The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 14, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 July 1933 — Page 1

Arthur Brisbane OUR ARMOUR PLATE GONE MORE PAY FOR 1, THE LASH IN ENGLAND A DEADLY RAT ARMY

The chief Italian flyer, General Bal bo, with his moat important pilots, lunched with President Roosevelt at the White House and wondered, perhaps, that such a big country should have such a little White House. They have bigger public buildings than that in Rome, and Mussolini is building more of them. The polite Italians, expressed delight at everything and added a wreath to the grave of the Unknown Soldier. General Baibo makes light of his countrymen’s marvelous achievement saying he was tired of flying over the Mediterranean and decided to stroll over to Chicago. Nevertheless, his is the most remarkable flight ever made, and one most important to the future of aviation and of war. future of aviation and of war. It is as important to this country as the invention of gunpowder was to the nobles that wore armor plate | and found that bullets would go through it. Our “armour plats’* has been the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and we know now that fleets of airships can fly over them. Approximately 1,000,000 workers in this country have had their salaries increased, and, to a great extent, restored to the 1029 pay level. The pay increases applied to 700,000 textile workers. This army of 1,000,000 with the old buying power restored, and with the other millions to follow, accompanied by a more plentiful distribution of dollars, will, under wise management, settle the depression problem. Trading the gold standard for good times is a good trade. When the British dislike anything, they try to get rid of it. Two young Britishers, first of the kind in that country, confessed recently to robbery with sawed-off shotguns. Importation of the American idea displeased the British judges. They sentenced the young men to long terms in prison, but first each young gentleman was lashed with the J cat-o-nine-tails. When the lashings were over, both were understood to remark that they would do no more robbing with sawed-off shotguns. The cat-o-nine-tails destroyed the glamour of crime. In this country, when he don’t like anything, we talk about it. Every possible misfortune appears to attack the unfortunate Chinese. Now a frightful plague of rats sweeps the southern part of the province of Anhwei, tn East China. The rats have polluted the water supply and threaten famine, while natives appeal for outside help, unable to fight the swarms of vermin. Even this government might be interested, for a rat plague means other plagues, such as Asiatic cholera and such things sometimes travel far and rapidly. t Gen. Hugh' S. Johnson, appointed by President Roosevelt to help regulate wages, hours and other working conditions, appears to be a rugged sort of person, using rugged English. When certain “best minds’* object to his plans for restoring general prosperity, he doesn’t say that they represent “a doubtless highly conscientious element devoted to constitutional niceties. 1 * He calls them “the chiselling fringe,** and warns them to “stop chiselling.** The British reaching out for business are perfecting an agreement with Russia, under which Russian purchases will be increased in England, especially purchases of heavy machinery. Russia is cancelling her business with Germany. Stalin does not like Mr. Hitler’s denunciation of Cofflhnunism. Spain, it is said, will recognise Russia and endeavor to do business with that country. Five Americans, arrested in Spain for an alleged fight with the civil guard, are amazed because such a fuss is made about it. “Why, in New York, that would be just a night court matter.’’ Many Americans would be surprised to know the respect with which law and its representatives are treated in Europe. There crime is taken seriously and the kidnaping or “snatching” industry doesn't even exist. Europe believes that the public should set the example of respect for law. In Paris, Doctor Calmette, scientist of the Pasteur institute, reports the growth of cancer in the white rat stopped by injecting venom from a corba. Cancer in the white rat succumbed after twelve injections of venom, ten of which .given all at 1 once, would have caused death. This cancer treatment was discovered by Dr- Adolph Monae-Lesser of Now York. Ono poison offsets another. Salvarom treatment, which conquers one of the worst Hood diseases, involves injecting arsenic into the tissues, (GMsttaued oa Last Page)

