The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 February 1947 — Page 1

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W.DAY JISSED AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT KNO'VN MAlUON TW1*. ; K MKIt DIED AT CO. HOSPITAL n W. Day. prominent Marounship f ar | > l( ’ r allJ stock r died at the Putnam counspital Sunday night at 9:45 He had been ill since ' bfr jihi! his death was jiexpectcd. pay was burn in Marion ship on June 8. I8T4. the son c and Mary Day. 1^ spent nti re life In the Fillmore maity. He is survived by •ido«. Ann Uviic>t Day. one Robert W. Day of this I several nieces and us. Had he lived until Febrv 28. he and Mrs. Day d have been married fifty

Pay was interested in inj. and livestock raising was known throughout the and nation for his high products. At one time he |interested in growing pedichickens and showed them ighout the country, winning ■ top prizes. In recent years evoted his time and efforts educing pure bred livestock com and was known ighout Indiana for his prize W com exhibits. He was :f the few producers in the !y to show and win consistover the past quarter of a ijy. He was also winner of > top premiums at state corn

Hi'ral services will be held the Rector Funeral Home o o’clock Tuesday a/ter- . Burial will be in Uie Fillccmctery. lends may call at the Funcrmc. Robberies At Roachdale

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947

NO. 101

EUGENE RICKS JOINS WARD STORE STAFF

The appointment of a new as- 1 sistant manager of the Montgomery Ward Greencastle store was announced today by Vincent

Ward, manager. Eugene Ricks GKOlJ| . , M M Ks A l7 . VEAK

FOUR IN JAIL

ON CHARGES OF STEALING AUTOS

GOLDOIGGERS BALL GUESTS “PINCHED”

01,1) GIKL; Ki-VKAK

01.1) BOV

of Lafayette has arrived in Greencastle and has assumed his

duties in that capacity.

Before coming to Greencastle,' ^on*' persons, including a 17Mr,.Ricks was connected with ok * local girl, are being held the Lafayette Montgomery Ward * 11 I’utnam county jail, all instore after his release from the v °l vut l in stealing automobiles. U. S. Navy in which he served Harvey Warren Keck and for four years. He is a native G lenn Wilson Holland, both of of Lafayctt). j Roachdale community, were

Mrs. Ricks has Joined Ricks In Greencastle and

will make their home at 111

south Jackson street.

Mr. Ricks succeeds Clifford Carlson, who was transferred to Louisville to be assistant manager of the Montgomery Ward

store in that city.

; returned to Greencastle during they! tlle weekend by deputy siierift 114 ! Paul Grimes from Hazen, Arki ansus. where they were appro-

WET AND DRY FIGHT FACES LEGISLATORS GKN KK.VI, ASSK.MBIA I{|; CONVENES FOR BtSV WEEK OF WORK

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 17 (INS) The General Assembly was faced with a spirited wet and dry fight as it reconvened today after the week-end adjournment.

LATEST WIRE NEWS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— i INS)—The Supreme Court today started a two-week recess without ailing on the appeal o( •tolm L. L'wis from a eontein|.t of court conviction in the recent coal walkout. The court will meet again on March It. The Lewis case was argued before the high court -Ian

I I.

I.ewis and Hie Flitted Mine Workers iinimi were fined $3,-

This "police line-up" was found in the city Hall Friday evening by The Daily Banner cameraman after the guests for the Golddiggers' Ball hud been "pinched" by city police on warrants sworn

bended by authorities. They are out by their girl friends. It was all in fun, but the young men

charged with stealing a car belonging to Ruth Hutchins, in Roachdale, on February 3.

didn't know it until they were released

Golddiggcr friends.

at the request of their

o robberies occurred during

J. W. Williamson Funeral Tuesday John William (Bantyt Williamsons age 86, passed away Saturday night. Survivors are: two daugh'ers, Mrs. Clarence Shillings, and Mrs. Walter Nelson of Greencastle; one son Ivan Williamson of Lebanon, half brother, Jacob, of Maplewood, and a half sister, Ella May. of Danville. Mr. Williamson was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Funrcal services will be held I Tuesday at 2 P. M. from Ute McCurry Funeral Home. Burial will be in Little Walnut

cemetery.

HLT'I'ORT LILIENTHAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UP) — Leaders of 21 national organizations, including religious, racial and veterans groups, appealed to the Senate today to put aside “pnrUsaii politics" and confirm David E. Lilicnthal as chairman of the ntomie enrrgy^wmi-

miasion.

