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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - March 2, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThe Vik and warmer of the daily Banister a it Waves for ally go a t press service All. The Home news 1 4 a .j5$ Rilk flt by seven fes held fill Day for v y. Nelson a go n a the of Putnam a i my had been ill one month Kun in Indianapolis _ 0 of sited now owned by James i. N Ixl my a of cowl Kambo o a i Nal services were held at Brick �1 this afternoon for Newton y. 94 years old. Native of put Rounsv who died tuesday night . At 1260 Rockwood Aye a Indiana Polis. He had been u1 a Nelson was a son of or. And i. I Nelson who settled in a or Days. The nil it 14 m win is known Ess id 36, West of the in action with mad 43. Part of that 11 a nil now tie Trig owned by a i i not non. Ind by mias Hazel b if t his City. Nev ton y. Nel Nas torn on the old James i.1 in lace he was an Uncle of Hrnry rambo and or. Charles or of Thia City o great Uncle of Laura Marshall and Janies Al miso of i Greencastle an Uncle of and Andrew Nelson of Craw Ville there Are Sonto other res m the a wanly outside of the s Lina i Nelson was one of the Mitizi ii of the county who do to tin Early funds of Indiana or University. His wife qua Lei Tembrook of Rockville who in 1927 his first vote was cast Grraham Lincoln for president e a ted the Republican ticket in last 19 National elections i Church Merit lie Rah in was tat Hollst Church and it is noted he Sang in the choir of the 111 of that denomination Many at Chrisman 111, where he i number of years after Leav it Nam county in his Young Man he was a member of the a order since 1875, and also a i of the modern Woodmen of a ii. O daughters who survive or. N ire for Feliia welding if Napolis and mrs. Nora Wilson Ike Charles. La. The Reo Are five children and four great grand funeral services for or. Nel Ere held thursday Forenoon at a clock in Indianapolis. A Lisle Empire subject of talk i i i ii up in akm am kith Jukam would increase i a Khan Gastle Indiana Iii Kasday. Matuh 1939. No. Ali Rev. Claude Mcclis re organizes Quot pastor s c lass Quot Rev. Claude m. Mcclure of Zofcin memorial methodist Church has organized a a a pastor s class Quot which meets every saturday morning during Lent in Community Hall from 10 to 11 of clock. The class plans to discuss the following subjects March 4 Quot Jesus and his March 11 Quot what is religion a March 18 a Why do we have Christian churches a a a a March 25 a a what do christians believe about god. The Church and its sacraments a april 1 Quot what is the value of the Church to the Community and the world a it will be helpful if parents will encourage their children to spend those saturday mornings with the minister discussing the fundamental beliefs of the Christian religion. Proposals considered by senators woman eating hkkne1j- to death driving toward final Journ ment would reduce Gross tax c Ommittee recommends plan a prop pets of election Hill attempted tip withdraw it from committee Chen Worth Home damaged let fire Fla holi of Kaki very rapidly in basement two Unes of Hose Laid o. R at 8 of clock this morning fire was discovered in the Chenoweth Home at 202 West Washington Street and. Because of the headway it had made before it was found the fire department of the City was unable to a Check its Progress before much damage had been inflicted on the budding. The a it Nfn a was occupied by mrs. J a. R. Chendt Oeth. Or. And mrs. Eugene Chenoweth. Anti or Ami mrs. Paul Frazier. Some of the members of the family who were having breakfast in the dining room were very much surprised to see flames emerging from the floor of that room the first indication they had that the Quot budding was burning. The d Ning room i amp Over the Furnace in the basement Ami it appeared the Blaze had some connection with the proximity of the floor of that room to the Furnace. The flame3 spread very rapist to in the basement and. Once they had eaten their Way through the floor above the Furnaca. They reached adjoining parts of the ground floor of the House within a very few minutes. Two lines of Hose were Laid by the fremen. And men among the bystanders helped direct the streams of water into the burning building. The Interior of the House by med out. Anil the contents were destroyed. Indianapolis. Ind. March pm gov. M. Clifford tim Send today signed the new Mark land liquor control Bill and tonight Indiana a taverns will close at Midnight instead of i a. In. A the new Law had an emergency clause which made it effective the minute it was Sig Mil by Townsend. Kansas City. To. March 2.�? it up mrs. Dorothy Barber. 