Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - August 16, 1938, Zanesville, Ohio t Prints the News VOL LIX No THE ZANESVILLE Tells the Truth ZANESVILLE P TUESDAY EVENING AUG 16 1938 THREE CENTS Mayor Names Committee to Select Site Open Forum on Civic Project This Evening Mayor Tom V Moorehead today appointed a committee of seven persons to make final selection of sites for the municipal auditorium stadium and swimming pool which were made possible last week through passage of the bond issue at the primary Committee members are Arthur Bischoff president of the local branch of the American Federation of Labor W C chairman of the combined veterans tions E R Meyer prominent at- torney Forrest G Weese dent of the Chamber of Com- merce Mrs Charles Gorsuch a representative of women's clubs John Brammer Lash high school athletic coach and George Archer fa representative of the citizens I committee This group will meet at Lash high school auditorium at o'clock tonight when an open forum will be held for the sion of plans for the proposed civic improvements All tions made during the meeting will be recorded and will be given consideration before final selection is made The meeting tonight will be in charge of the forum committee of the Chamber of Commerce The mayor's committee is ex- to hold its organization meeting within a few days Rumors were current today that one group of citizens had asked that the athletic field be located on a site which might later a new high school building A committee representing ans organizations will be present at this evening's meeting to ask that space be afforded in the new auditorium to display war relics plaques and trophies The committee is composed Sees Red G-Men Shoot Kidnaping Suspect Two Seized on Minnesota Farm Charged With Thousands of School Pupils In Throngs At Muskingum County Fair Ideal Weather Prevails as Annual Exhibition Is Off to Flying Start Stock Entries Among Best in History With sultry but fair weather prevailing Muskingum county's admitted free on Education thronged the fairgrounds for the premiere of what promises to rank as one of the moist successful events in the exhibition s long Showing What an Automobile Can Do to a Train tory of Frank Arter Frank Leslie James McMaster Frank Brown Dan Intire Clinton Kramer John rick Ralph Cosgrove and Charles Im- been Colernan Members of the Putnam provement association have circulating petitions urging tion of the new structures In the Putnam area It is understood that the petition will be presented during the meeting tonight Showers To Bring Relief Expected Appearing before the committee headed by Representative Martin Dies of Texas which is investigating un-American activities here John P Frey above old-line A F of L leader declared that Communists or held many key positions in the CIO arch- rival of the A F of L Frey listed over 200 alleged Com- connected with the CIO Frey Threatens To Expose Reds WASHINGTON John L Frey high official of the of L said today he would show a house committee investigating un- American activities that Com- is in the driver's seat in some parts of the American bor movement During his second day of mony Frey presented documents yesterday intended to show that the Communist party had been supporting policies of the One exhibit which Frey said was a resume of the party's cil meeting 14 months ago ed that one of the most effective methods of getting its candidates into office was utilization of unions organized by John L Lewis C I O chairman along with at- For many of the exhibitors Tuesday morning was a time of feverish activity in an effort to prepare their displays and exhibits for the ing Entries of livestock were said to rank with the best in the fair's tory Pens and display space for stock were filled to overflowing as leading raisers of fine cattle swine and other farm animals vied for the coveted premiums Judging of the more than 800 entries in the poultry department began today under the direction of F H Ricketts Coshocton Among the special events today less A fbrecast of local showers for tonight brought prospects of slight relief from high temperatures in Zanesville and southeastern Ohio The mercury began climbing here early in the day and reached 90 degrees shortly before noon Indications were that it would proach the mark by Yesterday's high was recorded at 92 Residents along Lake Erie fared somewhat better Cleveland re- ported cloudy and cool this ing after yesterday's high of 90 Toledo had partly cloudy weather today and slight relief from 88 degrees tempts to obtain Lewis ment The Communists must be very careful not to go too far and ate themselves from the the document said While the center of gravity has shifted to the the Com- can not neglect work in the A F of L In cases where reactionary A F of L leaders set against the interests of the workers tne Com- must try to isolate them from the masses so that they will have no influence Frey said he had evidence that 39 delegates at last year's tion of the Steel Workers ing Committee a affiliate were members of the Communist was a pony race for entries than 45 inches tall More than 75 boys were entered in two bicycle races late this One