Gary Street Car Fare Hike Proposed by Insull Sub
The Gary Railways Company seeks PSC approval to raise street car fares to 10 cents with twelve tokens per dollar and a weekly nickel pass for regulars at 40 cents. Transfers would be free, school tickets stay six for 25 cents, and Gary Hammond East Chicago zones would be eliminated lowering Gary to Hammond from 24 to 20 cents.
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Gary
Public Service Commission
Gary Railways Company
Insull
Hammond
East
Chicago
Hobart
Crown Point
Valparaiso
Guard rails to shield Indiana ferry docks
Evansville Indiana August 8 United Press safety rails will be added to all Indiana ferry docks after the death of John L Graulich 41 whose car plunged through a rail into the Ohio river Faulty brakes and an unguarded dock were blamed Robert W Chambers vice president of the Hoosier Automobile Association and Evansville Auto Club leader of the movement said the plan may extend statewide.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
John L. Graulich
Ohio River
Robert W. Chambers
Hoosier Automobile Association
Evansville Auto Club
Graulich
Probate Deputy Loses Job Over Four-Week Vacation
County Clerk removes Mrs. Bird K. Vandeman chief deputy probate clerk after a four week vacation, replacing her with Miss Martha Kipp. The post pays 1800 dollars annually, and Stella Colborn fills Miss Kipp's former role.
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Bird K. Vandeman
George A. Hutsell
Martha Kipp
Vandeman
Stella Colborn
Hutsell
Miss Kipp
City Firemen to wear service stars for years of service
The board of safety announces gold stars on the left sleeve to denote years of service. Fire Chief Harry Voshell has five stars, signaling twenty five years in the department. Ira Haymaker notes the move honors veterans in the service.
Anderson Man Elected Treasurer at Central College
D E Weidler acting head of the education department at Indiana Central College was elected treasurer by the executive committee. He formerly led Anderson high school and will be assisted by P G Snively, with Anna Dale as the new secretary to the president. The summer session, with about 120 students, closes Friday.
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D. E. Weidler
Indiana Central College
Weidler
Anderson High School
P. G. Snively
J. Good
Anna Dale
Old Soldiers to Leave for 63rd G A R Encampment
Indiana G A R members will depart Indianapolis Union Station at 2 p.m. on Sept 0 for the sixty third national encampment in Portland Maine Sept 8 to 12. Charles Hale Indiana department commander announced the group will travel via Cleveland and Boston on the Big Four route.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Portland
Maine
Charles Hale
Indianapolis Union Station
Cleveland
Boston
Wife of Man Sought for Accident on Detroit River
Mrs. Maxine Heath a 24 year old private secretary was held in connection with the death of federal prohibition agent Richard J Sandlands as authorities sought her husband John M Heath who reportedly struggled with the agent. Sandlands body was recovered from the Detroit river Wednesday.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Maxine Heath
Richard J. Sandlands
John M. Heath
Sandlands
Sandland
Detroit River
Police Captain Ambuhl Arrests Double Park Violation
Police Captain John Ambuhl confronted a drug clerk after finding a car double parked at St Clair and Pennsylvania. The clerk refused to answer and mocked Ambuhl, who then arrested him for violating city traffic law.
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OLICE
John Ambuhl
Claude Worley
St. Clair
Pennsylvania
Ambuhl
Big Boy
Civic League Urges Boulevard Extension Meeting Action
South Meridian Civic League urges extending Pleasant Run boulevard from Meridian street to Bluff road. A league committee will confer with city officials to secure the improvement at market value. At a Wednesday meeting Samuel Barringer said most property owners will sell at market value. Donovan Hoover notes need for electing a high grade school board this fall.
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South Meridian Civic League
Pleasant Run
Meridian Street
Bluff Road
East
Iowa Street
Samuel Barringer
Donovan N. Hoover
Citizens School Committee
Removal of Anderson High Principal Over Faculty Friction
Anderson Indiana August reports principal John D Miller ousted after friction in the high school faculty led to seven teachers losing contracts. Miller resigned by wire from New York. The board shifts balance with new member Joseph Day. Several teachers reassigned or left for other posts.
