Page 1 of Nov 21 1939 Issue of Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana

Greencastle Daily Banner November 21, 1939 Page 1 old newspaper archives

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Read an issue on 21 Nov 1939 in Greencastle, Indiana and find what was happening, who was there, and other important and exciting news from the times. You can also check out other issues in The Greencastle Daily Banner.

Browse Greencastle Daily Banner

How to Find What You Are Looking for on This Page

We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to make the text on a newspaper image searchable. Below is the OCR data for 21 Nov 1939 Greencastle Daily Banner in Greencastle, Indiana. Because of the nature of the OCR technology, sometimes the language can appear to be nonsensical. The best way to see what’s on the page is to view the newspaper page.

Show OCR

Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - November 21, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaThe weather Bain of Snow. A a a a # the daily Banner it 4 All the Home news 4 4 i Nikl press service 4 i me forty i Giitl it Waves for ally it if Kent , Indiana tuesday Noyem Beh a Al it a Inci men old regular 10nday meet a matters As Well \ Votek works matters me before session a works has Leas no. 30 former resident is seeking big damages suit for $25,003 damages has Heen fill la in Superior court of Vigo county by Myrtle Skelton of Brazil but Foini Elv of Putnam county against George Fate r.01 South Twenty fourth Street an a Ali inter state motor freight system Lor which c. W. Hendricks of or Dinapolis is agent As the result of an Accident on United states Highway to at the shows loss Dally of about 0 10 balloons. Will Start Hunt for the leak water works department of of Greencastle will take til f something like 125 000 get of water which escapes from to s water system every 24 without recompense to the Niento. Trail of the fugitive water into unexpected situations intimated. Sherlock Holmes that detected a Cape is a meter which the de set installed recently at the no Plant North of Greencastle. Part event thought it was no about 600.000 Gallons each is but the meter told them a division it Story. The total average is so the meter says 725 000 Gallons. T of the water through some connection is not suspected e belief is that there arc Acci it aks which Are taking this toll Stewart superintendent of it Stem appeared before tile Al at its meeting monday even i explained the matter to the 1 members. He said a Lead in one of the principal Mains hive become loosened under Road track possibly but. He Here is no Chance that one of in pipes itself May have Devela leak. Councilmen received the re Jat the pieced no meeting for a it for the water department 11 it meter which would Cost but at that time they Laid quest on the table. They a inc request monday night the meantime in the two interval the leakage has a million and three quarters is of water. If the figures of a Ater Hoard Are approximately it. J Western a Init cd Brazil last sept. Ii she Char of she was a passenger i in fag is cur when it struck a parked car end truck owned by the interstate motor freight system she alleges the truck was naked illegally on the Road without flares. She claims permanent injuries and alleges she is prevented from continuing her work As a beautician As she did before the Accident. Mcnary has Teklie Point Snow is reported in North Putnam the Light coating of a now that fell p a i in a % 1,1 nor a Putnam county this morn 14 i in a threatened to a Proa a southward to the Central part of the county and i very slight fall of the crystals in the Vicinity of Greencastle Early in Fok i he Day gave the threat some substance. Trucks and automobiles coming from Montgomery during the possibility Early Forenoon carried Snow on their tops and at Plainfield a two Inch or believes parly c an succeed know fall was reported. Year if his proposal info Low the temp nature was about right de by for degrees being recorded i As the Low Point of the morning. Washington nov. 21 up the Snow was visibly Here Al re Publ a of let it in ate outlines plan party in 11 10 a presiden Hal Senate minority Leader Charier i. Though it was More in the form of a Mcnary a. Ore. Pir posed a three Point farm program today with which lie said the re pub lean party could win Western states and elect a president in 1040. Drizzling rain which extent