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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - June 14, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA 1 the weather t a the daily banned 0q United press service a All the Home news 1 a a i i a a i i or re i a i to to Kohv event held Urli Flag meeting a the us members and a to entertained Bra 11 Lodge it Waves for ally Ltd keen Astle Indiana wednesday june 14, 1k�. No. 206 la he Williams presided Intro it a c. Imp it Idiu Niris a Dill a who presented judge Baumunk i lie speaker l Greencastle elks Lodge held r its finest King Day meetings l. Evening when More than Umbers and guests enjoyed a Chicken dinner ail Fellowship l More than fifty members a Brazil attended the meeting be guest speaker judge John Baumunk is a member of that a Lert e. Williams exalted ruler a Castle Lodge presided. produced Charles Mcgaughey Man of the program committee in turn introduced c. C. Gillen presented the speaker Idle Baumunk thrilled his listen us his ideas on what the Flag ids for and what it should mean american people. said our to Ament was founded on the idea rift and Industry and through 150 years of our existence that simple has been established in can life and in american gov nent. Said there Are now elements at i in our form of government 5li tend to destroy the fund for which the Flag stands he spoke scathingly against this a form of government in our de Baumunk paid a tribute to a a Castle and Community. of the educational Back ground a exists Here and said this comity stood somewhat above the age Community because of these National influences und surround a address held the keenest Interior every listener and Many glow compliments were paid the i r throughout i he evening Fol by the meeting no if it in Likely i will be heard with the great of pleasure in Greencastle Agulan. The president drives full of picnic visuals Royalty rides out to look Over the Roosevelt Timber with the president driving his special car. The Queen sits with him in front Whilo King George is in rear with Young mrs. James Roosevelt. Quot it s Beautiful Quot said the la association met Pue Sdun noon Tikik i Lin testing s Looi children discussed to Aid tri ka1i aide acc f storm aka ii to hitch lot Kkt Man worked nearly a i nigh1 sat How leaking away debris Gib la evidence of the fierceness the windstorm that struck Green last saturday evening is pre Quot a at the City hitch lot across Vine Street where the City to department employees have dumping most of the debris id Ltd by them from the streets Tinb from the storm. Street men worked nearly All saturday night Clearing away a worst of the obstructions which 1 1 traffic and have been Pink at the task Ever since now p engage l with the tag ends of debris the smaller limbs of there was a great Quantity. It the hitch lot. There Are tree pleasuring some 30 inches at put Eini and others smaller hut a Auch Wood in them. The Wood mostly from Maple Trees but 1 a in Rte a represented even Nash and Elm which unusual it wind effectively. Ever. All of these Trees that the hitch lot show a decayed m caused it la f 1at i Vlf it in part by the Star re Hiees by the construct Cement sidewalks gutters Pav Ini n a covering much of the uld depriving the roots 3,1 an food thus causing their Ecay. Most of the soft Maples h destroyed by the storm f a such As had been trimmed and 1 starting the decay process to Ilion has been made yet a Wood that can be Cut from Lurf p trunks. Muchl of it has value for stove fuel but much a is l 0 Rotten to be of value for t . None of it is of saw 1 Quality. Tuberculin testing of children As the most practicable method for detecting exposure to tuberculosis germs was the theme of a round table discussion by those Prescy it at the meeting of the Putnam county tuberculosis association at the College inn tuesday noon. Contact with tuberculosis is often unknown. The tuberculin test helps to find those who have tuberculosis germs in their bodies. If the response is a a positive a red raised Lump will appear at the site of the injection within forty eight a hours if a a negative there will be no local disturbance. The positive reaction indicates that the person has been exposed to some one who is giving off germs or that he himself is harbouring them. It should be understood that a positive tuberculin test does not mean that the child has tuberculosis but it does mean that i should be examined by a doctor and have his Chest a Rayed to be certain that no harm i being done in the lungs. This helps to find out if the germs have done any damage and How much. It should not cause worry to parents. In Many cases subsequent examinations May show the child to be perfectly sound and healthy and that his body is capable of throwing off the disease or that though the germs Are pres. It. Infection in t progressing. To prevent a child with a positive tuberculin test from getting serious tuberculosis he must be Given a Chance to build Good health and he must no longer be in Contact with some one who has tuberculosis. It is repeated Contact with some one having tuberculosis that is most dangerous therefore search must be made for the spreaders and care for them assured so our children May be Safe. So Long As there is a single ease of tuberculosis among us none of us is Safe. We May say that no germs have Ever entered the bodies of those children who have a a negative findings to the tuberculin a St and if