The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 July 1944 — Page 2
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HELD IN' STABBILVG EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 10 — (UP) Guy Smellen, 15-year old employe of a county fair concession, was held by police in the death by knife wounds today of 17-year-old George Allen Oskins of Evansville. Oskins died in a hospital of wounds which police sa.’d were sustained in an argument Sunday night over { 15-yt^r-old girl Smellen chargei that ‘Oskins made a derogatory remark as Smellen and his girl companion rode by on a bicycle. Police said that a four-bladec! pocket knife was believed to be the death weapon. Juvenile Court Judge Wendell Lensing said that his court had jur isdiction in the case.
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Ward voiced a plea for mil. tar >' preparedness in the post-war v ' ra ' saying “the only way to mainta ' n peace is to have the force to main-
tain it. Had we possessed an ade-) Entered^ In the postofflce at Green quate Army and Navy before the j r* “He, Int lana as second class mall war it is a question whether we i ma ter u 3 der Act of March 8, 1878
would ever have been compelled
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Robot Bases Now In Belgium, BeUef LONDON. July 11.—(UP)—Lon don had its first all-night respit< from robot bombs last night sinci the start of the bombardment 2* nights ago. but the attack was re sumed in daylight today amid growing signs that the‘Germans have be gun using launching platforms in Belgium as well as France. Many of the jet-propelled flying torpedoes appeared to be coming from a more easterly direction than previously, indicating that the increasing destruction wrought by allied bombs among installations on the French coast had forced the Nazi command to shift to bases farther north. Authorities continued to evacuate school children at the rate of 2,000 a day from London to the provinces aboard, what the youngsters havi christened the “Doodlebug Express’ —special trains staffed by trainee nurses and volunteer workers who distribute milk and candy to the passengers. Mothers and expectant mothers also were leaving the capital in increasing numbers. Though none of the robot bombs fell in London last night, some crashed'and blew up with their tons of explosives each elsewhere in southern England and an alert was sounded in the capital. Damage and cas ualttea Were believed light. fcMe'bOrnb demolished a wing of a woll-Known public school in southern England,'including the science block rifle range and armory. Other school buildings Were damaged, but no one w*h >nh't. Germarn officers in a prison camp in-*sout1iern England were revealed to** have petitioned the commandant fog.'hnmediate removal to another seWfldn of England after a robot bomb landed nearby recently without cariStog’damage or casualties. \ S V . Ui Asserts Hitler Laid Plans To Invade U. S. WASHINGTON, July 11.—HStler In 1940 already had prepared detailed plans for; invasion of the United States, "after he brought England to her knees,” J. Carlton Ward, Jr., president qf the Fairchild Engine arid Aircraft Corporation, told a Senate military sub-committee yestwfcduy. Ward testified he was shown the plan “by diplomatic sources” while in Paris before France fell, that he reported to this government and found the State Department already had complete information on Hitler’s plan. The manufacturer was head of a mission in France at the time advising on aircraft production. •‘“After he brought England to her khees ” Ward testified, “Hitler planned to attack the United States UTfough Mexico with tanks and other
Bumper Crops For Nation Predicted
WASHINGTON. July 11.—(UP) — Agriculture Department officials tolay optimistically predicted that American farmers will produce jumper crops again this year, but .varned that spreading drought coalitions may spell disaster for grow•rs in many sections east of the Mis-
tissippi.
The department’s crop reporting joard forecast a 1944 grain harvest lUrpassing all years except 1942 and mid that other crops may reach lear-record proportions. This "genjrally favorable outlook’’ was credited to the determined efforts of farmers to overcome manpower and equipment shortages and to plentiful rainfalls in important growing areas
of the Midwest.
Concern was voiced, however, over a severe dry spell that in late June blanketed an area from Virginia i westward to Ohio and Indiana and
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Kains mt V delay and drought and [jests may i etard. but faithful attention to duty in the end brings its reward: He tl\'it tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread.—Prov. 28:19.
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Howard Taylor, was released from the Putnam county hospital Tuesday. Mrs. John Ttiomas of Washington, D. C. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Thomas.
James Alexander of Indianapolis was admitted to> the Putnam county
hospital Saturday.
t Marshall Shonikwiler, U. S. Navy, is home on a twei weeks leave visit-
southward to the gulf and showed i aren tg signs of spreading to the corn belt j m ®' W P e
early this month. Crops of potatoes, tobacco, early corn and vegetables werq damaged and nearly all late
crops were threatened.
