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[(DIM IS [omplete in 13 PRECINCTS J S BETHECKINC. VOTES 1ST FOR A MOV CROSS, Bl FORI) L. FALL rtT (MANGE IS FOUND „l ('mlerway Ah Result Of N ; Over Election As County Commissioner r fcount of the votes cast in §,. on t election in Putnam county unty commissioner, which was I Tuesday, had been completed, [veiling, in 13 of the county’s 37 KCtS. (tabulation of the results of the |nt in those 13 precincts gives T l. Cross, Democratic candidate [ommissioner, a total vote in precincts of 2352, which is a two votes from his original Buford Lee Fall, present inlent in the office and Republican liiate for re-election, received a jit total in the same precincts fcjO which is a loss to him of I votes from the original count, s, in the recheck in those pre Fall loses one more vote than ! by his opponent, Cross. |far, Cross has gained in the fol- ; precincts: In north Russell, 1: |Clinton. 1; east Monroe, 3; Fox 2; south Washington, 2. gains were as follows: South ■on. 1; north Madison, 1; east Irdale, 1; west Cloverdale, 2: Ijefforson. 2. i recount commissioners find an bona! ballot which was accepted be original election board and led. but which the recount board Is, for some more or less trifling lilarity. On the other hand, the pit board accepts an occasional ; which was rejected by the elboard. jtoa of these acceptances and rcln.i by tile recount board are bepde by the attorneys and the witnesses, for use in a possible nt trial in court, which may follli, completion of the work of puiunt boarcL The ballots which pestioned are said to be divided | evenly between the two pai tIth: contest. Is fo.enoon, the recount coverkh ec precincts- north Maiio-i, he north and south precincts |e Tni'.d ward in the city of pensile, in the north precinct a ion township, there was no re. In the north Third, Full and C oss lost 5. In the Third, Fall lost 3 and Cross

ilDENT ROOSEVELT AT JAMAICA CAPITA). Kurd u. s. maykant. SSTON’. Jamaica, Dec. 5 (UP) Mrleni Roosevelt arrived today Ibis British colonial capital the United States has obtain[dofense base nboa-d the cmisBscaloosa after a short run I Guantanamo, Cuba. Kt.KS TO INITIATE r’t- Hen will be initiated into E'kii lodg ■ tonight following a ' ni cling which gets underway P # “’‘lock at the club homo candid Ros are: O. L. McKamcy, *- h Gryan, Eddis Buis, Byron Don Kills, Jco Crosby, John * 'Kbt and Bob Longden. WH- ■ H °a, I'nnerly of this city, will dialed by the St. Petersburg. da lodge also tonight.

toiniKR RESIDENT DIES Bell of Bridgeton, formerly etncastle, passed away today e Pnion hospital in Terre *; J 1 ' 8 funeral will be at It Satuiday morning from the '"tat church at Bridgetem with * n forest Hill cemeteiy. survive I by the wife Mrs. 1 ”ai row Bell.

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COMMUNISTS IN CHILE THREATEN CIVIL WAR SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 5 (UP) A ‘bloody civil war” \ >8 th eatoned by communists tod.i if cor, giess outlaws the ccmmunii. party ir Chlic. / A measure prohibiting comniunrm wr ; approv'd. 41 to 10. in fou. minutes by th > chamber of d ;iu tics anci fen immediately to th< senate. Its passage by the chamb-r wa n phase of a bitter campaign which Chilean r ghtist parties have bee> waging against th" popular frnn gove nment of Piesidcnl Pcdr Aguirre Cerda an l the communis party in pariicular. The c mmunistl d nouneed th< bill as a "medieval law " and if pass ’d by the senate wmld "impede th 1041 elections." They lemande i Ilia Congo ess be dissolved and a popu lar front congress of the people tak ove.v

Injuries Claim Mrs Dickerson

VI TO < RASH ALSO TOOK LIFE OF PIER BABY LAST SATURDAY

Mrs. Laura Dickerson, 25 years old. of near Ladoga, a g aduate of tile Roachdale high school, and a member of the Carpentcrsville Community Church, lied Wednesday afternoon in the hospital at Crawfordsville from injuries she received Saturday when an automobile she was driving near he home struck

a bridge abutment.

