The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 October 1947 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1947.
NO. 294
YDJ.HEMMER TAKE STAND OWN DEFENSE
madp In the case. He did not recall having made such a state-
ment.
David Grimes, former county agent, was called and testified as to the good reputation of the de-
fendant.
Other local character witness-
SSE OFFERS PARADE es were O. G. Webb Lloyd CHARACTER wit- Houck, Frank Jones, Noble AlVESSKS TCESDAY he, Thud Jones, all of whom
Ustified that the reputation of
I uroinier, the defendant Mr. Hemmer was good, nibeizlement an<l grand Judge Eldo Zood of Hunt .igtriul here, wits to take burg was the first out comity Jmss stiiml in his own de- witness. He testified that the thik afternoon in the Put- defendant’s reputation was good, niit eoiirt. Defense at- Slate Senator Leo Stcmle of ,l„) indlrated to The Jasper, Horace Kean, Dubois gunner lhat they would prosecuting attorney, Miss Northelr side of the ease ma Koecner, postmaster, wore
among the witnesses testifying. All were of the same opinion,
defense in the case of the Merchants from Huntingburg 0 f Indiana versus Floyd J. who testified were R. H, Mccharged with grand Murtry, Mike Wagner, George jetmenta in the Putnam St. Angel, L. D. Trent and J. t court, opened its case be- (Frank Overbeck. Some testie jury of eleven men and fied on state cross examination nman Tuesday morning, that in their opinion if Hemmer they presented one char- was found guilty, his reputation witness Monday afternoon would still be good. court adjourned. j
Stale had expected to conuntil probably Tuesday md when they rested their the defense was caught only one witness on hand •ed for adjournment until
y morning.
one witness they presentnday afternoon was Austin toss of Terre Haute and ukee. Wise., who said he
Veterans Of ’98 To Hold Annual Reunion Sunday
Spajiish-American War veterans who were members of the Grcencastle and Roschdale com-
ppointed a trustee by Paul p an j e s 0 f the 15!Hh Volunteer Iiv tt when he began his term t an t r y W ji] attend their 35th an-
nual reunion Sunday (Oct 12) a*
Bloomington.
Tvemor and served for a
of 11 years.
■js was asked by the deas to whether he knew of (landing of Mr. Hemmer in
The reunion of the regiment, which was formed Horn compan-
NEW ZONING ORDINANCE IS ABOUT READY CITY WILL SOON HAVE REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION Grcencastle will soon have n zoning ordinance which will control the construction of property within those zones. It will not only prevent construction of buildings that might be a fir*> hazard or would cause damage to other property, but it will ho an asset to the city in defining residential atid business sections of the city and will confine those sections to whatever classifica-j tion to which they have been as-
signed.
The new zoning system will be In the hands of a board made up of five persons. A special; meeting of the council will be Iwld next Monday evening at which time the ordinance, which is ready for presentation, will be offered and started on passage to becoming effective. The business sections of the. city, three in number, the down | town portion, a small plot on east Washington street at Wood street and the south Grcencastle section are defined as business sections, while ail others are in the residential section. These districts are as follows: Business Distrl.-ts Beginning at the intersection of Poplar Street and College] Avenue, thence west in Poplar street to the intersection of Jackson street, thence north in Jackson Street to the intersec
TRUMAN GETS SWEET REVENGE’
SATURDAY IS OLD GOLD DAY AT UNIVERSITY
\ N N UAL HOMECOMING A'l DEUAIIW WILL SEE BIG CROWD Traditionally decorated fratern.ty a .ml sorority houses, the band in uni.orm, the Old Gold !l»ay Chapel, the football game-
LATEST WIRE NEWS
BRAZIL MINE
OPERATOR DIES
IN ACCIDENT
FRAMPTON ROCKHILL, FORMERLY OF THIS CITY,
HILLED LATE MONDAY
.ho. e are some of the ingrement.s ( for)v> ttKaln aft< . r fRtlllr ,.
