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VOLUME SIXTY-TWO

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

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NO. 74

HVE YOUTHS ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT SECOMl i>» '•»:» » CHAItA.I'.'- »• II.KID A«iAINHT IW»VH Affidavits ch;nging von' i with second thgtre tHirglarr \nrere fil«*d in ttie F’i|tr im cire ii 1 rouri bv Pros'utor VVitJiiim ^t r - Monday afterno<>:) T » ft%e young men have l»een held in , the county jail since th'-ir art' -' i last Friday. Frederick Aubrev and lan»’> Wallace are apecifi'ally, charged j with breaking and entering 8wick's Restaurant la,* Itc'-ci. ber 5. Russell Gardner and teom 0 j Pingleton are charg'-l with j breaking and entering Paul I let - j aer’s service station ia-l August ,

Richard Muqthy *« charg'd with breaking and entering William Layne’s Pure Oil service ^ station on January ’l. All the affidavits were signed : by Victor Gould. Green castle police chief Ailaigruuent of the five r,tar**^i late Tue day morning vvifh Richard Murphy being tin to -' defendant to ajn'ear le fuic Judg .John H. Alice. Represented b> Francis Hamilton. 20-year-old Murphy pleadi : guilty to the second degree burglary charge and told the court he wanted to make a clean breast" of his activities. In addition to the specific charge of entering Gayne s fiil.ng station on January 3. Murphy admitted break-ins at the South Knd Poultry house, three break ins at the Coca-Cola iiottlic.g plant, the Brookshire filling station. Alphi Phi house. Florence Hall. Mary A Jim's station. Grimes filling station. Bob Dean's grocery. tw-» other brea cms at Layne's and attempted break-ins at Humphrey's filling station and Heater’s service station. Murpivy .-.aid that he was accompanied on the majority o! the hteak-ins by Bussell Gardnci and that on one occasion he Was with James Wnllai e. He sari they got cigarettes, candy hai >. money and cigarette lighters. He said entrance to Bayne's station on January -1 w<;.through » i ear window and that they took a carton "1 cigaretteand two cartons of rifle cart ridges Both Judge Ulee an<l Prosecti tor McClellan quest Mined Mui phv at length regarding his break in activities .lodge Alle«= withheld disposi | tion of Murphys ease due to tInfact Uiat he had to go to Un Parke circuit court in Rockville Tuesday atternoon The judge adjourned the t»-)\ . ras> r .- until NAe-iI nesriay morning.

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will ta- pickeri iif>.

DffAUW MARKS 117TH BIRTHDAY ON WEDNESDAY TRIPLE-FEATt RE CTLEBRA TION IS PGANNED AT

IMVERSITY

MARCH OF DIMES UNDERWAY

THREE OHIOANS ARE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH U M l \!KO; MT I \I,|.S IN on n i it. i> m. \i>

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KNIGHTSTOM N, Ind Jan. 12 tl'f’i Three Columbus, Ohio, m< n were killed early today when their small, onc-cnginod plane crashed in an open field

near here.

The victims were Walter M *dark. believed to have been tiie jiilot; J«>e W. Dobbins, 37, • ud John f'dwar't Oy«T, 4~ ’I be demolished craft was found in a field about 1 *,.._, miles north- •■ i I of lieie, 2o0 yards from the farm Iiomw of Cecil Mathers. Clark s body was thrown from Hu v reck age. The other men were found dead in the plane. Authorities believed the men were en route from Springfield, III . to Columbus. The gasoline tank was dry when investigators reached the scene. A nearby far mer heard a roaring sound ami a crash about 2:45 a. m. and notified authorities. The plane started to bum. but the Knightstown fire department extinguished the blaze. Papers found on the bodies snowed Clark, and possibly the other two men, was affiliated with a Columbus lire equipment

company.

Central Nat'L Bank Stockholders Meet

The annual meeting of the loekhold'is ol the Central \itioual Bank was held Tuesday afternoon at. the banking institution The following directors

were all ic-e|e( tcd:

Fred I,. O’Hair, James S. A!bin, Kine.d II. Collins, I>. W. K.iu get . Unbel t II O'Hair, O. F. Ovci.vieet arid Clyde B. liaiidel.

