Wilmington News-Journal from Wilmington, Ohio • 1

Wilmington News Journal rt rr PRICE THREE CENTS TWELVE PAGES WILMINGTON OHIO THURSDAY MARCH 30 1939 ONE HUNDRED IRST YEAR NO 142 MERCHANTS WILL SEND 30 TO AIR Attack Victim SENATE GROUP 'News OUSTING MARX 6k EXPANSION IS GREATEST ROUTE TO HOSPITAL COLLECTIONS UP (Continued on page eleven) (Continued on page two) the 4' 4 include a daylight' boat trip from Albany to New York City three full days at the air and five hours at Niagara alls on the way home Of the many trips A LIST of seniors A complete list of the Sen iors of the 15 high schools par tlclpatlng In the Enterprise Club News Journal New York air Senior Tour Con 1 test will be found on Page eight of this Issue ORMER CONVICT BARES RUM TRAIC RECONSTRUCTION SPAIN ACES RANCO MURDER CONESSION DENIED BY HOWLAND Guessers Say Business Upturn To Start Now considered the one' selected is the most comprehensive and assures I 30 seniors of a week bf pleasure they will never forget The contest will open Saturday I April 1 and continue until July 1 I Wilmington merchants who are I members of the Enterprise Club will begin giving out votes Satur day at the rate of five votes for each 25 cent cash purchase for' payment on account i Voting for your avorite Senior Is a simple matter You may de posit your votes at the Daily News Journal office or give them to your avorite Senior Whenvot Ing is done at the of PHONE 2574 Before If you miss your News Journal and a copy will bo Hfit to you by spacial mas senger All High School Seniors Entered comedienne! Senate Rejects Proposal Edu cation Boards ollow Orders On Hiring BULLETIN COLUMBUS March (fl3) House of Represents tlves today passed 112 to 14 a bill to outlaw nudism in Ohio LILY PONS ILL NORWALK Conn March Lily Pons opera star ill with bronchitis and ordered to bed by her physicians said today she had cancelled an engagement to sing in Cleveland Saturday DINGLEDINE PLEA DENIED BY COURT Glance i ii VI 1 7 SAN RANCISCO March 30 Ths 74 passenger California clipper arrived at Honoluluat 8: 24 A today completing the first lek of its San ranclsco Honkong flight with the largest passenger load ever to fly the Pacific Tho Clipper with 36 persona aboard made the 2400 mile flight to Honolulu in 15 hours and four minutes 15 Prime Minister Chamberlain Denies Conscription Has Been Ruled Out Cabinet Meets In Emergency Session To Plan Training 210000 Recruits anet Pearl Greene Dies? Of Skull racture After Odd Mishap Tuesday" CONTINUE HUNT UR ASSAILANT $2524492 IS PAID JO 7 PENSIONERS IN MARCH DELIA BOGARD DOVER March Denying that he ever admitted slaying Miss Maude Horne 61 year old Milton spinster Henry Howland 25 was called be fore Superior Court Judge Conner today to enter a plea to an indictment charging him with murder 15 year old cousin Alda Butler who was arrested with him at Corpus Christi Texas March 17 became a ward of' the Juvenile Court at Rochester She was brought before Judge Gardner in his office last night and the proceedings were private 1 Declaration rance WillCede No Territory Is Acclaimed LEASED WIRE NEWS SERVICE CLEVELAND March The Plain Dealer quotes re cently Ohio State Peni tentiary inmate as' saying a prison warehouse was used by prisoners as a clearing house for illicit traf fic in liquor and "One company was assigned ito handle consignments coming into the warehouse" the newspaper quotes him "The men among thtftn who handled the liquor and drugs could turn them over to runners because the company guard was the mail censor and was not with them except for a short uneral Services Will Be Con ducted Saturday At Church Near Peebles YANKEE CLIPPER SAE AT? LISBON' SPAIN if Y'hv LISBON March The 41k ton Yankee Clipper here at 11:12 A today completing the second leg of her initial Trans atlantic journey The big Pan American Airwaysboat covered the 1318 miles from Horta The 'res in six hours 58 minutes WASHINGTON March The Census Bureau reported today that dollar sales of 1218 independ ent retail stores in Ohio were 66 per cent higher in ebruary than during the same month a year ago They declined four per cent from January which had more business days ebruary sales totaled $17 592058 scorned the time tried Hollywood elopement plot They chose King man Arlz a desert