The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 November 1934 — Page 1

•jiuWik Ar Arthur Brisbane NEWS OF ASTRONOMY JAPAN UNDERESTIMATES AIR, WATER, POWER PARADISE FOR KILLING

Astronomy marches on. Recent 1 discoveries include 1,700 new variable stars, used as “yardsticks” to J measure the depths of space, also a new twin star, . a double sun, of which there are many in the heavens, as there are many double protons and nuclei inside of some atoms The double sun has an eclipse lasting thirty days. Professor Shapiey of Cleveland tells all about it. Some of these “yardsticks" of space have a light fifteen times as great as that of our sun. Try to imagine that. Other suns are one million times as big as our sun, which is a million times as big as the earth. Japan and England are friendly. Japan will not demand niaval equal- ’ ity with England, only with the United Stales. Japan suggests a * 6-4-4 ratio, five for England, four for the United States, four for Ja- ’ pan. In 1776 our Japanese friends were , locked up in their own islands, no ( American having gone to dig them out and introduce them to-the West. Had they been around this neigh- { borhood in that year they would , now compare, differently, the Unit- * ed States and Britain. Also, if they knew Franklin D. ' Roosevelt, they would know that he will build, on behalf of the United ’ States, whatever he thinks the United States needs, asking no per- * mission from England or Japan. 'President Roosevelt’s words, prais- 1 ing workers in the Tennessee valley for their efficiency, made one of i the moot important speeches that 1 he, or any President or ruler of a 1 country, ever made. 1 He promises cheap power. - Not 1 all the plans to drive away depres- * sion-could do one-tenth as much as 1 really cheap power for all. Nature gave man free air and free waler; not much else is free. If science and wise goxernment can add to free air and free water power unlimited, as nearly free as pos- ’ sible, that will mean another step toward the desired millennium. /Cheap power for farms, factories . and homes, cheap power giving the ( light necessary for study, power that means conquest of nature and her hardship*, will free men from slavery. It is planned, Washington says to convert millions of-acres of uneconomic land, worthless for farming, Into a “hunters paradise." On the millions of acres wild animals will be encouraged to raise their families, that noble white men many have the pleasure of shooting them. Civilisation does progress, but slowly, when the richest and an allegedly highly intellectual race plans an earthly paradise for kill- " ing, imitating the red Indian’s heavenly hunting ground. What should we think of our alleged cousins, the gorillas, if they set aside a million acres of land in Africa for the purpose of breeding and killing human Africans? Wise ones tell President Roosevelt: "You can’t expect prosperity until you balance the budget." What is the magic In balancing the budget? What is balancing the budget? Do individuals always balance their budget* in times of emergency? If a capitalist is building a gigantic hotel, to cost millions, does he balance his budget that year or next, or does ho borrow, build, pay back when returns come? Must the government, trying to build prosperity, at a cost of billions, spend no more than it takes in? Isn’t it enough to avoid spending What you can’t pay ultimately? What is the great magic in budget balancing? France considers modification of her method of fixing the price of wheat. Thia country endeavor* to increase wheat prices, and the farmers’ income, by paying farmers not to plant so much. Make wheat scarcer, thus make It dearer. The 1 French apparently, have some other plan, which included encouraging the fanner to plant, all he could, France being sometimes a wheatimporting country. In London, Anthony Eden, Lord Privy Seal, tells the bouse of commons that British troops will not be used to help the French maintain order In th* Saar, soon to decide whether it want* to be German or - French. LAST MINUTE NEWS. It was reported to the Journal at 8 o’clock that word had been received that Mr*. D. H. Brunjes had died at the home of her son in No. Maarhest.v. this morning. It was Mdd that funeral services will be held there, Friday afternoon and

