The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 June 1934 — Page 1
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UMNI DAY OBSERVED ON DI’U CAMPUS
N w KOBE IS PRESENTED jIEMORIAL CANE AT 0.1 MM CHAPEL
j ( HW)N AT BOWMAN GYM
Oinam To IVlivtir Rarralaurpate Sfrmon Sunday. Commencement fjiiTci e« On Monday.
Id grads <>f DePauw university k charge of the campus Saturday their annual celebration of mni day. The feature of the rning program was the Alumni pel held in Meharry hall. Led by university hand the classes hack their reunions marched into Mery hall, many of them decked out paper hats, arm bands, noise kers and various colorful and distjve devises for identifying their ms. lam T. Hanna presided over the gram as president of the Alumni aciation. in the roll call of clashes n W. Rohe of this city, the only riving member of the class of was presented the Goodwin noriai rane as DePauw oldest livgraduate. He is 92 years of age. presentation was made by Dr. ry B. Longden. embers of the class of 1884 were honored, this being their Both nion. Fifty year medals were seated to members of this class returned for the exercises. Cidy t are living. resident G. Bromley Oxnam closed chapel program by presenting to Alumni association the infant , the seniors of 1934. These were :ted into the association, a short business meeting followtbe chapel Charles F. Coffin of ianapnlis presented a revised set by laws to l>e adopted by the assoion and a new hoard of directors named. ore than 500 alumni attended the ni luncheon in Bowman g>mium. Individual tables were red for n. ’inhors of the reunion There was no program at luncheon. n the afternoon the faculty played seniors a game of baseball on the athletic field. President Oxnam bed for the faculty. Class rernis started under the trees of the pu.^ at 2:30 and will be continued Jight after the reception at the of President and Mrs. Oxnam. ^reencastle churches will have ial services Sunday morning for auw visitors. Rector scholar mi will have their annual dinner )ting at I/mgden hall Sunday A commencement concert will given at 4 o’clock Sunday afterand in the evening President am will deliver the baccalaureate >n in (inhin Memorial church, the fraternities and sororities t 'e campus are giving alumni ban,s either Saturday night or Sunnoon. Sigma Chi is celebrating diamond anniversary, having been nded in 1849. wnmencement proper will l>e day morning starting promptly 10 o'clock in Bowman gymnasium. Ernest F. Tittle, pastor cf the »t Methodist church at Evanston, will hp speaker. Degrees will he ferred by President Oxnam upon 'oers of the senior class. Six "<ry degrees are also to be con'd in these exercises.
#000 BOND FORGERY BAKED
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9, (UP) ■xistence of nearly $250,000 worth l^ged forgeries of Henderson arrt county, Tennessee, bonds was ♦ded last night by state and fl-
•*'*1 officials.
I'c Life and Casualty company of llv 'llo held $40 000 worth of the tinned Henderson county issue, firm obtained the bon Is as col I at f n r a $26,000 loan to Col. Luke The loan was made in March, 1 I) l»efore lyea lost his fight "'"t extradition to North Caro- '• world war colonel, former ,,, 1 State* senator, financier and ■'Paper publisher, is serving a senin the North Carolina |>eniten<m conviction of charges to de- # an Asheville, N. C., hank of
#6,000,
GRAD OF ’91 THOLGHT HE VV AS IN \\ Rt>NG TOWN W. I). Higdon, newspaper editor of M«>nticello, III., and a gra 'iuate of DePauw university with the class of 1894 is visiting in Gieencastle over the week-end. This is Mr. Higdon's first visit in Greencastlo since his graduation forty year.- ago. He came in v>n the train and sai he thought he had been put off in the wrong town when he saw the public square and the university buildings, many of which have change .1 sine*' he was here. Only one man, Dr. Isingden is now- connected With the university who wars here when Mr. Higdon was graduated.
Ml. MERIDIAN GETS RAIN Mt. .Meridiian and the east part of Putnam county which have been missed hy recent showers, Fiiday night were vis-ited by a heavy rain which brought immeasurable benefit to growing crops of all kinds. Although the rain Friday night seemingly waa general over the entire county the east section receive the heaviest showers.
SEN. VAN MAS IS BUSY IN ROLE OF ARBITR ATOR
GREENCASTLE. INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1934.
