The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 October 1940 — Page 1

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OF PUTNAM COUNTY A M) CARD NUMBERS PUBLISHED IX ORDER DRAWN Qrdrr In Which Putnam „tv Men Will Be Called For Military Duty Daily Banner presents addinames of Putnam county men. along with their card jrs , i n the order in which their rs were drawn in the draft lott Washington. The numbers in parentheses in the center lines are indications of the in which the names following numbers were drawn and show der in which those men will be for semcc. (207) Ernest Jeffries Dickerson Raymond Skelton Crius Orval Ewell . Wm. Gardner Proctor Fay Garnet Ray Clyde Sadler Clyde Everett Brown Charles Daniel Stewart Harvey Louis Williamson James Stanley Tolliver Robert Louis Flora Lois Arthur Zeiner Claude Byron Hanna Richard Hugh Cunningham Lester C. Taylor Paul Lester Plunkett Estel Leon McCloud Gilbert Andrew Cox (225) Wilbur Arthur Huber Loyal Clavin Gram Edward Martin Mueller Robert Harley Fender •Reese Theodore Haltom Henry Franklin Stultz Lwalter Edwin Martin Marshall Lee Wood -Clayton Dalton Cox -Charles Milo Green -Robert Merle Johnson John Shelby Blaydes Samuel Milton Eggers James M. Love Arthur Newton Burroff Kenneth Lee Clodfelter Charles Creech Kenneth Scott Kirkham William Martin Murray Charles Willard Trail, Jr. -Emmett George Sutherlin - Howard Woodrow Beaman -Edwin Earl Duncan Estell Joseph O’Conner (250) -Samuel Edward Brown Wendell Emerson Pell -Lester Counts O’Neal Willard Doyle Denney Harmon K. Phipps -Hugh Bowman Herschell Lee Culley -John Martin Mayfield. Jr. Abraham Moses Sutherlin Raymond Deryl Laveley -William Russell Harlan -Fred Leslie McKee, Jr. -Cleo Franklin Green -John William Walker -George Tobias Stearley George Fredrick Glore Curtis Harold Robinson -Claud Herman Morphew -Clyde Elmer Ash Earl Wilson -William Edward Knauer Francis William King Claience Dale Fitzsimons - Oscar Lee McKamcy (275) Elmer I^>e Horn Lawrence Duncan Wlndmlllor Gilbert Eugene White Alfred Allen Martin Clarence Hutcheson Philip Orleon Evans Lloyd Truxton Major Lodell Robbins Roy Browning Humphrey -Ralph Saylor - Lowell Stuart Hamilton - Harry Paul Surber Raymond Hubert Elder Ray Clifton Barr Herbert Emerson Glover Forest Burk Wilbur B. Moberiy Clyde Lowell Harbison -Harry Glendon Smith Frank Charles Saathoff Ray Benton Fidler -Ray Gooch Millard Arthur Perry -Loyd Edward Spencer -Robert Clay Gose (300) Samuel Raymond Payne —Samuel Dove -Everett Leon Everman -Marion Arthur Brattaln -Edward Louis Roberts -Chester Clee Elson 'Harold Delbert Flint -Lola Monroe Bales Robert Estel Goodman Hoilliiuni on Puko #U>

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WII.1.K1K SAYS ROOSEVELT’S RE-ELECTION MEANS WAR BY NEXT APRIL — BOTH CANDIDATES IN TALKS President Spoke At Boston Last Night And Baltimore Crowd Heard Republican Nominee

ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN EN ROUTE TO CAMDEN. N. J. Oct. 31 1UP1 Wendell L. Willkio asserted ! today that he could gear up U. S Ipioduction of airplanes and other j war materials to strengthen defenses

The above picture shows Simpso an<l aid t ’ rP,lt Brilil i» ,,1Jn M. Stoner, local insurance agent, who Pre!,ld: nt Roosev elt and added that was elected president of the Indiana m ,lis aclni i n ' stral i orl a request for Association of Insurance Agents at 12 ’ 000 more p,nnoS for Britain

the closing session of the 41st annual convention Wednesday. The convention was held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

POSTMASTER APPLICANTS GET GRADES

HALF DOZEN OR MORE SAID TO BE ON ELIGIBLE LIST FOR GREENCASTLE OFFICE DOBBS, FLEENOR TOP LIST Three Republicans On List. Time Of Appointment Not Known In City

“wouldn’t even be news.’

Grade for applicants who took the examination for postmaster of Greencastle some time ago. were received here Thursday morning and it indicated that at least six or possibly eight arc on the eligible list, although not that many will have a chance of receiving the appointment once it is

made.

