The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 April 1949 — Page 1

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ilume fifty-seven IVERsirY IARKED 112TH ANNIVERSARY

( OLE SPEAKER FOR lol NDERS AND BENEKACTORS DAY r aU w University students, »iy and guests yesterday nemorated the university’s l yjar with special Founders [i; .lefactors Day observances Empus. l. pal speaker at a special L m Gobin Memorial Church the Rev. Franklin Cole, a ,, f Indiana. DcPauw gradaml i>astor of the Church-ir. gardens, Forest Hills, N. Y K.re is a need in the worlJ fin education today, Rev. Cole for "a creative minority.’ a minority, he believed. [i!;| dedicate itself to the de ping of character as well as and righteousness as well taming. (in our secular society, dominb> pagan thinking and maHistic standards of value," he "tiicrc also is still need for I'uvative minority’ within the tpindent, liberal arts, churchlluted college.’’ was introduced by I’r.^i ; riyde E. Wildman. lurnig annual ceremonies folchapel, wreaths were toil by representatives of the pent body on the graves of Mi d Re tor, Bishop and Mrs. kort R. Roberts, and Dr fcry K Ixmgden. llr. Rector established the fctor Scholarship Foundation IDePauw, one of the largest Vi -endowed scholarship Ints in the nation. Bishop Roberts assisted in ^iting the first charter for Inns Asbury University (later Pauwl and was a member o! first board of trustees. A’-udent representatives includWilson Parker, Danville, Ardent of the student body, Uick Hamilton, Evansville stor Scholar.

Men Held In $ Spinster's Death iLBAN’Y, Mo., April 7 —(UP) ieven men were implicated toy in the almost-perfect murder an SO-ycar-old apinister for buiketful of outdated gold rtificatcs. Freddie Mcyuinn, 34, of Stanpry. Me., made a written statcmt in which he admitted beatMary Hammer to death with 'hitch, c. E. Ernst, county itornoy. said he would file mur ir charges against McQuinn. '■nnunj Beal. Earl Emrich and slufnbus Mi CJiary were charged VArceny and Raymond PetI) wiin receiving stolen money ' connection with the slaying, •’iheriff's deputies were enrouti i Corpus Chriati, Tex., to returr htold Emrich here for question Sheriff Everett Bowman 11(1 MeQuinn'B state nent impli-1 l,l ’d another man. not yet quesi"ned All the suspects were f '*n Stanberry, Hammer’s body, her fokm < ruteh nearby, was found , ' 1 2^ in the barn of her farm j* 81 Kmk City. Autnorilics a?Ibbiiil s * le had slipped on the ice nd lieen trampled under foot hy MU'' in the barn. Her death was nbuted t 0 natural causes. n, en old-fashioned gold certifics turn<, <l up in at. Joseph ■ 0 . and in Stanberry. A St. ■“"seph banker called in the U. S. | S, ' crp t Service. I i-c-l week federal agents* and I 10 '' 81 ' lff ‘ c ®rs closed In on the " ••■iiinunl <>u l'uur Mg|

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949.

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NO. 148

FINAL PLANS ARE MADE FOR NET BANQUET ALL-COUNTY EVENT WILL BE HELD NEXT MONDAY EVENING

ONLY CHARRED WALLS REMAIN AS FIREMEN SEEK BODIES Tpr 4lL

R. U. T. Denis W. Richardson R. C. 1. Denis W. Richardson s the son of Mr and Mrs. Jes. Richardson of Greencastle R 4 fe entered the Army Dec. 17 1948 and is now stationed a Ziamp Breckenridge, Kentucky vhere he will train with th.’anted 101st Airborne Division Ic would like to hear from all >f his friends. This address i t. C. T. Denis W. Richardson. K V. 22983623. Battery C. Tiieth A ). N. F. A. B. N., Camp Brockenidge, Ky.

