Carthage Citizen Publisher Notice and Rates
The Carthage Citizen edited by ED E. Bly is a weekly paper published in Carthage Indiana. Rates listed include 1 year 1.50, six months 75 cents, three months 50 cents with Canada at 2.00. It is entered at the Post Office in Carthage as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Indiana
Canada
Woonsocket
R. I
Major Bowes
CBS
Jim McWilliams
Count Basie
Harry James Toots
del Courtney
Benny Goodman
Dan MecNally
Baltimore
Jefferson City
Bob Ripley
Johnson
Boswell
Quiz
Bob Trout
Probe
Byrd to Lead U S Antarctic Expedition For Claims
Admiral Richard E Byrd is chosen to head a government expedition departing in less than three months to establish Antarctic bases by February. three bases with food supplies for two years aim to claim South Pole regions for the United States government. Byrd outlines polar conditions and future potential for settlement amid competing national claims see Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
South Poles
Antarctic
South Pole
United States
Admiral Byrd
Washington
North Pole
Hemisphere
South America
Byrd
WPA rolls to drop workers by September plan
State WPA rolls will be reduced by 25 000 by September 1 according to John K Jennings state administrator Since July 1 4000 have been removed and the rate is about 700 daily September rolls will number about 50000 the lowest in months All enrollees face reinvestigation and recertification Enrollees on WPA for eighteen months are being dismissed unless they show need to be restored to relief
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Jennings
Freddy Fisher
Schneckelfritz
WLW
Cincinnati
Vienna
Freddy
John Reid King
Columbia Network
Illuminating Engineers
Albert Warner
Washington
CBS
Deane Janis
James Melton
Francia White
Deartown
Mich
Johnny Green
Ted Cott
Happy Hal” O’harroran
Hal
Chet
Sum
Ed East
Joe Miller
NBC
Lowell Thomas
Hobby Lobby
Elman
Dale Baxter
Roger Pryor
Screen Guild
George Murphy
Orson Welles
Jim Ameche
Gale Page
Hollywood Ees
Charles Boyer
Rushville Powers Up With PWA Project Progress
The Rushville water light and power plant improvement project advances with two shifts from 5 a m to 10 p m. Street paving and other city improvement work continue as the municipal project moves ahead rapidly.
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City-Pwa
Rushville Municipal
Misses Henley Hawkins and Shank Vacationing at Spring Mill
The Misses Ruth and Florence Henley and Helen Hawkins and Fern Shank a Kokomo teacher left Monday for a brief stay at Spring Mill State Park.
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Ruth
Florence Henley
Helen Hawkins
Fern Shank
Kokomo
Spring Mill State Park
Notice to Taxpayers of Tax Levies in Carthage Indiana
Taxpayers of Carthage Rush county Indiana may attend a September 5 1939 budget hearing by the Board of Town Trustees to review the General Fund Library Support Fire Hydrant Rental and Street funds. The notice details current balances revenues levies and totals and explains rights to appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners with hearings set after levies are fixed. Trustees Arthur Winfield Earl Addison Hubert Hunt sign and date August 15 1939.
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Carthage
Rush County
Indiana
Board of Towns Trustees
General Street
Sten Berets Oc
Cscctecencc
County Tax Adjustment Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Flood claims life as Alabama rail disaster unfolds
A trainman was killed when a locomotive plunged during torrential rain in Alabama. Floodwaters up to five feet deep swamped sections of the state, with two Prattville stores collapsing while Autauga Creek overflowed. National Guardsmen and Red Cross crews aided widespread rescue and relief efforts.
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Alabama
Prattville
Autauga Creek
National Guardsmen
The
Red Cross
Construction workers rise on state highways
T A Dicus reports a 25 percent jump in contractor employment on the state highway system. In July contractors directly employed 3,183 workers in grading surfacing and paving and in bridge and grade separation, up 631 from June. At report time 60 road and 30 bridge projects were active.
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T. A. Dicus
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Electric eel display shocks at New York World's Fair
The electric eel exhibit at the New York Zoological Society show cases a 400 volt jolt for a fraction of a second or 110 volts for a minute. The creature holds enough power to injure a person and is handled with rubber gloves for safety.
