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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - July 14, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a a a h. A the weather Mil am cooler 4p a i -5 a a a the daily Banner 0 United press service All the Home news .1. It it Waves for All a a forty seven a be incas pipe Indiana Friday july 14, 1939. Not. 232 Bridge use show a attraction by fair am Armelo in business rut the sri a. Many horses entered s m a Quot Sisemo bar animal shown Thun Day with mrs 1 11 township winning stakes my a Ore j Jay horse show and rival promoted by the boosters club staged in a town Section of that com not a big Start thursday age crowd of interested in attendance a tie face of the business men of the town who contributed most of Quot a the prizes lot the winners in the Var in. Ious contest in the horse show wore Sho hospitable smiles while exhibitors From their rival town in the Northwest Comer of the county Russell Volle pocket. I much of the Money but bad of the smiles it was apparent the i schemes already were my being hat it 1 Larj some of Hie Money when Russellville v become Al e Host for the horse and cattle men of the Region next month. Boyd and 1 Grimes. Russellville won first Andl Sei end for Best i draft Mare or gelding any age. Everett Graham of Russellville won second a in that of in the two year class first place be Simpson. Second place a 1 to Boyd and Grimes stallion showing Ivan in a went was in Walt Winner. In draft suckling Colt Claas first was won by Jesse Cox second by Lawrence Cox and third by How for Cox. These three win ners Are Atli r and sons. They live near Bain Ridge. Draft m and Colt first and second to ask Cox. First malt it for Best draft stallion a Juany afe a was won by Curtis Cox a Tangier i second to Allan Johnson. 4 a pm is i the dip pal team hitched contest Boyd and crimes Sec a end Plsen was Given Vigil Ader i Bainbridg the patched team any age. limited in first to Boyd and Grimes see it and to Virgil Ader. I the Gen eral purpose Mare or gelding Content gave first to Everet Graham Russellville second to Frank. Bainbridge third to Virgil Ader. Beat mule was shown by n. G. Nicholaon. Bainbridge second Best by Sam Junt Cliff Bainbridge. Kiting mule first and Only g. Nicholson and Colt was exhibited Colson. Nukes went to Boyd and Grima. Or. Just a 57. Key a tilt f the it rat d the fill. Lore band was the big attraction kit of the Day aside from the a a horse allow itself. That aggregation led the Fig Parade around the Busi Lodestone i urls cars up mystery Hill Leominster masu., july 14.�? up a natural Deposit of magnetite Lodestone provides the motive a Csc. On the mystery Hill where Toda thousands of motorists were watching their cars move up e. Gentle Elc pc with motors dead and gears disengaged. This was the conclusion of Roscoe j. Whitney a mineralogist the first scientist to arrive at the scene of the wonder whose Fame already was attracting the curious from hundreds of Miles. Whitney said there were deposits of magnetite Lodestone at Moncton n. B., and in Nova Scotia which were sufficiently powerful magnetically to pull automobiles to them. Discuss embargo on violators Senate committee debate giving Roosevelt Power spa strikers Back to work under limit two counties return before deadline set 1,10 0 c l a v c o u n t v m e n Vermillion Vigo and Parke county workers have taken no action it Best place to beet by Washington. July 14 up the Senate foreign relations committee today debated a proposal to give president Roosevelt the Power to impose embargoes against Japan. The Resolution sponsored by chairman key Pittman. D., nev., proposes an arms embargo against All violators of the nine Power treaty. That Trcay pledges it signatories to respect China s territorial integrity. The state department has charged Japan with violating it. The general neutrality question was in what Pittman called a Quot state of senators awaited word from the White House on what action if any the administration planned in an attempt to revive neutrality revision legislation at this session. President Roosevelt said yesterday he had not decided whether to Send a special message on neutrality to Congress and was not prepared to say what his next move might be. Pittman said Secretary of state Cordell Hull would not at end today r meeting but that some state department representatives might be a amp Mcd if the committee to hear them. Senator Bennett. Champ Clark. Mo., a Leader or the isolationist group said he would insist on obtaining from the state department an expression of its views on the proposal to embargo arms to nine Power treaty violators. Pittman