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THE DAILY BANNER IT WAVES FOR ALL'

FIFTY-SEVEN

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1948.

Singlt Copy 5 Cent*

NO 33

SCHOOL ILS ENJOY KEY DINNER

1JAN 100 ( H1U>KKN | , j; SKKN KI> AT iOON TODAY

Ailment Studied WASHINGTON

irsamm*

TWP. PTA TO HOLD BENEFIT

BELIEVED ABLE TO APPEAR IN SOURT

I r.YKNT DEC’. 3 AT KEKI.HMM.E SCHOOL; PKOCEEDS FOK BAND

LA'

thgM four hundred L Ue school children were | delicious turkey dinner | L Lunch dining room at j L r School Wednesday)| Die supervision of Mrs.) Jones, four huge tur-1 t |, 8 |i : and served. ]. U the rich brown tur- i [d everything that goes I well balanced i jvlng (linr.et Assisting, wcp Martha Baker)

la Edds.

c.steis came from all [ | schools of the city a ’c!

t dinner | ROYAL TOUR of Australia and , .. th .,. putting >t m.ldly, as the! New Zealand has been postponed th ai ,, socuri much f .

, . ni , na u om the finely b y Britain s King George VI due , . ,

betted their 1 to an acute circulatory aliment alent ard that : int < •«

in his legs. This is a late picture i m; ’ Program is being planned.

an<1 ! 11 " ^ of the 52-year-old monarch, under | Any«»n<- wanting to enter thr

wa * 111 an | care of physicians and ordered to , please test six month*. (International) , the above committee

fmi includi d the follow-j j Contestants will be Judged by ■mtmv School Work *-»«•-• •*

Gravy I

;-«!is Cranberry Sauci

The Parent Teachers Ass'>eia j tion of Washington Township is j mnking elaborate plans for a big I 'vent to be held at the ReelsviUp | ugh school on Friday evening, j Dec. 3rd. for the benefit of the | mtnl uniform fund. The ladies ■'ill serve dinner from 5:30-7;.10

p. m.

Following this, a t 8 o'clock will be an amateur program. The Committee in charge of

Mesdames W:n. McElroy, John nra\ Earl Hutcheson, Hubert I ‘Win, Roy Johnson, Cecil Bti'lerdick, Miss Mar vis. Akers, Brni st Chillson, Cecil Girton,

Olives

Blitter

Ice Cream Milk

Wright Is puty Auditor

is Suspended

, plau.se meter. Wurth while prizes

will be awarded.

NEW YORK. Nov 24 (UP)

If former Secretary 01 Commerce Jesse Jones' heart Is strong enough for him to Rack a straight against four fours for a $4,000 poker pot at 2 A. M then It's strong enough fer hir to appear as a witness in court

That was what Federal Judge

Samuel H. Kaufman heJd today

The 74-year-old Texas oil mil

lionaire was ordered to ap|>eai in court at the request of James A. Moffett, lonner executive oi the Standard Oil Company o,‘ California, who i.s suing the Arabian-Ameriran oil eompanj

for a $H.OOO,OOO service fee

Jones’ poker playing habit> were brought out In an affidavit submitted by Moffett's attorney It contested the Texan’s refusal to appear in court on groundr he had a severe heart conditio! and that testifying would be de-

trimental to his health.” Slaughter Plans Tight To Finish' WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.

(UP) Former Rep, Roger C. Slaughter nf Missouri, an anti-

Challenges Reds MARSHALL TO

EXPRESS VIEWS ON FAR EAST

I :

I un aid to feel too that ..eh n C WCf'l |T|/\k| AC | appro.)- h miglit be aeci ptcd as ! |,ACvU I IWI VI

| a challenge by Rrusf ia, and cost the United States ground it i: gaining in Western Europe.

