The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 February 1942 — Page 1

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THE DAILY BANNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL”

t olume fifty NTERESTING MEETING HELD IN REELSVILLE ITKRNOON AND EVENING SESSIONS OF INSTITUTE WERE WELL ATTENDED

GREKNC'ASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, FEBKUARY 10, VM±

No. 08

ARM WOMAN WAS SPEAKER

ttiMidance At Monday Afternoon Session Anjrmentod By Presence Of S4'Ii<m>I Children

Fanners of Washington township lathered again in the Reelsvi'le hool building Tuesday evening for second session of the farmers’ stitute of that area. There was a ?ry satisfactory attendance, alough the school pupils, who swel:1 the audience in the afternoon of at day, were not present in so rge a number. Mrs. O. A. Scipio, of Lafayette, ho spoke of herself as a “plain nn woman,” talked on ‘‘Good ealth, Our Front Line of D**n.se.” She stressed the need for tier balance in diets, in order to cure for ourselves the best health n lition possible. “More than oneiid of our population are not ysically strong, according to prest studies, much of which is due to tritional defects.” She told how is condition affects our whole life. Branching out a little in hot sme, she asserted: "Humor is inirtant to our health. We must ugh and must get our minds away >m our tasks and our troubles, at les. “You can’t do a good job of work th poor tools. We must have jng bodies in order to do the job t we have ahead in life.” Mrs. Scipio brightened her con vectorial speech with stories taken »m ical life, and incidents that had ppened within her knowledge. Speaking in the afternoon at the elsville farmers’ Institute, Mrs. A. Scipio, Tippecanoe farm worn, talked on “What the Rural niily Can Contribute to the Comjniity.” j'The real strength of any comnity is measured not by its naal resources, nor its position on ( map, but by its leadership and als, its organization and its morshe said. ‘ Today only about one-fourth the ulation of the United States are rural communities, but statistics w that the average rural home is re than twice as important as th* erage urban home for the rural nily has an average of three and ce-fourths children per famly, and urban family one and two-thirds ildren per family. What happens <>ur rural youth is therefore lmrtant to the whole country. Our first important contribution to train these boys and girls to good citizens. Someone has given a yard stick for citizenship: (1) be physically fit (2) to be econically efficient (3) to be mentalalert (4) to be 'Socially conscious (5) to be spiritually aware. “Second, as adults we must ourves be the right kind of citizens t must make our community have ■ right ideals, leadership, organit mix and morale. “We must be interested in our lools, assume civic rosponsi biles, provide leisure time activities, velop civic pride and a progressive rit’’ Mrs. Claude Crosby, of Roachdale, ke briefly in the evening session “Agricultural Organization to t War Time Needs.” She stressthe advantageous position farmare in to meet the requirements iood supplies necessary for our diers. She also stressed the need gardens and the repair of farm chinery. t the evening session of the Isville farmers' institute, officers re elected for next year’s institute. H. Caughall was named chairman, ck Williams vice chairman, and Annabelle Duell secretary and asurer, wards were announced as folfs: en ears white com, 10 ears yelr corn, shelled hybrid corn, 1st. ce in all to Vollie Raab. No entry second place. rish potatoes—1, Everett Logan; Joe Draper. ozen white eggs—Maa - y Ellen omas; 2, Cretie Boone, ozen brown eggs—1, Mrs. Roy nson; 2, Cretie Boone, east bread—1, Mary Boyd; 2, 5 Raab. andy—1, Lucille Aker; 2, Mary d. an of vegetables—1, Mary Ellen ran* Tbraet

Corporal Robert N. Burton Corporal Robert Norman Burton makes his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carrington, Green street. Corporal Burton is a member of the 151st Infantry at Camp Shelby.