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Snevial Anderson
Ind
Anderson Senior High School
John D. Miller
Miller
Columbia University
New York
Indiana
D. E. Wiedler
John Hyde
Weir Miley
Augusta Millspaugh
Hyde
Joseph T. Day
Pwer
Mary Wilson
Miss Wilson
Blanche Swindell
A. R. Rogge
Minnie L. Adams
Mazie V. Bailey
Elizabeth Potter
Marjorie C. Parish
Negro thief near life term as former convict identified
Mose Stephens a 42 year old Negro prowler linked by fingerprints to a South Bend burglary spree moves closer to life imprisonment. Photographs from Arkansas and Oklahoma tie him to past prison terms. Police lack local evidence connecting him to the terrorizing burglaries though Stephens admits Oklahoma and Arkansas jailing.
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All Times
Uth Bend
Ind
Mose Stephens
South Bend
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Stephens
Grant County schools to start Sept 3
Marion Indiana August 8 The fall term of the Grant county schools will begin on September 3 according to Superintendent M Cliff Townsend. Buildings and other equipment are being prepared in top condition during the vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rat Times
Marion
Ind
Grant County
M. Cliff Townsend
Slayer suspect asks for money in murder case
In Valparaiso Indiana on August 8 charged with murder of Miss Cameola Soutar whose body was found in a swamp. Mrs Catherine Cassler and her adopted son Edward petition circuit court for aid in their defense claiming poverty and inability to hire counsel. The state says Cassler killed Soutar over attentions to her husband. The accused woman previously served time for murder in a Chicago man’s death.
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United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Cameola Soutar
Here
Catherine Cassler
Edward
Circuit Court
Chicago
Church Looted as Rugs and Silverware Stolen
Thieves entered Hill Baptist Church near Noblesville Indiana and stole a rug valued at unknown amount and silverware from the place of worship. Police investigated the burglary and no arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Noblesville, Ind
Hill Baptist Church
Here
State Game Law Violations Reported Across June
The conservation department led by Director Richard Lieber reports 259 fish and game law violators arrested in June with 243 convictions. Fourteen cases open, two dismissed, fines totaling 5686.25 dollars go to local schools. Major offenses include hunting without a license and fishing out of season.
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Conservation Department
Richard Lieber
Fish and Game Division
George N. Mannfeld
Mannfeld
Society Wife Describes Beating by Husband in Bombay Line
Mrs Leona Slack Patterson wife of Warren G Patterson once a US trade commissioner in Bombay India and Philadelphia society figure lies seriously ill at her father’s Springlake New Jersey home after a beating by her husband reported by Cornelius Slack He is said to be unreachable and the wife plans to file for divorce.
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United Pross
Philadelphia
Leona Slack Patterson
Warren G. Patterson
United States
Bombay
India
Philadelphia Society
Springlake
N. J
Cornelius Slack
Trenton
Pottsville
Edward Shippen
Slack
America
President Adams
Patterson
New York
Woman seeks divorce over two baths after marriage
Inez Hamm files for divorce from James M. Hamm alleging only two baths occurred between their marriage on November 3 1928 and their separation May 29 1929. She states the baths happened at her insistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie, Ind
James M. Hamm
Inez Hamm
Suit Seeks 10000 In Death From Truck Crash
Security Trust Company as administrator of the estate of Fred Eaglin 25 filed in superior court No 5 against Weilbaucher's Truck Company of St Louis Mo and Everett Scott driver for 10000. The suit stems from an accident June 25 when Scott allegedly failed to observe traffic regulations and struck Eaglin's machine at Morris and West Washington streets.
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Security Trust Company
Weilbaucher
St. Louis
Fred Eaglin
Trust Company
Everett Scott
Eaglin
Morris and
West Washington Streets
Boy Breaks Arm Jumping From Wall at Rhodius Park
Robert Stegemiller, 15, of 2122 Miller Street, suffered a broken arm after leaping from a retaining wall at Rhodius Park while playing with other boys Wednesday night.
