Workers Drop All Attempts at Agreement on West Rail Strike
United Press reports trainmen and conductors vote on a possible strike after railroads reject wage increases. 70 000 workers could be affected across western lines from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Whitney says no further arbitration. result due Sept. 2.
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Harry Wilson Sharpe
United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
The
United Press Today
Whitney
Atchison Topeka
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Northern Pacific
Illinois Central
Milwaukee and St. Paul
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Dr Thomas Rubush burial rites set
Funeral services for Dr. Thomas R. Rubush 74 died Monday night at Indiana Christian Hospital will be held at his London Indiana home at 10:30 a m Thursday Burial will be in Acton cemetery A native of Indianapolis he graduated from Indiana Medical College in 1880 He started practice in June 1880 and married Margaret Hahn in Acton He was a member of the Acton Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Surviving are the widow two sons Walter Wichita Kansas Raymond London three daughters Harriet Montague and Hazel Arthur Chicago and Esther Rubush a brother Albert Lake Hamilton Florida and a sister Mrs Milton Clark Acton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Rubush
Indiana Christian Hospital
London
Ind
Acton
Indianapolis
Rubush
Indiana Medical College
Margaret Hahn
Acton Presbyterian Church
Knights of Pythias
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Walter
Wichita
Kan
Raymond
Harriet Montague
Hazel Arthur
Chicago
Esther Rubush
Albert
Lake Hamilton
Fla
Milton Clark
Warren Park to vote on incorporation Sept 1
Warren Park residents will vote September 1 on whether to incorporate. County commissioners fixed the date. Gleg horn's garage at E Tenth and Askren streets serves as the voting place for about 125 voters. Homecoming events run August 21 to 23 sponsored by the city park board.
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Warren Park
Gleghorn
E. Tenth
Askren Sts
Sixteenth
Tenth
Askren and Edmundson Sts
Times Special
Washington, Ind
City Park Board
Death Gamble by Dice Ends in Brooklyn Suicide
Anna Taylor, 25, believed to have self eliminated after placing faith in a dice throw. Police found her body in a Brooklyn apartment with seven shown on the dice, a John Gilbert image, and letters including a “Ten Commandments of Marriage” note. Her notes reference love and a mother. She worked as a theatrical dressmaker and lived among actor pictures.
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United Press
New .York
Anna Taylor
Miss Taylor
Brooklyn
John Gilbert
Anna
Taylor
Men Held on Federal Liquor Charges After Seized Whisky
Edward Duncan and Douglas White were bound over to the Federal grand jury on liquor charges by U S Commissioner John W Kern each posting 1500 bond. Officers testified they found whisky hidden in a tree crotch behind a garage in the 1100 block N Senate Ave and ten quarts of beer in a garage.
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Edward Duncan
Thirteenth St
Douglas White
Northwestern Ave
United States
John W. Kern
Paul G. Davis
John Eisenhut
Baer and
Crouch
N. Senate Ave
Firm executive dies at company offices
George P. Gregory age about 35 manager of the popcorn and peanut division of Holcomb and Hoke Manufacturing Company collapsed while talking to Virgil A. Byrd at the 1545 Van Buren Street offices. Deputy coroner Claude E. Haddon investigated. Gregory resided at 1307 North LaSalle Street with his widow and one son. In Indianapolis since March he came to work for the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Gregory
Holcomb and Hoke Manufacturing Company
van Buren St
Gregory
Virgil A. Byrd
Claude E. Haddon
Indianapolis
Holcomb and
Hoke
N. LaSalle St
Black man’s moonshine case continued in municipal court
Royal Wilson, 42, of 1960 Yandes Street, charged with illegal liquor sales, had his case continued after an officer testified a witness described him as truthful. Wilson confessed planning to sell moonshine for 25 cents a drink and claimed proceeds funded a pool room run by a white investor. A warrant was issued for Lee Merrit, also named in Wilson’s affidavit, and the case set for Sept 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O'Connor
S. J. Smith
Royal Wilson
Yandes St
Wilson
Clifford Brown
Lee Merrit
Carl Vandivier
Merrit
Amateurs Win Prizes in Gladiolus Show at Bankers Trust
Frank I. Fisher of Greenwood won first in amateur division and a silver medal. John F. Gartlein won the sweepstakes silver cup for the largest amateur collection. Charles E. Parker took best single flower. Judges were E. J. Larsen and Harry Dietz. The exhibit opens today at the Bankers Trust offices at Pennsylvania and Ohio. Other winners listed include Mrs. B. L. Paramore and Miss Naomi Snider among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Trust Company
Frank I. Fisher
Greenwood
John F. Gartlein
Windsor St
Charles E. Parker
E. J. Larsen
Baur-Steinkamp & Co
Harry Dietz
Rank and File Of Party Like Hoover Speech
Palo Alto Calif Aug 15 The mature reaction to Herbert Hoover's acceptance speech shows he has touched rank and file beyond old line leaders. Businessmen and women across the party send letters and telegrams, while many Senators and House members offer mixed support and editors praise the speech. Coolidge congratulates Hoover as plans for a Long Beach picnic move forward and advance copies of speeches are prepared for newspapers.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
United States
Watson
Indiana
Vanderburg
Michigan
Deneen
Illinois
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
House of Representatives
Coolidge
Iowa
Long Beach
Los Angeles
West Branch
Biccard Rites Planned for Indianapolis Leader Adolph Biccard
Funeral services set for Adolph Biccard manager of the Indiana Pythian Building to be held at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation. He died suddenly in New York City on a trip with his daughter and her family. A German-born businessman, he lived in Rochester Indiana for twenty years and in Indianapolis for twenty four years. He was active in Knights of Pythias Moose Elks D O Khorassan B Nai Brith and the Columbia Club and had served as secretary of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation for eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Bieccard
Indiana Pythian Bldg
Indianapolis
Biccard
R. F. Glick
Salem St
New York City
Germany
Riccard
Rochester
Ind
Knights of Pythias, Moose, Elks
Dramatic Order of Khorassan
B'Nai Brith
Columbia Club
Statue honors Art Smith in Memorial Park unveiling
In Fort Wayne Indiana a bronze and granite statue was unveiled in Memorial Park to honor the late Art Smith known as Ft Wayne s bird boy. Smith was a friend of Col Charles A Lindbergh and an aviator at 19 who died in a crash of an air mail plane near Montpelier Ohio.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Memorial Park
Art Smith
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Smith
Montpelier
Ohio
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Clears Indigestion Quickly
An old advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the premier remedy for excess stomach acid. It promises instant neutralization of acid, quick relief, and safe, tasteless action after meals. The ad notes a 25 and 50 cent price and trademarks dating to 1875.
