Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - April 8, 1938, Zanesville, Ohio J i v Prints the News 1 THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL Tells the Troth VOL No 290 ZANESVILLE O FRIDAY EVENING APRIL THREE CENTS MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED SLEEPERS LOSE LIVES AS STORE WASHES AWAY Ten More Dead As nado Strikes Small Alabama Town JASPER H Dilbeck Atlanta Journal cor- respondent reported today thirteen persons drowned in f which swept away a general store at Whitestone Ga last night Two bodies were recovered Dilbeck said the victims all were sleeping at the store when it was swept from its foundations by a creek He listed them as Mr and Mrs F B Conner eight children or the Conners Carl Lindsey 22 and two Thelma and Bonnie Ponder children of Will Ponder April Showers of Snow Tornado Kills 10 BIRMINGHAM least dead widespread suffering and wrecked property lay in the wake of a swirling storm on the Mississippi boundary today while the smith's farm population faced the menace of pounding rains floods and icy temperatures All the known deaths from the nado that struck yesterday were at Ala were injured in Alabama and Mississippi as homes were leveled Emergency stations were organized quickly and doctors end nurses ed into the storm area Alabama national guardsmen and state patrolmen were dispatched by Gov Bibb Graves Meanwhile life and property was threatened by gathering floods on the Canaba Alabama and Tombigbee rivers ia Alabama and the St Francis and Red rivers In Arkansas and Louisiana temperatures reached southward toward the coast Snow accompanied the cold In some re- While dangerous winds and rising floods caused more immediate oern probably the greatest damage from the heavy rain that washed seed and fertilizer southern farmers put In the with the advent of calendar spring CANAL MENACE BEFORE STATE Old Waterway Gives Trouble in Time of Rain Com- missioners Say Action designed to prevent the old Ohio canal from flooding state Route 8 and considerable farm erty lying between Nashport and was launched at Col- today by Muskingum county CONSIDER FLOOD DANGER SLIGHT While northern Ohio sloshed Its out of an April anow and sleet storm residents of the central and areas watched heavy laden skies some apprehension today as additional rainfall threatened to send many into lowlands Fears of serious high water were today in Zanesville however the and Licking ers began slowly to recede Flood control expel ts said there was no immediate for alarm here un- less additional heavy rains fall In thn watershed to the north At 1 o clock this afternoon the stage of thn river in lower pool was recorded at feet almost five feet below the flood stage of 25 feet U S eers stated today that precipitation throughout this area has been less Inch during the last 24 hour period The at Zanesville Is to recede and to hover near a bank full level for eral until a portion of waters impounded behind the flood control ean be Observers wre by the fact that the has been evenly distributed a Hrce area The snow and sleet which fell In Great leplon took of to fruit crops hrus officially estimated SH OOO OOO April showers like this will certainly bring few May flowers The above was a typical scene as the whims of Old Man Weather brought record snowstorms hard after unseasonably warm weather in a mile belt from the Rockies to the Atlantic Fruit growers in many sections anticipated heavy losses The picture above was taken in Chicago where nine Inches of snow fell commissioners Following every period of rainy weather county commissioners have received complaints from residents and land owners in that locality claiming that backwaters from the old canal bed flood the area ing serious damage and ence It was also pointed out that stretches of Route 8 near Nashport are now under water as a result of the which have occurred for several days County Commissioner Fred Herron and Lowell Schooler of the county engineering department were to con- fer this afternoon with tives of the state department of lic works in an effort to place legal responsibility for maintenance of the canal An effort will be made at the con- ference to determine which political division owns the right of to the canal steps will then be taken it was said to have the partially filled channel properly drained Property owners in the vicinity have on eral occasions threatened litigation against the county after heavy ages were Inflicted upon crops and lands it was learned today sive costs of preventive measures have forced county officials to i fuse to assume the burden Prominent British Marquess Is Dead Haven 45 a Marquess of cousin of the late King George V and elder Pans Admiral Attacks U Stand KOBE minister of the navy declared the etl decision of the United States and to abandon the 35 limits of the 1136 London