Public taunts as cars painted yellow for disobeying request
Dozens of autos were painted bright yellow as a public rebuke to those who defied a national request to avoid using cars on Sunday. The vandals targeted vehicles after verifying the trip purpose, drawing public scorn for joy riding while a national appeal stood. Funeral and essential trips were exempted. Arthur S. Simon named buyer for Valparaiso University training detachment and will oversee feeding 3,500 men while remaining Lowenstine store buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Simon
Lowenstine
Valparaiso University
Indiana council approves student release for farm work and shifts to wartime exemptions
The Indiana state council of defense on September 10 approved plans to release high school boys for productive farm work. A resolution by Wabash College President Mackintosh was sent to the state board of education. The meeting outlined four exemption classes and monthly reporting by plants to the war industries board with penalties for noncompliance.
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Indiana State Council of Defense
George L. Mackintosh
Wabash College
State Board of Reducation
Indiana
Indianapolis
Frank W. Duffy
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Indiana State Board of Vocational Education
State Council
W. J. Freeman
Carl W. Sims
Indiana Food Administration
Sims
Sugar ration rules eased as October allotment set
Indiana sugar provisions ease purchase limits for city and rural households. weekly supply allowed with monthly two pounds per person. October allotment totals 8,738,000 pounds with extra for canning. Guidance to local admins outlines price controls and bulk handling to curb profiteering. The notice also covers distribution timing for September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Harry B. Barnard
Washington
Seaboard
Indiana Sugar Division
Food Administration
Chicago
Arrest of Gary Man in Draft Fraud
John Shannon of Gary claimed deferred classification citing a wife and child in Chesterton. Investigators found he had a wife and two children in Chicago. Shannon was arrested at Chesterton by a deputy U S marshal, charged with making false statements on his questionnaire and jailed in Marion County awaiting federal grand jury action.
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Gary Man
Indianapolis
Ind
John Shannon
Gary
Chesterton
Shannon
Chicago
United States
Marion County
Funeral rites for Peter Crumpacker held at Hammond church
The funeral for Hon. Peter Crumpacker took place Monday at 1 PM at the Presbyterian church in Hammond conducted by Freemasons. His remains were moved to Valparaiso and laid to rest at Graceland cemetery. Crumpacker, a leading northern Indiana lawyer and public figure, died at 59 after a long battle with Brights disease. survived by wife and four children.
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Peter Crumpacker
J. H. Gillett
Supreme Court of Indiana
City Gurney
F. R. Mott
D. J. Moran
Fred
Crumpacker
Sanitary District
Crumpack T
Attorney Crumpacker
Lake County Times
Theophilous
Porter County
Charles
Chicago Board of Trade
Dan
Willow Springs
Edgar
Grant
Valparaiso
Ida Younglove
Indiana Normal School
Hammond
Presbyterian Church
Freemasons
Graceland Cemetery
Indiana
Lake County
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Bright
Glass in bread a false alarm says food director
A bulletin from the Indiana state council of defense explains why reports of ground glass in bread arose. It notes that corn flour endosperm particles can look glassy after baking and bran flours may form hard transparent masses, misleading nervous consumers into believing glass was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Council of Defense
H. E. Barnard
International Union of Bakers and Confectionery Workers
Liberty Bond Slogans and a Clergy Man's Death
The list presents World War I era Liberty Bond slogans urging public purchases and denouncing German aggression. It also reports the death of Rev. John L. Boyd a Methodist Episcopal clergyman aged seventy eight from injuries in an automobile accident in Denver Colorado noting his prominence in Indiana and in Grand Army circles.
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John L. Boyd
Denver
Colo
Indiana
Boyd
Eli Osborne 84 Pioneer Dies in Hobart Home
Eli Osborne a Hobart resident and pioneer of this section died after a long illness. He was 84 and survived by six children: Gaylord and Nathan Wanatah Jason E. Stoutland Mo Mrs Mary Williams Highland Mo Mrs Edith Bowman Hammond and Mrs Daisy Cremer Bradley. Funeral services were held at the home Saturday at 11 o clock and burial followed in Westville cemetery. A legislative proposal seeks county authority to subscribe to Liberty loan bonds to fund public improvements when normal conditions return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Osborne
Hobart
Messrs
Gaylord and
Nathan
Wanatah
Jason E
Stoutland
Mary Williams
Righland
Edith Bowman
Hammond
Daisy Cremer
Bradley
Westville
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William and Mary
Davenport
Slackers
Indiana State Council OF Defense Publicity
Crowder
General Crowder
Railroad Administration
Army and Navy
War Industries Board
Allies
Shipping Board
United States Railroad Administration
War Or Navy
Electric Light
Teephone
P. Crumpacker
Porter CO
Clarence Scott
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