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Rhodius Park
Robert Stegemiller
Miller Street
Farm term given for drunk driving case
William H. Kellough received thirty days on the state farm and a $20 fine after a July 31 drunken driving incident at Harding street and Kentucky avenue. Pro tem Judge John Rochford presided in municipal court three. two companions, James Hill and Dave L. Hunt, also appeared with minor or no penalties.
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State Farm
William H. Kellough
South
Harding Street
John Rochford
Kellough
Kentucky Avenue
James Hill
City
Dave L. Hunt
Oliver Avenue
Baptists Plan Annual Picnic at Broad Ripple Park
The Indianapolis Association of Baptist Young People will hold the annual picnic at Broad Ripple park Saturday. Milburn Dean is general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Association of Baptist Young People
Broad Ripple Park
Milburn Dean
Diamond Theft Unsolved At Allen's Diamond Shop
Police probe a $35,000 jewel theft at Allen's diamond shop in the 202 Kresge building. Three suspects allegedly entered the store Sunday night, handcuffed the night watchman and janitor, and blew the safe. investigators lack full loot details.
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Allen’s
Kresge Building
Jerry Kinney
Yeggs
Booster Train Arrives Friday for Mississippi Delegation
A Big Four special train carrying about 200 Mississippi visitors arrives at Union Station at 10 30 am Friday. The Mississippi products exhibit opens there from 10 30 am to 12 30 pm before the group tours Monument Circle with a police escorted march and a concert by a Mississippi band. Colonel Oren Perry invites the visitors to ascend to the monument top.
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Indianapolis
Union Station
Chamber of Commerce
Monument Circle
Monument
Oren Perry
Playful Horseshoe Game Ends With Injury
A casual horseshoes game between Herman Rhodes, 13, and his cousin Leo Burford, 5, in Louisville ended when Leo threw a shut that hit Herman in the head. An ambulance transported Herman, who was said to be doing well before the incident at 2457 Columbia Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rhodes
Louisville
Leo Burford
Columbia Avenue
Herman
Leo
Mrs L F Orr Hurt in Car Crash Near Columbus
Mrs Lawrence F Orr wife of the state board of accounts chief examiner and her mother Mrs Laura Co Fix of Columbus Ind were injured when their car overturned after avoiding a collision. Both suffered cuts and bruises and were treated nearby.
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L. F. Orr
United Fiod Water
Lawrence F
State Board of Ac
United Presse
Columbus
Ind
Rose Pence
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Rich Bequest of Mining Lands Won by Kindness to Broke Claim Owner
Indiana story recalls G L Carmody, a railroad engineer, inheriting 160 acres in Canada from R O Davidson, a Colorado School of Mines graduate and mining engineer. Davidson died near Prince Rupert in 1927 after staking three claims. Carmody learned the land holds rich deposits and plans to extend railroad access. He will hold and pay taxes until development.
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Clark
Anaconda Corporation
Prince Rupert
Davidson
Indianapolis
Carmody
Oklahoma City
Canada
Anderson
Akron built Navy liners dwarf Graf Zeppelin hangar
Akron Ohio August 8 1931 Navy air liners ZRS-4 ZRS-5 under construction dwarf Graf Zeppelin and Los Angeles in size. Dock 1200 feet long 200 feet high egg shaped hangar with orange peel doors will house eight engines and five planes. Engineering led by Karl Arnstein tests girders as the dock nears completion.
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Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp
Karl Arnstein
Los Angeles
America
Akron
Navy
Milwaukee Brewers
Eyes of the Navy
Zeppelin
United States
Dr. Eckener
Graf
Capitol
Washington
Truck Driver Killed by Train in West Virginia Collision
Oscar Clendennin, formerly of Chesterfield near Anderson, Indiana, was killed in Charleston West Virginia when a train struck his truck. Relatives travel to Charleston for burial.
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Anderson
Ind
Oscar Clendennin
Chesterfield
Here
Charleston
W. Va
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John Miller
U. S
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Casper Losey
Adelaide Street
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Alabama Street
Richard Brashear
North
California Street
Bedford
James Britt
Lieber
Broad Ripple
Mississippi
Hull
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