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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL'

VOUW*. FIFTY-SEVEN

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, IV49.

SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS

NO. 100

39 STUDENTS fkSH WORK

AT DePAUW

I | I K liKAOlIATION || ||{I.Mi;NTS; (iKT l.OMAS IN JUNE

!i< DcPauw Uinver15 from Iirliaiia. ^lAduation icqoircii, eml of the wijitoi I will receive diplo- , it was unnoii acl :n iu J. Kunter, re"-

TWO AUTOS DAMAGED IN TRAFFIC MISHAP I I City police reported Thursday that two cars sustained property (latnage amounting to about $165 in a traffic mishap at the cornel it Columbia and Jackson slice' ; Wednesday afternoon. No. on > was injured in the accident. Police said Mrs. Howard Wright, driving a 1946 Hudson club coupe, eanir from the south on Jackson and turned west on Columbia, to avoid hitting another car en route east. sk swerved her auto tmt swung i ito a parked taxicab belonging to Hubert Stoner.

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(|iialified for June in hide Joseph H. imest Blvd., Indiank K. Adams, ClayK. Keld, Greencastle; ilrinies, Washington; Harder, Hammond; ilc Elwood; Hal|)h I,. I .banon; Ernest O. h . Elizabethtown; I.Hcher, Whiting, and ; ii tin, Greencastle. i.i Indainu include Molir. Clifford; John Whiting; Marjorie pi Decatur; Sogi i i l and John W. ZngtaB lie l. Also 1 Stanley E.

oak Pm)

K. St. ■> III James F. Burleigh, ■) I'tn-M. O.; Henry H i Cox, .Jm Elizabeth Dunkley, . ,1'ihn JK< Hubert A. Peterson,

JERSEY MEN OF DISTRICT MET IN CITY KEI'KKSENTATIYks I KOM eiuht < oi ntiesn in MKETIM. TODAY

IT’S COFFEE TIME FOR THE “NINE OLD MEN” OF COFFEE CLUB i

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othern WiliiM

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GOVERNMENT

NO PLACE FOR 2ND RATE MEN HOOVKK COMMISSION si (iPSTs VAST FEOKHVI.

KKOUHAM/ATTON

WASHINGTON. Feb. Id (UP) I’he Hoover Commission today recommended revision ot the federal government's luring system to make it. “frn of pul- |

Allured, i iUcal influence” and i apable cl j James K. Brown, j attracting the cream of Ameii- j

can citizens.

“We cannot entrust the government of today to second-i'iile J men amt women," ttie eommis-

The Sixth District Jersey Cattle Association nieni Hers held a meeting in the Assembly loom of the court house here Thursday. Several important items to the dairy bleeders of lh>' disti ic ! and of Indiana were discussed during the morning and aftertioon sessions, which were i.i charge of Noal Nicliolston, Hussell township Jersey breeder and [ director from this county. One of the items of bilKim ss i was tlie election of a now direct- ! or ns Mr. Nicholson’s time ex-

pires.

Victor Peterson, tvi.l Kepresentative of the Nntional Jei^ \v Bleeder As aiciatlon amt A Gi!- |

umre. Jeffersonville, president o! the Indiumt Jersey lin " lers Assi o'iat ion were pr esent mid spoke

tielore the meeting.

The national dairy exponition to tie held at th' State Fair Grounds this fall win also Uiveussi'd as it will I I gnat in tei/'si to all iluirymen of th,.

section.

Student Strike At Cloverdale

J E Hood, Charles Weaver, "Bun” Skelton, Frame Hamilton, Mis Patty Godfrey, Robeit Burgette. Harley Miller, president for the day; Miss Gurneth with the coffee barrell; John A. Cait-

wtight, P’red Pease and Hoy C. Sutherlin.

