Expansion on programs of 3 industries in Indiana towns
State wide business survey highlights expansion in utilities and manufacturing. Hartford City vaults a 75 by 100 foot warehouse while Central Indiana Coal doubles No 2 shaft capacity with an electrically operated shovel. Indiana Ohio Telephone Company central office planned at Seymour with new holdings in Southern Indiana and Ohio Central ventures valued at 5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stone
the Times
Indiana
Hartford City Paper Colony
Sullivan- Green County
Linton
Central Indiana Coal Company
Hoosier Factories, Inc
Michigan City
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Central Indiana Power Company
Seymour
Indiana- Ohio Telephone Company
United States
Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ohio Central Telephone Corporation
Muncie
Terre Haute
Coal Mine Equipment Company
Connersville
Connersville Cabinet Company
Anderson
Pierce Governor Company
Pierce Company
Marion
Indiana Truck Corporation
Marion National Sanatorium
Congress
Kokomo
The _ Hill Standard Company
F. H. Green
G. A
Fred Goudy
Goudy Brothers
Alexandria
Martinsville
L Ncal
van Camp Packing Company
Chamber
LA Porte
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
East Columbus
Purity Milk Company
Culver
E. R
B. B. Culver
Palmer House
J. P. Walter
Chicago
United Stat Is Company
W. M. Day
Admiral Johnson Made In Nineteen Twenty Three
Admiral Johnson rises from chief petty officer to admiral after President Coolidge declares him fleet commander aboard the Mayflower. He will review the Brule River fleet and oversee summer maneuvers while scrubbing Beaver Dick and maintaining the Henry Clay Pierce estate boathouse. The White House aide also projects motion pictures for the President. Governor Christianson Andreson Zimmermann and a Minnesota delegation plan to greet the President in Superior. Zimmermann predicts Wisconsin will back Hoover in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moorefield
United Press
Necar Island Lodge
Wis
Howard Johnson
Johnson
President Coolidge
Navy
Brule River
Dmiral Johnson
Beaver Dick
Henry Clay Pierce
Admiral Johnson
White House
Overnor Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
August H. Andreson
Superior
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Mr. Coolidge
Zimmerman
Farm Bureau Estimates Storm Crop Losses in Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau officials estimate total crop damage from Wednesday night’s storm at 2 million dollars based on an unofficial survey. Oats suffered the greatest damage with about 1 million in small grains and orchards, shade trees, and timber at another million. Wheat and corn losses are noted but recovery expected. oats may not fully recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Farm Bureau
James R. Moore
Bureau
Moore
Buffalo killed by lightning at Columbian Park
The oldest buffalo in the herd at Columbian Park in Lafayette Ind died after a lightning strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Columbian Park
Indiana Receives 288 Acre Gift for State Seventh Park
The Lehigh Portland Cement Company donates 288 acres of rolling timber land in Lawrence County to Indiana for use as a state park adjoining the Donaldson woods tract. The gift, arranged by W H Weinrecht, includes Hamer mill ruins and Hamer cave, with Indiana University to keep experimental access. Officials aim to expand to about 1,000 acres with negotiations ongoing by Lawrence County commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Richard Lieber
Department of Conservation
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Lawrence County
Donaldson Woods
E. M. Young
Allentown
Lehigh Company
W. H. Weinrecht
Mitchell
Hamer
Donaldson
Indiana University
Two Chances Left Hickman Faces New Execution Delay
William Edward Hickman, condemned slayer of Marion Parker, has two paths remaining as the California Supreme Court denied his new trial. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court will be filed, with possible commutation to life if denied. If required, a new execution date will be set for August or November.
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United Press
San Quentin
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Richard Cantillon
Los Angeles
Gilbert Arrested In Prohibition Raids After Fast Escape
Terre Haute Ind July 6 Arthur Gilbert is jailed on charges of violating prohibition laws after a raid on a house. Heat aided the capture as he leaped from a window and fled pursued by Deputy Sheriff Staton who later found him walking with a red sweaty face and arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Arthur Gilbert
Gilbert
Staton
U S Tourists Use Antelope Tires in Siam Trip
James Wilson and Francis A Flood, both students, faced 23 punctures from sharp thorns while traveling by motorbike through untraveled terrain between Bangkok and Massauah. They improvised by stuffing dried ante lope skin into tires to prevent punctures, and replaced a magneto bearing with rubber from a dental plate. Fuel cost climbed to $4 a gallon at a remote point as they crossed via steamer and overland routes toward the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
Columbia
Francis A. Flood
Nebraska
Wilson
Massauah
India
Karkarak
Meh Soc
Bangkok
United States
Philipppines
Lost City relics arrive at Field Museum in Chicago
United Areas reports three Maya built cities in British Honduras unearthed by J. Eric Thompson. The sites in the Cayo district yielded jade ornaments and pottery two millennia old. Tzimin Cax dated to 200 B C while Hascap Ceel and Cahal Picnic rose around 575 A D before Spanish conquest. Thompson led the Field Marshall expedition, exploring inland for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Areas
Chicago
British Honduras
Field Museum
J. Eric Thompson
Cayo District
Belize
Europe
Thompson
Marshall Field
Republicans to Meet State Committee at Severin
Republican state candidates will meet with the State committee at the Severin next Tuesday at noon to plan the campaign. State chairman Elza O. Rogers, in Washington with Herbert Hoover and national leaders, called the meeting and will return Monday.
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the Severin
Elza O. Rogers
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Rogers
Tragedy in Aurora: Cecil Reynolds Shot Dead by Husband
In Aurora Indiana on July 6 Cecil Reynolds died from bullet wounds fired by Raymond O'Neil who said he shot after returning home to find Reynolds beating his wife Mrs. O'Neil. O'Neil surrendered to police and narrated the events. Both men were railroad section workers.
