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Greencastle Daily Banner (Newspaper) - September 29, 1939, Greencastle, IndianaRur weather 4 Faik and cooler a a a a a forty seven the daily Banner i it Waves for ally 94 4 4 4444h 4 All the Home news 4 ignite in pipe he service 4 a a a a Ukkel , Indiana fill Day kh1tkmbkh 2>, 1d.�d x. 300 Murlin Assai away Fhi. Morning Ren seriously ill for Tali past several weeks or. Fuson to begin practice Here monday or. W. Fuson of Coatesville moved his office furniture Friday to his new office location in he Alamo building formerly occupied by the late or. C b. Of Brien. Or. Fuson1 who has been practising Medicine in foliage of two months since last Ron fell Coatesville for several years will begin practice in this City monday. Or. Fuson will move his family to 1 a Lugt been expected Greencastle probably next week. A i they will occupy the Simpson Stoner re to old Home in Wayland property on Bloomington Street. Ligan following retirement nun presidency of Ihl Auw Gnemi m. Murlin widow umbel h. Murlin former. 0f Depauw University. A a nor Homo in Wayland. Mich., morning at seven of clock jul been seriously ill for the a veral weeks and her death Icen expected. S Murlin Mcturnal to their old la a Wayland. Mich., following retirement from the presidency up Sun Robin Peck died Friday at Hospital was senior it Dei Al xxx i in Vek sity member of tui Belt sorority Forest Trees Wil l. Not show i Sil Miulli int colors in Cremati wkly Bio Pastu e grass killed in Slany image and utile feeders draw i p-�11 xxx inter Supply it was the afternoon of july 29 that the big Parade which featured the Quot Clove re Ile Centennial Celebration escaped by a very few moments be ing a trained out Quot by the debug which began immediately after the 8.0 a m today last of the units of the Parad was Savoj reached cover. _ that was a Faiwell gesture from the weather Man in the Way of rainfall a period of two to it a Tojay. 1 three norwegian ships torpedoed Oslo Norway sept. 29. Ii a spy scare swept Norway today As three norwegian steamships first of i the War. Were torpedoed by German submarines. I the steamships Tak Staas 1,830 tons and Jarl 437 tons were Torpe i i in the North sea and the Solas 1.308 tons was sunk in the Skager rank. Trance to the Baltic. The. sinking anti the sinking of the swedish steamship yesterday caused belief that spies were Operat-1 in in scandinavian ports and informing the German admiralty of ship movements. Norwegian authorities tightened surveillance at All harbours. The norwegian freighter Tak Staas. 1,830 tons was torpedoed at the Crew of 21 to assume duties As Post step Reuben Stwalley is Clover dark a Twenty Iii cd Post office Iii Xii tells of Mic Kolt xxx ill miss Lane Hunter xxx ill assist or. Stwalley when they assume duties on monday University by or. Murlin. Survive by parents sister 11 applied to ,. a yesterday afternoon that ther lips been a real drouth was mad evident by the appearance of Indiana state Highway to Pommiss it a i n with both sides Are confident miss Robin Pence daughter of a huge water truck at the inti thex have enough votes or. And mrs. Raymond Xiv. Pence Tion of the National Road with stay to Xvi did at the Putnam county Hospital Road 43. South of Greencastle we. A. A a a acquainted with the this afternoon. Her death was in the men ran water onto tin toils f i Senate debate starts Mon. Two a whih Stu Wpm ave tirely unexpected although she suf the shrubbery that has been Planteo in Cloverdale is one of the old towns i of the county and has had a Postof feed from a serious illness some two there. The evergreens were thei members of foreign relations committee w ill file written report outlining arguments years ago. Her death. A heart attack caused lied there in 1935. S Murlin was Bora on february was daughter of or. And mrs. I. W. �861 and a pent her Early life to Pence professor at the i in a a Burg Mich. She was Grade Versley a Frem Albion College in 1882, received her in a. A a. Degree from liw University with the class of 1 she was a member of Alpha of Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Beta Kappa honorary Clio fraternity. She taught in Ini Muli and also in the Rati by school at Depauw Studi both Germany and France and miss Pence had spent practically Many years abroad with or. A Greencastle coining. A 1 Here when a Small child with her e was United in marriage to from Granville. O. Lin on october 12, 1893. While miss Pence was educated in the latter was head of Baker uni City a Public schools and was enrol by at Baldwin Kansas. Mrs. De in Depauw University where she Lin taught French and German was a member of the Delta Delta 4ker University from 1895 to sorority. She is survived by the parents