The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 September 1949 — Page 1
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ADDRESSED LIONS SOUTH BEND S
POLICE TEAM WINS MATCHES
HOST PISTOL TEAM AND TROPHIES AWARDED AT SHOOT
Si Mandleblatt, Jack Hinkle, Norman Peabody, John Amlir William Johnson and Louvi; Collins attended tlie niecting of the Warren Township Lion , club at Putnamvillc Thursday eve. ing at which a full turn-out of the home club was enjoyed. Following the serving of i splendid dinner in the school building, the nun enjoyed an educational talk by Harvey Kn. ter, head ol the Indiana F H. I on I hi* traiiii-g and work of lienew men in the oeganiv’.at in i.
PKOVK TOP SHOOTKHS 22-C\I.IBKK DIVISION THIUSDAV
Monon To Cut 2 Night Trains
The Public Service Commit sion indicated Thursday night the Monon railroad has show i
j na n Maleolm
. Kendallvilic).
jjfss manager Marilyn (Soph., Waterloo). i
Itay-Joann Wine (Soph., | sufficient proof of financial los-
Bond)
K irranger Robert Cloutjnior, Qoodlaml). jtiil photographer Donald
iSr., Granville. Ohio), tul comnientator Charyhinaim (Speech faculty), liigi marching band to membership from 1.2 .•h! includes ."S freshmen, an-57 men ami 21 women urbanization representing Inct halls and 11 fraternd sorority houses. DePauw University bands :ve a busy season again nr with the marching pniorming at all four felliall games; the two ; baniis performing for 10 hsketball games (alterI; and the concert band (cut three formal con- ' ihtw outdoor concerts in , a Spring concert tour ill! wind up the school yeajuig (or the DePauw com-aw-nt exercises in J une. “tMis are that this year’s *111 continue the tradition t quality established over
'S tew years.
IwkI personnel includes dug from Putnam coun~nia Arnold. Slu-lia GrifRnbrl Taylor, Charles One Hickman. Frc-derick . all of Gn-t i,castle, and Purcell of Roachdalc. TEES VOTK TWO ONE AGAINST UNION ly-three employees of the li Cuitain Company plant 111 an N. L. R B. <-lection -ft) ademoon whether to r v’iitpil by a union hi bar-Eorty-two of tho cm'"tid agaiiKl any union, twi-nty-onc favored the fpn-sentation. Six tmlIinni employe, s who have 11,1 Uii' pay roll a shot I * tre not ineluili-d in th'.-
e Rankers Plan Sessions
''ANAPouk. Ind.. Sept LNS| Nlr| e regional meet? ' <ll 'i' Indiana Bankers Ash ""‘ Wl11 Attract some 1.5W. *' r 'uinkeis ami their wives i** U "' "cxl three veoks. will h. held at Gary Hll ‘ Muncie, Logans^'•napobs. Batesvlile. He, Jeffersonville and tAviUe. , ' ls 111 ca<; h region will "klrcs. s by associatior. n, , ’ lnier TV. BaumgartCn ’ of Ul '' First Bank , lfll . n Hnf ' a discussion of a *■' hv v'" gran for Indiana W,,ii 8 orman McCreaf| y of
j to justify abandonment of two night trains between Chicago
and Louisville.
Hugh W. Abbott. PSC chair-
man, said at the conclusion of a hearing that "the railroad has shown it is losing money on the trains and under a l!)4ti order uv
will approve abandonment." Ray t). Street of Chicago
comptroller for the railroad, b .- tiffed that since the two train were restored on the ChicaguLouisville line Oct. 1. 11146. oui-
of-pockot losses reached
$400,000.
South Bend police department | marksmen won top honors in th third Indiana State Police pistol matches at the Putnamvillc Post , Thursday by winning first places j n .22 caliber individual and team competition. Doyal Rhymer, South Bend, i was first in individual match J .hooting with a score of sri.'J out j of a possible 000. Richard Stickley and Matthew Zarenhka, both of South Bend, finished second and third with scores of 848 and 841! respective-
ly.
The South Bend marksmen won the four-man team title shooting an aggregate tally of 1,138 out of 1,200. Charles Gordon is fourth member of the
team.
The Indiana Slate Police team | was second, Louisville Police T'c- j partment, third, and Fort I
Wayne, fourth.
In classification matches, | State Police Sgt. Harold Jollif, j Indianapolis, Won the expert | class with a total of 831 out of 900. Kenneth Waldrop. Fort Wayne, captured first place in
nearly [ the sharpshooter class with 812
Paul Chamberlain, i niial affair known as School
EXTRA!
