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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 18, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a a a a a t a Wka Tiu k i Cloudy and Walimu a a a a 1 forty seven the daily Banner 41 4 All the Home news United Fribbs so Kvek e 4. <4 it Waves for All Greencastle Indiana Friday Al Cist is a. No. I i lev 1 Voll i of Zig grows Ore serious armed \ Al Sav Jet Only matter of Days Frlekin i Poland 1,1 Nert Germany must have polish corridor without compromises i. And Coo Fri aces. A Berlin aug. 18. Up i Well Ormed nazis said today that tin Quot at impute Between cer Muny and pod id had now Vecuna serious and settlement of tin Danzig prob. N waa no longer n possibly of 0ays further indicated that unless a land stopped alleged terrorism inst minority germans describe Ai in screaming headlines by the in ired press it might be necessary r Germany to intervene. The Manir of intervention was not specified. It was asserted More openly and firmly that Germany now must be the polish corridor which is b a land s outlet to the sea and that Ere must be no conferences or com omites. Charges of terrorism against min try Mons began to take on the act be of those t hat preceded the a deter crisis a year ago. Now ails asserted that thousands of l romans were fleeing the a terror a i it had been alleged last year that fled the a terror in czech Oslo sudetenland. Terror against germans without said official news a Jenans who have not sen arrested Havi it hide in the Wood a or in other of Kim to escape tile hatred of the the Mimi i is Well Over 1.000. Of German minority . Up to the be August reached 76.535. To temporary and in Germany. At the 8.jm61 people have id in 19 refugee it Trees a had been seeing from Poland t the rats of 4.200 a week for the months. Quot nazis denied reports that 17 and 8 year old youths had been called a Quot or army service. They pointed out p a hat the 1817 class of army con men of 22 already had called up a under the regular and that inc class of 1918jutnas due to report in october. Lett it was set Matoo that Germany annl of had 2,000,00 1 Inen under arms. Maneu vers were proceed Youmg in hath we a Tern and Eastern Germany thus Provau g a once trillions 4 Man Power on both frontiers and j activity among anti aircraft troops had been observed in and ii a do. 75 it of Berlin. _ Lucy and Rek Acca Londes i n lot Imp although they probably Aren t Danning to take up football As a i a a career Lucy and i i. No i laughters of graft i i i n t o Ion Long at Camp naga Wicka in Dela held Wisconsin Are hearing plenty i clout it this summer. Out on the Lake where the two be Lirla spend much of 111� n in. Lane i Zuntz Manske tin it \ me diving Tham Plon. Is at the heal of the div eng instruction Lucy won the by Jenners fencing contest As she took a in that sport just this year under the direction of Bill Meyer Eastern 1 a inter collegiate fencing Champion in in from Dartmouth. A a i both girls will return from their August 20. Moose convention to initiate 2,500 men from almost every walk of life will be included in the convention class of 2.500 new members that Philadelphia Lodge no. 54, Loyal order of Moose will initiate into the Loyal order of Moose on sunday afternoon August 27, in the auditorium of the Moose Home on Broad Street Philadelphia inaugurating the 51st International convention of the order in Philadelphia August 28th to september 1st. High governmental civic and judicial officials will rub shoulders with mechanics tradesmen and policemen letter carriers clerks Industrial workers business executives in this class. All will be bound in the common pledge of the Loyal order of Moose of Quot one for All and All for playgrounds will Likely become a Quot cause Quot of the Loyal order of Moose. The fraternity will consider putting its full strength behind a National movement for a place to play for every child throughout the land. I75, county residents first at Cayuga mks. Wilkinson first in horse m a n ship Foit five gaited houses farm animals owned by Putnam county residents took honors at the big Vermillion county fair being held this week end at Cayuga. Longden amp Clodfelter of Clinton township were Given first for their entrant in the aged Bull class first in the Bull calf class and grand Champion Bull on their Winner in the aged Bull class. Also to Longden a Clodfelter were awarded first in aged cow class first and second in the yearling Heifer class first in the Heifer calf class. Grand Champion among the female animals was awarded their Winner of first prize in the Heifer class. Next week the Herd of Longden amp Clodfelter will be exhibited at Paris. I1l at the Cayuga Saddle horse show. Friday afternoon held in connection with the Vermillion county fair. Mrs. Eleanor Wilkinson of Greencastle showed her stallion Sycamore top. And won third in the five gaited class and also third in the pair class with Art Sheridan of Attica. To mrs. Wilkinson