The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 June 1934 — Page 1

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VING WORK OMPLETED ON IBLIC SQUARE

jNE^S DISTRICT OF CITY ', oW HAS all concrete pavements

Will Lead (i. (). p.

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. THL ! RSDAY, JUNE 7. 1934.

NO. 200

N WITHIN TEN DAYS

^ 0 f ( »mnH*rce Plans Celealiun <>n County-Wide Scale On June 27th

ne downtown paving project in pncastlr. which included repaving 12 blocks around and adjacent to public square, was completed lute jpesday evening by W. E. Pickens 0. J. Ijarkin who had the eonThe city paved a nine block pet and the state highway comjon finished it with three blocks, was the state project that Mr. ens and Mr. Larkin completed Inesday evening. The city prowas finished prior to the starting he state job. be new concrete will be allowed to e" for about a week or more i«‘bcinir thrown open to traffic, but jould be open by Saturday, June t is said. celebration of the opening of : iew downtown streets, the (ireene Chamber of Commerce is ning on a Putnam County Jubilee on Wednesday, June 27, at which they hope to entertain everyone ie county at the biggest celebrathat has been held here in recent s. Jready numerous committees of Chamber of Conniverce arc at •on the big jubilee entertainment many varied forms of amuset will be provided for the ent ire including a big square dance in evening. ihen ti e debris is cleared off the pavement, it promises to be the it improvement that has ever made in the city, or the best the square was originally paved (than 20 years ago. The widenof the streets around the eourtto a maximum width of 62 feet matte it <mn of the best downintersections in Indiana and will free movement of traffic L h bus not been the case bereto-

ed L (lark Is eleased On Bond

KtGOMERY COUNTY MAN HKI>1 LED TO HE TRIED JUNE 20.

ps'd L Clark, ,if Montgomery ty anested Wolnestlay, charg'd assault and baitt p ry on Harold ^tnim of Roachiale, was released 100 bond late in the afternoon ^'ing a not guilty pica to the ip. Age Wilbur S. IVmnor set Clark’s .ges own for trial on the charg" .20. tconling to an affidavit filed by Jiuin the defendant is alleged to struck him in Roach iale Tues*

, r s. C. B. Havens and children of hwimd are visiting in Denver,

COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES TO START FRIDAY

DEPAl’W HOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HOLD SESSION TOMORROW

SATURDAY

U.UMNI DAY

Baccalaureate Sernron Sunday With (rraduates Receiving Their Diplomas On Monday

20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE bile eiu-oute to Terre Haute after l* M 'Pldies for the Skelton mad in ^kiugton township, Dora Sweet, contractor, was severely injur* I !** tbe auto in which he was ridMns k |,x,se gravel and overturn1 'be National lb>a I n'“ar Seely Mr. Sweet was accompanied by r g'' Skelton of Reelsville, William ru, city, who were slightly injured William Senter and Kyle finer. small wood shod wan demolished a ,|n "'ater pipe knocked off the IIT of the house at the William mlp y home on Liberty strt'ct n a runaway team owned 1 by Paul s, north of town, ran into the •’be horses had been left standHt the rear of the Stroutre & tig bee,) sitorc on Franklin street, mning frightened suddenly the 111 ran north on Market street di- > into the Diumley yard. Mrs. n 'i , 'y ;uid her little daughter who seated in the yard, were not 1 2 o'clock this afternoon local r^wreters registered !»8 degreesrs ' James B. Nelson was a visitor ln 'b*n*poli g .

mmmmm Henry P. Fleteljcr . Ivnnsylvan'a, former United Stall .. ulias ul ir to Italy, who e seieoti n i i haiiunan of Lhe Republiotui natim ul coinmittce f''i miiiounccHi Wiuiiir.-il.i . Fletcher Asks Solii! Support NO PLACE FOR SI I loN M.ISM IN REPUHLK \ N HANKS SAYS CHAIRMAN. CHICAGO, June 7, (IT’)—Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania assumed the chairmanship of lb. Republican national committee today and immediately made it clear that there is no place for sectionalism within the ranks of the party. Fletcher, wealthy friend of Herbert Hoover, had been opp<. "T by progressives who wanted a young liberal from the middle west at the party

helm.

