Admiral Byrd Describes Antarctic Life At Ice Pack Event
Ten thousand listen as Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd outlines founding of Little America and the Antarctic ice pack's desolation. Amelia Earhart and other notable flyers attend. the program, part of the Famous Fliers night by National Exchange Clubs, is broadcast from the Cable tabernacle.
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Little America
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
South Polar
National Exchange Clubs
Polar Flier
Mars Hill
Rae
Buffalo
N. Y
Amelia Earhart
Walter Hinton
Fraulein
Antoine Strassman
Charles
Casey) Jones
Paul Siple
Eric
Tabernacle
Harry G. Leslie
Riley
Claypool
Admiral Byrd
Poles
Antarctic
Earth
Air race cash theft hits Chicago ticket windows
Chicago suffered an opening day air race robbery as criminals stole more than $3,000 from several ticket windows. Men used forged orders and signed receipts to claim the money, bypassing usual security.
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United Press
Chicago
Sensible Way to Lose Fat
Snippet promotes Kruschen Salts as a safe method to purify blood and support organ function. It claims increased vigor and activity leading to gradual weight loss as readers feel motivated to move and exercise daily. The ad urges taking half a teaspoon in water each morning and hints at long lasting effects.
Byrd Parade Draws Large Indianapolis Crowd
Thousands greet Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd as he is presented at Monument Circle after a downtown parade. The ceremony includes a marine color guard and a medal presentation by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan to the polar explorer.
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Richard E. Byrd
Indianapolis
Monument Circle
Marine
Monument
Reginald H. Sullivan
Admiral Byrd
Circle
Meridian Street
Chicago
Mars Hill
Syracuse
N. Y
National Guard
Stoutfield
Byrd
Lebanon
Stinson
National
M. P. Muller
Exchange Club
Harry G. Leslie
Reginald Sullivan
Bob Shank
Hoosier Airport
Washington Street
Missouri Street
Naval
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Sullivan
Hawks Study Speed in Texaco 13 Flight Race
Captain Frank Hawks, aviation speed advocate, arrives in Chicago to discuss speeding up payloads for profitable commercial flying. He notes his Texaco 13 mystery ship showcases potential, aiming to display speed next Monday in the Thompson speed race as both a race and a demonstration of practical aviation.
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Frank M. Hawks
United Press
Chicago
Texaco 13
Police Defied by Man on Two Gun Rampage
In Anderson Indiana on August 26 Archie a Negro armed with two pistols challenged residents and police. Detective Maroska confronted him near a west side district. after a struggle Archie tried to shoot but the officer subdued him and returned him home for booking. Funeral services were held for John H. Collier Madison county auditor for ten years following a short illness. He leaves a widow a son two brothers three sisters.
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Anderson
Ind
Edgar Archie
West Side Negro District
Maroska
Archie
Jack Corbitt
John H. Collier
Madison County
Verna Collier
Graydon Collier
W. L. Collier
O. J. Collier
Santa Fe
Cal
James Reeves
B. C. Prigg
Alice Collins
Pendleton
Connersville
William Guy Larue
First white settlers honored at Hicks reunion in Madison
Nearly a thousand people gathered at the site of Hicks to celebrate Jefferson county history and mark a family reunion. Descendants of the Risk and Buchanan families led the crowd in commemorations of the arriving settlers.
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Bay United Press
Madison
Ind
Hicks
Jefferson County
Risk
Buchanan
Earlham College Freshman Class Largest in Earlham History
Enrollment of 184 new students expected at Earlham College as the term opens next month. Sixth district Democrats plan a barbecue and speeches in Newcastle with Walter Myers from Indianapolis as lead speaker. A 10 a.m. parade will precede the event.
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Bu Times
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Newcastle
Walter Myers
Indianapolis
Monroe County Jail Reports Empty Cells for First Time
Bloomington August 26. For the first time in years Monroe county jail reports no inmates in custody. Sheriff and officials credit new intake procedures and reform efforts aiding reduced imprisonment. Local leaders view as a milestone in county law enforcement.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Prefers Death to Poverty: 16 Year Old in Muncie Ends Life
Pauline Stephens aged 16 in Muncie Indiana died by poisoning at home. The note to her mother states I am tired of the way I have to live. She leaves parents John and Mrs. Stephens and a large family including six sisters and four brothers residing in several localities.
