Weathered looks and local notices from Say! column
SAY! ( y CHARLES J. ARNOLD) It rains every time I have my shoes shined and reflects spring gripes about farming weather and school. West Point graduation of Charles H Treat on June 13 is noted with pride. A New York woman arrest for DUI cites Barbecue sandwiches as cause. Barometer tips at month’s end urge thermometer buys.
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Charles Howard Treat
Greencastle
United States Military Academy
West Point
Treat
Suitcase Contents Found After Theft Near Stock Pens
Valuable insurance papers and clothing belonging to E B Merchant, special agent for Ohio Farmers Insurance, were found on the Big Four Tracks near the stock pens. Merchant had recently visited Greencastle to adjust farm damages and reported the suitcase stolen from his car outside the Alamo building, with the thief discarding the case after taking the contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Merchant
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
Merchant
Greencastle
Charles Broadstreet
C. C. Kurst
Alamo
Mexican City Hit By Storm Strikes Acapulco Coast
Acapulco suffered severe damage as a Pacific cyclone Sunday caused widespread flooding and destruction. communications were disrupted and roads into the city flooded while telegraph lines failed and the port faced heavy battering.
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INSI
Mexico City
Acapulco
Listine
Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
Memorial services at Cloverdale canceled by rain
Memorial exercises at Cloverdale were called off Sunday afternoon due to rain and cold weather. Walter Myers of Indianapolis had been arranged as speaker.
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Cloverdale
Walter Myers
Indianapolis
Marion County Votes to Retire Bond Issue
Marion County authorities plan to retire a bond issue six ty years old to fund the county courthouse. Only 180000 of the original 950000 bonds remain due, and officials call the financing a glaring example of inefficient government handling.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
INS
Marion
Brown Leads Indiana Bankers Group Meetings
The Indiana Bankers Association conducts an educational program across eight cities this week and next. A. G. Brown, president of the association, leads sessions with topics on Better Bank Management and the tax situation. Speeches from Thomas D. Barr and Will Elston accompany discussions on bank issues.
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Indiana Bankers Association
Bankers of
Indiana
Brazil
Greencastle
A. G. Brown
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Bedford
Clifty Falls
Hazelden
Logansport
Warsaw
Mr. Brown
Thomas D. Barr
State Bank
Will Elston
Crawfordsville
Bankers Association
Brown
Woman Dies of Paralysis in Greencastle Home
Mrs. Mary EB Nichols aged 41 wife of William Nichols of 1007 Crown street died at home Sunday night after a stroke on Friday. The Greencastle couple recently moved from Terre Haute. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 pm at McCurry Funeral Home with Mrs. Grace Black presiding. Interment in Forest Hill cemetery.
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Mary EB. Nichols
William Nichols
Crown Street
O’cloeck
McCurry Funeral Home
Grace Black
Forest Hill Cemetery
Putnam County Review Board Meets to Start Equalization
The Putnam County Review Board held a brief morning session and adjourned to Tuesday to begin its 28 to 30 day work on equalizing county assessments. Members include County Assessor Charles Marshall County Treasurer Alva Lisby County Auditor W E Gill and appointees Milton Edwards Roachdale and Albert Albaugh Green Castle Township. The board may be recalled in August if the State Board requests it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Board of Review
Putnam County
Charles Marshall
Alva Lisby
W. E. Gill
Milton Edwards
Roachdale
Albert Albaugh
Greencastle Township
Partly cloudy forecast with light frost possible
Partly cloudy tonight with possible light frost in the north. Tuesday will be not quite as cool in the west and south portions as conditions ease in the afternoon.
Mrs Cassler Accused as Husband Reveals Threats
Chicago and Indiana police press Miss Cam eola Soutar murder case as Truman Cassler testifies his wife Catherine Cassler made threats against him and Soutar. He recalls a beating and a torn clothing scene after Cassler left jail on April 30.
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Catherine Cassler
Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Truman Cassler
Walker Butler
William McCarthy
Burne Maxwell
Cassler
Miss Soutar
Cammie
63Rd
Dorchester Avenue
Lillian
Lillian Mallett
Missus
Edward
Buick Marquette car showcased by Moffett Sales
A Buick Motor Company display drew 678 visitors to the Marquette six cylinder model shown Saturday by Moffett Sales Company. The new companion car to Buick’s regular line will be sold exclusively through Buick dealers as motor enthusiasts toured the salesroom.
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Buick Motor Company
Moffett Sales Company
Buick
Officials Go On Trial In Abingdon Murder Case
In Abingdon Virginia three county officers James Crowe William Worley and J W McReynolds go on trial for murder over the shooting of J M Kendrick a college youth after he refused to halt on a mountain road No liquor was found in the car The community gathers to watch the case with strong public feeling and possible conviction expectations though degrees may change.
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Abingdon
Cumberland Mountains
J. M. Kendrick
James Crowe
William Worley
J. W. McReynolds
Kendrick
Award Contract For Irwin Road In Roachdale
Roachdale road project awarded to Sweet & Wright for 15000 dollars by county commissioners after comparing bids. Isaac Skelton submitted 15030 dollars, engineer's estimate stood at 15040 dollars. Only claims were allowed at today’s meeting.
