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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - August 21, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThege a 9 Cloudy and w Maher a a a a 0 the daily Banner 0 c al1. The Home news a United press service 0 a tit Waves for ally a Lume forty seven a Heel Vastee Indiana monday Al cd St 21, ll�3�>. N i. 2<� Oach Dali to have Flower r show aug. 20 by Home econom and ph1lom \ i i. 1.1 Lis of that i i i Dean Salzer Miesse cars in wreck in r. C. Skelton store Amateur Flower Rainer of that Are invited to display their Flo won Flower show will be held at be saturday afternoon aug-26, sponsored by the Home eco pics and Philomath clubs of that. F. The show will be held in the r. To Skelton store. All Amateur Flower Sers of that Community Are inv a to display their Flowers to be in be not later than noon of the 26th. Fit classifications Are us follows considerable damage resulted from a collision of an automobile owned and driven by Dean Helen c. Salzer of Rector Hull. Greencastle and a car which was being backed out of the Miesse drive on the Stilesville Road near Wood Street late sunday afternoon. Dean Salzer was driving West Anil the Miesse ear j my Mokil of masonic was being turned West. But had not yet become entirely headed in that direction. The Salzer car is a �?T39 Oldsmobile coach and the other car involved is a Nash of an older Model. S. E. Clapps observe 50th anniversary brings pressure r Mil am mrs. Clapp Are now living on East Side of Maple Heights Lodge Flowers cards and other Beautiful and subs Titus Ial Girt honoured the occasion i Owan 1 a Cima Hitler to address \ Votion sunday attaches arrive at races Wolfi Spicl Hass in Dahlia 1. Best single r Cimen 2. Best bouquet one color mixed. A lass ii Marigold 1 Best Bou it african 2. Best bouquet French. So in a Hlass iii�?roses�?1. Best single ii Cimen 2. Best three one color Ivy Zinnia 1 Best giant Gle specimen 2. Best giant Bou one color or mixed 3. Best a Art bouquet 4. Best fancy Bou a 31888 a a Gladioli 1. Best single Hjelmen 2. Best bouquet one color Best bouquet mixed. Class via Petunia i Best Bou it. Class vii�?aster�?1. Best singe Elmen 2. Best bouquet one color Best bouquet mixed class Vine nasturtium 1 Best a a a a get. Id in it class Ixo snapdragons 1. Best in Idle _. ,., class a a Lantana �?1. Beat Bou-11, at Claas Xii Coan �?1. Best Bou Cas Berlin. Aug. 21 it up a Germany brought its pressure on Poland toward a Climax today As Adolf Hitler prepared to address the nation at to Dinenberg seven Miles from the polish Frontier next sunday. It was rumoured that Hitler might make u Surprise visit to Danzig aboard the Cruiser Koenigsberg which is due at Danzig Friday As a Symbol that the Reich was behind the thankful fifty years ago sunday Jennie Phillips and Samuel e. Clapp stood before the methodist pastor the Rev. J. L. Perry at Hartsville. In Bartholomew county this state and made the responses to the questions asked of them by the preacher to make them husband and wife. Or. Clapp at is pleasant Home on the East Side of Maple Heights sunday afternoon recalled with a chuckle. That he wore a Prince Albert suit which had Cost him $35, tailor made with usual stiff Bosomed shirt and tight Collar of that Day. He remembered too that the Winter following that Date so memorable in the lives of these two persons was the Mildest on the records of the weather Bureau for which they were duly class Xhu Annu als not gtd .�?1. Best a Ingle specimen 2. Bouquet. A class mud perennials 1. Best Nile specimen 2. Best bouquet. U cd Hurit t5ec�ration�? 1. Ost artistic Turang nent. Class xv�?1. Best mixed Basket Range mint sweepstakes�?1. Best single specs Ila i to til in $1.00 prize 2. Best vase or Jav it we $1.00 prise 3. Best Basket. $1 00 a ize. Oan. The classification for the Fraser to Nola Are As follows class 1�?most perfect single specs san in class 2�?moot artistic bouquet of f the t least five and not More than Elev Pohsl of any of the following shades Rose Pink Shad yellow Gold Orange shades Scarlet Crimson shades la Vendaro purple shades Clasa 3�?sweepst. Ices class. Bonnets of not less than seven or More tan fifteen in a variety of colors. R. 1�?T _ r a free City. From Danzig Hitler could Cross the new Vistula River Bridge connecting Danzig with the East prussian Garrison town of Elbing and continue on by motor car the 55 Miles to Tannenberg. However some Well informed sources expressed belief that Hitler would defer his visit in the belief that Danzig w Ould soon be joined to Germany an-1 he could enter in Triumph As its Legal fuehrer. The Tannenberg speech