Dutch Charged By Indonesia
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. Oct. 1 (INS)—Tile Netherlands government was ehurged by Indonesia In the U. N. Security Council to-
day with planning to (rewort to j highway 50 between his home
Frampton Rockhlll, age , years, was killed instantly e, y Monday evening when his automobile struck a farm tractor on
WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS get dose of their own medicine as President Truman focuses for a picture Camera Is gift from the photogs, whom the president calls his "One More Club." (International)
-ighborhood of the State recruited in eleven southern,^ of thp al , ey betwppn pop , ar
4S well as elsewhere and Indiana cities, will be held in t h '-| Rn( i Walnut Street; thence west
' of Business bull ling at
llent." On cross examina- Indiana University, which since he said he was not a mem- 1941 has been the regimental as(the Board of Trustees for sociation headquarters. The retwo years prior to the time union program will open witli indictments were returned registration, at 10 a. m. and in- | but he said he had visited c| udc business and memorial sesFarm friends three times sions and a regimental luncheon, he left the state. He said A t th( ' request of the veterans
the University will show the motion pictures of the 1946 Indlajia-
hesitatingly said it was School of Business bud ling a. , ln a ,| cy to thp intersection of
Market Street; thence north in Market Street to the intersection with Liberty Street; thence east in Liberty Street to a line 150 ft.
discussed it here with at three citizens whom he
He said they were Purdue football game.
^'t ‘he indictments and] Co , T j Blooming™di'' not Mievc lhc de - jt on attorney and ondy surviving
staff officer of the regiment, is
•r to the appearance of prpsidpnt an;1 w . A . Sut p hini of or, the witness stand, the j n(liarar)oli8 , | S secretary of the so asked that the indict-' rpg , jmpntal aHSOC i a tion. Member ■ dicing grand larceny arp pxpected lo bP p rcac nt fron
each of the campanies which were recruited at Evansville, Torre Haute, Vincennes, Princeton, New Albany, Washington,! Koachdale, Madison, Browns town, Grcencastle and Blooming-
ton.
st Hemmer be( dismissed. Carl Gray, counsel, said I Had not been proven. The overruled the motion to
City Council Met Monday The city council held a routiri" business session Monday evening with four members of the council and Mayor Walter Bal-
lard present.
The claim ordinance was presented and passed unanimously.
and parallel to Jackson Street;, <sp e{ .j a | building permits weie
thence north on said line to the granted as follows:
intersection with the north George E. Knaucr to erect new boundary line of Frazier Street; hoU8C between Seminary and thence cast on the north bound-1 Alldpr8on qj, Arlington, costing ary line of Frazer Street to a [about $4,500. Walter Seeley to line 150 ft. cast and parallel to' romodpl house at 306 west ColJackson Street; thence south on umb | a street; J. E. Courtney to said line to the intersection with, rt .p a j r garage at 610 south Lo-
Jacob Street; thence east in Jacob street to the intersection with College Street; thbnce south to the point of beginning.
Three Jailed Monday Night Three persons wore lodged in tile county jail late Monday night by the city police after a fracas at the cornerVof Jackson
end Poplar streets.
Those taken into custody were Clifford and Dorothy Monnett and Gilbert Christenberry. Police said Tuesday morning that charges would be filed
against the three.
Hunt Men Who Attacked Girl
which w.ll make up DePauw Univer nty's annual homecoming on
S:* tunlay, Oct. 11.
Called Old Gold Day on the DePauw campus, the homecoming will nring alumni from all parts >f the United States for the celebration and to watch the Tigers battle the University of Rochester, N. Y., football squad
in Blackstock Stadium.
