Good Business Forecast for State in 1930
Indiana business survey predicts a strong 1930 with a building boom in Evansville and expanding factories. Officials note high employment, rehires at Chrysler in Newcastle, and plans by Ge, Cap, and various firms to grow output. Regional activity stretches from Bloomington to Gary with new plants, canneries, and upgrades anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Harry Bockhoff
National Automatic Tool Company
Richmond
Henry
Evansville
Hoffman Construction Company
Igleheart Flour Mills
Ward chairmen mixup corrected in Marion County GOP
The Times reports corrected partisan leadership in Indianapolis area wards. Harmon A Campbell is Fourth ward chairman, Samuel Campbell Warren township chairman, while William Hamilton is Third ward chairman. none has held public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Hamilton
Sami G. Campbell
Times
Harmon A. Campbell
West Thirty-sixth Street
Hamilton
Samuel Campbell
Warren Township
Harry Dunn
Marion County
National head of Y W C A in city by Josephine Doran
Mrs John Hanna national president of the Y W C A visits Dallas to promote the national convention in Detroit and to strengthen unity with local chapters She discusses aging as the main barrier to leadership and praises the organization’s growth into foreign born youth teens and small communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Doran
John Hanna
Dallas
Tex
Virginia Edwards
Times
Chicago
Wex
Mrs. Hanna
Organization
John M. Hanna
Young Women's Christian Association
Indianapolis Y. W. C. A
Carrie Ada Campbell
Indianapolis
Hanna
Kick In Leading Roles at Indianapolis Civic Theatre
Miss Margaret Bradburn and Paul Duncan play the leads in Kick-In a four act melodrama by Willard Mack Thespis Butler dramatic organization presents the show at the Indianapolis Civic Theater December 9 and 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bradburn
Paul Duncan
Willard Mack
Thespis, Butler Dramaic Organization
Indianapolis Civic Theater
Duesenberg Named Booth Chief for Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs Duesenberg head Sunnyside Guild general chairman of booths for the Christmas Seal sale campaign organizing sales in theaters hotels clubs and office buildings during December 14 to 21. A luncheon at the Propylaeum at noon December 11 will unite club women aiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Duesenberg
Sunnyside Guild
Hold Two for Cruelty Charged in Heifer Shooting
Deputy sheriffs today charged Frank Ayres aged 17 and a 16 year old companion with malicious trespass and cruelty to animals. They are accused of shooting and killing a heifer owned by James Wolf while hunting on rural routes near Box 221 and Box 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ayres
James Wolf
Man Held For Nuisance In Trash Dumping Case
Patrick Glover aged 31 of Box 595 R 5 was arrested by deputies for dumping trash on a public highway. Farmers had long complained about trash dumping on Brill Road near Sumner Avenue.
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Patrick Glover
Brill Road
Sumner Avenue
Jeers Stock Crash Claims Prosperity Amid Din
Fletcher executive Myron R. Green addressed the Optimist Club at the Clay Pool, arguing the stock market crash harms only select industries while broad living standards persist. He urged continued consumer spending and warned against overpessimism, noting automakers and steel show resilience and that stock prices do not measure overall prosperity.
Miss Gertrude McConnell Leads Cardinal Masque Program
Miss Gertrude McConnell of Paris Illinois will star in three one act plays at Indiana Central College Kephart Memorial Auditorium tonight at 8. The program by Cardinal Masque Club includes The Stolen Prince a Chinese play Spreading the News an Irish comedy and Dust of the Road an American work. Miss Leora Weimar public speaking and dramatic professor directs the acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude McConnell
Paris
Indiana Central College
Kephart Memorial Auditorium
University, Heights
Leora Weimar
McConnell
Chorus Girls Prove They Have Brains With Books
Miss Ann Scarborough, manager and chorus performer, told the Book and Play Club that chorus girls are not mere ornaments but can read and discuss literature. She rattled off titles found in dressing rooms and urged the group to view chorus girls as educated, not frivolous, while noting she herself reads less lately due to backstage surveys.
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United Press
York
Ann Scarborough
Miss Scarborough
Shubert
Four Hundred
Lord Jim
Higgins, 82, Civil War veteran, dies after long Indianapolis residency
James B. Higgins, 82, a Civil War veteran and longtime North Indianapolis resident since 1878, died Thursday at his daughter’s home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Campbell home, with Rev. Joseph G. Moore officiating, burial at Crown Hill. He was born May 11, 1847 in Boone County and married Margaret Stultz in 1879. Surviving: son Claude Higgins, two daughters, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother in Phoenix, and two sisters in Berkeley and Indianapolis.
