Nobile Defends Polar Flight as Worth the Sacrifice
General Umberto Nobile defended the Italia expedition in an interview with United Press, saying the polar flight yielded unmatched scientific and geographical results. He cited 243 hours aloft with 134 over polar regions, hardships faced, and the value of international scientific collaboration.
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Thomas P. Morgan
United Press
Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
United Press Today
Nobile
Polar
Arctic
Employment improves in three Indiana cities
Employment gains and higher production are reported in Seymour Anderson and Evansville as factories expand in Indiana. The Vincennes Brown Shoe plant increases daily output to 5 250 pairs while new plants and tours factor in Shelbyville Evansville and Mishawaka show hiring and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stone
the Times
Seymour
Anderson
Evansville
Vincennes
Shelbyville
Indiana
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Big Four Railroad
Corporation of America
Motor Bodies, Inc
Brown Shoe Company
St. Louis
Sta-Tic Snatch Company
Fame Canning Company
Indianapolis
Galesburg
LAPEL
Smith & Cascadden
Noblesville
Steinbrenner Rubber Company
Schacht Rubber Manufacturing Company
Huntington
MT. Summit
Rushville
Rushville Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bloomfield
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company
MT. Vernon
Oliver
Posey County
Deep Vein Oil Company
Union City
Johnston Case Goods Company
South Bend
New Jersey, Indiana and Illlinois Railroad
Studebaker Corporation
A. R. Erskine
Geneva
Electric Shovel Company
Centenary
Action Toys Company
Kendallville
Kendallville Milk Producers Association
Breyer Ice Cream Company
Philadelphia
Sergeant Farley’s Feet Endure Through War and Time
A Fargo sergeant F N Farley who fought in the Spanish American War and World War I walks from Grand Junction to Indianapolis for a Vet erans of Foreign Wars convention. Doctors in Chicago and Oklahoma City find his feet strong for his age despite years of ill fitting shoes and gas exposure at Ypres in 1915. Farley survived the Princess Pats gas attack with 65 soldiers of whom only sixty five endured the phosgene on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Farley
United States
Albert S. Bronston
Chicago
S. D. Tomlinson
Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Grand Junction
Colo
Fargo
N. D
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indianapolis
Princess Pat
Ypres
Farley
Carmel Myers Returns to Screen as Talkies Boost
Carmel Myers is staging a comeback aided by John Gilbert and talking pictures. Sound film demand could restore her former prominence, with plans for more vocal training and potential stage work before two talking pictures in which she will star.
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NEA
Ollywood
Cal
Carmel Myers
John Gilbert
Carmel
Miss Myers
Fire causes $1000 damage at residence on Forty Sixth Street
Fire started in the attic of H. W. Telborn at 126 E Forty Sixth St Thursday causing about 1000 of damage. Investigators ruled a carelessly dropped match as the probable cause.
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H. W. Telborn
E. Forty- Sixth St
Vare Out Of Campaign Action After Stroke
William S. Vare of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Republican boss suffers a paralytic stroke at his Ventnor summer home and must rest for months. Doctors say he is not in immediate danger but will be unable to participate in much of the national campaign. Friends link illness to the stress of his Senate seating bid after recent Washington trips and a Kansas City delegation toss.
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Scripps-Howard Alliance
Atlantic City
N. J
William S. Vare
Bitabonnet
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Senate
Ventnor
Vare
Washington
Kansas City
Hoover
Campaign mail flood as Blanton seeks Texas Senate seat
Times Special reports from Washington say Representative Blanton of Texas sent about twelve tons of franked mail from the House offices in his bid for the U S Senate. Mail handlers note rivals like Tom Connally also dispatched large volumes as forecasts rise to fifteen to twenty tons daily and potentially sixty tons as campaigns intensify.
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Times Special
Washington
Blanton
Texas
House
United States
Tom Connally
Subways for Busy Corners Proposed for Indianapolis Streets
City officials envision subway sidewalks at busy intersections to speed traffic and improve safety for children crossing wide streets. A post office tube system and curbside streetcar tracks are also proposed to reduce congestion and ease downtown traffic.
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Kern
Los Angeles
Cal
Theodore Vonnegut
School 2
Wayne Ave
Delaware St
Indianapolis
Evansville Oil Operator Killed by Falling Wheel
Evansville oil operator L. T. Martin, 40, died instantly in Kentucky oil field when a wheel fell from a rig mast and struck him on the head. The accident occurred in the Owensboro area late Thursday, authorities said.
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Evansville
Ind
L. T. Martin
Owensboro, Ky
Tutts Ready Here Dog Sits in White House Kennels Nomination
A Republican dog Tutt is the party’s nominee for the White House kennels as the race hinges on Herbert Hoover’s election. The police dog, however, seems unconcerned about the outcome.