“i neerl and want I lie supimrt of the people of all states,” Fletcer told members of the committee today, ‘‘While 1 happen to come from the east, my-inletmw are not bounded by the Alleghanies or the Mississippi “I am very proud and happy and very much honored by your selection of me as chairman of the national committee. I hope I can justify the trust you have put in me. “I heartily subscribe to every sentence of the statement of policy which your committee has adopted. I think that under the banner of that platform we can win this and every

other election.

“It has made it possible for us to go into this fight with a firm conviction that wo are going to win. Wo have a real fight ahead in every State. Wo must bring the people to a realization of what is going on in Washington an i what will happen if the brakes are not put on.” INDIAN \POLLS LIVESTOCK Hogs 7,. r >00: holdovers 462, market 10 to 20 cents higher; 160 to ”00 lbs., $:).2, r i to 200 to 250 lbs., $:!.60 to $3.70; 250 to 350 lbs., $3.60 to 13.76; top $3.80; 130 to 160 lbs., $2.25 to *2.75; ion to 130 lbs., $1.50 to $2.0<i; packing sows $2.25 to $2.85;

few to $3.10.

Cattle 800; (alves 700; steers slow, 10 to 15 cents lower, gras.-y kinds off more; most steer- $.. 00 to $6. in; l>etter kin Is scarce: heifers and cows ac-

-trong; better heifers others $5.2^ down; 5.r,0; low cutters and $2.00; veal era steady,

bulk $4-50 down, top $5 00. Sheep 800; steady; better spring lambs $8.50 to $!!.0O; bucks $1 less; throwcut.N $7.0 ndown; good yearlings $7.50; fat sheep m >stly $1.00 to $2.00. DESTROY ERS R \( E To AID HI-’ Bl KNING STEAMSHIP HONOLULU, June 7, (UP)—Four destroyers carrying fire-fighting equipment raced out to sea today to meet the passenger liner President Lincoln which reported flames raging

in her hold.

'lihe liner, eight hours out, flashed

distress signals early today.

The Matson liner Lurline swung from her ceurse and sped toward the sea path of the President Lincoln. The coast guard cutters Itasca abandoned its search for a long missing

craft and went to the aid of the j WARN SWIMMINt

stricken ship.

Firemen waited on the dock hern to join in fighting the flames in hold No. 7 when the ship reaches the har-

i»or.

tive, steady to $6.(.f» to $6.2 sows $2.25 to cutters $1.00 t

Drought Stricken Area Scenes

Tho vanguard of commencement visitors and dignitaries is expected to arrive on the DePauw university campus Friday. The old grads will be back cn masse Saturday for Alumni day while parents and friends of the graduating seniors wall take charge of the campus for Sunday and Monday when the baccalaureate and commencement

programs will be held.

The only events on the Friday schedule are the annual meeting of the Hoard of Trustees and Visitors which begins at 10 o’clock Friday morning, and the meeting of the DePauw Alumni Council which will be held Friday evening at 7:36. The trustees and visitors will meet in the faculty room of the administration building. The annual report of President Oxnam will be read to the board and routine business of the annual meeting will l«. considered. The Alumni Council will meet in Plato hall. Probably the most important thing to come before the council in this meeting, according to Russell Alexander, chairman, is the report of the committee on revision of the by-laws of the DePauw Alumni Association. This committee was appointed last February and is composed of Mr. Alexander as chairman, Harvey B. Hartsock and Charles IP’. Coffin of Indianapolis, and Rev. L. T. Freeland of ShiTbyville. A revised set of bylaw's designed to correct many of the faults of tlie old by-laws will be presented at this meeting. The Alumni Council is composed of all class secretaries and representatives from city

and count) groups.

The big day for alumni will be Saturday w hen the old grads return to the campus. The first event on the program is the alumni chapel which will be held in Moharry hall. At this chapel the Goodwin Memorial Cane is to lie presented to John W. Robe of this city, and fifty year medals will go to members of the class of 1884 and prior classes. Following the chapel the alumni will go to Bowman gymnasium for the alumni luncheon. Seniors will be inducted into the association at the chapel service. In the afternoon there will be a baseball game between the seniors and faculty. Class reunions "will be held on the campus under the trees. Reunions are scheduled for all classes ending in “4” and “9". In the evening President and Mrs. Oxnam will give a reception at their-home. Most of the fraternity and sorority houses on the campus have planned dinners for their returning alumni Saturday

night.

