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GKKKXCAKTLK, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1040.
No. ::i i
4NGES IN TAX LEVIES for county
>|AN for state tax uu , TO RECOMMEND MANV CUTS figures ARE GIVEN t j () n, Llstwl In Almost Every in* l nit In County; Also In Pour Relief
many cuts in tax levies in the units of Putnam county, to be ect during the year 1941, which , rec(> mmended to the Indiana Board by Orval Schock, oard field man who was here y for the purpose of hearing vers in regard to the budgets, ue in many instances, to the , nce of Walter Horn, representi Indiana Tax Payers Associa,vho "sat in” at the hearings. Horn was particularly insist- , regard to reductions in the relief levies in the townships, vered there will be less poor reext year than there has been Mr and Mr. Shock, listening to Horn's pleas, as well as using TD judgment and, possibly the ctions of the state tax board, recommend reductions in the relief levy for every township in U nty, to be in effect in the coloof taxes in 1941, if the changammended by Mr. Schock are ;d by the state board. new poor relief levies in the -hips as recommended by Mr. i, are as given in the first colin the following statement, and ;vies as requested in the budgets year are as given in the second
NAVY CHAPLAIN
REGISTRATION BOARDS READY TO WORK WED.
COI'NTV SKI.ECT1VE MEMBERS TODAY WERE HUNTING ROOM FOR THEIR WORK
PEACES
COUNTY GIVEN
SPANISH WAR VETERANS HAD REUNION ON SUNDAY
1941 on township $ .07 :rdale township 11 i township 04 hlln township 10 ncastle twp 10 -n township 22 :tson township 15
son township .... Ion township ...... W township
.24 .03 .11
'll township 15
'n township lington twp. .
.08 .14
1940 $ .08 .20 .09 .15 .18 .26 .16 .27 .07 .16 .20 .13 .15
wever, it is pointed out, these osed cuts in the poor relief levies ■ot necessarily result in a lowerlof the total tax rates of the taxlunits, because Mr. Schock, in instances, raised the requested for various reasons, but lowrates in other instances, so that net result of his action on the jets include raises in the total irate for nine of the county’s tax- ! units and reductions in the
county revenue rate, in the 4y budget, was cut from 24G. ‘ on each one hundred dollars of "Me property to 34 cents, it beMr Schock’s opinion that the 1 ty does not require as large an ting balance as was contemin the county budget. This bng of the operating balance bring about an additional current of poor relief in the townnext year, as the county has advancing money from its genfund to carry townships over )Ws of shortage in the township’s r relief funds, and, with the procurtailment of the county’s eral fund it is said the county ’ not havt the money to advance |toe townships when and if the ■iships run out of money— as it aid they will, with the proposed to their individual poor relief
M,
total rates in each taxing unit lne county including state, countownship and municipal, which Schock will recommend to the * tax board, along with the tax now in effect In each taxing t, are as follows:
Rev. Hansel H. Towc:’, formerly of this city has just been appointed as Chaplain in the United States Navy w'.ih the rank of Lieutenant, J. G. and has been ordered to repor. j for duty at the Navy Building in Washington, D. C. Previous to his appointment , Chaplain Tower was the pastor of the St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Newport, Rhode Island and has preached in the Gobin Memorial church and churches nea: Greencastle for the past few summers, since his graduation from DePauw in 1929. DePauw Cast To Present M\>ter\
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“CtM K ROBIN” WILE RE STAGED AT EITTEE THEATRE THIS
WEEKEND
“Cock Robin,” a murder mystery by the celebrated playwrights, Elmer Rice and Philip Baity, will be presented Friday and Satuiday nights of this week at the DePauw University Little Theater. This play was chosen to open the 1940-41 season of the Little Theater as a result of the tremendous reception given to Emlyn Williams’ thriller, “Night Must Fall” two years ago. It was found that many people who do not usually attend plays do like to exercise their minds on a good mystery. It seems that nearly everyone likes to play detective. “Cock Robin” is an exciting mystery play, cleverly written and portrayed. It should be, for its authors are two of the greatest modern American dramatists. Rice is known for his powerful story “Street Scene” and his expressionistic drama “The Adding Machine.” Barry, on the other hand, has written innumerable fine plays such as “The Animal Kingdom.” “Holiday," and “Here Come the Clowns." The Little Theater remembers that many Greencastle citizens have attended its plays in the past and invites them to come again. Under a new arrangement, the theater offers a season of five plays on one season ticket. These and tickets for individual plays may be obtained now at Sam Hanna’s Book Store. Reservations for “Cock Robin” went on sale today.
