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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
1
CharIS J Arnold files a breezy Houston diary noting Will Rogers meet ups, Oklahoma politicking led by Haskell and Putnam County ties, a Galveston shore dinner, a bicycle accident, and prep for the Democratic National Convention with shoe man Moore to sing the National Anthem. Al Smith and Texas heat frame the day as Bill Sitlington arrives from Little Rock.
Two 14 year old boys report being chased from a stock farm near Reelsville by a snake that appeared winged. Upon examination the reptile was found to have partly swallowed a bird, its wings extended to give the illusion of a winged serpent. The youths fled promptly.
A collision outside Darlington station killed 22 people early today as a crowded excursion train collided with a freight train. Six died instantly and 75 were injured as rescuers worked through the night amid darkness and wreckage. Most victims were women and children aboard the Scarborough to Newcastle trip.
Amelia Earhart signals eagerness to return to Boston as she boards the liner President Roosevelt in Southampton. She travels with crew members Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, while other U S passengers greet her aboard. Captain H. H. Bailey also sails on the same vessel returning from the Friendship flight.
Arrangements for at least 150 persons to attend the annual Fifth District Bar Association meeting at Greencastle Country Club are set. Lawyers from six counties and families will be guests of Putnam County Bar association with golf, a 1 o clock chicken dinner, more golf, and officer elections. Indianapolis attorney Michael Foley will be the principal speaker and other prominent attorneys may speak.
Houston June 28 a resolutions sub committee adopted a platform pledging strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and all constitutional provisions. The farm relief plank supports equalization fee concept by inference, while labor provisions await further drafting. The committee aims to finish the platform for the convention tonight.
The second band concert on the south side of the Court House, weather permitting, lists sixteen pieces. Conductor Norman Beeson will lead Montgomery Post March Rosenkraus Spirit of Independence March WPevdsetadented Holzmann The Twister Maines Sunnyland Overture Mustel National Emblem March Bagley On the Square March Panella The Lost Chord Sullivan Military Escort March Bennett Intermission The New Friendship March Jewell Scarf Dance Chaminade The Black Horse Troop Sousa Greater Purdue Emrick Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni Zayda Valse Caprice Holmes Tenth Regiment March Hall Under the Double Eagle Wagner
The Rev Sherman Powell pastor of the Pierceton Methodist Church died this morning in Warsaw Indiana from paralysis after being struck Monday. He began his ministry in 1887 and preached in Elkhart Orlando Fort Wayne Winchester Red Key Angola Warsaw Decatur Nappanee Hartford City Bourbon and Roanoke. He served as assistant financial secretary of DePauw University 1909 to 1915 stewardship secretary for the Omaha Methodist area 1918 to 1920 and financial secretary of Evansville College 1920 to 1923.
Parole granted yesterday to Forrest Jones by Governor Ed Jackson. Jones was sentenced by the Marion county municipal court on Sept 20 1927 to six months at the Indiana state farm and fined $500 for liquor law violation. Parole recommended by the trial judge prosecutor and county officials.
A patriotic union service will be held Sunday evening at 7 30 at the Baptist Church. Four cooperating churches will be represented with short talks by their pastors. The meetings are growing in interest and a large attendance is urged.
The Fire Department team defeated North End 8 to 4 in a Twilight League game at McKeen Field. Pitchers Lear and Bowen started for North End and Fire Department. notable hits came from Orville Stewart, Lear and York, with York hitting a home run.
More than 150 people are expected to attend the Putnam County Fair Booster fried chicken dinner at the Russellville gymnasium Friday at 6 pm. Over 75 tickets have been sold in Russell township and many more are anticipated. proceeds support the Fair Association pledge. The Russellville Community Club sponsors the event and has prepared a solid program for guests.
Roy Albaugh and Bruner Thomas left for Camp Oxford to spend the summer. Roscoe Skimmerhorn, 17, injured on Morris Kent’s farm yesterday. W. S. Mickles of Fillmore on local business. Miss Elizabeth Ames and sister left for Rose Ill. Miss Susie Talbott to visit Cloverdale friends Sunday.
General Umberto Nobile granted permission to accompany the Mad delena-Penzo relief expedition to search for the nine missing Italia crew members. Rescue plans include light planes with skis to reach marooned men north of Spitzbergen and amid ice floes as weather allows.
Sen James A Reed of Missouri will not seek the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He will pledge support to Gov Al Smith of New York and speak at the convention to back the party's chosen candidate. If defeated for the presidential nomination, Reed will back Smith and later support the nominee.
Paris reports aviator Alfred Fronval who in February set a world loop record of 1 111 loops in four hours fifty six minutes was killed at Villa Coublay airfield today when his plane collided on landing with Captain Cornillon's aircraft.
E R Smith the local government observer reports rain on the fifteenth day of the month while downtown observers tally twenty third. The discrepancy refutes the old saying that rain on the first guarantees twenty one days of rain in the month.
William Alspaugh of Greencastle was injured at Indiana Portland Cement plant when a gas tank fell on his left side causing a mashed shoulder and arm. James Carmichael, a north Vine Street resident, received a left leg fracture from a falling iron bar. Both were X-rayed. Alspaugh had no broken bones, Carmichael had a six inch break above the ankle.
Frank T. Courtney British aviator leaves Lisbon at 8 a m on the first leg toward a trans Atlantic flight. He was forced back yesterday by a water tank leak in his Fornier Wahl seaplane. Courtney had earlier made several unsuccessful attempts in the same aircraft.
President Coolidge faces two cabinet vacancies as Herbert Hoover plans to resign as Secretary of Commerce to campaign and Hubert Work to resign as Secretary of the Interior after being named Republican national committee chairman.
The Cloverdale High School Alumni Association holds a homecoming and picnic at the old school grounds on Saturday June 30 at 6 p.m. An old fashioned picnic supper will be served and alumni may invite one guest. If rain occurs the event moves to the new high school auditorium. Bring a basket of eats and pay one fare to Miss Mary Mable Morris.
A forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures today. Sunrise is at 4 18 and sunset at 7 18 with daytime warmth continuing.
Houston dispatch reports the Al Smith bandwagon gaining momentum at the Democratic convention. Nomination on first ballot seems assured. Robinson as running mate viewed as certain. Delegates debate platform while oratory fills the day with formalities yet unanswered.
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