Old Gold activities will begin at 0 a. m. with judging of the house decorations. Pan-Hellenic council, inter-sorority governing group, and Kappa Tau Kappa, inter-fraternity council, will present trophies to the winners in the men's and women's divisions. Tile lioard of Directors of Uie Dec a.uw Alumni Association will meet at 10:30 followed by j the traditional Old Gold chapel at 11 o'clock in Meharry Hall. Principal speakers will include Dr. Guy O. Carpenter of Vincennes, former superintendent ot the Indianapolis district of the Methodist Chuich; Robert E | Crouch, director of alumni af fairs; Edwin "Mike" Sna.vely new DePauw football coach ami representative for DePauw stu dents; Parker Jordan of Indianapolis, president of the national alumni association, will preside. Trophies for winning house decora tons will be awarded during the program. Music will be
by the University Band.
The Tiger.s will meet the University of Rochester Riverman at 2 p. m. in Blackstock Stadium. Between the. halves the Old Gold j Ouecn will be crowned and the DePauw marching band will per-
foini before the stadium.
Following the game a "mixer" for alumni, students, arvl friends of DelFauw will be held in The
of the I'niteil Nations, cuiincllla-
Iton.
north of Brazil and the city. Mr. Rockhill had taken his automobile into the city to have new .. tires placed on it early in the I lie 11-nation body was uinable
, ■ , , . . 1 afternoon, and had returned for
to reach a ileeisien ami will re-i., , .
„ _,, , , J it and was en route to his homo
convene Thursday inuring t> seek I bpn b|
a vote on the Soviet proposal
that the Netherlands troops he withdrawn to positions they belli before the outbreak I( linstillttes.
Would Release Frozen Eggs
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7, — (INS)— Congressional demands wiyc made ipon government load officials today to release immediately nearly KM) million poiWids of federal-owned frozen and dried eggs for foreign relief. Sen. Wilson, R, Iowa, declared i.liat the government “should be practical” and semi tin- eggs it •ms on hand to the hungry
(H-opics overseas.
.Sen. Salt.onstall, R., Mass., |
''ailed ii|ton lUhairles
struck the tractor
which was working on the highway shortly after six o’clock. Mr. Rockhill was born and nared in this community, but went to Brazil soon after World War I. He had been •ngaged in the coal mining business for a number of years an was presi-
dent of the Big Bt I at the time of his d survived by the wid son. Howard Rock city is a brother.
Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon with lal in the Brazi' cemetery.
Mine Co., h. He is v and one .11 of this
held bur-
Driver Of Stone Truck Arrested
Gilbert Rigby, 34. Indianapolis,
Duck man, { was arrested by city police at
chairman of the Citizens Food! ,hr <’orner of Washington and Committee, to demand that the Indiana streets Tuesday morning
government-held eggs lx* released to AiiHTiesnii coii“on>»T« "as
speedy as (Misslhle."
State rested its case after failed to get an admission Mrs. Lettie Shonkwiler, framer’s secretary, that wld identify his handwrit- 1 Tl'is prevented the State j m Presenting Edmund , r ' state police handwrit-1 prrt from testifying as to | Matures on the “J. C. j 11 check and the endorse-1
Trusty Escapes From Vigo Jail
cust street; to make repairs at 10-25 east Franklin by Record’s Hatchery; Miss Hattie Conley to make repairs on east Elm
Beginning at the intersection street; to erect sign over the)
of Washington Street and Wood \ s j de walk on south iVnc street! usod *1 early this morning to abStrcft; thence south in Woodsy Ira Sutherlin; to add a one ,UC I al1 18-year-old Indianapolis Street 200 ft.; thence cast 500 8 tory section to house on southjK'U so that all six of them
College Avenue by John Tzou-. tou d raP*' her.
nnakis; to Ernest L. Mugg fori Miss Lois House,18, *as kidel ecting a garage at 328 north I r: aped after two of the men Arlington street. j slugged her companion, Willis A resolution to vacate an alley Huddclsorg IK, also of Indianapo-
500
ft.; thence north to the intersection with the Indianapolis Road; thence in a southwesterly direction in the Indianapolis Road
to the ponit of beginning.
Indianapolis. Oct. 7-State and City Police today searched for a 1040 Eiuiek and Uie six men who
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 — (INS)—Only |iartial observance of “meat less Tuesday” was evident. (Iirouglioiit the nation today as rn-Hiilent Truman's food conservation program met Its
first r-al test.
