Auto Plant at Newcastle Expands to 3000 Workers
The Chrysler plant in Newcastle increases its workforce from 1100 to 3000 as new four speed transmission machinery is installed and expected to peak by August 1. Newcastle banks report 2.75 million in yearly business, up 150 thousand from last year, signaling regional prosperity amid broader steel expansion plans in Calumet district.
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Charles C
STONE
Times
Chrysler Automobile
Newcastle
Indiana
Citizens State Bank
Henry County
Leigh- Nichols Oil and Gas Company
Calumet District
United States Steel Corporation
Illinois Steel Company
Lake County
Gary
Hammond
East Chicago
Anderson
Guide Lamp
General Motors
American Steel and Wire Company
Sefton Box Company
van Dike Pattern Works
Superior Pattern Works
Forse Equipment Company
Herald Publishing Company
Anderson Herald
Indiana General Service Company
Muncie
Glascock Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
Greenwood
Seymour
A. J
Glenn Newton
Richmond
Greensburg
Cyclone Fence Company
Connersville
Indianapolis & Southeastern
Bloomington
Showers Bros. Company
Furniture Mart
Chicago
Ruth Elder Drops Films to Train for Air Derby
Ruth Elder, the Atlantic hop heroine, puts cinema on hold to train for the Los Angeles to Cleveland women's air race in August. She plans daily practice flights aimed at winning, which would let her choose studios and salaries, though offers have already come from two major studios.
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Ruth Elder
NEA
Ollywood
Cal
Ruth
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Ohio City
Atlantic
New Trial Likely in Banker's Case at Sullivan
James M. Lang former president of Citizens Trust Company faced possible retrial after a Sullivan jury split eight to four for conviction and discharged after twenty four hours of deliberation. Lang testified he forged notes for 13882.50, claiming the bank paper was uncollectable while prosecutors argued funds went to his personal use amid a $60000 Liberty bond claim by William Abbott.
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United Press Sullivan
Ind
James M. Lang
Citizens Trust Company Bank
Arthur E. DeBaum
Lang
Liberty Bonds
William Abbott
Spencer
Sullivan
South
Driver Asleep Causes Auto Jump To Garage
Edward Kerr of Shamokin fell asleep while driving on the Frackville Fountain Springs highway. His car missed a curve, jumped a 12 foot gutter, nicked a tree and breached an iron fence before entering Robert Leitzinger’s back yard and damaging Seitzinger’s garage without injuring Kerr or his young son.
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United Press
Ashland
Edward Kerr
Shamokin
Frackville Fountain Springs
Robert Leitzinger
Seitzinger
Kerr
Boy Missing After Visit to Broad Ripple Park
Police search urged for George Burgess 12 who vanished after visiting Broad Ripple park with his parents at 26 East Eleventh Street. Earlier brother Sam 19 also reported missing from 133 West McCarty Street since Wednesday.
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Broad Ripple Park
George Burgess
East Eleventh Street
Isaac Nahmis
West McCarty Street
Sam
Wife Files Divorce Over Taxicab Fare Fight
Mrs. Nellie Crouch of Anderson filed for divorce from Alfred Crouch in Madison superior court. She alleges he drained $14,000 she had at marriage and encumbered the home with a $1,100 mortgage after he spent $4.95 on a city taxicab ride.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
Nellie Crouch, Anderson
Madison Superior Court
Alfred Crouch
Jury called for Kos involuntary manslaughter trial
A 100 member criminal court jury will hear the involuntary manslaughter case of Max Kos, 34, of 245 West Thirty eighth street, opening Monday before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Kos allegedly struck and killed two Indianapolis Street Railway Company workers on New Year’s Eve at Linwood Avenue. The deceased are Carl Fulkerson, 43, of 1236 West Washington street, and William R. Osborne, 55, of 817 Rybolt street.
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Criminal Court
Max Kos
West Thirty Eighth Street
James A. Collins
Kos
Washington Street
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Linwood Avenue
Carl Fulkerson
West
William R. Osborne
Rybolt Street
New Director Named on Hospital Board
Charles A. Reeve named director as Indiana Christian hospital expands its board to sixteen. Reeve, Ballard Ice Cream Co. president and Indianapolis resident for over twenty years, is a Friends church member, Earlham College trustee, Wheeler City Mission director, and Bertha Ballard Home advisory board member.
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Indiana Christian Hospital
Charles A. Reeve
The
Ballard Ice Cream Company
Reeve
Indianapolis
Friends Church
Earlham College
Wheeler City Mission
Bertha Ballard
Schedule of 4-H Camps To Open Monday
Dates for twenty one 4 H Club camps across Indiana were announced by W R Amick Purdue assistant state club leader. Camps run four days to a week with Purdue staff aiding. sites include Anderson Hanover Tecumseh Delphi Blue Water Park Dune State Park Vincennes Bedford Camp Eberhart Corydon Marion Indianapolis and other counties.
