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Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1928

Page

2

Uncertainty of Money Market Sways Early Stocks

Stocks paused on Monday amid money market uncertainty as banks adjust for month end and holidays. General Electric rose to 164 1 2, United States Steel firmed to 151 1 2, with Vanadium, Colorado Fuel, Inland Steel and Bethlehem in demand and Allis Chalmers and Commercial Investment Trust hitting year highs.

United Press New York General Electric Steel Group United States Steel Vanadium Colorado Fuel Inland Steel Bethlehem All

Bank Clearings Across Cities Report Mixed Totals

Indianapolis reports today clearings of 3 271 000 with debits 7 200 000 Chicago shows Aug 28 clearings 121 400 000 and clearing balance 10 200 000 Treasury balance Aug 25 stands at 207 806 786.31 Customs receipts through Aug 25 total 42 678 961.03 New York notes Aug 28 clearings 1 att 000 000 and clearing balance 3 000 000 Federal Reserve credit 75 000 000.

Indianapolis Chicago United Press Treasury Ashington New York EW York Brank Clearings Clearing House Federal Reserve Bank Credit Re

Market reflections on high U S rates and Europe

In New York the writer notes high U S interest rates amid Europe’s cheap money and debtor credit contrasts. He credits Secretary Melton for possible adjustment and suggests selective stocks may regain balance as markets holding power remains, despite a puzzled view of the global financing puzzle.

Thomson & McKinnon New York Europe London Paris Melton

Wholesale Markets and Dairy Prices Report

Markets show varied wholesale prices for meats and dairy with eggs and poultry noted. Flour and coffee bids mix while pork, lard, sugar, and cheese move with steady to firm tones. potatoes and sweet potatoes list regional prices for several varieties.

Local Wagon Wheat Prices Rise at Elevators

Grain buyers at local elevators posted $1.00 for No. 2 red wheat and similar for No. red wheat, with other grades priced per merit.

Girl Foils Bandit by Hiding Purse Under Arm

Miss Dorothy Smith nineteen of 419 North Bancroft Street thwarted a hold up on Emerson Avenue between Washington and Pleasant Run Boulevard Monday night. A man threatened her with an iron pipe and demanded money. He released her when he said she had none. Evansville Indiana August 28 two couples remain in the marathon dance contest at twenty four days totaling 560 hours with all rest periods dropped.

Dorothy Smith Bancroft St Emerson Ave Washington St Pleasant Run Blvd United Press Evansville Ind

Marathon dance contest nears world record at Day's Casino

Two couples continued at Day's Casino Emerson and Southeastern Aves today, passing the 374 hour mark at noon. Promoter F B Youngblood said a further day and a half could yield a new record, noting the world marathon record is 416 hours under similar rules.

Emerson Southeastern Aves F. B. Youngblood

Honor Hero in Burial Beside Napoleon at Invalides

Aug 28 report says Marshal Emil Fayolle French war hero who died Monday will be buried beside Napoleon under the great dome of the church at Hotel Des Invalides as decided by the cabinet.

United Press Marshal Emil Fayolle Napoleon Hotel Des Invalides

Livestock Market Mixed As Hog Prices Fall and Cattle Hold Steady

Hog prices fell 15 to 35 cents with most down 25 cents as 140 to 300 pound hogs brought about 12.50 to 13. Receipts reached 6,500 with 508 carryovers from Monday. Beef cattle showed strength with steer and light yearling sales near 14.75 to 16, while calves topped 18. Lambs and sheep rose 25 cents or more with good to choice ewes around 9.0 to 9.5 and fat lambs around 14. For hogs at Chicago bids opened slow but rose 10 cents over Monday. Receipts at Chicago around 15,000 with 500 direct sales. Local stockyards saw heavy hogs 12.50 to 12.75 and lighter weights around 12.75 to 13.15. Beef steer tops reached 16.10 and cows around 11.0 to 11.5. Overall receipts near 1,200 to 1,400 with dealers steady and best calves around 17 to 18.

Union Chicago U Faca Ctialee Ecial Ted Gattio Peters God Caiseras Caleen United Press Cleveland

Hog and cattle market results from multiple Midwest notes

Livestock receipts across Aug 28 report steady to slightly higher hog prices with lighter weights up to 12.70 and 13.50 for various weight bands. cattle and calves show strength in selected steers and yearlings while other classes move slowly. Regional figures include Fort Wayne Toledo Toledo and Cleveland benchmarks with packing sows and feeder stock also listed.

Railway Upgrades Between New Buffalo and LaPorte

Fifteen miles of new heavier rails set to be laid on the Pere Marquette line between New Buffalo Michigan and LaPorte Indiana. The project costs 90000 dollars and uses rails weighing ninety pounds per foot to allow faster trains and larger locomotives.

