Macon Chronicle-Herald from Macon, Missouri • Page 1

MACON CI ONI LD NO. 2 MEN IN Columbia, SI SEEN Society CAR CAPTURE NEAR MACON BY STATE PATROL Pair Returned to St. Joseph Sunday Afternoon to Face Investigation in Gas Station Robbery; Had Loaded Gun in Car Two men who gave their names as Tony Milelle and Lloyd Farriss of Chicago were taken from Macon shortly after 12 o'clock Sunday and turned over to the St. Joseph, Missouri, authorities for action on their alleged participation in the robbery of a filling station in St. Joseph Saturday morning.

The men had been lodged overnight in the county jail. Milelle, 21, and Farriss, 30, were apprehended about 6 o'clock Saturday evening by state highway patrolmen on U. S. Highway 36 near the Macon Lake about a mile west of town after a bulletin for their capture had been broadcast over the patrol radio system. The men had eluded a trap set for them in Chillicothe by state patrolmen when they outdistanced and lost their pursuers in the heavy traffic.

When arrested, the men were driving a new Lincoln Zephyr automobile which had been stolen from Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. State patrolmen said they found one gun in the car, a pistol which was fully loaded. After being taken to the offices of the patrol and questioned concerning their actions, the men admitted robbing the filling station in St. Joseph earlier in the day, patrolmen said. The men were held in the Macon County jail overnight before being taken to St.

Joseph where they were surrendered to the authorities in that city. Further action in the case will be taken in Buchannan County. ATTEMPTS TO STOP JAPANESE Chinese General Masses One Million Pick Soldiers on North Front SHANGHAI, May 31 (UP)-China massed a million men along the 'northern front today in an effort to break the Japanese drive on Hankow. Risking destruction of the finest Chinese troops, Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek personally directed attacks along the Lunghai railroad and the Yellow.

River, designed to wipe out the trapped Japanese columns and to turn back two other columns fighting their way to the rescue. Far to the south, there were indications that the Japanese were planning an attack on Canton, where four days of aerial bombardments has cost close to 2000 Chinese dead and. 5000 wounded. A change in the tactics of the raiding prompted some observers to believe they were not piloted by Japanese but by European flyers. STARK SAYS U.

S. MUST BE PREPARED FOR WAR Warns Against Foreign Invaders in Memorial Address ST. LOUIS, May 31-(UP)Governor Lloyd C. Stark yesterday warned that America could not safely leave herself "exposed to foreign firebrands," called for "preparedness for peace" and advocated a universal service law. In a Memorial Day address at Soldiers' Memorial here the governor said he believed unpreparedness was "the surest path to war." "We can all join in the hope that some day the ideal of lasting peace will be fulfilled.

Unfortunately, that time has not yet arrived. "I would not belittle those sincere men and women who believe that United States is isolated from the troubles that beset Europe and Asia by the mere fact that there are oceans on both sides of us. I simply cannot agree with them that in a world aflame with bigotry and territorial greed that it is safe to leave our nation exposed to foreign firebrands." Pointing out that "preparedness" involves more than efficient and well equipped military forces, the governor advocated a universal service law to prevent war time profiteering and "to place the nation's industry, as well as its man power, at the service of the government during a national emergency." In a second address, delivered at exercises at the National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, the governor said he believed it a "healthy sign that the wave. of pacifism which swept the country as an aftermath of the World war is now disappearing." United Press Service MACON, MISSOURI, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938 C. P.

Feature Service NO. 274 DECLINE IS REPORTED IN AUTO FATALITIES Council Reports 15 Per Cent Decrease in 6 Months CHICAGO, May 31 (UP)--The National Sofety Council reported to day that traffic fatalities had decreased 15 per cent during the last months, representing a saving of 2850 If the rate of decrease can be maintained there will be a saving of 7500 lives during 1938 as compared to those killed in 1937. Winners in Baby Derby Flee Numerous Salesmen TORONTO, May 31 (UP)- The four winning mothers in the 000 Toronto baby race sought refuge from fast talking salesmen, bubbling over with ideas as to how they should spend their $100,000 a piece. All four planned to leave town for several days until the high pressure area around their homes is lifted and the salesmen go away. POPE IS 81 YEARS OLD Physical Condition Is Improved Since Year Ago CASTLE GANDOLFO, May 31 (UP) -Pope Pius the eleventh celebrated his 81st birthday today.

