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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 259

COUNCIL HELD SLOW SESSION MONDAY NIGHT

I INDIANA DEATHS TOTAL 87 FOR MONTH OF JUNE

KEOULAK MEETING LASTED I ported Sunday.

Eighty-seven persons were killed in traffic accidents in Indiana in June, bringing the state ( total to 407 for the first half of j 1955. the Indiana state police re-

UNTIL WELL AFTER !J O C LO< K

The city council held its regular session Monday evening. It was a slow', draggy one and did not let loo. until well after nine o’clock. Only a minimum amount of business was trans-

There were 487 highw'ay deaths in Indiana in the first six

months of 1954.

Sixty-three pedestrians were killed the first half of this year, compared with 77 in the corre-

sponding period of 1954.

Collisions between motor vehicles cost 204 lives in the first half of 1955. Forty-four were

TEACHERS FOR PUTNAM COUNTY ARE ANNOUNCED VARIOUS SCHOOL STAFFS LISTED TUESDAY BY SLUT. HUTCHINS

159 died when cars ran off of

roads.

Four persons were killed on bicycles, three when cars overturned on roads, 15 when cars hit fixed objects and five other

types of accidents.

acted during the evening.

Claims totaling $1,775.97 were | killed in auto-train collisions and

passed by the council following ’ r ' n the reading of the minutes of the

last session, two weeks ago. City Attorney Frank Stoessel

was present for the first time since his brush with the hospital and doctors who operated him. He is feeling quite well, he said.

Mrs. Edwin L. Minar and Mrs.

Betty Coyner Burke, the knitting gal, from the League of Women's voters attended. Mrs. Burke never lost a stitch on her crocheting while listening to the

council discussions.

Luther Pingleton was present and asked what residents on north Madison street are going to do when the county sells the

Guards Catch Farm Escape

after escaping from the Putnamville institution. State police

old county sewer acreage north j reported that Earl Ford, 25, a

An inmate of the Indiana state farm enjoyed but eight

brief hours of freedom Monday Vickrey,' Ruth Neier, Ruth Ann

Teachers in the Putnam county schools for the coming year, which opens Friday, August 26, were announced Tuesday by Supt Eugene Hutchins. The various school staffs are as follows: Bainbridge— Ray Alishouse Prin., Francis McClure, Norman Evens, Robert Andrews, Wendell Witsman, Martha Spencer, Helen Jeffries, June Irwin, Virginia Hutchins, Bernice Steward, Ralph Lawter, Mary Boyd, Madonna Balay, Blanche Skelton, Ella Pickett, June Seobee Barnard—James Burk, Prin.; 1 Juanita McMurtry, Alice Rich-

j ardson.

j Belie Union—Orville Blue, Prin.; James Hammonnd, Truman McCammack, Piercy Masten, Thelma Neier, Lenora Long, Earl McCullough, Catherine

BUSS VISIT PLANT CHICAGO, Aug. 16 —(UP) — A Russian farm delegation today visited a company which once lost a million dollar plant in a Communist seizure. The 10 Russians, who are touring American farm centers, paid a visit to the big International Harvester CO. here. Officials of the firm were aware that in 1924 the Russian communist government confiscated Harverter’s 10 million dollar tractor plant located near Moscow. The company was never paid for the plant and it now said to be worth 20 million dollars.

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of the Big Four station and it is no longer usable. His h’ome is not in the city, and those within the city south of him, will be required to hook onto the new sewer. A good many residents along the old court house sewer, have hooked onto it in the past years and when it is shut off, they will be required to look elsewhere for sewage disposal. The council voted to do away with the fourway stop at the corner of Jackson and Walnut streets. Instead of the “stop’ signals on Jackson, ‘slow” ones will be substituted and east and west traffic will stop for Jack-

colored prisoner, left the farm about 4 p. m. He was captured by guards near Cloverdale around midnight and taken to the farm jail to await circuit court action. Ford was sent to the penal farm from an Indianapolis court.