EASTERN STAR NOTICE Morton O E S initiation Wed-

nesday night.

Keck and the Greencastle girl are also being held in connection with the theft of Kenneth Stiles’ auto from in front of the Moose Home here on January 26. This car was recovered in Ohio where it had been abandoned. Robert Lee Fuller. 16, of Mars Hill, ie awaiting legal action for stealing and wrecking an uutomob>'e belonging to Carl Beck, of Bainbriagc, two weeks ago.

Krai s Mair, Jr., 17. his compan- niaking her home with

ion in this escapade was placed ''n probation to his father last week when it proved that it was his fust offense. Fuller, it is

said

of two or three cars. Agents of the FBI

Death Summons John T. White

Mrs. Templeman Called By Death Mrs. Mary Catherine Templeman. age 81 years, died Saturday night at the Putnam county hospital. The deceased had been

a grand-

daughter. Mrs. Freda Gibson, 132 Martinsville; three brother, Ben, West Berry Street. Frank and Charles of GroencasSurviving are three son. Arvei tic; three sister. Nora Sipes of of Noblcsville, Ernest of Chicago Frankfort, Delpha Toney of Lcb-

, is implicated in the stealing an(J Arlie ot Ph ocn j X , Ariz., and anon and Lizzie Johnson of

John Thomas White, age 76 passed away Sunday at the Robert Long hospital in Indianap-

olis.

lb was a resident of the Rcelsville community, and is survived by two sons, John Riley White of Greencastle and Enno White of

I a foster son,

have been Greencastle.

Robert Orr of l Tampa, Florida.

II \ 1,11 AX, N. S., Feb. 17.— (INS)—( aiiitda's coal productimi was cut in hull today a hen 13 thousand miners in 51) pits stagid their tirst strike in 22 years in

the Nova Scotia area.

in the city on several occasions! the past two weeks in regard to these thefts and it was during the questioning of the 17-year-old gill Friday that her connection with Keck in the stealing of the Siites machine came to light. Keck and Holland appeared before John John H. Alice in the Putnam circuit court Monday morning. The charges against them were read and the young men asked for advice of counsel. The court appointed Frank btocssel to represent Holland

Funeral services will he held Wednesday afternoon at 2 O’clock from the McCurry Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Boone-Hutchcson cemetery. Friends may cull at the McCurry Funeral Home tonight. Tuesday, the body wit the taken to the Gibson home at 132 west

Berry street.

Funeral services will be held I , ...

I general election

from the McCurry Funeral Home t , M(1

Tuesday morning at it) o’clock. Burial will lie in Forest Hill

cemetery.

Mrs. Ruby Smith Suffers Burns

They voiced their plea as the while relatives of Keck said they

NEGRO LVNCHEI)

GREENVILLE, S. C., Feb. 17. <L T P) An armed mob of about 35 white men overpowered the

Senate atomic energy committee wanted C. C. Gillen as bis attor- jailer at nearby Pickens e.irli

went into the fourth week ot hearings on the controversial

Weekend at Roachdale. Slier-j nomination amid signs that the h! Maddux reported Monday | votes of a dozen or so Republican

senators would decide the issue.

timlay night, thieves gained Jice to the Bob Myers' fillstation. Items taken ineludI'oxc.s of candy, 8 cartons tgaretlex, a hydraulic bump.I'k. (iliei's, fog lights and de-

ws ,

nday night, a quantity of "as stolen from a barn on l.vron H. Crosby farm, just cast of Roachdale. The robused a truck in niaking this

ney.

WANT ISLAND CUSTODY LAKE SUCCESS. N Y . Feb 17. (UP) The United States asked the United Nations Security Council for exclusive custody of the strategic Japanese-mand-ated islands of the Pacific today brushing aside British and Russian requests to lot the matter rest until the Pacific peace con-

ference.

today and removed a Negro whom they lynched by stubbit^

and shooting.

The Negro was identified as Willie Earle. 35, who had heel, held as a suspect in the assault and robbery of a Greenville taxi

driver.

Jailer Ed Gilstray at Pickens

: said tin

al><ml 5

M IDE PROBE PROMISED WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UP) Congressional efforts to track down Communists promised today to reach out to the state department and the Holly-

wood movie colony.