Experts said the whole weather pattern across the nation was "so complicated and changeable" that no adequate summary of growing conditions can be made “at the mo-
ment.”
Generally, the board said, crop prospects are improved in most states west of the Mississippi but declined rather generally in the East primarily because of “uneven distribution” of the June rainfall.
ROOSEVELT WILL RUN (Conflnneil From Poire Onn which would take him out of the race. Meantime there were reports that Thomas G. Corcoran and other past and present White House advisers were booming Associate Justine William O. Douglas—a 100 per cent New Dealer -for the vice presidential spot.
aMart&Ef INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Hogs 13.000; less active than Monday but steady; 160-180 lbs., $13; 180-270 lbs.. $13.80; 270-330 lbs., $12.25-$12.50; 330-400 lbs., $12$12.15; 100-159 lbs., $10.50-$11.75 sows $11-$11.50. mostly $11.10$11.40. Cattle 2.200; calves 900; top medium or better steers and heifers slow but steady; lower grades lower; cows mostly steady; top $17 on package 1,200 lb. steers; $16.85 on load 1025 lbs.; bulk early sales top medium and good $14,25-$16.25; heifer top $16.25; bulk early sales $14.25$15.35; common and medium beef cows $7.75-$11.25; canners and cutters $5.25-$7.50; vealers 50c lower, top $14.50. Sheep 1,000; lambs steady, weak; few lots good and choice spring lambs $13-$14; top $14.50,
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Mrs. John Earn.ihaw and children left today for Andersoni to visit
friends and relatives!.
Mrs. Orves Skin ner, Columbus, Indiana, was released from the Putnam county hospital Tuesday. Warren Lear, of Camp Custer, Mich., spent the we<*k end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lear. Norman Stringer’s, new address is F’roderick Norman Stringer, Brks. 49, Sec. 2 L, R. 1.. NiA T.T.C., Mem-
phis, Tenn.
Mary Wamsley, Putnamville, underwent a tonsil operation Tuesday morning at the Putnam county hos-
pital.
Marjorie Mclistyre, S 1/c, U. S Navy is home on a fourteen day leave visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zol McIntyre. Word has been received here that Freddie Stauch. now stationed with the U. S. Army in India, is confined to a hospital due to injuries. P. F. C. Clifton E. Coffman's ad dress is 35386192 558th Ord. Co (HM) T K. A. P. O. 5687 ^Postmaster San Francisco, California. Pvt. William E. Bitzer of Camp Croft; South Carolina, is here visiting with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Orville Bitzer, Greencastie Route 3. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Crawley have returned to their home after spending a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sears and daughter, Florence, at Louisville, Ky. William Langford, age 36 years, who was killed by a train at Colfax Saturday night, was known iti north Putnam, where he worked at one time. He is believed to have been resting on the railroad when, he fell asleep and the train struck him. The funeral was held at North Salem Tuesday afternoon. MISS KENDAU INVITED TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Miss Margaret Kendall, assistant in the Greencastie National Farm Loan Association office, received this week what she considers pleasant news. It was a letter from the Federal Land Bank inviting her to three-day conference in Louisville for association office assistants from Indiana on July 12 to 14 inclusive. It will be her first visit to the bank in Louisville in the two years she has worked for the national farm loan association. Recently Secretary-Treasurer Lynn Brown went to Louisville for similar conference. He explained that several operations formerly handled at Louisville are now being handled in the national farm loan association offices to provide better service to farmers. Because this work is new to the girls, they, too, are being given an opportunity to discuss with the operating personnel of the bank the proper procedures for handling these added responsibilities.
