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OREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940.

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IN CONJUNCTION WITH “DADS DAY” FACES TWO affidavits

LOVES OF MANY FEATURES AT dpi; THIS WEEKEND stilesville young man

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fft'A TtID AT FACTORY MKI I VNE FIRM IN CALIFORNIA , action possible Sl»okesiiK>ii Claim Aircraft ►icials Hid ACempied X U ••Freeze” W ages !EY Ca Nov. 15.— (UP) — i ;;,500 employes of the Vul^raft Company, which is $80,000,000 worth of milBne? for the United Statas at Britain, prepared to strike md the national defense comin Washington threatened to igorous action.” fork •is. members of the CIO’s | division of the United AutoWorkers, said that the strike ,e called this morning. Apabsolute deadline had -ed. but 7:30 a. ni„ PST.. . m EST), when day crews was regalded as the most ime for the walkout. :liop stewards' union met an 1 Iniachinery for the strike, apa kitchen committee and a aary committee, to feed and die strikers’ pickets, rding the defense commispromisi to intervene, union nen said that the aircraft y had attempted to “freeze” iew of the profits made in the years and even months by the company should be able ling to Handle the demands of on instead of passing the buck government,” they said, ike would affect 3.700 producployes of the huge plant, manufactures nothing but planes. Presently, it is large orders of fast pursuit or export and military trainthe U. S. army. decision to strike was reached ght after Vultee refused to o a union demand that minioui^y wages be increased from rtS“*Cents. The original de[hatl been 75 cents, but during] | of conferences, had been lowr 65, Union leaders said today [he minimum was again 751 Inational defense commission ■man who threatened, in Wash1, to take vigorous action if the was called, said that two ago the commission had sent Bms to both union and cornofficials urging them to resort Miration. imvhile. L. H. Michener, region■ector of the UAW^, said, “We mt tolerate the company hiding tl the slogan of national defense ^ attempt to perpetuate the low level of the industry.” |< HU I IT COURT NOTES Jtfi> . Fire Insurance company vs. Floyd S. Miller, damages, Issed by agreement of parties. MJess who?

DePauw University was all set today for its annual influx of parents who have been invited back to help the University to celebrate "Dads Day’ on the campus. The festivities will op-n tenight with the ini ial perfo mance of tfic Dittu. Theater play "What a Life," the original Henry Aldrich comedy. Saturday morning visiting Dads will acccmpany their sons and daughters to class-room and laboratory. All members of the faculty will be in their offices f cm 10 until 12 o'clock to meet and greet the visitors. A complete program of each student's class schedule was sent parents with the university s invita-

tion.

The feature of the afternoon program will be the traditional football game between DePauw and Wabash. The rivalry started in 1890 and has been unbroken since 1911. The Tiger's are one game behind Wabash in the long series of forty-six games, Wabash has won 21; DePauw 20 and five tilts being tie games. All ties were scoreless affairs. In the evening Dads will be guests of the University at the traditional Dads Day banquet which will be served in Bowman Gymnasium. Last year more than 1300 attended this banquet forcing the University to use

Rec.or Hall dining room for the ov-er-floor crowd. Advance reservations indicate another capacity attend

ancc.

Montgomery S. Winning, who was graduated Lom DePauw in 1913 and has two children in DePauw th ; s year, will preside as toastmaster. He Is president of the DePauw Association of Dads organized last year. Others officers are Dr. Oscar Thomas Olson of Cleveland. Ohio, vicepresident, and Donald F. Elliott of Kokomo, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Winning is assistant attorney-gener-al of Illinois and lives at Springfield. Officers in the Dads Association are elected annually and a new slate will be chosen at the banquet. A busincs • meeting is scheduled prior to tin dinner. The dinner program will clos in time for parents to see the concluding pei’fo:mance of the Little Theatre play. A special Dads Day Service has been arranged for Sunday morning in the Gobin Memorial Church. Rev. Claude M. McClure will deliver the sermon and has announced his sermon subject as "Religion for a Day of Change." He will be assisted by Dr. L. R. Eckhardt, George Frank Lockwood, Rev. Elmer I. Carriker and Dr. Van Denman Thompson, and the church choir.