20. Wife of a vipa worker was slowly eating herself to death today. She ate and ate and ate while Phy a Hiciano at general Hospital frankly puzzled by her Case made numerous tests in an Effort to arrive at a True diagnosis. They said she would die unless her strange abnormal App dense tote could be satisfied or it be returned to Normal. Mrs. Barber appeared at the Hospital clinic last night munching a Candy bar. Arryl told of a year of misery in which Ghe was always hungry but never satisfied. Election of Pope Phis a is announced Eugenio a Cruz elected by cardinals accepts name of Pius a Row gathered John Spencer is out on 1000 Bond i a Ltd up in England Sarma program will increase her in yemeni problem since the world hinders in or National Trade i lands important Export of sri using Industry,�?�0 said s. K. In mis final lecture in the m Ison Walker series at Dev Rosity thursday morning though steel and shipbuilding the unemployment Fig-1 reached the two Phillion near the percentage of the tates in the to depression or. Ratcliffe discussed i 1 ins of the British Empire i of a topic. Quot what next in Brit i lain cd that the War scare fill rdc to some extent eng a using program and general of living but will no doubt a Leve of Public health in a m fitness Campaign Quot in the m Field there May Well be a a traction of the National gov pm with even More National it v and cooperation Cfall Parij possibly under a younger 1 i Minuter a or. Ratcliffe pro when Hitler demands Coll the speaker there will be Between Chamberlain and a per cent of his party on the 1 Quot of negotiation. M the Maze of English colonial 1 or. Ratcliffe chose three c s briefly the situations in India and Palestine. Quot the pest Ion is purely an Irish pro bar the disunion of the free and Ulster England is a fore a r in this matter and there is Fol he said. In India r Hope for National self govern Quot the progressive provinces e native princes can Settle a Ferencek. 1 1 f can see no solution of the ine problem since the jews 1 p�8ibly establish a National 1� Quot in lining on a no too John Spencer the former Jackson township resident concerning whose guilt on a statutory charge the Petit jury of the Putnam circuit court could not agree at Liberty on a thousand Dollar Bond pending a decision As to what further action will be taken in his Case. The Bond of one thousand doll Ais was9 fixed by the court after the jury reported no verdict the Bond originally having been five thousand dollars. Spencer had been in the custody of the sheriff most of the time in the jail at the Insana state farm having been unable to furnish the five thousand Dollar Bond but he secured the reduced Security and was set at Liberty for the present. 10 k files disclose powerful acid if Poi Rei into Ocean might eat Ahkoi Gil armoured plates of ships los Angeles. March 2.�? up secret fees of the naval intelligence department. Introduced at the trial of three alleged soviet russian spies disclosed today that United state agents had discovered just below the Border in Mexico a Cache of powerful a d which if poured into the Ocean might eat through the armoured plates of battleships and sink them. Drums of this acid were transported to a spot off the lower California mexican coast by the German Edna Indianapolis. Ind. March 1.�? up driving toward final adjournment monday the Senate today began consideration of two proposals for reducing the Gross income tax on retail merchants while the House was scheduled to Start work on Tho biennial budget Bill in committee of the whole this afternoon. O the Gross income tax proposals both reported out by the Senate i Mocq committee would Amend a House Bill which called for a reduction in the retail rates from one percent to one half of it one percent and a lowering of the exemption from $3.000 to $1,000 democratic committee members recommended a plan drafted by Seft. Jacob Weiss. Indian Palig Democrat which would establish a graduated scale of rates. A minority report signed by the three a Publ can members would reduce the rate of retailers to three fourths of one percent and establish the exemption at $. 000 under the Weiss plan a Rato of three tenths of one per cent arc in i be applied to the first $15.000 income and the rate would the raised one tenth of one percent for each additional $5,000 income. Income of $100,000 and Over would be taxed rtt two per cent. There would be no exemption for any retailers. Weiss estimated that this plan would reduce income tax Revenue about $1.800,000 annually and in order to make up this deficit he would apply a tax the same Ratas on manufacturers and producers in the natural o resources industries. This tax. However would he a production instead of an income tax because the United states supreme court has ruled that income derived from interstate Commerce is not subject to state taxation. A Weiss estimated that the production tax would net the Stato about $2,000,000 annually. Proponents of the primary election Bill said they would make another attempt today to withdraw the measures from the House elections committee. Tie Bill which would provide for nomination of governor and u. S. Senator by direct primary has been passed by the Senate. An attempt to .withdraw1 fhe Bill yesterday i afternoon was Defeated for the second time on a voice vote although proponents claim