The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 January 1945 — Page 2
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THE DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945.
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score or more had offered their flash lights, and as a result Lt. J. Don McLean who is with the air forces somewhere in Italy, will get the flashlights he has written repeatedly for during the past month.
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Lawrence Littrell received the following letter from his brother. Pfc. liewis Littrell: Hello Smoky, Thought I would write you a few lines tonight, I wrote mom a letter today. I hope this finds everybody well and hope you all had a nice Christmas. Did you have plenty of Uncle Tom for Christmas this year? Well, I didn’t have any, but I surd wish I had about a quart. Well, Smoky, I am back in tha hospital again. I was in Germany and was wounded and came back here. I wouldn't give Madison township for all of Europe. I used to drink wine and Cog- | nac in France and Belgium, but ; 1 didn’t drink anything in Germany. 1 Write and tell me where you are working and how Muddy made out with the election. I am about out of space, so I will ciose for now. Tell everyone hello for me and answer soon. From Lewis to all
The Daily Banner
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Herald Consolidated “It Waves For All” S. K. Itariden. Publisher Entered In the postoffice at Greencastie, Indiana as second class mail matter under Act of March 8, 1878. Suhscripbion rates, 15 cents per week; $3.00 per year by mail in Putnam County; $3.50 to $5.00 per year by mail outside Putnam County. 17-19 South Jackson Street. TODAY’S BIBLE THOUGHT Even the lowly are his children; Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly, but the proud he knoweth ifar off. Psalm 138:6.
I^erwonal and LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Lewis Baumunk. Reelsville, P. 2, was released from the Putnam
county hospital Friday.
Mrs. Mable Hall, Roachdale, R. 1. was admitted to the Put-
nam county hospital Friday.
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ATTEND MEITING
current year, maintain the present acreage of corn in order to
Putnam county inmi leaders provide feed for livestock; rcwere in Crawfi j vile Th. - Uiv duce the acreage in oats to.perto attend a distiiet meting of mit the increase on soybeans agricultural war I • ;<i d members j ond wheat; reduce their poultry and county AAA ’MiniUeenien production about 16 per cent and j
to hear discussion of the local and state fo< 1 pi luetion goals for 1945, the nci d 1 i food by America and lit i allies, price
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UP) — Beginning Jan. 15 airmail rates between this country and Hawaii will be reduced from 20 to 15 cents a half ounce. Between here and Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands the rate will tv lowered from 10 to 8 cents
a half ounce.
OFFICER GUILTY GALESBURG, 111., Jan. 5.— (UP)—Lt. Webster L. Harraway, 26-year-old Negro army officer of New Albany. Ind., today faced 25 years Imprisonment at ’’ard labor imposed by a court martial conducted at Mayo Gen•ral hospital yesterday. Harraway was found guilty on eight charges including intent to commit rape, larceny, wrongi'ully striking another person and assault and battery. An army veteran of three years, he i also was sentenced to dishonoable discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances.
Four Leaf Clover Chib To Meet TueMlay The Four Leaf Clover Club will meet with Mm. Edmond Torr Tuesday, January 9 at 1:30 p. m. The lesson will be in charge of Mrs. Phillip Hutceson on “The Outlook For 1945”. Roll call will be a radio advertise ment. The following officers for 1946 are, President, Mrs. Lloyd Houck; Vice-president, Mrs. James Torr; Secretary, Mrs. Franklin Torr; and Treasurer, Mrs. A. E. Byers. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Charles Hutcheson. + + + + Home Ik- Otuh .Meets Jan. 9 The Brick Chapel Home Econmic Club will met at the home of Mrs. Clifford Earley Tuesday | Jan. 9th at 1:30 P. M. Everyone
invited
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f'entiiry Club Meets Friday The Century Club will meet with Mrs. Hiram Jomc Friday, January 12. at 2:30.
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Pvt. Charles Phillips
Weds Texas Girl
Mrs. Virgil Deem has received word of the marriage > of her brother. Pvt. Charles M. Phillips
,,, , . «. . . i to Miss Dorothy Ward on DccWilliam Floyd is confined to ( / ,,, , . , . . I ember 20th at Temple, li \ , ; his home on Walnut street by, . . „ ^
ihe home of the bride.
