The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 February 1937 — Page 1

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.: -~ ■ ■ — . News Flashes GUARDSMEN REMAIN AT ANDERSON ANDERSON, Feb. 18 (INS)—National guardsmen remain i on duty here as assurance against riots or other outbreaks In'S the labor dispute between members of the United Automobi’e* workers and the two subsidaries of the General Motors Corporation. ANNOUNCE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SYRACUSE, Feb. 18—A membership drive for the Syra-cuse-Wawasee Community Chamber of Commerce will get underway with the regular meeting of the organization next Tuesday evening, according to Warren Colwell, president. . WILL REPAIR COUNTY JAIL WARSAW, Feb. 18. (INS) Expenditure of SIO,OOO for extensive repairs to the Koscoiucsko County jaiol has ’been ordered by the county council. LIBERAL BILLS BEFORE LIGISLATURE INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 18—The State Legislature is considering many new laws, including a number of so-called “Liberal” measures, legalizing slot-machines, horse-racing, mandating free textbooks, increased teachers’ salaries and lemale industrial i labor laws. PLAN INTER-STATE FLOOD CONTROL INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 18. (INS) —Nine states will be represented at a meeting of agencies here tomorrow to study flood control. CONGRESS ASKED FOR CROP INSURANCE WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 18 (INS) —President Franklin D. Roosevelt today called on Congress to legislate an all-risk federal crop insurance plan, to lessen the cost, financial and human of future crop disasters. EIGHT ESCAPE IN PLANE CRASH ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 18 (INS)—Eight persons escaped injury when a Chicago plane crashed near here. The plane, was enroute from Chicago to Miami.

Flood Control Plan Studied by Authorities

By MAURICE MERRYFIELD WASHINGTON, D. C.—New impetus has been given plans for flood control now under consideration by various governmental authorities as a result of the disaster visited upon the Ohio and Mississippi valleys by the surging torrents oi two of the greatest rivers in United States. Although much has been done along this line since the costly floods of 1927, the recent disaster proved how inadequate was the defense built up against one of nature’s most relentless forces. ' It is now apparent to most of those ' who have studied the situation that no mere emergency program or hastily accomplished defense system can ; handle a situation such as that which brought death and destruction to scores of cities in the Ohio and Mis- ' sissippi valleys. Despite the fact — —

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that hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on levees, flood walls, dams and similar protective devices in the past 10 years, there is a more far-reaching and fundamental insurance program needed. 20-Year Program Urged. Numerous students of flood control, now more than ever before, are convinced that the problem should be attacked by a 20-year program of which one of he principal features would be prevention of soil erosion. No less an authority than H. H. Benton, chief of the soil conservation service, estimated that the volume of water which left upwards of 1,000,000 mid-western residents homeless would have been reduced as much as 25 per cent had eroded lands not poured the heavy rainfall in surface torrents into trib- • utaries which contributed to the swollen Ohio and Mississippi rivers. ■ L ' 1 -