they have enough votes pledged to pass it. Also Defeated was a move to Force the Senate s Central counting Bureau measure from the elections committee. In both instances speaker James m. Knapp ruled against the measure on voice votes. Two new plans for distributing gasoline tax receipts to cities and towns both different from the measure already approved by the House have been drafted by the Senate roads committee and were to be reported out today. Gub activities o opened wednesday a 1 a Saddle club held dinner and entertainment for members at Bon ton Putnam county a Saddle Forse club opened its activities in a big Way wednesday night at Bon ton no. 2. With dinner an Quot auction Sale and other features provided for the entertainment of the 100 members and guests present the setting was appropriate with saddles horse shoes ten gallon hats crops hoots Gay blankets stirrups and other regalia becoming to Saddle horse enthusiasts used in the attractive decoration scheme mrs. Gordon Prevo had charge of decorations. Members of Tho club wore Riding habits. Albert e. Williams county prosecutor. Served As toastmaster and introduced the speaker1 of the evening. Floyd j. Hemmer. Superintendent of the Indiana state farm at Putnam Ville outlined the objectives of the dub saying that the main idea of first tune that card lids arranged a to bowl Majit news of balloting. Vatican atty March 2. Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli Secretary of Pope Pius i. Was today elected the 262nd Popo and will Rutilo for the rest of his life As head of the Ron i j Catholic Church. Vicar of Christ and Spir father of 332,000.000 catholics throughout Tho world. He we ill use the title of Pius Xii. 0 Tho new Pope is comparatively Young his election coming on his 63rd. Birthday. He was bom March 2. 1876, of Middle class roman Pir engage. The Pope is regaled As a Brilliant statesman who was Behuni the a n policies of plus i the Trail scholarly Pope them an a amp ared in Liis Robes of Stato on the cent nil Balcony of the Vatican and imparted his first Blessing to the world. O e the Pope s Vleo was Clear and of cry steady in pronouncing his Bone it us Tion. The crowd in Tho Square below cheered wildly while the Pope made Tho sign of the Cross slowly with his right hand. Idle new Pope Quot imparted his Blessing standing. For years the roman pc Opie have seen their Pope transported to the Balcony in the Gesta trial chair partly because of Pius Xis weak legs. Today plus Xii walked to the Balcony with a steady stride. He stayed on the Balcony on a former ambassador to Germany on trial Hanover a. March 2 it up a the trial of Wil Liam e Dodd former ambassador to Germany charged with hit run driving and causing serious injury to Lois Grimes four year old negro child opens today in circuit court. Dodd has been under $2.000 Bond since the Accident. Dec. 5 he was travelling toward Petersburg for a lecture at the time of the Accident and was arrested later at his Home in round Hill. To said he thought his car had missed Tho child who had darted across the Road in front of him Ami for that reason he had proceeded. The child a parents have filed a $25.000 damage suit against Dodd. Tournament play my Here tonight first game lit tween Green amp the and Fillmore in Lay starts to 7 o clock Catherine Merrill o g expired wednesday a. Funeral Mill be held at m r Church in Rossy Illk Friday afternoon the club was to interest More people briefly. The cortege of cardinals and in horses and develop abilities to own better horses. Carl Pinkerton president of the Montgomery county Saddle horse club spoke briefly. Or. T. A. Siglo widely known veterinarian gave an interesting Short talk Wilson Handy club president opened the festivities. Following the after dinner speeches. Arch Miller of Crawfor Daville and High prelates re formed to return to the sistine Chapel for the second rite of the a. A he ceremony of paying their homage to Tho Ney Pope. Vatican City. March i. I up the Vatican City radio broadcast today that the first ballot of the conclave of card Leafs for a new Pope had been completed this was Tak in Jim Vaugha of Stilesville auctioneers. Conducted an auction Sale in which everything from an ear of Corn to a nose bag was sold. Patsy Selvidge Youthful entertainer and a Pupil of miss Dorothy Dunlap delighted the audience with a song. Tap. Cont Nuril on i Ngy to fun Flora Kessler a died thursday services . Be held h tuday afternoon at Shannon Home rotarians heard or. E. R. Bartlett interesting luncheon meeting held wednesday afternoon the members oif the Greencastle rotary club enjoyed a novel pro Rara at their weekly luncheon meeting wednesday afternoon when they listened to a lenten service talk by and transferred to the japanese fish of their members. Or. Edw Tail r tag boat flying Cloud which took them ashore at Ensenada in june. 1937, the Nava report said Quot they were stored in <3 warehouse run by an italian and kept guarded n get and the report continued. Quot in september. 