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INI MEETING OF ROTARIANS AND KIWANIANS Al sEKVicfi Clubs hear LSTEKESTIMi TALK V\EI) nesd VT EVE N ESTERLINE speaker poll* Manufacturer I* (iuest 0 , ( lulls. Meeting: One Of Best Held Bj Two Croups. John Esterline of the Esterline- - us Manufacturing Company of ianapolis. was the speaker before meeting of the Rotary and ‘anis clubs Wednesday evening, in t proved to be one of the most Testing and unusual meetings the ?ncastle service clubs have had privilege of holding. gr Esterline is not only a manujjrer, but he is a farmer as well, tag a farm west of Brick Chapel ith he looks after personally. He interested in Putnam county as ■ as in his manufacturing indusHis lino of reasoning was somc--g new for Oreencastle business In fact it is new for most inries and he has worked out an m ent over a period of more twenty years in which workmen in the profits, and the profits h on the interest and accuracy the workmen. The profits are defined by the cost of production it is in the matter of reducing Auction costs that the workmen interested and from which they their additional wages or sals. Mr Esterline said it had proven [westing from the standpoint of ■reloping an indusetry and in develhuman beings. He said indusis efficient only as compared to past and he also said that inased production depends entirely increased distribution. He re- ' wed the cost of government, the of crime which he estimated at 12000000 000 annually: this being income of 10.000.000 workmen; cost of fakei s, exploiters, schemers and parasites. He decried the tost of government with its overlapping outworn and inefficient aethods. He urged the application 'science in governmental efficiency. The speaker is of the opinion that we is a strong likelihood that conJtions in America have gone too far be corrected and that there will a clash between opposing groups the present which will be destrucjlhe to the fundamentals of our govflnment. Following the address, Mr. Esteranswered questions for an hour which several DePauw professors others took part. The questions d answers proved as interesting as address itself.

NOMINATED BY HEIM HLICANS

OREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUTRSDAY, JUNE 4, DUG.

NO. 1D8

JOSEPH B. KYLE

GOV. L AIN DON'S ‘BAND-WAGON’ IN CLEVLLAND

BOOSTERS of KANSAS EXECUTIVE ARRIVE AT (. o. |». CONVENTION SITE NOMINATION SEEMS CERTAIN Belief (arows Thai \lf M. l^imlou Will Be Republican Presidential Nominee CLEVELAND, June 4. (UP) Governor Alf M. Landon’s bandwagon, weighted to the axles and picking up passengers at every stop, rolled into Cleveland today before they could even get all the scats put up in the big hall where Republicans will nominate a candidate for president. The question you hear on street corners and in hotel lobbies is not ‘•who will be nominated 7 ” but “on what ballot will Landon win?” and the answer you hear most frequently is "on the first or second ” Supporters of Senator William E. Borah and Frank Knox of Chicago, scurried about, trying to scatter tacks in the path of the free-wheel-ing. rubber-tired Landon bandwagon. Carl G. Bachman, Borah’s manager, was trying to maneuver the senator into a place where he would make a speech to the convention, counting on the golden voiced oratory of the Idahoan to swing the tide of battle. Landon’s supporters topped talking victory only briefly to listen to a telegram from former President Herbert Hoover accepting an invitation to address the convention. “I’ll be glad to respond briefly any time of the day Wednesday. June 10.” Hoover wired Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the national commit-

tee.

George H Moses, a Knox leader, stoutly fought against defeatism by announcing that “Knox and Landon will run neck and neck on the first

ballot.”

The Republicans’ old guard from the cast neither dies nor surrenders, hut it knows when the time has come to try to make a deal. Today two deals were reported to be on the fire. The old guard, led by David Reed of Pennsylvania, Charles D. Hides of New York, J. Henry Roraback of Connecticut, want two things in exchange for their support of Landon the right to name the vice presidential nominee and the privilege of pick ing the next chairman of the Repub-

lican national convention.

For the vice presidential nominee they like James W. Wadsworth of Oeneseo, N. Y. He is a hard money, budget-balancing congressman, a former United tSates senator and a gentleman farmer who has enough money that he doesn’t have to worry

Sanitation Work ^ill End June30 fHOJKrr HAS BEEN OPERATED X THIS COUNTY SINCE

DECEMBER

Announcement by Ralph Hostetler, t&tion supervisor in Putnam #imty to the effect that the sanitapropject will close on June JO.

