The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 August 1949 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949.
E INJURED ■CAR CRASH ROADS 40-43 l itI H i: REPORT EXHIVE DAMAGE TO AlTOMOBIL.ES
!persons were injured in m accident at the interol road 40 and 43, five pth of the city at 6:40 [edit. sday. Slate police orted considerable propto all automobiles ..uid Dr. George McClinvinr an Oldsmobile, was . t ,,n 40. A Pontiac, \ Hryan Robinson, 53, Route 4, was going t and the two cars at the intersection. ,,hui ion car then went both lanes of 40 and 1U19 Plymouth, driven K Green, of Indianapw;i u going north on 43 shipped for the intersecKobmson car then ei the embankment at H.;t corner and travelion loot in the field being to a stop. Hie Robinson sustained bruises. Mr. and Mrs. I:eiy, passengers in the (Hr, were also cut and Bud Mr. Grady was be- ) liavi suffered a fraeV light leg. tin ce injured persons flight to the Putnam ispltal. er Local oman Is Dead he been received here path of Mrs. E. E. Calddnerday night at FranUwa a former resident | castle. jal "i vices will bp held lefternoon at 3 o'clock i Klynn Funeral Home In hd Mrs Caldwell have aidents of the Masonk I he past few years that, they resided in ! a'id before going south grocery store on (berty street for a num-
REX HAMMOND IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Rex Hammond, trustee of Washington township, suffered a serious heart attack late Wed nesday and was rushed to the hospital. He was in an oxygen tent during the night and was reported slightly improved Thursday. His condition was critical during the night.
Resigns Chairmanship UINtiTON. Aug. 4. (UP) I’ Scott, Jr., submitted 1 ation today au chairth Republican Nationai ' i'll o warning that l\ must win some elcei fade as a political In turned on President 1 the "Typhoid Harry" "id infect the American hb' with the deadly virus •'•w Me said he was sure iimm knew not what he " ! but ttmt he was doing the same, 11 e." Scott said, "that 1 " is against the StalJ hi,,.; knuckle state: V Iiuman is against statp’ he doesn’t know and believe that he carries h Mut germs of the poiitound in his ideologh |:i prornise-a-lot proh r 1 the ‘Typhoid Harry’ i 1111 and his program is 1 ' on of the believers in i'uvveifui police state." 1 le.sigi'ation was sub1 1 the national commit"mi here to choose his f n tinu*<i on Page Two)
Years A^o F N RREENCASTLE
Mavis and son, George, 1 in Pimrnto. " "P of local girls campr 1 'U key Run included 0 Moore, Mary O’Rear, Shannon, Virginia Rari- * ai > Umlse Throop, Arditli Elizabeth Pruitt and Johnson, a| i'l Mrs. O. B. Lush were ' ni ' « few days in St. Mo. an<t Mrs. Jacob Eitel and > were in Indianapolis.
Advisory Board Adopts 15c Levy The advisory board at Us meeting adopted the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Advisory Board of Greencastle Township that the sum of 15c per hundred on the assessed valuation of the Township be Included in the proposed Budget for the year 1950 for the purpose of purchasing fire protection for the Township providing a suitable contract can be made. The board in its consideration of the matter was favorably im pressed that almost one third of the township had signed petitions for this purpose and that they had received absolutely no written objections to the inclusion of this amount in the budget. It was pointed out by the board that in the event a majority of the taxpayers of the township objected to the expenditure or a suitable contract could not be consumated with the city that the additional levy would be carried over as a surplus for next year, thus reducing the tax levy for 1951. Albert G. Acord Rites Saturday Albert G. Acord, age 76 years, passed away at his home in Owen county, Quincy R .1, early Thursday morning. Mi. Acord was a retired fanner and had spent most of his life In the Owen county community. He was born September 8. 187J. the son of David and Sarah Meek Acord, near Cataract Falls. He was a 50 year member of the Quincy lodge No. 655 F. & A. M. and was a member of the Red Men lodge and the Quincy Methodist church. Survivors are the wife, Claudia; four sons, David and William at home, Frederick and Maurice of Indianapolis; one daughter. Mrs. Mabel Lucas, of Clinton. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 p. in. CST from the Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale. Rev. June Evans will be in charge. Burial will be in Combs cemetery south of Quincy. Quincy lodge No. 655 F. H aatloMrri »a !’■■« Two! Farmer Held On Rape Charge DANVILLE, Ind., Aug. 4 - (UP) Hendricks county author ities today held a 49-year-oli! farmer, Ernest Butler, on c charge of statutory rape in connection with the assault of a seven-year-old girl. Deputy Sheriff Porter Money said Butler was being held for a grand jury investigation of the alleged rape, which occurred last July 17. The assault was leported by Ihe child’s family. Money said Butler was being held under $5,000 ball after a preliminary hearing at which Butler did not make a plea. TO ATTEND CONVENTION Anu.i’g those who will attend the annual convention of the Indiana Dopa-tim'iit of the American Legion will be the official delegates of the Cassell C. Tucker Post 58 in Greencastle. The delegates are Gwin Ensign, Thomas P. Carney, Fred Snively, Cecil Brown, John A. Cartwright, Gifford Black and Russel Pierce. The delegates from Greencastle will leave for Fort Wayne this week end. Others from Greencastle and Putnam county are expected to attend the convention which will get underway In Fort Wayne on Saturday.