sought to work out a Compromise Between his plan which would give the president wide discretion and one by sen. Lewis b. Schwellenbac d., Washington which would give Congress a Check on the chief executive. A Compromise also sought was in the grounds on which embargoes might be imposed by United press striking spa workers in two Indiana counties had returned to their jobs today As workers in other counties unaffected yet by the five Day dismissal deadline set up by National officials remained away from work. Approximately 1.100 Clay county workers at a mass meeting last night voted to return to work today at the end of the five Day limit before they would be dismissed. They went on strike monday. The meeting voted to continue working but to stage a one Day suspension of work july 20 in protest j to the regulations. At Bicknell striking spa ers on the new High school gymnasium returned to their jobs yesterday. Oik Day before they would have been eligible for dismissal. Workers in Vermillion Vigo and Parke county had taken no action on whether they would return to their jobs. Only a few workers in Vermillion county would be affected by the five Day ruling As the others did not leave their jobs until after monday. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend in a message to the workers Alliance spa Union last night urged All workers to return to their jobs pending disposal of a congressional amendment that would restore the prevailing wage scale to spa work Era. He said that he had inform deportation urged a deportation to native Australia is urged for Harry Bridges Center West coast Cio Leader charged with communist activities. Daughter Jacqueline at left with counsel Carol King. Damage Lay dogs less than before the figures Given in the daily Banner thursday concerning the status of the indebtedness in All townships of the county with the exception of three arising from the depredations of dogs among livestock. Were Large but by contrast with the similar amounts outstanding a year ago there is a marked decrease. These debts of townships because of the killing of livestock by dogs arc decreasing rapidly. This decrease is being secured in two ways by the payments made from time to time by trustees to claim holders and also by the lessening of the amounts added to the totals of the claims due to the decrease in the out Lum Al a in pit it two Mercl by at 1 h degrees late thurs. Hottest u to noon of Tiff year Felt in the try by t Coli. Winds came temperature Down today Cool Nils front West mud night comfortable. In Rutht Perlis Aro for conduit of hot l us England prepares Industry for wat i Wick 15,000 japanese in demonstration British embassy in Tokyo is Suene of great mass meeting this morning Tokyo july 14 up fifteen thousand persons massed before the British embassy today hurled misses and japanese flags into the grounds and shouted anti British epithets. It was called the biggest anti foreign demonstration in recent japanese history. The demonstration was held As foreign minister Hachiro a Rita and sir Robert Craigie British Ambas. Sador consulted Over the program lion that both Indiana senators were supporting the amendment. Ite advertise for school repair bids for negotiations on the japanese blockade of the British and French concessions at tientsin. A foreign office spokesman announced that the government was not involved and that the demonstration was spontaneous. Other Well informed sources s id that the anti British movement was fully Rogi a rented and that oven in primary the time originally advertised that purpose and the new Date Sigler of Greencastle horse show events and it a pinned on the ribbons former Depauw student Dies in Indianapolis Dudley Muncie 40 years old son of prof. And mrs. E. M. Muncie of Brazil and a former Depauw student died thursday morning in the veterans Hospital at Indianapolis of uraemic poisoning. He was a world Walt a Veteran. In the War h a was a member of the famous 53rd heavy Artil at the opening of the Jery funeral services will be head saturday at 10 of clock at the family residence in Brazil. Lik w 0 show thursday afternoon and then 25l pm Ogram of concert numbers on in aug two fair Board met to make plans May ilk 91,�?T bar of i Board members absent but 111 decision on some measures from the 1 Putnam City of mom county fair directors caused a rather an dance at tin coating of the disc tors. Thursday evening but the inter is of those attending was quite a Dent. Oah ukers Secretary was authorized a Purchase material for pens to be used at the fair decided also that the fair frn will Purchase electric be used in illuminating the such wiring in past