Boxing Night At Ft Benjamin Harrison Arena
The article previews a prize fight card featuring Jimmy Hackley and Eddie Anderson at Ft Benjamin Harrison arena with rival Royal Cox on the semi main. It notes a local organizer group led by Charles J Arnold and mentions Glenn H Lyon now backing the Greencastle crowd. It also alludes to a governor Leslie and a witty air endurance segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn H. Lyon
Jimmy Hackley
Eddie Anderson
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Royal Cox
Greencastle
Mr. Lyon
Greencastle Mitt Slinger
Frank J. Cannon
John Cartwright
Fillmore Brothers Face Vehicle Theft Charge in Muncie
Albert Truesdel and Karl Truesdel, brothers from Fillmore, were taken to Muncie with the mayor and two detectives to face a vehicle taking charge after an Oakland car theft. They confessed in the County Jail after Sunday arrest. penalties up to ten years. The car was returned to the Indiana Adjustment Company. tires worn but no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Truesdel
Karl Truesdel
Fillmore
Muncie
Cay
Oakland
Alva Bryan
Edward BiteMarge
Insurance Company
Indiana Adjustment Company of
Indianapolis
Edward Eitelforge
Squirrel season opens Thursday in Indiana
The squirrel season begins Thursday in Indiana and locals are buying hunting licenses. Since July 20 the County Clerk has issued 34 licenses to Putnam County applicants as the season is reported plentiful this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Putnam County
Gosport Woman Sues Spencer Man for $10,000
Gosport widow Blanche Thomas sues Loren W. Thomas and Lola M. Thomas for libel and malicious persecution seeking 10000 dollars in Owen Circuit Court. The suit stems from prior custody and divorce actions amid allegations of attempted poisoning. a grand jury found no indictment. Trial likely in October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
James P. Hughes
Greencastle
Local Couples Receive Marriage Licenses
Karl Harrison Frazier, 24, barber, Greencastle, wed Dorothy Allegra Huffman, 22, teacher, Center Point. Lauren FE. King, 35, school teacher, Greeley, Colo., and Zoula Z. Abel, 50, teacher, Greencastle, received licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Harrison Frazier
Barber
Greencastle
Dorothy Allegra Huffman
Center Point
Lauren FE. King
Greeley
Colo
Zoula Z. Abel
Will Probe License Fraud in Illinois Medical Licenses
Chicago July 30. Assistant director Clyde S. Backus says all Illinois medical and dentistry licenses issued in the past two years will be examined after prosecutors prepare grand jury evidence of a diploma ring issuing over 1000 fake licenses. Investigators report former department head W H H Miller allegedly led the conspiracy and profited from each bogus license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Clyde S. Backus
State Department of Registration and Education
Backus
Patrick Roche
State’s Attorney’s Office
Roche
W. H. H. Miller
Department of Registration and Education
Miller
School Board Meeting in Greencastle Plans Reorganization
The Greencastle School Board meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the High School for next year’s reorganization. Elvin Harlan new member follows Harry Collins and will attend his first meeting. The board will hire janitors and truck drivers for the year. Open meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Harlan
Harry Collins
Greencastle
Indianapolis Air Endurance Flight Planned
An Indianapolis endurance flight directed by W A McCurry aims to top the St Louis Robin record. The 12 passenger airship, costing about 20000 dollars, will feature a radio, heater, toilet, shaving water, and a bedroom with Lieutenant Laurence Genaro among the pilots. The project budget exceeds 40000 dollars and includes a public name contest for the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
W. A McCurry
St. Louis
McCurry
Laurence Genaro
Zeppelin Ready for Hop to America
At Friedrichshafen Germany preparations for the Graf Zeppelin trans Atlantic flight to America are nearly complete. Commander Hugo Eckener delays departure to accommodate prospective passengers including Mary Pierce of New York and Mrs George Crouse of Syracuse, with Rene Froissart an American resident and Gourevitch pianist’s wife among those expected aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Eckener
Mary Pierce
New York
America
George Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
Pierce
Germany
Interio
Russia
Crouse
Mauretania
Cherbourg
Rene Froissart
Gourevitch
Hollywood
Bainbridge Telephone Rate Hearing Set for August 20
J. W. McCardle announces a public hearing on Bainbridge Telephone Company rate hike petitions in Bainbridge at 9 30 in the morning on August 20. A commission member will conduct the hearing and public participation is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McCardle
Public Service Commission of Indiaa
Bainbridge Telephone Company
Frank C. Collins
Bainbridge
May Revoke Licenses Of 58 Indiana Motorists
Indianapolis July 30 Action to revoke the drivers licenses of 58 Indiana motorists will be taken this week. Robert T. Humes chief of the state police said affidavits against 35 others will be presented to the Marion County grand jury. Charges include fraud in obtaining licenses reckless driving perjury and driving a car while intoxicated. Forty five of the illiteracy cases involve native born applicants and most over 55 could not read road signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
Indiana
Robert T. Humes
John McCord
Otto G. Fifield
Humes
Marion County Grand Jury
Coatesville Man William Timmons Wilson Dies
William Timmons Wilson, 38, crossing watchman and former farmer of Coatesville, died Monday at 10 am after tuberculosis. He will be buried Wednesday at 3 pm in the M. E. Church in Coatesville. Survived by widow, mother Mrs. Alzura Wilson of Coatesville, sisters Mrs. Oscar Mann of Otterbein and Mrs. Chenoweth of Lebanon, and brother Clay Wilson. Born north of Coatesville, he farmed before retiring and becoming a crossing watchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Timmons Wilson
Coatesville
M. E
Alzura Wilson
Oscar Mann
Otterbein
Chenoweth
Lebanon
Clay Wilson
Coates
20 Years Ago in Greencastle Old Settlers Picnic
Deputy Sheriff Mike Kelly and Marshal Charles Reeves attended the Cloverdale Old Settlers picnic with about 150 Greencastle residents. John Snider of Cloverdale was elected president of the Cloverdale township Sunday School at Hebron. A hot wave hit Greencastle with 96 degrees at 2 pm. Mrs F G Gilmore hosted dinner at Torr's home west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kelly
Charles Reeves
James P. Hughes
Cloverdale
Greencastle
John Snider
Cloverdale Township
Hebron
F. G. Gilmore
Torr
Weather outlook fair tonight with increasing clouds
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with more cloud cover later. Temperature remains steady with only slight changes expected.
