Flier arrivals ease fears over trans ocean ventures
Aviators missing after attempts to cross the Atlantic are presumed dead as new arrivals report safe in Hong Kong. The Old Glory crew and Sir Carling occupants remain unconfirmed with radio silence. Public reaction sways against further no ocean flights amid rising fatalities and debates over feasibility.
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Timent
Atlantic
Edward F. Lehlee
Kam
Brock
Hong Kong
China
Rangoon
Burma
Iack
Lloyd Bertaud
James DeWitt
Philip A. Payne
Old Glory
Cap Terry Tully
James Calf
Sir Carling
Tle
Tully
Medcalf
Canada
England
Jee
Ich
St. Raphael
N Carling
Royal Windsor
Sundland
Attain Not Guilty to Assault Charge
Arthur Brattain, 39, Terre Haute laborer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill Vaughan. The case was set for trial in September before a local justice of the peace after Brattain was arrested Wednesday afternoon by sheriff’s officers following a Wright garage incident. Bond was set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brattain
Shattan
Vaughan
Terre Haute
Justice of the Peace
Brattain
Wright
Mien
Supreme Court to hear patent clash over electric scoreboards
The Star Ball Player Company of New York appeals a patent suit to the Supreme Court accusing the Playograph Company of Orange, New Jersey, of infringing an electric scoreboard device that shows relayed batter motion with lights. The case, described in patent terms, is framed as a dispute over the art of baseball scoring mechanisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Ball Player Company of
New York
Playograph Company of
Orange
N. J
Registration Ends Saturday at De Pauw University
Registration for upperclassmen begins Friday at De Pauw University as the 91st year opens. Freshmen registered Thursday after orientation. recitations start Monday. fraternity rushing began Friday. The schedule includes rector scholar meeting, freshman receptions, class meeting, parties, psychological exams, pictures, moving pictures, and church services through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
Indiana
James I. Smith Dies at 55 in Indianapolis
James I. Smith 55, brother of Ellsworth Smith of Bainbridge, died Wednesday at his Indianapolis home. Funeral services will be Saturday at Shirby Street M. E. Church with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. He had lived in Indianapolis 35 years and worked as a salesman for Williamson Heater Company. Survived by widow, two daughters and four brothers.
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James I. Smith
Ellsworth Smith
Bainbridge
Indianapolis
Shirby St. M. E
Crown Hill
Smith
Williamson Heater Company
Putnam County entries take share of ribbons at state fair
Putnam County livestock entries win ribbons at the State Fair. Frank Hartman with prize Tunis sheep dominated several classes and Harry Stamp of Roachdale earned multiple ribbons with Belgian horses. Stamp also won a blue ribbon and other prizes with his Percheron horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Frank Hartman
Harry Stamp
Roachdale
Mr. Stamp
Mrs Edna Fisk Injured In California Fall
Word reached here that Mrs Edna Bayne Fisk of Ontario California fell last week breaking her right arm in two places. She is a former Greencastle woman with many friends in this community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Bayne Fisk
Ontario
California
DePauw Music School Expands with New Faculty
DePauw University School of Music announces new staff: Orville J. Borchers to head voice and direct Men’s Glee Club and chorus. Edna Boiss to teach voice and direct Women’s Glee Club. Ruth Owen replaces Grace McGrath. Annex adds 22 practice rooms, 20 pianos and a 32 stop pipe organ as enrollment grows.
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Visa Edna Boiss
Oberlin College
Ana
Womin Glee Club
Grace McGrath
Ruth Owen
Bulldren
Heavy blasts cause damage in Greencastle homes
Explosions from O. I. Stone quarries west of Greencastle damaged homes in the west part of town. A blast Wednesday afternoon shook houses like an earthquake and a blast Thursday toppled a chimney at D. C. Hughes on West Walnut Street.
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D. C. Hughes
Greencastle
Walnut Street
Cat Bandit Apprehended in Chicago
William E. Mitchell a college trained furniture salesman by day and self described Cat Bandit faced police after a year long spree of robberies and assaults on women in Chicago north side and Evanston dorms Northwestern University coeds called to station as charges of four attacks and multiple robberies are prepared Mitchell denies harming victims and says he only checked for money in stockings.
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William E. Mitchell
Chicago
INS
North Side
Northwestern University
Louis Piquett
Mitchell
New Music Instructor Borchers Succeeds Lawless at DePauw
Prof Borchers named voice instructor at DePauw Music School succeeding Prof Lawless. He previously directed musical activities at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton Texas and will also direct the DePauw Men's Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville J. Borchers
Paul Loveless
Men's Glee Club
DePauw University
Ce! Music
Robert, G. McCutehan
Northwestern University
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Tex
Glee Club
DePauw
Pau, Lawless
Chicago
Borchers
Paul Lawless
DePauw Music School
Robbers steal $40,000 in Marion jewelry raid
Five well dressed bandits raided the Ralph Roessler Jewelry Store in Marion and stole diamonds and jewelry worth more than $40,000. The jeweler, Ralph Roessler, was beaten and suffered a fractured skull when he tried to resist.
