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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - April 24, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaT a a Jap weather in and warmer a Fuji forty seven the daily b a n1ntet1 a it Waves for ally a i 4j exited press service a All the Home news Veteran de saturday buried today str let found Friday it by police suffered Belafsky saturday held monday several year in world War. Uni Vod by widow and seven children a strange. 51 years old. Reid at 603 Ohio Street in Greengas died at 2 of clock saturday an from the effects of what was Rcd to he acute alcoholism. A the custody of the City police he time of his death Range was arrested at 9 of clock y night at the intersection of or Street and Simpson Street at a of the University Library by t police officers Berkley wat and Logan Woodrum. They went in response to a Telephone Cam. Informer Over the Telephone say strange was Down on the pave to the officers found him sitting the curb but his clothing Wai and Muddy. They helped him in he police car he being Able to with their help and took him a cell on the fourth floor of the it House which is being use 1 for temporary detention while county jail is under construction Range was stand no inside the of the cel. Talking when the Era left him. And he gave no in Tion of possibly being in a ser condition. They had no trouble him in making the arrest and no occasion for violence Mark of violence was found on after his death it was report Durday morning when the Day Force went on a duty. Strange visited by chief of police de Maddox. The prisoner was d. At that time to be in a stupor h the officer considered Only the after effects of excessive in action. However the officers be unable to arouse him they Sumid or. G. D. Rhea county Phy who examined him but to. Thought him Only sleeping off effects of the liquor he had imn after noon saturday he was visited by the officers who d him in a condition of deep a. They at once notified or. Rhea is condition and he first sought ave strange removed to his Home care hut that arrangement could he made and the physician then in Contact with the township tee to authorize strangers real to the county Hospital. That lenient was made but his death erred before he could Ike moved. Tissel Shannon Coroner was once and he conducted an in Jal inquest. As a result of it i r. Took the contents of strange s Pach to or. R. N. Argue. At that cd of the toxicology department of Indiana University medical �1 in ind Anapolis. For an exam ton to determine More definitely cause of the death it the time strange was arrested the officers a half pint of Whis a t d to be of Good , was i in i pocket and it was claim key of that character j1 hot have the toxic effects of a Ftuer Trade of liquor but that it cause death if too much of re used fatal cases of acute alcoholism deadening effects of the liquor am of the organs of the body Herne lungs and brain among 11 which begin to slow in the a tinning finally becoming comply inert and death ensues. I hinge loaves the widow and Sesmas children who Livo in med quarters at the Ohio Street is mrs. Strange sad her Hus served several years in the Dir in months of that time and. They were married in 1921. Addition to the seven children had one child that died it in 1 be. Strange and his family y lived on Maple Heights. A living there he United with a method 1st Church on profession 1 but has not been Active in for a number of it. Mineral a vie leg for him were held a a clock monday afternoon at Hannon funeral Home. Under a in prices of the american legion ave the r m Litany burial i Tell minister was the Rev. C. .jo2 per of the a a bin methodist ten. Greencastle Indiana monday april 24, 1939. No. 162 miners not included Indianapolis ind., april 24.�? it up it a Hocier miners who Are affected by the a Stop work Quot order issued by the United mine workers Union to take effect May 4 will not be eligible for unemployment compensation Clarence a. Jackson director of the Indiana unemployment a be Ian saturday night re compensation division announced Down town traffic stops fire trucks silted in serious damage in one residence today. A the Law provides that workers who strike or cease work As the result of s e c o n 11 a i. A k m downtown a labor dispute Are automatically in firemen were blocked in streets because of traffic. Drivers declined to move vehicles eligible for benefits he said. The contract dispute Between the operators and the miners he termed a a labor Quot roughly speaking the miners ceasing work wont be paid benefits a he said. A if the workers Are not involved directly in the dispute As sometimes happens they May be the Indiana act is similar to other regulations throughout the country Jackson said. Depauw will Honor founders and benefactors Bishop Bowman will be Gien signal honors at tuesdays program others to be in it i i bed special services to be held in me mrry Hal for founders and benefactors founders and benefactors Day at Depauw University will take an unusual significance when it is observed on the Campus tuesday morning. An extended Chapel service is being arranged to Honor the memory of