City council moves funds to ease street paving burden
The council approved transferring surplus light fund money to the general fund to cover city street paving costs and near-term obligations. A five-year electric energy contract with Indiana Power was tentatively renewed and a report on selling the old Linton Light equipment was given. A new Main street lighting upgrade and a new well at the Municipal Water plant were also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Weisman
Indiana Power Company
Vincennes
Linton Municipal Light Company
A. D. Torr
Terre Haute
Iowa
Main Street
Hayes
Dixon
Municipal Water Company
Indiana Power Co Succeeds to Insull Interests in Vincennes
The Indiana Public Service Commission approved the transfer of Indiana Power and Knox and Sullivan Light and Power to Interstate Public Service, an Insull owned utility. The Vincennes division will become part of the Interstate system with D. A. Hartman as division manager, keeping operations in Vincennes and continuing the policy of dependable service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indiana Power Company
Knox and Sullivan County Light and Power Company
Interstate Public Service Company
Indianapolis
H. L. Clarke
Utilities Power and Light Corporation of
Chicago
Bloomfield
Great Interstate Public Service Company
Indiana Power Company Division
Middle West Utilities Company of
Martin J. Insull
States
Mexico
The
Furnish Electric Light and Power
Indiana
D. A. Hartman
Local Business Ledger Entries for Municipal Companies
A compact list shows Emanuel Dixon and Johnn F. Alexander among owners and companies such as Greene Co Abstract Co Visible Service Station and New-Home Tel Co. The ledger records payments and credits to firms including Central Supply Co and Municipal Light Co with figures like 4.60 2.291.35 610.74 and 160.00 50.00 4.00.
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Emanuel Dixon
Johnn F. Alexander
Greene Co. Abstract Co
Linton’ Gas Co
New Home Tel. Co
Standard Oil Co
Varney Elec. Co
Visible
New-Home Tel. Co
Moore-Langen Pty
Lynch & Liston
W. H
W. H. MeiKnney
Municipal Elec
Paul Fry Sales Co
Mueller Co
New Home Tel
David Terhune
Central Supply Co
A. D. Gook Co
Roach Mach. Co
New Union Libr. Co
Municipal Light Co
Health inspectors cut to six with motorcycles in city program
Indianapolis September 2. The city health department reduced inspector count to six and issued motorcycles to cover the same area as a larger force. Four inspectors were in accidents on the first day after receiving the motorcycles.
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Indianapolis
The
Health Board
Ashcraft Resigns Principalship Of Linton Schools
Mr and Mrs Glen Ashcraft longtime Linton residents leave for Murray Ky where he will head the history department at Murray State Normal a salary raise and new duties await him Ashcraft will stay a week to help organize the year The Ashcrafts are active church members and will be missed by school and community peers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Ashcraft
Linton
Murray, Ky
Ashcraft
Murray State Normal
Ashcrafts
Murray
Ashecrafts
First Baptist Church
Mine Workers Ready for Prolonged Strike Amid Finances
Income of United Mine Workers for the past six months totaled $1,593,761.02 while expenditures reached $1,661,195.89, leaving a tighter reserve. The June 1925 auditor report shows $1,191,991.04 on hand, down from $1,680,557.04 a year earlier, with district funds and charity to striking miners and disaster victims helping balance need.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
International Organization
The
International Union
Times
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Kennedy
Legal fees and taxes cited in union expense report
The document lists families totaling 1 073 532 in expenses with seven lawyers or firms earning 43 028.51 in six months. William A Glasgow Jr of Philadelphia tops the attorney fees at 10 750.56 in the West Virginia junction case. Taxes and assessments provide the main income, totaling 986 244.25, close to 2 000 000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Glasgow, Jr
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Five Men Aboard PN-91 Plane Down In Rescue Loss
United Press dispatch from San Francisco reports the PN 91 rescue loss with five men aboard. Commander Rodgers 44 Havre de Grace Md pilot and flight unit commander, Lieut Byron A Connell 34 navigation officer Pittsburgh Pa, S R Pope 31 Jackson Tenn aviation pilot, Otis G Stanz 26 Terre Haute Ind radio operator, W M Bowlin unknown Richmond Ind machinist.
