The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 July 1934 — Page 1
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THE DAILY BANNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL”
ALL TOE HOME NEWS ■» UNITED PRESS SERVICE •»
Volume forty-two
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1934.
NO. 224
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CRASH KILLS KOKOMO MAN;
with the exception of Emma Kress, who sustained a fractured ankle, Wooten and Thompson.
ir ADC uijdT PR<)F-J()MK A,)I)HESSK,> THK It) Alxlli IllJlXl KIWANIS CLUB AT N(X)N TODAY
|(jS SIDESWIPES TRUCK AND HITS BRIDGE JUST EAST OF MANHATTAN
• Injured are brought here
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lAccident Occurs Early Ihursday Morning. Sullivan Man In Critical Condition
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One man was instantly killed, another is expected to die and fifteen bersons, including five women, were Bjured when a special bus sideiviped a stock truck and crashed into bridge just east of Manhattan on National road shortly before 2:30 ^clock this morning. [The dead man is Joe Lakina, age caretaker of the American Legion time at Kokomo, a passenger on the
as.
[ W. W. Wooten, age 21, of Sullivan, iding in the truck, suffered a fracjied skull and his condition was betved critical, i Others injured are: j Gladys Sullivan, Elsie John on, fciristina McCleary, Lillian SchweiV and Emma Kress of Indianapolis; C. Tull, Meade Dickerson, Robert luntz, Dr. J- K. ChaJisler, Virgil El |ott and Paul Martin, Kokomo; orgc Renner, bus driver, Imlianablis; James Thompson, Route 3, fcielburn, and John Hayes, Sullivan. Jhc truck driver, Frank Hiedenreich, Sullivan, escaped unhurt. The Kokomo men are members of Legion post in that city and the loinen are members of the drum and |ugle corps of the Indianapolis AmerIa>gion Auxiliary. The party returning to Indianapolis followkg a district legion meeting at Terre (auto Wedesday. Heidenreioh was proute to Sullivan after delivering load of hogs to the Indianapolis
ock yards.
From all indications the bus after |i'ieswiping the truck swerved into lie btidgp and was demolished by the Dree of the impact. Those who le-wed the wreckage were surprised (lat Lakina was the only one killed. ! Wooten and Thompson, it was said, )(re a.deep on the top deck of the Dck rack while Hayes was riding the cab with Hiedenreich. In the ash the stock rack was torn from e truck chassis and Wooten and ompson were hurled to the paveSnt. Parts of the bus and stock irk were strewn along the road for (distance of several yards. Iforoner Frank Reed was notified bd made a quick trip to the scene of accident, taking charge of the
Prof- Hiram L. Jo me of the Economics Departmient of DePauw, spoke a . the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club Thursday afternoon on Ecohomic Phases of The New DealPi of. Jome showed how in some cases the new deal was in keeping with basic economic principles, and how in other ways it was against these same principles. I proved to be an interesting address from on*' who is well posted on the subject of eco-
nomics.
Death Toll Hi"h In State July 4
ROACHDALE CELEBRATES THE FOURTH
Tortured
ALL-DAY EVENT DRAWS ONE OF BIGGEST C ROWDS IN TOWN’S HISTORY
CONTEST WINNERS NAMED
Program Climaxed Late in Evening With Two-Hour Display of Fireworks
ACCIDENTS KILL AND INJURE MANY HOOSIERS (A I R HOLIDAY
INDIANAPOLIS, July 5, (UP) — At least 10 dead and scores of injured were counted today in Indiana’s holiday accident toll. Three of the victims were drowned. Traffic accidents claimed two lives. Two men were killed by railroad trains. Two men succumbed to the heat and a fireworks accident caused one fatality. The victims were: August firaasch, 44, Chicago, drowned.
Edward
drowned.
George
Hollander, 10, Chicago
Greenwaldt, 10, Kendall-
ville, drowned.
Joe Lakina, 3,0 Kokomo, traffic. Melvin Apple, 50 Oaklandon, train. Adolph Rothschild, 19, South Chi-
cago, heat.
