The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 January 1954 — Page 1

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TKER CUSS TO PUY SPENCER THIS EVENING locai.s dkkkat HKI.MSR1 ID. IN W \B\SH \ AI.I.KY rur.UM FRIDAV NKiHT Circem a-slle's Tiger Cuba rollt f l over Hdmsburg, 79 to 55. in a Waba.-h V-iIlep ptehm tonmev contest at Spencer Fn lay e\eiing Cosufi Tom Goldsbcrry usc'l hts entire varsity squad of ten players during liic game and all but Hiebcr broke into the sooi’ing column. Tlie Cubs meet the Spencer Cop-s tonigtil at 8:15 to detemnn** which whool shall cotnfiete in

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HOUSEMOTHER LEAVES $10,000 TO IMVBtSITY

MRS. MARY BELLE MC HOLS BEQUEST GOES INTO ENDOWMENT FI ND

ANTI-RED PRISONERS ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM mm

IN THE

GOOD OLD DAYS

the Wabash V'allcy final: Terre Haute next weekend. Greene tstle chalked up 3i5 |iel I J

goals and 15 free throws against j TION (Continuing fr /m last ! “ 1^52.

LINCOLN S

A.SSASSINA-

DePauw University has receiv<d a SIO.OOO bequest in the name of the late G. J. and Mary Belle Nichols of Petersburg, Comptroller Deward Smyth* announced to-

day.

The bequest was made under the terms of Mrs. Nichols’ will, which stipulated that Uie S 10.000 was to become part of the university's permanent endowment

fund.

Mrs. Nichols, a fraternity and orority housemother on the DePauw campus in the 19,'10's, died

Helmsburg. The losers hit only 13 .buckets from the field but capitalized on 29 attempts from

the foul line.

The Cubs g/A away to a slow start but led It to 9 at the end of the first quarter. The locais then turned on the steam and were out in front, 40 to 21, at the

Saturday an account of the assassiration of President Lincoln

Other institutions and organizations receiving bequests were the Methodist Church of Peters-

as it app*’ucd in the Greencastle I burg, the Methodist Women’s Banner <>n April 20th, 1865.) — ! Society of Christian Service of

the Indiana Conference, the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis,

“The President and Mis. Lincoln did not start for the theater until fifteen minutes alter eight o'clock. Speaker Colfax was at the

half. It wa-s 61-42 at the end of [ White Hou->e at the time.

the final

the third frame and count was 79 to 55.

Dorwin Duncan. Chuck Saathoff and Jimmy Cowger paced the Greencastle drive while Brummett and Bond were out-

standing for Helmsburg.

and

the President stated to him that lie was going, although Mrs. Lincoln hal not been feeling well; bex-ausa the papers had announced that Ctiiieral Grant would be present, and as General Grant had gone north he did not wbsh the audience to be disappointed

Cards Win No. II He went with apparent reluctFillmone's Cardinals scored , ari( -'e. and urged Mr. Colfax to go their 14th stiaight w'in of the j Uj !h him, but tiiat gentleman season Friday in thumping Rus- j ^ niii(Je other engagements,

sellville. 75 to 55. in a game

and the Indiana Methodist Children’s Home at Lebanon.

played on the Roachdale gym floor. Ross and Tharp paced Uie Fillnwre squad with 23 and 16 points respectively. Greenlee contributed TO |>oints and B Sibbitt h.t for nine. Murstellei got 18 points foi the losing Bees and Webster dropped In 14. Indians Scalp Pointers Keeljvdlc’s Indians went on the warpath again Friday and scalped the Bainbridge Pointers. 48 to 41 The tilt was interesting throughout with hardly more til fin four jMiints separating ttu two teams. The Indians l< d 1814 at the end of the first quarter; 29-26 at the half, and 55-51 at the fourth petiod got underway Jack Cox and Hutcheson were the big guns for Rcelsville while Bullcrdick and Fowler were best vn offense for Bain bridge. 4 lovers 'slop Pant tiers Clovcrdalc turned back an aggressive Belle Union squad, 55 to 44, down on the Clover hardwood court Friday night. The Jefferson Township Panthers were ahead after the first eight minutes of competition, 15 to 11. The Clovers rallied to t ike over the l» id, 24 to 21, at the rest inteunission and then held a 41-35 margin at the thud quarter ended. Henson and Whitaker spearheaded the Cloverdale attacK. L* ,rseU's 10 points was high for individual scoring honors on the Belle Union side of the h igcr. Ileuttaurd <•« l*a*r T«vu> Flames Damage Joe Grubb Home Fire damaged the Joe Grubb home, south of Mt Meridian, on Friday. A lire truck from the Indiana state farm was sent to the scene and as result of aid by this equipment the house was saved from total destruction.

