Hyde says drought not fueling big food price rise
Secretary Hyde and President Hoover see no justification for wide retail price increases despite crop shortages. La Guardia cites 25 to 35 percent rises in meat and dairy. Hyde says no real shortage for human foods. Red Cross Chairman Payne announces $5 million drought relief fund ready for distribution and appeals for public help if needed.
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United Press
Washington
Hyde
Hoover
la Guardia
Rep
N. Y
Mr. Hoover
New York City
New York
Agriculture Department
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
Payne
Tion
Tax Heads Invited to Attend Session
Township trustees and local tax officials are invited by the Indiana tax survey committee to a 10 a m meeting in the senate chamber on September 10. The invitation, extended by Senator J Clyde Hoffman, aims to discuss economy of county and township government. The committee operates under a legislative act and was created by Governor Harry G Leslie.
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Indiana Tax Survey Committee
Senate Chamber
J. Clyde Hoffman
Hoffman
Harry G. Leslie
Uptown Community Club Forms North Side Civic Group
Articles of incorporation for the Uptown Community Club a north side civic organization were filed Tuesday. The club will hold its first session in September. Officers include Will H Adams president Mrs C A Griffith vice president and Glenn T Beall secretary. Dr W E Kennedy and Ernest Newlin with the officers form the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown Community Club
North Side Civic Organization
Will H. Adams
C. A. Griffith
Glenn T. Beall
W. E. Kennedy
Ernest Newlin
Bandits Bound Over In $300 Red Cab Robbery Case
Three men James Carrier George Thompson and Charles Nugent are bound over to the grand jury by Special Judge Fred Bonifield in municipal court four on auto mobile banditry and conspiracy related to a $300 Red Cab Company robbery Monday The men posted bonds Carrier 10000 Thompson 5000 Nugent 1500 Thompson and Carrier deny confessing while Nugent is held for grand jury grilling Carrier identified by a witness for a separate July 19 theater receipts robbery and admitted involvement in the holdup.
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Grand
Fred Bonifield
Red Cab Company
James Carrier
East Market Street
George Thompson
Hendricks Place
Charles Nugent
East Pratt Street
Thompson
Carrier
Nugent
Indiana
James H Newman to be buried Thursday
James H Newman 73 died Tuesday at a sanitarium in Indianapolis. Last rites set for Thursday at 2 pm at Flanner Buchanan mortuary with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. A dry goods salesman and longtime Indianapolis resident, he formerly owned stores in Fillmore and Bloomington. Survived by brother James M Newman Coatesville and sisters Mrs Mary Alspaugh and Mrs W P Ledbetter both of Greencastle.
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James H. Newman
North
Delaware Street
Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary
Crown Hill Cemetery
Newman
Indianapolis
Fillmore
Bloomington
Elks Club
James M. Newman
Coatesville
Mary
Ford to Build Buffalo Assembly Plant
United Press reports Ford Motor Company will construct a new Buffalo New York branch assembly plant with a daily capacity of 400 cars and trucks.
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Ford
Buffalo
United Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Car Company
N. Y
Court Enjoins Mine Officials in UMW Dispute
Fifteen Franklin county coal miners obtained a temporary injunction in Illinois restraining Alex Howat and other UMW leaders from using the name United Mine Workers or District Twelve. The move shifts leverage to the Lewis faction as locals face alignment questions and the source notes unclear knowledge of the action by Indianapolis officials.
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United Press
Benton
Ill
John L. Lewis
Alex Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Franklin County
Howat
Reorganized
United Mine Workers
District Twelve
Lewis
Indianapolis
Padlock Action at Bedford Resort and Riverside Nuisance Case
Bedford Indiana August 13 sheriff and deputies padlocked a combined home and restaurant at Bedford and eight Riverside cabins over nuisance charges. Several Riverside residents including Harry Bollar Floyd Fortly Allen Hart and others were arrested and bound over to the September grand jury. Marion Gregory of Chicago was jailed for illegal possession of two stills and faces county court proceedings.