guarded from All Contact with tuberculosis i i o n t i it Nuil a Iii i air my six carriers to see fair Ami news Akit leks to to to new Yoke for a week at fair six carriers of the daily Banner and the Indianapolis news will go to new York City june 25, for a week at the world s fair As guests of these newspapers As a result of them winning trips in a subscription contest which closed monday. The local boys who will make the trip Are Frank Donner Felix Cook Orville j. Stewartjr. Harrold Quebbeman Robert Bills and William Shelley. The six local carriers will join others at Indianapolis where they will Board the crack passenger train the american for their trip to new York. They will Stop at the new yorker hotel for the week they Are there and will be Able to see a it everything there is to be seen in the great is dead line for plates next tuesday is the absolute dead line for the taking out of weight tire License plates mrs. Lillie Mcferran in charge of the Putnam county Auto License Agency announces. She has received notification that the state police will begin making arrests on the 21st, of ill persons who Are without Sueh plates but who Are required by Law to have them displayed on their Minan funeral to he held Elmr. Inti Liakim Wil l Iii in Iii Hying ground at rear of it Iii in i receive shipment of Small Mouth Bass the Putnam county conservation clubs received a shipment of Small Mouth Bass tuesday from the state department hatcheries. The Greencastle club received 3600, the Quot Roach Dale club received four cans each can containing 350. The Morton club three cans and three cans were sent to Bainbridge. Three cans of the allotment of the local club was distributed in the Thomas Lake West of town and the remainder in the streams in the Vicinity. Marriage License Raymond Leo Burk Labore. Clinton Falls and Wilma Jean Chadd at Home. Clinton township the body of Wade Millman who fled Early tuesday morning in the methodist Hospital at Indianapolis was removed late that Day to the funeral Home of Allen Campbell in Coatesville and today it was taken to his Home in Floyd township near the Canaan Church. Funeral services will be held in that Church thursday afternoon at 2 o clock and the interment will be in the burying ground at the rear where a Black Marble Tombstone was. Reeled at the site of the grave by or. Millman a couple of years ago. The Stone came from Switzerland it is said. The lev. Frank Brown retired methodist minister who now does some farming will preach the . Brown preached the funeral Sermon for Millmann a father a Uncle Johnny a who died in 1920 at the age of 97. Millmann a 95-year-old sister mrs. Tamara Huber of Coatesville plans to attend the service. She is his Only immediate survivor. The body was placed tuesday night in the coffin which to had made from a log out of a big tree in Liia Yard. At the time or. Millman preached his own funeral Sermon in May 1937. had the coffin carried into the Church by six pallbearers of his own choosing five Farmers and a restaurant counter Man. His opening words at that time Civ a keep your hats on boys if you want to. Nobody a dead Here. This ainu to going to be no solemn a if a Man has lived a Nice moral Millman shouted in a thin voice trying to make himself heard a it is no task for him to preach his own Sermon but for a bad Man it is difficult. 1 have lived a moderately in ral life so i done to know How to preach my own then he to cd a series of personal anecdotes. said he married his wife by cause she owed him $600. And that her sudden death two weeks Hel or was the principal reason he it Contin Iii to on i nut is % i older Days in Portland Mills talked Over was very patriotic Community Alian King and general plan visit 1un june 14�? up the a la y a my Gen. Fransic Spanish Leader will make a a is is to Berlin in september a earned today. It Ictor Emmanuel will be p a Quot a ,10nor command of a Ger a a rest ment. Older Days in Portland Mills that town which is unique in that it i Vii les its rather Small area am no a four Towi ships in two counties Parke and Putnam and which observed dec orator n Day at a will at tended gathering were talked Over by men and women who visited on the Lawn of the Christian Church in which the exercises were held before the opening of the program. It was observed by Many that the town was. In civil War Days the Center of a very patriotic and Loyal population from which was contributed the membership of one company of infantry almost entirely and which furnished Many others for re enlistment. But. It was said in one group thus recalling old Days that the people once were not Loyal that Many of them held pronounced views in favor of state s rights unil the ministry of James Dickson who was pastor of the old be Cedar presbyterian Church Northwest of Portland Mills who was from Baltimore and who preach against the evil of slavery so persistently before the crisis of the civil War came that by the time the first Call for troops came the sentiment of the men had mater ally changed and voluntary enlistments for the Union was very common. Then too during service being held at the of the War by the late elder o. V Badger of Greencastle in the Portland Mills Christian Church which is yet in use a company of men entered with Fife and drum playing and called upon the men of the congregation to enlist. With a very Hearty and enthusiastic response. That Church was built in 1856 or �?T57. The company