Smith Seeks Prohibition Change to Help His White House Bid
Governor Al Smith pins presidential hopes on liberalizing the Prohibition amendment and Volstead Act while stating Democratic candidates may run their own campaigns on prohibition. He insists neither he nor any candidate can alter the party platform, though he foresees support from dry Democrats. The governor noted a flood of congratulatory messages after his acceptance speech.
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Raymond I. Borst
International News Service
New York
al Smith
U. S. Senate
Smith
Diry
Capitol
Executive Mansion
Al Smith Attacks G. O. P. and Drys in Acceptance Speech
Records reveal nine inmates at the state farm in Putnamville gained premature release through altered records. Superintendent Ralph Howard disclosed the tampering by a trusty clerk and noted one inmate, Steve Mizarick of Michigan City, has been returned after investigation.
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al Smith
Drys
State Farm
Putnamville
Ralph Howard
Howard
Steve Mizarick
Michigan City
Mizarick
Board of State Charities
Rainy stretch boosts corn and city projects in Greencastle
Greencastle readers share a lighthearted column note from Charles J. Arnold about a Niagara Falls trip, rain helping corn crops, and city happenings. Orville Stewart fishes with pimento cheese bait, streets get cleaned, College Avenue paving progresses, and Granada Vancastle theaters offer coupons for Tuesday Thursday and Saturday shows.
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Granada
Vancastle Motion Picture
Greencastle
Vancastle
Bureau Meeting on Crime Prevention At Indiana State Farm
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation convened with fifty to sixty representatives from penal institutions the State Board of Charities and other correctional boards to discuss crime prevention at the Indiana State Farm in an all day session Friday.
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Bureau of Criminal Investiga
State Board of Charities
Indiana State Farm
Weather outlook: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of showers in the extreme south portion. Saturday is forecast generally fair with improving conditions.
Huge 40 Pound Catfish Taunts Fishermen at Owen Park
Local anglers flock to Owen Park after reports of a 40 pound catfish in the waters above the park. Two fishermen hooked the giant, but it escaped each time. One nearly landed it near the bank before the fish suddenly slid away. Since then the fish has remained wary. Meanwhile two youths, Eugene Chenoweth and Morris Rightsell, caught a four pound channel catfish at the park Thursday night.
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Owen Park
Eugene Chenoweth
Morris Rightsell
Funeral held for Mrs Malinda Maddox after stove blast
Burns claimed Mrs Malinda June Maddox 69 and severely burned husband James A Maddox while attempting to save her at their Vincennes Indiana home. Funeral services were held today as investigators probed the explosion that sparked the tragedy.
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Vincennes
Ind
INS
Malinda June Maddox
James A. Maddox
Men Held For Taking Wire At Cement Plant
George Bowman and Virgil Baugh, claiming residence in Taylorville, are jailed in Brazil awaiting hearing on suspicion of stealing 290 pounds of copper wire from the Limedale cement plant. They were arrested by Chief Falk and Officer Matthews at a junk yard while trying to sell the wire for 26 dollars. They could not identify the supplier, and cement plant officials said the wire was stolen.
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Brazil
George Bowman
Virgil Baugh
Taylorville
Terre Haute
Limedale
Chief Falk
Officer Matthews
Falk
Brazil Times
Follies Star Virginia Lee Roberts Dies in South Bend
Virginia Lee Roberts a 16 year old star of the Follies died in South Bend Indiana from a brain tumor. She was renowned as a gifted musician able to play any instrument and was discovered by Flo Ziegfeld while performing with the Girl Ingenues in New York. She signed for the 1927 Follies as a star.
