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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - December 6, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThe weather Vik and warmer i h. O ume forty eight the daily Banner a i a i. The Home news 4 United press service 4 it Waves for ally Greencastle Indiana Okjin Buday deck bar i 19 to it no. 4.1 nge big Ogram for i Beta Kappa fire proof Xmas tree the following method for fire proofing the Christmas tree devised by the u. S. Department of agriculture is room mended by the american red Cross a Cut the trunk at an Angle or in cd will be Center of j a Quot a a shape. Then Wegh the tree i mtg for honorary and Divide the weight by four. This fraternity will give you the weight of the Amon cum sulfite needed. Dissolve the is Are dec. 17-18 ammonium sulfite in water using one and one half pints of water to the Pound. Place the solution in a tui pail Glass Jar or earthen Crock. A narrow Routh Container is Best As it lessens Eva Porron. In a Cool place set the tree in the solution leaving it there a sufficient length of time for absorption has taken p Ace the danger of combustibility is at a min mum. Inflammable decorations May be treated with the solutions. Educators Are listed on pro am which will be Given on Campus big crowd expected Down town tonight window guessing contest will be sponsored by merchants m any prizes o f f e r e i or. D. Tillotson is h. S. Chapel speaker reverend Demetrius Tillotson spoke to the students and teachers during the convocation program tuesday. He began with a description of a visit to the grand Canyon and told of the Many traces in the Rock of the first forms of animal life. Mrs. Rozella Raab of Washington townships observes her 84th birthday anniversary there is some question As to which he and members of his family Cross is tile oldest mrs. Rozella Raab of the Road often each Day to Sec How Washington township or a gnarled the Mother is progressing. She is do old Sycamore tree which stands on big very Well thanks she says the South aide of Road on the North mrs. Raab has lived Long enough Side of which stands the Home of to realize and teach that life a mrs. Raab. These two the 84 year Happ Nesses outweigh its Griefs. She he also explained How one can follow tidy and the old tree have has had sorrows but is very cheer the changes in kinds of animals from watched one another take on the Fui most Days. Her husband John the imprints in the various strata of make of the advanced years and Raab died 14 years ago. Then the finns hold Back attack of russians Little my said to have captured Many prisoners in fierce fighting formal 0m>ning of Holiday shopping season find All City merchants Well prepared German planes a i i a. W a it j Lav Acyl mines1"thc Winner of inc of be in b��5 Long and honorable existence Beta Kappa in Depauw uni particularly and in the states As a whole will be in the program for libration of the Golden Anni of the founding of that Scho frate mity which will be Given a Paiit. December 17 and 18. Nationwide scope of the francs existence and usefulness will Ipha sized by a nationwide Torso sponsoring committee a noting presidents of Phi Beta institutions is undertaking month to urge Phi Beta Kappa hip in All communities to As a the new worldwide defense program at Depauw univer London dec. 6 up German will open sunday afternoon �1>la,le9 swept up thl thamas Estaa a her 17, with Phi Beta Kappa Odayl Layin Minea 111 a a a a a services in Gobin memorial fort to a nipple Shipp a to a a a a vital h. Or. Clyde e. , a Leondon it of Depauw University i Force fighting planet and reside. Or. Walter e. Bund a a a aircraft batteries drove off the a on a the school of the i 1<u irs j two of the planes flying High Over the Estuary were picked out by anti aircraft searchlights. They swept Down Low Over the sea. To escape the beams and disappeared. J Rock and Sandstone. Reverend til Lotson spoke of the Progress from the earliest known form of animal life j to Man. The speaker mentioned that rom species were unable to Cope tonight is the night for anyone with new coi1 it ions in so became a Nam county. Thus. Raab s Corner that has Ever done any shopping to win a big prize for the Greencastle merchants through the merchants division of the chamber of Commerce have been Busy pre paring their windows for 7 00a m. Tom Gilt then All you will have to j do is appraise the merchandise Dis played in their windows go inside j fill out a card and then await the Banner on thursday to see if you extinct. Reverend Tillotson expressed the belief that Man will continue to improve and that this advancement will come about through Chi i n. Who. He stated now receive much attention and training. They Are Orientis. Mrs. Raabs Home son Ira was fatally injured in a saw is at a Road intersection which is Mill Accident. But seven of her eight the a a cornering Quot of four sections 01 Dondren a a living and in those land one of which sections occupies Homes Are 111 grand children of mrs. The