Junior Griiiies Is Contest Winner AW \KDEI> FIRST I’EAFE IN THE DAIIA BANNER FOOTRAEE
PREDICTION'S
Recommended
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twp
^twp 1.90 ^ngton twp ' i.98 Castle city 2.82 ‘ nhr i'1ge town 2.54 H>rdale town 3.60 ,fht ' aie town 3.36 188ell vine town .... 2.86
1.58 2.28 2.18
In
Effect $1.75 2.45 1.66 1.97 2.12 1.76 2.15 1.83 1.61 2.16 1.92 1.67 2.35 2 91 2.56 3.20 3.27 2.52
Junior Crimes, east Seminary street, proved to be the best guesser in The Banner football contest. Iasi week and will receive the first place award of $4. June Stewart, 110 Walnut street, came in second oh her predictions on the outcome of gridiron encounters over the country the past weekend. Third and fourth positions were hotly contested with Bobby Watkins, 111 west Liberty street, getting the nod over Warren Harlan, Greencastle route 2. . „ . > . Games scheduled for this Saturday are carried in The Banner football contest page today and everyone Is invited to try their skill at picking the winners. Entries are increasing each week and the job of selecting the winning entrants is proving more difficult as there arc many close
forecasts.
IUt.0stration Rooms Will Open At 7 O'clock And Remain Open Until 9 O clock In each precinct of Putnam county, the selective service legist ation board of the respective precincts are preparing for their task of supervising the making out of the registration cards for a possible 2,500 young men, who are required to register under the new military registration law. The number will include all males of the county, and others temporarily here, who are from 21 to 35 years of age, inclu-
sive.
The regisL ation places will open at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning and will remain open until 9 at night. Immediately after 9, the local boards will make up a bundle of all of the cards filed with them and each registrar will at once bring them to the county clerk's office in the court house. There they will be retained until Thursday mo ning, at which time the clerk will turn the unopened bundles over to the county selective draft board, whose members will open the bundles and prepare the cards for forwarding to Washington, where the selection of registrants will be made. The county selective draft board members Omer Akers, Ivan Ruark and Lloyd Houck were busy today making preparations for their work, which will start Thursday. They were seeking a room in which to work, and were looking after other
details.
The places of precinct registration
in the county aie as follows: North Jackson, at Barnard.
South Jackson, at New Maysville.
North Franklin, at Roaehdale. South Franklin, at Roaehdale,
Fincastle precinct, at FIncastle.
North Russell, at Russellville. South Russell, at Russellville. North Clinton, at Morton.
South Clinton, at Clinton Center.
East Monroe, at Bainbridge.
West Monroe, at Brick Chapel.
North Floyd, at Groveland. South Floyd, at Floyd Center. North Marion, at Fillmore South Marion, at Cross
school house.
East Madison, at No. 10 school
house.
West Madison, at Brunerstown. North Washington, at Pleasant Garden. Warren, at Putnamville school
house.
East Cloverdale, at Cloverdale school house. West Cloverdale, at Cloverdale ! school house. East Jefferson, at Belle Union school house. West Jefferson, at Mt. Meridian. Mill Creek, at Broad Park. North Greencastle township, at James Birt's residence. Fox Ridge, at Mrs. Ruth Shuck’s residence, 59 Martinsville st eel. Limcdale, at Ferrand filling sta-
tion.
North First ward, at room, court house. South First ward, at room.
The meeting of the 159th Indiana Regimen’al Reunion Association at Evansville, Sunday, was brought home to the minds o: Greencastle men by the fact that the business session was in the headquarters of the Major Ja-s. F. Fee Camp, No. 37, United Spanish War Veterans, Major Fee, then a citizen of GreencasUe. was commanding officer of one of the battalions of the 159th regiment in 1898 and companies from Evansville were in his battalion. The headquarters of the Spanish war vete ans at Evansville is in the Soldiers an I Sailors Memorial Coliseum. Johnny Junker, formerly quartermaster sergeant of Company E, of Evansville, known to many of the Greencastle men is now custodian
of the building.
