The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 June 1932 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, .TUNE 7, T932
NO. 201
WILL IN
EQUALIZE ASSESSMENTS ALL TOWNSHIPS AND HEAR COMPLAINTS
OPPOSED TO BLANKET RAISE
(•gunty Assessor Favors Raise I’erssonal Property Rather Than Real Estate
tion.”
He cited six id*; '- H pi asked That 1 the (traduates carry them through life. They were: M. . not things, the goal of social living; the solidarity of the human family ! "‘ma. •. of the common good; equal , ghu f,,, all; co-cpeiation, not ,-ifi . competition, j is prograss; love, v t f„ r e , j s t h e social bond-
STATE G. 0. F. TO CONVENE WEDNESDAY
\y ik of the Putnam county board ef revie v began Tuesday morning following organization of the board Monday. Charles Marshall, county asse . r, is president of the board by virtm of his office, and W. A. Cooper. aujitor, is secretary. Other mem hei are W T. Haody, treasurer, and
BOND ISSUE It UK 1F.I1 INDIANAPOLI l me 7. (UP)—A propos»d bond is- 1- f - ..uno at per rent for the Rohm Watson road, Clirton townsiup, I utnam county, was denied today by Lie state tax
board.
CANDIDATES TAKE BREAKFAST WITH INDIANA CH AIRMAN
TUESDAY MORNING
FACE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
Internal Strife Looms With Eight Candidates In Race For Gov. ernor’s Nomination
of the ill to
CLARENCE DAIfltoW CHICAGO, June 7, 1UP1-
Darrow, the “grand old man" American bar, was en usl>
day in his south ,-ide
He was stricken with indigestion
U-o appointive members. Joe Wright ^ ri '\ g the ?! ians 0r '
... , ... , _ . dered oomplete quift t«> i v
f 1 ... .111*1 111 M I i I M *.1 I I Ik l! I ) < t ^ I > \
INDIANAPOLIS. June 7, (UP)— Fourteen hundred and fifty-one Ropublican delegates started to pour
1 luience j n t 0 Jn liana pi is today to select the
standard bearer for the fall campaign, pro|>ound grave taxation issues, and draft the party’s stand on
prohibition
of Putnamville, and Charles Crosby
of Roach dale.
Toe board expects to complete its woik of reviewing and equalizing the asu .merits in the various township in thirtv days, although under an Indiana tatnte the board is empowered to stav in session forty days due to the fa t that real estate was re-a.-ses-ed ‘his year.
Complaints of property owners willj, |{ Kussellville,
ARRAIGNMENT THURSDAY Randall Simpson. yeais old. of Crawfordsville, will he arraigned in
I circuit court Thin day morning on
a charge of petit l.n > v in connec lion with the thee of radios and
(ether articles from a Russellville
garage last Feluuaiy. it wa- said today. Simpson, a former resident
al.n be heard while the board is in sessi' n. about a dozen who believed theu asses meats were excessive be-
ing heard Monday.
Due *0 the fact that both real es-
tate atid personal property showed a big drop in assessed value this year it is believed a blanket raise will he neres- try by the boaid. Mr. Marshall stated Tuesday that he favored a blanket raise in the assessed value of pet nal property rather than on real estate, because the later is assessed onb every four years while personal
property is assessed annually In »he event the county board fails
t rai-e the assessed valuation in the county it is believed the state board
cett.i’ to do so. If the assess-
ment. as finally determined by the
runtv board fails to meet require-
ments of the -tate board the county
board <iJJ 1*
niDted the robbery.
Approaching the eve of the state convention, tin party was confronted with a muddled situation. Internal strife re ultc I from the eight candi-1 dacies for govornorship. Although the | permanent chairman wa. to be an-1 nounced today by Ivan U. Morgan, j state chaiiman, leader (up for the 1 ! convention was apparently lacking. All candidates were invited to breakfast with Morgan this morning
is -aid to have ad- Announcement of the permanent
chairman was anti cipated about nr on. Included among Miose teported considered for the post were F.lza Rog ers, former state chairman; Arthur Gilliom, Indianapolis, former attorney general, and John L. Moorman, Knox, chairman of the state prison
board.
oamrno atesrogeM -osao C yenn The resolutions committee, com-
COM MISSION ERS RECEIVED $75 posed of "m 'lei ate fiom each disINSTEAD OF $100. ASSESS- trict, will meet tonight to c mplete ORS GET I ESS. the party's platform. Proposals made at a parie of leaders last week will
oped into a ha'ile among lesser factions in the part. The candidate, are Lawrence Orr, Frederick Landis, .1 m es M. Knapp, M\ Bert (Thurman, Raymond Spiinger, Arthur Sapp, J unes M. Ogden and Edgar D. Bush Both Watson and Senator Arthur R. Robinson will be iere for the con vention, Morgan announced. It had been feared the cities in Washington would prevent Watson from attend-
ing.
