Say At Home Town Racing Memories and Lost Items
Charles J. Arnold recalls returning to Greencastle and attending races at West Baden while sharing names of local friends and race antics. He recounts betting on Blue Larkspur and a horse named Fire Under, then notes a torn mutual ticket and a found clothing brush in hotel rooms with a call to claim at the Herald Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Cole
Fire Under
Homestead
West Baden
Herald Office
Homesteada
Partly cloudy night then Tuesday with light frost
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and Tuesday with a probable light frost in the northern portion. Temperatures are not expected to change much.
Threats against Lindbergh life spark guard suspension in Maine
In North Haven Maine on May 20 emergency measures increased guard around Col Charles Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow amid reports of death threats by mail. Officials refused to confirm details while volunteers and new officers prepared to join existing security for the famed flyer and his bride to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Haven
Col
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Morrow
America
Herman Crockett
Lindbergh- Morrow
Grant
Lindy
Miss Morrow
Lindbergh
Morrows
Anne
New York
Englewood
N. J
Stork Visits Putnam County Hospital Babies Born Prominently
A historic photo marks births at Putnam County Hospital with a large group of mothers and a line of newborns. The picture lists numerous mothers including Mrs. Harold Talbott and Mrs. William Strain among others, and names twenty three babies such as Rosemary Priest and Virgil Ray Priest along with family members in three rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Hospital
Harold Talbott
William Strain
William Stiles
Fred Braden
Robert Ziegelman
Glenn Crawley
Kenneth West
Bernard Handy
Harold Scobee
W. L. Hughes
H. E. H. Greenleaf
Kenneth McGaughey
Grafton Longden
William Huggard
Rosemary Priest
Virgil Ray Priest
Zula May Braden
Meda Elizabeth Long
Jack Allen Strain
Missing Couple From Hamrick Farm In Danville
Three persons including a young married couple are missing from a farm near Belleville Indiana. Alvah Snyder 25 and Hazel 24 were last seen riding westward with H C Rogers 45 who claimed to be a deputy marshal. Rogers used aliases and passed bad checks before leave. Snyder’s father in Grover Hill sought information in Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Belleville
Here
Alvah J. Snyder
Hazel
H. C. Rogers
Stilesville
Snyder
Hendrickes County
Arthur J. Hamrick
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Rogers
Simpson
Hazelwood
Ohio
Covington
Vigilantes to Shoot Vigilantes at Putnam County Bankers Event
The annual elimination shoot of the Putnam County Bankers Vigilan te Association will be held Tuesday at the Eugene Keller farm south of Greencastle. Local winners advance to the state shoot in Indianapolis in June with Capt. B. B. McMahon and Donald McLean in charge. Funeral attendees included Dr. W. M. McGaughey and family at Dana on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Bankers Vigilante Association
Eugene Keller
Greencastle
Indianapolis
B. B. McMahon
Donald McLean
Community Building Talk by Dr Short at Joint Kiwanis Rotary Meet
Dr Burgette Francis Short of New York City will address a Greencastle Kiwanis and Rotary joint meeting at the Christian church tomorrow noon. The regular club meetings are canceled to allow attendance. He has spoken in over six hundred cities in the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Burgette Short
New York City
Rotary
Christian Church
Burgette Francis Short
Greencastle Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Short
Levee Breach Floods 50,000 Acres near Kennett
The St. Francis river levee broke seven miles north of Kennett causing flooding over fifty thousand acres of wheat and cotton. About eight hundred men were at work on a stronger section above, while the weak point at the breach had no defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett
St. Francis River
DePauw Commencement Speaker Cadman Named
The Rev S Parks Cadman of Central Congregational Church Brooklyn NY will be the commencement speaker at DePauw this June. The article notes Oscar O Hair entertaining relatives at Brick Chapel and H B Longden purchasing John Sandy property on College Avenue. Clyde Martin and Florence Roach announce their approaching marriage with Martin employed in the forestry department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar O'’Hair
Brick Chapel
S. Parks Cadman
Central Congregational Church
Brooklyn
New York
DePauw
H. B. Longden
John Sandy
South College Avenue
Minshall Laboratory
Clyde Martin
Florence Roach
Rushville, Il
Martin
Forestry Department
Government
Master List of Indiana Auto Licenses Sent to Sheriff
Sheriff Bitelforge receives part of a state master list covering this year’s licensed vehicles. The volumes include license numbers owner names engine numbers body descriptions and makes and will help identify stolen automobiles with owner addresses included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitelforge
Indiana State Department
State of
Indiana
Train Hits Auto. Boy Cyrus Brown Killed in Martinsville
Near Martinsville Indiana Cyrus Brown age 9 died when a Pennsylvania train struck the car driven by his father Ray Brown on the Dixie highway. Ages Leon 11 Bernard 11 and James 15 injured. Cyrus skull fracture. Funeral set for Mt Gilead church Tuesday. Coroner Dr. Austin Sweet investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
