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GREENCASTLE. INDIANA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 0. J933.

NO. 331

ILDtrvTALKS

Held

ON POETS FOR DPU VESPERS

Ktermeyer. frost, sandUlRC AND LINDS\Y ARE DISCUSSED

k\NKHN IOOKE IN CHARGE

pnelH I Hiivp Mel" Is Topic follows Recent Apiwaranco Here Of Untermeyer

And

ASK BOARDS

FOR MONEY FOR

MACHINE GUN

CAST NAMED TOR I.OCAI. Pl.AY

A i-olorlul revue, taking the audi- * I liee liy sonfr >*"11 nuisi, throuph th<; ; piotjross of our nation, is the last spectacular number that brings the 1 show to a whirlwind finish, and

_____ make- one realiite from those twnits LOCAL BANKER AND MERCHANT | that t,l ‘ ilt our n,l ’ ll>n that ,l,t ‘ tille

FARM STRIKE IN MIDWEST. IS SERIOUS

appear before county COM MISSIONEHS

('Ol N( ||. MEMBERS PRESENT

No Action Taken Because Of Law And Lack Of Surplus In County General F luid

Mrs. Ervid Werner Jacobson, American, who is held at Helsingfors, Finland, as a member of an international spy ring. H< r husband, a former N'orthvillr. Mich., high school teacher, and five other persons are also held. Mrs. Jacobson

formerly lived in Detroit.

['Meeting poets siinictiincs hely>s, Iniftmu.- hinders oiicV appreciation their voik,” Prof. .Francis C. TilL (. l,| ins vesper audience Sunday

ieiung-

Kpeakii'ur on “Pocits I Have Met," Lf eB! ,„r Tililen inentione 1 Louts iitermeyer, who was here last week, (belt Frost, Call Sandburg and

(chel Lindsay.

lUnlernieyer, ii*' said, on both of his pear;tiK’>'s h(4re. was not a poet but Ljtic. His poetic work, brilliant in B early jears, and p lished in more C ent volumes, is that of a business in turned commercial poet, Tilden 1,1 The social poems of his earlier. J U i n es an- however, he declared, vhly compelling and valuable. Itobcrt Frost, whom Untermeyer week ranked first among the eon pip-.rary poets, is as much ;i ps>-Tplcfi-t a- a p«>et, the speaker de in'd, who hti found hi- greatest in-fce-t in the nmuiitain folk of New igland. Hit poetry, while written r tiaditional English words, has lurid the speech rhyms of the puntaineers, he declared. Frost is of the few poets, ho thinks, who s in the appreciation of his poetry j

I In- lectures.

It irl Sandburg i~ still one of the | ytjta'.d11ig poets of the day. ProfesTitden declared. Anthoh gists | r done him an injustice, he de- 1

M. llUl throughout his volumes ^

of the show is well clvjsen and it is tine that “The \' rid - All Right.” The leads of thi number are C Cliapman as a revolutionary soldier, Professor Hufferd the hero of the north, Ed Coffman as the hero of the a uth, Mrs. Kimber (jardner as the mother of the blue .ml gray, Johnny Friend and Harvey ( ox as soldiers of the A. E. K., Harold Edwards and -Mgan Moore as sailors of the battleship Texas, Mrs. .!■ hn Etter as the Red Cross nurse and Miss Carolyn F.lli- as Miss Columbia, while Bayard Allen take, the part of Uncle Sam. I -,h w will is .riven in the high -ehoot auditoriu Nm h anil !•.

ONE PICKET KILLED; FOUR INJURED IN AGRICULTURAL unrest

UNLOAD LIVESTOCK TRAIN

Six States To \ole On l\(‘|ieal

Member.- of the hoard of county | commissions and the county council i were petitioned Monday morning by Russell Brown, president of the FirstCitizens Bank and Trust company and Frank J Cannon, merchant representative, to provide funds for an extra

deputy sheriff in this county and for [ Tickets for each p‘i formance will i»' a machine gun for the sheriff’s office. , uc tirved and will n sale 1 uesday The jjetition resulted from the rcc " ,omi "K ut H » nni ' V ,$ 'K.kstore.

i *'nt hank robbery in this city which

! emphasized the lack of ad,|uate pre- I) • • J Vi* i iiaration for bank bandits- __ KeSlJJIiatlOII tit

; Tlte petitioners were informed, however, by council members that there I was no surplus at present in the | i county general fund out of which a| ' machine gun could bo bought, and also that it was illeg-al to use county j funds for hire of any additional

Violence Reported \t Various Points In l»»a. Situation Is Critical Todai.

