The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 July 1933 — Page 1

’JtiWiiK by Arthur Brisbane WILL STRIKES EVER END) EUROPE AWAKENING AMERICANS ARE SCARCER IRIGOYEN. FINE MEN Ten millions or more in the United | States are looking for work. In New | York 30,000 that had jobs making men's clothing and fur garments have quit on strike. Other thousands are expected to strike in other cities. In New York 300 policemen, as- ; signed to look after the strike, ex-1 press the opinion that they will have trouble. In Mussolini's country or in Hit-1 let’s this sort of strike would be ini- j possible. The will of the dictator, would prevent it. Perhaps away will be found here to substitute justice and fair arbitration for a dictator’s will and for dis-j astrous, costly 'strikes. Europe, following President Roosevelt's message to the effect that this • country will attend'to its own tin: ncial business, seems tv realize that the United States has resigned as paymaster and general factotum for lands across the Atlantic. J The Paris newspaper F.a Volante. meaning “The Will.” which has some importance, remarks that “Europe is 1 being pushed toward economic selfcontainment,” and thinks “the American attitude must open our eyes. ” It should <l<> so to some extent. Births are diminishing all over the the United States. In 1930 there were hardly enough births to make up for the deaths, and how, gccordint: the Metropolitan Life Insurance con pany, “with the further decline reg-1 isle red. we' have undoubtedly pttssed t the balance mark”. This means that Americans are dying more rapidly ’than they are being born. It is a pity. since this country could easily support ten times as | many people as it has now. i Hipolito Irigoyen is dead, one of the world’s great and useful men. He established the secret ballot in the Argentine republic, taking poli- • tic al power from a handful of land' owners exploiting the worker*, and transferring political power to the masses. The land owners huxe never) recovered it. He was twice elected President of the republic by overwhelming major- j ities, without ever making a speech or showing himself in public. He con-4 aide red himself the real President of the Aigentine to the day of his death! but he was old, past eighty, and glad' to escape routine and formality. He* died on a plain, white iron bed, in a small apartment. One son and two < daughters survive him. The solidly important news, tor America, comes from England. j Prime Minister MacDonald told Senator Couxens, American delegate: “Cancellations are pouring into northern industrial England front alii over the world. These cancellations are coming because of the cheap American dollar.” If those cancellations mean more orders for United Slates factories and farms and more work for United States workers, we shall regret Britain's loas, but not regret our | abandonment of the gold standard. Dignitaries representing the Cath-I olic church in Germany have warned Catholic priests against criticism of the German new rulers and new conditions, so that Hitler at prseent, j stands al the head of a Germany with only one political party, his own. And sb it is with the other dictators. Mussolini should be a man not easily surprised. He was a common soldier, badly wounded, and is now rul-l erof Italy’s army and navy. He was I a radical, as extreme as such a man could be. turned in that direction. ' How in Italy no radical dares to peep) Rising from misery and prison to a place higher than the throne which bo protects, Mussolini his ruled destiny and might say with Napoleon, . “Circumstances’ I make circum-) Stances!” - I But Mussolini was surprised when; Colonel Easterwood of the Texas American Legion told him that Texas had a woman governor. “What!” he exclaimed. “Can a s woman run a state? And do you like | bar?” Women have done well, ruling in- 1 directly and as actual rulers, and will do better, in future, than men’ have done. Elisabeth was as powerful a ruler as England ever had; Victoria ! was the most beneficial ruler of her country; Catherine, the German-born princess, made a great ruler of Russia. A ruler’s job is housekeeping on a big scale and women understand that. Robert Daru, chairman of a committee for the repression of racketeering, suggests making it a crime to pay money to racketeers. He thinks that would give business men a way to “shake loose from systems which they themselves initiated, greedily seeking special privilege and unfair advantage through intimidation." In the opinion of many that should know, national repeal will go through before the end of this year. If it happens t it will surprise many, including this writer, who did not beNeve it would be possible to find the necessary thirty-six states to vote fol* repeal.