Bishop Thomas Bowman civil War president of the University. Bishop Bowman is the Dean of Depauw a fourteen presidents having held his office fourteen years 11858-1872. In Honor of the occasion his daughter. Mrs. Sallie Bowman Caldwell of Orange new Jersey will come to the Campus for these exercises. The program As announced today will cover the three phases of or. Bowmans life the Campus. Or. L. R. Eckhrdt of the Depauw faculty will speak on a Thomas Bowman educator and Barbara Conser a Junior coed from Toledo. Ohio will talk on a Thomas Bowman and the introduction of co education at the concluding speaker will be president Clyde e. Wildman. Who will use As his theme a Thomas Bowman the special music is being arranged the City s fire fighting equipment in route to two separate fires saturday evening was completely stopped several times by congestion of vehicles particularly on the Block of Indiana Street Between Walnut and Washington. It was reported that in some of the cars which delayed the firemen the Drivers were sitting but that some of them made no apparent Effort to move their automobiles out of the Street so the fire equipment could proceed to the fires. Considerable loss resulted from fire in the Interior of the Frame residence at the Northwest Corner of the intersection of College Avenue and Columbia streets rented by mrs. Crow and it is considered it was due in part to the blocking of the Street by privately owned vehicles. The run to the Crow House was made by the firemen with the pumper truck but while they were yet there fighting the stubborn Blaze requiring two hours or so to get it under control a fire in a refuse Container at the rear of the Oakley store caused another alarm to come in. And the night police officers. Berkley Watson Ami Logan Woodrum. Took out the old Seagrave truck and extinguished that Blaze. The officers attached the Hose to the plug at the Central Bank Corner stretched it themselves and had water on the Blaze in what they considered Fine time considering they also were stopped by the congestion of vehicles in the Street. Clean up brooms Busy the clean up Campaign is under Way with the slogan of a clean up paint up. Fix the Campaign is started with the knowledge that most Greencastle women Are cleaning House but the task connected with City beautification and fire prevention does not end there. It contemplates cleaning up the entire premises. And in that connection citizens Are urged to take part in the general improvement program. Let us Check up on Back Yards vacant lots and alleys. Then what about the basements the attic the House gutters porches garages out buildings Etc. When people clean up their Homes Plant Flowers Plant vegetable gardens fix up their Yards in general Plant their Homes if they can. And get rid of fire hazards they arc making the lives of their Neihbors More comfortable and Happy and making Greencastle a better place in which to live. Mayor James has announced that All trash and rubbish placed in containers will be hauled away by the City trucks. Call 595 and give Street address for pick ups. Paul Moffet attacks police late saturday l1ndbfrg1i in Buffalo attack was outcome of wild tales told him about treatment of relative \rr1ei Butcher knife sister had taken one knife from him officer Watson struck in fare Cabinet shakeup Mav come soon Secretary of Navy who is ill May be replaced says reports Washington april 24 up a reports that president Roosevelt contemplates another major Cabinet change contributed today to the possibility that this week will be a vital for the Depauw choir which will also \ one in Domestic and foreign policy feature the Bowman memorial or both the War and Navy depart Gan which became a part of de figure in discuss1 on of cab Pauwe a Chapel in 1915 shortly after Bishop Bowmans death a year earlier and is the gift of mrs. Caldwell. Bishop Bowman holds a unique place in Depauw a history lie was the fourth president to head Indiana inet shifts. It is understood that an Active search is on for a successor to Secretary of Navy Claude a Swanson who Long has been ill. Or. Roosevelt probably would find another Post for Swanson who is n Asbury University following Daniel a Polit Cal strategist of Long experience. Curry to this Post. He jul Deil the a there appears to be less basis for University through the trying Days expecting an Early vacancy in the of the civil War when the Campus War department which is headed by was almost deserted by students be-1 Secretary Harry h. Woo hiring. Both in called to the colors of both North service departments have grown and South he was one of the Early tremendously in importance luring advocates of coeducation and it was the Roosevelt admin stration As arms during his administration that the limitation policies were Roccee led by first women students were admitted a Quot emergency re armament program in 1887 old East College Tho oldest Quot Hie 1 ii Natins a get tax payers $1.000,000,000 or More a year. Importance of War and Navy administration and of the re armament program May be further emphasized this week when Chancellor Hitler utters Germany s reply to or. Roosevelt a april 15 peace Pica. Hitler