Page 1 of Aug 15 1939 Issue of Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana

Greencastle Daily Banner August 15, 1939 Page 1 old newspaper archives

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Read an issue on 15 Aug 1939 in Greencastle, Indiana and find what was happening, who was there, and other important and exciting news from the times. You can also check out other issues in The Greencastle Daily Banner.

Browse Greencastle Daily Banner

How to Find What You Are Looking for on This Page

We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to make the text on a newspaper image searchable. Below is the OCR data for 15 Aug 1939 Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana. Because of the nature of the OCR technology, sometimes the language can appear to be nonsensical. The best way to see what’s on the page is to view the newspaper page.

Show OCR

Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 15, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaOf k a a a a a a a Tab Cloudt am it warm �T��T��T��T�0 the daily Banner it <1 t All the Home news i Nitkin press service 0 4 0 it Waves for All volume Toby seven my scents h questioned a about % Reck a Renva Kulk Indiana tuesday August 15, a a Kir. N a. A Jas Melv eath dims or thai i umm tion i. Victims taken from wreckage toll Mol its to 24 As \ a an with defect d ears was re by a men after to proved he was s00 mile from scene Fri Reno. Nev., aug. 15. Up Fie desert reaches of Nevada were arched today for a Man or men 1 to might have deliberately wrecked halve Southern pack t ices Brown and streamline train. City of san i and killed 24 persons late night. Transients by the score were pick a. I up and questioned at every Ham. T throughout the state. In every is those so far questioned had a a roved to authorities they were in cent of the crime of sabotage isred by Railroad officials ind bodies of three additional Vic mss bringing the death toll in the 1 2,400,000 train to 24 were taken d a Elko Early today. They were Lent fied As mrs Henry Pepper Aux . Pa., her daughter can and Henry speck. 35, White an Jok on the dining car. The wife of Hotca undertaker who brought in the a i idles said she was informed that Lenc Irb More bodies Haw been found in the he debris but this was not confirm d. Mare ski s into Hole but unhurt a Gray Mare that was being used in a team at the Hoosier Pete filling station on North Jackson Street after dark last evening to level the crushed Stone surface in front of the station met with an Accident some what like that which befell one of the armies opposing the British troops in the Battle of Waterloo at which time that army pitched Down into an unsuspected sunken Road and was whipped by the British. This Gray Mare owned by Sherman Aubrey stepped into an unseen Post Hole and got All one Hind leg into it. She Sank to the ground reconciled to her Fate whatever it was to be but the leg was not broken. Much free advice was Given by bystanders and finally a wrecker was called from a garage. After some More advice As to the Best method of applying the wrecker to the Mare a strip of Canvas was gotten under her and it was used As a Sling the wreckers hoist being hooked into it. The Mare was lifted out of the Hole and seemed not to have suffered from the Accident. Rites wednesday for Ernest Stoner services will 1ie at nine o clock from St. i s it Thouc a Iii ugh Raee meanwhile a Man with defaced Pra widely a ought throughout the Tate waa questioned and released in Earby Sparks Railroad division Irv ont. He grinned at police and said i knew you a get me a but a men Hen questioned him said he mad roved he was at Pyramid Lake 200 Liles from the scene at the hour the Aat train plunged through a broken All at Humboldt River just West of a aril. A a it Karo inf Vila at the scene had re Man without ears work from Tatien sheriff sch ton i to the a Hutzl Mei it s Eyfa ung i Roppe up a the Low 11 r to i i firs a ppm funeral services for Ernest Stoner assistant postmaster at Greencastle who died suddenly monday morning will be held wednesday morning at ii of clock from the St. Paul a Catholic Church. Father Thomas Mcgrath will officiate. Interment will be made in Forest Hill Abbey. Pallbearers will be e. A. Browning. A. L. Dobbs e. K Bartley c. C. Gillen. Kay Herbert and m. J. Murphy. Or. Stoner was one of the Best known men in this City. He had been assistant postmaster since 1917. He i became a clerk in the Greencastle Post office june 1, 1902. And was a milk strike is enforced in new York girls Camp to he dedicated Dairy Farmers Inion handing higher prices Reames a milk Trust Supply Home has. Children picket lines to be established on Road and plants in milk producing areas Utica n. A. Aug. 15 up the Dairy Farmers Union today enforced a strike against milk shipments to new York City the nations largest City. A of a nearby i p0ted assistant postmaster october iffy a deputies1. 