Local notices from Indianapolis brief community updates
Prosecutor Marshall Abrams was in Indianapolis on business today. Beck Sales reports the sale of a Nesh special coupe to A. B. Hanna. L. & H. Chevrolet Sales reports the sale of a Chevrolet coach to William Allee on state road 43. A. V. O'Daniel entered county hospital for medical treatment. Beulah Yeager returned home from California where she had been attending school. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cash left for an eight week trip to Oklahoma and Texas. Ginger Tucker departed for Boston to visit grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. William Parr of Anderson visited the Todds. Coach Moffett left for New York City for Columbia University summer school. Moffett is basketball coach at DePauw. Glen Shoptaugh and family returned to Louisville after visiting. Duffy Hughes, hospitalized with concussion from a paint-fume incident, is recovering. Putnam County Jail has been empty, June a quiet month. Sheriff reports no meals served. Mrs. Charlotte Scott of Cincinnati returned home after visiting Indianapolis. she was accompanied by Mrs. Anna Gilmore and others. Howard Trent, West Point graduate, visiting with Arthur Perry. Trent has a three-month furlough. Mrs. A. M. Welch of Dallas injured in a crash remains in hospital, slight improvement. operating Monday for fractured skull. Funeral planned for Mrs. Mary Abrams near Providence Church. arrangements tentative as relatives await word from Kansas City. Mrs. Abrams died at Long Hospital from a gun wound to the abdomen suffered on a fence incident. Aunt Crystal Cooper returned home from Benton Harbor where she supervised music in schools.
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Mary Abrams
Providence Church
Mt. Meridian
Kansas City
Snook switches to fight death penalty in murder case
Dr James H Snook, 48, former Ohio State professor, who confessed to killing his 24 year old coed girlfriend Theora Hix after a quarrel during a motor trip, announces plans for a not guilty plea at Monday's arraignment as he seeks to avoid the electric chair. He agreed to sign a confession but now seeks to mount a legal battle to escape capital punishment.
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Columbus, CO
INS
James II. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Body Found in White River Near West Morris Bridge
The body of Henry Bade 65 a veteran Pennsylvania Railroad employee who had been missing since Thursday afternoon when he left home for a retirement physical examination after 46 years with the railroad was found in the White River near the West Morris Street bridge in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Henry Bade
Pennsylvania Railroad
White River
West Morris Street
Duponts Give $100000 in Prohi Fight
Three Dupont family members plus Edward Harkness and John J. Raskob donated over 100000 to the anti prohibition group in the last 18 months. Totals show Pierre Dupont 47015.95 Irenee Dupont 52166.67 Lamont Dupont 21666.60 Harkness 51666.69 Raskob 31666.69. The anti prohibition association reported 213307.42 received Jan 1 to May 31 and 211683 spent. 417253.18 contributions were recorded in 1928.
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LN. S
Washington
DupOnt
Pierre, Lamont and
Irenee Dupont
Delaware
Edward Harkness
New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Pierre Dupont
Lamont Dupont
Edward Harkneas
Association Against the
Pearl worth 50000 found by mussel digger on Wabash River
In Vincennes Indiana a young mussel digger found a perfect pink pearl valued at about 50000 dollars. James Figg of Husetina Iowa bought the pearl in Cincinnati and refused to reveal its seller or sale price. The gem weighs 120 grains and was found below the Wabash River bridge southwest of Vincennes. Figg described it as perfectly round with a pink lustre.
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Vincennes
Ind
Wabash River
James 8. Figg
Huseatina
Iowa
Cincinnati
Figg
Desperado Doody Claims Third Victim in Chicago
Police hunt for Willie Doody, the pint sized killer, after Milton Valsenlopolis, a restaurant owner, dies from a Thursday shooting. Doody is also sought for injuring postal inspector Evan Johnson and Sergt. Clarence Falk, with a $7,000 reward offered and circulars issued for the Berwyn chief’s death and Oak Park suspect.
