Huntingdon Daily News (Newspaper) - September 12, 1935, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania STATE LIBRARY Hm NEWSPAPER WHEREVER IT'S REAB The Daily News VOL. 14 SEPTEMBER 12, 1938. THE WEATHER i Pair And Slightly Warmer Increasing Probably Showers Friday And In West And North Portions In Cooler In Extreme North Portion Friday NO. 192. SMALL LEAGUE NATIONS FAVOR AGGRESSION PENALTIES Juniata College Opens Sixtieth Year Today With 425 Enrolled DR CHARLES ELLIS PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE PRESIDENT Admonishes Students To Accept As Inspiration Life of Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh REV. SWIGART TO PREACH SUNDAY Four hundred and twenty-five students have enrolled at Juniata it was announced by the Registrar's Office this morning as classes began at the local institution for the sixtieth In his opening address at the nine o'clock chapel service President Charles C. Ellis spoke to the faculty and student body on the life and character of the late President Martin Grove whose portrait has been removed in the extensive chapel redecoration from the side wall of the chapel to the President Ellis admonished the students to accept as a great Inspiration the life of Dr. He outlined Dr. long and distinguished career in the public life of and specifically mentioned his ability as a teacher and as a public speaker and his quality of In his loyalty to he Dr. Brumbaugh gave much of his life and Concluding his President Ellis read several paragraphs from Dr. last baccalaureate sermon the graduates of the Its text was a part of the one hundred and third which President Ellis read for the Scripture lesson this Activities of freshman days concluded last evening with a social in the gymnasium under the direction of the Juniata College At four o'clock in the afternoon President and Mrs. Ellis had been at home to the freshmen at their home on College The only remaining item on the program for the opening of the new College year is the convocation which will be held on Sunday evening in the Stone Church of the The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. William J. veteran Juniata teacher and dean of the board of Dr. Swigart was honored with the degree Doctor of Divinity at Commencement last RIVER DRAGGED FOR BODY OF BOY Sept. 12. - The Monongahela river was being dragged today for the body of 14-year-old Fred of Vesta No. 6, Washington who was drowned when his homemade SEPTEMBER COURT CONVENES ON 23RD List of Jurors Called For Duty During 2-Weeks' Session The September term of court for Huntingdon county for the trial of cases in criminal court will open on September 23rd. Court will be session two the second week will be for the trial of cases civil in Hon. Thomas F. president and Hon. Charles H. associate will District attorney Samuel H. Stewart has been busy for the past week working out details in preparation for the week's session of criminal A short session of court will be held on September 16th, at 9 at which time members of the bar will present motions and petitions and decrees will be made by the September 16th is also the regular return dale for Ordinarily the September term for the trial of cases would open next September 16th, but due to the fact that a large number of the jurors chosen for this term were members of election boards or officers of the and therefore will be on duty in their respective districts next Tuesday In connection with the Primary it was decided to On WEISS MAY WIELD LOUISIANA POWER A power to be reckoned with in the new setup which will prevail in Louisiana with the death of Senator Huey P. Long is Seymour one of Long's principal advisers and close former shoe clerk and barbershop man was advanced by Long to president of the New Orleans Dock Board and had great Influence with his TWO MEN KILLED IN BLOODY RIOTING AT MINNEAPOLIS Riot Squads At Iron Plant Battle With Pickets For Over Two Hours By STEVE United Press Sept. 12. rioting more dreadful than the violent truck strike battles of last summer took the lives of two men Police fought pickets at Flour City Ornamental Iron Company plant in a furious midnight The battle was one of the worst labor disorders in the history of long a union For more than two hours police riot squads fought to disperse a crowd of 500 including women and They hurled volley after volley of tear gas bombs until their supply was Then riot guns and service revolvers were swung into Fighting back savagely as they dodged through the darkness from shelter to the pickets finally were forced to leaving two of their number dying on the pavement and more than a score On Page INGALLS ON CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT Los Sept. 12.-Laura distance sent her monoplane rocketing eastward today toward New York on the trail of Amelia Earhart's west-east transcontinental record for The plane lifted into the cool California dawn from a union air terminal runway at 8:44 a. m. prevailed all the way to the Atlantic government meteorologists informed the petite shortly before she clambered into her To lower Miss Earhart's mark she must land in New York In less than 17 hours and five minutes elapsed SON OF WEALTHY OIL MAN ARRESTED IN GIRL'S SLAYING Musical Comedy Star Shot And Killed At Farm of Henry Huddleston Jr. POLICE UNDECIDED ON SUICIDE BULLETIN West Sept. 12. Huddleston and James Kelly will he admitted to bail each pending an inquest Tuesday In the death of Evelyn West Sept. 12.