A member of the House uiiAincrican activities committee

voiced confidence that the group * here with Ins young son. •would look into the alleged ’l l 1 '' mob leader, he said, th ,- Communist beliefs of Hans Els-j armed and overpowered him and ler, Hollywood song writer and removed Earle from his cell Hr brother of Gerhart Eislcr, a’.- said mob members were armed, iegeil Russian secret agent. 1 with shotguns.

nglil In a|i|M*al OT<-Issued cer-

tificates id evlelion.

Tin- action, effective Wednesday,- was takrii as a result of a Jan. 20 Supreme Court decision iqiholdlng the right of tenants to

protest.

LONDON, Feb. 17.—(INS)— Toss, otfieiul Soviet news agency, reported that martial law had been deelared in the Clli-

I nese city id Pi ipillg.

Africa Greets British King

Mrs. Ruby Smith, wife of the owner of the Trading Post, ot) the north side of the square, remained in the Putnnin county hospital Monday suffering from painful burns she received Friday

right.

Mrs. Smith was trying to light a gas heater in the store when she was burned about the head, arms and shoulders. Mr. Smith, who had entered the front of the store just as the accident occurred, put out her burning clothing ainl rushed her to the hospital,

moh came to the jail! 'fiii re was no fire in the liiiildingi m., while he was alone j ;(s n . a ,jit 0 f the accident.

COUNCIL MEETING The city council will meet regular session this evening 7:30 o’clock.

verdale Sale Barn Is Sold

Oavcrdiilc .Sale Barn li has brin owned and opf,ir Uie past two years '■'Vne Bmmicman and Noble "f Bloomington, has been to Sidney Trimble of Mt. n R. Ky. who will take E 1 ’ of the now business on 11 1 Be has already moved “‘"'i.v t Clnverdalc and has l ' 1 ' ' t' 1 " MeKIruy rcsldcncf. I'lnns .siniin extensive physanprovfjiients <m the place "dl continue its operations ll "' l ,R at. Mr. Branneman curtimie as the auctioned of the Tuesday sales. K 'i- youth meeting 1‘ntnani County Rural 1 "dl meet Tuesday cvcn’’ebraury 18. l n th e court at ' ::;0 o’clock. All mem•tfe urged to be present. ’

JONES PT A HONORED PAST PRESIDENTS

I The House public morals com- |

. mittcc was scheduled to sub p, i ■'> l "•'»<»" 1^' l»ccrniber for failure the House "without recommcndu I 11 ' ,r ‘ l, ’ r | lion" the precinct local option j ^ l> r ’’ventliig the 17-day bill nuthored by Representative I " alk,M " "t ‘"tumo miners,

Monroe Starr, Republican, of i

Conncrsville.

Many House members from rural areas feared that the drys would demand a roll call vote, if any attempt is made today for indefinite postponement of the option measure. These lawmakers do mot wisti to be tagged definitely wet or dry because they ijear repercussions from their constituents. Three House members can demand a roll call, according to Representative George W. HenIcy of Bloomington, G. O. P flom

leader.

Other excitement loomed as Representative Robert A. Hoover. Republican of Goshen, announced he would try' to force his local option referendum measure out of the morals committee. Tile bill provides for a general referendum at the 11M8

on whether the

1949 Legislature should enact legislation authorizing local

option.

The morals committee Friday voted to retain in the committee for some time the Hoover bill and the administration's liquot control reform measure. All indications are that (Inlatter measure will run the gauntlet of many proposed amendments. Representative William 11"..tettler. Republican of Bloomfield anj morals committee chairman, charged that wholesalers ha'I phoned him at 2 a. m. Saturday seeking to kill the reform men-

uure.

One proposed amendment would nullify the entire legislation because it would leave present wholesalers without competition in most of the counties. It would limit wholesalersbips to one for each 20,000 population in each county. A struggle over proposed in creases in the gasoline tax and on motor vehicle registration fees was in the offing. One bill would increase the gas tax one cent, another would raise it two cents and still another would force heavy increases for operations of truck and bus lines. J. E. Nicholas, executive secretary of the liuliann Mot.or Truck Association, maintained that heavy increases will result in i rate raises, adding: "This would penalize all th ' ' industries liauited in Indiana and interfere with their competition | with mnniifiK Inrers and disli'ibtl tors or other states." The tiill would more than quad ruple present license fees charge for tract r-trailers. according to Nicholas. He said that puting all taxes and fees, federal, date and local, more than $1,400 in taxes is paid annually on eaeli heavy duty truck operated by an in Itaiia-lieeiisei carrier Advocates of the tall, how ever, Contend that tin' niolni vehicles do not pay'as much of the cost of read buil ling and maintenance as they should pay (TtITICALLY II.I.

