The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 May 1933 — Page 1

jnisfifcK by Arthur Brisbane HITLER MARCHES ON FAREWELL GOLD WHAT IS GOOD MONEY? MUMBLING IN WASHINGTON

Dispatches from Berlin report that Hitler is to; have his way in control of Germany’s churches, Protestant and Catholic. Catholic bishops, according to reports, conclude that it is futile tc oppose the trend of nationalisation and they will unite in a proclamation retracting all existing measures in force against the Naxis. Doctor Kappler, head of the German Evangelical Church announces: “Work will immediately begin on the creation of a new churgh constitution. Protestantism there with begins a new era. The German church is determined to hear the cell of the hour and give the united people a united church. ” Hitler continues his onward march to absolute power. Born in Austria, he is a Catholic; Hindenburg is i Protestant. The big news important to th< whole world tells you that Canad: has gone off the gold basis, officially. Canada practically abandone4 it lont ago when it forbade gold exports. The Canadian finance minister putt it gently, “Canada has halted the re demption of dominion notes in gold. ’ • Gold is abandoned; its Inst great ■ stronghold is France. How long wit ; France stick to “too dear money?” The financial world asks, “What is money?” “What is real value?’ One thing is certain—a lump oi gold hidden away in the treasury it not “real value.” Money is some thing used for convenience in trad ing, something with which you can buy what you want, if you are abH to pay for it. And bear in mind that whateyei the United States calls “money” wil always be good money, unless w< play the fool and print money reckleealy. The United States people will learr little by little what all the mutterin: and mumbling in Washington i. ’ about. Facee of foreign gentlemen as they leave, will tell us somethin David Lawrence suggests a plat to concentrate all gold. Uncle Sam' included, in an international bank i> Switzerland. Then “the legsl rath (back of paper money issued) copit be reduced to 20 per cent. Uncle Sam could then imagine himself on the gold basis, presumably, although he wouldn’t h*ve any gold. And Mr. Stalin of Russia, when he got around to it, with his airplane fleet sufficiently devel oped, might se out through the air, headed for Switzerland, with an object worth' while. If you have any gold hoarded, exceeding SIOO in. amount, you are li able to a SIO,OOO fine, or 10 year* imprisonment, or both. You might -call that being really off the gold basis, as regards American- citizens. They hope that foreign nation* will not be allowed to draw from Washington the gold that is considered too good for ordinary America,’ but" they would not bet on 4t. Britain evidently expects substantial good to come of MacDonald’s visit, not merely “friendly talk” but good cash results. The British budget for 1933-34 ar presented to the house of commons, leaves out any provision for paying anything to America. Under the debt agreement which scaled down obligations, England j should pay to Uncle Sam, in the . coming year $193,000,000, at the present rate of exchange amounting to 81,000,000 pounds. * If Premier MacDonald can talk us out of that, at other intelligent foreigners have talked us out of other things, England will be much obliged. The “Chinese Swastika Society” (you wonder what that «, any connection with the German branch), | has contributed 100,000 Chinese dollars, silver, and the Japanese Red Cross has contributed 10,000 yen to earthquaker sufferers in southern California. Such sincere good feel-1 ing is appreciated, but many in California and elsewhere feel that this country, in spite of its troubles, should be able to get along without foreign help. China especially, with thousands dying of starvation every year, should not contribute to a country in which the most serious problem is how to distribute “too much of everything.” Jacob Rapport, whose brewing business dates hack to early days in New York, demands, wisely, that the sale of beer be kept separate from that of whisky and other “intoxicating liquors” in the interest of permanent temperance and national welfare. Mr. Ruppert says: . “The saloon was the Frankenstein which forced the brewers into a false position.* The important thing in Europe at present is the effort of Mussolini, in need of time to build up his people ami their prosperity, to establish a four-power “club* to compel peace. Italy, France, Germany and England in a four-power pact would guaraataa the peace of Europe.

