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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947.

NO. 70

N KENDALL

WILL SURVIVE FATAL MISHAP

Leonard is survived by the wife. I Maxine; one sister, Beulah Jean.' | York, of Tuscola, 111. I Mr. Foley is survived by his I mother, Mrs. Sallie St. Clair; hir step-lather, Elijah St. Clair; two half sisters, Miss Marguerite St. ’ Mrs. Mabel Long, Madisor i

TKS FKIDAY FOB THREE township; three half brothers ' «HO DIED IN TRAIN- Marion Crawley. Washington' ALTO CRASH state; William Crawley. I,J, an .

• “P 011 *: Eugene Crawley. New jlcn Kendall, 26, occupant of Castle.

automobile in which threej Mr .Cox is survived bv his n were killed Wednesday nf... wife, Jean; a four-months old Won when the car was struck .'son, David; his mothe- ' M r .. a fast westbound Pcnnsylvan I Emma Cox; four brothers Virgil passenger train, was given aj Madison twp.; E u -cne a< - to recover Thursday county: Abner, Cainbrid-e;

Chauncey. Belle Union; three

THREE YOUNG MEN DIE IN PENNSY-AUTO WRECK WEDNESDAY

1 chance

the Putnam county hospital.

icntlall was carried in tlu' ekage of the auto from the c Mill crossing to immediate-, 7,

west of the Bloomington j tjrct ,ic ® a ^ e -

cet crossing, a distance of, ut a mile. He sustained scr- 1 s back and head injuries but Jess imforsccn complications sc it is believed that he will

he men killed in the accident re Leslie Cox, 22, south Indla street, son of Mrs. Obie Cox; •ford Foley, 23, Route 4, son Mrs. E. St. Clair; George Leord. 21. Maple Avenue, son of ster Leonard. 'All of the men were World ar II veterans and had been d friends during the school ys and while in service. Both onard and Cox were married is Kendall.

! sisters, Mrs. Oscar Brattuin, of. Lena; Mrs. Alfred Craig, of Bra-1

zil; and Mrs. Roy Romingcr, of,

.The Pennsylvania train, "The leriCHn" was about forty mines late and was running 90 Ics an hour when it struck the I to in which the four men and were riding. It was due at 11:58 a. m. and the crash

MONON WILL DISPLAY NEW LOCOMOTIVE

DIESEL ENGINE WILL RE EXHIBITED HERE

JANUARY II

One of the powerful post-war Diesel locomotives with which the Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Co. will bo com-j pletely equipped by the end <>f| 1947 will be exhibited in Green-1

LEGISLATURE CONVENES IN 85TH SESSION

INDIANA GENERAL AS-

SEMBLY OPENS THURSDAY IN INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANAPOLIS, Jun. 9—

(INS) — Suspending the rules, j keeper; Mayor Bert Lucasc,

ute clerk: Herman Beyer, South Bend, file clerk; Mrs. Cecile Parrish, Shelburn, calendar

clerk.

Mrs. Mary Schubert and Mrs. Bernice Rhodes, both of Indianapolis, journal clerk; William Houghiand, Milroy, engrossing clerk; Vern Spurgeon, Gas City, bookkeeper; Mrs. Edith B. English. Indianapolis, secretary of president pro tern; Frank Cavanauh. Fort Wayne, chief door-

This picture shows what little was left of the automobile in which three young men were killed Wednesday afternoon when the fast west bound "American’’ struck their automobile at the Zinc Mill crossing. The wrecked ear was carried about a mile before the two-engine train of some twelve Pullman ears could be stopped. The wreckage was taken off the locomotive just west of the Hloomington street crossing. The chassis was slightly west of the body of the ear which can be seen in the near background. Those who aided Glen Kendall from the wreckage said the body of the car had been rolled up and he was inside it during the wild mile ride. The bodies of the three men were found along the track between lh t . Zinc Mill crossing and the Mid-West quarry crossing

