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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 7, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaIn a a a it my weather i i to hand Washiek 41 j�k0 a a �?�vi1� 0 m ii the daily Banner a 4j United Tress service All the Home news g t a it it Waves for All 99 key seven Indiana monday Aldo St 7, . No. A ii and 2 shown the Best e show closed to night after s successful Days a mrs s a r k listed we of interest and dig crowd were in town for a event a nth very few exceptions the Anglia Breed of cattle won the v a fears at the showing of fat cattle the Russellville horse and cattle the exceptions wore Here a of ords. No other Breed besides these a two figured in the awards i / one of the herefords which placed we a a tech. Under i�00 pounds owned by Dick Evans of so Ond in this class was a. I polled Angus owned by Rose Mary la la mar of Waveland. It weighed Ito Pound which happened to be the Moi weight of the Winner of the third rating. This third Honor steer was m he by John Martin of Newtown. In the 901-1025 class first went to Bmith. Judson. Whose at 960 pounds. This Ron grand Champion. Sec is went to Rose Mary the a 950-Pound exhibit. A of Waveland. Took with another 950 steer and Over class first Evans this Winner Herd. 1090 pounds. Sec. A a John Martin a polled tipping the Scales at 1050 �6, Mary Ramsey was a this class also her pol a King third. Turin in the a Ini show in the Light a a draft year old. First place As Given Clarence Heater of wave and Aeo Ond to Emerson Barker. Third to Ralph Chad hmong. Mil gelding 2 years and in 3 won by David Bon irked second Frank a third. Harold Olin. Gelding. 2 years and million Burkett la no lip Nicholson. Bain Jess Cox Bainbridge. 3 years and Over l to Floyd Davidson third Billy Wagner. 2 years old. First Sec Floyd davidson.1 year old. First. Kingman second and Ery county farm Colt first and Sec Clodfelter Roachdale id grieves. Waveland. Hitched Mare or Geld is Foxworthy. Craw and Barkersr Grimes ird Floyd Mccance. Another Accident hurts Corner tree skin grafting will soon have to be resorted to to save the life of a sugar tree which stands on the North Side of Washington Street opposite the North end of Bloomington Street in front of the Mathes property. That tree has acted As a sort of a Stop Pogo for fast driving from the South on Bloomington Street Drivers can to make the turn onto Washington. The last Patch of bark the tree lost was Early sunday morning when a �?T33 Plymouth was badly wrecked against it. Chief of police Edward Maddox was called out at 5 45 sunday morning by a report of the wrecking of the car the Accident having just happened when he was called. Candidate backed by Lewis behind l e a 1 h e l i by Al supported candidate Louisville by. Aug. 7 up Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson supported by the american federation of labor for the democratic gubernatorial nomination held a Lead of nearly 12.000 votes Over John Young Brown. Congress of Industrial organizations candidate As tabulation of ballots from saturdays primaries was resumed today. The outcome of their contest will decide another test of the political strength of John l. Lewis. Cio president. He endorsed Brown an attorney for his United mine workers affiliate in Kentucky to defeat Johnson who. In addition to his Al support was backed by gov. A. B. Happy Chandler and the state democratic organization. The contest overshadowed others in both democratic and Republican primaries. The election was Lone of the quietest in Kentucky in years and it was estimated that less than 500.000 ballots were cast de Salto a lengthy list of candidates for so Ven state office.�?T, 100 seats in the Atif a House of represent Taliau half Fol the Senate and various local offices. Jefferson county a Louisville authorities arrested six persons of charges filed by Browne a Campaign organization that they had voted several times James Howard a Farmer was a nil nne a Ltd on la Nso two hard. Zedfr bring Alvena list Angels id my e to i a my in and a in which arthis Michw to nitty i been Dies in Hospital a hitched first. Cloyd Alfordsville second son. Crawford i lie Vagner Ladoga. 1 team mares or Geld Renick amp Barker. Tan David Bon we 11 third. I Newtown Lam mares or geldings. Foxworthy second third Boyd amp Bellville. Chain Pion stallion. Curtis Hpe chair icon Mare or Geld Renick Ltd son. Montezuma. Ponies. 46 inches and Over first Simpson Waveland second. 1 . Russellville. Ponies under 46 inches first. Jean Clore. Waveland second Clodfelter. c unt St a team Ami tin a lbs Mill Dunnun s team from near i won tii. La i to Mimi ass. Via second and Lancaster the Bei vyv baht class was won fam own d by Oscar Clodel which pulled 5600 pounds 21 feet Walter wlm Mere steam in this class and Spencer Blind. The Amateur saturday night was iter of interest. Tiler were Amateur acts and first prize went a put Ord and Dorothy Piper be with their saxophone duet. Prize was awarded Donald spec Guy of Veedersburg while third went to Marjorie Houser of 7<> Milligan. Art Coleman of Craw Fordsville a master of ceremonies. I St Lviv Oil of aged resident i inc Lude four daughters sister and brother mrs. Harriett. Baughman. 