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Greencastle herald A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE OF PUTNAM COUNTY
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VOLUME 23
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1929
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A mighty good picture—that is my verdict on “The Flying Fool." now |
hewing at the Granada. I've seen itj twice time and when ever I go to see, |\| \NT
a picture the second time it certainly j
pleases me.
28 DIE IN WEEK END FATALITIES
DAUGHTER OF JOHN McCABE EXPIRES
, ■ . J The infant daughter of Mr. and
Few folks realize the magnitude of Mis John A Mt .(- abe) who on
the improvements planned by the it,, highway commission at the Four Corners, the junction ot State Road 43 and the National P»oad. five miles south of Greencastle. Owners of the Tom Corners, have given the Highway Commission sufficient land to make long sweeping curves oni ] nc rach corner. The commission will ), ]:*< north and south roadway, to the! level of the National road: widen the pavements; build sweeping curved roadways to connect the highways on each corner; and grade down the corners so that the motorists will be! able to have a clear vision of the loads for a long distance each way. The corner will be 400 feet across when the improvement is completed, and virtually all of the hazards, which have resulted in many accidents at the dossing, will be eliminat ed. At the same time the owners of j the Four Corners have started the de- j velopment cl their property by the erection of new buildings and other | improvements which will make the "Four Corners” one of the most at- i tractive highway intersections in the i
state.
Friday afternoon at f'ulver hospital, j following birth, was laid to rest Saturday afternoon at Greencastle,! where the burial service was con- j
ducted.
The father is manager of the j (Yawfordsville Firestone Stores, j and many friends joined with; the family Saturday in mourning the death of the newly born babe. Tee remains, viewed by friends at the Utterback-Murphy funeral home ; Saturday morning, were taken to Greencastle later >ii the day.—Craw-
JOHN COOLIDGE IS MARRIED TO MISS TRUMBULI
MOTHER Of STCDENT HI KT
Mrs. Engle, of Frankfort, mother! of David En^le, senior in DePauw |
and member bf Delta Upsilon frat-
ernity, suffered cuts about the head ■ Sunday when her car overturned on ; State Road 4.'t as she was enroute to i
‘ Greencastle to visit her son. Mrs. Engle, accompanied by two
WORLD WATCHES WITH ROMAN-j sisters, was about half way between THOUSANDS OF HOOSIEPi MOTOR-
FLAMINGO STARTS 4TH
DAY IN AIR
ROBERT I.1EBER. NOTED 1‘tri I RE MAN. DIES SUNDAY
TIC INTEREST CEREMONY UNITING DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR AND SON OF FORMER PRESI
DENT
TROOPERS
GUARD
GIFTS
i'ords\i)le Journal.
Greencastle and Crawfordsville | when their car struck loose gravel I causing the driver to lose control of I the car which turned over. Mrs. j Engle’s sisters were not injured, i The car was taken to a garage at ; Crawfordsville and a taxi brought j the occupants to Greencastle.
ISTS WATCH PEFUF.I.ING OF INDIANAPOLIS ENDURANCE CRAFT SUN-
DAY
FORMER MARK TODAY
THREE AUTOS MIXUP IN A
COLLISION
! Pretty Ceremony to Take Place Four O'Clock This Afternoon In Church at Plainville, Conn.
To leave San Antonio, Texas, at: G:30 o'clock in the morning and ar-! rive in Greencastle in time for sup- 1 per. is the pian of Lieutenant Frank Irwin, according to a letter le- j teived by Lieutenant Irwin's father, William Irwin of this city. Lieut. Irwin, who is now stationed at the Government Aviation field at San Antonio, where he is an instructor in tlie Aviation school, is one of the Army's most efficient flyers- Local folks have seen him in many daring
flights over this city.
By DAVID 1*. SENTNER 1. X. S. Staff Correspondent
' PLAINVILLE, Conn., Sept. 23.— i A girl and a boy will be married toi day—the daughter of a governor, | and a son of a former president.
CARS DRIVEN BY LESTER HIN- The y thought it would be a simple SHOW. ARTHUR LISBY. AND and l|uk ' 1 Nt ' w l:n K land wedding but PROF. E. G. TAYLOR DAMAGED lht ' ' vo, ' ltl ' vho lov ‘ fS a rumance is IN CRASH ON EAST WASHING- P“ enr “? over thL ' shoulders of ElorTON STREET ROAD I cnee Trumbull and John Coolidge.
