The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 March 1954 — Page 1
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GREENCASUE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1954.
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
NO. 134
POSTAL STAFf IS ENTERTAINED BY LIONS CLUB
NEH Hf.ll p OF Oi l*ART- | ML NT EXPLAIN K|) TO
C I I R MON ID A V
Practically the entire staff of the Greenrastle p<>st offi*e were goests of the Greenraxtle Lions club at a dinner nierimf; Monday evening at which time the new decentralization of the post-o r - fice department was explained in detail by representatives of the department from the rone ofices at Indianapolis. Representing the department were Marion (larke. assistant superintendent and his superior, Ptank J Gashay. Mr Gashay told how the post office authority has been transferred from Washington to the Zone offices in Cincinnati as re< - ommended by the Hoover Commission in 15*48 It closely resembled. he said, the old Penro-' report of nearly 50 years ag". N'ow' he reported, instead of a complaint or some report going to Washington and passing through all the red tape required, it goes directly to Cincinnati nr to Indianapolis and can t>e hand* Jed a lot quicker Mr *'lark .said about 50 employees have been added to the District and Zone offices. Mr. Gashay told of tne millions lost by the department, but additional employees to the half million, aie being added as zone and regional departments are set up. Mr. Gashay said the volume of business of the department had increased one thousand per cent over a period of 45 years. A film. ' Pigeonholes to Prog ress ‘ was shown as an additional feature of the meeting t* show ed the progress of a letter through big offices and small ones and it also showed some of the new' equipment in use by the department It proved to be an interestijig meeting and one that should give the members present a better insight into liandling of
mail.
CONSCIENCE MONEY CLINTON, Ind March 23 — if'Pi A third Clinton resident >■ day retorted receiving money from an apparently consciencestricken native of the community now living in Terre Haute. John Valent®, a retired Clinton grocer, said he received two ?l bills from the person, probably in payment of a now forgotten store bill. I>ast week, the city's mayor received *10 and a note saying the money was for a ball bat taken from the school playground in 1940 Supt of Schools Earl Boyd al--o found a letter and a S20 bill from the mysterious donor who wiot** the money was for books taken from the school library
years ago
VFW Units Plan Joint Session
A joint meeting of the three unit ? of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization will bo held Thursday evening. April 1. for the purpose of installing n*»w officers for the coming year. | A pitch-in supper is planned at 6:30 p m . followed by the in- I s'allation of the officials of Gen. j Jesse M Lee Post 1550. the Ladies Auxiliary and Fathers Auxiliary No. t Mis Cozetta (,ear, an Auxiliary Past President, will install the new staff of officials for the
ladies’ unit.
Past Department Commander Clyde Miller will install the Post and Fathers Auxiliary officers.
INDIANAPOLIS GROUP HONORS GAUMY' NEAL
DPI ATHLETIC DIRFATOR IS AWARDED GOLD WATCH LAST WEEKEND Raymond R. •‘Gaumy'' Neal. DePauw athletic director, was honored by Indianapolis’ Downtown Kiwanis Club last weekend for his contributions to Indiana athletics. Neal, who recently announced his retirement for health reasons, effective July 1, was named as the winner of the 1954 Downtown Kiwanis award for outstanding sports service. At. the meeting, attended by more than 1200 guests in the Murat Temple, he received an inscribed gold watch as a symbol of the recognition. Previous award winners have been such sports personalities as Ward “Piggy" Lambert and Alvin ■Bo” McMillan Also honored by the Kiwanians were the high school coaches whose teams won regional or semi-final, championships in the Indiana state basketball tournament.
McCarthy puts in bust schedule
3 Children Die In Home Fire
Women Voters To Meet Wednesday The first annual meeting of the Greencastle L-c.igue of Women Voters will be held Wednesday evening. March "1. it 8 o'clock at Public Servic*' bunding The program " ill deal with tne topic "Points of View on International Trade." and will feature a panel of three: W B Stiohm. 1 R M works u’coiuitant; Kenneth Hams, county agricultural agent, and Mrs. Hubert Hall of t'rawfordsviUe. a member of th' State Board of Women Voters. A business meeting will follow at which annual reports will be
presented
The public is invited.