As it fell. Froze to some England is planning Kermit Roosevelt to change citizenship Neyt offensive my til Ai titrated soon in German War in London. Nov. 21. Up Ker a run i i to Roosevelt son of the Inte Perl \ 4 by til \ a 4 t cd 1 1 Teodoro Roosevelt told news i p per correspondents today that soon he would become a British subject. Roosevelt who was a British Captain in the world War and who last month was commissioned a second Deu tenant in the British army said that lie considers that the War Alma of the allies constitute a a Clear Cut. Moral a i consider the Issue More clearly in titled than in the last Roosevelt said. A the sooner it is Over the better for you and the better for All of Republican women will hold meeting German attack k 1ifld i in Prendy announce Germany plans were changed after everything was in Keu Diness mrs. A. R. Robinson wife of former senator to be Hon oreo guest meeting to be wednesday 23 states to observe Early Holiday Quot after consider Aba lha ought Quot he. Said in an interview. Quot i have arrived at the conclusion that the Republican j party can be successful if it Demon at rates to the farm voters and those dependent on the Farmers that the party is interested As formerly in their on thanksgiving this year for first time since Lincoln s Day two holidays for same Dallas girl kills lawyer member of prominent family uses two guns in Street killing Mcnary recommended that the i of lowing program be writ ten into the party s 1940 platform in Quot simple a language so that All can understand l 1. Equalization of Benefit pay states and communities to lie did merits under the aaa soil conserva video on a Day or a week s Holiday on thanksgiving it will be a thanksgiving week this year not just a Day. A Survey showed today that 23 Dallas. Tex., nov. 21 up pretty Corinne Maddox hated attorney Brooks Coffman so intensely that before riddling h m with the bullets of two pistols she composed j a poem of hate for him to read in his dying moments police revealed today. Miss Maddox 26. Member of a i wealthy and prominent family shot Coffman Iai the Back Luai continued i to shoot him who la he Lay on the aids 3. Liberalization of the Public land Walt i propping himself up on one policy to give the 14 Public land t. La w egging for mercy states a greater share of revenues than cr08sed the Street to a Tion program. 2. Repeal of the 1 agreement act. Reciprocal Trade states acc fading to Pio Tamat on \ fit it a 8alc of Forest alld on ill company and engaged a by governors will Obs be 1 links a he tub a Domain. I me Avenger to deliver her poem of riving thursday. Tin a in in sup Mcnary s name will lie presented hate to Hie Hospital where she As port of president Roosevelt and 20 a the 1 states will observe Date of the last thursday of the month five states Nebraska. Cole a cd did Quot Quot Abr Dereere to the Republican convention As a suited he would be taken. He died presidential possibility although he. Of his 10 Bullet wounds before he got Rado. Texas. Idaho and new mex Law a will to serve both dates. Has repeatedly said that he is not a there and in consequence never read believed he it. Miss Maddox father is Roger mad do a member of the Board of the consented solely in the Hope of controlling enough delegates to assure but Many cit5es in slate which of. Him of a major voice in drafting the National Bank of Commerce. In orm facially had designated the 23rd. It farm Plank of the g o. P. Platform de that she had killed a Man he went to the jail and found her pacing her London. Nov. 2�?T lil the British threatened a blockade on German exports today in reply to Germany a intensified sea warfare which in three Days had taken a toll of 11 ships and 140 live. An Export blockade would affect All German made travelling in ships whether shipped tin etly from Germany or tra Shippe i from a Neutral port it would Rai 4 a serious problem for every country having direct or indirect dealings with Germany especially Italy which has become dominant in Neutral european Commerce since the War. Neutral were expected to oppose any such British policy. At Amsterdam Holland the newspaper handed salad said today that the dutch people a would consider a blockade on German exports in additional it expressed the Hope Quot that this disaster which struck us the sinking of the liner Simon Bolivar by a North sea mine with the loss of 84 lives will not result in action which undoubted would be harmful a and that Antian would find a better the War at sea was spreading under and above the surface on this a the 21st anniversary of the scuttling of the Imperial German War Fleet it Scappa flow where it was being taken for interment on nov. 21. 