Local Boy's Boat Sank 2 Jap Subs JOHN BROWN GETS LETTER FROM SON ON DUTY WITH U. S. PACIFIC FLEET

John Brown, night merchant policeman is in receipt of a letter from his son, Frederick, who is in the navy and has been stationed on the Pacific coast. Another son Chrisman is with the United States army and has been stationed in the Panama Canal Zone for the past year. The letter from Frederick carr ed more than the usual military information. It had not been censored. The young man is with the Pacific convoy fleet and among the things he said was that he had just returned from a trip to the South Sea Islands and the only exciting event on the trip was the sinking of two Jap submarines. Young Brown is stationed on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.

Reds Cut Off Nazis At Rzhev CITY IS NORTHERN ANCHOR OF GERMAN LINE ON MOSCOW FRONT LONDON, Feb. 10.—(UP)—The Russians wore believed today to have cut off Rzhev, northern anchor of the badly-mauled German front before Moscow. Reports from the front told of bitter fighting in snow stonns around Rzhev, and it was said that strong German forces, including elite troops hastily brought up by plane, were trying to break through Russian lines to the beleaguered garrison. Evidently the Russian counter- offensive as a whole was slowing, probably as much because of the gripping cold as stiffened German resistance, but it was hardly reflected in Russian dispatches. LINCOLN DAY MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT

FARM MEETING AT FILLMORE ON THURSDAY FLOYD AND MARION TOWNSHIP INSTITUTE AT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING DONATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED Ladies Of Fillmore Christian Church To Serve Dinner. Good Program Is Arranged The Farmers’ Institute for Floyd) and Marion Townships will be he:d Thursday in the Fillmore high school

building.

The morning session will open at 10:30 o'clock with the following program: Music; invocation, Gilbert Knetzcr; Art of Seeing Things, Mrs. O. A. Scipio; music; Farm Hobbies for Pleasure and Profit, Otis Crane, representative from the State Board

ol Health.

Afternoon session, 2;00 p. m.: Music; remarks, David Grimes; Fanning, Then and Now, Otis Crane; music; Building a Life on the 4-H Foundation, Mrs. O. A. Scipio; distribution of premiums. The music will be under the direction of Mr. .Martin and Miss Tharp. Ladies of the Fillmore Christian church will serve the dinner. Donations for the institute will Le from the following firms: Marion Township Farm Bureau—

$5.

Fillmore State Bank $1.

A. H. Hunter Insurance Agency—

$1.

Pruitt's Hardware $1. Fay Robinson Grocery— 2

baskets.

Fillmore Elevator- block of

phur salt.

Alva Duncan Grocery—$1. Claud Coffin, T]rucking—Hauling cow or calf. Otto N. Hicks—2 qts. oil. C. Imogene Arnold Shampoo and

set.

Dee Wells and Sons

oil.

Masthams garage

Harold Broadstreet 1 haircut.

Jack Deweese—'$.50.

Floyd Township Farm Bureau —

$5.

Bill Newkirk, Trucking $.50.

Albert Hunter—$.80

Paul Frederick—ipenoils for insti-

tute clerks and $1. Joel Dobbs—$.50.

Plainfield Oil Station, Mt. Mer-

idian —$1.

L. J. Clark and son, Mt. Meridian

—$.50.

13—UNLUC KY NUMBER FOR THE JAPS

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First Row—left to right Delbert Clinton Neesc. Johan I) nald John Ivan Lcaton, Hubert Ellis Powell, Marshall RuorU F ter. Rear Row-—Paul Emery Tressler, Carl Thomas Be nmtnk, volunteer Wright, Kenneth Anvil Shannon and Arthur David M '.oil. volunteer.

McVay, Everett James Gregg, volunteer; Joseph Riggle Wilson, William Talbott

Liner Is Badly Damaged By Fire FORMER FRENCH SHIP ON ITS SIDE AT HUDSON RIVER PIER

TO SPEAK FRIDAY

Richard T. James, treasurer of Indiana, will be the chief speaker at a Lincoln Day meeting to be held this evening in the court room, to which the public is cordially invited. IMPORTANT MEETING OF GEN. JESSE M. LEE POST The regular meeting of Jesse M. Lee Post No. 1550 will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in City Hall. This will be a very important meeting as it has to do with the actual list of charter members and an approved transfer and re-instatement of general membership.

