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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1927
Page
2
The state accounts board criticized Shortridge High School for loans from cafeteria and book store surpluses to teachers and groups. It called $3,766 in loans to eleven or more individuals illegal, urged collection, and ending the practice.
Buck reported loans shown on the books with teachers pledging $100 to Near East Relief. If all funds are not paid on time, the shortfall may be covered by the bookstore fund as individuals issue notes. Buck will seek immediate repayment of loans to individuals.
Soviet oil could determine the shift in global oil power as Standard Oil and Vacuum Oil expand into Soviet supplies. The race with Royal Dutch Shell centers on access to Batoum and shipments to Constantinople, with Moscow’s oil already capturing significant European market shares.
Winifred Casey, 91, longtime member of the Nether Angelus band of nurses, died in South Bend. Only one other member, Sister Mary de Sales, 90, survives.
Washington reports a new scheme in which foreign women enter the U S on false passports and marry Americans to avoid deportation. Commissioner Hull said several cases show women paid men to wed them, with a recent Austrian girl who used a cousin’s passport marrying a Pittsburgh foreman. Inspectors are to increase passport checks.
A gasoline boat carrying five tons of dynamite was saved from a rocky island after a blast threatened the vessel. The United Press report from York on December 2 notes the peril and successful rescue of the crew.
Warrant Officer Sigurd Christian sen of a coast guard cutter spotted a failing craft in a tide rip and threw a line to the crew, pulling them to safety. The report also notes a 329 pound large halibut landed on the English coast at Fleetwood.
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