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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - May 29, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaT a ref weather h1k Asir warmer 4, a l Jeffi r 11tv. Seven the daily Banner a it Waves for ally United press service t All the Home news get to to a a Vicks were Ell attended f win Unity was imn with spirit of occasion on memorial Day pfc e Lane was speaker Roll up Rishi in a Quot Van Especial Sitivi in up Liml nary work Jud Lence Tea appreciative Lorial Day at Russellville Sun was marked by Plain evidence he Community As a whole was i with the spirit of the Occas a Here was a very Large response j part of the people and the a it. Which heard the exercises Beautiful Russellville cemetery Large hut it Ulso was appreciative music the readings und the and of the Day. Community As a whole United to preparations for the event he american legion Post of Oville was especially Active in lil Minary work. E address of the occasion was aed by a a. Bruce Lane state Lor from Putnam and Montgom counties. Lie entered his remarks a thoughts of the memory the wac. The duty the patriotism the sacrifice of the Day. He said since the passing of the grand of the Republic Many of the by s communities had ceased to memorial Day but that rus a Lio had throughout All these continued to have annual the memories t Day. Memory of these Soldier dead Quot said Quot the fragrance of is will hover Over the dust vers the remains of these dead sri Flowers never seem More ii us nor More fragrant than placed upon the resting places r heroes. Our eulogies will but by voice their Praise. Ours is an a rial debt which we Cam never ii monuments artificially chisel Ito the bosoms of our youths the of loyally patriotism and let for the Flag which makes us d Man or woman can Apreci is or her citizenship in this by until that citizenship has Cost i something. One of the eternal of nature and of god is that a lire must be made to accomplish Jig of lasting value. It Bow our Heads in Awe when a effect that our liberties and ties were purchased at a Price flit million lives of men gather Joni the four Corners of our try fired by a Gigli enthusiasm crated a a spirit of love for i Anil ennobled by Devotion to a guest ideals of Man. Of tin greatest needs of the s men and women with charac. Honi ignite the sovereignty of a who Are Able to think for them and with Backbone enough i to up their convictions who have and Are willing to stand a finally As we approach with Ity to. Be places of rest where heroes of ours lie sleeping a measureless realm of time is alike of tile seasons and the Tingi of the world to think Fatuch More they gave than have Ben we pledge them on the Faith fathers on our Hopes of in by. That tile great sacrifice they made shall never be for senator Lane is invited to be governor s guest a Indiana monday May 29, in no. 192 senator o. Bruce Lane of Bam Bridge has received a personal invitation from gov. M. Clifford Townsend asking him to be a guest of the governor on the platform in the court of peace at the new York fair on Indiana Day which is to be thursday of this week. Or. Lane however will not be Able to attend because of his heavy farm duties. Stores to close All stores and business houses ill Greencastle will be closed tuesday in Observance of memorial Day. The drug stores will observe the same closing hours As Are used on sunday. Fillmore scouts held first meet annual Jamboree 111 1.11 tuesday at High school will Edington spoke 88 seniors Honoreda service sen. Bait Ala i reate Helo at Golt in Church Reform Large audience Rev. gave Sermon Europe today or. Van let Quot Nusun Thompson played opening Organ numbers High choir snug chorus numbers Organ recital Dorothy Dunlap will present mini Organ recital tuesday evil s i a o clock in the Gobin irial Church program will include the Fol a numbers in Bach from sonata Cromatic. Yon Quot by i. Wildor Gro Fri Ciao Tabila troop 96 Fillmore held its first annual scout Jamboree at the Fillmore High school an tuesday night May 23, will e. Edington county District chairman of the boy scouts was the first speaker on the program using As his topic Quot the county scouting program a in the absence of ii. It. Patton chief scout executive of the Wabash Valley Boh Ratcliff a member of the Camp staff of Camp Krietenstein presented a Short talk entitled Quot summer a an interesting demonstration allowing the flags of the nations in which scouting is carried on was presented by Troup 96 under the direction of or Edington. Cub scouting was discussed by or. Ratcliff and or. Edington for the Benefit