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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY

1933.

NO. 75

PUTNAM COUNTY f CORN WINS AT

MAYOR AND FIRF, < HIEF REi EIVE THANKS FOR AID

i Mayor \V. L. I Jen man and Fire ■ Clticf Bert Howard ^ etluosday rr

CONUERENCE!" ,v k H ^ n*-* L .

Cook; ey of t rawforilsville, express-1

! inr thanks in behalf of that city for

the aid ttie loi al fire ilopartment gave in tlie disastrous fire of Tuesday

COLD DELAYS BIG PUSS’ IN JEHOL SECTOR

FORMER DEPAI « STUDENT GETS ST A IK FARM I EKM

PAUL M’&AUGHEY 01 RUSSELL- | VILLE IS RESERVE SWEET-

STAKES WINNER

JAPANESE oFFKNSIt E W 11II • HENG I EFtJ AS GOAL HAI TED BY WEATHER

A. G BROWN I

SPEAKER

ZERO I KMT! It A TURF PREVAILS

Otis Clodfclter W ma I nrther Honors for Putnam County With Fourth

in Oats Class

Troops

Guns

MW AMS EKM HEON

Members of the Kiwanis club held a business meeting during their , weekly luncheon .-c ion Thursday

noon at the Christian church. Plans 1 ^ n, I w ® 8 ^ e *' t,r ^ippon for the year were di-cu -.-ed. Another * ,e, " ater-( ooled t feature of the meeting was the fad ! * n, ° Action that thirty-nine of the forty-one mem ! hers of the organization were present PEIPING, Jan. 12, (UP>

grey'• *s of Putnam county' who ex- i showing the interest being manifest j cold on t e southern and eastern hibited at the date agricultural con in Kjwauian adivitic In tin city frontiers of Jehol province brought | tgrev e at Purdue university, won re- \ ( fighting between Japanese and Chi- ]

FAMOUS BANKER DIES — » • ' .:n i ,i. I

Malcolm Berger, 20, Columbus,

for ner I toP+u ■ ' ersit

was sentenced to cue year on the In diarm state farm when lie pleaded guilty in criminal court at Indiana polis today on charges of robbery. Berger held up T1 >mas \. Cantrell, filling station operator, on November 2, with a toy pistol and obtained $27 A group of Columbus citizens, in eluding a former mayor, former circuit judge and a minister pleaded

for leniency for Berger.

I. U. STUDENTS. IN CHARGE OF VESPER SERVICE

I IRK I '.DANGERS HOME

GKol'P OF DEPAI W ->H DEN IS It) CONDUCT SERVICE AT

BLOOMING I ON

Pitot, RAM ANNOUNCED

A ioof fire endangered the home of I Frank Jotnv-, 416 Elm strd, about f, 30 o'cl 'ck Wednesday everdng, but prompt discovery and ijvick action ( 1>\ the fire department saved the property from ser ious damage. Fire men used the booster line on the fire ' truck and i tank of chemicals to ex | tii><|ui h t i blaze after it bad pene i tinted ti e i of to the attic Falling i sparks were believed to have caused

I ODA I ♦p lc fno

REPEAL OF PRIMARY LAW IS POSSIBLE

GOV. M'NUTT SAYS HE WILL NOT OPPOSE MEASURE IF IMTRODUt l t>

Paul McGaughey, one of the corn

Intense'

RVNDIT I ALLS IN GUN BATTLE

'ijitmg tirorip to be Under the Direction of Rc\. Baldridge, DePauw Grad

HANDS OFF"

FOLIC Y

YOL fH W HO TERRORIZED C APITOL SENT HOME

Sponsors Of Direct Primary Repeal Believe McNutt Will Sign Bril If Passed

A group of students from Indiana! " ASH I NO ION, Jan. 12, (UP) university under the direction of thel M:,rlm Kemmercr, young Allentown.

