City considers rerouting street cars to ease downtown congestion
Alfred H. Moore proposes rerouting street cars to expand the shopping district and reduce turns in Washington street. The Scientech Club hears mixed views with merchants divided, while the Indianapolis Street Railway Company weighs the plan.
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Indianapolis
Alfred H. Moore
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Moore
Washington Street
Times
Scientech Club
Engineers’ Society
Chamber of Commerce
West
Delaware Streets
Capitol Avenue
College Avenue
Delaware Street
Court House
Massachusetts Avenue
Alabama Street
Traction Company
Scientech
Illinois Street
Delaware
Union Station
D. J. Angus
Union Staton
Traction Terminal
Angus
Traction
Burglar Loots Homes Reported With Value Totals
A burglar ransacked the home of Harry Means at 2832 North Arsenal Avenue on Monday afternoon, taking loot valued around $100 including a revolver a shotgun a watch and clothing. Other thefts were reported at addresses on Brookside Avenue Michigan Street Reisner Street Hampton Drive Ashland Avenue East Thirteenth Street and Lawrence Street with items including watches coats and paint and a hot water boiler with totals varying by case. Authorities note multiple burglaries and thefts in the area with several suspects named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Means
North Arsenal Avenue
Virgil Owens
Brookside Avenue
Educational Film Exchange, Inc
West Michigan Street
E. Fishman Plumbing Company
Corner Avenue
Reisner Street
D. B. Sandborn
Lawrence Street
Hampton Drive
Cornelius Avenue
Francis Espy
Ashland Avenue
T.M. Alverson
East Thirteenth Street
Suzanne Lenglen's Westward Trip Sparks Marriage Question
Suzanne Lenglen the French tennis star traveled on the Chicago line toward the west with Thaddeus A Winter of Pasadena. Authorities sought to learn whether the pair were married or planning to wed while details of the alleged marriage remained undisclosed.
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United Press
Chicago
Suzanne Lenglen
Los Angeles Limited
Chicago, Northwestern
Suzanne
Thaddeus A. Winter
Pasadena
Cal
Mile
Lenglen
Winter
West
Cityprepares for Yale festivities
Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure leads preparations for the annual municipal Christmas celebrations. The departments will sponsor tree programs at city hall Monument Circle University Park and community centers with Santa visits and arranged programs.
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Jesse P. McClure
City Hall
Monument Circle
University Park
Santa Claus
McClure
Walter Jarvis
Potash Tests in Southwest Signal Domestic Supply Hope
Washington reports potash tests in New Mexico and Texas show promise for U S production. By year end eight well cores will be tested with all showing potash bearing minerals. Tests suggest potential for commercial development and reduced dependence on imports, which totalled about 225 thousand tons in 1927.
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Times
Washington
New Mexico
Texas
United States
Interior
Roy O. West
Bureau of Mines
Jingle No 12 Contest Promises Theater Tickets
The Times invites readers to write the best last line for Jingle No 12 to win pairs of tickets to the Circle theater showing the play Lonesome. Winners for Nos. 8 and 9 mailed include Mary Cortright Monice Fritsch Lillian Carroll and Mrs. F. E. Rugh Leona Marsh Marjorie Krueger among others.
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Circle Theater
Times
Mary Cortright
Talbot Street
Mailman
Mrs Christina Owens Charged With Murder in Husband's Death
Christina Owens 29 of 409 West Fourteenth Street was charged with murder after police say she shot her husband Oscar Owens 32 following a quarrel over another woman. He died at city hospital at 8:45 p.m. Monday.
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Christina Owens
West Fourteenth Street
Oscar Owens
City Hospital
Quake Death Toll Placed at 275 in Chile
In Chile the unofficial death toll from the weekend quake rises to 275 as relief rushes to Talca Constitution and other stricken areas. Health officials warn of sanitary dangers and graves are dug while rains worsen conditions for the homeless.