The Host Pistol Team at Police barracks tc lay, left tc right, George Hecko, Harold Jollifl,
Harold Ash and Albert Danner
In front ot the host team are the beautiful trophies awarded the winning teams and the ind ividuals who scored highest in the two day pist ol shoot among Indiana State Police at the Put-
namville barracks yesterday and today.
The shooters "today included the crack shots <; I tin Indiana State Police department. They wen good enough with 22 pistols tc hit the bulls-eye ten out ot ten shots at 25 yards The shoot
was concluded today.
Bainbridge Lions Had School Night Bainbridge Lions Club held, which we think should be an an-
TURN CLOCKS BACK ON SATURDAY NiGHT
of 900 and
Louisville, fired
The railroad has announced
that the service will cease Sun- I i,, w i n the marksman class, day morning when the state re- j Matches were held today turns to standard time. tpe .38 caliber division.
George Henley, counsel for !>- railroad, said that full-time minor bus service would be availali!--between Orleans and French
Lick.
Henley added Dial the two day trains between Chicago ami Louisville would remain in operation and that the four trains between Chicago and Indianapolis would not he affected.
Bank Swindled Out Of $125,000
Vishinsky To Speak At U. N. FLUSHING, N. Y . Sept. 23. (UP) United Nations diplomats awaited a major speech hv Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky today to learn whether Russia has decided to substitute appeasement for its cold war against the West. Also uppermost in the minds of delegates from the 59-mem-her-nations was Russia's reaction lo China's eoudemnat ion of Soviet support of Chinese Communists in their conquest of that
country.
Vishinsky, the acid-tongueil
chief spokesman for Hie eastern bloc, was expected to take the speakers stand in general debate this afternoon. His brief remarks during preliminary discussions in the three-day old assembly session have been markedly mibi.
7 liBT SCHOLARSHIPS
Seven DePauw Universitv | by the Federal Deposit Insurance
sophomores, one from Indian! . have been ^wanleil Rector Si hoi
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Sept. 23 (UP) A $125,000 loss in two separate swindling plots will force the Stale Bank at Spencervillc, Ind.. to go out of.business, a state bank examiner sau.lJ.o-
day.
The two plots, allegedly perpetrated by the bank's cashier and a prominent used ear dealer, were uncovered by examiners in a single day. Used car dealer Boy C. Chaney. Jr.. 26, of Harlan. Ind., was held to a federal grand jury on a Charge that he juggled bad checks between the Farmers and Merchants State Bank at Spencervillc and the Grobiil, Ind. bank 10 miles away. The scheiuallegedly cost the Spencerville hank $60,000 Clyde G. Rectenwall, 6r>, missing cashier of the Spencerville hank, was sought by federal agents after shortages of more than $65,000 were found in hit; accounts. Francis J. Moore, supervisor of state banks and trust companies, said that a.-; result of the losses, the bank would close its
doors.
Depositors will not suffer loss, however, as they are protected
773 out of 900 | Night. Tile members of the club
I together with their wives, school faculty and members of th ■ community interested in the school met in the basement ol the Methodist Chinch and after meeting being called lo order by president Lion Steward, singing one verse of Ame-rioa, salute to the flag and invocation by Rev. Bigler they set down lo an excellent chicken dinner with all the trimmings served by the
ladies of the church.
After dinner president Steward
turned the .neeling over to the entertainment eomi^ilteij and 'Lion Sen. O. B. lame introitueed
Lion Paul Crodian, principal of
the Bainbridge school, who made
the address of the evening. M>
Crodian is a graduate of the Bainbridge High School and tie
paid tribute lo some of the tm -
j tees whom he knew, Ed Denny, Earl O’Hair, Ashton Iriest who built the gym and Frank Edwards and such teachers .is Mary
Keaney, Minor Pickett. Glenn Hoovermalc and Clyde Wilson
who orntributed a great deni to
the success of the school. He complimented the la.-ti legislature cn the laws passed which will help to get good ieacJiers in the pi- frssion. Hi laid stress upon the fact that the school needed cooperation fiom the (omnninity and that the trustee needed co peration
from the community to see that
his budget was past in amount lo insure a good teaching staff and building and equipment kept in tirst class condition. He asked that the Lions Club visit the
, chool either individually or col-
lectively. He asked that Ihe members of the coi inunity get
GOP LEADERS ASK FARMERS FOR PROGRAM
KEPUBLICANS MAKE BID '
FOR FARM VOTE AT
SIOUX ( ITY
SIOUX CITY, la.. S.-pl 23. (UP) Republican leaders tnld the fanners today that the party i.i for price supports and lima I government aid to agricultin . hut asked them to spell oul the details of the program they
want
Tin- OOP. bidding for tin- 1950 farm vote, opened a two-day notional farm conference with -i promise that recommendations made here by farm organization leaders and individual dirt fannI er.i would be the basis of any program backed by the party in
Congress.
