The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 March 1932 — Page 1

by Arthur Brisbane A BRAVE, JUST MAN PROTECTING DEPOSITORS POISON GAS COMES BACK SPECIAL LAWS FOR RADICALS

The sudden death of Senator Walsh is a great loss to this country, to good citizenship and to President Roosevelt. Thomas J. Walsh, senator from Montana, was an American for whom there were no “big" men tobe looked up to, or little men “of no importance. He took equality before the law and the rights of Americans seriously. He had courage unlimited and would have made a great attorney general. j . -f.. Some twenty states have declared temporary holidays,, or moratoria, that as a matter of law, cause banks to close. The step is taken, primarily for the benefit and protection of depositors, and they should realize it. A few. frightened, can injure all the others, and force bank closings, without good retson. The holidays, established by proclamation .off the various governors, prevent hasty harmful action. j. China continues to endure the clings and arrows of outrageous fortune. If only Japan attacked, as she would have done formerly, with real slings and arrows, China would stand it and perhaps conquer. But modern Japan uses air ph nes, exploding bombs, armored tanks that grunt and roar, plowing their way through Chinese spAting tire and bullets as theyJgo. And to make it worse, London refuses to ship arms to either Japan or China. - This is hard on China, and she protests. ;

To make China's situation more desperate, according to* Gen. Tang Yulin, governor of Jehol, ihe Japanese are dropping "poison gzs bombs” from airplanes. A few days before the Chinese had been accused of using poison gas against Japan. Our “high moral western civiliz - tion" need not criticize this, it is not long since the allies, with horror, were accusing Germany of usirg poison gas, and then using it themselves most industriously. Conditions in Germany would be called “civil war" but for the smc- 1 tion of Von Hindenburg, whom Germany trusts. Htiler, fur one thing, possesses one. bia hands almost absolute power. ’ Germlhy*; methodical. has formulated rules for‘the suppression of extreme radicalism. You can go to jail f r ten years if you spread false news concerning | government affairs or divulge government secrets For urging workers to strike you go to jail for thiee years. The penal|y h>r reve. ling military secrets is death./ and for espionage it is life imprisonment. . ! Radicals are locked up, dozens at I a time. j A troubled world we live in. Assorted financiers indicted in Chicago. Prisoners in a California prison at Fr.ison.i try to seize the prison and kidnap the warden, using horde-: mide guns. They fail, the ringlearer kills himself. « | Have you read the descriptions of “dreadful American conditions" in Lord Beaverbrook's London Express? You would be surprised. Lord Beaverbrook's trained reporters discovered that many Americans 1 can no longer afford gas for their au- ' tomobiles, so they fasten horses to their cars and drive the improvised I horse mobiles. i 7 The Express reminds you of that I other British character. Carroll's walrus. “T weep for you’, the walrus said. “‘I deeply sympathize,* With I sobs and tears he sorted out those of I the largest size, holding his pocket i handkerchief before his streaming eyes."

Samuel Untermyer, -- well-known New York lawyer, who is in California learning about relativity from Professor Einstein, says the government must take over the railroad*. If that should happen, how would the government manage those roads, when taken over? Would they be put in charge of professional politicians, or of experienced railroad men, well paid? With good railroad management, ' the nation's right to ignore the Sherman act and get rid of meddFng boards of control would mean gigantic savings and earnings sufficient to . pay a fair price to the owners. Any wise holder of railroad bonds would gladly exchange them for 2 per cent government bonds. The railroads, however, need more than government ownership, and the economies that it would make possible. They need reorganisation, reconstruction, abandonment of absolute methods. Interesting to women: There is a 'mv Roosevelt color. Everybody knows “Alice Hue," named for Mrs. Alic* Rooeevek Longworth, daughter of Theodor* Roosevelt. 9 Th. new Hue, calhr “Elinor blue " is named for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, new mistress of tne White Aoaa* She h * ni*c* of !h*odore . T- h.«bw ft “■

