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GREENOASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1937.
NO. 66
EAK’ IN KIDNAPING PREDICTED m\ BOY EXPECTED TO be returned by abductor
on
believed paid
Krlmid Of Boy’s Family Infers Tliat Contact Was Mada With Kidnaper
IN A| ii We hat| ship In much anc grateful Let us Happinesl perity fo{ THE
i>RECIATION __ 1937 [found that Friendsixiess counts for fhe Daily Banner is yours. | s hyou a measure of Health and Pros|the New Year. lily banner.
I9.56 LICENSE DEADLINE FOUND BIG WAITING LIST PUTNAM CO. AUTO LICENSE BUREAU DID LAND-OFFICE BUSINESS ON THURSDAY
Another Abdication
DSONONlV
MANY PLAN TO BUY LATER
CCtiKNUOLLMENT
Deadline For Old Year Failed to l atch Up With Some Who Are Still UsiiiR Old Plates
All younJ
wishing ini| enrollment C. U. R. ol| day. Decern
Men bet'i twenty-elj employed
been previ|
served lei were dU
MAY
JOMA. Wash.. Jan. 1. (UP) — Stage was set today for a f wliich may determine the f Charles Mattson, 10 year old Ly victim of a kidnaper. It Relieved the expected developwould speed the return of the the home from which he was by a swarthy gunman last
night.
things brought the belief that
■outh was safe and that the elj ^ hle 11|en )n family, or an intermediary, January 12 contact with the kidnaper. madc ^
t.-Col. Cus B. Appelman. close of the physician-father, Dr. m W. Mattson, and frequently lined as a possible intermediary, ic believed that a “crucial denenl" was to be expected “any-
low.”
statement, which was made to ruled Press, followed closely behe appearance of an advertisein the Seattle Times classified n which read: ibel We are ready. Everyentirely in accordance with desires Ann.” Appelman’s statement—“I am ting a definite break in the kidj at any hour now”—was intergenerally as meaning that te contact had been effected the kidnaper. ether the ransom already had mid was not known but indicaall pointed to the certainty that dnaper had been to’a that the
bien in Putnam County nation concerning CCC auld call at the local G. e in the Library, Tues5. twe. .t ..ftos of seventeen and physically fit, and unapply. Those who have ly enrolled and who an four months or who ;e:l less than twelve e not eligible. All rill be sent to Camp ail enrollment should be itely.
ESCIND
INKRURBAN cIrt order
WAGE ifKIEASE COMPROMISE MAY ji I’Hv'IIT TRACTION
CAlbTO OPERATE
DUE TO STOP JANARY 9
Bowman Eld. Receiver Lor Indiana
Railroad Cm pane, Offers Employed SKI!** Wage Increase
INDIA AADLIB, Jan. 1—Superior Court Judgi lfibert E. Wilson indicated todfcy iceeptance by Indiana Railroad ftnpyos of a 12'_. per cent
When the Putnam county automobile license bureau on the north side of the square, operated by Mrs. Lillie McFerran, closed its doors Thursday evening, it was after a record | day’s business for 1936, because it was the deadline for old plates and the bureau was crowded almost to the sidewalk much of the afternoon and throughout the hours, a long line was waiting for their 1937 plates. Some refused to wait in the long line in order to get plates and as a result, they are still using 1936 plates and will likely do so for a day or two until they can secure plates. The state bureau has said there will bo no extension of time this | year, but this does not mean that those found driving on old plates to- j day or tomorrow will suffer the pen- ; ally of the law jus a result of this ; leniency. Those drivers will have a day or two in which to secure 1937 I plates. A trip around the square Thursday afiernoon indicated that but a small per cent of parked automobiles had 1937 plates on them, and the chances are this will hold good for the next few days.
CONDITION SATISFACTORY VATICAN CITY, Jan 1 (UP) Pope Pius XI rested comfortably after his midnight New Year’s observance and his condition today was
wage incr^n instead of the 20 P“r sati8factory a Vatican official said .
cent they
Beianded might roult in
0 he demanded n as ready. On ^ regc indli. an order for cessation
asis of the newspaper advernt which followed the direcleft Li the kidnaper’s note exfo; the signature, the arrangewere complete for payment or
lease of the boy.
ons who have been in constant with the Mattson home behe ransom has been paid and is only a matter of hours unrles is returned to his par-
Officials
pany,
tation sys they were circulating,
to Judge 12 Vi per ceptablc. The jud the Broth men, whic employes
t jhe
IkmA- <
of the ro^tl:operation at midnight
Jan. 9.
