Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 2 November 1934 — Page 2
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1934
‘Shay” Minton Flays Robinson on Employment
was found for more than 1,500,000 1932, no doubt. No, we must give other men and women. That makes President Roosevelt a helping hand well over 5,000,000 who have gone ar, d a vote of confidence in this back to work for honest wages. ’ hour when h e is unfairly assailed And Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., report by the reactionaries. ’
that business failures in Septem- J her, 1934, were the least for any |
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Anti New Deal candidates are j even reading the indisputable busin ss statistics backwards these last days of the campaign, said Sherman Minton, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, in an address here Tuesday night. “Can any one imagine a political j candidate for office telling the American Federation of Labor that l more men are unemployed today
than when President Hoover was in the White House, or telling Dun & Bradstreet that business failures are greater today?” Minton asked. “Yet that is exactly what they are attempting to do. What Reports Show. “American Federation of Labor reports show that 4,120,000 persons went back to work in the first year of NRA. Emergency employment
month since 1939, and were 40 per j Notice is hereby given that the cent lower than in September 1929. Board of Commissioners of the Can the anti New Deal candidates County of Delaware, Indiana, will dispute those figures? j receive sealed proposals and bids “Moreover, if they will consult up to the hour of 10 o’clock a. m., the reports of other reliable sta- on Monday, November 12, 1934, at tistical firms they will learn these the Auditor’s office in the Courtfacts: Dow Jones Company, of New house at Muncie, Indiana, for the York, reports that 13 leading steel repair and alteration of the passencompanies had net profits of $20,- ger elevator in said Courthouse. 148,226 for the quarter ending June At the same time and place bids 30, 1934, compared’ to $14,034,959 ; will also be received for the enclosof net losses for the corresponding i ing of the hathway for said ele- ' period of 1933—also B. C. Forbes, I vator. financial authority tells the world ! Specifications covering - said that favorable action in dividend work are now on file in the office was taken by 131 leading American of said Auditor, industries in August, 1934, com- j All bids shall be accompanied by pared to 22 which took action in a bond in the amount of the bid, August, 1932, and 121 which acted guaranteeing faithful performance in August, 1929. Doesn’t that sound of said work if the bid Is accepted.
ON OUR WAY
LIGATION CF SEPTEMBER ~8, l?3i.
O. E. Helvie salar
Prank Shock, sa
ala
Leon Moore salary
salary
.$151,20
ry
. _ lary 106.05 Seth Felton, salary 35.40 Wm. Knott, salary 29.70 Harold Huffman, salary 73.a0
;alar;
29.70
26.55 26.55
Leo Moore, salary 26.55 Claude McNutt, salary 17.70 J. Bernard, salary 17.70 Leslie Highmiller. salary 17.70 Roy Helvie, salary 2.70 Wm. D. Kiger. salary 4.50 E. A. Jester, salary 93.20 Mort Plummer, salary 20.00
■lummer. sal
Chas. Garver. salary Ray Vardaman, salar;
20.70
6.00
Ray vardaman, salary ...; 6.00 B. Laycock. salary 21.30 Fred McClellan, salary 6.00 Robert Chambers, salary 9.00 John Hardsel, salary 9.00 W. J. Lawrence, salary 6.00 Grover Knotts, salary 15.00 Geo. Black, salary 70.00 Wm. Linn, salary 9.00 Ralph Barrett, salary . ■ 3.00 Eugene Vannatter salary 1.50 Chas. Johnson, salary 5.40 Ernest Johnson, salary 4.95 W. O. Pitser, salary 104.00 John Bonshire, salary 15.00
”””*— "—'-.s, salary
lary .. lary ...
1, salary
$alafy ;
im. salary 22.50
ala
William Sparks, salary 7.50 Earl Pitser, salary 30.00
ialary 6.00
20.25
am Pit:
Bob Ross, Hobart Te
Gilbert Rees. Ray Cunningh
Ray Rex
John
salary 24.75
mningnam, salary 22.50 Johnson, salary 15.75
ala
Floyd, salary
John Harty. salary
3.00 ‘9.00
Roy Floyd, salary 3.00
Carjnin Reeder, salar’ Robert Turner, salarj
ilar;
Glen Anderson, si Fred Burns, salary .
