The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 January 1939 — Page 1

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TY CORN WERS MET R BANQUET GOBIN MEMORIAL MEIST CHURCH FRIDAY EVENING

NEW INTEREST

ide For Winners In ThlrAnnir.U Five Acre Tract Contest

ual banquet of the Putnam orn Growers Association in the Gobin Memorial church Friday evening, a splendid attendance of ing farmers and enough Sd enthusiasm was shown 'em there until shortly height and they broke up antly as everyone seemed in some angle of the discussion that was carmore than an hour by ndson of Hendricks coun Ion to the banquet and disgrowing com, awards for winners in the thirual Putnam county corn n the five acre tract conuring the past season. Ifelter acted as chairman ting Friday evening, and Tied off the big share of the corn show which was

^ late Friday.

ihe men who were awarded her bronze, silver or gold g five acre corn tracts last ere L. J. Steele, E. Carder Reasor, Ralph Call, Sr., jydes, R. J. Coffman, Webb arry McCabe, James Torr, es, Nathanial Huckleberry, laughey, John A. Dills 11. William T. Wright, Ross sman Parker, T. B. Howchel Nichols, John CantonCall, Jr., L. A. Dicks, Otis Jesse Page, Raymond ijohn W. Day, Woodrow Clarence Ragan, Clifford larion Sears, Olin Leonard, all of Washington township ff Uie top honor in the five ‘t as his field yielded an of 116.5 bushels per acre icks and John W. Day have n four five acre medals. -fest of fun and music was i by Ralph Spencer and Dragoo of Russellville. It using and entertaining. was a long and technical *n of hybrid seed corn, which armers are using, some for t time, and its continued use cussed and argued until “long night." Its advantages are h by some and low by others all farmers will plant hybrid is year, although many are [out some in small spots, ng the corn growers who were id prizes for the com show gs this year were L. A. Dicks, lodfelter, Marion Sears, Webb 1 Paul McGaughey, John Sears, Dragoo, John Day, Clarence H. Nichols, William Wright, I Lewman, Hubert McOaughbert Sutherlin, Rex Call, Jr., I McMullen, Andrew SuthcrC. Perkins, Philip Hutcheson

rl Ferrand.

awards were made by Guy T.

_atlnii*fl Hn V*n«r«*

am Farmer

ommits Suicide OF HARLEY NEEME

UNI) HANGING FROM RAFTER OF BARN

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1939.

NO. 71

RITES HELD FOR FORMER COUNTY WOMAN

Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the Memorial Presbyterian church, Indianapolis, for Mrs. Lillian lone Eberly, 63 years old, who was born in. Putnam county. Burial was in the Memorial Park cemetery. She died suddenly Thursday in her home, 609 North Oakland avenue, Indianapolis. She was the wife of Bruce Eberly. Mrs. Eberly had lived in Indianapolis since 1917, from Boswell. She was a past great Pocahontas of Indiana of the degree of Pocahontas and a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Rebekahs, Royal Neighbors of America and the Memorial Presbyterian church. Suivivors, besides the husband are a son, Lyndon E. Eberly, and three grandchildren, all of Indianapolis.

