Extravagance Denied as Phone Hike Becomes Unlikely
The Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company failed to win rate increases after public service commissioners criticized president L. C. Griffiths for lavish expenses including $42.50 for a day at the Blackstone in Chicago. The panel, led by Commissioner Jere West, cited hard times and rural economic strain, denying the request and urging utilities to bear some burden temporarily. Later, Ladoga Telephone also saw a denied increase as conditions worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Griffiths
Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company
Blackstone Hotel
Chicago
Public Service Commission
Griffith
Jere West
Indiana
Clyde Jones
Asa Smith
Griffiths
Motion Picture Grand Opera Is Well On Way
Hollywood shifts from silent heavies to screen operettas as talkies draw crowds. Star voices like Lawrence Tibbett and John McCormack find new fame in musical films, blending grand opera with popular storytelling for American audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hollywood
Lawrence Tibbett
America
Tibbett
John McCormack
Alfalfa Bill Murray Hitches to Oklahoma Governor Bid
Oklahoma City Aug 9 1930 Alfalfa Bill Murray known for hitching his way across the state to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination aims to replicate the tactic in the Aug 12 run off against Frank Buttram He led the first primary by about 70000 votes and vows an open doorstep approach if elected while recounting a life of frontier grit and self made progress from a 50 cent start to state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Victor
Oklahoma City
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Frank Buttram
Murray
Joe
William H. Murray
Alfalfa Bill
Texas
Indian Territory
Congress
High Tension Lines Project Approved in Indianapolis
Public service commissioners approved a $12,267,075 securities issue for Indianapolis Power and Light to fund a new power plant and high tension lines around the city. The ruling allows obtaining right of way via court process without commission jurisdiction, based on Judge Lynn D Hay's decision. Protest focused on landowners north of the city. authorized issues include $8,000,000 bond, $2,500,000 6 percent preferred stock, and 160,000 no par common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Lynn D Hay
Superior Court Two
Howell Ellis
Automobiles Reported Missing to Police In City Notices
Police note several autos reported missing or misattributed to owners. Vehicles include a Ford roadster 79 594 from Pennsylvania and a Chrysler roadster 731 903 linked to Maryland and Illinois streets. Also listed: Scanlon at 1728 North Meridian and Beate at 340 North Hamilton Avenue in oldams ann ance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Toohy
Hamilton Avenue
Oldams Ann
Scanlon
North
Meridian Street
Ford
Pennsylioe
Back Home Again Autos Recovered and Fire at Connersville
Police recovered a Whippet roadster and an Oakland coach found at city intersections with owners named. A Jordan coupe was located at Minnesota Street and Eagle Creek. In Connersville an $11,500 hay fire blamed on spontaneous combustion damaged the ice company and a sales barn, killing a cow two calves and a pony while saving two horses and several trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whippet
English Avenue
Cedar Street
Benjamin D. Hitt
Brendenwood
Ind
Oakland
Newland
Keystone Avenues
P. Johnson
Jordan Coupe
Minnesota Street
Eagle Creek
Sconnersville
Connersville
Court Saves Pets From Eternal Sleep Amid Dying Wish
A court issued a distressing ruling preventing the painless death of two Angora cats and three others from a late mistress. Mrs Charlies Winterman, who died last month, asked that her five pets be put to death as she could not imagine anyone loving them as she did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Charlies Winterman
William J. Little
California
Lincoln County
Six States Take Half of 1930 Population Gain
A study of 1930 census figures shows half of the national population increase from 1920 to 1930, totaling 16,987,570, occurred in six states: California New York Texas Illinois and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
United States
California
New York
Texas
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Peshawar Guarded as Afridi Threat Looms on Frontier
Reinforced British troops guard Peshawar amid threat from Afridi tribesmen. Royal Air Force bombers patrol tribal territory near the city to harass the frontier warriors before they can rally neighboring tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshawar
India
Royal Air Force
From Alaska to Hoosierd am Blinn Trades Gold for Telephony
Marcus Blinn, a Huntington native and Indiana Bell cashier, recalls his Klondike bid for gold near Copper River, Alaska, in 1898. He describes mutiny, wrecked gear, and failed gold claims, concluding that copper and telephonic coins beat nugget dreams.