All churches in tihe city will hold special services Sunday morning and in the evening President Oxnam will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the 1934 class in Gobin Memorial

church.

Rector Scholar alumni will hold their annual luncheon in Longden hall Sunday noon at 12:36. LeGrande Cannon of Chicago is president of the Rector Alumni As ociaftion and i~s planning the program. Sunday afternoon there will In- a commencement concert in Meharry hall at 4 o’clock by the DePauw Symphony orchestra under the direction of Prof. Benjamin

F. Swalin.

Monday’s commencement exercises are scheduled for 16 o’clock in Bowman gymnasium with Dr. Ernest F. Tittle, pastor of the First Methodist churoli at Evanston, III., delivering the address. Dr. Oxnam will confer the degrees. There are 236 in the senior class representing both the liberal arts college and the School of Music.

THREE HELD AS SLAYERS OF DEPUTY

YOUNG MEN TO FACE TRIAL FOR MURDER AT JEFFERSONVILLE

PATROLMAN FATALLY HURT

In the t p photograph, dairy cattle, lean and gaunt from their starvation diet in

pastures of Wisconsin are ither lieing slaughtered or ii\- n riles to other pasture l.uid. . This herd i being driven dong the road near Neillsville, Wis. While, below, a pile < f rifted du t which rea bed alinosi to ithr ■ iyes of a bam near Gregory, S. D. With little ruin lor n mths, the oil in many states is

so dry that almo t any wind carries it away from the fields.

Granada Theater Manager Resigns

JAMES BlTTLKs TO DEVOTE FULL TIME TO HIS H ANOI K

FAI I OR Y

James A- Bittlet who has born manager of the Granada theater, u Vonderschmitt Amu < i ent Enterprise project in this city, for the past three years lias tende* I his resignation as manager, effective Saturday, he announced to.iay Mr. Bittles had made the Granada Theater one of the outstanding amusement houses in this part of tho state and its showing of new and the better class of pictures, ha.; made its ImE.r,mage unusual during his a min-

istration.

He has always been interested in motion pictun and many of his advertising r\pl> ts for unusual pii .ures have been . .pied by variou; theaL r trade mag i-dnes as out landing pieces of ant amt exploitation matter. Mr. Bittles - ill devote his entire time to the H ties ban le factory on West Walnut I reel which has been operai’.ing to f .11 capacity since the J first of the yem and which is now in the mi 1st of a -econd large order for a Parkersburg. West Virginia factory, which is one of the large* shovel manufacturing plants of the United States He has iiiad.' many friends during his three yea work at the theater who will regn to see him sever his connection wdh the Granada- His successor ha not is en announce, by Mr- Vondersch itt, but he will receive the same h. irty co operation from Greene iatIc p. rons. FARMERS HnPK TH AT R MN || \s S W ED PARI OF PROPS

SHERIFF BRYAN KK< M I S STATEMENT TO SALESMAN ; Sheriff Alva Bryan a few days ago j was visited by represent dives of a : mid-west farm publisher, and asked for a statement to be how n to farm- ; ers who might lie interested in the . paper. He gave the circulation representatives the requested letter. Today another farm paper representative called on the sheriff with information .“bowing the soliciting on the part of those who asked and received the sheriff's lettc, was rod as represented and he is asking that any farmer who might be called upon by the original salesman with the letter to disregard its information and get in touch with him immediately. The .-heriff is also asking anyone who has chickens stolen to report to him immediately, and unless this is done, there is no chance whatever of apprehending the thieves who are becoming quite active in this territory

at this time.

Oil Go. Circus Here Saturday

PARADE OF “WILD" ANIMALS IN MOTOR CAR w \N w NOUNUED FOR 11:15 A. M. A reminder of the old-time circus, which went from town to town in creaking trucks, oftentimes using the weary elephants to pull the covered wagons out of midnight mud holes, comes to Greencastle at 1L!5 o'clock

on Saturday June 9.

