Hoover seeks farm relief support on Kansas trip drive
Herbert Hoover moves through Dodge City Hutchinson Newton Emporia Topeka for four days of farm belt talks on tariff waterways marketing and farm relief with farm editors leaders and lawmakers aboard the Hoover special train. He aims to win rural backing as he camps in Cedar Rapids and West Branch Iowa ahead of a Tuesday speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Hoover
Dodge City
Kans
Herbert Hoover
Arthu Capper
Kansas
David Mulvane
Republican National
Congress
Nomnee
California
Hutchinson
Newton
Emporia
Topeka
Tincher
Capper-Tincher
William Allen White, Jr
Kansas City
Albert I. Beach
Herbert Hoover, Jr
West Branch
Iowa
Albany prepares for Governor Smith as Democratic presidential nominee
Albany awaits the formal notification that Governor Alfred E. Smith is the Democratic candidate for president. Officials estimate 100000 or more people will gather around the capitol as flags and bunting adorn the city in anticipation of the historic event.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Capitol
Arrival of 20 000 Visitors Spurs V F W Fund Drive
The advance guard of 20 000 visitors for the twenty ninth V F W national encampment arrives in Indianapolis as preparations push to raise 12 500 dollars for expenses. The finance committee and local civic leaders plan a Tuesday Chamber of Commerce meeting to report progress. About 4 000 dollars more is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Budget Hearing on 1929 Appropriation in City Council
The finance committee and Mayor Slack met on the 1929 appropriation ordinance ahead of a public hearing. A $4,882,000 budget seeks a property levy of $1.15 per $100, up 12.5 cents from 1928. Minor department cuts are expected with possible reductions in special levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
L. Ert Slack
Slack
Edward W. Harris
Chambter of Commerce
Southwest Indiana Reunion Highlights and Leaders
Indianapolis parks hosted numerous reunions and picnics Sunday. The Southeastern Indiana Association drew 1200 people at Brookside Park with J. Claude Thompson as president. The Askren family marked its 20th reunion at Ellenberger Park, electing Charles M. Reagan. Benjamin Tyner reunion elected Benjamin Tyner president at Maywood. Sander-Yeager and Cook family gatherings were also noted. A band concert at Margaret Christian Park capped the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Southeastern Indiana Association
Brookside Park
J. Claude Thompson
Askren
Ellenberger Park
Charles M. Reagan
Benjamin Roberts
Benjamin and
Elizabeth Tyner
Walter Winnings
Maywood
Sander-Yeager
Cook
Mowne and
Sommers Camp
Margaret Christian Park
City Board and Recreation Department
Drivers to Meet at Athenäum for Safety Round-table
The fourth of ten sessions for commercial vehicle truck drivers will be held Tuesday night at the Athenäum under the Indianapolis Safety Council. Organizers report many acceptances and expect a large attendance. Dixson H. Bynum will preside and Harry E. Yockey will speak, with entertainment features included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athenaeum
Indianapolis Safety Council
Harry E. Franklin
Council
Dixson H. Bynum
State Industrial Board
Harry E. Yockey
Auto theft thwarted by quick wake-up in Shelby
At 12 30 a m Russell Shufflebarger alarmed would be thief by starting his car. Three youths in a nearby car were arrested after admitting the thief rode with them but claimed they did not know him. Names given include James Elliott 16 Tilford Adams 20 and Elmer Owens 16. Several car items and plates were reported stolen or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Shufflebarger
Apt. 2
Garfield Court
Shelby and Bradbury Sts
James Elliott
E. Norwood St
Tilford Adams
Naomi St
Elmer Owens
Calhoun St
Glen Davis
E. Southern Ave
E. Washington St
William Kerr
S. Noble St
Fletcher Ave
Jack Hagel
Bellefontaine St
Subdued by Tear Gas at Central Indiana Hospital
Fred Kasdorf a 50 year old patient at Central Indiana Hospital was subdued Saturday night after police used six tear gas bombs. He had been transferred from the Indiana State Farm where he threatened to shoot the place with two revolvers. He broke from cells, tore a strait jacket, windows and doors, and attacked staff with iron bars before quieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kasdorf
Central Indiana Hospital
Indiana State Farm
Claude M. Worley
Kasdorf
Tragedy Reported Near Ray Street Rail Crossing
Coroner says a man identified as Clifford Merritt was found about 120 feet north of the Illinois Central crossing at Ray Street after being struck by a train and dragged a long distance. Papers in his pockets indicated the name but no address.
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Illinois Central
Ray St
Clifford Merritt
C. H. Keever
Weekend Auto Crashes Leave Fifteen Injured
Indianapolis police report fifteen people injured in weekend crashes. Several arrests followed including charges of driving while intoxicated, assault and battery, and reckless driving.
