The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 February 1945 — Page 2

THE OAftY BANNER, GREENCASTIE, INDIANA, MONDAY, FE6WARY T9, 1945.

ADMIR \L MM1TZ

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ng- the old battleships New

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Y ik Texas. Nevada Aikansaf. Idaho and Tennes.^ e. Vice Admiral Richmond Kelley Turner had over-all command of the amphibious forces. Nirrdtz raid, with famed Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith commanding tne' expeciitionary groups. The invading Fifth Amphibious Corps, under command of Mtj Gen. Har*y Schmidt, com-pri-ed the Fourth Marine Divi- / n under Maj. Gen. Clifton B j Cates and the Fifth Marine DiVision under Maj. Gen. Keller E.

M>rn k or run »ti: *u.r: OK I'EHSOSiAI. PROPERTY Nolle* l» hereby given that the under- gned. Admlnletrator wit:, the \\ ill unnexe*! of the Estate of Yen la «Simpson, de eased, will off*-r for sale, at private sale, at * r.e law office ^'f Hoy t’ Butherliri at Oreencastle *n said County an 1 .- ate '>n the 24th day °f February. ; *4'-, t personal property of said estate, consi.^tlnff of: 1 $x!2 r iK 1 vi- trola 1 chair 1 '» x 12 ru* 1 davenport—leather 6 chairs 1 radio—old 1 refrigerator 1 kitchen cabinet 1 -•< il heater

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The Daily Banner

and

Herald Consolidated • It Wave* For All” S. R. Karl den. Publisher Entered in the poetoffice at ; Greencastle, Indiana as secon 1 J class mail matter tinder Act of March 8, 1878. Suijscription rate* IS cents per week; $3.00 per year by mall in Putnam County; $3.60 to $5.00 per year by mall outside j Putnam County.

4* RKLIEVE OORETHROAl

due to a cold. ..let a little time-tested

Hockey. Japanese

.trength w; during the bombardme

attention and is diverted from Iwo, crucial pre-invasion; t by the assault on j

Tokyo itself by more than 1.200 planes from Task Force 58. standing less than 300 miles off |

Japan.

Nimitz's first communique I gave the following summary of I t! results of the precedent- j i .’••akin.’ attack on the world's'

st city:

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17-19 South Jackson Street.

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in your mouth ... works line!

SOCIETY

four

! tion of Mr- Lyons, sang

enjoyed by the

Current Book Chib Tonight

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Life would be dull if it were rot filled with continuous discoveries. Spiritual life is no ex ception: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.—Prov. 25:2.

the Putnam county hospital Monday morning. Mrs. Mary Smith of Quincy is a patient in the Putnam county

hospital.

Frank Cook returned to his home on R. 4. Greencastle. Sunday from the Putnam county

i hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burks of Reelsville. are the parents of a

I >a ruur:

19th day af Feb-

Roy C

\irnev B. Wilson. Adrnl istrator with the Will A

nexed.

Sutherlln, Attorney.

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lar

Enemj At lea rt rover.

ncx; market H-.gs 5.000; fully steady; 160400 ibs $14.80, 100-160 lbs $13-.50-114.80.

personal and LOCAL NEWS IIIIIEFS

hip

sunk - One detrover escorts, ine coastal ves-

■ ir ! nu.. rous pocket ships. Ot:e wrecked An escort carr .-t af i: e an; overturned. 22 octal vessels damaged.

Enemy aircraft: 332 shot down.

177 de.-tioy I on the ground. 150 probably destroyed or 1 i n Fiilay alone. An iknown number damaged Sat-

day.

allations: Aircraft hangars er installations. Ha aircraft facTama and Tathplants.

REDS

tContlnnpd f*njc The advance carried

p One • to within

Mrs. Ernest Heavin. south Jackson street, is viiiting with her sister, Mrs. Phrone Haney.

in Indianapolis.

daughter born Saturday morning at the Putnam county hospital. William Simpson. Vine street was admitted to the Putnam county hospital Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stevens, Washington street, are the parents of a daughter bom Saturday at the Putnam county hos-

pital.

Mrs. Virginia Skelton of Reelsville, was admitted to the Putnam county hospital Saturday. Mrs. Virginia Kerns of Vine street, was admitted Saturday to the Putnam county hospital.