I*** nill, le this morning.

This project has been running in ^ ls rounty since last December and *n to May [| seventy-one new and ty reconstructed buildings had e " P la rcd. and by the last of this

*°nth aproximately one hundred and , . units will have been placed un- about collecting his congressional * the supervision of WPA. ’ ' ""

This

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project has given employment

ALF M. LANDON ENDORSED BY STATE G. 0. P.

REPUBLICANS END INDIANA CONVENTION BY NOMINATING TICKET SPRINGER FOR GOVERNOR

average to fifteen men and Wroximately $1,500 worth of maals ,laV( ’ been purchased from lo1 business concerns Figuring the

•aterials u«cri ,77 I Landon’s campaign manager. ^ >ais used in reconstructed build-1 c^intiv „„

salary of $10,000 a year exactly on

pay flay.

The old guard isn’t sure yet whom >t wants for Republican national committeeman, but it knows whom j it doesn’t want John Hamilton

^ at half price, material cost ulil be in the neighborhood of j. ^ making the building cost to Purchaser at an average of $ IT ^ 0 assurance has been given for e continuation of this project in ^ bam county and any one wanting “work done should got in touch ft* ^ officials a t once as only a W'lo* ° rder8 can be filletl bcfore

Frf X( H STRIKES SPREADING l ,i^ Flls June 4. (UP) The bread kl' 1 ' n, 'be capital was threatened HU* 5 "' ,IPn workers in the flour ►nos'' 1 ^ le Paris region joined the °f strikes which were spreadWit h biereasing rapidity.

This fight is strictly an under rover affair and Henry P. Fletcher, the present national chairman, denied that such a deal was cooking From other sources it was learned that the old guard is going to drive a stiff bargain in return for any sup-

port it gives Landon.

Roraback already has seated the Connecticut delegates right on top of the Landon bandwagon. Reed and j Hillis haven’t gone that far. Reed I said there was considerable Landon sentiment in the Pennsylvania delegation. but thought the first ballot would find that state’s strength scattered. New York’s delegation will caucus early next week, with Hillis still insisting that the Republicans need a candidate from the midwest The rush towurti the Landon band-

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State Delegate* To Republican National Convention to Vote For Kansan INDIANAPOLIS. June 4. (UP) — The Indiana Republican state con vention yesterday nominated Raymond S. Springer of Connersville for governor and indorsed the president ial candidacy of Governor Alf M Landon of Kansas. Springer, the nominee four years ago, won on the second ballot when five other candidates withdrew in the face of a landslide before the roll call was completed. By a voice vote the l,72.'l delegates approved a motion instructing the state’s four delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention at Cleveland next week to srpport Gox Landon’s candidacy. In the same motion the twentyfour delegates from the twelve congressional districts were requested tc give their votes to Landon. There was some opposition, however. Henry W. Marshall. Lafayette publisher made the motion. Springer, first commander of the Indiana Department of the American Legion, got his strongest opposition from Glen R. Hillis of Kokomo on the first ballot. The vote was: Springer. 644 1-2; Hillis, J87 1-2 H. H. Evans. Newcastle, 28,’); George R, Hill, Michigan City. 216; Elza O Rogers. Lebanon. 182 1-2; and Lem uel Trotter, Indianapolis. 10 1-2. Hill withdrew at the end of the first ballot. The Springer landslide started when Allen County gave him thirty-three votes on the second ballot as against sixteen on the first. With only forty-nine of the ninety two counties tabulated. Springer ha< 920 1-2 votes fifty-eight more than necessary for nomination. The with drawals followed. The vote for Hillis his closest rival, had dwindled tc ninety-two. Pulled from his box by admirers Springer was escorted to the speak cr’s stand by police. “I thank you from the bottom o’ my heart for the confidence you have placed in me as a Hoosier and a citizen of the United States.” he said ‘I thank you also for my mother, 8? years old. She is waiting back hom< to hear the tidings of your verdict We shall march on to victory in November. Dictatorship must end ir Indiana. Again I thank you and pledge that we shall win together ir the fall.” Joseph B. Kyle of Gary was nomi nated for lieutenant governor over J Raymond Schultz of North Manchester on the first ballot. 1,153 to 570. The convention, by acclamation nominated James A. Slane of Lafay ette for secretary of state; E. E. Neal of Noblesvillc, for auditor; David R. Scott of Linton, for treasurer of state; John A. Sabo of Gary, for reporter of the supreme and appellate courts; Oren W. Dickey of Marion, for supreme court, fourth district; Alfred Evens of Bloomington appellate court judge, southern division. and A. Clifford Ducomb of South Bend, for judge of the appcl late court, northern division. Norman J, Lasher of Seymour, by a vote of 1.400, defeated O. M. Pittenger of Albany for the nomination for superintendent of public instruction on the first ballot. Travis B. Williams of Evansville was nominated for judge of the supreme court, first district, over Thomas B. Coulter of Vincennes, and Union W. Youngblood. Evansville, on the first ballot. The vote was Williams, 895; Coulter, 659; and Youngblood, 158,