extreme Southwest Comer of put Raab and 17 great grand children. Her children Are Theodore of mass attack is forecast various lip nil. Ludiene Russia enormous a rim ready to throw at enemy Helsinki. Finland. Dec. Well known Point in Washington the Vicinity. Harvey of Van Burn i 1 la of l were report township geography is a mile East township. Clay co. A Onzilo Raab of i holding the russians on All front group of them flew up the thames River Early this morning William e. Hocking of a University will speak at a 1 monday morning december a finer arts of or. Eib Somer president of Indiana chapter will preside. A lunch Del be held at noon in Lucy and Hall. . For those of you who Nave not been Reading the rules and the general information on the window guessing contest we will remind you that to enter this contest you have to be at least 16 years of age and a fair appraiser of the value of merchandise. Then too you have to be Able to walk for there Are Many merchants whose names Are listed below whose windows you will want to Check. These merchants w 11 have their windows trimmed with articles of merchandise that will have no Price tags displayed. A License plates co on Sale Mon. Despite governors moratorium Many will be sold in c county of the West line of Putnam county and a mile North of the South line. Although the exact age of the Sycamore tree is somewhat problematical. Its most cheerfully admitted by mrs. Raab that she was 84 years out a tuesday of this week. He son. Frank looks after the old Sycamore and his Mother both As the Pitt Lam co. Mrs. Stella Beaman of peasant Girden Vicinity Frank the next do it a neighbor mrs. Phoebe Christman of Brazil and mrs. Ivy Russler of Putnam county. She was bom in Jackson twp., Clay county in the Wesley Chapel neighbourhood and for Many yens j maintained her membership in i at i and scoring new successes today As j the Republic reached its 22nd birth a it fighting for its life against Ita hereditary enemy j a general staff communique i claimed the destruction of eight rus Sian tanks and the capture of main i prisoners in the Salmi area near Lake Ladoga the smashing of by made today by Lillie Mcferran local License Branch manager. Mrs. Mcferran attended a group meeting of Branch managers in Indianapolis last week to receive final instructions upon the conduct of the 1940 Sale. Each car owner should receive his j tree is on his Pace across the Road Church. She has lived about 55 years i tanks an Ltd uus shooting Down of a South from his mothers Home and a in her present Home. A a 9coul pm Ftp 1,1 Kan Llau and to Quot Cap Ture of two Field guns and four machine guns and the destruction it of one plane in the Petsako area in the North. It was asserted officially that russian air planes were using Dum machine gun bullets and that in the karelian sector it had been a a proved that russians had shot their own men in the Back in order to Force them Forward. Nearly every one among the up the Sale of 1040 motor vehicle i plates weight tax tags and Driver it i licenses will open monday december 11th, according to an announcement change of venue is granted boys suit to Harry Mccabe Crawfordsville to Aid Genius Attica course c Hild slaver will take part in 1910 enumeration in sixth District Covington. Ind. Dec. Up township after praising the merchandise i with the plate application the owner in the window of a store that is in i 1 receive two applications for of a two motored Gem an plane the contest you go i Side and fill which crashed into the sea near a out a card putting Down your name Sheringham. On the Norfolk coast \ and address and the value you Esti and narrowly missed a Gas Plant a mate the merchandise to be Worth Quot it a a i. _. And several buildings was believed and on a separate paper you will Arthur h. Compton of the. A 41_ a \ in 1 try Hyva his in Onn ref tha in groan i i Hap mum thie in mint us Hll h Rosity of Chicago will speak on a place of science in a Liberal Tiona at the first afternoon h. With Dean William m. A hard of Depauw University ing. A question and answer n will follow the address. Ten anniversary ceremonies held in the Kappa Alpha sorority House at 4 of clock a afternoon. Mrs. Helen West a it a will be present As the donor commemorative plaque with the ise by or. Reibsome. Miss y Niswanger will respond for Alpha Theta. The dedication Harry Mccabe Clinton. A change of venue from Fountain Farnier has been named assistant to i proximately 50.000 people left in to circuit court to Montgomery circuit the supervisor of the 1940 census capital curried Gas masks. Most court at Crawfordsville had been work in the sixth congressional Dis men a Vorte hoots and Riding trousers application by a l this week. Along a granted today to Thomas a. Boy strict. The supervisor will be John d. I or a ther Semi uniform garb instead 27, of Attica charged with first de Council of Terre Hutc. The sixth i a Normal civilian clothing and car Gree murder in connection with the District is a part of the 23rd census i the