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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - January 7, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a weather 4 Udy and colder 4 4444444440the daily Banner a it Waves for ally . The Home new a i United press service Ltd j-x4. Forty seventy Corn were met r banquet Gobin memorial me 1st Church Friday evening a new interest Ade for winners in Thor Aii Idiku five acre tract contest Ual banquet of the Putnam a urn growers association i in the Goblin memorial Church Friday evening a splendid attendance of ing Farmer and enough enthusiasm was shown pm there until shortly height and they broke up Antly As everyone seemed in some Angle of the discussion that was Carr More than an hour by son of Hendricks coun on to the banquet and Dis growing com awards for winners in the thir Ual Putnam county Corn n the five acre tract conjuring the past season Felter acted As chairman noting Friday evening and tried off the big share of the Corn show which was late Friday. Lie men who were awarded her Bronze Silver or Gold g five acre Corn tracts last Ere l. J. Steele e. Carder Reasor Ralph Call sr., Ydes r. J. Coffman Webb try Mccabe James Torres Nathanial Huckleberry. Aughey John a. Dills 11. William t. Wright Ross Sman Parker t. B. How chel Nichols John Canton Call jr., l. A. Dicks. Oti Jesse Page Raymond John w. Day Woodrow Clarence Ragan Clifford Arion Sears Olin Leonard All of Washington township of the top Honor i the five t As his Field yielded an i of 116.5 bushels per acre ticks and John w. Day have n four five acre medals. Fest of fun and music was i by Ralph Spencer and Dragoo of Russellville. It using and entertaining. Was a Long and technical a of hybrid seed Corn which Amiens Are using some for t time and its continued use hissed and argued until a Long its advantages Are a by some and Low by others All Farmers will Plant hybrid is year although Many Are out some in Small spots no the com growers who were prizes for the com show 1 this year were l. A. Dicks loaf alter Marion Sears Webb Paul Mcgaughey John Sears Dragoo John Day Clarence Nichols William Wright i Lewman Hubert Mcgaugh Bert Sutherlin Rex Call. Jr., Mcmullen Andrew Suther a. Perkins Philip Hutcheson re Ferrand. Awards were made by Guy t. A tami Rel let a a Fik to of Greencastle Indiana saturday january 7, 19 59. No. 71 rites held for former county woman funeral services were held at 2 of clock saturday afternoon in the memorial presbyterian Church Indianapolis for mrs. Lillian Lone Eberly 63 years old who was bom in Putnam county. Burial was in the memorial Park cemetery. She died suddenly thursday in her Home 601 North Oakland Avenue Indianapolis. She was the wife of Bruce Eberly. Mrs. E Berly had lived in Indianapolis since 1917, from Boswell. Shei was a past great Pocahontas of Indiana of the degree of Pocahontas and a member of the order of Eastern Star Rebekah a Royal neighbors of America and the memorial presbyterian Church. Sui Alvors besides the husband Are a son Lyndon e. Eberly and three grandchildren All of Indianapolis. Booklet gives data on Cost of government i l. Wimmer and Charles Bank Abs members of organization local costs Are Given senators consider court nomination Frankfurter May be asked Fok views on reorganization Bili Washington Jun. 7�?�up a eight senators members of a subcommittee of the judiciary committee meet today to consider the qualifications of prof. Felix Frankfurter for the supreme court. Chairman Matthew m. Neeley d., w. A. Said hat because of the criticism which followed the Quick Senate confirmation of the appointment of Justice Hugo l. Black Frankfurter would be scrutinized thoroughly. One committee member said that Frankfurter might be asked for his views on president Roosevelt s supreme court reorganization Bill which was rejected by the Senate after a Long fight in 1937. Quot i think it would be a Good idea for or. Frankfurter to be present Quot King said a in View of the attitude of some persons who feel that he has been too closely identified with the new Deal. If i were or. Frankfurter i would certainly ask for an invitation to Mccarran said that he a would like very much to have a teak tilth or. it was Learned that a Friend of Frankfurter had been in communication with Neeley and had been advised that a it would be Wise for Frankfurter to be in Washington today so that he would be available if the committee desired to question him. A there is Little or no opposition to or. Frankfurter s nomination a Neeley said. Quot however in View of the controversy that resulted from the Senate s speedy confirmation of the nomination of Justice Hugo l. Black it is deemed Wise to scrutinize All future supreme court appointments Samuel Lloyd 88. J observes birthday am Farmer commits suicide of Harley Neese und hanging from Rafter of barn a Neese 59-year-old Farmer ted suicide by hanging him the Bam at his Home near lie the Putnam county her ice revealed