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SUNDAY TIMES SIGNAL VOL LVIII No 4 ZANESVILLE OHIO SUNDAY JULY 30 1939 RANK BROWN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Beauty'll Stay Home Now Battleships and Babies Take Jim and John Make It Up Lead in War Preparations Japs Halt British Soldiers Mrs Velma West I the liner '4 truck Carl Baker ormer Resident Armco President Presents Safety Dies in Baltimore Md Hospital Trophy to Zanesville Personnel I CHARLES HOOK in the im CARL BAKER fl to the than carried fight Lee of had last Oklahoma were Wil Williams Hamilton saw a parked and the Blanche sisters senate amend (D Md) to 20 18 to Cala acres Musk a son The year 1940 may see Demo cratic strategist James A ar ley and Republican strategist John Hamilton (right) on opposite sides of the politi services will be held at Monday afternoon at funeral home Burial Wesley Union cemetery was removed Saturday AUTHORIZES HOUSING DATA Washington July (J) The house rules committee granted legislative right of way to a senate approved bill authorizing the cen sus bureau to include data on hous ing in its 1940 census 11'1 state fair cal fence But when Manhattan sailed from New York the other day with both aboard they posed for their picture shaking hands just as pretty as could be PLANES MANEUVER Rome July 29 CP) More 400 Italian warplanes were report ed engaged in important maneuv ers over the central Mediterranean today as the Italian fleet headed to sea for summer exercises officials said only a downpour would aleviate the situation Two hundred men fought a grass and scrub timber fire near Spokane Wash A 400 acre fire east of Eugene Ore was isolated and the Eden valley fire in the Siskiyou forest was controlled aft er 3000000 feet of timber was de stroyed Approximately 1000 men were called to control flames in three other areas near Eugene Several fires raged in north Ida ho forests Danger decreased in Utah fol lowing light storms but emer gency fire guards remained at strategic spots California prepared for a week end of fires Lightning menaced several areas and winds spread camper set fires A 5000 acre blaze in Shasta county was still loose fires tn Placer and veras counties consumed 700 each ive firemen were injured ing flames which swept two big apple plansa at Hood River Ore Damage was estimated at 5250000 Six hundred men were called out to fight a 400 acre fire in the lathead forest near Kalispell Mont A forest service official at Spokane said a up" was threatening the entire north Ida 1 ho western Montana timberland area Lightning started 80 fires in that section yesterday I Japanese Army Removes Nearly All Restrictions Hongkong July 29 The Japanese army today removed nearly all restrictions on entry in to the exit from Shameen the foreign tirea at Canton restric tions which drew a protest tnurs day from Myrl Myers United States consul general The restrictions mostly lengthy searching and questioning of Chinese were imposed Thursday when a Japanese naval order halt ing all navigation for two weeks on the Canton or Pearl river went into effect With a simple sincere eulogy Charles Hook of Middletown president of the American Rolling Mill company yesterday at Armco park made format presentation of the company safety trophy to the personnel of the Zanesville plant for its perfect ac cident prevention record establish ed in 1938 record set by the Zanesville plant stands for Mr Hook said' needs ho embellish Ten other Armco groups went through 1938 without a lost time accident but the record establish ed here covered the entire plant It was the second time in the com pany's history that the Zanesville plant has accomplished such a rec ord More than 500 persons stood in the grove adjacent to the band shell at the park where Mr Hook delivered his address Aside from his discussion of safe ty the Armco president also sounded an optimistic note relative to tne business outlook mediate future "Private enterprise" has a brother Charles in Giouster a sister and two sisters Ina and Nora in Detroit She did not remember the married names of the sisters as she was so excited about finding her family Ray Saulters was raised in the Children's home at Marietta with some of the older children Mrs Musselman and her sister were too young to be placed in the home The Saulters' home had been broken up 38 years ago A re union is being planned by the brother and sisters Charles Saul ters will not be at the reunion and plans have been postponed because of his serious illness He was gassed while overseas during the World war Another brother whom Mrs Musselman never saw was Harley Saulters who also was gassed dur ing the World war and died some time ago Mrs Musselman located her brother Ray through the Works Progress Administration Mr Mus selman was at Gore recently and happened to see the name on the records of the A He traced Mr Saulters and found that he was Mrs brother Later Mrs Musselman went to 2 Gore to meet her brother who is a traveling timekeeper with the a i nrougn mm she learn ed that her father Harvey Saul ters died in March at Steubenville Mr and Mrs Musselman