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Yfifty-sevem COUNCIL regular SION TUES. ;\|,I.OW Kl> AN ,) bi'siness rn\x»E1 , BV Oi l '< , ALS hII m«nI’coancilman F. e-i Pease I their rcg 'lar meet- ■ . evening with Mayjlt presiding M> Pease at-jm ordinance w-as -tmously after beinj; '.ouncilman George .jtal was -■tj-iil- ■ m request to enter the cut the side walk was came from Eddie Buis, ng the contractor on tnc Alpha Gamma trityVaaCkavc. local radio submitted the only ftM installation of a tvoiio station for the city t mil cost Jl.dOt). iilsoagreed to let “Japrrpair the storm Washington street beand Bloomington Tt of $3.00 per hour. It I tyi to 200 hours time. Stewart announced the next regular meeting school ' will be held at Marion King and Ji n (IndianapDlis firemen for and 10 years respectiv|be guests of Greencast* :»iil tell of some of their Stiles m fighting fire in capital. 1 scale for the sewer tie done in Urecncastle fixed by the local state datives. It runs from hour for unskilled work for some of the skilled , Harry Black representlaty on the board. Serai discussion of side curbs and gutters and 1 on several streets was *as agreed that Ariingneeds both side walks and gutters badly, but of the people hv- . filed a protest with the itt, before any action was jthus probably preventing ; there. Stewart cited Olive another street which dts and gutters and - it <1 that such an imthere would toe ot l^tetoth abutting propels pioject has an cut- ?* Wi ‘y of being carried

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1949.

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NO. 279

NEW TEACHER

Bainbrldge

ate completing final ® ’ he b| g community sale 'he Monroe towi.- ' on state road J6. * 1, an annual event ' !<1 the Lions, has successful every proceeds are used to

in Bain-

'tivic projects

Allss Marguerite ( atnn

Mi^s Caton is a native of Clay Cily, Indiana. She was graduated from Clay City High School in 19.'15. from Indiana University with a degree as bachelor of public school music in 1P40. and a master's degree in music in 1945. She has taught eight years, and has been supervisor of music for seven. During the past six years she has been supervisor of music at Mitchell, Indiana. Miss Caton will have charge of the vocal music in Greencastle High School and supervise the music in the grade schools. While in attendance at Indiana University she was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta. She wa; chosen for Phi Lambda Theta and Sigma Alpha Iota. She was graduated "with honors" in 1940. She is a member of the Methodist Church. USO Drive In County Planned John Hammond .chairman, announced Wednesday that a campaign will be held in Putnam county in October for the pu 1 '- pose of raising USO funds to entertain Indiana's ;il.76(i men in the armed forces who are being trained for national defense. Only seven months after th. wartime USO had received an honorable discharge from President Truman, it was called back into service by the government because of the large, new miliary personnel undergoing ti lining. Of tlie 31,766 Indiana men In service, 148 of them are from "Putnam county. The USO will again offer spiritual and welfare service to all boys while they arc away from home in training. In addition to the USO clubs, lounge and mobile units in operation near (he Icncly and overcrowded camps, the USO now provides Veterans Hospitals Camp Shows which bring professional entertainment to the 120 Vcteians Hospital in our country where 100,000 of our boys and girls are trying to recover their health. Mr. Hammond has selected four other young veterans an I business men to assist him in the USO drive. They ate: Hal Hickman, vice chairman: Gene Matthews. secretary: Ben Cannon, treasurer; C. B. Hammond, publicity.

SPENT 16 DAYS IN AN IRON LUNG

Bob Hutchins, son of Mr. and Mi - Eugene Hutchins of Roachdale. is shown above m the iron lung in which he spent 16 days nftP r being stricken with polio. The picture was taken at the Kobert Long hospital in Indianapolis Young Hutchins, a former Roachdale basketball star arid also a regular on tin* Wabash rollege net team, has been out of the iron lung for several days now and

is recovering "slowly but surely.”