City Council Bans Bon-Fires

The city council went on re-

cord Monday night against per-

son. Many complaints have been mittin S bun-fires in the down

town area, such as has been built in numerous places during the past summer. They reported they arc a fire hazard to down town buildings and might get cut of control of those starting them, as apparently they are

not watched too closely. Complaints have been received

by councilmen pertaining to the burning of junk on north Vine istreet. These complaints come ^ from neighbors whose laundry • might be on the line and during I these high humidity days, the

heard against the heavy trucks stopping ami starting at the intersection, especially from hotel

residents.

Street Commissioner Gould was instructed to cut the weeds at the corner of Arlington and Franklin streets this morning. It has been made a dangerous corner, due to the high weeds.

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Driver Fined In City Court Lowell McCammack pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving m Bainbndge when arraigned before Mayor Evan Crawley in city court Monday evening. The d» fend ant was fined $10 and costs, a total of $24.75. He was also placed under restricted driving in Bainbridge for six months, using his car to drive to work and back home only. McCammack was arrested by Town Marshal Kilgore on an affidavit signed by Wayne Mark. D-DAY JAIL TERM

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Clinton Center—James Rady, Prin.; Mae Alishouse, Beulah Yochum, Madonna McMurtry, Alice Richardson. Cloverdale—Loyd Hurst. Prin.; Glen Steele, Robert Neese, Thomas Davis, Herbert Nodine, Ruth Hammond, Mary Liveoak, Mary Truesdel, Mabel Davidson, Allen McCammack, Jenevra Knoll, Ruth Morrison, Naomi Dixon, Mary Logan, Calita Job Fillmore— Arthur Johnson, Prin.; William Craig, Wendell Smith, Sherrill Alexander, Paul Pruitt, Dorothy Goodmann, Geneva Milhon, Mabel Joseph, Marcelline Molter, Barbara- Nutt, Burl Clark, Estelle Hall, Vivian Sutherlin, Jean Riddle, Madeline O’Hair, Kathyleen Skelton Putnar.iville — Aral Groner, Prin.; Paul Buis, Reggie Glover, Verna Garl, Alice Richardson Roachdale— Louis Overton, Prin.; Richard Baumgartner, Annabelle Myers, Herbert Jeffries, John T. Wilson, James Risk, Betty Robertson, Eda Harrison, Olive Harshbarger, Sus-a-nna Compton, Mary Sanders, Verona Clampitt, Gayle Overton, Nell Kersey, Mildred Martin, |

Bessie Green

Russellville — Gale Grimes, Prin.; Elmer Hammond, Miriair.

Freed Flier To File For Divorce SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug 16 (UP)—Airman Daniel C. Schmid , whose wife Una mar- , ried another man while he was ! a prisoner of the Chinese Communists, has decided to sue for

j divorce.

Schmidt’s attorney, Howar d C. Welch, said the 2;>-year-old ai > man will charge extreme mental cruelty. He said the charges would be "very general in nature.” He declined to discuss the possibility of charging Una, 29, with adultery or desertion. Schmidt has not yet decided whether to ask for custody of their 2-year-old son, Danny.

Harvey Famiiy To Be Honored Friday The Gobin Memorial Church congregation is making elaborate plans for a farewell supper and gather ing in the church Friday evening for the Rev. Elmer Harvey and family, who are leaving August 23 for Indianapolis. The Rev. Harvey will be on duty as pastor of the church - until Sunday, September 11. however. A pitch-in supper will be served at the church Friday evening prior to the program which will honor the Harvey family.

RADIATION OF ATOM STUDIED BY SCIENTISTS WORLD EXPERTS MEETING IN GENEVA AT REQUEST OF UN

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BRITAIN'S Princess Anne poses with a doll for her fifth birthday photo in London. She wears a new blue broderie Anglaise dress edged with embroidered daisies. (International)^

Ike Takes Off On Fisiiirg Trip

DENVER, Aug. 16 —(UP) —

President Eisenhower cleared the decks today f .r a midday start on the “r d rest” part ol his work-and-:? lay vacation—a five-day trout fishing sojourn a

Fraser, Colo., in the Rockies. f f or**ion PjiBTe Konr>

ACCEPTS 1ST PLACE SOFTBALL TROPHY

air late in the evening is laden

with smoke and everyone feels j umpbell, Margaret Miller, Kenit more than if the air is clean.. ! ne ^ 1 Weaver, Don Patton, Estil Those doing the burning will be Hodge, Lucile Jarvis, Waneita

Ha-zlett.

