The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 October 1944 — Page 1

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DIES GUESTS OF LIONS CLUB AT CLOVERDALE

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1944.

NO. 306

Lions Club of Cloverdale obiet! Ladies Night with a splendid lC ken dinner and program in the sbyterian church Wednesday ning. Donus Denny, club presit called the meeting to order and sented L. E. Michael as the toastgter. Mr. Michael in turn preted those making up the program, .luding Mr. Denny who welcomed . ladies and paid them the tribute having made possible the success the Lions Club during its first of work in Cloverdale. Mrs. ies P. Hughes responded on belt of the Ladies and expressed the pe that the club will continue with highly successful work and anked Mr. Denny and others for eir tributes. Ralph Fry offered invocation. Decorating the various tables were autiful bouquets of red roses. Wlr afterwards went to the ladies ;esent. On the speakers table was cluster of flags representing the urteen nations in which Lions Club ternational is represented. E. A. Richardson of Evansville and diana's Poet Laureate was the eaker. Big Rich, as he is generally own, travels extensively and he Id he was always looking for the jght side of everything and he read any ot his poems pertaining to Iniana. etc., and told numerous stors. much to the delight of his audnce. A quartet composed of Ruben twalley. Russell Mace. Bert Hamil--n and William Powell closed the ■ccessful meeting by ‘‘singing” oodnight. During the evening the ilub enjoyed singing and they all ined in their familiar songs with lust for singing and easily demontrated that they are a musical ;rnup. Mrs. Sipple presided at the lano. The meeting was held here n order that the Cloverdale ladies •ould be free of any work as they ave been preparing and serving the egular meals for the club at their loverdale meetings.

MRS. LUCE WILL SPEAK AT RALLY OCTOBER 14 The Republican women’s statewide rally will be held in Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Saturday, Oct 14. They are joining with the Marion county Republican central committee. of which Henry Ostrom is chairman, and Mrs. Agnes Todd, vice chai rman. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Clara. Boothe Luce, representative in Congress from Connecticut. The program starts’ promptly at 8 p. m. This program will be broadcast over WIBC from 8:45 to 9:15. This will be the largest meeting of the 1944 campaign. Homer E. Capehart and William E. Jenner, candidates for United States senators and Ralph Gates, candidate for governor, will speak. Certain sections will be reserved for out-of-town guests. Plan to attend and join in the eighth annual rally of the Republican women of the state.

DPU ASSEMBLY HEARS HEAD OF M. E. HOSPITAL DR. JOHN U. BENSON SPEAKER AT UNIVERSITY THURSDAY MORNING

WILLKIE RITES AWAIT ARRIVAL OF NAVY SON RUSHVTLLE, Ind., Oct. 12.—(UP' The body of Wendell L. Willkie as back in his native Indiana today awaiting final funeral arrangements ami burial in Blast Hill cemetery, not far from the farm where he once hoped to retire. The sealed bronze casket was placed in the memorial chapel of a Rushville mortuary where it will later be transferred to a crypt until Willkie's son, Philip, a naval officer on Atlantic convoy duty, arrives here for

the burial.

Hundreds of persons who knew Willkie not only as the Hoosier-born lawyer and international political figuit but also as the Rush county farm operator, were at Dunreith, Ind. when his casket was removed from the train yesterday. Only a few ot the many floral pieces which filled an express car were Placed in the chapel. The rest were sent to army hospitals in the area. The Willkie family declined the suggestion ot Governor Henry F. Schr.cker and American Legion officials that his body lie in state in the Indiana World War Memorial or at the statehouse at Indianapolis. Mrs. Willkie remained in New York City and will be accompanied to Rushville by her son when he ai rives in this country.

Coatesville Man Died Suddenly Charles Winstead Bridges, age 64 years, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home in Coatesville. Death was due to heart

disease.

Mr. Bridges was well known in the Coatesville community, where he had lived for forty years. He was born in Indianapolis, the son of Charles' and Levina Bridges. He was a nephew of the late Dill Bridges of Greencastle. For many years, Mr. Bridges was in the road contracting business. He had the contract for the .building of the Stilesville-Green-castle road and many others in Putnam county. For the past few years Mr. Bridges had' been engaged in

farming.

