The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 September 1936 — Page 4

THE DAILY BANNER, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1936.

CHATEAU Tonight & Tuesday MATIN KF. TOMOKKOW 2 P. M. If You Haven't Soon This Don't .Miss It It's A Dandy. EDWARD ARNOLD •IKW AICTlirit BIN NIK BARNES DIAMOND JIM’ POPFVE & NEWS.

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r Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood After spending several months In the death house at Sing Sing prison following conviction on charges of drowning of her Infant son, Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, above, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter at Newburgh, N Y , and faces a term of from one to 20 years in prison instead of death in the electric chair. The young widow, who said she drowned her son because she lost her job and had no money to buy him food, had been scheduled to go On trial again for first degree murder but was permitted to plead to the lesser charge Sentence is to be pronounced Sept. 16. h

land's famous I-och Ness monster has now acquired second rival this time in Scotland. A few days ago the rea serpent season made a good start when a number of Britons reporter! seeing a streamlined monster, of prodigious size, cavorting across the North Sea j off the Norfolk coast at a speed ' which they estimated between 90 and 100 miles per hour. Reports then began pouring in | from all parts of the British coastline from other observers who claimed they had cought glimpses of the same reptilian speed maniac. Now the latest mom Ter claim | comes from little Loch Oich. in Scotland, which is just next door to Loch Ness. According to J A. Richards, a Londoner who is vacationing in Scotland, he and his father first saw this third relic of a pre-hisioric era when they were boating on Loch Oich. "Since then I have been keeping a good lookout and today I noticed a swirl on the surface of the water, and then a head resembling that of a dog, emerged The ere. turn's neck was long and sinuous like tnnt of a tremenudous snake — and it was black and glossy except for a short patch over the head where it seemed to be shaggy. "The creature moved as though preparing to dive and as the head entered the water again two humps broke into view on the surface then flashed out of sight ” According to one theory the original Loch Ness monster may have deserted its haunts of a year past in big Loch Ness to seek greater privacy in the smaller Loch Oich. which is connected with Ness by the Caledonia Canal. The only flaw' in this theory, however, is that such a passage would involve considerable hurdling ability on file serpant's part, as there are three locks between the two bodies of water to be negotiated. According to residents of the district around Loch Ness their monster is of such a size that it could not possibly have got tnorugh the locks, but would have to slither over them. Anyhow, this looks like the best monster season since the original Loch Ness beast first put in appearance.

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Possibility that a woman sex-fiend may have been responsible for the murder of Ruth Muir, above, of Riverside, Cal., whose mutilated body was discovered on the beach at La Jolla, Cal., was expressed by authorities after scientists tentatively established that wisps of hair, clutched in the hands of the slain Y W C. A. secretary, were those of another woman and not a man, as had first been believed. Miss Muir had been visiting her parents at their beach cottage at the time of the r.rin,.»

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LOCH NESS 19 \S RIVAL MONSTER — MAYBE TWO LONDON 7, (UP) Scot-

•ICKORS I NK STELOSCOPE TOLEDO. (UP)- Lewis H. Clement, a handwriting expert, had jurors look through an old fashioned steroscope at a $J3 check, to prove that the words, "conunission m full,” had been written on the check at the time it was made out. instead of later as contended by the plaintiff.

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HONOLULU. (UP) M idem Pied Pipers are two Americp.il scientists who left here recen’ly to fly 2.. r >00 miles across the Pacific to Wake island to kill rats. Faced with the necessity of exterminating rodents on Wake before inaugurating passenger service to the Orient this fall, Pan American Airways secured the federal government's cooperation in sen ing scientists to supervise the job. Armed with traps, guns and poisons instead of a flute, Henry K. Spencer, biologist with the U. S. experiment station in Honolulu and H. G. Hanson, member of the U. S. biological survey in Hawaii, drew the

assignment.

