The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 October 1949 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1949.
Single Copy SCents
NO. 302
0 YOUTH aged with rape intent
UIK ARRESTED lNI) , A v\roi.is ON MONDAY Due. 20-year-old *,s wn st<-d 1.1 Imlianapnlay by Sheriff John j,,, on t warrant issued in niunty. charging him ^ult a"' 1 hattcry with !g commit rnpe. , the refufl <>i *,„( ,.n the Dcl’miw uniampus at I '0 H - m - when a 17-year-old , s! l, cOoi'd girl was acij, ,1 beaten at the northstep, to the East
building-
ir l who was on her way ^,„i 8 dance at a down- . or , M | organization, rec-
■ She gav • ;
„ to Claude Irwin, night „f the eily police, wh.» ji.-il to n south Illinois duress hy her mother, jrl tol l the officer that slopped her. he threat- . | ( ,|| bei if she talked, he inn k her on the ainl foieed her down on ps»i the college building. rants wi re hoard by -plnycs of the university led to the scene only to • assailant run and disap-
the darkness.
ifinlivit against Due was by Mrs la icy Sligh, the
jother. ‘
(iffendant, a former j<tle youth, is a student nibalini"n school at Iml*-
ii.
r reading the churgs j him in circuit court at ;, k Tuesday morning, j i,ii Dui asked Judgo All" to allow time for i with his client and lenal bond. , All" then set Monday. ;r 10. at 9:30 a. m. as time ijnment and fixed thn -is tsnni at $1,000.
Huffman Rites At Bainbridge Wednesday
Funeral services for John Huffman, pho passed away Monday, will be herd Wednesday at 2::O0 p. m. from the Bainbridge Christian church. Rev. Ralph Saunders will be in charge Burial will be in Bainbridgo cemetery. Friends may call at the Rector Funeral Home until 1:00 p. m. Wednesday.
Dick Hazlett Dies At Marion
Word has been received by relatives of the death last night of Richard M. Hazlett of Marion. The death was not unexpected, as it has been a lingering illness. Mr. Hazlett was the eldest son of Samuel A., and Helen Tuttle j Hazlett and spent the greater part .if his life in and around
Greencastlc.
He leaves il Wife, two soli., Robert and Richard Hazi'lett n Marion; and four grandchildren, also three brothers, Samuel o< St. Hiiiis, Clarence of New Yoru City, and Lawrence of Niagai.' Falls. Mrs. Hazclelt was the former Nellc Savage of Green-
casile.
Mr. Hazelott passed away at Billings Hospital, Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements will b announced later.
Unemployment Soars In U. S.
leau Will
Reopen Oct. 6 Chat an theater on the t if th' public square, u.' in n dosed for several js (nr reaiii'leling, will reT i.i , October 6. ac- : Harold Reckley, the 1 prii'il loncrctc and Hifhiri ha.i been comiiileli I and renovated c Th theater now i a i wl type floor, cone Af : the auditorium and jUm-modirn theme. Ray 1 t Roadulale, was gen- " tractor with heating by '' rs; air ducts ami coilfi lb'rl Chadd; electrical 'an I) Thompson, Jr.; Shampay Rug Cleaners, T tniil'iiiig materials, ■ ’< Lumber Company; promil .(Hind Ger-Bar, Inc., "Ii'iis The architect was
1 G. Frederick.
Tbi ls \\ All,ABLE
f"r the International S' it" he held at the In1 k.urgruiinds October
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4 (UP) Unemployment mounted rapidly today as the impact of the steel and coal strikes spread by the hour through the nation’s stag- 1 goring industrial 'machine. The number of strike-idled may well hit 1,260.000 by the enu of the week aand 2.000,000 by Nov. 1 j,f the strikes continue. As workers In allied industries were being furloughed by the thousands, new efforts were underway to end both the steel and coal walkouts, which stemmed from pension disputes. In Washington, top-secret conferences between federal mediators and presidential assistant John R. Steelman .vere believed to have laid the groundwork for renewed efforts to settle the strikes. Some government action, perhaps from the White House Itself, was expected by the end
of Lhe week.
