The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 July 1933 — Page 1

ftp Arthur Brisbane BETTER BABIES, MAYBE HOMEMADE LIGHTNING PROHIBITION DOOMED A BETTER EYE THAN OURS

In Germany the new broom is sweeping clean, with much new lawmaking, and sweeping away some things that will be missed later. The most recent announcement tells of a “Spartan eugencies code” which is to produce better German babies. Fathers and ipothers selected from the eugenic standpoint. Mothers are told to cease filling their brains with | useless education, and concentrate on j producing tine German-'children. Mod , ern Germany is to be inspired by the example of ancient Sparta. When a cowboy was offered oxtail soap he said, “That’s, going .a long way back for soup.” Going back to Sparta and Draco is going a U>ng way back for Inspiration. A new electrical machine called “Van Der Graaff's 10,000.000 electric j volt generator" is a very gm>d imitation of lightning. From the day when men shivered { and prayed to some red nosed idol when thunder crashed aed lightning dashed, tn this day, when men make lightning for their own purposes, is quite a changeibis new electrical generator will; make possible the sending of power over thousands of miles of wires, especially insulated. Doctor Compton, describing the ■great generator, **y* in future engineer will rule society, deciding what it shall and shall not do. In that the learned gentleman isj. mistaken. Fngineei • will rule engines. Human desires and inborn in- > niticls will rule society now us they did 1,000,006 yearn. ago- Neither wience nor Hiller can change that, j Prohibition is doomed apparently, and “the saloon is back already” as far •* x beer is concerned. Long, bars j with brass rails are numerous. The country will have two prob-' lems: First, how to control the army ' of criminals that prohibition and I bootlegging have created. Second, j how to deal with the whisky problem which will come buck in the open. I Education must do the latter. Compulsion has failed. Dr. Vladmir K.- Zworykins has in-1 rented “an artificial eye” expected to make television in the home practical! and inexpensive! With its help radio listeners will actually see those whom j they hear—singers, .talkers, prtxe fighters or actors. The artificial eye. far superior to the human eye, has 3,000,000 photo-1 electric cells in place of the millions | of rods and cones back of the human retina, the photo-electric cells so small they can I* seen only under a microscope. The rest of the world is very much interested in the important question: What will happen if all the nations abandon gold and the world suddenly finds itself without the old familial golden “yardstick of value”? One thing is certain, this country will suffbr, if at all. less than any other country. Money is “worth” what it will buy, and the American dollar will buy anything in the United States, which has more things worth buying than any other country. Also, more plentiful dollars -will continue to promote business and raise prices, which this country needs The greatest individual hoarder of gold in the world is said to be an Indian potentate, the Nizam of Hyderabad. whose ancestors accumulated a fabulous gold treasure, which he has increased. The British hope that he can be persuaded to deliver that gold to England in return for the extension of his rulership over Behar, which was formerly under his dominion and is craved by him. If he had his hoard in the United States It would be much simpler. He would be told to bring in the gold and take nice green paper Instead, and he would bring it. Herbert R. Wilkin, who to a Detroit banker of consequence, not a red Russian Bolshevist, made the Interesting statement that the closing of banks in Detroit was done by Wall Street powers “to get” Henry Ford. The accusation will Interest Mr. Cummings, the attorney general of the United States, and President Roosevelt. The financial gentlemen did not “get” Mr. Ford, an Undertaking not easy in the case of a [man with four or five hundred millions in cash on hand. But whoever engineered the closing of those Detroit banks, if anybody did, caused hardship, worry and loss to tens of thousands that did not deserve such treatment. The distinguished Mr. Pecora and the impartial and powerful attorney funeral might get more information from Banker Wilkin. Wheat that you could have bought a little while ago for 42 or 43 cents a bushel sold last week for one dollar on the grain market of Fort Worth, Texas. ° . Many farmers will welcome the battle cry: “Good-by, gold dollar! How do you do,, dollar wheat?"