In that crash, a daughter, Marjorie Allen, 20 months old, was

killed instantly.

The accident, which cost Mrs Dickerson her life and that of her daughter, occurred on a county iOad about two and one-half miles northwest of Ladoga. She had just passed ano’her machine and it was believed that she lost control of her ear as she approached the abut-j

men .

Mrs, Dick rson was hern a Fred e.icksbu g, Jnd., Sept. 28, 1915, daughter of The mas an 1 -\Ia’ y Mo-- j ■ran. She was marr ed to Cheater f Dickerson July 30, 1934. For the pa t 12 years she had J esidel in the Re ichdalc and Ladoga i .om'muni ies and was graduated; fr :n the Roachdale high school. Slv was a member of the Ca pentcrsvllle

Community church.

Fune.el s rvic a will be he’l at the Lad ga Chris :an church at 2 p. m. Friday with Rev. Raymond ;

INSTRUCTORS OF HISTORY TO MEET DEC. l:!-!1

DR. \\. W. SWEET, DR. VERNON V AN DYKE WILL SPEAK AT CONFERENCE

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR BRIDGE OVER BIG WALNUT

MEETING

INDIANAPOLIS

Annual Session Of Indiana History Teachers Will Be Held Middle Of Month

Dr. W, W. Sweet, former professor of history at DePauw, and Dr. Vernon Van Dyke, assistant professor of political science, will be speakers at the annual Indiana history conference which will meet in Indianapolis December 13 and 14. At the first general session of the conference, Dr. Sweet will speak on “Presbygationalism in the Old Northwest,” the subject of his address harking back to the union of Presbyterians and Congregationalists prevailing in the early days of the Old !

Northwest.

Professor Sweet is now professor of the history of American Christianity at the University of Chicago. He was professor of history at DePauw from 1913-1927. Besides being the author of many books ranging from the religion of the American frontier to the history of Latin America, he was the winner of the $1,000 prize offered by the Chicago Tribune in 1930 for the best 500-word history of the United States. During the conference Dr. Van Dyke will speak to the Indiana History Teachers Association on “Liberalism and Its Critics.” His address is scheduled for Saturday morning,

December 14.

Among the Indiana historical societies joining in the conference are the Society of Indiana Pioneers, the Indiana Historical Society, the State Historical Bureau, Indiana History Teachers’ Association, junior historical societies and clubs, most of the 00 county historical societies in the state, the Indiana Association of the I History of Medicine, and the Indiana

Business History Society.

The Indiana State Highway Commission yesterday awarded a contract to R. L. Schutt, Indianapolis, for the construction of the new duallane bridge over Big Walnut, west of Pleasant Garden, to cost $5)4,395.37. Thete will be three spans, a total of 220 feet, with an 80 foot roadway and safety walk for pedestrians. The inclusion of the walk for pe destrians is a new safety device on bridges in Putnam county. The grade on both sides of Big Walnut creek which will form the approaches to this bridge are now being built as a part of the: McCalmnn grade contract.

\rl Week ^as Success Here

Excise Tax Money To This County

TOWNSHIPS AND TRUSTEES TO GET SHARE FROM STATE

COLLECTIONS

The distribution of the state’s collection of excise taxes to the counties

A!be: - , pant - r of the church, offtci-j aad the townships of the state, now

being made, brings $66 67 to the office of the Putnam county auditor, which will be distributed to the 13 townships of the county for school

purposes.

However, each township trustee is receiving direct from the state a much larger amount, also to be ap-

i plied to school costs. These checks I iio not pass through the office of the i auditor and their amounts are not

* i • b ■ i * known there, but as an aid to the V/tilllS 111 C clvor ! t, ' URtceH in making up their budgets

i for 1941, the tioasuiy department of 1 the state issued an estimate to each

VIANV CONGRESSMEN RELIEVE (iUOl PS VI.) NEEDED ON

DEFENSE III'DUET

at'.ng. The bedy will lie in state a' the church one hour preceding the

sei vices.