sene sweepstakes honors for his diplay of Keid yellow dent, according to announcement of winner- He also plao i first with his di-play in the

sing c ear da

51 r. McGaughey . < been growing good corn on hi . farm in Russell town hip and rank ■ among the best producers in Putnam county Newton 11 altei n in uf Rushvillc was crowned corn king of Indiana at the couferencf Wednesday. Another Putnam county wirmei at the conference wn , otis Clodfelter of fUls;- 1 Iville who 'cull fourth plan wit)’ his exhibit of oat In section - J,

i nesc to a j la yml tire

standstill today and deanticiputed Japanese ad- j

BA III, Me., Jan. 12 (UP)—(. harle.s' vunce toward Jehol's capital, ChengVN . Morse, 7(>. w ho once controlled a ; tefu. | $60,000,000 shipping combine and 15 | Zero ten literatures made the use New V ork hanks, died of pneumonia i of water-cooled machine guns iintoday at hi.- family s homestead in : possible arid otherwise contributed i

VITER HOLDUP

Rev. Robert Baldridge, assistant di

Pa., clerk who terrorized the house on

• • the We ley Found will r " "" 1 " 13 by waving a loaded re

COMPANION ESCAPES WITH .;io.omi l \ ROBBER) V I BEREA. OHIO.

Moiion Wreck

this city, where he was born.

i to the stalemate military observers re-

i ported.

4, and 5

w

hitnnni "’'.lll*• had -till further in tart t in the conference Wednesday bees are of the fact that A. G. Brow n, fern er president of the Fir t National bank in this • president of the Federal I .and Bank at Loui.-ville, Xy addles.I the i-senildy. Mr. I

Boy Smui (Chiefs

During the

E ERE A, O., Jan 12. (UP) Two bandits today invaded the Commer-

lirll of military action,; ,.i a i an d Saving, hank of Berea,

II \ cars Afro

VALI.KY COUNCIL OFFK ERS Ml \ It R RF F.I.Et I KD AT

ANNUAL MEETING

I foreign diplomatic representatives ' planned to go to Nanking to keep j closer contact with the Chinese government during efforts at conciliation which the League of Nations will resume a*. Geneva Monday. Premier Wang Ching Wei lias been recalled

suburb of Cleveland, and l .oted it of

$30,000.

In a gun battle with the citizens as tliey sought to escape, one of the gunmen was wounded and captured The other fled with the entire loot. The two men entered the bank

m

®ko ii explained the work of his 1 the Centenary Methodist church tank, an interim iiate bank, under di- Terre Haute Wednesday evening, rect federal juri-dirtion, and pointed All other officers of the area wen

out that while Indiana farmers had not. obtained many loans from the m■rmediate credit institution, it was

from Germany, where he had been | s i, or tly after it opened today. They taking a cure, but it was not known | f orc ed employes into the vault. A. here whether he would proceed direct one of the bandits stood guard, the

Porter C. Farris of Brazil was re | to China or stop at Geneva for the | other methodically swooped all the elected president of the Wabash val- , league discussions. i ,. a . s |, into a large bag. Icy area of Boy Scouts at the annual ' United States Minister Nelson ' Clarence E. Fox, former council meeting of the area council held at {Johnson decided not to accompany \ man, arrived at the bank door and

I have charge uf the Vespers service! volver rrom the * allcr > ' has bL ‘ en rc - here Sunday evening. A group of De-! leusod aml sent homr on tlle ‘ ,rorT,,se Pauw students, headed by Robert ; L ‘ lal 1,6 wm ^ a good boy. Fribley, DePauw student from New

castle, will hold a similar service ai I

Bloomington in exchange.