railroad com munity for the rites in preerence to more avored Gretna Greens Yuma Arlz and Las Vegas Nev JThey traveled by automobile Instead of by plane as have most other elopers They confided to Howard Gate Kingman high school principal and a witness when the was by Rev Kenneth Engle of the irst E' Church that they in tended to go to Las Vegas or Boul der City Nev speeding today at Dam 1 4 But a tew hours later they were eating dinner 'in Needles Calif and were reported seen at other small communities on the high way across the Mojave Jdesert en route home Military Affairs Committee Recommend Bricker Name Own Officer Says Prison Warehouse Used (World copyright 1939 by King eatures Syndicate Inc All right reserved Reproductions In full or in pan stricuy prohibited) Girl Companion Ward of Ju venile Court WEATHER air tonight and riday colder to night Populace of Capital Waiting or ood QUESTION AGAIN RETAIL STORE SALES 7 IN OHIO ARE HIGHER URGE 8 EMBARGOES CLEVELAND March The CIO United Auto mobile Workers In conven tion today urged the United States to declare em bargoes against treaty break ing ascist and de manded a boycott of Japanese Italian and German good TOURNEY POSTPONED AUGUSTA GaM March 30 A steady downpour of rain forced postponement to day of the start of the sixth1 annual Augusta National Tour nament bringing together all star show the "master? of the fairways and Bobby Jones the retired cham 41 COLUMBUS March The House adopted bill abolishing the so called life tenure' of adjutant General Emil Marx of the Ohio Na tional Guard and his two chief aids was approved by a Senate commit tee today as red hunt and nudism measures held the legislative spot light The Military Affairs Committee recommended unanimously a bill which would permit Governor John Bricker to elect his own jutant The Senate having rescinded its order for an investigation of al leged subversive teachings in state universities and public schools was ready for another battle on question A 'A bill to outlaw the practice of nudism was up for a vote in the House s' a resolution proposing the schools investigation was up for ft ifCLtain the Senate for sqconY time Majority Leader rank Whittemore said it likely would ba sent back to a committee Senator Robert Pollock (R Stark) author of the measure de manded a by members of the however and op posed returning it to committee 'The Senate rejected yesterday a proposal that county and exempted village boards of education be re to hire teachers nominated by the superintendent of schools One exception would have per mitted the boards upon a three fourths vote to make their own nominations The provision was stricken from a bill of Senator Charles Mas ton (R Coshocton) and then: the Senate proceeded to pass the meas ure It recodifies numerous school laws and permits county boards to buy supplies for local school boards More Than $500000000 In Us Coffers WASHINGTON' March (fl3) March income tax collections have run over 1500000000 exceeding by more than 1 $75000000 the 'sum figured on by President Roosevelt tn his budget estimates Treasury statement dis closed that on March' 28 three days before the month's end $501 068010 had been checked into the till Although above budget esti mates the collections lagged 'be hind March 1938 returns when $723000000 was received in in taxes' The deficit for the fiscal year which began last July 1 amounts to $2321905448 March Premier strong declaration that rance would cede a foot of our land nor one of our rights" to Italy seamed today to have won both popular ud political acclaim Even ths bitter politi cal enemies endorsed his stand that rance would yield no terri tory that she would negotiate co lonial and othehr differences with Italy if Italy took the Initial step and that rance was strong enough to defend herself' The Paris press was unanimous with praise The Socialist Leon Blum who frequently has opposed Daladier declared that approve of this linkage" (Blum spoke tor his party) 'The Communist party newspa per consistently a critic of Dala dier and increasingly so since the Munich Ciecho Slovak partition number one added its endorse ment even though the speech ap peared to havsthdvanced the dis puts wlthntalyover Italian agita tion for 'rench African