1 ll7 William it a Federal Manku _ of investigation Rien Here Laid they had a nothing to of on Quot to supp i reports of Sabo age and eloped their office Early ast night. A police chief at a new Ada town asked How Many suspects be had detained replied with this question a How Many do you want a one of the dues cited by Railroad Iff Clala m evidence that the train Vas deliberately wrecked was the a reset a of a Spike Puller at the Cene. They Laid one rail had been noved inward on a curve so the pending at Fenoli t would be de alled. A crowbar at the scene. It developed today had been dropped rom a Relief train. A. D. Ledonn i president of the Southern Pacific t i a res that his special agents had a some evidence a pointing toward a a articular person As a Saboteur. He _ _ bluntly refused to amplify the state nent he said secrecy was essential. A coroners jury empanelled at the him. Quot a in. T a. A unknown Quot the verdict it pointed out. A net i my Quot i v merely filled to the bodies could be removed. 1, 1917. Under William b. Vestal postmaster at that time. Or. Stone was also deeply interested in the conservation of wild life. He held offices in both District anti state conservation organizations. The Union demanded higher prices for milk and blamed the Quot milk Trust for keeping prices Down. The strik was supported by the Congress of Industrial organizations. The general organizing committee announced that milk would be supplied to new York City hospitals Ami to the City s children. The Union claims a membership of 15,000 producers in the vast milk shed comprised of upper new York Aud parts of Vermont and Pennsylvania which supplies the millions of Gallons used daily in the metropolitan area which has a population of 7.000,000. All members were instructed to withhold milk from dealers until the Price rises to $2.35 per hundredweight for fluid milk delivered in August september and october. The current Price is $2.25. Archie Wright of Ogdensburg n y., Union president said picket lines would be established not Only on roads and plants in the milk producing areas but at plants in new Yora City As Well. Two years ago. Vav. T. Sitlington editor of the Little Rock Democrat sponsored the formation of a Camp where several score underprivileged a a a. Gills were sent for a summer recce i nation period. It proved quite successful and it was named in Honor of or Sitlington. Tuesday mrs. C. I Arnold received j a telegraphic invitation from the Little Rock social Agency asking her to be present Ltd a August 17, at which time the Camp will be formally dedicated and a memorial service held in Bona of mrs. Mayme Naylor Sitlington whose death took place last March. Hereafter it will be known As Mayme Sitlington Camp. It is located in the Ozark mountains near Lake Sylvia North West of Little Rock. Al i to Advance Ini l a r p. Will enlarge Uii Kitma shotting Terii set for november 28. Merchants were generally Happy today Over president Roosevelt san nou Cement that he was advancing thanksgiving Day i week because that will enlarge the Christmas shopping period but there was consternation among College football managers and Calendar makers. At Campobello n. S., where he arrived yesterday on a vacation cruise or. Roosevelt said he had Many requests to move the Holiday ahead because it came too near Christmas and that since there was nothing sacred about the customary Date the last thursday of november and no Federal Law governing it to county girls will enter fair h team to re represented i i to Bol 8, georg1 w i 8 i fall we Norm \ n evens judging to a will compete would proclaim it Lor nov. 23 this Laurence Clough of the state i Yeai. List .a<1 of nov t0 he Sakl that vision of milk control announced Hync Forth. Beginning in 1h40. That the state would Aid dealers who j thanksgiving would be the second have complied with the Federal state thu Lav in november. Good scout Donn Fendler 12, of Rye n. Y., who spent eight Days alone in Maine wilderness gets hero modal from governor Lewis o. A arrows of Maine at Augusta. The Young scout also was made a member of Maine guides. Organs silent regard in it i reports news a a sets 197 deserters it Lios sed Hord Etc to germ a marketing order which governs the Price paid to the producers. He said. Quot we Don t believe the strike will be very serious because we done to believe enough Farmers will join inter Kran Abandons line Washington. Aug 15. Up a the interstate Commerce commission today authorized the Public service co., of Indiana Ami Bowman elder receiver to abandon certain lines of the Indiana Railroad extending from Seymour to Jeffersonville. Ind., and to Louisville Tkv. Republicans to a i a a Hall la ame. Meet sept. 2. Quot v i a fourteen forty will re slogan at state rally at fair Groi n is Ith new Egv i Law is effective now 9ealbr8 must hah Knask and inspect a in to duct to sell �?