Public Service Company of Indiana reports 1940 revenue rise
Public Service Company of Indiana posts operating revenue of 16,916,609 for 1940, up about 691,000 as new business offsets rate cuts and natural gas substitution. Net income rises to 1,830,111 aided by debt refunding. Growth in electric use and gas sales, 217,657 customers, and a major 50,000 kW unit near Terre Haute shown. A plan to consolidate with subsidiaries is discussed.
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Public Service Company of
Indiana
Robert A. Gallagher
National Defense Industries
Dresser Power Corporation
Dresser
Terre Haute
Securities and Exchange Commission
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Public Service Company of Indiana
Central Indiana Power Company
Terre Haute Electric Company, Inc
Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc
Spring Car Check Urged for Economy and Safety
Hoosier Motor Club secretary manager Todd Stoops urges spring checks for cars. He warns higher temperatures raise speeds and stresses cooling systems, advises draining antifreeze, cleaning radiators, and replacing worn parts. Recommendations include oil changes, fuel system cleaning, carburetor readjustment, and wheel alignment.
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Todd Stoops
Hoosier Motor Club
Mr. Stoops
Denver burglar takes $75 from drugstore in protest over change
A Denver burglar stole 75 dollars from a local drugstore but left 5 dollars in change after the druggist objected that the money was needed. The incident highlights a rash act prompting a police inquiry.
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Denver
Arizona Chiropractor Designs His Wife's Clothing
Arizona Tex chiropractor uses spare time to design and make all his wife's clothes, crafting tailored outfits and coordinating wardrobes for daily wear and special occasions.
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Arizona
Tex
Charlottesville Friends Church Service Notes and Local Events
Charlottesville church activities include Sunday services led by missionary committee and a Thursday missionary society meeting at Mrs Walter Jessup's home. Local social visits feature Mrs Bert Leonard and Mrs Jesse Boram, and a Sixth District Art Festival in Morristown. Luther Fulton, 75, found dead. funeral held in Knightstown with burial near Carthage.
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Carl Jessup
Missionary Committee
Monroe County
Tennessee
Missionary Society
Walter Jessup
Charles Hudson
Max Vandenbark
Lyle Bell
Knightstown
Evelyn Carson Siler
Russell Pearson
Earl Reiser
Robert Shelton
Frankfort
John Nicholas
Lee Silvers
Luther Fultn
Pulten
Wilson Funeral Home
Carthage
Foust
Fulton
Lute
Bert Leonard
Fishers’ Station
Jesse Boram
Noblesville
Christian Endeavor
Rosemary Trieschman
Claude Walker
Charles
F. E. Pickering
Spiceland
James Sparks
Sarah Oldham
Florence Heifner
Jessie Wright
Verna Haskett
Morristown
Blanche Adkins
Paul Peer
Beverly
Adaline Kenyon
Genevieve Lowe
Helen Rogers
Indianapolis
Roy Lowe
Friends Missionary Society
Rupert Lukens
Scott
Mary Catherine
Charles Pearson
One-Armed Man Sent to Jail for Glove Theft
A man with only one arm was jailed in Modesto California after stealing a pair of gloves.
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Modesto
Cal
Seven Foot Groom Seeks Shorter Kiss in Cushing
George B. Kennedy of Cushing Oklahoma, seven feet tall, says his bride must be able to kiss him without using stilts. The remark frames his marriage plans as he searches for a practical match in height.
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George B. Kennedy
Cushing
Okla
Farm Cleanup Week Aims to Cut Indiana Livestock Losses
Indianapolis Indiana March 27 Indiana farmers will observe national farm cleanup week starting April 1 with a 20 percent reduction goal in livestock losses. The American Foundation for Animal Health sponsors urge thorough cleaning and disinfection of barns and farm lots to curb cholera enteritis erysipelas and other diseases. Campaign objectives include cleaning buildings, fixing mudholes, burning straw, guarding manure piles and disinfecting feed boxes and poultry nests. With higher hog prices farmers are urged to protect baby pigs at farrowing time and immunize pigs against cholera, plus raising pigs on fresh pasture away from old hog lots.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
American Foundation For Animal Health
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King’s Beauty Shop
Texaco
GAS Valor
Firestone
Harold Phelps
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Main Sts
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2Tec
Bob Ewing
Plymouth
W. W. Zike
Hampshire Boat
Henry Binford
Blacktop Road
Ralph Siler
Water Street
D. W. Grossman
Golden Rule Hatcheries
Bob Moore
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Ottawa
Canada
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
United States
Dominion
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin
Mr. Moffat
John Read
Department of External Affairs
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Public Service Company
Centralia
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Charlottesville
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Luther Fulton
Washington, D. C
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