Banker Missing; So Is $150,000

MADISON. Wis.. April 7 - UP) A hjank president blamec lis missing son today for a $150 )00 shortage in their bank’s a< lounts. 1 John K. Gill. 45 assistant cash er of the bank of Madison anc Zormer Boy Scout leader, haf >een missing since March 21. His father, Norman P. Gill, ismed a statement on behalf of the lank which said, “losses occasioned by tJTe acts of John K. Gill ire approximately $150,000." The son left the bank while ;xaminers were making a routine ludit. He visited the Elks Club ate that afternoon, but has not been seen since. He left his wife and four children without telling them of his departure. His car was found in a garage here. “I can’t understand it,” the father said. U. S. District Attorney Charles 1. Cashin. who obtained a warrant for the younger Gill’s ar rest, said agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had found no clues to his where abouts. The warrant was based on a false entry made in the bank’' books March 18. three days before the audit. Cashin said. The Gill family is one of Madison's oldest and most respected. The son was elected Madisir. Credit Bureau president a year ago. Neighbors said he lived quietly and did not smoke, drink or gamble. His father said the loss was covered by $200,000 worth of fidelity bonds.

20 Years A jo w GKERNOARTLB

Miss Amanda Browning was " ,ni e from Muncie. . Mr an( l Mrs. N. C. O’Hair re- . 111 " 1 home from a motor trip ^ Miami, Fla. Percival Allen, DePauw Junior, , awar ded a social ‘science »t,,a ar8hlp by ^ university to tiu« y ln ° eneva - Switzerland, du * r * the su mmer . Graft on Longden thr ,j„ w . c . TU „ fs , - 'll- Raittist church.

DINNER MEET HELD AT DAPTIST CHURCH A preliminary dinner meeting in connection with the forming of a Putnam County Alumni Group of graduates of Indian’ 1 State Teachers' College was held Wednesday evening in the Grcencastle Baptist Church with fortj in attendance. Glen Skelton acted as master of ceremonies. Louis Gilfoy. alumni director, introduced the visitors from Terre Haute including Miss Florence Helen McGaughey of this city. An interesting talk was given by Dr. Dewey Annikan. IFutnam county officers of the organization are Mr. Skelton, chairman; E. R. Chiluon. Reels ville teacher, vice chairman, and Mr. Rushline. Bainbridge, secre-tary-treasurer.

WORK RESUMED MARTINSVILLE, April 7 — ( yip)—Work was resumed today on the new Indianapolis IF-ower and Light Company generating plant north of here as Gibbs and Hill. Indianapolis contracted, agreed to wage Increases for the striking union of AFL Hod Carriers and Common Laborers.

Plans have been complete 1 for the all-county high' school basketball banquet to be held p\ tin Old Trail Inn Monday evening. The banquet, which will be attended by some 220 players, coaches, managers ami teachers, was financed by the two net tilts staged in Greencastle and Ba.noridge by the coaches and an allstar squad of 1948 seniors. Codch “Cabby" O’Neil, mentor >f the state champion Jasper net iggregation, will be the principal .peaker. Eugene Hutchins, couny school superintendent, will be master of ceremonies for the ocasion. The main feature of the event '/ill be the announcement of the ioy voted the most outstanding enior player of the 1948-49 season as selected hy the coaches, -fc will be awarded an individual rophy and a plaque with his ame engraved on it will be preented to his school hy the local Jhaniber of Commerce. The rules governing this award is announced by Charles Bridgs, chan man of the recreational .‘oniniittee of the C. of C. are: 1. The Putnam County Coach's Association will select the ilaycr to receive the award. Only .’pachcs who are actively engag'd in the coaching profession in hjtnain County High Schools are ■ligible to vote. Their decision .vill be final. 2. The player selected must be ^ senior in a Putnam County ligh School at the time of selection. 3. The player selected must mve played at least two (2) con lecutive years on the varsity basketball team of any Putnam County High School basketball team. 4. The County Coaches Association may use any method of selection; but the vote must be by secret ballot. 5. The County Coaches Association will consider the following standards in making their selection: A. Ability most valuable to the team; not necessarily the high scorer. B. Sportsmanlike Conduct—in victory or defeat, on or off the playing floor. C. Scholarship at least C (or its equivalent) average the four years of high school. D. Mental Attitude- attitude toward training, rules, team .oach and school.

THE FURNACE-LIKE HEAT of the fire that gutted the Effingham, III.. St. Anthony’s Hospital is portrayed graphically in thin photo of firemen framed by a charred doorway. They are searching the ashes foi bodies. Only the walls of the structure were left standing. ' An estimated 60 persons, including 10 infants, perished.