and with Mr. Ashmead of Massachusetts. bid him goodbye. — When the excitement at the theater was at its wildest height, reports were circulated that Secretary .Seward bad also been assassinated. On re.^chintj this gentleman's resijence. a crowd and military guuid were aiound its door, and on entering it was ascertained that the imports were .based on t! uth. Everybody there was so excited that scarcely an intelligible word could be gathered, but the facts are substantially as follows: Atuvut ten o'clock-a man rang tlio bell, an I the call having been auswen 1 bv a color.- | servant he said be had come front 1 >r. Vei-di, Seen; Lai y Seward's family physician with a prescription, at tile same tunc holding in one of his hands a pie«-e of folded [»aj>cr, and saying, in answer to a refusal. that he must see the Secretary as he was intrusted with particular directkms concel mug the me iicine. He still msiste t v»n going up. although rejKNitc<lly iiif,<,rined that no one could enter the chamber he pushed the s 'l vant a- d and walked heavily towards the Secretary's

room. II

REJECT NEW APPEAL PANMUNJOM, Jan. 23 (INS) —The Communist today turned down a fresh Indian appeal to t ike back 21 pro , -Red Americans and 526 other Allied war prisoners staging a sitdown in their unguarded camp on the north side of Korea’s truce zone. Indian's custodial commander, however predicted that the Reds may decide to assume custody of the POWs after lodging an expected “formal protest" with the Allied-Communist military armistice commssion which met today. The joint commission, top watchdog of the Korean truce, convened for the announced purpose of discussing “prisoner and other matters.” Leland Arend Rites Monday Leland (Zcko) Arend, age 50 vears, of Eminence, passed away Friday at 5 o'clock at the Memorial hospital in Martinsville. The deceased was born June 12, 1903 in Ashland township. Morgan county, the son of James and Emma Wright Arend. He was married March 1927 to Blanche Hulinstreiter, who survives. Mr. Arend was a member of the Eminence Christian church, F. \ A. M. lodge No. 140, Eminence. He had been associated with Lewis & Co., Grocers for the past twenty years in Eminence. Survivors beside the widow are ‘wo sons. Eugene. Stilesville. R.

u tl„n met hy Mr ! K ' tti<J,ard ^ " on,e ' l "'° d ‘‘ us "- .. . .. . . . , tens, Mrs. Patricia Gobel. Clover-

I-red Sc will'd of wiioni he de- I I dale, and Mrs. Carol Moore, Jop-

lin; Secretary, ' ’ . . r

pa, Maryland; one sister, Mrs.

20 Years Ago HERE AND THERE

The Board of Trustees of DePauw University voted against continuance of the school's ROTC Unit and to request the War Dejm.1 tment to w ithdraw its personnel at the end of the academic >ear F. C. Yeaget escaped injury when his Chrysler auto was crowded off the road by a truck thre*- nules cast of Greencastle. Yhe car struck a bridge abutment and turned over on its side .»nd caught fire Glenn Lyon was admitted to tiie county hospitaL

mande 1 to s<

making Hie sunc representations which he did to the servant. Wil d liiilii.r pii.ysed m the way of iv*1 limpi\ us not known but the man struck him <>n the head with * a billy, sev rely mjurtng Mic • skull and i'clhng him, aliivust s* useless. The assassin then rushed into the ciia nber and attackivl Mr Sew aril, a paymaster of the United States Army, and Mr. Hanscll, a messenger from tie* State L>' i ..rtmeiit .an I two iiihI** nutscs, disabling them. He then rushed upon the Seercta *y, who was lying in fie same room, anj inflate I three stabs in the neck, but severing, it is thought and hojMsl no arteries, though he bled profusely. The assassin then rushed downstairs mounted his horse at the door and rode off before an alarm could be sounded. and in the same manner as the assassination of the Piesident. It is believ ed that the injuries to the Secretary are not fatal, nor thtxse of the others, although both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary are very seriously injured Secretaries Stanton and Welles and ether pronunent officers of the government called at Secretary Seward's house to inquire of his condition and there heard of the assassination of the President.— Then they proceeded to the house where he was lying, exhibiting, of course, intense anxiety and solicitude. An immense crowd was gathered in front of the President's house, ani a stiong guard was ah*> stationed there, many persons evidently supposing that he would be b.v.aght to nis horn* <To be .-ontinued next

Saturday »

Esther Lewis, Eminence; one brother. Chrissie. of Eminence,

and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held i Monday at 1:30 p. m. at the Eminence Christian church, with Rev. Galen Mundhenk in charge. Burial will be in the Mannan cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence in Eminence. The Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale is in charge of ar-

rangements.

