Hammond Times (Newspaper) - September 23, 1935, Hammond, Indiana EAST CHICAGO INDIANA HARBOR WHITING THE HAMMOND TIMES TRI-CITY EDITION XXX NO 82 or INTERNATIONAL HAMMOND INDIANA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23 1935 or UNITED PRICE TWO CENTS PEACE GROUP QUITS WORK AS HOPELESS Coal Miners Under Strike Orders LARGEST STRIKE OF NEW DEAL IS STARTED Conference Ends in ness but Will Be Resumed at P M THE WEATHER TEKKE HAUTE Ind Sepl 000 Indiana miners remained away from the pits today as they participated in the general walkout which paralyzed the bituminous coal industry Operations were suspended in 150 Indiana mines under con- tract with the imion By A United Press WASHINGTON Sept 23 hundred thousand coal miners already technically on strike were to stay away from the mines today inaugurating the largest strike of the New Deal At a m E S T today mine operators and union officials left the smoke-filled hotel room where had conferred for almost 17 rs They had failed to agree and seemingly the strike five times during the mer by President Roosevelt was real earnst The conference ended in ness but will be resumed at 2 p m today President Roosevelt will be back in Washington when it resumes Whether he planned direct inter- vention to preserve peace in the industry was not known although his personal boiled Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F the sue would not be presented to the White House Bleary-eyed from his long battle in a smoke-filled hotel room Grady expressed hope that a solution could be drafted late today so that the strike call could be rescinded immediately As the conference broke up union leaders and operators were only 3 cents per ton apart on the wage that miners have been seeking since last February The union which originally de- manded an increase of 15 cents for miners working on a tonnage basis appeared willing to concede cents more There the operators re- mained adamant and the ference still separated the two sides when the session was recessed Effective at Midnight The strike call became effective laet midnight It ordered men members of the United Mine Workers to stay away from the when 7 a m whistles sound ghout the bituminous field Pennsylvania to the far west Backed by the president's ity McGrady former labor union official and the administration's ace trouble held the con- in almost continuous session from 10 a m Sunday until this morning Determined to try to wear them down and win an agreement before the strike settled into an industrial siege he hammered away at the Continued on Pane Tent BECKER HOLDS UP HEARING OF DOG RAGE CASE Judge Lawrence Becker in East Chicago superior court this ing continued the Hammond dog track case until next Monday be- cause ot a pending decision on an- other action against the enterprise in the Lake circuit court Circuit Judge T Joseph van is scheduled to rule on the Crown Point action Friday This case involves the of Prosecutor Fred Egan for permanent injunction against the track The East Chicago action on the other hand was filed by the track It is requesting a restraining order enjoining law enforcement officials from with the racing plant A third action is pending in Hammond city court Special Judge Martin Downey is to rule Saturday morning on the criminal charges filed against three track officials by Hammond police on August 31 when the promoters tried to open the oval for the first time The officials are charged with pool selling operating without a city permit Generally lair south showers northwest portion tonight and north portion Tuesday somewhat warmer tonight and southeast Tuesday Sun rises a m sun sets p m Moon rises a m tomorrow TEMPERATURE FOR today In Hammond was 57 degrees above zero at a degrees above xero at noon Weather fair at noon Did You Hear WHITING THREE WHITING Nardi William Bukvich and Mike left by plane today for New York to at- tend the fight there tomorrow night FLOOD LIGHTS ARE BEING installed at the new Community Service horse shoe pitching courts on the lot north of Community Center building An opening night is planned CHIEF OF POLICE RICHARD S Springgate was among the high scorers at the city golf tournament at Indian Ridge Country club was a prize for his efforts WHITING'S CIVIL BUDGET calling for a levy of 88.5 cents comes up for a hearing before the Lake County Tax Adjustment board in this after- noon CITY JUDGE CHARLES S Perel past commander of Whiting American Legion Post 80 will be in St Louis this week attending the National Legion convention as a delegate from Indiana's First district PREPARATIONS ARE BEING made to handle a large crowd at the home season opening of ing High school's football team Friday night The Oilers open the home season against Froebel DR AUBREY MOORE OF Chicago addressed members of the Men's council of the Methodist