Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1932 — Page 5

>in gets ■ft SENTENCE Apache Guilty of l lWrinKVoun^" l ( ;" l r an Attacking Her l Sh- . s, MIHHII A|iatti< '.,th IHl '' 11 1,l( ' ln ' the death of Hennt - for ~]■ lx a 2K Mewl '>>un<l •> ni W - nivht ol M|SH ~ |., .!••. lin’"* to bring vrdt. t the jut-■Ln-ntb lhl ' that Seymour •W„..,rl ,l " ing d , ’ lle SSML. u blundei in gie baik "* K, .1. hl.. •"t Apache <d nt.tilled that „■- -n-’rtM-tl ne cl,de - k Io Sl > to struggle B .... /.,...rnnn.’tit held the brave given li’i"or. that the gill ' m learning Apache lore work and athol- ,tt..l slaying and premeditated. St CHICAGO ■ HAS Bit; FIRE FHOM PAGE < Nh. [ tdaze willt dilfi-. ,a ; .. drifts that. all dj.R) I ' i.i:rne,| to dea'li ■ ;,re fa it ■ d by strong h in Hotel tod; v. Oilier seared by, residents of ■ and to free: dead H lie" aliamnier. <ardof Chicago. M S!>“rn>an Tex. - Fisher Little Kock. ■ficials for I ELECTION MEET BiTINiIED FROM PAGE ONE) M r - Is i S' < end \\ aid ft B*. 'l’d he. Third Ward R |B Republican Party Ea-I I Ilion. West i ni'Mi. M Root. West Root. North; B- South Preble. North Kirk-, B Son'h Krk la nd. South Wash! French. B o>" X..".. -I Marys, South: M Mures. No-th Rlne Creek. I B' iilu< i .e-k North Monroe.j Bp ” Mmiroe. - \ j> HIH j <• North North Hartford IB S ‘ " Hartford, ('i vlon., B' v: ' A and B. East Jefferson.Jefforsani ■■ Xie-, Washington. Deca-i BU. 18. 2D B"'1‘ If . ill \ ;;Tt and ::.A. ■ghty-seven I WILIER ADU ATE B i;t Nt’Kp PROM Htnr ''NF I ■w.'iltiy, April 2g. ■ Geneva B ,r '-' l ' V Farlow. Mttrjorr A. I ' L'ir< tt Hoffman, flora Ann | B rl "' , ' s - Huth M Stewart, Ci.ir- 1 ■t’. Kwoss. Ruth & Bmtifiis.i L. ’llcni«i|iijjj.. Arnold Star ' Early. Howard K. Teeter.l if" 1 ' Kktiirym. Weaver. Hnby A. B*. -le.rsU ( | laiutea- KnUy, EsHwr B'lf’dX', Editli L. Mosaer, Mary Brieve Raayon. Emmet J. B' 1 ' MM| Charles V. Lougit the to In- on Friday j padder Psaknesr. KHIs Energy B. 1 If'" 1 an fl mo-down frm i ■in. 'oe'-J' Whrx. Soekarl,.. J,‘ r Bdf.'L-'‘^ nf ’ sa . Nervousness, I'irclev Baa,. S?' H’ adSchts, Burning and E i. j, l ?’tuhnoss, caused by KiiB'r' 11-L s ’,’ 1 yt”' to tl’ l ' l suf - Bai’i r iV! t . no "' - Come in and gBi., t P’lnk in the greatest mn'.Bu hS*?'® ever found. It often Bt\ i* "’K’rovement in 21 liour.i. E r.ni’.'.' fQr Cystex <3i.s«-t« xi, Baic'-iv , . v 8,1,1 1 guarantee it to Btiiv con ’bat these conditions ond or return empty B a BU iel i OLU money back. | | CALLOW & KOHNE

