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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
2
Community items outline local visits and business changes in Greencastle Indianapolis Motor Speedway plans by Green castle band members. A hunting without a license case and Memorial Day parade drills are noted along with scholarly awards and charitable flower drives for decorating soldiers graves Dec oration Day.
May 28. The Al Capone style liquor syndicate in Kansas City collapsed Tuesday with about forty arrests. Chet Keys the assistant district attorney said many patrons sought immunity from publicity and that the system involved men of high social business and professional standing.
Purdue expert warns roses face two destructive pests green aphids and rose slugs. Aphids damage terminal buds, spreading fast. early spraying with nicotine or pyrethrum extracts is advised. Slugs require contact insecticides and arsenical sprays or dusts, with prompt treatment at first signs.
The weather bureau predicts fair to partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures for race day but notes possible unsettled conditions. A low area that threatened race day moved north toward the Great Lakes while another potential low in the southwest could affect Indiana Saturday. Officials expect unsettled conditions Thursday night and cooler, showery weather through Friday.
A historic explainer on petroleum migration from source rocks to porous reservoirs. Geologists describe oil’s journey through shales, limestones, and sandstones, the role of traps and anticlines, and how drilling confirms oil pools on continents.
Indianapolis May 28 Peter De Paolo twice American champion and 1925 600 mile race winner retires from speed sport on eve of race. He explains he would not be able to do justice to the car and would not be fair to himself. Danny De Paolo his 23 year old brother arrives for his first speed taste and soon plans to buy a car and race dirt tracks before returning to Indianapolis.
A church dinner will be held at the hall on Thursday evening May 28. A pitch in dinner will be served with T. L. Cooksey as speaker. Members their families and friends are invited to attend for a social evening with neighbors.
Three firemen are severely injured after the roof of a burning tenement in Hammond Indiana Harbor collapses onto the second floor. Firemen Harry Darrell Frank Schmitt and Joe Redlove suffer fractures and internal injuries as the frame building is destroyed.
Careful poultry raisers know that a plentiful supply of good feed during the growing period is necessary to produce paying pullets. When chicks reach ten weeks and cockerels are removed, pullets may be fed to a growing ration cheaper than starting seeds. The birds are then able to con-
Bedford Indiana May 28 representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Indiana Public Service Commission opened a hearing on stone freight rates described as grave to the limestone industry. The petition from the Cut Stone Contractors Association seeks to cut rough stone rates from 17 1 2 to 16 cents and set a 20 cent charge on cut and finished stone. Local producers warn the change would harm competition with Chicago fabricators and set a harmful nationwide precedent.
The Martha Washington club presented Sampson in a home gathering with four participants. A DePauw graduate, Phillip Young, was honored at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Amos Potts of Brazil. The Christian church union meeting and Methodist Woman's League events were described with devotions, travelogue, and musical programs. An obituary notes Mr. Hostetter of Whitesville, born 1865, died after long illness. survivors include widow Alice Hibbs, siblings, and nieces and nephews. funeral held at Brick Chapel cemetery.
John Henry Hostetter a lifelong Ladoga resident aged 65 died at his home Tuesday evening after a prolonged illness. The funeral and burial are to be held at Brick Chapel with details to be announced.
Kenneth Peck placed first with Ely Rogers third and Charles J Haymay second as gold prizes of 10, 5 and 2.50 were awarded. The class day program began at 2 oclock with a pageant featuring freshmen to seniors, followed by the senior prophecy and will. The Minaret yearbook was distributed at 1 oclock.
Receipts show hogs 6500 cattle 1200 calves 800 sheep 900. Hog prices slid with sales 6.05 to 6.20 for 150 to 2061 lb. light weights 6.10 down. sows 5 down. Cattle active at strong prices. calves steady, down 8. Sheep unchanged. spring lambs 50 cents lower, down 10.
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