Hoosier Net Fans Spend Over $200000 on 1929 Tournaments
Indiana fans spent more than 200000 dollars to attend the 1929 sectional regional and state basketball tournaments, per A L Trester secretary of the I H S A A. The year’s three tourneys drew 20698613 dollars in receipts with expenditures and shares allocated to centers visiting schools and S H S A R. Muncie Anderson Gary and Indianapolis led regional and sectional receipts.
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Indiana
Butler Field House
Muncie
Anderson
Gary
Indianapolis
Would Be Queen Of Night Club Held To Grand Jury
Jean Hill aged 19 from Terre Haute was arraigned with Charles Kirsch on robbery charges and held to the grand jury. She said the night club life proved unsatisfactory and she became a lookout for over 100 burglaries. She begged to return home but was denied.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Jean Hill
Terre Haute
Edgar Jonas
Charles Kirsch
Man May Forfeit High Bond Face New Charge
James A. Sweeney a Cincinnati paint salesman may forfeit a $1,000 bond and face a liquor transport charge after failing to appear for sentencing on a driving while intoxicated case in Richmond Indiana. Judge Pickett and Prosecutor Haworth said the liquor transport charge would be filed in circuit court and extradition sought. Sweeney allegedly sped through traffic and tried to ram a pursuing patrol car off the high viaduct of the Pennsylvania Railroad after a chase. He had been found guilty in City Court last Tuesday and ordered to appear for sentencing.
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Richmond
Ind
James A. Sweeney
Cincinnati
Fred Pickett
Lickett
Clifford Haworth
Sweeney
Pennsylvania Railroad
Negus Named Superintendent at Indiana Boys School
O. W. Negus, long time chief clerk at the Indiana Boys School at Plainfield, was appointed superintendent by trustees in a meeting with Governor Harry G. Leslie. He succeeds Charles A. McGonagle who resigned to head the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth at Fort Wayne and the Butlerville farm colony. Negus, a Marion trans plant, has served as acting superintendent in McGonagle's absence and plans to continue current policies.
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O. W. Negus
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Harry G. Leslie
Negus
Charles A. McGonagle
McGonagle
Indiana School
Fort Wayne
Butlerville
Marion
Indiana
Haverling Union Academy
Bath
N. Y
Big Four Railroad
Boys’ School
Kirby Page to Speak at DePauw Chapels This Week
Kirby Page author of The World Tomorrow will speak at lengthened DePauw chapels Wednesday and Thursday. He will also lead a world economic seminar at 4 30 p m Wednesday in Meharry hall. Page, Drake alumnus with studies at Chicago Columbia and Union Theological Seminary, joins Phi Beta Kappa. He traveled with Sherwood Eddy in 1916 18 and later led Ridgewood Church of Christ ministry in New York City.
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Kirby Page
DePauw
Phi Beta Kappa
Page
Sherwood Eddy
Far East
Ridgewood Church of Christ
New York City
Robert Ryker Wins Journalistic Scholarship at Columbia
Robert Ryker of Indianapolis DePauw senior has won a two year Columbia University School of Journalism scholarship for 1931 and 1932. The award covers tuition and 100 dollars per semester while maintaining a B average as he pursues his Master’s degree. Ryker is DePauw’s managing editor Sigma Delta Chi member and exchange editor of The Yellow Crab.
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Robert Ryker
Indianapolis
DePauw
Columbia University School of Journalism
Ryker
The
Sigma Delta Chi
Yellow Crab
Couzens Succeeds Watson in Senate Committee Chair
The Republican Senate caucus during the special session organized committees. Senator James Couzens of Michigan was elevated to chair the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, replacing James E. Watson of Indiana who retired as Republican leader.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Congress
James Couzens
Michigan
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
James E. Watson
Indiana
Yesterday's Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Results from yesterday show the American Association with Kansas City 4 Indianapolis 0, Milwaukee 4 Louisville 2, Columbus 4 St Paul 1, Minneapolis 5 Toledo 4. American League games include Detroit 1 St Louis 0 and Chicago 10 Cleveland 0 with Philadelphia at New York rained out. National League tallies list Cincinnati 9 Pittsburg 4, Chicago 0, St Louis 0, and New York at Boston snow with Brooklyn at Philadelphia rain.
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Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
Columbus
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Toledo
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsbegh
Brooklyn
Crawford Hotel Leave Times Displayed
Greencastle service shows departures from Crawford Hotel at 8:45 PM 12:45 PM 4:10 PM and 7:00 PM with arrival or connecting details implied.
Hurley Urges U S Stay Prepared at National Meet
Patrick J. Hurley assistant secretary of war tells 200 National Reserve Officers Association members in Indianapolis that unpreparedness cost American lives in World War I. He says the U S has no imperial designs but must guard its institutions and endure dangers to preserve freedom.
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Indianapolis
Apr
INS
National Reserve Officers Association
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
Hurley
112 Drowned as Toyokuni Maru Sinks Off Cape Erimo
A Tokyo dispatch reports 112 feared drowned when the Japanese steamship Toyokuni Maru ran aground and sank near Cape Erimo on the southeastern coast of Hokkaido. 97 survivors were rescued as other ships responded to the SOS.
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London
INS
Cape Erimo
Tokio
Hokkaido
Muroran
Boshears Murder Trial Ends Deadlocked in Indiana
The Dewey Boshears murder trial in Owen County Indiana ends with a hung jury after 43 hours of deliberation. Judge Herbert Rundell discharged the jurors and set June 17 for a retrial. Boshears, of Bloomington, was accused of killing Ralph Pogue a 21 year old special policeman during a raid on liquor at his home last November.
