The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 August 1932 — Page 4
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Si N '1 (ilVE EAR I H POWER SAGINAW, Mich. (UP)—How t.> >■ t "'ait iif the sun for earthly eeds, when the supply of coal and thei ,i ne<e-sitie» is exhausted.
I -' nf science to<iay, accord1 li .rl - E. St. ,U)hn fam i
is the ing to astrnn
Dr.
scienti-t- ! < o-otdiliate tion of th, omi'lia Hi tiun bet we sun and ev
science
The j
effects, au rura
St. Jidui aid he is oriranizinK -t from all over tin 1 world to itc tneir efforts in observa ’ - and terrestrial phen-
i there was a ronneo-
‘■cei-n what happens on the event- on the earth, and that
must find that connection
-tro onier asserted that ra iio inaynetic -torms an I the l>"i' iii- were being studied in rt to find out wh.rt happens e irth and sun at the same identist referred to those vast
to be from 5 to . per cent, beginning with salaries of $1,200. The conference committee set the minimum
: wage at $ 1,200.
The bill is a double bai reled affair, providing not onl> the salary reduction, but also limiting local officialto an expenditure far tlaries during 193.1 of only 90 P'-r cent of what they
1 were this year.
j Supreme and appellate court judgeI the incum'lient governor, incumbent judges of the lower courts, and persons winking penal and benevolent and education! institutions are exempt from the pH ivi- ion - of the bill. Four bills that iiad taken up much of the time of both branches of the general assembly -one fur a tax on intangible propeity, one reducing in tere-t rite on -mall loa - from 3’; per ■ ent to 2 p* 1 cent, another that would have established a tax of 1 mill per ton-mile i. i i--e- itui tru< *■* and giving the public service commi-sion additional authority over such ve- , hides and another providing for the consolidation of counties were killed
during the day.
The senate committee appointed < recently to try to find a means of meeting the anticipated $5,000,000 deficit in the general fund continued itdeliberations during the day hut when the night session began had not
ms. ___________ ___ Debate in the senate during the day
for most part (entered around the bill
whirlpools on the sun's surface ' to tax busses and trucks. It failed to which he -aid, may be as much as pas., by a vote of 22 to 25 and was 50,000 ni b - across. These whirlpools j killed a minute later. Opp nents of may have -onie pan in the vast solar j the measure w n support again-t it system, he said. I with an argument tha’ it was direct He pointed out that the -un is now i wholly at small truck operrtor- and known as a gaseous bod., though of for the specific puipo- of benefiting tremendous density at the center the railroads Proponents of the bill while di-cu-.-ing the accepted theory j contended that the railroads paid <• of matter. \ tremely heavy taxes in Indiana, pr
j vi,led their ow-n road tied- and were
NEBRASKA ISGRKINA GREEN under strict tegukiL n with regard
1 to freight late- that i ,iuH is- , arg-ii
KIMBALL, Neb, (I Pi Western | They declared that truck- could set
Nebraska counties are iiecoming the ’ their own rates.
marriage headuarters for lninilte<is j Senate ami house finally agreed on of couples from Uoloradi and Wyom-| a hill permitting ( ities a nd town- to
nd five day mar-' *•<c|uire their own utilities and to iv, been passed. ! leave the power of tale fixing with ilf of 1932, Kim-.the municipalities instead of the pubmore marriage i lie service commission as the senate
retained, however. flief issues when debate centered oi it. Gallery seats which were only INDIANAPOLIS, Atig 16 (UP)—' moderately filled on regular day.
Forty bills passed by the special In-; were at a premium when the w "1
diana b gislatuie have been signed by the governor and are laws. Thirty-
four others aw emor.
.it action of the gov-
spread that a test vote on repeal e iapproa hing. Aisles were crammed during all wet-dry debates. Applause, which w a -paring throughout th ■ session, bloke out frequently as wet campaigners stourgou ihe Wright law and the hefen-e of stout, unyielding
dry forces
Nejdl ■ : his colleague. Karl Rowley, Rep.. l-ap'Tte, headed the drive for repeal. 1 ■ Oliver Holme-, shrewd Lake count;- -olon, and Shull, chair-
The thrills of the race track
with thorobred flesh pounding the tnrf. a jockey riding
for victory, honor and love! COMEDY & RIPLEY
Here is what the new laws provide: Destroying •' auto title duplicates
more than five rears old.
