Indiana State Fair Opens With Record Exhibits and Big Prizes
Indiana State Fair opens Saturday amid drought but with a record 1,600 exhibitors and 176,960 dollars in premiums. Children under 12 enter free on Children’s Day as gates swing open with special transit service, police patrols, and designated parking. Grand Circuit races, I U stage shows, and Dodson’s World Fair acts mark a full program through Labor Day, with varied admission prices for grounds, grandstand, and night events. Streetcar service and band concerts accompany daily events and religious observances on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Bohumir Kryl
Farm Bureau Quartet
Indiana Trotting and Pacing Association
Indiana University
I. U
Dodson
Tarkington Faces Third Eye Operation
The Indiana novelist Booth Tarkington, hospitalized at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, may undergo a third eye operation. Dr. William H. Wilmer, who has already performed two operations, will decide if another procedure is needed after his current visit, with the last admission in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Baltimore
Booth Tarkington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins
William H. Wilmer
Ophthalmological Institute
Tarkington
Reverend Steffens Arrested on Reckless Driving Charge
The Rev J J Steffens pastor of St Matthews church Evanston Ill was released on a $1000 bond after his car struck and seriously injured 73 year old Mrs Anna Booth at Bridgman Michigan. He was taken into custody Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
J. J. Steffens
St. Matthews Church
Evanston
Ill
Liberty
Anna Booth
Bridgman
Flyers Beat Back Prairie Fire At March Field
Army aviators flew in front of a spreading prairie fire at March Field near Riverside California. The draft from their propellers pushed back the flames allowing ground crews to smother the fire and save the landing field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Riverside
Cal
March Field
Anne Morrow Bergh Talks About Baby After Marriage
Chicago August 29 Mrs Anne Morrowbergh gives first interview since marriage saying The baby's fine She declines other questions as reporters swarm at the national air races seeking details about her family and wedding plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Chicago
Anne Morrowbergh
Fragmented OCR Weather Ledger Extract
Incomplete readings show times and numbers with unclear labels. The fragment lists varying values like 28 8 and 66 12 noon with several 9 am entries and a 75 figure, but lacks context for full interpretation.
Betting heavy in Nevada race
Reno bettors switched from horse bets to political bets on the pari mutuel machines as the Reno Jockey Club canceled the summer meet. Governor Fred Balzar long with E. F. Roberts and R. H. Cowles dominated wagering as candidates searched for renominations on the Republican ticket and for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Reno
Nev
Reno Jockey Club
Nevada
Fred Balzar
E. F. Roberts
Balzar
R. H. Cowles
Firing Shot at Radio Owner Costs $4000
In Greenville North Carolina August 29 J Francis Bowen fired at a neighbor over a late night concert. Judge Walter Small sentenced Bowen to 2700 for assault with a deadly weapon 250 for carrying a concealed weapon and costs of about 1000. The target radio owner T D Phillips was not struck by the bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Greenville
N. C
J. Francis Bowén
Walter Small
Bowen
T. D. Phillips
Phillips
Blind, Leads Students at University of Chicago
Raymond Dickson a 24 year old blind student was acclaimed as the outstanding graduate of the summer class at the University of Chicago. He lost his sight in an auto accident four years earlier but won scholarships to continue his philosophy degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Chicago
Raymond Dickson
University of Chicago
Raymond
Borglum Faces Atlanta Guest or Jail Dilemma
Atlanta will host sculptor Gutzon Borglum this weekend to discuss resuming the Stone Mountain memorial project. Two Dekalb county indictments accuse him of larceny and malicious mischief over destroyed models. United Daughters of the Confederacy may post bond if Borglum is arrested. Dekalb officials have not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Atlanta
Gutzon Borglum
James Key
Dekalb County
Borglum
Key
Stone Mountain Memorial
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Borgium
Dekalb
Duncan Sisters End Feud With Film Cowboy Rex Lease
Vivian and Rosetta Duncan announce resolution of their feud with Rex Lease the film cowboy. Lease states he will not associate with the Duncans or their brother Harold, who previously fought him, ending a public brawl after a Fourth of July party incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Chicago
Vivian
Rosetta Duncan
Rex Lease
Duncan
Rosetta
Harold
Duncans
United Press Hollywood
Cal
Lease
Topsy and
Eva
Vivian Duncan
Duncan Sisters
Cleveland man held on involuntary manslaughter charge
Beav er Falls Pa Aug 29 Steve Repp 26 of Cleveland was jailed without bail charged with involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop after his car struck and killed Kenneth Waxenester 13 on Thursday according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Beaver Falls
Steve Repp
Cleveland
Kenneth Waxenester
Hoover to discuss stalled public buildings program
