Hammond Times (Newspaper) - September 7, 1935, Hammond, Indiana EAST CHICAGO INDIANA HARBOR WHITING VOL XXX NO 69 THE HAMMOND TIMES TRI-CITY EDITION or INTERNATIONAL NEWS HAMMOND INDIANA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1935 MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS PRICE TWO CENTS Victims of Hurricane Are THE WEATHER Generally fair south possibly showers north portion tonight or by Sunday slightly warmer tonight and extreme south Sunday Sunrise sunset Moon sets nt a in tomorrow CREMATION STAVES OFF THREAT TEMPERATURE FOR REGION Temperature today in Hammond was 57 degrees zero nt a degrees zero nt Weather cloudy nt noon Governor Dissents From President Request Copyright 1935 by I N S MIAMI Fla Sept Funeral fires sent columns of thick smoke reeling into the sunlit skies today as Florida consigned the pitiful victims of onu of its greatest hurricane disasters to the flames of mation to stave off the nent threat of pestilence A force of 500 F E R A ers under orders of Gov Dave Sholtz began the grim task of dis- posing of the bodies of scores of the storm's victims in a central funeral on Key at dawn Other funeral fires were lighted elsewhere in the devastated area where it was found impossible to the bodies from twisted wreckage and tangled tropical growth where they were flung by the force of Monday night's rific winds and tidal wave The official decision to burn many of the bodies of the victims was reached by Gov Sholtz here night after a conference with Health Officer Henry sen on his return from a personal survey of the stricken Keys by airplane Gov Sholtz said he had reached his decision only as a last resort to halt the spread of dis- ease I am sorry to have to dissent from President Roosevelt's re- quest that we refrain from the governor said but the health of our citizens make it essary that cremation take place at once Five hundred F E R A ers will start cremation at light The task should be com- by tomorrow night No Other Course Open It is a painful duty to have to issue this order but after tion with health officials I am con- no other course is open to us As the funeral pyres were ed other victims of the storm re- covered through the heroic efforts of relief crews were buried in crude pine coffins at More than 100 bodies held at when Miami health of- refused to allow more bodies to be brought here unless sealed in metal caskets were buried in a common grave on the Key as the sun rose upon a new day One hundred and thirty two other storm victims whose bodies were brought to Miami by coast guard boats and ambulances were been buried at Woodlawn last but difficulty Swigging 132 graves in the coral rock of the cemetery during the night caused a postponement Representatives of Gov Sholtz said it probably would be Sunday before preparations for the burial are completed Burial of the bodies in Miami Gov Sholtz said will be only as a public health tion pending decision of the on Page Eleven MONEY HERE BUT MOSQUITOES JUST HAD TO GO JOHNSON IN IS FRENCH LICK Ind Sept wrecking of the N R A by what he termed a sick chicken opinion of the United States supreme was blamed for the ills of unemployment by General Hugh S Johnson New York progress director in an address be- fore the Indiana State Bar here The former N R A head In my opinion the ment problem is worse than it ever has been It can only be solved by some revival of at least the ciples of N R A The critic of the N R A decision said that public works are not ing the job and can never cure un- employment permanently Private employment is essential to keep the wheels of industry turning he Johnson It was clear from thousands of reports in the city of New York and from conversations with some of the greatest employes that wages were reduced not less than 20 per cent and hours by the same percentage as soon as the blue eagle was torn down Fred S Cause an Indianapolis attorney was scheduled to succeed Wilmer T Fox of Jeffersonville as president of the bar association Gause is a former judge of the state supreme court Figures of Northern Indiana Public Service Co Show Upturn in August on Funeral VETERANS BODIES CRUDELY GATHERED FOR BURIAL Decedent Figured in Social Life of City for Many Years What with all this school talk in the air folks let's have a little lesson all to ourselves Word study is lots of fun Let's take the word nism It is of Greek derivation and means an error in by which events are placed in relation to each other Early last spring Dr H G Cole secretary of the mond board of health to the for funds tq eradicate mosquitoes in the Summer came and so icl the hungry you'll pardon the painful re- minder The grant did not come Then the wave went and so did the mosquitoes Today with the temperature down in the 50s and 60s Dr Cole was notified that in federal funds have been granted to cate mosquitoes in Hammond Dr Cole looked around town today in search of summer Not finding it he decided there were no mosquitoes He will hold the funds until early spring ROME Sept