Santa Claus Clearing House aids 1700 families yearly
Santa Clauses of Indianapolis can register gift plans with the Christmas Clearing House in 408 Baldwin Block operated by the Social Service Exchange of the Family Welfare Society. Since 1913 the program has aided about 1,700 families annually with confidential files and coordination to avoid duplicate gifts.
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Indianapolis
Santa Clauses
Christmas Clearing House
Clearing House
Baldwin Block
Social Service Exchange
The
Family Welfare Society
Herbert S. King
Community Fund
Alread
Santa Claus
Catholic Community Center
Christamore House
Social Service Department
City Dispensary
City Hospital
Division of Child Hygiene of
Flanner House
Methodist Settlement
Public Health Nursing Association
Robert Long Hospital
Salvation Army and Volunteers of America
Wheeler City Rescue Mission
Santa Claus Club
County Building at Poor Farm Criticized as Cow Barn
The Marion County Board of Charities and Correction reports the new infirmary addition resembles a sow barn more than a home for the unfortunate. It notes low ceilings two feet too short window design prevents proper screens and fleas in warm weather. The report cites 228 inmates including 49 women and praises Superintendent William Lewis and his wife for their work under trying conditions.
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County
Marion County
Marion County Board of Charities and Correction
William Lewis
Charles Moores Burial Set After Church Service
Funeral services for Charles W. Moores will be held at Fourth Presbyterian Church at 2 30 p m with private burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr Edward Haines Kistler will conduct. Moores, a U S commissioner since 1888, died at 1918 N Pennsylvania St after a heart ailment and recently resigned as special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation involving Governor Warren T McCray.
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
Alabama
Nineteenth Sts
Charles W. Moores
Crown Hill Cemetery
Edward Haines Kistler
Mr. Moores
United States
Pennsylvania St
Warren T. McCray
Just Playing Doctor Ends With Poison Aftercare
Dorothy Dean, 4, poured invented medicine from a bottle into a spoon for sister Rosemary, 3. Motor police Oakley and Mangus rushed to the scene and treated Rosemary for poison. she suffered minor mouth burns.
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Dorothy Dean
Clarence Dean
W. Market St
Rosemary
Oakley and Mangus
Owsley Declines Governor Candidacy in Texas Race
Alvin Owsley former national commander of the American Legion will not enter the Democratic gubernatorial race in Texas. He plans to practice law in Texas, according to friends at legion headquarters.
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Alvin Owsley
American Legion
Texas
Legion
Shortridge Damsels Form Indiana’s Only Girl Band
Shortridge High School's all‑girl band under Lynden R. Street grows to twenty six players after adding two saxophonists. The group, Indiana’s only female band, will premiere in Caleb Mills Hall next Wednesday. a picture shows the saxophone section.
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Shortridge High School Girls
Indiana
Lynden R. Street
Caleb Mills Hall
Murder trial of Shaw set for December 19
Judge James A. Collins set the murder trial for John Thomas Shaw, 24, for December 19 in Criminal Court. Shaw is charged with abducting Helen Hager Whelchel, robbing her, and murdering her on November 28. Special counsel H. B. Pike was appointed, with decision pending. Shaw is held at Michigan City prison. Detectives arrested Jim John on vagrancy charges in connection with the case.
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James A. Collins
John Thomas Shaw
Maryland St
Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Applegate St
Iowa
East St
High School Rd
Ben Davis
Collins
H. B. Pike
Vermilion County
Pike
Michigan City
Jim “Hunky” John
John Mullin
Jona
Mullin
John
Unidentified Man Killed In Indiana Car Crash
An unidentified man believed from Washington, Indiana, was instantly killed when his car ditched during a race with another vehicle in Vincennes. Frank Violes, also of Washington, was fatally hurt.
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United Press
Vincennes
Ind
Washington
Frank Violes
Girl Injured by Gun Accidental Fire On Date
Susie Mishler, 17, a Clinton high school student, lay near death in a community hospital from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Albert Johnson, 17, also of Clinton, fired the weapon while showing it to her before a Clinton Brazil basketball game. He is jailed as she pleads for leniency.
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United Press
Brazil
nId
Susie Mishler
Albert Johnson
Clinton
Johnson
Miss Mishler
De Pachmann Jumps Train Rail for Cheerful Run
The 75 year old pianist Vladimir De Pachmann, famed Chopin interpreter, sprinted from a Union Depot train with newspaper men. Surrounded by Ona B. Talbot and aides he declared he is happy, weighs 164 pounds, and rejects elevators while praising his bachelor life and continued performance.
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Vladimir de Pachmann
Marvel
Eno
de Pachmann
Union Depot
Chopin
Mrs Jane Jones Dies at 83 in City Home
Mrs Jane Jones aged 83 living at 115 North Harding Street was found dead in bed today by resident William Wade. The physician cited chronic bronchitis and the woman’s weak condition as the cause. A son Fred Jones of the city survives.
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Jane Jones
N. Harding St
William Wade
Fred Jones
Clash Between Federal and Rebel Forces at Jalapa
Mexican dispatch reports a battle under way between Federal forces and the De la Huerta rebels at Jalapa. Gen Elia Calles proposed suspending his presidential campaign and forming a 100000 Agraristas and Laboristas army to restore order, but Obregon was not expected to agree.