The Rev. Mr. Baldridge, who was! graduated from DePauw last June, j announced that his group would in-j elude Malcolm Ballinger, Harry Al ley, Ralph Coble. Lawrence Robert 1

son, Wilma Jane Borland, and Ter AIM S (ONE LAGKAI ION rence Brunnemiller. T'hc services will UD ANNTVt.RS.ARI Ot be held Sunday evening in the Green I V\ RECK ONE DAY castle Methodist church. The theme j will be “Christ in the Lives of Indi : i rawfordsville's greatest confla viduals.” gration which visited the city on Mr. Ballinger ia trumpet soloist for | T ues day missed the forty-first anni th • Indiana university hand. Mi jversary of the Monon wreck, the

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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12. (UP) — Repeal of the direct primary law for municipal elections became a possibility today with announcement by Gov Paul V. McNutt that he would not oppose such a bill if introduced in the

Indiana legislature.

Leaders of the repeal movement injteipreted McNutt’s statement a in.

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not because i.f unwilliiigne.-.- on the bank's part to loan the money. Un-

m

WlRingne.- on the part of the farmer

jkj-io present fin.in i.ul stntenient.- md piovide a clear picture of his condition and plans make- ir difficult for

Ole hank to take .i ri .k which may have to be paid by taxation, as is the ultimate result of losses by govern'tneiu. loan

re-elected, as follows: John Peck, commissioner; Dean Dirk- of Green castle, vice-president, and Al J. Wool ford, Terre Haute, treasurer. Election came by acclamation following the report of tbe nominating committee made by Earl Wood, its head. The meeting wa.- a dinner meeting, with 100 scouters and scout leaderin attendance. Reports of aU officer:were read, a program given and

the diplomatic delegation to Nanking, hut to remain here ami maintain con tact through the consulate general zrt Nanking. British charge d'affaires E. It M Ingram planned to go to Nanking and it was expected that the (British minister, Sir Miles Lumpson, arriving at Hongkong today, would join Fiench, German, Italian and other diplomatic representatives at the

capital

The vernacular pre.-s reported a

finding it locked, began to pound on it. One of I be gunmen opened the

| versary of the Monon wreck,

Coble is tenor soloist for the Broad ' ,.jtc.s worst railway catastrophe,

way M. E church in Indianapolis. Mi j us t one day.

The famous wreck, which occurred

Bi unnemiller

Ucal preacher for

the First Methodist church at Bloom

direct approval of their plans. "Primary repeal is not an admin-

istration measure,” the governor ex-

plained. “But neither will it be op

posed by the administration. Ours

{will lie a 'bands off policy.”

MISS- i Sponsors of the plan said they felt

certain McNutt would ign n bill repealing the primary law if ipproved

by both houses.

Only local offices and seats in the U. S. house of representatives now remain under tire primary law Entire repeal is -aid to have the

’ I support of both the Democratic and ‘' Republican party organization It

passage would do away with the municipal primary in May. Candr-

ington. All are interested workers in ih92. claimed the lives of several the Wesley houndation. ! persons and caused -eri ms injuries to I hi- same group was al Martins mote than forty other persons. A

just north of Sugar ( reek on Jan. 11, | dates for city offices would be nom

door and asked him in, telling him j' die hi. t Sunday and had charge of broken rail caused the wreck of the the "bank examiners have taken it | the evening \ esjrer service for th’’; mirthbound passenger train,

over.”

Japanese attack at Shihemenchai and

training course charters presented by described heavy fighting in which H. Clay Owen. 1 (Chinese troops allegedly repulsed the

Fox was suspicious and ran to call police. As tire robbers fled. Fox and a drug store proprietor fired at them. The bandits fled down the street and Fox chased them. He caught up with one of the robber- and grappled with him He grasped the gun out of the robber’s hand and emptied it. This bandit fell, while the other- fled.

One of the outstanding events of

invaders.

An official Japanese an- !

