The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 November 1944 — Page 1

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IGHT TERRY ISTED AS DEAD BY WAR DEPT. IT REPORTED MISSING INACTION OVER ITALY OCTOBER 24, 1»43

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1944.

NO. 324

’rst Lieutenant Dwight E. Terry, was reported missing in action ctober 24, 1043, has been declaread by the War Department acjing to a letter received Monday is brother, Leo Terry, e records show that he piloted a Lightning (one-man plane! on mbat mission to Terni, Italy and seen attacking an enemy fighter e and firing at it, both planes beheaded downward. Subsequently plane, believed to have been y’a was sighted near Lake Brac;o behind the formation, which went into the clouds. When the nation came out of the clouds, plane had disappeared. e letter states that Terry had ormed gallant service on many r bat missions, making a splendid nbution to the defeat of the ny. He had been awarded the Medal with three Oak Leaf tors. wight is survived by his brother, , and a Sister, Mrs. Herbert Flint.

w System Of Sorority Rushing new system of orientation for rity rushing activities at DePauw versity has been put into effect year, presenting to all new wwstudents and their parents the Jcies and objectives of sorority 'ging oh the campus. The new em was worked out by the Panlenic Councft, the governing unit DcPauw's nine national sororitin cooperation with Miss Leota Colpitts. dean of women. le plan is of especial value this t," said Miss Marjorie Van TasWhite Plains, N. Y., president of Council. “DePauw will have th; atest enrollment of girls in the ory of the school for the winter ester, and only a part of them be pledged by sororities at this *. Rush orientation gives the nties an opportunity to explain situation to new DeiPauw girls." ush orientation plans provided t new DePauw freshmen women id return to the campus a day !ly, so that the system of rushcould be made clear to all new ents. A special meeting was held all parents of new women sluts. at which time Miss Van Tasand Dean Colpitts explained the irity rush system, established the t of the sorority in college life, explained why every girl will not i pledged during rush week. "ter in the afternoon a meeting held for all new women students, a Marjorie Shreeve, Muncie, dis3ed what the sororities expect ( hi their pledges, Miss Connie rk, Wheaton, Jll., explained what sororities do and what they have offer, Dean Colpitts explained the t which sororities and indepent activities play in the process of t'ge education, and Miss Van Tasdescribed the system of prefer ial bidding used on the DePauw Tipus,

HARRY TONEY REPORTS SPLENDID CORN YIELD Harry Toney, Floyd township farmer, reported a record corn yield Wednesday. He stated that he raised 420 bushels of Pioneer hybrid com on 3.1 acres which averages better than 123 bushels to the acre. He also said he tended the corn with a horse-drawn plow, a walking cultivator, and shucked it by hand.

Program Thursday At Gobin Church

The World Community Day service sponsored by the Greencastle Federation of Church Women, will be observed Thursday evening, November 2, at the Gobin Memorial Methodist ciiurch at 7:30 p. m. This day has been designated by the United Council of Church Women as the day upon which church women are to be asked hereafter to hold their World Community Day meetings. The program in 1944 is based upon the theme “The Price of Enduring Peace” as no other subject seems as important in these days when we are experiencing the price of war and need to realize the price theit must be paid, also, if the peace which is to come is to be just and secure. This year's program majors upon the problems of relief and rehabilitation, economic independence, and the problems of the home front. Mrs. E. R. Bartlett will be the speaker of the evening and Dr. Van Denman Thompson will be the organist. Program Worship and prayer. Hymn. Leader—Mrs. Ward Mayhall. The Lord’s Prayer in Unison. A Cappella Choih Prayers: Thanksgiving—-Rep. from Episcopal church Confession—Rep. from Christian church Intercession Leader. Mrs. Mayhall For Unity and Justice—Rep of Baptist church For a New Order—Rep. of Colored Baptist church For the Church -Rep. of Methodist church. Commitment Service- Mrs. Mayhall. Dr. Winona Welch will 'read the list of gold star boys In the county. pW Dedication—Rep. of Maple Heights church. “The Price of Enduring Peace”— Mrs. E. R. Bartlett. Solo- Miss Helen Miles of A. M. E. church. Benediction—Mrs. Mayhall. Closing Hymn.