Dr. Wildman In

Sen. 0. B. Lane

castle. Indiana, it was announced I today by Mr. F. A. Walbring.) Agent of the Monon. I The locomotive will be exhibited at the passenger station from 12:-1 45 p. m. to 5:30 p. m., Jan. 11,1 1947. ! The Monon will be the fir.:t j railroad in America to be com-

urred at approximately 12:10^ pletely Dieselizcd with all three

kinds of locomotives—passenger, freight and switching—and will be tile largest railroad in the

Chapel Address; Gets Assignments

Bodies of the victims and bits wreckage were strewn along right-of-way for several hund yards as the double-header in was brought to a stop ut a mile from the scene of accident. _ , Kendall was carried in the y of the car while the chassis s in another twisted section of

•cckagc.

The automatic block signals the Bloomington street crosswere put out of commission jmporarlly as result of the acent due to the car wreckage agging along the tracks. • The front engine of the doubleadcr was also disabled in the ash and had to be disconnected iom the rest of the train.

Ability to concentrate on the thing at hand is the secret of power. Dr. Clyde E. Wildman,

University president,

told s'.iudents in his worship

chapel address today.

“The sin of American life is not lack of activity. It is aimlessness.” Dr. Wildman declared. "Our favorite instrument is the speedometer, r.ot the compass." Speaking on "This Or* 1 Thing

Loses Life But Stays At Post

O. B. Lane, representing the counties of Putnam and Montgomery in the Indiana state senate at its 80th session, which opened in the state house in Indianapolis Thursday morning. 1

GRIFFITH, Ind., Jan. 9. (UP) Joseph Miller. 53, lost his life because he remained true to a railroad man’s traditions and

stuck by his switch.

When fire broke out in the

, )th the Senate ami the House •>f Kepi .vsen tat Ives passed 1 the ilt.st hill of the 85th, sessilon of he Indiana General Assembly.. 1.10 measure appropriates .100.000 ftp oMH-nse, ol the lauI r-ukei ; and the UJ.V of ie.gi.slatve employes and printing. An ’t.icr bill, ( » defray Hite Maries o the legislatars, probably will hr pa ssed similarly tor.orrcw after the re: .ontnendations of Gov. Ralph F. Gates are

'.teri d.

Democratic .’nemoers of the General .Assembly started to harass the Republican majority on the first day by introducing a bonus hill and by attempting to bar from the legislative all the lawmakers who are state em-

ployes.

Senator John Gonas, Ibsnoorat of South Betnl, introduced a bill providing a boi4.is for all veterans of World War II and for relaives of those killed in action. The bill provided for a SO million dollar appropriation to pay each veteran Sin for «U’h month of service plu« »— '• for each month of overseas duty.

Frankfort, and William Woods, Kcmpton, permanent doorkeepers; the Rev. J. H. Nell, Portland, and Orville Meeker. Frankfort, temporary doorkeepers; Sam Bufkin, Anderson, property manager; Mrs. Sue Jessup, Westfield. Mrs. Josephine Stephenson, Indianapolis; Mrs. Nolle V. Bailey, Indianapolis; Mrs. Irene C. Mills, Valparaiso, and Mrs. Bonnie Turner Gat'd. Terre Haute, stenographers; Mrs. Ju te Yeager, Noblesville. typist, and Mrs. Cleo Mills, Portland, proof

reader.

GEN. MARSHALL JOINS WIFE IN HONOLULU

NEW SECRETARY OF STATE PLANS SHORT VISIT IN HAWAII

country to be completely Diesel- j Do .. Dr wildman pointed out ized, | that it is "not the speed with Greencastle residents will be we move, it is that we

