The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 January 1933 — Page 4
the daily banner, greencastle, Indiana, Monday, January 2, :33.
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^ TRAFFIC FIGURES * «> IMMANAPOLIS, Jan U (UP)— ' \i l ately 20 i er cent of all traf1 tjto hiehways in Indiana are 11 vehicles. Prof. C W. Starr I I 'Lana university, announced toft < r a stu ly of reports of a reci i tiaffie suni'V 1>> the state high\ve y department. 1 i data gathered at 840 differi , int: in fhe state. Prof. Starr l ' t' at the heaviest truck and bus i . '!■ on week-day.-, occurs near the i cities and on highways coniii tin major cities I the Calumet district alone, both Ham roml and MichiCdy. about 2,500 trucks were cotnite 1 cash day. This was aug1 ntc ■ by passenger vehicles numthree to four times the freight traffic. Ih< irea urrounding Indianapolis. '' ' 1 p dnt of two major east to t end north to south roads, was <j to bb about fi.000 vehicles a
day.
\, i l oxinritely 5,800 commercial >ildi'l. daily were counted in each
roads each da.v. In the most important highway. Starr’s o report said commercial vehicles averaged as high as 25 j or cent of the total traffic, dropping rarely to 15 per cent, but averaging about 20 )>er cent. The . ufvey was conducted by the highway department for use in arranging pavement of further Indiana roods.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Deaths caused by mounting in Indiana during the first 11
Jan. 2 (UP)cancer, rapidly increased by 131 months of 1032
as compared with the same period last year, a report by Dr. William F. King, secretary of the state board of health showed today. The increase in cancer death.- was greater than for any of the five i ther death cause- showing an increase, th» report said. Death, from 11 othei major causes have decreased so far
this year.
“Cancer is largely preventable
of the S uth Rend and Terre Haute i through prompt medical attention to d trie; Kvan-ville. in the southwest-1 any lump in any part of the body. i-Hi corner of the pocket district and ! any abnormal discharge, any sore off an;- major east-to-west route, had ^ that does not readily heal, any wart pproximately 1200 commercial or mole that increases in size and veldclf , entering the city from state through leading hygienic lives and
avoiding all forms of ^chronic irritation,” Dr. King advised in the report. Deaths in the state for the first 11 months increased from 34,015 in 1931 to 35,723 in 1932. The number by all classes of acci dents declined by 404, those from automobile accidents dropped by 197 and 102 fewer pneumonia deaths are recorded. Death from suicide increased by 93 in the 11 months this year over the number in that period a year ago Diphtheria fatalities increased by 31, whooping cough by 43, syphilis by 28 and one more homicide occuried. Other death causes showing a decrease this year and the decline in figures were: measles, 138. influenza, 84; diarrhea in children under 2, 57; puer)>eial causes, 43; scarlet fever, 33; goitre, 15; typhoid fever, 8, and smallpox, 7. Biiths declined by 3,421 to total
48.383.
Bush To Snuilr Days
MANY BANK HOLDUPS IN PAST YEAR
Underground Parking Space For Senators
FIGURES show THAI RANK BANDITRY FLOURISHED
DURING 1932
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, (UP) — Senators have begun parking in their new underground garage which covers a space equal roughly to two city
blocks.
It is just being completed at u cost
jin Indiana during the fiscal year end-' „f $817,000, which covers the illuming Oct. 1, 1932, it was revealed tolay. j na . ed f oun tain and cascades and orin the annual report of E. L. Csborne, namental terraces which hide it from l chief of the state bureau of criminal view an 1 a subway through which identification. I senators may enter without having to During that period there were 36 crcss ^j, t , street in inclement weather.
INDIAjNAPCiLIS, Jan. i Bank banditry continued
(ITOflourish
of which were solved. |
The capacity of the new senate gar age is given as 361 cars. Only sen-
id placed underground. Over these ticks ami the adjoining garage was instructed the ornamental fountain lich is illuminated at night. The Trace was set with shrubbery. Most senators have chauffeur cars. few owner-driven models were rked there while the senate held its ief session F’riday. Sandwiched jnong several large cars was one ird coupe. It occupied the space belled for Senator George Norris,
'pn., Neb.
