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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - September 25, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaA a a a a a a a the weather and cooler a Olav 9 the daily Banner a it Waves for ally 4h 4 a 1.1. The Home news 4 4 United press service 4 a 4 tie forty seven Ore Casti a Indiana monday september 25, . Ember ourt term opened Mon. A a county bar was Ujj represented at the opening term of Calendar or. Include. Three instances father Mil son will probably Call grand jury Gavel of judge William Lin fell figuratively speaking i 0cock this morning opening it Ember term of the 64th Judic it which consists of Putnum i . This september term is re term of the present Calen a the other two opening the monday in january and the a in april there was no a session of court during the or although the court heard a those thus heard on the Al docket being confined to which the defendant pleaded Putnam county far was Well scented at the opening of court ing required of them by the As Oil the opening Day the it is called and it is necessary the attorneys be present to join i fixing of dates for trials and cents. Guardsmen to try to reach survivors los Angeles sept. 25 up Navy destroyers an i coast guard cutters steamed to the Aid of scores of battered pleasure and fishing boats Early today of furious gales lashed the Southern California Coa l and took a toll of at least seven lives. Several Craft and scores of sons were missing. Per fire department called four i Imes 59 Days of Lack of rainfall makes grass potential Fink Hazard tie 59 clays of Lack of rainfall with the exception of a few very Light sprinkling has produced a dryness of grass and weeds which has made them a potential for fires which in some places could be exceedingly costly. The Greencastle fire department was called out four times saturday because of fires in grass and weeds and it was called again monday morning for the same reason. This last summons however was unnecessary As the fire which caused someone to turn in an alarm was started intentionally by Vandalia Section men West of the station and was under their control. Saturday the firemen were called to two places adjoining Northwood and also to the area West of Gardner deliberate on Bill to reduce Power will give Congress a Check on presidential authority to in Lac ate opposition Wuhl require foreign purchasers of american goods to carry purchases in own ships furious gales lash California coast Oxnard cal., sept. 25 up a coast guardsmen awaited an abating of a Gale swept sea Early today before attempting to reach a jetty off Point Magu where it was hoped some survivors of the capsized fishing boat Spray Migatu b found. Only two of the 2�i passengers and Crew members were accounted for. Genevieve Force Ami Abe Agnis fought their Way through towering seas to Shore and were brought to i Hospital Here to be treated for Shock am exposure. Members met to observe anniversary Earl Fisk Camp and auxiliary met at Home of or. And mrs. Walter evens commemorated Koi Ndini e Putnam county bar now Ini three instances of father and judge Sutherlin s name appear on the Roll of the bar Andros Plant where u grass fire had i Ual reports of the munitions control Washington. Sept. 25.�? up the Senate foreign relations committee deliberates today on a neutrality Bill which authoritative sources said would give Congress a Check on presidential authority. Administration advisers said that the Only discretion Given the presi Dent under the Bill was of an Essen. Tial nature. This was calculated to Twenty one placate a part of the opposition. They claimed More than enough votes to get the Bill out of committee and predicted it would go to the Senate floor by thursday. The Bill was understood to contain these checks on presidential neutrality authority. 1�?Congress, As Well As the chief executive would have authority to find that a state of War exists Between two or More foreign states and thus prohibit the shipment of goods to belligerents in american vessels. 2�?Congress would keep a Check on a come and get it transactions with foreign purchasers of american goods through compulsory Semi an vocational class goes to program each gave Brief account of Date of his enlistment in Spanish Aiu Crinan War members attended Junior Swine Day at i i due saturday i Simk 1paied in exposition it group took part in practice exposition of feeding open to Len ipod and hybrid com that of his son Roy c. Sutherton. Reached some Creaso cd Railroad lie there Are f. S. Han Miltun and i a Al was destroying them and again Francis n. Hamilton James to the open space Between the vanities first assistant attorney j Dalia Railroad and the Road leading rial of the state is a member of i West from the South end of Indiana Putnam bar and his son James j Street. On it i 11 Lour fires saturday is also is a member. Other 1 the firemen were forced to use the yes Are Courtland c. Gillen i Hose to extinguish the blazes. A a