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Muncie
Ind
Pauline Stephens
John Stephens
Sherman
Homer
Mark
Charles
Ethel Mulford
Arvada Shreves
Dorothy Stephens
Maude Santo
Pennsylvania
Myrtle Halls
Indianapolis
Nora McKinley
Cammack
Veterans at Session At Grand Army Encampment in Cincinnati
Richmonds John F Campbell and Albert E Bonsall both 84 attend the sixty first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Cincinnati with Campbell's wife and granddaughter Rhea Swain. They previously joined Indiana and Ohio encampments this year and have attended the national gathering for forty nine years.
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Richmond
Ind
John F. Campbell
Albert E. Bonsall
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Campbell
Rhea Swain
Indiana
Ohio State
De Pauw University an $8,000,000 Corporation
Harold E. Robbins reports De Pauw University as an $8 million entity with total assets of $7,914,251.76 and expenditures of $983,167.27 for the year ending June 36. Salaries and wages dominate costs at $470,400.26 plus dormitory operations at $155,711.60 and postal charges near $2,000.
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Times
Greencastle
Ind
Harold E. Robbins
de Pauw University
Byrd Sees Indiana as Air Center for Aviation Growth
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, visiting Indianapolis, says Indiana’s location and industry support vast aviation expansion. He notes northern Indiana strength, port-ready terrain, and plans future scientific expeditions after a retirement from active duty. The visit included a public reception with Governor Leslie and Mayor Sullivan.
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Middle West
Indiana
Richard E. Byrd
Hoosier State
Claypool
WATCH YOUR TOES IN UNIVERSITY DRAG
Wayne Indiana August 26 Bruno Meyer 93 a former moulder laments prohibition. He recalls two evening beers in old wet days and fears laws could ban tobacco and pipe. He dislikes home brew cars radio and airplanes and tends his garden with his hands.
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Times Special Fc
Wayne
Ind
Bruno Meyer
America
Meyer
Oregon
Kindergarten Ends in Birthplace New Harmony
New Harmony Indiana will close its historic kindergarten started in 1826 by Robert Owen. The town cites too few children to justify continuing the school, which educated children from age two to five with nonresident tuition of 100 dollars. Children came from New York, Philadelphia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, studied a curriculum including algebra, languages, science, and music.
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United Press
New Harmony
Ind
America
Robert Owen
New York
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis Hosts Dance Masters Warn of Tough Winter Dances
Chicago convention of the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters 1000 strong endorses a new season of dances. The University Drag and slow fox trot lead the list with complex dips and stunts, while teachers urge careful steps to avoid injuring partners. Names cited include Anna Keenan Roger McEwan Edna Passapae and Oscar Duryea connected to the new styles.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Dancing Masters
Indianapolis
Dancing Masters of America
New York
University
Anna Keenan
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Roger McEwan
Scotland
Edna Passapae
Newark
N. J
Oscar Duryea
New York City
Club Leader Fatally Hurt By Timea Special
Funeral services were held for Mrs. William M. Probasco a leader in women s organizations who died from injuries after her car was struck by a train in South Bend Indiana She leaves her husband two daughters Mrs Conn J Horton Mishawaka and Miss Lucille A Probasco
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Timea
South Bend
Ind
William M. Probasco
Conn J. Horton
Mishawaka
Lucille A. Probasco
Scholarships Awarded at Indiana University Extension Night Classes
Miss Helen Taylor and Miss Mary Seele both Manual high school graduates receive extension night class scholarships along with Gladys Koehler a Technical graduate. Additional awardees include Elizabeth Cruse Mollie Zivien Gilbert Frake Ruby Jacobs Bessie Patterson Velma Hairston Lester Engel Krystal Kegerreis and Harry Taylor from Broad Ripple Crispus Attucks Shortridge and other Indianapolis schools.
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Indiana University Extension
Helen Taylor
Mary Seele
Manual High School
Gladys Koehler
Technical
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Cruse
Mollie Zivien
Gilbert Frake
Ruby Jacobs
Broad Ripple High School
Bessie Patterson
Velma Hairston
Crispus Attucks
Lester Engel
Krystal Kegerreis
Harry Taylor
Shortridge
World champion parachutist lands in grandstand scare
Los Angeles jumper Bert White describes a near disaster at the National air races in Chicago after plunging from 2000 feet. He opened two chutes, avoided crowd injury by grabbing ropes, and landed hard on concrete but reports no injuries to anyone.
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Bert White
Los Angeles
United Press
Chicago
Four Pulpite Brothers Vie For Golf Honors In Decatur
Four Franklin brothers from different states gather in Decatur Indiana each year to play 360 holes and determine who will win a silver loving cup they helped buy. The men are the Rev Benjamin Franklin of Decatur Methodist Church the Rev E E Franklin of Upland M E Church Dr S B Franklin religious education professor at Baldwin Wallace College Berea Ohio and Dr E P Franklin president of Southwestern College Winfield Kansas.
