Joplin Globe (Newspaper) - March 25, 1933, Joplin, Missouri TIIK I mil Ill 111 Partly cloudy In In Mcmlly In L FULL FULL TO All Display Copy Must Ba in The Globe Herald The 1 ri For News (i M. VOL. NO. 195. 111 Cast SATURDAY MARCH 25, PRICE PIVE CENTS GALA CEREMONIES MARK OPENING OF STRIP Thousands of Kansans and Missourians at for Road PARADE A FEATURE Indians in Full Regalia Add Color to Procession - History Is Given by TRIAL JUDGE A March 24.-Qua-Jiaw, the site of the Quapaw was the scene of gala aa of and joined in the completion of an stretch of concrete pavement on S. highway 66, from to the Kansas state which provides a continuous ribbon of concrete trom the Atlantic seaboard to western To the hundreds of road boosters in the three states who have battled for many years in an effort to bring U. S. highway 66 to completion as a paved transcontinental It was a great Another link In the paved road of their dreams was and they could see early completion of the rn pavements which will carry the numeral to the Pacific Many Towns A crowd of several thousand persons assembled in Quapaw early this afternoon for the long-awaited There were representatives from nearly every town and community situated on highway 66 between and There were visiting musical organizations to to the and decorated floats provided by neighboring towns for a colorful high school's uniformed cadet band was accorded the honor of heading the which in a pageant of Behind the musical unit marched the delegation of more than forty good will representatives in their distinctive red coats and Ill the lineup for the which opened the there were Quapaw Indians in the full regalia of their mounted patrols from Baxter Springs and bands from Northeast Oklahoma junior college at Baxter Springs high Miami high school and the Baxter Springs American Legion drum and delegations of good roads boosters from Baxter Springs and other Indian in One of the interesting features of the parade was the of of were used to introduce the earliest mode of but the sponsors of the went into early American history to find one of the first stages of vehicular It was an early Indian made of poles and drawn by a From this the advancement of transportation was revealed through the early type covered prairie a and a fashionable carriage of the and buggies of more recent Some of the first which ushered in the era of motor-driven vehicles also were And latest modula of fine automobiles moved smoothly down the new concrete highway the last chapter of transportation history was being written across the sky overhead by a stunt filer in a powerful recurring showers threatened to disrupt the planned of and entertainment following the a crowd staunch road boosters braved the rain to hear the talks by men who have led in the road building liy Charles Wells of Baxter Springs officiated as master of ceremonies for the celebration which was planned by a committee under of G. B. Kinder of Visitors were welcomed Tom W. superintendent of Quapaw who expressed of Oklahomans lor completion of the important Chief Victor Griffin iif the Quapaw tribe responded in a short talk in the Quapaw Indian in which he described ills people as pioneer road of and praised the men whose leadership and courage had brought to completion ihe great transcontinental paved The chief's speech was Interpreted by D. C. guest and on page 4), Judge James 15. of will be the judge when seven Negroes go on trial for lives at In the famed BEER PROBLEMS PROVE BAFFLING BRITAIN IS GIVEN STAND ON DEBTS Plea for Revision Is Met With Indications U. S. Will Insist on Definite Trade LONG TALK IS HELD Subject Is Taken Up by Ambassador Lindsay in Discussion With Secretary of MANY AUK BKING SUBMITTED FOB OFFICIAL March 21. by its drafters to be plain in the new beer nevertheless is presenting as many as a puzzle to those charged with Its At every turn officials who must put the legislation into effect April 7, are finding entanglements to send them rushing to Some Questions The measure hardly was enacted before a difference arose over the exact day and hour it would become Apd that was but the beginning of a series of Here are a few that have been laid before some of answered and others awaiting more detailed 1.. Can beer be sold on coastwise vessels within United States jurisdiction after April 6, and on flying the American flag on the It can. 2. If advertising Is admissible to the can a newspaper published in a dry state but with a large circulation in an adjoining wet state carry No official answer 3. Will the parcel post deliver Will it deliver In dry No. 5. Can beer be shipped by rail from one slate to another through a dry Yes and no. according to your with no official ruling 6. Can the beer be delivered now from the breweries to retail establishments to get it ready for the trade after the stroke of April 6? And so the questions But officials have not attempted to the one which is being most the beer cannot leave the brewery until midnight and gets to tlie retail sometime how long will It take to cool Wets and drys appeared today before a senate District of Columbia and for an hour and a half argued their respective points of The hearing followed passage of a by the house on page 4) March Britain's plea for downward revision of the war debts was carried to the administration today to be met with renewed cations that the United States will insist that any reduction be balanced by definite accomplishments for the restoration of world For the first time since President Roosevelt took the subject was broached by Sir Ronald British in a long interview with Secretary Adviser Is Called In. Hull called In Assistant Secretary Raymond and there begun the diplomatic fencing which the British hope will result In greatly