Persistence flyer Owen Haugland dies in crash
Minneapolis flyer Owen Haugland perished yesterday when his plane spiraled into a tailspin and crashed after four endurance refueling flights that failed prior to the fatal mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Haugland
Minneapolis
Mt Meridian Man Hurt In Car Crash
Charles Franklin of Mt Meridian suffered cuts on the arm and wrist and bruises about the body when his Chevrolet roadster struck a telephone pole southeast of Green Castle after being forced off the gravel road. He was with two young women unhurt. Dr McGaughey treated Franklin. The car was taken to a local garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Franklin
Mt. Meridian
Greencastle
Franklin
W. M. McGaughey
Three Killed in Crossing Crash at Princeton Indiana
A Big Four coal train collided with an automobile at a grade crossing near Princeton Indiana. A mother Mrs George Page Demmett 38 and her daughters Rosie and Dora Alice Demmett 4 died. Eight people rode in the car. five in the front survived with injuries. The mother died instantly and the children died en route to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
INS
Oakland City
Here
George Page Demmett
Spurgeon
Rosie
Dora’ Alice Demmett
Country Club Championship Golf Pairings Listed
Pairings for the annual Country Club championship are announced. First round play must finish by noon August 11 with 18 hole early matches and 36 hole semi finals and finals. The President's Flight features 18 hole matches except the final, 36 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flight Air
Jimmie Hughes
N. C. O'Hair
Bob Stevens
R. Brown
C. Sayers
G. Lyon
L. Thomas
Steve Campbell
Don Ellis
Ed. Coffman
E. VanCleve
Henry Ford Birthday Observed in Detroit
Henry Ford, turning 66, works at Dearborn Laboratories and plans possible trip to East Orange to meet Thomas A. Edison. Meanwhile a Holdup: five auto bandits robbed a filling station east of Stilesville in Hendricks County. sheriff notified county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn Laboratories
Ford
East Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Stilesville
Hendricks County
Bert Shane
Local colored man injured in collision near Fort Harrison
Warren Brown a 25 year old Black man from Greencastle was seriously injured when his auto struck a heavy meat truck on the Pendleton pike near Fort Harrison yesterday. Two other Black men from Muncie, Boyd Cawly and Clyde Clemmons, were bruised. Walter Peterson of Anderson drove the truck. Brown was sent to City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Pendleton Pike
Fort Harrison
Warren Brown
Greencastle
Boyd Cawly
Clyde Clemmons
Muncie
Brown
Walter Peterson
Anderson
Two Airmen Dead in Crash at Minneapolis
Funeral arrangements were under way for Owen Haugland and Capt. P. J. Crichton endurance flyers killed when their Minnesota plane crashed at Wold-Chamberlain airport after more than 154 hours aloft. Crichton, at the controls, went into a tail-spin but could not gain altitude to clear obstructions. Haugland died hours later at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
INS
Owen Haugland
P. J. Crichton
Endurance
Minnesota
Wold-Chamberlain
Louis Robin
Crichton
Haugland
Wabash Valley Team Defeats High School In Twilight League
The Wabash Valley Electric Company Twilight League team beat the High School squad 4 to 3 on Mc Keen Field to extend its lead in the standings. The Business Men face the Trojans tomorrow at 5 PM, as the first week of August closes the Twilight League schedule with two games remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Valley
Wabash Valley Electric Company
McKeen Field
Trojans
Endurance Flyers Keep Airing On At Lambert Field
Forrest O Brine and Dale Jackson press toward the 500 hour mark in the St Louis Robin endurance flight now in its eighteenth day and 409th hour. Major Robertson sent a note asking them to land but allowed discretion and said they would be welcomed if the engine faltered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Flyers
Robert A. Hereford
International News Service
Lambert Field
ST. Louis
INS
Forrest O'Brine
Dale Jackson
William B. Robertson
Lows Robin
K. Jackson
O'Brine
Forrest O’brine
Robertson
Dale “Red” Jackson
Forest O'Brine
American Air Epje
Major Robertson
Arthur Nutt
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Charles J. Arnold
Leslie
Fillmore Boys
Gosport
Spencer Man
Blanche Thomas
Owen County
Zeppelin
Otto D. Tolischus
International
Friedrichshafen
John M’cord
A Merald
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