Van Wert Times-Bulletin (Newspaper) - February 5, 1940, Van Wert, Ohio Merchants Here Offer Big Dollar Day Values W WEATHER Cloudy with snow and slightly colder tonight arid Tuesday FULL UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE NEWS SERVICE Phone 2644 before 7 P M it yon miss and a cop foe sent to you by special messenger NINETY-FOURTH YEAR NO 221 TELEPHONES Office Editorial Department 264 645 VAN WERT OHIO MONDAY FEBRUARY TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS 3rd Term Boom Roaring as Democrat Chiefs Meet to Select Site for Convention FARLEY WARNS AS TO NEED FOR UNITED FRONT Philadelphia Only City ing Real Bid Believed Likely Choice WASHINGTON Feb 5 UP The Roosevelt boom was roaring today as the Democratic tional committee met to pick a convention city it looks like and to postpone a decision on the convention date As the session opened phia was tlie only city that seemed to be putting on a really intensive drive to get the convention It was the only city which announced it was ready to lay hard cash on the line Many New Dealers however were reported desirous of returning to Chicago where the Roosevelt administration got its start in 1932 Democratic State Chairman E H Birmingham of Iowa There is no second choice in are all for a Can't Change Horses Former Governor Olin D ton of South Carolina You can't change horses in We will draft President Roosevelt if necessary National Patrick Nash of Illinois and Mayor Edward J Kelly of Chicago told Democrats from other states how they had filed Roosevelt's nomination in their state primary Chairman James A Farley of the Democratic National Committee told the United Press that selection of the date would be postponed and that the Democratic National Con- vention would be held after the Republican Convention at all costs Turn to Page Ten Column Three SCHOOL HEADS Athletic Committee Session to Follow for Tourney Ticket Drawing A monthly meeting of of the Van Wert County centralized system will be held Thursday at 3 P M at the office of Supt C L Shaffer The meeting will be followed by a session of the athletic committee composed of Supt Homer D Ferris of Supt Stanley Beach of Middle Point Coach Bruce Berkey of Ohio Coach Charles Shell of Wren and Shaffer Drawing of tickets for the annual Van Wert County basketball ment February will be made during the session Names for ushers and helpers during the tourney will be submitted by the schools FUNERAL RITES TUESDAY FOR 2 VICTIMS OF CRASH O Feb William Strohmaier 31 and liam Erf 42 president of the Ohio Guernsey Breeders association who were killed Saturday in an collision will be Tuesday To Resume Column Paul Mallon whose column News Behind the News has been missing several days due to his illness is recovering and will resume his column with Tuesday's release WATER SUPPLY THREATENED AT BELLEVUE OHIO Official Says Reservoirs May Be Exhausted in Two Weeks BELLEVUE O Feb water famine day prompted Director G A Williams of Bellevue to ask Nickel Plate railroad officials to begin using a water train ately With the town's water supply at its lowest ebb in 27 years it can no longer supply the gallons used daily for the railroad's motives The railroad has been collecting tank cars for a week and will make trips to Sandusky Bay for water R H Hillhouse roundhouse fore- man said the train could carry gallons each trip A deep well has supplied the city with 750.000 gallons of water daily since November 15 The city uses gallons a day and the difference is made up by drawing from the city's four reservoirs Farmers Refused Water Williams said that at the present rate of water consumption the reservoir supply might be exhausted in two weeks Farmers whose wells have gone dry have been refused water by the city Until a week ago they filled their tanks at the city waterworks paying 25 cents for 10 barrels The city well which taps an underground stream is 204 feet deep Bellevue sewage also is dis- posed of through other ean streams The water from the town well is so hard that the Nickel Plate railroad has a plant Last week the railroad tried to drill a well of its own but the project stalled Saturday when drillers struck hard flint rock 50 feet down The town's budget will not permit drilling another well and installing pumping machinery DEFECTIVE WIRING FIRE Blaze Damages Large Section of Roof Fire caused considerable damage Saturday to the Gerald Williamson home on Summit Street The blaze was brought under control by city firemen after a large section of the roof had been damaged Chief Harvey Branam reported that the fire started in a second story closet and is believed to have been caused by defective wiring Congress Today SENATE In recess HOUSE Considers miscellaneous NAVY WILL TEST TACTICS USED IN CURRENT WAR Maneuvers to Be Held in Pacific in Strict Secrecy WASHINGTON Feb 5 The U S fleet during its forthcoming two- month maneuvers in the Pacific will test for the first time recent in naval warfare as revealed in the current European struggle it was learned day The naval high command plans to deploy 130 vessels of the U S battle fleet and 350 airplanes