The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 March 1944 — Page 1

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1UME FIFTS TWO

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1944.

NO. 131,

hung speech Y COL. OWSLEY TUESDAY NIGHT

F r . DINNER speaker exHKSSEII opinions in no i ncertain terms j Alvin VV. Owsley of Ball Bros.. L m | former national conimander c American Legion anti ambasto several European countries, before the annual meeting of JCrecncastle Chamber of Comin the Gobin church Tuesday ng. in what proved to be th. It meeting of the organization in istory. j. Eitel. president, presided at iceting and presented reprcsentof several organizations in the y. Among them were Ralph Cloverdale Lions Club; Gale, j, Roachdale Lions Club; Clov e Legion Post, Russellville Lc Post, and the Greencastle Le Post. Directors elected includ F. Cannon Co., Central Nation kink. DePauw University, Eite Co., First-Citizens Bank Grimes, Sam Hanna, Mille. ^Ri Co., and R. P. Mullins. ^■an Dirks was presented a ^■inasttT and he introduced Co’ ^Pey. The speaker opened his ad by telling of what he and othr > ntativos of this nation sav ^hnope while Germany was mak ^Hast minute preparations for th nt war. He told of hearing th lan radio from Bucharest, call ^AMiica. and which proved to bn ling of code messages. Hi ■ of seeing the German children |ril into the Youth Movement, o, German labor called into wai ration, and of seeing the Ger amiy on the march. spoke of Russia and its vastHe asked this question: “Who future of the world with Rusbi: the march?” He was of’tin Ion that none knows. He sai ^ people are hundreds of nnllioma lig and he docs not believe in llu Uvidual in tins country tryin'. lit iiji trouble now with Russia >c any one who is fighting tieror Japan, is our friend. H | Germany is not yet defeated, lhat they must be destroyed. H J the) must be, destroyed in th km! that the people themsolve gi ip< Slble for thoir (iligiit hi they sold themselves to th' t l< >' leudurship. Owsley advocated putting ti such leaders as Hitler and hi; alter victory, because lie sai peneial Staff and the Junker: are the war outfit and wil another war unless destroyed al “We must cut out the heart; devils.” He also said that |i a has been too kind, that wi '•I short in the last world wai It’iat hereafter we must destroj p mil's. Owsley said we can’t speak ol trow, until we are certain ol He told of how our fighting Inii giving up their lives for oui l.v and only those who have los I Uerdoni, know its value. Il 1 iwsley asked this question o bers of the Chamber of Com "When victory comes is Put1 county ready for it?” he als. (•i d the nation in this questioi laid our men are expecting when they come home and | have the right to expect It, bethoy are fighting to preserve all that our American life He says they have the right Pam home and walk with dig- [ before the world. He said we win the war to make sure ot piture. He said we must take bgic islands in the Pacific and liust hold them. He urged that pcan leadership take away from fhemtes the means to make war futura, and he asked if our men have the wisdom to put Vorld right. He called for the b in General Stuff to surrender 1 htlonally; to stack their arms, I* 1 vc them fired and burned to

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par J. Rector announced h;.s l (|; i y for the Democratic norr.- [ n ‘ r ‘ r "kroner of Putnam coun-Kt-iel Hunt w as confl.'.od to ome Toy an aUack of the mumps, hew aw mill wa i under coupon by Frank Bittles and James just south of their “D” ‘ fac ,tory on west Walnut The plant was to be oiperated 'Trie power.

the ground and then the leadership put on trial and executed for the murders they have committed. He also urged that they be forced to build back With their hands, what they have destroyed with their guns. He advanced the idea that the breaking up of war-like nations into small u*its would destioy their plans to make future war, because the busino * s of the German general staff is only war. He said Germany has lost this war because they did net know that America would fight, as -hey thought to save England, but .hat this country i s not doing that, t is only fig .ling to save itself. In paying his compliments to Japan he said the yellow monkeys must oe destroyed, that their island bases aust be taken and held and that we lie 0,1 the threshold of mighty deciions and wondered if we have the courage and the statesmanship to carry through. He paid a glowing ribute to Woodrow Wilson, whose theories had they been extended would have prevented this war, but i instead secret treaties were made before and during the peace talks and that all was lost through undercover schemes. Col. Owsley wants to know who will control the air, and the future irade and commerce of the world. He said America must be able to lend her ships and her cargo planes -o any point without restriction and that we must gain these privileges and hold them while the war continues. He said we must be first in made with China, a vast nation < f inlimitcd possibilities and that wt must have courage and faith in ourselves and if we do, tht mighty problems facing the world can be solved. The speaker was given an ovation at the close of his address and it was unanimously agreed that it v/as the finest address, the best delivered and the most interesting that the Chamber of Commerce of Greencastle has ever held. Music during the dinner was fur nished by the High School Dane’ Orchestra. /

