Local notes Include funerals court actions and visits
Mr and Mrs Charles Rector attended the state Undertakers convention in Indianapolis Tuesday Rev Grace Coffin will preach at Commercial Place Wednesday at 730 pm Public invited Kassis Albin of Geneva Tl returned home after visiting Greencastle Albin formerly resided here Gilbert McCammack settled a 750 claim against Mrs Claudia Carswell estate for 450 Hamrick versus Perkins possession suit dismissed at Putnam Circuit court Caled Mrs Alice McGaughey funeral Wednesday 10 am Universalist Church Fincastle Interment Blakesburg cemetery Change of venue sought in MecNeff vs Watson Moore from Putnam County Roy Watson defendant in MecNeff suit requests change Niles H Martin 68 Cloverdale sent to Evansville State Hospital for the Insane today after a court hearing last week
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Kassis Albin
Geneva
Greencastle
Mr. Albin
Gilbert McCammack
Claudia Carswell
Hadde D. Hamrick
Charles Perkins
Putnam Circuit
Alice McGaughey
Fincastle
Universalist Church
Blakesburg Cemetery
Putnam County
Roy Watson
Clarence P. MecNeff
Roscoe P. Moore
Putnam Circuit Court
Edward Eitelforge
Niles H. Martin
Cloverdale
Evansville State Hospital For
Martin
Hog Market Slows Slightly as Prices Hold Steady
Livestock in Indianapolis on May 21 shows hogs steady to 10 cents lower with most 160 to 275 pound animals at 10.85 to 10.90, top 11.00. Beef steers slow, wealers down 50 cents, and sheep and lambs near steady with poorer quality. Spring lambs around 15, shorn ewes 5 to 6.50.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Former DePauw student to head Purdue graduate school
Lafayette Ind May 20 The appointment of Prof Richard G Dukes head of the department of applied mechanics as dean of Purdue universitys newly created graduate school was announced by President Edward C Elliott The appointment is effective at once to organize fall term plans A committee of sixteen faculty will outline the schools program Dukes attended DePauw MIT and Cornell and joined Purdue in 1909
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Lafayette
Ind
Richard G. Dukes
Department of
Applied Mechanics
Graduate School
Purdue University
Edward C. Elliott
Dukes
DePauw University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
Purdue
Civil War Threat Mounts as China Faces Factional Strife
Shanghai reports Canton captured by Kwangsi troops confirmed by Chinese agencies. Feng Yu-Hsiang forms army in Henan and may march on Peking. Chiang Kai Shek marshals forces to oppose Feng amid ongoing civil war tensions. Famine conditions in Kansu described by missionary Rev. Andrew.
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Kwangsi
Canton
Nanking
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chiang Kai Shek
Marshal Feng
Shanghai
Henan
Peking
INS
Kansu Province
Andrew
International Relief Commission
McAdoo to Head Southern Skyline Aeronautical Enterprise
William Gibbs McAdoo former Treasury secretary and 1924 Democratic hopeful announced as head of Southern Skyline Inc a new transcontinental air business to manufacture aircraft and operate routes. He will chair the board with other prominent transportation and banking figures involved. Proposed lines include St Louis to New York via Indianapolis Cincinnati Dayton Columbus and Pittsburgh with feeder from Pittsburgh to Washington and Chicago to New Orleans via St Louis Memphis Jackson and a Cincinnati to Dallas link via Louisville Nashville Memphis Little Rock Texarkana.
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Washington
INS
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of Treasury
New Aeronautical Enterprise
Southern Skyline, Inc
McAdoo
James C. Edgerton
St. Louis
New York
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New Orleans
Memphis
Jackson
New Indiana Laws Take Effect After 1929 Session
Governor Harry G. Leslie issues proclamation as 152 new Indiana laws from the 1929 session go into effect. Major changes include ending rural speed limits with safety requirements, returning to the convention system for nominations while keeping local primaries, enhanced penalties for crimes with guns, longer statutes of limitations, city manager and kidnapping law boosts, air transportation regs, and teacher oath of allegiance. Three laws, including driver licensing and corporate taxation, take effect July 1.
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Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
United States
Noll
Plot Foiled in $50,000 Threat Against Miss Morrow
Boston and Dedham police say an arrest in the extortion plot against Constanze Morrow, sister of Charles Lindbergh’s fiancée, is imminent. A threatening letter and a decoy “blind” package led to a guard–based effort at North Haven or Englewood as diplomats and private detectives pursue the blackmailer.