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CITY PARK TO REPLACE DUMP HEAP C. of C. to Buy Lots and Change Filth to Beauty Spot. Al a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce late yesterday afternoon, it was decided to purchase the lots from Mrs. Ellwood George for a city park for $2,000. There will be no payments made for two years on either interest or piincipal, und the contract for payments will run for 10 years. The first definite step towards getting vid of the eyesore, the dump heap on Road 13 at the edge of Syracuse City limits and on Syracuse Lake was taken Friday evening when the Pai k coimniltee of the Chamber of Commerce met and verball) agreed to buy the lots comprising the dump heap, and in addition one half acre of ground across the road from the lots. The cost is to be $2,000. The terms agreed upon by the committee and Ellwood George, owners of the lots in question will be put into a contract which the Chatp her of Commerce were asked to sig n ala special meeting last evening. The terms of the contract are that the Chamber of Commerce agrees to buy the land', to pay the taxes and to improve the ground with the oh* jei t <>f making, a park which will eventually be turned over to the town. Ell wood George told the committee at the meeting Friday the terms of the payments; that the Chamber of Commerce will not have to make any payment on the principal for a couple of years if the group does not choose to. The interest on the principal will be 6 per cent which will not have to be paid for two years. The purchase of the lots was decided upon by the committee following years of agitation Seve al years ago it was proposed that the town buy the dump heap but the proposition met such opposition from the town board that the matter was dropped. Club women appeared before the board at that time and urged that the unsightly ground be changed. Later the town’s finances attained such a sad condition the hope of making, a park was despaired of until this'spring when W. E. Long of Kale bland and Chicago, who does not care for such unsightly spots in his “home town,” made an offer to pay SSOO towards making the dump into a park. Since then negotiations have been going on quietly, and these culminate ed in the action of the committee Friday evening. On this committee are: Ralph Thornburg, Ross Osborn, Harry Porter, W. T. Colwell, Dr. C. R. Hoy and W. E. Long with Roscoe Howard as chairman.

- o XANDERS MAY BE NAMED COUNTY ATTORNEY The choice of the next county attorney lie* between George Xanders > of Syracuse and George Bowser of Warsaw, since Frances Bowser, former county attorney has accepted the position Os deputy district attorney for the Northern Indiana federal district. He is expected to move from Warsaw soon, to South Bend. Xanders, the Syracuse attorney, is mentioned as most likely to be selected as the County attorney, to take care of the legal work of the county and the county commissioners, but no announcement as to tin* choice has yet i>een made. — . MARRIED IN JUNE In order to be married in June, on June 30lh at 11:30 p. m. a couple came to the home of Rev. John Pettit and asked him to. perform the ceremony. The reason for the late hour was that the grOom was working iu St. Joe, Mich;, and had to drive here after work. The bride had been working for Mrs. M. .. D. Ruple at Waveland Beach, and Mrs. Ruple and Mr., Archer attended the couple during the ceremony. And just before midnight on the last day of June, Miss Mabel Shaw of Bluffton became the bride of Homer Flowers, formerly of Bluffton. They left immediately for their new home in St. Joe, Mich. TRUSTEES DECIDE ON AGE FOR BEGINNERS Children, whose sixth birthday occurrs after October sth, will not be admitted to township schools, according to a now ruling passed Tuesday at a meeting of the Koaciuako County Board of Education in Warsaw.

