The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 January 1937 — Page 1
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(JKEENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY C, 1937.
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VS MOTHER lu MINING NINE DAYS
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES
IMATTSON IS ON VERGE kr NERVOUS COLLAPSE kUE TO KIDNAPING
VK, BOY IS liTILL ALIVE
Money Awaits Only Word Abductor Of 10-Year Old Tacoma Child
|CER, la.. Jan. 6 (UP)-A eel, tortured man was held in *y while police awaited the federal officials on his posinection with the Tacoma china ping: of Charles Mattson lan, dark anel bushy-haireel crently answering- the deof the Mattson abductor, incoherently of a “pretty |>y wrapped in a sheet’’ anel of »t the hands of fellow-gang-
Dwight Priest has filed suit for divorce in circuit court from Myrtle Priest, his complaint stating they were married Feb. 24, 1936. and separated Nov. 27th. He alleges she “falsely accused him of being associated with other women;’’ that she was quarrelsome, nagging, and that she told him she did not longer love him, finally leaving him and taking her belongings with her. His attorney is Theodore Crawley. Grace E. Farrow has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Samuel Farrow.
IN AUTO WRECK
LEGISLATORS HOLD CAUCUS THIS EVENING
CONCLUDE .PRELIMINARY WORK AT INDIANAPOLIS TONIGHT
Ambassador Asks Aid For Stricken Spain
INAUGURATION PLANS MADE Mr. Townsend Will Become Governor Monday. Gov. McNutt To Speak Friday.
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IMA, Wash., Jan. 6 (UP)— Uliam W. Mattson was reear collapse today as kidave no indication they were return her 10-year old son, whom they abducted nine
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Ki.a
;ept vigil with her husband tson, beside the five special les in their home awaiting from the bearded man
who left a worn and crumpled note demanding $28,000 for the youth’s
safe return.
Franctir from days of anxiety the awther's nerves were reported near tike breaking point and shr waa believe.I to have taken seda Uvea pteseribed by her husband. A.1 confident that their sor s. despite police belief that aper is a maniac, the dis parents are alarmed ovei physical condition. They nine days in the bittei northwest winter may ught serious illness to th'
:lad boy.
the $28,000 ransom monej les’ winter clothes, waiting
kid
ed uT him when th Irects a rendezvous,
was known that the kidnapei Mtablishcd contact with Dr Mattaon through a channel un known to police, but apparently nc arrangements have been made tc deliver the ransom. The money hai been ready for days, assembler through the aid of friends. OBIlfidence that Charles still live. 1 came from recent developments One was the visit of two men, be lievetffiniissaries of the kidnaper to a Shelton sawmill Sunday nigh', with a message for Dr. Mattson that “all is well.” Another was Dr Mattson's revelation that he ha.‘ made a direct contact with the kidnaper U^rous-h a secret code. Policel and Federal agents havt retired from the case at Dr. Mattson’s request to give the kidnapei free rein in contacting the family The officers were prepared, however, to begin a "scientific” nation
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^ County Board I Lets Contract!*
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6. (UP) - Preliminaries to the 1937 session of
Louis Long, clerk at Mullins drug the state legislature opening tomorstore, was confined to his home row w jn p,, concluded tonight when Wednesday due to injuries sustain- the Democratic majority and Repubed in an auto accident Tuesday lican minority members will organ-
ize their forces in caucus.