The pontiff, who came to the summer vatican a month ago, appeared to be in better physical condition than he was a year ago. LEGION POST INCORPORATED Petition For Incorporation Is Granted Yesterday in Circuit Court 'A pro forma decree of incorporation was granted the Albion E. Robison Post No. 29 of the American Legion by the circuit court yesterday! morning in answer to their petition filed with the court. The articles of incorporation are for a period of fifty years.

The petition, signed by Elmer Poehlman, commander, Homer Ficken, adjutant, and Charles R. Shale, treasurer, asked that the court incorporate the post under Article Eleven, Chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes of 1929 as a non-stock and non-profit organization. The articles of incorporation, as granted, state that the organization shall be known as Albion E. Robison, Post No. 29, "The American Legion." Filing of the petition took place last week.

FINAL PLEAS ARE HEARD IN DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST KING Lawrence March Asks Remuneration for Injuries He Received Last July in Shelby County; Shelbina Man Is Defendant Final arguments were made this afternoon by the attorneys in the $20,000 damage suit brought to Macon on a change of venue from Shelby County, the case going to the jury this afternoon. The case being tried is one in which Lawrence March of Springfield, is asking $20,000 damages from Kenneth King of Shelbina. The attorneys for the he plaintiff are Fred C. Bollow of Shelbina and Waldo Edwards of Macon. Hollingsworth and Francis of Mexico and George N.

Davis of Macon represent King. In the opening statement for the plaintiff yesterday morning, Fred C. Bollow, prosecuting attorney of Shelby county gave a description of the Shelby County fairgrounds, the scene of the accident. Bollow said in the statement that the plaintiff would attempt to prove that Kenneth King drove down the roadway into the fairgrounds about 25 to 30 miles an hour, driving off the road and striking young March who was setting on the running board of an automobile, 6 or 8 feet from the road. Bollow concluded his statement by saying that a Macon physician would testify that March was permanently disabled.

Senator Frank Hollingsworth of Mexico, made the opening statement for the defense, announcing that opinions differed greatly on how the accident occurred. Hollingsworth said the defense would present evidence to prove the accident occurred while the defendant's truck was traveling not more than 10 miles an hour and that March was sitting on the running board of a car parked very close (Continued On Page 2) EIGHTY MILES OF IMPROVED COUNTY ROADS NEARLY DONE County Engineer Reports on Work Now Being Done as Two and One-Half Years of Construction Project Nears Completion The work of graveling eighty and three-fourths miles of rural roads in Macon County is nearing completion, according to Robert E. Powell, county engineer. Construction was carried on under a WPA project which was started in the fall of 1935. Roads recently graveled were listed completed as follows: Three miles extending from Economy north and east to the Community building.

Five and one-half miles from Anabel south to Longsville. Two miles from Axtel west to the new Fairview schoolhouse. Powell said that the dirt work to graveling has been for one and one-half miles from Woodville north to the twin bridges, and work which will be completed in a few days i is now beginning on Route 3 at the Oak Grove school thence east by the Concord church and Keota to Route four and one-half miles in length. The remainder of 1 the eighty miles of dirt work and graveling has been completed in the past two and one-half years. Construction work was carried on only when weather permitted, Powell said.

No grader work was done during the winter months. These new roads are from twenty to twenty-four feet wide with a graveled surface from twelve to eighteen feet in width, according to the county engineer. He said that the new roads are not built to state highway specifications, but all have, proper drainage. The speed of road construction in the county is facilitated by the new road equipment recently purchased by the county. At the present time, most of the equipment is being utilized on projects in the county.

Powell said that one rock quarry, employing a large number of men, is now in operation near Mt. Tabor in Lyda township with Damon King, (Continued on Page 2) MOTORING BILL IS 72 BILLION Outlay Represents More Than Ten Per Cent of U. S. Income WASHINGTON, (UP)-American motorists spent approximately than 10 per cent of the national income-last year on their automobiles, statistics compiled the Bureau of Public Roads disclosed. The larest item approximately for purchases, accessories and repairs.

There were more than 28,000,000 vehicles -one for every five motors in the United States on Jan. 1 of this year. Gasoline was the second largest expense, totaling approximately 000,000,000 of which nearly 000,000 went to states and the Federal government in gasoline taxes. State taxes amounted to $761,998,000 and Federal taxes to $192,181,210. 350 Million in Fees Registration and Inspection fees totaled approximately $350,000,000, all of which was collected by states and cities.

Personal property taxes probably added $50,000,000 to the total cost, although no exact data was available on that. Insurance--another item on which no data was available was believed to have cost motorists an additional $150,000,000. Traffic fines probably added $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 to the total cost of automobile operation. Assuming an average of 16 miles per gallon of gasoline, drove nearly 200,000,000,000 miles last year. That estimate did not include 650,000,000 gallons used in farm tractors and stationary engines and exempt from state taxes.

