The Alexandria Times-Tribune from Alexandria, Indiana • Page 1

Comment Northern advertising" iiiDnri: III! r-l i St Alexandria, Best Little City in Indiana; Ho me of Rock Wool and Aladdin Mantle Lamps TEN CENTS A Y7ZZZ FOUNDED DEO. 10, 1885; No. 77 phone we ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1937 ST ATYN n(ii) RFiP qwar to the finish, without giving or taking quarter, has been declared by -motor clubs throughout the country against Federal excise taxes. This is a case of pistols for two. and coffee for one.

The time has come for a real show down. Motorists of the nation have gone along uncomplainingly for several years, while the government failed to keep defln- lte promise to them that these taxes were -emergency in character and would be imposed for only a year. However, since 1982 these taxes have mounted rapidly each year and the aggregate of these temporary' levies is now in excess of $1,154,000,. One of the most startling things about this situation is that, aecord-: mg to the survey made" by the Fed DEATH STEERED THIS CAR! Accused Cliaiige Fleas Tragic reminder of the death and suffering i'-each year by automobile accidents Is presented by this graphic photo taken immediately after a fast Denver Rio Grande Western passenger train plowed Into a coupe near Pueblo, carrying1 It 1,600 feet and killing two, on of them Dorothy Fisher, 85, whose crumpled body Is shown slumped behind the wheel. Today Is Anniversary of Four Deaths In HJ-J LKA9E0 WIBX CITIZEN LEAGUE "DEPLORErtlNUS Which Has Been Cast Upon Alexandria Residents At a meeting of the Citizens League for Industrial Security, which was held today, the following resolution was adopted: WHEREAS: Alexandria, Indiana, is a normal, American community of 5,000 population; that its people found themselves confronted with problems necessitating the forma tion of a Citizens' League, the rea sons for which have been declared and published; that the membership of that league consists of an over whelming majority of its adult population, and, 7 WHEREAS: Owing to false pub licity adverse to our people, in that It charged all with having senti ments against American principles and further charged us with giving aid and comfort to those who would destroy the peace and quietude, not only of this community, but of all surrounding communities, our people are severely prejudiced in obtaining employment in other cities, and, WHEREAS: The people of this city, with the exception of an in finitesimal few, who were aided by non-residents are normal and loyal American citizens intent on honestly earing their way in the world and are being greatly prejudiced by the aforesaid conditions, N(5W -THEREFORE BE IT RE SOLVED, That the Citizens' League take every step possible to correct the present attitude of employers in surrounding cities to the end that all workers" from Alexandria, who are qualified, may have equal, chances with all others to secure employment.

That a copy of this resolution be published in the various newspapers. That copies of this resolution be placed in the hands of the chief executives of the various and divers manufacturing establishments located, In central Indiana, and, Xhat a committee be appointed with authority to interview such chief executives for the purpose of disabusing their minds of the prejudices aforesaid. March 30th, 1937. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CITIZENS' LEAGUE OF. ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA.

WILL IS PROBATED The will of Mrs. Mary Merri-kafi, former resident of Alexandria, was admitted to probate Monday. After making a few personal bequests to members of the family. It Is provided in will that the estate be equally divided among seven The death Mrs. Mer rikan occurred at tht home of a daughter in Dayton.

Blast Which Wrecked Barbershop on South Canal Street Took Four Lives and Threatened City With Loss of its Business Section ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE IS ISSUED TODAY Gradual Resumption of Work in All Departments Is Planned OtD EMPLOYES TOST New Applications for Jobs Will Receive Consider- ation Later Officials of the Aladdin Industries; here today announced that their plant w01 reopen at the earliest possible date. The plant has been closed since March 2 upon which data a sit-down strike was called by local 171, V. A. W. A.

-v: Several days ago officials of the company mailed application blanks for the company to all employees and ex-employees. According to officials of the company they have been guided In their decision to reopen the factory by the -large number of application blanks returned by the former employees of the comnanv. -According to-- the-nnouncement made today work will gradually resumed In each department and pro- ductlon will be Increased from day to day as rapidly as the various de- pCTunenis we organized. Fires have been started in the glass furnace, according to statements Issued today, and operation of the glass department win be resum- ed as soon as the glass is In proper Certain departments of the factory; have, since the strike, been discontinued by the company, according to announcement Chief of these is the electric lamp department, which formerly employed approximately 100 persons. That particular department Is understood to have been removed to Chicago.