Democratic personnel of the committees virtually has been agreed upon, the leadership In the two houses was selected at a French Lick, Ind., party conference Dec. 18-
_ “ 19. and the majority party merely is
WAIFS FOUND AT KOACHDAI.E awaiting the opening legislative gun
tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Two Youngsters Taken Into Custody
COLD AND HUNGRY; TAKEN TO PARKE COUNTY SEAT
CONGRESSMEN HEAR MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT
PLEDGES NEUTRALITY AND REQUESTS NATIONAL DEFENSE ACTION ASKS EMBARGO AUTHORITY Mr. Rimseve t Delivers Annual Message To 75th Congress .Meeting In Joint Session
An uncommon story of the unfortunate effects of the neglect of a uother in the rearing of her children las developed, arising in its local apolication from a telephone call to the
office of Sheriff John T. Sutherlin. G - Mue,ler ’ 8ecretar y of • sUte ' wil1
at Greencastle, from Roachdalc, Tuesday night at 11 o’clock. The call was for an officer to go ‘o Roachdale and get two children who had been held there, hungry, lirty. and without enough clothes to keep them warm. They were tramp- : ng through the country, and stopped in Roachdale for food and vannlh. The call was answered by State Policeman Roy Newgent, and ie brought the waifs to Greencastle. where they were cared for at the : ail. until they were taken to Rockville by Officer Newgent, to appear before the judge of the juvenile •ourt, in an effort to solve a probem that has been bothering the r, arke county peace officers ami the irobation officer of that county, for several years. The children are Omer and Sarah Polk, 11 and 9 years old, respectively, ind they are the son and daughter of Toscoe Polk, who Is the son of the Lev. Matthew L. Polk, who for many 'ears was pastor of the Universalist •hurch at Fincastle, one of the best oved preachers that community has
iver had.
Several years ago, the father of he children, Roscoe Polk, separated 'rom his wife, leaving her at their mme place south of Ferndale, in °arke county. Before long, it was -eported, another man appeared at he place and was said to have taken ’he place of the absent husband and 'ather. This second man. so it is
Rep. Paul B. Sturm, Dana, will preside at the caucus in the house tonight and Sen. F. Curtis White, Indianapolis, will occupy the chair in
the senate proceedings.
Thursday’s session of the legislature will be entirely routine. August
Ambassador Fernando do Los Rios and New York audience Speaking before a mass meeting at New York in Madison Square Garden, above, the Hon. Fernand.) do Los Rios, Spanish ambassador to United States, left, made a dramatic appeal for medical aid fo. hi; war-torn country, a plea which brought forth sufficient donations to finance an ambulance unit.
preside in the house while Edward Stein. Bloomfield, Is elected speaker.
Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend will
preside in the senate until Monday morning when he will be inaugurated
as governor. Henry F. Schricker. lieutenant-governor-elect, then will
become the senate’s presiding officer
and Sen. Norman Gottsehalk, Berne will act as president pro tern. The only business Thursday will be organization of the two houses, in
troduction of the $125,000 appropriation to pay for the expenses of the legislative session (principally salaries of the legislators) and formal canvassing of the vote for governor
and lieutenent-governor.
Gov. Paul V. McNutt on Friday morning will address a joint session of the house and senate in the housi chamber, reporting on his stewardship of the state’s affairs for the past four years and probably expounding his views on what remains to be done to carry out the vast social reform program undertaken dur-
ing his tenure of office.
Also on Friday the legislature j must amend the rules to permit the 1 inauguration of Townsend to take | place in the rotunda of the state | capitol building instead of in thr | house chamber, as is stipulated now j This will be done to avoid any ques- j tion of the legality of Townsend’s
forthcoming term.
This formality completed, the legislature will adjourn until Monday
Prepare Contract For Nurses’ Home
READY FOR SIGNING BY HOSPITAL TRUSTEES AND DR. AND MRS. HUTCHESON
A contract has been prepared which, is signed by the trustees of the Putnam county hospital on the one hand, and by Dr anil Mrs. Walter R Hutcheson, on tha other, will result n the erection and ultimate donation o the hospital corporation, by the ihysieian and his wife, of a nurses’
lome.
The agreement is being entered ino by the hospital trustees on the >urt of the hospital corporation, it lot requiring action by any other iody or by any officer otherwise -cpresenting the county, as far as the ’.cceptance of the Hutchesons’ offer >f the nurses’ home is concerned. The plans for the building have iecn prepared and are eminently ac:eptable to the hospital trustees. It is he plan of Dr. Hutcheson to start lonstruction work as early in the ;pring as the weather will permit r he building will be erected on the ot, now vacant, just south of the lospital grounds, the structure facing he north, which will be toward the lospital, and the main entrance will
RITES THURSDAY FOR MRS. LAURA McANINCH Mrs. Laura Alice McAninch, 75 years old, formerly a resident of Coatesville, died Tuesday evening in her home, 1940 Bclfountaino street, indianapolis. Mrs. McAninch was born near Slilesviile and was married there to Thomas McAninch who died several years ago. She is survived by an mly daughter. Mrs. Virgil Davis, one grandson, Donovan Davis and a granddaughter, Mrs. Donna Solie, all oi' Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held In the Coatesville Christian church of which die was a member, at. 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Burial will bo made in the Stilcsvillo cemetery.