have six children Virginia Paul John Bon ita Raymond and George who will have the opportunity of meet ing their uncles and aunts whom uiey nave never seen' reformatory Lili in Dallas Il Soviet Parliament Elects Supreme Court Moscow July A new su preme court of 75 29 of them women was elected today by the supreme Soviet (parliament) of the Russian Socialist ederation of Soviet Republics which includes most of European Russia with a population of 105000000 A new premier of the RSSR Deputy Vakhrushev was appoint ed to succeed Nikolai Bulganin who has been advanced to become vice premier of the Soviet Union and chairman of the board of Soviet State bank Separated from her brothers and sisters for 38 years Mrs John Musselman of 327 Oak street had almost given up hope of ever find ing trace of them until a few days ago when she located her brother Ray Saulters through the WPA at Gore Ohio and from him learn ed the whereabouts of her other brothers and sisters whom she had not seen since she was four years old Mrs Musselman said she was so excited she could scarcely believe that she had found her brother Her brother said that he was dumbfounded for he had looked so long for her that he had almost given up ever finding her wanted to know my name and every time he asked a question I gave him the right an swer sure we are brother and sister Everyone remarked how much we resemble one an other" she said Mrs Musselman and her sister Miss Agnes Saulters formerly of this city and now of Mt Gilead came to Zanesville with their mother years ago Their mother Mrs Mary Saulters later married Roberts She died three years ago Never Knew Rest of amily The two younger sisters never knew where the rest of the family were Through her newly found brother Mrs Musselman learned tnat sne Saulters Anna in amily United After Local Woman inds Brother Through WPA After 38 Year Search CURIE DAUGHTER HONORED Paris July Eve Curie second daughter of Jierre and Mme Marie Curie pioneers with radium will receive the Legion of Honor award for her lectures in the United States ir gl 5Kl IUU $2800000000 Before it recessed the accepted by a voice vote an ment by Senator Tvdines to prohibit political contributions by labor unions or other organiza tions except with the foreknow ledge of their members Tydings Indicated during debate that the amendment was aimed at such loans as the $470000 advance made to the Democratic party in 1936 by John United Mine Workers Acceptance of the proposal came after hours long de bate during which Senator Norris (Ind Neb) charged that its prac tical effect would be "to make it absolutely impossible for a mun icipality to construct an electric light The O'Mahoney amendment pro vides that none of the proposed $350000000 of public parks Ioans could go for projects in any field which private enterprise already was serving adequately It pro vides also however that if the owners of a private business re fuse a "reasonable" public offer to purchase then government funds could be used for the construction of a competing enterprise Senator Lee Booms DR for Third Term our CCC Youths Meet Death When Trapped By lames in Battle Against orest ire Oklahoma Boys Win Poultry Judging Tilt Cleveland July 29 (P) Three farm youths from tiny Cleveland Okla came to this Lake Erie met ropolis of the same name today to tie for first place honors in the world poultry congress intercol legiate judging contest Representing Oklahoma Agri cultural and Mechanical college they received a superior rating on their judging of 56 fowls sharing highest honors with a University of Missouri trio Raymond Butler Elton Johnson and Harry Hatha way comprised the team The Missourians liam Keer and Lester Huntsville and James Butler Discovered working in Phila delphia after being missing for 16 days Elinore Bertrand 16 year old New York girl who won a beauty contest at Brooklyn will stay home ive Year Old Actor Wants Unemployment Compensation Oklahoma City July 29 movie actor out of work at the age of five Gor don Lee applied for unemploy ment compensation today The recent player in juvenile (Our Gang) comedies climbed a chair in the offices of the state department of compen sation oivision stateo ne been without work since May 12 and scrawled an upon his application His mother Mrs Eva Hollywood also affixed her sig nature She explained her son had been a child actor since he was 19 months old Under reciprocal arrange ments California authorities may send the payments here to meet Gordon's claim Ogden Utah July 29 (JI Trap ped by racing flames four Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees died and a fifth was missing In Nevada tonight as forest and brush fires menaced vast sections of western timber land The area extending over several states was tinder dry from weeks of drouth and searing heat Lightning flashing from rainless thunderheads killed one man in Oregon and added to the fire hazard The four CCC youths burned to death when a brush and timber blaze they were fighting in the rugged Santa Rose mountains of northern Nevada shifted suddenly and cut off their retreat rank Vitale 20 Brooklyn was