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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - May 31, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA thic weather fair am warmer it. Lek nun a seven the daily Banner a it Waves for ally United press service 4 All the Home news 1 \0ls ire a hied by Hill school a a Indiana w wednesday May 111, 1�> it. Not a. La to s i i dents won in services Vii of cognition Ali wednesday a a honors awarded gaily loan pm of achieve announced at by Ednam lava Honor program or a Jay was observed at the school wednesday afternoon students aeon ving outstanding s f0r the past school year were Anis were made for High schol athletics and other achieve a won during the school year. It tal list of awards is As follows National Honor society a ship. Service leadership Dolph Bartlett i Bittles Nan Mcclure to Jome Mae Dean no Williams Anietta Peaso nor Mccullough a Elizabeth Abel say Hanna a Greenleaf Moore Ira Bartlett Ilyn Crump 4 in 1138 Kerit a Erdman Heron Boston Jbara Huneker Lliam Edington sales Sheridan 111-s Beverly Lucas awards a Ellaney in Industrial arts. Card Houck Pitts net i Siddons sell la a mail is t it a scholarship William de s scholarship Charles i music Barbara Huneker. I Jonty m Viola ships. Pursue John Indiana a Leith Wotring. Theta tau Bonnie Kuth Hiwanah awards Ola ship leadership Cha act Bara Huneker verite Erdman Hryn Boston Liam Edington Shinn $ wolfing a Quot tar discussion c contest ties Sheridan first in state. K., Best Citi Eil slip award to serine Boston. A p. S history award Given by Golden wheel jr., d. A. It., won re Riga Mcclay Art Etta poster awards of Nett. Pease a Otlyn Puii in f is Troi hire Meim Irani him Stolt Hgt arrive Eok new w la a store Homes and Cartons of clothing crates of furniture Stem i car Iscra tors and cases of other n it Liao been rolling into the. Ity within the lust few Days. The unsigned to the new Montgomery Ward store on South Indiana strict which is to open june 8. C. C. Walgamott manager in found the shipments As they arrived in the receiving room of the store. A it s quite a he said a to receive inc id an Liso for a store carrying so Many departments and Complete line yesterday for example one of our shipments from new York contain the. Latest women s fashions. Today among others we re expecting pm uni cents of streamlined bicycles and bedroom furniture. Or Walgamott stated that As fast As the merchandise was. It ived. It was being unpacked checked and arranged in the store St it that everything would be in perfect order fur the grand opening. Roosevelt to meet Lio Xulla is. Moulton i is Portland Mills speaker a. is at memorial it xxi to Likam Tiesis Xiv p. I no civil. Xxx veterans Al rope today Iron is online Tai. I rip Max ii xxx e it Earni. On i Lull rail Hope held or \ Viator a life til we , , ship that had no radio Nln on May 31. Up the i Iii lung Hope for Thomas 11 american youth who took 11 "1.1 Orchard Beach me., in Power air plane sunday on a Quot 1 trans Atlantic flight was lit have landed alongside 1 hip Thul Hud no radio to his Rescue. 10-hour Supply of gasoline that the plane carried Long Nice have beep exhaust it was certain that he had forced Down. His take off was re a it m. Sunday. It veral rumours about the having been sighted All of Hickok confirmation was one in d Irv a Telegram Given to the a ii siry by at Croy by port it was from an Undis i t 1 Quot in Wales and said that ii a entitled air plane had been of i the Welsh mountains a a r Vuht. The informant by Dick might have crashed 1 i Quot a. The air ministry had of Quot nation on such a crash. 1 to receive degree Diana Polis May 31. Or. W Pifer editor of the Chrls a locate and a resident of in i "h.s. Will be granted the Hon h Gatej. Of doctor of Laws by University of Nebraska at the la his annual commencement Lncoln. Neb. June 5. Or. Fifer 1 alumnus of the University. Washington May i up prisident Roosevelt returned to the capital today to prepay i the visit of King George i and filth Elizabeth and a transcontinental trip which May have a bearing on the 1140 presidential Campaign. Tho president accompanied by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Or. Left had Park n. A. Last night where they spent the Memoria Day week end before leaving the president Cly Selos a i at his regular weekly press conference that he had received a very favourable report on the National political picture from postmaster general James