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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1930
Page
10
Mayor Roy C. Bryant, acting as Franklin city court judge, refused pleas of guilty from three youths charged with disorderly conduct after a Sunday night dance at Thompson camp. He fined the trio a total of 1275 dollars and opposed dance halls on Sundays.
Herbert Rideout sues Union county commissioners John Carson James Wilson and James Orr for 10000 dollars in damages plus 400 for his car after a gravel ridge in the road near Billingsville caused a wreck. Rideout and his brother in law were injured when the car left the road and fell into a ravine.
In Noblesville Indiana on June 28 harvest of wheat will start in the north central Indiana area within ten days. Dealers expect new wheat prices around 80 cents per bushel matching the old No 2 grade at about 78 cents in Kokomo. The Noblesville Milling Company bought 10,000 bushels at 60 cents, to be shipped here for flour production.
Liberty Ind June 28 Sheriff Ellison of Anon county recovered William Sloan after an escape from the Watertown State asylum at Moline Ill He was located in a woods on Paul Conway s farm near Liberty and taken back to the institution.
Anderson Kiwanis in N Ind hears Tom Arbuckle past district governor of Indiana Kiwanis at the club luncheon Monday. The Kiwanis international convention delegation includes Past President James J Netterville Director James Crutchfield and Secretary C T Jewett. Frank Brown drove home in underwear after swimming and thieves took his trousers pocketbook license and watch. Mrs Emily A Oliphant 79 wife of Dr P T Oliphant is dead of heart disease. Mrs Etta Smith mother of ten seeks divorce and 1000 alimony from Perry Smith for cruelty after 23 years of marriage. An American bull terrier mother in Alexandria produced fourteen pups in one litter.
The three story limestone building in Dunes state park was formally dedicated in Gary during a visit by Indiana Republican Editorial Association members. It houses stores a restaurant a meat market and a bath house for 1000 people. Parking capacity was expanded to 1500 cars by removing a sand dune and widening the parkway. The project cost 175000 dollars.
The state’s case against Thomas Smith for murder in the first degree was set for a second trial on July 7 in Hamilton circuit court after a continuance. Smith, jailed six months, faced a life sentence after a February verdict in Indianapolis for killing Arthur Hunt with an ax during a fight. Smith appeals on grounds the verdict was not supported by the evidence and contends self defense.
Mrs Louise Ogborn 85 widow of Civil War veteran Edward Ogborn dies in Dublin Ind. With her death few Civil War widows remain in the area. She leaves two daughters Katherine Pritchard Cambridge City and Saline Boyer Dublin, and five sons Carrol Orlando Wilbur Lawrence Murray and Albert.
Reverend Charles M Reed of Liberty Indiana and Reverend Valentine Deich of Burley Idaho will exchange pulpits for the summer with bishop approval. Each minister will gain a new field of work and a pet: Reed receives Deichs dog and Deich takes Reed's kitten for his family in Idaho.
Richmond Indiana on June 28 reports Har ey Jarrett began painting a house in overalls after his trousers were stolen. The theft included six dollars and two checks worth seventeen dollars and thirty eight dollars and twenty five cents. Teachers to Meet Aug. 30 lists the annual meeting of city and Wayne county teachers with leaders Virgil Steinbaugh Miss Virginia Jones Alfred Houston and a Pennsylvania rail road representative among attendees. A nationally known speaker will also be on the program.
A rural community fire department organized in Williamsport Indiana will serve several nearby towns and districts. New equipment has been purchased and Frank Starr is named fire chief of the Green Township department.
Alfred J. Wood former Onward schools principal has been named Green's Fork principal to succeed J Earl Sipe who resigned. Wood will oversee physics and mathematics classes.
Mrs Calvin Selby of near Oakland was rushed to a Princeton hospital in serious condition after a relapse from white snake root poisoning. She had been released weeks earlier, and two of her sons died last month from the same toxin, likely from milk from a cow that grazed on the weed.
In Anderson Indiana on June 28 speeders and other automobile offenders will be educated in police court. Oswald Fiyan prosecuting attorney and Madison County Safety Council president and Charles E. Smith judge pro tem will distribute a "Safety First" pamphlet to each motorist arrested. The goal is to cut driving hazards and reduce accidents.
Indiana Association of Spiritualists contests taxation of camp fixtures, hotel, stands, and cottages as personal property. Union township assessor argues profit operation. association claims receipts go to religious fund and seeks exemption. Previous year’s half assessment was canceled by the state tax board, and the dispute resumes before the Madison county board of review.
Muncie Indiana June 238 Sheriff Fred Puckett weighs over 200 pounds and chasing a chicken thief at a farm, spots a bull that charges him. He vaults a high wire fence to escape unharmed. The incident ends with the sheriff safe.
Unidentified youth about 20 was killed instantly Friday evening in South Bend when he fell beneath a Grand Trunk Western freight train while boarding at a street intersection. A companion attempted to board with him but fled after the fatal incident. Gerald Menger, an Elkhart yard employee, reported two men tried to board the train. one ran when the companion was killed.