$5,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED BY SAM BROWN CHARLES HESS DEFENDANT FOLLOWING SHOOTING ON JUNE 20, 1944

Sam Brown, through his attorneys M. J. Murphy, Greencastle. and Ira Holmes. Indianapolis, has filed suit in the Putnam circuit court for damages oi $3,000 against Charles Hess local garageman. The complaint is the outgrowth of a shooting episode at Hess’ garage on the morning of June 20th. The suit sets out that the defendant He'-s was guilty of violent assault upm the plaintiff and struck, and snot plaintiff thereby causing serious and permanent injuries. The complai.it further sets out that the defendart had premeditated on said assault; that bullet from the revolver entered Brown’s body in the region of the left groin and severed nerve centers and nerve tissues resulting in continual pain and partial loss of use of left leg. As g result of the shooting, it is alleged that the plaintiff lost his ability to work full time and that his earning capacity had decreased. The complaint also states that Brown was confined to the hospital for nine days and loat 23 pounds of weight. In conclusion the suit asks for damages of $5,000 and costs therein.

SPOKE TO PCA

Dr. W. L Myers Dr. W. I. Myers, dean of the Agricultural College of Cornell University, Ithica, N, Y. was the chief speaker at the annual meeting of the Greencastle (Production Credit Association, held at the high school budding today.

LPH FRY APPOINTED ORM WARNING OBSERVER

Iph Fry of Cloverdale has been ointed Storm Warning Observer Putnam County, it was announctoday by C. H. Bamaby, Jr., Put 4 County Civilian Defense chair- * r ' Pry, former air raid warden, 1 report approaching storms and p r atmospheric disturbances to U. S. Army Air Corps at Stout •d. The appointment of the obser- » along army “flyways” is to prole safer flying by coordination of rts of wind velocities, approachstorms and other disturbances.

20 Years Ago Of GREENCASTLE

iss Mary Louise Throop suffered broken left ankle when she fell Me hiking with some other girls r the Big Four arch, utler defeated the DePauw foot 1 ‘earn. 26 to 0. • D. Wright, deputy county clerk, rted that more than 700 absent r» ballots had been used. C. C. Tucker was a visitor ii anapolia.

FDR's Promises No Good-Dewey ABOARD DEW EY CAMPAIG 4 TRAIN, NoV. 1.—(UP)- -Gov. Thomas E. Dewey swung his presidential campaign Into New England today after charging that President Roosevelt’s campaign promises are “bogus,” “no good,” and “worthless.” The Republican presidential candidate, in a strong bid for Massachusetts 16 electoral votes, scheduled three station stops — Springfield, Pittsfield and Worcester—and a major radio address tonight from Boston at 8:30 p. m. (CWT) over NBC. Paul E. Lockwood, secretary of the New York governor, said he will discuss in tonight’s speech “the subversive elements who now seek to take over the country," and would outline “the principles by which we must live if we are to be free.” The charge of “bogus” and “worthless” campaign promises was hurled by the Republican candidate last night before an enthusiastic throng estimated at 20,000 In the vast Buffalo, N Y„ memorial auditorium. Insisting that the record of the Roosevelt administration since its inception 12 years ago has been one of “broken promises.” Dewey said: “We cannot live on promises. We must have pertormance this timebefore its too late. He said the President’s promise of postwar jobs was “worthless” on the ground that there still were 10.000,000 unemployed in March 1940, after the Roosevelt administration had been in office for eight years. The President’s promise of good farm prices after the war he dismissed as “bogus,” wtih the assertion that "it took a war to get prices, just as it took a war to get jobs.”

