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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - May 9, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaT a the weather t vib and Cool it the daily Banner a it Waves for ally a exit cd press service All the Home news i Jle i Allty seven Ihrk Castle Indiana to Bidav a n it. 175 a asks countries to Confer Xin its instructed my til r foreign old of capitals a ted i would peace Nln to a it Franco great Brit Foland 0. Rii Uuie Anil Italy Poich Iii Nan settlement Jau i i May a up ,. Int no i u ranted president m cd tra Ordinary pow 1 military and economic mat necessary it strengthen the tvs die Nav kit wer. May up1 Pope Pius inv led a governments of great i stain Poland Ger and Italy to a conference at City to cd a settlement of German offerer toys and the Are now a is hanging views on citation it was understood to i nun ii Quot a were instructed late Quot Mil out the foreign i at Pari London Warsaw and Ron a informants said. St Signor Valerio Valeri a Uncil conferred with foreign her Georg Bonnet who with Bis reply until he was Able to j the Cabinet. Signor William Godfrey Nuncio Ndon. Ins understood to have 1 to via aunt Halifax foreign Ury. M Quot Iio Gnor Cesare orc the to Bei Lin talked to a Hitler last Friday and was sex i to go to Vatican City person to it rep Quot t t the Pope Mon Sig Lippo pm test Nuncio to Poland a Josef Beck polish foreign. Yesterday. Pope in his message to the big Powers was understood to emphasized that the urgency of Are., a it notion and Partiful of polish German differences Danz. Prompted him to take usual initiative. Was san that he explained that on Siili to i the interests of world. Justifier 1 Ilia initiative. Informed sources Here said Pelar a inclined to hesitate. It War i Idee that Poland might p if 1 a lir Oad outline of the tam to i. Discussed could be fix a Ivino and 2 if it obtained lit an a tees in Advance of i and French support in event difficult i it in negotiation. Mls Andy Hites Wei Neslav funeral services for Bobby Mundy 16 year old son of or. And mrs. Will Mundy of Delphi former residents of Greencastle who died monday morning in a Hospital at Lafayette will be held wednesday afternoon at 2 30 of clock from the Rector funeral Home. The Rev. Jenkins or Delphi will be in charge. Interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Arti s lilt Arius club economics honorary at Depauw University pledged tic following men tuesday morning at Chapel time Harry Ritzi Kerris. Indianapol a David Mitchell. Wilmett 111. Donald Nelson. Gary John Darnell. Lebanon James Dickerson Logan Spiodi to Robert Callander Nap Pance James Andrews Hinsdale 111. And Dan Mcneill new Castle. J. B. Mccabe passed away last night i Komi n i \ t Kai oink am Stem Ken of it i in Ron twp. Died at his Home is it it i it in . Atli ilk Lead always taken interest in Putnam county affairs. Survived by widow three sons carriers work for trip the Daly Banner and the India Napolis news Are offering As a Reward for new subscriptions to the r carriers a five Day trip to the new York worlds fair. The trip con so its of transportation by train and a five Day stay at the hotel new yorker with All expenses paid by these two newspapers. G. A. On Al is sent to Boston mass. 1 i ail it listed to no it id knt operator maids vengeance Giusca resignation ii St e i let a his. Lai kit 1ck-skins from till state supreme coi it new York May 9. I tire vengeance vowed by Rosa Weber a German housemaid for an uncomplimentary remark about Adolf Hitler brought the resignation today of Justice Edgar j. Launcr from the state supreme court. Lauer s socially prominent wife to 1 county. He and his hostess at the dinner party where. 1 a children entertained 1 Cross Field Man will speak i rim n will meet Stu ii tits in interested i wednesday Lent in red Cross work an 1 Ogieru who have had any sort re Ltd connection with All the remark Alx it Hitler was made serving a three month jail term for smuggling. A joint legislative committee in Albany was considering action against Lauror on the grounds that he must have known of his wife a activities when he sent his resignation to gov. Herbert h. Lehman. A while fully conscious of my own innocence. I fully appreciate that any criticism of a member of the judiciary necessarily tends to impair his usefulness to some extent a Launcr wrote. He asked that the resignation become effective june 15, enabling him to dispose of cases now before his court. The legislative committee to which Lehman forwarded the letter meets today to take a appropriate it had begun the investigation at the request of United states attorney John t. Cahill who said that Lauer had signed a baggage declaration on his return from Paris with his wife and had failed to mention $5,000 Worth of clothes she brought with he. John b. Mccabe a Long and useful life came to an end at his Home in Clinton township at about 1 o clock tuesday morning after an extended illness which was aggravated by a weakness of the heart. Or. Mccabe wan born August 23. 