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voiu ix m t SALAMANCA, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, Dfi€, 21, 1338 #> ERIE C O U N T Y W . P . A . SC A N D A L , A federal g rand jury w h ich has b e e n investigating charges that W . 1?. A. w o r k e r s in Erie County h a d been solicited for political contributions seem s to have done an e x ceptionally g o o d p ie c e o f work. It w e n t into a m ass o f evidence, found th a t n in e W . P . A . superintendents h a d “persisted in soliciting m o n ey from m en who sorely n eed ed that m o n ey to p rovide the n e c e ssities o f life for them selves a n d their fam ilies,” and recom m ends that these nine superintendents b e d ism issed. “The conduct o f the superindentent o f construction a n d g roup superintendents m ig h t b e term ed by som e c r im inal/’ the g rand jury re ports* “W e have chosen to be charitable. . W e m erely term it their stupidity, their d isloyalty. . . . W e do n o t in dict, b u t w e do severely condem n .” N A s J u d g e K n ig h t said in a ccepting the g rand jury's report, this o u tcom e m ay be e x p e c te d to “have a more far reaching e ffect than the indictm ent a n d prosecution of a few individuals.” One o f the im m ediate effects is seen in the a n n ounce m ent b y R e p resentative-elect H a rter that h e w ill intro- duct a t the com in g session o f the Congress a b ill m a k in g it illegal for “ a n yone to solicit p o litical cam p a ig n contribu tions from W . P . A. em p lo y es or o th ers e n g a g e d in work relief projects.” That such a bill w ill receive strong support m a y b e considered c e r ta in ; for the n e e d o f legis lation along these lines has com e to be r e c o g n iz e d na tionally. A n o th er e ffect w ill b e the strengthening o f the p osi tion o f those who long h a v e contended that such p o litical interference and dom in ation as w a s .uncovered in Erie county w ill n o t and cannot b e c o m p le te ly elim in a ted un til r e lief is decentralized— u n til r e lief adm in istration is returned to com m u n ities. Salam a n ca friends w ill note w ith satisfaction that Guy W . Rice, a rea a d m in istrator o f the W . P . A. is com m e n d ed b y the g rand jury for h a v in g sent out n o tices that h is office d id n o t a p p rove o f the solicitation o f cam p a ig n funds, w a rning those in supervisory c a p a c ities that they should not a ttem p t to influence W . P. A. workers in re gard to their v o tes, and for h a v in g b rought a b o u t return of som e o f the m o n ey thus c o llected. ' R o b ert G illen, secretary of the Erie County D em o cratic Com m ittee, w a s found by the g rand jury to have called a g roup o f W . P.- A . superintendents into confer ence in October and to have “suggested” solicitation of workers for contributions to the Dem o cratic cam p a ig n chest, on a scale r a n g in g from $5 to $75. “The project superintendents used their positions of strength as su periors to solicit the workers in a position of w eakness w h o feared, in som e instances, to r e fu se to contribute,” says the g rand jury. Tke fin d in g s 'o f -this grand jury coincide w ith the observations o f innum erable people a ll over the country as to w id espread u se o f W . P . A. for selfish p o litical pur poses. Such a b u ses a re invited by the system itself, as has b een p o in ted out from the v ery b eginning. R e c a lling various rem arks a b o u t S a n ta Claus and the difficulty of beating b illions o f d o llars, it is h a rd n o t b e b e lieve that “w e p la n n ed it that w a y .” -o~ So w e com e once m ore to the shortest day in the year, and can look forw a r d h o p e fu lly to the tim e n o t far distant w h en the days w ill lengthen noticeably. Then, too, “the cold w ill b egin to strengthen,” a ccording to the proverb. W A Y O P E N FO R P E R M A N E N T R E G IST R A T IO N The fam iliar slogan, “ If y o u do n o t register y o u can not v o te ,” m a y be r e le g a te d to the lim b o of forgotten things in the Em p ire S ta te ere long. A t last fall’s e le c tion the v o ters a p p roved a consti tutional a m endm ent w h ich p erm its the Legislature to es tablish a system of perm a n ent registration throughout th e state— that is, to e n a ct a law under the p rovisions o f w h ich a v o ter who once registers