County Tax Levy for 1930 Faces Indianapolis Budget
Indianapolis taxpayers face an unprecedented county rate of 53 cents on each 100 dollars of property, pushing the total rate to about 3.29 dollars with city and school levies. County Auditor Harry Dunn cites deficits and a larger free gravel road fund as drivers, noting increases in the Riley Memorial hospital and Orphans' Home funding amid broader salary requests.
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Indianapolis
Harry Dunn
Dunn
Center Township
Orphans’ Home
Riley Memorial Hospital
Orphans’ Home and Benevolent
General
County Council
State Tax Board
State building clerk to resign September first
A. L. Gutheil a state building and loan clerk since 1925 announced today he would resign effective Sept 1. It is understood L. B. Holleman of Noblesville a former building and loan clerk and state bank examiner will be appointed to succeed Gutheil.
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A. L. Gutheil
State Building and Loan
Statehouse
L. B. Holleman
Noblesville
State Bank
Gutheil
Ete Wes Envtery
OS Wainright Trust Company
Atoblesville
Alger Hunt Spurred by Governor After Bank Robbery
Gene Alger, 21, paroled after murder conviction, fled Indianapolis with his wife Josephine Miller in a nationwide manhunt for the Paris Crossing State Bank holdup. Authorities warn of heavy penalties, including up to seventy years for parole violation and additional auto and bank banditry terms.
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Alger
Harry G. Leslie
Paris Crossing
Gene Alger
Josephine Miller
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Butler University
Gail Alger
North Walcott
Carl Losey
Fair program planned for annual accident prevention fair
United South Side Civic committee and police cooperate on staging at Garfield park September 7 8. L L Gilliland named financial secretary by chairman J Edward Burk. Permanent headquarters at 1102 Prospect Street.
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Garfield Park
United South Side Civic Committee
Police Department
L. L. Gilliland
J. Edward Burk
Prospect Street
Dr James H Snook Sentenced to Death at Ohio Prison
Dr James Howard Snook, former university professor and pistol champion, is sentenced to death for murder and sent to death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary. He will be electrocuted after sundown on Navy 29, the day after Thanksgiving. He shares a cell with four other awaiting execution, including Joseph B. Locks and Arthur Maul, with two other inmates in the row. Snook’s cellmates acknowledge him as he begins death row life.
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United Press
Columbus
State Penitentiary
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Navy
Penitentiary
Henry L. Scarlett
Harry T. Paul
Death Row
Joseph B. Locks
Portsmouth
Arthur Maul
Akron
Maul
Doc
Locke
Woman Air Derby Flier Marvel Crosson Killed in Crash
In WELLTON ARIZONA a 25 year old woman pilot Marvel Crosson was found dead six miles north of town after leaping from her plane during a Women's Air Derby race from Santa Monica to Cleveland. The wreckage lay 200 feet away and a parachute was found on her back. An all night rescue party of 200 searched the desert brush before the body was located and arrangements were made to move it to Yuma.
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United Press
Wellton
Ariz
Marvel Crosson
America
Gila
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Miss Crosson
Yuma
Death and discord shadow women's air derby
Phoenix reports death of Miss Marvel Crosson after a plane spin during the Santa Monica to Cleveland race. The crash amid earlier tampering complaints heightens tension as Ruth Elder Amelia Earhart and others assume the field near Douglas while Miss Hairlys reaches Mexicali after a delayed start.
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United Press Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Monica
America
Ruth Elder
Amelia Earhart
Atlanta
Thea Rasche
Claire Fahy
Bobbie Trout
New York
California
May Hairlys
Mexicali
Mexico
Trial Opens in Attack on Kentucky Teacher
In Monticello Kentucky Blueford Abbott 24 faces trial for criminal assault on Ruby Taylor 19 a Snake Creek school teacher. His cousins Ted and Roscoe Abbott teens also charged as mobs and posse pursue justice amid threats of lynching and calls for the death penalty.
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United Press
Monticello
Blueford Abbott
Ruby Taylor
Snake Creek
Abbott
Ted
Roscoe
Bineford Abbott
Blueford
Kentucky
Gunmen Slay Two in Newark Gun Battle
Three men in a gray sedan opened fire on two men in Newark, killing Dellapia aged 44 and Vincent Fellow aged 32. Police sought the trio after a running gun fight near the Second precinct, with over twenty shots reported.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
Second Precinct
Dellapia
Vincent Fellow
City Hospital
China Fights on as 60,000 troops mobilize along Manchurian border
Chinese forces clash with Russian troops along the Manchurian Siberian border with reports of casualties on both sides. A three hour battle near Dalamor ended by heavy rain. Harbin claims Russian retreat from attacked towns. Kao Lou in Paris cites 200 Chinese deaths since Aug 16 and plans to present China’s case to Kellogg signatories and the League.
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Nanking
Mukden
Tokio
Manchur
Taipingling
Dalamor
Manchuli
China
Harbin
Kao Lou
Paris
United Press
League of Nations
Yushin Maru Sunk in Storm off Hokkaido. 11 Drowned
The motor fishing boat Yushin Maru was swamped during the storm over Hokkaido which the Graf Zeppelin weathered on Monday. Eleven men were drowned. The wreckage was found today.
