Indiana faces new ten million income tax bill proposal
Times Special Ind Aug 9 reports H H Evans and Fred C Gause draft a state income tax plan modeled on Georgia law to raise about ten million dollars. The proposal outlines returns to be filed like federal forms, an income tax board, exemptions, penalties, and appeals to circuit court with a ten percent penalty for failure to file.
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Henry County
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Indianapolis
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Hoosier Reserve Officers Complete First Training Period
The Indiana reserve corps officers finished a two week training at Camp Knox Kentucky with daytime and nighttime range work. Artillery, cavalry and support officers practiced with 3 inch and 75 mm guns, rifles sabers and signaling, while a division maneuver and combat tests conclude the period.
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Army Reserve
Camp Knox
Indiana
Reserve Corps
Coast Artillery Group
Bowman Field
Louisville
Indiana Field Artillery Reserve
A. J. Dougherty
Indianapolis
Organized Reserves
Kewanna to open new state bank Sept. 1
A new Kewanna State Bank is planned with $25 000 capital and $6 250 surplus, to open September 1 in the old First State bank building. Organizers Henry Hirsch and others in Logansport Kewanna and Grass Creek say chartered by the state banking department. In Vansville Indiana a man survived a suicide attempt after drinking poison and crashing his car, in a hospital in critical condition.
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Bat Times
Kewanna
Ind
Kewanna State Bank
State Banking Department
First State Bank
American National Bank
Henry Hirsch
Logansport
Grass Creek
Charles Evans
William C. Miller
Edward Kreamer
Ralph McConnell
Richard M. Thomas
United Press
Vansville
Lawrence Hill
Hill
Health Board Probes Deaths After Cow Die Off Hoosier Farm
Indiana health officials investigate a poison in a stream linked to five cows' deaths and four injured at the Hoosier Farm south of New Castle. A factory waste fluid is suspected, with vets analyzing stomach contents to fix blame as cattle owners await findings.
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Times Spector
New Castle
Ind
State Board of Health
Hoosier
Charges son carried love notes to wife in aliernation suit
In Lebanos Indiana on August 9, Riley Miller a 39 year old World War II veteran was charged in a $10 000 alienation of affection suit filed by Farris against Miller. Farris also alleges Miller was found in his house on July 16 upon his return from work. The Farrises have four children the oldest 10 years old.
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Ind
Agnes
Riley Miller
Sigsby Farris
Miller
Farris
Farrises
Cleveland Lamp Plant to Move to Anderson
Anderson Ind Aug 9 Announcement that the Cleveland plant of the Guide Lamp Corporation will relocate to Anderson around Sept 1 to boost output. The move will add about 350 workers at the Anderson plant, per President F S Kimmerling.
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Anderson
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Cleveland (O
Guide Lamp Corporation
F. S. Kimmerling
Electric shock blamed for plumber Emmett Reese death
Emmett P. Reese a Newcastle plumber employed in Muncie was electrocuted by a 110 volt wire while under a house repairing a pipe. The accident occurred in Muncie August 9. Reese died of the electrical contact.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Emmett P. Reese
Newcastle
Reese
Hoppers Still on the March
Relentless army of grasshoppers advances through Nisbet station area toward Perey county line. A quarter mile wide path of destruction, sixty acres ruined, no effective method yet to halt them. Rain viewed as hope to spread poison bran, the only practical control.
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United Press
MT. Vernon
Ind
Nisbet Station
Perey County
Inquiry on Lafayette liquor conditions nears end
Special investigation by Justice Department agents O. J. Gettle and George Mayor in Lafayette, Indiana, after a week of fieldwork prompted by Attorney General James M. Ogden’s statement describing deplorable local liquor conditions.
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United Press
Lafayette
Ind
O. J. Gettle
George Mayor
Department of Justice
Justice Department
James M. Ogden
Indiana
States coal booster begins manufacture in Newcastle
Newcastle Colorado August 9 manufacture of the States coal booster labor saving mechanism designed to fill coal bins has started in Newcastle. Charles G States of Cedar Edge Colorado is the inventor and local dealers forecast success for the new device.
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United Press
Newcastle
Colo
Charles G. States
Cedar Edge
Former legislator William Blakely dies at Star City
William E. Blakely 73 a lumberman former Indiana legislator and eight year head of the state Bureau of Factory Inspection died at his Star City home of typhoid fever. He earlier manufactured furniture in Shelbyville before joining Star City lumber business in 1911.