must be Interpreted as dence rl their Intention to oppose He not ins ships present the American British grams might compel her to revamp naval program Tonal In a newspaper interview Willed the American and British mm ax indicating a complex Turns Down Plea To Check Sugar Imports WASHINGTON Secretary a new plea that he further sugar im- ports raise for the benefit of American In a letter to Brown D- the cabinet officer declared he not accept tho contention of er of Lord Louis died after an Illness of several I Like his the marquess ved for many years in the royal navy The marquess entered Britain h navy In attained the rank of commander In 1928 and was retired In 1832 He was the son of the first of Haven and Princess Victoria daughter of Louis IV Grand Duke of and Princess Alice Queen's Victoria's He was married In 1016 to second daughter of the Grand Duke of They had two children a son David Michael of Medina and a daughter Lady Elizabeth BLUM IS LOSER IN SENATE VOTE Resignation of French Pre mier Predicted More Power Is Denied UP senate today voted down Premier Leon Blum's Ml for dictatorial powers over French finance The vote came after a bitter de bate In which the Socialist premier fighting for his financial proposals challenged the right of the senate to cause the downfall of his ment Let me tell you again Blum shouted you have no right to de cide the fate of my government Outside the senate building steeJ helmeted mobile guards carrying carbines packed back and forth Anticipating Blum's resignation Edouard his minister of de fense prepared a list of a new cab inet It was a tense daj in the political and economic life of the nation Troops were in garrisons on call to preserve order If necessary mindful of last night's leftist demonstrations before the senate The powerful General tion of Labor which claims 5 members announced full moral port of the metallurgical Strikers number ated SO OOO The confederation called on Its members to defend the peoples front against nil political Intrigues Blum has said he wants to speed defense keep a check on prices and foreign exchange manipulation and revalue the nation's gold In terms of the more francs for the gold so that there would result a paper profit for the government Debate the past week centered about whether the measure would make Blum in effect a dictator but In an atmosphere clouded by ing strikes the debate served more sharply to divide the right from tho left -st leaders declared 26 TWO PHASES OF JOB FINDS HOUSE DIVIDED Debate Centers on Civil Service and ing Clauses took encouragement today rom preliminary house victories n he government reorganization but before reaching a final vote they an up against two proposals to limit he bill's scope Opponents battling to the last after narrowly losing a motion to kill the measure offered these 1 To retain the three-man civil service commission instead of a single administrator 3 To preserve the independent status of the comptroller general in- of making him removable at the will of the president Administration leaders confident concessions written into the yesterday would win over many hoped to vote on final late today or tomorrow Foes contended that under the he comptroller general would lose his job the first time he made a de- which the president did not like His rulings on governmental ex- also would be subject to review and criticism by a new ditor general who would be an agent of congress Sponsors of the this system was preferable to the approved plan of eliminating the comptroller general's office entirely In support of the bill's civil vice provisions they pointed out it would establish an advisory board of seven citizens to make recommendations on improving the civil service laws or their tration One section would authorize tha president to bring under the civil all government employes except those sunject to senate Democratic Leader Rayburn of Texas helping the special committee guide the through complicated parliamentary maneuvers I think it's a cinch the will pass He was smiling over the 169 drubbing given yesterday to a motion by Representative O'Conner to kill the measure by striking out the enacting O'Conner normally an tion lieutenant We aren't licked by a long shot He said there was a good chance of persuading the house to send the legislation back to the reorganization committee for more study He ed out that a change of 12 votes Vic Heads Probe yesterday would have of his motion reversed the OOO participated in last nights foi -all before the senate Several were injured before order was re- stored figures were t hnt the number OOO Involved was at most Veteran Is Charged With Killing Wife MOUNT county grand jury today Fred Mosley war veteran on a charge of murder In the March 31 of his wife whose battered and pierced body was found In their terburg home Mosley will be