Turner, salary nolds, salary
Clark Tom
3.00 6.00 7.50 6.00
. .,. T 7.65 Reynolds, salary 9.68
Herman Turner, salary 9.00 Curtis Nixon, salary 9.00 Orland Trout, salary 117.00 Chas. Marker, salary 125.00 Kenneth Miller, salary 102.40 Chas. Hiatt, salary 98.40 John Readle. salary 102.40 Orville Stephenson, salary 102.40
:ephenson. salary
Raymond, Rees, salary 102.40 Roscoe Martin, salary 102.40
Roscoe Martin, sa
John Johnson, salary 84.00 Allen Jackson, salary 102.40 Jim Niccum, salary 96.00 James Moore, salary 100.00
sala
Chas. House.
Willard Cox. salary
I >alar;
George Smith, salary Arch Hamilton, salar;
Hamilton,
M. Jones, salary Pitser, salary
ary 102.40
104.00 91.00
y 94.00 98.50
James Pitser, salary * 38.50 Chas. McLaughlin, salary 10.50 Francis Colter, salary 102.40 Merchants National Bank, expense. Smith Coal and Feed Co., expense.
W. H. Garner, ex
Yorktown Lumber Co., expense
Radiator Co., expense
t Service Co..
rner. expense Lumber Cc
Co. 3en
A. B. Hoover, expense . Muncie Auto Body Co.,
Murphy
Auto Equipmen
A. B. Hoove;
Knotts, expense Chris Carstens,
ns cars!
C. Heckenhauer am G. M. Waite, salar'
Haines Barley, salary Yerda Howell, salary
ipense d Son, expense.
te, salary Haines Barley, salary
1.25
12.52
5.00
14.50
3.60 1.34
.75 .50 .90 .40
23.50 85.20 4.00 114.00
Chas. Lacy, salary 94.50 Chas. Hiatt, salary 3.00 Cloyd Howell, salary 1.50 John Hardy, salary 1.50 Arch E. • Hamilton, salary 9.00
. . alary
Hayward Wiseman, salary 9.00 Joe Thornburg, salary 18.00 Meredith Foster salary 13.50 Will Parks, salary 6.00 Hershel Brown, salary 6.00 Luella Reese, expense 13.20 Ralph Shaw, salary 88.70 Manaen Vincent, salary 82.00 Max Irvin, salary 37.80 John Lewis, salary 54.60 Walter Black, salary 4.50
Chas. .t . .
Hains
Chas. Mendenhall, salary 9.90 Hains Barley, salary 130.95 Eugene Gregory, salary 30.00 Grace Gregory, expense 478.50 A. E. Boyce Co., expense 1.60 Indiana Bell Tclenhone Co., exp 20.50 Indiana Oxygen Co., expense 11.41 Muncie Builders Supply Co., expense 2.70 Coulter Boiler and S. Iron Co., exp: 3.00 Indiana General Service Co., exp. .99 Indiana Bridge Co., expense 4.09 Kemp Machine Co., expense 10.90 Muncie Water Works Co., expense 1.50
Shunk Mfg. Co.. United Parts Co.,
xpense 69.10
exp
— w., expense 40.82 Sorter Ross, salary 123.00
100.00 98.40
Harold Davis, salary ..
Robert Murphy, salary 98.40 Clyde Rector, salary 98.40 Will Jackson, salary 101 90
Clyde Mong, salary
d Rees, salary
Lloyd Rees, salary Joe P ' .
expei
Muncie Hardwood Co., expense
Reed, salary ...
Gaston Lumber Co.,
:le ,
98.40 98.00 24.00 230.10 202.28
CLERK.
