State plants see business on upgrade
The Times reports Indiana industry surging as major plants resume full production. Warner Gear at Muncie to start full output with 500–600 workers. Ames Shovel and Tool in Anderson reopens with 180 staff. Insull expands power plants and transmission lines. large contracts awarded to Shawnee Stone for Chicago Museum work.
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Warner Gear
Muncie
Samuel Insull
Calumet Idustrial
State Line
General Electric Company
Atlas Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
Youngtown Sheet and Tube Company
Indiana Harbor
Servel Co
Servel, Inc
Evansville
H. H. Springford
Warner Gear Company
E. B. Baltzley
Ames Shovel and Tool
Andergot
Works Board Orders Low Wages Banned in Indiana
The Indianapolis public works board directs future city contracts include a 35 cent per hour minimum for common labor to curb wage cutting. The move, supported by city attorney James Deery and engineer A H Moore, follows a state highway wage scale of 40 cents and an Indiana contractors group survey claiming no widespread 20 cent labor usage.
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Indianapolis Board of Public Works
State Highway Commission
City Public Works
James Deery
A. H. Moore
Indiana
Indiana Highway Constructors, Inc
W. M. Holland
Fred Cunningham
Dorothy Cunningham
National Republican
Holland
Jess Murden
Rep
Peru
Firefighter Offers $5 for Police Motorcycle at Auction
Alexandria Indiana August 8 Herbert Wharton a fireman made the sole bid at an auction where the Alexandria police department tried to dispose of a motorcycle dated SS to avoid further humiliation the offering was rejected by officials.
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United Press
Alexandria
Ind
Herbert Wharton
Nalcones
Prize Beauties Picked By Times Special
Florenz Ziegfeld judged a nationwide beauty contest for Doherty News. Imogene Hedrick of Wichita Gas Company is named the most beautiful woman employed by Cities Service Company subsidiaries. Ruth Barnett of Empire District Electric Company in Joplin, Missouri chosen as the most beautiful daughter among over 24,000 entrants.
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Times Special York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Doherty News
Henry L. Doherty & Co
Imogene Hedrick
Wichita Gas Company
Cities Service Company
Hedrick
Ziegfeld
Ruth Barnett
G. B. Barnett
Empire District Electric Company
Joplin
Mob Menaces Police From Indianapolis
Leaders of the Marion lynching mob threatened to overturn the Indianapolis police emergency car if a third Negro suspect was moved from the local jail. Police with machine guns and tear gas stayed on duty until 3 a.m. The emergency car was driven by John Gish and crewed by Irvin Landers Walter Coleman Arthur Hueber Harry Bridwell and Chester Timmerman. The prisoner was moved to Pendleton reform school by the Huntington sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Indianapolis
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Huntington
Ind
Endurance Flight Near Record For Greater St Louis Monoplane
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson in the Greater St Louis remain in the air as they push toward a new sustained flight record. They held 434 hours at 9 11 AM with five and a half days left to surpass the 553 hour mark set by the Hunter brothers of Sparta Illinois. O Brine ordered a car sold to help cover flight costs.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Forest O’brine
Dale Jackson
Greater St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
Sparta
Ill
O'Brine
DEDICATION SET FOR NEW FRANKLIN ROAD CHAPEL
Dedicatory services are planned for the new Franklin Road Chapel located north of the National road. The chapel, a branch of Tuxedo Park Baptist church, will host a basket dinner after the dedication. Speakers include Rev. Co M Dinsmore Indiana Baptist convention superintendent Rev T J Parsons Baptist Observer editor and Rev Olive McGuire Federated Baptist churches of Indianapolis executive secretary.
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Franklin Road
National Road
Tuxedo Park
Trula Mae Seal Tops Walnut Gardens Beauty Contest
Trula Mae Seal of Indianapolis led the first round of a four day state wide beauty contest at Walnut Gardens. Audrey Foley of 204 North Walcott street finished second with Gertrude Buschhaupt of New Palestine third. The three advance to the finals Sunday night. Judges were Ted Brown and Bromley House. Winners of the Delco Remy contest will come from Anderson for tonight's event.
