Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - November 6, 1936, Fitchburg, Massachusetts It is not merit to tolerate hut rattier crime to be THE WEATHER WASHINGTON Nov 6 W Forecast or Cloudy slightly warmer tonight and light showers VOL NO 155 FITCHBURG MASS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 PAGES TWO CENTS Fascist Thrust Pushed Back By Desperate Battalions Fighting to City Council Voles to Sell Lot of Land on Putnam Park For to Lowest Bidder Socialist Men and Women Struggle Against Insurgents Shells Batter City's Edges Reports of Uprising in Spanish Capital Denied Enemy Force Reported Driven Back Four Miles to South by Heavy Government Throngs Greet Roosevelt At Washington Although the tity was offered j for a lot of on Putnam park J Mrs M Gertrude Sugrue for j at its meeting last night The i cil accepted the report of Its petition of Dr John C Mercer who offered more to the city erty committee where it will be I naturally rejected because the sale investigation by a on the MADRID Nov 6 last-ditch fighting men and women back a fascist thrust from suburban this afternoon while insurgent shells battered the edges Insurgent reports of a revolt in the streets of Madrid were flatly denied tropo penetrated side of four miles to the south in furious fighting early today This afternoon however they were reported to have retired under a heavy government and A survey during the day indicated the center of Madrid up to 3.45 p m was unmarred by the insurgent shell fire although the outskirts again were being blasted by the fascist guns Five enemy fighting planes ing the marks of government patrol craft swooped low over Castellana boulevard during the morning their machine guns spitting at columns of militia recruits who were drilling on the highway near the drome The recruits threw themselves to the ground and only a few were wounded Few siren warnings were sounded during the day perhaps because of the continuous presence in the skies of government planes The government said two more insurgent warplanes had been shot down in the Alcala de Henares and Leganes sectors this morning Shells which burst in the outlying sections of Madrid ft fascist battery at Alcorcon eight miles from the capital Screams of terror rose from zens on the streets as the shells ex- The fascist bombardment came shortly after Madrid's women marched out to join the fighting advancing with their men folk in a human wall against the onslaught of fascist in- and Moorish hordes storming at the gates of the capital By the hundreds clutching up rifles comely young women and housewives answered the government's desperate appeal for new strength to hurl into the battle They marched grimly with ing eyes toward the rumble of guns blazing within a few miles of the heart of the city Workmen in shabby but determined the exodus Feverishly the authorities ex- all able-bodied persons to organize for the defense They de- scribed the feminine combat forcement and the enrollment of workmen as the only way to save Madrid Don't Away Qld Warren Smith is chairman of the committee which recommended the sale The erty was formerly owned by Julia was acquired by the city for unpaid taxes The deed to the city was recorded July 19 1932 in the land court at a cost of The taxes owed the city amounted to The lot which contains 3000 square feet was assessed for With two evening school classes in citizenship watching how the city government's legislative branch functions the city council last Accepted eight more easements on high in the New Deal thousands j Nashua river property Uproarious Welcome Is Given President As Returns to Capital WASHINGTON Nov 6 President Roosevelt stepped into the arms of an welcome today as he came victorious from the election campaign wars Members of his cabinet others upon thousands of government workers school children and non- governmental working men ind women crowded into a festooned railroad station and along draped Pennsylvania avenue to cheer a chief executive who hsd de- clared he was coming back to try to balance the budget thereby carrying out the first campaign pledge Even as Mr Roosevelt returned however he looked forward to more travel His aides held out a strong possibility that shortly he would dash by cruiser to Buenos Aires to open the Pan-American peace con- ference Dec 1 At Station The Union station crowd mated by Major Ernest W Brown superintendent of police at well over sent a cheer rolling for nearly a mile as the president opened a brief address with the My friends Smiling and obviously happy over his landslide election victory Mr Roosevelt I formed the very good habit of coming to Washington when I was five years old and I am glad that habit will not be broken during the next four years The roaring that sounded again work being done by the army on flood control Approved five permits of j erty owners for the use of disposal areas for materials taken from the j Nashua river Made eight transfers totaling 25 Confirmed appointments of Charles I Breault 246 Rollstone street and James R Kennedy 157 Harrison i avenue as permanent call firemen Delayed action on the request of Arnold C Dickinson for abatements of assessments made against the Gushing Dickinson Realty Co in connection with the widening of