Wake actually is comprised of three tiny islands Wake, Peale and Wilkes enclosed by a coial lagoon, 2.500 miles tlue west of Honolulu On Peale Pan American has built its airbase, third stepping stone on the route to Manila, and here the rats I cavort. They eat everything availj able, even knawing through heavy J canvas, boxes and crates to filch j food supplies. Thousands of them, descendants of j rats who “hitch-hined” to Wake during ancient Polynesian migrations, j overrun the three islands They reproduce faster than men can shoot i them, they are smart enough to dodge ordinary traps after the first few hundred have been caught. Poisoning is one effecti”e method for their removal but in the process I wo of the rats' worst enemies, the Wake rail, a small but vicious bird, i ind the hermti crab, would be exter1 minated also. Both the rail and the crab feed on rats. fc'.rce the islands are a bird prei serve under jurisdiction of the U. S. navy a poison not harmful to birds must be developed. Crabs must also be protected since they are virtually the “health department” clearing the beaches of dead rata, birds and

other debris.

Facing these obstablos, Hansen and Spencer spent weeks devising . combinations of poisons, Intricate and

unique traps and other equipment vchich was loaded aboard one of the Clipper ships and flown to Wake. Before they return the scientists hope to xiave solved the problem of rat extermination at the isolated airport. Col. George W. Bicknell, Pan American airport manager here who spent several months at Wake supervising construction, described the dif- : liculty of their problem. I "The cycle of animal and bird life is a vicious circl" on these three lit- | tie islands.” Bicknell said, "with each specie doing its utmost to olear away all debris and flood flesh. The hermit crabs crawl slowly along to devour the < ead rats while the vicious little flightless rail dashes in to take his share. j “Occasionally another lat darts in , to help devour his kin, and the rail leaps nimbly away. Tbrn rails have learned to respect the sherp teeth of the rats. Dead rails art eaten by j hermit crabs, rats and other rails, j while a crab which has lost his shell , has but a few minutes to live before he is torn apart by the savage rails.” ,

FAMINE FEARS WIDESPREAD IN INNER ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA. (UP) — Traders returning here from the Ethiopian hinterlands report that virtually no grain or coffee is being (lanted by the natives because they fear it will be confiscated by Italians, or brig-

ands.

If Italian authorities fail to persuade them to plant their crops, traders say famine conditions wil prevail among the natives next year. In Addis Ababa native food already has more than doubled in price. Many natives are living solely on eggs from their few hens. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, viceroy of Ethiopia, recently nominated a special commission to study this problem and there is eveiy reason to believe that before conditions become too acute forceful measures will be

taken.

Once the natives are assured that the Italians intend to pr.y them for their produce, the food shortage will be ended, it is believed. The natives ceased planting before th» end of the war when brigandage was rampant

throughout the empire

Foreign reports of effective guerilla warfare against the Italians during the rainy season are exaggerated. The natives in the unoccupied regions are not fighting against ihe Italians,

but among themselves.

The Ethiopians have been awed by Italy’s formidable war machine and despite foreign reports to the contrary there is no organized resistance against the Italians. The respect which the Ethiopians have for their conquerors was shown recently when 500 Ethiopian bandits were put to

flight by 16 Askaris.

The scarcity of food, which was one of the reasons for the rrumbling

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Judge Michael A. Musraanno Judge Michael A. Musmanno, who becomes presiding judge of crimtnal courts in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 8, is in prison. But don't get the wrong impression, for Judge Musmanno went to Western Pennsylvania penitentiary voluntarily. He believes he should live the life of a prisoner so that he can better fit himself for the duties of presiding judge. The judge is going to the prison each morning for a day's life there.

out Italy, having been encouraged by L the fascist government. TEXAS SPONSORS PROGRAM for BETTER PAROLE RULES GALVESTON, Tex. (UP)—First concerted effort for intelligent and effective parole of convicts in the Southwest will be made at a states conference here in September, for which a tentative program has been issued. An interstate compact by which .he signatory states will exchange reports on convicts ami their conduct | while paroled, is the object of the conference. Ray L. Huff, secretary of the na-j tional parole association and parole xecutive for the Department of Justice, is among a large group of governors, attorneys general and correction officials invited to participate n the discussions. Sectional meetings will be held with separate sections for state attorneys. for prison officials, for parole supervisors and for the press. Press aid in securing public support I for paroling is viewed by W. VV. Halcomb. Texas organizer of volunteer I parole boards, as one of the importI ant topics for the conference. Texas Governor James V. Allred, who has adopted a policy of paroling good record convicts to county boards | will open the session. A banquet for visiting governors will have convict entertainers from Texas prisons and prison farms. Central topics have been assigned each section. Attorney general will discuss parole as a means of crime prevention. Prison officials have been asked to study preparation of prisoners for parole. "Rehabilitation" has been assigned as a topic to the parole supervisors, and the press section topic will be: "Preparing the Public for Release or Parolees.”

