The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 June 1949 — Page 1

ATATHER + VDER i ’H 0 "® Ra + + ++ + + + ®

THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"

gE FIFTIWEVM [ROOM H PARKING AT HOSPITAL 0V a m ac k being ,\ ||ll II I »K VISI- . s \M) IKKTORS !n dicl unpiovement is be at thi Putnam county ' vhl , h the visiting pubjppr. ciate, 'once it is

parking space is being both the i a is of doctors visiting I'Ublic. Part of n on Higgeti street is kfn mt and apace will jd,,) i-1| about 111 cars least ti n i.ore cars will ^1 in the space directly the ' .pital for phy M cr n the north side of )ital for visitors cars will jetted with the hospital v tw ’ side waiks, this g ea.y access to the hosft run either parking jerth-r a-it corner of th" thi hospital where it llviah Avenue and Hig:eft v ill be cut off and m -'ich a nanner that n go fi nii one street t • ;r without any danger of Mig.;' 11 street on the lit wh' re a di oi> of some !

exists.

[iit il i- paying for th ■ *t w 11; and the cement. Jir i ii: \ highway det i. I mg the grading juling and the stone .vas bv thi' bn al stone conih> iiiiproveinent will bn • has long been needed.

GRCLNCA5TLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1949.

Single Copy 5 Cents

NO. 212

BREAKS BOTH ARMS UCIA/ PACT TA IN FALL FROM TRFF IVJl IU

IN FALL FROM TREE

Sharon Jones, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mia lien nett Jones, was painfully hurl Sunday when she fell about C ig,,i feet from a pear tiee breaking both arms. The little girl and he: parents were visiting a t tin home of Mr. and .Mrs. Chest t York when the aeciuent of irrcd. She was taken :o the Pi'nam county hospital but was

able to go home Monday Youth Starts Lite Sentence MILWAUKEE. June ill

(UPi Milton Babich, P.t, began serving a life aentein < today for murdering Patricia Biiniingliaiu < 16, to conceal that In made in i

ille Couple uys Cateteria

.fid Mi Roscoe O. Smith hllo have purchased the a* at W alnut and Vin” ami will ..pen it for busiirtav, it was announce-J y Mr. oinith. jimannh i of the week will t in tliorouglily cleaning Jteurant which has been he past few weeks. N U H I KOCl'TEII JN. June 21.—(UP)— f Satran 41. Terre '*« - mi ked fatally yes- ' h<>n lie touched a w'e* is le ■'live ' by a high volt - i line He was working “h ,r lasonville for O'l -’‘ i 1 . Im., a Tulsa, Okla .

iHVILLE, June 21—(UP) pham Collins. 54, Spearslhl1 as erippled and had fdiast for the past several ' hum. d to death yeater l'“ii a kerosene stove ex- * n, l d' stroyed his home Ih11'i- Collins, 43. a sistei - "as seriously burned sir 1 ■ - i to rescue Collins p ! BUC INVITED * si public has been Sl > invitation by Mayor :i St-wart to attend th.* - 1 the Gieeneastle city 1 Tlie meeting will be at

m (DST).

A Cartwright. James R. ^ I Charles Weaver of the [ca, fle Chamber of Comwill give a preliminary ren the questionnaire that Ta l' l some time ago. Col- * will be shown.

Wears Ago URBENOABTLB

sister. Kathleen, IS, pregnant out of wedlock. Babich, a handsome former high school honor student, win raced to the Wisconsin late pi i son at Wanpun ■ arly today, lo ■ lhati three hour.; altei a jury ut 10 men and two women fnim I him guilty of first degree mur

der.

The slight, olive-skinned you'll stood rigid and grim last mglil as Judge Herbert J. StelTv. handed him the mandatory ntence rerprired by the conviction —life imprisonment, lie turned pale when the eoiivietion \vn ; an nouneed but Won hack compos ur c quickly. The judge added the Words ■ al haul laliot" to make his jentenci stiffer. Wisconsin has no death jien-

alty.

With time off for good u h tv ior, Babich will be eligible for parole in It years. His attorney ; said they would ask foi a new trial Failing in that, they wo!

rppe.il.

In what was believed to be r record time of one hour and Ii* minutes, the jury found Bubo h guilty of shooting Patricia to death in Ins family': rat last Feb. 10 in a firenn dialed attenipl to stop her “taUling” about tli fact that Kathleen was carrying his baby without marriage. Babich and Kathleen doped on March 18, two days before Cousi Guardsmen found Patricia's body where he had dumped it in the Milwaukee river, wnghting it down with a 38-pound coneret ■

block.

