Indiana Industry Expansion Gains Several Cities
Statewide business survey shows Connersville, Terre Haute and Wabash benefiting as plants expand. Traction Foundry and Machine Co adds capacity in La Porte. Columbia Metal Products moves to La Porte under Great Western. Warner Gear in Muncie adds 1.25 million dollar addition. New plants planned in Crawfordsville, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and Petersburg with jobs and equipment updates across multiple cities.
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Charles C. Stone
the Times
Indiana
Traction Foundry and Machine Company
la Porte
Superior Steel and
Benton Harbor
Mich
Columbia Metal Products Company
Chicago
Great Western Manufacturing Company
Columbia
Great Western
Warner Gear Company
Muncie
C. &. Davis
Borg-Warner Corporation
Gear Company 5A
Farmers Produce Association
Crawfordsville
Mid-State Steel and Wire Company
Mica Manufacturing Company
Ft. Wayne
U. S. Assembly Company
Terre Haute Industry
Ellsworth Brothers
Oakland City
Huntington
Petersburg
RAIL ENGINEER RETIRES AFTER fifty years on Big Four lines
Charles Skinner a 70 year old railman of 2614 North Gate street today pulled out of Indianapolis at 9 45 am on his regular run to Bellefontaine Ohio ending a fifty year career with no serious accidents. He will return at 9 45 pm and retire from the cab. In Columbus Albert a Anderson was severely bitten by a German police dog on a street attack.
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Charles Skinner
North Gate Street
Indianapolis
Bellefontaine
O. Skinner
Vimes
Columbus
Ind
Alberta Anderson
Mother Burned Baby in Cab in Court Testimony
A 10 year old witness testified that Mrs Josephine Valenti set a fire in a baby cab by lighting a match. The mother confessed the murder, saying she killed the child from fear of debt to the milkman.
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United Piece
Los Angeles
Josephine Valenti
Valenti
Esther Garcia
Esther
Rose Valenti
Sabatino Valenti
Women pilots at air meet demand rights with men
At the Cleveland national air show Mrs Opal Kunz urged that women be allowed to compete in all men races. The event featured safety concerns after Lady Mary Heath’s accident and included Evangeline Lindbergh arriving with her son. Clarence Chamberlin won a 60 mile ship race with 114.8 mph average. Verne Roberts and other competitors prepared for tomorrow’s finals.
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United Press
Cleveland
Opal Kunz
New York Society
Cliff Henderson
Lady Mary Heath
Lady Mary
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Great Lakes
Howard Mays
Mays
Lindbergh
Herrick Estate
Clarence Chamberlin
trans-Atlantic Flier
R. W. Brown
New York
Chamberlin
Verne L. Roberts
Moline
Fete planned to honor new F O E national president
The Seventh district of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will honor Charles J. Chenu of Sacramento California as the new national president during his sole Indiana visit on November 4. District meeting in Indianapolis set the event with Wilbur H. Miller presiding and local members Henry Fryer William Louden among attendees.
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Order of Eagles
Charles J. Chenu
Sacramento
Cal
Indiana
Aerie
Wilbur H. Miller
Indianapolis
Henry Fryer
William Louden
Ernest E. Cloe
N. M. Batdorff
Lloyd Pierce
Noblesville
Shelbyville
R. E. Higgins
Otto P. Deluse
Indiana Organization Department
Identification of Lorraine Hotel Death Woman Named
Friends at J W Patterson funeral parlors identified the woman as Mary Helen Elder of Rushville Ind who died by her own action in the Lorraine hotel Her body was found Thursday autopsy showed poison Deputy Coroner O H Bakemeier reported the deceased about 30 years old 130 pounds with black hair Police noted she registered as Helen Moore of Cincinnati and carried the Elder name in her belongings
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Lorraine
Mary Helen Elder
Rushville
Ind
J. W. Patterson
Frank T. Taylor
Helen Moore
Cincinnati
Louis C. Lambert
O. H. Bakemeier
VFW Urges National Referendum on Eighteenth Amendment
The thirtieth annual VFW encampment passed a resolution urging Congress to back a national referendum on the eighteenth amendment after a heated, bedlam like session. Separately Moose lodges in Alexandria Anderson and Elwood plan a picnic Sunday at Gilbert's grove near here.
