Rural Electrification Conference At Purdue Opens
More than two hundred attendees will join Purdue University for the third annual rural electrification conference October 5 to 12. Indiana Illinois and Michigan executives join Purdue department heads including F G King, C W Carrick, J H Hilton, Miriam Rapp and E H Parfitt in talks on electricity benefits for farms. The program features leaders from Detroit Edison and Northern Indiana Power Company along with university representatives. The Dad s Day football game Purdue versus Michigan is set for Saturday afternoon, with ticket requests from conference attendees.
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Enecial
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Agricultural Engineering Department
Indiana Electric Light Association
Truman E. Hienton
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Douglas Dow
Detroit Edison Company
Eugene Holcomb
Rural Service Committee
National Electric Light Association
W. J. Parvis
Northern Indiana Power Company
Bernard Hines
Indiana General Service Corporation
Marion
G. W. McCuen
Ohio State University
E. W. Lehman
University of Illinois
School of Agriculture
Purdue
F. G. King
Cc. W. Carrick
J. H. Hilton
Miriam Rapp
Home Economics
F. D. Brooks
R. H. Wiseman
Agricultural Engineering
E. H. Parfitt
Dairy
J. H. Skinner
Agricultural Experiment Station
Oswald Ryan Warns Madison County Planes to Register
Anderson Indiana October 5 Oswald Ryan Madison county prosecuting attorney has served notice on plane owners to register their machines with the United States department of commerce by October 16 under state law. The warning follows three fatal aviation accidents in the county in the last two weeks.
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Anderson
Ind
Oswald Ryan
Madison County
United States Department of Commerce
Permanent school building fight in Anderson prompts action
Patrons of Jefferson school in North Anderson reject a temporary structure and demand a permanent building after a year of funding delays. Fire inspector Cash M. Graham warns city officials about hazards. Malcolm Saer will head a traffic safety school next week for violators. Rachel L. Hill will speak to the Christian Women's Welfare Union at the welfare home with delegates from Elwood Alexandria and Pendleton. Rebecca E. Jarvis, 87, dies after paralysis at her daughter’s home Myrtle Colings residence.
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Anderson
Ind
Malcolm Saer
Rachel L. Hill
Board of State Charities
Christian Women’s Welfare Union
Elwood
Alexandria
Pendleton
Rebecca E. Jarvis
Myrtle Colings
Oakley Jarvis
Danville
Bandits hold up attendant for $20 in change
Two unmasked bandits robbed Morris May, a filling station attendant in Sheridan Indiana, taking $20 from his pockets. They did not attempt to take from the cash register.
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Times
Sheridan
Ind
Morris May
May
Laporte Player Injured In Car Collision
Rudolf Gnatt of Laporte high school football suffers a fractured jaw after riding on a running board of a car that collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Frederick Sonneborn who bruised her hip and sustained minor cuts.
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Laporte
Ind
Rudolph Gnatt
Frederick Sonneborn
Hanover Dramatic Club Elects Officers
Hanover college Dramatic Club elects Walter Reed of Indianapolis president Francis Allison of Gardner TL vice president Rush Matthews of Madison secretary and Mulseberry of Lafayette satted.
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Hanover
Ind
Dramatic Club of
Hanover College
Walter Reed
Indianapolis
Francis Allison
Gardner
Rush Matthews
Madison
Mulseberry
Lafayette
Attendance Goal Set by Wayne County Sunday Schools Rally
Wayne county Sunday schools aim for 15000 attendees on Rally day. Seventy five superintendents arranged plans across conferences with special programs at many churches. Thorlie Druley of Boston township leads efforts, linking Sunday school work with local civic activity in Richmond.