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I WHEAT CROP I IS LOWEST SINCE 1893 — Production Estimated at 496 Million - ■ ■ Bushels. I* 1 I I r I Sensationally bullish crop reports !. ) that the grain trade has had in the last two weeks were more than con-j i tinned late yesterday by the month- j ly report of the United States bureau! :of agriculture. , ' I The bureau estimated the wheat j crop at practically 496 million bushels as of July 1 with a prediction should there be average weather during the rest ,of the growing season the crop would be the smallest since '1893. Production in that year was 396 million bushels <>r l^ l million ' bushels less than the present estil mate. ! ; There are 160 million bushels of spring wheat and 336 million bushels | ! of winter wheat. Will Need Reserve* On the basis of 496 million bushels ! for all wheat this yea: with, an esti- . mated consumption of 650 million bushels there is a deficit of 154 mil- , lion bushels a situation that has not existed in a great many years. The j loss <>f production compared with i consumption however, can easily l>e j - made up By drawing on reserves. ) .estimated at 350 million bushels. Corn production was estimated at i i 2,384 million bushels, w hich Would result in the crop falling below the 2,400 million bushels for the-fouith I time in 32 years. An estimated oats crop of 699 mil- ■ lion bushels was another striking -feature of the report, it being the | first lime tv fall below 700 million j bushels since 1897. The decline from last year Is 547 million bushels. The rye crop has been cut 15 mil* I lion bushels to a total of 25 million | bushels, and barley is estimated at i 170 .nullion bushels, a shortage of • 130 million bushels. Total production • <*ff the five grains is 3,774 million ' bushels, a decrease of 1,477 million bushels from the 1932 harvest. >< LOCAL GIRL WINS LU. SCHOLARSHIP I - ■ . ■. Miss Harriet Bachman, daughter )of Charles C- Bachman, graduate of the class of 1933 of the Syracuse High school, and Miss Catherine Froh, daughter of Fred Froh, grad-1 uate of the Pierceton High school | have won the two scholarships of- j sered by Indiana university to the' two Kosciusko county High school graduates’making the highest grades during the past four years. Both plan to enter the regular ’ Freshman class at the university next . fall. Miss Bachman, in addition to her regular school work and “honor roll”I mention as to grades, was editor of Ithe High school paper “High Lights, and associate editor of the year ‘book. She had the title part in the Senior class play, was a member of the i I High School Girls chorus, and won the spelling contest in 1930.. : MAY AMPUTATE LEG John DeFrees* of Milford, mor* 60 years old, had his leg slashed, arteries and veins cut, when he was caught in a threshing machine, yesI terday morning. DeFreese was in charge of th* I thresher which beionger to hits nephew, James Traster of Syracuse, and j i the work was being done on the Bob Chiiicote place near Leesburg. In : some way his leg. was caught in the separator and injured. News of the accident was immediately telephoned to Traster who had three threshing machines out, and the man was rushed to the Elkhart hospital. It is not known whether or not his leg will have to be amputated. w—- ■■ >■ O 11l ,■- ENTERTAINS CHURUBUSCO CLUB Mrs. L. L. Pefley recently entertained the Churubusco Bridge Club at the home of Mrs. Pefley’s mother, . Mrs. Elnora Wilcox. Members of the club who attended were Mesdamss: T. Isay, C. Ellis, V. Ort, M. Church, 1. Harris, E. McDermott, J. Eisman and G. Mettler. Guests of the club were: Miss Ursula Majors, Mrs. Robert Soest, Mrs. Sidney Ort and Mrs. Art Davidi son. Mrs. Sidney Ort received guest prise and Mrs. ! Church and Hrs. Ellie received first and second prise*.

