29 Oct 1936
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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1936
Page
1
Allen Bailey reports a dramatic campaign entering its stretch with Roosevelt and Landon at the center of national attention. Carroll county voters face a high stakes contest amid touts of a record turnout and vigilance against fraud as the Citizen predicts a clean decisive Democratic victory.
A list of precinct election officials across townships named by Guy Coplen, Democratic chairman, and approved by the county board. Officials include judges, clerks, sheriffs, inspectors, and poll book holders for Adams to Deer Creek townships.
Crowell Coble a 36 year old Carroll county farmer was killed instantly Tuesday morning when a buzz saw on Gosley farm near Burnettsville exploded. His skull was fractured and his left arm and shoulder were crushed and severed. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Coble his wife three children and a brother Lloyd of Idaville.
The Sinclair service station at Washington and Front Street in Delphi will be formally opened Saturday. Gilbert Underhill, a local graduate, will run the station with Charles Beale assisting. The modern terra cotta building features a green tile roof, hydraulic lift, and up to date pumps. The station offers Sinclair HC Gasoline Opaline and Pennsylvania Oils and provides car washing greasing polishing tire repair battery service Goodyear tires and accessories with services arranged for pickup.
Word has been received that Max Leppold is confined to the U. S. Veterans' hospital at Hines Illinois where he will undergo a major operation soon. He expects to remain five or six weeks. Friends may address correspondence to Mr Leopold at the hospital Ward 642.
Rev Francis Campbell Gray, son of Bishop Campbell Gray of the Northern Diocese of Indiana, has been called to serve as rector of Trinity Episcopal church in Logansport. He will conduct services at St Mary’s Episcopal church in Delphi twice a month following Rev Edward Hoffenbacher’s schedule.
Charles M. Flora of Delphi Indiana notes that Production Credit loans are secured by personal property and offered on the same terms as Federal Land Bank loans. Both landlords and tenants are eligible.
Carroll county farmers favor continuing the conservation program and broadening its scope. They urge lower soil diversion payments, higher soil conservation payments, weed control allowances, 1936 bases kept for 1937, stronger long term soil building emphasis, individual soil conservation bases, and retention of crop insurance and seed loan tied to conservation. This marks the fourth straight year of farmer led meetings shaping farm improvement programs.
William Widner 30 formerly of Delphi dies in a two car crash on an Illinois highway between Slaybrook and Bloomington. His wife is critically injured along with her mother. another passenger in the car is not seriously hurt. Surviving relatives include his parents, a son, two brothers and five sisters. Funeral services set for Friday at 3 p.m. in Delphi.
The local Red Cross chapter launches a Five Dollar Membership Club for Delphi and Carroll County aid. Fifty cents of each five dollar fee goes to the national treasury, while the remainder funds local relief efforts by the Carroll chapter.
Senator Harter rejects a quoted comparison of 1932 and 1936 conditions claiming he did not make such a comparison. He says newspapers misquoted him last week and maintains there are now many little Elinors around the countryside.
Delphi hosts a Halloween night with goblins as guests and a costume contest. The American Legion sponsors prizes for the most striking outfits, and a colorfully masked parade starts at seven followed by a dance at the armory from nine to midnight.
Carroll county to begin immunization against diphtheria and smallpox on November 9 led by county nurse Esther Gregg. Schools will host visits by Mrs Gregg and physicians with sessions at Rockfield Burrows Camden P. and related towns across dates through November 25. Families urged to attend promptly or visit a nearby school if ill.
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, defended New Deal farm policy before second district farmers in Lafayette. He argued that spending boosted national income and wealth, despite rising national debt, and challenged critics who claim the budget should be balanced while aid is needed for farmers.
Ruth McCormick Democratic candidate for re election as county recorder asks voters to reelect her. She says the recorder's office has been the busiest in three years and promises continued courteous efficient service if reelected on November 3.
