Trio of Burglars Sought After Waveland Heists
Authorities hunt three men after they robbed five local stores in Waveland early Saturday. Thieves blew open two safes at Spencer and Burrin stores and rifled others, taking cash, pens, two watches, plus loose change. Fingerprints collected. locals saw a blue Overland coupe with three men. Sheriff considers professionals likely behind the raids.
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Band OF Thugs
Waveland
Wabeland
Mont Puery
Tuel
Spencer
Burrin
Dillman
Horth
Spen
Hitch
Poll Tax Due for DePauw Voters, Treasurer Announces
County Treasurer Gilbert Ogles states that all male DePauw University students who voted in the last general election must pay a $5 poll tax. The tax is assessed by law and must be paid immediately.
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Gilbert Ogles
DePauw University
Weather Brief: Partly Cloudy Showers Expected
Partly cloudy with showers, especially tonight. Tuesday bring cooler air from the north and central regions. Indicates a mix of rain and clouds with cooler temperatures advancing later.
Duzer Du To Present Six Who Pass At Little Theatre
Duzer Du presents the one act play Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil by Stuart Walker at 2 PM Saturday in the Little Theatre. Greencastle school children admitted free. sponsored by Professor K R Umfleet and directed by Professor Harry Gough. Cast includes Ruth Kramer Jed Pearson Olive Gustin Mary Carney Fred Chreis Genevieve Gruenwald Frances Pritchard William Kantz Ray Williams.
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Stuart Walker
Little Theatre
Duzer du
Dramatic Fraternity
Greencastle
K. R. Umfleet
Harry Gough
Ruth Kramer
Jed Pearson
Olive Gustin
Mary Carney
Fred Chreis
Genevieve Gruenwald
Frances Pritchard
William Kantz
Ray Williams
Fatal Race Tragedy On Fort Wayne Track
Raymond Myers aged 41 of Indianapolis died after his dirt track car crashed during time trials at Fort Wayne speedway. His vehicle vaulted a 28 foot embankment after a wheel spindle failure, ejecting Myers who died en route to hospital from multiple injuries.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
New Auto Speedway
Raymond Myers
Schiller Street
Indianapolis
Myers
Adiser Hospital
Teath
Workman Hurt on Engine at Cement Plant
Edgar Carlin aged 25 suffered a badly crushed left foot while operating a small engine at Lone Star Cement plant quarry in Limedale. He was rushed to Putnam county hospital with serious injuries. doctors fear possible lifelong disability. He lives on the Goldgberry Farm east of Greencastle.
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Edgar Carlin
Lone Star
Limedale
Putnam County Hospital
W. M. McGaughey
Goldgberry Farm
Greencastle
Valuations Show Decline As Assessors Finish Work
Valuations on personal property in Putnam county under the new assessment, completed Friday, are expected to show a decline from the total on which taxes were collected this year, though definite figures are not yet available, county assessor Charles Marshall said today.
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Putnam County
Charles Marshall
Noted Aviator Circles Green Castle Above War Maneuvers
Greencastle residents lined the streets to watch an air parade of over sixty planes en route to Dayton Ohio for war maneuvers from the brxas Field. Capt Leslie Maruland of Kelley Field San Antonio Texas discussed the flight with Sidelia Dowling in Dayton.
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Greencastle
Leslie Maruland
Kelley Field
San Antonio Texas
San Francisco
Hawaii
Dayton
Ohio
Br Xas
Frank Irwin
William Tewin
Yather
St. Louis
Irwin
William Irwin
Mrs. Trewin
Mai
Green
Castle
Maithind
Sidelia Dowling
Herald
Wright Field
Pairfield
Eschelon
Benjamin D. Poulais
Remonstrances Against Eel River Drainage Ditch
Clay City residents circulate two district remonstrances opposing the Eel river drainage project. One seeks release from original petition and opposes a 1.00 per acre assessment on owners of 14 12 acres to cover already approved expenses. The second objects to the drainage commission's proposed ditch across Owen county to carry flood waters per the McCullough petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay City
Clay Circuit Court
Clay City High School
Clay Circuit
Drainage Commission
James V. McCullough
Owen County
Eel River
Plans Inter-Class Track Meet at Green Castle High
William E. Bausman head of the Green Castle High School Athletic department announced an annual inter-class track field meet to be held at Mhick stock field this week. The exact date is pending but expected to be Wednesday or Thursday. Six teams from seventh and eighth grades will compete under the new system that places these grades with the high school.
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William E. Bausman
Greencastle High School
Mhickstock Field
Bond sales set for May 29 in Putnam County
County treasurer Gilberts Ogles will sell two bond issues Friday May 29 at the Putnam County courthouse. Bids close at noon with bonds sold to the highest bidder. Washington township road bonds total 5 840 dollars for gravel road work bearing 4 4 percent interest in 292 dollar denominations. Floyd township bonds total 4 400 dollars for road improvements bearing 4 percent interest in 220 dollar denominations.
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Putnam County
M'Cullough
Gilberts Ogles
Ogles
Washington Town Ship Road
Nelson McCullough
Washington Township
Floyd Township
Sylvester Mason
Aged Putnam Farmer George T Reeves Dies at 45
Funeral services were held for George T Reeves four miles north of Fillmore after a three week illness. The Putnam county farmer, born in Monroe township, lived forty five years in Floyd township. He is survived by his daughter Mrs Elmer McKamey a brother Charles Reeves and a sister Mrs Anna Johnson. Burial followed at Brick Chapel cemetery.