Officials of the company stated today that applicants who formerly-worked in the "discontinued depart-, ments will be notified as to the departments to which they win be assigned and when they may start -work. The company officials stated fur- ther that the requests for employment which have been received from persons who were not formerly employed by the company will be acted Hi-win RftAr thtt reeeivAit from former employees have been, considered. Any former employee who has not an application form such aa was mailed by the company to all employees and ex-employees on March 24, may obtain a form by writing or phoning the employment department, according to announcement. The complete announcemet mad today by the company officials la published aa a paid advertisement elsewhere in today's Issue of The Trial of the civil contempt and 3100,000 damage case brought by the Aladdin company against a number of strikers of the local factory- was completed. Monday afternoon in-, circuit court before Judge Charles Smith.

At the close of the trial Judge Smith warned officials of the loca) U. A W. A. and Its members that no interference of employees or officials of the company, directly or Indirectly, would be tolerated and that each act of Interference would constitute a separate and. charge of contempt.

Judge Smith-had previously granted the com- panys petition for an injunction and (PI mum Ten to Ps 4 OUR DOG SAYS THE WEATHER: Fair and continued cool tonight; Thursday increasing eJondlnessTi and unsettled; The reason that doctors do not get concerned about the old adage that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" is because they know so many people do. not pay any atten tion it Si Appleblossora says: People who display the greatest con tempt for family tree are those, who do not have any. wanner. Men SOUND TRUCKS ARE BANNED BY NEW ORDINANCE Council Unanimously Adopts Measure Prohibiting Use Here PENALTIES ARE FIXED Advertising Through Ampli-' fiers Is Unlawful Under Ordinance Under suspension of the rules, and without a dissenting vote, the City Council, in a called meeting Tuesday night adopted an ordinance under which, sound trucks, public address systems or loud speaker -device of any type, for amplifying the human voice or musical instruments, are 11- legataf'iisetfS alleys or any public ground in Alexandria. Such devices are equally Illegal if they are placed so that the noise manatlng from them la audible on any street or alley or public ground.

A fine of from $10 to $100, to which may be added imprisonment for not exceeding 80 days is provided for each vioUtion of tha-ordinance. stafute Is similar to one which was recently adopted by the Anderson city council, to rid that city of the sound truck nuisance. The ordinance not only prohibits the use of sound trucks for addresses or propaganda of any type, but also for advertising or other purposes. It becomes effective immediately, as it was officially proclaimed today, and the required notices posted in each of the city wards. The full text of the ordinance An ordinance prohibiting the use of any amplifying device for public broadcasting of voice or Instrument upon or over any of the streets or alleys within the City of Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, and providing penalties for violation thereof and declaring an emergency.

Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, as follows: Section 1. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, to use or employ, or cause to be used or employed, upon any street sidewalk or alley in the City of Alexandria, any amplifying or public address system or sound device, designed for and effective in amplifying the sound and volume of the human voice, for the purpose of publicly broadcasting, on such street or sidewalk or alley, the words or speech of any person, whether such speaking party be directly talking into such instrument over a radio or radios or by the means of the playing 'of a phonograph record or recording of siich words or speech. (b) It likewise shall be unlawful for any person to broadcast over or along or on any atreefyey of the City of Alexandria aM-bcal or instrumental music, thrtough any amplifying device, as described In the foregoing sudvlsion (a), either Tom In Par' FORMER RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES IN MUNCIE Mrs- Margaret Kennedy, 62,. who was born and reared in the country east of Alexandria, hut who had lived In Delaware eounty for 42 years, died Tuesday afternoon In Ball Memorial hospital, Muncle, after an illness of three weeks. Her funeral will be held at 10:30 a.

m. Friday In the Avondale M. E. church In Muncle, and Interment will be in the Elm Ridge cemetery there. GOODWINS HAVE BABY Mr.

and Mrs. Stuart D. Goodwin, are the parents of a seven pound, four and one-half ounce baby boy born Tuesday at 1:30 a. m. in the Mercy hospital at Elwood, The baby has been named Larry Stuart, and mother and baby are reported to be getting along fine.

eral Government Itself, the vast ma jority of these taxes are paid by per- sons in the low-income Only 10 per cent of car owners are paid more than $3,000 a year; 76 per cent have incomes below $2,000, while 83 per -cent of motor vehicle owners have incomes below $1,000. Thus the government, which exempt from income taxes persons with small salaries, taxes these same people solely and simply be-. cause they own a motor car and gives them no direct benefit in re turn. 0 fj Federated club women of Indiana are not in favor of any tampering with the security which the Supreme Court has offered the plain people of the nation since it was founded. By a vote of approximately 8tt to 1 they have registered against such a suggested change as President Roosevelt is urging, and In favor of constitutional changes if any at all are needed.