MALAN ASKS RETIRED TEACHERS TO REGISTER Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of schools, writing to Frank Jarrell, county school superintendent, asks that all retired teachers of Putnam county that have licenses register "at once” in the office of the county superintendent. “This should," he said, "include people who have taught and who might be available in case of extreme shortage of teachers. It seems now that we shall have a great shortage and we are trying to find everybody who may be available. "You need not check the teaching license,” he says to Mr. Jarrell, “as we shall do that in this office. The thing we would like to have is the name and address. I would like to have that by March 15,1942, if pos-

sible."

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UP) — Fifty-five million dollars worth of steamship which had been expect'd to play an important part in Americas war effort, rolled over on her side at a Hudson river pier early

today.

Immediately fire blazed again from the seared interior of her sapor structure, but it was extinguished in 40 minutes and the weary hundreds of naval and municipal fire-fighters who had battled to save her since yesterday afternoon, left her to the engineers who must solve the monumental problem of

righting her.

Formerly the Normandie, pride of the French merchant marine and the

1 gallon of largest and fastest passenger ship

| afloat, nof the USS Lafayette, the

1 gallon of oil. I world's largest naval auxiliary, she

was a sad sight as dawn revealed her a crippled hulk, one third of her superstructure and bridge under water and her three giant stacks and her masts a few feet above the

ice-choked pier.

But there was some good news to allay the disaster of the accidental fire which raged in her decks for three hours yesterday, finally resulting in her turning over on her side. One of her former French officers said that undoubtedly she could be righted and repaired— and with a speed that would surprise the lay-

man.

HIGHWAYS SLIPPERY The snow that fell early last night to a depth of two inches or so was beautifully white but it was also of the wet character that causes it to pack on highways and sidewalks into ice-like consistency, under traffic. State and county snow plows were out, the former working all night, and they were of use in removing at least some of the compacted snow. Drivers were careful and when Sheriff Robert D Patton called the state police barracks, inquiring about accidents, he was told only a very few unimportant mishaps had been reported to the state police.

CARTER DIES IN CHAIR FOR SLAYING OF FIVE

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. 10 I UP)—Virginius (Dink) Carter, 2'1, went to his death in the electric chair at state prison at 1:13 a. m. today for the slaying of five members of the Johnson Agrue fami'y near Aurora last May. Prison officials said Carter until the end maintained that he killed only three of the southern Indiana farm family and that an unidentified companion had killed the other two. CIRCUIT COURT NOTES Lura K. Johns has been appointed administratrix of the estate of William H. Johns, late of Putnam county. Sutherlin & Sutherlin are attorneys.

WAR FLASHES

BATAVIA, Feb. 10.—(UP)—Japanese patrols worked their way down the southeast Borneo coast toward Handjermasiu today .and a direct attack was expected at any time on Macassar, 400 miles to the east across the Macassar strait, for a new and grave phase of the Japanese attempt to strangle and seize Java.

Jap Dive Bombers Blast MacArfhiii

John F. Hull

Association Will Meet Here Friday

ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE

HELD IN COUNTY COURT

HOUSE

When farmer-members of the first Putnam county National Farm Loan Association gather for their annual meeting Friday, February 13th, at the Court House in Gree icastle starting at 9:00 a. m., they will hear John F. Hull, assistant to I the general agent of the Farm Credit Administration of Louisville, as one of the highlights of the meeting

program.

LONDON, Feb. 10—(UP)—An official spokesman revealed today that the German army in Libya has received badly needed supplies from French North Africa and that the government is in “urgent consultation" about it with the United States. NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 10 — (UP)—Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek of China and the Marquess of Linlithgow, vieeroy of India, representing one-third of the people of the world, conferred here today on United Nations strategy with special reference to India and Burma. < Cnsllnned on Pace Twot

20 YEARS AGO

IN GHEENGASTLE

UNDERGOES KNIFE NEW YORK, Feb. 10—(UP) — Lieut. Frank In D. Roosevelt, Jr., was operated on for appendicitis today at the naval hospital in Brooklyn. The hospital said his condition was “satisfactory" and that he was “resting quietly.”

