The Maryville Daily Forum from Maryville, Missouri • Page 1

iHarpbtlle Jforum 1,1 im ll mmmmmmmm IBI Mf VOL. 26 Member NEA Service, and A. B. C. MARYVILLE, MLSSOUBI, THURSDAY EVENING, )34 Pounded es The Nodaway Democrat, In 1869.

NO. 122 Suggest $840,000 For Additions at Teachers College Planning Board Makes Recommendations as to Future Needs. Plan a Social Scheme Graham Fair Friday and Saturday Includes Exhibits, Entertainments Fifteen per lf lr Rrrnmmrndatlnno for WA and PWA Over the State. A public program of apiwox- Imotely $97,000,000 for and betterments to various state Institutions, which for the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, was suggested today by the state planning bourd In a preliminary as ODC of th" of a future rxtenslve coordinated social scheme for Missouri according to an Press from Jefferson City. s' 8uch a bo In addition to the presem $13,000 OOO improvement plan now underway at the lienal and eleemosynary institutions The suggestion for the additional building program was mad'- at the eoneluslon of a 72-page report, outlining the present and future natural and human resources of the state Two nsttonally known planning exp rts, Marland Bartholomew of St.

and 8 Herbert Hare of Kansas City and a technical stat I of more than a dozen persons prepared the report after nearly six months of detailed study. Fifteen Rerommrndatlonv Fifteen sptclflc recommendations for (TWA and PWA projects. Including the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam at Table Hock on White River In Taney county, are includ'd in the report others suggest completion of soil surveys, a thorough analysts of tax collection systems, study ol natural reaoutces, state-wide traffic survey, study of tax delinquency, census of population and unemployed in 1935 and a wild life research program The suggested public works program. I taken from the 1929 survey commission report recommendations in- I See No. I on Page Three! Overton, Colleague, Hurt in a Fist Fight New' Orleans opt United Stat'1 Senator John Overton, colleague oi Senator Huey Long, and Burt Henry, attorney and president of lilt Honest Election League of New Orleans engaged In a furious fist fight in the lobby of the Roosevelt hotel The fight lasted for a minute or two and fast blows were swung and hard licks landed.

Overton was carried to his hotel room badly battered. The Sena- tor stated that the light was caused by his refusal to apologize to Henry for remarks he made or. the flu of the 1 United States Senate. Overton was suffering from a cut over the right eye, a badly lacerated mouth and a bruise on the cheek. He was bleeding profusely when carried to hts hotel room and given medical at- tent ion.

The fight was provok when the two men met. in the lobby of the hotel and it was stopped by bellboys. Mass Meeting to Be Held Saturday A mass meeting of the farmers of Nodaway county will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon In the circuit court room at the courthouse h- re, It was announced today by A. J. dale, county agent.

The principal speaker at that time will be Frank Stoner of Jefferson City, who has appeared on several program.1 for farmers in Nodaway county. In announcing the meeting Mr. Hinsdale said Mr. Stoner would have a message of special interest for every farmer in the county and urged that everyone who possibly can to attend. The meeting is being sponsored by the Nodaway County Farm Bun nu in th interest of organized agriculture in the county.

Fletcher J. Dalbey, president of the local county bureau, is mailing out a letter appealing to the farmers not to miss the meeting and hearing Mr Stoner. Council Passes Ordinance Fixing Sewerage Levy Half Mill Is Provided to Care For Principal and Interest. At a meeting held last nigltt I the city council passed an ordinance fixing the levy at .5 a mill to provide funds for the retirement of the I principal and the paying of Interest on the bond issue voted a few days avo to buili a sewage pump station and lay i force main sewer lines to divert city sewage from its weal to its east outlet Passage of the sewage bond levy last night brought the total tax levy of the city for the next year up to 6.5 mills, the same as It was last year. No other matters of business were up at the me.

ling of twined members last night. It was announc'd, however, that the work of rebuilding two of the filters, included as a (wart of the project at the city water pump station, will be OOmpl ted today anti that the new filters will be put into operation within the next day or two. The work of installing equiignent for softening the city's supply of water and making improvements in the settling basing will be pushed to completion as soon as possible. It was said, that the entire project could not be completed in less than ubout forty-five days. The annual Orahnm fell fair will bi held in Oraham Friday and Saturday.

