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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - October 17, 1939, Greencastle, Indiana A a a a a a a a the. Weather Faik colder a the daily Banner $ a 4 All the Home news United press service a a a it Waves for ally my forty i Gitig keen Oast be Indiana tuesday october 17, 1939. No. 1 Council Akes Steps for safety a Bunce with sit. Bosis a diked on to work Lott traffic p1an Valk privileges Given disc Uhlon 1� provoked by id,.ration of proposed parking limits marking of parking stalls is completed state Highway men have again marked the South West sides of the court House Square the Block on Washington Street East of the court House for parking purposes using their mechanical markers which produce accurate work rapidly. The pedestrians path across Washington Street at the Center of the Block along the South Side of the cout House Square the Block Wampum so route which puzzled pedestrians earlier in the season when the Street was Given its first marking. Staring at the owl drug store heading for the court House it is necessary for the foot traveler to set his or her course Northwest at first then veer to the Northeast lastly change again to the northwesterly direction. If the pedestrian has kept to the motion made by councilman marked Lane he or she will land not Ensign that the City attorney j at the Middle of the Steps up to the Nayor or the chief of police or court House Lawn but at the West them Confer with school j ,.nd of the Steps dodging any be Nten Dent Paul f. Boston in an a hide which May be parked at the to arrive at a plan whereby Center of the Steps. Only the sex Viool pupils May be in less Haz Treme of the Entrance to the the streets than they Are no Steps is reserved for pedestrians the said at the meeting of the Center being marked for vehicle use 3 that the Young people Dis the Crossings intended for trials Cross in the most quient directions in group. Walking slowly or running t the Drivers using their prop is of travel Are at a loss to what to expect from the Stu nazi troops penetrate into France dozen villages taken in big offensive started monday Roosevelt proclaims armistice Day Holiday idiosyncrasies displayed by children in crossing the near school buildings were de by the members of the City 1 mayor James monday out of the 30-minute table Chat on the subject there Maginot line not assailed picked German troops Clad in Armor advanced behind tanks artillery fire Paris. Oct. 17. Up seventy six thousand German Shock troops. Washington. Oct. 17. Proclaiming nov. 11 As armistice Day. President Roosevelt asserted that it was appropriate for the american people to reflect upon the hour a when the voices of War were silenced to look Forward even now to a time when a just enduring peace shall be established among All the Peoples of the the proclamation issued at a time when Europe again is engaged in conflict commented on the a tragic situation in which the world finds itself today with the destructive forces of War once again the president acted in accordance Williams Brothers buy farm site formerly used by indians but it was in Pioneer Days Farmers getting Corn payments smashing into the French advanced an act f Congress passed in lines on a 19-Mtle front have taken j iy26 a a a questing the chief executive a dozen villages several valuable to Jesu an army acc proclamation. A Hecks totalling $34,353.88 have been received $185,000 expected in All the Putnam county agriculture conservation program committee y in writing requested the headed by Ora a. Day chairman is Ege of roping off a not More a now delivering checks to Putnam who have complied refers especially to those r from the High school building ring Avenue Walnut Street representative of Depauw uni half the Width of along the South Side of the site new science Hall for the use e builders of that Structure so the work of erection May be 1 before Winter comes. The re was granted on motion by id Man Leon Welch seconded a uni i Man Robert Stoner. The Larrabee. County Farmers f the site a a i. At Side is being reprinted. This a was granted. It subject of parking in front of i with the program this season these present checks being Only for adherence to the Corn conservation program. The payments in this department Are at the rate of six cents a Bushel. I checks have been received for the a first nine townships of the county i Al National Bank was give taken alphabetically which includes a privilege of using at times a Marion township. These include 925 of the Width of the sidewalk checks which total $34,353.88, re the Bank building on Jackson Cei Ved since october 10. With the re to while the Wall of the building minder of the townships of the county taken alphabetically yet to come. Those whose names appear on these checks As payees have been i houses Down town in Green-1 notified by the committee to come in was up for discussion. The i for their payments there Are no t on this was led by mayor j checks Here for persons who have he said some of