0r5 sti'med a week ago to arrange a peace for collective gaining added that there will be no dis- crimination against any employe of union affiliation understood that the negotia tiM sfaall be conducted with the utmost dispatch and effort mencement of negotiations it be1-' Flotvers Doomed The southjhas experienced almost mid-spring temperatures since late December flowers have started blooming in many areas and fruit trees have budded ahead of sched- ule in Alabama Georgia Florida i STATISTICS SHOW FARMER INCOMES HIGHER DURING 36 Farm Production Income Re- Outlines Vast Plans for Reforms toj Be Undertaken During Administration ring jAdminii WILL TRY Says Most jNeeded Reform la Institution of Merit Sys-- tem for Employes "Gladly wi 1 I give what I ctffl all I have that this my native state may live on in increasing majesty pure In faitjh true in friendship with a goverpment enshrined in the confidence qf a prosperous and I happy peoplq" Shout Goes Up i A mighty! shout went up from tbe crow(j jwhea Browning was formally declared the Pew gover- nor end from the capitol ground began the fifing of a 19-gun salute from a 75 MM gun The salute to -the retiring governor had been fired previously Browning wore a morning' coat and striped trousers As he arose to deliver his 25-min ute address the Nashville Americas Legion band played Pver There in recognition of the governors overseas service during the World war I JZ The governors parents listened in on the ceremonies fromtheir home in West Tennessee Seated on the rostrum were -many of the states notables -The-Memorial building was decorated bunting and from the corners of the rostrum flew the flags' ofTen-K nessee and pf the -Will Prosper Governor McAlister who spoke Field Artillery They banners reading: We salute our greatest Tennes- sean Gordon Browning Battery A 114th A We followed you through- over there We will follow you thrdtigb here 1 I Gen Harpy Rene Lee adjutant a oF Confederate Veterans was seated on the platform' and ringed Memorial Square were cavalryand infantry units In Overcoats The weather was clear and 'crisp and most of those on the platform sat heavily bundled in overcoats wearng their hats Browning however stood Bareheaded as le read his speech Xhjere was a cheer when he arose and put on a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles to begin the address He also liras cheered as he pledged aid to pe aged and to underprivileged children His statement I long to see lean wintejr for the parisites in Nashville brought lusty applause The Rev Harvell Williams chaplain of thq senate and Browning's pastor in Huntingdon pronounced the invocation in which he saidl "We thapk thee for our states rich heritage of noble men-whq have served well We thank thee for this dur brother who today shoulders their unfinished tasks Bless him nd make him a blessing to all the people of Tennessee Left Out Duelling Th9 chic! justice did not include in the oatji the pledge to refrain from duellihg which has been used on many -evious occasions Prccdng the Inaugural ceremonies the two governors rode to- gether in tie parade Seated th them and their wives were military escorts Lieut Jackson a de to Browning -Capt Leonard Sisk aide to Mrs Brown- shadowed by splendid memories of was-stilljin the captains offic-jj undergoing questioning The trend exammatl0n was not dl3 closed the kindnesses of the respect and Tnred to evacuate their consideration that he will always famiies prepared to eaW -find from the majority of his fellow citizens some homes if indicated rises in river stages materialized i just previou to the new governor i e-rsed he belief that under his More than 100 families near Ham- guidance ilton Ohio a like number in Pop-j wives of lar Bluff Mo 75 in WilliamsviUe governors Mo and hundreds in Indiana fled Browning wore a purple dress-and from their homes yesterday Police a shoulder bouquet of violets --and firemen used boats to rescue1 Seated ok the platform were families marooned by flood waters members oT the new governor near Indianapolis Dayton and Co- wartime coriiman Battery AjJJtth nnessee will prosper the new and retiring sat together Mrs carried Four Women 2 Men Die Instantly Five Others Are Hurt PRYOR Okla Jan 15 (JP) Four women and two men were burned to death last i night near Strang nncn3 SnlStd Reports here said leaking1 oil be- Oil and Refining Company exploded vealed as Nearly Equaliz- while a crew of seven men was at- action today after diplomatic efforts I tempting to repair a leak had failed to "rescue 2i Americans Five other men were burned trapped in Sianfu seriously and were taken to a hos- United States Ambassador Nelson pjtal here Johnson said he had been in- I The dead 1 formed that Peck traveling purely i Mr and Mrs Currie Barnett in a personal capacity but with his 1 Guthrie Okla 'sanction had reached the walled Mr and Mrs Arthur Gillam capital of Shensi province strong- WASHINGTON Jan 15 (JP) I Stroud Okla hold of Marshal Chang Hsueh- Federal farm experts crawled Mrs John Estes Avant Okla Liang Communist-inclined armies from a stack of statistics today and i Mrs John Lamb Seminole Okla Rescue Plans announced that as a whole the na- Those Injured He hoped when he left here to tions farmers showed financial Injured were John Estes Avant 1 ferry all women and children in gains in 1936 foreman: Sim Beeson Avant Alton Sianfu by plane to Loyang If un- Awling Shawnee Joe Alton Jenks able to do this he