DePauw Wabash game stool and Beeson lighted mail plane tale
A letter from Paul Stratton of Sullivan requests five seats for the DePauw versus Wabash clash on November 22. The piece blends college football nostalgia with campus humor, then shifts to the St Louis to Columbus air mail route trials near Greencastle, highlighting the emergent emergency field and night flights.
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Paul Stratton
Sullivan
Will H. Hays Law Firm
Paul
Ol’ DePauw
U. S
St. Louis
Columbus
Greencastle
Geisking Faces Charges After Extradition To Rising Sun
Ted Geisking, tied to the Traum gang, waived extradition and will be taken to Rising Sun Indiana to face charges including the murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Crawfordsville authorities link him to a jail break and a Bainbridge gun battle.
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Louisville
Ted Geisking
Alfred Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Rising Sun
Ind
Geisking
Indiana
Traum
Illinois
Chicago
Lingle
Crawfordsville
William Leo White
Harry Smith
William Ellis
Bainbridge
White
Montgomery County
Geisk
Ellis
Butterf
Liberty
Indianapolis
Bad Boy of the Air Takes Flight From Queens
Bert Acosta, once grounded for reckless flying, took off in a borrowed plane from North Beach airport. He signed the register with a question mark, later suffered engine trouble and forced landed on a Wilton Connecticut farm. Police arrested him for flying under suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Acosta
Department of Commerce
North Beach
Queens
Wilton
Conn
David Evans
Westport
Acosta
Dusty Puget Sound powder blast injures fifty in Mukilteo
A massive explosion at the Puget Sound and Alaska Powder Company warehouse in Mukilteo, Washington, injured fifty people and reportedly caused the death of an unidentified woman. Two large detonations rocked the town, shattering plate glass and sending residents fleeing as firefighters from Everett and nearby cities responded. The cause remains unknown.
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Mukilteo
Wash
INS
Puget Sound and Alaska Powder Company
Everett
Weather Forecast Mostly Fair Across Regions
Mostly fair conditions in the north with fair to locally unsettled weather in the south tonight and Friday. Temperatures trending warmer overall.
Gillen Plans Parke County Canvass in September
Democratic congressional candidate Gillen will canvass Parke County for the week of September 2 to 7 visiting as many voters as possible. The campaign climax is the state Democratic meeting at Turkey Run on Saturday evening September 2.
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Courtland
Gillen
Parke County
Turkey Run
Indiana keeps 29 cent tax rate for 1951
Indianapolis Sept 18 The 1951 state tax rate will remain at 29 cents per 100 valuation. Governor Leslie and state officials approved the levy with a 4 mill increase for the teachers retirement fund and a corresponding cut in the general fund to avoid a net tax rise. The spread includes 7 cents tuition tax 6 mills War Memorial 2.5 mills agriculture 2 mills Dunes Park 2 mills forestry 2 cents educational improvement 5 mills library building 24 General Fund 15.85 cents.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harry G. Leslie
Archie N. Bobbitt
Indiana War Memorial
Indiana Board of Agriculture
Dunes Park
Fourth Race for Americas Cup Underway
Enterprise defender and Shamrock challenger charged from the starting line at 11 40 this morning off Newport in the fourth race of the 1930 Americas Cup. Enterprise has already won three of the required four contests to retain the trophy, with odds 3 to 1 that Skipper Harold S. Vanderbilt will maneuver to clinch the series.
Happy Morgan to rejoin Brone Buster show in Florida tour
Calvin Happy Morgan, formerly of Greencastle, plans to rejoin the King Brothers Wild West Rodeo for a Florida and Cuba tour this winter. He is recovering from a serious foot injury after a steed stepped on him in Detroit. Morgan joined the show last June in Indianapolis and serves as a brone buster riding steel and buffaloes.
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Calvin “Happy Morgan
Greencastle
Putnam County
King Brothers
Mr. Morgan
Indianapolis
Detroit
Columbus
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Police raid Scarface Al Capone home in Chicago
Police raided the Capone residence seeking Al Capone and Ralph Capone on public enemy vag rancy warrants. They arrested 21 year old Matthew Capone son of Theresa Capone and found Al and Ralph absent. Officers said the two apartments held luxurious fittings and Oriental rugs. Matthew lacked proper state city licenses and was booked accordingly.
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Chicago
Til
INS
Scarface
al” Capone
Matthew
Czar
Ralph
Capones
Villanova College
Young Capone
Theresa Capone
Frank Aldernovel
Boy Develops Meningitis in Greencastle Area
William Griggs, year old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Griggs north of town, has a definite diagnosis of cerebro spinal meningitis. State Health Laboratory in Indianapolis confirmed the illness. Dr J C Carter of Indianapolis was called as specialists examined the case. Fluid samples were taken and the prognosis remains hopeful despite the seriousness.
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William ‘Griggs
Kenneth Griggs
State Health Laboratory
Indianapolis
Greencastle
J.C. Carter
Forestry Meetings Across Indiana Highlight Early State Tours
Three forestry meetings or tours, among the first of their kind in Indiana, will run Sept 29 to Oct 3 across Morgan Brown Martinsville Nashville Farmland and Lake County. Purdue Extension Forester T E Shaw and State Conservation Department will host farm and forest tours, with talks by State Forester Rosl Wilcox and Marcus Dickey.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
T. E. Shaw
Purdue University
State Conservation Department
Morgan and
Brown Counties
Nashville
Herbert Davis
Farmland
Lake County
Martinsville
T O'Elock
Morgan- Monroe
New Nashvile
Rosl Wilcox
Mr. Shaw
J. K. Lilly
Marcus Dickey
Brown County
United States
Davis Forestry Park
Greencastle Boy Scouts Reorganize at Methodist Church
The Greencastle troop met on Wednesday September 17 at 7 15 PM in the Methodist church for a re organization. New officers include Scout Master Maynard Patterson assistant Scout Master Charles Gerbert Jr Maurice Smith senior patrol leader John McCullough troop scribe Kenneth Peck IPs troop orderly Robert Etter. Patrol leaders are John Bishop Kenneth E Kitel George Vaughn and Robert Oxnam. Charles Gerbert and Maynard Patterson demonstrated Indian sign language before adjournment and a brief kaders meeting followed.
