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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1949.

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NO. 117

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John H Alice announ-.-V ay that the Putnam L y pand jury will be called L the |'ii - nt term of the fut court. L)„ c Alice said the Brand “,11 |„. called to invesli- , vgrjous matters. The scsJ gill also give the jurors the Lrtunity to inspect the counboor farni

and the county

SWINE SCHOOL WILL BE HELD TUESDAY A swine extension school w ,i be held in the assembly room a the court house Tuesday at to; noon, March, at 1 o’cloca. Dr i. P. Doyle, of the Purdue fmvc sily Veterinary Department, will discuss swine brucellosis and baby pig diseases. Following Dr. Doyle’s discussion. Paul Mitchell will tallon “Pen to Pen SelliiiB of Hogs" on the Indianapolis market, jp. will also discuss general mark't problems relating to the selling

of hogs.

Mrs. Brinkman's Rites Thursday

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p, e n the gland jury con- , s (he Judge stated, any perha, the t t to present Irnce to the jurors regarding violations in Putnam county, buibei s ol the grand jury arc Ljij Cool' r. Russellville; Ihanhl Hui.k berry. Green-

Rosooe Hiliis, Floyd Willard Cromwell,

iri'lslc township; Frank R. id, Monroe township, and

Chnlvn 11 win, Madisoi

(ship.

lor I'allinp .grand jury was set by Judge t in t day's announcement. [d Cross Drive kings Response J Arnold, general chairI of the annual Red Cross campaign, which officiall; L' ' March 1. said today that r non" to the appea' very Kiatifying. and tha' ,1 confident that Putnam |: '| i ■ i if MoOO would he fsubscribed. cai paign chairman stated a numbe of contributionr made before the official k th. drive. The firs* I’ ■ i received from (Krogei Co. on February 18 A Kleekner, one of the |n'"ts assigned to the busiand industrial sections of k . a.- - : ' ity, was the firs' the completion a -ignnient. Mr. Klecknev m hi- i port on February r History Club ol ( 1 is le was the first club tr ir a i 'iiti ibution. and Dia I'l Di'lge No. :t40 Knights o! I I'ioverdale was th« I “Ig to contribute to th' I if untiiimMl «»n I'hkp 3THER UF LOCAL WOMAN IS DEAD Mi Snin Motherly, mother | Mi Wallet Stoner passed p d the home of her daughM' Frank McRoy in Indan 'lit nine o'clock Mon morning. She is a forme] t ' I Manhattan and has ? friends m Putnam county H be near Hossville. W' 1 71 years old and is surl‘ o ’e i husband and sever n They nri. Floy of Brazil l h,, i "f Salem 111., Elvin of M' 'b Mrs. Leo Hofman of k Brazil, Mrs Frank McRoy 1 Ml Granville Shaetlcl of Int Mis. Walter Ston- ^ of Grreneastlc. masonic Ntyrici; ,)r " J ge lyxfge No. 75 F. A N, ded meeting Thursday, P ' 11 ■ 1 dO i>. m. Work in th ■ r ' Masons Degree. D. S fsirlter W. M.

After a long dim ss. Mi

Harris Brinkman passed at the Westfall Nursing

Tuesday afternoon.

Pear a wa' Horn • onh

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wc 16; Greencastle 15.

J Umore 'tpset Coach W. E. ""'"un's Tiger Cubs in aec- '_•» tourney play, i 6 to 15. The

'D*s tU ‘ d 7 ' 7 at the half. ' diinore lineup was Purcell

I , forwards; Kersey ■ "’"I'Ps and Zeiner.

Stella Pearl Haiii , thi

daughter of Emma Baird an Howard Harris, was born i Marion township. Putnam i in;

*.y, and received her education

’.he Indiana School for the Deaf n Indianapolis. She was marled to Robert Brinkman of Cm innati on Aug. 28, 1«»28 at the home of her parents in Giv nr.i tie. Mr. Brinkman has been with the Bookwalter & Ball Co Indianapolis, for more than 2u

years.

Pearl’s swegt sunny disposition made home happy for her husband and her family and won her a host of friends. Her only brother, Clyd Harris, passed away in 19i:t him icr father in IS.'IO. Mrs. Brinkman suffered a itroke several years ago and i! became necessary for her 1m band to bring her to the home ol her mother, Mrs. Han. e South College Ave., win i h* ins had all the care that loving lands could provide. Al houg! Mr. Brinkman’s work k" ' h i, n Indianapolis during the u ek io and her mother did not let her want for any possible comfort About three weeks ago he mother became ill and was take to the Putnam County Hospital t was then Pearl entered th lursing home. Until illness previ nte I, sh ■ ind her husband were laithfu md interested workers in their 'ndianapolis church nil wh-n ii Troencastle were members of the congregation of the P’nst Taptist church. She is survived by her hus ■and, Robert, her mother. Emma larris; one uncle, Th odort larris, all of Greencastle. aim ither relative.i. Funeral services will be held ,'hursduy at 2:00 t) m. from Hi lector Funeral Home. Rev. Dallas Rissler will be in cha-ge Burial will be in Forest Hill

cemetery.