principally from Portland Mills a d to have been co. I 115th and. Vol. Infantry was commanded at first by Captain Allison. Succeeded by Captain Haun. Colonel Burnsides commanded the regiment it was said. A number of Portland Mills men enlisted in a a Cape William Wimmers Battery of heavy artillery. lived at Bellmore then it was said and later at Greencastle. The name o f will t. Scott and will Are always mentioned too in talk of civil War soldiers at Portland Mills. The Post of the grand army of the Republic formerly Active there was named for Lieut. . P. Huestis recalls his working Days in More than 50 years 1ie hah but two employers Railroad companies was devoted to Iii work to lure was when he started no restriction from Law nor labor unions upon scope of work talking the other Day at his Horn at 512 Routh College Avenue. In Greencastle Frank p. Hustis age almost 87 years told of but two employers which he had during the More than 50 years he worked for a the other both if these employers were Railroad companies the first being what he said was the t. Iii and St. A. And the second the big four corporation which absorbed the former Road. And. Too there was in All of or. Huestis narrative an underlying Basi a of Devoti it a to his work regardless of the length of the working Day. The nature of the task or the size of the pay. There was when h started to work for the t. H., i. And St. A at Irving 111., no restriction from Law nor from labor unions upon the scope of his work. an i he began work each Day when there was something that needed doing and quit when everything was done. Which is quite an a Iconium for any Man. Or. Huestis was born in Madison county Illinois six Miles South of Bunker Hill. October 29. 1852. There were no Brothers but there were two Sisters who Are not now living. The family moved to Irving 111. When he was six years old. 11c attended my Kendron College at Leo anon for a time after completing the Grade school work and after leaving Mckendrey he was tutored at Homo for a time by a German lutheran preacher the Rev. Spring or. At 20 years of age or. Huestis began his Railroad work. Learned the Morse Telegraph code on the old style a a paper transmitter and receiver under the Tutelage of a Man whom the Railroad hired for More than a month to instruct him. That was the beginning of a half Century 50 and a half years in fact of work for Railroad offices. To was paid just nothing at first he said then was advanced to $15 a month and slowly climbed the lad a a a not a very High one to the Maxi i it on i i Hii i iiki1 is Fred f. Bays act inc a a he state chairman Fred f rays Here june 21japs tighten blockades on concessions forbid entry of vegetables to area and arrest american i Motouk Phek British begin negotiations for lie presen i permitted to enter and leave after tin most minute search Demock the St Ati it ii mum \ n to hold big meeting m a i wednesday the Putnam county democratic Central comitto announces a speaking engagement Here of Fred Bays newly chosen chairman of the democratic state Central committee. Or. Bays will speak in the circuit court room at Greencastle the night o wednesday june 21. At 8 of clock. is making a speaking tour of the state talking on the principles of the democratic party in general with no reference it is announced to the candidacy of any person for any office. A general invitation to the Public to attend is extended by the county parking to let a prohibited c Hief Maddox said Fine was from is to $25 to prevent congestion business session held by chiefs French lick ind. June 14 up business session occupied members of the Indiana association of chiefs of police today at their 18th. Annual convention Here. J. J. Robinson head of the criminal Law department of Indiana University will speak at dinner tonight which will be followed by a Stag party Don Stiver superintendent of state police will be the principal speaker tomorrow. The three Day convention will close with a banquet tomorrow night.20 years a to in Greencastle the approaching marriage of Halbert Phillips and miss Eula Fulton was announced to occur june 24. It. J. Gillespie sold the a red Brick House on West will nut Street known As the mrs. E. B. Evans property a to a. B. Hanna. Among the local men who were said by the paper of that Day to be in line to Divide receipts from the Sale of Kentucky Oil leases a a valued a it $400 000 were de Brockway de Hamilton de Houck John Houck Albert Houck. Oscar o Blair and others. Congressman Everett Sanders secured an appointment As Page in the House it Washington for James . C. Gillen and Little daughter Mary Elizabeth drove to Roachdale to visit. A Cdr. And mrs. Cassell Tucker took an automobile trip sunday in their new Oakland car purchased from Elmer Vancleave Over Putnam Parke Clay and Vigo k. C. Yeager drove to Salem in his new Ford Coupe. Or. And mrs. F. S. Hamilton and family drove to squadrons clash at Flint at least six men were Iii Al and 12 others buffered minor injuries Edward Maddox chief of the City police of Greenii Castle this morning asked that the fullest publicity possible be Given the announcement from him that Ali City a ordinance which prohibits double parking of automobiles on the business Section streets will be strictly enforced by the police from now on. Chief Maddox Sai l the Fine imposed for violation is from $1 to $25. The chief said the violators of the ordinance will be cited to appear in the Justice