1937. The contents of one of these Drums were obtain t. It was not gasoline but an acid which when mixed with Salt water formed a solution a Little ways under Bartlett who spake from an India Napolis radio station. Through to Courtesy of Willard Sunkel another member who installed a radio in the basement of the presbyterian Church the address of or. Bartlett was plainly heard from Indianapolis mrs. Flora Kessler till years old wife of Stanley Kessler of 201 a North Jackson Street. Greencastle died at tire Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville at 12 10 of clock thursday morn tag she Hail been a patient there two weeks but Hai been ill a year mrs. Sehuler is survived by the husband two daughters mrs. Raymond Cox an Ltd mrs. John Haskett of Greencastle three grand children two Sisters mrs. Belle Craw Ley Gran Raster. Ami mrs. Frances Andrews. Crawfordsville. And a brother. Dan Kesterson Greer Las tie. Two step daughters Are Emily and Frances Kessler at Knightstown. Funeral services will be held saturday afternoon at 2 of clock at the Shannon funeral Home in charge of the re. V i. Raphael and the burial will be at Forest Hill cemetery friends May Call at tie funeral Home until time for the service. 20 years Quot of in Greencastle to mean it that there had been no election. G Cardinal Caccio . Uncle of he himself were the new pop a would announce the election and the name of the new Pope from a Balcony overlooking St. Peter a Square. Thia Timo it was announced today the cardinals arranged also to Broad Caa news of their balloting by radio each Day. They decided that after each of the balloting a a a Anions. The Vatican City radio station would announce Wyeth or the balloting had been decisive. It was decided also that when the new Popo was elected the Bare fact Flat the election hid been Ltd affected should be announced by radio and that half an hours later the direct announcement a Long wih the name of the new Pope would we made from Tho Balcony. But the pro Grain was known. First Camei Nass in the Pauline Chapel the Community Church of the cardinals for the conclave period with Cardinal Granito Pignatelli i Belmonte Dean of the College As celebrant. Then the program was for the ear finals to Ake their Oaken chairs under the specially built canopies along the Walls of the sistine Chapel and begin their balloting. A Soond game to in played and litter Dale fives by miss Catherine Merrill. Go 07 to it ars. Died wednesday morning at 0 the methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she had been a patient for the past three weeks. She a 1 been Ink a no her Home this Winter with her Cousin l. E Sheridan of this City. Miss Merrill was born at Ros Settle ind. On dec 30. 1871. The daughter of William f and Helen Sheridan Merrilu. Early in life Jjo unite 1 with the method St episcopal when she was about twelve Yewitt of age the family moved to Greencastle.1 Here she attended Depauw a Idem i biter she went to the Chicago training school for Deaconesses graduating with the class of 1899. As a she served the following churches Boone. Iowa Elgin. Ill spa Seville. Ind. And Crawfordsville. Ind. The later yours of her life were Spe Jit at rattle ground where sin gave much of her time and strength to Church work and Camp ground affairs. The deceased is survived by one sister. Mrs Ellsworth i Mes. do Alene. Idaho two Brothers. Ora f. And Ira of Jet me Idaho three n Erceg and two nephews Tho body has been taken to Ross Volle where the funeral will be conducted from the m e. Church at 2 p. M. Friday afternoon j. J. Eitel gives talk at Fabor ints meeting a j .1 Kite local Florist today appeared on the program at the twelfth annual Indiana florists conference at i Lafayette. The meeting was held by the Indiana state Florist a association in co opera t on with Purdue University. Or. Eitel discussed ways the florists May cooperate in advert sin it their products. Several prominent Florista of the stot it took Pari to the Genera. Did Cuas Ion the local Florist was a member of the five Man arranging Tho conference. Tho Twenty eighth annual sectional Barke Bali tournament of the Indiana Stato High school athletic association. Hlll open for Putnam county Teluns in the local High school gymnasium this evening at seven o clock Winn the Fillmore Ami Greencastle teams Fri off the lid. A in what is expected to be the thrill u me�2t the Cloverdale five in the Sec-0 Ond game o Greencastle is favored to Wii Over Fillmore Ami to win ver Cloverdale but a re have been Many up sets in Putnam county a basketball history an l that history May be repeated again0tonight. The War Between the teams of the county will be resumed again Friday a Vonlang. When Russellville and Putnamville tangle if a seven of clock game. At. Tight of clock. Reelsville and Belle Union will play and the third game for the second round will he Between Roachdale and the Winner of Ali game tonight the full schedule is As follows thursday evening 7 00 Fillmore is. Greencastle. O 8 00 Cloven Lale is. Bain Bridge. Friday evening 7 00 Russellville vhf. Hit Nimville. 