The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 November 1948 — Page 1
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\ INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4 j(UP)—The unofficial vote cast j I for candidates on the Indiana i state tickets showed at 7 a m today, on the basis of returns
frOn part of # the state's 4,506 |° ! ‘ K
precincts:
automobile thief, who , ay f 0r a tank of gasIndianapolis service idP< i behind bars in the ]ajl Wednesday aft-r te police a chase and wrecking the stolen fficer Bailey, of the Ue Post -potted the Upon at Plainfield ar.d Ithe pursuit. However, iniith. 20. of Detroit. Jver of the stolen car, , policeman by turning
DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL IN ONE WEEK
U. S. Vote The latest presidential standing of popular and electoral votes as compiled by the United
Governor (complete) Creighton, R., 736,607; Schricker, D, 878,155. Lt. Gov. 3,703 precincts) Alexander, R.. 687,901); Watkins, D., 732,903. Sec. cf Stall- (3,706 precincts) Fcrrini, R., 671.006. Fleming, D., 728,981.
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COMPLETED Till KS- (>\ WORLD W\K II MONUMENT
Press:
Truman
22,232.042
304
Dewey
20,392.450
189
Wallace
1,029,102
0
Thurmond
850,083
38
Auditor Ogles, R., 546,854.
(2.803 516,717;
precincts> Propst, D.,
Treasurer 2,742 precincts) Brown, R., 504.034; Wilcox, D., the first road cast of j 525,958.
S. M I Attorney General —(2,760 preftiled to make a unl | Cincts , Foust, R., 5031838; Mcoid Dee i link com Manamom, D., 522,260.
wrotked the auto. He
n foot in a westerly di-j Superintendent of Pubhc In-
j struction — (2,760 precincts)
Policeman George, Watt, R-i 50^,910; Walker, D.,
,bn was patrolling road 1519,60®.
of the National High-J ■ Smith near the Wiley. EUROPE HAILS
and took him into
was taken to the PutPost where ho underintensive questioning jrprinting. Units from hers pest at Indianapquizzofl the prisoner in dpt to connect him with
murder in Ohio,
was brought to Green-
ELECTION OF HARRY TRUMAN
LONDON. Nov. 4—(UP)— A , Western Europe bent on rearmI ment and recovery gratefully
Putnam county folks got their fii d true glimpse of the World War II Memorial on the court hous- lawn Thursday when the German buzz bomb was placed on top of the V-shaped Indiana
imc.stone monument.
Wilbur Grimes and his men veir delayed Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday due to the rain, n r ssitating completion of the, ■ ork Thursday. The Memorial
is much
any predicted front pictures and drawings that had been exhibit-
ed.
The monument will be formally dedicated on the afternoon of Armistice Day by Admiral Noble of Washington. D. C-, the chief
Suspect Admits Double Slaying EAU CLAIRE, Wi»., Nov. 4 (UP) A 32-year-old ex-convici was charged today with tm brutal slaying of a pretty high school senior and her teen-age
escort.
Sheriff Llovd Thompson sain
more impressive than Marshall Johns<m , K au Glam
roofer, confessed to to the killing of Gertrude Baumann, 17, and Raymond Smith, 18, who were found shot to death on a golf
course here Oct. 24.
j Tile girl had been raped, but 'Fhompson said Johnson denied
speaker. Ho will be aocompanied that charge. here by a score or more of top Johnson was arraigned on two flight army, navy and other war j counts of first degree murder officials. * ! last night. He pleaded not guilty
on advice of his attorney. The sheriff then whisked John-
TWO DIVORCE SUITS
Bliza A. Whitaker has filed amt for divorce in Putnam circuit court from Carl Wlntak c They were married Sept. 3. 19 46 and separated Oct. 18. 1948. Fay S. Hainilton is her attorney. Elizabeth Eaton seeks a divorce from John Monroe Eaton iad restoration of her maiden lame, Elizabeth Albright. The ouple was married Dec. 10. 1945
TOJO CONVICTED BY FAR EAST WAR TRIBUNAL
HEADS KIWANIS
TO.IO \\l> 24 OTHER WAR LEADERS ARE CON- \ ICKED TOKYO, Nov. 4 (UP) - The,
PRESIDENT IS EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON I TRUMAN WILL REMAIN IN WHITE HOUSE FOR i FOUR MORE YEARS
ind separated May 5. 1948. Oil-1 Far East military tribunal con-
len & Lyon represent the plain-
rd placed in the county ^ing further investigirrecked car was towed to
i'
|citizens in the city and] victories
hailed the election of President
Harry S. Truman today.
