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Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1928

Page

2

General Motors Recovers From Tuesday Dips in Stocks

General Motors reversed its decline and rose in early New York stock dealings. Chrysler and other motor shares led gains with Packard, Brockway, Briggs and Murray active. Atlantic Refining and Paramount also posted advances amid broad market optimism.

United Press New York General Motors Stock Exchange Chrysler Packard Brockway Motor Briggs Manufacturing Murray International Nickel Kennecott Atlantic Refining Warner Brothers Pictures Paramount Loew's Wall Street Journal Financial Review Today

Bank Clearings and Treasury Balances Reported

Indianapolis reports bank clearings at 4 116 000 with debits 7 587 000 New York notes 922 000 000 in total clearings and a 99 000 000 balance Chicago records 108 000 000 clearings and 7 500 000 balance Treasury posts August 13 net balance 29 395 370 07 with customs receipts 22 238 235 19 Foreign exchange in New York opening steady with sterling 4 84 percent and other currencies listed with minor changes.

New York United Press York Eaks Clearing House Federal Reserve Bank Treasury United Press Washington Belga

Stock Market Summary: Mixed Industrial Signals Aug 15

New York traders note limited industrial news but constructive signs with a strong car loading report. A steel merger appears, oil production trends lower on trading grounds, and Allied Chemical investment holdings plan stirs speculation. Call money rates ease, denial of reserve bank buyers tempers policy shift fears.

Thomson McKinnon New York Allied Chemical

Births Reported Across Several Families

Birth notices list boys Fred and Dorothy Milter born at 1506 Royal. Edward and Alice Price born 1952 Ralston. Thomas and Marie Burkhart at Christian Hospital. Lewis and Margaret Coley at 1425 Ashland. Walter and Mary Brydon at 1214 St Peter. John and Blanche Eggers at 1636 Kelly. Frederick and Hattie Smith at 1127 6 Richland. Leo and Hazel Conaughton at 267 Iowa. girls Cyril and Mabel Gaskill at 2702 N Adams. Earl and Flora Emmert at 1033 N Haugh.

Fred Dorothy Milter Royal Edward Alice Price Ralston Thomas and Marie Burkhart Christian Lewis Margaret Coley Ashland Walter Mary Brydon St. Peter John Blanche Eggers Kelly Frederick Hattie Smith Richland Leo Hazel Conaughton Iowa Cyril and Mabel Gaskill N. Adams Earl and Flora Emmert N. Haugh

Multiple Deaths Listed From Local Hospitals

A list of ages names and causes appears, detailing deceased individuals from Methodist and Christian hospitals and various city addresses. Individuals include George Washington Dilts aged 76 with septicaemia and Rose E Rice aged 36 with chronic myocarditis among others.

George Washington Dilts Methodist Hospital Catherine Parsons Illinois Horace A. Stout Christian Hospital Rose E. Rice John Stoudt City Hospital Catherine E. Schultz Cornell Mary Beatrice Kreinhagen Jennie C. Breeden W. Morris Jonnes Nord van Camp Packing Company John Hohnstreiter Wood Porter Douglas Carl F. Rogers N. Bolton Mollie Alwilda

Porkers Hit $13 Top as Hog Prices Jump at Union Stockyards

Hogs rose 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight with a top price of 13 at the Union Stockyards amid light receipts of 4,500. Trade showed strong cattle bids and mixed beef prices as 7,000 hogs a year earlier posted 11.50. Receipts today included 190 holdovers and about 700 animals were on hand.

Union Chicago

Mixed U S hog and cattle prices across multiple cities

Market summaries show hog receipts around 700 to 10 000 with prices rising 15 to 25 cents over Tuesday in Chicago and East Buffalo mood about 25 to 50 cents higher. Cattle and calves steady to mixed across Louisville Cleveland Toledo with steer and veal price ranges noted and varying demand.

United Press Chicago By Times Special Louisville Toledo

Hungarian miner dies in dynamite self to end life

Louis Sansilo, 64, a miner from Pikesville Kentucky, despondent over failing to save enough to return to Hungary, strapped dynamite to his body and, with a battery, detonated himself. A note read Good-by America Good-by all.