82 years of age. Passed away at noon sunday at a Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Pennsylvania but had lived Here for almost her entire life time. Survivors include four a laughters mrs. Granville Harmon and mrs. Harvey Jones of Greencastle mrs. Nellie Pritchard of Bridgeport and mrs. Charles Wrig tit of Coatesville one sister. Etta Buster of Greencastle and one half brother will Hare of Kansas. Funeral services will be held tuesday afternoon at 2 of clock from the Home of her granddaughter mrs Leland Brown on state Road a 42 South. Services will be in charge of Richard Whelan with burial in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends May Call at the Home after 10 of clock tuesday morning Louisiana grand jury report is due special attorney general says there will be big news tomorrow con e k n i i h All Kph attorney general gave him Green Light to return ii Muir and Justice to it the state new Orleans. Aug. 7 a up assistant United states attorney general o. John Rogge commissioned by his Boss to a a return Honor Justice and democracy to Louisiana Quot conferred All night with his aides and reports spread that the Federal grand jury was about to indict top flight politicians. Rogge returned by air plane from Washington last night. He had flown there saturday to Confer with attorney general Frank Murphy on a matter of Quot extreme Quot attorney general Murphy gave me a Green Light to return Honor Justice and democracy to Louisiana he said. Quot there will be news the Federal grand jury has been investigating the Louisiana state administration and state politicians for weeks. It already has indicted five including Seymour Weiss treasurer of the late Huey p. Long and one of the three men who succeeded to his Power. It convened again today. The intensified Federal investigation was being carried out against a backdrop of intrigue. Rogge revealed that one of his witnesses had had his taxes doubled. The Day alter this Man conferred with him Rogge said he was informed by Telephone by ail unknown person that his assessments would Quot go so High you can to touch them with a 10-foot pole unless you leave Rogge Rogge threatened to indict anyone who tried to intimidate his witnesses in any Way. Packard strike threatened by Law Detroit aug 7 up a a strike at the Packard motor car company was threatened by the United automobile workers Union Cio today while Union tool and die makers claiming Victory in their strike against general motors corporation returned to work. Charging that Packard had refused to recognize the Law Cio As exclusive bargaining Agency members of local 190 authorized a strike. Approval by the International executive Board is required before one can be called. Packard would be the third major automotive corporation affected in the Davv Cion a jurisdictional Battle with the Law Al led by Homer Martin. In strikes at Briggs manufacturing company plants and general motors tool and die shops the Law Cio won conditional bargaining rights. Budget on fire Force is of interest Mustion of additional firemen or c Hange in policy is being worked out equipment is also needed platoon system or addition of one firemen will be figured in budget for 1940 court fight Over Norb rulings interpretation of interstate Commerce May Settle Cal. Bank question capture escaped train bandits Momence 111., aug. 7 up a Village Constable making his nightly rounds Early today captured two escaped Federal convicts whose descriptions were said to tally with those of two bandits who escaped after an abortive attempt to steal a $56,000 u. S. Army payroll from a mail train last week. Constable William Bukowski arrested Gerad Montague 21, Kankakee 111., and Walter Smith 22, Cincinnati. O., at a tourist Camp when he discovered their automobile was on the a reported stolen Quot list. He said the men admitted they escaped guards on a prison train carrying them from the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta to the Lewis Burg. Pa., prison july 26. Two of three men no tried to hold up an Illinois cant ral train july 31 escaped and a third was shot by mail clerks and captured. Washington aug. 7 a up a new supreme court Battle Over the National labor relations boards interpretation of interstate Commerce appeared certain today As the Board extended its claimed jurisdiction to employer employee relations of approximately 16, pm Banks. The Norb Rule-1 that the Bank of american National Trust amp savings association san Francisco California had violated the Wagner act thus overruling the Bank s contentions that the act did nut apply to it because it was not engaged in Commerce and that it was specifically exempted As an instrumentality a it of the Federal government. Only one worker Edward c. Washer Trust department employee was involved in the Case but the decision was considered significant because of its application to other Banks. The Board it faded that Washer had been dismissed from activity in the United office and i professional workers Cio and ordered the Bank to reinstate him with Back pay since his discharge on nov. 27. 