An unidentified man, about 00, at Calumet City, heat. Verna Sturgc.s, 24, Richmond,
traffic.
Anna May Lott, 5, Gary, fireworks. Unidentified man, about 20, near Warsaw, train. Braasch drowned in Lake Eliza. Porter county, while swimming. Hollander succumbed while swimming in Flint lake, Porter county. Greenwaldt drowned in a gravel pit near
Garrett.
Apple was killed when he walked into the path of a passenger train near his home at Oaklandon. The unidentified train victim was found on a railroad bridge over the Tippecanoe river, in Kosciusko county, apparently brushed from the side of a freight
car.
Rothschild collapsed while attending a picnic on the Gary beach. He was revived but died later after drinking a large amount of cold
water.
1 man pending an investigation. | Miss Sturge.s was killed and four injured were brought to the others were injured in an auto-truck
bunty hospital here.
1 Noise of the crash awakened resifnts of Manhattan. Ray Herbert, |cal mail carrier, who lives within short distance of the bridge was (ie of the first on the scene. He telemnert to Greencastle for physicians, irbulance and the sheriff. Arconlto Mr. Herbert his first impres|<>n was that four or five were dead he saw several apparently lifeless
collision on the National road, west
of Richmond.
The body of the unidentified heat victim was found in a vacant lot by
Calumet City police.
The Lott girl died in Mercy hospital at Gary of burns suffered when a firecracker set fire to her dress. Fireworks, auto collisions apd a wide variety of other accidents sent scores of others to hospitals with in-
dies on either side of the blood juries. ettered pavement. Some of the | More than 20 persons were treated •omen were 'hysterical and there I at City hospital at Indianapolis for lere moans of pain from the in-1 fireworks accidents alone. Auto acred. Wearing apparel, drums, I cident victims raised the total to gles and parts of both vehicles j nearly two score. One small boy was ^«“re scattered in every direction, wounded by a tray bullet. •doing to the general confusion. I Kenneth Fowler, 28, dirt track race HLakina, according to members of ’ driver, suffered a fractured hip when Tie party, had baaa riding hi the ih» ear hr wi p Ming during quail>nt seat of the bus until a short i fying trials for a race at Indianapoli., bne before the crash. The window careened off the track, as open and he became chilly and Victor 'Budzinki, 29, Ober, was oMsi hack just one scut in direct wounded w ten a rifle disehars'd a JiMlni W ith where the stock rack hit he tossed it into a wagon. bus. j -William H. Kerrigan, Logansport ■ The bus was the -econd of two editor, ildftKd ■ fractured palvia and
Haachdale entertained one of the largest crowds in its history Wednesday when it celebrated the Fourth of July with a program- beginning in the morning and lasting late into the
night.
The day's program, sponsored by the Lions club, opened in the forenoon with various events which continued throughout the day, climaxing at night with a concert by -he Roachdale - Ilbinhridge band and a fireworks display. Roachdalo’s main street resembled a midway w ith crowds; milling around the many concessions and other attractions during the day and night. Although the crowd was not so great during the day it i»aekedi the street at night un'il one found it difficult to get from- one concession -to another. Members of the Lions club supervised the various races and contests during the day ami- also several of the concessions. Many visitors from Greencastle and other parts of the county attended the adl-uay celebration which was one of the most successful ever held in this county. In addition to a merry-go-round, chair-swing, bingo stand, and various concessions, many f.iund a wrestling and boxing show r siaged by local talent an intere.-ting feature of the cole bration. Following the evening concert the crowd moved to the street north of the Tr ain street \»hore a two-hour display of pyrotechnics climaxed the day’s program:. Members of the Lions club made no estimate of the number present during the day but raid the crowd probably was the greatest ever to attend any event in Roachdale. Gars were parked for blocks in all directions. Nathan Call, who had general charge of the celebration, assisted by various other members of the club, announced the following winners of events during the day: Pushmobile under 13 years Worrick and Edwards, FirstPushmobile, under 13 years, Goslin and Etcheson, Second. Free for all, Irwin an i Rice, First. Free for all, Ryan and Etcheson, Second. Roller Skating, Betty Hanna, First. Roller Skating, Rosalind Dills, Second-
RolU r Third. Wheel
"t L* 2 * » . * m • r* j ♦<rr *"*»f .»+ Miss E.lie Jackson of Ma-:shall, Ark , who old authorities of being thrown into a tub of w r ater an - of having fire a.p-plu d to her feet by one faction in he Barnett and Henly family feud. She was tortured, she said, to make her dizclose the whereabouts of one of the feudis s. The feud has cort four lives. The governor has been asked to intervene.