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New York
New York Zoological Society
Notice of final settlement in Bert Sharer estate
The Administrator of the Estate of Bert Sharer deceased files his account for final settlement in Rush Circuit Court Rushville Indiana On October 2 1939 the First day of the October Term interested heirs and others must appear and show cause or prove heirship Attest Dale Fisher Clerk ROBERT S MOORE Administrator Wm J Henley Attorney 14-15-16
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush
Rushville
Indiana
Dale Fisher
Robert S. Moore
Wm. J. Henley
Virginia Newsom
Grace Sohn
Mazie Apple
Newby
Final Settlement of Virginia Newsom Estate Filed
Administrator of the Estate of Virginia Newsom has filed for final settlement. Administratrix Grace Sohn and Mazie Apple, with Newby & Newby as attorneys, seek approval of the final account.
Milk Dump Standoff as NYC Faces Shortage
In Ogdensburg hundreds of gallons dumped into gutters by striking dairy farmers amid upstate unrest. Mayor LaGuardia convenes a conference to ease tensions as violence flares and a shooting is reported. Fire in San Luis Obispo County threatens watersheds with ranger feared dead. Vice President Garner and Ross Brumfield seen preparing for a river outing in Uvalde Texas.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
New York City
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Pozo
San Luis Obispo County
Big Sur
Joe Calandra
Uvalde
Texas
Garner
Ross E. Brumfield
Leona River
Field
Uvalde Garagemen
Local notes and events from Rush County region
Mrs Fassett of Indianapolis visits S C Pitts and wife Mrs Zion and others over Sunday. Miss Olive Hunnicut visits in Indianapolis. Mrs Oren Beher guests near Greenfield. A B Norris and family attend Norris reunion with about sixty five relatives from Ohio and Indiana. Lillian Henley visits from Indianapolis State Library. Grover Shimer visits Ida Hendricks. A daughter born to Rue Henley. William S Johnson suffers heat stroke. daughter Albert Johnson of Lewisville visits briefly. Attendees at Wesleyan M E Conference at Fairmount. Twenty years ago items recap local deaths, marriages, rebuilds, and a stream of notes from Augusta 29 1919 including Sherman Grigsby death and local society notices.
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Fassett
Indianapolis
S. C. Pitts
Julia A. Zion
Olive Hunnicut
Oren Beher
Charles Nelson
Greenfield
A. B. Norris
Norris
Rush County Fair Grounds
Ohio
Indiana
Lillian Henley
State Library
W. P. Henley
Grover Shimer
Ida Hendricks
Rue P. Henley
William S. Johnson
Albert Johnson
Lewisville
Emory Pitts
Little Blue
Emma Fall
Reba Fall
al McDaniel
Lillie Judy
Wesleyan M. E
Fairmount
Sherman Grigsby
Here
Walnut Ridge Road
Deaconess Hospital
Cumberland
Esther Junken
Alva Junken
Henderson
Russell F. Carfield
James Carfield
China
Rupert H. Stanley
H. G. Rawls
Cora Clark
Card of Thanks for William Sutton
The family thanks friends and relatives for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of husband and father William Sutton. Wife and children.
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William Sutton
Clubs Liberating Pheasants and Quail Restocked by Clubs
Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, reports pheasants and quail are being liberated in suitable areas. Clubs rearing birds with Division of Fish and Game chicks show strong early results with forty six thousand pheasant chicks supplied and less than ten percent loss. This is the second year the program distributes chicks to approved brooders to bolster local restocking and club aid.
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Broeders
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Division of Fish and Game
Black Bears to Feature at Indiana State Fair Exhibit
The Department of Conservation will display a bear family at the Indiana state fair. A papa bear of 600 pounds and a mama of 350 pounds will be joined by twin cubs born February 16 at Jasper Pulaski state game preserve now about fifty pounds each.
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Papa
Mama
Department of Conservation
Virgil M. Simmons
Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve
Papa Bear
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ED E. Bly
Germany
WPA
General Fund
Total General Fund
Library Fund
General Street Library
Secnrnberweeens
Arthur
Winfield, Earl Addison
Hubert Hunt
Trustees
Frank Furguson
Frank A. Furguson
Electric Eel
Bert Sharer
Betty Wernle
Best Cottage
Frances E. Willard
Evanston
Betty
Fayette County
Connersville
Fred Owen
Milroy
Zeno Hodge
Hutchinson
Kemple
Arlington
W. E. Horton
Henley’s Hill
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