Thpre will be exhibits in agriculture horn? economics, flowers, art, fancy work, Four-H Club work, quilts am poultry, which are open to the public from Friday at 2 p. until Satur day, 8 p. rn. The program for the two days is ar follows: Friday afternoon, attractions from the platform starting at 1:45 p. an township grade school chorus with spo cialtles between songs.

Pageant- "Grand Mother's Quiltlni Cat show Friday night, the play "Chintz Cot luge." a thre act comedy lasting hours wilt bo given in the Giu'nan theater beginning at 8 o'clock. Saturday afternoon program feature: a baby show bog.lining at 1:30 o'clock and a wedding. "Tom Thumb's" immediately after the baby show. At 3:45 a ktttenhall game tween the Graham and Maitland team- will be played. Saturday night there will be a nadir program given from the theater consisting of the country school, and one-act play.

Home F.conomica exhibit in the Mowry building. Al! exhibits must be in before 12 noon lYiday October 26. I Best four Jars of cannet fruit, any variety. Cia 2 Be one Jar canned fruit any 3 Best jars of canned any variety. st one Jar of canned vegc aril tv Best four glasser of Jelly.

IV'. I white butter rake. Best dark butter cake. Best Sponge cuke; A. Ango tab!) veg Cia table: Cia Cia Cia Cia I (xxi; Class Class Class Class Class Class bread.

Class Class variety. Clair Yellow rake; Jelly 41. a 9- Best six any variety IO- one crust pie. ll- Best crust 12- Best salad dressing, r. 13 Bes, leal ol white bread.

a loaf of Whole when isle 1718 Best loaf of nut bread. six buns. plate ol candy, an; BANK Kits REPLY. Washington iv A double reply to Prs sidenl Roosevelt's challenge to American bankers came today at the closing sessions of their convention in the form of resolutions demanding a balanced budget and a report that bank lending was dependent upon bushi: aa Best chous' Fancy Work xlnbit in the Mowrj Bu lichi All exhibits must tx in place before noon. friday october 26.

Best Dresser Scarf, I Best Bullet set Best Pillow chs st Fancy Pillow, Luncheon set. I dress. i Best Hooked or crocheted rugs. Any fancy work not mentioned WH I be for display. I 4-H Club exhibit in Movvry Building All exhibits must br in place by ll i noon, Friday October Class ar: Best dishtowels; best dress cover; best laundry bag; bes: pocket; best bloomers; best bras stere; best slip; best dress.

Class 2- 'Second year: st dress; best slip; bloomers; best brassiere Cir, ham Flower Show Oetoo 26-27. Rule for til Exhibits may be brought as early a 8 Friday morning but must bi WARMER FRIDAY. MISSOURI: Pall cooler la ex. Irenic r.st portion (might. Friday fair, WB rw hat warmer iii north went portion I OBSERVATIONS Reading at 2 today 63.

Reading yesterday. 7 p. 56 Reading today. 7:30 a. rn 40.

Highest yesterday. 72. Lowest during night, 38. Highest VCT ago 53. Lowest ar 27.

High st on lr. 98 degrees 1910, Lowest on record 25 degrees 1917. Precipitation none. Sun sets tonight 5:26. Sun rises tomorrow 6 41, Entire School Reconstruction Is a Possibility Large Portions of New Wall and Floors Will Be Necessary.

That an almost oomph lo reconstruction oi Washington hi 'h school building. wrecked in Tuesday evening's tornado. will be necessary to put the building in as good shape as it was prior to the tornados visit, seemed likely Unlay as closer examinations of the damage wrought were WI die no deficit twffires on the amount of damage done could be obi tabled today pending completion of insurance adjustments, the estimates 1 rant t-U from $45,000 to 175,000. A meeting of rtjsfF outing companies which carried $150,000 of I windstorm and tornado insurance on building, and members of the hoolbo.ird was scheduled for thi: ai- and it wa thought that at this time definite of the actual damage don could be announced. Arthur Lehr.