missing and feared dead The badly burned bodies of Ernest Tippin 21 Oswego Kas George Kennedy 22 New York: rank vv earner Brooklyn and Walter James Ridgewood were taken Winnemucca Nev Started by Lightning Pacific northwest fires 85 which were started by lightning spread over thousands of acres of timberland but most of them were under control Temperatures which soared as high as 117 degrees moderated but the fire menace continued as clouds failed to bring rain orest have to turn to guns August and September have been tagged the danger period Great Britain with expanded naval maneuvers arranged to coin cide with the period of possible ten sion next month put ships under steam for training cruises and fir ing practice in advance of the mid August war games The rench government alarm ed at 34741 more deaths than' births last year offered cash bon uses for babies and put a tax on bachelors and childless couples to pay the prizes While rance exhorted her citi zens to produce more babies proud Netherlanders heard with joy that a second child was expected in mid August by Princess Juliana And the hearty Netherlanders hoped that the baby would be a the first male heir to the throne of their tiny kingdom in almost a century More Jap British riction riction between British and Japanese soldiers flared once again in Shanghai A dispute over the international settlement boundary where the Japanese strung wire barricades for a mile and a half brought Japanese with bayonets face to face with British Highland ers but they did not clash The Japanese held four Britons and their truck for two and a half hours while officers negotiated to get them released ''Meanwhile the London govern instructed its ambassador to Tokyo to complain again about the continuing anti British demonstra tions in China At Pehtaiho sea coast resort northeast of Tientsin Chinese collies said they were paid the equivalent of three American cents and a bottle of soda pop to parade against the British London heard reports that Tokyo municipal authorities were arrang ing anti British rallies for Mon day around the building where dip lomats have been trying to settle the Tientsin blodkade trouble Official circles in London indi cated dissatisfaction with progress of the Tokyo negotiations Pressure for a stronger stand has grown since the United States denounced her 1911 trade treaty with Japan on Wednesday New Commercial Treaty The initialing of a new commer cial treaty by Japan and Ger many was interpreted in Tokyo as enabling the Japanese government to save face at home after the shock of the Washington move The Japanese foreign office gave the German treaty unusual atten tion by issuing a statement that "Japan will be able to get an aug mented supply of articles from Germany required in times of peace as well as war" Along with the baby bonuses rance launched a group of de cree laws to strengthen the nation for what inance Minister Paul Reynaud called "the present white war of and against any future clash of arms The new laws include one to strengthen the watch for spies and 1 another to restrict profits on arms "Private he said no fundamental readjust ment Conditions now are bright er than in the last several months and with the continued assistance of congress the spirit of confidence is bound to grow and build up a auunu economy tne years come" Mr Hook was accompanied this city by Beck Charles Continued on Page Two They found a containing more than $10 boys and started back to quarters A few blocks away they woman standing beside her car She hailed them and report ed that a pair of negro boys had just snatched her purse which contained more than $10 The officers put two and two to gether and the woman Mrs Jua nita Moore of Columbus regained her purse Washington July The senate approved tonight 45 to 24 i an amendment to the administra tion's $1640000000 lending bill designed to prevent government in jterference with existing private en terprise I Soon after adopting this proposal iby Senator O'Mahoney (D Wyo) (the chamber agreed to limit debate on ths lending measure and re cessed until Monday The agreement limiting Senators to 15 minute speeches was ob tained by the administration lead ership after many previous at tempts to hasten a vote had prov ed futile i Sentiment for reduction of thelending program spread from the senate to the house banking com mittee during the day bringing about an $850000000 reduction in the measure at that hands The banking committee recom mended house passage of a cur tailed bill carrying a total of $1 950000000 The bill before the senate al ready had been cut down by a coalition of Republicans and Demo crats to $1610000000 Whenfirst introduced by administration I' now Shown with her moth er Miss Bertrand explained she just couldn't face her friends after her defeat in the finals' of the New York City contest at the fair for all good aid of their time to raise ranklin Roosevelt for he added THE WEATHER Clearing with moderate temperature Sunday Mon day fair and warmer House Passes ifth Alien Restriction Act Washington July The house passed today the fifth set of alien