Teachers Allowed Free Debate Over Pension Merger
In Indianapolis teachers may openly argue the plan to merge the city pension fund with the State fund. Assistant superintendent D T Weir called it a personal matter and said discussion will not affect teaching positions. Petitions for and against the merger circulate and will go to the school board and fund trustees.
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Indianapolis
City Pension Fund
State
Teachers’ Pension Fund
D.T. Weir
Weir
Tuberculosis Campaign Targets Spitters in Marion County
The Marion County Tuberculosis Association launches a weeklong campaign to curb promiscuous exspectoration. It plans to distribute thousands of pamphlets and sweep homes, factories, and public buildings with a duster replaced by an oiled rag to prevent disease spread.
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Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Boy 11 Dies After Vehicle Strikes in La Porte
LA PORTE Ind April 9 Henry Baranousk age 11 died from a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile driven by Mrs Stephen Carver.
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Bu Times
LA Porte
Ind
Henry Baranousk
Stephen Carver
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Blood Cleansing
Restore clear skin with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets marketed as a gentle calomel substitute. The ad claims they cleanse blood and bowels, reduce pimples and bad breath, and improve energy, urging nightly use for a week with 15c and 30c prices.
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J. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Bride To Live In Baltimore Before Her Marriage
Miss Margaret Rose Hedgecock of 715 North Alabama Street will marry Ralph Watson Hickey. Before the wedding she will reside in Baltimore, Maryland, with her fiancé and his family.
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Baltimore
Baltimore, Md
Ralph Watson Hickey
Margaret
Rose Hedgecock
J. W. Hedgecock
Alabama St
Hickey
City Manager Plan Would Change Indianapolis Government
A citizens committee proposes replacing the politically controlled mayor with a nonpartisan city manager chosen by a seven member council. An election is to decide the change, with 20 000 petition names to trigger a vote. If approved the May 6 primary would be postponed.
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Indianapolis
Citizens Committee
City Commission
Shank
Six Days Remain for Essays in Indianapolis Times Contest
The Indianapolis Times Industrial Essay Contest invites high and preparatory school students to submit up to 200 word essays on Why Industries Should Come to Indianapolis. Prizes of 15 10 and 5 will be awarded after the April 15 deadline. Entries must be mailed or delivered to The Indianapolis Times editor.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Central Library
Business Branch
Bureau of Industry
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Bldg
PRESS OPPOSES VON HINDENBURG
The Republican press in Berlin accuses General Von Hindenburg of being a personal representative of former Kaiser Wilhelm as opposition to his presidential bid opens. Monarchy versus Republic dominates debate with factions labeling him as empire bloc and junker backed. The Rote Fahne calls him a program for dictatorship while monarchists praise him as wartime leader.
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Marx
Rote Fahne
Junkers
Street repairs planned on Sixty Third Street in Broad Ripple
Temporary repairs will fill the space between car tracks on Sixty Third Street from College Avenue to the Monon Railroad with cinders under orders of the board of works. The Union Traction Company owns the tracks and leases them to Indianapolis Street Railway Company in receivership. The company will make permanent improvements once legal provisions allow. Property appraisal for opening and widening East New York Street will begin immediately.
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College Ave
Monon Railroad
Board of Works
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
William H. Freeman
New York St
Leopold and Loeb Meet During Passover Rest Day
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, both serving life for the Franks murder, met in a prison day of rest for Passover. A rabbi led services in a near chapel room and the pair, joined by four other Jewish inmates, discussed their crime and prison experiences.
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United Press
Funeral set for George Nagle longtime statehouse police
George Nagle 79 a longtime special policeman at the Statehouse died Wednesday after influenza. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at his home with burial in Noblesville. Born in Lancaster Pennsylvania he served as a Civil War veteran and later lived in Hamilton County joining the G A R Knight of Pythias and the I C F.
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Statehouse
Noblesville
Nagle
Lancaster
Hamilton County
Knight of Pythias
Tgamos A
McCoy to head joint purchasing board Saturday
Daily E. McCoy of Versailles, secretary of the Republican State committee, will become secretary of the joint purchasing board Saturday, succeeding Fred B. Robinson. New subcommittee members include Moses Epstein Frankfort Jon Moorman Knox Robert B E Nerf Indianapolis Mrs Frances Beadle Dr W C Van Nuys Ralph Howard Putnamville and James G. Jackson Fort Wayne.
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Versailles
Republican State Committee
Joint Purchasing Board
Fred B. Robinson
Moses Epstein
Frankfort
Jon Moorman
Knox
Robert BE. Nerf
Indianapolis
Frances Beadle
W. C. van Nuys
Ralph Howard
Putnamville
James G. Jackson
Ft. Wayne
Editor Faces Death Charge In Fatal Shooting in Shelbyville
Shelby County grand jury to meet next Monday to probe the shooting of Richard Walters by C. E. Mercer editor of the Sun Morristown. Mercer arraigned on manslaughter and released on 5000 bond. Walters known as Sudden Service Dick died after Mercer fired twice amid a street altercation outside Morristown post office. Mercer, a well known state editor, formerly owned and edited several Indiana newspapers.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Shelby County Grand Jury
Richard Walters
C.E. Mercer
the Sun
Morristown
Mercer
Walters
Sudden Service
Fire Department
Shelbyville Democrat
Brownstown Banner
Noblesville Democrat
Seymour
Munding Insanity Defense in Fatal Shooting Trial
In Wheaton Illinois Munding the riding master faces trial for the death of Julia Douglas a riding academy proprietor. Attorneys Clarence Darrow and Hadley argue insanity fueled by Douglas alleged affairs naming ten men led by Robert Plummer former LaGrange police chief as the tenth. Munding is accused of shooting Julia after a dispute over marriage and jealousy.
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United Press Wheaton
Munding
Julia Douglas
Clarence Darrow
Charles W. Hadley
Hadley
Robert Plummer
Lagrange
Ill
Julia
Plummer
Hoosier Briefs: Monticello Burnettsville Idaville bus plan
Briefs from Monticello Burnettsville and Idaville request bus line mail service from Logansport under review. Sheriff Curry arrested a 17 year old for defacing Bloomington courthouse walls with a sharp instrument. Complete revision of Richmond traffic rules expected soon. The March bank clearings totaled 20 088 159, highest for any month in Gary. Jacob Hoffman pioneer of Dublin celebrated his 98th birthday. Rumors of a 2800 worker steel mill in Muncie circulating. Brazil quake vibrations believed cleared after three loud shocks. Gary zoning ordinance to be acted on at next council meeting. Two gasoline motor coaches to run on Marion Chicago Erie line per J G Jones in Decatur. Milroy post office moved sixteen times since first postmaster Nathan Thompkins eighty years ago.
Won't Come Into City Annexation Vote Failure
More than 100 residents voted unanimously at St Rochs school to reject joining the city. Joseph L Doerr of the Thirteenth Ward Civic League outlined annexation advantages, but the measure failed to pass.
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Hanna Aves
Meridian St
Bluff Rd
St. Roch’s School
Joseph L. Doerr
Thirteenth Ward Civic League
Back On The Old Job Asbestos Workers End Strike
Asbestos Workers' Union agreed Wednesday to return to last year’s wage scale of 1 dollar an hour. Strikers who demanded a 15 cent increase on April 1 returned to work Monday after talks among Joseph Mulaney and contractors. Territory allowed for members extended from 25 to 75 miles around Indianapolis.
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Asbestos Workers’ Union
Joseph Mulaney
New York
Indianapolia
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