The Hutchinson News from Hutchinson, Kansas • Page 3

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1933. TEE HUTCHINSON. KANSAS. NEWS PAGE THREE HUTCHINSON MEN Record Crowd Of Boys And Girls IN CRIME GANG Entertained AtaLuncheonToday Wichita Officers Believe Many f( ew A Herald Hoit to 4-H Club Members in Hutchinson Major Crimes Will Now Be Solved.

For Last Day of Farm and Home Welcomed By Mrs. Morgan. Wichita, Fob. and Oklahoma officers expressed belief today that In tho arrests of four men at HI Dorado yesterday, they have the solutions of several unsolved major crimes in the two states covering a period of soveral months. Carrol Turley, one of the quartet, was taken to Abilene, last night and left with Dickinson county authorities after he had been Identified by five witnesses as one of the band which hold up tho FlrBt National Bonk of Herlngton last September 35.

Cnptain W. O. Lylo of tho detective force said he expected Oklahoma authorities hero today to toko Lonnie Poe and Joe Milan back to Brlstow to face charges of More than 260 4-H club boys and girls and leaders, the largest number ever to attend, wore at the annual banquet given by tho NewB and Herald on the final day of Farm and Homo Week at the Chamber of Commerce. Tho futuro farmers and homemakers of Reno county presented a fine program before a crowd that was 100 larger than at last year's banquet Welcomed Sirs. Morgan.

Mrs. W. publisher of the Hutchinson News and Herald, welcomed the boys and girls. "The whole city Is glad to have you como and wo of the News and Herald always think that 4-H day Is the best day of the annual Farm robbing the State National Bank of and Home Weeki Bhe B0 Depew, January 18. Young Back to Newton, Bemile Young, 10-year-old fourth member of tho gang, will be surrendered to Newton, officers from whom ho escaped a month ago by sawing his way but of Jail.

He was held on charges of highway robbery. Lylo said Poe and Milan previously had been Identified as two three men who fired on Oklahoma' officers when they wont to tho Charles McGlnty farm, eight miles east of Brlstow, to question them concerning tho Depew robbery. Included In the huge seizure of arms, the detective sold, were several rifles, other arms and ammunition that had been stolen from an i armory at Konawa, recently after the night watchman there had boen kidnaped. Wonted at Several Points. The detective said he did not know what other erimes the pair' Mrs, Morgan said that with such a fine group of oncoming farmers thero could be nothing but a magnificent futuro for Reno One club gave a spontaneous rah" for Mrs.

Morgan. Formal ap. preciatlon expressed by Norval McGonlgle, of the Salem club, county 4-H chairman. He Bald that 4-H educational work was filling an need In theso times. Tolls of Trip.

Ellon Bron Brownleo, of the Sylvia club, who was honored by being Reno county's delegate the national 4-H club congress at the International Livestock Show at Chicago last Fall, told of tho wonderful experiences of her trip. Of visits to tho World's Fair grounds, the Field Museum and the Art Institute. A reading by Elizabeth Haines of tho Pleasant Grove club, sent the crowd Into gales of laughter, and music by tho Salem 4-H quartet, Marian Beck, Mary Troslle, Glenn McGonlgle and Norval McGonlglo, was enjoyed by everyone. A flashlight picture was taken of tho entire group. Guests included A.

J. Sehoth, state club leader, and Hiss Laura Hildyard, assistant state club leader, of Manhattan, Also, Howard Moreen, of Snllna, member of tho champion livestock judging team of Kansas two years ago, and John Kepler, another outstanding 4-H boy of former years, now both students at the Kansas State college COUNTY WANTS ITS MONEY BACK Commissioners Ask Legislature To Amend Existing Hard Road Law. A recommendation to the state I legislature pertaining to reimburse- HAR ROBD di8 tl 0( from the eagerness aispiayea oy Oklahoma authorities for' their custody he believed that In the two they had the "answer to several jobs." Desk Sergeant George Cornwell said he received seven calls from Oklahoma officers within an hour last night, all asking custody of the men. The sheriff at Cyril, he waB confident tho pair was re- which, It put on the state statute books, will cut the Reno county levy virtually 25 per cent and township levies nearly 20 per cent, was made by the board of county commissioners yesterday afternoon. The Resolution.

