Ligonier Banner., Volume 71, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 May 1937 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner Btabiichea 1867 , Published by THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. 124 Cavin Street M. A. Cotherman Editor-Manager

Publisted every Thursday and emtered the Posloffice at Ligonier, Indiana as gecond clasg-matter, : S A WOMEN PROVE ABLE DRIVERS Obly 137 Women Out of 2,845 Drlv-} ers Involved In Accidents In Two Months | ‘Women won a decisive victory In the family feud over their driving ability, according to a report released by the State Accident Prevention Bureau. i Of the 2,345 drivers involved in accidents on Hoosier highways during the first two monthg of this Yyear, only 137 were women. Many popular traditions were ghattered in the report compiled for anal ysis by safety experts and engineers to determine scientific ways to push Gov. M. Clifford Towngend's safely program. Neither the very young nor the very old are responsible for the mapority of accidents, because only 138 drivers under 20 and thirty-eight over 65 werglisted. The age from 30 to 49 had 826 drivers involved in acscidents. The survey showed that a larger number of accidents occurred in the daytime during bad weather where no traffic control was in operation. Of the 1,413 accidents during the two months a larger number occurred during the business-to-home rush hours from 5 to 7 p. m. than at any other time. The safest time to drive is from 6:01 a. m. to 7 a. m. City residents who complain about country drivers are involved in many more accidents than their country cousins. A total of 1,430 drivers who either live in cities or metropolitan districts were involved in accdents as compared to 557 for rural dwellers. A majority of accidents happened at intersections, and the traffic violation listed highest was driving on the wrong side of the road, with failure to observe stop signs second. The most dangeroug thing fer a pedestrian to do is to jaywalk, the survey showed.

A classification of messages from the state police radio division compiled by Sergeant Frank W. Morrow communications officer was received here showing that a total of 1,680 dispatches were transmitted over their channels during April. Three hundred fifty-five messages were-broad cast, the report showed. : - Stolen automobiles were the source of 133 dispatches; 46 dispatches concerning missing persons and 34 broad casts of runaway. persons were Becond and third in the classification.

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CRASH DEATHS IN STATE RISE

282 Killed in Three Months; Neble County Has Clean Slate

A total of 282 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents during the first three months of 1937, an m-{ crease of 19.8 per cent over 1936, a report made to Don F. Stiver, director of public safety by Loran W. Warner accident prevention bureau head, disclosed. Almost the entire gain was made in cities where 143 persons met death ‘,as compared with 98 during the same three-month period last year. Rural deaths increased slightly 139 being recorded this year against 133 last year, O | Although figures show a 14.1 per !cent increase in gasoline consump'tlon in the state during the first three months of 1937, the death rate iu|crease is exceedingly aiarming to the lsafety officials. Warner reports 125,’483,634 gallons of gasoling were used. ‘in January, February and March, 'against 106,726,849 in 1936. The January consumption was only a mil'ior and a halg greater but in February ‘the gallonage jumped to nearly ten million gallong more and in Ma:ch it kept pace. i W®™oblg county, classified with the countes having 20,000 to 25,000 popnlation, reported no deaths, whereasg the county had two last year in tie first quarter, DeKalb reported one each year and Randolph increased this year with three against a single fatality in 1936 and Jay with a clean slate in 1936 reported five during the first three months this year. i LaGrange and Steuben are free of accidents this year, an improvement for Steuben that had pne death Jast year, Blackford, that had_two ' last year, reported a clean slate so far thig year.

Trout Planting Is Begun,

The planting of trout in suitahle Indiana waters was in progress when the trout fishing season started this past week, Virgil M. Simmong commissioner of the department of conservation announced. Apbdroximately 300((0¢ trout secured from fe:leral hatcheries, will be plantcd this spring. i

A majority of the trout will be plonted in fifteen northeru. Indiana counties: [Lake, Porter, Laporte St. Joserh, Elkhart, LaGrange. St2uben, Newton, Jasper, Starke, Mashall, Kosciusko, Noble and DeKalb. Scme have already been planted in the east fork of the Whitewater rlver near Brookville, and in Speel Hollow ‘brook which is fed by spriags and lo‘cated in the northeast part of Lawrence county. Some streams in Huntington, Wabash and Whitley counties are also being stocked. Indiana’s open season on trout hegan Saturday May 1 and anglers are anticipating a record breaking catch ag streams in the northern part of the state have been stocked heavily by the division of fish and game for the past severa]l years. A bag lixit of fifteen trout of all species -and a minimum length of seven {nches is specified by state regulations,

Marriage Licenses.