B- ri ow ing trum recorstruction finance torpor.i' n by -tate banks in liqui .ution, by private banks and by
budding and I un associations.
Mandatory invitations to at lea *t| man q{ ^ lepublic morals itt ee v.ree contrat t i- oi oh - on soun V | j, anner f ( , r prohibitionists, bridges costing under $o00. ! 1)rohibiti<)n fiKht exten ded from Five-year extension for improve ^ fjr ^ hour of the 8e8sion until the ment payment under Barrett law j last 0ne of the fjr ^ t vote8 of th e as-
Elimination ' travelling rxpense '| ^embly was on whether a bill for re- ballots. paper headlines offer
for pecial ju' ge.-. j>eal should be accepted. I ntil within Drys were pleased by their signal Sergeant Hugh Cah.ilan, ({
Aliolition of p' -thou-es . an j )our tbe g ave l’g crack marking victory. Republicans, who con-dtuted George V’s Army. Transfer- of township bond fun d''I adjournment s i n e die, both wet and the senate dry clan, were reassured,
to school tun - m I nion township, f orces waited anxiously for the Elkhart count; j conference committee report. A muratoriu on delinquent taxes] a jj vote on prohibition,
, id r.rst in-taliment
for 1929, 193
of 1931.
Five-year n
highway bono-
Placing of township roa is
county jurisili ticn.
utorium on county
under
the hou-e favored repeal. The wet majority ranged from three to
than a dozen votes.
In the senate, wets gained technical victorie- on a few occasions by voting down indifinite postpondment. but in
unty jurisili tw.n. 'down indifinite postpondment. but in Trinsfer of 50 per cent of auto H-'all cases appl. ing directly to repeal,
mg. where three riage notice law During the fir-t ball County is-u
license- than th>
1930.
12
lonths of bni at first in.-i.-ted i j light of appeal to the
. I oinmiss: n wa-
Lscape Hurricane Death
' apt Emu: u George and hi, family, of Freep ’h swept South' rn Texa Saturday night. ( apt -t' rm tor ■ th»* whole pbue apait. George and h!
a- they were found after the hurricane ' a '' d in hi.- -mall restaurant I I scaped injury.
Hit by Texas Death Wind
cen-e fees to local units. Repeal of 1929 law requiring coun ti"- to construct roads to cemeterieDefinition o' manner in which cities may spend th r share of ga.-oline and auto license fund'Abolition o'' i ad repair tax Uvies it counties. Acquisition "f public utilities by municipalities Public utilit be a-se-sed at their rate-making values. I.imitation of -tate tax levy to 15 ,' nts and local b v\ to $1.50 on $100 of property. ^u-pension ' to - ent educational imp \ement - h 1932, 1933 and
1934.
Elimination mandatory I-cent levy for count.', fairs. Appropriat ’ $120,000 to defray expen-es of -ion. Cutting of udget appropriations 1 r - ate departments from $13,782, 437 to $12,109,822. Appropriat. of $100,000 for national guari :j. in mine urea. Penalties un :er Barrett law assess*nt- be pin i in .-pecial fund ini' . a f being retained by collecting
officer.
El: oration f mandatory salaries • itors in Vermillion
county.
