Startling Developments In Bank Case In Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana January 17 evidence points to foul play in the death of Jon Maple president of People's National Bank and Trust Co. A mysterious telephone warning, a bank visit at 7 50 a m and a body found at 8 o clock raise questions. A back door was found open and a stranger seen leaving the bank. Maple's forehead bullet had a downward range and no powder burns. A coroner's inquest continues into the circumstances surrounding the bank death.
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Sullivan
Ind
Jon Maple
People’s National Bank and Trust Co
William McGrew
Maple
Local school girls win prizes at Purdue agricultural expo
The Herald reports two additional prize winners at the H Club work exhibition during the agricultural conference at Purdue University on Wednesday. Mary Riley placed twelfth in first year clothing and Anthus Nier took fourth in third year baking among other prize winners.
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H Club
Purdue
Mary Riley
Anthus Nier
Herald Weday
Inspector to Inspect Putnam County Schools Next Tuesday
Virgil Steinbaugh, state high school inspector, will visit Putnam County and Greencastle schools next Tuesday for the annual evaluation. High school commissions hinge on the inspector's report.
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Virgil Steinbaugh
Putnam County
Greencastle
Paul Blake to Lead 1929 DePauw Grid Team
Paul Scarve Blake was elected captain of DePauw's 1929 Tigers football squad at a Kappa Tau Kappa banquet in Longden Hall. The junior back with two varsity letters urged more men to join spring practice and the regular season, while coaches and alumni praised past efforts and the program's growth.
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Paul (Scarve) Blake
Tiger Grid
Kappa Tau Kappa
Longden Hall
Blake
DePauw
Boys’ Preparatory School
Indianapolis
G. Bromley Oxnam
Firebaugh
Walter FE. Bundy
William M. Blanchard
Hughes
Oxnam
Sigma Delta Chi
Robert Bottorff
Guernsey van Riper
Charles Barnaby
L. C. Buchheit
William L. Hughes
FE. C. Oberst
New York
Ernest Firebaugh
Indiana Builders' Supply Association Elects Officers
Heber Ellis of Greencastle was named president at the close of the twelfth annual convention held at the Claypool hotel Tuesday night. Fred D. Stilz of Indianapolis chosen as a vice president. Other officers include T. Vernon Law Mishawaka treasurer and John Horn Indiana Harbor with additional vice presidents J. F. McCoy Cloverdale M. R. Cassell Dayton and Phillip Bush Huntington.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Heber Ellis
Greencastle
Indiana Builders’ Supply Association
Claypool Hotel
Fred D. Stilz
T. Vernon Law
Mishawaka
John Horn
Indiana Harbor
J. FE. McCoy
Cloverdale
M. R. Cassell
Dayton
Phillip Bush
Huntington
Samuel R. Carter Dies. Noted Thorntown Mason
Samuel R. Carter, 85, a prominent Thorntown citizen and longtime Mason, died after an emergency operation at an Indianapolis hospital. He joined the Masonic order 63 years ago and remained active until recently. Survived by his widow and two sisters. Rites set for Friday at Thorntown Presbyterian Church.
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Lebanon
Ind
Samuel R. Carter
Thorntown
Indianapolis
Masonic Order
Thorntown Presbyterian Church
Wife of former county auditor dies suddenly
Clara Lovett 58 wife of former county auditor Will D. Lovett died Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Miss Cordie Crosby’s Roachdale home where she attended a quilting bee Cause listed heart trouble or apoplexy She leaves husband a daughter Hazel Lewman Bainbridge a son Ward near Roachdale four grandchildren and siblings Burial is Friday at 1 PM at Roachdale Presbyterian Church with Rev Ragan and Rev Rirhart officiating.
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W. D. Lovett
Cordie Crosby
Clara Lovett
Will D. Lovett
Roachdale
Greencastle
Hazel J Lewman
Bainbridge
Ward Lovett
Charles Crosby
M. C. Edwards
Roachdale Presbyterian Church
Ragan
Rirhart
Charles A. Edwards
Nichols Trial Close as State Restes in Danville
The state rested its case against 59 year old farmer William Nichols after noon in Danville. Defense attorney A J Stevenson outlined the family care history and claimed Ora Whitten threatened Nichols, with the defense pursuing a self defense plea. Witnesses testified to Nichols good character.
