The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 June 1936 — Page 1
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ncW rulings of interest to county farmers have been - in j at the soil conservation of- . first new ruling refers to cloother legumes seeded in the of ifi.lti The lack of rainfall cause'l several acres of new , to fail, and it is. therefore, ry that adequate supporting ce be in the hands of the farm»hen performance is checked
in the year.
statement of evidence should in the following items: e name of the county and minor
division.
number of the work sheet exewith respect to such farm, ceipts for the purchase of any or other materials. -f of the kind and amount of sown or material applied and -j of seeding or application. Date of seeding or practice. Number of acres upon which the lice was followed, and adequate rtification of such acreage. Name of operator and landlord, if other material as will Canute proof of such classification or
lice.
second ruling refers to the r g of oats, rye, or wheat to jlify as conserving acres. The folding telegram was received conrr.ing this item: fThere has been recommended for roval by the secretary a provision dying that sny acreage of oats other grain used as a nurse crop clipped green or pastured sufiently to prevent grain formation be in a solid block contiguous the entire site or end of the field the line bctwoeH' the -clipped or. itured portion and remaining pol - of the field must be straight. Knee approval is expected give full jwblicity." The third ruling char ges a prejvious ruling referring to summer fal*w ground. The date on cultivating (fallow ground for a later seeding of legume is hereby advanced from ’line 15. 19;;6 to July 1, 19. - !6. HR KAKI. ( . BOWMAN WILL SPEAK BEFORE ROTARY CJI-I B
(jKKKNCASTLE, INDIANA, Tl'LSDAV, .11'NE -j:!, UKJG.
NO. 214
DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM IS AT HIGH PITCH
I NTOI.I) NI MRERS OATHERED
FOR KENOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT, (iARNER
lion and thereby officially shift the Democratic party to New Deal moorings it was in protest aga-nst such endorsement that Smith raised the bolters’ standard and summoned
patriotic Democrats to walk. But the big parade is here. Thous-
ands are moving by wheel and cot to this great auditorium. Sirens howl in futile demand that the crowd make way for this bgwig’s car. or that. The narrow streets Ben
KEY NOTE SPEECH IS TONIGHT Franklin paced are choked gullies of j one-way traffic. Pasteboard donkeys Senator Barkley of Kentucky Will cavort amid the fluttering curb-side
Repeat in Opening Convention. bunting.
Broadcast at H o'clock.
Democrat Keynoter Conservative
PHILADELPHIA. June 2d 'UP' The first New Deal Democratic national convention convened at noon today to renominate the Uoosevelt-
Men of the cabinet and congress, and governors from coast to coast converge, badges tinkling, and lessor men and women stare. This convention crowd is enthusiastic and noisy. The Smith bolt and the men-
Col. Edwin A Halsey above' secretary for the U. S. Senate as serg-eant-alarms at the Democratic National convention at Philadelphia, does not expect any difficulty in keeping order-.
Banner Employee Singed; Bobbed GEORGE REYNOLDS YTTYOKED AT BANNER OFFICE EARLY'
THIS MORNING
A robber, hiding just inside the office at The Daily Banner, slugged and robbed George Reynolds, linotype operator, early Tuesday morning He took about $.'i0 from his purse, which he left on the floor after hitting him on the head with a black-jack or some thing heavy enough to knock him out, but did not break tire skin on his head. Reynolds only remembered see ing someone standing over him as he was too dazed to see clearly. The robber left through the rear door-, which
was found open.
Mr-. Reynolds revived sufficiently to notify police and they made
Garner ticket of 1932 and swing the acing radical movement headed by party’s political keel another degree presidential candidate William Lcmke to the left. j of the Union Party of the United A br igade of conservative Demo- i States jarred tire Democrats but did crats led by Alfred E. Smith, quick- | not quiet them nor obtain any constepped out of the fold to the snappy cession that the New Deal will be
beat of the convening gavel. An-1 counted out in November,
other former standard bearer, John Young Democrats have kidnaped W. Davis, was significantly absent. ; Gov. Alf M. London’s campaign Bolters and walkers of the protest-1 song. “O, Susanna” and warble it ing Demoerats may be counted up, with a prairie lilt. Crowds jamand dow'n the cast coast and far j packed before elevator s which canInto the west. I not receive them and wait, and wait Chairman James A. Farley of the] and wait and sing another RepubliDemocratic national committee call-1 can anthem, "Three Long Years" ed the convention to order at noon. From the restaurant crowds comes A prayer and welcome address pre-j the harsh melody of "We’ll Hang Al liminarics carried the delegates to j Smith 'lo A Sour Apple I rec lire election of temporary officers. To-i Democrats have even managed to night keynoter and temporary chair- parody "Marching Phrough Georgman Albeit Barkley will fire the 1 ia" to make it sound almost sweetly
opening salvo, from the Democratic S ' n Georgia ears.
