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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE.9, 1932.

Advocates I

\epeal

threeday meeting of INDIV.s v STATE ASSOdAIlON OPENS FRIDAY

PROMINENT men ON PROGRAM jrip to Indiana State Farm, Golf and Bridge are Entertainment Features

YEA 1)00 COMES ON FOR DRY I\W REPEAL

FORMER SH KETARY OF TREASURY LONG (ONSIDERED ARDENT PROHIBITIONIST

Regarded ns the most p minent individual in the ranks of prohibition rupporters, John 1>. Rockefeller. Jr., who, together with his lather, subscribed $350,000 to make the adoption of prohibition legislation possible, has amazed the wet ranks by declaring himself in favor of repeal }f the 18th Amendment. Rockefeller declared that the evils brought by the dry law have more than out-

weighed its benefits.

William IVrlvitis

(/its Sl()(! Fiiu

A three-day convention of the In diani State Association of Postal Supervisors will open in Greencastle Friday with visitors registering at Rector hall on the DePauw university campus where all sessions of the meeting will be held. Approximatel y 100 visitors are expected for the

event.

Seveial prominent men connected with the postal service us well as outstanding educators are on the convention program arranged by Ernest Stoner, assistant postmaster of the Greencastle postoffice, who is piesident of the as;X)ciation. A vi.-it to the Indiana state farm, golf, free movies, and other enter tainmei t features are included in the convention arrangements. Delegates will icgister in the lobby of Rector hall from 2 to 5 o’clock Friday afternoon and a dinner will be served in Rector hall at 6 o’clock. Mr. Stoi er will call the convention to order in the Rc tor hall recreation room at 7:30 p. m. Pi Salem B. Town of Greencastle will givp the invocation followed by n salnU to the flag and "America” un der the diiection of Perrv Rush. Mayor W. L Denman will give the add re . -f welcome and greetings will be extended by Postmaster E. R. Baitley. John P. Barnard, Chicago, will give the response. A roll call "f branches will be followed by introduction of guests. Speakers it the opening session Friday evening include Dr. G. Bromley Ox am, president of Uci’auw; Dr. ChaxJe- VA „ Paine Ri.-Uict mun tr-r V. S. civil service; .Tames J. Pas hell, national president of the postmasters' association; M. F. O’Donnell, national president of postal supervisors: and Leslh I) Clancy, Indianapolis post

master.

Claude E. Cohee, secretarj of the Indiana rganiaation, will make a re port of the previous meeting, followed by appointment of resolution,

n ininatmg and convention city com / k.,,. ( iwkv. I I i IN'ls-OII

Hie first . uion program * ’ S 1 ^

will adji.um following an open discus-

(JUOI ES I. UK PRES. WILSON

Son-ln-Luw of Former President Says I’ruhibition Should Not Be Political Issue

LOS ANGELES, June 9. (UP) — William Gibbs McAdoo, who in 11)24 sought the Democratic presidential nominati u . i militant dry, advocated a national referendum on "the vexatious que-tion of prohibition” to- | day. McAdoo ha - not changed his views that “intoxicating liquor is one of the greatest of all evils that afflict man kind," he insisted, but “conceeded I every citizen is within his rights in attempting by lawful means, to secure repeal f the 18th amendment, or any chang' in the constitution he may desire.”

M \NY NEW POSTOITICES WASHINGTON. JU ne !l (UP)—It takes nine pages f the Congressional record to print ii small type the list of towns in which it is proposed new Pcstoffices shall he built under the j Garner bill to latmcli a great national program of publu construction. The tabulation lists the town m which a postoffice) would be built, its population, its postal receipts, and the annual rental now taid for .postofficc , quarters by the Government. At $30! a page, which is 'he lowest estimate any source gives for the cost of print - i ing the Congressional record, it cost $130 to print *hc list.

CONFERENCE IS HELD ON ECONOMY BILL N MEASURE PASSED BY SEN A I E LAST EVENING DID NOT , BALANCE BUDGET

Bl I.L WRECKED SAYS BUtM

ARRESTED Sl;\ EKAI WEEKS AGO I "I LOW ING R AID VI

HIS HOME

William Perkin , one ted weeks ago following a laid

home i ear Parkersbui g bj Sheriff Vemer Bow rs and members of the Crawford: ville police force, pleaded guilty in eity court at Crawfurdsville Wednesday niorning t ■ 1 har^. of possession, lie wa fined $100 and costs, ot $133. ai.d given ;i suspended sentence of 30 day at the tate penal

farm.