BOOKLET GIVES DATA ON COST OF GOVERNMENT

L. WTMMER AND CHARLES H. BAKNABY MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATION

LOCAL COSTS ARE GIVEN

Gives Diislnirsements For 1937-33 Fiscal Year q! State Penal Farm

Senators Consider Court Nomination

FRANKFURTER MAY BE ASKED FOR VIEW'S ON REORGANIZATION BILL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—'UP>Eight senators—members of a subcommittee of the judiciary commit-tee-meet today to consider the qualifications of Prof. Felix Frankfurter for the Supreme court. Chairman Matthew M. Neeley, D., W. Va.. said that because of the criticism which followed the quick Senate confirmatioa of the appointment of Justice Hugo L. Black, Frankfurter would be scrutinized thoroughly. One committee member said that Frankfurter might be asked for his views on President Roosevelt’s Supreme court reorganization bill, which was rejected by the Senate after a long fight in 1937. “I think it would be a good idea for Mr. Frankfurter to be present.” King said, “in view of the attitude of some persons who feel that he has been too closely identified with the New Deal. If I were Mr. Frankfurter, I would certainly ask for an invitation to appear.’’ McCarran said that he “would like very much to have a talk i.Ph Mr. Frankfurter.” It was learned that a friend of Frankfurter had been in communication with Neeley and had been advised that “it would be wise” for Frankfurter to be in Washington today so that he would be available if the committee desired to question him. “There is little or no opposition to Mr. Frankfurter's nomination,” Neeley said. “However, in view of the controversy that resulted from the Senate’s speedy confirmation of the nomination of Justice Hugo L. Black, it is deemed wise to scrutinize all future Supreme Court appointments thoroughly.”

Samuel Llovd, 88. J Observes Birthday

NEIGHBORS GATHERED IN THE EVENING; HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY

Samuel Lloyd, one of the 'best

known men of Ihitnam county, Friday became 88 years old and celebrated the event by going about his usual daily chores at his home on west Walnut street road, adjoining this city. There was a small gathering of neighbors in the evening, but otherwise the day was just like any other to Mr. Lloyd. He crossed the line into his new year in the same uneventful manner in which a ship crosses the equater, or any other de gree of latitude. His wife and his family Bible told him he was 88

y Neese, 59-year-old farmer, ycar8 old otherwise he might not

ted suicide by hanging hlm-! hav<) known it>

the bam at his home near, r Lloyd was bom on a Clinton le, the Putnam county »her- tovvnHhip farm, one of 13 children, ice revealed Friday night. I He liveU ^ a f arme r in that town's body was found by two shlp ^ of h(a life until he and M rs. about 4:30 o clock Friday af- Lloyd moved to Greencashle, nine

He had been missing since y: . ara ag-o.

vious night, it was reported, j Mr and Mrs L loyd are real globe 8 were unable to give any trotters Thcy have sailed the Atfor his act. | ] a ntic and the Pacific oceans and oya who found the body were have traversed the United States

euman and Frank Chew. It several tlrne g.

nging from the rafters in the

the bam at the Neese farm D. 1, Reelsville. | deceased is survived by hla Mrs. Blanche Neese, and four n, Miss Helen Neese, at home, ad Neese of Indianapolis. Ro-,

„ ^ *i w-, i Thursday night, at his home at eese of Greencastle and Mrs. . , » .r n <• nr v.

The latest issue of the publication of the Indiana Taxpayers' Association, rlated December, 1938, presents some interesting data concerning the cost, oi government in Indiana. The organization mentioned is not a part of the government of the state, but is made up of representatives from various groups of taxpayers of Indiana, who are particularly interested in tax matters and in the expenditure of taxes. I. L. Wtinmer, of this city, is named as one of the vice president; also Charles K. Barnaby, of Greencastle. In regard to the state penal farm, the publications give the disbursements for the 1937-38 fiscal year as $255,849, of which persona) service cost $64,682; other operating costs $153,990; equipment $18,063; structures $2,463; non-structurnl improvements 415,985; fixed charges $666. The disbursements for the same fiscal year $1936-37 totaled $203,912. For the year 1936, the cost of local government in Putnam county is

given as follows:

County fund, $233,630. Civil townships, $106,551.

Civil cities, $46,565. Civil towns. $11,554.

Total schools, $310,420. Grand total, $708,411. The census of 1930 gives the population of the county as 20 448, mak-

I*UT FINAL TOUCHES ON FAVORITE MEASURES INDIANAPOLIS, tnd„ Jon. 7.— While Ind ana's legislature observed a week end adjournment today, most members were putting final touches on favorite- bills which will flood both chambers when they reconvene Monday afternoon. The routine of organizing, including election of officers and 'appointment of standing committees, was finished during the first two days and upon returning Monday the Assembly is expected to plunge rapidly into the heavy duties confronting it. 'House Speaker James M, Knapp. R., Hagerstown, delayed the introduction of bills until he mode a few committee readjustments JAIL RAZING WATCHED WITH MUCH INTEREST

