Say! Greencastle sectionals spark high school hoops night
Friday night in Greencastle at the G H gymnasium Bellmore faces Cloverdale in the 7 30 game as Parke county champ meets Putnam winner Bainbridge and Greencastle in the 9 30 showdown. The column also notes Mel Coffman in Chicago and local business updates plus town news.
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Greencastle
G. H
Bellmore
Parke County
Cloverdale
Putnam County
Bainbridge
Linebarger Joins Democratic Race for State Superintendent
John A Linebarger Rockville Indiana school chief announces candidacy for Democratic nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. He has led Rockville schools for 22 years born 1876 in Parke county and is DePauw University 1897 graduate active with National Education Association Indiana Schoolmen's Club State Teachers Association and the Methodist Church.
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John A. Linebarger
Rockville
Ind
Linebarger
Parke County
DePauw University
National Education Association
Indiana Schoolmen’s Club
State Teachers’ Association
The
Methodist Church
Adams enters race for governor in Indiana
Thomas H. Adams veteran editor and anti graft crusader announced his Republican bid for Indiana governor in Vincennes at a town meeting. He called for clean government and condemned 1927 legislature for withholding evidence from the 1926 grand jury while pledging to curb graft across multiple sectors.
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Vincennes
Ind
Thomas H. Adams
Indiana
Adams
Willis McGinnis
Sanborn
G D Sunkel Dies Noted Democrat Leader at 48
Newport Ind Feb 27 George D Sunkel a 48 year old attorney and local Democrat leader died today of a heart attack. He had served as Democrat chairman of Vermilion county and was prosecuting attorney and Circuit judge in Parke county by appointment. He was once Democratic candidate for attorney general.
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Newport
Ind
George D. Sunkel
Vermilion County
Parke County
Kiwanis Dinner Honors Indiana Governor Robert Chambers
The Kiwanis Club hosts a dinner at Elms Inn at 6 16 PM in honor of Robert W. Chambers governor of the Indiana Kiwanis visiting Evansville. Attendees include officers directors and committee chairs with others asked to notify Joe Crosby at Central National Bank.
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Elms Inn
Robert W. Chambers
Evansville
The
Indiana Kiwanis
Joe Crosby
Central National Bank
Stephenson to Testify Before Kokomo Grand Jury
D C Stephenson, once Indiana’s most infamous lifer, was to testify before the Howard County grand jury on alleged political and banking entanglements tied to the American Trust Company failure. Eleven were indicted including Luther Symons and Ora Davies. Circuit Judge John Marshall censored the probe and warned reporters. Former Governor Warren McCray and ex-Auditor Bracken were expected to be summoned.
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Thomas JD. Barr
Ora J. Davies
John Marshall
Stephenson
Warren T. McCray
Robert Bracken
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Reaches Panama Canal Zone
The U S Navy dirigible Los Angeles completed a 2200 mile non stop flight from Lakehurst New Jersey to the Panama Canal Zone in 39 hours 30 minutes arriving at France Field and mooring at Balboa. Commander Rosendahl praised crew handling as soldiers aided anchoring and officials hailed the feat as proof of long distance dirigible viability.
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Panama Canal Zone
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United States Navy
Los Angeles
France Field
Cuba
Balboa
Canal Zone
France
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Black Face Band to Play at Greencastle High
Uncle Ben's Blackface Band from Greencastle will perform at the high school auditorium Wednesday evening under the Junior Class. Sponsors promise a first class entertainment for the public.
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Uncle Ben
Greencastle
Yellow River floods 80 villages in Shantung province
At Lutsing in northeast Shantung the Yellow River overflowed bursting banks flooding about eighty villages. The disaster left twenty thousand homeless and worsened drought conditions that have already left four million Shantung residents starving, according to an International Famine Relief Commission dispatch.
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Pekin
INS
Lutsing
Shantung
International Famine Relief Commission
Purdue Private Crushed While Starting In Gear
Lafayette Indiana February 28 A regular army soldier stationed at Purdue University died when he tried to crank an army truck that was in gear The victim was Private George W Hoover.
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Lafayette
Ind
INS
Purdue University
George W. Hoover
Indiana High Schools Burn Across State
The Union Township High School near Franklin burned, causing about 40000 in losses. It followed two other Indiana high school fires within the month Sheridan High lost 100000 and Tipton High 75000. Pioneer students escaped with no injuries though some lost books. The basketball team was practicing in the basement and all members escaped.
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Franklin
Ind
Union Township
Indiana
Sheridan High
Tipton
Union Township High School
No Council Meeting Tonight Due to Mayor Illness
City officials announce there will be no council meeting this evening because Mayor Charles McGaughey has been confined to his home for a week with a severe cold. City actions postponed to a later date.
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M'Gaughey
Charles McGaughey
Sectional basketball tickets issued and selling fast
Season tickets for the sectional tournament to be held Friday and Saturday are being distributed by Principal F. L. Busenburg. Tickets allocated to Bainbridge Fillmore Roachdale Russellville Reelsville Belle Union Cloverdale Clinton Center Putnamville total by school. Bellmore not yet.