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Special Lafayette
Ind
W. R. Amick
Purdue University
Purdue
Delaware
Madison
Tipton
Anderson
Jennings
Blue Water Park
Montpelier
Blackman Lake
Cass
Carroll
Howard
Miami
Camp Tecumseh
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Marshall
Eberhart
Cory
Mich
Vigo
Sullivan
Clay
Parke
Putnam
Vermilion
Merom Camp
New Lebanon
Fountain
Warren
Montgomery
Ravine Park
Attica
Perry
Crawford
Floyd
Harrison
Washington
Fairground
Corydon
Green
Daviess
McCormick’s Creek
Spencer
Hendricks
Camp Short
Hendricks County
Tippecanoe
Battleground
Marion
Hamilton
Hancock
Boone
State Fairground
Indianapolis
Fulton
Pulaski
Starke
Winamac
Baron Von Warthausen Injured in El Paso Car Crash
Baron Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Warthausen, world flyer, was seriously injured in an automobile collision in El Paso Texas after arriving from a flight across Germany Russia Siberia China and Japan. He was en route to the airfield to resume his journey when his taxi was hit by another car.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tex
Germany
Russia
Siberia
China
Japan
Friederich Karl Freiher Koenig von Warthausen
Cadets Abandon Overnight Camp Plans at Ft Harrison
Cadets from the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison canceled an overnight encampment after word spread that the grounds were too muddy. The regiment planned to move from barracks for a distant site on the reservation for an entertainment, then return Saturday. Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. Musgrave cited wet grounds as the reason.
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Citizens’ Military Training Camp
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
T. C. Musgrave
Catholic Daughters Start Two Camp Sessions for Girls
The Catholic Daughters begin the first of two three week sports camps with daily activities including basketball baseball volleyball tumbling and swimming. Miss Anna C Brennan leads the program as camp director with assistance.
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Anna C. Brennan
Croquet Nuts Bat To North Croquet Nuts Bat To North
Two men near Hempstead Texas break camp walk to the road place croquet balls in the dust and drive off with mallets pointed toward New York. The balls wander toward Capetown Vera Cruz and Winnipeg as L R Rose and C G Hart continue a croquet marathon from Galveston to Gotham Navasota thirty miles away was today's objective.
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United Press
Galveston
Gotham
Navasota
Buck Jones Wild West Circus Coming To Indianapolis Monday
Buck Jones the western screen star and his horse Silver Buck will appear in person with the Buck Jones Wild West show in Indianapolis for two performances next Monday July 15. The tour includes hundreds of Indians cowboys vaqueros and a twenty five car train of equipment and livestock. Buck Jones will attend both performances.
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Buck Jones
Silver Buck
Buck
New York’s 510 Pound Taxi Driver Dies
David Katz who weighed 510 pounds, once a circus performer, drove his own cab with a reinforced seat and never had a traffic summons in eight years. Heat proved his downfall. his mother found him dead in bed as his funeral was set for today.
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United Press
York
New York
David Katz
Katz
Indiana teen named as Edison scholarship hopeful
Governor Harry G. Leslie sent a congratulatory letter to Bernard Sturgis of Butler Indiana, a 17-year-old chosen to represent the state in the contest to select a successor to Thomas Edison. The missive praised his talents, urged him to use them for the good of others, and wished him success whether he wins or not.
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Harry G. Leslie
Bernard Sturgis
Butler
Ind
Thomas Edilson
Indiana
Edison
4-H Camp Planned for State Fairground Event
Completion of arrangements for the second annual 4H Club camp at the state fairground Aug. 8 to 12 was announced by C. Henry county agricultural agent. Between 400 and 500 club boys and girls are expected to attend five days of instruction by Indianapolis businessmen physicians and educators plus recreation and entertainment. All 4H Club members and leaders are eligible to attend.
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State Fairground
C. Henry
Indianapolis
Hospital film to be shown at Methodist nurses home
The film New Armor depicting hospital departments and equipment will be shown to the public at the Methodist hospital nurses' home Monday night at 8. Arthur R. Baxter, general chairman of the hospital expansion fund appeal, announced. No admission fee or fund solicitation will be made at the showing.
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Methodist Hospital
Arthur R. Baxter
Temporary injunction curbs union miners in Knox mines
Superior Judge Linn D. Hay issued a temporary injunction against union miners in the Bicknell Vincennes district. The order bars meetings to discuss strikebreaker tactics at Knox Consolidated mines now under receivership. Labor leaders feared the ruling drastic in a major labor dispute.
