Local residents react to fair and career moves
Miss Kathryn Miller attends the State Fair in Indianapolis while Virgil Neier plans a winter teaching post in Centerton. Several locals change jobs or travel, including teachers moving to Detroit and Los Angeles. An arm injury at T H I E Traction is treated, and two men from Greencastle face liquor charges at the State Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Miller
Indianapolis
Bernard Monnett
Plainfield
T. H. 1, & E. ‘Traction Company
John A. Egan
Grave Palestine fighting as British push into Gaza
British and Arab forces clash across Palestine with heavy losses feared. Reinforcements, armored cars, and air support entry mark Gaza operations near Jerusalem and the Mediterranean coast. Reports say new battles emerge around Beer sheba Yesud Hamaalah and Nablus with multiple Arab casualties.
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Jerusalem
Sesie
Gaza
Editeranean
Sinai Peninsula
Beersheba
Yesud- Hamaalah
Nablus
City of San Francisco missing in Southwest search
Continuation details search plans with five passengers and three crew on the City of San Francisco. Navy marine corps and civilian aircraft join with volunteers in a large-scale hunt across New Mexico Arizona and California to locate the missing plane. A $5000 reward is offered as crews scoure areas near Zuni Pueblo Houck and Manuelito while reports of sightings stream in.
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Paul Collins
Airway
John Collings
Marine Corps
San Diego
Navy
Army
Gallup
N. M
INS
Southwest
Marine
San Francisco
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Zuni Pueblo
Houck
Ariz
Manuelito
Black Rock Wash
T. A. T. Company
J. B. Stowe
William H. Beers
New York
Harris Livermore
Boston
M. M. Campbell
Cincinnati
A. B. McGaffey
Albuquerque
George B. Raymond
Glendale
Cal
A. E. Dietel
C. F. Canfield
Courier
Relative of Dr Onxam Escapes Plane Crash Parachute Return
Mrs. Oxnam’s brother Wayne H. Fisher of Los Angeles and Mrs. Fisher survived a storm near Springfield Ohio while flying from Washington to Greencastle. Mrs. Fisher used a parachute to land after the rain overwhelmed their plane. Mr. Fisher landed the craft in a field. They planned to continue home to Los Angeles after a two day visit with Dr. G Bromley Oxnam at De Pauw University in Greencastle Indiana.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Arizona
Fisher
Miss Crosson
Mrs. Fisher
Los Angeles
Hogs Steady Then Down 15 Cents in Indianapolis Market
Livestock auction in Indianapolis reports hogs opening steady, later trading 15 cents lower. Buyers note bulk 140 to 280 pound hogs at 10 to 11 dollars with top around 11.15, cattle steady with plain quality, weavers steady at about 17 down, sheep and lambs steady with top lambs near 13.50 and bulk 17 to 13, fat hogs 4.50 to 6.50.
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Indianapolis
Mrs Piffer Dies At Home At 72
Lyda Piffer age 72 died at her home 707 Maple avenue at 10 this morning after a cancer battle. She had been seriously ill three months. Survived by three children Dan Piffer Greencastle Mrs Lawrence Murphy Greencastle and Fred Pitter Brazil. Six siblings named. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Mc Curry Funeral Home with burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
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Lyda Piffer
Maple Avenue
Dan Piffer
Greencastle
Lawrence Murphy
Fred Pitter
Brazil
John Reynolds
T. M. Sinclair
Cloverdale
Mary Blake
Indianapolis
McCurry Funeral Home
Forest Hill Cemetery
Farm thefts cracked as arrested man confesses
Chester Sisson, held in Montgomery county jail, confessed to two farm thefts in a weeks long series. He was tracked to Lafayette by farmers and officers after an all night chase, and his parents live in Thorntown. Authorities expect broader implicates in oat thefts shipped to Otterbein and Montmorenci elevators.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Chester Sisson
Montgomery County
Sisson
Lafayette
Tippecanoe Roads
Linden
Tippecanoe County
Thorntown
Otterbein
Montmorenci
For Sale Frying Chickens O T Ellis
Item offers frying chickens for sale either live on foot or dressed by O T Ellis telephone TR5L. Found baby’s shoe owner may recover at Herald office after paying advertising charges.
