The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 June 1936 — Page 1
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(JK'HtACASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, ,11’NE !(!, IMG.
D DEATH SUITS FROM monon wreck-
fFVt THOMAS SUCCUMBS TO INJI KIES TUESDAY i morning train CREW DEAD goy Was Trapped Under Stone gfcfcWhen Freight Piled Up At Putnamville W rt Eugene Thomas, age 16 succumbed to injuries Tuesmorning at 6:15 o'clock at the county hospital which he in the'Monon freight wreck putnrniville last Friday evening. n , passing of the Greencastle boy the death toll to three in the accident which piled up the olives tender and fifteen cars M rth bound Monon train No. 56. north of the Putnamville station. US fatally injured in the wreck Charles Eker. engineer, of Lae, and John B. Rector, brake0 f DuPont. Ecker died Saturmd Rector passed away early -y morning L A. Gray, of Louisville, fireman, mil believed in a serious condition Conductor N. S. Goforth, of Lais expected to recover. William and Clellan Ash. who were ■ with young Thomas on a fiat loaded with stone slabs, are also ed out of danger. fliomas. son of Mr. and Mrs. RobThomas. north Greencastle. was t under the stone in the wreck, was necessary for farmers in the -ity to use timbers and to break e of the rock before they were to extricate him from the debris. In addition to his parents, he is Ttved by two brothers. Dennis and ird; four sisters. Wilma Jean, '-tine. Thelma and Bessie; a halfMrs. Geneva Humke, Quincy, and a grandmother, Mrs. Nellie rt, of Greencastle. Last rites will be held from the uny funeral home at 2:30 clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. F. Smghurse in charge. Interment id be in Forest Hill cemetery.
Proud of Scoop
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LANBON - KNOX CONFER TOPEKA Kan. June 16. (UP) Cm Alf M Landon of Kansas and M Frank Knnx. Chicago publisher, hg the Republican national et in the fight against the DemJc new deal, met Aday and (ledgcd themselves to a hard, earn*t fight for the presidency. While bands blared and ctowds jAwed the men met on the steps of Ic Kansas statehouse. "Well Colonel, you look in perfect ition for a hard campaign,” said ton as they shook hands. ‘‘Pm to see you here and to have you
my ticket.’’
Tm glad to be here and Pm at
r orders.” said Knox.
,‘That's fine, Colonel, and we're [to tell the truth about the vital
** of this campaign.”
INDIAN A POMS LIVESTOCK Hogs 7.500, holdovers 170; mostly I cents higher; underweights 15 j higher; 160 to 225 lbs.. $10.25 * U0.40: 225 to 260 lbs., $9.75 to ' *•25: 260 to 300 lbs., $9.60 to $9.75; j *• Nw up. $9.15 to $9.60; 130 to I r lhs - *10 00 to $10.25; 100 to 130 ■ *9.25 to $9.75; packing sows $8
1*8.85.
<le 2,200; calves 900; steers and era steady; cows about steady; I -f*l loads steers $8.25; others d *7 00 to $7.50: top heifers j bulk $7.50 to $8.25, beef cows , -CO to $5 75; cutter grades $3.75 to
Gloria Lee Hoyt, 11, publisher of a one-page weekly at Mountain Lakes, N. J., scored a scoop on the country’s great papers with the first personal letter from Gov. Alfred M. Landon, following his nomination, thanking her for endorsing his campaign.
PEDESTRIANS ARE HIT BY LOCAL AUTO
man killed, wife seriously hurt IN ACCIDENT NEAR LINTON DRIVER BLINDED BY LIGHTS <*■ >1. Kirkin I liable To See Couple Due To Glare Of Approching Car's Lights LINTON, Inrl,, June 16 Joe Hulen 51-year-old WPA worker, was killed instantly and his wife, Ethel. 38, was perhaps fatally injured last night when they were struck by an automo"bile as they walked along State Road 67 to their home in Switz City. The car was driven by O. J. Larkin, of Greencastle. who is believed to have been blinded momentarily by the lights of an approaching auto. The woman, said to be suffering dangerous injuries, was removed to the home in Switz City, while an inquest was conducted by Dr. George Porter, Greene County coroner.