Travel by automobile is increasing, the bureau report showed. Consumption of gasoline last year was 460,000,000 gallons greater than in 1936, an increase of 7.6 per cent. Gasoline Taxes Go Higher State gasoline taxes in 1937 were $70,578,000 greater and Federal taxes increased $14,605,000 over 1936. During the year four states increased the tax rate by 1 cent a gallon, bringing the average rate for the United States from 3.85 to 3.91 cents a gallon. Rates of the tax ranged from 2 cents a gallon in the District of Columbia to 7 cents in Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee.

Only two states showed decreases in gasoline tax income last year. They were Nebraska and Tennessee. WINS SPEEDWAY RACE RD Floyd Roberts Californian's 117-miles per hour clip broke the speed record for the Indianapolis 500-mile classic. Roberts drove the entire distance without relief and made only one 30-second stop yesterday, finishing about 5 miles ahead of Wilbur Shaw, last year's winner. NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON, May 31 (UP) -Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, speaking for the SU1preme court in an almost unprecedented 1200-word "per curiam" opinion today refused to reopen the controversial Kansas City stockyards case and rebuked government officials who charged the high court with inconsistency.

Court attaches could not recall a recent similar high court procedure. The opinion, to which Justice Hugo L. Black dissented, flatly denied charges by Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace that the April 25 stockyards' decision was contrary to law and inconsistent with a 1936 decision in the sarce case.

The stockyards action, highlighted the court's final meeting of the 1937-38 term. KANSAS CITY, May 31 (UP) -Two men who allegedly confessed to robbing banks in three states were identified today by witnesses of three Kansas holdups. The two men, Ernest H. McCarthy and Harry H. Korte, were taken Friday by the Missouri State Patrol after they had robbed the Bank of Imogene, of (Continued On Page 4) Miss Edna Brock Becomes Bride of Brookfield Man Miss Edna Brock, of Macon and Aaron Reuck, of Brookfield were united in marriage by Rev.

C. G. Hardgrove, pastor of the Brookfield Park Baptist Church, at his parsonage on Saturday, May 28th. The young couple was attended by the groom's brother, Robert J. Reuck and Miss Effie Anne Huffman, of Brookfield.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Reuck of Brookfield and the bride is the daughter of Mrs. A. L.

Sutton, of this city. Mrs. Reuck is a graduate of Macon High School with the class of 1935 and for the past six months has been employed as stenographer at the Macon Plumbing Heating Company office, a position she will continue to fill for a while. Mr. Reuck is a graduate of Brookfield High School in 1934 and is now associated with the Ware-Ever Al-uminum Company, at present located at Lineville, Iowa.

Miss Geraldine Wares Bride of Vern Z. Perkins Miss Geraldine Wares, daughter of Alva Wares and Vern Zeal Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W.

Perkins, were married at the Presbyterian Manse on Monday afternoon, May 30th at 3:00 o'clock, the Rev. L. R. Mahard officiating. Their only attendants were the groom's brother and wife, Mr.

and Mrs. Waldo Perkins, of Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins both attended the public schools of Macon and Mr.

Perkins graduated from Macon High School with the class of 1937. WEATHER. FORECAST Local thundershowers tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. YESTERDAY Maximum 81 Minimum 62 TODAY At 8 a. m.

68 CLARK'S HOPE FOR VICTORY BOOSTED BY ANOTHER ENTRY Joseph T. Davis, St. Louis Attorney, Is Second New Deal Candidate to Oppose Senior Senator in August Primary JEFFERSON CITY, May 31 (UP) -Entry of a second New Deal candidate today in the democratic senatoria! primary against Bennett C. Clark convinced many observers that the senior senator will win the nomination. Joseph T.

Davis, St, Louis attorney, prominent in State democratic affairs, filed for the nomination as an "out and out" Roosevelt and New Deal supporter." With the opposition divided three ways and Clark backed by the strong city organizations of Pendergast in Kansas City and Mayor Bernard Dickmann in St. Louis, Clark was expected to find little difficulty in being renominated. In addition to Davis, Clark's primary opponents will be Willis T. Meredith of Poplar Bluff and James L. Cleveland of Boone County.