�fkes1i e it is Lafayette. Ind., aug. 15. In Liana a voluntary a fresh egg Quot Lbw. Enacted by the last session of the Jeneral Assembly As an attempt to provide a Way Foi Consumers to obtain fresh eggs was explained recently As to How wholesalers and i retailers May co operate. When the Law becomes effective tomorrow Groce e Vaneen and retailers May sell eggs one of two ways sex Amateur night to be held at Morton prizes have been xxx dded by merchants Large crowd expected the ladies Aid of Morton Union Chapel Church arc sponsoring an Amateur program wednesday night. August 16. Also a luncheon and ice Cream supper at Morton school. There will be about forty prizes Given away. Contestants will be judged by Ages ranging from under ten years ten to fifteen years and fifteen to Twenty years and Over Twenty years. Prizes will be Given for the Best tap dancer readings ducts solos string music quartets imitators impersonators orchestras old time fiddlers Best entertainers and the youngest Amateur. These prizes Are donated by Home laundry White cleaners. Bill mans Beauty shop. Kroger store r. Ami s. Boot shop. Oakley a a and a. Stevens drug store Jones drug store Murphy s five and ten Al Tel a Glascock s jewelry store Greencastle to hardware Dobbs tire amp Battery Horace link cannons Penny a. Mullins drug store Ellis feed store. Reeves electric shop Lee Miller. George Inge Clyde i Indianapolis. Aug. 15 up it Quot fourteen forty will be the cry of Hoosier republicans at the state j wide Republican rally Here sept. 23. Officials of the Indiana Republican editorial association who met Here last night elected to Call the rally which will be held at the state fair grounds the Quot Hoosier g. O. P. 14-40 the numerical combination stands for the 14th president i whom republicans Hope to elect in 1940, Edwin v. O Neel president of the association explained. Editors also decided to invite All g. O. P. Candidates for nominations to participate in a Mammoth Parade it is a tradition among business men that advertising and display of Christmas goods is withheld until after thanksgiving and since that a Holiday would have fallen this year on the latest possible Date there would have been Only a few shopping Days. However there had been 35 football games scheduled for Quot Turkey some of them annual sectional and now that the schedules of most universities Are completed and nov. 30 is to be just another school Day some serious problems arose. And at Seattle Wash. Frederick b. Baker president of h. G. Brace Calendar co. Said the Date changing would Cost Calendar makers from $5,000,000 to $10 000.000 Mcnutt summons Jackson to serve will be Dpi istra Tivi. A St a it finding ke<0\elt\ of \ one Coy Washington aug 15 up Berlin. Aug 13 up nazis i shifted their Campaign against Poland to a new sector today and maintained silence regarding reports from european capitals of moves to Settle the Danzig problem by diplomatic negotiation tool Kischer Borbach Ter official Organ of the nazi party alleged in a dispatch from Bratislava Slovakia that polish i Ltd Ltd it is at a it k. A a a i eau gee Camp in the Ondea Forest District South of the Jablonka a pass wounded 25 persons and several across the Border into Poland. It was asserted that the Camp contained 150 families s of Gorman slovak ukrainian blood and five Quot a uniformed deserters from the polish the official nazi news Agency asserted that 197 deserters Quot from til a polish army Quot had crossed the fron tier to a Many in the last few week and that 143 of them were of Quot pure polish a dispatch from the unit d states press Bratislava correspondent quoted reports that Slovakia Hud started a Campaign to gain from Poland at least a part of the czechoslovak territory which Poland obtained a it the result of the sudeten crisis in september. 1988, especially in the Javorina District. Before the rally bringing floats and j be j,.rai Security administrator Paul Plain members of the Indiana Erk att Wayne Bettis. Clip and Cirl $5 Board administering the Law. If a a retailer desires to sell eggs As Quot fresh he must first apply to the egg Board for a permit for each store and then the eggs he Sells us fresh eggs will be subject to an official inspection As a Check to determine if the product qualifies for the minimum Quality standards As set by the Board. No permit will be necessary for him to sell eggs a As but he will not be permitted under the Law to advertise his product Quot As fresh eggs or sell under words of similar import such As a new Laid eggs a conf nned on in a two Beauty shop. King Morrison Foster prevots Economy store. Snider s. Russell of Haver flints grocery Ray Clodfelter. John Dills Miller Grain co., Pitchford s and Chevrolet co. Several business men have Given Cash and the purpose of this Amateur program is to get Money to wire the Church for electric lights. A free will offering will be taken during the program. Circuit court notes Charles r. York has been appointed administrator of the estate of