Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - December 15, 1933, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A P LEASED WIRE This paper is served by leased wire with the news report of the Associated Press C O N S T R Rapids T R I V E W S PJV P E Twentieth 6268 Wisconsin Rapids Friday December 15 1933 Single Copy Five Cents Washington Munitions Probing Dollar Changes AAA to NRA BY RODNEY NOT FARM WALLACE WASHINGTON The season's most sensational Senate it comes probe the of the munitions industry The peace lobby is quietly ing for it Many in the liberal group you've been hearing so much about just would adore it Roosevelt is a navy man but he also remembers that the tions lobby licked his arms em- bargo one piece of TE COLLAR CWA PROJECT IN AREA IS STARTED TAX COMMISSION DEVISES PLAN FOR INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF MERCANTILE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY A new civil works project unique lation he asked for and and important in that it is the first Solons Halt Liquor Battle Until Monday Bulletin Madison Wis Dec 15 The state legislature this after- noon adjourned until 2 p m day didn't get Hoover wanted it too though his secretary of war ley and Chief of Staff MacArthur lobbied against it The investigation would delve in- Stock ownership among public officials and guiders of public opinion Financial support of A E BENNETT HEADS SALES COMPANY HERMAN GEBHART BLACK RIVER FALLS GROWERS GROUP All officers of the Wisconsin berry Growers association and of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales com- pany were re-elected at the annual Business meetings of those held at the Hotel Witter and Realty hall here Thursday after- noon The succession of business meetings and talks during the day was concluded by a banquet and dance in the evening at the Hotel Witter attended by almost 100 growers and cranberry officials LUA A E Bennett and Clark Lincoln measure Sen said he was Herman Gebhart Black River Falls like Shawano Waupaca Outagamie and ready to give up the fight to retain weie re-elected president of the real effort under the C W A to provide reemployment for men and the so-called white collar workers began functioning this morning in Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield The project styled as a tax and devised and s Madison Wis Dec Consideration of liquor tax measures was postponed until next week when attempts to press for immediate ion failed today in both houses of the legislature The administration's tax in- by Sen William Carroll Prairie du Chicn went over until next week when Sen Harry Bolens i TWO CRANBERRY GROUPS REELECT 1933 OFFICERS Convention Sidelights Albert Hedler Champion Cranberry Raiser Danny Turns Santa Claus Winners of Frolic Word Building Contest Named Margaret Burt and Theodore Anderson jr Win First Two Prizes Ten prize winners in the building contest conducted during the past week in connection with the Christmas Frolic here were ed today by the secret committee of the Wisconsin Rapids Retailers as which as a board o Any that may have by the Wisconsin Tax commission amendment embodying the made to defeat the Geneva arms is under the general of Alan tax scale proposed by the interim conference similar to those in Galbraith Wausau of committee of which he is Contributions to political panics in the district j chairman Volume of sales to Japan ing the nine counties of Marathon i In offering the substitute tax and South America Profits The state department to know more about the industry Wood Galbralth secured hard liquor tax revenues for the Sometimes it receives reports salesmen abroad believed to be stirring up Recently it was discovered that Sir John Simon representing the at the disarmament ence owned 1000 shares of Vickers stock Peace societies would pate sures over here There's in their of ty administration approval for the state He said he will not oppose the project at Marshfield Thursday 52 to be Hired This appraisal Mr braith stated here will employ 50 mui and two women in Wood and approximately 00 in the tne district It is to Le strictly an expert and of and administration's plan to return taxes to local units provided they are dis- on the basis of population 11 of in the cities of a ITTLE Mrs is just at the school she at- other kids don't like the nickname like i and sometimes presort uno jul parents with a by invited to their pai Ui in ti e s f pon s had a wide experience in has appointed h in visor of the project in Weod nty local are CHORUS o around the un time Mr Riley three in City a like number in field and one in Sales company and the Growers sociation respectively Growers Officers Other officers of the Growers sociation are George Bennett er vice president Clare S Smith this city secretary and treasurer and S X Whittlesey and Mrs A C Otto this city members of the committee which includes the of the group j In addition to Mr Bennett tors of the Sales company are S X j Charles STEEL CO EM- Lewis Beaver Oscar Potter PLONKS B j Warrens