Reelsville —William Guthrie, Prin.; Charles West, Gilbert Hassler, Carl Foreman, Robert Liddil. Olive Kirk. Phyllis Hess, Kenneth Miller, Helen Miller, j Jeanette Birkemeier, Wilma Masten, Lola Long. Marvise Akers Esther Friend, Myrtle Logan.

asked to discontinue the practice.

Farm Official Dies At Brazil

i James E. Tibbcts, 67, prominj ent Brazil resident and an ad- ! ministrative officer at the Indi- , ana state farm for the past threeyears, passed away Monday in [ the Clay county hospital as result of a heart attack suffered

Sheriff Joe Rollings reported Tuesday morning that Virgil Rogers, 25. is serving a nine-day term in the Putnam county jaii as result of a courtmartial by the local National Guard unit. The sheriff said Rogers was sentenced for not appearing for drill sessions.

was the

a week previous. He stricken in his office at

penal institution.

Last rites will be held from the Moore Funeral Home in Brazil at 2 o'clock Wednesday j afternoon with burial in Cottage

j Hill cemetery.

DIVORCE SUIT Mrs. Charlotte Matthews has filed suit for divorce in the Putnam circuit court from Noble Eugene Matthews. The plaintiff is asking $35.000 in alimony. Hughes & Hughes are her attorneys.

Will Step Up Radar Defense

20 Years Ago

HERE AND THERE

Abo it >00 tickets for the Indiana State Fair nad been sold at the county agent’s office. Mrs* Walter Brown was visiting relatives in Detroit. Mich. Ferdie Stauch was spending the weekend in Fort Wayne. Miss Mary Kocher was hornfrom Bloomington where she attended summer school at Indiana University.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (UPl —The Army announced today that 3.000 troops are pushing toward the Arctic frontier with enough building mateiai to construct more than 50 radar st ii Rons and other sites on the continent’s air raid warning net. The announcement, giving the first indication of the number of locations planned for the distant early warning DEW line, said the specially trained troops wil unload more than 200.COO tons of construction material and supplies along the largely unexplored high Arctic coast line. The DEW line :s a joint U. S - Canaiian venture, being financed by this country, designed to provide four to six hours warning of approaching enemy bomber atta ks along the polar approaches to North America.

Kiah Hovermale Rites Wednesday Kiah Carl Hovermale, 6S. passed away at 7:30 Monday morning at his home south of Russellville. Death followed an illness of only a few months duration. He was born October 5, 1886, j'the son of John and Emaline j Pratt Hovermale. His entire life I was spent in the Russellville community. He was united in marriage to Edith Smiley, who. survives. In addition to the wife, other survivors are a daughter. Mrs. Edna Mason, of Indianapolis, two sons, Ralph of Sulphui j Springs and Robert of Indianapolis, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the Russellville Federated Church j with Rev. William Hargrave, of Creencastle, in rharge. Burial will be in the Portland Mill 3 cemetery.

GENEVA, Aug. 16 —(UP)--World famous biologists and physicians meet here today at the request of the United Nations to study the threat of atomic radiation to future generations of the human race. The urgent conference was called by the U. N. World Health Organization WHO after scientists repeatedly told the Atoms For Peace conference of the dangers ahead through exposure to radiation. The problem began occuping the attention of the world when the United States and Soviet Russia tested atomic and hydrogen bombs and statesmen expressed alarm that the atmosphere might become too polluted for safety. The problem became even more acute when scientists reported to the atoms conference here that tests with laboratory animals had shown the danger of mutation changes with the danger to humans a great question mark for the future. Observers said the biologists and physicians were expected to use today’s hastily-called meeting to call for a special new meeting of international scientists to go into the matter in de-

tail.

