Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 March 1930 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE HERALD GREENCASTLE MOST PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER TUESDAY. MARCH 18, 1930
IT’S GROWING EVERY DAY
THE HOME PAP1B
WAYNE SHUMAKER SPEAKS
TO BRAZIL AUDIENCE
SA Y!
(By CHAELES J. ARNOLD) - - > * i ■ 1 1 ■ ■ ■
}[(. has only bccu a resident m Oreencastle for a short time, so. of ionise, we will have to excuse him a bit. He is loyal to Greeiicastle, howfver and Friday evening made a run to Indianapolis to witness the Green- ( ,istle-Anderson tjaine. He arrived at the Field House just after the game had started, the score then being even 2 to 2. Immediately he started to root for Greenoastle. and at the end of the half be was elated. About, this time he ran across another Green(ggtle man. "Well, it sure is a fine
said the main character of this i „ , . .
Uoly 'Oreencastle is sure going' good i < S , Uml “ ys ''' i and with a lead of 13 to lOat the halt' h “. r ".«t of total abst,„e„ee
ought to win -But it's Anderson that p™"
has the lead, explained bis friend.
Well. I’ll be damned," said the new- —
comer. "I've been rooting for the 1 wrong team.’’ But he made up for his
cn'or by bis second half rooting.
CHICAGO AWAITS CAPONE’S ARRIVAL
A fair sized crowd assembled at the First IJ. B. church on Sunday ovonhiK to hear the address of Wayne Shumaker, the son of Rev. E. S. Shumaker, for many years tin- superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of Indiana. The young man ' is a juniot student i n HePauw ui'*-;MEETING TO BE HELD HERE WED versity. Ho spends Saturdays and) NF.SDAY AFTERNOON AND
FIFTH DIVISION INDIANA KIWANIS TO MEET HERE
j SERVICES FOR DR. MOORE ! WEDNESDAY MORNING 1 Funeral services for Dr. Alexander Hues!is Moore, aged physician of Clinton Falls who died at his home ' Monday alternoon after a critical ill- 1 n< - ss of .'i few days, will he Wodnes- . day morning at 10:30 o’clock at the 1 M. P. church at Clinton Falls i with interment in Forest Hill j
j cemetery. He is survived by two jyp VERNON W. LYTLE
FEDERATION OF CLUB MEETING HERE MARCH 25
LADO<;A DEBATE TEAM TO MEET BAIN BRIDGE
of in
heveridges.—
EVENING—
NUAL
IS AN AN-
AFFAIR
FIRE DAMAGES NORTH INDIANA STREET HOME
1 daughters, Miss I sola Moore at home ani| Miss Goldie Moore of j t Terre Haute. Rev. Victor L. Raphael
CHURCH will hi' in charge of the services. .
! Dr. Moore was horn in Parke coun- | Several Dnportunt Speakers Are To Be i y , November 1751 and received his Heard—Attendance Prizes To 'early education In 'he rural schools,:
Be Awarded—Dinner to
MEET IN M. E.
PAUW UNIERSITY TO ADDRESS WOMEN AT AFTERNOON SES-SION-DINNER TO BE SERVED AT NOON IN METHODIST
CHURCH DINING ROOM
LADOGA, March 18.—The local debating society sends its afTirma-1 (live team to Bainhridge Wednesday I i night to argue the Putnam county j [ school’s negative aggregation. The i /question to he discussed is whether! or'not capital punishment would put .
■ a sto >’ t '’ ,h ‘‘ present crime wave and NOTED GANGSTER WILL HE D£. Iif not, what other measures should | "PICKED UP " FOR INVEST1GA-
GANG LEADER TO BE ARRESTED UPON ARRIVAL
TION SAYS CHIEF
DETECTIVES
Be Held at
O’clock
, , . , The Putnam County Federation of \ n "‘l lat<,r took u t P ^ * tu <ly nf I Clubs will meet in Greenoastle Tues-
, icine in a school at Keokuk, Iowa.
