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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, .JANUARY 7, 1937.
NO. 71
WILL YEARS ,D SUNDAY
I DIO BROADCAST FTO CEUEBRATE EVENT }RAM ARKj^NOKD
LOANS IN PUTNAM
Set for 1 liuic, Other. Are Planned
P. ea-
Iversity will he one fold Sunday. Us orig:-
Imliann Asbury uniited by the Indiana on January 10,
r this centennial anni-
v has arranged a broadcast from old
Plistoric chapel on the
Dadcast will be handnetwork of the Na-
Jjonal^ErMulcasting Company and ,ab been «et at 9:30 to 10 p. m. CST. ’•.atlon WMAQ in Chicago will be
m.o central station
' Simultaneous alumni meetings ''om Boston tofecattle have been arUnged to ttof||in on this broadcast, lie program ’win include Short nd•esses by Dr. Clyde K Wlldman. 3W president of DePauw: John Robe ' this clty.-^SePniiw’s oldest ih'ing tumnus who Is within a few years i* being as old as the university it- ( !lf; Roy O. West, a member of the oolidge cabinet who is cliainnan of
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 7. A total of $60.20'! in insured mortgage loans was made in Putnam county during 1936 according to announcement today hy R. Earl Peters, Indiana director of the federal housing administration. Of this amount $04,200 was for the financing of existing construction and $2 000 was for construction of new home.'. The total commitments for insured mortgage loans through the federal housing administration for the state during 103C amounted to $12,907,272. Rasing his estimate on the experience of the past two yenrs, Mr. Peters asserted that he expected a minimum of $25,000,000 in insured mortgage loans to pass through the Indianapolis insuring office during
1937.
PATRONAGE IS THE FIRST BUSINESS ITEM
INDIANA LEGISLATURE GETS UNDER WAV WITH APPOINTMENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR Cl DAYS Nothing Important Will Be Transuded Until A'ter Townsend’s Inauguration INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 7 UP> — Indiana's 80th General Assembly, unrestrained by an administration "must" program, convened today for a 61-day session.
Church Plans Special Service
The opening schedule was perfunctory roll call, swearing in of j members, formal election of House | and Senate officers already agreed i upon by the overwhelming Demo- j cratlc majority, distribution of pa- j
METHODISTS WILL OBSERVE tronapo ' iln<1 a j oint scfls i or > t° eanDEPAUW’S HUNDREDTH vass thc Nov 3 votc for governor BIRTHDAY SUNDAY ! and lieutenant-governor.
Cobin Memorial Methodist Episcopal church in recognition of the centennial of DePauw university has planned p. most unusual service for Sunday morning. Jan. 10. at 10:40 o’clock Thc centennial date proper falls on Sunday. The state legislature on Jan. 10. 1837 granted its original charter as Indiana Asbury university. DePauw graduates will participate in the program Sunday
Few bills are expected before t Governor-elect M. Clifford Townsend and Lieut. Gov.-elect Henry w Schricker arc Inaugurated next
1 week.
Preliminaries of the session were ! concluded last night in brief cau cuscs by both Democratic and lie publican members. Thc Democrats confirmed theii action at a French Lick meeting or.
ePauw’B board of trustees; Kenneth Bishop Raymond J. Wade, of Stock- Dec. 18, at which they chose Ed
ward H. Stein, Bloomfield, for speaker of the House, and Thurman A, Gottschalk, Berne, for president
pro-tem of thc Senate.
Hogate, tbe editor of the Wall treet^foutnH who is a. graduate of ePauw; and II. Philip Maxwell, resident of thc DePauw Alumni as-
rclatlon.