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BOARD LET SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS Four Old Drivers and Four New Receive Contracts. Contracts for school hacks on eight routes for the coming two years were awarded Friday night by Trustee Dan Klink and his advisory board, with the saving a $5.29 a day over the last two years. i Four old drivers, Jesse Shock, Jacob Click, Frank Bushong and Clarence Mock received contracts, and four new drivers were selected. Thete are: Forrest Kern, Dill Mock, Russell Warner and Frederick Clayton. Route 1. 17.5 miles, to Jesse Shock $3.15 per day. Route 2. 17.9 miles, to Forrest Kern, $3.24. Route 3, 23.4 miles, to Jacob Click, $3. Route 4, 18.6 miles, to Dill Mock, $3. Route 5, 14 miles, to Frank Bushong, $2.50. Route 6, 14.4 miles, to Clarence Mock, $3. Route 7, 12.5 miles to Russell Warner, $2.50. Route 8, 14.6 miles, to Frederick Cluyton, $3.47. Two years ago the highest paid contract was $4 a day and the lowest $3.21. The total cost per day for transporting school children will be 823.80 s day the coming two terms. Under the old contract the total cost was $29.15 per day. The contracts for the hacks were let to drivers for two school terms, no mention being made of how many months, as it is not yet known how much tax money will be available, or how many months of school this money will provide for. Contracts for teachers have not yet been signed. School hack contracts for Van Buren township were let for four years, so were not up for bids this year according to Irvin Coy, Van Buren township trustee. School hack contracts were let Friday night in Benton township. According to Levi Kalb of Millersburg, school .buses for the Juday school will be driven by: Orlo Green, $2.65 per day; Roy Stiver, $3; Henry Tully, $2.65. For the Hex school: Charles Nicolai $2.75; Harry Juday, $2.40; John Paugh, $2.24. For Benton; E. R. Bibler, $2.50; Ernest Vance, (touring car route) $1.59. Mr- Kalb said there is a saving of $4.27 a day over last year. The work of janitors of the schodl houses was also let on bids in Benton township. J. J. Byland will be janitor at Hex school for $25 a month; Ray Swinehart will be janitor at Juday school for $24.61; and Ora Wysong at Benton for $19.90. CASE IS CONTINUED TUI THIS AFTERNOON After two hours argument, Friday morning, before Justice of the Pence Jeas Shock, the suit for the eviction of Harry Crouch from a farm near Lake Papakeetchie by William Bowen Mishawaka, the present owner, the case was continued until this afternoon. Shock stated that no decision could be made until it was determined whether Crouch rented the farm by the month or the year. To determine this, Jacob Click and Judge Aldo Simpson, former owners of the farm, with whom Crouch made a verbal contract in 1928, have been subpoenaed. Bowen gave Crouch a notice to quit tenancy on July 3. Crouch refused to move. As a result Bowen brought suit, and if Click and Simpson testify that Crouch rented the farm by the month. Crouch will bo forced to move from the farm. CAN ANYONE BEAT THIS? Lee Henwood had his wheat threshed last wook and had 12 acres which averaged 33 bushels to the acre. Ray Wilkinson had 10 acres averaging 31 bushels to the acre. Milton Bitner had 13 acres averaging 33 bushels and Dora Clingerman had three acres averaging 45 bushels. O Mr. and Mrs. Ray Foster, Mrs. Holman and Mrs. Arlo Friar of Avilla were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Foster, Sunday. June Foster, who had been visiting here, retorned home with her parents.