Meat was served In a majority of American restaurants. Hut. cafe owners explained (hat sifpplies were ordered and menus printed before Mr. Truman soiiml'sl Ids plea for aid to Enrols' through conservation and
Barn, student center, and a j self-sacrifice at home.
Beginning at the intersection j | )0twpcn q. \V. Hill and Albert | Hs. and dragged her into the car
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 7. (UP) A trusty at the Vigo
on the R. p. Olinger check, jeounty jail, scheduled for transfh he was on the witness \ fer to the state reformatory at tor only a brief time. j Pendleton to begin a term for
ay morning’s session of *as taken up with parade tetor witnesses for the de-
forgery, broke away from th jailer, ripped a screen off a ground floor window, and escap-
ed early today.
Sheriff Ira Hall said he was
'PH Huteheson, chairman j preparing to transport Edward p xtnain county AAA. He' Humphrey, 22. Torre Haute, to
first
witness called was
of Bloomington Street and Maple Avenue; thence south in Maple Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of the Pennsylvania Railroad right of way ;thence northeast on said right of way centerline to the intersection with Bloomington Street; thence northwest in Bloomington Street to the point of beginning. Industrial Areas All area within 500 ft. of the centerline of any railroad right
of way.
Exceptions:
the Monon Railroad righ of way north of Walnut Street and west
« was pood. ithe prtsoner made his escape. I 0 f Madison Street. 8 Crosby, oresident nt the! Hnmnhrev was convicted on a! The area between Indian i
Stoner on south Locust .street! Miss House was abducted was passed. They own all the' within three blocks of her home ground on which the alley lies] as she returned inn work, and and it runs into an alley in the was taken to an isolated section rear and is not in use. Hcuringl <>t southwest Indianapolis, neaof objections was fixed as of, white river, where the men us-
Novrmbcr 3. I sa.ulte.l her.
It was suggested Lhat a street 1 After the rape, the men relight be placed over the iimv turned the girl to within a, few crossing (gates erected by the blocks of the kidnaping scene.
Pennsylvania crossing so that,
the gates may be easier seen at |IO(i >|ARKET night. j Hogs 7,000; barrows and gilts
generally 50 lower; good anr choice 225-275 lbs $20.00; 170-22! lbs and 275-400 lbs -28.25-28.75
reputation of the de-',the Pendleton reformatory when.
Parking around the church on ,ca.st Washington street at Arl-
Property Joining I | nR t on wa8 noted to block vision
or Arlington and making it hazardous for traffic. Yellow no parking signs will be placed oa
hV. president of the! Humphrey was convicted on a!
r’Gtifcns Bank and Trust' forgery charge in Vigo Circuit street extended and the Pennsylilso testified to the same’court last Friday and was sent-| V ania Railroad righ of way.
a s did Ivan F. Ruark.jenced to a two-to-14 year re-i
’ er of the Putnam County | formatory term. Sheriff Hal11 . . ■ Bureau Co-Op. jsaid the young man had "a leng-j |^0(||Qg| jOCIClJf
160-170 lbs $28.00; 100-100 lbs $24.75-$26.00; sows rather slow, around steady to 50 lower, lost
demonstration broadcast will be given by members of the Student Radio Guild at 5 p. ni in Harrison Hall. The day's events will close with a dance for alumni, students, faculty, and friends in Bowman Gymnasium beginning at 9 p. m. The Student Governng Boaid is arranging the dance. Robot Plane On Flight To U. S. LONDON. Oct. 7 (UP) Col. tames M. Gillespie pushed a baton marked "Stephenville" today md his robot-piloted U. S. Air 'forces C-54 transport roared lown a runway at Lyneham airilrome, took off automatically md pointed its nose toward
ionic.