YOUTH RELEASED FOLLOWING TRIAL Arrested and taken to the Warsaw jail, Friday, Harry Stone, 17, was brought into court before Judge Vander veer, yesterday. not reprej sented by any attoney. He plead guilty to the charge of conversion, but not to the grand larceny charge, and this last was dismissed on the motion of the prosecuting attorney. Stiwe was accused of stealing an j automobile belonging to Lyman j Stahl of Indianapolis, who with Paul Bailey, son of Rev. Joe Bailey, had parked the car in front of the Bailey property formerly known as the , Stough property. The car was tnissj ed May 30. ® Residents of Front street reported Ito the town marshal a car parked < ;on that street this past week. They had noted that the license number on the front of the car and on the rear did not agree. The car was taken to the garage ■of the Syracuse Auto Sales. That night the license plates were changed so that the ones belonging on the car were both on it, and the other two, which Stone admitted belonged jon his Ford were taken away. When j arrested he admitted changing the 1 plates. ( i Stone claimed he had found the rear deserted and used it. The two i charges, one of stealing the autimobile and the other of conversion of the property of another for hisi own use were filed against him. Stone said he found the car parked on a vacant lot near the old cement plant and decided to use it. I The charge of stealing w£s dis- | missed bn the motion of Prosecuting ; Attorney Seth Rowdabaugh yesterI day morning, and there was no finding or judgment entered against the boy. ♦ The prosecutor told the court of the boy’s environment and ambition to go away to school, and he was reieased upon his good behavior-. Stone was ordered by the court to report at definite times to the prosecuting attorney. He returned home yesterday afternoon. - o— — — STATE LAWYERS MET AT More than 200 lawyers attended the annual convention of the Indiana State Bar Association held at the Spink-Wawasee hotel last Thursday and Friday. Clarence E. Martin, president of the American Bar Association addressed the group on Thursday, and Fred Landis of Logansport was the headliner bn the program Thursday night. At the banquet Friday night the I address was made by Governor Paul V. McNutt. Other speakers were Dr. Allen A. Albert of Chicago, representing the management of the Century of Progress exhibition; Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson of Chicago. Mr. Martin declared it is “unAmerican effort to repudiate public debt” when discussing the proposal pending before Congress to permit cities to enter bankruptcy. He spoke on the Growing Federal Power and said that many now believe that the stats* have been reduced to the status of departments in France and counties in England. In his talk Governor McNutt ap- ’ pealed to the lawyers and the courts Ito ease the mortgage foreclosure problem in Indiana, until more favorable conditions develop in the real estate market. Federal Judge Wilkerson sounded a warning against the present trend for the national control of industry, and approved the revolutionary acts of the last Congress only on the ground that legislation be effective ! only during the economic crisis. ■ ■■ W !■— Nl." CAR LEAVES ROAD Miss Katharine Mabie was learning to drive the car of her. uncle, Ezra Graham, of Warsaw, Friday. When she attempted to turn from Main street to Mill street, another car was coming from that street and Mias Mabie became confused and the car which she was driving left the road and fell over on its side into the yard of the house where Ort and Frank Traster live. Miss Mabie was accompanied by heir uncle at the time, and neither one was injured, and the car was not damaged. Joe Rapp pulled it back on to the road. __o GOING UP! The price of bread raised two cents a loaf, Monday morning. And near potatoes are now 70 cents a peck. Gasoline has increased in price 3 cents a gallon since the first ofj the month.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY JULY 13, 1933.

|ON LAKE WAWASEEI I 1 Enno Franke, pro of the South Shore Golf club and Irvin Funston of Detroit, Mich., won the proamateur golf tournament in South Bend, Monday. The 18-hole match was played on the Erskine course, and their best ball score was 67. The amphibian plane which had been located on the north side of the lake is now taking passengers from the Waco beach. It is a Sikorsky plane, powered with a Wasp Junior 300 horsepower motor. It is the same type plane as the one used by the Lindberg's in opening up the Pan-American Air Lines to South America, according .to Clyde Shockley, general manager of th* Muncie Aviation corporation, which owns and operates the plane. The cruising speed of the craft is 95 miles per hour. It carries four passengers besides the pilot and can land on either Jand or water. Shockley remarked at the number of lakes in this district,, so many of which are visible when above Wawasee about 2,000 