of boys under twelve years of age since these boys Are not yet eligible for registry in actual boy scout work. Troop 96 gave a demonstration program on scouting. Their program opened with the scout oath the scout sign Salute and Laws. Scout Boli Smith and Richard Pruitt demonstrated the International Morse code method of signalling using an electric sending and receiving set. Scouts Marvin Jackson and Royal Tharp then demonstrated signalling by Means of the deaf and dumb code. Semaphore signalling which is performed by the use of flags was demonstrated by scouts Buell Ross and Raymond Baker. The Correct use of camping tools was demonstrated by Eugene Buis and Junior Seckman first Aid demonstrations emphasizing the treatments for excessive bleeding artificial respiration broken Bones Shock and also How to Cope with other emergencies was presented by Marvin Jackson Harold Jackson John Curtis Raymond Baker Buell Ross Eugene Cox. And Eugene Buis. The newly organized girl scout troop of Fillmore tinder the Capa e direction of miss Lucile Bastain and miss Madonna Tincher presented a play in which the following girls took part june Smith. Dorothy Neuman Marjorie Cox. Dorothy Osborne l a Ella Smith. Jackie Nichols Marjory Hunter Sarah Tharp Kay Tincher Shirley Nichols Bettyjo Nichos and Doris Minter. Following the play the girl Couta Sang several songs and ended the i i a program by giving the girl scout oath. A pleasant and educational program was climaxed by an excellent luncheon prepared and served by Harold Pruitt. W. Smith and Theodore Brown members of the Fillmore conservation club which sponsors the Fillmore troop. The baccalaureate services the 88 members of the graduating class of the Greencastle High school was held sunday evening in the Gobin memorial Church before a Large audience. Van Denman Thompson played the opening Organ numbers the class entering the auditorium to the strains of Widor s a Marche j chorus numbers were rendered by the j High school choir. The invocation j was delivered by the Rev. V. L. Raphael pastor of the first presbyterian Church of Greencastle the scripture Reading was by the Rev. J. Drover Forward pastor of the Baptist Church and the Benediction was by the Rev. C Audi m. Mcclure pastor of the Host Church. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. H. C. Fellers pastor of the Christian Church of Greencastle. His theme was a cisterns and or. Fellers illustrated his theme by a comparison with the situation which developed in 1930 in a Kentucky town during a season of drouth near the close of which there remained Only one Well in use in the place Anil the cisterns All were dry. The Well i said remained to be a Blessing to the inhabitants because it received its water from a Stream it of never failing water running deep underground while the cisterns which became dry had in them Only the water that was put there by human Agency. These things Are comparable to happenings in our lives the speaker said. He counselled that the Young men and Young women before him build their cisterns Large and spacious and store them As full As possible of life a value but that they should not neglect the digging of their Wells also in these Days of their of the Wells that people can dig in youth to be a source of happiness and sustenance for them later Are the Wells of Friendship Wisdom character and Faith in ones self and in god and in other men. Rom Mussolini intends to take to initiative endangering peace and expects Hitler to act similarly High fascist says. London foreign office and admiralty drafting important note to Germany on naval limitation Treu to which Hitler denounced. Paris Franco and Turkey Hope to announce Mutual Aid pact within a few Days. Moscow government and communist party act to prevent Fritt ering away of collective farm lands by peasants seeking to enlarge own holdings. Buda pm Star government party leading in general parliamentary election. Nazis expected to gain seats. I draft f note to be sent to Germany dismissed Navai. Limitation treaty which h Hitler denounced terms Are kept secret or. 11, an was speaker at services Okser nce sunday in this Community approached Hie Ideal parades very impressive Bergdoll arrested a grown portly in 20 years Grover Cleveland Bergdoll America s most notorious wartime draft dodger tries to Dodge camera on arrival in new York. He was immediately arrested by army officers on desertion work at to fathoms in Atlantic its Mouth. N. H. May 29 divers worked in a tempt of -0 degrees above Zero 40 Fath own in the Atlantic today Salk the sunken submarine squalls. K had been halted temporary use 0f danger that air would freeze but after a River sted the water in an electrical to �?