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WILL RECEIVE KIWAN1R HONOR CUP AT LUNCHEON MEETINti THI’RSDAV. Fred Fechtman a.nd the mvmbers of his 1943-44 basketball team will be honored tomorrow noon by the Kiwanis Club when it gives its annual luncheon meeting in honor of the squad and at the same time, the squad will honor one of its members who will be presented with the '•iiwanis cup, which is given permanently each year. The honor student this year will be James Dunn, a junior member of the squad, honorary captain elected recently by the squad, and a member of the team for the past three years. He will .not be a member of tho team his senior year as he has rvached the age of 18 and will enter the military serviee before another school year opens. In addition to the members of the squad. Coach Fechtman, Supt. Maurice Stapley and Principal William Bishop will be guests of the club. The team will be presented by Dunn, and will include Way.no Shonkfilor, Walter Frye, Lloyd Scobec, Max Records, James Hedge, Dick Huffman, James Humphrey, William Buckner, Robert Flannagan, Mike Tzouanakis, Wayne Mark and student manager, Carl McNecley. Lloyd Messersmith. athletic director of DePauw University wifi be the principal speaker. Rev. John Tennant will act as toastmaster, being presented by the Rev. Cecil Fellers, club president, who will present the honor cup to Dunn. Jim was chosen for this honor bv his team-mates on the basis of sportsmanship, scholarship and character. He was also chosen recently as all-conference center by the coaches at their annual winter meeting. His election for the Kiwanis cup was confirmed by the faculty athletic committee, following his choice by his team-mates.

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COURT CF HONOR HELD BY SCOUTS FROM COUNTY AWARDS WERE PRESENTED MONDAY NIGHT AT GOBIN (ill K( il

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Need More Donors For Blood Bank

RADIO SCHOOL

One hundred ten citizens of Greer, castle and Putnam county have registered as donors for the visit of the Red Cross Blood Plasma Mobile Unit to this city on April 3 and April 4. A total of three hundred seventy donors aie needed for the two day visit of the unit, and a call is put out for more civilian donors to reg-

ater.

The Navy V-5 and V-12 students at DePauw University will fill a majority of the appointments on Tuesday, but due to examinations on the V-5 schedule for Tuesday, April 4, the cadets will be unable to fill the whole day’s quota. Also students of DoPauw are registering as donors in order to help with this worthy pro-

ject.

The Red Cross Unit is brought here again undw the Putifkm County Red Cross Chapter and is sponsored by the Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa. The Elks Lodge has again offered the entire facilities of their spacious home for the use of the visiting staff. Registrations may be made in person, by phone or by mail vvith Mrs. Thad Jones, general chairman. at the Greencastle Auto Lic-

ense Branch, phone 418.

Additional donors since the last

publication of the list are:

Greencastle: Catherine Riggs. Mrs. Doro.hy Littrell, Mrs. Lovie Johnston, G. W. Hanna. C. A. Agnew, Mrs. Calita Hamilton, Martha Lawrence, Mis. Lottie Clark, Mrs. Glenn j Hanlon, Mrs. Walter Cox, Mrs. Vein Pitts, Mrs. Mildred Stellings Mr3. jonn Vermillion, Mrs. Doris Hedge,

OLDEST RESIDENT Or ROACHDALE IS CALLED BY DEATH

rilOM AKD. STRAW N, 97, IHWO AFTER-HAY’S ILLNESS

OF PNEUMONIA

Thomas David Strawn, RoadidalcY oldest resident, passed away at five o’clock Wodne .day morning at his home in Roachdale. He had been in ill health j tor the .past two mopths but was critically ill only one day Death rcoiited from pneumonia. Mr. Strawa wa# 97 years of age. He was •■born SepLe.noer '18, IS17 in TtMoaramas cg'Uiity, Ohio, the son of Charles 'Sarah Denny Strawn. On June 28th. 187# h<‘ was married t Martha Cline of Stan ton, Indiana. Mr. Strawn taught sehool for twenty-five years and was al i) a minister in his early life. He attended Hartford University, Lexington College in Kentucky, and Indiana State College He was a member of the Roachdale Christian church ia,nd was the last member of a family of twelve children. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Edith G. Handy, Roachdale, and’Mi: Elizabeth A. Haines. Miami, Florida, one son, Walter W. Strawn of Fnrmersburg, i-cven grandchildren and scve,.i great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Chastain Funeral Lome Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. Walter W. Kirk of Rcelsville will be in charge. Burial will he In the Roach dale cemetery. Friends may call at the Chastain Funeral home after

one o'clock Thursday.

