Ligonier Banner., Volume 66, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 January 1933 — Page 5

PRIMARY REPEAL IS CONSIDERED

McNutt says He Will Not Oppose : Measure If Introduced at Present Session

Repeal of the direct primary law for municipal elections became a possibility with announcement by Governor Paul V. McNutt that he would not oppose such a bill if introduced in the Indiana legislature. Leaders ofthe repeal movement interpreted McNutts statement as indirect approval of their plans. “Primary repeal is not an administration measure’ the governor explained. %“But ‘neither will be op+ posed by the administration, ' Qurs will be a “hands off” policy, Sponsors of the plan said they felt certain McNutt would sign a bill repealing the primary law if approved by both houses. J

Only local offices ang seats in the U. S. house of representatives now remain under the primary law. : Entire repeal is said to have the support of both the democratic and republican party organizations. Its bassage would do away with the municipal primary in May Candidates for city offices would be nominated by the party organizations for final decision of the voters in the fall election. :

Two bills dealing with the subject are being prepared it was undera stood. <

One would repeal all primary laws while the other would effect only repeal of the primary in cities. This would leave thg country and congressional offices still under the primary . plan. ¢

Since party organizations are built up from the precinct committeemen and these are selected in the primary, the repeal bill would provide that committeemen be chosen by voters at the general election

Primary repeal covering étate offices was passed in 1929 through bipartisan action

Corn Schopl Program Complete

Program plans are now complete for the Corn School to be held at the Albion High School Gymnasium Albion, Wednesday January 25th beginning promptly at 10:00 a. m, according to M. A. Nye Noble County Agricultural agent.

The following is a copy of the completed program. Two Purdue specialists M. P, Pence of the Soils and Crops Department and Dr. C. T. Gregory of the Purdue Plant Disease Department will conduct the school. 10:00 A. M.—Fertiling the Corn Crop—M...o. Pence.

12:00 A. M. Adjournment. 1:15 P. M. Picking the best Seed Corn by the Rag Doll Method—C, T. Gregory. ]

2:00 P. M. How Indiana Farmers are Increasing Corn Yields—M C. Pence 2:45 P. M, How I Produced My Yield of Corn in the Five Acre Corn Club— Walter Crothers

4:00 P. M. Discussion of County Corn Improvement Program for 1933 —M. A. Nye County Agent, f Bring some of your own seed corn to this school so that it can be examineq for signs of weakness or diseate. Farmers will be able to get some idea of the seed corn situation in Noble County at this time. The rag doll test will include crib selected and field selected corn. :

Plan now to atteng this school on corn, Everyone cordially lipvited Bring scratch pad and pencil. %‘hose wishing to bring their dinners will be given ample accommodations for eating same at the High School. Don’t miss it! come.

Noble Has 811 Miles of Coulty Roads Mileage of county roads by counties throughout the state as tabulateq by the state highway department have been announced by William J. Tius, chief engineer of the highway department. :

The survey showing 68,822 miles of county roads was made following the special session legislature’s action last summer in transferring all township roads to counties. Computation of county road mileage was necessary as & basis o nwhich gasoline tax is shared, ‘ Counties and their mileage include; Adams, 742 miles; DeKalb, 740; Elkhart 925; Noble 811; Wells, 757 and Whitley 619. :

Employees of the highway department drove gver county roads in every county, or with bicycles when impass. able by cars with calibrated speedometesr measuring the roads,

Pneumonia Causes Death

David Louis Butz six weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hallie U Butz died Friday afternoon at the ‘family home in Kendallville from pneumonia with which the infant had been critically ill the past week. Surviving besides the parents are two sisters and two brothers Virginia Lee, Glen and Esther at home. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the St. John’s Lutheran church the Rev, M, F. Kretzmann officiating. Interment in Wright cemetery. The deceased child was a grandgon of Mr. and Mrs. Ulric -Butz of near this city.

Nearby Deaths

' Mrs, Thomas T. Griffin 75, at New Haven; Mrs. Anna Hoover 95, near Warsaw; Mrs. F. H Cornwall, at LaGrange; Albert L, Eaton 74 at Goshen; Mrs. Susanna Miller Wagner 83 at Nappanee. .

Alleging that she is innocent of any ecrime and that she was drawn into the operations of a bandit, gang at Elk‘hart against her will Mrs Martha Hefty _formerly of Kendallville has filed a petition for a writ of coram nobig in the Elkhart superior court.