:ha!rman of the 38 Republicans in the senate. He was appointed to the Governor’s policy committee; also to the Lt. Governor's

permitted to inspect the new loco- mov? fo-.vard snd that our god! special agricultural committee; motive, both inside and out. Visit- WO jthy of our striving.’,' j is chairman of the senate coiuors will see the cab from which Yy e nt . c d to consider the spiri- j mittee cn agriculture is the all the intricate machinery is op- t ua j r0 f)< from which we arc; ranking member of the ommittse

rated several of the more im-j automatic control tower which rortant committee assignments, | Miller was tending yesterday ho due to his seniority in the up-| c |i mbe d down the long. 30 foot per house. j steel ladder and summoned fireSen. Lan.? was elected caucus j inen When help arrived, smoke

was rolling .from the windows

erated by a simple set of controls, hewt he continued, adding that very similar to those with which d id not suggest nbamioning Monon engineers have operated curre iU books and magazines, steam locomotives. They will al- -we must never sacrifice symso be permitted to pass through' nietry and balance to the quest

the engine rooms in each of which for power," he warned,

is located a 1500 horsepower 1 Citing possible dangers in lookGeneral Motors two-cycle Diesel ing too much to the past, Dr. engine, one of the newly develop- Wildman said that the "final ed generators which produces strategy’’ Is to press on, guided; alternating and direct current, by former mistakes and victories | the latest type of air compressor, while givirg attention to the j

and a maze of control apparatus, present race.

This is the race of life. The i

on County and Township Business ;and is a member of the Roads committee, the committee on Interstate Co-Operation and is the ranking member of the committee on mines and mining.

high above the track intersection for five major railroads, and blue flames crackled along the highj power transmission lines leading into the tiny shack atop the tower. Firemen told Miller the smoke was too dense for him to re-enter the control booth, but the switchtender insisted he was the only

A move by Dem/ieratic nntn- 1 bers of the legislature to deny legislative seats to all legisiators who also hold state jobs was blocked by the majority memlxfs.

HONOLULU, Jan. 9—(UP) — I UP)—Gen. George C. Marshall, the new secretary of state, arrived at Hickam Field last night er. .route to Washington from China, and disclostvl he Is "going to spend several days here but I do not know just how long.’’ His plane landed from Johnston Island at 10;r>8 F. M. (1:28 A. M. today PST) and Mrs. Marshall, who has been vacationing in the Hawaiian. Islands, was on hand at the closely guarded Army Airfield to meet him. "I’m very glad to be here and to find Mrs. Marshall looking so well,” the General said after greeting his wife, who was waiting in an army limousine at the edge of the landing field. Returning after 13 months in China as President Truman’s special envoy, the general said “the odds are very much against" his making any statement while in Hawaii regarding his appointment to succeed Jar.es F. Byrnes as secretary of state.

i He would make no comment to j a reporter's question concerning

reports he might be a presidentCHICAGO, Jun. 9—(INS)—| ial povaib.lity in 1948. Italian Premier Aldde Dc Gas- ‘ Asked if he were a Democrat,

LATEST

WIRE NEWS

WASHINGTON, Jan. !). (INS) —Tile Senate Foreign RelationCommittee today unanimmetly reeoinmended confirmation of O. Max Gardner as ambassador to Great Britain and of former Senator Warren R. Austin as U. S. representative to the UN Secur-

ity Council.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 9 — (INS)—The 85th Indiana General Assembly, the first since the end of World War II, opened in Indianapolis today. Formalities of organising the Senate and House of Representatives were first on the program, with an early adjournment scheduled until 10 a. m. Friday when Governor Ralph F. Gates will outline his legislative pro-

|ieri arrived in Chicago today and lieamingly told newsmen the possibility of his country receiving a billion dollar loan from the United States “seems very favorable.''

Marshall replied: "I am an army officer and prenumably will be secretary of state. And I am an Episcopal-

ian."

Five minutes after his plane’s wheels touched the runway he drove off with Mrs. Marshall.

