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ITY DEMO llRMAN WILL RESIGN POST
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CITY POLICE NAB PAIR ON THURSDAY
Lemuel Patterson and Willi im -otton. both of Greencastli vere arrested Thursday afterloon by local officers on char;;-
s of disorderly conduct.
Police said they took the pa i n custody on the north side oi he public square when they
/ere creating a disturbance.
They were to appear in muni-
cipal court Friday.
Both
osts. Farm terms of 60 days I •vere suspended in each case
POTATO CASE DISMISSED BY JUDGE MARTIN WTION TAKEN TIM ILSDAY IN OWEN COt'N'XY (TKCUIT COt'RT
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Owen county’s famed “potato case,’’ which attracted nationwide attention during wartime men were fined $10 aid i i
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Two Local Men Get Farm Terms Two Greencastle men receiv. I farm terms and fines when tliev were arraigned before Judg 'toy Snthcrlin in municipal cou. t ■ate Thursday afternoon. Claude Query was sentem to tlie state farm for six month' for resisting arrest and 60 dn\ at the farm for disorderly con duct. He was also fined $1 and costs on both charges. Jack Sly, colored, reieived 6( lays on the farm and was fin. l $1 and costs for disorcrly cn • duct. The pair was arrested Wi uesday afternoon in ar alley back of the American Legion Home by city police. • Veteran’s Rites Here Sunday Funeral services for Pvt. John H. Wright, who was killed in Germany on April 5, 1945, whi! serving with Co. D . 17th Infantry. will be held from the Me Gurry Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Dalla.Rissler will be in charge of the service and military rites will b" conducted by Cassell C. Tucket Post Ajnerk'.an Legion No ?>'< Burial wiii be in Forest Hd' ] cemetery-. Pvt. Wright was born Oet .bei 24. 1!>12. and was a graduate o’. Greencastle High School wit ■ the class of ISM Survivors are a sister, Mis Brucella Warren, of Indianapolis, and several aunts and uncles. Farm Home Is Scene of Tragedy
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ATLANTA III Feb. 18 (UP' An elderly retired fanner wounded his daughter, killed her woman friend, and then kill ed himself because he objected to the women s friendship, pyle
■relieved today.
The shootings occurred last night in the home of Mrs. Ha/* Brandt, a daughter of William Pittenger, 65. She said that she her sister Wilma, 55, and Wilma's friend, Mary McCullough. 45. were getting ready to go t< the movies when Pittenger came into the house and. without a word, shot Miss Pittenger three times He then killed Miss Me
Culli'Llgh. she sai
Mrs. Brandt said she ran frr.in the house and when she returned. her father was slan'tuie ever Miss Pittenger's body. H then .shot himself. Miss Pittenger, who was shot in the head, shoulder and righ* index finger, was laken to a Lin coin. III., hospital where at ten dan Is said she was in a ser
lotis condition.'
Coroner Ounald G Holland said that an inquest would b" held. He believed that Pi'tengei shot his daughter because of tie, friendship with Miss McCullough a grade school teacher Miss F Ittenger had lived with her parents until a month ago when she moved in with Mrs. Brandt after a family argument. Holland said. The coroner also planned to question Mrs. Pittenger.
MASONIC NOTICE
Called meeting Bainbridgr Lodge No. 75 F. and A. M., Sat urday February 10. 7:30 p. m
Fellow craft degree. D. S Hosteller. W.M MAKKIAGE LICENSE
Roy Allen ,Zachary an 1 Gla lv N. obinson, both of Crawfords-
villc.
The case, I lied May 23, 194 > involves the United States of America vs. Louis and Robert Heckman, charging violation of OPA regultaions. Dismissal of the case came a 1 - lei the United States Attorney General's office filed a request with the court asking that tiv case be dismissed “for lack of ufficieut available witnesses.” Originally, it was filed in Putnam county, but through a tecliieality it was found that it would have to be re-filed in Owen county. It charged the ale of potatoes aliove the ceiling price listed for this vicinity. The defendants, crowing potatoes commercially, sold their potatoes in line with Maine prices, where potatoes are grown coininenially, and had notified OPA of this. Judge Martin malic I today that the east- attracted nationwide attention and that he received many letters from various parts of the country after it was
filed.
The defendants Im I nia le m. ■■Holt to conceal the facts regarding their operations. Instea I. they voluntarily provided specific information on their transactions. Spencer Evening
World.