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United Preas
Wisconsin Senate Adopts Resolution Against Prohibition Campaign
The Wisconsin Senate approved a resolution 17 to 12 protesting President Hoover and Congress over enforcement methods of the prohibition act. It denounces murders said to have occurred in connection with the enforcement.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Wisconsin Senate
Dance Thursday Night to Aid James Green Go to Seattle
A dance will be hosted by the local chapter of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrical Railway Workers at Tomlinson Hall at 8 PM Thursday. Funds raised will send James Green of 2168 North Capitol Avenue to the association's international convention in Seattle, Washington, on September 2.
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Tomlinson Hall
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrical Railway Workers
James Green
North Capitol Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Police raid finds 200 quarts of beer at apartment
George Allen of 1503 North Pennsylvania Street faced charges after a Monday night raid uncovered 200 quarts of beer and bottled alcohol in his apartment. Six customers who were drinking beer at the time were allowed to leave.
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George Allen
North
Pennsylvania Street
Finger Injury At Work In Noblesville
Mrs. Eliza Hamack, while rinsing clothes, caught her hand in a machine operated by an electric motor. Several fingers were mashed badly and amputation may be necessary.
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Noblesville
Ind
Eliza Hamack
Marvel Crosson Air Derby Pioneer Dies in Monday Crash
Marvel Crosson, famed female air derby flier born in Warsaw Indiana April 27 1904, died Monday in an aviation accident. She helped establish a world altitude record for women at 23996 feet on June 28 1929 after learning to fly with her brother in California and Alaska.
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Iss Marvel Crosson
Warsaw
Ind
Filer E. Crosson
Elizabeth Wynant
Marvel
Joseph
Zelma
Minneapolis
Kan
Logan County
Sterling
Colo
McMullen
San Diego
Cal
United States Army
Alaska
Joe
Indianapolis kittenball team funds boost for Louisville trip
The Boys Funds annual drive to raise 250 dollars to send the Indianapolis champion kittenball team to Louisville gets underway under the city recreation department athletic committee. The Chamber of Commerce endorsed the plan at a Monday luncheon and several members contributed. From now through Wednesday night donations from city playgrounds are urged. Mail contributions to The Times Playground Editor or to the Recreation Department at City Hall. Chamber members who subscribed on Monday include Frank
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Indianapolis
Louisville
City Recreation Department
Chamber of Commerce
the Times
City Hall
Frank
Fall Coat Styles From Henri Bendel Detailed
The Times quotes renowned fashion expert Henri Bendel sharing in depth on autumn styles. He will cover new fall coats and other season ready pieces in Wednesday’s style feature, guiding readers on wardrobe updates.
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Times Woman's Page
Henri Bendel
Times
Leslie Promises Inquiry Into Charges of Waste by State Road Division
Governor Harry G. Leslie pledges a personal inquiry into wasteful expenditures of the state highway department motor equipment. Highway Director John J. Brown and the highway commission prepare to discuss the matter at their monthly meeting, with figures showing high maintenance costs and possible need for new equipment.
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State Road Division
Highway Department
Harry G. Leslie
Highway Commission
Indianapolis
Dunes Park
Lake County
Canada
Times
Highway Commission of Highway
John J. Brown
Brown
Albert J. Wedeking
Dale
Commission
John Williams
Wedeking
Manlove
the Times
Jess L. Murden
Peru
Robert Boren
Dem
Fountain City
Omer S. Manlove
Motor Transport
A. P. Melton
Gary
Times Today
Federal
Fordson
A. Ww. D
Garford
Gram-Bernstein
Holt
Hudson Hulbert
Indiana
I Sete Tees
Elly
Liberty
Sock
Marmon
Nash Quad
Noble
Packard
Pierce-Arrow
Republic
Velle
Swiss Aviators Near U S in Trans Atlantic Flight
Swiss fliers Oskar Kaeser and Kurt Luscher, aged 22 and 21, were believed to be nearing Halifax as they pursue a nonstop flight from Spain to the United States without radio. The Graf Zeppelin refueled at Tokio for a trans Pacific hop to Los Angeles, and the Spokane Sun God completed its refueling at Butte for the coast to coast endurance flight toward Spokane. Marvel Crosson died in the women's air derby that day.
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Oskar Kaeser
Kurt Luscher
Spain
United States
Graf Zeppelin
Tokio
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Marvel Crosson
Atlantic
Halifax
Lisbon
Azores
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Sun God
R. W. Wilson
New York
Kansas Sunflower Fading Amid Weed Cutting Campaign
The Sunflower state may be renamed to reflect the spread of sweet clover as highway weed cutters in Kansas reduce sunflowers during peak bloom seasons. The Kansas highway commission faces the duty of managing the bloom decline and maintaining roadside aesthetics.
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United Press
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Highway Commission
Hoover appoints Michigan man minister to Holland
President Hoover named Gerri J. Diekema of Michigan as United States minister to Holland. In Greeneburg Indiana George M. Neimeyer, a Salt Creek township trustee in Decatur County, sustained a serious scalp wound and a severely sprained back.
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Hoover
Michigan
Holland
United Press
Washington
Gerrit J. Diekema
United States
Timea
SBURG
Ind
George M. Neimeyer
Salt Creek Township
Decatur County
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