sunday marking the 25th anniversary of a great Victory against Russia and the nazi party annual rally opening at Nuremberg sunday sept. 2 were regarded As climatic dates in Germany a demands on Poland now extended to include not Only Danzig but the polish corridor and polish Silesia. Joachim von Ribbentrop. Foreign minister conferred with Hitler at Berchtesgaden yesterday after having conferred with Bernado Attolico italian ambassador at Salzburg. Sir Neville Henderson. British ambassador. Was expected at Salzburg today ostensibly to attend an International motorcycle meet but presumably also to Confer we Ith Ribben trop. Strangely also British French and italian military attaches arrived to watch the races. As the first move in a week which wan expected to bring developments of world importance Germany announced the conclusion of a Trade agreement with Russia. Initiated into Pill Delta Kappa custodians school september r 11 to l it rank Jarrell announces that sessions ii i 111 i High school i of George h. Bush custodian counsel a working with the division of Edu action and applied psychology of Purdue University has written to a rank Jarrell superintendent of Edu i. Action of Putnam count y. Announcing r change in the dates of the school a custodians of the county schools be says it was originally intended to m it told the school Earli i. But the dates now agreed Ufa it a Are monday. Tues a and wed Coda september 11 Gilbert e Range mathematics teacher in Greencastle High school was elected to membership in Phi Delta Kappa National honorary educational fraternity at Indiana University during the summer session. Membership in the fraternity is based on High scholarship and Promise in the profession of teaching. Or. Ringo is doing graduate work toward a master s degree at Indian i University this summer. He will resume his duties As teacher in Garcon Castle High school this fall. This week s weather through 35 years beginning with their marriage. Or. And mrs. Clapp lived on a farm in the Edge of Decatur county and were genuine Quot dirty Farmers. They worked hard and were Good citizens. In 1917, they moved to Greencastle having a Home at first on South College Avenue then they spent five years in residence on Elm Street and since 1922, have lived on their own place their pleasantly situated fruit farm at the East limit of Maple Heights. This year the Apple Trees on that place will produce something like 1300 bushels of fruit it now appears. Their Home was the gathering place of a Large number of relatives sunday. They sat at a picnic dinner on the front Lawn at noon and during the afternoon they had a Fine visit. Among those present were the children of or. And mrs. Clapp they being Charles l. Bapp of Indianapolis Harry e. Clapp and wife of Rockford. 111. Miss Mary v. Clapp teacher in the High school of Brazil and Russell o. Clapp of Greencastle. Quot there has been no serious sickness and no deaths in our family Quot or. Clapp remarked with much satisfaction. Among the visitors. Also were the following Clel Courtner and wife of Jeffersonville their son Arthur a teacher at Sellersburg and his wife de e. Clapp and two daughters of Burney this state w. E. Clapp and family c. C. Clapp of Indianapolis John t. Clapp and family Indianapolis or and mrs. Herschel Conway of Acton and there were others. The wedding cake was a masterpiece of the bakery Sart it coming from will Clapp and wife. It was Large and rectangular built up in a a stories Quot made of the finest materials covered with White ornamented embark in Canoe at water works dam Robert Dean manager of Oakley a in this City and Orville of hair of the same store a a unique Outing sunday growing out of love of seeing something new which most a Young people have. As a consummation of a plan that had been developing some time they embarked in a Canoe at the water works dam North of Greencastle Sun Lay morning and started out to see the world. They floated an i waded Down that Stream As far As Oak Hill Camp having interesting experiences and seeing Many interesting things along the Way but having to give up a continuation of the trip because there Wasny to enough time to go much farther. The Creek was at a somewhat Low level involving wading across Many gravel bars surmounting of sunken logs pulling through Weed growth and overcoming other difficulties. Their Canoe was hauled Back to Greencastle and on a later Date another Start will be made this time from the Point at which they quit sunday. Guilty mayor Russellville woman succumbs it neral sek i w in l. Ill held tiesda1 \ i ter noon at 2 of clock mrs. Effie Catherine Owens one of the