Question Suspect In Woman's Death MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Feb 18. (UPi Police today planned to question James Manes, Chicago, a friend of Mrs. Roberta Danks who blei to death after an illegal operation. Mrs. Danks’ body was foun I badly beaten or. a deserted roa i near the Lake Michigan sau . dunes. Officials said that Mr. Danks, a telephone operator a’ Roosevelt College inChicago, took a leave of absence Feb. 7. She said she was going to visit an aunt in Michigan, but no relative has reported seeing her sin,'' then. ^ Author tii f said that Man" volunteered to come here f u pies, ionirg. They niid he was a lien I ol her husband who was killed in a postwar plane crash In Texas while serving as an AAF flight instructor^ Coi oner Theodore Makovsky aid tha! Mrs Danks'died of internal hemorrhage from an ab-n lion A large amount of pain killing drugs was found in hei body, indicating that slu was in “intense pain" for some lim ■
Makovsky said.
f'liii ago detectives said Mi Hallic Ellgren. 21 Mrs Danks' neighbor, told them that M.“ •>niiks went to Fort Wayne,^In I Feh. 7 for an abortion. M's Kllgnu aid that Mrs Dank elcphoned lift keb. 10 th.it tiv me ration was completed. Makovsky aid it was “definitely murder.” He said In- coul ,ot tell whether the abortion utempt was ma le hy a profession-
al or an amateur.
Officials also sought to learn wha' cause I the external injir - • which covered Mrs. Dunks' io Iy. Her face anil chest wer” -rushed and her jaw was broken. Authorities believed her body was thrown di a I from a car and then run over eith r deliberately
>r aecide'tally.
SUDDEN COLD WAVE HITS RANGELANDS
BULLETINS ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ LAST INDIANA CIVIL WAR VET
DIED THURSDAY
ILXLTS FEBKEAin THAW THAT THREATENED COSTLY FLOODS
Bl HA I* ENT, Feb. IH (I P) — A \ atican courier who was sent into Hungary after the arrest nl losepti ( anlinal Minds/.eiit> is being I eld ’ imler detention” Io
A sudden cold wave spread over the snowdrifts of the inn them ranges today, cutting off a February lhaw that threat'■nod to send disastrous flood ionising down the rivets. But dwellers In the western and ninldlewcstern lowland nursed no illusions. They lean 1 I that inevitably they must face i my of reckoning this spring when the billions of tons of snow blanketing the plains will rac lown upon them in the form ol floodwater. Their only hope, they believed lay in a series of intermittent thaws and freezes that woub let the fields unburden themsclv os of Hie snow load gradually without dogging drainage sy.
toms.
Warm w.-atli'T contimi.-d west of lhe Rocky Mountain:, in to Pacific Northwest, and sei imr floods threatened. Fifteen fate ilies tied their homes at Pn, t Angeles, Wash., as the Tin •
overflowed Fla-.li
-(nil gal bin poll.'v, authoritative Miuvces here said today.
JOHN C. ADAMS, 101, PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT
IN JONESBORO
.¶ JONESBORO. Ind., Feb 18 — (UP) — John C. Adams, 101, Indiana's last Civil War veteran, died last night in the month
that he feared most.
.¶ Adams always was upset during February since his wife died in that month years ago. .¶ "If he lives through February, he will live another year, " his neighbors used to say. .¶ The 83rd Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic is scheduled to open in Indianapolis in August, but it was not known whether Adams'
Bl ENOS AIRES, Feb. Hill l‘)—Tlie American Emluissy .ep.rteil that a C-17 plane of til*' t S. Military Attache here crashed I, lay 60 miles west nl '-alt,i and that eight [m-ivmih were killed.
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.¶ SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 18 (UP ) — Nathan Leopold, who was
convicted in one of the nation's most sesaational [sensational] murder trials, will get a hearing on his plea to have his sentence commuted on April 12. Duane Reed, a member of the Illinois Parole Board, said the board scheduled a hear-
ing for Leopold Thursday. The hearing will be held in Spring-
field.
death would affect
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the gather-
Congress Delays lax Legislation
Rites Saturday At Ciwerdale
WASHINGTON. Feh. 18 (UP l The Administration has been compelled la await devi lop ments in the levelling off of Lh< ecoiK-m.c situatan before pressing Congress for higher general
revenue taxes.
A major quest, n is whothei this is mere levelling off or a more v.goro s form o, deflatin' President Truman told his press conference yesterday tha. C'ngressional postponement of general revenue tax legislation ' was according to plan. However, the plan appears to be comparatively new something which de j veloped since Mr. Truman laid j his lax program before Congre j in early January. Instead of general revenue taxes, the H. use Ways and ! Means Committee expects to h gin before March 1 consideration of social security legislation. This will carry quite a tax wallop itself directed at all wage
earners.