After the luncheon, the program < Contlulled on l' , iiRe T’.vo)
PRESIDIUM TO BROADCAST AS DRAFT STARTS 7-MIMTE RADIO \IH»RE.”t 7s PLANNED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER FOLK MAJOR NETWORKS Senate Expected Today To Conliim Dr. Dykstra’s Nomination \s Director Of Draft
M )P Nominiv In l |>|K‘r New ^ ork WII.EKIE SEEKS~\ OTES IN BUFFALO; ASSAILS DEFENSE METHODS ABOARD WIDER IE TRAIN, EN ROUTE TO BUFFALO, N. Y., Oet. 15 (UP1 Renewing his attack upon President Roosevelt's handling of national defense, Republican presidential nominee Wendell L. Willkie asserted today that an army
WASHINGTON. Oct 15. (UP) President Roosevelt will give a sever, minute radio talk on compulsory military training tomorrow morning one hour after the registration of an estimated 16,404,000 men begins. Arrangements have been made with the four major radio networks to carry the President's remarks at 8 a. m„ E8T. Registration for this country’s first peace-time conscription will begin at 7 a. m. and con-
tinue until 9 p. m.
The Senate was expected to confirm today the nomination of Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, to be di;ector of the draft. Sen. Rush D. Holt. D., W. Vu., blocked an attempt to suspend the rules and confirm him immediately when the nomination was received yesterday, but said ne would not object to action today. Dykstra will arrive here Thursday morning and, if confirmed, will take the oath of office at once. 1 Conscription officials meanwhile
for R-day
tomorrow. Work to be done include.-
DUCK SEASON OPENS
TOMORROW AT SUNRISE The duck hunting season opens ! tomorrow moin ng n‘. sunrise. Pu.I nam county is always visited by j these game birds, on their migration j irom the north, but the county's I lack of wide sp.eads of still water : preven s the coming of ducks and ; other water biids in large numbers. So.-.ie of them, however, stop on the larger streams in the county, to rest and feed. The migration season has not opened, yet, and hunters will
not find many of the birds.
The number of "native” birds will be increased as eolJe" weather I in the north moves them south for the winter. With a longer open season this year, permitting the taking of ducks, geese, brant, snipe and coot up to and including Dec. 14, Hoos ers are anticipating their best
hunting of recent years.
LindlMTgh Haps l . S. Luadrrshij
LONE EAGLE SAYS PEOPLE HAVE EOST CONFIDENCE; NATION ON WAY TO WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
(UP)
charged
RAF RATTLES FIERCELY TO CHECK NAZIS GERMANS SEND WAVE AFTER WAVE OF PLANKS OVER ENGLAND RAIN BOMBS ON LONDON BiUIhIi Fighter Planes Mage l-'iirious Defense Against Hordes Of Hitler’s Marplanes LONDON, Oct. 15.—(UP) British and German airplanes fought savagely over the English countryside and the greater London area today as ; Nazi fleets, racing across the Kentish coast at five minute intervals, tore through outer defenses and rain- | ed bombs on the capital. Workers ran for shelters through I piles of wreckage left after a ter- | rible night bombardment as the Ger- ■ man planes made their first daylight j attack of the morning at the peak of ’the rush hour. Buildings shook from the concussion of bomb blasts and | some time bombs, dropped during the night, exploited. British fighter planes were up in force when a second alarm sounded in mid-morning. Soon British and
in a radio speech lust night that the l • s ‘ az ' planes were fighting all the present leadership of the United wa - v between London and the coast.
They fought in a cloud-spotted sky, sometimes diving down under I the low clouds to within a few hund-
States in whom, he said, the people have lost confidence is leading tin
nation into war.
In an address entitled "A plea for I retl 1V ' 1 l>f house to P s - motois whln -
Anierican Independence," Lindbergh appealed for election of leaders on
Nov. 5 "Who will lead us to strength a 8 e< ^ hospital.
housing shortage would delay for
months the drafting of youths for ; completed arrangements
military service.
The nominee in making a special the rearing into office and delivery and Peace, rather than appeal to Democrats to bolt Presi- instructions to more than 1.000,000 ami War dent Roosevelt’s third term can- registrars. Kesults * ‘he elec tion, didacy, laid out an extensive cam- The army instructed recruiting will determine the entire
paign for New York s 47 electoral «t»U«ms to °P en until "»‘ d - the United States and its system votes. He speaks four times in Ro . [ night tonight to permit those ^wish- life. It can, he said, "either bring
Chester duiing a two-hour stay be- in K ginning at 10:50 a m , and will i ago. Thereafter one-year volunteers will have to apply for induction un-
der the draft law.
ing and machine guns spitting death. A big bomb struck a recently dam-
Bombs crashed in
to volunteer for
under the deadline set
year to get several days
to weakness
he said future of
of
"either
disastrous war for our
First Voters Of Cloverdale Met
make rear platform speeches at Batavia at 3:15 p. m. and at Niagara Falls at 5:15 p. m., en route to Buffao for his night speech in the city
auditorium there.