The conservative Daily Mail said in a front page editorial
ICamcy's garage, south of that Mr. Truman had scored "one
! of the most remarkable election
of modern times" and
irty were unaware that a. that the British people welcomed
tilicr road blockade was ( it r -t after the Putnamville -reived word that a stolen nvu headed west out of ff Ed Maddox said ThursWung that Smith had extradition and will be
i to Paulding, |hc is wanted by
Ohio,
a-utfior-
. Strain Is
Jingle Winner
The Grcencastle Post of Vet- 1 erans of Foreign Wars are to be heartily congratulated on the start of this memorial and the men and women who made it
possible by
$3,000 towards it are getting much satisfaction by aiding in the erection of a fitting memor- recor( j ial to the seventy-odd men from Putnam county who died in
World War II.
son away to a secret location, pending a preliminary hearing Nov. 17. Thompson said he ordered the move because he
contributing about noticed ■ some disturbs people”
near the jail.”
Johnson, who has a long police as a burglar, forger and
sex offender, was arrested in Seattle hist week after police in several stales had joined the ini vesligation. At first he stead-
MASONTC NOTR E fastly denied having any knowCalled inoeting Temple Lodge U' gi' of the killings. No. 47 F & A. M. Friday, Nov 5 He confessed to Wisconsin 1948. M M Degree. Douglas authorities while being returned Alexander, W. M. to Eau Claire for questioning.
tiff. MARRIAGE LICENSES William H. Perkins, Greenea--le Route 4, and Clema Jean •shonkwiler. Brazil Route 3 Kvilliam D. Craig. Uoachdale Route 2. and Norma Sutherlln, Grcencastle Route 1. I.O.O.F. NOTICE Grcencastle Encampment No. 59 will meet tonight at 7:30 p. m. Buses To Stop At Any Point Indiana Railroad buses operating betwi en Grcencastle ami Indianapolis are now permitted to pick up and discharge passengers at all points on the GrcencastleSUIesville County Road, it was announced today by L. C. Brown local agent for the Company. Heretofore, the Indiana Railroad was not authorized to provide local service anywhere between the Fillmore Road Junction ami the intersection with Stale Highway 75, west of Stilesvillo However, on the motion o' several residents living along this i ad, this restriction was rcr< vttl last week by the Public Servin' Commission of Indiana.
victed Japan of waging aggres- | rive war today in the opening I pages of a lengthy judgment ec. itaimng the verdicts and sen- | lances m the war erf oes trial of | former Premier Hidekl Tojo and j
24 other war leaders.
Final Judgment against the defernlants may not be known for another week. Verdicts and sentences, guardf-,1 with great secrecy' arc contained in the final pages of the judgment. Tribunal President Sir William
Aiulrid Fleenor
Audrid Fleenor was elected president of the Kiwanis dub at the annual election held Thursj dav noon. Harry Voltmer, the
Webb of Australia, pronouncing | canclidatCi was rl( . cl ,. d
vice president, according to the
the preliminary judgments, declared that the Japanese military seized control of the government j from civilian leaders in a strug-
club’s rules.
Kenneth West was re-named . treasurer and Mike Suavely ami
gle that started during the Meiji j K( . mioth HarriH wcre cho8cn dl
Era, considered the dawn
modern Japan.
of
I rectors.
“So do the people of Western Europe,” the Daily Mail said. “It means a continuance of the Truman and Marshall policies and international responsibility and
aid to Europe.”
The independent News Chronical said the result was very favorable to Britain and the European aid program. That program, it said, "will continue to be administered by the same personalities with whom detailed cooperations now have been continuous ever since the beginning I j
NEW POST COMMANDER TAKES OVER GAVEL
,
The decision to launch Japan on wars of aggression was inaTat a cabinet meeting on Aug. 7, 1936, Webb said, and one month later the Japanese abnies plunged into China from their foothold
in Mam huria.
The policy called for Japan j to seize a foothold on the Asiatic j continent and then spread I through the south seas, waging | war against the British and | Americans already established I
there. Webb said.
Before pronouncing Japan guilty of .vagmg aggressive war, Webb dismissed 38 of the original 55 war erfnes charges against Tojo and the others. Seventeen charges remain. The lengthy verdict is about 1,700 pages sivd it was estimated that Webb would read abc.-ut 200 pages a day. Webb announred that the 38 I charges were dropped because
INDEPENDENCE. Mo., Nov. I 4.—(UP)—President Truman, the man from the "Show Me” state who showed the world, boarded a train today for Washington and four more years in the White House. [ His home town gave him a tremendous sendoff here last night with a noisy reception on tlv steps of the Jackson county courthouse where he began his political career two decades ago. More big celebrations were in store as his train rolled eastward with stops scheduled at Scdalia. Jefferson City and St. Louis. Mo., East St. Louis, 111., Vincennes and North Vernon. Ind., Cincinnati and Chlllicothe, O., and Parkersburg, Grafton and Key-
ser, W. Va.
