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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1937.
NO. 72
ENCE OF ESCAPE SUSPENDED
TO SPEAK SUNDAY MORNING
SHOWN BY PUTNAM COURT JUDGE ON 'DAY MORNING WEEPS WITH JOY
ShelbyviUe Intercede oung Man. Petition Was Presented.
tears fall often in the Ircuit court room, but weeping is uncommon, were such tears In evi* e Friday morning when suspended the sentence rbin McBeath, of Shelbyescaplng from the state and sent him back wife. It was unique in ion of such suits that red on the Putnam crimt, ever since the state was established at Putrence between the usual cases and this one was, that McBeath’s liberation by a petition which was large number of Shelbys, including the chief of Shelby county sheriff, /ho was prosecuting at1930, and another prose-
G-MEN ACTIVE IN MATTSON CHILD’S CASE
FOUR CARS OF FEDERAL AGENTS LEAVE HOTEL EARLY FRIDAY
FATHER HAS
NO
PROOF
Bishop R. J. Wade Bishop Wade, well known in this city and among DePauw psople, will speak in the Gobin Memorial church Sunday morning, delivering the DePauw Centennial sermon. His theme will be "The Limittless Life.”
City Boys Get Farm Sentences
Dr. Mattson Says He Dowi Not Know That Son Is Still
Alive
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 8, (UP) —- A posse of G-men hurriedly left their hotel headquarters at 4:30 a. m. today and sped away to an unknown destination in four automobiles. It was believed this sudden move, their first concerted action since federal and state forces "withdrew” from the case, may have a bearing on a possible new “break” in the Charles
Mattson kidnaping.
Quickly ending several days of comparative inactivity in the daring abduction, the G-men assembled outside the hotel in near-zero weather, apparently after receiving news
KILLED ON ROAD 43 Mrs. Emma C. Brothers, 73, of Peru, was killed Thursday even ng on state road 43 a short distance noith of the Putnam county line, when she stepped in front of a truck driven bv a Crawfordsvillr? man. Mrs. Brothers and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Starn, 34, were hitch-hiking to Putnamville. The two women flagged a south south bound ti-uck driver to ask for a ride to Greencastle, when the mother stepped around the rear of that truck directly in front of the Crawfordsville man’s tiuck, which was northbound. The Montgomery county cor- ! oner reported Mrs. Brothers’ neck | was broken, and her loft leg broken ; in two places. Both women have been on relief.
MESSAGE ON U. S. BUDGET TO CONGRESS
Cold And Snow Covering Area
PACIFIC COAST, SOUTHWEST, FRINGE OF GREAT LAKES HIT —FEAR FLU EPIDEMIC
CONVICTED ON CHARGES STRIPPING OLD COLE PROPERTY
Pleading guilty to theft charges two local youths were fined $5 and
county treasurer, and the cos t s am i taken to the Indiana state
farm to begin the serving of 30 day sentences at that institution this morning after having been found guilty of petit larceny charges when arraigned before Mayor Charles Zeis in the city court Thursday afternoon. William Ash, 19, and Morris Baldwin, 18. the defendants had been active for some time in stripping the old Cole property at 511 east Wash'ntgon street, according to City Mar-
shal Lawrence Graham.
The property has been vacant for the past several years, since the Theta Kappa Nu fraternity, which had formerly used it for a chapter
house, had relinquished its charter cense, at DePauw. The boys, according to peace
f the Shelby National i the petition it was stated ' igners had made an inof the acts and conduct since the time he made and they "find that dursaid time he has been a citizen and a perfect He is not a loafer. We ced that it would be to terests of society and for man himself to suspend
e against him.”
cBeath was arraigned bexiurt Friday, he pleaded
Judge C. C. Gillen sento the state reformae usqal term, but sus-
e sentence. The court
him upon the charac-
friends. In court with
Frank Kirschbaum, Otis
ter Bellman, Vemie Ad-
Russell Clapp, police
ail of ShelbyviUe. It was ie men crowded around id grasped his hand that
man wept from joy.
Banner representative, at “ion of the case, McBeath ould not have ileft the
er prisoners had not con-
urged him to escape, and addition, he never had eat. "But,” he added, "J
feed them better now.”
ped in the conversation, ath had been sentenced Hie in 1930 for illegal of liquor, but that the two were the actual malcfactremained free, McBeath the rap” because the other K families and he did not. these men, he said, later _ near ShelbyviUe while
£long a road to get gasoline AnUOUHCC DiUCS
There was a corresponding increase of activity at the Tacoma police station. Officers refused to comment. It could not bo determined in what direction the G-men wore headed— whether they were destined for some place within the city, or out of
town.