1857, the son of John and Mary me a cab. He came to Putnam county when he was but 14 years old and remained in the county Ever since that time starting his industrious life As n worker on the farms of other owners and by reason of his Industry and economic ability acquiring his own estate and operating it with splendid judgment. To became known As one of the most successful cattle men of his part of the county. His farm adjoining the South Side of state Road 36 and the Western Edge of Putnam county with Parke county adjoining it on the West was one of the attractive Rural properties of the wife and their there with old to Sizow films two movies on Brittany an 1 Heidelberg Wal be shown by or. I. J. Skornia wednesday evening at 7 15 of clock in Minshall Laboratory. These films showing the Nat onal costumes and country 1 pc among the French and German a will be interesting and Educa Iona to anyone interested in european affairs. Annual contest opens at Depauw Margaret 111 contest opened with two contestants the eleventh annual Margate Noble Lee extemporaneous contest More than \ third of United methodist it Iii in ii Bishops changed assignments made monday a it i Nitte Quot on ministry Hail Power a Deg Rene districts in which Ilij top May serve Kansas City. M it. May 9 up More than a third of the unite i methodist churches 31 Bishops had orders to move from areas some had served for years. The commit the on Man Stry of the conference which is uniting the my Tho i St episcopal. Methodist Pisco pal South and methodist protestant churches last night announced its assignment of Bishops under the new Church plan. It had the Power to determine District in which the Bishops May i serve and the cities in when they 1 shall make their residences. For two weeks it studied the do Elmer Ader son of or. And mrs. Will Ader of Greencastle. Was honoured by the Indianapolis railways corporation recently when he was listed by that company As bring one of their no Accident Troley operators. The Honor was Given tangible value by the presentation by the company to the Honore i employees of a new uniform each. These operators drive their vehicles from 30.000 to 40.000 Miles a year Over streets for the i most part crowded with traffic an i i the perfect record some of them made including or. Ader is con Sidi cd remarkable. Forecast agreement of nations expect next move to be Votion Between Poland and Russia disliked Litvinova policy think a Tiivi Light provide Poland with air planes and War materials in event of War local Florist spoke to club a Jacob Titi i. Told of Mana inter sting things i on a cited with his work Jacob kit Al Greencastle Florist Gardener and Horticulturist also a Lawn maker touched upon Many interesting things connected with his diversified work in a talk before the opened monday morning in Depauw plications of Bishops in certain areas menus Servid club of the presbyter a a inn Church in this City. Monday even ing. 1 be spoke of Flowers vegetables Trees and grass All of it informally three ii Virgi s investigated in Polk i coi it in City police court. Monday afternoon three charges of Public intoxication were investigated by the mayor presiding Over the court. Monroe Perry was arrested saturday night Down in the ditch on Iii Inion Street and kept in custody Over sunday. He pleaded guilty and was and us varsity persons who Are fined $1 and costs which he elected to a play Roy query and Frank heist land were arrested by City police sunday evening on Ohio Street and they too pleaded guilty to Public intoxication before the mayor. Public disturbance figured in the charge also. Query paid his Fine and heist land stayed his. Time hospitality. Or. Mccabe was a faithful member of St. Paul a Catholic Church of Greencastle. Ami a regular attendant there when his health permitted. Or and mrs. Mccabe were the parents of the following children John a., Crawfordsville James of los Angeles Marguerite of Joliet 111. Mrs. Lucille Schlatter of Whiting Frank of Houston. Texas and Harry who lives on the Homo place and has managed the farm for a number of years. Besides these children he is survived by a sister. Mrs. Rose Hunter of Covington. The Golden wedding anniversary of the marriage of or. And mrs. Mccabe was celebrated with n family Home coming and in gathering of friends in january. 