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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 2, 1939, Greencastle, Indiana59u� i 1��4 lie tip Ejler a of fist big Wea Titek s and cooler a t 0 Foley seven the daily Banner a <1 United press service Ltd All the Home news o i a a a a i a it Waves for ally , Indiana wednesday Allnut 2, l cd a. Not it. -247 isel budget drawn lip cd pending k is. Re seipts have by n tent Yuvia a pm key Akeimo before Council a ten to insurer in Ionics will lag it i p at nil meeting of City la Ailers is. The pee Osnel budget for exp Nili of the City of Greencastle. With a a time the of receipts has been tentatively by the City and including practically the officers an i the City coun the budget will be presented to the com in for its consideration by City clerk treasurer. Paul grime at i Chr next regular Meetin of that body the present draft of the budget does not contain the City Park Levy item to be added la Quot ter la a a of estimated receipts of the City for a the remain of 19 59 include $425 Ltd from Excie tax. And $1098 from Gas ilium line tax �425 from poll tax $1100 from Therbey i a tent of w Ater works. To a a it a tel feel near year 1940, the Eil Sethna Bec a pts include $900 excise tax a gasoline tax $175 a Braes mini paddlers $200 Misceli it Anjou Fly $85v poll tax $1200 water works. For the �1 to St half of 1941 the Esti come include $500 excise gasoline tax $600 water work Mil other items. I of die City Are estimated m follows the estimate by mayor David i a Jame for the expenses of his office for Ima Inch i an item of $600 Quot salaries and Mages a and $220 for garbage collect i the clerk treasurer estimates expenditures s follows Quot salaries and spent and 1 cd a or Jos Reneck aft. Wages Quot 150. And office supplies the ted i health counts. Pm Hutsi sea it Struc Tursa $10 Contag Ling <1078 f Auto Drivers endanger selves notwithstanding the safeguarding it f the Bloomington Street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks with automatic signals one Chance for tragedy remains in that it is a multiple track Crosing five tracks in fact and a number of persons through their own carelessness have had narrow escapes from being hit by trains when they drove onto a part of the crossing while a train was standing or moving on another part. The danger lies in the fact that another train May come onto the crossing on the track occupied by the careless Auto Driver. Some of the Pennsylvania trains traverse that Crosing at 60 or 70 Miles per hour und an Auto Driver would have but slight Chance to get out of the Way of one of them. Leaders in House debate final work fat of . In i Bill May Bill a session to end by saturday Iii my. Is i i. I. Fending Hospital Board awards contracts inon Council suggested a budget for its Estima i salaries $500 City a $90 state Board of a 1 0 Telephone and Tele transportation Allowan lies of buildings and $100 sewage disposal. Diseases. $50 total by the councils expense., of a Al the dts a attorney s budget includes a a malarial and wages Quot $400 special Council a to. $175 travelling expenses a Sims to $15 totalling $590. Nan them a of Public works and pm 11 safety bin met includes Street Force a $4000 Fly department. $6 500 police department. $3800 special Street Force to Batyi. $1000 extra firemen. $200 extra police $200 electric cur City $7280 Gas. $20 repairs of buildings res $250 Coal. $200 ice p. $500 Oil. $100 tires $500 general supplies materials $150 Street laterals $2500 repair other equipment a $400. It fund estimate Calls for and $500 Bonds fund Calls for an exp $1000, which is a sep from the a Airport Bonds Kes a ish iks a our mix rent water and i $10 and $225 and parts. Of the i $100 Lah the i it Endl Tiu rate item s Johnson ing abroad j Noble j. Johnson of to tiv haute. 1 member of Congress from the sixth Indiana a at ? let. Which includes Putnam county has been appointed a Delegate to the inter parliamentary Union conf re Nee at Oslo. Norway. He is on of 27 members of Congress who will participate. The conference begins August 15. Because or the world situation the Oslo Confer Nee is expected to be one of the most important Ever held by the uni on in its fifty years of activity. There arc fifty one countries in which tub parliament or an inter parliamentary group is affiliated. Ink worker Hurt Liefield a pipe line worker it to the Hospital this suffering from serious in Ries sustained when a pipe broke and struck him. Dined monday even i no in new dining room 16tii anniversary the members of the Board of trustees of the Putnam county Hospital met tuesday morning and passed upon a number of minor items connected with the occupation of the new addition to the Hospital and routine business. The Hospital staff dined monday evening in the new dining room the meal being prepared in the new Kitchen which was the first time these Fine new rooms have been used. It was an unplanned happening that the meeting of the trustees tuesday came upon the sixteenth anniversary of the completion of the