The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 July 1934 — Page 3
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THE DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTLE. INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1934.
PHYSICIAN IS SLUGGED BY GANGSTERS
NORTH WEBSTER, 1ND., DOCTOR FORCED TO DRESS WOUNDS OP TWO REFUSED NARn>TICS REQUEST D,-. Leslie Laird Knocked Unconmious liy Wounded Man. Finnniints Will Re Checked.
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind., July 2.— Dr. Leslie A. Baird, physician in this northern Indiana resort center, was IslugK'T unconscious early Sunday hy one of two nun he treated for a gun[shot wound. Police were quick to express the opinion that his assailants were members of the Dillinger gang, but last night the doctor said he was not able t identify any photographs of known Ipillinner mobsmen as those who atI tacked him. “Of course,” he said, “I might he [mistaken, but I got a pretty good [look at them. I don’t know whether [they were Dillinger men.” The sheriff, coming here from (Warsaw, where John Dillinger and a |h< nehmon not so long ago slugged-a [policeman and made away with arms and ammunition, said he was not cer[tain that fingerprints found in the Id ,dor’s office would prove of value. The attack occurred in the early hours. The doctor was route! from led by a knock on his door and asked by a man to go to his office to treat his friend supposedly hurt in an auto- | mobile accident. When they arrived at the office Dr. 1,'iir i discovered his patient suffering from a bullet wound in the arm. ||,> treated it and then the man asked I for narcotics. Refused, one of them | struck the doctor over the head with | the butt of his gon, knocking him un- | conscious. I The doctor recovers I consciousness | in about 4. r > minutes and notified | authoritie s His office had been ranacked by the pair, apparently in a search for narcotics. CLASSIFIED ADS —For Sale—
Four Residents Of Ladoga Hurt
Four Ladogn residents were painfully injured early Sunday morning when the automobile in which they were riding sideswiped another car uruli turned over just west of the intersection of stae roads .‘Mi and 43. The most seriously injured were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Himes. M>. Himes, driver of ‘he car, suffered deep cuts on both arms and the leaders controlling three small fingers of each hand were severe I. Both hones in Mrs. Himes’ left leg were broken. Mr. and (Mirs. Ed Bastin, riding in the Hir's car, suffered several lacerations about the arms. 'Pho Bast ins were treated by a Ladoga physician and taken to their home, while Mr. and, Mrs. Himes were rushed to a ho pital in Crawfordsville. The four were rt Timing home after visiting friends in Rockville when the accident occurred. The Himes ear turned completely over and was badly damage' ’.
The other car in the accident was] TAXES, STREET IMPROVEMENT,
driven by Fred Porter of Portland Mills, according to Sheriff Alva Bryan who investigated the crash. Mr. Himes opera'es a drug store at Ixuloga and Mr. Bastin is a ha -
her.
4-H Club New s
The Jolly Junior.. 4-H dull met at the home of Ixiis Neese, Thursday. Ten members were present. During tlie social hour refreshments were served and games were played. The StLch-Away 4-H club of Floy 1 township held their fifth meeting at the home of Kathleen Ixiwis with ten members, adult and junior leaders present. The meeting was called to order by the president. Roll call was nswered by giving favorite poems.
AND OLD AGE PENSIONS To Whom It May Concern: Just recently, the city council of the City of Greencastle, Indiana, through legal proceedings duly auth orize.l by law, constructed and improvi d certain streets in said city, the treels constructed and improved included the north and east side of the public quare, and a part of west Washington street. The city appartion ',| and assessed the cost of said treot improvement against abutting property, one half of the cost of the improvement on the north and east ■do f the quaie and the cost of the impr . t merit on Washington street abutting the Putnam county heat plant and the sheriff’s residence and jail was assessed and charged to Putnam county, amounting in the total urn of $4,330.00. We have learned that a rumor is
Contests given by Mary Huffman and current and prevails to the effect that Kathleen Lewis were won hy Imo-i'he hoard of t aunty commissioners gene Arnold. After sewing, refresh- l |av e or will levy a tax of property
ments of cake and jello were served hy Mavis ar, 1 Frances Huffman. The next meeting will he at the home of
of the taxpayer of Putnam county to raise moneys to pay the said sum chargel against the county. We wish
FOR SALE: Buick sedan, cheap. Russell Boswell, Clinton Falls, Greencastle, R. 1. Ip
FOR SALE or Trade: Large span of smooth mouth mules, extra good workers. Prefer trade for horses or mares. J. A. Tresner, 3Vfc miles southwest of Roachdale. 2-3p. FOR SALE: One D>29 Chevrolet Tudor in A No. 1 condition. Denny Motor Service, S. Jackson St. 29-3t. —For Rent—
FOR KENT: Four-room semimodern house in Fillmore. Reasonable. Would consider work for rent to right party. (’. J. Ferrand, Banner office. 2-3p.