and i 1925 they moved to Greencastle one sister mrs. Wayne Pell. Or Murlin became president of Juriw University. When he retire i 1928 because of ill health they arled and finally settled in Way Michigan. Since or. Murling a in 1935 mrs. Murlin had lived a bittersweet bungalows in Vay the Caithe a surface in til s Vicinity. Prepare for Long debate Over embargo the Twenty third postmaster Cloverdale has had will assume the duties of his office sunday. October 1, but inasmuch As the office is closed that Day. He will for practical purposes become postmaster monday. This Twenty third postmaster is Reuben Stwalley former school teacher residing in Warren township but a Patron of the Cloverdale of Ficen a Rural service. His residence is on the National Road immediately East of Putnamville. Or. Stwalley has been in the office a learning How a from the retiring postmaster William Morrison for a week or More. His assistant miss Jane Hunter daughter of Ralph Hunter town clerk and a precinct committeeman of Cloverdale township also has disarmed troops leave Warsaw Bolt to will in Rte United for fun Lemo s in the Goblin memorial measures for medical Carl of civil population were being taken ill Start work tracks monday Chat 2 30 monday afternoon in Ustle. President Clyde e. Wan is in charge of the service. Berlin sept. 29. Del the Rector funeral Home to in March of disarmed polish troops of funeral arrangements. From Shel it i Hatt it or do a a rendered i Warsaw began today and will con-1 line for two or three Days the Ger i men army High command announced. The command said that German a troops probably would occupy Warsaw on oct. 2. The germ. 11 army said that Fol to Home information owing the fall of Warsaw and tin a Tive to possible length unconditional surrender of the Fin it of i inning time i Touli fortress of Modlin 10 Miles a to toe North measures for the mod f letter mayor w. Tanas incl care of Warsaw a suffering civil in the 25th if this month to population were being taken a ii Walker superintendent of Porzi Insl important Eastern polish penance of Way for Hie trac i a�?z0 Tell Russia was handed company brought or. Walker a with ceremony to the red Arny m thursday with a Promise of yp8t Rodhy the. Higi command said accordance with tin soviet move All to could to make the in m track through Greencastle j int oth. Una a be what it should be. Visited mayor James and my discussed the situation. Rave out some information up to the possible length 01�?T h interurban line will be con of i through this City that is in-p0 May run a year or More yet a a Aid. Will run through the Winter it. And maybe a year a said or. A it depends on conditions in we quit a he added. To the repair of the track and smoothing of the Street surface a my he will Start men to work i Nav t a do All the company can 1 a to do which will be to re 1 no the ties Fin the depressions i Stone and Quot shoot the Stone Asphalt. 8 treatment is of a temporary to admitted but he said it limit of the company a ability time. The corporation is now Especial concern. The shrubbery had shown some indications of dying due to the drouth. Corn standing in the Fields has been As dry and lifeless As fodder that has gone through a Winter s Ison. It appeared to be completely dehydrated he premature dryness a condition that usually does not exist until after several hard Frost its premature dryness has not Hurt it except in the Case of late varieties in which instances the ears of Gram were dried before they had Beci completely ripened and the Grain s Chaffy but the Early varieties were not damaged by the Early drying. On farms Stock raisers have by in compelled to drive their animals unusual distances to find water tor them or else haul water to them from More or less Distant supplies the foliage of our Forest will not show the usual Brilliant colouring his fall during the Indian summer Leason because of the dryness of he leaves. Most of the leaves do not have enough moisture for the Early frosts to work on. Flowers both cultivated and wild have suffered from the Lark of rain also. Many of them have been prematurely dried out not Only causing the Flowers to be Dull in color but the seeds also have been damaged. Washington. Sept. 29. Up signs of defection appeared in the admin stration a ranks today a Senate opponents and proponents of the title and carry neutrality Bill prepared for a Long historic debate on How to keep America out of War. Debate begins in the Senate monday noon with the administration confident it has enough votes to repeal the embargo on arms and munitions to belligerents the main feature of the proposed Bill. I Sola zionist leaders were equally confident that they would be Able to persuade enough senators to change their