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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
4
Capt Hawthorne C Gray, famed army balloon ascensionist, reached about 40 000 feet in a record flight that ended fatally near Sparta Tennessee. Army physiologists say the altitude tests push human respiratory limits and life support becomes untenable at extreme heights.
The aviator Captain Grey carried an oxygen pressure pump in his basket on his final ascent. He died when he accidentally disabled the device during the flight at high altitude.
Unconfirmed reports say bandits in Jalisco sacked La Queremada, then looted a circus train near Nogales. About one hundred attackers seized the ring of actresses, mostly foreigners, and took horses and valuables from the town and train.
Indiana high school athletic association secretary Arthur L. Trester ruled Sammy Polizzotto of Froebel not to play again, a blow to Froebel’s 1928 hopes as college basketball opened with Wabash State Normal and Franklin games in Crawfordsville.
London clubs face liquor law evasion similar to America with large organized gangs using spies and plain clothes police to monitor raids. Detectives, underworld runners, and club managers coordinate to bar police spies, while clubs operate secrecy to supply drink after legal hours.
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray face execution by electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of January 9 as their death warrants proceed. Mrs Snyder clings to a possible reprieve from a former lover while Gray accepts the court’s denial of a new trial and contemplates his fate.
The piece notes that covert police informants earn about 100 dollars weekly and are moved between gangs each year. It claims police sometimes double cross criminals, contrasting London crooks as lacking honor and suggesting law enforcement benefits from such tactics.
The Granada Theatre screens Camille featuring Norma Talmadge hailed as the finest screen performance. Joseph M. Schenck produced for First National directed by Fred Niblo with Gilbert Roland as Armand and a strong cast including Alec B. Francis and Lilyan Tashman.
C M Long of Chicago outlined farm value of good milk cows while Mayor Charles McGaughey credited the Chamber of Commerce with quiet, effective support for multiple movements. He noted the public often underestimates the organization's contributions due to its unobtrusive functioning.
The text praises the community effort and road building program. Credit is given to county road officials and particularly County Attorney John H. James for steering the successful termination of the county unit system road program.
London reports Dr. Belfrage predicting a century as the normal life span within the next century. He urges regular medical checkups like car maintenance to prevent disease, arguing health enthusiasm could extend lifespans and keep people vigorous into old age.
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