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Danville
William Nichols
Ora Whitten
Nichol
A. J. Stevenson
Nichols
Everett
Anderson Nichols
Whitten
Stevenson
Brother Serves Time in Bank Robbery Case
Howard Hostetler 19 was found guilty of grand larceny in Jackson circuit court for the Union State Bank robbery at Crothersville on June 1 1926 with $8000 looted. He faces 1 to 10 years in prison, to be sentenced next Monday. His older brother Robert is serving 5 to 10 years for a Southport Bank robbery.
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Browstown
Ind
INS
Howard Hostetler
Jackson
Union State Bank
Crothersville
Here
Hostetler
Robert
Southport State Bank
Howard
Mary A Allen Dies in Washington Township
Mrs. Mary A. Allen widow of Riley Allen longtime Washington township resident dies at her son's home in south Washington township. Funeral services from Mt. Hebron Church west of Cloverdale will be Friday at 11 o clock with Elder L H Athey officiating.
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Mt. Hebron Church
Cloverdale
Mary A. Allen
Riley Allen
Washington Township
Bloomington Mourns Death of Veteran Editor Walter Bradfute
Bloomington, Ind. mourns Walter Bradfute 67 publisher of the Bloomington Daily Telephone who died at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after influenza. He built the paper from a high school project to a daily, led local politics, limestone work, and banking roles, leaving a fortune to survived kin Blaine W. Bradfute who will continue the paper. Funeral planned for Saturday with no change in editorial policy.
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Walter Bradfute
Bloomington Telephone
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Ind
Bloomington Daily Telephone
Methodist Hospital
Bradfute
The
Telephone
Cedarville
Florence Wallingford
Blaine W
Blaine W. Bradfute
United Presbyterian Church
Elk Lodge
Phi Delta Theta
State University
Dempsey Plans Early Training for Sharkey Bout
Jack Dempsey says he will begin light training in Miami Beach within two weeks for the Sterling Sharkey fight set for February 27. The announcement comes as promotion buzz picks up in the Florida camp.
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Miami Beach
Fla
INS
O'Brien Heads to Lafayette for Winter with Son
From the Files of THE HERALD 20 Yeere Ago Jack O'Brien, a former Big Four crossing watchman now retired, travels to Lafayette to spend the winter with his son. Frank Jones and Elden Torr depart for Lafayette for a winter course in agriculture. Mrs. Mary Ames and Miss Elizbeth Ames host a thimble party. John Keightley visits Greensburg with his daughter.
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Jack O’brien
Lafayette
Mr. O’brien
Frank Jones
Elden Torr
DePauw Alumni Viscount Chinda Dies in Japan
Viscount Sutemi Chinda, a noted DePauw University alumnus class of 1881 and longtime diplomat, died Wednesday in Tokyo. A professor, consul general, minister resident to Brazil and the Hague, he later served as ambassador to Berlin and became Japan's ambassador to Washington in 1911 after his peerage was raised to Viscount. He held A B A M and LL D degrees from DePauw.
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Viscount Sutemi Chinda
Tokyo
Japan
DePauw University
H. B. Lonngden
Viscount Chinda
DePauw
Tooku College
Hirosaki
Foreign Office
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
Brazil
Hague
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Washington
Thieves Trade Cars With A Cloverdale Man
Harold Walker of Cloverdale expects to go to McCordsville this week to recover his Studebaker sedan stolen from him Tuesday night. A second Studebaker left at Cloverdale, belonging to Paul Morris of Anderson, was also stolen. Sheriff Edward Eitelforge was alerted and informed state motor police head Robert Humes, who said Walker’s car was found at McCordsville and that the Cloverdale car had been stolen in Anderson. The thieves, after stealing the Anderson car, drove toward Cloverdale before a flat tire forced abandonment, then moved Walker’s car north toward McCordsville.