S nator Daniel 0. Hastings of Deli ware will soun I the keynote in tomorrow's Session. His address will detail the party's stand on national issues. Governor Harry G. Leslie w ill discuss -tate affairs. The two ad dresses and organization compiise the first day’s program. Tomorrow night delegates will meet by district it the statehouse to name two delegates and two alter nates from each district for the national convention. On the following day seven delegates-at-largc will be selected.
C. C GAI TIED IN REPOKT ON WELFARE WORK
donated several gallons of milk each day Bak n ries of this city and of Indianapolis and Terte Haute contrihut °d over fifteen hurdre I loaves of
bread.
To name ail those who contributed in some way to this work would be to name e\eiy church societo, every pa-
ORGANIZATION HAS MDED HE- ’idotic. chaiitable an fraternal 01SERV1NG FAMILIES Dl KING ganizatio n ind every . ..i . s rial and RECENT WIN I Eli MON I HS educational club in the dy of (ircen castle and several oiganizations in
Lie c unto outside toe city together with DePauw university and some of the college sororities and fratei nities. Such a list would also comprise many
individuals.
Among those who have lieen especially helpful should lie noted: the teachers in the city schools, through whom was distributed to needy children, bread, milk, clothing and shoes and from whom much valuable information was obtained. The Parent Teachers associations of the various schools fm furnishing meals for s'hnol children—Some of those or g 'llizations who took over the entire
JOHN I). JB. ASKS REPEAL OF DI!Y LAW
MANY GAVE tONTRIBllTONS Detailed Report of Mr. Gautier ami C. H. Barnaby of Genera! Interest
to Citizens
NOTED FINANCIER LONG CONSIDEREI) AS STRONG PROHIBITION ADVOCATE CREATED LAWLF-is NATION
Jefferson Township Mon Leaves Note
C. C. Gautier, chairman f the Welfare Council, has made a complete re , port of the activity of this organizn 1 tion during the past winter in letter sent out to all finds and individuals who contributed to this worthy cause. Letters signed by Mr Gautier and C. H. Burnaby, chairman of the Putnam county unemployment commit-
tee, follow:
John R. Rockefeller. Jr., \rrives At Decision After < areful 1 bought And Study
relief of specified families—The;
NFjW YORK, June 7, (CP)—John 11). Rockefeller, Jr., always a dry and tetotalcr, has let a treme dous imj petus in the “wet" drive for a nation. | al referendum on prohibition by his j dramatic call for repeal of the ISth 1 amendment, anti-pi hibition leaders
claimed today.
Rockefellers desertion of the dry prohibition cause wa- announced
GLEN Dl N BR\NNFM\N Dl tPPEARS MYSTERIOUSLY SI N DAY AFT ERNOON
CLAIMS FOR ELECTION
ARE REDUCED
F Rowing the my.-terious and unexplained disappearance of Glenden Branneman, ago about 2fi years Jiv- I ing southwest of Belle Union, Sunday
August to put into effect any raise ordered by the state body. M ik of the county board was handicapped Tuesday by the fact that bou 1 copies of the town-hip assessors' records had not been returned flop Terre Haute where the-binding
was ione.
Election and ass-ssing claims were reduced by the county board of commissioners at their Monday ession before being allowed by that body. One bundled dollai claims tiled by Charles M< Gaughey, Thomas F. Sage and John W. Herod, election commis-
Lb* fir%t of si-mers, weie r*dmed to 175 each be-
’ r 1 ! .11. I
afternoon, relatives of the young man have instituted a -earch for him. It was said Branneman left the home of relatives Sunday afternoon, walking away* without explanation Several hours later a note was found tacked to the barn asking them not to seaiili for him because they would
not find him.
Tile note was not taken seriously until Monday when relative., began t * fear the young man might have taken hi- life. A search was started but early Tuesday no trace of him had
been found.
Relatives could give no reason for his mysterious disappeai ance He and his wife resided on a farm.
