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2(1, 1934 Founded aa The Nodaway Democrat, In IMO. NO. 123 Austria Heading Toward a Crisis, Observers Think The AAA Seeks Only Half as Large a Reduction in 1935 Corn Acreage Political Situation Worse Then When Dollfuss Assassinted. Sen. Robinson Fearful About a War in Europe Clashes Are Reported Tri cipo Dispatched to Upper Austria Where Communists Planning (Copyr iglu.

1034. By Til- Prr-m) Washington, (AV-The AAA la exported to seek only half as largo a cut In next corn achage as It did this year. The farm administration arranged today to submit next contract to farmers within two weeks. The compact, it was learned, will require signers to cut com plantings IO to 15 cent below the 1932-33 base acre- WMS: Little Rock. Ark -Senate Democratic leader Joe T.

Robinson today that war In Europe "la ilmof-t certain to come at no very remote date." Senator Robinson, who as a member of the Senate foreign relations committee, spent several weeks in age of 105.500,000. This compares with ins mummer and who expressed the 20-30 per cent cut asked this year. at the feeling of unrest The cut in hogs is expected to be be- noted abroad when hi landei in New tween 5 and IO cent, compared to Vienna (AV Events in Austria ap- York a week ago. elaborated on that this 20 to 25. Most attention is (teared to be heading toward a crisis thought on resetting his home tbisjpald to corn curtailment.

Hog num- today. morning. hers arc al)cady low, and officials be- The political situation at present I. 1 do not look for. ln ar lieve they can be governed by feed iwmii to be more dangerous and com- plicated.

veteran observers said, even than it was before July 25. when Chancellor Dollfuss was assassinated. Differences between the helmwehr future," he said, fear It Is almost certain to come at no very remote date, ''Europe probably would have already been at war in the Balkans but (CT the fact that there is neither money nor credit with which to carry on a (Fascist home guard! and Catholic conflict storm troops to be increasing dally, despite official assurances to the contrary. Open clashes between these two armed groups, on which the government dejwnds almost entirely for its existence, were reported today from Innsbruck and In Innsbruck the fighting was so serious police had to be railed out and are on double duty. Reneged activities bv the powerful 0f Fathers by College but suppressed Socialist and Com- i munlst opposition, as indicated by students.

Nearly IOO Dads Are at College For Special Day Annual Day Is Held in Honor raids last night and the arrest of more than 70 alleged propaganda agents. also are worrying the government. It was report Ii today that Austrian troops which had been trat'd around the Austn Yugoslav border since the July insurrection in this country had been withdrawn and dispatched to upper Austria and upper (Btyria. where Communist and Socialist forces were said to be planning separate uprisings. Differences between political leaders themselves seemed to be gtoward the point where an open breach is unavoidable.

Helmwehr leaders are demanding that the new corporate parliament which will be inaugurated December be composed entirely of representatives of the auxiliary armed forces This demand for IOO per cent representation is strongly opposed by Chancellor Kurt Schuschntgg and other Catholic leaders, especially Leopold Kunschak, head of the Catholic trade union. Today Is Day at Ut' State Teachers College with a full schedule which includes the registration of dads, visitation to classrooms, a social assembly, reception, and a football game. About one hundred dads of students ore represented in the activities. committee received the dads in Social Hall at 9 for registration and between the hours of 9 and ll the dads visited classes of their sons and daughters. An assembly of the faculty and student body, together with the dads, was held in the auditorium at ll o'clock Dr.

Myking Mehus chairman of the Dad Day committee, presided. v. control. Should an overwhelming majority of farmers sign next year's com contracts, and some officials predict they I will, expect a lions are that acreage will be reduced to between 90,000,000 and I 94.000,000. Production, assuming an average yield of about 25 bushels an acre, would be between 2,250.000,000 and 2.350,000.000 bushels, compared with the av rage of 2.800.000,000.