The federal agents have taken virtually no part in the investigation since Dr. William Mattson, father of the 10 year old boy, asked them to refrain in order to permit safe return of the youth. Last night the father said he had no proof that his son is alive.
influenza in-
the nation’s winter worries
Six men from Russell and Frank
tin townships pleaded guilty to tlu charge of coon hunting without li-
in the court of Justice of the Robert Newgent Thursday
the marshal’s testimony, had thor- afternoon and each was fined $10 oughly stripped the premises of all costs, amounting to $23.85 eacn radiation equipment and were just The men were Ernest Dickerson completing the salvaging job when of Roachdale; Ralph Ramsay. OMhe made the arrest. J ver Spencer, Joe Ramsey, Ralnt Marshal Graham said that he had Spencer and Jesse Shelley, of Rus known of the boys’ activities for soil ville. John Blaydes, of Roachsome time, but that they were so sly i dale, was apprehended also, but hif
in their work, always keeping a lookout to warn the others in case of the approach of officers, that it was extremely difficult to catch them in the act of stealing the property. However, after lying in wait for the culprits Wednesday afternoon, he said that he caught them trespassing on the Cole property, arresting Baldwin then and taking Ash into custody in the south part of the city about 9 o'clock that evening after he had run
from the scene.
Both boys were placed in the Put-
CHICAGO. Jan. 8 Sub-zero cold, ot ' traffic-snarling snow and a wide-
some development in the case and | a P rea,, outbreak of
left quickly in the cars. creased
today.
The heaviest snow storm in twenty years burdened Arizona. Motorists turned back because of impassable highways crowded Gallup, N. M., hotels. Transcontinental planes were grounded at Tucson A thick fog kept airliners in their hangers at Chicago. The cold belt widened stretching from the Pacific coast to the Great Lakes and extending south to the Texas Panhandle. Predictions of rising temperatures were received with mingled feelings. Some medical authorities feared moderation would hamper efforts to stem the spread of influenza. The public health service reported at Washington the dread disease was on the increase all over the nation. Meacham, Ore., with a temperature of 49 below zero, was the cold capital of the day. Other low readings included: Williston, N. D„ —32: Havre, Mont., —30: Miles City, Mont., - 28; Crookslon. Minn., 22; Sheridan. Wyo., —20: Yellowstone Park, Valentine. Neb., Moorhead, Minn., and Huron, S. D., - 16: North Platte, Neb.. —14; Minneapolis, Boise, Ida., and Denver, —12; Sioux Falls, S. D.. Goodland, Kan., and Reno, Nev., —10; Duluth, Minn., —8.
SIX HUNTERS FINED
case was continued as were thf cases of two other men. The arrests were made Wednesday night by Herman C. Riley, game warden Jesse Shelley, in the above list, had a copy of his soldier's discharge ir court Thursday afternoon, but hr did not have it with him when arrested Wednesday night and he pleaded guilty. The discharge in Itself if not effective as a license but a ii cense can be issued to the holder
of such a discharge.
Warden Riley said that of twelvr
Respiratory diseases attained seri-
ous proportions. New Yort^ report ed cor p S permanent.
PRESIDENT SAYS HE EXPECTS TO BALANCE BUDGET IN
1939
TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT All Estimates In President's Budget Dependent Upon Continued Eeonomle Improvement WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (UP) — President Roosevelt informed congress in his budget message today that he expected to balance the budget and begin reducing the national debt in the fiscal year 1939. He presented to congress a 1938 fiscal year budget which he said balanced conditionally except for statutory debt retirement meaning that if his conditions are met the gross deficit for the fiscal year be- . ginning July 1 would not be more than $401,515,000 compared with $2,652,653,774 in the current fiscal year and $4,763,841,642 in the 1936 fiscal year which ended last June 30. The president foresaw little if any borrowing to finance government expenses in the next fiscal year. His program would virtually freeze the public debt at $35,026,000,000 on June 30, 1937 and begin to reduce it one year later. But Mr. Roosevelt warned the nation that conditional budget balance in the next fiscal year and complete balance in the following year depended on industry’s cooperation in hiring more persons from relief rolls. All estimates were dependent upon continued economic improvement. If his estimates prove to be correct the new deal increase in the national debt from July 1, 1933 would aggregate $12,487,327,440 — the net excess of expenditures over revenue for that period. The president estimates federal revenue In the next fiscal year would increase by $1,475,446,378 because of better business and higher taxes. The president withheld from congress estimates of recovery and relief needs in the 1938 fiscal year. He reported there would be a treasury surplus of $1,135,607,943. But that probably will be consumed in recovery and relief appropriations to be requested later. Mr. Roosevelt did not propose new taxes but he opposed tax reduction of any kind. He recommended: 1. Making the civilian conservation
FIRST PENSIONER TO GET 12o CLEVELAND, Jan. 8 Ernest * rkorman hns a penison coming from Uncle Sam. It will amount to 17 cents. The social security act became effective Jan. 1. Ackerman, Cleveland street car motorman, was 65 Jan. 2. He asked the social security board to close out his account. He expressed belief he was the first person in the country to apply for the federal old age benefits. The 17 cents, however, will not be net profit. Uncle Sam deducted 1 per cent of Ackerman’s New Year’s day pay. The contribution amounted to a little less than 5 cents. Under the pension plan he is entitled to 3.5 per cent of his day’s wages. Ackerman said he'd probably “blow” the 12 cents net "on my friends.”
