The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 January 1949 — Page 1
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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"
VOLUME FIFTY-SEVEN
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■ MEW OFFICERS j INSTALLED BY KIWANIS CLUB
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
NO. 71
SEN. LANE’S BILL AGAINST ‘FAST TIME’
AUDKID FLEENOR 8UCiL CEEIOH \\ II.I.I AM HEBERT Ah PRESIDENT
■*, xhe oflioors of the Greencaw-
tie Kiwmnis club for 1949 were installed at a ladies’ night dinner meeting at the Old Trail Inn Thursday i evening, when Audrid Fleenor was installed as president, succeeding William Hebert. Other officers include Harry Voltmer, vice president; Kenneth E. West, treasurer; Peter Milanovich. secretary and directors Mike Snavely, T. A. Kleckner and Kenneth W.
Harris.
Don Carpenter, Lt. Governor of Indiana Kiwanis from Brazil, was the installing official and made an | excellent talk to the new officials on their duties as Kiwanians.
If the Indiana legislature acts on a bill introduced in the senate Friday by O. B. Lane of Bainbridge, there will be no “day light savings time” in 1949, as I Mr. Lane’s bill would outlaw any time but central standard time. He also introduced a safety bill for school buses, which may j eliminate many accidents as two have occurred in his home township, Monroe, as a result of
shortage of lights.
The hill will require red Hastier lights on both front and rear of all school buses instead of tne arm which the driver extends when stopping. It is believe I the flasher lights will j;ivo me;
,!CHAS. V. BERGEN
DIED SUDDENLY EARLY FRIDAY
RETIRED CONTRACTOR PASSED AWAY AT COUNTY HOSPITAL
Charles V. Bergen, age 79 years, died suddenly early Friday. He underwent an operation Thursday and suffered a relapse from which he did not recover. Mr. Bergen resided on Olive street. He had been a resident of this city for the past 25 years, coming here from Johnson county where he was born on December 20, 1869. He
protection to the children load- j an <l brother, E. V. Bergen.
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Glenn H. Lyon and Grafton Longden were honored with sor-
ing or unloading from buses.
JOHN CHERRY RITES TO BE HELD SUNDAY
vice pins for having been members of the organization for 25 years. Both joined the Kiwanis
club in February, 1923.
Roy C. Esutherlin, Ward D. Mayhall and Gene Akers were
'honored for having attended chargL ' of the st ' rvlccs -
every meeting of the club for the past year. Mr. Mayhall has gone eight years without miss-
ing a meeting.
Dean L. H. Dirks was the principal speaker. He is also a{ member of the Kiwanis club and told only a few of his experiene38 in dealing with boys and girls *^U! well as adults over a long per--Tlod of years. He applied the I »concepts of the Kiwanis club to
everyday life and said a goodi mor ' al M( 1 1 UIL 1
Pt Kiwanian makes a good citizen 1 tnd a good citizen is a good Kivanian, even though he might *yj lot be a member, because he
first came to this city 35 years ago when they constructed the first sidewalks, curbs and gutters on east Washington street. Mr. Bergen had been employed at the University for the past 13 years. He is survived by th.:
i widow, two daughters, Mrs
Henry Myers and Mrs. Mary Frances Mattingly of Indianapolis; two sons, Charles Jr., and John Phillip, at home. A brother and sister also survive. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services will be held from the Rector Funeral Home Monday afternoon at two o’clock. Friends
Mr. Cherry was probably one | may call at the funeral home
of the best known men in
Last rites for John W'. Cherry, well known resident, who died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon. will be held from the Rector Funeral Home at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Tennant and Rev. Saunders will have |
TRUMAN ’ASKS ‘FAIR DEAL’ PROGRAM
EXCESS PROFITS TAX IS HINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN DELIVERS THIRD ANNUAL K.< ONOMIC REPORT TODAY
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. (UPl President Truman today ask ed Congress to extend rent control “at least two years” a,id i“
COMMANDERY HOLDS PUBLIC INSTALLATION Knights Templar, Greeneastle Commandery No. 11, held public I installation in a combined meetI ing with Blue Lodge on Tuesday, Jan 4th. The following officers were installed by the retireing commander Frank Dicks. Marshal-James Walker Connnander-Robert A. Ziegel-
man
Generalissimo-iMaynard Tuttle
newed his plea for standby J Ca , >tain oeneral-Bernard Handy wage-price controls to cheek tkc ; R ,, ( ,, r(ler . Krp<1 starr
l Treasurer-Marion Soars | Prelate-Frank MeKeehan
At the same Line, the Pie.,i-, s< * nior Warden-Rollie Staten dent hinted in his third annual j Junior Warden-Gerald Brann
economic report that he w, thinking largely of an exee' profits tax on business when he asked Congress on Wednesday for $4.000,000,GOO in new tax
money.