Raymond Glen York banners. Plans were made for regional rallies and Booster meetings. First of these Booster meetings was in Progress today at Rochester bringing together editors of the party from the first second and third con Gressional districts. Editors were scheduled to hear Raymond Willis. Angola editor who was Republican candidate for United states senator in 1938. And of Neel. Speakers were to discuss relations of the press to the organization and the work of association officers. Other speakers on the Rochester Booster program were Arch Boh Bitt chairman of the state committee Neil Mccallum. Secretary of the state committee and also of the editorial association Charles Hall Eek congressman from the second District and Robert Grant congressman from the third District. 20 years ago in Greencastle v. Mcnutt announced today that a Quot is summoning Clarence Jackson in Diane state unemployment com own station director to serve temporarily As his administrative assistant. Mcnutt said that he had arranged with Indiana state of Cir is to Quot borrow Quot Jackson for a period of 6 to s weeks pending the recovery of Wayne Coy. His regular assistant. Coy underwent a kidney operation yesterday in Baltimore. My. Mcnutt said that budgetary and other details necessitated appointment of a temporary assistant because of the heavy press of work. Jackson is expected to arrive Here tomorrow from Indianapolis. Manx to to cml Farkars Larj picnic r elaborate entertainment program ii a been planned for till is. Many residents of Putnam county especially of the North part of the county will attend the annual picnic and Home coining at Parkersburg on state Road 43, just North of the Putnam line thursday. An elaborate program of entertainment has been arranged one of the performers being Magary Hauser of Russellville. Who will present vocal and instrumental music. In addition to the regular program held the past several years in connection with the annual Community event which commemorates those veterans of the civil War who lie longed to the Coshow Post of the g. A. R. Special contests have been arranged for the Day. La col. Richard Mcrae of Indianapolis. Pastor of Edwin Ray a Church and state chaplain of the Quot american legion and Reserve officers corps will give the principal address. He was formerly National chaplain of the Reserve officers corps. Tom Scott will have charge of the Quot bean cooking on the site of the former meeting plan of the Coshow pest and now owned by the ladies Aid f the local Christian Church. It is planned to Cook 375 pounds of Beans and 180 pounds of Bacon while 160 pounds of crackers have ordered along with Vetrul bushels of tomatoes and 100 pounds of Suga to be used in making iced Tea. Cars driven by Ivan Higgins East of Carpentersville and a or. of Raccoon were involved in a collision saturday East of Carpentersville. According to reports both Automo to give their ritualistic Biles were badly damaged. The Monon ran a five coach special train for the Quincy picnic. Hogs reach Low Mark of $5-85 Indianapolis livestock hog receipts 8,000, Holdover 84 Market steady to 25 cents lower 160-250 lbs $5.65-15.85 250-300 lbs $5.15-$5.55 300-400 lbs $4.50-$4.90, 100-160 lbs $4.60-$5.00 sows steady to weak mostly 3.75-$4.75. Cattle 2,900. Calves 700 strictly Good and Choice yearling steers open Elk s notice Elk s Lodge will meet at the Homo at 7 o clock this evening to go in a body to the Shannon funeral Home service for Ernest Stoner two girls Olle n Hunter my Man Ellen Thomas to a Treiul state fair girls school. Putnam county will have 35 representatives in the 4-h Girts division of the state fair held at Indianapolis september 1 to 8, inclusive and also will have two boys. The boys will be George Westfall Greencastle. Who will exhibit his pen of three White Rock pullets which topped the prize list at the recent Putnam county 4-h fair and Norman evens of Madison township who also will have his prize winning pen of thre White Rock pullets. Girl exhibitors in the livestock department at the state fair will be Betty and Helen Alice of Jefferson township who will take their Poland China gilts which won ribbons in the county fair. The 35 girl exhibitors in the horn1 economics department will be the following Lorna Thomas. Greencastle room improvement Mary Ellen Thomas Roe Laville Canning Doris Campbell Greencastle baking Madonna Call. Greencastle baking Winifred Cox Greencastle. Baking Betty Lee Baker. Greencastle baking Juanita Mcclure Clove Rdale route 1, baking Frances Hendrich Greencastle route 3, Canning Colleen Bockius Cloverdale baking Margaret Hatcher Green Custic baking Dorothy Finney Cloverdale baking Edith Nichols Greencastle route 3. Canning Etta Dell Thomas. Keels Volle Canning Freda Seigmiller Greencastle baking Norma Jean Baldwin Greencastle. Baking Juanita Mcclure Cloverdale Canning Harriett Sellers Greencastle baking Joan Rollins. Greencastle route 2, baking