The Indiana Journal, Volume 33, Number 52, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 April 1937 — Page 2

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State to Distribute Funds to Distressed Schoo Is

JOHNSON CO. HASDEEPEST OIL WELL IN INDIANA Reach a Depth of 4,092 Feet; Found to be Only a Dry Hole The deepest well drilled for oil or gas in Indiana, according to records of the Division of Geology, was in Johnson county and did not prove a producer, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservatiorf; said today. This well, drilled, for oil, reached a depth of 4,092 feet. Other deep wells drilled in the state include one in Gibson county which went to a depth of 4,006 feet; one in Howard county which was 3,996 feet deep, and one in Jay county which was drilled to a depth of 3,996 feet, and one in Jay county which was drilled to a depth of 3,290 feet. None of these wells became producers, according to records. The Division of Geology keeps logs of all oil and gas wells drilled in the state, together with information on the various geological formations encountered. '

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This being the first appearance of this column in The Indiana Journal, it seems appropriate to give a brief outline of the art of stamp collecting as no doubt there are many of the readers of this papei- who have never been definitely interested. The first postage stamp was printed in Great Britain in 1840. The stamp bore the picture of Queen Victoria and was printed in black. It was not perforated and had to be cut apart rather than torn as is done with the present stamps. A good copy «es this stamp is worth now about ftight dollars. j The first stamp issued in the United States made its appear; imce in 1845. Two stamps were issued that year and were of 5c and 10c denominations. They bore the pictures of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Previous to this time letter postage was paid by the addressee instead of the addresser. Since that time the United States post office department has issued nearly a thousand varieties of stamps. In 1892 the policy of issuing commemorative stamps came about. Sixteen stamps commemorating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of America were issued. They all carried pictures pertaining to the incidents which occured during the life of Columbus. It was not many years after the first stamp appeared that people became interested in these bits of paper. By 1900 it was very rare to find a boy who didn’t have at least a few stamps. Practically all stamps that are issued are illustrated with pictures which have some significance either historical, geographical or political. These few paragraphs give a brief idea of how stamps first appeared and articles .about how to collect and how to dispose of present collections will be printed in this column from time to time. Army Navy Issue A series of stamps are beingissued by the post office department bearing pictures of men who were actively connected with our army and navy. Among them is the 3c Army stamp which bears the picture of General Sherman. It was issued some time ago and created quite a lot of publicity be cause the people in the south, especially those in Georgia, were receiving it unfavorably. Sherman, who is noted for the historic “March through Georgia” is not held in high esteem in the south. The legislatures of both Georgia and South Carolina passed resolu-

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Legislator Acts To Be Released INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 29. — Copies of the Acts of the 1937 General Assembly will be almost as large as the 1935 Acts, the largest in the history of the state, according to Secretary of State August G. Mueller. Mr. Mueller estimates the tomes will be about 1,700 pages thick as compared to 1.765 in 1935. Proofs are at the printers now, and Mr. Mueller believes distribution will begin near May 21. Warsaw Firm Gets Highway Contract The Gast Construction >, Company of Warsaw was low bidder oil Tuesday for the highway project which calls for paving numerous gaps on Road 30 between Warsaw and Columbia City. The Warsaw firm’s bid was 9 $96,543.95. The contract will probably be awarded within a week or two. The project in Kosciusko and Whitley counties included paving of 1.05 miles of gaps and relocations on 30 between Warsaw and Road 13 and also paving 1.412 miles of gaps and relocations on 30 between Roads 13 and one and one half miles east of Road 5. f

