Page 1 of Dec 28 1939 Issue of Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana

Greencastle Daily Banner December 28, 1939 Page 1 old newspaper archives

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

Read an issue on 28 Dec 1939 in Greencastle, Indiana and find what was happening, who was there, and other important and exciting news from the times. You can also check out other issues in The Greencastle Daily Banner.

Browse Greencastle Daily Banner

How to Find What You Are Looking for on This Page

We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to make the text on a newspaper image searchable. Below is the OCR data for 28 Dec 1939 Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana. Because of the nature of the OCR technology, sometimes the language can appear to be nonsensical. The best way to see what’s on the page is to view the newspaper page.

Show OCR

Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - December 28, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a a a a a a the weather fair and cold 1 the Roll me forty eight daily Banner a it Waves for ally Green Astee Indiana Tell Kasday embed 28. A a 1939 methodists a ill observe sunday dec. 31 int ii Bishops Issue ill kor important Dav prayer All. The Home news 4 United press service 4 not. 63 1940 Dairy calf club to emf 4ic enrolment to be made Limul \.\1j 1 preparing ear is i nation i in e a a memorial Church will observe the evasion with a iee Ial program Ember 31 is to be a very in ant Day in the methodist Church throughout the world fhe Council secul0 al he the 1940 Dairy calf club enrol ment Putnam county is due in the a county agents office january is 1940. Any boy girl who will be 10 years age Over july 1. 1940, and not Over 21. January 1. 1940. Is ehg Ible to enrol. Animals May be either registered sired by a registered Bull. Only those cows heifers calves born Between july. 19 17, and january 1. 1940, ate eligible for enrolment. Heifer calves born Between a Nuat 1, 1940. And april 1. 1940, Are automatically enrolled if the calf s dam has been previously enrolled. Official enrolment cards May he in the future state farm inmate hangs self in barn effects plans expect to hav e rearing present War Canada interest Center Inch training and munitions making to be featured there in the near future Bishops have issued a Call to ver. The proclamation in Pai t Quot in a world turmoil and conflict we wish to remind the pie called methodist that they e use the weapons our Tual warfare the Reading the be prayer mediation the Assam themselves in Fellowship for Dilip to these ends we Call upon methodist Church throughout the id to set aside sunday Deccm-31 the last Day this year As May prayer. We urge that in Quot by methodist Church in family a shop. And in the prayers in Frank ideals petitions be offered a the restoration world Peac county agent s office in the cout t House at Greencastle. Apt. In in honoured in burial service Forrest Rominger. Inmate tho in Liana state farm committed us cide by hanging himself in a state farm warehouse it was announced by Floyd j. Hemmer superintendent the farm. Rominger who was 54 years old was sent to the farm december 1.�?T from Columbus to serve a Short term an intoxication charge. His Home was at Hope. H s j body was claimed by a brother. Rominger served As a member the Indianapolis police Force for a number years rising to the Bank j lieutenant before leaving the Force j in his hanging attempt he evidently Mia figured slightly As it was said j i his feet were touching the ground after the rope tightened and he was j strangled to death. Nazi spies take photos a a. S. Plants Dies committee makes report activities . Colin Ross visited Indi st Kial Center travelled Over United states in foreign car and Doe to red local pictures Many Lee a flier s comrades Flom m Hil hit attend services London. Dec. 28 i up i the British Empire is starting to throw its Gigantic strength into the eur it pan War under Long Range plans calculated not Only to be bad news pc it Germany but to affect profoundly i the Empire s own economic future. Athe recent arrival a Canadia expo dictionary Force British i Llu it and the arrival yesterday the fir 1 3,u, v 1 0v< 1 a australian air Force contingent were evidences that the Empire has just begun to fight. Other Empire fight a ing forces arc expected to arrive a two Hoys killed when sled Early in the new year. Australia hits car m ill help the entire state had announced that a special army division will leave soon for advanced funeral services were conducted at the Rector funeral Home at two clock thursday afternoon Lor Cap,.1 training a a a it a sometime in the Spring i ,. The Western front. G. Irvin who was injured in t. Tit is in the air that the dominions an air plane crash at Indianapolis a ,. Ii in a a r Nunder Empire plans Are to make. Week ago. His death followed the the deepening the spiritual acc Idem after. Heair can then contribution. Britain. In the methodist Church. For the j Washington Canada Australia and new zealand Jho dist Advance about to be the a body Quot arrived at noon froma ave worked out a scheme Aerial ached in the methodist Church. A Wajih a Oktan a a companies by High the Church Universal. J aviation and War department offi ,. Few months ago. Its aim