n e e d n o t r e g ister a g a in until and unless he changes his place of residence. A joint legislative com m ittee w h ich is studying suggested changes in the e lection law held a p u b lic h e a ring y ester day a t w h ich this c h a n g e w a s a p p roved b y the secretary of the S ta te Election Com m issioners A ssociation and oth ers, though o p p o sed b y Dem ocrats from som e o f the big cities. The b u lk o f the testim o n y favored it. A n o th er c h a n g e being considered is revision o f the regulations as to a b sentee b a llots. The p resent law as to these is n o t clear. Last fall, for instance, a q u estion arose in several d istricts a s to w h ether local inspectors o f e le c tions w e r e required to deliver a p p lications for a b sentee ballots to those a sking for them , leaving to som e other authority the determ in a tion of any question as to the sufficiency o f the reasons s ta te d ; or h a d the r ig h t to exam ine the a p p licant a s to the n ec e ssity o f h is p rospective ab sence and to exercise their judgm e n t a s to w h ether he w a s entitled to vote by the absentee m ethod. Inquiry m a d e by the Press r e v e a le d w id e divergence o f opinion am o n g officials on this question of the authority of the local e le c tion b oards. The m a tter is one w h ich should be cleared up, Sim p lification o f the form o f b a llot for p rim ary elec tions a lso is b e in g d iscussed. — —o ----------- — A L F O N S O R E T U R N I N G ? A lfonso K ill, last k in g o f the fam o u s Bourbon line, w h o abdicated and left his country w h en the republic w a s p roclaim ed in 1 9 3 1 , h a s b een invited by the insur gent g o v ernm ent to return to S p ain. This is d one b y the “council of m in isters” at Burgos, w ith the approval of. G eneralissim o Francisco Franco. “Full legal r ig h ts” are restored to him , including his S p a n ish e states a n d p ersonal p roperty. This is not entirely conclusive, for th e republican . g o v ernm ent law fully representing S p a in h a s n o t y e t b e e n put o u t o f business, a n d A lfonso’s present sponsors, in (Continued on Page Seven) E A R L Y E N D O F B U F F A L O F O O D S T R I K E S E E N Labor Department Con ciliator Reports Wage in Progress— Meat Cut ters Delay Strike Buffalo, Dee. 21 (^ - —Prospects of prom p t settlem ent of a paralyzing food strike in New York’s second largest city were described today by a governm ent official as \very favor able.” Thomas M. Finn, federal D epart m ent of Labor conciliator, asserted th a t “a conference a t a secret place” was in progress between Edward F. Murphy, of Cleveland, international vice president of the A.F.L. union whose affiliate called the strike yes terday, and a group of food industry employers. Meat Cutters Delay Strike Finn said members of the m eat cutters union, another A.F.L. affili ate, had decided not to strike, pend ing the outcome of renewed negotia tions. No attem p t was made to interfere with private automobiles a t two m ar ket term inals as picket lines were ex tended and! ordered to duty a t any retail stores handling non-union de liveries. Meanwhile, in Rochester, where 120 employes of the Loblaw chain stores voted a sympathy strike last night, work continued as usual. Spokesmen for the meat cutters union said f u rther action awaited in form ation from Charles R. Miller, union business agent, who came here to confer with other union leaders. M ediator Assigned Meanwhile, in Albany, Andrew C. Doyle, supervisor of the New York State Mediation Board, announced he had assigned a m ediator to work with the Federal Conciliation Bureau in an endeavor to obtain \peaceful set tlem ent” of the dispute. h rank Zee, business agent of the union which called the strike, said orders had been given to conduct it \peacefully.” He said deliveries of food to hospitals and charitable in stitutions were n o t :to be'curtailed. The strike w as called after a breakdown of month-long negotia tions. The union sought pay increases to compensate for a reduction of working hours which it said was oc casioned by the Federal \Wage and H o u r Act. Besides the two produce m arkets, the strike was directed against three iarge chain grocery organizations— Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., S. M. Flick- inger Company and Danahy-Faxon Stores, Inc. The A tlantic and Pacific