Edwardsville Intelligencer, The (Newspaper) - August 9, 1938, Edwardsville, Illinois 75th 186 ILLINOIS TEN PAGES Man Hunted 9 Years For Resort Murder Is Apprehended GLASS FACTORY AT IS Close Gates When CIO Refuses to Halt Pickets Who Would Protest Employment of A F of L Sympathizers NOT CLOSED THE DOORS 500 Out of Work After CIO Posts Pickets Four Em- ployees Charged With ing A F of L Affiliation III Aug Ovv ens Ford Glass Company closed ils gates against 500 when the Committee for Industrial nation refused to halt pickets pro the employment of American of Labor sympathizers The company has an open shop with the Federation of Plate Glass Workers Local 19 a CIO at filiate The union posted pickets continued ol four men whom they termed tual trouble markers A S Middleton plant manager said his move was not a merely closed the doors He said he acted on fiom D Toledo O executive vice president of the company that certain operations would be halted because of picketing and on- the part of representatives of the union Leland Beard president of the CIO local said the pickets would be soon as came here from Toledo to negotiate the dis pule Beard said Glen McCabe a meeting pf 1 000 night urging them to join the A F of L He said McCabe was oust ed fiom of the CIO some time ago in a dispute union funds McCabe war president of the A F of L International Flat Glass Woik ers Union for 14 jears but joined nine tuo jears ago m it into the CIO After the break wilh the unions the A F of L auth him to organize here Referring to McCabe's speech Fii dav night Beard said That was the point for the of my union These four men had long been agitating for the A F of L When they showed up at the plant Saturday morning to go to out men wouldn t let them In Beard continued the company called them up and told them to come back to work Today we couldnt get gates were locked Goodwillie m his letter to Middle ton hinted the company might close Its operations here DEFINITE UPSWING OF JOBS IN ILLINOIS PREDICT RECOVERY WILL BE ACCELERATED THIS FALL FINAL PLANS FOR Assistant Secretary of Commerce Warns Against Price Increases Advising Concentration on Sales Volume Secretary of Commerce ard C Patterson Jr seeking Improvement in business conditions today that recovery would be accelerated this fall In an Interview with the United Press lie warned against price ei as business activity expands ing business and industry instead to concentrate on Increased sales volume It is apparent from our reports from all parts of the country he said that the federal government's ing program has already had a good psychological effect on business Businessmen are coming out of their shells and are beginning to look to future business They're getting away from the day-to-day outlook Government recovery spending to date he said he could have had little more than a psychological effect on business But he added its direct should begin to be felt in the fall peak I look for an acceleration in the rate of recovery during the he continues It would seem then that employment will increase Reports direct from various business and industrial enterprises he said in- that the lever of orders is Success in Drive Reported to Have Ordered Lines Strengthened French-Spanish Frontier Aug co successfully completed the lust phase of his on the Catalan front was reported daj to ordered nationalist lines along the Serge and Ebro to meet any new loyalist threat Nationalist reports said Gen Juan Yague s Moroccans and foreign naires were firmly entrenched on the west bank of the Ebro while Galician troops were mopping up what was left of the loyalist El Modesto the modest one 42nd division The sion was said to have been decimated in the nationalist counter offensive which wiped out the entire northern flank ol the governments lines in a old offensive Franco was reported to have no in- tentions of thinning his Catalan lines to provide reserves for his drive on Sagunto and Valencia This was said to be due to political rather than necessity according to some ob- servers because loyalist Gen Vicente Rojos crossing of the Ebro had had a bad moral effect on public ion inside and outside of Spam Rojo s offensive halted Franco s drive on Sagunto and That had been Rojos purpose so that Gen Miaja the of the central could have time to complete his fortifications be foie Sagunto The woik on the new fortifications has to such an extent that most believed Francos cam against Valencia has been de months The nationalists asserted that the loyalists lost m two weeks 12000 dead wounded and taken prisoner and that thete still were about men of the 42nd division trapped on the west bank of the Ebro The nationalists said had captured 3 000 Catalans and foreigners belonging to various international brigades The fighting was virtually stale mated today LABOR LEAGUE OPPOSES IOWA GOVERNOR Chicago Aug are marching back to Illinois factories in a defi mle upswing of tin director of the state la boi department disclosed today He cited the recent addition of 740 by plants outside the Chicago area to show a state-wide trend In the revival of industrial activity Among the firms that have pay rolls recently were Be Creamery Galesburg 75 men Lyons Metal Products Company ora 48 Elgin National Watch Co Elgin 2 Janssen It Schaefer Co 112 Caterpillar Tractor Co 225 Libby ington 68 Keystone Steel and Wire Bartonville 42 Kirara Walker Com pany 148 predicted thousands of men would be back at their jobs by earl autumn Firemen