arraigned Prosecutor L Howell said Catholic Papers Ask Church Aid for Nazis BERLIN The Catholic weekly papers of the Berlin and dioceses have published appeals to Catholics to support tho Nazi regime In on union Thn Berlin appeal nothing regarding union of and It especially emphasized on behalf of child welfare and increased birthrate ing The Catholic hAs always fought against the fear to have dren and has condemned it it forn has the greatest Interest in all for rendering thr ment of this divine commandment REBELS ATTAIN NEW OBJECTIVE Spain s Insurgents today showed a new salient within sight of thi Mediterranean Insurgents wrested lofty Mount Turmell from forced hemmed into a coastal corrl dor southwest of Barcelona From the height they could look down 18 miles to on the eastern shore A drive downhill fc the sea would flank the stubborn defenders of Tortosa 28 miles north of and 95 miles of Barcelona Deadly combat flared all along the Catalonian front Tremp an impor tant source of electric power for Barcelona s war industries fell to an Insurgent drive paralleling th French frontier Insurgent forces smashed at Bar emergency defense line in middle province trying to lodge government by frontal an flank assaults This line la abou 70 miles west of Barcelona In Madrid as recruiting offices were opened to register volunteers in government's call for fresh recruits Motorist Killed X of was killed early tod a when his automobile overturned on curve near Deputy Sherll Elmer Peterson said Hopewell's nee was broken A companion Floyd Wicks minor injuries After spending four years in the senate and never introducing a or making a speech Senator Vlo Donahey of Ohio above has been named chairman of the Joint congressional TVA committee EXPERTS STUDY CONN BULLETS Slain Officer's Body ed on Belief Two May Have Shot Him Two caliber removed Thursday from the exhumed body o State Highway Patrolman George A Conn were turned over to state ballis tio experts today to determine if al the shots which struck the slain of fleer were fired frora the same gun Working swiftly ana secretly Prosecuting Attorney Fred drum o Harrison county and two Cadiz phy and a state highway patrol man removed Conn's body from a grave at Greenwood ROOSEVELT TO URGE EXPANDED WORKS PROJECT lust Spend More Than Billion Dollars for WASHINGTON President loosevelt told a press conference ay his billion dollar estimate for rork relief In the next fiscal year rould have to be Increased He no figure The president also said a new c works program was under dis- but that no decision had reached He mentioned no mount in this connection either OOO was the figure he was reported reliably as considering The president said one of the ures of the works program being was long term loans to without interest He said he had not decided r to combine public and ellef proposals in one message to or to make them separate One billion dollars for relief was proposed in the president's January message Mr Roosevelt discussed relief shortly after Harry Hopkins the WPA administrator urged congress o provide permanent security based on work instead of direct relief Hopkins estimated to Jus mony before the senate ment committee tnat about men women and children in households were receiving public assistance at the present time compared to a peak of persons In the winter of The lanky administration declared that iome unemployment will always be with us For that reason said ater took it to a cemetery and local hospit to death near Free 28 1937 was a where X-ray examination of the chest bones revealed that two bul lets had lodged there From the hospital the body wa taken to an undertaking ment the bullets were remov ed Early last evening the body wa Permission to exhume the bod was granted by Conn s relatives sev eral days ago it was revealed Conn shot port on dent of Caldwell and was well known here Investigation heretofore has ad on the theory that Conn me his death at the hands of a singl assailant More recently however au have been led to believe tha he may have been shot simultaneous ly by two persons Coral's body was found near Free port in Harrison county toy a search Ing party that had been organized bj the highway patrol after the office railed to report for duty last Sept 29 The patrolman had been sho four times and his body wrapped in of drapery before being thrown into a ditch along the road Later his car was located at Brush Creek a few from the spo where the body was round He ha been assigned on a routine case when be was murdered ap without a chance to defen Conn was a former resident o Zanesville having spent his here before mot Ing with his parent to Cumberland Czech Newspaper Man Under Arrest in Rom Ludwig corre tho Praha la newspaper ar rented today The ministry of popular said his arrest for reasons policy He Is a German citizen Until the annexation