traditional finnish Hunting senator License. That extra form is for Olayin some other member of your family who requires such License. These Appi cations Are furnished in Advance of the Sale to give ample time for the applicant to have the form completely filled out before calling at the Branch office. Of 11-year-old Attica farm Elizabeth area of which Mark r. Gray is Man girl to lager. I the supervisors and their Assis Enue was granted by judge anti must pass examinations and be Claude b. Philpott on petition Debi Uicker july. The of James b. Wallace of Covington boys attorney. Wallace who took Over the Case when two original at to have been one of the German a Check Down this amount which you Fleet which sought to mine the have appraised the window to be thames. J Worth. After you have checked All its Youthful Pilot whose body wis a the windows you will add up these recovered was believed to have lost j figures for All the stores and put control of the plane. It had been j this total figure on a card along with touched by anti aircraft gun bullets. 1 your name and address and depot Una eat he can show his Nove Anber Royal air Force planes tried to in i it in a Box in the lobby of the court 1939 receipt or other evidence is Gage German raiders at an uns Pec House. The person nearest the actual sued by the comity treasurer that Ifield Point off the East coast but fail value of the merchandise in All the Sun h tax has been paid de to sight them because of bad j windows of the participating Mer the weight tax tags will also be will receive $10 00 in Cash j aval la we on december 11th, and Are i Wah unable to say when trial might wreckage from the German Mono met a mar Vii or a to an Marisa required to be displayed upon All be held if boys is found sane. No License plates or driving licenses Tonu is withdrew Al tei asking the will in issued to any a it Erson subject Fountain Runty commissioners to to the payment of Indiana poll tax i appropriate additional defense funds also entered an insanity plea for boys. Edgar a re Ewe Montgomery circuit judge said he would name three physicians to examine boys but a remember you Are to appraise plane a Heinkel reconnaissance j Jle Marc handle and not the trim a a plane was washed ashore As was the Manj a or other d Cut native devices body of the Pilot. And above an Nisi do not forget to put your name and address on a life boat was sent out to Seel. Will be by Roy o. West. I for a survivor of the two seate., it nation of honorary and Alum be found no of it no in be is and a Tea will of Low he an a of the Sheringham Gas w Ndow the Golden anniversary he heard it Novi. Commercial vehicles subject to the boys will be transferred to Craw tax Ltd a january 1st. Fordsville when a transcript of the the 1940 passenger numbers for j ca8e i its delivered to the Montgomery Putnam county will begin at 689201 it circuit court. Knives. The Gas masks were worn because it was believed not Only that the russians would bomb the City in i Force As soon As the weather permit trained under supervision of the an i 1 1 ted. But that they might use Poison manager. Haul approval of District i census workers will be made by the \ As shop windows were boarded up and anti aircraft gunners on top it buildings nil Over the City awaited an attack. Several areas of the City were cleared of civilians. Women continued on duty in shops Hortet ten Antn. Many to i men in the streets wore uniforms of a auxiliary services. Waiters in hotels i wore soldiers my 1 a i and will be confined to Manu Latuf w Ashington office. Census procedure 1� this area under direction of or. Gray and is a being explained to census takers in 1 discussions prior to the examinations. Or. Gray William a. Knight a if Washington and r in ditty Gary Are conducting the training school. The census will be started Jan. A the slip along with the amount of and end at 693801. Boys was arrested a Duy after the r for delegates faculty and an j than tii members of the Indiana Al chapter and of the Depauw saw its outline and a tall j Light As it skimmed 20 feet above a or a a let in widow appraisal or the value of the Merchand be in the1 that no a a lick use plat s Are a Yaek body of miss Doh Rulicke was found i background with aluminium figures in a Ciu j0 grave near the Attica Golf and Letten generally con sided the j course where he was employee i handsomest plates that have been i state police said he confessed to the issued in Indiana in years. The merchants that arc offering a in association will be held Matlock in Rector Hall. Gas tank. London dec. 6 up a a two Foster Clippinger of Indian it Nan monoplane crash cd r. Amp s. Boot shop j. F. Cannon amp it Moore electric first citizens Bank pitch Ford a Quality meat h. C. Perkins wins ing and business the first three months. The enumeration of population. Agriculture housing min and quarries irrigation and drainage will begin april 2. Miss Madonna Call rime hut he later repudiated the confession. Market. Schoenmann a jewelry Cere president of the