St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 27, 1930

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No. 324. PART ONE. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1930. PAGES 1—10A ees PRICE 19 CENTS FECTIVE KILL \ TRYING T0 APE ARREST East St. Louis Policeman | Says Unidentified Victim | Fled After Trying to Buy Pistol. sNGLE SHOT FIRED WHICH PROVES FATAL | ae, Check Had Been Submitted to Sol Sigel, 1801 Market Street, in Effort to Ob-' tain Weapon. fied white man was i by a Negro detec- ; ' ; ‘ | Louis last night | m a detective who | n for question- heck the man} Sherrod, | was at =800 | Louis, a 1 whose ac- ous had been | periods in CITIES IN FAIR, CONTINUED WARM, TODAY AND TOMORROW D vb Dp. Dv be ise Oe-) um CoiSmig *letignled 6 * . arg 4, "high, T0245 DP. m.); low, _ Official forecast HAVE] for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and Missouri: Most- ly fair and con- tinued warm to- day, and probably tomorrow. Illinois: Mostly fair and contin- ued warm today and tomorrow, probably followed by cooler tomor- row night in north portion. | Sunset, rt? 4 £ sunrise (tomor- row), 4:57. Stage of the WEATHERBIRD | Mississippi, 4.2 feet, no change. This Week’s Weather Forecast. WASHINGTON, July 26.—The weather outlook for the week be- ginning Monday, July 28: For the northern and central great plains and the Upper™ Mississippi and , Lower Missouri valleys: wnen a mere! No general showers indicated. but may occur locally one or two week; temperatures store of Sol | mostly normal or above. street, saw the curb Sigel's Sigel sai ‘ing to pur- wanted to in check,” xed me if I I questioned iis name was Which appeared | that he worked | 1 and Foundry | re the name of 1¢ want- at time of is under all the | , Kelly, who was ront door |} rder to is gath- ATTORNEY ARRESTED IN BAD CHECK INQUIRY Woman Convict Told She Was Agent for Others in Passing Worthless Paper. 100 DEGREES IN MID-WEST: EAST SWELTER Showers Forecast Today in Some Localities—Mexico, Mo., and Coffeyville, Kan., Report 107 De- grees, Carbondale, _Ill., 105. By the Associated Prece. CHICAGO, July 26.—The Mid- West and East faced another un- comfortable week-end with reports today of 100-degree temperatures in an area extending from Kansas and the Dakotas eastward to the Atlantic seaboard. relief to some localities, but, for the most part, there was a general exodus to the wide open spaces, Starting tonight in the sweltering citics. Temperatures above the century mark were reported in Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas, Nebras- ka, Ohio and Western Maryland, with others ranging from 95 to 99 in parts of South Dakota, Iowa and Pennsylvania. Showers and winds kept the mer- cury down to normal averages along the Great Lakes in the Mi&- West, but the heat wave stretched into upper New York and Eastern Lake Erie points. High temperatures were report- ed in Philadelphia and Baltimore in the East, but the mercury reach only 88 in New York City. A tempreature of 106 was re- ported at Washington, Ind., and 103 at Evansville. It was 98 in Indianapolis. Salem, Ind., report- ed 102 degrees, with 104 degrees at Bloomington and Columbus. The mercury reached as high as 110 degrees in northern portions Police | Meredith Sellards, an attorney, | 4023 Russell boulevard, was ar- | rested last night and held for} questioning in the case of Gertrudy | rearrested here} Tuesday, following her escape July 12 from Jefferson Citp penitentiary | | where she was serving three con- ran to! ccked. door he got to halt | He fell him carry _ufacturing companies. e left side - } sitting ng the strug- | pocket of tive found g the name, nouteau ave- building. nto an under- Sli North HORRIS OPENS CAMPAIGN current two-year sentences for passing bad checks. | Two other men are sought by | police on Miss Kelly's assertion that | she was merely the passer of | checks for a group of other per-. sons who prepared them in the} form of payroll slips for local man- Miss Kelly was rearrested trying to pass a | check on a grocer whom she had previously victimized. Assistant Circuit Attorney Hen- | nings’ opinion that Miss Kelly was, the agent of other persons was strengthened by the receipt of a letter from her mother in Kalama- | zoo, Mich., making the same asser- | | tion, ‘names of | WITH DEFENSE OF DRY LAW \eheaci-. ; Taska Senator Admit« “Disap- POINIment.~ a onnected With It, ia But Favors “Fair Trial.” July 0 Nebraska, tion on the 'ing a machine rented from a drive- | it-yourself agency in Chicago, de- } 26.