As the visitor left the garage and jnrrged on the street at the corner iposite the senate office building, aw a siiiull woman in black standg or. the opposite corner waiting ir a street car. It was Mrs. Hattie jnaway, of Arkansas, the only wo-
an senator.
and slate fell and grazed by back " Had he been .standing upright, he would probably have been buiaed beneath the fall
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RE IIIMM. LI El 1 E\ \N I GOA ER NOR TO HOI D FOP HAND FOR SHORT TIME
robberies, 16
Investigation of the remaining 20
ca -es is being continued with a view' ^ ^ eongressmen may park in i toward clearing them all up with... AUendants said that a senat „ r could of course permit his secretary lus^'dl Mills, 2G. Fort Branch coal
' '' 1 11 ' 1 " 11 " 11 * " to use his space. Parking is reserved^iner attributes his escape in a slate j i.M.t obtained but t e average amount for eaell of lhe yf; scllatcM>i whether all in a mine w-here he was working w:,- believed ... the neighborhood of, |ip ha ^ a car or not A sigI| faring > the fact that he became hungry ;
liis name is over each senator’s park- between meals.’’
Since 0,1. I there hav, been at |ng spate< Scnator Smootf R „ pll ., “Just as I leaned over to get a Dear had asked a total of I. i -t. Hi b ulks roobed, the last of , 0 ] des t j n . sen j cej ), as t] ie fi rs t - pace . undwich from my lunch basket,” [ $32,000 damages. The jury decided a.rich oc urred Dec 2:*, at W anatah g e|lator Rul . a ], ] lils t], e second space. Dlls related at the hospital where he against the lexas Utilities Company fiw bandits made i'va> with | — ... L _ a . s treated for minor shoulder and 1,t ' , l Mwal 'd e d her S5.444. The decision
WINS $5,000 DAMAGES AMARILLO, Tex., (UP)—A farm widow, who testified she was terrified when a power line shorted through the ground and caused farm fence;and vegetation to glow and bum with an eerie light, was awarded $5,000 damages by 108th district court here. Mrs. Jessie Ogden Dear lived on a small farm in Lamb county. One night she saw balls of fire rolling from fences and nearby bear grass and vegetation crackling with spark.,,
she testified.
Unfamiliar with electricity, she dashed buckets of water on the glowing fence only to be knocked down,
according to testimony
The juiy found that a highpower line parelleling cne of her fences had broken, fallen to the ground and hail charged her fences with between 13,. 000 and 42,000 volts of electricity.
when
approximately $3,000. | Among recent holdups the largest! amount ef money wa- obtained at, Evansville when :i lone bandit robbed ; Walter Bi-chuff, branch manager of I
IN DIANA POLLS. Jan. 2 (UP)- j lhe Indiana senate may he seriously,
handicapped for the first three days the Old Notional Rank, of $14,000 | after it convenes Jan 5. cash. Bischoff was wounded in both | refused to obey a com- | j^ 0 ] 1 - Hc SHid 11,1 five uf them had
TIi g.,,-,, j equippel w ith uit > as ^ re;1 ^ cd ^ or shoulder and ■ an d awarded her $5,444. The decision malic doors which open as the sen- ‘ n J ur * es ' ubout fi\e ton.- of coal PP 6 ator’s limousine approaches. Five : ' ‘
employes, carried on the
of interior payroll, are in attendance. One of them said lie didn’t know why he was on the interior department
Lieut.-Gov. Edgar D. Kush, Repub arms when he reiuocu iu out/ „ , ., , . | hcan. will preside over the senate un-'mand to drop th- money hags which . bee " P illd ^ t,lc se,,ate ,,ut
t,l M Cliffcrd Townsend, his sue he was carrying |Were tra,,sfprre cessor. takes office Jan. 9 Thus Bush I 1'he year was al-o marked by the will have the power to fill standing breaking up of two gangs which were committees with the seven Republi- responsible for several of the hold-
cans in the upper heuse and keep con- ups.
trol of some of the major committees Sheriff Ira Barton of Hartford < ity for a few days. was involved in one of the rings and Townsend’s choice- for committee was sentenced to slide prison. Sevappoinlments can not be made until ,6181 of his accomplices also were
he presides over tiie senate, unless given long terms.