Will Arraign Jacobs Feb. 8

M, K. Jacobs charged with embezzlement in connection with the Noble County Bank & Trust company at Kendallville elected to have his second trial to be held in the Steu.ben circuit court at g hearing held at Angola Saturday. He will be arraign ed February 3. A new affidavit was filed and a new bond of $2,000 provided by the defendant. ~ At the hearing Saturday the defen‘dant was to elect where he wished his case to be tried, the Steuben circuit court or the Noble circuit court from which it was originally venued. The opening procedure in the hearing was the filing of new affidavit against the defendant by Prosecutor Glenn Thrapp of Kendallville and Attorney Fred Bodenhafer also of that city, special prosecutor, Following the filing of the new affidavit a new bond was immediately filed by Howard Mountz of Garrett attorney for Jacobs. Jacobs who was a former vice-presi dent of the defunct Noble County Bank & Trust company was tried in the Steuben circuit court last August and September. The trial lasted five weks and the jury after hours of deliheration disagreed.

Firestone Is Arrested

Alva Firestone who fled from Kendallville November 28 and has since been sought in connection with a seires of burglaries and robberies in Kendallville and northern Indiana is again in custody and will be arraigned in the Noble circuit court on charg es of burglary. Firestone who has been linked in a long series of robberies in confessions by accomplices was taken into custody at the home of his sister Mrs. Eethel Bennett at Mishawaka. Chief of ' Police Orrie Sawyer who was at once ‘notified of the arrest went to Mishawaka and returned the fugitive to Ken dallville he was confined to the city jail but will be removed to the LaGrange county or DeKalb county jail awaiting arraignment at Albion. The reason for confining him to a neighboring jail is to separate him from-‘his brother Frank and sister Miss Inez who -are confined to the Noble county jail awaiting trial for their connection in several of the robberies. They are charged with possessing stolen property, i

Kills Self With Gun

George W. Knight 60 ended his life at his farm home in Whitley county Thursday by firing a charge from a shotgun through his heart, He was found on the barn floor by members of his family, Despondency was given as the cause of the death which was investigated by Dr. Park Huffman county coroner of South Whitley. Mr. Knight 'is survived by the widow and three daughters Mrs. Raymond Ebarhard of Whitley county; Grace Weeks of Logansport and Opal of Bristol S. D_

Editorial AssoCiation To Meet

Plans for Indiana’s: welcome to the National Editorial Association June 5-13 were announced by Walter Grim Salem general chairman of the convention committee : ‘

Indianapolis will be the headquarters for business sessions June 5 to 8 after which delegates will be taken on a bus tour of the state. Leaving Indiana the delegates will attend the exposition in Chicago for two days.

PalefaCes Upset Wawaka

Goshen’s Palefaces registered another victory over a major fore in, the preliminary game at Goshen high school Friday night when they nosed out Wawaka high school’s varsity 224 17 in an overtime contest.

The game ended in a 16 all deadlock. I nthe overtime Ray Yoder contributed two field goals and Keil two free throws for Goshen while the visitors were held to a single point.

Home Ransacked by Thieves

‘When Mr. and Mrs. Wesley of near Diamond lake returned home from a shopping tour at Ligonier they found a window at their home had been broken. An investigation revealed the home had been ransacked by thieves and that suit of clothes, a new overcoat, silk hose and jewelry belonging to. Mrs, Squires had been stolen. A note evidently dropped by the thief bore only first names of persons ‘which is the only clue,

Cromwell Resident Dies

Mrs. Ellie C. Fitzhugh 81 died Friday at her home in Cromwell following a three weeks’ illness. . ‘She had always resided there with: the exception of several years spent at Pierceton and North Webster. Surviving are two brothers W. D. Folck of Elkhart and George Flock of Cromwell. Funeral services were conduct ed from the home Sunday afternoon. Interment Sparta cemetery,

Justice to Taxpayer.

Public welfare and justice for the taxpayer are aims of the present legislative session Sen. Chester A. Perkins, Democrat, South Bend said in an interview. “As long as Gov, Paul V. McNutt anq the administration lead ers push measures favoring the general welfare of the people members of the legislature will lend their full support,’ he added.

Reduce Police Force

Two night police have been notiied that tehir services will not be needeq after January 31 at Columbia City afi Mayor Diffendarfer as a mea sure of economy will only appoint one new man to replace them.

Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to: Harold Smolingke 21 farmer of Albion and Freeda B. Emahiser 19 of Albion; Floyd J. Imbody 22 baker of Garrett and Anna M, Knack 16 of Noble county, '

PREPARES SELF FOR NEW TASK

Roosevelt Most AnXious For PreseNt Congress To¢ Balance Budget

' With an eye on congress, President elect Roosevelt drove ahead silently Thursday on the “process of preparing myself” for the task after March 4. L Callers, plenty of them and all of them were received at the Roosevelt home. Mr. Roosevelt is walting until he is president before.he talks or acts.