The Current Book Club will meet tonight at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. John R.ghtsell . * + + •!• Active Chapter fri Kappa To Meet

. songs which were

, aud.ence. Mr. Howard Hostetler I presented the speaker of the I evening. Dr. McClure -who in a very able r.anner discussed the ; :>robl ms confronting us at the ! present time. which wer. brought about by World War IT He also gave some very interest- • n~ and enlightening views per-

The Active Chapter of Tr; gaining to the post-war world.

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72 miles of Dresden, 19 miles of] the Saxony border and 84 miles ' northeast of Prague, capital of j Czechoslovakia. To the north- j west the Red Army unofficially j has been reported 45 miles from I Dresden. | Mrs. James A. Wilde returned Goerlitz. second most import- Friday from Norfolk, Wrg.nia. ant industrial city in Silesia. | where she has been spending a controls 15 railways and high- [Jew weeks with her husbard.

ways.

Mrs. W. L. Isbell spent last week in Delphi visiting with h*?r mother and brother and son Sgt. Wolfe of Winnipeg, Canada.

B-29s Strike At Nippon Capital

Kappa will meet Tuesday evening ut the home of Miss Elizabeth Ann Cannon at 8 o'clock. Miss Margaret Boyd will be assistant hostoss. *S* "I* + + Liniedsle Community On I- To Aie.-i The Limedale Community Church Circle will meet Thursday afternoon, February 22, at 1 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Minerva Green. Please bring thimble, white thread, needles, and scissors. •h + 4* + DePauw Newcomers Group MeetM Tonight The DePauw Newcomers Group will meet ton.ght at 8 o'clock with Mrs. M. E. Stapley. 601 Highland Avenue. •

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Penelo|>e CTuh Will Meet Tuesday T he Penelope Club will meet (Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. ! Harry Williams, west Poplar street 4 41 i

If You Don’t Mind a Suggestion Would Y 0u Mj n

Explaining Our Cash or Credit Terms for 1945 INDIANA LOAN CO.

19H East Washington

Phone 15

FI Q&4 Job* Cost

Tb pres ■ ’ Mrs. Eeuor, nonuc 1 that the next meeting

.... uw to m April, after which. I

Mr. Charles Hendrich pronounced

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 — 1 UP 1 — B-29 Superfortresses took over the a.r offensive against Tokyo today, dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on the

Mrs. Frank J. Knebel of Terre capital while it still smouldered

Ground

roy r •

Mrs Irene Azbell was : ont the week * end in ted to tne Putnam county nos-! P/^castle visitlng friends.^Mrs.

pital Saturday.

3maf« ; Sm:

j Knebel was formerly employed

j in Greencastle.

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FACTOGRAPHS

that

tft-49.

30 to 40.

g 10-to-or.e victory fo. j in planes Nimitz report-; all enemy efforts to 1

reach Task Force 58 were tum(d back by combat air patrols before they could reach the ships. Enemy fighters were ‘‘unaggtessive” and avoided Ameri-

can fighters, he said.

i Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hillis i are th? parents of a »on bom ! Feb. 13th at Greenville, S. C.

Intoxicating drinks made from p fc Conrad Hillis is stationed at

honey, barley and grapes, were known at least 1,000 years B. C., Mr. and Mrs. George Benefiel, of Muncie are the parents of a daughter, Peggy Jo, bom February 6. Mr. Benefiel is a well

1 Camp Gordon. Ga.

and may have been known 5,000

or 10,000 years B. C.

carrier-

Fire extinguishers are used by

municipal fire departments to

put out about one-third of the fires in the United States.

William Kidd, notorious Captain Kidd, British pirate, was the son of a Scottish minister.

CLEAN CLOTHES.. AN AID TO BUSINESS SUCCESS--

The busy man today is not too busy to see that the clothes he wears are immaculate - - - - He realizes the importance of correctly cleaned clothes to HIS business

progress.

HOME LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS

117-225 1 WASHINGTON ST.

PHONE 126

known former Greencastle boy.

Stated meeting of Bainbr.dge Chapter Order Eastern Star, Monday night. There will be initiation and members are urged to attend. Visitors are very welcome.

j Rev. Janies E. Davis has re- | turned here after an extended ! Hip through the West. Rev. Davis formerly lived west of Giecncastle, now makes his home in Knightsville.

from a record two-day

assault.

The Marianas-based raid on Tokyo came simultaneously with an announcement from advance Pacific fleet headquarters that carr.er planes had destroyed or damaged at least 36 Japanese ships and 659 aircraft in thei. raids .on the Tokyo area last Friday and Saturday. A second force of Superfortresses thundered out from bases in India today and bombed military and communications tar-

4- 4* 4’ Girl Sc-Hit 1* Council To Meet The Girl Scouts Council wdl meet at the City Library Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. 4- :- 4- 4Poliyanna Club Meet* Wednesday The Poliyanna Club will inert Wednesday afternoon, rViuarv 21st, at 1:30 o’clock at thu h-jirie of Mrs. Bonn.e Williams.