— |! “PRINCESS TERECITA” GETS ‘ a8 United States | | S campaign be- | assembly here to- | eal for support 4 United States, | id been a suc-/ By the Associated Press. takes into consid- | 'cita Ferguson, who as ‘ircumstances. I vever, that there ' still are many dis- onnected with the n be gained by truth. We and if convinced ge, we should ad- “with candor and ‘S declared he fa- xe the law without until “it has had nest trial.” STOR AND FATHER KILL X\VES IN SUICIDE AGREEMENT Indinepcta Gemee eae Beside ree Notes 2 > to Tess Mm Ing ‘LIS, July 26.—Dr. “4 years old, In- “clan, and his fath- ‘Ss, 82, ended their neon in the phyat- a downtown build- “sUgating. the Cor- “aS a double sicide. i Of the tragedy was | father shot himself aud the son had fired Ss head. | read two notes, one 20dy. Added to Dr “Forgive me, Mrs. Davis, “0Ce 1 euulessed to : “xg Furniture, Rugs, Unwilling to divulge the her accomplices when faced with a term in the peniten- | | tiary, Miss Kelly has since changed | furnished | her attitude and has names and addresses. Sellards. when arrested, was driv- tectives reported. The license plates had been taken from a ma- chine here, according to police. FOUR YEARS FOR BURGLARY Figured in Investigation into Death of Taos, N. M., Man Found Decapitated in His Home. ZLATON. N. M., July 26.—Tere- “Princess Terecita” recently figured in an investigation into the death. of Arthur R. Manby of Taos, N. M., whose decapitated body was found in his home a year ago, was Sen- tenced today to serve from four to six years in prison for burglary. Carmel Duran, accused with Miss Ferguson of looting the John Younghunter home at Taos, was sentenced to from seven and one- half to ten years’ imprisonment. Both filed notice of appeal. POLICE MAY UNBUTTON COATS Hot Weather Causes Rescinding of Long Standing Order. For the first time in seven years, uniformed policemen will be per- mitted to go about their duties with their coats unbuttoned, as @ result of the hot weather, Chief of Police Gerk announced last night. Under the administration of For- mer Chief O’Brien. policemen were permitted to unbutton their coats in unusually hot weather, but the Board of Pouce Commissioners, headed by Allen C. Orrick, which went into office in 1924, rescinded the permission. The new decision was reached Chief Gerk said. after a conference with members of the present Police Board. P —— The wds are flocking to Lammert's August contents reductions of 10° to 50% ‘were established in | By the Associated Press. ' Washington —Advertisement. of Arkansas on the sixty-fourth day of drouth. Conway reported 119 degrees, Little Rock 101, Ben- tonville 100 and Fort Smith 103.4. Mexico, Mo., and Coffeyville, Kan., each reported 107 degrees this afternoon. In Mexico it was the hottest since 1901, when the high reading was 112. St. Joseph, Mo., reported 104, a new season record there, while across the State on the Missis- sippi River, Hannibal sweltered with the same reading, the highest in 12 years. Carbondale, Ill, re- ported a temperature of 105. New heat records for the year | 104: Pittsburg, Kan., a fraction under 106; and Kansas City, 103. Salina, Kan., reported 103 degrecs | and Newton, Kan., 109. The Monroe County Fair, oldest event of its kind in- Missouri was canceled for this year because of the extremely hot fair officers annourced | weather, ‘today at Paris. | 103 In National Capital. Sixth Day of More Than 100. WASHINGTON, July 26.—With the mercury reaching 103 degrees, | the heat wave continued today in| and surroundings states. Nor was any tinued warm” through the entire | Washington forecast district. Today marked the sixth day out of the last eight in which Wash- ington has had temperatures high- er than 100 degrees. The Weather 'Bureau said the previous record for temperature of 100 degrees or more in any one year here was |four days in 1874. One Death and Two Prostrations in St. Louis; Highest 102. One death and two prostrations from the heat were reported yes- terday when a temperature of 102) was reached at 5 p. m. and read- | ings of 100 or more were recorded from 2 to 7 p. ™. Standing at 79 at 6 a. m., the mercury by 9 o'clock had bound- | ed into the nineties, a humidity of | 53 per cent making the heat more | noticeable. Fair ang continued warm is the forecast for today and tomorrow, there being slight chance of rain. | After a maximum of i100 last Sunday and 99 on Monday, a rain | of .21 of an inch broke the exces- | sive temperature,, Tuesday’s high being 90. The comparative cool continued until Friday when a maximum of 98 was reached, the briefest of showers, however, send- ing the mercury to a minimum of 74. Mrs. Louise Reno, 62 years old, a widow, was stricken at her home at 9 o'clock last night and died an hour jJater at St. Mary’s Hospital. Martin Wright, 66 years old, a waiter, was overcome at the Stag Hotel, 819 Market street, where he resides. Fred Patchin, 43, a la- borer, 1521 Sulphur avenue, col- lapsed at his home. Many Iinois Farmers Cutting Corn to Use as Fodder. