SAY in Searls J Arnold letter to the community
A composed letter from Charles J Arnold discusses local social life and humor about automobiles, golf trips up north, and a playful note about a Greencastle peach orchard. It mentions Curtis Hughes from Greencastle and a minor car collision in Bainbridge, plus a testimonial praising the Peachless Peach Orchard for full measure and peaches.
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Curtis Hughes
Greencastle
Bainbridge
Hughes
Curt
Charles J. Arnold
Indiana
Cesar Sir
Search narrows for Dorothy Aune killer in Minnesota
Police in Minneapolis and St Paul narrowed the suspect list to one middle aged man after he had been jailed last week for bothering neighborhood girls near the Aune home. Dorothy Aune, 12, was found strangled on a South Minneapolis road with gunnysacks and wires, her bruised body bearing tire imprints.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mns
Dorothy Aune
St. Paul
Aune
Horothy
Andrew Anne
Dorothy
Moyer
Anne
Simmons
Roosevelt High School
Rising Fair Weather Pattern Through Friday
A high pressure system brings fair skies tonight and Friday. Temperatures rise with pleasant conditions across the region as light winds continue. Overnight lows stay mild and Friday develops a sun filled daytime with warming afternoon temperatures.
Truck Driver Held After Triple Crash in National Road Wreck
Wiley, a Indianapolis youth, is jailed on intoxication and driving while intoxicated charges after a triple crash on the National Road. A truck and two cars were wrecked. Wiley and two companions allegedly fled, and no one was hurt. The truck owner is C. E. Grant, Inc. of Indianapolis.
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Ivory Wiley
Indianapolis
Wiley
Dave Brorein
Brorein
Elmer Ross
Oliver Peterson
Parma
Eulos Mathis
Toy Mathis
Detroit
Mich
Manhattan
Edward Eitelforge
Alva Bryan
C. E. Grant, Inc
Missouri
Peterson
Wapahoneta
Ross
Flint Mich
Chevrolet
Kiteljorge
Rockville Plans Road 36 Paving Meeting with State Highway
At a Rockville Commercial Club meeting a delegation from Rockville and neighboring towns was set to meet the State Highway Commission on August 21 to discuss paving Route 36 next summer. A. A. Hargrave and Dr. J. R. Bloomer will represent Rockville. Signs at Route 36 41 intersection and airport access were also discussed. Elizabeth Brant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brant, Hill street, entered the county hospital Wednesday evening.
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Bainbridge
State Road
Highway Commission
Rockville
Elizabeth Brant
Lawrence Brant
Hill Street
County Hospital
Insurance racket ring suspect arrested in Wabash
Paul Agnew of Kokomo, alleged member of a gang that stole cars and burned them to collect insurance, is jailed in Wabash awaiting trial next month. He was arrested after being released from the state penal farm in Logansport at the end of a fifty day sentence.
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Wabash
Ind
Paul Agnew
Kokomo
Logansport
Kiwanis Club Holds Bainbridge Community Dinner Meeting
Nearly 100 attendees from Greencastle Bainbridge and nearby communities gathered in Bainbridge Methodist Church for a Greencastle Kiwanis Club and community dinner. C B Lane Curtis Hughes and others spoke, Virginia Lienberger played cello, and a Bainbridge ladies quartet plus soloists entertained. a humorous roll call punctuated the event.
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Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Bainbridge
C. B. Lane
Curtis Hughes
Albert Balch
Alma Lienberger
Greencastle
Ernest Stoner
W. L. Denman
Ben Riley
R. Bartley
Virginia Lienberger
Metropolitan Music School
Frank Collings
Marie Brattin
Etta Crews
Bess Eady
Tressie Michaels
Walter Steele
Wilbur Priest
O. W. Hollowell
Greencastle Club
B. H. Bruner
James P. Hughes
Kiwanis Club
Oil Well In Daviess County Promises Large Yield
Indications point to a top oil strike as the third well on the Alonzo Veale farm in Washington Indiana yields an estimated 75 to 100 barrels. The discovery occurs in the Daviess county pool south of the town with drilling continuing.
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Washington
Ind
Daviess County
Here
Alonzo Veale
Graf Zeppelin Begins World Flight From Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin lifted off at 4 35 a m heading northeast over central Germany on the first leg toward Tokyo. The craft carried 20 passengers and 41 crew members as thousands cheered the start of the longest nonstop flight ever attempted.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Eurupe
Graf Zeppelin
Tokio
Graf
Berlin
Twilight League Playoff Set On McKeen Field
The Business Men and Wabash Valley Electric teams collide in a 5 and 1 tied Twilight League playoff at McKeen Field Friday at 5 pm. The winner claims the league title in a hot late season showdown.