Quartet Sings At Rotary Club The Greencastle high schocl boys quartet, under the direction of Miss Wanda Stewart, supervisor of vocal music, furnished an entertaining program for the Greencastle Rotary Club at its luncheon on Wednesday. The quartet, composed of Gene McKcehan, Stan Pierce, Forrest V’arvel and Doyne Oarson, rendered several spirituals and other vocal numbers that lend themselves well in male quartet vocalizing. Forrest Varvcl, baritone. sang a song of his own composition and Doyne Carson, bass, gave “The Hunters' Song.’ Both group and soloUts reflected good vocal supervision. A. A. Abbott and Ross Azbell will represent the Greencastle. Rotary C'.llb at the District Convention to be held in Frankfort on April 27th. Howard Williams and Deward Sn-ythc were named alternate delegates. Dr. Theodore Crawford was the guest of Kent A. Lenzen. APPEAL REJECTED INDIANAPOLIS, April 7. - (UP) Kenneth Kestler, Jeffersonville, learned today that the Indiana Supreme Court had rejected his appeal of a life sentence Imposed on a murder charge. Kestler was convicted in Clark county of the 1946 shooting of hla wife In the bedroom of their home. He appealed on the grounds that the shooting was an accident.

BULLETIN Gov. Henry F. Schricki r an-nmim-ed at 2 p. in. this afternoon in Indianapolis that Albert Ellis, city engineer of Terre Hauti-, hud been appointed suiierintendenl of the Indiana state farm at Putnamvllle. WEST GERMAN STATE IS GOAL OF BIG THREE WASHINGTON, April 7 iUP) Foreign ministers of the big three western powers are seeking to establish a western German state by late summer, diplomatic informants said to-

day.

Secretary of Slate Dean Achcson was said to have told th - foreign ministers of Britain and France that the three (lowers must speedily resolve their differences on the German question. Acheson. Ernest Bevin o' Britain ami Robert Schtunan o> France resume their talk:; at the State Department today and unexpected to complete their business by nightfall. The ministers ma-ic such progress during a four-Hiul-a-half - hour meeting yesterday that they dropped 'heir original plans to continue the conferences thiuogh tomor-

row.

Though n strut news blacko-.H was maintained concerning the talks, the ministers were expect ->d to issue a communique after their final meeting. One official said “the lug pr • luuinary question is control of the dollars that will finance occupation of the three fused

zones."

Fusion of the French zon ■ with the Anglo-Amcriean bizone must be achieved before the projected slate can be set up. The

RAY FIDLER AGAIN HEADS MOOSE LODGE

Ray Fidler was elected Governor of the Greencastle Moose Lodge 1592 for his fourth consecutive term by members of tin fi sternal organization Wednesday. Other officers elected for the ensuing year by the Moose L-idg. were Floyd Eastham, Juniot Governor; Wendell Pell, Prelate Ora Turner, treasure, , ami Cecil Knauer, trustee.

ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES NEW FARM PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, April 7 — (Uir i The administration today proposed a sweeping new farm program of per nanent high price supports, coupled with g/iv4mmerit subsidies to give consumer! . i break. Secretary of Agricultun Charles F. Uranium unveiled the program before a Joint meeting of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees. He said its aim is to help avoid a "farm" led and farm-fed depression." The administration prof,rain was offered in place of the Aiken aw w.iich becomes effective on 1950 crops. Under the law, passed hy the Republican-controlled SOtli Congress, price supports foi key crops next year probibiy v. uld drop 10 to 20 per cent bcI iw present high wartime support levels. The administration last year generally endorsed thr lower supports of the Aiken law

FIRE-STRICKEN TOWN BEGINS BURYING DEAD HOSPITAL TOLL IS SET AT 74 IN EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS

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The program offered today was designed ( 1) to appal to farmers who want high supports

U. S. must beai- the major cost j > onl nued and who don’t mind

of the resultant trlzonal occupation. For that reason, American negotiators have contended that final economic authority must rest in American hands. A French proposal would scttl - economic questions by majority vote in the tripartite control machinery. This position is believed unacceptable to the U. S., and a compromise is being j sought. Observers said there is | general agreement that questions , affecting European security must be settled by unanimous de-

cision.

