Local notes record visits births and a foreclosure decree
Edgar Prevo is in Chicago on business. Cecil Brown confined by illness. Mrs Emma Cummings of Cloverdale visited in Greencastle Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lee Dodge of Greencastle are parents of a daughter born Monday. Dr John Carmack of Indianapolis will perform nose and throat operations at the county hospital Tuesday. Mr and Mrs R E Sandy spent the weekend in Martinsville with his parents. Mrs Mary Murphy of Terre Haute visiting Mr and Mrs John Buis. Murphy is Mrs Buis mother. Ross Burks visiting his sons Harold and Clyde Burks in Indianapolis. Miss Mary Ruark returned from Hot Springs Ark with her brother Dan Ruark. Charles Walter Brown confined to home. acute kidney inflammation. Philip Wezel, 58, inmate of Indiana State Farm, died Sunday night. Body taken to Lakin Funeral Home and to Indianapolis for burial. In case Leonard Tressel vs Mathias Gobel and Mary M Gobel, court finds for plaintiff $1364.34. foreclosure decree issued. Elder Jasper N Dalby filled church engagement at Fairbanks. Wabash River highest in years. creeks and streets overflow. John Clements of Crawfordsville visited Mrs W W Tucker. Ezra Arnold and wife of Floyd township are parents of a daughter born Sunday. Mrs Arnold formerly Miss Worth Christie.
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Philip Wezel
Indiana State Farm
Lakin
Indianapolis
Jasper N. Dalby
Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Wabash
Three Clubbed to Death in Waseca Farm Slayings
Eight investigators from the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation hunted for the killers of Julius Schuck a 54 year old farmer and his children 11 and 9 after they were clubbed to death in a Waseca Minnesota farm robbery likely motive bloodhounds traced the killers to a parked automobile and a missing large safe.
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Minneapolis
INS
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Waseca
Minn
Julius Schuck
Farmer
Three Die In Plane Crashes at Kankakee and Muskegon
In Kankakee Illinois Maj Joseph Noyes aviation inspector for the U S department of commerce died when a test flight at the new Kankakee airport ended in a crash. Pilot Frank Graves of Lowell Indiana was badly hurt. In Muskegon Michigan George F King and Morris Mellinger were killed when their home made monoplane suffered a wing failure during a nose dive from 1500 feet.
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Kankakee
Joseph Noyes
Illinois
United States Department of Commerce
New
Frank Graves
Lowell
Ind
Maj
Noyes
Graves
Muskegon
Mich
INS
George F. King
Morris Mellinger
King
Earthquake Kills Fifty Five in Asia Minor
An earthquake at Souchehri in Asia Minor killed 55 people and injured 40, with about 600 homes destroyed, according to reports received.
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Constantinople
INS
Souchehri
Asia Minor
Third Man Sought in Farm Thieves Jail Break
Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan and Detective Snyder sought George Coffman on charges of aiding the jail break of two farm thieves from Putnam County Jail. Will Southward alias Bert Wilson implicated Coffman after his return from Kentucky authorities. Wilson faces auto theft related to the escape and is to appear before Judge Hughes. precautions are set to prevent a possible jailbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Bryan
Snyder
George Coffman
Montezuma
Will Southward
Bert Wilson
William Wilson
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Wilson
Coffman
Guy Newkirk
Charles Moore
James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Edward Eltelforge
Hog and cattle prices slip at Indianapolis market
Livestock prices edged lower in Indianapolis as hogs weighing 160 to 300 pounds sold mostly from 10.90 to 11.00. Beef steers held firm to 25 cents lower with bulk at 13.00 to 14.25. Vealers rose to 14.50, while sheep and lambs were scarce, with a few spring lambs bringing 13.00 to 15.50.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fred M. Strong Tin Plate Mill Promoter Dead
Fred M. Strong, 80, promoter of the Junietta Tin Plate Mill in Greencastle and former general manager of the American Tin Plate Mill in Muncie, Indiana, died in Springfield Mass. He organized the Commercial Place Tin Plate mill, built as Junietta Tin Plate Co. The industry failed and the mill went to a receiver, was sold, and later converted into a zinc mill.
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Fred M. Strong
Springfield
Mass
Junietta Tin Plate Mill
Greencastle
American Tin Plate Mill
Muncie
Indiana
Commercial Place
Tina
Junietta Tin Plate Co
Pressent Zinc
Death Claims Mrs McGaughey Near Fincastle
Mrs. Alice Crochan McGaughey 73 widow of Andrew McGaughey died at her home near Fincastle Sunday evening at 7 after a stroke of apoplexy. Lifelong resident, she leaves three sisters Miss Meda Crocian Mrs James Gardner of near Fincastle and Mrs Laura Gardner of Iowa and is aunt to Dr W M McGaughey Manford McGaughey Mayor Charles McGaughey and Elmer McGaughey of Greencastle.
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Alice Crochan McGaughey
Andrew McGaughey
Fincastle
McGaughey
Meda Crocian
James Gardner
Laura Gardner
Iowa
W. M. McGaughey
Manford McGaughey
Charles McGaughey
Elmer McGaughey
Greencastle
Heavy Rainfall Floods County Roads and Crops
Rain fell Saturday morning to Sunday morning totaling 2.97 inches per Prof. E. R. Smith, causing widespread flooding. Creeks overflowed, roads and fills damaged for thousands of dollars. Water covered Stilesville road near Greencastle and Rockville road, crops ruined as fields resembled lakes.