feet. Warsaw can be seen readily, and Tippecanoe Lake, Webster Lake and other smaller lakes. Mrs. Roy Brown is recovering from the injury received last week. She fell down the cellar stairs and threw her left ankle out of place. There were two luncheon parties at Sargent’s hotel, Tuesday. Mrs. Irmscher entertained 16 friends at luncheon, and the Hebrew Ladies Aid of Goshen enjoyed luncheon at the hotel and followed with four tables of bridge during the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Means of Indianapolis spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brannum. Mr. Brannum returned to Indianapolis with them Monday morning. He is recovering from injuries received last week when he tried to separate two dogs from fighting, one of which belonged to him. The other dog bit his left hand so that the back of his hand was lacerated. He has been taking violet ray treatments for the injury. Mr. and MJL Williams and family from *ars spending two weeks in the Dale cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stubbs from Cincinnati, 0., are spending their vacation in her father's cottage, J. H. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Erie Kinnear moved from Marion, Friday, to spend the summer at their cottage. Twenty-four salesmen of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., met Saturday in The Rathskeller of the South Shore Inn. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sears flew to Muncie one day last week in Shockley’s ampibian plane. Mrs. Sears said the reason for the quick trip was that she had some important shopping to do in the 10 cent store. Eighteen women attended the luncheon of the Community Club from Cadis held at Emerson's last Wednesday. The three on the committee who planned the party kept it secret where the day was to be spent, and no one knew it was to be spent at Lake Wawasee until the school hack brought the party here. The Bakers of the northern district of Indiana held their fortnightly dinner and meeting at The Tavern, Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Hiatt of Converse were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Macy from Friday until Sunday. Mrs. Albert Joes of Indianapolis and grand-daughter Sarah Jane Wyatt came to the lake, Monday to visit Mrs. Charles A. Rusch. Ed Neumeyer*s niece. Miss Mary Jewell Fargo of Indianapolis came to their summer home, Friday, to pay them a visit. Mr. and Mr*. Bloomberg of Terrs Haute moved intft. the S. U. Hooper cottage Friday, to spend the month of July there. / An eight man learn from the South Shore Golf Club defeated a Fairview Golf course team of Fort Wayne, in match play, 3 up, Friday in Fort Wayne. Nine holes were plsyed and the scores of the members of the Lake Wawasee team were: Emil Deister Jr., 38; Louie Heerman, 41; Spencer Heerman, 38; Reed Newcomer 43; Kart Freese Jr., 39; Carl Siebel, 42; Jake Kern, 42; and Enno Franke, .35. In this tournament six inch cups instead of ths regulation size cups were used. The larger cups did not meet the approval of the Wawaaeo players. (Other tournaments arranged by (Continued on page 2)

BANK ROBBER MAKES ESCAPE FRON JAIL ; • ' J' Merritt Longbrake of Claypool, arrested the day after the Syracuse bank robber was arrested, and who confessed to robbing the Huntsville and Hicksville, 0., banks and so was returned to Ohio for trial rather than held here for auto banditry, escaped fom jail in Bellefontaine, 0., Monday. With Jam«s Sargent and Donald Watson, two other prisoners. Longbrake threatened the jail guard with a razor and escaped. He is still at large. Sheriff Harley D. Person said if caught again in this county he is going to stand trial here, and the charge will be habitual criminal which carries a life sentence. What Longbrake will do as revenge for his arrest and because his confession to robbing the banks was obtained is a matter of conjecture, as he tlirew stones through the windows of Judge Royse’s home as a means of revenge, when he got out on parole after being sentenced to prison for stealing hogs. . o— — 3,200 DANCERS AT WACO LAST FRIDAY According to the management, 3,200 people attended the dance at Waco, i Friday night when Cab Calloway and I his orchestra played there. Cars commenced passing through Syracuse to Lake Wawasee, at dark, and seemed to come in an unbroken line, till late in the evening. The parking lot at Waco was quickly filled, and so were both sides of the road on the southside of the lake, parked cars filling vacant lota and the roadsides from the road near the Everett Ketring property not far from Ideal Beach, to the Gid L«Count home, beyond the Tavern entrance, from Waco. Places of business near Waco sell-| ing soft drinks and sandwiches were | soon “sold out” and then dancers who Could not get on the crowded Waco floor went to The Tavern and to The Rathskeller. One property damage was reported from The Rathskeller. One couple which came there to dance filled with “vim and vigor—and” kicked a hole in the big bass drum. Their names were obtained from their parked car, and they have agreed to pay for the drum at $5 a week. Dancers on the Waco floor crowded around the platform on which the orchestra sat so that they formed a wall which kept the music from reaching outdoors. Those who wished to dance also filled the floor space on the outer floor of Waco, outside the dance floor, and many stood on the railing trying to catch a glimpse of the orchestra. Those who worked in the refreshment stand of Waco itself were quite busy all evening. Many wouid-be dancers gave up in despair at the lake and s came to Syracuse for refreshments. Thornburg's, the hotel, Wawasee restaurant and Insley’s were kept busy until morning hours, and gasoline stations also were called upon for service by many who had driven. more than 50 miles to attend the dance. In estimating the crowd, many people say this was the largest which ever attended Waco, but according to Ross Franklin there were as least 5,000 there the night of July 3, 1929. Then the dancers came and went, buying tickets for the numbers which they wished to dance, but a check up showed at least 5,000 attended, he said. Franklin also said then cars were parked as far as the Slip, whereas on Friday night they were parked a short distance beyond the Tavern entrance The orchestra came to Syracuse in a Greyhound Bus. They left immediately for Cincinnati, 0., where they are playing this week. Many people here who did not get to hear > them play Friday night are listening in on the radio at 8:45 each evening, , station WLW. ■ —,'p BIRTH ANNOUNCED i Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kroh are i announcing the birth of a son, John , Frederick, Saturday morning. The baby weighed 10 pounds. t Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meek of South i Bend are announcing the birth of a daughter, July 11. Her name is Ann Mam. HAS BRIDGE PARTY I Mrs. Ernest Bushong entertained i with a contract bridge party, at her ; home, Monday evening, in honor of > Mrs. W. F. Bowld from Memphis, I Tenn. Two tables were in play and prize for high score was won by Mrs. Theora Christie of Ligonier.

| DO YOU REMEMBER— I 24 Years Ago. When six families in Syracuse were quarantined because of smallpox? • « * 15 Years Ago. When J. T. Riddle fell from a load of wheat and broke his leg; when William Buhrt was seriously injured when struck by&a falling tree? * * * Ten Years Ago Wheni Virgil Mock rescued Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walker and Miss Mildred Ford, who had been fishing on Lake Papakeetchie and fell into the water when their boat capsized? • • • 5 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Zehna Stienbarger and Ernest Ticen? CURRENT EVENTS | l July 4. The American delegation to the world economic conference asked President Roosevelt for a new program to save the parley from collapse. The accepted explanation for their action that President Roosevelt had declined to stabilize currency which h* advocated a month ago, had refused to endorse a return to the gold standard j which the American delegation proI posed in the resolution offered by Senator Key Pittman and had made untenable by his inflation, industry control and, price raising program the delegation's proposals to a tariff truce and reduction in trade barriers. In this delemma the American delegation wired their chief for a new program. July 5. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace moved to head off the bread price raising movement with an announcement that complaints of boost in prices were being I referred to Attorney General Cummings “for such action as may be found necessary.” Wallace has .estimated that, the increase in the price of wheat plus the processing tax should not increase the priice of a one pound loaf more ’ than 1 1-3 cents. - The Italian aerial fleet landed on the waters of Reykjavik harbor, Iceland, after an uneventful trip from Ireland. An A. P. dispatch stated that the great powers oFthe old and the new world agreed to suspend the economic conference until a more propitious time. An American statement to the conference said in part: “we are interested in American commodities. What is to be the value of the dollar in terms of foreign currencies is not and can not be our immediate concern. " July 6. In a dramatic speech behind the closed doors of the steering committee. