The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 September 1949 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949.
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1 ATTACK S FATAL TO RNOK HEATH
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, won ., died 0 i a heart attack at his rner o.* OHcge Avenue 1lrv street. Thursday
j o'clock.
ytii was superintendent 'acl sub-district of the state highway ilepartd^cased was a veteran nt tVsr II. attaii rig the rank st-Conuarder in the U , and serving in the Patta He we:; a member of le^. M Lei Tost 1550 I of Foreign Wars and brier nf Moose. ;u the son of the late Mr. : Walter Heath. He was site of Greencastle high md Purdue University. Keith had not been in the i health for some months death was totally unexasd comes as a great to his many fiiends and
lUnces.
|ii survived by: the wife, two sisters. Mrs. Viigina jof Chicago; Mrs. Merrille of Indianapolis; three Mrs Leslie Haymaker and Margaret Mahoney of Wle; Mrs. Frank Lane of ‘polls and other relatives. sril services will be held J afternoon at 2 o'clock jTom the Rector Funeral with Dr John Tennant Jge. Burial will be In Hill cemetery. bearers will be Jack i Kenneth Bunten, George . J Fiaok Durham, Sinipsner and I^eon Welch. V F. W an I American will hold joint military at the cemetery. :4s may call at the Funer-
Up Graves Jo Obtain Clay pCH. Germany, Sept. 9.— ^The American military _ -ent launched a full-scale 3|stion today int () reports P ,VM of Dacheu concenc«mp victims had been •» provide clay for conftPurposes p ,min J - Proves, an officer military government for Z 1 * 5 *id laii o i s at Etsn ‘>r Dachau, had un- • hones of persons pro- ^ eweuted in the notof- ® concentration camp. m A Rulu'ii, military * 1,n f officei at Dachau. i lachau vlcb " found throughout f ,trp aif, a In the vicinity Wisen. , "’ a ,urr oun Is g piainlvTl mass grave Rul)(>n sal , H saitl Ravar ian officials r’’ '"Dented three times /' l10l| lh; to insure propf nan « of all graves o; ,u 'his in Bavaria, lnUl0M Etahausen. oimte action will now . '* "P 0 " by the military . nt to reetify (his uiS|t rtion ' Groves sail. • responsible for lax- ‘ gard will be held ac-
COUNTY JAIL HAD OVERNIGHT ‘GUESTS' Two women, In cu tody of a deputy U. S. Manilla) a d route to the Federal w*> te priaon nt Alclo:::un, We vp j;, la, were overnigli! ‘j; u * ,| Sheriff John Suth *rlln at Putnam county jail Thu. di The two, Josephine Le^do . HO, will serve Ui months to interstate vio'.a io.i nil fj t Godfrey, 20, faces 2'.. . ar; , prison for rnib o v.zlem'' t George C. Smith, dcp.i' I Marshal, was driving ih* . gh with the two women from CY ei i e, Wyoming.
Tail Strike On Missouri Pacific
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 9 (UP) Trains chugged to a halt throughout the Missouri Pacific railroad's 7.000-mile system to day in preparation for a strike this afternoon by 5,000 engineers firemen, trainmen and conductors. Hundreds of communities in 1 the midwest and southwest were left without rail transportation as four Unions issued orders for the men to cease work at 2 p m CST. Freight service was cut by the railroad earlier this week and passenger trains were cancelled at 12:45 A. M Trains actually enroute were allowed to proceed to their operating bases. An additional 25.000 "non-op-' erating” employes were notified that they will be laid off at the start of the strike. In Washington. President Truman said he had not received a request by the St Louis chamber of commerce that he intervene personally in the dispute. The President said Uiat governmental efforts to bring about a settlement were continuing. However. Frank Douglass, of the National Railway Mediation Board, said the group had "given up entirely" Its efforts to avert the strike. The Brotherhoods called the strike to enforce demands for settlement of 282 grievances growing out of interpretations of operating rules. The union said about $.T,000.000 was involved in the differences. Postal authorities said that trucks will operate out of Kansas City, St. Louis, Little Rock, and (r«ntlnnr<l i<n l-nne l«»» 1.0.0.F. Meeting Here Sept. 15 The Greencastle Encampment No. 59, I. O. O. F., will he host to Putnam Lodge No 45 on Thursday. September K> in the Hall of Putnam lodge, it was an pounced today. The meeting will be a supper gathering and tie committee in charge ha; arranged an interesting after-supper program. The Rebekahs wil serve the steak supper at 7 o’clock. Attention of all members is called to this meettn;; and to this notice, a- no othei notice will be issued. All m unbers. as well as members of tb • Encampment Branch are askc I to be present and enjoy an even ‘ Ing of entertainment.