Rise and Fall of Kreuger, Swedish Match Monarch * * * * * * From Vagabond Engineer to Head of 225 Companies, at 52, Was Climb of Great Monopolist Who Preferred Death to Defeat. ot. Al * ® 'AMt I h r : m Tap.! f 3 X j I fB I 1 A'■ X•. s'fty i , . l» !—rfrarj \ BHk -tl* |i At the Pinnacle Ivar-Kreuger, Alfred Ixtewensteim The bullet which Ivar Kreuger, great Swedish match monopolist used to spare himself the bitterness of defeat rung down the final curtain on one of the most amazing business careers the world has ever known. Like Alfred Loewenstein, the mystery financier of Belgium, who ended his life by leaping from a plane over the English channel, Kreuger could not bear to live to see the empire he had built torn down in ruins. The motive for both suicides was the same. Bankers had shut down on their credits. Like most men who have carved their names on the history of industry and finance, Kreuger had humble beginnings. Born in Sweden in 1882, the son of a humb’e match maker, Kreuger spent hi* early life wandering about the worlu as a vagabond engineer. He had his first job in New York, where he was an engineer on the famous old Flatiron building. In 1907 Kreuger returned to his native Sweden and introduced American building methods. It was not until 1913 that he entered the match industry, when he united the hundred* of small companies and the huge Jon» hoping-Vulcan Match Company as the United Swedish Match Company. Kreuger** most brilliant scheme was the idea of lending money to foreign governments in exchange for match monopoliss. One of his biggest deals was obtaining from President Poincare a semi-mon-opoly in France in return for a $75,000,000 loan in 1927 to stabilize the franc. It was only a short time ago that Kreuger visited the United States and had a conference with President Hoover. His business reverses are said to have been caned by Rusian competition and the inability of governments to pay loans he had made.

Ixmdon, Mar. 22. — The strange death of Ivar Kreuger. Swedish mutch king and industrial giant, that almost precipitated a national crisis, bears a remarkable resemblance to that of another colossus of European Industry—Captain Alfred LTWenstein.' who committed suicide by jumping from an airplane over the English Channel. Loewenstein, too. played with millions, reached the pinnacle in world industrial affairs, and then, meeting reverses decided to take the dark road to the land where [stock quotations never disturb the slum be rs. According —to police, Kreuger died by his own hand in his palatial wpartment in Paris. The motive for his self-destruction was the same as Loewenstein's. B inkers bad shut down on iiis credit It was only a short time ago that Kreuger visited the United States and had a talk with President Hooter. At that time he was sitting on top of the financial world with no appjtent sign of tin- dark shadow of death marring the brilliance of his achievements. Krevger was always something M a nr.stery man. He never granted interviews, until 182 k, when h< can.e to the American public for money. Even -then be managed to remain more of a legend thsn fact. H<- was a monopolist, and at s'* headed a pyramid of 225 con. I«ufes with operations egtending into every part of the world exc«i»t Russia. Like most mut> whose names are written large npoa the history of world finales' a mi industry Kreuger was of hntnblv origin Horn rn Sweden in 18*2. the a®t> •! il l*»° r matchmaker, he spent iiis early years as a tramp building engineer. Ho wander*"’, inrougu Africa. South America. India and Canadt. finally landing in the United States There he achieved bls first notable success. He was an cuginecr 0Q the old Flatiron Buiidiiip in New York. Maay oth< r building- tn tin- metro-

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e, polls have know n the touch of his I hand, but Kreuger always saffl that ,‘the Flatiron brought him luck. II From the United States, Kreuger i- returned to his native Sweden, s where he warn*] up with Paul Toll I- in 1907 as contractors and builders I under the trade name of Kreuger - & Toll. It was not until 1913 that Kreu i ger entered the mutch business. In II Sweden at thd! time there was the ~ i trig Jonkoping-Vuk au Match Com-1 “ pauy and hundreds of small indepenuents. Kreuger brought them ■: all together as the United Swedish ■ Match Factories, hie., and created r his first monopoly. -1 Kreuger then conceived the idea •; of lending money to foreign govern-1 s intents in exchange for match mon-' ,-iopolies. This scheme brought in: torrents of gold. The governments - t got cash, Kreoger sold matches] s <l a profit without compeCMioti, and I :• the governments paid the loans! I'froni taxes collected on Kreuger's > jmatches. , I Two of his biggest deals were f'obtaining from President Poincare i a semi-monopoly in France in re- ; turn for a 575,tHtO,min loan in 192* ■ to help stabilize tile franc, and the i Gennan monopoly when he came r to tiie rescue of the mark. In the United States Kreuger . sold 75 iter cent of the matches i through his International Match ( ompstiy. it was not until 1929 ; Hiat b<- began to feel the pinch of l < unapc:iliwi. Russia begun to ship ■m mat< hr i cheaper than Kreuger imiki aflot’d to do with all the on - f statwtag leans to governments rei nuining unpaid. Then came the big ' ! t!cprr»ssion. and these governments.l r owin'; millions to the match king, v (rankly etwifessed their inability to pay Hmtr deMs; so Kreugers great ihriMß’t of monopoly proved a y boeafteiwng. Now he is dead and j e 'tfie vast empire of matches, wood I -' palp, iron orc, steel mills and gold [ c mines as well as batiks, will have] :. to go ahead with a new hand on the [ >- helm. '