DILUNGER DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST
Nazi Troop Head
District Legion Posts Convene
Skating, Millard Sands,
Barrow, Mr. an I Mrs. Joe
Case, First.
Wheel Barrow, Mr. an I Mrs. Oscar Clonce, SecondThree 4jpg Race, Ryan and 1 Porter,
First.
Thiee Leg Race, Fitzsirrons and Cope, SecondGreased Pole, Junior Faller, Firrt. Sack Race, Fml Nhouse, First. Sack Itace, Junior Faller, Second. Potato Itace, Margaret Boswell,
First.
IVato Itace, Carl Briggs, Iniiunapolis, Second-
AFX I LI ARY MEMBERS ALSO ATTENDED INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Members of Vigo county American Legion posts were hosts yesterday to Six'.h district legionnaires and their wives at an annual Independence day celebration in which legion leaders, city officials an I Terre Haute citizen; participated. John M. .Fitzgerald, Terre Hau e. was the principal speaker at the joint meeting of legionnaires and member> of the auxiliary at the Terre Haute House yesterday afternoon. Over 150 legionnaires representing posts in the First, Fifh, Sixth, Seventh and Eghth Indiana «.-i»tricts were presen at -the conference yesterday. About 90 members of the auxiliaries of the various districts registered. Pos'.s at Clinton, R-x'k-ville, Crawfordsville, St. Bernice, Veodersburg, Evansville, Gary and Carmel were among those represent-
ed.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s address was devoted to a discus ion of the influence of the Declaration of Independence an the Constituti n upon modern political and social developments. The judiciary, he aid, remains as the citizen’s sole bulwark against con gressional or dictatorial misinterpretation of fundamental American rights. Four rr-ca hers of Pioneer Past No. 340 advanced !h<! colors at the meeting. V. M. Armstrong, Indiana department commander, and William K Sayre of Bloomington, state adjutant, were special guests of the dis’rict legionnaires. MARIE CURIE DEAD
STATE POLICE TOLD OUTLAW DID ROB SOUTH BEND BANK JUNE 30 PLANS TO FREE HEM HMENT Two Informants Also Declare Desperado Intends to Loot Shelbyville Bank Soon INDIANAPOLIS, July 5, (UP)— Sensational disclosures regarding the activities of John Dillinger and his terror gang were furnished today by two self-styled friends of the Indiana desperado. Among other things, the informants said: Loot obtained in the $28,000 bank robbery at South Bend Juno 30 was planted here July 2 by Dillinger. One of Dillinger’* companions in the South Bind holdup was killed. Dillinger is crippled permanently from bullet wounds received in previous holdups. John Hamilton and George (Baby F'ace) Nelson assisted in the South Bend robbery. Dillinger plans to holdup a Shelbyville bank soon. Dillinger plans to free Harry Pierpont, Russell Clark and Charles Makley from the Ohio penitentiary if they lose appeals from their convictions. Dillinger hid the South Bend loot at Maywood, Indianapolis suburb where his sister, Mrs. Audrey Hancock, resides. Four Italian gangsters not previously known as members of the Dillinger gang assisted Dillinger, Hamilton and Nelson in the South Bend job. One of the Italians was killed by police gunfire and a bullet creased the side of Dillinger’s head. The wound was not serious. JOLIET, July 5, (UP)—Extra precaution* were taken at the state prison today to prevent a possible raid by John Dillinger in an attempt to liberate two convicts who once saved his
life.