a. Farley who has returned from a tour of Many states and a a visit to the san Francisco world s fair. He did not indicate of course whether Farley a favourable report would lie taken As a a Green in regard to a third term hut said he planned a trip to san Francisco Seattle and Alaska probably next month. Some Obs a Vars were Quick to read political significance into the forthcoming Western trip. They pointed out that he would have numerous opportunities for speech making and sounding out political sentiment in key states. Meanwhile sen. George w. Norris. Ind. Neb., said or. Roosevelt May to forced to seek a third term to Complete the new Deal because of the Lack of a candidate who would a carry on his policies. Fhy let insurance riling Indianapolis. May 31. A suit filed in Federal court Here by the Allstate i surant company of Chicago apparently cos to Block enforcement of a recent ruling prohibiting com pane from reducing automobile insurance More than 20 per cent below the schedule of rates filed by the National Bureau of casualty and insurance underwriters John Cramer Deputy insurance commissioner said today. The suit alleged that George h Newbauer state insurance commissioners lacked authority to make the ruling. Brokers i rial set for june 23 Case of i Wormek Oki Man xxx i. He followed with my c ii interest trial of j. Carmeron Moag new York broker on a charge of being an accessory before tier fact in the making of false entries in the books of the Tippecanoe loan and Trust co., of Lafayette four years ago has been set for Friday june 23 in the Montgomery circuit court at Craw Fordsville. The Date was set at a conference Between defense attorneys members of the prosecution staff and special judge Howard Hancock of the Parko circuit court at Rockville. Miss Margaret Cheney former head of the Trust company now is serving a four year sentence in the Indiana women s prison for making Fulson entries. Moag was mias Cheney s broker and the state charges he acted with her in making an entry on the books to show the Bank Hail $632,000 Worth of certain securities among its assets when he had already disposed of the stocks and Bonds none left in few years Ign the Rexmere As Many As 150 the Observance of decoration Day at Portland Mills tuesday wan planned with care by the committee in charge and it a. An interesting occasion but ils was expressed by Many who attended and by the speaker Fay s. Hamilton there a. This pathetic feature about it that whereas in years Well remembered by nearly All of the adults the c tuesday there were formerly As Many As one Hundred and fifty veterans of the civil War present at each Observance 011 tuesday of. Several years in the immediate past there was not one old Soldier left 111 the Community to attend. The Large auditorium of tin Christian Church formerly was filled to overflowing by the veterans and others �>1 the Coin inanity but. Tuesday the audience did not occupy quite half of the seats in the audience was a Uncle Jack Quot Clodfelter 89 years old. Harry Mccabe was chairman of the occasion. He called upon mis John Vermillion to preside at the piano for the singing by the audience of America. The prayer was Given by Albert Spencer. Or. Mccabe spoke of Tho ten cemeteries of that area in which lie the remains of former soldiers from Portland Mills and lie asked the cooperation of All families making these burying place fit to be the resting place of the Community s beloved departed ones. He thanked the legion for the use of the flags at the exercises. Mrs. John Vermillion announced the features of the program As follows the Miller Sisters gave numbers for saxophone trombone and us Cordian readings wore Given by Grace Mary Gibbs and Walter Gibbs Rozelle White and John Burkett Sang a Tenor and Alto duet an Mary Jane Vermillion played two different violin numbers. Or. Hamilton spoke informally mentioning the change in the number attending Tho exercises contrasted with some years ago. And he stressed the patriotism of the people during the time of the great National stress. He developed the thought that there is Back of All government All Public activities All governmental activities the people themselves who in America at least have the last word that can be said about matters of National import. He quoted from Hales a Man without a coun a try Quot effectively and from other writers of patriotic message or. Hamilton was listened to most attentively partly because As