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United Press
Bedford
Ind
Riverside
White River
Joseph Tyree
Harry Bollar
Floyd Fortly
Joseph Fortly
Allen Hart
Tessie Fleenor
Alfred Tyler
Frank Miller
Clarence Tabor
Frank Jackson
Marion Gregory
Chicago
Gregory
Indigestion Relief Promoted as Philips Milk of Magnesia
The article promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the quick, approved remedy for sour stomach and indigestion caused by excess acid. It claims immediate results and urges purchasing the genuine product from drugstores at 25c or 50c.
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Philips
Fifteen Thousand WW I Pension Claims Expected
About 15 000 applications for World War pensions under the July 3 law are expected to be filed with the Veterans Bureau in six months. Already 5 000 applications have been made. First payments likely by October 1, with hospital patients given preference due to urgent need.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Eight Hurt In Car Crash Near Waverly
Eight persons were injured Tuesday in a motor car crash near Waverly and were reported recovering today. Bert Beasley suffered fractured ribs when a car driven by Z. W. Leach crashed into F. G. Stoughton’s auto. Leach Stoughton and Mrs. Stoughton sustained minor bruises along with Stoughton’s three daughters and son.
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Waverly
Bert Beasley
Central Avenue
Z. W. Leach
East Ohio Street
F. G. Stoughton
Hutchinson
Kan
Leach
Stoughton
Hit and run crash in Indiana leaves two injured and one dead
A hit and run driver is believed responsible for a crash near Ind and Aug 13 that killed Bernard Smith Herbst and seriously injured Paul Mc Masters Frankfort Nickle Plate railroad agent. A passing motorist found Smith dead with a severed jugular and Mc Masters unconscious with heavy bleeding. Smith leaves a widow and one child while Mc Masters has a wife and three children.
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United Press
Ind
Bernard Smith
Herbst
Paul McMasters
Frankfort
Nickle Plate Railroad
Smith
McMasters
Bond issue approved for Ross Cooper road project
A bond issue of 11000 dollars for constructing the Ross Cooper cement road at Carmel was sold by the Hamilton county treasurer to the Merchants National Bank of Muncie for par plus accrued interest and a premium of 333 dollars. The piece notes cricket's growing popularity and mentions 2 5 football in Argentina.
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Noblesville
Ind
Ross Cooper
Carmel
Hamilton County
Merchants National Bank of
Fliers' wives claim world's cooking mark in flight era
Sallie Jackson and Elsie O Brine wives of St. Louis endurance fliers say home cooking sustains husbands during long refueling flights. They describe how they prepare meals to please their husbands during extended air duties.
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Sallie Jackson
Elsie O'Brine
St. Louis
Endurance cooks detail record flights and meals
Mrs. Forest O Brine, telling the United Press from Lambert Field, recalls supporting two long endurance attempts by her husband and Dale Jackson. She notes a balanced diet of potatoes, meats, eggs, spinach and vegetables, and reveals they hired a maid to wash the dishes.
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Mrs. Forest O’'Brine
United Press
Lambert Field
ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
They Should Be Fat! By Mrs Dale Jackson
Mo August 13. Mrs O Brine and Mrs Jackson recount chores of cooking and cheering the boys during flight duty. They note experience eased tasks from last summer and that supplying phonograph records and fresh roses helped keep morale high and the crew well fed.
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Lambert Field
ST. Louis
Children Foil Torch Murder in Erie Home
In Erie Pennsylvania a mother Edith Meyers and her three children Bertha Elmer Jr. and Gertrude escaped death when an intruder duo set her ablaze after failing to locate a wanted man. The children stamped out the flames and freed their mother as neighbors extinguished remaining fires. Edith Meyers remains hospitalized with severe burns.
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United Press
Erie
Edith Meyers
Mrs. Meyers
Unemployment Drives Deficit at Union Hospital
In Terre Haute Indiana Dr C N Combs reports charity cases from unemployment create a $2200 monthly shortfall at Union Hospital with about 26 patients daily, accounting for 23 percent of total care. County and city contributions total $400 monthly. officials consider seeking higher county funding.
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United Press
RE Haute
Ind
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
C. N. Combs
Walter C. Clark
City Man Held in Fort Attack
John Hisler, 39, of 2970 North Dearborn Street, faces charges of criminal assault and shooting with intent to kill after police linked him to dragging a 16 year old girl from her soldier companion on the Ft Harrison reservation Sunday night. Private David Wilson, Eleventh Infantry, was shot while trying to rescue the girl. The victim and others identified Hisler as the attacker. he denied being there.