Into ment will be made in the La'oga cemetery, Funeral services I'm he daugh'.! we e held Monday af-

ternoon.

Joint Committee

LOCAL COMMITTEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR (’OOPERATION GIVEN Of unusual interest in regards the Art Show held in the court house last Saturday was the fact that every artist who displayed works at the failsold at least one or more of his works. Five books were also purchased by laymen as a result of seeing art books on display at this unusual exhibit. The local committee for Nation'll Art Week extended their thanks to thr Greencastle Kiwanis Club for their support of the art movement. “They supported the movement heartily and wish to continue the promotion of art interest throughout th'’ year,” said one member of the local committee, adding, “We congratulate them for appointing a new committee in charge of art activity throughout tiie year.” These instances are concrete beginnings of a genuine interest in art in the county and it is hoped that both artists and consumers will begin now to prepare for next year's National Art Week so that it will be bigger and better than the 1940 Naj lional Art Week. | The local committee for National | Art Week realizes that the results .>t I thin year’s drive never could have j been realized if ma^y people had not | so generously cooperated. The com ■ mittee wishes to express appreciation [publicly to the librarians, the mer- ! chants, the city officials, the stuI dents, the artists, the organizations, the newspapers and each ami every individual who helped make this movement a success. DIVOIUE GRANTED A divorce was granted to Lena Suthcrlin f.-om James Sutherlin in the Pu nam circa l court yesterday afternoon. The defendant did not

appear.

Band Series To Start Tuesday THREE N EMBERS MILL BE FEATURED BV HIGH SCHOOL .MUSICIANS

ROTARY HEARS DISCUSSION OF GOLD PROBLEM

OSCAR WILLIAMS IS SPEAKER AT WEEKLY LUNCHEON OF CIVIC CLUB

FUTURE LINKED WITH GOLD Bloomington Man, Formerly Connected With DePauw, Gave Interesting Address

COUNTY WELFARE DEPT.

NAMED AS BENEFICIARY The Putnam county Welfare Department is named as a beneficiary in a Clay county Circuit Court case, for foreclosure of a mortgage The

Brazil Times says of it:

“The case of William Biel vs. Mary F. J. Nelson and others on note ami mortgage was submitted to the court without demand for trial by jury. The court returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for a total of $449.06; the Putnam County Welfare Depart..lent for $64.48 and the Clay County Writ ate Department for $353.00. ' This i. a situation where an oldet ly person had assigned her property to the county welfare departments in order to qualify for old age

Tin court held that the

A controversial subject, little understood by the average layman, namely: The Gold Problem, was

bandied exceedingly well by Oscar | )1( . s j ons

Williams of Bloomington, forme, ly | loan ^ cul . od by the mortgage is a associated with UePau-A University,:,^ fm „ stat( . an(l the cIaims oS in his talk before the Greencastle I hp wcll - an . Hlt , nent alc a junior

Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon j am| inf „ ri()l , claim ..

on Wednesday.

"The future of everyone of us, out jobs, our homes and our very life are I linked with the gold we now own.” a ! quotation fiom Sherman’s book “The Real Danger in our Gold,” was used by Mr. Williams in opening his dis-j cussion on the problems presented to i this country in the large accumui ition of gold reserves. By reason of the government's revaluation of the exchange value of gold from $20 an ounce to $35.00 an ounce has meant that the gold reserve in this country lias increased from $4,000,000 in 1934 to over twenty-one billion dollars in 1940. Mr. Williams pointed one that most of the countries of the world were sending us gold for purchase and that it is predicted by some that in a few years the U. S. government will own all of the gold in the world. The problems this presents, such as inflation, the demonetizing or world cancellation, which Hitler threatens in case of victory, were commented on by Mr. Williams, as well as proposed solutions to prevent inflation, and the setting up of an international gold standard after the war. No attempt was made by tiie speaker to offer the solution to this important subject, but his findings were presented in a manner interesting enough to clarify somewhat a complicated economical study. Elbert Jones, a Greencastle High School senior was introduced as the |