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DENIES CONVEN'I ION W ILL DEVELOP INTO RITTER FIGHT ON SENATORIAL < HOKE
INDIANAPOLIS, June !».—United States Senator Frederick Van N'nys, here for the Democratic state convention to be held next Tuesday, declared late yesterday he is positive there will be no deadlock in the contest for the senatorial nomination sought hy 10 announced candidates. He said, he had in support of his declaration letter, from county leaders and others from virtually every one of the state's 92 counties. Senator Van Nuys, whose support each of the candidates has courted, reiterated his intention of keeping out of the senatorial tight. “The convention will never reach a deadlock over the senatorial nomination,” Senator Van Nuys said. “I have had letters from virtually all of the 92 counties. They will not let it reach a deadlock. County leaders and chairman of delegations and men of the type are in no mood for a hopeles, deadlock. They want a man nominated who will heat Arthur R. Robinson.” Senator Robinson was renominated in the Republican state convention here last Tuesday. Senator Van Nuys, who will be permaennt chairman of the Democratic convention, added thit he did not believe any one of the candidates has a great block of delegates ■which will stay with him for any length of
time.
“I would discredit anybody’s claim to that,” he declared. The senator praised all of the candidates, said practically all of them had conferred with him in Washington or by telephone and expressed the opinion that all “are in sweet temper.” “There is not a man of them hut what will get behind, with full forct 1 , the candidate finally chosen in the convention,” . nator Van Nuys said. “You know, this vigorous contest really reflect- the healthy condition of the party." /Senator Van Nuys was in Democratic headquarter* in the Claypnol hotel toda' to meet all senatorial candidates and party leaders. He .-aid he expected to have a conference during the day al o with Governor Paul V. McNutt. Senator Van Nuys declined to be drawn into a discussion of the fight between Govern* r McNutt and It Earl Peters of Fort Wayne, formerly state chairman and one of the candidates for the senatorial nomination. "The only thing I’m interested in is getting another Democratic senator frorti Indiana down in Washington to share the work with me," he said. “Old-timers down there say there never was a time liefore when there was so much work to do. It would he a great relief to me personally jf H() mo of the work could be passed on to another Democratic senator fmm (Indiana." Senator Van Nuys showed interest
when told that Governor McNutt
A Borry, member of the legal i earlier in the day said hr would be
“very glad”if the salon would offer some suggestions that would clarify the scramble foe the senatorial nomination. He said, however, he wasj merely going to im “an observer" and would confine himself entirely to his duties as permanent chairman
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"■presenting the Life and Cas- ' ''""pany, said Lea was report* , ’ h:,V1, received the bonds from a
Tenn., attorney.
l. n ^ 'Riamson is critically
ms home east of town.
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$10,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED BY PHYSICIAN
WALTER M. McGAUGHEY ALLEGES PERMANENT INJURIES IN ( RASH
FOUR NAMED DEFENDANTS
Charles R. McCormick, Thomas McCormick, lames Donohue and John Holton, Named Defendants
Damages of 110,000 are sought by Walter M. MoGaughey, Greencastle physician, in a suit filed in circuit court late Friday against Charles R. McCormick, Thomas McCormick, James Donohue and John Holton. Dr. McGaughey alleges he suffered permanent injuries in a collision between his automobile and a car occupied hy the defendants at the intersection of Walnut and Locust streets, April 29, 1934. The defendants are charged with operating their automobile in a negligent and careless manner. The plaintiff says he was driving his automobile east on Walnut street when it was struck near a rear wheel by an automobile occupied by the four men, the force of the collision knocking McGaughey over a curb and sidewalk in an adjoining lot on the northeast corner of the intersection. Dr. McGaughey alleges in the suit that his automobile was practically demolished and that he suffered injuries to his head, spine, back and legs which have, caused him to he unable to perform his duties as physician as he had performed them previous to receiving said injuries. Dr. McGaughey is represented in the suit by M. J. Murphy and Charles McGaughey, Greencastle attorneys. The defendant Thomas McCormick is said to reside in Delaware county while the other defendants are said to be DePauw studeuits.