The deceased was a member of the. Coatesville Methodist church and the Coatesville Masonic Lodge. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Della Phillips Bridges; one son. Thaddeous Bridges, and a granddaughter. Caroline Ann Bridges; two brothers, Frank L. Bridges and William L. Bridges, both of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the family residence. Dr. L. R, Eckardt of Greencastle and the Rev. James Burroughs of Coatesville will be in charge. Burial will be in the Coatesville cemetery.

REACH MOSCOW

MOSCOW, Oct. 12.—(UP)—Prem ier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and group of colleagues of the London Polish government arrived today by plane to participate in an eleventh hour attempt to solve the thorny Polish problem.

20 Years Ago P4 GREENCASTLE

Clinton defeated the Greencastle Specials, 9 to 3, in a semi-pro basebal1 game at the Zinc Mill park. D ePauw downed the Hanover foothall team, 27 to 7. Jesse Ford was here from Bloomington. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vancleave Were visitors in Indianapolis.

Mrs. Laura Randel Called By Death Mrs. Laura B. Randel, age 72 years, of Commercial Place, die t Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Viola McKnight. in Indianapolis. . » t Mrs. Kanbel^M* 0* widow of Tom Randel, who preceded her in death several years ago, A son, Walter, died in July this year. Surviving besides Mrs. McKnight are another daughter and a son. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the George W. Usher Funeral Home, 2313 west Washington street. Indianapolis. Burial will be in Crown Hih cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral

home.

Dr, John G. Benson, general superintendent of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, told assembled appren-, tice seam^i in the V-12 unit and Civilian students at DePauw University today that as a minister he hopes medicine ‘‘will be left free from thj deadly hand of politics to continue its matchless liberation of humanity from its frailities.” Dr. Benson, who was guest speaker in the weekly Navy-civilian assembly on the DePauw campus this morning, took for his subject, "A Minister Looks At Medicine.” Discussing the science of medicine from historical point of view, Dr. Benson said that today what literally seems to be magic is being produced by medical science, with humanity its beneficiary, bringing prolonged life, less illness, and greater zeal for living. "Unless the spark of scientific interest is snuffed out by the attempted socialization of medicine, It is our opinion that the medical personality of tomorrow will discover vast new physical experiences for the human organism," the speaker said. Stressing the point that medicine today is taking account of tin emotional, the mental, and the splr tual basis of health, Drf Benson said that the result after the war will be program which will include much which will help to stabilize human personality by creating a passion to live. “In tomorrow’s medicine we believe that all healing forces including religious faith, emotional interests and intellectual integrity as well as physical welfare—will be brought together to bear upon the future of humanity’s health,” Dr. Benson said. Dr. Benson stressed the importance of the religious influence on. health, saying that he believes the trained minister of today will takhis place beside the physician at th-3 Sickbed as successfully as he takes his place in the pulpit or classroom, “and once more religion and medicine will work together for human hap-

piness."

A look into the future of medicine by Dr. Benson gives him the beliet that in the post-war period, the un shackled profession of medicine is most promising and commands the cooperation of society to guarantee its freedom. NAZI WEATHER STATION CAPTURED IN GREENLAND

HALLOWE’EN PRANKSTERS ARE WARNED BY POLICE The Greencastle police department issued a warning to all local Hallowe’en pranksters today that the authorities will tolerate no damage

of property.

Boys and girls are also notified that youngsters under 18 years of age must be indoors by 10 p. m. as the curfew ordinance is to be strictly enforced. Children are to confine their activities to Hallowe’en night and if any complaints are received the officers intend to prosecute

guilty culprits.

It was reported that a group of pre-Hallowe’en observers have been throwing shale instead of the customary shelled corn. In one case a window pane was broken at a residence and this is an act of vandalism and is punishable by both a fine

and jail term.

WORKERS HAMED IH 3 TOWHSHIPS FOR WAR CHEST

COMMITTEES ARE ANNO! M’ED IN MARION, JEFFERSON AND CLOVERDALE TINT.

SERVING COUNTRY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Ameri-can forces have captured what is believed to be the last of the Gennan’s hidden weather stations in Greenland, and Army Air Force official

disclosed today.

Three officers, nine men and m considerable quantity of tactical, radio, scientific and ordnance equip-

ment were seized.

It could not be stated where in Greenland the station was operating or why the War Department believed it to be the last Nazi weather out post. Several similar installations had been captured previously. The Germans used such stations not only to provide data for their own operations but to give them clews as to what the allies might be doing or planning to do.