Kathleen turned a violent srarj let and burst into hysterical sobs as the verdii t was announced She expects to bear her baby

next month.

Babich was taken to Wanpun. about 60 miles north and west

of here, by Sheriff

Kubiak and LC Frank Callan. He was given some p,iso:. clothing and placed in a tempor-

ary cell for the night.

At 7 a m. today, he began the processing routine in pieparation for his life as a convict. He was fingerprinted, photographed, end examined by doctors and

dentists

During the next two or three weeks he will undergo rigorous examinations by psychiatrists the prison chaplain an t others

GET AWARD AT STATE MEETING ONE OK TIIKEK POSTS IN INDIANA TO WIN IT.AqUE The monument m honor of ad Putnam county men and women who served in the nation's armed forces in World War II. which was sponsored by the local Ve 1 etana of Foreign War... and dedicated nn the southwest corner of the court house lawn last Armistii Day, tins brought ..late and natinmil neogflition to Gen Jesse M. Lee Post. The official newspaper of the Indiana VFW says: Three Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts in Indiana aie to be awarded National Americanism plaques for sponsoring the mosi outstanding community services in this slate between April, HI4S. and Match, 1U49. inclusive. The winner. General .b s ie M Lee Post No. Kibd of Greenca - :l> . Iloovei Birkel Posl No. '.!()8!l ol II'intiugtoii. and lluntinglni'g Post No. 2366. Iluntiughrirg. Th .ie Posts were leeonimendcd to National llendqnai'ters Ic the Indiana Department Com munily tiervice Connnittce ap tmiuted by Commander Ann! Morton. Conimittee niember'i sic John Turiiei' of Huntington. <Tiaiimail; Father Joseph Lenk t Culver and Kail Jones of Indianapolr, I lie eonimiltee »e.ected the three wirneis fionr see eral Indiana Post roiirpetiug in the second annual toiliest conducted by the Department of Americanism. W'nm is are to receive prize plaques at the Department K tcampineiil held in Indianapolis June 23 to 20 Ail V F. W Post i in Indiana were eligible to conpete in th" national contest. Contest lilies limit awards to three Posts recommended an lieieg leaders in that field of activity. Indiana wars one of the 51 V j.' w Department a which qualifier! more than 10 000 Posts foi ennipet ilinn in the contest Winners ..pnnsored hundreds of pro jrri ; (lire'tly beneficial to chit do n and adults. t<r s' hools. i Innrties and nllrw orgnnizutioris in their cities, towns and neigh horhoods during the past 12 months. Similai awards \vre given to Posts in 40 states i,o

194S

The fns' two community s*’i Vice i oinpetitions have prnv'd s. • pnpiilar that th" DepHitment -f , Amerir anism plain another con-

Iteiman j ipecial recognitioii t >

! mo" Post winners for outri'and- | ing ac'ivtlies during the 12 months ending March 31. next

: yea l

; Indiana Posts reporting communitv service piograins agreed that these activities did a gieat deal toward helping them win piihlu aeelaim. KITES FOR PASTOR

OKLAHOMA BOY WINS ELKS’ ESSAY PRIZE NEW YORK, June 21 W.l liani Johnson, 17-year old meinher of tire M' Al'ster. Okla h’gh school graduating class of 1940, won Ih" $1000 first prize in the national essay contest on "Why Demoreraey Works" sponsored by the Benevolent and Pioteelive Order of Elks.. George 1 Hall of New York, fir and Exalted Uuhu of the Order, announced today The Mi A lest er youth’s ear,ay was chosen beat of r>l winr'ers ef state contests rondrreted by Elks Associations in every state and in Alaska, Canal Zone. Hawn 1 and Puerto Rico Hundreds d' thousands of liigh school students competed for state and I" eat prizes that totalled $99.74 I ‘2.i Grand Exalted Ruler Hall said.

