Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - February 12, 1937, Middlesboro, Kentucky WEATHER i Partly cloudy and warmer probably The Home Daily of the The United NO. 271. 1 PUBLISHED AFTERNOON EXCEPT BTT AFT 80NDAT 12, 1937. BY INtt FIVE CENTS CELEBRATES FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITORIAL COMMENT can be about Abraham lor nc other occupies pie eminent a. place apl has been universally as leader But the story of Lincoln grow s old On the occasion of thi of his we observing it is fitlin that the American people pause for a moment in holy con the of citi which he exemplified nobly We inspiration id his matchless achievement wAught through hardship and suf we gain courage in his un example of true Amer in strength anc in our efforts to follow in his us may the greatness which but all of us may become bet ter citizens because we study life and incorporate in our of intensity of patriotism and love 1; which Jys That is the true o these re c u r r i n g anniversaries which If is not to do honor to a man who has lived but to develop in- our own desires some of the nobility and grandeur which made him great though speaks to us daily as a vital force His spirit constantly broods his We may argue about Lincoln would do were he with us but we may be sure that his his hia love his de to his conception 01 embraced all of problems I Theie problems in spirit of a compassionate we may he confident that right and justice will triumph and the which we so deeply will not perish from the earth ot the vilest type are those who shoot down from or Slow up by planting dynamite in to be exploded when innocent ML get in the car We cannot such the ness they is in the limelight because an in- youth V slain by a into by -ini the might have been one df the in the it thight have his it all df the pants of the twelve to fourteen sheeting a mother and her children ifere preparing fof bed after a The father of thb home was not Word come to him there was plot to kill him of his as a union At left the ofe the advice of his It will be proved otherwise activities of the s brought Re- the accept this as. an outbreak oi violence be- qf the efforts in The authorities of Harlan are doubtless absolutely innocent of direct or with but now they face a supreme The the a union must be Judge Commonwealth Sheriff and County Attorney Bert Howard are in the Can they bring to justice the assassination qf innocent Their may be but every of the law must i be to bring the G.M. Rushes To Reach Capacity Output MANY EMPLOYES TEST ON COURT Name Is Widespread Throughout UTsI MANY EMPLOYES WILL RETURN TO WORK MONDAY Full Production Ex- to be by First of By CYRUS L SULZBERGER United Pren SUff Correspondent acting swiftly to capacity believed day that could reopen some plants Monday and by March be turning out the rate of a I The company placed orders for- worth of announced operations would j be resumed within- days that by March 69 plants from coast to coast would be pouring out cars at the capacity Leaders of the United bile Workers of who signed a pact with General Motors yesterday ending the 44-day started compiling the will present to the tion in collective bargaining uled to start Tuesday we think is most tant is to get people back to work and the plants running said William S. General Motors executive vice president resumption of tions will require about 12 days Of expect if We light some and then increase as fast as we can to get people back to Knudsen estimated Motors workers and of- fice employees had remained on culprits to Only in this can the name of Hartan be of Its shame before the Only in this way will off of the law clear themselves of suspicion that they not cooperating in stamping out ravages of homes and crimes The unionization issue is no The In the safety of homes and of luw enforcement sworn to whom our officials to Page 2, Column 5) LEGION HOLDS CONTEST HERE Much interest is being shown in he which is organized by the American in the May Festival to the week of May several young adies been ated to the granr of a diamond ring valued at 5150. however for more ladies and the girls were ful in the ast summer are urged to enter now and try A prize of will be given o the person who nominates the candidate who wins the Mrs. Florence of N. President eral of the Society of the Daughters of the American received the ary degree of of by Memorial Uni- at the 40th anniversary celebration of the University at Harrogate Mrs. who is seriously ill at her could not be her degree was received for her by Mrs. Edith Scott ber of the L. M. U. Board and a former classmate of Mrs. Becker at Smith in Mass. Mrs. Magna a forbier President General of REBELS MOVED FROM MALAGA CAP MAY PROVE MAHSON CLUE Seattle Detectives said a checkered found in a away frequented by the under- might possibly be a clue in the investigation of the kidnaping murder of- Charles The cap resembled descriptions of the cap the kidnaper wore when he