minds and retain the embargo. Before the Senate foreign relations committee reported the Bill favourably late yesterday the administration counted on 48 democrats five republicans and one Farmer Liborie to support president Roosevelt s program. But some of those senators who bad indicated 1their Ujj Linneas to vote to repeal the arms embargo were complaining now of other features of the Bill. They May threaten tin majority the administration had counted on. Today s statements were but preliminaries to to big show that starts pasture brass has Broil killed Ina a thl. Of a or next week. Be 111 tween now and monday the majority id i lit i in Iti n de i. Crawly of Danville citizen of Greencastle is now ing n a a Shiner and is not wearing Bis glasses. He tried to eject two men and two women from his Danville restaurant. Monday night and they refused to leave. They bought soft i formal capitulation of Warsaw j and Modlin marked completion of to Ranj a from him and started mixing the German Conquest of Poland which had been accomplished in four weeks. C county credit group to meet monday the regular monthly meeting of the Putnam county credit association will a held monday evening at 7 30 of clock in the credit association office in the first citizens Bank Huil a Luff. All members arc asked to be present. Hard liquor with the soft ones the former having been brought into the place by them. When he objected to what they were doing the Melee occurred. Invite students Depauw students Are invited to or. G. B Manhart s College class in the presbyterian Church sunday 9 30 a. In., no i to the a worldwide communion services at 10 35 a. In. Rev. And mrs. V. L. Raphael invite the students to a Tea at 6 30 p m. In the manse 108 s. College Avenue. Guess who lost weeks picture was of j Cam Mack probably one of the Best known citizens of Green Nus a. J one by a receiver and its t we have All known sine. Oul join a Quot Are not in a satisfactory us h Promise from or. A Quot re even this much work is Quot a what it of rations the line Irp rising to Many real the City because of the j of the picture attending the operation now. Days. Miss flu in Henna was the first in Greencastle to puss the Correct identity and won two free tickets Many places by the drouth. Livestock has suffered because f it. Of theor Ciffin relations committee the cattle feeders having to draw we up. A written report outlining n the Supply intended for want i. Il8 argument a the minority will do likewise. The Only formal action scheduled former for today was a Short meeting of the it Wear a committee at 10 a in. Est. To approve the language of changes which tile committee agreed upon yesterday. Chairman key Pittman. D., nev., emphasized that there would not be any reconsideration of yesterdays 16 to 7 vote in favor of the Hill. Meanwhile isolationists prepared to fire the first Salvo of the Battle tonight at a mass meeting in a local theater. Sponsored by nine peace organizations the meeting will be addressed by Sens. Arthur capper 11 kans. Bennett c. Clark. I to and Gerald p. Nye. R., n. It., All opponents of the Hill. Norman Thomas head of the socialist party. John t Flynn journalist and economist Roland Hayes negro Singer and the Rev. Ernest Fri cont Tittle of Chicago. Adv Rte cd As a a american a town meeting against the meeting is sponsored by i he women a International league for peace and Freedom. National Council for prevention of War. Fellowship of reconciliation. Keep America out of War Congress youth committees against War. World peae ways. World peace commission of the methodist Church a a ref two o. He Imp. County resident of Frank Estep who a it week at Elizabeth. N. J., was buried at Danville was to Timmons formerly of Quot land. In ulnar county. They a Quot Rel cd in 1897. They spent married life in Danville. Esti up was a Printer. To the Quot von Castle theatre to see a the Star maker with Bing Crosby Ned Sparks. Louise comp Beix a and Unda Wall. Murle Reeves route four is the of the two from outs Lee of the City. Tills a cd a a Chubby curly haired youngster has grown up to be quite a Man. He might he called one of the older residents of Greencastle and has lived Here All of his life. He has always taken a keen interest in civic and Public affairs and is still connected very actively with the business world of Greencastle. Fice from the first of its history. The office has been served by some most excellent men. The list is As follows William l. Hart appointed 1836. Thomas Nelson. 1841. John v. Hopkins. 1845. John Sandy. 1849. Thos. E. Martin. 1853. Solomon Akers 1855. George l. Talbott 1861. Moses Akers 1863. H. M. Rockwell. 1864. Jacob Smith. 1865. Parmenus Davis 1865. S. S. Haviland 1867. Henry 13. Martin. 