Marshall Evening Chronicle (Newspaper) - February 25, 1937, Marshall, Michigan pff G CHRONICLE PRICE THREE CENTS HE EVENING FEBRUARY 1937 SITUATION By United Press After fcn investigation into the bombing Of ah Untied Automobile Barkers sound Tuesday police today said they believed the bomb may have been hurled from a pass ing No were found on the The detona tion Wrecked the car and shattered windows of homes in the neighbor John charged with shooting William a in an argument over a refrigeration In will bo given a sanity March Circuit Judge Benjamin Williams said Se ger killing a man he didnt know in in 1920 heVd for the Cruson Paul who became involved in greatest when he Was kidnaped by Alcide Be convicted slayer of State Richards said Couple Held Under Bonds At Coldwater COLD and Leon Van were held on bonds of each on charges of abandoning their baby The child Was left on the door POWER LINES SPAN COUNTY RURAL SPOTS MUCH Pressmen in SitDown at Large Magazine Plant step of the Clarence j Consumers Covering 90 Miles of Townships with Electricity home and was awarded in probate j court to and Glenn Hav ens Who were given one years cus tody with adoption Arraigned in court the VanCamps demanded an examina No date was set for the hear They were arrested in Rich after the child had been identified as theirs by VanCamps and Joseph MOSE DECANT INVOLVED IN ODD ACCIDENT fear of reprisals by friends has forced him to move from his another HA did not say where he would Balog and his 15 year old son were kidnaped by Benoit and forced to drive him to Telegraph and South Ouster where state police captured The special investigation squad today sought the reason for the bomb ing of a new apartment building last The bomb was thrown thru a window and wrecked one Mabel was re covering from minor Injuries today and congratulating herself on a car she was driving went out of skidded off the struck a Bank on the was feet thru the air flew another forty feet before coming to Dep uty sheriffs said the car Cleared a fence on its Lee Man I With Minor Injur ies Last Night Mose well known Lee township miraculously es caped death or critical injury early last night when his automobile got out of control on er mile north of the according to struck an embankment and went in the air a distance of from 35 to 40 DeCant was taken to Oaklawn The Consumers Power Company expects to construct a power line miles long in the northeast part of Marshall township to serve ten farm Construction will be completed Another line miles long in the western part of Lee township j to serve 56 farms is now under I construction and will be completed about April A power line will be constructed in ths very near future north from Tekonsha along a distance of four which will serve 20 farm It is understood there are some minor difficulties which have held up construction of this line but that work will be started very i Trier have been several other requests from Marshall and Te konsha townships for power lines which will require considerable j preliminary work before they will be approved for j 90 Requests From County i So far thero have been ninety requests for rural extensions in j Calhoun county totalling 200 miles Of this total 20 per nent is in the j preliminary 40 per cent has been approved so as rate are concerned and will i be approved for construction as North Albion Farmer Killed in Crash Henry re siding three miles north of was killed about oclock last evening when his car collided head on with another driven bv Anthony also a resi The accident occurred about miles north of Albion on the Duck lake Drumm escaped with minor UNION CITY WOMAN IS REELECTED Association Holds Annual Meeting Here Yesterday CHRYSLER AGREES Tl One Strike Is Settled Two Plants Are Evacuated Striking pressmen while away time cards In the plant as they await union recognition the plant about Seeking union recognition and wage press men in the Publishing plant in Spring one of the largest magazine publishers In the United sat down in The plant cur tailing printing Union leaders said 800 men were involved and that they stay in The company employs With presses tn the plant shut workers made themselves comfortable beside their machines while waiting for union lead era and plant officials to reach an agreement Card playing was a favorite Central Reynolds Spring ers of automobile cushion springs and plastic an hospital by Sheriff Perl j as soon as the necessary signatures where he was treated for Injuries have been secured on the line con about the head He was tracts and released from the hospital about The remaining forty per cent has tsen approved for j Car Wrecked Since the first of the year 35 Sheriff Kellay and Deputy Frank miles of lines have been construct who reported 26 miles are now under con that after striking the ground the struction and 29 miles more will be car slid until It hit another in the near future turning over on the wheels and leaving the vehicle al making a total of 90 It is quite apparent that within most a complete the next three or four years all of The officers said there was a I rural Calhoun county will be distance of about 400 feet from electricity inasmuch as the Con where the car left the pavement sumers Power Company recently to where it struck the second in 3 14 por cent PULPWOOD TAXES HIT BY mm C o n gressman From This District De mands a Hearing Hutton Resigns from General Foods Board The accident occurred just south of the Cowles near the scene of the mishap which a wage increase affecting I cost the Ufe of Roy of line bonds for the express purpose of financing the share of the of rural power its The new price scale establishes a minimum of 50 cents hourly for 65 cents for on the evening of ETHIOPIAN JS SLAIN Italians Capture Last of Great Leaders and Execute Him Funeral Service Margaret Funeral services for Mar garet Rocho of who pass ed away Monday at Nichols hos pital following a three weeks ill were held at oclock this afternoon at the fu neral George Lobig of former pastor of