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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1930
Page
2
Local residents report family visits and births in Robinson Illinois and Fillmore West Baden. Charles Arthur Mullins born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Lyon. Community groups schedule church and club meetings and a hospital sewing project proceeds.
A Crawford County grand jury probes alleged irregularities by W. J. Gregory trustee of Patoka township. Deputy Attorney General W. Ed. Funk and state auditor Harry Kirk assist in the inquiry into sale of jobs to teachers payroll padding and related charges. The investigation centers on Patoka township affairs as two state officials participate.
Fourteen Patoka township teachers testified as witnesses while Kirk presented a large bundle of records on state school aid funds. He accuses Gregory of letting a contract to haul students to his brother in law, the highest bidder.
Opal Query of Cloverdale township received a judgement of 150 by Justice of the Peace Robert Newgent against Ott W. Raikes in a L. A. Stewart & Son store case. The complaint alleged Raikes owed the firm 117.57 for goods bought at the store.
Judge James P. Hughes grants a divorce to Marie Foster from Charles Foster on cruelty grounds. Custody of their one child awarded to the mother’s mother Mabel Steel, with the father ordered to pay 53 dollars weekly support.
Reports indicate a central food control bureau will be formed to operate under wartime regulations. Separately, sources say rebel forces near Brazil’s capital region as close as 660 miles to Rio de Janeiro, with a cabinet crisis looming.
Livestock reports from Indianapolis on October 8 show hogs 5,000 head and cattle plus calves trading generally steady. Hogs ranged from 9.25 to 10.50 per 100 pounds with sows 7.75 to 9, cattle and calves mostly steady with steers 10 to 13 and fat cows 6.50 or higher, while lambs and sheep held a steady to softer tone with throws down to 5.0.
Dr and Mrs W M McGaughey hosted guests Dr and Mrs Frank T Bascom of Rochester New York at a fall dinner bridge party for twenty four. Tables in living sun room dining room featured garden flowers and a large centerpiece. High scores won by Mrs John Cannon and Mrs Moffett for women and James Cannon and Simpson Stoner for men.
London mourns the air disaster victims as 47 flag draped coffins from the R-101 crash arrive by special train amid a high level funeral ceremony. Premier Ramsay MacDonald and other officials attend the transport to Westminster mortuary. A separate legal note reports True Hixon Lumber dismissing a foreclosure suit against Bryan Wright with costs paid.
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