colonies no further toward Tha general comment was it is up to the axis of Italy and Germany Daladier in his address Which was broadcast last night struck also at Germany' whose break up of Czecho slovakia two weeks ago he said was a to efforts for peace At Grenoble and' other cities near the Italian frontier hundred: of Italian expatriates who profess antl asclsm paraded through' the streets Daladier Down with the speech answered that of Premier Mussolini last Sunday in whfch the Italian leader con tended that Italian claims in Tun isia Djibouti and the Suez Canal were presented by diplomatic note last December 17 Daladier held rance could not accept the essential argument of the note that conquest of Ethiopia and constitution of the Italian empire created new rights for surpassing those of a colonial accord of 1936 BRITISH WILL INCREASE NAVY ANU AIRORCE VICKSBURG Miss March (fl3) Plunging of a line of motor cars into Clear Creek bayou az a bridge washout last night killed four' persons injured eight and left five missing today Six or more mechanics dropped 50 feet into the bayou after flood waters undermined the bridge ap proach In the darkness Divers today were searching for more cars and bodies in the swol len 20 foot deep stream Tho known dead were Wilson of Jackson Miss Mar cus Meeks of Canton Miss Beaver of Jackson: Mrs Mary Schract Murray MansfieldO HOLLYWOOD March un loving Clark Gable and Carole Lombard "who wrote the long an ticipated happy ending to the story of their courtship in little Ari zona town late yesterday returned early today to the Bel Air home 7 '1 mz'V 5 Exhausted by? their 750 mile trip they retired to until later move into the home on his one mile San ernando a valley ranch which Gable redecorated In preparation for the wedding riends were not surprised when news of the ceremony reached here last night The marriage had beep expected daily since the number 1 masculine star was given his freedom earlier this month by his second Maria Gable 28 and hins blonde bride 31 a top ranking CALIORNIA CLIPPER LANDS IN HONOLULU COLUMBUS Old age pensions totaling $2524 492 were paid in March to 111985 Ohioans Tom McCaw chief otlthe State Division of Aid for the Aged reported today Granjs averaging $2254 were about four cents lower than In ebruary but the total was $15 000 greater due to additional pen sioners NEW YORK Heavy late selling dents list 1 4 Mixed govern i menu at new peaks Lower industrials lead retreat b' 5 CHICAGO fl Higher mill buying irm Mixed strong to low Last Minute News lashes The lather and of Springfield and Chapman once of Chicago were convicted of slaying Clark County Sheriffs Deputy Edward urry and Spring field Patrolman Martin Randolph during raid of officers on a re sort cottage at Crystal Lake Sep tember 3 1937 shortly after a cafe operator was robbed of a payroll WASHINGTON March Ths three mouths business decline has come virtually to a standstill In dustrial production will fall only one point this month It declined three points in ebruary three in January All government economists (and this means a dozen of Mr Roose velts best guessers privately polled) are betting the upturn will begin now 'Their figures show a pick up In several Industries already (chemi i' cals furniture' machine tools building materials) The machine tool pick up is considered most important This is the industry which furnishes the tools for In dustry IU acceleration means in dustry is getting ready for bigger production As the machine tool output higher in March than in 18 previous months the realist among th economist are confi dent a substantial expansion of business production is at hand The spending ecori 77 omist think so too for anotherreason Their unpublished figures (which Mr Roosevelt but not the newspapers) indicate Mr Morgenthau is going deeper In ths red This means accelerated buri 7 nasi according to their reckoning 4 They figure red Jnk business machine' What the treasury spends above what it takes in Is th' inflationary shot in th crankcase '7 About $280000000 of' this red Ink greas was being put out at Mr filling station last October The monthly deficit has increased until Xi is nearly $300000000 for March In June or Julyxit will get up to $350000060 or $400000000 they expecL