~1 suit others returned to the thing oxygen Hellum mixture a j a lower feeling Point than Bry compressed air. Comer reports i assault saturday taxi Driver had taken i As san kit to Portland Mills when assaulted de Comer a taxi Driver of Greencastle reported to the sheriffs office sunday that the night before he had been assaulted n the Vicinity of the old Mill at Portland Mills by a Man who resented Comer s presence there thinking he was a sort of a police spy. Apparently. Comer had taken a passenger to Portland Mills from Greencastle arriving after one o clock in the morning Ontl had not yet started on his return to Grcen Castle when the assault occurred. Comer reported he was hit by a Billy. The Putnam county officers could not handle , As it occurred on the Parke county Side of the a own. Flying Tiro Kiili j c1 c blinding storm Enro Ute to Europe on Una to ionized flight in a puddle jumping plane bulletin London May 29. Up a the officer on duly at tin Croydon Airport said today that Thomas h. Smith landed his transatlantic a a baby plane at foynes in Ireland at 3 30 p. M. Today refuelled and departed again for England. Londonderry. Ireland May 29. A up a Small unidentified monoplane was sighted Over Londonderry today Speid no eastward at a High Altitude. It was impossible to Tell definitely whether it was the ship of Thomas Smith of Loa Angeles who left old Orchid me., yesterday on a might to Europe. Old Orchard me., May 29�? aviator Thomas Smith if still in the air was flying through a blinding North Atlantic Snow storm today Enro Ute to Europe on an unauthorized flight in u four Cylinder a a puddle jumping plane. If Lucky he will land in the British Isles this afternoon. In addition to the other hazards of crossing the Ocean in a 6.r>0 Pound air plane a storm whipped up across his route and at St. Johns Newfoundland there was Snow that caked into ice on automobile windshields and reduced visibility to 1,000 Yards. He should have passed there yesterday but if he did no one could have seen him. Airmen said his chances were a extremely one jump ahead of curious policemen. Who wanted to inquire Why he had landed Here with such secrecy saturday night the 25 year old adventurer raced Down the hard Beach Sands at 4.40 a. M. Sunday and headed into the Eastern sky where Dawn was breaking. The plane carried Only 160 Gallons of Gas and three Gallons of Oil but under Ordinary conditions it was enough to keep it aloft 40 hours. He believed he could make London in 33 hours or if the fuel ran Low could at least reach Ireland. Diplomatic quarters reported that the note might even offer Hitler Noil aggression London May 29 up a the foreign office and the admiralty Are drafting an important note to Germany regarding the naval limitation treaty which Adolph Hitler denounced a month ago it was understood today. It was expected that the note would be dispatched some time after the prospective conclusion of a Bri tish French russian Mutual Aid treaty. Terms of the British note remained secret and to some extent its Content depended on intervening events. But barring unexpected developments. It was expected to assure Germany of Britain s steadfast willingness to make a general settlement of outstanding problems. Diplomatic quarters reported that the note might even offer Hitler a non aggression treaty. A German news Agency published reports saturday that prime minister Neville Chamberlain considered summoning a general peace conference As soon As the russian pact was concluded. Officials Here Dis claimed knowledge of such a possibility. Hitler denounced the British German naval treaty in his Reich Stag speech on april 28. The treaty limited Germany a naval tonnage to 35 percent that of great Britain. Negotiations of minor details of a British French russian pact remained to the concluded. But the impression was Strong Here that Tus regards its main features the governments concerned were in agreement. Diplomats Here Assur cd that the conclusion of the pact would put Britain France and Russia in an appreciably stronger position than they were As members of the triple entente in 1914. Trapped hours by mine luvs in hauled to safety from Bottom of 75-foot Bootleg Coal mine Stanley Young and pro dicer Isit Hermitage or. And mrs. A. M. Young have received word from Nashville tenn., that their son Stanley together with the Broadway producer j. Edward Hamilton Are being entertained this week by the ladies Hermitage society of Nashville. Or. Young is writing a play on Andrew Jackson which or. Hambleton is