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Boston
INS
Constanze Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dedham
Dwight W. Morrow
Milton Academy
Westwood
Edward P. Flannagan
Dedham Police
Flannagan
Constance
New York
Anne
Elizabeth
Lindy
North Haven
Maine
Morrow Estate
Lone Eagle
Englewood
N. J
Lindbergh
Ambassador Morrow
Mexico City
Morrow
Continuation B Week Shapes Wet and Dry Debate in Washington
The commission may limit actions to his guidance with most work likely in Washington. Wets and drys in Congress tread cautiously avoiding premature statements that could backfire later.
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Washington
Congress
Talking pictures come to Greencastle theaters
Walter Bidwell, manager of the Voncastle and Canada theaters, announces that an up to date talking and sound machine will be installed at the Voncastle theater by August 1 The policy will be to show only first run talking pictures Synchronization has grown popular with many theaters installing Vitaphone gear nearby Greencastle moves to adapt after Von Derschmitt Enterprises outfits Bloomington Bedford and Crawfordsville others prepare for talkies
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Walter Bidwell
Voncastle
Greencastle
Canada
Vonderschmitt Enterprises
Bloomington
Bedford
Crawfordsville
Social events highlight Green Castle society scene
The Tri Kappa sorority hosts a formal dinner bridge at the Grant Hotel with two new pledges, Miss Virginia Rariden and Miss Mary Louise Throop, among honored guests. A separate shower honors Mrs. Wayne Bettis, with guests from Morton and Danville. club meetings, conventions, and PTA activities fill the community calendar with installations and committees named.
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Tri Kappa
Grant Hotel
Virginia Rariden
R. Rariden
Mary Louise Throop
J. A. Throop
C. W. Otis
Genevieve Daggy
Beta Psi Chapter
C. M. Inge
Russellville
Rose Stark Bettis
Bridge
Mildred Goff
Bettis
Alva Stark
Carrol Connerly
Mary Stark
Morton
Rose Fordice
Danville
Ruth Gran
St. Paul
Minn
Orville Pitcock
H. E. Westland
Harry Byrd
Jesse Potter
Raymond Harbison
Olive Evans
Ina Rogers
Ruth Sewell
Roseyn Inge
Mrs. Bettis
Indianapolis
Estelle Frank
Miss Stark
Wayne Btttis
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State Undertakers
Grace Coffin
Commercial Place
Depauw
Purdue School
Graduate School OF University
R. G. Mee
China
Kwantung
Ser
Potter Shoe Store
Harvard
Windsor
Walter Treadwell Huntington
Harvard College
Conn
Connecticut
International
Nadoo
AIR Enterprise
the Herald
Miss Morrow
Talkies
Tures
Mark
Vivalia
Kenneth J. Knauer
John F. Berry
Brazil
Hanna Street
Frazier & Purcell
Seminary Court
Olive Street
L. E. Mitchell
J. F. Gillespie
Martha Washington Club
20Th Century Club
Twentieth Century Club
Mack Jones
Anderson Street
Ida Pierce
Pauline Helm
BE. S
Kathleen James
Lula Green
Terre Haute
Zorah
Temple
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce of
Muncie
Lena Madesin Phillips
Bonnie K. Roberson
Hammond
Mabel Edward
Union City
Nellie Niestadt
Rose J. Self
Sullivan
Marvel C. Plasterer
Lucy E. Osborne
Greencastle Club
Christ
Mary Kelley
South Colonne
P. E. O. Sisterhood
P. EF. O. Sisterhood
Charles Northwood
New High School
High Hoor
Louis Dirks
High Schol Girls’ Glee Club
W. Hildebrand
Jan Bintz
Jacob Bintz
W. M. Mc
J. P. Frew
A. L. Goodenough
Ralph Etter
Oscar Thomas
Ivan Rua
Ed. Maddox
C. C. Gillen
H. B. Gough
W. W. Cavan
J. B. Boyd
Geo. E. Black
Chas
J. J. Murnane
Frank Jane
Wm. Bishop
A. A. Hauek
O. H. Smith
Frank ¥. Jones
Fred O'Hair
Rowland Leach
W. J. Yount
A. G. Brown
Kenneth Umifleet
H. H. Ellis
Virginia Markam
Brémas
Curry Inman
Leona Kestner
Curtis Hughes
Counch
Henry McLean
Dirks
Detroit
Ford
King-Morrison-Foster Company
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