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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - December 5, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaOf a a a a a a a a the weather Rev and warmer a it a i me forty eight the daily Banner it it Waves for All ii 0 a a a 1.1. The Home news 4 United press service 4 a . Indiana tuesday lh30kmher Council is routine dec. Meeting officials discussed Iso and other traffic problems no. 41 suggested meters Manhattan cemetery i funds Are needed a now Road leading to the Manhattan cemetery has been recently completed. Additional Money is needed for other improvements such As fencing filling up holes and straightening stones. If anyone cares to contribute to this work any 1 donation will be appreciated. Contributions Are to be sent to Elsie 1 Herbert. Reelsville r. 2, treasurer. Mail men distribute the t. B. Seals a prohibition or tvs. Hey work in some cities f Down town Busineau will in Rohaly be taken letters too a v v Aru y health messages to All Corners of the country Indianapolis ind., dec. 5 a up fifteen Church civic and Tempe Anee groups organized As the Indiana Council of United dry forces yesterday went on record favouring election of a dry leg mature next Yea. The organization believed that a local Ion a could be passed and to conduct a Campaign to Hoosier wins Corn Crown fourth time trying horses Rochester. Ind. Dec. 5 up Jack Morris a local Stock buyer said today that Midwest brokers had o Ders from France and great Brit Ain for 16,500 horses for uses in i the Allied armies. He said the allies bought 800 Chester Troy of Lafon hornets in november Ami that a quo Taine awarded highest to of 1,100 Wii be Al led this month. Corn honors at Mil ago thousands r i n u sold elect dry representatives. Cattle awards Mil i no from informal conversant subject at the meet no Greencastle City Council evening it is apparent that a eral sentiment of the Mem the Council is that Preferes ets be established in the City g to the s plan Jackson and Bloomington intrusive All North and souls should be made preferential of Jackson All streets East it should be made Preferes additional 1 response to Campaign each year i grows larger. To close of other names of people contrib us j Xmas Day ing to Xmas decorations put up recently include we. Crawley. Farm 1 the letter carriers of Putnam women s Market. Tel phone com county became Active messengers of Pany Robert Hoffman Lawrence a health today when they 3tarted their i Hoffman Albert Hoffman we rounds with it letters containing Hod Man Gneo Castle savings and t�?Thristm0h Scals for prospective Pur loan. I chares. Post office employees generally show keen interest in christens Christmas Seal Quot a Quot it seals plans were drawn up to organize counties into county councils to be lh1 District Cand dates. Other interests of great International show attract world wide attention of people m in i Fritz Kuhn Given 2 to 5 years sentence Junior class Chicago. Dec 5. Of the world s finest up steers three were / 1 a i 11 brought into the Arena of til 40th Liu i Lav International i Estock Hay and Grain exposition today to compete new York. Dec. 5 up Fritz Kuhn Leader of the German Macri can bund was sentenced to two and one Haf to five years in prison today for stealing $1.217 from the Treasury of the. Organization. Finland is waiting for Gas attack centers Are being evacuated by thousands As weather holds up planes russian attack stopped every Many a ail ahle Man on set la Are in at Finland front red in mums Lucaw credit association hears Wolfe Many members Mattevi dinner meeting held at of bin Church of Bloomington All streets <1 West should be preferential that such a plan will prorated in the proposed or now being outlined we h Tion met for a dinner meeting at the help to protect Ider Putnam county s credit ass Socia time of year they watch letters for a sight of the first Christmas Seal decorating the envelop yes and they usually a recall that it was one of their numb i who originated tin j of Selling an. class to present mystery comedy on tips Day evening the Junior class Ltd of Bainbridge is position today to compete i i i he t award feb i Nittlo is for the highe the purple ribbon of the Gran i Champion of the world. Champions of three divisions i Aberdeen Angus. Short Horn and Hereford selected from approx presenting n mystery comedy play in Matiy 2.ouo entries trop thi t in thre a to entitled Quot curse of the j bark for the fun us a election m Winner will in auctioned Latch Helsinki dec. 5. Impi men. Women and children tense and fearful. Watched the scudding Iron Gray storm Clouds Over Helsinki today and listened for the drone of air plan motors in the belief that rus a might at any hour launch ruthless Poison Gas attack on the City. Incas Quot on december 8 at 7 30 p. I ii you be never spent a night in the this Lude not Only the matter of j Gobin memorial Church on monday tial