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NO. 248

H D belief jiimrals in

cointy land

GRAFTON LONGDEN THRESHES RECORD YIELD OF FINE OATS

1 riplc Wedding Climaxes Sisters’ Romance

bf'NTS OF

“ SMUP OTHERS SEE

POSSIBILITIES

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j Grafton I^ongden reports threshinR j what is believed to be the record yield of oats in Putnam county for 11037. He had one field of 28 acres 'from which he threshed 1,740 bush-

WASHINGTON els, of an average yield of 62.5 bush-

els per acre.

The threshman who did the work reported it the largest yield he ever handled from such a large field.

DEPOSITS FOUND

Keneu ed To Develop ImportL^nrees In and Near Tow..sliip's Boundaries persistent belief held by many knts of Washington township, L. outsiders who have some r , ,, mineral possibilities, beneath its broken surface there Lat subterranean reservoirs of Ll oil, is bark of a renewed efLat will '>e made to develop [two important resources in and I that township’s boundaries. ha? been mined in (be townfin paying quantities, iron ore taken out and sold to smelkhere have been shafts and tunL u . in an effort to develop zinc P and oil wells have been hut. aside from the coal no mineral has yet been disled there which has paid much development. py years ago George Blake of Rty attempted to find a market deposit of iron pyrites which

Ivelnped.

lently working quietly, Thomas

Moler Sale Draws I^arge Attendance

HOME ONE OF OLDEST IN PUTNAM COUNTY: ANTIQUES INTERESTING At the sale of personal property of the late L. S. Moler, at the old homestead in Clinton township, Tuesday, there was a large attendance, onlookers and purchasers being there from as far away as Mooresville. Morgan county, as well as from many places nearer. There were hundreds in the crowd, it was reported. Part of the interest was in the probability that among the articles offered for sale there would be pieres of value as antiques, the Moler home being one of the oldest in the county, having been occupied by the one family through all of its existence.

PEDESTRIANS TOLD TO RE CAREFCL AT CROSSINGS

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Chief llraham, of ttv city police j department, callu the atention of re- , sidents who are accu domed to use | the down-town street crossing.! fre quenlly that it is not safe for theny to rely upon the reel and green lights at the important intersections in tlfeir use of the crossings. Chief Graham says it often happens that an auto driver disregards the lights, which is I unlawful and reckless, of course, liut | it Is something that happens, and a pedestrian who starts across a slices | when the light in the signal shows I him it should he safe, may unexpectedly find a ear being driven over that | same street regardless of the red against the driver. Such cars are a hazar I. he says, to the pedestrians, and he suggests the pedestrians watch the cars as well as

\MKKICANS IN SH ANTUNG ARE TOED TO LEAVE

DANGER OF REAL WAR BE TWEEN .lAPAN AND ( HINA CAI si; of WARNING

CONS! l.\K IIEXDS GIVE WORD \d\isc \uierleaiiM Eeave Interior and (•n To Coast Where C. S. Warships \re \Nsrmbling

the signals.

\v ' ^ v* ll rniiie, Irene anil lil.if..*^ ~

Climaxing a romance which began three years ago at a husking bee, the Kover sisters, left to right, TiUie, Irene and Ida, Were married at a triple cere-

mony at Sharon, Pa. It was through Tillie’s husband, Edward McDivttt, that the two otb^r giria met their mates, both residents of Warren, O.

Ferrand Gives Up Girculation Post

INTERESTING RECORD Is

W \ DC

As was expected, there were offer-

i,„ Q ings of old articles of furniture, some ■— Y™’ L a „ f of which were hid up to a compara-i RESIGNS ALTER LON(* SERVH E;

or has in the process of exe- 1

, Work of more than twenty-1 “ ve| y hi B h P rice Two 8 f in ^ nB humireil acres in and around' werP 8old one to Mrs

r Highlands | b. Z Announcement was made today of

high-!-OKI t. Ml- O'Hair, ,„d a da, had Iha r„ig„,tlo„ Cl.ranrr J. Far-

anf jiand a cradle which were bid in by

ast past Cagle’s mill on I Mrs. John F. Wysong, of west of

ex . Somerset, brought high prices. The day bed went for $22.50, as an an-

into Owen

jr) west about 3 '4 miles cross-Poland-Reelsville road, northeasterly along said road plSri fit hejfinnlng, being a kuous block of land with 2 or

rand as circulation manager of The Daily Banner and the Indianapolis News for the past 15 years. Mr Ferrand will devote his time to farming and other interests in this community. He lias been succeeded by

