Word: indiana
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Auburn. By next day the situation was more serious. Powers Hapgood-a graduate of Harvard (1921) and nephew of Editor Norman Hapgood, former Minister to Denmark; husband of Mary Donovan who was Socialist candidate in 1928 for Governor of Massachusetts; himself Socialist candidate in 1932 for Governor of Indiana-was not so many years ago, as an irregular union organizer in the coal mines of West Virginia, very much at odds with John L. Lewis. Now secretary for the C.I.O. in New England, he appeared at Lewiston fresh from a conference with Leader Lewis. When strikers emerged from a union...
...Manitowoc, Wis., and American Shipbuilding Co. with yards at Lorain, Ohio. Called the "Clipper Town" in sailing days, Manitowoc has turned out $20,000,000 worth of shipping since the present company was founded in 1904, is now engaged on a $1,250,000 tanker for Standard Oil of Indiana. Soon after May 1, American Shipbuilding Co. will lay keels for two 600-ft. freighters, first to be built on the Lakes in six years...
...gave him a scoop which was not even shared with the Muncie Star and the Indianapolis Star, in both of which the Ball family has interests. The story: "George A. Ball . . . today confirmed the creation of the George & Frances Ball Foundation, charitable trust organized un der the laws of Indiana, and his donation to that foundation of his entire common stockholdings in Midamerica Corp." Directors were Mr. Ball, three members of his family and President Lemuel Arthur Pittenger of Ball State Teachers College. Kept by Mr. Ball were 18,733 of 20,000 shares of Midamerica preferred stock...
Robert Thane was second son to a pious Abolitionist farmer in Indiana. His older brother went to the war and came back minus an arm. But Robert might have waited for the draft if his hero-brother had not stolen his girl from him. When that happened, he went off hoping for death at the first cannon's mouth. Long before he got into his first battle he learned that there was more to soldiering than stopping a bullet. A Creole camp-follower in Nashville did her share in dimming Diana's image. And in his first skirimish...
...Cumberland, Ann had followed her father down into Georgia, inside the Confederate lines. But those were the days when Confederate lines were drawing in. Just before the two armies fumbled their way into a big battle, Robert found Ann again. Next day, with his fellow-privates of the 157th Indiana, he fought and ran and came back to fight again. When the interminable day was ended he neither knew nor cared which side had won: all he thought about as the surgeon gave him chloroform was, not to let them cut off his leg at the knee...