Every morning, the Greomastle Colfce Club hold a s- .Mum at the Cafe Koyale Tin Daily Banner photograpliel "caught this Htnitp in a recent meeting Every problem under Hie sun r settled at these meetings. A new president is eleeled every morning because the responsibilitli';; are so great that the strain requires i new one treqii'iitly. As can ne seen m this putun thr Judge" is sound a.Jeep. even while the meet lug wiir m progres;:. No trivial problems a n i on I sicterrd Even the ••offer pot handled hy Miss Gurneth is King size It is in keeping with everyI thing lli< club umler takes. At a I'eeent meeting $10 was eontributed to the Polio fund II u new I comer happens into anyone ol the plares of business, he is eleeted presiilent for the day and n, course the breakfast is on him for that meeting It Washington would only send some ol theii [ more pressing problems to this club, even that with "Old Jin , they could be handled ^with sp d and equity loi all In lime when the reputation spreads a little more, they may have s mn oi tin momental governmental problems to settle, ami ull through tin' world pmee and tranquility will

reign.

LATEST WIRE NEWS Sen. Vandenburg Plans To Retire

OKTKOIT, Feb. 111.— (INS) — Michigan's Senator Arthur II. Yandenberg torlay announer'd in an "authorized" slatenient that he is “retiring frinn puhlie lile in l«5‘J." Tin' loreign a Hair-, leader’s |, statement, altliougli nientioiieil { hetori' hronght surprise evi’ii Iroin his son, Arthur, Jr. Young Vandenberg uski'il his

tat In-r:

“Are you autluiri/.iug Hint statement." The senator replied: "Yes. I am retiring finiii pubdr lile. I don't want any mlsuulerslaiidlng about that one." The senator made the statement at a news conference on he eve of his iinportanl l.inioln lay diliniT sprei'li in lletroit lie

night.

SLAYERS OF GANDHI GET SENTENCE

white H

mil Audrey Wagner, j slon 8»id in a report to Congress. I Joseph Duuin, Ed-1 To achieve the objective, it | Id. Guy A. Fjbbe, I suggested sweeping rcorganiza-j

Kennlth HoUis, tkm of Oie present tivil ervk • j A ,. ,. .

system of hiring federal workers, j reported to have taken place i,i !

Re-Assessment Bill Survives

TWO Will, mi; list Hi. t'EIVK I.II I TERMS \T NEW DEI.Ill

Tenn.; Maureen

HuriH ni . and Peter K. Ju^K . C iterville, Mich.

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illin. W. TH

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The commission

mended:

1. A nation-wiih

to bring

Henry campaign

Fairfield, Me.;

Kankakee, III.; James i h"* into federal jobs

. Wilmette, 111.; Ros;| 2 - A higher salary ceiling for t ■ I. Mansfield, O.; j C'V* 1 service joba. The pre

also recoin-j ii„, ciovcrilale high school Weil-

j uesday afternoon nial mveiai

recr.iitif.g t r.tudents walked nut of (darn

moil' veter j rooms in what on«

S6.256 Donated In Polio Drive

SUTHERLIN WINS LIFE MEMBERSHIP

tie

“a field tn 11 without ■ * ’ 1 *

: i ritii'd a consent.”

i According to |i'|iort.s today,

Ma< Donald, Otowa.jcnt maximum is $10,500 a yen d.niomHa’ o , w« , in pro- •. Virgil A, Pei - j The report was the second .of teat to onu rules on I by i. la.; William C. ( 15 . th< ' Commission will make t’. j lh .. j,, Aj(||

| way Ih ■ students spent their

Am ra. III ; John F. ! Congress detailing its recoin For est, III ; David I mcndations for a vast reorga i Orlanda, Flu., and! ization of executive deiiaitment

Wild-1 ’’f government. Form r President Herbert Hoover heads

the commission

Its proposals today inilu led;

I VViili | radically all i mtribu

I i m ilepii.s.ie I. Hie March o has ii'iii’hi' l $0.55625. Although tins ligiie well ilemon

strati'i Uu' geiieru ity of Ur p"Opli of Pulliam county towarl

a worthy caiise, tlie pol o fund i

still si ho t 'll its $9,000.00 qilotH.

Bennett

man, ■ ville, O.