CORN SHOW GRADING IS

CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING HELD FRIDAY NIGHT

At the annual meeting of the First Christian Church last evening each

COMPLETED <jc i >artment ° f church w®. without

OTIS CLODFELTER WON SWEEPSTAKES ON 10 EARS OF

CORN

MANY

FARMERS

SITUATION DANGEROUS

ON FRONTIER

L. A. Dieke Awarded Sweepstakes

On Single Ear; Walter llarple Was Judge

exception, reported encouraging advances for 1938, in numbers, in financi il gains, and in service projects Each group is setting goals for 1939. In the annual election one third of th? official board of the church is

PRESENT chos<?n . I° r a period of three years. HOLD Those chosen last evening for the next three years or to fill vacancies Assert Hungary’s Efforts are: Elders, John Boyd, John Herod, j, rov „ Mutual Relations Wilbur Colson, Fnank McKeehan. For Been Frustrated Deacons: Ernest Trout, John Tor - . 1 Harry Wells, Carl Hartnagle. Lois LONDON, J n 7. -< UP>

EXPLOSION MAY OCCUR .ANY TIME AS RESULT OF CLASH

AT MUNKACS

CZECHS RESPONSIBLE

To IniHa i

DR. HENRY B. LONGDEN RECALLS DAYS HE HELPED BUILD STRUCTURE

The grading of the xhibita of Hut- ,larr y wens, can Hartnagle. hois LONDON. J n. 7. UP>—Diplonam county corn, in the corn show Arnolti - s c - Sayers, Everett Long, niatic reports said today that a most held in Ihe lobby of the Court House, ^ ^ McCoy, William Stile ', and Ted dangerous situatiori exists on the was completed Friday afternoon by * lo hbins. John Deitrick was made Czechoslovak-Hungarian frontier as Walter Harple, before an interest- Emeritus, and E. R. Bartley regu i^ 0 f a c | as h Munkacs, ed group of farmers, some of whom an< * Abrams weie made Deacons fm ,j tl)at a new t . X p| 0S j 0 n might ochad selections of their own raising Emeritus. cur at any time

in the competition. ‘ | Among the reports of progress was In addition to the awards publish- that of the addition of 41 people to ed Friday, the following were an-' ,ho church during the past eleven nounced: | months, not including student affiliSingle Ear of White Com—1st - ate me mlx>rs, who retain membership

RAZ E RE SIDE N CE FIR S T

Sheriff Graham Now Living In Private Residence On Poplar Street The demolition of the old Putnam county jail is now in progress, and any persons arrested by county, city or state police in this region will be incarcerated in either the two-per-sen cell on the fourth floor of the court house or in the donjon at the Indiana state farm. Neither place is as desirable a place of residence as the old jail here, with all of its faults—-so it is said. There has been a dearth of arrests

since the new city police force took

ing the cost of government for each j ovel '' llot because the officers have

W AR VETERAN DIES

William I. Kelley, Warrick county’s last Civil war veteran survivor, and father of Sam Kelley, athletic coach of the Roachdale high school.

person $34.64. The corresponding items of the cost of government in the county for the 1937-38 school year were as fol-

lows:

Ccunty fund, $271,314. Civil townships, $101,800. Cicil cities, $55,158. Civil towns. $11,877. Total schools, $311,248. Giand total, $751,397. The population, of course, remains the same but the per capita cost is increased to $36.74. As the outstanding indebtedness of this county, there are mentioned bonds of various kinds, the school bond figure being as of August 1. 1937, and other bonds as of January 1, 1937. On the first day of 1937, Putnam county is repotted to have had a township road bond indebtedness of $168,639; county unit road bonds outstanding $200,816; all school bonds, $80,989; cities and towns bonds, $573,500; county bonds, $20,000; total, $1,043,944. The bonded indebtedness of the county a year later, on the first day cf January, 1938, was as follows; Township road bonds, $118,128; county unit road boilds, $182,560; all school bonds, $61,541; cities and towns bonds, $567,000; county bonds. $62,000; total, $991,229. To be expended on its 816 miles of county road, Putnam in 1937 received from the gasoline tax collections of the state $117,234.97; in 1938, the county received $101,930.72. The report credits Greencastle city with a population of 4.613. In 1937, the city received gasoline tax money to the amount of $5,796.79. In 1938, it received $4,666.11. Gross income tax collection in Putnam county in 1936 were $49.851.09. In 1937, the collections were $56,328.50. In 1937, the tax distribution by the state to the counties for teachers’ aid was $69,000; in 1938, it was $95,100. The general intangible tax collections in the county in 1937 were $5,356.60: in 1938, $2,851. The intangible tax distribution to| this county in 1937 was $6,197.33; in 1938, $5,490.35. The distribution of alcoholic beverages receipts to the counties in 1937 was $1,766.71; in 1938, $1,766.69. The distribution of these taxes to school units in this county amounted to $4,112.46, in 1937; in 1938, $4,171.22.