I. m tation f sheriff's commission, at .-ale to tfr). | Eigh 'it.- a mile to ueriffs for' tran.- "rtation of pii.-oners-i tion of la ! making the '.tv l.tnce off: er mandatory i Avn .-t tnctliation of academic •Ding of ■ rentary schools for fail - < ihp > *' auth rities to cairy out orders f state board. 1 iiiiinat'on of holding companies ’ ' tool 1 u t' oc -. ow ' hip- and cities. V .n "oment of townahip high • i" I n petition f majority of vot-j I n I' interest <> i public tunds be «•'! i nking fund for protection ug in- in bank failures. Red'i-.ti n of salarie,- in Gibson
ou tv,
Inat public fund, may be investel in fe Vral securities. One measure, permitting railroad I companies to take advantage of the Barie'.t law m paying for track eleva- ■ lion pi pet-, was vetoed by the gov-1
! errvir.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16 (UPl—j ' 1 Der w, a\rig a hectic course through the special legislative session, the] I rohibition tight died a slow death in conference committee today with the ^ Wright "Bone Dry” law still intact- I Stubborn confers of the house and! senate were far from agreement when! the closing hour approached. Desper- j i ate lust minute efforts to name a ’ | new c> mmittee from the senate,! i which held out for a referendum in-j j- ead oi a re|(ealer. failed repeatedly.! As a clo.-ing. defiant challenge, the | house committee accu.-ed the Republi-1 |' an party of hypocricy in its attitude ’ toward repeal. The conference committees argued and debated throughout three days house members, Jacob Weias, Dem . Indianapolis, and Howard Grinn, Rep., 4- .urn, stood unyielding for-the orluinalntent of the bill — repeal of the Wright law. Equally staunch, the I senate members, Lonzo Shull. Rep , | Sharpsville, and 1 hollie Druley, Dem., ] Boston, stood their ground for sub- . situation of a referendum. The result wa.- that no report was submitted. Jame Nejdl, Rep., veteran Whit- ' ng Senator ana an avowed wet, led
the dry margin wa- from two to
Wets. th" other hand, lost no ^ • .1 determination They looked toward the letters B.E- I. for the BoJ the regular session that convenes in I pe l ^ |,inar ' " ue ' less than five months and vowed new th| nk- of the Brit E>
more attacks against the State's enforce- Force which served in tne Wqjj
; He expects to find a recital,
cient history.
DAILY HEADLINES GIVE R. F. f .startles him. too.f«rl WORLD WAR VET START stands for Royal FI;. . , i , r J its tale- of air raid wefT DETROIT. (UP)—Current news Reconstruction Finance Coipoil
ment act.
This is what was left of a two-story rooming house at Freepart, Texas, after being struck by TwOOa SWePt TeX#S ’ Ukw<r » toU _ ot at lM£t Hves and esulinj S-sge of
another fight for a new- •enate con- i i f«rence committee. He urged appointment of Anderson Netchum, Dem, Green burg, and William Hoadley, 1 Rep., Bloomington Winfield Miller, Rep., Indianapolis, moved to table i Xejell's suggestion, In the last probi- 1 bition te-t of the legislature, the sen-! ate sustained Miller’s motion 19 to 16.! Throughout the 40 da;, s. prohibi-1 tion rode the tnst of interest and seldom fsilc* to over^h^^ow re-
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Murder th'NiGHT Club Ladj'
THE NEW THATCHER COLT DETECTIVE MYSTERY ^ by ANTHONY ABBOT
CCPy’r '--.r, BY COVfCI• FRIEDB tD1STRiBLTTtDB^ r KfS‘9ttATU&SS SYNDiCAT£,IfJC
—cjlxu.
SYNOPSIS
'Gifford and married her. The story
At 11.30 on New Year's Ere. i now ‘ hat 8h * * 8 ,hi ?, kin K of *°- ’olice Comissioner Thatcher Co „ |‘"IT ^ 'nto P'Ctures.
Here the District Attorney extended one red and hairy forefinger
irrives at the exclusive Mayfair ' 7lub in response to a mysterious summons from District Attorney Werle Dougherly The latter informs I Colt he believes he knows the ‘higher-up” responsible for the nu- i
and tapped on the hack of Thatcher Colt's hand, as if he were telegraphing as he added in a
and accusing tone:
, . . . ji “Gifford died a pauper. Yet Lola merous jewel robberies perpetrated 1 „ . T , ,i u L l a. .l i i Care we continues to live in luxury.
recently which baffle the police.
CHAPTER TWO
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The manager told me she will be here any minute now. I just want you to take a good look at her. Then I’ll tell you something ” At this moment, a group from a
TAN you disclose his name?”
Dougherty lowered his voice neighboring table descended on us L ^ to a husky whisper as he , in a gust of salutations They were divulged: acquaintances of Dougherty who “It’s a she!” wanted to be presented to the Police
“A woman!”