1937. The Bank had contended that he had been discharged for unsatisfactory services Lack of qualifications making a false expense claim insubordination. And insole Vence toward his Superior officers. The Board suit a these assertions were not supported by evidence. Officials a of the Bank which is one j of the five largest in the United j states and of the Board had con j ceded that the a ase would test up pliability of tin act to other Banks j the question of the fire department in Greencastle. Is proving an interesting one for the City Council in the preparation of its budget for 1940, which will be acted upon during september. Under the present system of four firemen one of whom is off duty every fourth Day it is argued that the City is not sufficiently protected with three firemen one of whom at lunch time each Day is away from Headquarters during that time leaving Only two men on duty. The question of adding another fireman to the list is being considered. The matter of making the system a three platoon system is also considered. Under this plan three men would be on duty for a period of 24 hours and would then be off duty for the same length of time while other firemen would serve for the same length of time thus alternating the time on and off period. Under this setup Only one of the men off duty would in permitted to leave town while the other two would be subject to Call in Case of being needed. This system would allow five firemen to be on duty in Case of necessity while under the present system Only three men Are available or if one Man is added Only four would be available. Under the platoon system it is said the additional Cost would be Only $500 per year or less in excess of the present plan. If another fireman is added the Cost would be about $2500. Including some Small proposed increases for the present firemen. This excess is proposed to be saved the Tivix payers by taking that amount off fire hydrant rental now being paid the water works department. The councilmen Are making a careful study of tin 1940 budget Ami something will be worked out during the next two weeks which will then be presented to the Council at its regular meeting. The question of additional equipment is also being considered. It is argued that additional ladders Are needed As Well As other equipment but this problem will also be worked Ltd it by the budget makers during their efforts to prepare the 1940 expense record with the will of the tax adjustment bodies and the ability of the tax payers to pay. Over s millions in Highway contracts Indianapolis. Inj., aur. 7 a up the state Highway commiss on announced today that since the a list of the year it has awarded contracts for Road and Bridge construction totalling Over $8,300.000. Twenty three contracts amounting to $1,811,113 were awarded during july alone according to t. A. , chairman of the commission. Fifty m Les of paving resurfacing grading and erection of structures were added to 82 Miles of surface treatment in the july contract awards plus one Grade separation and 13 Bridges. Nine billion spending year interurban ruling has been delayed petition to banish n Loc Al lines 81 ii i pending before utilities body Feder. Petition heard last fisc Al year showed largest spending outside any in year in history Gross to coach at Walcott High Art Gross former Greencastle High school athlete and a resident of the City has been named coach at the Walcott High school. He is working this summer on his master s degree at Indiana University. He coached at Bloomfield last season with much Success. Ill it for elephant Staunton va., aug. 7 up circus attendants and sheriff s deputies were elephant Hunting today. They were seeking Elsie a pc forming elephant of the Russell big there circus. She escaped when a circus trailer and tractor left the Highway and overturned yesterday near Here. Rubber a 4,000 Pound elephant about is years old was killed in the crash which killed one circus worker and injured i four others. Mrs. Emma Bicknell Dick a form r resident of Greencastle passed a away saturday morning at 8 of clock at Tuscola Iii. Funeral services i were held Mon Lay morning at 10 of clock at Terre haute with burial in Terre haute. Mrs. Yvo. J. Hazlette a Flower Garden at its Peak but Laden with dust Cornal j a iwo or ,4 marriage License Malcolm Oriff 1 n Baker truck con-1 tractor and Hazel Dean