Miss MEN AT Gr th's city and CENT PRIM j Albert Hedler Phillips Miss Case is i also secretary of the group the face of Guy Potter and Charles Leu is threats of couit action and as sales company blue i evocation balloting formates and Guy as alternate to collective j the meeting of the American tives in the plants Of the Weirton berry Exchange held in the east company got under way in Albert Hedler Phillips Wis re- elected a of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales company at the business meeting Thursday is the world's champion raiser The company which he ates near Phillips the Cranberry f a Lake Development company Trade certificates worth ly shows the highest yield be among the win in the United States This year his This attractively printed crop totalled barrels while it and fav officers of the has in some years totalled almost ers association can be used for the barrels His marshes of merchandise at any of round a lake so that dry weather stores participating in the Christmas Frolic between now ana Saturday evening December 23 Margaret Burt 1110 Cliff street is the winner of the first prize for the first correct solution by a resident of the city A Anderson jr Route j 193 Wisconsin Rapids is awarded prize as the first person from outside the city to turn in the proper list of words Other Awards Second prize of 55 goes to James Houston 981 Second avenue south informal talk for the speaker to city third prize of to Mrs W A make at least one quotation from the Brockman Route 1 Vesper fourth Bible He was not a disappointment prize of to Mr Brazeau concluding with a Port Uses NRA Lash on Cleaners crop less than in this area Because of economic conditions the annual banquet and tion program was almost this year Knowing of that however Daniels became a real Santa Claus for the growers arranging the program and making other arrangements that made the annual gathering a possibility The writer happens to be the son of a lawyer so he waited at the banquet during Theodore on the succeeds in dale real property will be appraised ins the dollar down another half It by one supervisor and a comes is pai fiom from foreign he office ly today a peaceful trek n cent ice e Dollars were the reason Fi incis Whit minister to akin after IS in the service He his salary cut almo t in half The i off per cent and me reduced 1.1 ppr cent by the il federal pas cut may d something it than lose other foreign men Chancy Speaks A U Chancy Xew York general manager of the American Cranberry stated Field six each cal supervisor will work in pairs one the and the other his Each supervisor must carefully check the wotk of his men ton and W Va mills and at 5 a m in the 0 work as events toward j perhaps the most momentous blue t marks bv President Gebhart Exchange gave the principal talk at the Growers in the after- short introductory re- METAL SPECIALTIES COMPANY WILL START OPERATIONS SOON HAS OF CAPITALIZATION since the of the the of the rife in codes from AAA to XRA during the row The retail and wholesale food and codes were rushed XRA in 18 hours with features objectionable to the tries re mined Questions at the had been in For Do you believe a consumer has a to know what IIP Leroy Peterson of the Consumers Counsel staff asked a food official I know what you're to get me to was the reply And if I'm smart enough I won't say it record 3 rOU can't guess any more how long a session of s will last so Congressional Record sub- scribers will be a month of for the long session and S1 for the short Short sessions of which there won't he any more ran three months sessions averaged a little more than six Set Up Offices have been t up a in the j between h of the circuit court judge at thp court tv o Johnson wil the nt land descriptions fiom the rolls cony so the he for future Use by of their sot s In the of- ii o is located in the office of the Lest there he any recovery ne The of bepan af iv mid ne i T Wt ir chairman 1 el and S Mr Galbraith stated I wish it distinctly understood that this is not an Xo tion of money value enters at all into the The poor taste I provided erch man on project with a deviled is to son told Weir in a that in my opinion j on about to commit a deliberate of the laws anil that if ou do so movement in the i raising industry relating difficulties especially in years and out the and natural bases for i much better price rind crop next year Others the growers weie F L Chambers state A new industry the Patented tal Specialties company will start operations in Wisconsin Rapids within the next two weeks it was i announced today by A R Mitchell i who was elected president and pial manager of the company at a Rose Marie White and the five fifth of Si to the I Mrs Williams r JQ north Wanita Mrs Hubert Elsen neth Clark Milladore and Janet Palmer 430 McKinley street call for their trade certificates at The Tribune of- fice Saturday between the hours of S a m and n m The correct solution nine words formed by letters which were played in the downtown Frolic stores last Saturday