presenting next year in Washington and in new York. Or. Youngs friends will be glad to know also that his first modern novel. Quot sons without anger will he published july 24th. By the publishers. Farrar and Rinehart with whom he also has a contract to produce a children a Book on Andrew Jackson As a Pioneer boy. 20 years a a join Greencastle miss Lucille Gillespie returned from Virginia where she had been attending school for the summer vacation. The seventeen year locusts arrived. Paul Albin was in Indianapolis. Miss Edna Curtis accepted a position with the new firm Thoma and Hirt with an office in Indianapolis. Estol Brothers resigned his position in the a. B. Hanna store. Shenandoah. A. May 29 a up Robert , 37. Was hauled to a safety Early today from the Bott it a of a 75-foot Bootleg Coal mine where he had been trapped by a Cave in for 63 hours without food and threatened every minute with sudden death by another slide. He had spent his last hours of peril d. A. R. Memorial service riven members of Tiibi in ii a tek honoured deceased members immediately following the Community Observance of memorial Day at Forest Hill cemetery. Sunday afternoon the members of Washburn chapter of the daughters of the their Monument near the Entrance of american revolution gathered at the cemetery and gave their own memorial service honouring their de Perry Riedi was chairman of the exercises Samuel Hartley honoured i in War Veteran it has been Many years since there has been an Observance in this Community of memorial Day which has approached nearer the Ideal for such an occasion than that which marked tin Day Here sunday. The weather was near perfect the cemetery had never been More Beautiful the exercises had not in Many years been More fitting the occasion and not for a Long time had been a More general and Heartfelt response to the sentiments of the Day by the people of the Community. The Parade the nucleus of which formed at the Home of the american legion and which was augmented by delegations from nearly All of the patriotic and other organizations of the City As it reached successive Street intersections attained a very impressive length by the time it was completed by the accretions of organizations and individuals at the Berry Street intersection with Locust Street As it entered Forest Hill cemetery the Parade was very impressive with its band music its flags and banners and decorated automobiles and the Large number of marching men and women Many of the former being veterans of the world War. In the Parade there were but few decorated cars and floats due to thu fear of bad weather the Large amount of work necessary Ami the time element probably and the $10 prize was awarded to Looe Hubbard who had a Beautiful entry. Riding in automobiles were Samuel a the calling encouragement to his rescuers ceased members. Miss Jrae. Brown a a Broth Putnam county a sole Resi d a it survivor of the civil War. And veterans Lof the Spanish american by the company followed by the i Vai a. Ii a at. The cemetery the memorial Roll Call of dead members by a Quot a and singing them verses from Beer barrel polka his Grimy face broke into a Grin As he staggered from the Shaft and he said to a bystander a Gimme a then he saw his 84 year old father. Patrick Gall Gan. Whom police had been straining with difficulty Ever since his 37-year-old son was trapped at 10 a. M. Friday. A How arc yes pop a he called. A i m Okay but a Little the old Man jerked himself free from the policeman and rushed Forward to embrace his son. Gall Gan was delighted by the reception Given him by several Hundred townspeople who had kept Vigil around thu Shaft for two Days and nights. Two doctors waiting to examine him had to Force him onto a Stretcher. Ing presided and mrs ers gave the chaplains part. The Salute to the Flag was Given thu a or sailors re Tanizo a old fax Jmmie a Ion found joints of machinery were jammed with a old coins Kan Juan. Puerto Juco May 2 up Sailer of the United states Engineer Dredger Orleans or gained a Gold mining expedition today in the ship s machinery and a 1,200 foot dredging pipe extending to the Bottom of san Juan Harbor. The Crew were at their work yesterday when they heard a strange clanking in the a unction pm pc. Investigating. They found that joints of the pipe had been cracked and that acid coins were jammed in the pipe and the ships machinery. It was believed that the dredge had struck and burst open a Chest of Spanish Gold perhaps lost by a pirate Craft As the coins from it Weie dated Between 1730 and 1840. In the reigns of chantes in to Isabella it seme believe that the puerto rican