Jarvis. I stenographer both of Greencastle. Lek 6. The always Beautiful Rock Garden of mrs. J. W. Hazlett near Russellville on the Road from Morton. Is dimmed this summer by the descent upon it of Clouds of dust from the county Highway which has not yet received the tar via treatment promised for it. Mrs. Hazlett spoke of the dust As a great nuisance \vhi9h causes her much work to flush it off her Beautiful Flowers. Just now there is a display of exotic plants and Flowers that is Beautiful and deeply interesting. Tropical lilies and the egyptian Lotin Bloom in the pools and not far away Are Heather and Blue Bells of Scotland. There is a Plant or two of the Nile Bulrush of the same sort from which the Little Quot Ark Quot was made in which the baby Moses was hidden for x time from the pharaohs ire. The Birds nibble at the seeds of the bul rushes a mrs. Hazlett s Garden and hinder pcs growth. There is a Tamarack from the North russian Sage with a Pale Blue Flower Blue flax Star lillies in Pink and Blue with Cone shaped bulbs that mrs. Hazlett stores away in the basement in the fall deeply fragrant Phlox. Gladioli Are Blooming in profusion with some exceptionally Fine specimens. The tropical lilies now blossoming continue through the season and have the remarkable faculty of Blooming even after ice begins to form in thin sheets around their stems. There too is a Cork Bush whose stems stay Green through the Winter and a Bush or two of the Hercules club and a few specimens of the species of Cane from which fishing poles Are made. 20 y cars ago in Greencastle temperature August 6 was 103. Hogs dropped to $21 50. Clinton Center Frank Vei million had a Cistern dug. Putnamville or and mrs. Luther easter and mrs. Will Glidewell spent sunday afternoon with mrs. Walter Gardner. Dunbar Hill or. And mrs. Herbott Boswell attended the ice Cream supper at Eli Boswell s near Clinton Falls. Isaac Browning arrived Home from 17 months service in France. He was the youngest Putnam county boy in the service entering the service on his 16th birthday. Paul Crodian a teacher in the Bainbridge schools and miss Beulah l. Hall of Bainbridge were married. . Crodian is now superintendent of schools at Peru fear i Sims funeral Simla prominent Farmer of Jefferson township died Hiddema on saturday funeral service were held sunday afternoon at 2 of clock for Pearl Sims at his Home North of Belle Union. The Rev. Reuben Mas ten was in charge of the services. The body was sent to Oklahoma on monday. Where funeral services and burial will be held wednesday. . Sims age 54 years was a Well known Farmer of Jefferson township. He died at his Home Early saturday following a Brief illness. Death was due to heart disease. . Sims was born in Putnam county in 1884. For Many years he was a resident of Gage okla. However a few years ago he and mrs. Sims moved Back to Putnam county. He was a member of the methodist Church in Gage. Because of his Jovial nature or. Sims became one of thi Best liked men in his Community and his sudden a death saturday came As a Shock to his acquaintances. Survivors arc the widow. Flaurie one son. Russell Sims of Oulu Home. His sister in Law. Miss Ethel Hurst who made her Home with or. And mrs. Sims and one sister. Mrs. Fred Hanlon North of Greencastle. Two children preceded him in death. Roosevelt at Hyde Park Washington aug. 7 up president Roosevelt leaves today for Hyde Park n. A. Where he will remain for four or five Days studying Bills passed by Congress before embarking on a cruise to the North West Atlantic. Later he will entrain for an extensive tour of the West. Washington. Aug. 7 up record peace time spending a it of nearly $10,000.000.000 by the Federal government was indicated for the current fiscal year today in a recapitulation of congressional appropriations. An All time High for spending exclusive of War years was established in the last fiscal year which ended june 30. 1939. Expenditures were $9,268,338.030. Exceeding income by $3,600 514.401. President Roosevelt s january budget forecaster spending at approximately $9,000,000.000 in the fiscal year which began july 1. Congressional appropriations for disbursements this year. Kew Ever exceed that figure by nearly $1,000.000,000. Total appropriations by Congress in the session just ended exceeded $13.000.000 000. But included some funds spent before july 1 Ami sonic to be spent in future fiscal years. Budget director Harold i. Smith said in had not had a Chance to compute the Money authorized by Congress to he spent this year but that the total probably would exceed that budgeted but the president in january. Rip. John Egberr a. N. Y., ranking minority member of the House appropriations committee issued his annual Post session analysis of appropriations. Showing a total of $14 061,508,619. Funeral monday funeral Servic were held monday afternoon at 2 of clock at the Christian Church at Stilesville for