he is. As the chairman said one of Portland Mills boys he was born there. After the and iriss chairman Mccabe asked for the report of the nominating committee John Vermillion responding. He presented the list of nominations and All were elected to serve next year As follows chairman Elmer Bull vice chairman. Elmer Smith Sec Reta by treasurer mrs. Irene Romine program committee Fay Spencer mrs. Maude Ohaver mrs. Albert Spencer. Speaker Elmer Ball James Taber Ami Oliver Spencer. The collection to pay the expenses of the Day was taken by John Vermillion and Elmer Smith. London foreign office experts Complete draft of note rejecting Germany a reasons for denouncing treaty government studies Campaign to combat Japan a encroachments 011 British Inte Esta in China. Moscow Premier pc reign i ister Molotov in spech to supreme soviet today expected to indicate that Russia s entry into Quot Security front is near. Budapest government wins big majority in parliamentary election but hungarian nazis make important gains. Hamburg five thousand German troops return from Spain As newspapers admit Aid to nationalist which government denied for two years. Paris newspaper assert 1 that Rhine floods have made 33 mile stretch of German fortifications untenable. Cadiz Spain Twenty thousand italian troops embark to sail for Home tomorrow. Rome Cabinet meets to hear reports on foreign and Domestic situations As finance minister urges economies. Rival War Cyl was forma Lumi Kin Lii Lilian Reck recalled i Lull l Kil i Ltd h Vas go while family was in route from this City Tho tragical death of the one year old son of or. And mrs. Kin Hubbard of Indianapolis happened Twenty yearn ago today May 31, 1919. 1 wan brought close to Greencastle in the sympathetic interest it aroused especially because Tho Mother of the Little boy who wan Kin. Or. Was miss Edith Jackson daughter of James Jackson who was at that time residing in Indianapolis recently moving there from Greencastle where he had lived Many years previously. Both of his daughters Edith and Grace being Well known among the Young women of this City. Kin Hubbard was the widely known originator of Tho fictitious newspaper character Abe Martin and other cartoons. Or. And mrs. Hubbard driving p. Largo Franklin car. With their three children Luul been in Grcen Cas tic that Day with or. And mrs. William Jackson and in another car. James Jackson and his daughter miss Grace and also mrs. Ileese Jackson of Indianapolis had come from that City. Or. And mrs. Kin Hubbard and their children started to return to their Home late that afternoon going by Way of Baili Bridge. Approaching the rather Steep Hill at the now Palestine Church some four Miles cast of Bainbridge on state Road 36, or. Hubbard lost control of his car it went off the Road and Down a ten foot embankment into a ditch with three feet of water in it the Little son. On the rear seat with the other children was hurled from the car and fell in Tho water the car coming to a res upon him. It was several minutes before the parents could find his body it being covered by the water. Other motorists reaching the scene of the tragedy. Took the Hubbard party with the body of their Little son. To Danville where the parents and other children were treated of their injuries. James Jackson miss Grace Jackson and mrs. Reese Jackson started for Indianapolis from Greencastle an hour or so later than the departure of the Hubbard family and went by another Road to Danville. Where they had their first information of the sad happening. William Jackson yet a resident of this City hurried there from Greencastle. To i of assistance. Sore fingers despite two painfully injured fingers on his right hand. King George obligingly signs Tho guest Book in Regina sask. Fingers were bruised when a train door caught a hem. Queen Elizabeth looks Over his shoulder. Lancaster. I a Man waited for committee Iii t took part anyway Lancaster. A. May 31 Lorenzo Mccracken 94, the towns Only Active civil War Veteran stood his ground valiantly while his own Parade passed him by. According to the printed program he was to have led the and presided at memorial Day services at the cemetery. He put on his uniform a and waited hours on Tho porch for the Parade committee to Call for him. Forgotten he heard the band walked to the Corner and stood stifle at attention while the Parade passed. Miss Hetty my to i do l v i a Book miss Betty Mullins daughter of Mart mrs. In 1 Mullins