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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1928
Page
3
Readers are urged to report yesterday’s absence or visits by friends and family to The Herald. The notice asks if anyone is ill or knows people away or traveling, and provides the Herald office phone number 65 for tips.
Rex Bond former St. Louis resident arrested Sunday and jailed on intoxication charges was released due to medical issues after an appendicitis operation. Mayor McGaughey would not jail him 40 days for nonpayment. Bond remains liable for the fine and future action hinges on conduct. Nearby notices report a mortgage suit against Nancy E. Campbell and others for 1450, car collision damages on West Walnut Street, and local civic events including cemetery caretaker appointment and Methodist conference coverage.
CMS Police Captain Wesley Kibby named acting Chief after the dismissal of Chief Richard J. Kruse and City Engineer Wade W. Swasick by City Manager Albert R. Conden and the City Commission. Kruse, 29, faced charges of neglect and immoral activity amid Prohibition raids and federal inquiries into vice and corruption.
James William Hooven alias James Huff, jailed in Los Angeles for petty theft, confessed to two murders to obtain money for a drink. Dr. Benjamin Blank deemed him sane. He implicated his wife and his mother in law’s family, including a seventeen year old and a three year old, while she was questioned and released. Authorities in Summitville Indiana investigate Ruth Little’s death.
Prof. Herrick Greenleaf of DePauw University was elected president of the Indiana section at the Mathematical Association of America meeting at Butler University. He succeeds Prof. J. B. Dotterer of Manchester College.
Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom will arrive in Chicago Thursday to lead the special crime and election fraud investigation authorized by Chief Justice William V. Brothers. The Chicago Bar Association filed the petition for an outside prosecutor, granted by Judge Brothers amid protests from State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe.
Capt. Frank T. Courtney, famed British ace, is ready to depart for America in a flying boat once weather allows. He has secret preparations nearly complete with three aboard and plans to follow his prior route via the Azores for fuel before continuing to Newfoundland, wireless gear aboard.
A Harbin report states Chang Tso Lin former Dictator of the North China government plans to leave Peking. Trainloads of treasures including gold jewels and jade are moved to Mukden under heavy guard.
A motor police squad searched the National Road westward for two runaway girls from Indianapolis. Maxine McMillan, 17, and Alice Oland, 14, of Shortridge High School, left with $3 65. Mothers were grief stricken. Millan, father of Maxine, was in South Bend when she disappeared. Tawis Gaumunk drives a new Pontiac roadster. Eleanor Ault, a University student, was treated at County Hospital Tuesday.
The hog market averaged 35 cents lower while 170 to 275 pound hogs sold around 9.75 with a top of 9.85. Cattle were slow with beef steers mostly 12.00 to 13.00 and some to 14. Vealers remained strong at about 15.50 to 16.00. Sheep market steady with shorn lambs at 14.00 to 14.50 and springers to 15.50. ewes mostly 8.00, some 5.25.
In Pontiac on May 15 Clarence Frechette, 24, attacked aviator Harry Anderson, 28, from 2,000 feet. They crashed and were rushed to hospital as both were reported grave. Frechette claimed to be an exhibition pilot and parachute tester.
Mrs Herman Koehl and Mrs James Fitzmaurice wives of Bremen trans Atlantic flyers visit Indianapolis for simple receptions hosted by Mr and Mrs Richard A Kurtz. Koehl a Kurtz cousin will stay longer. Fitzmaurice plans two day stay before joining daughter Patricia in New York.
Investigation into the Fridlin laundry steam flatwork ironer explosion in Kokomo Indiana on Saturday failed to determine a cause. Four women died and eight were injured as authorities inspected the plant and equipment. Coroner announces verdict as death by unavoidable accident.
Mrs. Homer C. Moser engaged in educational work at Cuyaba Brazil will speak in the Presbyterian Church Thursday evening at 7 30 The Woman s Circle will have charge of the service She is supported by the Woman s Missionary Societies of Indianapolis Presbyterial All men and women are invited to attend
Joseph A. Naughton of Indianapolis was named new state deputy of Indiana Knights of Columbus at the 27th annual convention. Naughton and other new officers will name the 1929 convention city.
A new trans continental air and rail system with $5,000,000 capitalization aims to deliver 48 to 52 hour passenger service from New York to San Francisco with trains at night and planes by day. Key backers include Pennsylvania Railroad and National Air Transport with C M Keys to head the venture and plans for Columbus to Wichita flights en route to Los Angeles.
After the primary all candidates must file statements of expenses with County Clerk Ford Lucas within thirty days. Blanks are available from the county clerk. Delegates to conventions and precinct committeemen are exempt. all others must list expenditures and promises. failure to comply could lead to prosecution.
Public sale of Emily E. Knauer household goods at her residence one half mile east of Vivalia and two miles north of Brunerstown Terme cash. Auction set for Saturday May 19 at 1 PM. items include 12 matched dining chairs dining table and bedroom suite. Contact telephone 232 for details.
The Greencastle Morning Musicale plans a Wednesday 10 oclock gathering with Mrs C C Gillen at 101 Bloomington street. Other notices include a S C C Club mothers dinner at Elms Inn at 6 30 pm and Woman's Home Missionary Society gathering at the parsonage on Wednesday May 16 at 2 30 pm with devotions by Mrs F L Busenburg.
Crowds gathered along the National Road south of Greencastle to view a giant tri motor Fokker F-10 flying from New York to Los Angeles. It passed Bloomington area before landing at Indianapolis airport then departed for St Louis. The plane, part of a later cross country service between San Francisco and Los Angeles, accompanied by two similar aircraft.
J J Lannin wealthy hotel man and former Red Sox owner died instantly when he fell from a ninth story window of the Hotel Granada in Brooklyn. He fell onto a two story extension roof. Lannin owned the Granada and Garden City Hotel and Roosevelt Field, sites linked to Lindbergh and Chamberlain flights.
The Child Welfare Society announces cooperation with Miss Carol Shoultz County Nurse to remove the tonsils of several children during the summer. The operation aims to help them resume regular school duties and will be performed by a specialist who will take a small compensation. The society held its last meeting Monday and will resume in September.
The American Legion and Auxiliary plan a joint meeting at Legion Halls over Moore and Cooks. Captain Gordon P Savage will recount Alaska experiences and Miss Tona Mason outlines yearly plans including the Memorial Day Poppy sale. Comdr Wilbur S Donner reports on Culver conference and Fred Jordan details Memorial Day exercises. All World War Veterans and wives sisters and mothers are invited.
The Greencastle 4 H Club girls and surrounding community plan a 2 PM Saturday program at the High School Gymnasium for new 1928 members and mothers of 1927 1928 girls. Charlotte Etter leads the program Blanche Bachert handles games and Marie Irwin oversees refreshments. A musical program of songs and recitations will be performed and a tinting dyeing demonstration by Charlotte Etter and Mary Gillen will be shown. The club currently has 135 members.
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