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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold notes two dry days as the city advances street improvements and carnival preparations at Vandalia station. He recalls Carmel backers, rail incidents in Detroit, and a dangerous Indy speed track crash involving George Saunders, while praising local hospitality and the Rotarians’ Indiana outing.
The Krassin ice breaker rescued Russian aviator Chudinovsky and four companions near Cape Platten and aboard the Braganza five relief members from the Nobile expedition. Russland reports indicate survivors may be landed at Advent Bay after the Chudinovsky group is taken aboard.
Crawfordsville July 15 Owen Waters 23 of Charleston Ill died after his racing car left the track at the Montgomery County fairgrounds struck a tree and overturned. Spectators witnessed the crash as Waters was tuning up for an interracial race. He died en route to a hospital. Frances McGregor Philips and Hazel Alverson are noted in short local items.
The death of Mrs. Alice Jones aged 48 wife of Thomas Jones occurred at her home on the Dr. W R Hutcheson farm east of Greencastle after a long illness. She lived in Putnam County most of her life and is survived by her husband three children Foster James and Irma four brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 PM from Brick Chapel Church with Rev B H Bruner officiating. Burial will follow in Brick Chapel cemetery.
Detroit July 16 George Souders former Indianapolis 500 winner lies in Highland Park Central Hospital unconscious with fear of a fractured skull after crashing into the inner rail on the twenty sixth lap of the Knights Templar sweepstakes at the fairgrounds. The car was wrecked and Souders had retaken mileage lost at the pit water break.
Decatur Indiana July 16 Dan Feasel of Van Wert Ohio lost the use of his limbs contemplates a twenty mile trip to Berne Indiana and return in his hand propelled wheelchair. He has made several short journeys and aims to travel forty miles round trip by push pull method without aid from others.
Charles Dick Mundy was released Saturday after no charges were filed in the alleged intrusion of Mrs Emma McAninch’s home in Cloverdale. Rollie Coffman, 32, faced DUI related to the same case, pleaded guilty on Monday, and paid a $10 fine plus costs.
Mr and Mrs Julius Sudranski announce the engagement of daughter Bessie to Mr Myer Goldberg of Indianapolis. The Gardner family reunion at W W Gardner home in Manhattan Sunday July 12 included Alva Bryan William Glidewell Tommy McCray of Brazil visiting Donald and Philip Maxwell.
Indy dispatch reports six robberies by a band of armed men in a powerful automobile across Marion County on country roads. Dr Charles A Barnhill and Horace G Brumfield were shot when the gang forced a stop. Brumfield was wounded in the face near the National Road west of Indianapolis. Deputy sheriffs swept roads seeking clues as the carleted suspects ranged from east to west and north amid patrols statewide.
John L. McKamey, a respected farmer of Cloverdale township, died Sunday noon at his home three miles northeast of Cloverdale after six months of heart illness. He was 72, born in Jefferson township, and is survived by his widow, several grandchildren, Lena the former child who died, six brothers James Harrison Lincoln Theodore George and Reuben. Funeral at the Church of Christ in Cloverdale Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Indiana reports thirteen weekend fatalities raising July toll to 170. Among the dead are James Gideon Lewis of Dana who drowned at Limedale, and several others killed in auto crashes or by trains. The long list includes residents from Terre Haute to Richmond and Gary with deaths in drownings, auto accidents, and a train incident.
Mrs. Joseph Carrington of Green Street suffered a broken bone above the right wrist when the car returning from Lafayette went off a steep embankment near the Big Four arch on State Road 43. She rode with her husband Mollie Burton and two grandchildren. others were uninjured. Doctors Hutcheson and Ayler reduced the fracture at their office.
A large crowd attended the annual township trustees picnic at Sutherlin Springs north of Morton. The day featured a big basket dinner and various entertainments. Lon McGaughey won first in the trustees horseshoe pitching contest with Frank Edwards taking second.
Ten people were killed and twenty five injured when two trains collided outside Munich's railroad station. The wreckage caught fire and rescuers worked through the night to extract victims, many burned beyond recognition, with searchlights aiding the effort.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with minimal temperature change expected into Tuesday. No significant rainfall or storms are anticipated.
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