Tax assessment figures outline 1930 county revenues
Rollie M. Moren Indiana Davis county auditor released 1931 budget figures showing net county taxable value of 26,606,440 and state and local assessments totaling 4,227,165 and 22,469,279 respectively. County councilmen will meet the first Tuesday in September to levy next year’s taxes as budgets are prepared.
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Daviess County
Interstar Pace
Gas & Coke Co
Pullmae
Western Telegraph
Elmora, Tel
I. Tel
n-Madison Tel
Newberry Tel. Co
Indiana Bell Tel. Co
Pike, Co. Tel. Co
Peoples Mutual Tel
Plainville Tel. Co
Illinois Pipe Line Co
Indiana
W. Gas. Corp
American Railway Exp
Mae BR. RR. Co
Payne Arrest Sparks Amarillo Mob Dozens Demand Release
Payne the lawyer was arrested after allegations of an affair with Mrs. Matr ona Thompson surfaced. A mob stormed Amarillo jail to seize him, forcing transfer to Pampa for safety. Payne denied the charges and any involvement in his wife’s death as authorities planned further hearings.
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Payne
Respect
Gene 1
Amarillo Globe
A. B. McDonald
Kansas City Star
Thompson
Matrona Thompson
Amarillo
Pampa
Grain Prices Jump on Chicago Board of Trade
Wave of buying pushed grain prices to highs led by corn gaining seven cents, wheat up five, and oats five to five-and-a-half cents amid a market response to weekly crop and weather reports. Profit taking trimmed gains later, with corn and oats posting notable advances.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
LaSalle
Inheritance Tax In State Is Increasing
Indianapolis reports show inheritance tax collections for the first three quarters of the fiscal year totaling 110000, surpassing all of 1929. Indiana collected 633648.72 on 682 resident estates valued at 24565898.40 and 847514 on 36 non residents valued at 319426.12, with last quarter expected around 300000. County figures span Allen, Lake, Elkhart, Grant, St Joseph, Vanderburgh, Vigo, and Wade, detailing estates, net valuations, and taxes paid.
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Indianapolis
Clarence B. Allum
Indiana
Allen County
Fgon County
Lake County
Elkhart County
Grant County
Vanderburgh
Wade County
May Take Up Wages
Indianapolis August 6 A terse World War I era item notes wages discussion or postponement actions unclear due to damaged text. The readable fragment hints at a wage issue being considered or delayed in an unspecified context. Further details unavailable.
Death of Mrs. Jessie Allen Remains In Daviess County
Mrs. Jessie Aseline Allen, 17, wife of Everett Allen, died from peritonitis at Daviess County Hospital after failing to respond to treatment. The Shoals Christian church will host Thursday funeral service with Spring Hill Cemetery burial. Survived by husband, three children, and several brothers. daughter of Rgie Martell.
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Jessie Aseline Allen
Everett Allen
Daviess County Pital
Allen
the Shoals Christian Church
Spring
Heavy showers bring relief yet high damage in Indiana
Heavy rains across northern Indiana and parts of Ohio and Illinois bring relief to drought struck crops, with rainfall totals including 3.47 inches in Huntington and 1.20 in Berne, but damage remains heavy in many counties. Forecasters expect more showers with warm temperatures and high humidity, while farmers prepare for crop shifts to cope with drought conditions.
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Huntington, Ind
Hunt County
Indianapolis
Indiana
Huntington
Berne
Evansville
Surrou
Tegions
Vincennes
Columbus
Saiantpol
Chicago
Coop Belt
Rocky Mountains
Obie
Ska
Chiang Kai-shek Reported Resigned Amid Turmoil
A Shanghai dispatch says Chiang Kai-shek, head of the nationalist government, has submitted his resignation for the state counsel's consideration. Northern Peiping leaders had urged resignation. An influx of troops in the war zone near Hunah province of the Yangtze valley follows uprisings.
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Shanghai
China
Kai-Shek
Anallst
Chane
Pon
Peiping
Analist
Hunah
Yangtze
Lathe Company Sold by Receiver in Newcastle
Newcastle Indiana August 6 sale of the defunct Chard Lathe Company at Newcastle by receiver R C Gilbert to Harry B Fotmings Newcastle banker for 17300 dollars. The receivership was instituted by Mary 68 Marshall of Mobile Alabama who holds a note for 18000 dollars. Creditors of the Chard company will receive about 20 cents on the dollar.
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Newcastle
Ind
R. C. Gilbert
Harry BP. Fotmings
Mary 68
Marshall
Mobile
Ala
Credi- OF
Chard
Flight at Roosevelt Field Ends Legend’s Around‑the‑World Bid
Destination unclear but a flyer named Landgren, aiming to complete a circumnavigation, arrived at 10 47 a m today after departing August from New York. The mission, tied to Graf Zeppelin era efforts, was to break records with a worldwide flight.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Parish Show and Three Day Race Spark Graham Farms Event
The first annual Waitashi valley Jersey Parish races peak August 12 13 and 14 at Graham Farms three miles east of Washington on highway 50. Organizers led by the Graham brothers raise a $3390 purse plus cups with a half mile track and a large crowd expected for a program featuring race descriptions speakers and educators including Ohio State University professor S M Balisbury and other university officials.
