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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1946.

SE POTTER a'ssedaway AT RUSSELLVILLE v h\0"N < AR- ' s , (( l MRS TO TWO ylC.VKS ILLNESS

. ss c potter, widely known Znwv of Russellville, passLv at his home there on. Lv evening at 9:15 o’clock, r an illness of two years. potter was 18 years of a S e had spent h,s entire life in near Russellville. He had , e(i one of the rural routes as carrier for many years had a wide circle of friends

acquaintances.

e served in World War I and been an active member of Russellville American Legion

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ceased is survived by the his mother, Mrs. George ter, three brothers, Charles Forest of Russellville, and of California, and five sisMrs Edward Maddox^ of city; Mrs. Ethel Lawter of icHville. Mrs. Okie Rambo,

HERBERT SMITH

NAMED PRESIDENT Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette University all Salem, Oregon, was elected I president of Beta Theta Pi *fra-1 trrnity at their convention atMackinac Island, Mich., on|

Thursday, August 29th.

He is a graduate of DePauwl University and was formerly director of the Rector Foundation. He and Mrs. Smith and their two df lighters lived in Greencastle for several years be-

fore goirg to Oregon.

25,000 Draftees

Will Get Call

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.(UP)- Army induction centers, idle during the July-August draft “holiday,” open their doors tomorrow to the first contingent of the 25,000 selectees to be

called up this month.

Most Septmber draftees will be 19-year-olds, lowest age group under the new draft law. A relatively small number will come from the 26 through 29 year classes, Even fewer will

BLOOMINGTON HAS ANOTHER MURDER CASE DECAPITATED BODY OF MAN FOUND SUNDAY ON FARM Another murder case confronted Monroe county authorities and Indiana state police Monday with the discovery of a man’s decapitated body on a farm about 12 miles southeast of Bloomington late Sunday after-

noon.

Henry E. Scott, 55, was the victim. His body, with the head laying a short distance away, was found by a neighbor who became curious when he failed to see him for several days. The body was some distance away from the house, near the edge of a woods, with the feet tied together. Police said the man had been dead about two weeks. The farm is owned by A1 Farr, of Gary. Scott, formerly a carpenter by trade, and who hail resided in the vicinity of Rock Island, Illinois, had lived on the

farm about a year.

Detectives from the state po-

MANTZ WINS A TROPHY; COCHRAN A KISS

Latest Wire Flashes

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tilNIH.' Leader .lavvaliarlal Nehru look offiee as chief of Inula s lirst popular government today as Moslem borders rioted thnughout the nation in protest

against the new regime. M siem spokesmen ordered a

day of mourning as the British-

U. S. FACING THREAT OF INFLATION JOHN R. STEELMAN SAYS THREAT REMAINS

VERY REAL

WASHINGTON, Sept.

2.—

spoils'oe<l interim government i (Uf) American workers obtook over. They promised a “re- served the second postwar Labor

ligions crusade for our own sal-

vation.”

Some at persons were killed

Day today amid government picas against crippling strikes wjiile the nation struggles back

PAUL MANTZ. Hollywood stunt flyer, waves to the crowd at Cleveland's National Air Races auet winning the Bcndix trophy race by averaging 43 5 miles per hour in a converted P-51 Mustang fighter frtm Van Nuys. Cal. Jacqueline Cochran of New York, only woman pilot in the 2,043 mile cross country dash, gets a kiss from her husband after zooming in ten minutes behind Mantz to win third prize. (International).

W Mrs. Devota Berry, 20 lice post at Putnamville and the

iwfordsville, and Mrs. Gladys

incer, Russellville.

to funeral arrangements were ouncetl today.

GER WILL ECOME ACUTE BY DECEMBER

>H\E PROBLEM ONLY .MPORARILY RELIEVED

AT PRESENT

'ASHIN’GTON. Sept. 2 — — President Truman’s ine emergency committee reed today that the work has

years group because those agt ,, . ,

Monroe county sheriff were busy

categories were- pretty well .. ,, , b 1 J investigating the slaying mys-

combed out in previous draft .

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I The Putnamville police post

Thousands of induction notices reported to The Banner late were mailed out during August Monday morning that the vic . iW ith the usual Presidential ^ hands were also tll , d an d (greetings calling o n their recip-; that sash cord had beCn uspd to ' ients to report in September, j bind both his hands and feet .