Peters K\|ktU‘(I

(I) u I I e I i n) I. V M ARS, la., Nm 6, (UP) A tOfoot railroad bridge w i destroyed by fire today on •the Great Northern rail road south of James, la. James is in.the center of the farm unro.-t area. DES MOINES, la., Nov. ti. (UP) Midwestern states, seetiiing with airI'icnltuial unrest, moved today to deal vigorously with tholi-ancis of farm I pickets who sougiiit to slam shut thi* doors of the granary of the nation.

Ein cvnoN . WEEK TO BE •. OBSERVED

VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO SPONSOR PROGRVM FROM NOVEMBER «-12 e • a t itrt.D is . gri: v I ksi vv F. vriH • ^p» a-, i. I l(\ National i do ation V#siM'iatien, Ike Vnieruan legion And U. S. (iffiee F lueation

DOOVI OF IS I II

IS E\PK( T ED ON TUESDVV

(By thi 1 United Press)

j deputies-

[ C<>st of a machine gun, it was esti-

— j mated would be from $1 JO up to sevV V| KN DM EN T vral hundred dollars, while ;ut extra VT POLLS ) deputy would l ost $100 a month. It

j was explaine that although no extra I funds for a deputy could hr. provided

I that

One farm picket was killed and

- . 1 four injured, a livestock train halted SI V I E DKMOCIUV I K ( H AIRM AN >'"d emptied, highways blin kml and W ILL QUI I POST IS thousan 1- of dollars worth of produce PREDK I KIN destroyed as stiiking farmers renew

! ed violence in many sections.

1NOl VNAPOLIs N'O 0, (UP) Near Dakota City, Neb., a speeding It. Karl Peters, Fort Wayne, is ex- automobile crashed into a group

ported to tettnina’ .

Carrol Godfrey, of Brooklyn. N. Y„ known on the stage as Joan Winter, who 'wa- mysteriously slam near the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. Beside the body of the Amerirnn girl was that of her Indian guide, who ubo bail beet! slain. Relatives of Miss Godfrey aid she had traveled to the Holy Faint to gather material for a bnnlr

a> ne, i - ex- - increasingly pickets who had

into a baited

of

produce

the council might take some action relative to purchase of a machine

Tlie doom of the IHLa amendment I jj-uh jp December if sufficient taxes and the experiment of national pro- ( :u>, paid in to create a surplus in the

county general fund by that time

hi bit ion is expected to be sealed at the polls t .morrow when $ix states vote on ratification of the Jlst (re-

peal t amendmemt.

The commonwealth- are: North and Uarolina, Pennsylvania, Ken-

bnconveutionaliUes, there are many

tins of real value.

Undid Fill'Isay he called a “living ft," tlic truest poet America ha.Jbduced. By putting the “tune” (it , Tl(t made a pieal Jtitn'iiition to the poetic work of his pic, Professor Tilden said. While work of most poets is best underlod in the 'reading of it, he dcbred, that of Lindsay is fully underj I "lily a- Lind-ay imself reads The prayer was offered by Frank|t lo"kc, vvh ■ presided at the meet-

k

Needing only approval of three to bring the total of ratifying states up to the necessary :;ij, repenlists expected all so to go wavt. impartial observer believed N’ortli Uarolina and Utah should be listed as doubt

ful.

There was also some discussion Monday morning relative to tearing down the wall around the court house lawn to provide additional parking spate This move has been advicatetd for several years but no official action ever has been taken. Now agitation for the move has been caused by the decision <>f the state highway commission to pave the south and west sides of the public square. One plan suggested fur removal of the court house curbs was the use of

hitter feud with Cm Paul V. McNutt and Sen Frederh k Van.N'uj - by resigning as Demoeiati. state chairman

■within a few day

His resignation \> , presented to the committee at , meeting here Oct. the United Pre < anted today. The resignation origin d\ was to have

been effective Ja" I

Developments «f tin last few day including a dispute between Peters and Senator Van's mve brought the matter to a -h"waluwn, hnwevi'i. I’eters’ immediat' ignation i ex-

pected to result.