FOR RENT: Two rooms and kitihcnette, unfurnished. Phone 877-X or call at 7 West Poplar. 2-lp FOR KENT: Nice cool room, down fairs. Porch and private entrance, one block from square. Poplar and Vine streets. Phone 818-L. 2-3t
Wanted—
WANTED — Vault and cesspool cleaning. J. C. Rumley, R. 3, near Airport. 2-2p WANTED: To trade gentle pony for extra go al bicycle. Roscoe Hillis, Bainhridge, Ind. Ip WANTED: Any kind of dead stock Call 278' Greencastle. We pay al’ chargee. John Wachtel Co. eoc
Lost
LOST: Small blue knitted handbag, containing keys and money. Finder may have money if hag and keys are returned to Banner office. 8 !t —M iscel I an eous—
PERMANENTS: Spiral and Croquiqnole, $1.50 to $5.00. Phone 366-YX. 208 E. Walnut street. Mon-Thurs-tf The Lincoln restaurant will be closed all day Wednesday, July 4th. 2-2t. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Nolle,. Is hereby given that ih n underslgne,! bas been appointed 'by tbe Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, State of Indiana. Administrator of the estate of Ella R Grlims. late of Putnam County, deceased. Said estate Is supposed to be solvent. Samuel E Grimes, Administrator. John W. Herod, Clerk of.the Putnam Circuit Court. June 18. 1934. Attorney, Charles McGaughey, Cause No. 7829. lfi-3t
Revive Neutrality of Belgium?
Belgium’s historical neutrality, the violation of which at the beginning of the World war caused England and others to enter the conflict against the central powers, is being suggested again for the first time since it was ended after the Versailles treaty in an alliance with France. Nazi Germany’s thunder has compelled Belgian leaders, like Premier Count de Brocquevillc, to confess that their tiny nation would stand little show again against the Reich. England, which realizes that the day of the battleship is over as far as a purely European defense is concerned against airplane attacks, wants to “guarantee" Belgium’s integrity again in order that hostile airfields wilt be too far from the English channel to serve Urge masses of
attacking bombers.
BRUSSELS, (l.I.N.) — Until the advent of the World war 20 years ago, Switzerland and Belgium were traditional neutrals, not merely for their owil safety, but because the great powers believed that the small countries were so centrally located that they servo 1 as buffers to possible expansionist movements of the larger nations. Perpetual neutrality under international law first was bestowed on Switzerland in 1815 when Napoleon was defeated, in hopes of forever closing the Alpine passes for invasion purposes. For Belgium, however, the “perpetual peace” instituted in 1831 by the great powers was to endure almost a century of secret undermining by its very guarantors. Even to this day, it is not very well known that French military plans called for an attacking movement through Belgium against Germany. It was Reiser Wilhelm’s Lad luck to beat France to the illadvised step! Strongest exponent to Belgium’s neutrality, of course, was England which, according to its diplomatic history, used the violation as a final cause for entering the fray against the Central powers. The news emanating from warclouded Europe that England aeain wishes to re-establish the plan of perpetual Belgian neutrality, which had been officially ended hy the Versailles treaty in 1919, has interesting aspects. Belgium, after the great war, decided to throw in its security with France which then was the unquestioned dominant nation in the old world. Defense alliances and military conventions firmly knit the tiny kingdom into the French ententes, with Belgium spending hundreds of millions of dollars for frontier fortifications facing Germany. It seemed quite content with its loss of guarantee! neutrality until the arrival of Adolf Hitler and his dynamic drum lien ting. Day by day, as the Nazi war machine expanded in the fare of virtually silent opposition among the great
Josephine and Imogone Ader on July i to correct such wrong impression, by 5. stating that we have heretofore made
! full payment of said sum from the | moneys derived from the state of Indiana, from the gasoline tax collections, that no to : has been levied nor ■ ill any tax l e levied nor collected to pay ‘•aid assessment for said street improvements, the same having been j fully paid. The total cost of the new | Street improvement made on the west ; and south side f the public square was paid for hy the Indiana state j highway commission out of its por|t n of moneys derived from the col-
li tion of gasoline taxes.