DELEGATE’S < All STOLEN Wallace Spencer. Greencastle Routt One. returned from the Republican state convention Wednesday afternoon, and found that his Ford Tudor was gone from its parking place on the west side of the public square. Mr. Spencer, a delegate to the concention. left his car in Greencastle Tuesday while enroute to Indianapo! is. He notified Marshal Lawrence Graham of the theft stating that the car was a 1929 model. TWO MOTORISTS KILLED SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 4. (UP) Paul C. Koerth, .'13, South Bend, and Hugh Hills, 22. Bristol, were killed instantly today when their automobile crashed into a concrete piling of a railroad viaduct on state road two.

RALLY HERE SATURDAY The Young People's Department of the White Lick Association will meet here at the First Baptist church for the annual spring rally on Saturday, June 6th. There will be an afternoon and evening session, beginning at 2:00 o’clock. There are about 12 active young Peoples organizations which form this union for the purpose of aiding and encouraging the wofk and experience of Christian Young People. The Afternoon Program Devotional Period Mrs. Dallas Rissler. Business Session Instrumental Music by Misses Patrick. , Evening Session Song Service—Rev. Carlson, leader. Devotional Period. Election of officers and other business.

SPIEGEL WINS $465 DAMAGES IN CITY CASE

H UGE C. C. GILLEN RETURNED FINDING IN DAMAGE

CASE THURSDAY

TRIAL WAS HELD LAST WEEK Plaintiff Had HodgTit $1,500 Ah' Damage to Property On Improved

Kloomiiiglon Street

Finding for Clara E. Spiegel and Jarl Spiegel in the amount of $465 lamagcs in their case against the •ity of Greencastle was returned tolay by Judge C. C. Gillen of Putnam nrcuit court. Judge Gillen had had ‘.he case under advisement since the lose of the trial May 24. The plaintiffs had asked $1,500 lamagcs from the city in the original iomplaint filed June 14. 1935, The :aso was a result of condemnation by tire city of a strip of land across ‘he Bloomington street frontage of he Spiegel property, which was used n making recent improvements to he Bloomington street entrance to j

he city from the south.

In condemning the property in \pril, 1935, the city awarded Spiegel j 5150 for land taken from each of two icparatc pieces of property in mak-

ng the improvement.

Spiegel was awarded $150 aiMitional in a court decision f ollowing a trial December 6 in which he had sought a sum to cover alleged dam-

age to one piece of the property. The tors” will be forced to leave Terre :ase just concluded was based on Haute was issued today by Mayor facts similar to those in the Decent- Samuel O. Beecher in answer to a her trial and covered alleged damage protest by the American Civil Liber*.o the second piece of property. j ties Union against alleged abuse of James and Alice and F. S. Hamil- communist leaders. ‘.on were attorneys for the plaintiff | The Civil Liberties Union protest- ! n the second case and Wilbur S. ed on behalf of Herbert Kaufman, Oonner and M J. Murphy represent- Vigo county communist chairman, ed the city. j and James Wilson, a party member, i who charged they were kidnaped TO GREET NOMINEES May 27. beaten and ordered out of WASHINGTON, June 4 With the town bv three men, one of whom

June convention drawing close, botli' wore the uniform of a city policeparties pushed ahead today with man. plans to greet their presidential and Beecher and Police Chief James C. vice-presidential nominees in huge Yates said they had not heard of the

outdoor ceremonies.

Republican Chairman Henry Fletcher announced provisional rangements have been made to

Governor’s Son to Wed Dancer?

