Local notes on politics and theatre plans in Indiana
The column muses on Iowa and Indiana politics including Senator Gillette and court bill loyalties, jokes about juries, a new theatre for Linton by the Scherer Brothers with potential names, and local fishing reports citing Knox County and Reelfoot Lake interest. It blends political opinion with community trivia and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Murray
Bickrell News
Izaak Walton
Knox County
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Record of 39 state highway contracts set in May
The Indiana state highway commission awarded 39 contracts in May totaling 3 558 763 93 for grading paving and bridge work across many counties. The Calvertsville co operative and home owned telephone system serves 121 subscribers on 23 party lines with a 75 cent quarterly rate, and a Buckner family operated switchboard handles most traffic.
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State Highway Commission
T. A. Dicus
Henry
Madison
Pulaski
Jefferson
Cass
Miami
Carroll
Fulton
Lake
Porter
Benton
Clay
Fountain
Hendricks
Montgomery
Dubois
Tippecanoe
Vermillion
Posey
Gibson
Spencer
Sullivan
Morgan
Dearborn
DeKalb
Owen
Boone
Martin
Lawrence
Clark
Jasper
Marshall
Starke
White
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Whitley
Adams
Grant
Huntington
Wabash
Wells
Blackford
Hancock
Howard
Marion
Tipton
Wayne
Clinton
Hamilton
Crawford
Orange
Greene
Perry
Sulli- Vanderburgh
Vigo
Bartholomew
Decatur
Jackson
Johnson
Ohio
Ripley
Scott
Washington
Randolph
la Porte
Crawfordsville
Vincennes
Fort Wayne
Greenfield
Seymour
Calvertsville
Greene County
United States
Calvertsville Exchange
Bloomfield
Worthington
Alexander Graham Bell
David Hawkins
Palmer Hamilton
Harry Buckner
Buckner
Josephine
Rosanna
Protests Over Canton Bombing Highlight U.S.-Japan Tensions
Secretary Hull formally protested to Japan via Ambassador Grew over the bombing of the Lingnan University in Canton. In China, Chengchow residents faced military action as foreign missionaries remained amid fighting. Canton suffered massive fires and heavy casualties as Japanese air raids continued, with Lingnan University and a Standard Oil storage plant damaged.
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Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Lingnan University
Canton
Shanghai
U.P
Chengchow
Sunchai
China
Aska
Shameen
Lingnam University
Standard
Hospital Report On Local Patients
Miss Dorothy Baize underwent an appendectomy this morning. Wayne Keller was discharged to his home yesterday afternoon.
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Dorothy Baize
Wayne Keller
Pair of Squirrels Added to Linton City Park
The Linton City park now hosts a growing squirrel family including three whites four greys six reds and two blacks after a pair of black squirrels arrived from Catskill New York on Meredith Jones’s securing. The animals reside in a cage in the northeast section of the recreation area.
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Linton City Park
Cme
Catskill
New York
Park Board
Meredith Jones
Beasleys and Beasley Delegates Leave for California
Mr and Mrs Alfred M Beasley Ray Beasley and Miss Eva Russell depart Linton for San Francisco to attend the Rotary International convention Alfred Beasley will serve as delegate from Linton Rotary They will visit relatives and friends in San Francisco Los Angeles and other California cities
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Alfred M. Beasley
Ray Beasley
Eva Russell
Linton
San Francisco
Cal
Alfred Beasley
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Los Angeles
California
Dr J M Walker to speak at Bloomington district final Linton service
Rev J M Walker D D superintendent of the Bloomington Methodist district will make his last appearance in Linton as district superintendent. He will speak at the morning worship service and reports of the Fourth Quarterly conference will be considered at the close of worship. The public is invited.
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J. M. Walker
Bloomington
Linton
Walker
DePauw University
Grencastle
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Two Greene County Postmasters Confirmed by Senate
The United States Senate confirmed the nominations of Ivan Conder for Jasonville and J Russell Byrd for Bloomfield as postmasters. Both had been nominated for reappointment on Tuesday and the decision was relayed locally today.
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Greene County
Ivan Conder
Jasonville
J. Russell Byrd
Bloomfield
Plan Wiener Roast With Sons Of The Legion
Members of the Sons of the Legion were asked to meet at 6 o clock Friday evening at the American Legion on B street northeast. From the post home the group will go to the local city park for a wiener roast.
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Sons of the Legion Organization
The
American Legion
B” Street
Reappointment Confirmed for Four Tax Board Members
The senate approved the reapointments of four members of the board of tax appeals including John W. Kern of Indiana. Their terms expired June 1 and Chairman Pat Harrison asked immediate confirmation so they could be paid for June.
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Washinton
D. C
Senate Today
Board of Tax Appeals
John W. Kern
Indiana
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Senate approves delegation to John Hay birth centennial event
Washington June 9 The senate has passed a house approved resolution authorizing a congressional delegation to attend the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Hay at Salem.