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, chairman of the American delegation, saved the world economic conference from immediate dissolution. It was agreed to extend the conference until July 10 at least but i to eliminate discussion of monetary issues from the agenda. Congratulated by world statesman i for saving the conference Hull re- ' turned to the American headquarters ■ to find the American delegation in revolt against Roosevelt’s policy to prolong the conference. > They asserted that if the confer- * ence continued it would only dis- ■ close in time the inability of the United States cand- ' idly and sincerely to enter into any > monetary tariff, or other agreement k it had proposed. '■ i . Donald R. Richberg, general i counsel of the national industrial re- . covery administration warned busi- > nSes, that the federal government r would give business sixty days to ■ promulgate a fair code of competi- ; tion. If they did not “the advance of political control over private industry is inevitable." He said, “If the industrial control plan should fail it will not be a failure of government; it will be a failure of an > industrial system. It will mean either i that the system is fundamentally ’ unsound or that the present managers of private industry are uncapa- ‘ ble of operating it successfully. i “There is no choice presented to ‘ American business between intelligently planned and controlled industrial relations and a return to the gold plated anarchy that masqueraded as rugged individualism.” 1 He explained that the President r had indorsed what he had said. t . July 7. A five word message from I Jimmie Mattern, missing for twenty three days on a world solo trip, sot (Continued on Last Page)

YOUNG FOLKS INJURED IN AUTOWRECK Accident Happe ne d Saturday Night Near Syracuse. An automobile in which rode five young people, on their way to the Frank Woods' home on Kale Isl nu, Saturday night, was wrecked, apd the occupants of the car injured. ■> I According to Howard Squire, ;19, of Garrett, who owned and drove the machine, he was crowded off the road, coming from Cromwell to the north sid6 of Wawasee, by an oncoming car, and his machinje turned over. It did so with such force that the side of the car on which it struck was removed. Squire had five ribs broken loose in the accident; Wallace Borts, 19, also of Garrett, received a: long cut in the head and a cut near the eye which required several stitches to close. Miss Hilda Fisher of Avilla, riding between Squire, who drove and Borts who also sat in the front seat* received a sprained J ankle and a broken toe. Another girl w hose name could not be learned, also from Avilla was riding in the back seat with Robert Hile, iilso of Garrett. The girl escaped injury except a general bruising and shake up. Hile had a cut near the fright eye which took five stitches to close. The young people were coming to Kale Island to the Frank Woods home to take Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Borts, Wallace's parents, who had been visiting there, home to Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Borts had given up the automobile, and had left by the night train for Garrett. Mr. and j Mrs. Woods had gone to bed and were fast asleep when about 11 o’clock the telephone rang to tell them of the accident. It was impossible to arouse them by phone,.so Mrs. C. H. King went to their home to call them, and Mr. King brought them to town. Two coupes which came along the road soon after.,the wreck picked up the injured young people and brought them to Syracusje. One car was that of the Misses Kruze but it could not be learned who owned the other machine. The clothes of all of the occupants of the wrecked car had been badly torn in the accident. O LUTHERAN MEETINGS COMMENCE SUNDAY The Luther League *ill meet in the tabernacle of Oakwood Park, Sunday and Monday, the meetings being held here this year because the Lutheran church here in Syr.-c.se could not conveniently accommo e the crowd which attended the meet* ings last year. • The main address Sunday evening will be given by Rev. .P. E. Schmidt of the Hope Lutheran cnu.ch of Detroit. • ; The banquet Monday evening will be served at 6:30 at the Oakwood Park hotel. The speaker, Miss Min Peterson will have as her topic: “Rambling Through Europe.” The Lutheran Summer School commences Tuesday, July 18, and will continue through the fallowing Sunday. The Bible study hour ech morning is in charge of iiev. L. Franklin Gruber, president qf ths Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. Other teachers will be Rev. W. E. Bradley of Columbia City; Mrs. C. E. Paulus of Chicago; Rev. Paul M. Brosy of Goshen;; Rev. G. C. Goering of Middlebury and Miss Audrey Benner of Elkhart. TWO ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY Charles Neucomber, son of J. H. ■ Neucoinber of Nappanee and Lake Wawasee received five cuts in his 1 back, 12 inches long, in an accident on ths slide at Ideal Beach, yesterday. He fell off the sled and was cut going down the slide on his back His elbows and much of the rest of his body were skinned and burned. ► - - - -- - While playing Indian, Jack Carr - was injured yesterday afternoon, i His head was cut when a playmate threw a stone, or “spear". — o— WORK PROGRESSING. McClintic, Colwell and/Gordy comi menced pouring cqncrete for the foundations of the bridge on the , Pickwick Park Road, Wednesday morning. .

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