ROTARY HEAD

■ Howell II. Brooks HOWELL BROOKS NEW PRESIDENT OF ROTARY CLUB

Berlin Blasted By 1,500 U. S. Planes LONDON, March Ti.— (UP)—An armada of nearly 1,500 American warplanes smashed through Adult Killer's most powerful air defenses to Berlin today and blasted war and industrial targets in the first daylight attack on the capital since March 0. (IMRGKII WITH FRAUD

DEPAUW COMP STALLED WliDN AT LUNCHED’

•i)LLER INs|)AY NOON MEETING

Howell !!. presld nt ot

BALTIMORE, Md„ March 22. i UP) Thirty-eight employes of the Bethlehem Steel Co.’s Sparrows Point shipyard were held today on charges of defrauding the government of more than $1,000,000 a year in an “extra work” racket.

Eri ml was elected the Gi in e tie Rotary

Club at its me.‘tie .. Wednesday Other Officers i I i> .erve foi the ensuing yeai ... ic Ernest II Collins, vice j i Rev. Victm L. Raphael .<ei 1 W. Smylk treasurer; WtilU r <; i ’i. t and Uoa Azbell, sergeant: . Dr. D. W Killinger, K. K Ne d and Lloyo Houck will ; ei vt with Messrs Brooks, Collins, Uaphnel, Smythe an

directors.

Mr. Brooks, tie newly elect", piesident, is conijd rolU i of DePauv. Univeisity and served as vice president of the Itetary Club last year He succeeds Lloyd Houck, the retiring president ni U club. Ernest Codings, installed vice piesident, has served for si vi d years as secretary of the organization. Rev Raphael, well ki -vn Presbjjteriai: minister, who we . installed as secretary of the club, is one of the oldest active membcis ■! the organization. D. W. Smythe, treasurer, is well known in university uni civic circles Contestants in Distiict High School Oratorical C nte.r. sponsored each year by the !'. uy club wore heard fol’ewii , t e . i tien of o'ficcrs. The I’ao < t slants were Misses Florcpei N tiirop and !>■ light Thompson who... ot ..lions were .veil received.

The Boy Scouts of Putnam county held a Court of Honor Monday evening which was attended by Scouts mil Scouters from over the entin county. Scout Thomas Seaton, of a Chicago troop and now a student at the university, nail charge of the opening ceremony in which allegience was pledged to the flag of our ountry. Following this Cadet Robert Brokaw. who recently received u presidential citation for bravery, was introduced and he told of his experiences as a sailor in the invasion of Guadalcanal. He was with the original landing group, and also saw the battle of Savo Island in which the U. S. S. San Francisco played such m heroic part. His own ship revived two torpedo hits but the crew uifcceoded in saving it nevertheless. The Court then proceeded to conferring of the awards of advancement and achievement irnedJ. “ boys since the last Court of Honor. Advancement to the rank of Second Class Scout was received by Richard Sunkc! and Robert E. Gardner, Greencastle; Kenneth Miller, Fillmore, and John Moeller, George Boyd, Billy Gray an*l Charles Renfro. Putnamville, with Scoutmaster: Clifford Frazier making the presan-

tation.

Bobby Crawley, Kouchd.ile, and I Joe Clapp, Billy Fellers, Doyle Bujiten and Bob 3 resnen, Greencastli were advanced to First Class Seoul by Scoutmaster Guy Cullings, Baiqbi idg'c. Fml Pease Putnam Distiict chairman, awarded Met it Badges t, lunior Noland, Roachdale; Doyli ’iikett. Fillmore, and Bud Stc .lillcr, Donald Lisby, Bill Douthitt. lob Tie.eiei and Bill Wilde, Greco

as tie.

Bill Iliavln, Cloverdale, and Don d.l Lisby, Greencastle, were advamod to Star Scout rank by Will ird < < Dill ilMIUll oil I'MUU i'UO}

EVERY TOWNSHIP EXCEEDED SCAL FOR RED CROSS FINAL TAIK EXTSDNs HJlTU NOT BEEN COMPUTED IN RECENT CAMPAIGN Although tubuiatiorui ju ,• not y.*t closed for ihitnam county's UG4 lied Cross War Fund, every tow*.ship ami special committee lets turned in larger fumls than original goals had ir»*

quired.

“The county committee for t!*) 1944 Red Cross War I'unil had stated at the begduninr f Hip camp:dgn,” Sum Hanna, ti,. .. .an 1 >> the di%<i' stated today, "that t !. qu(A.u was to ’ il W • were well justlfiixl n oj, taith «i Putnam county's geneveu i ms . Every donor has u shaie in flic iH-ive’s early and ovv* absi^ibt'd

success.”