Bainbridge Club Has Hew Members Four new members were inducted tnto the Bainbridge Lions Club at the January dinner meeting on Wednesday evening. The new Lions are Archie Chadd. Noel Nicholson. Max Pickel and Luther Steele. Two others who have accepted invitations to become members were unable to be prestnt at this meeting but will be leceived later. The meeting was held at the Christian church and the induc*ion ceremony followed one of tne famous dinners served by the ladies of the church. After the ceremony President Harshbargci intioHiuced Mr. Phillips of the IBM plant who with his assistants., Mr. Spangler and Mr. Smith presented the motion picture reel “The IBM card” and gave his interesting talk explaining his organization, especially in its relations with Putnam County >n building and operating its new plant. Twenty-five Lions and guests were present to enjoy the events of the evening.

ANTI-COMMUNIST Chinese POWs lean over the side of a truck ers after theii release from Indian-guarded shock-ides in Korea .*- along with anti-Red Korean POWs, will be given t inii freedom as landing .ships for the voyage tc Formosa.

to shake hands wWli Allied officneutral zone. These prisoners, civilians. The Chinese boarded

Library Reports Big Circulation

More than 6000 books were distributed by the GreencastlePutnam County Library during 1953 than were circulated during the previous year, according to ihe annual report, announced by Miss Sylvia Taylor, librarian, today. A total of 128.925 books were circulated during the year, being 6.05 books for every individual in the Putnam County Library System. The library has only 1.S9 books for every individual, a lx*ok stock which is not sufficient for tiie demands made upon it. A total of $7691.06 was spent for books during Uie vear. making tire average cost of each new book $1.92. During 1953. 3.995 new books were added to the library collections. The bookmobile circulated' 83.040 books, which is a gain of more than 17.000 in the county circulation before tiie Bookmobile started in September. 1951. Thirteen county schools, and seventeen book stations are visited regularly, on a two-weeks schedule, making books easily available to every re.si'biit of Hie <ounty, except Franklin Town ship, which maintains its own library. This service was provided at a cost of $1.18 per capita, with a total expenditure of $25,067.50 during the year. Miss Taylor reported that the library staff is justifiable proud of the increase in non-fiction reading of both the adults and the children. The greatest increase was in the social sciences, useful and fine arts, history, biography and current magazines. The library endeavors to -all the public’s attention to the books on various fields of information. by arranging exhibits in he library. During the year, 95 special exhibits, in addition to the new book displays, were presented in the lilirary. Seventeen school classes visited (he library during (he year, and 28 story hours were provided. The Greencastle Library is very grateful to the three ITA groups for help During the summer a Reading m Uie story hours. Project on the American Child's Heritage was sponsored by the library, with 151 boys and girls registered, and. and 49 receiving leading diplomas for having lead 25 or more books. Some had read more than one hundred books. The statistics show that the Greencastle-Putnam County Library is serving a useful and worthwhile function in the community in providing the resources for education, information and recreation, at a cost of oniy $1.18 per capita, i The American Library Association recommends. from extensive studies, a minimum of $1.50 per capita for reasonably good service!. Henry Steele Commanger. an outstanding American historian, says in his book "Living Ideas m America." "no institution, except the public school, has contributed more to educate Americans in tne duties and responsibilities of citizenship, or to preserve the American heritage than the public library*."

ALLEE BUYS ANGUS BULL F. M. Alice of Greencastle recently purchased a purebred Ab-erdeen-Angus bull from Dorothy Neff DeVaney. Fillmore,

