The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 August 1955 — Page 1

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VOLUME SIXTY-THREE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 253

TWO MEMBERS HOHORED BY LIONS CLUB

FBI ENTERS CASE

ARTHI'R ZARING, SIDNEY MANDELBLATT ARE GIVEN AWARDS

The Greencastle Lions at their regular dinner meeting last night at the Student Union building, presented awards to Arthur Zaring and Sydney Mandelblati for their efforts during the recent |

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 9— (UP)—FBI experts made extensive tests today to learn if scrapings from under the fingernails ! of murdered socialite Mrs. Wilma { Allen would confirm the theory that she was slain by a light

skinned Negro.

Police said matter removed from the victim's fingernails was believed to contain particles of skin from the body of the killer. The woman, the wife of William R. Allen Jr., a wealthy automobile dealer, disappeared Thursday. Her body was found

RED CROSS IS ACTIVE DURING PUTNAM FAIR

THE DUHHS HAVE A TALKIHC CROW

112 PERSONS GET FIRST [

AID; ONE IS SENT TO HOSPITAL

birthday calendar drive. Lion j Sunday in an isolated pasture Zaring set the pace with 56 fam- a . bout 15 miles outside Kansas

ily listings, but Mandelblatt was City.

close behind with 42 family | clues at the scene where the listings and one club listing. ■ body was found indicated the

The awards were made by project chairman, Paul Buechler, who also praised the support of the community and local merchants. Mr. Buechler pointed out too, the possibilities of making the calendar an annual Lion pro-

ject.

President Charles Shuee, complimented the Lion's spray committee, William Johnston, Dwight Liston and E. J. Staub for their excellent job of spraying the Fairgrounds and cattle barns during the Putnam County Fair. Program chairman, Parul Evens, introduced speaker Leon Snyder, a Grecncastle Lion, and principal of 1st ward school, who gave an interesting talk on the Anthropology and Archaeology of American Indians. Mr. Snyder also exhibited a collection of Indian stones, tools, and other Items, among which was a real Indian scalp.

woman fought a fierce battle for life with the man, or men, who murdered her.

Young Predicts Safety Increase Announcing that the 1954 Indiana school traffic safety education program has received seventh place ranking in the nation by the National Safety Council, Wjjbur Young, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, predicted that the annual inventory of traffic activities next year will win even higher recog-

nition.

“Indianans program for 1954 earned 89 r /, of the total possible points, and we were second among the eight midwestern states,” Young said. “This is a fine showing, and it should be reflected in the years to come as pupils now taking safety education training mature into every-day auto drivers. Also, every pupil is made more safety-conscious, and traffic hazards are thus reduced where the pedestrian or the syclist is to

blame.

“Tiie reason I am confident of a much higher rating next year is because the new head of our traffic safety education, Mr. Wesley Dane, is instituting some

the high 90\s that have prevailed I innovations which are bound to in the community. Monday was 'improve an already-good pro-

Mercury Drops To A Cool 58

Grecncastle and Putnam county residents, who have sweltered for several weeks from an intense heat wave, welcomed the cool 58-degree minimum recorded here at 6 o’clock Tuesday

morning.

This was a rccidcd drop fro n

also very pleasant with the maximum temperature only reaching 84. At 8 a. m. Tuesday, The Daily

gram. “For instance, we are going to increase our output of traffic safety publications and will aug-

First Aid facilities provided by the Putnam County Chapter of the American Red Cross under the direction of Mrs. Theolir.e Bee, Putnam County Nurse, and with the aid of a group of volunteers from various parts of the county served a total of 112 persons during the 4-H and Putnam County Fair week. The majority were for cuts, bruises, scratches, burns, insect bites, indigestion and heat exhaustion. One case was sent to the Putnam County Hospital for heat prostration by ambula-nce. Among the ladies who volunI teered their services as First- ) j Aiders from Grecncastle town1 ship were Mrs. J. B. Crosby and Mrs. H. L. Jome, both nurse aides, other Grecncastle volunteers were Mrs. Howard Bur kett, Mrs. Burke Coyner, Mrs. Maurice Hurst, Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough and Mrs. Joe

Wright.

From Washington township the following ladies offered volunteer services: Mrs. Mary McAninch, Mrs. Dorothea Stephens, Mrs. Freda Young, Mrs. Dorothy Snow, Mrs. Anthea Boyer, Mrs. Lois Costin, Mrs. Tressa Rissler and Mrs. Inis Richie. From Cloverdale township: Mrs. Lester Parker, Mrs. Leonard Mann, and Mrs. Russel Houston volunteered for service and from Floyd township Mrs. Helen Ryland, Mrs. Wilma Wallace and Mrs. Clara Everts volunteered their services. Men First-Aiders who were on duty during the fair week were Lee Lowdermilk, Leon Snyder, Glenn Skelton, Lois Cowgill and Norvel Colbert. With this group of volunteer aides the Red Cross facilities were fully and competently staffed for the entire week of the fair. Facilities provided by the Red Cross included the two-bed tenc, with first aid cabinet and the Chapter's first-aid trailer which is maintained by Jake Eitel.