1918. Just As the famed Dover Patral minesweepers were going into action Clearing the ship channels of the North sea of a plague of mines that had wreaked havoc during the week end. Word came that another committed named and other organization activities to be outlined for Campaign ahead the Putnam county women Sec i publican club will hold its regular i monthly meeting on wednesday evening november 22. 7 30 at Pearl j of lairs guest Houre. 201 East to it Ein in or y Street us. Mrs Arthur r. Robinson of incl i Anapolis wife of former senator i Arthur r. Robinson who served As i state senator from Indiana for ten years will be the guest speaker. I i31h e engineers spoke to mrs. Robinson is credited with be Mikii than one Hundred j eng the first woman to manage her in 4 01 it House t husband s Campaign she has served i on the state speakers Bureau tor Many attend electric meet on monday practical ides discussed Rural Elk a a Trifid Tiou is or inter i a to Allah wan shown by attendance one Hundred and ten persons most of them Putnam county farm folks listened attentively through a two and one half hour Crisc ussom of Rural electrification by s. A. Anderson agricultural eng Neering specialist of Purdue University who Spok in the Assembly room of the Putnam county court House. Monday evening. The audience was composed of a present usera of electricity in Rural parts of the county and also Many who Are expecting or hoping to become such users through the further spread of the Rural system in the s Vicinity. Or. Anderson was very practical j in his talk. He took up problems that Are being experienced by actual us j Era and talked it i costs and of the War briefs mayor took up the familiar j 26th. Planed to observe the traditional Day for sentimental reasons. Other cities announced they would observe both dates and some families unmoved by tradition or proc Amat Wui and mind Bejm Jim nov. 21 up heavy Ful of Economy planned to have their arli Lery fire Wab re8umed on both Turkey for dinner on sunday the Sitjes 0f per t near the Luxembourg sector of the Western front after a British ship the 4,915 ton Arlington kind of equipment advisable for put that of parking conditions in Tyas a sort of appetizer of pening of the meeting but not interest was displayed in it time. However during the a petition was presented by Naurer Paul Grimes signed radically every property owner Diana Street Softli of Hanna that parking on that Street just noted to the West Side no ing being permitted along the curb there already had been Buslon of other traffic matters in Outing councilman Gwinn end moved and it was seconded by Cilman Leon Welch that the attorney be instructed to pre an ordinance putting the indiscreet parking limitation into but the City attorney. Mara brains suggested that Parr traffic regulation and others had been discussed by the i get incorporated into one regulation ordinance to avoid test of the publication of of such ordinances and the kit a in regard to a special Ord of for Indiana Street was with r a proposed ordinance will it it a opted specify certain in City and otherwise j restrict ions on traffic. It will discussed at succeeding meetings Council. Or. Abrams made it to the Council and mayor that f to cannot enforce its own tray a caul actions unless there is an incr Back of the Tai. Special meeting of the Council he held next monday to consider age disposal matters. N i hilu8 mutate for governor t�?Tunapou8, into. Nov. 21.�? i Glim r. Hails prominent to lawyer today formally an Turkey retailers anti Railroad and i Lull of nearly 35 hours the Semi of airline officials wore confused in or j Fidiaj German news Agency d. N. B Dering supplies and p Anning for a a d today in amplifying the High traffic but both grups believed Rev i command s War communique. Venues would be increased Over last j u i my a. 11 Tun a j Unes Martin of the a strict attorn Vear by the double Holiday whole. London. Nov. 21 up . Ears reported Turkey orders follow j by Tain i 1 retaliate against nazi ing the trend with sales Good in sea warfare which Sank 14 ships off i ii. Wringing her hands. A Quot i m afraid he Isnit Gong to i she said. An hour later she was informed