The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 May 1942 — Page 1

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DAILY BANNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL”

For Victory.* Buy VtflTED STATES DEFENSE BONDS * STAMPS

WENT PLANT AGAIK AWARDED SAFETY TROPHY

M plant wins trophy fob SFA OND CONSECUTIVE YEAR ■nME TROPHY WINNER Star Plant Received National U^-ouniti-ni During Meeting In New York

fta the second consecutive year 1941, the Greencastle, Indiana of the Lone Star Cement Corion has again received coivtl.i-t-widc recognition and the PortI Cement Association Safety Troy for outstanding accident preven- , work. In a meeting at the aldorf-Astoria hotel in New York cement company officials sed the splendid cooperation and dividual care by employes which ' e possible operation of the big -t mill during 1941 without a ie disabling injury. TOs record, executives agreed, all the more commendable t*.--increased production had greater loads on men and -ment. The accident-free year, -y said, was evidence of excellent training given new employes d alertness to the national importof safety on the part of everyThe Greencastle plant provc-i -t "Old Man Accident,” like the , can be beaten when every man his part. The Safety Trophy, given annualby the Portland Cement Associafor the past 18 years goes to ent mills which operate a fud endar year without an accident. Greencastle mill has won Idle ward six times. The Greencastle plant is a member the Portland Cement Association's nique Thousand-Day Club of mins -ving to their credit more than ,000 successive safe days of operation. Sixty plants have earned tne ight to coveted membership in the ub. Altogether 33 cement plants *.i the United States and Canada received the Portland Cement Association Safety Trophy for solving to perfection the knotty safety problems of the year 1941, seventeen of them have won it for perfect •afety records of from two to five consecutive years aggregating 52 a/e calendar years in the past five, ixteen other mills, which have won in the past but did not receive the huphy in 1940 were also cm the 1941 award list. In the entire 18-year ward period 132 cement plants ‘ve operated a total of 567 calendsr years without a disabling ina record believed to be imparted by any other industry. The makers of cement are intenying their long established camWgn to prevent accidents. Cement men have pledged to do all they can to conserve valuable man power, trials and time.Their oath is “I *■11 do my bit to guard my country fc y safe-guarding my job.”

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1942

NO. 184

SERVING COUNTRY

Private Ed Harris Private Ed Harris is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Harris, Greencastle, R. 2. He has been in service since April 12, 1941. His address is Inf. Del., r/ c Aurora Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala, C. A.

23 Putnam Men Leave For Army LATEST QUOTA FROM COUNTY FOR ARMED FORCES LEFT FRIDAY

D'PAUW AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS T015 STUDENTS LOCAL GIRL INCLUDED IN FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

ELEVEN

LIBERAL ARTS

Seholarsliips Valued At $3,000 Awarded After Coiii|teUtive Exam Held Last Saturday

Mrs. Edna Dobbs Died In Oregon rial at clovekdale for WELL KNOWN FORMER RESIDENT

Twenty-three Putnam men formed the latest quota to leave Friday morning from this county for induc-

tion into the nation’s armed forces Barbara Jane Evans,

under the Selective Service Act. The group assembled at the local draft board headquarters in the First-Citizens Bank building and departed by bus for Fort Benjamin Harrison at 8 a. m. Herschell C. Nichols acted as leader of the selectees with Richard Cunningham,

assistant leader.

Friday’s quota was composed of

the following:

James Herschel Olmstead, Dan-

ville, Ind.

Orville Romlne—judwbn. Cecil Saylor, Greencastle. Joseph Arthur Hawkins, Greencas-

tle.

Frederick Norman O’Mullane, Reelsville. Cebert Lee Bond, Reelsville. William Eugene Tucker, St. Louis,

Mo.

Kenneth John Byrd, Fillmore. Howard Eugene Beaman, Coatesville. Charles Maynard Wilson, Russellville. Earl Kee Chambers. Greencastle. Fay Garnett Ray, Cloverdale. Richard Hugh Cunningham, Indianapolis. Charles Edward McCormick, Russellville. Lloyd Thomas Templeman, Greensfork. Gilson Harold Baker, Bainbridge. Frederick Maxwell Johnson, Hollywood, Calif. Llewellyn Noel Wiley. Washington, D. C. Ray Martin Reed, Greencastle. Paul Aloysius Harter, Crystal City,

Mo.