Officials of the United Mine j Workers meanwhile returned to the conference table today with the southern operators at Bluefield, W. Va. Contract talks with the big commercial northern and western operators will resume tomorrow at nearby White Sul-
phur springs.
On the eve of the negotiations, new outbursts of gunplay rocked | the violence-ridden coal fields j Non-union coal miners ambushed | a group of union men at Pike- j villc, Tonn., wounding three ol i them with rifle and sholgur/fire. , Two other union men were repurled 'missing aftei the en min-
ter.
At the .same time loeal of- | fieials at Glumly, Va . were in still j vestigating Lhe killing of a non-
GRAND JURY INDICTMENT CASE OPENS GKOlUiE WALDRON CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER Trial of George Waldron, Greencastlc, charged with involuntary manslaughter in a Putnam grand jury indictment returned last April, started in circuit court Tuesday morning at 10:15 o’clock. The defendant waived trial by jury, leaving the ultimate decision to Judge John
K. Alice.
Tin' case against the local man followed a two-ear accident on state road 136. near Roaehdale, on February 26. 1949, in which Mrs. Drusilla Surber, of Russellville, suffered injuries which caused her death in a Crawfordsvillc hospital on March 4th. The indictment against W'al- i dron is on two counts. He is charged with driving and operating an Oldsmobilc coupe on road 136 while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and while in such condition drove into mid against an auto operated by Thonns Surber in which Mrs.
Surber was riding.
II is also charged that he drove "wantonly and recklessly" on the left side of said highway. | Prosecutor F rank Durham was representing tile State of Indiana while Francis N. Hamilton was the defendant's attorney. Serving* of the indictment on Mr. Waldron was delayed last Spring due to lhe fact that he sustained a fractured leg in the accident and was unable to appear in court for some weeks. He entered a plea of not guilty when he was able to get into the courtroom and was released un-
der bond pending trial.
POLISH HERO ARRIVES IN U. S.
j AMONG THE ARRIVALS in New York aboard the S. S. General McRae I is Maj. Gregory Gudlofsky, hero of the Polish underground He Is | credited with killing General Kuccra, son-in-law of the notorious | Heinrich Himmler, during a raid on which he also accounted for two i other Nazi generals. Gudlofsky, whose real name is Gutman, will make his new home with a cousin In the Bronx. He is telling a story to Dciders Janls, 2-ycar-old immigrant from Poland. (Internation.il)
County Cattle Breeders At Top Putnam County Polled Here-
ford eaUIe breeders are rapidly coming to the top in Indiana. Evidence of this was the state Polled Hereford Sale held last
week at Frankfort.
A two year old Polled Hereford heifer, bred and shown by Paul '.MeGaughey and Son ol Russellville was the reserve champion female ,of the show and a calf bred and shown by Arnold Farms of Stilesvillc wa:, reserve champion bull of the show and sale. The MoGaughey heifer sold for $490.00 and UnArnold bull sold for $500.00. In the aggressive breeding program of county breeders. Paul McGaughey and Son /Purchased the grand champion heifer of tho show and sale consigned by Walter Gray of CrawfordsviUe and Frank Smith and Son of Bainbridge purchased tw< outstanding .heifers for his herd White Funeral On Wednesday
Boy On Bicycle Two Top Demos Causes Mishap Are Pessimistic
th' following places; unj „ n tm ck driver. i.f l • .. • . .
office, and
"f (Vimmeroe office. ; •'Clonal Bank, Putnam I'''nn Bureau Co-op 1 1 Mullins Drug Store,
v Agent's '* fv ed store.
will he returned
v i( and that will be the 11 h, 7 niuy be purchased 1 ‘"‘*'<1 price. Anyone in . i ,n attending is urged
■ y th em locally.
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crushed hy a boulder that <y'aslied down from a mountainside and police said they suspected
foul play.