that Coffman was Lead. A i m she exclaimed. Quot my life has been he d a last night miss Maddox was released on bail of $7.500 though a charged in a police warrant of Mur i Dor. The Ball was set by Justice of the peace w. L. Sterrett he asked states observing thanksgiving the i the English coast since saturday by 23rd and Normal in others railroads i seizing German exports on the High and airlines expected a similar re j seas or me minister Neville Cham action in that traffic Turkey prices j bar lain announced today in the House Generd y were one to five cents a i of commons Pound lower than a year ago. St. Louis reported turkeys retailing up to five cents a Pound higher than last year because the Missouri Turkey crop had been bought out by Eastern wholesalers and a portion of. Wag Flygt u1 for Cap tam the Texas crop set for Sale nov. 30, Tomunson on the Zewei. Had not been full developed for the sea sweeper was the 13th ship 23rd. J Unk since saturday. There were a few individual but j no Oigt Aniced protests against the London. Nov press Crit s proclamation advancing Large of s office whether he thought miss Maddox should be Given bail. Martin said a a yes and Sterrett a Aid $7 500 was enough because it was his practice to hot bail Quot within reach Quot of accused persons. Uffman was 35, a lawyer and a married. He was known As a Ladli j London. Nov. 21. Up the j Luin it British trawler Scase per of 329 tons was sunk by a enemy it j was announced today. The Crew of j 12 was picked up by a steamship. It John City will observe thanksgiving Holiday there w ii be a general Observance locally it f thanksgiving on thursday ref the s week in accordance with the proclamations to that effect by in rident Roosevelt and governor court had been torpedoed by a Sun Marine. The germans also had attack i from the air. The admiralty announcing that a German bomber had unsuccessfully attacked a destroyer in the South part of the North be i further action by German surface raiders known so far to include the pocket battleships deutschland Arul Admiral Setcer was feared with Nam conditions. The uses when listed As on every farm Are for lights radio Iron washing machine ref Rige Raitor and water pump with a few other Anwo Ler App lances combined. The electric Cocking Range was also included As being at least desired on most farms. Muny years As Marion county Vic chairman eight years also As Secreta y of Marion county committee tor one term the Only woman to have this Honor in Indiana. Bhe is j past president of Irvington unit no. 38. American legion auxiliary member of a a. E. 8. And a graduate of i Ohio North in University. Mrs. I John Siegesmund vice chairman of the Ihli Ward of Marion county will a accompany mrs. Robinson. Present and retiring officers of the club and Greencastle City pc a i net comm it tee women will Honor mrs. Robinson with a six of clock dinner at mrs. Andersons 400 Elm Street mrs. Ray trembly president of the club announces the following program America invocation mrs. L. E. She duh. Flag Salute mrs. Clyde Gray second vice president. Greetings mrs. Thad Jones county vice chairman. Evelyn Crump accompanied by h i Mother mrs. Lawrence being Prati Carly essential Crump reports of the state convention miss finn be evens and mrs. John j things of interest to women a mrs Arthur r. Robinson. Reception committee in chargers. Nealy of hair chairman mrs. Rill coat of operating these Upo l Frnnk Donner. Mrs. Fred lung cart. Inca for one month exc Sive of mrs w. 1. James mrs. Karle Wise stir ran in. Tic put at $5.00 for the a Man. Mrs. Vernon Gardner. Mins with the announcement from Capetown. South Africa tli-1 the Arm d nip farm. The r in. Using 116 a i German Steamer wlm thu. Of 16 tilt Quot hours at a 3-eent rate Wood tons and escaped from lotto. An Lin additional $3.48 Gola where she had been tied up i a a. Rates used or. Andersen since the War. In Calell Stjohns were 7 1-2 for the Catherine Long. Hostesses for the evening Are miss Hazel rambo miss Margaret Gill orc mrs. Ross Tustison mrs. E. R. Bartley mrs. Marshall Abrams mrs. George beef Lei. Mrs i Maggie Scott mrs. Gilbert ogles. Yesterday. German spokesmen at of ,t0 h Urs 5 cents for i mrs. Walter Evans. Berlin insisted that the week my toa a 0 a tir. And 3 cents for Bowman. Mrs Essie disasters in the North sea Quot i to next 170 hours caused by Briti Sli mines not Ger i this basis using lights 15 Kwh. Man. But today the London