ALICE EARLLE TO BE BURIED HERE SUNDAY FORMER RESIDES r DIE' .MONDAY is FLORENCE,
ARIZONA
Miss Ali-e Earlle, well known 1 i tiird teacher and a formn icsident of Giecn.astle, d. i Monday at Florence. Ai'.’onvhne she had gone almost twy n: -! In q ies of better health. A daughter of the la’c Orvill E Enrila, she lia 1 spent h . early life in this city, but hfti' V here after embarking on ; tenching career. Sh” retired i 194:.'. follow t g '■.r.vetnl years i Malison. Wisconsin. Prcviou to that, she had b on a m-mb. 1 of the faculty of Indiana Stat resellers College a! Terre Haub Following hei retirement, ntv had ma le tier home at Braz i with her sister. Miss Florence ■ ho was then teaching at Brazil high school. Because of her failing health, the two sisters later located in Arizona, Miss Earle was a devout member of the Presbyterian church and enjoyed the respect and esteem of a host of friends. In addition to a sister, she is suivived by one brother, Jesse Earlle, of I>aPorte. The body was returned from Arizona by plane, arriving at Terre Haute Wednesday, and was removed to the Lawson A Son Funeral Home at Brazil, where final rites will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock (C.S.T. l The Rev. W. Marcus Kendall will officiate and inter meut will he in Forest Hill cemetery .in Greencastle. Miss Florence Earlle is en route and is ex peeled in Brazil late tonigh . She will be the house-guest of Mis. Getna Gunnison, at 624 north Walnut street, Brazil. Friends may call at the Law ,;on A- Son Funeral Home to pay their respects at any time attei 1:00 o’clock (C.S.T.) Saturday
afternoon.
Truman To Get Board's Report WASHINGTON, Sept. 9
(UP) The steel fact-finding board put the finishing touches today on a report which may
prompt President seek an extension
strike truce.
Some 1.000 000 CIO steelwork-
REELSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ON WHEELS FOR A DAY
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NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 9.— (INS)—The third tropical hurrla i - to roar a ro is the Atlantic this year whirled northeastward ‘ode,/ some 9o0 miles east of .(<•1 Ik. The t‘rapest has pick d up speed and is moving for.arl at 20 inil-“. an hour, carryin winds Citii.ialed to be 130 mil; v an hour In velocity. V ather observers gave assurumo however, that the storm ill! n •* lilt the Fnlted States east! •* tf it maintains th» ■ oursi it has pursued.
Thursday was moving day for the Reelsville school. Most of the barracks being used for school purposes were moved from their old location at the site of the destroyed school building to the lot in the real ot the new building being built immediately south of highway 10 This unit was about halfway to Its final resting place v. ien a Daily Bannei photographer found it. John Hammond wh; j; in charge said all the seats and other equ nment arr in plit e in the building and school wall be held in it Monday on the new site Other buildings have been moved, this being the last one to make the trip of about a half mile It is 80 feet long and was moved as one unit by Tom and Earl Handfoid of Sullivan. Some of the buildings were 120 feet It ig and they had to be cut in half before being moved.
Earl Shelton Is Shot From Ambush As Illinois Gang War Flares Again
FAIRFIELD, 111., Sept. 9. (UPi Little Earl Shelton was shot and seriously wounded from ambush today in the ranie v. a •• that three of his gtu gstor unci' were shot down in the last two
yeais.
