Joplin Globe (Newspaper) - February 16, 1938, Joplin, Missouri in snow or rain In north portion colder Wednesday In somewhat colder In east and south Wednesday night and with possibly Bnow in snow or rain in colder In cast and south portions Thursday considerable rising temperature In west and In south and freezing rain In north Much colder Thursday colder In extreme south probably changing to snow and much colder with a cold wave Thursday warmer In northwest lobe FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS District Edition VOL. NO. 163. Publication Office 111 East fourth Street WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1938.-TEN Published Every Morning Except Monday PRICE FIVE TO APPEAR TODAY IN SLAYING PROBE Is Subpoenaed to Appear This Morning Before Grand Jury Investigating Mitchell MRS. MITCHELL BEFORE PROBERS THREE TIMES Widow of Slain Man Leaves in Tears After One Others Are Joplin Allocated Million By WPA for New Projects Plans for Work Will Be Drawn at Once to Provide Jobs for 2,000 Additional Workmen in Jasper Most of Them Allowance Materially Reducing Cost of Projects to BY A STAFF Feb. 15.-Constable Roy E. Hance of Seneca was subpoenaed late today as a witness to testify tomorrow morning before Newton county's special grand jury that is investigating the murder last 28 of Norman E. a leading figure in the investigation of the druggist's has accused Logan E. a former of the Hance killed Hunt and Carl Smith in a gun battle January 12 at the Hunt home east of Prints on Examination by fingerprint ex perts in D. established that Hunt's fingerprints were on a vinegar bottle found near the Mitchell home the night of the At an a jury exonerated Hance in the double holding that the constable acted in Hance was wounded in the hand in the sensational Eight other witnesses already have been subpoenaed for tomor row's session of the grand In the second day of the the jury called 10 among them three the widow of the Blain appeared three times during the day before the Dressed in and displaying no outward signs of Mrs. Mitchell appeared at the courthouse at 9 o'clock this morning and waited in an outer room with her adopted Mrs. Melvin Aldrich and Tracy The latter two also were called to testify during the Mrs. Mitchell In Mrs. Mitchell was preceded into the grand jury room by Mrs. George 3029 Joplin who went before the grand jury the first time at 9:20 She emerged at 9:45 o'clock when Mrs. Mitchell was called for her first Again at 10:20 o'clock in the morning Mrs. Schier the jury although she remained only a few Following a short morning Mrs. Mitchell for the second time entered the jury room and shortly before noon emerged with tears in her She sat for a few moments in the outer office of Prosecutor Wayne her eyes with her before going downtown for lunch with her Mrs. whose husband is in the United States navy medical was in the Panama Canal Zone when her father was She was before the jury only a short Mrs. Mitchell went back into the jury room following the noon recess and shortly before 2 o'clock was dismissed for the Dr. Barnard on Dr. W. C. Barnard of Seneca was subpoenaed at noon today and appeared before the jury about the middle of the He was the first person authorities have to have examined the body of Mitchell after it was discovered by the Other witnesses who testified today were Ray a farmer living near Earl Don a brother-in-law of Butch Price of County Judge Roy Myers of near Sheriff Beech W. Bridges and C. E. county according to said he saw Hunt and Smith driving toward Seneca 'the night Mitchell was who is aiding the grand jury in the said the other witnesses subpoenaed for tomorrow's session Trooper Paul Hardy of the Joplin state highway patrol of a Mrs. Bud Ed Lon Fred Shearer and Polka all of The called last week by Judge Emory E. Smith was sworn Monday morning and beard five witnesses during the first day's Today the last witness was dis missed by the jury a few minutes after 4 o'clock and shortly afterwards adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow V - Joplin has been allocated approximately in new WPA projects to stimulate John J. street was advised in a conference here yesterday afternoon with Otto district WPA project The new projects are to be drawn at once and started as quickly as they can be prepared and formally approved by WPA It is the aim of Saunders was to provide jobs for approximately 2,000 additional workmen in Jasper most of them in Additional funds are to be allocated to other municipalities in Jasper county for projects in those The amounts to be thus distributed were not All new projects are to bfr approved on a basis upon which the city will be able to handle them as Saunders said he was Ruhl came here for the conference with the street commissioner yesterday following a morning long distance telephone call in which Ruhl said that WPA has doubled allowance on increasing it from to a In other instead of allowing only a month in cash for materials for each man for material purchase will Saunders pointed will materially lift the burden of expense upon the city to handle making it possible to carry out many jobs with a relatively small cost to the The in projects is to be for new in addition to completing projects already approved