Gary Mayor seeks to bar two litigants from office
Gary Indiana mayor Henry G. Hay filed in Lake circuit court seeking an injunction to prevent Roswell O. Johnson and Emmet N. White from taking office while disputes over eligibility are resolved. Johnson cites a pardon and past prison term. White argues he did not win a majority. Inauguration set for Jan. 6.
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Gary
Ind
Henry G. Hay
Lake
Crown Point
Roswell O. Johnson
Emmet N. White
Johnson
White
Atlanta
Coolidge
Indiana
Hay
Floyd G. Williams
Predict Big Growth in Farm Bureau in Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau expects a 50 percent rise in membership by 1931 announced for the directors’ meeting January 2-3. M. Cliff Townsend reports rapid progress in fifty counties with some areas over 100 percent gains and plans for 1930 include district meetings December 28 and expanded activities by the women’s division.
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Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc
M. Cliff Townsend
Social and Education Department
Farm Bureau
Woman's Division
Pennsyl to Install Cab Signal System on Pittsburgh Line
Pennsylvania railway directors authorize 2 million dollars for continuous cab signal installation on the Pittsburgh division. The program adds to 16 million dollars in automatic signal improvements this year, aiming for continuous cab control from New York to Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. The system projects engine cab display of wayside signals with a warning whistle and acknowledgment requirement for crews.
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Pennsylvania Railway
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Indianapolis
Anderson district sewer assessments cut in half
By Times Special ANDERSON Ind December 26 As sessments against property to pay for the North Anderson district sewer having been reduced 50 per cent and the difference of approximately $100 000 will be charged to the city as a whole the board of works announced Property owners who failed to file remonstrances will not share in reductions The sewer was built by Sorenson Zomer Ft Wayne and Grand Rapids contractors at a cost of 282000
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
North Anderson District
Board of Works
Sorenson & Zomer
Ft. Wayne
Grand Rapids
Indiana Farmers Unite For Butchering Season Traditions
In Noblesville Indiana farm families rally to butcher hogs and cattle, trading work to prepare lard kettles presses and sausage grinders. Neighbors phone trade days guard against early mornings and cold weather while moons and almanac signs steer meat preservation. Grandfather watches weather and dawn alarms set a communal harvest pace ending with joviality and readiness to help again.
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Hoosier State
Watts boy named page in U.S. House
Anderson Indiana December 26 1930 fourteen year old Robert Watts son of Mr and Mrs Jesse L Watts appointed a page in the United States House of Representatives for three months starting February 1 The appointment was secured by Congressman Albert H Vestal who has helped Watts for years His father is an executive at Hill Standard Manufacturing Company
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Ry Times
Anderson
Ind
Robert Watts
Jesse L. Watts
United States House of Representatives
Albert H. Vestal
Congress
Eighth
Young Watts
Hill-Standard Manufacturing Company
Robbery at Wonder Shoe Store in Columbus
In Columbus Indiana the Wonder shoe store owned by A J Newton and son was robbed of 26 dollars. Thieves missed 4350 dollars hidden within the merchandise. Entry is believed gained by a key used on the front door.
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Columbus
Ind
Wonder Shoe
A. J. Newton
Sheriff's radio plan seeks county squad car upgrades
Sheriff George Winkler will ask the county council on December 30 to appropriate up to $1000 to equip six county squad cars with radio receiving gear. The system would link twenty four hour patrol cars to the city police radio station, hailed by Winkler as a major advancement in crime fighting. George Snider indicated support for the funding.
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County Council
George Winkler
George Snider
Winkler
Two Injured in Barn Fire Near Anderson Indiana
In Anderson area two farm hands suffered injuries when a tractor backfired into a oil can and sparked a blaze that destroyed a large barn on Harry J. Tindall’s farm two miles west of Anderson. Lesley Gillom 34 pulled off clothes to aid Dillon Ring 35 who was seriously burned. Firemen lacked water and the loss reached about 10000 with 1500 insurance.