Leon Dunn and his talking crow are shown aAbove. The bird was taken from its nest early in life by Mr. Dunn and has lived as a member of the family since. It eats most anything and won’t leave the family home/ However, it talks and apparently knows what members of the family say to it. Also in the picture is Mr. Dunn’s son, Rex Owen.

ELKS TO MEET

Grecncastle Elks Lodge, No.

1077, will meet in regular session

this evening at 8 o’clock.

Hospital Notes Dismissed: Clara David, Lawrenceville, 111., Kenneth DeMoss, Indianapolis, Frank Smith, Quincy; Mrs. Donald Abrams and daughter, Bainbridge.

Births:

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Brown, Grecncastle, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wall rath, Stilesville, a daughter.

DRIVER ARRESTED Robert E. Chambers. 35. of Indianapolis, was arrested by local police at 12:40 a. m. Tuesday on a drunken driving charge. Chambers was taken into custody at the corner of Indiana and Walnut streets.

RED CROSS MEETING J. J. Eitel has announced that the Disaster Preparedness Committees will meet Monday night August 15th in the basement of the Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p. m. to make preparati .a ’or r disaster trial exer ise Le aac.J in September.

a grand Champion animal

cast said that the entire state would have another nice day of weather with some showers in the southern portion and slowly rising temperature. Tractor Drivers To Represent Co. LoRoy Zeinor and Arthur Evans, both of Marion township carried off tractor driving honors at the Fair last week. They won in both age departments and will represent Putnam county in the district contest to be Held at Rockville on Wednesday.

August 24.

Banner thermometer registered | ment the staff work of the pro67 degrees. The Indiana fore- ] gram as much as the state bud-

get will permit. Also, we are continuing to improve regulations j and supervision of school buses, j “While this is a theoretical j rating, based on measurable traf- i fic education efforts, it should be borne in mind that hundreds of traffic safety efforts, on the part i of school autnorities, parent groups and bus drivers, are never actually put on the tally sheet. “The continued cooperation of every motorist, every child, every

teacher and every bus driver is

, essential if Indiana's school j | children are to become aware of j constant traffic hazards, and our , j streets and highways are to be j made genuinely safe for them.”

City Schools Start Sept. 1 Public schools in Grecncastle will start Thursday morning, Sept. 1, Supt. O. L. Johnson announced today. The pupils will report at their respective buildings on Thursday and Friday. As Monday, Sept. 5. is Labor Day, there will be no school but classes will be resumed on Tuesday morning following the holiday.

|&4v Marvin Ramsay of Russell township is shown with his Gran Champion Jersey bull, exhibited at the Putnam County Fair last week. WINS WITH FINE JERSEY COW

VOCATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS MONTH

TEACHERS WILL ATTEND PURDUE SESSIONS ON

AUGUST 15-17

The annual Vocational Conference for Teachers of Homemaking Education, both general and vocational, will be held in the Memorial Union Building at Purdue University, Aug. 15 to 17. The central theme of this ! meeting, which is sponsored by the Division of Home Economics. State Department of Public Instruction, will be the pla*ce of housing in the homemaking program and proper teaching proce-

dures in this field.

Dr. H. Gordon Hullfish, professor of education at Ohio State University who is nationally known for his educational research and writing, will be the keynote speaker. He will discuss “Guiding the Learning of Youth” at the 1:30 session on Monday and “How to Select and Guide Learning Experiences” at the Tuesday afternoon meeting. At the opening session Monday morning, Miss Hortense Hurst, state supervisor of home economics education, and Dr. Beulah Gillaspie, dean of the School of Home Economics at Purdue, will welcome the teachers on behalf of the state department and the university. At the 11 o’clock meeting. Dr. Cleo Fitzsimmons, head of the department of home management at Purdue, will speak on the subject, “Trends in Housing and Management.” Following Dr. Hullfish’s address, the remainder of the afternoon will be given over

to panel discussions.

W, A. Williams, administrative assistant in vocational educational in the State Department will speak Tuesday morning on “Vocational Education in Indiana” and opening the afternoon session, Miss Dorothy Bensen, home furnishing specialist of the L. S. Ayers and Company, Indianapolis, will discuss "Fur-

nishings for the Home.”

