The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 January 1948 — Page 1
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VOLUME FIFTY-SIX
THE DAILY BANNER “IT WAVES FOR ALL”
OUR INMATES OF PENAL FARM CAUGHT FRIDAY UNO WEST OF CEMENT FLA NT BY SHERIFF AND DEPUTY
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1948.
NO. 73
Four inmates, who escaped om the Indiana state farm at jtnamville Thursday, were apehcnded by Sheriff Ed Maddox sd deputy Joe Rollings at 8:d0 clock Friday morning near (iry Knob farm just southwest Greencastle. The prisoners were found asting a chicken for their cakfast west of the Cement •nt. Sgt. Raub and state policeman rk of the Puinamville Post isted the Putnam county oftk taking the men to the penfarm pending court arraignit. hose back in custody ar--card James, Robert WoodKay Turner and Perry iitfell. Inioke from tlieir campfire Taeted tlio attention of uty Rollings and led to the rehension of the escapes. A r 3rt had been received at the riff’s office a short time bothat two suspicious acting had been seen around a car near the cement plant, four told the officers that spent Thursday night in 1 woods where they were cap'll. ■Bainbridge Resident Dead s. Clara Gibson, age 58, wile car Gibson, formerly of Ladied Wednesday night at home in Indianapolis, folg an illness of several th - r and Mrs. Gibsoli had also Pd in Bainbridge W’here he fa baker. is survived by the husthree daughters. Betty pii and Mrs. Beulah Griggs, piapolis and Doris of New and one son, John, of Indibits. penal services will be held Moore"chapel, east Wash8t., in Indianapolis, at one Saturday afternoon. Bulbil he at the Ladoga cemeThc funeral fiarty is cxto arrive nt the cemetery o’clock.
E.M. DENNY DIED SUDDENLY YHURSDAY Edward M. Denny, age 70 years, died unexpectedly at Ills home north of Roachdale Thursday night. He had been in failing health for a number of years, but his death was not expected. Born Oct. 23, 1868 near West Baden. Ind., he was the son o’ Christopher and Eliznli Crump Denny. He married Grace M. Young at Danville, III., Dec. 13.
1917.
He was a member of the United Brethern church it Advance find of the Masonic lodge and was well-known as a lover of
music.
Surviving are (lie widow; a sister, Mrs. Laura Winn of Indianapolis and several nieces and
nephews.
Hebert Heads Kiwanis Club Williami A. Hebert was installed as president of the local Kiwanis Club at the annual banquet last evening in the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Harry P. Walrond was installed a* vicepresident, Peter Mllanovich as secretary and Kenneth West ns
treasurer.
The installation was conducted by Elmer Switzer, Bloomington, who recently succeeded Gene Akers as Lieutenant-Gov-
Kiwanis
RESCUE SHIPWRECK VICTIMS
ernor of the Seventh
Division.
Also Introduced at the meeting were the members of die 1048 board of directors, including Gifford Black, Frank DcVaney, Robert Farber, Hiram Jomc, T. A. Kleeknor, Robeit Gould. Kenneth Harris and David Houck. I The retiring president, Jervis j Fulmer, was presented with a pen and pencil set by the club. The Kiwanians, their wives and other guests were entertained by Nelson Garringcr, a DePauw Student who is one of the cleverest magicians ever seen here. His line of patter and wide assortment of tricks held the group’s undivided attention amd caused much favorable commetite Masons Conduct Public Ceremony
NEW EDUCATION PUN PREPARED BY UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENT WILL GO IN EFFECT WITH DEPAUW’S FALL TERM A new experiment In general education is being prepared at DePauw University under a plan which will per nit comparison of of the results of today's standard curriculum with those of a curriculum of general education. The new plan, which will probably go into effect In the fall of 1918. will permit , r ;,0 entering freshmen during their first two years of college to stu ly in general rather than specific areas of course work. Tin- attempt will be to intergrate basic knowledge within the framework of a few courses before specialization is begun during their last two years of college. A committee on experimental curriculum is working wnth DePauw's committee on educational policy in preparing the new program. The basic ideas of the new.course were worked out during the war years when u special committee on general education worked for two and a half years on the problem of the new cur-
riculum.