streets but a also parking evening at 6 30 o clock and after ions. And in addition it May j the dinner the club heard Wallace n led to embody restriction s Wolfe speak on a better ing on Indiana Street South j the meeting was attended by 40 j members of the organization after meeting monday evening dinner president Sain Hanna intr it a As considerable discussion a if i diced a few of the guests and the Filc difficulties arising from past president. Jessie Mccoy of clot that on Indiana South from j Verdale. At this time or. W. A. The distance Between curbs Steele a new member was Introduc-20 feet and it is reported by to the a association to police and is generally the Date of the next meeting was by the driving Public that announced As january 8. 1940. This two passenger cars can pass j i i be the annual meeting to elect thud such car parked at he members to the new Board t is not possible for a passe i a after a very Short business meet a or a truck to pass a truck tag the speaker of the evening. Wal self a the curls Mas pure car parked at the curb. On a lace Wolfe of the Forest lumber in it # Mon practical Way fit a contributing element in the Dua tries of Shreveport. Louisiana he Reft l Dlease Why not pliu., was introduced to the members. Your Home from j i. Extra stamp to raise tuberculosis funds for anti tuberculosis work. Every year the postmasters cleric Rural anti City carriers find they Are taking an Active role in the against tuberculosis when they Start handling the Christmas Seal mail. The idea for these Christmas Sells came from a postal clerk. Einar Holboll. A Dane was sorting stacks of Christmas cards and packages one december night in 1903 at the Post office in Copen hag n. La wondered what sort of Christ was in store for poor children with tuberculosis jr.1. House now is the time to it Joy All the fun. It is the Story of re i jct Gray non who comes to claim the estate left to him by his Uncle. He is not in the Best of moods rus week. Robert Carroll. 12. A Ledo. 111 who won the Junior steer championship with his huge Black Aberdeen an Gus fat stuff. Was eliminated from a the open class Competti n. The Al rein the a at a ii a j despite assertions m authorized it Ity red for a at i ton. I russian mediums that Only military Abl i i Yves re 8u8 would be attacked by Pended planes the Rumor spread through i the capital during the night that a j card Bricen her engagement to imitation prevent d him from Dup him for some mysterious reason heating the achievement of his neighbor. Irene Brown 1.5, who last there Are jewels ill the House being ought by Robert Grayson. Ted Hud i a an. Zel a and a band of Crooks Petunia. I Henry Ciny keep tilings i tag Lively along with All the strange noises and strange figures. The character an As follows Robert Grayson who comes to it Fontaine. Ind., won claim the estate Stanley Lewman Henry Clay his coloured chauffeur Joe Sutherlin. Viown year won both the Junior and open competitions. She sold her Abr Deen Angus Mercer for $.3. F85.50 precedent was broken in the selection it it of the world a scorn King Quot yesterday when Chester e Troyer. Lathe title with a hybrid variety and a. C. Blumen Rhine Bloomington. Ill won the Reserve championship with a similar Stockholm. Sweden dec. .5 up preparations were made today to evacuate stot Khoy in if Neceia Ury. And All army leaves were suspended. Because of a Baltic s Tua tinn regarded As increasingly threatening to Sweden s neutrality. Wilhelm Winther swedish minister at mow it a had presented to Vlacheslav Molotov. Russian foreign Cornin War a finnish proposal to Diego Molotov Lia Ltd replied that rus 1 then an inspiration i f1cnd�?T Donald Osborn came to him. A Why to Aske i a in 1 Adam. Refuge from the a storm Edith Nichols. Of the situation there is up Corners made by the Side to his address or. Wolfe suggest at the intersections of parked that organizations Are establish an extra stamp on every you let id package and message professor Armstrong his scientific variety. It was the first time a a hybrid had won the Competition of i regular open pollinated Type. The Corn Prince title was awarded to Raymond Krieg Oakley Iii for i his Sample of Utility variety Corn. A Jerome Helln Iann Tipton ind., Home a of Milliam h. Curry who was Corn ave Street As police chief de pfad Dox reported to the Coune Comers May be rounded Motorist in making the turn t from Indiana at these Cor matter of time limit on parked to Aid one another and that one inspiration came the Christmas Seul sold first in person and one business is dependant Mark a opted upon another. Thus if the people in w. Aid one another bus Mes a a ill pro j on and pure film ffre3schristmas seals is greatly Simp or. Wolfe also stressed the needs me h0 of maj by it the of the application of the 10 com the�?zldr�?z8eil it turn in. Down town Greencastle again Mand Menta in business. He said these i be Ope a h convenience to the put