8 00 Belle Union is. Reelsville. 9 00 Roach Al Ami Winner game 1. Saturday afternoon 2 00 Winner game0 2 is. Winner Gulano 3. 3 00 Winner game 4 is. A Winner game 5. A Satin Eda it evening 8 00 Winner games 6 is. Winner game 7p the officials will be Robert hold and Karl Dickerson not e to Boa sol t too in 39 All scouts of troop 99 please meet at tie Christian Church tonight at 6 30 in order to Register and organize for the coming yer boys twelve or older who desire to join the troop Are also invited to attend. Robert Etter is scoutmaster and Robert Dean. Ass Saint Sapu master Home or. Leaders to meet March 15 i Nepal of m u Fok Hue a a funeral services for Morton we Fordice whose Datl Etc tim. Wed a Kadiji will t a a hoi Rov if noon at 1 o clock at uto residence in Russell township. David l Grimes a presents report q a a a a show n 29 meetings held during month reveals interesting facts appearing on the Beechwood pleasant Circle pro Raiji for lie year were mrs. Forest Mcnary mrs. J. A. , mrs. Fred Hunter. Mias Jane Farmer mias Helen Dietrich. Senator Duncan of Thia county fathered a Bill which became a Iarj requiring Nyno sentenced far a much a thirty Laya imprisonment be sent to the Indiana state penal farm in ahead of to Juaita which waa a change from the torm a limit of 60 Days the Neap apr of the Day Aai the population of a he state farm had decreased to much Quot due no doubt to another feature of the meeting waa the induction into Mcm Berahin the state going that the lower of the club of Howard Wiliams of ing of the period of sentence for add a. The first citizens Bank and Trust Mission to the farm waa necessary the water that would eat into any company. He was welcomed into in order to build up the attendance Par Al and printed. And four Apel lists kind o Metal a a the club Herbert Smith. I again. I were Here on official business. The stat Apical report of tie Putnam county farm agent David l. To Ahmea. For the month of february reveal some Triton rating facts it shows 29 meetings hold during the month for purposes related to the Fargo agent s work. 21 of these meetings being attended by the agent there was an attendance of 2.163 Persona at these gatherings. in these meetings were those of the Farmers institutes the poultry school farm Bureau gathering. Corn growers association. 4-h planting Mee Inga the sped and fertilizer meeting Bird of educate id meeting and talks before school classes. Crew 01 Seal Iii ship is rescued a a freighter distressed ship on Shiuji 150 men fighting for lives Chatham. Maas March 2 up the freighter Newfoundland flighted the la treated Healing Chip the ratio or on which 150 men were fighting for their lives Early today the radio a Skrine corporation station Here reported. Through i the Early morning mint the anxious watchers on her Bridge Law that the 68-year-old Little a team or still was afloat and that her five hour dash under forced steam had not been in vain. She was proceeding at one to a ave the Mettye 68-year-old steam. Th1 Ranger sent an sos at 1 20 a. In. Today saying she was 1<iking an 1 will discuss .1 neral subject of le1si re held at court Hoise at a meeting which will by held in the court House in Greencastle wednesday March 15 there will be a serious discussion on the general subject 0"f Lei suit a i Ler to be miss Meta e. Martin of Purdue University. This is to be a county gathering of if tin.ii.-4 a Quot Iii Lent. This is the theme which was be a 1 queries what is Leisure who has it a How can it 1 out a in a for t k accrue to one who hoes plan and manage for it ? what a the social economic. Physiological Peru and effects this theme Lias been chosen by the clubs of 13 counties to flt my in 1939. As a major project miss Martin. In the Putnam county meeting will re Piort on certain research studies made to dec Al line lit least part answers to that ties i tis proposed b a @ o o o a o o o amp today a weather a o and. Q % local temperature o t o b 0 o o 0 0 0 0 0 generally fair East and South portions tonight increasing cloudiness Quot to. ? a a Friday with Elsing temperatures sinking 75 Miles off the coast. The a Newfoundland the nearest ship was More than 100 Miles Wray and Cou d there were 119 individual in Weib sent out from the county agents office. 175 but Etlis were mailed to inquirers. 7 Extension meetings were held. 613 Miles were travelled by the agent. 280 Persona called at the office. There wore 29 new stories pre letters i no reach her before 7 a in the Mas j ter of the Ranger seemed to count a that his Vessol could stay afloat that i Long. The Newfoundland is a a British freighter of 6.791 tons. The Ranger is a Little Steamer of wooden construction of Only 520 tons. She was built in 1871. I minimum 6 a. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. M. 9 a. M. 10 m. 11 a. M. 12 noon 1 p. M. 2 p. M. 23 a 23 24 27 31 3ft 37 40 �?�0 40. A o 0 o

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