"We are here lodav mil to gi. • you advice but to ask lor yon’ 1
shook this vicinity yesterday and j help." Rep (Clifford R Hope. R .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.— (UP)—President Truman iaforined the cabinet today that this government has evidence ••that within recent weeks an atmle explosion occurred” in Rus-
sia.
Mr. Truman made this dramatic announcement in a special statement which he said was i prompted because the American people were "entitled” to the Information. Mr. Truman pointed out that ever since atomic energy was firsl released by man that It was inevitable that other nations would learn how to use the new | force. •‘\\e have evidence that within recent weeks an atomic explosion occurred in tho I . S. S. R., the President said. ••This recent development emphasizes once again, if indeed such emphasis were needed, tin necessity for truly effective, enforeeahle international control of atomic energy which this gov eminent and the large majority of the members of the United Nations support,” the President
said.
Givrncaatlo returtm to Central Standard Time officially at 2 a m. Sunday, but most residents will turn their clocks hack one lioin whin they retire Saturday
night.
This city lias been on Daylight Saving Time since April as have many communities over the .state. The "fast” time schedule lias been the subject of much discussion pro and con every'suniiohi and apparently more so this year. However, Daylight Time will he over In a little more than a day and everyone will have the
Mime tune.
FLUSHING, N. Y., Sept. 28.— (UP)—Soviet Delegate Amazasp A. Arntiunian declined to comment today on President Ttui man's announcement of an I atomic explosion in Russia. The 1 nitod Nations delegate listened with a smile when informed id the announcement,
then said:
“I have no cnmineut heard this statement tirst time."
Mystery Blast Believed Quake
SOUTH BEND led.. S-pt. 23. (UP) Authorities today sought the cause of a ''blast" which
I have for the
lie win
under
••Are you surprised?
asked.
“There is no surprise the sun," he replied.
Ilussinti Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky was not availaide for comment immediately.
'LONDON, Kept. 28 —(UP) — The British government announced tonight. In a statement paralleling President Truman's that it evidence that an atomic explosion occurred in Russia -within recent Weeks.
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arahipa for the 19411-50 .school year, it was announced here to flay by Robert Farher. director of the Scholarship Foundation. The scholarships are awarded ion the basis of character, lead ership and scholarship. The seven men maintained a 2.25 ave age during their freshman yea Students who received scholar ships ioclinlc Call J- Freund South Whitley; Don B Ansel. Elgin. III.; William H. Bennett, Hinsdale, 111.; Kent R Bone, I) troll, Mlcji.; Paul E Lancaster Grand Rapids, Mich.; James H Pearce, Evanston, HI-. «nd Jot'ii B. Buckstaff, Lakewood. O.
100 BABY SITTERS
RENSSELAER, End., Sept. 2I(UP)—One hundred men, a fiftili of the all-male enrollment of .500 at St. Joseph’s college, today iinnouneed they were “avail-
able” as baby-sitters.
The announcement, made tliroitgh the college’s news bur eau, said nuuiy St. Joe student - "have a way with little squirt* that Is born of practical o.xprr
lenoc.”
The students orgxuilzcd a baby sitters' bun , H':i, which guariui tixvs "never a turndown” aeeor.lIng to Rev. Cluirles Robbins,
CorpoiHtion.
Chairman Maple I. Marl of the . . . ,
Unit I a«l'd''nled w r ith file numbers ot
KDIC said st Wasliinglon
III. sler flepo.iits to the Auburn "' ,IK ‘- v
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stale bank which also will
I llial wre constructive.
the i
.ske over hII sound assets of
Sp neei villc bank.
Mo ire said It would lake about two weeks Lo determine exactly how much had been lleoced from the Spoi'.cervillu bank The FDIC will buy up the Spencerville banks assets and | then sell them to the Auburn ) bank, making up the difference j in cash lost Ul the alleged swindl- j
ing deals.