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James B. Higgins
William J. Campbell
West
Maple Road Boulevard
Campbell
Joseph G. Moore
Capitol Avenue M. E
Crown Hill Cemetery
Mr. Higgins
Boone County
Margaret Stultz
One Hundred Thirty Fifth Indiana Infantry
Marion Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Higgins
Indianapolis
Claude Higgins
John H. Shoaf
William A. Higgins
Phoenix
Ariz
W. B. Hammond
Berkley
Cal
W. H. Craft
Darlington man injured in crash with pole collision
Milan Zenor, 24, of Darlington Indiana, suffered a probable skull fracture when his car hit a telephone pole after colliding with a car driven by Robert McCall, 23, of 924 Prospect Street at Sanders and Wright streets this morning. Zenor was taken to city hospital unconscious.
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Milan Zenor
Darlington
Ind
Sanders and
Wright Streets
Robert McCall
Prospect Street
Zenor
City Hospital
Sets Christmas Style Stockings Bloom in City’s New Tune
Mary and Ann test hosiery elasticity to estimate how many Christmas packages stockings will hold. Betty Pope of 1404 Central Avenue, millinery bookkeeper at Charles store, selects her tree to fit her stocking. Thousands of trees unloaded in yards at Virginia Avenue from Pennsyl vania and Big Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Ann
Betty Pope
Central Avenue
Charles
West
Washington Street
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Virginia Avenue
Broker Death Not Ruled Accidental Coroner Says
Coroner Charles H. Keever indicated that Gilbert B. Clippinger a 40 year old investment broker died by his own hand from a seven story fall in his Fletcher Trust office. Evidence included a narrow window opening fingerprints on the sill and a ninth floor ledge. Clippinger a Dillon Reed representative since 1927 was born in Evansville Oct 3 1888 and survived by his wife two daughters parents a brother and a sister.
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Charles H. Keever
Gilbert B. Clippinger
Clippinger
Fletcher Trust and Savings Company
Market
Pennsylvania
Keever
Indiana
Kentucky
Dillon, Reed & Co
Fletcher American Company
Evansville
de Pauw University
Anna Clippinger
Joseph G. Ibach
Hammond
Mary Jane
Joanna
Henry C. Clippinger
Greenwood
H. Foster Clippinger
This City
Mary Scott
New Albany
Robbed of rent money during daylight holdup
Unemployed Thomas Green, 33, of Milburn Avenue, reported being robbed at gunpoint near the Big Four terminal at Maryland and Meridian streets. A man demanded a match first and then took $25 as Green walked to pay his rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Green
Milburn Avenue
Maryland
Meridian Streets
Green
Investment Broker Dies in Plaza Fall From Building
Gilbert B. Clippinger, an investment broker, leaped from the eleventh floor of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company building to a sub-roof above the fourth story Thursday noon. Coroner C. H. Keever classed the death as self-inflicted.
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Gilbert B. Clippinger
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
C. H. Keever
Mr. Clippinger
Hoffman to Represent Butler at National Tau Kappa Alpha Meet
Clyde Hoffman of Indianapolis will represent the Butler university chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha at the national convention this week in Oxford. O Hoffman is the son of J Clyde Hoffman, attorney and state senator.
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Hoffman
Tau Kappa Alpha
Clyde Hoffman
Indianapolis
Bater University
Tauppa Alpha
Colegiate
Oxford
O. Hoffman
J. Clyde Hoffman
Butler University selects 27 for honors roll
Twenty seven journalism students from 300 in the department earn high scholarship ranking for the week. Indianapolis winners include Martha Vollmer Dorothy Melchairs Lillyan Brafford Georgia Giddings Theresa Bagnoli R D Mange Lois Rude Max Schneider Valencia Meng Robert Whitcraft Thomas Hubbard Joseph Thomas and Evelyn Mendenhall.
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Butler Universty
Indianapolis
Martha Vollmer
Dorothy Melchairs
Lillyan Brafford
Georgia Giddings
Theresa Bagnoli
R. D. Mange
Lois Rude
Max Schneider
Valencia Meng
Robert Whitcraft
Thomas Hubbard
Joseph Thomas
Evelyn Mendenhall
Married Couple Ran Mail Order Bride Scam from Jail
Federal investigators say John and Mrs Weisert used a Denver matrimonial magazine to lure lonely men with fake German brides. Weisert admitted writing most letters and arranging railroad fares. The couple confessed to the scheme. the wife was released on recognizance to care for two children. Trial date in federal court pending.
