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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1939
Page
6
The Carthage Citizen publishes weekly in Carthage Indiana with editor ED E Bly. Subscription rates are 1.50 per year or 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months. The paper is entered at the Carthage post office as second class mail matter.
Indiana residents may attend a free All-Indiana picnic in Forest Park Noblesville on Sunday July 30 sponsored by WLS Prairie Farmer. The event features a Little Brown Church broadcast choir concert sports program and a free National Barn Dance show with stars Patsy Montana Maple City Four and more.
State Representative Herbert H. Evans of New Castle said a House committee will begin an investigation into statehouse activities by late summer or fall. The plan comes after reforms from the recent session and follows criticism of the 2 Per Cent Club and state administration funding. Evans warned of possible constitutional challenges and court injunctions against the probe.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Moore of Anderson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Will Smith. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bush were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cox of Greenfield.
Banking records show balances and figures for the State Bank of Carthage including amounts such as 136,439.75 and 167,968.46 with multiple entries listed. the data includes 104,559.24 97,439.89 69,039.14 16,000.00 72.50 and other values 149,417,78 21,500.00 54,006.63 591.29 365.00 and a negative 21,500.00 line item.
The Washington Neaws lists a week of radio programming from July 13 to July 17. It notes Never Come Monday from Columbia Workshop Festival on CBS Radio Theater at 8 00 p m, Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour in Joliet Illinois, Believe It or Not re enacting Moses, Kay Yarraine on Raymond Paige and his 99 men, and various CBC NBC broadcasts with artists such as Joseph Knitzer Ruth Chatterton Alec Templeton and John Scott Trotter among others.
Visitors in Richmond record modest decline from last week as officials announce continued office service in the Tenth District. Lawmakers push bills on taxes, anti trust, aviation, labor appeals, and espionage penalties while 1939 closes with a record federal deficit of 3.542 billion dollars amid 1938 income drop and rising outlays.
Claude A. Swanson secretary of the navy in the Roosevelt era died suddenly in Virginia. He served Virginia in the Senate for twenty three years before his cabinet appointment.
A three year old boy from Iron River Michigan crawled onto the fender of a moving car and rode 77 miles unseen by his grandmother. He was found unharmed at the Bewabic CCC camp near Crystal Falls. A major fire later destroyed several structures and sheds worth about 45000 dollars in an adjacent incident.
Howard Be Henley administrator seeks court approval of his final account for the estate of Samuel Herbert Gates in Rushville Indiana. Heirs and interested parties must appear July 17 1939 in Rushville to show cause and prove heirship as required. Attorneys Titsworth & Titsworth and Clerk Dale Fisher are named in the notice.
Admiral Richard Byrd, famed explorer, creates a penguin colony at the New York World's Fair 1939. He imports 50 frock coated penguins from Antarctica to showcase the colony at the fair.
New York hosts a Contemporary Arts Building exhibition featuring 800 works by living American artists. The show aims to surpass the Armory Show of 1915 in scope and impact, signaling bold global recognition for modern American painting.
New York announces the Children’s World section at the 1939 World’s Fair. Over two million children are expected to visit by rail or auto or explore the jewel mine as part of the fair’s junior program.
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