State Fair Opens at 6 on Saturday with Judging
The state fair will open at 6 on Saturday and exhibits are ready. Poultry swine and calf judging begin immediately at the fairgrounds.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1929
Page
1
Indiana State Fair Schedule Highlights Saturday
At the fair Saturday children’s day features swine judging in the swine arena and calf club entries judged in the coliseum. Indiana Farm Bureau quartet songs run from 10 am to noon, with circuit races and vaudeville before the grand stand. Rodeo at night and more vaudeville in the coliseum at 7 30 pm. Indiana University stage show spans 8 30 am to 9 30 pm in the University building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana University
Indiana State Fair Opens With Record Exhibits and Special Days
Indiana's seventy seventh annual state fair opens at 6 a m Saturday at the state fairground with a record automobile and radio exhibit in the Manufacturers' building. Poultry swine and calf judging begin at opening. Grand Circuit racing and vaudeville rides are scheduled. special days include Labor day American Legion day and auto race day with free admissions for children under 12 on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Manufacturers
Levi Moore
Charles Brandon Booth
Fairground
World War Veterans
Indianapolis Boy Scouts
Cirus
Indianapolis Street Railway ‘Company
Illinois Street
College Avenue
Indiana University
WKBF
WFBM
Indianapolis
WLS
Chicago
D. C. Murphy
Agricultural Board
Collapse Kills Many In Algiers Building
A four story building in Algiers housing twenty two families collapsed today. Sixty occupants were killed or injured including eighteen children. authorities investigated the cause and rescue teams worked at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
United Press
Algiers
Endurance Flight Plane Prepped at Ft Harrison
Soldiers at Schoenfield Fort Harrison prepare the Indianapolis Flamingo for a world endurance flight record attempt. Lieutenants Walter R. Peck and Lawrence Genaro pilot the ship, with Major H. Leroy Muller stating a trial spin will occur Saturday and the flight from Hoosier airport will begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoenfield
Ft. Harrison
Walter R. Peck
Lawrence Genaro
H. Leroy Muller
Hoosier Airport
Cincinnati
Peck and
Genaro
The
Metal Airport Corp
Unmarried Women to Handicap Rolling Pin Throw at Legion Carnival
In Manchester Massachusetts officers of the American Legion announce a Labor Day rolling pin throwing contest with a five-foot handicap for unmarried women. Married women with experience will throw farther, while single girls protest for lack of practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Manchester
Mass
American Legion
Former Bank President Koehler Dies at 59 in Indianapolis
William F. Koehler, 59, banker and East Side businessman, died suddenly at a filling station and grocery he operated in Indianapolis. Funeral at his home Monday 2 p.m. Burial in Crown Hill. Survived by widow, three sons Carl Fred W and Charles F, and three daughters Mrs Richard Lohman Gladys and Wilma. He previously led East Tenth Street Bank and chaired Koehler Brothers grocery, later starting a coal and hardware firm. Born in Langensaltzer Germany, he immigrated at fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Koehler
Hamilton Avenue
East Side
Arlington Avenue
Pendleton Pike
Crown Hill Cemetery
Koehler
East Tenth Street Bank
Ariington Avenue
America
Carl
Fred W
Charles F. Koehler
Richard Lohman
Gladys
Wilma Koehler
Indianapolis
Funeral services held for Mrs. Frank J Gould
In Marion Indiana on August 30 funeral services were conducted Thursday for Mrs. Frank J Gould age 83. She was a longtime resident and widow of Frank J Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Frank J. Gould
Riots Kill Five in Safad and Tensions Across Palestine
Five Jews died and fifteen were seriously hurt in a Safad disturbance, while the Arab raid on Talpioth failed against the South Wales Borderers. An Arab Emir was killed by Beisan troops, stoking Bedouin resentment as rioting persists with British reinforcements en route. American art students in Haifa and others halted on the Palestine Syria border faced danger, prompting the consulate to seek aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Jerusalem
Safad
Shell Petroleum Company
Beisan
Arsalan
Syria
Talpioth
Bethlehem
South Wales Borderers
Cano
Egypt
Haifa
Palestine
Red Cross Sends $1000 for Americans in Jerusalem Riots
The American Red Cross announced it dispatched $1000 to American Consul General Paul Knabenshue in Jerusalem to aid Americans affected by riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
American Red Cross Today
Paul Knabenshue
Jerusalem
Monsignor Valeri to Visit Holy Land for Vatican Views
Rome August 30 It was learned that Monsignor Valeri apostolic delegate to Egypt will go to Palestine to survey conditions in Vatican City interests. Catholic circles have begun to view Jerusalem consul reports with alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Monsignor Valeri
Egypt
Holy Land
Vatican City
Jerusalem
Detroit man given life term in Michigan murder
Hugh C. Burnette, 37, of Detroit, confessed killer of Lulu Ellsworth, 37, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Kalamazoo after pleading guilty in circuit court. The crime followed a prior criminal record including robbery in Green Wisconsin and an earlier Detroit case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ovid
Detroit
Burnette
Marquette
Ellsworth
Michigan City
Ind
Eckener Welcomed by Gotham Amid Globe Circulation Stop
New York greeted Dr Hugo Eckener and his Graf Zeppelin crew with a harbor welcome and ticker tape as they begin a globe circumnavigation. Mayor Walker praised the voyage as a bridge between Europe and America and the far east, with city officials presenting gold medals to the commander, crew, and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Hugo Eckener