It was in the form of a resolution adopted unanimously by the local board. The resolution follows: BE IT RESOLVED by the board sponsible for the hold up of a bank 0 coun ty commissioners of Reno there. Sapulpa and Pawhuska of- county, Kansas, that said board floors asked that tho men be held for them regardless of claims by other authorities. It was not known here, however, what charges would be brought by tho latter two. Poe 13 reputed to be a lieutenant of Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd and Milan is understood to have a record of participation In bank robberies extending back to tho days of the Eddie Jenkins gang of ton years ago.

Both Turley and Young are former Inmates of the state reformatory here, Turley has lived In Hutchinson and Wichita for years and was sent to the state reformatory for his part in tho holdup of the Miller theater at Wichita several years ago. Young is well known here, having appeared in numerous boxing siiows as Benny Allen. At the 1932 state tournament he won the state heavyweight championship and was a member of th local stable of I fighters for sometime. Another Chinese Attack Is Repulsed By Japanese Chlnchow, Manchuria, Feb. Japanese military headquarters here reported its garrison nt Chlumaokow.

in the great wall of China, repulsed the fifth Chinese attack in eight days after three hours of desperate fighting early today. The Rengo (Japanese) news agency said Chinese troops in the Shihmenchal district, westward from Cbiumenkow, were recently reinforced by two of Marshal Chang Hsiao Liang's brigades. With the aid of these regular recommends that laws of Kansas for 1029, Chapter 225, Sections 17 and 18, as amended by Chapter 247, laws of Kansas for 1931, be amended to provide that after reimbursement Is made to the Individual landowner In benoflt districts, there shall be paid annually to townships and counties In which roads were constructed under tho benefit district plan amounts necessary to re lmburse said townships and counties for current assessments needed to pay amounts coming due annually on bonds issued by said townships and counties for the construction of roads built under said plan It being incumbent that such payments be made beforo new roads shall be constructed; and that such funds be paid out of moneys col lected from the gasoline tax and auto license foes. Copies of the resolution will be sent to the local representatives in the legislature and also to every board of commissioners in counties where roads have been built under the benefit district plan. County Pays Half.

It was pointed out that the hard roadB were constructed with the county paying 50 per cent of the cost, the townships 25 and the land owners 25 per cent In order to pay their amounts the counties and townships Issued 20-year bonds and each year it is necessary to make additional levies to meet these bond payments. "A reimbursement from the state will cut just that much off the taxes of Reno county taxpayers," explained John Fontron, assistant county attorney, who prepared the resolution for the board of commissioners. Roosevelt Launches 10-Day Cruise Along Florida Coast Jacksonville, Feb. Launching upon his last vacation before assuming the presidency March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here today to begin a ten-day cruise down the Florida coast.

Alighting from a special train that bore him from the "Little White House" at Warm Springs, tho president-elect was greeted by a committee, composed of state and city officials, which extended to him tho state's welcome. Mr. Roosevelt immediately set out upon a short sight-seeing tour of the city, and then proceeded to Hemming park in tho downtown section for a brief address before loardlng Vincent Astor's trim yacht Nourmahal. the route the elect took through the city streets, thousands had gathered during the hour before the parade. Among the spectators were virtually all the school children of tho city.

Streets we'o roped off for a dlus of two blocks at Hemming park, and in this area, thousands of spectators were jammed. troops dispatched by the North I China military ruler, the Chinese Ex-policeman Slain and forces were reported trying envelop- ing tactics by attacking the Japanese garrison from the east, north and west Further Chinese assaults were expected. Chlumenkow, a main coastal pas- sago through the great wall Into the Chinese province of Jehol, was captured by tho Japaneso a week after tho fall of Shanhaikwan, thB Chinese border city, 12 miles southward. WOULD CONFISCATE GEO. VEDDER'S CAR.

Information to confiscate Studebakor car owned by Geo. Vedder of 423 Ave. A east, was filed in district court today by John Fontron, assistant county attorney. County and federal officers seized a gallon of alcohol In the car at Vcdder's home late Thursday. CAI'ONK SUCCESSOR GIVEN YEAR IN JAIL Chicago, Feb.