institution. Construction work was started in 1921 Ami was completed in 1926. The construction of the institution was entered upon after a county wide election had determined that the will of the voters of Tiu county was that such a step should be taken. A Tablet in the lobby of the Hospital presents the list of donors to the furnishings after the dedication of the building were Adam l. Beck John Eitel Clara a. Cobin mat. J Murphy Andrew b. Hanna a. Glen Brown marshal Beck William a. Kreigh Jos. F. Gillespie Delta Theta tau. Tin 20th Century club the Putnam county Hospital association the american legion Post auxiliary and in memory of Beulah j. Webb. The Hospital trustees during the construction period were William a. Kreigh David b. Hostetter Jesse Mccoy Oral Hutcheson. Andrew b. Hanna. Hie attorneys were James amp Alice. The Board of trustees awarded the contracts for the principal items of new equipment but there Are yet some other purchases to be made on which bids were not received for this principal letting. The total budget for new equipment is $16,000, which is merely a Transfer to the equipment fund from the maintenance fund and is not a new expense to taxpayers. Contracts were let As follows Albert pick amp co. Dishwasher Coffee urn meat Block Silver Wear. A. M. Clark a co. Cooke stable. Business furniture co. 118 awnings with head rods 12 dining room chairs 1 dining room table. Allan lumber co. Screens and com timed Oil i me two i ice License be begins today the annual half Price Sale of License has started mrs. Lillie Mcferran manager of the local License Bureau announced. The half Price Sale on All License plates for automobile trucks and trailers will continue the rest of the year. How or there is no half Price on weight tax tags for trucks. War planes in demonstration Dayton Suene of Rio War air show on anniversary of first military plane Arnii twist ration leaders were of opinion that measure will lie killed Washington aug. 2. Up House leaders junked president Roosevelt a $80. 000.000 housing program and Economy minded appropriations committee men chopped 7.5 per cent from his final deficiency requests As the adjournment Rush began in Earnest today. The segment was the $800.000,000 housing Bill and the opposition to it was stronger than that which summarily killed the main program yesterday forty seven democrats joined 146 republicans to vote against even considering it. The vote meant that Congress probably will adjourn this Friday or saturday. Although new dealers had had Advance omens of the defeat they were unprepared for their next move j hurried conferences were held on the floor amid the general Hub bub. Following which it was announced the House would consider the third deficiency appropriation Bill today. This was a sure sign that adjournment was near for the appropriations committee had been holding that Bill until the last moment. The action left major pending legislation in the following status 1. Housing a Bill to double the housing authority a present Bond authorization of $800,000,000 has been approved by the Senate and reported to the House. House leaders will try to make up their minds whether to seek a vote. They conceded that it would be no More than a gesture to put Congress on record. 2. Social Security amendments granting $1.700,000,000 in tax savings Over the next three years and to liberalize benefits have the approval of both houses. Conferees have agreed on All but one major amendment. Tile deadlock threatens the entire Bill. 3. Wage hour amendments the House Hiis received four different Bills and advocates of revision said they would insist on action despite administration opposition. But they had no expectation that the Striate would act this session. This made adjournment dependent on the House. Leaders thought it unlikely that there would be any delay beyond saturday night. Sen. James e. Murray d., mont., announced that he would attempt to attach to the third deficiency Bill his amendment to repeal the new Relief provision requiring those who have been on spa Rolls for 18 months to relinquish their positions. His amendment was attached to the pending Bill by the Senate and died with that Bill. It said the amendment of sen. Pat Mccarran a. Nev., to restore the prevailing wage on spa pro j jets probably would be offered for the third deficiency Bill too these moves could renew the Relief dispute in the House which has indicated its opposition in previous votes and thus delay adjournment. Sen Pat Harrison a. Miss., said the sudden approach of adjournment created Odds of 9 to 1 that the social Security amendments would never become Law at this session. In this Point House majority Leader sum Rayburn said he expected to confere with chairman Robert l. Houghton. D., n. A. Of the House ways and Means committee. Handicraft head Here tomorrow mis Leone Kestner and Kenneth Smith local recreation supervisors announced wednesday that a one Day playground Institute will be held on thursday in Greencastle. Starting at nine o clock. I. Kopp. A store recreation representative