The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 August 1949 — Page 1
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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"
UME FIFTY-SEVEN
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1949.
Single Copy 5 Cents
NO. 248
DNON HAS
IN FOR TWP. FIRE SERVICE L Will- OUTLINE
k \ r TONIOIIT'S )! M II. meeting
[dents of GreencasUc [i will an opportun-
lo obtain fire pro-
llnuiigh the city fire U?it if they will take action j by the city administrat l Trustee Bruce Shan-
GITARD MANEUVERS CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Aug. 2. (UP)—Membera of the Indiana National Guard's d81b Infantry Division today embarked on a three-day instruction course in the loading and movement of troops and equipment by air. A Fifth Army air transport team will conduct the special instruction. A C-82 ‘‘Flying Boxcar and a C-46 transport plane were to be used in demonstrations. Some 6,000 Hoosier guardsmen are participating in the two-week training.
blan has been followed juliy in other cities ovc c An interesting and dolory of such a plan was m an Imhstna'polis Sunkuzine on Sunday. It told E residents of Cicero t> in which Tipton is j have solved their fire I. problems to the best jity maintains the fire u and the township H i died sum for the pr r - li this plan is adopted in kdi- tlie city will be able additional truck that I n.a ded and will also em or iwo additional fireequipment and tV II be available for city or fires. rid no township propi oterted, due to the fact . ity iius only one pump:u, I they can't take a on it going beyond th.i administration has ) I by ,ionie residents ta fio protetion and legal h 've been received on it s ran be done in the case (tries .but nothing Is a lit lesidentlal properf i r.hould break out ir. bperty, no matter how l tin city limits now, tho Irl. ; ; not I'ermitled to gthe rity limits, so it oeI those living nearby |t t il orrir action to L thi city to provide ks ,‘ion, whicli city and It 1 final:; believe its the t d proposed thus far. Killer Of ociety Leader ,A ItLolTE, N. C„ Aug. 2 A former negro man1 murdered Mrs. Easley I n. 68-yuar-old Charv leader, was sought 'a i l doctors woracd to life of her buLier, u i' 1 of the killer. 'live:, were put on the i i v i:i'ii police were <?iv>1 ignments among "I tlicir o'.vu race. - 'or Shaw ignored II or , to concentrate on jJTl*'. )' ' injured, in such cor|t lie could not be ques- ' i prinfeev was VVUdlcrnan, 411, negro servl Andcrsoua. He had ‘ med and knifed. ('Imf Frank Tjttlejohn nmidercr apparently u with the Anderson 1 ' .elusive Myers park ' ' 110 gauge shotgun j tain closet, fired a | b • Anderson’s chest, 'd'd tlie gun. It was - n t; on the dining room
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! ' ! before or after the at'b:i. Anderson in an upb‘ dioom, Littlejohn said, m ui was assaulted. He ’ un d by a neighbor, In 8 1 1 blood, in the servants 1 1 behind the house.
Randolph Bans Public Meetings INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2. (UP) A third Indiana county today joined two others which banned all public gatherings in an attempt to control the spread of poliomyelitis. The county-wide quarantine of Randolph county followed similar action in Delaware and Jay
counties.
Meanwhile, the state board of health reported the polio case total in Indiana had climbed o 255 with four counties reporting their first case this year. The death total stood at 26, after the report of the deatti of an 11-year-old Fort Wayne boy, Max Everett, at his home. Dr. W. C. Anderson, of the State Board of Health, reported Indiana was in position to take care of the present polio case. . “unless the spread of the disease is at much more rapid rate.” Anderson said Hoosier hospital.'; had obtained six new iron lungs, and could obtain additional nurses for polio duty by trausfering them from other tasks. Byrd's Political Control At Stake
LEWIS SPENDS MINE WORKERS' WELFARE FUND SOFT COAL Ol'EltATORS KKI’OKTED ALAKMKD OVKH SPENDING
IIEAIDY REUNION
IIOUGIIAM NAMED
The annual Heady reunion w i'< I INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2. be held Sunday, August 7th at (UP) Governor Sehricker said
the Kobe-Ann Park. All relatives and friends are welcome.