FORMER RESIDENTS INJURED IN AUTO CRASH SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sanford of Toledo, Ohio, recently of Minneapolis and formerly of Greencastle, were both painfully injured when struck by a truck while driving north from Hopkinsville. Ky., Saturday morning. A new Plymouth Tudor sedan in which they were riding was demolished in the collision. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vancleave drove to Dixon. Ky., Saturday night and brought Mr. and Mrs. Sanford to Greencastle after they were treated i there by a physician for injuries received in the crash. Mrs. Sanford entered the Putnam county hospital Sunday morning, where an X-ray revealed a broken bone in the foot. She will be confined to the hospital for some time. In addition to the broken bone Mrs. Sanford suffered severe facial cuts, bruises, and a badly lacerated knee. Mr. Sanford received a severe cut on the forehead and body bruises.
Auto Struck By Traction Freight C’ I
Democratic Nominee For Governor
PUTNAM WAD VETS RECEIVE BONUS BONDS
GREENCASTLE POST OFFICE BUSY PLACE MONDAY AND
TUESD.W
DELIVERY First Batch Former ■y
AGAIN TONIGHT Of Bonds Delivered To Doughbo>s Monday
City Carriers
Po. 1 *office officials announced today that one hundred and seventy bonus bonds were dtaSSvered by 9 o’clock Monday evenjpg. More of the bonus papers arrived here this morning and the deliveries will be made by city carriers again tonight. The post office force was busy throughout the day delivering the bonds to those who called at the office. Postmaster Bartley, Ernest Stoner, assistant postmaster and Lawrence Crump, clerk in the office, were working in the lobby with veterans in signing up their bonds and
securing delivery.
A long table has been placed in the lobby of the office at which the visiting veterans and the postal employes worked during the day. Those who did not call in person, will be delivered their bonds tonight if they have some in the office. The Department of Treasury reports the bonds run in size from $60 to nearly $1600 in amounts and many of the larger ones are coni ng to Putnam County veterans. They are all in denominations of $50. and a lot of red tape in the w./.y of signing must be gone through with before they are turned over to the veterans. Ex-Putnam Woman Fa I In I By Death
MRS.
NETTIE MeELROV DIES AT MARTINSVILLE
ON MONDAY
Mrs. Nettie Pickett McElroy, age
-50; vealers steady, good to choice. ! 75 years, former Putnam county wo•50 to $9 00. | man. passed away at her home near O^ep 1.000; generally steady and Martinsville. Monday following an Wy active; spring lambs mostly . illness of about one year. *150 downward: fat native slaugh- j A short service will be held from ”. ewes downward from $3.50. the residence Wednesday morning at
11 o’clock. The regular funeral ser-j vices will be held Wednesday after- | noon at 2 o’clock from the Reelsvi Hr church. Burial will be in the lower i
Hulen and his wife, who were walking to their home from Lyons j were run down by Larkins' car about fifty yards from the intersection of State Roads 54 and 67 where three motorists have lost their lives in recent weeks. Hulen. whose body was taken to a Lyons morgue, is survived by a brother, Jim, and three sisters. DIVORCE GRANTED Rosa J. Deem was awarded a divorce in Putnam circuit court late Monday from Alva Deem of Cloverdale. The defendant defaulted in the case and Albert E. Williams, prosecuting attorney, appeared for the state in behalf of the defendant. Evidence was heard by John H. Alice, acting judge, and a divorce was gi anted. The plaintiff's former name of Rosa J. Broadstreet was ordered re-
stored.
W. M. Sutherlin represented the plaintiff. M. E. Conference At Battle Ground DEI'AI W MEN ON PROGRAM AT EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION The Eighty-Fifth session of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will convene at Battle Ground today and continue until Sunday evening. Bishop Blake will preside. Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam will be a guest of the conference Friday and will preside over its sessions. Dr. Frank MeKibben of Northwestern University has been secured as conference lecturer He will speak every morning at 8 o’clock upon some face of "Religious Education." The Woman’s Home- Missionary and the Womens' Foreign Missionary Societies will hold their anniversary service. Wednesday afternoon with Dr. W. C. Hartinger of Indianapolis as principal speaker. Dean Blanchard will speak before the Lay Conference Thursday afternoon on “Changes in the General Church Laws.” Dr. Hildebrand will speak Thursday evening on "The Present Social and Economic Order.” Prof. Jerome Hixson is the lay delegate from the Gobin Memorial Church and will attend the Lay Conference and United Sessions, Thursday and Friday. The Conference w-ill close Sunday afternoon with the ordination service and the reading of appoint-
ments.