Basically, the idea of the experimental curriculum at DePauw will be to combine related areas of work into general couisc in order to give the individual students a broader
background before he
specializing.
Within the new course, work in English and speech will be combined under the heading ol basic communications, to be taken throughout the first year. Also in the first year the student will take a general course
in physical science, a foreign * b- sent into the Ruhr as n pumplanguage, physical education, The movie star and her hus , priming measure to get the great and a course in the history of I band. Bandleader Harry James, | iron , )n(1 stcp | wor i {K ,.„jng again. civilization, w-hich will combine ! didn’t know about the threat .
1 .. . . . , It is expected that the Increase
fourth against her—until
HOUSE ACTION BY JAN. 29 ON
BULLETINS ECONOMY IS ' 1 STILL KEYNOTE
TAX CUT BILL Marines Headed IN CONGRESS
KNUTSON MEASURE WILL REDUCE PERSON AL INCOME TAXES
RESCUED AFTER A WEEK on a frozen reef off an ire-bound peninsula near Kodiak, Alaska, 13 survivors are returned to safety. Rescue ’hips were held ofT by atorm-ridden seas after the motor ship jjprnrer^weiit aground. (li,t erlutlwnnl Snupdpholo)
Blonde Held In Grable Extortion
U. S. To Rebuild Shattered Ruhr
HOLLYWOOD, Jun. 9. (Uf’i A drab little blonde udniittid
today she sent Betty Grable a threat to kidnap her baby be-
cause she wanted some
begins i money.”
Mrs. Jane Bean, 20. told FBI agents she tried to extort $5,000 from Miss Grable because she was tired of being poor and
hungry.
“It seems like everyone in Hollywood has lots of money,’’ she said. "I need some myself.” The movie star and her hus-
FRANKFURT. Jan. 9. (UPl American military government officials rue planning to rebuild the great iion and steel plants of
“easy I the bomb-shattered Ruhr, mnk-
j mg it the Industrial heart of the Marshall Plan under the new west German government, informed sources said today. These reports saai that, a
WASHINGTON, Jun. 9. (UPl Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr.. Mess said today he expects the House to pass about Jan. 29 the Knutson bill to eat personal income taxes $5,600,000,000 a year. All signs point to an easy House victory for the Knutson I ill despite President Truman’, iceomiiiendation in his message to Congress for a far different individual income tax .reduction
plan.
Mr. Truman proposed a $40 lax credit for each taxpayer and di pendent, effective tills year. The loss of revenue under this plan estimated by the President at $:;.200,000.000 annually would be made up through an increase in corporation taxes. The legislation sponsored by Chairman Harold Knutson, It., Minn., of the tax-writing House Ways ami Means Committee would go much further than Mr. 'i'rininin proposed in cutting per-
sonal taxes.
It would increase personal exemptions from the present $500 to $600. extend to all states the light of a husband and wife to split their income for tax purposes, and cut income taxes from 101 per cent in the high brackets to
”0 per cent in the low.
Martin told a reporter the Knutson 1)111, or something very close to it, would be passed by the House during the week bc-
26. He set Jan. 29
For Holy Land? LONDON, Jan. 9.— (INS) — The Arab office hi Isindnn announced today flint there are “strong rumors" Britain tins agreed to I lie landing of United States iiuirines in Palestine anil warned against Hie i-onseqiienee of sncii a sicp. The Arab office Niateineut
said:
"There are strong rumors that the British government has agreed thal American marines he landed in Palestine lo protect American institutions. "If the rumors an-, true, the Arabs will take gravest |Hissihle objection to what Britain hus done."