1 j pvt. Phillips has been transMrs. Lamia Pierce is a patient’ 1 erred from MeCloskey General in the Methodist hospital at In-j hospital at Temple to Camp Liv-i diannpolis. ( ingstone, Louisiana. He has 1
been changed from the medical
SOCIETY TO EASE’MISERY
OF .CHILD'S COLD RUB OH VICKS ■ WapoRub
Entertains With Turkey Dinner Mrs. Ruth Bryant entertained wih a turkey dinner at her home on Elm stivet for the third Wednesday Bridge Club Thursday evening. Eleven members were present. BULLETINS WASHINGTON, Jan. ft—(UP) —The Big TliriM* meeting hrI \\ e e ii Tree blent Roosevelt, Prime Minister! Winston 4 hurcliill and Premier Josef Stalin will he lu-.d somellnv- after Jan. 20, Mr. Roosevelt said today. The time and place, he added, depend a good dcsJ ou whut he called ite i onditions. W ASHINGTON, Jan. 5—(UP) —President U e-urlt, preparing an e\tr;virdiuary long nv's--si-;e for delivery to Congress, said today lie would give tin' \meri« - an pisiple a radio swnniury of the 8,(H)0-\vonl doeument soimdlm*' Ivlween 8 and 9 p. in. CWT. lootorrow. I.KU]SI..\TITRE M iMilhmuil Irom Oiip)
cities.
I: p. Ear! Teckemcyer, R., Indinmtpoli . who was chairman of t'i state legislative welfare in-
PROMPT ACTION! STRICT PRIVACY] Simply tell us how much you need. We’ll do the rest. Arran,. I menu made quickly and easily, without inconvenience to y 0 i‘ || Loans Up to $300. INDIANA LOAN CO. 19 Vi East Washington St. Phone 151
gains against fierce resistance it the eastern end of the Po valley. Canadians forced the enemy Hack from defensive positions in a network of canals and coastal marshes and reached the Bonfica canal, a mile and a half soutff of San Alberto on the lake shore, headquarters said today. #
FAIRGROUND FIRE INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 5.— (UP)—Some 160 Army Air Forces enlisted men salvaged airplane carburetor parU today after a fire caused by a defective stove swept through the third floor of the Women’s Building at ihe Indiana State Fairgrounds lust night. Army Air Forces officers said damage to the brick and concrete structure, now used by the 836th AAF Specialized Depot, was estimated at $12,000. However the officers added that nearly all of the parts valued at $250,000 would be reclaimed.
Two First Aid Classes Here
William Surber. Bainbrklge, R. „ . • , . h 1 corps to infantry training in-,
1, was admitted to the county. . „ ._ .. vcslicatiim commission, intro _ J 1 eluding rifle and machine gun. Plana have been cnmnletetl fm
hospital Friday. 1 , . “ ... duoed a l.dl calling for the orea- , ’ana nave been completed rot
I vt. Phillips expects to be in , „ . » two courses in Red Cross First
Corp. Harold H. Graver has a Louisiana from six to eight , iit^ .mhers 1 Ail1 *° °P cn within the next new overseas address which may i weo * <s an ‘* L ,(> overseas. j . . . week. Both classes will be
be obtained bv calling Mrs. Cray- I His address is Pvt Charles M W1 .‘ 1 .' ,s a ‘ 1 11 bc *
ia!f of th legislature between
structor for the work will Miss Barbara Daniels, receJ come to Greencastie to senn secretary in Gobin Memon! church office. Miss Daniels hn had 80 hours training as a p Cross First Aid instructor ^ has taught 35 classes in Aid. The second Class has b«a| planned particularly for rJ Cross volunteer Nurse’s Aide? but is open, too, to others (J whom their meeting night more convenient. This g^ will have its first class nieeti! Thursday, January 11, a t n. m. and each of its meetine will be three hours in duratin According to present plans, t* class will meet on succeedlj. Thursday nights. L. B. Cowgf '’hairman for Red Cross Fin Aid in Putnam county will 1 struct this class. Persona Interested in becos ing members of either of the groups may register by callii Red Cross office, number 4,1 by appearing at cither of u opening meetings. Persons i terested in taking advane First Aid are also asked to nu) that wish known by calling r, Cross office. Such a class » lie organized when a need known to exist.
be obtained by calling Mrs. Crav- I
cr- ! Phillips, 35243102. Co. C, 1231 I
I Inf. Tr. Bn., 31st Inf. Tr. Reg.,
1 Mrs. Dorothy Young, Reels- 1 c am p Livingston. Louisiana,
ville. R. 1, was returned to her + .j. .j. ... nome from the county hospital U( „ llttnV nr ,.|,. Friday. ( m„( Tkunday
John William Cox S l ie is | Th', Woman's Circlv of the home on a seven day leave. He j Presbyterian Church met at the is the son of Mr. and Mrs. El- | home of Mrs. O. F. Browning, E. mer R Cox of near Mt. Meridian ; Hanna street, Thursday after-
noon. Mrs. Mary Knobel gave a
George Cone returned to his home on R. 3, Greencastie. Fri-
day from hospital.
the Putnam county
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Mr. and Mis. Roy Newgent attended the funeral of Bennett Ik>we at Brook Ind. Mr. Lowe was the father of Mrs. Russell
j program of readings. Several lotj tejs were read from the boys in wervice, thanking the Woman's Circle for the Christmas boxes they received. Dainty refreshments were served.