Dally or Ali Mph a it 7 i would Cost 1 mail reported it had heard Broa 1 j add a a a Kwi it thl Hanle rate casts in English from the German we a co it go cents a month. An troll using 7 Kwh would Cost 53 conts. A Wash no machine 3 Kwh at thu 5-Ccnt rate would coat 15 cents. The expanse cd of using my cells Jiyoun Kina i Appl ances 8 Kwh at 5-cents new milk Container used by Boesen Dairy the Holiday a week one group at los j off the cast coast noon to. Ange is urged gov. Culbert l. Olson to or claim november 241 h a to iday because Quot we Ameis cons have so much to he thankful for we should have an extra the change upset College and High school Cotha l schedules and brought no tests Fryni cites on state Borders. A Nie p Rte is were heard from individuals in Kentucky towns celebrating the 30th. Who work at cd Neon a a i celeb at no the 23rd. Kansas City business houses n m Sriri. Observing Tho 23rd. And bordering on Kansas. Observing the 30 a decided to shut Down the 2.1rd. But c to and county offices Ani schools will c tse both Days. Man Quot dealers stocked enough to keys to carry i hem through the in to re week from thur Dav to thus Dav. Airlines and Rai roads planned. To serve a Utku a dinners on both Days. R Quot a his candidacy for the Repult a he come Saary of be Tran Scottn 21 Ulm a a was reported blown up j ii is accepted a the off thanksgiving Day although first unconfirmed reports was a japanese ship. London. Nov 21. Luif nazi planes roared Over England Scotland and the Orkney islands today but Royal air Force fighting Craft shot Down one making a total of 20 German air planes brought own in seven a weeks off the East coast. The plane shot Down while Antl Al Craft batteries were Active in Southeast England was understood to have fallen in the sea before reached the coast. Nomination for governor res state convention. Hoover is proposed a 6hington, nov. 20. Up Franklin d. Roosevelt suggest Lav that former president h a Hoover head a centralized y for Relief of refugees and a1 War sufferers. A Roosevelt Grid that Are Ita a Rene. Will 11 of the 16 stat Quot server which in planes Fly Rose re no thank giving on the 23rd, the others Indianapolis livestock hogs 8.500 Holdover 140 Mark. Steady 160-230 lbs. $5.80-$6 2.�0-300 lbs. $5.48-$5.75 300-400 lbs. $5.15-$5.35 100-160 lbs. $6.35-$5.85. Sown steady to 10c lower mostly $5-$525. Cattle 1.300 calves 500 steers Active 25c higher heifers scarce cows opening Strong most steer sales $8.50-$10.50 Short a said it j some families of lie county will have a their family gatherings on the Auel ending thursday in accordance with arrangements made before the earlier lat a was fixed try the president. The poet fico county offices Banks Ami other Public institutions Wil observe the Day As a Holiday closing All Day. I was announced today that the burches of the City i i not have a Union service on that Day. As was Rue also last year because of the Leo casing attendance by the pubic at services held in recent years on Tho Day. Busier so firms will observe the Day some by closing. Indio stations at Cologne. Hamburg and Essen Early this morning starting that Quot Germany s aim is to strike her fires in the maritime Waters Britain is not in a position to make Britain Safe from her Ower slops or neutrals in the Waters surrounding Tho British is s and the results Are Ratler sad Lor Neutral the newspaper quoted the radio stations is saying also that "tier-1 Ninny regrets this development o a far As Neutral ships Are affected but she is unable to do anything about it i Slid i or Harvest must ire a it uld Cisi 411 cents. A refrigerator i 111 Kwh i tin packaging of fresh milk in a Lim itary containers thus doing away 1 with Glass milk bottles Rind distal a billion of it through local food stores ill has Ireen started by the 5-Ccnt inc and 2 Kwh Ai the 3-Ceit Rato would total $1.58. A water pump 21 Kwh a it 3 c it r would Cost 63 cents. The corp of a Range using 116 Kwh at 20 years ago in 3 a a cents would it a a $3 48. Ai of these totals Aro for a 30-Day peril i hut i he figures Are estimates Only and possibly would not harmonize with actual costs although the Oso in rofl Ait based upon actual sex tin boys ii daily local distributor of Bridgman Dairy products. A pure Pak machine sterilized and Lilis Cartons with milk and seals the containers for delivery. Flat milk containers ted to the Paris. Nov. 21. Up French general Headquarters charged a i Aero