side of the 1936 campaign wars. Twenty thousand persons arc swarming into convention hall. Delegates are here with full votes, half votes, thirds and fifths, voices tuned to the bedlam of convention procedure. There are 1100 votes and at least 1,500 delegates in this conclave.
There is a surge and racket about this convention which bespeaks confidence. Almost everyone is having a
good time.
Somewhat paradoxically, the liberally inclined New Deal Demorrata will have for their keynoter at the Philadelphia convention this month a man who Is fundamentally conservative Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, who was also keynoter at the Chicago convention In 1932. was apparently chosen because he could b« depended on to steer clear of political complications and avoid dangerous political issues His speech will probably follow a middle course and wall he devoted in large measure to the usual indictment of the other party Barkley entered congress in 1913 and served until 1927 when he was elected to the senate
McNutt Organizes Indiana Delegation
( hampion YValkatlion Will Be Held In ( nnncclion With The Democratic National Convention
They will be asked to abrogate
the two-thirds rule which has govern- i.xdiw.x GOY’EKNOK
ed Democratic presidential nominations for 100 years. The administration backed by the north and west, j would substitute a simple majority J
search and chased one suspect who i alu * sou lh scarcely can prevent made his escape. The robbery was a| **• I be two-thirds rule long enabled
bold daylight affair as it took place
shortly before five o’clock.
This is the second time that Reyn-1 nominations. Champ ( lark was hy j >uu| v McNuU Democratic and olds has stepped into a jobber at the I stopped in Baltimore Jo' ,lai1 r|. hp n oos j cr executive won his first Hni1 l "‘ WHS c< ' rtii '"
caucus when the delegates
refused to seat R. Earl Peters, for-
ofl'ice. The first time, about two years ago, he was kidnapped and forced to drive a man to Indianapolis, and was released in the outskirts of the city early in the morning.
IN COM-
PLETE CHARGE OF HOOSIEK
DELEGATION
PHILADELPHIA. June 23, (UP) Organization of the Indiana dcle-
, . | gation to the Democratic national j
the solid South or minority coalitions'^^ waa conipleted to(lay aft . to exercise a veto in presidentia , ^ adoption of a slate of officers pro- j
nominations. Champ Clark was |
in Baltimore after he had 1
polled majorities on nine ballots. f ,^ j t ^
There are platform troubles. But
The speaker at the weekly lunchon of the Rotary club tomorrow be Dr. Earl C. Bowman of the ucational department of DePairw Uivenlty. Dr Bowman has made a areful study of unemployment and Is causes and has some definite ileas of how it may be aided. Some these were set out in a comunication to The Daily Banner a
Iri weeks ago.
His discussion of unemployment wil in a way, be along the lines ad-
Bargain Day To Be Held SaUinlav
SECOND OF MONTHLY’ EVENTS TO BE HEED BY LOCAL STORES .11 NE 27
a word from the president in Washington will resolve them when his captains here have sounded convention sentiment to determine where and how strongly New Deal opposition is barricaded. The convention is top-heavy with Roosevelt control and what the man in the White; House insists upon this convention |
will give him.
Left wingers press for planks 1 bidding for radical support. Money, J
mer state chairman and Indiana director of the federal housing administration. who had obtained a proxy. Frank McHale, Logansport. made a motion providing that in the absence of a delegate the place be filled by an alternate and no proxies be
recognized.
