Indiana building activity dips in June across nineteen cities
A Indiana business survey shows only three of nineteen cities posting gains in June 1930 versus a year earlier. Total building in those cities fell from 6 1/7 million to 3 1/8 million dollars. Six month totals also declined compared with 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stone
the Times
Indiana
Marion
Michigan City
South Bend
Chicago
Logansport
Ames Shovel and Tool Company
Anderson
Wealthy hobo dies amid simple funeral scene in Washington
James Eads How, once wealthy yet living among hobos, is honored at a modest funeral in Taft's All Souls Unitarian church. Only his brother Louis attends among family. ashes to be sent to St. Louis. A separate note describes William Red O'Brien, on San Quentin death row, poisoning himself to avoid execution, leaving a suicide letter to his wife and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington
James Eads How
William Howard Taft
All Souls Unitarian Church
Hobo
How
Louis How
Jesus
Hobo Organization
International Brotherhood Welfare Organization
St. Louis
NEA
Francisco
William “Red
O’brien
San Quentin Prison
O'Brien
William C. McFarlin
Oakland
Han
Jane O'Brien
Rene
Showmen Pay Tribute to Circus Train Wreck Dead
A memorial service for nearly sixty circus workers killed in a 10 year old Michigan Central wreck near Nary Indiana was led by Parson Waddell. Survivors Doc Waddell and others helped with the service and Showmen's Rest in Chicago marks the graves with an elephant statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nary
Ind
Dodson
Gineer
Waddell
Doc” Waddell
Chicago
Bandits Rob Youth In Indiana Theater Pool Room
Two men robbed Harold Copeland a 19 year old Camby Indiana salesman for Equitable Life in the basement pool room of the Indiana theater Thursday afternoon. They threatened him with guns and took $20 a watch and a knife while the attendant slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Theater
Harold Copeland
Camby
Ind
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Copeland
Club Speakers Named by Marion County Good Government Club
The Marion County CG Good Government Club lists speakers for Saturday program at 7 30 including the Rev Aubrey Moore president of the Christian Ministerial Association Deibert O Wil bachurch Municipal Judge Paul C Wetter Laurens Henderson the Rev Henry A Werking and City Councilman George A Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Good Government Group
Marion County CG Good Government Club
Aubrey Moore
The
Christian Ministerial Association
Deibert O. Wil B.church
Paul C. Wetter
Laurens Henderson
Henry A. Werking
George A. Henry
Hay Barn Fire Destroys Ten Tons Of Hay And Farm Implements
A rural blaze on Pred Dunn's farm at Lau Maywood R R 7 Box 280 destroyed ten tons of hay and farm implements valued at more than $500. The fire damaged a barn and caused extensive losses to Dunn's agricultural operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Dunn
Box 280
Lau- Maywood
Motor fires building at mattress plant causes $500 damage
Electric motor sparks started a fire at the J. G. Hirschman Company mattress plant 1201 East Maryland Street. The blaze began on the first floor, burned second floor and roof, causing about $500 in damage Thursday afternoon. A vacant double house at 2111 Southeastern Avenue was also damaged by fire for about $900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Hirschman Company
East
Maryland Street
Southeastern Avenue
Huston Announces Resignation As G O P Chief
Claudius H Huston of Tennessee will resign as chairman of the Republican national committee on Aug 7 with a likely temporary successor. Senator Simeon D Fess of Ohio is favored by some with President Hoover not wishing to name a personal choice. The move follows Senate lobby disclosures and a White House meeting confirming the plan to quit. Lula Wertz to replace Jasper H Carlisle as Shelby County attendance officer Aug 1 due to Carlisle's age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
Republican National Committee
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
Huston
White House
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Congress
Fess
Rapidan
Watson, McNary
New York
Wood
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Shelbyville
Ind
Lula Wertz
Shelby County
Jasper H. Carlisle
Contenders for Beauty Honors at Delco-Remy Picnic
Sixty five girls enter a bathing beauty contest at Broad Ripple park during the Delco Remy Corporation picnic. Entrants include Edna Shelton Frances Haines Lucille Kuhn Gertrude Jones Mary Coffey Bertha Earlywine Madalene Hendricks Ethel Mofield Irene Holloway and Frieda Frese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple Park
Delco-Remy Corporation
Edna Shelton
Frances Haines
Lucille Kuhn
Gertrude Jones
Mary Coffey
Bertha Earlywine
Madalene Hendricks
Ethel Mofield
Irene Holloway
Frieda Frese
Hammer Death in Hotel In Detroit Raises Alarm
Two more murders join Detroit crime list. Jack Brown a 34 year old landscape painter was shot in his car after being released from a jail term. Evelyn Littlefield, held by police, fled the scene claiming Brown kept company with her. A hammer killing in a hotel room left an unidentified woman dead. detectives seek her male companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Jack Brown
Detroit House of Correction
Evelyn Littlefield
Miss Littlefield
Brown
Miners Wreck Power Lines in Providence Kentucky
Striking miners resumed violence in Providence Kentucky as they planted dynamite under power line poles and damaged rail lines, bridges and homes. Two mining firms shut down operations, about 350 workers were laid off due to the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Providence
Delco-Remy Picnic To Draw 23000 Guests At Broad Ripple Park
Plants of the Delco Remy Corporation Indiana host a Saturday picnic at Broad Ripple Park for employees and families with an expected 23000 attendees. Attendees hail from Anderson Muncie and Indianapolis. The event features a 40 piece Delco Remy band, concerts all day a dancing program motor boat races swimming diving acts and fireworks. A bathing beauty contest selects Miss Delco Remy of 1930 from sixty five entrants. Four boxing bouts and one wrestling match are scheduled with at most one participant per plant per event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delco-Remy Corporation
Indiana
Anderson
Muncie
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Park
Delco-Remy
Sterling Brothers
Merrill Brothers and Sister
Hardini
Broderick School
Deleo Remy
Tempting Reward for Indiana Helen Kane Lookalike
The Indianapolis Times hosts a lookalike contest to find the best Indiana lookalike of Helen Kane. The winner receives a $25 cash prize, a personal audition with Miss Kane, and a stage appearance on Monday night with four runners up earning cash prizes. Preliminary judging occurs Saturday night with five finalists chosen for the Monday finals. entrants mail name, address, and a photo by Friday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
The
Indianapolis Times
Kane
Miss Kane
Newell Goodrich
Charlie Davis
Walter D. Hickman
Don Hasting
Times
Italian quake coverage set to U S in record time
United Press dispatch details how Rome based manager Thomas B. Morgan and team rapidly reached the earthquake zone in Benevento Ariano and Villanova to report the disaster. He traveled by motor car from Naples to Benevento then Ariano and Villanova gathering and transmitting details for American papers.
