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' V ,: 'tFFNCASTIJC Mildred 'Pitchford and h Pruitt were local e ■ i led in the DePauw M "ilest. j^ft lurphy transacted legal ' lull ins and daugh-i-in' n, were Vi8itin & in

Alary Virginia Klinefelter Miss Klinefelter, daughter ■ Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Klinefep, i residing west of Cloverdale, is henibei of the March gra luatiny class of nurses at the General Hospital in Indianapolis. Th - dass has ma le the t.ghest grad ?s during training on record at .he hospital. Miss Klinefelter wa* graduated from Cloverdale big! jchool in 1946.

Officers Elected For Junior 4-H Buddy McGaughey of Russellville and Loretta Kvcns of Madison township were elected copresidents of the Putnam County 1-H Junior Leader organization in their meeting held Wednesday night in the Presbyterian church. Both of Uuww 4-H Club members have outstanding leadership records and should lead the organization in a fine way during the coming year. Other officer;, elected were RoInert Clodfeltcr ol Russellville and Marjorie Whitman of Greencastle, vicepreajdcnts; Nancy Torr of Gremcastle, secretary: Maurice Fordlce of Russellville, treasur•r: Rita Heath of Greencastl . news reporter; Bruce Wilde of Greencastle and Marilyn Gardner, Russellville, recreation leaders and song leaders elect. I were Virginia Jarvis of Russeil/illo an'l Roberta Purcell of Roachdale. The yearly program planned by the new officers with regular meetings of the group in the various townships on the third Thursday night of each month. The following is a schedule of necting places: March 17 at Cl< - verdale; April 21, Creencantle; May 19, Jefferson: June 25, Russellville; July 21, Roachdale: August 18, no meeting; Sept. l-i. Monroe, Bainbridge; October 20. Fillmore. Nov. 12. football game, Marquette: Dec. 15, Christmas >arty, Old Tiad Inn; Jar,. 19. Washington and Feb. 16, Clinton. Township F a r m Bureau groups will again have the opportunity of having the Junior Leader organization present ihgir April program as they a.turned this responsibility. Other activities of the group will indude visiting of prospective clul members in their township in a Jitlon to their regular duties of Yelping promote and administei he 4-H Club program in their commuhlties. Students Win Double Credits LAFAYETTE, Ind. Feb.. 17 -Double credit for proficiency n English cop mition at Pur!ue University, according to an innouncement by the Purdue topartment of English, ha., .been awarded to Dianne Martin nd Charles R. Wilde, graduates if Greencastle Hii;h School. On the basis of high ranking n the orientation tests, they vere assigned to English 32, an idvanced freshman composition lourse, and successfully competed it with a better than ninimum passing grade. As a esult they have won six hours if credit ire English instead o he usual three hours granted n a Purdue English course.

ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED BY ROTARY CLUB international t rvu: or GANIZATION KOUNOH.) 44 YEARS AGO The Rolary Club of Greenastlo on We inesday linked this i'-.V with more than 6 700 olh 't nies and towns in 80 countries ■f the world through ils obserance of the 44th anniversary d the founding of the internatonal Rotary organization. I he event was commemorated R the Club’s regular meeting it the Presbyterian Church. In tracing the growth of Rotary, Rexell A. Boyd said: “The list Rotary Club was organized n Chicago, Illinois on Feb. 23, 1905, by Paul P. Harris, a young awyer, who suggested the idea b a group of his friondn. It wav ailed the Rotary Club becau:. he first meetings were held in rotation in the offices of the members. For more than foul lecades, Rotary has continued 1 i grow in numbers and strength. In the last seven, months, for e.\ ample, 190 new Rotary Clubs were organized in India, Norway South Africa in 29 different countries. Today, Rotary is r. world-wide fellowship of some 522,000 business and professional executives." Dr O ,F. Overstreet, a charter member of the Greencastle Rotary Club, recalled in a very interesting manner the history >f the local civic organization since its organization over 2 r i years ago. Dr. Overstreet recounted many interesting events in the history of the Greencisth Rotary club, and gave anecdote.-: on the founding members. The speaker recalled that one of the . is* civic projects of the Greeoica .tie Rotaiy club was the paving of Hanna street between Od ege and Locust streets, uue listing $700,00 was the first paved street in Greencastle. Following Dr. Overstreet, I r Laurel H Turk, DePauw University professor of foreign languages, discussed the int. iu.u lional growth ami history of R itary. Dr. Turk represented thi Greencastle club at the last International convention at Rio D. Jancrio, Biazd last year. and gave a brief account of the convention, as well as other interesting international aspects of the organization. An appropriate benediction was given by Rev. Ralph Saund- • is to close the program. ARGUMENT RESULTS IN ARREST OF TWO