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Pi Times
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Thorlie Druley
Boston Township
Wayne County Sunday School Association
Druley
State Body to Hold Meeting
Marion Ind Oct 5 Members of the Indiana Chiropractors Association will open a three day meeting here Sunday for their annual convention with about 600 attendees. Speakers include Dr J O Groves Ft Wayne president Dr Fitzgerald Logansport Dr George McGuire Clinton and Dr George Shears Huntingburg. Mayor James McConnell will welcome visitors Monday. Officers for next year will be elected at a bot meeting in the afternoon. A banquet and dinner dance are on the program. A trip to the Marion National sanatorium will conclude the convention Tuesday.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana Chiropractors Association
J. O. Groves
Ft. Wayne
Fitzgerald
Logansport
George McGuire
Clinton
George Shears
Huntingburg
James McConnell
Marion National Sanatorium
Tax protest weakens in Muncie city school debate
In Muncie Indiana on October 5 a state tax board member heard protests against the city school levy but remonstrators offered little opposition. The spokesman said they were proud of the school board and would accept cuts if expenses could be reduced. Additional items note a postponed Forest Gwinn trial in Madison County and a 16 year old in Anderson forging checks for $94.60 from Esta Lawson, plus a gospel mission sponsored by the Anderson Ministerial Association led by Rev. Rodney L. Quary with initial funding planned from a community chest.
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Muncie
Muncie Ind
State
Shay Tiia Arges Anderson
Ind
Forest Gwinn
Frank G. Daniels
Madison Circuit Court
Gwinn
Anderson
Anderson Ministerial Association
Rodney L. Quary
Central Christian Church
Community Chest
Two Men Fined for Dry Law Violations Linked to Legion Trip
In Columbus Indiana on October 5 two photographers Lester J. De Guerme 29 Danville Illinois and Richard Truax 33 Wichita Kansas admitted to obtaining liquor from a party of men and women traveling to the American Legion convention in Louisville Kentucky.
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Timea
Columbus
Ind
American Legion
Louisville
Lester J. de Guerme
Danville
Richard Truax
Wichita
Kan
Man Is Sentenced For Stealing Nine Chickens
Otho Coffman of Oakalla was convicted by a Putnam circuit court jury of stealing nine chickens from Eldridge Stone’s farm southeast of Greencastle Indiana. He received seven months at the state penal farm and a fine of one dollar plus costs.
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Greencastle
Ind
Putnam
Eldridge Stone
Otho Coffman
Oakalla
Mementoes of Death Wanted in Indiana Plane Crash
Dent Arnold of Greencastle died after a plane crash near Pendleton. His parents and young wife ask for the return of the helmet and goggles removed by a souvenir hunter before Arnold was moved to an Anderson hospital.
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Pendleton
Ind
Dent Arnold
Greencastle
Here
Arnold
Anderson
Open Space Demand of Cities Discussed
Chicago speakers discuss the growing demand for urban open spaces. Richard Lieber, director of Indiana conservation, warns cities risk choking without parks and notes New York’s congestion contrasted with Chicago’s extensive park system and the Dunes state park as an outer Chicago asset drawing nationwide visitors.
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Chicago
Times
Boston
Richard Lieber
Indiana Department of Conservation
Lieber
Chicago Regional Plan Association
New York
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Dunes State Park
Indiana
Secret marriage workers found living in Franklin canning plant
Robert Frank, 19, and Dorothy Meyer, 18, wed secretly in Edwardsville a month earlier. They moved from St. Louis after a romance begun in a Sunday school class and now work in a Franklin canning factory, after their mother’s search and a trip by airplane. They stated they came from China with no funds but were offered jobs.
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Franklin
Ind
Robert Frank
Dorothy Meyer
Edwardsville
Frank
St. Louis
Harry A. Meyer
Los Angeles
China
Government Probing Fatal Plane Crashes in Indiana
Department of commerce agents investigate two Madison county crashes in Anderson, Indiana, killing three men and injuring another. Pilot Sinclair F. Frain of Houston, Texas reports the engine stalled and he tried to land in a field near the Indiana Reformatory, recalling little after the stall.
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Anderson
Ind
Department of Commerce
Madison County
Sinclair F. Frain
Houston
Tex
Indiana Reformatory
Dent Arnold
Greencastle
St. John’s Hospital
Frain
$100000 Love Suit To Be Tried Soon
Gustave Jordan of Anderson sues Charles E. Miller for $100000 claiming alienation of his former wife Mrs. Clara Jordan. The case may be heard in Madison circuit court during October unless a venue change occurs. Miller appeals a $187000 alimony order in the ongoing divorce. Pu Times Special. Evansville Baptist rally day to be held Sunday brings in attendees from nearby towns. Speaker C. M. Dinsmore will address the gathering.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
Gustave Jordan
Charles E. Miller
Anderson Rubber
Clara Jordan
Madison Circuit Court
Jordan
Miller
Pu Times
Evansville
Washington
Petersburg
Mt. Vernon
Boonville
Henderson
C. M. Dinsmore
Indianapolis
Ice and heat injure two Indiana Gas Co. workers
In Marion Indiana two Central Indiana Gas Company employees were injured in a trench when ice and hot radiator water splashed on them after a creamery truck and a mail truck collided nearby. Claude Jones aged 39 suffered a fractured leg and other injuries while Charles Studebaker aged 50 sustained serious chest injuries.