Repeated dentil have met iep< rts

truck, killing F'rank iF'letcher, a farm-er-picket, and injuring William Wingot, Jerry Fillip, William Ulitz, and

John Pallas.

The driver, identified only as a man named Jack-.n from Emmersoti. Neb., wa- slightly injured. He and a ciimpaion were arrested and loriged in

jail at Dakota City.

MHJivtior Kslah 4 llrarinj!: Momlav

HEIRS Ml IIRV/.II. vvtiviw s|..KK \( ( III \ I INI. BV E\l ( I O R Ol INCOME

Hearing ou a petition of S. MoGregi | an I Iithei eii F. MeGregor, wail I-to-

The automobile 1 of Hn * zil - 1 1

was demolishivl, tiie tiuck badly dam-

aged

Violence w as reported from pointin othw states as strikers saigtlt t" stop the flow of foodstuffs into market centers. State officials watched | the latest dev el praenta apprehen-

Winfield of Belle deee i-ed eouiltihg

nine from ti"' four-year pe Judge Willmr "Hit Monday - in the ea e

Postmaster General James A. Far- unempoyed tabor who would he paid

lay, who ha led the assault of the Roosevelt administration against the dry reign, ntadq a final appeal to the nation at large and the six voting states in particular in a public address last night. A repeal victory would mean a “a victory for sanity," said Farley.

that Peterif tum|h in his ro-ignathm : MV ,.i v Upward of tlO.OtMt armed at the Oct. it mertaig. But all |iurties i -iieriff- were held ixxidy for to the caucus a^wed not to disclose ! jonnediate action. In re.-sTVe wa re

out of court house repair funds. This would he

plan, however, can not be put into effect until next year dtu) to the fact that there is no urplus in this fund

at present.

STRIKE HALTS OPERATIONS

what t»ok pi." in the meeting and that if any leak" occurred there

(irciiipt denial.

From one " the persons attending the meeting t United Press learned of Peters* re gnation. I he text said jn effect: “1 lirnby tender by re-igna-

ti n as chairman of your committee. ^ ^ sherjff

effective Jan 1 This re-ignation is I , ,, ,

irrevocable ’’

SO,t»0" or more national guardsmen. Near Lawton, la., KK) pickets bin Headed the Chicago & Northwestern railroad tracks and turned loose eight

carl' ads of cattle after a freight train j j, lcom( , ,,,

was forced to halt.

An appeal to (lov. Herring fur

■ ,

S. Protests Insiill Decree

It is beliu|ved that Peter.-’ eesr has already been eho-eii, if not

B VI,HO RI.MOV ED FROM

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.. Nov. t!.

(UP)—The newly organized United,. „

f Penn vlvatm in fact * Ht * Past hy ugreemeiit

Anthracite Miners

Hate DEI* ART MEM’S NOTE SAYS EXTR ADITION TREATY H AS BEEN IGNORED

t ABINEI HA MliSSOUNI | t( ^ 8J completely tiel u(> operations

J in the Luzerne-Lackawanna district

ROME. Nov. 6, ( UP) Air Minister i with a strike of more than 50,000

Halo Balbo today was relegated to | miners.

the governorship of Libia. His re-1 Hundreds of pickets blocked moval from the cabinet was part of I enttames Follower- of •• long planned shakonp whi' h left I Vline Workers of

W ASHINGT ON, Nov ti.- In one of I P'> sternest, notes it has dispatched I a foreign power in many years, the ' Ititr department Sunday night interm'd Gree r that it e nsiderei the •

r •' " f ' ir ' , k - T"*?" Mussolini’s displeasure.

Sanuirl Insull, Sr., to American jus-

lice as "uttarU untenable."

mine

Hie United

America, a rival

Premier Benit" Mussolini head of .ill ! union, were per.-uadcri not to enter

defense forces in addition to his other | the pits.

The successor, it was understoo I, will lie Dr. Carlton B. McCullough, Indianapolis, Democratic nominee for governor in l!'J4 who wa defeated

by Jackson, Republican.