(a 1 Murray I Humphreys, successor to "Scarface Al" Capone as Chicago's No. 1 "pub- llo enemy," was sentenced to serve Woman Companion Stabbed Little Rock, Feb. Mark Goodson, former policeman, was killed and his companion, Mrs. Jerome May, 30, was shot and stabbed last night in a woods near North Little Rock. Mrs.

May told police they were attacked by an unidentified Negro. Fosses were called out She was found, Buffering from 18 knife stabs and birdshot wounds, staggering along a highway. Her condition is critical. Mrs. May said she and Goodson were parked in an automobile when the Negro approached, held them up with a shotgun, marched them Into the woods, and killed her companion, She was wounded in fighting off his subsequent attack.

Cans and Ammunition Art Found in Yard of Prison Leavenworth, Feb, (IP) Prather, warden of the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing, today disclosed he had dlscov- one year In the houso of correction ered a cache on the prison grounds and pay a fine today upon his I recent conviction on a charge of gun toting. Electrlo Motor Stolen A thief broke Into the Q-ne-Q stand just west of the Stamey hotel sometime last night and stole eleotrlo motor, police were informed. Carl Jennings, of 10H Third Ave. east, reported to police the theft of a spare tire and wheel from his car last Bight. containing two revolvers and a quantity of ammunition.

Warden Prather exprossed the belief the weapons bad been hidden for use in the event of a possible prison break. The revolvers had been wrapped In an oil soaked gunny sack. More Grapefruit. Phoenix, Feb. pro.

ductlon of grapefruit in the Salt River Valley Is steadily on the increase, It Is estimated that about 10,000 packed boxes will be shipped during tho 1983-88 season. FOUR DIVORCES ARE GRANTED BY JUDGE Four divorces were granted in district court today as follows; Mrs. Lena J. Stanfleld from Oriie C. Stanfleld, abandonment.

Mrs. Bessie MoCoy from Ha Hey McCoy, gross neglect. Mm. Elinor Dibble from P. A.

Olbble, gross neglect. Raymond Warden from lona Warden, abandonment. Northern Peasants Drafted For Work in Soviet Camps Archangel, Russia, Feb. All peasants In the northern region, whose numbers run Into the thousands, have been summarily drafted for one month's labor In the lumber camps in an effort by the Soviet government to prevent failure of the timber export plan for 1933-34. Admitting that recent bad work in the cutting and transport of lumber endangers this Important phase of the second five-year plan, the northern region communist party has proclaimed a 31-day period beginning Feb.

7 and ending March 10 as a month for "Stalin's march to the forests." All able- bodied peasants in the whole northern region covering 1,110.000 square kilometers stretching from the White Sea to the Urals and southward to the Vologda district, will be mobilized for compulsory work. During thla period the party's order, reading like a wartime military decree directs women and children to cany on the work of the villages which will b9 stripped of men, and declares that those peasants who rcfuso service In the forests will be considered traitors and dealt with accordingly. IOWA PICKETS SHOOT 3 MEN Farmer Near Death and Two Sons Are Wounded By Band Of Farmers. Heard About Town John Walstein, the well known farmer living southeast of town, is very ill with an attack of pneumonia at Grace hospital. Jack Anshutz, of 108 Tenth Ave.

east, reported to police the theft of hlB overcoat from hlg oar sor time last night. D. F. Arnold, clerk of tho court of Comanche county was here today from Coldwater. Representative Charles E.

Hall was home from Topeka over the week end. G. O. P. COMMITTEEMAN SURVIVES OPERATION Topeka, Fob.

Hamilton, Republican national committeeman for Kansas, who underwent an operation for appendicitis last night, was reported today to recovering "satisfactorily." His physician said his condition was not serious. Hamilton became 111 earlier in the week and was taken to the hospital last night for an operation. DOWN TO 37 BELOW ZERO IN MINNESOTA St, Paul, Feb. cold clamped down on Minnesota and nearby states today, with a minimum of 37 degrees bolow zero at BemfdJI, In north central Minnesota. The frigid spell came after a January which the local federal weather bureau announced was the warmest In 46 yeavs.