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PLAN ANNUAL SHEEP SALE AT CITY PARK 13 HEAD OF Pi’ll ERRED EWES AND RAMS TO BE SOLD The annual sheep sale of purebred ewes and rams will be held at Robe-Ann Park Wednesday evening at 7:00 o’clock, Central Standard time. There are 23 head of sheep consigned to this sale, consisting of Shropshire.-!, Southdowns, Suffolk, Oxfords, H&mpshires and Cheviots. This sale is held yearly- following the sheep judging at tlie Putnam County Fair. Many of ihe animals offered are blue ribdon winners in their respective classes. The Putnam County Sheep Breeders Association, who sponlor this sale, is one of the leading livestock organizatii ns of he county. The outlook for the sheep racing industry is more favorable than in many years due to the fact that their numbers have decreased to the level lowest since the Civil war and an animal must be found which can best consume and convert into profit the pasturage of la«ul highly susceptable to erosion. Putnam county has much land that is highly favorable to sheep raising and it is believed that many agriculturists will include a flock of sheep in their farming program, once they learn the return to be had on their investment. One of the primary rcquisQts is to use a good mutton ram for breeding the ewes. The pure bred breeders have realized this fact and have gone out and brought into Putnam county good animals upon which to build their flocks. It is hoped that those interested in better living will attend this sale and purchase animals suited to their needs.
HAS IHTII CHILD LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 4 — (UP) Doctors at St. Joseph Hospital revealed today that an 18th child was born yesterday to the 43-year-old wife of a Pennsylvania railroad trackman. Mrs. John Lombart:; was reported in fair condation after she received a blood transfusion. No name was selected immediately for the seven pound, 12 ounce boy. Nurse Beaten By Professor COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 4. (UP) Charges against Russell B. Maxey, University of South Carolina professor, will be filed after doctors report on the condition of pistol-whipped nurse Ann Pierce, Sheriff T. Alex Heise said today. Miss Pierce lay in serious condition while Maxey, 45, sat silently in a jail cell and refused to say more than that he had beat her because he loved her and was jealous. If the 32-year-old nurse dies, Heise said, the cliaige will be murder. If she lives, Maxey will be charged with assault and battery with intent lo kill. Investigation of the bloodstained cottage in which slu lived, scene of the brutal threehour beating early Wednesday turned up several teeih knocked from Miss Pierce’s jaws by tinbutt of Maxcy’s pistol. Surge ur said a long course of operations would be necessary to restore her beauty. Maxey told officers that he intended to kill Miss Pierce and then himself. Neighbors wh > heard the woman’s screams called police Who broke In'o th • house and found the couple grappling on the floor. Maxey said he had hidden under the bed until she came in and began to undress. Miss Pierce was reported by Heise to have been annoyed by Maxey’s attentions, even though he had the avowed hope of marrying her after gaining a diforce from his present wife. He is an associate professor of engineering at the university here.
