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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1929
Page
4
Eugene A. Moore age 17 of Rockville Ind died at Union Hospital at midnight Friday from tetanus caused by burns from a firecracker suffered July 4 He was brought to the hospital July 11 in Terre Haute report says
Salem Ind July 13 Lawrence Turpin 20 of Bedford was found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Zack Burton Mitchell grocer. Judge James L Tucker sentenced him to life in Michigan City prison. Co-defendant James Jenkins also of Bedford is serving a life sentence after Greene Circuit court conviction last spring.
Bobby Doyle, long believed in danger from Don Wilkes and his gang, escapes a police stakeout by slipping away and turning the tables on Wilkes. He confronts Wilkes at Beebe Barrett’s apartment, reveals the broader betrayal, and vows to expose the framed case while Don faces an immediate, dangerous confrontation.
Seven Angus cattle owned by Leroy Key of Clinton township were killed by lightning in the pasture. Maj. Ludwik Idzikowski was killed and Maj. Casimir Kubala injured when Polish flyers forced a landing in the Azores during their trans Atlantic hop from France to New York. They departed Le Bourget July 12, in the first Atlantic air race. French rivals turned back to France and landed safely.
The Gosport Reporter reports June figures show post office money orders sold at 571 totaling 3104.84, up about 33 1 3 percent from 453 orders totaling 2185.46 in June 1928. Postmaster Thomas C. Dodd ties the rise to bank service charges on small accounts prompting buyers to use money orders.
Fowler Ind July 14 County Superintendent of Schools M F O Rear announces he will not turn over the office to Fred Hull. Hull who headed Kentland schools in Newton county last year faces a contest as O Rear argues the superintendent must be a county elector.
The Greencastle Herald lists subscription prices for Putnam County and outside areas, carrier rates in Greencastle, and advertising rates. It notes service details for Greencastle Bloomington Bus Line with departure times and a Bloomington arrival point.
Gerald Griggs and Eddie Erwin found a burning airplane wreck five miles east of Attica at 3:00 am. The monoplane, the Whitney Sport built by White Aircraft Corp of Des Moines, had been stolen from Danville airport four days earlier and not reported. The two youths alerted Patrolman James Reed.
Kansas City dispatch reports two Detroit gangsters bound for Leavenworth prison attempted a dramatic break from a fast-moving train at fifty miles an hour. Harry Oxley, 27, headed for a five‑year sentence for narcotics smuggling, escaped his leg irons near Lafayette Indiana and dove through a window before being pursued.
James McCann and George Beamer helped capture escaping prisoners after one pulled the emergency cord. The Putnam County Sheriff announces a public sale of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14, township 16 north, range 4 west, containing 40 acres, to satisfy a decree of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. If needed, the sale may include the fee simple of the property. The sale is set for August 3, 1929, at the Putnam County Courthouse in Franklin Township between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Notice to creditors and heirs of Charles M. Diel of Greencastle Indiana to appear in Putnam Circuit Court on September 2 1929 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive shares. Clerk Ferd Lucas notes July 13 1929.
The Hudson Motor Car Company celebrated its twentieth anniversary on July 8 as the 1 779 360th car rolled from the line. Originating in a small 1908 leased plant the company now oversees a massive factory complex with a 1900 daily output, $69 million in total assets and $40 million in dividends paid.
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