will to it a in charge of the Institute. The Clief topic to be discussed will be handicraft jus or. Kopp is in charge of the handicraft division of the state and will present Many features of this part of recreation. Children and their parents Are cordially invited to come to Robe Ann Park and witness the demonstrations Between nine and five of clock. Dollar l a a create interest Keem Anile m e in ii an i s had spec Ial and attractive bargains today the first Dollar Day to be observed by Greencastle merchants in some time opened this morning with rare bargains offered by most merchants of the City Anil the Thrifty buyers of the Community were on hand to take advantage of the offers. The stores were thronged Early and All merchants reported a splendid response to their Dollar Day offerings. These bargains will be continued through thursday. Hatch Bill. Signed Washington. Aug., 2 up president Roosevelt today signed the precedent shattering hate h Bill which removes All hut top bracket Federal officials from politics for the first time in u. S history. Premium list covers Many activities Putnam count ill fair will offer prizes in a it Ide Range h girls to open county fair demonstration contest tomorrow to by open to i it l1c experts to appear the h girls demonstration contest tomorrow afternoon at 1 of clock in the Greencastle High school auditorium is considered a preliminary of the Putnam county fair which opens August 10. A week later than the demonstration event. Miss Evelyn Heitz is chairman of the committee on arrangements. The judge will be miss Mary Smiley Home demonstration agent at Martinsville. Some of the competing demonstrators have almost attained a professional s rating because of their super ability. The topics illustrated in the contest Are of unusual interest. Miss fancy gaited exhibitions everyone cd participate Attl in i poultry it it her a Flower a rowers equestrians Aimers Bakers Etc. Will get wards the Premium list for the put Napi county h fair to Luha a the Rob Ann Park beginning August 16, a Overa a wide o nativities. Tin re Are six pr�7ca Lor i. Boys ind girls record books. The Garden exhibit has a list of five prizes. There Are awards for the Best examples of clothing Canning baking food preparation room improvement which should All prove of interest to the Young people particularly. In the Swine breeders classes Are awards for excellence in the Poland China class Duroc Jersey Chester White Hamps Hiros. And spotted Poland China. In the Dairy class the awards Are for cow Heifer and Dairy calf Heifer. In the beef class there Are prizes for calf Heifer and cow. The sheep class will include prizes for pen of lambs pen of ewes single Ewe land single Ewe. And Wethers. In the Colt division the classes Are fur suckling Colt and yearling Colt or Over. Poultry Are classed As barred rocks with awards for pullets cockerel and Hen the White Rock awards Are similar in classification As is Trye also of a other heavy Breeds. A in the Light Breed division the awards will go to leghorn and a other Light Early potatoes will have prizes and there Are five awards also in the entomology class. The Flower show will be held in Greencastle Friday and saturday under the auspices of the Putnam county Home economics clubs. The Long list of classes have been published previously. The draft horse show a part of the fair will be held on All three Days. There will be a pulling contest registered classes Grade Mare gelding and Colt classes teams hitched stallion show. The Saddle horse show with a number of classes and four prizes in each class will be held saturday August 12. It will Start at 1 of clock that afternoon. There will be an evening show that evening also for different classes. This will include the exhibitions of Riding by ladies und gentlemen and soms of the Poland picnic to a if saturday the annual reunion and picnic at Poland will be held Friday evening and All Day saturday in the school grounds at that place. There is an unusually attractive program of features for this event. An amusement company will present entertainments. Friday evening the state farm orchestra will give a program. Saturday morning a Horseshoe tournament will be held directed by Francis Ahlmeyer. Saturday afternoon. Thai will be a horse pulling contest with prizes in three weight vere nees is in charge. Concert i Square reek barrel polka wishing and stardust on program Elk i >00 at Community Park 01 ting a la or . A touts .-,60 a Moke to Coni est Sim i .11 11 n Kobe Dan is a i Art of i Knurr Tiili Ornt Knoll for slur and of Worl i Lui ined for 1 Ater the entertainment sections of the three Days of the Putnam county fair beginning thursday. August 10, in eluded appearances of the Kanip Creek Hamlers at 1. .�?