Glen Miller, salary ? 90.00
Bertha Arbogast, salary 80.00 Ondav.erc Petro. salary 80.00 Elizabeth Meranda, salary 75.00
Mable B. Ringo, expense A. E. Boyce Co., expense Ind. Bell Telephone Co..
iins, sa
ttedgef; il
Edna Alexander, salary Tnd. Bell Telephone Co,, expense .. Ray_W. Plttenger. expense
Boyce Co., expensf
RECORDI
ary _
pense 12.00
175.11 expense,. 8.40
AUDITOR.
Mildred I. Bonlfield, salary $110.00 Ada Williams, salary 80.00 Miriam S. Reed, salary 80.00 Donna Lee May. salary 10.00 Wave Leaird, salary 21.00 A. E. Boyce Co., expense 193.61 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense .. 8.85 W. Max Shafer, expense 2.82
TREASURER.
Letha Cummins, salary $110.00 Lewis S. Plttenger, salary 90.00
80.00
7.75
, _ 150.30
A. E. Boyce Co., expense 21.72
RECORDER.
Mildred Herron, salary 75.00 Alberta Norton, salary 75.00 A. E. Boyce Co., expense 107.94 Indiana Bell Telephone Co., expense 6.50 Carl F. Losch, expense 12.50
SHERIFF
O. P. Snodgrass board prlsoncits. .$2,417.80 Leslie B. Corn salary 125.00 Lloyd Brown, salary 125.00 Otis P. Snodgrass, mileage 106.08 Otis P. Snodgrass, mileage ..J... 47.40 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense.. 17.24 A. E. Boyce Co., expense 68.19 Orion Norcross expense 41.25 Howard E. Miller; expense 93.75
SURVEYOR.
James L. Janney, salary $72.00 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense.... 6.50 Lester Janney. expense .... 47.46 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. LaVaughn S. Duke, salary $75.00 Lee O. Baird, expense 10.00 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense .... 7.80
CORONER.
Clarence G. Plcplfo. salary ..$106.50 Herbert G. Piepho. salary *. 27.70 Dr. C. A. Leatherman, salary .... 25.00
ASSESSOR*
Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense ..$ 7.95 A. E. Boyce Co., expense 25.00
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense . $9.40
BOARD CHILDREN’S GUARDIANS.
Lola Wells Kiger. salary and exp. ..$1112.40 Ind. Bell Telephone Co. expense .. 10.40
COURTHOUSE.
] Ed Alexander, salary $ 75.00 M. C. Ashby, salary 75.00 Evo **. Stewart, salary 40.00 Muncie Water Works Co., expense 30 72 laA. General Service Co., expense.. 113.86 In<ii»5- State Prison', expense. 7.93 Johnson Hardware , Co., expense .. 8.70 J. A. Sntts and Son, expense .... 13198 Isaac Wiogleld, expense 3.00 Jos. A. Goddard Co, expense 20.50 Van Matres, Inc. expense 4.25
JAIL.
J. F. Downing, salary $'28.00 Louella Snodgrass, salary 50.00 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., exoenae.... 54.29 Ind. General Service Co.', expense .. 192.46 J. C. Penney Co., expense 23 75 Economy Shoe Store, expense ...... 2.45 Eagle Coal Co., expense 64.19 Eagle Foundry Co., expense 5.00 F. E. Wright and Son, expense .... 6.00 Muncie Water Works Co., expense.. 103.55 Van Matres v Inc., expense 313.85 Central Indiana Gas Co., expense.. 56.25 Ellsworth T. Bass, expense 60.81 Ault Agency, expense 78.00 INFIRMARY:
Larmer E. Bon’d, salary ! 40.00 William Miller, salary 15.00
Jim Green. Jannie Kiefer, Minnie Curtis.
r salary lalarv ..
alary
45.00 70.00
like the New Deal is working? But
they want to stop it all. Give Helping Hand,
“Recovery is a fact today that
and shall also be accompanied by proper affidavit of non-collusion as provided by law. Board reserves the right to re-
e Curtis, salary 40.00 Flora Dick, salary 45.00
Goldie Jones, salary
Ford Garage
Co.
hafe Cuhr
50.00 33.50 15.91 16.61 47.97
4.70 2.95
ge. expense ....