Greencestle Welfare Council G eencastle, Indiana May 23, 1932 Dear Friend: The nffi e of the Grcenca-tie Wei fare Council which was opened in the Central Bank building on December twelfth last is being closed today he | cause funds and supplies are nearly j exhausted, rhough contributions have practically cease I there is till need of relief for main* families because 1 the providers are not yet able to obtain v. ik. It is proposed to continue I
kitchens of the university residential la8t nj(fht jn a letter to Dr . Ni . holas
hall w.tere several needy families ,,
, , Murrav Butler, pres 1 lent of ( olumbia received food during the entire winter 1 . ' . , ,
, ; university, delegate to (lie national
— Merchant- of Greencastle who gave ,. ., . , ,
1 Kepubhcan convention, Nobel peace
(Continued on Page Two)
the w irk through the summer with what means can lie obtained. Funds, I clothing and foo l are still soli ited by 'he council. The .iffice of the council until fmther notice will be in the of-
| prize winrer, and always an opponent
of pi’hibition by legislation. 'The son of the Standard Oil mag-
i nate, and his aged father before him, have been ardent supporters of proI hibition; they have been heavy contributors to the Anti Salorn League '“war chest"; their dorations to the (tause of temperance through prohibit tion have ameuntei to almost a half
EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROY million dolin'
KNOWN DEAD; Id MISSING IN HOTEL BLAST
APART MEM BUILDING IN DOM MOW N ( I EVELAND $1,000,000 DAMAGE ESTIMATED
fi e of the township trustee in the]
t entral Bank building Thirty Occupants Taken To Hospitals The work of the Welfare Council Suffering From Borns and
Oxnam Decries False Economy
OFFENDS EDUCATIONAL FRI!.!> IN ADDRESS BEFORE MAN
1 AL GRADUATES
Wa’ning of grave dangers co" ft 1 ing officials who attempt to a' lish "educational frills" was 1 last night by Dr. G. Bromle\ 0:*-! nn in his c mmencement address h graduating class of the Em b ' h Manual Training high achool
•it Indianapolis.
' . c aking to a crowd of graduates. Fa rents and friends who jammed the ( He Tabernacle, he urged careful d' inition of “frills” before they are dcl 'ed from the curriculum. " hen a school health program en a ' ou to correct early your child's 11 g t, his hearing cr other difficulty ! <- ahles him to progress w-ith his 1 ’ s, would you cut off that ser-
vic' "" he asked.
' When you hear the music of this ch i;, could you rob your children of thi in auty and inspiration of musical t oning under the best leaders? An autocracy might get by with a nimum of its population educated, bu». in a democracy the people are go to the leaders that general in-
fore being allowed
In numerous el*'tion precincts, reduction- of a few dolars were made in claims before they were allowed. Reductions were made in claims filed by Otto M. Stewart, rerth Jack -on; Clark Wilson, South Jackson; William F. C mpton, north Russell; r ,L. Hewlett, outh Clinton; C. E. j Steward, eas (Monroe; Elden Miles, north Floyd; Millard Gieenlee, south Floyd; C. W. Cole, Fox Ridge; Laurence T. Snider, “ast Third; James Macy, Northwood; S. J. Henry, east Maiisor; Robert Irwin, west Madison; Isaac Skelton, south A\ ashing ton: Gi vet Goodpasture, e'St Jefferson; Roy Terry, west Jefferson; F G. Lewis. Mill C-eek; Lee Walter*, east Cloverdale; and J W. Cromwell, west
Cloverdale
A claim of ; ‘ "75 filed by Dr. F.. M Hurst for erdale township p-or was redmel ' $30.75 by the board liefore being approved. , . • ns til fd by t vn* • assessors D \ Huist, Monr e; Rub> Well -■ •> ^ Heath ar Ray Herbert, Jefferson: and C. M 1 irr, Cloverdale, were re-
be submited to the committee. During the day n report was ex
pected from Washington legarding
the national plmk on prohibition. The state plank, il was expected, will con cur in general with the national
stand. Sen,it* r James Watson of ln-j
Hiana ha- taken a leading r le in formation of Die iwitier R plank for the convention in Chicago next week. It his been reporte ! unofficially that the party will recommend re-submis-sion of prohibition for a referendum
vote.
