Community happenings and notable visits in Greencastle area
Local residents underwent tonsil surgery at Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville with Maurice Pollom returning home on Friday and John Knight also recovering. Visits and travel mark the week with families from Reelsville to Cincinnati and Chicago. A number of residents plus church and civic activities are noted along with a mortgage foreclosure suit and a federal arrest imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Pollom
Greencastle
Culver Hospital
Crawfordsville
John Knight
Reelsville
Aviators Killed In Marine Transport Plane Crash
A Marine Corps flyer Major Charles A. Lutz and Lieut Howard C. Busby were killed when a Martine transport plane crashed near File. Corporal D. C. McChesney of Detroit was reported killed and Corporal R. Nichols of Florence, Alabama, seriously hurt. The crash followed a circling approach in drizzle according to a Navy Department report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Lutz
Marine Corps
Howard C. Busby
Merine Corps
File
Ees
Navy Department
D.C. McChesney
Detroit
R. Nichols
Florence
Ala
Grateful Burglars Thank Victims For Easy Access
A note of thanks was left by a burglar in Linden Indiana after two thefts in one night. The intruders broke windows at a lumber yard and a lunR yard, took $4.28 from one place and $20 from another, and left a message apologizing for not leaving a note at the lumber yard. Police reportedly would welcome the burglars surrendering themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden
Ind
INS
Lunr
Bitter fight looms over D A R action
Washington June 23. The National Board of Management expelled Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie of Cambridge Massachusetts from Daughters of the American Revolution for statements injurious to the national society and for disturbing its harmony. Bailie may appeal to the National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Tufts Bailie
Cambridge
Mass
Washington
INS
the Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of Managemen
Bailie
National Society
Cote
Alred A. Brousseau
Doctor Wareing Is Made Doctor At McKendree Centennial
Lebanon Illinois June 22 Dr Ernest C Wareing editor of the Western Christian Advocate Cincinnati and Indiana native received the degree of Doctor of St Louis at McKendree College centennial exercises He delivered the commencement address Wareing a DePauw University alumnus has pastored churches in several Indiana towns
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Lebanon
Ill
Ernest C. Wareing
Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Indiana
St. Louis
McKendree College
Wareing
DePauw University
Police vow action against Indianapolis gas hawks
Indianapolis police and prosecutors announce a campaign to curb abductions by "gas hawks" who lure and abduct girls. Prosecutor William H. Remy vows prison terms for those arrested while Chief Claude Worley pledges full force if needed as three suspects are linked to the latest incident and Lewis Goebel remains jailed on kidnapping and impersonation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
William H. Remy
Remy
Claude Worley
Nora Lee
Lewis Goebel
Indiana Delegation Backs Evans Woollen At Convention
Houston June 23 Indiana delegates pledged support for Evans Woollen with A C Sallee announcing they would vote for Woollen until a candidate is chosen. Woollen backers opened headquarters at the Rice Hotel with state leaders campaigning to keep Indiana united for their favored son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosiers
Evans Woollen
A. ¢. Sallee
Houston
Tex
INS
Indiana
al Smith
A.C. Sallee
Hoosier State
Indianapolis
Anatt
Sallee
Huser
Rice Hotel
Charles A. Greathouse
R. Earl Peters
Chaimain Marshall Williams
Democratic State Committee
Lew G. Ellingham
Fort Wayne
Woolle
Cloverdale Road Bonds Sold Saturday
The Russellville Bank paid a premium of $192.50 for a $7,000 Cloverdale road bond issue to finance building of the L. P. Ray and others stone road in Cloverdale township. Other bids: Fletcher American Co. Indianapolis $109 Inland Investment Co. Indianapolis $89 First National Bank Greencastle $91.50.
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Russellville Bank
L. P. Ray
Stone Road
Cloverdale Township
Fletcher American Co
Indianapolis
Inland Investment Co
First National Bank of
Greencastle
Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Demand Ransom
American mining engineers W. H. Mitchell and John F. Hooper were seized by rebels at Rio Blanco, Mexico and held for 18,000 pesos. American consul Edward T. Lowry at Guadalajara wired the State Department. The captives sent a note via their chauffeur saying they were all right for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
W. H. Mitchell
John F. Hooper
Rio Blanco
Mexico
Edward T. Lowry
Guadalajara
State Department
Collision Damages Two Cars at Walnut and Vine Streets
M D Ricketts jewels owner suffered a cut lower lip when two Ford cars collided near the City Library Friday evening. Herbert Mundy sound of W A Mundy drove the Mundy roadster into Robert Newgent's Ford coupe occupied by Russell Shannon and Hugh Owens. Mundy car pinned against an electric pole. Newgent car minor damage. Shannon and Owens were traveling east on Walnut.