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F. L. Busenburg
Bainbridge
Fillmore
Roachdale
Russellville
Reelsville
Belle Union
Cloverdale
Clinton Center
Putnamville
Silk theft endangers Terre Haute officer in kidnap plot
Patrolman Fred Wyeth arrested a trio from Omaha after pursuing a silk theft. The group, George Kramer Leona Kramer and Jean Riley, bound him and discussed killing him before abandoning him under a bridge. They were captured in Carlyle Illinois and face extradition to Indiana. Local authorities suspect a wholesale silk ring.
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Terre Haute
Ind
INS
Carlyle
Fred Wyeth
George and
Leona Kramer
Jean Riley
Omaha
Nebraska
Jay Wilson
Joplin
Patricia Brown
St. Louis
Wyeth
Dixie Bee
Shelburn
Carlyle, Ll
Joseph E. Regan
Clinton County
Martha Ridpath School to stage operetta On Midsummers Day
Martha Ridpath School pupils will present the operetta On Midsummers Day in two acts Tuesday night March 6 at the High School auditorium. Rehearsals have been two weeks long and the production promises an entertaining show with colorful effects and music. Main characters include Mary Louise Hamm, Mary Jane Irvine, Stanley Fisher, Wilbur McCullough, Mary Frances Carson, Norma York, John Mitchell, Herbert Kelly, Lucile White, Emma Carolin Conklin, Orville O’Hair, Tay Jones, Jo Ruth Donnahue, Elizabeth Yount, Marshall Johnson, Paul Patterson, Frances Harris and Dolly Dimples Walton.
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Martha Ridpath
Mary Louise Hamm
Mary Jane Ievine
Stanley Fisher
Wilbur McCullough
Mary Frances Carson
Norma York
John Mitchell
Herbert Kelly
Lucile White
Emma Carolin Conklin
Orville O'Hair
Tay Jones
Jo Ruth Donnahue
Elizabeth Yount
Marshall Johnson
Paul Patterson
Frances Harris
Dolly Dimples Walton
Weather forecast shows cloudy and cooler conditions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Sunrise is at 6 20 and sunset at 5 85, with daytime hours shortening.
Putnam County High School Commencement Dates Listed
Superintendent John C. Vermillion announced the Putnam County High Schools commencement dates. Belle Union set for April 18, Bainbridge Reelsville Roachdale Cloverdale Russellville all on April 19, Clinton Center Priday on April 20, and Fillmore on April 21.
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Putnam County
John C. Vermillion
Belle Union
Bainbridge
Reelsville
Roachdale
Cloverdale
Russellville
Clinton Center
Fillmore
Farm Bureau Urges Fair Farm Tax Valuations March Assessments
Indiana Farm Bureau pushes active local leadership to secure fair cash valuations on farm lands stock and implements as assessing begins March 1. Director Lewis Taylor urges county boards to organize 6 to 10 workers per assessor to secure reductions and to elect trustworthy public officials sympathetic to farmers.
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Lewis Taylor
Tax Department
State Farm Bureau Office
Indiana
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Aaseasora
Farm Bureau
Evansville Star Player Dies After Sheriff Shooting
Frank Lang 22, Evansville College basketball and football star, died of blood poisoning from a knee wound after being shot by Sheriff I J Briso Friday night during a highway stop. Lang’s employer allowed the trip to Arizona to see his father. Father H B Lang and brother W H Lang arrived to take the body to Chandler for burial.
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N. M
Frank Lang
Evansville
Ind
I. J. Briso
Lang
D Iealer
Arizona
H. B. Lang
Chandler
Ariz
PUPILS HURT AS SCHOOL BUS CROSSES TRAIN NEAR ROCHESTER
A school bus carrying twelve children to Leiters Ford collided with a fast eastbound freight at the Frank Beery crossing near Rochester Indiana. One 8 year old boy, Omer Murray, died later at Woodlawn Hospital. several others were injured as the driver Cleve Biddinger and several students were hospitalized. Mothers waited for news as the injured were treated.
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Ind
INS
Leiters Ford School
Frank Beery
Omer Murray
Orval Murray
Woodlawn Hospital
Mary Jane Woolington
Arthur Woolington
Buster
Florence
Frank Beery Crossing
Here
Cleve Biddinger
Biddinger
Spencer School Chief Resigns Over Team Photo Incident
Spencer Indiana February 28 A dispute over a picture of the Spencer High School basketball team led to the resignation of Fred R Bourne Spencer schools superintendent He was fined one dollar and costs by a justice of the peace for striking Phil Maxwell editor of the Spencer Evening World Maxwell had requested a photograph of the team when the quarrel began
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Ind
INS
Spencer High
Fred R. Bourne
Bourne
Phil Maxwell
Spencer Evening World
Maxwell
Bourn
Three Naval Airmen Feared Lost in Chesapeake Search
An aerial search over Chesapeake Bay and adjacent Maryland Virginia terrain seeks three missing Navy officers after their amphibian plane disappeared during a two hour flight from Hampton Roads to Annapolis. Commanding officer T G Ellyson Lt Com Hugo Schmidt and Lt Roger Ransehausen are unaccounted for as land and seaplanes scour the area. Ellyson, trained with Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, is a Richmond native.
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Annapolis
T. G. Ellyson
Navy
Hugo Schmidt
Brooklyn
Roger Ransehausen
Springfield
Mass
Ellyson
Naval Air
Wright Brothers
Glenn Curtis
Richmond
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