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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
1
Weather and Foxx overshadow Green Castle notes as Cubs face Connie Mack and the wrecking crew in the World Series. Weir Cook shares aviation talk urging town field growth. a moral poem urges voters to improve courthouse sidewalks.
James Hyers, 84, a Newton County farmer, was shot and killed last night at his cottage in the northern part of the county. The shotgun blast through a bedroom window ended his life. investigators probe family ties as Hyers lived with his 85 year old half brother John Bridges after estrangement from his wife.
In Gary Indiana two Indiana businessmen Charles Wright 31 Valparaiso and Louis Roper 22 Hobart were killed when their car collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad train. The men were returning home after seeing the World Series in Chicago. Wrights car was nearly demolished.
The Greek Candy Kitchen owner Mrs Marie Zaharakos retires after more than 15 years in Greencastle. A native of Greece she came to America at age 15 and built a life marked by business talent art and civic kindness. Her husband Louis Zaharakos died several years ago leaving her to run the shop and support the community through Christmas charity and local clubs.
Affidavits charging Thomas Grisom of Starke County and John K Collins of Howard County have been filed in Putnam Circuit Court. Collins faces a board bill beating charge and Grisom a child neglect count. Warrants have been dispatched to their respective counties for arrest.
Arthur Matthews nineteen of Owensboro Kentucky was sentenced to 120 days on the penal farm by City Judge Pro Tem French Clements after he chased Arthur Pruner down an alley with a popping revolver on September 30 in Evansville Indiana.
At Putnamville, near the National Road, a two-vehicle crash sent five people to Greencastle hospital. Dugger and Kramer of Dugger suffered multiple injuries after their car plunged 40 feet off the embankment. three accompanying African American passengers also injured.
DePauw coach Bish Hughes polishes passing and kicking as the Tigers prepare for Earlham on Old Gold Day. Every regular is fit and a record crowd is expected at Blackstockfield with postgame events planned.
In Kokomo Indiana Oct 10 the State Legislature may be asked to enact a law allowing American Legion posts in all counties to notarize automobile driver license applications and license plates. Dr Davies former state treasurer proposed the plan to cut criticism of current distribution. The 25 cent notary fee equals the license cost, prompting debate over distribution methods.
Indiana sport writers and editors are invited to DePauw University for a two day weekend event November 1-2 hosted by Sigma Delta Chi. A Friday banquet, Saturday meetings led by Book Anderson and Arthur L. Trester, and a DePauw-Butler football game block of seats are planned.
Russell Alexander publicity director at DePauw University joined the honorary journalistic fraternity Sigma Delta Chi last evening. Paul Kerr son of Mr and Mrs Kerr of South Jackson Street and Miss Grace Canfield of Alpena Michigan visited the Kerrs and returned home yesterday after several days’ stay.
George Renick, former resident, married Beat rice Atkinson yesterday in Windsor Ontario after discovering her name on a label. Twenty seven Wabash students hiked to Greencastle to view the Wabash DePauw game, traveling from Crawfordsville to their destination by morning. A daughter and a son of Mr and Mrs William Albright died within hours from pneumonia. Mrs Charles Donnahue and daughter Virginia left for Laramie Wyoming to join Mr Donnahue.
The forecast calls for rain this evening and on Friday with little change in temperatures. The sky remains cloudy and moist conditions expected across the region.
DePauw University starts Old Gold Day with a Friday night bonfire at McKeen field organized by the freshmen, honoring a Saturday game versus Earlham College. The DePauw band debuts under Medford Maxwell, and Lilienthal will speak at the Old Gold Day Chapel.
Elza Rogers fifty, Republican state chairman of Indiana, is hospitalized with facial cuts and bruises after a collision in Indianapolis. A moving van struck the coupe Rogers rode in at St. Clair and New Jersey streets, with Rogers receiving multiple stitches and expected to recover after several days of rest.
Charles Delos Waggoner the president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado was sentenced in New York to fifteen years in Atlanta penitentiary on six counts of fraud with mails. He will serve five years on each of the six counts. three counts run consecutively and three concurrently. He collected 500000 from New York banks using a banker code to coverTelluride bank obligations and other institutions. Recovery by New York banks remains undetermined.
A head on crash between an express passenger train and a freight train near Portage Pennsylvania killed three men including an engineer a fireman and an engineman. The impact derailed one express locomotive two express cars and eight freight cars.
Huntington Beach California October 10 police launched a thorough investigation into the region where two hunters found an unidentified man whose body had been tortured and blown apart by a dynamite charge. The heart was removed and autopsy doctors found no identification on the corpse.
DePauw University will honor Dr Hillary A Gobin by constructing Gobin Hall a recitation building between the library and the Methodist church facing Spring Street It will house classrooms for philosophy religion and Bible with lower floors for church education The building dedicated as a Gobin memorial follows meetings with President Oxnam and department heads and an outline will go to architect Robert Forest Daggett of Indianapolis Estimated cost is 100000 and aims to fill an urgent need.
Dr. E R Shumaker 59 longtime head of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League was reported gravely ill with a malignant liver tumor and given less than three weeks to live. He showed slight weakness after a restful night and remains conscious as he undergoes treatment. Dr. F Scott McBride with the league said a successor would likely come from a smaller state group and temporary Indianapolis official C H Winders was named during Shumaker’s absence.
Five gallons of ice cream were stolen from the William Kocher restaurant rear last night. A canvas container was found by night officer Henry O’Hair between tile stacks at the Ellis feed store. Earlier a five gallon transfer was stolen from Call’s Cafeteria rear on Saturday night.
A 1925 Essex coach left near Frank Roberts home in west Greencastle after running out of gas is held by Sheriff Edward Beitelfor ge who suspects theft. The license indicates the car belongs to Robert Parker of Noblesville.
Philadelphia reports frigid weather as the World Series opens with the Athletics and Cubs. Connie Mack, aging manager, bets on Howard Ehmke to deliver victory after two dazzling wins and a bold gamble to bring Ehmke back for game one.
Dr G Bromley Oxnam likens the Ramsey MacDonald Hoover meeting to world peace milestones such as Magna Carta. He argues security can be peaceful or militaristic and calls for international police power via groups rather than armed nations to resolve global problems. He urges understanding of history language and psychology of foreign nations.
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