Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

The Lexington Leader Weather Forecast Today In History Fair with a cold wave tonight Friday fair Lord first colony landed In Maryland 1834 TWENTY-TWO pages today LEXINGTON KENTUCKY THURSDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 25 1937 VOL NO 84 PRICE 5 CENTS ctor "nei Nei- fcnd' nd Mr tv-R5ert the Good 7 ue w-sJ a sale left holiday CMr nston ni here with BDergui nd Mr ndy with on a Fifty Persons Injured When Tornado Cnts Path Over Section Of Clark Connty Crews Of Rescners Work Thronghont Night 100 Dwellings Blown Downt Trees And Poles Are Felled When Twister Descends State A Opens Meet In Lexington to William A Becker EiamJ Pfggident General Is Speaker At First Ses-lion Of Kentucky Unit Workers In Five Out Of Eight Chrysler Factories Favor Leaving As Result Of Parley PICKET LINES TO REMAIN OUTSIDE LT Chosen TRAINING SUBJECT OF TALK 28 In Hospitals At Winchester Some In Critical Condition Additional Wounded Sought Under Wreckage Of Houses GALE CUT PATH 100 TO 200 YARDS WIDE ORIGINATING AT ATHENS Special to The Leader WINCHESTER Ky March At least 50 persons were injured four critically by a tornado that swept a clean path 14 miles long and 100 to 200 yards wide across Clark county shortly after 5 Wednesday afternoon Twenty-eight of the injured were in the Clark county hospital and Guerrant clinic here today while many of the others were treated at ader 24 Com-tor thrf an anaStttl Conference Attracts 200 mville Max rr announced Delegates 1 reasurcr hrter apJ prepa Elected At Dinner nr emineni Youth 1 ever the hope and prom- Lia commit ntion' 11 is trained 0 a nation grow for the ideals of music and ytion are reflected in her youth" jMn William A Becker Sum- president general of the iters of the American Revolu-jn an address at the formal today at the Lafayette id of the 41st annual state con-aiion of the A Her sub-d was of Youth" gn Becker urged the training of if the loca id of in John nition'a youth for leadership v' nrthy of American traditions say-i Moore Ajti "Sever has there been a time Yeager ms thought and consideration was A Car focused on the problem of EL Dun xth recognition of the needs and Nicholi handicaps of youth is found in ey live Tie speaker praised the work of i dubs community playgrounds i various other directed activi-a for youth and suggested that iteckMuSC vf chapter of the A have Irynith project in conjunction with community plan or through the Attics of the society itself sfrnt courageous and intelligent ifership American youth will rally a perpetuation of the country's Eatings and a better life for all" Becker concluded Th conference attended by ap-ccma minutely 200 delegates will con-sofextenal Saturday morning Preceding Mrs talk at ml ft opening session a welcome Jfte was given by Mayor Wilson and by James Todd it of the Lexington Board of The invocation was by Dr A Fortune bi the pledge to the flag was led Mrs CM McGee Greetings from diapter regents were given and offices and homes More than 200 were left homeless Approximately 100 dwellings a large number of barns and other outbuildings and thousands of trees and electric power and telephone poles were leveled by the twister which was described as a funnel-shaped cloud back at the bottom and gray at the top Parts of houses were found a much as a half-mile away from their original location Brick homes fell as quickly as frame dwellings The most seriously injured were: At Guerrant Smith 9 son of Smith probably fatally injured At Clark County -Smith 45 broken leg and arm Smith 8 son of Smith Mrs John Davis 57 and Mrs James Hall 78 severe cuts and bruises Others In Hospital Others at the Clark County hospital were: Mrs Smith 33 Wiley Christopher 45 Mrs Bertha Hopper 45 Irene Bond 13 broken right arm Lillian Bond 15 minor cuts James Halt 79 minor hurts Hazel Hamblen 35 cuts and bruises Junior Christopher 7 minor' hurts Eddie Christopher 45 minor hurts John Davis 71 minor hurts: Charles Davis 18 minor cuts Mrs Nannie Christopher compound fracture of right arm Mrs Estill Angel 37 fracture Hayes Hisle 28 fractures Hayden Christopher 18 fractures Christopher 10 cuts Mrs John Hamblen 49 minor cuts At Guerrant clinic are: Edward Grimm 56 minor cuts and bruises Mrs Edward Grimm 53 head injuries Edward Grimm Jr 15 cuts and sprained ankle Iva Catherine Grimm 13 bruises and minor cuts Mrs William Christie 21 shock Mary Christie week-old baby of Mrs William Christie minor hurts