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Bell Telephone
Klondike
Thar
Marcus Blinn
Cornelius Avenue
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Blinn
Huntington
W. Va
Copper River
Alaska
Seattle
U. S
Valencia
Valdez Bay
Hoosterdam
Alaskan
Aviation movement routes and notable pilots listed
A mixed roster of flights from Mars Hill to Indianapolis and return includes Stinson Detroiters and Challengers with passengers from Ft Wayne to Indianapolis. Embry-Riddle and Hoosier airport trips feature Chicago residents and military connections with testing stands and Chevelair engines highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Hill
William Barton
Anderson
Indianapolis
Stinson
North Meridian _ street
J. H. Davis
Seymour
Hoosier
Ned Bottom
Muncie
Air King
Harry Boggs
Travel Air
Paul Cox
Terre Haute
Barling
Thomas F. Huntington
Shelbyville
M. S. Smith
Chicago
Lincoln
H. H. Bullock
Detroit
Mich
Waco
Capitol
John P. Stokes
Ind
Great Lakes
Walker W. Winslow
Indiana Aviation Corporation
Camp Knox
Hoosier Airport Official Joins Chevelair Motors
H C Brooks longtime secretary treasurer of Hoosier airport becomes general superintendent of experimental work and production of airplane motors at Chevelair Motors Inc Indianapolis He will continue his Hoosier airport post but will focus on new duties with Chevelair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Brooks
Hoosier Airport
Chevelair Motors, Inc
Indianapolis
Brooks
Hoosier
Mechanics test Chevelair six cylinder motor at Hoosier airport
Mechanics at Hoosier airport test a Chevelair six cylinder airplane motor made by Chevelair Motors Inc of Indianapolis. The unit will power a Laird aircraft for the national air races in Chicago from August 23 to September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Chevelair
Chevelair Mtors, Inc
Indianapolis
Laird
Chicago
R-100 May Return to Cardington Next Week
Montreal reports the R-100 may depart for Cardington England late next week. Commander R B B Colmore of the British air ministry announced aboard the dirigible that a return home is planned.
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United Preas
Montreal
Canada
Cardington
England
R. B. B. Colmore
British Air Ministry
Memorial to Earhart Unveiled in Bury Port Wales
A memorial to Amelia Earhart was unveiled in Bury Port Carmarthenshire Wales on Friday night. The tribute marks her June 1928 Atlantic landing and features a drinking fountain with a replica of her plane Friendship, unveiled by Sir Arthur Whitten Brown the first aviator to fly the Atlantic.
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United Preas
Bury
Carmarthenshire
Wales
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Arthur Whitten Brown
Atlantic
Ancient Egyptian 365 day year and leap year insight
The text notes that as early as 4,241 years before Christ the Egyptians calculated a 365 day year with an extra day every four years. It highlights early astronomical calculation and calendar development by ancient Egyptians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Amos and Andy Helped Census Takers Survive
Chicago's gold coast, gangsters, harsh deserts, and strong beliefs of southern Negroes marked the path of the fifteenth decennial census. Reports tell of peril and humor as enumerators filed final figures, with one supervisor noting Amos and Andy on the radio aided fact gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Robertson
United Press
Washington
Chicago
Gold Coast
Gansters
Census Bureau
Amos
Andy
Combined Recreation and Parks Agencies Urged for Merger
Charles Sallee, park superintendent, proposes enacting a law to merge the Indianapolis park and recreation departments. He says unified operation could be more efficient, with the recreation director focusing on playgrounds while maintenance duties are consolidated, noting duplication of effort under separate levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Park and Recreation Departments
Charles Sallee
Sallee
Recreation
Jack Pickford Towed Again in Third Marriage Bid
Salinas California August 9 Jack Pickford brother of Mary announces plans to wed Mary Mulhern of Hollywood within two days. Mulhern born New Jersey appeared on stage in New York before moving to Hollywood. Pickford 35 Canadian native and Mulhern 22 New Jersey native sign as witnesses under California three day marriage law.
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United Press
Salinas
Cal
Jack Pickford
Mary
Silent Pictures
Pebble Beach
Mary Mulhern
Hollywood
Canada
New Jersey
Pickford
Olive Thomas
Paris
Marilyn Miller
Miss Mulhern
California
New Radio on Display at RCA Dealers Meeting
A new radio receiver with built in phonograph recording gear was showcased at a Friday night meeting of RCA Radiola dealers at the Columbia Club. The Kruse Radio Inc of RCA distributors hosted the event with C. J. Kruse presiding and speakers from RCA Victor and Radiotron among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCA Radiola
Columbia Club
Kruse Radio, Inc
RCA Distributors
C. J. Kruse
R. B. Belikofer
RCA Victor Company
L. M. Brin
RCA
C. N. Chambers
RCA Radiotron Company
Frank Louden
The
Burgess Battery Company
O. G. Clements
Kruse Company
E. L. Kruse Jr
Officials Rebut Coolidge On Aircraft Engine Lead
High navy officials in Washington challenged a syndicated piece by former President Coolidge claiming the United States lagged behind Europe in aircraft engine development. The officials defended American progress and emphasized ongoing efforts and investments to advance propulsion technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
America
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Commission
Epicure
Bolivia
Tropics
Indian Frontier
Bank of Indiana
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis
Chevelair Force
Earhart
Capitol Airport
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Stout Field
Wyoming
Ralph L. Goodman
Little Italy
Goose Island
Hell’s Half Acre
North Clark Street
North Side
Combined Recreation, Parks Body
Riley
W. Wash. ST
HAAG
Safety For Savings
Fletcher American National Bank A
Pearson’s
Atwater Kent
Philco
Pennsylvania Street
Vonnegut
Washington Street
Purdue University Aeronautic Engineering
Curtiss
Purdue
H. Weir Cook
R. F. Conner
New Albany
C. Y. Kang
Peiping
China
G. W. Haskins
S. C. Liu
W. W. Young
Stillwater
Okla
Columbia
Carl J. Klaiber
Scientific
Indiana Pythian Bldg
Union National
Union National Savings & Loan Assn
Post Office
West Ohio St
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