Herschel Clive Nichols, Greencas-

tle.

Earl George Rahn. Roachdale. Earl Sanders, Indianapolis.

Scholarships valued at $3,000 have been been awarded by DePauw University as a result of the annual President's Scholarship (Competition held on the campus last Satuiday. Fifteen scholarships, eleven in tne College of Liberal Arts ami four in the School of Music, were awarded. Each is for $200 to apply toward the Freshman year. One hundred and sixty-eight high school seniors from mid-western high schools took part in the examinations and interviews. In addition to the fifteen scholarahips, seventeen were given honorable mention due to their high grades on this e*amination. “I am sure,” said Dean G. Herbert Smith who was in charge, "that we could well justify granting scholarships to the first fifty applicants if that many scholarships were

available.”

Those receiving President’s Scholarships to the school of Liberal Arts were Miss Doris Marie Bollinger, Brookfield, Illinois; Miss Arlene Boss, Berwyn, Illinois; John Edward Eilert, Evanston, Illinois;

Indianapolis;

Robert Earl Holzgrafe, Evansville; Jean Marjorie Linde, Cincinnati, Ohio; John W, Loop, Belvidere, Illinois; Ellen Marie McConnell, Springfield, Illinois; Lillian Toth, South Bend; S. Craig Walker, Jr., Louisville, Kentucky; and Stanley L. Wil-

liams, Appleton, Wisconsin.

Recipients of the fourth Music School scholarships were, Marcia Hamilton, Greencastle, piano; Tom W. Merriman, South Bend, composition; Lois Lee Marrow, Wabash, piano; and Adrienne J. Robinson,

Indianapolis, voice.

Honorable mention in the Liberal Arts division was given Robert Bennett, * Robert Lamar Ooate, Oarole Jean Oollingboume, Martha Cotton, Mary Elizabeth Donnell, Richard Oharles Einbecker, G. Thomas Flynn, Wells Grogan, Marian Jack, Phyllis M. Koenig, Mary Ella Petry, and Miss Miriam Slemmons.

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BRITONS]READY—Third graduating class of Royal Air Force fliers gef their wings at Riddle Field, Cl^iston, Fla., where they have been in training. British officers and personnel of school are in front, while RAF cadets line up in rear. Air Marshal Evill presented wings.

GEN. MacARTHUR REPORTS 3 MORE JAP SHIPS SUNK

CRUISER AND TWO CARGO VESSELS ARE SENT TO BOTTOM BY Sl'BS

Word lias been received here o. to* death of Mrs. Edna Dobbs, a former resident of Greencastle, who died Wednesday May 20th, at the *toi>'e of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. “wier at Grants Pass, Ore. She haJ k® 11 in ill health for some time. Dobbs was well known In Greencastle where she lived for n ’ an y years before going to Oregon 10 make her home with her daughtor Her husband was the late George

Dobbs, ,

Bos ides the daughter she is survived by a brother, iPhln Runyan of overdale, a grandson, iMaurico “•ier and a great grandchild ’both

of Grants Pass.

The body will arrive in Greencas6 Monday May 25th for interment tothe Cloverdale cemetery. The ®d Funeral Home will have “torse of the burial. The body will

in state

Tuesda

Plans Made For Parade June 4th

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST HELD MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT

Honorable mentions in music were given Betty Virginia Beck, Kenilworth, Illinois; Betty Ruth Miller, Ottumwa, Iowa; Betty Jane Moore, Whiting; Mary Alice Reed, Hammond; and Gloria Madelyn Schuldes,

Riverside, Illinois.

Spies Landed On Coast Of Maine

FOREIGN AGENTS REPORTED TO HAVE ENTERED U. S.

FROM CANADA

at the Funeral Home

y May 26th, from 2 to 4

l Clock w hen friends and relatives

V call. No flowers.