restrictions to receive its ap proval this session By a voice vote It approved and sent to the senate a bill by Rep resentative Smith (D Va) which among other things would close the loophole in the deportation laws which the supreme court re isently held permitted Joseph Strecker of Hot Springs Ark to escape deportation even though at jne time he was a Communist party member Amends Lending Bill to Prevent Government Interference in Existing Private Industry Washington July 29 CD The leaders the legislation carried Columbus July Sen Tzcl i UY "N1 In 1 1 1 3 uuou kicv iu umix inunuiiing a personal third term for president Roosevelt today declar ed that the executive was th kind of man" who would quit with his work only half finished tor ranklin Roosevelt for a third not if he want it but if take Lee told a rally of an estimated 2000 Ohio Democrats at the grounds "Now is the time men to come to the party and now is the the standards of Truck Auto Crash atal to ormer County Resident Jack Samson 24 of ostoria wno was killed riday in a automobile collision near Upper Sandusky was a former ingum county resident and of Samson of Avondale it was learned here Saturday night Samson was killed when his automobile collided with a truck on a highway made slippery by rain as he and a party of friends were enroute to Zanesville for a week end fishing trip Others injured in the crash were: Irwin Hill 57: Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dean and daughter Latitia 5 and Scott 40 of Climax Mich driver of the truck whose left ear was torn off The Samson family moved to Muskingum county about 15 years ago from Nelsonville or a time the victim of the crash was em ployed as truck driver the Earl Jones Coal company and recently had been an employe of the Auto Lite oundry at ostoria Surviving' are his widow Leora one son Arthur Joe his father of Avondale three brothers Leo nard of Sego near ultonham Millard razeysburg road and Willard ostoria one sister Miss ern Samson White Cottage and his step mother Juanita Samson of Avondale uneral 2 Thompson will be in The body evening to the home of an uncle Harland Thompson White Cottage from Thompson funeral home Section One MAIN NEWS SECTION Britain Expands Naval Maneuvers to Coincide With Possi ble Tension Expected With Completion of Harvest NETHERLANDERS HOPE OR MALE HEIR rench Government Offers Cash Bonuses or Babies and Places Tax On Bachelors and Childless Couples BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Battleships and babies claimed attention in war conscious Europe yesterday battleships in England for maneuvers during critical months ahead and babies in rance to offset a decline in population Harvest time was at hand too and in many minds there has been fear that once the men drop the scythe thev nave rn Turn tn crime Aurme Cincinnati Police Nab Purse Snatchers Cincinnati July 29 Patrol men Russell Patterson and loyd Niswonger cruising near the river front tonight noticed a pair of negro boys acting suspiciously and a few minutes later captured them purse on the head Police Arrest Alleged Prowler Wilbur Hill 15 colored of Rail road street was arrested late Sat urday evening at Jackson street and Blue avenues by Patrolmen Lafe Hoy and Edward Jenkins charged with prowling and carry ing concealed weapons When taken into custody Hill was carrying a knife with a four inch blade sticking in his belt po lice report Hill was arrested on July 23 on a similar charge and about three months ago was arrested for breaking and entering the Morri son Motor company building Main street The juvenile was released after admitting both previous charges police claim He is being held in the detention home and will be arraigned in ju venile court Monday morning Carl Conrad Baker 53 well known former resident of Zanes ville and general manager of the Baltimore Md plant of the Na tional Biscuit company died at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at a Baltimore hospital following an operation performed Thursday News of his death comes as a shock to his many friends and former business Associates here Hp had been ill for only three te weeks prior to the operation Mr Baker was ranager of National Biscuit company office in this city until he was tranferred to Baltimore in April 1934 He was a son of the late William and Louise Stolzenbach Baker and was born in this city His father was founder of the Baker Bread company of which Robert Baker orest avenue is now president He received his early education in the Zanesville schools and upon completion of his second year in high school went to the Montclair academy Montclair He later enrolled in the Rochester Business college Rochester His aca demic training was completed in 1908 with his graduation from Sheffield scientific school of Yale university In September 1908 he became associated with the National Bis cuit company and served the com pany in the Buffalo Phila delphia Pa plants In 1912 when only 27 years of age he was named superintendent of the com Continued on Page Two Minister Pulls in Wallet With Two Unexpected "ish" Trenton July Stanley Swinuchowski has