The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 April 1945 — Page 2
THt DAILt IAHNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1945.
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SOCIETY
Hcie is a perfect picture of a religious man: Visit the father-l.-ss and widows In their affliction, and keep yourself unspotted fiom the world.—James 1:27.
I^eraonal and LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
ROOSEVELT KITES (Continue,! from I'nic' Onr> 11. Thomas’ church, the Rev. John G. McGee of St. John’s church will conduct the White House services. Present Will be the elect of officialdom, a choice 200 persons of the thousands v'ho would do Mr. Roosevelt personal honor here it they but could attend. The Rev. Anthony of St. James church, will conduct the burial services in Hyde Park Sunday aftemoon. Simple as the White House funeral will be, the Hyde Park services will be simpler. There on the banks of the Hudson his neighbors wiil come, not to bury the President, but to bury the country squire in his own garden. President Truman and his family, quiet, gray-haired Mrs.
Mrs. LuEzra Rollings Is reported improving at the Putnam county hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Smith of Mulberry Grove. 111., were the dinner guests of Bessie Moss Mrs. Ruth Zimmerman has received word that her husband, Ufc. Otha Zlmerman, has arrived ■safely in France. I Miss Barbara Louise Hill of 1 Indianapolis is spending a few ! days visiting with Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Duncan and daughter, Lor-
1 etta.
end Virgle Neese Wednesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hayes entertained with a birthday din-
—————- 1 -- - - -■ --^= I ner f or their son, Jimmy, honorSeeretary of Treasury Hen y in f? his third birthday Thursday
Morgenthau. Jr. evening.
Secretary of War Henry L. , N “ rse ’ Jean V ’ Fel ’ f-timson I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Attorney General Francis ^ 202 W - L > bert y st -
j Greencastle, and a graduate of
Postmaster General Frank C Greencastle High School, June,
1944 was one of 72 freshmen to receive her nurse's cap at Mich-
MAV HAVE KNOWN irnotlnurd from Pace One>
. Washington and nere 1 neard all , t.:e lumors wh'ch had occurred in my absence. Yes. I returned
in-
Presbyterians Hold Annual Family Supper
The annual family supper and
business meeting of the Presbv- from the trip refreshed and teri.in Church wn, held Thurs- spired. The Roosevelts are not, day at 0:30 P. M. The fnembers as you may suspect, averse to of the choir were guests. Reports travel. We seem to thrive on it. from all organizations indicated That was f.rst time he a successful year's work ac- ever had referred publicly to his comp' sied. Ail current ohliga-. affliction of Infantile Paralysis tions have been met in full. The 1 It alio was the first time he had following office,t were elected taken official notice of rumors BHe. ,; Louis H. Dirks. Frod that swept the country occasionfor terms of three year?, e.ccepi ' ally-especially when he was as not d .running for re-election—that he B cook j was seriously 111, or, in extreme Deacons: James S. Albin, Ken-, cases, that he had died, netb W. Bennett, Fred B. Cook: j j n l;e jjg h { of },; 8 physical in-
firmity, the ‘ killing pace” oi the presidency Was spoken
Walter G. Cox (one year) to fill unexpired term of Lucius R
Chapin, deceased.
Trustees: Jacob J. Eitel, Karl
H. Neumann.
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Federation of Clubs
Council Meeting Postponed The Cour.c.l meeting of the County Federation of Clubs
which was to have been held in , abou ° t ' hls f;tness t o
the City Library Saturday afternoon will be postpone*' unt
further notice.
of
frequently during Mr. Roosevelt’s first campaign. There were those who believed that the polio attack in the early twenties had left more than Its obvious mark. But the President's buoyant spirit and tremendous physical energy soon overcame all doubt
carry the
burdens of the presidency. In those early days of the New
BULLETINS
Walker.
Secretary of
Navy James V.
■I ael Reese
Hospital, Chicago, at
candle lighting
Harold tradit ioI i®l ‘'e,-----*® | ;avP | OS j |]g planes in two des- who liked to
, ceremony which signifies that ...
Forrestal.
Secretary of Interior
The order of succession was h ® r tr,al P enod is over and that I American forees in the Okinawa
established by Congress Jan. 19. she 18 on her wa >’ to becoming a
1886. It makes no mention of fud Hedged nurse
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MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT DEPAUW FRI.
the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor whose offices had not been created at
that time.