LONDON, Jan. 9.—(UP)—The liner Queen Elizabeth docked at Southampton today at I :S0 a. m. (8:30 p. m. Wednesday EST), four days. It hours and 24 min-

utes after leaving New %'ork, s' today-to urge Gen. new record between the cities. ( Marshall to press

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (UP) —Retiring Secretary of State James F. Byrnes was expected

Ovtg-'

the Soviet

lames Moser Is Plane Victim

the whole arranged as neatly as ^

the interior of a modern sub- 1 stakes are

i person who knew how to shut off I posals at a joint meeting of the the automatic controls and turn j two houses in the House cham-

theni over to manual operation, her.

Miller climbed the hot rungs! Lieutenant Governor Richard through clouds of smoke, entered'T. James presided over the Senilis “office.” and cut the switch- 1 ate, which was scheduled to fe-

es. While firemen battled the

___ j Union for the freest facilities WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (INS) I Possible for reporters at the —Sen. Vandenberg (R) Mich.,! forthcoming Moscow Big Four

chairman of the Senate Foreign

elect Senator John Van Ness, of Valparaiso, for president pro

majority

marine.

KILLED BY K1FLE

Bobby, 5, said the gun fired j when Ronnie tried to take

away from Bobby.

; Bodies of the three men, who re killed, were so badly mangi that it required some time identify them. Kendall was pulled out of the reckage and rushed to the hostal. Many expressed the oplnn that it was a miracle that he as alive. Charles McCurry, Putnam unty coroner, soon reached the :ene and took charge of the dies and conducted gn investi-

tion.

It was said the four men were st starting to Indianapolis here they were employed when

e accident occurred.

Double funeral services for r. Foley and Mr. Cox will be ’Id from the McCurry Funeral i ,omc at 3 o’clock Friday aftcr-

bon. Rev. William McKcchaii) real estate deals made

'ill have charge.

I-ast rites for Mr. Leonard will held Friday afternoon at 1:30 ’clock from the McCurry Funral Home. Rev. McKeehan will bo have charge of this service, urial will be in the Stllesville

metery.

In addition to his father, Mr.

supreme,

HUNTINGTON. Jan. ».—(UPij —Ronnie Vance Sands, two] years old. was killed yesterday!

when a rifle discharged while he’ . , . . , , . .

” Additional bids were let by

played with two older brothers.!^ r , atnflni Count Eoard of The brothers. Gary, 9, «>fl| Ccmmll!S j orerg on Wednesday

when they dimple ted their i three-day session at the court I

! house.

Mrs. Bertha Kr-ill of Roach-

high and the groljdalc received a telegran VVeJ-i Dr. Wildman, said. j nrsu ’ n y stating her nephew, - - - J James Moser (*f Pope Valley,

' Calif., was killed in a plane ac-

| cident.

I He was the son of Mrs. Minnie . Cline Moser, formerly of CloverI dale. Mr. Moser had bc-n a pilot

i for many years.

Mr. Moser's husband. Emcryj Moser and their son. Glen Moser, both met death a few years ago

in a place crash.

More Bids Let By Co. Board

flames with chemicals, Miller be

gan the trip down the ladder. At tern, or Republican few feet from the bottom he I floor leader,

stumbled and fell, unconscious,

to the ground.

His wife and daughter found him there, a pulmotor squad unsuccessfully trying to restore his life. A physician told them he died of hemorrhages induced by

the smoke.

Stand Pat On Tax Reductions

LC. Conrad Sells Putnam Co. Farm

• Sanitary Supplies i court J {house, jail arvj county farm) | Modern School Supply Com. of,

IF roba bly one of

20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE

the largest

in Put-

nam county in recent years, has been the sale of the 312 acre

I Indianapolis. j County Farm (food) Trem- . bly’s Regal Market. Highway Stone Russellville Sh’ne Co.: Whitaker C Richards; Indiana State Farm and France

Ston° Co.

Heavv Hardware and steel -

Teachers Get Pay Increases

farm in Greencastle township! , v j Co., Indianapolis.

near the airport, owned by L C. Conrad. The purchasers were Mr. and Mrs. Jar.es N. Woodall of Indianapolis, who will takej

Miller Grain

Light hardware

Co.

