Wheat Prices Rise on Foreign Cables at Board Opening
Chicago December 30 strong foreign cables lift wheat as Board of Trade opens. Liverpool and Buenos Aires show strength with early gains. Canada and U S surplus cited by bears. Corn mixed, oats steady to lower, provisions easy. Open interest in corn remains 5 to 6 million bushels. weather favorable for movement.
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Harold E. Rainville
United Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Canada
United States
Marriages Listed For Several Local Residents
Marriage licenses show multiple couples across Lawrence and surrounding areas. Ibert M Newkirk and Mariam Haslet. Lee H Chambers and Omel M Trout. Harold Gray and Ruby Bratton. John W Childress and Vivian V Greene. Alex Schamberg and Francis Wolpa. Charlie E Thompson and Dorothy I Gibson.
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Ibert M. Newkirk
Lawrence Clerk
Snd
Mariam Haslet
Ludlow
Lee H. Chambers
North Meridian
Baker
Omel M. Trout
Beautician
Harold 8. Gray
South State
Inister
Ruby D. Bratton
North Harding
John W. Childress J
Sears Roebuck Price Cuts Defined by Midwinter Catalog
Sears Roebuck announces selective reductions in its midwinter catalog after Christmas. About 2 000 to 3 000 items drop around 10 percent, while some reach 18 to 20 percent. the rest stay the same. Prices apply in January and February as a clearance sale.
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United Press
Chicago
Sears,Roebuck
Indiana sheriff shot during liquor raid near Lawrenceburg
Sheriff Herman Lang of Lawrenceburg Indiana was severely wounded with two bullets in the stomach while arresting suspects at a beer camp on White River near Lawrenceburg. He was taken to a Cincinnati hospital in critical condition. A man named Anderson from Brookville was a prime suspect as a search continued in Harrison Ohio after the incident.
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Bu United Press
Cincinnati
Herman Lang
Lawrenceburg
Ind
White River
Lang
Harrison
Anderson
Brookville
Benjamin Shaw
Connersville
European demand to rise for automobiles in coming year
John V. Lawrence of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce predicts European buying power will grow next year. A financial house cleaning in Europe clarifies the financial situation, boosting demand for American products, especially automobiles.
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United Press
New York
John V. Lawrence
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Europe
Westinghouse plant in Indianapolis to be taken over by RCA Radiotron
The Indianapolis plant at Michigan and La Salle will shift control to RCA Radiotron Company on January 1. Vacuum tube manufacture continues with 1,200 to 1,500 employees producing 60,000 tubes daily, up from a current output of 20,000. Westinghouse and General Electric withdraw from radio tube production. RCA Radiotron will expand and retain all staff.
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Indianapolis
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Radiotron Company
Radio Corporation of America
Michigan and
la Salle Streets
C. J. Hollatz
Westinghouse Company
General Electric Company
Lan, 1
R. C. A. Radiotron Company
Markets Report Prices for Poultry and Dairy Products
The Bee ad lists poultry prices by weight and type including hens leghorn springers and young birds with weights 4 pounds or more, and various fats for ducks geese toms hens and old birds. Butterfat and cheese wholesale prices are shown with American loaf pimento loaf Wisconsin arists longhorn and New York limberger among others.
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Egas
Runi
Bee
Rineas
Wisconsin
New York
Old hound ownership duel leaves one wounded and another jailed
Jeff Allen aged 65 and W H Bohannon 73 fought a shotgun duel over an old hound at Allen's home in Pearl. Allen was critically wounded in the face chest and abdomen. Bohannon was grazed and jailed in Pittsfield. The wives watched from a distance as Bohannon’s brother-in-law confronted him. The injured man was taken to a Jacksonville hospital.
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United Press
Pearl
Ill
Jeff Allen
W. H. Bohannon
Bohannon
Allen
Jacksonville
Bo‘hannon
Pittsfield
Robert Shive
Ogden Rules on Naming of Judge Cameron Appointment
Governor Leslie received an Attorney General opinion stating county commissioners cannot appoint to the Indianapolis municipal bench if Cameron’s term expires before he acts on reappointment. The report mentions Cameron’s likely reappointment and Marion County politicians seeking a holdover appointment.
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Harry G. Leslie
James M. Ogden
Indianapolis
Clifton R. Cameron
Cameron
Leslie
Marion County
Lindberghs Arrive at Columbus Airport in Ohio
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrive at the Transcontinental Airport in Columbus at 10 45 a m from Detroit where Lindbergh had visited his mother.
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United Press
Columbus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Airport
Detroit
Lindbergh
Radium Found in Trash After Hospital Search
In Los Angeles on December 30 the hospital staff spent two feverish days recovering a discarded bandage. The bandage contained radium valued at $15,000 and was found intact.