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George T. Reeves
Wesley Chapel
Brick Chapel
Putnam County
HW. A. Sherrill
Reeves
Fillmore
Elmer McKamey
Mr. McKamey
Charles Reeves
Anna Johnson
Mr. Reeves
Monroe Township
Floyd Township
Nine O'clock Tea Club to entertain Greencastle citizens
The Nine O'clock Tea club will entertain with a concert for Greencastle and Putnam county residents tonight. Mrs. John R. Miler was elected vice president and Mrs. Nellie Anderson secretary of the Fifth district Federation of Clubs at yesterday's meeting. Roy Neese of Brazil and Edith Rogers of Reelsville were granted a marriage license today.
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Nine O'clock Tea Club
Greencastle
Putnam County
John R. Miler
Nellie Anderson
Fifth District Federation of Clubs
Roy Neese
Brazil
Edith Rogers
Reelsville
Unknown man stabs youth near Fillmore school
Carl Broadstreet, about 200 years old, wounded with four stab wounds while walking south of the Fillmore school. He identified an unknown assailant who appeared from behind a parked car and fled southward after the attack. Broadstreet was treated at Putnam County Hospital and is recovering. Authorities say the suspect likely knew Broadstreet would pass the area.
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Carl Broadstreet
Putnam County
Fillmore
Youne Broadetreet
Browstreet
Fields
Browndstreet
Greencastle
Putnam County Hospital
Broadstreet
Cloverdale
Kenneth Smith
Pillmere
Alva Bryan
Ettel Jorge
Mrs Martha McGaughey Dies in Russellville
The Russellville woman Mrs Martha McGaughey died Sunday at 7 AM after a Saturday stroke. Funeral services will be Tuesday with Rev O W McGaughey of Veedersburg presiding. Burial in Blakesburg cemetery. Survived by sons Alonzo Louis Blake and daughter Mattie Weaver. niece Sophia Smith.
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Martha McGaughey
Russellville
O. W. McGaughey
Veedersburg
Blakesburg
Alonzo McGaughey
Louis McGaughey
Blake McGaughey
Bainbridge
Mattie Weaver
Ilinois
Charles McGaughey
W. M. McGaughey
City
Mrs Clyde Cunningham Hurt In Auto Crash
Mrs Clyde Cunningham wife of the Green township school principal in Parke county was seriously injured in a Milligan Indiana auto crash Friday afternoon. Her two year old daughter Patricia escaped injury. The car skidded on loose gravel and struck a concrete culvert causing the wheel to break off.
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Waveland
Clyde Cunningham
Green Township
Parke County
Milligan
Here
Patricia
Maple Heights School To Present Operettas Tonight
Maple Heights school hosts an operetta night on the lawn featuring The Kitchen Chook directed by Tae Haines and Irene Whitwer. Pupils from four ward schools perform The Three Bears Nature's Byways and The Cobbler and the Elves at the High School auditorium Tuesday evening.
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Greencastle
Maple Heights
Tae Haines
Irene Whitwer
Thesday
City Court Fines For Intoxication In Two Cases
Two men, Fred Strange of south Greencastle and Fred Parker of Indianapolis, were fined $10 and costs in city court for public intoxication after admitting they drank three bottles of beer each. Fines total $46 per case. both released after arranging payment. A deputy sheriff said their car left the road after a steering bolt failed. Sheriff Alva Bryan testified they were under the influence but not badly intoxicated.
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W. L. Denman
Fred Strange
South Greencastle
Fred Parker
Indianapolis
East Washington Street
Here
W L. Denman
Alva Bryan
Oldest DePauw graduate dies in Kansas home
Dr. Michael M. Stolz of Lucas Kansas DePauw University's oldest living graduate died May 14 at age 105 He was the sole survivor of the class of 1862 and held the Goodwin Memorial Cane as the oldest living graduate. He received the cane after Major John Garrison Dunbar died in 1929 and it has passed down through generations to Thomas A Goodwin's family. The cane then returns to Greencastle where Dr Town of 1866 is next in line.
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Michael M. Stolz
Lucas
Kas
DePauw University
Stolz
di Stolz
Goodwin
John Garrison Dunbar
Greencastle
DePauw
Thomas A. Goodwin
Salem 2
Town
Dr. Town
Paoli
Northwest Indiana
Argos
Dayton
Rossville
South Bend
Crawfords
Robbery hits Roachdale Post Office in night thefts
Sheriff Alva Bryan investigates after thieves broke into the Roachdale post office using a skeleton key and unlocked safe. Cash and stamps are missing with loss undetermined. a stolen automobile tied to the suspects is also reported abandoned in Putnam County.
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Alva Bryan
Berr. Bartlett
Greencastle
Wycoll
Terre Haute
Roachdale
Lorene Coffman
Ollie Robbins
Rowehdale
Rebbing
Freighbors
Welcok
J. Wilson
Yeggs
Erwin & Sons
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Boral
G. W. Spencer Hard
G. W. Ivan Hard
Burrin Drug
Ker Store
Frank Hitech
Verne Shields
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Leslie Maitland
Texas
Will Irwin
Putnam
Martha Wgoaughey
Maple Heights School
Kansas
Keith Hall
North Salem
Hall
Barnard
New Maysville
Dale Eby
Princeton
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