Grader blades and repair

. . parte Indiar.i Equipment Co..

thla year arm on arc • Indianapolis, and American Steel increases of $13,196,000 if and The farm is well improved and ® upplv ,,rp of Fnrt Wavno ’ when the ia available.

No hidg wer n received by the • -

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (UPl - House Republicans stood pat on their tax reduction plans today despite renewed opposition from President Truman. They said both personal income taxes and excise levies could and would be cut even though the Presiiknit felt such moves represented “unsound fis-

cal policy.”

The President called for muin-

The board approved an immed-j tenance of current tax levels in

CHICAGO. Jan. 0. (UP) A I teachers' strike, scheduled to be1 gin ut 7:30 a. m. against tlv^ city’s trade, vocational and highj schools, was averted today ns n| result of pay increases announced by the hoard of education.

iute $4.250 000 teachers’ salary boost, together with a long-range schedule calling for additional

r '* mi—

years, its productivity has been!

built up until it has proven to be one of the finest producing

farms In the county.

Hcrschcl N. Scott, president of the Men’s Teachers’ Club, un-

his State of the Union message to Congress on Monday, in his economic report yesterday, and will certainly do it again in his budget message tomorrow. Mr. Truman’s recommendations for a broadened base for

Representative Hobart Creighton. of Warsaw, was sure of reelection as speaker of the House and Representative George W. Henley, of Bloomington, as

House floor leader.

There are 87 Republicans and 12 Democrats In the House. One G. O. P. representative. Leo Dennis, of Pekin, died since the election and no successor was named. The Republicans have 38 senators and the Democrats 12. The Governor and the majority leaders hope to have a quiet status quo 61-day session, but a number of controversial measures will be tossed into the hoppers, regardless of their efforts. Among them are primary restoration, local option, changes in the liquor laws, legalization of pari-mutuel race horse betting, a bonus for World War II veterans, outlawing of the Klan, a cigarette tax, raids on the state treasury balance and similar hotly-contested bits of legis-

lation.

Lobbyists, hobbyists and observers for special interests outnumbered the lawmakers in the State House corridors as the ses-

sion opened.

Relations Committee, said today he expects Gen. George C. Marshall to confer with his committee before the new secretary leaves for the Moscow confernce. Peru’s Cabinet Resigned Today LIMA, Jan. 9.—(UP)—The entire Peruvian cabinet resigned early today as a result of the allegedly political murder of one of Peru's most prominent publishers. The mass resignation of President Jose Luis Busta nente Riv ero's ministers came after an unidentified gunman shot down Francisco Giana Garland, publisher of the morning newspaper La Prensa, on Tuesday evening. Political quarters said that Bustamente would be forced to accept the resignations and declared that the shooting provoited a political crisis that placed the government In serious diffieuRies. La Prensa said. “We are dealing with a crime clearly and unmistakably of political origin."

CHINESE WOMAN MOTHER OF QUINTS •• ALL BOYS

Mrs. Fant Judy suffered wits nd bruises when her car skidded nd overturned on road , 43, orth of the Water Works. Clevc Thomas was elected resident Of the city school I

ard. Other members ware Padlj Taylor Webaten a ^ Ibln and Harry Collins. | Harv y d away at Hal Royce was selected a.'70 year, of age. passed away

H. T. Webster Dies

At Russellville

HONORARY MEMBER LONG BEACH, ~al., Jan. 9

(UP) Students of Jordan high' 1 ' ’ oday enrolled Jane R- by the scl, ° o1 b 1 **” 1 -

sell as an honorary member

| the Men’s Teacners' wiud, un-| | nounccd that the strike had betniSocial Security program, also j postponed until March 15, butj conta I t >ed in his economic mes- | warned that it would be hcld| aa 8 e to Congress, met with gee- | then unless demands for a full 30| era l approval. But key Republii [>or cent increase had been mel cans protested that they

school today enrolled Jane Rns-

•ill

their Parent-Teacher Ass'n.

were

too vague to serve as a guide for

legislative action.