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Chicago
INS
Wild Willie Doody
Milton Valsenlopolis
Doody
Auburn Park
Charles Levy
Berwyn
Leon Raymond
Oak Park
State Aid School Fund Meeting in Brazil Indiana
A State Aid School Fund conference will be held in Brazil next Wednesday with about 100 western Indiana school officials present. County superintendents township trustees and school board members from about a dozen counties will join to review aid amounts and allowable uses for the coming school year. The meeting convenes at 9 30 oclock in the Court house assembly hall and will last the day with a State Board of Education representative leading.
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Western
Indiana
Brazil
Thhis City
State Board of Education
Western Indiana
J. Riley McCullough
Clay County
Livestock Prices Steady to Higher in Indianapolis Market
The hog market was uneven and mostly 10 to 20 cents higher while pig prices stayed steady. Hogs 160 to 250 pounds sold at 11.40 to 11.45 with top at 11.50, 250 to 420 pound hogs at 11 to 11.25. Cattle steady, calves strong to 15, weaners 15 down. Sheep and lambs steady with some choice lambs at 14 down. Fat ewes 4.50 to 6.50.
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Indianapolis
Andrew Hanna Expected Farm Trustee Nominee
Governor Leslie is poised to appoint Andrew B Hanna to the Indiana State Farm Board at Putnamville, succeeding C C Huestis whose term expires July 7. Hanna reportedly earned endorsement from the Green Castle and Putnam County Republican organizations and rivals Roy Abrams for the post.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Andrew B Hanna
Leslie
C. C. Huestis
Indiana State Farm
Putnamville
Mr. Hanna
Roy Abrams
Hanna
Putnam County Republican Organization
Huestis
Sinclair to Get Home for Xmas
Washington, June 22. Harry F. Sinclair will be released December 22 after a district court ordered six months for contempt run concurrently with a 90 day sentence for contempt of the senate. Justice McCoy also ordered four months for H. Mason Day in the Fall Sinclair case. Burns Detective Agency head W Sherman Burns paid a $1000 fine.
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Washington
INS
Harry F. Sinclair
Walter I. McCoy
District Supreme Court
Senate
Sinclair
Justice McCoy
H. Mason Day
Oil
Day
W. Sherman Burns
Burns Detective Agency
Three Held for Attack on Girl in Indianapolis
Three 18 year old youths Arthur Peterson Louis Fleishman and Bernard Waters were arrested in Indianapolis on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 15 year old girl reported being forced into a car and attacked. Police said further charges may follow as investigations continue.
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Indianapolis
Arthur Peterson
Louis Fleishman
Bernard Waters
Indictments Return 97 True Bills in South Bend Grand Jury
June 22 authorities issued capiases for 176 individuals named in 97 true bills returned by the federal grand jury here late yesterday. Indictments indicate broad federal charges stemming from investigations conducted in this district.
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South Bend
TNS
Federal
Marriage License Entries for Four Couples
Jesse A. Craig 25 a laborer and Olive L. Rhoten 20 at home Mor ton. Richard Smith 18 a laborer and Dolores Cunningham 16 at home Madison township.
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Jesse A. Craig
Olive L. Rhoten
Richard Smith
Greencastle
Dolores Cunningham
Madison Township
Society notes of weddings and social events in Greencastle
Society items report Miss Rena Latta's wedding to Frank Butterfield in Water Valley Kentucky with plans to reside in Lexington. Also covered are Mrs Hays leaving for Yakima Washington, marriages of Mrs Anna Bryan to Adolphus Thompkins in Indianapolis, and local club picnics and gatherings plus beehive lodge plans and Boston visit departures.
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Harold Talbott
Carl Butterfield
City
M. I. Butterfield
Eaton
Greencastle
Water Valley
Rena Latta
W. A. Latta
Frank Butterfield
Lexington
Road bonds sale weak in Puntam County issues
Only one of three township road bond issues found a buyer despite par purchases by Cloverdale bank for $8,000 to improve a township line road. Washington and Cloverdale bonds totaling $7,120 and $7,040 failed to sell as county treasurer cites low rates deterring bidders.