will speak on apr a 28. The conflict Between or. Roosevelt a and Herr hitlers ideas now has but a Omo so pronounced an evident that what the German says in Berlin must be expected to have a direct Impact in Washington. The Tempe and tone of his reply Are Partiful building on the Campus was started i on Laneri on i tute four Gross to Dicave Bloomfield Job athletic director to <11 it position at end of school year sunday fire destroyed House old land Mark m. La id an it 86 Dir de while family was in Bainbridge the old Frame residence on the West Side of state Road 4a Short distance North of the intersection of that Highway with Road 56. Occupied recently by a family named Fry. Burned sunday evening while the family residing in it were attending the High school baccalaureate services at Bainbridge. In their absence however neighbors warned by the Light from tin flames entered the building and removed All of the furnishings with tin exception of two stoves. The Only origin for the fire that has been suggested was the stove in a Brooder House near the House. The House was among the very oldest in the county. It was erected More than a Hundri d years ago it is believed by James Farrow who was the Grandfather of mrs. Laura Marshall of Greencastle. Her Mother a laughter of or. Farrow then a Little girl played in the Sund pile at the House while it was being built and one of her Little playmates at that Sand pile was the late Thomas Nelson. Father of James i. Nelson who also lives in Greencastle now. The process of erecting the House required nine months and most of the labor was performed by or. Farrow. A new stamp is m e Washington april 24. Up the Post office department Issue a three cent stamp commemorating Tho 100.h Inverrary of Bare Ball. The stamp will go on Sale Juno 12 at Cooperstown n. Y where a liner Doubleday started the game. It will portray a Bas Baal game Between two boys teams. France to follow Paris i up 1 will follow great Britain a example and Send ambassador Robert coid Ondre Back to Berlin certainly before Adolf hitlers speech to the Reich Stag Friday it was said today in authoritative sources. Growing out of the arrest of Fred strange by the City night police officers Friday night was the arrest saturday at Midnight of Paul Moffit a Young Man living on North Jackson Street who is a relative of strange and who took upon his shoulders the responsibility of avenging what he had heard was unnecessary violence in the arrest of strange. It was reported Moffet struck at night police officer Berkley Watson with a Butcher knife while on the East Side of the court House Square near the Franklin Street intersection. Moffet a sister and another woman were hanging onto his arms at the time he sought to inflict injury upon the night officer and a smaller Kitchen knife had been taken from him by his sister before he tried to use the larger knife according to reports. His sister tried to take the Butcher knife also away from him. Moffet had secured the two knives at his Home it was reported after he had heard the Wiki tales about injuries to strange and had gone Hack to the Public Square looking for the officers it was claimed. It was said that Moffet had been told that strangers neck had been broken by the police officers and that his face was badly Cut by them. The Story was manufactured by the tale bearer without any basis whatever the officers said. Watson took the Butcher knife from Moffet and when the officer was starting to turn away. Moffet the officer reported struck him in the Eye with his fist. Leaving a very Plain Mark. Moffett was arrested by the officer and put in the court House cell in which his relative had died that after his arrest for intoxication. The officer signed and affidavit charging assault and Battery. Buffalo. N. A. April 24.�? up a col. Charles a. Lindbergh on a miss on for the u. S. Army landed at Buffalo Airport at 11 10 a. M. Today. Col. Lindbergh flying a 0-56 single seater Pursuit plane landed Here after a week end visit to the a Peri Metal Laboratory of the u. S. Army corps at Wright Field. Dayton. O. He was met at Buffalo Airport by Lawrence Bell president of the Bell aircraft company and Burdette weigh. Head of the Curtiss Wright aircraft company. His flight from Ohio had been shrouded in secrecy and no one know of his destination until a few minutes before he landed. Experts say War is near Over Europe p. Makes Survey of informed sources As to beliefs for War this week May decide bandits in Kansas Hoed entire family motor travelling Arthur m. Gross athletic coach in Bloomfield High school for the past two years has announced his Resig Ary important on this occasion be nation from that position effective cause Congress is in the process of at the end of the 1938-�?T39 school Rev so no our neutrality legislation. Year. Gross in resigning express cd his dissatisfaction that the school Board new had not allowed my Vatican City april 24. It up it crease. O a a it Quot Quot Ai Bishop Francis Spellman of bos for the u Unar ton. Was named archbishop of new though he expects to accept a new pm he has been Quot athletic director of it was considered Here to he a fore the Bloomfield school