Navy aims to build vast Pacific base at Hunters Point
Special to The Sun reports San Francisco Drydock property, Union Iron Works, Mare Island yard, and California City station near Hunters Point are viewed by naval officers as the logical site for a gigantic Pacific fleet base. Proximity to labor, rail terminals, deep water, and protected harbor could enable anchoring the largest fleets in rough seas within minutes of open sea.
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Hunter’s Point
Cal
San Francisco Drydock Company
Union Tron Works
Board of Naval
Union Ironworks
Mare Island Navy Yard
California City
Mare Island
Union Iron Works
The Fat Defeating Slender Margaret Knolly Revealed
A Broadway leading lady, Margaret Knolly, astonishes friends by appearing slender after a secret weight loss. She credits a household drug mix of Marmola, Cascara Aromatic, and Syrup Simplex, taken after meals and at night, claiming rapid, safe fat loss and no wrinkles.
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Margaret Knolly
Broadway
Margaret
Shipyard Plan for Four-Battlefleet Docking In Bay Area
A proposed station for the big fleet would run four battleships at once, using two long drydocks owned by San Francisco Drydock company at 554 and 740 feet. Mare Island dock is too small. The location near numerous commercial docks in San Francisco Bay would let ships move safely inside the bay away from outside fleets. The San Francisco Drydock property could fetch about 4 million dollars, with Union Ironworks around 7 million.
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San Francisco Drydock Company
Mare Island
San
Mad Chauffeur’s 90 Foot Leap Ends in Quarry Crash
Bert L. Lynch 21 of Summitt driving with friend John Joss leapt to rock quarry below as car plunged 90 feet. Joss escaped unharmed after leaping to safety. Lynch is unconscious at St Anthony’s hospital with little chance of recovery.
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United Press
Chicago
Bert L. Lynch
St. Anthony's Hospital
Summitt
Lynch
Joss
Night schools to open in Indianapolis
Night schools will open in Indianapolis in the coming days. These schools, usually run at a nominal cost, offer education to those restricted from other channels.
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Indianapolis
Fire at Wahils Jewelry and Phonograph Store
Firefighters were called to 1198 Illinois Street early Friday to a basement blaze in Wahils jewelry and phonograph shop. Two holes were cut in the floor to reach the fire, basement smoke poured out, cause and extent of damage unclear, small loss reported.
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Wahils’'s
Illinois St
Trial of Jack Christian for keeping a blind tiger
Jack Christian faces a criminal court trial Wednesday charged with selling liquor at his establishment just north of the fair grounds in Washington township. The case centers on his alleged operation of a illegal saloon known as a blind tiger.
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Jack Christian
Fair Grounds
Washington Township
City Births Report From An Old Record Day
A daily city birth notice lists many newborns with parents and addresses including Miller Kennedy Bons Hightowey Cooney Egan OToole Merrit Treat OHarbor and others. Several infants are named with ages and conditions such as prematurity congested brain ileocolitis tuberculosis and cholera infantum along with several adult or unspecified entries. Building permits show two remodel projects approved for addresses on Illinois street and Twenty seventh street each valued at $1000.
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John and
Stella Miller
Ohio
John
Josie Kennedy
Vassey
Lea and
Nonnie Bons
Drake
James and
May Hightowey
W. Eleventh
Edgar N
Daisy Cooney
N. Chester
Thomas and
Rose Egan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bar
Joseph
Laura O'Toole
Charles
August
Barbara Merrit
E. Tenth
Herbert M
Bivoy
L. F
Katherine Treat
Pleasant
Ray
Mary O. Haver
Leonard
I. A
Daisy Vonstaden
New Jersey
Augusta Bruhns
Downing
Glossbrenner
Arthur C
Lulu Cope
W. Ohio
Daniel and
Josephine Bennett
S&s. Elder
Grover C
Cora Hollingsworth
WN. Senate
Charles and
Laura Guy
W. Beache
Russel P
Lydia Finney
Coyner
Wave Toll Reported From Japanese River Flood
Advices from Fukuchiyama, Japan, say the sudden rise of the Qotonashigawa river killed more than 600 people in the town, with sufferers believed to be residents and visitors.