the Putnam street two years ago The visitors also saw how a presiding officer is chosen When the president Is Bride did not attend the meeting because of illness James T Violette Ward 2 councilor in whose district the visitors reside was elected president on motion of Councilor Philip J Lynch Suspension Opposed Mayer Robert E Greenwood sub- mitted the appointments of Raymond B O'Brien 26 Blossom street and Leo Melanson 160 Plymouth street as special police without pay cilor Bernard T Moynihan moved that the rules be suspended for im- mediate confirmation I object to suspension of said Councilor Peter H McCoy We should follow our rules and wait for the usual riod before we act on appointments We all saw at the last meeting what happens when we suspend rules fore we have a chance to inquire into the appointments ments are made about which we often do not know anything about There is no great hurry to approve these appointments and no injustice will be done to anyone if we don't act tonight I object to suspension In that case said Mr Moynihan I withdraw my motion Councilor Everett H Dudley asked that action be taken on the inson petition In the matter of assessments of betterments on Putnam street we have already established a on Page Fourteen Leominster to Request to Harness Nashua River Waters Copper Reaches Highest Price In Six Years Registration Begins Nov 16 Under Social Security Act WASHINGTON Nov 6 long-planned registration of 000 workers for old-age accounts under the social security act will begin Nov 16 Making the announcement today the security board said offices would distribute to ers on that date a form known as the employer's application for I Each employe will receive a card with a warning printed thereon to preserve it because it shows the account number used in keeping records of your social security rights under federal and state laws The board urged both employers and employes as well as the public to refrain from making inquiries either at the board or post offices Higher Wages Increased Dividends Heavy Freight Movements Are Noted NEW YORK Nov G The business panorama glowed with news of higher wages higher dends heavy freight movement ad- prices for metals and securities today Copper rose to the highest price in six years A few stocks new tops since 1929 or 1930 Columbia Steel Co United States Steel's Pacific coast subsidiary an- a 10 per cent wage increase its 5000 workers as negotiations for wage adjustments for the re- mainder of more than United States steel workers went on in Pittsburg Chrysler Corporation in Detroit announced a bonus for some employes to be paid the week of Dec 14 Directors of Standard Oil Co New meeting in New York ordered an extra dividend of 75 cents a share in addition to the regular of 50 cents making a total disbursement of about to shareholders After announcing the dividend de- President Teagle also dis- closed that the company was ing a special contribution of 000 to the corporation's thrift plan for employes in addition to its ular contribution to the plan Max Hertle Of Townsend Shot Hunting Project Will Be Explained To Officials in Washington By Cong Casey at Early Date Leominster Officials and Industrialists Apprehensive As to What Might Happen in That City as Result of Flood Control Work in This City LEOMINSTER Nov A federal flood control project which it is estimated will approximately to harness the water in the Nashua river will be submitted to Washington for approval by Cong Joseph E Casey at the re- quest of Leominster city officials and industrialists The details of the request to be submitted will be worked out at a conference with Leominster representatives on Cong Casey's return from a few days vacation after his strenuous campaign for re-election The development of the river flood control program within the confines of the city of Fitchburg has caused Leominster officials grave concern as to what might be the result from another flood such as that last spring As far as they can determine the harnessing of the river in Fitchburg unless the project is expanded to protect Leominster will result in a far more disastrous torrent in Leominster than ever before The tremendous peak of the flood waters would be let loose at the Leominster line only a short dis- tance from the proposed new bridge on Route 2 at Hamilton street and the Main street bridge The latter bridge was badly damaged in the spring flood There is also grave fear that the Water bed below the stef line making a wide channel with high dike Although Fitchburg's project provides for work in and above that city only Mr Sweeney was able to dig out the Leominster section as a safety measure There is so little variation in the level between the line and the upper reaches of the dam that the water was almost stagnant In the event of a flood during con- struction the waters would back well up into Fitchburg However Mr Sweeney said the work in Leominster so far is not permanent but strictly of a rary nature He pointed out that the banks in many places need rip- rapping with stone in order to tect them from high water This can not be done as part of the Fitchburg project JU Give Them to the Girl Scouts To Be Reconditioned for Poor If ne dog teddy bear almost beyond recognition if a wheel velocipede