Marrigge licenses were {issued tgQ the following couples recently: Arlie William Lawson of Kimmell and Frances Jeanette Connell of Noble county. | Harold Raymond Seymoure an@ Mary Winebrenner both of Noble county.. : ‘ Gerald Haddox and Audrey Madline Baketh -both of Clyde O. - Gilbert Loraine Rogers and Hildagarde Emden Werth both of Sagin.aw, Mich. /

Picks lLafayette for 1988

Selection of Lafayette as the 1938 convention city closed the 83 rd annual convention of the Indiana Grand Commandery, Knights ‘Templar in Elkhart. : _ vz At the fina]l session officers were advanced one degree in rank. Judge }F‘,red' N. Prass Lafayette was named grand commander to gucceed Harvey ‘Wambaugh, Blkhart. Herbert Alexander Evansville was elected captain of the guard.. Cligie

PERFECT RECORD

No Traffic Fatality Repocied Firse Three Mobths of 1987 Says Don Stiver

l Thirty-six Indiana counties and 149 commaunities scored perfect safely re"cordlfiorthonrltthrumnthot 1937 Don F. Stiver state safety director announced.. There were no }zm fatalities _reported in these areas. Lt Extending his congratulations to the safety centers, Gav. M. Clifford Townseng said that safety-conscious. communities were the greatest guarantee against accidents. : Indiana traffic accidents for March were 25 less than in Februsry, despite an increase of 14,575,404 gallons in gasoline consumption. A 14.1 percent increase in gas consumption during the first three months of 1937 as compared to the similar period last year wag accompanied by a 19.8 percent increase in traffic fa‘alities. Comparing the three months for the two years., February this year was the worst month, with 111 fatalilics as compared with 51 for February 1936. A total of 125,483,634 gallons of gaso line were consumed during January, February and March 1937 as compared to 106,726,849 for the similar perjod last year. ; Rural deaths totalled 139 and city deaths 143 this year as compared 1o 133 rura]l deaths and 93 city deaths for the first three months .last year-Thirty-six counties had a perfect record of no fatalities for the first three months, They included Noble, Kosclusko, Wells, LaGrange and Steuben counties.

Of those killed during the first three months this year, 26 were out-of« state drivers, 259 Indiana drivers, 13 truck drivers, 90 pedestrians, fours bicycle riders and 49. killad at railroad -crossings.

Civil Saits Filed ¥ The following suits were filed last week at Albion. ‘ Department of Financial institutions, State of Indiana vs. Andrew Perry Case; Agnes V. Case, Frank Duntep as receiver of the LaGrange County Trust company; on note and fcl. mtg. Forest Parker vs. Owen Leitch; ejectment, State of Indiana on the relation of Omer S. Jackskon, Attorney General for State of Indiana, vs. Leon’s Incorporated, forfeiture of corporate franchise. . State of Indiana on the relation of Omer 8. Jackson, Attorney General for the State of Indiana vs. Noble Motor Truck corporation; forfeiture of corporate franchise. State o 2 Indiana on the relation of Omer S. Jackson, Attorney General for the State 'of Indjana Vs, the Kendallyville Manufacturing Co.; forfeiture of corporate franchise, J. M. Kercheval, M. D, vs Melvin Gard; on account. The board of commissioners of LaGrange county for in-behalf of and in the name of said LaGrange county, v Owen G. Gilbert, Maggie V. Gilbert and State Bank of Lima, a corporation of Howe, Ind., (venued from Lagrange county); condemnation. George Richards and Evelyn Rich ards vs. Walter Truelove; poss. R. E. : ' :

Auburn Woman is President

- Mrs. Nellig Plattner of Auburn was elected Fourth district president of the American Legion auxiliary for the ensuing year at a meeting in Ossian last Thursday. She has been active in the work of the auxiliary since 1921 and has been a past vice president of th district. Mrs. Wave Keller of iFort Wayne was also a candidate for the presidency. ' Mrs. Pauljne Graham of Fort Wayne was elegied vice president Mrs, Lillie Bloom of Albjon was a candidate ror this office. , ' Mrs. Katherine DeWald of Rome City was elected executive committee ‘'woman for the district. ; The new officers will be installed }at a district meeting in September. ~ The next district meeting will be held in Albion in July. e ~ Plans are being made for a picnic June 13 for the American Legion and auxiliary at Pokagon state park. '

ngw Man Found Guilty,

Found guilty of second degree rape by a circuit court jury Ernest Nichols, 64, Warsaw WPA worker was sentenced to serve 1-to-10_years in the state prison. { Nichols went on trial in Kosclusko circuit court before Judge Donald Vandeveer and a jury on & charge of raping Susanna Rame:r 16 daughter of Leona Ramer Waraaw. Nichols has been in jail since his arrest March 25. He iz alleged to have committed the act September 30 19386. Five other men are now serving sentences in connectlon with the Ramer cage and Mrs. Ramer ig serving a term in the woman’s prison on her ples of guilty to a charge of contributing to the delingquency of her daughters Susanna and Betty, Victor. Hoover another WPA employe i in jajil awaiting trial on a - Funeral services for J. D. Mast 84, of near Topeka who died in the Bdwin hospital at LaGrenge from injuries sustained Wednesday night were held Bunday at.the Fork Mennonite church six miles southwest of Shipshewana. The automobfle in which Mast was; % T e R

