Greater Indianapolis Week marks sold city event
Indianapolis has been sold to its own citizens and a wave of interest began through Greater Indianapolis week. Thirty thousand people enjoyed the closing Monument Circle celebration with dancing to Police and Firemen's Band and jazz orchestras. Marion Camp drill team led by Harry Argus performed. Speakers at Brookside Park included John L. Duvall and Frank P. Baker with A Le Roy Portreus and William T. Bailey. Event sponsored by local civic leagues and associations.
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Indianapolis
Shank
Monument Circle
Marion Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Harry Argus
Brookside Park
John L. Duvall
Frank P. Baker
Walter Myers
A. le Roy Portreus
William T. Bailey
East Tenth St. Commercial Association
Brookside Civic League
Brightwood Civic League
Spades Park Community Protective Association
Building Trades Open Session in Indiana Convention
United Press reports the State Building Trades Council begins a two day session in Oerre Haute Indiana with painters and plumbers meeting ahead of the Indiana State Federation of Labor. Charles Sims of Indianapolis becomes plumbers union president along with a full officer slate for painters awaiting referendum ratification.
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United Press
Oerre Haute
Ind
State Building Trades Council
Painters
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Charles Sims
Indianapolis
Plumbers’ Union
Charles Kern
H. Brockman
Evansville
T. J. Crook
Hammond
Charles Shaffer
Anderson
Chester Smith
South Bend
Painters’ Association
Carl Mullen
Louis Hart
Lafayette
D. C. Hanna
Princeton
E. F. Drew
Ft. Wayne
Perch Head
Terre Haute
F. H. Detrick
Gary
Charles Donald
Muncie
H. Wilson
George Miller
Vincennes
Bandit Revenge Foiled Near Fort Wayne
John Hansen wrestled a revolver from a colored hold up man in Fort Wayne. Hansen was arrested on concealed weapons charges after the bandit fled and Hansen sought a telephone. Hansen proved bruises from the fight and was freed in city court. The bandit remains at large.
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Bu United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
John Hansen
Hansen
Beech Grove Postmaster Sees Bright Suburban Future
Postmaster John Clapp, a longtime Beech Grove resident since 1908, extols the town as a rising residential suburb of Indianapolis. He notes the 180 foot elevation above the capital, proximity to the monument, paved streets, and a thriving local bank begun in 1922 with $25,000 capitalization after the Beech Grove State Bank failure.
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Beech Grove
Indianapolis
Union Station
John Clapp
Clapp
Hoosier
Monument
Broad Ripple
Clapp Brothers General Store
Ter Clapp
George
Citizens State Bank
Beech Grove State Bank
Oldest Inhabitant Recounts Beech Grove’s Early Days
Mrs. Jane McGregor, 78, Beech Grove’s oldest resident, recalls life before the town’s founding. She settled from Scotland with her husband John, once a gardener, and describes toll roads, gravel roads, early churches, district schools, and the 1907 Big Four shops era. She notes the first back line service to Indianapolis and declines to pose for a photo.
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Jane McGregor
Beech Grove
Ruth McDonough
Maj
John McDonough
France
McGregor
Churchman Ave
Christian Church
Wheat
Traction Line
the Grove
Indianapolis
Buddy of War Sought Seeks Army Buddy in Indianapolis
H C Livengood of 6056 E Washington St seeks his World War II buddy Arthur B Lewis living on Minnesota St. The men served in the 37th Division and Livengood recently moved to Indianapolis asking police help to locate his war buddy.
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Arthur B. Lewis
Minnesota St
H. C. Livengood
Washington St
Livengood
Indianapolis
Insurance Men Gather Here For Twentieth Anniversary
Three day celebrations mark the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company's 20th anniversary with about seventy field representatives from eight states. Activities include a Meridian Street home office dedication, luncheon at the Indianapolis Country Club, banquet at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, a city tour, flag raising, garden party, and a White River picnic with a golf tournament and Woodstock club luncheon planned. Speakers include Texas and Indiana insurance commissioners John Scott and Thomas McMurray, T. W. Blackburn, and Mayor Shank. A German book market biography of Abraham Lincoln appears in latest publications.
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Indianapolis Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis Country Club
Meridian
Thirtieth Sts
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Frank P. Manley
John Scott
Texas
Thomas McMurray
Indiana
T. W. Blackburn
Mother Jones Leads Women in Arnot Mine Strike
In Arnot Pennsylvania Mother Jones mobilizes an all female strike army to support miners. Women with mops and brooms confront strikebreakers fueling a community stand that ends with the strike won without bloodshed or riot.
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Broughtons
Pennsylvania
Mother Jones and the mops that won a strike
An editor’s note frames this self told life of Mother Jones as heroic, recounting how she led women with mops and pails in a coal strike. The army of women faced no bloodshed while securing victory after months of hardship, and a gold watch was offered but declined. Next Mother Jones defies an injunction.
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Mother Jones
America
Arnot
Oil Station Heist and Several Robberies Reported
Police report multiple robberies in a single night. Henry Wellmeyer, 28, of 5147 College Ave, an attendant at a Thirtieth and Delaware station, was held up for $55 by two bandits. Ralph Hamill, 1540 Park Ave, robbed of $81 on return home from a station. George Stevens, 23 E. Ohio St, robbed of $50 by four men in a taxi. Stanley Lawwill of the National Detective Agency reported a stolen diamond ring worth $236 and $16 cash from the agency office. Charles Kernodle, 817 W. New York St, had a pocketbook with $15 stolen.
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Henry Wellmeyer
College Ave
Thirtieth
Delaware Sts
Ralph Hamill
Park Ave
George Stevens
Ohio St
Stanley Lawwill
National Detective Agency
I. 0. O. F. Bidg
Charles Kernodle
New York St
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