CIRCUIT COURT NOTES

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title of Ihilnam

a Chew V«. Art Hann Is the a suit on note filed in the

circuit court.

Further plans for a huge patriotic parade and a Vitalize For Victory program in Greencastle on June 4th were discussed at last night’s meeting of the General Jesse M. Lee Post No. 1550, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Two representatives for the State Headquarters of Veterans of Foreign Wars were present to help with the plans and publicity for this patriotic observance. This program will feature a speaker of national prominence and there will be representative delegations from Rockville. Crawfordsvllle, Lafayette, Bloomington. Brazil, Terre Haute, Indianapolis .and troops from Fort Harrison. If the weather conditions permit, the entire program wil be held from the south side of the court house. If it is necessary the address will be delivered in the high school gymnasium. All patriotic and fraternal organizations of the city and county will be Invited to join in this big demonstration.

AUGUSTA, Me., May 22.-(UP)— Col. Francis H. Farnum, Maine director of civilian defense, said today that foreign agents—both men and women—“have recently been landed on the coast of Maine” and that enemy spies also have filtered over the Canadian border. “They come to plot, to damage and to destroy,” Col. Farnum warned. In a memorandum distributed to civilian defense workers throughout

Maine.

“Accurate information is in the possession of police and army authorities,” he said, “to definitely establish the presence of axis spies.” Farnum said the enemy agents might be German, Japanese or Italian but nevertheless may speak perfect English. There are two classes of the spies, Farnum’s memorandum said-“Those who plot and plan; those who dynamite and burn.” “Several women as well as men are at work in the state at places known to the authorities.” The enemy agents, he said, were here for these purposes: 1. To obtain information about our shipping. 2. To obtain data relating to the number of ships under construction In Maine shipyards. 3. To seek Ups regarding convoy movements, the nature of cargoes, the number of ships, and their destinations. /

MELBOURNE, IHay 22. (UP) — Allied naval forces. In their first action since the battle of the Coral sea, have sunk a 7,100 ton 8-inch gun Japanese cruiser and two supply ships totaling 15,000 tons, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced to-

day.

Indicating that American submarines did the job, MacArthur said the enemy ships, a cruiser of the Kako class, with 604 officers and men, a 9,000 ton cargo vessel and a 6,000 ton cargo vessel, were sunk “in an underwater action.’’ MacArthur announced also that United States and Australian planes, flying through almost impossible weather, had destroyed or damaged eight Japanese planes in one of their most ferocious raids on the Japanese Invasion base at Lae, New Guinea. He revealed, too, that in their raid Wednesday on Koepang, in Timor Island, the allied planes had destroyed three enemy planes and damaged three. Though no details were given of the allied naval success, it was understood that a submarine had returned to base after sinking the three enemy ships. A headquarters spokesman refused to say whether the action had any connection with the Coral sea battle of two weeks ago or with a new enemy concentration of war and supply ships for a major invasion offensive in the Australian area. However, all the extensive allied reconnaissance flights in the last two weeks, made despite unfavorable weather, have concentrated on finding whether the Japanese, after their Coral sea defeat, were reassembling ships at their southwest Pacific bases for a new rendezvous at sea. Navy quarters reported that the “underwater action” could have takfCnatlnuect on f»ai£? Two) Recount Action Dismissed Today VOTE REMAINED UNCHANGED AFTER TWO PRECINCTS WERE COUNTED

Recount action, brought by Eugene Sallust, in the Democratic nomination of Roy Herbert for the office of trustee of Jefferson township, was dismissed Friday morning after two precincts had been counted. According to reports, the vote remained unchanged at that time. Herbert won the nomination over Mr, Sallust by a vote of 191 to 165 in the primary election on Tuesday,

May 5.

Hughes & Hughes and James & Allee represented Mr. Herbert in the

recount.

20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE

Dr. O. F. Overstreet spent the day in Indianapolis. Charles Rector attended a convention of Indiana Funeral Directors in

Indianapolis.

Mrs. Fay Hamilton was the guest of relatives in Bedford. Marriage license—Glenn C. Skelton and Blanche Man Roberta.

