Crime Then and Now A Look at 1939 Law Enforcement
A 1939 reflection notes how modern roads and radios aid law enforcement and hinder criminals. It recalls famous outlaws like Jesse James Dillinger and Karpis, cites improved police pursuit tactics, and highlights Illinois police action chasing the Easton brothers after a June 26 shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
James Brothers
John Dillinger
Alvin Karpis
United States
Middle West
Easton Brothers
Idaho
Indiana
Illinois
Goe
L I
NYA Student Aid Programs Continue in State
National Youth Administration student aid projects are suspended until fall. In 718 secondary schools students continue education by working part time on NYA projects supervised by faculty. About 9200 individuals are on school aid projects amid the pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ith
Kosi
Youth Adminson
NYA
sWhile
Konya
Inderwent
Carroll County graduates among Purdue class size record
Six Carroll county students earned degrees at Purdue University’s sixty fifth commencement as part of a record class of nearly 1,100. Among those honored were Philip E. Brumfield of Flora Carlyle E. Whistler of Bringhurst Esther J Yeager of Camden Thomas G Beck of Burlington Doris M Christensen Petersen and Elizabeth A Stewart both of Delphi completing degrees in science chemical engineering and home economics respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Purdue University
University
E. C. Elliott
Philip E. Brumfield
Flora
Science
Carlyle E. Whistler
Bringhurst
Esther J. Yeager
Camden
Thomas G. Beck
Burlington
Chemical
Doris M. Christensen Petersen
Elizabeth A. Stewart
Delphi
Play House Opens at New York Fair
A replica Shirley Temple glass playhouse opened in Children's World at the New York World's Fair. About 150 orphans toured the 24 by 10 foot glass brick house with three furnished rooms. Visitors could buy Hollywood star autographs. proceeds support the New York Infirmary for Women and Children welfare programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shirley Temple
Center For All Children
New York Infirmary For Women and Children
America
Glass
Jackson Township Home Economics Club Meeting Review
Twenty eight members guests and children attended a June 8 gathering at Mrs Doris Leiber home. The program included songs poems and a book review with refreshments served afterward by hostesses. The July meeting will be at Mrs Eth Richter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Lottie Hunt
Opal Wingard
Effie Guard
Effa Snoeberger
Cova
Eth 1 Richter
Camden Library Benefit Tea Held in June
Public notice announces a Camden Library benefit tea on June 21 hosted by Mrs. Robert Wise and C. L. Wise. Proceeds support the library in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Library
Robert
Cama
C. L. Wise
Fishing Season Opens Friday In Indiana Anglers Ready
Hoosier anglers anticipate an open season starting Friday June 16 with celebrations planned in Monticello Angola Syracuse Tippecanoe Culver and other centers. About half a million anglers seek bass bluegill and trout as eighteen million game fish were stocked last year by the Division of Fish and Game and seven million more by conservation clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Angola
Syrcuse
Tippecanoe
Culver
Indiana
Division of Fish and Game
Conservation Clubs
Seventeen Year Locusts Due This Year
The 17 year cicadas are expected to emerge in the Midwest by mid June after 17 years underground. Field museum curator William J. Gerhard notes many burrows and mud chimneys in Cook County forest preserves signaling mass emergence. Adults appear within hours of leaving pupal shells and mate the next day as males produce a long buzzing call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
William
J. Gerberd
Field Museum
Chicago
Gerhard
Cook County
Roxy Attractions Present Big Week At The Roxy
The Roxy hosts a major entertainment week starting Sunday June 18 with The Hardys Ride High featuring Mickey Rooney in the Hardy family tales and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as added spectacle. Family party night follows Sunday matinee and Monday showings. June 20 offers Some Like It Hot with Gene Krupa Shirley Ross and Bob Hope. June 21 22 presents Calling Dr Kildare while June 23 24 showcases Zenobia with Oliver Hardy Harry Langdon and Billy Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardys
Roxy
Mickey Rooney
Judge Hardy
Playboy
Aladdin
Cosmopolitan
Gene Krupa
Shirley Ross
Bob Hope
Zenobia
Hilary
Oliver Hardy
Harry Langdon
Billy Burke
Swat the Fly Anthem Encourages Early Action
A poem urges Americans to emulate great figures by swatting the fly, praising vigilance and constant effort. It extols swatting the pest as a patriotic duty and a universal battle cry, urging timely, persistent action as a test of national merit.