President Hoover will confer with officials in charge of the $568 million public building program at his mountain camp to speed up the project and aid unemployment. He and Mrs. Hoover with their son Allan plan to leave Washington for the camp, inviting many friends including former Indiana Governor J Goodrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Allan
J. °. Goodrich
Indiana
Ford to Tour Europe With Mrs Ford in September
Detroit Aug 29 Henry Ford will sail for Europe the first week in September. He will be accompanied by Mrs Ford and E G Liebold his executive secretary. Ford plans a four to five week visit visiting France and Switzerland and will tour plants and stop in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
Europe
Ford
E. G. Liebold
France
Eee See
Switzerland
Buygland Op Bis Teun
Gotham Mayor Nurtures Peeve as Process Server Interrupts Speech
Carl Kroovand, a process server, interrupted Mayor James J. Walker during a welcome to German Atlantic fliers, delivering a slander suit notice from Jacob Cash for 250000. Walker called it an insult to New Yorkers and Germans alike. Kroovland later said business is business and apologized for the timing. Nearby, De Forest Brewster, 25, of Princeton, lay near death after leaping or falling from a moving freight train in Terre Haute, suffering severe head injuries and mangled feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Carl Kroovand
James J. Walker
City Hall
Wolfgang von Gronau
Walker
Kroov
Jacob Cash
United States
Germany
Kroovland
C&mmons
Terre Haute
Ind
de Forest Brewster
Princeton
Brewster
Bank Records of Tammany's Chiefs Probed
Federal authorities issued subpoenas for bank records of a dozen Tammany politicians as part of tax angle probes into political appointments. The inquiry follows complaints alleging magistrates and two Supreme Court justices paid for office, with Healy and Tommaney central to the Ewald loan case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
United Press
New York
New York City
Martin J. Healy
Bertha Ewald
Magistrate’s Bench
Tamany
Charles H. Tuttle
Supreme Court
State Attorney-General
Ewald
Thomas T. Tommaney
British Royal Family Faces Severe Storm at Balmoral
King George Queen Mary and the duke of York endured a three hour electrical storm at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeen Scotland. Lightning flashes lit the sky within 200 feet of the ground as the public grew terror stricken during the blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Aberdeen
Scotland
George
Queen Mary
Duke of York
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral
Building clerk resigns to lead Gary association
L. B. Holleman state building and loan clerk tendered his resignation effective Sept. 15. He will become president of the Federal Building and Loan Association of Gary. Governor Harry G. Leslie will be asked to name Jacob Hines former Wayne county auditor as building and loan examiner. Holleman has held the clerk position several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Holleman
State Building and Loan
Federal Building and Loan Association of
Gary
Harry G. Leslie
Jacob Hines
Wayne County
Holleman
Food Prices Fall in Indianapolis Grocers Offer Bargains
A citywide price drop makes groceries cheaper than in years with fruits vegetables potatoes and other foods on sale. Produce markets quote the lowest costs in years as families stock up while Indianapolis stores advertise sensational bargains and living costs favor affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Reward of 2600 Dollars Offered in South Bend Child's Slaying
In South Bend Indiana police tie a barn scene to the killing of 8 year old Marvine Appel as $2600 in rewards are raised by city officials county authorities and local newspaper to capture the killer. The child was abducted near her home on Wednesday and found the next day showing signs of a brutal struggle. Police traced the crime to a nearby barn with blood footprints and a torn wire picture frame also recovered for fingerprints. Authorities conducted a wide search as volunteers and neighboring towns aided. Marvine a Franklin school third grader left home Wednesday night and was reported missing at 10 p m. Her father a Tennessee cemetery worker was not located and her mother Eula Appel was distraught. The force believes a similar kidnapping in Valparaiso influenced the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Marvine Appel
Marvine
St. Joseph County
South Bend News-Times
Rew
Sta Board of Accounts
Board of Accounts
City Board of Safety
William R. Hinkle
Andy Appel
Chattanooga
Tenn
Valparaiso
Richard Buschatz
Appel
Franklin School
Liquor killer of 2 trailed through Oregon mountains
In Eugene Oregon on August 29 a 68 year old moonshiner Vic Sutherland shot and killed deputy game warden Joe Saunders and Eugene police officer Oscar Duley. Two deputies were wounded as posses pursued the heavily armed suspect believed wounded. Duley died Thursday night while arresting W Sutherland the moonshiner's son as the elder Sutherland opened fire from ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Eugene
Ore
Vic Sutherland
Joe Saunders
Oscar Duley
Rodney Roach
Lee Brown
Duley
W. Sutherland
Sutherland
Daley
Saunder
Thieves Steal Clothes From Gown Shop on College Avenue