] The blue-eyed lass who might I have been married in the White
Three automobiles were damaged House with pomp and ceremony will in a mix-up on the east Washington hold the hand of her future husband
THREE HURT IN CRASH AT BUTLER SCHOOL
! Pilots
In
Drop Notes Saying They Are Excellent Health and that The Motor is Performing
Perfectly
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 23.—j I (IN'S) -Robert Lieber, former presi-! I <lent of First National pictures Inc.,' j and internationally prominent in the | 1 motion picture world, was dead hers j today of heart disease. Lieber would have been 5!) years old next Sunday. : I.ichor was vice-president of the j H. Lieber Company, art dealers, and wa a director of the Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis. He took a j * prominent part in the organization j : of companies that built the Indiana and Circle theaters, the largest mo-; tion picture houses in Indianapolis. | LOCAL KIWAMS MEMBERS WILL GO TO TERRE HAUTE
SIX SUICIDES INCLUDED IN ' WEEK END TOLL
SURVEY OF HOOSIER STATE SHOWS WIDE VARIETY OF CASUALTIES OVER WEEK
END
PLANE CRASHES CLAIM THREE
Automobile Accidents Claim Majority of Lives—Terre Haute Aviator Burns to Death In Plane Crash
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind l (INS) Six suicides
Sept. 23.—
were included
in the twenty or more tragedies recorded in Indiana over the week-end a survey of the Hoosier state’s viol
ent death toll showed today. Three other Boosters died in aircrashes and automobile nccl-
j street road, Saturday evening. The | a t four o’clock this afternoon in the j cars were driven by Ia*ster Hinshaw, old Congregational church of her
Commercial Place; Arthur Lisby of i childhood.
Fillmore and Prof. B. E. Taylor of a pretty ceremony amidst a beEicknell. i flowered chancel, a private bridal According to persons in the acci-1 supper in the Governor’s mansion, a dent the crash occurred when Hin- j rice-swept dash through friends and shaw, driving east at a rapid rate, | relatives and then off on an automopassed a car occupied by Mr. and | bji e honeymoon for the new’ Mr. and
Mrs. Coolidge.
The weather man has promised rain and overcast clouds for the day but there will be sunshine in the ! hearts of the young people. If the ! elements intervene, the HOG guests at
Mrs. Arthur Lisby, also going east, i and was unable to get back on the
The wonders of modern travel is light side of a road in time to avoid emphasized by the plans of Lieut.; sideswiping n car occupied by Prof. Irwin. To leave far off San Antonio and Mrs. Taylor, and Miss Hollis in the morning and be in Greencastle I McClung, Miss Ida Dickey and Miss for supper, is an achievement, which i Ruby VanBuskirk, the latter three only a few years ago would have been teachers in the city school here, who
believed impossible. i were going west.
The Hinshaw ear first sideswiped
I have known him all of my ilfe: the Taylor car and then rebounded nd so when I tell you that I had him and sideswiped the Lisby car. ,s one of the caste in a case of ‘ mis- Hinshaw’s car, a Pontiac coach, taken identity’', you will realize that had both running boards and fenders Walter "Putty” Albaugh, has a real; stripped off, and was otherwise damdouble. As I sat and "whittled", | aged, while the other two cars were while enjoying a visit with my friend i damaged to a lesser extent. The ' Gillie" Ruark. at the Fillmore Inter-1 Taylor car had the radius rods brokurban station. Sunday afternoon, in! en and a wheel torn off. The Lisby
pulled a Traction car, and who should cn ■ had one side scratched but was j generations.
D’P off the car, but my old fellowi not badly damaged. It was driven off townsman “Putty" Albaugh. who under its own power.
the wedding reception will forego; the gray-hued marquee tents on the | governor’s law and take refuge In I
the yellow-bricked mansion.
On the arm of her father, Cover-1 nor John H. Trumbull, of Connecti-j cut, the bride will walk down the \ aisle in a gown of ivory satin with i two panels and a train five and one half yards long and four and one ' half yards wide. The bridal veil was donated by the ('oolidge family, hav- ! ing been in the family ancestry for !
Hinshaw is said to have hurriedly
left the scene of the accident with a package hut later returned. He lives
near the scene of the wreck. Fortunately no one was injured in
the accident. It occurred at the top of c (nail knoll in front of the home
of John Roliinson.