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Phillips
United States
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H. Phillips
Happy Fish By Times Speer
In Fort Wayne Indiana the Lakeside Park hatchery uses a fountain with colored electric lights as a bug trap. Bugs are lured into the fountain spray and eaten by fish while the device aerates the water and adds visual appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
FT. Wayne
Ind
Lakeside Park
Girl Hurt When Cars Crash at Intersection
Miss Katherine Hitchcock is hospitalized after a late Tuesday crash at Thirtieth Street and Keystone Avenue. In the coupe with companions William Hagerty and Victor Goote, the vehicle collided with Joseph Raser’s car. Hitchcock suffered cuts from flying glass while the other two men were uninjured and Raser escaped with bruises after his car overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Hitchcock
Rural St
St. Vincent Hospital
Thirtieth St
Keystone Ave
William Hagerty
Michigan St
Victor Goote
la Salle St
Joseph Raser
Central Ave
Hitchcock
Rasor
Car Flip Flop Leaves Driver Bruised After Truck Crash
Alfred Fitch of Brownsburg escaped with a cut over the eye when his Ford coupe did a complete front flip after a collision at Tibbs Ave and Speedway Rd with a truck driven by Virgil Goodwin 24 of 202 N Minkner St. Goodwin was arrested on charges of assault and battery and improper driving.
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Alfred Fitch
Brownsburg
Tibbs Ave
Speedway Rd
Virgil Goodwin
Minkner St
Ball
Klaiber
Goodwin
Coolidge Praises Kellogg Peace Pact at Legion Speech
President Coolidge told the Wisconsin State American Legion convention in Wausau that the upcoming Kellogg anti war treaty in Paris marks a revolutionary step toward international peace. He cited fourteen nations pledging not to use war and urged others to join the pact. He warned a 1914 agreement might have prevented the great war's misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moorefield
United Press
Wausau, Wis
Coolidge
Wisconsin
American Legion
Paris
Stolen Money Leads to Farm Term Reinstated
Dewey Carson 25 stole 15 dollars from Charles Bowman as he slept in a car. He tried to pay a 40 dollar larceny fine with the stolen cash, and a six month penal farm term was attached. After Bowmen reported the loss Mayor Newton A. Greene suspended the term, Carson returned with the money and was re-arrested. Greene ordered the farm term served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
New Albany
Ind
Dewey Carson
Charles Bowman
Newton A. Greene
Carson
Bowman
Greene
Corn Borer Spreading Reaches New Townships
State entomologist Frank N. Wallace announces the European corn borer has extended its reach to three more townships across three counties. The new infestations are Pike Township in Jay County Ward Township in Randolph County and Liberty Township in Wells County.
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Frank N. Wallace
Pike Township
Jay County
Ward Township
Randolph County
Liberty Township
Wells County
Coldidge Vision of Peace and Postwar Unity
President Coolidge spoke of barriers to war falling as nations move toward republics respecting borders and cooperating for peace. He urged America to sustain wartime unity and overcome postwar low mood, linking progress to eradicating waste and slackness and rooting out the slacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
America
Fugitive Woman Sought in Jail Break Plot at Indiana Prison
Police renew the manhunt for Mattie Surface tied to a July 16 escape from the Indiana Women's Prison. Alleged accomplices Ina King and Clara Mathers were captured after a chase. Mathers faces a prior fraud sentence, King a robbery conviction.
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Mattie Surface
Indiana Women's Prison
Ina King
Terrence King
Green Mill
Clara Mathers
Gary
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Thomas Rubush
Ida Cross Perkins
Whitley City
Jean
Mildred
Holcomb & Hoke
U. S
Muncie
Marjorie Carlton
Frank Fisher
New York
Thomas Mastrofilitto
Pythian Bldg
Coupe
Legion
Hunt
M. Slaughter
Pennsylvania Railroad
N. Hamilton Ave
Slaughter
New York St
Aus
Washington Street
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