the Ce Baptist church officiated and interment was in the cum Acting pallbearers were 1 Wayne Charles KaU Duane Franklin Ralph Yaudes and Dak Wai MURPHY TO MEET WITH APPOINTEES Will Tell Department Heads How He Wants State Operated Rep Paul W today de manded a belore th House and menus committee to three resolutions now consideration which he de clared would seriously injure the papermaking Oil1 rr ol ill introduced by Rep Martin F Wash prohibit import ol or anv wood of the manufacture o paper Another Introduced by Rep would provide for u tix on all imported chemical wood pulp of onethird cross weitht Tli third bv Rp was introduced by Rep Pl m of would raise icv mie bv pulpwood of cubic feet 1111 chemical wood pup 50 ind HO ivr linil Concluded on Page Column 5 NEW Edward who resigned as chairman of the board of Gen eral Foods Corporation In Decem has resigned from the board of directors of the com it was announced He explained future plans would make it for him to attend board meetings except very 1 According to a report Hutton owned one or two per cent of the stock of General Foods and his Margery Post Hutton from whom he was divorced in held about ten per cent Udell vice president in charge of manufacturing and was elected a director to succeed Hutton SCREEN AND STAGE STAR DIES AT 63 Autopsy to Be Residents of several Michigan counties of this section were in Marshall yesterday afternoon for i the second annual meeting of the South Central Michigan Turkey j Raisers with Harry of Union formI erly of reelected dent The event was held at the Public Library Henry ol was elected as successor to Charles of Jackson coun while Roy of Mar shall was reelected sec Those named to the board of rectors Included of Jackson county Charles of Lee Calhoun county Dan of i Eaton county Barry and of i Branch OverSupply Ralph L county tural was one of the jers and stated that indications are I there will be an overabundance of i turkeys on the market this seCte tary of Labor Edward McGrady declared that the beat figures show that out of wot employed in six fries are now on Upon those statistics a conclusion that there is nothing abnormal in the present So far as the number of strikes and manhours lost are with the Ex ception of the automobile we are running a ftr tie below he said in an McGrady that ware not handling our labor re lations in a constructive and In and use of elaborate spy gas or paralyzing industrial op should have no place In modern Criticize RUDown Method His observations followed vigor criticism of the sitdown strike technique by Secretary Com merce Daniel Roper In In a press conference that he hoped court action would halt the spread of such It was learned from sources close to Attorney General Homer i Concluded on Column 4 School Students Sir Guy Standing Feb autopsy performed today on the JOEL MOORE NEW WARDEN AT IACKSON February j soninlaw of Emperor Haile Selassie and last of the great Eth chieftains opposing the was captured yesterday i and summarily an ial dispatch from Addis Ababa said Desta married the emperors i oldest Princess and for years he was a ite of Haile Under the emperor he was governor pf Si damo and Borama provinces in the lake region south ol Addis J Town ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL When he was killed he lead Ing a small force of rem nant of a great northward toward the Viceroy Sends Report So important was his capture considered that Marshal Rodolfo viceroy of him sent a long report to Premier in which he said February Ras was overtaken by the native band of the com manded by Captain Desta was captured and immediately ex Immediately after the bombing attempt at Addis Ababa last Fri day strong Italian and native col were sent southward from Addis Ababa to seek Ras This was because Italian author blamed his prin army tot the bomb ing which desperately wounded General chief of on Pace 4 Advocate i Convicted of Con tempt of House Committee Feb A new drive for old age pension legislation took inspi ration today from the conviction of Francis Townsend for contempt of a house of representa tives committee which investigated his organization for old aye se The elderly California doctor who rallied millions to clubs boar ing his name awaited sentence on the verdict of a district court jury that he wilfully walked out on the Bell investigating committee last May Townsend said the verdict made him a victim of injustice and was not unexpected but that the publicity of this trial will accel erate my Seek New Trial Free on bond while his on Page Column 4 By Press Staff Correspondent With a majority of his major ap now nor Frank Murphy today embark ed upon the second phase of of telling his new office holders how he wants their departments operated for the next two years He has two lectures scheduled for today and others will follow This morning he will meet with his revised liquor control commis sion which is under the chairman ship of Professor Edward W Mc Farland of Wayne De Many Department Jobs Altho the governor has finished with his alterations on that com there import ant department jobs to be filled These will include a liquor pur chaser and an official to handle distribution He refuses to com ment upon the possible success ful Later in the day he will meet with his new commission of labor and industry to outline the sorT of legislation he wants prepared for introduction at the present session This legislation will for the include measures to cover strike arbitration The early bills will be aimed to renovate the present system of factory tion and make some clarification of compensation To Name Wardens While he declined to go deeply into the the governor let it be understood late yesterday that the next heads on Page Humphrey Pier Found Shot to Death PALM Feb i LPi Humphrey prominent motion picture writer was found shot to death in his home early today under mysterious Ben River side county he was checking theories ol both suicide and murder Police said they found a 38 calibre revolver in a drawer in