SECRETARY SAYS NOT HALT meeting of stockers hold There are three factory sites in WHO BUY i RAPIDS MERCHANDISE Until suggestions or hints were Tuesday to aid contestants in forming the correct words en- tries were the club of criminal prosecution over the nation's ers and dyers William Davis above national compliance director is in a bitter with shop to compel them to boost prices under their XRA code of them at a Washington 1 said they would he ruined if they complied Dai is viciously informed them tlun they would be prosecuted if did not ami sales for the Wisconsin vew and the location will be d upon in a few by thp dh odors hod After that ever hundre of solutions poured into Tho office which acted of thp plant receiving for the days Capitalization The company at 000 will employ fmm 10 to 12 Mary Entries Because of the entries received TRI-CITY JOBS ABSORB MORE UNEMPLOYED ERS START ON TERY PROJE T RICE DISPARITY DECLARES ROOSEVELT GOLD POLICY WILL RAISE RAW MATERIAL PRICES IN LONG RUN NOT NOW Washington Dec 15 A reiterated warning that currency inflation is not a cure-all for farmers troubles was issued by Secretary Wallace today in his an- report to President Roosevelt Inflation would raise general irice levels he said but would not eliminate the disparity between of agricultural and which he termed j essential to permanent farm re- lief Of the administration's gold chase plan he Should Raise Prices It may not have any great lect for some time on livestock and dairy prices however most of our raw-material prices should rise to the extent to which the gold in the dollar is reduced Wallace recommended regulation of grain exchanges and separation of savings from commercial banks in order to strengthen country banks He blamed the rise in farm from last March to July on nate in the commodity i and told the president it s imperative for the government to and if necessary t regulate grain speculation because Mich supervision is the only means preventing Permanent Program production with i was the of Wallace's He pro lifted a permanent of crop control in needs of the domestic market The adjustment act he said is a for economic thp first of it kind in the nation's It contemplates the organization if producers for action which car not take individually but which is nece smy to order for in the IIP continued that it had farm conditions in the six months Wednesday g tho judges it berry Sales company both of whom punch press operators the contest found spoke on cranberry insects and con- ami adopt a system selecting thp trol and II R Lathrope county of to V V W U 1 1 I agent who described the cranberry exhibit of Wood ty at the state fair which won first prize Among other business conducted by the sales company at its business on Page Two eral to proceed you In the meantime I shall at call nn open meeting to de- termine whether your blue shall bo withdrawn Weir said that in a telephone with Johnson between the time the XRA chief had Weir re- chart graph which enables him to a clear and tho am line of the ied il- tho two This should be valuable Inter to a in making a correct and inent our men are not interested in ments proper tV i -111 he valuable later to a Conclusion that the elections of legality to i j lest with the Sees In Washington Johnson did not Survey A brief description of this row project may be Mr j mention thp phone talk but it was the wire A B Sutor Candidate For A B Sutor secretary and urer of the Wood County Democratic committee today announced that he would file application for the pointment as postmaster for sembling and which will be packing Products j ners which would the manufactured ate of ties The method used protectors for aluminum impartial and fair to all contestants percolator handles and mouse traps rat traps and animal traps all of which are patented items Other metal specialties will be added to the line later Mr chell states Officers named by the 22 holders meeting in the Colbuin counting office night include will he displayed j Two and thirty urn m- pleu ed wage again today they wt re ed to civil woiks projects in Rapids Port Edwaids and by Edwin Johnson er of the National of- fice Sixty of the new C W A em- Millions in Benefits Farriers will been paid be- fore th end of the year maMy in direct fit in return for inr to reduce crop and livestock in the report con- The entire adjustment was said to be admittedly a plan since it had the dis- working at the Wood County the secret committee assures the public The second word building contest in which another in prizes will i Normal and Agricultural school be is to open at 7 o'clock the Lowell school here while 40 j In the loner Wallace held evening when 56 letters of men joined the engaged in the i it would be cheaper for the the alphabet printed in green on n I civil works at Port ployees were added to the various advantage of taking out of both efficient and inefficient known that before lie had 1 a Ions This gave rise in the Sutor with j cousin Rapids Mr Sutor who is a suggested After being t the