Chaney, the father of lour children, waived a preliminary hearing last night and was released on $5,000 bond pending grand
jury action.
FBI agent Harvey G. Fostet said Chaney told him he could make full restitution of the money he gained by cashing checks at the Spencerville bank against tho bunk at Grabill. He had insufficient funds at each but pyramided his profits by exchanging larger and larger
checks.
Rectenwall was named in a federal warrant charging him with embezzlement, misapplication of funds, and falsification of bank records.
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laid mil
five year
i program and told <>f many ways in winch the club as a service
dub could be of service. Good link PhmI Crodian with
your progiam snd we fjel that yi.u can count on 100'; c operation from the Bainbridge Lions
Club.
ADMITS EXISTENCE OF CZECH ‘UNDERGROUND’ PRAGUE, Sept. 23 (UP) Minister of Justice Alcxe Cepieka charged today that a "capitalistic underground" harassed the Communist Czech government with murder, theft, arson, fraud, sabotage and espionage. Speaking at the opening sission of the lawyer’s congress, Ccpika was the first top Czech Comr.unist official to admit openly the existence of an underground in the country. He linked the underground t the Roman Catholic Church with which government is waging battle. He threatened its members with swift and sure
which many persons believed was a minor earthquake. But a seismograph at fhe University of Chicago registered no fremors from tins ana. according to Professor William D. Schmidt. Noli.- Dame geologist Knowles B. Smith said he fell the “disturbance" tint hud n > instruments to wiify that It was
an earthquake.
Police were swamped with frantic telephone calls from perrons who saiil they fell the shocks. Some said the jolts felt
like explosions.
Atomic Group Will Confer In London
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. (UP) -The Atomic Energy Commission said today tbal U. S., Canadian and British experts will confer in London next week on means of boosting stocks of atomic irw material ■
Kans., conference keynoter, tol I farmers sitting side by side R. - publican bigwigs from a score cf
states.
National Republican Chairman Guy Gahtielson told the farmer-th.-ir views would be used lo “develop a long-range program tc. insure a healthy, sound, profit able fanning industry withoid which this nation cannot continue its present rob- m wor.d
affairs."
i “We are gat here. I here in Hie i heurt of America lo discuss lbmoat important business probb i confronting this nation," Gab* rielson said. Thai problem, ii*said, is how to keep Rgricultiiie
prosperous.
Hope. ranking Republican
member of the House Agriculture Committee, said the GOI'
recognizes the need for fair! | inlttee.
price supports “when, by e asoti of economic maladjustments u
1 the failure of our system to fur - lion effectively, farmers .11“
placed s' a disadvantag.-." •-We furth'-r believe that wh i
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — (UP)—The joint congressional Atomic Energy Committee was called bit > emergency session to day to review Mr. Truman's annoimccmont that Russia bar prr-duced an atomic explosion.
HOPE BRIGHT FOR AVERTING STEEL STRIKE
COAL STRIKE. HOWEVER. WILL LAST ANOTHER WEEK OR MORE PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 — (UP)—CTO United Steelworker!, officials expressed hope today tor peaceful settlement o, tnc steel dispn'te as they reported one company had given in to complete acceptance ",f tne 10cc.nt welfare formula. By I iilled I'rvai. Negotiations reopened in the steel dispute today with hope:; high for a settlement but the nationwide coal strike was certain to last another week. At Detroit, officials of Ford Motors and the CIO United Auto Workerk were reported over tne hur.p on pension differences ano switohed their talks to side issues to “clear the decks” before a final settlement on the pension problem Negotiators for CTO Pics d' iu Phil Murray's 1.000,000 steelworkers resumed negotiation! with 53 steel firms. Optimism was high for avoiding a strike,”originally scheduleo for Sunday, although Murray still insisted that the steel firm." must accept a presidential KaTFindmg Board's recommendation that they finance a 10-ccnt pen-sion-welfare program for work-
ers.
The principal negotiations were at Pittsburgh with U. S. Steel; New York with Bethlehem; Cleveland with Republic; Youngstown with Youngstown Sheet and Tube; Chicago with Inland; Detroit -with Oreaf l.aughltn; Indianapolis w.th cm 1-a.kes; Pittsburgh with Jones & tinental Steel and Wheeling, M Va., with Wheeling Steel. One Steel Company. S.a,.daid Steel at Lew.stown, Fa., ac. ( opted the boaid s , recommendation and was ready to sign a contract with the union on Mon-
day.
