Make an Indianapolis Christmas for Families in Need
The Times and the Christmas Clearing House publish lists of needy families to receive gifts this Christmas. Readers may call Main 3509 to select a family by number and arrange in person or delivered gifts, with direct donations to the family.
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Indianapolis
the Times
Christmas Clearing House
Santa Claus
The
Indianapolis Times
Clearing House
Community Fund
Times
Mental Hygiene Society Meets at Indiana Convention
Dr William F King state health commissioner presided at the ninth annual Indiana Society for Mental Hygiene convocation at the Claypool. Amos W Butler spoke on studies of the mental health problem. Dr EB Smith compared old and modern care methods. Juvenile clinics and a school survey were discussed. Dr King said the health board would sponsor bills for a county health officer and sterilization of mental defectives. Dr Samuel Dodds, superintendent of Logansport Northern Hospital for Insane, was principal speaker.
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William F. King
Indiana Society For Mental Hygiene
Claypool
Amos W. Butler
EB. Smith
King
Health Board
Samuel Dodds
Logansport Northern Hospital
Sailor Dead in Harbor Boat Fire
One sailor burned to death and another missing after a shore boat from the United States fleet caught fire in San Pedro harbor. Nineteen sailors are injured as crews drag the water for the missing man.
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United
San Pedro
Cal
United States
College Inn proposed at Mayor Shank's former home
Plans to convert 3547 E Washington St into a College Inn for dinners and dances were advanced. Agreement papers are expected to be signed soon. The residence will cater to city fraternities and social clubs and is said to be well adapted for such purposes.
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Shank
Washington St
Memorial Wood to Fairbanks Is Proposed Here
The plan calls a forest reserve the Charles Warren Fairbanks Memorial Forest proposed by Charles Lathrop Pack president of the American Tree Association. At the forestry conference opening Session at the Claypool Fairbanks was praised by Governor Emmett F. Branch and Gov elect Ed Jackson. Proposals urged reforestation and planting waste acres while warning that only about six percent of original Indiana forest remains. Banquet planned with toastmaster John W Holtzman and speakers Albert Beveridge Julian Clarke and Mrs J Sheehan.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Claypool
Fairbanks
W.A. Guthrie
State Conservation Commission
Emmett F. Branch
Ed Jackson
Pack
Charles C. Deam
Tiana
Deam
John W Holtzman
Albert J. Beveridge
Julian D. Clarke
Thirty-Fourth
New York
J. Sheehan
Indiana Federaton
Clube
E. Mortimer Wilson
Anderson
Myra Stewart Gordon
Logansport
Frank J. Sheehan
Gary
Bluffton
Joseph A. Wolf
Franklin
Carl Brown
Muncie
Charles Barnaby
Greencastle
David Ross
Vina Newsom
Columbus
Richard Lieber
Department of Conservation
Lew O'Bannon
Corydon
Ed Hancock
Greensburg
Helen Clayton
Indianapolis
Partlow Sentenced for 1919 Auto Theft Conviction
John L. Partlow 47 president of the Partlow-Jenkins Motor Car Company was sentenced to one to fourteen years in the Indiana State Prison by Special Criminal Judge John W. Holtzman. He was convicted by a jury on charges of receiving stolen autos at his garage in 1919 and immediately appealed, posting $2,000 bond. This marks his second conviction on the same charges after the Supreme Court ordered a retrial.
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John L. Partlow
Partlow-Jenkins Motor Car Company
Indiana
John W. Holtzman
Partlow
Supreme Court
Senator Watson Robbed on Railroad Run
In Warsaw Indiana on the Manhattan Limited a pickpocket relieved Senator James E. Watson of his pocketbook aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad as he traveled to address the Elks Lodge. He borrowed money from a fellow passenger to buy breakfast.
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United Prean
Warsaw
Ind
Dec
James FE. Watson
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elks’ Lodge
Campaign announced for evangelistic services in Indianapolis presbytery
At the mid winter conference of the Indianapolis presbytery held at the Second Church Rev. M F Smith pastor of the First Presbyterian Church announced a series of evangelistic services in all churches within the presbytery from January 19 to February 1. Sixty ministers attended.