Ex-Greencastle Resident Dies

Mrs. Ella Matthews has received word of the death of Joe Howell, of Toledo. Ohio, a f/cvrmer resident of Greencastle. Mr. Howell passed away early Thursday motning at the Mayo clinic in Rochester. Minn., where he had been seriously ill of a heart condition since Christmas. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Howell. His nwther is the former Nota Collins of this community. When the family resided here, the deceased attendee the Thiid Ward School. Tin family moved to Toledo a number of years ago. In addition to his parents. Mr Howell is survived by the widow, tluce children; a brother, Allen, all of Toledo, and a sister. Ruth, of Sundusky, Ohio. $ Million Fire Destroys Pier f'EAfLE, Jan. 25 —iINS)^—A series of explosions and fires touched off when an oil sbij truck a loading wharf, destroyed Lie main 1,000-foot pier of tin .Standard Oil Company’s niulli million-dollar storage tank fane noi tli of Seattle today. Roaiing flames, f<*d by high '.f t, gasoline in drums and pipe tines, were brought under control at 6:50 A. M. CST afte; causing damage estimated at More than $1,000,000 at the Sprawling Point Wells plant or Pudget Sound. No casualties were reported. Coast guard, air force, navy and civilian firefighters, battling the holocaust from firetrucks on land and fireboats offshore, checked the blaze before it could leap ashore from the long pier. Coffee Exchange Faces U. S. Action WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 <INS) —Chairman George Aiken. (R), Vt., said his senate Agriculture Committee may hold hearings next month on a measure to place the New York Coffee Exchange under federal regulation. Aiken told a newsman a report from the Agriculture Department on the legislation was expected “in the near future— possibly next week" and said he will lay it before the committee as "quick as I get it." The measure would require the exchange be make regular reports on its transactions to the government and limit price fluctuations in a move to curb illegal speculation.

Omer Reeves To Be Park Supf. Announcement was made today by the Robe-Ann Park Board of the selection of Omer Reeves as superintendent, effective the first cf February. Mr. Reeves is a well known automobile mechanic in Greencastle. He is married and has one child. The family resides -outh-west of Greencastle.

Lions Club Meets Monday Evening Monday night will be a big night for Uie Greencastle Lions Club. District Governor Howard Miller of Attica, Deputy Governor McDaniels,. Lebanon, and Zone Chairman. Charles Rady. Roachdale, will all attend tlxIiccting which will be a ladic. night affair. Key club members will be I ton 'fed at this meeting by the DisMiet Governor and there are a utir dozen or more of these bon •ted members in the Greencast e club. The dinner meeting will be held at. the Presbyterian church at seven o’clock. If is expected that there will be a large ittendance. , Julian L. Akers Dies In Tucson Julian Akers, retired Navy Yviation Electronics Chief, pas d away Thursday. Jan. 21 i at •St. Fran, is hospital in Tueson, \ lizona. He was retired from the • . S. Navy several months ago after serving thirty-one years. The deceased was loom M u rh 1908, in Flat Rnek. Mi ioiui. lie son of Alfred and Aliee Akers. Survivors are: the wife, Haz«*l, Greencastle; one sister, Christine; lour brothers, Wilbur, Jesse, Howard, and Waldmir. <11 of .St Louis. Mo The body wilt arrive in Greencastle Sunday at 1 12 and be tak^n to the Hopkins-Walton Funeral Home, where services will be held Monday aftetnoon at 2 00 p. m. Rev. Elmer Harvey will be in charge. Burial will b<in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Uie Hop-luns-Walton Funeral Home, aftei 5 o'clock Sunday.

MARRIAGE LIC ENCE Lowell E. Woodruff, faimer. and Mary Lorene Gray, printing ' Oinpany employe** horn of Ta*banon

Strange Planes Over South Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 23 iINS)—Several unidentified planes flying from the Communist side of the armistice line penetrated 30 miles over South Korea late today and reached as far as the ROK capital of Seoul where a raid warning was soundeu. Allied Jet fighters took off m pursuit as the mystery planes turned back to the north but were unable to sight or intercept the intruders, the U S. Air Force announced. The air ale"t* in Seoul lasted 27 minutes.

Pi (-. John A, Sunkel

•Mt ARMORED DIVISION (Spearhead), FORT KNOX, Ky.. Pvt. John A. Sunkel. 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sunkel, 318 Highfall. Avc., Greencastle. his completed eight weeks of Army basic combat training conducted by t.he 3d Armored Division here at Fort Knox. During this initial period of training, lie attended classes on basic military subjects and was trained in the fundamentals of combat, including the firing of basic weapons Following a 10- lay leave, he will receive ad litional specialized training before permanent assignment to an Anny unit.