PLATES HALF PRICE All vehicle license plates for the remainder of 1949, with the exception of those for farm trai - tors ,are being issued by the Putnam county license bureau at half price. This half-price charge became effective Aug. 1. FREAK ACCIDENT INDIA NAPOLI'*;, Aug. 4 (UUP) Authorities said tod..y Kenneth J. White was killed in a freak accident. • White, inspecting a hoisting machine, dove to his death yesterday from a height of more than 20 feet when an operator apparently pulled the wrong handle and the hoist arm plummeted to tlie ground. Farmers Must Cut Wheat Acreage Farmers were put on notice today that compliance with wheat acreage allotments will be necessary if they want the protection of government price supports in their 1950 wheat crop. A "permitted” acreage, Philip B. Hutcheson said, will bo used only for those farms for whicli a 1950 wheat allotment of less than 15 acres is established and the wheat acreage seeded for harvest is in excess of the allotment. In those cases, the permitted acreage is the smaller of the wheat acreage seeded for harvest or 15 acres. The cut in acreage is necessary this year, Mr. Hutcheson explained, because the U. S. has reached the point where there simply is not a demand for all tin- wheat our farmers can produce. Mr. Hutcheson emphasized that if wheat growers comply with acreage allotments, thus adjusting production to expected requirements, it may be unnecessary to use marketing quotas for future crops.
Brazil Attorney In Legion Race INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4 - (UP) George N. Craig of Bra zil, Indiana’s “favorite son" candidate for National American Legion commander, today began the last leg of a nationwtdc campaign tour. An attorney and world war II veteran, Craig conferred adth Legion officials here yesterday. Hr was a candidate for the top office at the last two nation 1 conferences. This year he reportedly has the solid backing of the midwest and several eastern slates. Craig said he would address nine state Legion conventions before attending the national conclave at Philadelphia Aug. 29 -Sept. 1. Election to the highest Legiin office would make him the scc>nd Hoosier lo gain that post Former Indiana governor Paul V. McNutt was commander in 1929.
CONGRATULATIONS
Greencastle city and Township of finals are to be congrat ulated on taking definite step:, towards fire protection for the farm property as well as residential property in the township adjacent to the corporate limits. Following Tuesday night’s general discussion of the fire hazard to which this property is exposed, the township officials took quick and definite action to eliminate it. The city council is unanimous in its efforts to provide this protection. Immediate steps can be taken by the city towards securing a-l-ditinnal fire fighting equipment, suitable for use in the township, and when this arrives, additional man-power should be available to make the city department an effieient one for every piece of property within a six mile radius, which includes Greencastle township. It may mean that some residents who now lack sufficient I water near buildings will build ! reservoir cisterns which should hold 500 to 1000 gallons of water and this will add greatly | to the efficieny of the department. A card index of every farm in the township will be made at headquarters and firemen will know exactly what they can expect when they arrive at a farm. In the course of a few years, this protection should mean a small saving in insurance rates within the township. Blame Robbery On N. Y. Gang NICE, France, Aug. 4 (UP) Police said today they believed the daring $000,000 daylight rubbery of the Ag.i Khan and his beautiful French A'i.'e may have been master-minded by New York mobsters. A trans-Alnatic police alarm for the four masked bandit,.., along with a full description of the 43 pieces of loot taken from the Aga’s wife, the Begum, was ■a-bled to police In America. Insurance investigators wh 1 lew from liritain to the Riviera ■ re exploring the possibility that he gems may have been placed board a ship or plane en route o the United States. The American mobsters win taged the stickup of the fabulously wealthy Aga Khan may lave been among those known o be vacationing of the Riviera >r those deported from the Unit'd States. Police said they believed Lie robbery of the Aga Khan yesterday was conceived by the lame master mind who ordered he $600,000 looting or the Van Glcef and Arpels jowevy house n the northern resort town of Deauville just 24 hours earlier. CONDITION I'M IIANGED Mrs. Harriot Custer was rerorted as still in a critieal condiion at the Putnam county hospital Thursday morning followng a gunshot wound suffered at icr home on Central Avenue shortly before noon Wednesday.
POLIO VIRUS NOW STUDIED
EXTRA!
in test tube May Cancel
State Fair
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SCIENTISTS ARE GROWING VIRUS; HOPE TO FIND
A CURE
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 4
The virus that causes polio now can be grown and studied in the test tube .ojiening the way for an accelerated four-p.onged 'at-
tack on infantile paralysis. Tlie accomplishment in itsei by Harvard University’s ciiuu
ren's hospital scientists in developing a new technique to grow the virus outside the human body is great enough, but Pie ultimate gains may be even greater. The new work is being done by these investigation!, in the research division of mieiUous diseases, children's medi-
cal center, Boston, and is finane
ed by funds from the National
Foundation for infantile
alysis.