It is believed the chances for appointment will lie between Albert Dobbs, present postmaster and Aud- j rid Fie“noc, whose report indicated he was second on the list. Mr. Dobbs was first on the first examination made, and it was said he will continue to hold that position. Others eligible include Harry L. Wells, who was second on the original examination, but as only the two were certified back for appointment, none was made as three are to be on the eligible list before the politicians pick one of the three men. Others who were reported eligible for appointment, but whose grades were said to have been lower, include Frank Jarrell, Zol McIntyre, S. C. Sayers, Gilb- t E. Ogles, and Roland

Lane.

No one here in authority knew anything about when the appointment will be made, but it is believed it will come within the next two weeks, or soon after the election.

(By United Press) President Roosevelt’s announce- j ment that Great Britain is nego- J tiating for 12,000 more American planes and other war equipment, and Wendell L. Willkie’s statement that the United States could expect wa: by next April if Mr. Roosevelt is relected, dominated the political campaign today. Mr. Roosevelt, after making the announcement at Boston last nigh: in his third major political speech of the campaign, was leturning to Washington for the last time before election. He speaks at 4:15 p. m. today during dedication ceremonies at the national cancer research institute, at Bethesda, Md. He makes political speeches tomorrow night in New York: Saturday night in Cleveland, and Monday night at Hyde Park, N. Y. Willkie, leaving Baltimore where he spoke last night, was returning for two days of campaigning in New Jersey. He speaks tonight at Camden. En route there, he challenged Mr. Roosevelt to answer five questions about unemployment, economic depression, his alleged failure to provide adequate defense, the third term, and "corrupt political machines." He said the people were ’’entitled to know the answers" before election day. Mr. Roosevelt disclosed last nighi that he had urged the defense priority board to give "sympathetic consideration" to Britain's request for 12,000 airplanes, in addition Lthe 14,000 she has on order. Ho said Britain also was negotiating for artillery, tanks, guns and ammunition, and that by producing this equipment the United States could expand its plant facilities to serve this country's needs in an eme gency. Pledged again that no American boys would be sent in’o a foreign

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WAR HERE—Map shows tirategic points of Corfu (I) and Saloniha ( 3 ). Main Italian land drive into GreeceisinCiamuria district (2).Turkswererepor'edmarchingintoThrace (4).ltalianfliers reported bombing Kastoria (2), Patras (5) and points near Athens 16). British naval forces said to S*va Isndjd a* Crete 171.

DR. AND MRS. TILDEN TRAVERSE NEW HIGHWAY

Many Attended Political Rallv

MEETING HERE LAST NIGHT SPONSORED BY REPUBLI-

CAN WOMEN’S CLUB

Scats in the balcony were required to accommodate overflow of the crowd that more than filled the lower floor of the Circuit court room in the Putnam county court house, Wednesday evening, the occasion being the Republican political rally sponsored by the Republican Women's Club of the county. Mrs. Thad Jones, Putnam county vice chairman of the Republican central committee and vice president of the Women’s j Republican club, .'presided at the

: meeting Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Jones presented as speakers I Dr. Renos H. Richards, of Patricks- | burg, candidate for joint representa- ] live from Owen and Putnam counties; Gilbert E. Ogles, candidate for re-election as auditor; Buford Lee Fall, candidate for re-election as county commissioner; and Miss Catherine Long, candidate for election as county treasurer. These spoke briefly. Ollier candidates were

introduced to the audience.

One of the interesting features of the evening was the showing of movies in technicolor of Wendell Willkie, Republican candidate for president of

HALLOWEEN OBSERVANCE TO BE HELD THIS EVENING

Roose- J the United States, in various scenes

veil had failed to build adequa’e de-j connected with his campaign appear-

fenses for America, that he had ances.

"engaged in reckless flights into the I DePauw students—Charles Landes, field of diplomacy,” and warned vot- John Mundt and Richard Morrish

On their trip East, from which they have just returned, after visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. H. Hildebrand, at Montclair, N. Y., Dr. ami Mrs. F. C. Tilden of Greencastle traversed the new toll super-highway in Pennsylvania, which is 176 miles long and on which a toll of $1.50 is charged for driving over its full length. It lies between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, but docs not quite reach either one of them, due to congested residential areas. Dr. Tilden says on that super road there is no grade railroad nor highway crossing, and no city is visible, even, to travelers on it. The method used in driving onto and off of the road eased the cars out of or into the stream of traffic with but little chance of traffic trouble. The road passes through aeven tunnels, the engineers preferring to go through mountains rather than around or over them. The steepest grade is but 3 per cent. A speed of 60 miles is quite easily attained on the sharpest of the curves. TO DEPORT BROWDER S WIFE WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (UP) Attorney General Robert H. Jackson today ordered the deportation of Rcissa Berkman Browder, Russianborn wife of Earl R. Browder. Communist candidate for president of the United States. The former Heltom home on west L’berty street was sold at auction by Chatles Rector, administrator of the eata’e of Miss Sarah Helton, Wednesday to Mrs. Clara Stewart, for *1,000. Claience Vestal was the auctioneeri

ers that "if you reelect the third term candidate on the basis of his past perfoimar.ee with pledges to the people you may expect wa'- by April, 1941." He said Mr. Roosevelt had endorsed the Democratic platform’s sound money pledge in 1932. hen “abandoned" it. and that " I ask you whether his pledge for peace is going to last any iongc. than his pledge for sound money."