BALKY CAR CAUSES LOSS OF A FINGER. OrvllJe Lundry, of 802 Fourth east, a lunob room operator severely injured his hand this morning about 11 o'clock while cranking his car at his home. He was taken Grace hospital for surgical treatment. One finger was amputated al the first joint on hU left hand. Dcs Moines, Feb.

4 One farmer was near death in a Sioux City, Iowa, hospital and at least four others were suffering from gunshot wounds as debt-laden agriculturalists today continued to look to legislatures and Congress for relief. D. Markell, 68, of Elk Point, S. was seriously wounded and his two sons, Harry and Keath were Bhot when they attempted to run a blockade of 100 pickets near Sioux City. Nllo Cochran, 39, of Movlllo, Iowa, said by officials to have been one of the pickets was being held for questioning, after being treated for gunshot wounds, and at least one other unidentified farmer was known to have been shot.

Attempt to Run Blockade. The shooting occurred when the Markells attempted to transport 1,000 gallons of milk into Sioux City In defiance to a price agreement following the milk strike in northwestern Iowa last fall. Three guns were taken from tho Markells following the shooting, officials said, and a revolver was found by officers on the seat their truck. Meanwhile the Iowa legislature had approved a plan to allow the manufacture of alcohol from corn to provide a market for part of tho grain surplus. The Senate followed the House '8 action and voted 43 to 6 to allow establishment of a manufacturing plant at Fort Dodge for the production of industrial alcohol.

Other Developments. Other developments in the farm situation included: In Nebraska a now conciliation farm mortgage relief board considered a plan for the appointment of county boards of five farmers, The Senate committees et Washington continued to hold hearings as the crop production loan bill awaited the president's signature. At Vermillion, S. a judge told farmers that he would uphold the law "no matter how many protestors gathered Members of a joint legislative committee on farm mortgage arbitration were deadlocked in Iowa as they attempted to dovetail provisions of separate Houso and Senate bills. In Oklahoma City Governor Murray exhorted the legislature to act quickly on farm legislation and termed mortgagees "American citizens with their backs to the wall." Favor Mortgage Moratorium.

Oklahoma City, Feb. Prompted by Governor Murray's "urgent request" for speedy mortgage relief, Oklahoma legislators made plans today for a joint committee meeting next week to con aider adoption of a measure that would effect a two-year moratorium on foreclosures. Chairman H. M. Curnutt of the Senate judiciary committee No.

2, called a meeting for Tuesday morning In which House committeemen will be asked to participate. The bill, to give home owners, nine months to answer foreclosure procedure, nine additional months before Issuance of judgment and six more months before sale, will be up for public hearing. Newest Songstress Wants Payments Cut To Point Where He Can Pay Chicago, Feb. Harry B. Ressler, a salesman has filed suit' in the superior court making the unusual plea that the contract- under which he purchased a home in suburban Maywood be amended so that his monthly payments of $50 will be reduced to an amount he Is able to pay.

Provided this can't be done he asks that he be refunded a total of $4,120 In the event he Is compelled to surrender the property. This represents the sum he says he Invested. The original cost was 18,750. The bill, directed against the title holders of the property, alleges that he has been forced to default In payments on the principal, but has paid up the Interest The title holders, he charges have threatened to dispossess him. A WALKATHON PLANNED HERE Gortrude Nlesen, exotic young Blnger and Impersonator, has boon signed for a series of recitals over tho Columbia network.

State Championship Event to Be Sponsored By Hutchinson Lions Club. Julian Serves Notice He Witt Not Appear For Trial Oklahoma City, Fob. Tho dapper C. C. Julian has served notlco ho will not appear for his mall fraud trial scheduled In federal court here next Monday.

More than 50 other defendants are Involved. In a letter to Walter M. Harrison, managing editor of tho Daily Oklahoman and Times, Julian said he had decided to remain in Canada and allow his $25 ,600 bond to bo forfeited "for a combination of reasons, the most outstanding of which is that I have firmly convinced myself that I have no possibility of receiving even tho semblance of a fair trial." "One thing sure," Julian wrote, and that is that If anyone connected with the C. C. Julian Oil and Royalties company la guilty of anything, that must be C.