STATE S OLOEST LITERARY CLUB OBSERVE 75TK. BIRTHDAY

FIREMEN CALLED

City firemen were called at 10:15 a. m. Thursday to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hurst, 317 east Hanna street A small blaze caused slight iamage to the roof and around the chimney.

Claude Query and Jack Sly, a negro, both of Greencastle, were r rested Wednesday afternoor. by city police cm charge of dir rderly conduct. Police said the two men wer taken into custody at 5:15 p. m in the alley back of the Amman Legion Home where they were in an argument with twe boys. The pair was lodged hi c n ' Putnam county jail pending ar raignment In niunk ipal co n ' Thursday. V. F. VV. NOTIC E • Veterns of Foreign Wars No 1550 will meet this evening in regular session at 8:00 p. m a, he Pest Home. Need 7 Billion For Pension Bill WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 (UP) Experts figured today that i he Rankin bill to pension old soldiers eventually would nick he Treasury for more than ■ illlion dollars a year. Not all of this would be extra xpense. however The proposed ’.90 monthly pensions for veterans of World Wars 1 and IL who ,re 65 or older, would overlap ir roplaee many existing veterans' benefits. For this reason, the experts said, from 50 to 60 per cent of •he total pension cost should bf discounted. They put the net extra cost to the taxpayers in 1990 the peak year- at abo-.P $3,000,000,000.

s , A, ' s ! ,a 'mus dhuiijr room by Mrs. trail k Donner, shown at the right, above. Othn mem . , oi, U'' 1 'mmittee included Mrs. Joe McCord, Mrs Laura H xson, Mrs. O. W. Martin. Mi '■U otair, Mr:;. Wm. Huggard hn I Mrs. Heiald Ross, president of the* club, ass.sting Mrs. Donner

fiks Will Hold Will Organize Say Legislation Cancer Auction DAY Auxiliary Is Badly Needed

Cancer research will benefit r the announcement today by Charles Lanzone, Social and Comlunity Welfare Chairman 15. F. O. E ks, Greearastle lod?' 1077. A gigantic auction will be le'd on the grounds of the lodge home at 2l>2 South Indian? itrect, on Saturday, Marih 19, Proceeds from the auction wilJ be donated to the Indiana Elk Cancer Control Fund. A great variety of articles will be contributed by members >f th Elks anil their friends ind will be sold to the highest adders. O. W. Hollowed and 'ohn Earnshaw will have charge oi this project. The Indiana Elks Cancel ontrol program is a project the Indiana State Elks Permanent Activities Commute" idopted in September, 1947. vvith the expressed purpose of insisting the Indiana Cancer Society in the control of cancel, during the first year of its in•eption Indiana Elks contributed $50, 685. to this fund. $21,000 of this fund was contribute to Indiana University to provide for a research center an 1 oboralory for cancer research at its medical center in IndianP°bs. $75,000 was contributed to Purdue University. The re mainder 0( the fund was spent n an educa'ional campaign.