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United Press
Victoria
B. C
Fukuchiyama
Japan
SMALL TALK OF INDIANA POLITICS IN EARLY RACE TALK
An Indianapolis observer recalls how political puffery resembles past weekly notices about accepted positions. The piece notes Martin Fluge as a prosecutor candidate, hints that Hugg holds party leverage, and mentions W L Taylor speeches before county commissioners. It also cites Benedict, John McGregor for county roles, Kern as a versatile Dem option, and Nat Hill as a dark horse in the gubernatorial landscape.
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Indianapolis
Soandso
Si-and-so
Martin Fluge
Hugg
Bone Like Steel Case Of Vandalia Conductor Craigie
Vandalia freight conductor Charles Craigie escaped severe bone injury after a freight car wheel passed over his leg on Thursday night. Doctors call the case remarkable and one in a thousand, noting developed thigh muscles formed a protective pack around the bone. He was transported from West Street to St Vincent’s Hospital by ambulance after a minor leg graze.
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Charles Craigie
David Ross
Craigie
S. Capitol Ave
West St
Vandalia Railroad
Mayer
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Teddy for Oklahoma Constitution Approval
United Press reports President has announced his decision to approve the Oklahoma constitution after review. The confirmation comes as Oklahoma moves toward ratification and state governance.
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United Press
Washington
Oklahoma
Man Buys Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in Paris
Henry Spaan recently returned from Europe with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, bought from a Paris curio shop. A hotel waiter warned him to keep it hidden in France, as locals would question his right to wear the badge. The jewel, dating to Napoleon I’s era, was attached to his watch fob and admired in Holland.
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Henry Spaan
Europe
Legion of Honor
Paris
Spaan
Latin Quarter
Air
Sonan
France
Mr. Spaan
Holland
Constipation Cure Promised By Midgley With Free Coupon
An advertisement by Prof. T H Midgley claims a drugless cure for chronic constipation. It asserts cures for severe cases, promises home treatment without pills, and offers a free coupon to mail for details. It emphasizes lasting health and happiness after using the proposed method.
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T. H. Midgley
Midgley Block
Isalamazoo, Mich
Five million international stamps planned for release
Five million of the new international postage stamp will be issued next month and sold in the United States thereafter. Designed by M Eugene Grasset of Paris and printed in Switzerland the nearly four by three inch vignette shows a goddess as a messenger of peace. The coupon can be exchanged for a regular 5 cent stamp in any country in the agreement and may serve as an international money order in some cases.member nations include the United States Great Britain France Germany Austria Belgium Spain and many others.
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Washington
United States
M. Eugene Grasset
Paris
Switzerland
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Spain
Egypt
Mexico
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sweden
Roumania
Japan
Siam
Korea
Greece
Italy
Chile
Costa Rica
Crete
Denmark
Luxemburg
Norway
Milwaukee tax official finds no hidden wealth in Indianapolis
W F Hooker of the Milwaukee tax commission failed to uncover any wealth in Indianapolis belonging to Milwaukee millionaires and departed Friday for Chicago.
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W. F. Hooker
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Chicago
Public Works approves sewer assessment plan for Temple area
Indianapolis Board of Public Works on Sept 18 approved a local sewer improvement assessment roll for the alley area east and west of Temple Avenue from Pogues Run to near Tenth Street. The plan details multiple street segments and branches along Eleventh to Thirteenth streets with various alley connections and offsets.
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Board
Majestic Bldg
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
Indiana
Mast
Temple Avenue
Tenth Street
Temple Avening
Thirteenth Street
Eleventh Street
Hural Street
Twelfth Street
Rural Street
Thirteen
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Majestic
Public Works
Isu
Irvington Avenue
Lowell Avenue
Michigan Street
Keystone Avenue
Said Street
Joseph TY. Elliott
Fred Z. Mack
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