C. Julian and no one else for I was the sole trustee, tho board of directors and all tho officers of the company myself with every other human in my organization taking strict instructions from me at all times." District Attorney Herbort K. Hyde, said every elfort will be made to have Julian present. The charges grew out of Julian's oil stock promotions, involving approximately $3,500,000. His company now is in receivership.

Corporation Commission Officials to Be Quizzed Freight Car Loadings For Last Week in January Down Washington, Feb, (IP) American Railway Association announced today that loadings of revenue freight for the week ended January 28 were 472,088 cars, a decrease of 24,346 from the preceding week and 88,265 below 1932. Miscellaneous freight loaded during the week ended Jan. 28 totaled 152,580 cars, a decrease of 4,891 below the preceding week and 30,437 below the corresponding week in 1032; less than car lot merchandise 160,766, an Increase of 469 ovor the preceding week, but a decrease of 27,206 below 1932; grain and grain products 25,254, docrease 1,503 and forest products 14,171, decrease 377 and ore 1.493, crease 794 and coal, 95,993, decrease 16,074 and coke 4,441, decrease 926 and 764, and livestock 17,388, decrease 250 and 3,837. Oklahoma City, Feb. Oklahoma Scnato investigators, planning next week's inquiry into the maze of rumorB about oil ration administration, said today they would turn their attention to the state corporation commission.

The senators said Commissioner R. Hughes, former Commissioner C. Chllders and Ed Hicks, who resigned yesterday as commission secretary, would be questioned. hey have vigorously denied charges of Phillip Flaxman, independent oil man of Sayre, rogardlng purported $100,000 plan to break proration. Flaxman, a witness this week, said the plan never was corded out Considerable evidence revolving about commission orders has been assembled, it waa reported.

Further Inquiry Into more sensational angles of the inquiry may be sidubucKoil for a day at thn start of the week to examine high officials of leading oil companies who have cooled their heels outside tho committee room since Wednesday, committeemen indicated. A state championship walkathon event Is to be one of the outstanding events in Hutchinson during tho spring season. It will bo sponsored by tho local Lions Club, father of tho state amateur boxing tournament. J. A.

Walker, president of the Lions Club here, announced today that the local organization has definitely decided to stage the walkathon. "It will bo a Kansas state championship walkathon," he declared. "We will hold it hero sometime in April." Contestants will bo here from all over tho state and around 500 poo- pie are expected to compete for state honors. Mr. Walker said tho state championship walkathon event is expected to be one of the biggest attractions ever held in Hutchinson.

Final details and the definite date will be announced at tho weekly meeting of tho Lions Club next Tuesday noon. W. B. "Billy" Grecnwald, district Lions Club governor, attended a recent walkathon sponsored by tho Dodge City club and pronounced It a hugo success. "Thousands of people were there and they had a large number of en- said Mr, Grcenwald.

The district governor la highly enthused over the affair and Is confident It will bo a big attraction In Hutchinson. Wife of Indian Leader Again Jailed By British Bombay, India, Fob. Mrs. Mohandas K. Gandhi, wife of the Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested today at the village of Ras.

Tho charge against her has not yet been made public. This la the third time she has been arrested In tho past 13 months. Mrs. Gandhi left Ahmedabad two days ago for the Gujerat Interior with a group of women followers with the avowed intention of organ Izlng women's Nationalist congress demonstrations. Mrs.

Gandhi has been an active leader In her husband's campaign against British rulo in India. She. was arrested twice In the last year for participation In the disobedience movement of the Nationalists. Mrs. Gandhi was sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment In Ahmedabad March 15,1932 after she enjoyed only two weeks liberty following a previous incarceration of six weeks.

She had asked specifically that her earlier term be made longer but her request was denied. She described her experiences In jail as "very happy." Births Mr. and Mrs. D. V.

South Hutchinson, Route Feb. 4, at Grace hospital. Nichols, 4, a son, Final Clearance Overcoats and Top Coats Ends Feb. 10th H5 Fine Polo Coats and Top Coats. Superb Tailoring Finest Cloth.

