The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 January 1934 — Page 4

THE DAILY BANNER. GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 6. 1934

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Colorado's Lethal Chamber and First Victim

|mtI The Many Bargains

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\\ t‘ \r<‘ (MlVrinji In This (/real January

Ch'aniKT Sale.

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1500 YEARS TOLL OF PROHIBITION CHICAGO (UP) Kin fn hundred yt'uiH in priHon and $2,000,000 I:. fincH was ih.' toil exacted from Chi ragoans and tloii Noilhern lllinoi nelghboi'H by tlic H-yeat iiij;n ol national prolilbition. These flumes wei based on ret ords kept lot t iRlu years (1020 I93.'t) in (lie district attorney's of flee and an estimate of the six pre feeding years for which detaile statistics were not available. Veteran attaches cf the office sal. that no records were kept during tht first six years of prohibition l> rails, i nforcement attempts, at best, nevet were more than spasmodic in tha period. They cited litre, reasons ft. "'is: # *19 A majoi ity of future violatoi and bootlegger enstomers had not yet exhausttd their pre-prohihitlon supply of lii|iioi. The new school of drink is. mestly of higlt school age, had not as yel acquired the speakeasy liahil. The bootlejg industry was still in

its infancy and had not yet be n o ganized int i effiei nt syndicates.

COON HUNTING WEATHER FORCED HUNTER TO PA’k I.KHANON, inti. (I I’) i'erti.i 'coon hunting wealhei atnl die bay ing of toon dogs dr w from Loict, Wethinglon. 28. a $12 line he bar intended to work out in jail ratlin than pay. Wethiiijgti n was jailed when In iiad intended to work out a line. Hut after a lew days of incare t ation there came a night when t. heavy fog hung over Boone cotiiiij perfect for 'ooon hunting. While Wethinglon chat.d iindei th desire l" be footloose to hum, a party of hunters stopped near the iail window to repair a die. Their dogs began baying at the street lights. Wethington summoned the sheriff ind said: "1 can't stand it any long•r. I've got to go ’coon hunting. I can tree more jack in two hours ban three lines would cost. I've got a bank account ami I II pay die line.”

‘1 guess then's s impin’ to this religion thing. - - _ Herb wanted me to I wouldn’t a boon here.” That r one of the last earthly reflections of Walter Rcppin, I 1 I.. « U .. I

18-year-old New Jersey youth, the lirst person comb mned to die in Colorado's new lethal chamber at t anon City. Rcppin, who killed Vincent Regan. Colorado City taxi driver, during a holdup, protested his being used by the State for an "experiment,” but Governor Kdwin C. Johnson turned dow n his plea, asserting that prompt carrying out of sentences will do much to prevent mob violence in his State. Although Rcppin will be the first human to die in the new lethal chamber, a rl rite-s have tried it out on animals and pronounced it the most humane method of execution. The ga- u I (hydrocyanic) is generated under the death chair and acts in a lew seconds while witnc cs \ from outside through plate glass windows.

197 PIECES OF ;?KIN GRAFTED OMAHA, N< b (UP) Lai r> Ho gait, of Walthill. \ I. . can sympa thize with the ''Patchwork Gill of Oz.” After being gravely burned about I be left h g recently, phy i j i iaiis at St. Joseph Hospital here re- ; iitor d 197 pl. t , s of skin from Ho

gait’s right l”g and grafted them it is left.

MAM SCRIIT n| NM IONAI. ANTHKM SOU) FOR $21,000 NEW YORK, Jan. (• Fram is Sc-dt Key’s original manuscript of "The

Dr. Rosenbach said he did not yet know what he w,,u!d do with th? manuscript, which is on a sheet of

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ordinary note paper, the ink brown with age. “It’s priceless,” he said, “and cheap at any price.’’ Snowed under in the heavy bidding were two mnn, each of whom had planned to present the manuscript to the A me ri an people. Henty J. Gaisman, manufacturer, (hopper! uu' at $20,000. Trembling and ex ited, I>>uis Si hulman, also ;v manufacturer, watched I he bidding rise lieyond the $15,000 cash he said he had with him. He li ol taken $10000 cash from the bank I ibis morning and bo:rowed $5,000! more, he said, so that he could give 1 the manuscript to President Roosevelt, far presentation to whatever public institution he wished. The manuscript was transcribed by the author from the rough notes written on board the vessel from which he watched the bomban:lmc»U cf Fort McHenry and •Baltimore. With it, in the sde, went a copy of the first broadside edition. The manuscript coiiies fretn the collection of the late Henry Walters of Baltimore. I wo great gi anddaughter > of Key were reported to be in the audience, but they could not be identified. I e Key manuscript whi h was ot iginally lyntitlnd “The Defense „f Fort McHenry”—was the thief item in a sale of rare books and manuscripts which contained several other Americana.

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( )n every fine tobat co plant there arc only a few lean t that we buy for Lucky Strike. Not the top leaves — because they are under-developed. Not the bottom leaves—because those are inferior in quality. We select only the center leaves—because the (enter leaves are the mildest and fully ripe

for perfect smoking. Only the center lca\ ex are used in making Luckies — so round, so firm, so fully packed —free from loose ends that spill out, that cling to lips. Is it any wonder Luckies are mild and smooth? And remember, “It’s toasted”—for throat protection—for finer tastes

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anupoljs p, lice department from enf"t ing t ip ruling making it noees"■'i.v for motorists to have 1934 aulo-

nudtile In ense plates at once.

•ludac Joseph Wtllianks* in Marion < »unty supt«i icr court issued the teml’' ,l, * r v injunction Friday afternoon

•""I set a hearing for Jan. 15.

•he a tion was filed by Geotge S 1 etiney, , n engineer, who contended

that the tees asked by the a ‘ money grab” and that

far in excess of money necessary

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IN MEMORY

In lo\in||{ remembrana Dear Wife and Mother. Miller, who departed

year ago. j an 7i

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0,1 r eyes you faded.

Growing weaker, day by day; J8iiiig all w> could to save you l "tII (del to„|4 you away. Hut 1 her.'ll come a time some

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and only the Center Leaves

• 1 n .ill tears shall he wiped away: ’ Jimmy

Dear Mother, you

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I'or we know you’ll

Across the Sea.

! Sad'y miss-d by her husband and

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