July 13 set as trial date for slayers
Louis Hamilton and Charles Vernon Witt, both of near Roachdale, appeared in Indianapolis Criminal Court and July 13 was set for their trial for the attempted robbery that wounded Lafayette A. Jackson. Witt identified in related Kansas holdup, Witt wife Naomi Witt jailed, Harvery Hendricks in Putnam county store robbery identified Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vernon Witt
Roachdale
Companion
Marion Criminal Court
Jackson
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Hamilton
Lafayette A. Jackson
Baker
Ira Holmes
Charles Sumner
Holmes
Witt
Hamilton
Naomi Witt
Jola
Syracuse
Automobile
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah E. Williams Set for Wednesday
Mrs. Sarah E. Williams, 82, died Sunday in her home near town. Funeral at 2 30 p m Wednesday at McCurry Funeral Home with Rev. Burton Beck of Terre Haute presiding. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. W R C will conduct ritual. Pallbearers: Ensign, Stewart, Duff, Bartley, Caldwell, Hibbitt. She was daughter of John and Druscilla White and widow of Robert K. Williams. Ten children born. seven survive. Friends may view this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Williams
Ner Sm
Everett Williams
McCurry
Burton D. Beck
Terre Haute
Locust Street Methodist Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Ben T. Riley
George Ensign
William Stewart
A. J. Duff
KE. R. Bartley
Ed. Caldwell
Ed. Hibbitt
Willams
John
Druscilla White
Robert K. Williams
McCurry Funeral
Williams
Heat Prostration Fatal to County Woman Mrs Wood
Mrs. Josephine Wood aged 68 died from heat prostration Monday at 4 40 pm at her daughter Mrs Leslie Franks home near Morton. Survived by ten children, five daughters and five sons. funeral Thursday at 11 am at Union Chapel church with Rev Russell Rice presiding. Burial in the Union Chapel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Wood
Leslie Frank
Near
Morton
Mrs
Frank
Union Chapel
Russell Rice
Legion Band in Concert as Sales Campaign Ends
The good will sale campaign run by Greencastle merchants under the Chamber of Commerce ends this evening. An American Legion band concert follows featuring marches and overtures, songs by Gilbert Knetzer, and a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. A $150 gold prize is awarded immediately after the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Band
1St Battalion
Crosby Friendship
Fidelity Mareh Cline Canton Aero Club
King
Sunnyland Overture
Bagley
Tobias DeRose
Dream Train _Newman-Baskette
Gilbert Knetzer
Teddy Trombone
Fillmore
Venice
Mackie-Beyer Sons of Veterans
King Carrollton
Weather Outlook Mostly Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Mostly fair conditions forecast with a slight rise in temperature into Wednesday. Skies remain clear to partly cloudy as high temps trend upward through the period.
Last County Legion Meet Set for July 14 in Putnamville
Putnam post No. OS of the American Legion will close its series of county meetings with a July 14 session at Putnamville High School. Delegates and alternates to the state reconvention, to be held in Anderson August 22 to 25, were elected from Russellville Bainbridge Roachdale Greencastle and other towns. The post praised Greencastle merchants for supporting the Legion band and its ten summer concert series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Putnam Post No. OS of the American Legion
Putnamville
Putnamville High School
Post
Putnam County Legion Women's Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Robert Hoffman
The
Harold Fordice
Russellville
W. BE. Etcheson l
Roachdale
Ralph Fry
Bainbridge
Greencastle
D. BE. Reed
Harold Pruitt
Filllmore
Ray Breheson
Frank Shhoegsel Koffman
Legion
Shockley Sets Trial On Petit Larceny Charge
Shockley 42 of Indianapolis goes on trial in Putnam circuit court for petit larceny with grand larceny charges dropped. He faced theft of chickens from rural farm homes on east Washington street road last Tuesday night. Sheriff Alva Bryan and a Pinkerton detective pursue two alleged accomplices as the term of court nears its close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Shockley
Indianapolis
Putnam Circuit
Walter Goldsberry
Dave Kendall
Washington Street
Alva Bryan
Land
Pinkerton
James P. Hughes
Hughes
Death takes aged Putnam County farmer
Robert B. Phillips aged Putnam County farmer died at his son Raymond Phillips home in Monroe Township about 6 PM from heart disease after a sudden attack. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 2 PM in Union Chapel with burial in the local cemetery. He is survived by two sons and a daughter and his wife died about fifteen years ago. Friends may visit at the McCurry Funeral Home this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bob” B. Phillips
Putnam County
Raymond Phillips
Monroe Township
Union Chapel
Phillips
McCurry Feseral
Sixteen DePauw Students Earn Rector Scholarships