in a series of exercises designed to test effectiveness of American defenses in the light of latest European ex- The maneuvers will provide the naval command with its first op- to study tactics employed by the British and Germans in the war thus far The exercises will cover aerial surface and underseas warfare Ban Newsmen The as fleet problem No be conducted m strict secrecy No newspapermen photographers or newsreel cameramen will be mitted to witness them Operations data and even the exact extent of the area in which the fleet will maneuver are being kept confidential It is Known however that the maneuvers contemplate the division of the fleet into two opposing forces Admiral C P Snyder battle force commander will head one group Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews commander of the scouting forces will oppose him The exercises will begin during the first week in Meanwhile the Atlantic squadron and detachments of marines have been undertaking training activities in the Caribbean Associates Closely Guarding Mystery Of Coughlin's Disappearance from Air Feb reason for Father Charles E Coughlin's dramatic disappearance from the air waves was the closely guarded secret of his associates today The Rev Edward J Hickey cellor of the Detroit archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church gested that priests delegated by Archbishop Edward A Mooney to pass on Coughlin's speeches before delivery had found something they deemed to be unsuitable Hickey thus revealed that a initiated by the late Bishop Michael J Gallagher in 1936 still was in effect Gallagher then Coughlin's ecclesiastical superior accepted Coughlin's suggestion that he submit his manuscripts to an- other priest for tempering lin had termed President Roosevelt the great liar and betrayer In a speech in Cleveland Indicted on WPA Fraud Charges FESTIVAL FILM Pictures at Marsh School night of Rhododendron Celebration Peony Festival and any others interested are in- by G H Bernheisel Paul ding Sugar Company manager to see colored moving pictures of the ville North Carolina Rhododendron Festival at the Marsh School tonight at 8 o'clock The pictures were taken last year under the auspices of the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar sociation and are being shown here by M J Buschlen of that tion This morning the films were exhibited at a c k s o n School and this afternoon at Ridge School Included in the exhibition are also pictures depicting 4-H club in Ohio and Michigan CUT MILK PRICE AKRON O Feb milk distributors today decreased the price of milk from 11 to in a and from 29 to 27 a gallon Mounting Farm Prosperity Seen for 1940 WASHINGTON Feb Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported today a steady increase in farm prosperity and predicted con- improvement throughout this year The demands for farm products by volume and by price good despite the recent downturn in industrial the Bureau said in a nationwide survey of the agricultural situation Farm income and average prices of farm products in January were the highest in two years Increasing prosperity late in 1939 and early this year wiped out losses suffered the 1938 the eau said Large quantities of farm products were said to be moving into tic consumption at prices averaging higher than at this time last year Cash farm income will continue higher than a year ago at least during the early months of this year the Bureau said Although farm prices have in- creased considerably the ration ol prices received to prices paid by fanners is about 20 per cent below the average of 100 the eau said Products not sharing in the j pig crop this spring will be smaller er prices this winter compared with than last because ot the iast include tobacco hogs able ratio and eggs The supply of tobacco is the largest on record and the Euro- pean export market has been shut off The 1939 pig crop was the est in 16 years Prices of feed grains are higher this winter than last Wheat prices have declined since January 1 following general snows in the winter wheat belt and tainty over the business situation the Bureau said The effects of the record fall drought have ed The Bureau said that the spring Charged with conspiracy to defraud the government through sion of WPA money and labor these four men all prominent in the social civic and business affairs of Indianapolis have been indicted in latest federal drive to clean up WPA irregularities in Indiana Top 1 to Arthur F Eickhoff realtor Charles E Jefferson former member of the county flood control board Botton Carl F Kortepeter former county WPA coordinator Arthur V Brown banker Central Press JAPS CLAIM CHINESE CRUSHED AT NANNiNG Assert Sino Troops Caught in Pincers SHANGHAI China Feb Japanese army spokesman today that the Japanese had crushed a Chinese attempt to recapture in ern China of Canton and had the Chinese winter of- fensive into a debacle Fifty thousand Chinese troops had been surrounded west of yang in the area and Japanese troops attacked them day in an effort to wipe them out the spokesman said An additional 150000 Chinese were within a ger