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MRS. BEACH WAS KILLED BY MACHINE Automobile Accident Injured Mr. Beach Sunday Evening. Mrs. A. A. Beach, aged 62, was accidentally killed between 5 and 5:30 o’clock, Sunday evening, when struck by the automobile driven by Lewis Scott, aged 34. Mr. Beach, aged 72, who had been walking on the North Huntington pavement with her, just after dark# was struck a glancing blow by the fender of the machine, and suffered bruises. When Coroner Paul Landis and Deputy Sheriff Joe Rovenstine came to Syracuse, later in the evening, they investigated the tragedy and gave a verdict of accidental death. From the story of the coroner and the sheriff, who talked to Mr. Beach who was recovering from the shock, it was learned that Mr. and Mrs. Beach had left their home on the west side of North Huntington street, had crossed to the east side of the paved street and were walking towards town, on the highway. Mr. Beach was walking in front, and his wife was behind him and to the left of him. About in front of the Allen Ott home they saw the lights of a car coming up the hill towards them, and evidentally became frightened, for the coroner said, that instead of stepping off the side of the pavement they started to cross the pavement to the west side of the road. They must have stepped immediately in front of the automobile, for Lewis Scott, driver of the car, and his brother Vernon, who was in the car with him, told the coroner that all of a sudden two people loomed up in front of the machine and they felt the impact when the accident occurred. <■ The two young men immediately stopped the machine; In front of Dr. Garnett Latham’s home, the former Hapner property, and picked up Mr. and Mrs. Beach. Dr. Latham, who had heard the crash, ran out of his house and helped them carry them into the Latham home. Mr. Beach had been thrown in front of Allen Ott’s house and Mrs. Beach had been carried about 25 paces further to the north and was lying in front of Mrs. Pence’s house along the side of the pavement. Mrs. Beach, with all the bone* of her chest shattered and both legs broken below the knees, and with one side of her face injured, died but a few seconds after being carried into the Latham home. Mr. Beach was in a dazed condition for more than an hour and could give no account of the accident, but had come to himself before the coroner arrived. He was badly bruised. The car had hit Mr*. Beach straight on, the radiator striking her chest and she was carried along. The force of the impact crushed in the radiator. Th* coroner and deputy sheriff attached no blame to the two young men, grandsons of Uncle Lew Neff. Lewis Scott lives with his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood on the Dave Watson farm. Vernon, owner of the car, lives in Elkhart. The coroner said they told him they were driving their Ford about 25 miles an hour. -The coroner and deputy sheriff said after viewing the scene of the accident, and learning it was customary for people to walk down the street instead of the sidewalk, that this must be stopped, a* other tragical accidents would be likely to occur unless pedestrians used th* sidewalk. A* Mr. Beach’* conditiorwiid not jmprove a* expected, the firmpf th “ <steek it was decided to takeTiim to the hospital, after Mrs. Beach’* funeral today, to learn if he had suffered internal injuries. I-,—ft,— ,1 ,11 —IH.U — ROSCOE’S GONE AWAY. Lieut. Francis Deisher, who was in charge of construction of the Wawasee CCC eamp, and who was sent from here when the building was concluded, to Corydon, to build a similar sized camp there to accommodate the same number of negroes, wired Roscoe Howard, Saturday, asking him to report to 1 work at Corydon Wednesday this ; week. Howard and Garrett Grissom did i th* electric wiring at th* W aware* camp. During Roscoe’s absence s Grissom win be in charge of th* . Syracuse Electric Co. It is not known I how many weeks the work will last at Corydon.

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Turkeys are to be eaten in this vicinity Thanksgiving Day, according to the number won at trap and skeet shooting matches, at the American Legion raffle, Monday evening, and at the raffle of the | Hex Grange that same evening. In the past four weeks, 43 Turkeys have been won by marksmen taking part in skeet and trap shooting at the Turkey Creek Golf Course. During this period, R. Brazel of Cromwell won four turkeys, Carl Myers of Ligonier three and Freeman Moore, 2. Earl Menzenberger ' was high man on Sunday—he won three turkeys, two skeet shooting and one trap shooting. Other winners Sunday who iron at trap shooting were: Kiilean of Fort Wayne who won two; Louis Graves of Fort Wayne who wor. one; Russell Maggart of Ligonier who won one; ALTLAND FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY Service* for N. P. Altiand Held in Lutheran Church; Death Followed Long Illness. Nathaniel P. Altiand, aged 70, died at his home about 1 o’clock Tuesday morning, his death being caused by tuberculosis of the kidneys and bladder. Funeral services for him were held Wednesday afternoon in the Lutheran church, of which he was a member, with Rev. J. A- officiating. Burial was beside his wife in the Benton cemetery. Mr. Altiand was born in York, Pa., Oct. 31, 1864. When he was 20 year* of age he came to Indiana, and in ISMJ2 he was married to Miss Minnie Musser of Benton. Mr. Altiand was a paper hanger and worMbd in New Paris until 1908 when they moved to Syracuse and he became employed in the Kindig grocery store. He worked there for 16 years, and worked for five year* longer after John Grieger bought the store. Hi* wife died about six years ago and was buried at Benton. Mr. Altiand is survived by hi* brother, Jacob, who live* here in Syracuse, his brother Abraham, his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Spahr, his niece Miss Annie Altiand, his nephews Edwin and Sam Altiand of York, Pa., who arrived in Syracuse last Friday before he became unconscious; and his nephew, Lewis Altiand, from Kirkland, 111., who visited him layrt week. Others of the party returned to York Sunday, but Mr*. Spahr and Miss Annie Altiand remained here until after the services. . 0 PERFUME BOTTLE CORK LODGES IN HIS NOSE Last spring when Mr. and Mrs. Ed LeCount lived at Bristol, their four years old son was smelling a perfume bottle, and “smelled” the eork up* into his nose. He was taken to a doctor who thought that th* cork had com* out of th* boy’s nose. But difficulty recently caused them to take the boy to a local doctor last week, and the cork was removed from far up in one of the boy’s nostril* where it had been lodged since last spring. TO START CLASSES. The meeting for those interested in adult educational classes, to be conducted by teachers at prerent unemployed, will be held Wednesday evening, Nov. 28 in the High school. This meeting scheduled for two weeks ago was postponed because County Supervisor Arthur W. Konold, who will be in charge, had been called to Indianapolis.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1934.