Two gunmen, using submat hineguns, bias rd Shelton, 34. as he pulled up beftne his horn? shortly after midnight. Shelton hauled his own .45 cal iber pistol from his shoulder holster and emptied it at his as sailants before they roared awa\ in a powerful black sedan. Sh-Mun was hit "3>x to eigli' times." One slug ripped througr rath thigh. O ilers struck him
Tiuman to 1 of the sterl
in the abdomen ti.d tore a hot* in his forehead. • Twenty-one bullet holes wei counted in his car. He was rushed to Deaconc Hospital at Evansville, Ind where doctors opened tns a! domen to determine wheih°r th intestines ha 1 been punctured. Hio wife, Eleanor, went \vi h him to Evansville and called in Dr. John W. Vinher, the sanv surgeon who saved the life ■ I Little Earl’s unde an I go IfaUi
! 1 le town which lias been t u r - fied frequently in the pa-t "l j ars by th 0 oscapaks of tl ■ , I Shelton clan, which once vaf I I a Dill-scale war with tank-- i planes against the tival m >b ot
Charley Birger.
Shelton’s wife ran mrt of the modest five-room frame hmne where she had been waiting foi him with their two daughters. Fh ian Ruth and Diana Little Earl was conscious but
bleeding badly.
A crowd ga'hered quickly bid dispersed almost as rapidly wh° i they learned what the exoit ■- ment was all about. Shelton is listed officially in
<< oittliin«‘<l mi l*flirt* Three >
ers are scheduled to go on strike | (r ujg, Earl Shelton last Mo at midnight Wednesday unless • a f lpr ) 10 was shot by a hi Id'
gunman as he played poker.
Fire Destroys Brackney Home
Four Appointed On Tax Board Judge John H Alle" announced today that he had appoint->1 Tour men to serve on the !Futnam county Tax Adjustment Board which convenes Monday morning to consider the proposed budgets of the various taxing units for next year. Two democrats named on ths board arc Otho V Smythe, nt Clcverdftle. and S. C. Sayers cl Gi : e uvstlq. Two Republicans appointed by Judge Allee are John A. Harbison. of Russel township, dnbt Kenneth E West
of Greencastle.
Other members of the Tax Adjuftment Board are Mayor Harold Stewart. c r Green a st " ! Frank Everman, Russell town j ship, selected by the Board oi r lucetier. and Walter Leucus o: I Washington two., who will repre- - nt the County Council.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.— (INS)—The State Department i* noiinced today that most Amerkan consular representatives are being withdrawn from Com-munist-lield China. A spokesman said the net ion is being Ink en because of what he described as tlie ('oinniunists' attitude toward representatives of foreign powers friendly to China.
WASHI U1TON, Sept 9.— (INS) — GOP Floor Teadt r Wherry, Nebraska Republican, said today the sectionalism on the tariff issue may turn the Senate In favor of th» Republicans' ‘peril point" amendment to the reciprocal trade bill. The peril point amendment would require the President to state his reasons to Congress II he reduces tariffs below a point deemed dangerous by the Tarif) Commission.
WASHINGTON, Fept. 9 — (INS)—Federal officials said today t’ at Industrial employii ont lias risen so sharply tiiat s 'tii" communities will be crosses! off the White House list of 32 critical unemployment arras.
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Wears Ago ^■IIEENcastlk titer Pov 1 ' 1 Bt, Pi, Wa * home from * ' ° n a <wo Weeks va- |, ^ - left f and son, AnZ01la an inlied h. n' KrncHt Browning liiChu | tr ° m “ lWo Weeks r, j harl "Voix, Mich. U r , » Pitch ford and r d and W ‘ a ifred Wcr " in Chicago.
Priests Refuse To Take Red Oath
PRAGUE, Sept. 9 (UP) Roman Catholic priests >' Czechoslovakia will refuse to take any gcvermiei t oatli which would violate thei- pro Hy ‘>hliEatlona. authoritative souk m revealed today. These sources said the pi '.c J had prepared their own pledgi oi loyalty to the Czech "repivbl t' and “will not s;Ri> n'D’ o1 ^" 1 loyalty pledge (lift u'ii’" 1 "" and content" from that plrJgc Th? Cattiolle version read: "I hereby promise a; a laith ful citizen to remain loyal to the republic of Czechoslovakia To undertake nothing that wan'd be against her interests, si curitj and sovereignty. Faithfully 1 shall ful 111 my duties a;; .a prie:; and ah ail do my bc;,t to take an active part in all reconstruction efforts aiming to achieve the .greatest prosperity of all l • 1 ■ nn/1 iSlnvnlcn "
a settlement is effected in dispute over wages, pensions and
insurance.