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Indianapolis
Keystone
English Aves
Autoist Jailed After Western Street Crash
Charles Wieland of 3455 W Michigan St received fines totaling 135 dollars and costs and a 30 day sentence for charges tied to an automobile crash Sunday. He faced counts of operating while intoxicated reckless driving and drunkenness. Witnesses said he drove on the wrong side of W Washington St causing three other cars to pile up. Passenger Clarice Runyan 23 of 915 N Emerson Ave sustained severe injuries. Dr W L Jennings treated her at 5170 W Washington St noting multiple local accident cases nearby in two weeks.
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Winfield Wright
Gosport
Ind
Capitol Ave
Arch St
Robert Long
William J. Roome
Ashland Ave
Harold E. Dailey
Broadway Hotel
Dailey
Herman Cottom
N. Traub Ave
Chauncy Misner
Dexter Ave
Hallett J. Kilbourn
Greer St
Hugh Burgett
S. Holmes Ave
Mary Raines
George Bewley
St. Peter St
Harold Brophy
S. Pine St
Virginia Frues
N. de Quincy St
Indiana State Farm
Charles Wieland
Michigan St
Paul C. Wetter
Wieland
Washington St
Clarice Runyan
Emerson Ave
C. Kimm Tidd
Elks Club
W. L. Jennings
Bedford Woman Knows Flier By Times Special
Mrs. J. B. Farmer of Bedford Indiana meets Bert J. Hassell chief pilot of the giant plane Greater Rockford. Hassell is on a flight from the United States to Sweden and Mrs. Farmer formerly lived two doors from Hassell in Rockford Illinois.
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Bedford
Ind
J. B. Farmer
Bert J. Hassell
Greater Rockford
United States
Sweden
Jees
Hassell
Rockford
Ill
Committee to Pick Air Field Site Named
Fred C. Gardner was named chairman of the site committee to recommend a municipal airport site. The committee is the most important of three named by A. Kiefer Mayer to prepare recommendations for city councilmen and Mayor Slack. The finance committee and equipment and maintenance committee also met today.
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Fred C. Gardner
A. Kiefer Mayer
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Commission
Mayer
Herman P. Lieber
L. Ert Slack
George T. Whelden
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Commission
Council
Slack
George C. Forrey
Fletcher American Company
H. Foster Clippinger
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
George N. Montgomery
Marion County Council
English Lady Mayor Arrives in New York
Southampton mayor Mrs Lucia N Foster Welch arrived in New York aboard the Leviathan to study American goodwill. She wears a red robe and gold chain, sails under a chartered admiral’s title, with daughter Mrs Dorothy Marian Paton, Southampton’s mayoress, at her side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Southampton
England
Lucia N. Foster- Welch
Henry IV
Coast Guard
Foster-Welch
Dorothy Marian Paton
Two Men Charged With Vagrancy After Highway Chase
Lew Wilson age 30 of Clermont and Wallace Pruitt age 26 of 131 East Ohio Street face vagrancy and assault charges after a Ford coupe allegedly tried to force Mrs. Ida May Boswell and her party from the road about 4 30 this morning. Sergt John Sheehan and his squad pursued and captured the pair following a chase. Mrs Boswell, with her maid and four children, was en route to Chicago and will testify against the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wilson
Clermont
Wallace Pruitt
Ohio St
Ida May Boswell
Newport
John Sheehan
Judgment Sought In Federal Suit Over Promissory Notes
Patrick J. McPolen and Catherine McPolen of Lake City Colorado sue A. Clark Colby of Sheridan Indiana in federal court seeking a judgment of 10200 on two promissory notes. The filing marks a civil action and requests relief as supported by the evidence and applicable law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J
Catherine McPolen
Lake City
Colo
A. Clark Colby
Sheridan
Ind
Tom Mix and Will Morrissey Feud at Hollywood House Party
Hollywood report details a late night brawl at George Beban’s party as Tom Mix and Will Morrissey clash over boxing and film talk. Accounts vary over who fell first. Morrissey’s wife Midgie Miller injured, police detain all for intoxication.
