The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 July 1934 — Page 3
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THE DAILY BANNER
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VOLUME FORTY-TWO
CREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY II, 1934.
NO. 229
c. B. O BRIEN RE-ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD
HIXON FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY A FI ERNOON
Funeral services for Fred Hixon, well known Greencastlc citizen, who di 'd Monday at the county hospital were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 I o’clock from the Roachdale Christian church. The Rev. V. L, Raphael, pastor of the Presbyterian church, was in charge. Interment was in Roach-
dale cemetery.
Fall bearers were Orval Hixon, ('. L. HESS PETITION GRANTED j j0W j,. Stewart, Otto Stewart, Dr. Wayne Broads reel, John McConnell,
(.REENCASTLE physician is ( ROSEN FOR ANOTHER TWO YE\R TERM BY COUNCIL
City t« Apportion Cost of D.sposal Plant Among Users and Then Call Hearing
and Merrill Hixon.
Hr. ('. B. O’Brien, Green castle physician, was unanimously re-elected a member of the Greeneastle city and township consolidated school board, Tuesday night, by the city council at its regular meeting in the fire department building.
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Or. OlBrien, who has taken much interest in school affairs of the city land township and who has served most efficiently, was nominated by Councilman John W. Cherry, the moitinn being seconded by Councilman I Otis Gardner ,am5 resulting in unanimous approval by the other council 'members present. Dr. O’Brien begins his new term Augusl 1. A petition of C IL- Hess to attach gasoline pumps on the sidewalk at 7
GIVES BIRTH TO SIX BABIES BUCHAREST, R' Um.anii, July 11, (UP)—Mrs. Johanna lorda.he gave birth to six children, of whom two dicrl and the others, as well as she, are thriving, a dispatch from Inotest
said today.
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HIGH WIND DOES DAMAGE LN ILLINOIS
THREE PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS RESULT OF CLOUDBURST
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR THURSDAY The following program has been announced for the band concert to be given Thursday evening at 8 o’clock o,i th ■ courthouse lawn:
JACKSONVILLE STORM CENTER Property Damage Estimated At Mure Than $500,000 Following Storm Tuesday Night
JACKSONVILLE, 111., July 11, (UP)—Three persons were injured seriously, a score suffered cuts and bruises and property was damaged to the extent of $500,000 in the cloudj burst and tornado that struck Jacksonville and vicinity last night. Trees were uprooted, store win-
]>j ( , n j ( . *)‘l'dow- shattered and roofs of build-
Men of Valor, march ....
Moonlight in Florida .... March Gloria
United We Stand, medley. Lights Out, march In a Rose Garden, waltz.. Cn the Square, march.... Dawn in the Fores.,,
. . Klohr . Storm . Uisey . Hayes . McCoy . Crosby Panella
overture
Jarrett Colonel Miners March.... Rasenkrans Symbol of Honor, overture... Skaggs York Fireman march Crumling National Emblem, march..... Bagley JOHNSON TO RESIGN SOON AS NBA HEAD
In Memory Of A Fig-hter , -"trffrnr
ANNUAL EVENT OPEN TO FARMERS OK PUTNAM COUNTY
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Annual picnic of the Putnam County Farm Bureau, which is open to all farmers regardless of whether or not they are members of the organiza-
east Franklin street, to underground i t j on> wi || | >0 t | lis ycar at tanks which are already in place, was i Summers grove, better known as granted by the council members in j n pw Maysville picnic grounds, on view of t.he fact that there are other ( Thursday, August 2.'!, officials of the [carh pumps in the city. '1 he petition | f arm bureau announced today.
was tabled by the council at its last 'regular meeting. A request from C. W. Tribby that ( the city repair three slabs of concrete ' and an approach to his filling station cn grounds the damage w as done by j Hie city stieet roller, was referred to , the street cormniissioer for an in- j instigation and report to the street 1
icommittee.
A petition of the Douglass dub received at the last regular meeting
which requested that members of j
beard of public works an I council use G-OV . M'NUfT APPOININ
their influence to secure for colored
share of the employment in
building the new city disposal plant, war brought up again and announcement made that the contractor had been asked to use local labor and materials. This the contractor had promised tio do, it was said. Claims granted included payment I to the High Point Oil company of $.'U.8!I for gas and oil provided the [stret department; $8.50 to W. H. Herring for labor at the fire department building; and $3:10.40 for four two-way stop and go lights, and $155 for cable, to the Westinghou.se [company. A letter from the bureau of sinijtary engineering of the state board of
The program will include a big basket dinner and an address by one qr more speakers from the state office. Fanners from all sections of the county are expected to bring their
dinners and enjoy the day. ^ locking Named To Mintons Posl
HART-
FORD (TTY MAN PI BMC SERVICE COUNSELOR
INDIAN AIN*!-IS, July 11 (UP)— Fred Wiecking, Hartford City, chief assistant attorney general, was appointed acting pblic counselor of the jiublic service commission today by
Gov. Paul V. McNutt.
