Millions sue in canning suit across Indiana firms
The Great Western Canning Company and five Indiana canneries launch six suits in federal and circuit courts seeking 2 225 000 for alleged Clayton act violations and price discrimination against the Van Camp Packing Company. Other suits allege fraud and involve Columbia Preserve and Princeton Canning. A stockholder notes long running discrimination since about 1920 and plans for warehousing repairs and rebuilding next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Canning Company
Indiana
United States Supreme Court
Marion County
Delphi Company
van Camp Packing Company, Inc
American Can Company
van Camp Company
Great Northern Canning Company
Morgan & Adams, Inc
Cayuga
Ind
Benjamin Fettig
Fettig Canning Company
Edinburg
Columbia Concerve Company
Indianapolis
Princeton Canhing Company
Princeton
Coach Lostutter Denies Leaving Delphi for Anderson
Coach Paul Lostutter states he has not been offered a coaching job by Anderson High School and has no plans to leave Delphi. He confirms a recent bus iness trip to Anderson involved basketball talks but emphasizes no offer was made and the public can rest easy about his stay and his wife Mrs Lostutter, a local English teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lostutter
Delphi
Anderson High School
Anderson
Lostutter
Mrs May McMurlan Dies in Omaha Nebraska
Mrs May Shellenberger McMurlan died at a Omaha hospital at 4 am Tuesday from complications of diseases at age 46. Born and raised in Delphi she will be brought to Lafayette for burial at WinGard cemetery. Survived by husband, mother, sister Iva Ashba, brothers Frank and William of Lafayette, and half brother Clarence Orr of Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellenberger McMurlan
Omaha
Neb
Delphi
Lafayette
Wingard
Iva Ashba
Frank
William
Clarance Orr
Plans to raise funds for high school band uniforms
Community plans to raise funds to buy band uniforms. A proposed basketball game between the “fats” and “leans” of the city may be staged in the gym to help finance the outfits. Since the group includes both girls and boys, cape style uniforms will likely be used.
Rev L E Knox to Lead Funeral for John Holiday
Rev L E Knox will lead the funeral services for John Holiday tomorrow afternoon. Holiday was a well known Greentown businessman and a longtime friend of Knox. He died by suicide using chloroform saturated towels amid failing health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Knox
John Holiday
Lynch Buys Audi Auditorium Barber Shop in Chicago
William Lynch, longtime employee of the Audi torium barber shop in Chicago, bought the shop. He is brother to Harve and Ed Lynch of this city, and another brother Charles runs a barber shop in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lynch
Auditorium
Chicago
Mr. Lynch
Harve
Ed Lynch
Charles
Detroit
Legion to Meet Adjt Jack Bennett Call Tonight
Adjt Jack Bennett of the American Legion has issued a call for a meeting to be held in the Legion rooms at the courthouse tonight.
Country Club Holds Annual Meeting Next Thursday
Delphi country club president James P. Wason announces the annual meeting in the Presbyterian church dining room on Thursday evening January 31 at 6 30. Dinner served by church ladies with tickets and reservations due by Monday. Officers to be elected by the board and three directors chosen from a six member nominating list by committee members E P Beadle E O Grimm and Edwin Ruffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Wason
Delphi Country Club
Presbyterian Church
E. P. Beadle
E. O. Grimm
Edwin Ruffing
Davies Oil Co. Buys White Oil Plant In Monticello
A. Davies of the Davies Oil Co announces the acquisition of the White Oil company’s bulk gasoline plant in Monticello, including four filling stations. The deal’s price is undisclosed, but the firm plans expansion with new tanks and up-to-date stations. Si Wilson becomes Monticello plant manager. The Davies group will carry popular Anti-Knock gasoline and Pennsylvania oils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Davies
Davies Oil Co
White Oil Company
Monticello
Davies Company
Davies
Harry Davies
Fowler
Tennessee
Si Wilson
Delphi
Pennsylvania
John Heitt Ives to Enter Flying School
