The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 October 1942 — Page 1

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DAILY BANNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL'’

GET IN THE SCRAP! CALL 14

OIL USERS WILL REGISTER UNDER RATIONING PUN

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All users of kerosene oil, fuel oil, and Dlessel oil for cooking, lighting, operating home power plants, washing machines, refrigerators, farm truck, farm tractors, farm machinery, insecticidls, cleaning tools, stoves, and space heaters will register at the same school buildings wftere they registered for their sugar cards and their canning sugar for fall canning The same school buildings in all the townships and the first, second, third wards and Maple Heights school buildings will be open lor registering from 9 to 12 and from 1-5 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. October 29, 30, 31. All users applying for oil for cooking and lighting equipment should he prepared to answer the following: (a) Type of equipment lb) Number of units All users applying for oil for farm trucks and other farm vehicles which are “Commercial Motor Vehicles’’ covered hy ODT Order No. 21 should be prepared to answer the following: (a) Type of vehicle (b) Make All users applying for oil for farm machinery and equipment (including (arm tractors and other farm vehicles which are not “Commercial Motor Vehicles” covered by ODT order No. 21) should be prepared to answer the following: (a) Type of equipment lb) Make All users applying for oil for miscellaneous equipment, such as power plants, washing machines, refrigerators. etc., should be prepared to answer the following: (aj Typv.uf.euiupiuciit (b) Number of units All users applying for oil for miscellaneous users, such as insecticides, cleaning tools, etc., should be prepared to answer the following: la) Type of use (describe) fb) Estimated gallonage requirements for 3 months beginning on date ration is requited All persons registering must know also the total number of gallons of fuel oil, Diesel oil, and kerosene on hand October 1, 1942.

(JREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942.

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PROCLAMATION

DIMOUT MEASURE—Here's sample of new white Sam Browne belts ordered for New York City police as protective measure in dimout. Patrolman Charles Hoppin is shown with one directing traffic at Broadway and 45th Street. Canvas belt is two inches wide with brace buckle.

On Thursday. October 29th‘, 25 expert inspectors furnished hy the Inuiana Fire Prevention Association, will inspect the premises in the business district of the city, in the inj terest of fire prevention. All of us are interested In preventing tires, the destruction of property, and the loss ot life. It should tie the fiisn resolution of all of ns to reduce the number of fires ami therefore the loss of prop- i erty and life and we cun help in this by removing the causes This inspection is to our inteiest and it is earnestly hoped that all will lend help toward the project and then that proper remedial action will be taken. I fully concur in the intended inspection and commend it as being a very worthy project. And I join in giving thanks and appreciation to those who are giving much time to the project and to all who are coordinating. W. D. James. Mayor.

WILLKIE URGES MORE AID FOR RUSSIA, CHINA DECLARES THEV ARE GETTING PROMISES INSTEAD OF ASSISTANCE

Serving Country

Wealthy And Poor Give Generously PUTNAM COUNTY WAR CHEST ASKS EVERYONE TO GIVE UNSTINTINGLV

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Several interesting incidents have come to light to demonstrate the manner in which the people view' the Putnam County War Chest Drive. In one case a widow with six children, depending on her for support, gave one dollar to the solicitor with the statement that she wished she were able to give more. Her small son of 2 years, affected by the plea for a worthy cause, said that he had four pennies and wanted to give them. In contrast to this incident, there is the other of the Greencastle woman, who had such a whole-heart-ed interest in the War Chest, contributed $200.00. Nine drives are represented in the one Putnam County War Chest. These are USD. Army and Navy Relief. Salvation Army and five foreign reliefs The War Chest was selected as the medium to combine the drives by many communities throughout the country as being more convenient, than soliciting the people on each on these worthy causes separately. All are called upon to consider that they are assisting nine causes when they are asked to contribute to the Putnam County War Chest. Anyone may bring his contribution to headquarters on east Washington street and proper credit will be given to the workers in his neighborhood. This is urged in case he may feel that the worker may have some difficulty in making the con-

tact.

All are asked to contribute liberally so that Putnam county will not fail to make its quota.

