The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 April 1945 — Page 2
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The Daily Banner and Herald Consolidated “It Waves For All” S. K. Kariden. PubUher Entered In the poatofflce at Greencastle, Indiana aa second class mall matter under Act of March 8, 1878. SuHacription rates, IB cents per week; 13.00 per year by mail m Putnam County; $3.50 to {5.00 per year by mall outside Putnam County. 17-19 South Jackson Street. FODAVS BIBLE THOnGHT Children and weak mindei persons are apt to think they know it all. A wise man listens and observes: Whoso loveth instruction ioveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish. —Prov. 21:1.
SOCIETY 'Martha Washington Cliih Meets Tonight
The Martha Washington Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Will OMdewell, 8 West Poplar street, tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Dacia Hubbard will have
[charge of the program.
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Century Club Anniversary
Meeting Held Friday
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Personal and LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
The new address of Pvt. John R. Moore, is 994964, Platoon 126, 5th Recr. Bn , U. S. M. C. Pans
Island, S. C.
Misses Jean Brattaln and Dorothy Thomas have gone to Miami, Florida and other points of interest in the south for a ten
day vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert D. Wright have been visiting the past two weeks in Norfolk Va. with their daughter and family. Petty Officer Herdis L,. Miller, S. K. 3-c and Mis. Miller and son, Steve. j Pvt. John H. Wright's sister, Mrs. Dnicella Warren of Indianapolis, was notified officially by the government of his death from wounds received in Germany on
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The Century Club Anniversary , t^b^t^nowa^.me^r
meeting will be held at the Beta Phi house, Friday afternoon, April 27, at three o’clock.
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Study Group Meets Thursday The AAUW International Relations Study Group will meet with Mrs. Mack, 408 Elm street, at 7:30, Thursday evening. Mrs. Mack will be ;n charge of the discussion for the evening.
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Mrs. Rawlins To Be Ho;tess At Mrs. Sweets Mrs. Vesta Rawlins will be hostess to the Needlecraft club Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the ho.T.2 of Mrs. Kenneth Sweet. Mrs. Sweet will have charge of the program.
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Indorsers Of Pho optays To Meet Friday Afternoon Tne Indorsers of Photoplays will meet with Mrs. Ferd Lucas Friday afternoon April 27, at three o'clock. ASSESSOR REQUEST
Gains Made In Baguio Sector
MANILA. April 25-(UP) — I American troops under strong
. . m w aerial support drove to within a : ou sutler from hot Hashes, , ar .ir.,in weak, nervous, hlghstrung, r ] e and a half today of Baguio, j
Japanese citadel in northern
Luzon.
Heavy attack and fighter bombers pummeled the Japanese positions at Baguio with 500pound bombs and machine gun • bullets while tie infantrymen j puried more than a half mile {through the hills at the northwestern corner of the city. Baguio, where- a number of Filipino collaborationists have been captured in the past week, was the former Philippines sumr.er capital and at one time headquarters of Lt. Gen. Tomaypki Ramashita’s Japanese forces in the archipelago. Gen. Douglas MacArthur anrr.unced that more than 250 tons ( of bombs were dropped in suP- < port of the ground forces on Lur-m from Baguio to the
purpose.
Manpower Grip May Be Relaxed WASHINGTON, April 25.—
I UP) Wai began cautiously to relax its grip on this nation's
fighting manpower today. Four related moves by the
timed services and the U. T5. Congress made it clear that the t pproaching end of operations in Biurope has eased the manpower crisis which faced the nation at the beginning of the year causing draft calls to be stepped up
and demands made for
c onset iption.
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PRESENTED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
April 5, 1945. The telegram stat-Jp pna ity. 'ed that further details would'
follow.