|on lake wawasee L ; Mr. Utter of Huntington, friend of Mr. Lavernier, who came here for several seasons and last year rented the Roy Miles cottage in Pickwick, died Sunday morning. His death was caused by a ruptured appendix. Thirty-one attended the annual meeting of the Ward Stilson Thousand Dollar Club at the Spink-Wawa-see from Sunday until Tuesday. Members of this club are district managers from all parts of the United States, whose sales reached certain amounts during the first 12 weeks of the year. E. R. Stilson, president of the company, located in Anderson, and Ward Stilson, bis son, director of sales were among those who attended the meetings. The company makes dresses, shirts, beach wear and swimming suits, and sells direct to consumers instead of to retailers. Robert McGill of Indianapolis, who moved into the Noll cottage, Friday, on Sunday bought a Dodge Utility 4-cylinder, seven passenger boat from the Wawasee Boat Service. Forty Kiwanians from spent the week end at the SpinkWawase4 hotel. The Indiana Conference of Evangelical churches will commence Monday at Oakwood Park and continue through August 6. The Young Peoples’ convention will precede this, and will be held Saturday and Sunday. i Mrs. Matt Abts and Mrs. C. N. Teetor entertained the South Shore Bridge club at Mrs. Teetor’s home, Wednesday last week. Four tables were in play and prizes were won by Mrs. Joss, Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs. Neumeyer. One hundred and twenty are expected to attend the Elkhart County Bankers’ annual banquet at the So. Shore Inn this evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Graham returned home to Bloomington, Saturday. They plan to come back to their cottage next»month. Mrs. John Boyts has been sick in bed this past week. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McMahan of Anderson entertained Dr. and Mrs. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Kline And Mr. and Mrs. Fadley of Anderson at their cottage last week end, I. Laucks Xanders and son of Baltimore came to the lake, Saturday to visit Mrs. Amanda Xanders. On Monday they took Henry Abts to Chicago to spend the day at the World’s Fair. Mrs. William Konkle of Bluffton entertained 12 guests at luncheon and bridge at the South Shore Inn, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brannum of Indianapolis did not spend last week end at the lake as they had planned. Mr. Brannum, whose hand was torn when he attempted to separate his dog from a fight with a neighbor’s dog, is not improving as well as expected. It was necessary for him to receive treatment for his hand at the doctor’s office twice daily last week.

Thirty-four attended the luncheon and bridge party at the South Shore Inn last Friday. Prizes at the conclusion of the afternoon's play were won by Mrs. R. B. Tuttle; Mrs. Clover Hayes of Goshen; Mrs. T. E. Hopewell; Mrs. Henry Warren of Indianapolis. .... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pqllak of Fort Wayne rented the Abell summer home for the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Franks of Fort Wayne will spend August in the Vawter cottage. ■■ l ■ r ' Work is progressing on the new summer home which Guy Bushong is building on his lake lot on the south side of Wawasee. Work on the new garage and quarters for employes at Glenn Warren's summer home is nearing completion. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holcom. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Reeder. Mr. and Mrs. David Pyke, Dr. and Mrs. William Peet and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ferverier were week end guests of Mr. and • Mrs. Frank Symmes. Mr. and Mrs. Symmes entertained the party at. dinner at the South Shore Inn, Saturday night. G. A. Osborne of Marion entertained 40 of his employes at their annual party, at his summer home on the north shore of Wawasee last week end. Sunday dinner was served to the group at The Porch at Sargent's. Playing in the pro-amateur golf tournament on the Notre Dame University course in South Bend, Mon(Continued on page 2)

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY JULY 27, 1933

THE WHITE ENSEMBLE Left to right are: Walker White, his daughter Betty, Mrs. White, Walker Jr., Nancy, Holbrook, Jack and Mary. The White Family Saxophone Band made up of six children with their father and mother entertained a crowd of nearly four hundred of the Rotary Club and their children at a luncheon at the Oliver Hotel in South Bend yesterday noon. When this band came onto the floor led by the smallest member with their flashy clown suits playing a snappy March the crowd gave them a real welcome. Jackie White jumped onto the chair and set a hot pace for the band with some fast Sax work. The four clowns with guitars furnished some real Hawaiian music. On account of this band entertaining, the Rotary Club made it kids day so the children could come.