The director., were expected to

iold their regular meeting after- Benezet’s topic will

ard , and elect n.-'ioig J ,v ar

officers for the

A triple-feature birthday celebration is in store for DePauw •Iniversity here Wednesday when | ‘he institution marks its 117th | anniversary at Founders’ and j Benefactors’ Day chapel in Meharry Hall at 10 a. m Two main speakers, both college presidents, will be on hand for the occasion; and the school a dl receive a portrait of its first professor from the earliest pedngog's granddaughter. Addresses have been scheduled by Dr. Herman Wells, president of Indiana University, and Dr Hblis Bemzet, head of Allegheny College. Mrs. Wilbur Helm. Kvaiurton, III , will present to DePauw’s president. Russell J. Humbert, a portrait of Dr. Cyrus iNTutt, who taught at DePauw from it's founding in 1837 until 1860. f' Dr. Nutt, a graduate of AiwglM’iiy College, later served a*president of Indiana University 1860-75. In addition to his role as DePauw’s first professor, he was vice-president and acting pie -ident of the school in the I850’s. Two traditional events also are .scheduled for Wednesday, including the mass attendance at chap.1 of DePauw's Rector Scholars in honor of the late Mr. and Mrs Edward Rector. Chicago, whose $2,500,000 gift has provided scholarships for some 4500 DoPauw students. In a post-chapel ceremony, a delegation headed by Dr. Humbert will place wreaths on the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Rector and of Bishop Robert Roberts, one of the school’s founders. Others participating will b< Dr Wells; Dr. Benezet; Dr. John Wittich, Rector Foundation director; Comptroller Dewaii Smythe; Robert Ave, West L,a fayette, student head of the Roc-tor-Scholars; and Clark Wagnei Hammond. Student' Senate presi

dent.

The chapel itself will provide , three-way tie between DePauw Allegheny and I. U.. linking private and church-related school 1 with a state institution and cas* ••rn education with that of th"

midwest.

Di Wells will speak on "Hdn daional Pioneering West of the Alleghenies in 1837 ; and Dr

he "Cyrus

Nutt and the Dual System of

Education."

THE 1954 MARCH OF DIMES gets underway In New York at ceremonies at City hall, with Mis. Eleanor Roosevelt receiving a bottle of polio vaccine from Basil O Connor, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis president, while polio poster boy Delbert Dains, 4. looks on. Delbert Is fiom Gooding, Id. Behind him is Henry Epstein, acting mayor at tune. (International Soundphoto/

First-Citizens Ban’i Carter Looms As Holds Annual Meet Vehicles Director

HI \^T M* D VIM INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 12 (DP* - Homer NVavin, 2t. Indianap li • hed late Monday of burns s f fered when a ga»-< flit nave cxpU*!e I while Ik- and his mother were examining it The mother. Mrs Mildred Neavin. tv was in cut km I con ditmn at General hospital f om burrs received in the Saturd i\ Mast at a small Hfvartinent builJing in which sh»* hail sta r teil working as cart.ikcr o ly three days eai her. The explosion hu’geJ the bn k w alls of t.b > building «nd set tlieir clothing afire. Neigil>ori wrap! e.l them in •blmkets to smother the flmne> Neavin wa> oinpTA’ed a.- a postoffice cle k

m RE MORI I \RMT!

SOUTH BEND. Ind Jan 12— j iINS) Willie A. Smith. 36. of I South le nd, has voted to be more | autious the next time tie blows j

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Tiii- irI motonst is ?e

•_ vei »ng from injuries

20 Years Ajjii BF.KE AND THERE

Waneta .ind Wilbur Carmichael undei-went tonsil operations at the I'utm.ni «• >.:nty hcM>pitai. Mis. W T Handy and Mis Kthei Handy were visitors m in.l

I.UlMJ*OUS.

The Tn Cs met at the horn oi Eliaabein Patterstm. Office:

Mayor On Trial In Perjury Case CONNERoVILLE. Ind.. Jan

received I *2—(ftp)—Mayor Glen F Hen

Alien h*' hd i utility i>ole In nd | derson went on trial today on a

Tition to a fractured nose, he suffered face cuts and knee abra-

sions.

Smith told ivilicc officers he lost control of his car when he biew his nose Cyril C. Connelly Dies At Rockville

Shareholders of the First-Cit-izens Bank and Trust Conipin;. held their annual meeting at the banking house Tuesday morning ind elected directors for the ensuing year. The present board if directors was re-elected. They nclude J. B Crosby, Simpson M. Stoner, S. R. Rariden, N. C O'Hair, Lloyd Houck, fhal'ton J Longden and John W. Earnsln . The directors were expect o meet during the evening fo* he first meeting of the year for the election of officers for- tV. oming year. Th ■ dir•>• Cors h.-M Ifrefi ng following Ihc shateholders ne*ding ami elected the folloung officers for the ensuing year: President. J. B. Crosby. Vice President, Lois J. Arnold. Cashier, Howard L. Williams. As.- t. Cashier. C. N. Phillips. Asst Cashier, Walter Fry. Asst. Cashier, Pistil M"ek. \. ■it. Ca.-hier, Elizabeth Enagii

Mercury Drops To Zero Mailt

t’vnl C Connelly. 7!t years old. .trill i former resident of Greened b. died at a nursing home in Rockville Monday. He will ybc quite well remembered here as he •v;cs at the old Allen bros., store for many years and went into the State Boa d of Accounts organization fiom his work here as a

oookkeeper

Mr Connelly served with the Board of Accounts from 1910 to 1916 and again from 1934 to 1944.

when he retired..