United Press Pikesville Hungary Louis Sansilo America

Market Prices for Butter Cheese Eggs and Poultry

Wholesale butter No 1 48 49 cents No 2 46 47 cents per pound butterfat 46 47 cents per pound cheese wholesale selling prices per pound American 36 pimento loaf 36 Wisconsin flat 29 prime cream 32 34 Mat Daisy 27 Longhorn 27 New York Limberger 30 eggs bovine fresh delivered Indianapolis loss off 26 28 cents per dozen poultry buying prices hens 16 15 cents Leghorn hens 14 15c spring 28 30c large 1 15 1 4 pounds 24 29 25 cents Leghorns 25c roosters large 11 12c small 10c ducks geese 8c guineas young 50c old

Wisconsin New York Indianapolis

Market Price List of Fruits Vegetables and Miscellany

A dense price list for assorted produce including apples, berries, melons, citrus, and tropicals from multiple origins. Entries show varied crates and weights with prices per crate or per unit, such as apples 1.50 to 2.25 per crate, Blackberries 3 per 24 quarts, Oranges California Valencias 7.49 per crate, and vegetables mainly home grown with cents per bushel, dozen, or pound.

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Building Permits and Repairs for Multiple Properties

Property records list various building permits and repairs including dwellings and garages at 6115 Ratston, 5830 a Blvd, 2627 Boulevard Phe, 1164 Gimber, and other addresses. Total costs range from $150 to $12,000 with items such as reroofing, remodeling, and steam heat installations noted.

Wheat Futures Dip Slightly in Chicago Pits

Wheat prices slipped after Tuesday’s advance with all deliveries fractionally lower. September corn stayed weak while other months rose modestly and oats held near unchanged. Export trade Tuesday was estimated as high as 1,250,000 bushels amid mixed signals from frost in Alberta and cool Canadian Northwest temperatures.

United Press Chicago Alberta Canada Northwest Sorn Nebraska Dakotas Belt

Daylight Insurance Secures Capitol Ave Property Purchase

The Herff Jones Company through Moore and Fox purchased 1425 N Capitol Ave adjoining the Jackson Building to preserve north light for fifth floor windows. The $14990 deal covers a 61 by 208 foot lot formerly a Rybolt Heating site, with a single residence now on it.

Herff-Jones Company Jackson Bldg Capitol Ave Moore & Fox Rybolt Heating Company

Barred Dancers Plan Court Challenge Over Ban

A group of marathon dancers in Evansville Indiana planned to resist a court ban ordered by Chief Probation Officer Adolph Stallman barring dancers under 18 from a long dance event. They had danced 234 hours before the ban and aimed to test the officer’s authority in court.

Marathon Evansville United Press Ind Adolph Stallman

Texas Guinan to star in Queen of Night Clubs film

Texas Guinan will play a nightclub queen in a new Warner Brothers motion picture titled The Queen of Night Clubs. Filming is set to begin in Hollywood late September.

New York Texas Guinan Warner Brothers Hollywood

Marriage Licenses and Corporate Dividends Reported

The docket lists two marriage licenses for Rayoul Hurtz, 23, boxer, and Audrey Burke, 22, governess of 250 North caps Avenue and 962 Holbrook Avenue, and Roy Albert Gibbs, 25, candy store department manager, with A M Moeller, 21, beaut y operator of 615 North Drexel. Kennecott Copper announced a $6 annual dividend rate payable Oct. 1 to stockholders of record Aug. 31, up from $5. Standard Oil of New Jersey declared a 12.5 percent plus 25 cent quarterly dividend payable Sept. 15 to stockholders of record Aug. 25. A Roanoke Indiana truck driver Evan D. Fast, 34, was killed at a crossing when his truck was struck by an Indiana Service Corporation traction car.

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Wheat and sugar and cotton futures openings

Local wagon wheat prices show No 2 red wheat and feed hard wheat paid 1 for some grades with others by merit. Sugar futures open higher with September to July contracts up. cotton futures also rise with nearby months advancing from 18.96 for March to 18.93 for May and 18.77 for July.

United Press New York Up Ardantary uJanuary Up Saa

City in Brief Resignations and local updates headline Indiana items

Elmer Vrooman of the arson division resigns after over six years and will become district manager for the National Board of Fire Underwriters in Oklahoma City. John Zahnd calls a National party meeting to resign and devote time to his presidential candidacy. Dr. Elden H. Mills speaks on Gandhi at the YMCA. New crossing signals cost the Pennsylvania Railroad $15,000 at several crossings. Post-O-Lite distributor conventions open in Speedway City with about 100 attendees. Missing persons reports involve William Matlock and Pat Williams. Inheritance tax up $62,000 for the year. Mrs. Margaret OHar a dies of pneumonia after a fall. Nicholas George injured by a wardrobe collapse at home.

Elmer Vrooman Wabash Alfred Houston Vrooman Oklahoma City National Board of Fire Underwriters

Grandson Thompson Sees Suspension of Sentence in City Court

William Thompson 21 of 306 W Morris St had drunkenness and concealed weapons charges suspended by Special Judge S J Smith in municipal court. The case followed his return from a three month sentence at Indiana State Farm after prior felony convictions. Thompson allegedly assaulted Patrolman Cecil Neal with brass knuckles in a May incident at Michael and Wyoming Streets.