Kuhner Packing Co., expense .... Indiana Bejl Telephone Co., expense J. C. Penney Co., expense Chas. L. Nihart, expense Economy Shoe Store, expense 2.95 F. E. Wright and Son. expense .... 413.15 Van Matres. Inc., expense 104.71 Singer’s Bakery, expense 139.09 Delaware Co. Farm Bureau Co., exp. 31.25 Knapp Suoply Co., expense 10.05 Woodbury-Elhott Grain Co., expense 43.10 Eagle Foundry Co., expense 5.00 W. C. Current, expense 38.25 Ind. General Service Co., expense .. 105.08
cannot be denied and as President j ject any and all bids.
Roosevelt says, ‘My friends, we Done this 26th day of October, are on our way,’ ! 1934. W. MAX SHAFER, “This is no time for the organ- > Auditor Delaware County, Ind.
ized hammer brigade to be block- Oct.26-Nov.2
ing the road to full recovery. This j o is no time to stop much less to i Getting acquainted with another heed the cry for us to go back to person-isn’t so difficult. You just
something or another-—back to get married and begin.
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John H. Schull and Son, expense.. 79.46 A. B. Wetherill, expense 129.35 White City Lumber Co., expense.... 14.20 Johnson Hardware Co., expense .... 174.26
CHILDREN’S HOME.
Martha E. Gamble, salary $100.00 Dr. H. E. Blbler. expense 5.00 Martha Yockey. salary 34.50 Ida D. Koontz. salary 45.00 Leota Perdieu, salary 45.00 Blanche Nicholson, salary 45.00 Elizabeth Neff, salary 45.00 Golden Howell, salary 35.0C Lula Sullivan, salary 35.00 Steven Thorn, salary 25.00 Bess Wilson, salary 45.00 Ida Grantham, salary 45.00 Herbert Benadum, salary 30.00 Ed Bond, salary 30.00 Colorcraft Co., expense 122.88 Delaware Car and Tractor Co., exp. 11.10 Delaware Co. Farm Bureau, exp... 7.71 Jos. A. Goddard Co., expense 30.49 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense.. 10.00 Johnson Hardware Co., expense .... 31.52 Ind. General Service Co., expense .. 53.76 A.' B. Wetherill. expense 21.90 Kirby-Wood Lumber Co., expense.. 3.7S Fred Myers, expense 57.82
CLINIC.
S. G. Jump, salarv $84.04 Owl Drug Store, expense 12.96 J. C. Penney Co., expense 4.24 Abbott Laboratories, expense 9.IS The De Pree Co., expense 32.4C
Chas.
32.40,.
ler, expense 12.00 al Life Ins. Co., exp... 24.00 liiams. expense 25.00
L. Botkin, expense 50.00
NTY ATT(
•ee Co., expert,
Margery Hatcher, expense 12.00
Lincoln Nationa Edna H. Williar
COUP
rORNEY.
Wm. H. Bales, salary ....$66.66
ENDANCE OFFICER.
Carrie V. Dunn. John S. Moore,
Carrie V. Dunn, mileage John S. Moore, milea;
WEIGHT AND
salary salary .
ATTE
$75.00,
88.00 25.00
ge 38.30
MEASURE INSPECTOR.
J. E_ Green, salary $125.00 J. E. Green, expense 26.50 Ind. Bell Telephone Co. expense .... 6.50
POOR ATTORNEY.
Archie Lapin, salary .....$100.00
O. A. P.
Ray C. Danley, expense $39.00 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT. Althea Harvey salary $ 50.00 M. E. Cromer, salary and expense.. 160.16 Hazel I. Arbuckle, salary 25.00
COUNTY ADVERTISING. — ■ ’—using .
irtising.. 271.35
Muncii Star, county advertising ..$179.29
smocrat,. county advertising. REGISTRATION EXPENSE.
