Greencastle Area Social Notes Include Visits And Travel
Local residents and visitors are mentioned in a Greencastle area notes column. Miss Polly Towne and Lockwood Towne Jr arrive from Boston for a grandparents visit. Dick Kimberlin from South Bend visits. Several residents plan trips to Chicago and Indianapolis, with updates on ill family members and teaching assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Towne
Lockwood Jr
Boston, Mass
Dick Kimberlin
South Bend
Ind
8. B. Towne
Pittman Criticizes McNary Haugen Bill in Democratic Platform
Senator Key Pittman Nevada, head of the Houston Platform committee, protests misinterpretations of the Democratic Agriculture plank. He defends the party's stand that the McNary Haugen bill underpins cooperative marketing, while urging possible abandonment of the equalization fee to compel universal producer cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Democratic Party
M’nary-Haugen
WM. S. Neal
Pittsman
Eastern Democrat
Pittman
Plane Crashes Near Evansville Injuring Two Flyers
Dennis Racener a 27 year old student pilot and Floyd Stork 32 were injured when their Eagle Rock plane went into a tailspin at about 600 feet and crashed after a 15 minute flight. Racener recovered consciousness at Deaconess Hospital and both pilots were expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
INS
Dennis Racener
Deaconess
Floyd Stork
Eagle Rock
Racener
Edward Racener
Stork
South America
Raspberry Picker Lands in Calaboose
Ennis Sackett 28 years old of Mill Grove area was arrested Thursday evening by Sheriff Marvin Lucas for intoxication. He had been driving a car with a shotgun and bore a bruised cheek after a quarrel at home. Sackett pleaded guilty before Justice Somer Hender and paid a $10 fine plus $44.20 costs. He commented, It started out to pick raspberries and landed in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis Sackett
Mill Grove
Marvin Lucas
Lucas
William Coffman
Sackett
Spencer
0. W. Steward
Warren
Democrats Highlight Farm Relief and Enforcement Pledges
Indiana Democrats argue the national platform binds the party to clear pledges on farm relief and law enforcement while Republicans evade specifics. They claim GOP leaders misalign legislative and administrative branches and urge voters to favor coordinated action by both parties in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mr. Peters
Republican Party
Congress
Coolidge
Democratic Party
Murder Charge After Writing Film Plot
German police arrest Johannes Gleissner and Mrs Hugo Pernetta on murder charges for the death of Pernetta's husband. Investigators say the husband was killed in the manner shown in the couple’s film story, challenging the initial assumption of suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannes Gleissner
Hugo Pernetta
Pernetta
Jersey Heifer Calves Wanted For Weaning Time
Want ads note Jersey heifer calves wanted at weaning time or earlier and provide a Herald office contact. Also advertises sewing bunga low aprons with no buttonholes, paid at 1.20 per dozen, thread furnished, send stamps. Hill Garment Factory, Auburn New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Herald Office
Hill Garment Factory
Auburn, N. Y
Two Held in Indianapoli s Bank Robbery Attempt
In Indianapolis two youths face robbery charges after the attempted Cent ral State Bank hold up. Arthur McGinnis 26 and Claude Parker 25 are jailed on 10 000 bonds each. Parker drove the car while McGinnis entered the bank and allegedly planned an eight to ten thousand dollar payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
Central State Bank
Arthur McGinnis
Claude F. Parker
Parker
McGinnis
Orville Denbo
Man Believed Murdered Near Nashville Indiana
Local police think Lorenzo Schimmel of Indianapolis was murdered after his body was found on a country road ten miles from Nashville. A deep head wound prompted Brown County authorities to investigate. Schimmel had worked as a crossing watchman for the Big Four Railroad in Cleveland and recently moved to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ind
INS
Lorenzo Schimmel
Indianapolis
Brown County
Schimmel
Cleveland
Big Four Railroad Company
Fruit Truck Damaged After Rear-end Collision Near Plainfield
A fruit truck owned by Frank Cancilla and driven by his son Anthony Cancilla collided with a Reo Flying Cloud car at the Spring Hill Tourist camp near Plainfield on the National Road Friday. The truck’s frame bent and fender damaged. Cancilla drove it to the Franklin Street Garage for repairs. The Reo also sustained frame damage and a crushed gas tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cancilla
Anthony
Ninnie’ Cancilla
Reo
Spring Hill
Plainfield
Cancilla
George Ash
Franklin Street
Accidental shooting ends life of Butler Diamond at home
Butler Diamond, 11, died after his 13 year old brother Clifford accidentally fired a rusted .32 caliber revolver during a Cowboys game at their Diamond home. Butler told him not to feel bad as he died at City Hospital. A local Twilight League game between Wabash Valley and Zine Mill was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cliff