intended to go Net income of farmers after de- 1 and John Lamb Seminole to Loyang and work there to liber- ducting $4220000000 for wages in- Reports here said the women ate the Americans from their dan-terest taxes rent supplies and were trapped in their motor car as gerous plight in the embattled area other production costs was placed flames leaped up from the pipe line Peck left at a moments notice at $5300000000 They had driven out to take their when he learned a government air- husbands home from work plane was going to Sianfu with NANKING Jan 15 (JP) Willys Peck counsellor of the United States embassy resorted to direct Nanking emissaries hoping to ne informed Haynes- appearance climaxed 24 bng abouPa speedy' settlement' hours in which officers discovered The corporation has no inten- vhaJ? tfcyfeleVed mlght be th tion and will not during the nego-clothes ot the dead boy a shacktiations remove to five miles from the place his bodyjmachi materials (except for was found investigated human trade) or equipmentP from Hood stams on an automobile at of the on strike and Everett and arrested half a dozen durin said period not t0 More Than One I They apparently were seeking more than one person since a conspiracy charge with its indication of at least two fugitives was included In a John Doe warrant issued here Wednesday Bloodstained cothing of a boy 1 and a sack of mens apparel were I found late yesterday The shack 18 Uue to Arrive Ionight lay southwest of the barren chicken-ranching district where a farm youth found Charles body Officers said the boys clothing 1 -was slightly larger than Charles normally wore but might have 1 been-given him to replace the light garments he wore when snatched i fromthe living room of the Matt-! sons home (By the Associated Press) A cold wave extending across 1 much of the every shall be made by both parties to Near 1929 Level The experts said this was 17 per i came ignited from a torch being gotiate a settlement of the crisis cent larger than in 1935 and only 7 usej jn welding operations Pecks departure followed a re- per cent less than the comparable 11 the dead and injured lived at port from Assistant Military At-1929 income of $5669000009 Gulf company pump station tache David Bennett from Lcyang They said the severe drought had seven miles southwest of Strang that all efforts had failed to win redamaged the corn andf wheat belt 1 incomes but cotton was a bright FACES DEATH CALMLY spot in the tabulations with both SHREVEPORT La Jan 15 (P i ill i i lease of the detained Americans Arrives Safely Nanking military authorities (Continued on page eight) COCKE IS FREED OF THEFT CHARGE I I State Asks Dismissal Declar- ALL NOLLE PROSSED BOLIVAR Tenn Jan 15 (P) Dr- Oocke former Tennes OA A lant A A 1 A 0 A nllki: see Commissioner of Institutions and Ed Payne of Nashville were exonerated today of charges growing out of an investigation of affairs of Western State hospital where Dr Cocke formerly was sunerintendent District Attorney General George Watkins nolle prossed the charges shortly after the case was called in circuit court this morning Embezzlement Charge The noted psychiatrist and his former patient were named in indictments accusing them of re- moving shrubbery an electric been customary for employers to make individual purchases through the hospital to obtain better prices therefore it would toe incumbent I on the state to prove criminal con- lumbus National guardsmen were on duty at Poplar Buff to enforce an evacuation order Red Cross and state officials mobilized relief for refugees Schools Closed Schools were closed by flood waters in some southern Indiana and Ohio communities Water cov- ered the business district of Por-land Ind Herrin I1L was virtually isolated by water which covered some southern Illinois highways to a depth of three feet Some mines in the Illinois coal bet were flooded Thousands of acres of eastern Illinois lowland were inundated when the Wabash 4a Oft lAin faat river rose to 20 feet four feet above flood stage A sorority house at southern Illinois Normal university Carbon-dale 111 stood four feet in water The Illinois Central systems main line at Makanda was under seven feet of water Some streets were flooded in Louisville Ky Memphis They live in a little tent colony on Hopefield Point The girl told officers she rowed across the river yesterday afternoon from the Arkansas side with her and uncle to shop in southland will end ab- Human blood also stained tire ruptly tonight the June in Janu-chates and a handkerchief found ary weather of the last month mthe automobile which remained weather observers predicted to-impounded in the Everett police day garage The machine was stoen Saturdays forecast for most from an Everett residence after states was generally fair much midnight Sunday A lipstick was colder and thermometers were ex- imbedded in snow on one running pected to dip to freezing almost board to the Gulf of Mexico In those states which escaped WROTE THREE LETTERS i Ihe cold wave prediction the gen-SEATTLE Jan 15 (P) A state- I eral forecast was for cooler or ment that 10-year-old Charles colder weather and in several in- son wrote three letters to his par-1 stances dreary rains were expected a larger crop and higher prices johnny Sanders 20 negro ehd-The white gold netted growers uie(j to be hanged today at Ruston $955000000 compared with $737-1 for the ambusn slaying in Octooei 000000 in 1935 1935 of Sim Evans 36-year-old