Two Satellites Ready To Quit LONDON, Oct. 12.—(UP)—Bulgarian occupation troops streamed out of Greece today, paving the way for a formal armistice between the Sofia government and the allies, and Hungary also appeared about to quit the axis camp, Moscow dispatches said Hungarian resistance seemed on the verge of total collapse as three Red army columns spread toward Budapest.' Observers in Moscow expected Hungary momentarily to follow the example of Romania and Bulgaria in surrend-

ering.

The Budapest radio said Defense Minister Dudwig von Csatay would make a statement on the war situation in the upper house today. Premier Col. Gen. Vltez Geza Lakatos’ cabinet met twice yesterday to discuss problems arising from Russian occupation of part of Hungary and the evacuation of refugees, the

broadcast said.

The unreliable Paris radio reported that the Lakatos government had resigned ,but this appeared at lea.it premature. The broadcast suggested that Hungary’s capitulation might come while Prime Minister Churchill

was in Moscow.

Tass, (he official Soviet news agency, discloeed that Bulgaria had agreed to evacuate all troop* and administrative personml from Greece by Oct. 26 as a pre-condition of an armietice between Bulgaria on one side and the United States, Britain and Russia on the other. “In order to supsrvise and control this evacuation, the three allied governments will send their representatives to Bulgaria," Tass said. “These will act as a united allied military commission under the chairmanship of a Soviet representative.”

DECLARE IGAY BRUSSELS OUT OF BOUNDS TO YANKS BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 12— This city of ice cream, beer, movies and gay cafes was put out of bounds tonight to all American, troops and similar orders are to be issued to British forces. •'Despite the abundance of luxury goods," said a new provost marshall. ’'Many people here lack food and there is not much bed space for troops.” GETS SOTH JAP PLANE ^ ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Oct. 12.-(UP)-Maj. Richard I. Bong, Poplar, Wls., P-38 Lightning fighter pilot, again has become America’s top scoring ace with a record of 30 enemy planes shot down in combat. Bong reclaimed the title during a recent operation over Borneo when he shot down two Japanese fighters while Instructing a new group of American pilots in gunnery. The planes were the first he knocked out of the air since returning to this theater after he retired from combat service and took a home leave.

Dora G. Prichard, chairman of Jefferson Township for the Putnam County War Chest, has appointed the following solicitors for fund raising campaign; Mr. and Mrs. Basil Stale. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schultz. M’and Mrs. Ross Allee, Mr. and Mrs Gilbert E. Prichard, Mrs. Hattie Neier, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Stringer, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cash, Mr. ''ami Mrs. Vernie Larkin. Mr and Mrs. W. Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Truman MoCammack ,and Mr. and Mrs.

Alton Hurst.

Others named to work on the solicitors committee for the township are: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sallust Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pickens. Mr. aivl Mrs. Kenneth Salsman. Mr. and Mrs. Estil Hodge, Mr and Mrs. Dalla.i Hodge, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parke# Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Buis, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Goodpastor, Mr and Mrs. Roy Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Kerwieth Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mark and Mr. and

Mrs. Robert Ziegelman.

The quota allotted to Jefferso". Township, from the $14,550 quota for the county is $500. Solicitations are

being made in the township.

Cloverdale township’s quota for the War Chest drive is $650. The committee for the township, as announced by Ralph Fry, a vice-chair-man of the Putnam county War Chest, is headed by W. E Morrison

as chairman.

The committee members for Cloverdale are A. D. Rule, H. A. Gurny, Eva Cohn, Spurge Immett, Allen Bain, Gilberta Coffman and Ira

Knoll.

Pvt. Arthur M. Rogers is the son of Mri. Mary Rogers and the husband of Mary Louise Rogers, both of Greencastle. Pvt. Rogers is stationed at Camp Maxey. Tex., and his address is: Pvt. Arthur M. Rogers, 35833025 Co. F. 125 Inf. R e g t., Camp Maxey, Texas.

TOKYO REPORTS HASS RAID BY YAHK PLAHES

IIy I nlled l*reNN Tokyo radio reported today that 1.000 planes, presumably American had raided the Japanese fortress o: Formosa this morning, heavily at tacking the island's railway system in an air battle that the Japanese said was continuing eight hoir:

later.

An Imperial communique broad cast t» Japanese audiences in th Pacific and heard by the Federal Communications Commission, said the “enemy planes” hit Formosa “*n strength" at 7 a. m. ami that the raid was continuing at 3 p. m. iJap anese time). Tokyo said the "entire area” of Takao, Tainan and Talchu. key points on the railroad extending across the island, was the principal

target.