also was Given first in horsemanship for five gaited horses. Or. T. A. Sigler of Greencastle is judging the draft horse show hut an Illinois Man awarded the places in the Saddle horse show. Boyd and Grimes of Russellville won second on aged Mare second on match team and second on team hitched. Among the winnings of Noel Nicholson of Bainbridge were first Champion Jersey cow and grand Champion cow. Propose to lower rate for county estimates of expenditures and tax levies have been prepared proposed l e v v is 84 c ends lowering is secured by reductions in several of the rates which go to make up the total Rhode Island minister guest at Gobin Church h the Rev. Hansel h. Tower of Newport Rhode Island will be the guest preacher at Gobin memorial methodist Church. Sunday August 20, at the 10 00 of clock morning worship service. Or. Tower graduated from Depauw with the class of 1929, and from Boston school of theology in 1932. He is a contributor to Zions Herald and other religious publications. Rev. Tower has been pastor of methodist churches in South Chatham East Harwich and Taunton Massachusetts. Since 1938, he has been pastor of St. Paul s methodist Church. Newport. Rhode Island. Music will be furnished by Marion seller acting organist the choir and Mary seller of Terre haute will play a violin Solo. The estimates of expenditures and tax levies for Putnam county As a w Hole and for some of the expenditures and levies in townships of the county have been prepared in the office of Gilbert e. Ogles auditor of the county and the figures will be presented to the county commissioners and county Council the latter body meeting in september to consider budgets. The poor Relief estimates for the respective townships have not been definitely determined and will be announced later. The proposed Levy for taxes to be collected next year to meet county wide expenses is 84 cents on the one Hundred dollars valuation. The Levy for the same Puri it Ose in effect this year is 86 cents. This lowering of the tax rate for county purposes is secured by reductions in several of the rates which go to Inuke up the total county Levy. The Levy proposed for county Revenue for next year is put at 39 cents contrasted with 50 cents in effect this year Hospital Bonds and interest Levy is Cut to two cents from the five cent Levy in effect this year the Levy for Hospital maintenance is reduced one cent from the four cent rate in effect this year. However a new Levy is made to pay the jail Bonds amounting to six cents. The j Levy of 13 cents to pay county units Road Bonds and interest remains unchanged. The Levy of 39 cents for county Revenue it is estimated will produce $83,223.11. The jail Levy should produce $13,000. The county unit Road Bonds will it is believed raise $28,340. The county welfare rate should produce $41,420. The Hospital Bonds and interest rate should bring in $6.500. The Hospital maintenance rate it is expected will produce $7.540. The fund arising from the county Revenue Levy in 1937 was $63,000 for 1938. It was $31,899 for 1939, $95.000. Nine of the townships of the county will have levies to pay township Road Bonds and interest four of the county a townships having paid off these old township Bonds. In Clinton township a Levy of 4 cents is proposed to raise $300 Clov Jerdal township. 10 cents to raise $1.000 Floyd township 2 cents to produce $180 Franklin township. 2 cents to raise $300 Greencastle township. 5 cents to produce $3.000 Jefferson township 4 cents to raise $350 Madison township. 11 cents to produce $1,000 Warren township 6 cents to raise $500 Washington township. 10 cents to produce $1,500. Dean Smith spoke in Indianapolis the speaker in the auditorium on the sixth floor of the William h. Block building in Indianapolis this afternoon at a meeting of parents of Young people was Dean g Herbert Smith Dean of freshmen at Depauw. He spoke of the adjustments which College freshmen must make in his course of study and his relations with his teachers. This is the second talk by Dean Smith for this purpose in the former talk he considered the social life and the making of friendships in the University. After the address the parents present informally discussed with the Dean various phrases of the subject important in their minds Partick arly just at this time when their sons and daughters Are preparing to enter their freshman year in College. Estimated Corn yield is High of agriculture expects All time record to be set Many attend Parkersburg bean dinner Lafayette ind. Aug. 17 up estimates of Augst 1 indicated an All time High in Indiana scorn yield per acre a report issued by the department of agricultural statistics at Purdue University said today. Quot although the indicated total production of 196,840,000 bushels has been exceeded several times when larger acreages were planted the prospective yield of Indiana scorn crop was estimated at a record breaking 47.5 bushels per acre Quot the report said. Purdue