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 26.-~ Springfield and its neighhoring towns suffered tonight under tem- peratures ranging from 101 to 103 degrees. Crops are ruined on many farms in Jersey and Macoupin Counties and farmers despairing 6? rain, have cut their corn to use as fodder. Many corn fitids were reported to be firing and, pasture everywhere is scorched and MRS. FERGUSON RUNNING AHEAD INTEXAS PRIMARY Former Governor Leads R. S. Sterling by More Than 9000 in Early Returns in Gubernatorial Race. Showers were predicted to bring | Topeka, with | Northeast ! relief indi- | cated in the Weather Bureau's late | forecast tonight of “fair and con- | 'T. B. LOVE, HOOVER LEADER, IS FIFTH Senator Sheppard Has Com- manding Lead Over Wet Opponent—Record Vote Is Polled. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 26.—Texas Democrats today cast what is prob- ably a record primary vote, early returns in the gubernatorial race, the one of most interest, indicat- ing that the Hoover faction had B. Love, and that Mrs. Miriam A. “Ma’’ Ferguson, former Governor, was much in the running. Returns from 174 of the State’s 253 counties, including four com- plete, gave the following total vote for Governor: Mrs. Ferguson, 44,- 779: Ross 8. Sterling, 37,517; Clint C. Small, 30,040; Jim Young, 442: Love, 16,111; field, 11,966; Barry Miller, i 678; Walker, Love, 459. leader of the Democratic forsaken their 1928 leader, Thomas |. 16,- | Earle B. May- | 9983; | CC, Moody, 846; Frank Putnam, | Paul Loven, 616 and C. E. | insurgents, who two years ago gave | the electoral vote to a Republican presidential candidate for the first | time in history, campaigned on an | Ster- | “anti-Tammany” platform. ling is a Houston publisher and chairman of the State Highway Com mission. Rua-Off Primary Necessary. It was generally conceded that a run-off primary between the two high Democratic candidates would Such a primary is ‘held in case any candidate for of- fice does not obtain a majority of | votes cast, In the Democratic race for the United States Senate, Senator Mor- ‘ris Sheppard had 75,611 votes to |26,674 for Robert L. Henry and 5155 for C. A. Mitchner. “Ma” Ferguson, the only woman (who ever served a term as Gov- ernor of Texas, showed her an- ticipated power by gaining strength |as the count continued, and pass- ing Sterling, the early leader. |supporters claimed her showing would be even stronger as late re- ibe necessary. | turns were tabulated, has been in the rural where tabulation is delayed. The wet and dry issue was taken into the Senatorial fight, and Sen- | ator Sheppard, running for re-elec- tion, held a commanding lead over his two opponents. Sheppard is co-author of the Eighteenth Amendment. Henry, an avowed wet, made an active campaign. Congressman Box Has Fight, First returns in the congression- ‘al races showed Congressman John C. Box of Jacksonville having trou- ble with Martin Dies Jr.°of Orange, son of a former Congressman. Par- tial returns from six counties gave Dies 5299 and Box 3417. The other Democratic incumbents were lead- ing. In the one district in which 'a.Congeressman was not seeking re- /nomination, Mayor R. E. Thoma- son of ©! Paso had a slight lead over E. E. (Pat) Murphy of San Angelo. Total registration was 1,282,897 ‘and the voters balloted on candi- dates ranging from Constable to U. 5. Senator. The Republicans held their sec- ond primary ‘in the history of the state, made possible because their | candidate for Governor in 1928 re- | ceived more than 100,000 votes. | A run-off primary will be held |for any office in which one can- 'didate fails to get a majority of the votes cast. TWO SLAIN IN ROW OVER DOG Farmer*Shot by Another, Who Is Killed by Victim’s Son. By the Associated Press. HAZLEHURST, Ga. July 26.