Tainan is the principal city of southern Formosa, Japan’s fortress base 100 miles off the China coast from which she loosed her attack on

the Philippines.

Tokyo claimed “approximately 100 enemy planes" were shot down in the first six hours of fighting. Th

™ 1 . j » .u , • broadcast said the planes were as-

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Leonard Mann. L. E. Micheal. Victor Sutherlin, L. O. Klinefelter, Wayne Branneman. Jess Job, Cerdic Ray, C. O. Davis, R. J. Coffman. Frank Davis

and Glendon Herbert.

YAHK SHOCK TROOPS STORM INTO AACHEN REACH FACTOR! DISTRICT AIDED BV AKTIU.EKY AND (DRIVE BOMBERS S U 1* K E M E HEADQUARTERS, AEF, PARIS, Oct. PL—(UP)— American shock troops stormed burning Aaehen today under cover of an ariillcry and dive bomber assault, and drove Into the Rocte-1.,<le factory distriet against iclutivcly light resistance.

Id. Gen. 'Courtney It. Army forces, nig th concentric i"-.. 1 • oo ail direction strewn surest 01 V,. east.

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Stalin Praises U.S. War Effort

BAPTIST NOTICE Please bring candy and cookies to parsonage by Friday evening for the over seas soldiers’ Christmas boxes. TRIPLE-A NEWS Tlie Putnam County Triple-A Of fice announces that after October 1, soybean growers may apply for meal certificate at county AAA offices. No applications will be approved, however, until soybeans are sold. Grower-feeders may make applications on a monthly basis or for a period covering more than a month’s requirements. Numbers of livestock and poultry on the farm, and protein or mixed feed already on hand will be taken into consideration when making individual allocations. Certificates can be taken to any estnblished dealer, who may furnish Uu meal from his supplies or accept the order and deliver the meal when It is available. In ai^ event the dealer is assured ■et-aaide meal to replenish his supplidb from the next months' allocations, provided he and the growerfeeder execute the appropriate items In the certificate and mail the forms to the county or state committee. Certificates will not be needed unless farmers are unable to buy meal in any other way.

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MOSCOW, Oct. 12 —(UP)— A new high in Anglo-Soviet relations was established today by Marshall Josef Stalin's unprecendented appearance at a foreign Embassy dinner and his lavish praise of America’s contribution to the war effort. The occasion for the Soviet iPremier's historic appearance was a dinner last night at the British Embasy, attended by a host of high Russian, American and British officials, including Prime Minister Winefon Churchill. Stalin’s address staressed the tremendous importance of the United States war effort. He said frankly while the Soviet union and Britian had played great ioles In the victories over Germany, things might have been different w.thout the aid of the United States. It was the tirst time Stalin had accepted an invitation to dine at a foreign Embassy and hia appearance at the dinner Isst night indicated the importance attached to the AngloSoviet post-war relations. The dinner was in return for the luncheon thi Soviet Premier tended the visiting British delegates yesterday. During tne dinner, Churchill saw his first military victory salute from the Kremlitv, as the capital's gune showered the rides with colored fire works in tribute to Marshall Rodion Y. Malinovsky’* capture of Cluj and Szeged yesterday.

Marion Sears, chairman of the Putnam County War Chest committee for Marion township, has • announced the following list of .committeemen for the township: Mm. Mildred McGinnis, Mrs. Mary McKerney. Mm. Leota Bowen, Mrs. Irene Friend. Mrs. Helen Johnson. Mrs. Goldie Tharpe. Mrs. Elsie Cowgill. Miss Madeline O’Dell. Miss Maxine Tharpe. John C. Sears, Earl Cash, Carl Arnold, Pearl Bunten, Gilbert Knetzer, Albert Hunter. Frank Hunter, Lois Clark. Walter Poynter, Fred Hunter, Mds. Dorothy DeVftney, Mrs. Roy Buis and Mrs. S. B. Atkins. The township quota for Marion township is $500. FIRE DRILL HELD A fire drill was held at First, Second and Third Ward schools Wednesday by Ed Hoffman. State Fire Mai - shal Inspector, O. W. Hill and Chief William Lawrence. First Ward has an enrollment of 204 children and they made their exit In 35 seconds; Second Ward, 216 chlldicn. 40 seconds, and Third Ward, 254 children, 1 minute and 5 seconds. Mr. Hoffman complimented them very highly in the manner in which the drill wna

conducted.