|he interurban <omlact*# c-4 r’l-ai^as-
n in the country, said iormed employes were ititions for submission |iloi informing him the increase would be ac-
I first ad which was addressed |ble,” instead of “Mabel,” read:
Please give us your address t '. wo
The ransom note text as by a person close to the 1 advised the family to insert It advertisement addressed to and signed “Tim.” The in the spelling of the name second advertisement was sig|t sources close to the family
has never been an cxplanathc signature “Ann” which liven in the advertisement in(of “Tim” as the kidnaper sugThc name “Tim” also was to the ransom note which the tossed on the floor of the Mattfhome when he stole Charles under the eyes of the boy’s er and sister and a playmate. Hay the boy had been missing Jve days. The family has enan agonizing silence. The well-to-do but not wealthy |cian. was at first most conid about the lad’s safety but Inlay and today he seemed to pven cheerful compared to his
attitude.
crease. Robert
for the A Street, E Bus empli has over employes, statement his union/, Terre Ha] ployes is
| ad representatives of 1 of Railroad Train143 members among i road, had indicated Incept the smaller in-
The Pope, from his sick bed where he has been forced to remain for three weeks, heard midnight mass celebrated at an altar in an adjoining room by Monseignor Carlo, Cont aiMHBn. me oi the private' secretiries. Communion was administered t.the Pope during the service. A few pdelates of the papal house-
li Id were present.
At about 1 a. m. the Pope fell into s estful slumber and attendants were fi Usficd that the observance had not
ti xed his strength.
isrong, business agent inated Association of c Railway and Motor ^organization which
nAbership among the soli'll BEND
Id m be reached for a cnc*ing the stand of h -v* reported to be in c vheli a meeting of em-
o b 1 lufi tonight.
Manhattan Road Accident Friday
PEOPLE CRASH
Into viaduct soi th of
OREENCASTLE
—
Local Firemen Answer 119 Calls
SAVED MUCH PROPERTY LOSS TO GKEENCASTLE RESI-
DENTS |N 19S6
The Greencastle fire department inswered 102 calls within the city limits and gave assistance to seveneen people living outside the city luring the year. 1936. according to nformation disclosed Friday by Fire Chief Harry Ragsdale. Damage sufered through fire losses within the nty limits amounted to $5,630. Perhaps the most costly fire oc•uring in the city during the year was .hat at the Bradley Shoe Store, .vhere a fire was discovered about 7:30, the evening of Nov. 4. Though .he firemen were on hand promptly ind were able to confine the fire to he rear of the building, large quantties of merchandise were damaged
by heat and smoke.
Other major fires during the yeai ncluded that at the John King resilence at 612 E. Anderson street where a faulty flu in the attic was responsible for a $1,350 loss. April 13, and the fire at the Mace Vermillion home, January 21, when an overicated furnace started a fire which was estimated to have caused $955
property damage.
The most disasterous fire in this
LOCAL KIWANI8 CLUB OFFICERS TAKE POSTS
|nd their two other children held range watch party. Before a Jaco. quiet, comfortable, they led news of the missing mem-
^f the little family circle. telephone lines to the home exclusive residential section
open. Outsile there were fed- | agents, local peace authorities friends who helped raise the
demanded by the kidnaper. G-men and police were not so
|dent. Seve al privately ex-
d the belief the boy met with
jplay. Their assumption was that ; kidnaper hai not been heard
and that because he was not
|>nding to th? appeals of the
J|k Britton of South Bend was
broik ht to the Putnam county hos-
Juilge Wilson’s Vder for cessation pita] early this morning after the of operations vaa lirected to Bow- ., u t,Mobile in which he was riding man Elder wio hi been receiver of cra.st-d into the side of the Pennsylthe property since line, 1933. vaniivia.duct on the Manhattan road Elder Issued a sltement in which aboil 3 a. m. 'Hie automobile got out he explained that In annual wage 0 f C (itrol when it skidded on a thin increase of M8.42oV> affect all cm- gheeftof ice and hurtled into the ployes hfid been oflred. stoncLbutmcnt along the side of the
While employes olhe Terre Haute road.liritton was the only passenger yi C j n jty during that period was that division Were schedild to meet today ,f thicar injured, his wife and bro- , v hich completely destroyed the Mc-
ther-illaw, escaping with minor Fariami home on road 43, north of cuts. I | the city limits. The firemen were serWh4 taken to the hospital for ! ; ous iy hampered by limited water first 41, it was found that he was facilities in combatting that blaze from severe head cuts which . in ,| th e entire $5,000 home was lost.
nine stitches to close. He
en treatment and released the morning. Tile car was htly damaged, being only
Harvey B. Walls today formally took over the presidency of the Greencastle Kiw&nis club. He succeeds Louis H. Dirks, who served in this position during the past year. Other new officers of t’‘» olu” are W. J. Krider, vice-president, Herrick Greenleaf, secretary, anl Kenneth E. West, treasurer.