{the evening was the presentation of! nounceineiit, however, said that the | 1 t re highest award in routing the Japanese troops had riot advanced be- , area can give to Walter W. Talley j yoml Clriomenkou, strategic pass

H* I’I’ / ’ (and Walter Haley of the council. Dr {through the Great Wall, which the ) J US. hi I/, I hOOJMT George E Francis, pastor of tin , Japr.r.e.-e intend to hold without ex

rneiiin

rmia

Tal

yes

QUIET REIGNS IN MINE ZONE DI E TO TRUCE

Mrthodist church there. The DePauw | p pn Hamberger of Cincinnati, a group, composed of Fribley, William) traveling ile n in vl ailed Tan Shepherd, Robert Montgomery and nenbaurn Brothers’clothing store that James Wharton w ith others is plan-j niorni r, g , an H Madame Inns Van ning other engagements and ’"ill , Rokey, of Hungary, a member of a probably be at Purdue university soon burlesque troupe, were killed instant

and will conduct services at Metho

; mated by tire party organizati ns for I final decision of the voter - in tire fall i election. Two bills dealing with the rbject are being prepared, it was under

stood

One would repeal all primary law s while the other would effect only reIioal of the primary in cities. This

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Centenary church, w ho made the | tending operations south of the Great - — | awards, told of the long service given " all.

AGED PUTN.AMVH.LE WOMAN scouting by the two men Chinese and Japanese annuuuccPASSES \W.\Y. IT NER.AL { He told of the aid given the Ferre 1 merits disputed control of ChiomenTO BE SATURDAY .Haute council by Walter W Talley J •'"U-the ninth gate in the Great Wall. I during tire ten years he has served j The Japanese claimed they controlled .Lure Cooper age 95 1 " n < ' ou, "dl and pointed out tin 1 G'e buss, and Chinese sources report-

fact that Walter Haley had been <'d that they stilt held the stragetie

point. Military sources doubted whether the Great Wall, historic bar-

Meumonia Mr- Cooper -'■■■ »— i nonuu or se.v.ce or anj nieorocr ol i ier against invasion, could hold out

I BMPORAIO ARMISTICE I’KE \ MLS PENDING IN' ES11 GATTON B) GOV. HORNER

. Mrs. Hun Jane Cooper, age years, passed rvvay Thursday morn

ing near 8 o’clock at her home in Terre Haute’s econd scoutmaster and Putnam-rile, following an illness of { , ’“' 1 h r|V “" Dx- scout work the longest Mrs. Cooper who wa8|P er,ud of service of any memher of

born in Jefferson tuv nship, Sopleni-, 10,,,K

ber 1&, 1837, spent most of her life in' Hie value of scouting t« boys of JVtT-rson ami Warren townships. Sim toda y " as olltlinH b >' »>r John G. wa one of the fir.-t members of the 1 superintendent of the Meth

would leave the county and congressional offices still under tire primary ly. C. M. Cheek of Greencastle, died i plan.

t few hours after the wreck from his j Since party organrzaticii.- are built injuries. up from the precinct committeemen

Forty-six othtej- passengers were > arid these arc selected in th' primary,

injut'-d and several died later of in the repeal bill would provide that juries they received in the wreck, committeemen be chosen by voter at

Ten of the injure l passengers were (the general election.

Primary re|>eal covering state of-

wreck. i fjees was passed in 1929 through bi-

partisan action.

Putnoniville Prc-byterian church Rio a large circle of friend - and acquaintance - In v\ a better known ar ‘^Grandma" Cm per She was one of ttn oldest residents of Iputnani county and was a daughter of pioneer sett-

lar

Bshe is survived by one son, Alfred Co'’i>ei', one - iter, Mr.-. Emily ETanoerr Bowen who lived with her, and

SPRINGFIELD, HI., Jan. 12, (CP) —iA temporary truce in Illinois’ mine union war appeared to have been effected today as both sides waited on an investigation begun by

the modern Japanc-o force of 10,000 i G v. Henry ll"rner.

men supported by airplanes, tanks,! As a first step toward bringing * . rmoreu trains, and ill modern in-! peace to tbe Christian county mining struments of war. ' region where two men and a woman

| were shot to death in outbreaks hist • THE WEATHER ; week, Horin-i tssured a delegation of

Mostly cloudy and wanner, light 1 striking minoi -’wives that food relief

tor in Terre Haute for several years. ' ,low north portion tonight; Friday ftations in I'aylonille, Kincaid, I” He told of seeing the king of England I , ,oud >': wanner east and south; pos-I vey and Jer eyvillc would lie re-

paying tribute to scouts at Dnidoii on | AWe rain or snow in rth and central j opened.

one great occasion. 'portions. I The strikers' attorneys obtained a Dr. Benson declared that when | —- 1 or,1 "r restraining Christian

dr t church-s in various cities in In

diana.