Friday night. S body was found by two about 4 30 of clock Friday of he had been missing Sineo Vious night it was reported s were unable to give any for his act. Oys who found the body were Ainan and Frank Chew it King from the rafters in the the Bam at the Neese farm to it. A Reelsville deceased is survived by Hla mrs Blanche Neese and four Miss Helen Neese at Home Keeae of Indianapolis to Eese of Greencastle and mrs. E Chew of Peoria 111., and rothers Ora Neese of near William Neese of near reels an Neese of Gosport and Lueease of near Reelsville. Suicide was investigated by r r. J. Shannon sheriff l. Ham and Deputy sheriff Tom Ler. Neighbors gathered in the evening has travelled extensively Samuel Lloyd one of the Best known men of ii team county. Friday became 88 years old and celebrated the event by going about his usual daily chores at his Home on West Walnut Street Road adjoining this City. There was a Small gathering of neighbors in the evening but otherwise the Day was just like any other to or. In Ioctl. He crossed the line into his new year in the same uneventful manner in which a ship crosses the Equator or any other degree of latitude. His wife and his family Bible told him he was 88 years old. Otherwise he might not have known it. Or. Lloyd was bom on a Clinton township farm one of 13 children. He lived As a Farmer in that township All of his life until he and mrs. Lloyd moved to Green Asme nine y ears ago. Or. And mrs. Lloyd Are real Globo Trotters they have sailed the Atlantic and Tho Pacific oceans and have traversed the United states several times. Give for 1987-33 fiscal year q state penal farm War Veteran Dies William i. Kelley Warrick county a last civil War Veteran survivor and father of Sam Kelley athletic coach of the Roachdale High school died thursday night at his Home at Boonville. Andy l. Kelley of Washington and mrs. Ida Henning of Boonville Are also surviving children. Kelley ran away from Home and joined the Union army feb. 9, 1864. At the age of 14. He was in Battles at Franklin tenn., and at Shiloh and made the March to the sea with general Sherman. The latest Issue of the publication of the Indiana taxpayers association dated december 1938. Presents some interesting data concerning the Cost of government in Indiana. The organization mentioned is not a part of the government of the state but is made up of representatives from various groups of taxpayers of Indiana who Are particularly interested in tax matters and in the expenditure of taxes. I. L. Wimmer of this City is named As one of the vice president also Charlesh Barnaby of Greencastle. In regard to the state penal farm the publications give the disbursements for the 1937-38 fiscal year As $255.849, of which personal service Cost $64,682 other operating costs $153,990 equipment $18,063 structures $2,463 non structural improvements 415,985 fixed charges $666, the disbursements for the same fiscal year $1936-37 totalled $203,912. For the year 1936, the Cost of local government in Putnam county is Given As follows county fund $233,630, civil townships $106,551, civil cities. $40,565. Civil towns $11,554. Total schools $310,420. Grand total $708,411. The census of 1930 gives the population of the county As 20.448, making the Cost of government for each person $34.64. The corresponding items of the Cost of government in the county for the 1937-38 school year were As follows county fund $271.314. Civil townships $101.800. Cicil cities $55,158. Civil towns $11,877. Total schools $311,248. Grand total $751,397. Tho population of course remains the same but the per capita Cost is increased to $36.74. As the outstanding indebtedness of this county there Are mentioned Bonds of various kinds the school Bond figure being As of August 1. 1937, and other Bonds As of january 1, 1937. On the first Day of 1937, Putnam county is reported to have had a township Road Bond indebtedness of $168.639 county unit Road Bonds outstanding $200,816 All school Bonds $80.989 cities and towns Bonds $573,500 county Bonds. $20.000 total $1,043,944. The Bonneil indebtedness of the county a year later on the first Day of january 1938, was As follows township Road Bonds $118,128 county unit Road builds $182.560 All school Bonds $61.541 cities and teens Bonds $567,000 county Bonds $62.000 to ctn $991,229. To be expended on its 816 Miles of county Road Putnam in 1937 received from the gasoline tax collections of the state $117,234.97 in 1938, the county received $101,930.72. The report credits Greencastle City with a population of 4,613. In 1937, the City received gasoline tax Money to the amount of $5.796.79. In 1938, it received $4,666.11. Gross income tax collection in Putnam county in 1936 were $49.851.09. In 1937, the collections were $56,328.50. In 1937, Tho tax distribution by the state to the counties for teachers Aid was $60,000 in 1938, it was $93,100. The general intangible tax collections in the county in 1037 were $3.356.60 in 1938, $2,851. The intangible tax distribution to this county in 1937 was $6,197.33 in. 1938, $5,490.35. Tile distribution of alcoholic beverages receipts to the counties in 1937 was $1,766.71 in 1938. $1.766.69. The distribution of these taxes to school units in this county amounted to $4,112.46, in 1937 in 1938, $4,171.22. Put final touches on favorite measures Indianapolis ind. Jun. 7.