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BANK OPEN; RESTRICTED BY TREASURY L. J' . ' President’s Plan To Be Made Known At Noon. ■ 11 Wednesday afternoon the State bank of Syracuse reopened to accept ; new deposits and to make change. No gold or gold certificates will be given out. Free access to safety deposit boxes is now allowed to customers. Sol Miller, cashier, stated that cash or government securities will be \ accepted bn new deposits; such new deposits will be held liquid, kept separate from old accounts, and can be withdrawn or checked out with- ' out any reservations. j He also stated that for the time being checks on old accounts, local or foreign will not be accepted for deposit, or taken for collection. The reason for this, he explained is that all resources of the bank must be kept intact under President Roosevelt’s proclamation.

Monday morning the State Bank of Syracuse closed its door as ordered by the President of the United States, whose proclamation closed every bank in the country from Monday, March 6 to Thursday March 9, both dates inclusive. The president's proclamation stated that “there has been heavy and unwarranted withdrawals of gold and currency from our banking inslitislion for the purpose of hoarding;” that continuous and increasing speculative activity abroad in foreign" exchange has resulted in a severe strain on the nation’s stock of gold and that a national emergency existed. ” t • jdMhlted that the best interest of "he depository could be conserved by »uspending atT "Ranking transactions. and that the aacnttpry ot the treasury from tnne to tune during the holiday might issue regulations regarding banks, their function and their procedure. The news of the president’s proclamation came as a shock to the citizens of this community, but did not cause any great alarm,' for there had been a gradual restriction of bank activity for some time previous, due to the restrictions placed on (Continued on Last Page)

FORMER RESIDENT BURIED IN OHIO Bed-ridden for more than-a year, Mrs. Gertrude Beery, aged 58. died at the home of her half-brother, S. E. Meffley, in Lima, 0., Friday afternoon. Funeral services for her were held Monday afternoon with Rev. A. J. Armstrong of Syracuse officiating. Burial was in the cemetery near 1 Cridersville, O. , where Mr. Beery is buried. Mrs. Beery sold her property here in Syracuse and moved away about three years ago. She is survived by her son Frederic, who lived with her in Lima; a daughter, Mrs. Wm. H. Smith of Indianapolis, and one granddaughter; one brother, Fred Sharp; four half-brothers, C. H. (Miller and J. R. Mohler of Cridersville; C. R. Mohler of Lima and S. |E. Meffley at whose home she died. ■ Rev. and Mrs. Armstrong went to the funeral, Monday, where he officiated. They were accompanied by ’Mrs. H. Buchholz, Mrs. A. L. Miller and Mrs. W. T. Colwell. Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Colwell sang a number at the services. Flowers were sent by lodges of which Mrs Beery was a member when here in Syracuse: the Eastern Star Lodge; the Pythian Bisters; Ladies of the Round Table, and- Mrs. Beery's Sunday school v class here. TRAVELLERS VISIT LIBRARY | - According to Miss Alice Mann, librarian, the city jail housing travellers and Syracuse residents responding to requests for food for these I people, are not the only services • which Syracuse affords these visitors. Miss Mann says that often three or (four of these wanderers come to the library in the afternoons to read magazines and newspapers. o SPRING’S COMING One crocus bloomed in the yard of Mrs. C. R. Hoy’s home, the last day of February. Since that time others are in bloom, and tulips are coming through the ground, Mrs. Hoy said. Mrs. Jerry Hamman has ! a dower bed of tulips which we i some two inches out of the ground