Sl .C UET YHY OF ST ATE T< MEET WITH KEPOKTKKS IM KING DAY WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 (UP) President Truman and .Secretary of Slate George C Marshall were expected t>. nasume their study of world prohp'i s today with e i-jihasis on

China.

EXTRA!

TOJO ORDERED BY MacARTHUR

LISBON, Nov. 24—(I P) — | First re|Mirts said today that sic persons were kllliil, five were missing, and eight were Injuns) in two blast, id tin- \tiiorus ex-

FOKMEK .1 \P W \K PKEMTEIl WILL BE HANDED TN SECRET

TOKYO, Nov. 24 (UPI former Fremier Rideki Tojo and six

plosives factory th. left hank 1 othor condemned Japanese war • f t.N-Tagus Klver liere. | lor(i ' s wl " b '' in secret The blasts shook ItiilldliigM Al *'' ,ou *- detay, a subordinate said oyer a wide are;, In 'Jsls.,.. So.,., 1 t,Kla y after ° en I>«ngla.s Mae-

ix-rsoiis »( first Im*II«'\ t-d

M ir.siiall also planned to meet earthquakes had occurred. with reporters this afternoon (3:30 P M KSTl at his firs’ j STEVENSON. \ln.. N..y, •*!

news conference since he return- ', •'

Arthur approved all senteiwe# passed by the Far East military

tribunal.

liif;.! ,,

a r rind of urgent foreign poliev

discussions.

Driving Caution Urged By Police

Public schools of Grecncastle dismissed this afternoon until Monday in observance of the an- 1 i.ual Thanksgiving holiday. Classes at DePauw Universityi

j ended at noon until next Tues-I INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24. ! day. Many of the DePauw stu-l Thanksgiving holiday drivers I dents left the city Tuesday and ma y the double accident I the rest departed during th, | threat of had weather and ree-

•TM SICK! I'M SORt!” Philip Murray, CIO president, thunders at the national CIO convention In Portland, Ore., challenging Com-

MaeArthur upheld the seven

l Three rear Pullmans <>f| r | Pa u, sentences, 16 life terms

ed from Pans Monday and began | The Tennessean, South Railway » H|1(1 lW() ,,t| lor t,, rms ^ an j

passenger (rain from Memphis fo New York, iivi'rturiied near here today causing minor injnr

ies In a few passengers.

>1. B. Hale, station agenl here said a broken rail caused the three rear Pullmans to leave th,

There were no advance in,.i cations, however, that he woul e r, ady to announce any majoi

oiiey decisions.

Marshall wall be asked by ewsmen for his views on th 1

munists to stand up and make i -ritual Chines, situation and <c

themselves known. To a cheering audience he singled out the Office and #rofessional Workers and United Public Workers as unions "obviously not sufficient." He denounced James Durkin, Profes-

Truman Democrat says he will slonal workers president, and ‘fight to thi finish” against Donald Henderaon, Tobacco federal charges of illegal lobby- 'Workers chief. (International) ing- i The 43-yeai-old Kansas City » 1 LJ*X D Lawyer, who was "purged” from) | | UCK llllS DUS) Congrei by President Truman _ # in lh46. will I,.- ararigned in fed- y l {ItlflrOri Di0

< ral court here probably within 10 clays. Government proaecuPARAGOULD, Ark , Nov. 24

lew A ner I can aid to General ssimo Clilang Kai-Shek in his ight against the G lumunlsls )th,-.r subjects certain to <'ouie ip ale the Berlin bloekack'. U. S larticlpation in a North Atlantic iceurity pact, and how long Mar- • hal; plans to remain in the cabinet. Since his return from Pari"

seven years imposed on the 2 r i Japanese war leaders brought to tnal for launching the Pacific

war.

The supreme commander ordered Lt Gen Walton H. Walker,

track on a straight-away run he i F K xth army commander, to tween here it,id Kaekler, Via. carry out the sentences. Walker Railroad ofieials said a few' 'aid the executions of Tojo and passengers were given first aldj his six fellow war lords would be and transferred from Hie over- secret, vvitli no one hut official turned ears fo Pullmans left onj aivny witnesses present.