The women represent all shades of political affiliation, and their verdict is Interesting. When you are flying high, and everything to sailing as smoothly as a barque on a silver sea, you seem to have friends by the score who are always at your beck and But wlifliii ttwAMltw aaimasi ai ttjl vas? kvkmw mm. bViUCO U11U JTVIB J.11114 yourself with your back to the wall, you also find Just who your friends The people who can always re member the home town paper -when they want something printed, should also remember, it when they have some interesting piece of news to communicate. If man Is really a descendant- of At a uw bub. ii seem umi some oi us nave not, Aeen.

able 'to improve very greatly on our ancestors. o. -) This idea of paying as you go in the matter of poor relief would be a good thing if anybody knew Just exactly where we we going. s- The groundhog is due to be out again now, and we hope that he sticks it out, shadow or no shadow. JOn one of the rare occasions that he has broken the silence that has marked "his extraordinary career, Col.

E. M. mystery man of the Wilson administration, declares In a signed article in The American Legion Monthly that America can have peace if it is strong enough to command peace in the event of, an other great war. Had the United States possessed an armed force commensurate with our wealth, resources and population, prior to the assassination at Sarajevo in 1014, we might not only nave avoided involvement in the con fllct that so quickly followed, but we might even have prevented the wona war from taking place, Col. House says.

PoinMnsr out that in 1914 the na Hons of Europe "almost Impatiently" awaited war, the famous and diplomatist finds the situation today "even more threatening." But he believes the possibility is stronger now than then that some means estly keep out of it if we act strong. ly and swiftly in the Immediate future. CLEANUP OF ALLEYS IS URGED BY DEPARTMENTS Although no official spring clean vy, day has ben set by the city for the police and street and alley -mi at intents today issued -a request that with he coming of favorable days lor such work, householders be- Kin tu work of cleaning ashes and rubbish from alley it has been accumulating durln the win. ter. Some of about the city aw, said to present a very un apf esrance, also health brrrrd.

MARKETS AT A GLANCE -Stocks higher in moderate trading. Bonds irregularly higher; XT. S. issues tower. Curbs higher under of mining and oil shares.

Chicago stocks high er. Foreign exchange higher in relation to dollar. Cotton futures 13 points lower to 1 higher. Grains wheat off as much as 2c. Chicago live stock: Hogs weak; cattle strong; sheep steady.

Rubber 2 to 17 points lower-. Marion Clerk and Retired Farmer Pleaded Not Guilty BOTH HELD UNDER BOND Had Admitted Violation Indiana Securities 'Laws of MARION, March 81 U.K Guilty pleas of two alleged accomplices of Warren T. Marr, 40, former Detroit millionaire, In a purported $80,000 swindling scheme, were withdrawn today In Grant superior courts Ray Norman, 88, city clerk, and Curtis Strange, 41, retired farmer, changed to not guilty their answers to charges of violating the state securities act in recommending sales of unregistered stocks. Withdrawal of the guilty pleas was permitted because tfte men were not represented by counsel at arraign ment They were represented in today's action by State Senator Edward C. Hays, 'and were "released under bond of $1,600 eacntT-Prosecutor Roy Dempsey indicated additional charges may- be' filed against Norman and Strange as a result of their change in pleas.

Marr also was arraigned late yesterday on charges of violating the securities law but withheld his plea pending arrival of an attorney, from Chicago. MISS FOX HAS HIP FRACTURE According to X-ray Picture Made Tuesday Afternoon Miss Rosemary Fox, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Thurman Fox, of West Monroe street, and who was one of the four Alexandria young people who were injured in an automobile wreck south of Anderson Sunday night, sustained a hip fracture in addition to broken elbow and other Injuries, This fact was revealed in an x-ray picture which was taken Tuesday afternoon. Billy Worley, driver of the Alexandria car, remained restless and with some temperature in St. John hospital last night He is being kept in a strained position with weights, pads and supports to promote the proper healing of a fractured pelvic bone.

