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FIFTIETH YEAR. NUMBER 298 CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1933 THREE CENTS OlieDAILY mmm erry go DREW PEARSON tmd ROBERT 1 ALLEN Mrs. Roosevelt Leads In Awakening of Public on NRA Prices ASHINGTON It looks as if old John Public, tlie guy who has been taking NRA price boosts on the chin and saying nothing, has finally a wakened. In the hearing on the retail coal code the other day an unobtrusive individual got to his and asked for the floor. IflKjl represent the 1 said.

Coal dealers and NRA officials gasped. Never before, had anything like this happened. They let the intruder Fred Hoisington of New York his spiel, and afterward jumped on him with all their feet. This, however, was just the beginning. Various consumers and consumer organizations had been getting up steam.

Among these was Mrs. Roosevelt. The First Lady of the Land is a careful buyer. During the early years of her married life she kept house on a strict budget; and when her daughter Anna got married, Mrs. Roosevelt gave her the household books as a wedding present.

So Mrs. Roosevelt helped to sponsor a meeting of consumer organizations last week. One of the post healthy achievements of this inference was the realization jat the Advisory Board of the NRA had been a complete flop. Mrs. Mary Harri- mar Rumsey, the chairman, is well-meaning and delightful, but completely inadequate.

An inheritor of the Harriman railroad millions, she has little realization of the problem. At last conference, she was put on the spot. Professor Colston of Amherst, among others, grilled her for her failure. "Yes, yes," replied Mrs. Rumsey.

fully agree. But what would you have the Advisory Board do about it Professor Warren is tall and slow-spoken. He blinked at Mrs. Rumsey for a moment, finally drawled: could take a position, and then if it adopted, you could This is what Professor W. F.

Ogburn, first head of the Board, did, hut it is the last thing Mrs. Rumsey wants to do. Appointed through her old friend, Professor Moley, Mrs. Rumsev is having the time of her life and would not give up her job for worlds. In a slightly different category Dexter Kee'zer.

most forthright jmber of the NRA Consumers' joard. He has had several brushes with General Johnson, has been told to keep in his place, and now generally does so. His policy is the gradualist one of making small dents in favor of the consumer in each code. But the codes keep slipping by, with no price safeguards. No Token Honor guests at the recent Gridiron Dinner were Italian Ambassador Rosso and French Ambassador Laboulaye.

It is usual Gridiron custom for the chairman to ask the honor guests to rise he introduces them to the Club. This particular dinner was just before December 15, when Italy was preparing to continue her practice of making a I token payment on her War Debt. I In introducing the ambassador, toastmaster said give you the same token of that you have paid to us token of your Roosevelt was sitting between I the two ambassadors. He leaned over to the Italian and whispered: a little hard on you, Mr. Ambassador.

I seen a red from Crisis Today more than at any other the situation has I come to a head. The crisis is due to the transfer the food codes from the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- Ition to the NRA. Secretary of Wallace and his Trust group had refused to these codes. In Fred Counsel of the Wallace had a lighting projector of the public. But Johnson favors rushing the through regardless of the He has put big business men on the NRA Industrial I Advisory Board, but has barred Continued On Page Seven DEMOCRATS PLACE SUMS, COLVILLE, BELL IN VACANCIES Executives Meet Tuesday; Rile Renamed to Election Board TO CHANGE CLERK? Dunkel, CWA Chief, Resigns Committee Post The Pickaway-co Democratic executive committee in session Monday evening filled vacancies caused by death and resignation, and appointed Samuel T.

Rife, N. Pickaway-st, to the board of elections for four Three vacancies confronted the committee, those lefMry demise of Irvin F. Snyder and Thomas F. Jeffries, this city, and by the resignation of A. J.

Dunkel, Walnut-twp, administrator of the C. W. A. in the county. Richard Simkins and Robert G.

Colville were elected to the committee to fill the posts of Mr. Snyder and Mr. Jeffries, and John Bell was selected to succeed Mr. Dunkel. IS NOW COMPLETE The committee is now complete with 29 members.

Officers are C. A. Leist, chairman; S. T. Kile, secretary, and Jonn S.

Ritt, treasurer. John Hummel acted as secretary Tuesday evening in place oi Mr. Rife, who is confined to his home. JVlr. Rife, at present, is chairman of the board of elections but it is not certain whether he will continue in that office.

According to law the board chairman and clerk must be of opposite politics. The term ot Harry E. Weill, Republican clerk, expires within a short time and with a Democratic secretary' of state in office, who has the power of appointment, it is possible a Democratic clerk will be named. In that case the board chairman must be one oi the Re- 1 The board ot elections is now comprised of Mr. Rife, and J.