I be I rack. The front sort ion of. Presumably the seven condemned men will be hanged at Sugamo prison in Tokyo, yustom-

left on Ihe

Ihe train eontinueil on its trip tel

New 4 ork.

Hale said ahnul 12 ears wen-

rails, although the! ary Hlh arnl y Pxcr,ltlon pi " ? -

tracks were torn for one an,|l Walkpr said lh " (l “ to lhp one-half miles before the tn,in| hans ' nKS would ll " t disclosed

in advance.

tois and Slaughter's attorneye planm-d to confer today on a

, date for entering a plea,

morning anil early alternoon by I ord-breaking traffic this week- Slaughter denounced as "false, yesterday aideswiped i school developments relating to CJlim

fraudulent and politically inspit-: bua on a " arrow hrid R''- killin « 1- Diplomatic informants in,I

two children and injuring

W Wright, auditor- I chartered bus. train and autoino-' end.

Putnam ec-un-ty, ' an- j bile.

that Mrs Wright will be j Business was brisk in the puty auditor, beginning j downtown section, especially in

the grocery stores, during th, day. All banks, offices, shop and stmes will be closed tumor

row, Thanksgiving Day.

1 when the new auditoc as other newly elected ffinala take office. Miss ir, present employee of )e will remain, and Mrs. us, formerly connected office when Mr. Buis ) auditor will also assist Iny on the work in the

na GOP

s Money Left Anatolis. Nov. 24. Cost in, Republican nmitt treasurer, tomm,■el tin- GOP financial n the n-ceiit campaign, reported expenses of Th, largest item ,857.23 for printing, flitures for publicity U84 6T Radio advertis137.234 i:;, and the state m cost $14,424.81. .butiuns to tiv- slat,- conilund amounted to $237.-

Col. Robert Rossovv. State Po-

ed” government charges that he

lice superintendent, today warn-, lo win cungreMlonal f av . I others, two critically. Patrolman imI motorists that rain or snow is . .... Jnp Consnpr said char^os would

for, cast for most of Indiana over wjth() , |t re g lf ,tering as a lobbyist. I >ro P ; ' blv bt ' l >la0, ' d loda y a k r '"nat i - 0 ch , nH has been turned v, r t “ ’ ’ " ' " '' Th

Marshall has met privately with wax hulled. The aix-ldent m-eur

(he President, the ('iihinet. and r e<l about 2:S0 a. in. , MacArthur said in his review the National Security Council | that he could find nothing at China w:,s understood to have r, l-RANKLIN, Ind., Nov. H-—.fault in th, proceedings of the •eived Important consideration i: (INN)—A weird nice of '-JIF p-.,,. p; asl international military

(UP) State Patrolmen today these meetings "hmIIIv < la,) I lanklin * °l b K* | trimunal which would warrant held the driver of a truck which Meanwhile, ther, were thes j frat, rnlly frexhnien around Hi, ^ ( hanging the judgements

women's dormilorv of Hie school

• ! rendered.

, i.„ii was InvestIgati-d by Franklin; |M>li<-e and college officials loday He said he hoped the Judg4 ollcge officials <ler,led that! nvents would serve as "a symbol the Phi Delia Theta fraternity , to summon all persons of good freshmen, who were ordered h> will to a realization of the utter

l ’’ ate,I appioxima ely $liri,0(M),00,M

d th,- $l2r>.(10(1.uoo authoriz-

ors for certain grain interests Joe Con!,n,,r said ,:har « e " would i '<1 by Congress for military ai,'

Suspect Admits Murder Of Coed

BOULDER Colo., Nov. 24 (UPi Joseph S. Walker.31. was expected to be charged today

the murder of

the holiday and hazardous driv- H( , ' j* hi .." )lit i ca | 'j-,. the driver, O B Baker of Rec-| he pjaUonalist gov, ri men. Th "PPerelassnien to participate m, futility of war."

