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VOLUME FIFTY-TWO ELVIN HEDGE DISCUSSES CAP WITH COUNCIL efks official reaction to flans for forming a SQUADRON HERE

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1944.

NO. 298

‘SUICIDE RIDGE”—TAKEN AFTER A NINE-DAY FIGHT

Mrlvin Hedge, y well known Deauw teacher and Warrant Officer the Indiana Civil Air Patrol, ap--arrd before the city council at its egular session Monday night, seek--g the reaction of the Greencastle fficials as to the forming of a CAP uadron here. Mr. Hedge discussed the activities f the Civil Air Patrol in a most ineresting manner, setting out that ol. Walker Winslow, of Indianapis. was state commander. The CAP under the U. S. Army Air Corps nd was organized a week before Vs sneak attack on Pearl Harr. At the outbreak of hostilities, e civilian pilots and planes aided shore patrol on the Atlantic anj acific coasts. Some thirty odd tiers of this organization gave their ives for their country in this line of uty, he said, most of them as result f forced landings on the sea. The CAP pilots serve on forest patrols; as couriers for military per--onnel. and also as an aerial home uard. The primary purpose, how--ver, is to keep civil aeronautics during the present national mergency. Joining the CAP is entirely voluntary on the part of both adults and young people. There is an intensive training program for cadets, 16 to 18 years of age. Boys and girls arc eligible to join. They receive basic instiuction in aviation, studying such subjects as meteorology, navigation identification, etc. There is a recruiting program now underway in Indiana, Mr. Hedge reported. A prospective cadet must first puss a mental test and then a physical test follows. He told the council members that he would like very much to form a squadron in Greencastle u’hich would* be composed of fifty youngsters and

adults.

The councilmen. in an off-the-rec-ord discussion, were of the opinion that the matter should be presented to the civic clubs and the high school Parent-Teachers’ group. Routine business was transacted during the meeting including passage of thd claim ordinance which was introduced by Councilman Herbert Cravcr. Joseph Both w r as granted permission to build a garage at 610 south Jackson street at an estimated cost of $;:00. E. J. Staub was also given permission to dig into the itreet for a sewer connection. Councilman Kenneth Bryan moved that the garbage contract with L. C. Conrad be changed to 10 cents per hundredweight instead of 12 cent.*, retroactive to September 1. Councilman Thorlton seconded this motion and it passed by unanimous vote. Fast driving on east Walnut street in the vicinity of the high school was brought to the attention of the council by Councilman H. C. Fellers. Mayor Walter Ballard ordered Chief of Police Ralph Hammond to investigate this situation .

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THIS IS ‘ SUICIDE RIDGE" pn Peleliu Island in the Palau group. U. S. Marines are caught in action as they fire rifle grenades into caves and crevices on the ridge in an effort to dislodge Japs there. It was _a ninety fight and these battle-weary men finally won it. U. S. Marine Corps photo. (International)

Church To Hold Annual Meeting Tire First Christian Church of Greencastle will hold its annual congregational meeting Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock in the auditorium of Second Ward School. This meeting, in which officers arc elected for the ensuing three years, reports of achievements of the year just completed, and the announcing of plans and goals for the coming year are made public, has grown into one of the high lights of the church's year. The evening begins with a covered dish dinner at 6:30. Following the dinner a short period of entertainment precedes the presentation of the reports of organization leaders and the report of the minister. The evening is completed by an inspirational address by some outstanding

guest speaker.

The guest speaker this year will be Dr. Joseph Todd, head of the Jn-

COUNTY GETS $27,442 FROM GASOLINE TAX

A check for the quarterly state distribution of the gasoline tax fund has been received from the Indiana state auditor by Eddie Buis, Putnam county auditor. The check in, the amount of $27,442.06, has been turned over to County Treasurer Catherine Crask for highway maintenance.

CLOVKRDALE JJO.VS CLUB WILL t-MJOY A LAMES NIGHT The Cloverdale Lions Club will enj’V a ladies night on Wednesday, October ii, jt j s announced. Reservabon.s must be made through Jesse MoCiiy for the dinner meeting, which *11 bi held at the Presbyterian church.

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Paper Collection To Be October 25th The committee in charge of scrap paper drives has announced Oetobei 26th as the date for the next collection. This will be on Wednesday afternoar, and co-operation is asked from every citizen. In the past, few residents have donated to the paper drive and Greencastle is far behind in' this respect. Any one who will lend x'; truck or anyone who has a' license to drive a truck and will be willing L> • donate their time is asked to cail Clifford Frazier. People are especially asked to cooperate in, this drive as paper is vitally needed in the war effort and it is believed there is an abundance of paper in the community. Any newspaper, magazine, paper box, any kind of paper is needed and it is the least that we can do to support the boys by saving our waste paper and having it on the curb in front of our homes on Wednesday, October 26th. ■ 1 , The drive was planned for Wednesday afternoon as most people are not working at that time and it is thought that the entire city can bi covered in a few hours. Trucks and drivers are needed and since they will not be in. use on Wednesday afternoon it is hoped that many will volunteer and will aid in this drive.