A tremendous reception was anticipated upon his arrival at I Washington at 10 a. m. C8T to-
\\ ASHINGTON, Nov. I — (INS)—In the wake of President
cuaiKi-e w.iv i i—v Truman's triumph, Ihei Vs lnLhry duplicated other charges I s| , v „ lH
in the sweeping brought against the
ii
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o( Lend-Lease.''
I "The advantages of this con-
Janii-s F. Strain is the tinuity in personal contact are r0< Uif $5 00 prize award-I very real,” the News Chronic le
[the Putnam County Hu- j said.
Sncifty in its October
contest, it is announced. Ml the iher of entries mewhat disappointing, the ^ess of n | tihsm made ' for the judges to decide *>» best. Among many je-MuUe : ■ ■ cresting last kero Kra-. Cartwright, J Cook. Mrs August Mc(lllbcrt Dreher, C. D. ■ UuraF Towne, Mrs. Bill Mrs Edna Cox, Mrs. (Alexander and others, r of Ilf* best last lines arc *» a queen of the hepeats, IHirr-fectiy clear.” ‘ Crosby of the feline her voice you'll Ragin- a kitten with a J career.” 111 Putnam County, I'm f"s the peer.” ^ 1 wish it didn't just play ^ty is grateful to * en tere,i the contest “!*' ev <'ryone will try !lf, l next jingle will be rXWaoon.
'^earsAJo ^ CHEF.NCASTLE
,llir ge Williams was conn tl,r t'onie by illness. , as kelson was home
Mianapoiig.
■ Murphy was absent
p fevo store.
,u ' sc Uucas was InitiatA 'Pha Lambda Delta, national scholastic
^ y »t DePauw.
l [(lp ljUc ‘ lle Buts of Clayton * Uest °f Miss Grace
"PH-
. 1 P Sands “•mbridge.
The labnrite Daily Herald viewed the result as a repudiation of the British conservative view that Democratic opinion throughout the world was swing- ]
ing to the right.
"Remember that Mr Churchill quoted America as the triumphant exemplar of his slogan set the people free'?" the Herald sard. "The American people have now answered Mr Churchill and the British peoples answer will be even more crushing wfhen their time comes to vote." Chinese Cabinet
Will Resign
NANKING, Nov 4. (UP) Premier Wong Wer.-hao and the entile Chinese cabinet have de cided to resign en masse becaiisof government setbacks in the military and economic fields, official sources disclosed today. These reports said letters of resignation now are being circulated for the signatures of ministers. The cabinet previous! ly Intended to resign verbally but changed that decision last
night.
The resignations will be submitted to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek despite previous reports that Chlang has rejected Wong’s resignation three times. Reports said Chiang Is weakening in his determination to reject the resignations. Whethci he accepts them, it was said, depends on finding a new man willing to become premier who is acceptable to the Chinese parlia-
ment.
It was reported that forme: | Premier Chang Chun, probably] the strongest man in China next!
m
The new Veterans of Foreign Wars Post wa Installed at Roachdile Sunday afternoon with Russell Shannon as Commander The picture shows Clyde R. Miller, District Commander. Commander Shannon receiving the gavel of authority from Georg.
Commander of Fort Wayne.
Irak, Department Senior Vice
; war leaders.
One of the counts dropped charged the defen-.lants with planning agression, initiating an aggressive war and conspiring to commit mass murder. All this was covered under the charge of | waging aggressive- war, the court
ruled.
Among the counts dismissed I was number 39. which charged • Tojo and Ifi otAu-i defendants | with ‘‘murder” in the undeclared ,
attack on Pearl Harbor.
This charge stated that the Japanese war leaders “unlawfully klletl and murdered Admiral ] Kidd and about 4.000 other members of the naval and military forces of the United States, and certain civilians whose names and number are al present un- ]
known.”
Tojo appeared with his customary expressionless dcicnnor in the prisoners' docket, doodling j and taking notes as Webb an- i nounced the findings of the
court.
The first section of the verdict ('cals with general phases m
morrow.
The humility with w-hich Mr | Truman received his victory in I Tuesday's election was reflected | in his brief talk to the hometown people in his first public appearj anco after the election had been
I decided.
, He told a crowd that jamm -d I a full block of the wide street in | front of the courthouse that it was "not my victory, but a victory for the Democratic party
and for the people.'’
"This celebration Is not for me,” he said, “hut for the whol - eountry ami for the whole world. You have given me a tremendous responsibility. I want all of you
L* 1 I mo c ai'ry out this responI mman LaDinCT I •‘hWllty for the peace and tli
welfare of the world.’’
