Evening Independent (Newspaper) - February 5, 1932, Massillon, Ohio W E A T H L R Fair warmer tonight Saturday rain THE EVENING INDEPENDENT EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTRAL PRESS CONSOLIDATED PRESS ASSOCIATION DISPATCHES EDITION NO 271 SHED 1863 OHIO FRIDAY 5 1932 EIGHTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS LL T 102 John R Voorhis Succumbs at New York Home HAD ACTIVE LIFE Retired as City Board of Elections President Last October Heads Agency Edward A Dewald NEW YORK Feb 5 John R Voorhis grand sachem of Tammany hall died today at his home Despite his advanced age Voorhis had continued his work as president of the city board of elections until Oct 20 of last year when he was j retired by board of estimate at his full salary of a year He made his re quest for ment on Oct the last S e j having enacted a f law permitting his retirement on lull salary for life He c e his last birthday a n n i v e on last July 27 by making a radio broad cast On that occasion his cian attributed ripe age to clean and moderate living been grand sachem of Tammany Hall for 20 years the fact the rules of thc society provide that a man in this office may not be reelected Thc braves wishing to re tain Voorhis in that position go around the rules by merely failing to elect a successor at each an election Despite his great age en unusually good health and not long ago boasted he had not had a headache for 50 years Recently however his waning strength had ne his giving less and less time to his duties as head of the board of elections and he finally came to the conclusion that it was time for him to retire Held Many Jobs Voorhis began his long public ser vice in 1873 when he was appointed excise commissioner by Mayor Have meyer of New York Other positions to which he was appointed later in cluded commissioner of police com missioner of docks and police justice In 1001 he was named a commissioner of elections for New York city and chosen president of the board He remained on the board until when he was appointed dent of buildings He was in the state service from 1911 to 1915 as state superintendent of elections having been appointed by Governor John A Dix Return ing as a member of the New York City Board nf Elections in 1918 he was again chosen chairman of the board and continued in that position thereafter Edward A Dewald Elect ed President at An Meet Edward A Dewald superintendent of the and a former city councilman was elected president of the Associated Charities at the annual meeting of the board of trustees in the city hall auditor Thursday evening He succeeds J J Bernstein who served in that capacity during the past year Mr Dewald has been a trustee of the organization since 1923 and has been an officer of it several different times Stephen E Rice a former dent was elected first vice president to succeed Mrs George Smith Mrs Ida was reelected second vice president Roy G Collier assistant cashier of thc State bank was named treasurer He succeeds Thomas Burd who served as treasurer of the Chari ties for many years Both Mr Bern stein and Mr Burd asked to be re placed in their offices Six new trustees were elected They are A L Barr Curtis W De Walt Mrs E W Dutton Dr and B F Fickes and Mrs S E Rice Trustees Named Thirtythree trustees were reelect ed They arc Mr and Mrs J J Bernstein Mrs Minnie Bittner H A Bloomberg Thomas Burd Fred Blatz and Mr and Mrs Martin Bren Mrs Ida Cabbut Mrs E S Craig R Collier E A Miss Lillian Digel Walter Pricker I Mrs Mina Getz Joseph Helline Mrs j Frank Charles Kracker Walter Wayne Matthews R J Pum Mrs Mabel Reed Mrs H F Rider Mrs Naomi Shearer Mrs i George Smith Mr and Mrs Harvey Stoner Mr and Mrs Jacob Von Gun ten S E Rice Mrs R J and Mrs R B Crawford A total of families were given l help by the organization during Jan uary Miss Reavie reported That is a decrease of 13 from the total of 378 of The families aided last month were composed of 1642 individuals 941 children and 701 adults A total of 104 mere Individuals 83 more child ren and 21 more adults