He will succeed Sherman A. Minton, New Albany, who resigned recently after being nominated as the Democratic candidate for United States
Senator. |
Wiecking, a prominent member of the American Legion and close friend of Governor McNutt, will retain his connection with the attorney general’s
office, the Goveror said.
For several months Wicking hijs
He is regarded as the urost able assistant in the gi neral’s office. The public service position post
[b'.ilth, aproving plans and sperifica-| working on the draft of a new [tinn, of the American Solvent Recov- j Bta ; te ijq UO r control law for presenta[cry Corporation of Columbus, 0., for t ion at the 1935 legislature.
city disposal plant, was read by jt'ity Attorney Glenn H. Lyon. During the discussion which fol-
| lowed it was said construction of the [ pays a salary of $ii,iMK) annually. As now plant will require about 90 days chief assistant attorney general ( 'tnH that the city will be required to | Wiecking has liecn drawing $5,000run electric lines to the site of the | The pay as assi.-tant attorney general plant on west Columbia street road, j will be discontinued as a result of his
hollowing eonstruction the plant will new job. I 10 operated for sixty days before he- j
| ing accepted by the city. I NEW CABINET TO OPPOSE Attorney Lyon said t.he hoard of| NAZI GROWTH IN AUSTRIA
public works will hold a meeting soon '
to figure the total cost of the plant,! VIENNA, July II, (UP) — Presi[c limated to be around $50,000, and j dent Wilhelm Mikl is today approved then apportion this total cost among J a reorganized cabinet, formed by the users by means of rates to be Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. It pod on the basis of water used. A was the first move in a campaign of i public hearing on these rates will he j'tern supressioti of Nazis who have [held. (terrified the country with bombings. All members of the council were | Dollfuss retains the chancellorship j present except Lawrence Snider and vest, in himself personal author- : whose wife wag stricken with appen- ‘ty as commander-in-chief <>f all
dicitjes la*ie Tuesday, and Fred E.
j Fnively, city clerk, who is taking a
' vacation.
MISSISSIPPI DRYS VICTORIOUS
JACKSON, Miss., July 11, (UP)— Jtrys, victorious in yesterday’s refor- ' ndum to retain Mississippi’s 25 year old hone dry statutes, expected their
11 wn-to-one majority a, be widened j today when counting of votes from
rural districts was completed. Jefferson Davis county took advantairc of the balloting and voted to Prohibit sale of four per cent beer un 5*r the option granted counties in the be er legalization act of 1934. Wet leaders took defeat philosophi-
| rally.
Now that the election is over we should all accept the result cheerfully ■I I'. regard it as the governor’s man* '•ate,” said State Senator W. 'B. Roberts, co-author of the liquor act. Bella counties along the Missis- • i.ipi river and coastal counties were
wet.
1 armed forces, military and police. Annihilation of terrorists is said to he his immedia; e aim. It was reported he would soon offer immunity to anyone who surrenders explosives before a certain date, and would prescribe the death penalty for anyone j possessing explosives afterward.
A SUGGESTION We would suggest to the city officials that in as much as the new stop and go signs are on the sidewalk and for months drivers have been without thom, that the city paint large “Watch stop signs” on the concrete pavement lea' ing to these signs in order that every driver will know they are on the side walks and in operation. Today we saw drivers stop for them, while others Ignored them, apparently not knowing they were in operation- It might avoid a serious accident if every driver's attention wa.t called to
them.
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ing.' ripped off by the force of the wind that swirled blinding rain and
hail through the city.
Many highways were blocked by trees Uxl.n and in some places water
still flooded the roadways.
A number of automobiles were crushed by falling trees and the • streets were cluttered with debris. | Telephone and telegraph repair men worked desperately to restore communication lines to remove the hazard of menacing high voltage
wires.
Physicians and nurses worked by candle light throughout the early hours of the morning bringing first aid to victims of the storm. Officials of the Illinois state hospital for the insane said *hat the damage to the institution's buildings would total $75,000. No difficulty with patients was experienced during
the storm, they said.
Most seriously injured by the storm
were Edward Perry, Imlay, Mich., an employe of the Sam B. Dill circus, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hamilton,
Jacksonville, whose car was
by a falling tree. Perry suffered a fractured skull when struck by a
shattered telephone pole.