1935. Their marriage having occurred on the 21st of that month it is of interest in this connection to quote from the Banner of 1880 an account of the wedding of these two who were Young people in that Day. The Banner of january 22, 1880. Said John b. Mccabe and miss Julia Hannifin were married at St. Paul a Church yesterday morning at 8 30 of clock by father Powers they left the a same Day for Crawfordsville and from there will go to the East return no by Way of Terre haute where they will visit a sister of the Groom i. Mccabe is a Young Fanner of this University Chapel with or. Edward Dunton and or. John Mundt As the first two contestants. Or. Dunton enlarged the topic Quot a senior Speaks ii s mind of name specific evils in College education. He said he had missed the goal of a Liberal arts training his learning is fragmentary not unified. A i a College graduate sir uld the crusading element instead to have a practical viewpoint which will Lead us to adjust ourselves to things As they an he charged. Or. Dunton blamed the do Dent antipathy for real education and the emphasis on extra curricular affairs department ligation among the faculty and too much stress on the business Branch of the University. 1l suggested a change in upper Elass menus advice towards freshmen Survey courses As introductions to departments and my re ind visual work for advanced students Anil More emphasis on sch it learning. Quot a More clamorous was advocated by or. Mundt. Amp soph and the necks Stitles of new administrative direction in other districts y laymen and the Bishops them does appeared before the commit but possibly tin More interesting be tei to cite their preferences. The assignments Heston cd Bromley Ornain formerly of omaha1 new York franc s j. Mcconnell Philadelphia Ernest g. Richardson Pittsburgh. Adn i Wright Leonard Washington. Edwin pants he reason for the decrease nth Bolt Hughes Syracuse. Chantos Wes size of in on blooms on in Anta in lev Flint formerly of Atlanta. Their Flower gardens and the Best North Central jurisdiction was to get Quot Ater an a Forth or to Cincinnati. Ii Lester Smith do 11,0 100,8 of 8hade to Les thu int 1-troit. Edgar Blake Chicago. Ernest l�?T8t waa a matter of comment at the Lynn Waldorf St. Paul Ralph s meeting. Cush an formerly of Denver India one of the men in attendance a n poll. Titus 1 we formerly of professor in Depauw who has been Portland. Des Moines. .1. Ralph Magee formerly of St. a More at Depau v. He urged a More Fairmont. W. V Western jurisdiction Portland Wallace k. Brown formerly of Chattanooga. South Central jurisdiction Omaha William c. Martin formerly of . Caldr is. Ii Ouis John Calvin Broomfield formerly of minister elected London. May 9. A up a a reconciliation Between Poland and the soviet Union waa forecast today As the next move among Eastern european nations to meet any renewal of Adolf Hitler s eastward expansionism. Diplomatic quarters attached great importance to the visit of Vladimir Potemkin russian vice foreign commissar to Warsaw tonight and tomorrow morning. They considered the visit and the prospective appointment in View of the fall of Maxim Litvinov As russian foreign it was understood Here that not Only did Poland dislike Litvinova a collective i in it y policy but that Litvinov and col. Joseph Beck. Polish foreign minister disliked each other so much that an improvement of relations was almost impossible while they remained together at the Heads of their respective foreign offices. Thus a completely new aspect was put on tiv Litvinova a resignation. Suave dignified Jovial Gray hair it Potemkin v is regarded hers As a much met suitable Man than Litvinov to dual with the group of army men who direct Poland a policies. Potemkin was a physician before the bolshevik revolution. I is a patient skillful negotiator and in oks no More like a a typical communist a than does any other european Diplomat. Diplomatic quarters foresaw no close polish russian Friendship. But they saw the possibility that Hitler might already have driven them into a practical Friendship As part of Ita sessions in the fall Quot but that of which run la would Provido Poland with airplay its and other War materials nil bad ratits from Russia in event of War. Cause of that reason. A surprising thing was the interest displayed by the men in attendance at the dinner program in such things As the care of Trees at their Homes the eradication of dandelion Here some years said when he came to Greencastle the lawns of the Resi Donees showed a Lack of care through part of the year it being quite noticeable that there was a sprucing up about the time for College to resum med i this world wide Organ do have an Opportunity ening to hear w. D. I. 1 representative of red i Washington. Who will �?�>�?~�?