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E. R. Smith
Stilesville Road
Greencastle
McHaffie
Rockville Road
First meeting set for 4-H club workers
The 4-H club workers plan their first meeting Tuesday evening in the County Agent's office at 7 30. Boys are urged to bring parents to learn about club work and the five clubs corn alfalfa tomato potato and pig. Banks sponsor clubs and offers seed plants and lime.
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Greencastle Canning Company
First National Bank
Central National Bank
Canning Company
Torch Slayer Indicted In First Degree Murder Case
White Plains May 20 An indictment charging murder in the first degree for the torch murder of Mrs Dorothy Heinzleman Peacox was voted by the Grand Jury against her husband Marie Francis Peacox of Mount Vernon district attorney Frank H Coyne announced. James Morgan an Indiana State Farm escapee is held in the County Jail awaiting sentence. Morgan was serving a term at Evansville when he escaped Sunday and was detained by a farmer near Cloverdale until farm officials arrived and lodged him in jail.
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White Plains
N. Y
INS
Dorothy Heinzleman Peacox
Marie Francis Peacox
Mount Vernon
Districtttorney
Frank H. Coyne
James Morgan
Indiana
Morgan
Evansville
Cloverdale
Stampede at Baseball Game Kills Two Fans at Yankee Stadium
New York report details a sudden storm during the Yankee Red Sox game that sparked a panic and a deadly stampede. Two victims died: Eleanor Price, 17, a Hunter College student, and 60 year old truck driver Joseph Carter. Dozens were injured, many youths, with broken limbs and fractured ribs. most expected to recover.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Yankee Red Sox
Yankee Stadium
Lincoln's Hospital
Eleanor Price
Hunter College
Joseph Carter
De Palma Returns to Lead 500-Mile Indy Entry
Indianapolis May 20 Ralph De Palma the famed race driver announced he will compete in the International 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30 marking his 22nd consecutive season. He signed to drive a Miller Special rear wheel drive owned by Alden Sampson who previously bought a car that Louis Meyer won with in 1928.
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Indianapolis
Ralph de Palma
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
de Palma
Alden Sampson
Ohio
Louis Meyer
de Palma Will
Committee Views Spirit of the Doughboy Statue in Greencastle
A Columbus committee toured Greencastle to inspect the Spirit of the American Doughboy statue on the Court House lawn. They aim to erect a similar World War memorial in Columbus with E. M. Viquesney as designer and Fenwick Reed helping raise funds.
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Columbus
Greencastle
Court House
George Cook
E. M. Viquesney
Spencer
Dan Crow
Passport Application by Mr and Mrs Samuel Lloyd
Mr and Mrs Samuel Lloyd of Brick Chapel have applied at the County Clerk’s office for a passport for a six month trip abroad. They plan to sail on the S S Lapland at New York on June 15.
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Samuel Lloyd
Brick Chapel
County Clerk's Office
S. S. Lapland
New York
For Rent Nine Room House in Seminary Court
Modern nine room house in Seminary Court available for rent. If interested call phone number 792-Y.
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East Manna Street
Seminary Court
Two Betrothed Couples Named In June Weddings Plans
Announcement of engagements for Miss Beryl O'Hair to Archie Allen on June 12 and Miss Winifred Boyle to Leland Williams on June 23 were revealed at a bridge party hosted by Miss Christine Dietrich and friends. Read details cover guests, colors, and the social context.
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Beryl O'Hair
Archie Allen
Winifred Boyle
Leland Williams
Christine Dietrich
Mary Elizabeth Peck
Mary Frances Cooper
Miss Dietrich
Cleon Davies
Ed Diederich
Margaret McLean
Indianapolis
Samuel Geddes
Bloomfield
Frances Forcum
Crawfordsville
O’hair
Greencastle
DePauw Uwuniversity
Alpha Phi Sorority
Lowell
Manual High School
Williams
DePauw University
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Detroit
Mich
Franklin
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Chicago
Cecil Brown
Emma Cummings
Lee Dodge
John H. Allee
J. P. Allee
John Carmack
R. E. Sandy
East Washington Street
Martinsville
Mr. Sandy
Mary Murphy
John Buis
Mrs. Murphy
Buis
Ross Burks
Harold and
Clyde Burks
Mary Ruark
Hot Springs
Ark
Dan Ruark
Charles Walter Brown
Walter Brown
Indiana Street
Leonard Tressel
Mathias Gobel
Mary M. Gobel
John Clements
W. W. Tucker
Ezra Arnold
Floyd Township
Arnold
Worth Christie
Torch Slayer
Mark
Vivalia
Kenneth J. Knauer
R. G
John F. Berry
Brazil
Frazier & Purvell
Penelope Club
Roscoe Daggy
Taylor
E. B. Taylor
Lenora L. Wood
Mrs. Wood
Business Professional Women’s Club Haute
Bowen
Metta McCoy
Katherine Alvo Tillotson
Ella Mahannts
Elizabeth Ward
Janey
Susie Talbott
Helen Browning
Virginia Markham
Hazel Alver
Jennie Throop
Grace By Clay
Thomas John Aye
Zaharakas
Elizabeth
Catherine A
Trene Hues
Margaret Ma Dowling
Washburn
C. Tucker
Anna Smith
Helen Lucas
George Rogers Clark
Phi Psi Fraternity
DePauw
Eleed
Guernsey van Riper
Frog Zimmer
Noblesville
First View
Walter Marlatt
Kenosha
Wis
Blanche Lockwood
T. Webb
Glenelyn, Ill
Jennie Curtis Hearst
the Herald
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