Record Year for Indiana State Road Work in 1927
The Indiana State Highway Commission reports a 1927 record paving year with 398 miles paved or retreated. Expenditures totaled 14.873 million dollars, with 2.076 million federal aid and 12.798 million from auto licenses and gas tax. Eight grade separations completed. 27 miles more contracted or finished for early 1928.
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Indiana
State Highway Commission
John D. Williams
Williams
Commission
Bridge Department
Alimony Sought in Columbus Divorce Suit
Mrs Charlotte F Reeves asks 25000 alimony in a divorce filing against Carl M Reeves vice president of Reeves Pulley Company. She seeks custody of their 4 year old son William K. and charges he spends three fourths of his time away from family and hosts wild parties wasting funds for support.
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Times Special
Columbus
Ind
Charlotte F. Reeves
Carl M. Reeves
Reeves Pulley Company
William K
Reeves
Scarface Al Capone Crowned King of Chicago Underworld
This NEA profile portrays Al Capone as Chicago's dominant underworld figure known for ruthless control. It traces his rise after World War I, his alliance shifts, and his enduring fearsome reputation while police efforts struggle to pin him down.
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NEA
Hicago
America
New York
Alphonse Capone
al Brown
Scarface al
Chicago
Fhe Ag
Capone
Prohibition
O’banion
Hymie Weiss
Young 13 Year Old Girl Flier from Anderson
Anderson resident Cozette Parker at thirteen is hailed as the nation’s youngest pilot. She recently flew 138 miles from Anderson to Kankakee with a flying family heritage. Her parents and brother are pilots and she admires Charles Lindbergh and Ruth Elder.
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Anderson
Ind
Charles Lindbergh
Ruth Elder
Two Tickets Set in Medics Election in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Medical Society fielded two slates for its January 3 1928 election after a Tuesday night meeting at the theatre. The council slate is led by Dr H H Wheeler for president with Dr W H Kennedy as first vice president and others named. The committee slate includes Dr L D Carter for president and Dr J Eberwein for first vice president with Dr S E Earp a candidate for librarian on both slates.
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Indianapolis Medical Society
Thenaeum
Council
H. H. Wheeler
W. H. Kennedy
Raymond Butler
C. A. Slayton
K. Coons
L. R. Pearson
L. D. Carter
John Eberwein
A. D. Sweet
L. D. Belden
L. A. Easyminger
J. W. Ricketts
S. E. Earp
R. R. Hippensteel
B. J. Larkin
J. H. Warvel
Albert Stern
H. B. Mettel
W. D. Gatch
C. W. Rutherford
Edna Hamilton
Public Health Nursing Association
City Gets Rate Edge for Indiana Shippers
Saving to Indiana shippers of about 20 percent will occur with new rates effective January 15 announced by H A Hello peter assistant traffic manager Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. The Interstate Commerce Commission order in the Southern class rate case drives the change, applying between points north and south of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River. Shippers gain a competitive position against Louisville and Cincinnati concerns.
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Indiana
H. A. Hellopeter
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Interterstate Commerce Commission
Ohio River
Mississippe
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pioneer daughter Helen Brenton dies at 74 in Fort Wayne
Miss Helen Brenton, 74, died in Fort Wayne Indiana. She was the daughter of the late Rev Samuel Brenton the Twelfth Indiana district first Representative in Congress. Her father, a Ft Wayne pioneer, was elected to Congress on the Whig ticket in 1851.
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FT. Wayne, Ind
Helen Brenton
Samuel Brenton
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
Congress
Willis Bolsters 1928 Presidential Run In Ohio
Senator Willis of Ohio declares receptiveness to a 1928 presidential bid. United Press learns Hoover supporters will launch a definite boom within weeks. President Coolidge urges Republicans to continue fielding distinguished candidates. Willis is a former Ohio governor who twice held the Senate seat Harding left.
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United Press
Washington
Willis
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Republican National
Curtis
Senate
Lowden
Ohio
Harding
River Levee Improved Near Illinois Street
The White River levee between Illinois Street and College Avenue has $500 in repairs. A 25 foot concrete apron protects the levee’s weakest point, and officials urge building a permanent concrete levee wide enough for a 60 foot roadway.
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White River
Illinois St
College Ave
J. E. Perry
Perry
Board of Works
Charles L. Riddle
Eddie Ash To Follow The Tribe In 1928 Indians Plans
James E. Perry new owner of the Indians promises fans a first division ball team in 1928. Eddie Ash Times sports editor is in Dallas where American Association heads map next season and wire stories provide daily coverage for Times baseball readers.
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James E. Perry
Indians
Indianapolis
Eddie Ash
the Times
Dallas
Texas
American Association
Times Baseball
TIMES
President presents greatest peace time budget for 1929
President Coolidge sent Congress a record peacetime budget totaling about 4.26 billion dollars for 1929. He urged a balanced plan and warned against deep tax cuts, while proposing higher defense spending, Navy and Army expansion, air program funding, and new retirements for Federal workers.
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Joseph
Wasney
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
America
Navy Department
War Department
Well Suited and Ill In Fashion At Seventieth Congress Opening
The opening of the Seventieth Congress shows a shift from eccentric to conventional dress. Senators wear blue and gray sack suits with few exceptions while the House displays a mix of formal and business attire led by James M. Beck and Longworth. Four women members dress conservatively in business style as Edgar Howard’s caper hints at past fashions. Volunteers rebuild United Brethren Church in Redkey Indiana after recent fire with pastor Frank T. Atkinson supervising.
