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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1930
Page
5
News of World at a Glance reports General Adelbert Ames 95th birthday in North Tewksbury Massachusetts. He is the last surviving Union general of 1861 and West Point’s oldest living graduate.
Four men face charges over stealing and butcher ing cattle from Indiana farmers. Fred Ramage Leo Creshaw and Lawrence Cookingham are handed to LaGrange county authorities, while Cletus Bushaw is jailed in Centreville on a fugitive warrant after refusing extradition.
A survey of Indiana industry shows Central Indiana Gas Company adding 250000 dollars to a 1 million expansion, boosting staff to 800 across 25 cities including Anderson Elwood and Alexandria. Marion's United States Radio and Television plants report peak 1930 production with 850 workers and over two thousand sets daily.
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and financier J. P. Morgan held a lengthy conference in London last night, discussing ongoing financial matters and diplomatic concerns.
The piece outlines contests for 34 Senate seats, 431 House seats, and 32 governorships with key figures including Dwight W. Morrow and Franklin D. Roosevelt. It notes prohibition questions, wet versus dry races in Ohio Montana and Pennsylvania, and pivotal gubernatorial battles in New York and New Jersey as potential presidential contenders figure in the spotlight.
Dr Bernard J Stern former assistant professor of sociology at UW says his dismissal was for academic freedom not economy He denounces university admin as reactionary and cites his support for scientific life questions and praise of Soviet union achievements and I W W prisoner injustices at Centralia.
Indiana scouting groups will attend Butler versus Haskell Indians at the Butler bowl on November 22 designated Scout Day. The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce athletic committee and Butler officials will send invitations to Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls Girl Scouts and Girl Reserves. Attendance awards for troops and a parade before the game were planned at the committee meeting.
Alumni return for Wabash college home coming on Saturday as hundreds gather for reunions and events. The highlight is the Wabash vs Butler football game with a pep session bonfire parade barbecue lunch and homecoming dance marking the weekend.
DePauw University sociology majors conduct a labor study in Greencastle. Three groups canvass for available jobs, operate a city bureau to direct job seekers, and run an educational campaign linking employers with prospective employees.
The United States Weather Bureau issued a warning about potential radiator freezing tonight unless antifreeze protection is used as temperatures dip to 25 degrees. Saturday is expected to be fair with rising temperatures aiding football games across the state. A faint trace of snow fell Thursday night with light flurries reported in southern Indiana sections.
Ruth Worley of 2805 West Jackson Street killed herself near Harris Avenue after a nervous breakdown. A note asked her parents not to worry as she could not stand it any longer. Three witnesses and the train crew confirm suicide. Body hurled forty feet. locomotive stopped two blocks away. Survivors: Mr and Mrs Albert C Worley and brother Ralph Worley of Indianapolis.
The Howard County Bar Association filed a petition in circuit court seeking disbarment of member Olin R Holt who was convicted in federal court for operating an agency aiding liquor dealers An appeal to the U S circuit court of appeals was lost and another hearing is set for November 10.
At CIE Indiana on October 31, Mayor George R. Dale clashed with Council President Hubert L. Parkinson as Parkinson and Councilman Charles Bleasé served a notice objecting to payment for a new fire truck. Dale refused to accept the notice, and Controller Lester Holloway said he would ignore it. Council leaders say the state board of accounts supports their stance.
Virginia police tightened controls to curb violence amid the textile strike fears on Halloween. Weaving worker James T. Brook reported being shot at from a car and his Riverside mill home plumbing and wiring were damaged. Fellow worker J E Hodnett claimed officers questioned him after threats to dynamite his home due to his wife being a non union worker.
Raymond S. Springer of Connersville, a former state circuit judge and past Indiana American Legion commander, will give the principal address at Armistice Day ceremonies at Monument Circle on November 11. A 5,000-strong civic parade is planned led by Colonel A. J. Dougherty.
Workmen at a Hartford City gravel pit unearthed three well preserved skeletons believed to be Indians. Stone implements and trinkets were found with the remains, suggesting burial about a century ago.
State highway officials announced winter work on seven projects for 1931 with bids due November 21 for seventy seven miles of paving. Six paving and two grading jobs would start under federal aid, totaling about 2.75 million dollars. The Dunes relief road between Gary and the Michigan line and a link on US 31 between Indianapolis and Franklin are included.
Marmon distributors and dealers predicted improved 1931 commerce after a Marmon sales program reveal at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. George C. Tenney announced a 25 percent October gain over last year. Marmon officers attended the luncheon and a drive-away of fifty cars honored Marmon president G. M. Williams.
In Anderson Indiana October 31 the Madison circuit court freed David Rees Charles Hosier and Maurice Newhart after prosecuting attorney Oswald Ryan moved to dismiss. They faced liquor sale charges after admitting liquor came from bootleggers and was given to friends to aid them. Judge Carl F. Morrow sustained the motion.
Louis R. Haas Tipton clothing merchant and secretary of the Tipton City School Board has been missing since Monday Private detectives search for him with leads including a trip to Frankfort and a railroad ticket to Chicago Relatives fear he is being detained.
Fire swept a barn on Morton Jones’s farm south of Richmond causing an estimated $5,000 in damage. Sparks from a passing locomotive are believed to have started the blaze, with the loss fully covered by insurance.
British diggers in Palestine argue Jericho fell not by Trumpets but by fire from within as the city’s outer wall collapsed and a charred beam suggests Jewish engineers caused the conquest. Excavations reveal double walls, heat cracked bricks, and preserved tower sections near Mount Temptation and Elisha's fountain.
Michigan City Indiana October 31 The Indiana pardon board granted parole to John Jamies the sole life term convict released. William Spores received a commutation allowing release next year after twenty five years. Jamies killed Pennell Buckner in Montgomery County while Spores murdered saloon keeper John Fawbush in Scottsburg originally sentenced to death. The board refused clemency for bandits manslaughter cases and many other inmates while considering Edward Duncan and others for potential relief.
Lafayette's oldest mail carrier George E. Smith aged 69 and next oldest John T. Evans aged 65 were retired today after a combined federal employment of 75 years. Smith served forty years and Evans thirty-five years. Both will receive pensions.
In Prather Indiana on October 31 an unidentified man about 60 killed himself by lying under a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. No money was found in two suits he wore, police said.
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