NEW WINTER STORM HITS IN THE WEST
COLD WAVE AND SNOW DUE IN COLORADO BY NIGHTFALL
•'dangerous inflationary
still at work.
forces”
community due to his many years in the transfer and storage business. He had also been 3 j member of the Putnam Odd Fellows Lodge for more than 5C years and was active in the Rotary Club for a long period. He| was a member of the Gi'eenca a -j tie Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite and also the Gobin Me-
thi.- j home after three o’clock Satur-
day. Burial will
Hill cemetery.
be in Forest
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'Ives the kind of a life a good
.iiwanian lives.
He said it might be only an
i *iat and meet club, but usually it L* 8 much moi' l u! ii it were only .hat, he Maid it would lie possible I Vor odi taeniin i to become better acquainted with his neighbor md whep this is accomplished
nuch good comes from it.
L , Retiring president William J lebert was given a beautiful
Mr. Cherry was born in Tenn., Aug. 1, 1869. After coming to Greeneastle in 1888 he first worked a short time at Brockway's spoke factory. He then did farm work for Tom Hammond for four years, after which he was employed by the American i Express and old Big 4 railroad for 14 years. At this time he was made a construction foreman to help construct the new Big Four right-of-iway east of Big Walnut to Filkmore. At this type of work it fell his lot to contact many persons throughout the country
QUINCY MAN JAILED John Freeman, 22, of Quincy, was in the Putnam county jail Friday morning awaiting a court hearing on a public intoxication charge. Freeman was arrested by city police in the men’s rest room at the bus station at 11:15 p. m. Thursday.
I #ten and pencil set by the club to purchase timber to be used Lflor U|e • ' ;e m laying the track and bmld-
^[omnllshid duiiiit: the year and in 8 bridges.
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plished during the year and e thanked the members for icir finefco-operation throughiut the year He was also preented with a past-president’s i dn by Lt. Gov. Carpenter and he same was pinned on his coat
' iy Mrs. Hebert.
° jen. Hull Heads
:-’ a 1 FOif.
Weapon Study
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - UP)—Lt.lGen. John E. Hull tolay was (appointed director of he new prfapons systems evaluaion group of the national mili--—'ary estAWishment. Sjflf Hull, whe has been serving a? ^ommandei of army forces ir he Pacific, supervised the atom omto tests at Eniwetok last pring. In Ins new post he will be /(sponsible for “the careful ivaluation of all present or prelected systems of attack and
efense.”
Defense Secretary James For- ^ 'estaU said a civilian research irector jivill be appointed later l.s scientil'i officer of the group The weB]Mms systems ovaluaion group was set up recently s result of a six months’ surey by th' joint chiefs of staff nd thefcesoareh and developoent board. Its job is to study -11 types of weapons, including he atom bomb and recommend £he ones that would be best in
he event of war.
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20 Years Ago
W GREENCASTUB
I i Jr-rt rcusl 1
John [Brothers accepted a poth the F3 restone Rubber in Akron, Ohio. •uman G. Yuncker atD. A. R. meeting in
lute.'
C Tilden spent the day napolia.
