The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 May 1940 — Page 4

THE DAILY BANNER, GEEENOASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY I-.

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David O. Selznick, producer of “Gone With The Wind,’’ now gives you “Rebecca”... a woman of fascination to rival the man* # buit!:,g Scarlett O’Hara. Rebecca ; —the strangest... the most com- i, plex... the most baffling character the screen has e\ er dramatized !

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REFUGE™ RULERS—Picture telephotood to London and radioed trom there shows Grand Duchess Charlotte, ruler of Luxembourg, and her husband, Prince Felix, arriving in France, after fleeing tiny nation ahead of Nazi*.

KiLARICUSi CANTOR S FUNNIEST LAUGH r 4 u„. Eddie's o bcchelor tether now with a bundle ct joy ... ond forty of the cutest little mothers that ■. 0Bd together to bring you a howl with ever, 9lI '' 9, CAHTdl IN THE STORY OF **

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GRAMA DA 4 SUN., MON., TITES. •The Family Theatre” ^ (( "iitinucus Sunday)

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SUPREME WAR CHIEF — French General Mdurice Gamelin, who commands the Allied armies in France, inspects FrenchCanadian regiment recently arrived in France. Success or failure of Allied resistance depends on him.

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Did 1 ou Know— I That at one time there was a Soul Sleeper Church in Warren county and a Dead Dog School in Madis n | county? There was.

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A Utilise)'** Ever) Shot

A rifle which might well he appreciated by the Finns is now an antique in the possession of Jacob H. Rittenour. a resident of Warnm county. This antique firearm, made by Jim Stedman. Independence, Indiana. gunsmith, was known as n

patch and hall rifle and curate when used in shoe es that handicap was ini| user. In loading, pow l poured into the batrel. t! ed square of tag was pi muzzle, the ball placed F “patch" and driven dow ramrod. The ramrod wa because the use *if a m

would mar the rifling

the rifle was cocked. th< ger set, the rifle raised and then the halt triggei ed. So sensitive was th ger. that a mere touch

hammer to fall. The rifle including its maple stock, is 57 inches long and

weighs 12 pounds.

Would lie Think So Now?

The thrill of the first talking machines is well illustrated in the I Mowing item appearing in the Clay County Enterprise of April 24. 187f>. published at Brazil, Indiana: ‘‘The phonograph exhibited by the Mietady Troup Mo day evening was. alone, worth the price of admission. It reproduces music and conversation accurately, and is altogether an

nteresting singularity.”

Score One I*"r Dekalb County The DeKalb < >unty organization of 1 “Tall Talers” scores a bull’s eye” I u ith this tall corn story. The soil I of DeKalb county was so rich, so I says this story, that the ears of corn | grew so long and so heavy that they 'turned point down, grew until they touched the ground, then took root m I continued to grow into the , arth. Th* farmer became fearful j lost the ears of corn become so firmly fixed in the eaith that it would ••ic Impossible to gather and crib ■ them. Aftei much effort he finally succeeded in pulling one cob out of

nd found that grains hole fifteen feet and diameter that immedth water and became a

a .by the i of hickory tal ramrod In shooting front trigand aimed was touchs hair trigcaused 1 lie

Editorial Forecasting That Missed th** Mark I Two years after Thomas A. Edison had brought out in * first incandos- ! cent lamp and while he was still experimrnting with it, the editor of the Clay County Enterprise, Brazil, Iniliana. expressed a glowing impatience with the famous inventor and a distrust of his ability to produce

: a log cabin on one Blue River, and wishlocated on the opposite I his twenty yoke of tructute and cracked

the ground had walled seven feet iately filled

fine well. Next. Herr's One | rom ( rawford County This is th- lory of Uncle Dave Wilbur’s tv., iy yoke of oxen and their f it- strength. His “lead” yoke and t\\> ••wheelers" were incomparable.

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side of Little ing to have it side, he Intel oxen to the

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The “lead - a.” ably assisted by the two “wheel ’ sprang to the task and put forth their sturdy strength unstintingIv Hut it was at the crossing of the river that they did themselves pi,,ud. The banks were steep. Just as the b ad ox n gained the top of the opposite hank the driver turned and looked anxiously at his train A I wonderful light met his eyes. The loble whi i lei had done their bit by holding back the load so as to vase down ii bank without undue damage. Th. y sat back on thrb haunches with all their might and main, and bet oen these two irresistible fore s i.p rating in opposite directions, th, li: e of oxen between suddenly became taut and straight from bank to hank The eighteen span of xi n wc rr v;o ntly jerked from then fei t and dan', led across the stream like the fnitijly wash on the line. The remainder of the removal was made without incident worthy of mention and the next day the farmer took his remarkable “lead oxen' and the two "wheelers'' and moved the cellar over without troubling to yoke up the others.

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Grnnadii 'The story of Forty Id! tie M. 1. i : is." heart-w trm Eddi* Cantoi days at the Gn definitely ■ of the season. It is a new Eddie C.r tor that the audli Prince of Comedy Gags , , , ig, • real actor. Mil , plays a very human tin id , f* who inherits . . its mother fi >n uiei le l in* id* 11 ally annexes a lot of trouble. Cantor proves definitely that he does not ,’i_>ed a chorus of a hundred beautiful girls in scantier as a I, > kgroun I for his talents He has forty of Hollywood’s prettiest sub- .•! s i' “The Story of Forty Little Mothers' but they are an important part o’ the story. Chateau Against a background of shilling mystery and eeriness. David O. Selznick's production of “Rebecca." bestselling novel will have its first showing at the Chateau Theatre on Sunday. "Rebecca” was filmed with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fountainin the top starring roles while tne featur id support! Judith Anderson, >: iVigei Bru e, C. Au Smith i 1 Florence Bates "Rebecca" was transferred to the screen from the scenario written jointly by Robert E. Sherwood and' Joan Harrison. The story cor,cor:::: a young an I unsophisticated girl wire | becomes the bride of the wealthy and

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'■'icily pro: ... ,t .M:\iiu do VVinle; I life ■ , When they return to live on his vast | Rebec* M d’udor estate. Manderlcy, the sveoiul Ireautitui 1 ■ wife learns, to her horror, that her who knew h

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PROHIBITION PARLEY Study of some of delegates at Prohibition party convention in Chicago Platform they adopted not only opposed liquor but stressed "need of a spiritual awakening" in (economics and other issues.

Voncastle ' '‘11 " ” Meet Again”, co-starring Merle Oberon and George Brent, makes its local debut Sunday at the, Vonenst'le Theatre. Featured In the! stellar cast are Put O'Brien, Gerul-

SMOKE AND FLAMES—Radio air view of Waalhaven airport in Rotterdam as Britu . ^^ bombs upon Naii captors. Smoke and flames arise from burning hangars. Nan* « rr " I transport planes, arrow. Airport changed hands several times in fierce fighting.

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