Either of these figures would be less than the average yearly consumption of 2,493.000.000 bushels but officials there will be about 15.000.000 hogs and 10,000,000 fewer cattle at he beginning of next year, thus reputing less com. They also declare production by farmers who do not sign contracts will probably bt stimulated ay higher prices for corn and hog: next summer, Th IO to 15 per cent reduction is felt lo a proix-r balancing to compensate or farmers who exjmnc; production. This year's contract sign- is reduced acreage an average of 22 lier Cent and the total cut for the country was about 12 per cent. COOLER BY SATURDAY MISSOURI: Fair and slightly warmer tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness, warmer in southeast portion, cooler In northwest portion.

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS Reading at I o'clock today 75. Reading yesterday, 7 p. rn 52. Reading today. 7 a rn.

45. Highest yesterday 64 Lowest during night 44. Highest year ago 61. Lowest year BTO 40. 4 Highest on re rd 87 1927.

Lowest on record 25 degrees 1898 Precipitation none. Sun sets tonight 5:25. Sun rises tomorrow 6 42. Hunt Hamilton as Abductor of a Mail Carrier vict Who Escaped Officers. Appeal Is Made For Victims of Tuesday Tornado At Least 150 Maryville Families Should Be Given Relief.

Urgent Need Is Money Red Relief Worker Says For Mjdl Part All Emergency Given Attention. Urgent nerd for relief on the part of at least ISO Maryville families, made homeless or whose homes were so badly damaged in Tuesday's tornado disaster that they arc not inhabitable. Stop Land Sale Shortly Before Advertised Time A restraining order stopping the sale of 193 acres of Nodaway county land owned by Joseph L. Holaday. a farmer residing near Barnard, upon which foreclosure proceedings had been taken, was Issued at noon today by Ray Weighman.

United States conciliation commissioner, following the filing, yesterday, of a petition in voluntary bankruptcy in the federal court at St. Joseph. The land, under the foreclosure proceedings. had been advertised by Sheriff Ed Wallace and was scheduled to have been sold by him on the steps of the courthouse at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Local officers said it was the fourth time the land had been advertised for sale under foreclosure proceedings and the fourth time sales had the American Red Cross to broadcast today additional funds and outside In addition local appeal William Baxter.

JrT St. Louis manager of the Mid-Western division of the American Red Cross, sent out a regional ippral to ten county chapters to as- Two Patrolmen Indenter Con-1 SUEZ I differing and other emergency relief is well as the rehabilitation work that ilrendy has started and which must continue during the next several caused local and national officials of postponed or entirely called off. In hts bankruptcy petition Mr. Holaday listed liabilities of $17,229.72 and assets of $6,005. Kansas City Raymond Ham Hon youthful a -rad I 0 sentence handing over him In making the regional appe Mr was hun! cd todav as one of two men Baxter announced that lf divisional who kidnaped William Lane.

Missouri 'ontributlors were not sufficient the Temporary Roof Is Placed Over School Building Accurate Figure on Damage A vaflablt: Until Monday. A Fifth Veteran, Hurt in Tornado, at Samuel F. Morrow, CCC Veteran, Succumbs at 6 Last Night. Others Are Improving Reports From Hospital Arc That Orttl- cally Injured Ate Showing Improvement. rural mail carrier, in a mad dash to scape officers with whom they en- in a gun fight.

Caph William J. Baxter, of the Missouri highway patrol, said that two of Six Are Killed by Crazed Postal Clerk in Quebec National Red Cross would make a more widespread appeal. A comprehensive survey of conditions throughout the wrecked areas of the city which was concluded late his patrolmen had participated in the terday by Miss Ann McMechen, rep- near Buffalo Wednes- resentatlve of the Midwestern branch lay had identified the escaped Texas 1 of the American Red Cross, St. Louis convict as one of the men. I office Miss Frances Blackburn, St Hamilton and hLs companion aban- kouiK of the national disaster staff: their car and commandeered Mrs- Fem Crull, executive secretary of companies would be protected against I that of Lane, taking him along as a Nodaway county chapter; Mrs Sit- additional losses by rains.