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Bv Times
Anderson
Ind
Harry J. Tindall
Lesley Gillom
Dillon Ring
Gillom
Tindall
Wounded Negro Dies? Shooting at Christmas Party
Alonzo Thursman, 21, shot at Ham Bone Logan home in Anderson Indiana during a Christmas night party is near death. Mathlee Shee, 35, arrested after admitting a quarrel but denying the shot. Brother Daniel Thursman held as investigation continues.
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Anderson
Ind
Alonzo Thursman
Ham Bone Logan
Logan
Thursman
Mathlee Shee
Thurman
Daniel Thursman
Millikan Injured In Auto Collision Near Anderson
Ray Millikan of Elwood is hospitalized with two fractured ribs after his car collided near Anderson with a vehicle driven by A. H. Bentley of Fort Wayne. Grover Hutcherson, a passenger, and Bentley escaped injuries.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
Ray Millikan
Elwood
A. H. Bentley
Ft. Wayne
Grover Hutcherson
Millikan
Bentley
Filling Station Waters Horse in Dublin Snow
In Dublin Indiana a filling station owner William Wilson serves a horse in a sleigh asking where the horse wants water. The exchange shows the revived use of sleighs after heavy snowfall as cutters appear and children watch the new vehicles while drivers seek oil and air.
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Rn Times
Dublin
Ind
Willianma Wilson
Wilson
Indiana Beekeepers Hear State Official on Inspections
State Entomologist Frank Wallace addressed the Indiana State Beekeepers at the statehouse. He defended current inspection levels, noting 65 000 inspections this year at low cost, thanks to countywide inspection methods. J R Stelle presided, C A Yost presented the annual report, and George S Demuth spoke on the Friday program.
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Frank Wallace
Indiana
Statehouse
J. R. Stelle
Butler
Ind
C. A. Yost
Association
George S. Demuth
Medina
Wallace
Coincidence Train Meeting Turns Into Fiancé Reveal
In Cheboygan Michigan on December 26 Dr. W Earl Chapman and his daughter Nathalie met a Detroit bound train to greet Nathalies fiancé Dudley Parkhurst Platka of Burlington Vermont but the man who died was Platka identified by the conductor as D Platka Burlington Vermont.
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United Press
Heboygan
Mich
W. Earl Chapman
Nathalie
Michigan Central
Detroit
Cheboygan
Dr. Chapman
Dudley Parkhurst Platka
Burlington
Platka
Hogs Devour Body at Quincy Farm
In Quincy Indiana, hogs ate the body of Jose Reno a 63 year old farmer found by his nephew Curtis Way. Authorities believe Reno died of heart disease and that several days passed before discovery as farm chickens were starving. The farm is nearly inaccessible in winter.
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Quincy
Ind
Jose Reno
Here
Curtis Way
Reno
Indiana awards 17 scholarships for Purdue conference
Seventeen scholarships to the Indiana agricultural conference at Purdue University January 1 to 17 were announced by E. O. Barker of the State Board of Agriculture. Funds by George J. Marott reward outstanding fair winners in categories including best steer, grand champion sheep and corn and wheat sweepstakes, plus various canned foods and baked goods exhibits. Winners span Lebanon, Kempton, Battle Ground, Connersville, Crown Point, Washington, Frankfort, La Fontaine, Greenwood, Crawfordsville, Thorntown, Greensburg, Anderson, Danville and other cities.