Japanese cordon in the same area he asserted Road Blocked by Earth Rock Slide EAST LIVERPOOL O Feb East road was blocked today by a slide of several tons of earth and rock after a three-inch snowfall Automobile interurban and bus traffic was halted Highway crews said several hours would be re- quired to clear the road SOLOM KIDNAPED BEATEN 3 YOUNG MEN BEING HELD FRANKFORT Ky Feb Frankford young men be- tween IS 22 years old held for investigation by police day in connection with the ing and beating of State Rep John B Mollette of Vnn Lear MURPHY TAKES OATH AS SUPREME COURT JURIST WASHINGTON Feb Frank Murphy today took his judicial oath as associate justice of the supreme court and became the fifth appointee of President velt to ascend the high bench Murphy robed in black stood be- fore Court Clerk Charles Elmore Cropley and promised to perform his duties under the constitution faithfully and efficiently to the best of his abilities OFFICIAL DIES COLUMBUS O Feb Maurice S Connors 81 who re- tired in 1938 as assistant to the vice president of the Chesapeake Ohio railway died today WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7 VAN SEMI-ANNUAL DOLLAR DAY BRINGS A PARADE OF REAL VALUES IN spite of rising markets in spite of low stocks due to heavy seasonal buying Van Wert Merchants stage their semi- annual Dollar Day Scores of items are offered at prices that will not pay the merchant for the cost of replacing the article on the shelves In however with the Van Wert Merchant's policy of staging Dollar Day as a Thank You or appreciation day for the business ot the previous season the Dollar Day is being staged The advertising in today's paper will list many of the exceptional bargains being offered Customers ave invited to shop early and shop thoroughly all the stores for Dollar Day Values Reds Hammering Finn Lines In Grim Attempt to Break Defense Before Aid Arrives BLACK SEA PACT AS BAR TO REDS Entente Meeting Ends in Spirit of Cooperation in Balkans BUCHAREST Rumania Feb Black Sea pact which would strengthen the Balkan en- tente and at the same time act as a barrier against sian penetration in the Balkans may result from the Balkan entente meeting at Belgrade it was reported today Members of such a pact ing to reports here would be mania Turkey and Bulgaria It was believed possible that Greece also might be included because of her shipping interests in the Black Sea Talk of a Black Sea pact was re- vived because of the unexpectedly friendly atmosphere of the Balkan Entente Conference There had been predictions that the conference might even lead to an open break and the effective end of the En- tente Rumania Turkey Greece and Jugoslavia are the Balkan Entente members Bulgaria and Hungary have always been outside it partly because the Entente was formed in part as a block against revisionist claims Bulgaria Rumania Friendly The first step toward a new Black Sea pact including Bulgaria would be a between mania and Bulgaria and according to reports received here from grade this seems now to be well on the way toward realization thanks largely to the work of Sukru Turkish Foreign Minister Neither Rumania nor Bulgaria wants to antagonize Russia But it was believed here that Russia is now too busy with Finland to make any drive into the Balkans Russia has been seeking Bulgarian ship but according to diplomatic sources the only thing which now kept Rumania and Bulgaria apart is a comparatively minor Bulgarian territorial claim Italy would be pleased by ship between Rumania and Turn to Page Ten Column Three Charles S Daugherty Over Two Years Funeral on Tuesday Charles S Daugherty 77 died at his home in Ohio City He had been ill of complications for more than two years The deceased a son of the late Mr and Mrs George Daugherty was born at Hardm County He had been a resident of Ohio City for more than 40 years Surviving are his widow Rachael I two daughters Mrs Elmer Stetler of PI j mouth fnd and Mrs Opal Zelen of Chicago and a brother of Lima Funeral in charge of the Funeral will be at 10 30 A M at the Ohio Chun h Burial will be m Woodlawn cemetery near Ohio Rain Turns to Snow Ohio Roads Slippery COLUMBUS O Feb light rain that turned into snow during the night left most Ohio roads slippery today The state highway ment reported that all roads were open and that early today ranged from 28 to 38 degrees MURDER CHARGE FILED IN ARSON SLAYING CASE Suspect Admits Killing Two Setting Fire to Cabin Near West Union WEST UNION 0 Feb 5 UP Adams County authorities today placed first degree murder and arson charges against Darwin L Edgington 26 of West Union who confessed to them that he killed a married couple and set fire to their log cabin a week ago Assistant State Fire Marshal Henry C Rudd of the Portsmouth district announced that Edgington admitted shooting to death Craven Grooms 33 and his wife dolyn 38 early last Monday and robbing the cabin before setting fire to it Suspecting foul play Sheriff George S Baldridge of Adams County Deputy Sheriff Grimes Morgan and Rudd began an gation soon after the charred bodies of the were found ington was taken into custody in