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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - January 28, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaFull weather night colder a a 0the daily Banner a it Waves for ally a a a All the Home news 4 United press service 4 go Folly Indiana saturday january 28, 1939. No. 89 tors to i Nedby 4mberlain that great bit on tint e search f k peace at Birmingham Van any War into which it forced Achord to the ministers Jan. 28.�?<up a prime Ville Chamberlain in a 3nniingham tonight in in Adolf Hitler and Beni that though great is to continue its search intends to win any War t May be forced it was _ a rebuffed at every turn Jil for some Concession Tifental dictators which British people to Europe s peace might be i ted today that he had a Ned to advise Hitler in a nazi fuehrer s speech it a German Reich Stag tit that any sweeping night make would be july Here Hern a remarkable do of the Long awaited of the British govern the dictators Mussolini the newspaper headlines Jung up of army Reserve intimations that Italy a a Viust he conceded excited rumours Concemi that Hitler might make a g speech monday even that he would repayment of the Approxi-1000.000,000 which pc by hid paid in War re last two Days five Brit ministers had Laid the Timber lain a own speech y carefully timed and i offi ii i i announcements. Simon Chancellor of the a ail reviewed in a speech a night Britain s Fin a its Standard of living Ory factors to its might a Hope first lord of the id disclosed in an article hat Britain would Lav new warship every week and said that the British in battleships the Floit is which Are still the Tion of any fleets would july increased Over Ger Japan and France Dur two or three years Sley Wood air minister m in opening an air plane Reading Ai drome yester British production rate lanes had been doubled .8 and would be trebled elements by leaders of More uru Ries would cause to go tement. Coming from country which habitually weakness and is inclined pessimistic View of every i a impressed fore in of a the idea that the Long fall lion was beginning .0 a finite purpose r Chamberlain says or i tonight. He is to make statements on foreign of Huus of commons tues it meets for the first time tuis Mas recess. One will talks he had recently with t Rome the other a Dei foreign Petcy in a full i in this he will be a o any Sta Emonts affecting to Hitler May make to the is armies treat further Many from Greencastle at Valley scout rally Greencastle was Well represented at the Twenty seventh annual meeting of the Wabash Valley Council it of boy scouts held at the shrine Temple in Terre haute. Among those present from h re for the successful rally were e. R. Bartlett Wiiliam Bishop Paul f. Boston e. R. Smth will e. Edington. I Init Schoenman Otis Gardner. R e. Sandy. Or. H. Huckeriede. Eugene Allan Geo be Davis. Charles Sheridan William f. Edington William s. Parks Albert Rosencrans John d. Armstrong and Richard z. Janes. Will e. Eding on was instilled As a vie president of the Council. Steps taken to open War on smallpox Joe Wysong Speaks at Road meeting has been in Putnam county Many times giving local men information t Spur the varsity this week on the program yesterday was Joe Wysong. Who in coast act Man Between the in Nina state Highway commission and county Road authorities. He has been in Putnam county a number of times giving the local men information As to How to make their roads conform to the state Road body a standards n instances in which state Aid is asked. Mir. Wysong. In his speech yesterday. Said Lack of continuity in the office of county Road officials is the greatest Handicap in maintaining a Modem improved system of county roads. Wysong advocated appointment of a permanent county Highway supervisor who would in turn choose competent Road officials to maintain county highways. In regard to co operation Between the state and county on construction projects he assured county Roa i officials a that the state is not setting up a police system Over county Ben Petty chairman of the Road school discussed the types of bituminous Road materials their sources and manufacture. Pm stated that although these materials were used More than any other Low Cost Road material. General Lack of knowledge and faulty operation in their handling caused most of their failures. Many county communities alarmed vaccinations numerous Barnard girl is victim Breaks out. Day after being sent