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TH TAKES ED HASTEN; RITES SUNDAY h\>m N l-<H'AL MAN \t HOME ON KIUO-'Y M(iHT i jcasten, former treasurer tnam county and former , 0 f Warren township ami i sulent of Putnam ,d away at his honii-, to street, Friday evening o'clock. He had been ill
11c time.
Masten rved as treasurPutnani county from 1917 19 an ,l was one of the firs*. ,beans in the county to hold jtv office He had been trust' ' of Warren townin the time he served , [y tn usurer. During his ,f public office and while in i.. in Greencastle, Mr. ii made many friends and irtances throughout th ■ Masten was born in east n county on July 17. 1869 the eldest son of Mathias amty Muten and spent his life-time in the county. October 12, 1890, he was ,n marriage to Mollie ;us and to this union were nine children. Tyfo sons, and Kenneth preceded death Those surviving Mayme Leslie, GrecnMi> Hallie Ellis, IndianFrank Masten, Reelsville; Masten, Greencastia; Masten, Muncie; Freddie . Greencastle; and Gaylor » who lives at home. Two Mi Ida Allec and Mrs, ta'.theu.s of Greencastle >• brothers, Oscar, CoatReuben. Bainbridge an! t of Greencastle, survive. Itly after his marriage, Mr. united with the Union church. I-ater he transhr- membership to the Providence church and aid an interest there for .Hinder of his life, tal services will be held ■afternoon at 2:30 o’clock sc New Providence church, he Rev. Gilbert McCamdf Petersburg and the Rev. Rissler, Greencastle, ofBurial will be in the ■'icc cemetery, f 'ls may eall at the home, it Elm street.
ar Likely For 15 Months
SHINGTON, April 9 — Top military men beJiiited States involvement is unlikely for the next
,nths.
also cite scientific and 'tice reports that it will M or 1952 before Russia
atomic bomb.
estimony made public to'the H' use Appropriations
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1949.
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’tt'", both army and air 1 f ‘-‘ rson township, I. N. Raders asserted a planned , ® on ' p - A and Dr ’
unlikely in fiscal 1950.
tor Injures adoga Farmer
Rni', R, f. ly x, Ladoga, 'ujured severely Friday 'K when he was thrown tractor while plowing a I his farm near Ladoga. He hen to the Crawfordsville •' where an examination ' Possible fractures of arm and leg, *' [|1 who was run over by lt< ,l ' r ' wa » found lying in II hy yapnibera of his famI'toximately three hours 'h' accident occurred, it ?Ported.
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS PERSONAL " Our friend and late proprietor of this paper yesterday morning started on his trip to the territory of Kansas. May joy, peace,* happiness and prosperity attend him in his wanderings in the far western wilds. We parted with him with reluctance, for he is as noble, whole-souled, generous hearted as ever the sun shone upon; and although, in times past, and amidst the excitement attendant upon business and the discussion of political topics, we were led to utter harsh expressions in regard to him, and he, in return, in relation to us. there is no one now, except alone our bosom companion, and our dear and cherished offspring, upon whom we would soon confer any favor in our power. We will say, ujwever, here, that Mr. Patrick vill correspond regularly with us n Kansas, its prospects, and its uture destiny, and that we will ake pleasure in laying this corespondence before the readers >f the BANNER. We are low sole proprietor, editor and ■onductor of the Putnam Republican BANNER, and in view of the responsibility, resting upon us, we thus, in advance, ask the indulgence of a kind and generous public — “—- (This rditorial was written when C. W. Brown purchased the BANNER from A. G- Patrick, after i brief joint partnership between Patrick and Brown.) — Februury 13, 1856. LOTS OF GAME — — “Mr. Hutchings arrived on the 25th with five wagon liads of game hat he purchased in Illinois. The •a.rgo consisted of geese, turkeys, lucks, squirrels, rabbits, quails, 144 chickens, 18 deer and 55 saddles of venison, and 2,400
rabbits."