That is the government will then beputting back $350000000 to 3400 000000 more in business than' it is taking out in 'taxes Th In reases are certain because they have been pledged mostly under the WA contracts allotted last winter and now just getting started' with warm weather The spending theorists there 1 1 ILA 1 all On Stick a tai To East End Pupil MADRID March Span ish with all 52 prov inces of Spain under their guns to day faced a long struggle to recon struct 1 the country torn byK 32 months of savage civil war Generalissimo military police rounded up thousands of Re publicans for classification and perhaps trial as a predude to the great social task The war numbed populace con tinued peace demonstrations in the streets of Madrid fallen Republi can capital while waiting for food from the stream of supply trucks that followed legions into the city on Tuesday flee your votes will be placed 1 envelopes and your avorite Sen name written on after which you merely drop them into the ballot box of 1 your school' All of the votes are to be de 1 posited at the Daily News Journal office in the ballot boxes one be it ing provided for each school in order to simplify sorting and count a Ing The News Journal will b7 nnon fmm A till 7 flVB days week and eacn bamraay from 8 A until 10 En 'tj velopes will be provided tor tn votes there A list of seniors in each of the 15 high schools will be placed ineach of the stores where votes are given and also at the Daily News Journal to aid in the casting of i ballots Each store affiliated with the Enterprise Club in sponsoring MARCH INCOS TW APPROVES BILL alling to the floor at East End School with a candy sucker in her mouth Tuesday proved fatal to Janet Pearl Greene 7 a pupil in the first grade early Thursday JaneL daughter of Samuel" and Lavena Ivers Greene arrived at the school building with an "all day and in some man ner fell to the floor the candy stick penetrating the root of her mouth causing skull fracture Miss Carol Johnson teacher 'of the first grade administered first aid and Dr Dalton Peelie who was summoned ordered the girl taken to her home 176 Ludovic street Death occurred at Ridge as she was being Police Department Criticized VietimReiaaiM In Crit 4' leal Condition 1 rLOS ANGELES March continued today for the Hollywood slugger who brutally struck down a 17 year old actress as tho Los Angeles City Council in a resolution sharply criticized the Police Department and asked for a legal ruling on the possibility of posting a reward for the Police Captain R7 Patton heading the homicide detail 'said he was "convinced the assailant of pretty Delia Bogard once the pig tailed of the "Mickey film series was same man who budgeoned to death Anya Sosoyeva Russian dancer on the Los Angeles City College campus ebruary 25 Miss Bogard remained in a crit ical condition from a head injury Hospital attendants said her skull might be fractured Joseph Bushane 43 an actor? was booked at city jail on suspicion or murder after his arrest on what police described as an anonymous tip Officers said he would be questioned later" continuance of so called nuisance taxes' and approval of reciprocal state and federal salary levies Taxes on Income from future is sues of government securities also may be considered 1 Besides these tax objectives and neutrality Barkley said Congress should enact'' 'f" Railroad relief legislation? A cotton export plan as suggest ed by President RoosevelL i' An emergency appropriation for the WPA as well as relief funds for ths next fiscal year Legislation to expand arid con tinue housing activities i The remaining portions of national defense program The annual departmental proprlations bills 'I LONDON March Prime Minister Chamberlain intimated to the House of Commons today that Britain's Navy and Air orce would be expanded Only yesterday the prime minis ter announced doubling' of the territorial corresponding to the United States National Guard 340000 men Today he was Asked by Lieuten ant Commander letcher member of the labor opposition if there also would be an expansion of th Navy and Airforce Chamberlain replied that the question was under review and added: 4 statement will made' from time to time as conclusions are '7 Chamberlain rpoke after presid ing