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United Press
Santiago
Chile
Talca
Constitution
Talquinoa
Descabezado
Constitucion
Talea O
Hoover on Good Will Voyage Watches Peruvian Boxing
President-Elect Herbert Hoover spent an evening aboard the Maryland watching boxing as it sails toward Callao Peru. He and Mrs Hoover, guests of ship officers, catalogued gifts from Ecuador while the ship visits Lima. The voyage includes official receptions with Peru’s President Leguia and Lima officials before departing for Chile.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
U.S. S
Maryland
Callao
Peru
Herbert Hoover
Lima
Hoover
Roy Costner
Bob Lambert
Los Angeles
Lambert
Navy
Jack Dempsey
al Jolson
Roddie Rodriguez
New York City
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Plaza de Armas
Pizarro
Barbers Aim for State Licensing Bill at Indiana Meet
The United Master Barbers of Indiana ended their third annual convention at Hotel Severin with a plan to push a state licensing bill through the next legislature. L. J. Harrison was elected president, with P. W. Snowden, O. W. Connor, Noah Anglin, Louis Buehner, and C. E. Tyler advancing to top officers. Guy Slagle was re-elected secretary treasurer. The 1929 convention will be held in Elkhart.
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United Master Barbers of
Indiana
Hotel Severin
L. J. Harrison
Lafayette
Harry Long
Marion
P. W. Snowden
Huntington
O. W. Connor
Fr. Wayne
Noah Anglin
Indianapolis
Louis Buehner
Michigan City
C. E. Tyler
Mishawanka
Guy Slagle
Elkhart
Masons Elect New Officers at Ancient Landmarks Lodge
Neil C. King was elected worshipful master of Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 319 F. and A. M. at the Masonic temple North and Illinois streets Monday night. Other officers elected include W. W. Schultz senior warden W. W. Wiles junior warden B. C. Downey treasurer and O. L. Pond secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil C. King
Ancient Landmarks Lodge No
Masonic Temple
North
Illinois Streets
W. W. Schultz
W. W. Wiles
B. C. Downey
O. L. Pond
Open Bureau To Prevent Yole Waste
The Christmas clearing house committee opens its headquarters at 136 Monument Circle with Herbert S. King as chairman and Winifred S. Brown as secretary. The plan avoids duplicate aid by notifying givers of alternate worthy families, using a file of over 4 000 names and 96 organizations served in prior years.
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Christmas Clearing House Committee
Monument Circle
Riley
Herbert S. King
Winifred S. Brown
Eugene W. Short
Charles A. Grossart
Elks Club
Rhoda M. Morrow
Family Welfare Society
Nelda Weathers
Indiana University Hospitals
Edna L. Hamilton
Public Health Nursing Association
Florence Shearer
Red Cross Home Service Department
H. G. Robb
Salvation Army
Edward Burgen
Murat Temple Shrine
Earle F. Hites
Volunteers of America
H. E. Eberhardt
Wheeler City Mission
Eugene C. Foster
Indianapolis Foundation
H. B. Burnet
Third Christian Church
Francis Mellen
Catholic Community Center
Ernest N. Evans
Church Federation
Adele Pantzer
Board of Social Service
City Dispensary
Glenn Hoover
Social Service Department
City Hospital
Homer W. Borst
Community Fund
W. A. Hacker
Indianapolis Public Schools
Glenn Burton
Indianapolis Board of Health
Nell Dixon
City
Old Tom the Jackson County horse dies at 35
Seymour Indiana December 4 Old Tom believed to be the county s oldest horse has died at age 35. Owner T R Carter plans to mark his grave with a stone marker.
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Seymour
Ind
Tom
Jackson County
T. R. Carter
Civil Service Debate Delays City Cabinet Action
Mayor L Ert Slack says no definite cabinet meeting plan for civil service proposal. A Friday committee meeting will decide the report with members A R Good and Edward H Knight aboard. Slack opposes limiting appointments by grade, warning against ongoing jockeying in city hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ert Slack
John F. White
A. R. Good
Edward H. Knight
Slack
Interior Chief Not to Quit Commission
Secretary of the Interior West plans to sit as a member of the federal power commission during Cumberland Falls dam site hearings despite protests from Ohio and other states. The Cumberland Hydro-Electric Co seeks a fifty year lease. park advocates and organizations push to keep the falls for park use. Kentucky supports the project if federal license is granted.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
West
Federal Power Commssion
Cumberland Falls
Ohio
Interior Department
Insull
Cumberland Hydro-Electric Co
National Park Service
National Parks Association
Ohio Audubon Society
Kentucky
Indiana Central Professor to Lead New Mexico Normal Psychology Institute
Dr. Horace W. Marshall, vice president and education chair at Indiana Central College, will head the psychology department at New Mexico Normal University Las Vegas starting January 1. The Public Service Commission approved a bus contract where Greyhound will operate one daily trip between New Albany and Indianapolis.