is a Home fro n Woods College fun to i a where she finished her Junior year miss Mullins has won outstanding honors on thu Campus during her work there Ami next year has been chosen editor of the year Hook a Woods echoes a a which is the outstanding publication of the College. Miss Mullins was also elected on the staff of the Green owl the Campus newspaper during her Junior year and contributed to it regularly she will spend the summer at her Home Here. Straw Homes a Kikm Lilly Home grow n \ ski kill s k Macii preferred Over others. Now on m Arliet italian men leaving Spain thousands of Mussolini s men who helped win War Are Reti Home Cadiz. Spain May 31 a up Twenty thousand italian troops who fought for Ali a nationalists in the civil War boarded nine italian troop ships today and will sail for Naples tomorrow. The italians left their air planes and 80 per cent of their War material in Spain for the use of the nationalists. The remainder mostly Arutt Lory tanks and trucks was taken to Italy the guns to be re pored and the trucks and tanks unconditioned. Home grown strawberries Are a now 1 in Market and Are receiving compliments from local connoisseurs and gourmets whose taste in the matter of strawberries is unexcelled by that. Of anyone else. One producer brought in his first last saturday and others Are coming along with theirs. Those brought in saturday were of thu Dunlap Var i piety not so Large As some varieties but of Good color and Fine flavor. The Fairfax variety As it now appears on thu Greencastle Market Lias some very Fine berries deep red color and also of Good flavor. There Are other varieties which Are produced in the county and All of them Are Good Many persons very much preferring the Horn grown berries because they reach the tables with All their original f ivs Ness. Blackberry Bushes Are covered thickly with bios a giving indication of a very Large crop of that Well like fruit. crash kill Mivi or old Giri. Death toll expected to be near 00 Iii ghz w toll for Holiday week end mounting to today Highway deaths in Lead More than two Hundred were killed in four Days in accidents on nation s roads tie number of violent death3 during the memorial Day Holiday increased toward the 500 Mark to Day. As the four Day i prior ended 403 fatalities automobile accidents fires plane crashes drownings and shootings already a 1 been reported. Reports from Rural sections were adding to thu total hourly. The heaviest loss of life was on the highways. Motor a clinic e accidents kind 203 eighty three persons were drowned and 123 Othera died from miscellaneous causes. One fourth of the deaths occurred in three states. New York had 38. 18 Mon or accidents California had 36, 23 from motor accidents and ii Lino is 36. 22 from motor accidents. Indiana a week end deaths for the in longed memorial Holiday soared to 27 to Lay As thousands of Loos Ier vacation lists returned to their Homes after four Days of pleasure. Highways were jammed with cars of a or five consecutive Days but state police reported no More than the Ordinary number of arrests. Killed yesterday As traffic an 1 merrymaking reached their Heights we re seven persons. I Bijj my Omni pm i it a Lutil visit spent res i i i i. I \ y lighted by Dominion wide Roaix St by King Victoria i. C. May 31 a up Britain a King and Queen ended their visit to Canadas most Western out j mgt St today and started East Over a new route which will take them through Jasper National Park. Edmonton and Niagara Falls to Washington 1>. C. They will leave on the Prince Rupert at 9 a. M. A 1 p. M kit for Vancouver. From Vancouver they will motor to new Westminster one time Capitol of British Columbia to entrain for the Hast. Their majesties a ent a restful Day in Victoria highlighted by a Dominion wide Broa least by the King. During the aftem on they strolled through the enids Castle on the Heights City with Lieut. Gov Hamber. They took of Dunai Muir overlooking the and mrs. Kric with them a 20 years Ajo in Greencastle masonic notice Temple Lodge no. 47, f. Amp a. M. Will Confer the f. C. Degree this evening at 7 30 of clock. # Allen Tilden starred in the highs it i100i play a the the newspaper said a lie enacted the part of the heart breaker and a. Clever in i Many flirtations with the Young ladies whose parts Wero taken by Lillian Daniels Eileen Browning and Frances or. And mrs. Oscar Cosner and children were hero from Chicago visiting or. And mrs. Harry w. Moore. Fred