Answer Cmtl A small amount of escaping from a fire in a basement stove at the residence of Herman Knackstedt attracted the attention of a passerby Tuesday morning at 11 15 o'clock causing them to call fire ment Investigation by the de- showed that fruit was being canned and that the smoke resulted from this activity Underwent Operation Herbert Wickenhauser assistant of Wood River Township Is recovering at St Joseph's Hospital in Alton where he recently underwent aa operation for appendicitis Washington Aug non partisan league today announced that it would oppose re-election of cratic Gov Nelson G Kraschel of It said that his use of the na lional guard to force settlement of the Maytag Company strike at New ton should be a warning to the people The league political arm of the Committee for Industrial tion asserted that the problem of the uses to which the national guard is put is one of the gravest moment to laboi and believers in democratic anywhere adding that il is a problem with which Congress will have to deal Of course Gov Kraschel has for the backing of labor throughout his stale and of all true supporters of democratic executive vice president E L Oliver said ARRANGE PRIVATE SERVICE FOR MRS CHRYSLER Kings Point N Y Aug Chrysler family assembled today at the bier of Mrs Walter P Chrysler Si who died of cerebral hemorrhage at 7 o'clock last night at the age of 66 Private funeral services were ar- ranged for Wednesday at St Barthot Church in New York City Chrysler who arose from a sick bed last Saturday after having been con- fined two months with a circulatory ailment and their four children were present when Mrs Chrysler died She had not regained consciousness after she was stricken IT noun earlier Throughout her lift Mrs Chrysler shunned society and devoted most of her time to her family Chrysler said that she was the only person understood and aged his mechanical above These that of reports current production which are tial reveal that because of the ex- cess of orders over production trial concerns are drawing on their gradually diminishing inventories to meet demand The reports also cate that the level of consumption continues to remain well above the of production One of the most interesting aspects of this latest so-called economic re- Patterson said was the maintenance of consumption at high levels This Is largely resp sible for the rapid scaling down of the heavy accumulation of inventories during the first six months of the The marked improvement in both and wholesale trades during June and July which were indicated in commerce department surveys to have continued into August Echoing son s optimism the commerce weekly ness survey of 35 key cities said Both retail and wholesale trade resumed their moderate upswing in most sections of the country during the week ended Aug 3 A marked increase in building prospects over a yeai ago and scattered reports of increased industrial activity ened the encouraging business under- lone TWO DIE TWO ESCAPE IN FIRE Tuxedo Park N Y Aug liam T Adee and his wife prominent in eastern society were burned to death early today when flames en- their remodeled farm house in this fashionable colony A nursemaid escaped by leaping fiom a second story window carrying their one jear old son She broke her hand but the child was unhurt Ray Hunter 38 one of the first on the scene said the fire started in the wing of the building where the were ing He said Mrs Adee was at a window when he and Anthony Less 40 arrived in advance of fire ments fiom nearby communities She was Hunter said But we had no way of getting to her the fire trucks arrived she collapsed at the window Adee was not seen It was believed he was trapped while trying to make his way to the bedroom of his son in another wing The nursemaid was Sara Hention 19 Firemen carried her and the baby away from the burning ture Guided by Hunter firemen located Mrs Adee's body as soon as the Ore was extinguished They continued the search for Adee's body The the nurse and the child were the only occupants of the large house Quins Improving Callander Ont Aug Dlonne quintuplets confined to their beds by throat trouble were improving today but were fretting over the segregation of in whose throat the tion first was found They don't like to be an attendant said and they are giving the nurses quite a time Continues Tour Boston Aug Corrigan wearing a kelly green necktie left Boeton airport at 9 30 a m EOT day aboard a commercial airliner for Newark continuing his national tour Outing to Be Held at American Legion Park Many Expected to Attend Annual All-Day Affair MUNICIPAL BAND TO PLAY FROM 4 TO 6 P M Softball Games Trap Shoot Races Dancing and Other Activities Wilt Take Up Time of Those Attending Plans for the Farmers-Merchants picnic at Legion Park here Thursday are complete with the exception of a few minor details according to committee members of the various departments in charge of the annual affair Each year many hundred persons attend the picnic and with fair weather prevailing the attendance Thursday is expected to be better than ever Mayor W C Straube of ville has issued a proclamation ing all business houses to close at 12 o'clock for the rest of the afternoon in order that their employes might attend the picnic The farmers selves need no urging to put their horses in the pasture or run the farming machinery off to the side of the field and go to the American gion Park where the picnic as in other years will be held