is broken or a doll is missing an eye or leg don't throw it away If last year's sled if battered into almost absolute uselessness if parts are missing from the gift game of Christmas 1935 or carriages appear to be no longer fit to be the coach for daughter's latest doll don't dis- card it This m brief is the plea of the Girl Scouts Asking for nothing of value only that which is about to be thrown away the busy little women of the city are on their current campaign bring cheer to the needy Bolstered by the memory of last year's 1200 repaired repainted and refurbished toys donated to dren who faced a bleak Christmas the girls are setting out this year to provide even more cheer more fun and more brightness to the under- privileged Assisted by the firemen of the city whose workshop at Central tion will resemble Santa Glaus quarters for the next seven weeks the Scouts will in the highest sense live up to their creed With firemen working long hours cleaning painting and repairing and equally Jong hours k aria fin ally dis- tributing the general public has been asked to do its part by contributing Although the Scouts ask only for the discarded there are toys in many homes which have been outdistanced by their little owners Sentiment in many cases Is the only reason for keeping them and they litter closet and attic If given to the Scouts they will bring cheer to many a child who would otherwise go less Anything suitable for a boy or girl between the ages of 1 and 14 years is sought It doesn't matter the toys are broken So many are re- that parts of be used to repair another and the skill of the firemen is almost unlimited in making one whole toy out of two broken ones If any toys to give may be left at the Central fire tion All dolls and stuffed toys are thoroughly cleansed Last year the Family Welfare Visiting Nursing association school nurses M S P C C and the Wa- chusett Children's Aid assisted the Girl Scouts in the distribution was entirely unusable w-is given to the Morgan Memorial Scouts are asking for early tions as the painting schedule starts Nov 14 and toys must be repaired before they are painted Mrs Clifton R Hayes council member and Mrs Arthur W gren captain are co-chairmen Conduct Successful Bazar The annual fair which was held in Wallace hall yesterday after- noon and evening by Ithe makers club wa sa brilliant cess The various booths arranged ar- around th e hall were charmingly decorated and did a thriving business during the after- noon and evening At the which was served at 6 o'clock 160 plates were la d Following the suppe ra well entertainment was given was read by Miss Maude R a solo dance was given by Marylon Tolle of minster Songs by John Kennedy were well received after which a comedy was staged by nine bers of the club under the direction of Martha Daly Three old songs by the club chorus were by Mrs Elizabeth McDermott The program closed with a group of southern songs with banjo by Harold Hecker Boys Sentenced to Read One Good Book a Week DANVERS Nov 6 is also a trustee of the week faced two boys today They stole police said a dozen mystery and detective stories from a library because they had been reading too stories of that ture The judge who imposed the a also a trustee of the brary Election Bet Loser Gives Winner Wheelbarrow Ride to The WINCHENDON Nov the result of a bet on the outcome of he recent election Carl A Hanks Republican gave John Dunchus Democrat a wheelbarrow ride last evening from Railroad square to Central square accompanied by red ire and music in the crowded station plaza as my old neighbors and expressed lor echoed in a as the presidential motor drove up gaily decorated vania avenue A motorcycle escort of 20 men preceded the president's car as moved along the famous street of parades Hat in hand smiling broadly Mr Roosevelt nodded first to one side and then to the other Each employer will be asked how are in his employ and the employes m turn will begin ing blanks labeled application for social security account number on Nov 24 the plan until after receipt of the official forms and instructions that it was said authorities and board representatives will be available to render all assistance necessary Continued on Sine SUPERIOR COURT Sealed Verdict for Clover Hill Farms Inc Reported This Morning Forget Politics Get to Work Advises British Favor World Textile Conference F L Drury Sons Co 9 9 Port or Sherry bot Fir to eld Madrid dn upf Dyi M Wn blown And M Imparted Buf Ato Or Stout I bob Me See our other Ad on Page 10 A sealed verdict for the defendant was returned in superior court this afternoon in the case of Theodore H Burke of Ayer against the Clover Hill Farms Inc a action in which damages were sought for ness alleged to have been caused by milk Burke a former driver for the de- fendant alleged he had been made ill by milk he purchased from the defendant Atty Everett H Dudley was sel for the defendant and Atty E F Walker of Ayer represented Mr Burke Trial was started yesterday after- noon in the suit of John J Smith of this city against Alvah W son administrator of the estate of Mary E Twombly who died in city The action is one of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for services rendered the deceased Atty Henry G Bowen is counsel for Smith