Tin Rev. Mr. Baldridge announ ed hi- iirogiain for the Greencastle chuici. x.v f'dkiws:

iPrehulc.

Hymn 119 One More Days " "i'k ; residents of Crawfordsville, Scripture and Prayer. | Inrnie liately follo-ving the Vocal sohi Lawrence Robertsmi which occurred at 2 o’clock in the af Hymn II (» Master Let Me Wall. , ternoon, the train caught on fire. Citv Announcen nts. otTritorv. .officials placed guards aliout th< I runrpet d o t—Malcolm Ballinyc - coaches to protect the property of the and Harry Alley. i passengers just as in the present dis \oial solo Ralph Coble. ! aster guanls have been placed around! Talks—’Tenerice Biunnenriller and t h e ,-azed business houses. Journal

Rev. R. B. Baldridge. Review.

Silent prayer and organ meditation { ______ ANNUAL

'■ ’ ”• ' (M l B ES HERE WEDNI IDA)

] POSSESSION SUIT IS

IAKEN UNDER ADVISEMEM

lli^h Point ttil

(lon!|iaiiv

Benediction and postlude.

MEETING HEI D IN

AFTERNOON

odist Episcopal hospital of Indianapolis, wlio was the leading peaker of th** evening and who served as pa •

l»rrkrr|MTs Will Mori jumiai’Y

scouting tied up a boy with the great outdoors it did something vital for

Rlt brotl er, J un p • 111 next that it unlw ks two granddaughters, Mrs. Della Day 1 tllr fD -681 potentialities of hoy, {

I and that it makes a boy feel he is

(ilvilr Sliinlrv Is

v

l{rl(‘;isnl On l>oml

of Putnarnville, Mrs. Minnie Travis

of Beatrice, Neb., and two great part of a gang or of society and help

Jrandsoiis, Carl T ravis of Annapolis,

i county authorities from interfering with balloting in Christian county for election of state officers of the Progressive Miners of America. Previously the authorities had ordered

balloting birred.

him to eliminate selfishness from his

Mo , Ynd Richard Trav is of Beatrice,! Iif " '’Y developing a social technique, r JJeb., also survive. I T,1H nrw ,roo ^ , of Spa Scouts, S. F |

IS Si HKPIT.KP ID APPEAR IN CIRCUIT CO! RT F1R>T DAY

, The new troop of Sea Scouts, S. S ^ M’BIL I EKM •’ •• HI Id It- 1 01 dn,,t,-,” of

Hyday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the H" " A'PP' r. L J. Maehling, put on Hyde Stanley, of Madison town home in Futnamville. The Rev. V. E. | " n'" ,,ber - r| ie scouts wore their 'hip, charged with burglary in con Raphael, pastor of the Greencastle "e* '■“'lor uniforms and won stomm: r met ion with his alleged entrance of kesbyterian church will he in , of applause through their number. the home of Mrs. Jane Harris in MaCbarge. Interment will be in the Deer l f r P rts were made by P. C. Farris., dison township Monday night, was ^fceek cemetery -president of the area; by John Peck. { released on bond of |300 by Judge

comnii- doner; A J. Woolford, treas1 'irer; Sant Hanna, president of tire

SPANISH WAR VETERANS 'Greencastle district; Amos Potts,

J AMES K SI ARKEY, s| ATE >E«

BETARY, D* BE ONE OF

SPEAKIRS

IN l ALL NEW OFFICERS Brazil district; Dwight Grays. Rm-k-

| vrlle district; Tom Black, Sullivini

■ Offi.crs of I ari Fi.-k i amp, United Spanish War Veterans, for the new ■tar, are the following: Vr-mmander, Jesse J. Reemer K Senior A’ice Comander, John A. j

Be rd

i Junior Vice Commander, William

A Holmes

hr. Adjutant, Frank A. Ashworth Quartermaster, Benton Curtis. B Trustees, A J. Duff. Lea Paxton, i

EL Brockway

K Historian, H. O. Irvvin.