hostage, after the highway battle Tile lpr- secretary, and Mr. Jen- I mall carrier was released unharmed I chairman of the Buchanan eoun- j.iear Yahola. late yesterday. His chapter, and other local and national Red Cross officials, showed at Construction of a temporary roof to protect the furnishings and Interior of the Washington high school building wrecked in Tuesday tornado, was begun late yesterday following an inspection of the building by Insurance adjustors, contractors and school board members. The work on the temporary roof wa: begun by a force of men employed by the insurance companies so that the car, ladrn with several unopened Qu Policf a former mail carne: said today that admitted slaying $6,890 Dividend Is Paid Guilford Bank Claimants A Blagg, spacial deputy commissioner in charge ot the business and affairs of the Guilford Bank, in process of liquidation, filed an application Thursday for authority to tray a dividend of 25 per cent on all claims entitled to priority.

Judge Reeves sustained the application and ordered the payment of the dividend and checks were mailed to all claimants for the amounts due them. The total amount of such checks mailed Thursday was $6,890.03. This makes the third such dividend lwiid preferred depositors of the Guilford bank, two others, one of 25 cent and one of IO per cent, having previously been paid. A total of 60 per cent or $16,536 has been paid in dividends to preferred claimants. C.

Yadon. pastor of the Christian persons and wounding two others hurch ct Ma.dand and the athar ut.yesterday. a college student, gave the prayer I Officers hunted for the bodies of Music consisted of vocal solos by )lwo dead while doctors worked William Somerville and Virgil Wood -1 to save L. Morin, postmaster of side, a trumpet solo bv Miss Aletha Quebec, from becoming the venth to Wharton, and a violin solo bv Morris succumb. A mail clerk, the eighth Yadon.

with James Velic. head of of gunfire, was wounded the music iwiiment, as the accom- Uwhtly, Two sisters, a niece, two nephews and Francis Blocker, president of the his former employer were the oms Student Senate, gave a short talk in which he expressed the appreciation to the dads of interest and help whom J. Rosaire Bilodeau said he killec they have shown in student life. Miss Blanche Dow, head of the department of foreign languages at the College, gave principal address, in which she outlined three things which a higher education should help a stu- last night to the bodies of the three women and search was started in a woods for the nephews. Bilodeau also said he killed his nephews, Gaston Gauvin, 20, and Fernand Gauvln, 18, brothers, who are mi.v-.ing from home.

Authorities Bilodeau told them sacks of mall, was Columbus, Kan. Hie flight from -Kansas into Oklahoma was made. Lane told officers in another car stolen at Parsons, Kan Officers to establish the identity of companion by fingerprints taken from Lane's ear. The gun fight place when the Missouri patrolmen attempted to stop Hamilton and his companion for questioning. Hamilton, once an associate of the late notorious Clyde Barrow, has twic? escaped imprisonment in Texas, the last time from a death cell where he awaited execution for the slaying of a Texas prison gur.d.

found earlier near 250 families affected and at An accurate figur? on the exact amount of damage done to the building likely will not be forthcoming before Monday, it was said today, due to the fact that Arthur Lehr, the St. Jew 'east 150 families that would require eph contractor who erected the gym material Basistanre. napkin JKiug and who baa4mm Mteh Treed Pdf Clothing. od to estimate the loss so that tnsur- the Miss McMechen alice adjustments may be made, will restated this morning, are ur-! quire two or three days time to com gently in need of clothing, food and piete an accurate check of th? damage medical attention Others will require done and estimate the probable cost of assistance in rebuilding and repairing repairs. the lr homes and in providing It was stated today, however, that it hold furniture and other life neces- is believed some satisfactory adjust- ment on the insurance can be worked "Our most urgent need at the pres- out so that the work of rebuilding may time Is for funds with which to be started by Wednesday of next week, on this work, and unless they Members of the school board art ar? forthcoming from the more for- asking for a settlement on its insurance luiatc.

we will be greatly handicap- claims on th- basta of having the bulld- ped in the work we are she lng rebuilt and repaired just like it was dent. First, she said. it should develop of the five relatives by tak- a usefulness in th equip- jng nn automobile drives. After the drives. Bilodeau appeared ping him with the necessary tools to meet life; second, it should lead the student to make some contribution to better social conditions; and third, it should lv.flp the student to find happiness.

