Rioting and March Against Jerusalem Reported
United Press dispatches from Paris and Syria describe a 2,800 Bedouins and Druses column moving toward Jerusalem from the desert led by Sultan Atrashe. Palestine sees continued rioting with fears of a broader Moslem uprising against British and French rule. Survivors return to Tel Aviv with casualty counts after the Hebron massacre.
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United Press
Paris
Jerusalem
Sultan Atrashe
Atrashe
Abd-El-Krim
Palestine
Asia Minor
Syria
Damascus
Vatican City
Druses
Sheik Hafiz Wahba
Ibn Saud
Hedjaz
Sinai
Peninsular
trans-Jordan
Abdullah Ibn Hussei
Hebron
Tel-Aviv
Americans urged to move nearer coast in potential warship embarkation
Tel Aviv date August 29 United States consul advised Americans in the region to relocate closer to the sea should the need arise to embark on a warship amid heightened tensions.
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United Preas
Receiver Appointed for Indiana Kennel Club Dog Track
Barrett Woodsmall of H. H. Woodsmall & Co. was named receiver for the Indiana Kennel Club Ltd by Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott. The club, previously on Allisonville road, faced a wage dispute from Willard B. Stuart who claimed pay arrears since May 4 and warned of insolvency. Trustees named include Frank W. Young Ralph D. Lanius A. C. Baxter and John J. Darmody. The track promoters halted betting plans after court and police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Woodsmall
H. H. Woodsmall & Co., Inc
Indiana Kennel Club, Ltd
Byron K. Elliott
Allisonville Road
Willard B. Stuart
Stuart
Frank W. Young
Ralph D. Lanius
A. C. Baxter
John J. Darmody
Floods in Indus River Kill 300 in British India
Reports from Karachi indicate a sudden Indus River flood has claimed about 300 lives. The disaster is described as the worst in the region this season with widespread destruction along the river valley.
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India
British India
United Press
Karachi
Indus
Plane crashes into factory roof injuring pilot in Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath a pioneer aviator tested a racing plane with mechanic Erwin Kirk when the craft, at about sixty feet, suddenly went out of control and plunged into a factory roof. Heath was severely injured and unconscious on removal. Kirk suffered minor injuries as seventy five workers faced danger nearby.
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United Press
Cleveland
Mary Heath
Erwin Kirk
Kirk
Allies Agree to Evacuate Rhineland After Young Plan
The Young plan was accepted by Britain Belgium France Italy Japan and Germany. Britain France and Belgium pledged to remove the last Allied soldiers from the Rhineland by June 30. The talks produced a spirit of neighborliness with no conqueror or conquered and the costs of occupation to be shared by Germany and France.
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Frederick Kuh
United Press
Hague
Germany
Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
Rhineland
Europe
Aristide Briand
Boy, 10, Falls Twenty Feet From Barn Roof
Michael Lynch Jr. of 1028 East Ohio street was cut and bruised on the head and shoulders when he fell twenty feet from the barn roof where he was playing on Wednesday.
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Michael Lynch Jr
East
Ohio Street
Groups Unite to Fight 60.5-Cent Total Center Township Tax Rise
Civic groups in Indianapolis join Chamber of Commerce and Real Estate Board to oppose 1930 budgets boosting school city and county levies. Public hearing set Sept 10 on a 1.34 school levy and city council approves 1.10 general levy. Woodruff Place adopts 1.07 tax rate with school tax 73.2 cents. Ray Hitchcock hospitalized after heart attack en route from Colorado Springs.
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Indianapolis
Center Township
Federation of Civic Clubs
Albert Feuerberg
Edward O. Snethen
Oscar F. Smith
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Harry Miesse
L. Ert Slack
Sterling R. Holt
Woodruff Place
Woocruff Place
Find Body in House and Two Fatalities Reported
Fred Baker aged 58 was found dead in a vacant house at 505 West Chesapeake Street with heart disease listed as the cause. Deputy Coroner O H Bakemeier noted Baker died about six hours before Fannie Starks who saw him on the floor. A widow survives him. Eugene Jenkins, 55, was found dead in his bed at 753 Indiana Avenue with alcoholism listed as the cause, per Deputy Coroner L A Lewis.
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Fred Baker
North Holmes Street
West Chesapeake Street
O. H. Bakemeier
Baker
Fannie Starks
South West Street
Eugene Jenkins
Indiana Avenue
L. A. Lewis
Damage roll award appealed in court
Property damage awards by the board of public works for widening Washington boulevard at Twenty-ninth street have been appealed in two circuit court suits. Plaintiffs in the first action are Alvin M. and Mary E. Carpenter and Perry R. and Nelva E. Sylvester. The second suit was filed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leggitt.
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Board of Public Works
Washington Boulevard
Twenty-ninth Street
Alvin M
Mary E. Carpenter
Perry R
Nelva E. Sylvester
Frank Leggitt
Faterson Berlin and Snyder Bankrupt in New York
The music publishing firm Faterson, Berlin and Snyder filed for voluntary bankruptcy in federal court. Irving Berlin, once part of the firm, is not connected with it recently. Radio and talking pictures are cited as reasons for the collapse.
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United Press New York
Faterson, Berlin & Snyder
Irving Berlin
Woman helped secure reparations accord at The Hague
London Aug 29 The Star reports in a telephone interview with Philip Snowden British chancellor of the exchequer that a woman played a key role in the reparations conference at The Hague and perhaps contributed directly to the agreement. Snowden said If England is pleased so am I I set myself a task It was not an easy one Without the aid of my wife I could never have achieved it.