(.OLD PRICE DROPS

cabinet (lost.-.

Ralbo, a few weeks ago Italy's greatest hero because he led the mass seaplane flight to the United States, had been reported os having incurred

LONDON lar reached

Nov. (i, (UP) fhe d"l

VA A. DrM" - at Greenwoed, la., to aid in guarding a bridge over the .Mi.- ,ou'i river leading to Oma ; i. Neb., market . Farmers were organizing to di pei-e pickets and the situation i "extremely critical," De

Mo-, said.

Estimate iiy farm organization i leaders plnei tlu‘ number of picketas higli ' 150.01 (0. State officials made estio ite- as low as 50,000. Mil" Reno, presulent of the Farm Holida j association, who called the strike tw 1 weeks ig". appealed today to furmor-

iccord low (nice today i to “tight to the finish."

by the executor of !MiH».0IMI estate i.ver

rlod, wa held hetor S. Donner in cheuit

\lo.-t if the vvitneweie from Brazil

Mrs McGregor, wht died about four years .go, wa- the widow of Judge M Gr< iror, formerly judge of the joint U itnani t lay eimiit and John M. Rawh . executor < f the estate, Iso is a lor i ei judge of tlie

joint Putnam-Ulay eir. uit.

The heirs.allege that the executor has failed t i make an accounting "I

the estate while the

same wa- in Ins hands for a L ur year pcii"d. ('ash !h*iU''>>- langine from '1,1100 to $25,000 v re left heirs of the estate, while "me .'21,000 hal anee I' to go for erection of c A . M. ('. \ building in Brazil. - Waha-'i colle.o also wa- named i nonefi iary hut the estate wa- not .ufficient to [,a all hei|Uest md -till leave a be-

((tiest to the college,

Attorneys for tee petiti' ning heirs i, McTuman A Higgins of Brazil an I James Ai- Alice of Greeneastle, uhih Miller & Miller of Brazil and M. .1. Murphy of Greeneastle ate attorneys for the estate. (Continued on Page I no)

All tea In is and citizens ire invited to join in the natipn wide observance ■ ( American Film at i n Week, Nov. t; 12*, mu let the spun o hip of > tiie National Fdlu aAion A oeinti ui, the American Legion, and 111 e l . e. Office of Fdu ation. Greenea.-tle -.h*ols will oopevate fully in olisei r an o of the week, it. ^ was announia i Mon lay by Paul B"..t n, su|iei intendent. He will a Isa provide interesting hit- T nev* for pub- . lieation each day of t ie week" Theme of the vv ■ k i- "Meeting the Emergency in Education." It is pointed out that wa eelelirate tTiliUmaS heeaiise, it gave it i great religion. We observe the Fourth of July because it gave in- •' free nation. We n agnif.v the ■■ ie "I din ' "tie week each year hei arise lliioiigli them vva ! develo|i tiie liner value of our ' ivilizeli n Americaii Fd ■' Un i W , • I i, a permaiient institution. Itelu;iui, (lolitc s, and cominei e may divide, i imt love of Itildh nxprc sed in education in a might) unitj Wait gn ate, < onlrihut i ui > onld America make to tlie ivvorld ttian the ideal—a fair tart in life for every

hoy and girl ’

The school i- yeur child’s larger h me. It 'hare- with you a a parent the faith an I the ho|M> thil the lite of your child will he fine and right. Carefully train' I teaehei know, even as you know, t. at tlm foundations of life ale laid in -imple, everyday liahits. They know that the child who is well anti happy, who i punctual and regular who i- helpful to his parents, his assoriates an I his teacher.-, and who i eager t<> learn is well cn Ids ' iy toward h c""i life. The -eh oT i a cardcii of growing i Tildren. It has taken ( eiiturie of effort to w in 'Die right to have - bools for children. There have always been those who mill.I deny this opportunity. There .■ire tin se who would deny it now . V it a a parent, because of the know ledge of what the -' bool doe for your child, will wish to cherish and protect this, your child' larger home Like food, clothing, and -bolter, the common sell >1 is one of the primary necessities. Let u- safeguard cur children's s ho':l. It : a garden of

grow ing children

M ASt INK NOI It I ( ailed meeting, T'enipli I ■ dge No. 17, I'ue day a 7 at ,P \l L. A. deg rx-e. Win. N St lies, W. M. L. I t'nldwell Sec.