As was the case on the 2,400nilc flight across on September
2, there was nothing for the Is flying according to schedule
and has encountered no frouble on Its night across the Atlantic.
lieadqiiarterH in[
Many restaurant organizations -aid they hud arranged to observe an “eggless, poult ryless" Thursday and that by next Tuesday their establishments would lei prepared to comply with the meatless day resqoest. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (INS) —The National Labor Relations Hoard held its first public hearing since passage of the TaftI la ri ley Act today and avoided a showdown on the controversial non-( omniiinist iilfidavit section of the new law. The NT.HR approved an agree men! by the disputants—Lin wood Cotton Mills of lafayette, Ga., and the (TO Textile Workers I'nlon—to effect a settlement of their ease without Ixinnl
action.
WASHINGTON. OH. 7. (INS) —The II. S. Air Forces announced at noon today lhat the pilotless C-54 Sky master robot plane
charged with driving a stone j truck with ^ne»-0* •
Police Russell Clapp
said that Rigby has had four suspensions of Itcense for drunken driving in the past three or four years. He is also believed subject to fainting spells, one of which caused him to have an accident in Stilesville only recently. Chief Clapp stated that the Indiana Division of Public Sul '- ty ha., been .uMifud a*M Rigby will be subject to an investigation by this department. Rigby was fined $1 and cos's upon his plea of guilty when taken before Ola T. Ellis in Justice
of the Peace court.
the curbs on Washington street m „ 8t | y on , lightweights; good and two or three car lengths on each cll(lj( . (> 550 p,,, j„wn mainly $26-
^ Conrad was called and j thy record," including pervious | that the reputation of | convictions of forgery and em-
irner uh»c * i »
Meets Thursday
' |'X4ica vtvsii vra. 1 t;( ji 1 v ix-. v**'*
"■mer was good. On cross bezzlement.
J M»tl°n he was asked if he] Hall said a jail attendant was
nr,t of fered to bet that a [booking another prisoner when] The Putnam County acquittal would be .Humphrey broke away. Being gaiety will hold its
i . . „oia the dinner meeting a.t the
side .thus opening up the view
from the north and south. Councilman Russel Hardman
sought unsuccessfully to have the council repeal the day-light savings ordinance which has 1 boon on record for several years, i No vote was taken on it. but
Wears Ago
Medical monthly Putnam
,N QR| KNOASTLJB
Tl Wa,,s was
mond. Vanks
Ight
la trusty, the sheriff said,
I prisoner knew his way about th- hospital, Thursday evenHe ran down a corridor, jnf , October 9th at 6:30 o’clock
[jail.
others out-talked Councilman Hardman on the matter. ^ 1 WILL ATTEND FUNERAL
(knocked a screen from a window^ There will be a demonstration Mrs Otto H Ernberg and land jumped to the ground. ! f or intravenous medication. l](jj 8S Ruby Swagger will leave | Nurses will be guests at this W ednesday morning for Charles-
TRUMAN SETS PACE ; program. j ton . West Virginia, where they Gporge H Gossman said
^ - - - - | " • have been called due to the
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UP)—-President Truman
made It three
d Srr Ver Plttaburgh in the the pace for the American pubR winnln 8 * to 1. ‘ He today in the first nation-wide tud ' n,l< * ted a home run observance of a meatless Tues-
j " lf>n on ba * c - | day since World War I. 0 n Haspel and Mrs. it was learned, m— -
homas were in Monte- that "desaerUesa ” and 'Gutter- auction Saturday
j less” days alao have been sug- j
due to
death of Mont Swagger, brother B rownstown on Dec. 8. Ho said
.00-$27.50. State To Seek Death Penalty SEYMOUR. Ind., Oct. 7 (UP) The prosecution will seek the death penalty for David E. Edman when the former wealthy war contractor stands trial for the d ath of his divorced wife last winter, it was disclosed to-
day.