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION Among those named as delegates from Putnam County to attend the State Temperance Convention in Indianapolis on February 22, 1856 were; Greencastle township! James A. Crawley, R. S. Ragan, William H. Allen, D. C. Donnohue. H- E. Cowgill, James Allen, Addison Daggy, Col. D. Sigler and C. VV. Brown; Washington township, Abraham Jackson, I. S- Wright. John Gilmore, and A. D. Hamrick; Warren township, Dr. Layman. W. G. Duckworth, W. B. Williams, and Robert Bann; Jcf-
Rynear-Bren-ton;
Cloverdale township, Andrew McCoy, John Sandy, Dr. H- G. Dyer, and William Martin; Marion township, John Brann, James
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KIWANIS CLUB TO ENTERTAIN H.S. NET TEAM rROPHY TO BE AWARDED MOST VALI ARLe SENIOR PLAYER
The annual luncheon meeting >f the Greencastle Kiwanis Glut it which the 1948-49 basketball earn of the Greencastle high ichool will be honored, will be icld Thursday, April 14. it was Uinounced today. At this mectiiMj the senior icmber of the team who hits j icon voted the most valuable, by nembers of the team, from the .tandpoint of ability, sportsmanhip and scholarship, will be -warded an 18 inch trophy. The rophy will be awarded by Audrid Fleenor, president of the club, vho will be in charge of the neeting. Roy Sutherlin will act s toastmaster at the meeting md introduction of the team and ■caches will bem ado by Bruce Vilde, captain. The speaker will >e Hal Hickman of DePauw Uni•ersity. Arrangements for the uncheon meeting are being made ■>y the Boys and Girls Committee of the club. Those who will be guests will include Tom Goldsberry and John McCullough, coaches. Bruce Wilde, Art Roberts, Jim and Stanton Pierce, Gene Ash. Merle Foxx. Bob Miller, Howard Churchill, Don Marketto. Jr.. Charles Brown. Jim Smithers, Donald Stites, Charles Collins. Jack Sears, ami Glen Sutherlin, Mrs. McCammack Called By Death Mrs. Daisy M. McCammack. age 70 years, passed away this morning at 4:00 o'clock at the Putnam County hospital. Mrs. McCammack had been ill for a number of years and bad been a patient in the hospital for about a week. She was born in Jefferson township February 19. 1879, the daughter of Sarah E. and F. M. Alice. Mrs. McCammack spent her entire lifetime in Jefferson township. She was a member of the New Providence Baptist church. Her husband, Venard McCammack, died in 1913. Survivors are the one daughter, Sara; one brother, H. F. Alice of Mt. Meridian; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Sellers of Greencastle and Mrs. Juliet Elmore of Jefferson township and and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends may eall at the Rector Funeral Home until time for the services. The funeral will be from the New Providence church Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, in char ge of the Rev. Gi'bert McCammack. Burial will hi in the New Providence cemetery. Chinese Reds Launch Attack
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NANKING, April 9 (UP) Communist armies launched a general offensive along a 100-
V. F. W. INSTALLS NEW COMMANDER
REMODELING OF LOCAL BANK TO START TUESDAY
WE STAND CORRECTED ON 1929 NEWS ITEM
INTERIOR of FIKMT-MTIZ ENS BANK WILL I NDER-
OO VAST CHANGES
The First-Citizens Bank
] Trust Company will begin a major remodeling job on the banking building Tuesday, J. L>. 1 Crosby, president, announced today. During the two weeks in which tlie entire interior of the j bunk will be made over, irtciud mg redeem alion of all the walls. I the bank is asking the irtdulg | erree of their euutomei.i for- Liu | inconvenience the work may
j cause them.
When complete the interim ' will take on a modern and new
Jack Hinkle, retiring Commrnder, Paul Davison, new commander, accepting congratulations and gavel from Paul A. Benning. Past Department Commander and now a member of the National Council of Administration. Thi installation program was held at
the Post Home Thursday evening.
State Police Check Vehicles
Old Fire Truck Broke Down Fri.