Ad- dressing war veterans from all parts of the world from the Basilica of St Paul's Pope Pius today expressed hope the tions of Italy would be recognized and assured in the near future Wildly cheered by the veterans in the papal entral to the Basilica the Pontiff We wish to pray that all needs and aspirations of a great and good be fied and recognized and assured but with justice and peac The Pope in a lengthy speech sounded an optimistic note ing the international situation and the crisis It seems to he said that at the end of the horizon the rainbow of peace is forming and throwing its beautiful powerful rays the world Referring again to the needs and aspirations of Italy the Pontiff We hope they will be assured with justice and peace because ing against justice is a sin which makes people miserable and be- cause peace which wards off all evils is the first of all Of those who died in the World war Pope Pius We wish to pray not only for the peace of the dead but for the peace of the world j All the world wants peace We wish to pray for peace made by i justice and peace made i by respect for all rights a peace which announces happiness ever it appears For us to pray to the Father of Souls to procure peace and keep it is an essential duty HOLD SPIRITED LETTER CARRIERS ELECTION CLEVELAND Sept 7 I N S Edward J Gamor of Muncie Ind for 20 years president of the tional Association of Letter j riers won out here in a bitter I fight or over Ferdinand u Douglas of New York leader of a progressive group m the i elation Gainor received votes Douglas j Kansas City Mo was selected for the association's 1937 convention Other officers elected included I S Foley of Boston 1 William J I I ii trca T Finnan i rf Ill secretary and i Cl o r Storms N J assistant secretary The extent of the industrial recovery in the Calumet dis- during the normally quiet month of August was reflected today in electric power figures submitted by E A Longgood division manager of the ern Indiana Public Service company Longgood said local output rose upward rather sharply during the month even exceeding the centage of increase lor the Chicago and for the nation ns a whole For the week ending August 31 local output reached kilo- watt hours an increase of more than hours over the June 29 production of 5 kilowatt hours Sharpest Increase of Year Longgood said the August in- crease was the most pronounced of the year and he ascribed it to swelling production in Calumet region industries The Calumet district 1935 power according to chart was reached for the week ending March 30 when production aggregated hours With any further increase in industrial operations Longgood stated we should exceed the March 30 high The company's figures apply to what is known as the Aetna area which embraces Hammond East Chicago Indiana Harbor Whiting Gary and outlying communities It is called the Aetna area cause the distributing center for this district emanates from a sub- station at Aetna near Gary where the line leading out of the big generating station on the front in Hammond is tapped Soon Will Be Indicator The Northern Indiana Public Service company soon will supply the Gary works of the Illinois Steel corporation with a small portion of its power requirements When that Longgood said our weekly power figures will furnish an excellent index of business conditions in this region inasmuch as they then will sent the degree of operations in virtually every large industry of the district SPECIAL TO ThE MONSTER Sept Minnie F Ibach wife of former Appellate Judge G Ibach Sr died at i 30 a m in St Margaret's pital after a lingering illness Sue was 72 years old and resided hero at Ridge road Mrs Ibach who came to this gion in 1889 was known for her beauty and social charm She was a member of the club one of the oldest social tions in Hammond and at one time served as of the mond Woman's club She also was affiliated with the old Magazine club was a member of the mond Panhellenic society and was known for her outstanding success in gardening She was the daughter of the late Judge and Mrs William T ley of Madison Ind and was a graduate of DePauw university with the class of She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta rority Besides her husband she is vived bv two daughters Mrs bert Clippinger and Mrs Waller Sohr one son Joseph G Jr and three sisters Mrs T Roscberry of Cleveland and Mrs ston and Mrs Mary Edwards of Los Angeles Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m at the First Presbyterian church with the Rev J C Parrett officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery The body may be viewed at 6020 Hohman avenue until funeral time Auto Then Turns Turtle Causing Serious Injuries to Youth A car out of control when Its driver fell asleep at the wheel swiped a telephone pole at street and Indianapolis boulevard n Hammond then turned turtle causing serious injuries to Hal E 18 of Milford Mich at a m today was riding in the front seat with Paul Culver of Detroit Mich when the mishap occurred