Post Democ
Oliver Bessie
Ed C. Davis
P. Miller,. superintendent.,. .$125.00 Miller, salary .............. 50.00Davis, M. D., expense 1.00 PhUlB Prober U salar* SaiOtt
Edith Mansfield salary Jama Whitehead, salary
Gladys Ross, salar
$80.00
•• M .. 75.00 ..$45.64 ,.$33.78
L. Meeks and Sons, burial $75.00 fitt and ■ Piepho, burial 75.00 fitt and Piepho, burial 75.00
iys Ross, salary
COMPENSATION.
John Watson, compensation ......
REFUND TAX.
Wm. R. Black, refund
SOLDIER BURIAL. M. L. ' 0
MoffU
Moffitt and Fiepno, buria;
RENTAL.
Muncie Airport, Inc., rental $300.00 BOARD CHILDREN’S GUARDIANS. Board Children’s Guardians, children’s home $691.20 Board Children’s Guardians, mothers’ pension 787.20 Sisters of the Good Shepherd, dependent children 112.50 GENERAL DITCH IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Harve Dickerson expense $ 5.00 Ben Barrett expense 2.00 Inman Tile Co. expense 230.00 R. N. Carmichael, expense 8.50 Oliver Holderbee. expense 6.00 Johnson Hardware Co., expense .... Delaware Sand and Gravel Co., exp. Martin Tile Co., expense
POOR RELIEF.
C. L. Richman. trustee, p. r. ...$ T. H. Miller, trustee, poor relief B. F. Tuttle, trustee, poor relief M. L. Vannatter. trus., poor relief C. D. Kern, trustee, poor relief C. E. Ross, trustee, poor relief.. G. W. Brinson, trus.. poor relief J. M. Osenbaugh, trus.. poor relief R. N. Carmichael, trustee, p. r. H. R. King, trustee, poor relief S. W. Michael, trustee, poor relief A. E. Shirk, trustee, poor relief
CIRCUIT COURT.
O. P. Snodgrass, return prisoners..$ <85.39 White’s Ind. M. Labor Inst., dep. ch. 647.17 INSANITY INQUESTS. J. M. Silvers, expense $ff.00 K. E. Puterbaugh, expense 3.00 O. M. Deardorff, expense 6.00 T. R. Owens, expense 3.00 >■ E. T. Cure, expense 6.00 Nila K. Covalt, exnense 6.00
CIRCUIT COURT.
A. E. Boyce Co., expense ,...$12.63 Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense.... 14.55 John W. Dragoo. expense 12.50 Callaghan and Co., expense 35.00
...$12.00 ... 8.00
ghan and Co., expense ...
SUPERIOR COURT.
Ind. Bell Telephone Co., expense Frank Shepard Co., expense ...
Circuit Court.