Happiness, Miss Dow said, comes in being equipped to know and appreciate life, in helping work out a better social order, in having a taste for all the Quebec post office and began shooting. Mrs. Mariah Bender Is Dead at Skidmore Arrested For Placing Nails on State Roadway George Protzman, operator of an automobile service station near Conception, was arrested yesterday on a state warrant charging him with a misdemeanor in connection with the alleged placing of tacks and nails on the highway near his place of business. The warrant was Issued and Protzman arrested at the request of the maintenance department of the State Highway patrol who had been making an investigation of the matter. Protzman was admitted to bond of $300 and lits appearance set Tor the January term of court.

Mrs. Mariah Jane Bender died at 0:30 Thursday afternoon at the that is good in art, in literature and bome Df sister, Mrs. William Bodle music, in reading boozs and having jn follow'ing an illness of erne a own library. several years. She had been bedfast Homer T.

Phillips, head of the de- fQJ. the past four years partment of education, was called up- Bender WftS born May 12 1842 on to tell the dads why they in Ohio. Her family came to Missouri support Amendment No 3 in the com- Wftgon the ing general election in the interest of a system of retirement in this state. At 12:30 o'clock a banquet was held School Inspector Here. Miss Irene state inspector of rural schools in Missouri, arrived in Maryville yesterday morning to spend two or three days.

Miss O'Brien is making a tour of inspection and in company with County Superintendent W. H. Burr spent yesterday and today visiting rural schools in the various sections of Nodaway county. Dr. and Mrs.

Frank Davis and their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis, of Selma, Ind. ar.e In this city visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Harve England. Dr. Davis several years ago was a practicing physician Bt Quitman. The surviving relatives are the sister at whose home she died, one bro- ther. Allen Skidmore of Virginia, I and one son, thought to be located in Texas.

The funeral services will be at 2:30 Saturday at the Bodle home with Rev. G. T. Andrews in charge. Burial is to be in the Skidmore cemetery.

Parsons, Kan a Pi Parsons police saki today they were convinced that Raymond Hamilton. Texas outlaw irid a companion who had abducted William Lane, Missouri rural mail before the tornado struck and the insurance companies paying the actual cost of such work. It is understood a majority of the companies with whom insurance was added. Speaking with reference to the emergency relief work that has been going on since the disaster, Miss McMechen said that for the most part all emergencies had been taken care carried are in favor of this method of up to date, although there arc settlement but that at least one ad- carrier, earlier in the day. came here mAny for whom iiving quarters, either Juster is holding out for a definite cash Wednesday and cruised around town i temporary or permanent, have not settlement of his claim in car until they decidcd on a obtalncd I fore the work is started.

Red Cross intends," she de- I School board members, it is known, to provide as far as possible if they make a definite set- such living quarters, but we have been tlement now they will find when the considerably handicapped by lack of of rebuilding and repairing is housing facilities started that the damage was greater She asks that anyone in Maryville Prpiient checkups and surface in- The body of Samuel F. Morrow was taken today to Bevier, where funeral and burial will be held. Hia death occurred at 6 o'clock last night at the St. Francis hospital, bringing the death list of tornado to five Four other of his companions at the Veterans CCC camp also died of injuries suffered when were terribly mantled and crushed under the barracks Gildings. Mor ow.

who at the time of his Injuries was not consider NI to be fatal- hurt, later developed complications that Wednesday night became alarming. It was Irar-ncd that Morrow is survived by his widow and several chil- iren. His mother, Mrs. Johnston Mor- lives r.t Callao. Mo.