�1 and address them in the in of the court House even re. It 8 of clock. R a is especially delirious Quot its n and women who have 1,11 n n red Cross activities Quot a at Hay jul a. Cour8c of Nir discussion of conditions k of interest to All who arc it. Vital interest in the tradition and history of Dumot racy to combat Tom Novelty of the dictatorships. A America has been too Busy progressing in scientific knowledge to bother with the glory of the country we have grown shamefaced Anil weary of anything glamorous in the United he said. Quot we do not m de fake heroes or a Bureau of propaganda to develop Nat onal Pride but we do need a widespread realization of the aspirations Lloyd of democracy to make the world Ham ring Tiue again or. Mundt concluded. Or. William be show and i Wendell Martin conclude a he j Competition tuesday in Chapel and the Winner wid be announced in a Bishop of the new Church 10 Days age a. Southeastern Juri dict on Louisville. U. V. W. Darlington a still serves approximately same area Nephew of Ronalt hut residence unchanged from Hunt Rev. Or. Stevens in ton. W. A Jackson. Miss. Hoyt Dobbs Nashville Paul b. Kern Richmond. Va., William Vav. Pella Charlotte n. A. Clare Purcell Birmingham Ala. Wiilliam t. Watkins. A formerly of St. I Louisi Atlanta j. Formerly of a Irvvng Latch the householders have kept their properties up to a High Mark of neatness through All of the season. Guests of the menus club at the dinner and the succeeding program were Lloyd m. Moss manager of the j. C. Penney store John mealy. Parent and the. Pastor of the methodist churches at Brick Chapel and Morton. Senat it i r Art i votes sub Mies Pisot kits sen ate i is a i lilt Iti Tini him it \ \ a a oils livestock no. It 11000. Hol Ilover 370 a k n. Early Best bid on local a 11 Quot a no 20 cents lower Hopfl re 1 is lower at $7.10 Down 110 to 15 cents lower from $5.25 calves s00 steers 1 Quot no to 25 cents higher Farmer killed by wind storm Warkick cot Vav hit id Stoutm Laie Veste Itkov peonies destroyed Boonville ind., May 0. A up it Charles Elzcar 51. A Warrick county Farmer was Dot and today and several farm buildings destroyed As the result of a Hail and wind storm title 2,000, a a a ii cents Quot a i $8.85-$10.75 heifers which swept a five mile strip of land a Zik $8 75-$0.50 Choice 850 Lato yesterday steady heifers $10 cows fully Jidy top to. Quot a 1000 Lamb Market not is Hsiho Lnu ton Elzer was killed when the barn in which he was feeding cattle collapsed before the storm. He was crushed by the wreckage. Two barns a garage a Hen House and the front porch of the House on the mrs. Maude Housman farm were blown Down a barn was Brazeil on the Eil Schnepper farm and several out cd la it Roosevelt today submitted buildings on he Marlon Reasor farm another comprehensive were destroyed. Quot for a aligning government Agen Telephone and electric service in which he said should reduce fed the county were completely disrupted t touts by $1,260,000 a year. By fallen Utility poles. In Boonville a is Landing feature of the plan householders reported Quot Complete abolition of the were badly damaged. A it i Rize it i National bituminous it was believed that the Peony Quot a Mission and the Transfer of crop nearly ready for Market was a Ita functions to the Interior destroyed but observers predicted a enl Only slight damage to other crops. Quot a Triy generally bidding 11 it cents or More lower. By to plan for. A a Vij Ticino agencies May 9.�?<up> an that roofs in 1937, or. Mccabe related to n Banner reporter his recollection of i of i mediately . Ing the Day. 33 years before that when j Quot a of the Mccabe family drove to reds Lle to see a string of . A Novelty then. Twenty five of the machines had started on the trip but Only four reached Declaville and they hat to to helped by human Power through some los a gravel they encountered in the Road. In that interview two years ago or. Mccabe expressed a feeling of wonder at what the past had witnessed. Washington May 9. Up1 and at what lie was sure the future new spending dispute to led Over had in store for us. I today As the Senate farm bloc junk Membsy of the Lames b. Nelson Ivo Lesl to axiom firemen galled to Beta or. Mccabe was state legislature from Putnam county in 1911-13. He was presiden of the Indiana livestock breeders association in 1935, Secretary of the shorthorn breeders association in 1935 and 1936, and besides was always interested in farming and livestock matters in his Home county. Funeral services will he held thursday morning at 9 of clock at St. Paul a Catholic Church with burial in Forest Hill cemetery. Lot m y Insi Range agents met Mon d \ \ de Economy objectives to vote in budget cd subsidies to agriculture. The Senate s action pointed next years Federal deficit close to $4 -000.000,000 it voted to appropriate $225,000.000 a it protect Farmers against falling wheat Corn Cotton tobacco and Rice prices and $113,000,000 for distribution of crop surpluses. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., protested Senate liberality As Quot greatly disturbing and warned of its Impact on next years def Cit. The Putnam county association of insurance agents met monday night at Roachdale. Following the dinner the meeting was called to order by the president. John Rightsell. George Machette. Indianapolis spoke on a Agency service Quot. Those present were Ola Ellis. Walter Cox Simpson Stoner s. C. Sayers. Ernest Collins Kenneth West. Elbert Segar. James Pence Harry Talbott. Kimball Larkin. All of Greencastle Depew Goff. Paul Goff. George Spencer. George Iuppenlatz. Roachdale Galen Irwin and Nathan Call of Roachdale. Homer Sands. Bainbridge and the president John Rightsell of Greencastle. 