Railroad were Board an Agency set up by the existing neutrality Law. The new legislation would require the Board to report on the volume of shipments of arms ammunition and implements of War and the amount of credit extended to foreign purchasers. The Bill is not strictly a a Cash and carry while it would require protein for fattening hogs on pasture. And in the use of mixed i d. Abrams John h. Ailee the fires along the Crawley Andrew e. Dur i supposed to have been caused by. Foreign purchasers of american Wilbur s. Donner Charles me i Sparks from locomotives but til goods to take their purchases away fattening a is on try its. Hey. M. J. Murphy Robert a others it is assumed were started in their own ships they would not after noon the group to. From matches or cigarette or Cigar a The founding a Wenty Cne members of the Voca i. A a Worth chairman Al agriculture class of he \ to tonal agriculture class of the a Greencastle High school attended the j Junior Swine Day program at Purdu a University saturday it living a continuation and. In most of its phas�3, a repetition of the program of Friday for the adult Swine breeders and feeders. In seme Points however the program was changed to meet the requirements of the juniors. But not All of the changes were simplifications of the details of the program because in. Some details the boys Are better informed than arc their fathers. The boys participated in an exposition of feeding open pollinated and hybrid Corn in the use of mixed it John h. James Glenn h. W. T. Of Neal Frank Stoessel. Thomas and Albert e. Evil. The latter is county prosecutor c. Morrison is clerk of the and Roger Morrison is Deputy Ola Ellis is court Bailiff j Are 66 criminal cases on the some of which will come to but there Are others which May be heard this term the defend i being fugitives from Justice. J ,1s number of state cases is stubs carelessly thrown Down on the dead grass. Have to pay a Cash on the it would permit 90 Day credits to foreign governments and their j shortly after one of clock this municipalities and longer term cred afternoon the was called to extinguish a grass fire at Monon Springs. Mrs. E. C. Dicks expired sunday its to private firms of foreign countries. The Bill s backers expected attacks on this feature and planned to answer them with the assertion that 90 Day credits were considered the equivalent of Cash by business and that the nature of modern Large volume transactions made a Cash on the barrel head impractical. The Bill was drafted in its final form at a series of week end Confer i Knees attended by All but two of the 116 democratic members of the com sen. Pat Harrison do a miss., in the afternoon the group took part in a practice session of selecting prospective fat show harrows which the University expects to use at the coming International livestock exposition it Chicago. Several Hundred vocational boys and 4-h club members were present at this first Junior Swine Day a Hien Purdue expects to be an annual affair. The boys going from Putnam i Unity were John Shaner. Vernon single 11, tim Ruark Wayne Ren a win Putnam county by Thea Niku services will be i number of escapes from the wednesday afternoon 1 penal farm in Warren town i it Robin Church no other county in the state j such eases on its docket i org Emma Alphretta Dicks. Nej Miguec. Civil docket has a Hundred 10r years we of of Elmer c. Dicks was ill sen Bonn to c. Claim. Cases Oil it put there since themed Sundus evening at 6 35 o i of tie april term of court. Her Home at 10 Olive Street during the april term there were. Ora can for the past eight weeks cases in u cd on the docket so the net number now there is a dozen or so members of Earl Fisk Camp of the United Spanish War veterans and nearly twice that number of members of the auxiliary of that organization gathered at the very delightful Home of or. And mrs. Walter l. Evens and daughter West of town. Sunday afternoon for an Observance of the Twenty fifth anniversary of the forming of the Earl Fisk Camp. Both organizations held their regular october meeting on this advanced Date the Camp meeting on the Lawn and the auxiliary within the evens Home. After the close of these regular meetings the two groups United for an outdoor program commemorating the founding Date. Frank a. Ash of the committee on program was called upon to preside. He presented miss Florence evens who welcomed the men and women to Lier Home As a representative of the evens family. Fred Starr commander of the Camp responded. Mrs. Paul Tucker gave an interesting account of the organization of the auxiliary. In the year 1931. This organization is flourishing with 67 members at the present time. Each Man was called to his feet by the chairman to give a Brief account of the Date of his enlistment in the Spanish american War naming the commands in which he served during his one or More enlistments. A Short Story of the establishment of the veterans Camp was Given by g. E. Black Camp historian. This was closed by the Reading of the Roll of dead members of whom there is a considerable list. During this Reading the Assembly stood at attention. The Camp now has a membership of 50 and has had a total of 89 on its Rolls in the 25 years. One interesting feature of the occasion was the display of a Large american Flag Hung from a Halyard before the Assembly which was made by mrs. Evens the hostess of the Day during the world War because of the difficulty of securing flags otherwise. It is handsomely Noble Johnson will get High Lodge Post South Bend ind., sept. 25.