The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 July 1932 — Page 1
THE WEATHER FAIR AND COOLER
THE DAILY BAJNNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL”
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932.
NO. 234
■MANY ATTEND 1 CONFERENCE AT I LOCAL CHURCH
HOTTER WE.A I HER COMING
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MINISTERS AND LAYMEN OPPOSE REPEAL OF PRESENT
DRY LAWS
i By a freak of tviture, Indiana will | undergo higher temperature during August than it will in July, despite i the fact that the sun’s rays are felt more keenly in July, scientists de ;
clare.
Although the rays of the sun are always hottest duiing the months of 1 June and July, sctenti.-ts say. during the month of August the earth begins to throw off heat it has absorbed
DISTRICT SUPTS. IN CHARGE during the summer months and temI peratuics soar.
Lead Discussions on Various Phases of Church Work at Conference
in Greencastle Church
HEAT WAVE PREVAILS; U. S. TOLL MOUNTS
1 One hundred laymen and ministers | if the Greencastle district of the Methodist church met Friday in the fereeneastle Methodist church. The first session was at 9:30 a. m. Nearly (very church in the district was rep- ! resented by its minister and one or Uiore laymen. The conference was > Resided over by the Rev. Charles C. | f'ord. district superintendent of the i
Jlstrict.
1 (The subject of “Religious Education snd Evangelism” was presented by the Rev. Ford. He said “The Church’s ( greatest business is to evangelize the H individual, society and the world. To 1 evangelize is to bring persons into a I trust in and a cooperative living with j God. Religious education is the pro1 ’ cess by which evangelizing is
THE WEATHER
Generally fair south; unsettled I north portion tonight and Sunday; not so warm tonight south portion.
Former Resident Dies At Capital
BLISTERING RAYS OF Si A ARE MOST SEVERE IN GREAT PLAINS STATES
50 FATALITIES ARE REPORTED
Heat In** dies Is Oppresive Resulting Prostrations And Deaths From Drowning
ADDISON M. KITCHETI KITES TO BE HELD SI NDAY; HI RIAL HERE
CHICAGO. July 16, (UP)—Equa torial heat scorched the nation today with only a few areas obtaining re-
| lief.
I The toll of death mounted rapidly i as citizens in 30 states from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast sucj cumbed to prostration and drowning. About 50 deaths were reported, divided almost evenly between drown-
ing and prostration. ^
The heat was most severe in the great plains where fiery winds scorched the prairies. Cattle and farm animals died. Farmers worked]
their fields by night to e cape the * I LE
burning sun. Crops ir. many districts '
THE HEAI CAUSED IT CHICAGO. July 16, (UP)—Policeman Richard Romensky looked at the thermometer which reg istered 98 degrees and wiped the per-pi ration fi'-m his brow. Then he looked at a man staggering down the sir et in the broiling
sun.
“Either,’’ h> said, “the heat has affected my -ight or that man should be arrested.” Romensky decided to chance the latter cpui e. The man give his name as William Southland. 48, and wgs unable to explain why he was " iring three pairs of trousers, thieo ve>ts. three suit coats, •n l a heavy winter overcoat.
CONGRESS \IVY BE ADJOURNED RV MIDNIGHT
SENATE EXPECTS TO (OM
PLETE WEEK'S WORK IN A FEW HOI KS TODAY
MANY BILLS IP FOR ACTION
MORE RILLS TO RE PRESENTED IN EEGISEATl RE
I nemployment Relief. Prohibition, Aid For Home-Owners, And Treaties Wait Vote
®' This is not limited to one form of action but includes all forms of con •tructive service. Our churches must Strive to create an atmosphere in the church in which characters of children, young people and men and women can grow. Our churches have lost their expectancy for doing great
Addison M. Fitehett, age TJ ye n.-, father of Mrs. Charles Crawley of Greencastle and a former r< -ident of this city, died at the home of his son Earl Fitehett, 1220 north Heville Avenue in Indianapoli . Thursday following an illnes of a (omplica-
done.! 0 f diseases.