instructed by their su and Mr Riley each pair appraiser and com mence work Monday in a Continued on belief that court action ing Co this city was formerly August Staffeld Is Union Board Member Plan Inquest Into Staffeld this city was Crescent City Fla Dec i to the executive board of the into the school j Wisconsin Union at a train accident near here yesterday which killed ten children and in- jured approximately 30 others was postponed this morning until row pending outcome of injuries to some of the most seriously hurt JOC Buy CHRISTMAS SEALS one-day convention held Thursday at Burlington Immediate classification of skilled and unskilled laborers under the C W A was demanded by the tion delegates Speakers said men were put to work as ters on civil works projects although they never had worked at that trade before Three of the organization were reflected They arc F E trow Madison president E J Wright vice president and R E Shaw Kenosha treasurer Besides Mr Staffeld bers of the executive board are ter Hansen Racine N II Brady Lake Geneva Emil Waldow Bay and J R Todd Superior the company's refusal to permit newspaperman in Marshfield and the national labor board to super- vise the elections had become tually unavoidable Weir told Johnson it was sible for him to interfere with the election as arranged by the com- employes organization out violating section of the re- covery act guaranteeing workers the right of bargaining He explained that the employes and not he nor other company of had arranged details of th election whereby nominations wcr made at a primary last Monday These nominees 98 in number ar being voted upon today with o be elected Bethel Man Admits Dyer Act Violation Madison Wis Dec On their pica of guilty to violation of the Dyer act LeRoy Crillis of Wis and Charles of Chicago wore sentenced in J S district court here yesterday to line months in the Milwaukee house correction The men were charged i with transporting a stolen Deadline For Paying Delinquent Tax Jan 1 All delinquent income taxes which are not paid by Wood county dents before January 1 1034 will bp turned over to the state tax com- mission for collection it was an- today by County Treasurer James LaVigne Delinquents may pay their income taxes to the county treasurer prior to the new year with only a 5 per cent penalty as a result of action by the board of supervisors but ter the taxes are turned over to the state commission it is presumed that a 2 per cent penalty and 1 per cent per month interest will be charged as provided by Section 74.26 4 of the 1933 statutes Mr LaVigne stated today that partial payments may be made on delinquent income taxes with the 5 cent penalty being assessed only portion On uary 1 ho will certify o fho state tho delinquent fox of the i bile from Chicago to i ty for the past six years Wisconsin and has been a lifelong Democrat He has served in various offices and on committees of the county Democratic organization for a number of years He has never held either elective or appointive public office from the Democratic party Mr candidacy for the post office appointment widens the field to three candidates George Nash and Joe being the other two seeking the appointment Mitchell president and general manager L G vice dent J A Staub treasurer and L W Colburn secretary These with W G Smith form the board of directors Praises Organizers In his statement issued today Mr Mitchell gave great credit to J Staub L W Colburn and for the assistance they gave in the organization of the new com- pany Mr Mitchell is the inventor of the percolator handle protector and the traps which the company will facture He formerly resided in St Louis Mo where his inventions were manufactured on a royalty is Patents on them are now held by the new local company A sufficient in the windows of the same stores Start Cemetery Work to purchase farms than to them Restriction will become less necessary as the domestic de- which displayed letters last j The construction of an irrigation I mand for farm products revives It day These letters form a total of nine words Entries in the forthcoming contest must be presented at The Tribune for work office not later than noon next gradually reducing and controlling the size of the farm plant as a day Xo entries from city contestants number of orders have already been to keep the plant operating for some time First Pittsville Supervisor Since April 1932 is Named mail but must be brought in poison to the office between 8 a m rnd 5 p m where receipts will be given Persons not receiving these receipts will not be eligible for prizes Con- residing outside the city may submit their solutions by mail In addition to the opening of the second word building contest other events of the frolic program for this Saturday include the appearance of Santa Claus and Santa Junior at 2 system and other improvements at is therefore necessary to consider Forest Hill cemetery started this with a crew of 50 men most of them fiom the town of j hole as a means of supplementing rd in some