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Maynard (. Patterson
Charles Gerbert, Jr
Maurice Smith
John McCullough
Kenneth Peck
Robert Etter
John Bishop
Kennth Ekitel
George Vaughn
Robert Oxnam
Charles Gerbert
Maynard Patterson
Denman Named Secretary-Treasurer in D C Meeting
W L Denman, previously auditor for the Mary Mining Company, was named secretary treasurer at a Washington D C meeting. Mrs Mary Etta Birch and daughter Mary Birch were honored at a neighborhood picnic at the Dobell home on Anderson Street. Otis Browning attended the White reunion in Clayton. A large barn with hay and grain on Polk Huffman’s Floyd township farm burned last night.
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W. L. Denman
The
Mary Mining Company
Washington, D.C
Mary Etta Birch
Mary Birch
J. T. Dobell
Anderson Street
Otis Browning
Clayton
Polk Huffman
Floyd Township
Tuberculosis Association Worker Visits Indiana County Schools
Miss Martha Van Meter director of health education for the Indiana Tuberculosis association visited three Putnam county schools this afternoon. The schools were Butler Fern and Manhattan. She will visit Lafayette Friday afternoon accompanied by Putnam county nurse Mary Agnes Miller.
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Martha van Meter
Indiana Tuberculosis Association of Indianapolis
Putnam County
Butler
Fern
Man
Miss van Meter
Lafayette
Mary Agnes Miller
Nationwide drive against gangs begins to cut arms supply
New York Sept 18 Ins reports police commissioner Mulrooney leads a nationwide campaign to cut off machine guns and ammunition for gangsters after a Midwest plot exposure. Three men allegedly tied to the plan were detained and 15 shipments claimed to have reached Capone affiliates in Chicago and Detroit. Authorities seek a former DOJ agent named Danielsky alias William Scott as a go between.
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New York
Police Commission
Mulrooney
Detroit
Chicano
Gary
Ind
Buffalo
N. Y
al Capone
Great Lakes
Capone
Chicago
Gery
Danielsky
William Scott
Wilbur to Address Indiana Teachers Association Convention
Secretary of the interior Ray Layman Wilbur will headline the 77th Indiana State Teachers Association convention in Indianapolis. The event opens Oct 16 with Wilbur’s address at the Cable Tabernacle on Oct 17, joined by Senator Simeon D. Fess and Albert Parker Fitch on the program.
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Ray Layman Wilbur
Hoover
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Wilbur
Cable Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Murat Theater
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Albert Parker Fitch
Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Fatal crash fatal to Paul Barcus near Greencastle
Internal injuries from a Tuesday collision with a cement culvert abutment killed Paul Barcus at St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette Thursday morning. He died at 7 a.m. after the wreck blocked the Manhattan road south of Greencastle.
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Greencastle
Manhattan
Paul Barcus
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Weleek
Kiwanis Honor For Greencastle Members At West Baden
Two Greencastle Kiwanis Club members received committee appointments at the Kiwanis district convention in West Baden. Glenn Lyons joined the credentials committee and K P Mullins joined the elections committee.
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Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
West Baden
Glenn Lyons
K.P. Mullins
School Girl Aviator Ruth Alexander Killed In Coast Flight Crash
Ruth Alexander the San Diego aviatrix who held two flight records died when her aircraft crashed 18 miles from the start of a coast to coast attempt after taking off from Agua Caliente at 1 10 this morning. Her death ended two scheduled meetings with her parents and with Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh.
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Agua Caliente
Tod Bates
International News Service
San Diego
Cal
Ruth Alexander
Earth
San Diego Bay
Lindbergh Field
Miss Alexander
Mexico
Alexander
Kas
Wichita
Charles A. Lindbergh
William van Dusen
Newark
N. J
Professor Zink Addresses Rotary on The Constitution
Professor Harold Zink of the University of X political science department spoke at the Rotary Club at noon Wednesday on The Constitution. He noted the U.S. Constitution’s brevity and generality keep it timely and workable rather than obsolete.
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Harold Zink
Department of Political Science
Rotary Club
Zink
United States
City airport cost shown for tax payers
A reader explains the city tax impact of an airport project. The tote is one and a half cents per $100, making annual costs small. examples show 300 to 5000 assessments costing from 0.5¢ to 75¢. The message urges residents to verify costs and discourage signing a petition if they oppose progress.
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Charles J. Arnold
North College Avenue
G. Bromley Oxnam
Dean R. G. McCutchan
DePauw
Greencastle Country Club
Dr. Oxnam
Dean McCutchen
Beeson
Bram
Yep
G. Bromley
ICAGO
Straum
OF the
Peck
Bad Boy of
Enterprise
Shamrock
Scarface AL
Windy City
Public Enemy List
Lasile
Carter
POY Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Methodist Church
Herald
Hattan
National OF
Potal
Tnjeries Patal
Aviator
Canada
Washlington
Oregon
California
Prof
Zing
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