A still, wliiili Perkin:, all ged he had been us.ng f"i th< f'n -t time, was found when the (iffi . i- visited his home This was eized h the la riff. Fhe copper coil I ,r th ' still had tieer ptin ha.- e 1 a I'evvw «1. previous at

Clinton. Perkins claimed.

When the officers arrived at the Perkins home they fn’. i d ever,,) persons recovering from a free-for-all fight which had followed a drir.kin,' spree. Perkins wa - aiffering from a severe cut on the head and a woman member of the party also had, been

injured.

sion an 1 i,i ganization.

A tiip to the Indiana state farm is sch" lulci fur Saturday morning fol lowed by luncheon at 12:30 in Reetoi hall. In the afternoon the supervisor will play golf at the North wood course ai d attend a movie at

the Granada theater.

Mr. Stoner will act a.- toastmaster at a liinquet at f>:30 o’clock in the evening where an address will be given by Dr. Henry B. Longden, vice president of Del'auw university. The co: vention will then adjourn to the

\nolhei Returned

FORES I R! M S. ’Mol t,H" I VRM ESCAPF, (.‘IF' Dot IEEI.Y TO ■sERVE I EKW

The wiutime secretary of the tieifury, son-in law of the late President Wilson declared that “a fair referen dum is Tie right way to dispose of this vexatious question," which he said should be divorced at once from patty politi •, ai d forced into a "nonI irtisi n forum where public opinion ; may have free play and where a de-

several ! cision may be reached by the voters

in his themselves.”

The lean, e ergotic lavs Angeles at terney who dropped entirely out of national political activities until recently is the ma i who deadlcckcl the Democratic convention of 1924 by aligning hi.- ‘ dry” forces in a fight on the “wet” Alfred E Smith support-

ers.

Me A’ o ha.- been considered by Anti Saloon Lm lie officials a potent force in the u ,t, ai d throughout a rising tide against prohibition has' supported the 18t!i amendment. His statement favoring a referen-' dum mailed the views of President Wilson against in orporating prohibition itself in the constitutional amendment. “He was c nvinced that it would lie - better to gnve congress the 1 power to regulate or to prohibit the traffic,” McAdoo said. “I wa- in full accord with Piesident Wilson’s views.” He quote I the President as saying that because “the amend.nent is uu attempt by law- to change long-estah lished habits of a peoplo, no one can (Continued on Page Six)

EI.EtT ED DELEGATES S. A. Hays of Greencastle and A. A. Swope of (Tuwfordsville were elected delegates to the Republican national convention at the state con vention of Republican delegates in Ir.diarap di- Wedic -day night. Vi ET PI \NK UXIPI ED B) COM! ENTION TODAY INDIANAPOI IS, June 9 (I P) —The wet plank adopted by the Indiana State Republican convention today—ihc first since the 18th amendment was enacted —

read as follows

“We recommend that the con gres, of the United Stales immediately submit .« proposal lor the repeal ef the 18th amendment to the federal constitution. “Said proposal to he submitted for ratification or rejection by non-parti' an conventions of the people ef the several state*-, called for that sole purpose in a< cejdance with the provisions of Article 5 of the constitution of the I piled States. “Should the 18th amendment be repealed, we pledge nur best efforts toward enactment of surh measure- in the slate of Indiana as will actually promote temperance, effectually abclbh (he saloon, whether open or concealed, and bring the liquor traffic itself under complete public supervision and control .with revenue propel ly drawn from legalized si urces for relief of the burden

ed taxpayers.

“We also rerommend the repeal of the s«--jw4led "buive dry” law if Indiana and favor the en artmert ef such measures as will conform to the federal govern-

ment art.”