were includ Continued on Page Two POLICE IN Attacks Use of Stool Pig eons in Getting Liquor Evidence FEARS BOMBINGS Charges Vice Squad Em ployed Barracks Lodger to Buy Whisky Patrolmen Frank Woods and Stanley Switter named Monday by Director Claude R Kramer as members of a vice squad were assailed Thursday evening by Adjutant Gussie of the Salvation Army for tactics used in mak ing arrests for liquor law viola tions Mrs directed her attack the officers for employing as a stool pigeon a man who stayed at the Salvation Army barracks to ob tain evidence which led to the Tuesday of Nellie of 2nd SW for selling illicit liquor Fears Reprisals That the engagement of jobless men who are lodged overnight at the army barracks caused her and her family considerable annoyance and fear was expressed by Mrs She said that speakeasy owners ar rested through evidence obtained by the lodgers may result in reprisals and voiced fear that the barracks lo in 1st SE may be bombed Mrs not only assailed the officers in person but slated Thursday evening that she in tended to voice her disapproval to Chief of Police E M She had not appeared at the chiefs office at noon today Her sentiment is in accord with that voiced Thursday by Mayor Jacob S Coxey who told Chief Ertle that there be no further dickering with bums to obtain evidence in enforc ing the prohibition law Mayor Coxey at time scored the tactics used by the vice squad in seizing liquor at a reputed liqUor joint in 3rd NW alleged to be owned by Nick BUSK The officers raided the house without a search warrant The case referred to by Mrs is that of Nellie Walker The vice squad officers had Danny Edwards purchase according to their report a pint of liquor from the Walker wo man She denied a charge of sell ing liquor in court Wednesday and Old Mines Bring Wealth To American Sells Rights to Water logged Workings For TROOP TRAIN OHIO on Page Eight PANAMA CITY Feb 5 Nathaniel Hill who as a young man grew up la Panama of the earlier days ami dreamed of the forgotten gold mines of the old today seemed in a way to reap a fortune from them Hill now sold to one of these now waterlogged mines to the for The company also has options from him on 19 others came to Panama as a boy In 1878 California with his parents His father set up as a merchant in Panama City For the boy who buried his nose in tails of the swashbuckling days of the Spanish conquerors il was bsing on spot of real romance In these tales he learned of the mines of from which the gold which dazzled the courl of Spain and made possible the solid gold altars of thc old churches of Panama Hill want back to the United States and went to college at Portland Ore He returned to Panama when he was 22 and went to Veraguas There he located mines long abandoned and filled with water and secured ti tles to 20 of them Hill lives at Colon now He served there as customs appraiser for 10 years and retired in 1928 Ice Snow and High Winds Mark Winters Invasion RAIN PREDICTED Cold Snap May Check Ohio River Flood Menace By The Associated Press High winds and temperatures in the twenties were predicted by the U S weather bureau for Ohio today but warmer wea ther and rain were forecast for Saturday Oldfashioned winter weather be gan its descent upon the state late yesterday bringing with it rapidly falling temperatures ice and snow and a wind velocity which at Cleve land reached 50 miles an hour Heavy Snow At Toledo The cold and snow at Cincinnati added to the discomfort of flood vic tims along the Ohio river but offered hope that the rising waters of the Ohio and its tributaries would sub side At Toledo the snow was heavy enough to the muni cipal shovel In Cleve land it started to melt and then turned to ice Traffic encountered Inherits SOLDIERS KILLED Japanese Planes Also Drop Bombs on Uni versity Destroying One Building and Setting Fire to Two Others Continued on Page Two BloodStained Clothes Spur Search For Runaway Youths Authorities Believed on Trail of Boys Who Escaped From Industrial School at Lancaster Stole Clothing From Store 