James Buis. Jr., age 25. of Stilesville was arrested at his home there last Friday, on two charges. He wan first charged with driving while intoxicated and the second for malicious trespass. According to Sheriff Wiltsie Stuart. Buis is accused of becoming ntcxicated at Lizton o:i November 1, and then deliberately rui ning his car Into one owned by Orville E. Spear, who filed the trespass charge. The wo men became involved in an argument and it is understood Buis rammed his car into Spear’s car three or four time in retaliation. The damage to Spear’s car amounted to approximately $115.00. Buis was arrested at his home by Sheriff Stuart and Deputy Oscar Bradford and brought to the Danville jail. He was arraigned in circuit: court and pleaded not guilty. Judge] Horace L. Hanna fixed bond at $5001 and Buis was released. Danville Re- j

publican.

is young gentleman should be known to many car drivers as 188 helped them many times. He 1 a short way from Creencastle drives in every day to his place

Hisiness.

ast week’s Guess Who was an f one. Mrs. Glen Fitzsimmons, Central Avenue, was the first to ®s correctly that the picture was of J- D. Ellis always to be found >ne of the local theaters. 'V to guess this week’s picture win two free tickets to the Vontheatre to see "Escape” featurNonna Shearer and Robert Tay-

Local Craftsmen To Display Works NATIONAL ART WEEK TO BE CELEBRATED WITH SHOWING OF CRAFTS During National Art Week, Nov. 25-Dec. 1, communities over the country will be displaying and selling works of local artists. Putnam county artists will exhibit and sell works of artists on Saturday, November 30, two to nine p. ni„ in the corridor and assembly room of the Putnam countv courthouse. Any artist or person interested in exhibiting and selling his works at this time should get in touch with Jacob Eitel or Miss Dorothy Knudson of Greencastle. The artists wishing to exhibit will be interested in the following regulations: 1. The artist will notify as soon as possible Mr. Eitel or Miss Knudson in order that exhibit space will be provided for him. 2. The artist will be responsible for arranging his exhibit (with help from committee) and taking charge of his sales. (Tables will be provided and a place for hanging pictures.) 3. Must furnish a typed card for each piece exhibited with the following information: artist’s name, title or name of product, medium, price. 4. Any arts or crafts product such as woodcarving, sculpture, etching, painting, etc., may be exhibited and sold. The artist does not have to be famous in order to exhibit. 5. All art work must be submitted by Friday afternoon Nov. 29 or Saturday morning Nov. 30 at the court-

house.

6. Pictures and paintings should be matted and framed. Artists who have signified an interest in exhibiting are: Hetzer Hartsock. of Indianapolis and a graduate of DePauw University, woodcarving; Mr. Griffith, Brown county painter and formerly of Greencastle, etchings and paintings: and the Camera Club of DePauw University, photographs. In addiUon to the exhibit, during the hours of two and four and seven to nine p. m. music will be furnished and demonstrations of the various arts will be done by the following people: Dean Chapman, woodcarving; Virginia Ostrander, soap carving: the Sherwin Williams Co., silk screen process; Ab Howard, commercial posters; Dorothy Gardner, charcoal; Ward Blessing, commercial; Wendell Overman, egg tempera and others. Everyone is invited to attend the first Art Fair of Putnam county. National Art week will open in Greencastle on Monday, November 26 with a window display contest. Merchants will participate in window display competition featuring American designed products. M1LLIS NOMINATED

GEORGE DAVIS WILL BE HONORED THIS EVENING George Davis, member of Greencastle High School teaching staff, will be specially honored this evening at Indiana University where he is to be initiated into Phi Delta Kappa national honorary educational fraternity. Mr. Davis will be the only candidate selected to receive the initiation rites before a meeting of representatives from Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia, now in session at

Bloomington.

Wife Slayer Goes To Chair

Many Active In lied Cro.-s Drive

DELTA THETA TAU, ALPHA PHI OMEGA, MERCHANTS

ALL COOPERATE

With Putnam County’s Red Cross Drive now well under way it is reported that several more townships are rapidly nearing their q,'uo'a which was set by County Chairman E. Rupert Bartley and Roll Call Chairman Frank Knebel in cooperation with the Red Cross. Delta Theta Tau, active local so-

rority, is engaged In conducting the drive in Greencastle and according to reports of its president, Mrs. G. W. Hanna the drive is progress i n g and will

AMERICAN EDUCATION M EEK—November 10-16, 1940 GENERAL THEME: Education for the Common Defense

Topic for Fiiday, November 15: Perpetuation Individual Liberties. What is libe; ly 7 In America it means freedom to speak and write, to live where one wishes, to work at the job of one’s choice, and to have a part in selfgovernment. But the mere declaration of rights does not constitute liberty. Academic rights count for little. Is a man free who cannot find a job?