of the peace court into which judiciary most of the traffic Law violators Are taken by peace officers of the Stati and where it is customary to Imp Quot c a Fine upon conviction without i suspension of sentence exc Ptim in extremely worthy cases. Chief Maddox h i. Been receiving complaints of the congested condition of traffic on sheets surrounding the Public Square and nearby and he has determined that the ordinance i intended to prevent such congestion i shall be enforced a without fear it a j lot a to m in and Kiwas International or. And mrs. R. I. Vermillion and or. And mrs. Ii b. Walls will leave thursday morning for Boston mass., where they will attend the International convention. Or. Vermillion and or. Walls Are local delegates to the convention which convenes monday through thursday of next week. They expect to return Home in Assiut two weeks. Flint mich., june 14. Up flying squadrons of the Al and Cio clashed in two serious combats today near Fisher body Plant no. 1 at which the United automobile workers Union led by Homer Martin has unsuccessfully attempted to strike. At least six men were Hurt and a dozen others suffered minor injuries As clubs stones and fists flew in one engagement at. The Plant and another in front of the respective Union Headquarters which Are in the same building police officers Plain clothes men and Deputy sheriffs broke up both engagements which momentarily threatened to develop into riotous fighting. They raided the Cio offices after the second Battle and confiscated a Shotgun a Quantity of roller bearings and a dozen lengths of heavy Iron pipe. The Fisher Plant As Well As the Chevrolet units at we hich the Law Al called an ineffective strike reopened again meanwhile and were operating at . Jam a veins Dies a Llo Ashdale ski lbs after illness of one months duration on tuesday mrs. Nadyne Loretta Owens. 24, died at 4 45 of clock tuesday after mum it Roachdale at the Homo of her parents. Or. And mrs. John Jameson. She had been ill one month with a complication of diseases. Mrs. Owens waa born in Danville 111., Jan. 8. 1915, the daughter of John and Clara Miller Jameson. She was married to James Owens of Indianapolis april 0. 1934. Surviving Are the husband parents two sons. Jerry Richard and James Robert Owens one sister. Mrs. Wilma Kiefer and three Brothers Burchard Paul and Henry Jameson. All survivors except the parents Are residents of in Liana Plis. Tientsin. China. June 14. Up Japan a Lamping Down a progressively tighter military blockade on the British and French concessions today forbade the entry of vegetables to the area and arrested an american news reel photographer who sought to film blockade activities. From a comparatively minor dispute Between the japanese and the British the tientsin situation had become the first move in a determined big scale japanese Campaign to Force the Western nations to cooperate in the fight of Japan against China. Eight hours after the blockade started japanese pickets who guarded All entrances to the concessions suddenly forbade the Entrance of vegetables to the More than 100,000 people in the area. A Little later japanese gentries arrested Eric Mavell Fox movie tone photographer of san Francisco for trying to film the minute searching by japanese soldiers of civilians who sought to enter or leave the concessions. The British consulate began negotiations at once in Hope of effecting his release. Mayell was aboard the United states gunboat Panay which japanese bombing and machine gunning air planes Sank in the Yangtze River above banking dec. 12, 1937, with the loss of three lives. Four Hundred american civilians and 223 United states marines under col. William g. Hawthorne were involved in tin blockade along with 6.000 other foreigners and 100 000 chinese. Vegetable prices trebled As the japanese imposed their food ban. Earlier a Tokyo foreign office spokesman had expressed belief that entry of foodstuffs to the isolated concessions would be permitted. But the blockade tightened steadily. For the present individuals were permit d to enter and leave the concessions after the most minute search from head to foot by japanese soldiers. Unions particularly were sought out for special attention. Some of them w. Re forced to remove their socks As the japanese searched l inf Dimuil i in Menean Flajs displayed today i j v honouring win bursary of in m on or ii stars and stripes were adopted american flags were displayed in the Down town Section of Greencastle and at Many residences today honouring the anniversary of the Day on which the Continental Congress formally adopted the stars and stripes As tin Flag of the United states in the year 1777. The anniversary was first formally observed in the United states in 1897, and since that time the Date has been observed by patriotic programs by organizations and in schools very generally Over the country. Incidentally this Date also is the anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1811. She died in 1896, and because of her authorship of a Uncle Toms Cabin a was one of the Best known women writers of the United states. O 0 a o $000 @ a today a weather a a and 0 a local temperature a generally fair and warmer tonight thursday thundershowers cooler in extreme Southwest portion. Minimum 6 a. In. 7 a. In. 8 a. In. 0 a. M. 10 a. 111. 11 a. M. 12 noon 1 p. M. 2 p. In. 52 54 60 65 66 69 73 71 76 76 a

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