Van Fleet Signals Shift at Federal Trade Commission
Vernon Van Fleet of Bristol Ind chairman of the FTC prompts speculation by joining Nugent and Thompson in ordering the dissolution of the International Shoe Company stock merger with W H McElwain Company Boston. The majority holds the merger lessens competition violate the Clayton Act, while Humphrey Hunt dissenters call it beneficial. Observers note the move could show whether the commission remains independent or becomes a rubber stamp for big business.
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Times
Washington
Vernon van Fleet
Bristol
Ind
Federal Trade Commission
Humphery
Humphrey
Hunt
Thompson
Nugent
van Fleet
Nugent and Thompson
Humphrey and Hunt
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
W. H. McElwain Company
Boston
Consumerss
Aske
Thompson and Nugent
Lock-ups lack patronage in British Isles
Washington reports via the American consulate that England and Wales closed more than twenty prisons since March and total prison population fell 66 percent since 1913. Despite fewer facilities the 1923 24 population reached 58 216 as reforms emphasize prevention and probation over punishment.
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British Isles
Times Washington Bureau
New York Avenue
Washington
United States
England
Wales
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
Tax levy cut in Arion tentative 1926 budget
ARION Ind Aug 10 A reduction in the city tax levy from 1.12 to 1.05 was announced in a tentative 1926 budget aided by a 2,000,000 rise in valuation. The figures show a 30,000,000 valuation for this year.
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Times
ARION
Ind
84 year old woman wins oldest at reunion prize
Mrs. Mary E. Coleman aged 84 of 1122 N Keystone Ave won a $5 prize as the oldest attendee at a Brookside Park reunion of former Daviess County residents. Nine participants totaled 766 years, with Emma McClain and Emma McCord among others, about 500 attending.
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Reunion
Mary E. Coleman
N. Keystone Ave
Daviess County
Brookside Park
Ferdinand Davis
Warman Ave
George W. Wilford
Pennsylvania
George D. Abraham
N. Bradley
Supreme Court
Hubbard
Emma McCord
Municipal Life Guards Describe Harsh Reality of Beach Duty
Four guards at the W twenty sixth Street White River bathing beach describe the tough life. They face cold nights, danger from strong swimmers, lost clothes, and angry mothers while earning only 75 dollars a month.
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W. twenty-Sixth St
White River
Watson
Fletcher Ave
Earl Montgomery
Patterson St
Wayne Geisel
Buckle St
Howdy Taylor
W. Twenty-Ninth St
Saint James Chapel may be sold over unpaid paving bill
Ashbury Park, N J Aug 10 United Press reports Saint James Chapel may be sold at auction after sixty communicants failed to raise 600 dollars for street paving. The church once hosted Woodrow Wilson McKinley Garfield and Grant when in the area, yet the treasury held only 150 dollars and could not settle the city bill.
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United Press
Ashbury Park
N. J
Saint James Chapel
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
James Garfield
U.S. Grant
Miss South Bend ineligible for National Beauty Pageant
Miss Florence King, chosen to represent South Bend in the National Beauty Pageant in Atlantic City, has been declared ineligible by contest director Armand J. Nicholas. Nicholas said the selection favored vote-getting ability over looks, altering the basis of the choice.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Florence King
Atlantic City
Armand J. Nicholas
Nicholas
Carpenter Wirt Joseph Rescues Three From River
Times Special reports Evansville Indiana. carpenter Wirt Joseph of Newburgh has twice saved others from drowning this season. On Friday he performed his third rescue by pulling Joseph Jefferies of Chandler from the Ohio River.
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Evansville
Ind
Wirt Joseph
Newburgh
Joseph
Joseph Jefferies
Chandler
Ohio River
Wild Ride Locks Women in Jail
Mrs. Cressie Jones 25 and Miss Emma Finer 87 were jailed after witnesses said Jones drove west on W Tenth St at 35 mph. Jones faces charges of driving while intoxicated drunkenness speeding and assault and battery. Finer to be charged with drunkenness. They allegedly broke a barricade at Belmont Ave drove through freshly laid pavement and struck two men Gaddis Lucas and Cecil Stewart injuring them and sending them to city hospital.
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Cressie Jones
N. Miley Ave
Emma Finer
E. Morris St
Jones
W. Tenth St
Miss Finer
Belmont Ave
Gaddis Lucas
W. Pearl St
Cecil Stewart
Highland Pl
City Hospital
Young bandits attempt hold up Salem station endswith fatal shooting
In Salem Ohio an attempted robbery at a filling station near Lisbon failed. A youth bandit was killed, another wounded, and a third captured when James Crawford, owner of the station, shot with a shotgun as the assailants advanced with revolvers. Crawford acted on suspicion after observing the youths nearby.
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United Press
Salem
Ohio
Lisbon
James Crawford
Crawford
Two Bandits Sought After Robbery at Riverfront Corner
Police search for two colored bandits who held up Mrs. A Bundy in front of 643 South Delaware Street as she sat in her husband’s auto near Michigan Street and White River. The men took their lunch and valuables. The wife said the bandits fled after the theft.
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A. Bundy
S. Delaware St
Michigan St
White River
Mammoth mushroom found near Atlanta Indiana stirs cook debate
Local attorney S Mahlon Unger and Arthur Woodward discovered a giant mushroom after a reunion in Atlanta Indiana. The fungus measures 48 inches in circumference and weighs 11 pounds. They wonder how many steaks can be seasoned from the find.
