Midwest speeches planned by president
President Hoover may end his reelection campaign with a dramatic cross country swing. He plans a trip to Palo Alto with stops possibly in Chicago Indianapolis Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco. A New York speech is scheduled next Monday with potential Midwest dates to follow.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Middlewest
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Waterway boosters urge Congress for Calumet district project
Calumet district waterway boosters press for December congressional action on a $75 million plan to connect the Illinois river with Lake Michigan via the Grand and Little Calumet rivers. Army engineers have filed the survey with War Secretary Hurley as mayors industry leaders and congressmen back the effort and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress endorses it.
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Met
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Congress
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Illinois
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Roosevelt speaks at Atlanta tonight in campaign note
Franklin Roosevelt visits Atlanta for a major speech while denying plans to resign as New York governor. Rumors link him to cabinet and 1930s policy posts, with Farley and Perkins named. he frames Warm Springs as his "trip home" and vows to return after the election.
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United Press
Atlanta, Ga
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Frances Perkins
New York State
James A. Farley
Melvin Traylor
Chicago
John S. Cohen
Democratic National Committee
Warm Springs
Lehman
Roosevelt
National candidates tour Lake county with tax reform pledge
A Saturday campaign parade in Hobart, Crown Point, Merrillville, Cedar Lake, Lowell and Schneider showcased national party speakers led by Fred B. Osborn of Gary. They advocated a gross income tax to replace property taxes and called for old age pensions, unemployment insurance, shorter work hours, emergency relief via state baby bonds, and municipal control of public utilities. The event drew large crowds despite a rainstorm in Schneider.
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National Party
Lake County
Hobart
Crown Point
Merrillville
Cedar Lake
Lowell
Schneider
Fred B. Osborne
Gary
Robert Stookey
East Chicago
Aldine Hilty
Indiana Harbor
Frances Ryan
Osborne
Schnieder
Temperature shifts in Hammond with rain forecast
Hammond records 45 degrees at 7 30 a m and 10 degrees at noon. Weather is cloudy at noon with showers probable tonight and Tuesday. Expect somewhat colder Tuesday as a cold front moves through the region.
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Hammond
Republicans Rally Across County With Big Events This Week
A slate of more than 50 Republican mass meetings and rallies unfolds countywide this week. Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas speaks at Crown Point Community Hall Tuesday at 8 PM, Dolly Gann appears at Seaman Hall Gary Wednesday 2 PM, and President John Ros maszkiewicz of the National Polish Alliance speaks in Gary Wednesday evening at an announced venue. Dolly Gann's event draws strong women’s committees while Seaman Hall expects a record crowd. A Roumanian Hall rally in Gary featured Oscar Ahlgren and several judges endorsing Hoover-era restoration, and Anthony Czarniecki of Chicago spoke in East Chicago supporting Hoover's record.
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Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Community Hall
Crown Point
Dolly Gann
Curtis
Seaman Hall
City Church
Gary
John Romaszkiewcz
National Polish Alliance
Lake County
Judge Cayton
Hammond
Roumanian Hall
Oscar Ahlgren
E. Miles Norton
Martin J. Smith
Hoover
Anthony Czarniecki
Chicago
American Citizens League
Str Stanislaw Memorial Hall
East Chicago
Herbert Hoover
U.S. Car Loadings Show Increase
Calumet district industrial leaders see rising railroad car loadings as a sign of general business recovery. Last week 24,942 more cars were loaded, totaling 650,578, with power output up and plant executives optimistic. Railroads await large equipment orders and potential rails after price cuts. the Reconstruction Finance Corporation signals readiness for sizable rehabilitation loans.
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Calumet District
Tunney Can't Vote for Roosevelt in November
Gene Tunney, who campaigned for Franklin D. Roosevelt, cannot vote for the Democratic presidential nominee on November 8 because he was in the Doctors' Hospital New York when the registrars closed their books. Illness prevented his registration.
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Stamford
Conn
U.P
Gene Tunney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Doctors’ Hospital
New York
Board of Registrars
Three Hurt When Car Skids Into Ditch On Torrence Avenue
Three Hammond residents were injured early yesterday when their car skidded off Torrence avenue near Michigan City road and landed in a ditch. Injured were Ethel Sting ley 19, contusion of the left ankle. Mrs Donatly Monroe 23 abrasion of forehead and right knee. Joseph Prince 32 abrasion of head and knee. Harold Frances 24 Hammond driver escaped injury.