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Burnited
PA Aul
Minn
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alexandria
Ind
Moose
Anderson and
Elwood
Gilbert's Grove
Ohio State University Grad Class Member Theodore Weaver
Theodore Weaver from Indianapolis is identified as a member of the graduating class at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, marking his status as a recent graduate.
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Theodore Weaver
Indianapolis
Ohio State University
Columbus
City Council Sets 1.10 Levy for 1930 Budget
Indianapolis approves an 8,780,000 dollar appropriation for 1930 with a city tax levy of 1.10 per hundred dollars, same as 1929. The council adjusts several fund levies and notes expected deficits in light and utilities while defending the budget as minimal and necessary.
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Council
State Tax Board
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce
Herman P. Lieber
City Plan Commission
Lieber
John F. White
White
Edward B. Raub
Indianapolis
NAMES COMMITTEE FOR YOUTHS CRUSADE NAMED
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley of Liberty Indiana appointed an advisory committee for the Youths Crusade linked to the W C T U national convention. The roster includes Frank O. Jordan General William Kershner Dr Orion W Fifer Nellie E Young Howard E Robertson and others.
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Elizabeth T. Stanley
Liberty
Ind
Frank O. Jordan
William Kershner
Orion W. Fifer
Nellie E. Young
Howard E. Robertson
W. P. Davidson
E. C. Rumpler
Ernest N
Girls Injured When Car Hits Auto in West Washington Block
Two girls suffered cuts and bruises after a collision in the 4300 block West Washington. The sedan carrying Miss Mary Mc Daniels and Miss Hattie Starks overturned following a strike by a car driven by Leonard Axson. Wilbur Jenkins, 19, of 1436 West Ohio street was in the other vehicle.
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Wilbur Jenkins
Ohio Street
Leonard Axson
Denison Avenue
Washington Street
Mary McDaniels
Tibbs Avenue
Hattie Starks
New York Street
Air race test links plane to dirigible in mid air
At Cleveland national air races a dirigible and a standard navy fighter linked in mid air. Lieutenant A W Gordon hooked the plane to a dangling device and Lieutenant Calvin Bolster climbed to the plane as 100000 spectators watched the first test of this kind.
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Cleveland
A. W. Gordon
Navy Flier
Los Angeles
Calvin Bolster
Navy
Hair pin Heist Reveals Slot Pool Current Mystery
At Yellowstone Park Handkerchief Pool was cleaned after visitors left a mix of items from pins to badges and $1.98 in coins. Ranger naturalist Dr. E T Bodenburg explains the pool behaves like a slot machine and currents shift with cooler water sinking at the sides and warm water rising center. Cleaning restored some convection but further work is expected.
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Yellowstone Park
E. T. Bodenburg
Park
Nightie Parade Dims Oklahoma City Light Reveal
Oklahoma City celebrates downtown lighting with a nightie parade. Merchants offered a prize for the best pajama costume under the new white way lamps while ministers opposed the noisy display and police chief Becker voiced concern over the antics.
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Homa City
Charles A. Becker
Great World War Tale Continues in The Times
The Times presents another installment of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Readers are urged to obtain current back issues from the circulation department and turn to page 18 for today's segment.
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The
Times
Erich Mario Remarque
Mystery Plane Sighted Over Ocean Near Bermuda
The steamer Coldwater reported a plane passed over headed east about 600 miles off Chesapeake Bay on a direct line to Bermuda. No details on any planned Bermuda flight or trans Atlantic attempt were available.
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United Press New York
Radio Marine Corporation
Coldwater
Chesapeake Bay
Bermuda
Frat Convention Set for Severin Over Labor Day Weekend
Delegates from Indiana and other Phi Kappa Delta chapters will meet at the Severin for a national convention over Labor Day weekend. William Giezendanner, chairman, announced today. After Saturday business sessions a golf tournament is planned for Monday followed by a farewell banquet.
