Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1937 — Page 12
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WHEELING GIVES AID AND HOPE TO
| business upturn which watery disaster could not destroy. The Cham[ber’s figures are under 15 headings ranging from increased property | assessments to coal production.
Every category showed improve- |
ment in 1936 over 1935 despite the feet that the March flood of 1936
crease from $591,000 in 1935 to $2,266,000 in 1936. Some of that increase is directly attributable to flood repairs. Picture Not All Rosy The picture, of course, is not all [so rosy. J. H. Thomas in the Half
| Dollar Trust and Savings Bank told Ime flood damage to homes had
was not deadly and that the paralysis did not long continue before a | vigorous American community got | back to productive work.
Industrial recovery, general throughout the nation, was the fulerum of Wheeling rehabilitation. The steel business is booming, and when that is true this part of the |
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
FRIDAY, FEB. 5,
RABBIT AND FEED
REPORTED STOLEN
store at 630 E, Washington St. and stolen $45 worth of equipment. Joseph Sekula, 20, of 772 N. Warman Ave. reported his home was entered through an unlocked door and $56 worth of clothing and cash stolen.
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STRICKEN CITIES
City Better Off Than Before Big 1936 Flood,
was the worst in the city’s history. | Property assessments were up $8,500,000; bank deposits up $5.200,000;
bank clearings increased by $13,190.- |
000; postal receipts, carloadings, river commerce, power consumption, automobile sales, employment, gas consumption, streetcar riders, tele- | phone users—all showed an increase
| compelled banks to carry many | mortgages for owners whose ready | assets and more were consumed in repairs.
ers. The flood shock to the com- | munity was tremendous.
Damage to industry and | | business demanded repair either at | the cost of utilizing surplus or in- | creasing obligations with the bank- | gi
Ohio Valley is likely to be happy. It | is comparatively happy now despite floods.
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A $1 rabbit and 15 cents worth of |
| feed were stolen from the backyard | | hutch of Frank Wimmer, 63, of 134 The Indianapolis Liederkranz is to | N. Belmont Ave., he reported to po- | ve a masquerade ball in the Lie- |lice. |derkranz Hall, 1471 E. Washington
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3: : : | | record on building permits, an in-
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