Mm Sponsors Evint On Feb. 23

Tile i|iid‘h was laUulated on th

noon hour at th- si hoid liiiilding. i ^ ; " of expeto'es for the y '

It was said the rules vvcie given | I'tJH, ai'-il til

to the principal, who in turn, j

I An adequate pay scale for fedei | ,| | (1 j s | ( ,, j n g j M

gave them to the truchi'i's who passed them on to the pupils. It was said the rule-; loncern-

halhi and

employes. A new system <>f hhat th- pupiis sinnild .'illiei

Local

und othi 1 xcelient their mu 1 rs witk

mg in

service, church

rating employes ami job prefei - | ence to qualified war veterans, j It also suggested putting tin j civil service commission chan-I

, leinble in the gym of assembly

l room.

Reports said that when th"

I eivn .-.civic, cjiii.,..'-.,, yj, c..».. | ontlre student body returneil foi

iganigattons have an j man In the White House as a tI)p a ff,, nU)() n classes and hca I rtunity to provide | special presidential adviser on j th(< new ,, .„w;,i them

nid recreations lead-j personnel matters. | widg,.,) ()1 ||

worthwhile train-! The report reconimendi'fl tha j Tfi,. dovcrdalc high sclmol of-

that the Civil Service Coimnis- | lh | a ni0| . n j ng

Itotary sponsored I'i ■ ml Recreation In- » ■ hold in Greencastle

k'y 23.

pi ite is designed tr. Ml training to music f 1 1 ion leaders of all or- " including 4-H Clubs, ii h groups, Boy Scouts. F u Set vice Clubs sn m groups, Future and Homemakers, I Snnibiy Schools, Home l Clubs and other

- iciis will be held in the II' High Schisil Audi|k| old gymnasium anti t"n luncheon with the t!■ Rotary Club will be i Methodist Church. |t hi will be at 9:00 a. m mh SehiMil Auditorium I I’ Stewart, nationally

knixwJ lii' tor of music at Pur- ' lup ■ A tsity and F. ,L. Me-

p recreation apecialist state t-it CMb Office r 'harge of the program, iganizati/m in Putnam

•■"d a Bining counties is invited c- to send their music t

ilional representatives I • lllll^rt „M l*HU«• 'I',*1.1 I

sion function as an agency

fix employment standards and police the whole hiring system Each department, it said should

have a personnel diroctor. The Hnovel group said:

“This commission proposes i far-reaching revision in structure and methods in order to build a career service which will Heleet the best of our citizens >.i merit, free of political influefice. with incentives in the form of genuine opportunities Tor promotion in the service, and which will eliminate the unnecessary

and inefficient employes."

Rotarians Hear Talk On Scouting

fra

Hoy .Sri'iit \Vi"k Was nbsei veu at the Wednesday luncheon meeting ot the (li'cencastle Rotary Club. Dr. W. Id. Ellington had i harge of t he program. Preceding the showing of a ■oiird film on Buy Scout actlv-j jtics, Clmrli's Griffin, Scout Kx eciltivi' of the Wabash Valle ( Area Couneil, spoke on the

.seriousness ul ill

situatoia which we face is i n. phusizerl by the fact Ur quo a 1

so high.

II any one who was not contacted willies to contribute, oi if anyone who has already contributed wants to give more, lie I may do 'o by sending his contn hut ion to the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co. We are well on our way to finishing this fight.

Bet’s go on ami win it. RABBI TO SPEAK

AT DEPAUW CHAPEL Rabbi Victor E. Reichert, ,\ iilely-knnwn .nit hoi .uul lecturer, will discuss " ermanent Fae- * tors m Judaism" at a specia' ( Impel on the LePnuw L'nivers ity campus to orrow at 10 a m Rabbi of the Rockdale Avenue Pi mple, Cineinniili, he is n mem jer of the University of Cincinnati faculty, ami has served in the city’s Mayor's Friendly Re

ation Committee.

2(nwsA|;o

UHF.F.ftIG ABITI.E

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i degrees below zero, oecorr .cini'ster enrollment ‘rt totaled 1,465 students, in •me of Mr. and Mrs. 'lurk. on Beveridge (•as badly daimaged by Evelyn Aylur was home

ytnour.

Prevo was in Ohicago

less.

nee Bryan was hern nterville.