(jlraiulson (/els Mishap Details EDGAR BLAKE SENT INFORMATION REGARDING BISHOP

BLAKE’S ACCIDENT

Edgar Blake, DePauw student, has receiv'd information of the accident in which his grandfather. Bishop Edgar Blake, with Mrs. Blake, were both injured, Sunday. The elderly high prelate of the Methodist church it now develops, received a fracture of the skull in the accident and is yet in a critical condition, although he is improving. He was unconscious following his injury, and the telegram received here did not state that he had yet become conscious. He also has a fracture of the jaw and bruises, but no lacerations. Mrs. Blake received vertebra fractures, fractures of two ribs, and a collar

j bone, and lacerations.

Mr. Blake says the accident hap1 polled during a rainstorm, that Mrs. | Blake, who was at the wheel, was not driving fast, but that the ram

BAD WEATHER IS BLAMED IN PLANE CRASH

AIRLINER FALLS AT CHU AGO KILLING EIGHT AND INJURING EIGHT

WINGS COATED

WITH

ICE

Air Disaster

Occurs

Within

Two

Blocks Of

Chicago Airport;

Probe

Ordered

Today

CHICAGO,

Dec.

5. (UPl

Bad

flying weather was blamed today for the crash of a United Air Lines ‘main-liner” less than two blocks from tiie Chicago airport, killing eight persons and injui ,ig >;ht. Pilots who inspected the wreckage laid the wings were coated with ice ‘two to three inches” thick. The airport reported a ceiling of 800 feet and visibility of one mile when the rash occurred at 5:48 p, m, yester-

day.

The plane had flown here from New York, with stops at Philadelphia, Allentown, Pa., Akron, and Cleveland, in weather so bad that it was almost tliiee hours late when it came in over tiie airpot t for its land,ng. The pilot overshot the field, hit i house less than two blocks away. The plane tore down power lines, which threw the airport and the neighborhood into darkness and crashed into an alley. Flames siiot .ip from the wreckage but these were ixtinguished quickly by emergency crews from the airport, who thea pulled the dead and the injured from tiie wreckage. Among the dead was Wilbert J. Austin, 64, of Cleveland, internationlly known authority on factory construction and management. He was .lead of the Austin Engineering Company, which has subsibiaries in Cal:fornia and Gteat Britain. Eight of the injured wei in serious condition, and Miss Florence Little, 22. of Chicago, tiie plane’s stewardess, had a basal skull fracture. There

caused her to lose control of the car i was little hope she would live.

Junior Rotarian December.

for the month of

WASHINGTON, Dec, 5 (UP) —| Dec. 5 (UP) Congnessmen whose I job it is to rai e and spend billions of doilais annually today gene 1 ally avr.rcd a pinposal for creation of a joint Senate and House committee to help congress balance the non-de-

fense budget.

The plan will be submitted to Uu new congress by Rep. Clifton A. Wocdrum, D.. Va., a leader of the House economy bloc, it would place on the m w committer all members of tin' House ways and means, Senate finance, and both appropriations committees, and the Senate and Hnus” Democratic an 1 Republican

leaders.

Tiie proposal undoubtedly will receive adnvnistra’ion approval since a similar plan proposed by chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate finance committee last year was favored by secretary of the treasury Hen y Morgenthau, Jr. The House turned that one down, feeling tha‘, because of its prerogative on tax matters, it should have originated in the Housr. Harrison and Sen. Alva B. Adams, D., Colo., a member of the app.opriatiens committee, endorsed Woodrums plan. Chairman Robot L. Doughton of the ways and means committee, who has been advocating steps is opposed to it. Other supporters included Reps. Frank Crowther, R., N. Y., and Roy Woodruff, R„ Mich., both members of the ways and means committee.

| trustee of the amounts which should Direclor Gene p ( , lnln „ lon sla!cd

be received by him from the excise

. , ' . ,, . . .today that in the first o. the concei. I tax distribution for the last fiv,' ... ...

| months of 15)40, and for the entir e

year 1941, and also the first half of 1942, which figures are as follows:

5 mo. 1940

.$ 140 . 255

110 220 130

. 145

115

. 190 . 225

165

. 165 . 220

Clinton

Cloverdale Floyd

Franklin

Jackson .... Jefferson . Madison .... Marion Monroe Russell Warren Washington Greencastle

schools 1015

12 mo.