5 clothes and a pair of boots with flesh frozen to them today spurred authorities in their search for two runaways from the Lancaster boys industrial school The clothes and shoes mute evidence of the suffering the boys Theodore Vaona 17 of Washington county and William 16 of Cleveland must have suffered from a night in the open were found in the general store of W F Schooley at Adelphi yesterday Officers were of the opinion that the boys who escaped last Sunday night in their night clothing had spent the ing days in the back woods beg ging and stealing food and broke into the store yesterday to obtain clothing and food Schooley said two complete sets of boys garments including warm sweaters shoes caps and on Page Two Mrs Frances Taucher of Cicero didnt even know she had an uncle bub he has just left her The Italian consul of Cicero notified her that she is heiress to the fifth part of an es tate Anton an uncle who died in Italy last Oc tober Mrs Taucher has two children to support IS TO mm Father of Alleged Attack Victim Warned to Leave City I am warning you that if anything happens to the two colored boys you better leave town within the next three days See you sooner or This message bearing the signature P and written in a round even hand was the latest development to day in the alleged attack made last Friday evening on Lois Rohr nine daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Rohr of 408 South by a negro youth It was received by the father of the girl through the mail Thursday afternoon Letter Given Police Rohr turned the letter over to Po lice Sergeant W D Moore he said Sergeant Moore and Patrolman Stan ly Switter arrested two negro youths Friday evening in connection the attack and they are held in the county jail pending further inves by juvenile court authorities and local police Both Rohr and the local police of ficer believe the letter was written by a schoolboy or a crank CHAPEI UNDER HEAVY BOMBARDMENT Chinese Defenders Reported Blasted Out of Strong hold After Severe Shelling More U S Arrive in Battle Area SHANGHAI Feb 5 airplanes rained bombs on a Chinese troop train moving into Chape today Flying high over the Chapei area the planes spotted the train moving up with reinforcements for the 19th Chinese army which has been resisting artillery bombardment for several days They swooped low enough to cut loose with their bombs and one of them struck a closed car splitting it from end to end and scattering the bodies of Chinese soldiers over a wide area Sixteen Dead Counted The Associated Press correspondent counted 16 bodies strewn along the railroad track The bodies of mangled horses also lay among the wreckage Before they attacked the train the planes dropped 12 bombs on university wrecking one large build ing and setting fire to two others Shanghai shook to another ter rific bombardment of Chapei this afternoon and there were reports the Japanese at last had succeed ed in blasting the stubborn de fenders out of their position Pfister Relieved by Lone Gun man CLAIMS SPEED RECORD SHEA VICTOR IN ICE EVENT Sets Average Speed Of Miles An Hour NO MORE FORECASTS WASHINGTON Feb 5 Thc agriculture department will make no more public on thc prob course of prices for farm pro ducts This decision reached be cause of pronounced differences among its experts cf the 1932 farm outlook and in thc light of acy in past predictions ke Placid N T Boy Flashes Home Ahead Of Field In Metres E W VOGT For Saturday new spring hats Any felt hat Next door Lincoln j i This special good for all next week Brenner 5s Erie St N at Cherry Dial Finefrock Furnitures vs Sharer Grocers at Longfellow gym LAKE PLACID Feb 5 Jack Shea Lake Placid boy today flashed home five yards ahead of thc field to add the metres Olympic speed skating championship to the metres title he won yesterday Shea flashed home to his double triumph in two minutes 57510 sec five yards in front of Alex Kurd speediest of the three Cana cli r who wiped out all foreign op position in thc preliminary heats to qualify with thc three members