Suit Filed to Enjoin Paying of C. C. Shipp
A taxpayer suit in Marion Superior Court Four seeks to stop the Indianapolis school board from paying C. C. Shipp and others $12,440 for ventilating work at School 3 and 50. Plaintiffs allege Shipp profits, bid manipulation, and engineered specifications favoring Shipp units, with engineers and contractors tied to provocations to award contracts and block competition. Filed by Jacob Morgan through attorney John M. Fisher, the action also targets J. M. Rotz Engineering Co Bevington Williams Inc W. H. Johnson Son Co Hayes Brothers Inc and city officials for alleged improper awarding of contracts and overcharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis School Board
C. C. Shipp
Indianapolis
Marion Superior Court
Jacob Morgan
John M. Fisher
West St. Clair Street
J. M. Roth Engineering Company
Bevington-Williams, Inc
W. H. Johnson & Son Company
Hayes Brothers, Inc
Shipp
Charles C. York
Rotz Company
Bevington-Williams Company
Sterling R. Holt
Fisher
Clarence C. Shipp
J.M Rotz Engineering Company
Bevington Williams, Inc
J. M. Rotz Engineering Company
Holt
School Board
Com- 7
Indiana
Tale of 2 Women and Siren's Call
In Indianapolis the sirens echo through streets as a fireman and a policeman face danger daily. The piece contrasts two wives awaiting husbands who respond to calls, fearing injury or death, and the toll of the siren on ordinary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Steinel
Aily
Indianapolis
Policeman's Wife Finds Calm in Home Life and Pies
Mrs. Eliza White, wife of Sergeant Walter White of the Indianapolis police, recalls premonitions before duty calls and describes how she keeps morale high by cooking his favorite foods and calmly managing worries. She raises canaries and bakes pies to ease tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth White
North
Denny Street
Walter White
Indianapolis
Walter
Morris Murphy
Murphy
Endurance Plane Chicago We Will Near Two-Week Mark
The United Press reports Chicago We Will, piloted by C. E. Steele and Russell Mossman, has logged its ninety-eighth hour aloft at noon, with nearly two weeks more needed to beat the St. Louis Robin record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
C. E. Steele
Russell Mossman
St. Louis
Fireman’s Wife Finds Balance Between Sirens and Home
Mrs. Anna Monahan, wife of Captain John Monahan of fire station No 14, recalls thirty eight years with the department. She stays home during fires, waves from the porch when trucks pass, and worries about sirens while managing the household and keeping her husband fit. Her son Raymond was six months old when he was injured in a collision, but she says the work the fireman loves remains worth the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Monahan
North Captol Avenue
John Monahan
Fire Department
Fourteen
Former Mayor Issued in Suit Over $350 Note
John L. Duvall, former mayor of Indianapolis, named defendant in a municipal court suit filed today by William B. Rooker to collect a $350 note dated July 19 with a thirty day term. Rooker also seeks $100 attorney fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Duvall
Indianapolis
William B. Rooker
Booker
Clyde Walb Freed After Year and a Half in Prison
Clyde A Walb former Indiana Republican state chairman is due home soon after serving 18 months at Leavenworth for a bank failure in which he was a director. Parole followed a minimum four and a half year sentence and the prison board recommended release amid protests and claims he profited little from the violation. Reports say he may join a local dredging firm. his son Walter W Wald is an official of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rn Times
Lagrange
Ind
Clyde A. Walb
Indiana
Leavenworth
Kan
Walb
William D. Mitchell
Department of Justice
Walter W. Wald
Two Killed in Boston Air Derby Crash
A Cessna won entry in the Philadelphia to Cleveland air derby crashed near Boston control point at 180 mph. Victims include E. J. Devereaux and Edward Reiss. Mrs. Devereaux fatally injured. Mrs Louise Thaden wins women's contest and enters speed tests. Errett Williams starts from Hartford toward Albany as field advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prese
E. J. Devereaux
New York
Edward Reiss
Eaglerock
E.S.T
Albany
N. Y
Derby flights converge on Cleveland from across the nation
Three derby fliers arrived in Cleveland as southern entrants resumed from Louisville and the northwestern contingent began from Milwaukee. Earl Rowland and Leslie Bowman led in the southern race toward Cleveland, while Loren Mendell steered Oakland fliers into Springfield from Omaha. A Philadelphia-Cleveland 874 mile first leg began with eleven planes, and a women’s high speed race loomed as Mrs. Louise McPherridge Thaden planned to enter. Graf Zeppelin is slated to appear late Wednesday, with the Los Angeles airship following. Lee Schoenhair set a new nonstop record by finishing Los Angeles to Cleveland in 13 hours 51 minutes, and Lewis Love won the all Ohio derby after recalculations. Mrs. Keith Miller’s plane was wrecked in a field incident. she will likely not compete.
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Merton T. Akers
United Press
Municipal
Cleveland
Derby
Southland
Northwest
Louisville
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
South Bend
Earl Rowland
Leslie Bowman
Springfield
Loren Mendell
Oakland Fliers
Omaha
Oakland
Cal
Philadelphia
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Lee Schoenhair
Schoenhair
Lewis Love
Richmond
Ind
H. A. Speer
Marshall
Love
Keith Miller
New Zealand
Miller
Death drive intensifies in Palestine as rioting spreads
Casualties rise with 600 reported killed and hundreds wounded as Jews and Arabs clash across Palestine. Beiruts dispatches note spread to villages, amid moslem Christian alliances and Tel Aviv siege. British reinforcements and ships move toward ports as riots continue on a smaller scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Palestine
Beirut
Syria
Tel-Aviv
Battleships Rushed to Palestine Amid New Strife
London reports scale of forces rushing to Palestine as Jewish Arab tensions flare with heavy casualties. Forces already in region include multiple battalions, battleships, cruisers, carriers, destroyers, armored cars, sappers, and signallers. Royal Sovereign preparing to depart. Press blames authorities for slow response and questions mandate in Palestine.