stores were not affected. The trucking com pany serving the A. & P. stores re cently signed a new contract with the union. \Complete suspension” of trading in the fruit, vegetable, egg, poultry and fish distribution was announced by M ark F. O’Donnell, senior m arket reporter of the State D epartm ent of A g riculture and M arkets. Such communities as Jamestown, Olean and Salamanca, and W arren and Bradford, Pa., depend heavily on Buffalo fo r their food supplies, O’Donnell revealed. He said trucks from those points usually come to Buffalo on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, but he expressed the belief th a t m erchants there will have to de pend on some other city as source of supply unless the local strike is set tled quickly. Mr. O’Donnell anticipated that some chains may seek to bring food to Buffalo from their Rochester stores and warehouses if the strike is of long duration. County Grange to Meet At Portville Next Week Cattaraugus County Grange will hold the final session of the year with Portville Grange at Portville Thursday and Friday, De cember 29th and 30th. The sessions will open a t 10.30 a. m. on the 29th. Deputy M aster Clar ence Smith will ,speak a t the after noon session, and a play will be pre sented by Hinsdale Grange. In the evening there also will be an address, and a play by Portville Grange. A t the final session Friday, after noon David Kidd of Dansville, execu tive committee member of the New York State Grange, and Mrs. Kidd, State Grange ju v e n i l e deputy, will be the speakers. Installation of officers by Mr. Kidd will close the session. Stores H e r e N o t A ffected Y e t Local stores of the Danahy-Faxon and Loblaw, chains were not m aterial ly affected thus fa r by the strike, it was said today. One shipment from Buffalo f o r the Loblaw store was tied upt yesterday, but it secured green goods from Rochester. The Danahy- Faxon stores first truck from Buffalo is due Friday, and the strike could have no effect on them ' u n til then, it was said. Elm er Funk of the R. & B, m a rket had sent a shipment of capons to Buffalo, however, only to be advised by the trucker th a t he not only could not deliver b u t could not get- them into cold storage. Rumanian Iron Guard Members are Released Bucharest, Dec. 21 (JP )— On the promise th a t they would refrain from political \activity 130 m em bers of the Nazi-style Iron Guard were re leased today from concentration camps in the vicinity o f Bucharest. Among those freed was the so- called spiritual leader o f the outlawed guard movement, Prof. N. A E. Jonescu. LOCAL CHARITY LEADERIS DEAD Mrs. Walter Litchfield, Prominent Here for 30 Years, Succumbs After Long Illness Mrs. W alter M. Litchfield, a resi dent of Salamanca fo r 30 years and a leader in charity organizations h ere, died this morning about 6 o’clock at her home 95 Broad street. She had been seriously ill fo r a num ber of months. The widow of a form e r physician and banker, Maude Ellen Litchfield was a member of one of the oldest families in W estern New York. Born October 19, 1873, in Elling ton, Chautauqua County. She was the daughter of Charles and Eva Greene, and a direct decsendant of General Nathaniel Greene, American officer in the Revolutionary War. She was a granddaughter of Mrs. Lydia Kent, the first white child born in the town of Cherry Creek. A fter attending the Ellington Academy, she was trained as a nurse at the Buffalo State Hospital and practiced until her m arriage Novem ber 19, 1896, in Tiffin, Ohio. Dr. Litchfield was then practicing medicine in Cherry Creek, but moved to Franklinville and thence to Cuba. Later he'm o v e d to Independence, Kansas, where Dr. Litchfield acquired oil and banking interests. The family returned to W estern New York in 1909, and Dr. Litchfield practiced medicine in Salamanca un til the time of his death in 1916. Mrs. Litchfield long had been as sociated with charity work in both the city and county. She was a mem ber of the board of directors of the County Tuberculosis Association for a num b er of years and was active in the King’s Daughters. She had been regent of the Sala manca chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and was a member of the State Officers Club of the same organization. She was a member of the Twentieth Century Club, the Salamanea Musicals, the Broad Street Club, and the Eastern Star, having been