Say! (ly Charles J. Arnold) Dinner talk at Kiwanis meeting
The author recalls a Kiwanis luncheon at State Farm with Honorary membership jokes about Milt Brown and Judge Hughes. Cap Howard led a hearty dinner and tours of the farm, with introductions of new members and a light note about guarding vacant lots from police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Hughes
Kiwanis
State Farm
John Cartwright
Milt. Brown
Brown
Ornery
Northwood Sewing Circle
Cap Howard
Kiwanians
Cap
Don McLean
Don
Capt. Howard
Hughes
R. P. Mullins
Howard
Marshall Abrams
Charles McGaughey
Harry Allan
Steve Washburn
Lafayette Club
Joel Denman
Chicago
Harold Cook
John Cook
Roy Abrams
Indiana State Farm
Mr. Abrams
Two Young Men Confess Freight Station Robbery
Lloyd Dicus 22 and Carl Miller 19 living near Worthington are jailed in Owen county after confessing the Patricksburg Monon freight station robbery last Friday night. Dicus was arrested for auto clothing theft. Miller for the same offense. The confession came after questioning by Monon railroad detective Lt. L. G. Thompson. Both admit other robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Ind
Lloyd Dicus
Carl Miller
Worthington
Owen County
Patricksburg
Monon
Dicus
Jasonville
Miller
L. G. Thompson
Monon Railroad
Cement tariff won’t raise farm cement prices say lawmakers
Testimony before the Senate Finance committee by cement importers and industry officials argues that a tariff would not lift inland cement prices. D.S. MacBride of Lone Star Cement cites inland trucking limits, noting foreign cement has entered seaports but cannot reach farms due to rail costs. He says inland prices depend on domestic competition and that a duty’s inland effect remains unclear. continuidade to page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
D.S. MacBride
Lone Star Cement Company of
Indiana
Continental Bank
Indianapolis
M. W. Richardson
Cement Importers Committee
E. R. Hollander
MacBride
Richardson
Hollander
Seaboard
United States Tariff Commission
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Tragic Sham Fire Kills Twelve Boy Scouts in Kent
In Gillingham England during a hospital charity display a dummy house caught fire trapping twelve Boy Scouts and four firefighters. A 5,000 spectator crowd cheered the faux blaze unaware it would turn deadly as the youths perished in the blaze and rescue attempts failed.
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England
Hospital
Gillingham
Kent
Eng
INS
Last Nigh
Gillingham Hospital
Mrs Heacock Dies After Illness in Greencastle
Ida A. Heacock 50 wife of John A. Heacock died Thursday night at 8 45 in the county hospital after a three week illness and a Wednesday morning operation. A Greencastle resident for two years she came from Duluth Minnesota. Survived by husband four children five step children four brothers and two sisters. Funeral Saturday 10 30 at McCurry Funeral Home with burial in Bloomer Wisconsin. The funeral party departs Greencastle at 12 55 by Monon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida A. Heacock
John A. Heacock
South Jackson Street
County Hospital
D. Kelly
Detroit
Mich
Fred W. Kelly
New York City
Myrtle Lenroot
Duluth
Minn
Lucile Heacock
Stella Retzer
Berthold
S. D
Farl Heacock
Stanley
Lloyd Heacock
Chicago
Ill
Frank Heacock
Margaret Heacock
Taylor shoots 163 in opening rounds at Indiana Open
Taylor of Lafayette formerly Greencastle, 163 after 36 holes in the 15th Indiana Open at Anderson. Ralph Stonehouse of Indianapolis Coffin Municipal tops with 68-70-138 among 90 players. Neal McIntyre of Highland GC sits second at 142. Terre Haute amateur champion George Lance tied with Glen Harrison of Attica at 146.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Taylor
Lafayette
Greencastle
Anderson
Ralph Stonehouse
Coffin Municipal
Indianapolis
Neal McIntyre
Highland Golf Club
George Lance
Terre Haute
Indiana
Glen Harrison
Attica
Presbyterian Supply Ministers Announced
During Rev. Victor L. Raphael’s vacation, the Presbyterian church will be served by supply ministers. July 14 G. F. Black. July 21 Prof. Francis C. Tilden. July 28 Captain Joseph T. Comstock. August 4 Rev. Elmer J. Van Lare. August 11 G. F. Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Raphael
Presbyterian Church
G. F. Black
Francis C. Tilden
DePauw
Joseph T. Comstock
Elmer J. van ‘Lare
Martinsville
G. Fe, Black
Postal Picnic At Allendale Springs
The seventh annual picnic of the Postal employees of Putnam County will be held at Allendale Springs south of Greencastle on Sunday July 28. Employees from every Post office in the county and their families are invited. Orah M. O Hair of Greencastle is secretary and Clarence Hollick is chairman of the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Allendale Springs
Greencastle
Orah M. O'Hair
Clarence Hollick
In Green CastLe Files Highlight Local Events
Frank Cannon and Conrad Gautier were in Terre Haute on Piezee Company business. Miss Cena Brothers hosted a birthday gathering on Elm Street this afternoon. J. O. Cammack won two first prizes at the State Photographers display in Winona Lake this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cannon
Conrad Gautier
Terre Haute
Piezee Company
Miss Cena
Elm Street
J. O. Cammack
Winona Lake
Lang Juror Deadlock Forces Sullivan Trial Discharge
A jury deadlocked after 24 hours of balloting in Sullivan Indiana over James M Lang former president of the defunct Citizens Trust Company charged with embezzling 15882 50. Judge Arthur E DeBaun discharged the jury and indicated a new trial would be arranged. Lang had disappeared in 1928 and returned a year later after a nationwide search. He admitted forging notes to cover uncollectible bank paper but denied personal profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
INS
Circuit Court
James M. Lang
Citizens’ Trust Company
Arthur E. DeBaun
Lang
Putnam County Aims to Boost Attendance at Indiana State Fair
County Agent Floyd Miller plans to raise Putnam County attendance at the Indiana State Fair from August 31 to September 7. He notes the fair offers $70,000 in premiums, the largest among U S state fairs, and urges greater local participation in exhibits and educational features to improve records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Miller
Putnam County
Indiana
Miller
United States
Dr Shumaker to Stay in Sanatarium Weeks More
Indiana leader Dr. B S Shumaker, superintendent of the Anti Saloon League, will remain at Battle Creek Sanatarium for two or three weeks longer. He postponed his operation until fall and his condition, believed to be gallstones, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
B.S. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Battle Creek
Michigan
Shumaker
Weather Outlook North and South Shaded Thunder Showers Likely
Mostly unsettled conditions with local thunder showers possible in the north tonight or Saturday and in the south on Saturday. Temperatures look slightly warmer in the Southeast tonight.