- Death of a pretty blond musical comedy actress climaxed a drinking party early today at the estate of Henry Huddleston son of the late oil The body of Evelyn Broadway was found in an upstairs bedroom of the country One bullet had pierced her right The body lay on a bed fully Authorities after an examination of several hours were unable to determine whether the actress had been slain or whether she took her own Rogers and William Union N. a guest at the house were held for questioning in connection with Miss A shot ended the party at Rogers Indian Run There had been noise In the farm house all Police finally pieced together a story of the Miss who sang her way to success in such stage hits as Million and and also on the had been a guest at Rogers farm for a She came to the Chester county estate with the society man when he returned from a trip a motion picture of New was another The party tinder way for some Miss Hoey decided she wanted to return to New York She was without funds and attempted to borrow 15 from Frank chauffeur and Butler on the according to Rogers became enraged that she should try to borrow money from someone He tore out the On Page NO DECISION YET ON HAUPTMANN APPEAL Sept. 12.-Chancellor Luther Campbell of the New Jersey Court of Errors and announced today as the court convened that there would be no decision today on the appeal of Bruno Richard condemned Lindbergh baby N. Sept. 13.-The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals convened today to discuss and rule on cases heard in their May including the appeal of Richard Bruno Hauptmann from a death sentence for murder of the Lindbergh The court gave no indication of the status of the most famous case in its Those familiar with normal procedure of the court predicted it would not rule on the Hauptmann case until next week at the possibly not until their last conference meeting in the week preceding Oct. 15, when a new term The 14 justices will meet four times between today and convention of the Louisiana Capital Crowded Hucy Long's Funeral By ALAN COOGAN United Press Correspondent 1935, United Baton Sept. 12.--City folk and country folk came to the capital today for the funeral of Huey Pierce Long. The quiet streets of Baton Rouge were stained with the black loam of bayou parishes of tbe south and the red clay of the hill parishes of the There were from Long's native Winn and Creoles from New Bushels of peanuts and gallons of soft drinks were dispensed among the streets leading to the capitol Long erected as a personal Tha body of the assassinated clad in a costume he rarely wore in in a plain casket in the memorial Board fences guided the throngs past it in single Burly state policemen stood some were members of the bodyguard that failed to save the dictator from the assassin he had anticipated and dreaded for two Whenever the line slowed one of them sang his voice echoing against marble there Move it A a metal box hanging from his moved through the crowd in the cream ice on OHIOAN FAVORED TO HEAD G. A. R. Outstanding candidate for national commander of the G. A. R. is Jacob 89, past commander of the Ohio department of the Grand Election of the Cincinnati veteran is expected at the 69th annual encampment being held in Grand Mich. 300 IN ATTENDANCE AT ENTHUSIASTIC REPUBLICAN RALLY Active Mount Union League Hears Lewistown Man Urged To Oppose Revision to The Daily Mount Sept. 12.-The Mount Union District Republican League held its enthusiastic and best attended meeting since it Wednesday evening at o'clock in the I. O. O. F. The room was filled to capacity and many were forced to stand to hear the Practically every town and township in the lower end of the county was Many candidates were introduced and received a hearty More than 300 persons were in The Mount Union District Republican League will hold a meeting in Orbisonia on Friday September 1,'lth, at 8 o'clock in the skating Ira H. Republican county and Mrs. Mary vice will be The for the meeting has not been All Republicans in Orbisonia and community are especially urged to attend this A large turnout of women voters is The next local meeting of the League will be held in the Odd Fellows Hall here on September 26 th. President R. B. Madden presided nt this meeting and a short business session soon He further emphasized the need of getting out every Republican voter on election day to on Page Teit Your Knowledge Can you answer seven of these test Turn to the classified page for the 1. What is a 2. Name the greatest religious teacher and reformer of early 3. Who was Thomas Gordon 4. Who wrote Don 5. In which war was the Battle of San 6. What is the nickname for the city of 7. Which is the oldest city in the United 8. in the cabinet of which did Lindley M. Garrison serve as Secretary of 9. Who wrote 10. According to what treacherous device was used by the Greeks to capture the city of COMMITTEE GIVES SCORE OF CHANGES FOR CONSTITUTION Recommends Elimination of Treasurer And Interior Affairs Secretary By Election ALSO 3 READINGS OF BILLS IN ASSEMBLY Sept. 