since 1937. A one conclusion that he would be 1 from Manila named a Cardinal at one of the Oatly Indianapolis livestock hour 11,000 Holdover 95 Market generally 10 cents lower 160-500 lbs., $6.85-87.10 500-400 lbs., $6.p $6.75 100-160 him., $6.30-86 90 sows weak to 10c lower mostly $6-$6.50. Cattle 1,500 calves 700 steers opening slow most bids lower rows a an l heifers Active and steady most heifers $8-$9.60 bulk fat rows $687.25 Cutter grades $4.25-85.75 veal cars mostly $1 lower top $4.50. Sheep 800 around 600 head fed shorn lambs steady at $9.25. I in Reaves work Indin a publication a tac and title reveals 187,358 new position yearly men and police on intensive int for Trio of desperadoes Iliad ii Katy breakfast held i p Farmer As he wan working took him to ii for breakfast and Bath outcome of hitlers speech Friday will be turning Point towards War or peace. Peace in Europe is now a Long shot. The Odds favor War and today the danger of armed conflict is even Graver than during the sudeten crisis in september. That is the opinion of statesmen foreign office experts ambassadors Anil financiers who were canvassed Over the week end by representatives of the unite i press. The inquiry was extended to every great capital of Tho world. All agree that Adolf hitlers speech to the Reich Stag on Friday of this week May Mark a turning Point. Meantime those who should know say that the Odtus Are running strongly. Although by no Means hopelessly against peace. They see Europe a troubles rapidly settling Down to a realistic clash Between economic interests of the big Powers. Populations have been prepared for the worst and Are digging air raid trenches in gardens where last Spring they planted Sweet peas. The turn toward Var or peace now depends largely upon the risks which Hitler or Mussolini May choose to take and the next move is hitlers. His reply to president Roosevelt on Friday must be considered against the background of these vital Points first great Britain and France Are immensely encouraged by the attitude of or. Roosevelt. They Are Lawrence. Kans. April 24 up it a men aided Kansas and Missouri authorities today in a search for three Young hand to who held Farmer Louis Hadis family prisoners while they cooked and ate a breakfast of Bacon and eggs then took a Bath before stealing Hadlis car and kidnapping him and his son. The Trio drove with Hadl and his son Robert 18, prom the r farm Home near Eupora. Kans. Sunday morning to a Point near Kansas cite kans., where they got out and walk cd away carrying accumulation of hopeful of Aid from the soviet Union guns seme stolen from the had going to Greene county hold convention a it Napolis ind. April 24�? a Ficiala of Indiana municipal t a a res and Public health will or Ltd a tomorrow at the 32nd an-1 cd no Nylon a cons stories. To is 50 yeas old. Youth electrocuted , a. April 24 a High school in Rush county. While in Bloomfield his teams have won a total of 48 games while losing Only twelve. Included in the out Nunn Dinar achievements of his term As Cardinal coach Are one to hash Val a up Ernest m hippie 22 a Iii a baskets i. Championship two Biliy paid for the sins of Pride and White River Valley conference titles vanity and for the crime of murder a sectional tourney Crown for two Early today. He was electrocuted at inc Sec. F. Ralth Rockview Penitentiary years a Champa it j conference hippie killed mrs. Jennie Porter Western ind Ana ath Quot a a a 70 wheelers due. A. Feb. 7. And a second team title in the River. Valley conference. I 20 years Ajro in Greencastle More than 187.355 jobs have been created yearly in Indiana As a result of i tor transportation according to a tag and title a a publication of the Indiana department of motor pc hides. A recent Issue of the Magazine revenus that 55,639 Indiana workers arc employed in tire and parts Man fac tilling and the Petroleum Industry 29,527 people Are engaged in sales ind servicing 7.907 workers Are employed in looking after Federal and state roads 107,722 people ure employed As truck Drivers and 8.708 men drive buses in Indiana. Now and used car sales in Indiana from dec. 12, 1938 to March 1. 1939 showed an increase in business conditions in Indiana. There were 2,711 More sales of new cars and 105 used cars during this period in comparison to the same period last year. The Indiana department of motor vehicles reported on increase of 875 tractors 779 Semi trailers and 70 buses in this years registration. The House car has continued to retain its popularity with an increase of 65 vehicles registered in 1939 Over the same period last year. Flay to be presented tonight at Fillmore a play will be presented tonight at 8 of clock in the Fillmore school auditorium by the senior class of to Belle Union High school for the Benefit of the Filmore Young people s band. Home. Authorities suspected the youths Hadl said the oldest was about 25 As the same who kidnapped and robbed two Kansas City kans., couples in week. Federal agents were participate no in the search because one of tile kidnappings was in violation of the Lindbergh Law. Hadl told a Story of almost unbelievable arrogance by the bandits who appeared out of is