The fight among the eignt can ii f 0 Griencastl- by the American R •d dates foi the gubernatorial 11: mina Cross The floui' wa- lacked in tion became molt intense as the con- (ho room on 'he w • • sidi of the vention neared. All < andidates had public square formerly occupb I i>' established headquaiter- at the Clay-|the McCurry furniture More The pocl hotel. With AAatson, long the flour, according to Mr Gautier will guidii g hand of Indiana Republicans, h -implied u needy and deserving taking a neutral Man I. rivalry (level- 1 families of th city and county
FLOUR RECEIVED
C. C. Gautier, ihairman of 'he 'local Welfare Council, was bu y Tuesday morning directing the storing of 16m) sa'ks of floui cut
lias been in charge f C. C. Gautier, chairman; Mrs. Grav Potter, vice chairman; Floyd Miller, tieasuier.| *nd Harry Wells, si letary, assisted, in the office Ic Mrs. Benton Curtis, Mi Ernest Stoner, Mis. Lester .hme anil Mis. Clay 1 ii other' F > ,1 "I these ladies gave one hour 1 mon per week Otlier Indira from various ; clubs and chuiches g ive valuable ei vice inrestigiGlg the needy of the 1 (immunity. No or e c nne tel with 1 the (i jiv il has received any salary 01
other compensation.
T ie financial statemen* below gi-e-1 litib idea of th? volume of work handle I by th* welfare office for in |
Suffocation
' LEA'FI AND, June 7. (UP)—At l*ast eight persons perished eaily today in a fire tha‘ swept the eight story Ellingt'm buildi g in downtown
Rockefeller ha i hoped, he t id But- • ler, that t ie ISth amendment would' | be generally supported \ publi opin- ] ion and that the uis* of temperance
: would be advanced.
"That has not been t e result,” h* i wrote, “but lather that hi king gen- ! orally has lieen increased; that the ^ speakea-y has replaced the saloon: not only unit for unit, but probably I two fold, if not three fold; that a vast army •{ lawbreakers his b*en re ruited and financed on a colossal
if our best citizens,
Ulevoland following a teriific e\plo-. scale; that nn st 1 ■ U p j n a fiiat ’ piqued at what they regarded as an
infringement of
tiieir prh Me rights, unabashed disie-
sion made by (ion; florr baitier shop.
A higtier death toll wss expectet ■ have openly and
by plireman and -fiiemen who .garde*! the latlr ane Iment: that
searched the debris for Ifi missing
persons
Damage was estimated at $1,000,-
(100.
Five bodies were recovered from (lie niins and rescuer- announced that
an in*vitable result, respect for all law has been greatly lessened; that crime ha- increased to an unprecedented degree I have slowly and re-
luctantly come to believe."
The former ally of prohibition re-
additi m to the actual money received;* "' i,s that t,1, ' pp othprs w pre I
turned
! against
these
the
further indictments 18th amendment with
and dispensed, hundreds of articles of I'uried in one ceita n room. j el thing, be Iding, .ind food have been , At least 30 other persons, of the these suggestions
received and di.-tributed. Some sh-e total of 200 that lived in apartments "I am not «-mindful f the bless, dealers and clothing merchants do* ‘t’ p hutHi"K* "ere seriously in-1 ings in the abolition of the saloon
Hated new stocks of shoes,_ stockings, | j urP ** caps, etc. T wo of the local dairies
‘‘Batter Up!”
board because insuffi- j ■ i l>een appropriated to
filed, it was said,
ttion of $1,000 for con 1 . Carmichael bridge on ! ke count' line will re cneral fund as the result • c m Parke county that it
its share of the
duced h' t cient fund pay the '' An appr° struct!' n of
the Tut
vert to the of a notice
will n t appropriate
bridge expense-
Notice was ordered given to con-
tractor- fer improvement of the Al-
Paio'er and others road in Clovevt up. A ccntiact for imt f the Wiliiam H. Neese \\ i-hington township '-as |
given to Is.i:u Skelton upon his bid of |5 ofi0.75 N'd'se wa* ordeied given of'a bond i‘sue to finance improve-
cany
erdah* * proveme road in
Whgence must tie high. Be careful OI n
wheie you economize; guarantee to ; men t if tk* iames A. Shoemaker an your children the right to an educa-] ot t,p r , road in Cloverdale tow sup. —— William Sc l>ee and others filed a pe- “ “ titton for improvement of a road in
Warren township.
A contract for a permanent asphalt -onair of the court heu-e roof was given to Louis Schachtel for *374. It was said the roof vas in need of re-
20 Years Ago
IN GREENCASTLE
nails at om-e as an emergency repair „ a de s me time ago had proven inef-
fective.
