Joplin News Herald (Newspaper) - July 21, 1936, Joplin, Missouri V A Chicago Grocer Was Locked in His Refrigerator Two Hours by Bandits Who Looted His A Cool and Collected Job THE WEATHER and Wednesday In north air tonight and Wednesday warmer In west and north tonight Wednesday mostly local thundershowers In east cloudy tonight and JOPLIN NEWS HERALD Exclusive Day Dispatches of the Associated Press INA EDITION JULY TEN PRICE THREE CENTS STATE ENJOYS NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE Agreeable Weather Is Expected to Continue During Next Days Broken by Grad ual July were near normal in Missouri today and agreeable weather was expected during the next few The hot it was at the Louis weather was bro ken by a process of gradual dis occasioned by local show ers and Rains Weather Forecaster Roscoe Nunn that raina of the past few days have not been sufficient to give real relief to crops except in about of the He predicted fair weath er for the next day or Conditions are fairly Nunn in southeastern Mis where rain in a dozen counties last Conditions are also fair in some parts of north west he The rains in southeast Missouri measured from a fourth of an inch to an Hail accompanied the showers in sections of Butler county and caused some crop dam Moberly residents enjoyed their good sleep in a month last night when the mercury dropped to 61 during the At the temperature there stood at The heat and drouth reached the citizens pock as Moberly milk prices were boosted from 11 to 12 cents a quart because of increased Columbias maximum tempera 84 was the lowest there since June while its minimum of 62 was the lowest since July The reading at today was There were no additional heat deaths reported today and the state total remained at Of these 322 were in Committee Withholds Action On Parking Meters Pending Survey of Business Houses Recognizing protest from Rosenberg that more complete survey of sentiment among Joplin business men is needed before tak ing final action on installing park ing a committee which met morning to draw up recom to be submitted to the commission withheld action until the entire downtown business district is Members of the committee ar ranged to carry petitions to mer chants this afternoon and tomorrow expect to reconvene for a of the The vote in a mer chants meeting yesterday morning was 17 and 4 who did not attend original but cast a negative vote by objected strenuously to Installation of the meters and demanded a mass meet ing of Chamber of Commerce mem to thresh out the The committee decided it lacked authority to take that action and obtained his promise to abide by results of the petition canvass A tentative plat of the area in which the meters would be installed for a trial of either three months or four was sub mitted by Fred Mosher of Kansas a representative of the Dua Parking Meter and that section will be worked by the In includes Main street from street from Third to Seventh and the cross extending to a half block or a block beyond Main and Virtually the same suggestion as was made by Rosenberg was given to the city council by Joe commissioner of public property and public The in session this took no ac tion pending a conference with the merchants but voiced ap proval of Myers HEAT IS FATAL TO WPA WORKER Temperatures Rising Over Most of Corn Belt July tures rose over most of the corn belt today with cessation of show ers which broke the heat wave and to an extent loosened the grip of the Forecaster no rain of consequence or tomorrow in the drouth Fires Forest blazed in upper Michigan and in A wind and rainstorm early to day cut a path through Fort causing damage estimated at to the Texas Centennial ex position at Hail nied the storm in many Additional deaths in Nebraska I and where for the most part the heat continued boosted the nations total since July 1 to at least Scattered rains brought some re lief to parts of Wyoming western where tem ranged in the 90s yester day while states to the east enjoyed a respite from the Temperatures close to the 100 mark were predicted for Corn after a slow start moved upward almost 3 cents a bushel in the Chicago East of the Mississippi most of the nation enjoyed moderate tem but the forecast for to night and tomorrow was for warm er weather except in southern In diana and southern West of the river rising temperatures were to be general tomorrow ex cept in southern North western South Dakota and northwest Forest fires in where airplanes and portable ra were pressed into service to nearly a thousand men battling three blazes in the Lewis and Clark national forest Fire fighters in upper Michigan temporary control a conflagration that isolated 100 men and women in a logging camp near y TRUCK DRIVER KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING July v David 297yearold Hannibal truck was killed today when a Burlington railroad freight train struck his truck at a grade cross ingon highway 24 six miles of here Chaney was en route to work on construction of an overpass at the grossing when was Charles Daugherty Dies at Home in Neck City After Special to the News Neck July 44 years first aid agent and flagman on a WPA road project between Alba and Car collapsed yesterday after noon on the job and died at oclock this morning at his home who attended said death was due to heat After becoming ill on the Daugherty refused to go homeland kept in the shade the remainder of the When he reached home his condition rapidly became more Daugherty had lived here and in Webb where he was employed as a drug store for the past 12 He came to the district from Surviving are his Clara Daugherty two Mary 11 years and Clara 9 two Harry Hannon of Kansas City and Annie Meehan of and two James Daugherty of and Arthur Daugherty of He was a member of the Cath plic church and the Woodmen of the World r Funeral arrangements have not been PETITION PROBE SCENE SHIFTED Attorney General Takes His Investigation Into the Second BASEBALL National 040 000 Warneke and Hartnett Brandt