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Washinton
D. C
Senate
John Hay
Salem
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Plan Unofficial U S Tour
The Duke and Duchess will undertake a three month private visit to the United States next March. The trip is described as a vacation with incidental study of social conditions and will include only the couple, their servants and a police guard. Buckingham Palace and governments may approve the plan.
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Duke, Duchess
New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
United Press
Duke
Buckingham Palace
Schricker Says He Will Accept Nomination for Senate
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker told several thousand Democratic leaders at Bass Lake that he will accept the nomination for the U S Senate if offered by the Democratic convention. The announcement signals Schricker’s candida cy and closes the door on a truce with Senator Van Nuys as Townsend’s camp pushes an independent bid. Schricker made the pledge in Starke county amid party leaders and was introduced by Edwin Wilken of Knox. Governor Townsend was absent on a Wisconsin fishing trip.
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Bass Lake
Ind
U.P
Henry F. Schricker
United States Senate
Frederick van Nuys
Schricker
M. Clifford Townsend
Statehouse
Townsend
van Nuys
Indiana
Starke County
Edwin Wilken
Knox
Robert Tilton
Fowler
Indiana Young Democratic Organization
Wisconsin
NYA reports Indiana high school students employed statewide
The NYA system employed 6,146 Indiana high school students on student aid projects last year with 656 secondary schools involved. The program ends with the school year as no summer funds are available, paying an average hourly wage of about 23 cents and monthly wages between four and five dollars.
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Greene County
National Youth Administration
NYA
Indiana
Robert S. Richey
Barkley Says End Of Session Unlikely This Weekend
Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley told President Roosevelt that adjournment this weekend is impossible. He cited unresolved wage hour and relief recovery bills and warned a southern filibuster unless wage standards are loosened, making a finish by Tuesday or Wednesday more likely.
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Washington, D. C
UPI
Congress
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
Sullivan County Drilling Ends After Salt Water Strike
Oil drill at J. R. Riggs farm near Sullivan reached 4160 feet after striking salt water, suspending operations. The project tied to Falmont of Houston and Siosa Oil of Vigo county began last January. Nearby wells at Springer farm and in Wheatland Vincennes area show ongoing, high activity with renewed leasing in Greene county and abandoned wells in Smith township and Knox county.
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Indiana
Sullivan
J. R. Riggs
Riggs
Sullivan County
Falmont Corporation
Houston
Tex
Siosa Oil Company
Vigo County
Springer Farm
Wheatland
Vincennes
Illionis
Greene County
Linton
Smith Township
Knox County
Youthful Bandit Sentenced in Indiana Case
Norman Bix aged 16, captured after fleeing Gibault Boys Home and stealing four cars in Sullivan County, was sent to the State Reformatory by Judge Martin L. Pigg until age 21. His Fort Wayne home and two brothers’ reformatory confinements tied to the case.
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Sullivan
Ind
Norman Bix
Gibault Boys
Terre Haute
Princeton
State Reformatory
Martin L. Pigg
Reformatory
Fort Wayne
G and F Study Club Switz City Holds Second Anniversary
Members of the G. and F. Study club of Switz City meet at noon Friday in the Switz City high school building to celebrate their second anniversary. Each member may bring a guest and is urged to bring their own table service.
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G. and F. Study Club
Switz City
Switz City High School
Prosecution Shift in Cash Kidnapping Case to Florida
Washington reports Attorney General Cummings said federal kidnapping charges may be dropped and handed to Florida authorities due to doubt the federal statute applies. In Miami FBI chief Hoover said G Men have not solved Jimmy Cash kidnapping and slaying despite one arrest and recovered ransom.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Atoorney
Homer S. Cummings
Florida
Miami
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-Men
Jimmy Cash
Franklin Pierce McCall
Gmen
Hoover
FBI
MecCall
James B. Cash
McCall
James Cash
Chas
Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Princeton
Peter Levine
Budget Bureau
Robert L. Bacon
Mrs Marie Ecker Attends Indiana Law School Graduation
Mrs Marie Ecker of Linton travels with her father James Hudson and her brother Wendell L. Hudson of Bloomfield to Indianapolis for Indiana Law School graduation exercises at the Columbia Church. James W. Hudson, her brother, is a member of the graduating class.
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Marie Ecker
Linton
James Hudson
Wendell L. Hudson
Bloomfield
Indianapolis
Indiana Law School
Columbia Chuir
Ecker
James W. Hudson
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Voltaire
Senator Cillette
Iowa
Wearin
Hopkins
Jimmy Roosevelt
Andy Myers
Andy
Gillette
Charley McCarty
Cohen
Abie
Sothern
Scherer Brothers
Bob White
Hiram Greene
Oscar
Coke) Humphreys
Jim Jones
Charlie Horn
Calvertsville Company
U.S
Lingnan
Jimmy
Hutchinson
Kansas
Albert S. Teed
Sandy Lissenbee
Eugene White
Goal Commission
Greenlee
Chicago
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Pleas Greenlee
Commission
National Retail Coal Association
Hell
Nyawork
F.B.I
Oil Company
F. B. I. Building
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