COUNTY COMES IN FOR SHARE OF FAIR PRIZES AUDITION,Yl. PI TN.YM WINNERS WKKE ANNOUNCE I > WEDNESDAY That Putr am county is coming n for its share of awards at the 1949 Indiana State Fair, now irr nogress at Indianapolis, is cle&ry evidenced in the list of adhticnal winning entrants front this community announced Wednesday. Included in this grouup are: Balls calved between Jan. 1— April 30. 1948, Ray and Gerald lodfelter, 3rd. Bulls calved between May 1 Aug. 31, 1948, Ray and Gerald Clodfelter, 2nd; J. E. Brattain and Son, 5th; W. R. W. Stock Farm, 10th. Bulls calved after Jan. 1, 1949, Ray and Gerald Clodfelter,

4th.

Heifers calved between May t, Aug. 31, 1948, Ray and Jerald Clodfelter. 2nd; J. E. Brattain and Son, 6th. Heifers calved between Sept. 1 Dec. 31, 1948, Ray and Gerald Clodfelter, 4th. 1948 single Suffolk ram lambs, William Hurst, 3rd and 4th. Pen 3 ram lambs, William Hurst, 2nd. Single ewe lamb, William Hurst, 3rd and 4th. Pen 3 ewe lambs, Willian Hurst, 1st and 4th. Single Southdown ram lamb. Bernard and Doretta Harris. 7th. Pen 3 ewe lambs, Bernard and Doretta Harris, 7th. Suffold Fleece, William A Hurst, 1st. Pair Polled Shorthorn yearlings, Ray and Gerald Clodfelter,

3rd.

Get of Sire. Ray and Gerald Clodfelter, 3rd. 'Pair of calves, Ray and Gerald Clodfelter, 3rd. Get of Sire, Harry McCabe,

5 th.

Pair of calves. Harry McCabe.

6 th.

Shorthorn bulls calved between May 1 Aug. 31. 1948, Earl Wilson & Son, 5th. Bulls calved between Sept. 1 Dec. 31, 1948, Harry McCabe,

7th.

Heifers calved between May 1 —Aug. 31, 1948, Harry McCabe,

10th. ( Dairy Calf < ,asses -Cow Ella Failure to stop for a schoo Marie Nicholson 4th k us was unloading str-4-H Arts, ( tafts and Hobbies, ( ] enEs proved costly to Jess Blue Ribbons, Marilyn McElroy. I Gl j ff j n of Detroit, Mich., la’s

Reelsville R 1; Joyce Sibb.tt, ' Fillmore R. 1; Mary Lee Spencer,

MAD GUNMAN'S TOLL OF DEAD CLIMBS TO 13 ' J’.Y/.ID VETERAN CREATED REIGN OF TERROR IN CAM)JEN, N. J.

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WAVNK HOPKINS WITH RECTOR FCNERAL HOME Charles Rec'or announced today that Warie Hopkins, of near Noblesville. is now connected with the Rector Funeral Home, succeeding Cecil Perkins who has gone to Roachdale. Mr. Hopkins is a licensed e.obalmer, coming here from Indidlanapolis. Mrs. Hopkins is the former Roberta Newg"nt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert New-

gent of this city.

Ponder School

Loan Funds

The Putnam County Council had under consideration yesterday and today the matter of th a state loaned funds to Putnam county for school fund loans. Orginally this fund was loaned tlie comty for reloaning to Putnam county citizens. Tlie county pays the state four per cent interest and at present a total of $69,267 remains unloaned in the fund. This Is costint: the county about $4,000 annualy

in WteteSt fee's.

The council was debating whether or not to turn the unloaned portion or any part of i ( back to the state in order to

not pay interest on it. Detroit Driver Fined Tuesday

$1000 Left To Local Church

The sum of $1,000 is left to the building fund of the Fu st ciu i'i' ian church in the will of Mrs. Gcitrude A Hutchescn, who passed away recently. The will, filed in probate m th‘- Putnam circuit court, appoints the Central National Bank as executor. It was date ; February 2, 1948 and witness by C. C. Gillen and Nellc F. Gil ten. A nephew, John R. Ton, is Irf . he sum of $2,000 and Glen T. Baggy, nephew of Mis. Hutch'' Son's deceased husbf.t d, also reoeiv s $2,000 The will .stipulates that household goods and personal effects bo divided ecpially among her sisters, Fannie Tori' and Mary I Bond, and children of her deceas ml brother, John R King. The executor is empowered and authorized to sell real estat ih Greencastle township and the money from this sale and all ather sources be diveded equally «*,ni;g those mentioned above. A 135-ncre farm in Washing •on township is bequeathed to Philip B. Hutcheson, brother o r her deceased husband. Upon hi death, the farm is to be sol I and the not proceeds divided among Fannie Torr, Mary Bond and the hildren of John R. King, deceased.