12. -A score of changes in the fi 1-year-old basic law of the including the elimination of the state treasurer and the secretary of internal affairs as elective were recommended today by subcommittees of the governor's advisory committee on constitutional A recommended legislative change was the elimination of a provision requiring bills to be read at length on three separate days in each legislative Another suggestion for the new if the voters approve in the September 17 would permit the legislature to appropriate money to all hospitals to reimburse them for the cost of extending aid to indigent without regard to the question whether the hospital is denominational or Compulsory civil service examination for state officers and employes below a certain grade was considered advisable by the subcommittee on public All reports of the sub-committee on committees of which William A. former attorney general and Republican candidate for governor last is The Schnader committee laid the recommendations before the governor and the entire committee membership today for final consideration before the people decide the issue next The sub-committee on taxation and finance recommended in the limitation on borrowing power of the commonwealth as provided in the legislative act which created tho constitutional revision At the present time the state's borrowing capacity at any time without an amendment to the constitution which can come but every five years is In respect to future the recommendation present provision forbidding the amendment of the constitution oftener than once in five years should be modified so as to apply only to the same or substantially the same Stock Market News New Sept. 12. in utility gains ranging to more than irregularity in other divisions of the stock market Trading quieted after the booming Wednesday market as sponsorship swung into the power and light Standard Gas 7 preferred advanced 2^ to 21%, Columbia Gas was % higher at 14, Peoples Gas gained % to 41%, Consolidated Gas moved up fractionally and American Water Works was active and % higher at 17%. But recent industrial leaders underwent profit-taking which brought a point loss in Chrysler at 71%, % loss in General Motors at 45%, 1% loss in at 78 and % loss in Bethlehem Steel at 39%. Chemical issues were Allied Chemical gaining Vfc to equal its year's high of 170 Vs. American Smelting made a new 1935 peak and slipped back while other silver Issues were Rails were quiet and MINER INJURED BY PREMATURE BLAST Sept. 12. - William 32, of was in a critical condition in Latrobe hospital the victim of a premature mine explosion which blew off his left arm and blinded both his who is an employe of the D. John mine in New had planted four sticks of dynamite in a section of the mine where he was working The blast followed before he could move Workmen in another part of the mine heard the explosion and hurried to Taylor's Speech Was Sept. 12.-The speech of Sir Samuel British foreign secretary before the League of wag a very able and timely appeal for Secretary of State Hull declared NOW LOUISIANA'S SENIOR SENATOR Van Railroad Empire On Auction Block Death of Huey P. Long makes John H. senior senator from Overton was a close ally of who acted as defense counsel for his colleague during the 1933 Senate investigation of the latter's Overton was a prominent Alexandria attorney before his election to the House in 1931 and to the Senate In 1932. HEARINGS ON MILK BOARD NEW ORDER TO BE CONTINUED 1035, United New Sept. 12 Control of the great financial dynasty created by the Van Sweringen brothers of network of real estate and industrial holdings valued at more than - will be sold at auction by J. P. Morgan and it was learned The unprecedented in scope in recent financial will dispose of such railroads as the Chesapeake and the the Chicago and Eastern the Denver and Rio the Missouri the Nickel Pere Texas and Pacific and International Great Under the auctioneer's hammer will pass control of hundreds of interlocking companies welded on Page Rep. Moomaw Charges That Group Not Allowed Full Testimony Sept. 12.-Swamped with protests both from distributors and producers against its new order regulating the milk the State Milk Control Board today prepared to continue hearings into next the originally scheduled to become effective Sept. 1, was held in abeyance pending completion of the Charging that more than 400 Franklin and Fulton county dairymen opposed to the order have not been given full opportunity to testify at hearings the last three Rep. Paul C. Franklin county appealed to the governor to arrange for the board to hold round-table with the group at He pointed out that of the formal hearings forced the farmers to confine their testimony to facts and did not permit presentations of the am said Moomaw On Page S STORE BUILDINGS SWEPT BY BLAZE Fort S. Sept. 12. - Fire gutted the business district here early demolishing five store buildings and endangering the lives of several men and women who were rescued from perilous positions on a ledge of one BOND ISSUES TO BE VOTED ON IN 2 DISTRICTS Orbisonia Borough And Shirley Township To Decide On New School Bldgs. Two School Districts in Huntingdon county will vote next Sept. 17th, on bond Orbisonia borough will decide at the polls whether or not a new school building shall be erected in that Shirley township voting Will decide whether or not a tract of land shall be purchased and a new consolidated elementary school building erected and Federal funds to the amount of will be used on the Orbisonia and Federal funds to the amount of approximately will be used on the Shirley township The questions printed on the official ballot for the two after which the voter shall be asked to mark an after the word or as an expression of sentiment on the issues Shall the indebtedness of the School District of Huntingdon be increased from no indebtedness to to be supplemented On Page NETHERLANDS AND SWEDEN SUPPORT BRITISH DEMANDS RELIEF CHISELERS SENTENCED TO PRISON Sept. 12.