that Gem any had planned and Hall ready for a scale Ofinn a Lin id it fat a Sive Between nov. 12 and i t i Quot n the North sea to Switze Laii i. Inch i ing an invasion of Holland and Switzerland. Hut had suddenly called i off. The order for attack had Heen r Iven As Early As nov. 12, French general Headquarters said and tin no it Cussary divisions and material were Quot position when the German army he i command decided suddenly not to proceed with the action. German divisions remain in the or. Andrison Machino Are automatically opened and dipped in hot paraffin at a temperature of 175 degrees. The con tuners Are them cooled to 35 degrees. Filled with pasteurized fresh milk and securely a valid for Distri a Button. Tho containers Are easy to hands and eliminate the danger of break to age. There is a pouring opening at Tho top of the Carton t his pouring top Tion f r one month at one and a half cents Perch cd. A mechanical Milker lie thought Wou d Cost 4 1-2 cents per cow for n ver exposed from the time it is the same period. J Terri sized at the Plant until it is opened by the purchaser. The milk is Cocci g pasteurized with the latest Emp or. D. J. Opens office in City Merit available to a modern Dairy. D. D j me i Cino i 1 or years thecle who has practice Roa Ehda o for the Pas has a Pond his new of flip fed i a a _ heifers j8-s9.7b on the 30th. Solved its problem of j Good and Choice 10.8011. When to serve Turkev pm proclaim i sheep 1.500 fat lambs 25c higher ing a Quot thanksgiving yearlings Strong Good and Choice the Survey ind caled that in states $9-$9.50 double deck Good 79 la. Fed observing b the often the Trad ,., $8 Day waa meat Pupu a. Most stated part Ren s to Texas planned to a a a or by the 30th. In Colorado and to has More experience in such Idaho rally cars reported a 11 ban any other person and hts j Quot of reservations for e. Flat Nolff in sum of $200 p us Damag r la., and thence to Florida to spend among Mies during the world War a business House planned to Cion. The a Junter. Them it Universal commendation. Only on thoth. Circuit coir it notes Security loan company is from com stalk Valley mrs. Myrtle storm and sons Harold and Vea lera 50c higher Lester were visited by the former s parents from Martinsville. From in let Ninvalle Luther easter and mrs. Will Glidwell and son. Theodore spent thursday night with mrs Edgar Barker. Mrs. Josephine Lewis attended the Schumann ii Ink concert at Indianapolis. Talbott Christie left via Automo e. Morris rep Levy Waldo finding for bile on a business trip to Shreveport. La., and to the vol enter. A it it it it it it it it it it it today a weather it it and it it local temperature it unsettled Snow or rain in North an i Rast Central portions tonight i to his Home tuesday afternoon from 1 wednesday partly Cloudy to Cloudy a i. Otho Ellis. Greencastle. Returned positions they Hud taken for the it Jan part Washington Street in a Cen tack it to in French said they had pm be. Learned that the nazi High command is inter sifting training preparations creating new divisions and bringing up new material probably to re c Monty h Sulu enforce the lengthened Ortii sea to Switzerland line. Went a minor Operario Nat the coun somewhat warmer in afternoon Gen Zella Pickett. Reesville und a before the French general Headquarters made its announcement Rev a spi Al Tuv morning ports had circulated in military Zuur resale Wise ller. Reesville. Unters that advisers to fuehrer adour Derwent a minor operation it the Hitler had submitted four plans for Putnan county Hospital tuesday conducting tile War. One of which r morning. Called for invasion of Holland an it the Lone Star Currier dramatic that while he was trying to make up club will give a thanksgiving pro his mind there was Sharp dissension Gram at the Limedale Church wed the leaders who planned n Pray evening at 7 q0 of clock. Tho them. % Public is invited to attend. Really fair thursday. Minimum 6 a. In. 7 a. It 8 a. In. 9 a. M. 10 a. M. 11 a. M. 12 noon 1 p. Rte. And somewhat warmer 35 36 35 36 36 35 35 35 35 �?�2 p. A. 35

Want a high-quality poster of this page? Add to Cart

Search All Newspapers in Greencastle, Indiana

Advanced Search

Search the Greencastle Daily Banner Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Start for Free

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Greencastle Daily Banner?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Advanced Search