mrs. Elsie wbk a Ler 63 years old. Stilesville who died saturday morning in the methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. She was a member of the Church in which the last rites were held. Survivors an the husband John 11. Wheeler two daughters mrs Haze Butler and mrs. Katie Jones both of Indianapolis e. Stepson Truman Hubble of Oklahoma and five grandchildren. Sons Wilur Heads protest Boulti Iii me Cican i Hie ran Mission Hospital struck six direct hits Shanghai. Aug. 7. Up american consular authorities at Hankow protested to the japanese in the strongest a mis Tod to against the bombing of an american Luth or an Mission Hospital at Kuoshan. It was asserted after investigation. Thut japanese air planes bombed the Hospital july 26 und scored six direct hits. In their protest. American authorities said that tit Hospital was on an isolated Hill outside the town and that. 11 Large United states flags were prominently displayed in the Hospital grounds As a warning to thi japanese air Force. Hankow dispatches indicated that in addition to this protest. American authorities received word that the Hospital was at tucked again yesterday. Ami that the consulate emphatically reminded tin japanese of the hospitals site so that there could be no More japanese authorities at Hankow informed the american consulate today that they had no information regarding Edwin Beck of Tiffin. Ohio and Mary Myers of Hanover ph., last reported at Rochow. The consulate was anxious about them because chinese dispatches had reported that japanese troops had ordered All american and British missionaries from the City and then burned the american reformed Mission Church. A objections were made a locally to abandonment or Kail line and substitution of buses. There has been no statement from the state Public utilities commission relative to the decision that Board will make in response to the petition of Bowman elder receiver for the abandonment of the Brazil division of the Indiana railways that division passing through Greencastle. A hearing in the matter we As held in Greencastle by a representative of the utilities commission who heard testimony from a Large number of witnesses in regard to the need for the continuance of the operation of tin line. A continued hearing in the matter was held later in Indianapolis. A ruling on the petition for abandonment was expected soon after the hearing was held Here hut. So far there has been no intimation As to when the ruling will be announced. It is believed Here that the delay in the announcement May be due to the fact that a similar petition for abandonment of the local interurban line is pending before the interstate Commerce commission a Federal body and no ruling has been made by that body. The Matt r was taken before the Federal Board prior to the time the petition for Abam Loument was filed with to a state Board. It was filed with the Federal Board because the hit nil ban company operates into Louisville by. It is believed Here that the interurban company receiver is not pressing for a decision in the petition before the stat a Board because an Adverse ruling by the Federal commission would have priority Over any ruling by the state Board so that even if the petition were supported try the state body a ruling against the petition by the Federal authority would possibly cause an embarrassing situation for the interurban company receiver. The feasibility of the proposed bus line to replace the interurban electric service was questioned by witnesses and attorneys before to tip state utilities Boyd. It was pointed out that a part of the route suggested for the substituting bus line is Over highways Only 25 feet wide which it was claimed would to unsafe for bus t Ravel. Shatter be enl a nine Days mooch Brothers Kef i to break Light plane endur no a Mark Springfield 111, aug 7. Up Hunter und Humphrey Moody Young brother pilots were Back to Earth today after circling continuously Over Springfield Airport for two weeks a Light that added 225 hours and three minutes to the world endurance record fat a Light planes. The Brothers took off july 23 at 3 p m. C8ti. Last tuesday at 5.43 in. M they equalled the of it i record of 218 hours and 43 minutes and remained aloft a to make it Tough Quot for anyone who might attempt to break their record. They had planned to try for the record for heavy planes but Magneto trouble deprived their ship of Reserve Power and they landed bust night during an electrical storm after 343 hours und 46 minutes in the air a Little Over 14 Days and 7 hours. o @ o a it 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mostly Cloudy thundershowers tonight and probably in North portion tuesday morning slightly Wanner. Minin num. 68 6 a. In. 66 7 u. A. 69 8 p. In. 70 0 a. A. 72 10 a. A. 74 1 1 u. M. 76 12 noon. 79 1 p m. 83 2 p a. 83 mrs. A Baitman

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