Even the experts at Geneva disagreed as to the ultimate effect of radiation. Dr. T. C. Carter, a British medical research council expert at the Harwell Atomic Station, noted there is no agreement on the nature and magnitude of the genetic dan-

ger.

Dr. William L. Russell, principal geneticist at Oak Ridge, Tenn., warned that the danger >f atomic radiation on future generations may be greater than generally supposed. D •. Alexander Hollander of >nk Ridge warned again today hat man has plunged so swift- / into the atomic age he • is cars ahead of the safeguards :o ouget to be carrying with I him -that the science of proect : ig humanity is years behind h” •’tudy of atomic energy it-

self.

EXTRA! LONDON, Aug. 16 —(UP) — Two British newspaper indicatec today that Britian’s royal marriage act may be changed to permit Princess Margaret to wed the man of her choice. There was no mention of divorce Group Capt. Peter Townsend but the implication was there. Margaret will celebrate her 25th birthday on Aug. 21. The Daily Telegraph mentioned the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 for the second day running, and between the lines was the hint that the law might be

changed.

BOSTON, Aug. 16—(UP) — Massachusets health officials felt ‘ somewhart encouraged” today by the reduction of cases in polio epidemic reports. Dr. Roy F. Feemster, director of the state Division of Communicable Diseases, said the 77 cases reported Monday were "reason to feel somewhat encouragd.” The state reported 92 cases on Monday last week. The new cases boosted the total so far this year to 1,235 compared to 126 cases at the same time last year.

CHICAGO,' Aug. 16 —(UP) — An all-Midwest alert was issued today for a suspected burglar who is linked by a fingerprint to the slaying of a Chicago detective in a subway station gun-

duel.

Chief of Detectives Harry Penzin said a fingerprint found on a getaway car which was commandeered by rtie killer matched that of Richard Carpen ter, 26. The gunman made his escape in the car Monday night minutes after he had shot down Detective William J. Murphy, 34, at the Roosevelt Rd. subway station. Murphy and his partner had been assigned to search for Carpenter, who is wanted for a series of burglaries on the North and Northwest sides. A police identification photograph of Carpenter was found in the subway station after Murphy’s death.

TROPICAL STORM MOVES TOWARD U. S. MAINLAND

DIANE MAY HIT SOITII CAROLINA COAST DURING DAY

.masonic; NOTICE Stated meeting of Temple Lodge No. 47, F. & A. M., Wedescay at 7:30 p. m. G. W. B e, /. M.

Norman Hill is shown above accepting the 1st place city softball league from Director Bob Harvey on championship IBM team.

trophy in the behalf of tru

HOSPITAL NOTES Dismissals Monday: Rita •VooJ and Terry Vazquev. ireencastle, Violet Price, Clo.'ei dale. Born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Frost, a son. Born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. ^hiiip Ottinger, Coatesville a son.

TROPHIES AWARDED IN CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Today s Market Hogs 9.500; fairly active after rather slow start, fullly steady; bulk U. S. 1-3 19-240 lbs. $16.50$16.85; few $17.00; 240-270 lbs. $16.25-$16.50; heavier s arce; few 270-300 lbs. $16.00-$16.25; 160-180 lbs. S15.00-S16.50; 120160 lbs. $12.75-$14.75; cows steady at $12.00-$15.56.

Standing: (Left to rght) Jerry Lewis. Best Sportsmanship; Ernie Hill. Outs’and.ng Player; Ross Alice, sponsor of the second place Greencast le Home Supply team; Norman Ii repie enti g the champion IBM team; Don Agnew, Batting Champion. (Kneeling) Harold Murphy and lamnie Alice, most popular bat boys.