DEMANDS PERSIST DESPITE WARNING BY SECRETARY .MARSHAL!.
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (UP) Economy demands persisted in Congress today despite Secretary of State George C. Marshall's warning that imy slash in the European recovery program would make it all but useless •Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia, u ranking Senate Deni'i crat, said the requested $6,800,000,000 down payment still looked "too high." He said Congress should move carefully in light of reports that the administration’s new federal budget wall hit $41,000,000,000.
Many other senators shared George's views and there wet a some raised eyebrow's on Marshall's all-oi-nothing challenge - that Congress appropriate th.: full request or “don’t undertake if at all." .Some legislators asked privately if the secreta y would remain hi the cabinet if (the program were seriously! attwas reported to hate Invaded i, a jn CougreH(S Palestine from the north tiela.i, I attacking Jewish towns and Meanwhile, Lewis W Dougfighting Hagimuli and British | las, U. S. ambassador to Britain,
Arab Volunteers Invade Palestine
JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 (I P) — An \ruli expeditionary force estimated at 1,(1011 volunteers
forces thrown against them.
Ford Trucks Be Shown Soon i first public showing lit castle of the new 1948 Ford trucks will take pan. 16 at an "open house" ‘conducted by the King km Foster Company, local lea lers. the streamlined new the first post-war pioW the Ford Motor Coinks the main attraction the Hoi risen Foster Company feleome the public to Its kins, service, parts a id )ty and used vehicle de^tts. [arranged an ‘open house’ hi for public announceif the 1948 truck line be■A 1 feel that this is the portunt new truck show"rrl history," said J. Don “We are entering the truck market of all ith the widest range of and capacities Ford has luced. We expect to reeks during the coming in quantities increased )tly to permit us to meet demand.”
ears Ago GREEN OAflTLB "e downed Fillmore, In a thrilling net tilt in -astle gym. yne Davis, of Indianthe guest o. Miss DaggyC. C. Club met with Browning.
• The Cloverdalc Masonic lodge held a public installation servic" ii. the lodge hull Thursday evening. James G. Sipple was made Master of the lodge in an impressive ceremony by Estil Meek, installing officer and John Logan, marshal. The installation service followed an elaborate pitch-in dinner served by the members and Eastern Star. It was ns bountiful as it was good and everyone present enjoyed it to the utmost. RobUftt Arendt was the retiring Worshipful Master. Other officers installed were: Senior Warden, Beit Gross. Junior Garden, Wm. E. Powell Secretary, Ralph Fry. Treasurer, Otho V. Smythc. Senior Deacon. Chester yuery. Jiniioi Deacon, Charles Branuni, Sr. Steward, Top Gutlirldge. Jr. Steward, John Ford. Chaplain, Wm. Zarlng. Trustees. Allan Bain and Forest G. Hurst. Tyler, Fled Lesley. Switch Opened; Train Derailed JONESBORO, Ind., Jan. 9 (UP) State police today Investigated a tampered switch at Uuj New York Central railroad s south siding here that last night derailed a speeding, northbound passenger train. Three crewman and one passenger received minor injuries in the wreck, which toppled the engine over on its side, and derailed the mail, baggage and passenger cars the three-car train. "There is definite evidence that the switch had been illegally opened,” state trooper sergrd George Raugherty said ftftei ,. 1 | " preliminary Investigation
art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, and economic, political and social history. The course will be taught through
the medium of history.
In the second year ihe .student will take biological science, continue his foreign language ami physical education, and enroll in a social science course which will include economics, political science, and sociology. Provision will also be made for several
hours of elect ve cuursca
Students in the experimental work will have met, by the end of the second year, all .specific requirements for graduation except that in philosophy und religion. Furthermore, students planning to major in a science may not choose the experimental work without permission of the head of the department concern-
ed.