YOITII DROWNS PORTLAND. June 21 (UPt Eddie Leon Rickner, 17. son of Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Uieknei, drowned yesterday in an abandoned gravel pit near here where In had gone swimming with »i\ companions. He graduated from IViUuii 1 high school last month

CHINESE HIT BRITISH SHIP IN AIR RAID

WATER MAIN, 73 YEARS OLD, TO BE TAPPED WILL INSTALL SPRINKLING SYSTEM \T < t IM \IN K M TOKY

A twelve iueh water main in the Greeneastle water systein r being opened on north .1 in k -on street tin the Inst tom since >' was laid 73 years ago. O. .1 Stewar t, supei'irU ndent, re(inrl ed today The main i b'-oig ■ ut in order to ins' ill an eight i i li

Mob Terrorism Arouses State

BIRMINGHAM. Ala . June 21. (UP) Law oflieers in two

IIANGHAI, China, June 21

during a Nalnmahst air raid on'

EXTRA! TOKYO, •lime 21.—(INS) — .liipao’s lop ( oiiimnnlxf, K> uh hi roknda, was disclosed today to have told IiIh pttrly aides (hat a •lapunese "resolulion is eorniiig Iasi.” The •lii|oinexc ( ommimisl party’s secretary general, who served 18 years in prison until American occupation troops lib erated him after Japan’s suri ruder, directed his lieutenants to exert greater endeavors toward speeding the "people's revolution.”

Shanghai today.

Agents lor the vessel in Hong K nig said the ship was beached at Woosung at the mouth of the Whnngpoo just north of Shanghai, after the attack. There was im information on casualties. The 459-1001 Anehisen, built in 1916, wo dm in Shanghai lodav *n route to Glasgow, Scotland, vi i Hon}; Kong G. min. Mnioeillc

countle.i were under public fire i ,

ruid Livi epool.

t /i In tr a i u tv 11 u 11 < I in » i • c»( I I v <x I The ail rai I followeil clo ielv

today a ; a newsman i hnrg"'l he war, bealen while investigaling recent unpunished mob lerroriitn m whu h 11 prison: we" floy.ged or thieatened with hanging. Clarke Stallworth, 23-yeni old Birmingham Post rcp'iil "r, swore out assault warranls again" two men in neighboring

Walker ('.minty.

He charged they nttucked him with th"ir fist.'i ami a inonltoy wrench when lie queationed 'ho.I about the hooded outrages. The alleged heating wan thlatest incident connected with a wave ol nuisked gang violence in Jefferson (Birmingham i county and next door Walker county TOM NT ANGER FINISHES WORKING HIS CORN t KOI* Tom Stanger is one Pulnan County farmer the westh r u not going to bother. 11c repoi! i Tin sdny his 120 acre i of corn was “laid by” on Monday, wheo lie finished jilowing it. Some ol it was tall enough lo break o'i by the cultivators as !c work" ; Monday. It wan jilnnled May 12

im official announeemeiit in Can ton that the Nationalists interide I to him Kudo Communist ports, iiu luding Shanghai, with bombing at I aeks. 'I wo or thri'e planes ciri led the edy for about 15 minutes in the tnid, apparently concentrating o i th norlhaide Whangpoo (locks. A big fire was observed along | the riverside, some live miles aoilh ol downtown Shanghai, t'" hi Jellying plain* was sight ed over the city. I’niimimist machine gimn mounted on downtown buildings went into action when the NaI tionali it planes appeared. Tho e on Broadway Man non ilh (ilv .: 17 dory apaitineut ho IH. jollied the harage, sending p dentriniis scurrying lor cover ja doorway: But in general the I"i!iuhi1 ion was ealin. It was the fourth such rnld on the city since the Communisl oi

eu|>:ition.

The Communist Kniancip.itan 1 Daily said two Canadiau-typ Mosquito jdaiics homhed nin 1 straffed the ( ity ycsterd.i.. kill f < '«»nf ilMM'.l 4*H

The iii.i.n \\ hu h rnos do ri I ■j from Hu pumping tation on Ih ; | Walnut to t he stand pipe, plies all the water for the < d i It is being cut by an c.\|>erl co w using a speejal machiiK whn i permits the splicing of th" line without cutting off watei •< vice Water service workineu uncovered the mam and when ; early, th" expert workmen \ i‘h 'In'ir specially de nguerl mar him will take over and make th" ;|diei' II wa said t his inai h m-, it purchased would cost nhu.i:

7 U00.

A huge splice i;i phi 'ed <iroiin I the 12 inch main befori' it is cut Attached to the pin e is I lie . ilvt' running into the Oi'liiin | Factory, and when lies" i em . tiona are made. ;i <!i ill is used to rut the hoh - m th'- main line i , he inteiHeet mg line, (tills allow mg, the watei lu' SKlii" I-, leni.iei 'instant. At the (10111! v.lier, Hie spliei is to tie niad's the pi s ,uie 1 105 pounds, neiiily twh ■ as strong us il 1 in some place within the city. A small hole or leak in th 1 line with thin heavy pressure would allow a aticam d watei to shoot a block high, d w.i : aid and only experts familial with ' his kind of win 1; do H The original main laid 73 year ago when Hie water system w-> . built, si'll 1 o 1 ad tjje In 1 1 on' il paint with which 't was cove'' ■d when it went into the gloom The pipe is about an inch I lin k and probably in us good romli lion as when il was put into Hi ground.