older women residents of Russellville. Died sunday afternoon at the Home of her twin sister miss Cora Hyten. In Koach dal she would have been 72 years old tuesday. She had lived in Russellville since 1921, but was born in Parkersburg. Mrs Owens was the daughter old. William and Melinda Hyten. On feb. 13, 1893 she was married to William Owens who expired in 1912. A a he had been in failing health the past three years and her death was attributed to a complication of diseases. Mrs. Owens was a member of the Russellville Christian Church surviving besides the twin sister i at whose Home shot died Are a brother Tilman Tytun. Lebanon and several nieces and nephews. A daughter Verda died in 1929. Funeral services will be held tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock. The Rev. Or. Hartling will have charge and burial will be made in Ladoga cemetery. Friends May Call at the Mcgaughey and sons funeral Home at Russellville. I Fillmore holds fish Fry aug. 21 Fillmore will he the scene of a fish Fry on wednesday evening when 1 the band parents association will i continue their drive to raise Money j 1 for the band. The last Fry was held two weeks ago and was attended by Over a thousand people. The state farm Bard will again j furnish entertainment but this time the entire band will be there and new Trade agreement important Al a sign German agreement to Klinc Point in Iii Sines relation s got exception a terms Germany id vhf ii russian Trade Delegate in Pia eing orders with individual firms convicted mayor Frank haves right of Waterbury conn., former lieutenant governor of Connecticut who was found Quilty with 19 others of conspiring to defraud the City of Over $ 1,000,000 from 1930 to 1938. Thomas Kelly his Secretary left was also convicted. Mrs. Brum Ley 61. Expired suddenly three re l ined l or trespassing suffered \ 1ie\kt to it u i vits were signed 111 8unda1 Midnight 11 her Enos Ille eol Kieffer son township i o 13, inclusive. These will be even no sessions beginning at 7 of clock. Hie sessions will be in the High 1,1 school building at Greencastle and Quot 1 aul f. Boston superintendent of i he Greencastle consolidated schools. A s working with or. Bush and or v ramp Rrell. The custodians of the 0l 3reencastle schools Are included in the invitation As Well As All other ill a qua orians working in the county Juni regardless of their connection. Or. Don Bush will conduct the sessions. Monday evening the topics will i a it a i i v c r i h include the relationship of custodians to the superintendent principal scattered showers at beginning of week and again near end. Warm followed by temperature near no Mal from tuesday through thursday warmer during latter part of week. Mother of Loral woman succumbs mils. La it kit of Mats. Kimiak pm Avo died Eakly monday mounting mrs. Cor Sulci bade., age 70 years Mother of mrs. Edgar Prevo of this City died monday morning at 5 o clock in Terre haute. Mrs. Bader had been ill for about a teachers children Patrona and to Are othe custodians. A a 1 tuesday evening the work will take up the custodians personal habits language. Dress use of tobacco it it anti liquor. wednesday evening the theme it will be work schedules How constructed How used and their import i by services at 9 o clock from the St. H month. Golden designs. There were Flowers there will be a completely different and cards and some other very Beau a program. Tifful and substantial gifts All of l there Promise to be plenty of fish these honouring the momentous of 1 and entertainment according to the Casion. Reports and it is anticipated that these two respected citizens of this there will be .1 Good a crowd As at Community Are members of Tho to ded the last Fry. Methodist Church and he has been a Mason for 38 years. Eugene Hoffner of Flint Mich who i has been a patient in the Putnam county Hospital since june 29th due to injuries suffered in an automobile Accident South of the City returned to his Home Sun Lay. Mrs. Mary Brumley age 61 year wife of Samuel Brumley died suddenly of a heart attack sunday Midnight at her Home at 316 South Bloomington Street. It survivors Are the husband an employee of the american Zinc products company two daughters mrs. Morris Crawley and mrs. James King both of this City and a granddaughter Mary Barbara King two Brothers Charles Ulm John Swain both of Terre haute and three Sisters. Mrs. Elsie Ellis and mrs. Holmes Craver both of this City an i mrs Gero a Hatcher of Terre haute. Funeral services for the Well Kong in woman will be annoy us later friends May Call at the family residence on South Bloomington Striect. To hold school reunion aug. 