GOLF BALL BREAKS CAR’S WINDSHIELD — - -■ 1 An unusual accident occurred Monday, fortunately without serious results. Glenn LeMar Stoelting was driving his father’s car. Dr. O. C. Stoelting was sitting in the front seat and his son Jack was seated between his father and brother. The car was traveling towards the Spink-Wawasee hotel between Sargent’s and the Wawasee Golf Course dub hbuse, when Carl Knab of Dayton, 0., driving off No. 1 tee, hooked the ball and it left the golf course and on to the road and crashed through the windshield of the Stoelting car. Only Jack, aged 10, seated in the center of the machine was injuied. The broken glass cut three slashes in his head just above his temple and just missing his left eye. Both the golfer and Don Perry, pro from the course rushed to the road to learn the extent of the damage, but Dr. Stoelting said that fortunately' the accident was not serious. FAMILY HAS ITS SAXOPHONE BAND 4 Mr. and Mrs. Walker White and six children are now the White ensemble of musicians who play at various meetings, und always at the >ei vices at the Episcopal church at Vawtei Park. Sundays. Mr. White plays a saxophone measuring almost five feet in length. His wife’s is somewhat smaller, and each <*f the children plays a “sax" in size lessening as the height of the row in which they stand decreases to Mary, pupil of the Second Grade whose saxophone is the smallest. The ages of the children of the family vary from seven to 17 years. They play under the direction of Vern McDermott, and havs in addition to appearing at the first service this summer at the Vawter Park church, appeared at Howe, Ind. This appearance was at the church conference of the two Indiana dioceses of the Episcopal church held last week at Howe. Last Wednesday evening the White ensemble played during the dinner, and then followed with the performance of this 8 piece saxophone clown band. The last Wednesday of July the Whites are to play at the Rotary club luncheon in South Bend at the Oliver hotel. In the morning they will broadcast from the South Bend radio station. The names of the members of the band are: Mr. und Mrs. White, Betty, Nancy, Walker Jr., Holbrook, Jack and Mary.

BIG ONE GOT AWAY George Colwell said last Thursday morning he had a bass on the book which looked to be at least two feet long, and must have weighed at least 10 pounds. He saw it when it jumped out of the water in an attempt to escape. He was fishing on the flats in Syracuse lake, and the bait was a home manufactured artificial one. The fish tossed its head and the wire snapped and the fish departed. But Colwell says he’s going to get him. Henry Sloan said that same (horning he had four lines broken by big fish who got away, Harley Lung was fishing on Wawasee, Monday, and claims he had a bass weighing at least 5H pounds hooked but It got away. Tuesday morning T. S. Hayes of Indianapolis, on vacation in on* of George’s cottages in Highland View Gardens, had a pike on hi* line so big it took most of the line with, it when it bcuke away. i ■ — — ■ - ■■ HAROLD HOEFLINGER IS TAKEN TO REFORMATORY Harold Hoeflinger, 24, who was sentenced to a term of two to 14 years at the state reformatory on a charge of conspiring to commit bank mbbefy in robbing the State Bank of Syracuse, on April 19, was taken to that institution Monday by Sheriff Harley D. Person. WIND DAMAGES WIRES High wind on Monday caused two wires to cross and the insulation to be burned off one electric wire on Front street, about half a block in length. Many of the residents went out to look at the burning wire. Wind damaged wire* in town and in the vicinity Sunday and Monday. HURT WHILE BATHING Margaret Mil**, aged 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Mites cut her foot on a raft in Syracuse lake, Monday, and was brought to the doctor. It required several stUchM to cloee the eut.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY JULY 4, 1933