In Pennsylvania, warrants were out for the arrest of eight men after a band of HO picket overturned a supply house and damaged equipment at a nonunion strip mine in Elk county
Richard Thomas White, age 66 years, passed away at his home in the south pail of Greencastlc, on Monday. He was bom August 10, 186.3 in Kent in ky, the son ol John and Mary Reynolds While
Mr. White hud spent practical I a large
Sudden application of brakes to avoid hitting a youngster on a bicycle, resulted in a traffic accidmt at the corner of Washington and College Avenue at 5:20 p. m. Monday, city police report-
ed.
Mrs. Maurice Hurst, driving
west on Washington in a 1947 Packard auto, applied the car brakes quickly when a boy on a bicycle rode out. in front of her from Coll*;,-;' A'.iVi'C' The ear stopped so .suddenly that a Ford truck, owned by Lee Todd and being driven hy Earl Hinkle, had no chance to stop and ran into lhe rear of the Hurst automobile,
causing considerable damage. Police said Mrs. Hurst was severely jolted by the impact. Crises Develop On Money Values LONDON, Oct. 4 (UP)
Britain’s devaluation of the pound sterling, which set off a
chair, reaction of currency de- 1 volition today, said labor should valuation around the world, ap- if the 1950 congressional poared today to be starting a elections to defeat its enemies smaller epidemic of government ’'d elect its friends, crises in Western Europe. Humphrey, an AFL favorite,
told the federation in blunt
France, where devaluation of ' , rnns Ula , j nin i labor actii .i in the franc was ordered only af- 1>oltU( . al campaigns was ‘'the
ter emergency meetings and much soul searching, has bivn
lhe most critically affected. Belgium faces a special parlia-
mentary debate on the issue tin: month which may force the government to quit or broaden the
present coalition.
The British crisis both ccononic and political tops tho
list.
The British Labor Party ha:
enough majority in
CONFERENCES SCHEDULED IN SOVIET ZONE
TOP RED OFFICIALS IN EASTERN BERLIN HOLD
PARLEYS
BERLIN. Oct. 4 (UP) Tup officials of the Soviet zone of Germany have been summoned to Berlin f.or conferences which mgy result in proclamation ol an Eastern German state. n- j nib o soui es said today. These sources said the Soviet i move would be aimed at prevent- | ing incorporation of the Westen. I German slate into the Western European union by playing on Gei'iian desires for a single g v eminent centered in Berlin. Sources close to the East Gci man administration said tin ministers ,of tho five Soviet zoir states had been summoned I > meet in Berlin today. Th< peoples council of the Soviet zone also has been called trio a: emergency session 1. >r later tin I week. • In addition, German quarter j said, Socialist Unity (Conimunisl) party leaders alrrud.v are in Berlin conferring will' Russian military authorities Leaders of the Christian l -emocrats, the minority party in the Soviet zone, also have been ( ail-
ed to Berlin.
Veteran political observers said the Soviet counteipait ol the Bonn government may hr 1 announced soon. Its leaders wci' expected to offer the Western } German government an open in vitalion to join in a single government for h!I of Germany At the outset, political observers said, the single government would he on Communist ter in s. The Communists however. would slowly give ground and possibly agree to a United Germany on Western terms within the next five years,
those observers said.
The recent Soviet note denouncing the Western Powers and charging that formation of
Guilty Conscience? Mike Boswell, 111 Jacob Sti'-ot, received a letter Satiiroay which contained 15 cents. The note was not signed but it read “Several years ago 1 went in your home and took a cup of ipigar while you amt your family were gone. I know I did wrong and hope this 15c will pay for it.”