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Horace W. Marshall
Indiana Central College
New Mexico Normal University
Las Vegas
N. M
Interstate Public Service Company
Greyhound Bus Lines
New Albany
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Arrange Food Show in Indianapolis at Cable Tabernacle
Arrangements are under way for the Indianapolis food show to be held at Cable Tabernacle the week of February 18. E H Klaustermeyer of Cleveland Ohio, long time Ohio Retail Grocers Association organizer, is managing director. Edward V Richardson returns as local manager. Nearly a hundred exhibits by food manufacturers are expected. A daily free cooking school at 2 p.m. and a Food Show Follies from 4 to 9 p.m. will run each day with baskets of food given away.
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Indianapolis
Cable Tabernacle
E. H. Klaustermeyer
Cleveland
Ohio Retail Grocers' Association
Edward V. Richardson
Young Dorothy Janis Cast as Ra mon Novarro Leading Lady
Dorothy Janis, a 19 year old actress from California, has been chosen as the native girl lead for a Ra mon Novarro film set for location in Honolulu and Tahiti. The Cherokee descendant stands under five feet tall and weighs 94 pounds, with olive skin and dark features, marking her third film role in her brief career.
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Dan Thomas
NEA Service
Ollywood
Cal
Ramon Novarro
Honolulu
Tahiti
Dorothy Janis
Dorothy
Navarro
Chicago Teachers Face Delayed Pay Amid School Fund Deficit
Chicago school teachers did not receive their December salaries as a $12 million deficit drained funds. About 13,000 teachers were short a combined $3.5 million, with no tax money due until February. The city will lend funds to cover payroll while the board awaits council action on a loan, keeping schools open and teachers unpaid temporarily.
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Chicago
H. Wallace Caldwell
Tax Board Chief Retires Amid Presentation Moment
John J. Brown retired after eight years as chairman of the state tax board. An employee presented him a traveling bag Monday afternoon as Secretary Owen Boling gave the speech. Pliny H. Wolford succeeds Brown as a board member, former secretary to Governor Ed Jackson.
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John J. Brown
State Tax Board
Department
Owen
Death for dynamite suspect dominates trial in Rockford
Paul Reed 24 faces possible death penalty in Rockford Newfoundland for the murder of Vernon Plager. Reed is accused of wiring dynamite to a car starter causing Plager to explode. Key witness Iva Plager, once his lover, testifies as jury selection continues. The state links stolen quarry dynamite to the murder after Reed admits thefts.
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United Press
Rockford
Paul Reed
Vernon Plager
Reed
Plager
Iva Plager
Kenneth Reed
Paul
Wisconsin
Auto Owners Face Double Boost In Cost
The Indiana Good Roads Association backs a five year plan to finance highway paving by raising the gasoline tax by one cent to 4 cents and increasing auto license fees by 3 dollars. The proposal aims to provide 6 to 7 million dollars more annual revenue to speed construction of 73,131 miles of highways. John G. Brown, association president, says the plan is likely to pass with legislators convening January 10.
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Indiana
Indiana Good Roads Association
John G. Brown
Brown
General Assembly
The
Good Roads Association
State Highway Department
Arizona
California
Colorado
United States
Illinois
Massachusetts
New York
Eagles Hold Smoker for Aerie Members
Indian apolis Aerie No 211 Fraternal Order of Eagles held a smoker and oyster supper for members with a surprise program arranged by Charles O Ford and Phil Harris. Edith Amick presides the auxiliary. A class of candidates was initiated and another in honor of past presidents will be initiated January 7. A cabaret program was announced for the Christmas entertainment on Saturday December 29.
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Indianapolis Aerie No. 211
Order of Eagles
Charles O. Ford
Phil Harris
Aerue
Edith Amick
Wilbur H. Miller
Eagle
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Bride of
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YALE
U. S
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Lillian Carroll
F. E. Rugh
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Leona Marsh
Adams
Marjorie Krueger
North Rural Street
Lequia
American Society
Country Club
Engineers’ Club
Presidential Palace
Antofagasta
Parley
Masons
Open Bureau
Clearing House
King
Civil Service
I. C
H. W. Marshall
New Mexico School
Ohioan
Give Tax Board
BAG
J. J. Brown
Good Roads Association To
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Eagles
AERIE
Women’s Auxiliary
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