WHEAT FOR RED ( Rliss

WASHINGTON. June !» (IT’)— Clie senate agricultural committee to day reported favorably a joint resolution sponsored bv Senator llornudn , Ri publican, Oregon, which would

South < arolina Senator Attack on President i Is Passed

Iieads Bitter is Measure

WASHINGTON, June 9, (UP) An economy bill failing by $90,000,000 or more to meet budgetTvalaii iiig , requirements was ready today for conference between senate and house. 1 As passed by the senate last evening, the bill provides a $149,000,000 reduction in government expenses. Thi.- is nearly $100,000,000 more than the savings provided in the emasculated measure adopted a few weeks ago by the house, but $90,000,00(1 le -s than the t >tal recommended by the seriate economy committee. Demo i crats accused the administration of j j “wrecking" the bill. Conferees of th-.! two houses were | I to be named today to draft the mea i sure in final form. They were ex- | pected to seek additional savings. If | they do not, ihe 'conomies necessary | to balance the budget must be made | through further tiimming of the regular appropriation bills awaiting en- | actment. Almost the entire savings loss in j the senate occurr** ! in two sections. ; Reduction, of $48,000,(i(H) in veterans benefits were tossed aside. The “pay les- furlough” plan for government | employes, sun scrcd by the adminis tiation, was substituted at the last I nioim nt for the flat 10 per cent salary cut leeommended by the commit tee. The salary cut would save $121,I 009,000; the furlough pl an $80,000,

I 000.

Democratic leader Robinson pie dicte I the furlough plan would be i forged out nf the bill in conference. Tlie measure was |>asse I by the sen ate to the accompaniment f bitter at tai ks on President Hoover by Democratic senators. They declared the Piesident had endorsed the committee program and then woiked secretly to get votes “for his own pet fur

j lough.”

I ‘'This bill ha- been wrecked," .-bout • ed Senator Byrne.-*, Item., S. (’., “and : it has been wrecked by the President

| of the United States.

“He gave hi- support to the coin- '

make 50,000,000 additional bushels of " liU "P plan, told the senate to adopt farm board wheat available to the, it expeuitiously. told the country to R, d Cross from the r lief of distre-s. i support it On Friday lu-t I le uned

NO. 203 G. 0. P. PUTS "WET’ PLANK IN PLATFORM

INDItNt REPUBLIt \NS SWITCH FOR FIRST TIME FROM STRICT DRY ST AND

SEVEN SEEKING NOMINMION

Delegates To State Convention Turn Attention To Gubernatorial Contest HI LLETIN

Governor Harry <

Gover, or Leslie was the only speaker befoie the Indiana State Uepubliian convention today. He urged the continuation of support of President HiiImuT Hoover and the Indiana state Republii m ticket. that the Pro ident after his appeal was faveiing bis own furl ugh plan.” Senator Barkley. Dom., N. Y., de scrib-> I the economy bill as “A mere pitiful g< lure, compared to what the American |>eople have done in the way of economy in their own expenditure.-.”

First Ballot Edgar Kush Bert Thurman . . . . Frederick Landis Raymond Springer . Lawrence Orr . James Knapp James Ogden . .

Second Ballot

Bush Thurman Landis Springer Orr Knapp Ogden . .

305 242 231 189'/, 152 I52 l a 171

. .322 27t» 248 228', 99 IU l 2 . IK

What?—MATCHES?

Eore.-t Rilke-. 5'i, an Indiana State Farm escape, ictarned from Charleston, III., by ext:adition and sentenced to -erve 1 t-> 3 years in State prison ! by Judge Janie.- I*. Hughes U circuit court, was taken to Michigan City j by deputy -hei ilV- Wednesday. Rukes,

recreation loom for a business meet iWlm bon • 1

to prison docilely, although he was | said to lie tough" customer. He

mg while the women and other guest - w 'll a seinble in the Rector hall par

lots for bridge and a musical pro-

gram.

At 8 p. m. addresses will he given b' John W. Wilburn, Robert Conley, assistant postmaster at Eafavette, anil E lgar F. Brown, chairman of the aation.il in ganization committee. Thomas D I hole, Vincennes, delegate 1 the national convention, will make hi report, followed by report.- of the

various committees.

