The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1937 — Page 1

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Noted Playwright to Wed Star WSI xfw lilililP Uil ' raßMlWfc' jl ill Jllsl Elr |g ; Clifford Odets [ ~ ' AvX< - •' y < One of the “surprise" romances of the seasoh in Hollywood is that of Luise Rainer, charming Viennese star, and Clifford Odets, radical dramatist, whose plays have created a sensation because of their radical tone. When Odets viewed the performance of Miss Rainer in a recent picture he was so impressed that he arranged a meeting -.. and their romance followed-

News Flashes MERCHANT ROBBED OF S6O FORT WAYNE, Jan. 6 (INS)—Forced at the point 1 of a revolver to open his safe, Walter M. Berner was fobbed of S6O by h bandit today. Berner, alone in the store, was forced to lie on the floor while the gunman fled on foot. ■, STATE POLICE TAG ARRESTS TO START INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6 —Don Stiver, state commissioner of public safety, today announced he had ordered police to begin arrests of motorists using 1936 license plates at once. FOUR AWAIT DEATH AT MICHIGAN CITY MICHIGAN CITY, Jan. 6 (INS)—Population in Indiana state prison’s “death row” stood at four today following arrival of Heber L. Hicks, 39, sentenced to electrocution April 10 for the “head and hands” murder of Harry R. Miller, retired Cincinnati fire captain. Others in “death row” are: Raymond Fortune of “Fort Wayne, sentenced to die January 26 for a coker party slaying; Willis Fuller, 28, convicted of slziying a Terre Haute deputy sheriff, and Chester Arkuszewski, 24 of LaPorte, confessed killer of a LaPorte recluse for $35. * GIRL, 15, SHOOTS §ELF TWICE IN HEAD; DIES INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6 .(INS)—Miss Lula May Platt, 15, committed suicide here by firing two shots into her head from a small bore revolver, Marion County sheriff reported. No motive was advanced. Orville Platt, her father, said she was ironing when he went to a hosiery mill to get her mother after work. When the parents returned they found her lying face down on the bedroom floor, the pistoknear. f SON OF PRESIDENT TO QUIT HOSPITAL BOSTON,"Jan. 6 (INS) —Fortyfive days after he entered the Massabhuseetts General'Hospital, Franklin D. »Roosevelt Jr., son of the president, will leave that institution Friday: He will go to the White House and then to Florida. ■ • .

Students Return To At College . Students who have/ returned to I college after their holiday season ' are, Laueks and William, jXanders. | Joseph and James Freeman, Her- ■ man Jenson, Harriet nd Laura Bach- | man, Carma Parkhurst, and Marjorie_Slabaugh, to Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.; Harry Stone nd Ralph Thornburg, jr., to Purdue, at Lafayettee, Carl Stoelting Indian Dental} Indianapolis; Voyle 0«born and Elbert Groves to Depauw Green Castle; Harry Abts, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticutt. Mary Jane Green, Mary Louise Stoe- I Ring, Charles Beck and Howard Rhoda to Manchester College; Margaret Smith to Terre Haute; William Osborn and Joseph Kindig, Wittenberg, Springfield, Ohio; Kingsley Pfingst, Ohio States Columbus, O.

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Questions And Answers To Be Sermon Topic “Three Questions afid Their Answers” wjlL be the 1 theme of the sermon in the Evangelical Morning Service at 10:45 Sunday. The Sunday School begins at 9:45, The Young People will meet at the M. E. Church at 6 p. m. for the League Service. The co-operative evening service will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church at 7 o’clock. Rev. Travis Purdy will preach. Fellowship Class Will Meet Tuesday The Fellowship class of the. Evangelical Church will be entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cook on Tuesday evening, January 12.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937