PUTNAM COURT NOTES

CAMDEN. N. J.. Sept. 7.(INS)—Howard B. Unruh calm ly described today his “revenge’ shooting spree that took the llv es of 13 persons, and his story ol wanton mass murder male au* 1 ) orilles determined thet he should die for his crimes. District Attorney Mitchell II ohen declared tha* the Bllil - eadlng, sharp-shooting war vetr.i'i stayed almost eiiiotlonles. luring an all night grilling. Hr said "every effort will tie marie” to send him to the electric chair The prosecutor declared he will resist any effort to have Ihe 28-year-old gunman declared insane, (ohen said l nr nil's on!' expression of regret or remor-r was that three children were In eluded among his victims. Two youngsters were killed instantly. The third, John Wilson, 9, died early today. • During the long interrogation Unruh told the district attorney

and police:

“The neighbors have been picking on me for months and when I came home Monday night and found my gate (lead dig to Ids apartment) had been broken I derided to shoot all of them so that I would get the

right one.”

Eater Unruh went through an ether interrogation by psychlatlisst but no announcement was made whether they believe Un-

ruh insane.

EXTRA!

BOSTON, Sept. 7.—(UP)—A pretty Dallas, Tex., debutante was killed and her escort seriously injured when they fell lio.n on« d'-ek to another aboard t Poston-bound lin-r at sea, it was revealed today. The American Export Lines, operators of the passenger liner Excalibur, said that Miss Adrienne Atwell, granddaughter of » federal fudge, died "In spite of all efforts of three doctors

aboard."

Robert M. Willard. 21, a Dallas , student, suffered head Injuries In | Hie accident Saturday and was In a coma for three days. Hr ! will be hospitalized a> soon as I he Exealihur arrives at Boston tonight, the line announced. A lines spokesman here said that Miss Atwell and Willard apparently fell or slipped" from the boat deck to the promenade deck—about nine feet. There was no storm at the time. "They were apparently together when they fell,” he added. The accident occurred at 12:20 a. rn. UST Saturday and Miss Atwell died of her injuries at l:4.o a. m., UST, yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7.— (INS)—A spectacular fouralarm fire threatened towering I’hlladelphia skyscrapers and hotels today as It gutted an empty six-story hcildlng close by. A minor fire was ignited at the nearby St. James Hotel and the St. Francis Hotel said smoke will c ause extensive damage. Just before noon, the fire raged on, spreading to a restaurant and liar near the empty, gutted structure.

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Bevin And Cripps In U. S. Capital WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. (UP) —British Foreign Secretary E.< - est Bevin said today lb' idea f Britain being allowed to pe i I Marshall Plai dolt,a : anywise 'sound rather good." Bevin and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripp arrived here at 7:15 a. m. aftee an overnight trip from New York to participate in the dollar crisis conference with the United States ri d Canada. The foreign secretary was tol I •hat Cauad as Finance Mlnist"' Douglas. C. Abbott yesterday sai l he would favor Bt Haiti having a free ECA dollar to spend

anywhere.

“I would alike to have a la with him," Bevi’i said. "It sounds rather good.” Bevin said he could add nothing to his remarks ma le aftn his arrival on the Mametarn from Fi gland last li ght. A that time he said Britain we•not asking for further grants on an aid bauds. Bevin and Cripps left Union Station Immediately for breakICoatlBB** TW*»

Russellville; Jeretta Sutherlin, Greencastle R 1 (Red Ribbons) Jacquelyn Steward, Bainbridge R. 1. Breeding heifer classes (Shorthorns and Polled Shorthorns) David Gee Grimes. 7th. Junior yearling, Morris McGaughey, 6th. Summer yearlng, R. E. Clodfeltcr, 3rd; Morris McGaughey.

5th.