�? annual conventions of the Indiana grand Lodge of knights of pythias and grand Temple of pythian Sisters will be held Here oct. �3 to 5. Noble j. Johnson of Terre haute Republican sixth District congressman will become grand Chancellor in place of William f. Qualls of South Bend. This is the highest office in the grand Lodge. He was elected grand outer guard in 1934 and was advanced each year through the several offices. He is a member of Oriental Lodge no. 18. Knights of pythias of Terre haute. Nina Mills of Marion will Advance to grand chief of the women a auxiliary of the fraternal order succeeding Stella Bartle of Knightstown. Enthusiastic Over Republican rally Putnam pointy delegation Large and some cars decorated destroyer sunk eight planes l 0% n broadcasts indicate Herman artillery is demolishing Warsaw enable to capture City dispatches assert 1,000 Warsaw citizens killed in 24 hours including Many going to Church it u l l e t i n Berlin sept. 25. Up the German High command assorted today that one British destroyer had been sunk and that eight French air planes had been shot Down on the Western front. Representatives from Putnam county who attended the Republican 14-40 rally at Indianapolis either As participants or spectators saturday were enthusiastic about the magnitude the affair. A the biggest off year rally Ever held a was the common comment. London sept. 25 up the top doing of three Neutral ships was believed today to portend the Start of a new phase of the War undeclared and unrestricted submarine warfare like that inaugurated by Germany in february 1917. Previously German submarines had confined their attacks to Allied ships. Hut the week end sinking of one swedish and two finnish ships off the Norway Sweden coast was believed to signalized an Alteras Ion of German policy perhaps the adoption of the Campaign engaged in under grand Admiral Alfred Van Tirpitz is Willard Abbott Bob Hoffman a i i. Coffman Billy Templeman made and it was saluted by the in the Parade of decorated automobiles. Floats and trucks headed by a the world War which was designed thirteen real elephants who Are re i to Cut off Neutral Trade with Britain. Ported to be ardent republicans in their political Faith was so Long a Budapest Hungary. Sept. 25, that four or More hours of time was up radio broadcasts indicated required for it to pass a specified i today that German artillery was Depoint in its March on Down town polishing Warsaw fifth largest streets. The Putnam county was Large and some of the automobiles in the local Section were handsomely decorated in Honor of the event. Not Only was the special car on the traction line Well filled but european capital which German delegation troops still were unable to capture after a 17-Day siege. A broadcast from the besieged City at 9 of clock last night said that half of Warsaw was burning that the explosion of heavy artillery shells hundreds from the county went to was incessant and that Many wound the capital City in automobiles Many a cd. Including women and children of them in a group which started Lay in the open streets receiving first from the intersection of the Green-1 Aid from red Cross nurses. Castle Stilesville Road with the a j churches palaces hospitals rail tonal. East of the City and Many Way stations hotels Banks and others going to Indianapolis Over j shops with Art treasurers acc mul state Road 36, from the Ortli half ated for centuries were reported in of the county. I rain. The Putnam county participants a at Paris. Transcontinental press enjoyed the program of the entire a polish Agency reported that the Day very much they say. J German general staff had decided t j the participation of the Fillmore and Cloverdale school bands in the Putnam county Section of the Parade brought particular attention to hold its troops Buck and Shell the City into submission. The Agency said the germans were firing incendiary shells. It reported that More the county a delegation of 200 or m., a leading opponent of the admin shul Istrati Cne a program was invited by tile same As that at the begin of the april session. A Gran i jury it is thought May tel cd to consider some matters have an lately in Creen Cas in Els where and it is possible its report will result in new final cases being put on the jul a publicans Are cheered by rally j non keynote sounded n Foi it speakers warn against War Dana Polis. Ind., sept. 25 1 hot sier republicans were a red today