Press Dispatches from Washington list Indiana enlistee John Heitt Ives of Delphi among men to enter government training school at Muriel California about March 1. Ives had contemplated entering service for months after graduating from Illinois University last spring and touring Europe with a classmate before returning to South Delphi with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Indiana
John Heitt Ives
Delphi
Muriel
Calif
Ives
Illinois University
South Delphi
No Quorum Delays Tuesday Night City Council Meeting
A quorum was absent so no meeting occurred Tuesday night. Two members were cast in Aunt Lucia and Dr W W Godenour was ill. A meeting will be held tonight with bids on the old city hall building advertised for sale. Clerk Talmer Arnold says no proposals have been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Lucia
W. W. Godenour
Talmer Arnold
Fowler Tribune Advertised for Sale After Oil Claim
A printing trades magazine notes an advertisement offering the Fowler Tribune for sale with the claim We have struck oil and do not need a newspaper. Mrs Edward Bechly, wife of the editor, inherits a fortune from an Arkansas land royalty lent by an old family friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler Tribune
Edward Bechly
Arkansas
Brother Bechly
Midwinter Graduation at Delphi High School
Fourteen students who finished their senior work at the local high school at the close of the semester last Friday were David Baum Pearl Bowman Robert Broadrick Miriam Cohee Cathryn Griffith Robert Hanna Edith Hobaugh Charles Kerlin Robert Million Junior Orr Frank Thompson Mildred Wagoner Betty Wason and William Wason. Most of these students remained in school to take post graduate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Baum
Pearl Bowman
Robert Broadrick
Miriam Cohee
Cathryn Griffith
Robert Hanna
Edith Hobaugh
Charles Kerlin
Robert Million
Junior Orr
Frank Thompson
Mildred Wagoner
Betty Wason
William Wason
Ellis Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Hiram Ellis of Jefferson township mark fifty years of marriage with a two session open house at their longtime Carroll County home. They invite friends to visit the farm where Ellis was born and have lived all their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram N. Ellis
Jefferson Township
Mrs. Ellis
Carroll County
Mr. Ellis
New Suits Filed In County Courts
National Bank of Fowler sues Clyde M Sheets for $1000 with William M Crockett as attorney. Cleveland Beck and others sue Lester Raines for foreclosure through Cartwright Wason. Francis J Becker seeks divorce from Frances M Becker. Jurisdiction noted as Tippecanoe County Frances. Koup seeks divorce from William Koup with Gus A Hall as attorney. Mary Young vs Walter Young also listed.
Community urged to support Delphi merchants and curb indifference
A Delphi civic note thanks readers for favorable comments on the closure of a local business and urges residents to shop locally, back organized commerce, pay dues, and support civic fundraising. It argues against propensity to favor city shopping and calls for public officials to model prudent spending.
Basketball players receive leather bags from donors
Coach Paul Lostutter presents ten D. H. S. basketball players with tan leather and brown corduroy uniform bags donated by city fans. The Ruffing Shop supplied the bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lostutter
John Cohee not the same man confused in poultry theft case
A Deer Creek resident arrested for stealing chickens pleads guilty and is sent to the penal farm. The Florida Cohee visitor, son of Mrs. Harry Milroy, notes the mix up and asks locals to correct the identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cohee
Deer Creek
Delphi
Florida
Harry Milroy
Tuberculosis Association Meeting Held in Carroll County
The Carroll County Tuberculosis Association directors will hold a meeting at 2 30 in the afternoon on Friday February 1. The board and active committees including clinic nursing child health education and finance will discuss important matters and outline a program of activity. It is the first meeting under new president Mrs James P Wason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Tuberculosis Association
James P. Wason
Flora Resident Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. William M. Snell died at her Flora home Sunday after an illness due to flu. She leaves three children Everett of Winamac Mrs Grace Babcock of Sioux City Iowa and Mrs Hilda Edging of Flora. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 from Sharon church with burial in Young America cemetery.