race was for boys under 14 years old and the other for those over 14 Under the direction of John ive Scoutmaster of Troop 54 40 Boy Scouts were on duty today assisting local fair officials in handling the crowds Last minute entries for day's harness racing brought the total to near 30 Among the vers here is John Caton whose ther Will Caton was the winning driver in the Hambletonian two years ago Caton comes to the fair with the Murphy stable of Rossville Ga Visitors to the fair today had a glimpse of Oakwood the three-time international grand champion beef cow of the United States It is exhibited by Leland L Leachman son of J H man Adamsville who is also dis- playing 11 head of prize Herefords from the and Son herds of Pickaway county Leachman has been working with the gardin cattle for the past year and is a senior in animal husbandry at Ohio State university The Renfro Valley Barn Dance troupe widely known Cincinnati Court Hears Gas Co Plea The Ohio Fuel Gas company day sought modification of a re- cent common pleas court order temporarily compelling it to abide by reduced rates as provided in a city ordinance passed last March In three motions legal counsel for the gas company asked for nullification of the temporary in- junction against it and that the plaintiffs bond be increased from to C A Maxwell local attorney who brought the original tion suit as a taxpayer already has posted bond as the court instructed when it granted the re- straining order on August 8 At the first hearing the court held that the gas company accepted the new lowered rate by reason of its continuation of service after the old contract expired on Feb 27 1938 The expired ordinance provided that the gas company furnish fuel on the basis of for the first 500 cubic feet and 55 cents for each additional thousand up to cubic feet of gas The new statute sets the minimum rate at 50 cents for the first 500 cubic feet and 50 cents for each additional thousand up to cubic feet of gas Judge P H Tannehill said today that he would submit an opinion on the utility company's motions Wednesday morning Graham and Graham represent the plaintiff while Pugh and are counsel for the de- fense car near Huntingdon Ind Although the driver of Fatal Fist Fight Brings Charge Of Manslaughter Against Ruby J Dodge Drowns Prosecuting Attorney Johnson said today that slaughter charges will be against Isaac Ruby 22 of ton who is accused of engaging in a fist fight which resulted fatally to Wesley Collett 34 of Virgil E and knocked Collet to the ment causing him to strike his head On Monday morning Ruby pleaded guilty to a charge of when arraigned before filed stage and radio entertainers will offer the featured attraction Turn to Page Three Hibernians Battle Irish Police TRIM all fight between police and bers of the Ancient Order of resulted today in many injuries and nine arrests When 150 Hibernians attempted to force their way into a section of town roped off by police the latter charged and clubbed the demonstrators amid wild scenes The Ancient Order of Hibernians founded in 1641 according to some authorities is devoted to ing Irish nationality and table works asserted too that ists had wrecked a New York school teachers union by winning 28 of the 34 seats on the locals executive board Chairman Dies of the said Lewis had not yet answered invitation to testify but attaches indicated the leader probably would reply to some of Frey's Dies announced that the com- probably would hearings here for at least three weeks When Frey concludes his weeKs w wlu have Start Canoe Voyage former marines who want action and 9 think they'll find it in Texas k filed down the Ohio river today The two Jerry Lee 25 of An- derson Ind and Daniel 22 of Blair Seneca O arrived here yesterday and stayed just long enough to buy a canoe a rifle and provisions for the start of the trip down the Ohio and rivers to New Orleans They were discharged last week at Brooklyn navy yard after com- four year enlistments and want to join the Texas rangers Lee The rangers are the highway patrol's riot squad and that's what we want to be connected with estimated the canoe trip would require three months ed ment was a gery Police Rescue Movie Orphan EUGENE found a hungry sleepy baby wailing forlornly In a parked automobile They took the child to the station where milk and a bed were provided The mother rushed In to report her baby len Where have you an angry desk sergeant ed To a she replied been summoned because of their spedal knowledge of activities will be Another witness probably will be Curran maritime kee suspended operations leader who asked an opportunity today wnen employes voted to to Frey's charges that he cease work in protest against a is a Communist Curran told Dies North Shore Line Halts Operation WAUKEGAN ILL W The Chicago North Shore and that deliberate lie and for- cent wage cut Former Big Leaguer Badly Hurt in Fall McShannic league baseball broke his neck while painting his house here last 74 former big player fell and Berry Marble Case Holds Attention KNOXVILLE today shoved A Power yardstick into he background of the al investigation of the Tennessee ine carries passengers daily and that approximately 000 