RING 11 KOK A KIKE ONLY Considerable agitation has been heard pro and con over information on fires since the fatal blaze of Saturday afternoon. Under conditions as they existed Saturday, little or no time was lost in the manner in which the fire information was relayed to the fire department through the telephone exchange, but the public should remember that our fire department telephone number is 41, and the police number is 595. The fire number is called for files only, as no visiting is permitted over it and before an operator rings it. she asks the person calling if they have a fire. If they do, it is rung, and if not, they are advised to call 595, the police number.

Five Have Close Call At Crossing DRIVER TAKES TO EMBANKMENT TO AVOID HITTING MONON TRAIN

Yesterday’s cold wave caused Putnam county residents to brace themselves in readiness for winter weather, but, this morning, thennometers showed one degree warmer and weather indications for the day, as printed in morning newspapers, were to the effect that “slightly warmer’’ conditions would prevail this after-

noon.

The official reading of the ther-j y report was in circulation here mometer showed 24 degrees above J t|, a | Koln-rt Longfellow who zero at 5 o’clock, a drop of three de-1 hih „„ r u a t the J. Penney greos since midnight. The tempera-j Comimny nlll re than a year ago to tnr,. i—... ' rl ’" : enter the air force, was piloting an

, NORA FORHAN KITES The funeral of Miss Nora Forhan was held Tuesday morning at St. Paul's Catholic church, in charge of Fattier Thomas J. McGrath. Members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity served as pall bearers, and the DeiPauw chapter attended the seivice* in a body, as a token of respect and esteem which they had for the “Little Old Lady.'' Members of the fraternity for over a quarter of a century regarded her, not only as a housemother, but a real mother to whom they could with their troubles and always found her •willing to help “her boys.” Graduates, who are now in high pj- j sitions in the business world, would always call to see her when they were back on the campus. Interment was in Forest Hill

cemetery.

A near serious accident occurred Monday night about 10:50 o’clock at the Monon crossing at Limedale on the Manhattan road. Five persons were cut and bruised when a Chevrolet coach, driven by W. H. Hudson, Freedom. Ind.. employed as a foreman on U. S 40, went over a 25-foot imbankment in preference to crash-

ing into a Monon freight.

According to reports. Hudson, accompanied by Mr. and MrS. William Bowlin, Indianapolis: Mrs. Hunter, of Manhattan, and another lady, were en route south on the highway. The freight cars prevented them from seeing the flasher signals, which are on the south side of the crossing. It was either a case of tunning into the train or taking to the embankment and Mr. Hudson * chose the latter course as he applied the brakes. The car turned over two or three times but fortunately no one was badly hurt. They went to the Putnam county hospital for treatment. State Policeman Bud Crawley in-

vestigated the mishap.

COUNTY REPRESENTED AT CENTRAL NORMAL

KOBEKT LONGFELLOW KILLED

lure began rising after 5 o’clock. The reading yesterday was 23 degrees. Th Weather Bureau leported 24 degrees at Indianapolis, yesterday morning, which, the Bureau said, was the lowest on record in the vicinity m that city for October 26. It was thre- degrees under the previous coldest October 26, which was in the

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(TTY EMPLOYE INJURED Ed Perkins, employed by the city, )va« painfully injured Monday, when “ lever on a dump truck struck him k> the face and cut two holes in his J®"'- He was treated at the office of ® '“cal physician and will be off duty * few days because of the injury.

army plane over Arizona last night which collided with another plane and was killed. The re|M.rt was not

confirmed here today.

MAiiRlAGE LICENSE

Raymond Lehr, soldier Cloverdale, and LaFaye Howett, bookkee|>er, Greencastle.

AMERICA IN 1950 If TNI AXIS WINS .. , .. . your present job will bo "eld by a Nasi or ■ Jap—ydta will be, if you’re still alive, his servant little better than ■ alave, * IP AMIRICA WINS . .V < • • your present job will be msde secure; what's more, l nr re’ll be every opportunity to ■dvanco from it to a better job *od the future you’ve always "m ted. And to obtain that future Undo Sam asks you to invest lOVfc of your salary in tbo {■neit inveatment in tha world— United States Wee Benda and Stamps!

