Mrs Jones Praised for Census Work in Lake County
Mrs Alice Drake Jones director of the 10th district census closed books naming Lake County population 261337 with Gary 100749 Hammond 64523 East Chicago 54660 and Whiting 10755. North township 102144 Calumet township 108591 support urban industrial growth and praise for her accurate enumeration.
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Alice Drake Jones
Lake County
Gary
Hammond
East
Chicago
Whiting
North Twp
North Township
Calumet Township
Jones
Xane
Temperature Report From Hammond Bank Building
Temperature today in Hammond rose to 60 degrees at 7 30 a m and again at noon. Weather was partly cloudy at noon with sunrise at 5 15 a m and sunset at 8 29 p m.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
Hammond
East Chicago June totals and local police reports
East Chicago records show June totals of 188 196 for building and 306 arrests last month. Harbor police report two minor robberies and two liquor raids last night. A horse near the ship canal was rescued from quicksand yesterday. Joe Flynn broke his leg at Empire Refining. Jack Macka 4862 Todave East Chicago arrested for liquor law violations. Mr and Mrs Anton Gordon celebrate 25 years of marriage today. Steel mill production gains in Indiana Harbor this week.
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Joe “Red” Flynn
Empire Refining Company
Jack Macka
Todave
Chicago
Buzinski
Cheranko
U. S
Atkins
City of Chicago Near 500 Hour Endurance Flight
The City of Chicago airship nears 500 hours aloft at Sky Harbor as Ken neth and John Hunter extend their endurance flight. Ground crews warn of approaching end as fuel and motor wear raise concerns. a second refueler stands by in Wayne Michigan for rapid response.
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Stanley Whitaker
United Press
Chicago
Sky Harbor
Hunter
Kenneth
John
C.D.T
Wayne
Mich
Attack on Calumet City Girl Under Police Search
Police hunt a 21 year old male described as 6 feet 11 inches tall and 160 pounds after a 13 year old Calumet City girl was abducted and attacked in broad daylight at 4 30 near Ingraham and State streets. The victim remains at home recovering.
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Calumet City
Ingraham
Emil N. Frey Sr Dies After Illness in Lansing
Emil N Frey Sr 68 longtime Lansing resident died at his home 11 Sherman Street after a lengthy illness He is survived by wife Augusta children Arthur Emil Jr Eimer two daughters Mrs George Rhoda Loretta Frey five grandchildren and a brother Funeral services will be held Saturday at 12 30 PM from the family home Burial in Wunder Cemetery Chicago Neidow Funeral Home Hammond in charge of arrangements
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Lansing
Ill
Emil N. Frey
Sherman Street
Augusta
Arthur
Emil Sr
Eimer
George Rhoda
Loretta Frey
Ernest
Wunders Cemetery
Chicago
Neidow Funeral Home
Hammond
Whiting Bank Hours Set for Saturday and Local Notices
Whiting banks will be open as usual on Saturday July 5 from 9 am to 12 noon. Mrs John McTague is believed to have a swell head after treating herself to a permanent wave yesterday. Whiting Elks prepare for their fall festival at the club rooms and grounds starting August 9. Whiting streets now designated with new markers, installed recently. One local resident commented that “One knows where he is nor now.”
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John McTague
Whiting Elks
Freshmen Letters Awarded to Indiana Football Duo
John Kerich and Pete Martich received freshmen letters in football at Indiana University marking an early achievement for two former high school athletes.
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John Kerich
Pete Martich
Indiana University
Whiting Scouts Plan Uniform Drill at Park Lagoon
All Whiting Boy Scouts in the July Fourth parade will stage a mass drill in uniform at Whiting Park lagoon at six o'clock this evening. The event is part of the town celebration and will involve a coordinated display by troop members.
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Whiting
Whiting Park Lagoon
Police Officers Take Two Weeks Vacation
Police officers Ted Bramer and Paul Mihalso are on two weeks of vacation Mihalso plans an East Coast tour with his family during the break.
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Ted Bramer
Paul Mihalso
Mihalso
Former Three I League star GENE MOORE joins Sioux City team
GENE MOORE, once a star outfielder for Terre Haute in the Three I League, now plays for Sioux City and is reported to be a valuable addition to the squad.
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Gene Moore
Terre Haute
Ind
Sioux City
Nine
Whiting Prepares for Its Biggest Fourth of July Celebration
Whiting residents and committee members claim the town is nearly ready for its annual mammoth July Fourth celebration. They describe the event as the biggest and best ever, with plans shaping up Friday as the holiday approaches.
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Whiting
Legion Fourth of July preparations at Whiting park
Those in charge of erecting the American Legion Fourth of July stand at Whiting park will head to the park this evening to install the required equipment with hammer and nails.
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Whiting Park
Whiting Legion Model Home Opens Friday for Public Inspection
The Whiting American Legion posts a model home on Davis Avenue set to open with public inspection Friday July Fourth. Officials expect record crowds to tour the post's latest achievement in model housing.