Miss Betty Babcock is stU confined to bed at her" home, and was believed Improved today. Gene Weaver rested fairly well today, although still suffering considerable sorenesa. Milton Roailne, of one of the persons injured, died at 0 a. today in St John hospital. SANDERS FUNERAL AT ZION CHURCH THURSDAY In the Zlort M.

E. church east of Summitvllle, funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Thursday for Asa. F.

Sanders, who died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, HaUet Sanders, near Matthews, where he had recently been making his Rev. CVG. of Albany, will conduct the rites, and Interment win be in Vinson Memorial cemetery at Summitvllle. The deceased, who had lived in the. community east of Summitvllle.

practically all of his life, is survived by his wife and three chlldrentwlth five grandchildren. I-' CLUB BOTS ELECT Thomas Rodecap has been chosen as president of the Indian Creek 4-H club south of the city for this year. Other hew officers are Clifton Paddock, vice-president, and Herschel Drake, secretary and treasurer. SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATION Ctiy Clerk, Flo Madden was at Lafayette Monday to undergo a minor veupptemerta! operation in St hospital, following a thy-mlil operation to which she submit it lher several woekv ago, oswn A high pressure gas line leading to the old flouring mill, now the Naber Mill and Elevator, passed beneath the barber shop and. the express company office, located next door to It Gas leaked from this line, filling the space beneath the two buildings, and seeping up through the floors.

The fact that there was no fire in the express office doubtless prevented an explosion there, but the escaping gas was ignited by a fire in a stove in the barber shop, and exploded with terrific force. The building was completely wrecked, and both owners of the shop, together with Charles Hooyer and Ora Ball, two iFleaM Turn to Fw 1) CAUSE FOR WORRY Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Wyatt, Ebst Sixth street, have great cause for worry and anxiety this week. They have three neices and a nephew who are patients in St.

John hospital at Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Romine, of Anderson, who were Injured, Mr. Romine seriously, in the collision of their car with that of Billy Worley, Sunday night, are a nelce and nephew; Miss Rosemary Fox, who suffered serious injuries In the' game accident and Mrs.

Charles Barrett, who is recovering-from an operation at the hospital, are also neices of Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt CARTER BURIAL TO BE IN PISGAH CEMETERY Following funeral services which will be held at 2 p. m. Friday In the Gaston Methodist church, the body of John S.

Carter, 68, a resident of Gaston for many- years, will Me brought to the Mt Pisgah cemetery, three and a half miles northeast of Alexandria, for interment. Mr. Car ter expired at his home about 10 o'clock Tuesday night, after having been ill for several weeks. He had a number of friends and acquaint ances here. GERTRUDE BUOWN ILL Gertrude Brown is still confined to her home in Scott Addition with an attack of quinsy.

The gas explosion which wrecked the largest rural school In the United States at New London, a few weeks ago, causing the deaths of more than 400 students and teachers, recalled to J. E. Sherman, former Alexandria mayor, the fact that today is the 43rd anniversary of a gas explosion in Alexandria which took a toll of four lives, and completely wrecked a frame building, at the same time threatening the city with a serious fire. The explosion occurred at 10 p. m.

on March 81, 1894, in a barber shop operated by A. Boyer and Wesley Harroll, In a building on the west side of Canal street, south of Washington street where Scott Hazen's blacksmith shop is now located. COUNCIL MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT To Name Acting Mayor Until Permanent Selection At a meeting of the city council which will be' held at city hall Thursday night, the matter of choosing a mayor pro-tem, to serve as the city's executive until a per manent successor of Mayoi- Carl W. Jonefl is selected, will be considered. If was believed that Guy Gray, a member of the council, would be named as the temporary, mayor, a permanent choice to- bi made later, any time up until the 15th of April.

The term of Mayor Jones, pursuant to his recent resignation, wil'. expire, at noon on Thursday, April t.When he. lays down the tnia of fice, he will also be relieved of his duties as city supervisor of WPA activities, a post which he has filled ever since the WPA- was established Whoever is chosen the new will become wpa so far as city projects are concerned. Major WPA projects now under way here Include the two new sewer systems, but it was expected that favorable action Viould be taken within the next few days on another large WPA project here. Involving the widening of several of the streets, and the improvement of other streets and sidewalks..