Yet's Body Due In Coatesville The body of Lieut. Thomar Gordon Cooper will arrive ii Coates ville Friday evening. Lieut. Coop"!' wan a pilot in the Army Air Force a id was kille i >n a routine High over Japan on hlobcr 20, 1945. He \v;> 2'! 'cars of age at the time of hi ; cfith, and was a graduate of the ’•’illmorc High School. Survivors include uie widow, Irs. Irene Qoopcr and two < h 1ire", Thomas, Jr . and Suzanne Glizabe'h, of Muncie; the jarnts, AJi. and Mrs. Clarenc ■ 'itoper, west of (' atesville u.i I M ' sister, Rachael. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Campbell-Powell funeral home in Coatesville. Rev. Guy Lawyer will be in charge of the service and burial will be in the Stilcs/IIle cemetery. Military services viil be conducted by tlTe V. F \V. -»ost No. 1550 of Grocnca itle. friends may call at the funeral lomc after 2:00 o'clock Sa-ur-lay. KILLED BY PENNSY

SOUTHPORT, Ind., Feb. 17 — (UP) Jesse John Ward, 52, Indianapolis, was killed ard two other men seriously hurt yester day when a Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into their truck. The injured are Charles T. Kelly, 59, and John R. Alchron. 52, also of Indianapolis.

About 50 members of th ■ leal Chapter No." 85, Disabled Amciican Veterans, met at Unity hall with their lady folks for | heir regular semi-monthly j lecting. Seventeen ladies sigu<1 the charter to date. Tin chui - d i will tie open for 90 days an I all members within that tine* unit will become charter members. The D. A. V. and auxiliary have (hanged their meeting nights to the second and fourth Wednesday of each month initea I of the first and third Weitlesdays. This change was mad'•.o ladies b'-lorging to the D. A V. auxiliary and also the V F W. auxiliary could attend mc-ct-ngs of both chapters. The D. A. V chapter and its auxiliary will meet in the future on the sann nights as stated above. All veterans disabled during he war and after, who drew disibility pay or is drawing disability pay are eligible, and all Purple Heart veterans are eligible. Those eligible to the auxiliary are mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, grandmothers and adopt ed daughters. The officers of both branches of the order, ii ■.lore than pleased with Unrogress so fur ma le At a la’ i date both the chapter and tie auxiliary intend to hold a publjoint installation of officers starting together and wofking side by side for the 1). A. V.

Discrepancy In Feb. 6 Statement By Peter Kalischcr Fnitcil Press Correspondent TOKYO. Japan, Feb. 17. (UP) Army Secretary Kenneth Roylll’s denial that he ever sai I anything to American newsmen here about the withdrawal of U S. troops from Japan in event m war with Russia do *s not c-’j--. form with what he told 15 American correspondents Feb. 6 at the U. S. embassy. Royall’s statement tha’ n-- | never authorized use of the material provided his name w e withheld also does not confoi'ii I with what he said Feb. 6. I w.i • one of the 12 he talked with a’ 1 .hat time. All American newsmen who attended the conference until now ha I respected Royall's request to withhold his name al- ! though he had issued [ artial denials and a Japanese news agency, allegedly cpio'-iiig a high allied official, had denied that the U. S. was reconsidering Ps strategic position here. While no transcript of the entire conference is available, cop'ous notes taken by other correspondents and me back up our«origina) stories that the U. S. was considering evacuation of Japan In case of war.

WASHINGTON, F. b. 17 (UP) Two key Senate Demo crats said today the need fo Presidert Truman’s unti-infla lion legislation is now mor. pressing than ever. Chairman Joseph U. O’Ma honey, VV’yo., of the joint con grcssional Economic Committee said "the government can’t gjust t>y guess and by gorry” n. ,ts economic policies. He said the testimony of 1' ;conomists and business leader. :efore his committee yesterda - showed clearly that “industry has to plan." The governmen*. ie added, must do the same. Si nate Democratic whi| Francis J. Myers, Pa., sai l noth ng in the testimony of the ex peris change J his opinion tha Mr. Truman's propo al- are net ssary to stabilize the na ion . economy and to prevent runiv/ay inflation for a depression. Flood Threat In Western States

