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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - May 1, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA t flit. Weather r,.v and tool i i. A the u Jle forty seven daily Banner a it Waves Fos All Quot a a ignited Park service a All the Home new 4, Greencastle Indiana monday May 1, 1939. No. 168 festival was Hice Success hussite performance of l l \ mauuabaeu8�?� concluded festival sister of mrs. Cavi Ness died at Brazil 4tokio a fitting Clima to Hoard Roy Schuessler Gituflta night count them a dts very Fortunato he impressive performance of Liu Maccabae Euay sunday evening Ici Udey i Depauw University a Sec-1 Spring festival which judged a i the standpoint of programs Ami j. No appreciation left nothing to desire a the Depauw music knows that one absolute be it for developing the Art of in eng mus is by presenting Plen a music of All kinds and has commented its own Fine programs a appearances of artists who have juiced National reputations. Those t heard Roy Schuessler saturday lit count themselves fortunate. Youthful Chicago baritone seem y had Only to open his Mouth to a supple continuous flow of Liling sound. If anyone can show basically wrong is the suppose that so called a a Good music is musicians of the calibre of Roy Messier and programs like those a the festival series can do it. Or. Schussier is cited not because m a finer artist but because sing enters most into everyday experts and therefore vocal music is readily appreciated than instr Jental music to mar Cramer and philharmonic string quartet a no less popular with their Aud a. It has been said that As Long Are played. Chopin a name Mead All the rest and or. Cramer us a flawless performance of pins 27 incomparable Etudes in their inexhaustible wealth of Lody. Modulation poetry and Pas the philharmonic string Quad by their perfection of style Deled with their playing of Cham-1 music. All the guest artists Are the top in their chosen Field All Art firt program builders which is Small part of the Success of any a Ert All were generous with in the oratorio made a fitting Climax the series. Less known than a the i Quot and a the creation a it was Many More Beautiful. Certainly theme of jewish liberation and j and peace was timely. Or. Ber Jion praised the Fine work of the i bind chorus and spoke App re Lively of the Fine cooperative Spir Hown by the choirs and directors. ? solos were beautifully Sung far Scott. Indianapolis Tenor who most at the last minute stepped or. Dudley a place deserving Iai Praise for his excellent work a a stupendous undertaking to int an oratorio but the Success sindhi re indicates that we will to mor in the future. To choral concert sunday much Beautiful Chor in user and also gave interesting in a hint differences in choral tech which is More Complex than people realize. The splendid do of the visiting choirs Anil the i Auw choir was sincerely Asprer Quot la a the Large audience. Less Lall Quot 1 very enjoyable was the Lur Day into noon program by de Isic organizations. The Tler symphony directed by her a p. Earned new laurels with pm 1 Tori i a Nee Ami the other num is Lri Emch applause. To to be congratulated for Erle that plus aged by All usual standards. The Success of is yen i s programs assures Hearty pier for the third annual Spring festival. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 of clock tomorrow afternoon at the Miller amp son funeral Home in Brazil for mrs. Miranda Isabelle Furney of that City who was a sister of mrs. W. O. Caviness of Green Castle and also a sister of Samuel Inge of Seelyville or. A. L. Press Burg and mrs. Jackson King cry. Of Indianapolis there Are three daughters surviving and four grandchildren. Mrs. Furney was a member of thi first methodist Church of Brazil. The Rev. R. W. Michel will conduct the funeral rites and the interment will he in the cottage Hill cemetery. Or. Ii. In. Lonj Iden is photographed shown standing 111 last pile of debris from old science ii ill school Board will support bus Drivers adopts Resolution to further efforts being made in Putnam county ski ers ii e responsibility a it Nuit Ris duty of Drivers to file affidavits a no other make sworn statement or. H. B. Longden was photographed. Sunday standing by the last pile of debris resulting from the razing of the Odd science Hall at the intersection of Larrabee Street with College Avenue in Greencastle. He sad he told the photographer to Label the picture. Quot two old or. Longden had Mere than the usual amount of sentiment for that budding. Because he had a room on the fourth floor of it when it was a dormitory for men. And he was a sort of Dean