Hors es Pass Slowly and Other Odds and Ends
A scattered column reviews horse racing from the Kentucky Derby, notes a big car crash, and reports Indianapolis intrigue. It mentions marathon dance bans during meningitis, a Danville Central Normal victory over Butler 40 to 16, and speculative chatter about Indiana basketball talent and Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Central Normal
Danville
Butler
Central
Colege
Indianapolis Boys
Schlosser Bros Move to New Cream Station Quarters
Schlosser Bros cream station, operated by H. C. Frank as local manager, will start 1930 in new quarters. The plant moves today from 21 West Walnut to 28 South Jackson, the Craver Electric shop site, offering larger, more up-to-date facilities to serve farmers more effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlosser Bros
H. C. Frank
West Walnut
South Jackson
Craver Electric
Four Bandits Kill Detective in Chicago Shootout
Four men wearing police badges shot and killed Detective Michael Langan during a botched robbery at a soft drink parlor in Chicago. The attackers fled after the gun battle, leaving authorities to investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Michael Langan
Weather Update For Tonight And Wednesday Outlook
Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness and a chance of rain in the southwest portion. It will be somewhat warmer in the north portion on Wednesday.
Prohibition Factional Feud Roils Washington Capitol
Prohibition debate heats up in Washington as drys and wets clash over selectivity in law enforcement. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler sparks anger with his stance while Senate and Treasury officials weigh moving enforcement to Justice. Borah vows to present hard facts to counter the drys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Capitol
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
William E. Bo
Senate
Borah
Fll
Treasury
Justice
Department of Justice
Butler
Caraway
Arkansas
Dr. Butler
Harris
Georgia
Coast Guards Charged With Liquor Theft In New London
Coast Guard personnel face charges after a brawl tied to a 4000 case cargo on the Flor-Del-Mar smuggling craft. Five guards are in custody awaiting court martial as searches of patrol boats and destroyers intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
CINS
Flor-Del-Mar
Coast Guard
Figeters
L. T. Chalker
Jack Easley
George Rupert
Rhode Island
United States
Henry M. Ross, Jr
Providence
Benjamin McLyman
Newport Hospital
Charles Travers
Wabash Valley Electric Workers Elect New Officers
The Employees Association of the Wabash Valley Electric company met Sunday with ninety four members from Martinsville Jasonville Sullivan Clinton Spencer Greencastle Roachdale and nearby towns. New officers were elected for the coming year led by President John Ave of Greencastle and Vice President M B Blair of Clinton. Officials include secretary H M Caldwell and several directors. Speakers from Indiana Electric Light Association and the industrial relations department discussed Changing Times and Welfare. A business meeting and dinner followed at the Greencastle country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Wabash Valley Electric Company
Martinsville
Jasonville
Sullivan
Clinton
Spencer
Greencastle
Roachdale
John Ave
Blair
H. M. Caldwell
John T. Couchman
J. M. Agnew
F. H. Hartman
William Pollom
C. Sorenson
Indiana Electric Light Association
Frank M. Dee
Indianapolis
Greencastle Country Club
Ford Cars Introduce New Radiator Design for Model A
Ford dealer H. C. Poster announces upcoming display of Model A updates featuring a graceful new radiator, higher and narrower shell, rustless steel trim, and redesigned front with an oval Ford medallion. Mechanicals remain Model A, but body lines, colors, and comfort features enhance beauty and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C
Ford
Ford Medallion
National Road Sees Multiple Wrecks Weekend
Several accidents occurred on the National Road over the weekend with no serious injuries. A Mormon car plunged off an embankment west of Reelsville, another vehicle overturned into Ollie Vaughn’s orchard west of Mt. Meridian, a express truck left the road east of Four Corners, and a Ford coupe wrecked on the road toward Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reelsville
Ollie Vaughn
Mt. Meridian
Four Corners
Greencastle
Post Office to Close on New Year's Day
The local post office will remain closed all day tomorrow New Year’s Day. No city or rural deliveries will be made, but mail will be received and dispatched as usual.
Greencastle Social and Business Notes From 20 Years Ago
Miss Lillian Southard hosts Mrs. W A Reynolds and her son Irvin from Indianapolis. Miss Mabel Sellers and Edgar Sellars attend a Stilesville house party hosted by Melville McHaffie Jr. Grogan and Miller, grocers, advertise as successors to C P Broadstreet in their first ad.
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Lillian Southard
W. A. Reynolds
Son Irvin
Indianapolis
Mabel Sellers
Edgar Sellars
Stilesville
Melville McHaffie Jr
Oscar McHaffie
Grogan and Miller, Grocers
C. P. Broadstreet
Disappearance of Tony Cancilla Local Italian Man
Tony Cancilla, a Greencastle fruit and vegetable trade worker, vanished after delivering a truckload to towns in the county. His abandoned delivery truck was found in Indianapolis and his wife and parents seek information. He reportedly carried about $250 and had left home previously during similar absences. He had married Christine Wright six months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Cancilla
Frank Cancilla
Fruit
Greencastle
Cancilla
Indianapolis
Christine, Wright
Stutz to Merge with Big Firm
Indianapolis December 31 The Stutz Motor Company of America to merge with a large automobile maker pending official announcement by E. S. Gorrell president and Mo EB Hamilton treasurer. Stutz was named a defendant in three creditor actions seeking bankruptcy and receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Stutz Motor Company of America
Mo EB. Hamilton
Hamilton
E. S. Gorrell
Gorrell
Cleveland
Ohio
Stutz Motor Car Company
First Midwest D A R Conference at Fort Wayne
The first annual Mid-West regional conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be in Fort Wayne Indiana January 7 and 8. The district covers Indiana Illinois Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and Minnesota. Mrs Hobart will preside and national officers will attend. It is open to all Indiana members with broadcasts planned from Fort Wayne and railroads offering group rates. Headquarters are at the Hotel Anthony.