Scout Council Holds Meetiiijs
THREE IMPORTANT MAFTERS VOTED ON AT ELMS INN FRIDAY Members of the Boy Scout Council, of which Dr. E. R. Bartlett is chairman, held a meeting at Films Inn Friday and voted on three important matters. A committee on cabin and equipment was appointed to secure estimates on a pump, cleaning out of a well, and on improvement of (lie scout cabin at the airport in general. Paul F. Boston is chairman of this committee, and other members are Ward Mayhall and Dr. Bartlett. Wellington Crandall was given the responsibility of keeping a cabin calendar and all boy ami girl scouts are to he given instructions not to make arangements to use the cabin without first consulting him. The council also voted on a community wide program for the scouts t«> he presented at the next regular meeting. Ward Mayhall reported that a total of $79.75 has been subscribed in the "bigger well campaign,” ami that approximately $90 has been pledged.
Confer With President on Drought Relief
AL GILLIS TO M AN AGE GRANADA THEATER HERE Al M Gillis, of Crawfordsville, is the new manager of the Granada theatre here succe«"dng Janies Bittles, it was announced today by Harry Vondetschmrtt, owner. Mr Gillia is a graduate of th» Crawfordsville high school and a former Wabash college student. He is exp«rience I in the movie theater field and for the past seven months has been connected wdth Guy Hammitt at the Strand theater in Crawford ville, another motion picture house owned by Mr. Vonderschmjtt. Mr. Gillis will hav# full chaige of the Granada and will c.aitinuo the business along the saime high class level that has marked all of Mr. VonderscJnnitt's theaters. TRIO FOUND GUILTY DEDHAM. Mass., June 9, (UP) — Abxraham Faber and the Millen brothers, Irving and Murton, were found guilty early today of first degree murder f,»r the machine gun killing of a Needham patrolman during a hank raid. When the defendants were brought from nearby Dedhetn jail under a heavy guard of state trooper* and deputy sheriffs a crowd of 3,oAo jeered them. The verdict carries a maiwlatory sentence of death in the electric chair.
Conference between President Roosevelt and officials of the Farm Hoard and Department of Agriculture started machinery in motion to provide relief for drought-stricken area in West and Mid-West. Above, leaving White House after parley are (L. to R.) Col. Lawrence Westbrook; William I. Myers, chairman of
the Farm Board; Chester C. Davis, of A. A. A., and Rexford Tugweil Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Below, section of a wheat field in Pierre, S. D, Normally crop would be 14 inches high at this time, but drought has turned field into a parched
desert.
Odd Fellows 01 District To Meet
iWO VETERAN READERS
LODGES OF PI I NAM, ( LAY AND OWEN COUNTIES TO GATHER AT COAL CITY. Order of Odd Fellows of this district will hold their third meeting of the year at Coal Cty, June 14, it was announced Thursday. The *.tistrict organization is comp < cd of five lodges in Putnam county, nine bulge; in Clay county and thre* in Owen county. The district meeting, originally scheduled for FroeMsi, has been changed to Coal City because of highway condition It will open at H o’clock in the evening and will lie an o|>en meeting for all Odd Fellows, their families and friends. The evenin.-’s p:ograirni will con is! of dYill work by Brazil lodge No. 215 drill team, music by Putnam county an l Clay county members, and talks by the Grand Master of Kokomo, Di'trirt Deputy Grand Master LR. Me Neeley if Greencastle, past Grand Master, and Dr A. A. Spears of Brazil. Other notable officetis of the state al are cxpe^Ust to present. The last di 'riot meeting was hell in Greencaath with an attendance of 200 and the me number is expertel at Coal City The purpose of the meeting is t hear reports from the various lodgi and to spend an evening in good 'bMt Fellowship. Four district meetings are held each year, the meeting L Rowing the Coal City session to be hel 1 in Putnam county in Septemboi District officers have, requested that each lodge send it's present Nobb Grands to the /.i .trict mceing at Coal (.lily. AUTO I Ml I RIES FAT AL TO ID \H() CONGRESSM \N WASHINGTON, June 9 Representative Thtfmia C. Coffin of Idaho died late today of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile Tue.,dtay. Coffin, a democrat, was elected to the house from the Second I ; a ho dis trict in 1932 He was 46 years old. He served for one term as mayor of Pocatello, Idaho- During the world war he saw -ervice in the aviation branch of the navy.