SIX KILLED IN AUTO CRASH
"motorizes” for the interurban. Hello". Pnlty,” says I ns I walked! up to him and started to tell him a j lot of stuff about his folks up in: Gary. But before I had a chance to git far with my chatter. "Putty" stop P‘(1 me with: "I expect you have the wiong fellow." A closer observation developed the fact that the "Mr.. Albaugh" I was talking to was not Putty" at all. but a Terre Haute man, who is employed as a conductor on the line, but who looks enough 1 like "Putty" to be his twin I am not going to attempt to say who is the ; best looking of the two for that | might get me in even "deeper'’ watei. Already I have began to to make my plans for some quail hunting this
fall. Saturday I suggested to one of. struck by a fast Michigan Central
my farmer friends that he cultivate! passenger train,
the friendship of the quail on his; farm and have them nice and tame for me when the hunting season, opens. And he promised he would It was not Ott Webb.either, but he is a neighbor of Ott's. We discussed letting Ott go along on the hunt with us and I finally agreed to permit
During the wedding ceremony, a vesper song of Mount Holyoke College, where Miss Trumbull went to school, will be played on the violin, j inn.
MR. AND MRS 0. B WOODY AND MISS WILMA MORRIS OF SOUTH BEND TAKEN TO CLAY COUNTY HOSPITAL F0LL0V/ING COLLISION BETWEEN TRUCK AND
AUTO
Three persons were taken to the flay County Hospital Saturday night suffering of injuries received in a collision between an automobile and a truck at the Butler School j House en the National Road. Those injured we-e Mr. and Mrs. I O. I!. Woody, 17'iff Mishawaka ave- ! nu , South Bend, and Miss Wilma Morris, who was with them in their Ford coupe. An ambulance from Bra zil took them to the hospital following the crash. Full extent of their injuries was not learned here. The Woody auto collided with » truck driven by Thadis Winston, 1933 Spruce street, Terre Haute. Both vehicles were badly damag-
ed.
BELLE UNION GIRL IS HURT
F.Ioise Mc< amniaek, 6-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McCammack of Belle Union, suffered a deep cut on the face and had the lower lid of one of her eyes cut Sunday when the car in which : he was riding with her parents, vas crowded off the road near Mcrid
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 23.— (INS)—Under cloudless skies, the Indianapolis Flamingo refueling endurance fliers rounded off the eightieth hour of their flight at 8:01 a
m. here today. DISTICT MEETING TO BE HELD IN ,,la,,e
Lieutenants Walter Peck and, TERRE HAUTE THIS WEEK |deiits snuffed out the lives of thirteen
LOCAL CLUB TO HAVE HEADQUARTERS IN TERRE HAUTE HOUSE—MILTON BROWN BOOST ED FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVER-
NOR
Walter Peck
1 Lawrence Gennro dropped notes sayI ing they were in excellent health and | that the motor of the Flamingo was i functioning satisfactorily. Sometime today or within the next I few days the flyers planned to visit i Louisville, Ky., and other nearby cities, refuelling their plane to give spectators a thrill a:; they did over
Cincinnati, O., Saturday.
Tens of thousands of Indianapolis motorists clogged the roads near the Hoosier Airport and watched the refueling of the big air vehicle. At nearly exactly dawn the Flamingo passed the mark of 78 hours 2f> minutes made on the first trial which ended last Tuesday when exhaustion of the gasoline supply forc-
ed the fliers to land.
MERLE MYERS CASE DROPPED
The district convention of Kiwanis International will open Tuesday at Terre Haute for a three-day session. The meeting is one of several dis-
trict meetings held in Indiana each ; negro,
year. The state is comprised of sev- J when pinned down in
era! districts.
The weekend casualty list follows: (JAY'—John Pruc, 50, Fust Chi-
cago,. killed himself with gas; Joseph Balash, :!9, East Chicago, hanged himself; Margaret Scribner. 7,
Hammond, killed In auto collision. LOGANSPORT— Thomas Miller, It. crushed to death in gravel pit. INDIANAPOLIS Mon Powers. 60. drowned in Williams Creek
shallow water
hy overturned car; Catherine
R. P. Mullins, district trustee, | Agrasta. Ifc. killed in auto wreck; (i'll Lyons and E. I!. Bartley, dele- j John Campbell, *’>■'. committed sulgates and Milton Brown, candidate icide by taking poison.
It will be called “White’s Air” and
MONROE, Mich., Sept. 23—(INS) — Six persons were instantly killed near here today when the automobile in which they were riding was
Five of the dead were identified. They are: Urn Colebert, 40; his wife, Lena, and their three children, Stufko, 5, Fisco, 3, and Mary, infant.
LEAVES FOR AKRON
Albert Dobbs, owner of the Con-
liim to go. so that he could carry me, solidated Tire & Battery Company,
oeross the creek, when crossing was
necessary, and then we will also let him cairy the game for us. However, he will not be permitted to carry a gun for fear he will shoot me.