he taken. This is our first debate j with outside competition and a great i deal of interest is being shown. Tne |
following Wednesday, March 20, CITY AIRPORT BEING WATCHED Bainbridge s afrirmative meets the Ijtdoga negative team i n the I-adoga ; Spirite( j Away p ron , p lison W here he
Wedin sday afternoon j
I just won’t do it, so you folks who send unsigned communications to The! Hetald. asking that we print them, need not waste your time. If you aie ashamed to sign your own name, why ask us to assume the responsibility of your ideas. Any communication, for
which yon are ashamed or afraid to FIRE, DISCOVERED BY NEIGHBOR - nc. at’the Methodist church
j He received his MD. degree in Indidlvlsionul meeting of the fifth anapolis. He first took up the piac
of the Indiana Klwanis will, medicine at (lay < ity. hot . (j resen j \; rs
the past forty years he has practiced ! r „ tltm , v
j Tin
Idivision
j he held here
and evening. The meeting is an anjnual affair, and is one of the six divi jslonal meetings held over the stale. The program starts with a confer
■ day morning, March 25, 10:30 o’clock I at the Methodist church. The hostess (clubs and presidents for the day ar:':
('. Trembly;
high school auditorium. Perhaps the] discussion won’t he as polished as j that of some college debates hut at I any rate, you will he able to see the ! local students in action in addition I to getting more or less food for,
at Clinton Falls.
Century club, Mrs. K. B. Nichols; i ,holl «fbt.
New Era club, Mrs. W. E. Gill; Fort-
Had Seived Sentence for “GunTotin". the Whereabouts Of “Scarface" Is Unknown—Is Accompanied By Body-
Guard
. ^ fw i,i<t »mu, >* • r.. vim, rtut-
! In 1880 he married Miss ' “I'k 1 ! ni g htl y dub, Mrs. Thad .Io n es; Over!
ami to tins' . .
: Williams of Spencer _.. ! union was born the two
I who survive him.
i the Teacups club, Mrs. Wm. Me-1
assume full responsibility, might as well remain unwritten, as far as The Herald is concerned. Why ask us to assume responsibility for something which you refuse to assume responsibility. Now. honestly, it it just fair,
ENDANGERS LIES OF SLEEPING’"'' hx k in the afternoon. This will
FAMILY
QUICK RUN
HR EMAN
Looks like some of the home town ! Thomp80n ‘'H' 1 ifi il f,nnif * b '‘ lldin & 'V wantons in the dining boys were wanting a "re-count’’ on |ln, ' aU>,l at " ,p tornpr of In,,iana andlMethodlst chinch at 6
that Gieencastle-Anderson basketball games. My observation is that "re-! founts" fion’t get much of anywhere Notice to those interested—The' sidewalks ate still around the court-, house or around the courthouse still, or however you want to express it.
ENDS LIFE BY SUICIDE ROUTE
MAKElhea general meeting with all viellingir^ U V)|U|T^T)0 Ilf jf^r 1 j Kiwanians participating. A,,m,t !l /\llWLulnl3 ft IF li j 250 mem hern of the club are expected
i to attend. The clubs included In ihi-C
Fire, last night, destroyed part nfjdivision are Illoomington, Franklin,
asking The Herald to assume the ie- the kitchen of the home of Robert!Indianapolis, Columbus, Terie Ilaiuej sponsibilities ol your "pet peeves? !Thomas, of North Indiana street. Tlieland Oreencastle.
: house, which belongs to Mrs. Laura; Dinner will he served to the Ki-i
room of the I o'clock. At I I Jacob streets.
The lire started about 10:15! will he heard. These will include! ; o’clock between an outdoor Icebox j John D Early, Governor of the Indi-1 . and the kitchen wall according to re-jana district. Raymond Shtuz. imn-ed-| ports of the city fireman. Tl isliate past governor of the Indiana disi thought that sparks from the ehim-Uriet and Milt Brown Lieut. Govet-I ncy Ignited paper or some other in-* nor of the Fifth division, tlamable substance that was between Instrumental music for the meeting
| the wall and the icebox. Iwill he
The Thomas family consisting ofiBittles. There will be community alternoon of Mrs. frank Gash.