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Hammond
Calumet City
Torrence Avenue
Michigan City Road
Ethel Stingley
Fayette Street
Donatly Monroe
Carroll Street
Joseph Prince
California Street
Harold Frances
Indiana Avenue
Jessie Clark
Homerlee Avenue
Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Louis Toth
Sheffield Avenue
154Th Street
Alexander McKee
West State Street
Ben Olson
Olson
McKee
Ed Schuman
South
Bishop Street
Schuman
Mrs Grady 83 Dies After Three Week Illness
Sophie Grady 83 a Hammond resident for 51 years died yesterday at her son Fred Grady's home after a three week illness. Survived by Fred and two daughters Mrs Henry Hamer and Mrs Archie Merrill. eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 from Neidew Funeral Home and 2 from Emmanuel Evangelical Church. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Sophie Grady
Hammond
Fred Grady
Calumnet Avenue
Fred
Henry Hamer
Archie Merrill
Neidew Funeral
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
Carl Schaeffer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bootleg Brew Raid Ends With Glass-Caused Ceiling Nick
Police and federal agents raided 4435 Johnson Avenue seizing bottled home brew held as evidence against alleged bootleggers. The container explosion at Hammond police headquarters Saturday night caused a ceiling nick from flying glass. Arrested: Vernon Brackett Ad Nordyke and William Doyle charged under the state liquor law.
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Hammond
Johnson Avenue
Vernon Brackett
Ad Nordyke
William Doyle
Mrs Gann to Speak in Gary at Republican Rally
Mrs Dolly Gann sister of Vice President Charles Curtis will deliver the principal address at a Lake County Republican meeting in Gary. The two oclock Wednesday event at the city church auditorium Sixth Avenue and Washington Street is expected to draw thousands of women. The arrangement team includes Mrs Alvina Killigrew and Mrs Alice Drake Jones with help from 160 precinct committeewomen. Gann will be joined by nine Republican women as she tours Indiana including Terre Haute Gary South Bend and Fort Wayne.
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Charles Curtis
Lake County
City Church Auditorium
Sixth Avenue
Washington Street
Gary
Alvina Killigrew
Alice Drake Jones
Gann
Indiana
J. E. P. Holland
Dorothy Cunningham
Harry G. Leslie
Leslie
Samuel I. Shank
James E. Watson
Senator Watson
Arthur Robinson
Senator Robinson
Genevieve Brown
Mary Sleeth
Ivan Morgan
Terre Haute
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Three Hurt In Sunday Hammond Crashes
Three people were injured in Sunday crashes in Hammond with non life threatening injuries. William Speelman 21 and Thelma Kenly 19 suffered facial and head injuries and May Burke 23 received a dislocated hip after crashes at Hohman Avenue and a Wa bash railroad crossing and another collision on Carroll Street. John Dacey 28 faces driving charges after his car hit a tree following a spree of damaged vehicles.
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Hammond
William Speelman
Crackett Street
Thelma Kenly
Gateway Apartments
Gary
Wabash Railroad
Hohman Avenue
Speelman
St. Margaret's Hospital
G. M. Johnson
LaPorte Avenue
Whiting
May Burke
Hanover
Henry J Allen to speak in Crown Point Oct 25
Crown Point Indiana reports former Kansas governor and U S senator Henry J Allen will deliver a campaign speech Tuesday October 25. Ramseyer of the Republican Speakers Bureau announced Allen, a former Kansas governor and longtime publicity director for the party, will defend Hoover administration.
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Ind
Hoover
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
C. W. Ramseyer
Ers
Republican National Committee
Allen
United States Senate
Governor Allen
Pennsylvania
Manhattan Nationalist
Milburn Divorce Filed In Lake Circuit Court
Marie Milburn of Center township near Crown Point filed divorce against husband Clarence W. Milburn alleging uncontrollable temper and past abuse including throwing furniture and utensils. She claims he now lives in a small building near the home and seeks immediate court action due to threatened bodily injury.
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the Times
Crown Point
Ind
Marie Milburn
Center Township
Clarence W. Milburn
Chelago
Lake Circuit
Wheeler 10 Give Rally and Barbecue
Crown Point Indiana October 24 John Ward Wheeler hosts a barbecue at the Wheeler farm west of Crown Point in honor of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Colonel Paul V. McNutt A large crowd from Lake County will attend McNutt will deliver the only speech and barbecued beef and pork will be served. Wheeler a Republican candidate previously is a long time American Legion leader and McNutt ally.
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TIMES
Crown Point
Ind
John Ward Wheeler
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Wheeler Farm
Wheeler
St. John
Printing of county ballots awarded to Calumet Press
The county board of election commissioners awarded 2700 ballots for 29 precincts without voting machines to Calumet Press of Gary. Each machine precinct will receive 100 emergency ballots. North State Publishing Co. of Hammond will print label strips for 131 precincts.
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TIMES
Crown Point
Ind
Calumet Press
Gary
County Board of Election Commissioners
North State Publishing Co
Hammond
Petition for survey of Northern Indiana Public Service property
A petition for survey and valuation of the Northern Indiana Public Service company property in Hobart Lake county was filed with the public service commission. The move aims at an electric rate reduction and lists fourteen signers.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Public Service Company
Hobart
Lake County
Public Service Commission
Crumpacker to Speak at Second Ward Republican Meet
Fred C. Crumpacker will deliver the principal address at the Second Ward Republican club meeting in the Washington school gym Hammond. He will outline why President Hoover should be reelected. Attorney Oscar Ahlgren and other county-ticket candidates will also speak with door prizes announced.