Townsend Looks For Happy 1937 TOWNSEND CONSCIOUS OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS HEAD OF STATE /
to consider a compimise wage increase, 'spokesmen lor the Indiana Railroad hoped arrakements would be completed to pcnnl uninterrupted service on Terre HA.e street car^ufferl and bus lines \ requi Members of the Anfgamated As- was
t night Dr. Mattson, Mrs^ Mat - soc j tt tjon of Street, K lb trie Railway later
and Motor Bus Empires were re- only
Death Summons Albert Cooper —— FUNERAL SERVICES SUNDAY WELL KNOWN WARREN TOWNSHIP MAN Albert Cooper, age 61 years, well I known resident of Warren township, - nod Thursday night at y:40 o'clock d the ihltnam county hospital, following an extended illr.cis. Mr. Cooper was widfiy known in | the Putnamville community, having spent his entire lifetime at the old I homestead on state road 10, just east j of the Grant hotel. , He Is survived by/the widow, Mrs. Florence Cooper, /a step-daughter, Mrs. George Shauginessy and one br6tlier, Ed CoonA
Funeral servi® will be held Sunday afternoon » 2:00 o'clock from the Cooper resiimee. Intcrmfcnt will bo in Forest HI! cemetery. Rev. Alrhnrf will be in charge.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 1 Gover-ner-elect M. Clifford Townsend today extended the hopes of a happy New Year to the people of Indiana. “Every good wish for a happy, prosperous and peaceful new year is my greeting to the 3,500,000 people of Indiana.’ he said in a statement. “Being mindful,” he added, “of the mandate of the recent election, I approach the new year conscious of the responsibilities I will assume as governor of Indiana on Jan. 11.” Townsend, 1 now lieutenant-gover-nor of the state, called attention to the approaching session of the general assembly, which will convene hero Jan. 7. “A new legidaturo will assemble at the capitol in a few days,” he said. “It is my hope that each of us shall and will do our duty coordinately and yet independently. “It is my fervent prayer that we enjoy divine guidance so that we may do our best at all times for the people of our great state.” Governor-elect Townsend described the last four years as “a reconstruction period,” and added: “Let us join hands in solidifying the gains and start anew with determination and in the spirit of the new year.”
WILD CELEBRATION
ported favorable to 4 compromise ; badly fntrd and the glass of one
wage program which the 20 per cent increa| suited in a court ordei the Indiana Railroad r
reduce the door bckig broken It was able to run which re- into th| city under its own power
and win later driven on its way to South Hind by the unfortunate party.
j ermlnating rdvership.
1937 GIUKTKD BY STRIKES DETROIT Ian. 1 |uP»— Tit automobile industry entekd 1937 t» day cripple,| by strikes a|ecting a(f
proximately 45.000 men aid turbiE ent with unrest which threatened i major claah between ctpital aijl
labor.
The van Gene.*! Motoh corpoition. einpbyer of 211.000 and tl 5 world’s g,. a t fist automobile mak
sons he no loiger had the child was the „ CH | point of a concert! ’fer in return dr the money. drive by kbor tor union recognitio ere also were denials that the Alrsad; nine G. M plants wc e ly. or represeitatives, had con- c |<,sed bj sit-down strikes called y 1 the kidnape-. Mrs. Mattson, the Unhid Automobile Workers f has not left h r home since her America, and Chevrolet and Bu k (was taken, refised comment on produr’un was throttled by short, |e ■eport that the ransom had been Q f parts.
20 Years Ago IN GKEENCASTLE
was pointed (jt that payment ransom woud not necessarily tide the boy wuld be returned lice.
marriage license
Pi«rcy C. Masten. Greencastle fr- day in Chicago,
pent#: and Hdllis McClung. Gr
custl* teacher
Marstull .Snider, Andrew Hays and Dave Freeman went to Indianafolis and enlisted in the United States
army.
John H James was appointed county attorney by the Pu'nam board of commissioners. Alger Leatherman was named as courthouse custodian. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vanclea'e are , visiting friends and relatives in In-
dianapolis.