St. Joseph contractor, who built Hie gymnasium wing of the building has been to estimate the Iota. It is almost certain that it Will be nee or vary to remora ti wrecked roof and a Iv the arc end the entire, top of the hurtling down, os far as the top of the second floor windows and that the wall on the and southeast sides will have to be torn down as iar els the top of the first floor windows. In addition, it was said new iloots likely will have to be built due to huge cracks in the present ones. Some who have examined the building are of the opinion portions of the walls of the building, both on the north and south sides, are out of line.

Several of the walls an? cracked and in place by 12 clock noon. Later en- od city gcpooj board for use tries wil' be barred. Legion Clamors For Immediate Bonus Payment In Wild Vote of Ayes Service Men Want Certificates Redeemed. A Two Billion Outlay New York's Solid Bloc of SI Against Bonus. Braws Iamil From Gathering.

Miami. (VT) Frank Bcl- grano, San Francisco banker, today was unanimously elected national commander of the American Legion to succeed Edward A. Hayed of Decatur, 111. Miami, Its voice in a monstrous the Anv-Ttcan Legion today demanded the immediate cash payment of the veterans bonus certificates by the nt. The vote 987 to 183.

Payment, legion officials have estimated, would require un outlay of about two billions of dollars by tho government. Thor were some bom in 16th annual convention of the legion as some state departments cast votes against a resolution by the legislative committee calling for bonus payment and remission of interest on loans already made on the service certificates New solid of 81 against the resolution drew boos but were rollicking cheers as 73, California's 60. Illinois' 77, 42, 33, and thi votes of other big states went for the bonus. is what all waiting for," said Chairman Ray Kelly of Detroit as he presented the report. There was a burst of applause as he read that the government of the United States is now definitely committed to the policy of spending additional sums of money for the purpose of hastening recovery from the present economic crisis, the American Legion recommends the immediate cash payment at face value of the adjusted service certificates, with cancellation of interest accrued and refund of interest paid, as a most effective means to that end." A roll call was demanded by New York, Tennessee, onneeticut nod Illinois, although after the and "no" vote by voice from the Floor Commander Edward A Hayes of Decatur, IIL, had said: "There's no question in the mind of the chair." Mrs.

A. C. Carlson of Willmar, today was elected national president of the Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Joseph H.

Thompson, Beaver Falls. w'as elected American vice- the roof is caved in over both the gym- president oi the F. I. D. A.

C. ium i urn and the main building. In the meantime, however, Maryville high school students, who yesterday received a one-day vacation as a result of the building being wricked, today Rara back in their classes, the churches of the city having been turn- Littte Hope for Morrow. Little hope was held at 3 for Sam Morrow, injured Tuesday in the tornado at thr CCC camp. Exhibitors please bring the flowers tc the back door of the Mowry building where a corninitt.e will receive and cuter them.

Exhibitors arc asked to leave the building as soon as their ilowers an entered, (See No. 2 on rage Three) so that school need not be interrupted ponding repairs to or rebuilding of the high school building. tary. The following were unanimously elected vice-presidents: Southern division: Mrs. Tom Gam- mio Ponca City, Okla.

Central division: Mrs. Myron Miller, Anthony, Kan. IDENTIFIES HAUPTMAN. Trenton, N. Dr.

John Con- drn, yesterday identified Bruno Richard Hauptman as the man to Record Run Made Across Country by a U. P. Train New York, (AV- The record breaking streamlined train of the Union Pacific. the M-10001. rolled into Orand Central station at 9:55 a.

rn. today, completing Its cross country run from Los Angeles to New York City in 56 hours and 55 minutes. The running time for the coast to coast trip set a new record by 14 hours and 31 minutes the previous record set in 1906 when the late E. H. Harriman, then chairman of the Union Pacific, travelled from San Fran: i.a to New York City in 71 hours and 27 minutes.

The tube shaped flier set a sp -rd record of 120 miles an hour yesterday. The 376-foot train, powered by a 900 horsepower Deiscl engine, left Angeles at IO p. Pacific standard time, Monday. The ninc-ecach. articulated, aerodynamic modernism of railroading, 'd" on the Chicago-New York run for a time of 17 hours 25 minutes, twenty minutes ahind of the tim? of the! Twentieth Century Limited over thi' New York Central tracks.

