Indiana Industry Growth and Plant Expansions Reported
Indiana industry shows momentum with $175000 to equip Marion plant and a $8000000 sales goal for Showers Brothers Furniture. Other gains include Aladdin Industries expansion in Alexandria, limestone shipments at 57 percent of US building stone, and Greenfield garment factory development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Marion
Indiana General Service Company
Showers Brothers Furniture Company
Bloomington
Anderson
Aladdin Industries, Inc
Alexandria
Chicago
Indiana Limestone Company
Bloomington- Bedford
Potomac Power and Light Company
Washington
Stone Company
United States
Greenfield Chamber of Commerce
Max Friedman
New York
Greenfield
Central Indiana
Lebanon
Noblesville
Gary Works
Illinois Steel Company
E. B. Lanman Company
East Chicago
South Bend
Hoffman
Hotel la Salle
Watters & Portman
Kendallville
Elkhart
Chicago Telephone Supply Company
Henry Weis Manufacturing Company
Metal Farming Corporation
Elcar Motor Company
Buescher Band Instrument Company
American Coating Mills
Father’s Bath Alarm Triggers Police Call
A woman asked police to send two officers to her home claiming her father “needs a bath.” City officers questioned if the call was a real emergency or a scare tactic using a boogey man theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Henry Brooks
Father A
Heroine Elinor Smith Fears Roller Coasters
A profile of Elinor Smith the 19 year old aviator who set women’s world altitude records and now shuns amusement park rides. The Smart Set features her as feminine and plain spoken, detailing her aviation feats, early start with her father, and choice to fly over theater work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elinor Smith
Smart Set
Fred Stone
Roosevelt
Long Island
Elinor
Smith
Four Bridges
East River
Church Moves to Root Loan Sharks
St. Roch's Catholic church forms a cooperative credit union led by Rev. Peter Pfeifer with 250 members, aiming to save collectively and access affordable credit. It is the first parish in the state to unite into a credit union, joining a growing trend among workers and organizations.
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St. Roch’s Catholic Church
Peter Pfeifer
Postal
Indiana
St. Roch’s Church
British Regiment Rushed to Curb Indian Rioting
The government ordered the duke of Wellington's regiment to rush to Sholapur from Ahmednagar to aid police as riots spread from Poona toward Talegaon. An estimated 50 people were killed and 300 to 400 injured in Sholapur as mobs burned the district court and liquor shops. European evacuees and missionaries faced danger amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poona
Sholapur
Mahatma Gandhi
Talegon
India
Duke of Wellington
Ahmednagar
Indiana University ROTC Unit to Be Inspected by General Nolan
Major General Dennis E. Nolan, commandant of the Fifth corps area, U.S. Army, will inspect Indiana University’s ROTC unit May 15 and 16 on the War Department gold star rating basis. Nolan previously headed General Pershing’s intelligence staff during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Dennis E. Nolan
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Indiana University R. O. T. C
War Department
John J. Pershing
Young Mother Plans Reptile Isles Venture in Burma
Lenore Andrews 26 married mother of two aims to buy three or four islands near southern Burma to breed pythons lizards and king cobras. She will take her husband Dennis Andrews and two herpetologists, while the venture targets markets in shoe skins museums and zoos with high prices for live reptiles and venom.