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United Press
Decatur
Ind
Benjamin Franklin
Decatur Methodist Church
E. E. Franklin
Upland
Vestal to Speak for Indiana Women’s Republican Luncheon
Albert Vestal of Anderson will address the Indiana Women’s Republican Club luncheon in Forest Park Nav on August 26 500 state women expected. Mrs Hazel Waymire Hamilton County chair leads program planning with Mrs Margaret Boulden assisting. Enwood report James Jennings 104 dies after long illness born Garrett KY Oct 15 1825.
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Noblesville
Ind
Women’s Republican Club of
Indiana
Forest Park
Albert Vestal
Anderson
Congress
Hazel Waymire
Pendleton
Hamilton County Republican Organization
Wbsdom
Margaret Boulden
Sheridan
Times Special
Enwood
James Jennings
Garrett County
Kentucky
Johnson
Former classmates hold twenty seventh Lou Huff reunion
Former schoolmates from the late Miss Lou Huff classes plan a reunion Thursday at Broad Ripple Park. Huff taught in Washington township and in the Mt Jackson neighborhood, gathering former pupils and friends.
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Lou Huff
Broad Ripple Park
Cafe Robbers Net 170 In Skylight Break In
Robbers entered a restaurant at 59 West Thirty-fourth Street through a skylight and stole 170 dollars, per owner J. T. Medburn of 251 Eastern Avenue, who reported the incident to police today.
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West Thirty-fourth Street
J. T. Medburn
Eastern Avenue
Judge insists Mooney and Billings innocent beyond doubt
San Francisco dated August twenty six reports Superior Judge Franklin Griffin defending the innocence of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings. He cites recent rehearing, calls witnesses perjurers, and urges clemency arguing the case was among the dirtiest in state history and warrants release.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
Supreme Court
Franklin Griffin
Mooney
Griffin
California
Billings
John MacDonald
Stephens
MacDonald
Estelle Smith
Dreyfus
Typhoid Fear Spurs Health Alarm in Monroe County
Drought raises typhoid risk in Bloomington and Monroe county with fifteen cases reported by Dr. R. A. Demotte. County schools may delay opening on Sept. 8 affecting about 150 teachers. In Columbus a calf perished in a barn fire on the Ismael Wagner farm, with losses pegged at 2,500 to 3,000 dollars.
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Times
Mington
Ind
Bloomington
Monroe County
R. A. Demotte
I. V. Payne
Columbus
Ismael Wagner
Here
Tiny plane rivals speed of race ships at air races
Benny Howard built a tiny monoplane with a ninety four horsepower engine that reaches 194 miles an hour. He placed second at a 1000 cubic inch displacement race, chasing big ships and prize money in Chicago.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Chicago
Benny Howard
Mail
Universal
St. Louis
Omaha
Howard
Diplomas Awarded as Conference Closes in Indiana
The Indiana Disciples of Christ Churches young people conference at Bethany Park ends with 28 graduates, serving as deacons and elders. Dr. F. W. Burnham of the University of Chicago delivers the commencement address. graduates include Lorina Justice of Muncie and Violet Brown of Vincennes among others.
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Bethany Park
Ind
Young People's Conference of Indiana Disciples of Christ Churches
F. W. Burnham
University of Chicago
Lorina Justice
Muncie
Robert Keller
Corydon
Violet Brown
Vincennes
Mabel Davis
Indianapolis
Margurite Murphy
James Clark
Mary Ridgway
Hammond
Katherine Atkinson
John Talbott
Greencastle
Beatrice House
Margurite Swan
Ruth Kelso
Logansport
Rossella Lunster
Terre Haute
Mary Esther Burgett
Greenewood
Marporie Sheler
Valparaiso
Miriam Waltz
Edinburg
Mary Eleanor Peggs
Cleota Tapp
Franklin
Vera Reeves
Jeanette Erlewine
Marion
Joanne Parrin
Thorntown
Lee Bolig
Ladoga
Bertha Smith
Mitchell
Gwdolyn Schort
Ferin Bevis
Milburn Scamabhorn
Pittsboro
Ruth Corbin
Bedsford
Rose Snell
Thrifty women urge fruit canning this summer
A Sugar Institute ad urges housewives to can fruit and make preserves to cut next winter’s food costs. It highlights canned fruit vitamins and its role in a balanced diet, and promotes the National Canning Contest in Shenandoah Iowa with information and free jar offer.
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The
Sugar Institute
Shenandoah
Iowa
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