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Indianapolis Presbytery
M. F. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Judge responds to parole claim about Indiana State Reformatory
Judge Anderson noted undisputed records from the Indiana State Reformatory show 70 per cent of inmates make good when paroled. Collins praised the institution and rejected a statement by a high official who he said knows nothing about state facilities.
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Indiana State
Collins
Witness Against Forbes Quizzed at Fraud Trial
Federal Courtroom in Chicago sees Elias H. Mortimer, government witness, admit aliases and repeated use as a government witness in the Forbes Thompson fraud case. He testifies about a scheme involving Charles Forbes and John Thompson to defraud the government of 21.9 million tied to hospital building contracts. The judge halts cross examination after Mortimer names several officials amid questions on liquor schemes and political figures.
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United Press
Chicago
Dec
Elias H. Mortimer
Forbes-Thompson
James H. Fasby Smith
Mortimer
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
John W. Thompson
St. Lewis
Miss Meyers Leads Girls Department at Goldstein Store
A notice notes Miss Margaret Meyers of 1428 Market Street heads the girls' department at Goldstein Bros. department store and is dating publicly. The item comments on her social profile and shopping pace.
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Margaret Meyers
Market St
Goldstein Bros. S Department Store
Not a Joke Heiney Wins $50 In Limerick No. 7
John H Heiney of 6275 Central Ave wins the $50 first prize in Limerick No. 7 after a cautious verification. The contest drew a close vote with initial winner Rose Clements later corrected by recount. Heiney plans to share the prize with his family and praises the Limerick contest as a holiday staple.
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John H. Heiney
Limerick No. 7
John H. Heigey
Central Ave
Heiney
J. FL Cantwell Company
Rose Clements
New Rk St
League Council Meets in Rome Objections to Disarmament Protocol
In private sessions at Dorace Palace Rome Austen Chamberlain British foreign secretary voiced British objections to the Geneva disarmament proposal. Melle of France presided as talks move to public sessions with the outcome signaling whether the League leads a new world disarmament drive or if the United States takes the initiative.
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United Prean
Rome
Dec
Council of the
League of Nations
Dorace Palace
Austen Chamberlain
League Assembly
Geneva
M. Melle
France
Chamberlain
Council
United States
Wagon Runs Over Man at Borcherding Lumber Yard
Chester Farrell aged 53 of 1236 Belle Fontaine St was seriously injured when a two ton load of lumber rolled onto him at Borcherding Lumber Company 2028 Rural St where he worked Ambrose Scott 1417 Orange St was driving the wagon and Farrell stood on the rear wheel as the wagon moved He was taken to Methodist Hospital for treatment.
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Chester Farrell
Bellefontaine St
Borcherding Lumber Company
Rural
Farrell
Ambrose Scott
Orange St
Scott
Methodist Hospital
Colder Weather Forecast Prompts Warmer Coat Sightings
The weather bureau forecast colder weather with temperatures below freezing after a warm Sunday. Indianapolis residents wore top coats while Bloomington reported 1.75 inches of rain leading to strained water supplies. total rainfall reached 1.21 inches in the area.
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Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Murder trial opens for William Hughes in double homicide case
The trial of William Hughes began today before Special Judge Frank A. Symmes. Hughes faces second degree murder charges for the Aug. 18 shooting of his wife Callie. Daughter Lucy Hughes testified the incident followed a quarrel over cigarettes bought for neighbor James Clark.
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William Hughes
Pershing Ave
Frank A. Symmes
Hughes
Callie
Lucy Hughes
James Clark
S. Pershing Ave
Ten motorists cited for speeding after weekend rainfall
Ten motorists were cited on speeding charges as heavy footed drivers traversed slippery streets over the weekend. The arrestees include Clyde Wiley 24 Roy Abner 20 Art Polsgrove 26 Norman Whitney 25 G L Mitch ell 31 Paul Andrews 27 Wendell Sawyer 16 Eugene Murray 17 M L Leigh 36 and W J Michael 30 all named with their addresses or localities.