and Atly Everett H ley appears for the defendant F a S Notes Senior Social and Dance The B F Brown school rium was the scene of a gala affair last evening when excited and hap- py crowds of students of Fitchburg high school made merry at the fall social and dance held under the auspices of the senior class Frank M senior faculty adviser supervised all ments assisted by the senior class Leon Vice-President Sirkka Waris Margaret Small and urer Raymond Jena In addition to the dance features hilarious skits of various kinds were presented under the direction of John J Dillon of the faculty An uproarious classroom scene a cal football between the Giants and the Midgets and a off on Romeo and Juliet were the chief offerings The following took in the James Wyman Sam Putnam Harry Nikitas David Loring Harkness Harry Potter Arthur Gustafson Leo Dunn Thomas Eckfeldt Donald MacLean William Hawthorne Joseph etU Robert Shayer Stewart Norman Tucker and Ralph Boyce ca One army compels its be thrifty Ten per cent of J rate of pay must be from which no oni He Foresees Bullish Geneva Hears America Will ness Inflation and Invite Nations to ing Next Spring LONDON Nov 6 W British interests expressed approval today of suggestions to convene a world textile conference Correspondence to determine a basis for such a conference was un- to be in progress among textile men in Washington London and Manchester England A report from Geneva yesterday said the reelection of President Roosevelt was believed to have in- sured plans for the United States to attempt to put the world textile in- dustry on a more profitable and more workable basis Well informed sources in the League of Nations city said they un- the United States would invite the principal textile nations to hold an international conference in the United States next spring Topics for the parley they said would include adoption of a work week improvement of tions of labor quotas and customs duties TOKYO Nov 6 W Japanese cotton industrialists received coldly today reports of a contemplated world textile conference The Domei news agency quoted them BS stating they were opposed to adoption of a week in Japan which now has a week for cotton textile workers Field Hockey Players Visit Teachers College Here Two members of the field hockey team were guests of the girls at state teachers college yesterday afternoon Miss Brandon and Miss Young the Irish players instructed on how to im- prove their play Points stressed were speed and clever stick work Gardner high school had a large delegation present Tea was served for the visiting Irish players and student leaden in hockey in the of- fice of Miss Josephine Bolger tor of physical education at the col- lege here Also present were Lyons and Anna Clifford Worcester and Mary Disken of Con- cord Officers Elected Officers were re-elected st the an- meeting of the Fitchburg Institute at Christ Episcopal church wr dent Mrs Thomas C Brown tary Mto Grace Parker Mn Higher Prices By ROGER W BABSON i Mr BABSON PARK Nov 6 The question on everybody's lips Does President Roosevelt's landslide mean continued good ness in the next one or two The vast majority would answer the question in the affirmative of course or the president's victory would not have been so decisive Business men and investors who as a group were probably 80 per cent for Gov Landon even now are not convinced however Hence h is to this group especially that this article is addressed During recent weeks I have been studying the effects of past elections on business Contrary to general I that tion has had only a minor and influence upon the mental trend of the time There is no reason why this election should be an exception to the basic Politics do not make conditions but rather conditions make politics Be- ing a business man and employer myself I can however understand the anxiety of the average business man For four years he has con- tended with the uncertainty of con- stant reforms and experiments Death of W F F Ronneberger 258 Beech street died yesterday after- noon at Gardner aged 86 years He was a native of Germany a resident of this city for many years and a former weaver for the Parkhill Mfg Co He leaves four grandchildren Walter William Kurt and Werner Ronneberger of this city and four great-grandchildren The funeral will be at the Sawyer funeral home tomorrow at 2 o'clock Burial will be In Forest HID tery funeral of Mrs Alice thews 74 Green street was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Brown it funeral Rev Raymond S Hall and Rev A B Holm officiated The body was sent to Port Neuf Quebec for ial today annual reunion of the train and military police of the division will be held morrow night at the club 195 Pond members who plan to attend wUl rooms at 8 o'clock W Max Hertle of West Townsend 38 years old son of Mr and Mrs ert Hertle Ashburnham Hill road former resident of this city was shot and critically injured near Pittsburg N H close to the dian border while deer hunting yesterday Mystery surrounds the shooting and county investigators were scouring the country today for the weapon which wounded him Abandoned intentionally or wise by the person who shot him Mr Hertle lay in the snow for two hours before he was found by cent H Shea of this city who was with