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United Presa
Los Angeles
Pablo Garcia
Porker Prices Up 25 Cents at City Pens
Hog prices rose about 25 cents from Saturday at the Union Stockyards. Bulk weights 160 to 300 pounds sold around 10.10. Receipts estimated 6,000 with 227 holdovers. Cattle slow and steady. slaughter classes dull. Weaners mostly steady near 17.50. Sheep and lambs off about 25 cents from prior week. good lambs 13 to 13.75. Chicago hog receipts 53,000 with 22,000 directs. market nearly steady near Friday’s averages with bids 9.70 to 9.75 for 200 to 250 pounds and light weights 9.85. Cattle receipts 16,000. sheep 25,000.
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Union
Chicago
United Press
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Livestock Market Reports Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Vary Across Cities
Regional cattle hogs and sheep receipts outlined with price ranges for various weights and classes. Listings show top hogs at about 9.90, cattle mostly 11 to 13 dollars, calves up to 19, and sheep bids around 12 to 14 dollars, with trends differing by city and date.
Postoffice to Close on New Year’s Day
The postoffice will be closed Wednesday New Year s day according to Postmaster Robert H Bryson There will be no mail delivery except special delivery The holiday window will be open for receipt of letter mail parcel post and regular holiday mail
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Robert H. Bryson
Consolidation approved for Tri Continental entities to form Tri Continental Corporation
Stockholders approve merging Tri Continental Corporation and Tri Continental Allied Company into a single Tri Continental Corporation. National Electric Light Association estimates 97 billion kilowatt hours of public electricity production in 1929, up from 1928 and 1927, with over 100 billion expected in 1930. International Railways of Central America project costs 12 million dollars, linking Central America with US Gulf and Atlantic ports.
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Baltimore
Tri Continental Corporation
Tri Continental Allied Company, Inc
Tri Continent Corporation
Dirs
National Electric Light Association
International Railways of
Foote Brothers Gear & Machine Company
W. C. Davis
Davis State
La Porte Phone Case Appealed by Local Utilities
La Porte County Telephone Co and Terre Haute Telephone Co plan to appeal commission rate increases to the court. Chairman John W. McCardle says courts will decide orders after utilities historically avoid further appeals. He notes public appeals in these rate cases and rewrote an order to reflect merited increases.
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John W. McCardle
la Porte
Terre Haute
McCardle
Calvin McIntosh
Frank Singleton
City in Brief notices and upcoming meetings
The Indianapolis Humane Society will hold its annual directors meeting and elect officers at 8 p m Friday in the Chamber of Commerce building. El Commando the western adventurer will recite old west stories at a Lions Club luncheon at the Lincoln on January 8. Reverend W M Lyons of Our Lady of Lourdes will speak on fellowship at a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Claypool Tuesday. Campbell is registered as a patient at Good Samaritan hospital Cincinnati.
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Vv. R. Campbell
Buckle Street
Indianapolis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Indianapolis Humane Society
Chamber of Commerce
el Commando
Indianapolis Lions Club
Lincoln
W. M. Lyons
Our Lady of Lourdes
Kiwanis Club
Claypool
Overholt Distillery to Produce 2.5 Million Gallons Whisky
Broadford Distillery of A Overholt & Co in Connellsville prepares to begin production under a recent permit. The plant, largest of its kind, will employ 100 workers for ten years as machinery and equipment are readied for manufacture.
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United Press
Connellsville
Broadford
A. Overholt & Co
Horses Pass Slowly to End in 1944 in Chicago
Chicago official Deputy City Collector George F. Lohman predicts the city will have no horses left on its streets in 1944. He notes licenses for horse drawn vehicles fell from 11,856 in 1928 to 11,027 in 1929.
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United Press
Chicago
George F. Lohman
Dr. Max Bahr to Speak at Knights Luncheon on Mind
Dr. Max A. Bahr superintendent of the Central state hospital for the insane will address the Knights of Columbus luncheon club at the Spink-Arms Friday on The Mind and Its Functioning.
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Max A. Bahr
Central State Hospital For Insane
Knights of Columbus
Spink-Arms
Tax Loss Sale Rush Fails as Stocks Rise After Tax Loss Selloff
Quiet strength returned to the New York Stock Exchange as tax loss selling eased with many issues advancing. Rails utilities and leading industrials gained, oils firmed, motor shares held steady, and Fox Film rose on short covering amid renewed demand.
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United Press New York
Stock Exchange
Fox Film A
Bank clearings and treasury balance notices
Indianapolis reports Monday clearings 3 348 000 debits 66 708 000 Chicago bank clearings 88 800 000 balances 7 600 000 New York bank clearings 665 000 000 balance 170 000 000 Federal Reserve credit balance 141 000 000 Treasury net balance 179 675 195 69 customs receipts for month to date 34 886 070 71.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
Bank
Clearings House
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Washington
Stock market forecasts signal gradual 1930 recovery
Forecasts for 1930 show a slow start with spring improvement and later acceleration. Steel production is expected to lead a broad expansion, with orders backlog and railroad demand boosting capacity toward and beyond 76 percent. Investors may sense gradual business improvement as security prices reflect lower risk on solid securities.