RICHMOND, Va . Aug. 2 — (UP) Sen. Harry Byrd's polit, cal control of Virginia was endangered today as liOO.OOO o, more Democrats chose between the “organization’' candidate atm three other hopefuls for governor. Tlie Democratic primary campaign, hottest waged here in many years, flared up with cries of “bribe” and “lies" as It drt \v to a close. Observers said the balloting may determine whet'i or the Byrd machine is to sit;-
vive.
There was widespread feeling that the opposition wLi the stiftest for a Byrd candidate ir many years. Machine opponents claimed that the senator was losing control over his home-stalo Denocrats though his congressional alliance with Republicans, The senior senator himself, no* a candidate this year, spoke up from the sidelines in Washingt i.i to disclaim any connection with a purported offer of 510,000 t > the manager of an opposition candidate. Robert Hazelwood said the offer was mode if he would throw his support to Byrd backed John S Battle. Closing speeches of the canch dates were in the main re-stato-ments of thir campaign [Hen.; Battle charged that u:s group, had been abused by “malicious hes" ami that Col. Francis P Miller was the candidate of ou* of-state labor groups.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. (UP) —Soft coal operators were alarmed /Inlay over disclosure j that John L. Lewis is spending the United Mint Workers welfare find at u rate faster than
its income.
But they declined official comment until they can analyze the figures presented to a Senate Banking subcommittee yesterJosephine Roache, th fund’s director. She said that, from March through June, fund ■ xpenditures exceeded income by Vi,000.000 a month. Producers said unofficially, however, that the figures only confirmed their fears that the fund is spending money too fast. They said it is not on a sound financial basis and that it is not being administered in accordance with provisions of the TatiHartley Act. The fund is financed by a levy of 20 cents a ton on all coal mined. Operators said that they would use the figures in further negotiation on a new 1040 wa/e contract with Lewis in an effort to obtain stricter control over the expenditures. Miss Roache revealed for the first time that the fund pays a $35.000-a-year salary to trustees Ezra Van Horn, chosen by the operators, and Sen. Styles Bridges, R., N. H., neutral trustee. Lewis takes no salary as
chairman.
The salary figure is the same amount paid Capt. N. H. Collisson wbo served as the government trustee when the mines were under federal operation. 22 From County At Indiana U.
Charles Conklin’s Rites Wednesday Last rites r, r Charles l>. Conklin, killed in a U. S. bomber crash over Saarbrucken, Germany, July 10. 1044, will be Iv-lu from the Rector Funeral Home at 3:;;o (DST) Wednesday afternoon with interment in Forest
Hill cemetery.
Rev. H. P. Walrond and Dean j L H. Dirks will have charge of | short services. American Legion and V.F.W. Post services will be held at Forest Hill cemetery. Son of Mrs. Ethel Conklin, flic well known local boy was a graduate of GreencasUc high school and attended DoPauw University bt fore entering tiv
Army Air Corps. Flight Of- I ternber 1.
today Robert B. Houghum, Franklin, hail been appointed to a full term as executive secrc-
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| tary of the S.atc teachers’ iv- | tirement fund, effective Aug. 15. Houghum, who served more I I ban 12 years in tlie post during ! Democratic administrations ’in the UKlU’s and early l!)40’s, is the fund secretary now. He was appointed last Jin nary to succeed Forrest Carmichael, Col-
umbus. who resigned.
Vaughn Resigns As Highway Supt. The resignation of Ray Vaughn, u . coui ty highway superinte-n dent was submitted to the county commissioners Monday afternoon and was accepted by the board. Mi Vaughn’s resignation will become effective Sep-
RUSSELLVILLE 4-H FAIR WILL OPEN THURSDAY
FINE LIVESTOCK EXHIBITS ARE EXPECTED FROM THREE COUNTIES
Wears Ago IN GREENCASTLE
id Mrs. Roy Hillis ami ^ 1 -'■ Edna Lorene, and Mni 'dullinu attended an in-u.-isociallon picnic ab d Ripple Park in Indianap-r-1 Bernice Tribby was the of Mr. and Mrs. , Vernor < i< and family. 1 ■ Ruby Blue was a patient he county hospital. ■uid Mrs. Joe Crosby were ake Wawasee.