The parties reportedly agree that tripartite military control should be set up In all three oc-

governniert production control.-.; (2) to win consti ncr support; (3; to aid in shifting production away from surplus crops to liveKt,ock and dairy products by providing extra high supports for

these items.

Brannan admitted thr program "will cost money." He didn’t say

how much.

MAN ELECTRO* UTED

NEWPORT. April 7—(UP) — Edward Smith, 26, Brookville. was killed yesterday when he touched a high-tension wire while Installing street light eon-

cupation zones of the projected • trols for the Public Service Comstato. pany here.

EFFINGHAM. April 7. (UP) This heartsick town began burying its dead today as the Catholic chancery office announced a “final" toll of 74 lives lost in the fire which destroyed St. Anthony's hospital. The chancery said 61 bodies had been accounted for. most of them dug from the charred ruin.if the three-story hospital. Twelve victims were listed as missing and believed bulled in '.he debris. “This estimate is concklejcd final," said a spoki sm in for (hr chancery office. He said that 128 persons were in the hospital when the fire Mushed through tii-- oi l h Hiding early Tuesday. These included patients, visitors, nurses, staff members and Franciscan nuns who ran the hospital. There were 55 survivors, the chancery said, leaving 73 dead oi missing. The death count del not include a baby born dead to 'i mother who leaped from a window. Residents of this southern Illinois town of 8,000 persons still were stunned hy (lie tragedy which ranged among the nation's worst hospital disasters. Grief-stricken relatives stood in little groups around the ruins ' as firemen brought out mangled | and burned victims, one by one ! and took them to temporary I morgues. The bright sun of a warm spring day seemed out -d J place. Group services for four of th-- , victims were to he held today. J ^ InvesMgaiors wore proceeding slowly in their search for the disaster's cause. They wanted tclet some of the shock wear off State Fire Marshal Pat Kelly raid after a preliminary inspcc ion that there wa-i “inconclusive" evidence of paint stored in the basement. The buildirg was being rccor ated, he said, and he believed th< flames may have fed on pain! and varnish. But nuns in charg> of the hospital said the redecot atlng was done by a contractor and that no llpint was stored or the premises. Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who visited the scentf yesterday, promis ed state aid in building a new hospital for the town.

WASHINGTON. April 7 (UP)—Potential enemies of the United States were on notice tolay that President Truman would not hesitate to use the atom bomb again If he believed the welfare of the democracies was at stake. But the President solemnly told a gathering of congressmen: I hope anil pray that that will never be necessary." SOUTH BEND, lint., April 7. — (INS)—Employes of the Bcntlv ( ii.. South Bend plaid, staged vim) the company termed an Mnaiithori/4-il walkout" today teveral hours after the first shift reported for work. They ts-gan leaving the piant thout 9 a. m., and about an hour iater only a handful remained. Plant officials said that the shift represented about 7(1 pec cent of he plant’s total work list of 7,500.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 7.— ;INS)—II. Clark Springer antounced today he would resign us 'eptiblican state chairman heron- Jan. I to devote more time o his private affairs. Springer, who returned today from a vacation in Florida. Ita,lieen assailed vigorously in re--ent weeks by lieutenants of Ho. hart Creighton, 1948 G. O. P. (uhernatorial nominee. Springer also announced hc would ask the Itcpuhlican state romuilttee to iu<s-t in Indianapolis either next Wednesday or Thursday to decide whether il .votild act on a petition of Marion county precinct committeenen demanding the ouster ot lames Ingles as county chairman.

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. April 7— (UP) — Shouting students id Scott-shui-g high ucliool today defied efofrts to end a two-day strike In protest over tin- dismissal of tllelr principal. Tile strike, which invo w-d about hall the student hotly o> .‘7(i yesterday, spread ■widely. Residents living near the school Miihling said they saw only eight young pei pie enter the building at class time this morning.

PARIS, April 7 — (UP) —A judge gnulled a divorce tiMlay to Prince Aly Khan anil his wife, thus freeing the fabulously wealthy Indian prince to marry Rita Hayworth, American film star.

WASHINGTON, April 7 — (INS)—President Tnanaii today nominalist Stephen T. Early, press secretary t. > the late President Roosevelt, to be the new under secretary of defense. Early served as secretary to Mr. Roosevelt during all his years in tlx- presidency. Early, a former Washington re-|M,-rter, has been a vice president of the Pullman Co. since he left Hie White House In the latter part of 1945.