of Austria by Germany Ludwig also was for the Vienna's leading Catholic dally His recent activities included ing available to other correspondents the text of a Vatican radio station broadcast of April 1 on the Austrian situation must plan a permanent security gram FESTIVAL STILL IN FULL SWING MARIETTA O pioneers who came by land and river to this historical Junction relaxed today while the 150th anniversary party o the founding of the first In the Northwest Territory wen mer rlly on The climax of the week-long cele bratlon WRS reached yesterday when a band of 37 college youths the exact landing of the original set tiers a century and a hal fago an chored their flotilla here Tonight the Pioneers will present their pageant Freedom on the March to be followed by the 150th anniversary ball A clam bake was scheduled during the day and Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati date for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and Rep Thomas R Jenkins were listed as speakers After three days here the band of Pioneers will hitch up oxen and begin m tour of 50 other Ohio cities and states of Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota before returning here on Oct 26 The area over which they will travel was once a part of the Northwest tory Slain Singer With only meager to guide them police took a leading part today In a hunt for the murder of Arthur C Rowland 29 above socially prominent Weir Cove W Va choir singer and dramatic coach His blood splashed auto was found in this city Garner Cautious In G O P Appointment President Garner took care today to avoid an- other rebuff in his search for members of the congressional committee to Investigate the Valley Before nominating tor to fill the last vacancy on the body he sought advance assurances that appointment would be accepted Informed sons said he had Senator Davis Pa in mind for the job Three appointees including one Re- publican announced yesterday they would accept These were Senators Donahey Brown and Frazler Senator Schwartz had accepted earlier as had the five house bers of the committee Senator Capper who was ed along with Frazter after the of Senators and Borah declined to serve STATE REFUSES HOUSING GRANT Cannot Take Funds for Pre- liminary Survey From Relief Sources The state department at lumbus today refused to the local relief administration to loan to the Zanesville and Musk ingum County Metropolitan mg Authority to finance the inary survey of housing conditions tn this city The state office through C F based its decision on the belief that such a loan would be 11 legal Under Ohio laws permission for such a loan must bear the ap proval of a state relief commission Since such a body never has been organized in this state It was ruled that the grant of funds would not be permitted Prosecuting Attorney Virgil John son who has been negotiating with the state relief department for thi county commissioners contacted the attorney of for another opinion and wa assured that It would be made a once Johnson also explained to the state a loan of work project that would possibly bring as high as to thl city and reduce the relief rolls to a minimum during the next three or four The state department revealed tha further consideration will be given in lieu of these facts and that th local prosecutor would be If change in the original decision is made Judge J Lincoln Knapp of the authority and James E God dard secretary stated today tha their proposed trip to Washington tc confer with federal housing ties had been Indefinitely postponed It also was learned today that spec ial efforts are being made by officials to secure necessary fund suirt this vast housing project relief department that such would permit the launching He Tried Anyway Make It Balogna PA customer wanted a chicken cer Charles supply was ex- hausted but he drove to another to get one While he made the purchase a policeman tagged his car for En route to deliver the en he stopped to see a friend And some one stole the en MAN IS BEING BROUGHT HERE FOR GRILLING William Beegle 26 Taken in Custody at ington C H Police at Washington Court House today arrested William 26 of Parkersburg W Va whom Chief of Police ack Wolfe said he suspected f the murder of Arthur and Holliday's Cove W choir leader Manacled to an automobile riven by Lieut E O Smith if the state highway patrol Beegle was being brought lere this afternoon for her questioning by local Beegle it is understood answers closely to the de- scription of the man seen at a Cambridge service station ast Tuesday morning in tha which later was found on Market street in this city According to word from ton C H Beegle and another man who claimed to be his brother were arrested on a charge of stealing six crates at eggs In nearby Madison county and disposing of them at Washington C H market This fact increased