of thc United Stater team MIAMI BEACH Feb 5 Gnr Wood claimed a new worlds speed boat record today with a two day average speed of miles an hour Indian creek here with his Miss America IX He was clocked at miles an hour on a southward run over the nautical mile and miles an hour on a northward run The aver HO USB FOIl RENT 7 rooms and bath 1052 Williams NE Possession middle of February Apply 1051 Oak wood WOMENS ARCTICS Special at Economy Shoe I DOOR TO DOOK FER 1st TO Olh INC Wieners first grade Ib Figs 2 for Milk loll can 4 for Qt Jai Olives Corn No 2 Flour box Cake Bread large loru 4 Ib Syrup cnnn and pt Soap 3 Flour Wfi Ib Ing Gold Dust Scouring 3 Nut Cn hi mot or Rum ford Powder Ib lOc IDc Oc arm Ad DONT WORRY SAMS v Lowest prices over offered In tf now nt O O FRUIT VEGETABLES MILK TALL CAN 5 for Head Lettuce 2 heads Oranges 2 Fresh Spinach 2 Ib Bananas golden ripe Ib Celery Hearts 3 bunches Tangerines 2 Grapefruit 3 for Mushrooms Hot House box Fresh Endive 2 Ib Green Onions 3 bunches POTATOES HOME GROWN 2 OLD MALT SYRUP 3 FOR Morton Salt box 2 for Oc Maxwell House Coffee Ib Fresh Roasted Coffee 2 Ib Peanut Butter jar lie FLOUR SACK Malt Red Bell 2 We Lima Beans 3 Ib Navy Beans 3 Ib Real Jello all flavors Swansdown Cake Flour Plenty Strawberries Tomatoes Rad Parsley Cucumbers Kale Now Cabbage Green Beans New Carrots John i DAV AT THE STYLE age gave him a compared with old record of held by Kaye Don of TWO FOUND DEAD ARCANUM Feb 5 Gas arising from a coal stove caused the deaths yesterday of Poe 75 and his wife Mrs Mary Elizabeth Poe 74 residence in Gordon five miles southeast of here They were discovered unconscious by Earl Fisher a grandson Physicians were unable to save them Old tima nnd modern dance at Eagles club Saturday night Ad mission Wave Set only Lincoln Drug MODERN BEAUTY SHOP Fully equipped for sale or to sublet Dial 3416 for WILTON COST All sizes and new patterns MASSILLON HOUSE FURN CO First SW near Lincoln Way W GROCERY AND MEAT CASH AND CARRY SALE SEE PAGE SHOP HERE P J HORDNER CO ERIE S DIAL WHOLE WHEAT We guarantee this now whole wheat product be just what we claim for II thc only bread for diabetic people and for those who wish to reduce Have you tried toasting II deli clous Small loaf fie loaf He Shop Arcade GROCERY SPECIALS Soc 13 nnd MENS At Ins Economy Shoo Jb SON GROCERY SPECIALS Seo paRO 11 today nnd DO Take care of your furniture needs Clood furniture not bo sive If you tho sain now on at O O Size Determines Free Bus Rides HAMILTON Feb 5 The size of a man or woman may de termine whether he or she rides Hamilton buses free or charge A clause in new transportation franchise presented to the city council provides that persons un der 41 inches In height be permit eel to ride free of charge In at tempting to solve Hamiltons transportation charges the city has proposed a transpor tation system at a cost of Five other proposals arc also be fore the council CRASH KILLS TWO WOMEN CINCINNATI Feb 5 f Two women a mother and daughter were killed today by a Pennsylvania train which struck their auto Thc victims were Mrs Mary Eliza beth 45 and Miss Mary Elizabeth 21 related by marriage to tho late Zachary Lans downc commander of thc U S dirig ible Shenandoah which crashed In eastern Ohio several years ago Miss Madge Miller 42 tho driver also was injured Thc train crew told police Miss Miller tried to bent the locomotive to a crossing HELLINES POULTRY MARKET Rear 332 Erie S Phone SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY Medium and Heavy Hens wonderful for noodles or roasting dressed only Ib Young Turkeys dressed only Ib young dressed only Ib Young Tame Rabbits dressed Ib Extra Fine Friers dressed Ib Hundreds of live chickens which to select Buy alive and we will dross them while you wait Good parking right at our door Open Saturday until p MEAT SPECIAL Good Steer Chuck Ib lOc Good Steer Bib Roast rolled Ib Meaty Rib Boiling Moat Ib Round and Sirloin Steak Hickory Smoked Hams Ib Fancy Dressed Chickens Ih Monty fork Shoulder Roast Ib Genuine Country Sliced Bacon Ib