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United States
White House
Tutt
Herbert Hoover
West to Face Senate Battle Over Interior Nomination
Senator Pittman predicted the Senate will reject Roy O. West’s nomination as Secretary of the Interior. He argued West could remain in office until end of the next Congress, enabling review of Boulder Dam and hydro power projects. Pittman cited West’s ties to power interests and Insull.
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Washington
United States Senate
Roy O. West
Rey Pittman
Nevada
West
Coolidge
Esch
Pittman
Boulder Dam
Insull
Congress
Hurt in Fall Ends in Death for Charles Crist
Charles Crist, 60, of 8 1 2 N Cruse Street, died at the city hospital at 4 30 a m after a fall down a barn stairway at 960 East Washington Street Thursday night. He was visiting Albert Kuntz at the barn and had been drinking. Police say he fell halfway up the stairs, cutting his face on broken glass and injuring his hip and head.
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Charles Crist
N. Cruse St
E. Washington St
Crist
Albert Kuntz
Hershel Richardson
W. Washington St. Bank
Sunshine Gardens
Controversy delays Shortridge High School completion holds up move
Officials urge H R Blagg Co to rush work as capacity may rise from 3269 to 3229 by adding forty chairs per classroom. The new $1 250 000 building at Meridian and Thirty Fourth Streets houses 90 rooms including a 1576 seat Caleb Mills auditorium and a large gym with a movable wall.
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H. R. Blagg & Co
Meridian
Thirty-Fourth Sts
Meridian St
Caleb Mills
Meridian Street widening discussed for 1929 schedule
City Engineer A H Moore told the Board of Works the Meridian Street widening from Fifty fourth Street to Westfield Boulevard and the boulevard between Sunset and College Aves may proceed in 1929 after a sewer settlement. Meridian is twenty four feet wide and would be widened to about fifty four feet to ease heavy traffic.
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Meridian St
Fifty-fourth St
Westfield Blvd
Sunset
College Aves
A. H. Moore
Moore
Meridian
Board of Works
Canal
Park Board
Kessler Blvd
H. B. Wheeler
Confession Tallies Fifteen Robberies by Leslie Homer
Police review details of fifteen robberies confessed by Leslie Homer 36 to trap unnamed confederates. Homer, active for months, was linked to a hit and run on a school bus in January. He confessed nine jobs and detectives check six more alleged holdups in this city and Muncie. John H. Hoy of Lebanon signed parole papers monthly.
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Leslie Homer
Homer
John H. Hoy
Lebanon
Ind
Jackson
Indiana State Reformatory
Muncie
Inquest Opens Into Slaying by Minister's Aide
Edinburg Indiana August 3 an inquest conducted by Johnson County coroner Dr D L Phipps into the slaying of Earl Jackson a 31 year old one legged World War veteran by James Glass 24 deputy of Marshal W C Milburn and a Church of God minister. Glass says he arrested Jackson for drunkenness and shot in self defense on the way to the lockup while Milburn says Jackson was under bond and had been arrested for liquor violations. The shooting reportedly occurred with the victim lying on the ground a bullet embedded in the earth. The case has stirred local sentiment over justification for the deputy involved.
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Buy Times
Edinburg
Ind
D. L. Phipps
Johnson County
Earl Jackson
James Glass
W. C. Milburn
Church of God
Jackson
Glass
Milburn
Beavers Race to Build Pardee Dam In California
In Aug 3 report, 500 workers in three shifts rush to finish Pardee Dam on the Mokelumne River near Argus Springs California. The project aims to create East Bay waterworks worth 70 million dollars, hold 2 million people’s water, and generate power to move water across foothills.
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NEA
Service
San Francisco Bay
Pardee
East Bay
Ernor
California
George C. Pardee
Buyers seek kitchen cabinet sold quickly by ad
C M Wills of 3345 Guilford Ave listed a two line want ad in Times Want Ads, drawing eager buyers who missed the chance. Mr Wills says he got his price and sold it fast, praising the paper for turning unwanted items into cash. Call Riley 5551 to purge your ad.
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C. M Wills
Guilford Ave
Mr. Wills
Riley
Liquor Law Spreads Disease to Islanders
In Nauru beri-beri appeared after it became a Australian mandated territory. Dr G W Bray reports the nutritional disease stems from vitamin deficiency during the dry season. The report notes alcohol supply to natives is restricted and their palm beverage, rich in yeast vitamins, was lost.
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Science Service
London
United States
Pacific
Nauru
G. W. Bray
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine
Australia
Mandated Territory
Newsboys Band to Play Free Concert at Brookside Park
The Newsboys Band will give a free concert at Brookside Park Playground on August 22. Children who play at the center and their parents and friends are invited to hear the program. The band recently performed at Riley Playground.
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Newsboys
Brookside Park Playground
Riley Playground
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