I^ewhs vowed, meanwhile, that his 480.000 United Mine Work ers would stay out of the pits at least until he resumed negotiations next Thursday with norihern and western mine operators. He and the producers broke off negotiations yesterday and 1/ewis told reporters the owners obviously vere waiting for the steel dispute to be settled He said the union "relu.tantly"
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 — 11N S) —A navy court of inquiry
.abruptly adjourn'd today with the j granted the operators' request to
| postpone meetirgs until next week. Talks with southern opera-
announcement that it will mak< a Cuirther effort to obtain B-3<! testimony from air secretary
Symington.
The court was stopped from aununonlng Symington by nax-y secretary Matthews. But it san' it will again ask him to testify if Information he has Is releasei by Chairman Vinson D„ Ga., o) the House Armed Servlet's Com
The conferenco is being 3poe- j should ho price support sored by Ihe three nations’ com- | market place and Die
bned poliey committee which s> ce 1943 has directed atomiz cooperation among the wartime partners In development of the
A-bomb.
The three eounlries recently concluded a conference in Greet Britain on safeguards for atomic reactors and furnaces. Next Thursday and Friday they will discuss radiation hazards ami "health physics" at Chalk River, Canada. •
Today s Market Hogs 12.000; only inodcratelv active, barrows and gilts about steady, although some weakness cm light and light mixed offerings, bulk good and choice 200270 lbs., $19.75-$20. extreme top $20.25 sparingly, most for choice around 230-250 lbs., odd head up to 300 lbs., $19.25-$20; 165-190 lbs., $19-$19.75; 100-160 lbs., $14 $16, sows about steady at $16$18.50, odd big weights down to
FU SUING MEADOWS, N. V. Sept. 23 (INS)—French Foreign Minister Robert ScJiuman challenged the' west German government today lo make good and
pric e supports are in c fleet th* y , win early acLnission In the coun-
cil of Europe.
in Hi* farmer
should receive a fan price for his products from those who purchase and consume them,” ne
said.
This referred to Ihe farm income- plan of Democratic Age - culture Se.-relarv Charles Bnuinan, whic'h would holstei fatr.i Income by direct suhsidici m times falling prices, wlthou’ raising prices pai l by conauiu-
ers.
Hope charged that (hr Bihi - nan plan was concocted by "Ieboi- politicians” without the help of farmers ami was an effort “ ■ carry out the President’s impos- j sible campaign promises.” MASONU' NOTICE Called meeting Temple Lodge No. 47 F & A. M., Friday evening. 7:30 P. M M. M. DcDgrec, Valentine Hanlon, W. M. MARRIAGE LICENSE
Elmer Clodfelt.-i,. Russellville, and Ida May Burk, Greencastl>'
Schmnaii told the 59-nalion 1 . N. assembly that events xvoul.1 sliow whether the Germans an "able lo cup/'” with the responsibilities which have been restored to them and to prepare theli future in order and liberty.” • «•» r%qia» I Dr. Fuson Says: There is no measure of the service a man may give his family, his community, or his country. And, fortunately, there are many ways in which we may serve our commi ' ity. One of them is by participation In the drive for the Riley Research
Foundation.
The Riley Research Foundation, ils staff, and your fellow citizens arc working together to combat disease, and to make our town a better place in which to live. Won’t you do your share now by subscribing to the Riley Research Foundation ?
tors at Bluefield, W. Va., also were abandoned until next week. Authorities in sim • eastern coalfields feared a repetition ot strike violence sue., a., yesterday when 1.500 West Virginia strikers raided nine mines, beat four non-union men. smashed equipment and dumped 500 tons of coal. Troopers were on the alert in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, In southern Illinois, construction workers were expected to return to their Jobs after a omday strike Lo protest the allege importation of cheap labor from Texas by the Blown-Root Con. at ruction Company which Ls o.oir verting old oil and gas tanks along the Texas eastern pipeline for use in storing grain. About 400 roving pickets forced several pumping stations along Um line to shut down yesterday al though Brown-Root dieted He , were importing workers, a Todays Weather ® and 41 § Local Temperature 41 Partly cloudy north. mostly fair south, and cool today and tonight. Tomorrow mostly fiia and continued cool. High today 60 to 65 north. 65 to 70 sout:-. Low tonight 42 to 45 north, 45 t 50 south. Minimum 42 6 a. in. 42 7 a. in 45’ 8 a. in. 49 9 as m 53* 10 a. m 57* 11 a. in. 59’ 12 noon