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Eastern Stai No .169 of (."loverdale will hold installation on Friday, March 26th. at 7 30 p m . at the Masonic Temple. Li Cloverdale It is open to the pub-
lic Please plan to attend. Hospital Notes
Dismissed Monday: Daphyne Cummings. Cloverdale; Nancy ( Fletcher. Peitha Johnson. Flossie McIntyre, all of Greencastle; Veia Patton. Quincy; Ursula
Poff. Reelsville.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Thomas. Cieencastle. are the parents of a daughter born Monday. 20 Years Ago HERE AND THERE
ARSATV, Ind, Match 23— 'DP*— Three children of a Warsaw family of 10 were burned to death late Monday when a fire .’Wept their Aiuall home while their parents were away at work The dead, children of Mr and Mrs Tra Hyde, were Dorothy 14. Brenda 2. and Robert. 8 months Another child. Charles ~. escaped through a window' when the house turned into a mass of flames” minutes after the blaze broke out Four other children were at school. Firemen said a gas stove explosion in the kitchen started the fire The children were found huddled on a bed with Dorothy's oodv covenng the younger childten in an attempt to protect
them.
The fire was discovered by neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Ross. Mrs. Ross, who was burned ..bout the face, said she was prevented from entering by a "mass of flames. ' Firemen said the house was a total loss .
Piercy Allee underwent an operation in Phicago for rehe, from an injury caused by an automobile accident near ( Louisville. Ky.. more than a year ago Mr and Mrs. Ralph Browning purchased the Ray V aughn farm, one mile south of ML Meridian Mrs Ferd Lucas attended a meeting of the May Wright Sewell Council of Indiana Women at the Lincoln hotel in Indianapolis The Twentieth Century Club met with Nil'S- O. J. L^rRm.
Will File Briefs In Trucking Case I AH, AN SPORT. Ind.. March 23 • UP i—Attorneys today had until April 15 to file briefs in a rase which spokesmen for an Illinois farm cooperative said could end Iliinois-Indiana truck
teciprocity.
Testimony was concluded Monday in Cass Circuit Court in the 1 case against Richard Harms. Fairbury. Ill . who was charged with operating a truck as a contract carrier without a Public Service Commission permit. The Agricultural Transportation Association. Springfield. Ill. in whose name the truck was leased, called it a test case or. the question of truck reciprocity between the states. The ATA said if Harms loses, it would be mandatory under Illinois law to end reciprocity with Indiana. The defendant was arrested Oct. 26. 1953, by Indiana state police while hauling eggs to
Muscatine. la.
Charles Mansfield. Springfield. ATA general manager, admitted Harms was not driving a truck owned by the co-op. but he said it was leased by ATA from Sam and Dean Koehl. Fairbury Indiana prosecutors, in cross examining the w itnesses, tried to show that the Koehl brothers were operating under an arrangement with the co-op to avoid paying
the license fee.
Demos Confident In Chavez Scrap WASHINGTON. March 23 — —A GOP compromise bid in the New r Mexico senatorial contest got a frosty reception today from Democrats who believe they have the votes to lick the attempt to oust Sen. Dennis
Chavez.
With a vote possible before nightfall, the Democrats made it clear they were shooting for complete victory—passage of a resolution declaring veteran Democrat Chavez victor in the disputed 1952 race. The Democrats were reported standing solid in support of Chavezr And fher hoped to pick' up some support from the Republican side and possibly independent Sen Wayne Morse Ore. The Democrats have a 48-47 voting edge over the Republicans Chavez himself w'as in high spirits. He was convinced the Senate would reject a recommendation of the elections subcommittee that the 1952 New Mexico senate race be ruled “no election” and Chavez' seat declared vacant. Chavez was declared winner in his race against Republican Fatrick J Hurley. Hurley contested the election and the subcommittee ruled that because of election law violations it was impossible to tell W’ho w-on. The Democrats spumed a move by Republicans designed to soften their move to unseat Chavez. Sen Guy Cordon R , Ore.. Monday proposed that if Chavez is ousted, the Senate accept no replacement w ho was not elected by the voters of New Mexico. This would prevent Republican Gov. Edwin Mechem from appointing a successor to serve in Chavez' stead until the November election and would give Republicans the same number of Senate votes as the Democrats.