Draft boards already are getting

ready to mail out the induction notices for October. Actually the two months’ suspension of the draft was over yesterday. But since no inductions are made on Sunday and today is n holiday, the first contingent of draftees got two extra days of civilian life. Selective Service officials expect to fill the September quota of 25,000 men without difficulty.

d a ■'firriTiriTng spdlT* prwrt-of avaiUtUe.

fight against hunger but that problem again may become

by December.

e report coincided with exition of government regulas requiring millers and bakto turn out darker flour and d. Because considerable sup- ■ of darker flour still are on d, it will be about two weeks ,re regular white bread is

in available generally.

’’or revisions of the grain Wation program will allow grain for the beer and % industries. Still in force, FYcr, are regulations cutting of bread 1 >avps 10 per cent limiting the use of wheat

flour by food processors,

fster C. Davis, head of the

famine committee,

rted the "breathing spell” in battle against hunger in to V>:al committees. He M them fo r their aid durtbo past spring and winter,

yr Re(j them to stand-by.

Jiile the longer-time phase food emergency is ex0(1 to continue at least until

olds w’as built up during the July-August holiday. Tire army has not yet decided how many men it will need through the draft in October. This will depend on how its drive fer volunteers shapes up. However, some Selective Service

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Truman's Yacht Nearing Capital WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN ON THE POTOMAC. Sept. , 2.—(UP) — President Truman j cruised leisurely up the Potomac I today on his way back to Washi ington and the problems that have piled up on his desk during his 18-day vacation trip. The presidential yacht Williamsburg, which carried the President to New England and Bermuda, was scheduled to dock at the Washington Navy Yard

at 5 p. m. EST.

The Williamsburg anchored

A blood-stained double edge ax was found near the door of the farm home, described as a cabin by the police. The body had apparently been dragged to where it was found. The head was near

the slain man’s feet.

His automobile was missing which indicated a robbery- murd-

er theory.

The man had evidently been preparing a meal on an outdoor stove when slain as food was found in pans-tn the- yasd,REC ORD BABY .MONTH

August was an unusual month at the Putnam County hospital. There were forty-five babies born during that month compared with thirty-four in July. Doctors noted the high dumber and everyone was kept quite busy at the hospital. SCHOOL TUESDAY

■W crops are harvested,” he 1 for two hourc il1 Hampton Road '

■ " n » one is in a position to Just how serious this new

-wn will be."

‘ sai< J that In spite of the 'bd the 1K46 bind crop

Va„ around noon yesterday to pick tip Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, who is also chairman of the Democratic national committee, Reconversion

tabl .v will be larger than Vast Director John R. Steelman and rs . it still will be far below 1 White House Secretary William ' War levels. I,, addition,' L>. Haasett. They accompanied l( l reserves of wheat and | the presidential party on the r food grains are extremely | trip back to Washington.

Presidential Secretary Charles

f'Bht against famine !g. Ross told reporters that Han- . 's not finished,’’ Davis negan, Steelman and Hassett

were coming for the ride and not for business. He said that so far as he knew no politics

had been discussed.

Mr. Truman thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from his vacation even though he was unable

d — to isolate himself completely prfKlu, ts and from Washington business.

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■t is a breathing spell bea rounds. World food pnobf'U aro urgent and it is 'Die they may again, become .. earl V «s December." I, heSdT U ' S ' a PP arent - rted for record or near- ' cropa of corn, wheat,

Students in the local grade schools and the high school building will report to their various rooms Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. There will be no school Wednesday so that the toys and girls may attend the Indiana state fair but regular class work will gel underway Thursday

morning.

CLOSING WEDNESDAY It was learned today thaf several Greencastle stores will close on Wednesday afternoon, September 4th. Among these are some grocery stores who close each Wednesday afternoon regardless of the nearness of other

holidays.

WILL OPEN SEPT. 7

FRANKLIN, Ind. Sept. 2 - (INS) A convocation for freshmen and new students Sept. 7 at Franklin College will mark the opening of its 113th year for the institution. President W. G. Spencer, dean of men Charles M. Cochran, and Dean of Women Margaret Powell will give talks at the convoca-

tion.

Students from 18 states and Puerto Rico will convene for the orientation program which ends in registration for classes Monday morning .