Meanwhile the job of presiding] DePauw University held meover the Senate, customarily morial services for the late held by the vice-president, falls Franklin D. Roosevelt Friday to Sen. Kenneth McKellar, D, morning at 10:30 o’clock in Go'itnn., at 76. He is the oldest tin Memorial church. Dr. Clyde
! Deal’s historic fight for national economic recovery Mr. Roose- | velt's health was radiantly good. , T.ie theory was advanced that 1 his inability to walk actually
' conserved his energies and that ROME, April 13 — (UP) —'he probably was much more vig-
Three Fifth Army columns :Y>n- orous than most men of hls age. verged today on the Italian,! Last fall some of the people Naval base o’ La Sppzla, where around him became concerned reports of heavy explosions in- ' about his loss of weight and his dieated the Germans were blast- slowness in snapping back from ing th." city. ' periods of fatigue. One of the
American troops and Kalian jobs assigned to his daughter,
partisians pared the drive on Mrs. Anna Boettiger, was to see La Sprzka by pushing nortti ol that he was protected as much captures! Carrara to within 11 as possible from persons who miles of the port. ‘ placed a drain upon his time and
energy. Vice Admiral Ross T. BARI, Italy, April 13.—(UP) Mclntlre, his physician, ordered
—Three hundred and sixty per- Mr. Roosevelt to quit holding sons were killed and 1,730 Injur- conferences at luncheon. That ed in a munitions ship explosion lasted about three months and in Bari harbor yesterday, the then the President went badk to I refeet of the city announced to his pract.ce of discussing affaira day. of state while he ate from a tray
! at his desk. However, he did GUAM, April 13.—(I'P)—The agree to take a nap afterwards
Japanese were revealed today to —a big concession from a man
work at top speed
perate suicidal attacks against all day.
Reporters who attended his
area yesterday. press conferences noticed a Admiral Chester W. Nlmltz change. His voice used to boom disclosed that one U. S. destroy- thiough the office as he answerer was sunk in the action and e d our questions. Toward the end several other ships damaged, al- his voice was low, at times although the latter rontinued In mo st inaudible to those far back
operation.
iruman and slim, blonde d.utgh mem jj er on p 0 j n t of service and Wildman made a few introduct-
tcr, Mary Margaret, will travel north on the Roosevelt funeral train. The cabinet and the army and navy brass, great figures of congressional and judicial life may go too. But the villagers end the farm folk of Duchess county will claim Mr. Roosevelt
for their own.
has been serving as president pro oiy remarks and said a prayer, tempore since Jan. 6. Dr. Van Denman Thompson
rendered organ selections and
HISTORY REPEATS Prof. Herman Berg played a NEW YORK, April 13. Presi- violin number. Classes were disdent Roosevelt’s death carried missed until Friday afternoon on an American tradition that! The students attended the serpresidents elected at 20-year in-j vice in great numbers and paid
WITH U. S. THIRD ARMY IN GERMANY, April IS.—(UP) —Red Army troop* went into action alongside American dough-
hoys for the first time today . , . . . .. . .j things himself, for he began to
when some 20,000 Russian sold- „ , „ r , . , t . /_ , I get away from Washington at lets broke out of a prisoner-of- ,
.. 1 more frequent intervals. Just re-
war camp near Weimar. l fore coming here Mr . Roosevell The Russians overpowered ha(i ^ tQ H de Park where he
their guards, seized German
lervals die in office. The list included:
1840 -William H. Harrison. 1360 Abraham Lincoln. 1880 -James A. Garfield. 1900 William McKinley. 1920 -Warren G. Harding. 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Iheir respects to our late Presi-
i c ent.
I
MRS.
SOUR WINE'S
SISTER DIED FRIDAY
NO VICE-PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, April 13.— 1860 Abraham Lincoln.
(UP)—With Harry S. Truman installed as president, the nation will be without a vice-presi-dent until Jan. 19, 1949 when the
present term of office ends.
While there is provision for h 0 |,j s .\ llr i[ Meeting
ruccession of cabinet members ( qq 10 west Floyd Homs Boo-
ts the*presidency in event of the nomic Club met April 11 with! two children, a boy in service in
death or removal from office of Mrs. Grace Wright. Twenty-nine both the president and vice- members a” vered roll call ,vith president, there is no provision )an April fool gTt. Ihree visitors lor a successor to the vice presi-j vvere present. One new member dent when that office becomes v ,as added to the roll, Mrs. Ethel
Mrs. Marcia Gutheridge of Indianapolis, sister of Mrs. Earl .Soutwine, passed away early Friday morning. She was the wife of E. M. Guthtidge and had
vacant. In event of Mr. Truman’s death, the line of succession to the presidency would be: Secretary of State Edward R Stettinius, Jr.