Hayloft a Arlo sunday. One of them pointed a revolver at the Farmer. Who a i been feed no his horses and said a a done to do anything foolish or Well kill Rio key forced him to Lead the Way into the rear of his Home the Kitchen. Where mrs. Hadl and her daughter Marguerit 21. Were preparing breakfast of Bacon and eggs. Robert Alro was in the Kitchen a new am of you sit on the floor there w the your backs against the Wall a the gunman ordered. The elder Hadl was slow in obeying. His son jerked him Down As the gun came up threatening for three hours the family one of the bandits cooked Bacon and eggs for Tho three while a second ransacked the House for guns an i Money. They am ate. Enjoying the and enjoying even More the predicament of their hosts. Then a Bath was suggested and. Rulli Kuril on i Hka the Frei teacher ten ure changes related superintendent i Krell asserts Many inti iries made county superintendent Frank Jarrell says that a number of inquiries have been made concerning the of Orat on of the new provisions in the teacher tenure Law passed by th-1939 legislature. This new provision requires that and Turkey. They believe they have made Progress toward a United front designed to convince Germany and Italy that Tho totalitarian bloc cannot get away with a new Large scale territorial grab without War and could not win such a War. This United front against aggression is intended to prevent War by warning the nazis and fascists in Advance. But Tho strength of such a front May also be its weakness. To keep the peace it depends on an unprecedented massing of War forces. That in turn creates a danger of peace because a Mere Accident might explode the entire Arsenal. A from Rural route four or. An 1 mrs. Walter Torr entertained Twenty five guests in Honor of mrs. Everett ton s 87th birthday. Among the graduates of the common schools of Marion township were Harold storm. I ols Arnold. Marvin Weldon Roy Imam arc in Floyd township were Carl Shoemaker Clarence Craycr. Clifford Graver. Captain Ralph Howard who had received an appointment As assistant superintendent at the Jeffersonville state reformatory was notified that he would remain at the penal farm As assistant superintendent. C commission May act Washington april 24. Up the National bituminous Coal commission is considering invoking its Power to fix a maximum prices to keep Coal prices from sky rocketing in event of a Long mine shutdown and an attendant shortage of fuel. It was a earned today. Paris. April 24.up a a us Ualle reliable source said today that great by Tain. Informing France of the return of its ambassador to Berlin. Intimated that he was to advise Adolf Hitler that the British government contemplated introducing nation�1 conscription France had been pressing Britain for Many months to impose conscription As an unmistakable notification to the totalitarian nations that the policy of appeasement now was backed by Tho Man Power of great Britain now important elements in great Britain were backing the conscription proposal and in both houses of Parl Ament there had been introduced motions demanding it. Tho information that Britain intended to Tell Hitler that it was considering the introduction of a conscription measure came from a High diplomatic source. It had been intimated in London tint sir Neville Henderson the British Ama Assad Ltd to Berlin returned to his Post yesterday with most important instructions after two Days of government conferences. It had been added that Henderson might try to induce Hitler to modify the tone of his speech to the German Reich Stag Friday answering president Roosevelt s peace Appeal. Presumably any intimation to Hitler that the British government was considering conscription would be Alever used in Hope that this form trustees shall notify the teachers. I Dable possibility would cause Hitler notice anyone wish no to join the Gree i Eastle band report at the Phi dolt rooms Over Mullins drug store at not yet under the tenure Law on the last Day of school and not later than May 1, that they will not be re employed for the next school year. Otherwise the teacher shall continue under the old contract at the Obi contract Price. This new Law is said to have prompted some trustees to announce the d Missal of All teachers not yet under the teachers tenure Law providing continued re employment even though they plan to re employ them later. This action is not necessary. Or Jarrell states because the new prevision apples to contracts hereafter made and for the further reason that the Law carries no emergency of a use and will not be in effect in d 7 30 of clock Thia evening for rear the Quot new a cts a Quot pump died and Dia gang Patlon and practice. Please bring tribute a Quot it formally declared m i tote by the governor. Your instruments. To be Pacific. A it o o 0 a a today a weather a a and a a local temperature a a a a a a a a a a a a generally fair slightly warmer tonight tuesday unsettled probably followed by showers. Minimum 6 a. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. M. 9 a. M. If a. M. 11 a. If. 12 noon. 1 p. M. 2 p. M. 56 66 66 68 72 74 76 77 79 79

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