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Galen S. Irwin
Roachdale
Sweet & Wright
Isaac Skelton
Sto
Brazil Clay Worker Narrowly Escapes From Hopper
Ray Tribble was rescued after being trapped for about an hour under several tons of clay at the Brazil Clay Company plant in Brazil Indiana. He climbed into the hopper to clear clay but slipped and fell into the chute's mouth with heavy clay above him. Workmen freed him with no reported injuries after chunks of clay kept him breathing.
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Brazil
Ind
INS
Ray Tribble
Brazil Clay Company
Tribble
Pocahontas lodge hosts masked ball at Ben Hur hall
Forty years ago in Greencastle the Pocahontas lodge members and guests enjoyed a masked ball at Ben Hur hall. Mrs C T Zaring hosted art school students in her studio. General Jesse M Lee arrived for a short Greencastle visit before a trip to San Francisco. Elizabeth Jenkins wife of Hiram Jenkins died at her Clover Dale home this morning.
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Pocahontas Lodge
Ben Hur Hall
C. T. Zaring
Jesse M. Lee
Greencastle
San Francisco
Cal
Elizabeth Jenkins
Hiram Jenkins
Cloverdale
Weekend Auto Toll Rises With Seven States Hit Hard
Weekend traffic toll climbs as Ohio tops with ten deaths and fifty injured. Indiana reports multiple fatalities including eight year old Warren Moody struck crossing the street and Geneva victim Arch Beerbower believed poisoned liquor. Other deaths occur in New York, Illinois, Texas, and more.
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Ohio
New York State
Massachusetts
Oregon
International
Texas
Nebraska
Indiana
Colorado
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Ind
Geneva
Warren Moody
John Eaton
Henryville
Jesse Thompson
Interstate Public Service Company
Louisville
Helen Rowland
Chicago
South Bend
Arch Beerbower
Hazelton
Emery Ownes
White River
Elwood—Ermell Hollowell
Children’s Day Exercises at Fillmore Church
Children’s Day exercises were held at the Christian church at Fillmore Sunday evening June 2 at 7 30 o’clock. A fine program was given.
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Fillmore
the Christian Church
Marriage License for Archie Cooper and Mary Ewers
Archie Cooper 22 a farmer of Morgan County and Mary Ewers 18 at home of Putnam County obtained a marriage license.
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Archie Cooper
Morgan County
Mary Ewers
Putnam County
Bausman Develops Summer Recreation Plan
W. E. Bausman the public schools physical education director works on a summer schedule of playground activities and a baseball league. The program started two years ago and has grown in popularity and will continue this year with announcements expected within a week or ten days.
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W. E. Bausman
Business leaders urge fair trial for prohibition
A group of twenty four industrial leaders led by Henry Ford Thomas A Edison and Captain Robert Dollar backed President Hoover's law enforcement program and called for giving prohibition a fair trial. The appeal issued by Rev Charles Stelzle urged patriotic duty and honest enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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New York
INS
Hoover
Henry Ford
Thmas A. Edison
Robert Dollar
Charles Stelzle
Patrick Henry Callahan
Louisville Varnish Company
Louisville, Ky
Kansans Endure Torrential Rains and Wind Damage
Wichita and surrounding towns faced heavy property losses as a night storm spawned tornado like winds. Airports suffered major damage to buildings and planes with Western Air Express wrecked. Kiowa Colwich and Medicine Lodge reported heavy damage. No deaths reported.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Western
Aly Express
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Kiowa
Colwich
Medicine Lodge
Sinclair Faces Additional Six Months In Jail
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, already serving three months for contempt of the Senate, faces six more months for having operatives shadow the jurors in the Fall Sinclair conspiracy trial. The Supreme Court upheld both the original six month sentence and the concurrent three month term.
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Sinclair
Washington
INS
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Supreme Court
Vermillion Re-Elected Putnam County Superintendent
J C Vermillion was re-elected to a four year term as Putnam County Schools superintendent by township trustees. He won seven of thirteen votes while Jewell Vaughan Lawrence Wright and E H Westlund each received two votes. Vermillion has served two prior terms and was first elected after Frank Wallace resigned.
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John C. Vermillion
Putnam County
Jewell H. Vaughan
Fillmore High School
Lawrence Wright
Clinton Center
E. H. Westlund
Russellville High School
Vermillion
Frank Wallace
Floyd Miller Elected County Agricultural Agent
Floyd Miller, a Greencastle high school agriculture instructor, won the two year County Agricultural Agent post for Putnam County on the first ballot with support from eleven township trustees. A Tippecanoe County native and Purdue graduate, he replaces Robert Fr. Stevenson who resigns to join Central National Bank.
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Floyd Miller
Greencastle High School
Putnam County
Miller
Tippecanoe County
Purdue University
Robert Fr. Stevenson
Central National Bank
J. B. Curry
Indiana State Farm
Atwater Kent Audition Seeks Best Local Singer
On Wednesday night at 7 50 the annual Atwater Kent Audition will be held at the Music School to choose the locality’s representative for the State Audition. Open to amateur singers aged 18 to 25, men and women, professionals excluded. Winners compete for a share of 25 000 in cash prizes and scholarships. enrollment info is at the Music School office.
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Atwater Kent
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Charles J. Arnold
University of Michigan
Barbara Shaw
Judge
Bankers’ Group
Coatesville
Hebron
Mrs. Cassler
John McAninch
McAninch
Irwin Road
THE
Herald
Terre Haute
Wabash River
North Vernon
Irene Lee
Evansville
Allen B. Hart
J. C. Vermillion
Clinton Township
Marion Township
E. H. Westland
Russell Township
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