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Wabashi Valley
Jersey
Indiana
Graham Farms
Washington
Graham Brothers
Robert C
Joseph T
Ray Anto
Jersey Parish
Robert Graham
Graham
Rac
S M. Balisbury
Ohio State University
Herbert
W. Ford
Agriclyre
University of Aligoin
Marie
Eiliott
Paidient Rdy University
Bicknell Man Faces Charges After Nude Swimming Party
A 23 year old Bicknell man, Nek Bicknell, faces delinquency charges connected to a nude swimming party Sunday. Also involved were a Head, another youth, and two girls. Farmers while swimming in a gravel pit along Pi Staff road in Lawrence County alerted the sheriff, leading to arrests. The father of one girl filed the charges.
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Tie Freed
Nek Bicknell
Head
Pi Staff Road
Lawrence Ints
Lawrence County
Bicknell
Hawks Seek Transcontinental Flight Record Stop in Columbus
Captain Frank Hawks diverted from New York to Los Angeles in a bid to set a new transcontinental air speed record. He landed in Columbus at 7:50 a.m. E.T. to refuel and question weather ahead to Wichita, with a subsequent leg to Indianapolis planned.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Hawks
New York
Los Angeles
Diesapolis
Hawks
Wichita
Kan
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Funeral services held for accident victim Willard Graves
Funeral services for Willard Graves age sixty were conducted at 2 PM Tuesday after his mangled body was found along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks west of Seymour. Rev A A Cohn presided and burial followed in River View Cemetery. Officials continued investigation into the train strike, with 36 officials unable to determine which train caused the accident as details remained unsettled.
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Willard Graves
Baltimore and Ohio
Seymour
A. A. Cohn
Riverview Cemetery
Bank Book and Photos Tied to Gangster Murders
Chicago reports a bank book and several photographs link the murders of Alfred Lingle and Jack Zita to the case. Police recovered the bank book after an early morning search and say a suspect seized it during the incident, with the killer described as a north side gangster. The motive and full sequence remain under investigation as officers pursue leads.
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Chicago
Alfred Lingle
eTribuye
Jack Zita
North Side
Wea
Pol
Iway
Jeck
W H Hill to Speak to Washington Club
Senator W H Hill of Vincennes will address the Washington Rotary club Thursday noon on taxation. He has studied Indiana tax issues and other states and is expected to outline conclusions from his investigations.
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Henry L
Mencken
Crit Law
Sara
Powell T
the Américan Mercuy
Pervert
W. H. Hill
Vincennes
Washington Rotary Club
Temperatures Top 100 Degrees in Extended Heat Wave
The government thermometer at C. C. Feagans home logged 105 degrees at 1:30 PM as a continued heat wave grips the area. For the seventeenth day in July and August the mark has been reached, with forecast for higher highs. Daviess crop losses rise daily due to drought while farmers haul tomatoes to canning despite the hard conditions.
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C. C. Feagans
Indiana
Daviessed
al Drouth
Mrs. Ed Clements Breaks Leg in Kitchen Fall
Mrs. Ed Clements of 710 Center Street fractured a leg when she fell while working in the kitchen yesterday noon. The broken bone protruded above the limb, she was placed in a cast, and her condition was reported as stable.
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Ed) Clements
Trial transcript hints false testimony in Billings case
In San Francisco Aus, attorney Bawin V. McKenzie argued that false testimony played a key part in a hearing on an application for Billings. The court session proceeded with the lawyer outlining his points, focusing on Waig Billings’ case details.
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San Francisco
Aus
Bawin
McKenzie
Billings
Thettorney
of & Aring m
Former Indiana health chief dies in Texas
Dr. Eugene Buehler longtime Indiana health official and World War II era Fort Sam Houston health director died yesterday in Harlingen Texas He had served as head of the Indianapolis department of health and led the health department at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Aged veteran and public health pioneer passes away in Texas.
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Harlingen
Texas
Aus
Eugene Buehler
Department of Health
Indianapolis
Depat of Health
Fort Sam Hous
San Antonio
Heat fatality reported in Terre Haute today
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 1 5 Anthony Larnovich aged 50 died at Anthony's hospital after collapse from the day’s heat. He was rushed to a hospital in serious condition yesterday after being overcome by the heat while at work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ter Haute
Changsha Recaptured by Nationalist Forces Reported
Washington reports the recapture of the industrial city Changsha by Nationalist forces, cited by American consul Richard P. Butrick at Hankow. Earlier bandits looted the city with heavy losses, and officials say retaking Changsha serves a military point of vantage and prestige.
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Washington
Changsha
State Department
Richard P. Butricks
Hankow
Butrick
PD. m
Woman in Kalb Shoals RFD 5 Undergoes Major Coe
A report notes a woman in Mr. C. J. Kalb, Shoals RFD 5, underwent a major medical procedure. Details are sparse in the readable text.
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C. J. Kalb
Shoals Rfd
Marion and Grant County Hit by Severe Storms
A violent storm swept Marion and Grant County causing heavy rainfall and lightning damage. The downpour halted activity, caused power outages, and damaged lines and farm infrastructure, sparking warnings from local officials.
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Marion
Ind
Aus
Grant County
Bicknell Miner Overcome by Black Damps While At Work
River Valley miner Lawrence Bono, known as Bie, was overcome by black damp and rescued about 9:60 in the morning. A. Bicknell, a physician, was summoned to the mine to aid him. The injured man, 63, was found on top of the passage where he lay after the incident.
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Lawrence Bono
River Valley
A. Bicknell
Bond
Greater St. Louis Assesses 384th Hour of War Flight
Fragmentary report from St. Louis in August notes a gore soaked endurance flight titled Greater St. Luis. The 384th hour is cited with unclear phrasing and damaged context.
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Greater
St. Louis
Gore
St. Luis
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