M TXAM court NOTES Finince Mans, penal farm escape, sentenced to state prison at Michigan f'y for 1-5 years; Columbus Dean, arm escape, sentenced to state reformatory at Pendleton for 1-5 years; Edwin Altes, farm escape, seutenced to state reformatory for J; 5 years by Judge John H. Allee in 1 Putnam circuit court.

20 Years Ago Of GREENCASTLE Mrs. John F. Cannon returned ">1“ from a three months trip Tn Europe. Several hundred Republicans asembled at the Limedale station to f . ,ut and hear a brief message by Inoo Charles G - Dl »wes, G. O. P. nomn n ;' f ” r vic e president. Congressan ' N ’°hle Johnson introduced the an with the “Hell and Maria” pipe. p Pn ' Dawes transferred from the 1 "sylvanla to the Munon railroad Wa' f ' Ut * fr ° m Kansas lo Fort j

diana School of Religion of Bloomington, Indiana. Dr. Todd, who is well known in Greencastle and Putnam County will speak on the subject, “The Church in a New World." All members of the church and friends of the church are urged to share in this evening of food, fun and fellowship. Each person is asked to bring food and his own table service.

U. S. FIRE PREVENTION

WEEK IS OCTOBER 8-14 Announcement of a state-wide observance of National Fire Prevention Week was made today by Clem Smith, state fire marshal, in a message to Fire Chief Wm. A. Lawrence. The observance is to cover the period between October 8 and October 14. Fire Chief Lawrence has announced that his department will cooperate in the campaign and that he desires the help of all citizens of this community in the annual all-out drive

against the fire menace.

Chief Lawrence effectively called attention to the waste of fire by citing figures to show that between 1918 and 1939 the fire loss in the United States exceeded eight and a quarter billion dollars, enough money lo build 27.618 medium tanks, 207.142 75-mm guns. 98 heavy cruis-

ers and 6,183 bombers.

BULLETIN S U P It E >1 E HEADQUARTERS, AEF, Oct. 8.—(UP)—American assault forces, already half way through the Siegfried Line, smashed deeper into the German defenses north of Aachen, under cover of another thunderous honilmrdmeiit today in a hid for a break-through to Cologne, Dusseldorf and the Rhine.

Fillmore Church Plans Rally Day Rally Day and Homecoming will be combined in an all-day service at the Fillmore Methodist Church, Fillmore, Indiana, on Sunday, October 8 1944. Committees have been appointed and are working with the pastor, Rev. Gilbert L. Piker, to make the day one to be remembered long by U»se old friends and members who "met and found Christian fellowship at the little white Church.” Tho Sunday School hour will begin at ten o'clock, with Mr. Charles Smith, superirttendent, presiding. Tho young people will sing during this service. The moruing Worship Service will be held at eleven o’clock, with the pastor speaking on the subject, "A Higher Rock". Miss Madonna Smyth and Kay Tincher will present instrumental selections, including '"Lullaby'' and "Garden of Prayer." The young people of the Church will-serve as ushers at the services and are also in charge of decorations. One of the high-lights of the day’s program will be the dedication of the new altar and hymnals to be used by the youth. The afternoon session includes an address, "Forward With Christ,” by Dr. C. M. McClure, District Superintendent. Mrs. Willis D. Wright and her committee have arranged the following musical program, to be given during the afternoon: "Come Unto Me" "Lead Me, Lord” “T Live a. Little Cottage" "O Lamb of God, I Come"—The High School Chorus “Thou Lamb Of God, I Come"— Miss Lillian Buis ■•Vespers'’ (Vocal Solo)— DeLoss Sharp A basket dinner, under the supervision of the ladies of the church, will be served during the noon hour, and a special invitation is issued to all friends and members to attend.

LONDON, Oet. 3.—(UP)—Moscow am) Berlin dispatches said today that Polish exile government forces in Warsaw hiul surrendered to the Germans, but the patriots’ commanded said only a “temporary truce” hud been arranged to permit evacuation of civilians from the embattled cent-

er of the capital. TO BROADCAST

DISTRICT MEETING FRIDAY The District Meeting of the Indianapolis Presbyterian Society will I meet in the Presbyterian Church at Brazil on Friday, October 6th. The speakers will be Dr. Arthur Port, a missionary from Thailand, and Miss Irene Forsyth, a missionary from China. It is hoped that many will attend this meeting which begins at 9:30 a. m. The bus will leave for Brazil at 8:46 a. m.