Even the wheat crop with a short farrnQr was calm His only com- forts spring yield showed a gain The paint was The funny papers Peck was under instructions to farm value was estimated at $624- I werert long enough 1 (Continued on page eight) 000000 more than $100000000 above the 1935 crop The short crop of potatoes showed a wider increase It was valued at $367000000 against 231000000 the previous year Highest In 13 Years While income went up 12 per cent expenses increased only 6 per cent experts said so that the "pay realized by the farmer for his work and capital in 1936 had a purchas- Reorganization Development Widens Administration Split Johnson that Peek had reached Sianfu safely and was remaining overnight with the plane No mention was made Ot his ef- MEMPHIS Jan 15 (P) The rain-swollen Mississippi river was the scene last night of a hair-raising thriller done in the manner of the old movie melodramas The heroine was a pretty 18-! year-old girl who gave her name as Watkin3 said that the state hasjima Jeanne Victor She battled found all along outstanding in its the big river and won while tvro proof letters written bv Dr Cocke men companions slugged each outlining his clan to hnv articles i other in a small row boat drift- through the Western State Hospi- ing with the muddy current The house approved such a pro-ltal commissary at state prices! Police went to the river frent to each letter expressing intention to investigate a "family row but dis-pay for articles purchased covered it was enacted in the S'nce that time continued Dr middle ef the Mississippi posal yesterday Byrd also brought about a delay yesterday in senate consideration water cooler and two radios from I the Bolivar hospital prior to Dr Cocke resignation from its superintendency and from his post as 1 commissioner to open a- private sanitarium at Memphis Payne formerly was a bond salesman (Continued on pi-ge eight) I WE A 1 1 ing power apparently the highest which these income estimates are available The total volume of all farm pro- ducts for 1936 was 3 per cent larger than in 1935 Although crop vol- was smaller larger market- of livestock and livestock products offset this The experts said about 315090000 WASHINGTON Jan 15 Fl A senate move to follow the house's lead in creating a special commit- tee on governmental reorganiza- tion widened the gap today be- tween administration rgrouping aims and the economy policies of I Senator Byrd (D Va) Byrd is chairman of a senate re- I organization committee studying 1 of a bill to extend the life of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-: tion Discussion was put over un- til today Extension of two other emer- gency functions the treasury's and some other states Forecasters TENNESSEE: Fair and much did not sa jf an vegetation darn-colder cold -wave in west portion was anticipated tonight Saturday fair colder in Alabama official forecast was: extreme east portion Par cloady- co der cold wave VIRGINIA: Rain this afternoon portion with temperature 20 to 28 freezing in interior of tonio-ht in UC 6r south portion with temperature 28 Zirt Saturday except TW to 32 and frost on the coast if flumes extreme west portion weather clears tonight Saturday TfvrrcKv generally fair colder in east por- nENTltKi Fair and much tion colder tonight Saturday fair cold- Tennessee Mississippi and Ar- er in extreme east portion Kansas were listed among the cold wave states while temperatures High temperature yesterday 72 1 were expected to dip around the Low temperature yesterday 51 1 freezing point or below in sections Rain yesterday in inches 75 of Georgia North Carolina South Readings taken at 7 a each Carolina Kentucky Virginia and day for preceding 24 hours Louisiana acres of general crops were har- 'widespread curtailment of federal stabilization fund and the presi-vested This was about 10 per cent agencies He hopes to save $300-( dent's power to change the gold less than any of the previous dozen 000000 a vear i content of the dollar came before year3 except 1934 which also as a Byrd Is Blocked the house coinage committee drought season Democratic Leader Robinson said Treasurer Called Farmers abandoned about 32000- Byrds group would not handle the Secretary Morgenthau was called 000 acres plowed and seeded to presidents recommendations In- to explain the administration's grains last spring in addition to stead he announced he will urge view hut Chairman Somers (D 12000000 acres of winter wheat and setting up a joint committee of Y) said he believed the treas-a large acreage of hay senators and representatives (Continued on page eight) spiracy and the" state is unable to make any such proof All Paid For All items listed in- these in- flictments that have been received have been paid for Checks are now in Nashville for everything known to date It has been known that Payne acted for Dr Cocke in (Continued on page eight) On the trip back across the rjver lin the dark of night with the rain pouring down the m4n got into an argument she said and i came to blows While they battled she struggled to bring the boat back to shore I and finally succeeded Her father was badly battered The uncle left (Continued on page eight) ing Maj Jones aide to Gov ernor McAlister and Col Blythe Bond aid to Mrs McAlister Senate Speaker Byron Pope pre- sided at the ceremony Brownini was cheered when he paid tnbu to his comrades in arms who were seated on the plat (Con tii ued on page eight) I.