after a join week enu ting sponsored by the Indiana or re association and the state Mitten which has ass cited to be biggest and Best off year rally party a history. A amps designed to stimulate the tor the 1940 Campaign and 1lr-g from the crowd and the in displayed it fulfilled its rp�8e amply. More ominous keynote was Al the huge state fairly saturday afternoon cafe or when All four of the a Sprakers warned against the j entanglement which would of United states into the cur european War. 3e Ere Frank Gannett to 1 n y., publisher or. Glenn a head of the National re pub re ram a null tree Homer it Washington. Ind., Indus who sponsored last year s mistake but did not attend Quot the a Tia Imp meetings called mrs. Dicks was a Well known v o a a Man having spent practically All of her life in this City. She was an Active member of the Goblin memorial methodist Church. She was also a member of the woman a league k Ystone Bible class and the new Era club. Survivors Are the husband one sister. Mrs. Winter Craig of this City and one brother Riley Reeves of Wichita Kansas. Funeral services will be held wednesday afternoon at 2 of clock from the Rector funeral Home. Interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Committee chairman key Pittman. D., nev., were criticised by both a Ark and s n. Robert m Lafollette prog., Avis. Pittman said Clark and Lafollette were a too the Bill would accomplish president Roosevelt a main objective repeal of the arms embargo. Ladoga woman died saturday at of a conference and mrs. Bor Bauer. Illinois oin amp a. Rational com professor Hixson has Book published or. Jerome c. Hixon a new it a it it a a. A word ways Quot has Juat been publish a by the american Book company and copies of it Are available for it am nation. The volume is an Extension of the lectures professor h a son has Given for several years in his Depauw class in Quot living language in a style which achieves both Scholari Inesa and a Quality of human interest or. Hixson has traced the history of the English language on three vanes. First in the Section a your conglomerate language he explains the contributions of the mu�4. Nan k. Britts �4. Died to her Home of county people pelts the Anglo saxons the Frenzen. She danish the dutch he orientals. Christ Church. Mrs. Nan e. Britts 84 years old who died at her Home at Ladoga saturday was a grandmother of mrs. Ralph Crosby of to Acyl ale mrs John new in of Crawfordsville or mat Rutledge of Beech Grove miss Gail Young of Peru and the Mother of mrs. Ward Young of Ladoga. Death was due to infirmities and occurred it the residence of mrs Edna Terry with whom mrs. Britts had made her Home the past five and one half weeks. Born oct. 11, 1854, the deceased was United in marriage with James h. Britts dec. 24, 1879, the husband preceding her in death last May a Afef a a member of the Ladoga the italians and finally the americans to the English Tongue. The next Section shows How wins develop from their through changes in present usage. Some words Degener. Ate and others Are elevated son meanings Are specialized and it hot generalized Fossil metaphors be Conle words and some Slang becomes legitimate language. It is in this Section particularly that professor Hixson makes use of his intense interest in the stories behind words a it Lutiel on t four also surviving Are four grandsons l Wiley Beecher and Jac k of a adj i and Drake Young of Indianapolis. Asides the husband two daughters meaning of their mrs. Katherine Faust and miss Hattie Britts preceded her in death. In Quot i evian. Donald Knauer. Smi h Ablott. Arthu Cash Laurence Acton Kenneth Moore. Earl Fox. Grafton Austin George Goldsberry Dallas Rockhill Richard Lemmle a. Norman evens e tel Cantonwine Tiro group at the close of the exercises. After the program the veterans and the women of the auxiliary with the children of some of them roasted wieners at the open air fireplace near the evens Home and the wieners and Many other kinds of Fine food made up the menu of n supper which was very much enjoyed. W. I. Oakley.80. Dies u Hospital is 1 1 Cults follow i n4i a week s Esse funeral plans incomplete William Howard Oak by 80 died at 9 20 o cd k sunday night a a Fordville flowing a week s serious ii Ness. His death was attributed to a stroke or. Onk tev was born Jime 17, 185� investigated by Russell j. Shannon at new Maysville. His wife Sun get Putnam county Coroner. Carter proceeded him in death. The deceased drove a tank Wagon for the Standard Oil company for thirty years. Surviving Are two sons Harry Oakley it f St. Paul minn., and Challes Oak by of and three grandchildren Hugh Oakley Quot Indianapolis Imd Maurice Oakley and mrs. Bernice Bursott both of Crawfordsville. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Than half the City a churches had More. The Cloverdale band was holi a Ben destroyed and that Only one ored by being put at the head of the Hospital was standing. Sixth District Section in the line in. Exchange Telegraph dispatches where it acquitted itself London sunday noon said the playing of the Fillmore band was highly Coplien rated also. 20 years ago in Greencastle Russellville merchant found dead monday Sam Brown Well known resident of Russellville and a prominent merchant. Was found dead in bed monday morning about 9 30 of clock at his Home in Russellville. Or. Brown who lived alone had been dead several hours it was said. His death was there Are no immediate relatives other than nieces. The 80-year-old resident had he n in the hardware business Lor Many years. This week s w Eather showers about tuesday again about Friday otherwise generally fair. Rising afternoon in about tuesday night warmer thursday and cooler at end of week. That 1,000 Warsaw civilians had been killed in 24 hours including hundreds who braved the artillery fire to attend Church services yesterday and died in the streets going or coming. James did non died at Home sunday night Oslo. Norway. Sept. 25. Up temperature monday heavy gunfire was heard off Bergen Ohio Valley cooler on Ali a norwegian West coast today. The living at sea first was heard 9 a. M. And at 9 30 a. M. Gunfire was heard off hug Egholmen North of Bergen. Off Hjelt Erfjord 15 trawlers were seen steaming northward and mariners expressed belief that i b had been forced off their courses by a naval Battle of major proportions. Convention Miu under i or Shadow Janus Dunn son of the late Jackie Dunn of Southwest Putnam county died sunday night at his Home North of Brazil. Or. Dunn is survived by four children Charles Dunn Brazil mrs. Helen e. Woodworth Greencastle mrs. Charles Blazer of Washington township and Clinton Dunn of Keats Ville. Marriage licenses Evehard d. Coffman Farmer Greencastle route 3, and Myrtle x Mccammack at Home Cloverdale route 2. From Bainbridge mrs. Logan Woodrum spent wednesday at . Mrs. Hex Crask was Here from Indianapolis. Mrs Bessie Goldberg and children went to mid Anatolia to spend several Days visiting. Or. W. M. Mcgaughy was a Delegate to the state medical association meeting at Indianapolis. Or. W. R. Hutcheson also attended. Miss Eva Williams of went to Superior neb., to visit or. Receive word of death Forrest e. Simpson Farmer and mrs. Albert Smith and also to Browns Valley and Ethel Mae Sellers visit judge and mrs. Fred l. Wil at Home Russellville. Hams at Jefferson City to. That death had come to or. Pearl Meltzer Eastman formerly of Greencastle. Was announced in a Brief note to a Friend Here from h. W. Meltzer. Of Chicago. Mrs. Eastman grew to Young womanhood in Greencastle and had Many friends in the City. Her death occurred at Lansing. Michigan Friday. It was thought the interment would be at Lansing. Masonic notice Temple Lodge no. 47 f. And a. M. Will Confer the e. A. Degree this evening at 7 30 of clock. Legion a one on record for a strict neutrality at 21 St meeting Chicago sept. 25. Up the american legions 21st convention began today under the Shadow of i a new european War. The convention will be More ser ious than any of its predecessors.1 the legion had gone on record for a strict but it had made no statement regarding its views on the arms embargo resolutions were expected to set Forth the legions views specifically. About 250.000 of the legions 1,030,000 members had registered at the convention Headquarters. Stephen f. Chadwick National commander proposed to the executive committee last night that the legion withdraw from the federation int rallies Des ancient combat Tants a federation of the veterans of All the Allied armies of the world War. He feared he said that con Berlin sept. 25 up it Germany preparing to take the War in the West to great Britain and Fiance announced today that a k pm m submarine had sunk a British i do Troyer that eight French air j planes had been so. Down on the i Western front and that the a boat i raid against enemy Ocean Trade showed a Good Success a it had been Ann unit i previously that a ninth Brit re aviator shot Down in an attack on German War Fleet Basca sept. 4 had been Bui led with military and naval honors it Wilhe shaven cemetery. Germany understood believing con tin in Al in iiu4�?~ pour i a a a o @ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 today a weather 0 0 and 0 0 local temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 partly Cloudy to Cloudy tonight to need membership would result Inland tuesday much cooler tonight appeals from foreign units a which and in South and extreme East por May not be conductive to the Peuck of America and the safety of our National the committee approved Chadwick a refusal to permit the use of the legions name by a Volunteer ambulance service in France. He informed the French department of the legion that the spirit of the neutrality Law forbids the involvement of a private american organization in european wars. Tons tuesday. Minimum. 67 6 a. A. �?�9 7 a a. 71 8 a. In. 73 9 a. M. 77 10 a. M. 80 11 a. A. 83 12 noon. 85 1 p. A. 87 2 p 87

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