\\ VNIIINGTON. June 21.— (INSi i*rrNi(lent Truman today tiameil the first woman envoy of I his adminlslralioii lo he minisler

lo l.uxeiiilMiin g.

The I’rcslilcnl noininnteil Mrs.

I’erle Mestn, a Washington hostess and heavy supporter of the Democriilic party, to he the new

minister to Luxembourg. Mrs. Mesta, who has attained

renown in Washington for her social gatherings, takes over the j |>osl vacated by the nomination of Xdmiral Alan Kirk as I’. S. amhassndor to Ihc Soviet Union.

COAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS It. S. MARKS TIME IN THREATENED STRIKE BY MINERS WASHINGTON. June 21 lUPt— The government will maintain a "hands off" policy, at least until the weekend .on the threatened nationwide soft coal strike, federal latv-r experts indicated today. Officials said the federal mediation and conciliation service is keeping close tabs on the mine contract talks They said, however, that re federal action will be taken un til negotiations between tiro United Mine Workers union and the soft coai operators take a "definite turn" eitner toward t new contract settlement or a strike The soft coat contra"' expires tune if) nine days fro.n now.

The mmei s' union opened its

j fifth week of contraei conferWASIIINGTON, June 21.—I enre8 with ,h '' Souther n Coal (|NS|-The American Legion lo-I r, ' ,durp ' 8 Association today a‘

day threw its support behind President Truman’s puhllt' hous-

ing hill oil I he eve of a House ' Dcmiierntic 1 aucus aimed at as-

Muing its passage.

Leghtu National C onmianili r Perry Brown declared that rej< < lion of federal aids for lowcost housing “would he an Irre

piirnhlc tragedy.”

SOME TEACHERS OF THE G. H. S. CLASS OF 1924

( tilt YGO, June 21.—(INS) — 1 ranhie I'riseh, the new manager id the ( lih ago Cubs, was sns pi nd' il for five days and fined XIon today for a run-in with I’m pile Art tioie during yesterday's t iihs Boston liraves game In ( lih ago.

Bluefield, W V.i Little prog:‘'si has been made in these talks s * far and southern ministry officials generally aie pcs.-imistic about chances of getting a nev-' vage agreement bei"re the dead-

line.

John L. Lewis, mine workers president, will open talks with northern and western commercial coal operators tom row at White Sulpuur Springs. I W Va , He will resume neg •’ i lions with tire United fcitat s Steel Corp. on Thursday Lewis has not yet made any specific contract demands o:'. the coal industry. But it is b •-

Hiispeiislon was handl'd 1 heved lie eventually will ask

GOSHEN. June 21.— (UPi

to determine what job he is he t j Funeral servires will be hel l to-

siuted for in prison. 1 morrow for

Prisoners at Wanpun manufac-

ture paint, furniture, shoes, license plates and twine in addition to operating then own laundry Babich could be assigned to any of these tasks. He will be permitted to see Kathleen or other visitors only • •'nv»tlnn»ri »*•••• Two*

W Ren cl»

85 a "tiled pastor, who died vestei lav a(, his home in New pari i. Bench served for two yem ; as president of the Na tlonnl Miiiist"rlal Association of the Biethreir (hurch and was twice national moderator for th ■

United Brethren church.

iIiiwm l»y I mil I rick, pii'Kiilent of the Nallonal l.eague. WASHINGTON, June 21 — (INSj—\ Si'iiale I ahur Com mittee approved legislation Imnsfing the niiiiinium wage In 75 ccntK an hour. V\ \SHINtiTH.N, June 21.— Il Pi — DefeiiHe Secretary Louis luhnsim discloNi'il today that he has authorized the navy In refit Wi, fleet carriers to handle atom- | i( hiimhiug planes.

OAK RIDGE, Term., June 21 — (I Pi—The Atoinic Energy < miiinissiiiu today flatly denied Hull any uranium fur ntmnli : nndi j rnductiiin has In'en "Inst" .it Its Oak lihlge Installatlun. In a terse statement prepared by the (inmninsiiin at M'ashing ton nuil released here, the rnmniai ion said “the technii al facts m accounting for source and fis Junahle material al Oak Ridge rave hei'ii irpurted to the joint ongresslnnal Unnnnlttee on

\tomic Energy.”

The AK made II clear that Is statement was “In response to

oi ii Inquiries.”