In addlHoK the broadcast will fea-
holm, Sweden, who graduated with the class of 1898 has Veen secured to deliver thc DePauw centennial sermon. He has announced as his theme "The Limitless Life.” Dr. Clyde E
Wildman. of the class of
P.epublican senators cuose William
’13, and j ^ jenner. Shoals, as their minoritj
iro organ music from the Bowman president of the university, will of-| fj oor ,i Pa( j cr an ,i perry Johnston
in the chapel, singrsity choir, tolling of 11 as it strikes one commemorating Deitury and several col-
and. songs by the student
fer the morning prayer. J. Leslie Atlanta, for caucus chairman Re Ross of the class of ’37 will read the p Ubllcan representatives chos, scripture lesson and Dr. A. T. Briggs j ames M . Knapp, Hagerstown, at of the class of '90 will offer the clos- j m j norily floor lpa( i er: E . y Guer . ing praper and benediction. Music 3P y Bedford, as caucus chairman in keeping with the event will bo pro- , n(i Bert Mayhil i, Dp i phit a9 caucu
X RATES
T1»e dog tax rates for Putnam aunty for 1937 have been fixed the vme as they were for 1936. This uts an assessment of $2 on a male og, $3 on each female, and $ r > on ach additional dog of either sex. *
SHLESVILLE GIRL DIES I Miss Geneva Wallace, age 20 years, aughter of Mr .and Mrs. Clarence (Vallaee of Stllcsville, died at her omo Wednesday morning at 5 '’clock, after an illness of several /eeka of tuberculosis ' Shells survived by tlm parents and no sister. Funeral services will be held Frilay afternoon at 2 o’clock at Urn ilhrlstian church in Stilesvillo, with lurial In the Stllesville cemetery. | INHERITANt I) TAX INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 7 M’P' greater examlnaitlons on inheritanc'' axes was urged by tbe State Tav toard yesterday in recommendation-' o the 80th Indiana general as.-emb y-l The State Board proposed for the iew schedule: Widows, increased from $15,000 to 25000. • HUebands, from $3,000 to *3,000. Children under 18 years old, from 15,000. to $10,000 Children over 18 years old, from 12.000 to $5,000. Stepchildren, same an rntei for tctual children. Reciprocal agreei.ionta on inherit emoe tax collection-! between statei ilso was recommended.
vided by Dr. Van Denman Thompson
and the university church choir. Other services for the day include
••hurch school at 9:30 a" m Classes for university students and the men’s Bible class meet in Meharry hall. All other classes will meet in
the Gohin Memorial church. Tlie Junior league under the lead-
ership of Mrs. Esther Snider Jones will met in communy.y hall at 4 p. m. The intermediate league under
iecretary.
Democrats for botli houses like wise announced first distribution n oatronage for the sossioit Senate appointments include Norman Gordon, New Albany, see ’•etary: Bernard O'Neill, Soutl 'Send, assistant secretary: Johr Hoff, Auburn, head doorkeeper Arthur J. Hayworth, Peru, post master; Hal G. White, Greenshurg ro’.l clerk; Arthur Smith, Fort
the direction of Prof. Darwin Hagan j Wayne, endorsing clerk: Pam will meet in the scout room at 6 p. Boyle, Sullivan, registry clerk; Mrs m. The high schol league will meet Marie Laman, Fort Wayne, minutf in community hall at 6 p ,m. Paul ! clerk; Miss Victoria Ceasar, Gary Boston, superintendent of the Green- j journal clerk. Harry Templeton, P
CAB TOOK DIT< If LAST NIGHT A car belonging t" G. O Roll of he Mid Continents! Oil Corporation >fflcc at Terre Haute was damag"d Wednesday evening about 9:30 3'clock when It plunged into the ditch ' short distance cast of Cedar Cre-it try the National road. The Franklin street g.iiayc wreck cr was called and it required more than two hours’ labor to lift the •utomoblle back onto the road. Thc soft ground, soaked by recent heavy rainfall, undoubtedly saved the ca’and its driver from serious inju-v. os the car finally lodged on its side at the botom of a deep ravine near the highway. Showing signs of having plowed some distance through the mud. the car was only slightly damaged, a door glass and the windshield having been broken, one front fender dented, and other damages of little consequence.
castle schools has been secured as
speaker.
The college forum will meet In Keystone chapel at 6-30 p. in. Robert Monroe Soule of Norwalk. Conn a .student in thc university, will be the pricipal speaker. Robert Wright will he in charge of the fellowship hour and Lucile Moore will be in charge of the worship program. The public is invited to all the services of thc day. CIRCUIT COURT NOTES In thc suit, of thc Elston Bank and Trust company against Susan K Barcus and others, foreclosure, the plaintiff han filed a new supplemental complaint, duo to the death of Mrs. ! Barcus. In the new supplemental complaint, the name of Mrs. Barcus as defendant, dors not apper, but substituted for it. is Gertrude Boscus Smith, who is administratrix under thc will of the eatnte of the late Mrs
Barcus.
