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CORD VOTE INDICATED pOR INDIANA

MBS. IDA SEKCOMBE

GliEENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 19.10.

NO. 14

.hks in MicuioAN HURLS THREAT

AT ENGLAND; 1UPS LEAGUE

ELECTION RETURNS

Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ida Sercombe, wife of O. G. Sercombe of Gulfport, Miss. October 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand W. Adams of Saginaw, Mich., Mis. Sercombe was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delano E. Williamson, former residents of Greencastle and Louisville, Ky. She is survived by the husband, Orville J. Sercombe of Gullport, Miss, one daughter, Mrs. Adams and a granddaughter, Miss Vera M. Adams of Saginaw, Mich,, and one brother, Bodgar Williamson of Indianapolis. Funeral services were held in Sag-

inaw, Monday afternoon.

Mrs. 1). E. Hurst Died On Sunday

DECEASED WAS WIDOW JAMES HURST: LAST

KTES THURSDAY

vn springer and CLIFJiyNSEND CANDIuTES for governor "DOUBTFUL” VOTERS publican And Democratic tX* Conclude Energetic Campaigns In State jj^APOLIS. Nov. 2, (UP) — juous campaign ended, party „ today prepared for the heav- . ing in Indiana history for to•j "toss-up” general election. Republican and Democratic exuded confidence of victory impartial observers agreed «even money, take your pick.” jsive action by both parties ^ the total vote would go ap- , t ely 40.000 higher than the 0 f 1.560.956 cast in 1932. ocrats. aware their party selUjs remained in power in Infer two successive general cast their lot with the deal." They stressed equally ompaign for re-election of t Roosevelt and advanceof Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford -d in the gubernatorial race, iblicans staged two camThc state central committee grated principally on putting Raymond S. Springer for govAnother group, working uniHe g. 0. P. national committee •jago, prompted Gov. Alf M.

for president.

result of their campaigns the administration of Gov. V. McNutt, Hoosier Republican believe Springer will run ap--ately 50,000 votes ahead of the

G. O. P. ticket.

Suit said Townsend will carry itate by at least 100,000 votes, j -jid led the state ticket, trailllr. Roosevelt by less than 2.000 in 1932, and will run even this year, McNutt said, tching between the state and tickets ip much easier this -fever, sin- c it'? Jwo tickets on separate ballots under a law' -red by the Democrats and in the 1933 legislature, gross income tax was the pal state issue. The Republican 1 pledged its repeal. Springilso denounced “bossism” of the utt administration under the iment reorganization act and itate's social security legislation, wend pledged himself to real! three, but promised to elim“any inequalities” in the gross

e tax.

ttemess marked both campaigns ~in. The spirit of the fight . was reflected today in Marion Ay, where Republicans and Demfought over who should hold

to voting machines,

ocrats, in power, assigned keys for each machine to DemRcpubl leans said it wasn’t and ordered Increased vigilance • committee organized by London

Knox clubs to insure an honest .dropped in two streets

i Carlota district.

500,000 IT ALANS CHEER IL DUCE IN ADDRESS AT MILAN

WARNS OF EUROPEAN WAR

Premier Mussolini Openly Defies Britain; Attacks league of Nations Sunday

MILAN, Italy, Nov. 2. — Premiei Benito Mussolini warned Great Britj ‘ a > n Sunday conflict with Italy would | lead to European war, offered to ex- ^ change pledges to respect each nal t ion’s rights and proclaimed to the world an “armed peace” rather than the “illusions” of disarmament and

collective security.

OF Five hundred thousand citizens , jammed great Cathedral Square to cheer the Fascist Duce returned to the cradle of his creed to herald the beginning of his fifteenth year of

power with the declaration: “What’s done is done!”

And for the future:

“Peace with all, both near and far.

Armed peace!

“Our program of armaments for sea, land and sky will be regularly

developed.

“Our protective capacity, agricul-

Tl-.e Daily Banner will receive the latest hourly election returns from Tuesday’s balloting, beginning Tuesday evening. These returns will be gathered from every precinct in the United States by the United Press, and will be relayed to The Banner Office. The United Press has made elaborate plans for covering the election, not only in Indiana, hut throughout the nation, and anyone interested in national and state results, is invited to call 95 Tuesday night.

