U S marriage and divorce law up for congress action
Washington sees a proposed federal marriage and divorce bill setting uniform rules across states. It limits licenses to those over 18 and girls over 16 with parental consent, requires public filing two weeks before ceremonies, bans cousin marriages, and demands health proof. Divorces restricted to adultery cruelty abandonment insanity and crime convictions with a one year finality period. Custody favors mothers but allows parental visitation. Proponents say it will curb hasty marriages and improve family life.
State panel raises auto assessment to set value of 1928 and older models
The Indiana State conference of county assessors voted to tax cars by a new schedule. Any automobile that runs will be assessed at least 30 dollars. The plan fixes assessment at 85 percent of factory price for 1928, 70 percent for 1927, 60 percent for 1926, 50 percent for 1925, and 33 percent for 1924.
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Delaware Street widening approved in Bloomington plan
The board of works overruled a remonstrance and confirmed a resolution to widen Delaware Street from forty to seventy feet between Fall Creek Parkway and Twenty-Eighth Street. The project, pending for months, will not start until spring and requires proper advertisement. A north approach improvement was also approved. In a separate note, Jess Bowman, an African American man, goes on trial for first degree murder in Monroe Circuit Court, claiming insanity in the death of Palmer Morris after a drinking party.
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Christmas Vacation Cuts City School Fuel Costs
Vacation savings in ERSON Indiana reduce two weeks of operation costs by about 2000 dollars, according to Superintendent W. A. Denny.
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W. A. Denny
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