a charter member of the latter organization in Cuba. For many years she was chairman of Red Cross activities in Salamanca and during the W orld W a r supervised the operation of the local Red Cross canteen serving troop trains passing through the city. She had been a member of the Re publican county committee. She is survived by one son, Stan ton, of Searsdale, N. Y.; two grand sons, Lawrence H. Litchfield and K ent Litchfield of Searsdale; seven sisters, Mrs. C. L. McLouth, Mrs. Catharine \Waite Mrs. Hazel Cam eron, and Mrs. Edgar Carroll of Lit tle Valley, Mrs. Jam es T. Benson of East Randolph, Mrs. Louise Torge of Jamestown, and Mrs. H. W. Barnard of Olean: two brothers, Fred H. A Greene of Sinclairville and Harold M. Greene of Ordway, Colo. Funeral services will be held from the fam ily home, 95 Broad street, F ri day a t 1.30 p. m. with Rev. Donald W. Head officiating. Burial will be in the fam ily plot in Franklinville cemetery. o—— — - 60.000 Trees Available to 4-H Club Members of County, Agent Reports Upwards of 60,000 trees will he planted as a reforestation project by members of the Cattaraugus coun ty 4-H clubs next spring, Edw ard W. Cockram, county agent announced today. Each club member who enrolls in the reforestation project will receive 1.000 trees from the conservation de partm e n t in the program to utilize poorer farm land. A variety of trees will be distrib uted and members will be shown how to plant and care f o r them by Jam e s D. Rond, a ssistant extension forester, {from the New York State College -of A g riculture a t a m eeting a t which the trees are distributed, T R A IN H IT S C A R ’ T W O G I R L S H U R T B. & O. Flyer Hits Auto on Grade Crossing in Bradford; Salamanca Man in Locomotive Bradford, Dec. 21.—Four persons escaped serious injury when the car in which they were riding was struck by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Buffalo-Rittsburgh flyer at the North Kendall avenue crossing at 1.30 o’clock this morning. The auto was thrown more than 50 feet. William Nelson, 12 Kent boule vard, was engineer in the lead engine of the two locomotivces pulling the train. Miss Lois Bolton of Sawyer road, who was riding in the front seat 'of the car and Miss Muriel DeWeese of North Kendall avenue were admitted to Bradford hospital, suffering main ly from shock. B e n n e tt Penn of Olean, driver of the sedan, and Edwin Bohrer of Rochester, N. Y., the fourth occu pant of the machine, were shaken up. Penn reported to police he did not see the train as he drove northward across the tracks, bound f o r Miss De- W eese’s home. The train, draw'll by two locomo tives and consisting of seven coaches, struck the m o tor of the car and hurled i t clear of the track on which it ivas traveling. The auto, which landed on its right side on the north bound track, was badly wrecked. The train was stopped by Engineer Nelson, in the lead engine, and F. R. W iikey of DuBois, the other engi neer, after it had traveled a distance up the track. The train, conductor of which ivas F. J. Thompson of Sala manca, was due out of Bradford at 1.29 a. m. It was delayed until 2.05 o’clock. As the cow-catcher of the front engine, No. 5189, was damaged by the impact, the engine was cut off and the train proceeded with one lo comotive only. The crossing is located only a few hundred feet' from the B u tter K rust crossing, where Raymond Gibbs, Erie truck driver, wras killed when struck by a northbound B. and O. train November 28. I n d e p e n d e n c e o f F a r m L i f e A t t r a c t s O u t s t a n d i n g M e n But Six Upstate Farmers Tell Young Man: Make Sure You Like Farming, Be Prepared to Work Hard and Choose Farm with Care Warrants Issued For Buffalo Area Alcohol Ring Buffaio, Dec. 21 (5»j— F ederal agents and marshals began today a roundup of 39 residents of the Buf falo area, charged with conspiracy to violate the alcohol tax law’s. U. S. A ttorney George L. Grobe said the arrests were on the largest scale since repeal of prohibition. The charges, contained in indict ments returned by last month’s fed eral grand jury here, involve “a mul tiplicity of operations over a long period by various interrelated oper ators w’ho moved illicit stills from place to place,” Grobe said. W a rrants for the arrests wrere placed in the hands of Deputy Mar shal William J. Reardon and agents of the Federal Alcohol Tax U n it early