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ONE DROWNS IN WAWASEE THREE SAVED Tragedy Happens on Sunday; Result of Fishing Party. One man, Howard Hixon,. 34, of Bluffton, was drowned, and three friends, Harold Ivens, Morris Mc2ray and Elmer DeVoe also of Bluff - .on, were rescused from the waters it Lake Wawasee, at noon Sunday. The party of fishermen and their wives bad arrived at the Chester Vanderford cottage t at Sand Point, Sunday morning, and the men rented two boats, to go fishing. Ivens tnd Hickson were in one boat and .he other two men in the other boat, doth were row boats equipped with outboard motors. I The high wind Sunday had whipped the waves of Wawapee until they were higher than they ever had beer. ; n the memory of long time resi- j lents of the lake district. j According to McCray, the two boats were about half way between Ogden’s Island and the South Shore Inn when he saw the boat of Ivens tnd Hixon had capsized. They hur- j . ted to their friends’ assistance, and ■vhen they reached Ivens, he caught hold of one side of their boat and tried to climb ift, and the boat tipped and filled with water and it urned over. McCray explained, they never saw Hixon, who, however, was ,aid to have been a good swimmer. People on the shore, among these vanderford, Mr. and Mrs. S. Cj Jibson, J. H. Butler and Joe Mougan, who live at Sand Point had een the accident. Butler telephoned to Bishop’s Wa-A-asee Marine Ways, to M. W. Macy at the Wawasee Slip, asking :or speed boats to rush to the aststance of the men clinging to the overturned boat, which was beaten ■ by high waves. Bishop's had no boat out just then, i rut the Slip had one in the water, i tnd Macy hurried there, after tell- j ng Butler to telephone to the Ralph feetor cottage as Mr. Teeor was en-; ert&ining a party of friends over ; he week end and his speedboat was tit the cottage. Butler did this, and Leslie Davis, Lothair Tector, Macy ’Teetor and Howard Marlott of Hagerstown hurried in Ralph Teetor’s speed boat to i he overturned boat, and rescued; he three inen clinging there, and 1 he men were taken to the Vanderford cottage. Ivens was io chilled and near exhaustion that he doctor was called and he was put to bed at once. Macy arrived at the scene of the; accident a few moments after the Teetor boat. He was accompanied by Dan Teetor, C. W. Howard and Chajrles Drudge. He found some of Hie fishing tackle, and continued cruising up and down the lake with grappling hooks in the vicinity of .he tragedy, trying to find the two boats and the man’s body. After one o'clock, in the afternoon they discovered one upturned boat, not far from (he Vanderford cottage at Sand Point, the .-wind had drifted it from halfway across the lake. Hixon is survived by his wife, who was at the lake at the time of the tragedy, his mother, who lives in Bluffton, and a sister who lives (Continued on Last Page) WIN IN TRACK EVENTS Members of the Syracuse track team, and Goahen’s held a practise meet in Goshen, Tuesday afternoon. Harry Stone won both the mile race and half mile; Charles Beck was third in the low hurdles and in the 440; and Joe Freeman was third in the high jump. Stone, Beck, Bill Osborn, Ralph Thornburg, Voyte Osborn and Kingsley Pfingst plan to go to Elkhart, May 13 where they will enter races representing Syracuse in the district meet which is to be held there that day. —.—.—o— — MORE MUSHROOMS When Mrs. Roy Brown was cutting the grass of their lawn, Monday she found 58 mushrooms growing there. j George Colwell went out mush- ; room hunting yesterday, and returnled heme with a basket full. Mrs. Fred Clark and Mrs. Steve jFlnton went mushroom hunting, Tuesday. They took large paper sacks with them and found IV pounds of mushroom* each. Mrs. Dan Wolf reports a meal with mushrooms at the center of interest Monday, as does Mrs. Estes Clayton. . > -iuw.v&v- . -