Rev. Wareing Is Named (la|>laii! LEFT FOR CAMP SHELBY, MISS. WHERE HE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AS CHAPLAIN

Rev. Joel M. Wareing, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist church at Toledo, Ohio, has been assigned as chaplain of the 148th Infantry of the Ohio 37th division, National Guard. Mrs. Wareing preached his farewell sermon Sunday and also participated in the union services. Federal recognition giving him status of captain was announced a: Washington, D. C. Saturday. Captain Wareing left Toledo with the regimental staff for Camp Shelby,

Miss.

He had been granted a leave of absence from his pulpit. A number of fa ewcll functions were given by the church members in his honor. A watch was presented to him by church men. Joel Taylor Wareing, his oldest son, will be graduated next spring from Baylor Military Academy at ChatUnooga, Tenn. Mrs. Wareing is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor.

presented an interesting round-table discussion of present day political and national topics, given in the university forum style and listened to with close attention by the gather-

ing.

Dick Rink. national champion player of the xylophone, gave some fine numbers. TO GET FIRST 1941 PLATES Dr. Walter R. Hutcheson’s new automobile license plates are on display in the front window of the Putnam county auto license agency, on the north side of the court house square. They have not yet been sold to him, because the sale of the 1941 plates will not open until in December, probably around the 10th, but no one else will be permitted to buy plates No. 694-801. They will appear on Dr. Hutcheson's car when the right time comes for them to be there. The new plates are attractive, with a light blue background and white numerals.

20 Years Ago IN GBEENCASTLE

Mayor W. D. James has arranged for the distribution of 30 cash and merchandise prizes during the Halloween observance which will be held down town this evening. No elaborate demonstration of the evening has been planned, but a b g crowd is expected to turn out in costume in competition for the prizes to be awarded by the mayor's committee which includes John Cartwright and A. Reid Winsey as judges. The DePauw University band will lead the parade for the opening of the cele-

bration.

Six Lost Numbers Affect Two Here W. W. PATTERSON, CITY, IS 1835; C. C. ALLEN, ROACHDALE, IS 1033. The loss, temporarily, of six of the draft numbers in the draft lottery at Washington, affected two Putnam county young men, in that their cards bore numbers that were among the six that were lost. But the find- | ing of the strayed cards and their replacement in the lottery restores ; those two Putnam draftees to the ! list of eligibles. These two were No. 1835, William Winfield Patterson. 312 north Madison street, Greencastle, and No. 1033, Charles Clyde Allen. Roachdale. There has been a deep interest over the county in the lists of numbers drawn from the goldfish bowl at Washington, the interest being more keen, in many instances, among members of the families of the registrants than among the men themselves who may be called for military

service.

Information in regard to the actual calling of these men for service is yet incomplete, but not many will be affected for some time yet to come. The local draft board has its office on the third floor of the First Citizens bank, in one of the rooms formerly occupied by office of the High Point Oil company. The board’s phone number is 697. Mrs. Marjorie Morgan, clerk of the board, will be in the office from 8:30 to 5 o’clock. The board has not yet received its master list of numbers from the lottery at Washington. All numbers on I the master list above the highest | number on the Putnam county list will be stricken off the master list in making up the county list. There are now 2090 names on the Putnam M nnlinuril on I'lllto T«oi ANNOUNCE WAR GIFT

CLUB MEMBERS, WIVES ENJOY DINNER MEET

Italian Planes Bomb Port Of Patras. Greek Forces Reported Retreating Steadily ROME. Oct. 31 (UP)—Italian troops, advancing behind an artillery and airplane barrage, have reached the Kalamas river inside Greece, at several points, a high command communique said today. The Kalamas river runs roughly parallel with the Albanian frontier, between five and 15 miles inside Greece. Greek troops, retreating steadily, were blowing up roads. This and bad weather made the Italian operations difficult, the high command said. Italian planes bombed the port of Patras, striking ships loaded with troops; the Lepanto base, Greek encampments in the Metozo Pass and important defense works and road junctions in the Kalamas river valley, the communique said. British mechanized forces, continuing their offensive operations, were repulsed with losses in the Gadurra sector of Kenya, the communique said. British planes bombed the Buna area in Kenya, Massawa, chief port of Italian Eritrea; the Lugh-Fer-rendi area of Italian Somaliland and Karin and Berbera on the coast of British Somaliland, it was admitted.