R. Hotc, Democrats, and Mrs. G. G. Leist and T.

J. Burgett, Republicans. mm poppino till Christmas Threats of Lynching Heard After Murder of Opera Singer, 20 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Fearing lynching threats shouted by an angry group of relatives and friends of Emilia De Prato, 26, bcautiiul opera singer killed on the eve of her New York debut, police today had transferred her confessed killer under heavy guard to the San Mateo-co jail. The admitted slayer, Umberto Guisti, 37, former grand opera impresario, said he shot I)e Prato because she chose to continue her career unhampered instead of marrying him.

DEATH CALLS AGED WOMAN Short Illness Takes Mrs. Susan Valentine; 11 Children Survive. MADISON-TWP Frederick Warner Victim of Eight Illness; Funeral Is Friday. An illness of only six days caused death at 11 p. m.

Tuesday of Mrs. Susan Valentine, aged 86, mother-in-law of Police Chief H. Warner. Death occurred at the Warner home, 138 E. High-st, where she made her residence.

Mrs. Valentine was a native of Washingtn-twp and a lifelong resident of Pickaway-co. She hud lived in Circleville for 20 years. Funeral arrangements in charge of M. S.

Rinehart have not been completed Valentine was born Sept 30, 1847, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Klar Pontious. She was married to J. E. Valentine in Washington-twp Nov. 18, 1866.

He preceded her in death. The deceased was a member of the Pontious United Brethren church. Eleven children survive their mother. They are Mrs. Gertrude Warner, this city; Arthur P.

Valentine, Madison Mills; Mrs. Sadie Warner and Monroe J. Valentine, Washingto-twp; Mrs, Victora Groce and Mrs. Alice May, Walnut- twp; Harry Valentine, Mrs. Jennie Boden, Mrs.

Daisy Bolender, Mrs. Bertha Martin, Columbus, and Mrs. Edna Valentine, Amanda. Three children are deceased. 0 Frederick Lloyd Warner, aged 40, member of a widely known Madison-twp family, died Tuesday at liis home at St.

Paul after an illness of eight weeks. Mr. Warner, who never married, is a son of Mrs. Elisha Warner. His father died six years ago.

Four sisters and two brothers survive. They are Misses Famab and Martha at home; Dr. John W. of Canal Winchester; Cecil of Minneapolis; Mrs. Mary Teegardin of near Ashville, and Miss Bertha of Xenia.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p. m. at the home with interment in Reber Hill cemetery by W. A. Balthaser, Amanda.

KENTON MUNICIPAL PLANT IS GRANTED APPROVAL SCHOOL CHECKS ARE DISTRIBUTED Money Goes To All Districts From Liquid Fuel Tax; City Gets $2,751. COLUMBUS, Dec. proposal of the city of Kenton for the construction of a $460,000 municipal power plant was included in a group of applications forwarded to the Public Works administration at Washington today by L. A. Boulay, engineer of the state advisory board on public works.

The application, which is for a steam electro-generating station and distribution system, asks a loar. of $358,000 and a grant of from the public works administration. It. wac not revealed whether the application was forwarded to the PWA in Washington with or without the approval of the state advisory board. 0 Checks for distribution to schools of the county were received by D.

L. Buchanan, superintendent, Wednesday. The check was sent to city officials. The total for the county was $6,303.79 divided between 19 schools. The check amounts, received from the state liquid fuel tax, follow; Darby, Deercreek Harrison-twp.

Duvall school. Jackson. Madison, Monroe. Muhlenberg, Perry Pickaway, Saltcreek, Scioto, Walnut, Washington, Wayne, Ashville village, New Holland village, South Bloomfield village, Tarlton village, $63.81. The Circleville check amounted to $2,751.20.