Robert Hadley.

namented by fancy lathe work. Much; Mr. Ferrand went to the Indianapof the work on it and on the cradle! olis News 15 years ago as Putnam

east mill

rh Hoosier Highlands and

£e on along the creek a total of ... miles to where the creek j‘^e. It is all wood, the posts beau

the Putnam and Owen county 1 t^Uy turned and ornamented, and |hen following the county line the posts in the railing also were or-

a few extensions

I of the work on it ana on tne crauie.

was by handcraft. count y “K™ 1 and later was placed . . , ,, in charge of this district, which comThc carpet loom was of the type' ... .. T . 1 1 v- omintlno ] n 1<I24 llC CatllC

^ .. , i prised six counties. used hy our grandmothers, all wood, *

J i. , rr- 1 to The Daily Banner as manager

and clumsy in appearance, but effi- .

. , . , , circulation of the combination iloliv-

This one gave evidence of

ery of the two newspapers and remained in that capacity until his re-

tirement this week.

In 1924, the motor delivery of newspapers was inaugurated in

by The News and The

encroachments held by other cient. I having been used through many

lone could seo this entire block : Years. It was complete and could be Its waters, springs, trees, valleys , put into production again by some | gulches, white, black, blue! one who knew how to operate it. Tt ' _ ami green shale, rocks, sand-1 an d others like them, weie used ,n ! Q reencas fl| e

limestone and shining “fools make rag carpets by the oldor K pn,>r '| Banner Mr Kcrraml organized that

1 it would not be at all hard for i ation.

think it was made up of all I Jlements contained in the form- ’ the earth.” Mr. Phillips said. I Phillips has owned land for I 30 years in the locality. In-1 |he owned .ml sold to Mr. Mor- ] some 20 years ago, the land |"ki' li tin latter located Hoosier R but in this sale and con- j Pee. Mr Phillips reserved one <( Iintliiii,.,) on l*nK** Twol

system in this county and was the first driver of the first route. The first day’s drive totalled 17 miles whereas today four drivers complete a total of 328 miles each afternoon. During the years the motor routes have been in operation in Putnam

county, a total of 800,000 miles have

THREE OF THE VICTIMS DIED been travelled; 40.000 gallons of gas-

Violent Accident Toll Boosted Six

OF TRAFFIC INJURIES DURING LAST 24 HOURS

‘Hare tudjicl

Urogram

| INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 fUP) — j The names of six Indiana residents m K I today were added to the state’s sharp1 ly mounting violent accident toll

oline, costing $8,000 have been consumed; also 200 tires each travelling a distance of 40,000 miles have been worn out on the automobiles delivcrthese newspapers to the many

subscribers.

During the fifteen years, only four

Annrnvprl Three Of the victims died of traffic days have been missed and that was UVCVI injurie} , onp wa8 accidentally shot to due to ice and snow, and most of it

BOAKD SANCTIONS AGJXK'MI Bt DGET OF $20,n 17,437 FOR 1988

when time.

all roads were blocked for

death, another suffered fatal burns occurred two years ago, during the and a retired railroader was killed big snow storm following Christmas,

when struck by a train

! Thomas Hildebrandt, 71, Evans

ville, was killed instantly when two During the 15 years

of delivery.

'.'am >us. ind.. Aug 4.— automobiles struck his horse and wa- more than 1.000.000 newspapers have m-Ad aggregate budget of $20.- on lndiana highway 62 near been delivered to subscribers on the I 1 ' for the county welfare pro-j E , ille 328 miles of highway of Putnam

ln 1938 representing an in-

F of more than seven

million i

James A. Stinson. 83, farmer living

county. Today The Daily Banner as well as The News has not only the

C. J. Ferrand Chicken-Gulling Tour Inlcrcsting PARTI’ (>l CHICKEN i:\ISEICS OF PI I NAM COIJNTV VISIT KNIGHT FARM

P over the eurrent year—today near Anderson died of injuries suf 'j ,| p |j ver y 0 f newspapers to farmers [ 1 approval of the state public, fered in an automobile accident near ()vpr miles of Putnam county

his home. The widow and five chlld ' highways, but also in Greencastle, ren survive. ; f| OV erdale, Fillmore, Bainbridge, Imogene Murphy, 7-year-old daugb- Putnamville, Roachdale, Morton, ter of Claude Murphy, Warsaw, was Russellville and Carpentersville. killed instantly when the automobile .—.

in which she was riding with her

father collided with a truck

k 10 board,

estimated $3,000,000 of the In"as added to meet old age °ns which will be paid to a • er number of persons a year bow when the age limit drops

'A to 65 years.