discussed. It was stated the 1 Are fundamental Laws and that a re a Bayer ice of Commerce of the Cit turn to these Laws Mig a a a a i trying to calculate in Advance Hoe. T communicated with the coun j Tai Ailt la ai1 of us be further exp Molny Keais various Homes and in ice Ming the desires of the bus planned that technical science has divil Junks we want is a difficult t to it a men s organization although progressed faster than social Sci Ohrin Mas Seal Sale commit Tutor had it was though arrive ence and explained that everyone has then too some one May be me plan generally accept Abl a a valuable asset to the Community i l0 ked and receive none. If you ale business men. An Effort will. And Shou <1 be cims Derod As such i who we a m0ro seals than we be by the Council to ascertain j the speaker then closed with one out or you have been Overlook j uen suss of of Nion before pro-1 of his Many jokes that kept the we Sha cheerfully Supply you , with the restrict be Regula a enlivened at All times. The association was dismissed by no Man r. R. Neal asked for the president until it convenes in Splete study poll the business Jaji uary. Key Are the sole ones affected Church installs miss Ann carols aunt and enthusiastic spiritualist Mary Arnold. Petunia carols maid Ruth mor from thtflp1ew. Tuberculosis i carols brother Robert King for the last three it a ars. Won Phillips. I the Reserve Junior Corn Champion Zelda the inca girl Lorene Ader. I ship. Tod Hudson who also claims the1 Troyer. 5�?T.\. Had won three times a Vutci Howard Tartu Las. Previously in 1920, 1927 and 1932. Mary Mccarthy who in t what each of those Tith a was won with j regular Johnson county Indiana. Wayne a to Reid s yellow Dent Corn. The three year Winner Rule prevented him from competing for three years j after his 1932 championship and he remained out of Competition until Gas attack from the air first in work history on such a City As Helsinki. Impeded. British consular officials were so alarmed at the Rumor that they used tin Telephone to warn All British subjects to leave the City at once. Less than 70 000 a nolo remained i of the City a Normal 300.000 Odd. J those who were left including americans and other foreigners Tate Molotov haul replied that rus f0l,n 1 11 to get transport Sia did not recognize the finnish Ai private motor government and would not negotiate i a a Kickles had been requisitioned for with it. The use of the men at the front stub swedish skin Pathieou were Horny holding Back the colossal by the fact that Between 3.000 an russian War machine 4.00 men had volunteered to fight j Stockholm newspaper reports for Fin acid and big sums wore being of tel evacuation wardens in hoi Uiki donated to buy equipment for Fin Mph int the entire night going from land. I House to House warning that the j. E. Erkko recent finnish foreign i capital might be subjected to a pots minister arrived last night to be a on i a Lail come special charge do affaires for his country. Sweden whose cultural and Umili s. Rudely awakened dressed hurriedly and stumbled through the darkness toward the City limits dents is i Fred a she Mary Huffman ghost of the inca priest. Ader. White wraith. Reid priest director Francis Mcclure. Demand on notification. Buy your seals now and use them j Early. Be among the fir t to place 1 these decorative Stamps on your re j ular mail. Ric Ilman Fred Starr suggested he mayor name a joint commit i and business men Gratis to try to get a reas accurate poll on parking and to the Jiri Kilrnan Leon Welch said it 3 he better for the Oon Ucil Mem tlieniselve8 to make the can-1 n a Aconis Tirol Cleveland 1 a i Ferial t is with Finland Are close 110,1 the a of the Frozen country Felt the attack on Finland More Selt Kle the reports said verely than did other scandinavian the a now. Which had blanketed the. States. But due to geographical near i country and impeded the russian in no is to the fighting zone she was Vandors was now but intermittent it spared even less to Hazard her the Clouds were heavy still and safety unfit har position was Clari 1 a Pipari Italy Haj been Torki a to per fied though the government d d the russians to operate in Sale Perm t volunteers to Register for ser j to rolling in great masses Over the vices in part of the country they the country s dilemma was reflect had made it difficult for the planes de in a recent Stormy Cabinet meet j to find objectives Roar Down in ing when there were Throe Schogt is Power a lives and return to the safety of thought i their Fields in the Leningrad area i including spokesmen for a on russians new bases in Finland s army officers and men who have re j a enter Baltic republics. But the men natives in Finland that it would be act it Wai Cut constantly. 