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Puntam
Cloverdale Bank
Greencastle
Madison
F. C. Tilden
Washington Township
Andrew Trester
Cloverdale Township
Wirley Greenlee
Irwin
Roachdale
Big Crowd Fills Stands as Athletics Face Yankees
June 22 New York The Athletics and Yankees meet at Yankee Stadium for the second double header of a crucial series. A record weekday crowd of 75 000 watched yesterday as the two clubs split, a morale win for the Mackman Maulers and a personal triumph for Babe Ruth.
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Les Conklin
New York
Baseball
Athletics
Yankees
Yankees Stadium
Macklan Maulers
Babe Ruth
Mound Aces
Grove
Widow Seeks Fifty Thousand Of Hirt Estate
Laura Hirt, widow of Isle Alfred Hirt, petitions Putnam Circuit Court for 15 500 from an estate worth about 85 000. She renounced the decedent’s will and seeks a statutory widow’s allowance of 500 plus one third of the personal estate. She also demands 15 000 as distributive share from executor Andrew Hirt and other heirs, requesting Septembers summon date.
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Putnam Circuit Court
Laura Hirt
Alfred Hirt
Andrew Hirt
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Marshall Abrams
Business Today
Beck Sales Company
A. B. Hanna
L. & H. Chevrolet Sales Company
William Allee
A. V. O’daniel
East Seminary Street
County Hospital
Miss Beulah Yeager
Mrs. Floyd Yeager
California
J. E. Cash
Oklahoma
Texas
Ginger Tucker
Mrs. C. C. Tucker
Boston
Mass
William Parr
Anderson #e
F. E. Todd
Mr. Parr
Tresslars
Donovan Moffett
New York City
Moffett
Columbia University
Mr. Moffett
DePauw
Glen Shoptaugh
Louisville, Ky
Frank Shoptaugh
Duffy” Hughes
H. A. Sherrill
Edward Eitelforge
Charlotte Scott
Anna Gilmore
Gilmore
Margaret Gilmore
Catherin Stoner
Howard Treat
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Arthur Perry
Anderson Street
Trent
A. M. Welch
Dallas
Crystal Cooper
W. A. Cooper
Bloomington Street
Benton Harbor, Mich
DR. Snook
Catherine M. Moran
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
International Newsresel
Studebaker
Chevrolet
s—s_—assas
Greencastle, Indiana
Duponts
Baskob
Harkness
William
Neal
Anderson, Ind
Anderson
Frederick Walter Henry
Eugene Snyder
Charles William Jones
George Haney
Frederick
Sorensen & Zomer Company
Wabash
Wild Willie” Doody
Andrew Hanna
NEW Farm
C. C. Hvestis
Ton
Indiana Loan Co
E. Wash. St
Frazier & Purcell
Brazil Tankage Co
Anna
Sunflower Park
Yellow Cab Co
South Vine Street
Indiana Street
Chevrolet Sales
Wm. M. Randel
Kentucky
Butterfield
Travelers Insurance Company
DePauw University
Sigma Chi
State University At
Delta Zeta Sorority
A. Hays
Yakima, Wash
John
J. Ector
Mr. Ector
Anna Bryan
Adolphus Thompkins
Miss Ammerman
Coterie Club
Laura Ammerman
Wood Street
Byday
Ammerman
Stark
E. Stark
Hillsdale Avenue
The
Baptist Church
Ed Dalby
L. E. Mitchell
Beehive Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Paisley
Mary Paisley
William Irgin
Irvin
Ginger Tuckey
Canada
Hal Royse
Mrs. Royse
Mrs. Abrams
Hoyt
Ruth
al Simmons
Pirates
Cubs
Bruins Grimes
Bucs
Hack Wilson
Phillies
Giants
Seahan
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Charley Ruffing
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