About dawn thieves shattered the rear door glass at Trone Gown Shop 3453 College avenue and stole clothing valued at more than 500 dollars. Proprietor Miss Virginia Trone 3155 College avenue reported the burglary to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trone
College Avenue
Virginia Trone
Lon Chaney's Rise Through Self Torture Featured
Self torture played a large part in Lon Chaney's rise to fame in the movies. The man of a thousand faces endured excruciating pain in his portrayals. Read the second installment of Dan Thomas' series on Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Chaney
Dan Thomas
Floris State News Publisher Accused in Plot to Remove Miami Sheriff
In Jacksonville Florida Aug 29 a preliminary hearing revealed Fred Q Eberhardt publisher of the Floris State News plotted to remove Dade County Sheriff M P Lehman to gain gambling control in Miami. W A Shands road commissioner testified he was offered 50000 dollars but declined. Vincent Giblin Miami attorney for Scarface Al Capone told George B Hills of the alleged scheme after meetings in a Jacksonville hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Fred Q. Eberhardt
Floris State News
Dade County
Miami
W. A. Shands
State Road Commission
Eberhardt
Doyle Carlton
Shands
M. P. Lehman
Vincent Giblin
Scarface
al Capone
George B Hills
Giblin
Jacksonsville
Hills
Lindy and Ann Lindbergh Stop Show at National Air Races
At Curtiss-Wright Airport on August 29 the Lindberghs Charles and Ann arrived by automobile to the national air races. The crowd surged as Lindy inspected the low wing plane with orange and blue livery while attendants prepared the craft. Police cleared paths as Reed Landis and Mrs Earl Reynolds accompanied the pair to the judge's stand before the program resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Curtiss-Wright
Lindberghs
Charles
Ann
Lindy
New York
Lindbergh
Rppairers
Reed Landis
Earl Reynolds
Light rain brings slight relief to heat in Indianapolis
A light drizzle on Thursday night and today yielded only 0.01 inch of rain, leaving crops largely unchanged. The month’s total rainfall in Indianapolis and surrounding areas stands at 0.66 inch, with a forecast predicting partly cloudy skies and a rise in temperatures tonight and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Baseball Club Sued Over Foul Tip Damage
Mrs. Laura Fraters of Cleveland and Mrs. Esther L. Wedding of Springfield filed suit against the Cleveland baseball club after a foul tip from Mickey Cochrane's bat during a June 11 game struck them in the grand stand, causing $30,000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cleveland
Mickey Cochrane
Laura Fraters
Esther L. Wedding
Springfield
Cleveland Baseball Club
Cochrane
Peru lifts martial law under Cerro junta
Lima reports the lifting of martial law and government censorship late Thursday night. Major Gustavo Jiminez, minister of government, says censorship is abolished as Peru returns to normalcy under Lieutenant Colonel Sanchez Cerro and the military junta government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lima
Peru
Sanchez Cerro
Gustavo Jiminez
Diamond Find Reported Near Capetown El Dorado of Diamonds
A new diamond discovery near Springbok in the Komaggas native reserve of Tamacualand is described as a potential El Dorado. Large quantities of stones have appeared on the illicit market, prompting government steps to establish four police in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Capetown
South Africa
el Dorado
Springbok
Komaggas
Tamacualand
Thieves Steal Rugs From Bloomington Store
Thieves stole sixteen oriental rugs valued at 2000 dollars from a Bloomington department store early today. Entrance was gained through a roof scuttle hole, but only the most valuable small rugs were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preae
Bloomington
Ind
Argentina President Under Heavy Guard
Buenos Aires August 29 guards remained posted around public buildings as the nation awaited an explanation of a sudden move to protect President Hipolito Irigoyen and his government. Three scout ships were ordered to Buenos Aires from Santiago and Rio de Janeiro amid reports of subversive activity at Campo de Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Buenos Aires
Hipolito Irigoyen
Santiago
Rio de Janeiro
Campo de Mayo
Illinois Editor Cowley Dies at 67 in Freeport
James Russell Cowley editor of the Freeport Journal Standard and longtime Republican leader in northern Illinois died today at age sixty eight after months of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Freeport
Ill
James Russell Cowley
Freeport Journal Standard
Republican
Illinois
Despondent man shoots self in Decatur home
Edward Beery, 49, of Decatur Indiana, shot himself due to unemployment pressures at his residence. A shotgun lay beside the body and the entire charge perforated his head, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Decatur
Ind
Edward Beery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anne
Harry Miedema
Barth Avenue
Helen Seal
Henrietta Jonas
North Dearborn Street
Becky Barnum
Thirtieth Street
Scout Edward Moore
Ritter Avenue
Reginald H. Sullivan
Borglun
Goodrich
Rapidan
Gotham Mayor
Peeve
U. S
Tommaney
Federal
Healy
Nineteenth
Gary Firm
Laddin
The
Indianapolis Times
Marsville
Her
Grand Trunk Railroad
Eula Appel
Baseball Club
Cleveland Club
Argentina
James
Russel Cowley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!