For 17 ye&is he w as registrar and controller of Indiana State Teachers College at T.’rre Haute. He was a former member of

the Exchange Club of Terre j found to iluute and w..s a member of the scheduled

porjury charge stemming from a state board of accounts discovery of a shortage in the city court

fund.

Special Judge Chester Davis. Bedford, will preside over the jury trial in Fayette circuit court. An embezzlement indictnjent returned by a grand jury in 1952 • gainst Henderson was dismissed bv special Judge William Marhull. Rushville, Monday, because *u, aetion had been taken in the case for three consecutive months. However, a 1953 grand jury embezzlement indictment against the defendant was not affected by Marshall’s dismissal. Henderson also faces a malteasance charge brought by the 195;’. grand jury. Marshall also dismissed an embezzlement charge against James West, superintendent of the community's water works. No action w as taken on a perjury charge

?gainst West

A third city official. J. Lester McMichael. former city clerktreasurer, indicted for embezzlement when his accounts were

be $26.00(i short, is for trial later in the

The cold wave which swept over this section of the nation during the night sent thw local temperature to a minimum of zero a* 7 o'clock Tuesda . moi n

in:*

At midnight, the mercuiy stood at K* above in Gneencastle and then gradually rescended to the zero in m U. At 8 a. m. it w r as only one above and indications were that the remainder of the day would be decidedly chilly. The state forecast was for fair ami cold weath'T with snow flurI ries in the Lake Michigan area.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12 -- • INS) Morris Carter, a former '.tic police officer and now safedirector for the Indiana Asciation of Insinance Agents, ap M's slated to succeed William Wilkinson as director of the In- • i.ona Bureau of Motor Vehicles. fr-’tate officials, from Governor George N. Craig on dowm, refused o confirm officially a tip that Carter would get the job which suddenly became available when W : kinson climaxed l umors of his pending dismissal by announcing j hi- .resignation, late Monday. 1 iov. Craig said only that he had asked state traffic officials for their recommendations as to new director, and that the announcement would com* later. But Carter is being enthusiasI t ically backed a.s a candidate by State iRc lu c.'ent.ative Phillip C. .lolm-on. Moonsville Republican nd cha 'man ol the legiolative li iffic salely .study •onnei. non While Rep. Johnson would say oidv that (’h! tor was *lie comic • .n', clioiee. Ik* fermed the An- ■ on m; !i a "Mie most quali tied men in the state ' for the mb as diiectoi of Uic Motor Ve!;!(!es Buteat! John-on < :*r.d Carter's work as dart state safety director un ; der fon.m' Co’-* Ralph Gates and i his former police work before be- ! coming safety official for a group of Indiana insurance com pmues He mentioned also fha* 1 aii«u is a Republican, comment

mg:

"That won't hurt any. either."

POLIO DRIVE IS UNDERWAY OVERCOUNTY MORE THAN 3« VOLUNTEERS BUSY WITH MARCH OF DIMES

Mote than 30 volunteers of Putnam County today join with workers in every other county in the United States and its territories in launching the 1954 March of Dimes Pointing out that the slogan of he volunteer enlistment progtam—Two F or One—had resulted in the largest army of polio fighting fund raisers in the history of the March of Dimes in Putnam County, Joe Todd, conn ■y campaign director, said that at least 30 more were needed if the Irive was to be pushed into every hamlet and rural home in the county. He emphasized, that more of •verything is needed this year if the March of Dimes is to meet its obligations — “more workers, more special events, more and bigger contributions" Need More in '51 Polio prevention program foui if the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis- will cost an added $26,500,000 this year, Mr Todd said. "That’s why w*e must raise more in '54. This is the addition cd cost over and above the National Foundation's traditional programs of aid to patients, professional education and scientific research,” he said. Patients Assisted Here "Here in Putnam County the National Foundation chapter gave financial aid to (all) patients stricken,” Mr. Todd said. “Many of these people will need Jelp right on through 1954 and some longer." The fact that the chapter never know*s in January how many cases it will be called upon to assist during the rest of the year poses the biggest question mark the March of Dimes faces, he said This is the reason no loca.1 March of Dimes quotas are set. In 1938 less than 2.000 polio cases were reported in the United"States. In 1953 more than 88ioCO polio patients receive*! finanial aid from the March of Dimes. That is why 68 cents of every 'larch of Dimes dollar in the nation has been spent on direct financial aid to polio patients, acoiding to the Putnam County ■ hapter of the National Founda- * ion Infantile Paralysis. Joe Todd, county director of the March of Dimes, explained iha* approximately 60,000 of the 1953 patients were stricken in prior years. They include the serous. longterm cases, hundreds of •vhom are in iron lungs. The Putnam county chapter has 12 patients receiving he p