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Newgent, formerly of this city. I Mpt W,,h >,rs ’ |,err - v Mr. Lowe visited in Greencastie I Ibo Thursday Reading Club several times. [ ,net at the home of Mrs. Lloyd
1 Perry Thursday evening. Mr.:. Elmore was in charge of the pro-
Suppr.rts for la’ii iffoducts. accomplishment.-; -I lb . ier farmers in 1914. .mil educational phAsos of the p tin for the current year. Thi nu ding drew fartii leaders fiom more than a dozen countie.- in this part of the state. Speakers froin I’mdin University and tin itr Hf.ee of the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration in In lianu|i.>lix discus.,ed ’these 'id 1 * I hi s we red the questii n. fn H . h i fanflers'for the t"niinf, ■ ison. Lon al fannei are .ski'd to increase product:.in of soybeans and wheat <. . . ii above the
Birthdays ' Mrs. J. C. Hearst and Mr. an I
thus avoid the giief that hit Waneta Arnold, Fillmore, 21 Lfrs. J. W. O’Hair spent the ooultry and egg producers the years today. January 5. I week-end visiting with Dr. and past year; reduce pork produc- Mrs John Haskett. 7 W. Lib- Mrs - ^ M - Hearst at their home I tion about 10 per cent by reduc- erty street, 32 years today, Jan- * n West Alexandria, Ohio, where ing number of sows to farrow uary 5. | they were joined by William next spring; and maintain pres-1 Miss Maxene Hayes, Lincoln Hearst and family of Clarion,
ent scale of dairy and beef pro- avenue, 21 years today, January
5th.
Miss Vonda Lee Dunn, Olive street, 10 years today, January
5th.
Max Records. U. S. Marines,
today, January 5th.
Mrs. Katherine Donahue, 7 Poplar street, 20 years today,
gram. Delicious
were solved.
refreshments
duction.
Those attending from Putnam cmi'ity were Philip B. Hutchecon. Francis Lane. Robert M. Lewis and Marion Cooper. REAL CO-OPERATION
of
Pa. Wednesday morning Ml. [and Mrs. J. W. O'Hair left for
Davenport, Iowa.
Putnam e .unty people are anx- ' January 5th. iims to help their service melt.
This was demonstrated again today. Yesterday The Daily Banner ran a small classified adv., asking for a flash light rase for * sei vice man in Italy. Today a
NEW CONTAINERS
SKILL, ACCURACY and PURITY
ARL VI1AL IN FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS
You don't lake elmmeo when you bring your prescription* here to Im- filled. For every preorription (•lit into mir hand* is eiimpoundeil with scientific accuracy—with I’e finest ipinlity drugs. Wc give primipl service, a ml above all, you get exactly what your doctor older*.
<< iiuliniira frioii I'nur Onr) deliveries means that restaurants must have more milk delivered on Saturday to carry them
over.
Further, the entire dairy Industry has been called upon to handle larger quantities of milk because of a distinct trend toward greater per capita consumption. By virtues of the smaller cases dairy operators arc able to handle in their cold rooms and trucks greater quantities without increasing their
facilities.
The “Handi-Squares" have retained the advantages of the
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chadd have received word from their non. Pfc. Floyd Chadd, saying ^ that he was now out of the hospital after being seriously wound in New Guinea. He was in the hospital six months, and is now in the 1st Training Cent-1 er waiting to be reclassified as he will not bo able to fight
again. Floyd’s twin brother, I * We
Lloyd, will join him. This is th“ , ribbon and Home swell ndvivc. ,onge t they have ever been sep-J •’“he the family to the Mncoln
sessions. Servicenen were given a gen-j emus share of attention in the early act.vity. One house bill j provided that governmental cm- ] ployes who lost thi ir jobs to ell-' ter the :. rvice be offered the I positions upon their •eturn, and ' aiM'thi r g.-iv.- v teran applicants preference over others in state job opportunities. A senate resolution prop, sed to increase the tenure of state representat ves from two to four years, at the request of Sen. Hhurman C, Crook, D., South Bend, who, with Sen. Von A. Eicihom, Uniondale, also a democrat, was the sponsor of the resolution to lower the voting age to 18. Th' minimum wage bill for governmental oil ployes was introduced by Reps. Betty M; links, Cary, and Ea»’l M. Uttcrbn. k, Kokomo, both demo-
crats.