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. April 7—(INS)—The imprisonment of Hungary's Josef Cardinal Mlnds/.cnty and ,of the Bulgarian church learlers was placed on Hie agenda of the United Nations General Assembly today despite fierce opposition hy Soviet Bnssia. Tlie vote in the (i-irteen-nat.on steering committee was eleven in favor. Kussia and Poland voted ■ gainst anil Iran abstained. The steering committee de--idisl to assign tin- discussion of the cases to the Him- Committee .vhi-ib at present Is dealing w.th pn hi'e. ns of the “little assembly." WASHINGTON, April 7 — (INS)—French Foreign Minister Xobert Schunmn said fiKlay that the United States, Bhltaln and ■’ranee have reached “substantial igreement’' on the future of western Germany. SelKutuin made his eorament to •eporters after a two-hour conference with Secretary of State Acheson and British Foreign b-cretary Ernest Bevin. However, It was understood, tretlse details remain to be de■Ided. HULL, Ont., April 7.—(UP) — -harles Poultn went to Jail today or running off with $3 which an inxlous mother gave him to buy (CoBlIaned os Twa)

HUGE CHORUS TO SING HERE FRIDAY NIGHT

500-VOICE CHOIR WILL FEATURE DISTRICT CHORAL FESTIVAL

All friends and patrons of choral music are invited to the District Choral Festival Concert that is to be presented Friday evening, April 8, at 8:00 p m. at the high school gymnasium. This concert to bo sung by a mass chorus cf five hundred voices, is open to the public free of charge. This festival is held every year by one of the participating schools and will not be given in Greencastle for five years. The participating high schools are Crawfordsvillc, Frankfort, Lebanon, Lafayette, West Lafayette and Greencastle. Music students from these schools will arrive Friday morning to begin rehearsals for the evening concert. The guest director is to be William Moon, an outstanding member of the Music Department of the Arsenal Technical schools in Indianapolis. The program includes: Star Spangled Banner Smith Audience and Chorus Prelude front “Cycle of Life"

Ronald-Cain

West Lafayette Mixed Chorus Dance My Comrades Bennett Crawfordsville Senior Boys’

Choral Club

Lost In the Night Christiansen Greencastle High School Choir Forest Hymn Klenun a, Lebanon Concert Choir ait 0 All In the April Evening .ining

fU’Kert j PrS()Il

Frankfort High School < -ation Sunbeam Out of Heaven •- •» Christiansen Jefferson A Cappella Choir Song of Praise Beethoven-Norman Holy Lord God Cain Hellajuah, Amen . Handel Mixed Chorus ' O Did You Hear the Meadow Lark 7 Howard

Girls’ Chorus

Little Dav»l Play On Your Harp - Spiritual Maliu Annie Luuric . Scotch Johnston Hopsaa Luvaas

Massed Chorus

Blow Trumpet Blow

Spiritual Boys’ Chorus Love Thy Neighbor The Marches of Peac e

Massed Chorus

James Revi I

Mueller

The special numbers by the individual groups will be under the direction of Mrs. Helen Howenstein, West Lafayette; Miss Margaret Canine, CrawfordaviHr; Miss Wanda Stewart, Greencastle; Miss Alma MeNeal, Lebanon; Miss Inez Nixon, Frankfort and Miss Camilla White-, Jefferson of Lafayette. All tlie massed choral numbers will be- under the direction of William Moon. The accompanists will he Miss Joanne Lakin, Miss Ann Moore, West Lafayette; Miss Donna Brumama, Jefferson of Lafayette; Miss Beverly Hood, Frankfort; Miss Marilyn Jo Lee, Lebanon; Miss Susan Harvey, Crawlordsville; Miss Carolyn Bie-ber and Miss Barbara Goodman, Greencastle. Miss Stewart anil the Greeneastle choir have been making plans for the e-utertainment and comfort of their guests. It is Imped that many patrons and friends will attenel the free concert Friday evening.

® Todays Weather ® ® and @ ® Local Temperature 9 Partly cloudy lexlay with scattered showers east during forenoon. Warmer northeast today. Fair and a little cooler tonight. Tomorrow fair and warmer. High today 56 to 51. Low tonight 33 to 38.

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