GOV. McNUTT REVIEWS HIS 4-YEAR TERM
LEGISLATORS HEAR MESSAGE BY RETIRING INDIANA CHIEF EXECUTIVE
M A K E 8 RECOMMENDATIONS
Fellowship To Hear John Kobe
OLDEST LIVING DEPAUW GRAD TO SPEAK SUNDAY EVENING John W. Robe, oldest living DePauw alumnus, will be the guest at the student fellowship tea in the Presbyterian church Sunday at 5:30 p. m. As a part of the centennial of the founding of DePauw, Mr. Robe will give reminiscences of Asbury university, an the institution was named for many years. He is also to appear in the radio national broad cast Monday at 9:30 p. m. "Christianity and War” is the title of a new course of studies which will begin in the student class Sunday at 9:30 a. m., directed by Dr. G. B. Manhart, professor of European history in DePauw. His field of teaching and interest in peace movements qualifies Dr. Mnnhart to successfully lead this discussion. All students are Invited. The quarterly observance of the Lord's Supper will be held at 10:35 a. m. The theme of the meditation by Rev. V. L. Raphael will be "Communion— Sharing.” Every member of the church should avail himself of the opportunity of participating in this hour of Mlawship. Virginia Cowan will lead the Tuxis meeting at 6:30 p. m. The JuniorPioneer society meets at this hour
also.
The hymns of Fanny Crosby, blind hymn-writer, will be used in the community song service at 7:30 p. m. in the social room. There was an insistent demand last Sunday night that these community sings be con-
Governor Paul V. McNutt In Farewell Address Says No New Taxes Needed In State INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8. (UP) - Gov. Paul V. McNutt, reporting $17,800.000 balance in the state treasury as of June 30. 1937. told the legislature today in his farewell address that Indiana needs no new taxes to carry on its vi-t social welfare program and that he is "unalterably opposed” to them. His subsequent assertion that the tax problem of the present legislature is to reduce assessments and not increase them came in tine face of budget estimates submitted by department heads of $98,000,000, the highest in the state’s history. And the governor also warned the assembly against “false economy.” McNutt spoke before a joint session of the house and senate. His address was the only business scheduled today pending the inauguration of M. Clifford Townsend ns governor on Monday, since the legis) turn disoosod of its routine organization business in yesterday’s two-hour session. The governor, speaking deliberately and with emphasis, reviewed the '•ark days of 1932 when his administration took office and recalled with pride how the "citizens of Indiana” rose to the emergency to combat the forces of a "major catastrophe." In addition to a review of his own administration, McNutt recommend“d to the legislature action on eleven different fronts, all of them designed to carry out the policies adopted by his administration and emphasizing the co-operation between state and national governments fostered by the Roosevelt regime. McNutt’s recommendations may bo 'ummarized as : I Public Welfare. An amendment f o the social security act to insure “competent local staffs” in counties and inclusion of special groups, some nf which have pensions fsuch as government employes) in the act’s provisions. 2. The state budget. Economy without “false economy” with an
nam county jail where they remained i men he questioned in Russell anr until taken to the state institution Franklin township, while hunting
Friday afternoon
Sutherlin.
by Sheriff John nine did not have licenses.
ick.
has been working on the rank Kirschbaum and the in court Friday to ask e of his employe. The accompanied his friends helbyvi'i’e. He is married J children.