t i her Home from school action sought on wide Seale. Want inside Story of plane Purchase Senate military affairs committee to question army chief Craig 1.1st shirk troops i Wii up two main highways Eona Jan. 28. Up it a nationalist Shock troops path up the two main cat highways with tanks Arm Ancl bombing air planes 1 the loyalist army with a Day. N Spanish foreign k Gion the moroccan army corps est troops in the insurgent a pissed the Shock unit ours they had advanced 22 Miles North of Barcel had passed the line which its had selected for their i North of the City. They tiles from Gerona at first the new loyalist Omer ital and Only 54 Miles from i Frontier. Washington. Jan. 28.�? up it a the Senate military affairs committee planned to ask army chief of staff Malin Claig today for the Quot inside Story Quot of the negotiations whereby France is purchasing latest Type american military Milanes with the full co operation of the government. Revelation that this government was cooperating with French representatives seeking to buy latest Type planes resulted in the committee s decision to inquire extensively into the roles being played by the War. Navy and Treasury departments. William c. Bullitt. U. S. Ambassador to France was revealed to have requested the cooperation of president Roosevelt and Federal agencies in extending Aid to a French Mission planning to spend $6r>.000,000 on Una Nuril i i la lit mrs. Anderson 47, succumbed Friday precautions to prevent a smallpox epidemic were being taken Over a wide area in Putnam county today. It was reported that the situation a Fin cast and Vicinity had developed into a wide spread i Campaign of Vacc nation taking safety measures in fear of an epidemic. At Roachdale according to reliable reports one doctor alone had vaccinated Between 100 and 125 school children following a report that several had been exposed to smallpox. Many others of the Community had to it Een vaccinated during the past few Days. A Barnard girl who attended High school at Roachdale was said to have broken out with smallpox the Day after being sent Home from school thus exposing a number of Otsons in the Northwestern part of the county and spreading the area where alarm has been shown concerning the disease. It was reported that a Man and a woman residing Southwest of Roach Jale were ill supposedly with smallpox. But that authorities of the county had not investigated the Case to quarantine the couple. Roachdale citizens were alarmed Over the Case and were seeking action. They reported that an Effort was being mane to Contact or. Vern Harvey of the state Board of health for immediate action. A local scare was without foun la Tion however when three Dep Auvy j students were found by City health officials to be suffering from chickenpox und no smallpox As had been feared. According to reliable information scores of persons on the Northeast Side of the county As Well As the North Central had been vaccinated against Small pox late this week. New Deal Defeated on Relief move to impose stiff penalties to prevent politics 10-17 s t e vote of e. Newmar. Objectives the is a View of part of the Spanish loyalist capital of Barcelona objective in the present crushing drive by the insurgents under general Francisco Franco. Nicht and Day air raids strained the nerves of the populace and brought death and destruction As the insurgents closed in. Control county tobacco acreage former restriction of v a on prices of tobacco has been removed circuit court notes following the filing of a complaint on account by Madison s. Masten against Philander Pruitt in which the former asked compensation As a partner with or. Pruitt in the building of the Hanna court residences for rent alleged due from or. Pruitt to the partnership for or. Pruitt s occupancy of one of the houses owned by the partnership a Cross complaint from the defendant and an answer by him to the plaintiffs complaint were filed in the circuit court. In the Cross complaint it is alleged that the partnership owed or. Pruitt on several items to a total of Alloo and that or. Truitt owes the partnership nothing. Or. Pruitt is represented by James amp Allec. Funeral services will Lee Herd sunday afternoon at Christian Church mrs. Pearl Anderson age 47 years w be of Frank Anderson Well know local resident. Died Friday afternoon at 1 45 o clock at her Home at 302 North Madison Street following an eight months illness. Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Christian Church. Order of the Quot Eastern Star the Cro tat pm club and the third thursday Bridge club i survivors Are the husband one on James Frederick a brother Ray a Duncan and her father. John Duncan. Both of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held sunday after noon at 2 o clock from the Christian Church in charge of the pastor the Rev. H. C. Fellers the Eastern Star chapter will also take a i part in the services. Interment will j be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends May Call at the Home uni til one hour preceding the services Wisconsin May impeach senator suggestion injected into fight Over appointment of Thomas a Mike Madison. Via. Jan. 28 up1 a suggestion that the Wisconsin legislature consider impeachment proceedings against sen. Robert m. La Fol Lette. Prog. Wis. Was injected today into the fight Over president Roosevelt s appointment of Thomas it. Amlin. Former Wisconsin progressive congressman to a Post on the interstate Commerce commission. Assemblyman Maurice p Fitzsmons jr., fond do Lac a democratic floor Leader made the suggestion on the floor of the Assembly yesterday. He was provoked he said because of published reports that la Follette had said at Washington that he War surprised by the opposition of the Wisconsin legislature to the appointment of Amlie and that he Zouki not alter his stand in support of ample. Wednesday both the state Senate and Assembly adopted resolutions which charge Amlie with having it i a Ini Inch Al Oil i Nice to my i although Tho former r strict Ion of the aaa on the prices of the tobacco raised in Putnam county has been removed along with similar removal efts where there is an acreage allotment for the county which controls the situation to a certain extent it is claimed. The total acc inc allotment for Putnam county for the raising of tobacco is 6.4 acres this year while last year it was 13 acres the limit it was said at the office of the county aaa committee is a ample for the county As last year not nearly All of the 13 acres was used. It was said there that 4.1 acres Only was used last year. Anyone who Contemp Vitos growing tobacco can secure an acreage allotment. There was a penalty put on the Price last year for Sale of i Quantity Over the allotted total of pounds. One Putnam Farmer who did not ask for an acreage allotment last Oasen wis penalized 50 per cent at the Market because of is failure to secure his acreage allotment. Putnam county tobacco patches Are expected to produce approximately 800 pounds per acre on an average according to the aaa statistics. Officers elected to farm meeting How a i . If airman Ano Oral m it in Lugii Nacho Secretary Senate considers further Ament Mats to k i of Rill Pas Sel by House Washington Jan. 28 it up it a triumphant Senate conservatives who beat the new Deal on Relief spending by a one vote majority moved today a to impose stiff Jyh Salties to prevent politics in the works Progress administration j a month of varied congressional rebellion culminated in the 46 to 37 Senate vote to Cut pres Dent Rooso-velt�?T8 deficiency Relief appropriation from $875.000.000 to $725,000.000. The vote backed the so called Honan a Economy Bice Quot and provided a Roll Call politically significant because it foretold new congressional alignments against the administration. The Senate today considers further y Speaks of ii a youngest of amendments to the Relief Bill passed a by the House. They include 1. A Surprise proposal made last night by sen. Bennett Champ Clark. 0f d. ., to prohibit use of Relief funds handbook tells of penal farm state pen a. To correction Al institutions o. Kessler Sim Lili 14i Chalk is supervisor devoted a a. Dicks talked i \ of the Indiana state Pinal a of cropping systems in county Bainbridge wins Tourne rattle lightning finish proves too much Fop Farmersburg outfit it was doubtful today if a Photoflash would have been fast enough to have caught the fast finish of the Bainbridge pointers Over the Farmersburg Plo boys in the Quarter finals of the Wabash Valley titular basketball tournament at Terre haute last night. Although the pointers led from the very Start the Farmers went into a 30 to 27 Lead in the closing minutes a if play to put. The Bainbridge boys behind the eight Ball Bob Michael dropped in two buckets to put the pointers Back in front but Shew maker tallied to give the Edge Back to Farmersburg. Michael again kept the pointers in the running by Knotting the score at 32-All