TO PRESENT RCX ITAL

The actress was elected by thej

student body as an annual fea .'^tience Thompson Berg w

turc of the P-T-A membership JL®. " PI pUp s ln a and Means Committee. “Whe:i

I violin recital Friday evening January 10th, at 7:30 in the re-

"He will come out against sin next,’’ snapped Harold Knutson It., Minn., of the House Ways

d,ive ’ „ .. The students told Miss Russell

The net value of taxable prop* day.

football

come to

1 JMAiaiuIo CCfJnty waa Private funeral services will be star Bob Waterfield, ig Ur ’ according to held from the home at 11 a. m. meetings too. ur Clod^V” Ule trfnce WU- Saturday. , i “Our school did not lose a ur er * er ’ COUn ty tr»a- Friends may caB at the home, game in football this past sea-

anytime before Saturday.' r. son,” they wrote. 1

he sends down some specific pioposals, the committee will give

MARRIAGE LICENSE

cital room °t tlu Mnsii School. f u n ^,4 ( j ue consideration.’*

Those taking part are May Adelaide Hinken, Lois Gray ’Shirley Myers, Marjorie Davis, Lowell Gray, Evan Crawley Jr., Forest Varvel, and Stephen Berg. The public is cordially Invited to hear these young violinists.

Carl G. MoGraw. Roachdale R. 1, and Helen Gorham, Green-

caatle.

PEIPING, Jan. 9.—(UP) Quintuplets — all boys -r- were born to the wife of a Chinese

James and Speaker Creighton | army sergeant three day ft ago in

the town of Yenlinhaicn, 53 miles south of Chcnchow in Honan province, the Central News Agency

reported today.

conference. When Byrnes agreed to hold the next meeting in Moscow, ho obtained from Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov an agreement that the foreign press would be allowed to cover the conference as it had in Paris and New York. At his press conference Tuesday. three hours before his resignation was announced, Byrnes said he had received no word either from Molotov or the American embassy in Moscow about arrangements. Marshall now inherits the task as Byrnes’ succes-

sor.

Edward C. Shinn Called By Death Edward Clifford Shinn, age 80, passed away at his home two miles cast of Bainbridge at 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning. He had been in ill health for the past five years. Mr. Shinn was a member of the Palestine Baptist church and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Fillmore. He is survived by the widow, Elizabeth, and one son, Glenn and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 o’clock at the Palestine church. Burial will be In the Palestine cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence after noon Friday.

are expected to name the members of the important standing committees of the two houses

momentarily.

Senator Roy Conrad. Republican of Montlcello, who is patronage committee chairman, today announced the Senate's list of officials, as follows; Charles R. Brown, Montezumai) secretary; Fred Hinz. Knox, assistant secretary; Sam Gelb, Vin-

The mother and five babies were reported going well.

HOG MARKET

Hogs 7500; uneven, few early sales barrows and gilts 75c low

cennes, postmaster; Mrs. Lucille I er; bulk 160-lbs. up 70c-$l lower

t Todays Woath^ • • add • • Local Temperature f *••••••••• Partly cloudy north and fair south today and tonight. Friday partly cloudy and somewhat warmer.

Morton. Indianapolis, assistant postmaster; Russell E. Goodrich, Shelbyvllle, reading clerk; Paul Boatman, Veedersburg, recorder; Mrs. Neva Baker, Indianapolis, indorsing clerk; Mrs. Estelle

than Wednesday; bulk good and' choice 160-225 lbs.. $22.50, topj $22.65; 125-260 lbs.. $22-$22.25: 260-300 lbs., $21.50-$21.75; .300 lbs. up mostly $21.25; 100-160 lbs.. $21.2ft-$21.76; sows $1.50-$2!

Pierce, Indianapolis. registry lower, early sales mostly $16.40clerk; Albert Ferris, Milton, min- $17, few $19.

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