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VOLUME SIXTY-TWO INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1954.

MAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT EARLY TODAY

DRIVER OF CAR JAILED AFTER MISHAP NEAR SOMERSET < III R( 11

Two Quincy men were Involved in a one-car traffic accident on State Road 43. just north rtf the Somerset chu-ch at 2 o'clock Sat urday morning. As a result, the driver is in the Putnam county jail and the other is in the county hospital with injuries. Herman Asher. 23. was lodged in the county jail at 4 a m. and state police said that charges of reckless driving woul 1 probably be filed against him. Robert Martin, 23. who was riding with Asher, was taken to the hospital ;n the Hopkin.s-Wal-Lon ambulance where his condition was reported as “fairly good’’ at 8 a. m. Police said that Asher appareently fell asleep at the wheel of his Ford automobile and that it left the pavement, went through a fence and turned over on its side in a com field. Trooper George Hecko, of the Putnamville Post, investigated

the accident.

Ross Awarded Silver Wings Second Lieutenant Delmus E. Ross of Fillmore, Indiana, was awarded his silver wings as an Air Force pilot in recognition of his successful completion of basic multi-engine training at Goodfellow Air Fo. ce Base, San An-

gelo, Texas. »

Graduation exercises were held today in the Base Theater. Commissioned through the Air Force Officer Candidate School program at Lackland AFB, Texas. Lt. Ross is married to the former Donna J. Huber of Greencastle. Indiana. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Ross reside at Fillmore, Indiana. The new Air Force pilot entered the military service in August, 1946. and was commissioned in September. 1953. He holds the good conduct ribbon. American Defense, ami World War II victory medals. He is a graduate of Fillmore High school. Two Receive IU Scholarships Carolyn Gentry, Route 3. and Ike Strain. Route 4. both of Greencastle. have receive ! schol-

IN THE

GOOD OLD DAYS HOTEL HISTORY —“Thursday morning, Jan 24th (1884), John F. Jones died at the Walnut Street House, at 3:45 o'clock, of old age, after an illness of 14 day. Mr. Jones was bor nin Fayette County, Kentucky, April 21, 1799, and would have been 85 years old had he lived to that date this year. In 1823, he moved to Columbus, this state, when the place was almost a wilderness. There he conducted a hostelry called the Western House for many years, and was sheriff of Bartholomew County two terms. The law then compelled the sheriff to collect the delinquent taxes, and rather than do that he paid the whole delinquency out of his own pocket. This was a bad precedent, and the next year the list was so large that he could not pay it and he was compelled to collect. He moved to Greencastle in 1854. He purchased the boarding house, now a part of the Central House, then conducted by a Mrs. Elder, and called it the Jones House. After making considerable improvements on it he sold out in the summer of 1864 to a Mr. Detrick, and in the fall of the same year he purchased the Braden property, on the site of the present Walnut Street House, and started the nucleus of the present hotel. On the first day of November, 1866, he opened the Jones House as a hotel and successfully conducted it until November 19, 1880, when the present landlord, J. J. Lewis, superceded him, its name being subsequently changed to Walnut Street House. Mr. Jones was well known over a large part of this state and adjoining states as a good - natured host." ( It is thmight that the Walnut Street House stood on the property now occupied by the high school gymnasium.) TOO BAD—“John Parker, who shot himself at the Opera House, lias also suffered an attack of the measles.” (1884) WATER MILL FLOUR —

arships at Indiana University for

the current school year.

Miss Gentry is the recipient of a $200 award from the Indiana Congress of the Parent-Teacher Association, and Mr. Strain won a Verne Noyes Scholarship. The IM'A award is made to outstanding students maj/vring in education, and the Noyes grant is made to blood descendants of vet-

©i ans of World War I.