State police from the Putnaniville barracks Iral a Lest for motorists on south Bloomington street Friday afternoon and all passing vehicles on road 43 were
eal fire deparment on out of th city calls will have to undcig 1 ^
repairs,
Friday afternoon, at 6:15 o'clock, a call was received at 1 he fire department of a trash fire blaze on road 43 just south uf the city limits. The firemen !
included in the brake, lights, anil lru< ^ that can be used by the lo-
other vehicle tests. Drivers wef. also asked to present their licenses to inspecting police offi-
cials.
Massed Chorus Gave Program A large crowd attended th District Choial Festival held in the high school gymnasium Fr iday evening when a massed chorus of 525 voices gave a splendid musical program. The boys and girls were from Greencastle, Lebanon, West Lafayette. Crawfordsville, Frankfort and Jefferson high of Lafayette. Miss Wanda Stewart, director of music in the city ichools, opened Hie meeting and announced the Star Spangle I Banner, which was sung by th chorus under the direction of William Moon, Indianapolis Tech high school director and guest conductor of the chorus Friday evening. The Greencastle Choir gave one number, “Lost in the Night," by Christiansen during the evening's program and special numbers wore presented by groups from each of the visiting hign schools.
look in bank circles. There will be no cages and tellers and others working behind counters Will work over counters even with the customers for the first time in local hanking circles. The present cage par! ilions will be moved backward slightly, affording more space m the main lolihy of the hank proper When completed the bank promises to be one of the most
modern in the nation. Family Is Safe
Aboard Schooner MIAMI. Fla., April 9 (UP> A Massachusetts yachlman and his family cruised the waters off the British Bahamas in vacation style today, probably unaware that they had been the ohjt t of a massive search by ail
and sea.
The coast guard called off the search for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Parrot am! their two sons of Manchester. Mass., late yesterday after a plane sp tied thoi: schooner Kcewatln anchored of!
Spanish bay.
The coast guard pilot said he
started the old Sludebake,-truck | cl, tl lo w over the KcewaUn
We stand corrected on an item in the 20 years ago column this , week by George Fox. former Reelsville man now residing in | McKeesport, Pa. Mr. Fox writes
as follows:
East McKeesport. Pa.
April 8, 1949
| The Daily Banner, and Greencastle, Ind.
I am writing this to correct you on your piece of 20 years ago in regards to the wrecking of the bridge at the foot of the Reelsville hill. Thd bridge fell in Big Walnut creek and not Deer-
Creek as you g ive it.
The truck was loaded with cross ties mvl not .stone. I was 1 witness of the accident and one of the first to the scone. This happened on April 5th and on April 9th there was a hard rain Hint raised the creek and washed the bridge away down stream lodging it under the concrete bridge west of Reelsville on the
old road No. 40.
Yours,
George Fox
Property owners outside the iiily limits of Oreeiieastle wen | facing a serious situation Satur1 day, due to the fact that the only
hut it broke down just as it left the station. It was not known just how long it will require to
make the needed repairs
City Officials have ordered Fire Chief William Lawience to use the Reo and Sengi ave trucks in the city only. Consequently, even those citizens residing jn outside the municipal boundaih"are without fire protection tin same as persons living a hail mile or farther from Girencastl''.
Clerk Admits $50,000 Theft
new York, April 9 iup> Robert J. Murphy, 25, a clerk in the KLM Royal Dutch Airliner office at International Airport | confessed today, police said, tha' ho stole an envelope containing $50,000 in $100 hills destined fot
(Shipment to Europe.
and the yacht Lazy Jack and dropped a message to see if the; needed help- These aboard waved at the plane but hoisted no dm tress signals. Crippled Woman Beaten, Burned HAMMOND, Ind., April 9. (UP) Police said today they were virtually without clues in the murder of a 54-yeni-old crippled widow whose bea'len and burned body was found jusl on - side the door of her house trailer a block from the downtown business district. An autopsy showed that Mrs Evangeline Thomas died of (i fractured skull caused by a blunt instrument and protrusion of the skull by a sharp instrument. The traile r in which she lived aiis almost destroyed by fire vhich burned most of her cloth-
es.