Fire Chief Back With New Truck Greencastle now has one of the latest pieces of equipment in fire fighting apparatus with the new Seagrave truck, purchased by the city coiypcil this summer, now at the local fire department. Fire Chief William Lawrence, who went to Columbus, Ohio, Monday to drive back the truck from the Seagrave factory, arrived in Greencastle Tuesday evening at 7:35 o’clock. He reports he was well pleased with the way the big machine operated fronifi ( driving standpoint. Immediately upon mi rival, many citizens who were downtown, stopped at the fire station to inspect the new machine. A demonstration of the various features of the new truck will be held Thursday at the Zinc Mill. Thomas J. Lovett Called By Death FMneral services for Thomas J, Lovett, age 86 who died Tuesday, will be held from the Chastain Funeral Home in Roachdale at two o’clock Thursday afternoon, with the Rev. Ray Britton in charge. Burial will be in the Roachdale cemetery Mr. Lovett was born March 15, 1858 in Franklin township, Putnam county, the son of Thomas and Catherine Walsh Lovett. He was married to Lillie E. Harrison, Dec. 18, 1880 in Ottawa, Canada. He was a farmer all his life, and spent about 25 years in Canada; but returned to Indiana in recent years. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge. , Survivors include Mrs. Lovett; one daughter, Mrs. Alice Hall, of California; two sons. Ralph, North Salem, and Kenneth, West Allis, Wis.; four sisters, Mrs. Nora Thomp son. Miss Kate Lovett, Mias Nelle Lovett and Mrs. Nancy Crawlqy, ill of Greencastle; two brothers, William, Roachdale, and Mike, Carthage seven grandchildren and one great grandson. Kunter Rites At Evansville John Herman Henry Kunter, ago 76 years, south College avenue, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Ihitnam county hospital. He had been ill for more than a year. Mr. Kunter and his wife came to Greencastle from Evansville four years ago to make their home with their daughter, Miss Veneta Kunter. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Augusta Marie Kunter and one daughter, Veneta Kunter, registrar at DePauw University. Friends may call at the Rector Funeral Home this evening. Thursday morning the body will be taken to Evansville where funeral services will be held. Burial will be In the Memorial Park cemeUry, Evansville.

Roachdale Had Good Time Tues. (Hallowe'en was observed in a Mardi Grass carnival spirit at RoacTidale Tuesday night and the event, sponsored by the Lions Club of the north Putnam town, attracted a huge crowd. A fish fry, a big parade of masqueraders, and the awarding of a number of cash prizes for the various costumes, were the main features of the occasion. The Roachdale streets were thronged with merrymakers and on* lookers from early evening until late at night and everyone had a good time. The members of the Lions Club worked hard to make the affair a success and are to be congratulated upon their efforts.

RUSS FORCES CONVERGING ON BUDAPEST

SOVIET INFANTRYMEN ONLY 43 MILES FROM HUNGARIAN CAPITAL MOSCOW, Nov. 1 (UP) Russian tank forces smashed across northeastern Hungary today in a rapidlydeveloping pincers attack on Budapest and Soviet infantrymen engaged the enemy in fierce street fighting in Kecskement, 43 miles southeast of the capital. Two armored columns of Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's 2nd Ukrainian army were nearing the upper Tisza river, 80 miles east of Budapest, after recapturing the big rail and road center of Nyireghyaza and occupying two other nearby towns. (Berlin, in reporting that German forces withstood “major" tank attacks south of Szolnok, indicated that the Soviets also were driving toward Budapest at a point 45 miles east southeast of the capital.) The Russian communique dwelt almost entirely on the Hungarian campaign, mentioning only that artillery exchanges occured on the East Prussian front. (Soviet sources still failed to confirm Berlin reports of a new Russian offensive along the Narew river on both sides of Pultusk, 30 miles north of Warsaw.) The closest approach to Hungary's strife-torn capital was made by Malinovsky's southern forces which crossed the Tisza river at Alpar, marched 14 miles across an open plain and stormed Into Kecskement, a five-way rail and U-way highway

junction.

In the sweep across the plain between the Tisza and Danube rivers, the Russians captured 4,081 enemy troops and surrounded two regiments of the 23rd Hungarian infantry dlvi-

SERVING COUNTRY

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i A. Brackney, so t ; of i»j. and Mi l. ! Roy Brackney of

j Greencastle. Ind

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‘ last week from i the Army A i r Forces Flexible ' Gunnery School. La redo Army , An Field. Laredo. Texas, r ' member of the A A F Trainin' Command. He 1: now qualified to member of n

H. A. Brackney take his place as u

bomber combat crew. Along with his diploma, he received a pair of Aerial Gunner’s silvei wings and a promotion in grade at brief graduation exercises held here. He was prepared for his place in America's stepped-up air offensive by a comprehensive six weeks cource in every phase of aerial gunnery warfare. Besides learning to fire every type weapon from camera guns to the deadly calibei .50 Brownings, he studied turret manipulation, aircraft identification, stripping and reassembling of machine guns while blindfolded. He climaxed the course by air firing on towed targets. Allies Landing Near Flushing PARIS, Nov. 1.— (UP)—Berlin re|H>rted that allied amphibious forces swarmed ashore today on Ihe south coast of Walcheren Island, key to the Schelde estuary last barrier to reoiMuilng of the big port of Antwerp to allied ships waiting lo pour supplies Into western Europe for a grand offensive against Germany. The troops began landing early Ibis morning near Flushing, at the southern tip of Waleheren, after an

