Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 217, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1931 — Page 2

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ENABLING ACT WILL BE ASKED OF LEGISLATUBE Measure Also Would Let Municipality Control Phone System. PREPARED BY DEERY Action Ordered by Mayor, Officials as Insull’s Plan Is Denied. Finishing touches today were being put to the amendments to the 1929 act establishing a utilities district in Indianapolis, so as to permit the city to assume control and management of the street car and telephone systems. Although assumption of control of the telephone company is not contemplated, it is felt by Representative John F. White (Dem., Marion), who will introduce the amending bill, that provisions to cover all utilities should be contained in the present statute. Passed in 1929 to enable the city to manage the Citizens Gas Company, the act provides not only for control of the gas company, but of water works, electric light, power and heating plants. All Utilities Included With the insertion of provisions covering transportation systems and telephones, the city would have a legal avenue at any time for control and operation of all or several of Its utilities. Several conferences were held the last few weeks by Mayor Reginald Sullivan, E. Kirk McKinney, president of the city works board, who dieaded the city’s committee to hear presentation of the rejected Insull 'street car plan; Edward H. Knight, corporation counsel; James E. Deery, city attorney, and White. Scope of the amendments was discussed and it was left to Deery to frame the amendatory measures, which, it is thought, will be ready for introduction Wednesday. These amendments, it is expected will provide the following: Civil Service Provided 1. Removal of the utilities board and any plants and systems it may purchase or acquire from under the control of the public service commission and the state tax board. 2. Increasing the bonding limit from the 1 per cent set out in the 1929 act to the constitutional maximum of 2 per cent. 3. Granting of power to issue interest bearing certificates against not more than two-thirds the valuation of the physical property, plus improvements and extensions; the bonds to be used for the purchase of the system, betterment and extensions. 4. Self-perpetuation In office for the board of utility trustees, except one member who shall be the mayor’s appointee and upon whose expiration of term the mayor may reappoint. or name anew member. 5. Institution of a civil service or merit system for all municipally owned utility employes except common laborers. Bonding Limit Raised These last two provisions are expected to halt any attempt at political control or domination of city-operated utilities and set up an efficient and expert organization. If amendments are passed —and it is expected there will as the provisions apply only to Indianapolis—means would be afforded for overtures to the stockholders of the street car company to purchase their system. The increase of the bondnig limit from 1 to 2 per cent would enable the city to raise the millions necessary to complete the deal. Although issued by the city, the bends would be a Hen against the property to be repaid from the earnings, it was explained. Profit Anticipated By removing the utilities board from the control of public service eommisison and tax board, the city might, if it so chooses, proceed rapidly with its plans for purchase without the delay necessary in laying all of the plans and details before those bodies and waiting for their approval. It is pointed out by White that: “Unlike all other city responsibilities, this sort of enterprise will produce to pay its own costs and yield a profit to the city, while the credit of Indianapolis will make its securities gilt edge. It will not cost the citizens a dollar in additional taxes and In time can be made to produce sufficient revenue to be used in reducing general taxes.”