We also desire to explain the oil age pension allowances. We have j fixed and determined the amount of I <1(1 age pensions to he paid in Putnam county for the year, at least of 1934, at $2 and $4 to begin on July 2, 1934. There are 229 persons placed
on the pension list.
Rumors are circulating that he unis fixed and allowed by the board of commisisoners are too small and that the board hould have granted I *rger pensions to each pensioner. 'Hie state law providing for the payment of these pensions, provides that pensions may be paklin any sum not exceeding $16 per month to each person entitled to the same, and tales that the state of Indiana wall reimburse (not pay) the county for one half of the amount paid out hy the county for pensions. The county council of Putnam county, at its September meeting, 1933, a preprinted the sum of $8,000 to pay such pensions, and ievityj a tax on tlie property of the taxpayers of the county t,> raise the money to pay
tha sum on pensions.
After the county council took its action, this is what happened: The legislature that created the pension law, in another act, made the following provisions of law in reference to the levy and collection of taxes, towit: There shall lie created in each county of the state of Indiana a county board of tax adjustment, which shall consist of one memlier of the county council to lie selected by such council, and six members to lie appointed by the judge of the circuit court of such county, giving their qualifications for the appointments. Under this statute Judge Wilbur S. Dininer appointed the following named persons as members of said county hoard of tax adjustment, towit: Edward Chew, H. L. Wells, Charles Hanna, O. V. Everman, W. A. Moser and Benton Curtis, and the c iincil selected John Sinclair. All of the <> persons qualified and served. This board convened on the third Monday of September, 1933, and continued in session until they finally adjourned. Said board by its name 1 member,', reduced the appropriation to pa the oli 1 age pensions to $4,000 and levied a tax to collect that amount of money to pay the said pensions, thq first half of which (except the delinquencies) has been paid at the May installment, the other half to be collected at the November, 1934, in tallment. This sum of $4,000 is and will lie all ithe money that this board can use to pay pensions, as it cannot pay out any moneys except the moneys appropriated for the purpose named in an appropriation, and no part of this money has been available to lie paid out tiefore June 30, 1934. This is why no pensions have
been paid.
J. G. BRITTON, LEE WOOD, EDGAR A. HURST, Board of County Commissioners. RUSSELLVILLE IS VICTOR
powers, and France seemed falling into civil chaos, Belgium leaders began to rub their eyes and look about
for a possible retreat.
County re iBracqueville, premier, decided there was
to do.
Belgian nothing
prevent he de-
“Tiie problem of how to Germany from rearming,”
dared, “was baffling, since the Allied powers were too reluctant to engage in a preventive war, or invoke the sanctions clause of the peace treaty calling for a legal occupation of Ger-
many hy Allied forces.”
To France this admission that Belgium could not he relied upon against Germany fell like a hot rivet. Almost immediately a roar arose from French leaders, and son after plans were drafted calling for fortifications on the border paralleling Belgium. AH the while, England daily saw her hitherto undefeatahie defense weapon, a'great navy, fade before military aviation, the newest method of warfare. Realizing the proxmity of Belgium acrofts the narrow channel, she reaffirmed her old policy— that of a neutral Belgium with England leading the long list of guar-
antors.
Formerly the British fleet always sto ,| like a rock against any attempts to land hostile armies on England’s soil. Even the great NuimIenn waited impatiently for his warships to push away Ixird Nelson, so tha, his crack troops, waiting at B >u logne, could sail over to land on English soil. Todiy English militarists recognize that airplane bombers and therefore airfields are the prime requisites, and with traditionally friendly France on one flank, neutralizing llolaium will prevent possible hostile air enenrnpments from being too close for comfort. And for England’ the farther away an airport is from BigBen on top of parliament in London, the less danger there may be that hostile airmen will risk empty fuel tanks for a return trip.