Since the Assessors are having to make so many repeat calls on account of people working away from home the County Assessor is asking that each individual that has not been assessed be sure and contact his assessor. Otherwise call at the office in the Court House no later than May 10th and giv> in assessments in order that they will not be forced to pay a delinquent tax
labor tMarakina watershed, northeast 'of Manila, where 43rd Division troops had reach’d within a half
The four steps: mile of strongly defended Mount
1. Yesterday the War Depart- j Mapatad.
ment announced that men over! in the tactical aerial opera41 in the army could be released tions east of Manila, headquarapplication unless they ters d.sclosed that Mustangs undei going disciplinary J placed 66 of 68 500-pound bombs
upon were
action or required medical treat-'directly on enrmy’targets in the
ment. Some 50 000 men in uni-, Yamashita
icrm were affected.
raked the
line and Japanese
severely positions An anti-
SPECIAL SERVICE A special fifth Sunday all day meeting appointed to be held with Palestine Church April 29th. Services begin at 10:30 A. M. and 1:30 P. M. Elders Hurst of Plainfield, Hartup of Indianapolis and Air-
hart of New Market are expeejed to be present and preach. Palestine is three miles east of Bainbridge on old road 36. Basket lunch at noon. Everybody invited to meet and A-orship with us. Elder F. S. Fisher, pastor
The 4-H Adult and Junior T
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16 x 26’' Turkish towels, 18 x 36" Huck towels, 7 x 7” pothold-
, j •„ , , „ , ,, „„„iers, 15 x 15" dishcloths, 12 x 12” Leaders will meet at Court House j , , , ,, ' , A ul _ -.ino- ! wash;loths and flour sacks will
be on sale Thursday at Mont-
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2. At the same time the War from tree-top heighth. und Navy Departments both aircraft emplace nent, two staff ruled that when two members of cars, a camouflaged vehicle, a family became war casualtie.j three trucks and two gun cmthe remaining members in ser- placements were destroyed, vice could be assigned to non-) Other American troops hazardous duty on request. Pie- Mindanao pressed through xiousiy only sole surviving sons organized Japanese came under this policy. $ain two miles east of the road 3. The Senate extended the Junction of Kabacan on the drive
Selective Service Act, amending it to prohibit sending of 18-year-clds into combat without six
The bid 'l arna £ (Hl 12 more Japanese ves-
tho sc * 8, incl uding a submarine, in
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toward Davao.
Strategic bomber forces from the (Philippines destroyed or
SPECIAL MEETING
Assembly Room, Friday evening, 7:30. Miss Edna Troth and Wai-1
ter Kolb of the 4-H Club staff , S 0 " 1 ^ VVard ’
will have charge of the meeting. All adult and junior leaders are urged to be present. _
1 Old time singmg at the BethA representative from the C | church April 29th at 1:30 p. Cincinnati office of the U. S. r,i., sponsored by the Antioch
Civil Service will conduct an 1 Baptist church.
examination at the High School j Rev Gray from NashvilIei building in Greencastle, Indiana | W j|j bring the evening mesat 9:00 a. m. Friday, April 27, j.- a ge a t 7:30 o'clock. Everyone 1945. The examination w.ll be j f cor( jj a ]iy invited to these serfor clerk, clerk-typist and st® 00 *! vices and to the S. S. service at
grapher. Any one interest- 1!0 a m
e4 may report at the time of the examination at the High school.
! Morning worship at 11 a. m j Herman Cope will preach in the Profestor Carroll TX W. Hilde-, morning.
brand is in Boston, Mas1 sarhu.se Us, where he is guest | speaker for Religious Emphasir ] Week at Boston University School of Theology. He will give four . lapel addresses. He will also hold group discussions and private conferences with those young men who are preparing tor the Christian min stry. Boston University School of Theology. one of the leading training schools for ministers in file Methodist Church, is Dr. Hildebrand’s alma mater.
Dinner will be served at 12 noon. Bring your lunch and table service with you and fellowship with us that dry.
months of training,
now goes to conference with House, which extended the act
without such a provision.