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Want Stalks Through Mine Center; Fate Hinges on Sale of Coal. By Times Staff Correspondent CLINTON, Ind., Jan. 19.—Char*ity, to this little city suddenly thrown into gaunt relief by the calcium glare of a legislative inquiry, begins at home and stays there. With more than a year of unemployment, business depression, stark need behind it, with its mines—sole source of livelihood —closed, and with little hope for the future, Clinton feels that it can speak from experience. The majority of the citizens of this community of 8,000 are Scotch. They are the proverbial, typical, thrifty Scotch. They welcome charity like they would welcome a long visit of a particularly pestiferous relative • with a dozen more pestiferous kids. Charity Is Necessary But charity, here, is a necessity, the necessity of preserving human life, of providing children with necessary food, clothing, school books, of keeping them warm and comfortable. It is a necessity, also, In some form or other, if-this city is to be rehabilitated. And that form of necessity entails the sale of Clinton coal to the point where the mines can reopen. The question is, where it will come from. Heretofore, charity has been a local proposition. The American Red Cross, the state unemployment commission, and all other agencies are merely, as far as Clinton is concerned, newspaper items, which tell of a happy utopia somewhere, with jobs for everyone, plenty of money, food, warm clothing and decent living conditions. Thousands Spent The great part of the local relief has been provided by the township trustees, who spent approximately $25,000 from an already depleted treasury in the last year. Now there isn’t any more money, because the citizens haven’t been working and consequently couldn’t pay any rent to the landlords, who consequently couldn’t pay taxes into the township that the money might be spent for relief. Last October a local chapter of the Red Cross was organized with about a dozen members. They have done what they can, but have reported no receipts from the national organization. The local chapter of the American Legion has spent every dollar in its treasury. Churches have given up their resources; there isn’t a minister in town who has collected his salary in full for some time. Immediate Action Needed And now there isn’t any more. So what next? “What is essential here now is immediate action whereby state funds will be released so our people may be employed at road work or anything else which will retain their self-respect, afford them employment and allow them to get back on their feet through their Upset Not Serious If System Gets This Help When you're out-of-sorts, headachy, dizzy, bilious, with coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite or energy—don't worry. It's probably constipation. Take a candy Cascaret tonight and see how quickly your trouble clears up. NS more headache; no gas on stomach or bowels. Appetite improves; digestion is encouraged. Take another tomorrow night and the next night. Get every bit of the souring waste out of your system. Then see how bowel action [ is regular and complete. Cascarets are made from cascara, which doctors agree actually strengthens bowel muscles. Ten cents at sll drug stores,—Advertisement,

a dingy shack she washes clothes in a tub which leaks so badly that each two minutes she must empty the pail on the floor back into the tub again. Mrs. B. is Scotch; she has

own labor,” Judge G. E. Bingham, one of the city’s leading attorneys, says. “We don’t want pauperism. We don’t want handouts. “Why, if Indiana people just would start buying Indiana coal exclusively, all our troubles would be ended. And our coal is good coal. The trouble has been that we haven’t had enough money to spend on advertising.” Down in Soupbone hollow this morning, this correspondent entered one of the homes of the unemployed. Two children, shabbily were playing around the dingy -floor. The mother was Slav-

DEMOCRATS TO HOLDJAUGUS House Majority to Discuss Platform Pledges. Probability that a caucus of the Democratic house majority will be held late today, following the adjournment, loomed as Speaker Waiter Myers and State Chairman R. Earl Peters attempted to get in touch with Representative Delph McKesson (Dem., Marshall), majority floor leader. Originally, it had been planned to hold the conference tonight, but due to prior engagements contracted by the speaker, an attempt will be made to convene late today. Democratic platform pledges and the manner in which they will be fulfilled are to be discussed, Myers said. Among the pledges are an income tax bill, which is being framed; old age pensions, bills for which have been introduced in both houses, and voters registration in which the measure is that drafted by the Indiana League of Women’s Voters. MEXICAN PURCHASE OF U. S. LAND SUGGESTED By United Press MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—Mexico Is not interested in selling any part of Lower California or Sonora to the United Stated, but might *be wiling to purchase the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, and the city of New Orleans, if any international real estate deals are contemplated. A group of deputies headed by General Rafael Melgar of the state of Oaxaca announced that a resolution recommending that Mexico purchase the territory named will be presented to a permanent committee which functions during congressional recesses. The land would be paid for by national public subscription. Thirty-seven Fight Charges Bp Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 19.—Counsel for Vernon Walbum, proprietor of the Club cigar store, arrested with thirty-six other men in a gambling raid on the place, has filed a motion in the court of City Judge J. Frank Mann seeking dismissal of charges on the ground that a search was “without warrant or justification.” Walbum and employe, Bert Duffy, are charged with operating a gambling establishment and the other thirty-five accused of visiting it.

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the typical Scotch pride. The family doesn’t want charity. It badly needs employment of some kind. Even if the father can get a few days of road work, it will help.

ing over a washtub, a metal washtub; she was using an old-fashioned, worn-out' scrubbing board. And in the bottom of that washtub was a hole from which trickled a steady stream of water into a pail on the floor. Every two minutes that pail filled and she was forced to reach down and empty it again in the tub. There was 8 cents—a nickel and three pennies—in the house. In the windows were strips of cardboard replacing glass. The bare laths stared forth from the broken piaster on the walls. . . . “What can we do?” tills mother asked. "There is no work!”

