Businessmen Seek $1,000,000 Indy Factory Drive
More than a dozen Indianapolis retailers pledge $5,000 each toward a $1,000,000 industrial fund aimed at attracting factories to the city. Sol Meyer of Meyer Kiser Bank signs for $25,000, while Chamber of Commerce doubts and rival outside management proposals shape the effort. Local bank presidents advocate cautious, broad cooperation and retention of existing plants.
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Indianapolis
Sol Meyer
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Meyer
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jim Williams Heads to Chicago Rodeo for World Championship
Cartoonist Jim Williams of Out Our Way travels to Chicago August 15 to 23 for the world championship rodeo. He competes in bronco riding steer wrestling and fancy roping with purses totaling 11 000 dollars. Williams may feature recent rodeo scenes in his next cartoon. An ink blotch may appear as he draws while competing.
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Jim Williams
Chicago
Williams
Jim
Indiana Banks Show Growth in Resources and Deposits
Indiana banks and trust companies totaling 851 institutions reported total resources of 661.4 million dollars as of June 30, 1925, a rise of 39.44 million from a year earlier and deposits up 26.23 million. Savings banks held 22.46 million, private banks 25.77 million, state banks 278.49 million, and trust companies 334.68 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Eben H. Wolcott
Those Nervy Thieves Loot Gary Store Near Police HQ
Thieves broke into a Gary department store near police headquarters and looted the safe of 500 dollars. Police admitted the nerve of the break in as they reported the incident today.
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Gary
United Press
Ind
Lost boy’s parents traced by Indianapolis case clues
An investigation led by Capt. Fred Drinkut identified Mrs. Essie Loomis Jones as the boy’s mother and H C Jones as the father. The five year old, nicknamed Jackie, was found wandering near the Statehouse after the couple registered at the Craig Hotel with a younger boy. The Juvenile Detention Home case hinges on a letter from Mrs. Jones to a Cincinnati contact and mentions plans to stay in Indianapolis.
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Fred Drinkut
Little John Doe
Eleventh St
N. Capitol Ave
Washington St
Statehouse
Drinkut
Fred Wood
Craig Hotel
H. C. Jones
Iowa
Essie Loomis
Cincinnati
Jackie
Want ads lesson echoes in downtown office
A firm dissolved a month ago and left a three line Want Ad in the Times Classified Columns. Three weeks later a new occupant in the same building received inquiries about the ad. The tale offers a moral to use penne Want Ads for results. Phone Main 3500.
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Times
The
Penne Want
Young people sought as police guard roads from Linton
Police pursued five youths about 16 to 18 years old in a Ford touring car en route to Detroit. Inez Robinson Evelyn Collins Hazel Richardson Marvin Hoop and Harry Dukes were named. Kennth Smith 14 of Noblesville had said he was coming to Indianapolis but was not seen. Dr. C A Nafe reported two men in bath robes or hospital uniforms escaped from a psychiatric ward.
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Linton
Ind
Detroit
Mich
Sullivan
Inez Robinson
Evelyn Collins
Hazel Richardson
Marvin Hoop
Harry Dukes
Kennth Smith
Noblesville
Indianapolis
C. A. Nafe
City Hospital
Smuggler Dies Jumping From Liquor Boat Into Golden Gate
An unnamed rum runner leaped into the waters of the Golden Gate from the launch Cassie M. with 300 cases of liquor aboard. The tide drove the body from reach of the cutter crew and no surface recovery was made.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Byrederal
Golden Gate
Cassie M
Mexican Killer Sought After Indiana Harbor Slaying
Police in Gary Indiana and Calumet district hunt an unidentified Mexican after Reneto Satolo aged 30 was shot dead at Indiana Harbor. The gunman fled before neighbors reached Satolo's home.
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United Presse
Gary
Ind
Calumet District
Reneto Satolo
Indiana Harbor
Neigh
Satolo
Petition Aims at McCray Pardon in Washington
James W. Noel representing former Governor Warren T. McCray leads a group to present a pardon petition to the Department of Justice in Washington. McCray, jailed since May 1, 1924, seeks presidential clemency with support from governors, bankers, and his Kentland circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Noel
Warren T. McCray
William P. Evans
McCray
Washington
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Indiana
Atlantic
A. B. Anderson
Department
Homer Elliott
United States District Attorney
Anderson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Elliott
Discount and Deposit State Bank of Kentland
Ind
Amos Morris
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Billy
W. W. Brandon
Alabama
John W. Kendrick
Len Small
Illinois
Frank ©. Lowden
Law Separates Mary and Dad in New York Adoption Fallout
Surrogate Daniel Nobel voided the adoption linking Mary Spas to Edward W. Browning after all parties agreed to cancel the agreement made a week earlier. Browning is relieved of duties while Mary, who admitted she is 21, ends the arrangement described as New York’s modern Cinderella.
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United Press
New York
Mary Spas
Edward W. Browning
Finis
Daniel Nobel
Browning
Mary
Ginor gy Described Scott Divorce Duel Reveals Booze Smuggling
Alpe na Mich Aug 11 United Press reports alleged wholesale liquor smuggling by a group of Congressmen on a Panama junket at government expense. The divorce case of Rep Frank D Scott and his wife Mrs Edna James Scott heats up with depositions and new accusations.
