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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold recounts a chaotic Derby Day with bum tips and soggy misadventures. He stresses rain gear, a step ladder, and careful betting while noting his regrets and humorous misreads of horse race tips.
Rev H C Clippinger writing in the Indianapolis Star reports four speakers at the Kansas City Methodist Episcopal general conference service. Daniel A Poling spoke on Evangelism in Christ G Bromley Oxnam gave a thoughtful address on With Christ in the Crusade for Peace Henry Hitt Crane spoke on The Crusade With Christ for Christian Citizenship Charles F Coffin and Frank Hall attended with Meharry Hall always crowded at DePauw events.
Rehearsals are underway for Charm the DePauw senior play set for June 2 8 and 9 Miss Rosalie McCullough Greencastle will lead as Mrs Hayser Miss Peggy McLean Greencastle plays Ida May Hauser and Albert Crews Hammond vies for the male lead
At Mather Colliery in Pennsylvania rescue teams labor through debris to reach victims of Saturday’s explosion. Officials report 198 dead, 14 survivors, and 45 bodies recovered today as gas spreads through the mine. Experts fear total loss may reach 211 miners.
Marcus Cobb led a seven man rescue party to the shaft base where three mangled bodies were found near the foot of the shaft 5 000 feet from the explosion center. Three injured men were located a few feet farther on, and more bodies lay beyond in the gas. Relatives waited on the hillside near the colliery tip, sharing a hope science could not extinguish.
A tank of wartime poison gas exploded in Hamburg killing eleven and injuring ninety as scenes of warfare unfolded. The gas is reportedly used for dye production.
Spectators unable to attend the Kentucky Derby can view the race at Granada Theatre tonight and Tuesday. A Fox News news reel, taken Saturday afternoon, will be shown with the regular program after being rushed to Chicago for development and quick theater-wide distribution.
The Herald reports that the new Big Four line was used for the first time. General and Mrs. Jesse M. Lee arrived from the east for the winter. Andrew V. Durham was admitted to the Putnam County Bar Association by Judge Rawley. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ellis and daughter Ida travel to French Lick for a relative's wedding.
Indiana records show fifteen people killed in weekend accidents across the state. Automobile crashes caused eleven deaths, including a Indianapolis couple near Lafayette and a Chicago youth and companions near Gary. Others died in railroad and interurban incidents with several injured.
Chicago May 20 The parents of Miss Helen B Owens a 23 year old University of Chicago coed who drank poison last Tuesday gave her permission to marry John Mayer of Pittsburgh Pa Physicians at Albert Billings hospital said lack of desire to recover aided death s battle for her life Prof Owens said We only counseled delay until she finished her studies Fight blood transfusions have been given by students from the University of Chicago College of Medicine with fifty more ready to donate Blood transfusions were provided to aid her condition and her consent to marry was granted despite the crisis.
Madison Indiana May 21 Toppling from his scaffold George Curtis a local brick layer was helped home by fellow workers after a fall examined by a doctor found two broken ribs. He had a slight prior fall but did not notice injury until twisting his body moved the ribs out of place causing intense pain.
County Superintendent John C. Ver million reported 4 998 children ages 6 to 21 in Putnam County with 4 240 in school. Township gains 61 and Greencastle City gains 33. Counts show 2 055 boys and 1 938 girls in townships, 471 boys and 523 girls in the city. Regularly employed 566 unemployed 192 able 4 975 crippled 18 deaf 5.
Benjamin Rosenbalm age 28 was sentenced in Putnam Circuit court to 1 to 5 years in the State Reformatory Pendleton for escaping from the Indiana State Farm. He had just finished a reformatory term for petit larceny after escaping. Officials met him at the gates on release and brought him for sentencing. Noble Richardson age 18 of Indianapolis was also sentenced to 1 to 5 years for escaping on May 13 from the same facility.
The forecast calls for a cloudy day with cooler temperatures. Sunrise is at 4:24 and sunset at 6:59, shaping a shortened afternoon.
A Tippecanoe County arrest follows a tip from a stool pigeon about John Burns and Samuel Baxter in the deputy sheriffs Grove and McClure murder case. Burns, captured in Lafayette, faces interrogation with Prosecutor Davidson and Police Chief Eversole as details unfold about the February double slaying near Maple Point, amid broader charges of robbery and reformatory transport.
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