P.ussengers and railroad men on the train exppcssed the opinion the M- 10001 could have made the Chicago- New York run in twelve hours Survey by Red Cross Shows 150 Needing Relief Approximately 250 Families Were Affected by Tornado. WI a of the devastated ar Maryville on the part of na- tio I I jc American Cross offlci today rnnounccment was made thai a least 250 families were affected by the disaster and that at least 160 such families would assistance in rebuilding and repairing boors, purchasing houshold furniture, ciotlilng, food and medical attention. An apixud for donations to assist 1 these families is being made by the local Red Cross chapter and by the national organization, and such donors are a ked to leave their contributions or mail checks, payable to th? American Red Cross, at the local Red Cross office. Offers of assistance have been made by many chapters in surrounding counties, of them reporting they already had raised funds for relief purposes here and would continue raising additional funds. Miss Frances Blackburn of the national disaster staff of the American Red Cross has arrived in Maryville from St.

Louis and will remain here for a time to assist in the relief work. MARYVILLE HAS STARTED REBUILDING Workmen Are Boatly Engaged Repairing the Damaged Hornet. Will Rebuild Gimp Two Military Boards Meet at CCC ('amp Todav to Adjust in pen vi Hon. Miss Ann McMechen, representative of the Midwestern Branch of the American Red Cross, St, Louis office, expressed her surprise today at the manner in which Maryville had cleaned up the wreckage from Tuesday's tornado. She was astounded how quickly the federal highway was cleared arid the trees removed from the parkways.

There will be a meeting of the household aria class at 7 p. rn Friday, at the Collge. A sad sad, short short story He whom he paid ransom money carried no Cresson the promised return of Ute Lind- Ins. Agency, Ban. bergh baby, it was learned today from an authoritative source.

EXTRA COPIES. Extra copies or the Wednesday I sue of The Daily Forum are available for these who care to mall them to friends and relatives. Complete tornado news is carried In this issue. The rehabilitation of Maryville following Tuesday evening's devastating tornado, which left In Its wake a toll of four dead; four critically Injured nnd lesser Injuries to more than fifty persons and property damage estimat- at near the million dollar mark. ans well under way today.

As observers today followed the swath cut by the twister in its passage from the southwest to the northeast corners of the city, they could see, in Addition to the continued clearance of debris, signs of rebuilding and repairing on every hand. At the Veterans' CCC camp, where the tornado took its heaviest toll In dead and injured, all the debris had bern cleared away and forces of civilian carpenters and camp members were busy beginning the construction of now buildings to take the plac-1 of those wrecked and the repairing of others that were damaged. Lieutenant Tom I. Taylor, who is in charge of the camp, announced this morning that all the buildings would be rebuilt Just as they were before the tornado's untimely visit. The work will be rushed to completion as rapid; ly as possible so that camp i made homeless may be properly housed.

Captain John C. Oates, of Leaven; worth, construction officer for the (See No. 8 on Page Fight) Condition Reported Satisfactory The condition of Hal Catterson. 53. who lives on the north edge of Maryi Ville who was in some manner shot in the left lung at hts home Tuesday morning, was reported as satisfactory today at the Missouri Methodist hospital at St, Joseph, where he was tak- en immediately after the shooting.

I It was that Mr. Catterson had I been under the care of a St. Joseph I physician for nervous disorders for I some time, but that he had returned home a few days ago. The Catterson family had no state- 1 ment to make. Reliable Information to that a son of Mr, Catterson.

shortly breakfast Tuesday morning, preparing to go hunting. The boy after preparing the rifle laid it on a table. It was related that Mr. Catterson grabbed the gun and inflicted a chest wound before anyone could prevent the act. Scenes Resulting From the Tornado Which Hit Maryville Last Tuesday This picture shows what damage was to the north side of the Washing! school building, the lower two floo of which were used for the gymnasium, showers and dressing rooms, News-Press.

This view shows all that was left of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har men are shown digging in the ruins..