Summers and Benjamin Nichol- mile front on the north bank of sum Esq; Floyd township, Elijah!the Yangtze River opposite |
OVUIITIIE FA IBM <iAT*
Years Ago GREENOARU and Mis. L. W. Hudlin 1,1 Hume, 111. c, "'rad transacted busin La fayette. ; !t ' VVift ’*ner spent the day (anapolig. ■Kenneth West entertainl0n ° ne the ChrisUar.
Wilkerson, John Gregory and Joseph M. Hillis; Franklin township, Samuel G. Lowry. William McCorkle, Samuel Osborne and A. D. Billingsley; Monroe town-
ship. A. G- Dqrnall,
Johnston. James Fisk, B F. Corwince, and H- B. Slavens; Russell township, James B Wilson, Jacob Durham, George Fordice, John Kosher, and John Lea ton; Clinton township. James Nelson, C. C. Grubb and William Esrp; Madison township, Peter Stoner, Albred Miller, and the friends of temperance generally through-
out the County.”
BIG WALNUT BRIDGE — Tt will be recollected by many if our readers that at the late session of the Commissioners Llourt of this county, an effort vas made by some of our principal citizens to induce tha :ounty to assist in erecting a iridge across Big Walnut at the crossing of the Crawfordsville Road. The effort failed, and what Jo you suppose was the reason. Why, simply, in P la m words, the immense amount required to mpport the foreign paupers in he county, had so nearly drain-
nn I’ase Two)
Nanking today in an apparent attempt to force the National-
ists to surrender.
The attack began as Nationalist and Communist x>eacc negot-
Anderson iators were scheduled to resume
their talks in Peiping under thi shadow of a Communist ultimatum for the Nationalist govern meat’s surrender by next Tues-
day.
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Girl, 3, Trapped In Well Casing
SAN MARINA, Cal , April 9 (INS) Two veteran hard-rock miners were lowered into the; newly-dug excavation at 4:30 A M. PST in an attempt to rescuen three and one half year ole, child trapped some 90 feet below the earth’s surface in an abandoned well. All last night and early this morning, hundreds of engineers and excavation workers sweated over heavy drilling machinery as they pushed huge big.-t into the bowels of the earth at rec-ord-breaking speed. Tile child, Katy Fiscus. fell into the well yesterday afternoon while playing with her sister Barbara, 9, and a cousin, Gus Lyon, 5. A hush fell over the throng of more than 5.000 spectators as
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Clinton Farm Group To Meet The Clinton Twp. Farm Bur- | eau is sponsoring a pitch-in supper a t the Clinton Center School house Tuesday evening. April 12, at 7:30. All 4-H girls and boys with their parents are especially irvited as well as all other residents cf Clinton Township. As this Ts the annual 4-H interest meeting. Kenneth Harrif County Agent, will be present with his helpers to take charge of the entertainment and speeches of the evening. Come out and enjoy this interesting meeting Bring table service.
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"Over the gate went Butch." ‘‘Butch" is the f >ur year old son of County Agent and Mrs Kenneth Wj Harris. He is about as active as any his age can be and never misses an opportunity of
Lagging: along with his dad who is kept about as busy as "Butch" always appears to be.
Looking through the gate is a small son of M r. and Mrs. Doris Salsman of Jefferson township.