ELKS TO INITIATE Eight local men will become members of B. P O. Elks. No 1077. this evening at the initiation service following the regular meeting The meeting will convene at 8 00 P. M. Those being initiated into the Elks are Robert R Cooper. Charles Rector. Jr.. William McClelland. Paul Hams. Paul H. Jones. Dr Leland Tnppett. Irving Hansen and LeRoy Moore. McCORDREPORTS INDIANAPOLIS. March 23.— • FNS)—Director Joseph McCord of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, today announced a $4 4 billion gain in total resources of state-supervised banks for the year ending Dec 31. MeCord reported there were 9.577 state banks in Indiana e the end of the record breaking year Of these 9.049 were commercial and 528 were mutual savings banks The total resources of the sta'e supervised banks at the end of the year amounted to $110,391.293 Deposits for the same period rose $3.S billion.
SENATOR JOSEPH McCARTHY < loft i chats with Attorney General Herbert B-ownell (center) and Senator Karl Mundt (Ri."South Dakota, following ^ Senate appropriations committeee meeti-.g McCarthy put in a busy day in wdiich he 111 said he will insist on mo n exanimate n rights at the Anny-McCarthy investigation; (2) will ask all witnesses to submit to a lie detector test; (3) will call Pentagon general o.onnsel H Hensel as a witness and (4) wall w-rite Defense Secretary Charles Wilson to'find out about the Aimy's practice of recording conversations.
HUNTER A CANDIDATE Fred E Hunter filed Monday with County Clerk William Padgett as a candidate for the nomination for county councilman from the Second District, subject to the Republican May primary Mr. Hunter is a well known Mation townsihp farmer and a former county commissioner.
No Change In Two Headed Boy
INDIANAPOLIS. March 23— 'UP)— : No noticeable change” in *he condition of Indiana's twin-headed babv was reported tor the fifth straight day today, but physicians said the first hurdle in the infants struggle against pneum onia could come si ion Do tors said » dsibie which might indicate the baby’s hances for survival could come ‘oda . The 13-week-oid boy was brought to Riley Hospital for Children Thursday after developng breathing difficulties on its weaker sid“. Tlie ailment was diagnosed as pneumonia Friday, and the baby was placed in an oxygen tent. His condition ' as described then as critical, and physicians said there has been no change since. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartley of Petersburg. Ind. also has four arms and separate upper bodies, joined to a single trunk, "he heads were christened Daniel vaye and L>ona!d Ray.
MR*. RUTH HAMMOND FILES FOR RECORDER
Mrs Ruth Hammond of Washington township, filed a declaration of candidacy today for Re corder. subject to the Republican primary election on May 4 Mrs Hammond is the widow of Rex Hammond, former tiustee of Washington township and served the remainder of the year as trustee following the death of Mr. Hammond. She is quite ■well known throughout the county.
Gov. Craig Urges State Toll Road
BLOOMINGTON. Ind March 23—(UP)—Governor Craig has recommended construction of a North-South toll road and steps to retrieve markets for Indiana’s coal industry. Speaking at the opening of a two-day industrial development conference Monday at Indiana University, the governor said directional activities are becomming more North-South than Last-West. The proposed North-South toll road would boost Indiana as a production center and link “the great self-sufficient Middle West and the independent South." Craig said. He-pointed to a steady decline m state coal industries and advovocift'ed methods - tor iirci eg.s« coal production and use. Arthur M. Weimer. of the I. U. School of Business, predicted the recent trend toward industrial expansion in urban areas will continue. “Suburban locations have become favorable because of the efficiency of 1-story plants which often make possible a savings of as much as 25 per cent in production costs." he said.
RY Contribute $154,00 To Polio
At the Putnam County Rural Youth meeting Friday night, March 19th. it was announced that $154.00 had been turned over to the March of Dimes Fund. This money was taken in from a polio-benefit basketball game played on February 6th by the Putnam County Rural Youth and the Central Business College teams. The Rural Youthers wish to express their appreciation to all who helped them to make their first community service project of the year a success.