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B.i.nbridge PTA M 1 Thursday The Bainbridge P. T. A. met in the assembly room of the sch '1 budding, Thursday evening. Feb. loth. The meeting op d with the group singing ‘America", after which Dr. C.

gets on the Malay peninsula, yj M.Clure offered prayer. FolThey may have h.t the big naval ; 0 w.:’.g a short business session, base at Singapore to prevent c h .-j. fourth, fifth and Japanese warships from going t»| 8ixth g ra des under the ihe direc-

and

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1 Finished photographs of U13 ; second Red Cross Nurse's Aide class are now available in the Red Cross office. Class members are asked to call for them at the earliest possible time.

S-Sgt. Robert Wallace spent the week-end visiting friends in Greencastle. Sgt. Wallace is home from India, on « twentyone day furlough and is vis.ting with his wife, Mrs. Wanda Wallace at Belleville, Illinois. Mrs. Wallace was formerly Wanda Donnohue. After his furough is up, Sgt. Wallace will attend ^ schooling in Virginia, and then I return to India.

POPE’S CONDITION REPORTED WORSE

Sanford E. Wolfe of Winnipeg, Canada and son Sgt. Gerald S. Wolfe of the Royal Canadian Air Force on a thirty day furlough from overseas hav»? returned to Winnipeg after visiting the former’s mother, Mrs. Docia 1 Wolfe in Delphi and sister, Mrs W. L. Isbell n Greencastle. Sgt

Wolfe spent thre»i and one-half years in England, was honorably mentioned by the King on his birthday and awarded the Gold Oak Leaf for outstanding services in line of duty.

HOSPITAL NOTES

Sue Ann Cromwell was admitted to the Putnam county hospital Saturday. Carolyn Mayer of Indianapolis was admitted to tha Putnam county hospital Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Alspaugh are the parents of a son bom at

Penney Co.

O. P. A. Odd Lot Release

WOMEN’S A MEN'S SHOES

71 Pair good leather *hn«* at the low prie* of

The condition of Pope Pius XII has taken a turn for the worse according to his personal physician, but the doctor, Prof. Galeiiz-zi Lisi, indicated there was no cause for undue alarm. His holiness was confined ti bed with a high fever resulting from a "bal attack of Influenza." (International).

$100 Better be here early. PENNEYS

the aid of their h meland American-invaded Iwo in

Volcano Islans.

A war department bulletin announced th" Marianas-based raid merely as against "industr.al targets" on the main enemy home island of Honshu. A j Japanese communique said 100 B-29s participated. with th • main strength attack.ng Tckyo i “and its environs." At least 10 Superfortress s were shot down the enemy commun que said. Damage to Japanese installations was “s’.ig it,

Tokyo added.

Another Tokyo broad:ast said , the big Japanese aircraft center of Nagoya, 130 miles west of Tokyo, and targets in Shizuoki preficture - n the southed: t coast also had been hit.

4- 4* 4* 4Prese it Day t ub To H ‘t Tue lay The Present Day Club will j j meet at the home of Mrs. Edgar ! : Prevo, Tuesday afternoon. Feb-, I ruary 20th. at 2:30-o’clock.

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Domestic Science C.ub To Meet Tuesday The Domestic Science Club] , .viU meet a: the home of Mrs | Anna Lyon. 20.3 Bloomington ! street, Tuesday February 20 ' Mrs. Alva Brothers will be in ; charge • f th - program. v 4- 4- 4j Community Club Meets Feb. 22nd Th Groveland Community Club w 1 1 have an all day meetnt: at th° home of Mrs. Fred Beck on Thursday F b. 22nd for the luncheon the first group will bring meat dishes, the second group v.getables and salads and the third group desserts. 4 full attendance is urged to helo with the sewing for the hospital Bring needles and thimbles. 4* 4* 4* 4* Cro-Tat-Em Club Meets Wednesday Cro-Tat-Em will meet Wednesday p. ni. February 21 with Mrs. Ethel Duncan. South Jackson | strt* t. A good attendance is de-

sired.

4* 4* 4* 4" Mother's Service (Tub Meeting Place ( hanged The Putnam County Mother’s Service Club will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the assembly room of the court house. Members are asked to respond [ to roll call with something from . the lives of Lincoln or Washing-1 ton. Please note change of meeting place.