Owen Co. Man Admitted Theft

BAD WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY

TRUCK-AUTO C RASH

RAIN OK SNOW INDICATED FOR ELECTION DAY IN INDIANA

POLLS TO OPEN AT SIX A. M Regardless of Weather, Record Vote Is Prs'dlcted Tomorrow In Putnam County

MtRESTED FOLLOWING AT-

TEMPT TO SELL BELTS STOLEN FROM MILL

Mrs. Delilah Elizabeth Hurst, age 78 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Elrod, ten miles east of Greencastle, at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. The death of Mrs. Hurst, widow of James Hurst, followed an illness of several weeks. She was born and reared in Putnam county and was a well known

and highly respected woman. The . . . . „ Hurst residence is located on south ' tural and industrial, will be accele- fitting the theft of the belts and

‘ rated. The corporative system will

Putnam county is promised bad weather for tomorrow’s election. The weather forecast is for rain or light snow and colder for election day. But regardless of the weather, the vote for this county is expected to be one of the heaviest ever cast In a general election in Putnam county. The interest in the national, state and county contests are all at high tide and this is going to bring to the spectors were given their supplies by polls, practically every able bodied voter that can be taken to the voting

precincts.

The voting machinery for the county is ready for the receiving of the ballots. The 37 precinct election in-

Two vehicles were seriously damaged Saturday when they crashed at the Y-Palace intersection on the Stilesville road. A Dodge truck, owned by P. W. Wyant of Indianapolis and driven by Louis Shouse of that citv “as reported to hove pulled on to U. -j. 40 at that point, directly into the path of an automobile driven by Mrs. Gametta Dixon of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Dixon suffered a severe cut over her left eye and both she ahd her companion, Virginia Homan, also of St. Louis, were badly bruised and shaken by the Impact of the machines. The truck was able to proceed under its own power but the Dixon car was towed to a garage at Mt. Meridian.

VOTERS WILL ! CAST BALLOTS OVER NATION

Accident Victims Return To Homes

Indiana street in this city. She was a member of the Mill Creek Baptist church in Jefferson twnship for

many years.

In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Hurst is survived by a son. Earl; orte brother, Joseph Dorsett of Cloverdale; ten grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren. Last rites will be held from the Rector funeral home at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Rector’s until time for the services.

Rebel Air Raid Kills 3 Children

TWO WOMEN AND THREE MEN WOUNDED IN

MADRID

MADRID, Nov. 2 (UP>—Nationalist airplane bombs, dropped through the clouds over the city, crashed into a crowd of women and children today and killed three children. Two women and three men standing near-

by were v/ounded.

The women and children were waiting to buy sugar, rationed because of the siege, in front of a grocery store in the Vallescas working class quarter in the south side suburbs when the air alarm siren

sounded.

No plane could be seen because of the clouds, but as the group huddled in fear, the bombs smashed down

upon them.

At least five bombs were dropped in the Vallescas quarter, and others

in the Don

be further developed.” He saw the League of Nations “shipwrecked by Wilsonian idealogy” which he asserted was the philosophy inspiring “the illusion of disarmament.” “The league must' reform or per- I ish.” So far as Italy was concerned “the league may perish,” he asserted. Italy was willing to complete a pact with Britain mutually recognizing each other’s rights, Mussolini said, but Britain must recognize what has been achieved in Ethiopia and elsewhere. Any bilateral conflict between the nations, the fascist leader continued, would lead to European conflict. He told England he would “not menace" the Mediterranean route or “interrupt it.” But he said it was necessary for “the brains of England to realize what is done is done and is irrevocable—the sooner the better.” And it is necessary, II Duce said, that Italians, litle by little, develop the thought Italy is an insular na-

tion.

“Because this is the only method for putting the problems of naval defense of the nation in their true

light.

“Italy is an island rising in the Mediterranean.” Of the League of Nations and sanctions, he said: “We have not forgotten and we will not forget the League of Nations organized with diabolical diligence the ubiquitous siege against the Italian people.” From his speaker’s stand before the main door of the cathedral and towering eighteen feet above the (Continued on Page Two.-

told officers

them.

where he had hidden

George Zielke of Cunot is being held in the Putnam county jail awaiting removal to Owen county to answer probable charges of grand lar-

cenv, having confessed the stealing soeclors were S iven their 8U PP Ues of several mill machine belts from , tho count y election commissioner on the Smith lumber mill near that I Saturday. The voters of the county town. He submitted to eighteen will have at their disposal around 75,hours of grilling before finally ad- 000 hallots - Not a11 wiU be usod ' but

each voter will have four ballots, one national, one state one county and one on the proposed constitutional amendment, making it possible for , all to be eligible for membership in '

the Indiana National guard.

The county commissioners have provided a special ballot reception box for this election, as usually but

two or three are used.

Voting places in the city will be at

the following addresses:

First Ward:

North precinct, 109 W. Liberty St. South precinct, Court house.

Second Ward:

North precinct, 207 N. College Avo. South precinct, High School build-

ing.

Third Ward: North precinct, 324 S. Bloomington

St.

South precinct, 702 S. Illinois St. Fourth Ward: North precinct, 6 E. Hanna St. South precinct, 917 S. Indiana St.

