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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - November 4, 1939, Greencastle, Indiana The weather a in and warmer 4 4 0 the Date it n Ster a it Waves Jj-t3_j.ni a Rsie forty eight 11rkex0asti a in111a \ a. Foster d suddenly riday night knt citizen Succio my to heart attack at Street Home it a s l expect Eil died suddenly fridays or was in his usual Jovial while at the Ford Agency throughout the Day i county people were Shock Friday by the passing of Al c. Foster age 66 years a ent citizen of this City and Dale throughout his life time to practically everyone the county. Foster had arrived Home about lock and his passing came at id of a Day in which he Hail f his office fulfilling his usual Bainbridge voters will ballot ties. 0x1, y town election in got it y will us warm contest i two tic kits o n b a i l o t ii Sahel c. Foster demonstration Well attended disaffection of regular Ito Locrata May make Rossille Independent Al Story a we get plenty thus spoke Ralph Fosher Bain Bridge business Man. Concerning the j election in his town next tuesday. A there Are about 250 Legal voters i he said a but Only about 200 i usually vote. he added a it is i a real i or. Fosher. Descendent of the John j Fosher who had so important a part i i in the founding of old Blakesburg. West of Fincastle told about the Poi. Tics of the town and manner in which the opposing tickets Are made \ up. And such matters. Incidentally he is to be inspector in tuesday s election the Only town election to be held in Putnam county the presi ent incumbents in office in the other towns a holding Over until some the Northwest wind. Friday swept other election time conies. The term bleakly Over the Flat acres of Tom of off up of town of Ciais a four years. There is a democratic ticket in showing sponsored by w after s. Campbell attracts Many Farmers Foster had been identified with tic interests of Putnam count Long period of years. He gome other Pioneer automobile men founded the Ford in this county and today it As the oldest motor car in within the county having ex-1 since 1910. It was first con to Cloverdale. Where or. Foster Brothers farm Northeast of thers interested in it resided i Yah a it ill i not prevent the at a Many years has been one of Tendance of a Large number of men the demonstration of 4g$ 4-444 4,44,4 n 4 All the Home news 4 United press service 4 to a a Ltd. I destination of freed ship not decided of a renin iii iii j a a a a position for firing somewhere on French front. Picture passed by French censor. Daily duels occur tween French and germans on Western front but observers say duels Lack intensity and look 1 us standing business firms of j my under his leadership i Foster was United in marriage Ryl Cummings in 1893 to which were born a daughter Florence son Gaylord. The widow and children survive. R. A. Foster of and Messick company indicia. Is a Cousin although he reared in the Foster Home at Irdale As a brother. This family to of interested in the Field and an opposing ticket designated As the Independent. The first Means just what it says and if All of the democrats of the town were to vote for the candidates on it. Those candidates would be elected two to one. It is claimed. However the Independent ticket has two democrats on it and two Republic inasmuch As the equipment in opera cans and inasmuch As there Are lion on the farm especially for that a it it Quot a democrats in Bainbridge who the line of farm equipment handled by Walter s. Campbell Greencastle dealer. A we had seventy five men Here mostly the daily Banner Man was told. The demonstration was intended primarily or Farmer. Big boy one of fhe heaviest of French artillery pieces is 340,-Miljimefor gun shown in or firing Someth French and germ like Quot practice workouts Quot in sporadic bursts of fire. i Quot new film showing Ilc Oughty Lili Lul should be of interest proves enter Vainini Greencastle nine years ago occasion were John Deere farm trac will not. It is said vote for the Reg-1 ular democratic candidates it is i Cloverdale and or. Foster has tors plows a Letz Mill and attach taken an Active interest in ail ments intended for use along with said to be that there is affairs. Besides being actively these other pieces of farm Machin ated in the King Morrison 1 Ery. Company he has served As a p p Ferguson and George Marker of the Putnam county coun Sha Ftp d Man for the Len or