"The AEU and the ( arbide and arhun t hemtials Corp., the opiating company at Oak Ridge, dated that nu A-bomb riranturn is lost at Oak Ridge, as has been eported In press dispatches," the

datment said.

a slritei work week, an m- • iea.se in indUEtry pa.,ineara tr th" iiiiiir-r? health, welt iiV, a.', l cetireme-nt fund and, pici.uHly. wage increase. Meanwhile, the soft coal mi :- era were hack on the job ilm i " 109 per cent after a w "k s strike called by Lewi:, lo 'stab, lize the inthrstry." thi' v v, il unit work again Satin ;,iv h evci, for then annual lb lav vacation. If Lewis' negitiai.ons i the operators (ail to bring a 1 it a new agreement by ihr ci i the vacation period, the ni.i s probably will teinain 'int ! " "itners traditionally no no! • tc without a contract Steel Magazine, i tiad" jmiru al quoted steel offivals t- predicting a coal waikou: w.ii h may last 99 .lays When this week s work is over f"i the rineis ii"\ w,U draw their checks phis «100 in. vacation pay. Maliv also ."ill ti > paid for any time that had * - cured prior to ;ss: week "stabilization" valkeu* Sim' miners may collect as muca ar

$280

Mrs. B. A. Knight. Mi Knight. Frank N. June:., Mrs. A L Dobbs Miss 19 ryl Snndy nml Mrs. K. N Jones, all teachers in the high school when t u clu:s ol 1924 graduated Mi Knight is now teaching in the Washington li. S., Indians|Hdis. M Knight was n Domestic Arts teacher nr 1924. Miss Sandy is retired and Mrs. Dobbs and Mr. J on: un teaching in the high school.

THE CLASS OF 1924 HOLDS TWENTY-FIFTH REUNION»MANY CHANGES WERE NOTED

Wtbb reiKirted that dogs in.iily all of his herd of ne "beep during the afterThu loss was estimated 1.000. maximum temperature 90 degrees. Smt * r * of the Kiwanis Club Uuii* wives held a picnic 11 ^ l * le home of Mr. am\ 1 O. Cammack. Beulah Yeager was fl '°m Los Angeles, Cal. "!, sl St ‘tes was driving Chevrolet roadster.

m: , 17*1 V "

hers of the class of 1924 of OHS returned to Greeneastle Saturday for theii twenty-fifth reunion, tho first since the class graduated. It was necessary These mem er inted a „ ain a . s the yearsihad taken its toll of the youngsters in 1924 and but few knew eai h other, especially those who had not been seen for for them to an g< 9 fot „ p unK t n guess who was approaching, but in the end they all met in Robe-Ann Park, got acquainted, visited for an hour ahd then 6 enjoyed"the evmng and dinne, gat-togaUwi at the Old Trail Inn.

NEW YORK, June 21.—(UP) -The Alger Hiss prejury trial .ns in recess today while presiding Judge Samuel II Kaufman iittenda a Judicial conference. 'I he defense will resume presentation of testimony at 19:8(1 a. m. tomorrow. The court yesterday heard pre sisitatlon of a statement mailed from Paris by U. 8. Ambassadortil Large Philip U. Jessup declaring that Hiss had a gopd reputation for Integrity, loyalty and triithliilness while Ire was a State Urparliiient otfltial.

TOKYO, June 21 — (UP)— Y yidvion swept on IriHii Okinawa icross soul hoi KytiHiiu todiv leaving 375 feared ihstd, severul hundred small craft sunk, aii'l thris' Ireighters, one of 'them with a cargo of wild animals, in distress. •fi.ji Press reported frnm Slilkokii tint 372 Japanese ftsir ermen were feared dead in 59 lishing ('raft destroyosl h> Ui“ storm. Three other pcrmi snwere re|H*rted killed in KaguslrlniH an Kyushu.

Today s Market Hogs 5500 Barrov.'.'i and gi! i 25-50e highet Bui). g"oii and hoice 170-260 lbs $21 25-$22 00 260-300 lbs. $20.50 $21.50. Cattle 2000. Calvrs 600 Steers and heifers steady. Mostly g 1 to Just choice $26.50-$27.00 Some held above $27 50 Bulk mediun and good yearlings $25* 50 $26 50 Sheep 200 Good and choice native spring lambs $24.00-$2' 50

Todays Weather tv> and V Local Temperature ♦ Local thundershowers northwest and fair, warm humid with widely soatt j ternoon or evening ers in south and today; mo:.tiy faiij Wednesday; some