U. S, AGENCIES WILl HOVE IF ATTACK COMES PLANS BEING COMPLETED BY DEFENSE MOBILIZATION OFFICE WASHINGTON. March 23.— • UP i—The Office of Defense Mobilization is making plans for quick movement of essential government agencies to safe areas in the event of an enemy attack on Washington, it was disclosed
today
Director Arthur S. Flemming said preliminary discussions “at highest levels" have indicated a need for permanent facilities, both near here and at a distance, to "reduce the vulnerability of government." Flemming ana ms associates testified before a Hou^e Appropriations Subcommittee on Feb 5. Their testimony was made public today. Flemming told the committee he wanted to stress two points which he said President Eisenhower “has emphasized a number of times, 1 Soviet Russia does have the capacity of attack on the United States and 2 we must maintain our massive capability to strike back " The establishment of emergency facilities “cannot be left entirely to the discretion of the dozens of federal agencies,” he
said.
“Their individual plans must fit at least generally into a single emergency relocation scheme.” The Defense Mobilization Office also is vitally interested in the dispersal of industry. Flemming said “The objecti rr e of this program is to have industry do as much as it can without government assistance to reduce its vulnerability." he said. Groups from 30 industries have been briefed on the nature of the threat and possible measui es for countering it." Papant Divided Into Three Scenes
DEADLINE THURSDAY
Candidates for political offices have until Thursday night to file with the county clerk for the coming May primary election. An additional number of candidates are expected to make formal declarations during the next two days and before the deadline which is midnight.
Thursday, March 25.
EXTRA! INDIANAPOLIS. March 23— (INS)—The Indiana state police today announced three promotions of police at the Putnaimillc
post.
They are Sgt, Cletus H. Miller, of Brazil, promoted to first sergeant, Cpl. Vincent J. Vance, of Brazil, sergeant, and Patrolman ( harles \\. Harbison, of Spencer, corporal.
VERSAILLES, Ind , March 23. —(UP)—A dash to the "chow line” by Indiana State Farm prisoners working at Versailles State Park resulted in a scuffle among three prisoners and a guard, it was reported today. Farm Superintendent Harold Roth said 72 prisoners on work detail since January were offered seconds during a meal Monday. He said Guard H. J. Norris took one of the men outside the dining hall when he talked back to him as Norris tried to establish order. Two other prisoners joined them outside, and the four engaged in a "tussle,” Roth said. State police said they were called to the park by the Ripley county sheriff, but found no disorder Norris admitted the four probably came to blows. The three prisoners were returned to the farm along with about 15 others due for replacement on the detail.
FRENCH MAY OFT U. S. BOMBERS
MAKING A COURTESY CALL on President Eisenhvwer. French Chief of ’taff Gen. Paul Ely (cenferi prepares to talk over developments » Indo-China with the chief executive and Adm. Ar'.hur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Radford said later that the Un ted States will certainly consider giving Die French additional B-26 light bombers for use in the fight against the Gcan-mur.iSt-ied Vietminh.
The pageant given at the Groveland Community Centennial was divided into three scenes. The first was a scene in the old Pleasant Grove church. An old log church which stood in the cemetery It was a Methodist Episcopal church The minister was Irvin Wallace who represented Re”. Harvey Codings, it's first minister who was also a Methodist Circuit Rider. The second scene was a pioneer school, with Joe Sutherlin representing Hiram Blatchley. an early teacher The last scene was in the first postoffice, with Harold Alcorn representing Henry B Pickett, the first postmaster and William Houser as the postman who brought the weekly mail from Fillmore. Other members of the cast were. Readers. Mrs Everett Wallace and Mrs Harold P.yland. Actois. Mrs Irvin Wallace, Mrs. Joe Sutherlin. Mrs Harold Alcorn. Mrs. William Houser, Mrs. Charles McCarty. Mrs Ben Parent. Mis Ear! Sutherlin. Mrs. Elden Miles. Ralph Winans, Larry Bohlander. Fv ky Parent, Ruth Ann House. Karen Parent and Barbara Sutherlin Stage help. Ben Parent, Miss Ethel Ad'r, Miss Mary Ader and Miss Giace Arnold Antique Exhibit Mrs William Houser. Mis Gi r f;e Shepherd. Mrs Della Elliot' and Mis. Ralph Winans. Musicians. Virgil Ader and Mrs. Arthur Egeers Registration. Mrs Fred F.aun.