Young and old alike will be ed by the features of the picnic Races for the children will start at 3 o'clock with other contests in melon and cracker eating taking place The winners and second place persons will be for their efforts with prizes in trade at the stands The picnic is always a meeting place where old friends get together once again though they may not have met since the last picnic Merchants too are given a better chance to get acquainted Thursday morning at 9 o'clock two Softball games wilt launch the days outing with games between Granite City and Edwardsville and Hamel and Highland all of the teams being bers of the Madison County Farm reau League These games were postponed due to rain earlier in the season Highland and Edwardsville rank first and second respectively in the league assuring fans of good games More Softball will be played in the afternoon at 2 p m when the an- game between members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau takes place Following that game another between an all-star Continued on Page Two FLASHES Leased Wire Bulletins on Latest World News Today Killed by Driver Mattoon 111 Aug as Heenan 35 Oklahoma City Okla oil lease buyer was struck and killed here today by a hit-and-run driver who fled the scene leaving as the only clues to his or her identity a hub cap an and broken headlight glass Germany Support Paris Aug newspaper Paris Solr said today that Germany has promised that she would morally and otherwise support Japan If the berian border conflict developed Into war with Russia Dies Injuries Carlyle Hi Aug 19 of Beckemeyer 111 died shortly after noon today of Injuries suffered eight hours before in a truck collision hi which his Walter was killed Begin Cuban Purge Havana Cuba Aug Cuban government began a purge of the cabinet today in an effort to restore public confidence in the wake of mors regarding a public works bond scandal several weeks ago Boasts to Police Baltimore Aug Bird public enemy No 2 boasted to more police today that he will at- tempt a break for freedom at his first opportunity Old Schoolmate Hail Victory Happiest man In all Kentucky over the victory of U S Senator Alben Berkley over Happy Chandler was T E Mott shown with the victorious senator Mott whose necktie was as by its absence as his galluses were by their presence went to Hebron school near Lowes Ky with Berkley 90 years ago They met at the polls just before the beginning of the count which a handy victory for the administration leader Seek Installation of ator for Care of able Foods B W Suppiger chairman of the county relief investigating committee of the board of supervisors said day that a form of agreement b now being signed by supervisors to gate five of the number to serve as agents in dealing with the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission New regulations of the commission forbid that organization dealing with the board of supervisors as a body gating the certain powers and they may select a group to dle the various affairs The principal clause of the ment provides for the appointment of the present nve members of the committee to serve as agents of the body They are B W Suppiger Joseph Grenzer Madison Romann Granite City John W Davis and E W Ellis St Jacob Mr Suppiger said that four of the supervisors have signed the ment Others will be asked to prove the plan as rapidly as they can be seen The board of supervisors will hold the regular August meeting day and that day all of the ors will have an opportunity to prove the plan Assistant supervisors not affected Mr Suppiger said Tuesday that a plan Is now under way through which the state commission is being asked to approve the Installation of a ation system at the surplus food depot operated here The township will be required to pay the expense of viding the facilities if approved According to Mr Suppiger a re- for approximately two car capacity is necessary It will be used for storage of meat butter eggs milk tomatoes and other perishable foods At present a number of these foods cannot be requested because there is no place to store them DANCE TO BUT SHORT WAVE RADIO A dance with music furnished by Joe Ladd's Orchestra will be given at Legion Park on the evening of Aug 19 tq raise funds to enable the Edwardsville police to purchase a short wave receiving set for the police car The dty feels it is unable to spend the necessary dollars for a re- set so the police department taken it upon itself to purchase the equipment Other cities Including Alton East Alton Wood River and Roxana are installing sets According to Chief of Police August H Soehlke the orchestra will donate its services The dance will start at 8.30 and tickets will be 25 cents Asks For Divorce Mrs Vanie Baker of Alton filed suit for a divorce in the circuit court Tuesday morning against her husband Charles Baker The petition states that they were married on June 1 1937 at Macomb and separated the following week on June 8 1937 De- sertion was given as grounds for the divorce SHE APPROVAL IS Projects Getting in Shape for Employment of Number of Men Until Winter Approval of a WPA project for ex- tensive street improvements here is expected within the next few days tt was revealed Tuesday by Guy county supervisor He anticipates the shortly because of the time the application has been on file and rapidity of final action on other jobs The approval expected is for street woi k on Hillsboro avenue a short tion of Main street Second street Purcell