Friends may call at the Rector funeral Home. Complete Winter Short Course LAFAYETTE. Ind. Mar 2 'hrec men fr m the Greencastle ’reft receive'I cei lit iefttes of riitr!vletion in animal husbandry in he eight weeks winter short otirse at Purdue University which ended recently. < ertifiates were awarded to 17.1 men n the fields of animal husbandry, jencral agriculture, dairy manufacturers and dairy production. Men include Wendell I. Brattain, Greencastle, wh > won a medal for swine judging and another for all classes judging, and Erwin L. Ncier and Charles F. Suthrrlin. Cloverdalr. At the closing exercises Dr. F C. Kookema. executive dean ami vice president of Purdue University, presented the certifi rates, and Associate Dean V. C Freeman of the School of Agriculture addressed the group Musical selections were provided by the winter course glee club and orchestra.

1 i lrilt of ?u‘ der ^ eleCted K of the American Le-

Auxiliary.

|; M 7 B ‘ ,U01 ’ Curtis was hos-

Fortni 6htly Club.

EX-LOCAL MAN HONOIIKD The Engineering Joint Council of New York has listed the nanr M G. K. Haspel, of Vancouver, Canada, in “Who’s Who In Engineering.’’ Mr. Haspel is the

|Lo . _ - wognuy UIUD. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ini, a k eCtor was her ® ^rom Haspel, of this city, and a broth-

r lor ' Michigan, er of Mrs. L. H. Dirks.

MAYOR WILL BE HOST TO COUNCILMEN DINNER IS PLANNED FOl. CITY OFFICIALS AND

THEIR WIVES

The city council held its reg ■ ilar March 1 session Tuesda; vening with all councilmen Mayor Stewart and Clerk Fraz ei present. Mayor Harol ' Rewart announced during th evening that prior to the next gular meeting of the cotineil le and Mrs. Stewart will enter ain thi‘ other elected city offiml.c at dinner at the Old Trail • in and the ladies will be special fiiests at the council nieeting

■ditch will follow.

Following the adoption of the ninutes of the last meeting 'ouncilman Long presented Uv laim ordinance, totalling fl.259.24 which was passed. A atlier lengthy discussion of at lowing sound trucks to operate n the city or on the publi ■ ipiaie Look place, due to a ropiest from the Greencastle Bit) ■■ ’enter which asked permission ‘o park a sound truck on the streets on Saturday evening for iissemination of religious information. The matter was turne I down because the council has no ordinance prohibiting such moves. However, they agreed that if it was a traffic hazard and created a nuisance, it could be stopped or ordinances prohibiting it Would be passed. Bids for bituminous street ma Trials were opened. There were ‘.hroe submitted, but they will be pni" ovei by the council and the "ity engineer and the award will be made at the next meeting. An ordinance was passed by a inanimous vote prohibiting oar king on the east side o' Tlo'imrtig’.ou street from Wash og on to Hanna; on the easide of Indiana street fron lamia to Berry; on the north .■.l,.ol Hiuiuu street from Jack on to Locust; on the east sid if College Avenue from Wash ngton to Hanna street. It was also reported that th. uolice had read a letter to ah I rivers of trucks carrying paper 0 the city dump to prevent •leaky beds’’ which caused com olain-s from parties living h Northwood, who said paper wa mattered throughout the section \!1 drivera are co-operating, thi uolice said. The matter of loo*' done dropped on the streets wa: dsn said to be in. the same rate 'o.y and can be stopped by the aw of “leaky beds.” Fire Truck, Horse Almost Tangled •pin. i if d partment received .1 c ill i n m Earl Johnson, 6U’ Maple Avenue at 4:15 p. m Tucs. 1 iy Fire Chief Willian Lawrence .,. wered the telephone at head .u.u i'is A woman, badly excit d, wis talking. She said to ,ui i y as Lie place was going ti burn down. In the meantime, Mi Lawrence was trying Ip find ou' where the woman lived pik • leie thi' fire could be found The woman finally said R ’ diri tly across the street from i e." out still Mr. Lawrcncdidn't know who the woman wa. or where she lived. He finall., got her calmed down long enoug; for her to tell mm it was at 60’

Maple street.

