Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 17

NORTH IOWA'S DAILY PAPER EDITED FOR THE HOME "THE NEWSPAPER THAT MAKES ALL NORTH IOWANS NEIGHBORS" HOME EDITION VOL. XLII F1VK CENTS COPY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICED MASON CITY, IOWA, TUESDAY, JULY 7,1936 THIS PAPER CONSISTS OP TWO SECTIONS SECTION ONE NO. 232 Drought May Help Demos Will Not Be Blamed on Administration as Usually. AAA'S SOIL PROGRAM MODIFIED By CHARLES P. STEWART 'ASHINGTON, (CPA) Generally a crop failure is held, in the agricultural states, against the administration in power in Washington a the time it occurs.

Of course the administration isn't to blame for the weather and the insects that destroy crops. Nevertheless, it usually has been blamed heretofore. This year, however, the democratic ticket seems likely to profit from drought, duststorms and grasshoppers in the west. Democrats think so and many republicans are afraid of it. If the stricken areas were to be left to their fate, as in the past, undoubtedly they would be as resentful as ever before.

But this time farm relief is to be dispensed liberally. The afflicted farmers, then, presumably will be grateful to the regime which has helped Roosevelt regime. The Landonites may rejoin that they would have done the same thing, but they will not be able to say that they did it. Soil Conservation. Rooseveltian preachings in favor of soil conservation also are much to the point in connection with duststorms.

The president's contention that American land has been misused has a deal of merit. Some of his economic theories may be open to formidable attack, but there's no question as to the validity of his assertion that, in wide areas, the soil has been systematically robbed. He's in an excellent position to say "I told you so," and to reason that a reclamation policy is of major importance. Say what one will of Franklin Roosevelt's economics, it's undeniable that he's a highly scientific farmer. Understands Fanning.

He knows what land should be planted in crops, what land should be left to forage, what land should be keot afforested. He understands drainage and of waterfall and erosion. All this erudition should commend him to the middle west. It is Governor Landon, the Kansan. is as deeply and broadly acquainted with agriculture's 'puzzles as is this suburban New Yorker.

Labor troubles, which are a-brewing, are in President Roosevelt's favor. The steel industry is verge of a fight to prevent the industrial unionization of its workers. Other industries promise to be involved, notably rubber and aluminum. To "Break" Soon. It is a contest which promises to "break' 1 soon.

President Roosevelt's attitude is industrial unionization. The employers have much financial strength against him. but the employes have the voting strength. Thev are on his side and have so declared themselves. Between capital (which hasn't many votes but a lot of influence the farmers and the urban workers, is an enormous middle class.

How it will view the situation is any man's guess. Roosevelt won't get many of capital's it hasn't many. He probably will get most of.labor's: there's a dissenting element, but it shouldn't be comparatively large. Suspicious of Him. I think the middle class, like me, is suspicious of him; we think he's boost our living costs without increasing' our incomes.

And there are inc. farmers. Finally, there is the middle class urban, half rural. My guess? Non-partisanly, it's a trifle in £a- for of Roosevelt. Before the conventions it would have been more decidedly pro- Rooseveltian.

Since the convention my pick has been somewhat the other necessarily by preference, but by judgment. Cravens May Have Been Mishap Victim REDWOOD CITY, of any apparent slaying motive in the mysterious beach death of Junius Cravens led Sheriff James McGrath to express belief Tuesday the 35 year old art director and critic was an accident victim. Sheriff McGrath expressed the opinion Cravens fell from a rock during one of his customary walks Thja would account for the broken neck and cruahed face, the sheriff Sheriffs Advised on How to Outwit Criminals LANDON WANTS KANSAS TO VOTE SECURITY LAWS Stresses Differences of New Deal Act From G. 0. P.

Plank. TEXT ON PAGE 5 TOPEKA, differences between the new deal's social security program and the republican platform, Gov. Alf M. Landon recommended Tuesday that Kansas prepare to join any security system as "may ultimately become the settled law upon this question." His views were given a joint senate-house meeting of the special session of the state legislature which assembled at his call to consider constitutional changes designed to obtain greater participation in major phases of the federal social security law. Calls for Approval.

as electorate in November, of a constitutional "amendment or amendments" which "will enable the legislature to pass laws providing for the necessary social security." Such a constitutional change, the governor said, should be "merely a grant of power" leaving methods of administration "to the 'Wisdom and the sound judgment of the Then the republican presidential nominee made his single reference to the national political "In considering proposed amendments," Landon told the legislature, "I desire to call attention to the fact that the platform of the republican party adopted at its national convention provides for a plan of social security different from the social security act adopted by congress. Not Fitting Time. "I do not deem this a fitting time to enter into a discussion of the relative merits of the present act and the proposal set out in the republican platform. Any 'proposed amendment to the constitution should merely grant to the legislature of the state the power to enact laws to enable this state to join in any i final act for this purpose as may ultimately become the settled law upon this question." The republican platform proposed History of Profession Is Traced STOKIES ON PAGES 2 AND 12 CLEAR sheriffs, attending their annual mid-summer school here, were given instruction Tuesday on devious ways of meeting and outwitting the cunning of the criminal. Meeting at the city hall with C.