C. Colbert of Elkhart, one; Dr. Landis of Elkhart, one; Hontz of Cromwell, one; H, E. Rice of Elkhart, one. Harry Porter was the only other | one to win a turkey skeet shooting, besides Menzenberger, Sunday. Five men shoot at either trap or skeet, and the one with high score for that round won the turkey. Others who have won turkeys during the past month are; Don Routson, Matty Katzer, Hal Green of Fort Wayne; F. R. Galloway, Frank ■ Farley; Jim Kimble, Harmon Dun- | ges, Lewis Graves of Fort Wayne, 1 two; H. Simmons of Ligonier, two; i Joe Rusch of Milford; Colbert, Elk- | hart, two; Burton Uline, Nappanee; M. Geyer, Nappanee; Herb King; Fred Kimble, Fort Wayne; Ted Knox, Larwill, two; L. R. Miller, (O»ntin»>e<f on I »«• ■ TO ELECT OFFICERS A picture of the work that the conservation department of this state is doing was shown at the High School building Thursday night by Milton Wysong, educational director of the department The Dunes park, fish, releasing of t deer within the state, and hunting with bird dogs were some of the things shown. Some of the bird dogs seen had real class. A small crowd witnessed the show. There will be a meeting of the Wawasee Conservation Club next Thursday evening at the Syracuse Library for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. FARMERSOF STATE CHOOSENEW HEAD President of State Farm Bureau Retire* After Years of Service; Lewis Taylor is Elected. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—Lewis H. Taylor, of Yankeetown, was elected president of the Indiana Farm , Bureau her* Friday afternoon to , climax th* bitterest fight for th* office jn th* history of th* organization. ' Taylor defeated William H. Settle, of Petroleum, president for a dec1 ade, 82 to 61. ' Hassell Schenck, of Lebanon, was 1 elected vice’ president to succeed ’ Taylor. Before turning to the election, the delegates adopted a long series of ’ resolutions approving th* National Agricultural program and pledging 1 the bureau’s support “with such 1 changes” as changing conditions may warrant. One resolution asks for an ’ amendment to th® state constitution I to make a net income tax legal. An--5 other asks for the strict liquor control especially with regard to minors. Inequalities in the crop and live j stock adjustment program, due to | crop failures and conditions over ' which the farmer* had no control, r was recognized and county alloti ment committee* were requested to s adjust these irregularities. »< Another resolution adopted by the 9 convention urged that food being- , | distributed through relief channels i. be procurred locally wherever posr sibl*. . I The legislative program was i i amended to insist on retention of the 1 direct primary and to prohibit further issuance of public bonds except in emergencies. ■ -jTO BE MARRIED 1 ON THANKSGIVING * Announcement has been made F that Mias Christine Armour, daughbiter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Armour rjof Goshen, and Ralph Miller, son -’of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Miller of . Syracuse, are to b* married Thanksi giving morning in the First Presby--4 terian ehurrh of Goshen.

