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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1929
Page
1
A column by Charles J. Arnold observes spring fever delaying work as the author jokes about golf fishing and heat while noting a local advocate supports removing sidewalks around a coat house. He references a Greencastle authority who criticizes the square center and sidewalks, remarking on the need for a rubber on his pencil.
A large Madison crowd interrogated a proposed 15 650 bond to finance a road from Fern to Oakalla. Pliny Wolford of the State Tax Board heard witnesses and will report findings to state officials for a later decision. Supporters cite shorter travel, opponents call the road unnecessary and of limited public utility.
Fair tonight and Thursday with cloudier skies in the north. Warmer tonight and east and south portions Thursday with improving conditions.
New York May 22 Friends of Gene Tunney defend the ex champion in a planned breach of promise suit. They call the move a poor joke while Tunney's heiress wife Polly Lauder recovers in Brioni Italy citing his integrity and character.
Announcement Wednesday confirms Prof Orville J. Borchers resigns as voice professor at DePauw after two years to lead the music department at Alabama State Teachers College in Montgomery. He previously taught in Denton Texas and studied in Europe last summer. He directed the operas Pinafore and Carmen for students and faculty.
About 100 4-H members and 25 parents gathered in the Court House Assembly Room for an evening event. Five Girls 4-H members performed, Floyd Miller discussed summer club work, and Robert Stevenson with Lycurgus Stoner spoke on why banks sponsor 4-H.
Indiana hosts the National Swine Show in connection with the Indiana State Fair. A record 24 409 dollars in premiums will be paid in the swine department. The event aims to attract breeders and youth from pig clubs to exhibit pigs and litters at the fair with plans for a large swine barn and tent to accommodate more than three thousand head. Shows span August 31 to September 2 and 3 with breed by day.
Indianapolis May 22 1923 secretary of state Otto Fifield outlines a new drivers license act taking effect July 1 The law mandates exams or hearings for questionable applicants bans drunkards from temporary permits and ties insurance reductions to clean records Sheriff fortifies jail after two farm escapes by making the large jail key secure following a whiplike attempt to steal it by inmates James Morgan and Lawrence Schank.
Wilbur Welch 26 of Central Avenue and Lone Star Cement Company suffered burns to his face neck head and left arm when an electric switch box at the plant exploded Tuesday afternoon. He was treated at the county hospital and is not seriously harmed.
A calm scene enveloped Julius Rosenwald's Chicago home as Mrs. Rosenwald battles a serious illness. Officials and neighbors keep to the area in respectful quiet while medical staff attend to her condition.
Henry G. Whitaker a 60 year old Illinois farmer wed Rose M. White a 48 year old Michigan seamstress after receiving a marriage license.
Virgil Moore, who is singing at the Wonderland in Bloomington, will spend the weekend with his parents in Greencastle. A frame house owned by W. C. Van Arsdel south of the interurban tracks east of town was destroyed by fire last night. Rev. D. R. Landis to preach memorial sermon for G. A. R. members at the Baptist church tomorrow.
Undaunted by a night accident Lieut. Henry B. Clarke Martin Jensen and William Uldrich prepared a second attempt today in their plane Three Musketeers at Roosevelt Field New York after a fabric tear on the stabilizer halted last night’s refueling try.
Lee Meadows, veteran Pirates pitcher, is released under option to the Indianapolis club of the American Association and will join immediately. The move serves as part payment for Steve Swetonie, a pitcher purchased from the Association club this spring.
Dean W. M. Blanchard announced four new instructors for the University. Miss Lucille Calvert will teach public speaking, Miss Claora Bell joins public speaking, Miss Martha Taylor will lead gymnasium classes, and Miss Marguerite Andrade will teach French.
Greencastle residents with unpaid dog taxes face prosecution. Tax amounts rose to four and five dollars this year. The township assessor Roy Abrams has sent delinquent lists to trustee Paul Albin, with payment due by June 1. After May 15 the trustee forwards names to the county prosecutor if taxes remain unpaid.
In Putnam Circuit Court Judge James P. Hughes accepts not guilty pleas from Will Southward alias Bert Wilson, amid four affidavits including auto banditry and receiving stolen goods. Southward promises a plea change but sticks to not guilty, while authorities prepare for trial on auto banditry and pursue potential escape links involving George Coffman and others. Sheriff Bitel reports tightened jail precautions as investigations continue into the March escape and alleged accomplices.
Former DePauw president Bishop George R. Grose, seriously ill in Wuhu China, has been moved to a Shanghai sanitarium where he is slowly recovering. Word reached his son Wilbur Grose. Mrs Grose and Bishop Grose are at the sanitarium, in care of Rev. W A Main Box 25T Shanghai China.
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