BULLETIN Truman Reviews Famed Division
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K»*rr Srott, of North ii! I Mark Clark, n, I hr army field
TROPIC STORM HITS HOUSTON; DAMAGE HEAVY
POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES TORN DOWN BY HURRICANE HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 4. (UPl A tropical hurricane hit Houston today and drove 50,000 persona out of their homes In 10 cities as it roareyl northward | out of the Gulf of Mexico. | The 750,000 residents of Hulls j ton, Texas' largest city, cowered I in their homes and basements or in public shelters ns the storm screamed overhead. Rain, lashed along by wind gusts up to 100 miles an hoiir, | swept the urea in horizontal | sheets.
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Power and telephone lint s wen knocked down throughout I the area and a network of radio | amateurs went into operation to provide communications with the I Red Cross Midwest diHJi t'■ r I headquarters at St. Louis. All electric light.*; were out m the towns of Freeport and Angleton, south* of here, an I wide .sections of Houston w ic
light poles an I fell under Hi.'
The President nlaniied ,
s|' nd nlaiut si» lioi'is i n the 'PM) I blackened a:; square-mile arm;, base, one of I [lower lines
military ; storm's fury.
Twelve plate glass windows in the downtown area were lirokm
■st
I the country's lar
' leservat mis, bef. re returning ! In Uie capit'd this afternoon. I Army Secretary Gray and Army | < def of Staff Gen. Lawton J. ; Collins uceompauied the Presi-
l dent.
Yanks Reiy On Ailie Reynolds
NEW YORK, Oct. | (INS) Ailie Reynolds uas irnneil today
to piteh (he opening World Series j mile across, at the center,
game tomorrow for the New V ert tankees, lint manager Burt Sl.’ottoli of the Kronkl.t i Dodgers maintained a. cagey silence about
his iitmmtl selection.
f ire tomorrow's firrst
Yanke
| combe and
Roe, with 17 ami 15 wins, respectively, are likely elioiees, A threat of rain haigs over tomorrow’s World Series opener between the New York Yankee* | end Brooklyn Dodgers. The i weather bureau reported today | that c. rain area moving up from the. lower Mississippi tty game
time.
ST. PAUL, Oil. 4. I UPl Two top Democrats said today lhat President Truman's "Fair Deal" legislative progiam may ,e completely dead unless the \FL and CIO agree to cooperate
n national politics.
The two Democrats were Soc•tary < f Labor Maurice J. Tobin and Sen. Hubert Humphrey,
l).. Minn.
In speeches to the AFL's 68tn
annual convention, both Humph- ] and charging that formation of Shotton said he will not an Vs y mid ^Tobhr* xtattsed that 1 (he 'Bonn govermnent violated m uno. i.m pitcher until just heunity In politics should be the i Lhe Potsdam agreement was I * ' r '’ •“morrow s tirrst game at primary goal of the American ! seen as a Soviet move to lay the j 'ankee stadium. Big Don Newabor movement. groundwork for proclamation | combo and smitlypaw Preacher |
^ In doing so, they ran afoul rf j of an eastern German state, national AFL policy which slip The Hungarian government in ulatos that the AFL will not co- | a note to the Western Powers operate with the CIO in polities delivered last night repeated the until the two big labor organize- j general contents of the Soviet
lions merge. ' j note.
Humphrey toll the convention The Hungurian note said foithat “the only discouraging signs j mation of the West German govon the political horizon” wer '| eminent was "contradictory to that too many labor and liberal | Inlernati/mal agreements" and
gioups had I'rfiised to cioperate with each other “because of personal pride or petty diffenrees." Tobin in a speech to the cor.-
as the storm hit. The glass exploded inward under the strong pressure of the wind and splinters flew like shrapnel. As the storm swept inland, it clawed at many big and small towns such as Galveston, Danbury, Hoskins, Arrad ; a. Sugar Land, Alvin a< d Manvel.
The storm wa
circle over a radius of 50 mil with its calm, dead eye, five
only hope” for labor.
Tobin walked a little softer on that subject but he ended up •saying much the same thing. ' Both Tobin's and Humphrey'i I speeches touched off an old
battle within the AFL.