TELEGRAM UNDER V WHICH BANK IS OPEN GIVEN HERE The following is the telegram sent to the State Bank of Syracuse yesterday, from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, giving the local bank the regulations of the treasury \ department of the United States,, under which it opened for business again yesterday. We have been advised by the Federal Reserve Bank that under authority conferred upon him by President Proclamation declaring bank holiday Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following regulations: Quote: Deposits, heretofore received by any banking! institution pursuant |to agreement or legislative authoriI ty providing for regulation and for payment without restrictions be kept | separately in cash or on deposit in I Federal Reserve Bank or invested in , obligations of U. S. A. Federal Rej serve Banks may open separate ac- ; counts on their books for their member banks, and temporarily for nonmember banks and may receive in such special accounts the proceeds of new deposits received by such banking institutions, such banking insti-, tutions making deposits by the Federal Reserve Bank pursuant to the regulations. The depositing bank shall in the case of each deposit indicate to the Federal Reserve Bank I by symbol or otherwise that the funds %o deposited represent new deposits made under this regulation. Upon receipt of such deposit such Federal Reserve Bank shall credit the same in the special account ofthe depositing bank herein provided for and shall bold the same .solely to such bank. Federal Reserve Banks shall permit the withdrawal Os any part or all of such ’ new deposits by the depositing bank i without restrictions provided that j the depositing bank shall in such or- j der or request tor withdrawal indicate to the Federal Reserve Bank by symbol or otherwise that such with-' drawal may be paid on demand. ; Any banking institution which was | lawfully engaged in the business of receiving deposits prior to March 6, [ 1933 may create special ____ accounts > for receipt of new deposits which ! ' shall be subject >to withdrawal on i demand without any restrictions or limitations and shall be made from such special accounts provided however that no banking institution shall pay out or permit the withdrawal of any gold or gold certificates. Quote: Any banking institution may accept payment in cash or any other form acceptable to it on account or in settlement of obligations payable to j such institutions.. Quote: Any bank- I

ing institution may deliver to the person in title thereto properly Identified documents and securities held by such institutions for safe keeping. Quote: Any national or State banking institution can exercise its usual banking functions to such extent as its situation., shall permit and shall be absolutely necessary to meet the needs of its- community for food, medicine or other necessities for the relief of distress; for payment of usual salaries and wages for necessary current expenditures for the purpose of maintaining employment and for other similar essential purposes, provided however, that every precaution shall be taken to prevent hoarding or the unnecessary withdrawal of currency. No banking institution shall engage in any transactions under this regulation which is in violation of state or federal law or of afty regulation issued there under. No national banking association shall engage in any transaction under this section which is in violation of any federal law or of any order or regulation issued by the Comptroller of the Currency. No.gold or gold certificates shall be paid out. Each banking institution and its directors and officers will be held directly accountable for faithful compliance with spirit and purpose as well as the letter of these regulations. j . J Federal Reserve Bank. NEW FISHING LAW Provisions of the new conservation bill, now a law, which invokes a general licensing of every one who desires to fish in Indiana waters are as follows: That any persons fishing on their own land, those under 18 years of age and former service men may fish without a license. Present law allows anybody to fish in the county in which he lives without a license. A measure sponsored by Hobart Creighton, Kosciusko representative, which removes yellow perch from the provisions of the 1927 size limit law on fish, is now a law, having been signed by Governor Paul V. McNutt. o—: BIRTHS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Merrit Lung are an nouncing the birth of a son, Friday. The baby weighed 9 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Broke are announcing the birth of a daughter, Saturday. ‘

SYRACUSE, INDIANA. THURSDAY. MARCH, ♦, IW.