"And what a woman!” hymned
that night in Mayfair, whujl mine is an evening uniform, ( Lola’s was an exceptional!} fed some one—and under thatiH of white satin. Colt said shtevj her head like a peacock. Behind the night club)
low] ambled a little old man withtij
ears and a white goatee Hit Vincent Rowland, the shirpJ railroad attorney who loved to j Croesus to modern young pntij With a blandiloquen' e. famouq/ in court-rooms and studios, tbtj tie old millionaire bowed soil to several persons and -ooj( seated opposite Lola Carew* “Isn’t she beautiful!" <ri
Dougherty.
“She looks like a woma" evj had bad news,” murmured TluJ
Colt.
The waiters were serving ti:^H 1 found it hard to keep mW from Lola Carewe What mi
Commissioner. Politely Colt surrendered to a barrage of questions,
the District Attorney, his glances. Two slender fire-haired Hollywood "oiling eloquently upward toward ! sisters in blue gowns at once dethe glittering chandeliers. 1 manded to know the inside facts
Thatcher Colt's face lightened about the latest gang war. Colt dark secrets in 'hat queei!jk with s hunter's startleri interest had to assure them there was no “Her own collection of «* Hae Dougherty really turned up honor among thieves, he was »l fabulous." Dougherty ren 1 ' some’hing The District Attorney wav- being asked about 'hat by "East Indian things - lilre .'As now pointed discreeili with his rnmanrie girls Next they wanted eralds stolen from the •vst'ifi :h'jrv.h aero-' 'he empty dance floor to kn"w whether women were of in Lord Dunsany's piavs" tVe a par'v of men and women any a count as detectives Pres I was listening with only oss luste eo in from if 'be only vacant entlj ' olt was cornered by a jew My attention was drawn bid table ’«' 1 ie ir 'hat part of the elec ; wager to whom he had to resistibly to that other tabi* Crysta R" 'm Bar ring the new explan how finger-print identifica I, surprised a curious ttls ini "omer» way s'ood a waiter, his 1 tion I ffered from the Bertillon sys-] I saw their waiter now letr rand' s’ar fl-bed in apology tern The dowager was supposed to 1 walk off with a surps' Through all 'he 'a!k and laughter, be’he mother of the two red headed ! pressed against his ahirt-fnwt one con'd h«>ar him repeating. “I girl- in blue, but she was merely once Vincent Rowland and am very «orrv '-enator. this table an a tress hired by the film com- Carewe began or perhaps rtim <1 posit' el' reserved You will have Pa r '' to play the part: she lived I —a spirited discussion Their to sit fa-rher back’" w-ith ’he girls and attended them were rinse together and both The Dis'nct Attorney folded his con-’antly. providing a dignified glancing in our direrron hands o'er nu vest buMons and fanvly background which greatly'Lola Carewe drew from her rhuckled j impressed the young stars' public, nir g purse a golden perfll ■‘Tbs' 1 'ake a back seat, all No one noticed me the fate of wrote something on 'he bark nght 1 ' he predicted 'They'll have a -»cretane« of important men menu card. As she fr lenthepii to" I danced around me curiously. At Vincent Row land apnke to her Ever as he spoke 'he leader of every 'able I recognized faces—the estly. but she shook he- t’eal the pa r'v -urrendered with a shrug, shoguns of Hollywood and Broad- leye' summoned a ws'’e' aM tod wrh a rueful smile led his way In this indiscriminate assent• a whispered direction, the
guests 'o the rear blage. some were famous and others him the note
•‘Nobody in Now York can have merely notorious, the good and the Colt, too, had obse'- ed whit that -able tonight, except a very had and the in between? of the land 1 passing While Doughonv eotrti* certain lady.” Jof make believe. I to orate on jewel thieves, 'ht A« he leaned toward Thatcher With shrill partings our unin-'and I watched to - n P when I Cob the District Attorney added vlted visitors hurried off, as the messenger earned that note Impressively music resumed, and Colt. Dough-! He hurried directly to our'«$ "That reservation is being held erty and I faced each other again. | In front of the P" -e Co a* for the woman I'm telling you “And so." resumed my chief, as sioner was laid a silver s»!'« !
about What’s more, there are if there had been no interruption, tables for her in half a dozen other “the mystery about the former night clubs as well She pays for] Mrs Gaylord Gifford is the source
all those reservations, whether she of her income I seem to remember i Colt, and picked up th» t* use? them or not alw ays sure of that Gifford did leave her about | Dougherty calmly attackid
I soup. He did not realize fro® ^
ring side seat, wherever her fancy half a million in life insurance.”
which reposed the folded sa
card.