1m>ui Wiser and More honorable to a the fronts from the karelian halt the Russ Ana in Finland than Peninsula on the Gulf of Finland to wait until they reached the i the Pasanio a a on the Arctic sea. Be due than the Ordinary a e it 1 a a finnish troop and untrained Volun 1 hybrids must in pollinated by Han i to produce tin Type. Corn experts said they believed eventually the Moscow. Dec .1 up Riu la hybrid Corn would a Plisic the in by w la Boycott the league of ular variety in Cau. E of 1.-Lter a 3 it reflecting Finane Al opinion h in Slimm in a a a Al nit a i Wiiri Russia will follow a armaus 19.36 when lib plan �<1 fourth. The hybrid variety Coin this year t represented More than half the on tries. Thu Lyp Quot ban Corno into Gener i Al cultivation Only in Ocee t years a because it is More difficult to pro-1 of nations to boycotted in any action is taken Xci inst her 2 that there was nothing of a Ninny of them fighting on Sweden to fear because Russia base a Kiln were reported to be holding its pres it Cairns on the historic 1 a us tin russian hordes and scoring Ixion Duies of Finland and would a l \ successes not nations moorings Calk d to consider finnish Appeal but will resign from thu league of lowing nazi Ger action is informed and usually better Plant 1 device is privately 1nstal i led in memory of mrs. Mattie Jmc Ilman Gwinn Ensign Quot we a let what other organizations let the merchants come be Tho Council and Tell us what want i Man Stoner a there is an l Matt in crawford8villc. It Vav. D. James said Quot my suggestion is the instal Atiz in a King meters. They arc Money Shelbyville is about our and they work Fine there. Of watchmen would have to a a the he it a fames had read some let tec Rived by the daily Banner subject of parking hours and a led by memory from one of which he said was from a Rurik and of the City in which waa a give us a two hour parking or turn the town Back to the Root on by councilman near Quot a Bilir on Puco pour / up it i i Viany s footsteps if any Llort l taken against her Well a quarters forecast today., t foreign commissar Viacheslav to City and state c oni Ini e Al Zotov after rejecting a finnish pro of vents Over ii Fel a to. Get Lati Oil submitted inc of Thoi Sands the swedish Gove ziment had addresses i an angry note to Jos my 16 40 us 0�c 0 Sims Mas Sells Tocci a our Home trom h. Quot Jer Culosio Ealy help to Fine Nee free or a Rodical examination to uncover tuberculosis. The installation of a Quot Church aeons icon Quot with eight head sets in the presbyterian of Huron in Green cattle used for the first time sunday by members of that Congre a of mrs Mattie Ohio s largest cities As men and to Cleveland. Dec. 5 i up Nic pal and state officials Ren l. C. Ratcliff i i to a la was c i St cd Dian act Straf. Bank for several was ill a Long time i i Ijo Onard l. Ratcliff age 72 years. Passed away at his Home on West Columbia Street at 5 30 o clock of Scimmi woman carried razor Minnie re Iii ii Iii i so it on self or on some c Gal Ion is in memory Gilmore former member of that Church who left a considerable bequest to the Church at her death. However the acoustic on is not installed by the Church inset. But privately subsist As id flour. The Cleves and City Council demanded in a unanimous Resolution last night that mayor Harold h. Burton the Quot a oust con is a highly develop i restore Quot full Relief a immediately to de form of an older and less Satis the 8 000 single persons and 4.000 factory device intended to Aid person childless couples Cut off the i d s whose hearing is not Good to Par last week a so that children migh. Tic Pate in the Public services of the cat congregation. It has headpieces of Twe types one which transmits the sound Waves into the ear itself and Anc her Type which transmits the sound through the Bone immediately Back of the ear. Both types Are used a the a Ustico just installed in the presbyterian Church. The device has been installed in Over five thousand churches of the country and is enabling persons to enjoy Church services who Here a remarking that Ore have been Able to hear Little officials to run to Columbus and not at All. When they did attend Washington to ask for More Money Era i announcing that Russia would their arguing Tihay Over the h h ,.not attend Tho must nos on the k in Sihu Lite for feeding the hungry n blunts i Nash Appeal and asserting that the ,. Leagues publication of the Quot offensive i tuesday morning after an extended men Cut off Relief to us con my Najid slanderous a finnish Appeal was j illness of the a y a. Or Ratcli Best they Cou c on n incompatible with the re-1 was born january 26 near Fincastle. And flour. Jul regents of due respect for the he Hgt ent the Early part of Lus life soviet in i there unt t he moved to Greencastle pro spec s that Russia would quit several years age. Or. Ratcliff was the league were strengthened appear j custodian at the t moral National entry by recollection that Josef Bank Here Lor several years. Sta in had once referred to the a so a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a pm a j called league of nations Quot