Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 184, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1931 — Page 2

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MATRIMONY HIT BY DEPRESSION, RECORDS SHOW Marriages in County Drop as Divorces Increase; Fees Hard to Get. "Two can live as cheaply as one—two men as cheaply as one woman,” will be the comment of the cynic who studies the statistics cqmpiled Ixy Glenn Ralston, county clerk on marriage and divorce for the first eleven months of 1931, Dabblers in figures will say, no doubt, the depression has hit matrimony, when he learns that for this period this year 3,156 marriage licenses were issued against 3,323 for the first eleven months last year. Divorce pleas have been on the upgrade, as 2,169 applied for separations this year, compared with 2,125 in 1930. Fees Hard to Collect Judges granted 1,459 divorces in 1031 against 1,308 in 1930. The legal business has been doing well, although attorneys say that it is much more difficult to collect ffees. Suits filed in the five superior courts during the first eleven months of the year totaled 5,855 as against 5,297 for 1930. Os this number, 2,174 have been dismissed; change of venue was granted in 268; 844 divorces were granted wives, and 262 to husbands, and 550 foreclosures were ordered. Municipal Courts Busy The two civil municipal courts also have been active. There were 7,916 suits filed in them this year against 7,188 for 1930. During the present year room one shows dismissal of 1,216 cases and rendering of 2,309 judgments, against 1,053 dismissals and 1,492 judgments for 1930. Room two shows 1,150 dismissals and 2,440 judgments against 924 dismissals and 1,338 judgments. All statistics, of course, are incomplete as there will be no accurate check until after the first of Ihe year, Charles Ettinger, chief deputy clerk, declared.

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Oh, see the happy balloon man! No, children, you can not buy a balloon from him. Why is the balloon man happy? Because, children, he is going to have lots of fun watching all of the balloons soar through the air when he loosens that tenacious grip of his right hand. In other words, children, the man is Sheriff Charles 'Buck) Sumner, who is sponsoring the Marion County Sheriff's circus at B. F. Keith’s theater, opening

Christmas day for a three-day stand. Proceeds of the show will go ttf the city and county employes’ poor relief fund. On each balloon is attached a card entitling the person who recaptures the balloon to two free tickets to the circus. Fi\4; balloons are released each day. Modern ethnologists are inclined to regard the Eskimo as closely akin to the American Indian and therefore a branch of the red race.

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APPROVE PLANS FOR BRIDGE ON NORTH MERIDIAN Bids for $300,000 Project Over White River to Be Asked Jan. 26. Plans for the new $300,000 North Meridian street bridge over White river has been approved and the bridge will be one of twenty-two structures to be advertised for bidding Jan. 26, it was announced by state highway department officials today. The bridge is to carry traffic on the rerouting of U. S. Road 31. Right of way purchase has not yet been completed, however. Plans for the bridge must also be approved by the city plan commission. Governor Harry G. Leslie attended a meeting of the state highway commissioners Thursday and they adopted his views on favoring the award of paving contracts to Indiana firms as a means of solving unemployment in the state. A $203,705.92 contract went to E. A. Gast, Warsaw, Ind., instead of

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! the low bidder, L. L. Clymer, Bluffton, 0., at $201,560.39. , The Governor said that where the difference was slight the Hoosier 1 contractor should be favored, but where the Indiana firms were more than second or third from the low bid they would have to meet the out-of-town price to get the business. “We want to favor contractors who will use Indiana labor, but we I do not want them to take unfair i advantage of this policy,” Governor Leslie explained. Estimated cost of the twenty-two bridges is $531,400. Tries to Beat Self to Death By United Press LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11.—Interrupted in an attempt to cut his throat, J. P. McGirk seized an automobile crank in the taxi in which he was riding and beat himself on the head with it. His skull was fractured, but physicians hoped he would recover.

Attention United Spanish War Veterans All members of Megrew Camp, N'o. 1 and Auxiliary are requested to meet at Fort Friendly, 513 N'ortli Illinois St., Sunday, Dee. 13. at 13:45 to attend dedication services of A eterans’ Hospital. Transportation furnished.

CROOKS' HAULS NET OVER S7 00 Three Homes, Auto and Drug Store Are Looted. Looting three homes, an automobile. and a drug store Thursday night, thie ,es obtained more than

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S7OO in money and valuables, police were informed today. A burglar who ransacked the entire home of Carl G. Sanders, 5686 Guilford avenue, took jewelry, clothing and rugs, valued at $389. A traveling bag and a hand bag. containing dental supplies and clothing worth $275, were stolen from the automobile of Eugene Schmittt, Chicago, parked at Vermont and Meridian streets, it was reported. Burglars used a pass key to enter the home of Mrs. Lillian Mason,

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: 914 Muskingum street, stealing two j coats and a dress valued at S7O. John Harris, Negro, of 2353 Sheldon street, reported that a thief broke the lock on a trunk in his home, removing s*lo from a drawer. Thieves jimmied the door of a I drug store at 748 Indiana avenue, ! looting the interior and stealing 1 merchandise of unestimated value, J. T. Englebright, owner, reported. | With a population of more than i 6.100.000, Portugal has only s.ooo .radio receiving sets operating in the | country.