■ Surgeon, Robert O Hawkins.

Bchaplain, G. FT Black.

distn t, Earl Wood, Terre Haute dis trirt; Seoul Executive D. H. Wilson and Earl Wood of the nominating

committee.

All reporta showed a growth in

bond of L’tOo

Wilbur S. Doiiner Wednesday afternoon Stanley is scheduled to appear in cinuit court at the beginning of j

lire April term on April 3.

According to deputy sheriff George i E. Knauer, who filed tire burglary j charge against Stanley, he caught the latter and hi- wife in the Harris ; home Monday night after they had j effected an entrance through a i

lire Putnam County

Association will hold its winter meet- j ing in the as.-embly room of th»; | courthouse, Monday, Jan, 16, at 1:30 p. in. James E. Starkey, secretary of the Indiana State (Beekeepers associa- I lion and chief inspector of apiarie will be the principle speaker, discuss ing “Brood Diseases <f Bees T heir Elimination,” and seasonal |

topics of management.

Mr. Starkey is well known in Putnam county among beekeepers and al-| ways receives a hearty welcome. Each Ireekeeper is aske 1 to bring some

May,,’ W. K. Den,, president of • friend who .1 in ....

T. C. Johnson, veteran deputy I slat'* inspe tor, and successful bee- i keeper of Cass county will be with Mr. Starkey and will speak on "Value of County Beekeepers Association.-.” Any uire.-tions concerning the management or raising of b''es will lie answered by Mr. Starkey or Mr.

Johnson.

! Suit, of Albert Eiteljorge against I j| Janie Plessinger. for pos • - ion of a I house and lot on the Eiteljorge farm i in Madison township, heard in cirII uit court AA ednesday . w as taken milder advisement by Judge A\ ilbur S j D liner at the close of the hearing. | Eiteljorge < laimed that Plessinger

_ , I C behind in his rent and has refused

1 to give possession, while Plessinger asserted that labor performe I for Eiteljorge by himself and a ”ir John, I had paid his rent up until August.

1933.

nil (Mil IVIIous In

The annual meeting of the Hie 1 ' Point oil company w i held in the company headquarters here Wedner day afternoon. During the meeting, officers for the coming year were elected a.- follow President, Norman F Kelb Vice-president, Oscar Slrawvei Sec -Treas.. E. B. Taylor. Director.-, Nat I rtzgerald an I E H France. j Other present were D • Dean, | auditor; E. A Dehnbostal, pur h i ung | agent; R bert Klepinger, collection department; Richard Tavlor, it 'linger Lafayette district; Roy Christie, manager Greenca-tle di-drirt; AA iltc Goldberg, accountant.

j During the met tin) • pan i pi

I lo|( I |»|<f I ||17 I ject- for the n V

LOt Al KIAA AM ANS AT IFAD .SI AM, MFEI WEDNESDAY

A

I live year. Ir now’ employ more

the local Kiwanis cirri’, and four other members of the local organization, attended a state meeting of the service club at th*' Columbia club in InJiann-

FIR-I (MINTY MEETING OT THE NEW YEAR AA ILL Hh HELD JAN. 20

than

who accompanied tbe mayor were R. P. Mullins, J. J. Ector, Prof. Paul

Fay, and Dr. W. J. Krider.