A .Sunday morning breakfast will he served in Rector hall at 8 o’clock " and the delegates will then attend the Methodist church in u body. Dinner "ill be served at 12:39 in Rector hall followed by golf and an informal le ception in the afternoon. The conventinn is scheduled to adjourn at t> p. m.

Sunday.

ties who arrested him he would return and

rob

be

promised aid 1 in Illinci- t .at

kill them.

It was said C it Ruges is wanted in Tine Haute in nedion with a sei les of filling 1 ition h ddups and bciies, and it ' probably he will returned there ' hen he completes his

prp.'t nt tit n>.

Tic’ I’utini' i"unty officers retum-

cat! with Louii

K || ci univ " had just completed a se; ten e

in gtate pri-o" Kelly is scheduled to

he arraigned " the local court on a Charge of ' 'PidR f ' on ‘ t,lp

farm Fehruaiy a term impo

(wmal

13, 1929, while serving

I in Clay c unty.

DETOUR IS LIFTED A detour by way of east Washing ton street, the Zinc mill road, and Kox Ridge, on State road 43, caused by repair of the Bloomington street cro sing nf the Pennsylvania railroad, has been removed and traffic Thursday was moving over the repain’d croszing. Railroad workmen raised the tracks acd laid an asphalt pavement between The rails and on each side of the crossing.

2G Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE

IHE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday; slightly, hiank warmer north and central portions to ! Danville night. ho;,ie fo ks

Ln-al visitors in Indianapolis today included W, A Be iner, E B. Taylor. Ben Curtis and H. C. Callender. Jr. ; M, .and Mrs. < A Kelly and fam-

ily motored to Monrovia

Ross Runyan, limes Walker. Burl Hurt (Tailes Reed, Ethel Gibson. G 0 | d ie ( ffn • . Ora e H ireourt, Ruth Harcourt and Marie Wood spent

•the dav at Kd R'vel falls. Ehii.T Wells of Indianapolis visiting hi* parents, Mr. and

Jeiv-e Well*.,

Wallace, who is attending Normal, -pent the day with

is

Mrs.

W ALKER I M IT TO BE MAYOR S\YS SEVBURY

( H UH.F. 4GAINSI GOIHAM EXK'T'flVE PRESENTED TO NEW YORK GOVERNOR FOLLOWS 1*1 BLH HEARINGS I if tern sismIk ( nniplamts Included In Charge By Committee Of Investigation ALBANY. N Y . June 9. (UPl - Governor Ftmklin D Ituvsevelt wdll cotu-ider th volumin us traJ script and i shorler vnaly-is of Mayor James J. Wulker' testimony before the H o f s tiidt 'r eiimmittee, as 'Vhargi again u the mayor, he said today. Seilnii.v pi 'iited the mas- of data “in my individual capaeity as a citizen” and "m l as formal charges but L i your informali n so that you may determii e wdiat shall be d me.” ALBANY, N. Y., June 9, (UP)— Saimu l Se ibuiyi harje Giat Mayor Jaim J. Walker i “unfit to continue in the offi -e of nayor” was considere t'day liy (i'vinvu Franklin D. Ron evrlt The i large was made in a letter from the Hof-t idler roninuttee counsel which included 13 specific com plaints, or “com I i i"' s," a - Seabury i-illed them, d'h letter summarized the tiOO.OOtl vv rds of le lim uiy taken in public healing of the committee. The 15 charges, however, could be divide! into tvv , major complaints: That Muyoi Walker was "Intel ested," eit r fin m ially ot thr ugh hi- ebn-e-t friend- and advisers, in corporate! s whidi hel i contiacts or sought contracts with the city. That M' j yof \\ dkei failed ti expliin “ redihly" or “ atisfactoril.v” income Ci it Se ihury i laimed was in eluded in tlie millin' d llir a counts of the mi mg Km- II T. Sherwood. “Ft m tin iesoH," ..eabury wrote Roo ev'dt, “you can determine whether t ie publi interests and t.ie maint na e of r i nt standards among public off 1 Is r quire that the Hon. J m .1 \\ ilker -h uld be removal from th< office of mayor The ‘ le umt : ta d i ds” refereiee doubtle-fi wa. *o a ndml of eon duct” f . puldi • • f al: set up by Ro sevelt him.it lf I 1 anno Hieing i"