Most of the other victims were injured when they were unable to reach shelter before the swift-moving
storm struck.
The storm struck first at the west end of the city and cut a sharply defined path through the streets. The Dill circus was nearing the conclusion of its performances when the wind whipped through the tents throwing spectators into a near panic. Except for Perry, none was
injured, however.
Tom Mix. motion picture actor ap- | pearing with the circus, was reported missing this morning until it was revealed that he had left wiflh other performers for Hannibal, Mo., short-
ly before dawn.
Physicians and nurses from nearby towns treated 70 persons in an emergency ward established in the state hnsiptnl for the insane. Streets were impassable, \vi h fallen trees and wrecked buildings piled to a height of many feet in the business district. Water swirled 10 to 20 inches deep over sidewalks and roads. Volunteer rescuers searched wrecked building.., in darkness only by candles and oil lanterns. Telephone service wag disrupted over Brown, Morgan, Cass and Mason counties, making neemase estimates of the damage and the number of cassualties impossible. Telegraph service was interrupted from Jack-
j sonville for three hours. Railroad dispatchers unconfirmed report that
by lightning threatened several buildings in nearby Havana, III. Chandlerville, Ritcrberry, Woodson and Virginia ajso were isolated from outside
communication.
Farm buildings across a fiO-rnile swath of devastation were wrecked or seriously damaged and loss in crops
was incalculable.
The state schools for the deaf was | damaged slightly and several inmates injured. Illinois college was un-
touched.
Approach of t.he huge black funnel at the heart of the swiftly whirling storm was witnessed from the highway just outside Jacksonville by S. F. Silverstein, Detroit salesman. “Lightning flashes were blinding,” Silverstein said. “I was driving slowly because dust in the air made it hard to see when in a blue glare of light I saw the tornado coming. I stopped hut couldn’t think of anything else to do. “A terrible mar was what I most remember. I coni I see only when lightning s 'ruck. At every flash for several seconds I saw the funnel coming closer. Then it was suddenly (L'ontiuut-d on 1'ua*-* Two)
ANNOUNCES HE li\S REQUESTED PRESIDENT TO RELIEVE
HIM *01 DUTIES,
FAVORS
NR \
COMMISSION
Gen. Hugh Johnson Has Not Heard From Mr. Roosoclt Regarding
His Resignation.
THREE RESIGN AS TEACHERS IN CITY SCHOOLS
MISS MARY LOUISE THROOP TO SUCCEED MISS HELEN DUNBAR WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
On the second lay of her lour of Chicago Mr Franklin I). Roosevelt 'pause' 1 at the Art Institu e to honor the memory of Gen- IVlaski, the Polish hero, who fought for the American cause. She unveiled the canvas, “Pula.-ki in the Battle of Savannah,” by S’.anishlaus BatowskiLeft to right: Chauneoy McCormick, with a -mall uprodu lion of the painting; Emily Naph ralski, president of the Polish Woman’s Alliance of America, and Mrs- Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, July IL—General Hugh S. Johnson di closed late yesterday tlia'i he ha asked President Roosevelt to relieve him as NRA administrator and to appoint a commission to administer the recovery act. Speaking U|M>n his return from an i eight-day rest in New York and j Long Island, Johnson revealed tihat i he had made the request in a letter | to the president just before the chief (executive started on his cruise. Johnson let it he known his departure would no be immediate. He said the president ha not answered his
struck i b'tter, and that he does not know
what decision the president wdll
make.
It will he a n inth or two before ‘he “emergency phase” of the NRA is past, Johnson said, thus allowing its activities to hr turned over to a commission. Here Johnson interjected: “If I could avoid being a member I of the commission, Pd like to do it. Probably 1 will stay until congress i mee-Js in January, although I’d like
! to avoid that.”
It was indicated the n"w commission would be formed from the ranks of NRA with addition of important outside figures. The change would not require legislation and could be effected by exc lut'ive order. Johnson made it clear the principle of government “veto” over business will he followol, and that this had been recommended for those parts of the recovery program to be continued after the bc‘j expires next June 16. He vigorously opposed a suggestion to create a council of trade authorities to administer self-government of industry under loose federal reg-
ulation.
Johnson's dramatic announcement was made ’o fifty newspapermen gathered for a final conference before he leaves on the month’s vacation ordered by the president.