Meredith, a former speaker of the Missouri house of representatives, also is running as a 100 per cent New Dealer. Bluntly accusing Clark of having joined forces with the small group of reactionary and anti-New Deal senators, Davis made a strong bid for farm and labor support in a stotement issued when he filed. "I have always been a progressive New Deal democrat, I am now and always will be," Davis declared. am not a fair weather, political office seeking New Dealer. I am the same behind closed doors in the presence of reactionaries and leaguers as I am out in the open." Davis declared that Clark through his senate vote records had secured the support of every anti-New Deal leader as well as the support of certain democratic and republican leader'S in Missouri.

A Clark triumph would be "heralded as a routing of all Roosevelt and New Deal sentiment in Missouri with a view of putting Clark forward as the leading Anti-New Deal contender for the presidential nomination in 1940," Davis said. FISH STORY WEEK BEGINS Opening of Season Brings Hordes of Fishermen to Macon Lake B. B. Stock of Macon will be guilty of no tall fish story when he recounts to his friends that he caught the largest one taken from the Macon Lake this week-end. His five and a half pound bass has the record for size among the hordes many enthusiastic fishermen pulled' to the shores of the lake during the Memorial holiday season.

"Dean Spalding of Shelbina also comes in for a big share of the honors, with the nicest string of fish taken with a fly rod from the Macon Lake. Joe Smith, lake patrolman, reports that this is an all-time record for the local lake, with this catch being the best ever taken by Isaak Walton fans--a string of eight beauties. Large crowds of fishermen were at the lake during the week-end, many coming from St. Louis, Kansas City and many nearby counties for the opening of the game fishing season. Mr.

Smith reports a much better sale of fishing licenses this year than last. Over 140 permits were sold during the holidays. None were sold Saturday, but Sunday and Monday were two of the busiest days on record, according to Mr. Smith. About 75 seasonal permits were issued to residents, 26 seasonal permits to nonresidents, and 41 daily permits to nonresidents.

About $127 in license receipts last year as compared to $150 during the holiday season this year is reported by the lake patrolman. Most fishing was from the bank, with a few fishermen going in boats to better lure the finny creatures to their bait. Mr. Smith reported that very few fishermen were disappointed, each one having something to show for his fishing endeavor. Flying Ambulance Ready SALEM, Mass.

(UP)-Equipped with the latest rescue devices, a 000 "flying ambulance" has been assigned to the local Coast Guard station. The biplane has a cruising range of 2,000 miles and a maximum emergency range of 3,000 miles. Sea Skiing Introduced SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Sea skiing has just made its debut here, having been imported from the French Riviera. It consists of remaining erect on skis attacked to motor boats. BARROW GIVES BRIEF HISTORY OF HOLIDAY Speaks Before Crowd of 100 at Memorial Day Service Paying tribute to the patriots who made this country, R.

Wilson Barrow, attorney, made the principal address yesterday morning at the services held at the cenotaph in the court house yard. Barrow praised friend and foe alike as he gave a short history of Memorial Day and its meaning. The services, beginning at 10:30 were held under the direction of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Albion E. Robison Post No. 29 of the American Legion.

The program was opened with the invocation being given by L. C. Zwahlen, Mrs. W. C.

Brown, regent of the D.A.R., placing a wreath on the cenotaph. Mr. Barrow's address followed the placing of the wreath. After the address, theAmerican Legion firing squad fired three volleys. Following the volleys, a bugler blew "taps" to conclude the service.

A crowd of more than a hundred attended the services. NOTED MACON COUNTIAN DIES Judge Albert Nortoni, 70, Was Member of Public Service Commission JEFFERSON CITY, May 31 (UP) -Judge Albert Nortoni, 70, of St. Louis, a member of the public service commission, died here today. He was named to the commission in April, 1936, by Governor Park. Nortoni, one of the two Republican commissioners, had been in bad health for some time.

He is survived by his widow. Born in New Cambria Nortoni formerly was a judge of the St. Louis court of appeals. He was prominent in the Bull Moose party movement, sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Albert D.

Nortoni was born at New Cambria, in 1867. He studied law and was first admitted to the bar of Linn County in 1888. He commenced the practice of law at Brookfield, but later returned to New Cambria and became a successful, served practitioner as city in attorney Macon of County. New Cambria in 1892 and remained in Macon County until 1903 when he moved to St. Louis, having been appointed assistant United States district attorney for the eastern district of Missouri.