-Pleading guilty to defrauding the Commonwealth of relief Dr. J. M. Erie and Mrs. Jessie former state commissary each were sentenced to the Allegheny county workhouse for terms by Judge P. Rosslter Miss June Mrs. West's also pleaded guilty to the and was paroled for one Mrs. West would appropriate checks sent out by the SERB to relief give them to her daughter who would forge them and then pass them on to Dr. Paul who would cash Proceeds of the checks were divided among the Business Man Tells Why He Opposes Convention to a request of the editor of The W. it. Simpson has set forth his views on the question of culling a constitutional Mr. for many years a leading attorney and business man of Huntingdon and a former Assemblyman from this is one of the closest of present state and national conditions in In the following he tells in striking and lucid manner why he going to vote on the constitutional convention question at the primary next One important entirely divorced from must be decided at the September 17. It is the question whether we shall call a Convention to write a new Constitution for I intend to vote and 1 have very positive Tht Constitution us our of We must have a History has shown that any and every government that was ever constituted has demanded ever Increasing This will be true so long as human nature is human nature - more you have the more you To meet this tendency the people of America in setting up their government placed very strict limitations upon its The word of Caesar was the power of the English Parliament was without any limit - we constituted a Congress to make the the President to execute them and the Courts to see to It tbat neither went beyond the powers given them by the Constitution The Constitution of Pennsylvania occupies exactly the same position within the It is a declaration of the eternal principles on which the government is As the Constitution of the United States limits the powers the several states have On Page Show United Front Against Italy's Intentions OTHERS JOIN IN INVOKING SANCTIONS BULLETIN Sept. 12. - Premier Benito Mussolini has sent a message of protest to Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff of complaining against speech before the League of Nations council on Sept. 5, It was learned from Italian sources By WALLACE CARROLL United Press 1935, United Sept. 12. - The first spokesman in the League of Nations assembly for the countries called conscience of the today it would fulfill all including collective in event any member became a victim of Sweden came at once to the support with the statement - enthusiastically applauded - that the league could not take decisions contrary to justice under pressure of force or Jonkheer C. D. foreign minister of the spoke for his sturdy monarchy and Richard I. foreign minister of of the spoke for his They were first to back Great Britain in its leadership in demand of maintenance of the league covenant in its entirety and particularly for steady collective resistance to any and all acts of But De Graeff went further than did Sir Samuel British foreign in announcing bluntly that his country would vote for penal action against an aggressor - Italy against The aside from on Page CONSIDER PROJECT FOR FIVE NURSES Word was received yesterday by Dr. Walter chairman of the Huntingdon County Emergency Child Health that a WPA project employing two registered and three practical nurses was being These nurses must be on the relief rolls and the work will occupy some phase of the health Details the project have not been received by Dr. but it is hoped that the work will be way early in CAMPS ARE CLOSED TO NON-RESIDENTS Transient Shelters Won't Accept People From Out of Sept. 12.-Phe State Emergency Relief Board announces transients from other states will not be accepted after Sept. 20 at federal camps and farms maintained in More than 4,000 non-resident transients uow quartered in tha state will be asked on that date to return to their places of legal residence to t jobs on works progress administration according to Robert L. executive director of the under care prior te closing date who are but lacking legal residence ba transferred to the seven camps and five farms operated by the transient department of tha Emergency Relief Of more than 4000 benefitting from the accommodations for 2634' may be transferred to the camps and farms which are expected to be operated as a part of the Johnson said most of the transients are classed as The camp are located in On Page