Scientists previously were ,ib. • to grow the polio virus for n short time in a test tube, using nerve tissue for culture. The elv dren’s hospital researc:i toain. however, now have found that the virus .vill grow and multiply in a culture with other types (.!' human tissue. Although the project is but a year old, the Harvard scientist?; have shown that the virus of one strain in group 2 polio can lie grown in the test tube, and preliminary experiments indicat ■ that a strain in group x polio also may so succeed. The avenues, which possible may be speeded up as e result o r the work here, lead to such polio goals as: 1. A source of large amounts of virus for possible vaccination purposes. 2. Classification of virus types and the elimination or animals for some experiments in polio. 3. Disclosing how the virus attacks and feeds on the living cell. 4. Isolation of virus as a possible aid to diagnosis. The work indicated that Pi ■ virus, a parasite, feeds on human tissue other than nerve cell; Such might explain why polic virus can be found in healthy persons without outward .symp-
toms.
In the experiments here, the Harvard scientists obtained their virus known as the laitkin,.; strain fron infected mice or I monkeys. It is placed in a fluid made up or salt, scrum of ox blood, penicillin, streptomycin, and minced human tissue Th" penicillin and strepto r.ycin are used to desttoy any bacteria that may have been in the tissue and thus sterilize tlie fluid wit 1 ', out affecting the virus. The ox blood and salt serve as food ti the tissue cells, keeping them alive so that the virus can in turn feed and multiply upon tin
tissue.
Tin- scientists have kept the human tissue alive for as long as 40 days, and within 20 days the polio virus has multiplied .1self by 5,400 times in the fluid alone, a "production" or virus that merely represents the ovt i • <'««nM !'««■>• 'f'awoi
l INDIAN ATOMS, Aug. 4.— (INS)—The Indiana polio epidemic today tlireutciied poutpoiiemciit or even cancellation of tlie 191!) state fair. Carl Tyner, secretary manager of Ihe State Fair Board, said that if the pnlin situation gethad enough, "ihitre is no douht that tlie lair will lie postponed nr canceled." I>r. Leroy E. Burney, state liealtli commissioner, said, however, it is too early to determine definitely whether the fair will n | re it. He added (hut the deeislnn ile|M'iids entirely on the niinilH-r ot polio r ases throughout tlie state. Mr. Burney said: *Tf Hie high rate of eases remains confined to (he eastern ami northeastern Indiana < nun lies, there will he no reason in postpone the fair. I would urge, how ever, that persons in those counties mil attend. "If (here is a rteeidr I in, reaxe in the nuiiihfr of cases In other sections of Hie state, I feel that it would l»c advisithle to at least post pone Hie fair." Tyner said that if the fair is canceled the state will lose at least stun.null which Inis hi cn ex|M-niled in preparation tor the exposition ,and added: **( aiin-ILntl'uii would w reck us I'iiiani ially. But if the health hoard advises us not to open the lair, it will not open.” The death of nine year-old Rue Steele early today at Ball Memorial Hospital. Mum ie, in creased Indiana polio fatalities to Bll. The total nuinhci of eases for the year i.laiids at 391 with the addition of 15 new outbreaks.
OLD FI3E TRUCK HAS MADE ITS LAST RUN
MAKE SUCCESS, N. V., Aug. I.— (INS) —Acting Mediator Ralph Biuiehe urged the I idled Nations today to drop Ihe arms j cinliargo and the I’alestine shipping and immigration hloeha-.lo to clear iiie way for a final peace settlement. Kiinche advised the Security Council to “keep a liund" in the Holy I,and to tlie extent of lending support io (lie Implementation uf tlie armistice agreements hot ween Israel and Hie A rati lauds and to he ready to forbid any renewed, on.oreaks of lighting; il such should occur.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — (I’I*)—Cioxidi lit Trimilsiii told a news < ijiiGTciicc today Inal ho has no particular desire tor sor:illc,| "hl.iiik-c.l'i i i," ,.i>w<;r ,|o send \nieriiaii arms to any part I tlie world. Mr. Truman, when nske.l whectln r lie would accept a con:pro.niso oi. Ins i . quest for $1, l.i<),(N)0,0ft0 in amis aid for free nations, insisted liower that Ihe lii.I sirinild In' passed as lie sulu'.iitted it. and as quickly as possible.