" i,h Mr <*«» eh, u „„ w„. w »„. rt * *"

r,r:::'u;r : hi ^^ - -- ■- : °rzz nr. Tll f - r; traffic How on the road th, T r;„s. ,L Jonmy Schunk, 12, both of ^ p r>1 an( , ,, 47 fiKhlPr planeil i »"«* ".at others were attired, in

U'101.-. ...... « «...

ill

Thanksgiving. Drivers were

reminded tha |

ter to a finish," he said, "and *‘11.1,1-,>. Aik

Officers said the huge lumber

demonstrate for all to see how

'addition, Willi Imlh touel--

purehased hen- last July might , ^ (hHr reach the fighting fronts In) Th)> MW(<|al <alt)< ,

Walker declined to permit correspondents to witness the

executions.

light

wet or ice-coated pavements and) fa| . )na ,. him . poRUcs has tTlpp-l' China "sometime carl" ^ ^ ^ „ as

File planes are being re- |

poor visibility caused hundreds an(J takon (lWr the onotim( . falr b ^ y^'-rday aftern.K.n as

o ftraffic accidents in midwest-] an(J inipalliijl administration of ‘ ,-Ml states during last week's | justjcc ln this oountry „ blizzard. jj- t . onV i C p C{ L Slaughter would Persons planning trips weie Rahle to a maximum penalty

with the murder of pretty: „| vls( , u lo start early ami avoid) of $10 ^ fi|lp Hn<1 two yoars in

| Theresa Foster. 18-yaar-old Colo-) -jnsafe speeds. A mechanical

the children were being taken to their rural homes from Mai-

maduke school

prison.

j rado university student. [check-up to make sure vehicles bnn( ,,|

Students

ear Saunders

* - V|1 g ,i -missal for the I*®* appropriately ob- |" 1 •h" Gn-encastlc high

' 11 c,invocation hel I

i' l ' r ,as t period at which

Saunders of the church, gave a very

f 1 Inspirational talk suit-

tb' Thanksgiving sea- " us k: was furnished by

Wal music department

h ' »upervi»ion of Miss St,wart who has etiarge 1 ll:a l music of the Green-

schools.

'iuM- of the convoca'['i Was dismissed until

November 29.

Walker admitted last night that he threw Miss Fosters' body into a ravine but claimed that a "chubby man, about 21 to 25” years old raped and killed

her.

He dictated his admission to

District Attorney Hatfield Chitson. Sheriff Arthur Everson and

two Denver detectives in the J were icy, according to Boulder county jail last night. Rossovv.

Before that, Chilaon had said

"we already have enough evi-. HEADS soil. HROI P

uenoe to warrant a charge o'

murder” against Walker. Walker claimed that he pick

ed up the girl and the "elLubby" KnoJC counly farmi -r,

Daylong homecoming festivit- <, '° l i''''ntlv I,

ies planned for today at the school were cancelled because of

the accident.

The two children reported i

In addition, he could be

all lobbying activ-

are in top operating condition j jy rs j b( , n ,. x t three years, was also recommended. Slaughter’s indictment was (Instate Police accident iccordrj Hocotlt | involving individuals reshow that 25 persons were killed) tul . npd sinco lh( . F(vlera | Anti-

in state accidents through the

five-day period around Thanks- m6 , n Jun( , four persons j,,

giving last year Most eluding Agriculture Commission- lhe bed Dickson hospiUU here

fatalities occurred in th< north-] ^ ljni Ltn( |,. r , )f Georgia an! , rn part of th, state where roads , anK , s E McDonald of Texa-