SULLIVAN URGES RED GROSS AID Generous Response Asked for Funds Appeal. Appeals for generous donations to the Red Cross emergency fund for relief of persons in drought-stricken areas throughout the country was sounded today by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Sullivan asked that all Indianapolis citizens, who are able, contribute to the fullest extent. With the donations over the week-end S6OO, the Indianapolis chapter fund was boosted to $2,461.35 today. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America; Ralph T. O’Neil, national commander of the American Legion, and William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross chapter, have been named members of the national committee to sponsor and aid in collection and distribution of $10,000,000 set as the national quota for relief. Included in the donations was one of S2OO from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar H. Evans. Donations should be sent or taken to the local Red Cross headquarters, 777 North Meridian street. .Checks should be made payable to Frank D. Stalnaker, treasurer. Father of Eight Dies By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 19.—William H. Arnholt, 59, retired farmer, died suddenly at his home here, following a few minutes’ illness of heart disease. He was born in the Clifty neighborhood, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Arnholt Sr , and spent most of his life on the home farm. Eight years ago he moved to to this city. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. He leaves his widow, five sons and three daughters, Elmer Arnholt, Seymour; Otto, Homer, Arthur and Albert, Bartholomew county; Mrs. Henry Hoeltke, Bartholomew county, and three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Schedit, Mrs. Ella Franke and Miss Martha Arnholt, east of here. Two in Auto Killed Bp United Press SOUTH BEND. Ind., Jan. 19.—An automobile accident claimed its second life here Sunday when Joseph Kis, 18, died. His companion, Miss Martha Aulenbach, 18, was killed instantly when his car skidded off an icy road Into a ditch Saturday night.

LEGISLATORS TO RUSH HELP FORJHBLESS Resolution Asks Gas Tax Distribution at Once, to Make Work. To make possible immediate distribution to cities, counties and towns of Indiana approximately $3,000,000 in gasoline tax collections, a bill was being drafted by the legislative bureau today for immediate introduction in the general assembly. Efforts to win prompt passage of the measure under suspension of the rules were promised by Senator Alonza H. Lindley (Rep., Fountain, Vermilion and Warren), leader in the movement for unemployment relief. Both houses of the legislature reconvened at 2 this afternoon. The local units share one-fourth of the 4-cent tax, but distribution normally is not made until March 1. Reason for making money available now is to provide jobs for the unemployed by road word in different communities. The state highway department, which gets the other 3 cents of the gas tax and still owes the cities, counties and towns fund $600,000, is scheduled to increase its maintenance work as a relief measure and the budget committee is to act on a request to transfer more funds to maintenance, now listed for construction. Tax Bill- to Be Introduced Lindley plans introduction of three bills on taxation which will tie-in with the program. One would prevent real estate tax sales by the sheriffs, scheduled for Feb. 9, and declare a moratorium for one year. Another bill would provide for amortization of tax payments over a four-year period and a third would call for real estate reappraisement this year instead of the regular time in 1932. The bills were drafted in conference of Lindley, Sumner Clancy, former Indianapolis state senator; Louis Seegar, local real estate dealer, and Lewis Taylor of the Indiana Farm Bureau. It is estimated by this group that between $8,000,000 and $10,000,000 In tax sales would be halted by the moratorium. Opposed by Treasurers Clyde E. Robinson, Marion county treasurer, declared it will cost Marion county alone $300,000 in delinquent taxes. As president of the Indiana County Treasurers’ Association, he states he and his organization will oppose the moratorium and amortization measures. One reason is that many of these treasurers will retire before the collection fees become available under this plan. Since taxation has become the keynote of the present session, the joint bi-partisan committee of house and senate is scheduled to hold its first meeting Tuesday morning at 9 to discuss plans for raising revenues and reducing governmental expense. The committee is composed of five Republicans and five Democrats, with Lieutenant-Governor Edgar D. Bush (Rep., Salem) and Speaker Walter Myers (Dem., Marlon) as ex-officio members. Sales Tax Plan Advanced The senate committee consists of three Republicans and two Democrats, while the makeup of the house committee is the reverse. Representative H. Curtiss Bennett (Dem., Dearborn and Ohio) reported today that he is prepared to introduce anew tax plan designed to levy on gross retail sales in a progressive manner to increase payments from chain stores. A so-called chain store tax bill, introduced by Bennett, was passed .by the 1929 legislature and is awaiting decision of the United States supreme court, having been declared unconstitutional in the Federal district court here. The new Bennett bill would charge $1 license fee for all stores and provide a graduated levy on gross sales starting at one'twentieth of 1 per cent on gross sales under $400,000 and expanding to 1 per cent on $1,000,000 or more. Levy to Be Fought The author says it is based on the Kentucky law and would produce about $3,000,000 in revenues. Proposed tax on tobacco sales will be fought by the tobacco interests, who are preparing to appear before the house committee with figures to show that the tobacco tax has been abandoned in other states where tried. INDIANAPOLIS TO BE~ HOST TO RADIO MEN Fifth National Convention Will Be Held Feb. 16-17. The fifth annual convention of the National Federation of Radio Associations and the Radio Wholesalers Association will be held in Indianapolis Feb. 16-17. This gathering annually brings together some five hundred of the leaders of the radio industry for a serious discussion of their joint problems. H. G. Erstrom of Chicago, executive vice-president of the two associations, in commenting on the coming convention today, said: “The annual gathering of the leading radio men this year will come at a very opportune time, when every industry is confronted with.' the problems of resuming thir normal production and creating a normal demand for their product. “It is anticipated that the radio business will resume its normal operations within the next ninety to one hundred twenty days, and this gathering of the foremost radio executives will do much toward stimi ulating resumption of normal con- : ditions within our industry.” Auto Finn in New Quarters New quarters of the Smith Motor Company, distributors of De Soto cars, at Second and Main streets, Beech Grove, were opened today. W. T. Smith is head of the company, whicfrfformerly was the Beech Groves Sales Company.

