Indiana legislators split on calling a special session
Less than twenty percent of Indiana legislators favor a special session to investigate the lay commission as a state canvass shows broad support for the highway panel. Indiana lawmakers cite cost concerns and confidence in commission members while urging timely trials and scrutiny.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Highway Commission
Commission
Robert L Moorehead
Howard Cann
L. G. Bradford
George Saunders
Joseph M. Cravens
E. L. Leonard
Will Brown
J. F. Lochard
William Quillan
Elizabeth Daugherty
Oliver LeFuze
T. A. Gottschalk
J. G. Lehwing
J. Glenn Harris
D. E. Noland
J. P. Chrisney
McElheny
Shoals Man Wins Indiana Corn Growers Club Title
Wilson Chenoweth of Shoals Indiana is declared winner in the 1006 busher corn club. The five acre plot yielded 570.05 bushels total or 114.01 bushels per acre, earning him a gold medal. last year he earned a silver for 90.3 bushels per acre.
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Chenoweth
Saltonstall Adams in Long Island Misadventure
Saltonstall Cabot Adams, pursuing Connemara Moore after a midnight Connecticut departure, is halted by a New York trooper on Long Island. Accused of theft and deception, he confesses to a muddled tale as he endures public ridicule, then heads toward Greenwich ferry with a lonely, humbling thirst for a cigarette and home.
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Saltonstall Cabot
Salt
Royal Northwest Mounted
Lizzie
Stamford
Connecticut
Samford
Saltonstall Adams
Apa
Greenwich
Bayville
Saltonstall Cabot Adams
Connemara
Lacy
Celimena
Menta Acct
Sweetie
Mary
Bing
David
Big gasser strike jolts Knox county farm near Monroe City
The Murphy Oil company drills on the Harrison farm known as the Ham Like field southeast of Monroe City near the Daviess county line. The gas flow blew out the derrick and casing, causing a cave-in and wrecking the structure. The gasser is described as the strongest drilled in Knox county, with test wells expected in the coming months.
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Harrison Farm
Monroe City
Daviess County
Murphy Oil Company
Knox County
Maysville
Hearing on fuel oil rates to Evansville and Princeton
Commissioner Cox opened a hearing on fuel oil rates from producing fields to Evansville and Princeton. Rates to these Indiana cities are higher than farther points, prompting protests from industrial and commercial interests. Indiana officials and eight delegates, including J. E. Frederick of Kokomo and R. I. Coapstick, attended the proceeding.
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Chicago
Cox
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evansville
Princeton
Indiana
E. I. Lewis
Indianapolis
J. E. Frederick
Kokomo
The
Chamber of Commerce
R. I. Coapstick
Triple murder shocks Aurora farm family near Batavia
A coroner's jury in Aurora concludes murder by unknown persons after Henry Jeske a bank clerk his wife Eva and six year old son Ralph are found killed on their Batavia area farm. The killer fled in a bloodstained car found in West Chicago and burglary signs including a broken latch and ransacked dresser support a burglar theory. Harvey Hall the Jeske handyman was questioned but cleared. A large reward was urged.
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Aurora
Ill
Henry Jeske
Eva
Ralph
Theifarm House
Batavia
Jesse
Chicago
Harvey Hall
Jeske
Boone
Four in Blizzard Reported Lost Near Denver
Four people a boy trio and a man were believed missing in a Colorado blizzard northwest of Denver as heavy snow hovered across the region. Cheyenne reported fourteen inches of snow on the ground complicating search efforts.
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Denver
Colo
Cheyenne
License plates go on sale early in 1936 in Indiana
Indianapolis reports a warning to buy 1936 auto license plates early to avoid inconvenience or arrest. Secretary Frederick Schortemeier announced plates go on sale statewide at 8 am tomorrow. He notes more than 700,000 automobiles in the state.
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Indianapolis
Frederick Schortemeier
Schartemeier
Circuit Court Notes Injunction Denied For Steen Case
James Steen and Mary Steen sue Geo. E. Williams trustee of Ba township for injunction. defendant's motion for new trial granted. Butles Bros. vs J E Armstrong account dismissed. Martha A Holtaclaw guardian case. E O Jones appointed guardian.
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Circuit Court
James Steen
Mary Steen
Geo. E. Williams
Ba Township
Butles Bros
J. E. Armstrong
Martha A. Holtaclaw
Francis M. Holtaclaw
E. 0. Jones
Prion Boy Selected for West Point Examinations
Washington December 14 four Indiana boys were chosen for examinations for West Point next March by the War Department. Among the selectees is John Kays of Princeton. The announcement names the four candidates and confirms the military academy examination path.
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Prion
Washington
Indiana
West Point
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Frank Reinsel Shoe Co
P. F. Collier & Son Co
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Marie Prevost
Bros. Pictures, Inc
Keller & Williams Funeral Directors
Riotor Ambulance
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Frank Vonderschmitt
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