Saunders. The leaders presented the lesson on "getting meals quickly and easily." Next meeting to be w ft Mrs Oscar Fritz May 9th.
Italy, and a daughter who teach-
es in Noblesville.
Mrs. Sourwine received word Sunday that her sister was ill and her death was a shock to her many friends in Greencastle
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MAPLE HEIGHTS METHODIST CHURCH Ralph S. Steele, minister. 9:30 a .m. Church school. Mrs. Sarah Cox, supt. 6:30 p. m. Youth Fellowship. All youth should be present who tre interested in attending the
party.
7:30 p. m. Evening worship. The pastor will bring the message. Come and join us In this service.
in the room.
H.s hearing had become impaired by sinus trouble and after many days of hard work his hands had a tendency to tremble. Perhaps he noticed these
the back of his head and said: “I have a terrific headache.’ Those were his last words. About 1:13 P- he slumped over unconscious. Arthur Prettyman, Mr. Roosevelt’s negro valet, picked him up and carried him into a small bedlobm just to the left of the entrance to the little White House In another part of the building were two of the President's cousins, Miss Margarea Suckley and Miss Laura Delano, and his private secretary, Miss Grace Tully. Miss Delano called Dr. Bruenn who arrived at once with another physician, Lt. Comdr. George Fox. They took off Mr. Roosevelt's dark blue suit and put on his pajamas. Bruenn telephoned Vice Admiral Mclntire, who was in Washington. Mclntire, in turn, phoned Atlanta and asked Dr. James P. Paullin, a specialist in internal medicine, to hurry to Warm Springs. Paulin arrived while ti e President still was alive but unconscious, He was In th-s bedroom with Bruenn and Fox when Mr. Roosevelt died at 3:35 p. m. CWT. At 4:30 p. m. Mr. Roosevelt was to have gone to the mountain-side cottage of Mayor Frank Allcorn of Warm Springs to attend a barbecue. At the moment he died fiddlers outside the Allcorn cottage were tuning their violins nnd talking about the songs they were going to play. Later he wmj to have attended a minlstrel show by the youthful patients of War.n Spr.ngs Foundation. + + + + + + + + $ + ANNIVERSARIES * + + + + + + + + + * + ® Birthdays Billy Keith Cooper, Cheboygan Mich. 17 years, April 13th. Mrs. Lee Wells, Friday, April 13th. Abe Bridges, Putnamville, April 14th. Pfc. Otha Zimmerman, today, April 13th. Pfc. Zimmerman is stationed somewhere in France. Richard Lee Newkirk of Fillmore, 10 years today, April 13th. Waneta Alexander, 8 years today, April 13th.
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row-famous Senate speech a couple of months ago,” Mahoney continued. Mahoney, a member of the DePauw class of 1928, drew upon the experience of his years as a working newspaperman to describe the problems of newspaper and radio news.
nea|mns and established a contact with nearby American Third Army troops. Boday they arc fighting alongside units of the Third Army's, Fourth Armored Division. LONDON, APRIL IS (UP)— Fighting mounted in intensity on the eastern approaches to Berlin today and It apjieared that the zero hour for the Red Army’s march on the capital was close at
hand.
Radio Moscow said Soviet troops were waging “fierce battle*" frutn their bridgeheads •cross the Oder river 80-udd miles east of Berlin, but gave no details. Cossack cavalry moved up to the Berlin front earlier this week, Soviet field disimtches said.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Wm. A. Boyce, Jr., et al to Leslie A. Rominger, et a', Hoosier Highland, $1.00. Nellie B. Ritter et con to Edward F. Rominger, Hoosier Highlands. $1.00. Eugene F. Baird, et ux to Charles Lee Keck, et ux, Clinton twp., $1.00.
always seemed able to relax. And yesterday, sitting in a litthj room overlooking a green Georgia valley, he apparently was in the best of spirits. He had planned a full day. Early in the morning Mr. Roosevelt was ready to go to work on official papers, but the plane bringing the documents here was delayed by weather. When they did arrive, William Hasaett, one of the White House secretaries, asked the President if he would like to wait until after lunch before starting work. Mr. Roosevelt shook his head. They started working im-
mediately
The President signed several state department appointmems, soue citations for the legion of merit for war heroes and a lengthy list of postmasters nominations for small towns. Then ne put his signature on legislation to extend the life of the commodity credit corporation, remarking to Hassett: "Here’s where I make a law. Hassett then left the little White House. Mr. Roosevelt still had a stack of papers before him. His next visitor was N. Robbins, a New York artist who began sketching the President while he continued to examine the papers Hassett had left. Suddenly— around 1 p. m. The President put h:s hand to
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Help WANTED
Police Hunting Hit-Run Driver
INDIANAPOLIS, April 13 — (UP) — A-hit-and-run driver struck and killed Lewis A. O’Brien, 66, of R. R. 3, late last night in the 6400 block of West Washington street, hurling his body 50 feet and injuring him
fatally.