investigators working in cooperation with the agricultural marketing service of the u. S. Department of agriculture found an unexpected upturn in Corn prospects during july resulting from use of hybrid seed and unusually Good i weather conditions prospects Roso six Points As opposed to a Normal decline of about 5 Points during the same month the Reju Ort indicated. The estimated yield bettered by 2.5 bushels per acre a by estimated yield since records were started in 1866, the report stated. Corn Borer infestations reported in some localities were not expected to influence the yield materially owing to the limitations involved. Threshing returns on wheat were a generally better than expected a the report said. Acreage yield was reported at about 17.5 bushels per acre one Bushel higher than reported on july 1. Total production was Estima Lien fall of Raccoon is named Vic e president for next year 56th Observance of Day a. Ii. Stewart Anil Inonu Noland were to Hhd by pickpockets founded by civil War veterans the Honor being named vice president of the Parkersburg bean dinner organization for next year came to a Putnam county Man. Ben fall of Raccoon in the Choice of officers at the bean dinner at that place thursday. Also two other Putnam county men were picked by pickpockets for honors also. These two were a. B. Stewart Anil Isom Noland both of Roachdale. Another victim of the Light fingered artists was Ben can Ine Justice of the peace of Crawford vile. The bean dinner was attended by an estimated crowd of 1,000 person.?. It was the 56th Observance of the Day which was founded by veterans of the civil War members of the Coshow Post of the grand army of the j Republic. The old soldiers attending the first of these reunions on decoration Day at first always made a Pilgrim a. As a part of the Day s program to the grave of John Coshow in the Lafollette burying ground in the North Edge of Putnam county. Not always were the gatherings held at Parkersburg. Old Blacks Burg was the place at times and Fincastle in Putnam county and other towns. Afterwards the Date was changed missionary to speak at Church miss Helen Rosetta Yost will address the morning service at the first Baptist Church sunday in the absence of the minister who is on his vacation in Michigan. Miss Yost is a graduate of Pennsylvania state teachers College and the Union missionary training Institute of new York. She has done additional work in the University of Pennsylvania the University of Arizona and the Eastern Baptist Seminary. She Speaks German French Spanish Hoh Anzi and Kitongo. The latter two she acquired in missionary service in the Congo where she spent eight years. Miss Yost terminated her work on the foreign Field owing to illness caused by the climate. Since her return to this country she has taken up Woik in Haiti. Again she was forced to return to the states for medical treatment and is now assigned to it Yuma. Arizona Lor Christian Contr work among the mexicans while in the City she will be the guest of mrs Fred Todd. I Paim selects division Heads All departments Groi fed into seven divisions elect chairmen the chairmen for the seven divisions of Depauw University were announced today by president Clyde e. Wildman for the coming year. Or. Warren c. Middleton professor of psychology will head the division of education philosophy psychology and religion succeeding i r. Earl c. Bowman professor of education. Or. Lillian brow Flold professor Well know n woman died Titues. Night mrs. Aia \ Plryan was in route to her Home on Indi Apolis Road ii a attended concert services will lie Lle lil Iii Shiy afternoon at 5 80 p. M. From Rector funeral la tue to August and the bean dinner phase of literature will head the division of the gathering was stressed. That a of English and speech succeeding May have been As far Hack As forty years. At first Only the Soldier veterans partook of the Beans the others i present merely being present for the a program or bringing their picnic j lunches. The first year the Beans were the principal item on the menu Only about 15 Gallons of them were prepared hut. Thursday. 350 pounds of the legumes were cooked with 130 last Friday s picture was of miss Al Meda Pitchford proprietor of the pitch Ford Quality woman apparel shop on East Washington Street and Many guessed her identity although More were wide of the Mark. Mrs. Sarah Lanham of the Stevens drug store was the first to identify the picture from within the City and receives two free show tickets to the von Cash theater for the week end. Outside the City. Mrs. Frank Elrod of near co amp Yesville was the Winner and likewise receives two free von Castle tickets. Today a picture will probably be recognized by Many friends of the Young Man shown. A although he has grown a Good Many years since it was taken he has t changed a great Deal. Try your skill on guessing As the winners will receive four free tickets to the von Castle. Tax school to be held september 2 september 