Dr. and Mrs. C. M McClure ami family are spending this week at Battle Ground.
O. G. EVENS PAINFULLV HURT IN ACCIDENT AT SEMINARY
AND BLOOMINGTON
O. G. Evens, driving a model T. Ford, was painfully injured early Tuesday morning when his car collid- | ed with a westbound interurban ! freight train at the corner of Bloom-
ington and Seminary streets.
The accident occurred about 5:15
o’clock Tuesday morning.
Evens was rushed to the office of a local physician where he was treated for severe cuts about the head, neck and hands and was later taken to the
Putnam county hospital.
It was revealed there that several
tendons in the right hand were sever- bushels of wheat daily,
ed. He was treated and sent to his
home later in tire morning.
The cuts were caused by shattered windshield glass. No injuries other than the cuts were apparent when the victim was examined by physic-
ians.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE TOWNSEND
GREENLEE AND McKINNEY WITHDRAW AFTER FIRST BALLOT
PUTNAM
VOTE
RE< 'ORBED
M. Clifford Townsend
SHOWERS REPORTED
CHICAGO, June 16. (UP) Frequent showers in the Dakotas today broke a drought that threatened to become the worst in the history of the northwest and which was reported by grain statisticians to be costing American farmers a million
Judge Gillen Is Named Alternate
Mrs. Sigler Died Tuesday Morning
CLINTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENT W AS MOTHER OF MRS. OTIS GARDNER Mrs. Rebecca Sigler, age 78 years, of Clinton township, died Tuesday morning at her home m-ar Clinton Falls following an extended illness. She was the widow of Andrew Sigler who preceded her in death about 12 years ago. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Otis Gardner of this city, and Mrs. Harry Stickel, with whom she made her home. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at the M. P. church at Clinton Falls. Burial will be in the Clinton Falls cemetery.
LOCAL MAN CHOSEN AT ORGANIZATION MEETING OF INDIANA DEMOCRATS i Judge C. C. Gillen of Greencastle j was elected an alternate to the Demo- ! eratic national convention from the Sixth Indiana district during the organization meetings of state Democrats in Indianapolis Monday. John Kelly, of Terre Haute, was also named as an alternate from this diseiict. Alternates to the national Democratic session from the Sixth district are Glenn VanAuken, of Carmel, and William F. Cronin, of Terre Haute.
Hill Rovco (iocs To Darke Counlv
GOV. McNUTT ADDRESSES CONVENTION
DELIVERS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT DEMOCRAT STATE CON-
VENTION today
Twelve I>elegate.s From Thi-s County Cast Votes For Townsend At State Convention INDIANAPOLIS June 16 Bnllot- | ing for the Democratic nomination ' for governor was started shortly be- ’ fore one o’clock, following three ^ brief nominating speeches i One of the unusual events in the I political life of one of the candidates came when Mrs. Lydia Townsend of ! Grant county placed her son. M. Clif- | ford Townsend, a candidate, in nom- | ination for the state’s highest office. : Senator Minton nominated Pleas | Greenlee and Mayor Kern of Indlanai polis placed in nomination E. Kirk ! McKinney. j Marion county’s vote held up the j proceedings of the convention for | nearly 40 minutes, as rules of the | convention forbid any county being I passed in the roll call and they were | not ready, but had to poll the delega- | lion several times before the vote was announced. A fist fight took place on the convention platform in the meantime and there was a lot of 1 excitement during the lull in the pro-
ceedings.
j Putnam county’s delegation was called and cast 12 votes for Townsend and one each for Greenlee and
McKinney.