The fir man-policeman pay increase measure was introduced in the house by Rep. Paul F. Wells,, D., Terre Haute, and in the senate by Samuel E. Johnson,R., and Walter Vermillion, D„ both of Anderson. St-n. John Gunns, D., South . . I feud, presented a bill to increase 'benefits of the workmen’s cam-
standard twenty hour courses and will meet in the city library. The first class will have its opening meeting Monday. January 8, at 7:15 p. m. and will meet for two hours each succeeding Monday evening until the completion of the course. In-
a rated.
NEW ARCHBISHOP | LONDON. Jan. 5. HJPi King George VI has named the; I Rt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. Gcorffre/I ; Francis Fisher, bishop of Lon-' don since 1939, as archbishop of | Canterbury and primate of all England, it was announced of1 ficially last night. | He succeeded the Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. William Temple who
; pensation act.
i Van Ness helped author bills g.ving'prRCtir,e permits to graduate medical school student draf1 ted before taking a state license
are awarding you the blue ' ‘ , .' ,r: ’ Vh,f l d
p .i tiei d medicine m the armed fore s, and creating an office of
real Sunday f'ubl.c defending of penal institu-
tion inmates.
Gona.s and Eichorn sponsored Hie free textbook bill in the bate, while Minority Floor tur, sponsored a similar measure
: n the house.
Leader Robeil Heller, P., I*cch-
Kest an rant r <>r a Chicken Dinner.”
LINCOLN RESTAURAN Across Iron) Foil Offtte
Phone M3
<>ua n /<i •> » 11 u. 1 ui last Oct. 26 after serving
“Handi-Quart,” a light-weight
» , two an’l a half years. i
The new archbishop |g 57
KELLER-COAN PHARMACY I \ IFONMERiy JONES DRUG' ' • y 'D'uiyyi-itL ’’HONE 38 8‘ • 18 EAST WASHINGTON ST
streamlined bottle introduced in 1 Greencastie about two years ago The new bottles weigh 17% ounce*, compared with 22 ounces of the old style round bottle, and is nearly an inch shorter.
CLEARING ATHENS
ATHENS. Jan. 5.—(UP) — British forces have cleared nearly three-fourtha of Athens, it was revealed today as they smashed into the last rebel strongholds In the capital against heavy ELAS resistance. The British had their most successful day in a fortnight yesterday, with one column striking iny> the strongly-held northern section of the capital rnd an armored force moving into the •western outskirts to rout ELAS units from the north-
west suburb of Peristerl.
At the end of the day. 224 ELAS troops had been killed, 101 wounded, and 752 captured.
years old. married and the father of six sons.
Better To See— Your little girl will look prettier in our well pro|Hirt limed and styled eyewear: and her eye* will greatly benefit by our expert examination, prescribing and fitting. DR. J. F. CONRAD OPTOMETRIST 109 E. Washington St. Phone 240
STORE FIXTURES From Stevens Drug Store Room FOR SALE 3 - 6 ft. Show, cases 4 - Small tables 16 - Chairs 1 - Cash Register — 8 drawer, mink «»poratiMl — together with floor eabinct holding register. 2 - Sets Scales 1 - Fountain Bar, 17 ft. 1 - Soda Fountain 1 - Check protector. Priced For Quick Sale
SAM HANNA
SHARI* FIGHTING ROME, .Ian. 5. (UP)— Sharp ' r :i ;h( iig bla:’, I along the Fifth5 md Ki;:hth Army fronts in Italy) I'Klay from the Brazilian sector’ i'i the west to the shore of I^rko, Commacchio. where Canadian' tanks and infantry continued I
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oerienced fitters. Let
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Every time a destroyer is ( livered to the Navy at the BdJ lehem Staten Island, N. Y„ shi^ yard, a total of $500 is given a the warship’s commanding ofjj ier for the purchase of cij>ii ettes, candy, etc., for his cm The money comes from a “Shipf Welfare Fund" maintained employees of the yard.
117 W. Franklin Stre«f
Phone 262