According to most HNcent tabulations, listings •f-quotas and aitmant ;

collected, areifct*)llo\is;

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Clinton ,..$390.50 Cloverdale 781.00

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050.65 460.30 1,600.04 0M7.10 450.08 730.75 438.2.') 69*05

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806.24 543.4A 951.65

Floyd 355.00 Franklin 923.00 Greencastle . 426.00 Jackson 284.00 Jefferson 639.00 Madison 319.50 Marion 508.00 Monroe 693.00

Russell 532.

Warren 355.00 Washington 710.00

Green castle I'owii

Greencastle res*tential . s i 3 aMti Greencastle business 8.'’.*t(»“ Special gifts committee 5 379 88 (An additional $735 i.o I by this conunittee has been nv.utct to other

units in tiiis listing.)

Total $ 51966.Ot! w ^ DePauw I iiiversMy 'Faculty and administration > .swi.fi Civilian student body 1.186.23 V-5 Unit , :,M no V-12 Unit arojii Total 52,74«t».8» Greencastle t^iota »Hi Idb Greencastle collection. $8,712.91 industry and imhoi >j'; oo PuLuurt county ttdlwvt:* 4ib .>10 360.62

Candidates Are Filing Slowly Putnam eminty eatvliilnlw. bw the May piim irv cluetnm are filing, very slowly at the officii of Oi*rr Aylti^i,

county clerk

A check Wedn 'day morning i*veded ti it only 14 Repuhlitanw had ‘ nnnouncotl *tlieii . iiididarirs for pi»ieinet commltteimien out ■* 3*7 )nocincts. Only 5 lime fib 1 for st He

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 22 | MrJ) Mae A| .„„iu, Miss Virginia Hu Technician Gaylord Howerton, of the; Mri| Alma igbell. Mrs. HolliiIndiana state police department, is ] ^ last( , n Hazel McCullough. Mrs attending the department's twelfth E|izabe ’ th Ri t c hie, Mr. and Mrs. Fre!

radio school at the National Guard

Ritchie, Mrs.

R. D. Abrell, R- D-

Mctor Armory here this week, it was Mis Dorothy Monnett. Mrs announced by Superintendent Don F. Ei .. mceg Henderson. Mrs. Mildred 'Stiver. With the completion of the ( . e , ( Mrs M arie Moore, Algan ’ current school, he said, every troop- ^ Winona Welch, Mrs. Mary ler in the uniform division will be ' nian Curt i s Storey, Arvel

eligible to apply for a permit to op

prate n two-way radio

RED CROSS plasma is sacing ihe lives of liun- ® dreils of wouiidrd soldiers anil sailors. But thousands of additional blood donors are needed. Give a pint of Mood to save a life.

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Phone 418, Auto IJcense Brandi. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR SERVICE

Nazis Seize Key Feints In Rumania LONDON, March 22. (UP) tie nan troops, hastening to bolsti their eastern defenses against th j pproaching Red Army, were report i'il nizing key points throughoi ' Rumania and Bulgaria today only 2' l lours aftei occupying Hungary. With Soviet tanks and infantry :i' ready within 20 miles of the Prut river boundary of Rumania, A lie! Hitler appeared to have decided t" take over full control of his shaky Balkan satellites, all of whom have been reported extending peace feelers to the allies. Reports reaching supposedly wel informed quarters in Ankara said one German infantry and four panzer divisions had arrived in Rumania from Hungary, probably foreshadowing complete German occupation ol

lumania.

3 Towns Menaced By Mt. Vesuvius ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT VESUVIUS, March 22 (UP) Throe Italian cof-stal towns harboi i ig 80.016 people were menaced today by a shif- In the lava flow fron Mount Ve uvius, and experts warn (I that the volcanic cone might burst at any moment and bury the country side under tons of rr*)!ttM rock. Five days after the start of its worst outbreak in modern times, the great volcano has stopped acting according to form and has gone completely erratic

delegates out of 12 only 3 have entered

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Cui.d.dalen have until I p 1 to filu. '11..' May prhn.ii ai Tuesday, May 2.

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Charles McCurry Seeks Nomination

Charles MeCurry, Putnam euiinty coroner IneumlH'iit, has tiled as a candidate for Ur,- iMimination for tle». offlee, Slllijei't to the deelsi'ill of tlm Demneratii vat j i i.’i IB M;ry |^| imary election. Mr. Mi ’ urry h. the amend Democrat to file tor a county ofl'iiA' P. R. Duncan was the first \\1*« he recently pnten.il the race for I'idm.fi* county treasurer.

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