Colonel

ycai itor of t oily Baptist ehun-li of comditi nied at Dallas, l,> .Som |{ I .„ U „ couiity, charged that tin ] .it) oM-.er fight,-is iep,>, il> -v, I freshmen were nude. He also is)

| superinR-ndent of the Belmont, sehool, in Hrovvn county, ami a i

'Pu- question of future Amen-, 11,11 graduate of l-'ritnklln. and' can jsdicy towatd China ha^ ,k uas visiting friends in Franklin veloped several schools of |

He said he thought the bodies .could be cremated and disposed of those of other condemned

Japanese war criminals.

rritif il condition were Lou Ann thought, according to rHia’ol. in iv\|;is, Nov. til.-—(INS)— Kingston, 10. and Hobby Schunk, lormanl 1 best i.m^c linm tb*- of flic Ihnc ucstcru

K Most of the others suffered head injuries and broken limbs.

Lobbying Act went into effect in dortnl , Hai( ,

The injured were brought to

were indicted for failing to icg-

ister.

STARTS PRISON TERM

where every available doctor and nurse were pressed Into

emergency duly.

Officers said the crash oe-

curreni when the two vehicle* ^vMiOOO.OOO in military aid .1

»mplct ly pc.*nnisti( view th«* powcrH drafted a note reaffirm .lothing can be dm .' to sav** j n ^. || H .j r unity re^artlinj; the Chinn. L> the View thnt it can ho |i<*rlin hho kade ami eurreney

lone with large-scale military j rr j H i s today,

md (‘eonornic assistance for at

Local Students In Play Cast

Two Greencastle students have been assigned roles in the production of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygamlion," to la- presented Dec. 3-5 at DePauw Uni

versity.

The move was prompted liv a! The students arc Miss Norm

Vast five years. 1 French ii4'vvs|ia|MT report that One belie! is th.'t the United 1 < ,ii. Liieius I) < lav, I . S. mill

Jem Peabody, (20 Anderson St nn,I Chris Hamilton, 112 Tayl<>

.-'tates could take the gamble bv ; |arv governor in fierrimnv, luulj I lace I,,.,,.. ,,ing nationalist Ch 'i., wit •' 1 fulled to subscribe to an Xnglo

met on n Halliday.

small bridge neui

year, similar economic aid. and 10,000 American officers aid

I ", BELIES ED KILLED

stranger on the Main street

here.

He said -he drove the couple to Lee's Hill load, a lover's lane on the outskirts of Boulder. Police said it was there the girl was killed. Walker said he and the stranger argued as to who should drive Walker's car. 'Hie man. he said, grabbed a .45 caliber pistol from the glove compartment am' struck him. "When 1 awoke, there w;.s blood all over me and my bones were stiff," Walker said. 'The man was gone. Part ot the girl s body was dangling from the trunk of the car. She was halfnaked. There was blood all over the car. I was scared silly " Walker said he drove to coa’ j Creek Canyon, 12 miles south of here, and heavied the body into the creek, tossing her clothes beside the body,

notice

Th - public library will not he

.pen on Thanksgiving Day Th* y Cu °dwtiH- 1 high school libiary will close at 5 p. m. Wedi]' as Pledged by the Delta nesday, Friday and Saturday of

tears A|>o

GREF.NCAHTLE

LAFAYETTE, Nov 24 (UP) CROWN POINT, Ind., Nov. 21 Ernest B. Miller, 41-year-old 'DPI Samuel Bird, 21, Fot. today was Wayne, today began a one-to-

the new president of the Indiana) five-year prison sentence on a STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24 (UPl Association of Soil Conservation reckh-ss homicide conviction in least 15 persons were killed district supervisors, succeeding! connection with the traffic today when a truck hit a bus Lloyd Arbuckle, Lake Village. | deaths of Hubert Kratchy. 5,>, a nd knoeked it off a bridge beOther officers elected at Turkey Valraraiso, and his 17-year-old tween Stora Essingcn and Lill i Run State Park yesterday were daughter. Katherine, more than Essingcn islands, near here Harry Eby, Elkhart county 1 a year ago. Company Officials said the farmer, vice-president, and Law- BTd was sentenced In Like exact number of fatalities would McKinney, Fountain I Circuit Court here yesterday, not be known until t he bus was re-clcctcd secretary- Judge William D. Murray also raised from its resting place in ant * effectively assessed a $25 fine. 48 feet of water. large-scale aid L» Chiiing They

,-enco

county.

treasurer.