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United Press
London
the Hague
the Star
Philip Snowden
Snowden
England
Flagpole Sitting Contest Ends in Failure at South Side
On Prospect street and Madison avenue the flagpole sitting attempt by John Graible John Walker and Lickel Lawrence ended without success as cold weather and lack of spectators dampened the effort. Custodian J A Ward ordered two fires put out as the youths gathered hopes of setting a record. By eleven his report said the sitters were cold hungry and sleepy and they left for home.
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Turners’ Hall
Prospect Street
Madison Avenue
John Graible
John Walker
Lickel Lawrence
J. A. Ward
Ward
Time flight plane due in Indianapolis for endurance test
Indianapolis prepares to view the "Indianapolis Flamingo" endurance plane as it arrives from Cincinnati to Schoenfield at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The all metal monoplane will circle the Soldiers and Sailors Monument then test refueling and instruments before a west coast trip.
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Indianapolis
A. H. Perry
Dayton
Robert Shank
Harold C. Brooks
Hoosier
Western Oil Sold to Shell Firm in Major Indiana Deal
The Western Oil Refining Company, a large Indiana and Ohio gasoline network with 213 filling stations, is sold to Shell Petroleum Corporation for multi million cash. Headquarters will merge, offices and bulk stations shift to Shell, with J H Trimble and Lucius French continuing in the new group.
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Western Oil Refining Company
Indiana
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Western Oil Firm
Western Oil Company
Ohio
Indianapolis
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Shell
West
Michigan Street
North
Meridian Street
Western
Fall Creek Boulevard
J. H. Trimble
Western Company
Europe
Lucius French
French
Trimble
trans-Atlantic Radio
Paris
Berlin
W. H. Trimble
R. E. Trimble
Trimble Realty Company
J. H Trimble
Western Oil Refiining Company
Charles ©. Roemler
Gas Station Attendant Shot by Bandits in Robbery
Detectives pursue two nervous gunmen after a Wednesday night holdup at a filling station in Enirichsville. Samuel Smith, 39, of West North street, was shot in the back while complying with the demand for the safe, the weapon going off as the men fled in a dark sedan. Smith is in critical condition at the city hospital.
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Samuel Smith
West North Street
City Hospital
Smith
Enirichsville
Russo-Chinese Talks Move Toward Direct Negotiations
The state department described the Russo-Chinese situation as promising as Russia and China appear to be engaging in direct talks over the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute near Washington.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
Department
Russia
China
Street Carnival Opens New Pavement on South Elder Ave
A street carnival and fair will celebrate the opening of the new pavement on South Elder avenue from Washington street to the Big Four railroad tonight. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided by the Washington Presbyterian church.
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South Elder Avenue
Washington Street
Big Four Railroad
Washington Presbyterian Church
Alger Pair Sought Near Jamestown Indiana Bank Robbery
Police pressed the nationwide search for Gene Alger and his wife Josephine after a report that the couple near Jamestown Indiana Wednesday night fled in a Ford roadster with yellow wire wheels. They are wanted for the $750 Paris Crossing State Bank robbery two weeks earlier. Mrs. Ebert identified the pair from a description and state police pursued tips from the public.
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Gene Alger
Reformatory
Josephine
Jamestown
Ind
Paris Crossing
Graf Zeppelin world flight lifts life years for Swiss officer
A 60-year-old retired Swiss army officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Christoph Iselin, returned to New York after a around-the-world trip aboard the Graf Zeppelin. He proclaimed the voyage lifted forty years from his life, praising air travel and noting dramatic moments from Siberia to Chicago. Other passengers shared varied tales from the journey.
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G. B. Winstead
United Press
New York
Siberia
Atlantic
Pacific
William B. Leeds
Christoph Iselin
Switzerland
Iselin
Wastes
Leeds
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Muncie Man Elected National Letter Carriers President
E J Gainor of Muncie Indiana was unanimously re elected president at the National Association of Letter Carriers twenty seventh annual convention in Minneapolis. The entire national officer slate was re elected with Gainor leading the group.
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United Prose
Minneapolis
E. J. Gainor
Muncie
Ind
National Association of Letter Carriers
Gainam
Graf Zeppelin completes round the world flight
Log shows Graf Zeppelin leaving Lakehurst New Jersey August 11:40 PM for Friedrichshafen Germany and arriving there next day. It then reaches Tokio after 101 hours 50 minutes, flies to Los Angeles and lands at Mines Field after 79 hours 22 minutes, returning toward Lakehurst to complete the 21 day 7 hour 12 minute voyage with Lakehurst sighting followed by a landing.
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Minesfield
Los Angeles
Huge oil deal raises Standard Oil Indiana stock by 75 million
Notice filed today with Secretary Otto G Fifield announces an increase of 3,000,000 shares in the stock outlay of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The move will boost the company’s stock value by 75,000,000 dollars.
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Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Otto G. Fifield
U S Consul in Montreal Commits Suicide
Harold M. Deane United States consul at Montreal died by his own hand Wednesday, the State Department was informed. The report notes Providence Rhode Island native Deane served as consul in Montreal and his death was announced from Washington.
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Montreal
State Department
Washington
Harold M. Deane
Providence
R. I
United States
Graf Zeppelin Returns to Lakehurst Sets New Around the World Time
At Lakehurst New Jersey the Graf Zeppelin completed a around the world voyage in 21 days 7 hours and 32 minutes beating the previous record. The air ship landed with 19 passengers and 34 crew amid crowds of about 10 000 witnesses.
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United Press
New York
Jersey Flatland
Lakehurst
Siberia
Los Angeles
Arrrive
United States
John Henry Mears
Charles B. D. Colyer
Germany
Ernest H. Lehmann
London
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