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Paul W. White
United Press
Sta
York
Lenore Andrews
Andrews
RS. Andrews
Dennis Andrews
Calcutta
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity Dance on Severin Roof
Robert Russell heads a May 16 dance on the Severin roof hosted by Phi Sigma Chi. Zach Whyte's Cincinnati orchestra will perform while WKBF broadcasts from 11 to 1. Committee members include Roland Schmitt, Charles Miller, Paul McCunne, and James Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Russell
Phi Sigma Chi
Severin Roof
Zach Whyte
Cincinnati
WKBF
Roland Schmitt
Organ- Russell Szation
Charles Miller
Paul McCunne
James Orr
States Join Prohibition Poll In Digest Tally
Three more states North Carolina Oklahoma and Tennessee are added to Literary Digest poll totals. Across the 4 000 000 votes counted so far 30 percent back enforcement 29.68 percent modification and 40.23 percent repeal of prohibition statutes. This week table presents the latest figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bone Dry File
Literary Digest
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Arizona
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Columbia
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
York
North Carolin
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahom
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Thode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virgin
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Beer Delivery Halted in Huntington Court Case
Albert Hull and his wife were arrested while delivering twenty six cases of beer to a local establishment in Huntington. They testified the beer came from Ft Wayne. Hull was fined one hundred thirty dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail. His wife received the same sentence with the jail term suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Albert Hull
Gilbert Cox
Ft. Wayne
Hull
Major Hollywood Actresses Guard Their Children From Public View
Hollywood mothers keep their children largely out of sight amid fame. Gloria Swanson and Dolores Costello are named among raised families while others like Nancy Carroll Lila Lee and Leatrice Joy balance careers with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Carroll
Lila Lee
Dolores Costello
Dolores Ethel
Gloria Swanson
Lita Grey
Chaplin
Charles Jr
Sidney
Hollywood
Marquise de la Coudraye
Gloria
Joseph
John Barrymore
Patricia
Nancy
Jack Kirkland
James Kirkwood Jr
Kirkwood
Jim
Lina Sbasquette
Sam Warner
Harry M. Warner
New York
Liza Grey Chaplin
Charlie Jr
Mildred Davis
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Fred Niblo
Enid Bennett
Doris
Peter
Judith
Mary Akin
Edwin Carewe
Sally Anne
Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Jr
Claire Windsor
Whim Killer Dies in Chair in Chicago
August Vogel, 27, executed in the electric chair for the so called whim killing of Lyle Perrenaud during a robbery. His brother George, jailed for robbery, confessed at the last moment in an effort to save him. Vogel claimed the crime was planned and not a whim, and blamed alcohol and poverty for his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
August Vogel
Lyle Perrenaud
Vogel
George
Joliet
August
Perrenaud
Seizure Power Reaches Unfermented Grapes
Washington May 9 Unfermented grape juice may be seized by government dry agents if there is evidence of intent to use it for making an intoxicating beverage James J Britt prohibition bureau counsel said today The statement follows the Supreme Court ruling upholding government authority to seize apparatus and materials used in liquor production and extends to grape juice as well as barrels bottles capers and stills
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United Press
Washington
James J. Britt
Prohibition Bureau
Britt
United States Supreme Court
Greencastle Rotary Club to mark tenth anniversary
The Greencastle Rotary Club will celebrate ten years with a dinner at the Country Club. Wives of members will be guests. The club began with 33 members and Harry Freeman, now of Indianapolis, as president. It has grown to 52 members. Jacob Eitel is president.
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Greencastle
Ind
Tornado Facts and Fatalities Outlined by Bay Science Service
The Bay Science Service describes tornadoes as America’s fastest and most deadly storms, noting March through June as peak months and detailing historical outbreaks in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and St. Louis. It explains funnel dynamics, wind speeds, and the dangers of underground shelters, with regional damage patterns and rising risks due to population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Science Service
United States
Australia
Kia
America
Midwest
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
T. Louis
St. Louis
Missouri City
Iowa
Kansas
Tennes
Robinson Lines Up for G O P Leader Vote
Clyde E. Robinson is favored to win Marion County Republican chairman at Saturday’s convention as Hugg seeks renomination for county chairman. Democrats back Nathan Swaim for county chair along with other posts, while district leadership remains unsettled.
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Clyde E. Robinson
Martin M. Hugg
State Savings and Trust Building
Nathan Swaim
Republican County and District Committee
Schuyler Haas
Lemcke
Hugg
William L. Taylor
Ovid Butler Jameson
Arthur R. Robinson
Bloomfield H. Moore
Wayne Emmelman
Swaim
Howard Bates
Thomas Sheerin
Robert Springsteen
Leroy J. Keach
Palmer Suit Settled Out of Court
New York May 9 The $50,000 suit by Charlotte King Palmer for stock losses traced to alleged inside information from her former husband James King Parrish Jr. was settled out of court. Outerbridge Horsey announced the agreement in Judge Crater's division. Milton Cohen said a substantial sum was involved. Palmer claimed losses in profits and principal totaling 50,000, supposedly guaranteed for refund by Parrish.
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United Press
New York
Charlotte King Palmer
Huse
James King Parrish Jr
Outerbridge Horsey
Parrish
Hull House Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary With Alumni Return
Chicago May 9 Hull house marked its fortieth anniversary by inviting back former wards helped by Jane Addams to review the charity aimed program. About 300 former wards gathered to visit and recall the lives shaped by Hull House outreach.
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Chicago
Hull House
Jane Addams
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Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Severin
Dan Thomas
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United States Weather Bureau
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BY Ben Stern
Citizens Republican League
George Winkler
Alfred Meloy
United States Marshal
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