Eitel Reports On Xmas Fund
TOTAL OF 102 FAMILIES GIVEN FOOD AND (T/OTHING FOR CHRISTMAS
The /various ways in which the fund of $265 Christmas fund received by the Greencastle Welfare Association was spent is set out in a letter which the chairman of the
ie on that side, but there will be an 1 association, Jacob Eitel, addressed
SCOUT REPORT SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL HEAD
DR. E. R. BARTLETT RETIRES AFTER COMPILING HIS ANNUAL REPORT SAM HANNA NEW LEADER
Dr.
Bartlett’s Report Revea's That Scouting Is On High Plane In This Community
•aid, succeeded in removing practic- ; when T'^nsend will take office in s
brief statchouso ceremony.
Little else is expected to be accomplished until Tuesday or Wednesday
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PUTNAM COMMISSIONERS IN BJCTENDED SESSION AT I COURT HOUSE The board of commissioners of Putnam-county continued their Jan- j uary eession through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, going over bids submitted and awarding contracts for supplies of various kinds for the
year ot 1937.
The eounty contract for furnishing a maximum of 500 gallons of bridge paint was awarded to the Lee School Supply company of Terre Haute, by the commissioners. Tuesday afternoon. A maximum of ten thousand Unaal feet of metal sewer pipe, of . various diameters, will be sold to the county by the W. Q. O’Neal company | of Crawfordsville. and the contract for the oil, grease and gasoline went to the Phillips “66" company. The latter contract has six items i including 1.200 gallons of motor oil of anffiradcs. 1.000 pounds of gun greaae, 1.000 pounds of transmission Oil, 1,000 pounds of transmission oHm 60.000 gallons of gasoline, and 2R0 gallons of anti-freeze for radiators It is believed that not more than half of some of these items Will be required. Mrs. W M. McGaughey and Miss Margaret Emily McGaughey went to Fqwler Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs McCaughey's aunt.
vlly everything of real value from he property whore Mrs. Polk lived
ind then he disappeared.
Mr. and Mrs. Polk were the par•nts of these two children, Omer and Tarah, but with the advent of the •econd man. these two little ones, so he officers say. could be found more Mten roaming the woods for miles iway from home than at what had iecn their home. They slept in piles if leaves in the forests, ate berries ind nuts, and were said to have entered farm homes in an effort to find food and other things they desired. They became a problem for the orobation officer of Parke county, lecause they could not be kept in school. The peace officers of the county lias complaints of their ac-
tivities, also, but there was nothing Knapp, Hagerstown, former speaker,
'ntrance on each of the other three •ides. The building will be on the Colonial style, and will be a very atractive addieion to the architectural
eatures of its location.
The home will b come the property ■bsolutcly upon the death of both Dr. Hutcheson anil his wife. It will ost for its completion about $20,000 In return for that investment, and 'or the ultimate transfer of the prop-
on one of which days Townsend bar j , rty lo tho hos pi ta i corporation, the
said tic will deliver hir. message to the legislature embodying his recom- j mediations for laws to be enacted |
during tho session.
To date Townsend has indicated in- I tcrest only in a safety program to \ cut the state’s automobile death toll Republicans thus far have failed to ! indicate any legislative policies and j probably will cut little figure in the [ 1937 session unless factional defer- 1 tions occur in Democratic ranks, al . lowing “deals” from which the G. O [
P. members might profit.
Favored for the minority leader-
‘wo donors will receive, according o present plans, an annual return luring the remainder of the lives of roth, amounting to approximately five per cent of the cost of the itructure. The hospital is now paying apiroximately a thousand dollars a year for rooms for the nurses, and the annual payment to the Hutchesons will be of piactically the same imount. Plans for a much needed addition to the hospital are being talked. This would also include an ample heating
they could do that was effective. However, w'hcn the two were taken In custody by the state officer at Roachdale. Tuesday night, he asked the boy: “Do you know what this will mean for you ? ” The boy replied: “Yep, I’ll get ten years out of it.” He meant that he would be sent to the boys’ school at Plainfield, he having reached tho age limit. With that end in view. Officer Newgent took the two to Rockville for appearance in court, but the disposition of the girl, who is only 9 years old, is a matter yet to be determined. DIES IN MANILA Mrs. Lily May Inlow, mother of
of the house arc Rep. James M. i oiant for the hospital and the nurses'
home, also a new laundry and additional room space which is so badly needed at the present time. This action will come through the county council and the county commission-
and Joseph J. Andrew. Lafayette. For caucus chairman Reps. E. Y. Guernsey, Bedford, and Robert A. Hoover, Elkhart, have been mentioned. Sen. William E. .Tenner. Shoals, youngest member of the senate al the last session, has boon discussed as minority leader in the upper house, and Sen. Walker H. Beardsley, Elkhart, may be named caucus Chair-
man.