or under Saunders said his engineering department will start work ately mapping new jobs to submit to WPA for They will be storm street sanitary sewer and paving each classification to be grouped as one project although several differ ent jobs will be in One project which the street commissioner said he has in mind is completion of the improvement of the new city cemetery on the McClelland park It is planned to build storm sewers for proper drainage and to pave streets in the cemetery Curbings and gutters also will be A large number of street grading projects also will be grouped In an other project to be worked up as quickly as More street paving and additional storm sewer jobs will be included in other Saunders said it is his understanding that the new projects are to be approved in line with dent Roosevelt's recent proposal for more relief work to relieve during next several TWO JOPLIN MEN HURT IN ACCIDENT CHARLES AND K. EBERLEIN INJURED BULLET IS FATAL TO HITCH-HIKER TWO COMPANIONS OF YOUNG MAN TO FACE MURDER CHARGES 8. PUTS NAVY BUILDING UNDER VEIL OF SECRECY Change in 18-Year-Old Publicity Policy Declared Interest of the Public ROOSEVELT'S NEW PROGRAM CONSIDERED President Says Experts Contend Fleet Should Be Large Enough to Defend Both Two prominent Joplin business men were one when a motor car in which they were riding overturned on a highway about three miles west of early last Charles H. was seriously Injured and Felix K. less seriously They are in Bothwell hospital at Dr. John who attended the two men at the telephoned Jay T. Anderson of the Anderson Undertaking Company here details of the Skids on Wet The Anderson was occurred shortly after darkness had set in. The car skidded on the wet pavement and suffered a fractured pelvis and broken collar bone and minor Eberlein received a fractured wrist and minor cuts and According to Dr. and Eberlein said they were en from Kansas City to D. where planned to transact Dr. Carlisle probably would be dismissed from the hospital within a few but that would be a patient there for some is a. retired business Eberlein Is manager of the Felix K. Eberlein insurance 112 East Fourth resides at 832 Pennsylvania avenue home is at 522 North Moffet FORT SMITH WIFE KILLED IN CRASH Feb. 15.-Off)-Mrs. R. Salisbury Walker of Fort was killed and her a Fort Smith real estate injured seriously today in an automobile collision near The two were en route home after a trip to A charge of negligent homicide was filed by County Attorney Parks McMichael against Rogers oil whose McMichael collided with the rear of the machine occupied by the who was made bond of and continued his SOLDIERS FOR POLICE DUTY IN CAPITAL URGED Feb. 15.-OP)-Federal troops should be used to stop crime in the national Representative told the house He said the crime conditions were the worst of any city in the A member of the house District of Columbia which is sort of council for Washington McGehee said he would have a drafted which would authorize the secretary of war to assign 1,500 soldiers to street patrol Feb. 15.-A young man about 25 years believed to be Raymond Eugene Galther of Terre died at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at hospital from a revolver shot wound in his head which two companions said was self-inflicted while the three were riding in a motor car this afternoon about 10 miles east of here on highway 66. The two Jerry 26 years of Mount 111., and Willis Henry 25, of brought the young man to hospital for Bullet In The bullet entered his right near the and ranged through the Elza prosecuting announced tonight that first degree murder charges would be filed against Lankford and Bell tomorrow under instructions from Roy prosecuting The announcement was made after the two prisoners were questioned at length by Coyne and other Lankford was removed to the city jail at officers said they are endeavoring to obtain an expert to take a paraffine test of hand to determine whether he had fired a gun Coroner A. N. Winchester of Joplin examined the body tonight and said the bullet ranged through the man's head at the same The bullet entered near the right cheek bone and pierced the skull in the An inquest was called for 7 o'clock Wednesday night at the Knell service There were powder officers on the back of Gaither's right This they that Gaither did not hold the gun in that hand when it was Lankford and Bell told officers they picked up a at 9 o'clock this morning near were told he was en route to Arizona for his Some distance east of the two men Gaither asked to a caliber revolver which was in a glove compartment of the two-seated The men said the which belonged to was not loaded but that Gaither said he had a shell which he believed would fit the Bell was driving the Lankford said he handed the gun to Gaither and then turned to watch the road About three minutes the men told they heard a Lankford said who was alone in the rear slumped and the gun fell to the Lankford said he picked up the gun and replaced it in the glove compartment and then held his hand over wound to stop the flow of Bell drove here and was directed Feb. 15.