Republicans open national HQ in Palmer House on seventy rooms
Old-time Chicagoans cheer the Republicans as the party plants its national campaign HQ in seventy hotel rooms at the Palmer House, a site long linked to the Democrats and Potter Palmer. The piece notes shifting political winds and hints at probes into the Federal Farm Board, with liquor-era figures recalled from Cappers Weekly and prices cited for whiskey output and profits.
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Palmer House
Potter Palmer
Monon Rail Line to Stay With Present Owners
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves a revised consolidation plan keeping the Monon Railroad a north south line under current owners Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway. The move preserves shops in Lafayette and Bloomington but notes weakened importance of those facilities amid poor business.
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Monon
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Railway Companies
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Lafayette
Bloomington
Penn
Wabash
Pennsylvania Railroad
Logansport
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Atlantic
New England
South
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio-Nickle Plate
Wabash and Seaboard Air Line
Iona Cripe and James M Downs Marry in Mulberry
The marriage of Miss Iona Cripe daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Cripe Flora route 1 to James M Downs of Chalmers an employee of the Farm Bureau of White County was solemnized Sunday in Mulberry. The bride formerly worked at A T Bowen and Co bank and will end her employment this week.
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Mulberry
Iona Cripe
Daniel Cripe
Flora
Route 1
James M. Downs
Chalmers
Farm Bureau
White County
Downs
Bates Downs
Delphi
Indiana to Stage Second All-State Safety Campaign
The Indiana state police will run a second all-state safety campaign from August 6 to 13. Officials including Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr and Chief Grover C Garrett urge renewed cooperation. Checks cover lights brakes licenses titles and dealer plates. Trucks and buses will be inspected for dimensions and safety features and all foreign entrants checked for gasoline limits of 20 gallons.
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Frank Mayr, Jr
Grover C. Garrett
Indiana
City Council Cuts 26 Ornamental Lights to Lower Bills
The City Council amended the contract with Indiana Service Corporation to remove twenty six ornamentals in the business district and nearby properties while the company maintains glass posts and transformers at near cost plus ten percent. The city may restore any standard later. Nighttime burn rates set for twenty four 4000 lumen lights and four 6000 lumen lights all night and thirty seven 4000 lumen lights and four 6000 lumen lights part of the night. Power-rate decision for the water plant postponed. L M Pletcher reelected to the school board.
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Indiana Service Corporation
W. H. Bradshaw
Clifford Reed
John Baer
Clifford
Alt Hall
W. S. Margowski
Court House Square
Luther McCain
Hoshaw
Journal Office
Coomey’s
Masonic Temple
Pletcher’s
Girard’s
Wayne Aldredge
Wason’s
Market Street
Franklin Street
Clay Pearson
Ford Garage
Children Division to Meet in Delphi
Regional council meeting for the Children’s Division of the Sunday School Association will be held at the Delphi Methodist church on Monday August 1 at 10 o clock. Miss Nellie C Young leads the discussion with sessions on the Council setup standards and their use for the Children s Division followed by a covered dish luncheon and program activities. A weather note reports recent rain saving late planted corn in several counties but Delphi area crops show heat damage.
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Children’s Division
Sunday School Association
Carroll
General Council
Methodist Church
Delphi
International Council
Nellie C. Young
Indiana Council of Religious Education
Council
Arthur V. Sapp to Speak at Old Settlers Meeting
The seventy seventh Old Settlers gathering at Delphi Park on Saturday August 13 will feature Arthur W. Sapp of Huntington as principal speaker. Sapp, a former Rotary International president and Indiana State Highway Commissioner, is described as a small town Indiana lawyer and Christian gentleman. The event includes performances by Bringhurst American Legion quartet and additional musical numbers announced later. Mrs Anda Gee Studebaker chairs the association.
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Old Settlers
Delphi Park
Will Brave
Arthur W. Sapp
Huntington
Presi
Old Settlers Association
Sapp
Old Settlers Meeting
American Legion Quartette
Bringhurst
Anda Gee Studebaker
Forty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at French Post Park
Mr and Mrs Doc Million marked their forty fifth wedding anniversary at French Post Park with family and friends. A bounteous dinner followed as guests arrived and departed by five o clock. Attending were Len and Carl Million families, C V Hoover, Cable families, Gardiner families, Cotner Purdue Vera Cable and others. Banks report new check tax reduces checks cleared by about twenty percent as cash payments rise. Clerical work for tax collection offsets savings. many plan to return to checks.