Dr. James K. Y’ollock of Mie'nigan University’* political sc.ence department, a conimissioti member, disagreed with tlie report. He said the most vital recommendations “lack clarity and exactness" and the repo', itself "reflects an unduly limited concept of personnel administra-

tion.”

Rites Friday At Union Valley Robert W. McCainmack of near Belle Union, age passed away Wednesday al the home of his son, Roy, in Indianapolis. His home was one mile west of Belli Union and ho had lived in the Belle Union community his en-

tire lifetime.

He is survived by the son and two grandchildren, Homer, went of Stilesvillo and Mrs. Bert Shel-

ton of near Belle Union.

Funeral services will be held

growth and development oi icoutiiig. His ailitress was not only confined to the iiatinnal and international growth but he also discussed its growth in Putnam county, which has several hundred Smuts and Cut>s scattered

over th • entiri' county.

In his talk, Mr. Griffin I brought out some interesting I ' ) lacts regarding the Boy Scout [ Movement. Hoy Scouts of Am-j erica was foundeil February 8th. 1910 .and received a Federal charter from the Unitcil States Cong res.-, on June 15th, 1016, being one ot the only few, including the Red Cross and the American Legion, to receive such a ; charter. The movement originally began in England and has since spread over the entire

world.

Frank McKeehan and Rev. Harry P. Walrond were guests of the Greencastle K.iItalians.

YlAStlMt NOTH E

');il!p(l Meeting of Temple I. dge No. 17, F. A. A. M Frl!ay Feb. Hth at 7:.‘10 p. m. M. M. 1 gree. Valentine Hanlon. W. M.

11 .i Sut hci 1m, lo; al restaurant ipeiulor, was awarded a lifi membership Wednesday night n t contest which has lieen con lucted f' r the past several weeks by Greenca-Ue Moos' I jodge. No 1592. ■O ily members who had paid i year's dues in inlvt. re wi i eligible to eompeie in life imiii. bership contest. Mr. Sulhi rlii was the winner ovei 182 oth' 1

contestants.

Takes Oath Ot Office Friday INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb 10 i i INS i Indiana' s new Denu cratic state treasurer will talc | his oath of offiee in u Slat House corridor ccn ny to noi I row, Feb. 11, at 11 a m. The incoming treasurer, I' Dhirley Wilcox of New Albany WHS elected last Novembn. :i! ter ri'Higning as Colleetor ol lnternal Revenue for Indiana in ot ier to enter the treasurer ran Wilcox will be t he nexl-to-th ' last of the new state elective ol ficials to take office. Gen m eiie inducting the state siipernit'i dent of publie instruclion will ml be held until Mareh 15. Judge Sherman Minton, of th' United States Circuit Court o' Appeals at Chicago, is to admin ster the oath of office to Wilox. State Chairman Ira Haymaker. will repreaci't the Demo eratie parly county chiurninn at the eercinony and make i

brief talk.

Birthday Party Held By Scouts

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. it — lINs))—Iteassi'ssnieut of lull ar:i real estate survival a blistering iittuck tn an Irour long «lcbate in the ll'iuse ut llepri'sentatl\es tialay. \n attempt lo kill flic Itltl ii'assessment Ian was defeated

! I lo IK.

I be mi is iri' now is eligible

H )y Sr 11 ll I Irooji 99 ol tbel |,, r sei'onU reailnig anil disrusFirat Cliriatian ehureb held i|.|on. The bill reported out id birthday meeting \\ • 1m .dav i einninillis' biday without ro om 'Veiling in the dining room o' J „,e,ultttlon is a companion bill In the church where a ipb rnli I | mn reassessment act. It pitch-in dimii i wau .seiv l b | provides for reassassriielit inf all he parent:; of the inembet i. , real eslate ami impr iveim'iils in Following Hu ill ut.er regut;" | )„■ onrrw J by Ivonl 'ting was iielil. ilunir , will'' { assessors til April I. 105(1.

he Seoul oath war. given by j k'oul Robert Collins, followed y the citing of the Scout laws jy Scouts Bob Neai. directoi' am.' icuuts Jim Ri ynolds and Biirry

Taylor.