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ANCIENT CAN \L IFH.DS SECRET TURIN. Italy. (UP) Large quantities of dynamite were used by a road construction corps here to demolish ancient Roman canal foundations reinforced with cement which experts say is far strong, r than any produced by modern met! > ! Steam drills were u d without sucess to remove the caivd foundations which obstructed i nstruction of “Via Roma,” in the hen?; of Turin. Following the use of dynamite, samples of the Roman cement were taken to laboratories for analysis in an effort to ascertain nature (f the formula used in mixin Discovery of the canal foundations

was accidental.

While digging below the present stre'-t level, workmen suddenly struck a deep vein of thin river sand. Experts were called to the scene. On investigation, it was four. 1 that the sand had the same eharn r teristics as that along the banks of the Riven Sangone, seven miles from Turin,

of Haile Selassie's army, is another pig-ging proceeded, resulting in the

As Roosevelt Conferred With Governor Of Illinois

President Roosevelt Gov. Henry Horner Continuing his drought conferences with chief executives in midwestern states, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, is pictured in the governor’s mans ion in Springfield, 111., with Gov. Henry Horner.

factor which prevents organizatioh of resistance against the Italians. Italian airplanes constantly patrol the country and the pilots report there are no important gatherings of

warriors.

Rumors that a provisional Ethiopian government has been formed in the west are ridiculed here. The Gallas. who inhabit this region, evicted the Amharas before Italy annexed Ethiopia and there is little reason to believe they now will fight for their former rulers, whom th“y hated. TEN.TON STONE USED AS COIN ON YAP ISLAND HONOLULU, (UP)—Two “coins” weighing several hundred pounds each have become the property of the I Bishop Museum. About two feet high, with a hole through the middle, the coins came from the island of Yap. where they were obtained by Yoshio Hondo, young collector of the museum. Hondo found one circular “coin.” hewn from stone and commonly used by natives of the island, about 9 feet high and weighing almost 10 tons. This coin could purchase almost a complete village, he said. The smaller coins were said to be worth about one Japanese yen each, and at present rates of exchange would pur- ! chase a half dozen chickens. As a member of a Japanese scien- | tific exnedit ion ‘Hondo also collected . some 50 000 land shell'’ in the Caro- J line islands. The collecUon will be j added to others now under study in tile Bishop museum. HOLD THE-RAG PHRASE TRACED TO JEFFERSON CHICAGO iUP'—Americans nmv be "left holding the bag” today, but it’s nothing new—it happened in Thomas Jefferson's time, too. University of Chicago scholars, preparing a Dictionary of American English," foun i that Jefferson wrote a letter in 1793 in which he said: “If the bankruptcies of England proceed to the length of an universal crash of their paper . . . she will leave Spain the bag to hold.” The dictionary is a record of American colloquial phrases.

discovery of the strong canal foundations. It develops that the canal in question was constructed hundreds of years ago by the Romans to provide water for several regiments of legionaires. quartered in what is now the heart of the Turin business section. It extends through nearby hills to the mouth of the distant Sangone rive.'. This is considered one fo the most interesting of the recei t scries of archaeological discoveries in northern Italy. It is believed that a substantial portion of the canal outside of Turin wil be exposed as a tourist attraction. Excavation of ancient Roman architecture is now proceeding through

HIGH COST OF VIOLIN ING REDUCED TO MINIMUM CLINTON, Wis., 'UP'—Gilbert Larson, 59-year-okl Clinton musician has evolved a unique plan to circumvent the high cost of playing the

violin.

Desiring to play both the classics

and old-time jazz but unable to afford two violins, Larson has constructed a special bow to use when he attempts the classical numbers. He uses a regular bow when “just fid-

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