Daylight saving poll shows fast time support and opposition
The Times poll tallies 2437 in favor and 1889 against daylight saving as ballots pour in by mail. City council will decide at a special session Monday night after ballot counting, with opposition from theater owners and local groups and support from some business associations. Oscar Stevens, father of Indiana's quadruplets, dies at 49 in Noblesville.
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Charles R. Metzger
Marion County Bankers’ Association
Nobelville
Ind
Oscar Stevens
Ice Box Ad Sells for Cash in The Times
A 75 pound porcelain lined ICE BOX offered by Mrs. E M Grass at 4473 College Ave sold for cash after a Sunday listing in The Times. The notice promotes selling household goods and instruments with buyers ready for cash and a contact number MAin 3500.
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Police traffic chief hears from alibi in improper parking case
In South Bend Sgt. Ellis Diver received the prize winning alibi from a motorist who offered three tags and two letters about illegal parking. Diver pressed for reason for delay and the motorist answered that he had been in the county jail recently.
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South Bend
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Sergt
Ellis Diver
Diver
Trains Change Time On Keystone Express And Others
Pennsylvania railroad announces schedule changes effective Sunday. Keystone Express departs Indianapolis at 3 25 p m instead of 3 05 p m and arrives in New York as before. Spirit of St Louis now 5 30 p m, Washington 12 30 noon, American 2 p m. Louisville trains adjust departure times. Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids sleeping cars altered or withdrawn.
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New York
Spirit of St. Louis
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Bandits Rob Autoist on Bluff Road
Two armed men boarded D. H. Smith of 648 Arch St. at Bluff Road and the Belt railroad Friday night, robbed him of 21 dollars, and escaped in a curbside car after threatening him with guns. Smith initially resisted but was coerced.
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First Colored Member to Get Congress Seat Since 1896
The death of Representative Martin Madden of Illinois leaves a Negro member to Congress for the first time since 1896. William J. Dawson, Madden’s Negro opponent, may win the seat. Will R. Wood will take Madden’s chair on the Appropriations Committee.
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Spohn Sets Shot Put Mark as Tigers Rout Poly
DePauw University track team dominated Rose Poly in Greencastle with a 111 1 2 to 14 victory. Hugh Spohn set a DePauw shot put record at 41 feet 10 inches, four inches beyond the 1898 mark by Doc Roller.
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Anderson pastors fail in liquor case
In Anderson Indiana on April 28 ministers failed to prove charges that the municipal garage beside city hall hosted liquor drinking parties. A raid analysis by the state lab and federal prohibition found near beer and denatured alcohol used as anti freeze. Jesse Taylor, city mechanic, was arrested and to be released. Rev Owen A Knox spurred the probe after the ministerial association sent him to spy on city workers.
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Indianapolis
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Anderson Ministerial Association
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Grace Methodist Church
Record Snowstorm Paralyzes Traffic East of Pittsburgh
A spring snowfall of eight to fourteen inches with sleet halted trains and cars and disrupted telephone and telegraph service east and south of Pittsburgh. Snow drifts reached three feet. repairs were hindered by the unexpected storm and trains along the Pennsylvania Railroad and B&O ran one to two hours late as telegraph poles fell along the lines.
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Snow Storm Buries Pennsylvan ia and Surrounding Areas
A heavy snow and sleet storm paralysed parts of Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia. Record April 27 snowfall disrupted street cars and traffic with over three inches in Harrisburg and up to fourteen inches in Cresson. The Lincoln Highway aid ordered as fruit crops suffer in western Maryland and Shenandoah valley.
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Virginia
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Ebensburg
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Funeral services for Frank Lockhart in Daytona Beach
Funeral services for race driver Frank Lockhart, who died attempting to set a world speed record at Daytona Beach, will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at Flanner Buchanan mortuary. Dr. Lewis Brown will officiate. The public service followed his body being flown from Jacksonville and lay in state in Daytona with flags at half staff. The Stutz Motor Car Co. president announced closure of factory and showrooms Monday afternoon. After local rites, the body goes to Los Angeles for burial and will be transported to Indianapolis for further ceremonies.
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Stutz Motor Car Company
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Planner & Buchanan Mortuary
Tax Board Deadlock Delays Citizens Gas Tax Cut
Two members of the State tax board failed to agree on the tax reduction for Citizens Gas Company, delaying rehearing to next week. A tentative $800,000 cut was proposed. 1927 valuation was $6,231,000, with new value $5,531,100. Zoercher supported $800,000, Hough opposed. Bolling stood with Zoercher in Brown’s absence.
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Stinson Refuses to Back Trans Atlantic Hop Plan
Detroit April 28 The Stinson Aircraft Corporation returned a $3,000 check to German aviatrix Thea Rasche as first payment on a monoplan planned for an Atlantic flight. Officials said the firm discourages flights undertaken in personal crisis.
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Atlantic
Bed ridden Wowian saved from hillside blaze
Fire destroyed four houses on Hillside Avenue with $15 000 in damages. Traffic Officer Leo Troutman rescued the bed ridden wife of E J Emerson from the flames, narrowly escaping a collapsing ceiling. The Emerson home and belongings were destroyed.