Bill Douthitt, Si'KUtm .ter w i in charge of Hie meeting He inI’hditccd Troop Chairinan, Ti McKeehan who presented oUie .nembers of tin' rhureh intei I'.Je I n promoting .seouting including lev Ralph Saunders, Abie Friz er, Evan Crawley and Chari'" IrifTin of the Central offiee, v.le nitlini'd the work for 1949 am' howed some splendid motion jieture.s IhIioii lit i amp a id !•' | .till I)outllitI oi a trip t' '‘ho- ! rado and New Mexico taut .illin- j

mer.

HOME EC. CHORUS WILL MEET MONDAY, Tile orga.iiziil oial meeling e! I the Ihitnam County Home K e j n nun s Choni. will be held n‘ l the Flxteasioii Ultiea Mondiv, February 14th at I hi) p. m M i j Luetic Snn h. home d iiioiistni ; lion agent rer|ile.';t s that I'lll'i ( member;, mterrsted who can no' attend the nnetiiig, be ;uri' am’ turlify tlie county oftui so lliev ■vill be on the i::iiluig list fo' | future meetings. |

Assessment rates finder the measure wilil.l nut exceed 5ti pel cent ol tue Man'll Bill values. The Demi eratie majority reported out Hi' measure without recommendation but the niinoi'it.v report was tor an aniendineiit wltieli would kill Ilie 1947 reassessment act. A-Bomb Remains In U.S.-Truman \\ VSHINGTON, l i b 9 — (IN'-)—presidiul I ruinnii liliinlt\ siTVed nolii'e tid.iv that (lie i niteil States has no intention >1 disclosing any of its atmiiU' s rets to tin' world. I" i ( hil l EveciitIve Miilitlv • id hi . news roiilereni'e lliat It .. nolii'ly s business hew many ni- nit bombs the I niteil (States

pr sSesses.

FIRST ‘ CUSTOMERS” AT GYM AT FOUR FOR EIGHT O’CLOCK GAME

t Ul DAPEST, Feb. 19— ft P) — A justice ministry official sain today that Joseph (anHual Minils/.cidy i oiibl be freis:l on "good bi b i\ior" alter serving 15

years of his life sentenre. WASIIINtiTON, I'ih. HI

(I P) — Preslili'iit Ti'iuiian tiHlay iteinviijiii'd till' Ifiiiigariau gov ' runient s lri.il i f dasi f Cardinal

Miinlse/.eiilly as "iiifaniiiiis.”

girl, drova ns ELKHART, Feb. 10. (UP)

Susie Gruber, four-year-old

Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald from the Union Valley Baptist Gruber, Elkhart, drowned in the

\\ YSIIINt. ION, (INS)- President

Feb. H).—

, , ........... Truman aniioiuiccit today that he has iiamed Philip ( . Jessiqi, I S, deputy representative al the I N Security < ouiieil, to represent tlie t Hited States al top-flight in-

ternational ■iii-eling*.

Jessiqi, wiiu interrupted his

(I a»iilliiil|.i: oi, i rto** I-our)