Insurance adjusters estimate the property damage at $150000 A survey early today indicated that the tornado originated in the vicinity of Athens at the junction cf Clark and Fayette counties swept through Becknerville seven miles south of Winchester crossed the Boonesboro pike two miles from here and the Two Mile pike The greatest damage was done a short distance southeast of Winchester on the Muddy Creek and Patio pikes where a small settlement was razed Staff Piiotoa In the top picture above la the reaidence of Nat Tuttle on the Irvine pike near Wlncheater one of the few houaea that remained atanding after being atruck by a tornado that awept acroaa Clark county late Wedneaday Note hew panea of glas were blown out of the front second-story windowa At he left a workman may bo aeen boarding up aido windowa that were blown out Note also tbe aingle twiated length of down-apout vhat stayed on the house The lower picture ahowa the remains of Mr barn about 50 yards behind the house The cow had wandered back Into the wreckage apparently seeking hewstall To the right of the cow on a piece of lumber may be seen two white pigs that were killed Twenty other plga and two bows that were In the barn were not hurt Mr Tuttle's garage and a cabin in the back yard were blown entirely away Gov Murpliy And Lewis Await Actual Moving Before Resuming -Talk DETROIT March More than 6000 striking automobile workers marched in swirling snow today from eight Chrysler Corporation plants they have held since March 8 but prepared to establish picket lines until their strike for exclusive bargaining rights is settled The in the Chrysler Kercheval avenue plant the last to vote on the peaceful evacuation agreement gave their approval about 12:40 and in a few minutes began to leave Word was telephoned to the big Dodge plant and 5000 strikers there marched at once from the plant Gov Frank Murphy at Lansing received word at 12:45 that the evacuation had started and said the negotiations between Walter Chrysler corporation chairman and John Lewis head of the committee for industrial organization on the union's demands would resume this afternoon Homer Martin president of the United Autoqiobile Workers and other union leaders hastened from Lansing to Detroit last midnight bringing an appeal from Lewis to leave peaceably as a prerequisite to further negotiation on the issue of collective bargaining The union officials began their personal visits to the captive plants at 1:15 a By 8:15 a strikers in the DeSoto Dodge Highland Park Chrysler Plymouth and Dodge truck plants had accepted the terms Martin Richard Frankenstcen organizational director of the A A and other union officials continued their tour of the plants in swirling snow Will Picket Plants The union officials said that outside picket lines would be established when the men leave the plants to enforce the provision that there shall be no operation of the plants nor any removal of dies or other equipment Payroll clerks however will be permitted to enter the administration building to facilitate distribution of a $2000000 payroll for work done before the strike began on March 8 Gov Murphy smiling called the agreement "a triumph of A three-hour sit-down strike in the sheet metal department of the Cadillac Motor Company a General Motors subsidary ended late Thursday but the terms of settlement were not announced A strike affecting 600 employes of the Ferro Stamping Company also was settled Wednesday a few hours after it was called by A A The Chrysler shut-down caused the Briggs Manufacturing Company to lay off 20000 workers and 10000 employes of the Hudson Motor Car Company atill were on strike Negotiations were continuing to settle a sit-down in the Reo Motor Car Company's truck factory at Lansing where 2200 were out of work Old Postoffice Bids To Be Opened April 29th WASHINGTON March 25 OP) The treasury announced today it would open bids here April 29 on thi old postoffice in Lexington Ky Twice before offers for the struc ture have been rejected as too low In August 1935 the best offer was $110000 and the same month last year the highest bid was $153000 Tomorrow LIPPMANN of a President using his vast Influence to discredit the federal courts and using the vast power of patronage and party discipline to compel a reluctant congress to give him control of the courts The other is the sight of the widespread and defiant lawlessness of the sit-down strikes provoked and organized by the own