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Harold Walker Studebaker
M'Cordsvilve
Ind
Anderson
Harold Walker
Cloverdale
McCordsville
Studebaker
Clovverdale
Walker
Paul Morris
Mr. Walker
McCordasville
Indianapolis
Indiana Senator Seeks Felony for Bootlegging to Minors
Indianapolis Jan 17 The state would make sale or barter of liquor to a minor a felony under a bill by Senator Carl M Gray Democrat Peters burg The bill imposes imprisonment only as the penalty It targets high school and college students to curb underage drinking per the solon
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Smith acquitted in Elkhart slaying trial
Harvey L. Smith, 31, former Alabama private detective, was acquitted in Elkhart Superior Court of the slaying of 51 year old Genevieve Stults, a South Bend beauty shop operator, in a case that drew regional attention.
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Elkhart
Ind
INS
Harvey L. Smith
Alabama
Elkhart Superior Court
Genevieve Stults
South Bend
Russellville Convict Held at Clinton for Escape
William Lawson of Russellville Indiana was held in Clinton city jail after night patrolmen arrested him. He will be sent to Michigan City prison to complete a cheek forgery sentence after escaping on November seventeenth. His parents and many Russellville relatives are noted as watchers for his capture.
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William Lawson
Indiana State Prison
Clinton, Ind
Russellville
Ind
Michigan City
Lawson
Al Smith Appeals for Funds to Cover Campaign Deficit
Alfred F. Smith former New York governor and Democratic presidential candidate asked the party for help to raise a 1 1/2 million dollar deficit. He spoke by coast to coast radio from thirty stations and offered his campaign speeches as his personal contribution. A bound illustrated copy will be sent to contributors of two dollars or more. He backed Roosevelt on boosting national publicity between campaigns.
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New York
Alfred F. Smith
Democratic Party
Radio Tonight
Happy Warrior
National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bennett to Get Trophy at Indiana Purdue Game
Harvey T. Woodruff will present the Chicago Tribune trophy to Indiana University offensive captain Chuck Bennett for most valuable player of the season. The award will be made between halves of the Indiana Purdue basketball game at the new IU field house in Bloomington.
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Bloomington
TNS
Harvey T. Woodruff
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Big Ten
Charles “Chuck” Bennett
Indiana University
Indiana-Purdue
I. U
Fire destroys Paramount Famous Players stage in Hollywood
The sound picture stage at the Paramount Famous Players Lasky studio in Hollywood burned tonight, inflicting losses over a million dollars. Clara Bow was scheduled to start production there, witnesses included many film figures. Elder Jasper N. Dalby, despite illness, attended his courthouse office today as county probation officer.
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Hollywood
Cal
Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky
Clara Bow
Jasper N. Dalby
South Indiana Street
Court House
Mr. Dalby
Two Greencastle Utilities Now Operated Under One Roof
The Greencastle Gas and Electric Light Company and the Wabash Valley Electric Company will operate jointly from the latter’s quarters under Midland Utilities Company coordination. Joseph Bambarger becomes manager of both electric and gas operations. H. E. Burkhalter leads the gas sales unit. Customers may pay at one location and buy gas and electrical appliances in one store, with no mergers or changes in company policies.
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Greencastle Gas and Electric Light Company
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Greencastle
Midland Utilities Company
Central Indiana Power Company
Joseph Bambarger
H. E. Burkhalter
Baled Cotton Spillage Halts No Traffic in Pennsylvania Wreck
A box car loaded with baled cotton buckled atop its rail after a freight train’s air brakes engaged near Greencastle at the cemetery crossing. The car toppled but settled. Terre Haute wreckers moved contents to a new car and removed the damaged car. No injuries or delays occurred as other trains shifted to the westbound main.
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Pennsylvania
Greencastle
Cemetery Crossing
Terre Haute
Rain and snow forecast for northwest region
Rain is probable tonight and Friday with snow likely in the northwest. Temperatures rise slowly tonight and will be colder in the north on Friday.
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Dempsey
the Herald
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Elizabeth Ames
John Keightley
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Sutemi Chinda
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