Reds Take Toll Of Nazi Troops MANY GEKMANS REPORTED KILLED BV DEFENDERS OF STALINGRAD MOSCOW, Oct. 27. (UP) The Russians, embarking on another big counter-offensive, have killed 7.000 J60 tanks and driven them beyond a 160 Tanks and driven them beyond a ridge of hills that surrounds the southern approches to Stalingrad, battlefront dispatches revealed today. Powerful Red Army Forces, driving through the German left flank northwest of Stalingi - ad in the Don-Volga Corridor.have captured a second village and sent the Germans into fast retreat toward new positions. In Stalingrad itself, the defenders smashed every German attack, killed 1,000 Storm Troopers and blew up

alx Tanks.

TO CHECK FIRE HAZARDS Greencastle people will have the opportunity on Thursday of having their premises gone over by an experienced representative of fire insurance companies to check fire hazards. A general inspection of the

city will be made on that day. There)

will be no charges for this work as tlie local insurance agencies are sponsoring it for the benefit of prop-

erty owners.

A meeting, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, will be held at Gobin Methodist church at 6:30 o'clock, at which time dinner will be served and an address will be made by J. Burr Taylor of Chicago, who will talk on fire hazards and fire prevention. A good turn out is wanted at this meeting and those desiring to attend are requested to get tickets from Miss Helen Black by Wednesday so that reservations may be

Iia<le.

DEALERS MI NT REGISTER All fuel oil dealers were reminded again today that they must register by tomorrow, Oct. 28, at the Rationing Board office. Dealers must report, at the time of registration, the capacity of their storage tanks and the amount of oil on hand as of midnight, Sept. 30, 1942. INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Hogs 10,500: mostly 25c lower: 160-400 lbs., mostly $14.55-$14.65; extreme top $14.75; 100-160 lbs., $13.50-$14.50; sows mostly 10c-25c lower; good and choice sows $14.40-

$14.65.

Cattle 2,400; calves 600; steers and heifers opening steady; good beef cows about steady, others weak to 25c lower: choice 1,398 lb. steers $17. bulk good and choice steers $14.50$16.25; car choice heifers $15, most heifers $11.50-$14: vealers steady, top $16 Sheep 2,000; lambs steady to strong; good to choice lambs $14 75$15, top $15.

DANVILLE. Ind., October 27 Putnam county is represented on the Central Normal College campus with 11 students. Those enrolled are: John Burk, Donus Master, Florence Miller, Onia Smiley, and Floyd O’Haver, all of Greencastle; Dean Elliott, anil Thelma Jean Rissler, both of Bainbildge; Mary Alice Miller, and James Wright, both of Roachdale; Catherine Robinson, and Kenneth Sutherlin, both of Fillmore, i Mliss Florence Miller, who is a freshman, is a member of the Alpha Theta Epsilon sorority. Miss Robinson, a junior, is an Alpha Theta, as well as a member of the Association of Women Students. Mr. Sutherlin plays bass in the band and orchestra, and is a member of the Alpha Mu Kappa honorary scholastic fraternity. Miss Mary Alice Miller is a member of the Woman’s Athletic Association, the Kappa Pi Beta honorary journalistic society, and the Alpha Theta Epsilon sorority. Mr. Wright ii; solo clarinetist with the hand and orchestra, and a member of Alpha Mu Kappa fraternity, as well as a publicity agent for the college. Miss Miller, Mr. Sutherlin. and Mr. Wright are all sophomores. Miss Smiley is a senior at the school, while Mr. O’Haver, Miss Rissler, Mr, Masten, Mr. Burk, and Miss Elliott are

all freshmen.

“OUR SUPREMACY ON TRIAL" WIUkle> Re|H>rt>» To Nation On Conditions As He Found Them On Recent World Flight

NEW’ YORK. Oct 27 iUPi President Roosevelt's conduct of the wm was under fire today from Wendell L. Willkie, who charged that our "superb fighting allies" are getting boasts and promises instead of help. W’illkie's complaints were largely in behalf of Soviet Russia and China. He said American diplomats should be appointed "who are big enough in their own right to dare to tell cur president the truth '' An enormous radio audience last night heard the 1940 Republican presidential nominee report to the people upon his 49-day flight around the world. Four national chains broadcast his speech over facilities barely matched for other than presidential utterances. Willkie reiterated his plea for a second front in Europe and for dispatches of forces to India for an all-out attack on Burma to relieve the embattled Russians and Chinese. Then he went considerably

further.

