The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 September 1949 — Page 1
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yHIE FIFTY-SEVEN I AUTOS f damaged jil 2 MISHAPS , 0 |.|,|MVN KSTInDTOTAL DAMAGE ‘ r B orr s«oo
THE DAILY BANNER IT WAVES FOR ALL"
RUTLEDGE DIES
dam-
tutomobiles were
*im»tely *300 each in
tho Big- Four north Jackson
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^gd shortly after 4 p. m. , State policeman George ^ the PutnamviUe Tosl. rstigated the mishap,
one was injured.
Ss L. Smith, of Milwaukee.-1 Indiana University stu- , driving a »uth toward Vile in a W48 Dodge Tw rear wtieels of his car off the pavement as he Wer the arch. The maLgt out of control ami ^across the highway into Chevrolet coach, being nerth by Kenneth B. Mar-
jnbndge Route 1.
y Hecko said that Mr. (t t,ad just driven his cai a loeal garage after a n for a long trip he was
; to lake.
Kher traffic accident y investigated by Officer , a .New York automobile da i aged approximately rhen it crashed into the f a semi-tractor, fvo miles Cambridge on road 36. ur. a 1948 Chevrolel was being driven eas' try Jensen. 20. New York |Tli» semi-tractor, also g.o»it was being elriven by Vermillion, D.iinbrklge 1 The semi-tractor war
imaged.
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949.
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DePAUW WILL HAVE URGE ENROLLMENT (AMITS CKOVVDEI) WITH MOKE THAN 2 loo
STUDENTS
More than 2.100 DePauw University students swarmed into j town over the weekend to begin j
j the university’s 115th year. Some j
650 freshmen and transfer stu- ’ ^ dents are now' going through ; scheduled orientation periods. | Placement tests will be com1 pletcd today, with health examinations on the list for tomorrow, and registration schedule I
t n tiei -v. r. . for Thursday. Tm minute
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, 55
Supreme Court ’’liberal" a na- 1 i,ssl s W1 J '' held Friday, wita live of Kentucky in his sixth *•*'' upening classes of the Fall
year on the high court bench, semestc i beginning Monday, died in a York, Me., hospital ,. ,,
Saturday. aftei suffering a Included 111 th< ' llcw stl,dent cerebral hemorrhage two week. I ‘‘ st are eight foreign student ago He had been vacationing at from Norway. Austria, Greece,
n£ U Tmh When H 1 tri t Ck „T n Hc Wa I Panama. Sweden. India,
the eighth and last high rour t I
appointee of the late President j aml Singapore.
Roosevelt. (Int.) j A new system cu fieshman
girls housing this year scatters the lirst year girls throughout the three dormitories, rather than placing them all in Rector Hull, as previously the case. A new counseling system has also been put into effect which places a resident counselor In
each hall.
Formal rush at fraternities and sororities, which begins to-
FAVOR PENSIONS, NO PAY HIKE, FOR STEEL
EXTRA •
CHICAGO. Sept. IS.—(INS) — A temporary injunction restraining Hit- Federal Communications Commission from banning radio giveaway programs wax issued in federal court in Chicago today.
Federal -lodge Michael I.. Igoe granted the petition for the temporary restraining order on the appeal of Radio Features, Inc.
Italy j President Truman's fact-finding board for the nation's steel industry • Judin T Rosenman and Carroll R rVanp-hr-rl v chairman submit til
<1
Judge T Rosenman and Carroll R. Daugherty, chairman, submit their
down labor's demands for a fourth-round of wag.' hikes, but recommended social insurance and pensions for steelworkers. The recommendations would cost Big Steel $100.000.000-a-yeai. lint )
to r.) David L. Cole, findings which turned
The judge then set Oct. 7 as the date for a hearing before a three-judge federal court on the company’s application for a permanent injunction. The inuch-diaciissctf FCC ban was scip-dulcd to go into effect
Oct. I.
■Iiidge igoe said tin- temporary order will be in effect until the three-man court hands down a
det isiun.
Attorneys for the Radio Features, Inc., had blasted the FCC’s action as a denial of fr«x* speech and confiscation of property without due process of law.
82c LEVY FOR COUNTY 0. K.'D BY TAX BOARD
WEI.CARE RATE SET AT 29c DI E TO MECHANICAL MISTAKE
Spencer Man's Trial Nov. 8th.
Virgil Harry Wilson, of Spi.’ ccr, entered a plea of not guilt - to a charge of operating a moto • vehicle while under the influene - of liquor, when arraigned befot e
Judge John H. Alice in the Put- 1 n '« ht - wil > be completed this Sainam circuit court late Monday j ,1|lla >’-
afternoon.