Miss Edna Curtis is the giest of her parent* at PutnamVllle. Frank Cannon spent New Year’s
Prof, and Mrs. t parents of a son.
L. R. EcWmlt are
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UP)- Setting the pace of the nation, New York City greeted 1937 today with the wildest orgy of spending since 1929 and the most hilarious New Year’s celebration in its history. The hysterical merrymakers continued through the night and night clubs, saloons, hotels and dance halls all of whom reaped handsomely from the $10,000,000 that Metropolitan dwellers threw to the winds— still were jammed at daybreak with horn-tooting, paper-hatted celebrants. The city’s wild greeting reached its climax in the theaterical district at the zero hour of midnight when almost 2,000 police struggled with little success to retain order among the estimated 250,000 that congested
the section.
Traffic in Times Square was held up for hours and the horns of stranded automobiles joined the infernal din already raging. Merrymakers began assembling in downtown districts as early as 8 p. m., despite a penetrating rain. The weather later turned clear and crisp to the delight of the crowds.
Local J’len Assume Indiana Kiwanis Offices Kiwsiis Governor Kiwanis Secretary
\L D. Abrams
VV. D. Muyhall
I triny I iun.i D wears
1.
ONLY TWO CHANGES IN OFFICIALS
GILBERT OGLES NEW AUDITOR AND W. II. EITELJOKGE IS COMMISSIONER ’’TREATS’’ ARE PROVIDED Putnam County Officers Greet Friends At Courlhom - On New Year's Day. January 1, 1937 marked soma changes in the officials of Putnam county and their friends and acquaintances were on hand in ths ■ourihouse during the day to extend congratulations and enjoy the treat of cigars, apples and candy that hai been provided by the incoming ofr iciak:. There were two changes in tlis county official family, the auditor and commissioner of the second district, while in other offices, those who have served for the past two year.- started ?. second term. Gilbert Ogles, a former treasurer of the county, became auditor on Friday, having been elected last November for a four year term. He succeeds Mrs. Abigail Cooper, who was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, William A. Cooper. Mrs. Cooner has carried on the work of the office in a very satisfactory manner since taking up the work of Mr. Cooper and she has made many friends ‘hrough her associations in the ofr ice during her own time and that of her husband. Mr. Oeles announced the appointment of Mrs. Clara Sharp Jones as his deputy, while Miss Catherine Miller who has served very efficiently in the same office for the past three or four auditors, will also continue is deputy for the next several month:*. William H. Eiteljorge became comi missioner for the second district, sucoecding Lee Wood who has served f ive ns commissioner. Mr. Eite’J or & e will take part in his first r-nicial meeDii- when the board of -'ommissioneiconvenes Monday •norring. Mr FJtf'ljorge is » well known former Gi’een''sst:ro business man and now operates a farm in Madison township. In the sheriff’s office John T. Sutherlin. one of the most popular officers of the county, began his second term as sheriff and during the lay he also announced the appointment of a new deputy sheriff, Russell Newgent, who succeeds William Ashworth. William Rogers has been serving as temporary deputy for the hast month. Albert Williams, prosecuting attorney for the past year, also began his second term Friday morning. Mr. Williams has served with credit for ‘he past term, and has made many friends through his efficient handling of the work. Arthur Plummer who has served os county engineer for many terms, ileo began another term Friday morning. He has always proven Kipular and efficient in his work and has probably served os a county official longer than any other person. Charles Rector, county coroner for tlie ps-st t*'rm . No began his second term Friday morning. Mr. Rector proved to be the most popular of all candidates in the recent election. He will serve for two additional years. Ro’land Lane, elected treasurer and Tiurford Fall, elected commissioner fro mthe First District, will not take up their duties until the first of 1938. CHARGED WITH BURGLARY FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 1, (UP) Charges of second degree burglary have been filed against John Finch, 30, and Jackson David, 25, both of Indianapolis, who were arrested here as suspects in the theft of nine fur coats from r. local display window I.ovcn.bc:* 22.
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ini D. Abrams and Ward D. Mayhall, well known Greencastle men, an their duties as Governor and Secretary respectively of the Indrict of Kiwanis International. Both have been active for the local club, Mr. Abrams being a past president and Mr. Mayhall 6lormef secretary. f Kiwfanis Governor Abrams is a prominent Greencastle attorney and I f t mer (prosecutor of Putnam county. Secretary Mayhall is connected wrth /'he Ceiftral National Bank.
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