CRAIG GETS ASSURANCE INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 2.— Gov. Craig said Friday he had been u.-vit : b> the AFL- 1 • sters Union it would “use all its eff<»rt.s to prevent violence” in its strike at the Morgan Packing Co. in Austin. Craig, interviewed after a meeting with Stoy Decker, bus’-

“John R. Callender of Vincennes was here last week looking after the mill he owns in partnership with his son. As long ago as 1854 he made all the flour used in this city at a water mill a few miles west on Walnut Creek." (1884) MOCCASIN TRACK —“Several citizens of the township were called to Greencastle this week to decide whether the road west of town called the Moccasin Track will cease to be or not.” Clorverdale correspondent-1884) PROPERTY SALE—The sale of the Hathaway property on the southwest corner of the public square took place Saturday. The stone front brick building sold for $5.705.. George Grubb being the purchaser. The dwelling house was purchased by George

ness agent of To.tmster Local 89 of Louisville, said the state police detail at the plant has been greatly reduced from the original force of 50 units.

HERE AND THERE

Mrs. W. W. Carson and Mrs. Andrew Durham left on a tnp to Iowa. Miss Frieda M Badf^r. of Terre Haute, was united in marriage to Edgar Prevo in a ceremony solemnized at the home of the bride’s mother in Terre Haute. Miss Pearl O'Hair entertained with a tea for Section Six of the Women’s League. Mrs. J. E. Hood was hostess to the Young Married Women's class of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Lloyd Messersmith and Mrs. J. M. Fulmer were assistant hostesses.

Hathaway for $3,000. The vacant let west of the house sold for $600. to Michael Maloney of Bambridge. The building occupied by the Times office was bought by Prof. Marquis for $1.550. George Grubb bought the building occupied by J. F. Hili’s sewing machine office for $1,510. Mr. Maloney will build a house like that occupied by Capt. Fee cm the opposite comer. The others have not yet determined what buildings they will erect, although a hotel on the corner is not among the improbablities." j (1884) BAD ACCIDENT—“Lex Donnohue set out one day last week with a team to take on organ to a family residing in the neighborhood of Hamrick's Station. While crossing Big Walnut the wagon was upset, throwing t! \ organ into the creek. Lex escaped with difficulty, and managed to rescue the horses. He was badly chilled by the time he | reached Mr. Houck's residence.

[DPI) TEACHERS ATTEND SOCIAL SCIENCES MEET

TWELVE PROFESSORS IN TERRE HAUTE FOR SATUKDAY SESSIONS

Twelve DePauw professors from four departments of the university were in Terre Haute today attending sessions of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences. Dr. Harry Voltmer. head of the political science department. is president elect of the o ganization; and Dr. William R. McIntyre. sociology head, and Dr. George Manhart, history head, are members of the executive council. Others from DePauw at the annual meeting included Profs. Coen Pierson and Clifton Phillips history; Paul A. Thomas, John Roiling, and.Otto Sonder, sociology; Hiram T. Jome, economics; and Wallace B. Graves, Clark Norton, and Stephen Early, Jr., political science. During the meeting Dr. Voltmer presided at a panel discussion on “The Growth of National Power,” and Dr. McIntyre was a member of the same panel. Also participating was Dr. Jome, wlv> discussed “The Inflationaly and Deflationary Potentials in the United States.” Hosting the silver anniversary meeting which began yesterday, was Indiana State Teachers College.

Gets Good Yield Of Alfalfa Seed Elisha A. Zeiner, living south the city on road 43, reports combining a two acre field of alfalfa fr/r the seed. He realized two bushels of seed which are worth about $75. he got 90 .bales of first cutting alfalfa hay each bale weighing from 70 to 80 pounds, from the first cutting last spring. Mr. Zeiner purchased the farm some 10 years ago when it was well worn and run down and his scientific rebuilding of the soil is now paying good dividends.

Orders Housing Project Receiver INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 2 — Judge Cale J. Holder ordered a 200-unit housing project at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot turned over to a receiver in Federal Court Friday. Neither Milton E. Zerman, New York promoter who built the project on an FHA-insured loan, nor his attorneys appeared at the hearing. The Trust Company of New Jersey brought the receivership suit here, charging Zerman was delinquent $21,221 Sept. 1 on the $1,562,000 mortgage held by the trust firm. William Overlin of Plymouth, Marshall County assessor, was named receiver and will be under $50,000 bond.