2 is Given As the Date on which a Quot tax school Quot will be he a in Putnam county to acquaint Public officials and taxpayers with the necessity of reduction in budgets the schools will in under joint sponsorship of the Indiana tax pay Era association and the Indiana farm Bureau. Inc. Final instructions for Field representatives of both organizations who will conduct the schools arc to be Given at a meeting to be held in Indianapolis next thursday. Indianapolis like Stem k hog receipts 4.800. Holdovers 37 bulk hogs above 160 lbs., 40 cents higher 160 lbs., Down 45 cents higher close with part of Advance lost sows Strong to 25 cents higher mostly $4.25 to $5.50 160 to 250 lbs $6.30 to $6.65 250 to 300 lbs. $5 95 to $6.35 300 to 400 lbs. $5.30 to $5.70 100 to 160 lbs. $5.35 to $5.75. Cattle 250, calves 500 steady cleanup Trade Small Supply killing cattle few head Good to Choice yearling steers $9.25 to $9.75 around two loads medium Good 1.000 la. Steers to feeders. $8.15 scattered Lota grasses $6.50 to $8.00 heifers scarce cows firm dealers steady top $10.00.sheep 1,000 fat lambs steady practice 1 top $8.75 few head strictly Choice 90 lbs., weights $9.00 bulk Good to Choice $8.00 to $8.75. Ted at 27,178,000 bushels approximately 90 per cent of last year s production. The decline was attributable largely to reduced acreage. Oat productions were poor the report stated and Barley also declined. An indicated production of 28.224,000 bushels of Oats was 57 per cent of of Normal while the Barley indication of 672,000 Bushel was Only 92 cent of the ten year average. Pounds of Bacon in seven Large Iron j pots. The g. A. R. Post formerly met in j the building where the dinners now i Are held. It is now owned by the ladies Aid of the Christian Church. The veterans purchased the building from the methodist Church some 45 or 47 i years ago after the school House located East of town it which they met was condemned. Abraham Fink who died eight years ago is said to have been the last surviving member of the Coshow Post. At its Peak the Post had about 65 members. \ m it d a Iii on in i Ion Depauw University will he repro i sen ted at tin eighteenth National i Virgil Neisek funeral planned for saturday i 1 i Tennial convention of the Lamba Chi Alpha fraternity which will be held in san Fransico California. August 1 29 to september 1. Inclusive Edmund Gie in. Prof. Robert k. Williams of the Dejan tent of speech. A. Reid win soy assistant professor of Art will be the new head of the division of Fine arts succeeding prof Henry rolling of the music school faculty. This is a new division which was created last year. Or Laurel 11. Turk professor of j Romance languages is chairman of the division of foreign languages and succeeds prof Dade b. Shearer of the latin department. Miss Rachel Benton assistant professor of physical education for women. Was elected head of the division of physical education succeeding prof. D. C. Moffett head of the department. Miss Vera s Mintlo. Professor of Home economies i the new head of the division of sciences succeeding or c. P. Hickman professor of zoology. Or. A. W. Crandall professor of history is head of the division of social sciences and succeeds or. Harold Zink pro of political science. All departments of the University were recently grouped into these seven divisions and a chairman is elected each year to head division carefully out mrs. Margaret Hammond Bryan age 49 years wife of Alva Bryan former sheriff of Putnam county and now a guard at the Indiana state farm died suddenly thursday evening. Mrs. Bryan suffered a heart a tack Enro Ute to her Home on the Indianapolis Road after attending the hand concert downtown. After she was stricken she was taken immediately to the office of or. Hutcheson and her death occurred while she was yet sitting in the automobile in front of or. Hutcheson s office. Mrs. Bryan died in the arms of her sister in Law mrs. Glen Hammond who was sitting in the rear seat of the automobile. Other occupants of the car were mrs. Bryan a daughter Doris Jean and her daughter in Law mrs. Walter Bryan and Little Kay Bryan. Mrs. Bryan was born in Marion township january 8, 1890, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Gardner Hammond. Survivors Are her husband her Mother mrs. Elizabeth Hammond City two sons. Walter and William Bryan and a daughter. Doris Jean All of this City two Sisters mrs. Walter Wetsel of Indianapolis and mrs. Lora Buis of it. Meridian who is a twin sister of the deceased and five Brothers Ralph Hammond East of Greencastle. Frank Hammond of Clayton and Ross Reese and w. Glenn Han Nond All of Greencastle. Funeral services for the it a known woman will be held sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock from the Rector funeral Home. The Rev. H. C. Fellers of the first Christian Church wild officiate interment will be mad in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends May fall at the Bryan Home East of the City on the Indianu Kilis Road funeral services for Virgil r Neier prominent school teacher and Farmer of Jefferson township who died wednesday evening at his Horn Southeast of Belle Union will be held saturday morning at 10 30 of clock from the Quot Union Valley Church. The Rev. Reuben Masten and the Rev. Bertha Mccammack will officiate. Interment will be made in the Walnut Chapel cemetery. R. Strait. W. Somerville mass. Be a lines the Aims Hiing the Delegate from the institution. \ inclusive subject. 