Criticizes P-X Service In Korea

SEOUL, KOREA, Sept. 2 — (UP) Rep. John E. Sheridan, D., Pa., acting chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, today sharply criticized food, recreation aP|d post-ex-change service provided American soldiers stationed in Korea. ’ Sheridan’s criticism was made j in a letter to Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger, Eighth Army commander. The congressman him-1 self termed the letter a “most | severe indictment.” Sheridan said that the combined opinion of his six-man, com- 1 mittee was that "nowhere In the entire world where we have in-1 spected military installations have we received so many complaints an don inquiry have we found them wholly justified.” “Morale here is at its lowest ebb,” the letter said. He said that at one post exchange—which he said was a “ misnomer” there was “nothing to exchange,” "No popular brands of cigarettes were available. In fact, there was nothing, not even a pair of shoelaces for the commanding general.” "In another instance, a snackbar was available for our inspection, but we couldn’t touch it because the paint was still wet,” Sheridan, said. “They had worked on it all day and all night to get the bar completed before our ar-

rival.”

He added that the bar look< < not unlike a back alley speakeasy in the United States. "The food situation likewise requires condemnation,” Sheridan said. "On our arrival, we found that fresh vegetables were unfit for human consump.ion." Sheridan, said that "salvage operations” had to be Instituted to obtain “some little fresh vegetable value.” High army officers in Seoul admitted the truth of the charges but said they expected normal conditions within three weeks They blamejd the situation on the changeover of supply personnel The bad condition of fresh vegetables may be due to faulty packing and refrigeration., officers explained. The Korea command may be forced to give uf importing crany fresh vegetable; for this reason. Sheridan and his committee left Seoul yesterday after a oneday visit.

PUTNAM SHORTHORNS WIN IN STATE SHOW

Gerald and . Ray Clodfelter, Putnam county Shorthorn breeders. won a third place on a Shorthorn stee>r entered in the state fair competition. County Board Allows Claims

Record Speed At Air Races

and mure than '’'*(( others injured^ 1° a normal economy. during dcmonstrsitinns in Bom-i u , . ^ I Reconversion Director John R. ba\ Yesterday. Knur more ner-J . ...... . , .

1 Steelman said she threat of in-

■xuis were killed when fleree . , , ,

nation remained very real de-

'• ,ash< ‘ s aKain tn " a >’ spite high food production and on expiration ot a 7 p. m. to 6:801 the al ,. tlmc peak reached in in .

“’ m ’ ' # j dustrial activity.

NEW YORK, Sent. 2—(INS) j ’’On. this Labor Day,” he said, —Some 25,000 New York tr’.jek [ "both labor and management drivers walked out on strike | should give thought to means of t.-u'l:ideally at 12.01 A. M. today | keeping the peace during the

in demand for Uglier wages. Full efteet of the walkout was n it expected u'atil tomorrow , morning as most <t the truck ! drivers had Labor Day off.

critical months ahead, while production is catching up with demand.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2—(INS) I —Musicians in thirty-three New dork hotel hands went on strike today and James C. Petrillo, Czar ol the Musicians Union, ordered hniel hands in nine other hig

cities to (pb 1 work In support oil appealed for

New York walkout.

The

CLEVELAND, Sept. 2 (UP) Twelve ex-military and old-time racing pilots compete today in

the $40,000 Thompson Trophy I **"

,, ., , , ‘ . strik,“, is staged to enforce a dc-

Kace, the Labor Day thriller at

„ , mand tor an average 25 per cent

tile National Air Races where .

, , , , . boost in salary,

an Army Jet plane set a new

but unofficial American speed record of 578.36 miles per hour

yesterday.

The Putnam County Board of _, t , . _ „

J , Tex Johnston, Bell

Commissioners met in regular , . , . ., , . i

test pilot, was in the pole posi-

monthly session at the courtly f()r the premier VyUm c(m J house Monday despite the factj test He was out to win th( , ;i00 .

that it w’as Labor Day and a holiday for all the rest of Green-

castle.

The beard allowed claims and

transacted other routine business during its meeting. Tuesday, the Putnam County Council will go over the proposed 1947 county budget in a two-day

session.

The only officers open in the court house Monday morning were those of Mrs. Clara Jones, auditor; Ben Davis, treasurer.

HONOLULU, Sept. 2. , (INS) Hawaii’s sugar industry was paralyzed today by a strike of

Aircraft' 28,500 workers called by the CIO

International Longshore m e n ’ sj

lion for the Premier Pylon con-j and Warehousemen’s union to

enforce demands for wage increases totaling 21 billion dollars

annually,

mile closed course free-for-all, not only for himself but for Jack Woolams, his best friend, w’ho was killed Friday when the Airacroba he w r as flying in the race

clashed in Lake Ontario.