measure displacing the policies Heavy Debt Load Farm indebtedness in project be accepted ing improvements to Alexander high through the school and grounds city and I parks got under way today with 80 estimated by Wallace at The city of Pittsville will have representation on the Wood county board of supervisors at its next sion to be held here December 20 for the first time since April 1932 G H Salter will represent ville on the board having been pointed to hitherto vacant of- fice of supervisor by Mayor Ed Clack at a recent meeting of the council The council confirmed the appointment Pittsville lias been without a on the board since the Ebbe rill limiting cities under 800 ation to but one supervisor was assed by the state legislature in 931 and went into effect the owing The introduced Assemblyman Peter Ebbe of Wood county effected three cities in he state of which Pittsville was me Prior to adoption of this had three representatives n the county board At tho spring session of the board advice of District Attorney Charles M Pors that the new law did not take effect until May At the No- 1932 session when the three Pittsville representatives again the board was forced to re- fuse to seat them because of the state statute Pittsville officials were informed that if one or was appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council he would be seated as the city's authorized representative on the board Mayor Clack at first declined to make the appointment hoping to make a test case of the validity of the Ebbe law and later when he named himself as supervisor the council refused to confirm the pointment No further effort was to fill the vacant post until the appointment of Mr Salter and ng the period from November 1932 to the present Pittsville has had no p m at which time music will he furnished in the downtown district by the Little German band The Port Edwards high school band ly scheduled to play Saturday after- noon will be unable to appear and its place on the program will be en by the German band arranged for through the courtesy of B T Ziegler director of the Lincoln high school band At 7 p m when the 56 letters for the word building contest are displayed the Legion drum and bugle corns of the Charles strom post will play in the business district workmen 20 of whom are skilled borers on the payroll Constructions of a stone retaining wall along the cast bank of the consin river here from the Grand avenue bridge north which was originally scheduled to start today postponed to Monday dup t weather conditions It is that a crew of men will be pu to work on this project next week Utegaard to Madison Thomas Utegaard newly ap pointed regional director of civi n 1932 the three Pittsville voice in the of the were allowed to attend upon I county board Local Union Regrets Resignation of The Central Labor Union ing Thursday evening at the Union hall drafted a letter expressing re- gret at the recent resignation of Frank J Weber as general secretary of the Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee Mr Weber who been active in labor organisations of the for more than CO years is now 85 years of age The Central body also adopted a resolution endorsing A B Sutor member of Pressman's Union Local 313 for the position of postmaster here works in Wood Clark and Portage counties will go to Madison day to attend a meeting of all re- directors in the state callee by Robert Johnson state civil work? administrator Mr Utegaard expects to assume his new duties Monday but said today that it is still tain as to where his offices will be located According to word from Madison this morning all county civil works directors in the state will retain their offices until the new regional directors become acquainted with their duties This means that T F McDonald Marshfield will continue for a time as Wood county director Government Planning Cheese Lard Buying Washington Dec The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation will buy cheese and lard to help the markets in those products and to help the poor At the office of Harry L Hopkins president of the corporation it was indicated the cheese purchases will run around No figure was available for lard nor were any of the made public and carrying on this he said would take about pci cent of the gross farm in- come He said the farm credit had made progress in that situation TUP probable gross farm income for was estimated at 000000 plus in benefit The figure was that for 1931 was Land At Island State San Pedro Dominican Republic Doc and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed here at n m eastern standard time after a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico Pan-American Air- ways announced Weather Report Generally fair much colder night Saturday generally fair in south unsettled in north possibly snow in M est portion COLDER Today's Weather Maximum temperature for hour period ending at 7 a m 34 minimum temperature for 24-hour period ending fit 7 a m 15 at 7 a m 34 Precipitation 05 snowfall trace