Indiana Al int it Par Sheringham. Pm the trial National Bank. Sam Hannas Norfolk coast Toda narrowly miss. Indiana pm Alt and a vent build-1 no. Indiana Power cd c Pezim y Sutlon h c. Amp co., Horace link co., Zeitels flow county won tenth place at the in cars Mullins drugs g. C. Murphy in. Ter National Hay and Grain show it f Komons citation ass Witt Ion will preside h Mck. Landon of is the Indiana representative a the National sponsoring commit the x by an Avia or and parts which is stressing the need for of the Pip were washed ashore g leadership in America. The a was believed that tie plane had association of Indiana headed Fane because of internal of additions. I. Clippinger vice president of i Ere was no air alarm and no gun a Letcher Trust company will As i waa heard. The plane crashed in the Campaign. J about 3 a. M. A life boat was sent i Stypher b. Colemn. Indiana but but no survivors were found librarian is vice president and a Dorothy Mccullough is sect e-1 re treasurer. This Indianapolis Cleveland is still Montgomery Ward co., Prevo big a International show science makes new advances showing against very stiff compe i Orkins of Putnam 1 placed fifth 1 Unpi six Ings housewives and old people refused to evacuate. Cine old Man i told in evacuation officer who urged a him to seek safety a i have lived Long. You Are Young. You go and my military authorities continued to Ai Sert that the russian troops who i the finns had encountered were in a it was said that Soni i it includes an executive com Mit a follows or. Landon chair Grier m. Shot Well end want j. Ett Fulward l. Van Riper or. Littell Walter Myers mrs. Joe d Beckett. Mrs. Montgomery and mrs. Kurt f. Pantzer. Landon with or. Cd up Longcr tie Alpha association spoke to a p of Phi Beta Kappa members Ort Wayne. Saturday concern the to Gram and will address Indiana University chapter of Beta Kappa at Bloomington Deber 18. Among announcements at Dew ceremonies will be the naming Many former graduates of de whose grades while underrated would have entitled them Hunt mini of puff three 15 to Quot oreo a the Zisimas Nona it your Home w room Lubeach Urb a Way to Speed tuber Euliala to re eradication is to buy and use Christmas Stals. Without Relief funds , d c. 6 up hungry thousands pleading for food were told today that no Relief funds were in sight. Social workers advised them to ask their grocers for More credit and their friends and relatives for More help. City Relief commissioner Frank Jones was attempting to obtain eggs potatoes and dried skimmed milk from the Federal surplus commodities corporation to supplement flour and apples the Only foods available for distribution. Gov. John w. Bricker remained Adamant in his refusal to Call a special session of the legislature to provide funds to meet the crisis in Cleveland. Toledo. Dayton Akron and other Large cities. He has announced that a Ohio cities must quit running to Columbus and Washington to ask for More Relief 5 amp 10. Western Auto the fashion Chicago this week on his display of. Shop Glascock jewelry store and ten ears of White open pollinated Snider a wallpaper and paint store Corn. The Perkins farm on which i t his com was a aed is located on big Walnut Creek just North of the Kroger cooking school a a cum or Pirimi in Otis Clodfelter of Russell town will be continued ship showed two cnlric8 of yellow open pollinated Corn which attracted attention. Rumania involved Moscow. Dec. 6.�?i up bitter attacks on Rumania patterned along the lines of those which prelude russian and German action against Poland and the soviet inva Slon of Finland appeared today in the a communist official communist Organ. German Mill Quot captured Capetown. South Africa. Dec. 6 up naval authorities announced today that a British warship captured the airman liner Utsuk Uma. 7.834 tons. In the South Atlantic Ocean. An attempt by the German Crew to scuttle the vessel was frustrated. It was expected that the ship would be taken to a British port As a prize of War. Kroger s cooking school held at the Granada theater this afternoon was attended by Many housewives who were shown How to save Money and prepare a Well balanced meal. After the cooking school there was u movie of the Jones family. The cooking school was conduct d by miss Hazel Baldwin a cooking expert of the Majestic cookware company. In the stage of the theater. In her demonstration she explains the equipment used in preparing the foods. Roasts As Well As vegetables Are cooked to a delicious flavor without the presence of any water in the utensils. For the rest of the week miss Baldwin is giving demonstrations in the store and manager Raymond j Riley and meat manager Paul Cox i extend an invitation to All House-1 i Lwrence Crump visited in Bloom wives to come in and watch this a Angton. Carl Reeves was Noble grand of the Bee hive Rebecca Lodge. J. C. Clodfelter was named president of the Putnam county shorthorn breeders association. Among the shorthorn Quot enthusiast so named 20 years ago in Oreen Castle a