Flunk Cannon will soon complete: Ml an d Mrs. Thomas and seven child 1 singing under the direction of O. H. “£e years, wife of a farmer who erection of a new 10 room apartment | reil W( , l t . s | P ,. P i nK | n ,i,« house and I Smith. Kenneth It. Umtleet will p,.; resides about three mdles etst of riov house in Northwood. The apartment lh ,. flr( . ha d gained considerable head Ithe accompanist. |crdale. Mrs. (’ash committed sul-
TO HOLD SMOKER FOR NET SQUAD THURSDAY NIGHT
j FIIIC AGO. Mar. 18- (INS) tmI mediate ai rests awaits Scarface A1 I Capon.• here if he makes good his I promise and comes home from his eastern prison cell, deputy commissioner John Stcgc announeed today. His arrival will be no gtand homc- ■ coming as far as civil atit non ties are
j Mrs. Guy Black; Woman’s Study I club, Mrs. Roy Evens; Domestic | Science club, Mrs. John Deitrich. j The moi'iiing session will be taken j
this time several important speakers 1B0DY OF MRS. FRANK CASH. AGE| up with the regular session, annual!
report of clubs, and an address by
concerned, for the laird of the Capone il'eree, reigning Chicago gang, will he I "picked up” in accordance with the
on hoodlums. Siege
house will consist of 10 one room, modern apartments and piobably will be painted green. When consulted this morning regarding the probable date upon which the house would be completed he stated that the house would be ready for occupancy soon. In discussing his project this morning Mr. Cannon said: "Northwood has
way before it was discovered by a neighbor and the department called. Neighbors, who gathered in watch, the fire entered the house and awuk ened the family. Mrs. Thomas suffered nervous prostration and was taken to the County hospital and site did not come to until I o’clock this morning. However doctors say that
fit in need ol a strictly modern | a | lp V .. IS I)0 t injured by the fire in any
apaitment and so I decided to answer A . I V
the demand by the erection of the one; ‘ No ()n „, aK ,. was done to contents i now under construction. There had! (l1 thp hous „ ,. xe ept water damage in been a big demand lor the imaller! Ihr kitrhpn The building was damtype ol apartments and now that Il aK ,.,i. however, as one of the klteh-r, mu quaitus suitable tor them, Ihij wa || S ( . ilv(>( | jn when the firemen turn
after them birds.” The exact date , he Uose on it .
tor the dedication exercises has not . Mrs Thomas was a ,, k . to i oavP thp
I hos|iital this morning.
daug i Gaughey; Business and Professional j
j Women’s club, Miss Catherine Till- 1 i otson; Modern Priscilla chib, Mrs., Benton Curtis; Monday dub, Mrs. J. W. Herod; Needlecraft club, Mrs. Maynard Newgent; Woman’s duh, Mrs. R. A. Ogg; S. C. dub, Mrs. Wm. McBride; Veronica club, Mrs.
Callahan; Twentieth Century duh, SWEATERS WILL BE AWARDED AT' ,,l ''P*' 1 ' 011 Hoodlums, stcgc an-
PHI DELTA THETA SMOKER i no dnced.
FOR DEPAUW BASKETBALL Although there is no charge lo.lgSQUAD—NO CAPTAIN TO BE ! , ' l,aKHlnst ri,p,l " t *' ,lon 1 want ,lim ELECTED ! itt town,” the detective chief said. ’ f ifteen policemen were stationed
33 YEARS WHO LIVED ABOUT report of dubs, and an address by The annual Phi Delta Theta! 1 ’ municipal airport to await thi arTHREE MILES EAST OF CLOVER- : Miss I/»uise Klingler, district chaii- ‘‘smoker” for DePauw university’ d''" 1 of Hie gang chieftain should he DALE, IS FOUND IN BARN. MON ; man. of Brazil. The lecture for thej basketball squad will he held here d< <» to return in the three motored DAY AFTERNOON—USED SH0T ; afternoon will he given by Dr. Ver- Thursday evening. At this time sweat jldnnt he is reported to have charter
GUN TO END LIFE j non W. Lytle, head ot the depart-j P )' S wj]| he awarded to both the var- 111 Pennsylvania. I ment of psychology of DePauw uni-j R j t y a n d freshman teams. I n the past!