Townsend’s majority on the first ballot did not reach the required 923 votes, but he was short only a few and a motion was marie immediately to make his nomination unanimous and it was carried.
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1 V l\E SIMILAR POST AT ROCKVILLE
•‘THE FLAPPER GRANDMOTHER" H. L. Royer, county agent of Clay county for several years, will present
“The Flapper Grandmother,” sponsored by the Ladies Aid of the Bain-
his resignation to the Clay county board of education at a special meet-
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TO PRESENT PLAY
The A. FT. C. League of the. A. M j F church will present “Welcoming the New Minister” Monday evening'
A complaint on contract seeking the sum of $21,002.50 plus interest and $3,500 attorney fees was filed in Putnam circuit court Monday by the Bankers' Investment Co., a corporation, against Edward Raub and oth-
ers.
The suit is the result of alleged default on the part of stockholders of the DePauw Upsilon Realty Corp. in
bridge Christian church and directed | ing called for Wednesday morning to
by Frances Marx, will be presented j accept at the high school gymnasium in Bainbridge Thursday evening at 8
o’clock.
The cast includes Dolby Collings, Mrs. Ruth Vancleave, Evelyn South. Ernestine Steele, Frances Marx. E Guy Collings, Cyril Masten, Julian Steele, David S. Hostetler. W. P. Sackett, Ernest Steele, artd Mrs. Claire Ross. Mrs. Dayton McCloud returned
similar position in Parke
county, where he was elected last
Saturday.
Mr. Roycc takes his new position July 1. His family, consisting of his wife and daughter, will ntove to Rockville Mr. Royce and family are prominently connected with various activities of the city and county and will Ire missed here. Mrs. Royce and daughter are especially interested in music and 4-H club work. Mr. Royce succeeds J. C. McHargue, who re-
INDIANAPOLIS, June 16. (UP) — The most bitterly contested race for a gubernatorial nomination in recent Indiana history moved on to the floor of the Democratic state convention today with three candidates loudly claiming victory. Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, Marion, was the apparent favorite because of state administration backing. His forces claimed victory on the first ballot. Both of his opponents Pleas Greenlee. Shelbyvillo, ami E. Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis were equally insistant that between them they could “stop Townsend.” So confident were the administration forces Townsend would win, however, that they went ahead with plans for completing a slate to accompany him to the state ticket next
Novem her.
State Senator Henry F. Schricker, Knox, withdrew from the race for
the 18th state treasurer, ostensibly to make
himself available for the lieutenant
governor nomination.
Although Townsend has said he was interested only in winning the governor position, his supporters have him decidedly lukewarm over the lieutenant governor candidacies of Rep. Edward H. Stein. Bloomfield,
McNutt told the 1,845 cheering a friend of Greenlee, and William E. delegates that the Republican nation- Storen. Indianapolis, former state
CHALLENGES COM P AKIN O N Speaker Kidietiles State And National Republiean Activities Of Past Few Weeks INDIANAPOLIS. June 16. (UP) An aggressive citation of state and national administration records was offered for the 1936 Democratic campaign today in the keynote address of Gov. Paul V. McNutt before the party’s biennial state convention. Casting ridicule at state and national Republican activities of the last two weeks, the governor challenged any comparison of past Republican administrations with his own and President Roosevelt's rec-
ords.
“The Democratic party has played a potent part in every national crisis and every political and economic de-
velopment since the end of century,’’ McNutt said.
“In every instance the party has proved its capacity to meet crisis, * safeguard the liberty of all citizens
WILL ant * provide a way of life congenial
to our people. The last three years
give adequate proofs."
her home Tuesday from the county s jp nc( | as pHrke county agent to be-
hospital.
Minimum <54 •!*• m 70 79 £ 8 "> 80 8 ..81 ,, 8 ' m - 85 Norm g6 P ’ m 87 p ’ m - 80
at 8 o’clock in the auditorium of the I payment of dividends and principal on | church. The production is directed shares of preferred stock, by Margaret Pittman and is present- Eleven local members of the Delta ed by a cast which includes Maurene | Upsilon fraternity are defendants in |. Townsend. Julia Rickard. Willa Belle lhe ,, ase 0 j £; ar -ter, Ruth Miles. Roberta Jackson, 1 Arthur J. lies of Indianapolis is ' pearlester Williams. Mary Pittman, ; the plaintiff’s attorney.