The affidavit against Wilson was signed by Fred Neal, sta*
policeman, who arrested the defendant on state road 43, Sun-
day, September 11
The affidavit also stated th:.!
Wilson was convicted in th • Owen circuit court on a similii
charge on May 21. 1948. Judge Alice fixed the defend-
N U/CT DAUruruv P nt ' 8 bond S1.000 and set his X WET PAVEMENT I trial for November 8th
IINE OVERTURNS
state Police Post at Putt i ported, that an auto, Mary Jane Payne, neb on road 36, west of .Tuesday morning. • said the Madison townnan was en route to Jnlt was believed the |U'I *1 on the wet pavement tier to lose control. She
injured,
TRAFFIC MISHAP
pol'd’ reported a traffic " :| east Hanna street j
Uel’auw University
■ in Mie,day which re-
ppi oximatcly *60 dam'Ji motor vehicles in-
i' Hudson sedan, being
on Hanna by Robert
i* " y. ami a lorjg Ford | '"“k, driven by Mrs. Lan Childs, were dam- * tl ' : they got together
1 Mr '- Childs
i park.
Indiana Bank Robbed Of S3,00C
Heating Plant Has New Stack
With completion of a new | smoke stack on D.JFauw‘8 heat plant, the university heating system this week began operations
again.
The 182 foot stack, designed by Art Perry, university superintendent of maintairenee, was put up in about 14 d iys. Designed for a 1109 horsepower boiler } output, the stack has 25 rings j that are five feet in height and
M nf
was attemp’-
i ,IV| l> M and costs D - East ham, of Killj 1 " :,| " ar ,' , l hefore Justice of t 'Ha | Ellis Monday " l" answer to a traffic I'd hy Grecncasllc poH nf nn accident ai : 1 ' ,f Washington and ,ll «ts Saturday. _ 11111 P'i'Sded guilty to .1 " ! '"uving the scene of an 1 /""l was fined $5 and His ,| r(vor , s hc( , nw wa;< " u ' , P’^cd for ninety days. 1 ' T| L\FFIC ticket
ftai
MTi. SUMMIT. Ind., Sept. 13. (UP.)-Two bandits locked ;> bank cashier in a vault today and robbed the bi.uk of aroun i
$3,000
They entered the bank on a ipse nearly an hour befon it wa scheduled to open for business and forced Cashier Harr y ShiveIcy, 60. into a vault at pistol point while they scooped up
money from a safe.
"This is a stickup," one said. “Where’s the money?'’ The gunmen fled unnoticed and Shivcley was locked in the vault more than an hour befor • he was found unharmed. The robbed bank was a brand, of the Citizens state Bank of
New Castle, Ind.
Cashier Gilbert Hewitt of tinparent bank said the bandits got all the money on hand. He said it was only “cigaret money, since little was kept there, a-’d estimated the amount at be-
tween *2,500 and $3,000.
Hewitt said Shivi ley described the men as ‘'clean looking m"! rather well dressed." They won no UMlsks, he said One Wore a felt hat and the other was bareheaded. One was stocki 1 _ built and the other rather tall j all
and slender.
It was raining when the bandits i I’teied shortly after 8 a. m The street outside was Ueserte l. iConllniM'il on l’««<’ ' lorre)
six feet in dianeter. The first il rings are 3-8 of an inch thick,
the rest 5-16 of an inch.
The stack, constructed to withstand an 80 mile per hour wind, has a rivet every 2 3-8 inches centered around the circumference to the stack. Three guy
cables anchor the stick. DePauw's heating system sup-
plies steam heat to some 21 buildings in the University physi-
cal plant.
Mrs. Zola Knauer Called By Death
Experts Holding Monetary Parley WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. (UPI A proposal for devaluation of many foreign currencies was submitted to the monetary experts of 48 nations today as a major step toward solving the world-wide dollar shortage. The devoluation scheme wa dropped into the laps of the governors of the Internaitonal Monetary Fund and the World Bank who assembled here in search of a way to unscramble world trace and raise living standards. The fund diiectors who suggested the idea ducked the redhot issue of which countries should devolue their currencies. Bui it appeared to be pointed squarely at the British, who have been trying desperately to squeak through their present economic ciisis without further lowering the value of the pound. The British won at least a temporary respite at the close m the six-day Anglo-America - Canadian dollar conference Which ended yesterday with a limited agreement providing partial aid in their presoi
emergency.