Funeral services will be hold from ' 1 ' " ' , ' 1 " I' 111 the Tvnor Mortuary at 328 west tures cont,niied ’ Thdu ' Hn ' 1 30th street in Indiana,ml, Sunday ! tr,ed to ' n p;,rks aM ' 1 on l m '"
morning at 10 o’clock, the fun '
eral party arriving n Greencastle Thp wo, ’ k " ^,l exo,lus of urban "" l
about 12:30 p. m. an l tie remains will be interred in Fore t Hill cemetery. Mr. Fitehett was the first care-
200 BILLS ALREADY l ROPOSBd 1“' NOT < <»\ER
I AX SITE VTION
PROGRESS IN HOUSE
were parched. In cities the heat wa- oppressive. With exception of a few (Treat Lakes |
tempera-1 slept, or j
Many I
»u pt
things for righteousness. Until this G f the Putnam nty court is developed there cannot be much , ^„ U8e al ,d is well knowi t . many of progress for our civilization We ttle 0 |d er residents of th> < ity He must develop a chureh program that ha< j nla de his home jn Indianapolis Will enlist every member with the 1 f()r thf . p a _ t twenty ' mpieme objective of the growth of' Be.-ides Mrs Crawlev md th" on hristian character for all ages of [,^ r | an „ther daughter Mi Doyne rsons.” Appleman, of Aran as l’a- Tex., I Rev. Homer Ivey, superintendent of , a „d two step-childn n, M Ed the Crawfordsville district, led the p or tner, of Mirim t i. and Carl discussion on “Our Conference In- Frankenbeiger, also urvivi •titutions." The church does things casket will lie upened to «s a corporate body ‘.hat individuals f r j en d s and relatiw it the cemetery,
•rd small groups cannot do. That is j t was an , 10 unc‘ I.
the reason why we have conference — inatiturions such a cjiildrei^s hnme. Battle Ground training assemblies, girls’ school, hospitals, deaf-mu'e in I stitutions, etc. The entire group of ■ conference institutions can be sup ■ ported at the cost of 25 cents per j ■ member in the Northwest Indiana I conference. They afford for Metho- ■ (lists an opportunity to serve others 1 ■ and childhood as they could never; i hope to do as individual churches. | Rev. C. Claud Young, superintenV dent of (he Lafayette district, led ] I the discussion on “Churrh Adminis i I tration and Finance." He pointed out I the need for layman leadership in I local churches without which no pas- ■ tor could succeed. It was brought I out by the laymen piesent that the I two greatest difficulties in finance I were the failuie of the members to I keep their church membership vows; I that they would support the church I according to their ability and as I God- has prospered them. The I second was the refusal of members to I assume definite pledges for support I of the work that is being done by’ the I church They assume that because ■ they do not pledge, they are relieved I from any obligation to give to this ■ work. This is not true. Only those I who are entirely dependent upon > I other* have the right to exemption. I If the church is as necessary for life I as we assume then we need to re I value it in our giving and lift, it I above clubs, amusements and what we
I for gasoline.
Receiver Sri Is Stock Of Shoes
ST. LOTTS FIRM. ONE OF CREDITORS, BUYS STOCK. MOORE
TO OPERATE IT .
Representatives of the St. Loui Shoe Manufacturing Company offend the high bid for the Moore & Co k Shop store stock, sold Saturday morn ing by Frank J. Cannon, receive)
Their bid was $1,550.
Representatives of the company Stated they bought it with the expectation of opera'ing the store with Mr Moore in charge and with the idea of eventually allowing him to continue the store independently of the St.
Louis firm.
The piesent ‘ock will be sold, thev stated, starting probably some time late next week, but definite announce ment v. ill be made later. The St. Louis film is one of the
store creditors.
dents to country resorts was expected to be the heaviest of the year. Suffering became more intense a the torrid weather persisted in many places for seven successive days. Discomfort in Chicago was relieved temporarily by a thundeistorm t it struck the city after the temperature had ri.-en to 97 degrees, a new record for the date. Death came with tin p spite when lightning struck and kill cl a sandlot baseball player. Twenty others were tunned ari l shocked by I
the bolt.