years ten borrowed. Handy representing the flub made a Roques that the Kroger store a re advertisement for bids for the remodelling of the school building at Roachdale is necessary be i cause Only one bid was received at. ,. F schools children were being urged to Cut write anti British essays 2 of clock. August 3. And it is hoped Kif a thousand persons had rallied by the trustee of the township Andi in the Hibiya Parl it to ounce Brit by the advisory Board that More a ainu then 15.000 persons accompany than one bid will be received by that led he Banila paradei1 it Art the pm time. And that at least one of them j Bassy will be lower than that received on they massed in streets nearby and the first Date advertised. The Law halting at the embassy Gates listen requires More than one bid be Ore a to leaders who urged them to contract can be let. It is considered probable at Roach weight tax Ixl is i pm iced three judge federa court opinion is Gien in Indiana weight tax suit conduct Siam air raids in All parts of country Indianapolis. July 14. A three judge Federal court dismissed a suit challenging constitutionality of the Indiana truck weight tax Law. Holding issues in the Case had been already adjudicated. Ralph Tilley Indianapolis truck owner brought the complaint against state officials and the Treasury department in Southern Indiana j and villages hurried to their posts. District court. I fire department ambulance Gas de the trans american freight contamination and other units got London. July 14 up great Britain s vital War industries in the Rich midlands area operated under War conditions for four hours today during a Gigantic a Black out of anti aircraft defences. At Midnight air raid sirens Shook de in the 17 midlands counties in a which tens of thousands of men were working the night shifts in hundreds of factories now devoted to building an armament unprecedented in peacetime. As the signals sounded air Force planes some simulating raiders others defenders took off from Fields throughout the area. Air raid precaution units in cities Dale Tomt the contemplated work on the school building cannot be completed in time for the usual Date for the opening of school and that the time thus lost will have to be made up by extending the 1939-1940 ses Force their Way into the grounds. Five Hundred policemen massed three deep at All entrances to the grounds and held the demonstrators Back. As the demonstrators shouted and threw their misses and flags some of their number on motorcycles sent ing not yield. Sion into the usual vacation period j their machines into the Gates seek to break them. The Gates did japs May Force severity tientsin China. July 14 up Japan a blockade of the British and French concessions at tientsin is Only in its first stage and army authorities Are considering the App a cation of More severe stages Japan est sources said today. M. I. Ricketts has Long experience As jeweler optician Here in City m. Ricketts jeweler and optician expressed himself this morning As being somewhat shy of being considered one of the old timers in Greencastle. And. As a matter of fact although he actually is among the oldest of the business men in Point of years in business he does not have to be particularly old himself to have that classification. He got into that category by reason of the somewhat rapid a a turnover in the ranks of Greencastle a merchants during the last several decades. Or. Ricketts gives 33 years As the length of the period during which he has been in business by himself. During a period before that he was with his brother James in the latter a jewelry store which was on the Down town Corner now occupied by the Milroy Gor is of such character which Don shoe store was there before that St have interfered to sonic he succeeded to the business and of the the showing of the Hor a crated it in the same place then pcs shall this year be moved Back i moved to his present location a few farther a shooting gallery last year. 1 doors South in the same building. He the most successful exp in a Haa occupied but those two rooms for his business during the entire 33 of horses or. Handy said. I Fred Pease of the concessions Eom a 2 Mittee was present at the meeting and Fie promised that his committee would work with the horse Sho a committee in the Mere satisfactory a Jav locating of the noisy concessions. Years. Of course there have been Many changes in the Host of business men in this Community even during those 33 years but those changes Are More or less familiar to the general Public. Frank and Charles Are not living. M. Ricketts is the son of the Lute George Ricketts Painter and decorator who died in 