Judge Frank P. Baker a former backer of Peters, sided with
PHILADELPHIA, June 23, (UP) A world’s championship w.nkathon. ' with an all-star field of “take-a-walkcrs” headed by Al Smith, will be held in conjunction wit’i the Deni ocratic convention if the plans of Promoter Hernando tj Sport:;bowl
i go through.
Promoter Sportsbowl in a press | conference atop the Liber ty Bell said that invitations to compete in the I walkathon has been sent lo all prominent stepper-outers of both the
Itepiiblicun parties, all would accept.
If they do the field will go to the
post as follows:
AI Smith, former Gov Joseph Ely. Bainbridge Colby, and former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri (all of the Sour Grapes A. C ): Sen George W. Nor r is of Nebraska (T. V. A. wheelman), Senator Hiram Johnson of California (No - Foreign - Entanglements - Boating - and Shouting Society). Senator William E.
ing him the right to leave the eon vent ion hall during the keynote .speech Any Republican scoring a direct hit on either Norris, Johnson, or Borah, will be given the brick which did the work as a dootr.'op. When i! was pointed o n that “enator Borah had not walked away from his party fast enough to qual ify with such 10-goal steppers as Smith, Colby, and Norris, he said he had thought of that, and was making an effort to get Car ter Glass of Vir ginia as a rival for the senator from
Idaho.
.“Borah is ma wn.Krr. hut a shuffler, I know.” no continued. “And I think that a special match r ace between him and Glass would he
"NEW DEAL IS THE ISSUE,” SAYS FARLEY DEMOCRATIC N \ .'(ON M. C'lAlRMAN ACCEPTS KEPI BEICA.V <11 \LEKNGE CONY ENTION HALE JAMMED Tune of “H;i|i|i( i% , Arc Hero Again’’ Heard as Deleg lies Convene la P’liiad'dpiiia PHILADELPHIA, June 2::. (UP) James A Farley opened the Demo eratic national convention today with unqualified acceptance of the Republican challenge to base the presidential campaign on the Issue of the new
deal.
The bald, emphatic poatniastergencral, who is also chairman of the party’s nat onal committee, indicated clearly the chief arguments the new deal will advance in its campaign for confirmation in national power "The continuance of the new deal is the issue.” he said. “The question before the American (iconic ia clear cul and cannot he disguised That question r, Shatl we cnulinm' the new deal which h r. rescued our c/nintry from disastei and desnair or '•hall j the government he turned hack to the old dealers who wr eK»d it ?’’ He blamed the Hi puhli. nr; ; 1 the j depression charged tlr'*. “iiuge financial interests” had been 1 c backj bone of their recent natir mil admin* ! istrations. These inter r 1 as soon as “they had been rescue I from the 'depths of loss and again he.-an to make money’’ by President Roosevelt’s actions in the cr isis of 1933, “excited their pressure furnished the funds, and engaged in a crusade of 1 vituperation and detraction in an effort to destroy the failh of the peo-
| pic in the president.”
“He had brought them ( ut of their desperate State when they were helpI less to do it themselves.” Farley continued. “But he was insisting that fortune for the few and poverty for the many did not spell prosperity, arid they, feeling themselves threatened with deprivation of the unearned arid uneconomic favors and privileges they had enjoyed so long, i aiuiiflii-ralod IJ(y, cimc it for a return to the old system of everything