Senior calf, Morris McGaughey. 1st. Junior Yearling i Hereford* and Polled Hersfords) Morris McGaughey, 6th. Summer yearling. Morris Me , Gaughey, 5th. I Senior calf, Morris MeGaughey, 1st. Beef feeding classes (Shortdorn and Polled ©i,--.thorn) ivig-it weight Tom McCabe. 5t-h. Get of Sire, Tom McCabe, 2nd. 4-H Club litter show (Hampshire litters) Edwin Brannei man. Clovcrdale, 7th. j 4-H Food Preseivatlon. Red ' Ribbons, Anna Bryan, Fillmore R. 1. Blue Ribbon, Joyce Sibbiti, Fillmore ft L One quart or pint of Tomatoes. Carol Gardner, Russellville. ROACHDALE WOMAN FILES FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Clara E Long, of Roach dab- has filed suit for divorce circuit court, from George N. Long. They were married July 9 1922 and separated February 26. 1949. Th. plaintiff asks $1,000 ah mony; custody of four minor children; $M per week support money, and all other proper relief. Rexell A. Boyd is her attorney.

Tuesday afternoon.

Griffin was traveling east on load 36 when a school bus stopped about a mile west of Bain- ! bridge. Two children of Mr. cl Mrs. Lewis Halt were gotting off the bus as Griffin approach

ed.

*The motorist did not stop and the children had to jump out of the way. Griffin swerved to avoid hitt.ng them and his ca' wrnt into the ditch. Lieut. Raub and Sgt. Foltz o" the Putnamville State Polie • Post investigated. Griffin wss arrested for reckless driving and brought to Greencastle where h ns fined $10 n d costs by Just)ce of the Peace Ola T. Ellis Griffin's car was also damaged, police said.

Olive Sutherlin vs. Chet Flak' complaint for possessior of real - s ate. Gillen tn Lyon are attorneys for the plaintiff. t Hurst Sheep Are Shown In Magazine The September issue of “The Sheepman." official niagazce of the registered sheep breeds of the country, nas been received by local breeders and the front cover Is taken up with a beautiful winter scene picture of the Suffolk sheep on the farm of William A. Hurst, south of Greencastle. The magazine says the Illinois State Fair reports, "No chilly winds may blow, but this warn t taken at the show—let's call it ‘Suffolks on the Snow Cirruit'.'

CAMDEN, N. J., Sept. 7—A 12-year-old boy died today the 13th persons slaughtered by religious fanatic Howard Unruh in his vengeance against storekeepers whom he considered the ‘moneychangers" of the neighborhood. He wounded three

others.

John Wilson died in Cooper hospital 18 hours after Unruh j .‘clled 16 men, women and child- j : en in a 20-minute shooting spree that t in ed a quiet residential section into a scene of blood and

' error.

The three remaining injured a woman and two boys were till in the hospital but their coalition was not critical. The Wilson boy, his mother ird grandmother were shot while they sat in an automobile waitirg for a traffic light. The two women were killed instantly with single shots. Unruh told police his resentment against the neighborhood storekeepers, the druggist, the shoemaker, the barber and the tailor—drove him to the killings “The neighbors had been talk ing about me for some time and making derogatory re r ark about my character," Unruh told police. "I had been thinking about killing them for some

time."

Police said neighbors bold them the 27-year-old Unruh "hated everybpdy. especially storekeepers whom he referred to as 'money changers'." Unruh. who turned a Camder street into a scene of carnag * yesterday with 20 minutes of <«'«•*»tinnil I’HttP r»>n»

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (UP) —Sen. John Foster Dulles, K., N. Y'„ announced today he will ho a candidate in the special November election to fill the line\plred term of former Democratic

Senator Robert F. Wagner.

Wagner resigned two months ago because of poor health, anil Gov. Thomas E. Dewey named Dulles to serve pending the spec-

ial election.' -**•

In announcing he will he a candidate for the rest of the term which expires next year, Dulles pledged his efforts to stop ' a growing tendency to statism."

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — (UP)—Tlie White Houusi* trelay “lid a presendontial Fact-Find-ing Board in the threatened Nationwide steel strike will KibmJ: Its report to President Truman

i*y Sept. It).

Press Secretary Charles G Ross said hi' did not believe anyone knew exactly when the report would lie received at thi White House, but lie said the board would attempt to beat th«‘ Sept. 10 deadline. According to the White House (he St' eI Boa;i'.l Is expected hen from New York Friday and will repott to the President Satunln) morning. It was emphasized, however, that this is a highly

tentative plan.