M C NUTT TO PHILLIPINES Plan Syracuse Tourist Camp

SPANISH TYPE BUILDING WILL BE A FEATURE George Xanders And L. A. S e i d e r s Are Sponsors Os Project With the increasing popularity of automobile trailers and the fact that there was a shortage of hotel ac- ' comodations on Lake Wawasee for tourists and vacationers last season, a company has been formed here to construct and operate a large tourist and trailer camp. George Xanders well known local attorney who has already shown consteerable interest and foresight in the needs for more housing he e has built three new cottages, is ore of the sponsors and financiers <f the project. Another is known to be L. A. Seiders well known local groceryi man and a part owner of a local boat storage ssSes and service company. Near Pickwick. The camp will be established on the Pickwick Road just off State Route 13, south of Syracuse. A five acre tract of land has bee i purchased by Xanders and Seiders and plans are being formulated for buildings on the place. Xanders spent sometime t ecently visiting tourist camps in the suuthd n states and has evolved a number of ideas which will be incorporated into this latest development. Featured in the finished project wil’ be a Spanish type tourist home with about 20 rooms all opening onto an inner court. These will ecI comodate two or four persons, and will be equipped with all modern coni veniences including cooking stoves, I water, lights and reifrigefation, as well as sleeping quarters. Adjacent to the tourist home and on the same tract will be plenty of j space property arranged to accomoI date trailers. Light and power lines I will be available for supplying the trailers with electric current for cooking and lights, and water will also be available. Plans Impressive. Those who have viewed the plans are impressed with the detail and cleverness of arrangement throughout the . whole camp. The place should be comfortable and will be well situated. Just off the lake, thare will be water in a channel for ! bathings and fishing, and the camp I is close enough to the city to provide the epople stopping ther with a convenient shopping and amuement center. Interested parties express the view that the corporation will be formed and all details completed so that work can be started on actual construction early in the spring. It is hoped the camp will be completed by the time the rush comes Sate in June or July. Gun-Toting Student Turns Up In Alaska PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 18. (INS) —Oregon has surrendered her reputation as a wild and woojy place to live in favor of Alaska, according to George J. Clauss, juvenile court officer. Clauss turned over to police a gun which he took from 16-year-old high school pupil who formerly lived in Alaska. High school officials warned the youth several times about dairying a gun, Clauss, said, but the bby declared he had carried a gun to school in Alaska and he didn’t “see anything wvong vyith it.” The juvenile officer said he took the boy’s gun, a .22 calibre pistol, because the youth’s grandmother refused to take any action, declaring she didn’t see any reason for “such a-fuss over a little thing like taking a gun to school.” ■ Ml . ...■■n ,i

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937

Quiz Sex \ Fiend In Mystery i I- * I VALPARAISO, Feb. 18 (INS)—lnvestigation of the Roger Loomis , murder mysteryj wf&s. Uividcd t day between Valparaiso, Ind., and Lomj bard, the 5-year-old child’s home. I home. Sheriff Freeman Lane was qi.estionning Theodore Wagner, 47, a <r e oenera»e, v.hq admitted having been in the western suburbs of Chi- | cago j'round the time Rog*’ wis abd ducted and garroted. , He was picked up at Valpraiso ‘ Friday in a railroad yard wi h a 14-year-o!d boy. They were bea ding a freight tpain. Admits Sex Charge. Everett Middleton of Little R ck. Ark., the boy; said he had jo ntd Wagner on February 9 at E gi”, which is not far from L mba d. Wagner inistiepted him sex al'y. Pleading gudty to that charge, be | wis sentenced by Judge Maik B. , Rockwell to two to fourteen years in prison but eemmitment las been held up pending irtvestiga ton ’of a possible connection with the i Loomis case. Wasner’s home is in Marion,. 0., he said. He had been roaming the past four years. At Lonibait), State’s Attorney R-s- --■ sol W. Keeney was inspecting two vacant homeft. Both ate wi nin a I few blocks of the heme of Roger’s foster parents, Mr. ard Mts. George Loomis, at 140 W. Grove st. One of the houses is a $35,000 | residence, which is occupied in the Summer by the owner, R. V. Spalding. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Bagnell, who live next door, told of hearing a child’s scream near there on the night of February 4. Roger had vanished that afternoon and was fouhd dead the following morning I in a lonely sub-division six blocks j away. The second house is in process of remodeling. A child’s footprints were noted in the dust and fallen plaster. Worktmen believed they were made by their children. However, George Loomis said he would bring one of Roger’s shoes to the house today.

I — «■ W- * HSr fli ~ ;r MARK ROYAL BIRTH—A gigantic Italian flag waves in the breeze from the Italian embassy in Washtagton in honor of the birth of a baby son to Crown Princess Marie Jose of Italy. The newcomer is heir-apparent to the Italian throne.