Forest Fire Hits Madison Township A forest fire, .starting about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening and which was not bniught under control until after 3 a. m. Wednesday, hit the south part of Madison township doing considerable damage. According to leports of local men who assisted in battling the conflagration. a house, a cabin, and a small bam were destroyed by the flames. The hriuse and cabin were said to hgve been owned by a Terre Haute man and had only recently been erected. Fire Wardens said the blaze was caused by sparks from trains on th' New York Central railroad. The fire swept over sections of the old DcVaney farm, east of Thomas Lake, and burned a cornfield belonging to Jess Richardson. Lical fire wardens headed by Fred Pease were summoned to the scene about 7:30 p. m. and did not return home until the early morning hours Wednesday. Clamp Blockade On Leyte Island ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Nov. 1. (UP)—American torpedo boats and fighter plants clamped a tight air-sea blockade on the west coast of Leyte today, wrecking Japanese barges and luggers attempting to run reinforcements across the Camotes Sea from Cebu for a last stand against American invasion forces. (Radio Algiers said the Japanese have declared maritial law in Manila.) Carrier-based planes destroyed or damaged 20 barges at Ormoc, the enemy’s last remaining stronghold on Leyte, yesterday, while torpedo boat* blasted two luggers to the bottom of Ormoc bay and also sank two lighters in Surigao strait off the south coast of Leyte. , It is at Ormoc, west coast sea and air base .that the Japanese are expected to make their final stand on Leyte in an attempt to defay the American liberation of the Philippines.

iza, 14 miles southeast of Kecske-

ment.

More than 200 inhabited places were libertted by Malinovsky's troops which were driving north to Budapest along two parallel rail lines leading from the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, ami the eastern

hank of the Danube river. REACH GREEK PORT

sion, apparently at Kuskunfeleghy- i* 11 "‘K 1 " artillery humhurd

lucid Ironi the llreskciiN area three milcH across the entrance to Ihe Schelde estuary, the (■eriuaii Trans-

ocean agency said.

The German high eoniniand said violenl lighting for Ihe elty and |Hirt of Flushing was going on after the landing, which was supported hi

naval forces.

Little Theater To Give Comedy DePauw’s University's Little Theater season will open on Old Gold Week-end, Nov. 10, and 11, with a presentation of Thompson Buchanan’s three-act romedy, "Civilian Clothes," according to Dr. Herold T Ross, director of the Little Theater. Produced by Dozer Du, DePauw's firamatic fraternity, th<» play will be presented as a part of the regular activitljf |jf. the homeqoming weekend, which this year will be a combined Old Gold Day and Dad's Day. The play, directed by Prof. Robert Williams of the Speech department, is based on the everlastingly fascinating problem of matrimony. Lead parts will he taken by Vester "Duke” Lenzen of Greencastle and Baibara Sibbitt of Frankfort. The story is concerned with the lesson w/ich Flo Lanham (Miss Sibbitt) learns from her soldier husband (Mr. Lenzen).

ARRIVES IN ENGLAND Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myers are in receipt of word from their son Sgt Earl E. Myers that he has arrived safely in England.

ROME, Nov. 1. (UP) British patrols have reached the big Greek port of Salonika on the Aegean Sen. a communique said today. Cologne Ablaze After RAF Raids LONDON, Nov. 1.—(UP)—The U. S. 8th Air Force hurled more than 550 heavy ImuiiInth and fighters into a series Of widespread attacks on synthetic oil and railway targets In western Germany today in the wake of a powerful RAF Might assault that started new tires in the smoldering city of Cologne. LONDON. Nov. 1. (UP) More than 500 British heavy bombers blasted another huge section of Cologne into blazing rubble last night, boosting the tonnage of explosives dumped on that battered city in the last four days alone to 10,800. Thus Cologne in the last 84 hours has been bombaided with 1,500 more tons of bombs than the Germans dropped on London during the entire 11-month blitz of 1940-41. V. F\ W. NOTICE Regular meeting of Gen. Jesse M. Lee Post 1550. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Members urged to attend. Girl Scouts Get Fern Sand Pit Announcement was made today by J. T. Christie of a gift of the OwensIllinois Class Co., formerly operators of the Fern Cliffs sand pit under the name of the Root Glass Co., of Terre Haute to the Greencastle Girl ScouU. The tract of ground comprises 123 acres and will make one of the finest recreation centers for Girl Scouts of any group in the country. The title to the ground has not been received by the local organization, but it will come through In due course of time, as the headquarters of the company is In Detroit, Mich, and all details which have been worked out, will be concluded from