6 mo

15)41

1912

$ 195

.$ 55

360

100

150

310

5)0

180

200

160

270

315

230

310

1420

40.5

BANK HAS UNUSUAL LIFE SIZE PHOTO ON DISPLAY

Cecil Brown, well known local mail carrier, appears in the Central National Bank window in an unusual life size photograph. In the picture Mr, Brown Is presenting an envelope containing a Christinas Club check. This year Mr. Brown presented hundreds of these checks to people who saved all year so that they might lighten their Christmas shopping burden. New clubs are starting at the local banks at this time and from all indications next year there will be more Christmas Club members enrolled than there have been for several years.

scries to be prt lentcd by the Crooneaxtle high school band next Tuesday evening, lie p ogram will inciud’ three numbers of especial interest t"

music lovers.

The c; -t of these selections is th-’ popular and descriptive number, “In A Monarte y Garden,” by the famous English composer and con luc‘or, Albert William Ketelbey. In this number the melodic notes of the first movement modulate into a lively second movement and then into a minor key foi tie third. Another descriptive number by Ketelbey, “In A Persian Gaiden, ’ will also be played by the band. Harold Bennett’s “Milita! y Escort March, ’ arranged by Henry Fillmore. will be played in five different ways by the high school musicians, including waltz and fox trot. iFroceeds from the concert series will bo used to pay for band uniforms and other equipment.

BUTLER HEAD ADDRESSES MEN OF THREE CHURCHES Men’s groups from the Methodist. Presbyterian and Christian churches met in the Community Hall of the Gobin Memorial church last evening

STRUG A, Jugoslavia,

. , ^ _ . , „ _ . . . (UP)—Reports reaching

to hear Dr. Daniel S. Robinson speak

i Slav

and it overturned and was demolish-

ed.

Br. Blake, the DePauw student, is Edgar Blake III, his father also being Edgar Blake, a son of the biship. Edgar Blake 11 is superintendent of the Methodist hospital at Gary, and their home is there.

on Local Patriotism. Dr. Robinson was introduced by Dr. Clyde Wildman. president of DePauw Univer-

sity.

Before a crowd of approximately 85, Harold Stewart, president of the Christian church’s Men’s Forum. Russell Shannon, head of the Presbyterian Men’s Service Club, a fid Jim | Pence, president ot the Methodirs’, I

Men’s Club, addressed the uHsembled | H '. At * 1 ,' 0 1111,1 0 *‘ m ‘ 88ua government

group. Mr. Pence acted as toast-1 master at the dinner and introduced

United Air Lines and the Civil Aeronautics Authority ordered investigators to the icene. Police guarded the wreckage, pending their arrival. Frank Caldwell, chief of tiie CAA’s accident investigating section, left Washington last night by train. Air lino officials said the investigation was scheduled for 2 p. m. today. It was the second fatal accident on the line’s Gleveiand-Chicago run. The 21-passenger plane had made a slow trip from New York, where

Dec. 5. ! it took off at 10 a, m. Wednesday, the Jugo- Most of th passengers boarded tiie

frontier today said that Greek plane at its last stop, Cleveland, troops had captured Porto Edda, I Airport radio operators were in main Italian coastal base in south ! communication with the plane when Albania, at 8 a. m. it approached the fit id from th

— ■ • j south. Second before the crash, the

LONDON, Dae. 5. (UP) The I control tower saw its lights “flicker" House of Commons by a vote of 341 as it circled the field and then the

to 4 today rejected a “peace appeal”, ship was lost.