\\ XSIIINGTON, l eb. 17. (INS)—Tin- Office of Teni|K)rary

.oatrots today gave tenants the Th< ’ fla,1 'mg wreckage plummet-

53 PERISH IN WORLD'S WORST AIRLINE CRASH MOST SERIOUS COMMERCIAL AVIATION TRAGEDY OCCURS IN COLOMBI A BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, Feb. 17 (UP) — Search parties clambered into a jungle-chocked chasm this morning to evacuate the bodies of passengers and crew members of a Colombian DC-4 airliner that crashed into a mountain wall Saturday, killing 53, including at least eight Americans. The (disaster was the worst in. the history of Commercial

aviation.

The four-engined plane, operated by the Colombian avianca Air Line, exploded in a ball of flame when it crashed into the cloudshrouded 10,500-foot Mt. Tablazo. Scars on the face of the sheer cliff showed that the piano struck 200 yards from the top.

cd 2,000 feet into a canyon at

Uic mountain’s base.

Burning gasoline turned ttje underbrush into a funeral pyre for tlu> 53 victims. Heat reflected off the canyon walls was so intense that the first rescue parties to reach the sccivc from the nearby town of Subachoque were forced to wait 10 hours 1 for the inferno to subside. Broken charred bodies were scattered amid pieces of wreckage for almost a third of a mile

along tlic canyon floor.

I Eigtit Americans were known I to be among the 49 passengers

I and four crew members.

The aircraft was en route from the Caribbean, port of Barranquilla U, Bogota, only 30 miles

CAPETOWN, Feb. 17. (UP) j from Mt. Tablazo. Poe, an King George VI stepped from! avianca instructor, was said to a led carpet onto South African bp familiar with the rugged tersoil today to the cheers of a tre-l rain. The Bogota Airport last r.i nitons crowd welcoming the heard from him by radio at 12:18 royal family on its first postwar] P. M.

empire tour.

It was U,o first time a reigning British monarch has visited

South Africa.

An artillery battery fired a 21g in salute as the King walked down the green and gold gangp'ank from the battleship Vanguard. He wore a white naval n.iiforni. Behind him were Queen Elizabeth, Princess Eliza bctli and Princess Margaret. The Vanguard reached Capetown just after dawn at the end ,,l ,i 6,000 mile, 17 day voyage from England. The royal family will tniii all sections of South

Africa.

Field Marshall Jan Christian gnmt the premier, gave the King an official welcome at Uie dock after an army band played God Savi the King. The King itiKpocti'd a. 100-man honor guard stun ting with lixed bayonets. I t IX \ M < DI RT NOTES An I,"' <’ Burton, Marlon county, wa sentenced to the Indiana I'lormatory for 1-5 year: on , charge of escaping from th, penal farm Kch, 10. Legion Sponsors Rose Bowl Film ).',..iihnll tuns of Indianapolis, t’lllea;;,, and other met ropolitan areas have enjoyed their Downtown rjun i lerhack meetings during the regular football season; however. Die tans of Greencastle in- hi'ing offered a sports event

Stretcher teams, working in a cold mountain rain, managed to rciTv.ve eight unidentifiable bodies by nightfall yesterday.

The remains were taken to Subaclnxj’je and thence by ambu-

lance to Bogota.

The task of moving the bodies was slow on the slippery rocks of the canyon. Police sakl it would be several days before all the bodies were removed. Mt. Tabl'izo is in an area that has been calky! the most notorious graveyard of Commercial planes in South America. CAP Head Dies In Plane Crash CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 17 fUP) The army took over the Investigation today of the ei tall of a twin engined C45 plane which killed- Col. Earle L. Johnson, 51, veteran flyer and national head of the Civil Air Patrol, and two "hitch-hiking" servicemen. The servicemen were S-Sgt. Kenneth F Wood, stationed at Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., and Pvt E I Malovie, Cleveland, a marine stationed at

Cherry Point, N. C.

Gen. Carl A. Spaulz, eliief of I he Army Air Forees, ordered an investigation into the accident which occur re I yesterday a few inhtutes after the plane had taken off from Cleveland airport en route to Bolling Kiel I Witnesses sail the plane, a seven-plane Bcechcraft used by both Uie army and navy to transport pcrsoiwiel, had climbed to 2,000 feet when it suddenly went into a dive and crashed in an I open field near Royalton, about ' 20 inih's sivjth >*f Clevplaiui.