for them and nothing for tire plain
11 I people.”
honey. If it ended in a tie, they , ... . . ,,
J I ne Republican platform. h( sard, ; was the result of “the impossible task of reconciling the standpat
fence-straddling
the ad-! Borah (What’ll - I - Yell - About
, ,, .. Next A G.’ Jouctt Shousc 'unut-i
ministration to second the mot ion. | In another few moments, Gov. Mc-
The second monthly Saturday bargain day will bo observed by Grecncastle merchants on Saturday. June 27. About thirty are participating in
this sale and everyone is offering an i mon ,, y policies and the unusual event for the day. j p | ank (j, headed toward
farm relief, monoply. and labor poli-; (iat | obtained election of :i sTalc cies are at issue. Crop insurance | ^ officers and informal consent lo against acts of God may be offered j hls HUI)port of lhc abrogation of the farmers as a step beyond the benefit , i wo .ihircls rule in nomination of the system now in effect. This conven- | pre8identia | nominee. The abrogation
proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Committee members from the In-
This conven-
tion will not walk out on Roosevelt J '""J"
currency i what Rc-
was a splendid success and future events are likewise expected to prove attractive because of the
values offered
The bargains to be on -sale Satur-
’•'to” 1 by John Esterline who spoke • (|Hy wjl| bp Hpt forth in all „ f
U) A ininl ... .. n i :» 1 __ »» >
The first Bargain Day held in May p ut) |j cans w jn call a straddle. It
probably will endorse sound currency and define it as the Roosevelt dollar. Difficult to draft is the New Deal defense of its silver-purchase policy, a program dictated largely by a few sparsely settled, modestly
diana delegation include: Credpntials. Judge John M Paris. New Albany. Permanent organization, William F. Cronin, Terre Haute. Rules, Judge Frank P. Baker, In
| < Will i^\ ... I J-jy H, IPW OViy DX.l.l.1^'1, 1. •vrv.'-'W —.y
»» joint meeting a few weeks ago, ^ 1>aj|y Bannor on Wednesday : , p pnlp d and usually politically; ,l, ^ ,ap, ’ U ": ® the matter of a single industry. 1 ■ -• •— - — ■ •-1 * ■■ '-I Resolutn
Pfot Bowman's discussion will be l,,1 & broader basis and will advance •Mne ideas of what industry in gen,r >l might do along this line or Miat || 1( , government might do to •''I industry in its effort to solve "t* unemployment problem in order toxt Ure country may be safe-
PtafM against any conditions sim- , liparinf . on lhP qucl ,u„„ of to those in Europe that might tlo . n „oo muni
and thrifty shoppers are urged to | im p otellt atates where the silver is
read the offerings carefully. j mined.
But the New Deal and tire Dcmo-
TAX BOARD SETS DATE j ^ HTp not entirely on the de-
i fensivr. They marched in stop with
illr
•rise
The meeting will be at 12 o’clock
tostead of at 12:15
FOR FURTHER HEARING W. A Cooper, county auditor, re-
ceived word from C. A. Kctchum. secretary of the state hoard of tax commissioners today that a further
Grecncas-
tle’s proposed $9,000 municipal bond issue will be hold in the courthouse
here Friday. June 26. at 10 a. 111.
Objections to the proposed bond ,
The (Jreencastlc city council will Issue will Ire heard by a member of ; "m in regular session in the city i the tux board at that time.
^'1 this evening at 8 o'clock.
* TAX BILL SIGNED
<3 WASHINGTON. June 23, (UP> {J j President Roosevelt today signed tli<> #}. $800,000,000 tax trill with Its levies * on undivided corporation profits. I which provided one of the major controversies during the c'osing days
''riieiHlly f a j,. tonight an ,| Wcdnes- 1 of congress.
tacheil); William Randolph llcarsl (Don't - Open - My - Mail - But - Let - Me - Have - A - Peek - At - Yours - Riding - -And - Coasting Club); Senator Bob La Follottr (Re lief Lifting A C.); John J. Raskob (Empire State Observation Tower Boosters) and several DuPont troys, all from the Liberty League Club of Harpoon Throwers. The walkathon will ire held in an anteroom of the main hall where the Democrats convene. Admission will be free. When asked how he. expected to make any money without charging for tickets. Promoter Sportsbowl said he was depending on the brick con-
cession.
“I will have a supply of bricks and ’ barbed taunts, priced at a dollai each, jurit outside the main door ot
the event Any Jeffersonian Demo- ver's collars.
could settle it with
contest.”
Asked why he nad not invited Rep. William Lcmke. candidate for president on the Union party ticket, Promoter Sportsbowl. puzzled, asked:
“Who?”
As is usual in walkathons dance marathons, and six-day M« , yr|o races
views of the power s behind the minority party with their anguished necessity of making a pretense of
liberalism.”
Gov. Alf M Lnrnlon. h” continued, won the nominaliiiu for Ure same reaHe was the candidate “whom
the competitors' •'wards will dep'-nd Bl( , y could present as conservative largely on Ure prizes offered by the | pnoUKh lo mept the specifications of spectators. No purse has been of- t|ip DuPont Liberty Leaguers in the tcrcrl, but the promoter tc< is cer tain oas t while appearing fiercely liberal that, just as Kate Smith or George j n WPH ^ ..