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John Hisler
Dearborn Street
David Wilson
Ft. Harrison
Company C
Eleventh Infantry
Fall Creek
Wilson
Hisler
Federal grand jury to convene on September call
More than 200 cases are expected to be investigated by the federal grand jury when it convenes Sept. 15 on call of Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell.
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Federal Grand Jury
Robert C. Baltzell
Miniature Golf Stock Pays Swift Dividends in Indiana
An Indiana group formed Universal Golf Greens Corp on Aug 5 and paid two dividends in three days after selling the first 1,000 shares. Richard W. Wilkerson, John Ogden, and Ansil Moffatt started the venture, with Moffatt supplying a chemical fairway mat. The firm aims to build permanent miniature golf greens using patched sawdust fairways and fast, true surfaces.
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J. Rufus Wallingford
Fresh Air Taxicab, Inc
J. Rufus
Andy
Indiana
Universal Golf Greens Corporation
Richard W. Wilkerson
Buckle Street
John Ogden
Denison
Ansil Moffatt
Fidelity Trust Building
Wilkerson
Moffatt
Taxable Property Shows Decrease in County Valuation
The county reports a net 1930 property valuation of 139,006,830 with a total county tax base of 792,077,560. Losses total 3,313,000 across fourteen townships. gains of 3,832,220 in eighteen towns and townships offset the drop. Public utilities holdings rise by 2,751,870. railroads and telegraph firms add 789,940 net. Washington township posts the largest gain. Center township shows a large decrease.
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Harry Dunn
Dunn
State Board of Accounts
State Board
Washington Township
Rocky Ripple
Center Township
Indianapolis
Castleton
Beaches Reopened on White River After Pollution Clamp
Warfleigh and McClure bathing beaches on the White river were reopened today following a recommendation by Dr. Herman G. Morgan city health board secretary. Rainfall had caused pollution and closure a week earlier. heavy rains north of Indianapolis cleared the stream and tests met approval.
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Warfleigh
McClure
Morgan
White River
Herman G. Morgan
City Health Board
Indianapolis
City Board Voices Opposition to Whiteriver Dam Plan
The Indianapolis power and light Co. seeks a super dam a quarter mile from the city’s sewage plant. The sanitary board criticizes the project and notes riparian rights, with City Engineer Moore to discuss the issue with the works board.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
City
City Sanitary Board
Whiteriver
Charles N. Thompson
Weather conditions at 9 a.m. report
Southeast wind at twelve miles per hour with a temperature of 77 degrees. Barometric pressure reads 30.18 inches at sea level. Ceiling is unlimited and visibility is eight miles. Field conditions listed as good.
Arrivals and Departures at Mars Hill Airports
Passengers listed by city and airline travel routes include westbound travelers Mrs J H Smith and Miss Beulah Hill, eastbound travelers Carl A Riggle and D L Watkins, Embry Riddle fliers Ruth Craddock and Anna Kittman to Chicago, with Cincinnati bound C P Fisken and Louis Levy and Dr J E Johnson among others. Flight specifics mention Hoosier Airport Walker W Winslow, Indiana Aviation president, and various jumps between Detroit Indianapolis Chicago Terre Haute Richmond Schoenfield Fort Benjamin Harrison.
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Mars Hill
J. H. Smith
Guilford Avenue
Beulah Hill
Oklahoma City
Carl A. Riggle
D. L. Watkins
Columbus
O. Embry-Riddle
Chicago
Ruth Craddock
West Washington Street
Anna Kittman
Woodstock Country Club
Cincinnati
C. P. Fisken
Indianapolis
Louis Levy
Park Avenue
J. E. Johnson
Detroit
Mich
Hoosier
Walker W. Winslow
Indiana Aviation Corporation
Ft. Wayne
Travel Air
Harold C. Brooks
Charles Wethern
Terre Haute
Capitol
Kenneth Garrett
Schoenfield
Benjamin Harrison
Lloyd Turner
Stearman
Luther Dillon
Richmond
Eaglerock
Chevelair Engine Trek To Chicago For Air Races
A six cylinder Chevelair motor from Chevelair Motors Indianapolis was moved to Chicago for installation in a Laird aircraft slated for the Chicago air races August 23 to September 1. Final tests at Hoosier airport by Arthur Chevrolet, designer and builder of the motor, reported satisfactory results.
