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OREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936

NO. 303

etlng AT gion home ON THURSDAY II\RV OF SIXTH DISTRICT HOLDS INTERESTING SESSION 8LOCKSOM NEW HEAD Haute Woman Succeeds Mrs. jlarv Jane Hurst As District President

Her Romeo Fled

all day meeting of the Sixth i ct of the American Legion liary was held Tuesday at the rican Legion home on east Waltreet. The newly furnished home beautifully decorated for the ocfollowing eleven units were sented by delegates: Lebanon, Clinton, Rockville, Hillsboro, enlalc, Terre Haute, Russellville, field, Brownsburg and Greeni b morning session opened at o’clock with the regular busimceting. Mrs. Mary Jane it, retiring district president, ided. Mrs. Hurst gave an interig report of the national Legion rention held recently at CleveThis was followed by reports i the various committees, t noon luncheon was served in Presbyterian church with reseris being made for fifty-six. ,y more delegates were present the afternoon meeting, uring the afternoon session inlation of district and local offiwas held, Mrs. May Blocksom erre Haute, who was installed as new district president, made a acceptance talk. She in turn died the 'ocal officers. New local :ers are: president, Mrs. Sarah :e; vice president, Mrs. Lucille imers; secretary, Mrs. Clara Edds; treasurer, Mrs. Alta Newt: chaplain. Mrs. Ida Moore; his--n. Mrs. Maude Friend; sergeantirms, Mrs. Alma Grimes. next meeting will be held jiin the next three months. The ' and place will be announced at ter date. '

VAN M A S AND SCHRICKER TO SPEAK IN CITY

Fined in Fl.io Case

I'.NTTED STATES SENATOR AND CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR TO HE HEADLINERS

TOWNSEND

ALSO

COMING

Candidate For Governor Will Appear Here In Big >le4>ting Saturday October 17.

^ Bernice Quist Here's Chicago's ‘’Juliet" but where's "Romeo"? That's what the father of Bernice Quist wanted to know when "Romeo". Leslie Roman, fled when Quist discovered Roman and Bernice Quist playing a "balcony" scene on the Quist back porch in the early morning hours. Quist swore out a warrant for Roman’s arrest. Bernice, "Juliet", is shown above.

Revenue Refund To County $500

On Saturday night, October 10. Putnam county Democrats are planning a big meeting, at which time Frederick VanNuys, senior United States senator from Indiana, and Henry F. Schricker, candidate foi Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, will be the head-line speakers. Plior to the meeting, which will be held in the court room at half past seven o'clock, there will be a concert in the court house yard by the Putnam County Democratic new deal band. On the following Saturday evening, probably the biggest Democratic meeting of the campaign will be held in the high school gymnasium, when M. Clifford Townsend, candidate for Governor, will be the speaker. This will be Mr Townsend’s first visit to the county as a candidate, since his nomination, and it is expected it will j be an enthusiastic meeting. DEMOCRATS TO HEAR HANNA Ralph Hanna will lie the principal , speaker at a Democratic rally to be I held in the Russellville high school gym Friday, October 9 at 8:00 p. m. The county candidates for office will be introduced at the meeting. Music will be furnished by the Putnam county Democratic band.

_ . Mary Shlerehetka ^ Because she refused to salute the American flag. Mary Shlerehetka. 53-year-old member of a religious sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses, was fined $200 and costs by a Chicago judge. Unable to pay the fine, she was sent to jail for six months.

idwest Tour Bv Roosevelt

SIDENT TO CAMPAIGN IN OV. LAN DON’S OWN STATE ON TRIP ASHINCTON, Oct. 7, (UP) — iSident Roosevelt will invade Kan- ,• home state of his opponent for presidency, on a 10-day campaign jing through the west beginning torrow noon, the White House anjnced today.

ASHINGTON, Oct. 7—President ivelt began jotting down notes a series of campaign speeches toafter disclosing he would open western drive for votes in a Satay night speech at Omaha, Neb. till subject to change, the trip W up in tentative form about this r p'art from Washington Friday aft•'•w. speak at Omaha the next ht on to Cheyenne and Denver, ; l Possibly into Kansas. On the hack major speeches in Chicago i* 1 Detroit, and return to Hyde rli PP V . after a week from Sun- ' aftpr brief appearances in some the larger cities in Ohio and New rk.