20 Years Ago

TOD A A IN LKEFNt ASTLE

Sh ;imrus Srnil

fhe Independent Order of Odd Fel lows have planned to bold their fir.-,* county meeting of the year in Put nam lodge hall at Greencastle on Ja”

20, at 8 o’clock.

The grand master pf Indiana, Law rence A Handley, of Richmond, will be the main peaker of the evening, "ith other grand officers assisting This meeting will he devoted to ar ranging Ore new schedule for the

50 people and r; operating more j than 26 cf its own stations and supj plies other stations to the number of scores. It operates m all surround l ing counties, including Morgan, . Owen, Putnam. Montg-’mery, Hetrd- ' ricks, Clinton, B one. F”iint rin urd

; "tilers.

Ur. L W \ rm ii Heads S,)| ietv

( ) I I I S< ( ri| ai "i liearirig reports of lodge

a || ov ,.r the county. It is espe-

PUTNAM COT M A MFDU Al >* CIBTY MET " i DNESDAI. ELE< I DFFH KR->

number of scouts and in promotions broken window,

made by the different troops. H was said that Knauer had been

employed to watch the Harris home by Bruno Mann, the Harris home be-

K»X DKIA'E IS PLANNED iug on the hitter’s farm. # Mann is IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP aid to have become suspicious that < j someone was entering tire horir’e dur- \ fox drive ha,s been planned for iub r the absence of Mrs. Harris who is

| cially' urged that each lodge in tire

Clinton township. Saturday, January in the county hospital. He came to 14, beginning at 9 o’clock in the Greencastle and enlisted the services

of the

■Officer of the Day, John D. morning. The drive will start from of Knauer. IVhile Knauer was wait- ,ber of short circuits.

Rhoades.

■ Officer

■ryton.

HSenior Color Sergeant, C. lay) weeks ago Dav.dson. j caught

dl four sides of tire township, center- ing in the Harris home Monday nighU

Guard, Alvah T. ing in the middle of Qie township. ' Stanley and his jvife.are alleged to

A similar drive was held several shave entered. Both claimed, how* with two foxes being that they were watching the

® j hfine in the absence of Mrs. Harris.

Among those in Indianaixdis today

for the inauguration of Governor COAST (.1 ARD RADIO STATION I'fve '* f u" representation at

Ralston were William Houck, Reese PI* DISTRESS - 1 l ’ meeting.

Matson, Theodore Crawley. SIGNALS 'he grand master and ids deputy Telephone employes found that j will make reports as to the standing someone had shot a cable carrying ’ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. (UF), of hioges from this county us well Several hundred wires down the alley I EHstress t ails from two ships, t i*‘ ovei the state. I h» re will be rein tlje renr of the Owl drug store tanker Manju of the N. Y. K. line, | Ports from tire grand encampment of

with a 32 calibre n volver. The bullet, and the C 'li’ ral Pershing . of tbe imbedded in the cable caused a nuru- State’s line, "•‘■e picked up b> the

\V. L. Denman, who has been visiting his family, returned to Crawfordsville. • Miss Lank v us h”-tess to the New

Era dub

coast guard radio station here today. The : -it "irs given would place tjpth vessels near Japan. The distress signals did not state the cause. It was believed the vessels might

ha\ e collided.

The first meeting of ’he year fur the Putnam County Medic rl ety was held at the county hospital Wednesday evening Election of of fleers for the year end discussion of current problems for the physicians

were on tire program.

Indiana and it is urged that all mem- Dr. J. F. Gillespie, who has been hers of Encampment No. 59 he pres- ( president for five years, declined r»ent at this meeting. 1 election, as did Dr. C. B O’Bm n wh < Don’t forget the date, Jan. 20, at, has been secretary-treasurer for nine 8 o’clock in the Putnam lodge hall ; years. Dr. L. W. Veach of Bain-

bridgo wa ent and Dr

and all members of the different lodges of the county be present. Visit-

ing members are welcome.

Gilbert D. Rhea of Greencastle "u-r named secretary-treasurer.

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