him Hearing three shots in rapid cession a prearranged signal in case of trouble Mr Shea and the guide set out in search of their companion It was two hours before they found him Mr Hertle was first carried to a CCC camp where he was given aid and later he was taken to a pital where he was given a blood transfusion At 7 o'clock this morning he was resting comfortably Information of the shooting was relayed to Mr wife in West Townsend early last evening She left soon after by automobile to be at her husband's side It was a trip from the CCC camp to the hospital and had to bo nude over mads The heavy snowstorm broke down telephone wires so a drive was made to reach a telephone to send word to his wife County Solicitor William Lennert and Sheriff George Colbath declared that Mr Hertle was shot under the right lung the bullet coming out under the right shoulder They said that Hertle was shot while standing in an open space They said that five shots had been fired at Mr Hertle Their search of all the hunting camps in the sparsely settled country today was made through a foot and a half of snow The officials are questioning every hunter who was known to be in the district around mid-day yesterday when Mr Hertle was wounded Suggests More Pay For Election Officers At the city council meeting last night Councilor Bernard T han suggested that election officers be given an extra day's pay for their long service Tuesday and Wednesday Councilor James T Violette said Mayor Robert E Greenwood is planning to do all posible to com- the election officers Dancing every Saturday night Odd Fellows Hall Shirley Advt ewage disposal plant almost on the bank of the Nashua river which is now nearing completion at a cost several hundred thousand dollars Industrialists here have viewed work on the stream above them first with pleasure and then with apprehension John Sweeney con- struction engineer in Fitchburg has already removed cubic yards of dirt and stone from the river Fitchburg's clean wide channel will dump an excess of water into the bed in mill owners have prepared a request which Cong Casey will take up di- with army flood control in Washington Following a survey by the army it is expected that a WPA allocation approaching in size that accorded Fitchburg will be made LODGE A MESSAGE OF THANKS H Petitions Filed for Recounts Of Voters in Third Senatorial Others May Be Requested Today The recount of the vote cast for state senator in the Third Worcester district will definitely take place in this city and Gardner as petitions have already been filed in the two cities by George W Stanton crat who was defeated by Edward H Nutting Republican incumbent by 23 votes No date has been set for the re- count in this city Sanford E Worthington city clerk said that the recount will take place at the same time that the ballots cast for tenant governor will be rechecked Although no official word has been received here it is reported that the Republican state committee will ask for a state-wide recount of the vote for As an economy measure city of- will hold the recount for both offices at the same time thus ing tne or costs for separate reviews The recount in Gardner has ready been set for tomorrow after- noon Mr Stanton notified the city clerk in Leominster that he will file tions for a recount in that city be- fore the time expires at 5 o clock today Senator Nutting has filed re- count petitions in his home city That step was taken so that no legal question may be raised as to his rights for representation during the proceedings The fact that Mr Stanton and Mr Nutting are known to be making visits in the 11 cities and towns of the third district indicates that re- counts probably will be held in each community because of the dose vote An official tabulation of the votes in the Third district shows that Stanton lost by only 23 votes in- stead of die 33 first reported In the earlier reports from Gardner ton's total figured at 3822 cording to Benjamin F Holden Gardner city clerk Stanton received 3832 It is probable that the vote for a third be recounted Petitions are already in circulation in Worcester for a recheck of the vote that gave that office te Alexander G Lajoie ocrat who polled votes 2235 more than Ralph R Kendall Re- publican incumbent Bonus to Be Distributed DETROIT Nov 6 Of K T president of the Chrysler Corporation announced today that the automobile manufacturing firm will distribute a bonus among employes the week of Dec 14 It will be the third distribution of extra compensation the concern has made to employes this year Their total Keller said will be hi excess of regular wages Of the workers who will share in the latest bonus are in igan By the end of 1936 each employe sharing in the distributions will have received between and in extra compensations The bonuses are based on length of service with being added for each year above 10 years The amount that any employe eligible to participate in tha De- cember distribution will receive is Keller said Those eligible must have been on the payroll during the first quarter of this year and be working during the week of Dec 14 if you want to buy build or a home a co-operative bank loan may be the best way to finance the transaction Fitchburg Co-operative Bank 298 Mara 212 m iii j
