Political beer price racket shocks Lake County
Gary bottler Ben Rosen charges a gentlemen’s agreement among breweries importers and wholesalers to fix beer at 20 cents a bottle in Lake County violating state law. He claims Democrats secretly control licenses and push permits to favored interests while promising exposure at a public meeting. He cites Lake County importer Michael Kiernan and East Chicago ties, alleging profit motives and political influence in beer distribution.
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Lake County
Ben Rosen
Gary
Hammond Taxpayers Association
Weishall
Michael J. Kiernan
East Chicago
Impoyler Geant Porter
Rain
Paul Fry
Rosen
Kentlenen
Kiernan
Temperature Report For Waranond Region
Temperature in Waranond today stood at twelve degrees above zero with readings near noon. The Weather bureau forecasts similar conditions around Mona with no significant variation expected.
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Waranond
Mona
East Chicago Announces Mixed Civic Initiatives
A stream of East Chicago notices details waterworks cost shifts, teacher payments, and public events. City finances face a $50,000 state tax. teachers will be paid in cash tomorrow due to Treasurer Andrew Rooney’s efforts. The Harrison school exhibit, city cleanup, and child health council plans are outlined, with the Cesare Battisti festival tomorrow and a bridge test for local women at Weodings clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Trusters
Ma City
City
Andrew Rooney
Taxpayers Protest Secret Sessions of Lake County Board of Tax Review
Taxpayers association meeting denounces secret board sessions that set industrial assessments. They demand public hearings and notices, citing $10,006,000 in preferred assessments given last year. North Township assessor cites a $15,000,000 rise to parity with small property owners, while reductions totaling $15,080,000 were granted in secret. Association plans a field survey to press industries to share taxation burden.
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Lake County
Asscomlion
Board of Review
Association
North Township
Frank R. Martin
Martin
Taxpayers Association
Inflation Plan Faces GOP Delay As Opponents Cry Out
Washington April 21 The inflation program faced delay as conservative Republicans denounced it as destructive. Senate Democrats feared days of delay while Reed of Pennsylvania warned the plan would erode confidence in American credit and hurt savers. The administration sought to authorize up to 4 000 000 000 in purchases and possible 3 000 000 000 in United States notes, with bond buys by Federal Reserve banks to pump dollars into the system.
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U. G. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Senate
Schator Reed Republican
Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve Banks
Administration
Hesa
United States
Senater Thomas
Oklahoma
Banking Committee
Fletcher
Reed
Ogden Mills
Hoovar
Treasury
Mills
Glass
Viregiais
Senate Financial Oracle
Wheeler
Montana
Jury Returns Verdict for the Hohmans
A jury in Superior Court under Judge Miles Morton found for Mr and Mrs Charles G Hohman in a case over injuries to Bob Banner on 3 1990 when he was hit by a machine near Lyman Avenue. The verdict came on the third ballot amid defense and plaintiff counsel comments.
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Court of Superior
Miles Morton
Charles G. Hohman
Bob Banner
Lyman Avenue
William J. McAlegy
United States
Milo Bruce
Sidney Barner
Pigeons Remember Will Wood in Capitol Vigil
Representative L B Guyer of Indiana penned a tribute printed in the Congressional Record for WH Ham R Wood who fed pigeons at the House office building corner for twenty years. Wood died after retirement and a Mediterranean cruise plan, leaving pigeons to mourn their longtime friend.
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Washington
Representative Wood
Guyer
Congressional Record
Whham R. Wood
Indiana
Carner
Congress
Tao
New York
Mediterranean
Calumet City Budget Up This Evening
Calumet City faces a tentative 1933 budget debate with Mayor John W. Jaranowski aiming for cuts where possible. City Clerk Frank Angel says finance committee and taxpayer recommendations will be considered as the council must pass the budget by late April with potential inauguration in April or May after last Tuesday’s municipal election.
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Galumet
Budest
John W. Jaranowsk
Frank Angel
Finance Committee
Angel
Jaranowski
Whiting Duck Pin Season Opens at Community Center
Whiting duck pin enthusiasts begin the season at the Community Center alleys with a season opener. A Whiting High School boys’ club plans a meeting next Monday at 17380 o’clock, while the Madrigal Club will sing Sunday afternoon April 23 between 1 30 and 12 15 o clock from WLAQ Chicago.
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Whiting High School
Corge Calder
Walaq
Chicago
Mothers OF the Whiting High School
Goommunity Center
Relief plans loom as 1000 plus workers face layoff
Hammond R F C funds depleted after a $90,200 loan enabled city projects on Indianapolis boulevard and street repairs. About 1,000 workers enter a final week of employment, with a few kept on to complete recruit work. City officials, including Mayor Schonert and City Engineer Blocker, plan relief steps and a post‑loan survey next week.