the past several years in company Werc Here from Indian following representing the demo Lis to assist or Campbell in the crat a party Ralph Fosher inspect management of the demonstration j tor. Glen Michaels judge Harley they expressed pleasure at the at Maper clerk Urban Elmore sheriff. Tendance. Also these two men along with or. Campbell expressed much sat iii faction at a fuel record made during the do Mons ration. They said one fuel in capacity he had always tried be the entire Community. He been a director of the Cloverdale i Bank since its founding. Is will be held for the Public masonic Temple sunday a Terai 2 30. Friends May Call at Rector funeral Home until 2 sunday afternoon interment will be at Forest Hill first perform Wick of St i Dent Prodis action has Many 1110111.1 c. Ill s the first performance of Quot laugh v Marietta Quot Friday Clit in the Little theatre showed what Depauw and Greencastle has a n missing in the ten years since a the Mikado Quot was Given by a student cast the Clear so. A Miprano voice of mis Elizabeth Cam Chance for the Independent ticket top ving Lily carry the town assuming All of the Wilh republicans and voters of other k a 1. I someone were a Kamples of the tal faiths will favor its candidates.,cents for Public entertainment that lie the election Board will have Thea in the Depauw music school. Other musical highlights were the duct by miss Campbell and or. Lacy of Quot Sweet mystery of i Lfeo awl miss Campbell s a italian Street song the chorus work was exceptional. Members of the chorus recruited from the University choir the menus glee club and the women a glee club tarried a Large share of the music f the operetta. The i students of government and politics in this Community will be interested in the current showing this week end of a emr. Smith goes to at the von Castle theater. It is showing ahead of president Sims Neil Ralph act Vost so l it i i. Session of Congress Djoi Lins a Teit sending Bill to k. D. It. Independent Board members Clyde Metz judge Joe Cunningham clerk Ray Cornes sheriff. The democratic ticket in the election will be the following for it 14-Inch puts. In dictatorship says sen. Distilli to. Bought states hea1>ei> a Dia Napolis. Intl., nov. 4 i the United states is headed Coly for dictatorship under new i policies. Sen. H. Styles Bridge. H charged last night in an and is before the Indianapolis Asso Ciai of credit men. Lie people Are being a calculating pressed into a state where they to their government for he asserted. Lives and de3-s Are beginning to revolve found the personality of one Man Irdle a of whether that Man be 1 test showed a Cost of hut 17.2 cents i trustees Frank Jones. Albert priest., act n per acre for blowing with a John i Jesse Cowger for town clerk. Cleri Deere Model a tractor pulling two i ence Etcheson to succeed himself i. The fuel was no. 3 the Independent ticket will be Greencastle i for trustees Frank Baker Curtis costing 7 4 cents Par gallon. I Higgins. Virgil Ader for town clerk. The Letz Mill showed its efficiency j Earl Evans As a Hay chopper a feed grinder and these tickets Werc named at pria silo filler. It separated the Cornin iary conventions which require the from the fodder and also separated participation of at least to voters. Nitura go nil ridiculous postures a in l int handling to be Legal. In a a Points in this Vicinity following it Premier in Washington two weeks ago. Where it created a sensation because of congressional objections. The Story shows a Young Man named to fill a Senate vacancy. Cooked politicians attempt to Hook a big graft Bill onto a pen ling measure and the Young Man discovers it in time to save himself and expose the Crooks. It is one of Frank Capra a greatest productions As a director. Fillmore Church will ii xxx i special sex let it s special services Start at the Christian Church of Fillmore tomorrow. To continue two weeks and closing with the Celebration of the Centennial of the Church for which an elaborate program has been a ensemble singing in the Climax of ranged. The preaching will be by the each act reached professional statute pastor Rev. In ? .1 Shockley or in i however acting honors went to Napolis. O. A. Day is general chair Wendell Osborn and miss Neil Reyn Mann the Centennial feature Olds in the comedy leads. Osborn Anna Snow Sta. S is in charge of tie playing the part of Silas Slick who special music and Gilbert Knetzer is was always wailing for an