Warden Frank D. Whipp said he had learned from "grapevine” sources that the Hoosier outlaw might stage a daring raid on the prison and try to free two men who once served time with him at the Pendleton, Ind., reformatory. The two convicts, around -whom extra guards have been placed, were Henry Atkinson and Dmald Skene, both serving long terms on murder charges.
three Chicagoans, Mr. and Mrs. John Laszak, both 40, and Viola Wan tola, 20, were injured in an au‘*> collision on state road 43 near Wanatah. Mrs. Herschel -Payne, LaPorte,
Baking the return trip from Terre lauto to Indianapolis. According to loroner Reed, the first bus was arked at (h<- intersection of the N’alotial and state highway 43. When
he coroner passed with hi* siren i broke both arms in a fall from a lowing, the driver of the waiting bus j cherry tree. Mr Mel Copelen broke Imed around and followed Mr. , her collar bone when aha foil from a k*od's ear hack to Manhattan. J cherry tree at her home near Ro-
-A humorous angle to the tragic ( Chester.
lishap was revealed when it was Rigid enforcement of a rule against
^Ruin-d Out ■ hobo waa sleeping on aal# of firework* before the holiday Hh" concrete abu rnent at the north in Fulton county made the Fourth ^Bid west end of the bridge. The noise there one of the quietest in recent
the craah and th-- dahrlg flying all yean. Officiala had banned moal
^poun-i combined with the ■enema fireworks bocau a long drought had
groans of the injured resulted In increased the fire haaard.
a had scare and it was some time be- Mrs. Sam Rosenberry was taken to for" the man itiuld regain his rom- St. John's hospital at Anderson in fiosure. He told Mr. Herbert that he serious condition ^after her automobile feijfthnught "the world was coming to*an collided with another at the intersec
PRESIDENT IN HAITI ABOARD U. S. S. GILMER, with President Roosevelt, July 5 (UP) — The cruiser Houston, President Roosevelt’s home for a month's vacation cruise, lay anchored off Cape Haitian today awaiting a visit from President Vinrent of Haiti. The Haitian executive was scheduled to be a luncheon guest on the Houston. Yesterday Mr. Roosevelt captured
DEPAUW WILL AWARD RECTOR SCHOLARSHIPS
MORE THAN $100,000 WORTH TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY BY UNIVERSITY
MANY APPLICATIONS ON FILE Twenty-Four States, Alaska And One Foreign Country Included In 369 Applications
Viktor Lutze Viktor Lutze, above, was named chief of the Nazi storm troops when Chancellor Hitler deposed and summarily executed Captain Ernst Roehm, former brown shirt leader for conspiracy, in a mass ‘‘blood bath” that swept all Germany.
Admits Having (Gentry Killed
EX KI.ANSM \ VS L A N D L A I) Y AND ITINERANT PAINTER A< (TSED OF ( RIME
PARIS, July 5, (UP) All the world today mourned the passing of Marie Curie, < " discoverer of radium one of the greatest of modern scientists and one <'{ the greatest women
of all time.
While her body was being brought hack to Pari from the Savoy Alps where she died yesterday, a movement was under way to bury her and her husband in the Pantheon which is to (France what Westminster Abbey is to England. Physicians said that the woman whose discoveries saved untold lives and allayed (lie sufferings of thousands, died a martyr to science. The direct cause of death was a lung in-
JEFF'ERSON, Wis., Julj 5—The “sunshine lady” whose kindly acts won Jefferson’s esteem, and an itinerant iKiinter were accused today of plotting for six weeks, and finally carrying out, the death of Earl Gen try. 47 years old, one-time bodyguard of D. C. Stephenson, imprisoned < hief of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. JeaT ously and cruelty were the motives inspiring the woman and $60 was the
lure for the man. ,
The "sunshine lady,” Mrs. Carrie Gill, 69 years oil, widow at whose home Gentry lived for eight years, was held in the county jail. George “Slim" King, to whom she said she paid $60 to shoot Gentry the night of June 30, was hunted. Both were charged with first degree murder. District Attorney Harold M. Dakin quoted Mrs. Gill v saying Gentry terrorized her for two years, beat her and threatened her life. She sui I that the night before the slaying Gentry threatened to kill her with a beer bottle. Letters found in Genry’s effects indicated Mrs. Gill was jealous of
other women in his life.