Miss Eleanore Cammack, chief of the Order department of the Purdue University library will give a book review from the Purdue broadcasting station WBAA. dial number 920, on Ttursday morning. October 5 at 10:30 o’clock. She gave a similar broadcast on Sept. 14. and was heard by several of her friends in Greencastle^

NAZIS FLEEING LONDON. Oct. 3.—(UP)—A spokesman for the Free Germany National Committee charged in a Moscow broadcast today that Nazi officials were fleeing Germany for Spain and South America in submarines. “These persons are Nazi rats leaving the sinking Hitler ship or agents sent to prepare for the flight of those fine gentlemen.” the spokesman said in a broadcast directed to U-boat crews. The spokesman urged the submarine crews to take aboard “these stiauge passengers and their cargo” and then set a course for an English or French port.

DR. YUNCKER IS PRESIDENT OF NEW FRATERNITY DR. GREENLEAF SECRETARYTREASURER OF DEPAUW- • WABASH SIGMA XI

Dr. Truman G. Yuncker, head of the Botany department at DePamv University, has been named president of the DePauw-Wabash Sigma Xi Club, national honorary science fraternity. The election was held in connection with the organizational meeting of the new group at Crawfordsville last Saturday. The joint organization of DePauw University and Wabash College is the first of its kind in the United States, made possible by special permission of the national fraternity Ordinarily both schools would not meet the minimum membership requirements. Charter membership in the club will include fourteen members of DePauw's science faculty and six from Wabash. Other officers elected at the organization meeting were Dr. J. C. Policy of the Mathematics department at Wabash, vice-president; Dr. J. P. Scott of the Zoology department at Wabash, secretary-treasur-er; and Dr. H. E. H. Greenleaf of the Mathematics department at DePauw, asistant secretary—treasurer. Members of the executive committee will be Dr. Cleveland P. Hickman, head of DePauw's Zoology department, and Dr. H, H. Vogel, of the Zoology department at Wabash. Representatives from the Sigma Xi chapters at Indiana University and Purdue attended the organization dinner at the Crawfordsville Country Club, and members of the science dc partments of Franklin College, Hunt ington College, and Anderson College were also guests. Guests from Indiana University included Dr. Gildertc Frayre, exchange professor from Brazil. Members of the new emb from DePauw will include Dr. Yuncker and Dr. Winona H. Welch, botany; Dr. Jervis Fulmer and Dr. Milton Kloetzel, chemistry; Dr. William E. Edington and Dr. Greenleaf, mathematics; Dr. O. H. Smith, Dr. Earland Ritchie and Mrs. Ethel C. Morgan, physics; Dr. E. R. Smith, Geology; Dr. Cleveland P. Hickmaix Dr. Walter Martin, and Dr. Margaret E. Whitney, zoology; and Prof. Helen j. Cade, home economics. Guests at the meeting from DePauw included Mrs. Truman G. Yuncker, Mrs. O. H. Smith, Mrs. Earland Ritchie, Mrs Milton Kloetzel, Mrs. Jervis Fulmer, and Mrs. H. E. H. Greenleaf. Speaker at the Wabash meeting was Dr. Paul B. Sears of the Botany departmernt at Oberlin College, who discussed “Ecology: The World of Life" Dr. Sears, a widely known author and lecturer, is nationally prominent ftir his studies on the conservation of natural resources. His books include "Deserts on the March," "This Is Our World," "Life and Environment," "Who Are These Americans," and “This Useful World”. Other activities of the initial meeting include an informal dinner at which President Frank Sparks of Wabash was host, and a tea in the Governor's Room of Goodrich Hall on the Wabash campus, at which Mrs. Sparks was hostess. Plans are now underway for the installation meeting of the club, to bv> held on the DePauw campus on November 3. Dr. Fernandus Payne, dean of the graduate school and head of the Zoology department at Indiana University, will represent tho national executive committee of th.‘ fraternity as installing officer. DIED AT CLAY C ITY Bert Sutton, father of Mrs. Earl Cooksey, Cemetery Road, and Clayton Sutton, 311 north Jackson street, died early Tuesday morning at Clay City. Funeral services v.’ill probably be held Thursday or Friday afternoon at Clay City.

Putnam County War Chest HAVE YOU HEARD THAT: P USO operates 3,035 service units for our armed forces. Monthly attendance over 30,000,000.

NOTICE Emergency collection of clothing for Europe. Received Saturday, Sunday, Monday at The Christian Church.

SERVING COUNTRY

Paul T. Haltom, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Haltom, 513 North Marengo avenue, Alhambra, Calif., and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Roby of Greencastle. who is taking navy training at Great Lakes, 111., was

announced recently by Frank S. Balthls, Jr., president of the UCLA Alumni Association, as winner of Uie freshman scholarship at the University of Southern California. He completed one semester at the university before his enlistment. Haltom will soon finish his basic training at Illinois and he expects to spend a short leave with his parents before reporting to the Naval radio school in Chicago for further train-

ing.

