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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1930
Page
1
In Avella Pennsylvania a heckler killed two speakers George Harkoff and Steve Mina during a SaccoVanzetti demonstration rally. Pietro Petrelli allegedly fled as police found incendiary literature and dynamite in his room.
A downtown store count is planned for Aug. 29 to measure traffic flow. The committee will survey shopkeepers about transportation used and whether cars were curb, lot, or garage parked to determine loading zone needs and consider banning parking downtown from 7 to 9 30 a m.
A renewed search targets a rebug after an incendiary fire last Friday night destroyed a garage and auto belonging to A. F. Hunter at 1851 New Street. Hunter estimated losses at 800 dollars as investigators probe the south side fires from the past two weeks.
Groceries valued at 25 and cash of 68 were taken from the A and P grocery at 3506 College avenue Friday night. A rear window was pried open to admit the thieves per assistant superintendent C V Martin who informed police today.
S. C. McDaniels, 42, of 1212 South Senate avenue, was in serious condition at city hospital after racks fell while he moved equipment for Indianapolis Machine and Supply Company. He suffered severe back injuries.
Charles Werner, 14, shot and killed Helen Kurtz, 13. The report notes the incident as a fire of rifle prowess by the youth in New York during August. The item also references a tax suit seeking $47,427 in overassessment in income tax for 1921 and 1922 against the internal revenue bureau.
Lima dispatch reports Arequipa city seized by revolutionary troops. Commandant General Leopoldo Arias and Prefect Federico Fernandini captured as forces under Sanchez Cerro gain control. Arequipa, Peru’s second city, sits inland on the southern railroad with 35 000 plus people and trade in wool cotton goods and mining products.
Morris McIntyre defeated Theodore Siener 4 up with 3 to play in the 36 hole final at Plaza course to claim the men’s city toy golf championship. He will meet women’s champ Mrs. Mary Jane Meyers tonight at Butler Terrace course for the city title.
United Press reports stock trading in New York with minor shifts and activity in International Nickel and other leaders. In Kansas City, milk distributors brace for a broader strike as violence erupts over pricing and import rulings, with milk trains halted and shipments disrupted.
Police search for a man who reportedly tried to seize two girls Friday afternoon under a railroad overpass on Merrill Street. The girls screamed, drawing attention and prompting police to investigate the incident.
Alice Archibald filed for divorce from Allen Archibald claiming he denigrated her as an inferior person to Peggy Hopkins Joyce. The complaint notes Archibald’s marriages with Alice May in 1928 and a Peggy Joyce union that lasted six weeks.
Chicago hosts the tenth annual national air races with fifty events on the program through September 1. Officials expect about 40 000 spectators for a schedule including inaugural ceremonies parade and tactical demonstrations as Jimmy Doolittle flies a mystery speed ship and Admiral Byrd and others receive honors.
Be lief that a way to beat the new Canadian liquor export law had been found arose as officials tracked the Halifax steamer Vegas with 10,000 cases of beer and ale valued at 100,000. The Vegas, seized last week in Lake Erie, was fined 400 for unloading in Lake Erie, the cargo left untouched.
John McLean a 67 year old Essexville truck farmer was robbed of 6 dollars and fatally shot in his home late Friday night after two youths asked for lodging. He staggered to a neighbor’s two blocks away to report the intrusion before dying.
A northeast gale battered the New England coast causing heavy rain and high tides across the Atlantic seaboard. The storm damaged waterfront areas in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts threatening property along the coast.
Clarence Holdsapple reports a thief locked him in the store icebox at 450 North Oxford Street and stole $115.98. Police say the suspect stood by the open icebox during the robbery.
Patrolman John Willis swerved to avoid a taxi near St Clair and Alabama streets and collided with a cab driven by Robert Herron. Willis suffered cuts. George R Mellon 25 of 1728 College Avenue was arrested for failure to yield to a police car.
Vague transcription lists names and numbers with misreads. no clear event, date, or location emerges to form a factual summary.
John Hawkins a defense attorney was freed less than a day into a three day contempt sentence by Wilbur Royse special municipal judge who later said he was worn down by attorneys and bondsmen and had even helped Hawkins' family. Hawkins praised the jail as a swell place and had disrupted court proceedings prompting the original ten day sentence and ten dollar fine for his client too.