The three-power conference came under hot fire from R - publicans in the Senate, but th' British conmerces said jubilantly that it had provided a short term ( solution for their problem and i showed the way toward a lasting
Steel Company Action Awaited
Fire Damages Famous Pier
GARY, Ind., Sept. 13.—(INS) —Some ’J.HOO employes of Ibe Gary plan) of the ( ikmegie-llli-uois steel Corporation were Idled today by a walkout of I.VI billet
| yard workers.
ATLAN TIC CITY, N. J.. Sept. ' 13. (UP) A general alarm fire swept the boardwalk end of tin famous million-dollar pier here today but a low tide and a fav-
j orable gale wimi enabled fire- j WASHINGTON. Sept. IS.— ( men to keep it from spreading | (INS)—Sen. Tyding*. I).. Md.. Three persons, who lived in i today reported to the Senate the apartments at the seaward end i nomination of Carl A. Ilgenfrit/.,
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 13. (UP) -Tlie steel companies were expected today to tall in line quickly with the terms President Truman’s fact-finders for < • ding labor’s drive for e “fourth round" wage increase. CIO President Philip Mu)lay threw the question of labor
peace squarely up to the com- , of the famous pier, were trapped
An 82-ccnt tax levy for Puir.am county for 1950 was approved hy the Tax Adjustment Boarl during its opening session Monday. Acting upon authority of the State Tax Board, Auditor James Wright restored 5 cents to the county welfare budget whirh raised this rate from 21 rents, set by the County Council last week, to 29 cents. This action resulted from a $14,356 mechanical error. The county budget for next year as passed by the Tax Adjustment Board now stands as
follows:
County Hospital 18c County Welfare 29c County Revenue 3oc Total 82c All trustees’ budgets, with the exception of Russell, Marion and Jefferson townships, were considered and approved Monday. other budgets to be studied b ’ the board Tuesday were ihe Greenesstle and Roaehdale li-
The strike started yesterday i brary; the Greencastle school
when tile company ordered the men to continue their normal output of steel to the mills.
Austin, 1, was
at 11:25 *41 with
1|. —s-.»»viJO u t< h9igton street.
Greencastle
nested by ettv P- m. Monday, reckless driving on
greencastle ■ L,l< '" le °l«r was a patient :*i e U 2 h( «P'tal. F,nh ,)Mrkt : cil )' an i' a vi8lto1 ' in irc nded ^ ^ \VAq 13. f*''’ 0 “ ,U:ed that state HI H '^’verdale to the ■'** *££'*"“
Files Against Parking Meters INDIANAjFOLIS. Sept 13 - (UP) Attorney James M. Dawson today filed suit to restrain the city of Indianapolis from continuing Installation ot pstking netors downtown. , Dawson charged .Mayor Al Feeney and other high city officials "with acting without authorization of law He filed a complaint for injunction and a temporary restraining order in superior court. Dawson said he acted "as n taxpayer and in behalf of all other Indianapolis taxpayers. The city yesterday installed the first of some 542 meter scheduled to be set up ■ o n trio.,
basis.
Mrs. Zola Kmiui t passed away
Tuesday morning at the Clay
£uiiii!y Hospital in Brazil. Mrs. Knauer was the wife of
Sclden Knam r who passed away
Sunday.
Shi' is survived by two sons, Mc.vin of Anderson ami Donald
of Brazil.
Other survivors arc her father. I. R. Cox of Brazil: two brothers Ray Cox and Karl Cox. both of Brazil; and five sisters, Mrs. Mary Burk. Mrs. Geneva Johnfvm and Mrs. Bernice Ridgeway, of Brazil end Mrs. Flossie ! Giligan of Illlrols and Mrs. Marir
Weesc of Franklin.
Double funeral services for Mr and Mrs. Knauer will be held from the * S,,n Funeral Home. Wednesday afternoon at | 2 o'clock. The Rev. R. C. Dillman i will officiate. Burial will be in j J the Old Hill cemetery. Funeral services for Mr. Knauer were previously planned ,
for today.
Friends may cal! at the Mille. (
Fund al Home lit Biazil
ItCRNS FATAL
WABASH, Sept. 13 (UP) A seven-year-old girl died in Wabash county hospital here yesterday from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire while she played around a bonfire at her home. She was Jennifer Lerka, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Leeka.
Jesse Hughes who has been visiting J. P. Hughes sud Cuitis Hughes for the past few months has returned to his home
in Clarksville. Tt»in.
i emedy.
