Heat in Indiana Politics and Public Debt Reflections
A Greene County reader reflects on the political primary in Indiana as a heat of debate and energy. He compares campaign fervor to fused oscillating motions, notes Indiana’s pivotal role, and discusses public debt and national finances with historical context and caution.
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Webster
Hoosiers
Indiana
Maine
Sherman
Hitler
Austria
Greene County
Ed Stalcup Taken by Death Rites Announced
Ed Stalcup a 71 year old Lyons farmer died at his home after a year's illness Born June 23 1866 he was a Greene county pioneer married Arlie Strauser in 1905 survived by widow daughter Helen step daughter and two grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 PM Saturday at Lyons Methodist Church with Masonic burial to follow arranged by Davidson and Son Funeral Home
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Lyons
Washington Township
Lyons Methodist Church
Lyons ‘Masonic Lodge
Mr. Stalcup
Arlie Strauser
Grace
Helen
Arlie Stalcup
O. D. Bloomer
O. L. Stalcup
Shelbyville
Edgar Allen Bloomer
Ardath Ann Bloomer
Grace Stalcup
St. Louis
Steve Stalcup
Linton
John
Theodore
Methodist Church
J. C. Foutz
Prairie Chapel
Lyons Masonic Lodge
Davidson and Son Funeral Home
Mrs William Terrell elected Indiana polis Classical W M S president
Mrs William Terrell of this city was elected president of the Indiana polis Classical association of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Evangelical and Reformed church at the Lafayette convention. She will attend the General Synod meeting in Akron with delegates and join a pageant marking the W M S golden anniversary. Irvin Steward led the discussion group, and Virginia Hixson spoke on Automatic Doors.
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William Terrell
Indianapolis
General Synod
Women’s Missionary Societies
Akron
Lafayette
Steward
Miss Hixson
Indiana livestock market report from Indianapolis
Hogs 5 000 holdovers 300 market steady Lights 7 to 8 25 mediums 8 35 to 8 55 heavies 8 to 8 15 packing sows 7 25 to 7 75 Cattle 300 calves 500 weak cleanup on beef Cutter cows 4 25 to 5 50 few light weight steers 7 50 to 7 75 heifers 7 50 to 8 Wealers 50c lower top 9 Sheep 1 800 lambs steady to 10c lower bulk 95 lb wool lambs 8 good and choice shorn lambs 7 50
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Linton-Stockton Band Heads to District Contest in Cannelton
The Linton-Stockton high school band under director B. J. Barnes will travel to Cannelton for the district contest of the state band championships. Solo entrants include John Bennett and others, with band competition in Class B featuring Princeton Tell City Jeffersonville Reitz Memorial Boonville and Linton.
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Linton-Stockton
B. J. Barnes
Cannelton
Linton
John Bennett
Hope Barrett
Betty Brewer
Charles Branscom
Fernand Duvivier
Wade Martindale
Wilfred Perigo
Donald Baughman
Winfred Moody
Junior Graves
Stanley Heenan
Princeton
Tell City
Jeffersonville
Reitz
Memorial of Evansville
Boonville
Rotary names 32 officers and directors for Linton club
A Linton Rotary Club meeting at the local Saron R formed church elected a board of directors: T. J. Beecher A. M. Beasley E. V. Bull W. F. Craft Francis Haseman Otto Harting Percy Myers Thad Wolford Wayne Hamilton. Officers chosen: president A M Beasley vice president Francis Haseman treasurer Percy Myers secretary Otto Harting. Terms run until April 1939.
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Linton Rotary Club
Saron
T. J. Beecher
A. M. Beasley
E. V. Bull
W. F. Craft
Francis Haseman
Otto Harting
Percy Myers
Thad Wolford
Wayne Hamilton
Express agent marks 35th year in Lafayette Conour notes
Lafayette resident Lafayette Conour, a longtime American Express agent, marks the 35th anniversary of arriving in the city and the 38th anniversary of starting with the Express company. He began with the firm in 1900 and moved to this city in 1903.
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Lafayette Conour
Linton American Express Company
Express Company
Mr. Conour
Indiana schools set spring graduation record
Indiana will graduate a record 86,994 pupils this spring, per state education data. High school grads total 33,021, with 16,517 boys and 16,504 girls, while 53,973 eighth graders finish elementary studies, a new high for the state.
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Indiana
Floyd Il.mcmurray
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Two Men Sentenced in Greene County Court
Cecil Benny thirty five and James Batchelor twenty one of Jasonville were sentenced in Greene county circuit court Bloomfield after pleading guilty to stealing a mowing machine wheel set worth twenty dollars from Gene Miller near Jasonville. Benny received one to five years in the Indiana State Prison and Batchelor one to five years in the Indiana Reformatory.
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Cecil Benny
James Batchelor
Jasonville
Greene County
Bloomfield
Gene Miller
J. Raymond Powell
Miller
Bennie
Indiana
Batchelor
Indiana Reformatory
Old iron bell marks Wesleyan College day since 1872
In Athens Tennessee Wesleyan College students move to class as an electric bell calls while the old iron bell in Old College Hall rings to signal opening and closing. The bell and Old College Hall have stood together since 1872.
