Beech Grove Protest Over Bus Certificate Granted
A Beech Grove committee led by C F Schmidt protests Governor Jackson over the Public Service Commission granting an operator certificate to South Side Motor Coach Company. The group claims lack of notice and says the decision reflects a crooked deal, while seeking a rehearing. Members include Agit Sahm T A Gill J W Whitaker W H Goshwiler Z E Day and John LaRue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Schmidt
Beech Grove
Jackson
Public Service Commission
South Side Motor Coach Company
Schmidt
Joseph Dutton
Clyde H. Jones
Commission
South Side
Dutton
Agit Sahm
T. A. Gill
J. W. Whitaker
W. H. Goshwiler
Z. E. Day
John LaRue
Two Band Concert Programs Announced by Park Chief
R Walter Jarvis park superintendent announced two concert programs for the Indianapolis Military Band. Riley playground will host Wednesday night shows and University Park will host performances on Thursday night featuring pieces like The Star Spangled Banner and selections from grand operas and light classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Walter Jarvis
Indianapolis Military Band
Riley Playground
University Park
Kretaler
Otis
Pellstedt Spangled Banner
University Park Vet
Gounod
Moncton Peete Pace Review
Dodworth
Sousa
Grand Oper
Moses
Maasanet
Safranek Fr
Acte
Gruenwald
Wickard and Clerk Plead Guilty to Nuisance Liquor Sale
Lee Wickard owner of Dinty Moores restaurant at 120 E New York St and clerk Clarence Powers aged 17 Seymour Ind pleaded guilty in Federal Court to operating a nuisance and selling intoxicating liquor. Judge Robert C Baitzell took the cases under advisement Powers jailed six weeks awaiting trial released on $1000 bond Wickard free on $1600 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Wickard
E. New York Sr
Clarence Powers
Seymour
Ind
Robert C. Baitzell
Powers
Marion County
Wickard
Liberty
Indiana Service seeks stock issue for refunds and upgrades
ASK TO ISSUE STOCK Application of the Indiana Service Corporation to issue $2 790 000 in preferred stock for refunding purposes and to finance certain improvements, was filed today with the public service commission. Permission also was asked to make a number of stock conversions. The Indiana Service Corporation operates a group of interurban lines radiating from Fort Wayne, owns several street railway systems and operates power transmission lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Service Corporation
Public Service Commission
Fort Wayne
Youngster Found Roaming in Indianapolis Streets
Indianapolis police suspect the child found at Capitol Ave and Washington St on Sunday night is the son of a couple who checked into a city hotel and later traveled to Iowa. Ora Britton of 1436 S East St found the boy and turned him over to authorities at the Juvenile Detention Home where he is being held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Capitol Ave
Washington St
Iowa
Ora Britton
S. East St
Magazine agent sought in subscription fraud case
Police sought a man who allegedly posed as a magazine agent and took $3 for a Police magazine subscription that never arrived. William Wyman of 25 N East St reported the incident after contacting Cleveland headquarters and learning the agent was a fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wyman
N. East St
Police
Wyman
Cleveland
Days Set for Liquor Trials in City Courts
Four newly named special assistant attorneys general plan to try liquor violation cases in city courts on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons. They met with City Judges Dan White and Delbert Wilmeth, Capt. William Paulsell, Bert Morgan, Federal Indiana prohibition director, and Sheriff Hawkins to clear current caseloads and speed the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Remy
John Ruckleshaus Jr
Ralph Spann
Bryan Elliott
Joseph Beckett
Dan White
Delbert O. Wilmeth
William Paulsell
Bert Morgan
Hawkins
Bandits Rob Paymaster at Moody Water Fire Co Garage
Six men in two cars trailed Adolph Noelte the Moody Water Fire Company paymaster to the Chicago garage and robbed him of 3435.50 at noon. Police investigated the daylight heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Adolph Noelte
Moody Water Fire Company
Professor Cowles Leaves Wabash for Princeton Post
Crawfordsville August 11 The report says Prof Frank H Cowles former dean and head of classical languages and literature at Wabash College will become associate professor of Latin at Princeton University this fall Cowles joined Wabash in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Bu
Crawfordsville
Ind
Frank H. Cowles
Wabash College
Princeton University
Cowles
Wabash
Brinwolds Continue Walk Toward Rochester After Baltimore Start