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LONDON, Oct. 31. (UP)—Royal i Air Force planes bombed channel [ ports and communications in western

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LONDON, Oct. 31. (UP) -Germany now has about 855,000 troops stationed within striking distance of Great Britain in addition to 225,000 stationed in and near Scandinavia, a responsible non-British military

British sources reported that about 70 German divisions, or 1,050.000 men. were stationed in southern Germany, Austria and Slovakia, ready for a possible blow at the Balkans.

The Greencastle and Turkey Run Rotary clubs enteitained their wives at a dinner Wednesday evening at Turkey Run state park. The tables

were decorated with orange candles 1 auriioiity said t'>d,i_\.

tied with orange and black crepe paper and at each place there were paper hats, noise makers, and Hallo- j ween paper cups filled with candy com and black gum drops. The lights around the wall were covered j with Halloween decorations an I pumpkin faces were placed in the j window sills around the dining room. During the d nner A1 Rcsencranz. clarinet, and Gordon Johnson, accordion, both DePauw students played and sang songs many of which were sung by the entire group. The hoys visited each table and were asked to play many request num-

bers.

ROME. Oct. 31.—(UP)—Premier Benito Mussolini intends to spend the next few days inspecting troops and air fields, it was understood today. Mussolini arrived last night at Foili on his way to his private retreat at Rocca Della Carminate near

the Adriatic coast.

FRENCH STEAMER SUNK; 28 REPORTED MISSING

Guests at the speakers table wee introduced ami Included Mr. and Mrs. Ear! Swaim of Rockville, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hancock, Rockville, Rev. and Mrs. Victor Raphael, Mr. and Mis. Walter Ballard, Mr. am; Mrs. Harry Montgomery, Rockville, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hostetler, Rockville, and IProf. and Mrs. Lester Jones.

C. C. Gillen was president of the High School P. T. A. F. C. Tilden. Dr. T. A. Sigler. Dr. J. F. Gillespie. Miss Mable Stoner and others “who went to Balnbridge Sunday evening to attend church and discuss the hospital proposition, on their return to Greencastle encountered corn shocks, barricades of wagons and buggies, sidewalks carried across the road, and so on,” said the newspaper.

The War Relief Committee of the American Association of University Women has announced a gift of a thousand pounds, $4050, to the B itish Federation of University Women, and of $2000 to the Finnish Federation of University Women, to be used in helping care for university women refugees. Greencastle members of A. A. U. W. have contributed twenty dollars by voluntary gifts. Any member desiring to give such financial help through A. A. U. W. channels may send contributions to M:s. Wesley Childers, treasurer.

Prof Jones, as president of the Greencastle club, thanked the mem hers of the Tu key Run club for the decorations and programs, etc. He then presented Miss Lucille Calvert of the DePauw University Speceh school who, in her truly remarkable way, presented a hamat e recital in J three acts entitled “Elizabeth Tu-1

dor. Queen of England."

Following the program many stayed for dancing and card playing.

KING BUSINESS IS NICE WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT BUCHAREST. Oct 30.—(UP) - King Michael, who succeeded to the throne of Rumania when his father abdicated, received a $160,000 raise in salary along with the job. The civil list revealed today that the young kinf will get 40.000,000 lei ($189,500) yearly. As crown prince, the young king will get 40,000,000 lei ($28,700). His salary as king is the same as was his father’s.

OTTAWA, Oct. 31. (UP) The admiralty listed 28 men as missing and 16 saved today from the commandeered Fnnch steamer St. Mali which was sunk by “enemy action” on the high seas last Saturday. No details of the sinking were revealed. It was reported that tha complement of the ship was 35 Canadians. The survivors were reported to have been taken to a British port. Meanwhile, the admiralty revealed that “thorough and widespread’’ | search was being conducted for the missing Canadian minesweeper Bras D'Or which was feared lost with all

hands.

REPORT ACCOUNT SHORTAGE AG \INST MISSING MAN The board of directors of the Brazil Chamber of Commerce said today that a shortage had been found in the accounts of Homer B. Wiltse, 55 years old, secretary of the organization, who left a week ago on a business trip. The directors said Wiltse was bonded and that the organization would lose nothing. Amount of the shortage was not revealed.

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TO BROADCAST FRIDAY The regular broadcast by the Putnam County AAA board will be heard over Station WBOW, Terre Haute, at 12:15 o'clock Friday noon. Phillip Hutcheson, Clarence Davis and Vernon Gardner will appear on the radio program which is presented every six weeks.

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