“Pardon me," muttered Thrt*
takes her Money seems to mean nothing to her The 'Night Club Lady.' she is called by the Broadway columnists and sometimes
The Mvsterv of Mayfair " lUolt in a low tone, “that you havejpaper downT he momentanlt ba Colt's expression remained stolid a real reason to believe the widow his eloouent eves h'« only f'* 1 “Tk* Vs.wU* ri.sk I *»*• k*. — *4 I «..I J r'.M -1 .. - 1 . V ’
sign when deeply sreused
"But look what the creature! that billet came
spends!” ened Dougherty, his gaze 1 Colt's strong, tanned !»« aim st apoplectic. !expressionless a* he read tbs "Do you mean to say." demanded sage through. B it as h» Ptt-j
‘‘The Night Hub I.ady he re jof Gaylord Gifford is mixed up in
oeated. "Do you mean Lola Ca a jewel ring’”
] “1 do!” avouched Dougherty srith
“So you know of her too"" a positive shake of his head.
“Who doesn’t. Dougherty? The, "The facts’”
widow of Gaylord Gifford, the cot-! "We have not investigated In
ton millionaire" vain," returned Dougherty oracu-! .crawTed’in a lirgebold But nowadays she calls herself larly “To establish a definite rela-, “Dear Mr. Thatch.r Colt:
again by h*»r matder name. Lola* tion between such a woman and the
Across the table he
note
“Will you read that * s ^ ^
charge of it, Tony?
Hastily, I scanned the
has*
Carewe Mystery w hy she does that, j underworld la not easy, and yet
too In fact, my dear Thatcher, she i "
la the most mysterious woman ini “I think your mysterious night New York today" |club lady is just arriving," inter-
Colt «eemed suddenly reminded rupted Colt
9t £,Tr': K a a a To the table that had been so nid Gifford died a year after valorously reserved, two prancing that se-sational marriage, didn’t waiters now led .he night club lady he’ And when his will was read, and an elderly escort In my first there was hardly enough money glimpse of Lola Carewe. I thought left to pav the undertaker Did you ! she was the most dangerous beauty want to jalk wnth me about Lola j I had ever seen. I still think so ’ , I Perhaps I am an overly impression. Dougherty turned his head on one I able male; that is what mv wife
eay? whenever she hears me men-
side with a triumphant smile “Have you ever seen her?" he
countered.
“I think not," replied Colt
tion laila Carewe’s "dangerous beauty.” Once at a dinner in our apartment I dared refer to “the
shade.” Betty aoon enough persuaded our guesta—and me—that my
was a cinema performer—was she
not?"
“Ten years ago. She first made a hit In a French motion picture
about Pompadour—”
“And then went to Hollywood*”
“Where she wa* a success. The brilliant. 3he
poetry was sheer nonsense. Nevertheless, the dark Lola’s ap.
Pesrance in Mayfair that stormy ^ Ye*«2» Ere was startling and
was wearing an er-
“I must talk with you *t ; You can save a human Iif* you do it ? I am in my nght rt I never drink and am not neuf^ 1 want to talk with you in business. Will you join Mr land and myself at our tab will meet you outside if ? eu P 1 Mr. Colt, please! ,
“Lola C»r<»^
Dougherty had finished hi* "What’s all that”' k* f fumbling for a mislaid nsp^ 1 Colt did not smile * s ”
plained
“Miss Lola Carewe is desp* 1 anxious to give the poltw so 1 formation. Join us, DougherT For once, the Distnrt ^ was jolted into utter silence, p faced, he followed throuft throng. The dance floor ** ! swaying mass of jewels. P* and joy as we three ^ around the ova) to th* t*"** nifht club lady.
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