not been doing their duty but because offenders have been lacking. The first work of the razing process is the removal of the wooden finishing of the sherifi's residence. The county, by the terms of the contract, is doing the preliminary work of dealing the ground for the new

si ructures.

Sheriff Graham is living in the private residence on Poplar street which has been his home for some years, in fact, it was his father’s home before him. The destruction of the jail will be watched by Dr. Henry E. Longda.i with considerable regret. Seeing the old building through these many years, from time to time, recalled, each time, the days of hard labor spent by him in the erection of the structure, when he was not much more than a youth. In fact, the former vice-president of DePauw university and one of its best known graduates, carried the hod while the walls of the sheriff’s home and the jail were going up, many, many

years ago.

It was quite a promotion for him, he says, ia the way of work, because he had just completed another term of employment for the same contractor, who had built the present Martha Ridpath school in the Third ward of the city. Dr. Longden was not a hoi-currier there, his job being the much more humble one of pulling on the rope which hoisted the roof slates from Ihe ground. He considered the hodcarrying on the jail required quite a bit more intelligence than pulling on the rope at the school building.

Reveal Figures On Immigration 14,159 IMMIGRANT JEWS ENTERED UNITED STATES IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1988

Otis Clodfelter; 2nd., H. C. Perkin-i; 3rd., Carl Ferrand; 4:h., Marion Sears; and 5th., John Sears. Single Ear of Yellow Corn—1st., L. A. Dicks; 2nd., Carl Arnold; 3rd., Andrew Sutherlin; 4th., H. C. Perkins; and 5th , Phiillip Hutcheson. Best Peck of Hybrid Corn fshelled i —1st., Paul McGaughey; 2nd., Harvey Nichols; 3rd., Clarence Ragan; 4th., William Wright; ami 5th., I.. A. Dicks. Best Peck She.lkd Corn <5-Acre Growers onlyi—1st., John VV. Day; 2nd., Webb Evans; 3rd., Otis Clodfelter; 4th., [Paul McGaughey; and 5th. Clarence Rugan. Sweepstakes—110 ears of com' — Otis Clodfelter. Sweepstakes—iSingle ear)—L. A. Dicks.

Mrs. Paris ^ hite Met Instant Death

.MOTHER OF EDGAR WHITE WALKED DIRECTLY INTO LEFT SIDE OF TRUC K

Instant death met Mrs. Paris White, 71-year-old Freedom resident, and mother of Edgar White, Sycamore street, Greencastle, Friday, as she alighted from an automobile on West Morgan street, in Spencer. Alighting on the south side of the street from a car driven by Elsie Robinson, of Freedom, the aged wiman walked directly into the left side of a truck headed west and driven by Raymond Wilt, 28, of Newcastle. She was crushed beneath the rear wheels, the truck coming to a halt with the dual wheels on her neck. Mrs. Robinson was en route to work at the Owen County State bank and had been asked for the ride by

Mrs. White.

Wilt, in his statement to Coroner Junes Rowland, said he was going 35 miles per hour and upon seeing the aged woman crossing the street, blew his horn twice and immediately applied his brakes Mrs. White failed to heed the warning and continued walking into the truck on the left front corner of the bed, beside the

driver’s door.