are regular commuters to cago The road operates over 250 miles of track It serves virtually all communities on the Lake Michigan shore between Chicago and waukee the termini and a score of towns on the inland Skokie night He is in a serious condition in St Vincent's hospital McShannic was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates at one time Chinese Steamer Sinks 100 Drown than 100 Chinese passengers were drowned today when the small Chinese coastal steamer Hansa sank after a collision with the British er off Woosung The reported she picked up only 13 Chinese survivors The British boat Scarab sent the sage that she had saved the ia's German captain several weeks and auditors time to compile a Fly TVA eral counsel was on call for tional testimony on the manner in which the Authority handled the clams of Sen George L Berry D- Tenn and his associates for ages to marble holdings in the ris dam arela After Fly the investigators were scheduled to hear Berry's tes in the marble case Senator Berry was expected to appear Roosevelt Praises Tydings Opponent WASHINGTON tial praise of Rep David J Lewis D-Md as a social security eer received general interpretation today as a boost for his campaign to unseat Senator Millard Tydings Mr Roosevelt referred to Lewis last night at the end of a radio speech advocating extension of the social security act which the year old legislator helped draft I thank publicly as I have so often thanked them the president said four men who have had long and distinguished careers in the public Congressman David J Lewis of Maryland who is known as one of the American pioneers in the cause of social security Senator Robert F Wagner of New York who also was long its advocate Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Con- gressman Doughton of North lina who carried the fully through the senate and the house of representatives They deserve and have the gratitude of all of us for this vice to ton Collett died early today at shocton City hospital from a tured skull allegedly sustained Saturday night in an altercation on the Frazeysburg road eight miles north of this city Ruby probably will be arraigned Wednesday morning before cipal Judge J Lincoln Knapp He is being held in county jail here Ruby and two Coshocton women Mrs Elda Collett 22 and ine Center 30 were questioned by county authorities concerning the affair Following the investigation released the two The Coshocton group was arrested near Dresden Saturday night by Marshal James Lacey Mayor Guy Ryan at Dresden Former Dresden Man Sent to Pen W P Cassidy ro N M laundry former resident of operator and Dresden was Lacey told Prosecutor Johnson that the men and women had been drinking and ped the car in which they were riding along the highway about eight miles north of Zanesville Mrs Collett according to statement said Ruby slapped her during an argument Her husband Wesley Collett resented the blow and struck Ruby The younger man retaliated she said sentenced yesterday to serve from nine to ten years in the New ico state penitentiary for the ing of his former housemaid Cassidy son of Lee Cassidy Dresden druggist left here several years ago and located in Socorro and nervous after several suicide attempts and the strain ol the trial Cassidy was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Sentence was passed after sidy had testified that Rosalia Garcia was shot last Nov 21 when the gun with which she was trying to commit suicide discharged as he was attempting to wrest it from her est dynamite a friend said today ed to the death of Daniel G heir to a Michigan motor fortune was drowned in Georgian Bay he fell or was driven by ain to jump from a speed boat aking him to a hospital Dodge's bride of 13 ays was injured seriously by the of dynamite at their moon camp 20 miles west of here yesterday afternoon Dodge's skull vaf fractured and his arm ered Mrs Dodge a former telephone girl who met her future husband luring his north woods vacation :hree years ago was cut on the ace legs and arms She was ated on last night and will re- cover said surgeons at moya Red Cross hospital 30 miles n the interior of and Miss Etta Gervin a friend whom Mrs Dodge called to the hospital told the story of the explosion as she said Mrs Dodge related it Dodge often had expressed a de- sire to if dynamite left by workmen at his summer camp eight years ago still Officials estimated the electric Mention of the quartet aft ed widespread surprise because White House aides had said ing the week-end that Mr velt would not name names in the brief address Woman Killed As Bus Hits Auto Lena Meek 35 of Detroit was injured fatally today when the automobile m which she was riding was struck by a Greyhound bus The accident occurred in the Telegraph road a quarter mile south of Erie Mich Mrs Meek died enroute to Flower hospital Toledo None of the 26 passengers on the bus driven by Robert ton of Cuyahoga Falls O was injured Batton said he did not see the Meek car which had started off the road because of a flat tire until the bus was upon it French General on Visit to Germany arrival of a ley route The entire street car and bus system in Waukegan was affected by the wage