Aretta Walsh Greencastle. Baking Dorothy Rader Greencastle mute 3, baking Coletta Elmore Cloverdale. Clothing Marylee Aker Reesville clothing Orna Smiley Greencastle clothing Thelma Riss Ler Bainbridge clothing Helen Al Lee Greencastle route 2, Canning Juanita Mcclure Cloverdale clothing Mary Ellen Thomas Reelsville clothing Ruby Alice. Greencastle route 2, clothing Mary Ann new gent Green Custic. Dross revue m i i Donna Call. Greencastle. Clothing Olive Mae Dean a i la Astle. Clothing Della May Bushong Russeli Ville clothing and Edith Nichols Bainbridge. Clothing. Also in addition to the participation of the foregoing girls in the 4-11 division of the state fair two Putnam county girls will attend the state fair girls school August 2 a to september 8, at the state far. Grounds. These two Are Colleen Hunter of Cloverdale sponsored by the county farm Bureau organization and Mary Ellen Thomas of Washington township sent by the 4-h clubs of the county. Also the Greencastle 4-h Dairy cattle judging team will compete in the state contest in Dairy cattle judging representing the District. The members of this team arc tim quark. Ralph Call jr., and Willard Abbott. V. I l Fork it first Days of interurban service through City talking of old Days on the inter ban line soon to be discontinued. A j. Duff one of the very first of the. Company a employees Here said Quot i was in Hugh Mcgowan a off once and heard him instructing some of the construction engineers who were building the track West from preen Castle. He said to them Quot a boys that is a methodist town Down there and i done to want a lick of work clone on sundays. They will Quot Walter Heath Gnu brakeman on the work train a he added. Quot the work was nearly All done by hand a or. Duff said Quot and there ice was a Gung of labourers that had their Camp at what we Call the shop by Quot or. Dual worked for the interurban c company from sept Ember 1. 1107. The. party starting on tier ballasting jobs b. A t m wars rating tween Indianapolis and Plainfield As Well As on the West division besides Ether important parts of the our Good friends an i i done to want of truck in work am Tori the 0,. Tion of the trains. He quit to go into other Wor k in 1918. President Kelt i i is 21 gun Salute Halifax n a. Aug. 15. Up president Roosevelt arrived Here at 1# 10 a. M. Cost today on the i Cruiser Tuscaloosa after a fast overnight run from Campobello n. B. A 21 gun Salute from the Royal Canadian artillery Battery on Citadel Hill greeted the vacationing president As the Cruiser entered the Harbor. A. Macmillan acting Premier and mayor Walter Mitchell were in _ which boarded Tho warship. To do anything offensive to Quot inasmuch As Mcgowan was a sincere and prominent member of the Catholic Church i thought it was a Fine thing for him to said or. Duff. And he added Quot it Hasni to been so Many years since sunday ing steady undertone weak to 25 i morning services in the methodist Howard Roukhill received his Dis cents lower on most steers strictly charge from the army. Or. And mrs. Estes Duncan of Cloverdale. Who had been ill with typhoid fever were recovering. Paul Wright visited relatives at Bainbridge. Justin Godwin attended the Quincy picnic. Choice yearling steers $10.00 Choice 905 and 940 la weights $9.70 Heifer steady several loads Good lightweight heifers $9.00-$9.35 cows steady to weak dealers steady top $10.50. Sheep 2,000 lambs Strong to 25 cents higher at $8.50-$9.00 top $9.25. Church Here were quite a bit disturbed by the Quot noise from a steam shovel working sundays not very far from the College a or. Duff was Motorman on a construction train which worked on the West division and he recalled Quot Manny Quot White Lacey and a Czar Quot Stoner or. Duff and e. R. Bartley Between them recalled a number of former employees of the company mentioning w. T. Handy e. W. Connerly a trainman named hol Croes James Morgan who was electrocuted near Plainfield while at work Bruce Shannon Kenneth Peck. Leslie Hamaker Roy Brackney electrician Lawrence Graham w. A a. Hendren. Who was murdered in Tho office the night of september 28, 1908, and. Of course there Are other of the retired men most of them Liv 0 0� o �00 0 0 0 0 0 today a weather 0 a and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 a 0 a 0 0 0 0 o 0 partly Cloudy tonight and wednesday continued warm. As working on the engineering gang i ing hut some of them dead. Minimum 6 a. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. In. 9 a. M. 10 a. M. 11 a. M. 12 noon 1 p. M. 2 p. In. 67 69 73 80 84 86 87 88 do. 90

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Search All Newspapers in Greencastle, Indiana

Advanced Search

Search the Greencastle Daily Banner Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Start for Free

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Greencastle Daily Banner?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Advanced Search