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Cold, SnoW Expected Tonight

INDIANAPOLIS DRUGGIST IS FUUNDJNCREEK Continue Search For Murderers Throughout State SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan 7 (INS) —Indiana State Police today were continuing their search for the murders of William F. Bright, 36, Indianapolis druggist, whose body was discovered yesterday from Big Sugar Creek north of Boggstown. Bright apparently was murdered in his automobile and dropped from a bridge into the creek. Bright had been shot twice through the head and his face was I battered as if he had fought with the killers.. He had been missing since Monday. Sein Brings Up Body Discovery of the body came after passersby had noticed blood stains on the rail of a bridge above the creek.. Authorities the alram their suspicions arounsed because a blood-stained hat, identified as belonging to Bright, had been found in a corn field only two miles from | the scene o Wednesday. Missing Since Monday A search had besn under way since Tuesday afternoon when Bright’s wife, Mrs. Louise Cherry Bright, a teacher in the University public schools at Indianapolis, reported he had been missing since 6 o. m. the previous daiy. At that time he had left a drug store on Indiana- i polis East Side," where he was employed as pharmacist. Authorities theorized that Bright ' might have given a lift to a hitch- ! hiker while driving home from the drug store after work Monday, and that the passenger might have killed him, with robbery as the motive. 1

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Joined by more than 400 Italian women, the mothers of six Italian youths condemned to die at Sing Sing tonight for the murder of a subWay fare collector knelt on the sidewalk in front of the New York home of Gov. Herbert Lehman and prayed that

World At A- Glance Cat Caused Panic BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 7 — (INS)—A cat caused a panic in the National Theatre during the first act of a Hungarian comedy. The cat appeared suddenly on the stage and shocked by the light and noise sprang at tne leading lady. The actress screamed and dashed from the stage. The cat sprang into the first row of the audience. Everyone thought it was rabid and the public j fled in panic. After a half hour’s pause the show was resumed before empty front rows. The cat. disappeared. Real “He Man” REDMUND, Ore., Jan. 6—(INS) i —Vern Campbell is a real "he-man” ; -—he killed a coyote with his bare hands without suffering a scratch.. The youth was out for a walk : when his dogs put up a coyote and chased it to cover beneath an abandI oned barn. He broke up the fight which resulted by wading into a mass of flying fur and gleaming fangs, grasping the coyote by its tail and . swinging it against the side of the barn until it was dead. Dog Saves Home BANGOR, Me., Jan. 7—(INS)— ■ Awakened by the barking of his small dog, which he attempted to * raffle off as a Beano prize, George : Wattrich, called firemen, who saved : his home from destruction after fighting flames for almost an hour. Pigmy Burglar BUDAPEST, Jan. 6—(INS) — i When a gang of burglars was caught red-handed by the police, a pigmy was found with them. He is Genza Lency, 28-year-old circus artist. The burglars took him to places where idoors could not be forced open. He entered shops through narrow ven- | tilation holes and pillaged them for his friends waiting outside. When’ I taken to police headquarters, he sud- 15 ! denly disappeared and was found la- : ter hidden in a stove. A special guard has been ordered to watch him I i day aqd night.

SNOW COMING WITH DROP IN TEMPERATURE 15 to 25 Degrees Is Expected by This Evening A snow storm and colder weather is scheduled to arrive here tonight according to the ' weather bureau at Indianapol- j is. The Bureau predicts also the temperatures would drop to 15 | to 25 degrees in this section of ' the state. Bureau heads, however, admitted ruefully that their prediction of near-zero temperatures for the state had been wide of the mark this morn- ; in, the expected storm passing to ’ the north and leaving the mercury only slightly below freezing in most I of the state* Eastern counties will be the warm- ! est part of the state tomorrow and I | northern counties the most dangerous for travel since sleet and rain have made many roads in the north dangerously slippery, according to the report. ” ■ ——— Syracuse High School Loses To St. Mary’s The Syracuse Muskrats faltered in the final half Friday night and were ; defeated 34 to 30 by St. Mary’s of i Huntington. The local aggregation 1 led 18 to 12 at the end of the half but weakened in the final period when its two guards were forced to leave the game because of personal \ fouls. I In the preliminary game the Syracuse second team defeated the St. Mary’s seconds 31 to 20. Friday night the locals play Mentone there.

he might extend executive clemency to the doomed youths. They were led in prayer by a prominent New York Italian center. Governor Lehman apparently heard their plea, for he commuted sentences of three of the youths to life imprisonment.