The death toll in Chicago reached nine for the day with a three daytotal of 15. Nearly all of these were! deaths from pr st rat ion. Throughout I the country 20 jjetsnns were drowned. I ( Four deaths’ occuned in Wisconsin, | one a drowning. There was a lighter ide to the higa temperatures, toe V Chicagoan froze his ears when h- tried to cool off with dry ice. At the time the temperature out of d ■ approximated blood heat. Suburban department tote, were crowded with young men clad in bathing suits niakin taeir purchase Aberdeen. Miss., mim-ters arrang (Continued on Page Three)
Numerous Duple ations and Overlapping Bills Promise To Retard Action In Both Houses INDIANAPOLIS, July 16 (UP) Although already i rammed with 191 bills all of them ostensibly relief measure.- Indiana' legislative hopper will be loaded with many more proposals next week. Guiding head , of both houses reveal that the m irly 200 proposed meat Hires have not yet covered the scope necessary to ease the over-bur dr tied taxpayer. It was estimated that the number of bill would reach 250
and possibly 300
In :he enate, which stepped into high speed yesterday after two days’ monotonous argument over two hills, 71 measures ha* been introduced. In ad-iition to the appropriation bill, whi a pa ,’d both houses and has ttr-
WASHINGTON, July 16. (UP) — The senate decided to do a week’s work in a few hours today and this unprecedented ses-ion of congress
was to end.
Unemployment relief, prohibition, aid for home owners, treaties and a pot-pourri of other issues were up for J action in the last hours. Adjournment I by midnight was s cheduled. The house passed the $2,122,000,000 relief program in final form yesterday, The senate was ready to act to day and send the bill to President
Hoover for signature.
Democratic senate wets unexpectedly unfolded i plan to force a vote on repeal of the 18th amendment. ! Senator Bulkley. D< in., Ohio, gave notice of a motion to suspend rules | in order to obtain a test. vote. The question h whether the senate judiciary committee shali be discharged of further consideration of the Wag-
ner repeal resolution.
Senator Tydings. Dem., Md.. an nounced that he had polled the Democratic side and that 90 per cent fav-
ored the repeal question.
But Senator Harrison, Dem., Miss., his given his colleagues a precedent
for refusing t
i ■ ■ a ri lei .u* orizing an issue of nearly ! 81,000,00".1)00 of national bank notes hacked by bonds. The house has 1 voted to ieject the rider. Senate leaders believe currency ex - I pansion must Ik* abandoned to obtain 1 favorable action. Conferees met last j night and again adjourned without
agreement.
Republican Leader W ilson has offered tli adjournment resolution to the seriate. It states that congress shall ..ijomn today, sine die, but fixes no hour. Democratic and Republican leaders said they were confident of adjournment. “We've got the votes.” said assistant majority leader McNary. “I am sure we will adjourn.” said minority leader R bin on.
BONUS SEEKERS CONCENTRATE ON CAPITOL HILL
WORLD WAR VETERANS BID CONGRESSMEN “GOODBYE BUT NOT GOOD LUCK”
MAY PICKET VIHTL HOUSE
Movement Of Bonus \rmy Proves Difficult Task For Police In Washington, D. C.
Council Holds Special Meeting
APPROPRIATES MON FA TO PAY JUDGMENT IN RECENT COURT ACTION
city
At a special meeting of the council Friday evening funds were appropriated to pay a recent court judgment against the city and to provide attorney fees to carry on the utility fight sponsored ity the Munici-
pal Rights League.
In a recent court action, J. C. Rottger. receiver for the defunct City Trust Company of Indianapolis, won a $1,500 judgment against the city, in a suit to recover on three alleged unpaid sewer bonds of $500 each. These bonds had never been paid bej cause city records showed that all assessments paid into this sewer bond fund had long sin: ,a been paid out. The appropriation was made from the city general fund to cover the
vote for repeal or sub- judgment, interest nd rourt costs.
Gieencastle hi ioined numerouother Indiana cities in supporting legislation giving cities and towns the right to own r build their own utility plants and $U 0 was appropri ited to help pay attorney- who are
re pi *- nting the league
WASHINGTON', JuU 16 (UP) — Thousands of World War veterans marched on the United State - capitol today in a tumultuous bonus dem-
onstration.