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M. D. Ricketts
Fleenor Drug Store
Mundy
Vine Street
Newgent
Shannon
Owens
Walnut Street
Mae Murray Delivers Postponed Baby Joy in Secret
Telegraphs from the east congratulate Mae Murray and her husband Prince David M Divani on the birth of a golden haired son kept secret for 16 months. The event headlines Hollywood gossip as the actress responds to the surprise welcome from fans and industry peers.
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Hollywood
Cal
INS
Mae Murray
Prince David M'Divani
Akins Funeral Services Held for Georgie Akins
Funeral services for Georgie Akins son of Mr and Mrs Albert Akins were held Saturday at 10 30 am at McCurry Funeral Home. Rev Victor L Raphael presided. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Charles Murphy George Murphy Richard Smith Lawrence Ash Claude Ash and Donald Lear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Akins
Albert Akins
Greencastle
McCurry Funeral Home
Victor L. Raphael
Forest Hill Cemetery
Charles
George Murphy
Richard Smith
Lawrence Ash
Claude Ash
Donald Lear
Democrats Seek Harmony After Turbulent Convention
Long headed party leaders push for a calm convention in Houston to avert a repeat of four years ago when Anti-Smith factions caused public discord. Agricul tural discontent and planned attacks on Republican scandals boost Democratic hopes to present a unified front and finish quickly. The harmonizers aim to soften the prohibition fight as their primary challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Houston
Death claims DePauw student Ralph Waldo Smith
Ralph Waldo Smith 20, a DePauw University junior majoring in economics and Phi Delta Theta member, died at County Hospital after complications from appendicitis and subsequent surgeries. He was the son of Edith M. Smith of Chicago and leaves a mother, an aunt and uncle. Interment planned in Chicago after services. body to Rector Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waldo Smith
DePauw University
Putnam County Hospital
Mr. Smith
Edith M. Smith
Chicago
DePauw
Phi Delta Theta
Rector Funeral Home
Indiana Tippecanoe river park faces timber cutting concerns
Farmers along the Tippecanoe River in Fulton County cut marginal land timber, potentially lowering park viability. Richard Lieber argues standing timber enhances future park value and warns against denuding land. Local organizers in White, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski and Kosciusko counties promote an 80 mile park, seeking landowner support with advocacy from Indiana Ikes and Izaak Walton League affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Tippecanoe River
Fulton County
Department of Conservation
Conservation Department
Richard Lieber
Department
Indiana
White
Fulton
Marshall Pulaski
Kosciusko
Mid
Andrew Bodine
Fish and Game Division
Walter A. Huffman
Elkhart
Izaak Walton League of America
Charles Biederwolf
Indiana Ikes
Graft Plot Probed In Chicago By Federal Authorities
Federal investigators probe an alleged graft plot in the Chicago district involving about thirty agents. Evidence includes a little black book and confessions by two convicted violators, suggesting bribes totaling around 100000 dollars. Names of agents not released pending inquiry.
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Chicago
INS
Ciry
Daniel Anderson
Washington
Roy C. Swanson
Samuel Weinberg
Shirley Laboratories
Swanson
Weinberg
James W. Good
Herbert Hoover
Doctor Seeks Bankroll In Indianapolis
Dr. C. F. Smith of 157 North Illinois Street asked police to help recover a bankroll of 1300 dollars. He said he had it in a restaurant at 35 East Maryland Street and, minutes later, at home the money was missing. The haul included two 500 dollar bills plus twenty and ten dollar notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
C. F. Smith
North Illinois Street
East Maryland Street
Columbus Bigamist Uses Limitations Law Ruling
In Columbus Indiana Judge Julian Sharpnack ruled that the statute of limitations applies to bigamy as to bribery. He sustained a motion to quash an affidavit charging James M. Hart with bigamy after more than two years since his second marriage. Hart’s attorney argued the act occurred at the second marriage and prosecution expired. The affidavit was filed by Hart’s first wife Edith V. Hart of Los Angeles. Hart married his present wife in July 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Julian Sharpnack
Bartholomew County Circuit Court
James M. Hart
Hart
Ralph H. Spaugh
William H. Dobbins
Edith V. Hart
Los Angeles
California
Needlecraft Club Meets Pending County Federated Muster
Needlecraft group meets with Mrs Ida Pierce for a regular Friday session in which seven teen members and guest Mrs Russell Lehner of Paoli attend. Mrs H M Monnett presents What should the home do for the Children comparing 1890 and today. Marion Sellers performs piano and reading. refreshments follow. Plans are made for county federation club women from Fillmore Bainbridge Clinton Falls and Canaan to host June 26 at Canaan church. Officers to be elected earlier, with Evansville visitors Mrs Cora Shelton and Miss Evelyn Ann Stevens. A marriage license is issued in Indianapolis to Marjorie Gibson and Eugene D Kirlin. Woman's Relief Corps to meet Monday at 2:30 PM.