Laporte Ind New Buffalo Mich Pere Marquette

Market List of Fruits and Vegetables with Prices

A partial pantry catalog lists fruits and vegetables with regional origins and per unit prices. Items include Grapes California Malagas at $2, Lemons California crate $7.50, Peaches Elbertas $1.75, Pears Bartlett $4, Watermelons Florida, Beans home grown $2.50 per bushel, Cabbage home grown 75 cents, Cucumbers Indiana hothouse, Tomatoes home grown 75 cents to $1 per basket, plus miscellaneous items such as Sider case goods and Garlic California 15 cents per pound.

California Virginia Asket Elbertas Florida Kentucky Michigan Indiana Tennessee Carolina

Births and Obituaries From Methodist Hospital Area

A long list notes births including Oscar and FernChristian at 1739 Wade St and many couples, and a detailed obituary section with patients at St. Vincent's and Methodist Hospital. Entries cover ages from newborn to elderly, with illnesses such as myocarditis, carcinoma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, peritonitis, and other causes.

Oscar Fern Christian Wade St. Ben Mary Tova Nally Riley Granville Flossie May Smith Earnest L Margaret Dodds Station St. Thomas and Helen Williams Methodist Hospital Hugh and Ruby Jones Arsenal Ave Roosevelt Ansesabets McCouby Depe Crystal W. Wade Elisbeth Crosby N. Pershingstoe H Clara Cole Harlan Roy E Edna Fitzgerald E. Thirty-Eighth Ray Ivy Hays N. Tibbs Ernestine Clements Ran Otto Gertrude Breedlove Sheffield Ave Macerat Bessie Perkins Wene Ray Ruth Buchanan Methodist Aes Charles Mathilde McKinze Peer Helen Tapscott Louis Vera Schmidt Prospect T.or Opal Timmons Arbor Ve Eugene O. Jones Bellefountaine Cobral eSen Crane Stanley Roe Riley Hospital Mabel Lutz Robert W Mary Bennett Buchanan Sarah Davis Buckle Emma Lambert Cornell Ave Leota Ruth Wright Richard Graut New York Mary Jane Kamps E. Tenth Ardes Ain Sion Ary J. Bates Agnes Jeese Coffey City Hospital James Cohoon David L. Rehling St. Vincent's Hospital Richard E. Cordell, Jr Keystone John 8 Burris Brookside Mary Belle Morris N. Gladstone Joseph M. C. Dairmitt Hovey Abner L. Ryan Villa Ellie White Agustace George Billings N. Arsenal Russell Engler N. New Jersey Jimmie A. Rinehart St. Vincent's Ernst Earl Little Bobbie J. Fryman Betty Rhoda A. Fly Congress Ave M. Hendricks Deloss Betle Burton George Fisher Arabi E. Robbins Lynn St Ores M. Davis

Veterans of Foreign Wars parade route and reviewing stand plan

Delegates from the twenty ninth annual VFW encampment will march at 6 30 p m on Wednesday. Formation at North and Meridian Streets, proceed south on Meridian to Circle then to Market Street, east to Pennsylvania Street, north to Ft Wayne Avenue and North Street where the parade ends. The reviewing stand on Meridian north of the Circle will feature national officers, Governor Ed Jackson, Mayor L Ert Slack and other honor guests.

North Meridian Sts Meridian Circle Market St Pennsylvania St Pennsylvania Ft. Wayne Ave North St Ed Jackson L. Ert Slack Meridian St

Negroes Open Convention at Christ Temple

More than 250 delegates registered for a fifteenth day convention at Christ Temple begun August 24. The temple, started in 1908, sits on the north side colored neighborhood. Rev. G. T. Haywood has led since 1906.

Christ Temple W. Michigan St G. T. Haywood North Side Metropolitan Baptist Church

Multiple Building Permits Include Dwellings and Additions

A list of building permits shows various projects across the city including reroofs on several homes, new garages, and additions. Notable entries include E. Grinslade at 247 N Mount with a 2500 project, and M. E. Church at 2136 W Michigan with a 27000 permit for a church expansion.

Marriage Licenses Prank William Eckert and Bertha Longest

William Eckert 22 of Logansport and Bertha Longest 19 of 429 Arnold St agreed to wed. Also listed are Robert Collins 19 of 615 W Eleventh St and Delilah McCarty 16 of 1432 Shepard, Mahlon Bennett 27 and Dorothy Bennett 28, Gonard Felland 27 and Elizabeth Felland 26, Harry Fulton 50 and Forest Everett 34, Leonard Jenkins 23 and Jessie Palmer 22.

William Eckert Logansport Bertha Longest Arnold St Robert Carl Collins W. Eleventh St Por Pie Delilah McCarty Shepard Mahlon Robert Bennett New Augusta Dorothy Margaret Nmann College Ave Gonard Andreas Felland Bloomington Elizabeth Basneane Sutherland Ave Harry Robert Fulton Mooresville Forest Glenn Everett Brookside Ave Leonard Jenkins Olive Bt Jessie Clara Palmer Eastern Ave

New York Cotton and Sugar Open with Small Shifts

In New York on August 28 cotton and raw sugar futures opened steady. Cotton futures showed minor changes with December at 18.56, March 18.61, May 18.60, and July 18.49, all near unchanged. Sugar futures opened around 2.38 to 2.84 with slight declines in early trading.