for the students who roomed there. He had been appointed to that position by the trustees. Across the Hall from his room was one in which Edwin port lived both of them unmarried then which was about the year 1885. Or. Longden said this morn no. That he presented his resignation from his official connect on with the Hall to the Board of trustees and that soon afterwards or. Depauw went to him and asked him Why he was leaving. Or. Longden. Then or Longden. Informed the Benefactor of the uni further stiffness was Given the Effort be no made in Putnam county to Stop the practice of some automobile operators passing school buses while they Are stopped to permit pupils to enter or leave the buses by the school Board of Greencastle City town hip which has adopted a Resolution stating the Board will give is support to the bus Drivers who file affidavits against these Law violators. In flagrant cases of disregard of the Law. It Remans the duty of the Drivers to the affidavits just As it has been inasmuch As no Oneel be is expected. Under the Law. To make such sworn statements but the school authorities. By their action leave no room for anyone to have a belief that the Drivers. In starting such proceedings would let a acting under their own initiative. However the members of the school Board expressed a belief that some automobile Drivers who drive past school buses whle the latter Are stopped Are. To a certain extent innocent of any intent to break the Law. And if they can make such a showing that prosecution should not in started for the first offence. But it is recognized As True that there Are Auto Drivers around Here who Are intolerant of anything which slows them. And. Because of that impatience. Wilfully break not Only the letter but the spirit of the Law and should be. Punished. So. From now on. Anyone who passes a stopped school bus must have Russia in peace front negotiations red Arm is ready to Fig it in Rig War bit not Petty adventure con8ck1ition is the Issue Hiller announce Vij tint new Germany won one of Mott heavy armed nation a in the world Moscow. May 1.�?<up>�?rua-j Sia Fred army is ready to fight it big i War and wll not be involved in Petty 1 adventures. Element i Vor Shilov j War anti will not be involved in Petty i Gres sors today in a May Day speech. For the occasion the army massed j a Bou Sands of troops. 264 tanks an 1 other mechanize i in to in red Square while 720 air planes filled the sky. Vikings norwegian Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha received a tumultuous Welcome As they arrived in new York to open norwegian Pavilion at the fair and to visit the United states. Hero they Are aboard reception boat Riverside. Leghorn adopts Little Kittens Hen asm med her in ties last week owned la mrs. Laura m Kisill varsity that the resignation was pro j a Good excuse for it and there Are seated because of his approaching marriage. Or. Depauw asked if the University could t fit up a suite of rooms in the building for the Young married couple hut he was told by the prospective bridegroom that he was afraid his wife like it. The Only serious disturbance in the Hall while he was in charge of it. Or. Longden a d. Was the terrible Din caused one night when some of the boys started a Cannonball rolling Down the flights of Steps inside the budding. Will teach at Slimmer school not Many excuses that can be considered sufficient or else affidavits will to filed and warrants issued by the courts. There Are Many responsibilities upon the bus Drivers in this connection. Too. Such As the proper use of their Stop signs the proper place in which they can Stop their vehicles and. In general the Observance of All the Courtesy rules of the Road and the requirements of the various motor vehicle Laws. Jean Woods to reign on May Day Iier Gethon to be among \ is iting faculty at u. Of new Hampshire iks Colkitt to visit county tins Yves a Jamos g. Covert of Franklin known a my farm Institute speak rower and judge and Forron Dent of the Indiana state a association will he in this a Quot of Indiana including Owen. Sullivan Vigo Parke Var 1 1 jl and Putnam counties u of May a in the interests of "1 la poultry Congress to be a Cleveland july 28 to aug. 7. A Ert is now serving As assist Fary of the state member Ommittee and recently started be several counties in Central we Tern ind Ana. H acts a con or with county till i"111 patients a each county. Yemen and commercial Poul it la Are aiding in at Mulat les Anco attendance from e he of Ier poultry folks. Durham n h. May 1. Jomar w. Bergithon ass Stant professor of music. Depauw University will be among the visiting faculty members of the Fli summer school of the