A. Knee, Adel, president of the association, presiding, the county enforcement officers heard talks on the history of their profession, ballistics, the traffic problem, gathering of evidence and other related subjects. Nebergall Gives Talk. The Tuesday afternoon program included an address by R. W.

Nebergall, editor of the Iowa Sheriff, who traced the history of the sheriffs back to William the Conqueror of England, explaining how the duties of the office developed and how these duties were modified or expanded from time to time down to the present. Hans Kruger, Zumbrota, prominent Minnesota ballistic expert, explained the differentiation between evidence indicating murder and evidence pointing to suicide. He also showed how to photograph articles at the scene of the crime, how to get fingerprints at scenes of of crime. Other speakers on the Tuesday afternoon program were John Hattery, chief of the Iowa state patrol, and Harry Nestle, assistant chief of the patrol, in charge of the western half of the state. Glenn Schmidt, chief of the Iowa bureau of investigation, was-also- on the program for Tuesday afternoon, but association officers were not sure that he would be able to make it as he was busy on an important case.

The day's program also included demonstrations of jiu-jitsu by highway patrolmen present. Special Events Wednesday. A round table discussion on all phases of law enforcement was also scheduled for afternoon with a 1 Dutch lunch at the Clear Lake Country club in the evening Among those in the convention attendance at R. T. St.

John, in 1882. An exhibition of pistol, shotgun and rifle shooting by Kenneth Beagle, a factory representative, a pay as you go old age security win be amon the feature events on system; that citizens over 65 should the T0sra the closing day of the receive "the supplementary pay- sclloo Wednesday. A competitive ment necessary to provide a mini- ghoo( fm members of the ass ocia- mum income" sufficient to protect int Iudins D0 th from want; federal contributions to states with the necessary revenues raised through a direct tax widely distributed. It further proposed to encourage adoption by states of "honest and practical methods for meeting the problems of unemployment insurance." tion also will be held, including both pistol and machine gun fire. A gas demonstration and vigilante tactics are also day.

scheduled for the final LOOK INSIDE MJKS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN American Envoy to Wed Danish Officer ON PAGE 2 Baptist Assembly to Open at Iowa Falls ON PAGE 3 National League Wins All-Star Contest 4-3 ON PAGE 9 TWO BREAK OUT OF IOWA PRISON Newman and Edwards Make Escape; Method Used Not Announced. FORT MADISON, Warden Glen C. Haynes notified the state bureau of investigation Tuesday of the escape of two convicts from the state penitentiary here. Fred Newman, alias Ralph Weeks, and Frank Edwards made their escape, the warden reported.

He did not announce their methods of escape from the institution. Both the prisoners had previous criminal records, Chief Glen Schmidt of the bureau of investigation said in Des Moines and Edwards' record showed he had escaped from the Illinois state prison in 1924. Newman was committed to Fort Madison from Davenport in August, 1935, for breaking and entering, records showed, and Edwards was committed from Iowa City, Feb. 20, 1935, for a 10 year term for breaking and entering. Rockford Youth's Body Is Recovered From Shell Rock.

With actual filling of reclaimed Seed's lake scheduled only a short time away, the recreation area now being established counts four deaths by drowning. A mother and three children drowned late Monday in a creek bed which low runs through the lake bed. Victims were: Mrs. Alfred Koch, 32, Hampton farm wife. Ruth Francis, 13.

Walter Koch, 13. Verna Koch, 8. It was believed an attempt to recover a child's toy boat led to the drowning of the victims, with the mother making an effort to rescue the children. Alfred Koch, father of the victims, said that he left his wife and five of the children playing on the bank of the lake and went a little distance away to talk to some of the men Lake Bed Where Four Drowned Near Hampton Drownings Take 5 North Iowa MOTHEUHREE CHILDREN NEAR H1PTON DEAD Lives which is under CCC camp construction. Son Gets 2 Bodies.

