State firms boost Indiana employment amid new building projects
Indiana factories restart and expand with firms adding workers. Ames Shovel and Tool in Anderson runs a night shift to clear orders after a February fire, while a new plant is set for July 15. Other cities report plant expansions, mergers, and new factories in Gary, Greenfield, Hammond, and Muncie, with sizable building permits and payrolls.
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Ames Shovel and Tool Company
Anderson
Anderson Transfer Company
Charles Bolte
Wabash
Citizens Bank
Farmers Trust Company
Hammond
Central Railway Signal Company
Greenfield
Kennedy Laundry Company
Gary
Muncie
Will C. Moore
W Lnut Street
Ford Motor Company
Calumet River
Great Lakes
Richmond
Wayne Dairy Products Company
Elwood
Monticello Manufacturing Company
Washington
Indiana Board and Filler Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Carlisle
Dugger-Martin
O. W. and Co. L. Turner
Hymera
Elkhart
Leedy Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Feud Case Is Tried At Delaware County Jury
A nine year feud between neighbors James R. Peacock and Marion S. Tuttle is being settled by a Delaware county jury after a March 4 1929 farm sale encounter. Tuttle accuses Peacock of ordering him off the farm and striking him with a pitchfork while Peacock faces assault and battery charges. Claude E. Hite is elected to the Peru school board succeeding W A Hatfield. Blue Law bans Wayne car dealers when Sunday service is effective.
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Fit Times
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
James R. Peacock
Marion S. Tuttle
Peacock
Tuttle
Times Special
Peru
Claude E. Hite
W. A. Hatfield
Barbers Debated Over Teeth Extraction Bill
Indiana barber William Kain announces a plan to introduce a dental tooth extraction bill for barbers. Dentists doctors and medical groups condemn the idea as unsafe and oppose allowing barbers to perform extractions.
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F. R. Henshaw
Indiana State Dentists’ Association
William H. Kennedy
Indiana State Medical Association
Eagles Sound Plea for Jobs
United Press reports at Anderson Indiana that the Fraternal Order of Eagles adopted a resolution urging Congress President Hoover and the Eagles grand aerie to back surveys to relieve unemployment. The measure, inspired by Frank E. Hering, declares every American adult has the right to work at a living wage. Major John B. Hudson of Lafayette was elected president and Peru selected as the 1931 convention city.
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United Press
Anderson
Ind
United States
Congress
Hoover
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
Eagles Order 1
Frank E. Hering
South Bend
The
Order
John B. Hudson
Lafayette
Peru
Service Sunday for Mrs. Emma Mullin
Funeral services for 78 year old Mrs. Emma Mullin who died Thursday will be held at 2 p m Sunday in Alexandria Indiana with burial in Alexandria Cemetery. She is survived by daughter Mrs Frank J Ward and another daughter Mrs Ethel Crease of Indianapolis and four sons F P Mullin Rushville Bert Mullin Anderson Carl Mullin Twin Falls Idaho and Joe Mullin La Porte. Her girlhood memory includes a visit from Abraham Lincoln who patted her head and smiled on Feb 14 1861 in the local stop.
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Emma Mullin
Frank J. Ward
East Nineteenth Street
Alexandria
Ind
Mullin
Abraham Lincoln
F. P. Mullin
Rushville
Bert Mullin
Anderson
Carl Mullin
Twin Falls
Joe Mullin
la Porte
Renee Adoree Aims Return To Studios Soon
Hollywood report states Renee Adoree a motion picture actress expects to return to the studios in about one month or six weeks. She had been at a La Crescenta sanatorium for a pulmonary ailment and was released after treatment.
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Renee Adoree
Motion Pitture
la Crescenta
Miss Adoree
Prison Chaplain Resigns Over Nonresponsive Inmates
Canton Ohio June 13 The Rev Alfred M Garner 84 resigns as Stark county workhouse chaplain after 22 years saying prisoners no longer respond to religion and only want to get out. He cites surly inmates and waning influence of faith.
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United Press
Canton
Alfred M. Garner
Stark County
Senate Panel Backs Rail Merger Probe Resolution
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee ordered a favorable report on Couzens' resolution to authorize a study of the railroad merger during the upcoming recess. The measure would fund 5000 dollars for examining consolidation and its impact on the public interest.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Senate repeals World War espionage act
The Senate has passed a bill to repeal the World War espionage act. The measure, introduced by Senator Walsh of Montana, would overturn the wartime law that carried up to twenty years in prison for subversive acts and allowed postmasters to ban newspapers from the mails. It awaits House action.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Walsh
Dem
Mont
House
Dogs Attack Child in Evanston, Leaves City Stirred
In Evanston Illinois on June 13 six year old Lillian Meier was savagely bitten by ten police dogs that escaped from Max Hartman’s kennels in Niles Center. Her father Gustav Meier, a truck farmer, beat the dogs away with a hoe and she remains in a hospital in critical condition with little hope of recovery.
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Evanston
Ill
Lillian Meier
Max J. Hartman
Niles Center
Gustav Meier
Bridge collapse drowns ten at Ploysr dedication
Ten persons drowned when a bridge at Ploysr collapsed under a crowd of spectators crossing after the structure's dedication in Bucharest.