4. On Monday the House quietIv and with no fanfare voted to return the much-battered “work cr else” manpower bill to the military affairs committee, thus in efefct writing its obituary.' There have been no demands for manpower legislation since President Truman took office, i On army discharge of men over 41, tire navy said it planned no similar blanket discharge until the war with Japan is over. It will, however, continue to consider discharge requests on t ireir merits. i The army-navy rul'ng on ironhazardous duty for family survivors will affect some 10,000 men and women now in service, the two branches estimated. It
MAJ. GEN. WIlllS H. HALE, commander of the Seventh Army Air Forces, Pacific ocean area, pats Staff Sgt. H. E. Envin, Bessemer, Ala., on the arm after presenting him with the Congressional Medil of Honor for picking up a burning phosphorous bomb over Toky» and tossing It out of a B-29. Two of the plane s crew, whose lives he saved by his action, stand at the left. (International Soundphoto)
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Coming home from war, you’M want to know about a lot of things that will help speed your future progress. For instance, you’ll want to know how the G. I. Bill can help you own a A home, start a business of your own or accomplish other worth-while objectives. You’ll want to ask about the opportunities here at home, the prospects for the future, and talk over your plans in detail. This is where we come In. You’re always welcome here. We’d be happy to have you .make our bank your financial headquarters. Central National Bank Oldest and Largest Bank in Putnam County
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Hero Of Verdun Back In France
IFARIS, April 25— (UP) — Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, hero of Verdun in the first World War and Nazi tool at Vichy in the second, came back to France today. Petain, his wife and a retinu,’ of followers, who entered Switzerland from Germany yesterday with apparent permission of the Nazis, crossed the frontier into France near Geneva. The f.rst official word of the old marshal's return to face trial for treason as a Nazi collaborator said he and his party were on their way to Paris. Petain was expected to be interned at a villa outside Paria for tee time being.
the China sea blockade; pounded F'orr.osa’s airdromes again, raked the naval base at Saigon In French Indo-China and hammered oil installations throughout the Dutch East Indies. THE GRAY LADIES Commenting upon the recently announced arrangements for opening a course of training for Red Cross Gray Ladies, Miss Mary Margerur,, superintendent of Putnam County hospital, stated that their are many duties that might be assigned these volunteers that would greatly relieve the professional personnel as well as volunteer Red Cross
nurse’s aides.
‘ Doctors, nurses and the Red Cross nurse's aides,” Miss Margerum said, “are directly concerned with the physical care of
THE FASHION
applies when at least two mem- ^ g
Ihts of a family in any branch
>f service are killed in action,! c'ie from wounds, disease or accident; aic missing in action; cri
are taken prisoner.
Non-hazardous duty is defined a. 1 duty in the rear of an active
tl’.eater or assignment to an inactive theater or to the United Slates. In the case of a sole surviving child—girl or boy he or she would be returned to this country for permanent assign-
ment.
Requests for such duty may be made by the serviceman or servicewoman themselves or by a n ember of their immediate fam-
iiies.
Senate passage of the sixmonths training requirement for 18-year-okls by a 50-25 vote over stienuous army opposition showc.i clearly that the senators feel the war has passed the stage where the army must have the final say on its use of men.
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trained to do the morale-lifting of the sick and convelescent. thereby sp eding up recoveries.” Miss Margerum expressed the hope that the class would be .1
(large one.
Registration for the class is open and registrants may ca'.l Mrs. Adah Harris, 74 chairman for the group, after six o’clock this evening, or any time tomorrow (Thursday), Interested persons are asked to refer to April 24 edition of the Banner for additional information concerning qualifications of class members and particulars concerning the training j course, scheduled to open May 1, at 7:30 in the Red Cross room] in the Alamo Building.
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Hogs 6 000; active, steady; good and choice 160-400 ]b s and 140-160 lbs $14.80; 100-160 lbs $13.50-$ 14.50; bulk good •>nl choice sows $14.05;.; medium and lower grades $12.50-$14.00.
noth i-: to iiiimi:iis 1 >n and nfl,*r Monday, Mav 7. lltla at 7:50 I*. ,\|. TrUHlt-e ami AdviHory Hoard of Clinton Twp., will negotiate (dda for School Huh KouteH. Route numbers and Hpec-lllc-attons can he seen at the Trus11 »-'s office. The Board reserves the rlKht to r. Jeot any and all hlds. John Martin. It.
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MAJ. GIN. JAMES CHANEY, above, of the Army haa assumed duty »s island commander on recentlycaptured Iwo Jima, according to mi announcement by Fleet Adm. Chester W. Niinitz. General Shaney’a home is In Wichita Falla, Tex. (International)
Oliver Hardy, who co-stars with Stan Laurel in the new M4G-M comedy, “Nothing But Trouble,” which opens today at the Voncastle Theatre. Mary Boland has a chief supporting tole.
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