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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold riffs on rain, street improvements, and mayoral stance while fielding voter humor and local pride. He notes Greencastle has seen progress under Mayor McGaughey, urges support for ongoing projects, and quips about educatio n week and lunch options. Also presents a poem about a little dog and the moon.
Hollywood actress Doris Dawson was seriously hurt in a hit and run accident in Hollywood California. She suffered fractured ribs concussions and shock and was rushed to emergency hospital after being struck while returning from a theater. Police searched the city for the driver who fled the scene.
The Greencastle Band gave its tenth and final summer concert last night. Rain forced the band to move to the Court House south entrance for protection. A smaller crowd attended than during the season due to the wet weather.
Los Angeles report on Josephine Valenti 19 convicted of murdering her 8 month old baby. Jury verdict pending with options of life imprisonment if sane or commitment to an asylum if insane. Valenti entered a double plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
Crawfordsville Ind Sept 5 Mrs Frank McBee near this city was injured when a police dog attacked her at home. She fainted after a ten bite through the arm and was aided by two boys on a passing school bus. The dog will be killed and its head sent to Indianapolis for examination.
Governor Leslie spoke at a Governor's Day event with remarks on the National swine show as James M. Knapp served as toastmaster. Winners in contests included Kosciusko and Starke counties in the quartet and Jim Infle Risk of Montpelier claimed the state singles horseshoe title with a 14 0 record. Auto races on Saturday feature 35 entries and a $2500 purse, with elimination heats at 10:00 and races starting at 2:30 for the Indiana state championship.
Milton Brown a local realty man damaged his Oldsmobile by about 50 in a collision with a telephone pole at Jackson and Hanna streets around 8 last evening. Accompanying him were Harry Talbot and Sam Bodick who were not hurt. Brown blamed darkness and a distracted attention during a turn and a conversation.
The sixth annual Putnam County Fair announces a four day program with judging across departments starting Tuesday. Includes home economics 4-H and livestock entries, parades each evening, band concerts, dairy and beef cattle judging, sheep and swine events, a dog show, and horse classes with ribbon winners and parades through the week.
One room and consolidated school teachers in Putnam County will attend a 9 30 AM Saturday meeting in the Court House assembly room. A Johnson Publishing Company representative will discuss new readers to be used in local schools, announced by County Superintendent John C Vermillion.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. Expect possible showers in the southern portion and cooler temperatures tonight.
Mrs Carrie Ratcliff former assistant superintendent at Cunningham Children's Home Ur bana Illinois resigns to take a similar post in Milwaukee Wisconsin with a salary increase. She will start September 15 and reside at 450 East North Street. Ratcliff is well known in the area and county.
A formal announcement in Indianapolis last night revealed the sale of five Indiana telephone companies with an estimated value of 1.5 million dollars. Max F. Hosea, attorney and president of the Indiana Telephone Securities Corporation, said the purchaser is Associated Telephone Utilities Corporation of Chicago. The Greencastle Telephone Company serves about 1,700 subscribers, while Logansport Women Telephone Company covers 7,000, Putnam County is a long distance operation, Steuben County’s Angola area has 2,400, and Royal Center serves 500 subscribers. The deal expands Hosea’s holdings, which include about forty telephone properties in Indiana and Illinois.
Local contractor Walter Heath has been awarded the contract to repair a crack in the west wall of the Post Office. The cost of the work was not disclosed. Regular meeting Saturday September 7 at 2 p.m. J. H. Coffin Commander J. R. Miller Adjt.
In Greencastle Ira C Trueblood is named science teacher at the high school. Local attorneys Gillen and Wilson will replace Col C Matson as attorney for the Monon railroad. Mr and Mrs Orah O Hair visit Paris Ill. Charles Babe Conklin writes he is playing baseball at Lakeland Cal.
Public urged to view ships as the All Indiana air tour arrives Greencastle on Thursday September 19. About twenty to twenty five planes will land at Bridges field at 3 45 pm and depart 4 45 pm with open inspections and pilots ready to answer questions.
Oliver Best a 25 year old fugitive from the Indiana state farm and contempt of court sentence was shot by Sheriff Alonzo Fiteh and deputy Wynne Thompson during an arrest at Best home in Rugby twelve miles northeast of Columbus. Best allegedly reached for a club and was wounded in the leg as deputies fired. he was taken to the County hospital. His mother Mrs Mollie Best witnessed the shooting.
Two army second lieutenants were killed when a small monoplane banked sharply to avoid a tree during takeoff from Rogers Field. The craft crashed from 200 feet, struck ground with a wing and motor, and was demolished. The pilots were Leo E. McElligott of Butler and Charles S. Tygard of Pittsburgh.
The mounted head of a 6 pound bass caught August 25 in Lake Wawasee is shown in the window of the Southard book store by Roy Hillis. The bait used was his and he hauled a total of several fish during a two week Lake Wawasee outing.
Albert Dobbs proprietor of Consolidated Tire and Battery was one of four Indiana winners in a nationwide Goodyear sales contest. Winners receive cash and a free October trip to Akron including a ride in a Goodyear dirigible and a Zeppelins trip to Cleveland to see the White Sox and Indians. Dobbs surpassed his 500 point quota by 363.8 points in two months.
Carl Bowman a 17 year old Hillsboro high school junior was found at his home near Hillsboro in critical condition with a bullet wound behind his right ear. He lay across a bed holding a .42 caliber revolver believed to have been in the home for years. Family doubts suicide motive and fate remains doubtful.
Ralph Sutherlin, while working at the 9 and I stone quarry this morning, sustained a broken jaw when a boom chain on a shovel snapped, causing the shovel to swing and strike him. He was taken to Putnam County Hospital where Dr. W. M. McGaughey reduced the fracture.
Thomas Mace of near Greencastle suffered a broken right arm and injured hip when a horse bucked during a double ride with his son. The boy was unharmed. Dr. J F Gillespie treated the injuries.
Army and Navy plane teams join the search for the City of California missing airliner and its eight on board. D W Tomlinson reported sighting four men walking near Polacca Arizona, prompting officials to dispatch a dozen planes from Roosevelt Field to verify the report as Lindberghs begin a search leg toward Gallup New Mexico.
Col Charles Lindbergh, technical adviser for the T A T and organizer of its airway, could join the search for the missing airliner City of San Francisco. More than 100 planes from commercial and government services converged on northern Arizona to aid the hunt, with military ships stationed along the southwest and west.
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