The three members of the Fact-Finding panel were expected here from New York about mid-day to put their report in final form and edit page proofs. The recoemendations will he la d before the President tomorrow
morning.
Mr. Tiuman told his news conference late yesterday that tic may ask the union and the steel enn; aides to continue theii truce to avert a walkout. How»ver. He said he will rot make up his mi id on the matter until ie has srer. ths Fact-Finders e • cm m e r d a t i or s The Presideat gave r.o indi;atioa of th" length of the posto ’"nitnt he might csk. It was jclleved. though, that he might jugged 10 days. The amount ol additional time which was given the boa-d to complete ita vol imlno'.is report. He may istuc j the appeal tomorrow or he may ' . , i unt 1 M mday when the COO United Steelworkers' Executive Board and wage policy cormittee meet In Pittsburgh with Union ir resident Philip Murray Neither union nor industry spokesmen would comment on Mr. Truman's news conference
remarks.
RIiSSELI.Vri.LK SECOND The Russellville Busy Bcce won second in Float Parade at Stut<< Fair. There were 15 floats entered. Hamilton. County won
first.
V.F.W. notice All those who can take i>iirt in the military funeral of Vernon Heath, please be at V.F.W Post Home at ip. m Saturday. Please be in military uniform.
“The dirty dogs never even !• me out of the car for a shot et J them.” Shelton said “I do \t' know whether I hit either f them.’’ However, it was reported tbs' Shelton, a scrawney tobaccochewing towhrad, I'oted the li cense number of the gunmen' ■ cai and told offiens ‘.it was th
Fire completely desiroved the Inhn Brackney faun horn? a'vi contents Thursday while the family was in Greencastle. The one-story frame t sldenre was located about three mile:; west of Brick Chapel. Louis Flint discovoed the blaze but the cn flagi ation was out of control and had burned to th?
ground by noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bia kney anl their two children were in this city getting a loa I of feed when the fire broke out. Mi Brack ney said he ha t no idea what
caused the fire.
The family lost all their clo'hing, with the exception of what
GREAT BOOKS GROl'P TO MEET SEPT IJt'i The Great Books Seminar will brgin its third year of study on ■Monday. Sept. 12tli in the library of the High School. 'There will be a business meeting at 7:30 p. n. The regular study group ! vill resume study on September 22 All persons who were mem- ! bers last year, and any others who aie interested are invited ’o erme and join this group j Meetings ■will be held on the sei nd and fourth Mondays of
each month.
same one they uaed when th", i they were wealing, as well a= killed my uncle Carl two yeai si their furniture aid oth-r house
ago."
'The sound of the gunfire was heard clearly throughout th's
ARRESTED FRIDAY
Glen Phillips was arrested by
hold effects. The loss will city police on south Crown street amount to several thousand do!- , Friday on a charge of public inlars. j toxioation.
DELUXE STR&ET SWEEPERS FUND T!ME. TO KEEP STREETS CLEAN
Despite the fact that the city recently spent $4,000 for a street sweeper, Mrs. Lee Hubbard and Claude A. Webb have to sweep the intersection of Walnut and Jackson to keep it half-way clean, and coal trucks hauling from the west making the turn on to Jackson usually mill a sriovel two (.1 stom in making the turn. This stone is then ground into dust and the wind takes it to the four corners of the district. At times the street is covered with the loose stone. This is why these energetic operators in business on the comer, are trying to keep it clean.