In 1909 he started in the
transportation business. This proved to be a most successful undertaking for him and his pleasant and accommodating characteristics endeared him to an unusual host of acquaintances which led to many dear friends.
He was elected !o serve hs a
City Council member in 1930 and served until 1935. He took rpeeial pride and interest in attempts to serve the people for
the best of all concerned. In 1944 he decided it best to
dispose of his business and lead
a life of fewer responsibilities. After retiring he has served
four years as one of the Putnam county jury commissioners He recently was sworn in for
another term.
There was neve.' a time but what he dearly JOved to get out and meet and talk with his
friends.
Friends may call at the Rector Funeral Home. Roachdale Man Died Thursday Daniel Voorhes Shacklefor 1. native of Montgomery county, died at Roachdale at 2:15 p. m. Thursday. He had been ill five years and in serious condition six weeks. He was born Nov. 27, 1869, In Montgomery county, the son of John W. and Louisa Alnutt Shackleford. He married Hattie M. Dickerson April 11, 1893. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. He had been a farmer in Montgomery and Putnam counties. He is survived by the widow
County Health Nurse Resigns Mrs. Mary Lou Houck, Putnam county health nurse, has tendered her resignation to the Board of Commissioners, effective January 31. Famed Volcano Active In Hawaii HONOLULU, Jan. 7—<UP>— Famed Manna Loa volcano split open today and hurled a 15-mile river of fiery lava toward the west coast of the island of Hawaii, threatening a number of coffee-growing villages. Air Force observers said tin bubbling, lava-filled cone of th.' 13.680-foot volcano was split completely across in an eastwest direction by a giant fivemile crack. Hawaii Island is about 180 miles southeast of Honolulu. Three separate rivers of lava are spurting through the western side, merging into a singh [ flow some seven miles down th' | mountainside, observers report-
ed.
This flow has moved 15 miles and now is within 10 miles of Hawaii’s west coast, threatening a number of villages located along the shores. On the eastern side of the cone another small river of lava is flowing down the mountainside in the direction of Hilo, major city of 30.000 population of the northeast coast, but this flow has traveled only three 'miles and is considered of no
danger.
1st. Lt. Peter J. Brylinski, Chicago, spent two hours circling the crater in a C-46 transport, plotting the course of the flow with the plane’s instruments to determine if there was any immediate danger to in-
habited areas.
“The crater looks like a giant teacup with buggling red lava and cracked in the middle,’’ said Capt. Orval Collins, Wheeler Field public information officer
j who was on the plane.
"The center of the crater is a molten mass with lava spewing as high as 500 feet and sending smoke and flames as high as 5,000 feet above the summit. We
GESTURING VEHEMENTLY, President Truman asks a joint session of Congress for a “fair deal'' program, including four bil-lion-dollar tax increase and enactment of all his campaign pledges. In his state of the union message the president called for a 21-point bluepni t i"i [.iai i and prosperity iInternational)
Scott Chairman Of Safety Comm. Roscoe Scott assumed hi? duties os representative in the Lower House of the Indiana 1 'gislftlure at the opening .sessi„:i Thursday as represent ajive from Putnam and Owen counties, tared well on the committee appointments which he received. He has been named chairman of the Public Safety Committeeand is a member of the important Ways and Means com jnittee, Corporations Committe-', Elections Comnittee. Insurance Committee and mileage and
accounts committee.
Senator Lane On |
Many Committees Committee assignments in the'
1949 session of the Indiana senate were announced today. They include the name of Senator Lane on many of them. He is one of the veterans in the session and will be heard from often during the 61 days of the session. Through his experience and ability, the people of Putnam and Montgomery counties
will be well represented. Mr. Lane will be chairman of
the Agriculture committee; chairman of the County and Township business committee; a member of the Interstate Cooperation committee, the Policy committee, the Roads committee; Railroads committee, all of which are among the most important committee assignments
in the senate.
And he went on to expand his tax program today by saying that “some additional excise ta cs may be desirable but some excise taxes, particularly on ole iinargarine, should be repeale l.' - He also called for an increase m
social security taxes.