First prize in the race, 10 laps around the 30-mile quadrangular course, is $16,000. Only one Navy plane, an FG-L Corsair fighter, w’as entered in the contest against such famed Army fighters as the P-39 Aira-

Wears Ag<

4-D.AY CONFERENCE

Hl-RKENf ASTI.F

Harr y Hay s was Mla mi, Florida.

or Se Web,» r and Roscoe Zar-

here

PLACED SECOND IN STATE FAIR HORSES “Knobby Hill's Fancy” bay saddle mare entered in the Indiana owmed five gaited class at the Indiana State Fair by Miss Elizabeth Rariden, placed second in its class in the coliseum at the Indiana Fair ground Sunday evening. The show was witnessed by several from Putnam county and a total of 7,600 were in

attendance.

Mrs. Nellie Denny, recorder, and|" oba - P^ MusUmg. P- 6 :; King

Paul Grimes, sheriff. • OFFICERS SETTLE FAMILY ARGUMENT Sheriff Paul Grimes and state

police were called out early Monday morning to settle a

family argument.

According to the sheriff, a nan and his wife, residing southeast of Greencastle, had quarreled all night. When the wife theatened to get a gun, the husband notified the officers. The authorities succeeded in oaU-hing up the marital difficulties and left without making any arrests or filing any affi-

flavits.

N'NKTY-F.RST BIRTHDAY

Ross said the President “looks remarkably well, better than'

I’ve ever seen him.”

It was disclosed last night that - Mr Truman and his party were SOUTH BEND. Ind., Sept. 2. closely following the Nation- 1 (INS) A four-day conference alLeague race between the St. of approximately 150 of the naLouis Cardinals and the Brook- lion’s scientists will open at the l V n Dodgers. Mr. Truman, of University of Notre Dame Sept,

course is rooting for the Card- 3.

— 3 S W hn now have a narrow Dr. Pan. D. Bartlett, profes-

Harry Ool lin8 and , daugh _ lead OV er the Dodges. i «or of chemistry at Harvard Uni-

ir nPd from a vacaUon i Ross said the scores were re- versity, will be chairman

j^versecity, Mioh (ported in a ships paper which New information and theories r L 7 Broth ^ went to was published during the trip, concerning chemical preparaUon I J 1 ' ‘0 teach. He said the paper had three edl- and reaction of explosives, war ^

J Snider spent the tions daily totaling about 5,000 gasses and other death-dealing Putnamville Post had no

t'ytianapolia. words products will be discussed. ^details on the case.

TRAfTOB RECOVERED State police reported Monday '.hat a green 1942 Chevrolet tractor. stolen in Greencastle Sunday, had been recovered. The

othe.r

Mrs. Mary McIntyre, mother af Zol McIntyre of Greencasde, will observe her ninety-first birthday on September 3rd. at her home near Carbon, Ind. Mrs. McIntyre lives with a laughter and is very active for her age. She possesses a zest for Mving lacking in many years younger than she. Mrs. McIntyre is well known n this section of the state and nany friends are expected to •all on. her ninety-first birthday. TRAFFIC CONFERENCES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept 2 (INSl M. W. Cameron, dirccL or of the Indiana Traffic Safety Commission', today outlined plans or holding ten traffic court conferences in Ii’,c!iana during October and November. He said purpose of the conference was four-fold: To improve administration of justice in traffic cases; to provide a foium for considering effective cooperation: to evaluate present traffic enforcement procedures, and to prepare for increased traffic problems in the future. The conferences are to be held in Fort Wayne, Gary, Lafayette, Indianapolis, Comversville. Columbus, New Albany, Evansville. Terre Haute and Anderson. Judges, prosecutors, chiefs of police, sheriffs, mayors, county attorneys and justices of the peace are expected to attend.

Cobra and P-tis Lightning. The unofficial speed record was set by Lieut. William J. Reilly, San Francisco, 25-year-old 1st fighter group pilot who won the $25,000 Weatherhead one-mile straightaway speed dash before 50,000 spectators. The record was the average made in two runs over the e urse, one west-east and the other east-west. On the westeast run, Lieut. John J. Hancock, Wichita, Kan., hit 611.725 miles per hour, five miles faster than the world speed record set by a British Gloster Meteor. But his official speed for two laps was

only 566.751.

Reilly’s speed of 578.36 exceeded by 226 MPH the official record of 325 set by Howard Hughes, Sportsman-Aviator, at Santa Ana, Cal., in 1938. Although National Aeronautic Association official timers clocked the race, they said it was not an official course and the six jet planes were contending only for the Weatherhead trophy. The $25,000 award goes to Military

Relief Society.