REFUNDS RESULT OF CITS MADE IN COUNTY TAX BUDGET ——- * yr\ There will be a refund made on the Putnam county revenue for 1937 due to cuts in the county budget made by the county tax adjustment board which were upheld by the state board of tax commissivaiu'/o' following a meeting held October 0. in which representatives of the state board of tax adjustment met with the Putnam county tax commissioners to discuss additional appropriations for the

county.

The county revenue refund will amount to $500 according to County Auditor Abigail Cooper. The State Board of Tax Commissioners affinned additional appropriations including all items approved by the Putnam county council September 8 with the exception of the road oil tar item of $5,737 which was disapproved. Philip Zoercher, chairman of the State Board of Tax Commissioners, met with the Putnam county commissioners at the court house October 5 to consider all additional appropriations. The additional appropriations i asked was $25,317 and the omission of the road oil tar item cut the allowance grant to $19,580.

Lowdeii Stumps For Gov. Landon

FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR URGES ELECTION OF G. O. 1*.

CANDIDATE

WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 7, (UP) — Gov. Alf M. Landon’s campaign to recapture the corn belt sped forward today under powerful impetus of Frank O. Lowden’s endorsement of the Kansan’s farm program. Lowden, former governor of Illi-

Rolt Hits Grid Squad; I Killed SEVERAL MEMBERS OK OHIO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM

ARE INJURED

RUSSELLVILLI’] TEACHER DIES ON WEDNESDAY

FRANK C. SMITH PASSED AWAY AFTER ILLNESS LASTING THREE MONTHS GRADUATE OF INDIANA U. Deceased was Prlnelpal Five Years and Taught at Riiaesllvtlle Eleven Years

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Frank C. Smith, age 34 years, well known Russellville school teneher, passed away at his home at 1:30 Vclivk Wednesday morning follow- ; ing an illness of throe months duration. The deceased had served ns nrinoipal of the Russellville schools for five years and taught there for the past eleven years. He was horn in Mathews. Ind., on April 4. 1902, the son of Mr. and Mis. Charles Smith. He was a gradi unto of Indiana university at Bloomington. where he received Ids master’s degree. Mr. Smith was United j ! n marriage to Roberta Carlisle, at Indianapolis, on December 25. 1925. He was a member of the Russellville Federated church and was superintendent of the Sunday school for two years He was an active member of the Masonic and Knighta >f Pythias lodges at Rusesllville. Surviving are the willow: one son. Lyle; his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Merritt Osborn and Mrs. Ora Munson: and a brother, Harry Smith, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held from the Federated Church at Russellville on Friday.

SOMETH \ BREST I 1 . A HEX MOSCOW. Oct. 7, (IIP) Karl Itadex. internationally known Soviet journalist and personal fiiend of Nicholai Lenin, has been arrested by the Soviet secret police, it was learned today from authoritative sources. Hadek. whose stormy political career has included Imprisonment, arrests and exilws under many forms of government, was named as i follower of Leon Trotsky In the recent trial of 16 so-called “count n r-revolu-tionists” who were shot by the Stalin dictatorship. A brilliant, witty little man, his face rimmed by a fringe of hoard, Rndok was noted for his saltv editor inis on international affairs which took lead position in the official newspaper. Izvestia, each day. Although he has been high in the ranks of the communist party tor years, his personal relations with Stslin never have been pleasant. Apparently the Soviet dictator was never able to forget that in the early days of the revolution Radek was very close to Trotsky, who became the “Iron Man’s" bitterest enemy.

Candidates For Governor Heard

CANTON, Ohio.. Oct. 7, Lightning struck the Lehman high school football squad at practice late yes terday afternoon, killing Don Correll

and injuring eleven others, including ; *. oach Jimmy Robi i. ■ ■ 111 and A ssist- spRiNUER HI’E \ RH \T HU NT ant Coach Wilbur Billings INGBURG; TOWNSEND AT The injured were rushed to Mercy t’ANNELTON

hospital. All were released with the

exception of Coach Robinson. Hos- HUNTINGBURG, Ind., Oct 7, pital attaches said he was in a scri- (Up) The l . cUjliHn butWPCn Gov . ous ( COndition ’ his ^ wcr linlbs P ara ' I McNutt and ’M. Clifford Townsend.

Democratic governor nominee, is “an exact parallel of the Huey Long-Gov.

Wallace Ferrell, witness, said the two teams were scrimmaging just

before the fatal bolt struck.