But instead of horse or mule drawn trucks, painfully n. ving over the oldtime dirt and mud roads, this new

Scott County Deputy Killed Instantly By Trio; Seymour Officer Dies From Wounds.

JERRHRSONVILLE, Ind., June 7, (UP)—Rounded up after one of the most extensive man bunts in southern I Indiana, three youths today faced immediate trial on charges of killing a Scott county deputy sheriff. The suspects, Edward Coffin, 23, Greenfield; Robert Neal, 26, Bloomington, and Lacell (Toots) Long, 22, Helmsburg, are accused of slaying Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick of Scottshurg Monday night during a wild flight from police. Und'r suspension of regular court | procedure they were arraigned before Circuit Judge George C. Kopp shortly I before midnight Wednesday on murder charge^ filed by Prosecutor Clyde

j F. Crooks.

They were held without bond and transferred to the Floyd county jail ! at New Albany. The Clark county jail is lieing remodeled. Amick wag killed in Clark county, about 100 : yards from the Scott county line. Preparations were started immeI diately to impanel a special grand jury to return indictments against tho youths. The April term af Clark I circuit court, scheduled to b« ended ' this week, probably will be held over i to try the murder case, Pit.. .*cutor

I Crooks announced.

Capture of the suspects was com- ; pleted late yesterday within 48 hours after the .1 ring, with the Itrrest of Coffin, a paroled conviet from tho state reformatory at Pendlnton. Coffin, alleged “trigger man” in tho i case, was captured at Ne.jJ's apartment in Bln unington just ns he was changing clothes in pre;wration to

leave southern Indiana.

He corroborated statements of Nc.al and Lung that he did, the shooting but refused to sign a confession,

police said.

He admitted kidra/i ng Ralph j Shields, 18, Underw . ii, Tuesday morning and forcing (the youth to i drive him to Bloomington while ap-

circu.s is swiftly borne over concrete

strips by powerful motor trucks. In-! fl r,,X t > . m *!! l . y .^, |,<> T , r <,n ,

stead of remaining in a city for

TENURE SUIT DISMISSED BY w \i;ii;r keluer

ACTION AGAINST JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE SET FOR IHURSDAY

CHIQAGO. -Iune 7, (UP)—Farmers of large se. ions of the

WAS VENTED TO CLAY < OUNTY Dismissed by Plaintiff After tiling of Suit fo- Salary Here

Last Meek

Suit ef Walter W. Killer igainst Bertie ('. Cox, trustee tif Jefferson township, in which Keller sought to compi 1 C<>\ to give liiirn. a school un-

blighted northwest solosheii through rain soaked fields today with a new hope that at least a pertion of de-

vastated crop may Is* saved. Widespread rains in the northern

corn and who. t belts yesterday were supplemented today by additional showers, and (lie weather bureau predicted continu'd unsettled conditions

and precipitation at many points. While a half million farm families

hopefully x.tebed the darkened

„ northern skies, however, the sauthImmediately following DePauw s | WCi) t j-tdi sweltered in a wave of op-

commencement President Oxnam will prrsKjvj, heat.

board a plane in Indianapolis for Columbus, O., where he is scheduled to deliver the commencement address for Ohio State university that nfter-

nULLETIN Tommy Carroll, identified as a Dillinger henchman, was critically wounded in a gun battle with police at Wattcrloo, Iowa, today.

unsafe

IN MANY STATE STREAMS

Many Indiana streams are unfit for swimming, according to a report issued yesterday by sanitary engineers of the state health department. The report followed a drought survey of streams in and near Indianapolis. Lack of rain has made the streams unsafe, according to the re-

port.

Pastures, along with oats, corn and wheat, deteriorated undeterred in southern Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansai Possible showers offered the only h(i|w*. A department) of agriculture report issued yesterday in Washington declared (hit drought “conditions will materially affect the national food supply." The wheat crop will lie lower than in 25 years, the report said. It described condition of livestock herds in the northwest as

“critical.”