Opportuna chorister Ity to Rise in the world showed a mrs. Alters ill Beans from the bean Hay in the bean crop. The town Hoard of Bainbridge has of the or. Fergus n spoke of the John in its charge the Upkeep handled by my. town s streets the appointment of Deere equipment Campbell As including plows of 13, the town marshal and. Of much in 14 and 12 Inch sizes and mod. L a. B. 1 Ortance Thore the management of. All of which Are suit the town s electric lighting system. Putnam county soils i the receipts from this project arc a i considerable part of the town a a. A. 1 n 4 i and h tractors All of which Are suited for use he said. One piece of equipment in which come and they Are used. 1 or bad mediocre in ability or of it a Ltd a a a a Quot so a Ere particularly inter stature of a a Cut vat Quot a prepares the seed Bod without the use of a plow. Re for the maintenance of streets Inai times w in we have attained the state of a ligation in which Federal bureaus looks upon the state govern sits As Mere ornamental append-�8 and where mayors of our Cit have As their chief Mission Thi it to Washington for greater hand he said. Debts he said Are bewildering th2 Spie weakening their fiber and paring them for their rendezvous h the ugly Witch of dictatorship a a directs Roini table circuit c ourt notes the Green caste orphans Home is Miff for foreclosure of a Mort re and of a receiver ling a defendants Herbert f. Yranski. Administrator and War i Goodwin doing business As the astern Auto associate stores and As defendants. Acting the in plaint Friday. Judge William m Pui Erlin appointed Ernest a. Brovan a receiver and he qualified by give Bond in the sum of $5.000 with Cal sureties. January 3 was set As Date for the hearing. Roy c. Pm Herlin is attorney in the proceed representing the plaintiff. A jury in the Putnam circuit fort allowed in full a claim of $750 1 0 by Jessie i. Jackson against f estate of charter m. Jackson for Prvcic a deceased. Hamilton amp Hilton represented the claimant John h. James was attorney for estate. I the sum of $250 was allowed we Mccammack against the a the of Minerva Blue. Or. Lester m Jones head of the sociology department at Depauw University directed a round table for Church workers at the saturday morning session of the Indiana state conference in social work in Indianapolis. It was one of several round tables to be held after an address by or. James s. Plant director of the Essex county juvenile clinic of Newark. N. J., on a dynamics of human behave or. The meeting was held at the Claypool hotel. Or. Eel Ward r. Bartlett professor of religious education at Depauw. Led the discussion at the round table. Permission from the state Hoard the town does not have an electricity producing Plant. It securing its a juice Quot from the Northern Indiana Power company hut it does own the local wiring and poles. I. S. Citizen executed Chicago nov. 4 up a mrs. Stefania Sadowski 50. Grief stricken by notification from the state department that her husband. Josef. 55, an american citizen was executed three weeks ago at Warsaw by German military authorities said today she would make formal protest to the u. S. Government. Quot it was the deliberate murder of an american she charged. And reactions in addition his Voie it was deep and flexible in his two comedy solos. The first spontaneous applause from tin audience followed i i duet with miss Reynolds. A if i Wei anybody else but in a part completely in contrast to her Triumph in a the ghost of yank a miss Reynolds bounced around the stage As the on a Casque the girl who could not find a husband. Comedy offered just As much Opportunity for her Mazin voice and even More for Mobile facial . Her voice proved to be i fully capable of Solo parts. I David Stevens swaggered As a combination Nobleman and pirate. Miss Virgin Buchanan turned is a Good performance As a slave girl and contributed a Lovely Solo. A Neath the Southern Moon. Louis Mcnutt was funny As the befuddled lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Funeral services for mrs. Borni Ogle alters i siding North of fim Mote were held saturday afternoon at 2 00 o clock from the Christian Church at Fillmore. Washington nov. 4 up president Roosevelt signed the new neutrality act it noon today opening american markets to belligerent i Cash and carry purchasers. Statutory authority for the arms embargo will cease to exist when the new act becomes effective Al-1 though a revocation proclamation May be issued. A Nick foreign spend j ing is expected to reach $500.000.000 or. Roosevelt Hopes before mid-1 night to Issue a series of Proclama-1 tons invoking the provisions of the new act. Thee Are expected to i 1. Ban credit to All belligerents. 