Mrs. Fred Thomas was president of the Locust Street church Ladies Aid. Miss Dorothy Hall entertained the Standard Bearers of that church. Among the performers in Music school classes who participated in a recital were Amos Light, Janet Crawley, Mary Louise Throop, Gertrude Herod, Juliana Gardner, Joan Durham, Madonna Thomas, Imogene

Mullens.

Miss Edna Curtis spent the weekend with her parents at Putnamville. (From Putnamville) Mrs. Mike

Finn and Mrs. Ralph Howard called I them and everything now appears to on Mrs, Ed Shields, be on the war time schedule.

PLANES IN FURIOUS ATTACK ON DEFENDERS OF CORREGIDOIt WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—(UP) — Japanese dive-bombers are furiously attacking Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s lines on Bataan peninsula in an attempt to blast a path for a "victory drive” against the outnumbered American and Filipino defenders, military officials said today. Japanese bombers, possibly reinforced during last week’s lull in the air war over the Philippines, were said to be thundering over hour after hour to bk'ist the Bataan “fox holes’’ where MacArthur’s men have dug in for the enemy’s big push. The aerial bombardment was said to be designed to “soften up” the U. S. lines while Japanese shock troops strike lightning blows for a breakthrough of the last American resistance on the island of Luzon. The enemy’s dive-bombers were carrying out their low-swooping attacks against the meager defense being put up by MacArthur’s handful of P-40 pursuit planes and the rattling fire of his anti-aircraft guns. War Department officials, studying the latest reports received from MacArthur, said his hour of supreme test seemed to be close at hand, with his troops outnumbered perhaps 10-to-l due to recent arrivals of Japanese transnorts in Lingayen gulf and Subic bay above Bataan's battle-

ground.

Although a communique yesterday

Hull waa an Indiana county agent toI(| of ., heavy fi g hU ng” spreading for 14 years before he took his pres- , acrosg Uataan peninsula , whcre M ac-

ent position. He still operates his own southern Indiana farm and is a member of the Indiana USDA Defense Board. During World War i, Hull served for two years as an

infantry captain.

The 1942 annual meeting of the first Putnam county Farm Loan Association cames at a time when farmers in Putnam county and throughout the nation are answering the call lor all-out effort in tae vital Food-for-Victory drive. Lynn Brown, secretary-treasurer of the association, reports that “1942 marks Uie 25th anniversary of the Federal Land Rank system of which our organization is a part. Our plans for the annual meeting have been completes! and we are looking for all our members to be with us. Ira Hutcheson of Clinton Township, who is president of our association, has told me that the attendance and program committees are looking for a 'full house’ on the day of our meet-

ing.”

Milk Cows Go On The Hew War Time ALBERT Slit EY TELLS PRIZE STORY OF THE WEEK TO

DAILY BANNER

Albert Shuey, living west of Limedale, has a herd of dairy cows that are patriotic. For years he has been milking at a certain time, just following the blowing of the whistle at the cement plant where he had worked for many years until January 1,

when he retired.

Monday afternoon, the whistle blew as usual, but on the new war time, and Mr. Shuey noticed immediately that his cows which had been in a nearby pasture began wending their way to the barn for their usual evening milking. He accommodated

Battle Rages In V cst Part Of Singapore

REFUGEES POURING INTO MAIN SECTION OF BRITISH FAR EAST BASE .MACHINE GUNS HEARD Jap Invasion Forces I’usli Into Western Suburbs Of City Despite Stubborn Resistance BULLETIN SINGAPORE, Feb. 10.—(UP) — The rattle of machine gun fighting echoed in the western suburbs of Singa|x>re >it\ today as new Japanese invasion forces landed at two coastal points and battled their way across the island despite stubborn resistance b> British imi>erials. The gra\it> of the position of the defenders was emphasized by the mounting nenhle of artillery fire, tile curtain ol white anti-aircraft shell puffs and a billow of smoke west of file city. Enemy artillery shells still were bursting in the out-

skirts.