i — CURRENT EVENTS . • • April 26. According to newspaper* reports, President Roosevelt was preparing to send to Congress a res- ; olution on the war debts to grant a moratorium on payments until after the London economic conference. | Free coinage of silver was written into the administration’s monetary inflation legislation by the senate. Senator Robinson of Indiana offered an amendment to the bill to pay the war veterans bonus out of the proposed $3,000,000 new currency. Unpaid Chicago teschers launched raids on loop banks and demanded $30,000,000 in back pay. The riot was quelled by unpaid policemen. The Prime minister of Great Britain and the President issued a joint statement in which they named six specific points bearing on revival of world trade and which they explored as a step toward definite agreement among the ■ nations at the economic conference. They are: 1. Raising of the level of commodity prices by simultaneous economic and riionetarary action. This was taken as including world inflation and also production control agreements affecting the major surplus products. 2. Freeing world trade from its entanglement of excessive tariffs, quotas, exchange" restrictions and the like. 3 Adequate expansion of credit through concerted action of central banks. 4. Action by the various governments designed to stimulate business enterprise and capital expenditures. 5. Re-establishment, of an iriternational monetary standard “when circumstances permit” which will be without the defects developed in the past. 6. Improvement of the price of silver, with a particular eye to increasing trade with tne Orient. April 26. Dispatches from Russia claimed that plans have been made by Japan for the seizure of the Chinese Eastern railroad in which Russia is interested. April 27. A crowd of farmers at LeMare, lowa, mobbed - District Judge Charles C. Bradley, after he refused to swear that he would sign no more mortgage foreclosures. The mob slapped him, put a rope around his neck and suspended him for an instant, put grease on him, and put dirt in his pants. He probably saved his life by a simple prayer in which he said, “O, Lord, I pray Thee, do justice to all men." Joseph Colt Bloodgood, assistant professor of surgery at John Hopkins university and cancer expert, in a lecture at Hammond, Indiana, aaid that cancer is preventable. The President was voted the power by the Senate to reduce the gold i content of the.dollar by 50 per Cent. Carter Glass, democratic senator from Virginia attacked the provision saying that it was immoral and a contravention of his party platform. The House amended the home mortgage bill to permit the government to purchase outright a small home owners’ equity in his property for not more than 30 per cent of its valuation and also changed thej language of the bill to read: “Not exceeding 5 per cent" so that the J rate can be lowered. During the de- j bate Representative Frank Hancock, ! (Democrat, N. C.) declared: “I am | tired of being led by a ring through my nose. I’m all for the administration and I’m even willing to be (Continued on Last Page)

185 GUESTS ATTEND ANNUAL PARTY OF SYRACUSE ALUMNI

Approximately 150 were expected to attend the annual alumni party, Saturday night, but 185 guests came. The reception was held upstairs, and then all went to the gymnasium where the potluck supper was served cafeteria style. The Lutheran Ladies Aid had charge of arranging tables and cleaning the room after the party. The address of welcome was by Wallace Baugher, president of the alumni, then the response was made by Joe Kindig as president of the Senior class. Spencer Heerman was toastmaster. This year’s class of 30 members was the largest ever to graduate from the Syracuse High school. The business meeting followed, ( and Joe Kindig was elected president of the alumni for the coming year, Spencer Heerman is vice president and Miss Harriet Bachman, secretary-treasurer. It was voted to hold a banquet next year. “Baby Alumni” in this year’s class are: Maxine Holloway, Katherine Kern, Charles Beck, Maurice Crow

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1933

ON TIME Yf igraaK' * Tillman Coy — Nelson Auer Nelson Auer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Auer, and Tillman Coy Jf., son of Mr. and ;Mrs. Tillman Coy last week completed seven years in school without missing a day or being tardy. On being promoted to the Eighth Grade they both received honor certificates of attendance.