2. Prohibit travel by americans on j belligerent ships. 3. Define combat zones from which american ships and nationals will be barred under the penalty of heavy lines and imprisonment. 4. Prohibit american Flag ships carrying munitions to any destination. The special session of Congress which enacted the new neutrality policy adjourned at 6 35 p. In. Est yesterday in an of anti Climax. The Battle Long Hail been Over. Or. Roosevelt in Gay spirits sent Congress his Goirl wishes and a suggestion that legislators would be warranted this year in celebrating two thanksgiving a lays in states whose governors rejected the nov. 23 Date. Norwegian action in freeing shut seen As major de Elope int 1 1 port of my tiny heard it in Nan Carder x protest to by Way t n xxx Liat it term a unfriendly act Quot Hau Gesund. Norway no v. 4 i up the american freighter City of Flint freed by the norwegian i Ven Mont from a German nazi j anew lode at Anchor off Hung a u us to Day awaiting the decision of i a master or Ltd the United states Lii a whether by run the Gauntlet j through a German submarine blockade of the British Isles or to heal for Home. Noway by a decision regarded As a i f the biggest developments a a the War. Had ordered the ship free interned its nazis prize Crew which captured it october 9. And put armed no a Regian Navy guard aboard i it pending its departure. Copenhagen. Denmark. Nov. 4 i up a report was circulated to a Lay that the american Crew of the 1 steamship City a if Flint mutinied against their German captors before it put into Hau Gesund Norway to a he freed by the norwegian government. According to the report a member of the freighter s Crew was injured when the prize Crew a a violently put Down a Mutiny which he had tried to id the Assumption was if this report was Correct that it was because of an injured american that the captors vainly pleaded of a or permission to visit Hau Gesund and then continue to a German port. Hau Gesund. Norway nov. 4 up the Amot ican freighter copy of Flint freed by the norwegian government from a German a Row wont to Bergen today to await the decision of its master whether to run the Gauntlet through a get Man submarine blockade with its. A Cor Traland 1 cargo for Britain. Berlin. Nov 4 up official German quartets said today that Norway a action in freeing the american Fri fighter Ltd it of Flint and the internment of the nazi prize 1 Crew aboard it. Was a an exceptionally unfriendly London newspapers i that the i Flint i n l to a Meri Yasud by in �1 up lond Ltd cd reports today steamship City of Norway from the was i nazi prize Crew in i for great Britain. Ii is november roses kulaks Arm at school new ache of Indian relies is discovered Lay Grafton , it the Blooming of a red rambler Row in the Spring or summer is not news but when one blooms in november it is news. This one is reported by Harold storm of Coates Lluc route 2 who has some Lovely specimens picked during the last few Days. I Muhln Tifilo woman s body Founti in Lake Michigan Michigan City. Ind., nov. 4 up state police today sought to Yurs r in or new a Cut. Not Vatican City nov. 4 a up a Charles Watkins son of mrs. Louise Watkins of Greencastle broke his right Arm while playing at school Friday afternoon. He was taken to the county Hospital for an a Ray and to set his Arm. Police said the body weighed about 155 pounds and was Short and Stocky of build. She was dressed Only in underclothing. It was believed the body had been in the water for 10 or 12 Days and that it might have drifted from Chicago As recent prevailing winds were from that direction. Was Learned today that monsignor Cesare Orsenigo apostolic Nuncio to Berlin has reported to the holy see that persecution of catholics in German territory has increased since publication last week of the first encyclical of Pope Pius Xii decrying the spread of atheism and religious persecution. 