Branch B. Fleming, juror $ 23.80 Geo. M. Bronnenberg, juror 21.00 Benjamin Batchfield, juror 19.80 Harry E. McKinley, juror 2.20 Arthur W. Farling, juror 15.60 Thomas Cox, juror 28.00 Myron Marsh, juror 28.00 Walter L. Miller, juror 5.20 Chas. Vauter, juror 5 * 20 Chas. E. Peterson, juror 5.20 John H. Horn, juror 13.00 Frank E. Thornburg, juror li.40 Wm. A. Burd, juror *^.40 Vern Gough, juror 7.80 Fay Laughlin, juror 5.20 Warren B. Legg. juror 5.20 Delmar Homer, juror 5.20 Frank Young, juror 2.60 Chas. Redding, juror 2.60 Russell Ross, juror 2.60 Edwin Miller, juror 2.60 Edward R. Harrold. juror 4.20
Clyne Bowers, juror 11.10 Burt, juror 3.20
Homer Conwell, juror
D. F. Burt, n, ju.v,
James T. Keely, juror
Frank Shroyer, jure Claude J. North, juror Harry L. Burcaw, juror
3.60 2.60 3.50 3.60
11.00
narrv ij. juurcaw, juror n.uu Ed. H. Justice, juror 3.60 Cecil C. Sweigart, juror 9.90
Geo. W. Kemp, juror Billy B. Boyle, juror
James E. McCormick, juror 9.75
2.60 10.50
Eldon Marine, juror 2.95 John W. Skiff, juror 10.50 Carl Davis, juror 2.60 JOhn W. Carpen^r. juror 9.75 Joe G. Short. jjT „ 3.30 Rjay Markins, juror 3.70 H. Reid Bowers, juror 6.60 Bart M. Jackson, juror 3.10 Wm. Reynard, juror 3.50 Irvin Coffman, juror 3.50 Lawrence A. Walburn, juror 3.10 Ira A. Brooks, juror 7.40 Lloyd E. Myers, juror 7.40 Leo Clevenger. Juror 7.40 . CarTRarick, Juror 3.10 G. M. Waite, juror 3.70 “ 8.00
9.20 ’ 3.65;
urar 4.30 uror 3.60
Leonidas A. uutnrie. salary 150.00 Chester p. Spears, salary 164.06
salary 146.64
r*.sa&
Charles F. Reed, salary 130.00 John W. Dragoo. salary 150.00 Mary L. Voyles, salary 90.00 Wm. E. O’Neil, salary 3.00
vjr. J.VJ-• wtraXU-Lt) J v4A «»«••«
Claude S. Bergdoll, juror 8.00 Julian A. Mayer, juror 9.20 E. E. Bowman, juror ! 3.65
David E. Manor, jui Robert W. Long, jui
Leonidas A. Guthrie, sal Chester p. Spears, salary 164.06 H. C. Greenwalt, salary 146.64 Edward D. Frazier, salary 114.24
Dragoo. sa! Voyles, salt
Wm. E. O’Neil, salary 3.00. Russell G. Isenbarger, salary 3.00
SUPERIOR COURT.
Robert F. Murray, salary $150.00 Thomas Inlow, salary 104.72 Wm. Hay, • salary 164.08
FIELD EXAMINER.
Frank Deutsch, salary $291.23 I). C, Johnson, salary 279.60 Dated this 26th day of October. 1934.
W. MAX SHAFER. Auditor. • Delaware Count*. Indiana*
Re-Employment
Industrial re-employment during first year of NRA 4,120,000 Increase in factory workers during August, 1934 — 73,000 Employed in Federal emergency work in August, 1934 1,251,000 Employed in 1,640 CCC camps, Oct. 1, 1934 369,838
Increased Wages
Increase in WEEKLY factory payrolls Sept. 1, 1938, to Sept. 1, 1934 r $72,800,000 Increase in weekly factory payrolls in 90 manufacturing industries during August, 1934 1,000,000 Increased Buying Power The Monthly Survey of Business of the American Federation of Labor in its October issue states: “Recovery in business has been very largely due to the increase in workers’ incomes through re-employment in industry, plus government emergency payments to workers and farmers. These two sources HAVE RAISED TOTAL BUYING POWER BY ABOUT $6,000,000,000 IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS THIS YEAR, compared with the same period last year.”
Profits of Industry
Financial statement of condition of 224 leading diversified industries reported in survey by Eastman, Dillon & Co., New York Stock Exchange firm:
Net earnings, $156,678,811 Net earnings, $214,676,996
of 13 leading steel companies:
Net Loss, $14,034,959 Net profit, $20,148,226
Survey'by B. C. Forbes, financial authority, showed the following favorable action on dividends by leading American industries: August, 1929, 121; August, 1932, 22; August, 1934, 131.