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Marion
Ralph Roessler
Weather Brief Cloudy and Warm With Sunset Times
The report notes cloudy skies and warm temperatures with sunrise at 5 20 and sunset at 6 04.
Chorus Girl Slashes Throat Over Unattainable Chorus Job
Alice Agnew a 21 year old chorus girl from Media Pennsylvania attempted suicide by slashing her throat and right arm after failing to land a desired chorus job on Broadway. She was treated at Bellevue Hospital after police were alerted by her roommate. Doctors reported possible recovery but throat scars will end her stage career.
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New York
Alice Agnew
Media
Broadway
Alice
Bellevue Hospital
Sid
Miss Agnew
Cars Damaged In Collision Near Franklin Street
Lawrence Hardwick of the Ohio and Indiana Stone quarry suffered facial cuts when his closed coupe veered into a ditch to avoid Luther Easter’s oncoming car on the Manhattan road south of town. Easter sustained a mashed finger. both cars were damaged and Hardwick’s vehicle was towed to a local garage.
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Lawrence Hardwick
Manhattan
North College Avenue
Ohio and
Indiana Stone Quarry
Hardwick
Manhattan Road
Luther Easter
Easter
Franklin Street
DePauw University Freshmen Register 323 Students
Three hundred twenty three freshmen registered at DePauw University on Wednesday and Thursday according to the registrar. Registration of first year students and upperclassmen continues Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Hayman Severely Injured in Fall from Scaffold
W M Hayman of Market street suffered a broken hip in a fall from a scaffold while working on a building at Hanna Crossroads north of the city late Thursday evening. He worked for Frank Allen. He was taken home Friday by ambulance, then moved to County Hospital for X ray evaluation.
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W. M. Hayman
Market Street
Hanna Crossroads
Hayman
Frank Allen
C. C. Tucker
School Opens With All Buildings Readied for September 12
Superintendent Yount announces all buildings in first class condition and urges wide parental cooperation for a smooth start on September 12. Details cover entry ages, bus riders, book supplies, grade arrivals, ward boundaries, and staff directions for the new school year.
Turley Divorce Suit Filed by Ada M Turley
Ada M Turley sues Thomas Turley in Putnam Circuit Court for divorce restraining order and suit money. They married January 17 1925 and reside in Greencastle. Turley is described as Ada Turley's second husband and he works as a section hand on a local railroad.
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Ada M
Turley
Putnam
Thomas Turley
Greencastle
Grand Jury Confers on Indictments in Marion County
Indiana reporters watched as the Marion County grand jury prepared to ballot on true bills. Prosecutor William H. Remy and aides left the room at 9 20 am and re entered later amid talk of major indictments. Rumors named a high state official a Marion county political boss a former Ku Klux Klan attorney a high Indianapolis official and a D C Stephenson ally as targets.
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Eugene J. Cadoll
I. N.S
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion County
Grand Jury
William H. Remy
Remy
William H. Shaeffer
Emsley W. Johnson
John W. Holtzman
Ku Klux Klan
D. C. Stephenson
Greencastle Man Named County Agent for Grant County
M D Butler of Greencastle has been named county agent for Grant county to succeed Joseph Sherman who resigned weeks ago and will assume duties Sept 16 Butler graduated from Purdue in 1915 and earned a master of arts at the University of Oregon He previously served four years as county agent in Cortland County New York
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Marion
Ind
M. D. Butler
Greencastle
Grant County
Joseph Sherman
Purdue University
University of Oregon
Courtland County
New York
Burns kill former Indianapolis woman near Paris
Mrs. Angelo Lorusso died in an American hospital from burns after a gasoline can exploded in her Paris kitchen. Her husband, auditor for the American Radiator Company in Brussels, had reached Paris before her death. She was cleaning with gasoline when the blast occurred. she had been Miss Florine Sebring of Indianapolis.
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Paris
Angelo Lorusso
Brussels
Lorusso
Florine Sebring
Indianapolis
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Able's Court
Supreme Court
Washington
Bowman Memorial Building
Doctor Longden
Meharry Hall
L. H. Dirks
East Washinton Street
Women’s Self Government Association
Evans Loti
Young Men’s and
Young Women's Christian Associations
West College
Bowman Memorial
Vancastle Theatre
Young People’s
Edna Fisk
Orville J, Borchers
Yount
First Ward
Seminary
Locust Street
Locust
Hanna St
Hanna
Bloomington St
Eheast
Depot Street
Third Ward
Seminary Street
Hanna Street
Marion County Body
Burns
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