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Doc Million
French Post Park
Paul Million
Million
Len Million
Carl Million
Rockfield
Bob Million
Clayton Million
C. V. Hoover
Hopedale
Huld& Gardiner
Marlin
Almadean
Cotner
Idaville
Purdue
Flint, Mich
Arthur Cable
Vera Cable
Burnettsville
John Kennard
Ruth
Miss Henderson
Nettie Schock
Yeoman
George Robbins
Dee Million
Delphi
Carroll County
Young People Meeting Set for August 2 at Deer Creek Church
The second district gathering will take place at Deer Creek Lutheran church on August 2. Reba Shanks and Alfred Upde will speak, and Lavone Johnson will report on the Book of James.
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Deer Creek Lutheran Church
Reba Shanks
Alfred Upde
Lavone Johnson
James
Entertainment planned for 10 000 veterans in Kokomo
Kokomo gears up to host the state American Legion convention starting July 30 with a full program of amusement features for 10 000 veterans and families. Officials expect thousands of unofficial delegates to enjoy dancing riding demonstrations swimming golfing reunions and parades over four joyful days. Carroll county residents will be among the attendees.
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Kokomo
The
American Legion
Carroll County
Democrats Open Campaign First Meeting August 3
The Carroll County Democratic campaign opens with a Aug 3 meeting for precinct and district committeemen, candidates, and party workers. Headquarters will open soon in the Hamling room, under C C McFarland, with daily operations until November. Regional state meetings Aug 17 18 19 will launch state organization work.
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Carroll County
William H. Ashba
Margaret A. Afflis
Winn*mac
Sportsmen’s
Lake Freeman
Monticello
Old Settlers Day 1855 1932 In Delphi Indiana
In 1855 Carroll County formed an Old Settlers Society to reunite pioneers who helped build the area. The first meeting was June 9 1855 at Delphi Courthouse with a plan to meet every second Saturday in August at the Milroy farm and to collect settlement memories. Also notes on gas line taxation questions and a fire that destroyed a big English clover field on the L D Boyd farm.
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Old Settlers' Society
Carroll County
Old Settlers
Court House
Delphi
James Odell
James H. Stewart
General Milroy
Samuel L. Milroy
Abner Robinson
Thomas Stirlin
John M. Ewing
L. D. Boyd Farm
Fair Grounds
Chris Schnepp
Hundreds of Dancers Visit Lake Hotel Monticello Ball Room
Al Stewart and his 12 Campus Commanders attract large crowds at the Sportsmen's Hotel Lake Tree Man Monticello. Stewart directs Purdue University choir and glee club and is a noted regional music leader. Hotel manager Merritt A. Stipp offers free dance floor use with dinner and reserved cabaret tables for twenty five cents per person or fifty cents per couple on weekends.
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al” Stewart
Sportsmen's Hotel
Monticello
My. Stewart
Purdue University
Stewart
Merritt A. Stipp
Forty Five Years in the Ministry by Rev Lee Tinsley
The Rev Lee Tinsley pastor of Little Flatrock Christian church near Rushville marked forty five years in the ministry on Sunday night He has served in Indiana Illinois and Kentucky and has missed only two Sundays due to illness He believes the Gospel benefits body and mind He is a former pastor of the Delphi Christian church.
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Lee Tinsley
Little Flatrock
School fund distribution announced by county auditor
County Auditor J. L. Whiteman has made distribution of common school and congressional school fund interest as follows.
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J. L. Whiteman
Common
Congressional School Fund
August at Tecu devoted to girls and boys
The Tecumseh camp closed its older boys period Wednesday morning with 44 campers, the smallest in four years. The 4-H girls, 125 in number, enroll today and August is dedicated to the girls camps. Overall enrollment this summer will closely match last year’s figures.