I-awrencc Hammond, local haidware dealer, who has been serously ill, k

reported much improved.

drought | ,j r the t> acher tenure law, which vv i schedule) to lie heard at Brazil Thursday by Special Judge Owen.-; of Vigo county, iia; b< en dismissed at eout of the plaintiff, James & Ailio

at to i noy, f->r Cox stated-

(Keller, who aliwges he is i tenure teacher and entitled to n school in Jefferson township under this law, briurht iiit against Cox some time ago in the local court but the case later was venueil to ClasV county for trial. Later a special judge was appointed and the ease jet for trial Thursday. Before the trial was held, however. Keller is said to have dismissr l t e suit at his own cost. Igist Saturday Keller filed a second suit in the Putnam circuit court in which he is asking for $1,126 salary alleged due iiiin from Jefferson School township iiecause his contract ns a teacher was cancelled for the school

year 1933-34.

Keller is said to be claiming tenure rights b cause he taught five succes- ^ sive jears prior to July, 1928, in the Jefferson township schools, Cox, however, is said to have based his refu.al to recognise Keller’s alleged tenuie rights because Keller left Jefferson township to teach in the Cbverdale township schools during the

day or two, this new type of circus usually manages to cover two or three, and sometimes four cities in the twelve hours of daylight. It is an innovation in the miuseniont field, and a presentation of tin* Standard Oil company’s Live Power campaign m the interests of the company’s

products.

Another unu : I feature is that I this cirrus consists ..f a para le in the city's streets, an . no char gw is n ide. The animals are g gantic replicas of the biggest, fici e t and most interesting of the jungle natives, ear i joyously grinning md springing forward with great, enthusiastic strides to illustrate his own “live power.” In tho course of the parade, huge sound trucks, manned l>> full crews, play stirring cirru- iii. wi'h all Die thrills of the drums, brasses ajid l yinhals. AniiYials on a holiday, ru.-h-ing fc in nowhere (■> n-where, reproducod in the wild flight- of their own “live power” will l.. brought hack to tho: e who ha\ mi - d the touring circus parades during the recent years of lack of ti l ling amusement

< ompanies.

woods near the spot where Amick was killed, according tn police. Capture of the three youths and arrest of Noah Hamblen* 36, formerly of Helmsburg, at Indianapolis, broke up a bandit gang that has victimized filling stations and sjnUl stores in the area for several months, state po-

lice claimed today.

Although lianibli * was not with the gang when Amick w is killed and John Pfaffenberger, Seymour policeman, was fatally I unded, he was implicated in a numl-er of minor robberies by Long, poll/e aid. Hamblen was taken to Bb> ii$ii gton. Also held at Bio fmington was Miss Pauline Meadows, IH, sweetheart of Coffin. Show » used of harboring the fugitive wh'»i ho returned to

Bloomington Tu. flay

Frank Bittles pud John Kamshaw were in Indianapoli. on business to-

day.

A charge of j'liild neglect against Reve Merlan w n di missed in circuit court Wofeirsday following a motion by I\e <cu‘nr Theodore Crawley indicating he ■ oi i not wtih to prosecute th” cxise

VAC AT ION Bl Bl I, S< Hi ml

The Bilile school it the First Baptist church started Monday morning with many children learning to wor-

ship, read their ulili/c their time

is in

Mrs. Rolierfc Gr:' • a, Miss Edris King and Mra. Wilbur Donner, MrsThad Jones, Mi; . Y> Iva DeMo s, Mrs. Paul Conk and Mrs. Earl Sourwiue attended the Tu Kappa pi nvinco

Bibles, pray and convention ai*. McCormick'* creek

i valuable ways, state park We dnesday.

The enrollment totals 97, and charge of nine instructors. Boland Q Q ^ q q ... .o g ^ ® ® Q

® Today’* Weather ®

gills between the ages of 5 and 17 are eligible for the school. The hours are 8 to 11 every public school morning, Monday to Friday, Inclusive, next

week.

Another feature ef the school is a

junior-intermediate chorus if 50 voices. A large group of intermediate

girls aie also doing basketry. CHINESE BANDIT EXECUTED MUKDEN Manchukua, Juno 7,

(UP)—Manchuku-ui soldiers arrested an I executed Pc ng Pei, identified as the leader of th Imndits who kidnaped Niels Nielson, American citizen, in

1933, officials announced today. Peng Pei was said to have been a

graduate of Peiping university and a

Unsettled tonight and Friday, pos-

sibly showers north portion) cooler along Ohio river tonight; slightly warmer north and central jortions

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