ON LAKE WAWASEE* W. E. Long is chairman of the committee of bakers appointed in Chicago to draw up a code of fair competition required by the Industrial Control Act, for the approval of the mass meeting of bakers to be held in Chicago this month. It seems certain that the price of bread will rise, as Hour now costs SI. 50 a barrel more, plus the 51.38 processing tax, effective next Saturday. Representing the South Shore Golf club, Louis Heerman and son Spencer, Reed Newcomer, Karl Freese, Jr., Bill Graham and Emil Deister Jr., will play a golf team from the Fairview Municipal course in Fort Wayne, Friday. „——' .More than 200 members of the Indiana State Bar Ajaa'ciation are expected to attend Jhe annual meeting of the organisation to be held at the Spink-Wawasee Hotel and Lake Wawasee Golf Club today and tomorrow. Among notables expected are Gov. Paul McNutt, R. Earl Peters and others prominent in civic and State affairs. Recreational activities include swimming, boating and a Golf Tournament to be played on the Lake W'awasee Golf course. A new feature has been added at Waco. Commencing next Tuesday, and on Tuesday and Friday nights thereafter, motion pictures are to be shown at Waco, In addition to the dancing there. R. B. Tuttle caught the 25 limit of blue gills, fishing one day last week in the big lake. Mr. and Mrs. George Talbot of Evansville are announcing the birth of a son Tuesday last week. Mrs. Talbot is the daughter of Mr. and Mis. William Graham, and the baby has been named John Graham for John Hoyts, and Mrs. Talbot’s family name. Thirty-five golfers played in the weekly blind bogey on the South Shore Golf course last Thursday. Following this dinner was enjoyed at the Rathskeller. Prizes in the golf were won by C. H. Brillhart; Glenn Warren, Henry Grieger, and Will Inks of Ligon tor. >* E. M. Ray from Berne, spending his vacation in Oakwood Park, and Charles Hartman, spending his at the hotel, started to go fishing on Wawasee despite the wind and waves, Monday morning. But the boat tipped, and Ray was thrown into the water and Hartman had'to pull him out. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibner and Mr. and Mrs. George Feldman from South Bend spent this week in the Hogan cottage. Bob Stone from Chattanooga, Tenn., guest of Jac Conley, alarmed his friends by starting to swim across Wawasee, Sunday afternoon, after the wind had whipped ths water into waves. He was halfway across before discovered and then his friends followed and caught him, using the Jones speedboat. He refused to give up, and completed his swim across the lake. Mrs. William Etoeniohr and Mrs. William. Weuuner of Indianapolis entertained their sons and wives at the South Shore Inn over the week end and holiday. Gerald Henwood commenced working at Solt’s grocery, Friday, and will work in Edward Schlecht’s place while he, as basketball coach of North Webster High attends school at North Manchester collage for 10 days. Sixty-four Rotarians from Warsaw and their wives enjoyed a dinner party at the South Shore Inn. Friday evening. Swimming, golf and bridge were enjoyed during the afternoon and Ding Swartz's orchestra furnished music for the banquet. The windstorm last week tore out Collie Lamb's boat house, and a door off J. S. Farrell's garpge. ' Jack Burke and family from Chicago are spending the month of July in the Brunjes cottage. Mrs. James Preston Smith of Indianapolis entertained four guests at s dinner party at the Spink-Wawa-see, Tuesday evening. Another dinner party that evetting was Mrs. Abe Meyer’s from Ligonier. ' She entertained six. Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin from Fort Wayne spent the holiday at their summer home. Mr. and Mrs. Marquise and children from LaGrange spent the week end and holiday at the White cottage. Mies Barbara Jones, Miss Florence Brock, Mbs Louise Hooper. Mtoo Betty White, Mbs Dorothy Johnson, (Continued on page 2)

TODD SAYS CANT IDENTIFY HAMMON WARSAW, Ind. ,—When Mr. and Mrs. Everett Todd, of Warsaw, failed to recognize Stanley Hammon, 32, and Howard Angel, 34, both of near North Webster, as the men from whom they obtained liquor. Mayor C. C. Dußois dismissed the charges of selling alcoholic beverages without licenses, which had been filed against the two North Webster men in affidavits signed by Everett Todd. Hammon and Angel were arrested June 18, by Sheriff Harley D. Person and Chief of Police' Frank Lucas. The two men are alleged to have sold a gallon of liquor to Everett Todd. On June 18 Mrs. Todd was arraigned before Mayor C. C. Dubois in city court and entered a plea of guilty to a charge of selling “John Doe” liquor., Officers refused to reveal the name of hte buyer. After further questioning, Mayor Dußois withheld Mrs. Todd's sentence until a later date and she was released on her own recognition. The trial of Hammon and Angel was continued until Monday morning. Brubaker and Rockhill, defense counsel for the two men, filed motions to quash the affidavits. The motions were overruled by Mayor C. C. Dußois and when the defendants entered a plea of not guilty, Everett Todd, the main state witness, was ordered to take the stand. When asked by Prosecuting Attorney Seth Rowdabaugh as to whether he knew the two men as Stanley Hammon and Howard Angel, who were sitting in the court room, Todd denied that he had ever seen them, although he admitted that, he had purchased liquor from a man he knew as “Stanley Hammon.” When he was asked if he had not made a sworn statement against the two North Webster men, the defense council objected on the grounds that “the witness is not compelled to testify against himself.” Mrs. Todd was then a>ked to take the stand and testified that she had given the officers the liquor in her home. She said she “did not get it” or know where it came from. She said that she did not go with her husband on his trips and did not know the man who appeared at their home on Saturday the night of June 17th and gave her the-liquor. When Mrs. Todd was asked if she had talked with anyone about the case she said “no, no one but my attorneys, Rockhill and Brubaker.” Mayor C. C. Dußois then asked Mr. and Mrs. Todd is they knew the two men in court, Hammon and Angel, and both denied ever having seen them. Mayor C. C. Dußois dismissed the case against both of the defendants, but refused to pass on the motion of Brubaker and Rockhill to change Mrs. Todd’s guilty plea to one of not guilty. Following the dismissal of the cases against the two North Webster men, Mr. Todd entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possession of liquor and was fined 375 and costs by Mayor C. C. Dußois. The total amount assessed against him is SBS. The action against Mrs. Todd, who entered a plea of guilty but who was not sentenced, will be dismissed.