NEW DELHI, Fit.. It) (UP) Two men were sentenced to death, five to lile imprisonment and one was acquitted today on charges of plotting and carrying cut the assassination of Mohandas K Gandhi at an evening prayer meeting on Jan. ,'10, 1948. Nathuram Vinayak Go l ie. :;6. i Hindu Brahmin editor who a t .nitted firing three shots into Gandhi, was .senteoceil to death ilong with Narayan Dattarya \pte, 35,'n school teii' tiei who vas described as the braina belind the conspiracy One "f t h' iiine ac i.;e I |>lot ers, Digamber Ranuhandia ia'ige, 35. operatoi' of a small iriiis shop in Poona, was gianteil i king’s pardon hecaum be turn'll slate' evtdeiui' and t.eslifie I igam .1 t lie ot he; t, ()ne ot t lie . ight i • niainini' vas acquitted. II" wsn Vinayak Damoilar Savarknr, 65. for many’ years president ot the Hindu nltIndia Mnhn aglin. an i x)i"ini-;t organization ehargnl with responsibility in Gandhi's a n linalion. Savarknr plemleil im ocei't to plotiiig against Ganlii’s life. Those sentenced to life imprisonment : Vishnu Raimliander Karkare. 35. owner of a restaiuant u.. Ahmednagar. Madan Lai, 23, u ref'igee from the Punjali iu Pakistan, wh • threw a bomb at Gan lid in an inisuci e.;si ul assasninah ui at tempi 10 days hi I ne tin Mahalma .va ■ killed by God.u* Shankar Kistayu. 32, a sei vanl ol Ba lg*‘. Gopnl Wimiyak 32, .' In oi Im" i i$ ^ a o ' Dr I) S Punhiire. a medical pi aid it ion-i from G w alior, l td miles Irom New I)elhi The selitenci'M wi'i" deliver.'! by a special com undei do Ig Alma Gliaiun which wa • i o at' I eiipecially to try those ihai); ‘d wil Ii plotting G.iii’llu' . a is .ination. Tin judgment ma. b" u|i pealed to the East Punjab high

court.

Verdicts against the eight it" fcudaiita were announeed in the I same historic 400-year-old i'"i sandstone Mogul forti ealle I the “Red Fort.” wh"! th was held. Sent*- a " ; v a. ma .known 375 days after Gandhi

.vas shot.

Open Hearings On Radar Wall WASHINGTON, Feb. It). (HP) The An Fore' laid before Congri's; today a joint United States Camnl.Hti iti fense pi ■ i to bmlil a radai wall at “sensitive'’ spots aioimd North America. As hearing:; on th" proposal opened before a Houae Aimed services suheoinniittee, Rep. Carl T. Durliam D , N (' subcolhniittee chairinan, said the warning system is il"signo t to forestall snothei I’eail Harbor. An Air Force spok> man said 'he plan calls for a network of i'U'Ihi' itatlons to keep watch ignm.it pi'.isible aggreHSors, eanulng air approach lanes ai far out h; 300 miles from the

coast.

Radai “sees” only 150 miles, but picket boats and circling [•lanes in the mod strategic areas would carry radai scopes (Coutlnurd un r<t«* I not

<! Hot Wires Kill !! Two Indiana Men

DANVILLE, Fet>. HI. (UP) Fianklin Hardesty, 34, a voluneer fireinan. was shocked fatally neat I.iZton yesterday when he came in contact with a 6,000volt clcelnc wire while fighting

fire.

church. Burial will be in th. Alice cemetery near Broil i 1'aib. Fi lends may call at the Campben & Powell Funeral Home in

Coatesville.

St. Joseph River here late yesterday. A playmate, Peter Achberger, four, ran home to tell his parents that the girl fell

through the ice.

t j NOBLES VILLE, Feb. 10

Basketball fans in this community have gon • beyond the limit in support of the local team | 1 1 11 11 11 M ( ur ®'

fo • everything to win from Brazil. They even . Sheridan, a lineman tor the

M., and in ad- j 'Public

this vear and Tuesday night they went all out . , « „ „ began gathering at the gym door at four o’clock. Phis group was found at 5 P. M dii'. M to these, the apece between the gym doom Is full and the sidewalk was tdi.d on th.- weal Side of the gymnasium, almost to. Washington street. Even Councilman Jesse Green wa.s In line as was Bill Priest, who is shown shaking a burly fist ut the cameraman. Age had nothing to do

with the fans, aa both old und young were pres mt.

Service Co. of Indiana

and father of seven children, was ’ .shocked fatally today when he

l touched a high tension wire.

"i Totlciyv WeetlJm W ® und «* $ local Tetnpefuture ® Partly cloudy today, clearin'’: and coldet tonight. Tomorrow generally fair with little temperature change. High today 50 to 35 north to 40 to , 45 south Low tonight 10 north to 13 to 20 south.

Minimum .

6 a

rn. .

7 a.

26°

8 a.

ni.

9 a

m. .

27 '

10 u

2 7

11 a.

27'

12 noon

27°

1 p.