Steak Ib Unadulterated Hamburger Ib Pork Loin end cuts Ib No fi can lOc No 3 can Boof Pork and ground Ib ISc F ZORGER A CO US th NE Dinl DRAFTS PLANS FOR CLEANUP Workmen and Trucks lo Haul Away Refuse Dumped on Vacant Lots Trucks of the service department will be put to the work of cleaning up the city hi the near future ac cording to Claude R service director Rubbish and refuse will first be re moved from vacant lots and places complained of he said and the cost for cleaning up these places will be charged to thc property owners If he refuses to pay he will face the possibility of being arrested and brought into court for violation of city laws governing disposal of refuse and waste matter All complaints received of people throwing garbage and rubbish into vacant lots to save paying a collector for hauling thc refuse away have been listed by the di rector and when work is started to clean un the these places will be visited first After the city has been thoroughly covered Mayor Jacob S declares he will insist that thc health department be vigilant In its Inspections to check any further vio lations 21 MISSING IN SHIP ACCIDENT Fishing Schooner And Steam Jean Jadot Collide East Of Halifax NEW YORK Feb 5 ff Twentyone members of the crew of the fishing schooner Eleanor Nicker son of Boston were reported missing following a collision with the steamer Jean Jadot 365 miles east of Halifax today A radio message from the Jean Jadot to the Lloyd Royal Belgian line said the fishing schooner was sunk and that six members of the crew of 27 were rescued DANCE TONIGHT WENZELS Less nnd his or ARCH SUPPORT SHOES For ladies and misses regular values Economy Shoe LADIES WINTER COATS ONE HALF PRICE TOMORROW AT THE STYLE 500 PARTY Friday night Jr O U A M Massillon Junior Social RUG SALE The biggest and bst values ever at the MASSILLON HOUSE FURN CO First SW near Lincoln Way W WATCH AND CLOCK Repairing Satisfaction guaranteed Jewelry Store Around the 41 1st NE Dial FREE FREE FREE Coffee of 3 loaves of bread at Pastry Shop Arcade HOME AT CONGRESS LAKE IS DESTROYED CANTON Feb Congress lake residence of E A Langenbach Canton industrialist was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin shortly before G a m today The flames spread rapidly and frustrated attempts of firemen from Canton and Hartville to save a por tion cf thc property Practically all cf the expensive furnishings and property was destroyed The home was one of thc showplaces of Congress lake The loss has not been fixed ROBBED of around the strategic north sta tion It was impossible lo verify re ports for the smoke from guns and fire hung so thick over the native city no one could see what was going on Forts Bombarded Simultaneously Japanese planes swooped about the Chinese forts at Woosung guarding the mouth of the 16 miles below Shanghai but after a bombardment the Chinese still were holding on For more than two days those forts have been under heavy fire Repeat edly the Japanese have asserted they were each nowaday bombardment has been resumed There was a widespread belief thc Chinese had received heavy reinforcements and it was known a force of Japanese blue jackets was landed during the day Chinese airplanes played a part in todays action one Japanese plane was shot down but both aviators and antiaircraft gunners claimed the prize Naval Forces Hard Hit A report from the naval command said naval forces ashore had suffered nearly 10 per cent cas since the fighting began The total number of dead and wounded was placed at more than 200 Conflicting reports from west Shanghai told of the arrival there of a fleet of Chinese airplanes and said they had engaged the Japanese aviators in an aerial battle at noon The Chinese claimed not only to have driven off the Japanese airmen but to have brought down a second plane Japanese authorities denied tho battle had taken place Chinese civil authorities said the Chinese fliers were nearby and that tomorrow would something The Chinese are aching for a General Discusses Situation Tins was thc attitude presented