Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 March 1933 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Blowing safes in the E. V. Barney Grocery and the Schuffman Furniture company of Marion, yeggs obtained $400. The Hancock County Historical society has elected Grover Van Duyn president, James N. Boble secretary and John W. Feltcher treasurer. J. Smith, age forty-eight, Gary, was found frozen to death west of Porter. A poor relief requisition for clothing found in a pocket established his identity. John E. Dobbs, age seventy-one, native of Derbyshire, England, and a former resident of Bass Lake, died in Kokomo. He was a member of the Eagles and I. O. O. F. lodges. Renewing a romance begun 57 years ago, Mrs. Leila G. Soper, seventythree, of Ripon, Wis., and Otis Burlingame, seventy-four, a farmer, were married in Michigan City. William F. Doss, police desk sergeant in Peru, has been advanced to chief, succeeding Karl Burkhardt, resigned to become the head of the state bureau of crime and investigation. The Reconstruction Finance corporation granted $200,000 to Indianapolis and Marion county for February poor relief needs on the recommendation of Fred C. Croxton, corporation relief expert. While funeral services were being held at Shiloh for A. A. Anney, his sister, Mrs. James McGuire, who had lived with him, died in Walker Welborn hospital in Evansville, following an operation. The state senate passed and sent to the governor a house measure to require operators of “gassy” coal mines to employ a sufficient number of licensed fire bosses to provide for hourly inspection of each mine. Principals of the seven high schools of Shelby county at a meeting with Thomas Fogarty, superintendent of county schools, voted to sponsor the annual county oratorical contest, March 24, at Morristown. Miss Bess Robbins, only woman member of the Indiana house of representatives, talked the anti-breach-of-promise bill to death. The bill made it unlawful to institute damage suits for breaches of promise to marry and for alienation of affections. A series of administration bills proposing changes in the poor relief laws were introduced in the Indiana house of representatives. They are the out growth of recommendations made by the governor’s unemployment relief committee which is headed by Fred Hoke, Indianapolis. James S. Kilroy, attorney, Poseyville, and his wife Edith, publisher of the Poseyville News, were taken to the St. Mary’s hospital in Evansville suffering from injuries received when their automobile crashed with another, seven miles north of Jasper. The drive of the other car failed to stop. William H. Sage, age seventy-six, former publisher of the Mooresville Times, died in St. Vincent’s hospital, Indianapolis, of pneumonia following injuries suffered in a fall at his home. He was a graduate of Shortridge high school and attended Butler university He taught school in Marion and Morgan counties. Police of Washington said that two men arrested there had confessed participation in the $600 robbery of the Pleasantville bank in November. The men were identified ns Fred Martin, age twenty-five, Washington, and John Trabhart, age forty-five, Edwardsport, Roscoe .Johnson, age forty, Edwardsville, already is serving sentence for the holdup. Mrs. Ralph E. Carter, Indianapolis, was appointed chairman of the nominating committee of the Indiana League of Women Voters at an executive committee meeting. The ticket of state officers will be presented at the annual convention in May at Bloomington. The convention will be conducted as a two-day school with “Constructive Economy in Government” as the tentative theme. Additional, unprecedented nower--in this instance involving practically complete control over state finances and tax levies--would be vested in the governor under the terms of an administration measure prepared for introduction in the Indiana general assembly. The power to borrow money to meet, “casual deficiencies” for fouryear periods; to levy taxes to retire state certificates of indebtedness which could be issued; to transfer practically all state money from funds; to suspend levies and to borrow state trust funds would be given to a newlycreated department of the treasury, under the terms of the bill. The new department of treasury, which would supersede the present state board of finance, would include Gov. Paul V. McNutt; William Storen, treasurer of state, and a third person to be appointed by the governor. William B. Treadway, age eightyfour, for more than 40 years connected with banks and other business enterprises in Columbus, died of angina pectoris. Mr. Treadway had spent his entire life in the county. He was employed by the People’s Savings and Trust company and later by the Irwin bank more than 30 years. Mrs. Catherine Howe, age eightyseven, widow of S. E. Howe, manufacturer in Logansport for years, died from complications incident to a hip fracture suffered in a fall. She was reputed to be one of the wealthiest residents of Logansport.