political allies and consented to without protest by the President and his spokesmen These two things are arousing feelings which are wholly different in kind from those which have accompanied any other Issue which has been raised since Mr Roosevelt entered the White House They are far deeper than economic issues They are concerned with the basic (Paga 15a Celuna 3 Please) Cheater above president of the National Association of Manufacturers stepped Into tbe labor situation when he offered congress the association's plan to permit presidential Intervention In serious labor disputes The association offered a program of action In the national strike situation Chester is president of General Foods Corporation Score Dead In Bus Crash Private Coach Carrying Roller-Skating Troupe Catches Fire Burns SALEM 11L March 25 Mrs Emily Thomas wife of the driver of private bus which crashed and burned here Wednesday died today bringing the toll of the tragedy to 20 Mrs Thomas died in Salem Community hospital after a night-long battle of physicians to save her life The three survivors of the accident which carried members of a professional roller skating troupe to death in the flaming wreckage of the privately owned motorbus remained in a serious condition They were removed early today to a SL Louis hospital Richard Kaplan Gary Ind general counsel for tbe Transcontinental Roller Derby Association Inc announced at Salem John Creekmore Miami Fla showed improvement although his condition remained critical Kaplan said Mrs Thomas' husband Dick rhomas Chicago driver of the bus ind Don Flannery Kansas City Kas skater also suffered severe burns Among those killed were six women and one child Six Bodies Identified Only six of the bodies had been (Page 2 Column 1 Please) Noted British Novelist Dies John Drinkwater Famed For Plays Of History Suffers Heart Attack LONDON March 25 John Drinkwater 54 famed British novelist and dramatist died today The distinguished poet whose dramatizations of characters of British and American history were among his best known works died suddenly of a heart attack while asleep at his London home Drinkwater had just completed his own motion picture for the coronation of King George VI of which he was both author and producer The film dealt with king and his from the time cf Queen Victoria to the present was very happy all day Wednesday" Mrs Drinkwater said last words written in an article on the ion were Tiappy and historical plays were widely known in the United States particularly "Abraham and Drinkwater was an Insurance broker turned actor and son of a schoolmaster who turned actor He was a classmate and boyhood friend of the youth who later became famous as Lawrence of Arabia He was fond of athletics and the school broad jump record he set still stands When was produced in New York critics hailed the author as new Markets Will Close NEW YORK March 25 Principal r-iancial and commodity markets in this country and abroad will be closed tomorrow GoM Friday The New York Stock Exchange Curb Exchange Produce Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade will observe only a single holiday open ing Saturday as usual In New York the coffee and sugar exchanges will close until Monday morning Winds Hail Sweep Areas Over County Child Injured In Narrow Escape From Death As BuildingsAre Damaged Hailstones ranging from pebble to hen-egg size late Wednesday afternoon were swept by a freak windstorm of cyclonic proportions across Fayette county tearing holes in roofs damaging automobiles and reminding residents of a more severe tornado last June The hail was reported in an area extending from the Tates Creek pike across the Richmond to the Winchester pike in that section and along the Old Frankfort pike in the west section of the county Heavy haij nd wind damage was reported along the Tates Creek pike at a point about six miles from the city and extending out that pike several miles Betty Jane Morton 4-year-old daughter of Robert Morton employe of the United States Public Health Service hospital suffered a broken-leg and body cuts and bruises when she was picked up and carried more than 200 yards by the tornado that destroyed the Morton home located two miles from Athens across the Fayette-Clark county line Other members of her family including her parents and a 6-year-old brother Lawrence escaped injury They were eating supper when the storm swept away the house a five-room two-story structure located on the