UNBEATEN ATWOOD TEAM LOSES HERE Syracuse Wins Game Here Friday Evening by 23-16 Score; Second Team Also Defeats Atwood. The undefeated basketball team of Atwood, conquerors of Etna Green, Silver Lake and Burket —was, defeated by the ’ Syracuse basketball team at the local gymnasium by the score of 23 to 16 Friday evening. The game was more or less even until the second half when the size, power and the sustained attack of the Syracuse team finally told upon the smaller Atwood team. The score at the end of the half was Bto 7, Syracuse leading. Then came the thrilling third quarter when the score was tied three times at 10, 12 and 13 points. Nicodemus, captain of the Atwood team made the first score during this quarter shortly after the tip off, followed b/* a free throw by Henderson, giving Atwood 10 points to Syracuse’s 8. Searfoss |hen dribbled nearly the whole length of the floor and made a goal tieing the score at 10 all. Stucky made a field goal placing Syracuse ahead by 2 points but only for a short while, for Pinkerton, the Atwood center placed the ball through the loop for. another goal. Nicodemus then placed Atwood in the lead for the last time with a free throw making the score 13 to 12. The score was again tied by Stucky making good a free throw opportunity. Stucky then proceeded to make three more points before the quarter ended, a goal and a free throw. During the fourth quarter Syracuse ran up 7 more points before Atwood scored. Then Atwood made three points befoie the game ended. Both teams used a very deliberate style of play and a man to man defense. However Atwood had trouble jn stopping Bitner, Searfoss and Stucky who broke through the defense quite frequently. In the third quarter the size and height of Stucky, who played the pivot position proved to be too much for Henderson, who was guarding him. In the final quarter Coach Smith shifted Nicodemus to watch Stucky which move held Stucky down somewhat. Osborn and Jensen did a good job of guarding. Waldo Nicodemus, the captain of the Atwood team and high point man for his team during the game is a brother to Wendell Nicodemus who played here during the years 1930 and 1931. Those who saw the game claim that it was the best game of basketball seen here for a long, long time. One of the men who should know the game but is of a rather pessimistic turn of mind remarked to an inquirer of what he thought of the game, “Well we won the game and if they don’t come any tougher we will win the rest of them."

Scores made by Syracuse players were as follows: FG FT P FIS Bitner, 3 0 2 6 Stucky « 3 3 2 9 Searfoss 3 0 16 Osborn' 1002 Jones 0 0 0 0 Jensen 0 0 0 0 Total 10 3 5 23 Scores made by Atwood players: FG FT P PTS Nicodemus 3 2 0 8 Hammel 0 0 0 0 Pinkerton 1113 Henderson 1113 Gochenour 10 2 2 Substitutes: Brown 0 0 0 0 Tombleson 0 0 0 0 Total 6 4 4 16 Thorne of Warsaw referee. Second Team Won. "*“■ The Syracuse reserves won their ■ game 21 to 8. At the end of the > first quarter they were behind one point with the score 5 to 6. Thereafter Atwood never had a chance. Juday, who had substituted for Strieby in the first half went in at the start of the fourth quarter and made a goal from the sideline with no one guarding him. He had shot through the wrong basket which counted two points for Atwood. This goal and another were the only points made in the last half by the visitors. 0 ;— B. A O RAILWAY PAYS $862 ‘ PENALTY FOR DELAY IN ITS PAYMENT OF TAXES HERE Penalty of 8862 was paid Saturday by the B.' & O. railroad when it settled its taxes for the first half of 1933 which was due last Bay. Treasurer Shaffer received a check from the railway which passes through the northern part of the county. The payment and penalty totaled sll,134,84. The ailroad is still delinquent on the tax payment due last Nov. 5, and will be assessed another $862 penalty when this is paid.