The checks usually are sent to the county office and distributed from there but the practice followed by the state office on this tax is different. COUNCIL IN FINAL MEETING Split Found In Picka way Liquor Map Eight of 15 Townships Dry; New Holland Only Dry Village, However. Pickaway-co will have si widely diversified system of liquor control after the state bill is finally approved if the plan embodied in the House of Representatives measure becomes law. That statute provides that liquor by the glass for consumption on the premises shall not be sold in municipalities or townships which voted against repeal of state prohibition constitutional amendment at tiie Nov. 7.

election. COUNTY DIVIDED According to that plan Cir- cievillc would be wet hut eight of tiie 15 townships would tie dry, however, with six of the seven villages also voting to oust the bitum law. The set-up, with vote, as planned by tiie lows: LIQUOR SALES BY GLASS NOW SENATE ISSUE COLLEGE YOUTH SHOOTS FARMER STUDENTS PUT ON SCHOOL COMMITTEE Upper Fight Over Monopoly Is Believed at An End MAY VOTE TONIGHT Committee May Ask Drug Store Provision corps Circleville Williamsport Ashville S. Bloomfield Darbyville New Holland Tarlton Commercial TOWNSHIPS: ireleville Da rby Deercreek Harrison Jackson Madison Monroe Muhlenberg Perry Pickaway Saltcreek Scioto Washington House, fol- Wet Dry 1,628817 129 126 212178 3912 4535 102114 55 51 41 .38 56 49 117 203 148 125 114 94 122103 9084 163228 64 71 77 140 182144 99 173 212 207 102 161 HO 95 0 ---WILLIAM TODD DEATH SUDDEN One of First Fire-fighters Here Succumbs At Home; Rites To Bi Friday. COLUMBUS, Dec.

20-State monopoly appeared firmly entrenched but the status of sale of liquor by the glass remained doubtful as the senate judiciary com.nlctee today resumed consideration of the Lawrence liquor control bill passed by the House. Senate leaders said there was little possibility of the upper house voting on the liquor bill before ia.e tonight or The judiciary committee has only half- finished consideration of the bill. Administration spokesmen confidently expected the senate to leave the provision for state monopoly and for state stores intact, although the opposition has served notice that a fight will be niade on the set-up for state stores as contained in the house bill, when the measure reaches the senate floor. OPINION DIVIDED On the subject of sale of liquor by the glass the sentiment in the senate appeared fairly evenly divided, although the house has gone on record as permitting it Tn licensed hotels, clubs and restaurants. The judiciary committee has a host of minor changes in tiie house bill, which if approved in' the full membership of the senile, requiie considerable dei liberation by conference committees representing each house before the bill finally reaches the governor.

Sen. William H. Horner (D) Norwalk, served notice that he would carry to the floor of the senate his fight to revise the setup of state liquor stores as provided in the house bill. He did this after the senate judiciary committee rejected an amendment he proposed which instead of requiring the state liquor Continued on Six Virginia Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John W. Smith, Williamsport, and Lincoln Mader, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.

Mader, 202 N. Court-st, have been chosen as representatives on the committee of 88 at Ohio Wesleyan university, Delaware, it was announced today. The committee of 88 is made up of Ohio Wesleyan students who are among the most representative men and women on the Ohio Wesleyan campus. They have ful1 information regarding Ohio Wesleyan which they are prepared to give to local high school seniors who are look- forward to entering soma college next year. 0 GAS CONTRACT MAY BE VOTED IN LIVERMORE DISAPPEARS Britton D.

Young U. S. Enters Search For Noted Wall-St Plunger; Missing Since Tuesday. Councilmen Barnes, ing, Will, Parrett to Answer Last Roll Call PLAN NO Reorganization of mitees to Be Big Job William Martin Todd, aged 76, one of the first to serve in Cirele- i fire department, died sud- denly at his home, 163 Walnut-st, Tuesday at 9:30 p. m.

Heart fail- i ure caused death. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p. m. at the Rinehart funeral home with Rev. L.

C. Sherburne officiating. Burial will be in Forest. cemetery. Mr.

Todd is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elller Binkley Todd, and two sons, I. P. and Clarence Todd, at home. He was born in this city April 5, 1856, a son of Israel P.

and Jane McLaughlin Todd. The deceased was a rnernbei of the Odd Fellows lodge. 0 OHIO CITIES ASKED TO SEEK ATTORNEY Rutil Beiter Harry Kidd, Convicted In Fatal Traffic Wreck, Jumps $2,500 Bond. Britton D. Young, student of Western Reserve university, Cleveland, has been bound over to the grand jury following his confession ot the slaying of Carl Metling, Pepper Pike Village, truck farmer and Bible student, after the latter bad accosted the couple in a Young said he shot the farmer when he tried to drag his companion, Miss Ruth Beiter, junior at Flora Stone Mather college, Cleveland, from the car.