The annual dinner meeting will be held Tuesday evening with Miss Marie Nagovsky of the Purdue staff, the local conference chairman, piesiding. Wilbur Yeung, state superintendent of public instruction, will bring greetings to the group and Dr. J. R. Mitcheli, director of teacher placement at Purdue, will speak on “The Significant Contribution

of the Teacher Taday”

A panel discussion, district group meetings will be on the agenda for Wednesday morning.

Wins In Kentucky ~

Happy Chandler

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug 9— (UP) Former Baseball Commissioner A. B. Happy Chandler was assured of the Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s governor today but it caused little joy among the state organization whose candidate, Bert T. Combs, was soundly defeated.

EXTRA!

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—(UP) — The figures of three possible presidential candidates dominated the opening of the 47th annual Governor’s conference to-

day.

The possible candidates were President Eisenhower, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. The 20 Republican governors attending the four-day conference were reported solidly behind President Eisenhower as the GOP’s presidential candidate

in 1956.

Most of the 26 Democratic governors attending appeared to he backing Stevenson for another try at the presidency. But there were some reservations and the name of Harriman kept popping up.

OXNAM TO SPEAK LAFAYETTE. Ind., Aug. 9.— (UP)—Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam of Washington is among speakers scheduled for the National j Ccmvocation of Methodist Youth i at Purdue University. Aug. 22-26. ' About 5.000 persons from the United States. Cuba. Hawaii. Alaska, and Puerto Rico are expected. The meeting is held every four years.

848 POLIO CASES BOSTON. Aug. 9—(UP)—The number of polio cases in Miissachusctts mounted to 848 today and health officials predicted the figure would rise to “at least 1.000 ’ before the polio season ends. Today’s figure includes 92 new cases reported Monday, the greatest number in any single day since the severe outbreak began.

MILLER REIN ION

The annual Miller reunion will be held Sunday, August 21, at Robe Ann Park, in Grecncastle.

20 Years Ae»

HERE AND THERE

O. G. Webb was in French Lick attending the meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. Others attending were Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Sigler. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham and daughter, Man' Ann. returned from vacation in Fort Bragg. N. C. Mrs. Clay Brothers was hostess to Section Three of the Chnslian church.

More Violence At New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Ind.. Aug. 9 - (UP) Efforts at ending the 15-day-old strike against the Perfect Circle Corp. continued today amid reports of more violence. Luther Neal, a non-striker, told police a rock was thrown through a window of his home here for the second time. A Federal mediator was scheduled to meet with representatives of the CIO United Auto Workers today in Indianapolis to seek a basis for resumption of contract negotiations. The union struck against the f’rm’s plants in New Castle. Hagerstown and Richmond, July 25 in a dispute over higher pay and a union shop.

Boys Killed By Hit-Run Drivers

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9 — (UP)—Hit-and-run caifs killed two boys in separate accidents Monday, and police arrested the alleged drivers in a matter of hours. Paul R. Woempner, 12, was j struck as he stood at the edge of a city street holding his bicycle and talking to his brother, Charles. 15. Willie L. Dowdell, 9. Bridgeport, was struck on County Line Roaxi west of here as he stood with his mother and two other women. Marshall J. Caplingcr. 46. was arrested at his home on a charge j of leaving the scene in the Woempner case. Vertner Toliver. 25, Bridgeport, next-door neighbor of the Dowdell boy, was charged with reckless homicide.

.Miss Doreatha Nicholson showed the pr.ze winning Jersey c v at the Putnam County Fair list week, defeating all comers, including her father. A NEW COMER TO PUTNAM COUNTY FAIRS

BILL STERN INJURED

NEW YORK. Aug. •—(UP) — Sports announcer Bill Stem suffered a possible concussion and other injuries today when his car crashed into a bridge abutment in the Bronx. The 4S-year-old announcer was taken to Jewish Memorial Hospital where his condition was reported as “fair.” Hospital attendants said he received lacerations in addition to the possible concussion.

Hew Bridge For Washingfon Twp. The bridge on the road near the Frank Raab home in Washington township will have to be replaced at a cost of between $ 0.000 and $40,000, it is estimated, due to a heavy lime truck passing over it and crushing the bridge. The bridge and truck all landed in the creek bed some distance below, but the driver, ^aid to have been Lloyd Nelson of Brazil escape I unhurt. The five ton limit bridge was wre; k?d several years ago. but .hen was repaired and traffic has been going over it since, but his time, rcpaiis a:e not posible, due to the complete deduction. The lime truck called a load of more tha i 11 tons over the five ton limit br: Jg . LCK'AL ROT \RIANS TO HiiAi: Di'.I’AI W \LUMM S

YANKS INJURED IN RIOTING BY FRENZIED ROKS SCREAMING KOREANS TRY TO SEIZE RUSSIAN OBSERVERS

Miss Delores Graharp of Washington township, exhibited some unusually fine Jersey animals at the fair last week. She is a new comer to Putnam fail's and showed her fine animals with much credit to herself and to the animals.