and Cincinnati 000 6 1 Boston 000 6 0 Frey and Lombardi Cantwell and Home Louis 00 New 01 Dean and Davis Hubbell and Home 9 0 Swift and Fln ney Sivess and Home Jefferson July torney General Roy McKittrick brought his investigation of the cir culation of the initiative petitions for a proposed insurance code into the Second congressional district Taking his tion suit to prevent the proposition from being submitted to the voters next McKittrick heard an account the signatures were obtained in this city from Kenneth Jefferson City pharmacist who circulated the peti and from nearly a dozen girls who assisted In a suit filed a week ago in cir cuit court McKittrick charged that submission of the proposed in surance code would constitute a fraud upon the state of and asked that Secretary of State Dwight Brown be enjoined from placing the proposition on the of Nichols said he had been hired by Miss Catherine an em ploye of the Tribune Printing to circulate the petitions n Jefferson Miss Roer was out of the city on her vacation and could not be reached for COURT STOPS 2ND WALKOUT STAGE PRODUCER INJURED IN FALL Los July man identified by Detective Luke as Oliver theatrical was seriously injured today fell 25 feet down the stairway of a downtown room ing house where he had registered last Luke said identification was made from papers found in his Pension Haled Before Judge After Leaving Deposi tion Hearing in Cleve July Francis who walked out of a deposition hearing on the Townsend plan was brought back from Bast Cleveland by a dep uty sheriff on a citation for con tempt of and then agreed to resume the hearing in common pleas After a chase from a downtown hotel to the east a deputy body attachment on based on a citation ob by Benjamin attorney who had been conducting he deposition Judge to When brought before Common Pleas Judge Sam uel one of his iawrence told the judge that Townsend was willing to go through with the but questions had been purely Before the hearing degenerated into a series of speeches by Your honor mows the great latitude these fish ng expeditions I accept full for what said The judge asked whether counsel for the hearing to be conducted by the Counsel Townsend then took the stand and was sworn His counsel told the judge Townsend had had no and court recessed while Townsend went into the judges chamber for a piece of apple pie and a glass of was taking depositions n a suit he filed Friday in behalf f the Alfred Wright of deposed Townsend re He had asked concerning advertise jents for appearing In a Townsend As Townsend left the attor leys his Sheridan Its another Townsend said he intended to go to to keep a speaking engagement REBEL FORCES SEIZE TWO SPANISH PRO VINCES MANY DEFENDERS REPORTED SLAIN CITY HOUSING EMBASSY IS CAPTURED Where Flames of Revolt Flare in Spain The widespread trouble spots in the new Spanish military coup are indicated on the above The revolt began at Melilla and quickly spread to the other and the Citizens were called on to fight the From such vantage points as the blockhouse shown at in Spanish the rebels who took control of the protectorate would be able to battle government troops sent to dislodge AH Spanish garrisons in Morocco were re ported in Returning from a march un der the blazing tropical Foreign Legionnaires like those pictured at right set off a well planned coup when they attacked group of jeering socialists at Spanish Comr rades in the Canary islands joined in the TURKISH TROOPS TO DARDANELLES Wrights suit named Fortification of Straits to Fol send and other officers of the Townsend organization as plain and asked removal of Townsend and trustees of Revolving account ing of more than in the organizations and appoint ment of new trustees and a re low Diplomatic Victory in FIRE SWEEPS HOTEL 125 GUESTS ESCAPE July aided 125 guests to safe ty today while flames swept the Fleetwood hotel n down town causing damage estimated at and injuring three Washington and Millies First game Philadelphia 000 000 7 1 000 13 1 and Hayes Bridges and Russell and R Ferrell Harder and LEAD AND ZINC July ing spot and future spot 17s 6d future 2s New July Cop per firmer electrolytic spot and Lead steady spot New East Zinc steadier East Louis spot and Truman Recommends Seven Counties in Missouri For Federal Drouth Relief Seven southwest Missouri coun including have been recommended for federal drou i relief by Senator Harry Tru who today was engaged in a tour of inspection of this He was a gueet of George Ha Seventh district democratic at lunch at the Connor The other counties included in a report sent in today to Wash ington are Dade and Senator Truman said he had found many distressing evidences of the He visited the town of in Bates this morning and learned that water for all purposes is being hauled there from a distant While some of the corn crop un doubtedly can be in Sen ator opinion there are many farms where the damage is so serious that the farmer must have aid Much farm land will b useful only for forage even with a quick end to the he to go from here to Mount Vernon and then to Senator Truman was uncertain whether he would be able to at tend a special meeting of district directors of the works progress ad ministration in Jefferson City to morrow but said he un it is for consideration of drouth relief Ha worth will attend the The federal aid will be in the form of subsistence wages to farmers with a view to enabling them work their land and en deavor to restore it to its former No estimate of the amount to be received in this dis was Touching briefly on national said he believed the present administra tion has proved its sincere desire to help the agricultural and that the farm vote may be safely counted in the democratic column in He said he take an active part in the campaign after the August pri The senator acted reports from farm agents and oth er but said he was anxious to see for himself what the actual damage amounted He intended July Turkish troops took up positions to day at strategic points