Seeks Freedom
From Jail Cell
that the. Hungarian government fully supported the views contained in the Soviet note. In London, the Communist daily worker said that Knvioi &me authorities cannot afford to delay establishing n govern-
ment much longer.
"This government obviously would need to assure Germanv'.obligations under the Potsdam agreement," The Daily Worker said. "It would be a government of Germany, not merely of tiir
Eastern zone."
Ex-Local Woman Dies In N. Mexico
Laughing Killer Gets Life Term
"'Hiam.s suffered a bad hls left hand while cut%;ir h a saw at the Wabler was here ‘ Diego, Calif., visiting n , . ’ Mrs C*rl Butterfield k- Raphael was in ' Cub team c 0 j* lhe Shelburn high 1 98 to o.
Reelsville Man Dies At Hospital
Henry C. Farley, age 63 years, a resident of Reelsville, died early Tuesday morning at the Putnam county hospital. He suffered a heart attack Monday which resulted in his death this morning. (Surviving are one brother, Everett of Winchester. Ky. and or e sister, Mrs. Ada B. I yler of Hayward. Calif. The body was taken to the 'MeCurry Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements will bo announced later.
ly all his life in ibis community where he was well known. He had been in failing health for the past several years. Survivors are: the widow, Maggie; one sister, Hazel, one brother. Roy all 'if Grecncastle. j Funeral sei vices will lie held Wednesday at 3 p. m. Burial will he m Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the Reetoi Funeral Home. PLAYER HAS 1*01.10 VALPARAISO. Ind . Oct. 4 (UP) The scheduled high school football game between I-a Porte Hid Valparaiso here Friday night was called off today when Valpo quarterback Dick Bon s illness was diagnosed as polio. UNDERGOES KNIFE ANN ARBOR. Mich.. Oct. 4 t UP) University Hospital authorities reported Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg in “fine" condition today after half of his left lung was removed in a lengthy operation.
parliament to remain in power at least until elections, which mnsl be held by law next July. But pressure for early election is growing, even among the trade
unionists.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Oil. 4 (UP) A justice of the peace was scheduled to hear oral arguments today on whether there is sufficient evidence to hold Mir Clarice Spurlock on a charge sii •
This month's Marshall pla: j poisoned her mother with arsenic organization talks in Paris may Inst year. also have a big effect on tin Mrs. Spurlock, who celihrate l European political situation her 28th birthday anniversary in The British action to devalue fail, was arrested on an affidavit
taken with only a few hours advance notice, has caused much j ill-feeling among the Western
European states.
The trend through Marshall aid. through the European ;
filed in Vanderburgh circuit court. That affidavit was voided by a state supreme court ruling that held it should have been fil-
ed in a lower court.
Mis. Eunice Irene Dcaring,
Council at Strasbourg, through Huntingburg, died during a visit the Brussels Pact and the At- } to her daughter’s home here last lantic "act has been town re’ i November. more and more consultation on a | Mrs. Spurlock appeared briefly long list of subjects. before Justice Russell Judd yes-
terday, but he delayed oral argu-
<). E. S. NOTICE
ments until today. MASONIC NOTICE
Stated meeting of Greencastl Chapter No. 255, Wednesday.
Oet. 5th, at 7:30 p. m. “Obliga- Stat.vl Meeting. Bainbridge tion Services." All members are , ’Ledge No. '75 F and A. M. urged to attend. Thursday, October <llh al 7:30 Ruth Wright, W. M. p. in. D. S. Hostetler W. -M.
Wold has been received ll.’l'e from Valmora, New Mexico, ol the death “f Mrs. Clarence And rrs.11 of Chlrago. formerly Miss Maliel lamella Riggs of Greencastle. daughter of the late C. O. Riggs and Mrs. C. <> Riggs Surviving are the husband, ('. C. Anderson, a young daughter. Cynthia, her mother. Mrs ft, <> Riggs of Greencastlc, and one brother, C. I>. Riggs of Lafay-
ette.