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NO. 106

(By United Press) Ground blizzards closed mon one's in Wye nim; and Colorad. ' od.iy hut C'liin ok winds lhawei he deep snows on Utah moun ain slopes and threatened to si*: d'f serious floods. Strong winds swept the south m Wyoming and eastern Colo ado plains, ripping the oh now from the rangelands and oiling it into new drifts on •oadways just cleared by bull dozers and snowplows. A snowstorm was sweeping imath into Wyoming and was *xp:M led to spread over Goloi ado by tomorrow. Utah communities were taking mergency measures to contro > issikle finds as sudden warn ireezes svept the highland mea lows. Farmers, h i.vcvcr. we’ • ime ' Ihe Chinook. They said ' mould (»!» n frozen water hole to rattle and mak it easier f them to transport hay to the animals. Axis Sally To Start Defense WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 tUP' Mildred (Axis Sally) Glllarwas set to open her defense today against treason charge' with a plea to Federal Judg< Edward M. Curran to throw th case out of court. James J. Ln.ughlin. her chief attorney, said he would clair.* that the Government had failed to prove its contention that the Maine-born defendant willingh made wartime propaganda radio broadcasts for the Nazi*. MARRIAGE LICENSE Chester Sellers and Georgia Shisler, both of Terre Haiutc.

BULLETINS

MUNICH, Fefj. 17 (Cl*}—A . . S. .Mil tary (nmniissl m today ,d rrantisek Kleeka guilty d .'s.':i( aaji* 1< :• Czcidvnslovukia alter a tu >-ijay trial uiiiib was I naked In unprec. i lented secreey during the opening phase. Kb-cka \tas convicted by an eight-man commission in the .irst of five spy trials, and was .enter -ed to 20 years at hard labor.

NEW YORK, l-.-.i, F — v\ i tviissi i u nirnu n who tied nun t e Soviet Cl ’ nti Amerlan |ir(.l.:*etion la t Oetohi-r said I iv they wer;* • mivuieed war •etween the East at. 1 West will i ne as so u as C issia is ready. I.t. Peter l*ireg iv, one of the lers, said, "I l..-lleve the day tie Neviot I nion is ready to lari a war, the war Will come." "There is much war talk In ’.ossia and the daily pr< pagandu s ihat the I niter! States is preiring 1 r war. Soviet industry as been i t limit rated on heavy, lilitary e(|iiipmont."

INDIAN AFOUS, Fell. 17 — INS)—Tin* Indian.i lieiise of iepresentatives t,day gave file Libor Idoc its first setback of the Hlith session < 1 the Legislature by |mistp ining indefinitely 'louse Rill 425. The measure wmitd ullaw em •luycs to collect iwieimplnyment e r. ensation benefit* while on trike alter eigiit weeks of Idle n*ss. The House previously had issed every bill endorsed by tho IO anil AIT.. Hackers id tlu* bill asserted Is passage would aid in pre'’I’ling employers (nun prolongdg .strikes by sb wing down ne;iitiatluiis. WASHINtITON, Feb. 17 (INS) —The State Department charged '"(lay that Russia, in refusing to How American diplomats to inerview Anna Louise Strong, has iolatod the agreement under .dlleh ihe United Slates ps-og i/.ed tile Sl!.\ is't regime. Mleiiacl -I. M«*Dermott, Slate h'j.ailment s| kesmaii, dis'lared U. S. Embassy representatives n Moscow attempted in vain to uestlon Miss Strong after Sovet a.itliorities announeiol the arrest of the American woman as 1 spy. Layoffs af workers throng Ii lit the omilltry—paced by the latino's railroads whli'h already avc reduced payndls at least emporarily by ItHUHtO—were (*|m rti*i| in-reosing today, liailroui I oft iciids spill most id ie layoffs affeeled eastern ('ell e rs.