pirate Cofresi lost them. Sailors of the chileans estimated that at least 100 coins were in the ship somewhere and More might in in the pipe and at the Bottom. They waited today until fiume drawn from the Harbor Bottom had hardened to p. Search. Members of the Crew who were t. G. Yuncker a Flower being placed for each name that was called. Special tribute was Given in Honor of Beryl o hair All n. The Only member whose death Ltd mired this year. Mrs. Lafayette Levan Porter gave a Short address honouring the deceased members. The deceased members of the chapter number 36 and Are Mary Sims Allen mrs. Connelia Hughes a Raicic mrs. Anna Kidd Bents miss Virginia Black my Harriett Williams Callahan. Mrs. Laura Farrow Chapman mrs. Phila old Cole. Mrs. Marie win Sot Cox. Mrs. Leila Washburn Demotte mrs Alice Cooper do Bdl. Mrs. Mary Ann Remise Washburn Florer. Miss Helen Hathaway mrs. Edith Stone i . Mrs. Lillie Farrow Hays. Mrs Mary Gwinn in Sirr mrs. Emm i Benec Houck mrs. Pauline Blak Hurst. Mrs. Caroline Murray hypes. Mrs. Olive Hillis Kelley or Bessie grooms Keenan mrs. Hajilia Bridges King mrs. Clara Florer , miss i Lila i Miller min Ida Allen Over i Street mrs. Lucretia Alice peek mrs. Frances Taft Root mrs. Anna Allen Smith miss a inn mane Stone i s. Eula Amine an Stoops mrs. Caroline hypes Swahlen mrs. Josephine Cavins Torr mrs. But 44 on timid on i Tiue two Elizabeth a Nelson succumbed is Likiu services for former res i Dent will be Iii i ii wednesday morning mrs. Elizabeth Nelson widow Thomas n. Nelson formerly Day service of the grand army of the Republic represented now by Only or. Hartley was Given by Wilbur k. Donner and Perry Rush from the legion Post and Charles d. Conklin and j. K. Black of Karl Fisk Camp. United Spanish War veterans. The firing of the Salute to the dead was by squad of legionnaires commanded by John Arthur Friend those in the squad being John cart right. Ioli Williams Eddio Buis. Paul Grimes. Maynard Grubb Mont Snyder. Algan Moore and Raymond Baldwin. Morris Crawley and Fred Perse formed the color guard. Perry Rush commander of the legion Post was chairman of the exercises. Seated on the platform were or. Hartley accompanied by his son in Law. Russell Pierce Benton Curtis lieutenant of company i. 159th into. Vol. Infantry in the Spanish Ameri Eim War mrs. Wolfe from Ali woman s Relief corps and the i v. C. M. Mcclure and the Rev. V. L. Raphael. Greencastle pastors the former giving the invocation and the latter the Benediction. Or. Rush asked or. Hartley to repeat the roster of his company in the heavy artillery in the civil War. And the 97 year old Veteran of that contest responded in a most impressive manner. John Mundt. Of de Pauw University gave Lincoln a Gettysburg address in u very effective manner. The marching band of the Green eastly High school and the a Cap Pella choir of tin same school under the direction of i Bergethon. Gave the music numbers in a most artistic manner. The singing of a the old a amp ground a a by the choir was one of the most impressive numbers that has been heard Here on a similar occasion. The sounding of taps by Greencastle. Died sunday afternoon Jinmy Hurst and Leroy Mason trumpeters of the High school band. 14 a my i it ii menu in hit twin at the Home of her sister mrs. J Frank Kraus of 1023 East first Street Muncie. Mrs. Nelson had been ill since the Middle of february. Mrs. Nelson had made her Home with her sister. Mrs. Kraus since the death of or. Nelson in december 1936. She wus a member of the St. Paul s Catholic Church of this City. Survivors Are two Sisters mrs. Lucky enough to get the coins were Kraus and mrs. John Wolf both of already offering them for Sale. But Muncie. United states attorney Cecil Snyder warned that if they sold them they were soiling United states property and if they kept on Selling them they would violate the hoarding act. Marriage License James Robert Rogers teacher. Roachdale and Marjorie Louise Rice stenographer Roachdale. The body will Arr Ive in Greencastle at 11 22 a. M. Tuesday and will be taken to the Rector funeral Home where friends Are invited to Call. Funeral services will be conducted wednesday morning at 9 of clock from the St. Paul a Catholic Church in charge of the Rev. Father Thomas Mcgrath. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. A v a amp a a a a a a a a today a weather a a and a a local temperature a a a a a a a a a a a a fair tonight and tuesday somewhat warmer tuesday. Minimum it 0 a. M. 63 7 a. A. 66 8 a. In. 60 9 a. A. 71 10 a. M. 73 11 a. In. 7� 12 noon. To 1 p. A. 78 2 p. A. 78

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