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Signs 0f The Times . ® Comments, PM, and Otherwise, on Present-Day Topics == By Pay E. Smith ==

. Ask a Demeocratic or Rwlm‘ county Chairman what is his biggest ! problem in a political campaign angd the answer invariably will be re‘gi_stmtioq. Voters, general speaking don’t take much interest in governmetnal affairs, so to get them re‘xlstered and keep them registered is a big headache to political leulan.l IJoluuum county, with Franklin as the ' |county seat, is a typical Indiana county. The total registered vote in lthls county in 1936 was 16,346 (and it might be said right here that it 'took endless days and nights on the part of the Democratic and Republican county chairmen, to voters registered), while the number that voted was 12,368 (and we might say further that a young army of political workers and a score of automobiles were busy all election day getting people to the polls.) Now despite all the persuasion and activity of political workers, there were, 2~ 978 persons in Johnson county who didn’t take the trouble to vote. Or this number 923 had also failed to vote in the primary election gnd auto matically lost their registration. They must re-register to vote in 1938. Pity the poor county chairman! They must find out how many of the 923 are members of their party and reregister them, say nothing of checking others who must re-register bes cause they have moved and those whe have reached 21 since 1936 and must be registered. The registration law is a good law—it’s not that we’re trying to knock it. ‘There is one point we want to leave: If patronage lls taken away from political parties by the merit system, who is goiug to get voters registered and get people out to vote on election day? Under the merit system there wouldun’t be any reward for political workers and consequently there wouldn’t be any political workers,

Contrary to public opinion, politics is a poorly paid profession. Few people come out of politics with more than they had before they started. On the other hand, politics has been the financial ruin of many persons with money. Thg reason: The overhead. Persons in political life must spend money by force of necessity. They maust contribute generously to. almost everything that comes along. The death of W. Forbes Morgan, former treasurer of the Democratic National Committee—who raised thousands of dollars for the party‘brought out the unprofitableness of politics. Mr. Morgan left an estate of less than $lO,OOO. He had resignled his post with the national committee recently to enter private busiiness, saying at the time he could not afford to continue in politics.

Many Hoosiers are having occasion to write to the Philippine Islands gsince former Gov. and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt and his staff have arrived there. Majl service to the island approximately 7,000 miles from Indiana is of i_gt.erfi.u Air mail rates are 50 cents a half ounce and 50 cents for each additional half ounce. Air mail is carrjed on the China Clipper which takes off from San Francisco each Wednesday. It is delivered in Manila six days later. SBince it takes two days for air mail to reach San Franeisco from Indianapolis a letter to Manila by air mail takes only eight days. By regular mail the time required is 25 days. Since the Philippine Islands is a possession of the United States, a letter will go to Manila by regular mail for three cents. Seven thousand miles for three cents that is getting value received for your money. ;

The mark of a great man is often found in his humbleness. President Lincoln, for example, is remembered for his humble origin and the compagsion he had for others, particular those in trouble, after he reached the White House. This . Lincoln-like quality was displayed by Governor Townsend the other day. An aged tarmer from Harrison county who could scarcely see because of injurfes he sustained when a team of horses ran away, called at the Governor’s office to appeal to Governor Townsend for aid. It seems that since the farmer owned real estate, he had been refused blind assistance last August. Governor Townsend liss gtened to his story and learned that the land owned by the farmer Wwas burdened with indebtedness. He be‘eame interested in the case and inistructed a representative of his office to take the man to the state welfare department. The department heard-the man’s story and promised to make an investigation immediately The Governor, ‘busy as he s, took time to keep in touch with the wel far, department about the case, m.m farmer went back to Harrison county, he could not say en-, ough nice things about.the fine treatment he recelved at the busy Governor's hands. : - ‘Postmaster Genreal Farley’s viait to Indiana aroused a lot of speculation in political circles, Some polltis, t ge";%i@} o *‘W‘ “flf ;F?% QS Tsi o 5 T mottihe b ATI a 0 ee et B e AL TT i LIRS B s