27 the carpenters school re unit i again will be held at the old school building of that place North of Bain Bridge sunday August 27. This yen Edwin Smith is president and mrs. Glen Ruckle is Secretary and treasurer. The invitations set out that Quot All former residents of the Community pupils an i teachers Are invited to bring Well filled baskets. Entertain mint will be the operation of the new stale Law pertaining to Hunting without permission from the owner of the land was. In part the cause of three menus appearance i the court of Justice of peace Robert h. Newgent. Two of them were before court sunday night and the third one had a Date with the justic a for this afternoon late. The three were hauled into court on affidavits signed by Enos e. Al or a of Jefferson township. Fim Foley of Indianapolis was fined $1 and costs amounting to a total of $9.35, for trespass. Leonard Marcum also of Indianapolis was fined $15 and costs totalling $23.50. For assault and Battery. William o Neal a Farmer of North of Broad Park in Jefferson township was filed against for assault and Battery and trespass he is to be before the Justice this afternoon. The arrest of that three men grew out of a fracas which developed we n the three wore order off or. Al ire s farm saturday afternoon. Or. Auer stated they were Hunting or. His land and the men stated they were merely crossing it. To get to another farm. There were shotguns in the party and my Alice was treated in the office of a Greencastle phys Small Powers make Appeal for peace Brussels Belgium aug. 21�? up a special Cabinet mending decided today to propose that the Oslo Powers the Netherlands Belgium. Luxemburg Denmark Norway and Sweden make a joint Appeal to the great Powers for peace. The six nations which comprise the outstanding neutrals of Northwestern Europe would Appal to the big Powers to do their utmost to avoid bringing suffering not Only on their own Peoples but also on the populations of smaller countries not concerned with their quarrels. King Leopold has invited the foreign ministers of the Oslo states to meet at Brussels on wednesday in connection with the european situation. The ministers presumably will draft a joint proposal to the big Powers. 20 years a to in Greencastle Ance. Survivor Are three children. Mrs. Charles p. Of Leary and Rudolph Bader both of Terre haute and mrs. Prevo of this City. Her husband preceded her in death in 1919. Funeral services will be held wednesday morning at 8 30 of clock at the Home in Terre haute followed Benedictus Church in that City. Film stars marry Del Monte. Cal., aug. 21.�? up a film stars Joan Fontaine and Brian a heme were married Here yesterday in St. Jef Hnz a episcopal Chapel. Olivia de Havilland screen Star and sister of the Bride was her attendant. Lewis d. Leighton of Bel Aire was Best Man. Edward Hamilton and Mother moved into their new Home on Taylor Avenue which or. Hamilton had i recently purchased from mrs. Landes. Or and mrs. Edgar Vancleave visited in Franklin. Or. And mrs. Roy Abrams and son Marshall and mrs. William Denman returned from two weeks at Lake Webster. Among those who received thanks for their activities in preparing for the Farmers picnic were Elmer Crawley of the commercial club John Mccabe jr., of the Farmers organization Frank Cannon chairman of the entertainment committee. The Home of or. And mrs. J. P. Allen jr., on East Seminary Street was saved in the absence of the owners from burning by mrs. Swami Len. Who discovered fire in a ceiling where escaping electricity had burned a Hole through a Gas pipe and had ignited the Gas. She called the fire department. It will i ii i let of i a Arnold rat Iorns from mexican trip l is Rill s famous Highway Greencastle. Ind. July 21 it took us just 49 hours to get Back where they speak English Cook All the food smoke White cigarettes and stay awake during the afternoon. From Mexico pity to Indiana in a car loaded with 800 pounds of Luggage and five bearded men All hungry for the u. S. A. Provided some inconvenience but it was quickly forgotten after crossing the Border. The u. S. Customs officials at Laredo tex., took one look at the Baj Gage strapped to the top of the Sedan and decided since it was Dawn it was far too Early in the morning to worry whether there were any Quot Little men in barrels Quot and passed the Indiana circus with Only perfunctory examination. Travelling from Mexico City offered this correspondent his first View of the breath taking pan american Highway which extends from the mexican capital to the Border. Tho a car left Mexico City thursday morning about 9 o clock and the boys drove steadily