Portsmouth night An- other man was questioned and re- leased Rudd said that Edgington in a written confession stated that he called Grooms to the door by ing he wanted to buy whiskey He said he shot Grooms over the right temple and Mrs Grooms in the head as she sat up in bed aroused by the first shot Edgington purported confessed that he took about from Grooms pocket poured two gallons of kerosene on the floor and set it afire The cabin was destroyed Authorities said that was buried in a neighbor's garden and was re- covered and that 16 pints of key were recovered from a stone quarry Fred L Hay Dies In Defiance Today DEFIANCE O Feb Fiert L Hay 82 who served 18 as a Defiance County common pleas judge died today He served as Defiance mayor from 1888 to and again from 1932 to 1934 In 1934 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination to congress from the fifth Ohio district HOME MARKET COMES FIRST L J TABER SAYS DETROIT Feb J Taber master of the National i Grange said today American I ers desired protection in reciprocal I treaty making power to prevent agricultural price depression through imports j The home market Taber told thp Economic Club of Detroit SOVIETS RENEW BITTER BOMBING OVER WIDE AREA Moscow Believed Fearful Allies May Send Volunteers on Big Scale By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News The Red army appeared today to be fighting to break the Finnish main defenses before outside help can reach the war frants For the fifth straight day sian land forces and airplanes hammered at the Mannerheim Line on the southeastern Karelian Isthmus and Russian moved into the Kuhmo sector on the south central front Air raids continued on a major scale throughout Finland So far according to Finnish communiques at Helsinki the de- fenders have not any im- portant ground and the Russians have suffered casualties The extent of the losses on both sides is indefinite but the Finns claim that the Red army dead are bered in thousands in recent days as a result especially of their pounding at the central Summa the Line Telling on Finns Indications were that the Finns had suffered more severely than stated in the official communiques and that the continual mass at- tacks by the Russians were ning to have their effect Although this would not necessarily mean that the Red army was getting into a position to break through it was noted that the Finnish officers asked foreign correspondents to abandon Viipuri Viborg because of the terrific bombardment by air Nor have correspondents yet been permitted to visit the front east of Lake Ladoga which the Finnish communiques in the last two days have ignored after daily reports of vain Russian attacks over a period At the same time there were many indications of the desire of Moscow for in the belief that outside aio may soon reach Finland in important amounts or even that the British and French will intervene by out proposals to send trained volunteer forces to the far north Finland's cries for help especially for airplanes in- creased in the last week and tions between Russia and the lied powers have steadily rated DONATIONS CAN BE SENT Contribution Received for In- Paralysis Fund With receipt of a voluntary con- for the infantile paralysis fund in this county's campaign it was suggested today that some sons who may wish to donate some amount for the work may not yet have been reached by any of benefit functions or other means used to raise funds In case this situation exists it was announced today that persons wishing to contribute to trr in- paralysis fund or to Tinke additional contributions what have do f-o by mailing the to Luther Gunsett county chairman Honeymoon Plane Crash Claims Five Lives HAMMOND La Feb Don Craic piloting a honeymoon airplane through a fog announced j by radio that he was going to set ser down or her up then cracked her up killing himself and four passengers The accident occurred night in the heavily wooded marsh land along the Tangipahoa River Craig was a professional pilot of Denver employed by the wealthy Denver society matron Elizabeth McSweeney Powell 13 who was one of the dead The i others killed were also wealthy socially prominent in Denver They were Harry Zimmerhackel and his bride of Saturday and Creed Hinderlider youthful son of an engineer employed by the state of Colorado Mrs Powell daughter of Henry retired Standard Oil had recently purchased the plane and engaged Craig a flier of Jong experience as her pilot The party left Denver yesterday morning Mrs Powell planned to drop the honeymooning hackels and young Hinderlider in Orleans and continue on to to join her father in a bration of his birthday At 6 P M in a thick fog dents of this city 40 miles and half an hour flying time from New Orleans heard a plane circling over- head Craig was telling the Orleans airport that he was lost and though he had enough gasoline lor half an hour intended to set her down or crack her up He circled 10 to 15 minutes then flew out A few minutes later the plans cut a path 300 feet long through the marsh trees The wings off and thr fuselage burned The bodies were charred