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B. F.C
George St. John
Indianapolis Boulevard
Chicago and Calumet District Transit Company
Atchison Avenue
Indiana
Illinois State Line
R. F
Blochar
Blocker
Schonert
Woman fined for slander in Gary court
Special to The Times Helen Sibincich of 3409 Massachusetts Gary was fined 25 and costs and given sixty days suspended on a slander charge after a criminal court found her guilty. The complaining witness Sylvia Pokopac of 2696 Massachusetts said Sibincich recited lies about how Sylvia kept her job as operator of the switchboard at the Gary courthouse.
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TIMES
Crown Foint
Ind
Helen Sibincich
Massachusetts Street
Gary
Sylvia Pokopac
Helen
Sylvia
Awiteh Board
Daisy DeVoe Freed After 18 Months In Theft Case
Hollywood reports Daisy DeVoe former secretary to actress Clara Bow was released after serving 18 months for theft of 1825 from her employer. DeVoe indicated surprise at her freedom and commented emotionally on the outcome of the case.
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Hollywood
Sn.s
Daisy DeVoe
Clara Bow
DeVoe
Danegrous Precedent Warned By Township Assessor
North Township Assessor Frank R. Martin warned that proposing to remove indigent property owners from tax duplicates would be unconstitutional and set a dangerous precedent. He noted the constitution forbids such discrimination between paying and non paying property owners and that only a legislative act could exempt indigents.
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North Township
Frank R. Martin
Taxpayers’ Association
Martin
Bandits Rob Lansing Pharmacy in Hold-Up
Two persistent bandits in a Model A Ford held up Lansing Pharmacy at 9:10 PM, taking $67 after threatening proprietor Kovacheff and forcing cash from the register. Edward Homer resisted, briefly trapping the gun, but the robbers escaped in the sedan. no description of the attackers is available.
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Lansing
Hrlet Kovachaff
Edward Homer
Kovacheff
Homer
Eyachefl
Ahl Sapy
Sovacheff
Einstein Ousted From Berlin Physics Board
April 21, 1933. Professor Albert Einstein, who rejected returning to Germany under the Nazi regime, was removed from the board of directors at the Reichsnietwie of physics. The action marks a formal expulsion affecting a leading figure in theoretical science.
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Berlin
N.S
Albert Einstein
Germany
Relel Ienitwie of
Physics
Waterway proves boon to Calumet region industry
Industrial leaders say completion of the Lakes-to-Gulf waterway will boost Calumet mills by enabling direct water shipments to the Mississippi system and Gulf coast markets. A 500 ton steel cargo moved from Inland Steel docks to St Louis and Memphis by barge, the first along the route since canal openings. The project promises lower freight costs, direct access to South America, and expanded transfers of raw materials and refined products through Indiana Harbor and Sag canal corridors.
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Lakes-to- Gulf Waterway
Calumet Region
Inland Steel Company
St. Louis
Memphis
Lome
Jochigan
Lake County
Calumet
Steel Indus
Pittsburgh
Mississippi River
Middle Ant Southwest
Gulf Coast
South America
Ohio River
Tniand
Indiana Harbor
South Chicago
Minois River
Des Plaines River
Sag Canal
Transfar
Steel Bpnaven
Bethlehem Mills
Chicago
Raijs
Pittsuurc
Germany Declines to Follow US Gold Export Ban
A Reichsbank statement from Berlin says Germany will not follow the United States in banning gold exports or abandoning the gold standard. It calls Roosevelt’s steps not inflationary nor forced by international conditions and labels them as serving unspecified aims. The measure could affect Germany’s exports or hinder its ability to meet dollar obligations.
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BERL
Germany
United States
Reichs~ Bank
Roosevelt
Bhanl
Armas
America
Thas
Bank Cited for Contempt of Court in Lake County
Crown Point April 22 A Gary State Bank and its cashier A B Bailey and assistant cashier A N Miller were cited for contempt by Circuit Judge on motion of attorneys for Raymond Kostbade administrator of the estate of Med Wills. The court ordered appearance Monday to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt over access to a safety box containing 3409. The bank allegedly refused to honor a court order directing access to the box, guarding funds intended for Kostbade’s heirs under state supervision.
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TIMES
Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Judge & van
Circuit Court
Gary State Bank
A. EB Bailey
A. N. Miller
Oine
Barr, Norton and East
Raymond Hostbade
Kostbade
Med Wills
Gary
Davenport
Hills
Hammond Post Office Employees Hit by Salary Cut
Hammond post office officials confirm a 6.67 percent pay reduction for 75 workers including Postmaster Otto Rabe. The adjusted 13 percent cut was amended from 8.33 percent, effective April first, saving about $25,000 yearly for the Hammond facility.