In ihe meantime, Charles Fet ut and John Friend were aboard the truck, waiting to go They were,well on their way, with the siren screaming as they ap robed Locust street on Wal,ut As they neared the inter- „„ t.on, they saw Vestal Branneman driving north in a truck, .irrymg a horse. About that ime Branneman heard the siren and socked on his brakes. Th? truck came to a sudden halt and said horse slid north in the truck, taking the front end out is he went along. Then it was the firemen saw themselves tangling with a horse as thev expected it to go over the truck cab directly into the street intersection ahead of them. However the horse stuck to the truck and the firemen passed ahead of

him safely.

The damage from the fire probably amounted to 50 cents

LODGE notice Cleveland Ledge No. 542 F AA M. will meet Saturday, March 5, 1949, 7:.'i0 p. m. (tailed meeting Fellow Craft Degree. Visitor. welconc. William A McNeff, \V

M. •

Governor Signs Sen. Lane's Bill

DEPAUW SYMPHONY IH SPRING CONCERT

The bill introduced in the Ind iana Senate by O. B. Lane making it an offense punishable b\ a stiff penally to pull certain hallowcen shunts, hau be' n pas" cd by the legislature and sign" 1 by Gov. Schricker and is now a low. It is an ament mcnl to an old law and says; “Whoever maliciously or nuschie'. ousiy in jures or causes to be Injured any fii peny, or any puo he property, is guilty of a malicious tresspass and on conviction. may bo fined a sum e(|iial to two fold the value of Lie damge done, of a fine oi not less than $5 m r more than $150, oi imprisonment in the county jail or penal farm nut m i.e than 12

months.

The law cirri'd an einci goh' clause and is n w in hill foie, and effect. Pulndm-Owen. Meeting Friday Teachers of Putnam and Clay County will meet in County Superintendent Hutohins office at 7:00 Friday March 1. to com plete the organization of a class in histirical method listed a< Education 490. The first meeting Ci the cln . was held in the office t.f Supmintended Fields of Claj jaunty Several Clay County teacher)were present and one represent alive of Putnam County. It 1iece sary that all Putnam Cotin ty teachers desir.ng this cours ittend the uerting of the clas Friday evening ( This course will dual with the "arly history of Indiana and the method of presenlntion to the -tudents. The teachers enrolled will attend two of the Hcosie? Historical Institutions.

The DePauw University symphony orchestra. Herman Be 1 ,; ( conductor, will present its first ; concert of thi- spiing season at 8 p. m. tonight in Meharry Hall. The 65 piece orchestra will present three selections. Inclml- ! od in the performance will b • [ ‘Symphony No. 2 in 1) major,” by Sibelius; “An Outdoor Overture,” by Copland, and "Le Coq I’Or.” by Rimsky-Korsakov. .

DR. WILDMAN OPENS LENTEN OBSERVANCE ASH WEDNESDAY l l.ATl It ED BY WORSHIP CHAPEL AT UNIVERSITY

BOMBER MAXES NON-STOP TR!P

DePauw University’s annual Lenten observance began to lay. Ash Wedne.sday. with a v.'iusliii) chapel address by Dr. Clyde E W'ildman, DePauw pie -.iilent, at 10 a. in. in Gobin Memorial chui'li.

BULLETINS

i Lenten observance on campus, •xtenilii-g through Easter, April 17, will feature seven addresses

A rtftllAII\ /'l /\nr I ' tlt S| ' ‘ al w-orship chapel.- by i AnUUND (jLudl 1

Those Who Will give cliup I'lditsses include the Rt Re tichard A. Kirchoffer, te. hop l the Indianapolis Diocese ol tie Protestant Episcopal i buret' Mar. 9: Dr. Orville L Davis, As "ocinte Professor of Ri. gio'i Education at DePauw. Mar 16 Di. Riehard C. Ramc bishop ■>: he Indiana Aiea of the Metho list ehurch, Mar 25; L>r Rolieit Montgoinery, Associate Prof' Kir of Old T< stalYicnt at I > Pauw. Mar. 30; Dr. Franklin Cole, moderator of the Coiigrgationul < hun hes of New York Stale. A; ril 6. and Rev. Am - L Boren, pastor of Roberts Pai Methodist church of Ii'diaea!

oils. April 13.