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Indiana
Phi Kappa Delta Fraternity
the Severin
William Giezendanner
Bartholomew County College-Going Reception Sept 8
The annual reception for Bartholomew county students entering colleges this fall will be held Sunday night September 8 in the high school gymnasium. The event is under the auspices of local churches with congregations uniting for the occasion.
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Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County
Jerusalem violence erupts as football sparks unrest
An American missionary in Jerusalem cites a decade of simmering tension turning into sectarian war after a Jewish boy and Arab clash over a football led to the destruction of the ball and deaths. He describes attacks on Jews at St Stephen's Gate and along the Jericho road with ensuing casualties and mobs, with both sides suffering fatalities.
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Jerusalem
St. Stephen’s Gate
Jericho
Mt. of Olives
Suit seeks accounting and refund over Shortridge High School deal
The suit alleges C C Shipp of Indianapolis ventilating equipment earned at least 75000 excess profit on Shortridge High School contracts by stifling competition through the Indianapolis school board. Jacob Morgan for John M Fisher seeks an accounting of Shipp and others, refunds of excess profits, and related payments, citing inflated bids and noncompetitive pricing.
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C. C. Shipp
Indianapolis
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis School Board
Superior Court Room
Jacob Morgan
John M. Fisher
West St. Clair Street
Shipp
School Board
Morgan
Fisher
Snider
Rotz
Indiana
Snider and Rotz
Freya Bros
Tanks to Maneuver at Indiana State Parks
Indiana state parks will serve as maneuver grounds for the Fifth tank corps from Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Director Richard Lieber grants Lt. Morgan permission to use Pokagon Dunes Turkey Run and McCormick's Creek for a state wide tour with thirty men and two tanks at each site on specific September dates.
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Indiana
Fifth Tank Corps
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Department
Morgan
Pokagon State Park
the Dunes
Trukey Run
McCormick's Creek
Young Plan Delegates End Final Sessions
London reports that British troops will begin evacuating the Rhineland on Sept. 14, with a three month timeline for the second zone. Germany and allies agree to share Rhineland costs about 30 million marks by Germany and 40 million by occupying powers, and evacuation to be completed within eight months.
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United Press
London
War Office
Rhineland
Frederick Kuh
Hague
The
Germany
Rhine Valley
Gustave Stresemann
Aristide Briand
Saar
Te- Militarized
League Council
Assembly
Philip Snowden
Great Britain
Stresemann
Snowden
Five dollar fine for collision case in Greencastle
Jasper Fleming twenty eight of 5323 College avenue was fined five dollars in municipal court for failing to stop after a collision with a sheriff's squad car driven by Deputy Sheriff Joseph Lancaster on Sherman drive and Massachusetts avenue. In Greencastle Indiana, August 30, the trial of Lonnie Nichols farmer on liquor sale and possession charges was postponed to September 12 due to absent state witnesses.
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Jasper Fleming
College Avenue
Joseph Lancaster
Sherman Drive
Massachusetts Avenue
Times
Greencastle
Ind
Lonnie Nichols
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Terre Haute
Wabash
Wabash Company Moves
Wabash Sanitary Company
Davidson Enameling Products Company
Reliance Manufacturing Company
A. T. Beard
Seymour
Loogeotee
Michigan City
Marion
Josiah Winters
Winters
William E. Fuller
Peru
Frankfort
Fair Stores Company
Lebanon
Newcastle
Plymouth
Lee Trailer and Body Company
R. N. Huffman
South Bend
Hammond
Publix Theater Corporation
Mrs. Valenti
Board of Works
William B. Griffis
Western Union Electric Control
Theodore Dammeyer
Violet Tex Walter
Eagles
Street and General Funds
Blimp
Oklahoma City
Phi Kappa Delta
Suit
C. C. York
Louis A. Snider
John M. Rotz
Harry L. Freyn
Freyn Brothers
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