Whose family is thereby hungry and unclothed?

In a civilized nation, liberty does not mean freedom to do entirely as on? chooses. There are rights of others to respect. We fin true iibetty by denying ourselves smaller privileges in order to secure great basic rights for all. Education perpetuates Individual liberties by developing a people able to govern themselves uni determine that America shall remain the land of the f.ee and home of a peopie unafraid of duties that libel ty entails. Liberty in Our Land Our forefathers paid dearly for the liberty we enjoy a heritage that we appreciate more and more as the lights of liberty have gone out round the worlu. The Constitution Legally Secures Our Liberty—After the Constitution had been drafted, some of the members insisted that the Bill of Rights be added, even tho it was contended that these rights were implied in the instrument. Those in favor of this move succeeded, and thus the Bill of Rights became the first ton amendments l<> the Constitution. These rights can b? safeguarded only

by eternal vigilance.

"Tint Every Citizen Should Know—According to Robert E. Cushman of Cornell University (Public Affairs Pamphlet, Safi guarding Our Ci\il Liberties), if citizens are to safe guard their basic liberties they chould know ill how we came to h ive a Bill of Rights, (2) the provisions of the Bill of Rights and its relation to the rest of the Constitution, (3) "that during the nation's first one hundred years the state and not tli- federal government was the primary guardian of civil liberty, but that some twenty years ago the Supreme Court nationalized our civil lib ■rlies an I placed them un.,ei the protection of the federal Constitution and the federal courts,” (4) where lie the dangers to civil liberty, and (5) what safeguards we may rely upon to preserve our liberties and what tne average person can do to maintain them. Interesting Fai ls About Your Schools Fo, the past five years tne average annual expenditures for the Greencastle Consolidated Schools has been $106,000.00 Tho average for the five years previous to the depression year of 1933 was more than $140,000.00. The cost per enrolled pupil in the Greencastle schools last year was $3.57. According to a recent report from the Research Service cC The Indiana State Teachers’ Association, Greencastlc’s School levy ranges 92nd or third from the lowest, among the 95 cities in the state. Greencastle’s low levy is due partly to the fact that the corporation ranks high in the state in the -amount of assessed valuation bacu ot each pupil. Watch this space each day during American Education Week Copy by courtesy of the Greencastle Public Schools,

NAZIS BOMB

LONDON; BIG GUNS ACTIVK

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ROGER CUNNINGHAM EXECUTED IN OKLAHOMA FOR MURDER OF HIS MATE McALSTER. Okla., Nov. 15—(UP) — Roger Cunningham, 34, tossed aside a half-smoked cigar early today, carefully seated himself in the electric chair at Oklahoma state prison and was executed for strangling his pretty wife to death. Both had been prominent in Oklahoma City society. He was strapped in the chair at 12:08 a. m. CST, and pronounced dead five minutes later, after two, 45-second shocks. “He was the calmest man I cvei saw executed," Warden. Jess Dunn

said.

Just before he walked to the death chamber. Cunningham, a former government employe, had stood outside his cell, smoking and talking to Herbert K. Hyde, his attorney. "Tell my wife’s mother that I want her to forgive me for causing so much grief and anxiety," he told Hyde. “God has forgiven me and I am ready to go." He had nothing to say in the death chamber. He had tied a handkerchief over his head yesterday to hide his shaved skull. Cunningham was the son of a prominent Oklahoma City physician. His wife, Eudora, disappeared in March, 1939. He shrugged off Inquiries with the explanation that she had left him and he believed she had gone to the Pacific coast. After a few days, the body was found in a culvert in Oklahoma City. Cunningham finally admitted he had strangled her. His pleas of insanity, which he had maintained until late yesterday, were refused.

THREE BANK AMENDMENTS PASSED IN ELECTION NOV. 5

RED CROSS leach its quota.

! In DePauw University, scouting | fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, under the guidance of Alex Porteus, is conducting the annual roll cadi -U'iv • and it is believed the university returns will surpass those of previous

years.

On Monday of next week all the workers in the county will report their totals collected as of that data and a detailed report will appear is Tuesday’s issue of the Banner. Shoppers in Greencastle Saturday wil be visibly reminded of the drive by the flags which have been placed at many strategic points around the downtown area Local merchants, always willing to cooperate with the movement, are giving window display space to Red Cross signs so that the roll call drive this year should reach its goal of $1000 in the next

week.