NOTICE I he Modern Woodman, belonging ,0 'amp No. 3349, Greencastle, will moot Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p. m. It you don’t want your certificate "hanged and the camp closed come and bring your certificate. Signed: 1 onsul, J. R, Noe; Advisor, G. R. Gorham; Banker, I,oe Paxton, and Cler k, L. D. Snider.
left Sunday evening for Akron, O., where he will he a guest of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Dobbs was one of the four Goodyear Tire dealers in Indiana to win the trip which is in recognition of the largo number of tires sold in a given length of time. A tour of the Goodyear plant and a Zeppelin ride will be part of the entertainment. All expenses of the trip are paid by the
Rubber Company.
THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature Tuesday.
rendered hy Emil Heinberger, hn/d orchestra leader, to whose music Fit renee and John have often danced on their pre-nuptial excursions. Dr. William C. Hammond, organist of Holyoke College, picked up this fantasy from rura« folk songs of Colchester, Conn. Thirty Connecticut state troopers 1 will guard the sacred environs of; ! the church where the marriage cerej mony will he celebrated and another | thirty troopeis will align themselves over the fortune in gifts which fiy the governor’s mansion. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has given the young people a mahogany bedroom set while Mr. and Mrs. John j H. Trumbull have given a mahogany dining room set of colonial design to [ gether with a small breakfast set. The first half of the wedding cerei mony will be performed by the Rev. Kenneth Welles, of Albany, N. Y., while the actual marriage ceremony will be under the auspices of the Rev. J. Roy Wilkerson, of Plainville. Miss Jean Trumbull, sister of the bride, will be maid of honor. The bridesmaids will be Esther Trumbull and Dorothy Clark, cousins of the bride, Virginia Rogers and Mrs. Philip Morehouse. The ushers will be Pierce Clark, Richard Brown, John Hillis and Philip Morehouse. Stephen Brown, of Northampton, will lie best man. He was a class mate of young Coolidge at Amherst. The Trumbulls arranged foe a plane to meet E. G. Stevens, in charge of the governors camp in Maine, in Boston so that he would he able to arrive here in time for the wedding.
Mr. McCammack was driving when the accident occurred. The car hit a large rock and was badly damaged. None of the other occupants of the car were injured. The driver of the other car did not stop. The child was brought to the office of Dr. A. E. Ayler here foi medical attention.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Charges of intoxication and driving while intoxicated, against Merle Myers, of Bloomington, were dismissed in the Putnam Circuit court today when the case was called for trial. The case was dropped by the state when the chief prosecuting witness, B. F. Miller, of Terre Haute, said he could not swear that Myers was drunk the night of July 6, when the new Ford car Myers was driving, collided with a truck driven by Miller. Numerous other witnesses also were ready to take the stand anl swear that Myers was not drunk, it was said. The accident occurred on the Nation Road, it was said, when Myers*
for Lieutenant Governor, will attend all the meetings. They will establish headquarters in the Terre Haute House and with their wives will attend all the sessions. Various entertainments are planned for women \ isitors by members of the Terre Haute club. Mrs. Austin E. Kress, wife of the former Governor of Indiana Kiwanis, will lie chairman of the entertainment committee for the women. Tuesday night will be stunt nigbt and every club is giving a stunt. The stunt of the local club will be a
EVANSVILLE William Trufford, 40. Ml. Vernon. Ind., killed by train; Charles Allen, 2:!. killed in auto
wreck.
MICHIGAN CITY—Eugene Chlnske, 7, killed by auto. HARTFORD CITY—Ed. Myers, 59,
shot himself.
TERRE HAUTE—Garland Ruddock. 19. Carbon. Ind., killed in atuo wreck; Fred Center, Terre Haute aviator, binned to death in plane
crash at Gilman. III.
WASHINGTON* Katherine Bldenbaugh, 7. killed hy an enraged bull. PORTLAND Cloe Imal, 16 and her
14, killed in auto
school scene which proved very pop.
ular when given here a short time I sister, Louise
ago. The stunt will he given hy Har- wreck.
ry Williams, Roy Evens, O. W. Hoi-j ANDERSIN Charles Folsum. 22. lowell and Ben T. Riley. It is hoped ami Harold Gaughn, 15, killed In that many local Kiwanians will at-1 plane crash. tend this meeting. • | WABASH—Mrs. Charles K.mfThursday morning at 8 o'clock will | f. lb< .r, 4 7, and her daughter, Helen, he the Kiwanis luncheon. Local j |, p.she I their throats and took
members are expected to attend this
Ralph Meek, 29, mechanic, West Liberty, son of Mr and Mrs. Dow Meek of Cataract, and Vercie Mar-
rel, 19. work at Bactor Hall, dau ——— ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson FATHER OF R0ACHDALE
car sideswiped a truck trailer affidavits in the case were not filed until a month later by State Motor Officer Early, it was said. Myers, said to be a student, was accompanied to Greencastle by sev. eral friends and his attorney, Q. A us tin Fast. Mat Murphy was Myers*
local attorney.
instead of the regular meeting here Thursday. Jimmie Bittles and Bill Blanchard will furnish the program ‘or the local dub. Milton Brown ns a candidate for lieutenant governor j will he boosted at this time. Election of nffr 1 ; will follow this luncheon.