20 years a of in Greencastle Leon Gray recently graduated from the Winona summer school a graduate of the Greencastle High school was Here from Mill Grove visiting Harold Knoll. Miss Frances Case was pianist for the teachers Institute. Gilbert Brown while adjusting electric fan at the Crawford restaurant so the Breeze would fan the canaries. Received a severe Cut on one hand. Or. Strait will serve on the com the Mitten on chapter finance. The objectives of its and helps Orient entire educational program of Campus. Or. Rhea involved in wreck Friday or. Gilbert d. Rhea a 38 Chevrolet two door Sedan and Albert Hammond s �?T31 Model a Ford collided at right angles this morning at 6 50 at the intersection of the East Washington Street Road with the Zinc Mill Road causing considerable damage to both cars. The Hammond car was described As a or. Rhea was answering a Call and continued the trip in a taxi. Hammond was on his Way to work at the Zinc Mili. Both men received slight injuries principally bruises. Squalls is towed toward Navy Yard with the squalls Salvage Fleet off Portsmouth. N. H. Aug. 18 up a Navy divers go Down today to explore the new resting place of the sunken submarine or. And mrs. Roy Hollis and Daugh i squalls which now is in 90 feet of Ter and or. And mrs. George Long water four Miles from Rye Beach. And daughter went in the Hills car to Northern Indiana to Camp two weeks. Russell Brown became assistant cashier at the first National Bank succeeding Frank King resigned. Or. And mrs. Joe p. Allenjr. And children Percival and Cornelia went to Mammoth Cave and other Points. Or and mrs. William Peck returned from n trip to Niagara Falls. She was towed there last night from five Miles farther out. From the diverse reports salvages will decide How the squalls is to be moved 10 Miles Back to the Portsmouth Navy Yard where she sailed May 23 to sink in a test dive and drown 26 of her Crew. Bodies of the men Are still in the flooded after compartment. The next step is to bring her to the surface. Mcnutt to so a at French lick Indian \ democratic editor Ial Assn. Of i inc. . Iii. Held september 16 Indianapolis ind., aug. 18. Up Paul v. Mcnutt. Federal Security administrator will be principal speaker at the annual fall Outing of the Indiana democratic editorial association at French lick. Sept. 16. The former governor and High commissioner to the philippine islands now a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1940, accepted the invitation yesterday according to George d. Critten Bergor of Anderson president of the association. Other scheduled speakers Are gov. M. Clifford Townsend and United states senators Frederick Van Guys and Sherman Minton. The association has already endorsed Mcnutt for the presidential nomination next year. Fred f. Bays chairman of the democratic stat Central committee and Ray e. Smith entertainment chairman will go to French lick next tuesday to make arrangements for the gathering. They reported that an entertainment program followed by a dance is to he scheduled Foi sept 15. Local pupils la radio a Madras miss do Kotin in in. I will present Dyer station w it a \ the second of a series of broadcasts will be made saturday morning at 11 of clock Over Purdue station Baa. When miss Dorothy Dunlap local voice dance and dramatics instructor will present a group of her pupils in another radio broadcast. Several local children will appear in tin fifteen minute a just kids broadcast. The program is As follows chorus a from coast to song three Little fishes Rita Lei lore Reddish age 3 years. Song a a wishing Betty Runlund Inghrim. Song a that shy old gentleman Ramona Lee Glover. Song a swinging the Nursery rhymes Patsy Selvidge. Song a my heart is taking lessons Quot Charles Bamberger. Chorus a using Demik Rati women to meet sri rom a in Vernoon then will be a meeting of All the democratic wonder it it of Putnam county at 2 of clock saturday afternoon in the Assembly room of the courthouse. Entertainment has been arranged and Good local speakers. All Democrat women Are urged to be present. O o 0 0 4� o 0 0 000 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 partly Cloudy probably scattered showers in East and South portions tonight and in extreme South portion saturday morning slightly warmer in West tion saturday. And Central por Man mum 70 6 a. M 7i 7 a. In. 73 8 a. M. 75 t9 10 a to 80 11 a. A. 75 19 ii 71 1 p. In. 74 2 p. M. 74

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