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0. S
United Press
Rome
Thomas B. Morgan
Italy
Benevento
Diistance
Avellino
Zungoli
Morgan
Naples
No Bridal Secrecy Says Bishop Cannon
Bishop James C Cannon Jr and his bride Mrs Helen McCallum arrive in Funchal on the Arlanza en route to Brazil for a missions tour. He says there was no secrecy about their quietly performed London wedding and that details were sent to church press and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Funchal
Madeira
James C. Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Helen McCallum
Cannons
Arlanza
Brazil
Cannon
Christchurch
London
G. E. Farron
Church
America
Two Barrels of Italian Wine Seized in Dry Squad Raid
Police seized two barrels of three year old Italian wine during a Thursday night raid. Tony Codormiz, 42, of 971 West Pearl Street, was charged with operating a blind tiger. He claimed he had not sold any to friends at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Codormiz
West Pearl Street
Codormiz
Big Preach linked to double killings in police raid dispute
Reports detail William Gibbs known as Big Preach, a political worker linked to two killings and a self asserted raid on Carl Mack's home to seize his still. He forced Mack at gunpoint but police did not arrest him, while Gibbs faced past manslaughter and murder charges in separate cases dating 1922 and 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Preach
Carl
Connie) Mack
Church
Man Avenue
William Gibbs
Ellsworth Street
Indiana Avenue
Mack
Gibbs
Walter Huber
Gibb
Clifton Cameron
Little Preach
Lew Shank
Shank
John Caldwell
North West Street
Caldwell
Frank McMurray
Thomas Barnaby
Earl Hicks
Theodore Hughes
Tenth Street
Illinois Street
Sterling Patterson
Senate Avenue
Mayors Kin Ends Life by Gas In Chicago Apartment Kitchen
William Burkhardt, 60, brother-in-law of Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson, died by inhaling gas in his apartment kitchen. He had been ill. his wife, former hostess of Edgewater Beach hotel, resides in Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
CAGO
William Burkhardt
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Burkhardt
Edgewater Beach
Rhode Island
Democrats to Meet in Martinsville Tuesday Luncheon
Indiana Democratic race central committee will host a luncheon at the Colonial hotel Martinsville Tuesday with all candidates named at the state convention and state organization members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Indiana Democratic Race Central Committee
Colonial Hotel
Three Charged in Putnam County Chicken Theft Case
Kenneth Kerchival 23 of 2204 North Pennsylvania Street Clarence Allen 24 of Terre Haute and Ralph Bending 29 of 1128 Charles are charged with theft of 45 dollars worth of chickens in Putnam County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Kenneth Kerchival
North Pennsylvania Street
Clarence Allen
Terre Haute
Ralph Bending
Charles
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Monroe County Industrial Club
West Side
Bloomington
New Albany Veneering Company
Plywood
United Plywood Corporation
New Albany Company
Breece Manufacturing Company
United Veneer Company
Portsmouth, C
Gause Beard Plywood Company
Memphis, Tenn
New Albany
Indiana Harbor
Whiting
Warner Bros., Inc
Durant Motors, Inc
Warner Corporation
Syracuse Gear Corporation
New Process Gear Company
Adams Axle Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Grand Rapids
Pany
T. F. Fairies
Republic Steel Company
Fairiess
Delta Electric Company
Walter B. Stephenson
Marion Shoe Company
Amboy
United Fire Apparatus Company
Lyons
Knox County
Liberty
Liberty Spreader
Dunham Company
Berea, O
Red” O'Brien
James Eads
Jane
O Brien
Bandits
Hammer
Helen Kane
Riverside Amusement Park
Ariano
Villanova
Montecalvo
Bishop Cannon
Patterson
City Hospital
Thompson Kin
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