PEARL HARBOR, July 11—-(UP) —Japanese garrisons in the southern Marianas, by-passed by the successful invasion of Saipan, faced intensified air assaults today with a fast U. S. Pacific fleet task force hammering the isolated enemy positions in almost daily attacks. The prospect facing the enemy forces was indicated in a communique by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz which disclosed that U. S. forces had carried their campaign against Guam and Rota, south of Saipan, into the fifth consecutive day Sunday. Guam, former American Naval station ami the first U. S. territory to fall to the Japanese, was bombarded Saturday by light surface units, propably a destroyer task force, which raked defense positions and several small craft along the beach . On Sunday, aircraft from Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's carrier task force attacked both Guam and Rota, encountering anti-aircraft fire described by the communique as ranging from moderate to intense. Military objects at the town of Piti anti-aircraft batteries and coastal guns were singled out at Guam, while rockets and bombs were thrown against Rota's airstrip, gun emplacements and other targets in the town of Rota, The raid was the sixth this month on Guam, lairgest and southernmost of the Marianas, and the seventh for Rota, 63 miles north of Guam. A destroyer rescued the crew of one U. S. plane when it was forced to land in the water. The Japanese base at Truk In, the Carolines was r^Nded again Saturday by seventh army airforce Liberators, while other Central Pacific fliers made new attacks on Jalult, Maloelap and Wotje In the Marshalls,
LUCIEV HAMMOND IHCLD PRISONER BY THE GERMANS Robert J. Hammond of Mincola, N Y. is in receipt of word that his son Lucien Hammond is a prisoner of war in Germany. No other details were given.
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I wish to thank my friends for the many cards, flowers and birthday greetings I received during my illness. Mrs. Wayne O’Hair
Predict German Collapse In '45 WASHINGTON, July 11.—Ger- ' many’s war economy has so deteriorated under combined allied attacks that she faces “substantial certainty of defeat in 1945 if not in 1944,” the Foreign Economics Administration asserted today making public an an alysis of enemy war economy. Prepared by William T. Stone, di rector of FEA's special areas branch the report says the Germans will be in a nearly hopeless position by the end of this year with prospective ex penditure of war materiel exceeding their rate of production. Full-scale allied bomber offensives, ground attacks, and blockade actions have shorn the Nazis of war materiel to the extent that they now have, in use and reserve, only the equivalent of less than one year’s production the report asserted. Thanks should go chiefly to Rus sia, the report says, for forcing the Germans to consume finished war supplies almost equalling total German production for the three years during which the two nations have been at war. ' Despite allied inroads, Germany’s war machine in absolute terms to day is as formidable as ever, the analysis said, because German strength has only been held down—not yet out down or beaten. Until this year, however, Germany has fought al ways with margins for greater exertions if necessary. Today all margins are gone.
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Society Cllnton-Madison Club Meeting Is Postponed The Clinton-Madison Township Home Economics -Club meeting has been postponed until July 20th on account of the death of Mrs. Laura O’Dell. + + 4* •P Good Cheer Club To Hold Picnic The Good Cheer Club will hold its annual picnic in Echo Canyon at McCormick’s Creek State Park, Sunday July 16. •h + + + The Happier Homes Study Clnfj To Meet The Happier Homes Study Club will meet with Mrs. Lee Flanigan, 1004 south Locust street Tuesday evening at 7:30. All members are urged to be present. Please note change of meeting pldce. • * * * Veronica Ctnh To Meet Wednesday ' The Veronica Club will hold its annual family picnic dinner Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock at Robe Ann Park. Please bring food and table service. * * * EORMER RESIDENT OF CITY IS MED Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Thelma Pauline Crawley, daughter of Mrs J. L Akers, of Seattle, Wash., and S Sgt Earl Hamilton, Larmore, U. S. Marine Corps, son of John E. Larmore, of New Castle, formerly of this city. The ceremony was solemnized bv Dr. Charles A. Biwler in a double ring ceremony June 24 at the home of the bridegroom's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs A. B. Coulston, of this city. Miss Donna' Colson, of Indianapolis, was the bride’s attendant and Pfe. Dove Larmore, U. S. Army, brother of the groom, was best mart,. The bride wore a blue street length dress yith white accessories and a corsage of pink and yellow roses Miss Colson was dressed in pink I with black accents and her flowers were pink roses. After a wedding trip, Sgt. Lnrmore will return to duty at MS re Is ; land, Cal, and Mrs. Larmdre : wilT re ■ | turn to her position at Indianapolis. , (Invited guests for the wedding | were Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wyatt, of Greencastie, grandparents of the, bride; Mr. and MHf. 1 ChuWtb)^ and Ruth Larmore, of this city;
Mrs F E. Gregory, of Washington, D C.; Lizzie Gregory, of Rushville, and Mr. and Mrs. John E Larmore, of New Castle. — Shelbyville Democrat. -!• -9 4- -9 Section Three To Meet Section Three of The First Christian church will meet Thursday evening at 2:30 with Mrs. C. I. Robbins. Mrs. Belle Heaney will be in charge of the program. + * * Notice To Members Of Section Four All members of Section Four of the Christian Church bring gifts fo: H thany (lift Shop to meeting Thurs day. •k 4* + + Jolly-Get-Together Chib Postponed Meeting Jolly-Get Together Club has post poned this months meetings indefinitly.