~1 and 5 of clock thurs Lay afternoon 111 Green Cuttle hand will play from 7 to 6 of clock that evening anti the Kamp Creek Ramblers will appear again Thura Wka get Field. Dayton. Of. Aug. 2 up the army and Navy massed a thundering display of aircraft today in Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Purchase of the first military air plane by the United states tile Celebration was nation wide but was entered Here where a single generation ago. The Wright Brothers launched the air plane Industry As a sideline to their bicycle repair shop. There were 300 government officials Here with nine military attaches of foreign governments As their guests to see the Best ill military machinery and performance that this country can mus tel. The featured exhibit was the army s new pilotless radio controlled target air plane and the four motored flying fortress that crossed the country from Burbank. Calif., to new York in the sub stratosphere yesterday in nine hours and 14 minuted. Tallest Corn locally is 11 it. 6inches the tallest Corn shown locally is 14 feet 6 2 inches. This stalk of Corn was raised by Archie Anil Marcus Pingleton on a piece of Bottom land at the Barnaby place on state Road 43. South of Greencastle. It is of the big yellow Dent variety and there Are other stalks in the Ratcli that arc tall but this one seems to be Tho tallest. This measurement was from the ground level to the extreme tip of the Tassel. Olive Mae Dean of the Dreen Castle clothing club has previously placed first in the county and District demonstration contests. Among the demonstrations will be these Olive Mae Dan. Greencastle has for her theme Quot Clever clippers clip cleverly Theda Rogers assisted by Doris Day evening at 9 of clock. Campbell of Greencastle. Will have Friday afternoon from a making the Best Chrysta Hendrich Bain Bridge a personality Frances Hendrichs Bainbr a scanning Etta Dell Thomas and mar ake., keel Vilh Miry Ann Newgent Greencastle a salad not Many of the persons who Wim the Public is most cordially invited crowd into Russellville this week in to attend the contest. Annua Home coming and fair knowledge of such tomorrow night the Greencastle band will give its fourth concert of the current season. This time the concert will be on the Southeast Corner of the Square and will begin at eight o clock. The concert should prove to be very popular As it will equal the a a pop concerts that made such a Success when introduced into Large City band concerts several years ago. Instead of a completo program of marches there will be Many of the popular favourites such As Hoagy Camichael 8 immortal Star dust wishing and the Beer barrel polka. The band will be under the Baton of Geno Penington. The program will be As follows Gloria March Losey Anaconda Copper mines Seitz Star dust Hoagy Carmichael wishing Desylva Beer barrel polka Brown Timm and Vejvoda intermission american Bondsman Miller Best loved Southern melodies Hayes King Cotton Sousa Tiger rag Larocca National Emblem Bagley Transfer Depauw a member to new York Transfer of Toby want member of the Indianapolis staff of the associated press since december 1934, to general Headquarters of the associated press in new York was announced last night the Newspaperman was graduated from Depauw University in 1932. While an undergraduate he edited the Depauw. Tri weekly newspaper. Following grail Gatimu he went with the Indianapolis news in october 1932. Serving on the copy desk and on the City staff until accepting the position with the associated press. Over five Hundred people turned Cut for the Community picnic to in followed by another twelve Hundred in the evening for the concert and sing yesterday at Robe Ann Park. The Day was in Honor of mrs. John w. Kobe and her deceased husband. Raymond a Aga Umyn Neal presented mrs j. A Robe Between the concert Anil the Community sing. Mrs. Robe expressed her deep Joy at seeing the Park used for the Benefit of the Young people of the Community and count and further remarked that that was her purpose in giving the Park to the City. As Early As four of clock the bad i Inton deck Tennis shuffleboard. Etc. Courts were occupied and were kept so until dark. After the picnic the Greencastle High school summer hand under Tho Elret Tion of Gene Pennington rend Rcd several selections. People started to come in before the conc it and by the time the concert ended there was quite a crowd there to hear mrs. Robe. The Community sing was Well attended and seemed quite popular. After the ring there was a dance held on the band stand with music furnished by a Nickle machine. Dancing continued until ten and attracted Over 150 of the younger set. The Park was lighted As lights were installed yesterday and will be left up for the remainder of the summer. The concert and sing proved to be so popular that another is planned for inter on in the summer with the Church choirs a regular Community sing Leader and a larger amplifying system to be used. I1 Pennsy crossing is made much better 3 30 of clock the will appear. At a big there will be 30 to recreational band of clock that even a Parade and the the crossing of the Pennsylvania tracks and the in a Castle Stilesville Highway has worked Over by track men who will Complete their task today or tomorrow. They have put in a new foundation for the ties to eliminate the moving of the ties under the