HOXOR ROLL NAMES ANNOUNCED FOR H. S. The High School semester honor roll, including names of those with the average of “B” or better in their studies and deportment, and who have neither been absent or tardy is as follows: Seniors: Joe Kindig. Juniors: None. Sophomores: Willodean Mock, Robert Ott. Freshmen: Laura Bachman, Carma Parkhurst and Marjorie Slabaugh. Eighth or Seventh Grade: None. For the last month of school those named on the honor roll included: Seniors: Harriet Bachman,- Joe Freeman, Joe Kindig. Juniors, James Freeman, Gwendolyn Stucky. Sophomores, Willodean Mock, Voyle Osborn. Freshmen jr Laura Bachman, Pauline Hibschman, Christian Koher, Marjorie Slabaugh, George Bill Smith. Eighth Grade: Lucy Bachman, Robert Strieby. Seventh: Eileen Tom. Fifth Grade Honor roll for the last month of school, omitted from last week’s list included: Betty Baugher, Dorothy Crouch, Dorothy Edwards, Billie Emerson, Monabell Firestone,. Mary Galloway, Jeanette Geiger, Betty Rosezelle, Scott Jay Hollptt, Corlyss LeCount, Thurlow Mock, Philip Reidenbach. Betty Baugher is champion speller for the Fifth Grade this past year. She did not miss one word in spelling during the year in either weekly of semester tests. Joe Freeman was awarded the scholarship key, at Commencement exercises last week, because during Senior year, he has had 46 A’s in his school work, 6 B’s and IC. —o INJURED BY TRUCK Mrs. Amanda Xanders, long time resident of, Lake Wawasee is in the West Side Sanitarium at York, Pa., recovering from injuries received in an accident. The accident occurred in Lancaster, Pa., when a truck backed into Mrs. Xanders, who had stepped from the curbstone to start across a street. She suffered no broken bones, fortunately, but was badly bruised and shaken.

and Richard Miller. Katherine Kern is the first one to graduate from Syracuse High School having both parents alumni of the school. It was brought out that during the year three alumni members had died Thomas Clayton, class of 1932, Wilma Miller, class of 1926 and Mrs. Emory Kindig, class of 1895. At this time it was also announced that Alice Coy, now Mrs. James Russell is the first member of the class of ’33 to be married. Following the supper end business meeting, music furnished by Miss Olive Baugher, Miss Janice Rapp, Ned Harley and Ernest Bushong, as well as radio music and dancing were enjoyed. Among the alumni and guests from out-of-town who attended the party were: Mr. end Mrs. Ferrel Ott, Martha Hutsell, Rath Lundy and Harold Shock of Ligonier; Mr. end Mrs. Eugene Hooping&rner, Martha and Edna Leacock of Chicago; Mrs. B. B. Morgan, Miss Hannah Sharp Milford; Robert Morgan, Chesterton; Frederick Tleery, Dick Piper end (Continued on Last Page) -

BOARD VETOES NEW ELECTRIC RATES At its meeting Tuesday night, the Town Board signed a new contract with the Northern Indiana Public Service company for street lighting, but refused to sign the proposal which: the company had offered, which; applied to residential and commercial rates within the town. The new contract for street lighting will save the town $566.20. The town board will ask the company to change two more ornamental lights, besides those which already have been cut out. These are the one oh Huntington street at the rear of Bachman’s store, which is to be eliminated, and the one at the rear of the former Jet White store, also on Huntington, wfiich is to be eliminated. . With these two cut out, the board plans to have the light in front of the library and the one on Huntington at the corner of Pearl and Huntington, burn at night. No changes have been made in the overhead lighting system •, since those mentioned at the last board meeting, but it is expected that some ’chafiges will be made as there have been several complaints made with the board since these lights were removed. Members of the board will appear at the next -Chamber of Commerce meeting to ask for support in their fight for lower rates on commercial and residential lighting. The board believes that the optional rates offered by the company are not appreciably lower for residential lighting, and in the higher amounts in commercial use, the fates are even higher, they claim.