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United Press Dispatch
San Francisco
Cal
PN-91
Rodgers
Havre de Grace
John ‘A. Rodgers
Byron A. Connell
Pittsburg
S. R. Pope
Jackson
Tenn
Otis G. Stanz
Terre Haute
Ind
W. M. Bowlin
Richmond
Indiana bank banditry tides fall under vigilant state
Indiana bankers report a sharp drop in bank robberies after June, with only two robberies since then. Ninety counties organize volunteer vigilance committees armed and ready to pursue outlaws, some offering higher rewards for dead bandits. The Spencer 1923 raid is cited as a catalyst for organized crime awareness.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Larwill
Columbia City
Clinton
St. Bernice
War Department
County Bankers’ Associations
State Bankers’ Association
Spencer
Ind
Missing PN-9 Flight Crew Faces Harsh Seas
United Press dispatch from San Francisco reports the naval plane PN-9 on the San Francisco to Hawaii flight with five crew members missing near 185 miles west of Maui. Rescue efforts by Pearl Harbor seaplanes were underway as storms and fuel fears loom, with a PB-1 standby for tomorrow launch.
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United Press Dispatch
San Francisco
Cal
Naval
PN-9
The
United
Statess
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Naval Radio
Naval Headquarters
No. 1
Mauii
PN-91
John Rodgers
Citizens Tear Up Berwyn Trolley Tracks After Wreck
In Berwyn Illinois a crowd of about 1000 residents attacked a second streetcar wreck by uprooting sections of trolley rails along the right of way. They claimed defective rails caused the crashes and halted repairs. Fifteen people were injured in the first crash. the latest derailment had no passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Berwyn
Midnigth
Indiana corn crop to boost business says trade secretary
William Howard secretary of the Indianapolis board of trade predicted general business stimulation across Indiana this fall due to a bumper corn crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
William Howard
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Crop prices may slump with rapid production rise
United Press reports from Washington that high crop and live stock prices could fall sharply if production expands too quickly, as warned by the department of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Soldier Lover Slayer Faces Death Sentence in Manila
Lieut. John S. Thompson of Far Rockaway New York was sentenced by a U S Army court martial in Manila to be hanged for shooting Audrey Burleigh a 16 year old society favorite on the Dewey boulevard last spring. The West Point graduate saluted and left the court as guards moved in. Efforts for a White House reprieve are expected.
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United Press Dispatch
Manila
P. L
John
Thompson
Far Rockaway
J. I
Audrey Burleigh
West Pointer
Dewey Boulevard
Simonds
White House
Washington
Norman F Lyons Dies in Parkersburg Civil War Vet
Mrs A M Beasley received a call from Parkersburg UL reporting Norman F Lyons died at his home in Parkersburg at 1 PM. He was 80, a Civil War veteran, lived in Linton years ago, and will be buried Friday in Parkersburg. The widow survives.
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A. M. Beasley
Parkersburg
Norman F. Lyons
Lyons
Linton
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Council
General Fund
David D
Terhune
Wals Weed
First
Nat'l Bank
J. M. Robertson’ & Son
the Garland.o
David D, Terhune
Imbieeness
Indiana Power CO
Insull
Public Service Commission
A. Hartman
Cennes District
Insull Interests Control
Health Inspec
Tors
Linton's
Murray, Kentucky
Pacific
Camp Devens
Mass
United Mine Workers
Treasuries
Hoosier
Bandits
Bankers of State
Vigilant Committee
Stanford E. Moses
Moses
James H. Strong
Strong
Ctizens
John Thompson
Nila
Man Lyons
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