— Two men were killed and another was wounded here tonight in a quarrel over a dog. Joe L. Crosby, 60 years old, fell before the fire of Ben Nabers, 24, and Nabers died a moment later ‘with a bullet wound in the chest. Tom Crosby told officers he killed his father's slayer. Tom was wounded by Nabers. The elder Crosby and Nabers met here to- night following a recent alterca- tion, which was stopped by police interference, and renewed an ar- Her. since the | Ferguson power admittedly always | districts | gument about ownership of a dog- Nabers and the elder Crosby were farmers. Tom Crosby and his brother, Lee, were arrested, ‘ . afternoon. FRE WRECKS VOLLAKD STUDIOS, $45 00 LOSS | Four-Story Building, 3729-39 Cass, in Ruins Half Hour After Blaze Starts. ; A spectacular fire, fed by large stores Of highly inflammable can- vas and paints, destroyed the plant of Volland Scenic Studios, Inc., at 3729-39 Cass avenue yesterday aft- -ernoon, doing damage estimated by | Fire Chief Alt at $45,000. No one was in the rambling four-story building or its two-story | additions when a passerby discov- | ered flame and smoke coming | from the alley side of the struc- ture at 2 o'clock. Half an hour later the structure was a complete | ruin, its rear wall collapsed, its front wall cracked and its interior a furnace which sent up a tall col- umn of smoke and flames. Traffic at the busy intersection of Grand boulevard and Easton avenue was tied up and htousands of spectators on sidewalks, vacant men fight the blaze. When the first firemen arrived the fire was already hopelessly out general alarms were sounded in rapid succession. After the blaze had been brought under control the rear wall col- lapsed and cracks begun to appear in.-the front wall. Director of Public Safety Steininger, who was present, ordered the dangerous portions of the walis torn down as soon as they had cooled, but later rescinded the order when it was found the wall was stoutly braced with steel, Vv. H. Volland, president of the studio company told reporters that he and his brother, L. J. Volland, vice president and treasurer, left the building at 1:15, locking the doors. Workmen employed by them left at 1 o'clock. Voliand de- clined to make an estimate of the loss in the fire but after a confer- ence with him Fire Chief Alt told reporters he thought the damage was approximately $45,000. The cause of the fire has not been de- termined. The Volland building was open from roof to floor in its center and canvases were hung from the roof for workmen to reach from bridges, a type of construction which allowed the flames to make rapid headway. building was damaged in the 1927 tornado but was repaired. Round-Europe Flyer Crashes. POZNAN, Poland, July 26.—The lots anad yards watched the fire-. of control, and second, third and | a | SCENE at the Volland Scenic Studios, 3729 Cass avenue, during the Fire Leaves Building in Ruins in Half Hour —By 3 Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. fire which destroyed them yesterd:y TWO ROBBERS SLAIN AFTER CHICAGO ROADHOUSE HOLDUP ' ' ' | Proprietor. of Resort at Lansing Kills Pair | When They Leave With Money and Jewelry of Customers. | By the Associated Prese: | CHICAGO, July | identified men were shot to death tonight after they held up a road- house in Lansing, Ill., a suburb. | Tony Sodo, proprietor of the place, heard the two in his dining ‘room taking money and jewelry } 26.—Two un-'! from the eight customers who were there. He took a shotgun, went out the back door and around to the front, where he lay in ambush. When the two robbers left the front door, he opened fire, killing both instantly. TWO WHITE MEN | TO DIE IN GEORGIA ' | IN NEGRO KILLING | Death Sentence of Brothers Who Murdered Blacks to Rob Them Is Affirmed. | By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, Ga, July 26.—The | Georgia Supreme Court has decided that two. young white men— | brothers—must die because they | killed two aged Negroes, The Court today upheld convic- tion and sentence to electrocution of Harvey Bradberry of Oconee County for the murder of Doc El- der and: his wife. Last Monday it affirmed the conviction and sen- tence of his brother, Wayman. Ray- mond Cooper, another white youth, who ‘was tried jointly with © the Bradberry brothers, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Evidence was that the three men lured the aged Negro from his cab- in and beat and stabbed him to death last year. They then = re- turned to’ his home and cut his wife’s throat as she slept, acoord- ing to Wayman's confession. The cabin was ransacked and savings of the Negroes were stolen. POPE RECEIVES 259 AMERICANS VATICAN CITY. July 26. — Three American delegations of 259 persons were received today by Pope Pius. Eighty-four residents of Pitts- burg. Pa., headed by the Rev. James R. Cox, 45 Knights of Co- jumbus from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, O., presented by the Rev. Louis G. Reinhold and 130 Ameri- ean Carmelites led by the Rev. Fa- Forest Park, $:30 te 6:30. Mo- |meno’s Band, ' i MINISTER SPENDING VACATION AS SEAMAN ON OIL TANKER The Rev. W. L. McKinney