Jackson circuit court Judge
the
case would get underway at
Shoots Woman With Husband MT. CARMEL. Ill . Oct. 7 (UP) Mrs Opal Armstrong, 36, Mt. Carmel, was to be arraigned today on a murder charge returned by a grand jury late yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of a Fort Branch, Ind., divorcee. Mrs. Armstrong has been hell without bail flinco the shooting of 27-year-old Mrs. Cliarlestine Bell last Aug. 14. Mrs. Armstrong has confessed shooting Mrs. Bell outside a local tavern after she saw her there with her husband, Roy Armstrong, 44. She drove to the police station and surrendered to authorities immediately after-
ward.
Roy Armstrong lias been held as at material witness.
■rew aboard to do except enjoy he flight. After the push but-
nn pilot took off the plane from Air Forces
wnehani Airdrome, near Chip- Washington are Indirectly in jz. II deferred passing sentence oenham Wiltshire, it began to radio contact with the plane'Mrs. Madelyn Kelley, funnel nick up signals from a ship atjlhrnugh Stephenville, Newfound- postmaster at Fillmore, on Mon1t . a hand, the robot's next destine-j day. The matter was deferred
until probation officers have
WITHHELD SENT! NT E Federal Judge Robert C. Balt-
on
It operated on these signals Don.
leg of its flight The robot-directed plane, only | completed their mvestigatioi of
iiircratt so equipped In the world, left London at 7:05 a. m. British summer time, 1:05 a. m. EST. It
Radio signals is expected to land at Stephen-] false claims,
ville in not less than 12 liours
from take-off time.
during the first
westward across the Atlantic. When it passes beyond this ship, It will begin to pick up signals
from another,
from the airfield at Stephenville, Newfoundland, will guide its ap-
proach and landing there. Gillespie, chief of the Air
Forces all weather flying division at Wilmington, Ohio, did not say where he would land
first in the United States. The plane made the first auto-
hcr case. She entered a plea of guilty two weeks ago to federal charges of false entries and
CINCINNATI, OH. 7.—(INS) —The American Newnpaiier IMlhlishcrs Association filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in Cincinnati today charging tli" AFL-Intcr-
I'nlon
Todays Weaifca. •
and •
Local Temperature 9
,P ! EVANS PROPERTY SOLD (
sel ‘ ‘ AT AUCTION SATURDAY | of Miss Swagger, and a cousin two weeks of the c 6urt term had
the
of Mrs. Ernberg
The Webb Evans property atj Mr. Swagger, age 35, was accorner of Washington and cidentally killed in a railroad ac
r^„r r *»*<»*« *•
It being the The accident occurred ten days
isecond residence property to be ago and death occurred on Mon-
withln a few J “
ThV ia ~ wc'—xx r;;^r y oZ„ p " r '
-fftey Voliva spent the put aside at least for the time chased by ln Indianapolis. |, e i n g the price of $5800.
tob^Lu° ney Was here from rented to Mr. Truman’s new food J sold at auction
day afternoon
The burial will take place on
for Thursday at the family plot in
Charleston, West Virginia.
been a n t aside for the trial and that a ventre of 200 prospective jurors would be drawn a week before the session begins.
malic flight, from takeoff to! national Typographical landing, to Britain so the 800-]with violation of the Taft-Hart-
pound “brain" that flies it could (ley Act.
be shown to Royal technicians.
Air Force
SCOUT NOTICE There will be a meeting of Den
Edman, a retired 40-year-old [ Mothers afid Dads of Cub Scout electrical engineer, was chargod Pack 90 tonight at 7 00 o’clock with the shooting death of pretty at the Christian church. This Mrs. Ruth Clark Edman, 38, at meeting is for planning of the her village home at OgtlvtUe near next year’s dub activities. Cubs 1 Columbus, Ind., laat Feb. 13. do not meet tonight.
The petition was filed with .luck Evans, director of the NLRB’a seventh region, by Cranston Williams, general manager of ANPA, and Elisha Hanson,
AN PA counsel.
The petition was filed in Cincinnati because the ITU’s headquarter* are in Indianapolis which Is Included in the Seventh
Region.
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Generally fair and continued warm today. Increasing cloudiness tonight with occasional ruin ending near the Ohio river tonight and overspreading most of the state tomorrow. Cooler tomorrow.
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