According to present plans, Students will volunteer for the experimental work, an attempt being made to admit a wide range of students according to background and capacity. Two classes of 25 students each will be set up for the experimental program. At the beginning ol ihe experiment, language courses will be limited Uj French and Spanish. The experiment wdll run for approximately five years, with yearly roiuparisuns being made between the results in the regular and the experimental cutlicula. Stalf from several departments in the university are now working on detailed pro cedures for each course.
INDIANA I’OLIS M.\RKET Hogs 6,500: barrows and gdL 100-270 lbs steady, heavier weights .25 lower; 160 lbs down .50 lower; good and choice '160225 lbs mostly $28.25; top $28.50: 225-250 lbs $28.00; 250-270 lbs $27.50-$27.73; 270-300 lbs $28.7o-$27.25; 300-350 lbs $20.25$26.50; 350-400 lbs $25.75-$26.00 Cattle 800 calves 400: steers and heifers about steady, mostly $22.00-$27.00; some heifers held higher: common light yearlings downward lo $16.50: cows active to .50 higher; gwod beef cows $18.50-$22.00. Sheep 1,000: fat lambs steady to weak, yearlings firm; good and choice fed native lambs and odd lots choice fat native lambs $25.00. Medium and good $20.00$23.00; common and medium *17.00-$20.00
the
they read their newspaper. Her studio found the rambling, long-1 hand note in a pile of fan letters, j FBI Chief Richard Hooil said I
threefold increase in imports for
Germany in general was planned j ginning Jan
for tliis year. It was expected i as the most likely date, that much of the increase would j The House Republican Steer-
ing Committee will discuss tax legislation Monday. Other matters are on the steering committee agenda also, but tax reduction has the highest priority.
| in production in the Ruhr will amount at least to the "00 per cent Increase in food and raw materials sent Into the zone.
The full allied plan to
Mrs. Bean admitted writing it struct tile Ruhr wi „ lmf , ll(1 , M | only a few days attei she and her! g^ortly in a report by the niilihusband, Wilford, got here from, tary govcrnnlcllt economics di
Turkey To Get 15 Yank Warships
was to present to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a balance sheet on administration proposals for foreign spending ni the 15-month period ending Jun50, 1949 It was expected to top $8,000,000,000.
\\ \SIHNGTON. Jan. 9. (IN*m 'Ihe estimate wu requested by —The United States todn.v made j ( ’ommittec Chairman Arthur H 15 warships available (<• Turke.v Viindenberg. It., Mich. It would ami arranged to give Greece an | bmlude l!. S. spending plans for additional 25 million dollars in i Germany to Japan for th*- period surplus property in the drive to °f April I. 1948 through June 30, ehoke off Communist expansion 1 in ihe Middle East. Previous indications itoiii ah Four flaet-type submarines ministration sources provided s and It oilier naval vessels were 1 tip-off that it wilj breakdown
Kaufman, Tex.
Hood said the letter threatened
vision, the reports said.
It was understood the repel
thal one-year-old Jessica Jamri.j v , m giV( , pr i„ lily lo Uiro< . C |„ SSMV v.ould he kidnaped unless Mrs.! f impo ,. tHi wRh food at lhc lop Bean got the $5,000. He refused | oj . Second will he large pi reveal the text of the note. I supplies of raw materials, espc( •
hilly non-ferrous metals, with j limited quantities of I--! un i
PlClIldl I ailCIII !capital goods coming third SHOOTS I OTnCl peeled Unit the entire merge:,
Anglo-American zone will be INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 9 (UP) Police today held a 38-yeor-(Id furloughed mental patient who was charged with murdering Ids father in the backyard of
his father's home.
tome self-sufficient by 1952. with imports and exports balanc-
ed.