225 OF 539 PUPILS RIDE SCHOOL HACKS According to the report that Court Slabaugh, principal of Syracuse schools made to the county superintendent, at the close of this year’s work, 539 pupils were enrolled in the school here this past year. Os this number, 225 were transported to and from school in buses. Os the 539 enrolled, 276 were boys and 263 were girls. There were 51 enrolled in the First Grade; 48 in the Second; 50 in the Third; 45 in the Fourth; 56 in the Fifth; 40 in the Sixth; 51 in the Seventh; 36 in the Eighth; making a total of 377 in the Grades. 7 In High School there were 55 enrolled in the Freshmen class, 46 in the Sophomore; 27 in the Junior and 34 in the Senior, making a total of 162. Thirty graduated this year, the largest class in the history of Syracuse schools. Os the pupils transported in buses 120, attended the elementary school and 105 attended High School. There were 160 school days from Sept. 2, 1932 to April 26, 1933. The total days attendance of all pupils was 76,749 5-12. The tota) days absence, by all pupils was 2880 7-12. The average daily attendance was 479.6. The number neither tardy or absent was 108. One boy was transferred from Syracuse High School to another school, and one girl. There were two boys and two girls tansferred into Syracuse Elementary school, and four boys and five girls .into Syracuse High School during Ahe year. 0 SETTLED OUT OF COURT The case of Ben Shaeffer vs Mrs. Carrie Reynolds Summers, concerning the right of cottagers to the control of waters in front of their summer homes, being tried last week in Columbia City, was settled out of court, agreealy- to both parties. Roy Brown, John Walton, Tom Ewing and Dr. Rogers of Ft. Wayne were among those called to testify the first day of the trial. The second day it was settled out of court, and it is said it was decided that the party in question could have the boathouse cleaned out but must use a sandsucker, not • dredge as this spoiled the other’s property. The agreement, made, it is said, was that Mrs. Summers would stand the expense of the trial. 0 B. & O. ROBBED The cash drawer of the baggage room of the B. & O. station was robbed last Thursday between 6:30 and 8:30 p. m. The sum of $9.63 was stolen. The lock on the door to the baggage room was broken, the door damaged when this was done, and thieves gained entrance this way. o FORECLOSURE SUIT Esten Kline has filed suit for foreclosure of mechanic’s lien against Lenna Lane in circnit court. The plaintiff aaks a judgment at 81,650.

DO YOU REMEMBER—i L_i 2# Years Ago. When those who formed the faculty of Syracuse High school were: Gladys Kinsey, Minnie Branham, Preston Miles, Jane Haven and C. C. Bachman? * * * 15 Years Ago When receipts from a series of Red Cross parties totalled $43.25, accordiing to Mrs. Bowser, chairman? J: • : •’ • • 1® Years Ago When Mrs. Greeley Yoder fell and broke her leg? * * • 5 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Miss Alice Benner and Reed Place of Goshen? joN LAKE WAWASEEj Lothair Teetor, Macy Teetor, Donald Teetor, Herman Teetor, Dan Teetor, Willard Stahr, Leslie Davis Wallace Harkrader, Hal Keeling, Dewey Bookout, Rufus Austin, George Kaegh, George Stoat, Howard Marlett, Roy Paton of the Perfect Circle factory in Hagerstown, and Russell Martin, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Tipton were guests of Ralph Teetor, last week end at his home, to enjoy the last two days of fishing before the season closed. They had excellent luck Saturday, and had all the fish they could eat for breakfast, Sunday morning, according to Mrs. A. W. lynerson, who cooked them for the party. Several men of the party assisted in the rescue of the fishermen who nearly drowned, Sunday noon.

Fred G. Appel of Indianapolis, member of Eli Lilly’s 18th annual fishing party last week, won the “Dynamite Bill” cup for catching the largest fish of any member of the party. His was a 7H pound pike. At a meeting of the Kosciusko County Bar Association, L. W. I Royse, the president, named a comi mittee to, assist the program com- . mittee of the State Bar Association, [ which will hold a convention at I Lake Wawasee on July 6 and 7’ at i the Spink-Wawasee hotel. The committee is composed of Ezra Graham, Francis K. Bowser and Allan S. Widaman of' Warsaw. The Maxwelton Golf course formally opened Sunday with nine holes for play. By Decoration Day, according to the management, the other nine will be ready for play. Jock Taylor, who was at the course last summer and “Red” Davey, also from Massilon, 0., are the “pros” this year. Taylor will only be at the course week ends as he is managing a course in Ohio. According to Davey, 1 the course will offer numerous tournaments open to both men and. women. George Campbell Jr., who lives on the north shore caught als pound pike, Sunday, from the dock in front of their cottage. Miss Mary May Whitcomb of Clinton, Ind., a sister to Mrs. R. M. Pentreath, died Sunday, April 30, at the Pentreath residence in Clinton. She had a paralytic stroke on Dec. 10, 1932 and later, two more. Among those who spent the week end at the lake were: Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Mauer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gingrich of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Adams of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harwood of Marion, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farrell Jr., of Goshen, Collie Lamb of Payne, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bornman of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Lincoln returned home, Monday, to Columbus, after spending part of last week at the lake. Mrs. William Graham Sr., returned home to Bloomington last week, planning to .move back to the lake home within a month for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dale and daughter from Goshen entertained with a supper party at their cottage, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rogers of Anderson spent the week end at „the Summers’ cottage. Miss Grace Culler is working for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shaeffer in Goshen while Miss Myrtle Greider is enjoying six weeks vacation at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Vsn Cripe of Elkhart were Sunday evening calllrs at the Roy Brown- home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fishack of (Continued on Last Page)