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Europe
Post Office
Denver
Anna Wolf
Elsie Schlitt
Elsie Hammer
Martha Martha
U S to Spend Huge Amount on Prohibition
Hoover era budget shows prohibition enforcement will cost about 43.25 million dollars in the first full fiscal year, with total near 50 million if pending measures pass. The rise reflects an 800 percent increase since the first full year after the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act. Coast Guard modernization and destroyer work absorb much of the increase as smuggling remains active on the lakes and coasts. Admiral Billard urges expanded ships and personnel to combat rum runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Scrippa-Howard
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Department of Justice
Torrens An Pu Accent
Coast Guard
Billard
Seaboard
Dog Show Discussed By Hoosier Kennel Club
The Hoosier Kennel Club met at the Spink-Arms hotel for a spring dog show discussion. Committee chairmen for trophies and prizes include T. K. Bennett for wire-haired fox terriers R. E. Stine for beagles Mrs. Joseph Buning for bull dogs Mrs. C. L. Smith for bull terriers Mrs. C. A. Shumard for Boston terriers B. F. Buskirk and Dr. J. R. De Roahn for cocker spaniels C. W. Breunger for collies Mrs. H. L. Langin for pomeranians Mrs. Jesse Hodges for Russian wolf hounds Dr. C. C. Sanders for bird dogs and Albert Meyer for shepherd dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Kennel Club
Spink-Arms Hotel
T. K. Bennett
R. E. Stine
Beagles
Joseph Buning
C. L. Smith
C. A. Shumard
Boston Terriers
B. F. Buskirk
J. R. de Roahn
C. W. Breunger
H. L. Langin
Jesse Hodges
C. C. Sanders
Albert Meyer
Notre Dame Club Dinner Dance Set for Dec 30
The Indianapolis Club of Notre Dame will hold its annual dinner dance at the Severin roof garden in South Bend on December 30. Charlie Davis' orchestra will provide the music, with Robert Marshall and Wilfred Habing as committee chairmen.
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Indianapolis
Notre Dame University
Severin Roof Garden
South Bend
Charlie Davis
Robert Marshall
Wilfred Habing
Car Injuries Seriously Hurt Man After City Crash
James Mayfield of 1307 North Capitol avenue was struck by a car driven by Charles Moore of 425 North Delaware street at Indiana avenue and Paca street Thursday night. Mayfield suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and is listed in serious condition at city hospital.
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James Mayfield
North
Capitol Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Paca Street
Charles Moore
Delaware Street
City Hospi
Carlton Petty Held on Seizure Quorum Charges
Carlton Petty, a Negro resident of Muncie, was held to a federal grand jury on se quor charges today by United States commissioner Fay W. Patrick. Bond was set at $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Petty
Muncie
Fay W. Patrick
United States
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Charles C. Stone
the Times
Noblitt-Sparks Industries,Inc
Columbus
Seymour
K. A. F. Haake
Fictison
Goshen
E. S. Chapman
Chrysler Automobile
Newcnastle
Bloomington
Saddle Creek 1
Polkalt Creek
Benton Townships
Monroe County
Crawfordsville
Johnsc Manufacturing Company
Terre Haute
Talleydale
Ft. Wayne
General Electric Company
Capehart Corporation
Gary
Gary Real Estate Exchange
Gary Heat, Light and Water Company
Jeffersonville
Jefferonville
Ryder Park
Standard Oil Company
Auburn
Auburn Automobile Company
The
Limousine Body Corporation
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lycoming Manufacturing Company
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Perfect Circle Company
Seem
William Hamilton
S. G. Campbell
Butler
Mrs. Duesenberg
Booth
Small Fry Sporting Flyers
Fletcher
America
Myron R. Green
Fletcher American National Bank
Optimist Club
Claypool
California
Hawaii
South America
General Conversation, Inc
House of Morgan
Wall Street
Verdun
Indiana Central
Louis Bromfeld
Lyle Saxon
Thomas Wolfe
Oliver la Farge
Chief Longlance
Scarborough
Broker
Duane Hennessy
OS Angeles
U.S
Treasury
Notre Dame Club
Negro
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