20 years ago in Greencastle Xii in a red to show cause h if \8sessment Shoi old not be made James b. Nelson formerly of Greencastle and now one of the wealthiest residents of Indianapolis was before the auditor of Putnam county. Gilbert e. Ogles tuesday Fornor n. To show cause Why the assessment made by the auditor on the Putnam tax duplicate against or. Nelson should not remain in effect tiie assessment being on or. Nelsons leasehold estate based on former ownership of a farm in Clinton township which he deeded to Indiana University december 28. 1931 the Sanie applies also to parts of lots in Greencastle which he deeded to the same educational institution. When or. Nelson and his wife transferred these pieces of property to Indiana University he was Given endowment of approximately $1200 a year from the University and simultaneously he leased the farm tin school to pay practically $1200 for his lease. It is this lease which was placed upon the tax duplicate of the county last year by or. Ogles the taxes charged being for the years 1931 to 1939 inclusive including penalties for delinquency. The lots in Greencastle which Are involved in the transaction Are lots nos. 50, 51, 52 and 45 in the Eastern enlargement of the City. The City a St Antipope stands on the North part of lot 52. And the University s residence property the towers is on the South part these lots being 176 feet front on Seminary Street and window on third floors thai tend with Desri Ltd it Rion a flip that was unique in character and Small in size but quite Porten Titus in its possibilities was that at the Beta Theta i fraternity House on Anderson Street me idly where a window Sill on the third floor was threatened with destruction. Along with that the at was the possibility of tin fire Cret Ping Down into the Wall of tin House Between the Brick venez r outside and Timber inside. If the boys living in the House knew what started the Blaze they did t inform the firemen who extinguished it. Important negotiations were forecast win n the foreign ministers of great Britain. France and other Powers attend a meeting of the league of nations Council at Geneva starting May 15. It was believed that Potemkin might represent Russia. A the r suit of government state merits in the House of commons yes to Olny about the possibility of a a mediate no As regards Danzig there was Eon Lerable speculation in diplomatic quarters whether prime minister Nevill Chamberlain was going to m an ther try at appeasement. It was suggested that neither Poland nor Germany was Likely to ask Britain to in Diate. Hut that Chamberlain night seek to intervene if the Danzig it nation gut acute. The government kept the House of Cut unions sitting until 5 15 a. M. 1 15 a. M. Edtl today on the con. Ripton Bill. The Bill was Given its second Rea Ling the next step before fill i u Sion and passage by a veto of 159 to 65. Previously a labor a i a a a v 11 deft it cd. 387 to 145. Indoor Speaks Boycott Ilu relented to Exten in of summarizing speech in late news Dro Aih whip i it of it notes John a. It Ray charged with the a a a a a. A Keiiti Pfishn Cut from land a i dry and pleaded not guilty. His if iring w a f a Ltd for May 23. He was role i on a Bond of $300. Cd Coom turned in an affidavit signed by i it i d Mccoy in which the theft of a Rife valued at $5, i Cade i not guilty monday afternoon and was Reu used on a Bond for $200. He was charge 1 with Petit larceny. O a a a a a today a weather amp a or. And mrs. Ivan Ruark of near Fillmore received word of the Safe arrival at Newport news of James Walker who had been in the service. Charles Rise clerk at the commercial hotel went to Martinsville to recuperate from an illness. Elmer Blue of Coatesville was presented with a Snedal for his Success 495 feet deep toward the North. In Selling Victory loan Bonds in his township. The medal was made from Putnam Lodge no. 45 i. O. O. F. Material taken from a captured Ger will meet this evening for third deman gun. Gree w0ac. London Muy 9 up nearly everybody heat i tin Duke of Windsor make a radio speech last night despite a British broadcasting company Boycott it appeared today and even the bbl relented to the sex fair tonight and wednesday Cool tent it summarizing the speech in a or tonight and in extreme Northwest and a local temperature a a a a a a a a a a late Broa least. There was Litt comment on the fact thut the Duke Hud elected to make his first radio speech since his abdication nearly two and a half years ago while his brother Huck is Sor King George i was on the Way to visit Canada and the United states. The general reaction was that the speech appealing for peace was a reinforcement to those who Are working to prevent an explosion in Europe. Ratio wednesday afternoon warmer in East and South portions wednesday. .58 6 a. A. .58 7 a. A. 5963 9 a. A. 65 10 a. A. 70 11 a. M. 71 12 noon. 747373 a a \

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