scaling down the four and a half billion dollars due the United A slate announcement afterward made clear that the United States desires thu complete success of the world economic conference this The administration was represented as believing that upon It depend the hopes of all nations for ending the The government emphasize tlie importance of for the reduction of tariffs and the removal of trade It will place little emphasis on war While the administration regards trade and debts as subject to separate treatment in it is believed by observers that the attitude toward reducing the debt of any one nation will be to a great extent by that nation's contribution to revival of the administration's position is that the totaling which fall due June 15 are to be paid in After his declined to but it was learned that his government had requested him to ascertain the Roosevelt administration's attitude on the because of conflicting that another moratorium would be undertaken and that full payment would he demanded June 15. On behalf of it was said that no decision liad been reached and that on the subject of war debts the was preliminary and It was added that whenever the subject of debts Is counters by bringing up entire program for business recovery net forth in the detailed of tlie economic conference detailing measures for reviving trade by removing Conferences on the debts will be held with considerable frequency from now no definite engagements have been made with envoys of the nations expected to take part. ISSUANCE OF BEER PERMIT PROTESTED Mrs. Test Will lie Made In Case of March 24.-(/P) - of protest against the permit Issued at Jefferson City yesterday to manufacture beer were forwarded by Mrs. Nelle G. president of the Missouri W. C. to Attorney General Roy McKittrick and to Sam S. head of the federal permit department at Kansas Regarding the emergency clause attached to the Brogan beer Burger Is perfectly It is absolutely at variance with the spirit of the emergency She intimated that issuance of this permit will be made a test saying that protest of one will be to work She declined to comment on her protests except to say that will be further but I am Hot prepared to say by The letter in behalf of the Missouri Woman's Christian Temperance I am entering a protest against this form of which is not the regular standard form of this particular protest it on further ground that it is illegal to issue this permit in Missouri until ninety days after the legislature U. S. GRAND JURY RICH BANKER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE OF INCOME TAX STRONG EFFORTS TO CHANGE FARM MEASURE DEVELOP Opposition to Proposal in Its ' Present Form Comes Into Open at Committee SIMPSON ASSAILS IT Head of Union Says Would Not Give Farmer Half Cost of Oklahoma Planning Another + 4- This Time It's to Missouri and Beer March 24.-(/P)- Thousands of Oklahomans are preparing for to the beer marts of the neighboring state of which furnished many of the pioneers that came Into the Indian lands when they were opened for Like the hordes of men and women rushed into this slate to stake land the 1U33 army of will have parched but they are not emigrants In a neighboring famed for Its The of a Missouri mule oi some Missouri cob pipes is not to be but the of Missouri's new beer is at present a Oklahomans have capitalized on Missouri's famed slogan and themselves want to be In view of this traffic congestion and not jail jams has become a matter of importance in northeastern Business worried for a time the prospects of Missouri's beer business are beginning to see less cause for Filling road houses and hotels are preparing to take care of the wayfarers as they con- verge upon the northeastern corner of Work is being pushed forward on a short paved strip on U. S. 66, which has been unofficially dubbed There are ten or graveled roads leading to Missouri through the Oklahoma making an attempt to keep a tab on automobiles more accustomed to playing host to many week-end visitors from and was contemplating the April 7 trek Nowata also on the was the only county in the area planning a highway Sheriff Henry said he expected more difficulty in handling traffic than from any liquor law He said the liquor laws would be enforced more stringently than ever before after April 7, in his One county officer said he feared most the mood the beer drinkers might be In they return from Missouri after drinking potent home brew so I'm afraid will prove awfully New March 24.-W)- Charles E. former chairman of the board of the National City was indicted by a federal grand jury today on a charge of evading income taxes of for the year 1929. Within two the wealthy banker was arraigned before Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard and pleaded not When April 3 was fixed as the time limit for making motions and the day on which the date for the trial win be U. S. Attorney George Z. Medalie announced there would be no delay in pressing the case to its Like Other At the same time Judge Goddard told Max D. Mitchell's that case will be treated just as other cases are when Steuer pleaded for more time in which to prepare the Neither whose bail of was nor Steuer would discuss tlie Steuer had said he was with the wearing a gray suit and spoke only two - He uttered them in a cleaf while he looked straight at the The indictment charged that received a net Income of in 1929, although in his income tax report for that year he set forth that he had a net loss of In the tax the banker acknowledged a gross income of more than but charged oft the difference between the price he had paid for 18,300 shares of National City bank and the price at which he hod sold the slock to his This was the stock which Mitchell testified before the