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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1930
Page
1
Satirical column by Charles J. Arnold mocks the Fifth Congressional district campaign with jabs at No Able Johnson and Hoover era politics. It praises Judge James P. Hughes and hints at local rallies and political theater, noting campaign mood and local events around Terre Haute.
Pulse county junior and senior high school principals are invited to the ninth annual principals conference at Indiana University on November 7. Shelton Phelps director of education at Peabody College will be the keynote speaker with three talks on Visiting Teachers Read and Activities Outside the Classroom. Dr Young of Greenscastle High School will preside at a session.
Waveland Indiana reports Raymond Frankenberger 21 and his wife Mame 20 confessed to station robbery and a recent grocery store theft. Illinois officers transferred the couple to Albion and Crawfordsville police say Ramsey remains in critical condition from a gunshot wound to the chest.
DePauw University science heads Prof. Smith Prof Graves and Prof Yuncker will visit eastern universities to inspect laboratories. The aim is to gather ideas for Harrison Hall a future natural sciences building funded by the late John W. Harrison of Danville. The hall will be part of a new three building quadrangle with the first block already dedicated to Bishop Francis Asbury.
Partly cloudy conditions are expected tonight with a cooler Thursday ahead. The forecast notes slightly lower temperatures and light winds across the region.
Jones Ro Moore editor of the Hoosier Farmer spoke in the Assembly room of the Putnam county courthouse this afternoon. He supported the proposed constitutional convention citing unfair tax burdens on property owners and farmers. a vote on the convention is set for the November 4 election.
Federal officers with Sheriff Burney Maxwell raided the Priest Wheeler farm five miles north of Valparaiso Indiana and found the largest still in the area. The installation included a steam boiler and nine vats with capacity between forty thousand and fifty thousand gallons. Two Italians, Charles L. O'Caverna and Attilio Boffa, were taken to Hammond for arraignment after being found at work on apparatus.
City council moves to draft a zoning ordinance after complaints on filling stations in residential areas. Council empowered street committee to review Paul Johnson’s filling station permit at Jackson and Walnut. Building permits issued for Nora Hawkins remodel and William Stencil sewer attachment. Greencastle Home Economics club held a business session in Putnam county courthouse law library.
R Earl Peters state chairman announced the Democratic state organization will aid public citizens in recovering business after the November election. He urged enactment of an income tax to shift state burdens from property owners to large income holders to relieve farmers renters and city homeowners.
The Herald notes in Greencastle that Thad Peek will oversee a public auction of the tin plate mill tomorrow. Indiana polis visitors Prof and Mrs R A Ox plan to reside here this winter with Mrs Ogg acting as chaperone for the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the Joslin home. Mr and Mrs James Allen of Bainbridge are in town, tracing the lineage of Mr and Mrs W L Denman. The Rebekah lodge hosted a macaroni jade party with an oyster supper at McAnaly's restaurant.
A Ford roadster owned by Ralph Barton of Fillmore was found stripped about five miles east of Ladoga on Sunday. Sheriff Frank Hafted said tires battery radiator tools and accessories were stolen. The car was abandoned behind a church where several men of about the same age were located.
Dean of Women Katherine S. Alvord of DePauw spoke at the university chapel about her year overseas on a world tour highlighting alumni she met abroad. She returned in September from a West East circuit visiting Tokyo Shanghai Manila Lucknow Constantinople Berlin and Oxford among others and noted DePauw connections in each country.
Frank Strouse of Chicago special representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Weir Cook Indiana representative of Curtices Aviation are set to speak at a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis and Rotary clubs at the country club in Greencastle this evening. Both men are DePauw graduates and well known locally.
A free employment service opens Monday in Greencastle under Mrs. Jacob Bints at the county court house, with 3 to 5 pm hours. Students in sociology will assist, and the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce approves the project. Applicants must apply in person at the township trustee office.
Washington Bank and Trust Company of 255 West Washington street, Indianapolis, closed after heavy depositor withdrawals. The board voted to ask the state banking department to take over for audit and examination. no statement until audit completion. The bank showed resources near 7.97 million dollars, deposits over 2.29 million, capital 200 thousand, and about six thousand depositors.
In Havana on Oct. 29 a campaign led by Dr. Mario Ruiz Mesa targets Cuban bootleggers supplying American cigarettes without government tax stamps. Foreign and local customers still crave U S brands, with street prices ranging from 25 to 60 cents per pack. Penalties will be heavy for possession of untaxed American cigarettes.
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