Morrow's wid- iw left night for her home at Ii Nu tuners! arangements lad been made this morning. Reports from others critically inured during the storm were some- vhat encouraging this morning J. Stack of 8t. Louis, for whom 'ittle hope was held at first, was able oday to talk to a reporter, and is in a state of mind for tile first ime since he was hurt. It was said hat barring further complications he now has an excellent chance for re- Lee Dobbins, another CCC camp man.

vhose home is in Kansas City, was eating easier this morning and his sister, Mrs. Cora Fowler of Kansas City, vho has been here since he was lured, seemed optimistic concerning his condition. Of those who are still in Rte hospital from tornado injuries. O. 8.

Runyan of HOI late Fowrth street is ped)? ibly in the mast serious condition, although it was said this morning that ie had improved some following a relapse last night. Mr. Runyan suffered head arm and body injuries, Ni iew developments were forthcoming at the CCC camp. Construction work is being rapidly pushed so that adequate shelter might be available in the case of a change of weather. Roads into the camp are being gravelled today.

Streets around the camp are being traded. Bert R. Mullen, state technician on mergency conservation, is here from Jefferson City assisting with the iirrr Hate relief plans Mr. Mullen arrived Wednesday and will return to his home office today. John Ferguson, assistant to Mr.

Mull ta, has been stationed here permanently as head of the erosion work, and will assume his duties along this line as soon as normal conditions are again restored at the camp. motor car which would serve their nurposes for further flight into Oklahoma. Officers said the outlaws with their prisoner drove to Columbus, where machine was abandoned. They then drove to Yahola, Ok- who has furnished rooms or apart- and released Lane. The Kanitz car ments avaUabte t0 asstet by getting in was abandoned at Muskogee, Okla.

at Residence Hall. Uel W. Lamkin president of the College, was the toastmaster. Dwight Dalbey, editor of the Northwest Missourian, gave the welcome to the dads on behalf of the students. The speaker on behalf of the faculty was George H.

Colbert, head of the department of mathemtics. The response for the dads came from R. L. Noblet. During the hours from 2 until 4 o'clock the dads again visited classrooms and from 4 until 5 o'clock a reception in their honor was held at res- idpncc! Hjtll The dads were to dine with their! of Tuesday eve- own sons and daughters this IIM and and attend the Mar ville-Cape Oirar Presbyterian Church Is Damaged by Storm Damage to the First Pr sbv.eria church, corner of Main and Jenkins Three Rallies Planned in County by G.

0. P. There will be a Republican rally at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Lafayette school, southeast of Guilford. County candidates will be introduced at that time. Emmett Bartram will be the principal speaker.

Tomororw f. vening the Republicans will hold a rally at Skidmore at which time Ray Weighman will deliver the main address. All county candidates will be there and will be given an opportunity to givt talks. On Monday evening at a rally will be held at Elmo with Rev. E.

ll a're? of try Ville as the principal speaker of the evening. MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY deau football game as sons and daughters, student section. guests of their occupying the Ships 34 Mules. J. D.

Thompson, recently shipped thirty-four head of mules to points in Tennessee. The mules were brought to this point for shipment by G. M. Scott of Whitesville. National Bank Call.

comptroller of the currency issued a call today for the condition of all national banks at the clos? of business Wednesday, October 17. $200, it is said by the pastor, Rev. Al bert A. Panhorst. Some shingles were torn from the roof and steeple.

Tho spouting and flue were damaged and small holet broken in some of the windows. A freak of the storm is reported at the church. The front doors to the main entrance remained closed, but one of the ten feet away from the doors iich open Into the siree was id by the gale and the aud! Vf throughout the church. HH --------------------Si ti i wonderful 2 have real with itll a dependable agency, I it I dications show, and that as a result thereof they might have to assume more or less loss. F.