from the foul line in Tho last minute. With less than ten seconds to go. Johnny Whitaker stole the Hall from Farmersburg. Dribbled half the length of the floor to sink a Hook shot which broke the tie and gave Bainbridge a 34 to 52 Victory. This feat sent the pointers into the semifinals. And at 3 of clock this afternoon they were to meet Wiley of Terre haute to see which team would go to the finals against the Winner of the Brazil Decker game. An estimated crowd of 4,000 Valley cont Nueil on Paite two upwards of a Hundred Putnam county Farmers attended the interesting farm manage ment meeting in the court House Friday under the sponsorship of the county farm management committee of which Howard Hostetter is chairman and Oral Mccullough is Secretary. These two it re re elected to serve in these positions another year at the business session of the meeting or. Hostetter presided at the meeting Friday introducing the speakers and conducting the business session. S. O. Kessler discussed the place of hogs in farm management giving those animals top place in farm production. His talk covered the state As a whole but a More local phase of the subject was developed during the discussion following the talk at which time Many pregnant questions were asked touching upon problem of Putnam county producers. L. A. Dicks spoke on variations of cropping systems particularly those adapted to Putnam county soils. He brought out the Well accepted dictum of farming practices that a farm owner should be Able to make a Liv ing for himself and family and still leave his farm in at least As Good condition As when he found it. Of course there ate Many contingent facts to be taken into consideration in accepting this As a Law of agriculture he said. He discussed the use and value of legumes fertilizer and Lime on Putnam county farm land. Grafton Longden gave a talk on the keeping of farm records providing a Means of making an analysis let out Ini Icil �>11 i la it it two a Quot handbook of information state institutions of issued by the division of state institutions. Of which Thurman a. Gotts Page o me Indiana state it Nal farm at Putnamville and Speaks of it As the youngest of the state Pena and correctional institutions. The report explains that the Only charges made to the counties from which the inmates Are sentenced covers Tho Railroad fare advanced to released inmates to the Point from which they were sentenced or to any other Point of equal distance. The farm wis established to depopulate the jails taking the Cus tidy of a male above 16 years of ago. Committed for varying terms of one Day to one year to which fines Are sometimes added from $1 to $1.000 and and court costs recently the practice of transferring men under the supervision of the department of Public welfare from that state reformatory has been carried out with Success. The farm now has the total area of 4.597 acres comprising 2 397 acres owned outright und 2 200 acres leased. The average daily population in recent years has been icy near 1.200 with an annual total of 4,000. Woman hit 1>\ governor die i it. \ Mah of Roa g be is i ring brother of mrs. Helen Peters for Purchase of or construction of armaments munitions or military Barracks. 2. A series of amendments offered by sen. Carl a. Hatch a. N. M., to prohibit the Promise of jobs for political activity prohibit coercion of persons paid with Relief funds or solicitation of Relief clients for political funds. Hatch has agreed to broaden the amendments to cover persons receiving funds from any congressional appropriation. 3. An amendment to restore the House provision forbidding a spa wage differential of More than 25 per cent Between states or areas. Predictions of a big conservative Economy drive As a follow up to yesterday s vote were received doubtfully. Yesterdays vote was largely political and a studied Rebuff to or. Roosevelt. Observers do not believe Congress has yet demonstrated any intention materially to reduce new Deal budgets. The so called a purges Quot who were under new Deal fire or threatened with administration opposition in last years democratic primaries voted solidly against the president. Twenty six of the Senate a 69 democrats joined 20 republicans and sen. Henrik Shipstead Farmer Laberite or Minnesota to give the new Deal its most significant Rebuff since the House rejected or. Roosevelt a government reorganization Bill last april. Furthermore the vote cast in the s Nate was larger than any during ail three sessions of the previous Congress. On March 28. 