15 Jul 1938
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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
1
Claude E Foster editor of the Scottsburg Chronicle died at home in Scottsburg Indiana after a brief illness. He was 55 and had spent his life as a printer and newspaperman in his hometown.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York emerged as a leading candidate to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. He has been a strong supporter of New Deal policies and a close ally of the President in the Senate.
In New York City a mother Mrs. Sally Glantz held her 7 week old baby out a fourth floor window to let a neighbor Mrs. Sussman view him. The infant wriggled and fell to the ground dying at the scene.
A special session of the Indiana General Assembly will open next week likely Tuesday morning. Governor Townsend has called in senators and representatives to consider appropriation legislation tied to the new congressional spend lead bill and to address other enforcement issues including criticism of the gadget law.
Hugh Marshall Jr. and Curtis Neal, ages 22 and 19, were executed in Indiana State Prison's electric chair after the governor denied a last stay. They were condemned by the Shelby circuit court for the murder of William H. Bright, an Indianapolis druggist, with the electrocution taking place Thursday night in Michigan City.
William Cole chief of the Washington state patrol said Frank Olson 32 arrested at Ritzville confessed to kidnapping Charles Mattson 10 in Tacoma on December 27 1937. The suspect reportedly admitted the crime after a long grilling and was found to be an asylum inmate at the time of the kidnapping.
A clerk named Dee Brufield found a check for 17000 dollars hidden with currency while wiping a table after serving a man with ice cream. The man fled in a car but Brufield chased him down, and the stranger turned pale realizing his wallet was nearly grabbed. He thanked Brufield and drove off without any reward.
A thirteen year old boy named John Wells was killed when a train struck an automobile at a crossing in Fairland. A nineteen year old girl was injured as six girls in the car drove onto the track and the car stalled just as the train approached.
The article notes hot July weather in Indiana with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees for a week. It describes the heat waves and potential effects on daily life and outdoor activity.
The Indiana Fire Chiefs Association proposes a 1949 General Assembly bill banning private fireworks and mandating supervised public displays. The measure requires permits to be filed with the state fire marshal, strict display qualifications, and penalties up to 100 dollars or 90 days in jail.
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, died Saturday at the home of Judge Irving Lehman in Port Chester New York. Cardozo, age 68, was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Hoover in 1932.
The July log of Howard Hughes's around the world flight lists segments from New York to Paris, Paris to Moscow, Moscow to Omsk, Omsk to Yakutsky, Yakutsky to Alaska, then to Minneapolis and on to New York. Total time 3 days 17 hours 14 minutes, breaking the old record.
A Kentucky newspaper clipping from 1849 advertises a March 1 sale by J. L. Moss as he leaves for Oregon Territory. The listing details property including oxen, cattle, tools, equipment, liquor, and six enslaved people for one buyer, with the home two miles south of Versailles.
Charles Rucker of Arlington received a broken leg around 10:00 p m Thursday when his auto skidded on loose gravel west of Flatrock and overturned in a ditch. He was treated at Dr J A Davis's office in Flat Rock before being moved to Major hospital in Shelbyville.
Mrs Paul Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hunt was taken sick Tuesday night with acute appendicitis. She was operated on at 11 o clock. Dr J S Waller of Knightstown diagnosed appendicitis earlier but she was sent home until hospital examination. Condition reported satisfactory on Thursday.
The Home Journal marks fifty years since May 1888 when a printing office was established at the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children’s Home. It notes seven publishers and instructors, led by James H. Rounds, whose decades of training shaped many who entered printing and journalism.
Operation Junior Dyer son of Mr and Mrs Carl Dyer taken to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis Monday night at 8 oclock and underwent operation at 12 for bone infection.
Mrs. Clyde C. Henley suffered severe burns to her arms and neck last Friday when a jean of beans exploded. She received treatment for the injuries and is expected to recover.
Container Corporation resumed full operation after a two weeks shutdown with vacations for workers. Repair work on the liner machine was completed and the board liner had been down since September. About 50 men were added to the payroll as production restarted. Straw arrives in yards and ricking will begin soon on a heavy scale.
The council discussed plans to curb town streets with property owners supplying materials, the town surveying needs, and WPA labor for construction. A legal hurdle requires unanimous owner agreement before any survey or building can begin. Further investigations and legal steps are planned to move toward a townwide unit.
Charles Northam a Arlington high school student was seriously hurt in a five car collision on Homer State Road 44 near the 4 H Club camp. Vehicle dust cited as chief cause. Driver Mr Coates sustained only minor injuries while Northam’s condition remained serious with spinal trauma and memory loss reported Thursday.
The nominating committee of Walnut Ridge Quarterly Meeting will meet at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at the Friends church in Carthage. Six churches in the Quarterly Meeting will be represented and committee chairmen will be selected.
Hitler the tame pigeon owned by H R Doll of Lakefield Minnesota arrived in St James atop a poultry load for F M Priest Sons. The bird is noted for chasing any feathered foe and grabbing attention with fearless demonstrations, earning its fearsome nickname.
Ralph Henderson Jr., 17, of Gwynneville, seeking a swim with friend Donald Ham at the Waldo Draper gravel pit three miles northeast of Gwynneville, sank after a brief rest on an island. State police and locals failed to revive him. death attributed to a heart ailment. He leaves parents, a sister Mary Joe, two grandmothers Mrs. Poston and Mrs. Henderson, and other relatives. Funeral was at Gwynneville church, burial Hanover cemetery.
A son was born at 4 00 p m Sunday to Mr and Mrs Maurice Bell of Greenfield at Methodist hospital Indianapolis He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Harry O Pitts of Carthage and Mr and Mrs James Bell of CharlotteS
The Carthage Service Club entertained wives and guests at a meeting at Fast Street Christian church. Fred Sohn presided after a fried chicken dinner. An out-of-town speaker H. A. Moshaugh discussed Indiana beauty spots with park films. Special guests from Ohio attended.
Prosecutor Orlando F. Ingle announced new county rules targeting punch boards and jar games. He recalled previous actions last spring to remove marble machines and similar devices and warned violators face arrest under the new order.
Harry Musgrove traveled with Mrs. Ellen McIlvaine and granddaughter Jane Gray to Quaker Haven and joined Prof. and Mrs. Randolph Pyle of Richmond. They drove to Michigan where the Pyles and Jane are at Circle Pine camp and Mrs. McIlvaine will visit Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jebb of Grand Rapids for ten days.
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