Law partner in Anderson hired for city loan dispute
Robert I. Marsh of Indianapolis, a law partner of Governor Ed Jackson, was illegally appointed to help Anderson City Attorney Beckman and collect 1000 in fees for securing a 70000 loan from the Municipal Light Plant authorized by the Public Service Commission. The action faced challenge from insurgent councilmen and state law limits on city attorney assistants.
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Anderson
Ind
Robert I. Marsh
Indianapolis
Ed Jackson
Arthur Beckman
Jackson
Anderson Council
Marsh
Williams
Public Service Commission
Light Company
Beckman
Circuit
William A. Kittinger
Commission
Gilliam
Kittinger
Reid
Rucker
Clyde Wald
George Coffin
Marion County
Harry Fenton
State Committee
William P. Quillen
Cold Wave Sets In Across Middle West
A bitter cold wave moves into the Middle West with temperatures dropping to 15 degrees above zero. Snow flurries are forecast this morning with the deep freeze arriving this afternoon. North Dakota and upper Michigan endure extreme cold. Calumet area hit by heavy snow drifts. Forecasters expect relief tomorrow as the system shifts.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Upper Michigan
Calumet
Mich
Cold snap hits Indianapolis as Midwest chills rise
The United States Weather Bureau warns of a cold wave sweeping the Midwest tonight into Indiana. Low temperatures are forecast from 15 to 20 degrees, with 7 am readings at 86 degrees above normal. Thursday will stay cold with temperatures rising later. Northern Indiana may see even lower temperatures.
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Indianapolis
Midwest
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Armington
Kiwanis Club to Elect 1927 Officers at Dinner
The Kiwanis Club will elect 1927 officers at a dinner this evening at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Two tickets in the field, the Owls and the Eggs. Owls lineup includes Walter B. Harding president M. K. Foxworthy vice president Cc. R. Ammerman treasurer I', J. Ostermeyer M. I. Miller and O. F. Hammer directors and Walter T. Wihte district trustee. Eggs ticket lists R. P. Oblinger for president Frank B Flanner vice president John W. Quill treasurer Carl J. Prinzier Carl C. Weiland and J. T. Lippincott directors and Jack Rhoads district trustee.
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Kiwanis Club
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Owls
Walter B. Harding
M. K. Foxworthy
R. Ammerman
Treaster
J. Ostermeyer
M. I. Miller
O. F. Hammer
Walter T. Wihte
R. P. Oblinger
Frank B Flanner
John W. Quill
Carl J. Prinzier
Carl C. Weiland
J. T. Lippincott
Jack Rhoads
Insurgents Offer Lip Service as Senate Power Shifts
Washington reports insurgent Republicans show little sign of rejoining the GOP fold as Curtis Watson and others seek to win over Frazier and Shipstead to hold Senate control. Frazier demands state patronage after being ousted. Shipstead balances power between parties. If not pacified, Democrats could organize the next Senate despite minority status.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Curtis Watson
Farmer
North Dakota
Coolidge
Shipstead
White House
Frazier
C. F. Mudgett
United States
Mud
Heavy Vote Forecast on Prohibition Issue
Ottawa voters faced the largest Ontario election in history with the liquor question dominating the race. Premier Ferguson and the Conservative government pledged to end wartime prohibition and open liquor stores if re elected, while Liberals and Progressives promised to continue prohibition.
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United Press
Ottawa
Ex Publisher Kills Self in Worcester Brokerage Office
Austin Phelps Cristy 76 founder and former publisher of the Worcester Telegram died in a Worcester hospital from a self inflicted wound. He was taken there after an attempted suicide in the offices of J Bache amid reports of financial reverses.
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Rurn
Worcester
Mass
Austin Phelps Cristy
The
Worcester Telegram
J. & Bache
Doctor Salaroglio Dies After Poison Pen Arrest in Clinton
Dr Annibale Salaroglio 52 of Clinton died by a self inflicted gunshot after arrest on a federal charge of sending an unprintable letter to Mrs Paolino Canova and Marchetti. He faced a Terre Haute arraignment and had served as an Italian government consular agent in Indiana.
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United Press
Clinton
Ind
Annibale Salaroglio
Salaroglio
United States
Cy Hickman
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
A. P. Warman
Warman
Dr. Salaroglio
Jurisdiction Arguments Delay Rucker Case Hearing
Judge Chamberlin paused the hearing to resolve whether the court has jurisdiction in the Rucker case. Attorney General Gilliam urged deciding jurisdiction first. A three day delay was set, with an injunction hearing tentatively planned for the Christmas to New Year period.