moval of Sh tiff 1 oi i M. F alley, a’other high Tpmiu;'"' hill official, in iniilar pi eor ii al o the result • f evi < nee pre in'' ' ' ue the Hof sta lter i ommitt 1 e. Roosevelt then h H ’ *' public was rntitleil to :i le.a m de nd credible explanation of unn u n ei e reported by public offi i i-, p a i.illy ele ted officials. Fail h i le tified to . ugi t h do i "w derful tin box,” amountin' t ome $400, uoo. Walk“r reported ‘gifts” deposited in a "safe at hon • i The “ inclusion*,” while not con iddered formal chare probably will i form the basis of imilar removal pr m i ling* again t th' m.i or. MISONK NOTH i <'ailed meeting Tempi' Lodge No 17 Friday at 7:30 P. M. M. M. fle-

! glee.

Jus. S. Walker, Win.

HI LLETIN INDIANAPOLIS, June o (I P)— Vrlhur Sapp, of Huntington, withdraw finni the Ri'imblican gubernatorial race 11 id a v a few minutes hrfore nominations hi . mm -- 'pp i nter ed Ihe governor's contest last we* k making a field of eight < sneidates. No reason for Ins withdrawal was

given.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 9 (1 P>— Climaxing the bitterest fight in in twenty years, the Republican state convention today voted 82.! to 520 for the resnhmtssion nf the t8lh Amendment. The vote followed a hectic scene resembling the bolt of 1912 is the drvs went down before a sweeping wet offensive^ INDIANAPOLIS, June 9. (IT) — With n platform mging i referendum on prohilifti n in ) repi'.'il of Gie Wright ‘‘bone dry” law, Indiana R" publicai s turned today 1 > selection of a standard b< ir-r for the fall cam-

■ paign.

Following a hKate l d' -eu-gion of the resolutions committee, a plank mging the wet stand wa- enacted into the platform early tu l iy. It wa- th“ 'first time the Indiana <i. O. P. habrake:’. from a -triet dry platfi rm. The Wright Law n pe d clause v is regarded as u ' xpecte I victory for , wet foices. The repeal demand wa written after a heated, hostile committee session. During the debate, which la-t-ed far into the night, E. W. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon League -uperiii tendent, liatth I i ■ >■ uitly to Ido-k the Wriglit law repeal I'kuisc. “If yeu put that in the ph.nk you will not elect i -ingle ungn -man,” York asserted during a fl >cup with (i. E. I’avn", 12t:iiii:tii t rhairman. Yolk's -tatement drew an a in iticn from Chairman Henry E Marshall, that "You nr being heated as a genlL in hi and pie i • tie t this ci mmittee with the name r iii'tesy." While wets vveic j ihila .t over their unexpected victory, Ivan ('. .Morgan, tat ’ chainna , announce I that a minority report until I he submitted to the convent! n. II w a - threat me t that the niinorit' ie;oc would urge elimi ati n of all refi ren -e (■> pi hi bition. Morgan ' n| i th'’i dry leaders had . dd they wnul i concur i i platform r ommending only the prohibition referendum. Ivan Morgan. \u*tin, state chairman and perm incut pre idi g officer nf the convention, began ti rap for order at 10:3 Ue m. A I ng delay i "sued however, because sufficient <■ it could not be f'und for l ie f'o uvl di.-tri d ilelagation. Ihe crovl had pr’ 1 in fi in the rear and took up ome "f the pace ulloted t tic d leg i' s. It was 10:59 hi k hi nrn t.cn: . e A. Bill, Mtineie, ti • J : ■ mmittee nan, fo'mally n; > neil the convention. The cr w I st <>d lent w hile the Rev. J I. Saund rs, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist church e India 'polls, pronounced the invocation. “Endorse Herbert II over and guarantee tl o return of Senator Waton and u Republi m delegation to the national emigres ,” was Gover:.or E/alie’s plea. “Thr ug i economic stres* and social unrest, Herbert Hoover has calmly and efficiently directed the nati n,” Leslie told the convention, “fulfilling every paity pledge and ob ligation for four y a is, h u* uneqaaled (Continued on Page Two)