�? while ind anal a legislature observe 1 a week end adjournment today most members were putting final touches on favorite Bills which will flood both Chambers when they reconvene monday afternoon. The routine of organizing including election of officers and appointment of standing committees was finished during the first two Days and upon returning monday the Assembly is expected to plunge rapidly into Tho heavy duties confronting it House speaker James m. Knapp re a Hagerstown delayed the introduction of Bills until he made a few committee readjustments Corn show grading is completed Dis Clodfelter won sweepstakes on 10 ears of Corn Many Farmers present l. A. Dirk awarded sweep Lake on single ear Walter Harple was judge Church annual meeting held Friday night situation dangerous on Frontier explosion May occur any time As result of clash at Munkacsy czechs responsible jail razing watched with much interest at the annual meeting of the first Christian Church last evening each department of Church life w thou exception reported encouraging advances for 1938. In numbers in Fin Anci in gains and in service projects each group is setting goals for 1939. In the annual election one third of the official Board of the. Church is chosen for a period of three Yeav. Hold those chosen last evening for Tho next Throe years or to fill vacancies assert Hungary s efforts to image elders John Boyd. John Herod Rovo Mutual relations had Wilbur cola on Frank Mckeehan. For keen frustrated deacons Ernest Trout. John torn _ the grading of the exhibits of put Harl a Wells Carl Hart Igle. Lois London. J n 7.up it a Diplo Nam county Corn in the Corn show Arnold s. C. Sayers Everett Long Snatic reports said today that a most held in the lobby of the court House Mccoy Wil Triam stile1, and ted dangerous situation exists on the was completed Friday afternoon by re bins. John Deitrick was made czechoslovak hungarian Frontier As Walter Harple before an interest i elder emeritus and e. R. Bartley resin f a clash at Munkacsy group of Farmers some of whom and by Abrams were a Jdc deacons anti a new expi090n might of or. Henry b. Lon a Den recalls Days he helped build Structure r a z e r e Sid e not e first sheriff Graham now living in priv to residence on Poplar Street the demolition of the old Putnam county jail is now in Progress and any persons arrested by county City or state police in this Region will be incarcerated in either the two per san cell on the fourth floor of the court House or in the Donjon at the Indiana state farm. Neither place is As desirable a place of residence As the old jail Here with All of its in Ultsh so it is said. There has been a dearth of arrests since the new City police Force took Over not because the officers have not been doing their duty but because offenders have been lacking. The first work of the razing process is the removal of the wooden finishing of the sheriff s residence. The county by the terms of the contract is doing the preliminary work of dealing the ground for the new structures. Sheriff Graham is living in the private residence on Poplar Street which has been his Home for some years in fact it was his fathers Home before him. The destruction of the jail will be watched by or. Henry e. with considerable regret. Seeing the old building through these Many years from time to time recalled each time the Days of Harl labor spent by him in the erection of the a lecture when he was not much More than a youth. In fact the former vice president of Depauw University and one of its Best known graduates carried the Hod while the Walls of the sheriffs Home and the jail were going up Many Many years ago. It was quite a promotion for him he says in the Way of work because he had just completed another Tenn of employment for the same contractor who had built the present Martha Ridpath school in the third Ward of the City. Or. Long uen was not a to 1-Carrier there his Job being the much More Humble one of pulling on the rope which hoisted the roof slates from the ground. He considered the Hod carrying on the jail required quite a bit More intelligence than pulling on the rope at the school building. Reveal figures on immigration 14.15� immigrant jews entered United states in first nine months of l�s8 in a plea of abatement in the suit for damages against her in connection with the death of the late Roy Arnold mrs Nellie Denny alleges she never was a partner of Howard Denny in the a Denny motor service a a that the late or. Denny killed in the same Accident which Cost Roy Arnold his life was the sole owner of the Denny motor service. Sutherlin a