TELLS OF TORTURE BY REDS

HOLDING AN ATROCITY PHOTO, Raul Mldence, a member of the Guatemala liberation army, tells of torture by Guatemala Communists as he testifies in Washington before the House committee Investigating Communism in Latin America. Midence said a wave of torture was touched off in his country In an effort to get information and frighten people. He said ears were cut off, cheeks slashed, tongues cut out, vital organs removed. At left Is Dr. J. L Puente, interpreter from Library of Congress. ' (International)

Water Rises In France Vetoes Old Oil Well Compromise Plan

Some twelve or fifteen years ago, a 2650 foot oil well Was drilled on the Ed Cooper farm on U. S. 40 west of road 43, but it proved like all other Putnam county oil wells, a dry hole. This week Paul Lawyer who lives on the fa m, discovered that the liquid in the bottom of the well as activ'e. Be got all the str.ng he had and borrowed some to drop a iork down to see what was going on. He then dropped a cup to the bottom and brought up some clear cold water. While he was doing all this, the water rose to within 140 feet of the surface pf the ’groundr making a rise of some 2500 feet. The old oil well at the top, is 14 inches in diameter and gets slightly smaller as it goes down. The folks in the neighborhood who are short of water a;e now making plans to pump the abandoned well to see how much water they can take from it and to see if the flow will continue.

BUYS HOTEL BLOOMINGTON, Oct. 2— The Graham Hotel, Bloomington's largest, yesterday became a member of the Van Orman chain, which operates the McCurdy Hotel at Evansville and the Van Orman at Fort Wayne. Harold Van Orman Sr., who completed the transaction for a reported $500,000 said the purchase included the building and land. \Jan Orman took over operations immediately, installing as manager, Robert Thames, who had been assistant manager of the McCurdy.

FARM BUREAU MEETING V Floyd Township Farm Bureau will meet at Floyd Center School House on Monday. October 4. The annual Oyster supper will be at 6:30 P. M. The business session will be at 7:30 P. M. Mr. Walter Thompson will be the speaker. Br;ng a pic ani your table service.

LONDON. Oct. 2.—With a surprise veto Friday night France blocked a compromise plan to ; free and re-arm West Germany within the Western defense alliance. The action plunged the nine-power conference on Western unity into an unexpected crisis. A British Foreign Office spokesman immediately warned that the Churchill government will withdraw its 48-hour-old offer to maintain troops on the European continent if the conference breaks down. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has already warned the United States might have to withdraw its troops from Europe unless the talks succeed. Ho made no move to change his plans for going home Saturday night, and an American source expressed confidence the new snags would be overcome. After the conference had bee” reported moving rapidly toward success, France suddenly rejected a compromise plan to bring West Germany within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an enlarged seven-nation Brussels conference alliance. Thursday, French Premier Pierre Mendes-France was reported to have accepted the compromise —advanced by Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spank to give NATO and the enlarged Brussels grouping join controls aimed at preventing any runaway German rearmament. Friday Mendes-France told the conference the Spaak plan did not go far enough in rigidly controlling every aspect of the manufacture and distribution of arms. Instead he demanded fuller consideration of his own program, which called for controls to rest mainly in the hands of a new European Armaments Authority.

FATHERS AUXILIARY VFW Fathers Auxiliary will meet Wednesday evening, Oct. 6, at the Post 1550 Home.

6 MEN STAKE $3,000, REAP $1,000,000—URANIUM

Walter C. Barnes, S6, tests with scintil- Digging for uranium. In foreground is Caro! lator at the Hot Rocks Claim No. L ” Mann, brother of Miracle mine discoverer.

