Indiana Plants Boost State Employment Amid Reopenings
The Times reports improved employment across Indiana with Chambers Manufacturing Shelbyville resuming full operation and forecasts of orders over $250,000 for September. About 200 workers are on site, and other plants including Blooming ton Limestone and Indiana Limestone reopen with 100 workers. Arcadia D. C. Jenkins Glass adds 300. Calumet district sees more hires. Ford Hegewisch adds 2,400. Aug canning season boosts jobs. Muncie expects 300, Foster Forbes Glass 200 return. Additional updates cover theater improvements in Greensburg and plant sales in Elkhart and public works in Muncie Crawfordsville and South Bend projects.
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Ball State Tiers’ College
Chicken Garden Feud Turns Up In Richmond Court
In Richmond Indiana a chicken and garden feud with a horse thief detective angle led to city court action. Judge Benjamin Ball dismissed charges against Scott Harden the chicken owner and warned Walter Stikeleather to improve neighborly relations. A Rochester Indiana report notes Charles Arnold 19 surrendered and will face a two to fourteen year term in Hinton West Virginia for jail breaking after escaping a six month bootlegging sentence.
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Postal workers honor Jamey Manor in Muncie ceremony
More than 100 postal workers and families gathered in Muncie Indiana to honor Jamey Manor a veteran rural route carrier who has completed thirty two years of service and has been retired from active duty.
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Miniature Golf Invasion Hits Night Sports Nationwide
Frank Getty reports miniature golf, played on parking spaces and vacant lots, is booming from California to New York. The trend crowds out traditional sports, with Edison noting recreation after sundown, lighting up courses and extending evening play at clubs and venues nationwide.
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Police Captain Hod Eller and Firemen Meet in Two Games
Ex Indian pitcher Hod Eller and fire chief Harry Miller discussed next week’s two game series at Broad Ripple park on Aug 5 and 6. Both teams praised their squads but joked about avoiding conflict until the umpire decides.
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Six of 115 Convicts Receive Clemency Paroles and Commutations
In Michigan City Indiana on August first, the pardon board granted paroles to Vincent Neville of Marion County for false impersonation, Forest Gwinn of Madison County for possession of a still, and William Cook of St. Joseph County for murder. Mil ton Warren of Morgan County and Charles Lankford of Gibson County were commuted. Jimmy Walker of Alexandria, serving a life term for killing two policemen, was denied a parole. Charles First’s appeal for commutation was postponed. he has served thirteen years.
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Madison County
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St. Joseph County
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Morgan County
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Gibson County
Jimmy Walker
Alexandria
Charles First
Huntington
Court hearing links Billings to parade timing
Witness identifies a man as Billings and recalls a light brown or dark suitcase amid an explosion scene as a parade head passes by at 1 51. MacDonald claimed a different man placed a suitcase, creating impeachment. Governor Young plans a pardon board hearing for MacDonald in Sacramento likely Saturday.
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Radio singer Margy Mansell held in Buckley murder probe
Detroit police detained Margy Mansell 21 a radio artist linked to WMBC as they investigate the gang slaying of radio announcer Gerald E Buckley. Detectives found Licavoli connection after arrest and impounded his car while Mansell remained at the women's detention home for questioning.
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Margy Mansell
Gerald E. Buckley
East Side
WMBC
Buckley
Miss Mansell
Pete Licavoli
Licavoli
Joe Garvin
Jimmy Walters
Angelo Livecchi
Missionaries Day in China Near End
Times report from Peiping quotes August Curren History noting missionary work in China dwindling as Nationalists oppose Christianity. Despite decades and substantial funding, about 3 million Chinese were converted out of 400 million, with missions closing or leaving amid anti foreign sentiment and nationalist campaigns.
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Thousands on the Bum in Harvest Best
Loren W. Phillips reports on a vast traveling horde of jobless workers roaming the nation via box cars seeking harvest work. He notes about 200 000 wanderers from diverse trades, ages 16 to 25, many from decent homes, and wages typically from 1 to 2 50 dollars a day as harvests peak across Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas.
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Park custodian in Muncie free on bond on theft charges
Gernie Mattingly a park custodian in Muncie Indiana is free on bond while awaiting trial on charges of receiving stolen property Police say he bought property allegedly stolen in a local burglary and his employment was terminated meanwhile authorities proceed with the case.
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Muncie
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Gernie Mattingly
Mattingly
Alfalfa Bill Says He Will Live in Garage If Elected Governor
Oklahoma candidate William Henry Murray known as Alfalfa Bill declares he will not live in the gubernatorial mansion if elected, choosing instead to reside in the garage to tend a potato patch. He leads the Democratic primary field and will face Frank Buttram in the Aug. 12 runoff, aiming to appeal to common people.
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Fleeing man slain by police bullet in Indiana raid
Seymour police chief Homer Phillips fatally shot Lee Mullins a Tennessee World War veteran during a raid on a liquor still near Crothersville Indiana Mullins allegedly refused to halt as officers approached Mullins wheeled as if drawing a gun and was shot from about ninety yards away Mullins died at the scene and his companions fled twelve barrels of mash and still equipment were seized A coroner inquest at Crothersville is expected to determine Mullins death while resisting arrest Mullins is survived by his widow and eleven children
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Homer Phillips
Crothersville
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Conoref
Luck All Bad Gypsy Coin Trick Ends With Missing Money
In Richmond Indiana on August 1 W F Nichols of Philadelphia reported a gypsy woman offered a luck piece and dropped a coin into his pocket book. When he opened the purse later $40 in bills were missing, police were told. He said the encounter occurred just outside the city and the woman vanished.
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W. F. Nichols
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Three Years Work Wiped Out in Fire at St Benedicts
TERRE HAUTE Ind Aug 1 The St Benedicts Catholic church in Terre Haute was burned Wednesday afternoon destroying three years of work to build. The church built thirty four years ago under superintendent Edward B Farrell used stone from a Marne Germany quarry and a corner stone from a Lake Superior quarry Interior decorations costing 100000 were imported chiefly from Germany. A bronze St Michael statue among the ruined items capped the losses.
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Marne
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Lake Superior
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Russia's vast buying power cited for U S
Col onel Hugh Cooper, engineer of a Ukraine hydroelectric project, cites Russia as a major potential market for Europe and the United States. He warns that Europe needs a large new market and that Russia's buying power is greater than any other nation. He says Russia is led by strong men and treats communism as a colossal experiment with global implications.
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Mrs. Sarah Frazeur Dies at 75 in Indianapolis
Mrs. Sarah E. Frazeur 75 died Thursday night at her home 948 Ketcham Street Indianapolis. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday in West Side Nazarene Church. She was a New Jersey native who moved to Nebraska then Indianapolis in 1896. Survived by four sons two daughters and extended family including 22 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial at Mt Jackson Cemetery.
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Mt. Jackson Cemetery
Rail lines announce reduced fair week excursion rates
Steam railroad representatives met with E. J. Baker the state fair board secretary to arrange fair week trips from Aug 30 to Sept 6. All roads will offer round trip tickets at one half fare throughout the state with several weekend specials for round trips and single day travel.
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Death of Shelbyville contractor Herman Avery at 76
Shelbyville obituary notes Herman Avery, 76, longtime building contractor, died in Shelbyville. He leaves four children named Danii, Jeeta Webb, and Raith Ricketts, plus two others. Local employer and community figure remembered.
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