the store not been so notified is had asked him to limit the Vernon Gardner Secretary of the of parking in front of their committee stated tuesday morning a the mayor expressed him that he believes the total payments j As very much in favor of it. 0r the Corn program alone will Tollman Welch said if these ,.each $65.000 he thinks that is1 request was granted every a a t of the work will be cleaned up store owner could ask the j this month. If they wished to. there i in addition to these Corn com. Id be no parking space left Alon Oliance checks totalling $65.000. Business blocks. The discussion there Are yet to come the checks in to matter was prolonged but no i payment for compliance with the s resulted. J agriculture conservation program Huncilman Ensign presented the which includes payments of 17 cents Fis they were allowed on to i on wheat 9 cents on Corn 99 observation posts it was disclose i today. J Jov. 11 Snail be Quot dedicated 1� the attack was made late Ycster-1 cause of word peace a a made a Day afternoon. Picked troops Clad Lega pub pc Hollday in Armor reminiscent of the clays of chivalry advanced behind tanks Earth shaking artillery barrage East of the Saar River. It was their biggest attack of the War on the Western front Anil the French expected bigger ones. Knowing from intense activity behind the German lines the ceaseless rumbling of transport meant i modify Tion that an attack was coming the j French had cleared their advanced lines of All but highly trained hand i Fuls of outposts. These withdrew As the germans advanced. J when the germans reached the French prepared line they were met by a blast of artillery machine gun fire that stopped them. They retreated the French followed them up. But the germans it was admitted retained some territory j which was valuable for observation purposes. Following up an attack in the Moselle sector to the West by one get -1 Man division about 15,200 men. Five German divisions hit the French lines in the Saar attack it was asserted that in the Moselle attack the germans lost 1 000 men. It was believed that they suffered As heavily relatively in the second andean act in 1938 provided that each compromises 0\ embargo considered of Kestry tons is being worked out 90-l a Redit abandoned Senate i him the on neutrality in exx cited to be shortened by amended action when Albert e Williams county prosecutor his brother Edwin bought a farm in the South tier or sections of Floyd township North of Fillmore they bought the site of an Indian Village but they did not have to Chase the indians off the land in order to get Possession of it. The indians had been chased away by others otherwise a tis said the Williams boys might not have bought the land. However it is quite possible that some of the present com ground on a his tract which includes some of i he Bottom land along the Warford Fork of big Walnut Creek was distinctly helped in its availability for the matter. He had it from his father Vincent h. Day who moved into tha t neighbourhood about 1835 that Pioneer settler told his son our present or. Day. That he not Only saw whore the indians raised there Corn but to also saw the poles yet in place which were the framework if the Indian Tepee. This land is in the Northeast Quarter of Section 32 of Floyd township. It lies South of the Morris havens House. It was formerly the Truman Robinson place or. Day said. The information concerning the nazi a War in Earnest seen begun land air sea forces Lai nth attacks on French British naval base bombed Berlin is jubilant Over Success of Surprise attack at Firth of Forth London oct. 17. I up i Ger Indian life in that Vicinity came to j Man air planes raided Scapa flow at vhf cent h. Day from Isaac Monnett ,0� of clock this morning. Lord a Pioneer settler in there. Or Mon Chatfield defense door donator. A present Corn raising by the fact that Nett Tol l i Day that the indians not lanced in the House of lords today the indians raised Maize there made quite free with his stuff. One one German plane was shot Down in had it pretty Well cleared of Trees Bushes. Their Corn was quite different it is assured than the Corn raised there now but. Under the circumstances that existed in that Vicinity in the redskins Day what they Grindstone produced from the soil was quite creditable to their reputation As Agi . It was Ora a. Day chairman of the Putnam county agricultural conservation committee who recalled instance of their Freedom of thought i flames another probably was in that respect was their use of his i damaged to said. Grindstone to Sharpen their Toma lord Chat Field said that about four Hawks hut so or. Monnett said the German planes participated in to Indian never could learn to turn the i , attack on Scappa flow. Entirely Over hut swung two bombs he said fell very near it Only in a half rotation while Sharp-1 the battleship Iron Duke flagship of ening their weapons thus ruin the Fleet which engaged the germans ing it for or. Monnette a use. 11t Jutland during the world War. This Isaac Monnett