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State Bureau of
United Prose Star
Farm Bureau Picnic Speakers Set at Berth's Grove
Liberty Indiana hosts the Union county farm bureau picnic with L L Needler and H L Nevins of Indianapolis as speakers. Needler is secretary treasurer and Nevins heads the insurance department for the Indiana farm bureau. Music will be furnished by the Liberty quartet.
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Times Special Liberty
Ind
L. L. Needler
Indianapolis
Indiana Farm Bureau
H. L. Nevins
Insurance Department
Union County Farm Bureau
Berth’s Grove
Liberty
Boy Struck by Train In Plymouth Injury Serious
James Tharp aged 12 from Mishawaka lies with a fractured skull at Marshall County Hospital after being hit by a Nickel Plate line train in Plymouth. He and four companions had traveled to Plymouth to sell magazines when the accident occurred.
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United Press
Plymouth
Ind
James Tharp
Mishawaka
Marshall County Hospital
Tharp
Blind tiger near prosecutor raided by deputy sheriff
New Castle Indiana August 9 Prosecutor Franklin George led a raid on the home of Omer Smiley Morrell 48 with a deputy sheriff over a blind tiger operation near his office. Morrell pleaded guilty on liquor charges after a large supply of home brew beer was confiscated and was fined 130 dollars and given a sixty day penal farm term.
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United Press
Newcastle
Ind
Franklin George
Omer
Smiley) Morrell
Morrell
Bloomington Council Bans Pool Filling and Car Washing
Bloomington officials enacted an ordinance to stop refilling swimming pools and washing autos to conserve water from a daily 500000 gallon saving effort. Existing rules already bar sprinkling streets alleys golf courses and gardens with water, with violations resulting in cancellation of water privileges.
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Martinsville Citizens Plan Water Use Rule After Alarms
Civic-minded residents of Martinsville will shut off the water faucet whenever the fire alarm rings. Councilman John Hickman and other officials discussed the water emergency and urged prudent use, arguing taxpayers should not waste water while serving as payers for it.
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United Press
Martinsville
Ind
John Hickman
Legion posts in northern Indiana seek license plate sales
American Legion posts in northern Indiana plan a coordinated bid to win from Otto G. Fifield the state secretary the right to sell automobile license plates. They cite 25 cent notary fees as revenue to aid ex soldiers and note current control by Chicago Motor Club and local clubs in other regions. A South Bend delegation may meet Fifield to pursue the concession.
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Ini
American Legion
Indiana
Otto G. Fifield
Legionnaires
Chicago Motor Club
Memorial Post No
Gary
Ww. A. Bertsch
Legion
Fifield
Metal Plant Contract Awarded in South Bend
Construction of a $100,000 factory building for the Road Appleton Company began today in South Bend Indiana. The plant will be occupied in November by a Chicago concern and is awarded to Ralph Splitt & Sons Construction Company. It will manufacture metal and electrical equipment and employ 250 people when full operations start at the beginning of next year.
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South Bend
Ind
Appleton Company
Chicago
Ralph Splitt & Sons Construction Company
WANTS PROBE ASSER SAYS GARY TAX NOTES
Calumet township assessor Major John McFadden welcomes a state board inquiry into his records after reports he undervalued real estate. He denies Chicago papers’ charges that Bronx apartments were halved, stating a clerical error left a $70 000 change unrecorded after valuing the building at $140 000.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
State Board of Tax Commissioners
John McFadden
Calumet Township
Chicago
Bronx
Daily ice cream dish common in Logansport
United Press reports Logansport residents consume ice cream daily with 459 gallons sold in recent months. City health officer L P Denner notes each person drinks seven-tenths of a pint of milk daily and the city averages 13 400 pints of milk and 744 pints of cream sold daily.
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Bu United Press
Logansport
Ind
L. P. Denner
Denner
Reformatory Prisoner Still At Large In Indiana
Officials at Pendleton reformatory search for Roland Warner 21 who escaped while serving two to ten years for burglary. Authorities suspect he stole a Pendleton radio dealer’s auto and attacked a local inn owner to obtain gasoline. In Noblesville, Miss Abbie Startzman suffered a badly crushed left arm when a buggy without a light was struck by an Indianapolis driver's car.