University of new Hampshire. One of eleven educators representing colleges h Khz schools and gov j can mental departments in seven slates. Professor Bergethon received i his b. M. At Bush conservatory of music in 1920. And his a m at Indiana University in 10116. He has been doing further graduate work at new York University Dakota Wesleyan j and Northwestern University. At new Hampshire he will direct courses in musical masterpieces and in problems in and instrumental school music. Wan Ltd let Ltd a honors new county jail workmen have often wondered to would be first to sleep in jail workmen engaged in the building of the new Putnam county jail have from time to time asked among themselves the question a who will to the first to sleep Here a they were All More or less candidates for the Honor but some person or unknown identity beat them to it. One recent morning after a night that waa not particularly pleasant from the weather viewpoint the men found a sort of bed made of Burlap sacks and Canvas. In which some one had slept in the jail the preceding nigh without waiting to be sentenced to that punishment. The men guess it was a wanderer on the face of the Earth possibly some one so accustomed to being within jail Walls that he can t rest Well outside of them. M is Jean Woods Evansville has Bren chosen As May Queen to Rule Over colourful festivities saturday. Parents of Depauw University students will he invited to the. Campus this week end for the dual Celebration of May Day Ami mothers Day. Miss Ruth Horine of Louisville ky., has been As maid of Honor the three donors of special gifts to the Queen will be Betty Smith of Rockford. 111., and Mary Jane Mcgaughey and Betty Macy of Indianapolis. Members of the Queen s court will in Mildred Gadient of new air Bany. Vera Bundy of Zionsville Ann Rose of Brookvale. Lillian Applegate of Tho town. Ruth Harrison Esther Jacobs. June Winter and Betty a cuff of Chicago Marjorie Raiser of Indianapolis. Salty Pope of Falls Church. A Hetty Parker of Hinsdale. Ill. And How in Young of Tel 111 mortar Board wow Cap Junior pledges at the May Day breakfast which opens the Days festivities. Theta Sigma Phi will publish the May Day extra and the association of women students will present the annual May Day play in the Little theatre. President Clyde k. Wildman will make the morning address sunday for the University a Moty Tefr s Day service. A White leghorn Lien in the Coop of mrs. Laura m i shall. 107 South Locust Street today had her hands full in playing the role of Mother to four Little Kittens. The Hen Assim i her Dutu last week a Short time after tin k teens made their debut in the leghorn s nest. The Mother cat was on hand but that did not interfere with the Hen taking charge of the infants and becoming their i Tector ate. The Mother cat makes regular visits to the nest to conform to the three or four hour feed no. Ehy in in providing nourishment to the. Kittens. When its feeding time the Motherly Hen just spreads out her wings a Little further to accommodate the Mother cat. The Only time the Hen leaves her strange Brood is for occasional visits with her Sisters of the Coop Anil that is when she gets hungry or thirsty. Visitors at the Marshall Hen lion a report the White Hen is on duty at All times watching Over her four adopted babies and always ready to protect them they say shed it Esno to leave the nest for laying Tuupo. And that after adding another egg to Tiv Marshall flock daily or us t n scarcely takes Tunc to cackle Over the feat. The Mother eat does no to seem t mind the special arrangement with the Hen. For in having the Hen i / Mother the cat is Able to Cut inc her routine Calls in the neighbourhood chamber it a Commerce and c Redit group meet tonight a Large crowd is expected to attend the joint meeting of the chamber of Commerce and the Putnam county credit Assoc action at 6 30 of clock this evening in Gobin memorial methodist Church. Ray Dubois of Indianapolis will be the principal speaker of the evening and the visitors interesting and in a Rugtive address promises to be of the utmost value to All attending the dinner meeting. New Law finn announced today Hughes is therein and Hughes firm formed effective Mon i a \ morn. Warsaw May 1 up it a the p is Bilitz that Poland might assert a formal protectorate Over Danzig citing Germany s annexation of Czechoslovakia was discussed today in newspapers particularly those close to the government. It was suggested also that in View of Adolf Hitler s new policy toward Poland the polish government must stiffen its policy toward Germany. This meant that not Only would the government refuse to hand Over Danzig As Germany demands and pen ult Germany to build a strategic Road across the polish corridor but that it would la less Liberal in any Compromise proposals. Kocsi dents to to and hearing making Effort to continue service of traction line Tiro Gli Greem Sale assessors finishing work the Field Woik of the assessors in Putnam county has close l Ami in \ have until May 15 in which to Complete their returns to the county a Sessor. That official at once tends the assessor re a Orts to the bindery and must have them Hack Here by june 1. After that time statistics will be available the personal property found in the county. 