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Chevelair
Chevelair Motors, Inc
Indianapolis
Chicago
Laird
Hoosier
Arthur Chevrolet
Bear Flown at Mars Hill Airport by Indiana Pilot
Large crowd gathers at Mars Hill airport to watch Jim the educated bear take an airplane ride over the city. Pilot H Weir Cook of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service in Indiana flies the bear with Thomas Long acting as trainer and passenger.
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Mars Hill
Jim
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service of
Indiana
Thomas Long
Hoosier airport ground school opens September second
The Hoosier Flying Club sets September 2 for the start of the airport ground school. President Bob Shank announced the date after a club meeting at the field.
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Hoosier Airport
Bob Shank
Hoosier
Demand Sheriff Quit Fined for Releasing Prisoner in Primary
Portland Aug 13 Sheriff Chester W Getchell of Kennebec county was fined 100 dollars for contempt after admitting he let a federal prisoner leave jail before the June primary to work for the renomination of the sheriff and other Republican office holders Civic leaders demand the sheriff repay a 1500 dollar sentence and that home brew ingredients were involved
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United Press
Portland
Chester W. Getchell
Kennebec County
Getchell
Butler appoints Harry M Bell director of athletics
Butler university announces Harry M Bell a former Lom bard college coach will assume duties as director of athletics in Indianapolis. His appointment fills the vacancy created by Patsy Clark whose resignation took effect Monday. Bell, Drake University graduate, previously coached football basketball and track at Lombard that defeated Butler.
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Harry M. Bell
Lombard College
Indianapolis
Butler University
Bell
George
Patsy) Clark
Robert J. Aley
Clark
Drake University
Lombard
Butler
State highway board to crack down on 20-cent wage abuses
Secretary Adelph Fritz of the Indiana State Federation of Labor praised a New Albany action by the state highway commission to withhold contracts from firms paying 20 cents per hour. The Times survey found subs paying 20 cents. officials aim to raise wages to 40 cents and will report noncompliant jobs again.
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Adelph Fritz
Iniana State Federation of Labor
New Albany
State Highway Commission
Fritz
Indianapolis
Times
Girl, 5, Makes Trip Alone Across Sea
Five year old Irmgard Schlipf traveled solo from Hamburg to Chicago to reunite with her mother Mrs. Frank Kluczyk. She described a storm at sea and said she felt sick yet unafraid. She clung to a ragged doll and small suitcase as she met her mother after two years apart.
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United Press
Chicago
Union Station
Irmgard Schlipf
Hamburg
Germany
Frank Kluczyk
New York
Irmgard
Pebeco Tooth Paste Promises New Mouth Thrill
The ad promotes Pebeco Tooth Paste offering a cooling refreshing taste and quick whitening. It claims to soothe and smooth dental surfaces with regular use, delivering sparkling whiteness and a strong desire to love the product.
City Officials to Decide on 1931 Tax Rate
City officials await certification of the 1931 assessed valuation as $686 337 000 from county auditor Harry Dunn before finalizing the 1931 appropriation ordinance. The rate is expected to be $1.10, same as last year, while overall appropriations may fall due to a nearly 4 million drop in valuation.
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Harry Dunn
Dunn
Sanitary Board
Elder
Radox Oxygen Baths Promise Youthful Skin
An old advertisement touts Radox Oxygen Baths as revitalizing and soothing for tired weariness. It claims the bath cleanses pores, reduces eruptions and body odors, and leaves skin smooth and healthy. Available at Hook's Reliable Drug Stores and other drug stores.
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Hook
Europe
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Crown Hill
Dale
Forrest
Federal Group
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Arch Steinel
City Board
Raps Power
Light Company Project
U. S
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Nin
Fletcher Trust Banks
Pe Eens
Lewis Furniture CO
United Trade-In
Meridian St
W. Wash
Atwater Kent
Public Service Tire Co
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