“The varsity was in a huddle listening to instructions from Coach Robinson.’’ he said. “There was a

nois, led the post-war Republican ! blinding flash of light and members

R0,>E BREAKS, ONE KILLED R'CAGO, Oct. 7, (UP)—William erson , •’4 years old, a roofing conor . was killed and his assistant, » Dominick. 29. was critically in- ' yesterday when a rope holding scaffold on which they were ln K broke, hurling them three ™ to a cement areaway. to men were taken to Chicago , Peterson died a few mina toi and Dominick, who suffertoctures of the skull and arm. m a critical condition.

ELLIOTT KOOSVELT NAMED IN SENATE MUNITIONS PROBE WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, (UP) Elliott Roosevelt, 25 year old son of the president, signed a contract in 1934 by which he expected to receive $500,000 through the sale of military airplanes to Soviet Russia, Anthony Fokker, former German airplane manufacturer, said in a sworn statement released last night by the senate munitions committee.

F°URT SUSPENDED t>vities in the Putnam circuit Us ^'* Pro sus pended Wednesday beof the slight illness of Judge Id llltn ' w bo is suffering from a erk * n tto c of fice of County 5 ca mer ^ Morrison show that . es h avs been acted upon since th,. <nin ^ °f tbe September term - Urt ' The y include 84 civil. P Obate ^d 10 criminal cases.

Tn the deposition, dated Sept. 18, : 1935. Fokker said the agreement entered into Feb. 28. 1934, covered the expected sale of 50 planes of Lockheed make to Russia at an expected price to allow a commission $500,000 to mvsolf and $500,000 to ELiott Roosevelt.” Fokker said Roosevelt was paid $5,000 in cash to sign the contract, but that the price sought for the planes by Roosevelt and an associate was “so high that the Russians would have nothing to do with the whole business and had not bought any of the plans.” The committee- made public the deposition on orders of Sen. Gerald P Nye, R., N- D„ chainnan, following published charges that it was with holding information. Committee officials said the deposition was taken by Stephen Raushenbush and Joel Earnest, committee investigators. At his home in Fort Worth. Tex., voung Roosevelt said the charges he was “connected with any group to sell war planes in Europe” were untrue.

battle for farm relief and became the political idol of thousands of midI western farmers. In a broad frontal attack on the ! Roosevelt administration Lowden last night told a Blackhawk county audience that the new deal pointed the nation toward dictatorship. He -aid the supreme court had stood between the county and substitution of “an absolute autocracy at Washington of the union of the status.” He warned of the tax bill accumulating under Roosevelt policy. Lowden spoke before approximately 2.000 persons in the Dairy Cattle | Congress Hippodrome. A cold wind flowing out of the north swept Waterloo during (he early evening. There were accommodations for

8.200 persons.

Talking to reporters after his speech, Lowden called for election of a Republican house of representatives an 1 as many Republican senators as possible to cooperate with Gov. Landon after inauguration day next January. He predicted that “sane Democrats” in the senate would join a vigorous Republican minority to turn the country away | from Roosevelt policies next session if Gov. Landon were elected.

DR. WILDMAN SPEAKER “There is a moral obligation to be

intelligent,” declared Dr. Clyde Wild-

man, DePauw's new president, in the | -j- Mclntire

Tuesday morning chapel service. Quoting from John Erskine, Dr.

Wildman stated that there is a common belief that if a man is intelligent he can't be moral. The reason we are often discredited intellectually is that sometimes we become too

critical.

"Although criticism is often neccs- j sary, especially in regard to our! emotional life, sometimes we should be reverent when we are critical," the speaker continued. "Sometimes we lose the beauty of a thing by | tearing it to pieces with critisism." Declaring that we should try to find out the actual situation of the ^ world in which we live. Dr. Wildman pointed out that we never get know- ! ledge by pooling our ignorance. “All too often when wo graduate

of the team fell to the ground. Those who were able put the injured in cars and took them to the hospital.” Other witnesses said three bolts struck almost at the same time. Two if them hit chimneys of two nearby houses and the other struck in the midst of the team. Correll was a junior and co-captain if the team. He played tackle and was 18 years of ago. He and his teammates were practicing for the game with Dayton Stivers high ichool Friday afternoon. Correll wore a metal nose guard, Insulated with rubber, when the fata! bolt struck. His teammates said he was a trumpet player and wore the guard to protect bis lips. VTTEMI’TS SUICIDE ON STEPS OF WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, (UP) —A man, identified as J. D. Wilson, 36, of Atlanta, Ga., attempted suicide by slashing his wrists on the doorsteps of the White House executive offices

today.

