Democrats O Malley and Rudd win House seats to restore balance
Last week Democrats Matthew O Malley and Stephen Rudd were elected to Congress to fill vacancies restoring the 72nd House to 218 Republicans 216 Democrats and one Farmer Laborite. Sunday a Wisconsin Republican died reducing the majority to a minority. A Kansas Republican announced he will vote with Democrats to organize the next session. Death may determine the ultimate winner.
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Matthew O’ Malley
Stephen Rudd
Congress
House of Representatives
Wisconsin
Kansas
Danish economist backs German debt default plan
Dr. L V Birck, a Copenhagen economist, urged a Socialist program to cancel Germanys war debts except those tied to rail income. He warned England and France might threaten but would do little beyond informing the United States they cannot pay. The Copenhagen press echoed wary caution on his remarks.
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L. V. Birck
Germany
England
France
United States
Europe
Birck
Copenhagen
Dr. Birck
Verdun monuments and buried remains spark wartime controversy
The item notes mass burial failures at Verdun with estimates of 12 500 not buried and 1 400 skeletons in a shed plus 9 800 more in an airplane hangar, alongside a Budapest bookseller fraud case and a Toronto insulin overdose incident linked to detective fiction use.
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Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Budapest
Bischl
Lulu
Charles Herbert Best
Toronto
1930 profits dip across 744 firms weighed by sectors
Statisticians report profits for 744 companies averaged 23.2 percent lower in 1930 than 1929. Railroads and industrials posted large losses, while utilities slightly trimmed declines or posted gains as a counterbalance.
Indians sue for vast land claim vetoed by Hoover
Eighteen years ago the Chotaw Indians sued the Federal government for a multi million land claim. Congress passed a bill to settle the dispute but President Hoover vetoed it, arguing the U S had paid properly and that rising land value came from U S citizens building the nation.
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Congress
Hoover
U. S
Hoover Opens Second Term Amid Uncertain Support
The text notes March 4 marks the start of Herbert Hoover's second four year term amid waning political prestige and national mood. It highlights party doubts over renomination as the party blames him for the election setback and his two years have not been politically happy.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Taxpayers Face Higher Rates Under 1928 Tax Scheme
Over a million citizens, about half the income tax group, must pay roughly three times their 1929 taxes this year as the 1928 rates resume after a one year 1 percent cut. Normal income is taxed 1 percent on the first 4000, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 5 percent above 8000. The prior year featured lower rates for the same brackets.
Camden Cutler Open Sectional Tourney At Flora
Dope on the annual sectional basketball tourney centers on four teams with Delphi the favorite and Flora the runner up. Camden Deer Creek Cutler and Camden are dark horses. The opening games Friday night at 7 30 feature Cutler Camden and Carrollton Flora. Saturday schedule begins at 9 with Deer Creek Rockfield then Delphi Burlington and Adams township versus the Cutler Camden winner. The winner meets Peru in a Logansport regional first round, with Logansport facing the Monticello winner and the regional victor meeting Bedford in the state tournament. Ten players were named by Coach Paul R Lostutter for the Delphi squad: Shuey Whiteman Howell Joyce Koup Smith Patton McDowell Holmes Vander Volgen. The Oracles test January 25 to 14, embattling them a standstill for the first half of the battle. Froebel is a strong state team.
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Dope
Flora
Delphi
Camden
Deer Creek
Cutler
Carrollton
Rockfield
Logansport
Monticello
Bedford
Paul R. Lostutter
Shuey
Whiteman
Howell
Joyce
Koup
Smith
Patton
McDowell
Holmes
Vander Volgen
Oracles
Froebel
Assessors Begin Job of Fixing Tax Values
Carroll County assessors and deputies from thirteen townships started the annual task of fixing property valuations. They aim to value all personal property by May and will hold weekly conferences to check averages and township reports. Deputy assessors were appointed for Delphi and Flora.
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Carroll County
Orvel D. Schock
Adams
Ira Leslie
Burlington
Jean Beck
Carrollton
Floyd Seward
Flora
Clay
Williamss
Deeds
Rossville
Deer Creek
Newell E. Cox
Delphi
Democrat
Russel O. Bell
Sedalia
Jackson
Clarence Lake
Camden
Jefferson
Charles F. Crook
Madison
Byron W. Calvert
Monroe
Charles. E. Clingenpeel
Rock Creek
John W. Smith
Burrows
Tippecanoe
John BE. Sellers
Washington
Ira L. McFatridge
Delphi Junior High Boys Reach Tourney Semi Finals
Delphi junior high basketball team the Little Oracles reached the first annual junior high tournament semifinals in Howard Hall Frankfort They lost to Plainfield 16 to 9 Plainfield beat Wakarusa 22 to 14 in the final The event was praised by teams and may continue next year
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Delphi
Howard Hall
Frankfort
Little Oracles
Plainfield
Wakarusa
Electric light bills now due for IANA Service Corp
Notices indicate electric light bills are now due for IANA Service Corp with a call to payment. The short fragment mentions no discharge after the payment prompt and references the service provider.