PROPERTY VALUE SHOWS DECREASE According to the statement of the county auditor to the trustee of Turkey Creek Township, the total het taxable property in this township shows a decrease of $263,964 in valuation over last year. The taxable polls, or the men in the township between the ages of 21 and 50 have decreased 14 from the preceding year. The value of the total net taxable property of Turkey Creek township is 85,161,377. The total number of taxable polls is 365. The valuation of taxable property within the town of Syracuse is $1,132,311. The valuation of property outside the town, within the township is 54,029,066. The number of taxable polls in the town is 199; in the township 186, Last year the total valuation for the entire township was $5,425,341; divided as follows: Syracuse, $!,-> 207,077; township: $4,218,264. The polls total was 379. According to the auditor’s statement to Irvin Coy of Van Buren township, the property valuation of that township is $2,726,586, about SIOO,OOO lower than last year. Os this, property in Milford is valued at $559,399. The net taxable polls in Van Buren township are 325. Os these 161 live in Milford.

FUNERAL SERVICE • HELD YESTERDAY After suffering a paralytic stroke 1 a week ago last Friday, Mrs. Carrie Dickerson died Monday morning. Funeral services for her were held yesterday afternoon with Rev. A. J. Armstrong officiating. Burial was in the Syracuse cemetery. | Mrs. Dickerson first came to Lake Wawasee 19 years ago when Ross Franklin started the first Waco dance pavilion. She has kept house for him most of the time since. Her i son, P. Dickerson played for many years in Franklin’s orchestra, but is i now with Charles Davis at the Holly- ’ wood cafa in New York City. He reached Syracuse Tuesday. In addition to her son, Mrs. Dick-, erson is survived by two daughters, I Mrs. Ruth Patterson of Muncie and Mrs. Mary Mitchell of Mansfield, O. Mrs. Dickerson was born Sept. 16, 1865, in Indiana, and had lived most of her life in this state. She was well known in this vicinity. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED Announcement is being made of the marriage of Miss Virginia Stopher of Fort Wayne to o Vernon Beckman, yesterday in the Trinity \ English) Lutheran church of Fort Wayne. , The ceremony was performed .by Rev. Paul H. Krauss. The attendants of the couple were: Mrs. Claire Somerville of Fort Wayne, matron of honor; Miss Olga! Beckman, bridesmaid; Rev. John A. ; Pettit, best man. After a week’s honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Beckman will reside in the Lepper property until Labor Day, after which they plan to spend the winter in a cottage on Kale Island. 0 BANDS TO HAVE PICNIC The Red and Blue bands of Elkhart county, composed of children of township schools, under the direction of Prof. Jinks, will hold their annual picnic at Indian Hili next Sunday. A two-hour concert, base-bail game and other entertainment will be the feature of the day as well as the big picnic dinner.

ENTERTAIN FOR’ BRIDE AND GROOM The Misses Irene Pensinger and Mosclene Wogoman entertained at the latter’s home a number of guests in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Moss, recently married at the Jefferson theater. The feature of the evening was “Cooty” and dancing. Ice cream end cake were served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Moss, Leonard Stump, Miss Helen Hunter and Donald Shank of Goshen;" Charles Wilcox, DeLoss Weaver, Floyd Errand, Rowena Kline, Mayme Wogoman and hostesses. * — Q YOUTH BELIEVED DROWNED WAS SAFE Residents of Vawter Park and the South Shore of Lake Wawasee were alarmed Sunday about noon, when it- was feared that John Green, 21; son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Green had been drowned while in swimming in the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Greene, John and -Mary Jane, and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibner of South Bend had gone l swimming about noon, from the public pier put into the lake by John Vawter, , of which family Mrs. Greene is a descendent. John was missed and they called for him, could not locate him, and Mr. and Mrs. Templeton, Mr. and Mrs. Symmes, Mr. and Mrs. Neumeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Mauerer and other residents along the Vawter Park road were roused, and they ! went out in boats looking for the youth; 16 | Andrew Hibner in one boat discovered him, sitting on the float at the Spink-Wawasee hotel. He was surprised and chagrined at the worry and excitement he had caused. He said he had gone out into— the ilake further than he had intended and when he realized how far from shore he was, he decided it would be easier to swim to the opposite shore than back where he came from. -All the while motor boats were searching for him, he was in the waiter. He said he had to “hell-dive” to from being hit by a boat. He thought they were boats out for rides on Wawasee and did not realize the occupants were seeking him. When he reached the Spink-Wa-wasee , v he stretched odt on the float to rest before starting back, as he expected to have to swim back home. O COW DAMAGES AIRPLANE (Not the one that jumped over the moon.) The accident which occurred at the Wilmet Jones farm, and made the milk from Jones’ Dairy airy, Monday morning clearly demonstrates how an old-fashioned animal can make a mess out of a modern means of locomotion. Stewart Wilkinson has been flying his plane from Cincinnati, 0., for the past seven weeks to spend the week ends with Mrs. Frances Brannim at the Spink-Wawasee hotel. He always lands the plane on the Jones farm which is not far from the hotel. The 44 cows which Mr. Jones owns never objected to the stranger weekending in their midst until Sunday night this week. Then one of the cows stuck her head through the tail of the airplane—and Mr. Winkinson had to continue on to St. Louis by train and return for his plane later this week, after it had been repaired by airplane mechanics who flew out from the Fort Wayne airport and brought with them a new tail for the plane. Wilkinson’s plane*is a Sparton three passenger with a Wrigfej J-6-5 motor.