tions of objection to the stamp, appearing in either of their states. This seemed however to have the effect of creating a demand for the stamp. 3,000 copies were sold in Atlanta the first day it was issued. Columbia’s supply of 10,000 was exhausted in a week. Even the .representative who sponsored the bill in the South Carolina legislature bought fp’) r copies because it seems that his wife was a collector. T%e four cent stamp of the Army series is strickly a confederate affair as it bears the likenesses of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The department even departed from the usual procedure and printed the stamp in grey which was the color used by the Confederacy. For many years all four cent stamps have been printed in brown. This stamp was issued on March 23rd. The four cent stamp of the Navy series pictures three admirals of Spanish American War fame. They are Sampson, Dewey and Schley. The five cents stamp of these two series will appear soon and will publicize the academies of the United States at West Point and Annapolis. fl ■■ fl W -- JSI fl fl ® '■ ' Ws fl fl HF $* r fl HE m JT'iil |lm WHwl Statue of Liberty The stamp illustrated above was issued by the South American country of Uruguay. It was issued shortly after the world war and has been known as the ‘lnternational Stamp’. The picture is of course that of the Statue of Liberty. It is commonly known that the statue was presented to the United States by the people of France. The stamp itself was printed by a printing company in , London.

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ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Ik t ■Hb a Ik Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt murder of Mrs. Verna Garr Tayin above two photos is on trial in lor, La Grange, Kentucky'comely New Castle, Kentucky for the widow.

Governor Has Airdale That Can Climb Trees

At Least That’s What the News Bureau Claims (Special to The Journal) INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 29. — Hunting dogs that can climb trees are as legendary as the great Paul Bunyon, but Governor M. Clifford Townsend said today he really had such a dog. Several years ago John Mitchell, Greenfield editor, gave Governor Townsend an excitable little airdale puppy which became ambitious to run with the hounds. Given a chance, the puppy would streak out after coons-and o’possums despite the skepticism of Clarence Wilson, Public Service Commission truck inspector and a former neighbor of the Governor’s.

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ers followed his example, and under the protection of the British super-battleship, Hood, delivered cargoes of foodstuffs to the starving city.

When Wilson complained about having the airdale along on hunting trips, Governor Townsend replied laughlingly, “Clarence, “Clarence, some day that airdale will make a better coon dog than a hound.” One night the Governor and his party chased a ’possum into a corn field and up an apple tree. The airdale took several trial lunges at the tree, and then with one desperate effort leaped up and scrambled into a crotch of the tree. Scenting the ’possum, he recklessly climbed out on a limb. The frightened ’possum jumped and the dog, too excited by this time to think of the consequences, followed. His wind was knocked out for a time, but the puppy scrambled up, chased and caught the ’possum, and came back with it to the Governor proudly wagging his tail.

B. & 0. INAUGURATES NEW TRAIN SERVICE “Shenandoah,” Fast Passenger, Carries Steward-Nurse As Part of Crew The first train in the east to add a steward-nurse to its crew and to provide tray lunches for coach passengers is the up-to-the minute, “Shenandoah,” which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started in service last Sunday, between New York and Chicago. Shenadoah is one of the most beautiful of Indian names and in their lore means “daughter of the i stars.” When a new train with a long: distance run begins service, it. means the complete equipping of two trains, one for each direction. Thus when the “Shenandoah” started from New York Sunday morning, Miss Bernyce Etna Young was ' its steward nurse, with Miss Norma A. Thompson filling the same position on the east-bound run. Misses Nancy Wilson, Margaret M. Hearty and Evelyn A. Harrison are the other young ladies employed to do this work on the “Shenandoah,. ” Each stewardess is a registered nurse and since the “tour of duty” of each will be the entire New York-Chicago run, they will work only every other day. The special duties of these new members of the train-crews will be to take care of women and children and to give helpful information to travelers. They will also see that the train has a homey, attractive atmosphere and that it is as neat as a pimfrom smoker to observation end. The other innovation on the “Shenandoah” will be the serving of meals, direct from the dining car to coach passengers at their seats. Breakfasts begin at twentyfive cents for fruit juice, rolls or doughnuts, coffee or milk, and other meals are priced accordingly. The schedule of tjie “Shenandoah” west-bound provides a daylight trip through the most picturesque route of the Alleghenies, touching the Shenandoah country at Harper’s Ferry and other points. With the inauguration of the “Shenandoah” between New York and Chicago, the B & O also puts inservice . between Washington aritfS New York the improved Royal Blue, whish has just finished an exhibition tour, including Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Heavy Rainfall In This Area in April Rainfall in this area during April has been exceptionally heavy and very little more is needed to bring the precipitation up to the 11927 mark of six inches. Rainfall Jso far this month has been nearly