1869. A. P. Kunkler 1870. Harvey Denny. 1871. C. C. Foster. 1885. John c. Merwin 1889. W. E. Horn. 1893. Charles a. Rockwell. 1s97. Andrew Mckamey 1914. Donus Denny. 1922. William e Morrison 1935. Or. Rockwell a tenure in the office was an outstanding one in re Gard to its length talking thursday afternoon to a Banner reporter he told of his having been in offie a when the second Rural mail route in the county was started also the first postal savings service for Cloverdale. And the first parcel Post Zervic a for that office. Two of the Rural route mail carriers who served patrons of the office while or. Rockwell was in charge of it were civil War veterans and their two substitutes also were veterans of that same contest. Or Rockwell recalled the inventive Genius of one of the Rural route men of his time. Harvey Hadden who was on the Job at the time of the transition from the horse mail wagons to the motor vehicles. Or. Hadden had an idea he could transform his horse Wagon to an automobile an he did do just that but the Power unit Wasny to Good enough for the Job. And the vehicle stalled at Higgins Creek Oast of town. Or Hadden had to have it pulled Back to town. Freight trailer catches on fire to Lily a a hew did not in Alloi t it i until Plainfield is re it her a freight trailer on tile Indiana railway line coming to Green cattle thursday evening caught on fire some place Between Indianapolis and Plainfield. The Crew not knowing the car was on fire continued to Plainfield where the fire was discovered and extinguished. No definite origin of the fire ii known hut it is thought probable that while the ear was being loaded in Indianapolis a cigarette was accidentally thrown into the ear or something May have been thrown ill after the train left the station. The motion of the car probably fanned the spark into a Blaze inside the car where the train Crew could not see it at the station in Plainfield it was extinguished and the car was or. h. Richards moved his of brought on to Greencastle. Allee a purebred hog Sale held on thursday Noble Alice and son held their annual fall pure bred Poland China hog Ial it their Fann in Jeffers n township thursday. It was largely attended by breeders from Many places and the animals sold from about $90, which Price was brought by messengers evidence one of the higher priced animals sold. Many others sold from prices ranging upward from $25 per head. Great Britain to reject demand i wild Lynies believe Kissi a not is Hole 111 Arterly behind threat London sept. 29 up great Britain will reject the Russo German demand for an immediate peace despite an implied threat in the new Nitzi communist agreement that unless the allies Call off the War on Ger Many s terms Russia May join n against them it was indicated today. To London newspapers reported that Russia and Germany would Call a peace conference to which q arc at Neutral Power presumably either Italy or the United states a would be invited. Karly but apparently reliable indications were that great Britain. Not Only would reject any peace of i for on the basis of Poland a Arvn Hila Tion but i uld reaffirm its deter Russia and Germany end agreements to partition Poland permanently and to attempt to end xxx a r agree on new Frontier. Threat held plainly Over Ltd re it it Britain and France Russia to put citizens in xxx a Moscow sept. 29. Up communist Russia and nazi Germany concluded agreements today to partition Poland permanently to attempt to end the War now and to consult on a necessary measures if the attempt fails. The implicit threat was held plainly Over great Britain and France that if they refused to recognize the annihilation of the polish state and Stop the War Russia would throw her 160.000 000 citizens into the War in Alliance with Germany a 80,000.000. Premier foreign commissar via Cheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop reached the agreements in an All night conference which started shortly after Midnight upon Ribben tropes return to the Kremlin from a presentation of the Ballet. A Swan Lake a at the Moscow opera House. Shortly after the meeting started Russia announced the conclusion of n treaty of a Mutual assistance with Esthonia. Under which Russia gets nation to prosecute the War until its to pc u80 a of the. E8thonlan Island it primary aim. Had been achieved i a in oe8o at the a trance the smashing of Hitler pm and i the go f of Finland and the Esthon a a Poluh a ate Lian port of paid ski to the Mouth of a peace offensive by Adolf Hitler i lip As naval and air bases As s Nas p. Land had been destroy-1 the fl11jt8 of the russian German 1 rated. Agreement were indications seemed to be that the j new threat of Russia to join Germany would be ignored or flouted ,. ,. E which the frontiers of because British authorities Felt i Germany in what a month ago was 1 that Russia was not whole i Poland were fixed. I irtely behind Itic implied threat. 