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Linn D. Hay
Bicknell and Vincennes
Knox Consolidated
Knox Company
Hay
Medical cost study pledged by AMA president
Dr. William Gerry Morgan elected president of the American Medical Association pledges a study of rising medical costs. He says care should be provided on terms within the people's means and that indigent patients can be served by hospital staffs. Detroit will host the 1930 convention with bids from Memphis Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
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United Press
Portland
Ore
William Gerry Morgan
Washington
American Medical Association
Association
Morgan
Detroit
Memphis
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Police Budget Delayed by Public Safety Board
The city controller faces a Monday start to the 1930 budget as the board of public safety withholds appropriations. President Fred S. Connell notes requested increases will be 50 percent below 1929. Police Chief Worley seeks fifty new officers, far short of last year’s request for 150.
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Board of Public Safety
Fred S. Connell
Howard E. Robertson
Committee On National Safety
Herbert Hoover
Robertson
Worley
Wool case reversed by circuit court of appeals
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed a federal court ruling and dismissed the government suit against M. Kraus S. Kraus and M Apfelbaum of Fort Wayne seeking about 25000 in excess profits on wool in 1918. The decision was received by Federal Clerk A C Segemeier. Eleven G A R men remain in Greencastle Ind July 12 John R Miller John G Dunbar James Vanlandingham Sam Hartley Joe Van Cleave Michael Reising William McMurray J M Lakin Willis O Daniel Spence Hunter J H Coffin.
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United States Circruit Court of Appeals
M. Kraus
S. Kraus
M. Apfelbaum
Ft. Wayne
A. C. Segemeier
Times Special
Greencastle
Ind
G. A. R. Post
John R. Miller
John G. Dunbar
James Vanlandingham
Sam Hartley
Joe van Cleave
Michael Reising
William McMurray
J. M. Lakin
Willis O’daniel
Spence Hunter
J. H. Coffin
Post
Men’s Blue Ensemble Set to Dominate Fall Fashion
Chicago reports a coming fall trend where men wear blue from head to toe. Merchandisers say one third of suits will be blue and shoe makers will offer blue footwear with matching hats. Exact shade decisions are still pending as industry plans unfold.
Farm Board Will Act In Wheat Crisis
President Hoover will ask the federal farm board to tackle a grain marketing crisis as a crop exceeds storage and foreign markets fail. Railroads are urged to cut rates and ships may be mobilized. lawmakers seek government vessels to move surplus wheat to overseas buyers.
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Farm Board
J. Sidley Times
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
White House
Shipping Board
Gulf Ports
Briggs
Texas
Gulf
Conally
O'Connor
The
Barnes Backs Private Ownership of Utilities
International Commerce head Julius H. H. Barnes urged private ownership over municipal control at the International Chamber of Commerce congress in Amsterdam. He noted municipal holdings declined to 2,320 and argued private enterprise produced most achievements in transportation, communication and electric utilities.
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United Pione Amsterdam
Julius H. H. Barnes
International Chamber of Commerce
Health Conditions At Scout Camp Assessed As Satisfactory
Investigation by Dr. Ross Rissler into health and sanitary conditions at the Boy Scout reservation near Indianapolis found them very satisfactory. Troop 9 of Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church plans to erect a $400 tent cabin on the reservation, arranged by A. V. Macy and F. O. Belzer.
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Indianapolis
Ross Rissler
F. O. Belzer
Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church
A. V. Macy
E. H. Wiley
Troop 2
Dew Ligled Prusigierar Chuept
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Chrysler
Calumet Area
Terre Haute
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
Department of Commerce
Crawfordsville
Apex Stamping Company
H. P. Smith
Evansville
Hoosier Lamp and Stamping Corporation
Graham-Paige
la Porte
Advance-Runnely Company
Wabash
Minneapolis- Honeywell Regulator Company
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C. A. Reeve
Indiana Christian Group
Hanover
Baron Hart
Ft. Harrison
Bernice Davis
Mary Agnes McGill
Marie Parks
Helen Hall
Anna Marie Burns
Mary Jane Deburger
Anna Bell
Catholic Daughters of America
Laurel Hall Farm
Millersville Road
Mary McCrossan
Margaret Willoff
Irene Johantgis
Winifred Galivan
Cecila Omahoney
Margaret Borst
Magdalen Vollrath
Lauds State Edison
Methodist Nurses’ Home
Bicknell
Board
WOOL
W. F. Sullivan
Perkins
Barnes
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