pressure of the train wheels and have put ill new Asphalt surface on the approaches to the a Al i in two i . Lucinda Larwood Rule alls plans talks of Russell Villa tur Eli rites flan Ned for till Rosay afternoon funeral services for mrs. Thelma t will have any terms As a a Harmony a College a a the Temple Quot a prof. Gooby a and some others in connection with Russell Tucker wife of Fred Tucker Eliza a Vul not. W�11 hey know it is p,., b. Beth Street who leu monday even Abu. Tha somewhere in the now dim in. Will be held thursday afternoon is Kuss Levi ill was an Active comat 2 30 of clock from the Shannon Premor for the county seat location funeral Home the Rev. J. Drover j of a n a Clinty t l to made from Forward will officiate. Interment pieces of the Anatomy of Mongoni will be made in Forest h�l1 cemetery. It re pare and Putnam county uni pallbearers will be Harold Cravei Robert Smiley. Morris . Morris a. Craver Ralph Alspaugh and Maynard Alspaugh. 20 years ago in Greencastle Corn race on Connorsville. Ind. Aug. 1.up a Indiana a annual summer sport of finding the tallest com stalk entered full Sway today when Garland Stanley Fayette county Farmer challenged All Comers to top a stalk 15 feet 10 inches High which grew on his farm near Here. That there is a site on the plat of Tho town for the court House that was to be. These things and Many others of deep interest especially to the Resl dents of Russell township were talk Jed of by mrs. Lucinda Frances Gar i Wood known usually to her older friends As a aunt j the Banner Man had a most in a spotted Poland China sow was j to resting talk at the Home of her sold for $3.000 at the Fred Obenchain daughter. Mrs. F. C. Yeager East Sale at Bainbridge. Two Bilts sold for $1,100 and $1.000 respectively. The combined Sale of Fred and John Obenchain tot tied $13 580. Or. Clyde g a of Cloverdale was elected president of the Putnam county Bee raisers association. Mrs. Seminary Street this week. Mrs Garwood was born january 18, 1854, and she joined nearly All of the older people interviewed from time to time in expressing her loneliness. Of the Host of intimate friends Anil neighbors. Mrs. Garwood had through Tho Gray was made Secretary treasurer years of her activity during her residence in Russell township she said Only mrs. Len Wilson living North West of mrs. Garwood s former Home is living. Mrs. Wilson is a couple a it of years younger than mrs. Garwood but she lived through Many of the experiences which befell Tho Garwood.�. Mrs. Garwood is the widow or Thomas Corwin Garwood who died in 1925, and Tho daughter of James Spencer or. And Mary Bilbo Spencer second wife of or. Spencer. Or. Spencer came to Russell township from Kentucky in 1830 und bought four tracts of land of 80 acres each from the government some three Miles South of Russellville and on this Large place he established the Homestead which was the abiding place of himself and his children. Only recently mrs. Garwood sold til last of it to or. Doharty. The Houe now on it is the fourth which has been on it. Mrs. Garwood s Mother died when she was 36 years old. Or less one interesting item in mrs. Garwood s conversation was thut James Garwood sr., father of the husband of this lady came to Putnam also from Kentucky about 1832, and brought with him 27 slave negroes whom he freed and who formed a it co mini on i Nur i who stops operations a a surrenders to Navy As 250 i a officers take Over Rex los Angeles. Aug. 2 a up a Tho besieged gambling ship Rex stopped its Roulette wheels and othe games at tables where some $50,000 was stacked Early today and a a surrendered a to u Quot Navy of 250 Law officers commanded by attorney general Earl Warren. While the a a Navy Rode at Anchor in the Pacific four Miles off Shore Nia Roning 600 gamblers aboard the luxuriously appointed Square rigger an attorney on Shore received radio instructions from the Rex and negotiated the the lawyer walked into the Santa Monica police station announced he represented the Rex a owner Tony Corneto prohibition Era rum runner and accepted service of a court order prohibiting Tho ship s gambling operations. With the Swarthy Comoro striding her decks commanding a bucker of Crew and shouting Defiance Over the rail at boatloads of officers tin Rex had repulsed since late yesterday All attempts by Warren and his officers to serve the order. School Board organized the school Board held an organization meeting tuesday evening it being the first session for Robert Black the newly elected member. At the organization. Or. Black wus elected treasurer. Herrick Greenleaf. President and John Abel trustee was named Secretary. O a o Ltd it it o is o a e 0 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 thundershowers tonight. Thursday partly Cloudy showers in East and South portions cooler in extreme Northwest portion tonight and in East Aii /5outh portions thins Lay. Minimum 70 a i a. A. 75 7 a. M. 77 8 a. A. So 9 a. A. A a i 10 a. A. 88 11 a. A. S�0 12 noon. 90 1 p m. 87 o p a. 87

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