The decision on the Hiibr, bound to draw fire in Soviet quartern, came n < top German
Dr. Max Bahr, superintendent I lw,, i f l" , ’’Uy of the Central State Mental lies-1 British-Amenean propttal, said Oscar J. Lang had l P 0 " alH f ”' • s, ’ uill « an '‘" ,mosl ”
been a dementia pruccox patient
government of western Germany. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, commander of the British section, disclosed that the new western government was designed to i limiiiate us niurh us possible any need to consult with the
Pi the hospital, but had received a six-months’ furlough Nov. 7 at the request of Oscar E. Lang. 65. his father, who was the victim.
Police reconstructed the fatal
‘hooting through the testimony
• >f two neighbors, who said they j f<) |,r -| M, ' v •' ,
aw the younger Lang step from!*' 11 ' the Lang garage with a 16-!
gauge, double-barrelled shotgun, j KIIEAI' in I'l.mkiiui
Allen and Winfield Sutphin said they saw Lang fire both barrels
'mint-blank at his father. Meanwhile, inside the I-ung
ionic. Mrs. Lang, 62-year-old wife of the victim, was giving a mi.«1c lesson to a 12-year-old ii ighbor child. She did not hear, he shots, and did not learn oi l
allied coiMU'il in Bcr-
The decision to establish i
irt w:
made necessary by the need t.o reach decisions quickly and elim-
inate inefficiency, he said. Elmer Fritts
Called By Death
lh" crime until a reporter called foi information. Police said they recovered thnurder weapon, wrapped in a u wspaper. hidden in the young>r Lang’s room. Detectives said ■fforts to question Lang had roved fruitless, because he was rot “rational.” TO JOIN MICHAEL COPENHAGEN, Jan. 9 (UP) Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma, happy and smiling', bearded the Nord Express today to join exiled King Michael in Switzerland and perhaps arrange a wedding day. Anne said she expected to remain In Switzerland about two weeks. During that time It is expected that her marriage to Michael will be discussed.
Elmer la'e Fritts, nge 05 years, passed n-vny Tlmrsdu; morning at his home at Rock-
ville.
Survivors include > ’)• w id"-w. Mrs. Lola Frills, iWo daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Harney of Roachdale, Mrs. Wanda Howard ol Russellville, two sons. Frark A Fritts of Roachdale and Morris Fritts of Greencastle, four grandchildren and one half sister, Marie Vaught of Crawfortls-
yille.
The body was takei to the
home to rouiftln until l:0n| a nd designs,
o'clock Saturday, at which time it will be taken to the Parkeville church for 2:00 o'clock services. The Rev. C. M. Anderson will be In charge of the services. Burial will be in the Mt. Moriah
cemetery.
Credit Group To Meet January 27 The annual meeting of the Putnam County Credit Association will be held at 6:30 p. m. on Tuesday, January 27, at the Presbyterian church. Following the dinner there will be a round table discussion. Elect ion of directors and a report by the treasurer will be the other items of business during Hie evening. R. L. BROWN FINED llusseli L. Brown, living near Uoaehdale appeared in city court id Crawfordsvillc Thursday as :i result of a traffic accident in that city and was fined $66.25 on his plea of guilty to a ehargi of driving a vehicle while under the influence of liquor and for leaving the scene of an accident. Brown's driver's license was also suspended for n period of 90 days by Mayor C. B. Jones of GTuwfordsville who heard the evi-
dence.
Huge Suit Filed By Ferguson Co. NEW YORK. Jan. 9 A damage suit aggregating $251,000,000 was filed Thursday by Harry Ferguson, Inc., of Detroit against the Kuril Motor Company, the Dearborn Motors f'orp.. Henry Ford II. and other officers and directors of the companies. Th" suit charges Ford and Hu eompauicH copied 111" Ferguson line
of farm tractors.
The siiil, brought under provisions of the Slii'i'inaii and Clayton anti-trust laws, was filed in federal court by Harry Fergu-
son. Inc., of Detroit.