Hearing the cries of children, he riturned, but found only two of the smallest children on the bank. After a quick look, he got in his car, he said, and rushed home and returned with his son, Albert, Albert then dove and succeeded in recovering two of the bodies, those of Ruth Francis, 13, and Walter Koch, 12. He was unsuccessful in his efforts to get the other two as the father ran to the dam, about three- fourths of a mile away, to get some Riceville, first p-esident of ccc to assist in the rescue sheriff's association when it was or-j work. CCC Youths Dive. Ionia Farmer Breaks Hip, Lies in Sun Two Hours Before Found NEW and exposed to a burning sun for two hours before he was found, Pat Conley, 75, Ionia fanner, was removed to the hospital here.

He had fallen down an embankment, fracturing: his hip. Three CCC youths then succeeded in getting out the bodies of the other victims, Verna Koch and Mrs. Koch. Those who dove were Gerald Reuben of Mason City, Pete Bisacchi of Fort Dodge and Martin Ivers of Washta. Four physicians were among those called to work in the resuscitation efforts but they met with no success.

The victims had been in the water about 35 minutes. The group had been playing with a toy boat, it was learned, and it was believed they had attempted to get it out, one following the others. Mrs. Koch had on shoes, indicating that had made an effort to get the children. Water 6 Feet Deep.

The drownings occurred about 25 feet from shore in water that is 6 feet deep and rocky. The victims had fallen in the old creek bed near what was known as "The Old "I was sitting in the car list -ling to the radio," declared Albert, "when father rushed up and called to me to hurry to the lake. We rushed back." Albert said he thought Wallie could swim. Marlene, 2, the smallest girl, who remained on the bank, murmured something about seeing Wallie's hand come up out of the water. Delores, 4, was also on the bank.

Surviving are two sons of Mrs. Koch by a former marriage, Ray Francis and Marcus Francis, both of Manson; children of his by a former marriage, Albert, at home; Harry at Hampton, Elizabeth and Helen of Des Moines and William of Meservey, and their three children, Delores, Edward and Marlene, all at home. Warned by Sign. The Kochs frequently went to the lake to have picnics and cool off. They live a mile from the lake, which is three miles northwest of Hampton.

Completion of the lake is scheduled for July 15, when the dam will be finished and filing of the reclaimed water area will be started. A short distance from where the drownings occurred is a sign stating that the lake is not open and warning- swimmers not to use the WHERE FOUR DROWNED ADDITIONAL LAKE AREA This map shows where four persons were drowned wading in a creek that runs through a lake bed which will soon be filled, known as Heed's lake, near Hampton. The only water in the lake bed now is in small streams that traverse the area. The dam is nearly completed. Photos of the victims are shown here.

(Photo by Walter and Ruth, Woltz Studio, Des Moines. BATTLE AGAINST FOREST BLAZES Gray. Clouds of Smoke Roll Over Northern Wyoming, Southern Montana. SHERIDAN, Gray clouds of smoke rolled over northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana Tuesday as more than a thousand fire fighters fought to halt fires which raged on several fronts. Ten new fires, started when lightning struck powder dry forest areas, burned on the Ashland division of the Ouster National forest, 30 miles southwest of Absarokee, where 100 fire fighters succeeded late Monday in stamping out a blaze which destroyed 80 acres of timber.

Chances Are Against Recovery of Cadman Following Operation WALTER KOCH RUTH FRANCIS PLATTSBURGH, N. L. G. Barton, attending physi cian, said Tuesday that "the chances are against the recovery" of Dr. S.

Parkes Cadman, noted Brooklyn preacher, after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. D. Barton said the 71 year old clergyman "held his own fairly well through the night, but his condition is very critical." Dr. Cadman is at the Champlain Valley hospital, where he went after being stricken while delivering peace address at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday night. Despite his pain, he insisted on completing his address.

area. It believed an inquest will not be held. ROCKFORD VICTIM Lambkin, 19, son of Mrs. Henry Heitz, who lives in Ulster township, six miles east of Rockford, was drowned Monday evening while swimming in ths Shell Rock river. Lambkin went swimming about 8:45 o'clock, accompanied by Fenton Hetiz and Raymond Koehler, who were unable to swim, it was said.

The'youth started to swim from the diving board to the raft, about 30 feet away, and sank beneath the surface when he had covered about half this distance. Call for Help. The youth's companions called for help and John Monroe and Clarence Lane of Charles City, who were on the raft, began diving and recovered the body in about 5 minutes. Harlan Fort, life guard, who goes off duty at 8:30 o'clock, had just left'but returned on hearing the cries and assisted in the rescue work. Those who worked to revive the youth said he showed no signs of life and that while being taken to shore made no struggle.

That he might have suffered cramps was expressed by some as he had worked in the hayfield all day and had just pitched a load of hay before jumping into the car and coming to the river to go swimming. Was Health Champion. The fire truck was called but the pulmotor was out of order and artificial respiration methods were used on the youth for two hours. Lambkin was 4-H health champion of Floyd county last year. He had attended Charles City high school for two years.