Willkie will discus military conscription and answer the questions of voters over the red network of the national broadcasting company from 10:30 p. m. to 11 p. m. He will be questioned by Oren Root, Jr., president of the associated Willkie
clubs.
A special bid for Democratic sup-
port was made in the Syracuse mu- P* 10
nicipal stadium last night before a citizenship week was held in crowd officially estimated at 25,000. connection with the regular meeting j .Willkie attacked new dealers for the Cloverdale Parent-Teachers] Roads ] dropping James a F-Hev for re- I Association at the high school gym-
I fusing to listen
avoid
country."
The independence and destiny of America “were never more in jeop- | ardy than they are today," Lindbergh said, asserting "What we lack j today is the type of leadership that | made us a great nation; the type I that turned adversity and hardship
| into virility and success.”
"No one doubts that we are in thr ; I midst of a world crisis. No one de-
PKOF. ( ARSON SPOKE FOLLOW- nle * “*st ' : 1 ING \ TRIBFTF TO -I \ MES ’bat our debt is great, that dissatis-
WHITCOMB RILEY
final meeting of Putnam
A. Farlev, for re- i
to Senator Carter hasiuin at Cloverdale Monday even-
i ing.
Following the business meeting there was a James Whitcomb Riley program which consisted of a tribute | to the poet and solo and group renditions of his poems by pupils of
Glass of Virginia and for disregarding what he said were the antithird term teachings of Jefferson. Jackson, Wilson and Grover Cleve-
land.
He asserted that the Democratic
party has "been kidnaped by a lot the sixth grace.
of new dealers' who hide ' behind Lee Walters, principal, introduced Mr. Roosevelt's "smiling mask" Prof. W. W. Carson of Dei’auw 1 msoeking for the president a third versity who spoke on Citizenship term that "will give them the op- Responsibility. Alter outlining the portunity they seek to fasten then- rights of citizenship in a democracy
grasp irrevocably upon this coun
try.”
Mr. Roosevelt, he declared, I Co n I i n ii tel on Bnicr Two!
faction is rising among us. We do not question the need for rearmament, for reform, or a better economic system. What we do question is the leadership that has brought
these conditions upon us.
"We have alienated the most powerful military nations of both Europe and Asia, at a time when we ourselves are unprepared for action, and while the people of our nation arc overwhelmingly opposed to war.’
.Varl\ Inch OS’
Rain Fell Monda\
other London areas. Watchers reported that German formations were crossing the coast at Margate, in Kent at the mouth of the Thames estuary, at five minute
intervals.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oet. 15.
| i UP l Germany was reported today ] to have assigned 10 army divisions
150.000 troops to Rumania. Russian circles, watching the situ-
| ation with growing concern, reported that Russia and Turkey had had some important conferences on the
German military activity here. Well informed diplomatic quarters
said that as the f chit of conferences in Mascow and Ankara, Russia had n Moscow and Ankara, Russia had
sisting the axis powers’ pressure, Russians indicated, however, that
no formal assurances had been given Turkey pending further developments. They said Russia particularly wanted to learn whether German "training units” were also in Bul-
garia.
TOKYO, Oct. 15. (UP)—The extreme nationalist newspaper Kokumin. accused President Roosevelt today of opposing Japan and its alliince with Germany and Italy from i political motives.
assembly
assembly
North
Second
ward,
at
High
School building.
South Second ward, at High School
building.
North
Third
ward,
at
John
Brown's
residence.
South
Third
ward.
at
Oliver
Shonkwiler's residence, 701
Central
avenue.
North
Fourth
ward,
at
Glenn
Fry's residence.
South Fourth Ward, at M:S. Gertrude Dalby’s, south Indiana St.
EMORY THOMPSON IS HURT IN ACCIDENT
Local Women's Brother Killed
( LAV COI'NTY ROAD EMPLOYE V!( TIM OF TRUCK ACCIDENT
MONDAY
Ursel Lee Wetnight, 24 years old, ( >f Brazil, Clay county highway | employe, was killed instantly in a ! truck wreck Monday morning. He was a brother of Mrs. Maude Staa’s. of Greencastle. and Mrs. Mabel Miller of Limedale, and others. The county highway truck on which Wetnight was lading was sideswiped by another truck on state road 59 south of Brazil. Wetnight was thrown out of the county truck and struck the pavement on his head, breaking his neck. He was rushed to the Clay County Hospital where physicians discovered that he was dead.
. j he emphasized the duties of a citizen classifying them under three heads, has | loyalty, obedience, and service Approximately 135 people attended I the meeting which had been post-
i poned for one week.
