Greencastle Cubs Top Delphi Five 29–10 In City Court
Green Castle Tiger Cubs beat Delphi high school 29 to 10 on Delphi floor. Greencastle led 9 to 3 after eight minutes and 28 to 8 after the third period, aided by seven successful first-half fouls. Stone Dawson Hurst McAnally key for Greencastle. Delphi held to three field goals all game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Bausman
Tiger Cubs
Delphi
Greencastle
Oracles
Delphi Boys
Oor
Stone
Housmanites
Dawson
Hurst
McAnally
Cater
Purple
Gray
Cubs
Bausman
Thieves Enter Creamery at Spencer
A thief forced entry into the Collier Brothers Creamery in Spencer last night and took a small quantity of milk cheese and crackers. Employee Marion Sheppard discovered the break about 6 o clock this morning. The intruder used a rocking bar to pry open the northwest corner door of the creamery’s storage room, which is isolated from the rest of the plant.
Piles Claim Against Greenberry Meek Estate
Kenneth Meek filed in Putnam circuit court a claim against the Greenberry Meek estate for 500 dollars. The suit alleges services rendered during the deceased's lifetime.
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PILES
Greenberry Meek Estate
Kenneth Meek
Putnam Circuit Court
Greenberry Meek
Bridgeton Bank Elects Officers for 1931
Directors at Bridgeton Bank meeting elected A. O. Benson as president Freeman Sellers as vice president Hugh W. Knoll as cashier and Maude Lewin as assistant cashier. Bank directors include Benson Sellers Knoll Brake Kemper and W. Russell.
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Bridgeton Bank
Inet Priday
A. O. Benson
Freeman Sellers
Hugh W. Knoll
Miss Maude Lewin
Bank
A. ©. Benson
Freeman Selers
George E. Brake
WH. W. Kemper
W. Russell
Whicker Gets State Prison Term For Forgery
Lloyd Whicker former Hendricks county auditor is sentenced to two to fourteen years in Indiana state prison after pleading guilty to forgery. He was returned from Pratt Kansas in the custody of officials, having fled in 1928 amid an $80,000 overdraft and $3,500 embezzlement findings.
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Hendricks County
Michigan City Institution
Danville
Ind
Indiana
Lloyd Whicker
Pratt
Kas
Whicker
L. L. Pounds
Arnie Watkins
State Board of Accounts
Watkins
Hendricks
Jenadricks County
Schedules for Sectionals Formulated by I H S A Board
Indiana High School Athletic Association will draw the sixty four sectional schedules for the state high school basketball tournament at 3 PM on February 27 in Indianapolis. The public release is set for 9 AM February 28 and press representatives will witness the drawings. Regional and final journey schedules will be drawn later with press witnesses.
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Indianapolis
Indiana High School Athletic Association Board of Control
Fair Tonight Then Warmer Friday With Clouds
A dry evening gives way to party cloudy skies Friday as temperatures edge up from the 30s to near 40. Light winds persist and a mild weekend is in sight with daytime highs climbing further.
School Girl Injured By Auto In City Incident
Daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Thomas injured when struck by automobile driven by Vernor Hauck of South of the city. Police report may lead to further investigation.
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Robert Thomas
Vernor Hauck
Taxi owner Crawford fights city license ordinance in Greencastle case
In Putnam circuit court Judge James P Hughes heard the City of Greencastle against Harry Crawford owner of Greencastle Yellow Cab on charging operation of a bus for hire without proper city license. Crawford challenged the ordinance as unconstitutional and the judge took the case under advisement after trial in Greencastle city court where he was fined 25 dollars and lost a license appeal has been pending since last March. Several witnesses testified for both sides including Crawford's driver. Mrs Ruth Fry and other Greencastle shoppers were noted in the day’s brief.
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Greencastle
Harry Crawford
Crawford
Greencastle Yellow Cab Company
James P Hughes
Putnam Circuit
M. J. Murphy
Hughes
Greencastlee
Yellow Cab Company
Triad
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Greencaotla
W. J. Denman
W. L. Denman
Leonard Peck to Be Buried Friday
Funeral service for Leonard Peck, a Greencastle farmer, will be Friday at 2 PM at the family residence on State Road 4. Rev. Albert Monger will officiate. Burial is in Forest Hill cemetery. Survived by widow, son Ross Peck of Minneapolis, and brother William Peck.
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Leonard
Small Child Struck Walking Backward In Street
Mary Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Thomas of North Greencastle was struck by a car driven by Ver nor Hauck while walking backward across the street near the Greencastle Service station about 3 15 PM Wednesday. Sheriff Alva Bryan rushed the injured child to Dr C B O'Brien. doctor said injuries not serious. Driver was not held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Thomas
Robert Thomas
North Greencastle
Vernor Hauck
Alva Bryan
C. B. O'Brien
Fast Putnam Girl Dies in Sister's Home
Miss Wilma L. O'Dell aged 16 of Fillmore died yesterday at 5 pm in Indianapolis at her sister Mrs Victor Allee 625 Buchanan St after a brief illness. She traveled to visit family about a month ago. Survived by mother three sisters and three brothers father died last October. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at the Fillmore Christian church Rev Newland of Crawfordsville officiating. Interment in Fillmore Cemetery.