The complaint alleges that since July, 1947. the defendants had violated a 1959 agreement between Ferguson und the late Henry Ford by unlawfully seizing and using Ferguson’s inventions. engineering developments,
earmarked for deliver,! to Tinkey by April I .tint lw.p<Ktnnt steps More taken to strengthen Greek land and sen defenses. Secretary nf State Marshall announced thal Ihe United Slat-
about this way:
.Kuru|M!*n recovery «• |sr.>e’ro)Ti initial operations $6,800,OOO.OuO Additional funds for arms to
Greece $150,000,000.
Aid to the Chinese Nationalist
es will give Greece 25 million government $300,000,000 dollars of surplus property to j Operating expenses for the If. helpmeet the emergency created ,S. occupation zone, of western by refugees made homeless as a Germany, Austria, Japan and reMilt of Communist-inspired Korea $800,000,000.
Marshall’s testimony hefoic the conunittec yesterday touched off Considerable ill I'ussion and
d< bate.
Sen. Carl A. Hatch. D, N M, in a speech ['('' par'd lor delivery on the Senate floor, urged both
j the Democratic and Republican | policy committees to join the
guerrilla warfare.
Marshall told his news conference Hint he ilid not believe I lie numbers of marine reinforcements Iwing sent to Ihe Medlt-i errauean were large in view ol i the eritieal international silna lion and the si/.e of Hie area af !
fueled.
Marshall plan hearings in an cfI fort to reach an "agreed national j policy." He said party politics io': this issue would have a. “dead- | ly, destructive” effect which might "murk the beginning of
the downfall of the republic.” Sen. Joseph H. Ball, R.. Minn ,
, aid the State Department's day that government “insiders"! , foreign spending plans vv.-.e
made more Umii $1,000,000. in , . ,
ihjuihi io Iv* “plenty <*ont rovpi
profits by food speculation Mn.r L,,, llt) , y W(j|l| , ( j( , . ((U
the war and nf this more than ,,, ...... .
ize GOD hopes of reducing taxes
md government spending.
Stassen Makes New Charges
WASHINGTON, Jan. !». (IT’)' —Harold E. Stassen charged to
Edwin
$1,000,001) went
I’nidey.
Other "insiders" miincd ho mediately by Slassi n as In- up-in-ansi iM'fore Senate invesligu tors inquiring into
IT TN \M UOI RT NOTES L. (.’. Gram Inc. vs ■•. p. Nichole et a I, complaint t o foreclose
1 , Lyou
s|H'cidatioii were Brig. Gen. Wat
lace II. Graluim, iiersonal physician lo I’resident Truman, and Knlph li. Davies, wartime deputy lictmlciim ndmlnislrator. Rnulcy, (tullfornin oilman. Is H|H'cinl assislnnl to the Secretary
nf Army.
Graham was scheduled lo fol low StnsM'n as a witness before Hie Senate Appropriations Suhei nunlttee. Hut he was not present when the balding 10-year-old Republican presidential aspirant made his charge. Truman Submits Nomination List WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — (INS)—President Truman sub mltted to <Ongress today a list of nominations including hi.' selection of Edwin Andrews, of I Texas, ns a new assistant Seere-
are the plaintiff's attorneys. Associates investment Co. vs Earl L. Miller, complaint on note. Hughes iV Hughea are the attorneys for the plaintiff. STRIKE CALLED OFF TRIESTE, Jan. 9 (UP) The Comuiiinist-eHlIcd general .strike in Trieste was called off early today after walkouts yesterday in which some 10.000 of 40.000
workers joined.
Todim Weather and 9 Tempemtore fr
Henry Ford, II, hi t statement | ^ of ||M . Navy
at Detroit, termed the complaint "ridiculous” aial "full of untruths" and said "we will be very happy to meet all of the allegations ... at the proper time and
place "
Mr. Truman's list also contained tRe nominal Ion of George V. Allen, of North Carolina, to be an assistant Secretary ol State. ICoattaaad wu t*aae Two)
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