There will be a special jet division of the Thompson, but as in previous races, the military pilots are ineligible for prize

money.

Johnston is flying a P-39 in which he made the t p qualifying speed of 409.091 MPH. After Woolams, Chief Bell test pilot, was killed, Johnston was at first undecided whether to remain in the race. But ‘'Jack'’ would have want'd me to, he said. "If it had happened the other way around l would have wanted Jack to

fly.”

Bell engineers labored to the last minute on Johnson’s plane, ■sparing no effort to make it the •'astest in the race.

PARIS Sept. 2 (INS) Italy warned the peace conference today that the establishment of a free territory or Trieste, as proposed by the council of foreign Ministers, would be a‘'perman-

ent threat to peace.”

A spokesman for Rome at the Italian political and territorial commission said such a free

“This" is the only real solution to our problems. It will require the combined thinking and sin-

cere cooperation of all.”

Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach lauded the "tremendous achievements of labor” during reconversion, but he too

wisdom and re-

straint.”

Schwellenbach said labor had an opportunity of replying to its critics by working as never before for a “periocr of industrial stability and peak production.” Leaders of the rival AFL and CIO observed Labor Day with statements reaffirming union pledges to work for peace and prosperity, but angrily criticizing the record of the last Congress on social legislation. AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray both rapped Congress for weakening the price control act and blocking expanded social security, the long-range Trb rt dn" hill and other features of I ddent Truman's legislative program. “Congress failed us . . . Fell down on the job,” Green said. “Labor was forced to defend it-

zone might lead to war between I Helf a S ail »st a series of hostile Yugoslavia and Italy and thus [ moves which would llav ” und «'-

mined the freedonv, of American workers and handcuffed the

endanger world peace.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 <INS) OPA officials revealed today that the new retail price ceilings on meat will reflect larger increases over June 30 levels for choice cuts than for the usually

low-priced cuts.

The average hike over June 30 fl'wntlniirii on rime Twe) Suspect Held In Rape Slaying SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 2 (UPi Police here today were to question Pete Coleman, itirverant jack-of-all- trades, charged with the ruthless rape-slaying of Bertha Mehrtens, benevolent, 38-

year-old spinistcr.

Coleman yesterday was saved from a lynch-minded mob iintent

meting out its own justice, af-i world.’’

trade (union movement.” Murray charged that Congress “loaned its support to the profiteers by almost completely wrecking the price control act.” He said the legislators had been “derelict in failing to measure up” to responsibilities. The CIO chief sounded a political note in his Labor Day statement. He said the CIO political action committee would work to elect congressmen this fall “who will enact progressive legislation to meet the peoples’

needs.”

Further efforts to better the lot of the working man were asked by New York’s two Democratic senators James M. Mead and Robert F. Wagner. Wagner, author of the National Labor Relations Act, said this country had “much work to do before we can hold ourselves out as an example to the rest of the

SHOT WHITE SQUIRREL Tony Cox. of Clinton township, was in The Banner office Saturday with the carcass of a white squirrel which he shot earlier in the day. An albino squirrel is quite rare and it attracted considerable attention.

ter the naked, mutilated, and ravaged body of the woman had been discovered tv>ar her home in Pin Point, Georgia mission town established almost 200 years ago

by Charles Wesley.

As the glowering anger of 400 to 500 gun-bearing women anad men there neared the igniting point, Coleman himself telephoned Savannah authorities and told

them to come after him.

Chatham County Police Chief

VV. F. Chapman, and

deputies, dashijd into Pin Point, running a gauntlet of gunfire from the irate villagers which punctured a back tire and broke

their car’s rear glass.

They picked Coleman

muddy and dripping, from a swamp where he had hidden by the roadside after making a

rendezvous with them.

"PE>w we got him out of there without all of us getting killed,

the Lord alone knows, 1

said.

“They shot off a tire an f l riddled the back end of the car.” Chapman said that Coleman, recently indicted and at bonded liberty on charges of attempted rainier in the stab-attaek of Woodrow Shea, of Savannah, hadj not confessed the crime.

Other government officials

joined in lauding labor’s record during the war emergency. Among them were Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz,

chief of naval operations.

Malcolm Suggs' car was recovered Saturday morning shortly after he reported it stolen t'.va | from Washington street. It was found on north Jackson street.

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Fair in north, clearing in south and quite cool today. Fair and continued cool tonight and Tues-

Chapman day with scattered light frost in

extreme north tonight.

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