Y'oung is a nephew of Congressman Stephen M. Young, of Ohio. MYERS APPLAUDS U. S. LOAN SET-UP REMOVED TO CITY Mian Emma Kirkwood, who has been ill.

was removed from her homo in Lancaster, Tuesday, in the Alfcaugh invalid car to the home of her sister, Miss Anna Kirkwood, N. Henderson to Quit? COLUMBUS, Dec Taking offense at what he termed an on the part of Harry L. Hopkins, federal civil works administrator, Adjutant Genera? Frank H-nderson, chairman of the CWA program in Ohio, today offered relinquish his post. Mi. Holmes wants any one else to do the work out here, he may name Henderson asserted.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. Biinging a message that foreclousures have practically Governor William I. Myers of the Farm Credit administration at Washington and a four-arm credit system functioning today for agriculturists of Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky. The appraisal problem now is solved, he assured seven hundred leaders of farming and public life who participated in formal ceremonies here last night marking installation of the bank for cooperatives and of the production credit administration in this district. Three governors Hill McAlister of Tennessee, Paul McNutt of Indiana and Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky were present.

United States Senators Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee and Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky attended. Ohio sent two congressmen, William Fiesinger and Arthur P. Lamneck, COLUMBUS. Dec.

continued throughout central Ohio today for Harry Kidd, attorney whose $2,500 bond will be forfeited. Judge Cecil J. Randall has 1 ruled, unless he appears in court todaj for enforcement of an Ohio penitentiary sentence in connection with a Columbus traffic death. Authorities are ignorant as to Kidd's whereabouts, they said today. Judge Randall, Monday, retuscd Kidd a stay of execution of sentence to allow time to appeal his conviction on a manslaughter charge to the Ohio Supreme court.

The attorney was found guilty of having caused the death of Miss Josephine Cordon on April 14, and the appeals court upheld the conviction. City and county officials at Pioua, Dayton, Chillicothe and Newark were notified to maintain a lookout for Kidd. The attorney is reported to have stopped at a gasoline station yesterday, obtained gasoline, and said he was going to leave town. HUNTS DEATH CAR DRIVER Farmer, With Driving Rights Suspended, Believed Behind Wheel; Woman Dead. NEW YORK, Dec.

L. Livermore, noted Wall Street plungei, was mysteriously missing today and the object of a wide-spread police hunt. almost immediately after the alarm clattered over the teletype machines in police United States stepped into the in vestigation on the theory Livermore may have been kidnaped. The federal authorities in recent months have made a fine record in kidnaping cases, culminating in their smashing success in sending six persons to prison for life in the Charles F. Urachel abduction in Oklahoma City.

Livermore, who began his market operations with a $5 bill and ran it up into the millions, vanished as mysteriously as Justice Joseph Force Crater. There were no clues. REPORTED BY BRIDE It was his bride of nine months, the former Mrs. Harriet Noble, who informed police she believed her husband had been kidnaped. He was last seen at 3 p.

m. yesterday. Previous kidnaping threats had alarmed both the Livermores. At one time the famous market speculator had had a police guard to insure his safety. In groping for a clue, the police and federal agents studied the activities of the missing broker immediately preceding his disappearance.

Livermore spent several hours yesterday at his offices, 120 Broadway. He then returned to the triplex apartment at 1100 Park Avenue. He spent several minutes in con- I versation with his young and tractive wife. Then, without ing where he was going, he arose to leave. Mra.

Livermore accompanied him downstairs as was her cus- tom. She noticed the limousine parked in front of the door with (Continued on Page Six) (g PRA CONTINUES BARNES ARRESTED Clarence Barnes. S. Court-st, was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to five days in the county iaii when he appeared before Mayor B. T.

Hedges tor intoxication. MOT GEY INJURED Clinton Mougey, resident on George Roof's farm in Piekaway- twp, is suffering from a broken left leg between the ankle and knee. Mr. Mougey was injured Tuesday, while guiding a trailer behind a slow moving truck, when the trailer hit a rock and moved to one side hitting his leg. WASHINGTON.

Dec. 20. President Roosevelt today signed an executive order continuing the blanket agreement under the NRA, otherwise known as the Re-employment Agreement, for four months. The original blanket order expires on Jan. 1.

The effect, of order is to extend until May 1 the time for getting industry under permanent odes. INFANT IS DEAD LONDON, Dec. 20. County officials here today launched a I search for Clyde Leach, 50-year- old farmer, after an early-morning truck crash in London in which Miss Clara Brightman. 25, of South Charleston, was instantly killed, and George Funk, 65, prominent farmer near here, was critically injured.

