News Great Prize Contest Opens to All Readers
The News invites every reader to join a wide prize contest with diverse rewards including a gold watch sewing machine bicycle or washing machine. Participants must secure the advertised number to claim a prize, with no single top winner. Gary Indiana reports May production at Indiana Steel milling eight million pounds of hot metal and pig iron across six furnaces, a daily average of 450 tons per furnace, a U S Steel record.
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Henderson Sets Hammond to Valparaiso Auto Record
Paul QO Henderson driving W B Watchinsons Stoddard Dayton sped from Hammond to Valparaiso on June 1 in 42 minutes flat. He is an expert driver and was entered in the Vanderbilt cup race, where he ranked with the best. The Hammond Valpo time may stand for a long time, the Valpo Vidette reports.
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W. B. Watchinson
Stoddard-Dayton Auto
Hammond
Valparaiso
Mr. Henderson
Record of April and May Automobile Registrations
The secretary of state reports 3 564 automobile registrations for April and May. May accounts for 2 840 registrations, the highest monthly total since the law's enactment. Deputy secretary Frank I. Grubbs estimates an average vehicle value of 1 000 dollars, totaling about 3 564 000 dollars invested. Two clerks spent all their time on registrations during the period.
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Railroad rule targets trespassers on right of way
Crown Point Star reports a new railroad policy after the death of Fred Horst on the Panhandle tracks. The rule prosecutes trespassers found on the right of way between public road crossings to deter dangerous walking near tracks and reduce fatalities.
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Panhandle
Crown Point Star
Valpo Special Sunday Run Moves to 6 50 Arrival
Timetable update adds the Valpo special on Sundays reaching here at 6 50 after previously weekday only runs. A 5 00 PM daily train from Chicago now arrives Hobart at 6 16 aiding merchants and shoppers returning home earlier.
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Penna
Chicago
Hobart
For Sale A Second Hand Six Foot Show Case
Classified notice offers a used six foot show case for sale with inquiry directed to the News office.
For Sale Two Story Eight-Room House Near Hobart
An eight room frame house with hot and cold water and a running stream sits on ten acres of land a half mile from Hobart. Inquire at this office. et an. ate.
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Hobart
Anquire
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Henry Harris holds a good post in Gary while many residents visit relatives in Chicago and Hobart. Sworn in as an assistant clerk, Ruth Boal joins Postmaster Linkhart as summer activities unfold including dances, meetings, and a school building nearing completion. A fatal train collision near Lowell sparks inquest findings.
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Gary
Robert Hatford
Vincent
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Thomas Michelsen
Chicago
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Elsie Rose
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Linkhart
Margaret Deboldt
Aetna
Krausse
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Lowell
George Gallagher
Missing Knox farmer Charles Rogers. horse found near post
Charles Rogers a farmer near Knox has been missing since Thursday afternoon after driving to Winamac for purchases. His horse was discovered tied to a post the next morning, and relatives fear foul play after he withdrew money from a Winamac bank upon arrival.
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Knox
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Rogers
Earle Brothers appoint C W Barnes as Industrial Agent
George and William Earle veteran landholders east and south of Gary appoint C W Barnes as Industrial Agent to attract manufacturing activity to East Gary. Kells Foundry and Machine Co of Adrian Michigan appears set to locate there, with talks ongoing for a casket works broom factory and an auto plant.
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Gary
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Adrian
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Town Board Sets Bills and Bids in Monday Session
The town board met in regular session Monday. Minutes were approved. About $680 in salaries and town expenditures were allowed. Bids for steam boilers and plant equipment were requested. Paul Newman offered a bond to become town tapper and was appointed. The street obstruction ordinance was read and laid over for revision. The Wettengel sidewalk petition was also laid over. Discussions covered Lake street profile and Wm. Earle subdivision. Attorney Bozarth argued a long-used driveway could become a public highway. the board cited supporting decisions and maintained its stance.
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Lake Street
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Wm. Earle
Bozarth
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Eighth Street
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Gary the Great Wig Center Sees Hobart’s Quiet Valley Replaced
Gary’s rapid commercial rise, led by steel and metal works, aims to transform Hobart into a larger Gary with hundreds of new factories and thousands of jobs. Pittsburg Bolt & Screw moves to Gary, while the steel trust plans vast factory sites, yet housing shortages slow immediate expansion. For sale notices in Hobart list vacant and improved properties with local contact.
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War drama Down in Dixie to be staged in Hobart
The local success will be repeated Monday evening in Hobart June 138 with Edith Arnold Hogan directing the wartime drama Down in Dixie. The Hobart chapter O. E. S. Valpo Vidette sponsors the performance.
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Merrillville
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Ethel Crockett
Valpo
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Emma
Manny
Whiting
Edna Metsker
Gary
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Crown Point
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Chicago
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Berger’s
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Hebron
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Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Keilman
Mr and Mrs Ed Keilman were surprised Sunday evening by many friends who lured them from home. The group held a birthday party for Mrs Keilman and presented her with a handsome rocking chair as a keepsake. The gathering featured music games and good cheer.
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Ed Keilman
Keilman
Change River's Course In Gary For Steel Plant Expansion
In Gary last week work began to move the Grand Calumet River a quarter mile south to clear space for United States Steel Corp coke ovens beside its blast furnaces. Dredges are digging the new bed.
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Gary
Grand Calumet
United States Steel Corporation
Miller annexation case heads to hearing on June 18
On June 18 Judge Reiter will hear arguments in the Miller annexation dispute. Gary seeks to absorb the eastern town while most legal voters of Miller remonstrate against the move. Two thirds of voters are required to block the annexation, and the court’s outcome is anticipated.
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Reiter
Miller
Gary
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