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Hammond
Roosevelt
Congress
Otto Rabe
Thieves Enter Home in Calumet City Break In
Mrs J Bradzka of 224 14th St Calumet City reported to police that a thief pried open a window and entered her home last night stealing 4 dollars in wash.
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Mra. J. Bradzka
Calumet City
Baines
Regulation Income Levy Operation in Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports outline a new gross income levy set to take effect May 1. Taxpayers will file by July 15 with a $166.67 exemption from gross receipts and May to June receipts included in the first return. Returns use department blanks and require business gross receipts records.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ln.s.j
Lcense
May
Jane
Department of the Treasury
Must Get Drivers Licenses Issued Immediately
Frank J. O Rourke, Hammond Automobile license bureau manager, announced a new state law effective April 1 requiring drivers to obtain licenses. Applicants may apply by mail or in person with a sworn statement of a freetholder to attest driving ability. a six cent fee is charged, with ten cents retained by the bureau manager. No notary fees. Few have complied. driving without a license is forbidden in Indiana.
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Frank J. O'Rourke
Hammond Automobile License Plate Bureau
Bibley Street
General Assembly
O'Rourke
Indiana
Man arraigned in whisky death of 7 year old son
In Bloomingtown Indiana on April 21 John David On, 43, pleaded not guilty in city court and was bound over to Monroe circuit court for trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. He allegedly compelled his seven year old son Robert to drink whisky, the boy dying from acute alcoholic poisoning. Bond was set at 1,000.
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Bloomingtow
Ind
U.P
John David
Monroe
Robert
Hammond to House New Brewery in Lake County
Lake county's first licensed brewery will be built in Hammond. George Parmley, East Chicago and Hammond backers plan 90 days to construct and two more months to age beer for delivery. Controlling stock includes 4,060 Class A shares and 26,000 Class B shares with executives to be named after organization finalizes.
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Lake County
L le
Hammond
George Purmney
Gary Amercian Legion
Continental Brewing Corporation
First Beer
Lake
Porter
Howard J. Gescheidler
Patrick J. Garman
East
Chicago
Mr. Parmley
Plangare
Pets for Mortgage Moratorium To Be Tabulated Tonight
Petitions for mortgage moratorium and for foreclosure petitions will be tallied tonight by the Home Owners and Taxpayers League of Hammond at the Odd Fellows hall on Slate Street. Forest Nicholas, league chairman, predicts over 1,000 signatures with petitions to be forwarded to the governor and Indiana’s congressional representatives. About 69 copies circulated. Gary owners signed a similar petition earlier and were told the governor could act only if the state legislature convened in special session. The Hammond group seeks a special session to authorize the moratorium.
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Home Owners and Taxpayers League of
Hammond
Mlo
Odd Fellows Hall
Slate Street
Forest Nicholas
League
Indiana
Congress
Gary
Paul Xi McNutt
Purdue accepts $5,000 scholarship from Comey estate
In Lafayette Indiana April 21 the Purdue university board of trustees accepted a $5,000 scholarship from the estate of the late Mrs Kate Comey of Cambridge Massachusetts. Income from the fund will provide $260 scholarships for senior and graduate students each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dafayette
Ind
U.P
Kate Comey
Cambridge
Purdue University Board of Trustees
Wating
Governor McNutt Endorses Experimental Inflation Measures
Indiana Governor Paul V. McNutt endorsed Roosevelt administration inflation moves in two addresses. He urged quick local action for state problems, noted rising poor relief demands, and pressed for local funding. In Bloomington he became Kiwanis honorary member and received Indiana University Union's key, a gesture recalling his 1911-12 tenure as union president.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Indias Canners’ Association
Bloomington
Kiwanis
United States
Statehouse
McNutt
Indiana University Union
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Catumay
Milla
Kanesite
Gulf Waterwa
Harrison School
TAL Hygiene
The
Council For Cild Health
Cesare Battisti
TELIA
Sorols
Tod
Department of
Department
DR. N
FL Forsythe
Ladies’ Social Union OF
East Chicago Methodist Church
Taxpayers
Will Wood
Wilfrid Grogan
Whiting Fire Department
Doyle
New Orleans
Lay
Tims
Ameriean Legion Baseball League
John 4. Vokere
Whiting
Harry Gallagher
Ties
William Schulle
Ethel Moehrling
Washington, D. C
Hammond R. F.C
Bandits
ROB Lansing Pharmacy
Einstein
U.S
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