’I he Daily Banner has two veteran readers in Mrs. Sarah Alien of MlMeridian an 1 John W Rohe of Greenca tie. It is believed that they ar> about the oldest subscribers in the county. Mrs. AIIik 1 i ; 89 years of age and Mr. Robe, a Civil War veteran, is ninety-two. The Greencastle Banner was started in 1852 and is now in its eightysecond year.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
.Its e Me 4n illy announced that he had .-old tlie Palace restaurant on the west side of t e square to A. C. Scober & Sons of Bainhridge. , The temperature was 97 at 2 o'clock this afternoon according to the E. Shipley thermometer. Mrs. EL W. funnerly is the guest of Mr. anl Mrs. O. M. Thomas who resides near Morton. Lawrence Athey and son Robert left for Garden City, Kan., for an extended visit. Mrs. Vernon Alford of Monon is vb.iting Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crawford. Miss Lulu .Shiltimyor spent the day in Indianapolis.
PRESS HUNT FOR PALS OF DEAD GUNMAN
•BABY PACE'’ NELSON BELIEVED IN WATERLOO, IOWA WITH CARROLL,
WATERLOO, Iowa, June 9.—Tourist ramps between Waterloo ami Cedar Rapid* held secrets of the identity and present whereabouts of •Tommy Carroll's recent companions as federal agtoits searched today for the fleeing friends of the dead Dillinger gangster. Accompanying them was Jean Crompton, 21 years old, arrested Thursday when Carroll was shot down as be redstod officers on a downtown street. She told the officers she. and Carroll had stayed in tourist camps near here. Federal, state and local officer* sought a man ami wnuran sai ! to have been seen heie with Carroll and the Crompton girl. The man was believed by some pursu'Ts to he George Nelson,, called by Dillinger “Baby Face.” Arrangements for the Iran for of the Crompton gill to the reformatory at Alders ui, W. Va., awaited th" arrival of Probation Officer William McGrath from Chicago following revoking of the girl’s probation by a federal judge. She bar! been sentenced to imprisonment of i year and a day on a charge of harboring Dillinger and members of his gang at a resort near Mercer, Wi ., but her sentence hid been nsp oided and she had been admitted to probation to the Chicago district. At first the girl claimed she -was married to Carroll. Later she admitted they were not married and that ohe had a husband in Chicago. Carroll’s widow, Mrs. Viola Carroll, lives in St. Paul, where his body was sent Saturday morning for burial. Mr.-. Carroll said she and the slain «Mitlaw were mairied in 1925 and sep a rated in July, 1932. "I don’t care what anybody .-ays or what Tommy has done,” she said, “he was the finest fellow in the world. He was always good to me and if he loft me because he was crazy over another girl, why. that’s ail there was to it. “I know just what happened. They just turned that woman loose »i that she would get Tommy and lead him into a polio" trap. If I ever see her it will bo just too had for her." It was announced the Crompton girl had not changed her aasertiona that she had not met Dillinger and knew nothing about his whereabouts.
PUTNAM COUNTY FLOWER SHOW WILL BE HELD
COUNTY HOME CH B IS SPONSORING
DISPLAY
TO BE HELD NEXT FALL Committees Appointed to Promote Event al Which Grnwera May
Display Flowers
BIG TIME IS PLANNED FOR JUBILEE DAY
EXPECTED TO BE RED-LETTER DAT IN HISTORY OF COUNTY.
PLANS WELL
UNDERWAY
Completion Of Paving In Buainc** District To Be Celebrated On Wednesday, June 27.
Putnam County’s Jubilee Day, to be observed here on Wednesday, June 27, will mark a red-letter day for this county, it is believed when plans formulated at a meeting held yesterday are completed. The day will observe the formal opening of the down town streets in Greencastle, which will form a connecting link between the north and south and the east and west sections of the county. The completion of this project will connect the county through State Road 43 which is noyv a complete pavement north and south and will also tic the west to the ea t section of the county by a hand
surfaced road and pavement.
Phns started yesterday iijohide entertainment for everyone. The local Chamber of Commerce is leaving nothing undone to make the day a sii’cess and the afternoon’s entertain* incut a ill he climaxed hy an old fash* ioned balloon ascension, unless all plans (or this project go astray. M i ’c will he furnished hy several hands from oxer the county and there w ill he a varied program by many in* dividual? and groups from the county
as \x-e|| is from outside.
Aerial stunts will he given during the afternoon and evening and in addition, there will be lots of fun for the
ECONOMICS ! youngsters as well as the grown ups.