today. Grobe said the various defendants probablj' would be brought to trial at the March term of federal court here. Buffalo, Dec. 20 (A*) — Despite their reports of long hours and hard work, not one of six upstate farm ers interviewred said they had any re grets over their decision to make a living from the soil. If they were given the chance to start life over again, they w'ould choose farm ing in preference to most city occupations. Lifetime farm e rs all and past the two score m ark in years, those ques tioned w ere: Poultry raiser W ilbur D. Chase, Genesee county; New York State President of the Vegetable Growers Association; H enry G. Mar- quardt, Erie county; Dairyman James Samuelson, Cattaraugus county; Dairyman and Poultryman, Clayton G. W hite, Chautauqua county; Dairy Farm e r and Assemblyman, Fayette E. Pease, N iagara county, and Dairyman Paul C. Regan, Allegany county. Farm e r N e v e r Jobless Chase summed up their collective attitudes w ith: “I have no regrets x x x I do not know of a better occupation x x x.” Regan pointed out, “A good farm er is never jobless.” Chief advantage of farm ing, they agreed, was the \independence” it offered. \W e can come and go as w’e please because we work for ourselves,” Mar- quardt contended. “Some people think we are too independent, hut we like it.” B e tter transportation facilities, school developments and rural elec trification have overcome virtually all of the old disadvantages of the farm, the six reported, leaving it an ideal place to bring up a family. Reports and i*esearch work from tbe farm Bureau, Cornell University and the New York State Agricultural Experim e n t Station a t Geneva are in dispensable to modern farm ing and make it the profitable enterprise it is, they maintained. Advise Young Farmers Asked what advice could he given a young farm e r to assure him of suc cess, they offered three suggestions. (1) Blake sure you like farm work, (2) Be prepared to work hard and long. (3) Pick your farm and equipment carefully, \A young man should at least have his livestock and tools paid for before buying a farm ,” Chase continued. \Find a farm that is wrell located as to m arkets and transportation and be sure it is well drained and has pro ductive soil.” To Chase’s recommendation W hite added: \Pick a type of farm your pros pective m arkets w a rrant.” But above all, Blarquardt advised, “Don’t be a farm e r ju s t because your dad was one. You have to like it.” Farm Offers Security The security offered by farm life appeals to Mr. Samuelson. If he were starting over, he said, \I would take advantage of any un usually good opportunity fo r city employment, b u t I would p refer farm ing to mere existence in the city.” He would not go to the city to take any old job, or take a chance on em ployment, he declared. Punching a time clock h as no appeal f o r him. (Bfr. Samuelson lives on the Cat- taraugus-New Albion road. He and his son operate two farm s comprising about 300 acres, of which nearly 106 are planted to crops. Their dairy herd comprises about 40 milking cows, and young stock in proportion. He is a director of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, o f the County A g ricultural Society, and is in charge of dairy exhibits a t the county fair.) (Continued on Page Three) WINTRY STORM HITSEUR0PE Benjamin H. Bently Dies at Binghamton W ord has been received here of the sudden death of Benjamin H. Bently, 50, of Binghamton, a form e r resident of Killbuck and G reat Val ley. He is survived by his w ife; tw o daughters a n d three sons; two sisters, Mrs. John Cochran of Allegany and Mrs. Paul W. Foster of 68 Monroe street; four frothers, Melvin Bently of 68 Monroe street, Janies Bently of Humphrey, H a rry Bently of Dun kirk and George Bently of Clinton La., one half sister, Nina H u lbert of Coudersport, and one half brother, A lbert Bently of Chringins Falls, Ohio. The funeral will be held a t Bing ham ton Friday a t 1.30. Delia Bridget Scanlon Dies of Heart Attack Bliss Delia Bridget Scanlon died suddenly Tuesday evening about 9 o’clock a t tbe fam ily home in Kill buck. Miss Scanlon had been in fair health and was confined to her bed only one day, death resulting from a h e a r t attack. She was born in Killbuck and a t one tim e was a resident of Bradford. She is survived by one sister, Bliss M ary E. Scanlon, a t home; and one brother, J o h n