Body Found Ends Parents' Long Worry In Brazil
The body of Miss Mary Nicoson was found about a mile below Oak Hill Park on the National Road after a three day search by Frank and Ted Laswell. Coroner Frank Reed ruled accidental drowning. A funeral was held at the Nicoson home in Brazil with burial in Brazil cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nicoson
Tennessee Street
Brazil
Big Walnut Creek
Mary Nicoson
Oak Hill Park
National Road
Frank Laswell
Ted Laswell
Harmony
Frank Reed
Putnam County
Lawson
Nicoson
Legion Band Concert Planned After Good Will Awards
The American Legion Band will give a concert on Tuesday evening on the Court House lawn after the Chamber of Commerce Good Will campaign awards ceremony at the Court House at 7 30. Commander Robert Huffman arranged the date change from Thursday to Tuesday to encourage merchants and maximize attendance for coupon holders. A second Good Will Campaign starts next Wednesday and ends August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Huffman
Merchants Committee
Greencastle Heat Wave Hits with 98 Degree Readings
Unofficial thermometers across Greencastle and Putnam County reported temperatures as high as 98 degrees this afternoon. Forecasters predicted continued warm weather into Saturday with livelier heat expected, though wind speeds remained mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Putnam County
United States
Weather update shows warm, dry spell continues
Mostly fair conditions persist with warmer temperatures into tonight and Saturday as no rain is forecast and skies stay clear.
Putnam County Young People Picnic Highlighted by Talks
The Sunday school Young People of Putnam county gathered for their annual picnic Thursday evening at Tucker woods north of Greencastle. Nearly a hundred attended. Professor C D W Hildebrand of DePauw University gave an instructive talk on Life's Budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Tucker Woods
Greencastle
C. D. W. Hildebrand
DePauw University
Longden In Radio Talk Last Evening
Dr. Henry B. Longden vice president of DePauw University spoke on WFBM Indianapolis last night introducing a weekly fifteen minute DePauw broadcast. He urged examining college campus problems and the value of a college degree for life and work, raising questions about cost and practicality for parents and graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longden
Henry B. Longden
Vicw
DePauw University
WFBM
Indianapolis
Greencastle Radio
Russell Alexander
DePauw
Oxnam
Shockley to be tried here in July on larceny charges
Ray C. Shockley, 42, of Indianapolis pleaded not guilty to grand and petit larceny in Putnam circuit court and is jailed on $3,000 bond. Authorities, aided by a Pinkerton detective, believe two confederates assisted in stealing chickens from farms on east Washington street road. Shockley allegedly made several trips to the crime scene and fingerprints tie him to prior jail terms at Indiana State Farm. Attorney Theodore Crawley to defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Shockley
Indianapolis
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Walter Goldaberry
Dave Kendall
Washington Street
Shockley
Alva Bryan
Kendall
Walter Bryan
Putnam County
Bryan
Pinkerton
Indiana State Farm
Theodore Crawley
Falls From Bicycle Breaks Collar Bone
The eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Simmons of Mt Meridan broke his left collar bone yesterday afternoon after a fall from a bicycle at his home. He was taken to Dr. W. R. Hutcheson for treatment for intense pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Simmons
Mt. Meridian
W. R. Hutcheson
Sanford in Guilty Plea This Morning
Clarence Sanford of Roachdale pleaded guilty in Putnam circuit court to selling mortgaged property. He was sentenced to ninety days and fined with costs, suspended on payment of 90 dollars owed to Anna A Miller by November 1. An affidavit charged mortgaging 100 bushels of corn to secure a note. Sanford was arrested in south Greencastle and released after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sanford
Roachdale
William Dittamore
Indiana
Putnamville
James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit
Sanford
Anna A. Miller
Putnam
Jasper Miller
South Greencastle
Alva Bryan
Putnam County
Man Admits He Knew North Salem Bandit
Samuel Burns of Indianapolis admitted to police he knew James Hughes and another man tied to the October North Salem Bank robbery. Burns said he had been in the city four months and fled after a grocery store robbery, later meeting the men and riding with them on a drunken outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Burns
North Salem Bank
Burns
South
Senate Avenue
James Hughes
College Avenue
Hughes
Louisville
Oiling and Paving Projects Advance
The weekly traffic bulletin from state highway director John J. Brown says oiling of roads will continue into next week and most work will finish. Detours are marked where possible and signs guide reduced speeds where needed. Paving proceeds rapidly and several early started projects will soon open to traffic with new detours noted in Putnam County including U S Road 36 and Road 46 sections near Montezuma Wanatah Crawfordsville Bloomington and Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brown