In their report to the dual fund and World Bank Hireling, the fund directors asserted the, the only long-range solution fo countries .suffering trade dnfiei meaning almost everyone oti'side the western hemisphere is to increase their exports ’ North and South America. To do that, they warned, the dollar-short countries must cut their production costs and pi ices in order to compe e with Anicri' ran-made goods.
‘‘Where a price reductio'i ; the iiiagniture Indicated ... is i eeessary to expand exports J they added, "it would in nmn,"N eases seem possible only thrnUf'h an adjustment of the exchange
rate."
The fund directors caution" I that devaluation is no easy wa;, out for the countries concen ed. They said the benefits of that move would be “dissipated" if the people involved insisted ol higher incomes to offset rising living costs.
Actor Suffers Heart Attack
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13. (UP) Silent screen star Richard Dix. who suffered a serious heart attack while en route homr hy train from New York, was reported in a serious condition today at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. The actor, who has had a heart ailment for several years, will be confined to a hospital fo.’ several weeks before he returns home to recuperate, his physician said.
panics yesterday with a surprise acceptance of th.- 10-cent hourl .’ insurance-pension formula proposed hy che steel fact finding
board
His CIO United Steel workers union gave the companies nnlii 12:01 a. m. Sept. 23 to make up their minds. At that time Uv uniot’s members will go on stiike unless the steel compani accept the plan for eniployer"sponsored insurance pensions. First reaction to the union's move came from Republic Sto *1 Corporation, one of steel's big five, which said it was “ready and willing” to join with the union ‘Vn a study of the wholo pension problem." A statement by Republic President C. M. White said that his company favored “flit' princip! • of social insurance and pensions fot employes." But he pointed out the pension plan would r.quire much study. The steelworkers dropped d •- mand.s for a 12( _. cent hourly wage •crease with "profou 1 I regret," Mutruy said. He said the demand was “completely jus tified," but said he would accept the board's recommendations in the public interest to end pcac fully the union's dispute wilh 11' •
steel industry,
Th ■ hoard suggested the industry finance a six-cent an hour pension fund and a fourc.ent hour Insurance plan, but refused the union’s demand for a geneial wage Increase. Th" USW had been asking a wag,-pension-insurancc package pr •- grain totaling more than 30-
ceiils an hour.
In mmol •icing Ui" decisions of the union's wage-policy committee uiul the executive board,
(4 oiHImihmI «*»•
for a time but firemen managed to erect ladders from the beach and nrought them to safety. | The fire was discovered by Pa- | trolman Harold McBride as he | passed the entrance of the pier | while walking his beat. Th I flames, whipped by the strong I wind, were shooting from wind- ! ows in the ballroom by the linn
nie first firemen arrived.
File Chief Rex Farley too,; I one look at the flames and ord- i ered the general alarm sound si. A fog horn on top of city hall I summoned all off-duty firemen | and police to the scene. Fire j trucks sped down the empty boardwalk in order to reach th
flaming pier more quickly.
The 175 firemen first concentrated their efforts on keeping the flames from spreading to the widely-known wooden promenade and the numerous buildings rm the shore side. But a shift in the wind ended the danger of,the
fire spreading shoreward.
Farley aid that if it were not for the low tide, the blaze would have spread the entire l egth of the half-mile long pe r as access In the seaward side was completely rut off by the flames.
Two Children Perish In Fire
Pittsburgh steel Im- chairman of hoard.
executive, to the munition-
The nomination, approved by a 9 to l vole submitted hy Tyilings, committer chairman, for an expected fight on the floor.
PITTSBURGH, .Sept. 13 — (INS)—Three steel firms tialay at ’epted a presidential FactFinding hoard's recommendations designed to bring ifbmint *- dust rial peace. Jones and ’LaigWIn 0»rp., four Lli largest producer in America and employer of 14,090 men, agreed to res.I me negntialicns on (he Fact-Finders, terms. Two other steel companies— Nat: >nal Supply and Follnnshee Steel, bolli smaller firms engaged primarily in fabricating—accepted a short time later. Tiie three top prialiieors, U. S. Steel, Rrtlilehem and Republic, have made no If iota I move on I e rccon.mejidntinns. \\ VSHINGTON. Sept. 13 — (|\s)—A senate judiciary committee today opened an Investigation into the Might to Europe 1 last May ml Gerhard! Klsler, i former alleged No. one 4 om- ^ inunist agent in lire I niled
I States.
T ,ie commit li'e quest hilled in
I set ret session fe ar nlfieials ol MUNCIR. Ind. Sept 13 (UP) ih. (.dynia-Anierican steamship Two children died today and : hues, oneiators if the motorshlp two others and their mother were , Bjitorv on which Eisler made his suffering from burns as the re- | p,. from passport fraud
suit of a fire that destroyed j
their home last night.