I iudl Sak* Planned firn rruupuuy will gico I •' lu o »U(-Ho:i 1 Hi: ■ , ring on Siiia>«a.v, NApril »tfa, opening al the v.aieltini-' on Marl: oh stl’oet at o'clock. A. M. [[ Tlwse saJtM have proven popular ; giving tin ,inMie the oj-portuuily to I :uy ■eoesiUt ual their own price., Till OU' will include » large selecIlion of now farm machinery, har'•ices, radkss, obcnie washers, ov<-r-

•tiHnd livtHc. room •-'"la. cream ./•paraioi and many <4 her valuable articles. •Cef. Hoy Johnson will have charge of- Ike sale and a large erm.d i-» "Specled as liii.. it the .as; . ai<- id the kind ilia piin.-. Cedars Washington Memorial BILLINGS, Moul. (U.R) - A grove, of l:l Virginia cedar trees will be planted in North Park, Arbor Day, in commemoration of the Washington Ucentennial.

STORM TOLL LN SOUTHLAND IS OVER HUNDRED (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) injured, were as follows: Dead Injured Northport 35 133 i Clanton 20 100 : Columbiana 13 20 Fairview . 12 20 Cullman 11 14 Marion I 10 Faunadale 1 0 Many injured, caught in falling homea or buildings, or »wei>t from their feet and hurled into twisted masses of wreckage as reported in some communities, were reported dying. Their experiences were similar to those related today by Obfe Willis, a farmer living near Collina Chapei, and brought into Thorsby the body of his mother, who was killed, his dying wife, and his father, who was critically Injured. "My wife and I were in the house when the storm struck. It came Hip suddenly, darkening the house like a big black cloud shutting out the sun. There was not time to be afraid. 1 heard a crash. Then I must have i been knocked out. I came to lying flat on my back outside the house in the yard. "Part of the front door was lyilng on my chest. The house was wrecked. I moved the planks and door that were on me, and crawled lover to my wife. j "She was lying in a ditch across I the yard. I knew she would drown ■in the water in that ditch if I i didn't get to her quickly. "The clouds were all about, and jit seemed that balls of fire were i shooting all around us. "Finally 1 got my wife out of the Iditcli. Then I leaned over her to protect her from the rain and I lightning. She was unconscious. I stayed there nearly two hours, until neighbors came to help us. I "The doctor told me she was dy- . Ing as er they operated on her early I this morning. My mother, who was killed, and my father, badly hurt, lived in a hoiftse near us. T "My wife slid 1 were brought I here in a neigliber's car and she I was taken to the drug store where emergency cots were put up for liadly hurt.'' One strange story was that of

the nine children left at home by ’ the Latham family at Plantersville. : 18 miles .from here. Six of them were killed outright in the storm which leveled their home. The ■ smallest baby was blown away. It 1 hcd not been found at daylight to- ' day. Two others were in critical condition. At Columbiana, north of Clan ton. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Waiton. an elderly couple, were killed. WaTon's body was tound in the wreckage of the house. Mrs. Walton had been borne by the wind out in to the front yawl. Their daughter, Ella, 38. died in an am balance enroute to a Birmingham ; Hospital. Miss Ethel Walton, the only survivor, is in a critical conI dition in Birmingham. The family's assets, including ! livestock, crops, farm buildings and even trees, all except the land itself, have been wiped out. The tragic experiences of farmer Willis were repeated by the sepres in each stricken community. Cots, beds, all available medicines ami surgical instruments and supplies were rushed into the district. Nurses and physicians and surgeons from every large community hurried into towns where local medic al help was not nearly suffi‘cieni to care for the injured. Meanwhile, authorities charted the course of the winds that Irrowgh'. disaster to tire state The storm first was reported at Linden and Myrtlewood, two small m«nrmi<nilics ateat 40 miles east of Meridian, Miw. They arc slightly. sout.4l el the realer of the state-. At this point the storm apparently split, one part moving 15 miles directly north to Demopolis 'where there was Wile damage. I then on 40 miles to Northpot’ ■ when many were killed and hurl. The other section of the storm I headed northwest from Linden to I Myrtlewood 10 miles on to Fauasidalc. another 15 mile;, to Marion. Hind then it turned almost straight cast 85 miles to this town and (Thorsby. From here it moved .north to ( oiniiibiiimi, only 20 miles II com Birmingham. I An off slmol of th<- storm liiti < uilaian. 5(1 mill's north, of Hirm ■' ingham. while httrh winds iui<l”ighl iiiwg broke communication lines all through the south, especially hi; cast Tennessee an«l north Georgia■ ■ The nine towns wW'-h felt the heaviest force of the storms and the number of residents in each I are: i Northport. 2.173; Linden. S 82 ;: I Morion. 2.111; Demopolis, 4.037.. Clanton. 1,847; Greensboro, 1.785; Calera, 875; Columbiana, J,iso. I Faunsdale, 264. They are in Shel< |l-y, Tuscaloosa, Marengo, Chilton. | Hub- and Perry counties. The storm’s fury passed up Tuscaloosa, except Io level the Country club and nearby buildings, i Thon il swept across the river and demolished 150 to 200 homes, most i'ol lhem in the negro district. I Fire followed the wind through ' Northport. Eight city blocks were reported razed there and the flames