Plans are being made to open the high school gymnasium at noon and evenin'?, and tables xvill be available for the spreading of lunches by the visitor on that day. It will afford an oppottuni'y of getting together by friends frjm far and near and it will also give a cool place in which to enjoy the noon or the ex-ening meal. Plans already mad’ rail for a num*
The Putnam County Home Eicon- of and any Putnam omics club, at its last regular meet coun G organization can have a coning. discussed the subject of holding on ,h e : 'l' wrr without a community flower show for all lov-1 A rllar K*' P’’ r f ' J0t w l11 ^ made rrs of flowers, except commercial for al1 out-oMhe county concessions, flower growers. There was a general bul f,,r h ' ,me fo,k: ' char K«’ will he discussion and the expre-sion of tha { m '^ p an y k '"' 1 ” f an nov - growers was that it would create a '‘ b - v ,>r Rome conce non will he per*
lot of interest and enthusiasm. It xx-a,' milted.
agreed that such ., « would be put A chart of the publi square alloton without awarding any cash prizes, "•' 1 concessions is being made and hut purely for the love of flowers and a" will he next D> the sidewalks and
for sport.
A vote was taken and those present were unanimously in favor of holding the flower show late in the ummer or early fall. The date was not lefinitely set. All growers xvho would like to show their flowers will have an opportunity to display them at this time. The date and further details and information will be an n/unced later. The show will include both cut and pot flowers. Mrs, Lois Wright, p ident of the club, appointed the following committees to assist her in this project: commitee for flower show: Mrs. El Shields, Warren T/xviiship, a ml Mrs. Ruth Ragan, Floyd township; arrangements for flowers, Mrs. H. 1’. Sands, Bainhridge; Mrs. Dennis Smith, Greene.i tie, and Mr. Andrew Stoner, Madison.
none will be adjacent to the courthouse curb. EL B. Lynch is chairman of the concession committee and tho ( hurt will be in charge of Miss Black at the Chamber of Commerce office and anyone wanting a concession should see either of these for the
privileges.
EVRTHqiJAKK SHAKES <ll\
SANTIAGO, f'lide, June 9, (UP)— A severe earthquake hn/k L ie citj at 5:15 a. m. today.
STRIKE SIT t A ll< »N SKRIoLS
WASHINGTON, .Inn" 9, (l Pi — hbghteen men, their hand . / Bloused, their tempers I re I hy hot blasts of steel furnace*, today hold the answer to war or peace in Die tee| industry. The 18, repre / n'ing the more belligered faction 1 the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, can bring peace by accept* Ing a neutral, thin m in arbitration hoard to adj i •* '.nevances which have brough tt • tliteat of a bloody
| strike.
The Iron A- Steel In titute, repre* | senting the mill.., ad accepted tho
E’ourteen carrier boys of the Daily plan. Bluff M I (Rig Mike) Tighe, Banner and Indian ipoli News will president of th. Amalgamated, is beleave Greenen. tie Sunday evening by lieved ready to rive his consent, tract ion for Ind'anapoli.. w here they | Cooler counsel . •••in -el tray prevail will board u special train which will Delay but the late.t word of the 18
take them to the Worl i’s Fair at Chi- war: “Fight."
cago. A total of 540 cau-ier boys and — ~ g'rls fr.m, over th' tale will In. tak- ® ® ® LJ O i.i v/ O O O ® © cn to the fair on two special trains f-jj Today*! Wehthcr
and &
Farriers Will Leave Sunday
Ftll RTEEN BOVS AAIN TRIPS TO WORLD’S FAIR THRltl'GH
CAMPAIGN
Carriers going from Greene* tl" are William (jiiebbcman, Chester Jarvis, Adran Long, Geraldi yuory, Jame-f Huestis, Carl John ton, Richatd Hurst, Myron Willis, Scott Kiikh-im, Henry Myers, Ralph Hurst, Harold Miunick, all of Greencastle: Willi., Kustnin of Fillmore, and Hetty Ann
Runyan of Roachdale-
Following a three-day tour of the ; Chicago World’s E’air at expense of the two newspapers the carrie s will | return home Thun- iy corning. Trips were won through subscription cam-
paigns.
Local Temperature ® $ {$$ $ o o o c> o a ® @ Unsettled and warm Saturday; pre hahly shows rs Sunday, followed by cooler. M'nimum 66 6 a. 67 7 a. 71 8 a. ’ 75 9 q- 76 10 a. m .. .* 78 ft a. 82