-(IP)-The United States navy clamped a lid of secrecy upon its warship building progress a publicity policy of 13 years Whether the purpose was to keep certain data from foreign powers was not Officials explained merely that the new policy was the interest of the public in the fhe navy had made public percentage figures showing how much progress had been made with the hull and machinery of ships under Delays in construction were Details Are The monthly report issued and dealing with men of war now being omitted these Observers understood the omission was part of a general tightening up on The possibility has been discussed that the United States may join other powers In building battleships larger than the present treaty limit of 35,000 Today's navy report listed 63 warships and two auxiliaries under five fewer than a month Since last month's report the light cruiser Brooklyn and other craft have been The January report had indicated that the completion of 15 destroyers and the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Wasp would be The navy now has today's report two 35,000-ton the North Carolina and two aircraft the heavy cruiser seven light 16 three 1,850-ton 32 1,500-ton a seaplane tender and a destroyer Future Strength the discussion of future naval strength continued on Capitol and at the White American defense experts President Roosevelt said at a press that the United States must have a navy strong enough to protect both Atlantic and Pacific He said the experts contended the United States could not ignore the possibility of a future attack from east and He cited the consensus of defense experts after a reporter inquired whether he opposed an increase in Japan's naval ratio to the United He made no direct answer to the A suggestion that Great Britain be permitted to maintain a fleet larger than the United States went into the records of a congressional committee Representative New opposing the projected expansion of the American told the house naval committee that Great Britain all needs a bigger navy than this country to protect her far-flung possessions and trade Not in Fear of Fish repeated his willingness to see Japan attain naval parity with this not afraid of the United States being he I do fear is that this proposed the United will be used for Subjected to close Fish said he would be in favor of a naval ratio of 6-5-5 for Great the United States and He declared Japan could not successfully invade the United States unless it had a navy more than twice the size of this In response to questions by Representative Fish said he believed the United States was prepared for and had discussed naval and foreign officials of Great Britain parallel action in the Far Asserting this meant the same as Fish said he was convinced the American people are to the United States taking any form of parallel FLIER FAILS TO FIND FLOE First Attempt to Locate Four Russian Scientists Blocked by Poor Feb. 15.-(IP)-The first rescue flight attempting to locate the camp of four Russian scientists adrift on an ice floe off failed late today because of poor Gennady piloting a plane from the Soviet rescue ship which earlier had reported herself only 14 miles from the floe and within sight of the signal flew for two hours during the afternoon without finding the He finally landed on the ice beside the icebreaker which took him aboard for the Pilot Vlasoff reported the visl bility was poor and grew less favorable during the so that he was unable to see the snow hut occupied by Commander Ivan and his three Other flights were planned tomorrow from both icebreakers which were only about 10 miles The ships were unable to advance farther Into the Ice mass. PRICES TOO ROOSEVELT SAYS PRESIDENT HINTS GOVERN STENT MAY ACT TO CHECK DECLINE IN SNOW AND RAIN FALL IN STATE; Highway Patrol Warns Driving Will Become Hazardous if Temperatures Continue to COLUMNIST WILL BE HONORED Every Minister at to Take Part In Houses to LOWS AROUND 25 TODAY PREDICTED Pavements Slick in Kansas City and St. Beneficial to Kansas on Fags 2). Feb. 15.-(/P)-The administration may take steps to stop the decline of commodity President Roosevelt Indicated He told reporters that prices are too and should go not too A report on the price situation by a group of federal who began conferences today at the is expected to be on Mr. Roosevelt's desk by Stand at 80 Pet. of 1936 Latest figures of the labor statistics bureau show that wholesale commodity prices are only about 80 per cent of the 1926 which Roosevelt has described as a normal A year ago the index was 85.4. The immediate concern of federal economists recently has been the continued tendency of prices to fall although the decline in industrial production seems to have at least and retail trade has not comparatively While prices retailers and wholesalers tend to withhold purchases of new waiting for more advantageous prices at the bottom of the Officials say that as long as orders are industry cuts its reducing employment and weakening the ability of the public Gold Move May Some officials indicated that yesterday's action of the treasury in partially abandoning its gold sterilization program was intended to bolster commodity They said at least the action was inflationary and might strengthen The conferees at today's treasury meeting declined to disclose the trend of their but it was learned they were concerned more about Individual prices than Many government economists have argued that composite price averages are Al though the may reach a selected some in dividual prices may be far too high and others too they They for that early in 1937 metal and building material prices advanced more rapidly than other prices and got out of Even the administration apparently regards steel and building material prices as too and any price-raising action which the president may undertake will be designed to raise only those other prices which are regarded as too St. Feb. 15.