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Athens, Tenn
U.P
Tennessee Wesleyan College
College Hall
Pleasantville native Darrell Brown dies from Chicago auto crash injuries
Darrell Brown of Pleasantville died in Berwyn Hospital Chicago after the April 16 auto crash that killed Harold Gene Spencer. Brown aged midlife, son of Jesse and Phoebe Bedwell Brown, survived by wife Julia Poole and daughter Gloria Dean, plus six sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements by Newkirk Funeral Service were not yet set.
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Darrell Brown
Pleasantville
Chicago
Ill
Berwyn Hspital
Harold Gene Spencer
Sullivan
Mr. Brown
Jesse
Phoebe Bedwell Brown
M. E
Julia Poole
Gloria Dean
Jesse Brown
Jesse Brown, Jr
Ted Brown
Bicknell
Burrell Jackson
Nelson Stockrahm
LaGrange
Garrell Smith
Guy O’haver
Western Springs
Glen Hale
John Reel
Newkirk Funeral Service
Leader of Legion Heard Last Night
Several American Legion members from Greene County attended in Bloomington to hear Dan Doherty national Legion commander speak at the Masonic temple before a large crowd. Vern Ruble past Bloomington post commander served as toastmaster and Mayor Arthur H. Berndt gave the welcome address.
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American Legion
Greene County
Bloomington
Dan Doherty
National Legion
Landon Attacks Roosevelt on Inflationary Policy
Former Kansas governor Alf M Landon denounces Roosevelt lending and spending as an inflationary course. He warns the reckoning may come soon or be long, noting America's vast material reserves make timing unpredictable while citizens remain confused about the federal government's next move.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alf. M. Landon
Roosevelt
America
Agreement Reached Between England and Erie Trade War Ends
London reports an agreement between England and Erie to settle the long running trade dispute and other irritants in relations between the two nations. The Irish delegation will travel to London next Monday for formal signing. terms were not disclosed.
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London
England
Erie
Eighth Grade Commencement Set for Stockton Township
Seventy two pupils who completed the eighth grade in Stockton township schools will attend an eighth grade commencement next Wednesday night at the Linton Stockton High School auditorium. Greene County Supt H E Cushman will speak on The Value of An Education.
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Linton-Stockton Igh
Stockton Township
Jesse D. Figgins
Figgins
H. E. Cushman
Greene County Superintendent of Schools
Cushman
Changes Favored in Truck Measure
Indiana Governor Townsend’s tax study commission recommended retaining the basic tax, while proposing to cut weight taxes on small trucks and raise rates on large trucks used for highway construction. The panel also urged adjustments to school bus taxes, with the new law taxing private and common carriers by truck size and tire count.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
Special
Townsend
Try Outs for WLS Home Talent Show Staged in Roosevelt
Residents glimpse next week’s WLS home talent show as tryouts were held at the Roosevelt hotel. The show lands April 28 to 30 at the local high school with a special preview Saturday at the Maxwell furniture window on South Main. Cast members present two short performances at 2 and 7 30 PM. Window decor is provided by Goodman and Ellis feed store.
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WLS
Roosevelt Hotel
Maxwell Furniture Company
South Main Street
Goodman and Ellis
Administrative Bodies Ready to Begin Roosevelt Program
Congressional experts discuss stop gap legislation to employ 150000 furloughed railroad workers at government expense with Works Progress Administration funding for labor and carriers paying materials. Labor reports show 50000 additional layoffs in March as unemployment trends worsen.
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Washington
D. C
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
Mnet
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Works Progress Administration
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Department of Labor
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Stee
Treasury
Miss Perkins
Japanese agree to pay U S indemnity for Panay attack
Tokyo reports a draft of 2 214 007 36 dollars was presented to the United States embassy counselor Dooman as full payment for the indemnity demanded after Japanese planes bombed the Panay and three Standard Oil ships on December 12 on the Yangtze. The payment fulfills a government promise and ends the incident.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office Today
Eugene H. Dooman
Consuelor
United States
Panay
Standard Oil
Yangtse
China
Levine 'Chiseler' Tells Tale Today
Charles Lavendar a 33 year old unemployed musician in Chicago confessed to FBI agents he aimed to profit from the Peter Levine kidnapping with a $30,000 ransom. He said he knew nothing of the actual abduction. officials call him a chiseler seeking easy money and arrested him in the Loop while attempting to collect the ransom.
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Chicago
Charles Edmund Lavendar
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chisel
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Lavendar
D. M. Ladd
Levine
Chisler
Ladd
Chicago Loop
Mrs Cora Wilson Reported Recovering Near City
Mrs Cora Wilson, who has been ill for some time, is reported to be recovering satisfactorily near the city.
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Cora Wilson
Employment service opens in Jasonville district
A representative from the Linton Indiana State Employment Service will accept unemployment and job applications every Monday at 9 am in Jasonville City Hall. H L Bruswitz, district manager in Terre Haute, said the new office serves Hymera Coalmont Midland and nearby areas. Previously residents traveled to Linton Sullivan or Brazil for services.
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Linton
Indiana State Eemployment Service
Jasonville
H .L. Bruswitz
Terre Haute
Hymera
Coalmont
Midland
Employment Service Office
Sullivan
Brazil
Bruswitz
Territoy
Gordon to Speak at Meeting Here
Alex E. Gordon, candidate for United States senator, will be the principal speaker at a meeting at 2 o’clock in Moose Hall, Linton. Labor's Non-partisan League of Greene County sponsors. Frank Barnhart, president of District 11, United Mine Workers of America, headlines other speakers. A large attendance is expected and the public is invited.
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Alex E. Gordon
United States
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