Civic clubs back Kellogg pact drive in city
Kiwanis Lions and Junior Chamber of Commerce joined leading women’s groups in endorsing The Times Scripps-Howard campaign to move the Kellogg anti-war pact through the senate by Christmas. Citizens sent hundreds of ballots praising world peace and urging ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Scripps-Howard
Senate
Kiwanis Club
Indianapolis Lions’ Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John M. Williams
Talbott Street
Woman’s Department Club
Helen Coffey
North
Pennsylvania Street
Alpha Laterian Club
Winston Rambo
Washington Boulevard
Alpha Eta Laterian Club
William Borcherding
American Home Committee
William A. Myers
the Times
ED Hunter
Chamber of Commerce
Paving Contract Awarded for 13.4 Miles on State Roads 45 56
The Indiana State Highway Commission awarded the first 1929 paving contract for 13.4 miles on State Roads 45 and 56 forming a Y between Huntington and Hayville. Foulkes Contracting Company of Terre Haute submitted the low bid of $283,208, against an engineer estimate of $310,895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Huntington
Hayville
Foulkes Contracting Company
Terre Haute
Commission
Hastings Sworn in as Republican Senator from Delaware
Daniel O Hastings of Wilmington was sworn in as the new Republican senator from Delaware to succeed Coleman T Du Pont who resigned due to ill health. The appointment follows Duponts departure and Hastings acceptance of the Senate seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasting
Delaware
United Press
Washington
Daniel O. Hastings
Wilmington
Coleman T. Dupont
Dupont
O. A. Larrazolo
United States Senate
Andrieus A. Jones
New Mexico
Marie
Larrazolo
United States
Service Commission Delays Evansville Rate Decision
Public service commission will not act on proposed Evansville switching rate increase until after March 1. Railroads seek to raise current rates by 133 percent as stated by the tariff division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Evansville
Cast Your Vote for World Peace Yes No
A brief prompt requests readers to cast a vote for world peace and send responses to The Indianapolis Times Peace Editor. No further details or outcomes are provided.
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Indianapolis Times
Mother Identifies Mystery Student
Seattle dispatch reports 14 year old Joan Hoover daughter of J Webster Hoover a former state highway engineer must quit smoking cigarets and stay in bed by 10 pm unless accompanied by her mother. Superior Judge Moriarty issued the rules while resolving issues between Joan's divorced parents.
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United Press
Seattle
Wash
Joan Hoover
J. Webster Hoover
Moriarty
Joan
Hoover
Death Takes Priest at 32 in City Cathedral
Father Edgar C. O Connor, 32, priest of SS Peter and Paul Cathedral, died this morning at St. Vincent's after a two day illness from influenza complications. He was ordained in 1920 after studies at St Meinrad's and a year in Rome. Survived by mother Mrs Chris O Connor, two brothers and one sister. Funeral 9 30 Monday morning in the cathedral.
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Edgar C. O’connor
SS. Peter and Paul
St. Vincent's Hospital
Father O’connor
Chris O'Connor
St. Meinrad’s
Rome
Harrington Street
Manito Student Swallows Bullet in Frat House
Ted Strawbridge of Manito Illinois a member of Knox college freshman basketball team is under physicians care at his fraternity house with a bullet in his stomach. The bullet was swallowed after a companion tossed it into his open mouth while he lay on a Davenport.
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Bu United Press
Galesburg
Ted Strawbridge
Manito
Knox College
Strawbridge
Hail Pelt Audience As Dr Free Demonstrates
At the New York Electrical Society annual meeting Dr. E. E. Free of New York University demonstrated liquid air cooling. The audience was pelted from the stage with artificial hailstones and snow balls during the demonstration on Wednesday night in New York.
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United Press
NEW York
New York Electrical Society
E. E. Free
New York University
Baby saves lives as gas leak narrows escape in Bronx
In New York on December 13 Meyer Herstik, age 3, alerted his father after seeing a woman hanging from a window. Police found two women and a poodle nearly overcome by coal gas escaping into their room, with the child’s warning credited for the rescue.