THREE SLAIN; (Tlll.lt WOUNDED BOSTON, July 11, (UP) — Three persons were slain and a child was perhaps fatally wounded in what police described as murders and suicide in Hyde I’ark today. The dead were John I. Gidney, 55; Ernest Borgerson, 20, his son-in-law, and Mrs. Margaret Borgerson, PJ, wife of Ernest. The Borgerson’s year-old daughter, Eslella, was believed dying. The tragedy occurred at the Borgerson home in Hyle Park. Police said Gidney shot Mr. and Mrs. Bor gerson and their child and then killed himself.
Plan Educational Exhibit At Fair
SUHOOLS OF 1831 AND 1931 BE ( (tN IRASTING FEATURES
Resignations Of Miss Edris King And Mrs. Dallas Rissler Also Announced Appointment of Miss Mary Louise Throop of Greeneastle as Junior High School English teacher, to succeed Miss Helen Dunbar, who has resigned, was announced Wednesday by Paul F. Boston, superintendent of city schools. The appointment was made .Monday evening by the Greencastle city and township consolidated school board. Two other vacancies in the teaching staff of the city schools, occasioned by the resignations of Mrs. Dallas Rissler, formerly Miss Icila Neese, teacher in the sixth grade at Second Ward, and Miss Edris King, art supervisor, have not as yet been filled, Mr. Boston said. Miss Throop is a graduate of Greeneastle high pchool and DePauw university and has taught the past school ycar in thq Cloverdale schools, fihe made a splendid record as a practice teacher during her college course and also was highly recom* mended by Lee. Walters, principal of the Cloverdale schools.
Democrats Meet In Indianapolis
CANDIDATES AND INCUMBENT OFFICERS DISCUSS INDIANA LIQUOR LAW.
Paul F. Boston, superintendent of cit > sch' "1i.-, cooperating with State Fair officials, who are planning an educational exposition at the State Fair this fall. The exhibit for which an appropriation of $10,000 ha been made, will be known a-- “A Ontury of Progress in Indiana Education,” and will la- h used in a special tent. Features of the exhibit will he a model log ^-hool of 1H34 contrasted with a modern sch ol of 1934. It is plannoj to make the school of a century ago complete in every detail. The MeGuffeyitos will provide a well trained group to portray the . chool of 1834 but will need old text books, especially M'Guffey readers, for which Mr. Boston is making an appeal. Persons with any of these old books are requested to get in touch with Mr. Boston, who said the state committee in charge will return them
in gooi condition.
Big day of the educational exhibit
INDIANAPOLIS, July 11, (UP)— Proposed legislation to revamp Indiana liquor laws was the chief topic of discussion at a meeting of Democratic candidates for the legislature I and sHate offices, holdover senators I and present state officials here to-
day.
The council was called by Omer S. | ^ , A jjj
Jackson, chairman of the Democratic !
, . , counter! as present in then- re. pective
state committee to map plans for the
POLK E SElfK YOUTH AFTER DEATH «F PRETTY CO-ED NORMAN, Okla., July 11, (UP)— A fraternity house cook in whose duplex apurtnrmt pretty Marian Mills, 20, Univertdty of Oklahoma co-ed, was found lead Cday was ordered held as a material witness in a strange campus tragedy. Search continued for Neal Myer=, 21, . tudijit from El Reno. Myers is believed to have been the last person V) see t' e girl alive. The body of Miss Mills, onco chosen university Beauty queen by the film star, Frederic March, was found fully clothed and without marks of violence i n Mrs. Brown’s api'jtment late ye.-terday. After sumomning a physician, Myers disappeared. The physician f'lund the body.
DIVORCE ASKED Clara Myrl Gibson of Clinton township filed suit for divorce in circuit court Wednesday against Roy Edward Gibson, on grounds her hus- | band was insulting, failed to provide
fall campaign. With the recent decision of
A‘.ty.
at the State Fair will be on Wednesday, Sept. 5, which will be a school holiday thn ughout tHo sta ■. All
be admitted free and
counted schools.
Gen. Philip Lutz, holding that by-the V . , 11111/ drink liquor sales are illegal, the . lit Ml I (
clothing for her, threatened to strike hep ajvl attempted to quarrel and nag. In addition to a divorce the plaintiff asks restoration of h«r maiden name of Clan Myrl Skinner and $59 attorney fe . According to the complaint the couple married May 21, 1920 and separated Dec. 20, 1933.
received an fire started
EZRA D \ Y. FORMER PI T N \M
RESIDENT, DIES IN IOWA
Word has l»en received here of | the death ef K.ra Day in Ottumwa, Iowa, on June 29. He was a half brother of Ota and Frank Day of Fillmore and ua, a born and raised just north of Fillmore, but moved to Iowa when he was a young man and
lived there until his death.