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Needlecraft Club
Heli
Ida Pierce
Russell Lehner
Paoli
H. M. Monnett
Marion Sellers
Elmer Sellers
Fillmore
Bainbridge
Clinton Falls
Canaan
Putnam County
Canaan Church
Groveland
Federal Road No
Indianapolis
Marjorie Gibson
Bellefontaine
Eugene D. Kirlin
McPherson
Miss Gibson
Claire Gibson
Greencastle High School
Indiana federation to decide 1929 convention site in Indianapolis
A Sunday meeting of the Indiana Federation of Business and Professional Women will be in Indianapolis at Hotel Lincoln. The executive board meets at 10 AM followed by a luncheon at noon. Afternoon session will choose the 1929 convention site with Indianapolis and Terre Haute as options. Final plans for the New Orleans national convention July 9 to 14 will be set. Miss Jennie Rae Hersch will preside. Mrs Zaharakas attends as fifth district director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Federation of Business and Professional Women
Indianapolis
Lincoln
Terre Haute
New Orleans
Jennie Rae Hersch
Portland
Marie Zaharakas
Two Held for Extortion in South Whitley Case
Prosecutor charges extortion against George Archer 21 and Ben Smith 40 after Archer's confession that Smith directed him to write blackmail notes demanding 7770 dollars from Harvey Kreider bank president of Farmers State Bank South Whitley. A chase led to Archer’s arrest following a tipped mail box incident.
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Columbia City
Ind
INS
C. A. Lincoln
George Archer
Near South Whitley
Ben Smith
South Whitley
Archer
Smith
Harvey Kreider
Farmers State Bank
Harley Williamson
Williamson
Freider
J. M. Haynes
R. A. Dunkelberg
Dunkelberg
Kreider
Farm Escape Is Sentenced
Elmer Webb 25, an African American from Indianapolis, was sentenced by Special Judge John H. James in the Putnam Circuit Court to 1 to 5 years in the Indiana State Reformatory for escaping from the farm on February 12. He also received a six month sentence and $200 fine for receiving stolen goods from December 29, with costs. Webb cited support for his wife and two children as his motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Webb
Indianapolis
Indiana State Reformatory
John H. James
Putnam
Webb
Marion County
Drowned 15‑year‑old Herman Swenke in White River
Funeral plans were under way in Indianapolis for Herman Swenke a 15 year old who died after stepping into a deep hole and being swept away while wading in White River He was a cadet at the Coffin golf course and two friends tried to save him making him the ninth drowning victim in the city since January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Herman Swenke
Young Swenke
White River
Coffin Golf Course
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Mf. B. Taylor
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Mary EB. Day
East
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Henry Prevo
Cincinnati, C
Albert
James McNutt
New York City
Ed. Coffman
Reese Matson
Messers McNutt
Brazil
James Hughes
Kenneth Meloy
Mary Catherine Cannon
Katherine Tillotson
Evansville
Frank Young
John Young
Glendale
Glenn Michael
Beck Sales Co
Chevrolet
M. E. Church
F. C. Tilden
Fred Lukenbill
Oakalla
Wilhelmina Eiteljorge
William Kocher
West
Washington Street
Fred W. Thomas Corporation
Putnam Circuit
Sarah E Cook
Henry Cook
D. D. Crawford
Louisiana
Edward Ejtelforge
Crawford
Henninger
Department of Justice
U.S
Cloverdale Road
Akins Funeral
Manhattan Church Lawn
Alamo
Delco
R. C, Seabee
Quincy
South Vine Street
Tribby’s
Jersey
Herald Office
County Federation
Cora Shelton
Evelyn Ann Stevens
R. L. O’hair
East Seminary Street
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman’s Relief Corps
Convention City
Ohio
William T. Reynolds, Jr
William T. Reynolds
Warren County
Lenore Clark
Charles H. Clark
Stryker, O
Stryker
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Strongville
Reynolds
Attica High School
Kappa Phi Sigma
John Adams High School
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Spokane Avenue
Ee Hive
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Bee Hive
Rebekah Lodge
Miss Mahanna
Bay View
Mich
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Music Store
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