\\ \SHINGTON, Vug. I. (UP) ■ ’resident Truman announced tort ay that the State Department will Issue tomorrow a lengthy "white pa|H'ft’ on the nation's policy in recent years toward China. In announcing this, Air. ITuma.ii asserted that (lie “warm" friendship he!ween the people of tliis country amt ot ( Inna is ‘ns strong today" as ever. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (UP) — I 1 . S. Comptroller General Lindsa.i Warren disclosed today what he lermoil "shocking" cvlden< e of “fraud, collusion and in brlhery” on Hie part of former army officers in tlie award of wartime government contracts.
The old fire truck, shown above, which n<>" stands forlornly outside the Greencastle fire department. is definitely on its way out. The truck, which has been in service for the past quarter of u century, will be replaced by a new truck before the first of the year to provide fire protection for Greencastle township as well as the city. The truck broke down completely several weeks ago. Estimates of the expense involved in replacing parts and repairs in general and still h iving an old truck, were considered too high. With only two trucks remaining, the city administration deemed it advisable not to take the risk of answering alarms out of the corporation limits and leaving local property unprotected. Consequently. the township has been without any organized fire protection most of the summer. Action this week by the council, the township trustee and the advisory board indicates that a new truck with the very latest equipment will take the place of the old truck in the near future.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — (INS)—President Truman discltMM'd today Hint Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt lias suomittvil her ri-Hignation as a U. S. delegate t-» th:* United Nations, hut that ho has |M-rsuudcd her to retain till- position.
MEASURE WILL CRACK DOWN ON 5 PER CENTERS IFNATOK CLVDK R. HOEY ANNOUNCES HE IS DRAFTING BILL WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. (UPl -Chairman Clyde R. Hoey of a Senate subcommittee ingestlga - ing “five per centers” said today he is drafting legislation to crack down on Washington’s influence salesmen. The North Carolina Democrat said his bill should be ready for introduction in a day or two. He is baaing it on a study of evidence dug up by subcommittee investigators in preparation for public hearings that will start Monday. There is nothing illegal under present law about operations of the “five per centers," who sell lh<n contacts in tlie capital to businessmen wanting government contracts. The fee usually is five per cent of the contract. Despite its legality, the socalled "influence Industry" is officially frowned on. Top government officials have urged businessmen to approach federal agencies directly, and to by-pa"3 middlemen who claim to have influence where it will help. Sens. Kail E. Mundt, R. S. D.. and Homer E. Ferguson, R., Mich . nlieady have introduced bills to put some check on tha “five per centers." Mundt’s bill would require them to register with Congress. Ferguson’s would make holders of government contracts name any outsiders with whom they dealt. Hoey would not say what approach his bill would take But he said he hoped it would help close out the borderdlne field legal but sometimes questionable -in which the ‘‘five per centers" operate. He will invite all members of the subcommittee to jo a him in sponsoring the measure. British Boxing Champ Injured DONCASTER. Eng Aug. 4 - t Utr ) Bruce Woodcock. British claimant to Ihe heavyweight boxing title vacated by Joe Louis, was injured in a truck accident near here early today and may be forced to cancel his scheduled "world title” bout with American Lee savold. Woodcock suffered a slight concussion and possible other injuries when a truck tie was driving skidded into a tree. I’romoter Jack Solomons said tie would await a fill medical lepoit before deciding whether ’o cancel the bout ivttn Uavold at 'Vliit** City stadium, London, Sept. 6. v oodcock was taken to Doncaster Royal infirmary, where he was reported in a "fairly comfortable" condition. INJl KIES FATAL INDIANAPOLIS. Aug 4 -- (UP) Police said today that William Butter. 76. Indianapolis lied of injuries he received when hit by an automobile last night despite first aid rendered imnediately by the doctor who drove the car. Dr. Alexander J. Rahn. 30. told police he .vas unable to mis* Butler, who stepped from a bus and crossed the street In front of Halm's car. Rahn set Butler's broken leg at the accident scene, but he died within an hour after being taken to General Hospital. ® Todays Weather ■> and • St local Temperature • Partly cloudy today will: chani-e of a few showers extreme south mostly fair tonight and tomorrow a little warmer tomoirow. High today 80 to 85 north. 85 to 88 south Low tonight 55 to 60 north, 62 to 66 south. Minimum 64* 6 a. m 64° 7 a. m. 70*. 8 a. m 70’ 9 a. m. 75 10a m. .. 79’ 11 a. m 81’ 12 noon 84' 1 p. m 85 ’
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