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Whiting American Legion
Davis Avenue
Post
City league captains to report lineups Thursday
Ground ball captains in all city leagues are asked to report their lineups to Robert Daugherty on Thursday afternoon. The leagues will be reorganized, and new teams may enter at this time.
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Robert Daugherty
Tennis semifinal set at Whit Ing filtration plant courts
The July Fourth Tennis tournament moves to the Whit Ing Filtration Plant courts for a 6 pm semifinal. G. W. Chenicek faces Sidney Weiner to determine the finalist who will play Friday, July 4.
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Whiting
G. W. Chenicek
Sidney Weiner
Open Air Dances Draw Crowds at Whiting Park Pavilion
Open air dances at the Whiting Park pavilion every Wednesday and Friday evenings attract crowds under the Citizens American Legion July Fourth committee. A resident praised the cool Lake Michigan air and the gatherings continue to grow in popularity.
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Whiting Park Pavilion
Citizens- American Legion
Lake Michigan
Heavy Sunday traffic at Dyer four corners slows streets
Dyer July 2 Automobiles flood the four corners area with 1250 cars passing per hour. An agent for the Greater Chicago Zoning Association counted 20 cars per minute from 1 PM to 9 PM. Officials note Sunday throughput drops around the Fourth of July period and expect about 80 cars a minute in summer peaks. The same agent also checked traffic at the Jackson highway east of Schererville. results were not released.
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the Times
Dyer
Four Corners
Greater
Jackson Highway
Schererville
Montana driver parks in front of county attorney’s office
A Montana motorist with 1929 plates parked his car directly in front of County Attorney Rudolph Nelson's office. Nelson notified the sheriff and quipped that perhaps the act was a challenge, noting he had no alternative but to accept it.
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Miles City
U.P
Montana
Rudolph Nelson
Nelson
Tractor Runs Over Baby in Wheat Field. Boy Survives Bruises
Shelby County Indiana July 2 Kenneth Gahimer a three year old slept in a wheat field beside his father Edward Gahimer. The tractor passed over the nap spot injuring the child with cuts to the shoulder leg and body but no internal injuries or broken bones.
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Blue Ridge
Shelby County
Ind
N.S
Kenneth Gahimer
Edward Gahimer
Here
Lake County Tax Distribution Totals 6.085 Million
Crown Point Indiana July 2 Emmett Clymer announces Lake County taxes totaling 6 085 000 3 72 with allocations to state and local funds. State taxes 779 721 06 include school tax teachers retirement fund and war memorial while county township and school bond allocations fill the remainder. The report notes most funds support education and infrastructure.
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Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Emmett Clymer
William E. Whitaker
Clynmier
War Memorial
Board of Agriculture
Dunes Park
Educational Improve Fund
George Rogers Clark Memorial
Library
Detroit man beaten by two men and car stolen
James Olsen of Detroit told hospital officials he was beaten by two men who stole his car in Detroit. He said he could recall nothing since the attack, and identified his wife Christina Olsen of 8600 Gratiot Avenue Detroit.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Detroit
James Olsen
Olsen
Christna Olsen
Gratiot Avenue
Senate House feud threatens close plan
Washington July 2 The House Senate feud blocks the World War veterans bill and two other measures sending them back to the House. The Walsh-Connally amendment raises disability pensions from 10 to 60 dollars starting at 10 percent. Final passage 55 to 1 indicated enough support to override a veto if Hoover rejects.
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Senate
House
Hoover
Democrats
Dale
Cutting
N. M
Blaine
LaFollette
Wis
Hatfield
W. Va
Robinson
Ind
Norris and Howell
Neb
Johnson
Cal
Penney recovery update after alleged self inflicted wound
Bus driver Ervin Penney, charged with murdering his sweetheart Lucille Long Houghtelin, is reported to be recovering from a bullet wound said to be self inflicted. Doctors had considered his condition serious but his attorney indicated possible discharge from St. Margaret's Hospital soon.
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Penney
Lucille Long Houghtelin
The
Times
Vote fraud trial details in Lake county case discussed in Crown Point
Defense cross examination fails to shake Milton Marquardt’s account of last year’s county primary frauds. He alleges William Walton inspired illegal voting from Chicago, with Fulton O Malia and Parker involved, and says $100 paid to stay hidden. Jury includes multiple women and men from Hammond Crown Point and surrounding towns.
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TIMES
Crown Point
Ind
Milton Marquardt
Lake County
William J. Walton
Chicago
Marquardt
Charles Parker
Joseph Carlson
Owen O'Malia
Fulton
O’malia
Gary
Parker
O’malin
Rose Powers
Myrtle Neubauer
Nettie Past
Hammond
Glenn Hollingsworth
Highland
George Stevens
Schererville
William Schwenke
Fred Sanger
Lowell
William Works
William Ciesenate
Dyer
William Bixenman
Alva Woods
Fred Keosser
Munster
Tramp cited as train strike follower found near Crown Point
Near Crown Point Indiana July 2 special to the times workers along the ice right of way found the mutilated body of Julius Winicki 74 years old lying beside the tracks. Winicki formerly of Hammond but an inmate of the poor farm apparently struck by a train. He is survived by one daughter Mrs Bert Box of Hammond. Funeral services set for Thursday at Burns funeral home at 2 pm with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Crown Point
Julius Winicki
Winicki
Hammond
Winicke
Bert Box
Burns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tear Gas Feud Shocks City Hall Run by Sgt Singer
Tear gas from a fountain pen gas gun routed Hammond city officials and clerks from City Hall. Judge Virgil Whitaker sobbed as a bootlegger received a six month sentence. a horse died after Singer fled on a tired steed.