1 r that rea.s"li, the United States' leriared it, intention to end tlie, iitaco American extradition treaty] k »t tkp earliest rhrte possible tinder its

ftitment pros'iaions."

II"' note w u - to tie delivered to the Greek ministry of foreign affairs j through Minister Lincoln MaeVeagh In Athena. t Fhe Greek supronw caiuit recently , tef'i.siv) f„r the second tinw to permit American authoritifts to tpke Insull

l' 1 < hieag'» for trial. Illinois court* | celetrra.e

have preferi rxl charges of embezzel- 1 N*>v.

tnent against the

Va t mid-western utilities empire.

Vcliirvniirnl Diiv Program Nov.

SECOND ROAD RLOt K ADE TO BE ESTABLISHED TONIGHT INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. li. (UP)— A second road blockade unit will lie I established somewhere in Indiann tonight in the hunt for the gang of escaped convicts, Al G. Feeney, state sifnty director, announced today. I It will tie the first time that more

HO.MI EUONOMM S ( LI II MEMBERS AND I RIENDS TO HOl.D

ALL-DAY MEETING

when the pound sterling ro.-e to $4.87ti- Its paTis M.8(i65. Tmlay’s open market g'Id price was lowered

Li cents to $12.10.

It was the third straight drop in the gold priie, while Washington wa steadily raising its (irice under Presi dent Roosevelt's now currency plan. Tislay's l/itidon rate was 131 shill I ing ten pence, against L'i'2 shillings

j I'* pence Saturday ($,32.23). Satur-j .-hipment. ; day's Washington rate was $32.07. | -hunt the

The pound opened at $1.X7, moved t. $4.k7 l-l, then back to >LH7 befoic

Po.-sihility that federal forte, may he drawn int" the battle to stem the j rising lid*' of tosentmant over failure of federal relief (rolicies to raise farm , produce prices, was seen as a result | of halting "f the train, an interstate

c mmerce carrier.

The engineer stopped the train ■ after nmcessfully preventing two ' previou.- efforts to halt the livestock

The new was forced to { eight ears of cattle, sheep

■ind hog.- onto a siding and "as allowed to proceed to Sioux City aboard

On Two Fronts in Farm War \VM

than one unit will operate. The second unit will be manned by state po-

lice, Feeney said.

A week ago tonight the first blockade was ostablished by national guardsmen. It operated unti last

night and will ire resumed by the. . ...

guardsmen again tonight. Saturday , five )leputjei( liml t „ Uwton

th< uati* na NlYTICFi to find tire pickets had .dispersed. The

Isaal welfait meeting will be held i «CM) residents of Lawton remained in-

it reach©*! $4.s7V4. (the engine and eab-ose. Undisclosed buyeis t*>*la> Imught Railioarl detectives aboard th*' $2100,000 in bar gold, worth $1,401,000 train were helpless. At Sioux City

th> v roiii*'*l Sheriff William I i* *' ami

Putnam * ounty home ties ,

dub monbers and their friends will night's location was Achievement day Thurs'<i>’, | © ad east of Kmghtstowii.

with an all-day meeting in' Whether th.' two units will work n ;-- . T . w . hi i e former ruler of a j ' nT^IH'by Xney. ‘ He. intend* \ p v«'ning. Nov, 7. at 7:10. All rdubs and '

‘ ed h the club members this yea* l.m i to place two more units on roads this ! c.v.c ergantzat.ona are asked to send Never m recent years could dipl<>- dw j h(> .(j,.,,, ,,f Miss Blanch' : week, theerbv enabling an entire city j "tat . recall a note so scathing in time , , /iirinjfi of ^ lir .;je university. i to Is* surrounded. ** Dint'sent t.i Oteoce Sunday. Mar- ( ' ^ Za| . inir w j|| n »eet club h*Hder- , V-g. was instructed to tell the , ( ^ lnkt the aftern.sm FEAR HOB VK.LENUE

'»reek foreign office: I ■* * , - , ‘ - | Each |>erson auenmng is exiier iwi 'j i pi/)((MIN(;TON Ind., Nov. li,) I bring sandwiches, a dish ,,f fo ' , , ' H, ' | (UPI—Arrested in In.liinapolis Sat-

representative.