controversy as was street car service in North cago 111 and a small part of waukee morrow IN TEST RUN BONNEVILLE Eyston piloted Youth Ends His Hermitage CARVER year-old Alfred S Dwyer of West Bridgewater today emerged from the Myles Standish state forest ending a five-day self imposed hermitage Apparently little affected by his stay in the woods during which he subsisted largely on berries the boy left immediately for his home with his step-father Young Dwyer believed suffering Granddaughter of Ex-Kaiser Weds POTSDAM GERMANY ff Princess granddaughter of ex-Kaiser helm and Prince Charles Biron de Courland were married today the historic church with former royal family in attendance The young bride is the daughter of the Kaiser's fifth son Prince Oscar Her husband 31 Is the eldest son of Prince Gustav Biron de land head of a noble house which originally was Polish visiting friendly French mission general on a today diverted Germany's attention from war ma that brought thousands of Demonstration Proves His Point ATLANTIC CITY N broken leg has satisfied Henry Merkord 39 mechanic that he was the brakes on a customer's car weren't quite adjusted To test them he told the customer Herman of Egg Harbor to get In the car drive toward him and to slam on the brakes a few yards away did Merkord went to the hospital army reserves to special training Newspapers devoted space to Gen Joseph the colors for principal Potsdam many of Germany's chief of staff of the French air force who arrived by plane to in- spect German airplane factories and airports Meanwhile in garrisons Debate Success of Voting Machines COLUMBUS Propriety o the use of voting machines gen in Ohio may become a de question as a result of th experience of Trumbull county which used them In the primary election last Tuesday The secretary of state's reported today that a defeate candidate complained about use o the machines on the ground tha candidates names were not rotat ed as required on printed ballots The candidate asked that his nam not be revealed George election expert in the secretary's office said th candidate declared that it was grossly unfair to him that th SALT FLATS George E T his speed car Thunderbolt at an estimated 270 miles per hour today in the first warm-up test of the year aratory to an attack on his own record of 311.24 PAINTER DEES TRONDHEIM Pauline Palmer Chicago artist ranked as an outstanding ican woman painter died here last night Jew Hanged for Murder of Arab JERUSALEM The second Jew to be hanged during British rule of Palestine died in Acre on today Mordecai Schwartz since the World war were being put through their paces tory to main maneuvers scheduled to start Sept 1 with the regular army participating for nearly Two weeks of preliminary ing is designed to fit the reserves for a useful role in the games which have aroused some hension in other European nations but which Germany indirectly has assured are without aggressive in- from a nervous breakdown Constable pleaded that overstudy had led a posse of 150 men in a fruitless search since Thursday He came out of the woods as police had all but lost patience FLOODS KILL 45 MINERS SEOUL KOREA five miners in the Kaigando coal mine northern Korea were killed today when floods caused the mine to collapse Ten were killed elsewhere in the of six lestine Jewry should not make him a martyr as they did Solomon Ben Joseph whose hanging June 29 precipitated the bloodiest Arab violence In recent history Schwartz a Czechoslovak Jew was convicted of murdering an Arab policeman with whom he guarded Hie summer camp of the British high commissioner last September I am ready to die for an act for which I alone im declared names were not rotated on Trumbull county machines LITTLE Canadian CURRENT ONT desire to Abduction of St Louis Pair Federal Officers Seriously Injure Fleeing Criminal ST reau of investigation today an- arrests of Otis Jones Meredith and John Couch near fie Minn for the kidnaping Miss Peggy Gross and Daniel Cox Fahey Jr of St Louis The two were located last by special agents of the FBI at the farm home of Charles Roots nine miles east of Effie Police Chief Miller at Big Fork Minn said he and Deputy Sheriff Harry Ramson went to the farm home of Meredith's father-in-law with two federal men last night and surprised Meredith and Couch in the yard Meredith ran towards the woods Miller said and was shot twice in the back but Couch stood less while the federal men clamped handcuffs on him At the Itasca county hospital attendants said Meredith was in critical condition Fahey's automobile stolen by the pair after they dumped Miss Gross and Fahey out near apolis was recovered at the Roott farm the federal agents said They were as the Robert Hendon chief of the St Paul office of the FBI said from photographs Identification was made by Miss Gross and Effie is In Itasca county about 45 miles north of Grand Rapids was in good condition He selected a stick Miss vin quoted Mrs and In- a camp helper Lloyd Bryant touch a match to it The explosion followed although the fuse should have for Turn to Page Eight tent Japs Claim Russians Slain officeholders Japanese Guffey ls tr names of candidates appear in a order on