FRANK!’. RT, Feb. 17 (I I*/ (irowing iiiiilergnninil resis..nee l iri-es against ( ommun■>::i are stirring in the Soviei ni/in's own I kraine and in eat-li f Russia’s satellites liehind the n.h Curtain. Altogether some 200,0(HI to 4110,Mill armed mrii already are said o he slriliing against their omiiiimist masters with the same sabidage and terror tactics dial ultimately I ;-l|a-I topple the sa/.i iimpire of Ail df Hiller. WASH I N GTON, Feb. 17 (INS) —Rep. Itriwn, R.. O., declare; loday that “plans are already ell developed" for a new Yorks **rogreSH Administration rogruin I i cope willi growing iietiipl;>,V.i:ent. F <r the second siwcessivo day, ep'ibllcuns warned in the lions' Imt une’iipluymenf is growine n tin* nation anil Ihreatemsl to I'ring on what Rep. Wilson, R.. bill., called the “Truman depresslmi.” Democrats scoffed at the Keouldiciui ebarges saying whatver duveniployment exists Is onli 'tempurary,’’ |>art of it due to the fact that new -contracts are 'M'ing negotiated. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (UPI Sen.- Harry P. Cain, R, Wash., said today Mon C. Wallgren’s noin nation to bo chuirtian of the National Socurity Resourees Board is “the most capiricious, potentially- dangerous and injurious nomination of the 20th century.” In a unusually bitter attack on President Truman’s nominee, Cain said ho Would consider him- (( oDtlnueri ou Two)

YETS' BONUS BILL NOW IN STATE SENATE

MEASCKK PASSED QCIETLV IN HOUSE, 84 TO 6, ON WEDNESDAY

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. (INS) The Republican-controll-ed Senate had custody of the bonus bill today following its quiet passage in the House, 84 to 6, late yesterday. The G. O. P. senators are nearly certain to amend the measure to finance the boruu with a two per cent sales tax, exempting all foodstuffs awl purchases under 40 cents. The Housi bill stipulates that the bonus shall be paid with an increase of one-fourth of one per cent in the gross income tax. Estimates are that the sales tax method could pay for the bonus in less than two years. The gross income tax increase woul 1 not be able to finance the bonus until five or six ' is. Rep. W. O. . ignes, of Fort Wayne, G. f). p House floor leader, served notice that the Republican policy was to vote for the measure but to hold out for the sales tax method of financing it. However, the six representatives who voted against the bonus were all Republicans. They were Philip H. Willkie of Rushville, soil of the late Wendell Willkie and World War II Navy veteran; Clem Conway, Mooreland; Harry E. Danielson, Plymouth; Dudley W. Gleason, Angola; Merrett R. Monks, W Chester, and Russell I. Riel son, Lei/aiiu., The House. 74 to 8. also passed the hill requiring employers to collect the gross income tax from the pay of their workers. The House today was to be regaled with a sprightly discussion of strip tease dancers. Rep. Many Muller, Anderson Democrat ami nnsi-nia.i of th House Public Morals Committee, announced he would -seek to amend the bill prohibiting nudist camps to outlaw the disciples of Gypsy Rose Lee. Tho amendment would call for imprisonment for not more than one year or a $500 fine for “any person who shall in any plac» willfully expose bis or her private parts In the presence of two or more persons of the opposite sex.” Would TakeP.O. Out Of Politics WASHINGTON, Feh. 17. (UP) The Hoover Commission said today the Post Office Department should In* taki u out of politics an-1 placed on a strictly big business basis. In its fourth report to Congress on ways to make the executive branch of government more efficient, the commission said th” post office administrative structure is ‘‘obsolete and overcentrallzed.” “A maze of out-uiodcil laws, regulations and traditions freezes progress and stifles proper administration," the commission said. “Although the post office is a business-type establishment, it lacks the freedom and flexibility essential to good business. Political appointment of First, Second and Third-Class postmasters and certain other officials produces Inefficiency an I militates against the Incentives of promotion.”

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