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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1928
Page
1
The piece notes the Indy 500 speedway race with 100000 fans and safety hopes. It shifts to Indiana politics urging Otto or Frank Dailey, urging Frederick to back Dailey as Indiana’s "Man of the Hour" and condemning opposition to his candidacy.
A wireless report from the Italia base says the dirigible likely made a forced landing at Amsterdam Island near Magdalena Bay. The captain of the Citta Di Milano plans to land half his crew to trek over ice by dog sled, aided by a seal hunter, to reach the stranded crew.
Mrs. Martin Luther Belle aged 81 died at her daughter’s Greencastle home after four weeks of influenza and related complications. She lived with her daughter Mrs. Marion Hartness at 720 East Washington for three years after moving from Kansas City. Survived by daughter and three sons Martin D of San Jose California Luther K of Newington Connecticut and Harry O of Kansas City Missouri. Funeral services planned at Rector Funeral Home at 2:00 Wednesday with Rev V L Raphael, body to be sent to Kansas City after son’s arrival.
Owing to the observance of Memorial Day as a holiday there will be no edition of The Herald published on Wednesday.
H B laydes of Roachdale captured first place in Purdue University livestock judging contest hosted by the Hoof and Horn Club. R E Hagan of Dale and J L Ashton of Mt Vernon followed in second and third with top sheep and beef cattle honors respectively. Staff and visiting experts including Prof. C S Plum of Ohio State contributed to judging and remarks at the awards ceremony in Lafayette Indiana.
Rev. S Robertson Orr, a leading Presbyterian minister and newly named Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, is cited as a correspondent in a divorce action filed in the Supreme Court in Vancouver by John Gordon Fleck.
Miss Jeane Holmes, 20, of Chicago and former star basketball player, started an all day County Jail sentence after failing to pay a $75 fine for stealing jewelry and apparel from patients at the sanitarium where she worked in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Edward J. Hartwell, 62, president of the Fruit Belt Poultry Association, was shot by his wife in Hartford Michigan. She claimed he attacked her with a stick of kindling while intoxicated. two witnesses supported her account. She is jailed in Van Buren County awaiting charges.
School Board discusses heating and plumbing bids for the Second Ward School. Christine Dietrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dietrich, will teach mathematics next year, replacing Donald Connerly who moves to Gary. The heating contract with W A Beemer faces bid-specification issues due to an architect error. General and electrical contracts awarded to Walter Heath and approved. demolition and construction progress continue.
American Legion Auxiliary reports last Saturday poppy sales totaling 100.10. Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls and Bainbridge Home Economics Club sold poppies on local streets benefiting disabled World War veterans. The Auxiliary plans an entertainment at Legion Hall for the contributing youth next midweek.
From the files of the Herald 20 years ago today. The paper pile was believed to be on fire after flames swept through Felter’s cigar store causing excitement in the town. Decoration Day address by James P. Hughes set for Fillmore at 2 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. C M Alspaugh and Mrs. C N Wilson in a runaway when their buggy frightened their horse. Alspaugh thrown from the buggy. Mrs. E E Sluss of Monon visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Geo Grubb.
The City Library will be closed all day Wednesday due to unspecified reasons. Sunrise and sunset times are listed as 4:19 and 7:05 respectively.
DePauw University trustees will elect a new president to succeed Dr. Lemuel Herbert Murlin at the board meeting in the administration building. President Murlin leaves after June 11 to become pastor of the American church in Berlin. Garfield Bromley Oxnam of Los Angeles and Raymond Wade of Chicago are among names mentioned for the post, with Wade eliminated by his new church bishopric. Several board members’ terms expire this year, and Charles W. Jewett of Indianapolis has been reelected to a further term.
George Chisholm pleaded guilty in Valparaiso Indiana to killing his two sons whose bodies were found in the canal at Indiana Harbor. The state sought the death penalty but he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Michigan City state prison.
President Coolidge named Oliver M. Loomis for United States District Attorney in northern Indiana and Frank C. Rozelle for United States marshal in the same district in a Washington announcement.
In Toledo Ohio a seven year old girl Dorothy Sielagowski was abducted from her bed and found murdered on her grandparents porch. Police recovered the murder car and arrested her 17 year old brother Stanley though no charges were yet filed. The killer used a pass key to enter the home and strangled the victim after assault.
Mrs. J. C. Jackson driving a Chevrolet coupe collided with a Dorsey Construction Co. truck driven by James Hester at Maple Avenue and Bloomington Street around noon Tuesday. Mrs. Jackson's small son sustained a forehead cut from flying glass while Hester suffered slight injuries.
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