The body was taken to Charles City to the Hauser funeral home and will be taken to Pawpaw, for burial. Lambkin's father is dead. Surviving are his mother, a sister, Mrs. George North of Charles City. Pangbom Will Try N.

Flight NEW YORK, CS 1 E. pang- born, 'round the world flyer, was purchasing equipment Tuesday for a plane in which he said he would attempt a New York-Paris flight late this month to publicize the Texas centennial. The transatlantic trip, Pangborn disclosed, will be made in a single- wing cabin plane with no fuselage and with the tail held on by two booms. FORECAST IOWA: Fair and continued warm Tuesday night and Wednesday. MINNESOTA: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday, except somewhat unsettled In northeast Wednesday; continued warm, except somewhat cooler along Lake Superior Wednesday.

IN MASON CITY Globe-Gazette weather figures for 24 hour period ending at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning: Maximum Monday 105 Minimum in Night 7S At 8 A. M. Tuesday 86 Although Monday's maximum was 3 degrees under that of the previous day, it was higher than any other that has been hung up in the 26 years for which records are available in Mason City. Tuesday the mercury began its upward fligh early and before 9 o'clock passed the 90 mark. Another sizzle: was in prospect.

The Tuesday afternoon maximum was 102, reached at 1 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the mercury had dropped degree MOVE MADE TO SAVE FORAGE IN DROUGHT AREA Rain or Relief From Extreme Heat Seen by Weatherman. WASHINGTON, ion of the soil conservation program to encourage "the widest possible conservation of forage" in the drought area was an- Tuesday by the AAA. Meanwhile a white house conference on the drought crisis was held Tuesday afternoon by President Roosevelt and weather bureau predictions forecast continued arid- ty and "abnormally high" tem- ieratures for the affected area. AAA officials said the modifica- ions would apply to officially des- gnated emergency drought areas be named later this week, prin- in North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

The change was made, they to preserve all available forage or livestock feed and to encourage 102 IN MASON CITY Mason City's maximum temperature of 102 degrees was reached at 1 p. and at 2 o'clock the mercury had dropped back a degree. the planting of forage and feed crops for use during the coming "all and winter. Recommends Changes. George E.

Farrell, western regional director, recommended changes after an inspection tour of drought areas. Farmers" in designated counties may comply with the soil conservation program under the modified regulations and still receive subsidy payments, it was said, or they may comply with the original regu- ations, depending upon drought damage on their individual farms. Those invited to the white house meeting were Rexford G. Tugwell, resettlement administrator; Aubrey Williams, assistant works progress administrator; J. B.

Hutson, acting AAA administrator and Jesse W. Tapp, chairman of the agriculture department drought committee. All Time Highs. These of all time register, ed Monday: Fort Yates, 119; Janiss- tcwn and Napoleon; N. 118; McClusky, N.

117; Valley City, N. 116; Bismarck, N. 114; Devil's Lake, N. 112; Bloomington, Ill; Red Wing, Fergus Falls and Austin, 110; Mattoon, 111., 107; Webster, S. and Joliet, 111., 106; O'Neill, and Pipestone, 105; Srand Forks, N.

St. Paul and Springfield, 111., 104. Ducks collapsed from the heat in North Dakota. Eggs were scrambled on the sidewalks at Mattoon. Several hundred men fought forest fires in South Dakota's Black Hills.

Pavements buckled in Illinois. Telegraphs President. John Bosch, head of the Farmers National Holiday association, telegraphed President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace a plea to end crop restriction Monday night. He advised them the situation in western Minnesota and the Dakotas was the "worst in history" and spreading rapidly. He announced his sponsor of farm strikes in 1932 and conduct a series of mass meetings in western Minnesota to discuss the feasibility of stopping feed and seed loan repayments to the government and halting rent payments by farmers whose fields are barren.

Total Crop LOSB. An official Canadian statement told of a total loss of crops in a section of southern Saskatchewan. Reports that the drought had seriously lowered the underground water table, important source of moisture, prompted the geological survey at Washington to launch, a study of conditions in the northwest. Iowa officials prepared to seek aid if the dry weather continued through, the week. HIGHER TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR STATE DES MOINES, no immediate relief in prospect Iowa, struggled through its fifth consecutive day of searing heat.

Temperatures even higher are in prospect for Wednesday the weather bureau here said predicting "fair and continued warm" for Tuesday night and the day following. There was no rain in sight to relieve the growing threat to corn crops and the damage to small grains and pastures. Nor was there any indication of any decline.