The truck, which was owned by Leach, left the road on a sharp curve on the London-South Char- leston road, and crashed into a tree. Sheriff J. A. Maxwell and Coroner James T. Baber of Madison-co, who investigated the accident, expressed the belief that each was also an occupant of the truck at the time of the accident.

iic coat and hat were found in the vehicle, the officials said. Leach was on probation, and his driving license had been suspended for a year some time ago, the authorities said. MISS CAULFIELD, 63, DIES IN NEW YORK Word has been received of the death of Miss Margaret Caulfield, 63, a former resident of this city, which occurred in New York on December 12. Miss Caulfield was a native of Columbus. She was employed here as a bookkeeper for the Smith Milling Co.

and later for the Esmeraida Canning Co. The deceased had made her home in New York for the past i eight years. She returned to that city in May after a visit of several months with friends here. She was associated with the Literary Digest at the time of her death. Two nephews, Robert, and Ed- wuiu Cornfield, cf Columbus, exi a niece, Mrs.

3. T. Morrison of seurvive. Council, rested after Its hectic Monday-Tuesday meeting, enters its "swan session at 8 p. m.

Wednesday with four members to say to a motion to adjourn for the last least for two years. Councilmen Tull M. Barnes, president pro tem, and chairman of the committee on public safety; E. S. Neuding, chairman of the important finance and hospital committees; Clark Will, chairman of the committee on railroad, telephones and franchises, and Mack Parrett chairman of the committee on ordinances and licenses, will answer the final roll call.

MUST FORM COMMITTEES They will be replaced In council January 1 by William M. Reid, W. Frank Baker, a former councilman; Dan Ryan and Ben H. Gordon. The remaining members Oi council are Frank A.

Marion, Julius Helwagen and C. O. Leist, John C. Goeller, president of council, who also remains, has a real job ahead of himself in reorganizing his committees. One of tlm most difficult will be appointment of the chairman of the finance committee, this group now being comprised of Neuding, Will and Leist.

What the meeting tonight will consist of is not certain, although it would not be surprising if council would call out the Ohio Fuel Gas ordinance for third reading, and a vote. In view of the action taken early Tuesday when the street light ordinance was approved, with the support of some townspeople and agaipst the wishes of others who wanted the incoming council tq negotiate, it looms entirely possible that the gas ordinance will be approved. JAY AT MEETINGS Council has engaged in several committee meetings on this ordinance and it is believed a majority of councilmen have an undemanding on the document, which could be passed without suspension of ruleu. H. M.

Jay, Chillicothe, gas company official, has attended all recant council meetings prepared to discuss the offer of the company. There may be other business to be taken cai'e ot, with certain loose ends to be cleared up. It is certain that the meeting this evening will be the final one for the council with neither special nor adjourned meetings to be called. Much comment is being heard on the streets concerning the early-morning light contract action. Some persons favor the action while others oppose it.

There seems to be no way, at present, to determine just how many support action and how many are against it. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a. ru. at the Church of the Brethren for Garnet Viola Arledge, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Arledge, Cirele- viile-twp. The child was born Oct. 8. Interment in Forest ceme'ory, is in charge of M. S.

Rinehart. Mrs. Luther Bower anti baby girl were removed from Berger hospital to theii home on att-st, Wednesday. Albert Croslv, Walnut-st, injured by a Noiiolk Western train this week, was discharged from Berger Tuesday evening. Rotary Club to Hear Radio Entertainers Mrs.

Robert Criswell and Fred Palmer, the latter manager of radio station WCAH, will provide I the program for the Rotary club meeting at the Hotel Boggs Thursday noon. TO SUBPEON A FORD WASHINGTON, 20- Eklsel B. Ford, sou oi the auto king, and Ernest mzler, his brother-in-law, will be summoned as witnesses in th srnat investi- vtion of the Detroit banking debacle, it was learned today. LICENSES Russell K. England, 23, Rt.

Circleville. farmer, and Evelyn Grace Norman, 18. Rev. Metzler Dossier Maeklin Julian, 25, Rt. 1, Lam el ville, farmer, and Goldie K.

Julian, 23, LaurelviUa. JUST THREE MORE DAYS TO SHOP Thursday, Friday and Saturday just three more days to complete that shopping. hardly seems possible that: another year has rolled around, Is what many of us think hut such are the facts and to the last minute shopper these will tie hectic days. Those who have delayed their Christinas shopping will find many useful Christmas suggestions advertised in The Herald scan the advertisements of these merchants right now make a list of these and make your shopping easier. For your convenience the Circleville stores are ojieu until nine each evening this week and until ten on Satur day.

Take advantage of these evening hours this evening if you can and complete your Christmas shopping lie fore the last minute. Remember the spirit this vear is to give. something so that everyone will 1m made happy..