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William M. Snell
Flora
Everett
Winamac
Grace Babcock
Sioux City
Hilda Edging
Sharon Church
Young America
Fire damages roof at Downey home from flue
Fire crews responded to J. C. Downey’s residence Sunday afternoon after smoke and heat were seen on the roof. The blaze caused slight damage and was traced to the flue system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Downey
Going the Wrong Way Divorce Suits Rise at Record
Clerk Floyd Julien reports only one marriage license issued since Jan 12 while three divorce suits were filed in the past week, marking a shift in local civil matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Julien
Swartz Replaces Holman in Indiana Service Tower Work
David Swartz of Fort Wayne now heads tower construction for Indiana Service Corporation in Delphi, replacing A. L. Holman who led a short‑term gang. Holman spoke to Chamber of Commerce about the Lake Delphi plant and promised funds to improve electric service. He was later recalled to Fort Wayne for a conference and then severed from the company before returning to Delphi for his tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Swartz
Fort Wayne
Indiana Service Corporation
A. L. Holman
Chamber of Commerce
Holman
Delphi
Lake Delphi
Bridge collapses into Middlefork Creek at Prince William
The Middlefork span at Prince William has fallen into the stream due to undermined south abutment from high waters. A detour is marked east while guards protect the road. Neighbors erected barriers. a large grocery truck previously passed. highway officials plan an arch over the stream next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefork
Prince William
The
Highway Commission
Ulerys mark sixty one years of marriage at Pyrmont
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Ulery of Pyrmont celebrate 61 years of marriage with a family dinner at home. He is 92 and she 78. The couple, born in Tippecanoe County, have lived in Pyrmont most of their lives. They have six children five living and a foster daughter, plus 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Alery
Pyrmont
Ulery
Tippecanoe County
Pyrmony
Missouri
David E
Lebanon
D. E. Strong
Lafayette
Philip Lehman
Buck Creek
J. E. Flora
Mulberry
Owen E. Ulery
Lawrence Metzger
Spectators Banned From Team Practice
Coach Lostutter closes gym during practice hours and bans all but uniformed personnel from the room. With each practice hour more spectators appear on bleachers, raising fears scouts may observe. Local fans urged to skip attending to avoid disrupting the team’s sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostutter
Aunt Lucia Comedy Shines at Delphi High
The Elbairos class directed by Miss Mattie Grant presented Aunt Lucia at Delphi high school to two full houses. Ralph Hanna starred as Aunt Lucia with a cast of college clubs, flappers, a big baby pageant, a girls chorus and special musical numbers earning hearty applause.
Mrs Flossie Gray Dies at West Delphi
Mrs Flossie Gray age 28 died Tuesday night at her mother's home in West Delphi after a lingering illness. She leaves her husband Roscoe Gray of Indianapolis, five children, six sisters and two brothers. Funeral services are this afternoon at 1 at the mother's home with burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Gray
Oliver Myers
West Delphi
Roscoe Gray
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville Cemetery
Resolutions of Record Honor Late Judge Pollard in Lafayette
At the January meeting of the Tippecanoe County Bar Association in Lafayette last week resolutions were passed and made of record for the late Judge Charles R. Pollard. A copy was made and forwarded to the local bar with a request to place them in its record. This was done on Wednesday morning when court convened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippecanoe County Bar Association
Lafayette
Charles R. Pollard
Barker Refuses Sale to Shell Gasoline for Washington Street Lot
Frank Barker declines to sell his residence and business property on Washington Street to Shell Gasoline. Shell reportedly offered a very flattering price last week for the site, which is described as an ideal location for a service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barker
Washington Street
Shell Gasoline Company
Prohibition and the Volstead Act a Wartime View
A letter to the editor argues that prohibition enforcement failed due to Republican leadership under Coolidge and Mellon. It claims banks and merchants aid bootleggers, cites Newark and New York as examples, and contends enforcement hinges on funding, courts, and police, with little political will or decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCampbell
Wabash College
New Jersey
Federal Treasury Department
United States
Republican Party
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Andrew Mellon
Coolidge
Congress
Mellon
Carroll County
Denver
Newark
N. J
Hoover
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Sersey
Go Og Hee
Editors to Meet in Indianapolis February 13
President John DePrez of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association says the annual meeting will take place in Indianapolis on Wednesday evening February 13. A 6 30 dinner in the Riley room will feature Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi as the principal speaker and former Governor Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming as another. Tickets are $2 50 per plate via Democratic state headquarters at the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, or reservations can be made by Carroll county residents at The Citizen office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DePrez
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Indianapolis
Riley Room
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Nellie Taylor Ross
Wyoming
Claypool
