Industrial survey shows 790 jobs in two Indiana plants
Indiana cities attract 790 workers as the Inca Manufacturing Co. opens at Fort Wayne with 500 jobs. Bentwood Chair Co. moves to Goshen for 200 positions. Noblitt-Sparks plans 60 more hires at Columbus, while Delco Remy and Guide Lamp report steady runs. Other towns note gains in Kokomo, South Bend, Petersburg and Elkhart as plants run day and night and construction expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stone
the Times
Indiana
Inca Manufacturing Company
Ft. Wayne
Bentwood Chair Company
Chicago
Goshen
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
Columbus
Anderson
Delco- Remy Corporation
F. C. Kroeger
Guide Lamp Corporation
American Steel and Wire Company
Lynch Glass Machine Company
California
Kokomo
Higbee Body Company
Sheridan
Hicks Body Company
Bartholomew County
Austin
Whiteland
Bedford
Bloomington
Lawrence
Monroe Counties
Lawrence H. Whiting
Indiana Limestone Company
United States
England
Central
South America
Canada
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
Stenite Radio Company
Elkhart
Time-Ostat Controls Company, Inc
Con-Tac-Tor Corporation
Wisconsin
Hagerstown
Perfect Circle
Lothair Teetor
Morton sells Hotel Deming to Bayfields in Terre Haute
A. J. Morton sold the Hotel Deming in Terre Haute Indiana to Mrs. Alize Bayfield and William E. Bayfield for 225000 dollars. The Aug 27 report notes the transaction and buyer names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Fimea Special
Ind
A. J. Morton
Deming
Alize Bayfield
William E. Bayfield
Flapper is Best Ma Endorsed by Child Health Study
A NEA service report argues that modern young women known as flappers are yielding healthier babies. The American Child Health Association finds infant mortality down and survival up since 1900, with 1925 figures showing fewer deaths per thousand in infants and children. Dr. S J Crumbine links higher wages and better health education to stronger infant survival, noting better prenatal care, milk, and sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Child Health Association
S. J. Crumbine
The
Child Health Association
Dr. Crumbine
Crumbine
Robin Here Aug 10 Arrives for Two Day Stay
The St. Louis Robin world champion endurance plane with Dale Red Jackson and Forest Obie O Brine will arrive August 10 for a two day stay. It will be escorted by the refueling ship commanded by Major C Ray Wassall and P F Shorty Chafee and will give refueling exhibitions. The Robin left St. Louis today and heads to Chicago on a national tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest
Obie
Explosion Claims Four at Courcelles Mine Near Brance
In Courcelles Les lines near Brance eight miners were killed in a coal mine explosion. Four others were overcome by gas but revived. Of 160 miners present, all escaped except the eight who perished. their bodies were recovered later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brance
Courcelles Les Lines
Here
Gasoline Tax Refunds Reach Record High For Farmers
July reports from the state auditor show 8 178 refund claims paid to farmers for gasoline used in agriculture, totaling 82 232 69 dollars, the highest ever. State gasoline consumption rose to 38 331 785 gallons at 20.2 cents average, costing 7 743 020 57 dollars. The 4 cent tax yielded 1 533 271 40 dollars, up 47 percent from July 1928, driven by an 11 cent tax increase and higher consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland J. Fishback
Emhardt Reinstated in Indianapolis School Shakeup
Edward Castle foreman of Indianapolis school system shops was discharged Thursday and his son Dallas Castle moved from assistant foreman to clerk by H F Osler. Julius Emhardt, who Castle replaced, was reinstated as assistant. The move accompanies a board faction shift and links Castle to George W Coffin, Republican city chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Castle
Indianapolis
Dallas Castle
H. F. Osler
Julius Emhardt
Castle
Board of School Commissioners
George W. Coffin
Hoover May Use Tent as White House at Shenandoah Camp
President Hoover plans a weekend at Shenandoah National Park with Allan Hoover and cabinet members. A new 60 foot steel observation tower will double as a radio station to connect the camp with Washington. Army engineers push a high speed road to cut travel time to the White House to about four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
White House
Lawrence Sullivan
Washington
Shenandoah National Park
Allan Hoover
Walter Brown
Mitchell
Frank T. Hines
The
Veteran's Bureau
Hines
Lawrence Richey
Joel T. Boone
Presidential Preserve
Shenandoah Valley
Senate
Rapidan Retreat
Army
Ft. Humphrey
Irvington High School bond plans reach state tax board
The Irvington school board, facing low bids of 753 613 against 600 000 allotted, presents two options to the state tax board. Plan one seeks a 200 000 bond issue, plan two proposes a 50 000 transfer from the general fund and gymnasium elimination to cut costs. If both fail, new bids must be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington High School
General Fund
Tax Board
World Negroes Meet Opens Under Garvey in Kingston
The international convention of Negro peoples of the world, led by Marcus Garvey, began in Kingston Jamaica with a thirty day run. A preliminary parade drew about twenty thousand people through the streets yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kingston
Jamaica
International Convention of Negro Peoples of the World