and that before russians Entrance the bolsheviks had always derided it As an organization of imperialists formed to perpetuate Tho iniquities of the ver i Phoenix Afiz. Dec. 5 up four heightened among re i Lent to Day when officials of the a l in to i vital for the insane revealed i Winnie Ruth Judd fugitive m. A murderess carried a straight razor with her when a he sunday night. Citizens had slept ill tie behind. / lock j Snori. Winnie Ruth it Insp a heavy fighting was reported North of Lake i a a dog a several Hundred russian troops were reported drowned when thu thin Lake ice broke under them and there was a Rumor that 15.000 russians had been captured in the sector. One finnish airman was reported to have killed it of a detachment of 42 russian infantrymen with a i machine gun fire As he swept Over i them. I on the karelian Peninsular it was a asserted the russians despite attack j after attack failed to reach the Fin Tell it i acne i cd a trac a if anyone can the 1 me where to be. The Money. I d like to the mayor rep lick. Asserting that the Gai leg Tretty the h t or v new. Re City would have to u mom on Verez on0 an anti Laguc policy t present emergency basis until gov John w. Bricker called a special session of the state leg Slature to provide new funds. The governor refused to do that yesterday saying that the cities must handle their own local problems and it is easy for City was suggested would be natural. 21 years ago in Greencastle second time in six weeks i survivors Art on y tile widow mrs a relieve i roaming a hop ahead of Laura Ratcliff. Funeral services will be held a it 10 30 of clock thursday morning for m the Home on Columbia Street. Rev v. L. Raphael will be in charge of the services. Burial w 11 be in the Brick Chapel cemetery. Nich Mannerheim line of fortifications. And it was said that the fighting was now proceeding in a no Many a land Between the finnish and russian lines. There were reports also that the finnish army determined to fight to the rid rather than submit again of ruthian domination was ready to extend the Quot Hort Ehud Earth policy bound Hung v on la us acct a which China id Aga inn Japan. Nor Rani a a a Pella a of Home idally 1 Quot. Th0 Puls a somewhere in or near that City. Ilo Undi from the state prism at Flat a ence had follow 1 her Trail at one time yesterday to a Street cram it a within five blocks of the main Phoenix business District last nigh i North had beep mined it was is sorted and would be blown up if the i russians approached. Not Only we a the russians hampered in the area it conf Lii Neil in i Liuo l a if a mrs. Horace Askew entertained the Alpha Chi House owned by Toledo officials also were demand mrs. Nellie Anderson was damaged by United press Battle of ridges in Serbia entered Toofie. Or who Quot have remained away entirely and then a it on the r Handa and Issue the second Ward card club at her because of their deafness. J statements to the newspapers until Home on popular Street. The sound of the speaker s voice they get Nanri of the Organ and singers is re i Toledo off a Aima a a it a microphone and trans ing a special session of the Legisla $75 by fire. To an amplifier which seeds Ture. The City s schools were cosed the engagement of miss Mary thin Day Battle of the Kolu Bara t on to tiie redving sets. The Micro there until Jan. 2 because of a Lack Ganey. Of Bedford and James by River also continued. Located on the pulpit desk of funds and 20,000 needy were on ties of Greencastle was announced d the receivers Are placed in the limited Relief. The municipal deficit miss Nellie sheets and others saw of the Church usually occupied in that City of 300.000 by the persons who need them. A the world War 25 years ago today is o q it it a today a weather 0 0 and 0 districts. 0 local temperature 0 Hospital officials believed tin 000 0 0000000 Quot Tiger had taken the razor a partly Cloudy tonight and i Only inst no nil from the Pris Day slightly warmer in Central por on Barber shop whore she often Tion tonight worked to frighten householders mrs. Mattie Toney returned a Surway after visit no a few Days they ton laying through bark Iti levs j with her brother Elmer Fuqua and j and Over vacant lots in residential other friends and relatives in Terre haute. $800,000. Exceeded Quot the Prairie Rose Quot Bridge High school. At the Bain whom she might he obliged to Rob rather than As a weapon to commit Dulcide or to murder. But this belief id not Comfort citizens. Sheriff Lon Jordan believed Winnie Ruth was hiding somewhere in austrian offensive in Galicia in Side the City sleeping in some vacant its fifth Day. House or barn and stealing food Mesopotamia fighting grew in in from pantries and Orange Groves. 1 Tensity. She already had raided two pantries. Minimum. A is 8 u. M .31 7 a. A. 31 8 . 36 9 u. M. Is 10 a. Ill 39 11 a. M.-. 41 12 noon. 43 1 p. M. 46 2 p. M. 46

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