Heart ailment fatal to builder George M. Smith Jr
Funeral arrangements are pending for George M. Smith Jr. 53 retired building contractor who died of heart disease at his home on North Meridian Street. He owned Howland Manor and other rental property. Survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs Parker Whiting and Mrs Helen Thompson a son George M. Smith III and two brothers and five sisters.
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George M. Smith Jr
North Meridian Street
Smith
Howland Manor
Marion County
Parker Whiting
Wayne
Helen Thompson
Louisville
George M. Smith III
Indianapolis
Business Leaders Predict U S Industrial Boom Despite Puzzles
At the seventh annual major industries conference in Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, executives from railroads electricity oil radio steel agriculture rubber and merchandising reported solid conditions and cautious optimism for 1931. Firestone vice president Harvey S. Firestone Jr. cited low cotton and rubber prices and expected replacement demand as key support for rubber. The event concluded with a banquet.
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United Press
Chicago
America
Mandel Hall
University of Chicago
Merial
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Wages unpaid blamed as widespread evil in U S survey
Washington report from the labor department bureau of labor statistics says failure to pay wages due remains a serious problem in the United States. The 1929 survey, the third in nine years, finds 26 690 wage claims in fourteen states settled only after state labor officials intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Airport work to be resumed city assures completion
The municipal airport administration building faces completion within two weeks as the works board set a Friday deadline for contractor Charles T Caldwell to secure funds. If not met, the board will finish the job and sue Caldwell and bond holder H. H. Wood small.
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Works Board
Charles T Caldwell
E. Kirk McKinney
Board of Works
Edward H. Knight
Caldwell
Woodsmall
McKinney
Paul H. Moore
H. Gene Haynes
Slack
Kirkland sues Coker for 10000 over alleged alienation
Frank Kirkland, Terre Haute, files a suit for 10000 damages alleging his wife Grace Kirkland was alienated from him by Arthur Coker. The couple wed in 1925 and separated in 1929 due to Coker’s attentions. Also noted is Munich’s high car proportion with one vehicle per twenty four inhabitants.
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United Press
Munich
What a Woman Over 50 Should Weigh and Diet Tips
An advertisement promotes a weight table for women 50 and over with heights from 4 ft 11 in to 5 ft 10 in. It recommends cutting fats and sweets for four weeks, eating lean foods, and taking Kruschen Salts daily in hot water, claiming renewed vitality in four weeks with an 85 cent bottle from Hook's Dependable Drug Stores.
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Hook
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Winooski, Vt
Samuel Gover
Riley
The
Sugar Institute
A Good Business School
Fred W. Case
Central Business College
Pennsylvania
Vermont
First Door North
Ind
Hoosier Optical Co
N. Mlinols Bt
Oxfords
Tan
Shoe Market
S. Illinois St
E.wash. St
W. Wash. St
Chester Miller
Southvalinos ST
Guaranty
Meridian
Circle Open
Pierrots
Felix the Cat
Charles Mayer and Company
E. Maple Road
Penn
Pete
EXCHG
Indiana
Maryland Street
Washington St
North Capitol Avenue
New York
New Jersey
Virginia Ave
South St
Bettermann’s
Fletcher Trust Banks
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Fletcher Trust Bank
Pennsylvania and
Market Streets
Fletcher Savings and Trust
East Side
East Tenth Street
Washington Street
East Washington Street
West Side
Oliver Avenue
Northside
North Illinois Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Bellefontaine Street
South Side
South Meridian Street
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