DAMAGE DONE BY WIND AND HAIL STORM Part of Roof Taken From H. L. Bird’s Barn Sunday. Following a hail storm Sunday afternoon, and a miniature cyclone which took part of the roof off H. L. Bird’s barn on the road to the southside of Wawasee, Syracuse and the lake district were visited by an electrical storm Sunday night. J - The barn of William M. Jones, along the mill race here in Syracuse, and the house in which Mrs. Hattie Davis, lives, on Boston street, were struck by lightning that evening. The cyclone occurred late Sunday afternoon. »Mr. and Mrs. H. L. • Bird bought the Charles Harris home last summer just a short time | before it was destroyed by fire, then ! built a new home there. The barn 1 was not destroyed in the fire, but * they re-roofed it with sheets of cor- | rugated iron. Mrs. Bird and her mother, Mrs, Johnson started out to gather eggs, when the windstorm struck that section of the country. The heavy wind knocked both women from • their feet, and tore half the roof from the barn, carrying the sheets I of heavy metal as far as the marsh across the road from the house. One sheet must have hit the side of the j house in passing as there is a cut in i the wood framework, just a short distance below one of the kitchen windows. Several lake residents report seeing the cyclone making a swirl of | Lake Wawasee waters, some' reportj ing that the spiral was at least 60 feet in height. Lightning Strikes. Mrs. Davis’s home here in Syracuse was struck at 10:45 Sunday night. The clock in the house stopped instantly at that hour. The lightning struck the chimney on the west side of the house, knocking a | hole in the roof and hut ling bricks I out into the road. Mrs. Davis’s dauj ghter Viola was sleeping in the room directly beneath the portion of the roof which was struck. The noise awakened her and made her ear (Continued on Last Page) CHURCH TO HOLD 3RD ANNIVERSARY The Church of the Brethren will hold its third annual anniversary and homecoming services next Sunday \yith an all day meeting and basket dinner at noon. Sunday, School will open! at 10 a. m. Sermon at II a. m. by Rev, C. Metzler of Wakarusa. Dinner in basement at noon. Afternoon service will begin at 2 p. m. Among the speakers of the afternoon who will give short talks will be Rev. Otho Warstler, -Amsey Clem, Manly Deeter, Lee Cory, Mr,, I. P. Wyland and others. In s the evening at 7 p. m., Rev. Ezra Flory of New Paris will speak. Everybody who has been in any way connected with the church here at any time is urged to attend. The old church has been built for about half a century and was a prosperous congregation for many years, but like many other churches of that day and this, it gradually began to wane until it'was finally closed. It remained closed until in May, 1930, when there were only 10 members left and the church had been disorganized. Through the efforts of the Mission Board of Nortern Indiana, Rpv. and Mrs. J. Edwin Jarboe of Lincoln, Nebraska were procured to conduct a revival and see what could be done to revive the work. From the very first the interest began to grow and until the end of three weeks of earnest work, more than 60 new members were added to the church, the congregation was reorganized. Rev Jarboe was persuaded to remain as pastor. ( Rev. and Mrs. Jarboe are still in charge of the work. They have held three* more revival meetings. The present membership of the church numbers over 200, with one of the largest Sunday schools in the county. The average attendance for the four months of this year has been 241. Much remodeling, improving and general repairing has been done. AH departments of church and Sunday school work are well organized and doing splendid work. The workers are expecting an attendance of around 400 at the Sunday service. *

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