HUNT MISSING DRUGGIST MADISON, Ind., Jan. 6. (UP) State police today searched southern Indiana fdr William H. Blight, .".e year old Indianapolis pharmacist, convinced that he was either slain or severely beaten after his bloodstained automobile was found aban-
VOTL ON UTILITY’ PURCHASE An election will be held at Lebanon January 19 on the proposal of the Lebanon city administration to purchase the electric utility of that city.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
Mrs. Caroline St. Clair of Clover- doned here yesterday.
dale, died Monday night at Manilla, near Shelbyville. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at Ma-
nilla.
YIOVES TO TERRE HAUTE
Mr. and Mrs. Otto F. Lakin have moved to Terre Haute where they
will make their home
daughter.
A hat found in a pool of blood in a cornfield near Shelbyville also was believed to be Bright’s. The hat had a bullet hole in it. evidently made by
a revolver of small caliber.
Capt. Matt Leach of the state police expressed tho opinion that Bright had been murdered, and that
with their his slayers had taken precautions to
I obliterate clues to their identity.
Mrs. C. N. McWethey was hostess to the Fortnightly club. W. A. Beemer transacted business in Indianapolis. Paul Cook, who is traveling out of ( Cincinnati, spent the day here. Mrs. Park Dunbar left for St. Petersburg, Fla., to spend the remainder of the winter. Robert Athey. Paul Bryan and Noble Farmer were visitors in Brazil. Miss Eilna Styerfey lias returned ( home after a viai|. in Bloomington.
to the faculty and students of DePauw university, they being the principal contributors of the fund although some townspeople also sarticipatcd. Mr. Kitcl states that 102 families were taken care of by the associatho families, ranging in ago from babies of six months up to aged adults. Six of these 102 families received clothing only, and the remainder had both food and clothing given them. The Gobin Memorial, the Christian, and Baptist churches are mentioned as caring for 18 families. In his letter, Mr. Eitel expresses the thanks of the association to the individuals and groups that shared in tho work. Delta Theta Tau is mentioned particularly for contribuyon of time “in purchasing food and filling and marking baskets.” BOUNTY ON FOXES In Clinton county, so the Frank fort Times says, the county commissioners have arranged to pay a bounty of $5 on each grown fox, and $1.50 for each fox under six months >ld, killed in that county. This is to nert the demand of farmers that these animals be reduced in number ‘hey having become p, cause of serious loss among domestic and wild birds, and, also, on young pigs and
lambs.
In Putnam county foxes have boon orotected by the state conservation lepartment. with no open season, and bore complaints are being turned in ‘o the conservation department of 'osses among farmers. It is said that ’.he ban on killing these animals in Putnam may bo lifted. FIGHTING CONTINUES MADRID, Jan. 6 (UP>- Bitter fighting continued at Majaonda, 18 miles northwest of Madrid, today as insurgent forces tried to consolidate their positions only to be shelled out by government artillery as fast as they dug in. Loyalists denied they had lost Las Rozas or that the insurgents had cut the Madrid-EI Escorial line of communications.