Co-On- Salesmen Have Banquet EIGHTY FERTH I'/XR MEN DISCUS? BUSINESS OUTLOOK. PRIZE WAS AWARDED
Wednesday evening, at the Gohin Methodist church, there was a ban-
quet meeting of the fifth and seventh ia.s under consideration requests fo
$38,000,030 for the next two year.
become secretary to Henry F Schricker when he is inaugurate! is lieutenant governor, was namei emporary reading clerk. House appointments included Ear Crawford, Milton, parliamentarian F Ivvard Boggs, Indianapolis, chie) dork; John Noonan, Indianapolis issistant clcik; Hallic Myers. Col ambus, manager of Pleas Green re’s unsuccessful gubernatoria •ampaign. chief doorkeeper: Jam 0 '•tockwell, Evansville, assistant dookeeper; Nicholas t Augustine, Soutl Bend, postmaster; Lawrence C. Me Gannon, Evansville, assistant post master; Ben Finegold, Indianapolis endorsing clerk; Dclph McKesson ra lvmouth. engrossing clerk; Dante O'Neil, Sheridan, reading clerk; Ed dh Evans, Indianapolis, journa clerk: Ruth Baker, South Bend, en •oiling clerk; Mrs. Lena Lantls Bluffton, payroll clerk. The first hill scheduled to he pre -ent n d to the new assembly Is on>f appropriating $125 000 to (Ffra '-{'••e-ises of the session. The trend of major legislation t< be offered may be shown in two ad Iresscs to be delivered td joint ses u-n of both he uses within th
next week.
Gov. Paul V. McNutt Is expectc' ’o urge an extensive building an' icisoancl improvement program a* date institutions and direct at cation to social security need vhe.i he reviews his administratior n a speech tomorrow. Th? budget committee alread;
district Farmers’ Cooperative fertilize- salesmen, with an attendance of eight" The salesmen present had a rocinl hour, and then discussed badness conditions and plans. It was announced that Montgomcry countv topned all the counties of three states Ohio, Michigan and Indiana as to tonnage of fertilizer
soi-' in 1936.
A Tennessee fertilizer company, in recognition of the outstanding sal°sman in each county, hail offered an overnight traveling bag, and for Put-
much of which is asked to f'.nenc the building and improvement pr. 0
gram.
A highway safety program is f* be one of th? major requests of M Clifford Townsend when he ad dresses a joint session Tuesday ot Wednesday. Few other suggestions may b made by th? now governor but hf has steadfastly insisted since hi' election Nov. 3 that he favored f moratorium on drastic legislatior
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED Earl Fink Camp of the Spanish War Veterans on Wednesday evening installed the camp's officers for the new year, G. E. Black being thc installing officer. Tlidy are as follows: Commander George Harris. Senior Vice Com. % Harry Monco. Junior Vice Com. R. Voldureur. Adjutant Alvah A. Brothers. Quartermaster—C. D. Conklin. Trustees—A. J. Duff, John Bard and Ed. Brockway. Historian -Oscar Irwin. Surgeon Walter McCaughey. Chaplain—G. E. Black. Officer of tho Day Jas. B. H. Christ cnberry. Officer fo tho Guard Geo. Sorrell. Color Sergeant .Icsso Bremer.
Objcelioiis Arc Made In Oav Co.
STRAIGHTENING OF THE NATIONAL ROAD WEST OF BRAZIL NOT FAVORED A part of tho plan for the improvenent of tho National road between r erre Haute and Indianapolis, includng straightening and widening in Putnam county, also involves radical changes beginning at the water vorks property just west of Brazil ■ml continuing west through the secion which is now dangerously rvirow and of “bump” grades, along vhich traffic is slowed and in dan;ei\ The plans for the rebuilding of the -•oad call for a complete abandon nent of the present line of the road vest of the water works crossing and iroperty owners are making a strenious effort before thc state highway ?ommission to prevent such changes being made. Thc Brazil Times says; Surveys made by the highway enpneers propose that the new pavenent of U. S. 40 will leave the Naional road about 500 feet west of he water works crossing and bear o the northwest for a short distance nd then follow a westerly line to Uloverland, coming back to the presnt right-of-way just west of Miami. Tho new road would pass just orth of Cottage Hill cemetery, us•ig part of the unoccupied section of he cemetery, Ic is understood that he highway commission has prouosed thc change because the National road is cannot be sufficiently videned to accommodate the new divided lane highway where it passes Cottage Hill cemetery without the removal of many of the graves in the iouth part of the cemetery. DISCUSS DEPOSITORIES The township trustees of Putnam •ounty are making arrangements to •omply with the now public deposlory law. The now depository law provides or the selection of the depositories >f public funds on tho third Monday n Febi-uary. The township advisory wards will meet on the third Monlay of this month to organize as a ownship hoard of finance which will neet on February 15, to select a delository for two years. Notices o r iroposals t* receive public funds will be mailed to the banks of Putnam ounty within twenty days before the third Monday in February. CONDEMNATION PERMITTED Tlie petition of the Indiana state highway commission, acting through he state attorney general’s office, or approval of i*s proposed conIcmnation of land belonging to Corlelia Josie Hurst and others, was iistaincd In circuit court Wednes'ay afternoon. Appraisers v/erc mined and they will qualify January 2 at the office of the county clerk, uid will report their findings not iter than the morning of January 6. The appraisers named are Herichol Foster, John A. Hanks, and Clarence Vestal. The property is on '.he National road, near Mt. Meridian.