was hurled on. The Iron Duke lord said the of Frank. Days farm. Matthews farm near the Edge. Sustained some damage but there pm Nulf of tvs. Jarrell receives retirement data county school head Points out contributions due from teachers Washington. Oct. 17 up the administration lodging one Senate showdown by aim doing the 90-Day credit provision of the neutrality Bill prepare i today to avoid another by agreeing to Molli fictions of the Bill a restrictions of shipping. A the shipping modifications Are in the process of being worked out Quot a majority Leader Alben w. Barkley. I ky., announced Quot i look for something to be said on the subject chairman key Pittman i Nev. Of the foreign relations committee information concerning the amounts of contributions of teachers to the teachers retirement fund under the 1937-39 amendments has crop prospects i incl Ungeri a heat Corn yield is estimated to by. Biggest on record despite drought were no casualties. Berlin. Oct. 17. Up Germany has formally launched its a War in Earnest on land at sea. in the air. It was indicated today. The first German air plane attack against a British Nav ask determined submarine attacks on British capital ships an attack in consider Able Force on the French front i the sinking of the More than 30.000 the exceptionally hot dry sep-1 tons of French merchant shipping tember weather made Little change were believed to indicate that Adolf in Indiana crop pros it acts. If any-1 Hitler despairing of his efforts to thing it hastened the drying of obtain peace through diplomacy had been received by Frank Jarrell coun porn which was estimated to yield j Bow concentrated his attention on a to superintendent of schools figures Are Given showing the amounts due for teachers who began teaching at the age of 15 at each succeeding year of see. Any teacher who has never taught before in Indiana must come under the provisions of the 1937-39 amendments to the retirement fund Law. Who announced the abandonment of a these rates will apply to All of the nazi Shock troops attacked _ South of Blie Kastel Zweibruck the credit provision yesterday agreed these teachers. A. _ a a that a Compromise on shipping re a any teacher says the letter in where activity of German patrols 1 t j a a a ,. F. A. Striations was imminent. It was sex taught prior to 1921 who in recent Days had warned the pc ted that the agreement would permit America i merchant vessels to Traile with countries Only a nominally Quot i at War such As Australia new French zealand in the Pacific . Possibly who French that a big attack was coming. For two hours the germans came i Over wave after wave. The result was that the taught prior to 1921 never been a member of the fund who elected membership in the retirement fund now will come under �0 bushels per acre with a total pro Binish fight auction of 207.200.000 bushels a 1 already encouraged by the sink cording to a monthly crop report a a a re Hie British Battle Cruiser Roy sued today by the agricultural statistics department of the Purdu University agricultural Experiment Resu yesterdays air plane raid on station in co operation with the. To it British naval base at . S. Agricultural marketing service. 11 was asserted today on the basis the estimated Corn yield is the of detailed reports that the German highest on record. The report indicated husking began in september Ai plete Surprise that the first Squadron of German planes to arrive was not even fired on by anti air j Al Oak the aircraft Carrier Cour a j Ageous nazis wore jubilant at the attack in the Firth of Forth on the least coast of Scotland was a com an unusually Early Date. Such a Small proportion a a the crop was immature last month that the premature ripening caused by the hot. Dry a a raft guns until it went into action. A f i Trinidad Martinique in the at were driven out of their farthest of 1 Moselle a Antic Pitt Nan. Who said he would not agree to any pin 1 that would permit american seamen to enter actual ser vation posts in the Blies River valleys. But the germans failed it was said to penetrate the prepared line these amendments also any teacher yield. Weather had a negligible effect on who is now a member under the 1921 Law but who transfers to provisions of these amendments will pay contributions As shown below potatoes suffered from the weather especially in the Northern Indiana counties. The indicated yield today a morning newspapers give much prominence to the claim that l,.v the British Battle Cruiser repulse had f a Irimie a i nut twill i by or. Ensign seconded by a Cilman Welch. Ears of certain pigeons a is in the City must have bum monday evening. They were talk bout by the members of the in a the mayor not so much j Birds themselves but some of Way s. Complaint had been to mayor James concerning cents per acre for general crops soil building. Or. Day or. Gardner estimate these total payments from the 800 or so checks from the a. C. P. Source should total around $185,000 All of these As Well As the Corn program checks the committee expect