Globe
City Hall
Whalen
Tovivor Walker
Eckerer
Europe
America
Far East
United States
Walker
Dr. Eckener
Zep
Graf Zeppelin crew work at Lakehurst prep for Friedrichshafen flight
At Lakehurst New Jersey Aug 30 sailors refuel and overhaul the Graf Zeppelin airship after a Los Angeles takeoff Aug 27. Repairs to the rudder are nearly finished and a noon tomorrow deadline is set with a departure possible after 10 p m. Passengers will be aboard and three American naval officers will be invited to fly to Friedrichshafen per W W Von Messter of Maybach Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
City Drops Reward for Parker Slayer Capture
Los Angeles city officials declared no right to pay a $10,000 reward for the capture of Marion Parker’s slayer. Oregon captors Buck Lieuallen and Tom Gurdane, among the claimants, were told they would not receive the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Marion Parker
Erwin P. Werner
Buck Lieuallen
Tom Gurdane
Oregon
William Edward Hickman
Fire destroys Allen Wilkison Lumber plant at Russellville
Fire in Russellville Indiana today destroyed the Allen Wilkison Lumber Company plant with losses estimated at 26000. The blaze damaged two nearby homes owned by B McCall and Mrs John Ross and consumed the entire stock. Russellville's small fire department could not stop the flames. An automobile owned by Clarence Etch was also destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
United Press
Missing at Sea as San Juan Sunk After Collision
Carolyn E Asplund waits in Ingelside Terrace for word on her father Captain Adolphe F Asplund commander of the coastal liner San Juan after it crashed with an oil tanker and sank. The missing ship’s fate remains unconfirmed as rescue crews search the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanker
Pacific
United Press
Wife of State Official Hurt In Wyoming River Crash
Mrs. Merle Wall wife of Indiana deputy attorney general was critically injured when their automobile plunged thirty feet off a bluff into the Shoshone river near Cody Wyoming. Their two children escaped with minor injuries and Wall was unhurt. A broken steering rod caused the plunge and the car overturned twice landing in four feet of water. The family had resided in Indianapolis since Wall’s appointment earlier this year. they previously lived in Logansport where Wall was Cass county prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Wall
Indiana
Cody
Wyo
Wall
James M. Ogden
Indianapolis
Logansport
Cass County
Lady Heath in Critical Condition After Air Show Crash
Irish aviatrix Lady Mary Heath remained in very critical condition after a crash at Cleveland Ohio during air races setup. Her skull was fractured and she regained consciousness today for the first time since the incident. Her mechanic Erwin Kirk escaped with minor injuries. Sir James Heath, her husband, stated he will not go to her bedside amid reports of estrangement and past public disputes over debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath
Lady Heath
Great Lakes
Erwin Kirk
United Press
London
James Heath
Mary Heath
James
Heath
Mayfair
United States
Downtown Stores Set 5 30 P M Weekday Hours
Merchants' Association announces stores will stay open until 5 30 p m on weekdays starting Tuesday. For sixty days past stores closed at 5 p m five days a week. By Saturday September 7 all stores will stay open until 6 on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Association
China and Russia Tie Up Talks Over Railway Leader Likely
Reports from Harbin say negotiations have begun with a Soviet proposal to appoint M. Jakoff as general manager of the Chinese Eastern railway. Earlier police raided the Harbin Pravda printing plant and arrested two editors on charges of inciting Soviet workers to vandalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Harbin
China
Russia
M. Jakoff
Chinese Eastern Railway
Harbin Pravda
Reckless driving case to be reconsidered in city court
Judgment was withheld by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter in the case against Dr. William B. Hartsock charged with reckless driving after colliding with a police car driven by Sergeant John Eisenhut who was on an emergency call to North Meridian Street. Another item reports two men robbing Arthur Tanner of a $4,558 satchel near the Postal Telegraph building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Wetter
William B. Hartsock
West Thirty-second Street
John Eisenhut
Eisenhut
North Meridian Street
United Press
Chicago
Arthur Tanner
Jackson Brothers and Boesel Company
Postal Telegraph Building
Sinking of San Juan After Collision Kills Many At Sea
The Pacific steamer San Juan sank fifty miles south of San Francisco after colliding with tanker S C T Dodd in dense fog. More than fifty people are feared dead with seventy three aboard. rescue ships Dodd and Munami saved some survivors while coast guard cutters join the search near Pigeon Point. Captain Adolph F Asplund perished with the ship, leaving his daughter Carolyn awaiting news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn
Dad
Sweden
H. C. Fogarty
Kenneth
White Flyer
San Juan
Captain Winkle
San Francisco
Pacific
Here
Los Angeles
S. C. T. Dodd
McCormick Lumber
Munami
Dodd
Manami
California
Golden Gate
Adolph F. Asplund
Asplund
Pigeon Point
United Press
Wilmington
Cal
Minami
Coast Guard
Tahoe
Mackay Federal Radio
Ourange
San
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross
Eckener
Gotham
Hickman
Arolyn
Twin Peaks
Bluff
Wyoming
Cleveland Hospital
Merton T.akers
George D. Crissey
Captain Asplund
Ingleside Terrace
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