Opposition to High County Tax Levy 10 Moves Forward
Tax experts, chamber leaders, and Indiana taxpayers unite to resist a 53 cent county levy for 1930. Harry Miesse vows to protest at council and tax board hearings, while efforts to trim budgets target Center township and city rates to keep the total levy near 3.29 per 100.
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Center Township
Harry Miesse
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayers’ Organization
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Book
Chamber
John Shearer
Harry Dunn
Decatur
Lawrence
Perry
Warren
Franklin
Wayne
Washington
Pike
Decatur Townships
Hartsel Arrested After Fatal July Collision in Anderson
Times Special reports in Anderson Indiana that a July 21 wreck led to arrest of Charles Hartsel of Chesterfield for reckless driving. Floyd Tolle of Anderson, 40, sustained a bruised jaw during the crash and died Saturday from the injuries, with infection cited as contributing.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
Charles Hartsel
Chesterfield
Hartsel
Floyd Tolle
Dan Greene Injured In Car Crash While Seeking Medicine
Dan Greene of Sanders sustained serious injuries when his automobile rolled over while driving rapidly to Bloomington to obtain medicine for his ailing child.
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Seerial Bloomington
Ind
Dan Greene
Sanders
Bloomington
Fatal interurban crash kills truck driver near Springport
One man died and six others injured when a Union Traction interurban ran into a truck at a crossing near Springport eleven miles north of Newcastle. The truck driver Donald G Watts was killed instantly. hospital bound victims included William Adams and E E Smiley among others. Coroner Ralph Niblock will hold an inquest.
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United Press
Newcastle
Ind
Union Traction Interurban
Springport
Here
Donald G. Watts
Greenwich
Muncie
William Adams
E. E. Smiley
Shelbyville
Coombos Henry
Chicago
W. E. Dauz
Detroit
Henry Ehlers
Indianapolis
W. E. Granison
Wats
N. D. Putnam Construction Company
Ft. Wayne
Astop
Ralph Niblock
Middletown
Traction
Water Firm Expands In Indianapolis During 1929
The Indianapolis Water Company reported a semi annual outlay of 350000 dollars for the first half of 1929 with 342580 dollars spent on improvements and 7506 dollars to replace retired equipment as filed with the public service commission.
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Indianapolis Water Company
Public Service Commission
Madison County 1929 budget calls for 54 cent tax rate
The Madison county budget for 1929, prepared by Auditor Ward Shetterly, awaits county council approval. It proposes a tax rate of 54 cents, up one cent from the 1928 rate.
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Rn Times
Ind
Madison County
Ward Shetterly
Love and murder case shifts to life sentence in Indiana
In South Bend Indiana on August 21 192x prosecutors said Pansy Funk 20 an expectant mother who killed her lover Jesse Mader 23 will not face the electric chair. The prosecutor will seek life imprisonment arguing unwritten law or insanity as the plea. Counsel Edwin W Hunter is guiding the defense with decisions pending.
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Times
South Bend
Ind
Pansy Funk
Jesse Mader
Harry Taylor
St. Joseph County
Edwin W. Hunter
Bessie Troyer
North Judson
Pansy
Jesse
Taylor
Burial for Indianapolis Soldier Walter C. Brunson
Last rites for Walter C. Brunson, Indianapolis soldier killed Monday in a stampede of fifty artillery horses at Ft. Russell Wyoming, will be held Friday at 2 p m at North Side Church of God 902 West Thirtieth Street with Rev P B Turner officiating Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Walter C. Brunson
Indianapolis
Ft. Russell
Wyoming
North Side
Church of God
West Thirtieth Street
P. B. Turner
Crown Hill Cemetery
Edinburg Teacher Sues School Board Over Libel
Mrs. Fannie Cutsinger, a former Edinburg teacher, files two suits in Johnson circuit court seeking 12000 total damages. She accuses Paul Boston of libel and alleges a board resolution barring married women as teachers targeted her after dismissal.
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Times Special
Edinburg
Ind
Fannie Cutsinger
Edinburg School Board
Paul Boston
Johnson
Franklin
Boston
Cambridge City Marshal Shot in Poolroom Ambush
John Ingerman town marshal of Cambridge City is believed dying in a Richmond hospital from a bullet wound inflicted by Russell Bell after an attempted armed robbery. Bell fled in a car as Miller restrained him briefly before Bell fled toward Indianapolis.
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Kneci
Cambridge City
Ind
John Ingerman
Richmond
Russell Bell
Bell
Indiana
Frank Miller
Miller
Ingerman
Indianapolis
Band Concert at University Park by Indianapolis Military Band
The Indianapolis Military Band performs at University Park at 7 30 p m Thursday. Repertoire includes Beau Ideal Martha serenade for flute and horn scenes from Algeria excerpts from Samson and Delilah Light Cavalry Once There Was an Owl selections from Don Carlos The Mikado and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Indianapolis Military Band
University Park
Martha
Algeria
Light Cavalry
Raid at rural home yields home brew haul
John Gordon of 130814 West Washington Street faced charges of blind tiger activity after deputies raided Paul Smith's rural route 4 box 700 home on Tuesday. Three men were held on vagrancy and drunkenness charges. Deputies reported finding 128 quarts of home brew.
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John Gordon
West
Washington Street
Paul Smith
Committee named for Gold en Karnes event by Indiana Alumni
Final arrangements for the Gold en Karnes of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity next week will be made by Indiana Alumni Association members at a Columbia Club luncheon. About 1 000 active and alumni members are expected. Everett J. Holloway, host, is aided by Birney D. Spradling.