LONDON, Aug. 16— (UP) — British police sources warned today that the outlawed Irish Republican Arm^' undoubtedly w r as trying to “stockpile arms for large-scale future operations” in its campaign to end the partition of Ireland. Prime Minister Anthony Eden held a special cabinet session Monday night to discuss the IRA’s bold strikes against British army Aimps and a War Office statement said new “special precautions” had been ordered. Army camps throughout Britain already were on a near wartime footing to forestall new IRA raids and special security guards were posted ;rt the masrive Parliament buildings to guard against a reported plot to blow them up. NEW DELPHI, India, Aug. 16 *UP)—Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru today charged Poituguese police with being “brutal and uncivilized” in their firing on Indians marching in-

to Goa.

He said "This kind of action has no argument.” Reports from the Portuguese enclave of Goa said 23 Indians were killed and 120 others were injured Monday when some 5,000 believers in the “passive resis Lance” theory tried to march intoGoa, Damao and Din to protest continued Portuguese ru'e of these colonics on the we->t coast of India. I < outiviii<»<l mi I'oiiri

City May Order Trash Licenses

I The city council is considering | the matter of issuing licenses to i haulers of down town trash. ! Complaints are coming to the j council that "leaky loads” are j being hauled over the city ' streets and that waste paper and other trash is blowing out of these uncovered wagons and causing difficulty. If the licenses are issued, all the city will have to do to stop them from hauling is to withdraw the license, and thus the per a'.or will ha%'e the nig pulled from under him.

CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug. 16 ,up >—Hurricane Diane boiled shoreward today at a 14-mile-.in-hour clip that would bring its center over heavily populated areas of South Carolina by late afternoon. The Miami Weather Bureau, in a spec ial 3 a. m. EDT bulletin, advised North and South Carolina and Georgia to "rush all necessary precautions for the protection of life and property.” The postion of the hurricane at the time of the bulletin was 325 miles east-southeast of Charleston. Hurricane winds ol more than 75 miles an hour extended 125 miles to the north and east and 70 miles to tho southwest of the eye of Diane. The sea rose in fury along the coast as the storm moved toward the shore. Tides four feet higher than normal were reported early today. They were expected to grow steadily as Diane moved

nearer.

“Navy and Air Force have aircraft in the hurricane this morning and are giving frequent positions of tho eye.” the Weather Bureau said. The red and black hurricane flag fluttered from Fernandina. Fla., northward to Wilmington, N. C, less than a week after Hurricane Connie smashed inland along the North Carolina coast wrecking damage to seawalls which has not yet been fully repaired. Coastal residents braced hurriedly for the expected high tides, torrential rains and strong winds. Military air bases along lhe shore evacuated planes and Marine bulldozers pushed up sand dunes where North Carolina s seawalls were damaged by

Connie.

Chief hurricane forecaster Gordon Dunn said at Miami that “a tropical storm of this intensity should carry hurricane force winds about 50 miles inland. It will begin to break up rather rapidly during this time but will carry gale winds for another 100-200 miles.” New Anfi'Peron Violence Feared BUENOS AIRES, Argentina. Aug. 16 (UP) Federal poli< e guarded today against a possible new wave of demonstration., against the government of President Juan D. I'eron. In Buenos Aires Monday night, police used tear gas to break up an anti-Peron demonstration virtually on the doorsteps of the presidential palace. Clashes also were reported in Cordoba. The street battles flared even while police were rounding up members of an alleged conspiracy to assassinate I’eron. According to a police announcement, the alleged revolt was t ■ be touched off by armed attacks on the public services, police stations and garrisons and hoadquacters of the pro-government General Labor Confederation. In the general confusion expected to follow the attacks, Peron was to be assassinated. Also marked for death, aceording to police, was Army Minister Gen. Franklin Lucero who commanded Argentine security forces that crushed the navyled revolt two months ago.

& Today’s Weather O '> Local Temperature A Partly cloudy and eontinued warm today and tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and not quite so warm. High today 89. L»w tonight 68. High Wednesday 85. Minimum 62 6 a. m 62 7 a 8 a. m. ... 68 9 a. rn 75 10 a. m 77 11 a. m 80 12 noon 81 1 p. m. .18