LIGHTNING HITS BARN j A small barn on the Carl Gawthrop farm was destroyed by fire when it was struck by a bolt of lighning early Sunday morning. Neighbors discovered the fire and called the Milford fire department, which arrived too late to save any of th* contents of the barn. Although there was no one living on the farm, the barn contained new farm implements. The loss was estimated at about SSOO and wts covered by insurance. o HAVE PARTY THURSDAY Last Thursday evening Mrs. C. W. Howard, Mrs. Merton Meredith and Mn. Eloise Klink entertained with a bridge party. Guests met first at Mrs. Howard’s home in Pottawatomie Park to enjoy a swim in Syracuse Lake. Then they were taken to Mrs. Meredith’s home where dinner was served; and then to the home of Mrs. Klink where bridge was played. Four tables were in play and prizes were won by Miss Helen Jeffries and Mn. Harry Grieger. 0HORSES SPILLED FROM TRUCK A truck containing two horses, upset and threw them into a ditch at the railroad crossing on Main street, Tuesday morning. The truck was coming from Milford. When the driver attempted to make the turn with the truck, the horses were thrown to one side and this upaet the machine. The horses were not injured to any extent. The name of the driver could not be learned.

| DO YOU | REMEMBER—i : I 29 Years Ago. When two saloon licenses were granted in this township, one to the Wawasee Inn and one to B. A. Holton in Syracuse, after the township being dry for 8 years? ( ea a 15 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Vera Hire and Henry Greider; of Bertha McClintic and J. E. Craned 'a a « Ten Years Ago When Eugene Boyts was confined to his bed several weeks with rheumatism following an operation? • • • J 5 Years Ago. When the town of Syracuse petitioned taxpayers for authority to issue $5, bOO in bonds for the improvement ip the water system? I CURRENT EVENTS [ I— : I June 27. California and West Virginia voted to repeal the 18th amendment. Sixteen states have now voted to end prohibition. Professor Raymond Moxley, assistant secretary of state arrived in London, in the midst of another crisis which threatened to wreck; the economic conference. The crisis arose over the refusal of the U. S. to stabilize currency and the danger of France and other gold standard countries being forced off the world standard. The agriculture adjustment administration decided to apply a processing tax of 30 cents a bushel on wheat milling effective July 8. Applied to flour the tax amounted to $1.38 a barrel. Passing on the tax to the secondary processing, it is shown that the amount of the tax applied to a pound loaf of bread should hot be more than .438 cents The dollar slumped to a new low of 78.01 cents in gold. June 28. Judge Ryan of superior court in Indianapolis ruled that the state cannot -collect the gross sates tax on goods manufactured in Indiana and sold outside of the state. Between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 will be lost to the state of Indiana as the result of this ruling. Otto H. Kuhn admitted before the senate investigating committee that he paid no income tax for the years of 1830, 1931 and«?lß32. June 29. The European gold bloc, delivered an ultimatum to the world economic conference in which it declared that unless de facto stabilization of currencies was realized within one week the entire group would walk out of the conference in a body. Secretary of Navy Swanson stated that an agressive navy program had been adopted by the United States He said that the navy would be built up to a position “second to none in conformity with treaty provisions." June 30. Italy’s air armada of 35 seaplanes, manned by a crew of 100 started their first leg of their flight to Chicago. Professor Moley accepted formula for central banks to exercise control over exchange fluctuations. President Roosevelt reiterated opposition to government stabilization of the dollar. Federal reserve bank adopted a program to steady the dollar. Amendment to the cotlon textile manufacturer’s code which would give the government almost drastic control over the industry was placed in the code. One of the amendments adopted rawed the minimum wage scale to sl2 in the south and sl2 in the north. The government’s deficit for the fiscal year was one billion 870 million on its ordinary budget. The treasury also paid out one billion 260 million dollars through the reconstruction finance corporation bringing the total to more than 3 billion dollars. The accumulated deficits over the last five years is 5 billion 568 million dollars. Subscription of $1,800,000 of common stock, necessary to form the American National bank which will succeed the Fletcher American National of Indianapolis were completed. July 1. The Italian armada reached Amsterdam after successfully crossing the Alps. One of the flying boats capsized at Amsterdam. President Roosevelt rejected the European formula for the stabilixaI (Coatinaed an Last Page)