L W Brinwold his wife and 15 month oldGrace walk from Baltimore toward Rochester after police and fire crews provided lodging. Brinwold a chemist and John Hopkins graduate, formerly employed by Dr Mayo, says they are out of funds and rely on passing motorists for rides. They left Baltimore late July aiming to reach Terre Haute Indiana then Chicago later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
L. W. Brinwold
Grace
Baltimore
Joseph Klaiber
Station 6
Grinwold
John Hopkins University
Mayo
Influenza Cases Surge in State Morbidity Report
The weekly morbidity report to Dr. William F. King shows influenza rising from 31 to 93 cases between July 25 and August 1. Whooping cough records 40 cases, with scarlet fever 17, smallpox 21, typhoid fever 25, and diphtheria 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. King
State Board of Health
H. W. McKane
Truck Driver Injured In City Collision
William Hearst 25 of 112 Davidson Street was badly hurt in a two truck crash at Fifty Seventh Street and Central Avenue. He suffered fractured ribs and a skull fracture as police say a second Indianapolis Coal Company truck struck his vehicle. Isaac Numley 27 of 922 East Maryland Street claimed he could not stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hearst
S. Davidson St
Hearst
Indianapolis Coal Company
Fifty-Seventh St
Central Ave
Isaac Numley
Maryland St
Numley
Lightning Fire Drains 75,000 Barrel Oil Reservoir
A bolt of lightning sparked a blaze at the Shell oil field near Coalinga California today. Flames consumed the top of a 75,000 barrel reservoir while 20,000 barrels a day were pumped from the bottom. Losses could reach $1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas Coalinga
Cal
Shell Company
Undertakers Sued Over Alleged Switched Coffin
A $3,000 damage suit filed in Evansville Probate Court by James Wire accuses Klee and Burkhart funeral directors of burying his father Daniel Wire in a second-hand coffin. The complaint says the body was placed in an expensive casket at the morgue but later interred in a cheaper one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Evansville
Ind
James Wire
Klee & Burkhart
Daniel Wire
Tire life doubles in twenty years with better manufacturing
In twenty years the average running life of an automobile tire has risen from about 2 500 miles to a range of 15 000 to 20 000 miles. Manufacturing processes have also advanced enabling faster production.
Labor Leader Targets Communist Influence in Unions
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor announced a drive to purge unions of communistic influence. He cited an eight‑association Chicago probe, charging an interlocking directorate of red leaders. Green alleged the American Negro Labor Congress was created by communists to stir race prejudice and recruit Black workers. He linked groups including Irish Workers and Peasants Famine Relief, Trade Union Educational League, Amalgamationists, Progressive Building Trades, Labor Defense Council and publications Daily Worker and Worker’s Monthly to Communist control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor Today
Green
Chicago
American Negro Labor Congress
Labor Federation
Negro Congress
Irish Workers and Peasants Famine Relief
Trade Union Educational League
Progressive S Building Trades
Labor Defense Council
Daily Worker
Worker's Monthly
Light Worker Electrocuted In Mer chants Heat and Light Co Accident
Earl Benefiel 27 of 546 Birch St. was electrocuted at 1 45 a m today in front of 240 Virginia Ave while at work for Merchants Heat and Light Co. He was replacing a globe when he apparently touched live parts. pulmotor failed to revive him. Dr Paul F Robinson coroner ordered the body to the city morgue. The widow Ina survives with two sons Earl Jr 5 weeks and Eugene 3. his mother Mrs Hattie Vanarsdel also at Birch St. Benefiel a World War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Benefiel
Birch St
Virginia Ave
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Joyce Clark
Stevens &J
R. T. Donahue
Bates St
Benefiel
Paul F. Robinson
Ina
Earl Jr
Eugene
Hattie Vanarsdel
Mayor Blasts Prohibition Fantasies at Cabinet Meeting
Mayor Shank told city department heads that optimistic prohibition forecasts have not materialized and warned that public institutions are fuller now than before prohibition. He compared the heads to prohibition advocates and defended testing criticism of official reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Dr William W Parsons III Ill at Home in Terre Haute
Dr William W Parsons III of Terre Haute aged 75, president emeritus of Indiana State Normal School, is seriously ill at his home. Hot weather is blamed for the illness. Parsons is a noted state educator and serves as vice president of First National Bank in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
William W. Parsons
Indiana State Normal School
Parsons
First National Bank