Episcopal church in the church parlors last night Dr G F deman presided over the program LAYING OF A NEW ment between the street car tracks on Schrage P W A begun today The job is expected to be completed at an early date EAST CHICAGO FIRE TRUCKS MADE TWO calls to the Indianapolis boulevard canal bridge Saturday afternoon where pilings were afire K E JOHNSON 842 STATE street Hammond reported to East Chicago police yesterday the theft of a license plate from his car parked near the I H B railroad yard office on Michigan avenue COPS ON SEPTEMBER tions include Louis Edmonds James Mihalik George Sheridan and Carl Olson MAYOR ANDREW ROONEY will complete the ticket check-up on the St Catherine's charity ball game today He estimates that was cleared A COUPLE YARDS OF ders would just about fill some of those South Shore shell holes along Chicago avenue IN ONE WEEK SPENT IN northern Wisconsin Police Chief Otto Stumpf gained six pounds and caught a muskie He was accompanied by Dr M A McCormick city controller BOB WHITE THE DARK TAR of the Cedar Lake Yacht club's final race yesterday breezed in first to win the first leg of the Bang's trophy The big silver cup must be won three times for manent possession NO INJURIES WERE RE- corded in week-end auto accidents reported to police ACCUSED OF INCITING UNREST CLINTON Ind Sept here were awaiting word from federal authorities as to possibility of charges being filed against Walter Smith accused of inciting unrest among relief ers here He was removed to the Rockville jail however when Mayor C M Zink feared an attempt would be made to liberate him from the Clinton jail BIG SUGAR BEET CROP DECATUR Ind Sept of beets in this area is underway today and a crop 30 per cent larger than last year is expected officers of the Central Sugar company said The sugar mill also starts op- with 375 employes and will continue for more than three months BUREAU REPORTS CALUMET ON MEND Many Features ot Business Are Best Since 1929 Figures Show Depression clouds began to dispel rather rapidly in the Calumet district last night cording to the August report just released by the Indiana University bureau of business research It says general business activity was 19 per cent above a year ago but 36 per cent under the August peak set in It goes on to Industrial operations improved Ingot output reached a higher rate than during any other August since 1929 Representative concerns re- ported their total employment 1.3 per cent above a month ago Pay rolls were 9.7 per cent higher than during July Improving Building activity was well above the like periods in the past three years but total construction was well under normal The four post offices in the district reported their total receipts 2.4 per cent above a month ago and 17 per cent above a year ago Newspaper advertising was slightly a month ago and compared favorably with the like periods in the past three years total check transactions were a little under a month ago but far above a year ago Most lines of re- tail trade continued to compare with a year the reau concludes For the state as a whole ment was 4.4 per cent above the corresponding period in July A like comparison for pay rolls showed a gain of 9.8 per cent The bureau adds that the slate recorded an increase in the average number of hours employes worked AXES TO GRIND FOR SPECIAL SESSION SEEN Retail Merchants Demand 2 Per Cent Sales Tax Levy for Indiana By FRANK WHITE CORRESPONDENT I N INDIANAPOLIS Ind Sept Sales tax proponents and foes of Indiana's liquor control law were the state tion with proposals here today as prospects of a special session of the legislature increased A group of well-organized retail merchants who claim farmer port were demanding a two per cent retail sales tax levy for In- diana They claimed such a tax would raise annually and shift the load from the present gross income tax base More than road house ators in the state who were for- bidden by the state alcoholic age act to sell beer in their because they were out- side corporate limits have They were rallying to their cause today all those disgruntled with operation of the state liquor law and who are demanding dial legislation Both of these militant groups in- Governor Paul V conference with President Roosevelt currently at Hyde Park as confirmation of a growing be- lief that Indiana will need a cial session for authorization to match the federal social security grant Back of the scenes today as a special session call loomed the governor and his political advisors were seeking means to gauge the length of a special session They wish also to confine its enactments to authority to match the national social security legislation Should the assembled legislators begin pushing their hundreds of pet bills which take the same status in a special session that they held at termination of the old