Jury awards $4,150 in Fountain Circuit Court
A Fountain county jury in Covington awarded Herschel Sanders of Terre Haute $4,150 in a 1949 damage suit against Lloyd and Betty Anderson of 1631 North Eighth Street. The case alleged fraud in selling an interest in a candy vending business. Trial lasted one day, the shortest in Fountain Circuit Court records.
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Fountain County
Herschel Sanders
R.R
Terre
Fountain Circuit
Covington
Ve r million and Fountain County court case venue
A Vigo Superior Court filing traces the case through initial venue in Ver million County Circuit Court and subsequent transfer to Fountain County Circuit Court, outlining the sequence of venue steps in the civil matter.
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Vigo
Vermillion County
Fountain County Circuit Court
Woman's walleyed pike tops 32 pounds
Knoxv ille Tenn June 10 Butcher John Sherrod reacted with disbelief as Miss Emma Poff brought a walleyed pike weighing 32 pounds seven ounces for cutting. She said she caught the monster near Norris Lake last Saturday and kept it in her freezer awaiting official weighing for a possible world record. She declined to discuss the matter further.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Sherrod
Emma Poff
Norris Lake
Sherrod
Strike closes Atkins saw plant in Indianapolis
The E. C. Atkins Co. saw works shut today after a strike by about 700 CIO United Steel Workers. The union seeks a 12 percent raise now and five cents more within a year, while the present scale is not disclosed. Over 60 AFL members passed the picket lines. the U.S.W. spokesman warned there will be little for them without the workers to fabricate the steel.
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Indianapolis
E. C. Atkins Co
C.i.c.united Steel
U.S.W
A.F.L
Garfield Estate Estimated at $100000 in Probate Petition
New York June 10 An initial probate petition for John Garfield shows an estate of about 100000. The actor died May 21 at 39 from heart ailment, and most of the property will go to his widow Roberta Garfield, named executrix.
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New York
John Garfield
Garfield
Roberta Garfield
German Scouts form first German speaking Boy Scout troop
In Kitchener Canada a first meeting gathered six German speaking boys recently arrived from Europe who will form the nucleus of a potential larger troop. The boys are learning English and come from families new to the area.
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Kitchener, Can
Europe
Deaths in the News: Rhodes Starzynski and Austen
Valhalla New York veteran YMCA official Ivan B Rhodes retired in 1940 and later Williamette University faculty member directed USO in the midwest. Pittsburgh doctor Theophilus Starzynski 71 long leader of the Polish Falcons of America and WWI Polish Army medical chief in First Division. New York photographer Alice E Austen 86 pioneer whose work was late recognized.
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Valhalla
N.Y
Ivan B. Rhodes
Young Men’s Christian Association
Williamette University
Salem
Ore
United Service Organization
U.S.O
Midwest
Pittsburgh
Theophilus Starzynski
Polish Falcons of America
New York
Alice E. Austen
Injuries Fatal in Kokomo Traffic Crash
John D. Powell aged 56 of Russiaville died from injuries suffered in a traffic accident on Ind 28 west of Kokomo last Tuesday. He passed away Monday in Kokomo. Powell’s death follows injuries from the crash involving his vehicle and another on the highway.
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Kokomo
Ind
John D. Powell
Russiaville
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Wiedemanns
American Research and Testing Laboratories
George Wiedemann Brewing Co
Gant W. Alabang
Atkins Saw
Monica Lewis
The
Society of Illustrators
America
Monica
Meis
Chambrays
Velvarays
Navy
Terre Haute
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