PORK CEILING WASHINGTON, May 22 (UP)— Wholesale pork products, comprising ■nearly one-half of the nation's meat supply, were under permanent price ceiling today fallowing expiration of a temporary 60-day regulation. The new order conforms In general to the previous one. It fixes prices of dressed hogs and wholesale pork eutc at levels not greater than those prevailing duting the period from March 3 to 7, 1942. Plans Complete For Poppy Day LEGION AUXILIARY TO SELL FLOWERS IN CITY ON SATURDAY New names on America's roll of honored dead give new meaning to the memorial pappy tins year, Poppy Day chairman of tile local American Legion Auxiliary pointed out as she worked on final arrangements for the distribution of the little red flowers Saturday. “Wearing a poppy i.f the individual way of honoring the men who have sacrificed their lives In the nation’s service. Ever since the first World War the poppy has been worn in tribute to the men who gave their lives in that conflict. Now new names are being inscribed among America's heroic dead. The poppy is for them, too. It is a symbol of our sorrow and pride. It is a pledge that we will always remember them and serve on in the cause or which they

died.

“The ix>ppy springs from the flood and tears that are the price of victory—th(? price of freedom in this world of conqust ami oppression. Again f.n ' again Americans have had to pay this price to win and maintain their existence as a free nation. When we wear the poppy this year we will be showing that we are not shrinking from paying that great price once more in order that we may pass on to Americans to come the heritage of a free America. “As we honor those who give their lives, we should think, too, of those who sacrfice health and strength, and of the families left in need be cause a father or son has served his country. They are •still within the reach of our help. Let us be generous In our contributions for the pop pies. Every penny of the money given goes to support the work Tne American Legion and the Auxiliary are doing for the disabled and dependent families of the first Wor'd War and of the present conflict.” COURT OF HONOR WAS HELD BY CUB PACK 99 Cub Pack 99 held a court of honor Wednesday evening in the First Christian Church basement. Fiftyeight Cubs and parents were present. Dens Two, Four and Five tied lor the attendance plaque and it was held over until the next meeting. This plaque is awarded to the den having the largest attendance of Cubs and parents in proportion tj enrollment. The following honors were awarded: Bob Cat badges. Frederick Baker, Billy Giddings, Jimmy Jelf, Jim Poor, Richard Kin fei Wolf badges, Floid Decker. Jimmy Jelf, Billy Giddings, William Voltmer, Jim, Foor, Frederick Baker, Paul William Stewart and Richard Sunkel; Wolf Gold Arrow, Bruce West and Mold Decker; Wolf Silver Artow, Tomfny Oox; Bear Badges, Donald Giddings and Tommy Cox; Bear Gold Arrow, Jack Crouch. Den Three opned the pack meeting Den Two closed It and Den FVrnr gave a very interesting stunt

S0VIE1 ARMY CONTINUES IN KHARKOV PUSH

REDS SMASH STRONG SECTORS OF NAZI INNER DEFENSE

LINES

CITIZENS MAY PAY INCOME TAX WEEKLY IN U. S. HOUSE COMMITTEE STUDIES PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY TREASURY DEPT.

CONSIDER Proposal Not Simple

PLAN’S

MERITS

An Additional Tax But Method Of Collection

MOSCOW, May 22—(UP)—Russian tanks and infantrymen drove with intensified fury toward Kharkov today, smashing strong points in the German inner defense ring and taking increasingly large numbers of prisoners and quantities of

war spoils.

Dispatches from the front indicated that counter-attacking (German formations had been sent reeling back, their tanks shattered ami their ranks decimated, and that the groat Russian drive had gained suddenly in momentum. Blistering hot guns of the world famous Red artillery were laying down a pulverizing barrage on German defenses in the Kharkov suburban zone while tireless Russian planes dive bombed German defenses and reserves who pressed towar i the front in response to urgent calls by the German command. Through woods and over fields, close behind their artillery fire, the Red army men were over-running German pill boxes and earthworks, leaving the mop-up men, including flame 'throwers, to reduce isolated knots of resistance. Guerrilla detachments w e i e thrown into the action behind the German lines, dispatches said, and in lightning attacks killed the entile garrison of four German-held villages before the regulars arrived. Many strong held German positions still held, but there were 1-.-creasing indications that the Russians had broken through the entire first zone of the German inner defenses and that if they fought successfully through the open terrain which was the center of operations now, they would be in sight of Khar-

kov itself.