2 that even if Stalin sincerely desired he would be unable to Aid 1 the signature of Molotov and Ribbentrop of a treaty of Amity in Russia and 2 a joint declaration by Molotov and Ribbentrop announcing that Germany effectively either militant a i of Friendly nations on the basis of or economically a a a a a in fluence the a a Ourse 3 that neither Hitler nor Stalin i trusted no another sufficiently to i peace would be sought with the Aid Cien 11, to in i Prefert status if Brit War grentlv.4 a it in and France refused and thereby a assumed responsibility a Russia an Germany would consult on measures permit effective military cooperation. A a. A a. A a to be taken then. 4 that Hitler could not be too i comfortable in be. A Russia stun i 3 an Euchari a of letters he two it Ning at his in., k i Loor looking into the 1 a Quot lot Van 1 on economic questions providing that Russia would Send Germany raw materials in Exchange for Industrial products. On its very face the agreement Baltic through Esthonia. Nikci it of it of l s was one of the most important in modern times Between two nations r even a group of nations. The russian and German chief negotiators agreed on tie new rus a i so German Frontier through what had been Poland As follows the Frontier begins at the southerly Point of Lithuania and runs in a general Westerly direction toward a Harry Robinson pleaded guilty in i the Putnam circuit court yesterday to escaping from the state penal farm and was sentenced by judge William m. Sutherlin to serve term of from one to five years in the state prison. Alva Mon Nett charged with Public tox cation this nor Ling was Rebe Quot until pin no the of Augustono up to the Frontier of East Prussia and follows the East prussian Frontier to the River Pisia. From that Point it Fallows the a River Pisia to Ostrolenka. Then it runs in a southerly direction until it meets the River Bug at Nur. Then it continues along the Bug to Krys Anopol and then turns West and runs leased on his own recognizance the prosecuting witness returns to a tin jurisdiction of this court a As the. Docket shews. In the b a similar alleged offence against Hilton Monnett the a attorney moved that the left Lant be released because of the a k of Chi i against him. The i Urt acceded to a of sector. Komus us Boyd til request of vhf j North of Riva and to the i Ilver san. Whence it follows the san i t Russellville hum be v. Appointed administrator of the estate of Samuel n. Brown deceased an Crew in. Durham is attorney. To its source. Pm fives Poi trient ? f ii a i Date Violor died the slav mrs l w. Stuffers. Daughter of j or. Anil mrs. Homer c. Morrison of near this City has been appointed to i a teaching position in the North i Pacific College at Portland Oreg .1 j i mrs. Stoffers was Only recently w \8 born in Putnam 4 of it it 1 Ileal and but War Oal Miner in i Xii a a of nov site or is 1 it Lent they have resided in Portland three born in Putnam county near Stoffers is a native of Greencastle but a Coal Miner in Gover be. To a a co july me d f his life Hugh a a m in Cholor Del thursday noon at his Home at smack Seville. In Rac a ice from East Walnut Slect to the Central Bank building. Arthur Friend arrived Home having been d charged from the Nrma. He Lead served 28 months in Franco and be i Many. Jennie Gardner was worthy Matron and Lula Greene Secretary of Greencastle chapter o. E. S. L. C. Brown agent at the local station said that practically All of the freight was badly damaged. This run is made every night with freight for Greencastle. The Cloverdale school ban i is competing at Oraw Fordsville today in the fail festival band contest. Co ,1 township. A Parke county at a today a weather to the age of 75 years. I suffered an a and a attack of pai Iysis three year ago a local temperature his death came immediately i 0 0 ter a second stroke. I of in an much cooler tonight be a Quot Batchelor was a son of Damocl coming generally fair saturday with and pho2be Batchelor. Cooler in cast and extreme South m Batchelor is survived by the i portions. Window mrs. Rachel j. Batchelor i five sons Mack. Homer Andrew. Ray minimum 67 and David Batchelor and mrs. May 6 a. M. 69 Sanders All of Parke county and 7 a. M. 71 mrs Mable Cooksey of Johnson twp8 a. M. 73 also t7 grandchildren one great 9 a. A. 75 grandchild five Brothers and a Sis 10 a. M. 78 ter John and Bert Okmin Batchelor of 11 a. M. 77 Carbon Grandville of Jasonville 12 noon. 75 Pat and Henry of Kleen ind. And 1 p. A. 73 mrs. Myrtle Russell of Vincennes. 2 p. A. 73

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