| DO YOU REMEMBER— I i —I 20 Years Ago. When Colwell and Gordy moved their stock to the new building belonging to George Colwell? « v « 15 Years Ago. When Louis Solt’s hands were burned when gas generated by his peanut roasting machine exploded? « « V Ten Years Ago When George Colwell was injured at the gravel pit when the chain broke and fell from the high pulley, striking him on the knee? • • • 5 Years Ago. When Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Connolly and Leon were in an automobile accident near Adrian, Mich.? 0 | CURRENT EVENTS | i 1 July 19. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson put the finishing touches on a master code by which he hoped to have all industries accept a. minimum wage and maximum hqur scales. Z— Wheat dropped to 13 cents on the Chicago board bf trade. In New York the “new deal” stock market cracked up. Net losses ran as high as 25 points. The dollar was worth 68.86 cents in French gold. Creation of a new three man state board of health was announced. All the three members were Democrats and replaced the nonpartisan old board. , July 20. President Roosevelt issued the blanket code asking every employer in the United States to raise wages and create employment by shortening working hours. Voluntary co-operation was the basis of this unprecedented attack on unemployment. Highlights of Agreement Highlights of the voluntary agreement to which all employers are asked to subscribe are: I? The agreements would become effective Aug. 31. 2. Child labor is banned with certain exceptions. 3. Clerical or white-collar workers will be limited to a forty-hour week, with a minimum pay of §ls in cities, of 500,000 or more; $14.50 in cities of between 250,000 and 500,000 population; sl4 in cities between 2,500 and 250,000 and 2 per cent wage increases in towns of less than 2,500 provided this does not require more than sl2 a week. 4. Factory or mechanical workers limited to thirty-five hours per week until Dec. 31, with the right to work forty hours per week for any six weeks within this period. No. worker shall be employed more than eight hours in any one day. Forty cents an hour shall be the minimum wage unless a scale lower than that was in effect July 15, 1929, and in no case shall less than 30 cents an hour be paid. Price Boosts Limited. 5. Prices must not be increased over the July 1 price except where made necessary by increased costs or taxes. 6. Flexibility is provided to avoid working hardships in particular cases where limitation on hours of skilled labor would reduce production, but time and one-third must be paid for all work in excess of the maximum hours. 7. The voluntary agreement will cease to apply to any industry upon approval by the president of its code of fair competition. 8. Sept. 1 is fixed as deadline for the submission of codes. The president will fix dates for hearings arbitrarily unless, industries are heard from by that time. Wheat closed on the Chicago board of trade from 13 to 15 cents lower. Stocks went down in a wild wave of selling that ha<j po counterpact since the 1929 trash. Directors of the board'of trade announced that no future trading would be permitted in the pits the following day. They also made a rule that price swings in the price of wheat would be limited to eight cents a day. Other grains were limited to smaller fluctuations. Tennessee voted wet making it the nineteenth state to vote for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. July 21. Oregon voted wet. July 23. Wiley Post completed his trip around the world by airplane. Capt. James A. Mollison and his wife, wrecked their plane, the Sea farer, at Stratford, Conn. They had covered 3,190 miles since leaving Pendine, Wales, on their non-stop flight for Floyd Bennet Field, Brooklyn. Price of grains will not be permits ted to drop below the closing prices of last Thursday, the last day in which future trading was permitted bj the directors of the board of trade. This had the effect of preventing all transaction in wheat fu* tures of the board of trade below 90 cents. July 24. President Roosevelt in a radio address called upon all employers in the nation to put into immediate effect voluntary code to shorten (Continued on Last Page)