A a Flames Razed Famous Church MR 1 * 1 1 y > <, t. ■ * " A.I- 'V K \ J */’ \ \ ajfTiitlff*-

Proving that the tire demon is no respecter ol ♦ sentiment, religious or otherwise, this spectacular I blaze razed the beautiful church of St. Mary Magdalene, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Six firemen were over- | come by smoke and five others were hurt by falling <

spread rapidly before they finally!. were checked. The fire trucks |< served also as ambulances. One company of national guards- ; I men crossed the Black Warrior i from Tuscaloosa there to help i maintain order and give relief to 1 1 sufferers. j I Hysterical relatives of dead or I missing wandered aimlessly ■ i through the streets until finally di j reeled by guardsmen or sympa- i • liftic townspeople toward a place 1 rs rest, or to the first aid stations, j The injured at Northport taxed I s the capacity of the 100-bed bos j pital. Twelve of them, it was be- | Heved. were near death. Survivors described the violence ol the wind in that city. "The wind picked up a lumber ' pile and drove it like a catapult I, right frto the residential district," | j 0r... saia “Some of the victims were impaled by the flying timbers. Oth- ’j ers were hurled against ruined j buildings. Bodies were tossed in- i to the air." Students from the University of p

Alabama, across the river in Tub-i: taloosa. became relief workers. Injured were rushed to the Central hospital where they were quickly placed on the few remaining beds, I < hairs, or on the floor to await at-1 tention by frenzied doctors and | nurses. Mothers, many bleeding from | I minor injuries, paced the streets I ! seeking lost children. One woman I collapsed and fell in a flooded cutter carrying an unconscious child. : At Faunsdale, Floyd Collins. store clerk, stepped out to watch I the whirling winds. He was buried by flying bricks as the walls of he building crumbled. The Episcopal church was destroyed there, so were the rectory,! five dwellings, several garages and small buildings. And box ears in the railroad yards were piled on I the tracks in jumbled confusion. More than 100 shacks were re-1 ported splintered at Marion, strik - ing terror into the hearth of negro residents of the district. At Columbiana the storm cut a | path 350 yards wide, levelling a

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debris in their attempts to subdue the flames. The blaze toppled the huge 175-foot twin steeples—one of which is shown flaming at left—throwing thousands of spectators into a near panic. Damage is estimated at 5500.00 J.

score of homes. At I/>max station, a railroad settlement three miles from here, the ten houses of the community were disorderly piles of lumber. At Thorsby, beyond Lomax, houses were destroyed. But because the emergency kits were there, a temporary hospital was established for the care of injured. Ten cots were placed ill the crowded space. Isolated sections beyond Thorsby, Union Grove and Collins Chapel, were barricaded behind long stretches of fallen trees which promised hours of work by volunteer groups before extent o' damage could be discovered.

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A hospital here which had been closed for several months was reopened last night. Il was crowded witiilii an houi. | Two trains were heid at Thorsiby for injured and dead. They were sent tu Birmingham where I the congestion In the hospitals soon became as great us in the stricken areas' first aid stations. Two ambulances, physicians, nurses and medical supplies were tushed here from Birmingliam. The reopened hospital received 54 injured within a short time. Other i casualties were taken to the basement of the Baptist cliurcli. There were 16 injured persons lin one physician's office, ten in another, and eight were in a drug store down town. As the United Press correspondent walked about Union Grove. 15 miles north of Clanton, a truck bearing six bodies passed on its way to Clanton. A man walked down the road, a dead child in his arms. Near Columbiana bodies of two negroes known to have been in their home when the storm struck, 1 were found a quarter of a mile | away. Persian Sees Bijf Field For Dentists and Doctors Kansas City, Mo., -(U.R) —DenI tistry in Persia is 'below par.,, hinks Victor .Serunian. 21, and he 3 out to do something about it. Tlu- young Persian says there is me doctor and one dentist for every 1 25,000 to 30,000 population fn his

I native land. Such a condition opens ! u; a great field for the youth of ’ the land, he thinks. It was wjth such a conviction i that he left Tabriz and came to I America, enrolling in tlie Univer- ' ity of North Carolina to study denI tistry.

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