Roscoe C. Clark, assoc iate J with Eli Lilly Co., in In iianar..i:s for 32 years in the Adverting. Marketing and Industri?. relations Divisions, will be the speaker at the luncheon meeting >f the Greencastie Rotary Club »n Wednesday. An ahlmuus of DePauw, Mr. Clark will have as his subject 'Unfinished Business,” a discusion of the development of publ.c relations and communications i • msiness. N L. Donelson has arranged for Mr. Clark to ad ires* the local civic group, and, it L inderstood that h:s talk will oe of interest to all businessmen.

MIAMI, Aug. 9—(UP)— A giant Atlantic hurricane with winds af 135 miles per hour flanked the U. S. mainland ominously today on a course that might turn and strike the coast

at any time.

The U. S. Weather Bureau warned that Hurricane “Connie,” a dangerous tempest spinning 500 miles off the Florida coast, had slowed for a- possible change in direction although the present course would bypass the main-

land.

Small craft warnings were raised from Jacksonville, Fla, to Blank Island, R. I. The Navy sent his big ship out to sea from Hampton Roads. Some military planes were evacuated from the coast. The Red Cross went on

alert.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 — (UP) — A witness testified today that he saw Sgt. James C. Gallagher mistreat two fellow American prisoners of war in Korea and throw them tot heir deaths in the sub-zero cold. Sgt. Donell Adams. 27, of Cottonwood. Ala:., testifying at Gallabher’s court martial on charges of murder and collaborating with the Communists, said the 23-year-old Brooklyn soldier dumped the two dying men through a barracks door “like a f ( ontion l*n:;e Two) Mrs. Long Dies At Russellville Mrs. Hettie Long. 77. passed away at her hom* in RussellvilL ; Monday night at 10:45 following | a few months illness. Mrs:. Long was born in 1878, ! the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joe Kinkead. She was married to Bert Long, who preceded her in death several years ago. Survivors are: one sister. Mrs. Nannie Wilson of Kingman. Kansas. One sister. Mrs. Venie Simpson and a brother, Warner Kinkead preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p m. CST from the Russellville Christian Church. Rev. Ridph Spencer will be in char ge. Interment will be in the Hebron ceme-

tery.

SEOUL, Korea, Aug. 9. (UP) — Hundreds of screaming Koreans attacked the U. S. Army compound on Wolmi-Do Island in waves early today in an attempt to kidnap Communist members of a neutral nations inspection team. The Koreans, demonstrating for the fifth straight day, surged across an 800-yard-long causeway connecting the island witH Inchon and tore up the U. S, Army guard shack before they were be;^en back. The two-pronged Korean attack began shortly after midnight. Five American soldiers and two officers were injured as the ROKs hurled stones, bottles and other debris. They were repulsed when the Army used tear gas and fired carbines over their heads. National police reported nine Koreans were injured in the fiffch day of demonstration that brought to 17 the number of Americans injured in the riots. Korean press reports said the campaign to storm the island would be reinforced this afternoon by 1,500 railway workeis and that 3,000 war veterans would join the demonstrators there Wednesday. Col. Winston Butscher of Coral Gables, Fla., troop commander on Wolmi-Do, ordered particular attention to boatloads of 200 tough, anti-Comunist exwar prisoners circling the island. The U. S. Army denied rumors it had evacuated the truce members—charged by the Koreans with being Communist spies— but sent crack 7th Division frontline combat troops to its besieged compounds. Wolmi-Do was the fifth U. S. post to be attacked in five days of anti-Communist demonstrations that quickly turned into rioting against American troops. The government-inspired attacks were part of a drive io oust the Communist commission members by Saturday.

Scared' Couple Pays $1 Fine INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9 — (UP)—The Hammond police department was “under fire” today from an Indianapolis couple who said they were "seared” into paying a parking ticket which wasn’t theirs. Mr. and Mrs. John Lipscomb said the letter threatened Lipseomb with arrest unless he paid the $1 fine. They said they mailed 51 because “we were scared.” The ticket was issued for a car with the license AV-5102. The Lipscombs’ license is BX-(*4d. Hammond Police Chief Thomas J. Martinson said if the letter was sent to the wrong person the fine would be refunded. “There can be such a: thing as mistakes made,” Martinson said. WOMAN DROWNS SELF

PRINCETON. Aug. 9-(UPl - M's. Lois E. Zehnner, 27, was found drowned in a cattle watering tank on her farm neaOwesville Monday, and authorities said she committed suicide in grief over the death of her mother three months ago.

&&#<*«<*** ® Today’s Weather <1 3* Local Temperature A Mostly fair with slowly rising temperatures today, tonight and Wednesday.

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