1958, the sen Ile vote 1 49 to 42 to pass the govem-1 a Mahan of Al i it 1 m it reorganization Bill before Send of surviving Broth r of mis Helen it to its defeat in the House to Peters. 71 years old Fon it v Craw-1 addition to the 91 votes cast then Fordsville resident who tie d thurs a Jere we a two pairs and one absent Day a the methodist hot it a nil at in senator was announced As against it. Ove-1 de yester Lay there were 94 senators 7 when h. -. N muck by an a the floor when the Roll was called automobile in which governor a b. In to three voted there was one Quot Tiger Geihs Loc r to Illi nosed of t by tune of 1 to a i it i \ Bea ten team Marks i i win Chandler of Kentucky vis ruling. The car was driven try Sci and Dan hey of tile Kentucky h. I Wuy it a tool. The chief executive of the Blue grass state Luis paid 1.11 it it of the hos Pital and medical expends of mrs Peters since the injury and has at Pubis own request been kept informed 11 my of tie changes in mrs. Peters Eon when pair sen Dennis Chavez. D., n. M., was Al sent. Will Leav e Siml a for Soi til Amark a cruise and mis w. It Hutcheson will sunday for new York City they will sail tuesday Jan. Fire department to filling station the fire department was filled shortly after two o clock Friday afternoon to the Lineo filling station oin the Corner of Bloomington and Hanna streets. A stove exploded n Tho basement where kerosene and Oil were stored. The damage was estimated at $200. Paul Hetser is the owner of the station. 20 years ago in Greencastle at noon that Day. The marriage of w a Tut icon and Karl Watson was solemnized. The preceding Day. Ethel Watson and Ross Tustison were married. The Watsons Are twin brother and sister. Or. And mrs. Watson now reside at Greenfield and or. And mrs. Tustison live in Green cast \ Kiefer Stewart wrote from Vallejo. Calif., announcing the death of his i brother Glenn. Jeffersonville today continue 1 to hold its undefeated record for the season but last night the Greencastle Tiger cubs put the red devils to wondering when the two teams clashed on the Jeffersonville Hardwood. The red devils emerged victorious by tile close margin of 27 to 24. And the demons were never certain of chalking up their fifteenth consecutive win of the season until the final whistle. Grcencastlc�?T8 defensive play was responsible for slowing Down the Fust Pace of the red devils. The demons average scoring was pruned 11 Points by the Superior guarding of the Tiger cubs. The devils have an average of 38 Points per game this season. Greencastle did a Little better too. Than other red Devil opponents have done. An average of 23 Points per game has been scored against the Demon. The demons took the Lead in the opening Quarter 4 to 3, and at halftime were out in front 11 to 6. The Tiger cubs pulled up in the third period hut the unbeaten Jeffersonville club went into the final round to Ltd of Tom no Oil Mir due two Ilion since she was Hurt being very i on the Gnu Holm for a 56 Day d much concerns Iid. It. Bee a a of the a Richards Bill sent to a Ommittee freaks set dior Meas re affecting schools of j cruise around South America and to the West indies. The itinerary of their cruise is As Fellows from new York to Nassau Haven a Christobal Balboa. Callao Valparaiso puerto Montt chilean Lak Cape pillar. Punta Arenas a Straits of Magellan Buenos Aires Montevideo Santos. Rio de Janeiro Bahia. Para and Amazon. Devils Island and Trinidad. In 016 1 a o a a a a a a a legislature yester a. Tho num. Of v of v 1 representative Richards Owen put today s weather Narn counties appeared As co author a wild o of a Bill which for borrow local temperature a i ing Money by school townships when it pfc 0 a bonded limit is not sufficient to re mostly Cloudy rain in North por place a school building condemned by state fire marshal or in any other manner. Law now limits extended borrowing to condemnation Only by state Board of health for emergency purpose it was referred to the committee j on county and township business. Or. Richards withdrew his Bill which was intended to increase the tax on intangibles from one fourth of one per cent to full on per cent. 1 Tion saturday and by afternoon or night in South portion warmer rain sunday except rain or Snow and colder in extreme North portion. A minimum. 31 6 a. In. 33 7 a. 32 8 a. 36 it a i i. 39 10 a. A. 39 11 a. A. 39

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