1913 at the age of about 75 years. The Mother was Mary Catharine Smedly a Sis Ter of Lon Smedley formerly superintendent of school of Putnam county and also a sister of mrs. Harry Gardner. Mrs. Will Howe and mrs Powhatan Elliott. The Mother died some seven years ago at the age of More than 94 years. George Ricketts the father was brother of mrs. Howard Briggs. Mrs. Mary Martin mrs. Colonel Morrison. Dan and James Ricketts the latter having be. N an employee in the government printing office at Washington Many years and mrs. Frances Cutler. The father died in Illino Many years ago. Dan Ricketts wife was a daughter of the late E. Williamson. All of these Are now dead. M. Ricketts Grandfather was tames Ricketts or. He and his wife operated a hotel located on the site of the present Stevens drug store. Brothers and Sisters of m. D Ricketts now living Are George of St. Louis Fred and Clyde. Chicago Otho Tonawanda n. Y. Fannie Chicago. Other Brothers James Italy expels Many foreigners Rome july 14�? up Italy a sudden expulsion of All foreigners from her northernmost province was at the request of Germany High diplomatic sources reported today. Usually authoritative circles sad the real reason was fascism a determination to italian ize All Bolzano province which was taken from Austria after the world War. And Berlin had asked Rome to avoid the appearance of acting Only against the German minority. As a result a sweeping order was issued to rid the popular tourist zone of foreigners while the problem of the German minority was settled. Lines inc., of Detroit which had filed a similar suit in Northern Indiana District court intervened in the action. The judges said Marion Superior court and the Indiana supreme court already had ruled on questions raised in the Case in a suit instituted by Kenneth g. Foster of Indianapolis. In that Case the tax was held constitutional. The court described Tilley a complaint As a a class suite and contended he had representation in the Foster Case because Foster sued for himself and others in a similar position. Judge Walter e. Treanor of the Chicago Federal circuit court of appeals and District judges Robert c. Baltzell and Charles c. Briggle made the ruling. Into action. In such cities As Birmingham. Sheffield and Leeds defense units of the night shifts quickly screened windows turned out Ordinary lights turned on special yellow lights for close up work and Blue lights for ceilings and screened the glowing apertures of chimneys and blast furnaces. Air raid precaution squads operating from secret Headquarters directed air raid wardens auxiliary firemen ambulance workers and Gas decontamination squads in their work As Dummy bombs were exploded. Jack Lynch 1 i neral to be held saturday Greencastle and Community experienced the firs 100 degree temperature of 1039 on thursday when the Mercury sky rocketed during the late afternoon to record highs for the season. Several showed As much As j 103 degrees while Many went to the 100 Mark for the first time this year. Greencastle was no the Only hot spot in the country As the heat inv a was general Over the Midwest. However. A fair Breeze that cooled the atmosphere rolled in about dusk an 1 by bed time it had cooled off considerably and it turned out to be a fair night. Thursdays High Mark recalled to Many in this City the hot july of 1936. When the Mercury soared from test i to degrees to 111 for a period of several weeks or nearly the entire month. As a result of the intense heat in Indiana on thursday there were several heat prostrations and Many suffered from illness As a result of the High temperature. In Indianapolis the previous High of 94 degrees was put in the Shade shortly after noon As the thermometer registered 97. Three persons were overcome by heat. The Mercury Sho. To 100 at Crawfordsville for the first time since August 24. 1936. Another summer record at la Porte where a High of 95 was reported. Many states in the West remained in the path of sultry winds. A Reading of 100 was registered in Omaha while Nebraska suffered its third consecutive Day of 100-Plui discomfort. The Peak for the Day in Kansas City was 102 the maximum in Hays and Chanute. Kan., was 107. Other hot spots included Ottawa 111., 102 Ottumwa Iowa 97 Contrella ill., 94 Cleveland 92. Chicagoan spent a Day in a virtual boiler room. The temperature there touched 97. The highest for tin Date on record and the warmest Sinco june 24. 1937. Detroit a 5 6 and Milwaukee s 91 established new High Marks for the season Springfield. 