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Ashington
Congress
Heflin
Alabama
Wisconsin
la Follette
Blaine
Rep
ICE
Dawes
Rae
Borah
Idaho
Smith
Illinois
Ware
Pennsylvania
Peaker
Longworth
James M. Beck
Edgar Howard
Dem
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
House
Redkey
Ind
United Brethren Church
Frank T. Atkinson
Marion honor roll: Melvin L. Starr first city letter carrier
Funeral services were held in Marion for Melvin L. Starr 76 longtime postal worker and Marion resident of forty eight years Starr served in the postal service thirty years retiring six years ago and had been in failing health since that time
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Marion
Ind
Melvin L. Starr
Starr
Five IU journalism students pledged to Sigma Delta Chi
Bloomington Ind Dec 7 Five students of journalism at Indiana University have been pledged to Sigma Delta Chi national professional journalistic fraternity. The list includes Franklin Mullin Rushville Jean Graffis Richmond and
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Sigma Delta Chi
Franklin Mullin
Rushville
Jean Graffis
Richmond
Words and Figures Save Autoist From Jail Term
Clarence Hunt of Evansville escaped a $25 fine and 180 days on the State farm after Indiana Supreme Court voided his DWI sentence. The court held printed words "nineteen hundred" beside the numerals 1923 created a fatal error, sustaining Hunt’s appeal. Deputy Attorney General Edward Lennon noted the case teaches careful pleading.
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Clarence Hunt
Evansville
Martin
Gemnill
Supreme Court of Indiana
Hunt
Edward J. Lennon
Ralph Plummer
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Plummer
Clarence Martin
Lennon
Austrian Education Emissary Praises Gary School System
Dr. Paul Neureiter from Vienna, on his second Gary visit, calls the system developed by Superintendent William A. Wirt remarkable. He is examining U S systems as an emissary of the Austrian ministry of education.
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Gary
Ind
Paul Neureiter
William A. Wirt
United States
Ministry of Education
Tracy’s Daily View From Editor M E Tracy
Editorial columnist M E Tracy of The Times provides a distinctive take on today’s headlines. The Indianapolis Times presents his commentary as a prominent feature on its editorial page, noted for character and courage.
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M. E. Tracy
the Times
Tracy
Indianapolis Times
Symms Seeks Governor Nomination From Indiana
Arthur Symms of Linton Indiana efficiency engineer and receiver for Linton Gas and Coke announces Republican bid for governor in the May primary. He proposes early paving of Indiana highways financed by bonds issued by a finance company, with 50 000 workers to surface over 4000 miles and roads leased back to the state at 7 percent to retire bonds in 26.5 years. Symms born August 16 1872 in Iowa, longtime Linton resident, stockholder in Jasonville Water Co. and active Mason Elks and church member.
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Arthur Symms
Linton
Ind
Linton Gas and Coke Company
Frank C. Dailey
Symms
State Highway Commission
Iowa
University of the Northwest
Sioux City
Jasonville Water Company
Masons, Elks and Methodist Church
Republican
Tiny Girl and the Doll Amid Tragedy in Clifton Street
Waneta Conrad a small girl in the 800 block of West Twenty-Eighth Street mourns her father Charles Conrad slain by four bandits at his Clifton Street store. The Times published a letter from Waneta asking for a Flossie doll as she faces Christmas without her dad. The story recalls the family’s sorrow and Waneta’s hopeful wish amid grief.
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Waneta Conrad
Charles Conrad
Clifton St
Twenty-Eighth St
Times
Waneta
Lindy Asked to Pilot First Air Mail Cincinnati to Chicago
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is invited to fly the first Cincinnati to Chicago air mail via Indianapolis on December 17. The plan includes an escort of Indianapolis civic leaders, arrivals in Indianapolis at 2 45 p m and Chicago by 5 p m, with 10 cent postage and 50 pound weight limit.
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Lindy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cincinnati
O. B. Iles
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Indianapolis
Airport Corporation
H. Weir Cook
Los Angeles
Bryson
Chicago
San Francisco
New York City
Dallas
Texas
Embry-Riddle Company of
First Night Aviation Class Taught in Indiana
In Kokomo Indiana Roma L Stephens Fairfield an experienced aviator teaches the first night course in aviation in the state. Class members range from 21 to 50 years old with three already having practical flight experience. Students consider contributing to a fund to purchase a plane.
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Times
Kokomo
Ind
Indiana
Roma L. Stephens
Fairfield
Beach & Arthur Inc to Open as Paper Specialties Firm
Indianapolis announces Beach & Arthur Inc a new paper specialties manufacturer. Incorporated for 100000 dollars the firm leases 15000 square feet in the McCoy Garten building at 221 W South St employing about twenty five people. W H Arthur R W Beach and David H Jennings organize the venture with German machinery for picnic plates decorates plates embossed napkins and display materials.
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Indianapolis
Beach & Arthur, Inc
C. L. Harrod
Chamber of Commerce
McCoy-Garten
South St
Germany
W. H. Arthur
Economy Box & Pie Plate Company
Mason
R. W. Beach
R. W. Beach & Co
Chicago
David H. Jennings
Continental National Bank
Greene County poultry and grain show opens in Bloomfield
The third annual Greene County poultry and grain show begins Thursday in Bloomfield Indiana and runs through Saturday. A county agricultural banquet is set for Friday night with T A Coleman of Purdue University extension department as speaker.
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Bloomfyteld
Ind
Greene County
T. A. Coleman
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
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