States To Study Water Pollution
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 -- (UP) Federal Security Adiministratior Oscar R. Ewing today announced grants of $850,000 for the states to study water pollution resulting from industrial
waste.
Before the funds, actually mav be released for study of the problems, applications setting forth specific programs must be approved by file public heal Ur service of FSA. The FSA has a $2,200,000 appropriation from CJjngrcss to start the nationwbv program of water pollution control ana prevention. Th<> allotments include: Illinois *26,073, Indiana $18,321, Iowa *15,999, and Kentucky $19,693.
Twenty-two students from Putnam county are attending the Indiana University summer session on the Bloomington campus, according to Registrar Charles E. Harrell. They are among the 8,21)2 studiuts enrolled In all divisions o*’ the University’s summer scssio i which will end Aug. 12. I he number of full-time students is higher than last summer's total and hit hides residents from all 92 counties in the stale. Students from this county attending tin I. U. summer session at Bloomington are: Baiuhi idge: E. Cri-i’ston Bern-
storf.
Grecpcaslle: Paul Brown Blomgren, R. R- 2; Elmer Lai I Callaway, James M. Erdmann, Helen Jane Farrow, R. K 1: George T. Goodwin, R. H- :i: George H. Jacobson; Elbert Wayne Jones, John Whitley Lnnignn, Rayinon 1 A. Mulliga' Uasi'l M. Owens. Robert Oscar Phillips, R R. 3; Alice Irene glicrid o John Gerald ’I nomas. Paul Andrew' Thouias and 1* ran is E. Vandci voort. Fltlmo'c: Harold Waldo Ibavjn, R. R. 1 and 'Wilbur Lee (leavin, R. R. 1Rcelsville: Dorothy M fiHibernian. Roaefidale: Agnes Claudine Dobbs, R. R. 2; Harold Milton Ganiott and Walter Wayne Worick. injuries fatal SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 2. (UP) Funeral services were arranged today for Blase Koszewski, 01, a newspaper vendor, who died yesterday of Injuries received when he was struck by a taxi while ridVg his bicycle. Swine Exhibitors Asked To Meet Art Ames, superintendent of the swine department of the Put nam County Fair, has asked ub swine exhibitors to come to th hog barn in Robe-Ann Park Su iday morning to make preparations for the swine exhibit. The group will gather at S o’clock ICST) to clean the barn select pens for the various exhibitors and ready the barn for the big siiow.
fieers Conklin was on nls litt i mission m a B-24 when he uicd in the sei vice of his country. Pall bearers will be Elmiv Calloway, J. D. McL-an, Richard Shaiiu l, John Harlan, Norman Bill and Paul Grimes, Jr. Friends nay call at the Rector
Funeral Home.
Trial Set For
September 30th Mi s. Alberta Burrell entered a plea of not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge when she appeared before Judge John H. Alice in the Putnam circuit
court Monday.
The affidavit against the d. - fendanl was signed by William Corbin in which it was alleged that she created a disturbance in the tavern at Roaehdaic on Friday. July 29. She was plac under arrest and brought to t“r Putnam county jail here pending
court arraignment.
Upon her plea of not guilty,
Judge Alice set her trial for September 30. at 9:30 a. m. Her
bond was fixed at $200.
Cecil Nichols, of Marion town- , ship, will be formally named a;; I Mr. Vaughn's sucre; lor, at an adjourned meeting of the commissioners on Monday, August
15.
Frank Stoessel, county attorney, suggested that since 111*' boatd is now Democratic following the death of Ross Torr and the election of Vomer Houck, perhaps if would be best il a Democrat was named to lain his place. Mr. Stoessel said he was ready to resign, if and when the board so desired. However, the commissioners asked him to continue as county attorney, at least until the first of
| the year.
1\ LOCAL HOSPITAL
Mrs. Claud Glover was admitied to the Putnan County hospital Monday afternoon. She was brought here from the "St. I Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette where sue was taken following an automobile accident last week. Mr. and Mrs. Glover were in route to Jackson, Mich., to visit their son. Mr. Glover died from injuries received in the
1 accident.