HP was rushed to a South Chicago hospital by order of a Chicago who arrived on the scene suffering fractures of ribs and severe lacerations on left side of hi head Trucksa aged 10 of 1430 Roberts avenue was bruised about the left knee and bow when struck and knocked to pavement by the front fender or a car driven by J W Walter of 1345 Stanton avenue Whiting at I he intersection of and erts avenue Walter told Hammond police the little gin dashed suddenly across tho street into the path of his ear r impossible for him to striking her The girl refused medical attention and was taken home Hammond's safety by the division netted one violator Clyde Lee 27 of 2576 Monroe street Gary The taken into by Officer On- at street CrM nSi last night driving and vill be tried ii Court on Friday September 13 Will Require in U.S Funds in Local Cash W P A projects requested by the cities of Hammond East Chicago and Whiting will provide jobs for employable indigents of the three municipalities according to the tabulation announced today by the seventh district W P A office at Gary The report shows the projects will require in federal funds for wages and in local funds for materials All Lake county projects have been sent to Indianapolis for proval The Indianapolis office must forward them to national headquarters at Washington before next Thursday for final Work relief projects filed by the three North township cities in- clude street and alley repairs im- to public parks re- habitation of school buildings i considerable clerical work and I river dredging 1 In addition to the W P A re- I quests local cities also have filed 1 applications for P W A loans and grants The latter have not been tabulated yet Hear Fist Fights Threatened Over Go Grant for W P i Materials TO THE CROWN POINT Ind Sept wrangling which de- into near fist fights on several occasions threw the county council into an uproar here this morning as its bers battled over the 1 appropriation which the com- missioners requested for rials on P A projects Three councilman who are Iv to Charles president of the board wanted the county to buy the materials but George Webb president of the council refused to accede to that plan Webb insisted that the eral government buy the materials After much fighting over this sue Councilman Boyd Wilson re- publican finally moved that the appropriation be reduced to and the council weary oE the con- voted unanimously lo make tho cut Slashes Right and Left The council was in no mood day to allow requests It slashed tions right and left Among those most seriously by the pruning shears were the eight county courts They suffered the following Superior court No 1 from 517 850 to No 2 from to No 3 from to No 1 from to No 5 from to the criminal court from to the juvenile court from to and the circuit court from to These cuts were made m salaries for the judges the bailiffs and in some instances for the court re- Hammond lawyers who asked to restock the law library in Hammond Superior courts with new books received only Tho request of County Attorney George for an ation of for a special ney was slashed to Election Cost Cut Exactly was lopped off the request of for election expenses next year Public printing and advertising was pared from 000 to A salary of for a county sealer was disallowed Travelling expenses for the county commissioners were reduced from to County Agent George Cutler who requested for four assistants was told the county cannot afford such an expenditure Cutler asked that his salary be raised from to but this too was denied As a gesture the council balked the commissioners in their request for a salary of for County Health Commissioner Dr William Weis The council cut this to The final county levy is expected to be set this afternoon Bodies of World war veterans who died in Florida hurricane were crudely gathered together jor near veterans camp at hey TO THE FRENCH LICK Ind Sept Louden L prominent Hammond attorney will address the Indiana State Bar association here this afternoon The conference was opened last night with a speech by General Hugh S Johnson former N R A administrator General Johnson urged reestablishment of basic principles of the natural recovery administration to curtail ment He told the lawyers that national j legislation regulating hours of i work is the only remedy for in- creasing unemployment The fundamentals of the N R A can be revived amending the federal constitution or ing the powers of the supreme court he contended William L Ransom president of the American Bar association re- ported to the state association the results reorganization program famed on by the national body Fled C Indianapolis was to be cd president at ths closing session of the an- convention today NEW YORK Sept The stock market continued its breakneck pace through the close today with gains ranging from fractions to nearly 5 points and the industrial list leaching its best level since 1931 American Can was outstanding soaring points to ican Telephone was up more than 3 Allied