The Duke of Northumberland aged 50 dies in London after a prolonged struggle with pneumonia aided by blood transfusions. Twenty seven donors gave blood in a vain effort. He was a leading coal owner in northern England and ran an aggressive anti-Communist campaign in 1919.
Nine playgrounds will vie for the city dramatic title at Garfield Park open-air theater tonight at 7 30. Each group presents a one act play in the contest granting honors and recognition to the best production.
Six teen racing cars arrived at Rockville Indiana to take part in Indiana's second night dirt track auto racing program at the Jungle park speedway east of Rockville tonight.
Leo Burkert 34 of 3645 West Tenth Street died at city hospital from injuries after a crash in the 800 block West Tenth Street. Police seek Robert Parker for murder. Burkert’s companions say a Black driver attacked him and fled after the collision.
In Los Angeles Cliff Edwards invoked his last asset the guitar like uke to plead poverty before a judge while Irene Edwards seeks $250 weekly alimony ahead of their divorce trial. Across the state in Harmony Indiana Frank Pollom, 50, died after being struck by a PA train east of town Friday night.
Oslo reports a memorial raised by Horn Arctic expeditionists for Solomon August Andree and two companions from the 1897 balloon attempt to reach the pole. The third name is uncertain. Survivors’ diaries and logs hold clues as Brattvaag nears Norway with bodies expected by Sept. 10.
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, Germany's trans Atlantic mystery flyer, reached Ivigtut Greenland after leaving Reykjavik at 6 30 a m on Friday. He planned the third leg of his flight toward an undetermined destination along the American coast.
In New Haven on August 23, 77-year-old Ralph Barthelme, a Coleman Convalescent Home patient, sleep walked from a second story roof. He was found sleeping on the lawn the next morning with a slightly bruised leg and expressed surprise at waking.
The Arndt concert band directed by Herman Arndt under the Indianapolis park board will perform at 3 Sunday at Garfield park. The program includes Semper Fidelis The Wizard of the Nile William Tell Il Trovatore Rio Rita Babes in Toyland Valse Bluette The Prince of Pilsen and The Star Spangled Banner.
William C. Smith Sr a noted turf and baseball sportsman died suddenly Friday night at Saratoga Springs New York where his horses were entered in a racing meet He once owned the Indianapolis American Association baseball club sold to James A Perry in 1927 He owned the Indians from 1919 and had moved from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis His sons William J and Hayward held club posts and the team was managed by Jack Hendricks Ownie Bush and Bruno Betzel Betzel remained manager after the sale to Perry who died in an airplane crash near Fort Benjamin Harrison last summer
Pleak a night relief attendant at a Gaseteria station in Indianapolis vowed personal war against three bandits after surviving four holdups in ten days. The three men robbed him of about 20 dollars in one incident and took his revolver in another. They taunted him with threats while he and a manager faced loaded revolvers during the latest attempt. Pleak said the attackers had previously nabbed 25 dollars and his weapon in earlier robberies near Tenth Street and Dorman, West Michigan area, Palmyra, and other points. He warned the criminals they had “gone to the well once too often.”
Chicago investigators disclosed that the Moran Zuta Aiello syndicate earned over 15 million dollars annually in 1926 and 1927. A 145 resort list by district showed monthly receipts surpassing one million dollars, fueling gang feuds with Capone and contributing to the Lingle murder probe.
Trading shows declines of 10 to 20 cents in several hog classes with 160 to 250 pound cattle selling mostly at 11.30 to 11.50. Pigs and pork saws steady while lighter hogs traded 15 to 25 cents lower from Friday. Chicago hog receipts totaled 7,500 with 6,000 direct. holdovers 6,000. cattle at 500 and sheep at 7,000. overall demand remains light.
Minnie A Kennedy, recovering from nasal surgeries after a denunciation against her daughter Aimee Semple McPherson, says she revised her will to remove bequests to Angelus Temple. She cites a second operation for a broken nose allegedly caused by McPherson striking her. Daily note on relapse and pain.
Aug. 23 fire at Hogan Milling Company followed a dust explosion that killed foreman John Tolls and injured a third worker. Lee Griffith was killed and William Burton seriously burned. Tolls vanished after triggering the blast.
North wind six miles per hour, temperature 74, barometric pressure 30.14 at sea level. Visibility ten miles, ceiling unlimited, field conditions good.
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