Local fans await the 1936-37 Oracles as they meet Camden at the armory Wednesday night in a fast paced contest. Camden features veterans Bechdell Titus Ritchey Price and Wagoner. The Oracles play Tipton Friday at the armory in another crunch game.
Representative Charles A. Halleck will be the principal speaker at the county Republican rally set for Friday at the armory. The event marks the final rally of the campaign in the area.
Local Democratic headquarters asks volunteers with available cars to report for election day duties. The notice urges participation to assist in voter transport and turnout efforts.
Democrats of Carroll County plan a large rally and barn dance at John Mills farm on state road 25 between Rockfield and Burrows tonight. Sponsored by the Carroll County Young Democrats the event offers ration break, bonfires, free cider and doughnuts, and parking. Contests include sack races potato races and a pie eating contest with prizes. Festivity begins at 9 PM and attracts a large crowd.
A special wage board established rates for workers on the new Delphi grade school. Common laborers receive 45 per hour, same as the post office project, with bricklayers ironworkers and stone masons at the maximum 1.32 per hour. The board, including William C. Smith John Acker and Howard W. Bradshaw, set 96 classifications as wages reflect local prevailing rates. construction starts November 14 on a project about 150000 dollars.
Cliff Townsend denounces employers who print payroll slips mislabeling Social Security taxes as government taxes. He argues the so called taxes are insurance and old age savings under the Social Security Act. He calls the employers enemies of Social Security and accuses them of trying to sway workers against Roosevelt.
Governor Paul V. McNutt will address an open forum at Howard Hall Frankfort promising questions after his speech. He aims to counter Republican Raymond Springer and back Democrat M Clifford Townsend. A 6:30 parade with six bands and drum corps precedes the event with amplified sound for the crowd.
Judge Caleb Lindsey of Indianapolis will be principal speaker at a Democratic meeting in Camden community hall Friday evening. A supper at 7 precedes the address. Attendees are asked to bring covered dishes and table service. The Jackson Township Democratic Club sponsors. public invited.
Delphi youth William Dickinson, 18, will show four purebred Aberdeen Angus baby beeves in the junior live stock feeding contest at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The event awards prizes totaling about 100000 dollars.
Mr and Mrs KE F Naylor of Burlington Indiana announce the engagement of their daughter Donnabelle to Ralph W Ross son of Mr and Mrs Roy M Ross of Indianapolis The wedding is set for Thanksgiving at the North Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis Both graduates of Butler University.
Charles Wilkinson, 61, died at 4 30 Friday morning after a hernia operation at Home hospital in Lafayette. He had worked in Indianapolis and Delphi in lumber, garages, hatcheries, and was fire chief for ten years and night watchman for years. Surviving: two daughters, Mrs Clyde Robbins and Betty Wilkinson. Funeral Sunday at Blythe and Son, Rev. Harry Parker officiating. Burial in Masonic cemetery.
Indiana voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would include Negroes in the state militia. Officials say adoption requires a majority of eligible voters and an unmarked ballot counts as a vote against the measure.
Richard Sales of Delphi was fined 5 dollars and costs totaling 14.50 on an intoxication charge in Rossie Dorns Justice of the Peace Court. Henry Sales, his brother, was fined 1 dollar and costs totaling 9.50 on an assault and battery charge. Dora Fife of Delphi was fined 5 dollars and costs on an intoxication charge. Ralph Hill and State Patrolman Loren Ayres made the arrests. All are serving out their fines at the jail.
The September attendance report by county attendance officer Miss Florence R. Scott shows Yeoman at 99.1 percent, with Owasco and Madison township tied at 99 percent. Overall attendance across all schools reached 97.8 percent, with 2,245 pupils neither absent nor tardy.
The American Legion declares it is a non political group in a national safety drive. It states it has no authority to appoint officers for the campaign but asks each member to assist county state and city police in their duties. Curtis McCain Commander Harry Bohannon Post No 75.
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