'e amount budgeted for personal fl salaries of county directors. ial workers and assistants— U*"' I from $567,069 this year

1076.935 in 1938.

ff of the boost was

of the increased number of

LITTLE GIRL FOI Nil AFTER DISAPPEARING DOWNTOWN

The party of Putnam county chick • n raisers who arc participating in the chicken-culling tour, spent their first day, which was Tuesday, ut the Charles Knight farm in west Putnam, where W. P. Albright, of Purdue, gave a demostration of culling that was interesting and instructive. He cullod thirty pullets from the Knight flock of 147. The culls were below standard in that they were late In developing, were undersize or were generally un-

thrifty.

Mrs. Knight’s flock is considered one of the outstanding in the state, and it is particularly helpful to other raisers of chickens to visit the place, because Mrs. Knight has kept a record of feed, production, gain in weight, and other details, which form a criterion for others to use. A chart has been made from the record of this flock of Mrs. Knight's,

and it is instructive.

The graph shows that Mrs. Knight had 115 laying birds the middle of last October, and was securing approvimately 88 dozens of eggs petmonth from that number of layers. The number of laying hens creased to the middle of this

(Jovmkile l{(‘aclv To Start Drilling

\l (.1 SI III TO M \i:k sinking OF \l El l s TO SI I’PLl \\ ATEK FOR TOWN The town of Cloverdale is now looking forward to August 10 as the approximate date on which will he started the boring of the wells to supply water for the town’s water works system. The bonds to realize funds for the building of the plant, complete, have been sold to an Indianapolis liond house. The town has been closely canvassed for subscribers to the water service, and the returns from them have been found more than sufficient to guarantee the costs of the proposition. Enough wells will be sunk to furnish sufficient water, but it is believed that two will he enough. It is thought they will be about 85 feet deep, as that is the approximate depth of the wells which have been furnishing the town with water for many years. The water from these old wells has been pure and cold, but subject, it has been feared, to contamination at times, principally from surface seepage. The new wells will be thoroughly protected from contamination. The location of the water system’s wells has not yet been determined, as the board has a choice of three locations before them. OLD SCHOOL REI'NION The Old School Reunion of Reelsville will be held Sunday, August 15. at the M. E. Church in Reelsville. All persons interested are invited to at-

tend.

LIVESTOCK H DOING NOW FRACTICED BY LOCAL BOVS

SHANGHAI. Aug. 4.— (UP) — American consular authorities today advised all Americans to leave the interior of Shantung province, and go to the coast. It was suggested that American citizens concentrate at Tsingtao, where United State warships are as-

sembling.

Admiral Harry K Yarnell, commanding the fleet, is expected at Tsingtao in the cruiser Augusta to-

morrow or Thursday.

Previously, Americans in Shantung a danger spot because it lies between the Shanghai-Nanklng district

Olio HORST, SONG I’l RLISHEK, hihI (be Tientsin Peiping war area • SET l(> FAX !• OR 11 El EASE lm'I been advised to leave more reOT SON OONAI.O mote points and go either to Tsing-

tao or to Tsinanfu, 200 miles inland. But as the danger of real war between Japan and China became more

Ground acule American consular authorities

CHICAGO MAN READY TO PAY $.">.011(1 RANSOM

Cllll.l) TAKEN FROM s XMil'H.i;

lad’s Mother Beaten To

When Man And Woman Snatched Youngster And Fled. Bt I.EETIN CHICAGO, \ug. 4.— (| I’)—A inaii who said he was the father of kidnaped, 31-nionlhs-nld Donald Horst, walked into the state’s attorney's office today and less than an hour Inter surrendered the Imby unharmed to authorities who had sought him throughout the night. "My wife and I have the baby,"

at Tsinanfu today urged that ’I’singtao alone he made the concentration l oint. thus clearing the entire inland country of Americans. The probability was foresccm that it formal war started, the Japanese 'could attempt a landing at Tsingtao, Which is of great strategic value. However, the fact that American ; warships are there was the deciding factor. Anxiety Increased when it was ■confirmed today that the Chinese

Seven Putnam youths who have completed their class room course in livestock judging, have begun applying those teachings in the field hy visiting outstanding breeders in the county, where they participate in actual judging of cattle. These seven will be among those who will compete in the county livestock judging con-

test at the fair next week.