The President’s economic re port hit hard on the theme that inflation remains a serious me. ace to our prosperity. But he I of warned that the threat of a po tential recession also is in evidence and must not be ignored. As long as the economic situation contains such "mixed ele
ments,” he said. th<
Sword Bearer-Paul Herod
j Standard Bearer-Stanley Sears
Warder-Herrick Greenleaf U. S. LIBRARY WANTS WEIK'S
COUNTY HISTORY
KM)I I- ST IS RECEIVED BY WASHBURN CHAPTER
OF THE 1». A. H.
W.ishburn Chapter I>. A. R lias been asked to procure a copy The History of Piitnain County” written by Jesse W. Wi ik. a former Greeneastle citizen. to be placed in the National Library in Washington. This is the first time in th"
governme.’t ■ history of the organization th it
to
must have po we rs that can be, any book pertaining to the his applied as a hiakc or an acqele>- tory of the county has been askator according to the need. I ed for. The local chapter fech To combat both menaces at that this is a distinctive honor, once, he requested standby) not only for the county but for <>u ^ wage, price and distribution con-i one of its most noted writers.
trols; higher but “flexible” tax es; continued control.-.’ on rent and on bank and consumer ere 1 it; and a wide range of soci.d
welfare programs.
Mr. Truman first asked 81st Congress to extend control on Wednesday in hi
State of the Union message Bi t he did not say then how long li" wanted it continued after the
ll>- linlfrrt I’rcai A new storm struck today at Wyoming, Montana and Colorado as snow plow and rescue teams found the bodies of 17 persons who died in the big ^ blizzard that lashed the plains j earlier this week. Almost a score of persons I still were missing in the giant | snowdrifts piled up over Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. t >if The Weather Bureau said a storm front was sweeping soutli- | eastward from Canada into | Wyoming and Montana and | would hit Colorado later today. Forecasters warned that I temperatures would drop as i the disturbance struck with 1 shifting winds and more snow. They said that snowfall would he light, however, compared With the heavy blanket laid over the area earlier this week. The new storm threatened new hardship for tens of thousands of persons who were snowbound by the blizzard that started Sunday and Mew itself out
yesterday.
New floods broke out in the Gulf States, meanwhile, hut high water in Indiana ami Ohio was
receding slowly.
Southern California, whieii had been hit by its worst cropkilling freeze in history, thawed as temperatures rose. Arij zona reported that the cold snap
The book will be placed
permanent keeping in beautiful |
f or was its worst since 1937. The floods in the South and
Memorial Continental Hallj Midwest and the freezing where it will he available for| weather in the far West both reference to the thousands of wore by-products of the big
t'u | visitors each year from every
rent j state in the Union.
Ii any one in the county has aj l * 1 '' nation as it opy ot this book which be v:ou!d Great Plains.
be willing to give to the organization, it would be a fine memorial gift, in memory of a
pioneer ancestor.
If you have a copy which you arc willing to sell, the chapter is
blizzard which snapped a huge vortex of bad weather around
scourged ttie
scheduled March 31 expiration.
It is an unusualy good start ; He clarified himself on that for a freshman representative | score today, saying: “The presand comes as recognition of the I ent housing shortage makes it
standing of Mi Scott an is an J necessary to continue rent con-j willing to pay a fair price, honor to him and to the citizens , trol lor at least two years and In! Foi any information you have whom he represents. crnniinnm •••» , regarding this book please con- ' ——T _ — , tact either Mrs. Dorothy De-
i Vaney. regent, Fillpjore, Ind.: ! Mrs. Andrew Cross, Roachdale, i Ind., or Lcnore Alspaugh, 614 E.
Seminary, Greeneastle.