another room in the house from They believe it was the gun from which the fatal bullet was reportedly suf fering from was taken to the county hospital in Riverside Shot In Chest A negro butler reported the case to police He lie awakened to hear Mrs Pierson crying hysteri He ran to her bedroom and lound her sitting on the floor try ing to use the In the next room he found body The writer had been shot in the chest The negro called police and a who treated Mrs Pier son Pierson tiad lived tor seven years in the section of Palm Springs His last work in Holly I wood was said to have been an j adaptation of the film Ruggles of Red Gap His wife said he had been working on a manuscript which was nearly ready for pub Former Albion Col lege Man W as Member of Polar Bears I Feb 23 iUP Appointment of Joel Detroit of the federal probation as warden of the state prison for Southern Michigan was announced today by Gov Frank Moore succeeds Harry H Jack son Appointment of was the first of several changes in the Michigan penal organization con by Murphy The new warden attended Albion college and the University of Illinois He served with the American Polar Bears in Russia during the World war In 191920 he taught eco nomics in Albion college Moore was assistant chief tion officer when Murphy was pro bate judge in Detroit and hus work attracted the governors attention at that Murphy said Td Confer Today Moore was to confer with the governor and Parole Commissioner Hilmer Gellein later today Mur phy said Moore would sit in with them on formulating the adminis plans for revising the state system Murphy emphasized that in re vising the prison setup he would not tear it down but would re make it gradually formed On Body Of sumption noticeable the past few 1 i of Michigan State problems incident to associations of turkey The association which met day was organized last year There are now six similar associations in j body ol Sir Guy elderly Ule sUlp of j English actor of stage and who dead late yesterday in a Hollywood A heart attack believed the cause of The actor was strick en as he called at the garage for his motor car An attendant ed him how he Sir Guy In I never felt better In my whole A moment later he He was dead when an ambulance brought him to the Hollywood Re had been in good Temperature of fromi Five to Ten Above Predicted for Tonight COLD WAVE WILL LAST FEW DAYS n Girls powdered their noses boys read magazines at suburban high school Text books were Students were engaged in a sit down to protest defeat of a proposed bond to construct a new school building and replace lete Eight idle teachers stared in amazement as strikers scrawled on blackboards such slogans as No more school In this old Student leaders said they the state department of educat would lower the rating of the and make it more difficult tot uates to enter studio friends recalled that lie had of severe pains ever since he was bitten by a black widow spider more than a year ago while he was working with The Bengal Lancers company on location The pains recurred from time to time and thot it likely that the seizures weakened his heart Knighted For Naval Service Born in London of a theatrical family and knighted for distin service with the British By PRESS Frigid blasts brought taste of winter today and I he weather forecasters pre dict the cold wave will continue tomorrow for several more days Concluded on Page Column 6 Dionne Satisfied With Government Guardianship Temperatures which plunged be navy in the World Guy did northern parts of not accept acting as a permanent Md he KfQ the lower brot the second cold siege of the sea Thermometers at weath er stations during the forenoon were Detroit 12 degrees Grand and Ste Murie 4 The slid to 12 below Ont Feb last at the Sault It was 8 at father of the Grand Rapids During the past 24 long bitter because the hours UK warmest recording in j Ontario government took charge of Hie state v as 28 degrees in Detroit his famous admitted Concluded on Page Column 4 today that the governments guar was a good thing Since their birth on May Dionne has contended that he wanted to bring up his children In his own without govern mental When the I quintuplets guardianship act was Guy passed in making the Funeral services tor Guy Kel bubics wards of the king and who passed away suddenly naming a special board of Tuesday evening in Los dians lor Dionne was will be held at oclock Monday in his criticism Named as one of afternoon in the fu the guardians he has attended only neral home Harry one but he indicated toi pastor of the Presbyterian church day all that would be changed will officiate and interment will be now i in the services at the grave My wife and I have come to to be appreciate the protection given The funeral party will arrive the babies by the he I from California Saturday after Auto License line Midnight There will be no further of time to permit motorists tain their 1937 Michigan bile license State Leon Case said The deadline has been ud two months and by all motorists will quired to have their new face arrest if they drive Case It estimated that mately motorists were without their 1937 THE WEATHER Funeral Announcement Joe Moore was bom 56 years ago at Mich Hb varied career embraced work as a school soldier and In he was appointed pro bation officer of recorders a post he held for almost ten years said We feel we could not get fy became supervisor of along without U It is en Page we are noon and friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and THE tor Low lor The weather forecast Lower j to cloudy with snow flurries i able tonight and Friday northeast portion Weather Conditions The upper lakes disturbance now in the fall rather general i and Wisconsin were of importance along the 6 side of Lake There has rain in California i Another disturbance i central in An area of barometer extends from its Saskatchewan to I falls of more Vt I degrees reach from Alberta and thence tQ bake i It is 16 below zero at i The sun sets Thursday and rises Friday at
