The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 40, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 February 1937 — Page 1

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New Syracuse Theater. Progresses Rapidly

Frosh Beauty Is Campus Queen . • ’’•' ' x ' •*;;•7 ■■-'‘< Z.WW; '\< s '\? X '2WWy Bwl|iß| B E- #■■ - HML ” .. < IBB- •■ MUk ? ' , 1 ' x ■* ■ x Jem Clifton FAlthough only a freshman at University of Wisconsin, pretty Dorothy Jean Clifton of Elkhorn. Wis.. was unanimously chosen to represent the school *at the seventh annual charity ball sponsored by University of Northwestern in Chicago where the reigning beauties . • of the Big Ten will compete for title of conference queen.

News Flashes BOY, 4, SHOT AT PLAY BY BROTHER, 7, DIES LINTON, Feb. 3 (INS)—Gordon Clark, 4 years old, died today in Linton Hospital from rifle wounds accidentally suffered while he was playing with his brother, Bobby, 7, in their playroom at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clark. BEGIN AUDIT AS BANK FINDS CASHIER DEAD RUSHVILLE, Feb 3 (INS)—Ross M. Miles, cashier of the New Salem Bank southeast of Rushville, died here tonight two hours after he was found in a coal shed behind the bank. He had a bullet wound in his head. State examiners earlier today began an audit. This was Miles’ thirty-second birthday. n BURGLARS BUSY AT LA PORTE LIBRARY LA PORTE, Feb.’ 3 (INS)—For the second consecutive time the public library was entered last night by burglars, who obtained fifty pennies for the effort. On the preceding night thieves took $6 in money and stamps. 35 DIE, 52 BORN AT ELKHART IN MONTH ELKHART, Fieb. 3 (INS)—There were thirty-five deaths and fifty-two births in Elkhart during the month of January, Dr. A. W. Kistner, secretary of the board of health reported today. $15,000 DAMAGE TRIAL IN WARSAW WARSAW, Feb. 3 (INS)—The $15,000 damage suit of Leonard Nelson against Edward Freese, brought here under change of venue from Elkhart County, went on trial today before a Circuit Court jury. Nelson was injured in an automobile accident on ’October 20, 1935.

, .... Bangs Loses Court Appeal; Still Defiant

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 3 (INS)—The State Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of Special Judge David E. Smith of Huntington County Circuit Court, prohibiting Mayor C. W. H. Bangs from extending the Huntington municipal light utility into the commercial field.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bangs was in , the Huntington County jail for contempt of court because of his refusal | to obey Judge Smith’s ultimatum. ( He had appealed to the Supreme Court, but was jailed when he failed i to post bond. Lose 700 Customers. The injunction against the mayor was issued on complaint of the Northern Indiana Power Company, which

Fast Train Hits Another At Valparaiso

VALPARAISO, Feb. 3* (INS)— i Lives of passengers on the Pitts-burgh-Chicago Express of the Pennsylvania Railroad were endangered | here today when two express cars left the rails and plowed into_a_

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I lost about 700 customers to tne municipal plant. The 47-year-old mayor answered ; defiantly from his jail cell office that he would continue operation of the ; municipal plant no matter if he did j have to “rot in jail. ” “There will be no end to our utility fight until Huntington enjoys freedom from utility domination,” he said.

I freight train on a sidetrack. No one was injured. Railroad officials said the wreck was due to an air hose catching in a ijrog, thereby derailing the cars. > h atfic was delayed slightly e

MAYOR BANGS LOSES TILT 3 SLAYERS AWAIT VERDICT

Trio Head-Hands Murderers Await Judges Decision

BROOKVILLE, Feb. 3 (INS)—. Three men who today pleaded guilty to complicity in the “head-and- j hands” murder of Harry R. Miller, j retired Cincinnati fire captain, ruminated tonight on the possibility of leniency for them because two turned state's witnesses. They already have seen Heber L. j Hicks, alleged “brains” of the murder plot, sentenced to death after their testimony against him. The men who entered their pleas in Franklin County Circuit Court are John J. Poholsky, William A. j Kuhlman and Frank Gore Williams. Asks Jury Decide. One, Kuhlman, asked that a jury determine his fate. Poholsky and Williams said they would leave their punishment to Judge Roscoe C. O’Byrne. All fate either death in the electric chair or life imprisonment. Judge O’Byrne set February 15 as the date for a jury to decide the punishment for Kuhlman. i The judge will hold a hearing February 22 without a jury to deter-

$5,000,000 Sewer For Fort Wayne

FORT WAYNE, Feb 3 (INS)— Ap-1 proval of a government grant for the construction of- a sewage disposal plant and a system of intercepting sewers, here at an estimated cost of $5,000,-000, is recommended in a re-