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Clark B. Kelsey
United Press
Alpena
Mich
Panama
Frank D. Scott
Edna James Scott
Ploren Dalaw
Scotts
Scott
Dylan
Ward H. Peck
Jane Kennedy
Smoke Law Championed By Inspector In Fight For Strict Enforcement
Smoke inspector H. F. Templeton defended strict enforcement against Sol Meyer of Meyer Kiser Bank. He argued prevention devices cut fuel costs and aided public health, citing Furnas Ice Cream Company saving $3,000 on coal last year through their smoke prevention system.
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H. F. Templeton
Sol Meyer
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Templeton
Furnas Ice Cream Company
Greater Indianapolis of Future Foreseen in Contest Essays
Indianapolis youths enter an essay contest by the Hoosier Post and The Indianapolis Times with prizes awarded August 22 at Spades Park. Essays must be under 200 words and mailed to The Times Essay Editor by August 18. First prize $10, second $5, third $8, five next best $2, and $2 for nearest manuscript.
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Indianapolis
Marie Miller
Laurel St
Miss Miller
Hoosier Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indianapolis Times
Business Administration
Spades Park
Times
Bond Issue Is Coolidge Plan
Swampscott Massachusetts August 11 President Coolidge seriously considering a government bond issue to build federal buildings nationwide. Current annual spending on rented and leaky buildings runs 20 to 25 million dollars. A bond of about 500 million could cover interest and provide modern housing facilities with principal repayment.
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United
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
Congress
Chicago Nears Fourth in World City Ranking
Chicago population tops 3,000,000 per federal census figures, edging toward Paris for fourth place among the world’s largest cities. London New York and Berlin hold the top three spots in that order.
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United Press
Chicago
Paris
Frederick Rex
London
New York
Berlin
Fragmentary numeric notes from Baihabas page
A sequence of unreadable numbers and names appears as a partial transcription. The legible items include references such as 70 lla na ole 8 and 71 12 with Moon, plus 76 9 and names Mircsee and Mirecee with uncertain context.
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Baihabas
Lla Na
Moon
Mircsee
Mirecee
Women Bandits Quick Shooters Strike In St Louis
Two well dressed women entered James M. Shepherd's confectionery in St Louis overnight. One asked about the money and drew revolvers. Shepherd was wounded in a superficial flesh wound as the pair fled in an automobile with no loot.
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St. Louis
James M. Shepherd
Shepherd
Rikhoff Doubts Shake Up Talk
Police Chief Herman F Rikhoff questioned the likelihood of a broader shake up in the police department, saying reductions depend on newspaper reports and city politics. He noted action on the dry squad but doubted any further cuts within the current administration.
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Rikhoff
Herman F. Rikhoff
Shank
Rushville Jurist Selected to Preside Case Involving Ex Klan Leader
A Rushville judge is chosen to preside over the murder case of Madge Oberholtzer linked to an ex Ku Klux Klan leader and his alleged aides. The court will determine charges and proceedings in the high profile case.
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Rushville Jurist
Defense tactics in Stephenson murder case judged
Noblesville Indiana August 11 Circuit Judge Will Sparks was named special trial judge to hear the case of ex Klansman D C Stephenson and two aides charged with murdering Madge Oberholtzer. The move follows a venue change request and delays, with Judge Hines criticizing defense motions as perjury and noting the case may not reach trial before October. A separate suit by Marion County State Bank seeks 6000 dollars against Stephenson and others tied to a mortgage on his former home damaged by fire.
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John L. Niblack
Noblesville
Ind
Will M. Sparks
Rushville
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Sparks
Fred B. Hines
Stephenson
Hines
Klinck
Gentry
Judge Mount
Eph Inman
Rundell
Inman
Klan Dragon
Mins Madge Oberholtzer
Ira M. Holmes
Great American Insurance Company
Marion County State Bank
University Ave
Holmes
Robert I. Marah
Polley
Orphans precede Stephenson in Indiana jail hearing
Two dirty faced wet boys, Virgil and Vanzil Clark, were declared wards of the State and ordered to Indianapolis Orphan Home as hearing on D. C. Stephenson's murder case paused. Reporters and lawyers collected for the parentless children while Stephenson contributed five dollars.
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Stephenson
Hines
Virgil Clark
Vanzil
Here
Indiana
State Board of Children's Guardians
Indianapolis
Overcome by Heat At Stockyards
Henry Wimbush a 427 Shepard Street resident was recovering at home after being overcome by heat while at the union stockyards where he worked on Monday.
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Henry Wimbush
Shephard St
Union Stockyards
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Raymond P. van Camp
van Camp Hardware & Iron Co
Elmer W. Stout
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Frank D. Stalnaker
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Felix M. McWhirter
Peoples State Bank
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Mrs. Jones
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Warren T. M’cray
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Walker
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Kentucky
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Kendrick
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Frank O. Lowden
Lew Shank
Law
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Peck
Greater Indianapolis
Mary Harness
Pennsylvania St
Madge
Oberholtzer
Devel
Herbert A. Rundell
Spencer
Co. W. Mount
Tipton
David C. Stephenson
Aorlesville
Indiana Klan
Misa Madge Oberholtzer
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