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Thomson& McKinnon
New York
Printers Submit Bids On Marion Co Work
Eleven Indianapolis printing firms submitted county bids for Marion county printing in 1930. Levey Printing led with a first class bid of 38.56 dollars, Burford a close second. Second class printing saw The Sentinel lowest at 9 dollars, with Burford again lowest on third class at 15.97. Indiana Press and Burford topped the remaining two classes.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Levey Printing Company
A. M. Grossbrenner
Burford Printing Company
Sentinel Company
Indiana Press Company
The
Burford Company
Grieved Father Hangs Self Over Missing Christmas Gifts
In New York City December 30 a West New Brighton carpenter Gustave Johenan killed himself after being out of work for over three months and unable to buy gifts for his six children. The tragedy followed a child’s remark about a neighbor boy’s sled as a desired Christmas present.
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United Press
New York
Gustave Johenan
West New Brighton
S. I
Santa Claus
Johenan
Weather record notes light snow and calm field
At 9 30 a m wind southwest six mph pressure 29 85 temperature 39 ceiling and visibility unlimited and one inch snow on field in the air report
Palestine expands airport near Jerusalem
The airdrome at Kalandia ten kilometers north of Jerusalem is being enlarged. Twenty dunams of land have been acquired for the project as Palestine increases its flying activity.
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Preas
Leslie Confers With Officials On Purdue Road Plan
Governor Harry G Leslie met in Lafayette with state highway commissioners to discuss a proposed road project around Purdue University. The talks focused on routing and funding considerations for the new bypass and its impact on the campus traffic.
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Leslie
Harry G. Leslie
Lafayette
Purdue University
Fruit and Vegetable Prices Listed for Market Sale
A market column lists prices for assorted fruits and vegetables with crate, hamper, and bag figures. Items include oranges from California and Florida, lemons, apples, grapes, strawberries, beans, beets, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, radishes, peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes with per crate or per bushel pricing and regional sources such as California Florida Michigan Wisconsin and Jamaica.
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Florida
California
Michigan
Idaho
Colorado
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River
Southern
Indiana Jersey
Nancy Halls
Hothouse
Marion County Sees Fall 1929 Tax Distribution Totals
County Treasurer Clyde E. Robinson distributed 9,736,703.05 in 1929 fall taxes among state, county, township and city units. Total 1929 Marion County collections reach 20,255,914.84, up 815,576.18 from 1928. City fund topped at 3,553,316.10 and city school fund at 3,296,994.91.
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Clyde E. Robinson
Harry Dunn
W. B. Butler
Marion County
Robinson
Dutch Elm Disease Menaces U. S. Trees
Dr. Christine Buisman warned at the American Phytopathological Society meeting that Dutch elm disease could destroy the U S state ly elm mirroring the fate of elms in Holland Belgium France and Germany. No cure exists and testing elm varieties for resistance is the current approach. The disease shows on twigs curling leaves and reddish brown wood streaks with death possible within a year or years.
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Science Service
Des Moines
America
Holland
Belgium
France
Germany
Christine Buisman
University of Utrecht
Netherlands
American Phytopathological Society
Buisman
County urged to buy old Butler site for juvenile court
John C. Mc Closkey proposed the county acquire Butler university’s Irvington 30 acre campus for the board of children's guardians detention home and juvenile court. He said the site could be bought for about 150000 and repurposed with central offices and potential subdivision sales.
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Butler University
Irvington
Board of Children’s Guardians
John C. McCloskey
McCloskey
City blocks marathon dance in Tomlinson hall
The works board denied permission for another marathon dance in Tomlinson hall after American Legion leaders failed to secure approval. President Theodore Dammeyer cited spinal meningitis concerns and citizen complaints about last year's event run for profit.
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Tomlinson Hall
American Legion
Board of Works
Theodore Dammeyer
Works Board
Dammeyer
the Legion
Prosperity Forecast For 1930 From Business Leaders
United Press reports optimism for 1930 with forecasts that overall prosperity will match or exceed 1929. Leaders from United States Steel General Electric Montgomery Ward Woolworth New York Central Atchison Canadian Pacific foresee higher levels after a brief first half readjustment.
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New York
United Press
United States Steel Corporation
General Electric Company
Montgomery Ward & Co
F. W. Woolworth Company
New York Central Railroad
Atchison Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
Banditry Rises in Chinese Provinces Amid Civil War
United Press dispatch from Peiping reports an alarming rise in banditry in at least ten of China's eighteen provinces, blamed mainly on ongoing civil war. Many bandits are nonprofessionals driven by hunger, with villages raiding neighboring areas for food in provinces including Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu, Anhui, and Fujian.
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Preas Peiping
China
Szechwan
Hupeh
Kansu
Anhwei
Fukian
Stuart on committee for nationwide survey of education
Milo H. Stuart principal of Ariental Technical high school Indianapolis named to a 30 member advisory committee by Ray Lyman Wilbur secretary of the interior to supervise a nationwide survey of secondary education. Hoover recommended the survey in his congressional message.
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Oe Sorciat
Ashington
Milo H. Stuart
Ariental Technical High School
Indianapolis
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Inerior
United States
Herbert Hoover
Congress
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