to be cleaned up by january 1. War zones was expected to summon i democratic members of the commit Tec to meet today or tomorrow to a consider various shipping Amend i Monts proposed by leaders on both j sides of the neutrality Issue. Administration leaders preferred to have the amendment if one is informally agreed upon come from senator Owen county judge issues j Miram w Johnson r. Cel., loader of ruling in Case against jj0 isolationist bloc chief officials i ca0 of modifying the shipping re i striations. Bowlin Quot co Iii a held nol i a Alile that congregate in roof gut. a the nuisance of starlings in torpedoed Oil Tanker a brought into the discus a Ison them a was an expression in Liard to the pigeons. The w told of one Young Man who Ned a stick of dynamite in a infested by starlings a a set pfc at a favourable moment to dress of the Birds were the mayor. But he did not rec need the use of such Means. An additional step was taken m the Owen county circuit court at Spencer monday in the damage suits brought by two Indian Polta men against the former sheriff Deputy sheriff of Putnam county he t. Sutherlin Russell new gent. The plaintiffs claim damages for false imprisonment in the put captained by relative Nam county jail but the former clause was expected to shorten the Senate debate o the neutrality Bill hearings held Here on disability claims begin Contri begin Contri Ning age Button Ning age Button 15 $53.25 33 $54.65 16 53.65 34 56.35 17 a 54.04 35 58.06 18 54.42 36 59.75 19 54.79 37 61.47 20 55.15 38 63.21 21 55.50 39 64.96 22 55.83 40 66.70 23 56.05 41 68.46 24 56.08 42 70.24 25 55.95 43 72.03 26 55 72 44 73.83 27 a a 45 75.65 28 46 77.47 29 54 i7 47 79.31 30 52.41 48 82.21 31 51 18 49 89.07 32 52.93 50 96.79 51 105.56 August figure to 90 bushels per acre with a total production now forecast at 4.680 000 bushels. Crop reporters claimed a higher soybean Hay yield than previous indicated raising the figure for All Tomc Hay to 1.35 tons per acre the ten year average being 1.12 tons. The september weather was very favourable for curing soybeans Ami other late Hay. Soybeans for Beans wore reported prematurely ripened with a slight reduction in expected yield to 19.5 bushels per acre an indicated Boon torpedoed. They accused win Aston Churchill first lord of the Brit a ish admiralty Arch foe of nazism. Of announcing the sinking of j the battleship Royal Oak Only to a conceal the loss of the repulse. The sinking of the Royal Oak was 1 likened to the feat of the German submarine u-9 which under the command of the famous Otto wed Digen Sank three British cruisers at the outset of the world War. But it was argued that then Antisubmarine defense was feeble that Nowr capital ships Are supposed to be almost Invulnerable to submersible attack. Further it was said that British losses now were much cd will re argue Nahas Case at capital a. Boyd of Grcen Cratl. U,.v to Tiey general of the state a Diana will appear before judge Itzell of the United states District it at Indianapolis again to Prell the state s contentions in the of George Nahas to Escane m serving a sentence to the int state farm. Nahas presented i As Corpus petition before the pm circuit court being re Prem by t. Ernest Maholm. Indian s attorney but the local court red adversely on the Point at to it that time but he was Given us october 24 to refile his Case. Boyd represented the attorney �?�1 of the state in that hearing shout waiting for a new hearing a he Putnam court Nahas has filed Mitton in the Federal District or seeking Freedom from the pen Arrn that hearing will occur at Robert Andrade Captain of the French Oil Tanker Emile Miguet which was torpedoed off the Irish coast last Friday is a brother of miss Marguerite Andrade professor of French at Depauw. Miss Andrade has received word that Only one Man on Board was lost she believes that the dispatch would have mentioned j the Man s position if he had been Captain. The Emile Miguet had left port Arthur Texas for France the Middle of september would have had time to reach its destination before county officers claim they made the arrests at the request police. In the Owen county court the following record was made according to the evening world of Spencer a ruling which relieves the bonding company of any responsibility in the false arrest damage suit against a former Putnam county sheriff Deputy was announced today by judge Frank m. Martin in Owen circuit court. The suit against John t. Suther line Russell Newgent was Van cd to Owen county from Putnam coun Gus Mueller former Secretary of state of Indiana now a member or the state Industrial Board closed n of the state hearing in the Law Library of the court House Here today the hearing beginning monday being held Friday. Miss Andrade had not heard to where it was instituted by Estill ship had left France whether the again for another port or had out of its course to try to escape the torpedo area. She sent a Telegram this morning to the company s offices in new York City for further information. Ship sunk while at Anchor London. Oct. 17.