GIRLS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL SUNDAY; TWO BODIES

SENT TO ST. LOUIS

FIRESIDE CHATS SCHEDULED BY ROOSEVELT AND LANDON TONIGHT VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN ENDS

Zielke first aroused suspicions last Thursday when he unsuccessfully attempted to sell the belts in the northern part of Putnam county for ten dollars apiece. Farmers whom he had contacted reported his activities to the county sheriff’s office. Investigation revealed that a robbary had been committed at the Smith mill and the prisoner was arrested on suspicion late Thursday. The belts were found hidden under some loose straw in a barn on the vacant Fred Bock farm, three miles southeast of Bainbridge by Deputy Sheriff William Ashworth and State Policeman Walter Howard, following their questioning of t.te suspect.

CREDIT ASSOCIATION TO MEET AT (1:30 THIS EVENING

There will be a regular monthly meeting of the Putnam County Credit Association at the Presbyterian church this evening at 6:30 o'clock. The principal speaker will be Henry W. Smith of the Alien-Stein Company of Terre Haute.

Miss Leethn Hoopingarncr, 18, and Miss Mary Schuler, 18, injured in the train-auto accident which claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. A1 bert Winterman hero Saturday morning, were released from the Putnam county hospital Sunday and returned to their homes In Wapakoncta, Ohio. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Winterman, who were instantly killed at the Bloomington street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad, were sent to St. Louis, Mo., for burial by Charles H. Rector, county coroner. The four were enroute from Wapakoneta to St. Louis when the accident occurred. The Winterman car crashed into the pilot of a westbound Pennsy freight and Mr. Winterman and his wife died of fractured skulls. The two young women, asleep in the rear seat, escaped with

head injuries and bruises.

THIS WEEK’S WEATHER Precipitation Monday, probably ending early Tuesday, precipitation again toward end of week. Temperature mostly below normal near beginning and at end of week; warmer near middle of week.

INFANT DIES

Both Major Political Parties Confident Of Victory On Eve Of

Election

NEW YORK. Nov. 2 (UP)- Nation wide fireside chats by the two principal candidates tonight will conclude the most expensive presidential campaign in Ame in history and one which may prove to be the most sigilficant since Abraham Lincoln first mt the Republican party on top In

ho United States.

A record breaking number of vot'rs will begin before dawn tomorrow o reveal the true political complexon of this country and whether its party structure is about to collapse. Betting odds favor re-election of President Roosevelt. Two nationwide polls report conflicting returns. The Literary Digest assigned 32 states and 370 electoral votes to Gov. Alf M. Landon. The American Insltute of Public Opinion gave 31 states and 315 electoral votes to Mr. Rosevelt. The bare majority necessary to elect is 266 votes. The campaign hill exceeds $13,000,000 as the nation retirca tonight to make up its mind. Republicans have spent almost $7,000,000. Democrats account for approximately $1,000.000. Minor party organizations, including the American Liberty League, the United Mine Workers of America, the National Union for Social Justice, and the Union party account for the remainder. The two major parties spent slightly more than $11,000,000 in the Hoover-Smith

campaign in 1928.

Democratic National Committeeman James A. Farley today claimed | 10 of the 48 states, explaining that only in Maine and Vermont “have | the Republicans any right to feel

— - • 1 hopeful.” Evan Gwinn Rossok, 14 months Republican National Committee old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ros- Chairman John D. OT. Hamilton besok, died Sunday afternoon at 3:15 Uevcs Gov. Landon will carry tho 14 o'clock at the home of the parents vital states east of the Mississippi on north College avenue. Survivors and north of the Ohio and Potomac include the parents, three sisters, one rivers and pick up a scattering of brother and four grandparents. votes in the mountain states and far

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Rossok home. The Rev. Dallas Renn of Clayton will be in charge. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery.

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'lip Danbury Called ]>y Death

KNOWN MAN PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON SUNDAY ■ ‘P Danbury, age 79 yeais, away Sunday morning at his near tho Midwest stone quarry. - » survived by the widow and relatives. Mr. Danbury was and lived in Putnam county Klieut his lifetime and was

-7 Known.

[Knera! services will be held Tuestoruing from the Rector funeral e Burial will be in the Lower cemetery, south of Reelsville. marriage licenses ‘ lw L Browning. Greencastle er manager, and Elizabeth Jean

Greencastle.

’ E Pulkerson, Greencastle

""w and Martha

’“castle.

Damage was considerable.

Fascist snipers, resuming activity after weeks of silence, wounded two militiamen on patrol during the night’s curfew hours. All occupants of the building when the shots came, and of adjoining buildings, were ar-

rested for questioning.

On the battle front, nationalist and loyal armies, facing each other at but 400 yards’ range, clashed south of the city in what both sides believed would be a decisive battle.