Four from this group will repia. sent Putnam county at the state Jerde- sey judging contest at Franklin, Aug-

last ! ust 19.

he said, "but we're afraid him through the streets.

“We want someone to go with us." They left the office with \ssistant State’s Attorney Wilbur Crowley and surrendered the baby to him on ( bicagn’s west side. They returned with him then to the county building

where they were questioncil

They gave the names of John and Lydia Regan and said th:it the child had been horn to Mrs, Regan out ol wedlock. The doctor, they said, turned the baby over to Otto Horst and his wife. They said they had Im'cii

two years in locating him.

CHICAGO, Aug Horst, 40, a song

4 I lil'l Otto publisher. WHit-’d

take government had advised officials and other employes to evacuate their families from Nanking, tbe national capital. It would he expected that Japan, in event of war, would bomb the city. However, it was learned I bat fear of a food short Jige was the first consideration of <#vo government in advising evacuation of those

able (o leave.

The north China situation was report eiI quiet Japanese! war planes continued sporadic bonihing of Chinese trains, intending to warn troops from going north Japanese continued to report massing of Chinese regulars in the Kalgan circa northwest

of Peiping.

Japanese soldiers h:41 seized all of

with $7,000 cash today a chance to <he Peiping Tientsin oountry in a pay the ransom demanded for return; tight grip. Day by day. they were

of Donald Horst, 31 months old. The kidnapers demanded $5,000 ransom, but were believed not to h ive designated a place or time at which the money could be exchanged for

he child.

A man and woman snatched Donald from a sandpilo in the back yarn of his home at 4:30 p. m 'cst i yester day. The man heat the mothei^ Mrs. Martha Horst. 35, to the ground. The woman accompanying the kidnaper screamed "this baby 'is mine, not

votirs.’’

They fled in a borrowed car which police believed was driven by an ac-

quaintance of the Hoists.

At 5:30 p. m. a man telephoned the Horsts that "your baby is safe, but

we want $5,000 ransom ”

Hours later the kidnapers deliver-

ed another message: “The right fath-r age recelve( , by , l5s part .nts.

right mother have the

ff'ontliMicfl on r* four*

BoImtI L lowing Uxniirs In Idaho

FORMER I.(>< VI, RESIDENT SIJC- ( 1 MBS; MEMBER OF WELL

KNOWN FAMILY

Robert L Ewing, 47 years old. former resident of thin city, died Wednesday morning at Nampa. Idaho, according to word received by his parents. Mr and Mrs. (Charles M. Ewing, living soutli of town on state road

43.

Particulars connerning Mr Ewing - * leath were not contained in the mesa-

juty and the production, after two , The seven who have taken the presharp rallies in December and March. paratory work are Russell Grimes

also dropped to less than 10 dozen

per month.

The egg production per bird is

Janet three and a half year old tot, | graphed also, and indicates that the

the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe top was reached in

March, the jiro-

HautVn of 107 west Jacob street, thisjduction for July being the smallest

city, wandered away from her moth-'

LeRoy Purdue, 23 New Albany high school athlete and national guardsman, was burned to death when a match flipped carelessly by

necessitated! « bystander set fire to the wreckage

of an automobile in which he wai

required next year and also ( wedged under the steering corner

new rules of the board fixing Purdue's automobile overturned a Tup8(lay afternoon, and was among ■"urn salaries to be paid and the crashing into a parked car. the missing for two hours. imd.er ,.f - 1 " "" Edmund Hall. 14, living with Ins ^appearance caused consul-

parents on a farm seven miles north erab j e excitement, and her parents east of Jeffersonville, was accidental-j very much worr j e d. until they ly shot to death by a companion Is- rcceived a telephone call from a

and Gerald Clodfe.lter, of Clinton township, Irwin Evens, John Cantowine. Tim Ruark, Paul Evens, and Raymond Adamson, of Madison

township.