GAMING DISMISSALS REVIVE COPS’ ANGER

Verbal War Flares Anew Between Judge Cameron and Chief Kinney. Verbal war flared again today between police heads and Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron after the latter discharged twenty-eight Negroes, who were charged with gambling. The men and Mrs. Willa McMurray, Negro, 35, of 612 North California street, were arrested Saturday night by Lieutenant John Sheehan and squad after police claimed they found the men and seven other women shooting craps in Mrs. McMurray’s three-room house. Today Cameron held police had no authority to enter the place and make arrests on an affidavit issued Jan. 15, two days before the raid. This affidavit charged Mrs. McMurray with operating a gambling house. • Cameron took her case under advisement after discharging the others. He will rule Saturday. Wen informed of the courts act, Police Chief Jerry Kinney declared : “I don’t think the public and the city editors of the newspapers realize what a man is up against down here. It’s just that type of game where these purse snatchers that have been operating all over town go to blow their money. They don’t go to big games, but to these little places. What’s a man going to do?” Sheehan said he had attempted to get a search warrant for the place from Cameron but the latter refused to issue it last week. Cameron denied this. According to the police, they were armed with the affidavit for Mrs., McMurray’s arrest when they entered the house and claim they saw the law violation. Sheehan said he confiscated dice and 65 cents in the scramble that followed their entrance.

GATHER TO TALK ON INSURANCE Eighth Annual Day Will Be Observed Here Tuesday. Indiana insurance men will gather here Tuesday for the state’s eighth annual insurance day. Two sections will convene in the morning at the Hotel Lincoln, joining at luncheon. In the afternoon a sales congress will be held at which all varieties of insurance men—fire, casualty, life, automobile, theft, hail, tornado and others—will attend. In the evening, group dinners will be held, one of the principal ones being that sponsored by the Indianapolis Fire Insurance Agents’ Association. Registration at the hotel began this morning. Speakers at Tuesday’s sessions will include Paul W. Simpson, state president; E. J. Schofield, vicepresident of the Globe Indemnity Company of Newark, N. J., and George E. Lackey of New York, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters.