SIX MEN who had a hobby of hunting and prospecting in the mountains near Bakersfield, Calif., had $3,000 to risk, and now have shared $35,000 and are scheduled to share the rest of a million from Wyoming Gulf Sulphur company of New York and Cody, Wyo. Uranium is their find. They will receive 12V4 per cent of the gross revenue up to $1,000,000 from their uranium claim. Hot Rocks No. L It lies about miles from Miracle mine, California’s biggest uranium discovery. „ Their mins, developed in spare time, is one of richest ib the nation, (international Soundphotos)

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

URGES SAFETY IN OPERATION OF CORN PICKER

PURDUE EXPERT ADVISES FARMERS TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS Farmers who are going to op- | erate a corn picker this fall | might first try tying their shoes with their fists, suggests R. M. I Lien, agricultural engineer of j Purdue University. Unless time is allowed to ab- ! serve safety precautions, the corn i harvesting period, just starting, I will take it’s annual toll of lives j und hands. A few years ago the corn picking period required months instead of weeks. Development of the picker subtracted harvest time but multiplied the number of dead, maimed and crippled farmers. Don't set out each morning to break the record of the previous day, Lien advises farmers. He suggests they quit for the day before fatigue brings on clumsiness. Gauge the speed of operation according to conditions, as would be the case in safe operation of a car on the highway. Always stop machine and shut off motor to make adjustments in the field. Prevent need for many adjustment stops by having the picker in proper working condition before going into the corn, thus heading off many accident situations. * Loose clothing can be dangerous around machinery. The extra thumb sewed on work gloves to permit wearing both sides could prove to be costly, instead of economical, when operating a corn picker.. An added precaution, highly recommended, is carrying a fire extinguisher. Stop the machine occasionally and remove accumulated trash so a chance spark won’t start a fire. Replace glass sediment bulb with metal and be careful about smoking in dry corn. HULL 83 TODAY WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UP) —Former secretary of state Cordell Hull marks his 83rd birthday today without fanfare. Last of the nation’s diplomats from the log cabin tradition, the Tennessean is too ill to have visitors on 'his birthday for the first time in years. Czechs To Free Two Americans WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 —Communist Czechoslovakia has advised the U. S. Embassy at Prague that 1st. Lt. Richard Dries and Pfc. George Pisk of the U. S. Army, who were charged with spying on Czech territory, will be turned over to American authorities at the German border at Waidhuas at noon (local time) Saturday. State Department Press Officer Lincoln White said the embassy had reported this development to Washington. He said the Prague government specified the release point as Rozvadov, which is on the Czech side of the border at Waidhaus, Bavaria. The two Americans were seized Sept. 17 in the German-Czech border country in the vicinity of Eslarw, Bavaria. The Czech government sent a note to the United States charging that the nu-n were making photographs. using binoculars, taking rotes and mailing drawings fit the time they were picked ed up, allegedly on Czech territory.

LEGAL BLOC KADE INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2 (UP) Atty. Gen. F.dwin K. Steers erected a legal blockad® to the proposed north-south toll road today. He refused to approve Indiana Toll R> :d Commission agreement- with two firms hiied to do preliminary engineering and traff.c survey work on the Gary-to-Indianapolis superhighway. Steer - ruled the agreements are illegal but explained that the faults he found were mostly "routine technicalities.” “I th.nk they can correct them all,” he said. His disapproval was a blow both to highway officials and to Governor Craig's staff.