Saylor Marsh, Route 3 Greencastie who has been in yie Carribeat theater of the war for the past thirty-one months, is expected at Fort Harrison, and thence for a visit with his mother, near this city.
Ellen Pasfcer, Evelyn Pfctor Charltw Leslie Aker, Allen Hug/JI' John Pierson, Robert Pierson Rob/' Sutherlin, James Coolman, and vT ter Francis Lenzen. Classes in DePauw University, summer session got under way July 6. An increase in the Navy y 15 juota to the University has ed the number of apprentice se4 . men on the campus to mure than <joo in addition to the present contingent of Navy V-5 aviation, cadets, wh \re not included in the total enroll 1 ment figure. There is also a n [„'. crease in women students over tho^ enrolled in last year's summer sem. ester. The present summer session run, to October 21, and the regular winter semester begins November 2. T) University also offers a special fan half-semester, beginning August 25 for students Who wish to begin th, school year at the more norma] tiraa.
ENROLL IN DEPAUW Nine Jtuden tsr from GreenC#stle have been enrolled in DePauw University. Greencastie, Ind., for the summer semester, the office of the registrar has announced. These stu- , are included in the approximaiely 700 who will be on the campus during the summer months. Greencastie students include Mary
CARD OF THANKS We w«h to express our thanks tt I ill of our many friends and relative j who have shared the deep sorrow with us during the sickness and death of our beloved wife and moth, er. We especially wish to thank thJ Elders F. S. Fisher and Harold Me. Chmmaek, the singers. Dr Hutclp. son, Charles Rector and all who par. ticepated in any way. Theodore Hurst and children
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ATTENTION! V \ ALL HOME CANNERS!
If we all pitch in, 1944 will see the greatest food production in our history. But that will require your help. It’s up to you to: 1. grow evbry ounce of food you possibly can; 2. use all the food you grow; 3. can your foot! by the proper and safe methods. Every ounce of han$r«carined food is urgently needed. Your Government begs you not only to match what you did last year but, if possibly, to Ijetter your 1913 record. ’ > j v Put up fruits and tomatoes by the Ijoil-ing-water bath method — a safe and satisfactory method for these foods. But before you begin your 1944 canning of all nthrr vegetables, Good Housekeeping wants to tell you how to avoid a danger that may occur in home-canned food — a danger recognized by many authorities, including the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Phal danger is hotulinus food poisonIng! Botulinus poisoning comes from bacteria that live in the soil and cling to vegetables. It is rare—but it isn't confined to Just a few parts of the country, as some people think. Botulinus germs may be on the food you can. They must Be destroyed. Whenever these bacteria are present In the food and are not destroyed during the ranning process, they gradually produce a toxin which
is poisonous. ' It takes hotter-than-boiling heat to kill botulinus germs. Neither hot-water bath nor open-kettle canning provides enough heat to destroy them. That is why we advise: Ike only safe way fo can low-acid vegetables—vrtiich- mean* all vegetables except tomatoes—U by the correct use of a pressure cooker! If you don’t already own a pressure eooker, you’ll be glad to know that the Government is allowing the manufacture or 400,000 new cookers for sale this summer, without priorities. If you can’t buy a pressure cooker, borrow your neighbor’s ... or perhaps you’ll find one available through a community canning group. If not, form your own communi^v group, and buy one. To be safe, don t can low-m id vegetables any other way. We take this opportunity to issue two further warnings: I. Oren canning is dangerous. It has caused many serious accidents to persons and to property. Shun it! 2 AU home-canned foods should be examined carefully when opened. If there is e vidence of spoilage, the food Should not be used. NEVER TASTE to discover spoilage.* By ail means, put up every mince of surplus food you possibly can. Our armed forces and the Itunjrry nations of the carih need the benefits of our abundance.
Good Housekeeping Magazine . Ti(E HOMEMAKERS' BUREAU OF STAHDARDS how to avoid botulism, wri' Hmiackcepliitf safe cann,n K methods and York 19, N. Y. Housekeeping InsUtUte, Eighth Avenur, New