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Spencer
Ind
Dewey Boshears
Bloomington
Ralph Pogue
Herbert A. Rundell
Owen Circuit Court
Frank Mugg
Bruce King
Rundell
Morroe
Boshears
Pogue
Hornsby extends hitting streak as Cubs blank Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby of the Chicago Cubs, after nine straight first bases and seven consecutive hits, raised his season batting average to .562. He homered off Grover Alexander of the St Louis Cardinals, aiding the Cubs to their second straight shutout of the NL champions.
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Chicago
Rogers Hornsby
Chicago Cubs
Hornsby
Grover Alexander
St. Louis Cardinals
Cubs
Woman slain by rejected suitor in Vincennes
In Vincennes on April 23, Mrs. Helen Bauers, 21, was killed by a rejected lover, Walter Kitchell Jr., 25, who is in critical condition after a stomach wound. The man had threatened her since she rejected him about a year earlier and married her husband Sauers. The shooting occurred at the Sauers home while the husband was away. Mrs. Bauers died within minutes.
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Helen Bauers
Vincennes
Walter Kitchell
INS
Good Samaritan
Walter Kitchell, Jr
Sauers
Kiwanis Expands Recreation Supervision Nationwide
Kiwanis plans broader summer supervision of recreation across 1778 clubs in the United States and Canada. About 200 clubs run general athletics and leagues in baseball tennis golf rifle and swimming for employed adults. Four hundred clubs build playgrounds pools for children while Kiwanis camps open nationwide by April 30 with improved utilities.
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Chicago
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Sailors and Dancers Named in Maritime Event Roll
The list names Pauline Powell Amy Bookout Mary Bailey and sailors Paul Brown Fred Starr Robert Jones Renis Coley Harold Porter Milton Trusler Harold Ransom Sherman Gillam Donald Jenkins Lanky Sanford Dwight Trezise Tillman Hadley Roland Matthies John Jean plus dance pieces Sailor's Dance by Fred Starr and Sailor's Hornpipe by Fred Starr as part of the program.
Notice of Special Putnam County Council Meeting
The Putnam County Council in Indiana calls a special session for 10:00 AM on Saturday April 27 1929 in the Commissioners Court Room Greencastle to consider a 10000 dollar appropriation from County Funds for rebuilding the Abelsville Bridge over lower Big Walnut Creek near Beelsville Washington Township as approved in the county budget by the Board of Commissioners. The auditor Willis Be Gell urges attendance of named council members.
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John Sinclair
Herschel C. Foster
Roy Hillis
Thomas LD
Brookshire
William B. Bridges
H. C. Morrison
George Walker
Putnam County Council
Putnam County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Putnam
Commissioners Court Room
Court House
Greencastle
Abbelsville
Big Walnut Creek
Beelsville
Washington Township
Said County
Willis BE
Gell
Putnam County Council to seek $10000 for Reelsville Bridge
Putnam County Indiana tax payers are notified the county council plans a special session on April 27 1929 to decide on a $10000 appropriation from the General Fund for constructing a new steel bridge and approaches at Reelsville over Big Walnut Creek in Washington township. Objections from voters are invited per law, and the council may adopt an ordinance to authorize the payment. County Auditor Wills B Gill signs the notice dated April 16 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Indiana
Putnam County Council
General County Fund
Reelsville
Big Walnut Creek
Washington Township
Board of Commissioners
County of
Putnam
Wills B. Gill
Notice to Veragene Knauer in Indiana divorce case
In Putnam County Indiana Floyd L Knauer sues Veragene Knauer for divorce No 12916. The court orders Veragene to appear by June 10 1929 or demur. failure to respond will proceed in her absence at Greencastle Court House the first Monday in April 1929 and the 61st day of the term. Attorneys: Fred V Thomas for plaintiff.
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State OF Indiana
Putnam County
Circuit Court of
Indiana
Floyd L. Knauer
Knauer
Circuit ‘Court
Vera‘gene Knauer
Veragene Knauer
Greencastle
Ferd Lucas
Fred .V. Thomas
Notice to Painters for Hospital Cleaning Bids 1929
Board of Trustees Putnam County Indiana Hospital invites sealed bids by May 6 1929 for washing cleaning walls and ceilings of halls corridors and rooms in the hospital building and applying one coat of repainting to approved colors. Bids to Eva M Milburn Hospital Superintendent opened by the board. 50 percent payment on start and balance upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnia County, Indiana
Putnad County, Indiana
Eva M. Mikburn
Eva M
Milburn
Superin
Notice of Administration in Ynam County estate
The undersigned judge appoints Hart H. Lane as administrator of the estate of Edith Thomas, late of Put county, with the estate to be settled. April 16, 1929. Attorneys Fred V. Thomas and others, Fay Ha, Apt 16-29 Istratti, Plyllton.
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Otce
Ejrenit Court
Ynam County
State of Indians
Hart H. Lane
Puthounty
Edith Thomas
Fred V. Thomas
Fay
Apt
Istratti
Pyllton
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Torch Slayer
Henry C. Campbell
Henry C. Close
Bluebeard
New Jersey
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Close
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Omaha
Neb
Newsreal
U.S
the Herald
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Amy Bookout
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Voncastle
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