Lady Mayor Wins Ouster Figlit i UGH COURT ASKED TO BE MORE LIBERAL PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS TO CONGRESS WEDNESDAY DISCUSSED ISSUES COURT HAS BEEN CAUTIOUS May Be Due To Faet That One Justlee Ih PI. Embargo Bill Also Slowed Up.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (UP) — President Roosevelt’s challenge to •he United States supreme court to follow el»ction returns placed on congress today responsibility for dealmg with national social ami economic irohlcmu without constitutional amendment. The president said there vas no vitnl need to change the con-
■'titution.
N'-w dor’ ,.u-iiators, meanwhile, nought to expedite action on tho Spanish arms embargo. At home 'ahor trouble became more acute hourly and seemed headed, ultimately, toward presidential Intervention. The west roast shipping strike war deadioeked and tho controversy h?tween General Motors Corp and ths United Automobile Workers was
•.preading.
The arms embargo, snapped •hrough congress yesterdav n? Mr. Roosevelt’s request, faced tennorary delay in becoming effective h°cau3e of a parliamentary technicality. Mr. Roosevelt completed his annual budget message. He will meet vith newspaper reporters today to explain it preliminary to submission ?o congress tomorrow. It is expected to call for upwards of $502,000,300 to tide the government over this
„ . fiscal year anil forecast another deThorc were new signs of cheerfulness January has an interesting article f iP it hi the next fiscal period,
and relaxation of tension at the homo ion the divided-lane highways which of Dr. William Mattson today, hut he | the Indiana State Highway Coru-
Despite thc efforts of Gov. David Sholtz of Florida to oust her from office, Irene Armstrong, grandmother-mayor of Daytona, Beach, staged a successful fight to retain her office bolstered bv the citv’s police force and deputies who kept an armed cordon around city holt. Mrs. Armstrong, shown above with her hushan 1 as they discussed tiro situation in thc mayoralty office, won her fight by p: eventing the appointee of Governor Sholtz from taking over the cityreim. Mayoress Armstrong's fight ended in victory with the expiration of
Governor Sholtz's term.
Dr. Mattson Is More Optimistic
INCREASED ACTIVITY IS LIEYED CLUE TO KID-
NAPED YOUTH
BE-
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 7. (UP)
Putnam Highway Receives Notice
DIVIDED LANE HIGHWAY ON NATIONAL TO GET FAVOR-
ABLE PUBLICITY
Tire issue of Outdoor Indiana for
Outdoor Indiana says:
denied he had heard from the beard- : mission is building in different od man who kidnaped hia 10 year i parts of the state including two old son. Charles, 11 days ago. | locations in Putnam oounty.
Thc physician, who had appealed i to local police and federal G-men to j
let nothing block his chances of ne- j On such divided or dual highways gotiating with the kidnaper, returned j there is little possibility of headon from a. mysherbSutr four-hour trip collisions, no hlimH^g headlights to announced: cause life-taking accidents and “I have had no word from tire kid- j little chance for the side-awiping naper. My boy is not home." collision that is so common on presRumors were widespread that Dr. ent-day highways. Mattson had paid $28,000 to the man Such construction is regarded as who signed himself “Tim” in a note the most important advancement
nam county Howard Gough was the which markej the foil- years of th<
successful contestant.
McNutt administration.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE Mrs. Roy Abrams entertained thc Bridge club at her home on west
Poplar street.
Dr. O. F, Oversticet was a visitor 'n Indianapolis. The Davis-Timmons barber shop under the First National bank has been redecorated and new cork linoleum has been placed on tho floor. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donner saw ‘Katinka” at the Murat theater in
Indianapolis.