Sixteen DePauw University students received awards from the Edward Rector Scholarship Foundation in scholarships or cash, based on first year point totals. Nine freshmen earned for three years for 50 points. two freshmen for 40 points. one senior led by 108 points last year, with a mix of names and hometowns including Indianapolis, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Edward Rector
Henry B. Longden
Franklin M Baum
Danville
David M. Bou
Indianapolis
Orrin Leson
Saugus
Mass
John McCullough
Thomas I. Moorman
Sumner
Ralph Rockwood
Detroit
Mich
Bradley Roe
Chicago
Davis Snow
Herbert Tennyson
Ben
McCullough
Tennyson
Shortridge High School
Millard
Bennett
Port Wayte
Richard
Rowland
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reetor
Rector
Allen Jeffries
Roachdale
Harvey Quirin
Sioux City
Towa
James Link
Scranton
Penn
Marjorie Dove
Billings
Mont
Mise Genevieve Larmore
New Albany
DePauw
Four-Shots Stop Robber at Greenlcastle Station
A would-be mail thief tried to seize a government sack at the Big Four transfer wagon near 1 AM Wednesday. Four shots fired caused the robber to drop the sack and flee. Greencastle merchants plan July 5 closings but open July 4 for visitors. Dr. Lynch Broadstreet and Lane head to Terre Haute for Shriners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four
Er. B. Lynch
Charles Broadstreet
Earl Lane
Terre Haute
Shriners Meeting
World Flyers Near End of Global Dash From Alaska
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty continued their around the world flight returning from Siberia, reaching Fairbanks, Alaska, with about 3,000 miles remaining to New York. They reported two minor accidents, one propeller bend repaired on takeoff, and remained ahead of their ten day schedule for the 15 000 mile journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
United States
Edmonton
Alberta
Post
Winnie Mae
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Post and Gatty
Pacific
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Soloman
Nome
Solomon
Gatty
New York
Local graduate wins Indiana University scholarship
Miss Lora Francis McAlinden, Greencastle high school graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McAlinden, receives a scholarship to Indiana University. Recommendations come from John C Vermillion county superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Francis McAlinden
Greencastle High School
Charles McAlinden
Indiana University
John C. Vermillion
Barrett Law Funds to be Handled by County Treasurer
Examiners from the state board of accounts are in Greencastle today checking the books of city treasurer Fred Snively. The Barrett Law fund records are being prepared for turnover to the county treasurer under a state law that assigns city treasurer duties for street improvements and Barrett funds to counties in Greencastle’s class. The 1929 and 1931 legislatures changed which official handles the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Law
State Board of Accounts
Greencastle
Fred Snively
Barrett Law Fund
Barrett
North Putnam Resident Dies Funeral Today
Wiley M. Hooser of Roachdale died at his home near Barnard Sunday morning at 6 20 after two years of illness. He was born March 25 1860 in Shelby County Kentucky and married Kitty Ann Murphey May 3 1884. Surviving: widow and three sons Joseph Milton Hooser Los Angeles Charles E Hooser Indianapolis Verna Hooser. Funeral Tuesday 11 at Barnard Baptist Church Rev Ray Britton officiating Burial in North Salem Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Friendship Church
Loyal Order of Moose
Joseph Milton Hooser
Los Angeles
Charles E
Verna Jc. Hooser
Indianapolis
Barnard Baptista Curch
Ray Britton
Barnard
North Salem Cemetery
Heat Deaths Rise as Putnam County Sizzles in Severe Heat
Temperatures near 100 degrees sweep Greencastle and Putnam County as a July heat wave enters its eighth day. Elijah Champ, 44, an Indiana state farm inmate, dies from heat exhaustion at 230 a.m. while work continues in the fields. Burial planned in Muncie after relatives arrive. pools and Big Walnut Creek draw residents seeking relief from the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Greencastle
Putnam County
Elijah Champ
Indiana State Farm
Champ
State Farm
Muneie
United State
Weather Bureau
Putse
Jefferson Township
Big Walnut Creek
Youths Held in County Jail on Petit Larceny Charges
Five Madison township youths in Putnam County admitted theft of gasoline from Pickens and Dorsett contractors. Three held on petit larceny face additional charges. two others sought. Sheriff Alva Bryan said arrests break a countywide petty theft ring and pending affidavits list seventeen gallons stolen from a truck tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Indiana
Putnamville
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Pickens and Dorsett
Greencastle
Madison Township
Putnumville
Alva Bryan
Eugene Crawley
St. Clair
Earl Rogers
Toney Bullock
Lawrence Reeves
Crawley
Larkin & Dorsett
Heber Road
Reeves
Wilfred Crawley
Eugene
Indiana State Farm
Jana Elijah St. Clair
Rogers
Bullock
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Slayers
Kansas
Mrs. Williams
Bulletin
Greehcastle
World Flyers
Post and Gaity
Canada
North Putnam
Wiley M. Hooser
Barnard Baptist Church
North Salem
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