Ruth Rickard. Delilah Coleman, ami
Alma Thaggert. MASONIC NOTICE Special music will be tendered by] Stated meeting Temple Lodge No.
Mary Pittman and Roberta Jackson. | The public is invited to attend.
47. F P. M.
& A. M. Wednesday at 7:30
come manager of several farms own1 ed by men connected with the J. D. Adams road machinery company of Indianapolis, wtro have become greatly interested in Parke county farm
> lands.
The home of Richard Whelan. Mot-1 Mr. Royce has attained a reputaton Avenue, was damaged by lightn-Ition among lire county agents of the
ing when a bolt struck a chimney.
20 Years Ago
IN GREENCANTI-E
state for his high standards of work in Clay county and won a trip to Washington. D. C„ based on his activities and accomplishments in the way of farm progress. He instituted several ideas that have raised the standard of agricultural products, some of which have been copied else-
lut-.i ^a.«... | where. His work here is generally Albert Landes, went to Chicago] regarded as highly successful. His
Charles Kelly arriveil home from the Democratic national convention in
St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donner motor-
ed to Indianapolis.
Milt Brown was a business visitor
here from Bainbridge.
Herbert Landes, son of Mr. and
Mrs.
to Join the famous Kryl band for a two months Chautauqua engagement. Landes will play the French horn and will travel in New York and Pennsylvania.
duties were enhanced by the work connected with tire recent AAA farm relief program. He Is still custodian of the records of the local board. Brazil Times.
al convention last week v as "a dull, lifeless and futile meeting," which adopted a platform which could be described with the couplet: “ ‘Back on the rocks witlr Landon
and Knox.’ ”
“The Republican national platform is so full of compromises, hedges, contradictions and straddles that the candidate had to repudiate parts of it before tire newspapers could put the document in type," he charged. Shifting the attack to state issues, he charged the Republican state platform is convincing evidence that the Republican party of Indiana is utterly incompetent to handle the af-
fairs of state.
“With 16 long years of the most monumental extravagance in the history of the state standing as their
Iasi performance in public office, the ton statp a „ di t or; Floyd 1.
Republicans now propose to jump to the other extreme and run the state
on hot air,” he continued.
"They propose to eliminate the emergency clause in the tax limitation law as applied to rural communities, repeal the gross income tax law do away with the state levy for common school relief and the general fund, and enact a net income tax law, supplemented by other taxes. “What other taxes?” he asked. “The people of the state are entitled
to know.”
The G. O. P. demand for reduction of auto license fees and gasoline taxes was answerer! v?ith an explanation that “Indiana pays an average (Continued on Page Two)
treasurer.
The withdrawal of Schricker front the treasurer race was seen as definite rejection of a purported plan to sponsor Earl Crawford, executive secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt, for lieutenant governor. Crawford is decidedly “dry” in his liquor views. Schricker’s withdrawal also left Peter F. Hein. Crown Point, another outspoken friend of Greenlee, without opposition in his campaign for re-nomination as treasurer. Administration leaders still were expected to dig up an opponent before the bal-
loting began.
Eight other Incumbents seeking re-nomination apparently were acceptable to the administration and Townsend forces. They w.-re August G. Mueller. Indianapolis, secretary of tale: Laurence E. Sullivan, Prince-
McMur-
ray. Thorntown. super intendent of public instruction; Miss Emma May, Terre Haute, reporter of the supreme and appellate courts; Walter E. Trcanor, Bloomington, and Curtis W. Roll. Kokomo, judges of the supreme court, and William Dudine, Jasper, and Fieri Weicking, Hartford City, judges of the appellate court. Greenlee and McKinney also were prepared to offer their own slates in event eliher of them won the nom-
ination.
McKinney declined to reveal details of his plans. Greenlee favored Stein for lieutenant governor and re-nom-inatron of all the incumbents. So vigorous has been the gubernalloutiuued Ou run* 1 mo/