Reorganize Camden Scout Troop A Call for Leadership
A Camden appeal questions the value of scouting and urges local action to form a troop for 18 to 24 boys. It urges temporary leaders, a scout master, and possibly a mixed band with girl musicians to provide lasting civic benefit and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
School Bus Bids Sought by Carroll County Trustees
Carroll County township trustees invite sealed bids for new school bus contracts to be awarded this summer. Bids must show health certificates, a $10 guarantee, and residency in the target township. Steel construction rules apply to buses built after March 4 1936 with forward seating required since March 1 1938. older buses may still be used if in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Harry Hatton
Floyd I McMurray State Superintendent of
McMurray
Buttice Couple Establishes Camden Home After Chicago Wedding
Mr and Mrs Joseph Buttice establish residence on route two Camden following a Sunday morning ceremony at St Anthony church Chicago officiated by Rev Joseph Chimello. Bride Rose Buttice daughter of Alfonso remains from Chicago. groom son of Michael Buttice. Reception hosted for about five hundred relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Buttice
Route Two
Camden
St. Anthony Church
Chicago
Joseph Chimello
Buttice
Rose Buttice
Alfonso Buttice
Michael Buttice
Deer Creek High School
Refugee Facts pamphlet from AFSC outlines U.S. arrivals
The American Friends Service Committee issues Refugee Facts with statistics on refugees. It notes that during roughly 1933–1939 about 4,487 more aliens left than were admitted, 241,962 permanent residents were admitted, and 922,644 was the quota total, with only about 26 percent entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Friends Service Committee
Germany
United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United ‘States Department’ of Labor
Dizzy Dean Honored for Courage On and Off Field
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association awarded Dizzy Dean a 1938 plaque for courage in sport and his battle with critics. He pitched through injury for the Cubs, defeating the Pirates 2-1 in fall pennant play and then beating the Bees 4-0 and the Pirates 6-2 to reclaim his form and public esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Sports Writers’ Association
Dizzy” Dean
Dean
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Philadelphia
Dizzy
Cubs
Cub
Dean Heard
Pirates
Boston Bees
Rock Creek Township Farm Bureau Meeting Notes
The Rock Creek Township Farm Bureau gathered at Mr and Mrs Arthur Mullin home on June 8 with J W Dyer delivering an engaging talk. Committee members included Mary Lee Zinn Jean Martin Helen Martin and Mary Alice Brown for Refreshments David Mullin Roy Hinkle Ben Groninger for Publicity Donald Mullin Bill Martin Joe Hinkle Merlin Mullin and Ned Long for Entertainment Speaker John Mullin Bill Mullin Bobby Ringer. Mary Martin and Gene Hinkle led community singing. Sixty guests and members attended. secretary Enos Berkshire was chosen to attend the July county meeting at Mrs Nona G Logan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek Township
Arthur Mullin
J. W. Dyer
Mary Lee Zinn
Jean Martin
Helen Martin
Mary Alice Brown
David Mullin
Roy Hinkle
Ben Groninger
Donald Mullin
Bill Martin
Joe Hinkle
Merlin Mullin
Ned Long
John Mullin
Bill Mullin
Bobby Ringer
Mary Martin
Gene Hinkle
Enos Berkshire
Nona G. Logan
S&e
Lutheran Pastor Installed At Camden St Peters Church
Rev W P Stoldorph of Lafayette will preach the installation service at the Lutheran church as Rev George Schroyer is installed as Camden St Peters pastor. The ceremony at 7 30 P M will be assisted by Lutheran ministers from Deer Creek Logansport and Walton with others from area churches. Rev Schroyer and family have moved from Millersburg to the church parsonage and will lead Sunday morning service at 10 30. The community is invited to attend and welcome the new pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Stoldorph
Lafayette
George Schroyer
St. Peters
Schroyer
Millersburg
Camden
Merry Makers 4 H Club Meets at Catherine Shaffer Home
The Merry Makers 4 H Club of Liberty Township met at Catherine Shaffer's Bur rows home on Tuesday June 6 at 1 30 P M. Demonstrations on color harmony and a patch set were given by Betty Arion and Alice Ginther. Nine members attended and contests were played with prizes awarded to Vada Been and Betty Arion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Makers 4-H Club
Liberty Township
Catherine Shaffer
Burrows
Betty Arion
Alice Ginther
Vada- Been
Poisoning illness and social notes from 1930 files
Edwin Ray Raber is quite sick with poisoning. Miss Gladys Cline accepts a position at the Paden restaurant. Several local residents visit relatives and attend events, with many pieces noting hospital visits and family gatherings around Cass County and Logansport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ray Raber
Gladys Cline
Paden
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Dmayte Votan
Uo Ip
Hes
Beens
Beune
Isional Youth Administration
Student Aid
Purdue
Play House
Jackson Township Home Economics Club
Roxy Attractions
Kildaire
Farm Bureau
Merry Makers
Harold Fife
Ralph Replogle
Carl Penn
Rochester
Mary Jo Reed
Lavaun Coplen
Dr. Bradfield
Logansport
Charles Jones
Arzula Flora
Cass County Hospital
Helen Kemmer
Ralph Maggart
George Ringer
Charles Wright
John Rice
Homer Pugh
Gladys Johnson
Lincoln
Nebraska
L. Dewey Burham
Mrs
Cecil Jones
Harry Jones
A. C. Baker
Mrs. S. Paden
Q. L. McDowell
Longcliff
Mrs. Boyd
Fort Wayne
Charles Cole
Elsie Martin
Long Beach
California
Sam Snoeberger
Charles Bounty
Margaret Kennedy
Claudia Pugh
Mary Maxine Becker
Mary L. Richey
Martha
Myrtle Ward
Glendale
al Bowyer
Darlington
Walter Parrett
Albert Cree
Alice
Dan Michaels
Yeoman
Abner Seybold
Katie Humerickhouse
Zopher Humerickhouse
Paul Lostutter
Edwin Ruffiing
Edwin Orahood
C. E. Baker
F. S. Snoeberger
M. W. Dillion
Harold Jones
Isaac Payton
Luther Fife
Harvey Furnish
George Lowe
Avid Maxwell
Evan Sanderson
Abner Leiber
Carroll Harrison
Hinkle
Monticello Park
Sam Randolph
Thorwold Hansen
Harold Neher
Jeanna and
Gerald
Racine, Wisconsin
S. F. Neher
Dr. Foss Spats
Della Shanks
Shank
Seahoa
Sunde
Amal
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