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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1936
Page
2
The Delphi Citizen defends last week’s Is Delphi Progress ing editorial arguing for frank critique of the town. It urges liberal officials, park use, and opposing phony promoters while inviting readers to share opinions on Delphi’s future.
Colonel Ayres, Cleveland banker economist, says the first quarter of 1936 shows the best six year record despite adverse factors. He cites weather, water, war, and uncertainty among the troubles, with congressional probes of corporate lobbying adding to the concerns of financial leaders in Cleveland New York and Chicago.
The piece lauds Indiana for notable improvements in Social Security poor relief school protection tax relief and business management of public affairs during the past three years under Governor Paul V. McNutt praising it as a new volume for Hoosier history.
The Crystal Spring Lodge at Hog Point on the Tippecanoe burned to ashes Wednesday afternoon around four. A gasoline explosion caused the blaze. Four hundred dollars in cash plus the clothing of seven men were destroyed. Miss Eva Smock will teach in Cutler next year. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Tisch departed today for Wheatland Wyoming.
Lawrence Pletcher, principal of Delphi High School, contracted to purchase the Charles Gros Implement Store in the city on Monday.
A series of birth announcements lists a daughter for Walter and Mary Dobbins, a son for Worden and Mary Sanderson, a daughter for Ross and Mary Long, a son for Lee Heflong, a son for Roy and Mary Garrison, a daughter for Lee and Mary Henderson, a daughter for Glen and Mary Baughman, a son for Walter and Mary Neff, a son for Charles and Mary Sieber, and a daughter for Stewart and Mary Welker. Marriage licenses granted to Russell Reppert and Ethel Murphy of Pyrmont and Anthony Hanrahan and Cecelia Kelly of Delphi. Carlyle Kirkpatrick to replace Will LeSourd at the post office. Dairyman John Smith suffers heavy loss as four cows killed and two injured by an interurban car Tuesday.
Estimates put European war expenses at about seven million dollars per day. The article notes American taxpayers bear part of the burden through higher prices for everyday goods.
The Idaville post office was robbed Monday night with the safe blown open. $15 in money and $25 in stamps were stolen.
The piece mocks a would be politician unable to name the vice president yet drinking ten beers and aiming to govern. It jests at his arrogance as he pushes through a crowd and risks defeat, quipping old fashioned vanity and odd breakfast pie tastes.
A review highlights The Story of Music by Leigh Henry as a vivid analogy bringing music to life as a language. Richard Crooks, Metropolitan Opera tenor, plans a five month Australasian tour with 50 concerts and stops in major cities.
Dudley A. Smith argues Roosevelt’s Illinois primary victory shows broad Democratic support without solicitation or organization efforts. He contrasts Knox Borah liberal vs conservative factions, noting Roosevelt’s ballot listing drew 1.3 million votes while Knox and Borah split 864,707 in the Republican contest.
The St Olaf Lutheran choir directed by Dr F Melius Christiansen comes to Purdue University in Eliza Fowler Hall tonight April 23 under Purdue musical groups sponsorship. Also noted are Bing Crosby plans to sing with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra April 30, and Lawrence Tibbett’s radio dramatization of Harmony Lane featuring Stephen Foster songs.
A collection of quotations from Rev Dr F W Norwood U S Representative J Hamilton Fish H E Spence Judge Luther Z Rosser and Senator Sherman Minton, discussing Russia reports on press freedom Roosevelt and political figures with varied views. The lines contrast menace and progress in global affairs and politics.
In a Hyde Park style scene a radical calls for toppling royalty while a crowd debates burning Buckingham Palace and a policeman keeps the peace. Meanwhile commentators muse on Landon versus Roosevelt, wartime debts, and relief spending as Kentucky colonels and local humorists weigh in with wry colonial wordplay.
A seven eighths inch splinter was removed from the brain of a 4 Canadian boy and is believed he will fully recover. Two interesting recent cases discussed in The American Weekly point to questions of forgiveness in marriage.
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