farm Mr mother Mrs Barkley Only the floor of the kitchen remained unscathed A 10-year-old daughter Pauline was not at home at the time of the tornado having gone to visit her grandmother at her home nearby The twister which came without warning and lasted only a few seconds also destroyed a four-acre barn near the Morton home and dumped it into Boone creek The injured child was removed to the public health hospital for treatment Examination at the hospital (Page 3 Column Please) SEVEN IN FAMILY PERISH IN BLAZE AT JERSEY CITY JERSEY CITY March 25 OP) Rose Burkhardt 54-year-old widow her five youngest children and a brother-in-law burned to death early today in a three-alarm fire which razed a three-story frame dwelling The other dead: John Gorman about 69 Philip 12 Charles 15 Florence 17 Theresa 10 and Veronica Rose 20 another daughter was the only occupant of the building to escape Awakened by smoke she ran down the stain and was carried to the street by a passerby All available firemen and ap paratus in the city were called to battle the fire Firemen said the Burkhardt family and Gorman were sleeping on the second floor and top floors of the building On the ground floor operated a junk shop and firemen said they had to fight their way with axes through the piles of mattresses furniture and other articles stored there to reach the stairway to the upper jors Dr Alan Rose medical center Intern said two of the children suffocated before the fire reached them The Leader Today Bible Game Page 2 Classified eve rage 26 CMBlCS eeeeeeeeeeee Confidential Report Pago Editorials ee-eeeeeevee JO 4 Funerals eeeeeVewveee Page 21 Marketi a Pa je 21 Radio Programs Pago 2 eieeeeeee eee PSgO 8 SOCiety eeeeeevveeeveaee PSgO 13 Theaters Page i Winchester Lucky To Escape Path Of Twister That Might Have Resulted In Major Disaster UJF ori RE Suit $7995 ts $4995 civet 16500 were lucky to escape with their lives With house after house swept entirely away it was a wonder that dozens of people were not killed outright Most of the people had some warning and some of them acted quickly to save themselves One of these was Robinson who lives on the Muddy Creek pike a few hundred yards east of a signal station on the and Eleven houses all small frame structures were destroyed in that section 2250 (Page 14 Column 4 Please) Market Is Looted Fifteen cartons of cigarettes eight of candy four shirts an alarm socks cakes and chewing at were stolen Wednesday night 3u Cut Rate Market at 3 Georgetown street Lexington '-Sire were advised Entry to the is was gained through a back Girl Scout Cookies Uxington Girl Scouts have or for 1250 cartons of cookies to delivered Saturday but they like to make it an even 1- "It would be a wonderful thing 1 few philanthropic persons te4 order certain quantities of cookies to be distributed to tick children in various homes or the ir1 id in a note addressed to 3 department The cookies sell cents for a carton of 40 and they are good because the me a carton i not they were careful to ex-he cookies may be ordered telephoning 1389 or 8463 Horse Fays $8 Jr horse mentioned in Wednes pari-mutuel problem would paid $6 for a $2 ticket The was not a difficult one for accustomed to calculating to (who1 knew at once that they have to figure on a 110-per hut probably it was tough for most puzzlers -Twlnkly Tray-Toters Tvinkly-cyed but not come-is the way the ideal walt-j mould be according to rules by an Atlantic City school wls who will work in the reef restaurants and hotels They to look at but to date7 And "pleasant but 1 Well maybe some I can be taught achool but others must be con-y1 such as being rhythmic Sraceful as Gypsy Rose Lee Aaclent Sit-Dewa Strike Colbert has discovered he sit-down strike Is nothing ht originated about UOO P- After 1 had persuaded furaiah me with the facts 1 il 2 1 found It too long to toe column end had to make Wrste of it Look it up "ay's paper (P8 3 Column Please) Flag Display Asked Lexington merchants were requested to display flags in front of their establishments today In honor of the state convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution which la now in session at the Lafayette hotel The request was made by Joseph Wile chariman of the retail division of the Board of Commerce What To Do This is the universal question that arises in a thousand and one situations What to do when attending a theater When taking a girl home When leaving a street car When meeting someone on the street