Goodyear Plans 2000 New Jobs and Worker Home Ownership
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio expands to 1.7 million square feet, adding 2,000 jobs and 450 acres for a worker home allotment. President F. A. Seiberling champions homes at cost with rent converted to mortgage payments over ten years, aiming for 4,500 future homes and a happier, more loyal workforce. The program includes employee welfare features: hospital, cafeteria, and an efficiency bureau.
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Protection Against Hall Device Aims to Shield Against Hall
The French government promotes experiments with a device described as a large copper rod that purportedly affects atmospheric electricity to prevent hailstones from forming.
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German electricians society offers gold medal for life safety device
The German Society of Electricians proposed a costly annual gold medal for the best device or process advancing life protection or health in the electrical industry. A fragment mentions metamorphosia and a quoted exchange about a money making scheme involving bira and a mistaken opportunity.
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Children Burned As Tar Kettle Topsple Ball Bros. Repair Work
Five small children were burned when a kettle of boiling tar was upset during building repairs near the Ball Brothers factory in Muncie Indiana May 7. Geneva Venable six, enveloped in tar, is expected to die despite cold water treatment. Herman Venable nine, Bert McCarty eight, Cyrus Guate four and Mary Guate seven suffered burns with varying outcomes. Passersby aided the victims as the kettle overturned spilling tar over the children.
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Bert McCarty
Charles McCarty
Cyrus
Mary
Cyrus Guate
Ball Bros
McCarty
Multiple Disasters Hit Regions As Floods Wreak Havoc
Reports from Princeton Valparaiso and nearby towns describe flood damage across lowlands washing out wheat lands and threat to corn crops. In Remington a two year old boy died after scalding in a church kitchen. Heart’s Desire fires level a centuries old Fournier mansion with a near escape by Charles Fournier Jr. A decomposed body found in the Ohio River near Jeffersonville is suspected of foul play or wreckage ties.
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Rabies Fear Spurs Pasteur Treatment in Indiana
In Conneraville on May 9 William Pry fogie a farmer rushed to Indianapolis for Pasteur treatment after a dog bite. The piece notes a new epidemic of rabies is feared and spreading locally.
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Indiana News In Brief Highlights City Actions And Crimes
Shelbyville orders a general clean-up day as mayor outlines proclamation. Linton resident John Weller among five killed in Hartford Kentucky mine rescue. Columbus notes health board inspection praising cleanliness. Vandeburgh grand jury indicts George Underwood for first degree murder. Muncie barn fire destroys Emma Shields farm contents valued at about $5,000. Waldron Delos Thompson Home for Aged Women opens on 40 acres with Mrs D A Auter first resident. George Weinantz injured in buggy accident near Flatrock. Bedford Har vard Carmichael fined for illegal sale of liquor after case at Foote grove. Clark county jury sides with defendants in Dowd v Malin over $25,000 damages from injuries. Mishawaka set for September homecoming under local business leadership. Rushville city records show officials did their duties. water light plant six-year rose 45781.94. Frankfort Waldron matter in circuit court over Mulberry field deed with undetermined consideration amid questions of mental capacity. Conneraville notes a fly fighting army outcome and Dr John X.
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