The Chicago South Shore and South Bend rail line was named the nation's fastest interurban carrier for the second year running with an average speed of 45.6 miles per hour from November 15 to May 15, improving on the 44.9 mph mark set last year.
Anderson Indiana June 28 doctors warn two pints of rubbing alcohol consumed by Mrs. Albert Lynch 40 to ease asthma may prove fatal.
Guy Henry Krouse, 18, paddled a canoe in strong wind on the St. Joseph river when it capsized. Struggling near a group of women in a rowboat, he was unable to be reached and drowned. The body was recovered. In Brazil Indiana, John Madison Watters of Tulsa, Oklahoma, suffered a fractured collar bone and severe bruises when his car rolled twice and overturned into a ditch along the National Road. He was treated at Clay County hospital.
Nine Anderson Indiana railroad workers face loss of $400 deposited with the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National Bank that has closed in Cincinnati. Names include Dan Heffernan R M Grimes Joseph Miller J J Casey S R Norris Robert Emmons E S Bradley Clayre Van Meter and W T Whalen. Heffernan recently withdrew $200 for a vacation.
Donald Brewington will represent Muncie Boy Scouts at a Culver Military Academy woodcraft school after his election by the board of scout commissioners. He travels to Culver for the program.
In III Indiana on June 28 Deputy Sheriff Raymond Folz rounded up five men aged 18 to 24 after discovering them swimming in a stream north of town, a summer scene quickly halted by law enforcement.
Judge Roscoe O By rne rules Ray Miles cannot set off a deposit against a note owed to El mer Bossert as receiver of the Kennedy Company. Bossert sought collection of the note while Miles argued Kennedy and Citizens Bank shared ownership. Over twenty other Citizens Bank depositors face similar losses and have organized. Attorneys for Miles plan appeal to the Indiana appellate court.
Wheeler City Rescue Mission sues Robert E Hicks in Whitley circuit court seeking 25000 the amount Hicks donated to the mission The former Specialty Salesman editor claims the gift was conditional and the mission failed to meet its part of the agreement
Covington Ind June 28 Charles W Hinds a saloon keeper now said owner of slot machines in several Indiana counties began a sixty day term at the state penal farm and a 100 fine for beating Rocky Peveler Hillsboro 23 The trial in Fountain circuit court drew a large crowd Hinds attacked Peveler after accusing him of theft of slot machines The victim 20 years younger and eighty pounds lighter was struck with tire tools and pliers wrapped in paper Businessmen and Hillsboro residents opposed Hinds who denied involvement in theft of the machines Reports say others were roughened for opposing slot machine operations.
Raymond D. Keeley sued the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company for 25000 dollars in Boone circuit court, claiming injuries from an electric shock in early 1926. The case settled by compromise for Keeley to receive 1500 dollars.
Hammond Indiana June 28 Mrs Pansie Hanks who wed Albert Hanks at age fourteen was granted a divorce by Superior Judge Clyde Cleveland on grounds of non-support and cruelty She is now nineteen and has one child
Ernest Birdon, 40, dies at his Cicero home from typhoid fever amid a town outbreak of 25 cases traced to contaminated milk. He leaves a widow and two children. he previously taught at Strawtown.
Dan McCammon accuses three stepsons John Jamieson Joe Hughes and Abe Hughes and their wives and his own wife of kidnapping him in the basement and forcing him at gunpoint to sign a deed transferring a house and six acres to his wife. McCammon says he signed with a mark while his writing ability is intact.
In Sullivan Indiana two suits totaling $30,000 seek payment on life insurance for Edgar D Maple, late vice president of the People's National Bank and Trust Company found shot in January 1929. The suits name the Employer Liability Assurance Company and the Maryland Casualty Company. A prior federal judgment of $54,000 against Aetna Life Insurance Company was won by Mrs Maple in Terre Haute.
William Gohl, 67, former cashier at the First National Bank of Kevanna, pled guilty to five counts of embezzlement in Rochester Indiana. He faces concurrent sentences totaling two to fourteen years for misappropriating 500 dollars from a sister-in-law and forging a sister’s name on a 1500 dollar note.
The Union Traction Company of Indiana faces sale to insull interests on Wednesday. The deal follows years of decline as automobiles and buses eroded profits and receipts. Once a major system, it was placed in receivership six years ago under Arthur W. Brady, with bonds totaling $15 million and a control price reported near $3 million.
Edith Miller proprietor of a liquor parlor is defendant in a $20 000 alienation of affections suit filed in Hammond superior court by Mrs Effie Guess mother of seven children. Mrs Guess alleges the defendant induced her husband Oscar Guess to desert his family and used automobile rides as a lure. The Guess couple was divorced June 16 the suit having been filed by the wife.
Mrs Lenore Schilling files for divorce from Paul Schilling in Sullivan Indiana asserting cruelty. The suit follows a brief marriage of forty eight days.
In Jeffersonville Indiana the Jeffersonville Country Club is under receivership following a suit by William A Haas seeking the action and claiming a $20000 note is owed. The case outlines the club's financial troubles and the creditor's claim.
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