Dial

Welfare Council.

in the ireorning

session is ■ pen to the general public

"My government finds in difficult | Each person attending is expected to

G' reconcile this unusual decision tin | bring shikIw iches, a <li di of foo a)t*l ^ ^ ^ ^ ,hp lnh,l| l oase) witli the admission , tal)l( , ser v iee for the n ."n .lay lunch ' I niglR an l retunied here in conthe competent authorities that the I ^ in the *<mnty agent’s ,,ffi* .' ] I1PrtjoI) „ lth r „bberv and -hooting of

'"gitive coin milted the acts with! The aftn noon program will in* lu«F "bich he was charge*! anil that these i mU8 i,., communitv singing, reading-'. '“L were, illegal and fraudulent both I a talk hy Mi- F'.lizals'th Bowman, in the United States ami Greece. ! who was sent t" the ImUana State

Without going git,, the tietails of , ].,^r .sclr,ol ? gi'ls by the h"in<' 11 ’

,k ** derision, it is evident that the I ll( ‘ >m i C s clubs, and a lesson on hrai'k d

aathorities attempted actually to try | mgs by Miss Zaring

Hie ease instead of confining them- | Fn mediately after luncheon pc-i-srl'es tr, ascertaining whether the , dents of all the county clubs will i re '’videiu'e submitted by the Unite.1 sent reports filled out on atip- prev |''•ates government wa*s sufficient to j.iusly wnl ‘h' "’. F.l**i't,i*m d " l, '" r M u riffy the fugltivefs apprehension f„ r |it:W will also be a feature **f the

t, ' , l cemmitment for trial". pr«gnfm.

the livest*Kk swarmed

through the streets ami trample I

lawns.

The pi* kets first attempte l .to un- ' load the livestock at Pierson. One , ■ ear was opened befoie trainment got ' the train underway. The pickets ' t raced iih*'iid to M .vllle, where a Imr- 1 | ri«'r of ties ami brush was thrown

upon the tracks..

I

Bernard Handy, son of Mr

Mr- W T jwddlng on east bnrrier without Stopgjif. Wwhington -owt ^uffared a broken picket *' "* l '. fjMrton, w • collar bone while playing f.Hitl.all on ; a more substantial barrier wa* em ; the college camjrus. ' ! structed F.-arful of wrecking the Heber FJlis and two -.rtitt, j train if h< attemptel V'* crash the,

harrier Chilton halted ' thi

20 Years Ago

IN GKEENCA.STLl

Engineer .Claude Chilton ignored and i the blockade, plunging through the

A gain the

Mrs.

a filling stati n operator, Noble Sims, 25, wa* held in an unannounced jail today to prevent mob violence.

David L. Deckard, 27, vk-tirn of tlte

robbeiy, is in critical condition in t* 1 D 0 m*ld and t Itarles, arc sjreniing a j larger ^ hos|>ital Itere w ith alaloinen wounds. ! f ow at French Lick. • train

He has identified Sit**" as one of his William Sutherlin county prosecut-| Pickets were station©! on highways three assailants. ' *,r transax'ted legal business in In*-1 leailing into Sioux ( ity. S .rth ot — , iang-polis. there lot) farmers were well fortified Mrs. Mabel Dickey leturned to her Robert Newgeril ,«»f Indiaiiapolis, is] with stones, brick* and clubs

home in Parke county Sunday from

the county hospital. .

thi^gue-t of his parents "n ea-t An*l-

i er.-un street

pile.- of traffic.

lailroad ties to

iM'himl j

halt truck I

While the farm strike goes on in the Western States, necessitating* eacorts for the marketing of produce, as is shown in top picture as no armored p e n W*r cycle convoy:, a truck tnfti Milwaukee. Wi< five State Govi'ii.s wi re seeking the adoption of a prn *• "Xing farm plan in Wash ie n Two of the Govrrmra, FToyffOlson (left), of MiTinesota. and Gov. I n Beny. South Dakota, are shov.n looking weary and •dispirited during conference. „