Dr. E. U. Bartlett, retiring prosi- ! dent of the Greencastle Council of Boy Scouts of America, has submit ted his annual report to the secretary of the council, which incidentally reflects that Putnam county scouting is on a high plane. Sam Hanna succeeds Dr. Bartlett as tnc n«\v council leailer. Dr. Bartlett’s report follows: Scouting in Putnam county has shown remarkable progress during the past year, duo to tho splendid cooperation and readiness to take responsibility shown by the members of the council. The high points of the year's ac- I tivities are as follows: Expansion. Principally because of the excellent field supervision of Jim Molter, assistant Boy Scout executive, Putnam county shows an increase of 32 scouts and 37 cubs during the year. The council has enlarged its membership, J. A. Bamberger accepting responsibility for supervising Cubbing and J. A. Bittlcs working with Troop 43. W. E. Edington and Frank Jarrell, the latter county superintendent of school, also are new members. A charter in Alpha Phi Omega was granted tho DePauw Scouters club and this organization gives valuable aid to local scouts in programs and in passing merit badge tests. Activities. Scout week was observed Feb. 10-15 with window dis plays by local troops and by carrying various posts in the city government for an hour. Camp Kritenstein was promoted and a large enrollment sccire l from this county. On July 23 the Greencastle Rotary club held a session at the camp, inspected its activities ami made plans to support scouting in Greencastle. Bob Etter, scoutmaster of Troop 43, was sent to the annual meeting of Region Seven at Milwaukee. A county-wide scout rally, Nov 18, brought about a hundred scouts and scouters together for games supper and court of honor. Sea scouting has been organize I among the older scouts. Professor O. H. Smith held three courts of honor during the year. The financial campaign hold May 21. 1935, provided sufficient funds to carry the organization until the close of the current year. A similar campaign is planned for February. 1937. We express special appreciation for support and guidance given the entire program by “Skipper” Wilson. TO START ARRESTS State Police Officer Rawley. from the Rockville baracks, announced Wednesday that, midnight Jan. 7. will be the positive deadline for the use of old automobile license plates. Arrests will be made of all drivers operating with old plates beginning wi*h the eighth of January, he said.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. (UP) — President Roosevelt delivered his annual message lo congress today. He reiterated a pledge of neutrality and mtional defense ami asked immeliate authority to embargo export of war eouipment to Spain. The president also wants power to •aneel export ' uses already issued but not cx ■ . i by American shipners He has scheduled two more vital messages within p. week. Mr. Roosevelt addressed e. joint session of congress at 2 p. m. Hew <ioal leaders in both houses are rendy to introduce a resolution for further embargo power anil only the hazard of senate disagreement over its form is likely to delay action. Mr. Roosevelt, his state depart* ment, and congress are determined that the resources of the United States shall not contribute to Spanish civil war. Adoption of further embargo authority by Saturday is forecast. Preliminary to the president's personal appearance in the ho iso chamber. the joint session canvassed the electoral vote, official return of the Nov. 3 polling. The score was announced as 523 electoral votes to 8 in favor of Mr. Roosevelt or 46 states to 2. Tho statc-by-state report was an occasion for an explosion of Democratic enthusiasm and good natured raillery at the expense of the 88 Republican representatives ami 16 senitors who comp, s, th • congressional remnant of the G. O. P. legions. Traiition and statute demanded that the losers sit by while the victors call the victory roll. Mr. Roosevelt's )fftmia! message today dealt largely with foreign affairs, the threat of general European war and the urgent need to insulate tho United States against su •h conflagration. On Jan, 8 his budget message will be read, fortclllng anotner deficit in the next fiscal year, Kit perhaps offering hope of a balanced budget in the period beginning luly 1, 1930. First move toward government reorganization will be made next week, Jan. 12, when the president submits *o congress a. program for reorganzation and consolidation of government department.', bureaus and agencies. Budget proposals and the re-or-tanization plan are slated to jar congress to jangling dispute over methods. srope and economies. But tho annual message touched but briefly on domestic affairs and repeated and re-emphasized the warnings Mr. Rosevelt uttered in previous years against swelling threats to world peace. “Tho rest of the world ah, there’s the rub," he told congress and tho lation in hi.o message a year ago. “The temner and the purposes of t he ruler;: of v of the great populations in l. iiotie ind Asia.” he said, “have not pointed the way either to peace or to goo I will among men a situation which has in it many of tho elements that lead to the tragedy of wa •.” The presi lent then rebuke,I the land-hungry, trade-hungry and other disturbers of international calm. “Peace is jeopardized by the few not by tho many.” he said. “Peace is threatened by those who seek selfis 1 ' power.” For the United States, Mr. Roosevelt pledged: I I :itif iiin-'il on I'flKC* Twin
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