When eating dinner MODERN MANNERS an authoritative guide to correct forms for all occasions covers thoroughly I the situations where a what-to-do might -at the table on the street at the theatre in an apartment house a restaurant or an hotel on the golf links at christenings weddings funerals be caught with a get a copy of MODERN MANNERS and you will know the right thing to do at the right time Enclose ten cents to cover cost and handling Use This Coupon The Lexington Leader Information Bureau Frederic Haikln Dirac tor Washinston I enclose herewith TIM CENTS fa coin (carefully wrapped In paper! ter a copy of MODERN MANNERS Name eaeneiSMiMM ivevsvvvavva Street eeseVssessveeseesvvsvvvv swsvfe City State eeeseeevesssssssevseessessgVggVtofe (Mall to Waahlnston O) wife called me to the kitchen Robinson said looked at the hilltop yonder and saw the roof of a house sailing over the top of a tall tree I picked up our 3-year-old daughter Mollie and ran with her and my wife to the road in front of our home where we lay down in a Robinson's home was swept away He and his wife and baby were not injured but a son William 17 who (Page 3 Column 3 Please) Paderewski Is III MORGES Switzerland March 25 C45) Ignace Jan Paderewski famed concert pianist was reported normal progress" today against an attack of bronchitis Today and By WALTER If Mr Roosevelt has any friends who are able to talk to him frankly they should tell him that in the hearts of the people of this country there is a deep disquiet He needs to understand that feeling and only at hia peril will he mistake it for the selfish and Ignorant opposition which he so easily defeated in hia first administration This present feeling has arisen only in the last two months and it has nothing whatever to do with the social reforms to which the President is committed What has happened Is that for the first time in their experience the American people are not sure whether the party In control of the government respects the law and means to enforce it Two spectacular events have raised this very dangerous doubt One is the sight BY JOE JORDAN WINCHESTER Ky March A tornado that swept across Clark county late Wednesday barely missed the city of Winchester To one observing today the wreckage that testified to the annihilating power of the funnel-shaped whirlwind occurred the thought that a slight variation in its pith would have produced a major disaster Winchester was lucky and even the people in the path of the tornado Net Haven (Ky) Bank Robbed By 2 Bandits Who Obtain $250000 NEW HAVEN Ky March 25 W) Two bandits held up the bank of New Haven today and escaped with approximately $2500 Earl Kirkpatrick 40 assistant cashier who was alone when the bandits entered said one man leveled shotgun at him and the other had two pistols Kirkpatrick was forced into the vault THE WEATHER For Lexington: Fair with a cold wave tonight Friday fair Temperature: Highest yesterday 70" lowest last night 50" average 60" normal 47" Highest on this date in previous years 86" in 1929 lowest 21 in 1912 Precipitation: For the 24 hours ending 7 a this date 018 inches Accumulated excess since Jan 1st 822 inches Daylight: Sun sets today at 5:54 rises tomorrow at 5:32 a Shippers Forecast: Minimum temperatures indicated during the next 36 hours: (SL Louis Kansas City) 15 to 20 (Indianapolis Chicago Detroit) 10 to 15 (Cincinnati Pittsburgh) 15 to 20 (Nashville Memphis Chattanooga) 20 to 25 GUTHRIE PROMOTED BY WESTERN UNION Mason A Guthrie 129 Ransom avenue who since January 1921 has been manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company has been promoted to district superintendent for the state of Kentucky In his new position which he took over today he will be in charge of the 68 offices in the state with headquarters in Lexington He succeeds Burroughs Louisville deceased Until the appointment of Mr Guthrie the state offices had been located in Louisville Frank Farmer Spartanburg will have the position of local branch manager and is scheduled to arrive in the city Friday He has been traveling in nine southeastern states as a member of the staff of Worthen general manager Mr Guthrie who has been employed by the Western Union for 21 years originally came from Frankfort 1 Fatally Injured By Car GREENUP Ky March 25 14s) George Fields 35 Worthington a WPA worker was injured fatally early today by an automobile near Raceland The driver Elmer Fos-son 21 Russell said Fields walked in front of his car a.