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Edward Bond
Carl Blacketer
Charles Utterback
Hogs Dip After Weeks of Steady Trade at Local Yard
Hogs fell 25 cents per hundredweight marking the first drop in over two weeks. Top hogs reached 8.45 with most in the 160 to 275 pound range around 10.40. Receipts were about 4,000 while calves dropped 50 cents. Chicago prices opened slow with bids 10 to 15 cents lower. 180 to 220 pounders bid 10.40. Five thousand hogs were received and seven thousand held over.
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Watson Here Tonight At Armory Mass Meeting
Delegations from across Indiana plan to attend the 8 PM Armory mass meeting where Senator James E. Watson will speak as Hoover’s rival in the Indiana presidential preference contest. Watson arrives in Indianapolis after four days campaigning in the Thirteenth district with further stops in Fort Wayne Gary and Calumet region.
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James E. Watson
Herbert C. Hoover
Indiana
Watson
Indianapolis
Thirteenth
Hoover
Ft. Wayne
Calumet
Gary
Boxing Commission Might Be Abolished In City Move
City boxing authority could shift to the city controller as the boxing committee led by Robert E. Springsteen plans a meeting. Paul Bridges, the commission secretary under the old council, may be replaced if the panel persists. Indiana National Guard Armory promoters seek talks on rule compliance amid past enforcement clashes.
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Paul Bridges
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Temperature Readings Across Morning Hours
Hourly temperatures show 6 am at 35, 8 am at 40, 9 am at 44 degrees with a forecasted high around the mid 80s. The data reflects a warming trend through the early morning hours.
Glory His Shroud Bennett Rites Inspire Living
Associate Editor Philip Hewitt-Myri ng of the London Daily News writes that Floyd Bennett's death linked nations in admiration. He describes the airman’s passing as a summons to courage, comparing Bennett to Drake and Raleigh and noting Arlington like ceremonies, wind and rain, and a shared heroic spirit between Britain and America.
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London Daily News
Floyd Bennett
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Devon
Drake
Raleigh
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Rail consolidations lift outlook for eastern trunk lines
Developments this week justify optimism for rail road securities as eastern trunk lines reach an executive agreement. Bullish sentiment may spread to western roads and other carriers set for consolidation. Improved business, lower unemployment, and hoped gains in car loadings and net earnings shape a cautiously bullish outlook with advised profit taking.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Filibuster Planned Over Boulder Canyon Dam Bill
In Washington on April 28 a Senate filibuster strategy emerged to block the Boulder Canyon dam bill. Senator Johnson of California aims to press his Johnson Swing bill and force a final vote, while Senator Ashurst of Arizona plans to talk the measure to death with several colleagues. Senator Smoot of Utah, head of the finance committee, will give a five hour speech and push tax reduction first, sidelining the Boulder Dam bill for a week or ten days.
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Ashurst
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How the Market Opened
Stocks opened strong with leaders showing a firm tone After overnight buying orders a tendency to irregularity appeared as week end selling set in General Motors opened at 192 and eased to 191 percent New York Central rose 14 percent to 186 percent before easing Anaconda led copper gains Consolidated Gas rose nearly two points Air Reduction jumped to 72 Sinclair and Standard Oil of New York advanced Despite spotty mercantile conditions employment rose in industrial centers with Toledo at record levels and steel in Youngstown district well maintained
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Padlock Fight Over School Well In Newport
Ariel Willis, a self styled city enforcement figure and janitor at the Jacksonville school house, padlocked the well pump provoking a clash with neighbor Israel Hunt. Willis testified in Vermillion Circuit Court that Hunt habitually drew water from the well and grew angry when the lock and chain stopped him.
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Willis
Vermillion Circuit
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Hunt
Chicago Grain Opening Mixed Wheat Gains Provisions Fall
Chicago grain trading opens with Wheat May up 4 cents and September up 4. Corn May and July slip a half to one cent, September down. Oats May and July steady, September up a half cent. Provisions decline as markets adjust.
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White to Quit Post as Civic Clubs Leader
John F. White announced his resignation as Federation of Civic Clubs president after being elected city councilman. Oscar W. Storer will succeed him per federation rules. The move followed a chaotic Chamber of Commerce meeting over daylight saving and a clash from J. Edward Burke who urged severing ties with the Chamber’s civic affairs committee.
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Federation of Civic Clubs
Federation
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Chamber of Commerce
J. Edward Burke
South Side
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Burke
Southeastern Civic Improvement Club
Bremen Crew Pays Tribute At Flier's Grave
Three aviators from the Bremen Floyd Bennett near Arlington National Cemetery in a rainy ceremony laid a wreath on the marked grave of the polar airman who aided them. The Irish German crew Fitzmaurice von Huenefeld Koehl and Miss Herta Junkers arrived in Washington and joined mourners at the graveside as Bennett was interred.
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United Press
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Floyd Bennett
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Potomac
Robert E. Peary
Missing Indiana grocer leaves assets and debts
Down Fine Ridgon April 28 Assets of 31.52 and liabilities of 3656 were left by Lawrence Spitzmesser missing grocer here according to the report of the Elwood Trust Company receiver Creditors of the gro cer will receive .00862 per cent of their claims.
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Lawrence Spitzmesser
Elwood Trust Company
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