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Midwest
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Daughters of the American Revolution
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Washington
Hobart
Hotel
Anthony
Postmaster Bartley Receives Watch Chain Gift
FE Bartley, postmaster, was presented with a white gold watch chain from the post office employer. The chain bears a Kiwanis emblem and is described as a highly prized New Year gift.
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FE. R. Bartley
Plainfield War Veteran Isaac A. Johnson Dies at 90
Isaac A. Johnson a Civil War veteran of Company D 70th Indiana died last night at age 90 from senility complications in Plainfield Indiana. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon at a local undertaking establishment. Surviving are his widow two sons Francis H and William F both of Indianapolis and a daughter Miss Bertha Johnson of Indianapolis.
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Isaac A. Johnson
Johnson
Ile
70Th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Benjamin Harrison
Lee Johnson
Near Plainfield
Francis H
William F
Indianapolis
Bertha Johnson
Robbery Attempt Foiled at Lambda Chi Alpha Frat House
An attempted robbery at the Lambda Chi Alpha house on Blooming ton Street was thwarted when residents awoke to confront a thief. The intruder fled after dropping a clothing pile and taking only Kreigh Moody’s overcoat. Six students were in residence over the holidays. police were not notified due to minimal value taken.
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Bloomington
Kreigh Moody
San Francisco
California
William Kreigh
South Indiana
Moody
Forest Crain
Mount Holyoke
Mass
Philip Bradbury
Saugus
Miss
John Leahy
East Saugus
Byron Miller
Robert Hamilton
Dean L. H. Dirks Plans New Home
Dean L H Dirks, DePauw University dean of men, plans an $8,000 late colonial remodeling of the Nelson property at 620 East Washington. H R Callender prepares plans for a two apartment, ten room mansion with steam heat, east side addition, green shutters and white siding. The Dirks family will move from 736 East Washington once completed.
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H. R. Callender
Nelson
East Washington Street
Louis N. Dirks
DePauw University
Dean Dirks
Greencastle
Howard Dean
D.C. Seobee
Farmer Fred Allen Arrested on Intoxication and Assault Allegations
Fred Allen living west of Pleasant Gardens on the National road was arrested last night. He is held in the County jail as charges of intoxication and wife beating are expected to be filed. John Walton, state investigator of driver's licenses, filed intoxication charges this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Allen
Pleasant Gardens
National Road
Allen
John Walton
Sixty Killed in Paisley Theatre Fire Tragedy
A disastrous blaze at the Glen Mation Picture Theatre in Paisley Scotland today during a children matinee left at least sixty dead and hundreds injured. Firefighters and police cited frantic crowd surges at exits as the primary cause of the fatalities while ambulance crews rushed through Paisley streets to the scene.
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Paisley
Scotland
Glen Mation Picture Theatre
Glasgow
Tonjoy
Lindbergh Meets Koehl in Indianapolis Note
In Indianapolis on December 31 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, famed for his solo transatlantic flight, meets Captain Herman H. Koehl of the German Bremen crew that crossed from Ireland to Newfoundland. Jurors for the January term include Roy Porter, W. J. Herbert, O. E. Pickens, Fred Fisher, Thomas F. Walden, Dalby G. Collins, Wollie Raab, W. L. Barker, Gola A. Haltom, Thomas Holland, Charles Mitchell, Guy Shepherd, Frank Moore, Frank Day, E. M. Gowin, Frank Cox, Owen Jeffries, Roscoe Daggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Atlantic Ocean
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Herman H. Koehl
Bremen
Ireland
Greenly Island
Roy Porter
Marion
W. J. Herbert
Jefferson
O. E. Pickens
Cloverdale
Fred Fisher
Warren
Thomas FE. Walden
Russell
Dalby G. Collins
Monroe
Wollie Raab
Washington
W. L. Barker
Gola A. Haltom
Thomas Holland
Clinton
Charles Mitchell
Guy Shepherd
Floyd
Frank Moore
Madison
Frank Day
E. M. Gowin
Jackson
Frank Cox
Owen Jeffries
Franklin
Roscoe Daggy
Greencastle
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Charles J. Arnold
Tomlinson Hall
Ipolis
Hinkle
Purdue
Lbert Dobbs
Dobbs
Earl Wiley
Clinton Falls
Putham County Hospital
Herman Beyl
John Bey
Syracuse
Florence Talburt
Niles Michigan
Jessie Talburt
Senator Borah
Coast Guards
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Lowman
Wabash Valley
National Scene OF Wrecks
Post Office
STUTZ
BIG Firm
Bartley
Plainfield
Lambda Chi Frat
Dean L. H. Dirks
Mils
Petit Jury
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