for 12 miles on both sides of the remilitarized The government allotted for the erection of a monument at the mouth Dardanelles to commemorate the Turkish vic tory at as the populace staged a Jubilant cele Authorities planned to take ad vantage of the new conven tion at once by erecting extensive fortifications and mounting heavy guns over the narrow waters fa mous in military history since Xerxes army spanned it with a bridge of Conquered Status July last vestige of Turkeys status as one of the conquered cen tral powers was removed today as its delegates triumphantly carried home a straits Eight of the former allied powers agreed with Turkey and another of the former central pow to permit Turkish troops to en ter the region surrounding the Dar This region had been since when the new Turk ish nationalist fresh from a military victory over forced her world war victors to substitute the Lausanne agreement for the Sevres MERCURY AT LOWEST POINT SINCE JULY 7 Showers fell early last night lowered temperatures in Jop lin and the district to a minimum of 72 at 8 the first time the mercury has descended that far since July At 3 today the reading was in contrast to 100 degrees at the corresponding hour Temperatures a year ago Maxi 94 The hourly readings 1 9 2 3 4 S 11 Noon 1 2 1 3 8 Jose San considered the prime mover behind the re who was burned to death In a plane crash at near y e s t e r is pictured at TRADE BALANCE FAVORS AMERICA Exports in May Exceed Im ports by More Than Nine Million July May exports and department of commerce re ported today that the United States had a favorable trade balance of for the This excess of goods sold over goods bought reversed the trend of hree previous months and com pared with a excess of in April and a excess of imports for the corre ponding month a year The department said exports in May totaled and gen iral imports For the first five months this it was imports ex exports by the being and This compared with a of exports for the similar 935 Total exports for that lye months stood at of THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK FOR New July Theodore Roosevelt will be one of he principal speakers in the Ican presidential The former governor general of he Philippines visited republican today and offered his to Representative Joseph eastern division After the conference Martin he son of would be a headline in the Colonel Roosevelt is pen his late in Au gust or early In September in that he will tour the Faced with the of or citizens into armed combat squads to quell the army Jose above took over the troublous Spanish NAZIS SENTENCE EDITOR FOR LIFE Officials Refuse to Divulge Reason for High Trea son Ancient Basque States of and Navarre Are Taken by Insur gents Casualties Aio Estimated to Exceed July Walter 35 years former editor of the was sentenced to life imprisonment for high treason Officials said they were bound by oath riot to divulge reason for the It was re called In press that he wag and charged with disclosing to sev eral foreign correspondents the propaganda daily in to the German Montana Voting In July W More than aspirants to national and county offices sought approval of Montana Voters today in thq states primary A record vote was expected with 807 persons 10 GALLONS OF WINK QUOTA FQB July ffi The will of Jacob probated specified that are requested to drink 10 gallons of wine after his The will named the pallbearers and provided that be spent at the fu by July thousand victorious rebels from preceded by machine gunning war tho an of coa and Navarre with many loyal detention reported Tho Insurgents poured into Sail alto of tho United summer after pianos had raked the streets with guns and many had fallen In fighting tho for Seaport Casualties In the two woro estimated to exceed Tho main column of rebel army was In San Sebastian on tho haola of tho advance Swooping through San Sebas tho van of tho rebel sands was reported marching duo weat along northern Spanish coast tho important seaport of Ambassador Claude Bowers of tho United States and other American diplomat been re ported In summer residence at San f Tho rightist rebels into San Sebastian many had boon killed and wounded in bitter fighting outside tho Martial law was proclaimed by tho victorious Insurgents through out both Tho occupying column of rebels numbered approximately moro than of whom were cav Tho civil governors of tha two provinces fled Into Tho popular militia re treated to an old fort on a moun tain overlooking tho It believed they planned to shell San Governor 1 The governor of flee ing tho than a score were killed or Reports of a previous battle in the rightist advance stated 24 and an undetermined number of insurgents had been i Tho aviators also dropped mani signed by tho rebel commander in calling upon the popular ront to surrender and declaring its to bo Vora was occupied by a of troops who made tha city military headquarters for northern Tho mayor of Vera turned his powers over immediately to the colonel when the column en tered tho and the colonel look over the town Jubilant rebel swarming into the declared the Madrid government had officially turned Its powers over to trade un ion committees for public de Loyal abandoned Spanish frontier posts east of Hen day leaving the border by me Associated Frees July masses of peasants and concen In five marching thrust toward rebel strongholds to day while thousands of militiamen formed a stoel circle around The loyal masses marched on Val and which the government were the principal rebel Other col moved on Burgos and The mountainous region of Gua 40 miles from the was patrolled by hundreds of mili who swarmed through tha passes and manned Leon dominating all points against any attempt at Insurgent Rebels Flee to French Five thousand other militiamen were concentrated near the univer sity and in the outskirts of Everywhere in the tha government peasants and loyal workers were coming to thai aid of the 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