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S. Mahlon Unger
State Life
Arthur Woodward
Harvard Pl
Unger
Woodward
Atlanta
Ind
Ford's Electric Rail Engine Ready for Test
Detroit August 10 Henry Ford unveils a giant electric locomotive for the Detroit Toledo Ironton line. Weighing 372 tons it runs 117 feet long with 5000 horsepower and a top speed of 35 mph. The dual articulated sections share power via 22000 volt lines stepped to 600 volt motors.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Rnc
City budget trimmed to $1.0825 tax rate by Hogue
City controller Joseph L. Hogue cut the 1926 budget to a final tax rate of $1.0825 after a talks with Mayor Shank. Hogue proposed a four member business committee for future budgets. Mayor Shank rejected new allocations for the plan commission’s projects on Illinois and Sixteenth Streets despite traffic concerns and a hoped 3 cent levy. Schmidt urged widening Sixteenth Street and Illinois Street improvements costing 75 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Joseph L. Hogue
Shank
Hogue
Gustave G. Schmidt
City Plan Commission
Illinois and
Sixteenth Sts
Plan Commission
Schmidt
Illinois St
W. Sixteenth St
Northwestern Ave
Shank Protests Tax Rise Across Kendallville
Mayor Shank leads a furious State House stop over Kendallville taxes. He praises John J. Brown of the State tax board while opposing the 10 percent real estate hike in Kendallville, cites Ligonier’s 5 percent proposal, and claims high taxes drove a large refrigerator plant from Kendallville.
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Shank
State House
Kendallville
John J. Brown
State Tax Board
Brown
Kendallvile
Ligonier
Kandellville
O'Brien Escapes Shot At Home Fire Chief Targeted
Police investigate a bullet fired into Fire Chief John J. O'Brien's home at 19 E. Orange St. He found the lead lodged in a wall after hearing plaster fall. Neighbors reported a small car followed by a larger one and shots fired. The incident may relate to rum-runners and hijackers.
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John J. O'Brien
O'Brien
E. Orange St
School Books Under Review by State Board Examiners
State Board of Accounts Examiners Hoover and Thad Major began the annual examination of the Indianapolis school board books and records. The audit is expected to take several days.
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State Board of Accounts
Hoover
Thad
Indianapolis School Board
Postal deficit huge buy United Prear Washington
The post office deficit for the year ending June 30 1925 was about 37 149 000 dollars. Obligations reached 649 371 000 dollars while estimated revenues were 600 600 000 dollars, with a deduction of 11 622 000 dollars for increases in liabilities and civil service retirement.
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United
Washington
Post Office
New
Annual W C T U Meet Heads to Jonesboro
RION Ind Aug 10 Annual tapvention of the Grant County W Co T U will be held in Friends Church at Jonesboro Sept 29 and 80 New officers will be elected.
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Rion
Ind
Grant County
Friends Church
Jonesboro
Liquor Seizure Report From Home Raid
Mattie Malfreda of 734 Holmes Ave faced a blind tiger charge after a police raid Sunday. Officers seized two ten gallon kegs of wine and large quantities of wine in other containers along with home brew and beer.
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Mattie Malfreda
Holmes Ave
Blind Tiger
Columbia Club Directors Open New Monument Circle Building
Columbia Club directors, including officers who serve on the board, occupied its new Monument Circle building today. A formal opening is planned for the fall, with the club moving its activities to the new premises.
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Columbia Club
Monument Circle
Club
New York St up to board decision reverses plan
City council members, who backed the major thoroughfare ordinance to keep control from the board of works, were surprised when Gustave G. Smith announced the board will retain jurisdiction. The project would widen the street to an average of 54 feet, above property owners’ preferred 40 feet. Freeman said the board will set a speedway thoroughfare as directed by the plan commission.
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E. New York St
Board of Works
Gustave G. Smith
Plan Commission
William H. Freeman
Million Dollar Lumber Yard Fire In Chicago
Fire destroyed the Harris Brothers Company lumber yard in Chicago center manufacturing district. Firefighters fought through the night as a 1600 gallon gasoline tank exploded, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air. The loss is reported at one million dollars.
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United Press
Chicago
Harris Brothers Company
Butler named assistant school inspector in state
NEW DEPUTY INSPECTOR Henry Noble Sherwood state superintendent announces the appointment of E. B. Butler as assistant school inspector. Butler, Rushville schools principal for four years, succeeds John Rittenger who became chief of the inspection department. Butler is an Earlham graduate and attended the University of Chicago. he also chairs the Sixth district teachers association.
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Henry Noble Sherwood
E. B. Butler
Rushville
Butler
John Rittenger
Earlham
Universiy of Chicago
Indianapolis to get about 110000 from gas tax fund
Leonard Y. Harrison of the Chamber of Commerce says Indianapolis will receive about 110000 on or about 1, 1926 as its share of the 1925 26 state gasoline tax. City officials had estimated 81000 but increases in consumption were not counted.
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Indianapolis
Leonard Y. Harrison
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Department
Harrison
State Highway Commission
Queen Contest Ends Tuesday in Indianapolis Week
Miss Greater Indianapolis must win a majority of votes from various organizations to be crowned queen of the city festivity August 16 to 23. Nominations close Tuesday at 6 pm with pictures. voting ends Thursday at 6 pm and ballots due by Friday 6 pm. Judges are Virgin Ferguson, Wallace Lee and Frank Jordan. Frank A. Holmes oversees the contest.
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Greater Indianapolia
Greater Indianapolis
John F. Walker
Palke
Virgin Ferguson
Wallace O. Lee
Frank Jordan
Frank A. Holmes
Ian
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Fulton St
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S. State St
L. W. Ellis
Michael Buckley
George W. Williford
George G. Abraham
Geisel and Montgomery
Geisel
Vty
Bus Watson
MISS
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