is to give Many his flying comrades.1 the Empire the kind predominance and Dorman Hennesey hat sunday evening be set aside the Observance watch night each methodist Church at one More Central Points in each Center 1 population according to the us blushed by John Wesley and still Honable Observance among bin memorial methodist Church keeping with the suggestion made the Council Bishops has planned great services for the last Day j the year. A effective prayer Quot expansion whose dimensions would i have been regarded As fantastic a Farmers vials most Indiana today was covered with Snow ranging from less than an Inch to More than a foot As Highway and Railroad workers dug out from under a two Day fall that caused two deaths. Both deaths occurred at Laurel. Ind., when two youths were struck by a car As they Slid Down a Hill. They were Vance Burgdoerfer 15. 12. Their coming from Wright Field Dayton. A in the air that it has at sea. Sled was struck by a car driven by Empire air training is to be Cen j Ashel Poe who was exonerated by tired in Canada with Canada in full i police. Coroner George a. Bohannon Between 25.000 and 35,000 fully a Warrick county returned a verdict trained aviators each year. There i death because heart disease in will be elementary schools in can the Case mrs. Mary Moranz. 56. Cow testing plans Ada Australia and new zealand by whose body was found buried in a facilities for advanced training will i Snowdrift near her Home. She had will plans have been made to revive j be concentrated largely in Canada. A left Home to visit a daughter and the pastors Sermon subject at the the testing Dairy cattle in Putnam even some men from Britain Are to1 had apparently been stricken while 40 morning worship service. Or. J county for bang a disease according go there. Britain Australia an i walking through the Drifting Snow o., for the services. The services were conducted by the Rev. Victor l. Raphael pastor . ,. I a. Control in a program Winch Calls for i the presbyterian Church. Burial was t 1 in Forest iu1 cemetery. Cow testing plans Kiwan ians see Power liquid oxygen Greencastle Kiwan ians were entertained it their regular luncheon meet no today at the Gobin memorial 5 Church by f. T. Hegeman the i Indiana oxygen company Indian a polls. Jervin Fulmer was in charge the program. In his talk . Hegeman told How i liquid oxygen is compressed and then went to explain some its com Mercial values. The Pigram Contin a god with . Hegeman taxing Many i objects and subjecting them to the extremely cold liquid and freezing them to such an extent that Cranmer lies when dropped to the floor sounded like marbles a Frozen Frankfurter split into Many p eyes Ana n rubber Ball after being placed in the liquid Ami dropped to the Floo j split into a thousand pieces. A . Hegeman then showed How a Mercury could be Frozen a stick i so that it could be used As a Hammer. A goldfish when placed in the Solu-1 tion froze solid and when placed Back i in the water thawed out and swamp a around More vigorously than before prevented from Ever setting foot ,._ a Phis was the last meeting the Quot american soil he was in the year. At the meeting next thursday United states As recently As March a. Tithe new officers for 1940 will be in-17. When he suited for Japan Aboa stlij0 the japanese l be Asuma Maru. J a the report the activities Ross was made Public by rep. 11. Jerry Voorhis d., calif., chairman a subcommittee investigating nazi and fascist propaganda. Lie said that All six other members it the committee concurred in the find Ings. The report said that a officials extremely High in the government the United states a have issued warnings and secret orders concerning Ross activities the expenses tor which were paid in part by Nati government agencies. In a summarization the findings its own investigation me committe asserted 1. That during the world War Ross was a German spy assigned at one time to special propaganda work in Turk quake Levels cities thousands die tremors throughout Turkey leaves cities in ruins and people desperate Washington. Dec. 28 up the Dies committee charged today that . Colin Ross a registered nazi propagandist recently toured the United states in a special autom Obde i equipped with motion picture Camj eras and attempted to photograph j a specialize i Industrial his activities the committee charged Quot appeared to come with i the category the committee recommended that Ross a German scottish descent a be Tot a l loss is unknown death rate will run into Many thousands with property loss in the millions Relie. Begins ated a piano was there also to help with the singing patriotic Songa and chairs wore in place to provid a behalf the Imperial German gov seating for the Large crowd. Mrs. Ray Istanbul Turkey dec. 28 up dead littered the streets town3 and homeless refugees sought shelter from intense cold and driving mow today after an Earth which had devastated a wide area Eastern Turkey. Disrupted communications made auth enc casualty compilations impossible. But it seemed certain that the death toll would be High in the thousands and that tens scores thousands refugees were homeless. Fringe it. Tary reports indicated that the earthquake might prove to have been the most disastrous in turkish records. Reports death destruction and suffering