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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
4
Indiana chief highway engineer William Titus says the state is only entering a new era of road building after a decade of experiments and reconstructions. He notes rapid automobile growth has outpaced paved routes and forecasts a heavy, nationwide push toward four lane concrete highways to handle future congestion and speed.
Indiana Republican Editorial association holds mid summer outing in Bedford with United States Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson and Congressman Richard N. Elliott slated to attend and speak at the banquet. Governors, editors, and state officers expected, plus tours of limestone sites and chamber events.
The text notes substantial highway funding for state and local needs. It mentions roughly $50,000,000 by counties and townships, and about $300,000,000 spent on roads in the current decade, covering gravel surfacing, bridges, and maintenance as state control ends.
President Hoover signed the measure authorizing Illinois and Indiana to jointly build a bridge over the Wabash River at Vincennes Indiana. The bill provides for interstate cooperation and funding to complete the Vincennes bridge project.
Houston dispatch reports that four guards were abducted and between forty and fifty prisoners escaped from the Clemens state prison farm. The guards were later returned.
Washington reports both houses ended sessions for a summer break amid sharp bitterness over tariff work. Subcommittees in the Senate Finance Committee push hearings to July 10 before senators rewrite the House tariff bill. The Hoover proposal on prohibition enforcement remains unpassed as the session closes.
The state faced three days of near record heat. the Weather Bureau in Indianapolis forecast showers tonight to bring cooler temperatures. Noon readings in Indianapolis reached 81 degrees as beaches and parks filled with residents escaping the heat.
Indianapolis dispatch reports state purchasing board awarded summer and fall supply contracts for state institutions. Bids for 150000 tons of Indiana coal were received from 3865 bidders. Dr John Hewitt presented that strip mined coal matches deep mined quality. Navy beans totaling fifty tons included. Ft Wayne Battery Co got storage battery contract for 2000 dollars and Hide Leather and Belting Co won electric light bulb contract with minimum 10000 dollars.
Denver Colo June 20 The Northern Baptist convention split over relations with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America with young reformers led by Rev C L Seasholes failing to change the resolution calling for investigation. After sharp debate the resolution passed with prefaces shelved.
In Indianapolis on June 20 a wave of disappearances unsettles relatives as searches begin for four missing individuals across three Indiana areas. Turner Baxter an 85 year old farmer from near Newton Stewart Dubois county vanished after hinting at self harm his handkerchief found at Painter Creek. John Plaster 66 from Lafayette is missing after head pains suspected from a past injury. Mrs May Deruyscher 25 and two children from Kalamazoo Michigan disappeared from Bluffton after leaving via a bedroom window with a suitcase of clothing.
Mrs Estelle Schooeover aged 60 told her husband a dream warned of disaster within 24 hours. He found her body on trolley tracks after work. she had been fatally struck by a traction car.
Mrs. Walter Richards, manager of Canyon Inn at McCommicks Creek Canyon State Park near Spencer, Indiana, will appear in Owen County circuit court Monday to answer a summons on an affidavit by the state conservation department seeking possession of the inn. Despite closure signs, Richards posted signs stating the inn is open and served dinner to guests as officials removed much of the furniture. The state contends she has no contract to manage the inn this year.
John Petti plans a Detroit to Cleveland freshwater swim of over 100 miles on June 26 if he secures a financial backer. He has 20 years of swimming experience and expects to rest between laps along the course.
The Daily Citizen passes today from Turner and Bryan to Eugene Pulliam of Lebanon and John A. Watkins of Indianapolis. Pulliam’s Publishing Co. now owns a chain of newspapers in towns with 10 000 to 30 000 population. Watkins becomes local business manager. Turner and Bryan retire after twenty five and eleven years respectively. The paper is a long established institution in Indiana and part of a broader acquisition plan by the new owners.
United States officials announced a renewed push against alcohol smuggling along the canal. Assistant Secretary Lowman stated there would be no let up in the campaign and urged arming federal agents as Detroit reports show smugglers firing on U S customs men.
In Metamora Indiana on June 20 John Baker, 56, hacked his 23 year old son Raymond to death with an ax in a field. He then wounded himself, leaped into a 20 foot well and died. Neighbors described Baker as insane for months. Coroner Virgil Davis ruled homicide for the son's death and death by own action for the father.
Washington June 20 Republican Congressman J C Shaffer of Virginia warned Oscar De Priest of Chicago the only Black member in the House not to intrude socially or officially in the national capital lest he disturb amicable relations long settled in the South. Shaffer refused De Priest's invitation to a Washington musical and reception prompted by Mrs De Priest's White House visit.
The Indiana Supreme Court reviews a petition by D. C. Stephenson seeking coram nobis relief for a new trial. Stephenson, once a Klan leader, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a young Indianapolis woman.
A former Hamilton county sheriff Charles Gooding and deputies paid $4000 in damages after mistaking three men for rum runners. Harry Butterworth received $2000 while Herbert Newlin and Wendell Hessong got $1000 each. Hessong is jailed for writing threats to wealthy Carmel residents. Suits by the trio were settled on a compromise rather than brought to trial.
Washington reports President Hoover will leave Washington Friday for a two to three day fishing vacation at his Blue Ridge camp on the upper Rapidan river. With Congress in recess, the president seeks rest from mounting strain and the demands of the administration. Trout runs begin in the area, offering sport and solitude.
United Press Dispatch Modesto reports Jack Burnett, 22, wanted on nine counts of larceny and burglary, used a comb fashioned key to escape a jail door. He fled before officers could catch him, entering a residence by a rear door and outdistancing a pursuing police captain Arington.
A professor, Dr. Snook, is near persuaded to tell all about the murder of Miss Hix. Police press him as detectives seek motive and narcotics links while the case hinges on a man and a riding incident before the body was found.
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