Weaver Dies. Lafayette Monument Dealer Found Dead
William O. Weaver, Lafayette monument dealer, died from heart disease. He was found dead Monday afternoon in the Knights of Pythias cemetery. Weaver, born in Ohio, had lived in Lafayette since 1902 and is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
William O. Weaver
Knights of Pythias
Weaver
Ohio
Elevation of Subways Begins in Indianapolis Project
Engineers from the Indianapolis Union Railway Company start design work on the E Pratt Street and East Tenth Street subways as part of a $20 million track elevation program. The Belt Bridge over the White River near Raymond Street, budgeted at $1.4 million, awaits cost agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
E. Pratt St
E. Tenth &I
H. G. Wray
White River
Raymond St
P. J. Landers
English Ave
W. Washington St
Board of Works
Sanders
Report of petty thefts and burglary at local addresses
Harry McWilliams reports a missing $75 diamond pin taken from his coat while he played pool at 1506 Columbia Ave. Walter Smith says his home on 1149 W Twenty-Seventh St was entered in his absence and two revolvers valued at $83 were stolen. P BE Lovey of Plaza hotel asks police to arrest a man he employed who claimed world travel in an auto and took $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bia Ave
McWilliams
Columbia Ave
Walter Smith
Twenty-Seventh St
P. BE. Lovey
Plaza Hotel
Lovey
Seek Kinder Release Petition Seeks Pardon for Wright Kinder
A petition with several thousand names requests a pardon for Dwight Kinder former Lake County prosecuting attorney. Kinder is imprisoned in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary serving time for conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws and was a key defendant in Gary liquor conspiracy cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Gary
Ind
Dwgiht
Kinder
Lake County
Department of Justice
Washington
Federal
Atlanta
Kingan's Victory Upsets Dope In Kitten Ball Semi final
Kingan's playground team defeated Fall Creek 10 to 6 in the first semi final of the Boys' Kitten Ball League at Riley Playground. Fall Creek, favored to win, faced surprise upset as Riley Park hosted the matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingan
Fall Creek
Riley
Kansas
Meridian Playground
Military
Willard Park
Drowned Boy Cecil Reese Funeral Set at 1:30 P.M.
Funeral services for Cecil Reese 12 son of Mrs Carrie Pruitt 2124 S Meridian St will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at the home with burial in Mooresville Ind The boy drowned Monday in a sand pit near 321 W Regent St as playmates Henry Zunkeller 11 and Fred Hess 13 tried to save him Zunkeller and Hess both aided in the rescue but he sank in eight feet of water and was recovered after forty minutes of diving by Hubert Abbott 22 The victim is survived by his parents and one sister Marjorie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Reese
Carrie Pruitt
S. Meridian St
Regent St
Mooresville
Ind
Henry Zunkeller
E. Regent St
Fred Hess
Meridian St
Cecil
Zunkeller
Hess
Reese
Rody
Hubert Abbott
E. Raymond St
Joe Klaiber
Marjorie
Cars reported stolen in Indianapolis area alert
Police warn to report vehicles bearing pegase numbers seen in Indianapolis. List includes owners Lawrence Young 1221 EB Market St Ford. James Finney 4046 N Sherman Dr Ford. Allen D Almas 728 N Delaware St Ford. Charles H Sedan 2429 N Alabama St Oldsmobile. Frank W Hueber 22 E Minnesota St Overland. Sheldon Means 901 Parker Ave Ford. William D Vogel 496 N Riley Ave Maxwell. Ernest G Vandy 225 N Beville Ave Ford. R E F Schofield 1803 N Alabama St Overland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Young
Market St
Ford
Walnut
Liberty
James Finney
Sherman Dr
Greenwood
Ind
Allen D. Almas
Delaware St
South
G&t
Capitol Ave
Charles H. Sedan
Alabama St
Oldsmobile
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Frank W. Hueber
Minnesota St
Overland
Virginia Ave
Sheldon Means
Parker Ave
Liberty St
William D. Vogel
N. Riley Ave
Maxwell
Ernest G. Vandy
Beville Ave
Jefferson and
New York Sts
R. EF. Schofield
New York
Indiana Ave
Car ownership identified in local police notice
An automobile found by police belongs to George T. Mortince of Severin. The vehicle is a Packard and was found at the intersection of Michigan and Pennsylvania Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Mortince
Severin, Packard
Michigan and
Pennsylvania Sts
Indiana trumpeter invites to Philadelphia sesquicentennial
Henry Stewart, 74, the official trumpet player, extends an invitation to Indiana residents to attend the 1926 Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia marking U S independence. Stewart, hiking from Washington to San Diego, says he has walked over 100000 miles since 1910 and spent five years trekking Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Philadelphia