In Training

Pvt. C harles E. Yeager

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. —Pvt. Charles E. Yeager, son of Edgar L. Yeager, Rural Route 3, Greencastle, Ind., is nearing completion of basic infantry training at Fort Leonard Wood with a unit of the 6th Armored Division. After induction int|;> t^e Army at his home station. Pvt. Yeager processed through the 5045th ASU Reception Staticm at Fort Leonard Wood, where he received his initial army clothing and took the basic qualification and aptitude tests to determine his assignment in the Army after completion of basic training. In the first eight weeks, he is being taught the basic elements of military life, how to defend himself individually and with a unit, how to live with other soldiers, basic infantry techniques, and other fundamental facts important to his success in the military service. Upon completion of the eightweek infantry training cycle here with the the famed “Super Sixth,” he will receive a leave before beginning eight weeks of advance basic training, either at Fort Leonard Wood or another training installation. Democrats Hold Meeting In City The Democratic campaign in Putnam county was launched Friday evening when the organizaiton held its first speaking of the campaign. Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute an^l John W. King, Putnam county cand’date for congress from the Sixth Indiana district were the speakers. Clair T. Albin, county chairman, presided and introduced the county candidates, practically all of whom were in attendance. Mr. King discussed issues which will probably come up in the next sesison of congress that will be of interest to Putnam county residents. In his speech Mr. King declared that we were confronted in this campaign with many serious problems. “Farm prices are down. The things the farmers buy have not gone down. Unemployment is rising each day, and our position in world affairs has gone backward instead of forward. Our great natural resources are being depleted very fast one way or another.” Our president -needs a lot of good help in these time—not just yes people, not just coat tail riders, but good representatives of the people, not representing the vested interest, but representing all the people, to help our country go forward in prosperity ind peace.” Mr. King stated he felt that the people were entitled to know what they are going to do with McCarthy before the election, not after the election. Mr. King spoke of the record of his opponent, present congresswoman of the Sixth District. He stated for the past six years sh'- has been budding a record in Washington and on that record she has to stand. Mr. King stated his opponent voted for the new tax bill just passed by the last Congress, a bill that gives maximum relief to corporations and those who live on dividends, and minimum relief to those who depend upor wages and salaries of less than $5,000 per year. My opponent voted for the atomic energy’ bill we have all heard so much about, and of course she voted in favor (Continued cn Tnee TUree>

NO. 300

GREENCASTLE DOWNS DELPHI IN GRID TILT

TIpER CUBS WIN FOURTH GAME OF SEASON BY 13 TO 6 SCORE

The Tiger Cubs hit the victory trail again Friday night under the lights at the new Greencastle athletic field .by defeating the Delphi high school football team, 13 to 6. The Cub record for the season now stands at four wins and one setback, a 7-6 loss to Martinsville. Greencastle dominated the play throughout the first half. Halfback Chuck Pingleton scampered across the goal line in the opening quarter on a 7-yard run around his own right end. He also carried the ball over for an additional point and the Cubs led, 7-0. In the second period, the veteran Halfback Chuck Saathoff. crashed through the Delphi line on a quick opener and ran 65 yards for Greencastle’s second touchdown. Quarterback Jim Braden’s kick was no good for the extra point and the half ended, 13 to 0. in favor of the locals. Neither side could reach paydirt during the third quarter, although Saathoff reeled off another long run for what appeared to be a t. d. but the play was nullified by an offensive holding penalty against the Cubs. In the fourth period, Pingleton also went over but the pigskin squirted out of his hands as he hit the ground and the visiting Oracles recovered and took charge on the 20-yard stripe. Delphi finally managed to .break into the scoring column when Bill Calvert got away for a long run, Saathoff stopping him on the 3-yatd line. Calvert then slammed over but the try for additional point failed and the game ended, 13 to 6, with the Cubs on top. Fans, and there was a goodly number present, oujoyed the be-tween-halves performance by tho high school band under the direction of Don Marketto. Greencastle travels to Lelienon next Friday and from all indications they have a big job on their hands as the Lebanon gridders mauled Westfield to the tune of 39 to 0 last evening. Outdoor Affair At Putnamville The Putnamville Lions Club and the Parent Teachers Association held a supper meeting and dance program on the street leading north out of Putnamville Friday evening. Supper was served, starting at five o’clock and the program ended with a big dance in the street. Proceeds from the affair will go towards supporting PTA projects and other school benefits during the coming school year. The entire affair was well supported. Police Report Local Incident Some local school boys are reported to have “mixed it up” with a DePauw freshman Thursday night when they took his green cap, a symbol of first year university student. Police said the incident occurred on South Locust street and that the DePauw boy was struck on the nose and suffered the loss of some teeth as well as a split lip. Chief Victor Gould said the youths were to appear before Mayor Evan Crawiey Monday evening. O Today’s Weather & Local Temperature ® & Q & Q Q Q Q Cloudy and showers today. Cloudy and warm with scattered showers Sunday.

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