Bush should agree to appoint the Another bandit gang was rounded Demociatic selections at the start. | up recently at Bedford, Bloomington] Thus for the first three days, it is and Linton. They were charged with p - ible that the senate can not swing responsibility for holdups at Free-
inio action because the committees town, Marco and Morgantown,
could not function as the Democratic Osborne’s report showed that dur-
to the interior de-
partment July 1. This was when the current economy act became effective. Gasoline pumps have been installed in the garage but thee are not yet in use- Only government cars would lie
; majority wished.
DEC. 28 A BIG DAY INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 2 (UP)—The biggest day of the year to L. O. Gha.'.ey, secretary to Governor Harry G. Le'slic is Dec. 28. Chasey was bom on that date. S"> were his son. Hal, his son-in-law, Dr F. It Rich South Bend and his late mother-in-law.
ing the last fiscal year 41 bank bandits were convicted- Two were killed while attempting holdups and 33 sus-
pects weie released.
Two life sentences and others totalling 605 years were pronounced.
furnished gas and oil, it was said, g Battery charging equipment, tire re- s pairing tools and car washing appar- S atus have been assembled. Strictly i§ speaking no service is supposed to go !=| with the free parking, but attendants p= said that they probably would take ||| Free- tarc flat tires, run down batteries and wash jobs for senators as a per- E sonal seivice. S This garage was constructed as || part of the large capital Plaza devel- fjopment which stretches from the S Union station to the capitol building = in one of the most imposing vistas in =
'‘ffie New Year
means much to an individual because it affords the opportunity of starting afresh with new resolves, greater ambitions and renewed hope for the, future. It also mean s much (o an institution like DePauw University for every college possesses a disti net personality and reacts much as an individual. DePauw is especially looking forward to die year 19 3 3 tor it is in this year that the Centennial < lass will be enrolled. AH FVeshmen entering DePauw the second semester, registration for which begins January 27, 1933, and the :e who enter next September for the school year of 1933-34, will constitute the class dmt will be graduated when DePauw University is celebrating its 100th Anniversary m 1937. C ertainly the next century will find life even more complex than that of the past century. There will be new and greater problems that the world must face. The solution to these problems can come only through education and the intelligent application of such training. The records made by DePauw Alumni indicate t’hal DePauw has someth ing lo offer that is unique in preparing youth for making a life as well as a living. DePauw's graduates are to be found among lhe leaders in every profession. Your son or daughter would make no m istake in choosing DePauw for an Alma Mater. In addition lo the type of training that DePauw offers the economic savings of living at home are not to be ignored in this critical period. V i ml insure your children of an honored pail in DePauw’s Cent* unial ( elebi ation by enrolling them either the second semester of dus year or the first semester of next year? DePauw offers strong courses in its • Liberal Arts College and Music School
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G. BROMLEY OXNAM, President. Tue, Information and Literature on Request
Washington. It is the first scene =
In addition to the 36 holdups, there’ which S rc6ts the visitor arriving i^| were eight unsuccessful attempts to I ^ asnington. lhe ar.hitects did ani^ rob bank . Arrests were made in e ^ a ^ ,ora ^ e the unsightly five ef these cases, two men were i l ' a Don. A street was close ! up. convicted and four suspects were re-1 ^ ree ^ car Oacks on it were torn up
leased after questioning I ———— Other burglaries and robberies in- I
vest if:., ted by Osborne’s department numbered 108. Fifty-six were solved and 15 persons were convicted.
1933 Is Worth “(rowin’ About”
LETS l ROW NOW!
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LOSES JOB JAN. 9 INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2 (UP)— The best known negro in Indiana will be a victim Jan. 9 of the Democratic landslide. He is Lewis Liggins, Princeton who has served a.s executive messenger, for more than 14 years under five’ Republican governors. Liggin- will lie succeeded by Grant! Hawkins, negro, Indianapolis who was’ appointed messenger by Gov. elect Paul V McNutt. Hawkins will b» graduated from the Indiana university law school next month. Liggins came to Indianapolis in 1918 to become messenger to Gov. James P. Goodrich. Since then he has "i-ved under Governors McCray Branch, Jackson and Leslie. During his long term a.s me.-senger, ’ Lewis, as he is familiarly known has become personally acquain’ed with al most every important political figure in Indiana
HOYS BELlFiVKD THIEVES BEND. Ore., (Ill’)—A "Kang of hoys" is believed to have caused numer us bicy le thefts here. Police leceived notices of losses daily for more than a week.
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