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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
1
Harry Truesdale testified Mrs. Imogene Remus promised $10,000 to murder George Remus. The defense witness said Remus cried and trembled upon hearing the plot details, as prosecutors and jurors watched in Cincinnati court.
An unidentified man leapt or fell from the forty second floor of the Woolworth Building, 792 feet high, amid Broadway crowds. Police blocked access as a large crowd gathered and workers queried to identify him. Footprints and clothing indicated a jump, with the body left on the street for a long period.
Republican State Chairman Clyde E. Walb declared he will resign before the holidays. He spent the morning in conference with M. Bert Thurman, internal revenue collector and potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, before making the announcement.
Former Mayor John L. Duvall holds the Duvall charity fund since resigning. He awaits Supreme Court ruling on who is mayor and whether to hand over or use the funds. The exact balance is undisclosed but thought to be several thousand dollars. Duvall plans to rest and has not decided new business.
Police hold four men and one woman in Dallas suspected of operating a suit club scheme last summer. Victims number in the hundreds, with Tony M. Overley of the Better Business Bureau stating 500 to 600 people were affected.
Des Moines Public Schools announce the introduction of German to Des Moines High School next semester marking the first such program since 1917. The board cites expanding modern language offerings and cultural education as key goals for the curriculum update.
Advertisement states the best foods obtainable are served at Fletcher Cafeteria located in the Basement Fletcher Trust Blog with service hours from 10 30 a m to 7 30 p m.
The Senate voted 53 to 28 to bar Senator-Elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois from taking the oath and authorized Reed Committee to try him for spending 458 000 in his primary. Senator Borah urged a law to define primary and election expenditures and said the Senate could exclude Smith and Vare after credentials are vetted.
A young woman, Mrs. Mildred House, 23, was killed after being struck in a safety zone at Washington and Rural Streets while waiting for a street car. Edward W. Bruns, 54, faces manslaughter and safety zone charges after his car skidded on rain slick streets. John G. Willis, 40, a Criminal Court investigator, was injured when thrown through a windshield in a separate crash involving Fred Cunningham, who sustained minor injuries.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners ruled Indianapolis cannot obtain a $12,942 extra appropriation to pay salaries for 1927 and 1928 for a new operating council aiding the Board of Sanitary Commissioners. It blocks restoring three discharged officials: Truly N. Nolan, Co. K. Calvert, and Floyd Baber, with salaries of 4000, 4200, and 3360 respectively.
Officials to meet today to finalize consolidation plans merging the Keith Circuit with 322 theaters and the Orpheum Circuit with 212 theaters in a deal valued at 100 million dollars.
A thief broke into George Sigmonds garage at 327 E Minnesota St and stole Christmas feast fixings valued at 50 dollars. The loot included four boxes and a bushel of apples one half bushel of cranberries four baskets of potatoes and twenty pounds of beans.
Mayor L. Ert Slack discussed appointing Sol Schloss to the city health board at city hall. Schloss, in the investment business, backed the city manager form of government and previously led the health board under Lew Shank. His potential appointment would fill the term of W. H. Mendenhall expiring June 1.
Officials reported a burglary at Omar Baking Company at 901 E Sixteenth St last night with an estimated $1500 to $2000 stolen from the office safe. Police are investigating the theft.
President Calles and a special train reached the capital at 8 a m. Will Rogers accompanied Dwight W. Morrow for a tour of irrigation projects. Rogers went to the American embassy as Morrow’s guest.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts on December 7 a husband was told his wife Elsie Roberts 28 had died in Alabama from ptomaine poisoning after having been missing for six months. The body arrived in Massachusetts from Alabama revealing the cause of death.
The Anti Saloon League rebuked Edward Shumaker Indiana superintendent by removing him from the national executive committee. R N Holsapple Detroit replaced him due to a jail sentence for contempt of court. McBride faction won a key vote, with Forgrave defeated over demand for dry planks in party platforms.
Rev. W. B. Farmer, chairman, returned from the Washington session and said E. B. Shumaker was not dropped from the national executive committee. Shumaker resigned, and Farmer noted he had been on the nominating committee and could have been re-elected.
The Republican National Committee failed to break a ten ballot deadlock to pick a 1928 convention city. Kansas City led with 44 votes, San Francisco 41, Detroit 9, Chicago 3, Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 2, with a 51 vote majority needed.
Charles Evans Hughes announced in New York that he will not be a candidate for president in any sense. He said he is keenly disappointed that President Coolidge refused to run and noted he had previously disavowed seeking the presidency.
A national cold spell sweeps from the Rockies into the Middlewest with temperatures near zero expected tomorrow. Nebraska Iowa Missouri report subzero readings while Wisconsin and Iowa reach zero. Illinois Missouri and other Central states may fall to 5 above zero as shippers brace for cold conditions.
Prosecutor asks jury to convict Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach of first degree murder in the death of a 72 year old husband in Mays Landing New Jersey. Defense argues about alibi and credibility as witnesses challenge the state case.
The Weather Bureau predicts zero to 10 degrees in Indiana with snow tonight. A shift to northwest winds will intensify the cold, with the brunt felt late Thursday. Early today the temperature at 7 am was 46, eleven degrees above normal, as south winds prevail.
Police held Robert A. Berry after a chase when a letter about opening safes was found in his car. Berry, 22, of 655 E Twenty-Fifth St, was arrested at Illinois and Pearl Streets at 2:45 a.m. He had a bank book showing deposits of 50 to 150 dollars nearly every day and the car bore plates for another model.
Joseph B. Kealing 68 Indiana Republican national committeeman died at his Indianapolis home after heart trouble worsened following his wife’s death. A Butler College and Indianapolis Law School graduate, he held multiple party posts and advised Presidents Harding and Coolidge. Survived by no children.
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