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Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Indiana Alumni Association
Columbia Club
Everett J. Holloway
Birney D. Spradling
The
Karnes
John E. Spiegel
Spradling
Samuel Harrell
Charles E. McCabe
Fred C. Tucker
William Hutchinson
Chester Barney
Holloway
Boys Return From Bid for Adventure
FILLM ORE Indiana Aug 21 Olyn Campbell and Willis Bastin two 12 year olds ran away from home Friday then hitchhiked to Indianapolis Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette and Crawfordsville before returning home.
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Times Special
Fillmore
Ind
Olyn Campbell
Willis Bastin
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Frankfort
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Nonstop Refueling Flight Pilots Get Ovation on 5-Day Jaunt
Spokane pilots Lieutenant Nick Mamer and Art Walker completed a five day nonstop cross continental refueling flight in the Sun God, returning to Felts Field after 7,500 miles. The display drew a large ovation with President Hoover sending congratulations and supporters praising aviation progress.
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Spokane Wash
New York
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Spokane
United Press
Felts Field
Wash
Sun God
Seaboard
National Air Derby Association
Mamer
Walker
Herbert Hoover
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Despondent Man Poisons Self After Father’s Death
William A. Tillinghast, 26, of Woodruff Place, and LeRoy Long, 30, were reported to have swallowed poison Tuesday night. Tillinghast lingered in a city hospital while Long was found dead in his rear yard. police cited despondency over their father’s death and domestic troubles as factors.
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William A. Tillinghast
East Drive
Woodruff Place
Walter W. Tillinghast
South East Street
LeRoy Long
Thirteenth Street
Sixteenth Annual Picnic Opens in Cuay City
Pa Timés Special reports the sixteenth annual picnic in Cuay City Indiana, with activities beginning today and extending into the night.
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Pa Timés
Cuay City
Ind
Leader Hints City Firms Oppose New Industries
C L Harrod industrial commissioner of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce told Rotary Club that local firms offered money to keep new industries away. He contrasted Indianapolis funds of 16 700 with larger city funds used for bonuses and urged more money to promote the city’s advantages and attract prospects.
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Indianapolis
C. L. Harrod
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Claypool
Harrod
Italy Refuses Reparations Concessions at Conference
Aug 21 final efforts by France Belgium and Japan to win Italy over reparations terms with Britain failed. Italy informed Britain no concessions were possible. Alberto Pirelli met Philip Snowden and stated Italy cannot yield any share of reparations.
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United Press
Hague
France
Belgium
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Alberto Pirelli
Philip Snowden
Workman Injured After Fall at Two-in-One Shinola Site
Dewey Gibson aged 30 of 128 West Vermont Street, an Air Brush Painting Company employee, stepped back from a loading platform at the Two-in-One Shinola site on Harding and Morris Streets, fell twelve feet, struck a scaffold and fractured his left leg. He was taken to Methodist Hospital.
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Bixby Corporation
Harding and
Morris Streets
Dewey Gibson
West
Vermont Street
Air Brush Painting Company
Pearson Street
Methodist Hospital
Beauties to Compete at Electric League Picnic
Members of the fair sex connected with the electrical industry in Indianapolis will compete in a bathing beauty contest at the first annual Electric League of Indianapolis picnic at Broad Ripple park next Saturday. The program includes swimming athletic events games and a basket dinner.
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Electric League of Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Park
Butler, Butler, Who Gets the Butler
Alfredo Gonzales-Prada, charge d affaires of the Peruvian embassy, resigns after a dispute over a Peruvian butler. The Peruvian government ordered Cornelius the butler and his wife returned to Mrs. Miles Poindexter, provoking Prada to refuse obeying the order and announce his resignation. Prada plans to travel to Europe with Cornelius and his wife.
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United Press
Ashington
Alfredo Gonzales-Prada
Miles Poindexter
Peru
Washington
Prada
Poindexter
Cornelius
Nine Derbies Included in National Air Races
Cleveland August 21 report outlines nine major air derbies eight feature contests and twenty seven closed course events with prize money over 100000 for the National Air Races August 24 to September 2. Notable entrants include Goebel Jensen Haldeman Hawks Earhart Smith Omlie and Earhart among others. The program features a woman’s air derby and various long distance endurance attempts.
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United Press
Cleveland
National Aeronautical Association
Col
Arthur Goebel
Martin Jensen
George Haldeman
Frank Hawks
Portland
Ore
Oakland
Cal
Montreal
Pacific Coast
Amelia Earhart
Transatlantic Aviatrix
Reed G. Landis
America
Charles
Casey) Jones
Curtiss Flying Service
Eddie Stinson
One
Forty-Fifth Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Clifford Henderson
National Air Races of Cleveland, Inc
Floyd J. Logan
Air Race Committee
Hotel
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
No Money Forces Lyons Fire Truck to Go Away
Lyons Illinois Aug 21 villagers face financial strain after a 2000 payment on the Lyons fire department truck remains unpaid due to Cook county tax reassessment deadlock. Agents for American LaFrance attempted to repossess the vehicle but were refused. the truck was driven from the fire station. A town hall meeting was disrupted by a false fire alarm as residents prepared their buckets in response.
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United Preas Lyons
Lyons Fire Department
Cook County
American-La France Company
Bukharin Expelled From Communist Work
The executive committee of the Communist International confirmed the dismissal of Nikolai Bukharin from all communist work in Moscow on August 21. He was accused of disbelief in the decay of capitalism and the worldwide growth of the revolutionary movement.
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United Press Moscow
Communist International Today
Nikolai Bukharin
Bukharin
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