Tans Browns Oxfords Blue. It Will Pay You To Buy Now! It Isn't Necessary for you to drive your cox around with bent fenders, dented body, and a paint job that looks like a faded blond. Just ask us to bid on tho job. Vou'll bo surprised at the law price. Nelson's Top and Body Factory 220 West 2nd Phono 207 Widow Fatally Injured, Daughter Hurt By Auto Arkansas City, Fob.

-Mrs. Belle Cornellion, a widow was injured fatally, and her daughter, Opal was hurt seriously last night when they were struck by a motor car. The widow and her daughter were crossing a downtown street and were struck by an automobile driven by, Mrs. Floyd Tlner. No charges have been filed.

Witnesses said Mrs. Tlner was driving at a conservative speed. Mrs. CorneiUon died In a hospital Hutchinson Sales Pavilion To Formally Open Thursday The Hutchinson sales pavililon, located just west of the city, Is about to become a reality. There is a great deal of activity there, In preparation for the first sale to be held next Thursday.

Through an error It was anonunccd that the sales pavililon was at Yaggy and that the first safe was to take place last Thursday. This new venture will mean a great deal to Hutchinson, as it brings together hundreds of people, and farmers who bring their stock to sell and exchange, each week. Sales will tako place on Thursday, Feb. 9th and 16th, for ihe first two sales, and on Tuesdays nf each week thercntter. It was intended to arrange these aales for Wednesday, which la dollar day in Hutchinson, but tho only day available for tho sales at the pavililon is Tuesday after February 16th.

M. J. Hincs and Jesso Langford will have charge of tho sales. Two Killed, Third Hurt In Memphis Plane Crash Memphis, Feb. A privately owned airplane crashed and burst into flames at the municipal airport here last night killing two men and seriously injuring a woman.

Tho dead were Dr. Floyd A. Hennessey, a dentist, and Carl Bond, pilot The owner of the plane Joe Robllllo, said Bond had taiton tho craft up for a short flight without permission. Physicians held little hope tor the recovery of the third victim, Miss Laura A. Findlay.

The plane had taken off and landed once but went up again. Airport attaches said It had reached an altitude of about B00 feet when It swooped to the ground and crushed In a burst of flame. Hennessey and Bond were burned in the wreckage. Mils Findlay was found a short distance from the airplane burned and la a semi-conscious condition. FOUB PERMITS TO WED ISSUED BY JUDGE LEIGH Four marriage licenses were Issued by Probate Judge A.

B. Leigh late yesterday as follows; Harold Beaty, 25, Hutchinson; Gertrude Spccht, 26, Hutchinson. Harold C. Morey, 28. Arlington; Audrey Hemphill, 18, Arlington.

J. It. Scott, 28, HutchlnBon; Ruby Magazine, 18, Hutchinson. Wilmer C. Morton, 22, Hutchinson; Elsie Evelyn Smith, 10, Hutchinson.

MOTOR REPAIR SERVICE Cylinder and Crankshaft Grinding Bearings Rebabbitted Pistons Pins Rings Electric and Oxy-Acetylene WELDING MANUFACTURERS Ana CONTRACTORS CQNhtft AMD tWMMPKJTOH ST HUTCHINSON, KANSAS) I Read the News-Herald Classified Ads. A New Liberal Crop Price Guaranty Announced by INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Seventy cents a bushel for No. 2 hard wheat, Chicago delivery, 45c a bushel for No. 2 yellow corn, are the basic figures of tional Harvester's new Crop Price Guaranty offer to farmers. The plan has been enlarged over the 1932 plan so as to cover all International Harvester farm machines except repair parts and motor trucks.

In announcing the new 1933 plan International Harvester "We lieve that present crop wQI show a gradual improvement, and we alto believe that if the fanner it assured a fair price for his 1933 crops, he will purchase the implements, which he We have decided, therefore, to give American agriculture again, as we did in 1932, the assurance of a fair price for wheat and corn, on this of equipment from in so far as 1933 therefor are concerned. Come in and lei us explain the details of the 1933 Crop Price Guaranty 4, 6 8 OF AMERICA (Incorporated) Hutchinson, CO. Phone.