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George H. Beale
United Press
Hollywood
Tom Mix
Weaving
Will Morrissey
George Beban
Mix
Morrissey
Miller
Beban
Tom
Will
Tony
Picnic Plan For Kids Klub At Broad Ripple Park
The Times-Broad Ripple Park All Kids Klub held its last meeting before its final wind up to arrange the first annual picnic and outing on August 28 at Broad Ripple Park. Free rides for members after the meeting at 11 a.m. at the dog track were announced along with preliminary races for final events. Claude Wallin will donate a new mascot, a dog, to the Klub joining Al the burro and Chief the mountain goat. A scooter and a tennis racket prize will be awarded for recruiting the most new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Broad Ripple Park
All Kids Klub
Klub
Claude Wallin
L. Ert Slack
Frank T. Strayer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tennnis
Smith-Hassler- Sturm Sporting Goods Company
City to Form Bus Line Hub
Yelloway Inc divisional offices here will link with the Capital Terminal New York merger creating a coast to coast system under American Motor Transportation Company. Routes currently run Philadelphia to St Louis and Indianapolis to Chicago with more busses to be added from California. New lines to Indianapolis via Fort Wayne to Detroit and Chicago via Fort Wayne to Pittsburgh were hinted but not confirmed. The eastern consolidation totals 7.5 million dollars. GREENSBURG IN Aug 20 4-H club entries reach record high with 21 members competing at the Indiana State fair including seven girls and nine pure bred cattle entries.
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Bus Lines of
Yelloway, Inc
Transcontinental Bus Transportation System
New York
Capital Terminal
American Motor Transportation Company
Yelloway
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Lawrence Smith
California
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Smith
W. E. Travis
United Prear
Cobbler Foils Burglary As Man Loses Teeth
Willis Bayliss, 49, a Black felon from 641 Blake St, broke into the Caplin home at 436 W. New York St. The intruder was subdued by Isadore Caplin and the father after a struggle during which three teeth were knocked out. He faces burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouis Caplin
Caplin
New York St
Willis Bayliss
Blake St
Papa
Knight on crutches to serve drunkenness sentence
Ollie Knight of INTON leaves a wooden leg at home and asks for crutches before reporting to the State penal farm for a fine. He jokes that on crutches he will not do manual labor, while Police Chief Coleman notes he will peel potatoes during his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special Inton
Ind
Ollie
Knight
Coleman
Civil service jobs listed for Indiana in 99th United Brethren session
Indiana civil service secretary Henry M Trimpe notes Indiana gets less than its share of federal appointments in Washington D C. He announces competitive exams for positions across multiple agencies including the Bureau of Investigation Navy Department Public Health Service and Department of Agriculture. A separate note from Plainville Indiana reports several hundred delegates arriving for the ninety ninth annual United Brethren churches conference in nearby area.
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Indiana
Washington, D. C
Henry M. Trimpe
Trimpe
Bureau of Investigation
Public Health Service
National Museum
Veterans Bureau and
Bureau of Mines
Navy Department
Veterans Bureau
Departmental
Panama Canal
Department of Agriculture
Plainville
Ind
United Brethren Churches
Albany remembers Alfred E. Smiths rise in 1904
Governor hopeful Alfred E. Smith is poised for a 25 year recall as Albany anticipates a large crowd for his nomination night. The piece recalls his 1904 Assembly start, the Tammany push, and the cold January climb to the Capitol hill amid banners and lights.
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State St
Union Station
Hudson
Assembly
Albany
Capitol
James Manion Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for James H. Manion 54 of 629 N Illinois St will be held at 8 30 at home and 9 at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral He died Friday in a Tuscon Arizona veterans hospital from tuberculosis after a two year illness He survived by his mother a sister and a brother all of Indianapolis Born in Columbus he came to Indianapolis at 14 attended Manual Training High School and served in Puerto Rico in the Spanish American War and in France in World War I He later worked as a salesman for the Franklin Motor Car Company
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James H. Manion
Illinois
Tuscon
Ariz
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Manion
Margaret Manion
Daniel Debeny
William Marion
Illinois St
Columbus
Marion
Indianapolis
Porto Rico
France
Franklin Motor Car Company
Funeral details for Agnes Wallace Steiner
Mrs Agnes Wallace Steiner 78 half sister of Gen Lew Wallace will be honored at home 4430 N Pennsylvania St in a service arranged after Mrs Henry C Thornton Jr and her husband return from Gloucester Mass Steiner estate Cataract Falls ten miles NW of Spencer Ind was her residence She was daughter of David Wallace early Indiana governor surviving daughter Mrs William A Stockey Cate aract Falls two grandchildren Judge James M Leathers and Lew Wallace Indianapolis nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Wallace Steiner
Lew Wallace
Henry C. Thornton Jr
Pennsylvania St
Adopt Mission Plans For Wheeler City Rescue Mission
Preliminary plans for a $150 000 Wheeler City Rescue Mission building at 245 N Delaware St have been adopted. Bacon and Tislow architects begin drafting specifications. the facility will feature private rooms two dormitories a chapel dining rooms and service areas as described by I E Woodward building chairman.
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Wheeler City Rescue Mission
Delaware St
Bacon & Tislow
I. E. Woodward
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Richard Diener
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Prospect St
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Frank Dowd
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Whiteland
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English Ave
Harry Williams
Livenstone Ave
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E. Orange St
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Greenwood
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Missouri
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