He slashed both wrists with a razor blade and then walked into the lobby of the offices, leaving a trail of blood. He was taken to a hospital. Wilson was said to be an electric-

ian.’

Wilson was attended by Dr. Ross

and George Fox, chief

O. K. Allen stunt in Louisiana,” Raymond S. Springer, Republican candilate for governor charged at a rally 1 last night. “McNutt ruthlessly ran roughshod over the desires and ambitions of worthy Democrats and rammed Pownscnd down the throats of a protesting rank and file,” Springer de-

clared.

“The constitution of Indiana forbids that a governor shall succeed himself but McNutt has found a way if circumventing that constVtutional restriction by compelling the nomination of a man through whom he can act as governor by proxy.” Springer declared that in allocating funds specifically for “teacher lid” McNutt “placed before the teacher a sort of political bait to ensnare him in the trap of partisan politics.”

No Word From Swedish Flier FISHERMEN ON IRISH (OAST WATCH FOR TRANSATLANTIC PLANE DUBLIN, Oct. 7 (UP' Fishermen on the Irish coast watched today for Kurt Bjorkvall, Swedish aviator who ; left New York yesterday on a projected non-stop flight to Stockholm No word has been received of the 31-ycar-old flier since he left the disappointed and angry Baroness Eva Von Bllxen-Finecke, who wanted to fly with him, at the Floyd Bennett airport, and started out alone on his 4,000 mile journey. The air ministry reported that Bjorkvall would encounter only the most favorable weather from midAtlantic to the Irish coast. He planned to fly from New York to Newfoundland and then follow the great circle, across Uie Atlantic to Ireland and then .to Stockholm by way of England, Holland and Germany. leaving New York at 6:30 a. m. CST he expected to arrive in Stockholm by 5:30 p. m tonight, making the flight in 34 hours. Bjorkvall, who has been flying since 1929 and has a record of 1,800 hours in the air, operates a flying service in Sweden. Several rescues of skiing parties lost in the snow have been made by him. He carried a radio receiver but has no sending equipment. The wings of his airplane were filled with table tennis halls to give the machine more boupancy in case it was forced down at sea, and he is equipped with a life

preserver.

The airplane carried 745 gallons of gasoline and 35 gallons of oil. <TIAUNCEY HAMMOND DIES

CANNELTON, Ind., Oct. 7. (UP) Repudiation of the gross income lax and a promise to avoid heavier I property taxes by the Republican J party leaves the sales tax as their I only revenue-raising medium, Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, Demo- : ciiilic gubernatorial nominee charged last night. “I care not how many times the Republican nominee for governor of Indiana seeks to dodge the issue and to deny the accusations,” said Townsend, "the facts ar to what the Re- | publican promise amounts to are

I plain.

“They would repeal the gross ini come tax law without giving it a chance for correction or change and

of the navy who is at- thereby would eliminate $12,000,000

j pramacist

11 ached to the White House. He said he was out of work and

despondent.

Mrs. Edward Eiteljorge remains quite ill at her home on west Sem-

inary street.

20 Years Ago

IN GREENCASTLE

of annual revenue which is going to pay the school teachers of Indiana. “Unless they plan to load this cost back on the property owners, and they say they do not intend to do that, then they have no other source of revenue to tax except the wages, salaries, and purchases made by the working men and women of Indiana. That means the consumer will be the goat. In plain words, it is a promise of a sales tax for Indiana.”

Boston defeated Brooklyn, 6-5 in the opening game of the World Series. Shore was the winning pitcher and Marquard the losing hurler. Thad Jones and Loyal Rector attended the Purdue-DePauw football

from college we declare an intellectu- 1 game at Lafayette. Purdue won. 13

al holiday, and sometimes we extend to 0.

it into a permanent vacation,” said Dr. Wildman in conclusion. j

BAN on NEW FORTIFICATIONS

Miss Edna Curtis Hamrick Station.

is visiting at

WASHINGTON. Oct. 7, (UP) — Great Britain has communicated with this government relative to possible continuation of a ban on new fortifications in the Pacific ocean, state department officials revealed today.

A telegram received this morning by Isaac J. Hammond and Kate S Hammond announced the sudden death of their brother. Chauncey R Hammond at his home in San Diego.

Calif.