Teachers. V.-, :

prayer was . ,j ^ “’hB Hutcheson. „ j

Mis. V.

won the an the month.

The guest

evening, Mrs. district direct •

Washington Twp. p. t. A. Held Meeting The P. T. A. of Washington township schools was held at the Reelsville High School building

Feb. 13.

The meeting was called to order at 8:00 by the president. Mrs. Clark Herbert. The observance of Founders Day was the t .pic of the evening. All joined in giving the pledge to the flag Music was furnished by Manhattan and Reelsville schools, singing and instrumental. Reelsvilla intermediate grades sang “Whispering Hope.” “Don't Fence Me j In" and “Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.” j

Instrumental music. Manhattan Everywhere" honoring school, by Shirley Rhea Herbert. ', in service an Betty Fellows, Donald Shew- "*■ * ””

maker, Evelyn Allen and Jack Bullerdick. Taps. ‘‘Lullaby.” Brahms; “Minuet in G.” Bee-

thovan.

The past presidents were introduced. Mrs. Kenneth Eggers read the history of the organization. President's message of the month was read by Mrs. Cathern

fifteen high school g!rls .,'1 ed by Miss Dorotnv - I

Theme, “The Shield of' commemoratir. the bintional Congr< 0 f

peiker f c . J f-'rank SctJ

^ Nation* s,

ent Teacher-

eating talk on "Founders^ and closed by including u, tional theme: >.^11

at home. Ti

for the evening.

The new a

tam

old E. Day „ ,

Mary Day, 14 L r-

Cpl. Harold E ! ••• A . ] 55578657. R ] School, N. C. O i), : y,„., J rado. Cpl. Dav w : - ,J

Lucas. A pageant was given by four weeks'

SHOE SALE Men and Women's Shoes

“OPA Odd Lot release, ration-free from Fobruoq 19 — March 3, 1945, inclusive."

See these shoes on table in our store.

FOI

IiET PVT. JOE JENKS TELL YOU WHERE YOVR

COES

Students Will Present Plays

The Freshman and Junior | clastes of th? Cl.ntan Center High Sch . )1 will present ane-a t plays on Tuesday night, Feb. 2d. 1945 as follows: CAST OF CHAKACTERS Grover Sprat, A henpeckedhusband, Junior Martin Mary Lou Spratt, His niece. Betty Cox Dr, Peter Deems. Mary Lou fiance, Lee Roy Love | Agg.e Spratt, A neurasthenic, Joan Miller Grandma Seagrave, A pessimist. Mary Louise Keck. Mrs. Marry weather. An op timist, Lucille Ratcliff Mrs. Huggins, A neighbor Phyllis Wichman. Music Accordion sobo, Always Together, Carolyn Connerly Trombone solo, Londonderry Air, Betty Miller Quartet, By the River of th? Rioses, Mary Elien Arnold. Wilna lean Webster, Enola Cunningham, Geraldine Miller THE JUNIOR PLAY IN MAY WITH JUNE Characters June Sommers, A girl of th’ farm, June Hutcheson Polly Summers, Her sixteen

The wife’s O.K. efter her operation. My Red Cross field Director brought the good news.

clTSs-Ku^ iDS ‘ d<! th0>e Rtd

Wm> . : wW.:. -s*: ThstiSs lor your Wood, lolks. v. lut a uin)** medical corps, and the Red Cross nw** 1

GIVE /VOHt. GIVE AfO#£

T f \ ou \ r got a man in service—if vou know a man A m sen ice-give for Ins sake. Give so that tho

i\cd Cross can give to him!

Jour money will help pay f or xhe thoai , n<] ° ! “™ ce# , tlie Croas performs—to keep up

year old sister. Christine Peifry Elsie Hopk ns, A 19 year old neighbor, Marcia Flint Aunt Della Loring, June's, maiden aunt, Betty Jean Martin Charlie Wilson. A young farm neighbor, Duane Burk Tim Hawkins. A deputy sheriff, Thomas Goddard, Jimmy Jones, One of the Jones boys, Lee Martin

Badt to Civilian Ufa. The wise veteran goes to the Red Cross! They kn>w the answers there and are eager to help an ex-service man.

the spirit* of our fighting nten-to help save their

KEEP YOUR RED CROSS 4TH/S Sift

CONTRBIUTED IN THE INTEREST OF THE 1945 RED CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE.

R. P. MULLINS