Years Ago

Gillen

At a

r th «urv lemma tones PTA Friday afternoon, former presidents of the Association weic honored by th. pres‘iL who was able to attend was presented with a beautiful corsage by the president, Mrs. Bayard Allen Mrs

next Monday, February 24.

which In, yet to hr given to our

lug city mbghhois. ' lliider the sponsorxhlu. of tie.

I,,,.;,! Leg Post and fritti the Cvl. Johnson, who resided eocpemlioii Of incmls-raMf the Gleyeland, had been, on ac.tve athletic stall .,1 DrPauifyuivr.-I duty with the army since !!M2 i s ji y, II,e | *147 Rose Bowl football I When he was appointed head of

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ent organization. Each ofm who was able u, thought two others served ahead of her That was

C. F. 2iis was the first president on

most of those who acted as president since were at the meeting.

Mrs. G. E. Black, Mrs. Jesse

in 1918. and

Young, Mrs. y,eis. and Mrs.

I .rr

Rec ves. ^BaidTro w P ‘ M rs?J oh n Iksm ^Mpa'Baya hi A Men. Mr.’’ Onrlcs Stcrgmiller. Mis. Roseoe Doggy. Mrs. Robert. Hoffman and Mrs.

Gem Keller, south of this city i ml Mis. Jack Little of Craw-

foldsvillc.

was on the sick

A Founders’ Day playlet

and

"With

Blue suffered a badly r >ght hand when he ' ' Ht he thought was a l '* a of coal oil on a fire Mn.T' Uf hl8 P ar °uts, Mr. ' " 1 Klm °' r Blrje ' Thc "quu r?' ine 1U “1 an explosion “^'img his hand as well feix 7. h, ‘ Wa8 wearing.

E. C. Thomas.

The past presidents of the

Mary Emma Jones P. T. A. were Faith and Hope" directed by ^ m9; Mrll . ^ Recvguests of honor at the l*ebMiary ) Mrs WH|t ,, r Martin. Founders ^ president in 1920; Mrs. meeting of thc Mary Emma I)Hy chairman, was presented by B)Hck id ,. nt in ,,,21; Jones P. T. A. Friday February Ml , s R1 cho,’d Drake. Mrs. Byron Mrs ^ president in 14, at 2:16 p. m. in thc school J a^wart, Mrs. Harold Bunten. u D t , sj .

were: Mrs. Charles Zeis, presl- The national P. T. A. pre.'ii-j TOWN HALL MEETING

I Mrs. Ezra Craft and Mrs. Walter

dent in 1918; Mrs. Clevc Thomas, dent’s message was read by Mrs

Ralph Bee.

During the short htislncs. meeting which followed tile organization voted to go on recor I to join other P. T. A groups in the state in supporting th" teachers salary hill now liefore

dent In 1932; Mrs. Ivan Runrk, president In 1933-1034; Mrs. Ro-

audltorlum.

Music was furnished by t 1 ' 1 ’, M „rtin.

second and fourth Vanda Mrs. Bayard Allen, president, bert Hoffman, president in 1937-j the state legislature.

The ten past Stcegmiller, president in 1943-! The next meeting will be held

Runyan and Mrs. Vera Vanhook. Devotions were given by Mrs.

Walter Feld.

sweet pea corsage.

presidents who were present ( 1W44.

Mrs. L. L. Runyan is re|,oiled to he critically ill in the Culver hospital In Crawfortlsville Mrs.

Kenyan Is the mother of Mis ^, mH . between the University t» Ibe <’AI’

lltinois and UCLA will he shown fvi', „f cimrgo at the high school

audllm'iuni.

The show will start promptly at 7;:!9 p. in. There will be only one showing of the picture. BorV Ingwerson, line coach at Illinois, is bringing the picture to Grccneastle, and will act ns commentator during the showing.

WILL HE THIS E\ KNING

March 14.

The third and final Town Hall meeting sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will he this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Oobln Metliodist church and one of the largest attendanecs of tir:

scries is expected.

Reservations have been made by many farmers over the county as well as business and prolessloiml men for this meeting.

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UIT.IING POSTPONED The Fillmore Service Club which wax to meet February 18, is postponed 'until TuewJay, Feb. 25. Meeting will be held as previously planned.

Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Snow west and north Tuesday; colder tonight and Tuesday.

Minimum

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9 a. in.

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41 a. m.

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