Previously her brother, Ferdinand Probst, said the painter came to his home early Sunday morning, confessing the slaying and asking aid in removing Gentry’s b-xly from Mrs. Gills home. Probst, the district attorney said, complied. The body was found in Gentry’s automobile just outside
the town.
Then came Mrs. Gill’s statement. Dakin said she told him informally that she and King first talked about slaying Gentry six \vo"ks ago. King
was reluctant.
"After several talks with him, we made arrangement, with him to kill Earl R. Gentry the night of Saturday June 30," said the statement made ] public by Dakin. “I tcld him wte rc to find Earl Gentry’s gun and mad*
"the grandfather of all barracuda,
his first game fish, of his oresent trip . fection, but. contributing was physical It was a 86-pouncer. Dressed in white ^ fatigue. For months she had worked j li * «»_ t>. ....ii )2 hours a day in her labora-
pants anil blue sweater, Mr. Roosevelt fished from a small gig accompanied by his two sons and his naval aide,
I Captain Wilson Brown. BURGLARS LOST WATCH
CHICAGO, (UP) This might have been seen in the lost and found ads: “Found—A Swiss watch. Owner may obtain same by calling for it at the Woodlawn police station." But what would not have been seen in the want ads is the fact that the watell was found on the floor of the Nathan haberdashery, after burglars
tory.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
end.”*
By noon tod>a all of the injured Anderson. Her daughter, Amith, 10, Bad bo"n ralaaM from the hospital was injured painfully.
tinn of state roads 9 and 28, north of huci jimken* into the store via a -ky-
light and taken merchandise valued
at $2,000.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Durham are at home from a visit in Attica. Mrs. Charles Ewan was hostess to the Penelope club. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bcemer motorej to Cloverdale. Jacob Kiefer is here from Terre Haute visiting his family. F I Coffman, Talbott k'hristie and R ita'rt Allen have gone to Eel River Falls on a two weeks camping trip.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 5 — John Dillinger, .--aid an unnamed ex-convict quoted by the Indianapolis Star this morning, is suffering from a permanent injury so serious that he no long-
er drives an automobile.
The informant, said by the Star to to ha\e been released a few month; ago from the state prison, where he knew Dillinger, was quoted as having told police he learned of the arch criminal's condition when he saw him in Chicago several weeks ago. Dillinger’s right leg trembles, his gun hand is twitchy as though palsied and the injury gradually is affecting his entire right side, accord-
ing to the paroled man’s story as re- | lated by the Star. When under strain |
or great excitement, however, Dillinger is able to move tapidly, the man
said.
The Star said it had consulted a
medical authority who believed that extreme excitement would give a man in such condition almost normal con-
trol of the impaired muscles. Particular significance was attach-
ed to the report that Dillinger no longer drives an automobile, since police who have encountered him declare his skill at the wheel is almost unbelievable. Frequently he has out
distanced or outmaneuvered them i" j ' p r ohst sanl,
DePauw university is preparing to award more than $100,000 worth of scholarship* to honor high school graduates who will enroll at DePauw in September as freshmen. There will be 100 four-year scholarships valued at $1 000 each and 50 one-year scholarships valued at $250 each. All awards will be made under the Edward Rector Scholarship Foun lation. This Foundation, established by the late Edward Rector of Chicago in 1919, is the largest of it.^ kind in the world. There were more than 500 Rector scholars on the DePauw campus last year receiving all tuition and fee frgn this foundation The fifty i one-yealr scholarships are a new feaj ture this year. If conditions warrant it is "possible that these one-year | scholarships xvill be renewed to the | holder if his academic record is main-
tained at a high standard.