Ex-Dancer On Trial w IkEH » v,..' ■ Betty Baker On trial at Ann Arbor, Mich., charged with the slaying of a boarder, Betty Baker, former dancer and wife of a policeman, is shown as she appeared in court. I _ .—.-—— — Former Goshen Pastor Dies At Kansas City Goshen, Jan. - (INS) The Rev. Charles Louis Deßow, 55, promin- ! ent pastor in the Methodist Episco- | pal church and a former resident of Goshen, died at 6:30 o’clock Sunday evening at his- home in Kansas City, Mo. from the effects of a j cerebral thrombosis suffered Nov- ' ember 15. > * | —_ — WPA Truck Driver KillecPNear Here Warren Sayles, 47, of 102 Olive street, a WPA truck driver, was instantly killed Saturday afternoon shortly after three o’clock when his Model A Ford dump truck ovehturned on the Huntington road,two and a half miles southeast of New Paris.

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NEW SYRACUSE THEATER UPENS ABOUT APRIL 21 Tentative Date Fixed As New Building , Takes Shape ‘ "f Syracuse will soon have its first deluxe theatre. According to W. E. Long, sponsor of the the opening will be April 21. When completed, Mr. Long the theatre will be the most of its kind in the state, and will be an entertainment tenter of which the community can be proud. The building of the theatre here has brought employment to mtore than a score of local men and has helped materially to increase business throughout the community. Business men are enthusiastic over the possibilities of increased business as a result of the establishipent of the state’s most modern theatre in Syracuse and it is believed .the place will draw many people here i the yeair-round. Contractor Enthused Frank W. Hartzer, contractor, who has built a number of theatres is emphatic in his statements that this one is the finest he has had anyting to do with, or has seen. He stated today that Mr. Long is sparing no expense in making the theatre the bfest, and that he has demainded everything inside and outside the building to be absolutely perfect. Arranged to seat over 500 persons, the theatre will be spacious comfortable and pleasing in every waiy. There will be installed large, roomy luxurious upholstered chairs, leach so arranged as to provide maximum ■ vision and absolute comfort. Beautifully Designed i The whole structure will be aircooled and air conditioned. A well I has just been sunk outside the buildI ing to a depth of about 140 feet to provide an abundant of water for the air cooling system. The exterior of the building is being done in an old English style of architecture, which is carried through the interior where it blends with the modernistic and colorful. Most Cojnplete Plans' Those privileged te see the whole plans are just as enthusiastic aS the builders. Every detail is being carefully worked out and nothing seems to be lacking. There are proper exits, cleverly arranged lighting that is completely decorative in itself, a beautiful lobby arrangement with rest rooms and lounging rooms conveniently placed. The whole structure will be fire proof and soundj Special attention has been paid to the safety of the patrons as well as to their comfort, convenience and enjoyment. Within and without there is nothing that could be more complete, architects whe designed the plans contend. The whole arrangement is a combination of the finer qualities of a dozen theatres in large cities, all brougt together here on a smaller scale, to make Syracuse the home of the best and most beautiful theatre in the state of Indiana. Warsaw Youth Weds Pierceton Girl Here Announcement; has been made of the marriage of Ralph R. Kinney of Warsaw and Ina Whitacre of Pierceton. The couple were mrried by Rev. J. Edwin jarboe at his home here last Friday night. The couple will reside in Warsaw where Mr. Kinney is assistant manager of a chain grocery store. | - >

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