Despondance is believed to hav j versity. His subject "Your Mind and it has been the custom to elect ai PHILADELPHIA. Mar. lx. furnished ity Blanchard and| l,0,>n ,lle eause of the suicide, Mon-j You.” This lecture is along the lines j ( . np , a j n f ()1 t h P coming yeat but the j "S' '’"'""'' 1 " AI Capone, niosi talked
ol the work of the department ot | department of physical education re,o' racket! i i in America was at Lib mental health and hygiene which is ,. Pn tl v voted to do away with cap-j' Dy loduy after liuvlng served a ten being stressed ity the Federation. | tains and an acting captain he ap-!">onths sentence for carrying what The program in full for the after- pointed for each contest. 'be boys call a "rod." He made an noon, containing other excellent j \ prominent sport writer will be I ‘ nndorcovei ” getaway that was so numbers will be Riven in ft later is- the speaker for this smoker. Afte* tinysierious and marked by such solicit
Prizes for attendance will he award h > shooting herself through the ed. They are to be awarded on a per ! heart with a shot gun.
rentage basis. Terre Haute and Indi anapolis are on a practical equality, but there will be an addition to the precentage of the other clubs. LADOGA YOimi HURT IN FALL
17.—Charles
The act was committed Komi tim"
between t and G o'clock, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Cash took a shut gun front the house, and going to the burn committed the deed. Her body
was found at near (5 o’clock. Coroner Frank Reed was called and
after an investigation returned a find Ing of suicide. Mrs. Cash hud been riespomlant for some time it is said, and it is believed that her rash deid
was the result of her despondaney. .Beside lii ! husband she leaves one
BOMBING AND SUICIDE RESULT OF LOVE AFFAIR
I just wonder it. Wednesday being j * »» a rt/VV in l:; e , INDIANAPOLIS
the fact that Lawrence F. Orr, chief | of the state board of accounts is to; be here Wednesday to attend the 1
meeting.
FARMERS TO ENGAGE IN SINGING CONTEST
A statewide contest wherein male quartets composed of fanners will par ticipate is being sponsored by the s ocial and Educational Department of ihe Indiana Fann Bureau. Prizes totaling $500 are being offered by the 1 Indiana Boaid of Agriculture for the | Mst ten quartets to be awarded during the coming state fair August 30
to September 5.
• F.ditors Note—They ought to do '* f, ll, they have been singing the blues
ior a long time.)
‘ 11 i hrdsvim.k high SCHOOL GIRL SUICIDE FRAWKORDSV1LLE. 1„ ( |., March ' v Miss Rater May Sanford, age |M years, high school senior, and (laughter of Mr. am) Mrs. Louis * antor,], committed suicide here Iasi jdglit by taking carbolic acid. The "’'ly of the girl was found in her "’d. this morning, by her older sisJ 1 eause for the rash act is M own. At, empty bottle was found b >' the side of the girl.
MAN IS FINED IN CITY COURT
LADOGA, March
Ellis, 16, popular local youth, was daughter, Kathleen,
seriously injured late Sunday when he was knocked to the floor of the ; Raccoon ticek bridge south of here after his head touched a high voltage transmission line, carrying 13,000 volts, while playing on the roof of
the structure.
He was picked up from the floor of the bridge by Howard Oakley of
sue.
For the luncheon at noon the ladies will bring the usual dish of food, sandwiches and table service. Mrs. Mack Jones, chairman of the dining room committee, will be assisted by one member from each club. Mrs. Fred Thomas, chairman of hostess committee, will be assisted lay each
club president of her representative. I stunkel are seniors. Ragsdah The members of the committees will j u ,,ior and was named on th<
please he
o’clock.