regular sion an embarrassing situation might develop DIES OF HEART ATTACK BLOOMINGTON Ind Sept Lusten 54 farmer of near here today was dead from a heart attack suffered while ing brush farm RECOVERY IN STEEL IS REAL THING Great Depressions Says Tom Girdler Create Enormous Demand By LESLIE GOULD I N S Financial Writer NEW YORK Sept the steel industry the present recovery is the real thing That is the opinion of one of the outstanding leaders in that M Girlder president of Republic Steel He has come forward in this de- pression whipping Republic into one of the most efficient and organization in the steel industry and carving for himself a place as one of the big three in the industry The other two are Myron Taylor of U S Steel and Eugene G Grace of Bethlehem Steel Girdler in an exclusive interview bases his optimism for steel First things made of steel such as automobiles plant equipment and other products have been worn out or have become and Second many new steels and new uses for steel have been developed and are widening markets Great he pointed out always create an enormous demand together with a huge of potential spending power and of unused capital for ment That is the condition today and it is one which is making recovery inevitable although it has been hobbled and hampered by the new deal tinkering with economic forces THOUSANDS TO BE GUESTS AT BALL OF COPS Annual Affair to Be Held Wednesday Night at Daly Hall Just imagine a situation where a policeman wouldn't have a ticket to sell you for the annual ball Well that situation doesn't exist and probably never will and for that reason Ray Daly hall at the Maize company will ably be filled to day night Several thousand persons most of whom will be there to dance and others just to look on are ex- to be present From tbo ad- vance ticket sale the ball this year will be better attended than those in the past The money to be raised will go into the fund for file widows and orphans of policemen one of the worthiest of benefits The committee in charge of the arrangements has been working for the past several weeks and an- that everything is in ness Roy McCutcheon is man He is being assisted by John Ratajczak Albert Richman ward Palmateer George Smedley Inspector Harry Rimbach and Perry Orr HARD TASK AHEAD The dancing will begin at 8 p m and no one knows when it will end However it will be safe to assume hall will be empty by light For the hungry and thirsty there will be plenty of refreshments and lunch Just how they propose to serve the crowd which always at- tends their dances is hard to say Somehow or other those policemen seem to have the knack of doing just that One of the advantages of holding the dance at Ray Daly hall which incidentally is a fine big sium built by the employes of the Maize company is the ample ing space inside the fence on the company property Oscar Borchert ident of the Fraternal Order of lice said this morning that every member of the department is doing his share to make the affair a success We want everybody to have best time they ever said geant Borchert Which means that if anybody has a belter time than they had at the last policemen's ball they have then reached the zenith in good times Smith's dance orchestra will furnish the music Prizes will be awarded during the sion DIES IN HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE Ind Sept Geyer 73 died in a hospital here yesterday from ries suffered in a fall nine weeks ago on his farm near Brookston SETTLERS HEAR ROSY FUTURE OF AMERICA Crumpacker Tells ot Heritage Lett by Pioneers in His Crown Point Talk TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT Sept 23 old timers who resented part of a group that sacrificed a great deal to build this gathered here in the fine arts building of the fair grounds Saturday at sixtieth annual session of Old Settlers and Historical Society of Lake county When most people become ble to be Old Settlers they under- stand life and profit by the gathering was told by Fred packer Hammond attorney and principal speaker at the ing of Lake county pioneers There is no better time to live than after persons are in- observers of great events The speaking program included talks by A Murray Turner of Hammond George Bailey of ell and George Kingsbury now of Idaho and part of the activities in which prizes were awarded to the oldest according to certain qualifications Character Comes First Attorney Crumpacker recalled the argument of the late Judge hannes Kopelke in regard to the location of county court house Judge Kopelke felt that phere was more conducive to the effectiveness of justice in Crown Point than in the northern part of the the stacks of industry More important than land and Crumpacker declared is the character of the people When America becomes adjusted and is about to see real from un- real things