Raft. say. offer fifty dollars at a
hike race for the winner of the next | PHILADELPHIA, June 23, (UP) sprint, John D. M llami' irr l.uidoo Democrats deployed through this campaign manager oi! I H .u lev n,;t onal convention hall today to the
ta tirif Vi '
trine of “Happy Days Are Here
Resolutions. Wayne Coy. stale wel-
1 fare director.
To notify tire president of hir. nomj ination, Cornelius O’Brien. Law-
j reneehurg.
1 Honorary vice president of Ure con-
labor. Women overflow this conven- vpntj((|) Dan j r | j T „ b j n> Indiana- crat knocking off Al Smith’r d' lhy Topeka and pick himself a lapel full tion city. There are more women I ^ will get a pass from Jim Farley, giv- of sunflowers,
here than at any previous national , , " , , , lollorary assistant vice-president. ' convention, including that of the Re- ^ K||iery Schon Connersville, | publicans in Cleveland, and they are , jjp mocraBc state vice-chalmia:!.
Democratic boss, will ki'k in with
some fine offers.
It is reported that Farley has promised Al Smith (who is lire belling favorite) the arnbass.iilorrliip to the Court of St James, with knee breeches thrown in. if he’ll walk the right way. Hamilton, it is rumored is ready to give Borah full riparian rights to the Great l^kes and the laundry concession of Herbert Moo
if he’ll only stroll into
Again" preliminary to ratifying President Roosevelt’s new deal. Chattering delegates swarmed ciomid rtatc ,t mdaids. apparently unmindful of Al Smith's conservative bolt and the welcome which Chairman John 1) M Hamilton of the Republican national committee extended to Democratic deserters. New deal gene) rls ure in command at this Democratic national convention. There is no chal'enge under M mi I i 11 ill’ll On I'jiuu Two*
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20 Years Ago
IN OREFNCASTLE
being placed front center in
political picture. The first woman cabinet member in history. Secretary Frances Perkins, is exhibit "A" in the New Ileal tableaux of its recog-
nition of American women. The New t u aiers at e counting on
tire little fellows of the farm, factory, and tile store to vote Hi” ticket straight next November Farley jaws his gum and reiterate! that more little fellows than big
fellows vote.
1 Defense of the many against lb'' 1 few will be the theme song of this
convention.
Assignment to answer former nominee Smith, who called upon the convention to repudiate Mr Roosevelt and nominate a "genuine Democrat” may go to permanent chairman Sen. Joseph T. Robinson Me
in
Honorary secretary of the conven-
tion. William A Kunkel.
Honorary assistant secretarv, Paul
L. Feltus, Bloomington.
Fox Hunters To !
(gather In ( ilv
Farley on Speakers' Platform at Convention
COUNTY CONSERVATION (MB SPONSORING EVENT
SEPT. 18 I!)
Officials of the Putnam County Conservation dub announced Trios- | day that tire Indiana-Ulinois Fox Hunterss’ association will hold its an nual meeting In Grecncastle Septem-
ber 13-19 inclusive.
Accommodations for Ure fox hunters will be provided at the new cit”
a hccoiiu =. - P“'« This is one of the biggest af-
Mrs. Harry Moore was hostess to Thursday the convention will adopt fairs of il8 _ ki *'to ln .
John H. James and Fey Hamilton transacted business in Indianapolis.
Frank Crawford is here from Terre will blast away to-morrow night H- -H' visiting relatives. } a second keynote speech and as hostess to Thursday the convention will auupi; i«un — -
the Modern Priscilla club , a platform hewn partly from virgin , and from 15,000 to 20.000 people are Bowen and ilnughtei political timber. That platform will | expected to visit here during the
endorse the Roosevelt administra- week.
Mrs. O. H.
Vera motored to Indianapolis.
Here is an excellent action photo of Postmaster General Jaj-Nia A. Farley as he appeared on the
speakers’ platform at the Democratic national con-’ vention in Philadelphia,; - —‘
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