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Iana Service Corp
Carroll County Veterans Seek Loans Under New Law
More than half of Carroll County’s 400 World War veterans plan to apply for loans on adjusted compensation certificates under a new law. Floyd Julien, Delphi Legion Post service officer, says many borrowers already hit the prior 22 percent limit, now raised to 50 percent by Congress. The act could place about $60,000 in veterans’ hands, with urgency to avoid 4 percent interest delinquency that would exhaust principal by 1945.
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Carroll County
Floyd
Julien
Delphi Legion Post
Federal Congress
Balser Nominated for Local Postmaster Position
President Hoover nominates Burr Balser to succeed Morton Hefner as postmaster here. Hefner served two terms, ending late January. Balser was recommended by Congressman Fred Purnell. no other applicants appeared for the post.
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Burr Balser
Hoover
Morton Hefner
Hefner
Balser
Fred Purnell
Purnell
Lions Club to Honor Delphi High School Basketball Team
The Lions Club plans a public banquet to honor Delphi high school basketball players after the state tournament. A. A. Stage of the University of Chicago is invited to speak. Organizers include C. A. Smith John Hamling Jr and C. A. Davies with Ralph Maggart handling publicity and trophies.
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Delphi
Lions Club
A. A. Stage
University of Chicago
Gram
C. A. Smith
John Hamling, Jr
Jason Been
C. A. Davies
Haughey H. Mount
State ages pension bill advances to governor for action
The old age pension bill to pay 25 dollars monthly to indigent residents 70 and older has passed both houses and goes to the Governor. The pension is optional in each county. Miss Nora Turner was summoned to Komo by the death of Mrs Emma McGrail Wednesday.
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Nora ‘Turner
Kokomo
Emma’ McGrail
Chamber of Commerce Plans Membership Drive and Booster Day
New officers plan an immediate membership push for the Chamber of Commerce with cards issued upon dues. A revival of Booster Day is under consideration by the merchants committee led by Fred H. Wheeler, with duties assigned to a long list of members and committees.
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Chamber of Commerce
William B. Smith
Merchants
Fred H. Wheeler
Highway
C. A. Davies
Buel Ulm
E. E. Pruitt
W. H. Bradshaw
Industrial
H. B. Wilson
Paul Quick
Robert Bradshaw
W. B. Wason
Myron Ives
E. O. Grimm
Haughey
Haughey Mount, Forrest Orr
Merchant's
W. S. Maigowski
William Afflis
L. M. Pletcher
John Mount
C. O. Julius
Up the River of Time by Carroll County Historian
WM. C. SMITH recalls Dr. B. W. H. Beck a Delphi physician and Civil War surgeon who joined a 1849 California gold rush caravan carrying medicines. Beck served in 31 battles and 36 skirmishes, helped inform Union lines after Gettysburg, performed a landmark shoulder resection, and preserved a bone specimen now in medical archives. He and his wife were central figures in Delphi society, with Beck aiding residents during a smallpox outbreak.
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B. W. H. Beck
Beck
Delphi
Samuel Grimes
Carroll County
California
Antietam
Gettyabug
Becked
Surgeon General
Proposed New School in Tippecanoe Township
A mass meeting at Pittsburg Community church discussed replacing the condemned building with a four room school. Estimated cost is 27800 dollars funded by five year bonds. advisory board to meet next Monday. Delphi Citizen announces a 2000 dollar cash prize and subscription drive with 20 percent commission for non prize winners. Contest targets all residents over sixteen with a Chevrolet sedan top prize and voting details available at the newspaper office.
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Pittsburg
Tippecanoe Township
Frank Riley
William Klepinger
Henderson
Riley
Delphi
the Citizen
Citizen
Carroll County
Hear Remonstrance on Peterson Highway in Adams Township
County board of commissioners hearing on remonstrance against the proposed Peterson road drew 185 taxpayers with 59 petitioners seeking withdrawal. Decision deferred to April. time extended for several local roads. Supplemental viewer report filed for Russell Seward road. Jackson township highway vacate petition received. Ditches Emerson Johns and Nelson Slusser finalized. two admissions to estate sanitorium approved.
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Peterson
Adams Township
County Board of Commissioners
Jacob H. Pullen
Ora Johnson
Manford Landis
John F. Swartz
Gertha Voorhees
F. M. West
Russell Seward
Washington Township
Jackson Township
Emerson Johns
Eugene McKay
Deer Creek Township
Myrtie Huff
Monroe Township
County Federation Plans Spring Meeting at Cutler Church
The Carroll County Federation of Clubs schedules its spring gathering at Cutler Presbyterian Church on Friday March 13. The event opens at 10 am with registration and a club call in unison. Mrs Every Quinn of Cutler Home Economics Club delivers the welcome, followed by a response from Mrs Clifford Butter of Tippecanoe township.
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Carroll' County Federation of Clubs
Cutler Presbyterian Church
Callec
Every’ Quinn
Cutler Home Economics Club
Clifford Butter
Presi Dent
Tippecanoe Township
Home Economics Club
Bert. Miller
Lebanon
Fer
Reak Porno Ac
Bre
Argats
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Lostutter
Deer
Ralph. Worley
Wil Smith
Federal
C. OF C
Merchants Committee
WM. C. Smith
Historical Society
T. C. Phillips
Kokomo Tribune
Sycamore Street
Dr.Beck
Wickliff Smith
Peterson Highway
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