Shipping Strike Situation Tense

MAY SEEK AID OF U. S. NAVY IN ENDING MARITIME WALKOUT

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2, (UP) -The government may take “strong measures’’ immediately to break up

A HEAVY RAIN i west coast maritime strike which

i today spread to allied fields, threat-

The total rainfall for Sunday night cning the make more than 100,000 and Monday morning, according to men idle by Wednesday. The Daily Banner rain gauge, total- | Terming the walkout a “challenge led 2.80 inches, perhaps the heaviest | to the welfare of the nation,” Edrainfall in recent years in the city. v/ard F. McGrady, assistant secrctary of labor, said shipowners were INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK | considering making a request for U.

S. “safety crews” which

Sample Ballot

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^lanapolls.

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C t GOdWin an(1 Lce Harlan

e 'uitors in Terre Haute.

would be

Hog receipts 4.500; holdovers 66: placed aboard ships tied up by the market activ- 100 lbs. up. 15c high- strike. They would protect pensh-

er' underweights and packing sows | ibie foods.

25c higher; ISO to 300 lbs., $0.70 to ; “The free flow of water-borne for$9 90 - 300 to 400 lbs., $9.50 to $9.80: eign and interstate commerce has 160 to 130 lbs , $9.50 to $9.80; 130 to become paralyzed,” McGrady said ISO lbs.. $8.75 to $9.75; 100 to 130 “This will involve, directly or inlbs $8 25 to $9.00; sows $8.60 to $9; directly, the lives of the citizens of

ton $9 33 ' tlle whole nation '

Cattle 1.000; calves 400; generally “When any group, whether banksteadv market on small supply all ers, employers or labor, take action classes' six loads choice 1378 lb. endangering the welfare, they are assteers $10.10: heifers mostly $4.75 to j suming a position the government $7 50- beef cows $4.00 to $4 50; cut- must cha! enge to protect the state

ter grades mostly $3.00 to $3.75; and the people."

He indicated that

vralcrs generally steady; bulk better such a position now exists ga-ades $9.50 to $10; top $10.50. T. G. Plant, chairman of the coast Sheep 600; lambs strong to 25c committee of shipowners meanwhile higherT bulk better grades $8.50 to gave the first Uidicatlon that^Uie op-

Ei E I 1 I DFM. I I 1 I DEM. I E] E] EE] S |—1 | DEM. I El

DEMOCRAT TICKET

For Representative In Congress 6tli Congressional District VIRGINIA F. JENCKfcS For Prosecuting Attorney 64th Judicial District FRED V. THOMAS For Joint Representative for Owen and Putnam Counties WILLIAM F. TREADWAY For County Auditor FRANK GARDNER For County Treasurer JESSE F. YOUNG For County Sheriff JOHN T. SUTHERLIN For County Coroner CHARLES H. RECTOR For County Surveyor ARTHUR PLUMMER For County Commissioner, 1st Dist. OSCAR E. CRAMER I'or County Commissioner, 2nd Dist. WILLIAM H. EITELJORCE

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REPUBLICAN TICKET

For Representative In Congress (itli Congressional District NOBLE J. JOHNSON For Prosecuting Attorney 61th Judicial District ALBERT E. WILLIAMS For Joint Representative for Owen and Putnam Counties ELLA G. FORDICE For County Auditor GILBERT E. OGLES For County Treasurer ROLAND (BIDDIE) LANE For County Sheriff LAWRENCE G. GRAHAM For County Coroner W. M. McCAUGHEY For County Surveyor L. C. CONRAD For County Commissioner, 1st Dist. BUFORD LEE FALL For County Commissioner, 2nd Dist. GWIN G. ENSIGN

‘Wally’ Simpson Guest Of King \ MERIC \N DIVORCEE RESTS AT EDWARD'S PRIVATE COUNTRY LODGE LONDON, Nov. 1 Wallis Warfield Simpson was reported last night to be a guest of King Edward at his •ountry lodge, resting after her orloal this week of divorcing her brok< •r husband, Ernest Aldrich Simpson. Under tho watchful ministrations >f Edward’s personal bodyguard, his •steemed American friend obtained dmost complete privacy on her comngs and goines but friends said she leserted her uptuous London home tliis week end to join the King at Belvedere, his country sent. Edward’s frequent week-end trips 'o his bucolic retreat are generally not mentioned in the British press at luekingham Palace’s request, but this time the public learned he was at Belvedere because he telephoned to Marlborough House to inquire about i cold suffered by his mother, Queen Mary. Buckingham Palace authorities today were understood to have been gratifiedand even surprised by the self-imposed censorship the London press displayed in carrying only the briefest accounts of Mrs. Simpson's widely discussed "misconduct” divorce from her husband last Tuesday.

$8.75; top $9.00; fat lower, $3.00 down.

ewes 25 cents erators might consider working their

'ships In defiance of the strike.

and ©

colder west portion late

tonight;

much colder Tuesday.

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