The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 June 1936 — Page 3
Medley Champ
the DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTi.E. INDIANA MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936,
Katherine Rawls won with ease the 300-meter individual medley race at the A. A. U. women’s swimming meet at Manhattan Beach, N. Y. This in the form that did it.
LIBERIA NEGRO HAVI \ MONROVIA, Liberia, (UPi Lj. beria definitely favors the repatria-' tion of negroes from the United States, according to a statement made here by President Kdwtn Barclay. The republic’s established principle is that it shall always be an asylum for those of Afrienn descent The statement came as a result of many inquiries received bv President Barclay and the American minister here, after the Virginia legislature recently memorialized the United States congress to pcmiit the colonization of 400.000 Amcri ,.n negroes who had petitioned Prescient Boosevelt for government ;i in' no in m j grating to Liberia President Barclay ,;dd he had ie ceiveil an inquiry from a large negro organization of Chicago's south side whose aim is "to return people o| African descent to thcii motherland Africa.” Mrs. M I. C.oidon, president of this organization asked ; President Barclay win lint published 'reports were true that he Is not in 1 sympathy with the proposed wholejsale influx of negroes He denied this rcpoit uitl said the' only persons not desired In Liberia were opportunists and polite u agile ! tors. Since Liberia is self-governing, i he said, he would tie compelled to take a definite positin' regarding tie coming of organized groups having ] as their object the making of the country as a base for international '
antagonisms.
The type of negroes that an wcl come in Liberia, said President Barclay, are skilled artisans traim l ag riculturists. business men with capital. and young pliyse ians willing to go into the interior anil develop the aborigines. He advis.- l that all prospective immigrants communicate
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statement indicated that they expected disturbances of the industry from i Lewis’ attempt perhaps equal to | those of 1892 and 1919. "Any interruption of the forward i movement (of steel industry recovery from depression) will seriously injure employes and their families." ; the statement said.
KK.\/.II. BOY BMHA 1VH RED BRAZIL. Ind., June 29. (UP) Burward Kempf. 10. Staunton, was injured seriously today when he applied a match to a dynamite cart- | ridge The lad's chest, arms and legs I were covered with punctures from
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Bigman annual Sheridan,
Wyo, rodeo gets under way in July one of the two reigning queen will be a real Indian princess, Myrtle Bigman, above, daughter of Chief Max Big Man of tha Crow tribe.
with the Liberian government before making final arrangements for sail-
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamberlin ara shown above, «s they stepped from their plane at Teterboro Airport, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. Chamberlin is the noted trans-Atlantic flier. His new wife is the for™® r Louise Ashby, daughter cf State Senator and Mrs. George i . Ashby of Maine.
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J NKW YORK, .Inn** 29 (UP) Steel t ompanirs rmplovin£ MM),000 men j and capitalize.I at $:>.<IOO.OO() 000 dele Ian'I v.-mi without quarter to lay upon attempts to unionize their worker.; I Through the American Iron and Steel Institute, the corporations announced that they are prepared to withstand .trikes and riots and to use all its resources to “protect" their employes “from intimidation. I j coercion and violence, and to aid to aiil them in maintaining co'lective ^ bargaining free from interference : from any source." The proclamation directly chali longed the new committee foi Indus I (rial organization, composed of 1ft of the bug' it miioi' i of tlie Ameilean Federation of Labor headed by President John I. Lewis of th» powerful United Mine Workers of America Lewis' organization has raised .ffiftO DOO or more to make the third great attempt in 50 years to unionize steel Federal troops broke the first great attempt when it evoked the famous Homestead trike in 1H92 The last attempt was that of the American Federation of Labor in 1919 William Z Foster, iter eonumlnist candidato for piesileut. played a leading role in that Irive A strike resulted Phrasing s of tie corporations A Great Track Star
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I Authorities wore told two older hoys stole the cartridge from a coal mine powder house and urged the lad |
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VIOLENCE MMtHS STRIKES PARIS. June 29. (UP) Serious j violence at Toulouse marked the pro- j traded general strikes in France to-
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The strikers hitherto have been comparatively peaceful. At Toulouse, several were injured, including the royalist editor. Edward Do Carol. The casualties occurred during a violent left wing clash between adherents of the conservative right and left wing elements supporting the new popular front government of Premier Leon Blum. MAN SEES SEEK FOR $58,00(1 LONDON, Out (UP) — Charles Austin, of Chatham, is suing himself for $56,000 in supreme court here. Austin holds a mortgage on an estate of which he is executor. The only way he can recover the mortgage is to sue himself and the heirs to the estate.
V C B Guudtpced C B Goodspeed of Chicago, as Distant treasurer of the national Republican committee, is seen as likely successor to George Getz, also of_Chlcago. national party treasurer j NAT I RE I PSETS PLANS KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (UP) Andrew M. Collier, drilling a deep well for a water supply for an ice plant, struck an artesian well giving a plentiful flow of hot water. Collier used the well to heat the plant instead of for ice manufacture.
TUESDAY IS REMNANT DAY AT PENNEY’S Tomorrow a nd every Tuesday will be Remnant Day at Penney v You will find hundreds of yards of materials in a wide variety of silks, prints, drap ery and curtain goods, rayons, etc., at prices marked iar, far below their original worth. Plan to be here promptly at 8 o clock. f or y 0ur share of these genu ine bargains!
PENNEY'S I. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Incorporated
Smallest, busiest, cheapest workers in town—.Banner want ads,
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Increasing thousands are solving their depression housing problems by selling their homes, buying auto trailers, and living on the road. It is estimated that more than 100,000 ’’nomads” are now roaming the highways in such fashion. Besides avoiding the responsibility of property and the expense of upkeep, the trailer enables a family to move to locations where working conditions are better. Manufacturer* of trailers arc booked to capacity for six months ahead. Modern tourist camps have catered to them by providing electricity and water lines to which the trailer may be connected temporanlyp
, Sylvester Plumlee “Well. 1 started marrym wh< n I was 21 and I just kept at it I asked 'em to marry me and thev did All my courtin' was done either with a horse and buggy or else on foot ” In such manner did Sylvester Plumlee of oineg. Ill . t>2, explain his marital sinCess He's been married nine times and is now considering can didate No I ft
Dne of the most interc.-tlng stories to come out of Hollywood recently concerns the talented Negro star of "Green Pastur" screen version of the famous play by Marc Connelly. Rex Ingram, following a recent tour through the south, was so stirred by the plight of his people that he determinod to retire from movies and take up the medical carr-r for which he first trained in an
effort to help his race Although his role in "Green Pastures” mark the climax of his career, Ingram views hi retirement with no regret. He feels that whatever celluloid fame he may achieve is but tran.-itory and that the good he nvght accomplish a a "medical missionary" in the deep south would be an achievement of more lasting and beneficial nature.
Even Ancient Legend Had No Mermaids Like These
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Kino Pentti of Millrosc, Mass., Is shown as be crossed the finish line in the 10.000 meter run in the fast time of H2 minutes 12.2 seconds, in the. Olympic tryouts at Harvard B.tailiutn, —’
These swimming stars ware snapped at Manhattan Beach, N. Y., during i lest:'.. From left they are: Mavis Freeman, Elizabeth Kompa, Tom Hadthe national A A u, women’* ? nd J H, *•-. f ‘»'” 'ait'-e 1 if son, Eleanor Holm Jarrett, Erna Lompe., Mgr;’ Hcsrjrv
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