20 years ago in Greencastle mrs. Charles Gardner read the paper at the meeting of the c. Vav. B. M. Of the Christian Church. Charles Mcgaughey of the citizen.? Bank attended a meeting of the a better Terre haute mrs. Luella Fry returned to her Home in Indianapolis after visiting mrs. P r Christie. Mrs. p. Allen. Or. And her guest. Mrs. E. D. Lease of new York City went tit St. Louis to visit. Of All the spots in Putnam county where relics of the pre historic inhabitants of this county have been found none has furnish a More than have the Low ridges just cast of Greencastle. The Detrich Herald. Goldsberry and Longden farms have All produced excellent collections of in Lian Stone work. Now. The finding of an Indian Hoard on the Longden farm adds new interest to these other discoveries. Grafton Longden. Or. Now a Junior in Depauw University is Cne of the Best Amateur archaeologists in the county and has taken an Especial interest in this area for a number of years. He has kept a careful record of All objects found on his fathers farm As Well As of the More important pieces found in the neighbouring area. This service will be of great scientific value when the archaeological Story of the county is finally told. The recent discovery of n Cache or hidden store of Indian implements on the Ridge Fiat West of the Grafton Longden Home in East Greencastle township w As entirely due to careful overseeing which Grafton gave to every archaeological discovery in the area and to his continued watchfulness. To actually dig up the relics which were hidden under some 20 inches of Earth required a Nice bit of detective work. The Reward of this was. However the finding of 21 Flint knives and a perfect Cere As an exam which scientific a a a i together the found in a Way of the Way Lisez a relies Are lir Longden Cache very a similar to the Way one was found in Cloverdale township ten years ago by Adrian Morrison a of Cloven Lale and professor Vreeland of the University. In each tin his la Len pieces were a lug up after a of a a a items Hall by men found on the ploughed surface of the ground. It was reasoned that the finding of several pieces at once would suggest Berlin. Nov. 4 up Germany ordered a protest to Norway to Lay against what official quarters called Norway so exceptionally unfriendly act Quot in freeing the captured american freighter City of Flint. A foreign office spokesman said tint the German charge do affaires i Oslo had Ben instructed to make the protest verbally and that it waa hell veil he had already a Lone so. The spokesman said that Norway so action a to use the Mildest expression j Vas unfair Quot in View of president i Roosevelt s Quot appeals to Germany re a a Harding treatment it of the City of flints Crew. The nazi prize Crew aboard the ship the spokesman said act i in conformity with tin president s a in ppm a iils in trying to put a sick american Sailor that the top of a his la Len pile of relics. St x ii it xxx of Al Roki from the Green castles we was being scraped off by the plough. goal it Edfar the approximate spot of the surface find was then marked Ami digging was commenced up the Hill or above this spot. In both cases the Reward was the finding a of the original trove j firmly fixed in a pm cd a it in the ground As it has i been left by the aboriginal owner. The relics found on the Longden farm indicate that there were several favorite camping spots in the via a in Ity. There Are of Lvi a Springs on the farm which would have been use i by the in Liana and relics Are More commonly found near these than i elsewhere. The Field where this Cache was found has not yielded As Many relics As have some of the others but. Apparently it was a Village site. Too. For the excavation for the Cache revealed a substratum of soil some two feet thick a foot or so beneath the present top surface and this was filled with fragments of department who attended th3 conference at that Lincoln and Claypool hotels in Indianapolis wednesday thursday. Friday. And saturday a of this week we to the director Benton Curtis and vis i tors i Margaret Potter mrs. Bernice Jones and the misses Ella i Mol Anna and Helen Werneke. Trio i Board members who attended were a mrs. Ray trembly and mrs. Ben fall and c. Ferrand. 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fair not quite so Cool saturday sunday generally fair and warmer. Mon Al slate piece buried together in j charcoal and fire cracked stones. The ground exactly As they had been the amounts of this material Indi a left by the indians who had burled rated that Camp fires must have j them there. I a continued on rns four minimum 6 n. M. 7 a. M. 8 a. M. 9 a. M. 10 a. M. 11 a. 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