er's side in a store at the southwest of the court house square.

number of employes on

■ county pay roll.

counties in the state will be ■ r 1 to raise $6,923,832 by a

^ Dl Z'Z P ° rty aS their part ° f Roy Want 15, farm hand. The acci- ^Tmi^at’the laundry on east Washli.Vw n Pr0ffram ' Th ° r0 ' i dent occurred when the youths were ^ 8trecti informing them that ■>! Kov,, " hy thP 81310 an<l ‘ attempting to kill a snake. thcjr little girl was at that place. She its i : nts. TTmnkfort had made her wav down Washington “ oiTr*?j;z: when he street. -a,

of the period covered.

The chicks for the growing flock were purchased as day-old chicks, on February 22, and the first pullet egg

was laid July 9.

The entire cost of this flock of pullets is $163.44. Total receipts to date from fries sold is $123.35, makan investment of $40.09 in the present flock of young pullets,

production per bird

2(1 Years Ajjo IN GREENCASTLE

Greencastle carpenters organized a local union, sponsored by the Brazil union. The local's officers were: Lawrence Crawley, president; Frank The Butler, vice president; Ed Dalhy, sec-

averages 130.4 retary and Albert Nelson, treasurer,

eggs for ton months, and there was: Mr. and Mrs. John Dunlavy arriva profit of $163.30 from the flock for r d home from Lake Wawasce, where

they had been visiting their son, Ei-

ther.

fevealed that in

the ten months.

The pullets have been fed a grow-

. , freie-ht out mishap, going over several street

June, 1936. attempted to board am * intersections which arc none too safe ling mash and it will be continued un*erc 30.916 persons received train. Coffman, a retired railroader, intersect, ^ ^ a |ayinR ratjon i8 Parted.

«l(k , ,K ‘’ ° f 57 97 per month in “ was v ' 8,ttn P the sh ° pS W black _ drove to the luamirv hurriedly, and I The entire flocH, of pullets were 1. J". ^« train " d “ eh "‘- ,i w “ ™r, T ”‘‘ ,ay the ,h ' ri! ’ w ' r '

» Rs r «ceived $15.53. to talk with friends. jag j

wood. Frank Wallace, principal of the Cloverdale schools, was in town. Invitations were issued for the marriage of Miss Laura Letia Florer and Mr. William C. Stewart.

and the

baby now.” Then, after the Horsts had gone to police headquarters, a man knocked on the door of their home, tie received no answer, strolled casually over to a neighbor and said: "Te” Mr. Horst that Doc was here.” Then

ho left.

The neighbor later identified the man, through police pictures, as Fred Ewert. friend of the Horsts and prirv ciplal suspect in the kidnaping Th” "Doc” was believed to be the trrin who Mrs. Horst said attended hei at Donald's birth. Ewert was the doctor's chauffeur. Police saw three possibilities in this

visit.

1. A brazen attempt by the actual kidnapers to throw the blame on another person. 2. An equally brazen attempt to arrange for payment of ransom. 3. A friendly call. The last was bo'icv<"l most unlikely. because it would have involved an unusual chain of coincidences revolving around doubt as to Donald’s narentago. and the fact that ontvi '.he "Doc” could actually explain it. Police claimed assistance of state snd county officials and the femoral department of justice in attempting >o trace Ewert and the kidnapers and to unravel confusing statement about ((ouHnued On Ciiae Three)

The deceased was horn in Putnam county and graduated from Greencastle high school. He had resided :u Idaho in recent years. He was ft member of a widely known local family. Besides the [sarents, lie is survivby the widow, the formei Mable Cooper of Greencastle; seven children, four (laughters a.nd three sons; three brothers, Corliss and Henry, both of Greencastle, amt Orval of Colorado: one sister, Mrs. Ruth Davidson of

Indianapolis.

Burial is to tie made at Nampa. £> & ® O ® @ # Q 0 Today’s Weather ft & and ft 0 Local Temperature ft ® ® ® ® ® ® & ft Fair tonight and Thursday, except thundershowers extreme south this afternoon or early tonight; slightly cooler tonight west portion.

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