a prisoners had been in service Only miss Madonna Call daughter of 1 three months and had had Only on or and mrs. Ralph Call placed fifth ninth a t in a a i training they Vav j in clothing judging at the nation quote i my that they had be i 4-h club Congress now being held living in caves anti had been to l at Chicago. Miss Call was sent t a that the War would last Only a to / Chicago As a member of the clothing Days against the Quot finnish aggressor judging team which represented the entire state of Indiana in the cloth a Copenhagen Denmark dec j ing judging contest. J. Up Russia is massing troops miss Call selected four out of Tbs old warships for three simultaneous five classes of clothing judging i�s4 on Finland in Hope of bring Robert w. Strauss representing these five classes being 1. Evening n f but. A a Mck cedi a wa3 Gereral motors was the guest of Gregg and accessories 2, school Drucis , today. Great numbers of russian troops were pouring into tie Northern Peninsula in the Petsako area for a at Okken Castle motors to us Day of general interest was the guest of William a. Steele and the or Erneas and accessories tie motors inc tuesday evening underclothing fat when he gave a practical demonstration of what science and research has done in the development of commodities in every Day use. In addition to these demonstrations motion pictures of the san Francisco and the new York world fairs were shown which with the scientific matter presented made a very delightful evening for a Large crowd that attended. Or. Strauss showed How neck tics belts and other wearing apparel 1� now being Nide of Glass and skimmed milk. He also showed Many other developments which have come into general use in the automotive Field during the past few years and which today Are using Many Arm products As Well As other products for the Good of i he general Public. 3. Accessories shoes. Thos. I. Drury. By a i1 i a Kun Lajeret i Oil Xis i ,&Quot"1 i v land and a Ltd re a it mrs. Judd still missing cooking performance. The world War 25 years ago today. By United press germans occupied Lodz As russian forces retreated from the City. Austrian troops in flight from Serbia. Battle of Kolu Bara River in Serbia ended. Were Grafton Longden Jack 014.1-Felter, Lafe Mcgaughey Wal him Burris Otto Dobbs Lee Woods Ralph Cross. Arthur Plummer county Surveyor let his Quot Lizzie a break one of his arms when he tried to Crank the Mahenc. Mrs. Jamee Hamilton fell on Fie ice and was painfully Hurt. . Ariz., dec. 8 up a authorities admitted today they were completely without clues in the Hunt for Winnie Ruth Judd insane murderess. They said that unless she gave up or was captured before Nightfall she could not survive another 24 hours in the open. The 34-year-old blonde Quot Tiger woman Quot was in frail health when she walked out of the state Asylum for the insane sunday night. She has an arrested Case of tuberculosis. After returning from her first escape six weeks ago she suffered a collapse would not express h self on to and had not fully recovered. Ter National situation. Fronts attack dispatches said. Danish advices from Helsinki reins ted that the russians had Uci a pied Kola Seivi just above the Art. 110 Miles inside fun a ports to plan an i offensive toward the West designed a to Cut the country in two. It was reported that the russians intended to make a new attempt to Force a Landing on tie finnish Gulf Minneapolis dec. B up j coast of Finland following the evac District attorney i lion a e. Dewey a. Joa 1j i a it Aat Industrial Dos of new York City makes his first i or actg formal speech tonight in his Cam in Hus souls tried to make a land pain for the 1b40 Republican pres ing on he Quaal Casl of Helsinki last ident Lal nomination and will state i new by York District actor n opens Campaign for g. O. P. Nomination his views on at Learnt two major issues agriculture and governmental policies. He arrived Here this morning and will speak tonight at the Minneapolis auditorium at a meeting sponsored by the Minnesota Republican Central committee. The speech will be a Quot a ried on a nation wide Hookup of the a i tui Ilnam in in i Iii i a Terri amp today sweat a a j ent before a Zige of our 8 amp local to be 8ure a a you buy. Address a enc Strong % Roan music Day Bloomington ind. 6 up. National broadcasting company at port.1. A a _ be. And baked Chicken at Craw 9 p. M. A 11,1 Republican from the Dakota. Ciao Giurin Iowa and Minnesota will attend the meeting. Gov. Harold e. I thursday. �10,000 Bill found 6 to. T Stassen of Minnesota will introduce Man Nearous mtnn., a up a Dewey. Edward Bemiston stooped Over my before his departure from Nep lucked a Gold certificate York City yesterday Dewey said would confine his speech to who called Quot the Domestic crisis Quot out of the Gutter. The Oer Tilc the proved to be one stolen from he Philadelphia Treasury building during a fire in 193.1, so the governing it rewarded him with a receipt. It a

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