Mr. and Mrs. Day drove here -even years ago, called by the death of his sister, Mrs. Mary F. Raines. Mr. Day was then 70 years old hut drove his own car here and hack to Ottumwa. Mrs. Day died just 11 months ago.
20 Years Ago IN CREENCASTLE
Mrs. K.-tes Duncan was a visitor here from Cloverdale. The temperature sot, a local record for the summer this afternoon at 2 o’clock when the mercury soared to 101 degrees. No relief from the intenes heat wave was forecast. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Nelson returned home from 'Kokomo where they were the guests of relatives for
several days.
Clifford Allen spent th" day at Eel River Falls. Emory Collins of Mt. Meridian transacted business here today.
spiritous beverage question took precedence over of repeal of the skip election and primary laws. Gov. Paul V. McNutt was the principal speaker at the all-day council. He outline I activities of the present administration and detailed 1’gisla tion which he will expect ti he passed in order *v> carry on the jwilicies of
his regime.
Sen. Frederick Van Nnys was an-
other important figure on the pro- ' gram. He explained the new deal a
being worked out in Washington. Others on the program included
Paul Fry, state excise director; ( larence Jackson, director of the income ‘.ax division; Pleas Greenlee, patronage director; Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford , Townsend, head of the state boar 1 of agriculture; and Floyd I. McMurray, superintendent of public instruction.
ROOSEVELT AT PANAMA ABOARD U. S. S. Gil MORE, July
II, (UP)- President Franklin I). Roosevelt inspected the Panama canal today from the decks of the cruiser Houston on which he is g ang
to Hawaii,
Leaving C.clombia, where the president touched foreign soil yesterday, the Houston and its destroyer escort i spo'i at 22 knots across the Gulf of Darien to Colon, the canal entrance. The Houston was due to reach the Pacific this afternoon after a six hour passage through the canal. Mrs. Henry Wallace, wife of the secretary of agriculture, was invited to be the president’s guest in transit. MARRIAGE LICENSE Russell W. Sutherlin, farmer, and Vivian L. Ader, teacher, both of
I Groveland.
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Taking Monon \\ ire BLOOMINGTON M \ N MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS
WRECK BY THEFTS
THREE THOUSAND KILLED ASUNCION, PARAGUAY, July jll (UP) Three thou: and I! diviana i are known t > have Iw n killed uring | yesterday’s fierce fighiin - in the Fort j Baliician area of he Gran Chaco, it wai; announro'i officially today.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind , July IL— Ed Fearman, local negro, was arrest- j ed last night on a warrant charging, gran l larceny for allegedly stealing i !5 copper wires from Monon railroad :
sign'd switches.
T <* th ft* might have caused train | wrecks. Monon officials said, because j the wires Iran milled signals to trainmen. Fearinvn sold the wires for a few cents a pound. He was ; sriil to have stolen wires which total ne irly two mile, in 1 -ngth. Fc armnn, who had been arrested ■ before for stealing oal from the Mo- j non. wa to he arraigned today before :
DOLLAR WHEAT SEEN ( HICAGO, July II, (UP) Wheat prices marched toward the dollar level today, riding on ' rest "f a wave of buying generated by a startling g vemment iron < tr at* i..sued late yesterday, A barrage of hu>mg omIoi from all over the world greeted the trade at the s'arting g- ng and v.ilu* of wheat humped the top permitted in a single days trading up 15 cents from the previous close. Experts termed the government estimate of 484,000,000 bushels of whe.it the most senastional ever i. sued.
Tus ice of the Peace Arthur Parks. - - ———— B ause of the seriousness „f the of- i ® @ ® ® ••• W O ■*.•■ ® $ ‘en e, the Monon railroad instructed {§$ Today’s Weather ® ♦ heir local attorney, George W. Hen- 0 an( J 0 lay, to aid in the prosecution and do- ; ^ Lora , X emDeratgre @ and the limit of the law sentence! ^ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 of 1 n 10 years, for the defendant. | Unsettle 1 tonight and T hursday, I local showers or vhunderstorms probIW () W(iM\N SLAIN [ ably; slightly warmer tonight west
central portion.
OAKLAND, Cal., July 11, (UP)—;
Bodies of two elderly spinsters, their skulls crushed, were found in an Oak-
land boarding house today.
The victims won’ Adella Merrill,
71, and Millie Foote, C.4.
. The slayings were believed to have l>eon commi ted by a night prowler. The boarding hous • room occupied by the w omen be rtf evidence of being
ransacked.
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9 .a. m. 10 a. m . 11 a. in. 12 n’oon . 1 p. m. . 2 pm..
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