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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
1
A Greencastle boss trims pay by shrinking paper money after presentation of payroll. A golf anecdote details par scoring and a920 gin swill ritual. A humor piece notes a weed-cutting notice turned already done and a friend’s golf round 48 for nine holes.
Reports from Peiping Shanghai and Tokio indicate 60 000 Chinese troops massed on the Soviet border while Soviet forces fortify and dig trenches on the Manchurian frontier. Unconfirmed advices say Soviet troops near Manchuria are digging in with about 10 000 Chinese on the Manchurian side opposite the Red soldiers.
Marion Ind July 16 The grant county authorities pursue a link between the Gas City State Bank robbery of July 11 and fugitive Willard Carson suspected in his father s 1926 slaying near Liberty and an Kokomo spring assassination A tip cites a man seen fleeing from a car near Jesse Brinkley s home Eaton Ind Brinkley was arrested then released after bank officers could not identify him
J C Helm, 56, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty in Peru Police Court to driving while intoxicated and public intoxication. He was fined 170 dollars, sentenced to 30 days in jail, and had his license suspended for one year by Judge May or Keller.
Thirty three Putnam County 4-H Club members enroll for the camp at Camp Merom near Sullivan July 22 to 26 under County Agent Floyd Miller. About sixty county members are expected with fifteen to twenty more from Greencastle. Leaders from several counties and Purdue university will direct camp life.
O W Hollowell of the L H Chevrolet Sales Co purchased the Greenwood avenue home in Northwood from A G Brown opposite Putnam County Hospital. The property had been occupied for the past year by Prof C J Borchers of the DePauw School of Music, who will leave Greencastle this fall.
The body of Polish flyer Major Ludwig Idzikowski, killed in the Marshal Pilsudski crash, was exhumed and arrived on the Polish training ship Iskra at Horta Azores. Flying companion Major Kasimir Kubala, badly injured, remained on board in weakened condition with face injuries and possible blindness.
Washington reports the government plans to authorize six prewar distilleries to resume production for medicinal purposes. They may distill about 2,000 gallons annually. Experts estimate current medicinal spirit stock at around 8 million gallons, enough for roughly five years at the present prescription rate.
Mrs Anna Shepherd of Ladoga fell Saturday evening and injured her shoulder. She was taken to Crawfordsville on Sunday with her daughter Mrs Grace Tribby and her physician where an X ray showed a compound fracture. She is doing as well as could be expected.
Coroner Ralph Niblock investigates the death of Mrs. Nellie Runyan 52 whose body was found in a tub of boiling water at the M. Miller residence in Newcastle Indiana. Believed she was stricken with apoplexy while preparing to bathe and fell into the tub.
Putnam Lodge No. 45 I O O F holds a regular session this evening at 8 oclock to inaugurate new officers and fill chairs as part of the lodge's activities.
Mrs L A Cortner matron of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home at Knightstown leads auxiliary volunteers who support the home with toys and instruments for nearly six hundred children. The Boys Band from the home will attend the state convention in Richmond on August 25 and 26.
Ernest Wallace aged 26 who escaped from Greencastle Indiana penal farm with Earl Reed was arrested in St Louis Missouri. He was armed at arrest and held for Indiana authorities on weapons charges. Reed is sought by St Louis authorities for the murder of Patrolman William McCormack on June 25. Wallace says he has not seen Reed since the escape.
Mr and Mrs Hubert Jordan and family have relocated from west Liberty street to 937 North LaSalle Streets in Indianapolis. Mr Jordan is a plumber.
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Stiles of Portland Mills escaped a switch engine collision in Indianapolis when their car was struck and demolished. Harry Brown of Monroe township suffered bruising after a bull attack. Fred Hillis Dr Sigler George Gardner and Bruce Shannon traveled to Terre Haute to attend races. Dr Eugene Hawkins from Sparta Wisconsin departed today.
Extradition papers for Joe Wilson alias Addi Upgo were approved at Governor Harry G. Leslie’s office. Wilson, aregistry clerk at the Indiana state farm, is held in Los Angeles on charges of altering public records to free sixteen prisoners before their minimum sentences. Gilbert Snider of Greencastle State Farm was ordered to bring Wilson back to Indiana for trial.
News of the death of Mrs. Sarah Spaulding of Greencastle who died last Friday at her daughter’s home in Enid Oklahoma. Her body was brought back to Rockville for interment beside her husband Michael Spaulding. She leaves two grandchildren Meda and Virginia Quigg Indianapolis and sisters and a brother.
Greencastle businessman Ed Hamilton has purchased a lot on Greenwood Avenue facing Putnam County Hospital and will begin a new home. Other Northwood homes follow, with Otis Gardner on Greenwood Avenue H R Nicholas on Highwood Avenue and Ernest Mugg on Arlington Avenue constructing residences.
A giant hoot owl measuring 55 inches across the wings and with a 16 inch tail was found dead at the foot of a telephone pole near Peru by Dr. O U Carl. Officials suspect electrocution after the bird was struck by a live wire while flying in daylight.
Four Greencastle residents Mrs Goldie Sullivan Mrs Genevieve Babcock Albert Wells and Lowell Love were arrested in Brazil after a Ford coupe wrecked a Harmony filling station. They were fined 10 dollars each plus costs and jailed pending court action for intoxication and driving while intoxicated while Love was held on related charges.
Two days remain to prepare pushmobiles for the Veterans of Foreign Wars race aligned with the band concert. Teams are urged to ready vehicles and compete for a prize. Participants meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in front of the band stand for action.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with thunderstorms this afternoon confined to the southwest. Warmer conditions will spread across the north and central portions as the trend continues.
London officials report King George III had a favorable night and his condition remains satisfactory after yesterday’s operation to speed the healing of the chest wound abcess. The bulletin confirms improvement and ongoing recovery.
About sixty Chamber of Commerce members met at the Greencastle Country Club to discuss bringing a Union Underwear Company plant to Greencastle. The factory would require 30 000 square feet and cost about 9 000 for building plus staff and fixtures, with a weekly payroll projected at 8 000 mostly for women workers. A fund plan for financing a 30 000 project was outlined, plus consideration of a hotel and airport development.
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