Chemical 3 and house almost as much i Union Pacific led the rails with a run-up while heavy ing came into New York Central and Pennsylvania Auburn jumped 3 points among the motors although profit-taking held back General Motors and Chrysler Trading was the heaviest in months with the ticker falling be- hind in the early buying rush which saw blocks ranging to shares change hands at advancing prices Total So Far Awarded gregate 880 for a Sum of The home repair program of the H O L C office in Lake county was extended along a wider front this week when contracts ing were let for re ing dwellings in the Calumet dis- A total of such contracts have been awarded by tne Lake county office to date Of that number jobs costing have been com- and paid for leaving 196 jobs in progress at present The Lake county office also re- financed 28 distressed home agcs this week amounting to This increases the number of all such loans to and the amount to Of the 28 loans granted this week Gary received 15 for mond seven for and East Chicago six for Gary still loads in the number and amount of refinanced gages Its total to date numbers and the amount gates Hammond is ond with loans for and East Chicago is third with loans totaling MILES Government Plans Would Make Burns Ditch of Greater Service German Embassy Indicates It Will Except to ing of Nazi Flag Mississippi Projects Much Business for Mills of Mid-West Inland Steel company today received an order for tons of steel required by dam No 1 on the Mississippi river at Dubuque la a unit in the flood control system planned for the Father of Waters Inland's order includes tons of permanent piling about the same tonnage of temporary piling and 700 tons of reinforcing bars Inland also will supply 600 tons of reinforcing bars for lock No 14 at LeClair la Steel Orders Increase Orders and inquiries for some steels have increased materially over the past 10 days Truscon Steel has received a contract for tons of reinforcing steel fcr the metropolitan water district at Los Angeles In all tons of reinforcing steel have been placed for the Los Angeles project In addition to the Truscon contract the other orders Concrete Engineering I tons Blue Diamond corporation Soule Steel company i and J W Black tons Both United States Steel and I Bethlehem booked tons through subsidiaries iii the past week or so For United States Steel the Built Bridge company took 30 nil winning barges for the Mississippi Valley at Tech from Few Students ges for the Mississippi Valley Barge lino involving tons of plates and shapes and it also booked for a dam at Burlington la tons and more than tons including orders from the Chicago Burlington Quincy and the Delaware Hudson roads iMore Fire American Budge also was low bidder on the burgh bridge involving tons supervisor of music at Illinois Steel booked tons for bart recently accepted a i a dam at Alton 111 Nilo Hovey who came to Hammond Tech High school eight years ago and organized the band and orchestra and who has directed them since is being considered as the successor to William D position as director of the state college band at the University of Michigan Hovsy joined the Hammond lic school system nine years ago as musical supervision at Franklin school in the section Ho came to Hammond after ng one year at the Iowa State Teachers college Building his organization from a few students who played ments he developed them to the point whore in his band won third place in the state high school band contest In 1933 the Tech band placed in the first division of the district and state contests and second in the national Last year Tech band won in the first division of the district contest and second division in state Hemmond Tech's orchestra have riot competed in contests band this year will have a membership of about 60 A number of large projects are pending including tons of plates for a pipe line at San Francisco on which bids will be taken shortly tons for bridges in Missouri to tons for transmission towers Jor the Metro- water district of Los Angeles tons of sheet piling for a government bulkhead at land Cal tons of shapes for a post office in the Bronx and tons of shapes for a dam at Genoa Wis VACATION ST PAUL Minn Sept and Mrs Charles A berg were vacationing today but where neither the famous flier his wife nor their friends would say Col and Mrs Lindbergh left Fort Ripley Minn Wednesday by plane for an unannounced destination WASHINGTON D C Sept new diplomatic tiff with Germany over the German flag incident was feared today as a of the action of a New York judge in branding the nazi flag a pirate emblem and dismissing charges against all but one of the communists who tora the flag from the Bremen on July 16 The German embassy maintained silence pending an official report from New York but indications were it would take exception to Judge Louis B Brodsky's action and particularly his remarks in which he flayed the barbarism of the nazi regime defended the right of the communists to demonstrate peacefully against