But he is anxious that this dying session of congress, the last of the Hoover administration, makes sure of balancing the budget and enacting farm relief, ' The principle of the pending agriculturt bill before the house meets the ideas of the president-elect. He understands the leaders of, organized agriculture are behind the measure. During the campaign he gave assurance that if the several farm organizations would agree on federal help he would support them. Details of raising new taxes if they are necessary and cutting appropriations are left by him to congress, but he wants that done before he assumes the presidency. There is no doubt that if the Democratic program for this session fails, Roosevelt 'will call an extra session of the new congress immediately. Willlam G, McAdoo senator- elect from California ang former secretary of the treasury was on the ca.llingl list Thursday.

Wawaka News

Mrs. Ellen Ramsby ill with complications due to advanced age remains about the same. S

Mrs. Geo, Renner and daughter and Mrs. Thurman Reece spent Monday night with Mrs, Ellen 'Ramsby Jay Ramsby and Mrs. Nellie Trittapoo. Miss Blanche Mahler and Charles Mahler both of Elkhart are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Alton Bailey and Mr, and Mrs. Nicholas Sapesius, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hagerty and daughter Frances of Mishawaka and Joe Goe of Cleveland, 0., spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Nicholas Capesius and Miss Blanche Mahler. .

Mr, and Mrs. Alton Bailey visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gailey at Goshen.

Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Gensman of Tra verse City, Mich., came Monday night to vigit for a week with Mr, and Mrs. Chas. C. Ullery and Bert Grubb at Sunny Slopes. Mr, and Mrs .Will Schick entertained Tuesday afternoon for Mr. and Mrs, Chas. C. Ullery Bert Grubb and their guests Mr. anq Mrs. Lewis Gens man of Traverse City, Mich_

Mrs. Mary Bailey spent Tuesday aft ernoon with Mrs Charles Wemple and guest Mrs. Fannie Caples. Mrs, Fannie Caples Kinger Lake Mich., is the guest for the winter of Mr .and Mrs. Charles Wemple at Wemple’s corners. Mrs. Katie Ifider shopped recently in Ligonier.

Ezra Chaffee butchered Tuesday for Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Phares and family their summer’s supply of meat, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Phares of Goshen are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Phaes this week. A

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tice will go to Kimmell Jan. 20 to attend the Green castle Grange meeting. : Miss Helen Tice is teaching in Wabash. .

Mrs, Irma Schumaker spent the week end at Angola. Rev. and Mrs. ¥Fred Hill LaGrange spent Friday with Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Franks.

Mrs. Rose Gunn Kendallville is vis-

iting Miss Addie Trindle. Mrs. John Coffman will be the hostess at an all-day meeting the first Wednesday in February to the Ladies’ Aid of Wawaka M. E. church. Bert Grub and guest Lewis Gensman of Traverse City Mich., were at Fairview farm Friday ' A. R. Marshall of Ligonier called on C. C. Ullery Friday. : Mr. and Mrs, William Francisco had as guests recently Mr ang Mrs. Joseph Minguf and Mr. and Mrs. Clemetn Swinehart of Fort Wayne Mrs Nettie Waldron and Mrs. Myr-

tle Waldron attended the Women’s Relief Corps supper and installation ceremonies Friday evening at Ligonier Everett Yerger of Ligonier trans« acted busines shere Friday, Mrs_Alice Ullery and daughter Mrs. Dollie Gensman of Traverse City Mich spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. O. W. Dowell.

B. B, Sites Are Selected

Sites for the sectional and regional basket ball tournaments of the Indiana High School Athletic association were announced by Arthur L Trester secretary. The sections are March 3 and 4; regionals March 11; state tourney March 17 and 18. ‘The sectional tourneys in this local. ity ‘are: . Kendallville—9 Noble. Angola—B Steuben 8 LaGrange Bluffton—B Wells, 6 Adams. Elkhart—l 2 Elkhart county, Fort Wayne (Central)—l2 Allen, 2 Adams, ' ‘ Warsaw—l 4, Kosciusko ) Garrett—T7 DeKalb, 8 Whitley. 1 Regional centers include: e ‘Auburn—Angola, Kendallville Garrett and Warsaw. ;

Fort Wayne (Central)—Bluffton, Fort Wayne Huntington and Portland

Indiana Has 47 Airports

Indiana has 47 airports and land+ ing fields it was shown in a report of the aeronautics branch of the U, S. department of commerce. The flelds are classified as follows: Municipal, 7; commercial, 20; intermediate, 92; auxiliary 7, and army 2, Of these 21 are partially or fully lighteq for night fylng, B

‘ THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA.

Mr and Mrs. Herbert Wills of Waterloo Mrs. Clyde Smith and Mrs. W. Hardiman of Howe were guests Thursday of Mrs,Z R. F. Miller. Mrs. Alvin Kemp Mrs. Ernest Yoder Mrs. Anna Ream Mrs Alice Lahtz

Mrs, Alva Lantz motored to Nappz;:ee Friday to spend the day with Mrs. Kemp’s mother Mrs. Ephraim Lantz. Miss Marge Stout is spending the week-end with her sister Mrs. Howard Miller ang family at Elkhart.