He argued that we are fighting not merely our enemies but for a new world idea, a new freedom which will see the orderly abolition of tne colonial system and for a new society, world-wide in scope. That new world, he said, would be free alik" of the economic injustices of the West and of the political matpractices of the East. He said the people he visited were looking to partnership with us in realizing those aspirations. “Our western woi id and our presumed supremacy are now on trial, ' he said. “Our boasting and our big talk leave Asia cold.' Willkie disassociated himself entirely from any official connections. He said the tour was his own idea, that Mr. Roosevelt had asked him to undertake certain unspecified tasks which he had agreed to do, but that he was a free agent. He traveled in a government airplane without charge, but he paid his own personal expenses and if hi writes any articles, the proceeds will go to some war relief activity. Willkie expressed disappointment at the failure to get more of our men and war weapons where they were needed. He said we were not doing a good job in many respecis. He denounced "stupid, arbitrary and undemocratic censorship. ’ He stopped up to the microphone with a bold defense of civilian criticism ot the war effort and reminded his listeners that there once was a French War Minister named Maginot wno would not listen to outside counsel nor to criticism. Willkie dramatized the small flow of munitions to certain of our allies by comparing an important waiehouse for American supplies to his own 10-room house in Rushville, Ind., and repotting that they were about the sat#e size, and that the warehouse was far from full, although it was supposed to be a major center for distribution of our

aid.

“I fallowed some of those streams (of supplies) and other streams to their destinations,’’ Willkie said, "and I stopped talking about American production. If I were to ted you how few bombers China has received from us you simply would not believe me. If I were to tell you how far Russia feels we are from fulfilling our commitments, you would agree with me that we have little reason to boost about our performance.” He said the immediate need was for the American people and their leaders to begin to think and act offensively, to begin to mobilize, not for defense, but for attack.

MIGHTY BATTLE NOW RAGING IN SOLOMON AREA

JAI’S LAI NCH ALL-OCT DRIVE ON AMERICANS AT GUADALCANAL

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AMERICAN S H I I’ S LOST

Aircraft Carrier Wasp And Destroyer Reported Sunk By Navy Department

Donald Nelson

Donald Nelson Writes Mother I’l TN \ M COI NTY SOLDIER BOV IN LOUISIANA ARMY

CAMP

Mrs. Hazel Nelson is in receipt of an interesting letter from her son, Donald Nelson who is in the army training center at Camp Livingston.

La. He said in part:

“We have surely been covering lots of ground since I wrote you the last time. We are just 11 miles from the Texas line. I am feeling fine, except I have a severe cold. A week ago it turned leal cold and somebody got my roll, so all I had to sleep under was my rain coat, and that was when I got my cold. However, its all in my head and better. It is good and hot today. This is the first chance I’ve had to take a bath and shave for a week, so you can imagine what I look like. We are moving this afternoon at 4:3Q but I don't know where. Sunday is just another day in the army. We work right through the seven days each week. We started out last Thursday afternoon at 4:30 and walked until 2:30 in the morning. Stopped then for something to eat and rest for a half hour and then stared again and walked until 6:30 Friday evening without stopping to eat It was while we were on a “problem” anil that made it harder for all. The dust is about

t two inches deep.

“Our captain tells us that when we get hack to camp, we will get all new equipment, but don’t worry about that tor I don't think it means anything. The other night we were camped in some open country and ny buddy and 1 walked to the top of a hill after dark ,and I saw one of the most beautiful sights 1 ever saw. For miles around all you could see was one camp-fire after another. Our men were camping fur the night and it looked as though we were in

a city.

“How is everyone in Greencastle7 Tell them I said Hello! I have some other letters to write, so will get them done as soon as possible. Tell my friends to write as often as they can. Donald.’’