He was later elected judge of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, where he served for twelve years. KIDNAPED BOY'S FATHER AWAITS RETURN AFTER PAYING RANSOM James Cash, Florida General Store and Filling Station Owner, Meets Demands of Abductors in Payment of $10,000 Today PRINCETON, May 31 (UP)Fear for safety of 5-year-old James Cash, grew today as his kidnapers who collected $10,000 at dawn today failed to make their promise good to return the boy by noon. PRINCETON, May 31 (UP) -James C. Cash, father of five-yearold James Cash, paid a $10,000 ransom today to the kidnapers of his son and waited anxiously for the abductors to make good their promise to return the boy immediately W.

P. Cash, uncle of the kidnaped boy--the seventh child victim of abductors since 1932-confirmed that the ransom was paid between 4 and 4:45 a. m. today. The uncle said the elder Cash, well-to-do operator of a general store and a string of filling stations, delivered the ransom 200 yards from a Negro shack before dawn.

Threats of violence were heard as angry groups men and boys gathered in front of Cash's general store at nearby Homestead, Fla. W. P. Cash, however, brought the men a message from his brother asking them to take no action until noon. The uncle revealed that the family has received three ransom notes since the boy was kidnaped Saturday.

The first, pinned on the door of the uncle's home, directed the parents to a second note which gave directions for a ransom contact, which was first to have been made last night. The third one, the uncle said, was delivered when the first attempt to make a contact failed Is Veteran Speedster Barney Oldfield was the first American to travel a mile a minute in an automobile. The feat was performed in 1903 at Grosse Point, Mich. CZECHS ARE INCORPORATED IN GIGANTIC DEFENSE PLAN All Citizens Are Required by Civil Ordinance to Take Instructions in War Prepar. edness; Gas Masks Are Issued to all PRAGUE, May 31 (UP)-Czechoslovakia incorporated all its people between the ages of 6 and 60 in gigantic defense scheme today.

Soon after issuing a blanket order that all persons must equip themselves with gas masks at once, the government in a civil ordinance required all persons of both sexes to take instruction in war preparedness. Boys and girls between 6 and 17 must take training in "war morale" and gymnastics. High school pupils will be given actual instruction in use of weapons. Between the ages of 17 and 60 men must devote a ycar to war science, physical culture minimum of from 70 to 90 hours and first aid. Women of the same group must take the same training for an average of 45 hours a year.

Czech circles reported that one reason why Karl Frank, lieutenant of German minority leader, Konrad Henlein, was not taking part in new negotiations with the government was that the industrial wing of Henlein's Sudeten German party opposed Frank's alleged radical tendencies. It was said that industrial interests of the Sudeten German element, those supporting Henlein's claim to a greater measure of self government, felt that the present tension had hurt them considerably. It was announced that the foreign office had informed the German legation that, after investigalion of German complaints of frontier violations, Czech aviators responsible for violaitons had been punished and that in order to prevent any further violations army airplanes had been forbidden to fly within six miles of the frontier. FEWER DEATHS OVER NATION Memorial Day Holiday Accidents Are Not So Numerous This Year By the United Press The nation was more cautious in its celebration of the Memorial Day week-end than it was in 1937, a United Press survey of violent deaths showed today. Reports from the 48 states and the District of Columbia listed 290 deaths by violence in this year's first threeday holiday week-end.

Less than half occurred in traffic accidents although or automobile clubs reported great amount of traffic. Approximately 500 persons died violently during the Memorial Day holiday a year ago, about 2-3 of them in automobile accidents. In Missouri 8 deaths were reported and only oue of them occurred in an automobile accident. Judges Agree That Traffic Alibis Are Standarized DETROIT, (UP) Judges and Referees in Detroit traffic court, who ought to be experts, have listed these alibis as "standard" for traffic violators: Parking in prohibited area: "Somebody pushed my car in front of that hydrant." Intoxicated driver: "Just two beers was all, judge." Failure to appear on schedule to pay fine: gave the money to friend who said he paid it." Speeding: MI guess my speedometer must be wrong." Failure to observe a stop sign; "I'm a stranger in that part of town and didn't know the sign was there." One-armed driving: "We became engaged only last night." Failure to pay fine: "I'm out of work, but I've got a job promised me and can pay you tomorrow." Failure to have operator's license "I was driving around the block for a friend." Driving the wrong way on a oneway street: "The sun was behind a cloud so I couldn't tell what direction I was going." Baby Learns Three Tongues FAIRPORT, O. (UP)-Peter Ores, 17 months old, speaks three languvonic.

His grandmother is teachages-English, Hungarian and Slaing him her native language, Hungarian; and his other grandmother is teaching him Slavonic, her native tongue. In addition to writing the Declaration of Independence and serving President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson made several ventions, including the swivel chair..