J. Smith William Thompson W. Morris Sr Indiana State Farm Smith Anna Bertline Morris St Cecil Neal Thompson Michael and Wyoming Sts

Carnival Reopens After New Petition in Tacoma

The Ironwood Camp Modern Woodmen of America carnival in Tacoma at Ave and E Washington reopened Tuesday night after a renewed petition of approval was approved by City Controller Sterling R. Holt. Holt had ordered closure Monday when the initial petition was found not bona fide and noted the ordinance required 60 percent support within 500 feet. He said the ordinance was mixed up and he may seek changes.

Ironwood Camp Modern Woodmen of America Tacoma Ave E. Washington St Sterling R. Holt Holt

Tr uck Drivers Invited to Fourth Safety Conference

Seven hundred commercial vehicle drivers in the city are invited to attend the fourth safety conference under the Indianapolis Safety Council at the Athenaeum Tuesday night. Dixon H. Bynum, former State Industrial board member, will preside and Harry E. Yockey, city attorney, will speak. An open discussion will follow and plans for a safety week will be discussed.

Indianapolis Safety Council Athenaeum Dixon H. Bynum State Industrial Board Harry E. Yockey

City Hospital Bonds Sold for Current Expenses

Bonds totaling 125000 dollars have been sold to the Merchants National Bank to cover current city hospital expenses. City controller Sterling R. Holt announced the issue carries 4.25 percent interest with a premium of 22 dollars.

Merchants National Bank Sterling R. Holt

Veterans push for U S hospital site in Indianapolis

Veterans of Foreign Wars officials announce Gen. Frank T. Hines head of the veterans bureau will visit Indianapolis during the V F W convention August 26 to September 1 to consider locating a federal hospital here. If built the facility would cost about two million dollars with the last Congress allocating fifteen million for new hospitals.

United States Veterans’ Bureau Veterans of Foreign Wars Frank T. Hines Veterans Bureau Indianapolis General Hines Frank T. Strayer Hines Strayer Columbia Club Robert Woodside Susan J. Carter Sidney Miller Ed Jackson Lort Slack Meredith Nicholson Chamber of Commerce Washington Claypool

Peoples Deposit Bank of Brooklyn Closes Under State Examination

The Peoples Deposit Bank of Brooklyn in Morgan County was closed by State examiner K. V. Brownell after operating at a loss. The bank has assets to cover depositors and carried capital of 12 000 dollars with 46 000 dollars in deposits, 52 000 dollars in loans and discounts, and 6 000 dollars in surplus. Owners listed: Mrs. Emma Gibbs Mooresville Samuel Swope president H R Nevins vice president E W Harper cashier.

Peoples Deposit Bank of Brooklyn Morgan County State Banking Department K. V. Brownell State Examiner Emma Gibbs Mooresville Samuel Swope H. R. Nevins E. W. Harper

Appeals filed for pardon in Lilliendahl case

United Press reports in Trenton that Mrs Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach seek pardons for their murder conviction of Dr A William Lilliendahl. Applications filed by attorney Charles M Phillips of Hammondton indicate the pair have served nine months of ten year terms. Board hearing set for September 4 amid prior pardons rumors.

United Press Trenton N. J Margaret Lilliendahl Willis Beach A. William Lilliendahl State Board of Pardons Charles M. Phillips Hammonton Lilliendahl

Bar Association re-elects Baker secretary treasurer

Joel A. Baker city purchasing agent was re-elected secretary treasurer of the State Bar Association at a Claypool meeting. He has held the post since the offices combined two years ago and served as secretary previously for two years. The board also elected W. E. Treanor professor of law at Indiana University to succeed Paul L. Sayer who receives a year's leave.

Joel A. Baker State Bar Association Board of Managers Claypool Baker W. E. Treanor Bloomington Indiana University Indiana Law Journal Paul L. Sayer

Indianapolis salesman charged with forging lamp order

Evansville Indiana August 15 John Baribough 38 Indianapolis salesman is jailed on forgery charges for an order worth 156 dollars on Hoosier Lamp Works He works for Merton Manufacturing Company and had a preliminary hearing before City Judge H B McCoy with the case taken under advisement until Tuesday

Speviat Evansville Ind John Baribough Indianapolis Hoosier Lamp Works Baribough Merton Manufacturing Company H. B. McCoy

Funeral Directors Hiley and Titus Run Local Parlors

George Grinsteiner obituary and funeral details from Riley area listings note undertakers Hiley and Titus at 931 N Delaware Li. 0321 and Dr. ova. provide memorial services and modern funeral equipment in the community.

George Grinsteiner EB. Market Riley Undertakers Hiley & Titus N. Delaware J.C Am Nee Dr. Ova

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