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Tecumseh
Coat of stone laid on East Main Street area
A coat of stone and agonalt has been applied to East Main street from the Armory to the new cement pavement with work also proceeding on cross streets from Main street.
Utility Seeks Rate Cut to Offset Federal Tax
Montgomery Light and Power Co seeks rate reductions in Lindon New Richmond and Wingate Indiana to absorb the 3 percent federal excise tax on electricity. The firm previously cut street lighting charges by 20 percent in January. Petition filed by Chase Harding Crawfordsville attorney.
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Indiana
Public Service Commission
Montgomery Light and Power Company
Lindon
New Richmond
Wingate
Chase Harding
Crawfordsville
Valuation Hearing Notes County Loss in 1932 Assessments
Orvel Schock of Carroll county testified at the Indiana state tax board in Indianapolis as 92 counties began Equi lization hearings. Carroll saw overall drops in valuations, with farm land per acre down and dairy cattle and hog values falling, while some township auto counts rose. The final county valuation will be announced soon as the legislature faces a constrained session.
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Orvel Schock
Public Service Commission
Deer Creek Township
Rock Creek Township
Delphi
Northern Indiana Service Corporation
Mmission
Corpm
Carroll County
State Tax Board
Indianapolis
Schock
Carroll
Adams
Burlington
Carrollton
Clay
Deer Creek
Democrat
Jackson
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Rock Creek
Tippecanoe
Washington
State
Democrat Township
Jefferson Township
Washington Township
Monroe Township
Flora
Rocky Creek
Camden
Brown County
Fountain County
Marion County
Tax Board
School contracts let for Rock Creek Township hacks
Contracts have been let for the school hacks in Rock Creek township to Arthur Fross Paul Gregg Monroe Breckbeil Ora Keeler Fred Martin Merle Landis Brady Wasson Truman McCarty and Robert Wasson.
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Rock Creek Township
Arthur Fross
Paul Gregg
Monroe Breckbeil
Ora Keeler
Fred Martin
Merle Landis
Brady Wasson
Truman McCarty
Robert Wasson
Great Western Canning Company pays farmers total 74 percent
The Great Western Canning Company issued another nine percent payment to farmers under last year's corn contracts. This brings the cumulative payments to seventy four percent to date.
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Great Western Canning Company
Men Begin Street Re Surfacing Past Dame’s Laundry
Men started resurfacing the street past Dame’s Laundry today in a small municipal project. The work aims to improve road quality and ease traffic flow around the area.
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Dame’s
Legislature Debates Income Tax Bill Choices
Wayne Coy reports on House action shaping an income tax bill with major and minor reports. The Crawford bill mirrors Illinois style personal and corporate tax while the Kistler bill taxes net income with a 12 percent exemption on invested capital. Debate centers on who pays and potential capital retention.
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Wayne Coy
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Kistler
Crawford
Senate bill on local salary powers advances from committee
The Senate measure repealing mandatory levies and granting local authorities the power to set salaries has also cleared the House Ways and Means Committee with a favorable report.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
County Agent Law Backed by House Support
The House shows support for the current county agent law with the rationale that federal relief passed to counties is routed through the extension division of the Department of Agriculture, meaning county agents in each county receive the aid.
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Department of Agriculture
County seeks to retain attendance officer under new bills
House supports keeping county attendance officer but allows combining the post with secretarial work for the county superintendent. Carroll County is cited with figures by Ed Brennan showing McKesson bills would yield about 101,315.73 in state funds versus 107,419.89 from local levies and gas tax sources under current allocations.
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Carroll County
Ed Brennan
Delphi
State Board of Accounts
McKesson
Proposed amendment to abolish lame duck session fails
The proposed amendment to abolish the lame duck session of Congress will not be submitted. The note directs readers to turn to page four for more details.
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United States
Congress
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reeve
Calvin Coolidge
Purdue Weather Bureau
Federal Farm Board
U. S
B. & O. System
Frankfort
Clay Township
Arthur V. Sapp
Rotary International
Arthur H. Sapp
Hamling
Citizen Office
Lake Hotel
AL Stewart
Delphie
Tippecange Washington
Treasury
Tecu
Legislature
Hoffman
Sen. Slenker
Rep. Guard
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