AWARDER FLYING < ROSS The War Department announced today that 1st Lieut. Thomas E. Taylor of Roachdale has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Lt. Taylor is with the United States Army Fifteenth Air Force. REPORT SCHACHT SEIZED

indicating that possibly land-based craft froqj China bases have joined with carrier planes in the attack. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced Tuesday that a powerful Ameri bin task' force had smashed at the Ryukyu Islands, 200 miles soutli ol japan prrtper and extending to within 60 mi WO of Formosa. 'Mottday

jTuefldaj) 1 'Japan tibiej:'"

Tokyo broadcastit later said thi carrier force, from Adm. William I Halsey’s Third Fleet, was “still lurking in the waters off the Ryukyus.” There was no confirmation from any allied source, however, that Vic" Adm. Mate A. Mitscher's Task Force 58 had turned its attention to Formosa, as the Japanese communique

would indicate.

FROST REPORTED A heavy frost was reported, in many parts of Putnam county Thurs day morning as the temperature slipped downward during the night to a minimum of 40 degrees at • a. m.

Strike Diverted To Round Table

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 12 Hjalmar Schacht, formed head of the German Reiohsbank and the financial wizard who devised most of the Nazi financial and economic controls, has been arrested in Germany, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today. Dagens Nyheter said Schacht's niece, Slgrld Schacht, 27 years told, Swedish authorities of the arrest of her uncle.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 12 (UP I A threatened strike of 70.000 war plant workers in a dispute over damage to a 75-cent lock was diverted to a round table conference today. Representatives of the Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America," the Army-operated Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co., and U. K Conciliation Service were scheduled to begin negotiations at 2 p. m. toward settlement of the dispute whir 1 threatened to involve an estimated 200 000 workers in 67 Cleveland lv troit and Toledo war plants ini a sym-

pathy strike.

Compromising on his earlier refusal to negotiate on the selection of one member of a three-man Arbitrrtion Board by Cleveland's Mayor Frank J. Lausche, Mesa's national secretary, Matthew Smith, declared his readiness to consider the composition of the Board "when and if such a Board is necessary.” Smith defined his position in a telegram to Lt. Col. George D. Lynn war department representative in management of the Graphite plants. Smith did not, however, agree to blind acceptance of Lausche's appointee, apparently reserving the right to challenge.

Putnam County War Chest HAVE YOU HEARD THAT: A day’s pay apiece will nee the job done. We can’t let tliem down now.

yesterday, the arrival of reinforc"ments at the front and the fury of German countei attaeka on both .sid.-.i of the American siege perimeter indicated the Nazi command was determined to hold the city as long ••■■i

possible despite the cost.

The Germans begat, their, latest count, rat fa» k tempt to v. the .Aachen corridor at Coep east of Bardenberg. four miles north northeast of Aachen, and it still was continuing a half hour lut< 1 Du tanks

supported the enemy iniantiy.

A similar attack at 5:31) u. in. yesterday by perhaps 2,000' Germ a troops supported by tanks was broken uji by American tanks and artillery without loss of ground before the enemy even reached our infantry, American tanks and artillery also halted and dispersed ti\*o enemy columns of perhaps 10 000 nn n and ap-

propriate armor which boldly lo reinforce the garrison with light advance through tin

yesterday.

Stunned by the relentk and land bombardment, German troops well suit the scores. Some 400 p been counted in the 21 last midnight, but lot Ui the tough garrison of l. appeared determined to end. Many were SS fighting on the eastern Radio Berlin said bit hand fighting was rag.

Aaehen area ••insiiiiri tie adc.iiH.'lli;; enemy.” Anoihei Berlin dn-puL U said the din of battle was audible m Cologne, soon 40 miles away. Clouds ol amok.- and dust., tinged with the red of raging fire, io.ij hufidreds of feet ov. 1 medieval Aachen as American div<-.;o,nb. s and massed guns ranging up to t<(ght-inch cannon carried out tho allied command's promise to de.-troy the city utterly unless Ur g , i risi ii

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HOG MARKET

Hogs 9,000; steady; good and choice 120-240 lbs., $14.80; above 240 lbs., $14.05: 100-119 lbs.. $13.75-$14; good and choice sows $14-$14.05.

GETS PROMOTION

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams have received word that their son, Clair who Is with the 5th Army in France, has been promoted to Staff Sergeant.

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