at the chinch by
Ihe program is completed, Coach j""*'"'** on the part of Ihe authoriiits Donovan .Moffett will present sweat-las 'o provoke a rumr flnii is n'-echo-
ers to six of the varsity squad. Cap- !i"g from one en of the city of broth-
lain Charles Stunkel of Owensville, erly love to the other. Ray Ragsdale of Washington, Mar- j Capone was spirited out of Ihe east ion Crawley of Greencastle, Rex Mof eni penitentiary here in one of the fett, of Indianapolis, George Mounts slickest coups ever de\ isnl hv penal of Garrette and Derrill Copeland t f jOtticials. The idea was, it was offleIndinnapolis. Crawley, Mountz ainjikdly announced .to prevent any ''bod
is a ply harm” befalling him for It has all-|hcen widely reported that he Is a
NEWCASTLE, March 18.—Information presented to Sheriff Cannon by three witnesses last night indicated that the bombing of the home
ORR TO ADDRESS ROTARY CLUB
Lawrence F. Orr, Chief of the ?n-i sweater
will;
T°" state team chosen by the Indtanup-i marked man, he wax "cased out ol the ' olix Star. jpr'xon to another jail and then releas Reserve letters will he awarded tO 'd in a manner that completely deEdyvin Boswell of Indianapolis, Dale leeived more than one hundred news- ] Stackhouse, Etna Green; William j impel men and photographers, to say Naftzger, Kokomo;; Maurice Wilson, nothing of the several thousand pen- ! Ixiila, III.; Reese Hammond, Green-j pic who wailed hour after hour to oh 1 castle; Noel Brindle, Ix-banon; and j tain a glimpse of rho former Cldeago | Keith McCoy, Indianapolis. Satnjb'ii iiai'ou as .he emerged through the IWasmuth of Andrews received a |big iron gate of (lie prison.
as manager.
Crawfordsville and his son Charles, to wu
SECOND OF A. AND C. TRUCKING DRIVERS PICKED UP BY CITY
POLICE WITHIN WEEK
James Turner of
driver of the A. and C. Trucking company of Indianapolis was fined $5 and costs by Mayor W. L. Denman 'll City county Monday afternoon. He was charged with driving j
the weather
Snow
with improper license. According to testniony in court Turner was driving a heavy truck without u front license plate and with a 1329 title
container.
Turner had brought a load of goods for the Kroger store here and was unloading them when he wns | picked up by Marshal Ott Dobbs. No, one here would advance money topny the man’s fine, so the Mayor or-j dered both the man and the truck, held until the fine was paid. A driv-| or for the company brought the
money from IndianaP 0 !' 8 '
Turner is the second driver for the A .and C. company to be picked up and fmPd by local authorities within the past week. Earl Smith of Indianapolis was arrested Friday and fined SI and costs on a charge of driving with improper license. He was later,
on the
who with their wives were motoring through the southeast part of the county. The Oakleys took him to the home of Dr. E. O. Price of Igtdoga. He was unconscious when found by the pair, hut seemed to be regaining his senses during the ride into I^tdoga. Dr. Price after an examination .. : said that bis lungs were crushed and
hidianapo i*,| ( j lat k j s | (a( . k was |, a ,||y hurt, per-
haps broken. Other internal and superficial injuries, the nature of which can be determined only when a thorough examination is made were also thought present.. His he ail
of Alls. Blanche Biattian ot .Middle-, dianit Stati Hoard of Accounts, wtn j Freshmen numerals will Im' award-J lust Thursday night was the' |„. the speaker at the Rotary < luh| p( j t() j wp ] V( , They are Kenneth Dawork of John Pugsley, 58 years old,! meeting on Wednesday. In addition,! wait of Salem, (nr! Chiekedantz of, wealthy farmer of Middletown. Pug- the club will have as its guests, sev Washington; George Eubank of Mai sley committed suicide Monday. j era! examiners who are working 'n j tinsville; Donald Wheaton of Wheat- ! L the blast that wrecked the home this county under Mr. On’s d'u'cc-j m.; Lloyd Perkins of Linton; i oi Mrs. Brnttian, Mis. Bruttian ami tion. ' Robert Bulleitt of Corydon; Rex |
ESSAY CONTEST IS ANNOUNCED
and f* 10 ” were severely burned where they touched the high tension wire. The youth is not expect ej to live.
her sister, Miss Ida Mundell were in-, jured. The latter is expected to die. ,
The information caused the re- 1 lease of Riley Pugsley, 25 years ohl,
son of the dead man, from jail. It is 1 reported that the elder Pugsley ear-,
ried on an affair w ith Mrs. Brattinn.! Vice president
and that his son objected. The young Havens,
er Pugsley was at first thought to he] Secretary—Yount, guilty of the hombinfc. j Treasurer—Rector.
' Sergeant at Arm- Dobbs, • McMahon, Rariden, Stewart.