111., with 10. Simmered in the hottest weather of Corn production above a Cruji Plant 98% As Many ures of Corn As year ago although 98 per cent As much acreage was planted to Corn last Spring in Indiana As a year ago the states Corn crop now promises 178,192.000 bushels 43 bushels per acre which is a total production 10 Pef cent higher than for the average of 1928-37, when an average of nine i per cent More acres was planted j today reported. Stocks of Corn on farms were estimated As 47,263.000 bushels with last year at 56.183.000 bushels and the 1928-37 average at 24,190,000 Bush it Els. Winter wheat prospects were unchanged from last month with r. Pro i auction of 25.624,000 bushels from an indicated yield of 16.5 bushels. Harvest began earlier than usual but greater use of combines tended to delay Competition. Stocks of wheat on farms were averaged at funeral services for Jack Lynch i a former resident of Greencastle a who met death in an automobile Accident wednesday evening at Laramie Wyo. Will be held saturday afternoon at 3 30 of clock from the Baki r funeral Home in Danville with initial in the Danville cemetery. Or. Lynch was a Nephew of Ernest Stoner and mrs. Nellie Stoner of this City and Andrew Stoner of near Reeste Villa. Of Immord 20 years ago in Greencastle misses Emma and Ella Beckweth returned from Ray View. Mich. Arthur Reat and Fred Crawford drove in the Reat car to Newport Clinton and Rockville. In driving to Indianapolis with their children or. And mrs. Fred Thomas had an Accident in which their car was damaged. Paul Wright business manager of the Greencastle band announced that More than 70 people had subscribed to the concert fund. Jacob Hirt was spending several Days at eel River. Miss Nina Cook visited friends in Indianapolis. Have sad news for squirrels bad news for the squirrels is being announced by Robert w. Day 210 West Poplar Street Greencastle. A it rained on the first Day of june and there will to but few beechnut a said or. Day a a rain on that Day causes a blight that shrivel the kernels of the nuts. There will be the burs of or. Day said Quot but the meat of the nuts wont then be added another saying which he says always Quot works Quot if there is a rain on the first Day of june it will rain every Day for the next Twenty one Days. And a a he added Quot in 1927 it rained june first and every Day after that for Twenty seven reckless Driver is found guilty Esther Dunbar tried in court As result of twin killing a jury in the Hendricks county circuit court has returned a verdict against miss Esther Dunbar of Indi an a Polis who was charged with involuntary manslaughter and Reckly s driving because of her part in a collision of her car and one driven by Elmer Paris of Indianapolis on the National Road. September 5, last year. In that collision. Clifton and Eugene Parris. 15 and 13 years of. Were killed. Their Mother and i younger brother also were in the car. But they and the father were not seriously Hurt. The Parris family had been visiting or. And mrs. Claude rakes at Bello Union former Home of the Parris family. They were on their Way returning to Indianapolis. About a mile East of Stilesville their car was overtaken and struck from the rear by a car containing three soldiers from fort Harrison and two Indianapolis women. The Parris car Side swiped a Bridge parapet and the body of the car crashed like an eggshell spilling its human Load onto the Roadway and into a ditch. Occupants of the car driven by miss Dunbar were Ernest Wade John Paul Jones Harlan Leroy Bush soldiers stationed at fort Harrison and Helen Wade of Indianapolis. H a Milf nerd min a a a a if two death Haims George Leonard Well known Makmer Dies after to o weeks George Leonard age 76 years died thursday night a his Home South of Stiles me. Following a two weeks illness. Or. Leonard wus a wed known Farmer. Survivors Are the widow. Mrs. Etta Leonard two sons Foster of Oklahoma and Lester of Madison township one daughter mrs. Bonnet Scuggs of California one sister mrs. Alice Smith of Stilesville and a brother William Leonard i it of Indianapolis. Funeral services w it be held sunday Flemon at 2 30 of clock from a the Stilesville Christian Church to charge of the Rev. Reuben Manten of Belle Union. Interment will be made in the Stilesville cemetery. Friends May Call at the Mccurry funeral Home until saturday afternoon when the body will be taken to the Leonard residence. A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fair tonight and saturday cooler in extreme South portion tonight sunday generally fair and warmer in a a ast and South possibly local showers in Northwest portion. Minimum 65 c a. M. 69 7 a. In. 77 8 a. M. 79 9 h. M. 82 10 a. A. 84 11 a. M. 85 l2 noon Kab 1 p. A. 87 2 p. M 87

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