ROME. Oct. 15 (UP) Italian [ planes have torpedoed a British ’ cruiser' and struck a transport ship
STIFF WIND FROM NORTHWEST Alth bom! , s in k on . Brit-
ish fleet in the eastern Mediterran-
TOOK MOST OF LEAVES
FROM TREES
MASONIC NOTRE
Temple Lodge No. 47 F. &. A. M will hold its stated meeting Wednes-
day evening, October 16.
Railroads Fav Larw Tax
Sum
Seven-tenths of an inch of rain fell during the storm of Monday afternoon, and it was a welcomed gift to Putnam county, into whose soil it brought a dampness that was needed. The stiff wind from the northwest
can, a high command asserted today.
communique
LONDON. Oct 15 (UP) Prime M nister Winston Churchill said In 'he House of Commons today that "world opinion, insofa as it is free, is thoroughly behind us," but he declined to make a statement on Brit-
took off of the trees all of the leaves |3h war ainis until British capacity
COI'NTV TO GET 878,771.73 FROPERTV TAXES THIS YEAR
Emory Thompson, of Rockville,
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Hug.i Hammond, is in Union Hospital at Terre Haute recovering from severe cuts received in an automobile accident at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Sunday. The car in which he was riding was in collision with another
automobile. Plastic surge: y _ ^ used on Mr. Thompson s
whore he is doing i X-rays were to be taken of his chest
PUBLIC INVITED TO LECTURE THIS EVENING
The public is cordially invited to hear Dr. Phillip Thomas in his lecture in the high school auditorium this evening at eight o'clock. His lecturo is sponsored by the Westing-
house Company
research work and his talk tonigh will be highly inte csting to the
erage layman.
was
face and
to find out the extent of his injuries. The driver of the car escaped
with slight cuts and bruises.
20 Years Ago
IN GRBICNUASTEE
Grafton Longden Jr„ age 2, fell down the stairs at his home anT broke his left leg. Jacob Eitel was at Indianapolis for a florists’ meeting. W. M. Sutherlin sold a lot in Greencastle to James H. Cox. Miss Eva Bence addressed a political meeting in Cloverdale township.
Steam railroads will pay $78,771 73 in property taxes this year in Putnam county, according to figures made public by the Associated Railways of Indiana, representing Class 1 railroads operating in the state. This sum, the association said, is equal to 17.6 per cent of all property and poll taxes to be paid in the county, and to 17.8 per cent of the total taxes in the governmental units in which the railroads operate. In the rural units of the county containing railroad property the townships outside cities and towns railroad taxes amount to 24.9 per cent of the total taxes levied in tho.i"
units.
Railroad taxes to be paid In th" county were allocated as follows: For public schools. $28,140.11; for roads and streets, $7,083.31; for public welfare and poor relief, $14,376.94; for all other purposes, $29,171.37.
that would have fallen soon, anyway without the wind’s assistance, and those that now remain in place on the trees are likely to be there awhile, to continue to cloak the trees with the splendid Autumn colors. Lawns, fields, roadways and the ground under the trees in the woods now have ft thick coating of fallen leaves, which, in the woods, will remain where they fell and form a needed mulch to fertilize the soil and - protect the seeds that fall from the: trees from the damage of cold
weather.
to survive has been "more generally
ecognized.”
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UP) The Tass official Russian news agency today issued a communique declaring that reports that the Soviet Union was advised by Germany of the dispatch of German troops to Ru-
I mania are not correct.
MOSCOW, Oct. 15. (UP) The
(C’onfIiiiiimI mi Tw«»
CORNELIUS ABBOTT BUYS LINCOLN RESTAURANT
Announcement was made today or the purchase of the Lincoln Restaurant by Cornelius Abbott of Plainfield. Glen Deem who has operated the popular restaurant for the past several years, will take a much needed vacation and rest, he said as he announced the sale to Mr. Abbott, who plans to continue the fine reputation of the restaurant and to a id new features in his future conduct of the business. TWO FATALLY BURNED SPENCER, Ind., Oct. 15 (UP) - Two pe sons were burned fatally last night on state road 46 near McCormick's Creek State Park when two trucks collided and caught fire.
& Today’s Weather * and 9 $ Local Temperature Fair and colder, light to heavy frost in north and central portions, some scattered light frost in extreme south portion tonight; Wednesday fair, slowly rising temperature in west portion.
Minimum 6 a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. 9 a. m. 10 11 12
1
2
a. m. a. m. noon
p. m. . p. m. .
45 45 46 48 51 54 57 58 59 59