LAKE SUCCESS. Sept. 9 — — (IN)—Argentina Is expected to spur t .ie fight against the big power veto In 111? United Nations today by forcing a security council vote on twelve membership applications. WASH! MG YON, Sept. 9 — (INS)—The Byrd congressional economy committee said today that In fiscal 1949 more tlian 6.5 billion dollars will be paid federal employes. The committee admitted, however. that the U. S. government payroll dropped ene half of one |>er cent last July. WASHINGTON. Sept. 9— (INS)—Senate Foreign Relations < hairman Connally, Texas Democrat, ( day challenged senators favoring aid to non comovinlst China “to take what we offer" or nothing. The Texan announced he—and, t was understood, (tie State TJepartment — would agree to an amendment to the Arms-Ald Bill to provide from 50 to 75 ndllli n dollars to he used by President Truman to check Communism in the Far East. LADOGA MAN KILLED CRAWFORDSVILLE. Sept 9 -(UPi Donald E. McCoy, 25, Ladoga, was killed yesterday when h s motorcycle failed to nake a curve in Ind. 34, thre - miles west of Jamestown McCoy received a broken neck nit a passenger, Arnold Yeaglei !3, also of Ladoga, was not injured. Dr. Dettloff Says: (Editor's Note This is the irst of a series of facts on the tlley Hospital by 'Putnam county physicians.) The Riley Memorial Association now proposes to enlarge the scope of the hospital in an effort to help children who suffer from diseases about which medical science still knows little. It would do this by setting up a full-time, fullscale division of research. Here the best scientific minds in the Indiana University medical school will search for truths still unknown to any man. Riley Hospital already has wrl ton a record of health and healing great enough to warm th? heart of any man. Now, in tii in research project, we face n challenge that should Inspire the noblest In us all. 1 think that it is most apprupriate that we do our best to support the Riley Centennial Research Fund at this time. F. R Dettloff. M. D.
COUNCIL SETS COUNTY LEVY AT 77 CENTS COMPLETE BUSY THREEDAY SESSION THURSDAY AFTERNOON Th? Putnam County Counc 1, completing three busy da Thursday afternoon, set the oun'y levy for 1950 at 77 cents. This is a 9' .-cent reduction of he 80'y.cent rate orlg'nally proposed in next year’s budget and 20 cents lower than th? current levy. To got the 77 cu t rat?, tt Colixcll cut the welfare le' from 31 '/j cents to 24 cent 1 ;, tl hospital levy from 19 to 18 cent and county revenue from 36 35 rents. The working balance of hospital was pared from $20,0 to $17,000 and laundry servic» was cut $600 The welfare budget was reduced over $23,000 to effect the 7'j cent slash. Under county revenue, the sai ary of J E. Courtney, Grconca- - tie towusihp assessor, was shaved $480 from the $1 2. asked. Mr. Courtney had been under the impression that the law allowed him this raise. A $500 reduction in the commissioners' budget and anoth?# $500 cut in the county high budget were the only othe. changes made during Thursday's session by the Council. The budgets for registration of voters; county health officer; court house; county jail, and county home were passed as read. The lates as fixed by the Covnty Council and which will be considered by the Tax Ad Justment Board, starting Monday, ai'c: County Hospital 18e County Welfare 24c County Revenue 35c Total 77c $n looking a er Uie work done by the County Council, it was discovered Friday morning t.iat the $23,140 reduction effect . in (he welfare budget was a.l taken from the $91,034, which is the county’s part to be raised by taxation. In other words. $8,784 should have been subtracted from the county’s part and $14,356 from the state and federal government's part Consequently, the sum of $14,356 is budgeted and allowed but is “hanging in the air" with no tax rate It was believed Friday, that the Tax Adjustment Board will remedy this oversight by raising the welfare rate to 29 cents which will take care of the $14,356. Fisher Promoted In Nat l. Guard John F. Fisher, cor mender of •he Greencastle unit of the Indiana National Guard, was promoted to Captain in that organization The erremony took pla-a in Indianapolis this week. The Greencastle unit of the Indiana National Guard was organized on March 31, 1948 with 26 members. In the oast year it has grown to a membership ol 60 men. Mr. Fisher has been in charge since its formation with the rating of First Lieutenant John Fisher was an active member of the U. S. Army fot a period of six years, and during this time saw action in the Pacific Theater of War. Associated with Holly's Friendly Sales and Service, he is welt known throughout Futnani conn ty-
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