P. T. Haltom, Jr.

Scouts To Benefit In War Chest Drive

The Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of Putnam County will bo benefittod by the money contributed to the Putnam County War Chest on its fund raising drive to bu held October ninth to nineteenth. The Boy Scouts will receive $800 of the funds raised for the work in Putnam County, to help In the splendid program of citizenship training carried out by them, according to an announcement of Lois Arnold, chairman of the Putnam County War Chest. The eight established troops of Girl Scouts will receive $400 which will be administered by the local Girl Scout Council. As an incentive to the establishment of Girl Seout troops In Putnam County communities not having troops at this time, the committee has designated $300 additional from the 1944-45 budget to apportioned to new troops as they are established during the coming year. - a v By contributing to the Putnam County War Chest every citizen can share in the support of these two splendid organizations as well as help others in our own county, said Mr. Arnold.

TWO “STRONG" QUAKES RECORDED ON MONDAY PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 3 (UP) - Two "strong" earthquakes, "quite possibly” centered in the Japanese graphs at the California Institute of island area, were recorded on seismoTechnology yesterday. The quakes occurred at a distance of 5400 miles and were recorded at 1:41 and 1:53 P. M. PWT. Laboratory technicians said they could not make any estimates as to tile severity of the tremblers or damage unless they received reports from other seismograph stations. “Them is the possibility of some damage and deaths from any earthquake, and if these were centered in a populated area, them might have been casualties,” they said.

ARRIVES IN ENGLAND Mrs. Isa-bell Foxx has received word that her husband, Pvt. Charles W. Foxx has arrived in. England.

WILL SPEAK WEDNESDAY

Henry Ostroni Mr. Ostrom, former Greencastle young man, .vill speak at a Republican meeting In the court room here Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. Music will be by the hostel Hall Quartet, a widely known colored organization of Indianapolis.

GERMANS LEAVE GREEK ISLANDS TO ESCAPE TRAP GREEK PATRIOTS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN CONTROL OF SITUATION SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF, Oct. 3.—(UP)—American 1st Army Forces are meeting “strong resistance” in their new offensive north of Aachen, a communique announced today.

ROME, Oct. 3.—(UP)—American and British troops of the Fifth Army have captured Monghidero, important road junction on the main Bologna road, a communique announced today.

LONDON. Oct. 3.—(UP)—Allied sources said today that Greek patriots have seized control of most of southern Greece and at least five of the principal Aegean Islands as German forpes withdraw northward to escape the closing jaws of an allied trap in the Balkans. United Press War Correspondent Clinton B. Conger, in a dispatch from the combined allied press, confirmed that British commandos also had landed unopposed on at least on* Greek Island—Kythera, five and a half miles south of the Greek mainland the night of Sept. 16. His delayed dispatch significantly referred ,to Kythera as a possible “allied stepping stone toward the Greek mainland,” a hint that the landing might be followed by an allied Invasion of Greece Itself. “In addiUon,” Conger said, “the island’s fishing ports, coves and inlets afford moderately good hideouts for light warcraft immediately on the flank of German ship lanes from Crete to the Greek mainland.” British broadcasts said commandos also had landed on two other Greek Islands unopposed and radio Pans asserted “strong allied forces” had gone ashore in northwestern Crete, but none of these landings was confinned immediately. Allied military sources believed tho Germans already- hod abandoned most of Peloponnesus, southernmost part of Greece, with the possible exception of the ports of Patrai and

Corinth.

Greek sources only yesterday reported tho liberation by patriot forces of Lepanto on the Gulf of Corinth and Gargalianoi on the west coast of Peloponnessus. Gargalianoi was said to have fallen after a 38-hour battle. The Germans also were believed to have abandoned most of mountainous Epirus below Albania in a general withdrawal northward toward Macedonia and the Vurdar valley into Yugoslavia. Best estimates placed the retreating garrison at 50.000 to 76,000 men. The Germans’ main route of retreat, the Athens-Belgrade trunk railway, already waa threatened by Red army forces advancing on tha strategic Yugoslav junction of Nia and by Greek and Yugoslav patriots, Greek patriots also were reported in firm control of the northern Aegean islands of Thasos and Samothrake, fromerly occupied by Bulgarian troops, and the central Aegean islands of Mytilene, Sk^roa and Khios. Though the Germans still held niost of the islands between Crete and Athens, they were believecl to have evacuated one of the two divisions garrisoning Crete.

AID INADEQUATE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—(UP)-. American officials admitted today that U. S. aid to China has been inadequate but cited the difficulty of supplying that nation by air and tha activities of the U. S. 14th Air Forca and B-29 Superfortresses against tha Japanese as proof of good faith.

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