�? up a the legion Aux. Officers attend conference mrs. Florence Baldwin mrs. Phoebe Brown. Mrs. Sarah Pease anti mrs. Almeda Brackney were in Here for the purpose or investigation Lana Polis monday att ending the an of claims of local workers for compensation for injuries received at work. The hearings included claims As follows Josephine target e t Al is. Mid West Rock products corporation d. T. Moo ret is. Depauw University Ralph c. Sutherlin is. Ohio amp Indiana Stone company Hicklin a. Guerney is. The Tackett motor corporation of Clove i Dale. W. I More serious because in 1914 Britain production of 12.422,000 bushels 44. 11 had 90 capital Fleet units against 15 per cent More than last year. 1i now of these 15. Nazis said that pastures declined 32 Points in con i two were under reconstruction edition in september. Fruits mad ,. Ti14,. That four were in the a very Little change. I he commercial Apple crop was still estimated a 1,200,000 bushels. Apprehension Early j last month of damage by excess a Mediterranean. A formal communique issued last a night on the attack said a on october 16 Between 2 30 ,�?z.30 p. M. 9 30 10 30 a. M. Heat was not reflected in reports on. 1 Uksti German bombing planes at tacked British warships lying in the apples other crop production estimates i. Allow Oats. 28 812.000 bushels Barley 701.000 bushels tobacco 10,156,000 pounds Sweet 345,000 bushels. Firth of Forth. Two cruisers were hit by heavy bombs. The attack was carried out in face of heavy British Mccloud Donald Crosby no charged they were arrested held for seven Days. Judge Martin based his ruling on the fact that the sheriff arrested the two men without a warrant Offida i Vit or indictment turned them Loose without any charge being filed. I thus judge Martin held the sheriff was not performing his duties an sheriff but was committing an Ille 1 a real act. Which is not covered by the British battleship Royal Oak was at a ca3ua by funeral services for j. F. Peffley. Aged Russellville citizen were held tuesday afternoon from the Home near Russellville. Interment was made in the Hebron cemetery. County jail has hot Onisick Friso nors Nual presidents secretaries con Ference of the american legion auxiliary. Mrs. Wayne Ferguson of it. Wayne department president presided. Reports for the coming year were Given by department chairmen. Mrs Baldwin president of the local unit attended the child welfare rehabilitation luncheon which was held at the Antlers hotel at 12 30. Harry Hall state i Region service officer spoke on a Are Hahn Ita Tion Quot or. F m Dill superintendent to Oro Are six homesick men in that of i Idiana Bov s school at Plainfield. A Nan. �>9nly j11&Quot thy Artio Quot a spoke on a Quot practical program to a a a for the flesh pots of the Mon prevent juvenile potatoes attack. Two British Pursuit planes attempting to repulse the attack were shot Down. Two German planes Are i Montgomery county men lodged Here prefer restaurant food Anchor in Scapa flow when it was sunk by a German a boat last week. Lord Chatfield defense coordinator announced in the House of commons insurance company which had been named As a co defendant in the action. Judge Martin has the demurrer under advisement for several Days to live in Little Rock. 20 years ago in , announcement was made of the marriage at Little Rock ark., of miss Tistle Hartley daughter of or. mrs. Samuel Hartley of Green Castie to Loren e. Boyle. They were today. Jet t i it i a. To professional so. For the two men. Field said. The co workers of the Baptist lurch met with West Daggy Street. Eggs limited to the German people Berlin oct. 17 up a every German will be permitted to but one egg during the period Between today oct. 24 on presentation of his or her ration card it was announced today. Marriage License John j. Koon Mechanic Brazi Josephine Stultz at Home Bain Bridge. I an unsigned Moscow. Oct. 17 up Tui key a foreign minister. Sukru Sarafoglu is leaving tonight for Ankara without having Sig be i a turkish russian pact which he came Here to negotiate it was announced. A today a weather 0 0 0 local temperature a fair colder in South portion with killing Frost in North Light to Gomery county jail. They think the Putnam county Bastile is a Nice clean Quot the Beds Are Good but the menu Here is not As Good As that which they left behind when they he Navy Fost in so,1,h p0 1"�?T1 Long it came Here from Crawfordsville. I wed Rudny fair with slowly rising these six men were prisoners in he Montgomery county jail were transferred Here because the heating Plant of that Structure failed monday. sheriff Remley had to part with their company Unilla repairs Are made. The complaint of the men regarding the food Here is not an indication that the menus Here Are not As Good As 20 cents per meal per Man will it it Oulu in in on a Nur two temperature. Minimum. 6 a. M. 7 a. A. 8 a. M. 9am 10 a. A. 11 a. M -1. 12 noon a. 53 1 p. A. 55 2 p. M. .�.55 41 41 41 43 45 48 51

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