French doeiillieiil dealing with

Hu- issue.

The not)- will lx- xiihmiHcd le

mc:i to ad vis-• Chiang's forces | I N Securit} Cotnieil President Suppliers ,,1 this approach luan A. Dramugliit to dispel an.v argil- that there is little differ-j impression that there lias been ence m the potential strength of • split in the allied stand opposthe opposing forces that only | l"K a ».v ilegotlalinns until th. morale is on th, side ot thi ( om j lt, ' rl1 " Wodiade is HfW. inunists. American help, they n «u I wine) argue could turn th, tide i . . favor of the Nationah : [{m-g YOllth fl

Annual Banquet

provide

hungry children have an ey e for thanksgiving turkey

The aninial liaequel of th ! Putnam County Rural Youth wu.- ' held in the Buiubridge high ' school gymnasium Tuesday eveu-

fraternity.

^""’ard Taylor spent

’'l Nf, w Castle.

■ 1 ^ ls Roy Bray were

this week.

END VACATION

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 24 (UP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and

^ “• 20 to 12. ; his family return to New York bu 'ham and daughter,! today by plane, ending a two

P Princeton.

defeated the Wabash

m ferC?

r 1 '' In

Jack Steele, Steve Harrold, Norma Stanger and Becky Sue Grimes are shown as they watched Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Baker and Mrs.

'•arayotto.

and a half week vacation here. Edd s prepare four huge turkeys for their Thanksgiving dinner today at the Miller School building.

ing with a large attendance of

members.

The lt»4!l officers include the

following:

President, Irvin Walla,', . V. Pres., Beil Alcorn. I Scc.-Treax.. Sylvia Cox.

' Recreation and so. g leaders. Mary Love, Hubert MeGaughev. Doyle Nichols and Gene Unger. News reporter, Ellen Ruark. Hubert McGaughey acted i; I toastmaster at the banquet. T hI invocation was given by Rebel t j Held. Music was furnished by u DePauw University quartet. Mi. :-' , Mary Love lead the group in a number of gongs and the new

I officers were duly installed by I Minimum

Miss Lucilc Smith, County Honu Demonstration agent. Among the guests were Mr. and Mr;. Ivan Ruark and Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Harris.

Following the business of thevening a recreation hour was enjoyed by those attending.

Daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Peabody, Miss Peabody i.. a senior in the DePauw Soheol of Liberal Arts. She i.s a member of Alpha Phi, social sorority; Duzer Du, dramatic honorary; The Methodist Student Movement. and director of the student Radio Guild. Last year she rei rived the Association of Women Students Junior Ring, given to the outstanding junior woman on campus. This year, she reeeived a

Swahl-en Scholarship.

Hamilton, son of Mr and Mrs. Ed Hamilton, is a senior student specializing m speech. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta, social fraternity; Duzer Du: Tusitala. creative writing honorary; Rho Rho Rh" debate honorary; Student Radio Guild: TinLittle Theater Board, and the Rad") Experimental Laboratory. He has had roles in numerous oilier productions given on the

campus.

$ ® $$ a $ « # $ O Todays Weather 0

® and

# Local Temperature tjt Partly cloudy today and tonight. Somewhat warmer to-

night and Thursday.

Thursday

mostly cloudy, with

tain northwest.

occasional

Minimum

6 a. m.

7 a. ni

8 a .m

9 a. m

10 a. m.

37”

11 a. m

12 noon '...

40-

1 p. ID