seized the boy at the Mattson French-Spanish Gen. Francisco Spanish was reported today to have withdrawn men Malaga area for service on other men were moved northward to where Loyalists are it was but some were believed due to continue on to join in the new of- Loyalist reports which reached the frontier said the Nationalists at Cordoba were In a dangerous The reports asserted that the Loyalists took only five miles from hoped to take the city 80 j miles north of Malaga and of im- portance TEST ON COURT 1 REFORM ACTION MAY A d m i n tration Be- Delay Help By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent Washington strategists sought today delay a major test on President judiciary reorganization gram until after a thorough survey of congressional strength and lic Faced with threat of a senate blockade against his demands of liberal supporters for Roosevelt was described as agreeable to a delay that might be used to enact that part of his program included in the justices full pay retirement and possible other Administration veterans ed belief that such a procedure might eventually favor the dent's general ing chiefly on reaction to a series of debates all over the That to Page 8, Column 1) TO GRAND JURY Sol Cairns and Harold of Knox were bound over to the grand jury without bond at an examining trial held in Knox county court at The two men were taken in custody in last on charges of connection with the murder more of Straight who was found shot to death just across the county line Sunday January 3. Robbery was believed to be the motive of the killing since it was known that Sizemore had been lying about when he left The two men were also be- by officers to have been the parties which have held up drivers in two instances in Harlan and Knox counties during the past few DISTINGUISHED VISITORS SPEAK DURING EXERCISE Founding of tion Full Day's Celebrating the fortieth of its its annual observance 6f thj day of Abraham whom it was established as a rial University is holding full dav program for alumni and guests of sity today Three mam featuring addresses by paying tribute 19 coin and the University ing summaries of the attainments of the have been arranged first program was held at 10 this afternoon gram will be held an- other A number the University are on the with several distinguished In tion to programs a luncheon wajs held at will be tendered the Visitors this and the annual Lincoln the alUmni and will take this it fi 30 t The J Of was Dr. L Ill collector One hundred and twenty-eight years ngo today Abraham President of the was Many cities pay homage Lto the Great of will mark the day in a special The may shows where the 27 Lincolns In Indiana there is a Lincoln and a Lincoln It is near Lincoln City that Lincoln's Nancy Hanks it buried and near which Lincoln passed his formative Incidents Of 20th Anniversary Celebration Recalled As LMU Reaches 40th Milestone HOPKINS MAY ASK FOR MORE Chicago Works Progress Ad- J ministrator Harry Hopkins went into closed session with forty-eight state administrators He told them it may be necessary to ask for more than the ready appropriated to help fight the ravages of flood and Hopkins reported that men had been removed from WPA rolls in the past nine PASSES AWAY Sherman 46, died in a local hospital at 10 By ROBERT L. An institution begins on iry 12, 1897. Twenty years there is a great twentieth anniversary bration in which many national leaders take part in paying ute to Abraham and the educational institution which bears his name at near historic Cumberland twenty years later there is another celebration at not as spectacular and as the one twenty years but one in which a modest educational institution takes stock of its and stops to pay other tributes to clock this morning after a short j great man for whom all of its activities as an tional As an alumnus of the and as a humble worker who was present on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary I desire to recall some of the incidents of that celebration and some of the personalities who took part. Perhaps it will be ing to sketch briefly a few of the occurrences on that occasion which brought the University into the national and which it has occupied ever Atmosphere of War It was at the beginning of the second Wilson administration when United States was slowly was sweeping the nations of A potential war spirit wa in the because national leai ers at that time saw no way t keep America put of the Ye the preparations for the anniversary had proceeded wit calmness on the part of the di rectors of the Frank A. at tha time the president of the Gooc year Tire and Rubber Company the greatest tire magnate of tha had become interested i t L i n c o I n Memorial Universit through a Judge U. L of wh Sister Passes Mrs. W. J. died yesterday at 1 p. m. Officers said it fitted a suspect Leavell is a sister of Ray Moss of now held under this Supreme Court Now Holds Pate Of Wagner Labor Act The fate