TWO KILLED: TWO HURT IN AUTO CRASH

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Newest romanre in the headlines links the name of Paul Curley, ton of Governor James Curley of Massachusetts, with that of comely Lillian Duval of Georgia, Broadway showgirl Young Curley la a

senior at Georgetown university

REV. CLAUDE M. Met LURE ON BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM The district conference of the Bloomington District of the Indiana Methodist church conference will be held at Bloomington on June 11. The Rev. C. M. McClure of the Gobin Memorial Methodist church is on the program for the morning session at ten o'clock. The conference will be held under the direction of the Rev. J. M. Walker, formerly of this city. AGITATORS IN TERRE HAUTE GET WARNING WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE

C ITY SAYS MAYOR

BEECHER

TERRE HAUTE. June 4, (UP) — A warning that all “outside agita-

‘ alleged beating and did not know

P. Kaufman and Wilson,

ar-: Both warned, however, that “outuse side agitators will not be tolerated

:he municipal stadium at Cleveland, in Terre Haute,” conveniently located near the conven-1 Yates admitted he ordered R. H. tion hall, to notify the party's nom- Lowman, business agent of the Retail nees of the convention's choice. Clerks International Association, and The Democrats previously announc- Warren C. Desepte, president of the sd plans to notify President Roose- union, to leave town, veil of his renomination with a cere- Lowman and Desente complained nony at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, to Gov, Paul V. McNutt the following “Strange as it may seem,” Fletcher day with a statement that they were •aid, “I approve the precedent estab- attempting to organize Terre Haue lished by Mr Roosevelt in going to retail clerks and had not violated any

the convention to receive the notifi- law.

cation of Ins nomination.” The police chief said lie ordered The Cleveland stadium seats 80,- tlie;u out of the city because they 000 Fletcher said the Republican were ‘‘outside agitators.” plans are conditional on the desires Kaufman and Wilson charged in of the successful candidate for Die notorized affidavit they were stop-

ped by a man in police uniform and forced to accompany him and two other men in civilian clothes to a

lonely lane where the alleged beating

PARIS. June 4, (UP) The new occurred.

SPEAKER BYRNS DIES SUDDENLY IN W ASHINGTON

WILLI\M BANKHEAD OF ALABAMA ELECTED TO HOUSE

POST

WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) William B Bankhead of Alabama was elected speaker of the house today to fill the post left vacant by the sudden death of Joseph W. Byrns. The senate recessed today in reaped to Speaker Byrns and adjournment of congress was definitely shelved, probably until the week of June 14. WASHINGTON, June 4. Joseph Wellington Byrns. speaker of the house of representatives, died at 12:15 a. m. Eastern standard time, today of a heart attack followed by a cerebral hemorrhage. Dr. George W. Calver, Capitol physician. announced the death of the speaker, who was 66 years old. “Speaker Byrns suffered a heart attack at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday afternoon,” the physician said “At 11 P- m., ho suffered a cere bral hemorrhage and at 12; 15 a. m. he died.” Death occurred in the speaker’s apartment in the Mayflower hotel. The White House was informed immediately and the news was relayed to other officials, who were profoundly shocked. The death was wholly unexpected. Byrns, a Tennesseean who lias had a long career in congress, had been active almost to tlie last in the tremendous task of trying to clean up pending legislation and adjourn congress by this week-end. Friends believed the strain of tills

MISS MAXINE BE< K OF < UNOT AND BIUKNKLL MAN

ARE DEAD

WILLIAM LANGDON INJURED Another Kieknell Man Expected To Die. Accident Near Crawfordsville

Last Night

Miss Maxine Beck, age 23 years, of Cunot. and John Powell. 23, of Bicknell, are dead as result of a headon auto crash on state road 43, nine miles north of Crawfordsvillc shortly before 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night. William Langdon. 28, of Cloverdale. is in a Crawfordsvillc hospital with arm and leg fractures and suffering from shock and cuts. Adrian Corts, 31. of Bicknell, was expected to die from his injuries. According to reports, Miss Beck, a graduate of the Cloverdale high school, and Mr. Langdon, who with a brother operates the Regal store in Cloverdale, were returning home from a trip to Chicago The car conlnming the two Bicknell men was going north at a terrific rate of speed and crashed headon into the machine being driven by Miss Beck The four badly injured victim!! were taken to the Crawfordsyille hospital where Miss Beck died at 3:13 a. m. Powell died at 3:25 a in Langdon was expected to recover but Corts had no perceptible pulse at 11 a .m. and attending physicians were amazed that he was still alive due to the nature of his injuries. Both machines were said to have, been demolished. The car driven by Miss Beck belonged to Robert Langdon, father of William Langdon.

INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Hogs 6,500; holdovers 178- 10 cents lower; 160 to 225 lb;., $10.10 to $10.20; 225 to 260 lbs . $9.90 to $10.10; 160 to 300 lbs., $9.70 to $9.90; 300 lbs. up. $9.50 to $9.70; 130 to 160 lbs.. $9.40 to $9.90; 100 to 130 lbs., $8.65 to $9 15; packing sows $8.25 to

$8.75.

Cattle 1.000; calves 700; steers and heifers steady to strong; cows steady; bulk steers and heifers $7.50 to $8.00; top steers $8.25• top heifers, $8.40; beef cows $5.25 to $6.00: cutters grades $4.00 to $5.00; vealcra steady, good to choice $8 50 to $9.06. Sheep 700; spring lambs 50 cents lower, mostly $11 down; bidding lower on clipped yearlings, slaughter sheep about steady, mostly $3.50

down,

MASONIC NOTICE Called meeting Temple Lodge No. 47. F. A- A. M., Friday. E:30 p. m.,

M. M. degree.

H. E. H. Greenlcaf, W. M. E. E. Caldwell, Secy. DRAMA TOURNAMENT

Three Epworth Leagues will compete in the Drama Tournament at the Gobin Memorial Methodist church this evening at 7:30 o’clock. The three winnuig Leagues in the tournament of the Greencastle District are, Rockville. Methodist Temple, and Gobin Memorial. The winner in to-

Republican nomination.

HERKIOT ELECTED

chamber of deputies convened today and elected Edouard Herrlot, radical socialist leader, president.

20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE

Beecher said the alleged attack had not been reported to civil authorities but that he would investigate the charge.

ELMS PARKER ARRESTED MT. HOLLY. N. J., June 4. (IfP) The arrest on a kidnaping charge of Ellis Parker, Sr., 65-year-old detective friend of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, promised a re-investigation of the entire Lindbergh kidnaping

C. Fenwick Reed left today for Greensburg whre he will conduct a

revival service.

Elmer Seller, city mail carrier, and case under new authorities today. Miss Mary Edna Pierce, have return- Parker was seized by New York ed home from Indianapolis where and New Jersey policemen on the they were married yesterday. The steps of the Mt. Holly Elks’ club last bride is a daughter of Mrs. Ida night for the ki,dimping of Paul Pierce. Wendel, once disbarred Trenton lawBurns McIntosh was here from Ind- yer. in New York City last February, ianapolis visiting relatives and A New York grand jury indicted frineds. him secretly yesterday afternoon.

task may have been at least partly ' night's contest will represent the responsible for his sudden passing, j District at Battle Ground Institute Representative Snell. Republican, this summer in competition with the

New York, was one of the first to comment, “I am shocked beyond all imagination," lie said. “It is a terrible thing. It is an almost irreparable loss.”

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winners of the three other districts of the conference. The Drama Tournament is sponsored by the Department of Epworth Leagues and Young Peoples Work of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Young People

Inasmuch as "Uncle Joe.” as lie of ( ; 0 bin Memorial Church will prewas known to many intimates, was j ac „t H nloi ,t interesting and iiifomiknown as a master parliamentarian, | rt ti V p drama, "The Other Point of adept at straightening out snarls and j view" by Ktsu Inogaki Suginoto. It keeping house tempers within j j s lt Hcelu > ,- rom Japanese Country bounds, his death cast the prospects j i,f c and is full of human interest,

for adjournment of congress this [ 'mere will be

week into an uncertain state.

The Roosevelt administration had j counted heavily upon him, as often | in the past, to speed its program i

no admission charge

and tlie program is open to the pub-

lic.

through. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, majority leader, said: “His death conies as a great surprise and shock to ilia friends ami particularly to associates in congress. His work during the session has been very difficult and trying. He whs a great speaker. He had the respect, confidence and admiration of the members of both boilies. He was my personal friend and I exceedingly regret ids passing." Mrs. William E. Borah, wife of tlie senator from Idaho, said: “How shocking! I am astonishr*!. I know the senator will regret Speaker Byrns’ passing very much.”

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