) ccording to Dean G. Herbert Synth, dean of freshmen and assist <nt direct r of the Rector ScholarV in Foundation, there are 369 applirations now on file for these scholarships. All are honor students in their respective classes. That the Rector Foundation is widely known is illustrated by the fact that twenty-four states, Alaska and one foreign country are represented in the 369 appli-
cants.
Indiana leads the list with 261 Hoosier youths applying. Illinois is second with 57 applicants and Ohio is third. Other states represented are Kentucky. Wisconsin, Idaho, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wyoming, Missouri, .Montana, Artzonr*, Michigan, Oregon, Iowa, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington. Kansas. Mississippi, Delaware and New York. The applicant from Alaska was Canterbury Hatton, a graduate of Seward high school, Seward Alaska. The foreign country represented was Norway, the applicant being Kaare Roald Bergethon, a graduate of Tromso Offentlig, Tr mso. Norway. Applications are being received daily so that the total will be raised considerably before the final awards are announced. According to Dr. Henry B. Longden, who ha- been director of the Foundation since it was established, the names of the winner will be announced within the next two weeks. The records of all applicants are of such high merit that the committee is having difficulty in sifting the entire list down to one hundred and fifty.
RE-INSI AT EMI N I ORDERED
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)—Reinstatement of nine employes discharg'd six mon hs ago by the Werts Novelty Co., Muncie, In ... w.i.. order- < I today by the National Labor Board in denying an appeal of the
company.
The decisi.n upheld a ruling of the
arrangements where he could find the I indianapoli.. Regional Labor board
keys to the house. April 16. "I left my home about 9:15 p. m. ] The employe.
tween Jan. 8 an
In ordering
the labor board ! plaints ug iin.T.i cess of the Pn ..
w’e r : 15.
.harged bo-
b' Id t i lorkint
tent'
I and told my brother, Ferdinand Probst, that arrangements had been mede to bump Karl Gentry off that
night.
"I n"xt saw George King about 9 o’clock Sunday morning at Ferdinand Pr«bxt’s home. He told me that he( j had quite a time with Earl, that
when he ptille I the gun on Earl, Earl pany tends to show i‘; furs!amenta! beggr.j for his life and he shot him ; hospitality toward he celt organiza-
then * * *”
The elder Probst told in detail
the ,«ene in the Gill home. The body, $ $ 0 ® ® ® Q & ® 0 0$
covered with a rug and several
towels, was dragged into Gentry’s se- ^ ^ | ^
ho
re-er
agreement were j istifi. I. The Nati mal board i d respondence receive from
tatement ieir comrs in exployment hat "cor.h" com*
j ion for its employ.
after which the
traffic.
Improper treatment for a bullet wound suffered during a series of bank robberies following his wooden gun escape from the Lake county jail resulted in the nervous condition which has rendered Dillinger’s leg almost limp, the informant claimed. He said the bullet ripped through the right thigh and tore the nerves. In his condiion, the Star quoted the man as sajing, Dillinger has estah lished a hideout in a "northern state,” always accompanied by hi* chief lieutenants, Homer Van Meter and John Hamilton, the name of the state was not revealed. From this hideout, the informant related, Dillinger and his (« uutiuunl on ruse Two)
painter hastily wiped up the hl.iod stains and th-y drove to the Crawfish river, where they left the oar. Probst caid he went home "and told Carrie nil about it ind we both went
Today's Weather 0 ,i!kI
0 Local Temperature 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mostly cloudy, prob.abl showers and thunderst o ms tonight and Fri- ! day and nerthportions and possibly
to sleep.”
extreme south portion Friday.
not so
Gentry was acquitted in th" Madge
warm north portion tonight.
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