NEW PLANT TO OPEN Mechanical Devices to Be Manufactured Here. An assembly plant with 30,000 feet of floor space will be opened in Indianapolis immediately by the Universal Gear Corporation of Chicago for development and manufacture of heliocentric fixed speed reducers, transmissions and clutches. The corporation was organized in 1929 to manufacture mechanical devices based on English patents unknown in American markets. Since January, 1930, the company has maintained an office in Indianapolis and now has twenty-five men with sufficient business to operate at capacity. Devices manufactured have been adopted as part of standard equipment on certain machines made by the Allis-Chalmers, Curtiss Airplane, F. X. Hopper. Partition Machinery and Macy Conveyors companies. J, E. HOLLETT HURT Relative of Mayor Hit by Car; Injured Critically. John E. Hollett, 56, of 4001 North Meridian street, brother-in-law of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, was injured critically this morning when struck by an auto as he crossed Meridian street in front of his home. The car was driven by Miss Mary Hardesty, 22, of 542 Central court, who was arrested on charges of assault and battery and reckless driving. Miss Lotys Beaming, 3460 North Pennsylvania street, w r as riding with her. The young women were en toute to Butler university when the accident occurred. They told police Hollett became confused and ran into the side of the car. Miss Hardesty was released on her own recognizance. Hollett was rushed to St. Vincent’s hospital after examination r J his home by three physicians, including Dr. Thomas Sullivan, brother of the mayor. Hollett is an attorney with offices at 200 Indiana Trust building.

Land Owners Get $3,175 By Times Special PERU, Ind., Jan. 19—A Miami; circuit court jury deliberated nine! hours in determining that $3,175 is; adequate recompense for damage ! done to a fourteen-acre tract of land through which State Road 24 is routed. The case was a condemnation proceeding brought by At-torney-General James M. Ogden against owners of the land, Mrs. Carrie B. Averill and Mrs. Emma B. Wasscn. At the time the road*, i was routed the state highway commission’s offer to a pay $2,000 as damages was refused.

Hail a Hero! By United Press BOSTON, Jan. 19.—Passengers did not complain about a thirty-minute delay in trolley service here. The delay resulted when Motorman Philip Bonner, 38. father of six children, stopped his car, ran on to the buckling ice river, plunged, fully clothed. Into the frigid water, and, after after a terrific struggle, saved the life of a drowning boy.

DRY LEAGUE TO HOLD ELECTION Mcßride to Be Speaker at Annual State Session. While onslaughts against the Wright bone dry law were pending in the Indiana legislature, state officials of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League today prepared for the annual state session Tuesday at the Y. M. C. A. One bill seeking repeal of the law already is in hands of the morals committee of the house of representatives and others have been prepared for presentation. F. Scott Mcßride, national superintendent of the organization, will be tire chief speaker at the league luncheon Tuesday noon. Reports of Superintendent C. H. Winders and committees are to be submitted before the luncheon. At the afternoon session election of officers of the state board of trustees, a state superintendent and four national delegates will feature the proceedings. League leaders have announced they will sponsor no new liquor legislation but will oppose vigorously any effort to repeal or modify the Wright bone dry act. Introduction of measures to permit prescription, whisky is expected this week. ‘POCKET VETO' SUIT IS ARGUED Killing of Separate Court Act Is Attacked. Attack on Governor Harry G. Leslie’s “pocket veto” of an act of the 1929 general assembly creating a circuit court in Newton county was made today in arguments of atttomeys to Superior Judge William A. Fickens. Arguing on a demurrer to a suit which would mandate Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, to publish the law, attorneys- representing Milton E. Graves, Newton county taxpayer and plaintiff, scored a victory when Pickens overruled the state’s demurrer to the suit. Leslie’s veto was branded by Dan Simms, Lafayette attorney for Newton, “a passing on whether or not the legislature’s act was worthy to become a law. “The pocket veto,” Simms declared, “never has been very popular, and in this case it was resorted to in a matter in which the Governor had no power.” “We fan not presume the Governor can stop properly enacted legislation if he thinks it Is not a law,” Simms declared. Date - for trial of the suit was not fixed at close of arguments this morning. FALL PROVES FATAL Mrs. Emma J. White, Hurt two Weeks Ago, Dies. Injuries sustained when she fell two weeks ago today proved fatal to Mrs. Emma J. White, 77, of 3454 East Twenty-fifth street. She died at Methodist hospital. Mrs. White suffered a broken right leg when she fell in her home. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Charles P. Driggs of Indianapolis and Mrs. Alice Farrand of Brooklyn, N. Y.