his wallet and two dollars back to day because the Rev A Boy land itzgerald Jr of Plain field did not hook the he thought he had Nineteen year old Stanley dropped the wallet in the water two weeks ago while fishing in the Manasquan river inlet at Point Pleasant The wallet and the money in it were returned by registered mail accompanied by the following letter from the Rev Mr itzgerald: fishing at the inlet be tween Manasquan and Brielle I pulled in your wallet Glad your name was on It so that I can return it Quite a surprise to me to pull It Traffic Accidents Take Eleven Lives By the Associated Press Traffic accidents took eleven lives in Ohio yesterday (Saturday) in one crash near remont Three men and three women were killed in a collision involving three automobiles and a truck on highway 20 near the re mont golf course They were: Alvin Devzney Sr 50 his son Alvin Devzney Jr 21 of Detroit rank Benadum 60 Cleveland high school teacher Mrs Weil 45 of Mansfield Misses lorence and Coveney Lakewood about 45 years of age Two persons burned to death in their automobile after it collided with an empty livestock truck on state highway 12 at the narrow Green creek bridge east of re mont Miss Louisa Dierick 21 and By ron Ellis both of Chicago died as their car was demolished by flam ing gasoline Near Marietta 20 year old Sid ney Shawver son of Marshal Shawver of Belpre was killed when his automobile leaped an embankment and struck a tree PRICE 6 CENTS EVERYWHERE Well Known Local Barber Dies When Car Plunges Into uiTin near neiiance xu Wife and Two Others Severely Injured Removed to puai in Chamberlain south Dakota After Accident TOURING WEST WITH COUPLE ROM CANTON Sold Shop on North ourth Street Last May After Being in Business Twenty seven Years Spanish War Veteran rank Brown 63 Mavsvillp nikp Lnnum Zanesville barber was killed and his wife and two others were severely injured early Saturday evening when their automobile overturned into a ditch near Reliance Mr and Mrs Brown residents of this city since 1905 were enroute to the Pacific coast with Mr and Mrs John i Bonsall of Canton when the acci dent occurred Mrs Brown and Mr and Mrs Bonsall were removed to a Cham berlain hospital following the wreck in which Mr skull was crushed Mrs Brown sustained a broken collar bone and internal injuries while Mr and Mrs Bonsall who were less seriously hurt received cuts and bruises and were also suf fering from shock Mr Brown retired on May 27 from the barber shbp at 27 North ourth street which he had op erated for 27 years He was a na tive of Gallipolis and a veteran of the Spanish American war Moved to Cambridge ollowing his discharge from the army he moved to Cambridge where he met Mrs Brown and became acquainted with Mr and Mrs Bonsall In 1905 Mr and Mrs Brown moved to this city but remained in close contact with the at Cambridge and Canton Many years ago the couples formed the custom of taking au tomobile trips together and this excursion was in 'celebration of the 25th anniversary of their first trip Included on their itinerary for this year were Yellowstone Nation al park Grand Coulee dam the Pacific coast the San rancisco exposition and a return trip over the southern route They had intended to be gone for six or eight weeks this year and had planned the trip for many months Previous excursions had been of much shorter duration Mr Brown was a member of the Veterans of oreign Wars and of Amity lodge and A His re tirement from the barber shop in May was for the express purpose of taking the trip which ended so tragically Among the survivors are a mar ried sister in Columbus and a half sister Mrs Anna Hallwood of Piqua Is Returned to Reformatory Cell Marysville July Grim faced Velma West came back to the Ohio reformatory for worn en here tonight ending an escape venture which was the little for the husband slayer She was returned with smiling Mary Ellen Richards just 40 days after the pair with two other women fled the They were captured Tex last Tuesdav nanacuned together and linked to a sheriff's deputy by a chain the pair came here by automobile from Dayton where they had been taken from a train after I 24 hour ride from Dallas Velma seemed nervous as she and Mary Ellen were taken im it mediately to the prison hospital ylj where 'they were examined by Drs red Callaway and Angus Macivor 1 girls are in splendid phy Sj sical reported Dr Ma civor who said there was no rea son why either should not be sub jected to the regular routine for escaped inmates incarceration solitary cells I 't Mrs West was described by both 4 physicians as being in better condi tion than when she entered prison fesiS 11 years ago sentenced to life for 4I the "flapper killing of her husband at Painesville She weigh 3 ed 101 pounds then and weighed ivz lomgnt Suffers Heart Seizure She suffered slight heart seiz ure before the departure from Dal las but Dr Macivor said no dan gerous condition existed Blood tests will be given both Mrs West and Miss Richards and Velma also Continued on Page Two If i a I Si' i Al 'A 7 7 I MT 1 1 sZik 'J MS I esAa A A I I i 'I 1 Swl 1 a': I 3k vA zw 'mm i fl I JI I.