» one thing is sure; Mr. Farley received a cordial Hoosler welcome everywherg he went. He found the Democratic organization in Indiana in tine e and ready to support the Preent and him jin their program. From the cheers the crowds gave Governor Townsend at Crawfordsville, Danville and Franklin he could not escape the fact that Indiana has a popular Governor. MillerSburg Postoffice Advanced. The Millersburg postoffic> will be ‘advanced grom fourth to third Class ‘July 1 the postoffice department at Washington D. C. has anuounced. With promotion of the office to third clasg rating the posimaster will get a pay raise. Minimum pay for a third class postmaster {s $l,lOO. ' The promotion wag ordered on the ‘basis of postal receipts for the callendar year 1936. The promoted post lofice had receipts for the year im lexcess of $1,655 giving an “adjustled" receipts tota] in excess of $1,600. The adjusted figure is 90 per cent of gross receipgts all a postoffice is permitted to count toward {its classitication, under postal regulations. The new rating of the office will stand until July 1, 1938, when It may be re-rated on the basis of either in'ereased or decreased receipts.

Conduet Church LoYalty Month

The Wawaka Church of the Brethren under the leadership of the pastor, Buryl E. Hoover will conduct a Church Loyalty month from May 23 to June 13. During this period there will be six services. The regular morning services are at 9:45. The two evening meetings of the Lmrlod will be on May 23 and’ June 6 ;at 7:30. Speakers from Manchester |(}olleg;e will give the addresses these two evenings. At every service the ‘;Young People’s Chorus under* the direction of their leader Riley ¥endall :ot Topeka will sing sdveral numbers 'lt is hoped that all members and friends of the church will attend :every one of these meetings. A cor,dial welcome awaits you. All times ‘are Centra] Standard.

Yet Horseman Dies.

| Joseph H. Lesh 69, former Goshen Banker and horseman died at Newark IN. J. Mr. Lesh was proprietor of the |Lesh stock farm which was well known to lovers of horses at the turn 'of the century. He had a half mile Itra.ck constructd on his farm for train 'lng horses. Among his valuable 'mcers wag Online with a mark of 12:04. -

New Farm Aid Sought.

The powerful American Farm Bureau feeration worked to compiete a new farm aid program designed to “stabMize basic commodity prices at or near parity levels”, Bdward A. O’Neal federation president, declined to reveal details of the plan, but said he believeqd it would be “favorably received” by both farmers and consumers, .

Phillip Erwin Munk 14-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Munk of Kendallville died suddenly last week from a heart attack at a hospital in Fort Wayne. Whilg h had been an invalid and bedfast for the past year, his death was sudden.

e e LIGONIER, IND. Saturday Evening | At 8:45 P. M., DST See the All Crop Harvester, the successor to the binder---the machine that takes the hard work and drudgery from the harvest field and kitchen. See how to cut your harvesting costs which means more profits for you. %

Wall Paper Sale . Tl All Patterns Reduced 25% ' v KNIGHT'S DRUG STORE BUY NOW--GOOD SELECTION

Fever Spurs Campalign \ Alarmed by a report of malta fever in South Bend, the state milk control board took additional steps to guard against impure milk, According to mnewspaper reports from there, the victims of the disease . purchased raw milk from a source outside the city. The djrease is usually contracted from drinking unpasteurized milk. ‘ Some time ago, there were several cases of Malta fever in Soath Bend when consumers punchased mllk_ labeled “cat and dog milk” accord-' ing to Dr. F. R. Nicholag Carter aity ‘health officer. ' ' The state milk control board in a case before the Indiana appelate 'court charges that “cat and dog ' milk” is an evasion of the law and 'that such milk is really intendeqd tor‘ human consumption.

Miss Elen Rose Moser spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Judy o* Millersburg. ~ Mr. apd Mrs. Jack Faust of Fort ‘Wayne spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mr3i. Charles Emmt

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Damage Suit Filed

Alleging the defendant was responsible for the accident by attempting to pass a truck on a curve, Marvin O. Field has filed suit in the Elkhart circuit court against Allen Yoder of Goshep asking $975 damages. Field asks $476 for damages to his automobile and $5OO for per‘sonal injuries. } The accident upon which the complaint is based occurred two miles south of Churubusco, August 28, 1936 Field alleges he was going north on state road 2 and upon entering a ‘curve saw a south bound truck. He ;'allegee that when the truck was ap'proximately 30 feet away the defen.dan (Yoder) attempted to pass the ‘truck, forcing Field’s car off the highway and into a ditch.

feld For Station Robhery.

Elkhart police said that lloward Overholt 21 was arrested in Elkhart Monday afternoon hal admitted participation in the burgla:y Sunday morning of the Donaid Lowman filling station southwest of Warsaw at the intersection of state ryads 14 and 19. :