that city,

Burglar Now Denies Slaying

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1 (UP) - Sheriff Otto Petit said today that William Luallen, 26, convicted burgular, would be returned to the Indiana state prison after the prisoner had repudiated his confession that he killed WAC Cpl. Maoma L. Ridings a year ago. Jn an oral statement, Luallen first accused his divorced wife, Mrs. Wynona Kidd Luallen, 25, Knoxville, Tenn., of killing the 32-year-old Warm Springs, Ga., WAC with a broken whiskey bottle Aug. 28, 1943, and then "confessed” that he himself killed Iw. After repeated questioning, he told his ex-wife, a priest and Petit yesterday that he had “dreamed the whole thing up so that I could get her (his former wife) back here" because "I couldn't stand to see her out while I was in prison." Luallen admitted that he had been lying about the whole affair, shortly before he was to have made a written statement to the sheriff. Petit said that the convict would be held several days for further questioning before being returned to

prison.

GUARD KILLED; I 5 INMATES HURT AT STAIt I-aKM CROWBAR TOUCHES OFF’ DYNAMITE CHARGE IN FARM QUARRY TODAY CharleN Delieshlre, a guard at V' Indiana state farm, wa* killed a> 5 inmates werr hurl in an ex pie at the quarry of the InstltutK shortly after 10 a. m. Wednesday. A report from the stale poliee ha raeks at I’utiiamville said Ihe grou was punehlng In the rock with a crowbar and evidently sel off n ehurge of dynumite that had not been exploded in previous blasts. TOKYO REPORTS SUPERFORTRESSES SEEN OVER CITY ONE OR MOKE B-29s REPORTED IN VICINITY OF JAPAN’S CAPITAL TODAY lly I nlteil Press One or more American B-29 Superfortresses roared over Tokyo today, the first enemy aircraft to appear over the Japanese capital since Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s famed car-ried-based raid two and half years ago, Japanese broadcasts reported. First Tokyo transmissions said “several enemy four-motored planes" flew over the Tokyo area soon after l p. m. (midnight EWT), touching off air raid aliens in the world’s third largest city, but a later broadcast asserted that only one plane, identified ns a Superfortress, had appeared. FCC monitors said the late broadcast quoted eastern defense authorities as announcing that the Superfortresses had been driven off by Japanese fighters and antiaircralt fire "without inflicting any damage.” It fled southeast with Japanese fighters in pursuit, the broadcast

said.

The broadcast did not rejaat ail earlier claim that one of tho “several raiders" was shot down over the outskirts of Tokyo. The Superfortress was believed to have come from an American base in the Marianas, Tokyo said, presumably Saipan, 1,500 miles to the south. The foray, if confirmed, might be the opening phase of a land-based air assault on Tokyo. Even if the bombers dropped no .explosives on the enemy capital, they may have been engaged on reconnaissance for later strikes. Japanese stations said inetropo!it-| an Tokyo had the “thrill” of witness-,, ing Japanese fighteis in a "catoh-as catch-can chase" against the enem, planes, but there was no repetitin of the panicky radio Tokyo accf that accompanied Doolittle's misslo with twin-engined Mitchell liomhc from the carrier Hornet. April t

1942.

Never before have enemy landbased bombers flown over Tokyo, though the city of 7,000,OIK) has lain under threat of bombardment ever since thA formation of the 20th Bomber Command of Superfortresses last June with tile main objective attacking Tokyo and othei targets on the Far Eastern islands. The Superfortresses already funs made 10 raids on Japanese factories, airfields and other objectives in Kyushu, one of the home islands southwest of Tokyo. Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and China from bases >n China. Other bases weie known to he in preparation and perhaps already have been completed on Saipan in the Marianas, 1.500 miles south f Tokyo.

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