For quarter ending June 30, 1933: For quarter ending June 30, 1934 : Survey by Dow, Jones Co., New York, For quarter ending June 30, 1933: For quarter ending June 30, 1934:
Business Failures According to Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., business failures in September, 1934, fell to the lowest of any month since 1920 and were 40 per cent lower than in September, 1929. Banks Reopened March 4-15, 1933, nation-wide bank holiday 1 : No banks j)pen March 15, 1933, total National banks reopened 5,078 April 12, 1933, total State banks reopened i :— 7,392 September 26, 1934, total National and State banks open — -i 15,154 September 26, 1934, total closed National banks in process of reorganization ^ 7 September 26, 1934, total closed State banks in process of reorganization 296 Bank Deposits Deposits in banks members of Federal Reserve: June 30, 1933 826,587,000,000 Dec. 30, 1933 27,181,000,000 March 5, 1934 29,325,000,000 June 30, 1934 31,012,000,000 Deposits in State banks: June 30, 1933 __$25,642,739,879 June 30, 1934 26,807,167, Increase in deposits in member banks in one year, $4,425,000,000. Increase in deposits in State banks in one year, $1,164,000,000. Deposit Insurance June 30, 1934, $15,826,802,967 in deposits in 56,410,549 accounts in 14,170 banks.
did she see the righ t k ind of h us hand ? \ ccording to an old tradition, a young woman may see the face, of her future husband reflected over her deft shoulder; in a mirror on Hallowe'en. Some of the younger generation may scoff at this custom as impracticable, but no one can overlook the practicality of a shining saucepan as bright as the day it was bought, after long use on an Electric Range. if she looks over her shoulder on Hallowe’en and sees feflected in a shining skillet the image of a husband who provides his wife with modern labor-saving devices, ultra modern or not, she knows that that is the practical Jest. Electric cookery is modern, - Select her range today. Indiana General Service Company JVe-sell\Hotpoini, Westinghouse, and■ Marion Electric Ranges.
Jan. 1, 1929, to March 4, 1938: 7,578 with deposits of
$5,914,287,000
Bank Failures
March 4, 1933, to Oct. 1, 1934: 4 with deposits of $1,410,000 of which
$582,000 were insured.
Retail Sales Index of department stores sales- (100—1923-25): / 1933: July, 48; Aug., 53; Sept., 73 1934: July, 51; Aug., 60; Sept., 79 Index of variety store sales (100—1929-31): 1933: July, 74; Aug., 77; Sept., 83 1934: July, 80; Aug., 80; Sept., 86 Rural store sales: Daily average sales of general merchandise in towns, rural areas and cities of less than 30,000 population, based on returns from one-fifth of all retail business of this type in the country, showed an increase in dollar volume from August to September, 1934, of 48 1 /j P er cent, according to estimates oi the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Cominerce. Sales for September, 1934, were 33V-2 per cent larger than for September, 1938, and 60 per cent larger than for September, 1932. Exports In August, 1932, $108,599,000-; August, 1933, $131,473,000; August, 1934, $171,965,000. New Life Insurance New business, all -classes, by 42 companies, 85 per cent of total: August, 1938 $688,620,000 August, 1934 699,879,000 First 8 months of 1938 5,181,159,000 First 8 months of 1934 5,843,825,000
Fiscal year, 1933 — Fiscal year, 1934 —
Federal Income $1,619,839^224 July-Aug., 1983 $2,672,239; 194 July-Aug., 1934
294,273,298 425,140,282
Farm Income Fiscal year, 1932-33 _$3,881,000,'000 Fiscal year, 1938-34 —— $5,083,000,000 June, July, Aug., 1932 June, July, Aug., 1933 $918,000,000 $1,316,000,000 June, July, Aug., 1934 $1,508,000,000 Farm income in August, 1934, was 80 per cent above March, 1933, and prices paid by farmers during August, 1934, averaged 25 per cent above the level of March, 1933. Purchasing power of farm products thus had an increase of 44 per cent. Farm Prices Index (100 representing the period 1910-1914) Sept. 15, 1938—80; August 15, 1934—96; Sept. 15, 1934—102 The market value of the basic farm commodities on Sept. 26, 1984, was 35 per cent above the a\elage on Sept. 26, 1933, and 101 per cent above the average on Sept. 26, 1932.
VOTE DEMOCRATIC