Cyrus Brown
Ray Brown
Here
Dixie Highway
Brown
Leon Brown
James Fowler
Bernard Fowler
Fowler
Browns
Pennsylvania
Mt. Gilead
M. C. Huneilman
Noah Alvis
Alvis
Austin Sweet
Hoover Sports Shiner Wows Washington President Slips on Rock
President Hoover reported to the White House with a black eye after a fishing trip mishap. He slipped on a rock while wading a mountain stream Saturday and bruised his eye on a protruding branch, despite medical attention from Dr. Joel T. Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Hoover
Joel T. Boone
Auto Crash Injures Clinton Man and Danville Woman
Russell Bock of Clinton township suffered three fractured ribs and Marian Esther Swisher of Danville with minor scratches after a collision at the Brick Chapel intersection on a Sunday afternoon. Bock’s Ford touring and Swisher’s Buick collided broadside, destroying front ends. Swisher’s parents accompanied her. Both cars were to Tribby Garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Bock
Clinton Township
Marian Esther Swisher
Danville
Brick Chapel
Bock
Miss Swisher
Charles Swisher
Buick
Cars Crash on National Road Near Mt. Meridian
Six people escaped with minor injuries when two cars collided at the Bill Buis filling station on the National Road near Mt. Meridian. The Langford Essex four-door sedan from Youngstown collided with Ernest Piper’s car from Muncie as the Essex pulled from the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Buis
Mt. Meridian
H. BE. Langford
Youngstown
J. A. Langford
Akron
Charles Phevis
Agnes Rutter
Paducah
Ernest Pifer
Constables in Brazil jail awaiting murder trial
Constable John Vanhock of Terre Haute was moved to Brazil to await trial in Clay Circuit Court for the murder of attorney Austin Sweet in Terre Haute. The killing occurred after an arrest attempt for fishing without a license, following a dispute in Sweet's office. Vanhock will be arraigned Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
John Vanhock
Terre Haute
Clay
Austin Sweet
Vanhock
Clay County
Vanhook
Sweet
Parke County
Trans Atlantic Flyers Ready For Ocean Race
Roger Q Williams and Louis Lancey depart from Peterboro Airport to Old Orchard Me as they plan a non stop flight to Rome. Williams is joined by Lewis Yancey and Kenneth Boedecker while French aviators prepare to depart Roosevelt Field for Paris. Weather may decide launch time and they aim to set a new distance record over 4700 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterboro
N. Jn
INS
Roger Q. Williams
Louis Lancey
Old Orchard
Rome
New York
Europe
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Armeno Lotti
France
Williams
Lewis Yancey
Kenneth Boedecker
Wright Company
Teterboro
N. J
Bellanca
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Paris
Caesar Sabelli
Pietro Bonelli
Coatesville Woman Martha Brown Dies at 80
Funeral services will be held at the home in Coatesville Tuesday afternoon at 2 for Mrs. Martha Brown widow of Jake Brown who died four years ago. Rev. H A Sherrill will conduct and interment will be in Coatesville. She died Saturday night after an extended illness aged about 80. She had lived with Jennie Pursell since her husband’s death and was aunt of Alva Lisby county treasurer. Survived by five sisters and a brother and several nieces and nephews. The couple formerly farmed near Coatesville and she was well known in the eastern part of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Martha Brown
Jake Brown
H. A. Sherrill
Alva Lisby
Ida Lisby
Kentucky
Ella Ragan
Colorado
Alice Huffman
Matilda Christie
Floyd Township
Sarah Greenlee
Munson Lisby
Indianapolis
Brown
Jackson Resumes Law Practice in Indianapolis
Former Indiana Governor Ed Jackson plans to resume the practice of law with offices in the Indiana Trust Building in Indianapolis. He will be assisted by attorneys Leland Rees and David Wilkinson. Jackson previously practiced law in Newcastle and Lafayette before serving as governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Indianapolis
INS
Ed Jackson
Indiana Trust Building
Leland Rees
David Wilkinson
Newcastle
Lafayette
Indiana
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Charles J. Arnold
Glad
Court House
R. E. Morse
Morse
Louisville
French Lickway
Red” Thomas
Russell Brown
C. C. Gillen
Glen H. Lyon
Fred Hays
Harry Conklin
Shelbyville
G. C
Clyde van Dusen
Blue Larkspur
Remorse
Murrow
Maine
Ira E. Cowling
C. H. Wires
Campbellsburg
C. EB. Martin
Indianpolis
Stork
Clara Shinn
8S. Smith
William Priest
Lee Williams
Maurice Grose
Haddon Stewart
A. W. Crandall
Rex Smith
Carl Butterfield
EL B Phillips
Eva Milburn
Effie Stiegeleman
Clerabel Smith
Margaret Johnson
Jlen Edward Stiles
Vern Wagener Smith
Betty Lou Crawley
Jimmie Talbott
Norma Jean Zegleman
Robert Wayne Williams
Mary Allen West
Charles Allen West
Patricia Tose
Lucy Laniise Longden
Rebecca Day Longden
William Cave Hughes
William Allen Huggard, Jr
Johanna Jean Smith
Hadden Stewart
Norman Handy
Marion
Mildred Greenleaf
Aneta May Handy
Richard Crandall
Catharine Manhart
Jula Jean Romine
Pauline Search
Jean R. Phillips
Tea
Leon McGaughey
Olga Jane Butterfield
Hamrick Farm
W. M. McGaughey
Manford McGaughey
Flossie
Elmer McGaughey
Alf McGaughey
Dana
Nerald
Hoosier State
Autoboy
Hoover Sports “Shiner
Marian Swisher
Danville, Ill
Roger Q. Williams Will
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