For Tw[). Meets INSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN IN PURPOSES OF CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Lee Hill Dies At Zionsville
DECEASED WAS FORMER RESIDENT OF CLOVERDALE TOWNSHIP
adequate construction program fi-
88 pneumonia and Influenza deaths 2 ‘ ccmUnuanco of threc-ccnt first 1 tinued. Everyone is invited. nanccd from the existing surplus to in a 24 hour period, raising this dong postage. i ' “ enlarge institutions for the care of
3. Continuance of so-called nuis- GOLDBERG’S NEW POSITION mental defectives; redm c the load on ance or manufacturer’s excise taxes i Walter Goldberg, fonneily of thi* present sources of revenue: and ap(gasoline, lubricating oil, brewer’s r *Gv. has been appointed assistant tr ; oroprlations in two classifications, wort, matches, automobiles, etc.) the president of the Samuel R. Guard those for state purposes only and
& Co., Inc., a printing concern, at Spencer, Owen county, and at the same time he will carry on his work as treasurer of the Guard company and also of the Breeders’ Gazette
--MORE MAN DIES
Ensor, well known reslBellmore, died Thursday t the home of a daughter, e Scott in Bellmore, folaeveral years illness, rvived by three daughters. Call of Morton: Mrs. Ared Imore. and Mrs. Will Fish_t Branch, Mich., and one Ensor of Crawfordsvilie. children and one greatalso survive, services will be held at the Mt. Mariah church 1 in the Mt. Mariah
| Leo Hill, age 79 years, a formci
The township instruction meet- rea idcnt of Cloverdaie township, died ings to be held under the auspices Thursday morning at his home in
of the Putnam county soil conserva- j zionsville.
tion administration will begin Jan | Hill was well known in the 18 and continue six days. The d overi | a | e comrnun ity having formerschedule follows: ! ly resided on the late Willis Gill farm
18—Russellville and Fiil-
Jan.
more. Jan. 19 Jan. 20-
son.
Jan. 21—Roachdale
ville.
Jan. 22 Floyd Center erdale.
Rcelsville and Clinton. Belle Union and Madi-
and
1913 tc
north of Cloverdaie, from
1919.
He is survived by the widow and six children. Mrs. Noble Alice of Mt Meridian; Mrs. Earl Kinglcr, Indiana-
Putnam-1 polls; Mrs. Mary Pitzer, Fred Hill
Mrs. Osa Moser and Mrs. Lawrence and Clov- j Smock of Zionsville. Funeral services will be held Sat-
week’s total there to 299. Chicago counted 31 deaths in 24 hours and 189 in the past five days. The epi- ; demlc resulted in 13 fatalities in 24 hours at Denver and claimed 142
victims since Dec 12.
The public health service at Washington announced 3,998 cases were reported for the week ending Jan. 2, compared with 2,088 for the previous week. But the agency said these represented “only a fraction” of the
actual total.
INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK
Hogs 6,000; holdovers 59; weights above 160 lbs., steady; underweights around 10 cents higher; top $10.80. Cattle 500; vcaiers 400; limited steer run mostly medium grades; gelling steady at $7.00 to $0.00: heifers nominally steady: cows active and steady to strong! bulls unchanged; beef cows $4.75 to $5.50: beter grades generally $3.50 to $4.25; vcaiers mostly steady; bulk of bet-
ter grades $13 to $13.50.
total revenue $452,580,000.
4. Maintenance of current rates on taxes which otherwise would be reduced next June (stamp taxes on bonds, stock transfers, futures delivery produce sales and admissions.) 5. Subjecting to budget bureau
by state and
Publishing Co./ also of Spencer. Gold berg has been treasurer of these two companies the past two years. He
new
supervision expenditures of all emer- I gamuel Guard in hLs _ gency agencies continued in the next ^ Sppncpr Wor|<)
fiscal year.
Houle Uncertain West Of Brazil
RESIDENTS RECEIVE LITTLE AID FROM STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
adds Goldberg Is a DePauw man and 1 has made a real placo for himself hoth«in the Guard organization and in i 'he community. Goldberg has already employed Robert Philips, of Toledo, Ohio, to be come auditor of Samuel R. Guard A Co., and Breeder's Gazette Publish
i ing Co.
Ministers Will Meet \l DePauw
Residents of Brazil and vicinity ! who went before the Indiana Statf Highway Commission at Indianapolis
Sheep 3,000; market generally this week, received no definite assur- ; steady; wet fleeces considered; better ance from the commission as to the PREACHING CONFERENCE grade fed western and native lambs route the National road would follow m^p CAMPUS
west of Brazil. A survey had been JANt'AKY 13-15
made which swung the road north west at a point just west of the water works crossing, at the west
will side of Brazil.
$10.50; bulk of slaughter ewes $3.50
to $4.50, top $5.00.