The dead were Richard Ham- | ('oiiimlttoo offteiaJs said that mer. 6. i.nd hta brother. Bobby i t’ e four witnesses are tsdng
Three Fined In Local J. P. Court
Threo men. arrested by Joe Rollings. Roaehdale town n»irshal. appeared in Justice of the Peace CNa T. Ellis court here Tuesday and all were fined on
separate charges.
Clyde Hohlerfield. of Indianapolis. arrested Monday night by Marshal Rollings, was fined $25 i and costs for disorderly conduct. Homer Crosby. Roachdaie. was fined $1 and costs for public intoxication. He was also arrested
Monday night.
Harry Darding. Roaehdale. arrested last Saturday on a reckless driving charge, was also fined in the local J. P. court.
joe, 2. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hammer. Their six-month-old sister. Milah June, and brother. Bernlc. 3, were in Balt Memorial hospital with serious bums. Their mother, I Doris. 24, also was burned when ! she ran back into the flaming j house to save Bobby Joe. The fire occurred ns the family slept. A police squad ear saw the flames and patrolmen awakened the family and helped rescun
them.
BOYS STARTED FIRE
questioned about Ebdor’x lllghl aid (tie s.-upeeted -In.ltling ol < i nnni-t agent- In and out of this country a tin ad the Butory
and other 1‘ullsh vessels.
Dr. Parker Says:
HEAVY RAIN MONDAY Slightly more than a half inch
of water fell during the rain of Monday and Monday night, ac-
cordir.g to The Dally Banner lain j here yesterday after gauge. of sevei al months.
MISHA WA;A, Sept. lli - lUP) Detectives said today three boy- admitted setting fire to Main Junior High School here rece: tly. The toys, ages «. 11 and 13. told authotltles they did it just for "the thrill of seeing a fire.” TEACHER DIES
INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 13
(UPi r-aniel G. Sherwood. 34. an English Instructor at Indiana University, died in a hos,vital
an illness i
The great aebieve.nenth Hint the Kilby Hospital has made during the past decade has brought to the people of this state distinction as well as accomplishment In the field of medical research. The facilities of the great, highly specialized children’s hospital have added tremendously in a rounded out program for the training of doctors and nurses in this state. The Riley Research Foundation will not only aid in discovering new ways to cornbate disease, but will aid in . the training of the doctors and nurses treating the dis-
ease.
The Foundation deserves the support of every citizen of Putnam County. George F. IFarker, M. D.
Grooicastlc City, and all town budgets. It was believed Tuesday morning that the board would probably be able to complete its work by late afternoon. The findingof this board will then be sent to the Indiana State Tax Board for final action and approval. Paying Plenty On Foreign Aid Taxiayors in 33 counties in Indiana are paying more as n contribution toward foreign aid than they pay for the cost of their county government. Sen. William E. J.uuvv r p >rt.Of the remaining 5ft counties, the taxpayer's share <f foreign aid spending is alnvst equal tu the cost of loc.il county govern-
ment.
The share of foreign aid eppr >- pristlons which Indiana taxpayers must bear in fiscal 1949 is more than the total property taxes levied in Indiana for all property in 1948 payable in 1919 and is approximately four million dollars more Ihun the net disbursements of the Ijidlmio State Goveinmenl for all por- [> >se.s in the fiscal ycai 1947-
1948.
These figures were made public today by Senator William K. •tenner one of the foes of the national administration's foreign aid progra n and a bill r or>(>«>nent of the biparUtuui foreign policy group. According to Senator Jenner - figures, Putnam County's share of foreign aid appropriation totals $852,654. while the cost >f the county government fir all purposes, totals $998,058. On a per capita basis, every man. woman and child in Put! am County owes $41.39 as a stia.ro of the cost of the Aim fit an (lovernment’a gifts to foreign nations, while the per '•afiila cost of local county govcir.menl ninotuPs to $48.46. Senator Jennet reveal'd I. O. (). F. MEETING The Greencastle Encampment No. 59, I. O. O. F., will be host to Putnam Lodge No. 45 on Thursday, Sept. 15th in the Hall of Putnam Isodge After a steak supped to be served by the Rebekshs, there will he a program
& Todays Weather • ® and # 4t Local Tomperaturo • Showers, windy, and turning cooler today. Clearing and colder tonight. Tomorrow fair and quite cool. High today 65 to 70 Low tonight 42 northwest to 54 southeast.
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