AS TRAGEDY STALKED IN WAKE OF FLOOD DISASTER! 8* ■ . ' fit | ■KV■■ jUI lrL 9Mk*-_. ■i! HBBa. ■’’w nF w SLa Bht. "HBIHMHn ml HmhKKI Pgl If! -w ’’B of Lif e in the balance!J JH Tills dramatic moment in the grim history of the flood disaster was i on with “»d<>us eyes as renders first aid to his exhausted recorded in a Louisville church where an elderly flood refugee looks | wiftwhocolWsedafter being res^^_________ === ___

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, mine the punishment for Williams and Poholsky. Hicks, convicted last December, i now is in the death row at the Michigan City state prison. Betly Parrin of Chicago, who was with Williams in San Francisco at ; the time of his arrest, was in the courtroom today and conversed with I I the prisoner. It was through Miss Parrins letters to her mother in Chi- ; cago that authorities traced Williams I I to the Pacific coast. Find Distnem’bered Body. The murder became known as the “head-and-hands” slaying, when Mil- ; ler’s dismembered body was found in Kentucky, the head haying been- cut off and imbedded in concrete. At Hicks’ trial Poholsky and Kuhlman testified for the state. Wil-, liams was captured just before the trial ended. Hicks formerly was employed by Miss Flora Miller, sister of the slain man, as a chauffeur. ‘ Authorities who arrested Hicks said he admitted he hoped to share in the modest fortune accumulated by the retired fireman.

I port of the national resources committee sent to Congress by President Roosevelt. The city application requests a government grant of $2,322,000, of • the estimated cost of $5,160,000-

Mussolini on the Toboggan! s In keeping with his traditional ex- 7ltii| hibitionism. Mussolini chose to set a new style for winter sports / wear and did his sliding down hill nude to the waist at the resort on x . '• Mount Terminillo, near Rome. i ■ j r BBS

Asks $15,240 Judgement, In Circuit Court In Goshen

GOSHEN, Feb. 3 (INS)—Judg- 1 ment of sls, 240 was asked today in I a suit filed in Circuit Court by the - state department of financial institutions against C. D. Rasp, of Elkt hart; L. N. Miller, of Solumbia f City, and E. D. Harsch, of Lima,

i Ohio. . The department filed suit sa liquidating agent for the Columbia State Bank of Columbia City, closing of which resulted in the indictment and conviction of Harsch and Miller on federal charges.

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LOCAL THEATER PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION Workmen Focus Efforts On Entertainment Center Behind the huge shield on Main and Huntington streets, here, where the W. E. Long theatre and building block project is being rushed to completion, there is constant activity and progress. The huge wooden enclosure was constructed to protect the building from the ravages of the winter weather and at the same time to prevent the curious and spectators from being injured. ' x Concentrate On Theatre At the site of the new theatre itself, most of the large crew of workmen are now engaged. Here walls have been rebuilt, huge steel beams and. bars have been placed in position, and floors and various rooms are beginning to, take form. The exterior of the theatre is nearing completion, and one can obtain an idea of the ultimate beauty of the structure from the work already completed. At the recreation center, next door to the theatre, workmen are lowering floors, enlarging the building to conform with the depth of the rest of the block, and arrangements are being made to install equipment, which will be here as soon as the building can be utilized. Along the rest of Main street in back of the huge shield, several modern store rooms are beginning to materialize. Every indication points to beauty, cleverness of arrangement and a definite trend toward the modern and efficient type of business property. When the Main street side of the building is opened, there will be unfolded to the citizens of the community and Northern Indiana, the most outstanding improvement ever made in all the lake country. Print Plant Nearly Finishedi. On the Huntington street portion of the block, work on the Journal’s office and plant is rapidly being completed. The Journal, already operating in its new quarters, will soon be free of workmen and the huge task of building a modern printing plant and offices will soon be completed. Next door to the Journal’s offices large room is being converted into a modern suite of offices for ; a physician. According to W. E. Long, financier and sponsor of the project, the task should be completed around May 1, before the vacation season opens, Syracuse will have a shopping center and recreation center that will doubtlessly attract much business and enterprise to the community, and will be an improvement worthy of any city or metropolitan center. Governor Supports Farm Bureau Plan INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (INS)Governor M. Clifford Townsend to day called attention to the legislative program of the Indiana Fam Bureau and indicated administratior support for at least a part of it. The program, as ouflined by 11. E. Schenck, president of the bu reau, follows: 1. Prevention of an increase in th< property taxfo care for the counties shares of social security payments. 2. To compel the state to bear th< full SBOO burden of the annual mini mum salaries of school teachers. Th< state last year paid SSOO. 3. Removal of the emergencj clause from the $1.50 and SI.OO tai limitation law. 4. Repeal of all legislation whicr enables local units of government tc i issue road bonds. 5. Establishment of a net incomt

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