by General Tsai borne out by observations behind the Chinese lines General Tsai received the Associated Press correspondent at his ters behind thc Chapei front He is a young almost dif man with sensitive features and narrowly tapering far cry from the Chinese war lord The general manifested no respect for the fighting qualities of the Jap bluejackets Im interested to learn that the Japanese are sending Thinking Wat he was doors of his garage for his son Leo Pfister of 435 7th stM late Thurs day night was the unintended victim of a young bandit according to apo lice version of the holdup Pfister had ridden Lafferty from downtown to the Inter Section of an alley which leads from 8th to the Pfister in 7th NE As he walked through the alley ha saw parked at Pfister thought It was a son return ing He started to open the garage doors when the occupant of the got out and thrust a revolver against his back Asks For Keys Have the keys to the asked the robber No replied Pfister then you got any money questioned the gunman The holdup man proceeded to go through pockets and ob a pocketbook containing He then his car and drove through the alley to 8th where he turned north Pfister said the rear license plate was covered with a rag and he unable to obtain the number PRESIDENT OF PIRATES DIES Barney Dreyfuss Baseball Succumbs In New York Hospital NEW YORK Feb 5 president of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National baseball league died today in Mt Sinai hos pital at a m following an oper ation He would have been 67 years old his next birthday Dreyfuss was operated on Jan fi for glandular trouble and although he rallied for a time his strength was not equal to the task Mrs Dreyfuss nnd their daughter Mrs W E Benswanger have bean constantly at his bedside since the operation and were with him when he passed away Mrs Sam Dreyfuss widow of his son also was at the bed side Unbreakable Tumblers free with tooth brush Lincoln FACTY COAT AS New Coats that sold for All one price only Also Dresses to clear at BASKETBALL TONIGHT Finefrock Furnitures vs Grocers at Longfellow gym SUGAR BOWL SPECIALS Brazil Nut Candy Ib Fresh Salted Peanuts lOc Ib Valentine Hearts all sizes most complete we ever ACME MEATS Featuring tomorrow Swifts Famous Hams Country Pork Saus age and Pork Tenderloin Luncheon Meats Dressed Chickens Choice Steaks and Roasts Cash and carry prices A H Miller DONT WORRY SALE Lowest prices ever offered in ty furniture now nt C O rock A F STANKE First I O A Store Specials for Friday nnd Fresh Creamery Butter 1 Ib roll Strictly Fresh Eggs 1 Liml Ib Bacon In piece Ib Maxwell House Coffee Ib Hicc 3 Ib Waldorf Toilet Paper rolls Continued on Page Eight SATURDAY SPECIAL 3 Bread 1 dnz Cookies Billy Boyles Cash Carry Bakery 159 Lincoln Way Free Weather Calendar Lincoln CASH AND CARRY SPECIALS SATURDAY FEBRUARY Gth Bananas golden ripe 5 Ib Oranges Apples fancy Baldwins 5 b CHICKENS SPRINGERS II ONE DOZEN LARGE FRESH EGGS FREE WITH EACH CHICKEN SOLD Spinach fancy Texas 3 Ib Celery Hearts 2 Lettuce Iceberg solid 2 heads Oc Beets fresh 3 Jello all flavors 3 for Waldorf Toilet Paper 4 Salada Ten orange pekoe U pkg Navy Ben us 3 Ib Pancake Flour Little Crow 2 for lOc lOc size Matches per FOR DELIVERY SERVICE DIAL Cor North nnd 6th GROCERY SPECIALS Sec 13 nnd ECONOMY SHOE Womens to only APPROVE OLD POLICY INDIANAPOLIS Feb 6 report of the scale committee sub mitted to the biennial convention of United Mine Workers of Amer ica here today recommended tho policy of 1928 and 1930 be con MENS HEAVY ARCTICS Tomorrow at Economy Shoo Store FINE FUR COATS SACRIFICED 0225 Russian Seal with Russian Embre Fine Black Pony Logwood Seal with Broadtail Sale of Dresses nt nnd New shipment Pajamas E II BARNES ALL FUR COATS NOW HALF PRICE AT THE STYLE CEN GROCERY AND MEAT CASH AND CARRY SALE SEE PAGE P HORDNER CO ERIE S DO YOU SAVE Wo nil do you you spend You can Jf you buy your mens from IIH Wo save you IW you buy from un thn ty ns r Lid for tt Tho Cor 0 p u p caro of your furniture furniture not M 1C you the win now ftt 0 O