' FOLIO ARE CALLED Residents on South Jackson street were somewhat perturbed by DePauw lents roaming in their backyatds. and in om rase in a garage, as lace as midnight Monday The students -ere also milling around in the old cemetery which is just west of the homes of residents reporting the episode. One lesident sard that their daughter became alarmed by students m the garage at their home and telephoned tnem while they were at a meeting. City police investigated, it was reported.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— (INS)—The Justice Department announced today that crooner Dick Haymes has been ordered deported to his native Argentina. Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., said the order was issued after a hearing, and goes Into effect in 10 days unless the actor-singer files an appeal. (Continued on Page Five) SPECI AL FE ATURE AT GAME The girls basketball tourney Wednesday at 7:30 p. m in the gym will feature a between the halves program as follows; Tumbling team: Martha Snave!y, Mary Jane Clapp, Barbara Cox, Carolyn Varvel, Nina Goodman, LaDonna McNeff, Rosetta Detro, Linda Andrew, Jean Johnson, June Dickey, Janice Pingleton. Ruth Sutton. Kay Hinkle. Isabel White, Audra Dorsett, Patty Carmichael, Roberta Elmore, Carolyn Cooper. Pyramid Team:Patsy Collins, Carol Killinger, Dorothy Boyd, Sheila Hanna, Janet Hess, Anita Hurst, Linda Gorham, Becky Hecko, Joan Mackey, Sally Etter, Betsy Bee. Letty Loudermilk. Square Dancing Baibara Sutton, Rita Johnson, Doris Mahoney, Marge Mahoney, Charlene Nelson, Suzanne Johns, Anita Hammond, Maxine Herriott, Carolyn Brown, Dewey Baldwin, Reese Parker, Don Smith, Chester Hutcheson, John Smith, Joe Parker, Norman Sutherlin, Don Shuee. Mayor, Sheriff In Feud At LaPorte I—A PORTE, Ind , March 23.— (UP)—Sheriff Norman Reeg today termed as "nonsense" a charge he staged a filling station holdup as a publicity stunt in his campaign for re-election. The charge was brought by Mayor Tom Boyd in what observers called the climax of a local GOP factional fight. Boyd claimed he had the confessions of two "conspirators” to back his indictment of the sheriff. A court hearing was scheduled today on Boyd’s petition seeking a continuance of protective custody for the two men by LaPorte
police.
The men. Carter Methany, 24, and Don Wheaton, 26, both of near LaPorte, were captured Tuesday by Reeg and his deputies during a noisy gun battle at the filling station in the city. Boyd said Methany and (Continued on Pa^e Tw»)
MIDGET ATOMIC WEAPONS ALERT ISSUED BY FBI NATION'S POI l( l WARNED TO WATCH OUT FOR ENEMY SABOTEURS WASHINGTON. March 23 — (UP)—The FBI has urged police officers throughout the nation to be on the ah 11 foi attempts by enemy saboteurs to sneak midget atomic weapons >: 'o the country, »t was learned today The FBI itself declined to comment on the letter. But informed sources said it was not prompted by any new fear that potential enemy agents were believed to be about to try to smuggle atonic bombs or other weapons into the country for sabotage purposesInformed soup s said any atomic device sm .ygled into this coun'ry would probably be small enough to be carried on the per-
son.
" . . , Be especially alert,” the warning said, "regarding any article that is extremely heavy for its size." The alert s.ud that any atomic device must con'a in uranium or plutonium, both- of which weigh about one and a half times nuch as lead. * Both of the metals can be coated with plastics or other metals to disguise th- n appearance and can be machined into any shape. Other neces. ai parts for any atomic device, the alert said, were either a gun L> u rel-type device or a high explosive. Informed sources said the "alert," sent out on Jan. 1, was in line with the FBI’s practice of periodically alerting police agencies to the d • igers of enemy agent activitu s m smuggling materials into th? country. However, these sources said the alert was so ided in letters to police administrators in virtually all parts of the country and not just to those in key ports ^-heie : .uu„fciing attempts might be anticipated. They said the letter probably went out on the recomnv ' tion of the National Security Council which has overall supervision of the defense of the nation It was also learned that the action follow 1 up President Eisenhower’s special message of last Dec 15 urying all public and patriotic org^ z itions to watch for atomic smuggling and to report all evidence to the FBI. Lions To Honor Hawks Tonight The Roa 1 lale high school basketball tr m will be honor guests of * i Roachdale Lions club at a dir i meeting this evening Robert H>- e DePauw University ne' - -tor. will be the speaker.
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