EXTRA!

WASHINGTON. Jan 12 < UP)—American shoppers went on a 171-billion-dollar buying spree last year in retail stores. The Commerce Department reported Monday the purchases were the greatest on record—4 percent higher than in 1952

GOP VETERANS TO HEAR TALK BY GOV. CRAIG

SEOUL, Korea. Jan. 12 -l UP* —One South Korean was sentenced to death and another to indefinite imprisonment today for betraying Maj. Gen William S. Dean to the Communists in the earlyjdays of the war Choi Chong Bong was given the death penalty, and Hnn Do Kyu was sentenced to ‘ indefinite penal servitude " l* was not announced vhr > *he death sentence would be carried out The heavy sentences were imposed despite a written appe u for clemency for the pair from Dean, most famous United Nitions prisoner of the conflict. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 12 (UP) — The Indiana supreme court late Monday rejected an appeal by Robert Shuey, 32, on his grand larceny conviction in Wabash circuit court. Shuey was sentenced to a 1-to 2 year term at the state reforma lory in 1950 when he pleaded guilty to stealing property from the Holland Furnace Co. He sought a writ of error on grounds he was under the influence of drugs when he entered the plea But the high couil said the recold showed Shuey w*as "mentally alert” when he appeared before the lower court and his constitutional rights were not violated "in sentencing him under the conditions he himself produced."

GOVERNOR Will OUTLINE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT DINNER TONIGHT

not i< r.

The B. I\ O. E. Lodge No. 1077 ’ ill hold its regular lodge meeting tonight at 8:00 o'clock.

Rockv ille Presbyterian Church ..nd American Legion. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. in. W«*»lnesday at the Branson Funeral Home. Burial

elected were Maxine Surber. ! A * 11 ** in Garden Cem-

precddenl: Marx lam Hammon . j

v ice presi lent Marilyn Stewa: t j Siumvi g a daughter. M.s reporter; Harriet Heaney, pro j J. X Ott. and a grand-daughter, gi-un committee chairman. j )a*th i»f Inducnapolrs.

year.

HOSPITAL NOTES

Dismissed Monday: Larry Sutherlin. Betty Jane Carr. Green.astle. Mr and Mrs Haiuid Evans, R _ are the parents of a eon bom Monday.

MAMIE IN DIMES CAMPAIGN Fki

MAMIE EISENHOWER accepts a dime from March of Dimes poster boy Delbert Dains, 4, at a Washington tneater. Bottles carry gtate names. Delbert is from Gooding, Id. (International}

Savings Reach All-Time High At the annual meeting of the Greencastle Savings and Loan Association held las* night, the nembers were told that the savings in the Association had reached an all-time high of $1.555,480 a* the end of 1953. In the institution’s annual re port to the savers arid borrowers, Ernest H. Collins, secretary, di.sI'Hcd Unit n**t savings increased jy nearly $400,000 dining the vear, a 34 per cent increase over 1952 ,the previous record year The report also showed: I Assets of the Association have reached a new peak of $1. i77.608 representing a 24 per •ent lis 0 during 195.'!. 2. Home loans in the amount )( $507,275 were issued throughout the year, with $118,975 of this total devoted to new construction. 3. During 1953, the Association added $13,251 to reserves, with the result that it now enjoys a reserve ratio of 9 per cent to total loans. The Greencastle housing market seemed more stable tha y i average in that there had not been any excessive building or housing developments. In looking to 1954. Mr. Collins felt that while some sections of the country might feel a curta - merit in home mortgages, ttn Putnam county area should have I another prosperous year wit.i 41 omIiaouni T%a«#>