A. Butterley of St. Joseph, manager of the Western Adjustment and Inspection company, has established offices in the writing room of the Un I Ville hotel and Is moving an office staff touch with Mrs. Crull or other officers at the local Red Cross headquarters on West Third street. Families Should Register.

Miss McMechen also announced to day that the local chapter is request- ine that another trained worker be I here sent here from the St. Louis office so that the proper caring for individual relief cases may be carried forward more rapidly. It was also announced that individuals or families who require relief and who have not already registered, should register at the Red Cross office. Anyone who desires to make contributions to the fund for carrying on the work are asked to leave the work of making adjustments on all damage done in Maryville and upon which property owners carried lnsur ance. Mr.

Butterley and his staff will have almost entire charge of insurance adjustments on propsrty wrecked or damaged in Tuesday's storm. He stated that up until late yesterday his office had received approximately 200 claims for insurance adjustments While Mr. Butterley could give no finite figure on the cost of rebuild WIND PICKS UP BUCKET. thorn or mail tiiom to the local office, jng and repairing the high school build- 1 twister Is Carried Ie Haymow at the W. J.

Curry Farm Near Gamer. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caudel ot near Qay- nor were in Maryville Thursday relating the damage caused by the tornado in that community Tuesday evening. They reported that a number of trees were uprooted and fences torn down.

Fodder shocks in some fields were blown away and some buildings were slightly damaged. They told of the experience of a neighbor, W. J. Curry, who was getting ready to do his evening milking. It was said that Mr.

Curry placed two milk buckets in a feed hunk inside the barn, as he was going to use them later. In the meantime the storm broke but did no damage except when Mr. Curry went back for his milk buckets one of them was gone. After some search he found the missing bucket In the haymow of the bern. The other bucket was in the plac where he had left it.

Not much damage has been reported from the northeast part of the oounty. vhlch WM apparently the path of the Local Grocer Gets Telegram From a Kansas City Firm. A letter of sympathy to the residents of Maryville has been received by W. T. Burton, a Maryville grocer, from the Rosenberg Schloss Cigar company of Kansas City.

The communication reads: are very, very sorry to learn of the disaster and tragedy which occurred in your community recently. know this must mean considerable property loss to say nothing of the lives that have been lost as the result of this very severe windstorm and we wish to extend to you and through you to the members of your city our deepest sympathy." md checks tc make them pa VY. bl to the American Cross The Red Cross has established offices on the second floor of the old Dally Forum building on West Third street, now occupied by the local federal and state relief office, and all matters pertaining to the disaster relief are being handled from there. $40,000 Results by Telephone The score of the Spoof hound-Wild Rat gam? will be phoned to The Forum directly after the game from King City. Call Farmers 114 or Hanamo 42 for results.

W. A. Burks, well known Nodaway county farmer, was on the market at St. Joseph stock yards Monday with a shipment of eighteen mixed yearlings that averaged 846 pounds and sold at $7.35. Givens Promoted.

Jefferson H. Givens of Boonville today was appointed secretary of the state compensation commission by Governor Park to succeed Earl E. James, who died Wednesday. Olvens. who formerly lived in Gallatin, has been a referee for the commission.

His salary as secretary will be $3,000 a year. Ray and Harry Wendell, Virgil Dawson, David Sutterlin and Eugene Espey were among the Wednesday Maryville attendants st the American Royal Livestock show at Kansas City. W. E. Espey and sons, Fred and John Garth, Ivan Espey, Douglas Dawson and Charles Espey were Thursday American Royal visitors.

Body Arrives at Sallisaw For Rites Sallisaw Charles A. ((Pretty Boy) Floyd came home to stay today. the chill gloom before dawn, a prude wooden box arith iron handles was unloaded on the station baggage platform. I Two brothers of the notorious desperado, E. w.

and Bradley Floyd, and an undertaker, stepped forward tc claim Ute body. Whether Ute public will be allowed to view the body of Ute outlaw slain fen Ohio by federal officers has not been decided. The body area taken to a neral home where it will remain until the funeral services at tim Akins community Sunday afternoon..