of great value from those of superficial value it will experience the greatest days The period extending over many dec- ades will better our confidence in principles for which our pioneers strove However difficult the lems may be they are solved by simple principles Awards 1 Oldest man present John Taylor of Lowell 92 2 Oldest man present born in Lake county John Taylor 3 Oldest woman present Mrs A E Wason Lowell 88 4 Oldest woman present born in Lake county Miss Emma man Crown Point 85 5 Couple present married in Lake county and married for est time Mr and Mrs Matt nertz of Merrillville 55 years 6 Oldest twins present Mrs Emma Edwards of Hammond and Mrs Ella Crisman of Hobart 5 in Largest Family 7 Largest family present Louis Little of family of five 8 Person present born in Lake county and the largest ber of ancestors present none ified 9 Youngest person present having longest ancestral line of Lake county citizens Marjorie Meyer of Lowell eighth generation of Obidiah Taylor family 10 School teacher present who has taught greatest number of years in Lake county schools Miss Alice B Williams formerly of East Chicago and now of Crown Point taught 44 years 11 Oldest Union soldier present George Kingsbury 91 now of ho who returns to the Lake ty reunions annually MAN SLASHES NEGRO WOMAN Gertrude 27 20 mer street colored was in St hospital today suffering from severe knife wounds which she told police were inflicted by Walter Weaver 2315 Main street Indiana Harbor also colored Police are seeking Weaver who fled after the affray She received wounds in the ach a gash across the back and lacerations on the hands and arms The woman was arrested Saturday on complaint of Mary Ware 50 42 Plummer street on an assault and battery charge The complainant charged that the er woman threw a brick and struck her in the head as she passed her home Auto Accident Toll Jan 1 to Sept 22 inclusive HAMMOND 1934 1935 Total accidents 754 788 Total injuries 428 320 Total deaths 27 15 EAST CHICAGO Total accidents 486 513 Total injuries 189 203 Total deaths 6 10 WHITING Total accidents 113 105 Total injuries 25 25 Total deaths 1 0 CITY Total accidents 202 154 Total 79 Total deaths 3 8 FOR THE FOUR CITIES Total accidents 1.555 Total injuries 743 627 Total deaths 37 33 TAXPAYERS TRY TO CUT GO RATE STILL FURTHER TO THE CROWN POINT Ind Sept Another frontal attack on the 1930 county levy will be by the Lake County Taxpayers tion here tomorrow morning when the Lake County Board of Tax Ad- justment holds Its final public hearing of the current session The levy as established by the county council amounts to 44 cents on each of assessed valuation The association is seeking a cent rate In placing the rate at 44 cents the council pared 11 cents from the advertised levy of 55 cents This reduction was effected by decreasing 1936 election ex- penses by disallowing salary in- creases and by slashing high de- requests The Taxpayers association be- the rate may be cut three more cents by reducing tal expenses even further M W Madden certified public ant of Gary will represent the sociation tomorrow The association also will be speaking for the Lake County Farm Bureau and for Chamber ot Com- merce in Calumet district JOHNSON WINS WHITING'S 1935 GOLF TOURNEY WHITING Sept 23 George Johnson won the annual city golf tournament sponsored by Service at the Indian Ridge County club Hobart yesterday His score of 78 won for him the silver trophy Seventy-five men and women participated in the tourney in charge of John Sharp and Joe Brock of Community Seivice William Vater won place in low gross with 80 Andrew Lipay and Phil Krauel with 81 each tied for third place Charles Fitzgerald and James won second and third prizes in teh net score division with 46 and 49 Nine contestant tied for the blind bogey prizes drew for prizes The winners in the draw were M J Hitter William Hartman and George Adam Peter Smith won a prize for the longest yards C son scored the closest approach The low foursome prize was won by Andrew Lipay Mike Golden John and Adam Zabrecky Their total score by 246 James won a prize for taking 128 strokes on the round ATTORNEY DIES AS RESULT OF BRAIN ABSCESS A sinus infection which into a brain abscess and his left side caused the death of Adolor J at- torney in the office of Erie Sproat today at in St hospital He was the third Hammond yer to die in less than two weeks Attorney Joseph Sunny committed suicide Sept 12 at his home in Jackson avenue and Attorney Guy White dropped dead Sept 13 in the office of Dr E A Gilson Supernault who was taken to the hospital only last Friday was 46 years old and lived at 6142 Van ren avenue He had resided in Hammond 17 years He was a member of the Lake County Bar association and the Loyal Order of Moose Survivors include his wife Lydia and three Mrs Ben Hopkins and Mrs Enoch Harris