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North Portion
South Portion
Southeast Portion
Hel d For Sanity Probe Inmate Hall Held In County Jail
William Emmett Hall, 20, son of Dave Hall of the Huffman farm in Washington township, is held in the County Jail awaiting a sanity inquest. Taken by Sheriff Edward Eitelforge and Deputy Alva Bryan at Wallace Junction, Hall had previous runs from home and from the Insane Hospital at Madison. Relatives fear he may harm others, though he has been harmless so far, and he may be recommitted to an insane institution if a sanity commission finds him deranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Emmett Hall
Dave Hall
Huffman
Washington Township
Hall
Wallace Junction
Edward Eitelforge
Alva Bryan
Madison
Sanity Commission
Crawfordsville to Get New Radio Station
Crawfordsville will join Indiana’s broadcasting system via Indianapolis Broadcasting Inc a group formed by A E Reynolds Curtis Mushlitz Henry B Walker and Noble B Watson with 15 000 shares capital The plan includes a central station between Crawfordsville and Indianapolis on state road 34 merging WKBF Indianapolis into the new company A local station will be set up in the commerce building and programs may begin within months WKBF director Carl Watson says the group will seek a favorable frequency and higher power from the Federal radio commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Broadcasting, Inc
A. E. Reynolds
Curtis Mushlitz
Henry B. Walker
Evansville
Noble B. Watson
Reynolds
Crabbs Reynolds Taylor Grain Company
State Road No
WKBF
Commerce Building
Carl Watson
Federal Radio Commission
Robbery Strikes Gas City State Bank in Broad Daylight
Three bandits in masks robed the Gas City State Bank in Indiana taking 20000 to 25000 dollars in cash to cover Illinois Glass Company payroll. They forced cashier J W Ball and assistant Lucille Nesbit and two customers to the rear while weapons were displayed. After the loot, the robbers fled in an unknown direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
INS
Gas City
J. W. Ball
Lucille Nesbit
Bernard Briges
Cordus Hamilton
Endurance Fliers Pass 238 Hour Mark Over Angeleno
Culver City and airport observers report the Angeleno flying in small circles near the field. Loren Mendell and R. B. Reinhart push toward 300 hours in continuous flight aboard the Buhr air sedan Angeleno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeleno
Culver City
Cal
INS
Loren W. Mendell
R. B
Pete” Reinhart
Buhr Air
Loren Mendell
Kings and Moody in assault case continued in Greencastle
Albert King and William Moody were involved in an assault and battery affidavit led by Justice Robert H. Newgent. The case was continued to Saturday afternoon after a dispute over an incident on the Jones lot in north Greencastle. Moody and King offered conflicting stories leading to discontinuance after King’s arrest by City Marshal Paul Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert King
William Moody
Justice of the
Robert H. Newgent
King
Moody
Jones
North Greencastle
Paul Grimes
Committed to Evansville State Hospital
Josephine Cofer 53 wife of Sherman Cofer of Fillmore rural route was found insane by a sanity commission and committed to Evansville State Hospital by Judge James P Hughes in the Putnam Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Cofer
Sherman Cofer
Fillmore
Sanity Commission
Evansville State Hospital
James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit
Police warn against disrobing in cars at Gary bathhouse
police erect signs along Fulton Road and Lake Front Park to stop motorists disrobing in automobiles warning they must use the bathhouse William A Forbis Gary Indiana July 12 1ns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Fulton Road
Lake Front Park
Willian A. Forbis
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Charles J. Arnold
Helen Black
West Creek
Big Walnut
D.S. M'Bride OF the Lone Star Cement Co
Taylor
Presbyterian Supply Ministers
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Poplar Street
Franklin Street
Allendale
Merald
Citizens Trust Company
Sanatarium
Montgomery County
ROB Gas City State Bank
Keith Hall
North Salem
Lycurgus Stoner
South Indiana Street
California
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