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Sgt
Sandor Singer
City Hall
Hammond
Virgil Whitaker
Singer
Charles O. Schonert
Henry Heckler
City
William Spellman
Margaret Rossborough
Anna Ripley
Harold Hammond
Sergeant Singer
Board of Public Works
Paul Wlitzke
Residents Appeal Over Night Hammer Noise in Hammond
Twenty two residents near Hoffman Street in Hammond protested to the city council about a large trip hammer at the Simplex plant of the American Steel Foundry Co. The device runs at night, wakes sleepers, jars walls, shakes homes, and causes nuisance. The council referred the matter to the judiciary committee.
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Hoffman Street
Hammond
American Steel Foundry Co
Hofman and
Hoffman Sts
Judiciary Committee
Henry Heiman Dyer Resident Dies in Omaha Visit
Henry Heiman age 81 a longtime Dyer resident died Monday at his daughter Mrs Mary Schaefer’s home in Omaha Nebraska Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 am from St Josephs parish Dyer Burial will be in St Josephs cemetery Heiman survived by a daughter and two sons Anthony of South Dakota and John of Colorado Heiman was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters Sagen funeral home in charge
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TIMES
Dyer
Ind
Henry Hetiman
Dlary Schaefer
Omaha
Neb
Sts. Joseph's Parish
Anthony
South Dakota
John
Colorado
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Sagen Funeral Home
K. Heiman
Catholic Order of Foresters
Doctor dies after cow kicks him in Indiana
Dr. George W. Teters, 63, longtime physician in northwestern Hamilton County, Indiana, died from injuries after a cow kicked him. The accident occurred near Noblesville on July 2.
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Noblesvile
Ind
Ca. P
George W. Teters
Elamilton County
Firemen Seek Court Aid in Board Tangle
East Chicago court expected to hear a suit by Dan Davis Thomas Finley and John Sherman asking reinstatement to the fire department and back pay after an alleged illegal discharge at a March 19 board meeting. The case lists B C Dickey C P Ritz John K E O Neil Oscar Jackson Andrew Rooney and A P Twyman as parties and attorney Henry Peterson represents the city. Arguments on a motion to refine the complaint mark the case as an exposure of local politics before Judge M E Crites.
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East Chicago Board of Public Safety
Dan Davis
Thomas Finley
John Sherman
Fire Department
M. E. Crites
B. C. Dickey
C. P. Ritz
John KE. O'Neil
Board of Safety
Oscar Jackson
Andrew Rooney
A. P. Twyman
Henry Peterson
Chicago
Raspberries Fetch High Price in Local Market Sale
At Benyon Harbor on July 1 19 pints of first home grown red raspberries drew spirited bidding and sold for 13 dollars. The event highlights a brisk start to the summer berry season.
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Benyon Harbor
Mid
U.P
Vacation readers urged to keep Times deliveries
The Times advises carrier subscribers to call the circulation department at 3100 before leaving on vacation so they do not miss any issues.
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Times
Hammond Considers 500000 Bond For New City Hall
Hammond's city council voted unanimously to authorize a 500000 bond issue to fund a new city hall at Maywood Park. Bonds run to 1956 with semiannual interest, retirement phased from 1942, and premiums expected due to bond market conditions.
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Hammond
Maywood Park
Schroeder Protected Pending Hearing In Murder Case
Harold Herbert Schroeder will remain in jail under protection after a petition by his attorney to shield him from investigators’ alleged violence and acts. A hearing on the petition was postponed to tomorrow to decide if the order becomes permanent. Iru Holmes, representing Schroeder, seeks safeguards after officers showed him the crime scene. Subpoenas issued for journalists and investigators.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Iru Holmes
Moobile
Ala
George Winkler
Schroeder
Teh Crisp
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East Chicago
Ship Canal
Anton T. Gordon
Indiana Harbor
Kiwanis
Ohio River Speed
Tom Greene
Cincinnati
River Packet
Pittsburgh
Ohio
D. C
Emil N. Frey, SR
China
Paul RR. Mallon
Washington
Congress
White House
Ervin Penney
Erie Railroad
Gineer
Frank Blocker
City Con
Walter Green
Hammer
Henry Heiman
Safety Board
Council
Gerald Gillette
Gillette
Schonert
Charles N. Scott
Hammond Board of Works
Buckley, Skidmore & Wainwright
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