3 ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON THE FOURTH One Auto Wreck; and Two Injured by Firecrackers One automobile accident without serious results, and two injuries from firecrackers were the only accidents reported in this district, , on the Fourth. Tuesday about midnight, the car driven by Edward Ridley of Anderson, guest of Frank Remy, and that of Tillman Coy, driven by his son Arthur, collided on the road on the south side of the lake just in front of the Frank Wogoman home. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the , two machines were damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Ridley and Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, from Louisville, had driven from the Reiny home in the Chevrolet, to the Spink-Wu.wa-see to spend the evening, ! other j guests of Mr. Remy having gone there by boat. They were oh their , way home when the flivver sedan driven by Arthur Coy, accompanied; by Deraid Burket and Lyle By land, headed towards Syracuse approached. ‘The two cars collided head on, and Ridley turned the steering wheel in such way that the Chevrolet left the road, crossed the front yard and just missed the front porch of the Frank Wogoman home. No one was hurt and the parties in the accident returned to their homes leaving the machines / there until yesterday morning. Hurt By Fireworks. Burchard Day, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Monroe of Pickwick Park, had his right hand burned on the Fourth when a tire cracker exploded. He was given a shot of tetanus antitoxin to prevent lockjaw. Helen Zigler, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Vaughn of Lake Wawasee, was holding a three inch firecracker when it exploded. .It burst her first finger and burned the others of her right hand. o POULTRY HOUSE IS DESTROYED IN FIRE The poultry house on the Alfred Tom farm near New Salem was struck by lightning during the trical storm last Thursday night and was completely destroyed. More than 1,000 chickens were burned to death. Also a large number of ducks were burned and an incubator containing 7,000 hen eggs. Fire departments from Milford and Leesburg were called and prevented the fire spreading to the barn. The loss estimated at $2,u00 is partially covered by insurance. The chicken house was 30x125 feet, a two story structure. Equipment and feed valued at SIOO recently installed in the basement were destroyed. The farm is owned and operated by Dale and Russell Tom. HAVE RHEUMATISM Rheumatism is supposedly not contagious, but several people have been suffering wi|h it this past week. Among these are Miss Phyllis Moc|t« whose one arm was affected; Miss Genevieve Kitson, whose both arms are affected, and Roscoe Howard. He could not use his right arm from Saturday until Monday and carried it in u sling. It still puins him but seems to be improving. . o CAR CATCHES FIRE i When Mrs. Charles Miller, Lakeview Point, attempted to start. her 8 cylinder Nash, Friday morning, it backfired, and the air cleaner, filled with gas, caught fire. She and the friend who was visiting her managed to push the car out of the garage which is connected with the house, to keep the buildings from catching fire, and then they tried to extinguish the flames. It was Ross Franklin and the Waco crew to the rescue with a fire extinguisher and the flames were put out with little damage to the car. CATCHES BASS Miss Rosemary Carr, 8 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orval G. Carr, who last week was reported as catching a 14 inch bass, when she fished from the bridge on West Main street, on Monday afternoon this week went fishing again. She returned home with an 11 inch baas that day. Rosemary uses nightcrawlen for bait, and baits her hooks, too.

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