Without mentioning his quarrels with the Republican controlled Congress during the last two years, Mr. T rum an exprtased appreciation for the fact that with his own victory came the election of a Democratic Congress. “I will do the best I can ’o carry out the platform of thDemocratic party,” he pledged. “You have given me a Congress now and we will have progress during the next four years."
FLORIDA BOUND B-29 CRASHES; 19 ARE KILLED TAMI’X, Fla., Nov. 4.—(INS)
j —>l.o Dill Field authorities re ■ pnrtod loda> (lint a 14-29 Imiutier I en route Irom Eng land to Florida I c rushed in the Azores late yesterday, killing It) Air Force men
and severely injuring another. Changes Loom In
i rrrasinK' smMMilatlon in VVanhinij*
indictments
i ton today cnncorninK; some posn i slide changes in the President’s
M*rvic<\
well
that
cabinet.
KHiable sources sa.v that Secretary of State Marshall anil I niler Secretary Robert Ijovett may retire after dan. 20. These two officials are understood to have voiced a desire to;
leave government before the election. > However, it is
other memlnirs of I lie presidential panel of advisers ma,\ he silted for replacement because of a failure to support Mr. Trun un's fightim; campaign. Among thes#* are said to be Defense Si retary Forrestal S* .etary of Commerce Sawyer ,i id secretary of Interior Krug. A mom; those who w ill very likoiy remain in the cabinet a*e Attorii»\ tieueral ( lark, Ayriroll lire Sceretar> Krannan and Secretary of Labor Tobin.
Harden Takes Congress Race
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Unofficial returns in the Sixth
district •
1
Vv
Indiana Congressional
today .-'lowed Mrs. Cecil M Hnr den of Covington the winner ovei Jack O'Grady of Terre Haute by the narrow margin of 622 1
votra.
The
Poll Takers To Conduct Probe
NEW YORK, Nov. I (INS) —Those red-faced men who ask qie stions and handle stallslies— (he iirnfeMftional poll lakers—are doing some hoi and heavy second guessing today. Elmo Roper, who saw such a thumping majority for Governor Dewey that he s|op|Hsl his polltaking months liefore the election, has promised a full-Hcale Invesligation to find out what went wrong. George Gallup likewise say.-
tlial the
official tabulation
1
m li
may j Triitnan’s upset
ehange these figures slightly, hut j discovered after
not enough to change the results
HOG MARKET Hogs 9,000; moderately active, barrows and gilts 180-270 lbs OOr to $1.00 lower, hulk good and choice largely $23.25-323.75, few ioaas ehnlre.220 lbs down $24.00, top $24.25 sparingly; soattcrin'T | 270-3.90 lbs down to $23.00; 160180 lbs scarce.
answer to I’resldeut
victory may hr an analysis of
the vote figures. The director of the f rossley poll says that the polls themselves may have h«-cn at fault, through making th<GOl* over-confident and redoub-
ling Democratic efforts.
Democrats Will Control Congress
18 DIED IN CRASH ASHTON, England, Nov. 4. (UP) A Royal Air Force rriinjc team today brought the bodies <d 13 United States airmen down from a steep moor Where their B-29 Superfortress crashed yesterday, killing all aboard. The crash occurred yesterday 13 miles southeast of Manrhest-
TO HONOR 4 O. AGENT BRAZIL. Nov. 4 (UP l It D. McHarguc, Clay county agri cultural agent, will he present! a distinguished service medal 1 ! the National Association County Agents at a banquet Chicago Nov. 29. officials of tl association said today. McHarguo was chosen for the hottoi from county agents over the tin lion for outstanding service ae.i accomplishments," they asid. BURNS ARE FATAL SOUTH BEND. Nov 4 lUP Thelma Jean Jlmerson. three year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jimeraon, North Liberty, died here yesterday cf hums sustained Tuesday when she fell into a bucket of scalding
water. & 0
® Todays Weather @ & and # Local Temperature & Clearing and e little warmer today. Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by occasional rain Friday and south and extreme west late tonight. Cooler Friday.
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was here
as the next premier. Government repot ts
. .. -u„ r ,„ r members of the Roaehdale Post VFW who were initiated
from 1 the first o February ind anyone desiring may be charter
member until thflt time.
i NEW VOKK, Nov. 4.—(INS)
ADMITIKD TO HOSPITAL A() addit((>Iull fl|fUrWl ln Mrs. Otis Browning was ah- ^ |>f Prpaldpnt Trunmi ,-,
milled to the Putnam County
hospital Wednesday. She suffered a serious injury in a fall as she was getUng out of a car in front I of her home.
amazing victory—which saw the Democrats gain control of both Houses of Congress and a majority of the governorships—be-
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