Marcus Garvey
Alice White rises as Hollywood star despite critics
Hollywood gossip painted Alice White as a dunce and temperamental, but she advanced to become a top First National star. Her contract was renewed with a $100 weekly raise after executives briefly soured on her, and observers say she is still a young girl at heart who learned to handle fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
Cal
HollywOod
Alice White
Alice
First National
Hoosier in Line for Nobel Peace Prize
Salmon O. Levinson of Noblesville and Chicago law firm Levinson Becker Glenn Frank is credited with inspiring the outlawry of war through the Briand Kellogg treaties. His advocacy began with a 1918 magazine article arguing no law outlawed war and urging a universal treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Salmon O. Levinson
Noblesville
Chicago
Levinson
N. D. Levinson
Harry Levinson
Indianapolis
Levinson, Becker
Manchester Guardian
International
Milk Bottles Milked by Boy in Crawfordsville
Garnet Rice, 12, was arrested after stealing money from milk bottles on porches and found in a grocery store where he spent 18 cents. The piece links his supporters to Sen. Knox and John Dewey, notes Borah’s role in the Outlawry of War and describes Levinson’s Paris trip in 1927 advocating a broad treaty for outlawry of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Times
Crawfordsville
Senator Knox
John Dewey
Borah
Chairman
Foreign Relations Committee
The
Senate
American Committee of the Outlawry of War
Chicago
Levinson
Paris
Briand
United States
France
Kellogg
McCormick's Canyon Easy Sunday Tour
McCormick's Creek Canyon state park draws many visitors from Indianapolis to enjoy the modern bathing pool. Director Richard Lieber notes the pool is in use day and night with floodlights. The park sits about an hour and a half from Indianapolis along routes via 37 and 46 or 37 to Martinsville then 57 to Sper 7r and 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick's Creek Canyon State Park
Indiana
Richard Lieber
The
State Conservation Depart
Indianapolis
Lieber
Bloomington
Martinsville
Sper
Pressure for British disarmament grows in U S senate call
Senator Borah urged Britain to sink ships to mirror U S Washington arms conference action and curb war incentives. He noted Britain has 59 cruisers versus 18 in the United States and argued sinking ships could cut costs and push toward parity without further armament buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FE. Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Fever Auto Cases Prompt City Traffic Drive
Police stopped seventy four traffic related cases this Thursday and today including forty two speeding charges. A woman refused to give her name and claimed to be Mary Doe but later admitted she is Mrs Olive J Pasko of Lockerbie hotel and was released on bond after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Doe
Olive J. Pasko
Lockerbie Hotel
Grown Up Edisons Stumble Over Edison Quiz in Indiana
An unofficial wrestling of wits pitted grown up Edisons from Indianapolis against forty nine youths in East Orange New Jersey as Thomas A. Edison posed quirky questions. Answers ranged from meteor as rolling pin to cotton gin inventor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndrew Mellon
Treasure Island
Edisons
Indianapolis
Thomas A. Edison
East Orange
N. J
Edison
Alph Spaan
Andy Mellon
Estel Welty
Grand Canyon
Smoot drafts plan to halt hike in sugar
Senate finance chairman Reed Smoot unveiled a sliding scale for sugar duties pegged to the New York refined sugar price. The plan aims to hold the rate near 6 cents a pound, with Cuba and world duties adjusted as prices move, drawing mixed reactions from lawmakers and scientists alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoot
Paul Mallon
United Press
Washington
New York
Reed Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
G. H. Moses
N. H
East
Moses
Cuba
World
House
Bail Set at 15000 for Gastonia Textile Case Women
Three Gastonia women Vera Bush Amy Schechter and Sophie Melbin received 15000 bail each tied to the Charlotte North Carolina killing during a local textile strike. The American Civil Liberties Union arranged the funds after a bond effort with a New York story company failed. The women and thirteen men face trial on August 26 in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
New York
Gascionia
N. C
American Civil Liberties Union
Srory
American Fund
Charles Garland
Vera Bush
Amy Schechter
Sophie Melbin
Charslotte
Aged resident dies after July 4 fall in city yard
Lena Norwood aged 89 living on Twenty first street near Arlington avenue died in city hospital from complications after a fall July 4 when she tripped on a board in her yard. Her left hip was broken in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Norwood
Twenty-first Street
Arelington Avenue
City Hospital
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Newcastle
S. S. Kresge Company
Kahn-Heller
Bluffton
H. Co. Bay Piano Company
South Bend
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Petersburg
Blackfoot Coal Company
Pike County
Nickel Plate
Flapper
Beryl Miller
NEA Service
EW York
Cain and
Abel
Garden of Eden
Robin Here
Emhardt
Shakeup
May Havre
Irvington
BY Dan Thomas
Samuel O. Levinson
English Press
U. S
M’cormick
Ment
Aus
Atlantic
Arch Steinel
Will Rogers
Ed W. Hunt
Er, Oneral
Chamber of Commerce
Sug
Alfred E. Houston
Claude L. Worley
Jenny Lind
Utah
Gastonia
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