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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
2
Wilburn Carl Felton age 46 a Monon section hand near Gosport Indiana died at Bloomington General Hospital from injuries after being struck by a T rail he was unloading near Elletsville His neck was broken He left a widow and five children.
Paris dispatch reports John Gilbert and Ina Claire denying divorce rumors as gossipers press on. Gilbert says honeymoon on the Riviera and planned Paris then London trip, insisting they will return home together after a quiet ten days. Married May 9.
U S staff correspondent reports Soviet forces crossed the Argun river into Manchuria raiding Chinese property. Five Chinese merchants were killed and two guards wounded. six of 18 stations in the Argun area were seized. Raiders looted property and Soviet naval craft fired on Chinese boats.
Manila reports indicate several people killed and many missing after a typhoon hit Southern Luzon. Governor Eligio Naval of Rizal Province sent the update via INS today.
W. L. Ferrand, a foreman on State Road work at Williamsport, was hit by a fast car while directing eight teams on a grade. He suffered a broken blood vessel in a leg, bruises, and shock. no bones were broken. He was taken home for treatment and showed improving signs by Monday.
Police say H F Waitt hacked Gordon Rose and Irene Waitt to death with an axe after returning home to find them in bed together. Waitt, 36, was arrested and reportedly confessed. their seven year old son witnessed the scene but was unharmed.
A Transcontinental Air Transport plane named Mary of San Francisco was reported missing noon yesterday near Winslow Arizona. Five passengers and three crew members are unaccounted for as rescue teams comb storm swept northern Arizona mountains.
Dr. F H Brown state veterinarian urged an 4000 appropriation to fight bovine tuberculosis in the county as 71 Indiana counties already are modified areas. After tests in 60 days and slaughter of condemned cattle the county becomes a modified area for years, with untested cattle blocked unless tested at owner expense. Nurses and agents requested funds. nurse sought 1800 to replace 1500, while tuberculosis association proceeds support an open air camp for fifty undernourished children.
Owen Thomas Edgar 98, last survivor of American forces in the War with Mexico, died at the John Dickson home in Washington following a week of illness. He reportedly died from shock after a fall last Tuesday that caused a broken leg, doctors said.
Endurance pilots Russell Mossman and C. E. Steele reached their 265th hour aloft in Chicago aiming to beat the 421 hour mark set by St. Louis Robin. Notes dropped from the plane read Chicago We Will while heat took toll but the motor ran smoothly.
The Granada shows the Columbia all talking film The College Coquette in a campus slice of life with Ruth Taylor Jobyna Ralston William Collier Jr and John Holland. The plot contrasts a flirt and a demure friend amid college life plus a Donovan Affair finale and an all talking comedy.
Hogs were steady on the Indianapolis market with 140 to 280 pound cattle selling 10.40 to 11.40. Cattle trended lower across slaughter classes except finished steers with top steers at 16.50 and dealers down 17. Lambs fell slightly with better grades 12 to 13 and a few at 13.50. Fat ewes brought 4.50 to 6.50.
Crescent Rebekah members plan Craw fordsville practice Thursday at 8. Business and Professional Women's Club to meet at Elk’s home tonight with new member initiation. Tri Kappa calls an important meeting at Mrs. N. C. O’Hair’s home at 7 30. Reading Club meets tomorrow at Mrs. George York’s Beveridge street 7 30. Miss Ethel Morris and Dan G. Long wed August 27 in Murphysboro Illinois. They will reside in Chicago. Woman’s Study Club meets Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Albert Dobbs. program by Mrs. A. A. Abbott. Delta Theta Tau meets Thursday at 7 50 with Miss Imogene Cooper. Missionary Society meets Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Paul Heaney. South Locust Street, devotionals by Mrs. Milo West. Jane Farmer leads program on A Common Task in South America. Lawn party for Methodist church youths planned for Wednesday on the lawns of Professors Tilden and Smith. postponement if rain. Baptists meet Tuesday at Mrs. C. M. Ewing’s home with Mr. Crowder and Mrs. S. E. Davies. Mary Strain discusses Europe. Peck reunion next Sunday at Brookside Park. Miss Mary Criss and Frederick Beard wed in Ann Arbor. Beard to Michigan Bell as advertising manager. Fillmore M. E. Missionary Society to meet Friday September 6 with Mrs. Henry Ostrom.
The body of Major John Wood, missing Los Angeles Cleveland air racer, was recovered from the wreckage of his plane in the desert near Needles, California. A telegram from Burrell Smith reported by INS states the death was instantaneous with no fire, following a plane explosion.
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