came from towns Over a total area More than 25,000 j Square Miles. Uit via the Cit a Erz incan 550 Miles ave Niff Vic Cuniff East Istanbul with a population1 60.604. Were nearly obliterated in hot Able held j according to reports. In other towns in lobby court House to Quot ctr. Werc sir w11 with dead wednesday night ia�1 injured. I such cities As Samson and Ord the meeting the women a re tobacco centers the Black sea publican club Putnam county j roast Amasia sivas Tokat Reta wednesday evening was held in the a hive an i Yozgat were reported to lobby i he court House giving the have suffered tragic ruin and Casu Oce Aslon a rather unique setting. I allies in All were feared High. There was a Christmas tree that was authorities seeking to restore beautifully decorated and illum i communications compile casualty lists and get Relief to the enormous quake area said they feared the. Earthquake had been one without #. 0. P. Women Epson and the Church choir will to announcement by David l new zealand As Well As Canada wih her Boly was discovered when sent a program music in keep j Grimes county agent. This work will contribute men and materials. South. Passerby noticed her clothing with the occasion. Be in charge . H. F. Page Africa has declined to join the plan j driving conditions were Haz i. A hazardous. And a Snow ice was reported. Most a an l therefore is liable to prosecution. British that froze windshields hampered but Gage ments in this country were ar-4nged by nazi consular officials roads were generally passable a and the German american bund. Clean Herd be Riff Cate which tends to have Between 8.000 and 10. A throughout the state although in j whose fuehrer Fritz Kuhn admitted sections traffic was held to before the committee that he was. I. A when its plans mature in 1941. To a australian government is building a Highway department Crews we Rind iced Many dangerous intersections mrs. Ethel fall Raccoon was in charge the Community singing both Abel Greencastle. Information concerning the present 3. That Many his speaking in sex Republican candidates for Nom Ivan Ali in f Hia pin inv Virn a r. It eminent and against the allies prior trembly president presided j to the Entrance the United states into the War. Today evening from 7 to 12 a i Washington Indiana who is an pm a but has promised to expand its own throughout the Central and South-1 2, that Ross is registered with the itch night service Quot will be held a Loyee the Federal veterinary Lair Force to the full extent its re pm sections the state while in the state department As a Naz prop. Which was led by Mary Eliza a the Church. Several nearby meth j apartment. J sources. Northern Section Only a slight amount Sandcut but has not reported in Quot Fuji Quot t churches will participate. The j Many Putnam county herds have Canada is to build a tonal service will be Given by i had but one More clean tests. Al american Type planes. Australia is Leroy Houk Brick Chapel negatives made previously will a 1 to build planes its own. British j Drivers in the Northern Section the Epworth league at Morton. 1 credited to the Herd owner and will 1 planes and american air plane train j highways were not iced v. J. E. Porter District superin 1 apply toward the Credi tation for a ing planes and motors. Australia in-1 roads were generally Dent Rev. Harnick Danville. A state Ralph Call Purdue a University a req res four successive clean tests. 000 men aircraft manufacture j Many in 1 speak. Refreshments will be j All testing will be done free when its plans mature in 1941. The 1 slow speeds by slush ice and drifts. I acquainted with Ross. De during the evening. A radio a charge. However indemnity for re. Ii be placed in Community Hall in j actors will not be paid As was done i factory at Sydney to produce Ameri a working to Clear drifted i can Pratt and Whitney Wasp Engin a roads Quot precedent. For hours Early yesterday the Earth had shaken. Instruments the government Seis ologies 1 station were broken for the first time since their installation. President Ismet Inonu. Who Waii a tour inspection Southern military establishments left at once for the earthquake area to assume i i both in cities and in a ural areas land the troop contribution j were sanded to prevent skids and Ler for the people to hear the Spe-1 a few years ago. 1 broadcast for methodists the persons who never have Diana area. Bishop Titus Lowe will May make application at the county j. A Over wire at 10 15 p. M. And j agents office Greencastle provid a the dominions is to reach big pro a 8 1 ing they intend to follow the pro portions. I a Weater Gram through until they get four clean tests. Dairy Herd owners Are urged to 4. That within the last 12 months Ross toured the United states with his wife son and uniformed chauffeur in a special Mercedes automobile Elf ripped with motion picture nation for the governorship the state was Given by six women a is Quot a Nal it cuon Rulif work the club in an interesting manner. A re f committee War these speakers were mrs. Simpson 1 tested at Ankara the capital under Stoner mrs Tatad Jones mrs. We Ahe Luigi a Rod res rent Corren Reeves. Mrs. Vernon Gardner. Mrs. Pending to the american red Cross Whas at 11 15. The new year s a program will close with a Comuni a service in the Church