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United Press
Mexico City
Mexico
de la Huerta
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Vera
Eliaa Calles
Obregon
Calles
Obragon
State suit on bank halted in Kentland case
An effort to sue Discount and Deposit State Bank of Kentland to recover 90 000 in state funds was blocked temporarily by the state finance board. The bank once headed by Governor McCray has closed. The board ordered suit filed within ten days or later by finance board order. The board noted depleted state funds and planned loans of 2 500 000 with large debts due December 31.
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State Bank of
Kentland
McCray
State Finance Board
Ora J. Davies
Robert Bracken
Bracken
Davies
Finance Board
Board Ale
General Fund
Benevolent Institution Fund
Guardsman Richard Graves Faces Court On Drill Absence
Richard Graves aged 20 of 509 Holly Ave is jailed in the city prison awaiting guard court trial on charges of missing drill on November 5 12 and 19.
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Richard Graves
Holly Ave
National Guard
Remy Succeeds William Evans as Prosecutor in Marion County
In Marion County Indiana William P. Evans resigns as prosecutor amid indictments pending against Governor Warren T. McCray. William H. Remy, Evans's assistant, is named his successor with Clarence W. Nichols to handle the grand jury cases and prosecution in the McCray matter. Evans will practice law after early next year.
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William P. Evans
Warren T. McCray
Marion County
McCray
William H. Remy
Evans
Remy
Clarence W. Nichols
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Paul G. Davis
United States Army
Holtzman & Coleman
Claris Adams
Adams
de Pauw University
Harvard Law School
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Sidney S. Miller
Inda Myers
J. Herbert Hartman
Richard. Sipe
Tommy Dillon
Despondent Indiana Woman Dies After Poison Act
Mrs. Virgil L. Jones 27 of 3332 Central Ave took poison Friday night after fearing a hospital stay. She announced her act to sister Pearl Pollard before dying at Methodist Hospital. Funeral at home Tuesday 2 p.m. Burial in Grown Hill cemetery. Survived by husband, 16 month old child, two sisters Pearl and Sylvia Rollard, and brother Joseph Pollard, all of Indianapolis.
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Virgil L. Jones
Central Ave
Methodist Hospital
Jones
Miss Pearl Pollard
Grown Hill
Mrs. Jones
McCray Stands Against Resignation Amid GOP Clash
Governor McCray asserts no reason to resign after Clyde Walb calls for his departure. The dispute centers on a speedy trial demand and a letter from attorney James W. Noel outlining McCray’s position. Key aides and state officials met with the governor to discuss the matter.
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McCray
Clyde A. Walb
Eben H. Wolcott
John W. McCardle
Public Service Commission
Fred Robinson
John William
State Highway Department
N. G. Rothschild
James W. Noel
State Committee
Lone Woman Robs Ohio Savings Bank in Fotoria
A woman robber held up two clerks at the Ohio Savings and Loan Bank in Fotoria, escaping with about $1,000. Clerks Mable Blackford and Edith Allyn described the assailant as neatly dressed, bobbed hair, 35 to 40, in a brown overcoat and large coat pockets.
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United Press Fotoria
Ohio
Ohio Savings and Loan Bank
Carl Smith
Mable Blackford
Edith Allyn
Harding Memorial Fund Campaign Opens Nationwide
A week long drive to raise 3 million dollars for a Harding memorial includes a mausoleum at Marion Ohio a national shrine for the Harding home and a Warren G Harding Chair of Diplomacy and Government. Donations of one dollar or more earn engraved certificates.
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Warren G. Harding
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Central University
Hourly Temperature Readings From Early Morning
The note records hourly temperatures with times from 8 a m to 1 p m and observed moon phase. Readings show temperatures around mid fifties to low sixties, indicating a cool morning warming slightly by early afternoon.
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Homer W. Borst
C. H. Winders
Church Federation
Paul J. Benjamin
Maurice F. O'Connor
Paul L. Kirby
Division of Child Augiene
W. A. Hacker
Department of
J. C. Elmnquist
Salvation Army
John O'Neal
Volunteers of America
H. E. Eberhardt
Wheels City Rescue Mission
Olive D. Edwards
Charles P. Lee
William P. Moore
Shriners
H. B. Burnett
Charities
Charles Moores
Presbyterian Church
Sister
Owsley
Shortridge Damsels
Araminta Fullilove
Gretchen Mae Vestal
Leverne Clinehens
Dorothy Helmer
Mildred Myers
Valiera Bryant
Charlotte Shook
Helen Knox
Police
Kentland Depository
William Evans
London
MacDonald
Wales
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Baldwin
Stamford Ham
Downing St
Alfred Mond
Lloyd George
Lord Derby
Daily Express
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Asistants
Cray
Walb
la Grange
Lone Woman
Ohio Savings Bank
Jesse James
Harding Memorial Fund
Harding Memorial Association
William Fortune
Elias Jacoby
Robert H. Bryson
Worthy
Merchant Prince
Indianapolis Times
Arthur V. Brown
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