Frank Farmer
Miss Mary Bittles entertained a number of y ung friends this afterr n at the Bittles home on east
^ '•hirgt"*’ stre°t.
•Mrs. Ves Miller, Miss Bonnie Miller ,. and little Miss Emma Louise Garhard were named
In Brasil "' jr ^ M II. Ricketts was a business visit
°r in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Frank Donner was hostess at a thimble party in honor of several Jk Pauw commencement guests.
m l James Gamer-
on the Robert
road in Jefferson
^Additional fina: cial aid was ordered crjven the farffilv of a needy- world i war veteran in Monroe township upon j petition of the township trustee. |
but th* benefits . . ire more than
The bod; of one woman was taken outweighed by tn* evil, v l.i 1 have to the Cleveland morgue. She wa.. developed; evils w ni h if n o prompt* identified as Mrs. Anna Mitchell, 70. ly checked are likely to len-l to con ianitress of the building, burned to^Htions unspe rkablv w-u s* than they j death in her third floor suite. A *e* .were before prohit tion." •nnd victim was identified as C W. I Rep*al may no* in itself en i all Werner. these evils but “it is a perquisite to At least 30 persons were take* K the attainment of that goal."
ho pitals, suffering from burns and : suffocation. A number of injured 'eie cat*l for in nearby hotels and a parish house of St John's cathedral anoss 'he street from the scene of
the blast.
Thrilling rescues wen* witnessed as firemen, p lice and spectators jcine I in carr ing fiom '.lie flaming building aced residents, wrapped in blankets, and placing them in ambulances or a'ltomi biles to lie rushed t i hospitals. The kuil ling, occupied on the ground floor by bu-i-°cs establishments, is inhabited on the upper floor, by about 500 pe pie, mostly
aged Clevelander-.
A lavg crow I -o n gathered. Many person- in ev nine clothes aided in rescue work. A gr up of pri st- ft m St. John's catko Iral, headed by Joseph Smith, h. Iped carry human 1 bu. die , wrappi t in blankets, from
the flaming ruin
In one corn r, A! x Spencer, gray- , haired eurvivor, nto me i over the less of his dog “My po r dog," he seb
bed, “he's in the’e."
In another c-m r. Mrs. Leila Schman, 77, residen* of the Ellington apartments since 1896. affectionately caress*'! her two •ananes, which s.te
had rescued first
By 4 a. m., firemen had extinguish ed the flames in the huil ling.
If the 18th * 1 endment is repealed, "sufficient time uglit to be given before repeal lie un* effective to permit the states by legislative action” in set "p such safeguanls an 1 methods of control as will insui e promo*
tion of temperance.
Rep( el should b* -ubinitte l w ithout altei ative suggestions f r control method- because ‘it will he difficult for '-in people a- »h I - to agree in advance on what the substitute should b° and so uniikeiv that any' one method will fi( the entii- nation." Rockefeller pr* * ed hi- strrtling attack on the pmhibiti amendment with an explanati n . f t : t- ittitude of his famous father eni him-elf, and an (Continued on F age I wo)
Miss LI i/a Jrnt LalliMl !!\ Death
WELL KNOWN WOMAN T Vf AWAY AI HOME IN RAIN BRIDGE
SERVICES FOR MRS REAT
Funeral ser i.e- for Mrs. Mary Rent, who died Sundry morni g, were held ft cm the h " *. three-fourths of a mile east of Mt Meridian, Tuesday morning at 1C o' k with the Rev. !C. F. Reed in charge Intel ment was
in Forest Hill cemetery.
Pall hearers wet* Walter Ttncher,
Ylrgil Akins. -s*
I mllton, Emery Collins and
Hicks.
Miss Eliza J*nt, age 78, died at her
home in Rainbridg* M nday evening at 7 o’clock. Miss J*nt was the daughter of Lemuel and Elizabeth Conner Jent, and was the last of a family of nin* children. Her entire
life was -pent in Putnam county. Surviving ire a niece. Miss Carrie
Coverdill, Orland*. Okla., who had made her home with her aunt for a number of vests, an 1 a large -umber
of other relatives nd friends The funernl w*i!i b* held AA edr.es-
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Meth dist church at Biinhridge. The
Coffin. Eric Ver- Rev. Bowman will have charge of the
H. H services and hurial w'ill be in the
^ Bainbridge cemetery.
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