EXPENSE STATEMENTS OF CANDIDATES ARE AWAITED Putnam county candidates in the recent election having a period of 30 days from the time of the election, in which to file their statements of expenses incurred in their respective races, are apparently taking advantage of the extended time. At tho office of Homer C. Morrison, county clerk, this morning, it was stated no candidate had filed such a statement chore, so far.

John C. Moore Died Suddenly

SUFFERED FATAL HE-ART ATTACK AT DAUGHTER'S HOME

THURSDAY EVENING

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—(UP) President Roosevelt today nominated Dr. Harry A. Millis of Chicago as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, succeeding J. Warren Madden whose term expired in August. At the same time Mr. Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Madden to a $12,500-a-year judgeship on the U. S. court of claims. The NLRB post pays $10,000.

John C. Moore, age 88 years, passed away at 6:30 o'clock Thursday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Fiddler, Crown street. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Moore had been in his usual health, and death came suddenly. He had lived in Greencastle for the last twelve years, coming here from Owen county. Mr. Moore was a member of the Montgomery Chapel Christian church in Owen county. He is survived by the wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Moore, two daughters. Mis. Fiddler with whom he made his home and Mrs. William McCaw ot Lafayette, several grandchildren and

great grandchildren.

GERMANS RAISING MONEY Services will 1«' held at 1:30 |fg |j 5 DIES CHARGES I' l ’ clock Saturday afternoon from the

Rector Funeral Home. Rev. H. C.

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—(UP)-Rep. Fellers will have charge. Interment Martin Dies, I).. Tex., chairman of will be in Mannon cemetery in Owen the congressional committee investi- county. Friends may call at the gating un-American activities, said Funeral Home.

I today subversive activities in the United States were better financed and better organized than they were in any nf the countries which have fallen liefore the dictatorships of

Europe.

He* charged that German consular officials were involved in quiet campaigns to raise funds for German rearmament under the guise of raising money for German winter relief and said that “actually millions of dollars have been raised in this country to support the P’ascist and Nazi re-

gimes.”

Dies said his committee already had uncovered evidence of such sub-

Fighting: Greeks Press Italians

MAINTAIN OFFENSIVE ALONG 125 MILE LENGTH OF AL-

BANIAN FRONTIER

Word has been received by Joe Crosby, president of the First Citizen’s Bank and Trust Company, from the Indiana Bankers Association that the three banking amendments, voted on in the election November 5, were passed. The Indiana Banker’s Association stated that the word was received from the Secretary of State’s office and that the official tabulation has not been received. However, the total majority vote in favor of the ament, not certified by the governor, is as follows: Amendment 1—87,989. Amendment 2—114,892. Amendment 3—82,340.

Mrs. Roscou Hurst Called By Death

WELL KNOWN FORMER KKSI DENT DIED THURSDAY IN

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Word was received here yesterday from Phoenix. Ariz., of the death of Mrs. Roscoe Hurst, formerly of this city. Mrs. Hurst suffered a stroke Wednesday night and passed away at

versive activities, centering in fore- 1:45 p. m. Thursday. Mrs. Hurst

ign-language newspapers, industries and tourist agencies, and that members of the German and Italian diplomatic corps had been requested to appear at hearings beginning next Monday.

20 Years Ago

IN GKKKNOASTUO

Mrs. Josephine Lewis returned from a two weeks' stay at Martinsville. Grafton Longden, Jr., was recovering from the fracture of a leg received in a fall. Mrs. Edgar Shamel and daughter visited in Cloverdale. Miss Era Bence was named director of the Putnam county Red Cross drive.

spent most of her life in and near Greencastle until two yeaVs ago this December when she and her son Ralph went to Arizona to join her husband and other son, Harold. Survived here by a brother, Kay Sallust, and a sister, Mrs. Kay j Vaughan of Mt. Meridian. Her immediate family husband, sons, Harold and Ralph, were with her at time of death. It is understood the body will be shipped here for final burial and funeral arrangements will be announced

at a later date.

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 15 -(UP) The war ministry said today that Greek forces still held the offensive in infantry, artillery and aerial battles raging along the whole 125-mile length of the G:eek-Albanian fron-

tier.