On the VVLAX local broadcasting program appeared Madonna Thomas, Margaret McLean, Annice Moore, and Harriet Barnum. The Twentieth Century Club met with Mrs. Theodore Crowley. The Camp Fire Girls were entertained by Miss Mae Mullins at her west Washington street home, with a Hallowe’en program. Mrs. Nelson Taulman was hostess lor the Needlecraft Club. Miss Olmstead was one of the chaperones for the college Hsllnwe’en

party.

DRIVER ARRESTED R. A. Huber, of Bloomington, was arrested Monday night at 10:30 o'clock In Greencastle by Rtate Policeman Ralph Taylor on a reckless driving charge. It was said Huber was going north on road 43 and failed to stop at the intersection of roads 40 and 43, south of the city. He also drove between 70 to 75 miles an hour into Greencastle before he was overtaken, according to Policeman Taylor.

Planes Pounding Rommel's Forces

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (UP) — Japan has thrown mighty land, sea and air forces against American positions in the Solomon Islands with increasingly reckless fury and at great cost in warships to both sides. An American earlier task force began to slug it out yesterday (island time) with a powerful and apparently superior Japanese fleet northeast of Guadalcanal. That was disclosed by the navy last night shortly after announced that the U. S. aircraft carrier Wasp was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Solomons on Sept. 15 while covering reinlorcements en route to Guadalcanal. Shelled from the sea by Japanese warships, bombed and straffed from the air, U. S. marines and soldiers defending “hell’s patch” a 25-square mile beach-head on the north coast of Guadalcanal fought off another “determined” enemy land assault. Latest reports gave the following picture of the all-out battle for the Solomons: •. On land Army and marine corps troops held their positions against the eighth land assault within six days. The latest, on Sunday, was against the American’s south flank which stretches along the jungle west of the Tenaru river. The other attacks were on the west flank which runs from the wooded mountains to the beach on the north coast of tile

island. '

At sea A series of furious engagements were fought between warships and airplanes, with both sides suffering aircraft carrier casualties. Three times during Sunday afternoon American aircraft attacked strong enemy* sUffaCe' force north of Florida Island damaging and stopping one enemy heavy cruiser, hitting another with a bomb, and scoring two bomb hits on a light cruiser which was left burning and dead in the water. Yesterday American and Japanese carrier task forces exchanged aerial blows northwest of Guadalcanal during which the American destroyer, U. S. S Porter was sunk, an aircraft carrier was “severely damaged” and lesser damage was reported to other American vessels. Two enemy aircraft carriers were damaged. It was the first reported surface action by American forces since Vice Admiral William F. Halsey. Jr took over command of the area. In the air The Japanese continued a relentless air battle over American positions on Guadalcanal. The navy said enemy fighter planes were “active over our positions periodically throughout” Sunday. In addition there were two bombing attacks on the Guadalcanal an field. But the enemy paid dearly as it has for weeks in its aerial offensive. Five bombers were shot down over the airfield and 17 enemy fighter planes were destroyed by the navy’s Grumman “Wildcat" fighters The airfield suffered minor damage but American planes still are operating

from it.

ALLIED FLIERS IN EGYPT KEEP

AXIS TROOPS ON DE-

FENSIVE

CAIRO, Oct. 27. (UP)

GRASS FIRE

The city fire department was call* ed to the home of Miss Edith Swift, on state road 43, south ot town, shortly after 12 o’clock today where a grass fire was travelling rapidly toward the garage and chicken house. The firemen used the booster

British | tank in extinguishing the blaze, and

and American planes battered Field j had the help of a number of neighMarshal Erwin Rommel's air forces | bors and passers-by, also. Because in large scale battles over the Egyp-1 of the quick attack on the fire, it tian desert today while infantrymen j accomplished no damage beyond the and tank forces drove deeper into his'burning of the grass. Alamein fortifications.

The combined aerial offensive was proceeding night and day, blasting the Afrika Korps’ troops and supply concentration and demonstrating the clear superiority of the allied air forces. A communique issued jointly by the Royal Air Force and the British Middle East command reported that 18 more axis planes had been shot down over the desert and three more destroyed over Malta. Front dispatches indicated that Lieut. Gen. B. L. Montgomery’s polyglot Eighth Army had advanced at least four and a half miles into Rommel’s maze of barbed wire and mine fields in two thrusts and that a third drive might tie already under way.

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