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Alamo dropped a close baseball gaime to Russellville .Sunday afternoon, (’> t>> t, on tbe Alamo diamond, leading hit’.ers for thu two teams were McGill, double and single for Russellville, and Tucker, triple and single f<$ Alamo. Hedge, Russellville pitcher, struck out six and is-
sued ten hi'.s. Bab*
RAIN HALTS GAME The scheduled baseball game between the Junior American Legion teams of Greencastle and Roachdale was called off at the end of the first inning Saturday afternoon at Roachdale due to rain, '['he Greencastle boys were leading, 2 to 0, when the tilt was halted. Pingleton and H. Williams formed the stai ting bat cry
Save Indian Sign Language Code
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, PUTNAM COUNTY. INDIAN \ Notice is hereby given that it will be necessary to make an additional appropriation of the sum of $675.00 under Special School Fund, Item No. 33, transportation, for the purpose of purchasing a school bus body, and meet transportation costs, and insurance. The taxing officials will meet at the office of said trustee on the 17th day of July, 1934 at 8 o’clock p. m. to consider and determine such emergency and the amount necessary to meet the same. Taxpayers have a right to be heard thereon. JAMES TABER, Trustee Clinton Township. jj.
NOTICE OF BIDS FOR \WARDI\G CONTRACTS TO SCHOOL HI S DRIVERS IN ( LINTON I WP. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Trustee of Clinton Township, Putnam County, Indiana, will receive se-ied bids for school bus drivers in said township f r the ensuing school term. Bids will be received at the re idenee of said trustee in c ;l ii| township up to 8 o’clock p. m. of July n, 1934, when they will bn opened, and ontracts shall he awarded to , fieol In drivers for th- ensuing school term of 8 months to the lowest and best responsible bidders. Drivers are to furnish chassis and all equipment, except body, for bus routes, and maintain the same; for automobile route the driver shall furnish and maintain all equipment. Contracts will be let for five bus routes and one automobile route; for detail information see the township trustee. Right to rojert any and all bids and re-advertise is reserved. JAMES TABER, Trustee Clinton Township. 2-11
General Scott presenting the peace pipe to an old Indian friend.
The recent death of Major General Hugh L. Scott, famed Indian fighter, disturbed Scientists in believing that the last white man to understand Indian sign language had passed. * The white-haired soldier, long a friend of the redmon, compiled a dictionary of symbols in the sign method of communications employed for centuries between the tribes on the continent. With the sign language fast falling into disuse, Smithsonian Institution ethnologists are seeking to retain knowledge of it by sending an aged Blackfoot Indian, Richard Sanderville, to Washington, D. C., to complete Scott’s labors.
for the locals while Harbison was on the mound for Roachdale with Meyers behind the plate. NFW WYRKFri WINS New Market shut out Roachdale, 14 to 0, in a baseball game on the Mew Market field Sunday afternoon. Hitting features of (he game were a home am and :i double hy Groves, a how e run hy Himurons and doubles by Richar Ison, Sands and Hall.
FILLMORE WINS The Fillmore Merchants walloped Spencer’s semi-pro baseball team, 13 to 1, Sunday afternoon in a game played at Lydick park in Fillmore. An interested crowd witno d the contest. NEXI w BEK’S WEAI II R Showers middle of week, ot' erwise geneially fair. Considerably <• ler beginning of week; warmer mi,Idle; cooler toward end.
New Steel Labor Peace Board Begins Work
&amt>«ra of the newly created National Sti Labe R«l«tions Board, appointed by l'i> d at Roosevelt on the eve of his vacation d paiture, f* help mediate, met for the first time in VS diIngton, with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.
Here pictured from left to right are, Dr. J.nae* Mullenback, Chicago; Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, U. S. N. retired; Waiter F. Stacey, chief ju tice North Carolina supreme court, and S retary Perkins.
Hosiery Mills Closed in Blue Eagle Battle
ten hits. Babe Hudson and | Howe, Alamo hurlers, fanned five an 1
uch an atmosphere is neutral" [ one, resjaH'tively, amt gave up eleven
ization sought for Belgium.
safeties.
Acts of violence by workers have been reported at Harriman, Tenn., where a clash between the Harriman Hosiery Mills and NRA authorities over the question of employes’ rights to collective bargaining, resulted In the factory’s loss of its blue eagle last April, so diminishing its business that the plant was closed by its owners making most of the
town’s wage earners, 653 men and w.omen, jolde: \ Top, view of the Harriman Hosiery Mills; inset, T. Ashbury Wright, Jr., attorney for the company, who assailed the withdrawal of the eagle; bottom, part of striking workers parading down the main street of Harriman, Tenn., as the mill was closed down.