New York United Press United Press New York Uber

City in Brief highlights local political nominating meeting

The Socialist party of Marion County and Seventh district will meet at county headquarters 4914 S Delaware St Friday night to nominate a congressional and county ticket. A series of local incidents includes a Federal liquor charge against Maude Henry after a bond hearing, a Kiwanis Club luncheon featuring Col. Theodore Stitt, and a police appeal to locate Homer H Payne after his father’s death. Burglary at Scarborough Electrical Shop on E Michigan Street and theft at a W Twenty First Street restaurant are also reported.

Noblesville Pleasant View Civic Club W. D.harrison South Side J. F. Johnson Katie Boyer Camille Richardson Tyson Chicago Murphy Dinwiddie Twenty-First St H. C. Hoskins Clarence Baxter Highland PI Parker Baxter Greensburg William Harold Baxter Hazel Alexander Ione Givens Herbert Davis Leavenworth Kan KE. L. Jackson Denver Colo K. A. F. Smith Columbus Ohio J. M. Turpin Baltimore Apostolic Ministers of Pentecost Christ Temple Indianapolis Detroit Helen Chenault Ellen V. Thomas Ethel Hyte Canada Sarah V. Harris California St City Hospital P. H. Roney Tuskegee Ala Roney J. H. Ward United States Veterans Hospital R. R. Morton R. L. Brokenburr G. Lake Imes Moron Capahosic Socialist Party of Marion County S. Delaware St Theodore Stitt Brooklyn Veterans of Foreign Wars Kiwanis Club Frank T. Strayer Boys’ Band Warren V. F. W. Post Charles N. Hunter Terre Haute Homer H. Payne Payne Scarborough Michigan St C. C. Cope W. Twenty-First St

Committees Named for Veterans of Foreign Wars En Campment

Thirteen committees were named for the national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars this week. The groups cover resolutions rehabilitation legislation pensions and soldiers homes Americanization and more with chairmen listed for each panel.

D. O. Chapman Virginia James F. Daley Connecticut Z. L. Begin Minnesota Harry T. Chapin West Virginia Jean A. Brunner New York J. I. Billman Kansas City

Howe Landers Named Chairman of Indiana Smith-for-President Clubs

Howe Landers of Indianapolis, manager at Metropolitan Casualty Insurance, and former secretary of the State Industrial Board, was appointed chairman of the Indiana Smith-for-President Clubs by Ashton C. Shallenberger. The clubs will be organized in every district and county in the state.

Howe Landers Indianapolis Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company State Industrial Board Samuel Ralston Indiana Association of Ashton C. Shallenberger National Association

Held for Tool Sales Involving Second-Hand Dealer

Oscar Moore alias Orville Sedam, 32, of 414 North Delaware Street, is held on a vagrancy charge as police investigate his recent sales of tools to a second-hand store dealer. Officers found a $600 machinist tool set, a cheaper machinist set, a $150 carpenter tool outfit, a revolver and a blackjack in his room. A roommate was also detained.

Oscar Moore Orville Sedam Delaware St

Western VFW delegates back Carver for national commander

In the VFW 1929 officers election campaigning heats up as western delegates caucus and back Eugene P. Carver of Boston for commander in chief with Massachusetts support. The slate includes Patrick W. Kelly Portland mid senior vice commander Paul Walman Baltimore junior vice commander and Harpur M. Tobin Philadelphia judge advocate general. The move aims to secure western representation on the executive council through Kelly.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Eugene P. Carver Boston Mass Carver Massachusetts Department Patrick W. Kelly Portland Ore Paul Walman Baltimore Harpur M. Tobin Philadelphia Executive Council Kelly

Wheat Dips on Weak Liverpool Quotes on Board

The Board of Trade saw wheat fall due to weak Liverpool quotations while corn and oats stayed near steady. Provisions varied as traders await hedging pressure from the Northwest with the spring movement looming. Short sellers in September corn cover on any sign of strength amid cloudy warm weather and unusually low oats prices.

United Press Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool

NAB Trio Arrested After Eagle Creek Inn Disturbance

Following a disturbance at Eagle Creek Inn dance hall Sergt Robert Woolen's night riding squad arrested James Beckman 32 of 318 S Missouri St and Dan Cassey 40 of 526 Vinton St on drunkenness and vagrancy charges. Joe Troy 24 of 541 W Merrill St was held for vagrancy. Paul Reddy 35 of 527 Alight was charged with drunkenness and operating a blind tiger when found in the 500 block River Ave with a bottle of white mule.

Eagle Creek Inn Robert Woolen James Beckman S. Missouri St Dan Cassey Vinton St Joe Troy W. Merrill St Paul Reddy Block River Ave

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