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Marion
Ind
Central Indiana Gas Company
Claude Jones
Charles Studebaker
Studebaker
Tragic Burn Claims Life of 4% Old Esther Gomez
By United Press INDIANA HARBOR Ind Oct 5 Burns received a month ago when her dress was ignited by matches while playing caused the death here of Esther Gomez a four year old girl from the area authorities said the blaze started from careless handling of matches and led to her fatal injuries.
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United Press
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Burns
Esther Gomez
Council Rejects Dodds Street Storm Sewer Bid
Bloomington council defies City Engineer Carl Carpenter and rejects a storm sewer bid for Dodds Street. The engineer is ordered to proceed with the contracted street improvement.
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Pn Times
Bloomington
Ind
Carl Carpenter
Dodds Street
Clevenger Resigns Chamber Post for NIPSCO Move
W G Clevenger has resigned as secretary of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce to join Northern Indiana Public Service Co in Hammond. No immediate replacement planned for two weeks, per his office report. In Darlington Indiana Mr and Mrs Ward Little escaped a fatal fire with their dog warning them as their home burned from a defective chimney causing losses estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars.
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United Press Bloomington
W. G. Clevenger
Chamber of Commerce
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Hammond
Pay
Darlington
Ind
Ward Little
Firemen extinguish blaze after lengthy effort in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana on October 5 firemen fought a long battle to extinguish a dump fire after a series of amendments and delays.
Gas Theft Case Sets Precedent in Columbus Court
A warrant on a theft of gas charge, the first in Columbus city court, will be served on William R. Perry, a traveling salesman, when he returns home. A neighbor reported a heating outfit in Perry's basement that siphoned gas to avoid metering.
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Times Special
Columbus
Ind
William R. Perry
Perry
La Porte Phone Company Sold to Chicago Firm
The La Porte County Indiana Telephone Company was bought by Associated Telephone Utilities Company of Chicago. The firm owns Indiana lines in Logansport Greencastle Liberty North Liberty and New Carlisle with operations in Idaho Illinois Oklahoma Texas Washington and California. A hearing on the rate increase issue will be held October 22 to 24 by Frank Singleton of the public service commission.
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Pu Times
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Indiana Telephone Company
Indiana Public Service Commission
Associated Telephone Utilities Company
Chicago
Associated Company
Indiana
Logansport
Greencastle
Liberty
North Liberty
New Carlisle
Idaho
Illinois
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
California
Frank Singleton
Public Service Commission
Up and Down Fight in Muncie Over Divorce Dispute
In Muncie Indiana a custody divorce case escalated as Ralph Ferguson and his wife clash over furnishings. Elmer Ferguson a former county official intervened in a courthouse elevator incident when Guy Kenyon allegedly assaulted Ralph Ferguson.
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Times
Muncie
Ind
Ralph Ferguson
Guy Kenyon
Albany
Ferguson
Elmer
Kenyon
Scouts Seek Five Thousand Dollars For Boy Scout Drive
A Monday night meeting at the Chamber of Commerce aims to perfect a five thousand dollar Boy Scout fund drive set for October 21 and 22. Attending are W G Clevenger Dr F H Austin and H R Jorgenson to discuss the tentative program. Covington Indiana and Anderson Indiana reports note separate local items including church dedication and missing youths.
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Bloomington
Ind
Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Clevenger
F. H. Austin
White River
Indiana highway chief faces contempt charge in Evansville
Vanderburgh probate court to hear a contempt case involving the Indiana highway commission and its agents after the Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway Company alleged the road body violated a court order by entering its receivership property to construct a highway. The commission sought a permit from the Public Service Commission, which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, while railway officials seek a rehearing. Defendants include commission members and several engineers and laborers.