United States
Henry Stewart
Jackson
Stewart
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Cal
D. C. Collier
Europe
Boy Recognizes Wheel Leads to Suspect Shop
Eugene Baker of Flackville Indiana spotted his bicycle in a loan shop on Indiana Ave and alerted police. The proprietor provided the pawner's address, but no such number could be found, prompting further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Baker
Flackville
Ind
Indiana Ave
Ellingson Up for Retrial in California Case
Dorothy Ellingson, 17, appeared in San Francisco court lighter and showing nerve strain as she faces charges of killing her mother Dr Jaydon Ball. Alienists testified she is insane then later sane, with a prisoner commitment ordered and a second murder trial set after a gun party incident in a Chinese dance palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu_ United Preat
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Jaydon Ball
Dorothy
Napan State Hospital
Local firm sued over unpaid contract bill in federal court
Mohawk Rubber Company of New York sues Mohawk Supply Company and two individuals in federal court seeking judgment of 7304.98 for a disputed 7548.20 contract bill. The complaint alleges the local company failed to pay for goods under the agreement. The defendants include Mohawk Supply Company at 115 E Michigan Ave and proprietor George Deeb of Golden Hill, and Charles A Breece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk Supply Company
E. Michigan &J
George Deeb
Ite
Charles A. Breece
Golden Hill
Mohawk Rubber Company, Inc
New York
Men Face Charges in Assault on Henry Dorman
Bert Dean 25 and George Dillman 22 of 2022 Churchman Ave are held on assault and battery with intent to kill charges for striking Henry Dor man of 725 Park Ave who refused a furniture refund. Dor man was attacked last week after contesting a refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dorman
Park Ave
Herbert Dean
George Dillman
Churchman Ave
Dorman
Stones and Guns In Sudbury Klans Riot Clashes
After a fierce clash in Sudbury Mass five anti Klansmen were wounded by gunfire, with many others bruised from stones and clubs. About eighty Klansmen were detained and seventy five faced assault with a dangerous weapon charges as police seized rifles ammunition clubs and pipe slugs. Many suspects pleaded not guilty and were released on bond pending next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Mass
Concord
Sudbury
Shank criticizes cops at cabinet meeting
Mayor Shank condemned rudeness from traffic officers during Greater Indianapolis Week and urged cops to be courteous. Rikhoff and Sol Schloss denied the remarks, while praise for Bert C. Morgan drew laughter amid references to past actions in city enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Rikhoff
Sol Schloss
Board of Health
Indianapolis
Schloss
Bert C. Morgan
Federal Prohibition
Bert
Jim Watson
Jim
Keer
Six Tiger Charges Shake City as Police Nab Six
Police liquor squads arrest five men and one woman for operating blind tigers. Confiscated liquor authorities report six suspects named Misa Frances Nelson Jesse Went Roy Mherhardt Freeman Pender Henry Barnes and Charles Myers with addresses in Pratt Merrill Chadwick Lafayette Darnell and Eleventh streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Frances Nelson
W. Pratt &J
Jesse Went
W. Merrill St
Roy Mherhardt
Chadwick St
Freeman Pender
Lafayette St
Henry Barnes
Darnell St
Charles Meyers
Eleventh St
Bank employees to dine and dance at Meridian Hills Club
Employees of the Washington Bank and Trust Company will be guests at a dinner and dance tonight at Meridian Hills Country Club, likely a company social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bank and Trust Company
Meridian Hills Country Club
Lydia E Pinkham Drug Advertisement Boosts Womens Health
Local testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from pains and fatigue. Mrs Walter E B of Rangeley Maine reports two years of suffering eased enabling her to work. over 200000 responses show high satisfaction with the remedy. For sale by druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Anderson
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Walter EB
Anderson
Rangeley
Maine
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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State Board
Suit
Federation OF Labor Wars
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DR. W. W. Parsons III
Normal School
W. C. Weaver
Harry McWilliams
Colum
Seek Kinder
Freedom
Dope
Kingan’s
M. Popcheff
A. George
N. Comsa
0. Smith
W. Gust
G. Musline
J. Bright
L. Coco J. Valdonix
J. P. McNamara
J. Marsh
J. Demetrius
A. Musline
Hiker
Scholl
Scholls
Ellingson
Automobile Insurance Assn
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