The Russtdlville Booster Club and other organizati< • 's in that northwestern Putnam county town, have completed all tlieii populations for their annu'l Til County 4-H club fair whicli
will be held this week-end.
Some of the finest live lock m Putnam. Parke and Montgomery I counties is expected to be oxhibi lied during the three day:; the
fair will be in prog lea:
Suitable premiums are being offered in a large number of livestock, und other 1-11 i lul) activities and the girls are net being over-looked in their iF partments as various dn a nr, filled with entries from then
baking and sewing clubs.
EXTRA!
The entertainment has not been overlooked and there wei be plenty of attractions on the sheets for full evenings of fun for all who attend Glen Pursell On Hospital Board Glen Pursell, of Gieo’ca lb , was elected aa member of ilie Putnam county hospital board, during the Monday afternoon session of the county coinmi sinners. He will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac Skelton, of Washington township, several weeks ago. Mr. Pursell’s name was plan i in nomination by Verie r lloiieh, newly elected commissioner, and seconded by Alonzo Smith Commissioner Clarence Goff uoniiated George Rice of Cloverdale, but Mr. Pursell was elected by two votes to one. Other mem hers of the hospital board are Don McLeai Howard Myers and Fred Hunter.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.— (IXS)—A special coinmiNHlon tmliiy rejected a suggestion that the historic bill rrimihling While House he replaced with a new anil aircooled executive, mansion of gleaming marhle. The commission voted iiiianimously thill the White House will retain its traditional form as complete as possihle, with all modern engineering and archil eefii.il skills combined toward (hat end. Sen. HcRcllar, D„ Tenn., chairman of (he commission, an nounccd Hie group’s deeisiou this morning after a White House conference. Congress already has appropriated live niillion Inn thousand dollars lo renovale the White House, which has not hecn entirely used for nearly a year liecailse of ils dangerous condition. The major prohlcm posed for the commission was whether to retain the outer walls of the White House intact and completely rebuild tin- interior, nr whether to raze tin- entire structure, and construct a new marhle building. T he quest ion aroused tri nieiidous interest over the nation. The White House received ninny letters urging retention of Hie his toric structure in as near ils original form as possihle. This scntiir.cn! won the eimimission’s .ipproMil today. Reeonstriirtion work on the historic building is expected fo begin iinmeiliately.
“LET US SPRAY” AND THE CITY WAS THOROUGHLY SPRAYED SUNDAY
UNITED STATES TROOPS PARADE IN GERMANY
17,000 SOLDIERS REVIEWED BV JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF GRAFENWOEHR, Germany, Aug 2 (UP) The United States sont will base an all-jet air striking force in Germany and will maintain its ground forces at present strength “ready tor any emergency,” the visiting U. S chiefs of staff disclosed today. Gen. Hoyt S Vandenberg, air chief of staff, and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief of staff, tohi newsmen here that there will he i n cutback in the air and ground forces with which America will back up its commitments in Europe under the Atlantic. Treaty. The only exception. Vandenberg said, will be the Berlin airlift. That is being sealed down giadually now that the Soviet blockade of western land and water routes to Beilin has been lifted. Vandenberg said the recently regrouped fighter force in Germany soon will be entirely equipped with jet planes. He said the propeller-diiven Thunderbolts, which were America’s first-line fighters at the end of World War II. are being retired.
\MIIM.TON, Aug. 2.— (INS)-—The House today vole I n eosl-of-living increase totaling 112 und one half million dollars in tin- firs) year ot disabled yet crans id World War I and their families. The niciMlirc, which now goc, In tin- Senate, Increases ben,lit pay incuts to veterans with “pre stutiplive” Hcrvicc-cnnnecteid ills abilities. it boosted monthly payments for a veteran with total nervli connected disability from $138 to Sl.'it) a tooiilh. The overall In Crease was esftninted al eight :i;> l one halt !'cr cent. LOS AN GULES, Anig. 2 - (INS)—An upparently honi, made lioiuli rocked t he are ■ aromsl mobster Mickey Cohen's West Ins Angeles home early today and brought a frantic call lo police from Hie not-so hold ; t :uig overlord. I’ollee iuvestigalors said tho explosive was set o'.l dlreil'y aer ,s the stleel Iroiii Mickey's home in the driveway of III, lesidenee id Marin t\ tikes. The liliist l ipped a hole 10 inch es in dlaneter and Iwo or three liu lies ih ,',i in ihe concrete drive way, but otherwise ca'ised «u diiill lge, cxi cpi to t , ’e nerviM id tho !ilre:il, everw ro'ighf gang ter yylvi nunlly* was Hu target ot a gangland attempt to rtl*' hi’ii out.