Cheering, shouting men clamored cat the doors of . Congress and at times gave indications of getting out of control. The police at one time held Walter W. Waters, commander of the bonus forces, to enforce theii demand that the veterans clear the plaza. Roy Robertson, the crippled Californian, whose flaming spirit has maintained a capitol “death watch" of veterans marching back and forth in front of the capitol since Tuesday, also was taken into temporary custody as the police ordered the ex-soldier away from the step* of the capitol In the meantime an effort of leaders of the bonus army to carry their fight directly to President Hoovr was frustrated at the White House when an appointment was lefused Commander Waters and Captain Eugene h. Everett of Maple-
wood, N. J.
mission at this time. He explained that after March •( he would vote to carry out the Democratic plank on repeal- He said that if he were a member of the t .te constitutional convention in Misi- ippi. he would vote to repeal the 18th amendment.
Rut he said that as a citizen of Mis
governor's -igna’.re, five others have I sissippi he would vote to maintain received the set lie’s approval. prohibition in that state. Other Les- definite progress has been states might do as they pleased, mule in tin h(i«k,,, > lts machinery has White Him conference brolp been clogged i ftn 123 hills and two the deadlock on relief. President
Wright law repeal Homer informed se atorS he woul I not yet passed a re- ! not veto the oil! merely because i*
contained a stipulation for publicity
I rouble Looms In
days' d( bate me i-tires. It lief bill. • Lieutenant
Bush, ha.- on
late! solons
working haitl ho said. "Tin
mented.”
Another tin one who .-a>
(Contim
Governor Edgar D. •o occasions congratu-
their work. “We are
nd making progress." mate is to he compli-
Bush criticized “any
his body is not work-
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on all future reconstruction financ corporation loans. The finance corporation contented itself with a protest to house leader who insisted on publicity The bill now i. within a few hours of becoming a law. The home loan hank bill is hung up on tlie question of currency expansion. The -enate attached to thp hill
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FACES s 120 RED! ( I ION
Marshall Abrams, prosecutor of, Putnam county, faces a alary slash of $420 if the bill proposing cutting of prosecutor’s piy in the various i counties if the state is passed by the special re sion of the legislature and signed by Gov. Harry Leslie. Mr. Abrams now receives a salary of
* eV -. < lL H r* r c d I ay ! 0 V. :T rint : n - *2.100. The reduction propped in
dent of the South Bend district and a former pastor of the local church led the discussion on "TVorld Service. Rev. Taylor said “This is the Christian’s obligation beyond his local work. The problem? of the world can
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1 the measure would put his salary at
M.680. r .ut of $420.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
Youth Is Taken Bark To Kentuckv
NORMAN BROWN. 22 WANTED IN MOORHEAD, KY., FOR HORS! STEALING
Ferd Lucas w-as in Shoals on business. Matt J. Murphy attended a reception given by the Indiana Democratic club at the Denison hotel in Indianapolis. Mr. r.nd Mrs. E l Hibbitt spent the day in Martinsville. Glen Tucker left this afternoon for Decker where he expects to secure employment in the melon fields. Greencastle people in Indianapolis were E. B Taylor, W. M. Sutherlin, E E. Caldwell, El Harris, N. C. O’Hair and Judge James P. Hughes. Earl Smith is confined to his home due to illness.
Norman Brown, 22 year.- old, ar- ; rested Thur day by Sheriff Alva Bryan and deputies at the home of Frank DeHart in Monroe township, was turned over to the sheriff of Rowan county, Kentucky. Saturday morning to he returned to Moorhead where he will face a charge of horse stealing. Brown accompanied the Kentuck. official without objection .waiving the formality of extradition papers, i He and a companion are alleged to have stolen a mule in Kentucky. Brown’s companion re eived a 2-year prison sentence while Brown fled from the state, coming to the home ! of the D* Hart's who are relatives. |
WASHINGTON, July 16. (UP!— The entire bonus ,.rmy of 15,000 was ordered concentrated on Capitol Hill today to bid congress “goodbye but
not gtod luck "
Walter W. Waters, commander of the thousands of veterans who have been idling on outlying camps for a fortnight, directed his - tattered brigades to move on the capitol and join the California battalion which has
L' , . * /’ I |7* I l | been keei inc. a ' death vat< h" on conMatc y iiOiil ru hls h v
The veteran d were con idering picketing the Win • Hou < i soon as
congress goes home.