THE PROGRAM , OF ACTION The following is an outline of • President Roosevelt’s program of acion, taken from his inaugural : address. I. Provisions for employment of i the idle on vast pdblic undertakings that will “stimulate and rej organise the ass of our national resources.” , ' 2. Redistribution of the population from industrial centers to I rural regions, providing “ a bet--1 ter use for the land for those best fitted for ths land.* 3. Efforts “to raise the values of agricultural products" in order to increase fanners* power to purchase urban manufactures.” 4. Checking the loss of farms and urban homes through foreclosures. 5. Drastic reduction of the cost of federal, state and local governments. 6. Unification of the present “scattered, uneconomical and unequal" relief activities. 7. National supervision of “all forms of transportation and of communication*, and other Itilities which have a definitely public charactei." 8. Strict supervision “of all banking and credit and investments. 9. Prohibition of “speculation with other people’s money.” 10. Provision for an “adequate but sound currency.” 11. Restoration of world trade by “international economic adjustment. ” 12. A foreign policy founded on respect for international obligations and agreements. I ' ; | CURRENT EVENTS March 1, The two great Chinese strongholds, Chigfeng and Lingyuan, which blocked the path to Jehol City, capital of Jehol province, fell to the Japanese invaders. Both branches of the Indiana General Assembly pessed the administration “skip election" bill, postponing all civil and school elections until the genera! election of 1934. The Wright dry law repeal and the new liquor control bill was signed by Gov. McNutt. The Chambers bill abolishing the office of township assessor in all townships having a population of less thi»n 5,000 was also signed by the Governor. • -' » ‘ March 2. An earthquake and tidal wave caused havoc on the coast of northeastern Japan. Representative Henry T. Rainey ,of Illinois was chosen by the Democrats as speaker of the House of representatives. Setting up of the machinery for the holding of a state convention for ratification or rejection of the twenty first amendment to the Federal constitution repealing the eighteenth amendment was completed by the Indiana General Assembly. President-elect Roosevelt announced that he would appoint Henry Morgenthau Jr. of New York as chairman of the federal farm board and Charge him with the duty of consolidating the various duplicative federal farm credit agencies and of liquidating the boards, stabilization holdings in wheat and cotton. Federal Reserve Banks reported that $6,720,000,000 was in circulation on Feb. 1; the highest in history. Bank holidays were declared in California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Arisons, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. March 3. President-elect Roosevelt announced that Homer. Cummings of Connecticut will be attorney general (Continued t on Last Page)

4-H CLUB BEING ORGANIZED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF COUNTY

C. A. Langston, of the Syracuse High chool staff, who is organising 4-H Club work in this community, has kindly written of the purpose and work of this club, for the Syracuse Journal. Mr. Langston writes: The 4-H Club for boys and girls which was organised more than 15 years ago, has grown until out of the 11,000,000 rural boys and girls in America, about 770,000 of these are in some phase of 4-H Club work, or about one out of each fourteen. Through this organization rural boys and girls from 10 to 20 years of sge are taught better agricultural and home-making practices, and the finer and more significant things of rural life. It is interesting to note the meaning of the name “4-H Club". The 4 H’s stand for head, heart, hands and health; head for clear thinking, heart for greater loyalty, hands for greater service and health for better living for the club and the community. The aims of this club work are so developed that those who reach maturity and take up fawn ttfe shaft

M’CUNTIC TELLS PLAN OF WORK ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS Kosciusko county has been divided into" nine sections In order to take care of work on the county’s 1100 miles of roads, according to Eston E. McClintic, newly appointed road supervisor of the county. Esch section is composed of two townships, with the exception of District No. 1, which is Wayne township alone. An assistant supervisor will be placed in charge of each section, or district, who in tarn will be directly responsible to the county road supervisor, McClintic said. Turkey Creek and Van Buren townships are in District No. 3, according to McClintic, and will be in (charge of Vivian Disher. | McClintic stated that he personally I would supervise work in District No. 1 1. He also plans to have a fleet of :six new trucks which will be kept in I Warsaw, and which will do the work ! oa the county roads in various parts | of the county where work is beyond ; the capacity of the equipment of the . local road supervisor. The trucks f will be purchased by the county as soon as the present financial crisis is ’ ended, according to McClintic. ; Vivian Disher will have two ; trucks in his charge, one at Milford and one at Syracuse. Grading on Turkey Creek township roads was commenced last week, a truck being sent here frqm Warsaw, Thursday. All the roads in the southwest portion of the township had been graded by Monday evening, and work was continuing. This grading is being done by Charles McClintic and John Auer. Money in Township Fund. It seems that before any money can be spent out of the gasoline money which each county receives . from the state, all of the money left in Twp. Road funds and turned over 'to the county must be used, each . township’s fund being" used on its own roads. Turkey Creek Township turned over $2,149.74; Van Buren, ,$2,432.75; and Tippecanoe $592.86. I McClintic said that this entails extra I bookkeeping for all items must be I charged to the proper funds. t McClintic said that many township trustees obtained permission this past winter from former supervisor Helvey, to use this money for maintenance of roads by employing those receiving poor relief. Instead Os us- ' ing this money in this way, many trustees have waited until now, and are letting farmers cut brush |(ong roads in front of their own farms, and grade roads, where they please, ( and charge this to the count, according to McClintic. , McClintic said that letters will be sent to every township trustee putting an end to such practise. TWO PROPERTIES BOUGHT Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grieger of South Bend and Lake Wawasee, have purchased the Jackson property on Lake Street. This is for an investment, according to Mr. Grieger, and Mr. and Mrs. Jloy Niles will not have to move out of the house which they now occupy. Mr. Grieger said that the sale followed his reading a want ad in the Syracuse Journal, last November, which announced this property for sale. Earl Santschi of Chicago has bought a lot on the lake road between Ike Mellinger’s home and that of Russell Droke. The lot is being bought from Mr. Mellinger, but the sale is not completed they say, because of the financial interlude this week.