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United Press
Bucharest
Ploysr
Rum gang trial nears verdict amid defense objections
In Terre Haute Indiana jurors are expected to begin deliberations Saturday in the Wabash valley booze conspiracy case. Defense attorneys challenged government evidence as the three day case showed rum running operations across Indiana Illinois and Kentucky with payments and protection schemes.
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Tinca
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert C. Baltzell
John Carney
Stiil
Mario Bonicarsi
Clinton
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
London Talks 40 Year Old Wrong Number in Long Distance Call
YUMA Ariz June 13 Frank J Gilmore a prominent citizen claimed the world long distance record for wrong numbers after a London caller sought confirmation of a marriage involving Ruth Jane Mix daughter of movie cowboy Tom Mix. Gilmore answered No you ve got the wrong number after a series of questions.
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United Press
Yuma
Ariz
Frank J. Gilmore
Gilmore
London
Ruth Jane Mix
Tom Mix
Douglas Gilmore
Cowboy Tom Mix
Hoover Opposed to Muscle Shoals Government Ownership
Representative Almon of Alabama stated that President Hoover opposes any Muscle Shoals legislation that would grant government ownership and operation. Almon said the President refused to intervene to break the deadlock in the Norris bill conference and indicated he would veto outright government operation. He did not say how he would act on a conference bill allowing private operation of the power and fertilizer plants.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Almon
Dem
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Indiana U Opens Summer Sessions at Bloomington
The forty first annual Indiana university summer session opens with about 1400 students registering. Convocation next Wednesday features Dr E A Bryan as principal speaker. Also announced are the biological station at Winona Lake and extension center dates and the social committee lineup for the Bloomington program.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
E. A. Bryan
State College of Washington
W. L. Bryan
H. B. Wilson
American Junior Red Cross
R. V. Gogate
JAC
Winona Lake
Agnes E. Wells
C. J. Lembower
Amelia Peters
Clara Fedler
George Finley
Ethel S. Tudor
Billie Dove seeks divorce from director Irvin V. Willat
Noted film actress Billie Dove filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging cruelty by director Irvin V. Willat. The complaint says he threatened bodily harm, treated her harshly, and urged her to return after she left him.
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Scrinps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Los Angeles
Irvin
Willat
Billie Dove
Man Relates Kidnap Ordeal In Omaha Police Station
James Clark Kirk 28, of Detroit, claims two men chloroformed him and forced a car ride after hitchhiking from Des Moines. He gave his Omaha address and said he was mistreated in the ordeal as police were notified. The incident was reported in a June 13 dispatch from Omaha.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
James Clark Kirk
Kirk
I” Street
Detroit
Des Moines
Iowa
Ten U S Cities to Gain Over 3 Million in Population
Preliminary U S Census estimates show the nation's ten largest cities increasing by more than 3 000 000 from 1920 to 1930 led by New York Chicago and Philadelphia Los Angeles moves up from tenth to fifth place while Baltimore may pass Boston. Other up-and-coming cities include Minneapolis Newark Atlanta Houston and Denver with rankings subject to final counts.
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Wash
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Ore
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St. Paul
Mrs Spencer Dies in Marion At 80 Former Indianapolis Resident
Mrs Mary E Spencer aged 80 longtime Indianapolis resident and cousin of writer General Lew Wallace died at her Marion home after a short illness. She was married to the late Henry Spencer a prominent Marion merchant. Burial plans were not announced.
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United Press
Marion
Ind
Mary E. Spencer
Indianapolis
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Henry Spencer
Farmers Attend Picnic at Purdue Experimental Farm
Four thousand farm residents from southern and central Indiana gathered at the Purdue University experimental farm six miles west of Bedford for the annual picnic. County Agent J. R. Jackson presided at the afternoon program where Dr. E. C. Elliott, president of the ye 8 assisted Dean Skinner, head.
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Bu Times
Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University Experimental Farm
J. R. Jackson
E. C. Elliott
Ye 8
Dean Skinner
City Hospital Tuberculosis Crisis Draws Mayor's Attention
The Flower Mission Hospital closure exposes city hospital gaps for advanced tubercular care. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, health board president Dr H S Leonard, and Community Fund leaders weigh immediate action and possible use of a $60,000 fund to start a mission hospital on city property while considering a larger convalescent facility.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
Murat
Mission Hospital
H. 8. Leonard
Sullivan
Herman G. Morgan
Veteran City Health Board
Sunnyside
Morgan
Flower Mission Hospital
Community Fund
Community Chest
Mission
Indianapolis
War on fruit pest resumes in Florida and Indiana Fourth of July cancellation
The Agriculture Department resumes efforts to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly in collaboration with the Florida state plant board, spraying host crops only where infestation exists. In Linton Indiana the Greater Linton Club cancels its twenty year Fourth of July celebration due to detours and lower attendance.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Florida
Florida State Plant Board
Linton
Ind
Greater
Boy Dies in Accident Near Bedford
Bedford Indiana June 13 Ray White age 15 was accidentally killed by companion Browning 15 while returning from a creek hynt Thursday. Kokomo Indiana June 13 hearing on receiver petition for Union Traction Company of Indiana to abandon the line between use as
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Bedford
Ind
Ray White
Browning
Times Special
Kokomo
Union Traction Company of
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