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2 HURT WHEN KEYSTONE BUS GOESJN DITCH Locked Steering Apparatus Is Given as Cause of Accident. Two of fourteen passengers were injured early today whbn a northbound Keystone arenue bus crashed into a four-foot ditch off Keystone avenue, a block south of Fiftysecond street. Locked steering apparatus was given as the cause for the accident. Miss Mary Rogers, 18. South Arsenal avenue near English avenue, was cut and bruised on the arms and chest. Chari is Brown, 818 Coffey street, was cut on the hand. Loren Rogers, 107 East Twentythird street, was driver of the bus. Two Persons Are Killed Two persons were dead .today from injuries suffered in accidents. Attracted across Indiana avenue Sunday afternoon by a street brawl in which two Negroes were injured slightly, Landers Humphrey, 42. Negro, 828 Camp street, was struck and injured fatally by an auto, driven by Earl Wire, 38, of 329 South Rural street. Wire was charged with drunken driving and assault and battery. Humphrey died several hours later in e.ty hospital. John Kent, 43, of 1305 We.-t Thirty-second street, died In c.,y hospital Saturday night from injuries suffered in an accident Jan. 17. Chalmers King, Muncie, was charged with drunken driving after he drove a sedan into a traffic signal at Sixteenth and Meridian streets early Sunday, injuring himself and two young women. Girls Bruised in Wreck Miss Marjorie Hatcher, 18, Muncie.and Miss Thelma Alson, 22, of 4132 Byram avenue, were cut and bruised severely, and Dale Wright, 22, Selma, escaped injury. Others injured include: nT,¥/'.r and Mrs. James Turner of Brazil, Miss \ assa Suthard. Fontanet. and Mrs ?~£ he J in ? Maroney. 334 Wilcox-street, cut Lvndhurst* d’rive * lson * NaUotlal ™ad and Sam Twity. 29 of 237 North Keystone gvenue. leg broken, collision. Noble and Washington streets. Allen Houchins. Arcadia, cut on head, collision. Twenty-first street and Capitol di\ enue. AKred McCullv 59. Lawrence, leg broken, hit by auto. 6500 Massachusetts avenue, f-£ rs -„, V ache ,i,Thornton. 30. Bloomington. Rembrandt < ° a aVeDUe and CO& 1 | Jr, |er^a? re s e t?e , T and tw^^i south of the city. BOY, 15, ACCUSEDOF HOLDUPS WITH KNIFE Juvenile Bandit Suspect Robbed Three Youths, Police .Assert. A 15-year-old boy was arrested by police today, charged with the robbery of three boys Sunday after he threatened them with a knife. The boy’s first victim was James Sullivan, 13. of 1460 Bates street who told police the boy held a knife at his throat while he robbed him of $3. Robert Crago, 13, of 4015 East. Michigan street, was robbed of $1.20 and Alvin Niemeyer, 15, of 518 North Oakland avenue, of 80 cents by the boy, police said. '■The boy, identified by his victims, is held in the detention home. F0 U RCH ICKE FoiNNE R S, THEN REFUSES TO PAY Police Called as Case Proprietor Holds Diner’s Coat to Get Money. Police were called to the restaurant of James Taylor, 442 West North street, Sunday afternoon to halt a fight. When they got there Taylor assured them all was well and the man had paid for his food. “He came in here and ate,” Taylor told police. “I held his overcoat. He came back with the money.” “How much was the bill?” police asked. “Plenty,” Taylor said. “He ate four chicken dinners.” Noblesville Bank Elects By Timet Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., -Tan 19. The American National bank of this city, at the annual meeting of the stockholders, selected as directors, W. E. Axline, John C. Craig, Omer Lake, Charles E. Johns, A. R. Haas, B. F. McLaughlin, M. L. White and George Craycraft, officers are: President, John C. Craig; vicepresidents, Charles Johns and A. R. Haas; cashier, B. F. McLaughlin.

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JAN. 19, 1931