of thoi ed down in the five test cases was Wagner labor relations not Earliest possible date ed j was March 1, the day justices re- with the Supreme turn from a recess The nine after four voted to writing opinions on vs nn VIATIC u days on the bench listening to the impassioned pleas of attorneys for the and re- tired to their chambers to study the Actual consideration of the deep questions involved will not start until tomorrow when the tribunal meets in its weekly conference for of cases oh Whop a decision would be ing Because of the seriousness of the President Roosevelt's move to reorganize the court and the importance of the decision to actual and threatened Industrial strife it was believed possible that a decision might not be ing until the President's plan to to 2, 5) The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 clock at the Church of God with the Rev. J. H. of Jellico in Mr. Hammitt is survived by seven sons and six He also leaves three brothers and two Interment will lake place in the l 111111! iur named and whose spirit abides in I teetering into the avalanche that had Mr. visited the institution n to Page 6, Column 2) LISTENING POST DEGREES GIVEN AT LMU TODAY Honorary degrees were led upon four distinguished today lit the fortieth celebration of University at I Those receiving Mrs. Florence A. of N. president general of the National Society of the SOME SIGNS have been Daughters of the American Ro- od on the new wrecker recently M. L- of put in service by Moore EMPLOYEES OF the Manring Theatre are now concerned with a which roars at various in during the The has been interpreted by va rious people as being caused by the by water and by the circulation of but some of the more em- ployees arc still certain they are dealing with a t ENTHUSIASTS of will have an next Wednesday lo sec the host independent of in against The Union loam of the Industrial To 2, to Page 2. Column 5) ARE OFF Libya Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh took off for a flight to Egypt today after a one day visit to Air shal Italo Governor General of Libya and Transatlantic Their course lay along the north African const to the Lindbergh headed his orange and black Miles Mohawk piano for Mom British nir base in western Weather conditions were ed Auto Owners Are Urged To Purchase Tags Immediately Only twelve more days remain for automobile tags be- fore the deadline on March 1, County Court Clerk John Matt Pursifull points and it is urged that all operators of mobiles and trucks secure their tags at Mr. Pursifull states that of the 2100 tags to he sold in Bell only 500 have been disposed of to VINCENT IS DEMO CHOICE Ky. Attorney General U. M. who had the unusual distinction of being placed in nomination by his Gillis of Edmonson was accorded the Democratic congressional nomination in the Second district by an 8 to 7 vote at a meeting of the district com which will result 400 j held at the Rudd hotel having to he from now until the end of the There will positively he no ex- tension of time permitted to get the tags after March 1, Mr. Tags may be secured hy those in the nren Magistrate M. E. tho White Those in the end of the county may get their taRK from the county court clerk's Pleads Guilty New Murray one of the men on trial charged with thn kidnaping of Paul in connection with the pleaded ty before County Judge John gorald In Brooklyn Five ballots were required to lect the nominee for a special tion to he held March 2 to fill the vacancy in congress created by the death of Congressman Glover H. Gary of Owensboro last SPECIAL HARLAN JURY CONVENES Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert Thursday ed a special session of the County Grand Jury to convene Monday to investigate the of Bennett 19, shot to dentil Tuesday Mustek was a son of M. A organizer of tho United of coin Loved was largely V the that he Homer reviewed works and tions which were made Lincoln's The first book Lincoln he was Spelling published an land In 1740. He explained how the youth mastered this book and thereby secured the tion of the literary achievement which he attained to 8, Column 1) JODGE HUGHES IS IMPROVING According to reports from the Fort Sanders Hospital late Judge J T Hughes underwent an operation in which one bullet was removed His condition since last when he made an attempt to end his is sa advanced that physicians pronounce his a matter of is be returned home So no been made as to why he attempted to Commit shots from of struck his body vital the Judge returned to consciousness and ihas silent on the His future plans are It was reported that Judge es asked and friends tp quit bringing flowers his They are a useless he In the Judge Hughes was noted for his profuse gifts of to 1936, Science has done in late years r marvel at its t has done has been FOK it time for something to bo one WITH apart to sec what makes him Wo about icon than do the forces ml impulses our next oor to vo with WB about