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Business Men
Wabash Valley Electric Co
McKeen Field
Short lands 160 acre Idaho government farm
Twenty years ago Charles M. Short, a local old soldier, secured a 160 acre farm on a Idaho government reservation. Miss Belle Miller, visiting the West, acted as attorney for Mr. Short. The news notes a Greencastle band movement, a Brazil circus attendance, and Mrs. Callahan with Mrs. Griffith returning from Boston.
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Charles M. Short
Idaho
Belle Miller
West
Mr. Short
Fair tickets at reduced price go on sale in county
Indiana State Fair tickets priced at 40 cents each have arrived and are being distributed to local banks and nearby towns in Putnam County by County Agent Floyd Miller. He seeks strong advance sales, with 1,000 tickets available in the county. Early buyers save 10 cents per ticket by purchasing in advance.
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Floyd Miller
Putnam County
Snook Faces Electric Chair After Swift Murder Verdict
In Columbus Ohio on August 15 1949 Dr James H Snook the former OSU professor convicted of first degree murder for killing coed Theora Hix awaits execution. His lawyers plan a last-ditch motion for a new trial citing five reasons as they prepare for a Monday hearing before Judge Henry L Scarlett. Snook remained composed eating after the verdict and says more facts will be revealed.
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James L. Kilgallen
Henry L. Scarlett
Theora Hix
Judd Gray
Paul Jaworski
Henry L. Lear
Man Shot in Vigo County near Bethesda Church
Vigo County authorities investigated the shooting of George Musgrove a 55 year old Terre Haute man found dead in his automobile near Bethesda church about four miles west of the city. He was shot through the temple and investigators unsure if it was suicide or murder. Mrs Musgrove said she knew of no reason he would kill himself.
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Terre Haute
Ind
INS
Vigo County
George Musgrove
Bethesda Church
Here
Musgrove
Farm Trustees Delay Purchase of More Land
Indiana State Farm at Putnamville delays buying 589 acres as trustees seek 30 days to investigate offered sites. Roy Abrams notes farmers with land for sale wait. no decision. Fund of 45000 dollars available. next meeting in September to decide. aim to obtain level bottom land for crop use before a federal law curtails prison-made goods production in 3.5 years.
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Indiana
Putnamville
Roy Abrams
Greencastle Graduate Eldon Hill Wins Wisconsin Scholarship
Eldon Hill former Greencastle man now Indianapolis News assistant state editor will resign Aug 51 to study at Wisconsin on a full scholarship. He graduated from Greencastle High School and DePauw University in 1927 earning Phi Beta Kappa. He will pursue sociology philosophy and journalism for a Master’s degree with $250 stipend. He joined the News in 1927 and has served on the staff since.
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Elden Hill
Greencastle
Indianapolis News
University of Wisconsin
Hill
Greencastle High School
DePauw University
DePauw
Phi Beta Kappa
the News
Wisconsin
Philosophy Club
Duxer du
DePauw Magazine
Brother of Coatesville editor dead in Florida
Hilton H. Hathaway twenty two year old Linotype operator from Coatesville Ind killed himself in Groveland Florida after a failed attempt to reconcile with his wife who had refused to return to Indiana. He left a note for his parents and was a brother of Harmon H Hathaway editor of the Coatesville Herald. Funeral plans pointed to Coatesville.
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Groveland
Fla
INS
Hilton H. Hathaway
Coatesville
Ind
Hathaway
Indiana
Hathaways
Harmon H. Hathaway
Head of Schools at Rockville Resigns After 25 Years
John A. Linebarger, longtime Rockville superintendent, resigns to take a lucrative post with Longmans, Green and Co. He will exit Sept. 1, with the board not yet naming a successor. Linebarger has strong ties to the community and will remain a Rockville resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
John A. Linebarger
Longmans, Green and Co
Linebarger
Maron FE. Martin
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Searls J. Arnold
John Cannon
John
Dr. C. F Overstreet
Bay
Michigan
Kiwanis
Methodist Church
Majestic Liner
Walter Dietzel
International News Service
Koeningsberg
Koenigsberg
New York
Gulf of Danzig
Danzig
Tremerald
Harry Layman
James le Hamilton
M. D. Ricketts
Donald
Howard Rockhill
Virgil Moore
Claud Young
Brazil
William Callahan
Mary Griffith
Boston
Mass
Snook
Doctor
Columbus
Ohio
James Howard Snook
Ed Man
Eldon Hill
Florida
Lawrence Swanson
Swanson
Carroll County
Genevieve Pollom
Mrs. V. C. Utterback and
St. Louis, Mo
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