MAN DIES ON SWIM EARLY SUNDAY A.M. Heart Failure Cause of Youth’s Death in Papakeetchie. A heart attack while he was in swimming caused the death of Claudis Priest, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Priest of Cromwell, about 2 o’clock Sunday morningTf The young man was employed at Forrest Galloway’s grocery at the east end of Lake Wawasee. After working all day and evening, with a party of friends he went swimming in Papakeetchie Lake, in front of the cottage of James A. Bundy. He dived from a diving board into the lake, and never came to the surface. At first others of the party thought he planned to frjghten them but finally they searched for him. The water was only shoulder deep, and Mrs. Bundy happened to step on the body of the young man, on the bottom of the lake. The doctor was called, but the young man was dead. The coroner w'as called, and it was pronounced death was caused by a heart attack. It was learned later that he had been subject to heart trouble several years ago but had not had an attack for some time. He was tall, wellbuilt man, and seemed in excellent health. i Funeral services for him were held Tuesday afternoon in Cromwell. 0 '' , SYRACUSE ATTORNEY ’ ( WAS NOT APPOINTED When interviewed Tuesday, Geo. Xanders stated that he has not been appointed attorney for <tj>e Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation fur this county, as was printed in a county paper, Monday. He said that he has >jbeen recommended for the position and that no appointments have yet been received. Xanders said there is no salary fpr this office, instead of it having a “lucrative salary.” Whoever is appointed will receive a fee of $5 for the examination of each abstract of « title before a loan is made. He also stated that as far as he knew he was not eliminated from the race 6r the office of county attorney, that he believed his name was still being considreed. The jpapeu had said that Francis Bowser resigned as county attorney, because of his recent appointment as first assistant federal district prosecuting attorney with offices in South Bend, but that the “appointment of Attorney Xanders of Syracuse to the job of attorney for the federal mortgage board in this county has eliminated him troin consideration for the county job.” B. & 0. BUSINESS SHOWS INCREASE ■p. ■— The net revenue from railway ,operation on the B. & O. railroad this June, showed an increase of sl,471,563 over the revenue of June last year, according to the announcement of the company this morning. This is the first time in many months that the revenue of the railroad has shown an increase over the corresponding month of the preceding year. Railway operating revenue for June, 1933 was $11,616,249. ' For June 1932 is was $10,144,686. Net railway operating income for June 1933 was $3,495,529, and for June 1932 was $2,132,394, an increase of sl, 363,135. Increase in traffic through Syracuse has been noted. One morning there were eight sections of the Capitol Limited on its Tway to Chicago, and automobilists have noted the increase in freight trains because there has been more waiting at crossings in recent months. HAS SHOULDER BROKEN Edwin Smeed of Garrett had his shoulder broken when the automobile in which he was riding with a party of friends crashed into a tree at Thompson’s corner, near the miniature golf course, on the road to the southside of Lake Wawasee. The accident occurred Tuesday evening, and he was to town for medical attention and his relatives in Garrett were notified of the accident.

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