of Hammond and Mrs Mildred yon of South Bend LEVER BROS WORKERS SIGN NEW AGREEMENT Guarantees Collective gaining Seniority Rights and Other Things A new working agreement has been signed by Lever Bros and United Soap and Glycerine Workers Local No 18840 guaranteeing full rights of col- lectiva bargaining seniority rights time and a half for over- time and vacations and with pay Negotiations for a flat 10 per cent pay increase effecting mately 300 hourly employes are to be started Nov 1 The agreement which will run until Sept 17 1935 and which may be terminated by either party on 30 days notice 1 Full rights of collective gaining 2 Seniority rights 3 Time and a half pay for over- time and Sundays 4 Vacations with pay as One week to employes of one- year service and two weeks to em- ployes of three or more years ice 5 Holidays with pay on tion Day July 4 Thanksgiving and Christmas 6 employes to and from jobs if they prove factory following transfers Agreement Signed The agreement it was learned was signed in the presence of the following company L D Snow plant manager liam Oyler superintendent of facture and A W Lamprell in- relations manager and the following union James S Webster union president Fred Beyler vice president and Roy Ayres Fred Armstrong and Mark Barnett members of the ex- committee The Jiew agreement supplants another which had been signed a years ago at the termination of a several weeks strike at the Lever Bros plant Webster who claims 75 per cent of tile hourly men are affiliated with the local today addressed the following statement to Mr and Mrs Buying Public and Brother and Sister Trade There being quite a number of news bulletins both authentic and not so authentic last year in regard to the settlement of the strike at Lever Bros soap plant I wish to make this statement concerning conditions and relations existing be- tween Lever Bros and United Soap and Glycerine Workers Local No O Products The relations between these two organizations are to my opinion very satisfactory and all tions point that they will continue to be so We have a new working ment just signed and in force with wage negotiations to be carried on in the near future I would like to present to Mr and Mrs Buying Public and to you Brother and Sister Trade Unionist the fact that we are one of the very few soap workers carrying on satisfactory relations with any soap turer in the U S A also the fact that the products Rinso Lux Flakes Lux toilet and Life Buoy soap are made by a large age of union labor I hope this statement dears up a great amount of doubt in your minds SAMUEL MORGAN GRANTED DECREE Samuel Morgan railroad tor this morning was granted a di- vorce Mrs Lillian Morgan but he will have to pay alimony Order to this effect was made by Superior Judge Harold L land who granted a second decree ro Morgan The plaintiff had pre- won a default divorce but the decree was set aside when Mrs Morgan appeared in court and claimed that she had never been legally notified of the court hearing Attorneys Straley Thorpe for the plaintiff and Edwin ald for the defendant were still engaged in a controversy at noon concerning payment of the alimony They agreed to cite law after Judge Strickland had issued instructions along line PAY ROLL REMAINS AT 50 PER CENT Lake County Quota of 500 Not Filled Until No 1 at Earliest With only one more week of tember remaining the Lake ty W P A work relief pay roll still holds at employes today 50 per cent of the total number of persons originally ex- to be employed in the ty by October 1 Seventh district officials at Gary announced this morning that Lake county's quota of jobs will not be filled now until November 1 at the earliest Delay in receiving project ments from Indianapolis and the extensive organization work re- quired to get the local program started are declared to be ble for the failure to reach the county quota by September 30 Because only 50 per cent of Lake county's employable indigents will be put to work by October 1 cations are rife that the federal government will continue home relief beyond the original deadline of September 30 The employes now entered on the county W P A pay roll are working on 48 active projects in- street and alley repairs re- habilitation of school and public buildings park improvements programs clerical jobs and bridge construction For the Seventh district which includes Lake and six other western Indiana counties 98 active projects are ia operation ing approximately and women The district office at Gary de- clared this morning that additional projects are scheduled for LaPorte county this week but none has been definitely allocated for Lake county They believe new Lake county projects will be announced by In- before the end of the week HIELAND PARTY IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY Indications that 