Funeral arrangements will he announced later. YOUTH KILLED INDIANAPOLIS. Oet. 4 (UPl Police said today Paul Neal, 20. Indianapolis, was killed . last night when he was thrown from a motoroyele on which he and his brother, Harry, 18, were riding. KILLED BY TRUCK EVANSVILLE, Oct. 4 (UP) Truman Stallings, 65, New Harmony, died yesterday of injuries received last Thursday when he was struck by a truck at a New Harmony bridge where he was a toll taker Kenneth E. Pierce. New Castle, driver of the truck { was not held.
FRANKLIN. Ind. Oct. 4 (UPl Laughing killer” WilI Siam Martin Caine, 2«. EvansI villc, today began a life prison I si litem i n,s the murder trial of three men who allegedly aci:>npanied him on a fatal holdup
continued.
Caine pleaded guilty to firstdegree murder in fie death of Lloyd L Abbett, 40. before .Inhnsiiii i-oiinty circuit .ludgr Oral F. Harm tt yesterday. But three other accused men plead ed innocent. A jury was exjieeled to be i cnniplct>'.| today to * ry Elbert I imisbi ough, 22, and Harold Lloyd, 23 hoi Ii >.1 Indianapolis, and 1111111 Purnell. 18, IxHlisville, Ky., who allegedly .vere with Caine when Abbett was slv.'
March 2.
Caine was railed the "laughing killer" because he reportedly j joked and laughed during the holdup before firing at Abbett.
Tin* eye passed just west of Houston, lashing the city’s outskirts with 90 mile and hour winds. Within 25 miles of the center, winds were estimated a about 100 miles an hour. In downtown Houston gusts frequently approached 80 miles rfn
hour.
Ir its 4 a. tn. CST advisory, the Weather Bureau warned that the hurricane would reach Palestine and Lufkin, Tex., by early afternoon but said the winds would diminish as the storm
moved inland.
As d swept over Houston, th“ storm hurled rain against buildings so hard that watei literally streamed through the el" ed window sashes. Bo much rain sloshed into the Houston United Press .iffiee th i' teletypes were shorted as I workers received electric slgr ! , as they tried to transmit news of the hurricane. The Weather Bureau warm I that allhniigh the storm had moved inland, seas and winds were still dangerously high ninny the Louisiana and eastern Texas
gulf coasts.
•'Precautions should not be relaxed . . , until all danger is
past," the bureau said.
It warned that “heavy rain: and high winds are expected in
extreme western IxiitlaiaiiH extreme eastern Texas as ."torm moves north ward." E A Farrell, chief of
Houston Weather Hiireau, s the eye of the hurricane v
moving north-northeastward FATHERS’ Al MI.IMtl
and the
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Today s Market Hog IOOUO. 180-280 Ills. Barrows and gilts weak to 25c lower at $18.75. T p $10.25. Some bidding another 2.V lower at j $18.75 down. 165-185 lb. $18.25I $18.75 Big weights scarce. Sows good and ehoiee $16.00-$17.75.
Top $ls as
Cattle 0$1£.00. Calves 500. Opened good and choice grain fed steers strong to 50c higher. High good anrti average choice 1200 lb. steers $31.00 A few good heifers $25.00-$27-.00. Con m/m and medium grass heifers and steers 800 lbs. down $17.00-$23.00. Beef cows $16.50$17.00 Veal era good and choice
$28.50-$31.00.
Toe Fathers’ Auxiliary of VKW Post 1550 will meet at th Gen. Jesse M. Lee Home at 7.1') o'clock Wednesday evening.
& Todays Weather • & and O & Local Temperature 0 Ram or drizzle today becom ing moderate to heavy rain tonight. Rain tomorrow followed by clearing late tomorrow. Not much change in temperature. High today 64 to 68 Low tonight
60 to 64.
Minimum 6 a. m. 7 a. m. ... 8 a. ni. . 9 a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. in. . 12 iiuon 1 p. m. ..
61 64 64" 64 65' 67' 79 72’ 70°