At p ints, Greek troops were reported to have penetrated Albania, pressing close on the retreating Ita ians. British and Greek airplanes continued bombing Albanian ports, hampering the landing of Italian reinforcements and supplies. "We captured more than 200 prisoners, together with war material of all kinds,” today’s communique said "During aerial combats we downed 11 enemy planes and another 10 probably were damaged beyond repair. Only one of our aircraft failed to return to its base.” An authoritative source here said that the Italians had been massing their fleet in Taranto Harbor for a major attack on Ionian islands and other Greek naval bases when th’* air arm of the British fleet devastated the harbor Monday night, virtually destroying two or three battleships, two cruisers and two auxiliary shins. Italian bombers were making widespread raids on Greek towns. Today’s communique said "several towns in the interior were attacked indiscriminately and several hospitals were hit, although no military objectives W’ere bombed."

CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT OPPOSED BY CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP) — Chairman Edward T, Taylor of the House Appropriations committee today opposed plans of administration leaders to adjourn Congress next week. Taylor, in whose committee all appropriation bills must originate, believes Congress should begin work on next year’s departmental appropriations immediately. Unless hearings are started at once, he said, the bills may be delayed two or three weeks (fter the new Congress meets dan. 3. Speaker Sam Rayburn has announced that a lesolution for sine die adjournment will be introduced in the House next Tuesday. He has summoned members to return and experts support by enough Democrats ‘o outvote Republicans who are opposed to quitting.

TWO GERMAN PLVNES SHOT DOWN IN FIRST DAYLIGHT RAID THIS MORNING HEAVY ARTILLERY IN DUEL Long Kongo Camion Thunder Along Both Sides Of Channel; Nazi Planes Active All Night. BULLETIN BERLIN. Nov. 15 (UP) A fleet of more than 500 German warplanes attacking the historic English city of Coventry was reported by the high command today to have caused •terrible desolation and monstrous fires" in war factories and ware-

houses.

Nazi sources claimed that the British airplane industry had been nit a crushing blow by tho raid on Coventry. All large and small airplane factories at Coventry were described here as "virtually wiped out.” LONDON, Nov. 15.—(UP) German bombers charged at London today after continuous, all-night attacks on a town in the western Midlands in which churches, hospitals and four public shelters were damaged, numerous fires started and several civil defense workers killed. Piles of debris and fire kept rescue workers away from one hospital that suffered a direct hit. The fire brigades’ resources were taxed to tho limit all night. Today's first daylight raid on London was brief. A single plane reached the outskirts before anti-aircraft gunners drove it away. One bomber was shot down from another formation approaching London up the Thames estuary. British fighters intercepted the plane and it fell into the river.

DOVER. Nov. 15. (UP) British big guns and German long range artillery on the French channel coast duelled in brilliant sunshine across the Straits of Dover early today. The British guns opened fire about 9 a. m. and soon after German guns went into action after the Germans had sent aloft an observation balloon from the cliffs of Cape Griz Nez, France. The air shook with the roar of -unfire and as the firing continued the screeching and explosions of (hells made a shattering din. The duel continued without letup for at least two hours.

GETS WAR CONTRACT

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. (UP) — The War Department late yesterday awarded a contract of $508,000 for artillery ammunition to the Kinston Products Co#p., Kokomo, Ind. 1

LONDON, Nov. 15. (UP) Two more ships from a convoy of 38 veslels attacked by a German raider in the North Atlantic last week have reached port safely, bringing to 32 Ihe number of vessels which escaped while the armed British merchant eruiser Jervis Bay fought the attacker, the admiralty announced today. BERLIN, Nov. 15 (UP i Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of tlv German high command, and Marshal Pietro Badoglio, chief of the Italian general staff, me' at Innsbruck, near the Brenner Pass, today, according to well informed German quarters.

IND1 AN Yl’OLIS 1.11 ESTCK’K Hogs 13.000 Market steady; 160210 lbs.. $575-$5.90: 210-300 lbs., $5.80-$6; 300-400 lbs., $5.65-$5.75; 100-160 lbs.. $4.65-$5.65; sows mostly $5.40-$5.65. Cattle 700; calves 500. Steers and heifers mostly common and medium grades generally steady; early sales $7-$9.50; calves strong; vealers 50c lower, top $11.50. Sheep 2,500. Lambs steady: good to choice native lambs $0-$9.50.

HOMECOMING SUNDAY

The Fillmore Christian church will observe its 31st annual homecoming Sunday, Nov. 17th. This will be an all day meeting with Bible school at 9:45 a. m., church services at 10:45 a. m., basket dinner at noon, a short program in the afternoon and evening services at 7:15. AH members and friends are invited to attend. Come and enjoy this fellowship.

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