-C45)-A blanket of snow covered St. Louis and eastern Missouri tonight as sleet and heavy mist fell In most other se The return of wintry brought a warning from the state highway patrol at Jefferson City that roads in all parts of the state will be hazardous tomorrow If temperatures continue to The patrol reported bridges throughout central Missouri were slick St. Joseph Streets Sleet at St. driven by a 1,5-milc-an-hour east made streets icy Driving was hazardous in Kansas City as a freezing mist clung to the Jefferson City also reported sleet and mist throughout the day with a total precipitation of of an Snow began falling here this but had little on traffic At Springfield of an Inch of rain fell during the Roscoe weather bureau said generally at freezing or below throughout the day in most parts of the would continue to drop during the He predicted low temperatures of about 25 degrees Feb. 15.-{IP)-Odd agreed tonight that ho would have wanted a unpretentious but his home town Chamber of Commerce laid plans for one of its biggest observances to honor The body will arrive here tomorrow from New where ho died A Chamber of Commerce delegation will meet the cortege at W. Evory minister in this town of 7,000 will take part In tho funeral Business schools and publio offices in Gallia county will Only a few of present residents knew Mclntyre personality left hero 38 years but all mourned made observed H. W. Tribune stories made people come Everybody hero regarded him as a JURY IN WRIGHT CASE STILL OUT TWELVE GIVE NO HINT AS TO HOW THEY STAND ON INSANITY SENATE CONFIRMS MILLIGAN DESPITE ATTACK DY TRUMAN Latter Charges Vote Fraud Prosecutor and Two Judges Entered Conspiracy hi Kansas DECLARES DEMOCRATS CAN'T GET FAIR TRIALS He Asserts Otis and Are Violently His Vote Only One Cast Against Heads Shoe St. Feb. 15.-UP)-Presley W. St. Louis was elected president of the Shoe succeeding Luke E. who has been president and counsel since 193/4. District Is Drenched by Rain Heavy rains drenched the entire district throughout the day On the extreme north and east portions of the Joplin district some snow was following a night of The downpours extended south into Arkansas and Oklahoma and over eastern At rainfall Monday totaled 2% surpassing by of an Inch the normal rainfall there for the month of Pastures and grain fields throughout the southwest part of Missouri absorbed the steady Puddles of water stood in fields and roadside ditches were There were no reports of streams rising in the At midnight last night the Empire District Electric Company reported ice was freezing on highways at Sedalia and that light mists were falling at Springfield and at Ozark Rainfall In Joplin for the day totaled 1.05 Although skies were heavily overcast late at rain had stopped falling shortly after 8 Fruit trees in northwest FRENCH STEEL WORKERS THREATEN TO WALK OUT Feb. 15.-(JP)-Thirty thousand northern steel workers confronted Premier Camille government with a virtual ultimatum tonight that it persuade employers to grant pay increases within 36 hours or face a Even as the demand reached the government's for creation of a labor code to end strife between workers and employers was being criticized in the chamber of Both conservatives and the extreme left attacked the proposed Union leaders warned Louis Os car minister of that the whole northern France In district was for Workers syndicate leaders at after taking the steel strike pleaded with their followers to calm until on Page 2) Los Feb. 15.-{&)-The jury that found Paul A. Wright guilty of manslaughter In less than four hours deliberated today the apparently more difficult task of determining whether he was sane when he shot his wife and John to With more than twice as much time already consumed In deliberation on the airport executive's insanity the four women and eight men who heard the trial and yesterday's brief court had given no Indication late today when a verdict might be Lawyers Talk With The Jury was taken to dinner shortly after 8 o'clock standard Previously attorneys for state and defense had conferred with Superior Judge Ingall W. They declined to say what was but indicated tho Jury would bo kept at Its deliberations at least until tomorrow morning unless it had reached a verdict in the The usual crowd of spectators haunted the courtroom where the frail man told In lurid details from the witness stand how he shot Eyelyn McBride Wright and his friend and business associate after he said he found them in an abnormal embrace on the piano bench in his living room early the morning of November 9. If Wright Is found to have been sane on that morning he he found their riddled bodies at his feet after a period of his conviction on two manslaughter counts calling for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison will The minimum would be five t. Should the jury find he was temporarily Insane he would be A deadlocked jury would necessitate a new Improved From Casts No Light on Brothers Whereabouts Special to The Feb. 15.