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Evansville
Ind
Vanderburgh Probate Court
Indiana Highway Commission
Evansville & Ohio Valley Railway Company
State Public Service Commission
Commission
William J. Herd
Charles Clark
Clark Construction Company
Terre Haute
S. G. Hanson
Carl Smith
Charles Bowman
Leonard Strickland
Ed Ratton
P. O. Barnett
Nursery To Be Moved To New Richmond Building
Richmond Day Nursery officers plan to relocate to a new model building in a few weeks. The facility features a gymnasium playroom and a self serve dining area on a large site with playgrounds and recreation space. The old frame building on North Twelfth Street will be sold.
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Day Nursery
North Twelfth Street
Indiana Alumni Plan Union Building at Indiana University
Alumni Council meeting in Bloomington approves plans for a new Union Building with construction set for spring. A fundraising campaign will start soon focusing on pledges, including 200 from Bloomington residents.
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Times Special
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Alumni Council
J. C. Bollenbacker
Chicago
University
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana campus charms Don Herold in College Humor
Don Herold writes from Ingamton about Indiana University praising its beauty and campus romance. He jokes that co education educates the boys while fa talizing girls, notes wardrobe habits at Purdue and Indiana, and muses on returning to a school that left him raw and red.
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Imes
Imington
Ind
Don Herold
Indiana University
Indiana
America
Purdue
Harvard
Yale
Old Tonics Give Way To Vitamins In Health Talk
Sulphur and molasses tonic is a relic of the past Dr Morris Fishbein told the wholesale druggists at its closing session He urged confidence in scientific drug development and a physiologic life for health In Crawfordsville Ind William Evans 67 was found dead his body located near Mulligan park A bottle believed to contain poison was found nearby by Ed Middleton the park custodian authorities consider financial and marital troubles as possible causes
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United Press
French Lick
Ind
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
National Wholesale Druggists Association
Times
Crawfordsville
William Evans
Ed Middleton
Mulligan Park
Harold Zachary
Evans
Young canoeist drowned after Ohio River capsizing
Evansville Indiana October 5 A 17 year old boy William L Snow drowned when his canoe capsized in the Ohio River Sunday The coroner Max Lowe ruled the drowning from the body recovered by the victim's father who had watched the river bank since the tragedy Heavy shoes worn by the victim hindered swimming ashore according to the coroner
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Evansville
Ind
William L. Snow
Ohio River
Max Lowe
Indiana spends 1928 state funds 44 million dollars
Washington Oct 5 The Indiana state government spent 44 287 595 during 1928. Cost per person was 8 76 compared with 3 33 in 1927 and 4 28 in 1917. General department operations cost 27 772 816 with 5 325 081 education allocations. Total receipts 44 745 297.
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United Press
Washington
Indiana
Department of Commerce
General Department of Indiana
Three Found Guilty In Mone Roe Court By Times
Elmer Allen 28 convicted of receiving intoxicating liquor and fined 100 dollars plus costs and six months at the state penal farm Pride Hedrick guilty to issuing six fraudulent checks and sentenced to forty five days at the penal farm plus a prior ninety day sentence for non support Fred Walden guilty of forgery and to appear Oct 18 for sentencing James Poe escaped Noblesville jail via basement window and was captured in Chicago to be brought back for charges including stealing Glenn Cottingham’s car and driving it to Chicago government seeks charges in Chicago and Indianapolis
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Times &Serial
Bloomington
Ind
Elmer Allen
Moneroe
Pride Hedrick
Fred Walden
All Times
Noblesville
James Poe
John Poe
Chicago
Glenn Cottingham
Indianapolis
Indianapolis man arrested after steal and crash on state road 7
William Garrett of Indianapolis was arrested near Columbus and jailed on a charge of vehicle taking after a crash on state road 7. The car Garrett was in was stolen from Andrew J. Simpson of Indianapolis and crashed into a telephone pole, turning over. Garrett was reportedly intoxicated at the time of arrest.
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All Times
Columbus
Ind
Here
William Garrett
Indianapolis
Andrew J. Simpson
Garrett
Alonzo E. Fitch
Poison Weed Bites Jasper County Cattle
In Rensselaer Indiana authorities warn cattlemen that scarce fall pasture is forcing livestock to graze on poison green weeds. Deaths and illnesses from white snakeroot poisoning have already been reported as cattle consume the plant in Jasper county.
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Rensselaer, Ind
Jasper County
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