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Times
Aurora
Ind
Cecil Reynolds
Raymond O'Neil
Reynolds
Court considers possession of baseball pool tickets as gambling proof
Deputy Prosecutor Carl Vandiver argued in Municipal Court Four that possessing baseball pool tickets may show gambling intent in the case against Fred Van Brant of 137 Kansas St. The judge noted there is no warrant or sale and distinguished tickets from playing cards while the defense urged facts to support any gambling claim. Van Brant was discharged after outcome.
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Carl Vandiver
Fred van Brant
Kansas St
S. Meridian St
van Brant
Paul C. Wetter
Vandiver
Dan Brown
Wetter
Rescued Off Island After Muscatatuck River Flood
Mr and Mrs Frank McCarthy and Miss Maggie Herman were rescued by North Vernon firemen and Sheriff Ray Hearne from an island formed by flood waters of the Muscatatuck River near North Vernon Indiana. Their clothing tent and car were submerged by the storm flood after they camped by the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatatuck River
North Vernon
Ind
Frank McCarthy
Maggie Herman
Ray Hearne
Storm fright kills Fortville woman in shelter garage
Mrs. Charles Humbles, 61, of Fortville Indiana died from fright when a storm shook a garage where she had taken shelter. The incident occurred east of the town on July 6.
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Times
Fortville
Ind
Charles Humbles
Here
Norris leans toward Smith in campaign utilities issue
Senator George W. Norris says the congressional progressives will back Governor Smith if Smith denounces public utilities propaganda and highlights the Federal Trade Commission probe. Norris opposes the wets versus dries debate and urges liberals to focus on electing Congress members and senators.
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Pu United Press
Washington
Congressional
Progressive” Bloc
Smith
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Federal Trade Commission
Norris
Hoosier Motor Club Plants Crew at Dangerous Corners
The Hoosier Motor Club hires men to cut weeds at intersections with obstructed views. Secretary Todd Stoops urges property owners to clear weeds on their property since the crew can cover only the most dangerous corners. Property owners are legally required to trim vegetation.
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Hoosier
Taylor U President Urges Vote Against Smith Ticket
Upland Indiana July 6 Alumni and students urged by Taylor University president John Paul to defeat the Democratic national ticket due to Al Smith's wet views. Paul advises voting Republican not abstaining, says opposition to Smith on Catholic grounds is misplaced but church views on temporal rights would have no effect in America.
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Upland
Ind
Taylor University
John Paul
al Smith
Paul
Smith
America
Miller seeks appeal in alimony divorce case ruling
Charles E. Miller has failed to obtain a new hearing in his divorce suit where his wife was awarded 170 000 alimony. An appeal to the Indiana Court of Appeals has been filed with Special Judge Cleon Mount of Tipton by Miller's counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timea
Reed booms wet as his successor Collett in Missouri
Senator James A. Reed launches a wet Democratic push for James A. Collett to succeed him in Washington. Collett, a longtime ally, faces Charles M. Hay, a dry advocate and Wilsonian leader, amid Reed’s renewed opposition to Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Louis
James A. Reed
James A. Collett
Washington
Collett
Charles M. Hay
Missouri Democracy
Reed
Ex football stars lead new Washington Street crossing game
A downtown pedestrian crossing system at Washington Street Illinois Meridian and Pennsylvania pits ex college football stars against civilians. Traffic stops forty five seconds while players advance, with whistle signals guiding the crossing and referee judgements on tackles and safety amid crowded sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Illinois
Meridian
Pennsylvania
Taxpayers In City Help In Borer Battle
Marion County taxpayers paid $19 305 46 to aid the European corn borer campaign in Indiana for the first six months of the year. The report by County Treasurer Clyde E Robinson and Chief Deputy O H Harris shows half the funds go to education and pensions with the rest to various funds. Actual collections totaled 10 160 147 21 with current taxes at 9 904 797 16 and delinquents 17 544 86. Robinson plans to seek a larger ad budget for 1929 to boost future collections.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
Flackville
Indiana
Clyde E. Robinson
Center Township
O. H. Harris
Robinson
Harris
Soldiers’ Memorial
State Agricultural Board
Dunes Park Fund
Vincennes
Board of Health
Park General Fund
Park District
World War Memorial
Protest Freight Rate Hearings On Indiana Coal
Carriers argued at a resumed ICC hearing before examiner William Disque that 1924 coal freight rates in Indiana are confiscatory. Rates show 0.0 cents per ton for the first ten miles and 59 cents per ton for ten to thirty miles. H S McNeely and O R Livingston, aides to the Indiana public service commissioner, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
William Disque
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
H. S. McNeely
O. R. Livinghouse
Indiana Public Service Commissioner
Three youths held on robbery charges after poker game raid
Arthur Jester aged 21 of 944 Ketcham Street James Hagen 19 of 1262 West New York Street and Lawrence Golay 20 of 401 North Alton Street were arrested on robbery charges today. Police say they confessed to slugging William Day at 1037 North Belle Vieuil on June 2 and taking $5 and his clothes.
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Arthur Jester
Ketcham St
James Hagen
New York St
Lawrence Golay
N. Alton St
William Day
Belle Vieuel
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Lawrence Co
Cement Company
Morris Sunshine
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Stinis
Old South Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Fulton Street
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S
Siam
Museum
Senator
Taylor U
Paign
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Anti-Saloon League
BY Morris Moore
Lone
Chief Worley
Udude
Marion Co
Interstate Commission
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