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Phis oieture was taken while Mr. Harris was on a visit to the Salsman farm on official business, K .. •»* s. i*.. I 1 4~l. dIma ^ irot “Qiin v»i■ t inn for tfllSI
but when the right opportunity came along, he took time off to get "Butch"
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the miners, Albert Linncll. . of t-os Angeles and J 1. Inhat. of Culver City, were lowered to the 71 foot level of the excavation. All work on the excavation stopped as the two men sank below the surface on their mission of mercy. When the men reached the depth of the hole, they tunneled to the easement where Kathy is being held prisoner. With them they carried the latest in delicate sounding equipment. As soon as they tunnel through they will take a sounding of the casement to determine if Kathy is above or below them. President Faces Major Setback WASHING’ION. April 9. (INS) A House committee is ready today to hand President Truman a major setback by approving a 16 billion dollar military budget because there is no choice ‘‘except the road of unxiety anil saerificc.” The Appropriations Coiniuiltee will consider siibcoiiiinltlee rccoinmendations which admit lliat even this staggering figure is lo small "if war conics soon." The subcommittee, which rcemimcndcd overriding Mr. Truman's iTonomy plea to provide a 70 group An Force, said at the ami- time Unit if war throat '-hoiild turn out In be a mirage the proposed appropriations is too large. LIONS NOTICE I There will be a dinner meeting- of the Greencastle Lions j Club on Monday. April 11th, ! 6:30 p. m.. at the V. F. W. home. Officer Charles Harbison with the Futnamvillo post of ^he Indiana State Police will speak on the subject “Accident Preven-
tion."
CAN HAVE 4 WIVES PARIS, April 9 (UP) Indian prince Aly Khan needn't bother about law, he is allowed four wives simultaneously anyway. Moslem religious laws governing marriage and divorce were explained today by SI Kaddour Ben Ghahret, director of the Paris mosque. He said he arranged for Aly’s first marriage, and for those of Aly's father, the Aga Khan.
SENATE PASSES $5 BILLION AID MEASURE, 70-7 NEW BILL W ILL HELP El'ROPEAN RECOVERY FOR 15 MONTHS WASHINGTON, April 9 A new $5,580,000,000 program to spur European recovery over the next 15 months was approved by the Senate Friday The^yote was 70-7. In an Uth-hour burst of speed, the Senate wound up l.'t days of debate to clear the measure without a single major change from the legislation requested by President Truman. The bill now goes to the House, where a similar measure has already been approved by the House Foreign Affairs committee. I^ater. the actual money to tide the 16 Marshall plan nations over until June 30. 1950, will have to be considered by the appropriations committees and voted by both chambers. The measure the senate passed Friday is an "authorization" bill, .setting a limit on the fund, but not actually appropriating the money. House administration loaders immediately called the House into an unusual Saturday session at noon to speed that chamber's action on the authorization. The administration's overwhelming victory in the final vote for passage in the Senate surpassed even the most optimistic forecasts of Democratic lead-
ers.
Only one Demoeat, Senator Ellender of Louisiana, voted against it. Six Republicans also voted “bo.” They were Senators Butler (Neb), Capehart (Ind.) Jenner find.) Kcm (Mo.), Danger (N D.) and Wherry (Neb ), Big 3 Awaits Russ Reaction WASHINGTON, April 9. (UP) 'Hie “big three" western powers braced themselves today for an anticipated Russian propaganda assault against their agreement on Germany. Diplomatic informants said a Russian protest was inevitable. They said the Soviets probably will charge that the decision of the “big three" foreign ministers to establish a leili-ial republic in western. Germany violates thi Potsdam agreement. The decision, made without Russian approval, was announced here yesterday by Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson, British Foreign Minister Ernest Bovin and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. The ministers’ “occupation statute," which outlined the federation plan, would cover til ; three zones of western Germany (now controlled by U. S., British and French occupation authmities. Hotli Acheson and Schuman said the door was open to Russia to join in the west German agreement, and presumably to Ining their none into a united republic in all of >Jermany. However, diplomats said Russian accession to the agreements reached in Washington was virlually impossible, barring i major change in Soviet foreign pol-
icy.
TIGER ( I RS WIN
Greencastle high school's baseball team defeated North Snl-itn, 12 to 5, in a game played at North Salem Friday. The Tigei Cubs collected 11 hits while holding the losers to three. Decker got three safeties for the Cubs Cox, Smithers and Foxx formed the winning battery. *5 Todays Weather & & and ■ft Local Temperature ♦ Generally fair and continued cool today. Increasing cloudiness and not s<> cool tonight. Cloudy with occasional rain tomorrow.
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