street St Louis street ton street and Handle street The project will provide employment for 60 men for four months If the ect can be started early in September it will continue until some time after January 1 depending upon weather It Includes pavement on Handle street of the space formerly occupied by tracks of the Alton Granite and St Louis Traction System The ent cinder fill must be removed The work along other streets includes re- moval of tracks formerly used by the Illinois Terminal Railroad System A fund of secured from the tem and money to be realized on the old car rails will provide the city's portion of funds Mr stated that the city-wide park project will be started about September 1 The project was proved Monday It provides for an expenditure of The project will provide employment for 80 men for six months Work on the Henrietta coal mine project has been progressing during the past two weeks Transfer of men working on the East Side Levee and Sanitary District will be necessary when the city-wide park and street projects are launched Another project which will provide employment to many is the wide road program It includes re- building of many highways la the county Approval of that project is anticipated in the near future ELECTION OFFICIALS ABE SENT NOTICES Judges and clerks of election who were appointed In June by the board of supervisors for terms of one year are receiving notices of their tion Tuesday The notices were ed by County Clerk Norbert Hots Monday afternoon The judges will serve at the special primary August 30 and the general election in ember Clerks are appointed for the November election but will act at the primary only U named by the judges With the primary but slightly over two weeks away Mr Hots is making final preparations day is the last day for the tion of notices arid next Monday the final day for posting the notices Lyons te Make Talk Richard Lyons Republican date of U S senator will speak at Granite City his principal en- gagement in this county He visited Alton today and was the guest o non or at a reception this afternoon at city park D EIPPERT Police Say He Admits Killing Noah Overton Owner at Opening Party in Long Lake Resort ARGUMENT RELATIVE VIOLIN WAS CAUSE Musician Playing for Had Borrowed It From er Victim Had Attempted to Settle Trouble A man said to be Howard Eippert wanted by Madison County ties for nine yean in connection with the murder of Noah Overton at Long Lake resort on April to under arrest at Peoria according to word received Tuesday afternoon by State's Attorney Austin Lewis ani Sheriff Simon Henry is salt to have been living on an island the Illinois river near Peoria Circumstances leading to the arrest were not reported to the authorities here According to press reports pert is said to have admitted to oria police that he killed a man at but could not ber his name The authorities hert are seeking witnesses A few days before Overton killed he opened a resort on Long Lake He had previously operated a place at Wod River Opening of new resort was to be featured by a party to which friends and the publie in general was invited One of the musicians engaged to play for dancing had borrowed a lin from Eippert according to reports just after the shooting Eippert went to the place to take possession of tht violin He and the man had words Overton Intervened and attempted quiet the two While he was attempting to ate the men a shot was fired bullet entered his right side Mrs Overton was attempting to help her husband and was injured Eippert left the resort Mrs Overton assisted her husband to an automobile taking hum to St Elizabeth's Hospital at Granite City where he died ENTRIES ARE ARRIVING FOR HIGHLAND FAH Highland Aug first entries for the Madison County Fair which will be held In Highland on August 27 to 31 were received during the past week and are being received ia greater number daily All entries must be made on Monday August 22 according to H Homann secretary of the Madison County Fair Association Harry Theiss proprietor of the Stables at Belleville bai notified the Horse Show that he will enter four of his fine galled saddle horses at the Highland horse show which is to be held on the nights of Aug 29 30 and 31 These include Firebird a 9 gaited gelding Star Gazer a 3 gaited gelding Honey Child 5 gaited gelding and Candle Lite Dream a 5 gaited gelding Mr Theiss was one of the exhibitors at last year's show and at that time entered only one hone firebird and his Increased entries speak well for the Highland horse show The Candle Lite Stable entries are showing at the Springfield State Fair and will also be at the St Louis National Horse Show Rehearsals of the various of the pageant spectacle with a cast of 400 have begun It Witt portray in two parts many of the characters of Fairyland Fair are pleased with the early demand for family tickets These tickets good each day and night of tht fair and acceptable for half the horse show ad- mission for parental and under 12 are on sale at They must be purchased by Aug Open Fort Worth Tex Aug Lee Democratic nominee for ernor made his first speech and sane his first song to residents of Texas last night since he won an ing majority in the primary election The Fort Worth flow salesman wered requests for Just one tune by singing Beautiful He accompanied by hb band Vienna Aug Rudolf ler prominent throat aai university professor committed cide Saturday it was reported today No reason was given for hto act IV