. Mr. and Mrs, William Bixler Mr. and Mrs, Frank Towers of Andeson visited fiends here Wednesday and Thursday.

At a recent meeting of the Sunday School board of the Methodist Sunday school the following officers were elected; Superintendent Harry Price; assisstant superintendent Don Ulmer secretary Albert Stroman, treasurer, Mrs. Porter Strang; choister ' Annabell Seagley; pianist Miss May LongCOr. i

At a meeting of the stockholders of the telephone company the following officers an ddirectors were elected: President, Ben Jeff; secretary and treasurer, A. L. Gerber; directos Free. man Bobeck, Bert Stoltz, Elmer Green awalt and Dan Oesch. : Ms, M. D. Lantz entertained her Sunday school class at her .home Thursday.

Jacob Bowman left Thursday to spend several weeks with his daughter Mrs, Elba Collins and family at Sturgis, Mich. : e

f In line with the Democratic administration’s plans to reorganize the state government Sen. Jacob Weiss Democrat Indianapolis has prepared a bill for introduction in the senate that proposes to abolish the’ present state highway commission. | The bill calls for ac ommission of three full-time members, one to be named chairman, This group would take tehp lace of the present bipartisan commisgion of four members, Under provisions of the bill offices of director, chief construction engineer and chief maintenance engineer of the commission would be eliminated. Sen. Weiss plans to introduce the measure. He claims the proposed reorganization would save the state $500,000 yearly in salaries alone. Members of the new commission would receive salaries of $6,000 per year, .

Topeka News

To Introduce Bill

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points. Road conditions and route numbers are reported by the touring bureau of the Chicago Motor club as follows: : 7

Paving is continuous the entire distance by way of 111.-42 to the junction with US-6; US.-6 Fremont, Ohio; US.-20 to. Norwalk, Ohio; Ohio-18 to Akron and Youngstown; U 5.4422 through Newcastle, Butler and Kittanning, Pa., to the junction with US.-22 at Ebensburg. US-22 is followed for 1.1 miles to junction with a eounty road, which is followed to Cresson; US.-88 to Somerville, N. J.; NJ.3I to junction with NJ.-29; NJ.-29 to Countainside, N.J; county road to Springfield, N. J. NJJ-24 to Newark; unmarked road to junction with US.-1 US.I to Jersey City and wunmarked road through the Holland Tunnel to New York City. Total mileage 43.5.

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Run Down By Auto.

~ Sheldon Groh 12-year old son of ‘Mr, and Mrs. Cleo Groh of Kendallville sustained a fracture of the leg ‘below the knee Saturday evening at the corner of Orchard and William Streets when the bicycle he was riding was struck by the automobile own ed and driven by Lowell Markling. Both vehicles were east bound angd it was said the youth veered his bicycle to the side as another car was passing and turned back into the street directly in the path of the Merkling machine. He was rushed to Lakeside hospital where the fracture was reduced. g

New Superintendent.

Dr. Wilbur Dunham Tipton physic~ ian will become superintenden: of the state school for feeble-minded youth at Fort Wayne Jan, 20. Gov, McNutt was informed following resignation of Chas McGonagle.

Frank Curry 27 of South Bend former Elkhart city salesman for the ‘Standard Oil Co., died in.the Elkhart Sunday morning from burns and a skull fracture suffered Friday night in a head-on automobile collision near the Elkhart Gun club. ,

Thief Gets $6O

Renting rooms to tourists doesn’t seem very profitable in LaGrange at least that’s what Miss Jessie Huntsman now believes. Miss Huntsman lives on U. S. 20 in LaGrange ang rent rooms to tourists. Late Thursday evening a young man went to her home and asked to rent a room for the night, After engaging the .room he left saying he would return within a few minutes, This however he failed to do. Soon after his departure Miss Huntsman discovered her handbag, containing $lO bill, some small change and a check for $5O was missing. She believes that he had a companion who entered the house while he was "being shown the room and took her hand bag and then waited outside for the first man. :

Near-by Deaths

Mrs. Margaret Huffman 86 of influenza at Warsaw; Mrs. Joshua Curtis, 85 of pneumonia at Warsaw; George B, Martin 71 at North Manchester; Mrs, Emma Casebeer 77 formerly of LaGrange killed in an auto accident at Los Angeles ; Mrs. T. J. Thomp-son-71 near Columbia City; David Sheline®B9 at New Paris.

Suit for damages of $500,000 was tiled in superior court at Elkhart by Archie L. Nusbaum b yhis next friend John A. Nusbaum against Ephraim Culp of Goshen as the result of an automobile accident June 16 1932 four miles north of Wakarusa.

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