Saif Jary at 11 30 p. M. Members and friends the Church ii want to attend these two great vices planned for the last Day ease old year. Controversy vetoed Cambridge mass., dec. 28 Pic mayor John a. Lyons Toa a Bureau forecast Cen a Oil. In the opinion Allied Mill-1 the Snow today but predict tary strategists May in the Long run that colder weather would arrive prove to be one the deciding fun j perhaps sending the Mercury to its take advantage this Opportunity j tors in the defeat Germany to free their herds from bang s Dis j one the principles strategy j in the present War is to Cut enemy supplies raw material and hamper a wheat and state conservation depart their armies by depriving them ment officials said it should Brin i supplies. More and More attention is up la it underground water table being entered Germany a need Lynn Brown and mrs. W. D. James. There was a a White elephant a gift a Exchange that had its thrills. I a number men were presen cameras and that he appeared to and talks were Given by mayor w a lowest Marks the year. The snowfall was hailed by Farmers i a protective Blanket for Winter have funds a far in excess his reported earnings form nazi 5. That he attempted to photograph a several specialized Industrial plants and that at least one America. I. James. Paul Grimes e. R. Bartle and John Abel. Mis. Thad Jones vice chairman the Putnam county Republican Cen ral committee presented greetings Indi Natolis livestock being entered hog receipts 9,000 Market 15-20 for Jand Means pre ,. I cents lower 160-230 lbs., $5.80-$6.15 t. Fron it joing it. W the Effort the City count it 00 .s565. A Moo lbs it is a a sumac go iras remove the word., Lemn and. A 13,000.000 to if. Imgrad from ail printed matter the City Cambridge. He thereby saved the authorities Harvard University the mass 1 Witts Institute technology Cliffe College and other Cam be education institutions til a deciding whether they Wou i through All the books and maps their extensive libraries to deplete words wherever they occurred he also spared the newspapers and a Yazinea residents and the 50,000 him ters who pass through Cam huge daily. They would have been eject to confiscation if they conned the proscribed words under Resolution passed by the City Uncil tuesday night. I appreciate the Council s attempts act in a Fine spirited manner Quot Yor Lyons said Quot but i think it t Thal their efforts die a quiet a ath in th6 pocket my old Blue re suit. Til hold the Resolution a few Day sit taking any action and let expire by Law next monday new har r $4.85-35.05 100-160 lbs., 35.25-36. Cattle 900, calves 400 steers steady mostly 38.35-39.25 heifers Strong Load Good 792 in. Heifers 310 cows Active and Strong Scalers $1 higher Hulk xxx and Choice $ 12.50313. Sheep 1.000 lambs steady Good Ami Choice 7 90-36 Good and Choice 101 la. Fed yearlings $7.60. Woman injured As car hits train refused to comply with Ross re a from that committee and an a ppr quests because they were so extreme elation from it for the Fine co opera by derogatory to the first interests tion the women s club. Pope Pius in visit to King 000 tons Oil a year. She produces a maximum Only about 3.000.000 j tons synthetically and from Galicia j repays Recey i beginning next month a new visit King Victor agreement made with Rumania will give Germany 130,000 tons a month plus 260.000 tons in arrears from the Emmanuel t b Seal Campaign All those who have not i a now storm and As contributed for Christmas seals i train cleared the crossing let Only mailed them to please once. Your tuberculosis association j 8 to Complete its report. Every oust be accounted for. If you fhe family was Ltd 1101 afford to keep your seals Monon crossing Salt Iason Street scene Accident in Snow storm wed. Mrs. J. H Matthews Blacksburg va., was injured wednesday evening when tile automobile driven South state Road 43 by her husband struck a slowly moving freight train at the Monon she was taken to the Putnam county Hospital where she remained and was treated. Or Matthews was driving in the northbound he continued. Not seeing another train the passing track at the Point the Accident. He Side swamped a freight car but did Little damage to his car. Rome. Dec. 28 up Pope Pius 1939 quota. The amount is Well be. I Paia Atac visit to King Victor Low the amount Germany Hail hoped j .nma7iue and Queen Elena today to get from Rumania and in Liat j returning that which the italian Royal couple made to him a week ago. It was the first papal through the streets Rome in 93 years since in 1846 Pope Pius in went in state procession to st. Johns in Lateran after his election. Hundreds thousands persons massed in the streets Early this morn-1 a ing italian troops held them Back a i along the 1 1-2 mile route to the Roy-1 al Quirinale Palace. White and yellow papal flags flew beside the italian Tricolour from houses All along the route. Allied pressure May have played a part. The rumanian also refused to move the Oil in their own tank cars and made the Sale Only a Cash and carry basis which is embarrassing to Germany because her depleted foreign Exchange. Mrs. Trembly announced the next a meeting would be held january 24. I in the evening in the Assembly the court House and extended a i invitation to the general Public Toat end. Of the United Ross