Carroll County
Farm leader urges farmer merchant unity in Delphi meeting
John E. Fredrick of Kokomo, president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, addressed a Deer Creek Township Farm Bureau and Delphi businessmen. He urged closer cooperation between tillers and merchants, noted past farm discrimination, and cited the McNary Haugen bill and tariff issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Delphi
Deer Creek Township
Samuel Sites
Township Farm Organization
Fredrick
Coolidge
June Trobaugh
Dean
Burr Balser
Orvel Schock
Grover Kite
Burlington
National Book Authority Emerges from Delphi Resident
H. A. Henderson, former Delphi superintendent and war envoy to Greece, is pictured in The Indianapolis Times as a national book authority. The Delphi native will lecture before the Book a Month Group of the Indianapolis Department club, reflecting his recognized expertise on books and his widespread acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
H. A. Henderson
Delphi
Mr. Henderson
Indianapolis
Developments in rerouting State Road 39 to Rossville
The highway commission shows interest in a parallel route along the west Monon right of way from Bowen crossing on Route 39 to the Ockley elevator then south to William Campbell road. It would intersect the commission’s proposed line to Rossville, lowering upkeep costs and adding Radnor and Ockley to the state highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Rossville
Highway Commission
Monon
Bowen Crossing
Ockley
William Campbell Road
Radnor
Get Twenty Two Bottles of Home Brew in Raid
In Monticello the sheriff and deputy executed a search warrant at August Dreifus’s home on the old county farm northwest of town and recovered 22 bottles of home brew. The state chemists will determine if it is illegal liquor. no arrest warrant was issued. Williams, a former Dreifus farm hand, and Dreifus had reported tensions prior to the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Democrat
James Williams
Ray Fisher
Bert Rose
August Dreifus
Dreifus
State Laboratory
Williams
Prohibition Push Sparks Call for Hoover Support
A Holmdel reader urges Congress to pass any needed legislation to fund Hoover agents and form a civic vigilance to testify against bootleggers. The letter stakes support for enforcing prohibition and warns that failure could demand a drastic policy shift without restoring saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hoover
Eeus McCampbell
Holmdel
Arnold Seeks State Examiner Job Amid Local Support
City Clerk Talmer R. Arnold seeks a field examiner post with the State Board of Accounts. His exam results impress, but job odds hinge on GOP endorsements from Carroll County leaders. County Chairman Riley Sink and purchasing agent hopeful B. B. Mayhill vie for openings, with Mayhill favored to win first. others may be disadvantaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmar R. Arnold
State Board of Accounts
Carroll County
Arnold
Indianapolis
State House
Capitol
Delphi
Floyd J. Julien
Edward Rhinehart
Rhinehart
B. B. Mayhill
Riley Sink
Mayhill
Sink
Poor Married Man To Be Seen At New Hope
A Poor Married Man a three act play will be staged at New Hope school next Wednesday January 30 under Radnor M E church. Cast includes Prof John B Wise Fred Hannell Doe Matthew Graham Paul Heffley Billy Blake Mrs Iona Ford Julia Harner X Leland Heffley Zoie Jupiter Jackson June Graham Ruth Thompson Rosalind Wilson Leland Hannell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope School
Radnor M. E. Church
John, B. Wise
Panama
Fred Hannell Doe
Matthew Graham
Paul Heffley
Billy Blake
Iona Ford
Julia Harner X
Leland Heffley
Zoie
Gladys Zook Jupiter Jackson
June Graham
Ruth Thompson
Rosalind Wilson
Leland Hannell
Morrisroe Verstraete nuptials link Delphi to Alberta
Juliana Morrisroe, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Morrisroe, wed Hector Verstraete a leading Faber businessman. The December 27 ceremony occurred at Sacred Heart church Red Deer Alberta. A post wedding banquet at Auditorium hotel followed for close family. The couple plan residence in Father Alberta after a motor tour to Banff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Juliana
Edward Morrisnoe
Hector Verstraete
Faber
Sacred Heart Church
Red Deer
Alberta
Canada
Auditorium Hotel
Banff
McCray Family Renews Citi zen Subscription in Albuquerque
Alonzo McCray and his family, recently in Albuquerque New Mexico, renew their Citi zen subscription. They say they enjoy the paper, keep in touch with friends in Delphi, and note better health since leaving Indiana. They reside at 1109 South Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo McCray
Albuquerque
N. M
The
Citizen
Delphi
Indiana
McCrays
Water Street
Albuqerque
Hooley Promoted to District Manager of A and P
K P Hooley of Terre Haute is named district manager for A and P with headquarters in Lafayette, replacing Vogelhut who is reassigned to Lafayette. Max Daugherty, manager of the local store, now works under Hooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.P. Hooley
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Mr. Vogelhut
Max Daugherty
Hooley
Surveyor Charles Thompson Leads Carroll County in New Directory
State Board of Registration lists Carroll county resident Charles Thompson as the sole local engineer, entry No 1169, with offices in the Delphi courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thompson
Carroll County
State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers
Thompson
Court House
Delphi
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Margowski
Country Club
Wilson
New Monticello Holdings
Muriel Field
Midwiner
Delphi High School
Hiram Elliss
Hoosier State
Basket Shooters
David Swartz Takes
NewMan
Middlefork Creek
National Book Authority
Talmer
R. Arnold
New Hope
Morrisroe
Verstraete
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