The Lenten program is spoil ■.tired by the DePauw Coum il o Religious Life, which is eompo ed of lepiosentutives of 12 campus religious groups. Gi imps reprerent’ed on th ouneil include Baptist <Nh".i ' tors Class); Catholic (Nev.oi i Cloh); Christian (Campu Cla.is); Christian Seie'c' (Stu lent Group); College Clus ■ r Religion; Episcopal (Canteibin, Club); Lutheran iStuhi Group); Methodist < MSM i: < )s ford Fellowship; Pteshyt' i . m (Westminster Fellowship); R ligtoiis Education Club, and Y

W C. A

Disiussion leadera who wd.

'cad group talks in tie various houses and halls of residenc is during the Lenten services le

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FORT WORTH, Tex. March 2. l UP) ‘‘Lucky Lady II,” a United Stales Ail force B-50 bomber, today Completed th" rst non-stop nround-the-worl I

flight in history.

Ninety-four hours and one Minute after she took off from *81 swell Air Force Has' her' ast Saturday, th" great fo.ir•uig.ii" Iiondier came horn again out of a haze hanging in tlv

west.

It -.as estimated Ilia 1 ah" had |k>\vn 25.452 miles, almost the distance of the earth’s cireumference al the equator, without any major difficulty aloft and with the benefit of four refuel-

ings in flight.

Her 14 crewmen ; t ramble I out, proclaiming their wiling m ss to ilo il all over again afte< a little rest and received royal welcome from top Air Fori " officii" and Air Sccre'ary W.

Stuart Symington.

Capt. James Gallagher of Melrose, Minn., the smiling crew commander, said “We were on instruments only four hours: th:’

veather was excellent.”

The last leg the homewa d dash from Hawaii, where laiekv Lady II took on find from a B-2 ' I anker last right “seemed th

longest,'' Gallagher said.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.— (INS)—The veterans’ bonus issue seemed near settlement today in the Indiana General Assembly. The Senate, under siispentdon .1 rules, moved the bonus 1)111 from second lo third und final < ailing and sent the measure to i conference committee for decisive action. Tlie Senate previously bail inn inlc'l (In- House approved hill 0 I inail"- a bonus by a lohacco ax and an appropriation from In- state general fund. The teinoeratic-'olitrolled House orglnally had set up a one-fourth 1 one per cent surtax on the ;rossllncome tax to pay the lonus. .Meanwliile, the House press's or act ion on the bonus quesUor iy passing a ooneurreut ri-solu ion introduced hy Majority Floor Leader Walter Maehling ferre Haute Democrat. The "solution ealle'l for appointment d an eight-member committee our from each of the two tious •s, lo devote lull llinc to devising a sound and workable plan foi naiicing the soldiers' bonus.”

T don't think any of I f 'nn 11 niM»n on T»n♦

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

\\ \SIIIN<.TON, March 2 — (l\S)—President Truman wa* lol l t,sdaj by his eronotnic ad visory <- uneil that the .“basic -'iiititions of the i-ountry an "imhI. I.rigid and promising." I he President, who has heel, holding a ser.es i-f night con or- n cs wifli loaders if hi lustry ahor and tile lann, re«-elve<t r iep rl saying there is still "s<-r ion , iiitlation” in some parts ol Ihe nation's e'-ononiy. .secretary o| (lie Treasury Sny Jer later told a news 'onferem-' (hat "any iqipr'-hensloii as to any m; ending depn-ssVm is unfoimil si.” He dwtaroj that he hai ni-vi-r iHdieved that "we are, in r i.ifsiliess i-JeeLne.” Snyder liildeil that .govern ment controls on emlit huyinj! miglit lo- relaxed, fut lie said thl> iiuestion is entirely up to thi i'sli-ral reserve hoard. It was dis rinsed earlier that the board !• considering the possihil.ty of re- | taxing curbs i.n installment buylug.

YANKS KEEP SOVIET GROUP UNDER GUARD EIGHT RUSSIANS ARE MEMBERS OF REPATRIATION COMMISSION

PARIS, March 2— (INS) — French authorities anu > .need to lay that a total of "ig.it persons have hei-ii arrested and turned aver to military authorities or .-! arges I espionage in liehalf ot i vast ( oniliiunist ring. A ".-mniini'iiie said that the letiviti's l 2H lather js-rsons nrr I’.ier investigation. WASIHNt.TON, .Mureii 2 — IN')—Hi Use Ways and Mentis i.niniittee approval of a hill .lashing wartime excise taxes ipp.'-ared (ertain today aiti-r the to..'sc R(-;.iihlicuii hadership i ade -ii uction its nutjor objective. Minority leader Martin, .Mass., .mi'miei I that i.ii- tloiise tiOP i:i> y i iiiiiiitiei' voti-d a maul inusly to s i|i|Mirt his measure to .e.t'ue rxeis' levies “nt once” to heir pre-war rates.

j Dead; 3 Hurt In Hotel Fire

Upper Sam T. Hanna Howard Williams, G fford Black/ H H. Brooks Rexell A Boyd, Joe Ryan James Pence Luther Poynter, C. A. Webb and Charles Weaver, constitute the ofticial family >1 the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce which held its annual election and meeting Monday evening Dr Tennie and Willard Sunkel were not present* ..... u. . . Lower picture shows the speakers table dur.ng the dinner meeting. Left to right are J. A.