Hillis. Formerly of Greengas tic. And a number of other men. Then living in the county were announced to have a cleaned up in Tho Kentucky Oil Field. Leases held by these men were reported to have been sold for $400,000. One Man it was claimed realized $7.000 on an investment of $230. Millmr Slaw race inner quilling contest on Speedway tuesday witnessed by Many up Shaw. A Eccl Indi an a put it is May 31-Brutscd and weary Wilbur Indianapolis garage Mechanic id a Check today for $21.000, part of his profit for out driving and outlasting 32 other Drivers yesterday in the 27th annual memorial Day 500 mile race. It was his second Victory he w >11 the race in 1937 and. It was hard earned. It climaxed a Day of drama disappointment and death. The tragic Side of the race was a three car in mashup which pfc Llcy a Floyd Roberts last years Winner and injured Chet Miller Detroit and Bel it Swanson los Angeles. The conditions of Miller and Swanson both of whom were burned and bruised were not serious. The Accident saved Roberts record of 117.2 Miles per hour which he not in winning the race last Indianapolis May 31 up department of Commerce officials to Ifcic investigated i memorial Day plane crash which brought death to a 16-year-Olu Indio a a. Girl critically injured a not in t Indianapolis woman. And slightly 1 Jared the Pilot also of Indi Napoli dead was Edna May Robinson. 16. While critical condition in a Hospital was mrs. His Mary Lukas 23. The Pilot was Ralph Biddle. 28 Biddle said that the motor failed when lie was Takin off and that he was unable to return to the Field for a forced Landing when making a dead stick Landi. In another Field the plane crashed nose first. Report Mollier i Visone to four Oki Mioma by Oriyn de >1 to Iii band of i k re i Ion Clinton okla. May 31 up sheriff Everett Shan much believed today that mrs. Ida Watson 34, in t v have fed strychnine to her five children killing one. And attempted to Ltd kill herself because she was mad at her husband for going t a a memorial picnic lunch of Tea and sandwiches. Thu King marked a Rel let tar Day in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy when lie presented his White silk Ensign to the assembled forces of 656 officers and men. It was the time the Symbol of the Severeign a t been presented to his naval forces outside the British a sly s. Queen Elizabeth made an informal appearance to Chat with 44 Scotchman from a Hack the men were from count Queen As lady Lyon was born. Angus where the Elizabeth owes abandon a a min talons Terre haute. May 31 it up students at the Indiana state teachers College the Lay wore free of the threat of comprehensive Examina Tiona for the first time in 4 years. Hie a Cut Gay 1 need 4�ieh examinations after heated debate ves tiday. Opponents of Tho tests contended that they Quot degenerated into memo memory test no factual and said i that since they were put into use four years ago they had not increased the scholarship of the student body. Year. A prolonged flow period while Day baseball game the wreckage was be no Cleare 1 in the tourist Cabin where the wat from the track held Down the aver Aona were living ten ii Ora Rily Stan age speeds of the Deviera. Shaw might have set a new record hut for that slow period. His average was 115.033 m. P. H. Aud irs time was 4.20 47.41. Mary Alice Houston of Clinton will present her senior violin recital wednesday night at 8 15 in Meharry Hall. She is a member of the symphony orchestra and string symphony and has served As president of my Phi Epsilon music honorary. Baugh found a note that said a you have your Good time. I will take the cell Iren with the message 1 not signed or addressed. Mrs. Watson a condition was so serious that authorities were unable to question her. She slashed her Throat with a Butcher knife after giving two capsules of strychnine each to Marie 16. Bobby 14. David 12, Joe. 9. Ami Jerry. 6. Jerry died soon after taking the Poison. The other children still were seriously ill today. Ltd it 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a today a weather 0 a Aud 0 a local temperature a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 generally fair tonight and thursday. Except scattered thundershowers thursday afternoon continued warm. Minimum 6 a. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. M. 9 a. In. 10 a. M. 11 a. M. 12 noon x p. M. 2 p. M. 63 70 75 80 84 86 90 85 89 89

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