20 years a to in Greencastle appear for duty in court monday at the opening of the Putnam circuit court monday morning. Ola t. Ellis appeared for duty As court bail Iff and Paul Albin appeared to serve As probation officer. These two were appointed to their respective positions by judge William m. Us thenon. To succeed Clarence Vestal and Fred Todd effective May 1. However. Or. Vestal and or. Todd who were appointed Bailiff and probation officer respectively by judge c. C. Gillen to serve a year each beginning last january 1, also appeared and notified judge Sutherlin they were present for duty. The judge replied he had made his ruling in the matter. A from Mason Ormil lion and fam by of near Clinton Falls spent sunday at Albert priest s. Or and mrs. R. E. Richards attended i funeral at Putnamville Friday. Rev. Quot Eckhardt Quot preached the baccalaureate Sermon at the High school. Miss Elizabeth lock ride returned from a weeks visit in Indianapolis. Or. And mrs. Noble Snyder went to Putnamville to spend the summer. I from Valley i Dora Gorham and family of Greencastle were sunday visitors with Melvin Ruark and family. Misses Lydd a and Minnie Williams left for a trip to los Angeles and other Western Points. Ceciley o hair and Halstead Selby Are the latest Quot Golf the newspaper of that Day said. Officers elected by the women a league of College Avenue Church included mrs. W. M. Mcgaughey mrs. Charles Reeves mrs. John Gray. Mrs e. A Browning mrs. Alva Brothers. A Large delegation of Greencastle residents today planned to go to in Panapolis tuesday morning to appear before the Public service commission in an Effort to continue service on the Indianapolis Terre haute traction line. At Hgt o clock in the morning the commission is scheduled to open a hearing concerning the Indiana Rait i Road company a proposal to abandon the line which Servos Greencastle and Community. The hearing will be held in room 401 of the state House. A special traction car will leave the local station at 9.00 of clock in the morning and it is expected that the ear will to filled to capacity with it 11 residents going to Indianapolis fur the to u ing. The interurban will arrive in the capital in ample time to permit the passengers to be pres int. In t he state House when the a hearing opens. A we should do everything within our 1-owl a to save the traction line 1 through Greencastle. There is Hope for continued interurban operation it. A. Sufficient number of people who and depend upon the traction service appear at the hearing tomorrow to voice their need for electric railway transportation. A there Are Many improvements which tin traction company could Niske in Public relations employee morale and physical property such to Roadway stations and trolling Stock which would undoubtedly in cry ase n venue to the extent that continued rail operations would be justified. Communities which have lost interurban service have complained bitterly a the loss of taxes business and employment. Local residents should Avert such a situation before it happens. The Indiana Railroad is giving a splendid passenger and freight service it deserves the patronage of the people and the people can Well afford to patronize the electric railway transportation if they will consider their own interests a said mayor w. D. Jamec. Anyone interested in attending he hearing May go by the special car for 80c round trip. Announcement was made monday of the formation of a new Law partnership comprising judge James p. Hughes. James g. Hughes an i Roy c. Sutherlin. Who recently dissolved partners p with his William m. Sutherlin. The new Law firm will be known As Hughes. Sutherlin and Hughe and their offices will be in the Hughes suite in the Brown no building Over Stevens drug store. Atu members of the new firm a widely known in Greencastle and All have been engaged in the practice of Law Here for several years. Judge Hughes was a number of the Indiana supreme court for Rix years flowing serving on the Putnam county Bench for nearly a Quarter of a Century. His son James g Hughes has Bee n Assoc at�-1 with him As Law clerk in the supreme c Urt. And Roy c Sutherlin has practice Law Here since graduating from Law school and has been very successful with his father. Judge William m. Sutherlin who retired from the private practice of Law to assume the duties of judge of the Putnam circuit court two weeks ago. Mrs Helln in addition to a his work Here spent several successful years As attorney for the h. O. L c. At fort Wayne he retired from that work to assume the private practice hero several years ago. I London. May 1.