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Walnut Gardens
Trula Mae Seal
Indianapolis
Audrey Foley
North Walcott Street
Gertrude Buschhaupt
New Palestine
Anderson
Ted Brown
Electric League
Bromley House
WFBM
Population shifts reshape House representation across states
The 1920 census figures released by the Census Bureau show the U S population at 122 698 190 on April 1 up 16 1 percent from 1920. Twenty two states will lose 29 House seats while thirteen gain equal numbers. California leads gains with nine more seats and a 65.5 percent rise, while Missouri loses three seats and Montana falls.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Territories
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
United Press
Congress
House
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Florida
New York
Montana
Georgia
Nevada
Michigan
Texas
Missouri
Massachusetts
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Kidnaping and Robbery Report In City
Samuel Earnest 29 of 2927 West Michigan street a Hi Way filling station attendant was kidnapped and robbed of 40 dollars after being driven to Michigan and Lansing streets by two bandits Thursday night. A Negro grabbed a large butcher knife from a Standard store at 801 South Capitol avenue to rob James Combs 901 South Illinois street of 25 dollars Thursday.
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Samuel Earnest
West
Michigan Street
Michigan
Lansing
South Capitol Avenue
James Combs
South
Illinois Street
Yodeling Baby in Indianapolis Stuns City Readers
Ripley’s Believe It or Not notes infant Mary Havlin, 14 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Havlin of 1316 North Gate St Indianapolis, can yodel. The item cites wide local interest and shows portraits of daily life in midwestern America.
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Times
Little Mary Havlin
Oscar Havlin
North Gate Street
Indianapolis
Lakewood
N. J
Evergreen Cemetery
David G. Croly
Quiet Reign Ends in Marion after Night of Horror
In Marion Indiana amid a mob attack a sheriff's jail was breached and two Black men were hanged after violent clashes. A 1,000 strong crowd watched as Deputy sheriffs and officers faced tear bombs and gas with rioters seizing the jail. Shipp and Smith were killed as the mob dragged them to the courthouse lawn, while officials struggled to control the scene and disperse the indignation meeting later held in Johnstown.
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Johnstown
Marion
Stout
Upland
Shipp
Smith
Campbell
Lew Lindenmuth
Robert Sullivan
Reformatory
Robert Lock
William
Spuds) Bernaul
Bernaul
W. O. Miller
Whey
Lindenmuth
W. T. Bailey
Bert White
Cameron
Deeters
Mississinewa River
Parents denounce lynching after youth slain in Indiana
William and Marie Deeters mourn their son Claude Deeters 24 killed by three black holdup men who wounded his companion Miss Mary Ball 19 in Marion. The parents rejected mob justice and planned a Saturday funeral conducted by Rev. William Mulford of Detroit as police investigated.
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Airmount
Ind
Claude Deeters
William Deeters
William Mulford
Detroit
Mary Ball
Marion
Deeters
Esther Hawkins
Claude
Cheaper meat forecast for next winter
U S agriculture officials say no current danger of a food shortage despite widespread drought. Wheat is abundant, dairy and potato supplies steady, while meat could drop in price as drought reduces feeding and forces stock sales. regional yields vary with drought front from Ohio to the Mississippi and beyond, with hope for above normal crops in some states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Washington
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio-Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Gulf
Montana
North Dakota
New York
New England
North
South Carolina
South Dakota
Nebraska
Ohio
Mississippi
United States Bureau of Agrice
Weather Bureau
America
Europe
Italy
France
Germany
England
Japan
China
South America
Australia
Bus Hits Parked Truck. One Dead One Injured Near South Bend
A Greyhound bus rear ended a parked motor transport seven miles west of South Bend. Driver Valentine Witterodt, 29, of Detroit, was killed instantly as a sleeping passenger on the trailer died in the crash, while a woman bus passenger suffered severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press South
Ind
Greyhound
South Bend
Valentine Witterodt
Detroit
Police raid Polish settlement nets 165 bottles home brew
On August 8 police raided two homes in the Acre Polish settlement at Times Special ERSON Indiana and seized 165 bottles of home brew beer and two quarts of alcohol. One man was arrested for alleged sale of Sdengunte while the other resident was away and has since become a fugitive.
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Erson
Ind
Acre
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