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Public Service Commission
Gilliam
Chamberlin
Rucker
Corporation Counsel
Reid
Insull
East
Board Reverses on At tucks Tablets Inscription
Crispus Attucks High School tablets will remain blank after board members debated classic inscriptions. E A Graff proposed Lex veritas utilitas but critics said the phrase was obscure and the lettering indecipherable, leading to a decision to let the school choose a future inscription.
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Crispus Attucks
E. A. Graff
Jacob Hilkene
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Fred Bates Johnson
Mile Hewes Named One of Times Robbed Hair Judges
The Times contest on hair styles draws hundreds of letters from Indianapolis women. Mile Theo Hewes is named as one of three judges, with two other local women to be announced. Prizes total 100 in gold plus theater tickets. Readers express pro and con views on bobbed hair, arguing personal choice and style.
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Mile
Theo Hewes
Indianapolis
Circle Theater
Marriage Licenses Notes From Obscure Entry
The fragment lists names and occupations: George K Davis age 18 Vermont restaurant employee Martha Perkins age 18, and George Westerhouse age 30 with Daly Fonond machinist occupation, and a candy company employee Earwortch 21 D Box 356 Indianapolis. The text is fragmented with addresses and stray terms.
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George K. Davis
Vermont
Martha Perkins
George Westerhouse
W. Daly Fonond
Our Hillman
Broadway
Candy Oppany
Indianapolis
Bobbed Hair Contest Rules Published by The Indianapolis Times
The Indianapolis Times invites feminine readers to compete for prizes totaling 100 in gold for a Bobbed Hair Contest. Entries 150 words or less explaining why hair is bobbed or not should be sent to the Bobbed Hair Contest Editor by midnight Saturday Dec 4. Three leading city women will judge. Prizes: 50 first 25 second 15 third plus ten 1 prizes and twenty pairs of theater tickets for winners presenting Syncopating Sue or La Bohème at the Circle.
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Sue
To Bob, Or Not To Bob Contests Mary Pickford Inspired
A Shakespeare themed contest unfolds with a playful debate over hats and style. The muse sparks the event inspired by Mary Pickford star of Sparrows now showing at the Circle. Participants chatter about bobbing hats and clever quips into the midnight hour next Saturday.
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Bob
Mary Pickford
Delay Fund Meeting Postponed to December 7
The Community Fund budget committee meeting to apportion the $655,861 total among 36 social agencies has been postponed to December 7. Late subscriptions and gifts may push the fund toward $660,000, with employer divisions contributing $109,625.30 toward a $129,390 quota. The schools section led by Maude McVicker has surpassed its $10,050 target.
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Community Fund
Migs Maude McVicker
Sues Himself for 4 000 Back Pay
Cedar Rapids Iowa December reports Grant E Reynolds president general manager and sole stockholder of Grante Reynolds Inc sued himself for 4 000 back salary claiming he drew 4000 yearly but paid himself only about half in the last two years and filed for a receiver for his incorporated self.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Grant E. Reynolds
Grante Reynolds, Inc
Reynolds
Incorporated
U S Sets Single Chinese Policy on Hankow Crisis
The State Department declares control of customs houses a Chinese matter and US forces will protect Americans. The move sidesteps joint actions with Britain and others as Canton rebels threaten Hankow customs. US residents seek protection amid reports of Chinese troop activity in Hankow’s foreign quarter.
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United States
Hankow
Canton
Yangtze River
Inquest Opened Into Fatal Auto Crash
An inquest began into the Tuesday night crash at Harding Street and Oliver Avenue that killed Mrs. Laura Crow, 46, with driver Richard Bruene facing a possible involuntary manslaughter charge. Injured were Mrs. Borral Tolson and her daughter Denrie, while Opal Brackett suffered serious injuries.
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Laura Crow
Paul F. Robinson
Richard Bruene
Robinson
Harding St
Oliver Ave
Borral Tolson
Denrie
Opal Brackett
Beech Grove Public Hearing on Annexation
Beech Grove voters opposing annexation beyond the suburb with over 70 percent signed against. City council held a public hearing on extending Beech Grove to include the suburb and the Big Four shops. Remonstrators presented petitions as Councilmen Moore and Bartholomew denied reports of halting the movement and promised to judge after the hearing.