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Special Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
E. O. Barker
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
George J. Marott
Indianapolis
Marott
Olon W. Simmons
Lebanon
Hoosier
Otha Wyrick
Kempton
Charles Brown
Battle Ground
Gilbert L. Garrner
Connersville
George J. Sauermen
Crown Point
Harold L. Colbert
Washington
Jacob Mundhell
Frankfort
Eugene Trover
la Fontaine
E. J. Spaugh
Greenwood
Hubert Sayler
Crawfordsville
W. W. Buntin
Voris Slipher
Thorntown
W. Schoentrup
Greensburg
Marguerite Conger
Anderson
Timothy Guard
F. E. Guthrie
Danville
Margaret Dorrell
Son Confesses Slaying of Father in Mishawaka
Serano Crucitti, 25, confessed to police that he beat his 60 year old father Alphone Crucitti to death with a shotgun after his father beat the youth's mother during a quarrel over a broken dish. He said the father seized the gun and drove him from the house, then on the porch wrested back the weapon and struck him, leaving him dying.
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United Press
Mishawaka
Ind
Serano Crucitti
Alphone Crucitti
Love Not Loot Drives Clyde Mullins in Robbery Backstory
Clyde Mullins insists the motive was love not theft after a $2,000 robbery at a restaurant owned by George Thoman. Mullins, his sweetheart employed there, and Frank McQuillan fled in Thoman's back door. Police pursued as shots were fired and the car sped away.
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Ind
Clyde Mullins
Mullins
George Thoman
Frank McQuillan
McQuillan
Aviator in Critical Condition After Mail Plane Crash
Thomas Hill a 28 year old Kalamazoo Michigan aviator is in grave danger following a Tuesday night crash west of Michigan City Indiana. He said he lost his bearings in a snow storm while attempting a landing near the ground. The mail plane carried seven bags of registered mail undamaged. The Cleveland bound plane spun and crashed about 200 feet up.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Thomas Hill
Kalamazoo
Mich
Here
Cleveland
Hill
Boxer Bests Robber in Fort Wayne Night Clash
Frankie Jarr stopped a Chicago thief at a drug store after a $400 robbery. The assailant Lloyd Taylor, 25, was knocked to the door and later jailed. In Rockville Parke County, a $30,569 sewer bond was approved by state tax commissioners for town work. A receiver will sell Thompson Oil Company assets in Anderson under court order.
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United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
Frankie Jarr
Lloyd Taylor
Chicago
Jarr
Taylor
Rockville
Parke County
State Board of Accounts
Anderson, Ind
Herman Dolen
Thompson Oil Company
Anderson
Carl F. Morrow
Archie Bobbitt
G A R Post in Noblesville Fails to Elect Officers
The G A R post in Noblesville failed to hold an election for next year due to no quorum. Old officers will hold over as the event marks the first election absence in 51 years. Once a 400 member group, the post now has only sixteen members with few Civil War veterans able to attend.
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Noblesville Post
Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton County
Boon’s House Stands in Boonville Indiana
The ninety eight year old house built and occupied by Ratliff Boon Indiana’s first Lieutenant Governor remains standing in Boonville. Boon lived there after serving under Jonathan Jennings who died during his term and left the office to Boon for two weeks in December 1822. Boon later served in Congress after retirement as governor.
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United Press
Boonville
Ind
Ratliff Boon
Indiana
Boon
Jonathan Jennings
Congress
Postal Veteran Dies in Anklin Indiana
H. H. Wasson 70 longtime assistant postmaster of Anklin and former Bluffton postmaster died. He served twenty years as a postal inspector and held key clerical roles in the postal service.
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Anklin
Ind
H. H. Wasson
Bluffton
Train on phone books thrills Indiana college towns
About 150 youths from Butler Purdue Indiana Notre Dame Indiana Central Hanover colleges and Indianapolis high schools distributed 108 000 new directories for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. The directory lists many names of prominent figures including twenty three Finglas seventeen Lincolns fifty eight Harons six Enacancg seven McKnleys twenty four Hardings and over two hundred Wilsons with other famous cognomens such as John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Robert E Lee and Charles Lindbergh.