NEW ALBANY. Ind., Jan. 12— (UP)—Jesse R. Skinner. 65. Indianapolis, was killed and his wife injured seriously late Monday when their car struck a truck trailer on U. S. 31 near Henryville. State police said the truck driv en by Charles E. Simpson, 30. Kansas. 111., jacknifcd on the highway and the approaching Skinner car rammed the trailer. The victim's wile. Thelma, 55 was taken to St. Edward’s ho ptfal iw-rer- ■( TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Jan. 12 (UP) May Isabel Julian, 26 Terre Haute, was indicted late (Con 11 niif-il on T»***l Alpheus B. Tharp Called By Death Alpheus B Tharp, age 86 years, passed away at the Put nam county hospital Tries lav morning following an extended illness. Mr. Tharp 'was born in Hend ricks county on August 2, 186” He had spent most of his life in Putnam county and w*as a carpenter by trade Due to ill health he spent a number of months in nursing homes before his last sickness. He- is survived by the widow Mrs. Flora Tharp, four sons Virgil, Leonard an 1 John, of Greencastle; Charles of Indianaapolis, and four daughters, Mrs Arvil Tenipleman. of Sheridan, Mrs. Naomi Fudge, Mrs Emily Lauger and Mrs. Madonna Strodf all of Indianapolis. Last rites wnl lx* held from the Hopkins & Walton Funeral Home at 10:30 o’ek/ k Thursday morning. Burial will bf* in th • New Providence cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home at any time. Everett E. Davies Declared Dead

INDIANAPOLIS. Jar. 12 _ (INS)—George N. C: fice as Governor of I; • a year ago today, and tor..'hi he will outline his accompi.;':. The Governor will hvo a sympathetic audience for hu summary, which will be presented to a meeting of the Republican Veterans of Indiana This group largely was respon :- ble for his obtaining :he Republican nomination for Governor Prior to the banquet re ion he i will address, the Governor will entertain members of the on* mization at the Governor's j.n *.- sion, Walter Shaw, of Wabash, is head of the veterans' gro p Among the major icc ds of t : administration which th • Governor is expected to st; ; : : Economics in governmental operation which have save i Inchana some $2,500,000. Reduction in the w ,‘ er of employes which ha- enabled tho state to hike the sal ries of .son ’ of the more valuable workei A slash of many the -a of dollars in travel pay f r stat* employes and in telephone m telegraph tolls. A saving of some $350,090 a year through elimin.iti i o' many publication of various state departments. Special treatment for alco-

holics.

Reforms in operation of b m,volcnt and penal institulfon A slight decreas in th> nu i - ber of highway fat iliti ; p greatly increased travel and institution of a tougher p licy b.

Slate Police.

Greater use «•! work proj- ■ t ■ inside and out.' Cie the pn o*

wait', for convict 1' *,e of natio .ally j

mental Tb'-alth «rp it* i ■ gram designed to cure th

tally ill.

Stepping up the schr construction of the A Turnpike and a p* * velop a north-south toll highway from Chicago tc

da.

Reorganization cf p’'0C r iuro of the Indiana APoholb 1 wci.i: '* Commission de.-iS! r, \ r o allow beer wholesalers to buy what brands of beer th y m. clioo \ The Governor ,s r * • 1 to maintain that his a i r . ‘r Aion is carrying out th lf''2 GOP state platform on which he ran and to make the p int that moat of his opposition is political. Prominent in act ” day were Elmer W. (Little Do':) Sherwood, William Sayer an.1 William Clarkson, American Legion counsellors v.*hose anti* vities have drawn hr: fire of many veteran Republican lead-

ers

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PERFEtT ATTEND > '* LOGANSPORT. Ind * (INS)—An 84-year-o:-' Lom por* woman ha - eon : years of per fee' bund attendance. ed attend'.nr S ■■ v the Wheatland A ■ r, ” , . . Church in Jar tav* 1M.' The church *•’• en'e 1 | Bible to Mrs f j rating the r> i o: ■ | of a fb and mother of ‘ t - y State Leland L Smd .

Roland Davies, of Bainbivige, lias received word from Secietary of the Army Rober* T. Stevens, that his brother, Pfc. Everett E. Davies, of EtoachdaP, iiais been declared officially dead Pfc. Davies entered the service on Oct. 9th, 1950 and was declared missing in Korea on April 21. 1951. He was awarded th puiple heart posthumously. He is survived by his falh r, Clifton C. Davies of Roachdai *. one brother. Roland, of B-i!i<-bndge; three sisters, Mrs M fired Duncan of Ladoga. Mrs Rose land Dunca of Roa* hdaie and Mrs. Virginia Wagner of Boston, Ind.

Windy and cold to light snow flur: night with poi-ib'** :: five degrees below /.• Minimum

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