150 civic and political leaders of the Calumet region would assemble for all-day golf and chicken dinner Wednesday at Hieland Lodge were seen today as Phil Smidt and John Brehm chairmen made final plans for the first annual Good Fellows party Brehm was engaged in a minute attempt to see that body got an invitation We had no regular mailing list of Good Brehm said this morning We just wrote down names as we thought of them and since the original batch of tions was mailed I've thought of at least 20 names We've been busy on the telephone and I want The Times to repeat that the party is open to everybody Brehm said that tickets en- title the buyers to golf and a com- plete chicken dinner In addition there will be ments at one of the tees and plenty of prizes for the golfers whether they be experts or duffers One of the foursomes will bring together the mayors of Hammond Whiting East Chicago and Gary Both political parties will be well represented and the committee has guaranteed that there will be no long-winded speakers All in all it promises to be the best golf outing around the district since the days of 1929 SENATOR LEWIS IS VERY ILL MOSCOW Sept Senator J Hamilton Lewis of was still from bronchial pneumonia and cians said his condition though grave was unchanged The senator's entire right side is affected by the illness He has been ill since he crossed the soviet der Friday Sept 13 He was accompanied by his wife and niece who are stopping at the National hotel DRUNK DRIVING Lavern Boaz Myrtle nue was arrested today on a rant charging him with driving an automobile while intoxicated He appeared voluntarily at the police station He later was released on bond pending a hearing in- City court ALL EFFORTS TO SOLVE PROBLEM Ethiopia Accepts Peace Plan As Basis but Italy Rejects It BULLETIN BOMB Sept an atmosphere officially de- scribed as calm and reported to be due to personal tion to King George of Great Britain and King Victor Emanuel of Italy a ment spokesman today declared Italy awaited new peace j from the League of tions for settlement of the quarrel The doors are still the spokesman said We are ing for fresh proposals from league which may form a mini- mum basis for discussion which the proposals did not vide I By FREDERICK KCH United Press Staff Copyright 1935 by United GENEVA Sept committee of five nations named to seek a solution of the Italian-Ethiopian crisis gave up its work as hopeless today It decided to report to the League of Nations council that its effort had proved futile The council then must face dreaded task the most serious in league history of deciding its course in event Italy goes to war Just before the committee ended its efforts at compromise Ethiopia accepted the committee's peace Italy rejected a basis for discussion Just before the committee ended its efforts at compromise Ethiopia accepted the committee's peace Italy rejected Saturday a basis for discussion At its meeting the committee unanimously rejected as able and not susceptible of sion within the frame work of the league covenant a series of Italian demands presented secretly and in- formally first casion on which Italy ever had con- sented to specify its demands on Ethiopia The committee of five will meet finally tomorrow morning to con- sider its report to the council which members began drafting today The report will include a statement of negotiations with Italy to date in- the committee's proposals to Mussolini and his reply which came in the form of yesterday's demands Italy and Ethiopia will be notified that the committee in- tends to publish all the material it has Basis for Discussion The committee's final act was to take the note of Ethiopia's on Page Ten DEWOLFE HOPPER AWAY KANSAS CITY Mo Sept Hopper for many years a nationally known died in St Luke's hospital here day aged 77 Hopper had been in failing health for some time and was taken to the hospital last night His death was attributed to heart trouble Active to the very end of his life Hopper completed a broadcast over a National Broadcasting chain afternoon Two radio tion officials believed him ill and called a doctor Hopper was taken to the hospital at o'clock last night Attendants reported that he re- fused to take his confinement and as late as 11 p m was sitting up in bed reading a paper and smoking a pipe He slept until about 6 o'clock this morning Upon awakening ants reported the veteran actor ex- difficulty in breathing He died at a m DEVELOPMENTS IN WAR CRISIS By United Press Today's developments in the peace lee gives up work as hopeless throws peace efforts back on the league council to protest strongly against visit of Italian naval tanker reassurance to Italy on fleet concentration reveals real gravity of re- lations Alexandria prep speeded civilians air base to make room for soldiers warships seaa from Egypt