'r, north and possible rain.
nr "now i n south p 01 ' t i on Colder in lhut “ rrest< ’'l u » (1 flned s " u| h portion tonight. Wednesday I samu c ' har ‘ re i|1 R,ai!il a( ' car( I"iff br ' Partly cloudy to cloudy. 1 wor d received by local authorities.
COUNTY CONTEST} DATE IS NAMED
The county oratorical contest on the constitution will he- held in the eoiiit room of the county court house at 7 o’clock Friday evening, according to announcement made today hy county superintendent John Vermil-
lion.
Several of the county schools will enter contestants in the event. The contest is an annual affair and
20 Years Ago JN GREENCASTLE From the Filet 0f THE HERALD *0 Ytart Ago
To~d*y
Wednesday will he Rotary election day. The following who were nominated for the offices of this Rotary elut) last week will be voted ,,n this
week:
President—Eitcl, Overstreet, Peek.
Cook, Hanna,:
Houck,
Beatty of Griffith; Frank Graham of Nohlesville; John Teegarden of Indianapolis: Cedric Poland of Noble>ville; Howard Aiken of Dugger anil Ear! Downey of Princeton.
Directors (three to be named) — Rarnaby, Blanchard, Uhenoweth, t’hristie, Hamilton, Hanna, Havens, Miller, Raphael, Timmons.
Will Stroube, trustee of Madison township, who has been ill for the past three months, was able to he in Greencastle today.
The Elks lodge rooms in the Longden building will be remodeled at once.
The smoker for the swimming team was held recently anil Poach W. E. Search announced that Richard Wuist of East Chicago had been chosen captain for next year. Walter Marlatt of Kenosha, Wis., was captain this year. Wurst holds records in the 100 yard and 220-yard breast stroke and was a member of the DePauw 100-yard and 300-yard medley
relay teams.
The local W. ('. T. U. is again spon soring an essay contest, through its scientific instruction department, laist year it was conducted in Greenj castle, only, hut the high schools and
The dnse ot Harry ( rawford, j ^ truck owned and driven Greencastle taxi owner, charged | || a |. r y Grantham of Roaehdnle and " with operating a bus in the city "F small truck owned by the Pillsbury Greencastle without city license has j F j our rnmp a n y collided at Tuckers been entered in the Putnam circuit j corner about a mile north of the city t _ , r | u t# Monday afternoon. No one was
court. Th" case was appealed from the city court, where Crawford was found guilty and fined ?25 and cos's
by Mayor W. L. Denman.
The pupils of Miss Dell Miller’s room learned yesterday that it was her birthday anniversary apd plann-
is part of a state and national con-jed a shower for her. Among the lest. The Putnam County Bar Assoc-. was a set of silver spoons from
iat'on is sponsoring the local event, jail the pupils.
Funeral services for Miss Cletis Watson, daughter of Mrs. Carl Watson of Fillmore, were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church at Fillmore. Rev. TI. A. Sher-
huit. Both cars were slightly damaged. Grantham was driving for the
county.
7th and 8th grades of the entire country are entering the present eon
test, which closes April 15.
The prizes and subjects for the
different groups are as follows;
!. Senior and junior classes, 1st and 2nd prizes $7 and $5. Subject: ‘‘Business Advantages in Keeping
Free from Alcoholic Drinks ’’
2. Kohpomore and freshman elassj os, 1st and 2nd priezs, $5 and $3, j Subject: “How Total Absence from by Alcohol or Tobacco Helps Keep One’s self ‘Physically Strong, Mentally
Awake and Morally Straight.’”
3. Seventh and eighth grades, 1st and 2n(l prizes. and $2. Subject: “Why Flier and Driver Should Keen
Free from Alcoholic Liquors."
i The local prize winning essays wil^go on to the State contest, which
last year gave the 2nd prize of $10 Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie i n the sophomore group to a GreenParks, colored, who died at the homo j castle boy, Eugene Earley. of a sister ip Chicago will be Thurs- j day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the MASONIC NOTICE African Methodist church o n Crown i
rill wa 1 - in charge. Interment was in j street, with Rev. Franklin in charge, i Stated meeting Temple Isodge No the Blakeshurg cemetery. Miss Wat- The body will be brought to Green- 47 Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. W O •on. died at her home, Sunday. 1 ( . ast , e Wednesday. 1 Long. W. M., E. E. Caldwell, see.