(have had an opportunity in youth to I take part in 4-H Club work, to earn money, to acquire property and to learn the better ways on the farm and in the home. Indiana, during the year of 1933 had 42,089 boys and girls enrolled in club work with 85.5 per cent of these completing their work. Os this group Kosciusko county had 20 boys and 126 girls. This year throughout the county club work is being started on a larger scale. At present in Turkey Creek Township 23 boys have enrolled in at least one of the following clubs: pigs, calf, corn and potatoes. The boys enrolled in these clubs this summer will make a study of their particular farm enterprise. Those in the com and potato club will study the problems of selecting, storing, grading, testing the seed, growing and cultivating the crop, diseases and insects and their control and the selecting and showing of their exhibit. Those enrolled in the pig and calf club will study and keep records of production, feed cost, and practice (Centiaued an Lnt Page)

I f DO YOU REMEMBER— I 1 29 Years Ago. When Woodrow Wilson and Thoe. R. Marshal were inaugurated president and Vice-president of the United States, and the Democratic party came into power after 16 years? • * • 15 Years Ago When Ernest Richhart had a sale at his farm and moved to town? « • • It Years Ago When the G. A. R. Post was disbanded with only two founders living: Francis M. Corns and Edward E. Miles? • • • 5 Years Ago. When a combined box social, 3 act comedy and a Fat and Lean Basketball game under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce wus held in the Community building? - o lon lake wawasee! Harry Bastian, 58, formerly of LaGrange, died suddenly in Miami, Fla. * Sunday. He, with his widow and two daughter, Martha and Suzanne, who survive him, were summer residents of Lake Wawasee for the past 10 years. He was a noted architect and interested in the Flor- j ida development Hollywood-by-the sea. Glenn Warren, owner of the Harrison Hotel in Indianapolis and Mrs. : Warren spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hark less here in Syracuse, and inspected the work being done on their cottage at the lake by George W. Mellinger and C. I W. Howard. A new heating system is being installed in their home and the living room is being remodeled. . Members of the U. T. D. S. were entertained at the home of Mrs. i Landefeld, Friday afternoon. Following the meeting refreshments were served. Eight club members: Mrs. Felty, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Bird and Miss Louise Vorhis attended, as did two guests: Mrs. i Meredith and Mrs. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nymeyer have moved Lack to their lake home from ' Indianapolis. Mrs. Grace Gingrich and Mr. and | Mrs. William Gingrich of South Bend were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bechtel of Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chappel and family of South Bend were week end i guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solt.