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> Over 500 Bills Ire Before Legislators

s I INDIANAPOLIS Feb 18—With a r record of more than 500 new bipls ■ introduced, and more to come, the I Indiana general assembly is now be- > gining .to realize that adjournment time is*not fart'distant, says a bulletin issued by the Indiana Taxpayers Association “So many of these measures contemplate new governmental functions, increases in the cost of govornment and general spending,” the bulletin says, “that enactment of all of them no only would wine out virtually $14,000,000 in the state’s generail fund, but would cre-

Burglar Alarm No Check To Thieves SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 18 (INS) —Never make the same mistake twice was the policy of Parley W. Hale. grocer here, whose store was robbed recently of SSO in cash which he had hidden there. Hale had a burglar a(arm system installed so the incident wouldn’t ■ happen again. Two days later, burglars, believed intent upon defying the caution of Hale, broke into the store again, without disturbing the alarm sysi tern, and stole $25. Hale now is planning on installing ; foolproof “rat” traps. California Bees Have Poor Year SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 18. I (INS) —Busy California bees were I. foiled by weather conditions during 1936 and mnaged to store up less than half as much honey as in j the previous year, the annual re- i port otf R. M. Krebs, supervising . apiary entomologist, state department of Agriculture, revealed today. ■ The 1936 total of 10,952,000 pounds was poor in comparison with the 22,115,000 recorded in 1935 | due to the early rains, Krebs be- j lieved. Fresno led other producing counties with 1,012,500 pounds from l 13,500 colonies.

ate a deficit of several miUios <?f dollars.” The association’s bulletin points out that the budget bill! calling approprations to enabje various departments of the state to function during the next two years, calls for a total expenditure of $77,787,709, an increase over the budget of two years ago of $27,344,053 This increase was carried in the budget recommendations despite the fact that i the members of the budget committee cut about $10,000,900 from Jiel quests made by department heads

5 i W z*. . •*> ' : | j jFp 11 H WIDOW OF “CASEY JONES”— Here is the 'vidow of the late John Luther “Casey” Jones. Illinois Central railroad engineer whose last run is immortalized in ballad. She is seen in New York where she appeared on a radio program. | | ,

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FAMED INDIANA EX-GOV. GETS FEDERAL POST Named Island Commis--1 sioner By President Roosevelt i WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -President has nominated Paul V. McNutt, former Indiana governor to be U. S. high commissioner to the Philippine Inlands. NlcNutt, mentioned as a possible democratic presidential nominee in "1940, accepted the presidential appointment at the White House yesterday afternoon. ’McNutt said he would leave for his new post “about a month” after the U. S. sentae acts on his nomination. McNutt will succeed Governor Frank Murphy, Mich., who quit last , year to run for the Michigan office. J I Although McNutt’s appointment is at the pleasure of the piesident, Me Hutt intimated he might not serve during all the next four years. Asked if he had accepted the post ' for a definite period, McNutt said: “I have no comment on that. ’ McNutt did say, however, tha “six months isn’t very long: amt a I year is a pretty '.ong time.” i McNutt sa d Mr. Roosevelt hail suggested he spend a month in Washington after his appo ntmenl becomes definite, familiarizing himself with the problems of the j islands. ‘Kick Me* Latest Sticker Vogue PORTLAND, Feb. 18 (INS)—lndications here today pointed toward one of two things taking place in the immediate future. They were: 1. (Best Bet) —A boom in th® sate of soft pillows; or, 2 (Not so good)—A big reduction in automobile accidents. The reason for so drastic a prophecy lies in the fact that a new organization, to be known as “Kick Me!”, has been formed among Portland business men. Each member will post a “Kick Me” sticker on the rear window of his automobile, and (to the delight of pillow venders) pledges himself to stand for a kick if found driving even a fraction of a mile beyond speed limits. Descendant Enacts Role Os Williams SOUTHINGTON. Conn., Feb. 18 (INS)—A descendant of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and the City of Providence, will play the role of her ancestor, Mary Williams, wife of Roger, in an historical pilay here. Miss Eleanore Mackenzie, descendant of the Roger Williams family, will appeal* in an historical drama, “The New England Firebrand,” which concerns itself with scenes from Roger Williams’ life as a preacher. The story was written by Mrs. Cj H. Barrett of this vil- ' lage and will be presented Feb. 14. Agriculture Club Plan Annual Party The Vocational Agriculture Club held it’s montthly meeting in the agriculture room of the school last Thursday during the fifth period. During the business session it was planned to get the seed corn testing equipment in condition so that testing of seed corn could begin the first of next month. Plans were also made to have the anual club party take the place of he next regular monthlymeeting. A short debate was held on the (ivestack farming compared to crop farming. Entertainment consisted of group singing and special musical number's. zz—...

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