DO YOU REMEMBER—u l 20 Years Ago. When Fred Buhrt was seriously injured while at work at brakeman on the Syracuse-Milford line, and was taken to a hospital in Chicago? « * • 15 Years Ago. When Floyd Kitson was injured when a block and tackle fell on his foot while he was at work in the cement plant? ■ • • Ten Years Ago When Mr. and Mrs. Emory Cable moved to Chicago to make their future home there? • • » 5 Years Ago. When it was decided that the Hills and Lakes road, Road 13 would become a part of the state highway system? 0 |ON LAKE WAWASEEj Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rothenberger of North Webster called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rothenberger plan to leave for Florida next month. G. C. Harwood and son from Marion spent Sunday at their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger and Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallon. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Disney of Elkhart are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. John Walton. Mrs. Grace Olds closed her cottage and moved to Fort Wayne, Wednesday last week. She planned to spend Thanksgiving with her sister in Toledo, O. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fish ack came from Fort Wayne, Saturday, and spent the day at their cottage. Mr. Fishack is improving. He has been suffering with shingles. Foyr elm trees are being transplanted to the yard of the Ralph Teetor home this week by the Davie Tree Co., of Kent., O. Two of the trees ar® 12 inch®* in diameter and the other two about 8 inches. When removed from the trucks for planting the trees have balls of dirt about 10 feet wide on them. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Landaw spent Sunday at the Bert Landaw home in Goshen. During their absence Mr. and Mrs. Clay Groves and two chil-' dren from South Bend and Mrs. Harriet Juday of Mishawaka came to call. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock and daughter Willodean spent Sunday at the E. R. Ingall’s home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Arthur Sudlow has moved to the cottage of Mrs. Tracy Bergaman, near Waco, renting it for a year. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Day of Elkhart were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Wandel of Kale Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Wandel planned to spend Thanksgiving day with Mr. Wandel’s sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dominic of South Bend. o FUNERAL WAS HELD WEDNESDAY MORNING Services Held at Her Home With Rev Hively Officiating; Is Survived by Husband and Step-Children Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Beach, wife of A. A. Beach, were held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at her home with Rev. Hively officiating. Burial was postponed, as Mr. Beache’s son was to arrive from New York this evening. Mrs. Beach, who was killed in the automobile accident Sunday evening, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ford of Alton, Pa., and was born Dec. 15, 1872. Twenty-seven years ago, she and Mr. Beach were married in Terre Haute, Ind., and moved to Syracuse in 1911. Mr. Beach was a blacksmith until nine years ago, when he opened the soft drink parlor in the McClintic building on Huntington street, which he operated until this spring. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Beach is survived by two step-chil-dren, twins, Mrs. Lena White and Leon Beach of Whitesville, N. Y., two step-grandchildren, and two step great-grand-children, her cousin, Mrs. Blanche Papson of Buffalo, N. Y. NOTICE. All stores in Syracuse will be closed all day, Thanksgiving Day. "I""- HI.! '

BACK BROKEN WHEN TRUCK TURNS OVER “Bill” Ketring Injured In Auto Accident Saturday Evening. On his way to Syracuse with a truck load of empty beer cases belonging to the Kosciusko County Beer Corporation, Maurice (Bill) Ketring was injured when the truck left the road and turned over.. The accident occurred about 10 o’clock Saturday night# on Road 13, halfway between the Vawter Park school house and the John Swenson farm. When he managed to crawl out from beneath the truck, Ketring said that he walked about a quarter of a mile down the road to the Elmer Koher home to try to telephone to town, but could not rouse anyone. So he had to walk back past the wrecked truck, the former Vawter Park school site, and finally reached Lois Solt’s. He said that he had to crawl part of the way. At Solt’s, Ketring telephoned Ross Osborn to come out that the truck had left the road. Osborn said that he didn’t particularly hurry, as Ketring did not say that he had been injured. Solt called Osborn a second time, telling him Kefring was dying. Ketring’s injuries, or nerves which had perhaps been numbed from the accident, had began to make themselves felt, and Osborn rushed him to Syracuse to the doctor. He seemed to grow continually worse, and the doctor called the ambulance and had him taken to the Goshen hospital, where x-ray pictures were taken. And these showed that Ketring, who had walked and crawled that distance, in the accident had suffered a broken last lumbar vertebra. It is thought that this will heal properly so that he will not suffer with his back. It was expected that he would be brought home from the Goshen hospitalTuesday,

SYRACUSE BANK IS MAKINGFHA LOANS No Payments in . Default on Nine Loans Made Here for Improving Property; Loans from SIOO up. To date the State Bank of Syracuse has made nine loans, totalling $2,520.03 under the National Housing Act. The loans range from SIOO to S6OO in size. According to Noble Blocker, cashier of the bank, no payment on these loans, which - are due monthly, has been delinquent. - Blocker also said that he thought more of the National Housing Act than any other government plan for the releasing of credit. “It has not the complications of other loans,” he explained. “It is one of the simplest ways to borrow money to improve one’s property. The money loaned in the National Housing Act is for the purpose of repairing, improving, or modernization of property.” The amount of money which can be borrowed on the Federal Housing Loan varies between SIOO and $2,000 payable in monthly installments in one to three years. One of the requirements for the note to qualify for the insurance in the National Housing Act is that the borrower must be making per year, at least five times the amount borrowed. The government protects the bank lending the money, up. to 20 per cent of losses of the total volume of paper acquired which complies with the requirements'of the Federal Housing Administration. Two banks in the United States, have made loans of more than one million dollars, meeting the requirements of this Act. These banks are: The Bank of America, in California; and The National City Bank of New York. / o Z_DIES SUDDENLY 111 but one day, Mrs; Lydia Neff Symensma died Tuesday evening at the home of her son Roy, in New Paris. Funeral services for her are to be held in the Maple Grove church Friday afternoon. In addition to her son Roy, Mrs. Symensma is survived by her son Charles, and her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Snyder of New Paris and her son Guy who lives near Syracuse.

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