Dr. Ernest Decker and wife of Goshen have rented the Holman cottage in Maxwelton Manor until June Ist when they will move to the Mil-ler-Harkless cottage. Dr. Decker is opening an osteopathic clintic in Goshen with Dr. John Kauffman. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holman of Chicago spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller. Mr. Holman remained for a short stay this week. Mrs. Ketchum of Detroit, Mich., visited her sister, Mrs. J. H. Elliott on Kale Island, Sunday. Mrs. Elliott returned with her to spend this week in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoelflinger are spending this week with friends and relatives in South Bend. Charles Crowe and Mr. Long from Washington, D. C., and Miss Fern Fenwick of Gary were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Crowe. They returned to their homes Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bishop. Irving Bishop returned home Monday, having gone to Newcastle, Thursday to spend several days with his wife and children. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Farr of Auburn called on friends in this vicinity, Sunday. Mr. Farr was a member of the orcheetra at Waco last sum mor. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lincoln of Columbus spent several days at their summer MMb Charles E. Miller of Anderson entertained two of his friends at his summer home, Saturday and Sunday. MP. and Mrs. Charles Cripe of Goshen spent Friday at their cottage. Roscoe Howard received a card, this week, from Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long of Chicago and Kale Island, who are now traveling in Florida. ' Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Macy enter(Gontiawod «• Last Pegs)

WARSAW IS DOWNED BY BEAVERDAM — Syracuse Cut Out of v Tourney in SemiFinals. Beaver Dam’s team i crushed Warsaw s s much vaunted zone , defense to win the county championship in the finals of the sectional basketball tournament, 42 to 26, ' Saturday night in the armory in Warsavif. In the semi-finals, played Saturday , afternoon Beaver Dam defeated Syracuse 31 to 28 and Warsaw throttled the big Mentone team 26 to 19. The results pf these games placed Warsaw and Beaver Dam in the finals Sturday night. SyrcUse came up to the semi finals * by winning from Silver Lake and Leesburg. The game with Silver Lake Friday morning was hardly a workout for Coach Beck’s boys; They won 40 to 12. Coach Beck used his reserves freely during the game, keeping his regularis on the bench to save their strength for future, games. Syracuse-Leesburg. On Saturday morning the Syracuse boys were forced to extend themselves |to win from Leesburg, 30 Co 27. ,At the end of the first half of this game, the score was: Syracuse 18; Leesburg 16. During the first hzlf Beck did most of the scoring, making 6 jfield goals and two free throws. The Leesburg Reserves were sent into the game when the second * quarter was half over, and came within two points pf overcoming the 8 point lead which Syarcuse had when these boys were sent on the floor. The Leesburg Reserves were used in the third quarter of the game and went ahead 21 to 18. Syracuse overcame that lead before the quarter was over, however. fn the fourth quarter; when the '! Leesburg regulars were sent back in- t to the game they tied the score 26 all. Two field goals by Beck and' a free throw by a Leesburg player ended the scoring and the game was won b;r Syracuse. Syracuse-Beaver Dam Beaver Dam players, winners of (Continued on page 4) . BOARD ASKS LIGHT RATES ELSEWHERE Members of the town board and Warren T. Colwell, town attorney, left Wednesday morning on a trip, to make comparions of electric rates in ' Ligonier, Avilla and Bourbon as compared with existing in Syracuse. i y This investigation has long been planned for the town board has beep placed in the predicament of agreeing t<j pay for something and then having the money provided for that purpose taken away from them. Last summer the board made a new ' contract with the Northern Indiana Service Co., for street lighting, and made provision in .their budget, for paying the amount agreed upon. Later the county tax I adjustment board arbitrarily cut down the amount of their budget, saying that the street lighting was too high. Then there has been dissatisfaction over the adjustment that the N. I. P. S. Co., gave last summer on all lighting. The discontent was brought to a head Tuesday night when H. W. Buchholz asked permission of the town board'to remove the light over the B. & O. R. R. crossing on So. Main street, stating that the light interferred with people seeing the bliuk«rs at the crossing, and that the light was not necessary. Upon investigation the town board found; that the contract with the electric company calls for a specified number of lights with the B. & O. railroad agreeing to pay for the three which are at the railroad crossings within the limits of the town. t w After some discussion the opinion of ths board was that if this light is taken out at the Main street crossing the same number of lights yrill have to be paid for, as the specified 'in the contract. The town, therefore, would have to pay for, one more light, and the B. & 0. railroad for one Jess. They agreed that the light over the Main street crossing cuts down the efficiency of the blinkers, and that it should be removed. Permission will be asked of th* utility company to remove the light and place it over the intersection of Main and Boston streets.

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