the nazi flag and described the display of the latter aboard the Bremen as carrying the same sinister implication as a pi- rate ship sailing defiantly into the harbor of a nation with the black flag of piracy proudly flying aloft In the official protest lodged with the state department against de- of the nazi flag the man government expressed the hope that the communist offenders would be punished to the full ex- tent of the law The action of Judge Brodsky in not only dismissing the charges against all but one of the six com- held but in assailing the nazi flag as representing a regime which was an international ace threatening was con- likely to rouse the ire of Berlin Having already expressed formal regrets to over defilement of the naz flag American officials showed no disposition to make any further apologies The latter hoped Germany would not reopen the in- diplomatically If Berlin does protest indications were the state department would remind the German government that under the freedom of speech which prevails in this country Judge Brodsky was within his rights in saying ever he pleased about the nazi regime An unexpected ment arose today to confound local boosters of the proposed Williams harbor at the mouth of Burns ditch in Porter county just east of Gary A group of railroads filed briefs with the district army engineer at Chicago protesting the extension of waterway shipping facilities six miles inland from the lake Local proponents were requested by the district engineer this ing to submit counter briefs if they desire Would Benefit More When harbor plans first were considered they were confined to the mouth of Burns ditch ever inasmuch as such a ment would benefit only the tional Steel Corp which owns all of the acreage at the mouth of the ditch the plan had lo be extended inland in order to make the posed harbor more general in its effect According to the remonstrances filed by the railroads they do not j object to any harbor development on the lake front but they do op- pose the projected extension inland stating it will deprive them of con- business Roscoe E Woods chairman the waterway committee of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce who recently endorsed the harbor project declared the Northern In- diana Industrial Development original sponsor of the port will prepare briefs to answer the railroads objections We now Woods declared that the railroads will fight any waterway development that extends inland from the lake front The same opposition has been voiced against the Calumet district con- with the Mississippi river We are glad to have this clarified in the railroads latest op- position to the Burns ditch ment Means Huge Plant In event this harbor is ed by the federal government the Midwest Steel company a iary of the National Steel tion will build the first unit of a completely integrated steel mill Because of this possibility civic leaders in Gary Hammond East Chicago Valparaiso Chesterton and Michigan City are boosting the project COMMITTEE SENDS LETTERS TO COMBATANTS Italy and Ethiopia Asked to Refrain From Action Pending Peace Plans EMPLOYES HONOR WALTER NOWACKI Walter J Nowacki 7428 Van Buren street Hammond who be- gan his career with the Nowak Milling Co as a clerk in Buffalo N Y and came to Hammond with the company in 1918 was honored last night by on bis anniversary with the firm He was feted at a dinner in gel's by Maxwell M Novak dent and 30 Nowacki who is now an auditor of the firm and who is married and is the er of one son Alvin 13 received an inscribed gold watch from dent Nowak and a chain from the office force Walter W Nowak dent will be feted on his an- with the company next December Last year M G Reitz was entertained on his silver By WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Correspondent y United Pressl GENEVA Sept league council sub-committee sent letters to Italy and Ethiopia asking them to refrain from hostile tion while peace efforts were be- ing made The appeal was sent by the committee of five nations which represents the last League of tions hope of averting war Salvador Dr Madariaga Spanish chairman of the committee ex- We are going to ask Italy and Ethiopia not to make so much noise that we can not hear selves The letter signed by me will ask both governments to do nothing to complicate our task But actually the appeal is direct to Benito Mussolini defying tba league and the world to stop him in his ambition to conquer pia It is on Mussolini alone that ths success of the plea hinges Tha Ethiopian rains according to est predictions may not end until early October but league leaders fear each day to hear of some overt act that would make war certain At the committee's meeting today with Spain Great Britain France Poland and Turkey represented Anthony Eden of Great Britain and Pierre Laval of France explained to other members previous British efforts to satisfy Italy The committee is working on a plan to make a new offer to Italy of economic and commercial OB Page Elevens