M00SF LODGE MEMBERS HELP PUTNAM CO. POLIO FUND

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — (UP) — Navy undersecretary r.lmhall declared today that he would have "suspended or courtmartialed’ 'anyone known to ia\e aided in preparing the anonymous document” widen .Hacked the B-36 bomber pro-

;rajn.

Kimball said he had no now ledge that ids own special issistant laid written the docue nent until this was brought out t c mgre.slonal hearings. The mislaid, Cedrle K. Worth, was .n.n' Glately suspended. Toe undersecretary appeared is a witness before a high navy ■ it of Inquiry Investigating tlx irigin of the charges that mn 'ic 1 a Uor.gri sshmal Investlat Ion of the B-:l(i program. Kimball said he wished to cor■eet a sliitemelit he made to the House Armed Services Com mittce, that he asked navy Inlelllgence to probe the matter late in April. He said upon checking his I notes he found that he made this request late in May, and that he made it through Adm lohn II. Price of navy operation! rather than to navy intelligence directly.

ALBEN BARKLEY ASKS PRIVACY FROM NEWSMEN VICE PRESIDENT WANTS REPORTERS TO "LAYOFF" COUUTo, ST LOUIS. Sept. 7—(UP) — Vice-President Alben W. Baiklcy made it clear today that he wants newsmen to stop cramping style while he woos Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley’, attractive St. Louis widow who is 35 years

his junior.

The romantiealiy-m j'.ded 72-vear-old “veep" had three repoiteis and five photographeis given a polite but firm bum's rush from the swank starlight roof of the Chase Hotel where he took Mrs. Hadley, who is 37, dancing last night. “This is my private life, and 1 don't w'ant you to interfere with it," Barkley told one photographer. At one point the newsmen engaged in an argument wdth 12 waiters w'ho laid hands on some of them w’hile threatening to eject them bodily fro. nightclub. The scene s. tention from the floor s.. Barkley, who has visite.. <. widow since Sunday, planned to leave this afternoon for Springfield, 111., where he will unveil a bust of Benjamin Franklin tomorrow. It was understood that Mrs. Hadley would not accom-

pany him.

Last night was the couple's first date in public during his current visit her?. Barkley himself made the arrangements to spend the evening with a group of friends at the night spot. The vice-president was duded up In a white dinner coat, black tie and striped trousers. Mrs. Hadley wore a flowered marine green dinner dress, a black Juliet cap and a tea rose in her hair. The couple slipped up to the roof by a rear elevator. Barkley had asked the orchestra to play "ecrtnTtr * rtdmher>r trpnn ffferr entrance. But he was thwarted because they entered while the floor show was on. The songs Barkley requested were “My Old Kentucky Home," a reference to the Paducah homestead he will take Mrs. Hadley to when and if they marry, and / “Some Enchanted Evening," the number that has become ‘‘their song" since the'r romance began. He has requested the song several times on their recent dates. He also wanted the band to play "Wagon

Wheels.”

As they Joined their party. News photographers took several pictures. Repo, t otood nearby, waiting for unty to Vterview the A few minutes later the •v' a ^. waiter, followed by 12 waiters, approached the newsmen and asked them to leave “or be car-

ried out.”

Several waiters grabbed som< of the newsmen by the arms. The newsmen refused to go and House Officer James Evasi argued with them loudly, diverting the attention of the audienc > from the floor show. Hot* 1 Manager Harold Koplnr told the photgraphers and reporters that Barkley himself had asked them to leave.

ATTENTION RESERVISTS Company C. 329th. will not meet this evening, but will meet on September 14. All members oleaae note.

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Mostly cloudy today through t/wnorrow. Osoassional light rain extreme north. Showers and thunderstorms south and central tonight and tomorrow. Not much change in temperature. High today 70 to 75 north. 75 to 80

south. Low tonight 55 north, 60 to 65 south.

to 60

This scene shows the great preparations mad e by members of the Moose Lodge for then auction sale Saturday, the proceeds of which went to the Putnam County Polio fund. More than $300 was netted as a result of the auction.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — (UP)—American, British and Canadian Jfichils met here to(l«(jr In search of a way out of IC'uatluuta oa !«•■>

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