Butler Diamond
Clifford
Butler
City
Cowboy
Diamond
Wabash Valley
Zine Mill
Meeting of Floyd Economics Club in Floyd Township
The Floyd Township Home Economics Club met July 11 with Mrs. Mable Sandford. Twenty members and one visitor attended. Grace King led the lesson assisted by Lora Pickett. Next lesson set for August 8 at Floyd Center School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Township
Mable Sandford
Grace King
Lora Pickett
Floyd Center School
Hoover outlines three campaign fronts for 1932 effort
Herbert Hoover wraps up his cabinet term and prepares to depart for Palo Alto to receive formal nomination notice. He outlines a three campaign strategy: win the East and Atlantic seaboard states, hold the Midwest corn belt with focus on anti-Prohibition, and push a border states drive to claim dry counties while challenging Governor Smith on Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. K. Hutchison
Hoover
East
Atlantic Seaboard
Massachusetts
Delaware
Midwest
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Smith
Mrs Bertha McHaffey Visits Chicago Relative
Mrs. Bertha McHaffey of Chicago visits her mother Mrs. W. W. Tucker in the city as family relations are noted in this brief social item from the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha McHaffey
Chicago
W. W.tucker
Last Rites for Civil War Veteran Joseph W. Dodd
Last rites for Civil War veteran Joseph W. Dodd were observed at his Rockville road home with C Howard Taylor officiating. The G A R service marked the grave as Sons of Veterans M J Murphy Ernest Stoner John Goddard and Fred Masten assisted. Pallbearers included Oscar Obenchain Lemuel Rateliff Jacob Kiefer Clarence Hollick Fred Masten and John Goddard. Music by Mrs John Young and Mrs Ben Riley preceded interment at Forest Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Dodd
Rockville Road
C. Howard Taylor
John Robe
M. J. Murphy
Ernest Stoner
John Goddard
Fred Masten
Oscar Obenchain
Lemuel Rateliff
Jacob Kiefer
Clarence Hollick
John Young
Ben Riley
Forest Hill Cemetery
Roy West Arrives to See Coolidge in Wisconsin
Roy West secretary of the Republican National Committee and Illinois national committeeman arrived in Superior Wisconsin for talks with President Coolidge about national politics. He predicted Hoover will win a large Illinois plurality. The Greencastle visitor also met local officials and a Spencer insurance salesman discussed post August plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
INS
Roy West
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Coolidge
West
Central States
Herbert Hoover
Ilinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Powers Cass
Harley
Brattain
Bainbridge
Daniel Albright
Chas. K E. Gross
Hoosier Highlands
Sheriff Putnam Co
Prudential Ins. Co
Greencastle Township
H. C. Callendar, Sr
Greencastle
Viquesney Theater
North
Washington Street
J. R. Greene
Spencer World
Madonna Tustison
George Hanna
Almeda
Mildred Pitchford
Esther Shefler
Rossville
Shefler
DePauw
Laverne Snider
Mrs. L. D. Snider
Madison Street
T. W. Moore
Marion Township
Milt Brown
Bernice
Carrol Brown
Ruth Knight
Murphy Five and Ten Cent
Charles Butler
Margaret
Helen
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Helen Torr
Davenport
Bloomfield
Iowa
Letha Modlin
J. H. Pitchford
Jacob Bitel
Martinsville
W. M. McGaughey
Margaret Emily
George Gregg
Amsterdam
New York
Gregg
Ralph Hostetter
Hostetter
Roachdale
Helen O
Mr. Gregg
J. C. Penny
Harry Wells
William Jones
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Nelson Taulman
Fairbury, Til
Mrs. O. L. Goodlander
Seymour
Maynard Johnson
Star Barber Shop
Jack Keightly
Mrs. Brothers
Martinsville, Ill
Joe Moore
Buffalo, New York
Albert Moore
Berry Street
Mahlon Fisher
Martinsville Street
Roscoe Hurst
Moffett & Dobbs Agency
Jackson Street
Hudson Automobiles
Ha, Sherrill Sales and Service
East Franklin Street
John Allee
New York City
Albert Allee
East Seminary Street
Clyde Hershman
South College Avenue
Hazel Rambo
Gilbert Riley
Albert Fenton
Otis Cannon
Putnam
Fenton
Warsaw
Cannon
Rockville
Calaboose
Paul Fine
International News Service
Berlin
Floyd Economics Club
Miss Taylor
Greencastle Rotary Club
Christian Church
Frances McGregor Phillips
Fannie McGregor
Bloomington Street
Jane
Marcia Hughes
Eleanor Bintz
Lois Bintz
Marion Bintz
Frances Evens
Betty Ann Albright
Betty Nichols
Helen Arlt
Clare Lytle
Marilyn Lytle
Betty Broadstreet
Dorothy Arnold
Katherine Vaughan
Elizabeth Fem
Marcia Hamilton
Lucy Louise Longdon
Mr. West
W. P. Sackett
Fred E. Bourne
Bourne
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Culver
Dr. Tilden
Methodist Sunday School
Lawrence Hammond
Browning & Hammond Hardware Store
County Hospital
West Elizabeth Street
Greater Snapp Bros
West Walnut Street
Harry Hardine
BIG 5
Carson
Eli Farris
Wheel
Coney Island
Mixitt
Munzens
Snapp Bros
BIG Dixie Minstrel
Gully Mike
Oriental Theater
Beautiful Girls
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