TO JOIN VI LA NTH I’ACT LONDON, Eeb. 18 (ITP) The Da Iy Express reported fie i Oslo lolay tha’ Norway has l bled to johi the proposed Norlli Atlantic pa' t and i-jeet Rns i i' iffer or a non-a;;gre sion treaty. This dei i .ion was la! en at a e-Tel oubire* meeting aft t Norwegian Foreign M n - Halva d Lange r.-porte I o i 1 •ecru! di i u ; .ions in Waaliiii:- > i ml I join lo . 1 he Expi ■ ■ n, I Th • official annomicenie :l v. iil ma id' after the g'lveinnieat lepoils to pniram n! n xi \v ■ k he diapateh said.
M Liirena Dow, age 72 ■iii pas 'd away Tuesday. Feb. 15, th' result of an automobile accident in Libertyville III. She wa ; born Feb. 0. i877 o Tipton county, the naught r o .Id,o'l M:r an an I graaldau ;)) ',1 of William Mai nan. on" ol the early settlers of flair:: o
township, Owen county.
Mrs. Dow is surv.ved hy t\\ sons. Prof. William Dow • Grand Rapids, Mich, and Julian if Munbelein, 111.; one daughter Mrs. Lena Lash of Evanston, III.: five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Her husband
Silas, preceded her in death.
The reniai: s will arrive on the Monon railroad In C ■erdale. Friday Hi 6 p. m. The body w ill lie in state at the Whitaker Eini-
eral Home in Cloverdale.
Funeral services will lie h -l Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the Whitaker Funeral Home. The Rev. June Evans will officiate. Burial will in- in the Mannan cemetery in Owen coun-
ty.
KILLED VI BRAZIL BRAZIL. Ind . Fob. 18 (UP) Woodson BsrnoU, 86. a retire! coal miner, w is killed last night by fu nos and smoke from a fire in his room over a storage building. Firemen said flames apparently started from a coal stove vvhile Barnett slept. He awoke ind stumbled to a window but oil: psed In I >ie he r add open d
warned that drifting was the mercury swept over
PRESIDENT TRUMAN shouts good naturedly at photographers and youngsters in the cargo compartment of a "Flying Boxcar" during hi: visit to a ground display of the Ah Force's newest planes at Andrews Air Force base. Md Brig Gen. Robert Landry, Air bom- aide to the President, apparently is highly amused at the | presidential horseplay. (International) I ■ val, 'i ie,' . I floods were reported in British
Columbia.
Ranchers were grateful for lb,' .harp lhaw yesterday which helped clear many roads thal had been blocked for weeks. Road crews and railroad work •rs finally restored groun I ransportation between Rawliu and the outside world. Highway md rad traffic began movim; across southern Wyoming l.i-h light for the first time in two
weeks.
But forecasters | more blowing and expected today as
dropped.
The col l wave
Wyoming. Montana and the f);, kolas early to lay. It was c.x peeted to sw.qep eafcf through Minnesota and south through Colorado and Nebraska by tonight. By Saturday, th" Weath"i Bureau said, its , ffects will h, felt as far east as Chicago. Temperatures fell to five below zero hi some sections this morning and were expecti I t< hit 15 below tonight At Kansas City, river forecas' r Ral| Ii Aldrich i: .sued ;i pci is bulletin warning of flo'id.a i northeastern Kiuiss . norlli'T Missomi, Miutheni a'id west.en Iowa and eastern a'id .‘-luther Nebraska Rivers in souther: Illinois also were rising to (loo
crests.
The Kansas Air Natioaa' Guard gave up a!tempt.! to divchomti an ire jam on the Ark in as river. Four F-51 lighter: flown by conihat velerans, ilr »p•>ed two liombs each five miles -ast of Nickerson, Kans., last night. The 250-poiind missile.! merely blew hack out the hole.' they had pierced but did liltl" damage to the ire gorge. Sixth Army Headquarters at ((’ontiniM- on I'lui.- si.
.¶ Leopold was convicted in 1924 for the murder of Bobbie Franks in Chicago and is serving a 99year sentence. .¶ He applied for commutation along with 444 other prisoners who volunteered as human guinea pigs in malaria control exper iments at Illinois prisons. .¶ Under his present sentence, Leopold is not eligible for parole until 1957 unless it is commuted. .¶ INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 18. — ( UP ) — Hiram Marlow, 22. a Railway Express truck driver, died today in a hospital of injuries received yesterday when his truck was hit by a Pennsylvania Railroad train. The truck was loaded with industrial plant products, including phonograph records and television parts.