EXTRA! ROCKVILLE. Ind., Jan. 22 (UP)- -Governor Craig made a surprise tour of the Tuberculosis Sanatorium here late Friday and said he found conditi.vns there "very satisfying.” Ciaig, accompanied only by his Administrative Assist.uit. William Sayer, inspected kitchens. stock rooms and other facilities and "found conditions satis factory in every way.” Ci aig also planned to pay a second visit to Uie .State Farm •il Pulnamville, which he criticized as a "glorified fliophousc" after an inspection three weeki ago but postponed the tour because of lack of time. SPRINGFIELD, 11! . Jan. 23.— i INS) William G. Hierens, who confessed to one of the nation’s most shocking tnines, has been granted a review of his bid for a new trial by the Illinois Supreme Court The court agreed yesterday to hear an appeal of a ruling in a post conviction hearing which denied Hcircns a re-trial. Ilcirens, now 25, was sentenced to three consecutive lit.- terms in 1946 for the slaying;, of two women and ix-yeai old Suzanne Dcgnan, whose dismembered body was found in sewers throughout her Chicago neighboihood. The convicted slayer now claims he did not. commit the dimes and that tiie confessions he made were given under duress and with the use of “truth serum’’ in violation of his constitutional lights. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.— i INSi A key Democratic taxwriter charged today that the proposed House revision of the nation’s revenue laws favors corporations and special interests. Rep Herman Eberharter, D., Pa., a member <>[ the House Ways and M< ans Committee 1 which is conducting the overhaul, told newsmen that the pro[>osed method was a “radical departure from accepted principles.” He said it was done to aid “big business" in the immediate future while corporation taxes are high. MIAMI, Jan. 23—(INS)- Former Olympic diving champion ; Pete Desjardens has testifu*.! ! tiiat little Kathy Tongay did not possess the strength or skill to ' perform the perilous dives her father allegedly compelled her to make from a 33-foot towei before ,ier death last May. Despardens, who won both the springboard and high diving titles in the 1928 Olympics, also declared that Russell Tongay was not qualified to teach his five-year-old daughter fancy high •Jives. (< OBtiuurd «*ID r«*r 4br*ej

EAST BERLIN REPORTS RUSS IRONCURTAiN SOVIET ARMORED FORCES RING RED SECTION* OF GERMAN CAPITAL

BERLIN, Jan 23.—(INS> — East Ber.ln informants report that Soviet armored forces have thrown a ring around Berlin presumably to prevent disgruntle i East Geimans from complaining to Allied diplomats in West Eerlin about their F.ed government The informants said the 3ovUt forces were moved into positions around the city two days ago aa the stage was being set for the Big Four corderer.ee opening Monday. The Russian units were said to be of the same type used to crush the anti-Communist uprising last Jane The information Bureau— West, which has contacts behind the Iron Curtain, reported Soviet soldiers are being restricted to their barracks throughout tiie East Zone after 9 o'clock nightly to avoid any trouble with Ea*: Germans for the d^iraticn of the Big Four meeting. The Soviets sealed off a railroad station in East Berlin as well as a Soviet airport south cf Bei lin, as a security measure for the arrival of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov today. The Allies, for their part, threw a strong security cloak around West Berlin, as Army, State Department and other Unit.-d States representatives h *- gan arriving. The conference will be held in West Berlin the first week. It rotates to th * Soviet Embassy in East Berlin lor the second week and returns to the Allied Conlrol Building the third week. The public, with the exception of those working in the area, will be kept away from the Control Authority Building during the conference.

Fat Lamb Sales Set Record In '53

More fat lambs were sold through lamb marketing pools in Indiana during 1953 than ever before, remarks Henry Mayo, Purdue University sheep specialist. His late ’5E count shows that about 26,000 lambs were sold through these marketing outlets compared with 17,000 in 1952. All of these market lambs were sold on a graded basis .and Mayo adds tiiat practically 60 percent of them, or 15,000, made the top two grades—prime and choice. "Our figures tndioaU sheep ptoducers are doing a better job of marketing all the time," observes the extension!'* He estimates about 13,000 lambs, or onehalf the total, were sold before Aug. 1, and most of these during June and July when more dollars are made on fat lambs in Indiana than at any other tone of the year. These 26.000 lambs averaged pounds when sold. Again, pr* - iu< ers followed recommendation , says Mayo. For a number of years sheepmen have been encouraged to produce market topping lambs weighing from 80 to 100 pounds at weaning time. It’s well known that if lambs are sold later than June or July, the gains they carry are too expensive. These lambs are usual’.y too heavy to command top pnoe Last year was the fourth y*; r that lamb marketing pools have been stressed in the state. Mayo says that in 1953 more than f<>' r times as many lambs tipped U <; scales at the pools than in 1949 Vincennes and MontpeL* r claimed the most lambs so d Montlmir'l on I’unr ® * * • ~m~m m Today’* Weather * & Local Temperature % m m m m m m Mostly fair today and tonight. Sunday increasing cloudiness. Warmer. High today 30 to 38. Low tonight 22 to 30.

Minimum 16* 6 a. m 16* 7 a. rn. 16* 8 a. m. 19’ 9 a. m 24 1 10 ft. m ,i