the suspicion that Beegle may have been ed with the Rowland slaying be- cause of his dire need for driver of the car which ped at Tuesday morning purchased but one gallon of and paid his last 19 cents pro Teasing to be broke When questioned by Beegle denied an connection the Rowland CMC It wan revealed however that clothing checked almost with that worn by the man seen In the automobile at bridge a few hours after Rowland believed to have been shot to death near Burgettstown early Tuesday morning Smith said Beegle wore tan riding breeches boots darn sweater and a crusher hat When arrested Beegle and companion were riding In a cab which they Bald they hired When regarding his ments early this week Beegle told Chief Wolfe that he had left hla home at Parkersburg early in week and reached Washington Court House by way of and Columbus It was understood that the suspect will be taken to Cambridge after be- ing questioned by Capt Milt atotts and Pennsylvania highway patrolmen who are here investigating the case After tracing a clue which took them to Columbus yesterday Capt Milt Stotts two Pennsylvania state police officers and an agent from Federal Bureau of Investigation were accompanied back to this city by Franklin Suyder 31 who admitted being friendly with Rowland Snyder spent the night in the city prison and was released to return to his home at Columbus this Friends last saw Rowland alive Monday night when he suddenly halted a rehearsal of the massed holrs of Weirton for an Easter ant and left the hall He said he had to go somewhere His body a bullet hole In head was found Tuesday near country road near Burgettstown Pa Funeral services were held today In Cove W Va Burial was in d f of beet nn Investigation disclosed hat a ors hit weic not I trestle the hiph to Hie Mrs m- and her the United lectured Blast Kills Ten EAST PRUSSIA persons were killed and four Injured today by an ex- Wheeler Provides Surprise Opposition To Plan For RFC Pump Priming Loans op- position to the OOO program of FRC came today from Senator Wheeler In tho midst of administration search for the methods of pumping new funds into trade and employment channels Wheeler declared pending tion to let the reconstruction finance corporation make long-term trial public works loans would thn lid off questionable loans to railroad loans In the measure Thn power granted the RFC he said might bo used to ball out railroads and other big businesses at the expense of tno public The senate also has passed an RFC but must vote on the houar sion because it differs slightly ers that Wheeler's tion would not keep the from being sent quickly to the White House While enactment of legislation administration plosion at a munitions depot It was reported the explosion occurred A charge for heavy i Ho to what consideration to a loan proposal artillery being 1 called lack a to been at day's cabinet meeting and laid aside temporarily This would involve revival of dormant Public Works tion to make loans to states and IM without Interest charges The tal authorization for such loans be 500 OOO OOO It was said Whether or not thla plan wins public support to warrant Its consideration administration leaders indicated that thr propriation for the year soon would be brought con- Urges Guarantee Of Profit to Railroad that the railroads could lead the nation out of the business slump George M Harrison urged the government today to a net profit bv netting up a con- tingent liability account HarrLson president of the of Railway and Steamship Clerks and a member of President committee on described a railway proposal placed before the chief executive Monday an of the surest means of reviving business the plan which Harrison de- scribed as distinctly not a the government would guarantee through liability account the ference between actual Income and a figure based on net Income for average of the past strike that tied up street ear service to De- troit residents ended officially noon today when union members a settlement agreement Paper Official Dies 63 Montreal engineer and vice president of pany for night Dominion Paper com- SO Colder OHIO Bain and somewhat southwest portion flurries and portions City colder In ZaneavlUe Atlanta Boston Buffalo Today Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus 44 34 34 34 42 34 Denver IS Detroit 32 El Paso J2 Kansas CUT 28 64 New Orleans 48 New York 38 Portland Ore Wain D C 38 max Rain 43 Rain Cloudy Snow Rain 38 Cloudy Rain Rain Clear Rain Clear Snow Partly 78 Partly 42 Cloudy Cloudy 25 Cloudy TO HIrt Pla White HUer Ont for the hour period at 8 a The that over to at- tended by teneral precipitation Tom Texas Oklahoma and eastern to the Atlantic Heavy rains are reported from lower vallay south Atlantic moderate in the Ohio valley and moderate heavy from eastern southward into north It ami somewhat la Ohio raner