also took p cures seeking to a Depiet conditions in the United states the committee added and Quot there is indisputable proof Ross doctored the pictures Emoiy i ing the artifice montage so tha the pictures when shown in Germany not depict facts but vile Distor add tons and particularly with a View claim biggest showing America in the worst j bombing offensive possible Ross sent Many ills films to p. Surgeons nurses tents provision medical supplies were mobilize 1 in Large cities jus special trains and truck caravans started for the devastated areas. Lawrence Snider welfare Board local business Man wii. Succeed Clarence i. Ferrand As Board member body woman is found after murder in Joe help the committee Complete work Gay returning the seals heat a you. Route to spin in l los Angeles. Dec. 28. Up the nude body a Young woman an artificial red Rose crushed beneath it was found in a vacant lot today. The girl blonde and about 19. Had been stabbed and part her Scalp had been Cut away. After stabbing the girl once in the breast and five times in the Back her Slayer slashed her head and face. Police Lieut. A. T. Holstrom said. A wedding ring and a Diamond ring were the girls hand and one Black cloth Slipper and a Gold brooch were beside the still warm body. At the county morgue autopsy photographic Laboratory in los Angeles the report said whore Federal agents secretly reviewed then before they were returned to Ross. They depicted such scenes As negroes living in huts in the South women working in Cotton Mills and cigarette factories Ami indians living in Small Tepee. A there were also a number prints made showing in detail cities like Pittsburgh and Jersey City in which factory Sites and Bridges were the report said. The committee quoted from speeches. Books and show that he articles pictured by Ross to the United Shanghai. Dec. 28. Up the japanese army and Navy in a joint statement said today that they had carried out the greatest mass air raids the chinese War in bombings la Chow the yellow River. Mass air raids were made the City 310.000 population today yesterday and tuesday the ment said a marking a Brilliant prelude to the anniversary the founding the japanese it was explained that the la Chow operations were part a Campaign to Cut off China a communication and Supply Routs various fronts. As regards recent chinese claims big victories in a Winter offensive. Announcement was made today the appointment by judge William m. Sutherlin Lawrence t. Snider local business Man As a member the Putnam county welfare Board for the unexpired term Clarence j. Ferrand. At the time the appointment . Ferrand As a member the county Council there was an argument As to his eligibility due to the tact that he was a member the welfare Board but in As much As this appointment carried no salary. To was stated at that time that lie could qualify As a member the Council and this was done. Judge Sutherlin said t a Day that the state-1 vacancy was filled after a ruling was received from the attorney general the eligibility . Ferrand to serve in the dual capacity. States As containing from 20.000.000 a the statement said that the japanese cer we thursday own surgeon8 attempted to reconstruct county formerly the Home the girl s face in the Hope identify mrs. Matthew. Ing. Or 20 years ago in Greencastle to 30,000.000 persons a German blood american soil Quot who should it a in Nice i Wal com missioners meeting . And mrs. Worley Timmons returned from a visit with relatives at Edinburg. John Call was Here from Gary visiting his Cousin James Hughes son judge James p. Hughes. Miss Pearl hair entertained her Bridge club at her Home Seminary a uary meeting to be held next Mon Street. Day. The Board commissioners the county at their meeting yesterday allowed practically All claims which had been filed with the auditor to be considered at that meeting in an Effort to end the year with Little outstanding indebtedness that character As possible. A few additional claims have been filed for consideration by the Board at its regular Jan had not been driven from any important Point. It might be True the statement said that the chinese had retaken Large areas but this was because the japanese lines were not continuous and the chinese were thus Able to recapture areas Between japanese occupation Points. Referring to the japanese evacuation Kean is province Points along the Border French Indochina. The statement said that the japanese did not intend to hold minor Points so Long As they held major Points. The japanese objective was to annihilate the chinese forces the statement said not merely to hold territory. Circuit court notes state is. Kenneth Morris burglary dismissed by prosecutor. A today a weather <5� $ and # a local temperature 491 partly Cloudy somewhat colder tonight Friday fair. Minimum. 19 6 a. M. 23 7 a. My a. 22 8 a. M. 22 9 a a. 25 .10 a. M. 27 11 a. A. 29 12 noon. 32 1 p. A. 30 2 p. M.30 h i

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

Search All Newspapers in Greencastle, Indiana

Advanced Search

Search the Greencastle Daily Banner Today with a Free Trial

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

Start for Free

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

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

Advanced Search