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South Bend
Ind
INS
Virginia Lee Roberts
Follies
Miss Roberts
Flo Ziegfield
New York
Colored pastor in auto upset on Walnut street
Rev. A. L. Johnson a local colored pastor escaped unharmed when his Chevrolet coupe slid into a ditch and overturned on the west Walnut street road Thursday afternoon A tire blew out causing loss of control The car sustained only slight damage A dog accompanied the pastor as the wreck was righted by a wrecker from the Franklin Street Garage
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A. L. Johnson
Walnut Street
Miss Washburn Returns from Olympic Games
Mary Washburn, DePauw star and Olympic relay runner, returned from Amsterdam where the U S won big and she placed second in a relay. She won the 80 meter hurdles at Brussels against France England Belgium and set a Belgium record. She later joined NYU to finish her physical education major and set multiple hurdles and throw marks.
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Mary Washburn
DePauw University
Amsterdam
Holland
Miss Washburn
Brussels
Newark
New Jersey
Kappa Delta Sorority
Lanchester Reunion Elects Secretary in Fern Cliffs
From the Files of The Herald, 20 years ago in Greencastle. Fred Lancaster of Vivalia was elected secretary at the sixth annual Lanchester reunion at Fern Cliffs. Miss Rose Joslin is confined by illness. Grace Wood of Mitchell visits Susie Talbott. Mrs. Charles Walter Brown of Chicago visits her father Col. C C Matson.
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Fred Lancaster
Vivalia
Lanchester
Fern Cliffs
Miss Rose Joslin
Grace Wood
Mitchell
Susie Talbott
Charles Walter Brown
Chicago
Col
C. C. Matson
Bainbridge Girl’s Parents Defrauded in Indianapolis
Chat man Karnes alias Sparks age 29 of 613 East Michigan Street was arrested on a charge of impersonating an officer. He and his brother Russell Karnes allegedly approached Miss Juanita Libka of Bainbridge in a car, threatened arrest, and later convinced her parents she had been arrested, obtaining about $200 for her bond.
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Indianapolis
Chatman Karnes
Sparks
East Michigan Street
Russell Karnes
Juanita Libka
Bainbridge
Kellogg Arrives in France to Sign War Prohibition Pact
Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg arrived in Havre and then Paris to sign the war prohibition treaty. French and American flags decorated the Ile De France liner and a hall of honor bore the flags of 15 nations slated to sign. The pact is to be signed Monday.
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Paris
INS
Frank B. Kellogg
France
Havre
United States
Kellogg
Ile de France
England
Canada
Ross Hurst Sells 87 Dairy Cows in County Deal
Dairy cattle dealer Ross Hurst reports a major sale of 87 dairy cows to a single buyer. The transaction, among the largest in the county, was arranged for G. W. Deere of Crawfordsville.
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Ross Hurst
Hurst
G. W. Deere
Crawfordsville
Reverend Bruner to Broadcast From Oberlin Trip
Rev. Bruner pastor of the local Christian Church now in Oberlin Ohio with his family on vacation will broadcast Sunday morning at 10 30 Eastern Standard Time from Station WADC Akron Ohio He reports a fine trip with splendid weather and expects to return to Greencastle August 29 or 30.
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B. H. Bruner
Oberlin
Ohio
WADC
Akron
Bruner
Greencastle
Radio Messages From Missing Flyers Raise Skepticism
Search parties rush to Greenland as amateur operators claim a message from Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, missing Illinois to Sweden fliers, says they are safe but short of food. Officials doubt the authenticity, noting the men were not radio operators and a Copenhagen sighting may be more plausible.
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New Hope
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Cochrane
Ontario
Mount Evans
Greenland
Rockford
Ill
Stockholm
Sweden
Cramer
Hassell
New York
Chicago
Toledo
INS
Illinois
Newfoundland
Detroit
Copenhagen
United States
Greater Rockford
Fiskenaesset
Lightenfels
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Charles J. Arnold
Niagara Falls
Putnam County
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Greencastle Water Works Co
College Avenue
Jim Watson
Jim
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Depauw
Belgium
THE
Herald
Juanita Libra
Europe
Frederick K. Abbott
Rev. Bruner
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