Indiana News Briefs Jump Across State Legislative, Local Events
Indianapolis reports on city charter and election rulings, tax reporting standards, lobbyist sworn statements and penalties. Warsaw notes indictments and trial settings. Rushville bids for fertilizer contracts. Farmers Federation organises a livestock shipping group. Multiple local items cover fires, robberies, car plates, scholarships, and public notices.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Lesh
Jesse E. Tschbach
State Board of Accounts
Ogzam
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Philip Zoercher
Secretary of State
Warsaw
Leroy Lovett
Elkhart
Lydia Decker
Fred
Virgil
Calvin Decker
Royce
Virgil Decker
Rushville
Rush County Farmers’ Association
Farmers’ Federation
Co-Operative Livestock Shipping Association
Indiana
Washington
D. C
Census Bureau
Ed Jackson
Noblesville
J. Nance
Hamilton County
South Bend
Gladys Monroe
Lillian Kreigbaum
Scipio
Jennings County
Geneva Township
Frankfort
Wabash Valley
Western College Alumnae Association
Wayne
Woodburn State Bank
Woodburn
Elwood
Plummer Brothers
Colleen at Our Gate Arrival of Miss Sadie O Connell
Miss Sadie O Connell, one of 545 Irish immigrants, first to reach the United States since 1914, lands in Boston aboard the S S Vedic marking a notable return of Irish arrivals.
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Sadie O’connell
United States
Boston
Reuterdahl Finishes Panel in Missouri Capitol
Lieut. Com. Henry Reuterdahl completes work on his sculpture titled We Are Ready Now which was recently unveiled at the Missouri state capitol in Jefferson City.
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Lafayette
Gilbert R. Stormont
Princeton
Indiana State Soldiers’ Home
Stormont
Grand Army of the Republic
Indiana
Greencastle
Putnam County
Crawfordsville
David W. Gerard
Ill
Indiana Society of Chicago
Drake Hotel
Chicago
Evansville
Rochester
Fort Wayne
Indiana State Hospital _ association
American Hospital Association
Laporte
Laporte Fish and Geme Protective Association
J. B. Shick
Oscar Ecklund
J. B. Didworth
Logansport
Charles P. Zillmer
South Bend
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Sullivan
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Anderson
Indiana Retail Grocers’ Association
Henry Reuterdahl
Missouri State Capitol
Jefferson City
Wallace calls for price level 70 percent above prewar to aid farmers
Secretary Wallace argues stable prices require a postwar level about 70 percent higher than prewar. He says farm products must rise while other goods fall to restore balance and ease the national debt, noting farmers suffer most from price declines despite higher costs for goods.
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Wallace
National Plan Seeks Federal Rail Service Agency
National Service Plan for Railroads proposes a government related national railway service to save millions annually by coordinating facilities and services. A five member service division within the Interstate Commerce Commission would supervise a 40 member board with regional railway and shipper representation.
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Warfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Eastern
Southern
Western
Mountain Pacific
Survival of ancient transport methods across the world
Traffic researchers note long surviving conveyances from ox carts in North Carolina Georgia and Alabama to dog milk wagons in Belgium and man pulled jinrikisha in Japan. Camel wagons elephants and even gondolas in Venice show how older methods persist alongside modern machines.
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Mandalay
National Geographic Survey
Lange Koch
Greenland
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Belgium
Arctic
Alaska
India
China
Philippines
Japan
Ceylon
South Africa
Mexico
South
Central America
Landes
France
Venice
Lame Duck Wave sweeps Congress in 129 departures
The era ends as 129 lawmakers retire from the House and Senate. Notables include Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois, former Ways and Means leaders Rainey and Hull, and the first woman House member Alice Robertson. Several Democrats and a few Republicans exit after long tenures, reshaping committees and power.
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House
Senate
Republican Party
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Ilinois
McI
Nley
Harrold
Oklahoma
Carriaway
Arkansas
McKinley
Alice M. Robertson
William W. Hastings
Henry T. Rainey
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Rainey
Hull
Sherwood
Ohio
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Hoosier News
Warren T. McCray
Putnamville
Purdue
University
Jeffersonville Reformatory
McCray
Ttg Jional
Village Horseshoer” of
Cottage Grove Avenue
Grant E. Pattee
Mr. Pattee
The
Virgin Islands
Marine Corps
Anacostia
de Haviland
Vinnie Towle
Walter Rasmussen
Benson, Neb
C. W. Savidge
Omaha
Parson
Mr. Savidge
Richfield
Minn
Howard
St. Paul
Howard Bussman
Susan Mitchell
New York City
Binet
Susan
Colleen
Reuterdahl
National Service Plan For Railroads
Scott Fertis
Carlos Bee
Texas
Burleson
Sherman
Chamberlain
Oregon
Grenna
North Dakota
Hoke Smith
Thomas E. Watson
Thomas
Colorado
Gore
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