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Clyde Wiley
Shriver Ave
Roy Abner
Kealing Ave
Art Polsgrove
Lexington Ave
Norman Whitney
Valley Ave
G. L. Mitchell
Illinois St
Paul Andrews
Iowa St
Wendell Sawyer
N. Dearborn St
Eugene Murray
N. Sherman Dr
M. L. Leigh
W. J. Michael
Martinsville
Ind
Girl Bound to Jury in Clermont Assault Case
Miss Mabel Clark fifteen and Miss Ora Mullen nineteen escaped from the Indiana Girls School at Clermont Indiana on Friday. Clark is bound over to the grand jury on charges of assault with intent to kill after stabbing Dick Miller Indianapolis Times reporter in the back during transport to police headquarters. Mullen is returned to Clermont.
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Indiana Girls School
Clermont
Ind
Ora Mullen
Miss Clark
Dick Miller
Indianapolis Times
Miss Mullen
Robbers Loot Binkley & New Drug Store
Burglars smashed the front door and carted away a 300 pound safe from Binkley and New Drug Store. The safe was later found abandoned, and the week's loot tally rose to 119000 dollars after a 1200 dollar robbery.
Thieves steal safe from drug store. loot tops $119000
Burglars at Binkley and New drug store on Forty-Second Street and College Avenue used an ax to smash the front door and lifted a 300-pound safe containing cash and checks. The Studebaker used by the thieves was found with safe parts inside. the crime adds to a week long theft total over $119000. A lone bandit later robbed Joseph Salzman of 108 dollars. other burglaries yielded jewelry, tools, and tires.
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Binkley & New Drug Store
Forty- Second St
College Ave
Studebaker
F. C. Webber
Thirty-third St
EF. B. Johnson
N. Dearborn St
International Harvester Company
S. Missouri St
E. W. Betts
Russell F. Gard
Gard
Illinois St
G. E. Savage
Washington Blvd
Lone Bandit
Joseph Salzman
Park Ave
St. Clair
Salzman
Massachusetts Ave
R. I. Blakeman
Pennsylvania St
Lowell Sims
Division St
Milwaukee Bank Robbed by Armed Bandits
Six men robbed the Northwestern Mutual Bank in Milwaukee taking 10000 dollars in cash and 300000 dollars in securities. Ten staff members were ordered to the wall and a clerk who resisted was struck. The robbers escaped in an automobile.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern Mutual Bank
Driver held on assault charge after rain crash in Martinsville
Cordel is held on a charge of assault and battery after his car struck an abutment at Missouri Street and Kentucky Avenue. The impact threw his brother Ernest Cordel through the windshield, causing head injuries and sent him to City Hospital. The driver cited rain as the reason for the accident.
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Car Cordel
Martinsville
Missouri St
Kentucky Ave
Ernest
Ernest Cordel
Cari
Crime Week: Indianapolis Robberies and Thefts Reported
A week of crimes in Indianapolis includes Tuesday jewel theft of 18 000 from a downtown store with two men detained. Wednesday cash from a grocery register stolen in a string of robberies. Thursday bond theft solved in Chicago with two arrests. two men shot hospitalized. Friday 82 008 in jewelry and furnishings stolen from a residence. reporter stabbed by prisoner. Saturday payroll hold up 1 087. two murders. Today drug store safe rounded up 1 200 pounds cash and valuables. grocer reports 108 in street hold up.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Indianapolis Times
Republicans Win German Election In Berlin
The Republican group in Germany secured a national election victory as Socialists Democrats and Centrists led across most districts. Turnout reached about 85 percent with the Reichstag next session shaped by party tallies including Socialists 126 and Nationalists 97.
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United Press Berlin
Republican
Germany
Landbund
Basketball series by coaches from multiple states
The Times launches a twenty four part series on basketball authored by Coaches Ortner Cornell Wight California Ruby Illinois Allen Kansas and Stewart Texas. The coaches, winners in collegiate circles last year, present authoritative pennant winning plays with diagrams. The feature begins today on the sport page.
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Ortner
Cornell
Wight
California
Ruby
Illinois
Allen
Kansas
Stewart
Texas
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