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Beech Grove
Boynton J. Moore
Otis E. Bartholomew
Probation Workers Meet in Elkhart Luncheon
The State Advisory Commission to the State Probation department met in Elkhart Indiana. Charles A. McGonagle of the Indiana Boys' School and Judge E Miles Norton spoke at a joint Lions Rotary and Kiwanis luncheon. Five women’s clubs then heard Mrs Albion Fellows Bacon Evansville commission president and Mrs Harriet Ristine Pierce from Clinton with McGonagle and Norton.
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Elkhart
Ind
State Advisory Commission
State Probation Department
Charles A. McGonagle
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
E. Miles Norton
Crown Point
Lions, Rotary
Kiwanis
Albion Fellows Bacon
Evansville
Harriet Ristine Pierce
Clinton
McGonagle
Norton
Gyro Club Speaker Praises Near East Relief Work
Edith Glanville, judge of the children's court in Sydney and national president of Australia’s National Women’s League, told Gyro Club luncheon at the Lincoln of the high morality among Syrian refugees and the 35 000 people in camp life citing Near East relief’s uplifting results. She has studied Near East children and toured English speaking nations promoting relief work.
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Edith Glanville
Children’s Court
Sydney
Australia
National Women's League of Australia
Gyro Club
The
Lincoln
America
Kellogg proposes Tacna Arica transfer to Bolivia
Santiago reports United States Secretary Kellogg proposes delivering the Tacna and Arica provinces to Bolivia as a mutual sacrifice to end the Chile Peru dispute. Bolivia would compensate Chile and Peru, Arica would be a free port with equal rights for Peru Chile and Bolivia, and the Chilean government will consider the plan.
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United Preas
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Arica
Foreign Office
College Crook Held by United Press in Indiana
H B Stanley 24 of Columbus Ohio arrested in Crawfordsville on forgery charges. Sought by Indiana Bankers Association he allegedly confessed to forgeries in three states. Known as the college crook he used forged Ohio State credentials to gain college access and cash checks with help from forged identities.
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Bu United Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
H. B. Stanley
Columbus
Ohio
Stanley
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Ohio State University
Indiana
Carrollton Ave Reformed Church to Hold Christmas Bazaar
Mrs. John B. Schramm announces the annual Christmas bazaar hosted Friday afternoon and evening in the church social hall at Carrollton Ave and Forty Fourth St. Apron booth led by Mrs. William Schrotucke and candy booth by Mrs. Harry A Rost.
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John B. Schramm
Carrollton Ave
Fraternity to Banquet at Spink Arms Friday Night
New members of Kappa Omega will attend a dinner at the Spink Arms on Friday. Speakers include W. W. Hammond and Dr. E. J. Rogers. Glasson Jr. serves as toastmaster with officers Vernon Rogers president Frank W. Pirtle Jr vice president Norman H. Schulz secretary Charles Glasson Jr treasurer Leslie Stoner scribe.
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Kappa Omega
Spink Arms
W. W. Hammond
E. J. Rogers
Glasson Jr
Vernon Rogers
Frank W. Pirtle Jr
Norman H. Schulz
Charles ©. Glasson Jr
Leslie Stoner
Indianapolis Club Union Move Seeks Direct School Budget Vote
The Twenty-Four East Side clubs press a state proposal to let Indianapolis voters approve school budgets and taxes. Officials cite tax board cuts, urging a special meeting, possible legislative action, and a voter referendum to fund new schools and improve conditions amid budget shortfalls.
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Indianapolis
Union of
East Side Clubs
Club Union
Irvington
State
Fred Bates Johnson
Thomas C. Howe
Butler University
Elijah Jordan
Club
Union Cornell
Employee Charles McCarthy Dies at Work From Heart Attack
Charles McCarthy age 65 of 1201 Ashland Ave collapsed and died at Fairbanka-Morse Company on Twenty-First Street and Northwestern Avenue. Dr A B Hine deputy coroner ordered the body sent to the city morgue.
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Charles McCarthy
Ashland Ave
Fairbanka- Morse Company
Twenty-First St
Northwestern Ave
A. B. Hine
Gould Wins Maine Special Senate Race With Broad Victory
Arthur R. Gould Republican secured 48 145 vote majority over Democrat Fulton J Redman as tabulation neared completion. Gould carried 479 of 619 cities towns and plantations in the Maine special senatorial election.
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United Press
Portland
Maine
Arthur R. Gould
Gould
Fulton J. Redman
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