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Indianapolis
Mero Jack Wealth
Taeckle
Butler Bulldogs
Albert Newman
Butler
Purdue
Indiana
Notre Dame
Indiana Central
Hanover Colleges
Diana Bell Telephone Company
United States
Finglas
Lincolns
Harons
McKnley’s
Hardings
Wilsons
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Robert Burns
Charlies Hughes
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fear Ten May Be Gas Victims At Sparrow Hospital Fire
In Lansing Michigan three firemen and a doctor plus six nurses are under observation after inhaling fumes from burning X-ray films at Edward Sparrow Hospital. The incident recalls the Cleveland Clinic disaster where many died from similar fumes. Firemen refuse treatment. nurses recover.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
Edward Sparrow Hopital
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Township may lose Lebanon funds after trustee embezzlement
Union township in Indiana faces loss of most of its funds after trustee Perry T. Hancock, jailed for diverting Rosston bank funds, left only 344.12 dollars of a 2777.04 balance as of November 25. State examiners warn that remaining funds may be lost if liquidation cannot recover more.
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Times Special
Lebanon
Ind
Union Township
Perry T. Hancock
Rosston Bank
State Board of Accounts Examiners
Appeal Likely In Husted Estate Rail Case
The estate of Ernest Husted seeks appellate review after a Tipton circuit court reduced a jury verdict against Central Indiana Railway from 6000 to 3000 dollars. Husted, injured three years prior while employed by the railroad, died eighteen months later. Attorneys prepare a bill of exceptions for the Indiana appellate court.
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Bu Times Sweet
Anderson
Ind
Ernest Husted
Central Indiana Railway Company
Madison
Tipton
Indiana Appellate Court
Husted
Cleon W. Mount
Death of James A. Stagg in Greensburg Indiana
Funeral services for James A. Stagg 76 lifelong southern Indiana resident will be held here Friday. He was born at Vevay and lived most of his life in Greensburg. obituary notes his long local ties and hometown origin.
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Greensburg
Ind
James A. Stagg
Indiana
Vevay
Rob ert Wilson guilty of grand larceny in clock theft
Rob ert Wilson, 241 Darnell street, accused of stealing a clock he had given to Miss Clara Campbell at 132214 North Senate venue. A reacting police sergeant noted a Tom and Jerry incident, but found no liquor. Wilson admitted the theft, was fined 25 dollars and ordered to sixty days at the state farm.
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Robert Wilson
Darnell Street
John Eisenhut
Clara Campell
North Senate
Eisenhut
Tom and Jerry
Wilson
Stutz Motor Car Company
Miss Campbell
Paul C. Wetter
Indiana
Suit Seeks Receiver for Rural Power and Light Co
Three farmers Ben F. Platt John L. Yarling and Harry Meiks sue in Shelby circuit court seeking appointment of a receiver for Rural Power and Light Company They allege failure to maintain electric lines repairs after storms and nonpayment to Interstate Public Service Company which may cut service causing inconvenience to patrons
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Par Times Sweet
Shelbyville
Ind
Here
Shelby
Rural Power and Light Company
Ben F. Platt
John L. Yarling
Harry Meiks
Interstate Public Service Company
Evansville Landmark Home to be Razed for Business Expansion
The Alonzo Warner house, Evansville s oldest inn keeper's home built in 1840 and a pioneer centerpiece, will be razed soon for the expansion of the city s business district. Now owned by Harry Greek the funeral director he plans to erect an undertaking establishment on the site.
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United Preas
Evansville
Ind
Alonzo Warner
Pioneer Society of
Harry Greek
Tunney 10 Be Cleared Fully In Balm Action
Hartford dispatch reports Colonel Lewis L. Field, attorney for Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, will not attend Fairfield county court to contest Tunney's motion for judgment on a counter suit. Judge Carl Foster may issue an injunction barring Fogarty from pursuing an altered breach of promise claim. Field followed a note from Fogarty directing withdrawal or injunction.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Lewis L. Field
Katherine King Fogarty
Texas
James J
Gene) Tunney
Fairfield County Superior Court
Tunney
Field
Carl Foster
Fogarty
Homer
Cummings
Stamford
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