TO MEET TOMORROW The County commissioners
AUW RE-INSTATED
tement of DePauw Univere eligible list of the Ameri--iation of University Probeen voted, according to ation received by Presie E. Wildman. was removed from the t Dec. 1, 1934 after dismis“f. Ralph Hufferd and an mittee found President G. Oxnam, since elevated to a Bishopric, "Impatient of
Jan. 24—Bainbridge and Green- urday morning at 10:30 o’clock from
castle. i the home in Zionsville.
Announcement will be made later, of the hour and place of each meet-: GEN. DAVIS DIES ing. At each gathering there will be CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (UP)—Mjr. Gen a representative from the county | Abel Davis, 58. chairman of the conservation committee, who will; Board of the Chicago Title and Trust give an outline of what the plan company, died last night after a two-
should mean to the farmers. The year illness.
meetings are Intended to reach ail! Davis served in Spanish-Ameri-persons interested in the conserva-, can War. Mexican Border disturbanc-
meet again Saturday to
the letting of contracts for the distance, the survey
county supplies for 1937, and to directly west, parallelling the present
complete the list oif assistant road route of the road as far as Miami. supervisors. Thc Brazil Times 8a y s: "The commission members let it be
: known that they were also considering the building of the National road on an entirely new route running south of Brazil and Terre Haute and crossing the Wabash river on a new bridge. This will be an expensive un-
The Conference on Preachin'r which DePauw university will hold 1 next Wednesday afternoon, Thursday
those shared jointly federal governments.
3. Taxes. Claimed $108 000,000 reduction in cost of government during the list four years with $99,000,000 in grants to local political subdivisions. Urged curtailment of expenditure by local governments of funds raised from other sources and reorganization of local units to ef-
fect economics.
4. Depository act. Recommended passage of a hill to be introduced providing f ’stion of a public deposits insuiance fund. 5. Financial institutions. “Rer.inve unnecessary competition between state and federal financial institutions” by eliminating double liability for stockholders in state banks. Also a constitutional amendment to eliminate requirements that state financial institutions obtain new charters every 20 years. 6. Education. Increase in the amount of state funds distributed to schools as conditions warrant and enabling legislation to allow communities to add adult education programs
to tlio curriculum.
7. Highways. Directs attention of f Conti mini on Four)
comp’etel After proceeding .,ortnwr,t » »hort ^ Frid „ y m „ r „ inK w| „ b ,
20 Years Af;o
IN GREENCASTLE
tion program.
LEGION TO DINE FIREMEN
l
Putnam County Post No. 58, American Legion, will give a dinner at the Legion home Monday at half past six o’clock for the Greencastle firemen
who aided in the Legion Christmas in 1935 as Major General, toy campaign this year. | He also was active in civic affairs.
Harold Stoner spent the day in In- dertaking and plans for It are still in
dianapolis. an embryo state.
Charley Rockwell was a visitor “Members of the board said that hero from Cloverdaie. the National road is to be a two lane Mrs. Albert Loekridge and daugh- j highway across Indiana from the ter, Miss Elizabeth, were visitors in Ohio to Illinois line with a wide Indianapolis. parkway in the center. The commis-
oai-u. u.e war. . ura Miss Pearl O’Hair is attending art sion believes that in order to enhance
in 1930. and retired from the guard school in Indianapolis for a few days, safety in travel, the high speed roads > fore the programs open, but prior to
should go around cities instead of! that time, admittance will be by
es. and the World War, and was awarded the distinguished service cross and distinguished service medal He became a Brigadier General in command of the 66th Infantry Brigate of the Illinois National Guard after the war, resigned his command
interest, and several hundred ministers from central Indiana are expected to attend. Several bishops and outstanding ministers of thc country will appear on the program, and as the scsting capacity of Gobin Memorial church is limited, only those with tickets will be admitted until ten minutes of time for thc program to open, it was announced today by
Dean R. G. McCutchan.
There are a limited number of tickets available for those who want to hear the entire program, and these will he distributed to thc public ns long as they last. Thc doors of the church will be open to the public for what seats are left, ten minutes be-
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I.ocal Temperature t9) '> $ O O B O B ft ® Cloudy, rain turning to snow to- • ight and possibly Saturday morning: decidedly colder tonight and S: 'urday; moJerate cold wave northwest and west-central portions.
The Art Needlework club met with
Mrs. Alice Thomas.
through them."
ticket only.
Minimum 6 a. m. 7 a. m. ... 8 a. m. 9 a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. 12 noon 1 p. m. 2 p. m.