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Wilma O'Dell
Fillmore
Putnam Town
Indianapolis
Wilma L. O'Dell
Isaac O'Dell
Victor Allee
Buchanan Street
Miss O'Dell
Christian Church
Rev. Newland
Crawfordsville
President Osce Laundry Solicitor
The Home Steam Laundry touts its celebrities as it recounts Herbert Hoover’s early work as a Stanford student solicitor for a Palo Alto laundry. The firm claims its staff are high quality as constant public contact demands top personalities.
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Sandy
Home Steam Laundry
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover
Greencastle Defeats Fillmore 19 to 12 in Skating Rink
In Greencastle on Saturday night the Greencastle basketball team earned a hard fought 19 to 12 victory over Fillmore high school at the skating rink. County Clerk Arthur Hamrick returns from a Chicago business trip. Southern Clay county farmers push plan to divert Eel river toward Lick Creek benefiting 75,004 acres. Weather fair tonight and tomorrow, warmer ahead.
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Greencastle
Fillmore High School
Arthur Hamrick
Chicago
Clay County
Eel River
Lick Creek
Court martial ordered for General Butler over Mussolini remarks
Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams ordered a general court martial for Major General Smedley D. Butler after a report of remarks about Benito Mussolini in Philadelphia. Butler was directed to surrender at Quantico Marine Camp and remain there. The action followed diplomatic protests from Italy and Butler’s letter detailing his Philadelphia speech.
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Butler
Mussolini
Self
Quantico
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Benito Mussolini
Maly
Philadelphia
Adams
Ben Ho Fuller
Ernest Lee Jahncke
the Navy
John Hallihan
Naval Operations
Seeeks Divorce From Prisoner In Reformatory
Dora Ethel Lawerence of 811 Crown street filed suit for divorce in the Putnam circuit court against Curtis Lawerence now serving a sentence in the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton for first degree rape. She seeks custody of five children Harold 14 Myron 12 Everett 10 Donovan 8 and Levon 6 and notes prior marriage in 1915 and separation in 1927. The affidavit cites a 1927 assault on a 14 year old step-daughter Irene Welch Lawerence. The husband was convicted in the 1927 September term by Judge James P. Hughes. Mrs. Lawerence says she is a parent and earns a living for the family.
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Dora Ethel Lawerence
Crown Street
Putnam
Curtis Lawerence
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Mrs. Lawerence
Putnam Circuit Court
James P. Hughes
Lawerence
Irene Welch Lawerence
Patrd
Files in circuit court against Hiram Callender
In Putnam circuit court Samuel Kroot sues Hiram Callender of Greencastle on a bankrupted Capital City Commercial Blue Printing account. Judgment of 87.91 is demanded. complaint on account alleges the debt is due and unpaid.
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Putnam Circuit
Hiram, Callender
Greencastle
Samuel Kroot
Kroot
Capital City Commercial Blue Printing Company
Callender
Relief Fund Contributions Announced Boost Local Red Cross
Donations to the drought relief fund rise with Mrs. Lucy Lee of San Francisco sending 50 dollars, elevating total gifts to 229000. Local and county quotas loom as further supporters give sums from 1 to 50 dollars including individual donors and groups such as Junior Red Cross and Progress History Club.
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The
Red Cross
Drought Relief Fund
Lucy Lee
San Francisco
Calif
Putnam County
J. P. Allen Jr
Hessie Owinn
Ot. Stephenson
TAC. CC
Putnam County Hospital Staff Organized At Meeting
At a Putnam County Medical Association gathering held at the hospital plans were made to form a hospital staff. Dr. W M McGaughey Dr C Tucker and Dr C C Collins headed the committee with wives of physicians attending the dinner. Membership will include all society members with MDs licensed in Indiana. meetings will be monthly with the medical society to discuss the program films and demonstration of pathological specimens.
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Putnam County Hospital
Putnam County Medical Association
Medical Association
W. M. McGaughey
C. Tucker
Cc. C. Collins
Putnam County
Putnam County Medical Society
Indiana
Linton Mine Blast Kills Thirty in Sullivan County
A coal mine explosion at Littl Betty near Linton Indiana kills thirty workers when 600 pounds of blasting powder ignite from a spark as shifts change. Rescue teams recover five bodies and two injured. twenty four miners remain missing after the blast. Don Burris surviving and recounts the incident from Greene County Hospital.
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Sullivan County
Linton, Ind
Littl Betty
Here
Linton
Ind
Don Burris
Greene County
Sherif takes White to the State Prison
Benjamin White of Jefferson township, 45, convicted of larceny and sentenced to Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for one to six years and a $1 fine. Sheriff Alva Bryan transported him after affidavits and a theft accusation involving corn from Hubert Let lore’s field.
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Benjamin White
Jefferson Township
Indiana
Michigan City
Putnam
Alva Bryan
White
Hubert Letlore
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Peeeees
Patton F ” Smith
Gilbert
Draper
Spencer
Pork Bridgeton Bank
Ruth Fry
Oscar Blue
Stella Carrington
Noble Shields
Putnamville
Leonard Peck
Fast Putnam
Osce Laundry
Rome
Dora Ethel Lawernce
George Walker
South College Avenue
County Hospital
Reginald Hobbs
Tazewell Va
Nell Browning
Hiram Callender
W. M. M'Gaughey
C. C. Tucker
C. C. Collins
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Sherif
Bryan
Eno White
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