I Those who are
planning to attend
the All Kiwanis night on Tuesday evening are requested to meet in front of the First National Bank at 6:30 to pick up those who may not have a way to go. All attending the i lub breakfast report to James Zeis
at once.
of Greencastle.
20 Years Ago m GREENCASTLM AwiOe TmMMJULD Ibdtap
WOMAN DIES FRIDAY Henry Mang, father of Mrs. P. A. Grater of Ronchdule, died at bis home. 17 east Regent street In Indianapolis, Friday at the age of 70 years. Funeral services will be held at the Indianapolis residence Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Besides the daughter here, the widow, am) six other children, also survive. One of the daughters, Mrs. Amelia Muller, resides in Zurich!
Switzerland.
President McConnell addressed the student body at opening chapel this morning. He emphasized the value of college life. He made no rules and
laid down no laws but put the col- HAS SMALLPOX
lege life upon a plane of intellectual i
accomplishment and made it plain! Leo Surlier, extra policeman is that nothing would he allowed to in-'confined to his home on Crown street tervero Ic'.weon college tt nd that |suffering of smallpox, aim. ! R. A. MASONS
H.S. CLASS OFFICERS NAMED
Two Big Four freight trains met Called meeting Greencastle chap in a head-on collision east of town ! ter No. 22, Monday, 7:30 p. m. Work, this morning. Several cars were de-1 R. P. Mullins, H. P., E. E. Caldwell, railed but the train crew eacaped ■ sec. injury. I -
DePauw has 782 students enrolled this year. There are 311 freshmen.
Mrs. Eva Griggs and baby returned to their home on route 3 from the county hospital Sunday.
Officers and sponsors of the four classes in the local high school were announced today by Principal F. N. Jones as follows: Freshman—Rodney Godfrey, president; Bernice Ruark, vice president; Mort Brown, secretary-treasurer; W. E. Bausman, sponsor. Sophomores—Dora Comstock, pres ident; Pat Cancilla, vice president; Marion Bintz, treasurer; Margaret Ann Inman, secretary; Miss Velva DcMoss, sponsor. Juniors—Sarah Ann Durham, pres ident; Paul Jones, vice president; Gene Early, treasurer; Charlotte Etter, secretary; Miss Pearl Gibson, sponsor. Seniors—Dennis Matthews, president; Richard Knight, vice president; Wayne Pell, secretary; John Zook, treasurer; William Bishop, sponsor.
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j potsi n.
INDIANAPOLIS—Elmer W. Carr, ! 21, shot himself. LAWRENCE—Miss Jane Thomas, I 16, killed in auto wreck. BEECH GROVE—Hershell Worrell, 12, killed by a live wir*i. MUNCIE—John Harley Shreeve, 41, killed in auto wreck. KOKOMO—Harry Klein. 35, killed in auto wreck near Jonesboro. WINCHESTER—Mr*. David E. Cox, 55, fatally hurt in a fall. ELKHART—Dale Mowery, 10, fatally hurt when hit by a car. CROWN POINT—Charles Velinski, of South Bend, killed in auto race accident. HUGGINS AT POINT OF DEATH NEW YORK, Sept. 23—(INS)— A blood transfusion wa* made today in a desperate effort to save the life of Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees who lies near death at St. Vincent’s hospital. His condition took a turn for tha worse this morning, erysipelas having spread througout his entire system. The affliction had its origin in a hoi! upon the face.
Ott Mullinix of Brazil was l or here today.
visit-
TAX RATE FIXED AT 29 CENTS INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Sept 23 — Fixation of Indiana’s tax rate for next year at 29 cents, an Increase of 6 cents over this year, was accompanied here today hy an attack by Governor Harry O. Leslie upon the ’false economy" of the administration of his predecessor, Governor Ed. Jackson. “I’m the goat for the false economy of the last administration," said Governor Leslie as he signed a paper designating the rate after a conference with members of the State tax board and State Auditor Archie Bobbitt.