senate bunking during its exchange that he had repurchased from his wife at a the price at which he sold it to although the he it was selling on the open market at a government contends that neither the sale nor the repurchase was a bona fide SALES To Be Revised in Congress Unemployment Relief Proposal Is Denounced Organized Labor as of and a Form of Committee Calls for Today to Begin | Measure Callinn for I Cent on Toward by March 24,-(/f>) efforts to change the administration's farm relief interrupting the smooth flow of Roosevelt measures through came into the open today in the senate agriculture As an answer to the George N. Peek of announcing his as in behalf of Secretary told the committee the Roosevelt should be passed and broad powers given the secretary to cope with the farm Calls It John A. president of the National Farmers later attacked the administration proposal as price-fixing which would not give the farmer half the cost of is would guarantee the consumer can cat the farmer's bread and butter at less than the cost of The president intently the progress on the It was said at the White House that there is no intention of employing any unusual number of new workers to carry out the proposals of the administration but that existing agriculture machinery would be Senator South presented a substitute some senators privately intimated might be acceptable to the White This would sharply curtail the contemplated grant of power to Wallace by eliminating a section of the administration providing for reducing acreage through agreements with producers under a modified version of the domestic allotment The substitute would eliminate also the proposed licensing fee on distributors and seek to modify the processing tax to provide only sufficient revenue to pay for retiring land from production by leasing it. The administration proposes a processing tax sufficient to lift the price to the average level for 1909-1914, and to revenues for the payment of extraordinary expenditures incurred by reason Qt the national economic In oilier the Smith and bills are as each would apply the farm aid program to tobacco and dairy and each provides a cotton option Efforts to limit the to wheat and cotton will be made At that the committee also will hear Secretary Whether the administration's proposed farm mortgage program will be included In the Smith would depend on whether it gol to the committee in At the White it was said that the mortgage measure was not yet in final The president considers that one of the main problems here is in gelling the interest rate for the new mortgages down to the point desired and at the same time protecting the par value of land bank March 24. - to 2,')0,000 men in a apparently was scheduled for extensive by after organised labor had it as of and a form of Redrafting of the was by chairmen of both and senate labor committees as they concluded joint hearings but there was strong support for of the essential Walsh of the senate called a meeting tomorrow to begin lite a process which lif would talte several Connery a meeting of the house committee for He said would submit a substitute which be outlined at the White conference Wednesday but for which he failed to obtain Roosevelt's Organized labor's opposition was expressed at the joint hearing by William president of the American of Ho said It provided for regimentation of labor in peace and would demoralize the nation's wage in in and he it seems to me spirit of in of tlic of labor do it in n that is in accord with spirit of Let labor hut lot it work voluntarily and In strange the committees were told by a Herbert that bis organization was to speaking for the committee of said it would a. system of forced He demanded unemployment and cash payment of the Chairman Connery had suggested the in its present form was like a under which men would be picked up on the streets and forced to go to the work camps for a Douglas army chief of who was on the stand at the denied this saying the plan seemed to him Lewis budget testified the president's plan would be financed for the remainder of this fiscal year from of unobligated public building REPORT GERMAN ORGANIZATION SAYS STORIES ABROAD ATIE March 24.-(/P)-A statement that certain foreign newspapers are printing concerning the treatment of Jews in Germany was issued today by the Central Union of German citizens of the Jewish Reports of anti-Jewish atrocities are the statement The central union is an incorporated society with headquarters in Berlin and it comprises twenty-one affiliated organizations in the different German states and 1,200 local Aims of The aims of the union are given as to combat anti-Semitism and to promote the inner peace of the Gorman The official the weekly carries extensive literary news and is rated highly by Vice Chancellor Franz von The patriotic society of national German Jews took action similar to that of the Central protesting against reports of atrocities as attempts to blackmail which as oppose with the same determination an our non-Jewish BANK PRESIDENT KILLS TRAGEDY OCCURS AFTER OKLAHOMA DEPOSITORY IS ORDERED OKLAHOMA BEER HEARINGS NEXT WEEK REPEAL ELECTION SIGNED BY GOV. FUTRELL MOTORS TO REPLACE HORSE IN ARTILLERY March 24.-(/P)-~In liii with the motorization scheme of the regular now more than 50 per cent the war department today authorized national guard field artillery outfits in fifteen states to change Immediately from to units affected by the order F. A. 35th HOTELS AT K. C. ADOPT PRICE SCALE FOR BEER Kansas March Kansas City Hotel Men's Association today approved tlie following scale of prices for 3.2 per cent sold at the local Eight to 10 15 20 Pint served at tables or in 25 Little March 21.