LOCAL UNITS RECEIVE TOTAL OF $1,446,563 Amount Exceeds Previous Sum Allocated a Year Ago LOCAL UNITS) INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 29. — The semi annual distribution of state aid funds to distressed school units will be available before most country schools close, William P. Cosgrove, Chief Examiner, State Board of Accounts, said today. Local school units will receive a total of $1,446,563.69 for the period from Aug. 1 to Dec. 31, 1936 as compared to $1,238,279.38 for the previous semi-annual installment, Mr. Cosgrove, said. Work on the distribution of school claims was speeded and additional examiners were sent out into the field in order that the schools might have the funds to settle current debts as soon as possible. A total of 373 school units will receive an average of $3,878.18 as compared to an average allotment of $3,439.66 for 360 units the previous period. A Bride-to-Be Miss Ethel Dupont, who is to wed Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., early this summer, is pictured with hex pet spaniel at a recent meeting ol the Wilmington, Del., Horse Show Entertainment Committee.

Hershey Chocolate Profits Spent Model Industrial Town

Candy Manufacturer’s Personal Income Largely Spent | in Improving Already Model Working Community

HERSHEY, Pa. (IPS)—A man who spends about $5,000,000 a year to improve this already model town was the target of sitdown strikers who recently were ejected by irate farmers from the Uexshey Chocolate Corporation plimt here. The man is Milton S. Hershey, founder and owner of most of the stock of the Hershey Corporation. Born on,a farm near here, Hershey’s first job was as a “printer’s devil” in a Lancaster, Pa., newspaper office. But one day his straw hat, which was too big for him, fell into the press, and he was fired. His next job was as a candymaker, and he has stuck to that. In 1903, he organised the Hershey Corporation and built his first plant in the middle of a cornfield. Since then, he has put all of the Corporation’s earnings back into the business or spent them to build what he describes as an “Industrial Utopia.” In 1909, he established the Hershey Industrial School for orphan boys on the old Hershey homestead. It now houses and gives a practica (education to about 800 boys. By 1923, the school had ex- ' panded to the point that Hershey put $60,000; 000 in trust for it as a perpetuating endowment. Meanwhile, he has spent an equal amount improving the town

Missionary Lecture At U. B. Church The United Brethren Church announced today that a missionary lecture illustrated with natura color slides will be the feature o their regular evening service nex Sunday, May 2. Rev. G. D. Fleming, a returned African missionary, is to con duct the lecture which will illus trate the vfork being done by the United Brethren Church ir Sierre Leone and other countries in Western Africa. The service will be oneped with a special song service at 7:30. A free will offering will, be received.

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itself. Detached houses have been built for his employees, each house designed aion; model lines and surrounded by lawns and shrubbery. The streets are treelined. Public utilities and a model free school system have been provided. The town also boasts a monumental community building wilh a theater, a library, a hospital, club rooms, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and dormitories. Special areas have been set aside ;md turned over to winter and summer sports. Today, this small town boasts five goii links, one being the only strictly juvenile course in America. Hershey explains that the profits of his businesses are greater than his personal needs, and that he and his wife decided to distribute the excess in philanthropy among the workers. He hopes to make the industrial school “one place in the world , where children without parents can find a real home, happiness and a useful education.” When sit down strikers took over the plant, farmers who had been selling 400,000 quarts of milk a day to the plant banned together a market for the milk. Although subsequent negotiations delayed the reopening of the plant, Hershey resumed buying the milk even though he could not use it.

Rev. Fleming will lecture at Indian Village at 10:00 Sunday 1 morning, but the lecture will not be illustrated.

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