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London
Palestine
South Wales Borderers
King’s Regiment
South Staffordshire Regiment
Green Howard
Queens Regiment
Malta
Royal Sovereign
Great Britain
Indiana Legion picks leaders. Fort Wayne to host 1930 convention
At the eleventh annual Indiana department American Legion meeting in Richmond Kokomo’s For est Harness was elected commander and Ft Wayne chosen to host the 1930 convention. Elizabeth Haymond of Hope was elected president of the Indiana department American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Richmond
Ind
Kokomo
American Legion
Indiana Department
Ft. Wayne
Elizabeth Haymond
Hope
American Legion Auxiliary
Missing Son Prompted Despondent Father to Seek Help
Paul Bissesi of 831 South Ays Street appeals to police to help locate his son Just Bissesi 22 of Noblesville who has been missing since Saturday night amid fears a fit of despondency may have driven him to end his life.
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Paul Bissesi
Southays Street
Bissesi
Noblesville
Blood Lust in Hebron Attack Hears from Refugees
Jacob Simon reports from Jerusalem about the Hebron assault on the Talmudic school where Arabs killed and wounded many Jews including Americans. he describes looted houses, refugee conditions at the police station, and the brutal use of weapons while noting Arab police indifference and refugee resolve to depart with the rabbi and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Jerusalem
Berlin Zeitung Am Mittag
Motza
Erusalem
Hebron
Yalpieth
Paffa
Abbi Slonim
Anglo-Palestine Company
Hadassa Hospital
Temperatures by the hour in a 24 hour snapshot
Hourly readings show 6 am at 69 degrees, 8 am 67, 10 am 70, and noon at 74 degrees. The fragment mentions names like Smee and Gee but provides no clear event or location.
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Gee JT Smee
Graf Zeppelin Near New Jersey Goal in World Flight
The Graf Zeppelin speeds across southern Arizona on the final leg from Los Angeles to Lakehurst New Jersey aiming to beat the around the world time record. Weather ahead will decide if the captain Eckener turns north toward Chicago and St Louis or stays on a southern route via New Orleans and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Craft
New Jersey
United Press
Arizona
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Cal
Tucson
Ariz
Hugo Eckener
St. Louis
Chicago
New Orleans
Birmingham
Eight Zeppelin crew to visit Mars Hill airport
The crew of the Graf Zeppelin and Lt. T. W. G. Settle U S Navy will arrive at Mars Hill airport in a T A T plane Wednesday at 4 22 p m Indianapolis time. The seven crew members and Settle will then travel toward Lakehurst N J with the ship mooring time in view. Weather updates will be relayed from the Indianapolis T A T office as the Zepp nears central airspace.
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Graf Zeppelin
T. W. G. Settle
United States Navy
Mars Hill
Indianapolis
Airway Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Settle
Lakehurst
N. J
Zep
Mrembers
Tax total raised for Marion County taxes corrected total
The corrected Marion county taxable property total for city and school city levies is 688,864,149 dollars. The figure includes 1,180,230 from annexing Center outside to Indianapolis Center and 441,560 from Washington township outside to Indianapolis Washington.
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Marion County
Harry Dunn
Dunn
Center
Indianapolis Center
Washington Township
Indianapolis
Washington
Radio dealer Edward L. Kruse dies visiting friend
Edward L. Kruse aged 65, a Salt Lake road radio dealer and former head of Kruse Connell Radio Co, died after a sudden paralysis at a friend's home in Indianapolis. Born in Minster Ohio, he lived 24 years in Indianapolis and worked with Delco light for a decade. Survived by widow Mary and two sons Charles and Edward L. Kruse Jr. Funeral services set for Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Kruse
Salt Lake Road
T. A. Bell
Washington Boulevard
Kruse
Indianapolis
Kruse- Connell Radio Company
West Ohio Street
Minster
Dayton
National Cash Register Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Louisville
Hartford
All Quiet on the Western Front fragment on youth and lost life
The narrator reflects on wartime detachment and a vanished prewar life rooted in writing and poetry. Older men retain ties to family and work, while twenty year olds face an emptier future, a sense of being a waste land, and questions about meaning as Kemmerich dies and Muller competes for his boots.
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Saul
Kemmerich
Muller
Eastern Indiana Holiness Association Holds 25th Annual Meeting
Times Special reports in Charlottesville Indiana that the Eastern Indiana Holiness Association continued its 25th annual meeting with evangelists from neighboring states in attendance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Ind
Eastern Indiana Holiness Association
Zeppelin narrowly avoids disaster at airport wires
Graf Zeppelin, en route to Lakehurst after a world flight, skimmed perilously close to airport high tension wires. Commander Hugo Eckener skillfully lifted and angled the airship to clear the danger, saving 41 crew and 16 passengers as 125,000 spectators watched. The craft aimed to beat the 23 day world flight record set in 1928 but weather and cold air kept its final performance uncertain.
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George H. Beale
United Press
Mines Field
Los Angeles
North American
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Asia
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Eckener
Tokio
John Henry Mears
C. B. D. Collyer
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Duvall
Clyde Wale
United Present
Wayne, Ind
Boston
Louise Thaden
Holy Land
Legion
Jacob Simon
Hop East
Erich Maria Remarque
Kantorek
el Paso
Dr. Eckener
India
Yuma
Tex
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