War Flashes

proposal by the independent labor party after Lord Privy Heal Clement

! opposition.

Dr. Wildman. In his talk Dr. Robinson stressed wise provincialism or local patriotism, rational unity and humanitarianism.

GRAND CHAMPION STEER BRINGS $3.30 PER POUND

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UP) Ce.man plane.i crossed the channel to

The pilot had been flying by i - struinents because of tin: low i-riline. Tiie plane again war sighted as i ; bloke through the mist preparatory to land. Then a motor began missing, a witness said, and the plane slipped rapidly toward ground, L

day, causing a raid alarm in London, tore through power lines, A crash | was heard as it smashed the corner LONDON, Dec. 5. (UP) The air I from the top of a two-story frame ministry said today that British | house. Its left wing an I both motors planes bombed Turin, Italy, last | were pulled free by tho impact, night and made a fairly heavy attack |

on Dusseldorf, Germany.

VICHY,

20 Years Ago Of GBMEIfGASTLiD

C. T. Vancieave was elected a deacon at the election of officers of the Baptist church of this city. The Monday club met with Mis. Harry Wells at her home on west Walnut street. The 11-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Houck was taken to the Methodist hospital for an operation.

CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 5. (UP) j F,rtrlce ' D( ' c 5 1 lTP) Sargo, the double grand champion | Report persiated in diplomatic quar-

steer of the 4 1st International Live-

stock Exposition was sold at auction today at $3.30 per pound. The buyer was the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company which two years ago purchased the last double grand champion, Mercer, shown by Irene Brown, Aledo, 111., school girl. The ribbon-winning Hereford weighed 1,060 pounds at the time >f the sale, and will bring his owner, Evelyn Asay. 18, Alt. Carroll, 111., col-

lege girl. $3,498.

He had lo»st 27 pounds since he won the junior title for her last Saturday

in the first of a series of eliminations the ministry through which he passed to win the ' r t u ' si tior. all ships,

grand championship of the entire

show.

tors today that Premier Dr. Antonia Salazar of Portugal was sounding out waning nations on the possibility of mediation by Pope Pius and Presi-

dent Rooseveit.

WASHTNOTON, Dec, 5. ( UPl • The United States formally released 20 “flying fortress” bombers to Great Britain today in tiie midst of several moves to speed more aid possibly

i financial to the British.

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 5. (UP) The government today auth-

of marine to re-

! ROME, Dec. 5. (UP) British : airplanes flew over Switzerland dm - | ing the night and attacked the northern Italy industrial center of Turin, the Italian high command said today,

Victor Jones, 50 years old, of Terre j asserting there had been no damage

DEATH OF VICTOR JONES

Haute rural route 3 and a brother of Airs. Anna Puttmann of Greencastle, died Wednesday morning at the St. Anthony's hospital at Terre Haute. There are three other sisters and three brothers. Short funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Gillis Memory Chapel in Ter.e Haute, with continued services at 2 o’clock in the Dunlap Chapel near Dennison. HI.

to military objectives.

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 5- (UP) Greek troops threatened today to encircle the whole Italian front in nouthern Albania with a thiee-prong-ed drive that already had brought them into Premedi, to the outskirts of Porto Edda, and within five miles of Argyrokastron, the three most strategic points on the front.

DR. PAUL FAY GUESf OP

SPENCER LIONS CLUO

Dr. Paul Fay, of the DeP.iuw m ;- versity Psychology department, addressed members of the Sp acer

Lions club last night.

Dr. Fay dismissed the five general methods ol selling an idea oi commodity and urged the thing to be sold is America to the American public. Also present at the meeting were loe Bamberger of Greencastle, Northern Indiana Power company manager, and J isse L. McKay, who has been named to be in charge of the Spencer office of the company. -

Spencer Evening Woi id.

& Today’s Weather 41 41 and 4i 41 Local Temperature 4$ Fair, slightly colder tonight; Fri-

day fair and warmer.