the machines The complaining candidate's name was near the bottom of the list May Call on Guffey To Show Mailing List WASHINGTON Chairman Sheppard said today the senate campaign expenditures com- might ask Senator Guffy to show it a mailing list used in requesting Pennsylvania campaign donations The committee was called gether to consider charges which Sheppard said were made in a adelphia paper that such a request addressed to Fellow had been sent to state and federal Five Navy Fliers Killed in Crashes SAN DIEGO aster struck twice emong the planes in routine leaving five fliers dead and four injured today Attempting a landing after dark last night a PBY patrol bomber smashed nose first into San Diego bay carrying two of a crew of six to their deaths The four survivors all injured were pulled from the water as the wreckage sank Ten hours earlier a speedy pedo plane plunged earthward from an altitude of feet over Keamy Mesa Its three crewmen perished in the crash Death however spared six men in another patrol bomber which was damaged in a forced landing on the bay last night The fliers emerged unhurt Both bombers had been ing night landings in preparation ror a mass hop to Coco Solo Aug 31 Couch is held in the Grand readily admitted Miss Gross and Fahey Hendon said He also asserted they admitted a number of other crimes in the midwest and southwest In- a recent gun fight with Texas officers between Dallas ana Forth Worth Roots at whose home the men were captured is the father-in-law of Meredith Officers emphasized however that he was not involved in any way with the abduction An physician at the Itasca county hospital at Grand Rapids where Meredith was taken said the fugitive was critically In- jured but declined to give He said the victim was brought in late last night Both men were armed at tne time of arrest by a detail of FBI agents and Chief of Police Glen Miller of Big Fork and Deputy Sheriff Harry Lamson of Effie A federal complaint has been outstanding against the pair transportation of a automobile across state lines since Aug 6 last That complaint was filed at Fort Worth and alleged the automobile was taken at Greenwood Mo and transported to Fort Worth Miss Gross St Louis socialite and Fahey architect at St Louis for the National Park service were kidnaped early as they sat in a parked car at St Louis They were driven in Fahey's car to a point near lln Minn and their and feet bound with wire and their mouths gagged with handkerchiefs were tossed into some woods A passerby discovered and re- leased them about p m not long after they were left 100 feet off the road Both Miss Gross and Fahey left last night for Chicago en route to St Louis Couch was released June 9 1938 from the Missouri state tiary Meredith under the name of Otis Seller was from the state institution several years ago Meredith is 21 years old and Couch 23 Hendon said a formal complaint charging the pair with kidnaping of the St Louis couple would be filed probably today by the ed States district attorney's office Local Showers News Agency published a Korean army communique from Seoul Korea today that Soviet Russian losses in fighting for Hill on the border July 11 and Aug 11 totalled 4.500 killed and wounded The statement said the Japanese Guffey is treasurer of the cratic campaign committee porting Gov George H Earle for senator and Charles Jones Pittsburgh attorney for governor of Pennsylvania WHARTON REAPPOINTED Martin L Davey announced today destroyed 16 Soviet infantry guns pointment of Clyde W Wharton of disabled or destroyed 69 tanks shot Ashland a member of the state three airplanes and captured large board of optometry for a five-year Quantities of small arms beginning Sept 26 Seven Injured in Submarine Blast HONOLULU Oil fumes from the crank case of a Diesel engine were blamed by navy of- today for an explosion aboard the submarine Nautilus which sent one officer and six en- isted men to the Pearl Harbor hospital The explosion occurred while the crew was making engine ad- shortly after sub- returned from a sea trip yesterday Forty men were aboard The Nautilus was only slightly damaged The injured Lieut John R Pierce Local showers tonight and Wednesday not quite so warm in west portion Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Denver Detroit Duluth El Paso Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Medicine Hat 78 72 74 84 76 76 76 77 58 76 62 70 70 64 82 52 tion Clear 92 Cloudy 94 Clear 94 Clear 94 Partly 90 Rain 76 Partly 88 Partly jy Partly 82 Cloudy Cloudy Partly Cloudy Cloudy 82 92 82 72 Paul -68 Clear Clear Cloudy 72 80 New York Parkersburg Phoenix Yesterday's High Phoenix Park Pittsburgh Portland San Francisco Washington 100 38 worth's fourth Antarctic tion officially got under way day when the motorship Wyatt Earp carrying two planes left its base at Floyd Bennett Field ramp on an 8.000 mile voyage to Cape Town en route to the by coast of the South Polar nent High pressure over the Atlantic states and the while another high pressure area central north or the Great Lakes A of low barometer extends from are from the central and southern eatward to western Ohio It is cooler in but temperature have been unimportant I I