Dispatches indicated that the ferocious counter-attacks by which the Germans sought to save the day had been broken and were now diminishing in intensity. On the 25-mile Barvenkovo-Izyum (Continued on I'nne Tnot

WASHINGTON, May 22.—(UP)— The House Ways and Means committee today appeared willing to bo convinci <1 of the merit of a treasury proposal to collect part of this year’s income tax in advance by “withholding” 10 per cent of each w’age and salary earner’s taxable income. Internal Revenue CommissioneD Guy T. Helvering discusses the administrative aspects of such pay roll deductions with the committee this morning. The treasury proposed the plan as a sure-fire method of collecting new war income taxes, which for most Americans will be at least twice as high as at present, and as an additional brake on inflation. The plan also is designed to make it easier for tax [layers to meet their annual debt to Uncle Sam. In some brackets it would mean that when the income tax date arrives—if the plan were in operation a full year— nearly half of the bill already would be paid through “painless” weekly deductions. The treasury’s plan is not an additional tax. It is simply a method of collecting part of the income tax In advance and through small deductions from each pay check. The plan would be administered in a manner similar to that used to collect Social Security taxes. The employer would deduct the money from the pay check and turn it over to the treasury. The employe would not receive the money, but would have that much credit when the next income tax deadline arrives. Treasury Tax Expert Randolph Paul explained yesterday that if Congress adopts the withholding principle, one-tenth of a single man’s paycheck above $111 a week would be reduced. That is if the Ways and Means committee’s reduced personal exemptions of $500 for single persons, $1500 for married couples and $100 for dependents pass finally. A married man without children will have 10 per cent of what he earns over $26 a week deducted. For each child or other dependent, the weekly exemption would be increased by $8.50. If the reduced exemptions and the income tax rates voted by the committee are passed by the House and Senate, an employer would deduct $1.40 from the pay check of a childless married employe who earned $40 a week. The deduction for a single person earning $40 a week would be

$2.90.

The 10 per cent deduction would be 10 per cent of the taxpayer’s income above his personal exemption, not i 10 per cent of the tax he would owe on March 15. j Under the withholding plan the treasury would require employers to start the Income tax deductions shortly after the new tax bill pases, probably sometime this fall. Corporations would be required to withhold a portion of dividends paid their stockholders.

Girl Scouts Had Court Of Awards

SPLENDID PROGRAM AND SOCIAL HOUR ALSO ENJOYED WEDNESDAY

Girl Scout Troop 3 held their Court of Awards and a tea honoring mothers of the Scouts Weitnesday afternoon in Community Hall of Gobin Memorial Church. Beginning the program was a musical program In which the following girls participated: Joan Foley, Patricia Gaspe ', Murlin Rossok and Marilyn Twomey. The ceremony of awarding of badges followed and the Chaplain presented the badges. Those receiving Second Class .rank are: Fauneil Brattain, Norma Ohadd, Mary Lavon Crawley, Nina Crawley, and Joan Foley. The First Class badges were awarded; Hostess badg-' to Jane Allen, Betty Ann Baker, Ruth Brant, Connie Dunn, Patricia Gasper, Murlin Rossok, Marilyn Twomey and Jo Ruth Brown. Those earning the Cooking badge were: Jane Allen, Betty Ann Baker, Ruth Brant, Connie Dunn, Murlin Ros sok, Marilyn Twomey, Jo Ruth •CentlM** •* l»»g« Tw*)

LEGION MEETING MONDAY ’Putnam County American Legion Post No. 58 will meet Monday evening. There will be nomination of officers for 1942 and 1943 and final plans for Memorial Day on Saturday May 30th will be completed. Mrs. Clinton Judy and son. Greencastle, R. 3, returned to their homo tf>day from the Putnam county h<*»plt&l.

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