Non-comhntnnts from the areas immediate!,) west of Singapore eity began pouring into the main residential and business districts. High military officials said that tile situation was serious regarding the island as a whole following new Japanese landings under a tremendous artillery barrage during the night on tin’ north coast, lietween Smigei Kranji and Sungei Mandai.

Arthur’s lines are believed to extend for about 15 mile trim the China sea to Manila bay, a War Department informant said Japanese plan were carrying the brunt of the at-

tack thus far.

The Japanese planes are aided .t MacArthur’s rear behind the 4.500foot Mariveles mountains by Japanese artillery batteries around th fallen U. S. naval base of Cavite, Those guns are trying to blast the American island forts at the entrance to Manila bay For four days the Japanese guns have been loosing their shells aginst Corregidor fortress and Forts Hughes. Drum and Frank, but apparently without success. MacArthur has reported the destruction of several of the enemy big siege gun bat-

teries.

Officials were wary of venturing predictions as to the outcome of the climactic phase of the battle of Bataan as the 61-year-old MacArthur and his men fought on grimly, knowing that their chances of being evacuated were almost non-existent. The day may not be far off when they will be forced back upon the rocky fortress of Corregidor, four miles out in Manila bay from the tip of Bataan, to make their final stand. But it will not be until they have further decimated the enemy forces who already have paid a heavy price in the jungle growth and mountains

of Bataan, officials said. MARRIAGE LICENSE

Russell Kraay, laborer, Lafayette, and Stella Musser, at home, Clover-

dale.

SCOUT COI'RT OF HONOR Boy Scout Troops 43. 90 and 99 will hold the Court of Honor this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Gobin Memorial church. This is Boy Scout week and this meeting will be a part of this week’s program. Maurice Smith will speak and show pictures of Alaska. Parents and friends are urged to attend

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10 (UP) - New hordes of Japanese invasion troops were believed landing on the northwest coast of Singapore island today a.s the Imperial forces fell back tiefore the terrific pressure of the enemy attack in the swampy jungle where the first invasion force had la ded early yestei ij morning’. A Japanese artillery bombardment which set the Island sk'ea ablaze with gun flashes foretold tile attempt at the new landing, and tho ringing notes of bugles, sounding the alarm, brought reinforcements to battle positions to meet an attack even more ferocious than that which had driven the Imperials steadily back all day yesterday despite their attempts to take the offensive. The intermittent Japanese artillei y fire of early yesterday evening rose to a thunderou r- i,r at 7:30 p. m. as the new bombardment start-

ed.

An hour later the e.irtli was shaking and the skies were aflame as the bombardment n>., - toward u, crescendo. It was indicated plainly that the Japanese, taking advantage of tho black hours before the early morning moon rise, were seeking at lew tide to move men across the narrow northeast stiait on armored barges which are impervious to machine gun fire, and to land expert swimmers who cro - s under their own momentum. A.s the Japanes guns rained their shells on road junctions, defen ie lines and the •> irchbght batteries which sought to light the straits for point blank artillery fire, the Singapore command a imitte.1 at 10:10 p. m. that Emperia] trot pa had '. I - drawn farther yesterday before '.ho Japanese attack. “Strong enemy attacks which developed from the landing on the west roost have been supplemented cy dive bombing and machine gunning from the air throughout the day a;»t by heavy artillery fne,” the official statement said. "As the result of this and enemy (Continued nn I’uiie Three)

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Minimum 6 a. m. . 7 a. m. 8 a. tn. . 9 a. m. . 10 a. m. . 11 a. m. . 12 noon . 1 p. m. 2 p. m.

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