These Lions Club members were eager for a day’s work when the lower picture was taken at 3 A. M. Sunday, but by mid-afternoon they hail about worked themselves out because they sprayed and they sprayed about every nook and cranny within the city and its environs, rhe lower picture was taken in front of Huraty’s station, which was headquarters for the workers during the dav The upper group was caught at the intersection of Locust and Berry streets after u wild spray they made down Locust street. They did a good job and evidence of their work was plainly visible throughout the day. It will be good against flies and insects for a week, chemists report, und may keel) down any diseases that might be lingering in these breeding places of flies or insects This is the second year the Lions have sprayed the city and despite the hard work involved, they are getting a kick out of It and are to be congratulated on their successful efforts.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.— (INS)—The a'lmliiislra I Inn’s arms (nr friends program ran into a temporary roadblock in the Seinile today when two cini millees demanded iiiiIih on presidential authority to anr otlii r nations. The Senate Uoreign Relatlonand \rmi il Services ( ommltterposI polled their public hearings (Continued on f'age Twoi Glover Rites Here Thursday Funeral services for Claud Glovi i who |n.. ., d away Monday ,ft, moon at the St. Elizabeth hn pdal in Lafayette following in automobile accident last week, will be hel I Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, DST, «• the Rector Funeral Home. Bmial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Fri'ids may call at [he funeral home. Survivor include th" widow, who was aloo injured in lire accident; oo^- ,laughter, Mrs. Joan Genbcs of Greeneastle; three sons, Robert of Jackson, Michigan, Jack Wesley and Chark'S Richard, both at home; two sisters, Mrs. F. R. Casobeer of t’iocinnati, and Miss Paulino Ferrell of Tampa. Florida; one brother. Ross of St. laiuis; and his mother, Mrs. Hat riett Glirver of St. Louis.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany. Aug. 2. (UP) —Half the American army’s defense strength in Europe 17.000 troops of .the crack 1st Infantry Division and attached units—paraded in battle an ay here today before the U. S. joint chiefs of staff. Fighter planes from the occupation force dived low over the review and token rudts from the navy and armored constabulary took part. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Adin. Drills Denfeld and Air Force Gin. Hoyt S. Vandenberg flew here from Frankfurt to review the American fences, which they indicated yesterday may form a permanent part of the Atlantic Pact defense organization. The strength of the 1st Divinion, the only complete American division statiyned in Europe was increased from three to four regiment.'! for the review. One of the regiments led th» march on foot. The others followed in hundreds of jeeps and truck . The review was held or. fin dusty Grafenwoehr parade grounds where Adolf Hitlers armies once rehearsed for war. To show its fire pov.-er. the ori upatinn force paraded nine fi.-M artillery battalions past th,‘'visitor!!. The 90-minute review Included three light lank companies and a battalion of heavy tanks. The joint chiefs spent an hour and one half before the para I ■ in an inspection tour ot th > Grafenwoehr training grounds The It. S Army and Air Forc> will hold joint autumn war games next month. They made the trip h -re today at the suggestion of Lt. Gu\ Clarence R, Huebner, commander of occupa'ion troops, who was their boat. KILLED BV AUTO EVANSVILLE, Aug. 2 (UP) Police searched today for the driver of tho car which struck and killed James P. Farris. 61. Vanderburgh county farm employe, yesterday on U. S. 41 near the Evansville-Henderson. Ky., bridge.
© Todays Weather • & and & Local Temperature 0 Mostly cloudy today with scattered showers east and sou'h Clear li’g slowly tonight preceded by scattered showers southeast Somewhat cooler tonight. Tomorrow mostly fab and pleasant. High today 75 to 80 north. 80 to 80 south. Low tonight 56 to 62 north, 60 to 65 south
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