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Pendleton
Roland Warner
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Frank Rector
William Forkner
Pendleton Inn
Noblesville
Abbie Startzman
Charles Green
Indianapolis
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Untidy man sent to Indiana state farm after jail dash
Harry Cwynar a 40 year old man from BeenCastle Indiana claimed he was fit for the state farm during a several day arrest for bothering housewives. After fleeing a sheriff’s car he cried farm and was placed under a 30 day term by Mayor John Denam. He was too unkempt to enter the mayor’s office while the sentence was passed.
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Model Plane Record Set by 17 Year Old Arnol Liedtke
In Michigan City, Arnol Liedtke, 17, flew a model airplane for 16 minutes 42 seconds to set an unofficial world duration record. Several friends witnessed the feat, noting the previous official record stood at 5 minutes 10 seconds.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Arnol Liedtke
Truck driver killed in gravel and fertilizer truck collision
At a crossroads five miles from Anderson Indiana the gravel truck driven by Robert Norris 19 collided with a fertilizer truck. L C Wheeler 23 driver of the other truck is held on $1000 bond awaiting investigation. Cecil Hennis 20 riding with Norris suffered cuts and bruises.
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United Press
Anderson
Ind
Robert Norris
L. C. Wheeler
Cecil Hennis
Norris
Lock Smith Delayed By Stuck Latch In La Porte
D. E. Newell the La Porte lock smith failed to open his shop on time when a latch slipped down trapping him inside. He could not open the door or entries until a trip home for additional keys. All windows and screens were secure during the incident.
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
D. E. Newell
Newell
Cat Adopts Squirrel on Indiana Farm
In Connersville Indiana a baby squirrel found in the woods was adopted by a farm cat at Elisha Cockefair’s home. The cat acts as foster mother washing and caring for the young animal daily.
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United Press
Connersville
Ind
Elisha Cockefair
Indiana Harbor ships first crude oil cargo to refineries
The East Chicago dock terminal company received its first crude oil cargo through the Indiana Harbor port to supply outside refineries. Workmen rush to finish oil tanks at the dock as East Chicago Railway Co orders tank cars. The crude oil arrives from Muskegon, Michigan.
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East Chicago
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Muskegon, Mich
Cupid Letters Murder Bait in Indiana Farm Robbery
In Goshen Indiana authorities suspect boastful letters from Melvin I Violett a 67 year old recluse farmer near New Paris led to his murder by a man who received one of his matrimonial agency letters The victim barely lived on farm income and had no apparent money Mrs Mary Ott of New Paris the victim s half sister said he struggled financially and kept a small homeReadable fragments show Violett corresponded with women from an agency and letters may have triggered the robbery and killing
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United Press
Goshen
Ind
Melvin I. Violett
New Paris
Violett
Mary Ott
Plymouth Sues Over PSC Authority to Set Crossing Signals
Plymouth files suit against Indiana Public Service Commission challenging its authority. City contends PSC rescinded a city order requiring Panhandle and Nickel Plate railroads to replace crossing flasher signals and install sixteen hour manually operated safety signals, stating no hearing was notified.
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United Press
Plymouth
Ind
Indiana Public Service Commission
Panhandle
Harlan E. Orr
Indiana Keys 3.43 Percent U S Output in Survey
The Dorrance Sullivan study shows Indiana accounts for 3.43 percent of all U S manufactured goods and 11.3 percent of the east north central output led by Indianapolis Fort Wayne and Evansville. It reports state totals, wage shares, and raw materials costs across the five states and the nation with Detroit leading in the region.
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Dorrance, Sullivan & Co
New York
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Longden Day Alumni Event Moved to June 6 1931
Greencastle Ind August 9 An alumni council in Indianapolis sets Longden day for June 6 1931 in honor of Dr Henry B Longden on fifty years of faculty service at De Pauw University He serves as vice president and German department head A special chapel program will mark the date with a planning committee led by David E Lilienthal and including Charles F Coffin Harvey B Hartsock and John Cady
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United Press
Greencastle
Ind
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Henry B. Longden
de Pauw
Indianapolis
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Edward Rector
David E. Lilienthal
Chicago
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Lightning Bolt Strikes Connersville Man, Cuts Power
In Connersville Indiana on August 9 a lightning bolt from a clear sky knocked Robert Burton fifteen feet. The strike disrupted electric light and telephone service and caused four shocks felt for a quarter mile.
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United Press
Connersville
Ind
Robert Burton
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