Mrs. Roy Hillis was hostess to the
Monday club.
left in the Mattson's Puget Sound homo when Charles, scantily clad, was seized and taken away. “I can’t comment on that,” the doctor said. “A report that the ransom money was taken into the woods was misinterpreted.” Mrs. Mattfon, remaining home to be near five telephones installed should tho kidnaper attempt to contaet the family by that method, ap neared more cheerful than at any time since her son disappeared But she, too. was reluctant to discuss the oas'\ Asked if Charles had returned home, she said, “I can’t, say anything about, that.” It was learned that the Mattsons had prepared a bundle of winter clothes to be sent to Charles should the kidnaper establish contact and indicate that bis negotiations would require some time. Mrs. Mattson has been worried because lie had just recovered from a cold and had just had n warm bath when the kidnaper broke into the home and seized him. G-men and police carried on their investigations quietly, consenting to Dr. Mattson’s request that they remain away from the vicinity of his home and withdraw their guards. The doctor also asked newspaper men to stop watching his home. Dr Mat Iron explained that he and Mm. Mattson had had little rest since Charles was kidnaped. Most of their time, he said, had been spent in anwring hundreds of telephone calls from persons interested in the case .MARION TOWNSHIP SUED Tlie Methodist hospital, a corporation, of Indianapolis, has filed a suit in circuit court against W. L. Barker, as trustee of Marion township, Putnam county, to collect an account which was entered into In January. tl',34, hy If. V. Ruark, who was than trustee of that township, and which the plaintiff says he refuse I to pay, although he contracted to do so before the account was made. The charge now amounts to $16.33 and was for sorviccs and medicines rendered Isaac Cash. INDIANAPOLIS HOG .MARKET Hog receipts 6,000; holdovers 508: weights abova 160 lbs., 10 cents higher: underweights steady; ton $10.80.
The resolution embargoing export of munitions to Spain awaits signature hy Vice President Game; before going to the White House. Under senate rules such resolutions must wait one day °fore being signed. The senate neglected in yesterday's hurry to authorize Garner to ignore that rule and sign today when the
senate is not in session.'
Attaches said it miodit bo possible to complete action on the hill anyway ?nd send it to the White Mouse today. Much of the need for haste had ended when a Spanish freighter sailed yesterday from New York I partly loaded with munitions for the Spaish loyalists. No othe cargo is scheduled to depart todav although additional arms export licenses are outstanding and will remain valid until the embargo resolution becomes
effective.
If Mi' Roosevelt makes the expected forecast of another treasury deficit tomorrow, it will b° the eighth consecutive instance in which the nation has been unable to n? > its wav. The president’s annual message delivered in person yesterday before a ioint session of congress intimated that, the depression had ended and recovery was hero. Undo'' those cir-
separated by a 44-foot parkway '’hnistances an end to deficits is in-
ducted during the second Roosevelt administration which will begin Jan. 20 when the president is Inaugurated In an outdoor ceremony on the steps
in highway design since the roads of the Caesars were built to knit the far-f!ung Roman empire. Necessarily construction of di-vided-lane highways costs more than tlie old-type highways. There are two strips of pavement to build, a wider right-of-way is required and double bridges and grade separations must be constructed when such structures are required. The additional cost is. however, small m comparison to the greater safety that (results, the additional traffic that is served and the economic loss of life and property that is pre-
vented.
The two 22-foot traffic lanes will
he
which wi’l be plan’el wth trees and shrubs as a part of the hignway commission’s roadside Im-
provement program.
A contract has been awarded for copitol.
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the const ruction of seven miles of divided-lane highway on the Nat.lonal Road between Putnamville and Mt. Meridian to carry the heavy traffic on this cross-country
route.
Plans Rr° being considered hy the Highway Commission for the construction of the first lane of a divided-lane highway, extending the "resent project on Road 4n cast 'rom M* Meridian to Stilesville A typical se o tlon of lh° d'vid°d 'ann construction shows a gra is pin* betwe°n the two lines of o- ve—rn’ •wentv feet wide, esrh pn ,, “"''cn* be "g of that width, also mnk'ng n His tance of sixty feet f>nu th" out 0 ” '•dee of the other pavement This is the o'an o' ro->~* u~t’o-> that v/ill he followed in th° wo'k c. orm ( 0 nt.s.it in Pu*nam county. TREADWAY’S COMMITTEES \V. E. Treadway, attorney of Spencer, joint representative from Putnam and Owen counties, a* th° ooonIng session of the legislature was named chairman of tho committee of county and township business, and a member of the committee on education. and of thc committee on Judiciary A. Mr. Treadway also is a member of the special committee appointed in 1936 bv Governor McNutt to investigate the tax sthistton the committee- having reported its findings to Governor-elect Townsend.
Congress now turns to enactment of the second new deal legislative program. It’s scope was indicated in Vcsterday’a ssnge when Mr. Roosevelt c l federal and state collaboration in reviving tho labor npH industrial regulations imposed by NUA, amt indicated a general policy of improving the lot of the un-
de:- privilege 1 clanses.
Mr. Roosevelt’s message calling for p more liberal interpretation of • tin constitution will focus the nation’s ntteotion m the U S. supreme ~"'-rt which In the last two years hlnstcd ma -v of the first n?w deal
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