.¶ The six old soldiers who attended the 82nd Encampment at Grand Rapids, Mich., last Sep tember decided to meet just once more. Adams was elected Adjutant and Quartermaster at that session, although he was too ill to attend. .¶ In previous years, the Civil War drummer boy was a familiar figure at GAR conventions. He had served as Indiana Commander for several years up to his death. .¶ His health was fair until a few weeks ago. when he became too feeble to be up and around much, and finally slipped into a coma.
He is survived by a son and daughter.
Bl S PLANT TO RE-OPEN RICHMOND Ind.. Feb. 18iCP) Officials of the Wayne Body Co. said today that about ;00 workers will go back to work Monday In a pl an t close' last Oct. 31 bees use of a rkorl igP of materials. The plant produces school bu bodies. Officials said a backlog of orders for more than 2.5CO b idles prompted them to resume Hpernl ions.
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Historian Lucille Maddox, temporary
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Front Row: Left to Right Vivian Huff, State
nmn Ba r «’k M Row':' LeU m’'K!ght Adj " l Manlyn Carm chael, Ida Blue. Aina Gardner, Mary Miller,
Molly Wamsley and Orpha Maddox.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 18.(INS)—An attempt to kill u nea,ure that would greatl.v in rettse license fees for ttiltomobih s ami trucks failed today in •he Indiana House of Kepres,'hIttlives. Rep. Leo E. Follow ell, ll.vineru Deiiioerat, moved to |M,stpoiie in definitely House Bill 893, vvhieli would increase registration fees | Ki’l for each passenger a itomo- . bile, ami set up a io-vv anil highi-r fee schedule for trucks. However Hep. Janies F. Griggs, Franklin Democrat, ,1 flttflHNMl I'sh# *1%,,,, Horse Meat Plant Raided; 13 Held INDIANAPOLIS. Feh 18 (UPl Police Imlay raiiled n laughterhou: c ami .men 1 piecesiing plant and > (id they believed bey had smashed a syndicate -jlling 1.000 pMUin's of hmsemeat a week as hamburger in ■cnlral Indiana Armed with warrant - for lb arrest of 1” pci s ms the aulh >rities swooped down n theplantr as a climax to a long invesliga- * ion by the I I and drug dlvis ion of the Indiana Stall' Board ■if Health. Anthoritie -aid the hoi meat syudh ate slamglilered horses, niub s and pomes and Heliveri'd the ean as es across Indtanapohs lo a proiessing plant There they wet,' butchered and "round and mixed with a filler, beef suet and a preservative. Prosecutor Ge rg, S, Dailey said it was distributed from anither plant and ultimately made ts way till ,ugli tel,id outlet: o small indi peiiu'ent stores, res ’aurants and lav, i ns
uneral Sunday In Coatesville
Funeral services for Lieut ,’honias Gordon ('ooper, wh" ■as killed ovei Japan on Octo )er 20 1945, will he held at 2:00 • /clock Sunday afternoon from he Campbell-Powell funeral ome in Coatesville. Ri’v. Ouv aiwyer will be in charge of th( :ervicc and burial a’ill be in the •tdcsville ccr.etery. Militarf lerviccs will be conducted by he V. F W. (Post No. 1550 of Greencastle. Friends may call at the funeral home aftei 2:09 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
.¶ Adams died without knowing he was the last veteran in Indiana of the war between the states. Relatives kept from him the news that his last colleague, W. E. Whittinghill of Lebanon, died Jan. 2 at the age of 100 .¶ He served in a West Virginia infantry of the Union Army but Indiana was his home most of his life. He was born in Romney, Va., August 17, 1847. Receives Deed For Space Ship
.¶ CHICAGO, Feb 18. —(UP)— James T. Mangan, self-styled founder of the "Nation of Celestial Space,” said today that he will consider any contemplated "space ships’’ as trespassers .¶ Mangan, an advertising man, recently got a deed for all celestial space from the county recorder’s office, .¶ Discussing reports of plans for 10,000-mile-an-hour air vessels which could cruise at far beyond present altitudes, Mangan said he didn’t want any part of them. .¶ Mangan said he also would regard as trespassing the establishment of a platform near the moon for launching atomic missiles. The possibility of such a platform had been mentioned by Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. .¶ "The U. S. has no more right to send rockets, space ships or platforms into space than it has to move heavy artillery into Moscow," Mangan said. .¶ The United Nations recently informed Mangan that “it seems open to question” whether cclectla is entitled to UN membership. ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ ⛯ Todays Weather ⛯ ⛯ and ⛯ ⛯ Local Temperature ⛯ .¶ Increasing cloudiness and quite mild today. Occasional rain extreme south tonight or tomorrow. Cloudy and colder tomorrow with a few snow flurries vicinity Lake Michigan. High today 50 north to 58 south. Low tonight 20 north to 32 south.
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