Wiilt was taken to the jiil and held w mr 1 / I for questioning by Coroner Rowland. | 4|I1P llcHlKMl ' Ml

Mrs. White, has been in ill health for some tmie and had gone to Spencer to consult a local physician. Mrs. White's maiden name was Alice Durbin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed

Durbin.

Survivors besides the husband, Paris, and another son, Thomas, of Maywood include one daughter, Mrs. Maude Thomas, Gosport; one sister, Mrs. Kate Bonnewtll, of (Patrickshurg; one brother, Thomas Durbin, of Terre Hnute.

in their home churches but are included in the "family" of this church

during the school year.

l.uiornia w;u- reported to be so worried ai the possibility that she would he drawn into a general fight, that she was inclined to reconsider her refusal to agree to a common Hungarian-Polish frontier at Czecho-

, Slovakia's expense.

Thomas Mooney To Be Pardoned

When news first reached London ! yesterday of the serious fight between Czechoslovak and Hungarian j soldiery at Munkacs, which was ’ awarded to Hungary in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, there was a ten ency to regard the inci-

I il: nt as an isolated one of little imIMPRISONED 22 YEARS IN SAN portance. (Jl ENTIN FOR PREPARED- Today how' \v:. it was reported in NESS DAY BOMBING well informed quarters that Hun- * ' gary, in protesting to the CzechosloSACRAMEN TO. f’ai., Jan. 7 'UP 1 vak government, asserted that HunConvict Thomas J. Mooney arr.ves : £ ary > s efforts to improve mutual retoday leading a triumphant proces- i a tfop S ] la d b. en frustrated by the sion from San Quentin, where he has; Munkacs attack and tllat Hungary been imprisoned 22 years for the 1910 v , l( i ,i t ,cHne to accept responstbilpreparedness day bombing, to re-; , ty for future 0Vv nts. ceivc a pardon from Gov. Culbert L. Thjs waa , K . UeV e (l to contain the ® lson ' ' tin at of reprisals.

Authoritative Hungarian sources in London predicted that it would net he possible to localize, and thus

Labor organizations throughout the world were toady with joyous demonstrations. A brief hearing in the Gov-

ernor’s chambers seemed the only j. s( !;,tc, the incident,

remaining formality. | observers of central European

The pardon was a virtual certainty. ! events said that they were not sur-

It had no organized opposition. It has pii '-cd by the Munkacs Incident, had the impassioned support of labor They .' id the whole frontier between unions and liberals the world over Hungary and eastern Czechoslovakia more than a generation. Gov. Olson IkuI b“cn a danger area ever since had promised in campaign speeches ' flu dismemberment agreements, that that he would free Mooney if elected. 1 'red and suspicion were so intense He became the first Democ:atlc gov- ;:>* a elm h on a large scale might

ernor in 44 years, 1 e expecte ' at any moment.

A Unit I Press dispatch from Hu nan st said that the Rumanian

Mooney emerged trom prison shortly before 8 a. m. 'll a. m. EST.i he had checked out officially, taken his belongings, said goodbye to guards and fellow prisoners, exchanged piison number 31,921 for h s nam - and scheduled a series of speeches and public appearances for the next

few days.

Awaiting him at the gate was u caravan of automobiles loaded with his relatives, friends and sympathiz- | era. They wire starting immediately the 90-mile drive to Sacramento. The Governor’s hearing was not expected to last more than an hour. | Gov. Olson was convinced of Mooneys innocence and. when a member of the State Senate, had campaigned for his

freedom.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin and daughter, Lauretto have returned home from Florida where they spent tho holidays.

I government was most anxious over the situation first because Munkacs. the chief point of tension, is only a few miles from the Rumanian bor1 dor; second because it was feared th t the Munkacs clash might prove the start Ing point for a serious cenLr 1 European conflict, which it | might be impossible to localize. PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia. Jan. 7. 'UP' Czechoslovak authorities mid today that rumors of mobilizati i of army technical units were

“100 per cent incorrect.”

Reports were published abroad th t Czechoslovakia was mobilizing >me men because of the situation

on the Hungarian frontier.