THREF HUNDRED MAROONED IN TAVERN BY BUZZARD
BULLETINS
Marshall Quits
THREE HUNDRED persons were marooned for three days in this Roc kport, Colo., tavern by the record blizzard which swept four western states, leaving some 10.000 persons snowbound. The
town of Rockport has a normal population of five, c International i. BUZZARD WINDS SWEEP CARS, TRUCKS OFF ROAD
and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 1 held I at the Chastain funeral home at 2 p. m. Sunday. Burial will be in the Roachdale cemetery.I
Friends may call at the family^ ( . ()Ul(1 fpj<1 the intenH0 ^ fmm residence, icoatlaurd on Paa* Pour).
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 — (SI) — Secretary of State Gei rge C. Marshall has resigned acid 'Dean Ae.liesnn lias been appointed Ids sueeessor, I’reaident Truman announced today. Budget Director James E. Wchh was named to succeed Un-
li-rsoeret^ry of State Robert A. j ", 1
Lovett who also resigned. Tile resignations are effective
Jan. ill.
The 1’ri'siilent accepted Mur I shall’s resignation “reliic iantly !! and with deep regret,” telling reporters lie ri'giiriletl Marshall as "the- outstanding man” of the second world war ejra. Marshal) is 68. He recently underwent an operation for removal of a kidney. He Is now con valeseing. His health wa.s the primary
n
Two families were wiped out in the whiplashing storm. A snowplow crew found the bodies of Phil Roman, 35. his wife. lone, 35, and their children, Tony, 11 and Peggy, 9, where they had died amidst 20-foot drifts when their light truck
stalled near Ault, Colo.
Less than a mile from the ranchhouse the family was trying to reach, the crew found Mrs. Roman’s body huddled protectively over that of Peggy. Fifty feet away they found Roman. his frozen body still shel-
tering his dead son.
At Hillsdale, Wyo., searchers found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Archuleta and their daughter, Nancy, 5. where they were caught by the blizzard after visitine friends at Burns
Wyo.
The latest victim of the storm was William W. McHodgkins, 55, who died in a Torrington, Wyo.. hospital of carbon monoxide j poisoning. The heavy snow | jammed the flue of tus home,
the fumes to back up
into the house.
I Other known dead: | Wyoming John Sutherland. 66, Laramie, over-exertion white shoveling snow, I’aul Morrison 55. shepherd found frozen on Torrington highway; Joe Brown, 72. Cheyenne Negro, frozen; unidentified woman found frozen in drift near Cheyenne; Mrs. Bei t ha Gronlund, 85, Rawlings,
exertion.
Nebraska Claude- Hannibal. 35. Alliance Gas Company official found frozen in car; Mrs.
factor in his resignation.
Mr. Truman luul hop,si that 1 Ham, ' t BroWn ’ wh ” waH n, arly with medical treatment and rc^t. ■ 100 yra ' 4 ,,M froJten ln h, ' r cab *
tlve former army chief of staff could have retupncul to his duties
in the State Department.
in at Gordon.
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SOME of the many passenger cars and trucks w hich were swept off a road near Cheyenne. Wyo., by the 70-mile-an'hour winds which aceampanie d the record blizzard which all but Immobilized several western states, are shown in this air pho to taken by Scott Boggess. (International)
“I am, however, unwilling to I assume* the rcs|x»nslhilily of j | further jeo|>ardiziiig your j heulfh,” (he President wrote ■ Marshall in accepting the resig-
nation.
j, Marshall Milwnittcd his resignation on Jan. 3, the President
disclosed.
His brief letter of resignation K>f Jan. 8, to Mr. TruUnan, said: "My Dear Mr. President, I regret that it Is necessary tor n:e to submit my resignation as secretary of state. "Please accept nay thanks for Die extraordinary consideration unit complete support you have given me these past three years. (C uulluiinl ou Two)
& Todays Weather O ® and $ Local Temperature tfil Fair, windy and warmer to day. Fair and continued mild tonight. Saturday increasin'.; cloudiness, continued mild. High today 45 to 50. Low tonight 38 to 42.
Minimum 6 a. m. . 7 a. m. .
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a. m.
noon p. m.
8 9
to 11 12
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