at an emergency cabinet meet tag which gave urgent considera tion to steps Britain might take in the event of a new European emergency and to plans for train ing and equipping 210000 recruits for th unprecedented" peacetlme I expansion of hr army Asked If he had ruled out conscription Chamberlain An swered amid laughter is final in this Asked by Geoffrey Mander opposition if he would pro pose that' the British empire and friendly states from Ger many materials essential to rearm the prime minister merely replied Conservative Herbn Williams interposed that such action involve us in war at Slayers To Die Jn Chair APrjl 19 COLUMBUS' March Without money or hope Harry and Henry Dlngledlne' and Harry Chapman virtually' gave up today their fight to escape death in the electric chair for the slaying of two Springfield peace officers The Ohio Supreme Court refused their pleas for appeal late yester day and set April 19 as the date of execution The lather '13 HURT AS BUS SNAPSTOLEDO TELEPHONE POLE TOLEDO March Thir teen persons were injured three severely today when a bus of the Community Traction Company skidded on wet pavement and broke a telephone pole after spinning in the street 'A ('t a nw BOLD STAND PREMIER BETS RENCH PRAISE Toiir Jn Brief Details of ths Enterprise Club's Tour in tabulated form are as follows: a 363 Seniors In 15 high schools in the Wil mington trading area: Adams Blanchester Clarksville air field Township High land) Harveysburg Jefferson Kingman Lynchburg Martins ville New Port 5 Wil liam Reesville Sabina Wayne and Wilmington All Expense Tour to the New York 'City air including a daylight boat ride down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City and five hours at Niagara alls awarded to the avorite Senior boy and aror ite Senior girl in each of the high schools ive votes will given with each' 25 cents spent for new buslness or payment on account The votes are to de posited at the Daily News Jour nal The contest opens Saturday April 1" and closes July 1 7 ap er 1 Steady to 15c down Objectives or Congress Listed 1 WASHINGTON March 3(P (P) 10 objectives headed by a neutrality law revi sion Senate Leader Barkley (D Ky) outlined a legislative program today that he said would keep Congress in session until late in June Conspicuous by their absence from list were amend ments proposed by businessmen and the AL to the labor relations act as well as suggested consoli dation of corporation taxes into one general levy Barkley who conferred yester day with President Roosevelt pn the legislative program enumerat ed three tax tempor ary of social security payroll taxes at present levels Pleasant taken to Hospital Cincinnati Thursday at 12:30 A She was born at Greenfield Jan uary 8 1932 In addition to the parents? sbe is survived by a brother James Greene and two half sisters Ruth Marie awcett and Kathleen a' cetLnfj Short fuheraLservice will be conducted by Rev Schlatter at the Lukens uneral Hom Sat and funeral services at the' Evergreen Baptist Church near Peebles at 2:30 Inter ment will be in th Evergreen cemetery The body will be at the residence rom Thursday at 7 4 until Saturday noon when it will be re turned to the funeral home AUTOS PLUNGE INTO CREEK OUR KILLED Ul Ji 0 Bridge Approach Washed Out i "In Darkness Clark and Carole Are Wed in Small Village Enterprise Club To Give Votes In Cooperation With Daily News Journal or avorite Senior JA Thirty high school seniors 15 boys and 15 to 7 I be chosen by popular vote will enjoy a All Expense I Tour to the New York air this summer as guests of the Wilmington Enterprise Club in cooperation with the Daily 'News The project is to be known as the Tour 1 i One boy and one girl will be selected from the senior chss of 15 high schools including all Clinton County high schools Adams Blanchester Clarksville Jefferson 1 New Vienna Port William Rees ville Sabina Wayne and and three others in the trading area whose high school districts include in some instances Clinton County pupils airfield Town 8hlpLeesburg Hlgnland ana Lyncn burg in Highland county and Massie Township Harveysburg in Warren county The tour which is esti mated to have a value of $200 will 1W' full ASSOCIATED PRESS bwfi'I i Uh IWH IM KdBswESa IU Mi I fl I ggl I I 1 I I Ml A uHV xS.