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Fred C. Crumpacker
Hammond
Congress
Second Ward
Republican Club
Washington
Crumpacker
Hoover
Oscar Ahlgren
G. O
Second Ward Club
Orr Says He's Unconcerned With Threats In County Inquiry
Crown Point Indiana October 24 Lawrence Orr chief examiner of the state board of accounts returns from Indianapolis and says he is unconcerned by threats from Commissioner Charles Baran to indict the grand jury. Orr states reports will be ready soon and notes the accountants did not review highway department records for 1928 1929 1930 or 1931 focusing on recent county conditions and denying political motives.
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the Times
Crown Point
Ind
Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
Indianapolis
North Township
George Hufsmith
Orr
Charles Baran
Baran
Bomb Explodes in Stickney Home. $7,000 Damage
A five gallon cast iron bomb shattered a brick bungalow in Stickney suburb, heavily damaging the vacant home of night watchman Andrew Trecka. Police seek Trecka for questioning as investigators pursue motive. Damage estimated at 7000 dollars.
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Chicago
I.N.S
Stickney
Andrew Trecka
Trecka
Estill to Speak in East Gary for Campaign Kickoff
Prosecutor Robert G. Estill will address an East Gary town hall tonight, outlining his record since January 1 1931 as Lake county Democrats mobilize a six rally kickoff. Also speaking tonight is Hammond's William T. Schulte, with 30 more rallies planned through the week for the county ticket.
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East Gary
Lake County Central Committee
Estill
Central Committee
Democratic
William T. Schulte
Hammond
Schulte
Lake County
County Central Committee
Gary—K
C. Hall
the Daughters of Isabel
Dyer
Dyer Public School
St. Casimir’s
Judge Hosinski
South Bend
Indiana Harbor
Michigan Ave
Young Peoples
Democratic Club
East Chicago
Todd Ave
North Side
Frank J. O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Roosevelt
Garner
Two Motorists Caught in Calumet City Traffic Crackdown
Join Dura, 28, of East Chicago, arrested for non stop at Lincoln and 154th. Chester Wostarl, 19, of Chicago, charged with speeding 53 mph between 165th and 159th. Both released on bail pending magistrate trials.
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Calumet City
Join Dura
Reading Avenue
Chicago
Marion Kowalski
Lincoln
154Th Sts
Chester Wostarl
N. Spaulding Avenue
Kowalski
165Th
159Th Street
Norris in Springfield for treatment delays campaign stop
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska entered St. John’s hospital in Springfield for a cold. He was to speak tonight but the engagement was canceled. Dr. Franklin Maurer said Norris’s condition was not serious and he would be hospitalized only a short time.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
St. John's Hospital
Norris
Franklin Maurer
Conter Warns Lake County Taxpayers on Winter Funds
Lake County Treasurer Herman L. Conter warns the county council no money for township commissaries or other needs this winter without a tax payment surge. Only seven days left for full installments amid confusion over a 3 percent delinquent tax penalty law. Calumet township commissary funding appears likely, while North township opposition grows. Gary Salvation Army Capt E Spering asks for aid to feed 50 to 160 people, noting refusals by Trustee Mary Grace Wells.
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WN. Point
Ind
Herman L. Conter
Lake County Council
North Township
Julius Friedman
East Chicago
Capt
E. Spering
Gary
Weekend Burglaries Hit Hammond Homes
A span of six burglaries and minor thefts were reported in Hammond over the weekend with losses exceeding 425 dollars. Victims include Walther Rolls on Lawndale, Carl Wolf on Crescent, Samuel Silver on Hohman, Alfred Campbell in Chicago, and neighbors at 4129 Towle and 165th Street. Items stolen include watches jewelry an overcoat tools and tires and rims.
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Hammond
Walther H. Rolls
Lawndale Avenue
Alfred Campbell
Hamlin Avenue
Chicago
Friends
Carolina Avenue
Robertsdale
Towle Avenue
William Kickenapp
George J. Schultz
165Th Street
Jack Francis
Hickory Avenue
Schultz
Francis
Auto Dealer Holds Up In Hammond
Four well dressed young men posing as prospective buyers robbed Abrahamson Auto Sales at 5907 Calumet Avenue in Hammond late Saturday. They forced owner Sam Abrahamson his wife and salesman Tony Weber into the office, took about 55 dollars from the safe, then fled in a nearby sedan. Abrahamson described two leaders, one tall with shell rims. suspects unknown. Police scanned the area and alerted neighboring cities.
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Abrahamson Auto
Calumet Avenue
Hammond
Sam Abrahamson
Tony Weber
Abrahamson
Safe-breaking bandits loot Noblesville office for cash
Using a sledge hammer to break a safe in the Central Acceptance Corporation office in Noblesville Indiana the weekend loot $200 in cash and valuable papers.
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Noblesville
Mad
U.P
Central Acceptance Corporation
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