The car was a 15<1 Butck sedan or 5 passenger coupe. It was light In color, being a tan, gray or a combination of colors. It was driven by a middle aged woman, acco nipanied by a man. A bull dog was in the car. The grill was badly- damaged In the accident and a right rear fender had been damaged previously. .Any one seeing this care In this vicinity Is asked to contact the State Police post at Putnamville.
Wins Mayorship By Three Votes
CRANE, Ind„ April 13—(UPi —The city of Crane elected a mayor yesterday, selecting Joe Johnson as their governmental leader by. a margin of three votes over Paul Rogers. The former housing project selected a town council ,n the first election in the community'! history. New councilmen naruxt were O. P. Dale, Henry Trimble, William A. Brown, Roy Tribble, Thomas R. Gilligan, Carl Hawk, Henry Jones, and Orin R. Lent”. The 2,700 inhabitants of Uu city, located near Bedford, depend on the naval ammunition depot for llvhhoods. The city waa originally a federal housing project but was taken over by the navy last December. The citizenry held a number of town meetings designed to briny city government to th? community.. All 600 housing units at Crane are occupied and the demand has far exceeded the sup
piy-
Mahoney Talks About Capital Life, politics, and news in wartime Washington, D. C., were the topics of Claude A. Mahoney, rviws commentator from the nation’s capital, who spoke at DePauw University Thursday in honor of the founding of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism fraternity, on this campus 36
years ago.
“We will have to have a new approach to human relationships in a world where friends of mine fly through Washington and give me greetings from other friends in Algiers and the greeting only a few hours old,” Mahoney told his audience of students, faculty, and out-of-town guests. "I have great faith in the post-war
'vorld, and tremendous faith Mrs. Nathaniel Huckleberry, of —to e*M painful bladder irriUtiti even in the first steps, confused that place. He is a graduate of muimA by excess acidity in tit as they may be." Shortridge high school in Indian- Thouaind . , r , dr. KlLMUl Mahoney spoke of the confus- apolis, and took his pre-medical SWAMP ROOT lor helping thj»'•’J ed-issues relating to the San training at Purdue, completing For"w!"oure'herhVi
clan, act* quickly to increase me 'iy ’ years. He graduated from the I. U. School of Medicine in 1943
and served an internship at the UlSX
Methodist hospital. Recently he f ^ has been a Fellow at the Mayo mtdteine. Ju*t good ingredient* tw ^ Foundation, working in the clinic | TOOATj
at Rochester, Minn. He is 26 ^3:j d S. 0 n!i
years old and unmarried.-Dan-at onoa. All kruggnU »«ll S»»n> ^
DR. CARL HUCKLEBERRY
TO LOCATE \U DANVILLE Dr. Carl D. Huckleberry of Greencastle will take over the practice of Dr. J. H. Grimes, who has taken a position as associate medical director at the Home Lawn santarium at Martinsville. Dr. Huckleberry will begin practice here within a short time and will be associated with Dr. Grimes until the latter moves to
Martinsville next month.
Dr. Huckleberry is a native of Greencastle, the son of Col. and
faith Mrs. Nathaniel Huckleberry, of
HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Julia Ernberg is a patiem in the Putnam county hospiUl. Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Shot! are the parents of a daughter, born at the Putnam county ho*
pital.
William VonTress returned to his home at R. 2 Greencastle, Friday from the Putnam county hospital. Harry Dickerson was released from the Putnam county bapital Thursday.
FAMOUS DISCORH acts fast on the kiineii
. eung nights • For this pure nerD " **"^2
Francisco conference and used the four year course in three qukkl? the athletic rivalry between De- years. He graduated from the I. urin.... h.l P . reltov. backache, r u«-P“ Fcuw and Wabash College to il- U. School of Medicine in 1943 ’swamp’'ROOT k< lustrate his point. Both play in and oorvnH ov !„( (,I t tcUntifie preparation. A comDinenee^
Ihe Indiana Intercollegiate as-
sociation, he said.
“The day I began to have faith in getting something out of this v.orld organization was the day
Senator Vandenberg made his ville Gazette.
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