Sutherlin filed the plea in abatement. Washington Jan. 7 it up it immigration officials revealed today that 14,159 Immiti ant jews entered the United states from Germany and Australia during the first nine months of 1938. The jewish immigrants constituted 79 per cent of the Oerman australian total of 17.110 which sought Refuge on american shores from january through september of last year. Immigration has mounted steadily since hitlers Quot anschluss Quot last March although no figures were available yet on the effect of the sudeten crisis nor the latest outbreak of anti semitism in Germany officials expressed belief that the quota for each month had been filled. State department officials reported that visa numbers for entry from Germany and Austria have been assigned for More than a year ahead and thousands of refugees clamor for permission to enter this country. Ha.selections of their Awn raising in the Competition. In addition to the awards published Friday the following were announced single ear of White com�?1st, Otis Clodfelter 2nd., C. Perkin 3rd., Carl Ferrand 4 h., Marion Sears and 5th�?z John Sears. Single ear of yellow corn�?1st., l. A. Dicks 2nd., Carl Arnold 3rd., Andrew Sutherlin 4th., C. Perkins and 5th, Phiillip Hutcheson. Best Peck of hybrid Corn shelled �?1st., Paul Mcgaughey 2nd. Harvey Nichols 3rd., Clarence Ragan 4th., Wiliam Wright and 5th., 1. A. Dicks. Best Peck shelled com 15-acre glowers Only �?1st., John w. Day 2nd., Webb Evans 3rd., Otis clod cd tar 4th., Paul Mcgaughey and 5th. Clarence Ragan. Sweepstakes Ilo ears of com a Otis Clodfelter. Sweepstakes a single ear Al. Dicks. A. Mrs. Paris Hite met instant death Mother of Edgar White walked directly into left Side of truck instant death met mrs. Paris White 71-year-old Freedom resident and Mother of Edgar White Sycamore Street Greencastle Friday As she alighted from an automobile on West Morgan Street in Spencer. Alighting on the South Side of the Street from a car driven by Elsie Robinson of Freedom the aged woman walked directly into the left Side of a truck headed West and driven by Raymond Wilt 28, of Newcastle. She we is crushed beneath the rear wheels the truck coming to a halt with the dual wheels on her neck. Mrs. Robinson was in route to work at the Owen county state Bank and had been asked for the ride by mrs. White. Wilt in his statement to Coroner Jomes Rowland said he was going 35 Miles per hour and upon seeing the aged woman crossing the Street blew his Horn twice and immediately applied his brakes mrs. White failed to heed the warning and continued walking into the truck on the left front Comer of the bed beside the Driver s door. Wilt was taken to the jail and held for questioning by Coroner Rowland. Mrs. White has been in ill health for some time and had gone to Spencer to consult a local physician. Mrs. Whites Maiden name was Alice Durbin. Daughter of or. A and mrs. De Durbin. Survivors besides Tho Husban 1, Paris and another son Thomas of Maywood include one daughter. Mrs. Maude Thomas. Gosport one sister mrs. Kate Bonnewell of Patricks Burg one brother. Thomas Durbin of to arc haute. Emeritus among the reports of Progress was that of the addition of 41 people to the Church during the past eleven months not including student affiliate members who retain membership cur at any time. Rumania was reported to be so sonic at the possibility that she would be drawn into a general fight that she was inclined to reconsider their Home churches but Are in her refusal to Asree to a common eluded in the a family Quot of this Church during the school year. Thomas Mooney to be pardoned imprisoned i years in san Quentin for preparedness Day bombing Sacramento. Cal., Jan. 7 it up a convict Thomas j. Mooney arrives today leading a triumphant procession from san Quentin whore he has been imprisoned 22 years for the 1910 preparedness Day bombing to receive a Pardon from gov. Culbert l. Oison. Labor organizations throughout the world were ready with joyous demonstrations. A Brief hearing in the governors Chambers seemed the Only remaining formality. The Pardon was a virtual certainty. It had no organized opposition. It has had the impassioned support of labor unions and liberals the world Over More than a generation. Gov. Olson had promised in Campaign speeches that he would free Mooney if elected. He became the first democratic governor in 44 years Mooney emerged from prison shortly before 8 a. M. <11 a. M. he halt a checked out officially taken his belongings said goodbye to guards and fellow prisoners exchanged number 31.921 for is Nam and scheduled a series of speeches and Public appearances for the next few Days. Awaiting him at the Gate was u caravan of automobiles loaded with his relatives Friend anti sympathizers. They were starting immediately the 90-mile drive to Sacramento. The governors hearing was not expected to last More than an hour. Gov. Olson was convinced of Mooney innocence and when a member of the state Senate