Compel nt quarters here said that p i tho contrary demobilization of t! army continued and that troops v. re held in the Carpatho-Ukralne

# region, where a clash occurred yes-

Otlicr Comnuttues ,m>rci y u> iuep communlca *

j tlons open in

P 1

ONE OF THREE REPUBLICAN

SENATORS TO SERVE ON UOMMITKE ON ROADS

the severe weather exrienccd this winter.

In addition to committees named yesterday, on which Senator O. Bruce Lane will serve during this term of the Legislature, he also has been named a member of three other

important committees.

He is one of the thr Republican l i ii nt whs

BUDAPEST. .Ian. 7 UP' -Hungary had ad vised the Czechoslovak gov rnment that it will be held responsible for loss of life and damage to property as the result of a clash at Munk u s yestcr lay, it was under-

j stood today.

A Hungarian protest to the Czech- | , sinvuk government against the in-

rafted in the sternest

rothers,

William Neese of near Rcelsan Neeae of Gosport and Lu-

eese of near Reelsville.

suicide was investigated by

R. J. Shannon, Sheriff L.

In a plea of abatement in the suit for damages against her in connection with the death of the late Roy ! Arnold, Mrs. Nellie Denny alleges

oh ' w r ,

r Bocnvllle, are also surviving children. \ she never was a partner of Howard

and ; Denny in the “Denny Motor Service,’’

Kelley ran away from home

joined the Union army Feb. 9. 1864, | that the late Mr. Denny, killed in the at the age of 14. He was in battles same accident which cost Roy Amat Franklin, Tenn., and at Shiloh, | old his life, was the sole owner of the

“zfs'szr ,o ,hew,,n !

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 <UP’ Immigration officials revealed today that 14,159 Immigrant Jews entered the United States from Germany and Australia during the first nine months of 1938. The Jewish immigrants constituted 79 per cent of tho Gorman-Australian total of 17.110 which sought refuge on American shores from January through September of last year . Immigration has mounted steadily since Hitler’s “anschluss’’ last March. Although no figures were available yet on the effect of the Sudeten crisis nor the latest outbreak of anti-Semitism in Germany, officials expressed belief that the quota for each month had been filled. State department officials reported that Visa numbers for entry from Germany and Austria have been assigned for more than a year ahead, and thousands of refugees clamor for permission to enter this country.

20 Years Ago

IN GREENCASTLE

members of the Upper House who i p irns, it

was reported, and charged

will serve on the committee on roads; | that Czechoslovakia had prepared the

gioun 1 for tho incident by a long

newspaper campaign.

John Arthur Friend wrote homo from the base hospita' at. Vichy. France, after the armistice, regarding his experiences in German prisons. From it this one paragraph is taken: “They made me work at the Rastatt car foundry for one mark ten penny a day. I worked down there ten days and did only about, one hour’s good work while there. If dad could have seen how I worked for the Germans he sure would have laughed. The more they nagged us the less we worked and the more we cussed them. One lady came up to six of us while we were cursing a German and told us she understood English and we told her to get the hell out there, and stay out.’’

he also is on the committee on public safety, and, also, is on th committee on public policy. Committee memberships already named were that on agriculture and county and

township business.

The committee on public policy considers hills which pertain to public morals, including the liquor busi-

ness ami betting.

The committee on roads will have

The American legion will hold Its ivuuh-.r i " ting Monday evening at 52 o’clock at the Legion Home.

before it all matters connected with £> ® {j} @ ® ® ® ® ® ®

Cloudy, slightly warmer in central

the application of gasoline tax to highway purposes. It is un nrstool the Legislature will b called upon to act upon a bill which will establish zones on state highways for the purpose of controlling sign boards, the nearness of filling 5tutionn to the highways, the use of shrubbery for ornamentation, and similar matters. In rural zones, it is proposed practically to eliminate sign boards, requiring them not to be rearer titan Ml » an-4 M A 4 111,. llllJ'lnVl'O V’CJ

and north portions, possibly light rain in north portion Saturday; Sunday cloudy and colder, probably rain in central ami south portions.

five hundred feet of the highways.

Minimum C a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. 0 r. .m. to a. m. 11 a. m.

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