�?�� up a Nego i to nations to bring Russia and Turkey into a closely interlocked a peace i front neared completion today As i thu Cabinet perfected a National conscription Bill which it will Rush father. Judge 1 through parliament on an emergency basis. Negotiations now proceeding in London. Paris Moscow. Warsaw and it Istanbul gave British leaders Hope of an eventual a peace front a of 13 Active and four passive members with great Britain France. Rust a. Poland and Turkey the Keystone nations. Cabinet at a special meeting perfected a conscription Bill will be introduced in the of commons this afternoon. It was proposed to debate the Bill in the commons thursday and press it rapidly through to a final vote so that it will become Law Early next week and permit calling the first contingent of drafted men to the colors in mid May. Labor leaders were opposed to the Bill but the government seemed confident that rank and file labor was willing to accept it and that opposition would crumble. A peace front negotiations had reached a stage whore there was Prospect that an overwhelming combination against Continental aggression might he formed soon. The today which House Frost does not hurl fruit buds Low temperature of 10 degrees re it med about a i of Louk Berlin. May 1 up a Adolf Hitler announcing that the new Germany was one of the most heavily armed nations in the world said today that enemies of nazism must abandon for Ever the Hope of a Dis mixed Reich. Hitler made his statements to 100.000 members of the Hitler youth and Hitler Maidens organizations assembled in the olympic stadium on the occasion of the annual May Day Celebration of German workers. His speech was broadcast throughout the country to similar youth assemblage a lowest temperature last night of an even 40 degrees above Zero and. I Light Frost which was visible to j Early risers this morning did not much alarm fruit men. The mini Muni Muling on the thermometer was. At 4 of Loek and a 5 o clock this morning. Indicating the earlier part of the Light had been warmer. The fruit buds were dry. Also a condition which would enable them to resist injury better than if they Hal been wet from rainfall. Some years ago. A freeze and a Frost on the night which ushered in the month of May killed buds of All kinds Leaf As Well As fruit buds so a we Are Safe through our strength As a six years have passed since May Day 1933 when i. Sly be by Side with the late president Hindenburg greeted you in the Lustgarden. Since then history has undergone tremendous changes. A weak Germany has become the greater Reich. Unarmed Germany has become one of the most heavily armed nations in the world. Today earthquake causes severe damage in Japan Tokyo May 1.�? up it a a severe earthquake occurred in Akita Perfec Ture today. Communications were Brok n and it was difficult to get an estimate of damage or possible casualties. However it was known that store windows were shattered in the City of fun Koshima and fires were raging. A first reports said houses in a amp Aasu pass were destroyed. W that there was no fruit that year and Trees were obliged to bestir themselves and a produce a second crop of Leaf buds in order to have foliage to hide their bareness during the late Spring and summer. Killing frosts have occurred in this Vicinity in june hut they Are rare and most certainly they Are unwelcome. 11 on with Oil o o o o 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 today a weather 0 0 and o 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fair tonight and tuesday continued Cool Light Frost Low ground East and North tonight. A truck Load of barred Rock Spring chickens sold to Jesse e. Minimum 40 Stout of Bellmore for the Chicago 6 a. M. M Market by mrs. W. E. Thomas. Mrs. 7 a. M. 51 Ben Wells and i mrs. Frank Mcalpin 8 a. In. 51 Den Northwest of Greencastle. Were 9 a. A. 55 considered almost record Breakers 10 a. A. 57 for size and quickness of maturing. 11 p. A. 60 they averaged four pounds in weight 12 noon #61 and a Wero 16 weeks old a growth of 1 p a. 61 r. Pound a month. A p in. 61

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