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Herald Office
O. T. Ellis
Mrs Swahlen Seriously Hurt In Fall At Home
Mrs W F Swahlen of 636 East Seminary street was seriously injured this morning when a fall caused a complex fracture of her right leg. She tripped over a lamp cord, striking her knee and splitting the bone halfway up the thigh. Indiana polis bone specialist Dr E B Mitford was summoned to aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Swahlen
East Seminary Street
Indianapolis
W. M. McGaughey
Swahlen
J. P. Allen, Jr
Mrs. Allen
Chicago Couple Injured in State Road 43 Crash
Mr and Mrs Maurice Murphy of Chicago and another woman sustained slight injuries when their Ford coupe left State Road 43 one mile north of Greencastle and overturned. They were taken to the County Hospital briefly. car was wrecked and later to Tribby Garage. The party formerly lived at Rockville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Murphy
Chicago
Greencastle
Rockville
Local surprise party honors Byrd and Cunningham travelers
Sixty one neighbors gathered at Ira Gott home for a pot luck supper hosted by the Pythian Sisters in Russellville to honor Mrs Florence Byrd and Miss Elizabeth Cunningham who plan an indefinite California stay. After speeches and contests, they revealed plans for winter in Pasadena with relatives. The Thursday Reading Club met at Mrs George Yorks. Mrs Fred Reising led a guessing contest with Mrs Farr Arnold winning. In Marion, DePauw graduates wed, Mary Frances Head ing of St Louis and Charles Edward LaHue of New York married at the Dist Episcopal church with service by Rev J F Porter. they will reside in New York City. Ardith Moore, Greencastle singer, to study at Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music this fall, leaving Sunday for Chicago.
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Russellville
Florence Byrd
Elizabeth Cunningham
Ira Gott
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Byrd
Miss Cunningham
California
Pasadena
Ella Fordyce
This Place
Leo Ramsey
Ardith Moore
Chicago
Harry Moore
Indiana Street
Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music
Moore
Greencastle
Prosecutor seeks dismissal of Nichols liquor case
Prosecutor Marshall Abrams asks the court to dismiss charges of sale and possession of illicit liquor against A L Nichols a farmer on the National Road east of Mt Meridian Fay Hamilton was appointed special judge to hear the case due to a judge change Grounds for dismissal cite conflicting witness affidavits and unknown whereabouts of a third witness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Nichols
National Road
Mt. Meridian
Marshall Abrams
Fay Hamilton
Charles McGaughey
Abrams
Goldie Brown
Ali A. Pl. Nichols
Nichols
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Centerton
Nellie Lockridge
Second Ward
Detroit
Beryl Sandy
Connersville
Beulah Yeager
F. C. Yeager
Charles Sigg
Ernest Parrish
State Farm
Edward Eitelforge
Alva Bryan
John W
Sandy) Moore
Danville
Kate
Greencastle Wommanvst
Mr. Moore
Green
Putnam County Fair Board
Court House
E. R. Bartlett
East Washington Street
Indian Hills
Colo
Putnam County Farm Bureau
Couny
Putnam County Fair
G. Will Conklin
Will Curry
Star Store
Mr. Curry
Ang
Tack
Steheson & Son
Wilkes
Clark
Joe Tallman
Knoxville
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First National Bank
Putnam Co
Citizens Trust Company
the Ho
Fiys
Palestine
Rte
Onxam
Wayne H. Fisher
Dead Woman
Clear Farm
Indiana Loan Co
E. Wash, St. Thone
Banner
Crawford
Chevrolet Coach
Ford Tudor
N. Jackson St
East Seminary
N.C. O'Hair
First National Bank of
8. C. Sayers
Central Trust Co
Hanna Court
R. A. Ogg
George York
Beveridge Street
Fred Reising
DePauw
Marion
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