OLD GOLD TRIO ENTERTAINS The Greencaatle high school convocation program Tuesday was conducted by the Old Gold Trio of DoPauw university. Two former members of Greencastle high school. Miss Jean Stewart, violinist, and Miss Sadie Moore, pirnist. were assisted by Robert Myers, cellist. The first group of selections included “Indian Love Call.” "Stars In My Eyes,” and "Song of Love.” The second and last group included: “Lie bestraume” by Liszt and "Hungarian Dance No. 6" by Brahms. Everyone was fcighly pleased with the skillful handling of these numbers as was evidenced by the applause following each and particularly the protracted applauding for an encore at the close of the program.

EKINS LEADS IN RACE RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 7, (UP) —H R. Ekins, flying reporter, landed in a Royal Dutch airliner at Mingaladon airdrome at 3:50 p. m. (3:20 a. m. CST) today, gaining a lead of almost 4,000 miles over two rivals in a race around the world. The staff writer of the New York World Telegram and othe'' ScrippsHoward newspapers arrived here after crossing the Bay of Bengal over the Arakan mountains from Calcutta. The flight from Jodohur carried him 1,650 miles through the heart of India in 10 hours 16 minutes.

VICTORIES ARE CLAIMED RY REBELS

REPORT IMPORTANT ADVANCES ON TWO FRONTS IN SPAIN’S CIV II. WAR MADRID’S DEFENDERS BUSY Rig Push On Spanish Capilul By Insurgents Is Expected Within short Time GIBRALTAR, Oct. 7 (UP)—Spanish insurgents, the preliminary phase if their attack on Madrid under way at last claimed important local victories today on i wo fronts. The insurgents reported that their men advanced their lines at Navalpcral, west-northwest of Madrid, and outed loyalists (leftists) from the riling,I ■ bounded by Torrijos, Majueda and Santa Cruz Re Retamar vest of Toledo. Madrid countered, however, with he positive assertion that the rebels were repelled with losses In both

areas.

New continge-ts of men who have lone their compulsory army service were called by the Madrid governnent. An appropriation of $700 000 was made by the defense of Madrid, for wages and materials for the foriflcations now being erected. Though both sides agreed that the iiig push for Madrid was yet only in he preliminary stage, they agreed ilso that the insurgents massed in he Toledo area were ready for their '0-rnilc march northward. Their first fight will be immeliately north of Toledo. Then a colimn must go northeastward to take Vranjuez and thus cut the Mailrid■ast coast railroad. At this time the Santa Cruz de tetamar and Navalpcral columns, iperating in coordination with the Toledo and Aranjucz forces ailTT colimns now at San Martin do Valdelcesias. west of Madrid, and near Si;uenza northeast of Madrid, will ■onverge to meet before Madrid. It vas indicated now that the insuronts in the mountains directly north •f Madrid would do little tn the intial phase. The weather Is already io cold there as to impede operations nd the loyalists are strongly fortiicd. Di.spatchi. from all fronts told •f torrential autumnal rains. These rains were impeding the Asurias miners attacking Oviedo for he fourth day. As the attack was enewed this morning the miners vere holding sections of the city proper on the western side, and using ortified posts from which they have 'riven insurgent defenders. But they need vicious machine gun fire, and he rebels, retiring to their second nc of defense, were behind double incs of barbeil wire entanglements. INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Hog receipts 5.500; holdovers 105; narked 5c to 10c lower on 160 to 300 bs. up. and underweights steady: lacking lows fully steady; 190 to 280 bs,, $10.20 to $10 40; 280 to 300 lbs.. $10 to $10.25; 300 to 325 lbs . $9.75 to MO 15; 325 to 400 11 is $9.50 to $10; 70 to 190 lbs., $10 to $10 25; 160 to 170 lbs., $9.75 to $10.10; 155 to 160 'bs., $9.50 to $10; 130 to 155 lbs., $8.75 to $9.75; 100 to 130 lbs., $8.25 to $9.00; sows mo lly $8.50 to $9.50, 'op $9.75. Cattle 1,200, calves 500; yearlings, light steers and heifers active, strong o 25c higher; cows active, steady to trong, medium weight and heavy 'eers rather slow; early bids no beter than steady: top steers $10 25; bulk fed steers $9.00 to $9.75: top leifers $10; beef ecus $4.25 to $5.00; litter grades ^ 10 to $.'!.75; vealers ully 50e hb;i . r; bulk better grades $9.50 to $10. Sheep 600; lamb", fairly active and ully steady; bulk better grade lambs $8.50 to $9.00, few $9.25.

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