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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1931
Page
2
Greencastle residents report illnesses visitors and May Day guest arrangements. Several local figures attend hospital events and family visits in Putnam county. A Cloverdale funeral service is announced along with local medical and legal notices and a golf equipment sale.
Springfield May 9 a hundred men guarded six captured Burke gang suspects as state police, St Clair County officers, and Chicago squads moved in to stamp out kidnapping and bank robbery plots. The six named were William McQuillion Jack Britt Howard Lee Ed Hawks Tommy Hayes and Thomas O Connor.
Moody pledges action against kidnappers following Governor Emmerson's directive to remove hoodlums from Illinois. He states this is only a beginning and vows further measures.
Porter Indiana juror selection for Virgil Kirkland retrial continues as deputies tour the county seeking potential jurors. Judge Crumpacker upholds a for cause challenge over prejudice concerns while the state uses eight of twenty peremptory strikes and the defense twelve as attorneys dismiss a juror linked to Anti-Saloon League and Ku Klux Klan affiliations.
Sheriff Alva Bryan went to Lebanon to return Frosty Jones of North Putnam county who faces a warrant from Hendricks circuit court in Danville. Jones is held by Lebanon authorities and Bryan expects to bring him back this afternoon.
Glen Funk of Indianapolis features as valedictorian of Indiana Law School’s 1931 graduating class. A DePauw alumnus, Phi Gamma Delta member, and Wilmoth Henry associate, he is the son in law of Mr and Mrs Harry Moore of South Indiana Street and married to Annice Moore. His photo appeared in the Indianapolis Star.
Charles Smith of Kenilworth Alabama will be editor and Burt Moore of Dayton Ohio will be managing editor. David Thomas of Indianapolis named business manager. The 1951 Mirage will use a faculty student board of control. 1930 Mirage to press later this month. Charles Tyler of Carthage Illinois is editor and John Pollock of South Bend is business manager.
Indianapolis May 9 Resolutions reflecting the attitude of the Methodist Episcopal church board of bishops on prohibition and other issues were expected to be adopted at the final day of the semi annual meeting at the Marott hotel. A report on evangelism was also slated for release and several board members would stay in Indianapolis Sunday to speak at local Methodist churches.
Continuation E jelmati Ohio received the senior ring from Frances Cauble of Chicago. Miss Ruth Hall was crowned Queen of May with Mary Niblack of Terre Haute as attendant. The May Day pageant written by Dorothy Rogers of Jeffersonville drew hundreds of coeds. The second May Day performance is at the Little Theater tonight, followed by the Japanese Lantern Parade. Parents and guests will attend Mothers Day services Sunday.
Clinton county attorney P. H. Dawson says county boards of education lack power to appoint or set salaries for county agents. He notes the county agent must be appointed by Purdue University and salary set by the county council. Putnam county recently named FB W. Baker of Russellville as county agent.
Two DePauw University graduates receive Albert Beveridge Fellowships for graduate work. Arnold Tilden, 28, former DePauw student now IU history faculty member, and Ward Hartzell, class of 1929 from Anderson, receive grants. Tilden has prior Beveridge support and is pursuing a PhD after AB and MA at DePauw.
Hog prices early today rose about 100 with sales of 160 to 260 pound pigs bringing about 7.20 to 7.40 dollars per hundredweight. Heavy and wunderweight hogs declined to 7.10 and 7.25 respectively. Cattle no change calves down 50 cents to around 8.00. Sheep and lambs noted in listings with modest declines. Receipts show hogs 1500 cattle 100 calves 200.
Frances McFagan 20 files in Miami Circuit Court for divorce from Joseph H. McFagan and seeks child support. At a hearing Judge Hurd Hurst postponed ruling on the common law marriage, pending divorce trial, after McFagan admitted a beer party where she and Joseph allegedly began a common law marriage.
About two hundred teachers in southern Indiana state aid territory face removal from fall payrolls due to new state board rules. The plan aims to reduce costs by adjusting pupil teacher ratios, risking compromises with local districts and potentially undermining educational standards across the region.
In Bloomington Indiana the state rested its case against Ralph Rogers a Pike road contractor indicted for conspiracy to commit a felony. He allegedly falsified highway bill claims for crushed stone used in state road No 37 between Bloomington and Martinsville in 1928. WIL Sayers is co defendant.
Fillmore 4 H Club met at Mrs Oscar McKamey home for the first meeting of the year. Officers elected were Maxine Robinson president Virginia Bryan vice president Margaret Ruark secretary treasurer Kathleen Hunter song leader and Amy Zeiner accompanist. A May 21 meeting is planned at Melvina White home. The article also lists Indiana Society Daughters of the American Revolution board appointments and upcoming events including a West Baden conference October 6 7 and 8 and a note on Mrs E H Darrach becoming state chaplain.
Huntington Mayor Zurh T. Dungan announced the city will oppose Earl S. Dinegardner of La Bancport seeking public service commission approval for a motor freight line between La Bancport and Fort Wayne. The mayor criticized motor freight operators as a nuisance to county and state roads and said utilities pay one fourth of Huntington County taxes.
The county enumeration of children aged 6 to 21 is completed, with Putnam County totaling 40 1 persons of school age. Greencastle reports 59 more school age residents, while others add 68. White boys number 2 546 and white girls 2 364. colored counts include 2 boys and 10 girls. C B Havens of Havens Brothers Poultry House visited Ladoga on Saturday.
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