The mammoth demonstration a* the capitol was to begin at 10 a. m. Waters planned for m<> t of is men sim1 ply to move quietly into the grounds i in small group., and day there until ■ congress adjourn* Adjournment was expected late today or tonight. | The imminent m issim; of thousands of men at the i ipitol cii ated the most 'difficult situation foi police siiue the ! world war veterans laid seige to Washington tun nont ig". Police Superintendent I'et am t da -ford expected to confer directly with high administration officials before for*
mulating his poliev.
Capitol authoiitie were demanding that the ground- be closed to x'eterana. Glasaford ha? held that the best way to avert trouble w i? to keep •he men under trict upervision but give tlum freedom of the ground*. Glirsiiford and c ipit I police clashed sharply over fh ■ id* nt of Thursday
tmp'inie.s of ma-
rines marche I to the capitol, and
wa re promptly sent back *o their barNF.WGKNT REl'MU' JULY 24 ,, kw In the chief. Just who The annual reunion oi the New {called the mari' * c- -till a mys-
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ULLIVAN, Ind., July 16 (UP)- * mous trouble in Indiana' ;iike t in coal field appeared imminent '■••lay wdth the arre.-t ,if li.i, demondors at thi Ebliw \ de mine neat
h* re.
Sheriff Weal* y Williams and his ■ puties arrested the men, allegedly nion miners, when the. appeared at the mine, in violation of a circuit court injunction prohibiting picket ing, in protest to hiring of non-union
labor.
The injunction order was granted by Judge Martin Ptgg in Sullivan circuit court early this week on pe
tition of the mine o)>erators.
The men arre.-ted 'hi.- morning were held in the yard *t the county jail. Union m< o fro n till parts of the Indiana coal fields were report
ed converging upon Sullivan by mo-i avoninv w en tw
tor to protest the am -ts.
gent family will be h* I I at the home of Mr. and Mr- Andru Wimmer. neat B linbridge, Sunday July 24th.
Miss Ida Riley • Died Friday ’d-ild
SUFFERED (FI EBRM HE'DtRR |fcGt OF i R UN NEIE Ml VERNON, IOWA Pen T Rilev received word Frida* night of the death of hi* sister, Mi Lin Riley in >0 Vernon, Iowa, about 11 o’clork. S'*, 'offered a cerebral h* mail hage whtl enroute from Chi c igo to Mt. V*’ n Friday and die I after reaching a "-pital in that city j With Mi - Rib * at the time was her mother, Mi V T. Riley and her sister. Mrs. Thom i Nicholson. They were on their wa\ from Detroit to lit Wnnn. M Riley will be re-
membered by mat friends as she made util about ten yea time her father. Rev. and Mrs. Riley and
tory. In any • at. they were waiting just a fev Mocks away in case they .hould h* n c led today Toe capitol polios* board, composed -f the mate and house sergeants atarms and the capitol architect, d<‘olared Gla- frrd a sumed command without authoi 't nd ha I permitted the f alifornia battal* *n to violate the law by picketin', the capitol -dnee
Tue a, la\.
G1 as ford replied tartly t it With so many members of the capitol building staff ap; arently authorized to giv«> orlei . it obvio.i.dy was nece- aiy lor sons one man to assume luthe’ity. Tit** re ponsibility for law and order ha • he >n placed squarely on my shoulder; The vice-president told me in pe n that he did not deore violence.” Today’s dsirmoMratinn was the idea of cripried Roy W Robertson, fighting loader of t"' ( rlifornia delegation. Waters, (h e regular F E. F. forces have bee i completely overshadowed by the we -tern hand, quick-
Gieenrastle |y agreed to the plan.
her home here ago. at which \ T. Riley died daughter went
to Detroit, Mich., to make their home. An ther brother, William Riley, who i- doing r ere arch work in the Orient, . I o survive She was a graduate of 1 DePauw with the da-s oi 1908. ,
R' bertson -aid he also was considering a piotei-.t demonstration at the White Hnu e. Hi men will vote whether to do Uni or go home. A steely rain through the night lien, ied th r. In f « try westerner* who took turn in carrying on the monotonou ■ iiiiiching in front of
j the capitol building.