All Day and night to reach Laredo. One stretch from Mexico City to Amazu Chale is All Mountain. It required four hours to negotiate one 100 mile stretch of Mountain Road. Mexican engineers have accomplished on eng in King Marvel. All curves Are Bank like a race track. Although you can count ten hairpin turns in a half hours driving the danger of Accident is Remote if due caution is observed. The main Hazard of night driving is the occupation of the right of Way by hundreds of cattle who forsake the Brush at night to Glaze by the i Road. Generally thick fog blankets the lowlands at night but in this particular instance atmospheric conditions were perfect. It is truly remarkable to drive Down the mountains into tropical country descending from an Elevation of 8000 feet to sea level in about five Miles from the temperate to the torrid zone. Yet at no time does Tho Road descend to i degree exceeding six per cent. The drive for the tourist is perfect at Cupida 1 Victoria it Juarez at Amazu Chale at Monterrey perfect hotel accommodations May be found. When to left Mexico City the tourist Trade was at its Peak. Practically All hotels in the City were full the peso was nearly six to one in the Exchange and the Rainy season was beginning to Wane another month and Mexico s capital will be practically deserted of americans until it l Ull i Lluc two Moscow. Aug. 21. Up a new russian German Trade agreement May prove a substantial Stop for further improvement not Only of economic but also of a it Litreal relations Between the soviet Union and Germany the. Newspaper pravda official Organ of the communist party said today. Quot it can he safely stated that the new agreement is a turning Point in a ndoness relations of the two said Izvestia official newspaper Organ of the government. Announcement of the russian German agreement came at a time when it had been admitted that differences had Arisen in negotiations by Russia with Britain and French military missions for an anti aggression Militan Alliance. Though optimism was expressed that both political and military accords would be reached negotiations wore in recess for the present pending receipt of new instructions by the British and French Mission. Intrinsically the Trade agreement was important enough involving an $8 .00c 000 credit by Germany to Russia and Purchase by Russia of $72.000,000 of German goods. The comments by the two official newspapers however gave it even additional moment. As regards the new agreement it said that the German government undertakes to assist russian Trade delegates in placing orders in the German Market with individual firms. A s it is possible that Russia May pay in Cash for some of these purchases Izvestia said the Grant of p. Big credit by Germany becomes in a Way a financial credit rather than a Trade one. Further it was said that five per cent interest rate on tiie credit and provision for payment of 30 per cent of the principal in g j years 40 per cent in seven years and 30 per cent in 7% years meant that Russia was getting exceptionally Good terms. \icn11u Speaks hit it Perati a peace 3.000 s gathered at Bloomington for 21 St Row Ini Ion Bloomington ind. Aug. 21 up Quot cooperative peace Quot is the goal for which America should strive if it is to avoid becoming embroiled in 1 european War Federal Security a administrator pau.1 v Mcnutt told i 3.000 legion nor Quot Itlen a 1 Hen for i their 21st annual state convention a yesterday. Speaking Befort 1 crowd which packed the High a Huol Nymn 1. My. Mcnutt form. Bloomington pot i state and National legion Dominan l or scored Quot extreme isolation As impractical Anil charged that isolationists Tell Only one Side of the Story. Quot the first duty of the United states is to itself a a Mcnutt cd dared Quot but today the world is engulfed in a a controversy testing whether any i nation dedicated to peaceful ways of i living can Long extreme isolationists Mcnutt 1 said suggests a a line around 1 the new world forgetting that it is an integral part of the Moalc life i of the old world. Such isolation i would mean Tryb bling the Navy expanding the army and abandoning Many lucrative markets the Security administrator pointed out. And would mean an upheaval Quot almost As great it i Oullis Wirtl in i lit i twin a it a o o a o o o o 9 o 9 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 partly Cloudy cooler in extreme South portion tonight tuesday fair a warmer in North and Central portion. Minimum 6 a. In. 7 8 a. 9 a. 10 a. 11 a. 12 noon 1 p. M. 2 p. M. M. M. M. 01. M. 58 61 65. 6871 73 74 74 74 i i a a a

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