P. Scanlon of Killbuck,. who a t the present is a patient in the city hospital. * T he funeral will be held F riday a t 8.30 from the fam ily home and a t ft from St. Patrick’s church. Burial will be m ade in the fam ily p lot in Calvary cem etery. Many Deaths Reported, Communications Dis rupted — Cold to Last Through Christmas London, Dec. 21 (JP )— B itterly cold snowy w eather spread suffering through Europe today causing many deaths. Communications and trans portation facilities were disrupted. Tem p eratures fell to 20 and 26 de grees below zero, Fahrenheit, in parts of the Soviet Union yesterday and icy winds from the Steppes swept the Continent and the British Isles. About 25 persons have died in the British Isles, 15 in Belgium, nine in France, two in Germany and a few others in Central Europe. Twenty-five passengers drowned when a ferry, creeping through the icy river a t Lisbon struck a dredge and sank. The cold was expected to last through Christmas. Canal systems of France, Germany and Belgium were frozen. Cold snapped a rail in Hungary, derailing a train and injuring six passengers. Railroad signals froze 'in Scandinavia, delaying continental expresses. Several ships in the Black Sea radioed distress signals and at least three sailors were believed lost. In Britain plumbing froze in thou sands of houses. NINE CONVICTS TO BE FREED Former State Trooper, Convicted of Murder Among Those to Get Christmas Commuta tions Floods Peril California Los Angeles, Dec. 21 (IP )-—A t least two drownings and isolated instances of damage were reported as one of the heaviest December storms in 49 years was forecast to end with clear ing w eather today. In the San Fernando section o f Los Angeles, where the five-day rainfall totaled 10.70 inches, residents threw up sandbag barricades to tu r n the w a ter away from their doors. The Los Angeles river was rising rapidly in Canoga P a rk section, and preparations were made to evacuate 500 residents of homes which were flooded last Biarch if the danger in creased. , — —— C r u d e P r o d u c tion R e p o r ted ^ Bradford, Dec. 20—T h e production of crude oil in the Bradford field averaged 38,962 barrels daily last week, a n Increase of 408 barrels o v er the figures o f the preceding week, ac cording to the B radford D istrict Gil Producers Association* The Alle gany field averaged 8,307 barrels, a decrease of 914 barrels from th e fig ures of the previous week. Albany, Dec. 21 ■ (JP )— E a rly free dom for a form e r s tate trooper, con victed of m u rder, and eight other in m ates of state prisons was promised in announcement of \Christmas com m utations” by Governor Lehman. Two of the group are women. The one-time trooper, Jam e s W. Hamilton, the Governor said, was convicted in Queens county, J u n e 21, 1928, of second degree m u rder fo r the fatal shooting of his brother-in- law. Explaining Hamilton has served more than ten years, the chief executive said “the sentencing judge is favorable to clemency and the dis trict attorney does not oppose.” Other sentences commuted w ere those of: George Bittle, convicted in E rie county of m u rder, first degree, and serving a life term a f te r originally being sentenced to die on May 28, 1925. He will be on parole fo r the rem ainder of his life. Anthony La Cava, who has served nearly fo u r years of a ten-year sen tence on a conviction in New York county fo r burglary, third degree. William V. Cahill, convicted of m anslaughter, first degree, in Grange county, July S, 1925. He has served four years of a ten to tw enty-year sentence. Sawley Joyce Richards, serving from E rie county a tw enty years to life term imposed in 1930 fo r rob bery, first degree. She will be re leased, the Governor said, “when a r rangem ents fo r her deportation (to Canada) are completed.” F rank Colatti, convicted in New York City in 1935 of robbery, third degree, while armed, and serving nine to eighteen years. Russell Moates, sentenced in New York county, M arch 22, 1922, to 16 to 20 years f o r robbery, first degree. Joseph Larney, convicted June 6, 1927, in Kings county o f rbbbery. first degree and -sentenced to fifteen years. Nellie Leershen, serving ten year*, fo r forgery, second degree, o f V A k i she was convicted April 18, 1935, fa Nassau county. South Louisiana farmers grow squash-like vegetable of the u i r w ; her family called the vegetable or mirlitpH*