Putnam County
Montezuma
Rockville
Wanatah
Crawfordsville
Bloomington
Spencer
Trips and sentences figure in Greencastle notice
In Greencastle 20 Years Ago a motor trip to Logansport and an auto vacation to Lake Maxinkuckee are noted for Frank Donner Wilbur Donner and Charles Barnaby. The pardon board in Indianapolis will hear Richard White of south Putnam who was convicted of forgery and sent to Jeffersonville reformatory for 2 to 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Donner
Wilbur
Logansport
Charles Barnaby
Lake Maxinkuckee
Pardon Board
Indianapolis
Richard White
Putnam County
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Three Greencastle Residents Fined After Street Altercation
Three Greencastle residents Joseph Miller Ruth Miller and Lee Whitaker pleaded guilty in city court to assault and battery intoxication and public intoxication after an altercation on State Road 43 south of Greencastle Tuesday night. Miller and Whitaker were treated for knife wounds by Dr. A Evan Ayler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Miller
Lee Whitaker
Here
Greencastle
W. L. Denman
City Hall
North Greencastle
Ruth Miller
Miller
South Jackson Street
Seelyville
Whitaker
Democratic Editors Meet at Gary Indaina
Democratic editors meet in Gary Indiana for the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association summer session. They discuss presidential prospects for Roosevelt and Baker and focus on the governor race between Paul V. McNutt and Frank Mayr Jr. S. A. Bridges visits Greencastle to confer with the Putnam county board of review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Houston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Newton D. Baker
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana University School of Law
Frank Mayr, Jr
McNutt
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Mayr
S. A. Bridges
Indiana State Tax Board
Greencastle
County Board of Review
Commissioners
Putnam County Court House
Thieves Enter Cellar Take Canned Goods
Thieves entered the cellar of J. J. Wright near Barnard and stole canned goods valued at several dollars last night. Sheriff Alva Bryan and a detective followed tracks from the cellar to a public road but lost the trail. Wright said the key was kept hidden near the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Wright
Barnard
Alva Bryan
Bryan
Wright
Two Picnic Deaths Spark Boone County Inquest
Boone county authorities plan a formal inquest into the poisoning deaths of sisters Alice Jean and Virginia Simmons in Memorial Park. Mrs. John W. Simmons arrives as a guest while the couple awaits grand jury action and declines to answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simmons
Boone County
Lebanon
Ind
John W. Simmons
Simmons
Alice Jean
Virginia
G. A. Owsley
Thorntown
Ben Lecifres
Memorial Park
Greenfield
Charles Tindall
Edgar Casey
Boone County Grand Jury
Hancock County
Gillen Addresses Crawfordsville Service Club
Courtland Gillen of Greencastle and Indiana congressman spoke to the Crawfordsville Service Club at Mace Christian church. The Putnam county lawyer, who has appeared in Crawfordsville and Montgomery county before, delivered an engaging address while a string trio provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Courtland Gillen
Greencastle
United States Congress
Fifth
Indiana
Local Livestock Receipts And Prices Report
Hog receipts reached 5 000 with calves 600 and sheep 1 500 and cattle 500. Early hog prices rose 5 cents with 160 to 275 pound hogs selling 7.05 to 7.65 while heavy weights sold 6.95 down and underweights 7.50 down. Calves held at 7.50 and sheep were steady with top lambs around 8. The market showed slow cattle trading and sow prices at 5.75 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
North Putnam Man Held for Slaying in Downtown Shootout
Charles Vernon Witt 27 of New Maysville is identified as the second man linked to the fatal May 27 shooting of Lafayette A. Jackson owner of Standard Grocery. Witt, captured in Indianapolis after an exchange of gunfire, is a Kansas prison escapee serving life for murder. Indictments for first degree murder were returned against Witt and Louis E. Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vernon Witt
Standard Grocery Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles E. Bauer
New Maysville
Lafayette A. Jackson
Bauer
Witt
Iola
Kas
Louis E. Hamilton
Eleventh Street
College Avenue
Englebright and
Mueller
DeBarr
Johnson
Chester Jackson
Roy Gibson
Ralph Ayres
Walter England
Sergt
Fred Simon
Kansas State Penitentiary
Bert Perrott
Bertillon
Hamilton
Mars Hill
Marion County Grand Jury
Tola
Kansas State Prison
Capital City
Putnam County
Pinkerton
Marshall D. Abrams
Alva Bryan
Greencastle
Putnam
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Hamony
Legion
County
Johnny
R. C. Shockley
Man
North Salem
C. C. Gillen
Crawfordsville Club
North Putnam
Kansas
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