Bamber Spencer L. Pearson, Bedford. Division Freight Agent of the Monon railroad. J. B. Crosby, j n room as he patrolled hia ) and Fred L.| O’Hair, co-chairmen of the membership drive, Gen. Dawes, Chicago, the speaker and outside James Pence, retiring president of th. Chamber of Commerce. . ’ beat on thp Btreet t>ulalde '

KO. 'K I SLA Nil . ill , March 2 (UP) One person was killed nd three others injured in -i otcl fire m downtown Rock Is and catty today, police reported Russell Darnell. 46, was found lead in a fifth floor room aftei .iremen extinguished a windwept blaze which threatened t lestroy the entire five story Harms hotel. Three i ther persons were lak -n to Reek Island hospitals afcr they were overcome by .moke, but n' ne was believed in. jured seriously. IFolice said the fire started i’*. he room in which Darnell wat ound. The room was registered to Carl Benigson, who escapee

uninjured.

The fire was discovered at 1:45 A. M., CST, by police officer Peter Smith who noticed flames

FRA.NKFURT, March 2 — (UP) — American military police today set up a water-tight blockade around the house occupied by eight Russian members of a Soviet repatriation commission who said they couldn’t leave the American zone as ordered until they heard fro.n Moscow. The Russians apparently settled down for a long siege in tho luxurious red sandstone mansion chat has served as their residence .nd office. Strains of accordion nusic were heard floating from .he blockaded house. German workmen shut off all valer, gas, electricity and telephone service to the house by disconnecting wires and digging up nains. Bight American military police, each armed with a -45 jaliber automatic pistol and a police club, patrolled the house under orders to let no one ui or out. » The siege scaled the eight Russians in the luxurious red sandstone mansion used as a resi-dence-office even more effectively than the Western Powers have oeen sealed in Berlin, for the Russians have no airlift. The Russians, four enlisted nen and four officers, are inem.ers of an. eight-man Soviet epatriation mission which was . rdered out of the American zone ?f Germany by Gen Lucius D, Clay. The mission's accreditation of he American zone expired at nidnight Monday. The Russians efused to leave. Col. S A. Wood, Frankfurt provost marshal, exended the deadline another 32 .lours, until 8 a. m. today. The Russians at ill were there when the deadline passed, refusng to leave on grounds they ould be chaigcd with treason if hey abandoned their |>ost withiuI orders from Moscow. A few minutes after 8 a. m. Jol. Wood at rived at Ui<- red landstone mansion with eight Military police'in a weapons car-

der.

He posted two soldiei'# at each .•oi lier „f the grounds under orders to let no one in tr out. Then vVood himself entered the heavily .nuttered house to confer with _x>l. Vassily L. Argoonov, head of the Soviet mission. Wood remained inside for 15 ninutes. Whin he emerged he •aid the Russian* still refused to eav-.' b'-eaiiBO they still had no irders from Moscow. “I had a very nice chat," said Wood, lie added that he had issued orders to his troops to cut off all water, gas, electricity ind telephone services to the nouse and to let no one in or otut. A,Jed ho^ long the Amerians were going to continue their cockade of tin building, Wood replied: I don't know The other day mine one asked me how long the lirlitt wa.; going to keep i|i.” The Russians reportedly were wcU-stocked with food and thers wen- indications they had settled down to the seigp with what comfort they could muster. The strains of accordion music drifted from the blockade mansion after Wood left. Wood said he was ready to provide an escort to the Soviet border for the entire group wherever Argoonov notifies him that they are ready to leave.

# & $ & & 0 0 0 0 0 0 Todays Weather 0 0 and 0 0 Local Temperature 0 Partly cloudy and warmer to day. O-visional light snow extreme northeast. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. High today 35 to 40. Low tonight 20 north to 30 south.

Minimum 6 a. m. . 7 a. m. 8 a. m. .

21° 21” 22' 27 >

9 a. m 31” 10 a. m. 35” 11 a. m 37° 12 no6n 40° 1 p. m. 41"

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