The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-19
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IN Brief /
NOBLESVILLE. Ind, March 10
Deeds to several hundred acres OF
land in the extreme southeastern
part of Hamilton county have been
filed with the recorder here by Will
liam Seagle, Indianapolis attorney.
The property was conveyed to the
Indianapolis Water Company and
completes a transaction involving
acquisition of land in Hamilton and
Marion counties as a site for a
3.500-acre reservoir for supplying
indianapolis with water.
SPENCER, Ind, March l9.-The
Hocsier Farmer, official publication
of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will
be printed here on press formerly
used for Farm Life here, James r.
Moore, editor announces that a new
printing contract with the Samuel r.
Guard Company operating the Mid
land Press will start Immediately
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magazine will be printed there.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 10.
Enrolment figures announced by
r. B. Stone, registrar of Purdue
university, show total enrolment |
for the second semester of the |
school year Of APP students, !
bringing the total number Of differ
ent students enrolled during the /
year to nearly 5000. OF the stu
dents, 39l are from Marion county.
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BROWNSBURG Ind, March 10
Verlin Smith, Is, Brownsburg high |
school student, was buried today, the
final chapter in a short life which |
he ended Saturday night by shoot
ing after two other suicide attempts
had failed.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. March ia. /
A. Potter, dean Of the engineering
school, was awarded the leather |
medal for outstanding service to |
Purdue university at the tenth an
nual gridiron banquet of Sigma Del
Ia Chi, professional journalistic /
fraternity, Tuesday night.
ANDERSON, Ind. March ia
continuance has been taken until
May 8 for the trial of Harry M
Goldberg, Detroit. charged with
false pretense in connection with an
alleged theater promotion fraud in
which Harry Muller, Anderson the
alter owner, lost $4,000.
VINCENNES, Ind. March 49, -
Barney Burlo and his brother-in-
law, Joe Valeno, are in Jail here on
charccs of violating the dry law fol-
lowing a raid by Knox county
deputy sheriffs and Bicknell police
at the abandoned Columbus coal
mine buildings in Bicknel.
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LA PORTE, Ind, March 19.-Ila
Porte tonight will dedicate its $780, |
900 civic auditorium, gift of Maurice |
Fox, manufacturer and philanthro- |
pist, who died Feb. "a, despite a
valiant struggle to live long enough |
to see the building, a memorial to /
his parents. presented to the city.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 10. |
"A motorist who can not read or |
write lost his drivers license in city |
court here in a ruling by Judge |
Joseph Duffy in the case of Brice |
Webster, 25. He was accused OF |
WHITING, Ind, March 19.-Nav-
igation on the Great Lakes for the |
season opened with the trip of the
oil tanker Beaumont Parks from
the Standard Oil Company refinery /
here to Muskegon. Mich.
NEWPORT, Ind, March 19.-Clif- /
ford Siders, 80, Clinton, confessed |
murderer of an 11-year-old Clinton |
boy, was sentenced to life imprison-
ment by Judge William c. Waite in
Vermillion circuit court here.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, March 10.
The Monroe county grand jury
has closed a session here with a rec
ommendation that a special inveSti-
gator be employed In an effort to
solve three murders in which the
victims were John Campbell, Ellis
Medlock and John Christy.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 10
Joseph v. Wypiszynski. former JUS /
tice of the peace, pleaded guilty to /
an indictment charging him with /
partnership in slot machine |
racket. and paid a fine of $3.50 by |
Special Judge w. A. Slick in cir
cult court.
WESTPORT, Ind, March 19.-
James Bennett, Al, was buried near
here following the death by suicide !
by poisoning swallowed seven days |
before his death. He brooded over |
his pending return to a state hos |
pital for the insane after having
been home on furlough.
MARION, Ind, March 19.-Larry
Rhodes, IS, Marshfield, Wis, was
removed to a hospital here in a
serious condition suffering from eff
fectS of poison taken in a suicide
attempt. 1t is said he was despond- !
ent after failing to effect a recon-
citation with his wife, Dolores.
KOKOMO, Ind, March l9.-Wil-
liam E. Shenk, 81. member of the
Howard county board of commits
SionerS, is suffering from serious in
iuries received when struck by tree
ne was aiding in telling at his farm.
His right thigh is crushed, left ankle
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