- -A providing for a referendum election July 18 on the question of ratification of the proposal to repeal the Eighteenth was signed by Governor from each of tlie seventy-five would bo to a convention August 1, which would certify the result of I he in accordance witli the majority of PARK ASKS EXTRADITION OF FOUR FROM ARKANSAS Jefferson March 24.-1^)- Gov. Guy B. Park today issued a requisition for the of Jack Rolla Fred and Harold from Benton to Greene county where they are wanted on a charge of first degree Oklahoma March 24.-(/Pi-Public hearings will begin next Wednesday before the house prohibition committee on the hill to legalize 3.2 beer in Representatives Graham and of the were awaiting an opportunity to seek advancement of the measure to the A hearing might keep it from the with the end of the session of state president of the Hotel Men's at the today to urge passage of the March 24.-(/P)-J. C. president of the CitI zens State bank of tonight was said by officers to have admitted fatally shooting a state bank examiner today just after the latter had ordered the closing of the The held in the Jackson county jail at was quoted as thought I had in commenting on the killing of W. E. the Killed After Phoning His Ernest was shot in the head as he turned from a telephone after advising State Bank Commissioner W. J. Barnett at City that have found Brock Miss Virginia stenographer for the banking who accompanied the had just stepped out of the er's office when the shooting Ernest had been sitting at a Miss Doane and Mr. Brock had been I won't tell what they sold until I have They were talking when I left the bank on an errand for Mr. She said when she returned to the Ernest was lying on the floor The young woman then ran out of the bank screaming for Upon being advised of the shooting by Miss Commissioner Barnett ordered W. a bank to take charge of the ROLL IS NOT CALLED Meredith Hangs and Declares lo Perfect Despite HOURLY TEMPERATURES total nf of an inch of rain bui no in The maximum for tin* day was and Ihe mercury had to the mark 1 a. m. 2 a. a. a. U a. a. 7 a. S a. 9 a. 10 a. 1 p. 2 p. a p. p. p. ti p. 7 p. fi p. 9 p. ril 10 p. 11 a. p. Noon Direct Federal Loans to States And Cities Planned if Necessary U years watched curiously while firemen through ashes of her home for her Then she explained to the fire chief she hadn't been She hud been visiting a 24.-ii/I') - President Roosevelt is to authorize grants to states and if necessary to prevent human Determined also to balance the lopsided government he is going to ask relief funds fci the crisis through a bond issue to be paid over a period of The president believes that if federal money is required to meet human it might as well be given as a direct grant rather than a feeling it would be impossible for the states or cition to repay such This is a flat reversal of the Hoover The direct relief proposal will go forward to congress It is understood there are sufficient funds available Reconstruction Finance Corporation to meet relief needs until As for balancing the Roosevelt is giving careful attention to that problem now and is confident of making regular of the government come within tho total of He not only wants to pay for regular government costs but to have some additional for of the public To bring the government expenditures within the range of its the president faces a billion dollar stumbling Reorganization of the on a wholesale scale is counted upon to save aboul of is to for another A trimming in allowances Is expected to yield a minimum saving of and possibly aa much as 21,-(4') by the luxury tax cleared its first major hurdle in the house Without a roll the a 1 per cent tax on tile retail snip price of airplanes anri was perfected and printed Call Demands After loud of and on H. Maxey's iov of the the motion had 14is not end the demand for a roll the speaker were for a roll but I afraid of 11. They would no doubt voted for but have wasted a lot of doing it. had promised tlie governor to help iiut the through and didn't lo allow any During the used his gavel The first big bang followed the viva voce vote on he as his mallet Shouts of came from all parts of the The fell the speaker his voice booming above tlie The 1)111 will come up for final passage early next possibly Tho house early this afternoon until but will be in session technically for introduction of ' Many left for their homes over the probability that there would not be a quorum In the lower branch next week was being discussed freely since many members arc balking at staying much longer on a Elinor Only minor amendments were adopted to as approved by the One specifically newspaper advertising from the Sentiment was gradually for a general sales tax of from to of 1 per cent. An amendment to change the administration measure to of 1 per cent offered by E. W. Dent was defeated on a viva voce with the aid oC Meredith's Several members attempted to get a vote to postpone perfection until but tiie move failed when Meredith refused to recognize LOWLAND DWELLERS FLEE AHEAD OF FLOOD March - Residents of points today made t ions to dig their abandoned possessions out of tha while dwellers of downriver scenes of which had marked tho surge of the Ohio river's crest toward the The river was at a standstill hero at n crest of 36.1 but was expected to Flood hero is 28 It was still western Illinois Missouri river front towns to bear the of the flood over the yellow into the M similar dramas in states to the south The already was swollen before the crest reached it. Cessation of ruins assured would bo no additional in communities whore the crest lieen weather bureau observers MOTHER OF ASSISTANT NAVY SECRETARY DIES New 21 of Henry sec of the died here today at the home of her Arthur Tho fast train New to has begun 18 4508 825428