-Vivian May 8 years who with her older 12, left their home here Sunday morning on a bicycle had regained strength tonight to answer some of her mother's questions regarding the whereabouts of her missing Vivian daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert was found late Monday afternoon near the old Blue Rock mine a mile southwest of Waco suffering from exposure and lack of Her brother has not been The little girl told her mother her brother had left her about midnight Sunday night to go for How she ascertained the time was not Her brother was reported seen at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night at a farm house a quarter mile from where the little girl was She told her mother her hands became and that she took off her dress to wrap the numb She replaced the dress The little when had neither a hat nor coat and had spent all night Sunday in the Early Monday morning the temperatures dropped below Vivian May could give no clew as to where her brother may but told her mother that he was not in one of the The vicinity in which she was found contained several abandoned mine some of which are d1 One of the searchers was lowered today down the Blue Rock mine He found the shaft partly filled with Heavy timbers were floating on top of the The shaft is said to be approximately 300 feet Other shafts in the none as deep as the Blue also were Searchers followed the bank of Spring river for considerable distances without a trace of the missing Spring liver is about a half mile south of the vicinity Jn which Bert had left his little sister shivering in the cold while he went for Bloodhounds brought to the scene Monday night from near Golden City were taken home early this morning after rain had washed the already faint trail of the The dogs had trailed the boy southwest from the Blue Rock mine until the trail Approximately 50 persons were at the scene this morning participating in the Rain which fell most of the day hindered in the Vivian May will be questioned further this morning and is. expected to give a more coherent She is being kept in bed under a doctor's orders and is being questioned only at The brother and sister rode away from their home Sunday A Harold and an Bud traced the children to Waco by making inquiries of persons bad seen j Feb. 16.-W-Maurice Kansas vota fraud received senate confirmation today for another term as United States attorney for the western district of Missouri despite a sharp attack on his record by Senator Truman told the senate that Milligan and two republican Merrill E. Otis and Albert L. had entered Into a against democrats involved itt cases before the district Truman voted against but did not ask the senate to reject it he President Roosevelt had made it as a Truman's was the only vote against Fair Trial He say to this Truman a Jackson democrat has as much chance of a fair trial In the federal district court of western Missouri as a Jew would have in a Hitler court or a Trotsky follower before He said Milligan saw to with the judges because of fees granted him In bankruptcy proceedings in the district and added the attorney was not for the Senator who recommended Milligan for both the first and second said he had known the prosecutor 25 years and never before had heard any question raised about his He added that any fees taken by Milligan were sanctioned by Truman replied that he was talking of not his private Uphold by Senator New urged the senate to con- firm Milligan's the president is should uphold he Milligan has made a great record in prosecuting some of the worst frauds ever seen In this Bridges asked Truman whether a man has done his duty In a vote he should be never asked that he be Truman asked that he be appointed as special prosecutor and that a district attorney acceptable to the of Missouri be The New England senator said 112 persons were shown at one by Kansas City registration books as residents of a vacant In some he registrations dropped sharply after the vote While Truman explained that ha would not oppose confirmation because President Roosevelt had named Milliman as a he added that of this district attorney is an approval of the tactics pursued by the district court of western Called of He said Milligan was made a by the Kansas City Star and the St. Louis Any reward for the he should go to one of two deputies who handled the detail work and actual trial of the In a single Truman Milligan received more in fees than his total annual salary from the federal He said Otis and Reeves were as violently partisan judges as have ever sat on a federal bench since the federalist judges of Jefferson's two judges have made it perfectly plain to Mr. he he has been able to see eye to eye with due to bankruptcy convictions of democrats is what they he are afraid to these and the grand juries have been Judge Replies To Truman's Speech Kansas Feb. 15.-OP)-A whose now is 50 none loot and 112 got new authority today to pursue his purge of Kansas vote The senate In 1 confirmed the reappointment of on page 00