had campaigned for his Freedom. Lane Mamed on other committees hungarian polish Frontier at Czechoslovakia a expense. When news first reached London yesterday of the serious fight Between czechoslovak and hungarian soldiery at Munkacsy which was awarded to Hungary in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia there was a ten ency to regard the Inci a it As an isolated one of Little importance. Today however it was reported in Well informed quarters that Hungary in protesting to the czechoslovak government asserted that Hungary a efforts to improve Mutual relations had b. N frustrated by the Munkacsy attack and that Hungary v. <1 decline to accept responsibility for future events. This was believed to contain the threat of reprisals. Authoritative hungarian source in London predicted that it would net be possible to localize and thus isolate the incident. Observers of Central european events said that they were not surprised by the Munkacsy incident. They said the whole Frontier Between Hungary and Eastern Czechoslovakia had by in a danger area Ever since the dismemberment agreements that hatred and suspicion were so intense that a clash on a Large scale might to expected at any moment. V unit press dispatch from Bucharest said that the rumanian government was most anxious Over the situation first because Munkacsy the chief Point of tension is Only a few Miles from the rumanian Border second because it was feared that the Munkacsy clash might prove the starting Point for a serious Cen in l european conflict which it might be impossible to localize. Prague. Czechoslovakia. Jan. 7. I up i czechoslovak authorities a a Aid today that rumours of mobilization of army technical units were �?o100 per cent reports were published abroad that Czechoslovakia was mobilizing some men because of the situation on the hungarian Frontier. Compel it quarters Here said that on the contrary demobilization of Ali continued and that troops v. 10 hell in the car Patho Ukraine Region where a clash occurred yes Trelay merely to keep communications open in the severe weather experienced this Winter. Budapest. Jan. 7. Gary had advised the or. And mrs. C. W. Martin and daughter Lauretta have returned Home from Florida where they spent Tho holidays. 20 years ago in Greencastle i up a Hun czechoslovak a a a a moment that it. Will by it held responsible for los of life and damage to property As the result of a clash at Munkaci yesterday it was understood today. A hungarian protest to the czechoslovak government against the incident was rafted in the sternest to i mail was reported and charged that Czechoslovakia had prepared the group 1 for the incident by a Long newspaper Campaign. John Arthur Friend wrote Home from the base Hospital at Vichy. France after the armistice regarding his experiences in German prisons. From it this one paragraph is taken a they made me work at the Jastatt car foundry for one Mark ten Penny a Day. I worked Down there ten Days and did Only about one hours Good work while there. If dad could have seen How i worked for the germans he sure would have laughed. The More they nagged us the loss we worked and the More we cussed them. One lady came up to six of us while we were cursing a German and told us she understood English and we told her to get the hell out there and stay one of three Republican senators to serve on com Mitek on roads in addition to committees named yesterday on which senator o. Bruce Lane will serve during this term of the legislature he also has been named a member of three other important committees. He is one of the tin a Republican members of he upper House who will serve on the committee on roads he also is on the committee on Public safety and also is on the committee on Public policy. Committee memberships already named were the american i Region will hold its that on agriculture and county and regular me ting Mon a evening at township business. 8 of clock at the legion Home. The committee on Public policy considers Hills which pertain to pub o lie morals including the liquor Busi @ today a weather $ Ness and betting. J and amp the committee on roads will have it local temperature amp before it All matters connected with the application of gasoline tax to Clit Lily. A lightly warmer in Central Highway purposes. It is in a stood am North portions possibly Light the legislature will to it called upon Rny no a North to on saturday Sun to act upon a Bill which will Stab Flay clout Yini colder probably rain Lish Zonea on state highways for the in Centra Ami Gouth portions purpose of controlling sign boards the nearness of filling stations to the highways the use of shrubbery for ornamentation and similar matters. In Rural zones it is proposed practically to eliminate sign boards requiring them not to be nearer than five Hundred feet of the highways. Minimum. A 0 6 a. In. 40 7 a. M. 40 8 a. In. 41 0 p. A. 43 10 a. A. 46 11 a. A. 46

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