of Bridgewater, Mass.. is Called | “Doc” by Forecastle Mates. By the Associated Press, PORT ARTHUR, Tex., July 26. —Nine days in the forecastle of an oil tanker failed to dim the enthusiasm of the Rev. William Lord McKinney, pastor of the old First Parish Church, Bridgewater, Mass., who arrived here today as ordinary seaman aboartl the steam- ship Cities Service Kansas. He is on a month's vacation. Known as “Doc” to his forecastle mates and as “Admiral” to the of- ficers, the Rev. Mr. McKinney held lis first religious service on ship at sea last Sunday. He stood a reg- ular lookout and wheel watch with the crew and said he found sea- faring life worth while. Immediate- ly upon boarding the ship at Phil- adelphia the pastor said he noted a marked decreasé in the profan- ity of seamen. A robust man in his forties, the Rev. Mr. MeKinney is well tanned and in’ perfect health as the result of his vacation. The ship will leave here for a foreign port Monday and the pastor expects to continue xith it until his month’s vacation is over. “They're a great bunch.” de- clared the pastor, speaking of his shipmates. “Always ready to do their bit and the finest sort of comrades.” Rain Follows Prayer in Kentacky. LEXINGTON, Ky.. July 26.— After listening to a recital by sev- eral leading members of hard luck stories telling of crops ruined, wa- ter for stock exhausted and desti- tution facing farm tenants, as a result of the protracted drougth which has prevailed throughout central and northern Kentucky since last March, the Lafayette County Farmers’ Union, here this afternoon, resolved itself into a prayer meeting. One of its lead- ers, former President W. E. Garey, offered up a prayer for rain. With. | in less than three hours after thé PURE FOOD LAW TSMENAGED BY - “AYDE’S PROPOSAL TO MODIFY | If Corn Sugar Label Rule Ie - Relaxed It Is Feared ‘It May Be Followed by Eventual Nullification of 1906 Legislation. EFFORTS AT CHANGE ! FAIL IN CONGRESS Secretary Not Sure He Haa Authority to Alter Regus lations but Is Desirous of Enlarging the Market for Corn. By RAYMOND P. BRANDT, A Staff Correspondent of the Poste ch. Dispat WASHINGTON, July 26. —« Eventual nullification of the 1906 Federal Pure Food and Drug law was forecast by several witnesses at a hearing here yesterday aftere noon if Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde carried out his ap- parent plan to modify the pure food and drug administrations reg- ulations which now require that food products containing corn sugar must state the fact on their labels, Hyde admitted that he had called the hearing in order to determine whether it would Be possible to change the regulations and thereby extend the market for corn. He said that he was not sure that he had the authority to modify the regulations by an executive order inasmuch as several proposals for modification of the order had been introduced in Congress. None of these proposals has succeeded. Notices of the hearing were sent out last Saturday. Hyde denied that the death of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, noted food expert who con- stantly fought for stricter enforce-. ment of the pure food law, or the adjournment of Congress had had anything to do with calling of the hearing. He said that he was leav- ing today for Florida and that next week he would tour the Middle West in a campaign to reduce farm acreage. Experts Oppose “Congress has refused to modi- fy the law to permit the use of un- declared corn sugar partly because the Department of Agriculture op- posed such legislation,” he said. “I want to find out whether any harm would be done if we illowed corn sugar to be used where cane and beet sugar is now used.” “What is the attitude of the ex- perts in your department?” Hyde was asked. “They are opposed to it. They say it would weaken the law,” he frankly réplied. “Then it is a question whether the economic benefit of an en- larged market for corn would out- weigh the weakening of the law?" ‘:*That's about it,” he answered. Witnesses at the Hearing. The principal witnesses urging a change in the present regulations were William A. Holt and Frank H. Hall, representing the Corn Products Refining Co.; Charles R. White, a director of the National Farm Bureau Federation; Harry A. Austin, secretary of the Domestic Beet Sugar Association; Dr, Wil- liam McKim Merriott of St. Louis, an expert witness, and representa- tives of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Kansas City. An attorney for a malt sugar concern appeared long enough to Pennsylvania; William C. 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