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New York
Meyer Herstik
Bronx
Beulah Hassard Sha Reunites With Disoriented Son in Columbus
Mrs. Beulah Hassard Sha of Albany reunites with her son Kendall Bradley Hassard, a Syracuse University student, in Columbus. He wandered through New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio after disappearing on December 5 and initially could not recognize himself. He regained some memory after seeing his mother and planned to travel to Albany with her tonight.
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United Press
Columbus
Beulah Hassard
Albany
N. Y
Kendall Bradley Hassard
Syracuse University
Hassard
Syracuse
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Joseph Cleary
Mrs. Sica
Taxi Crash Injures Two On College Avenue
Police report state E P Hackett twenty three of 2642 Burton avenue drove his taxicab into the canal bridge abutment on College avenue at 5 15 this morning. Hackett was racing to catch an early interurban car for Anderson Indiana but followed the line to Kokomo. The injured passengers Rufus Hines and T J Bass both of Louisville Kentucky were treated at city hospital and released.
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E. P. Hackett
Burton Avenue
College Avenue
Hackett
Anderson
Ind
Kokomo
City Hospital
Rufus Hines
T. J. Bass
Louisville
One for Darwinians Three Monkeys Christmas Party
A Seymour Indiana Christmas party honors Jiggs, Daughter and Dinty three monkeys from Shields park zoo. The event at Mr and Mrs John Van de Walle home features a full Christmas tree with electric lights and presents.
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Seymour
Ind
Santa Claus
Jiggs
Dinty
Shields Park Zoo
John van de Walle
Oil Leases Under Scrutiny as West Inquiry Proceeds
Dr. Hubert Work testified before the Senate public lands committee that Salt Creek lease renewal was handled without concealment, renewing the lease to Harry Sinclair on interior department advice. The panel probes whether Roy O West delayed lease cancellation, while Boulder Dam and naval cruiser bills edge toward action as speeches are limited to fifteen minutes.
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Senate
Treasury and Post Office Department
Public Lands Committee
Secretary of Interior
Bu United Preas
Washington
Salt Creek
Hubert Work
West
Boulder Dam
Congress
Kendrick
Gas Plant Transfer Debate Hones In On City Takeover
Russell T. McFall urged trustees of the Citizen Gas Company to honor a 1921 pledge to turn the gas plants over to the city in 1930. He noted the public service commission accepted the surrender with an indeterminate permit and left the question of the turn over to the courts.
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Citizen Gas Company
Russell T. McFall
Indianapolis Engineering Society
Edward H. Knight
McFall
Public Service Commission
President Coolidge allows farm trees to be sold in Chicago
A shipment of Christmas trees from President Coolidge's Vermont farm arrived in Chicago today. It marks the first year the President has consented to have trees cut for market from his farm. The cedars and pines are being sold from unloading tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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United Press
Chicago
President Coolidge
Vermont
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baby’s Hungry Court Delays Death Trial Over Feeding
Chicago court pauses as two month old Betty Ann Zalis eats, delaying proceedings in the murder case against her mother Catherine Zalis 21 accused of smothering and burning her infant. The trial may be affected by insanity defense and potential future care for Betty Ann by the Chicago Junior League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicago
Thomas Lynch
Betty Ann Zalis
Betty
Catherine Zalis
Betty Ann
Mrs. Zalis
The
Chicago Junior League
Murdered by burglars in Carbondale home
Former Carbondale mayor Charles Hundley and his wife were shot and killed during an apparent burglary. Police found Mrs. Hundley shot in the back of the head and Mr. Hundley in a upstairs bed wearing a nightshirt, with an empty pocketbook at the scene. The couple’s valuable art and furnishings were targeted, suggesting robbery as the motive.
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United Press
Carbondale
Ill
Charles Hundley
Hundley
City approves sanitary survey payment and buys Sterling truck
City sanitary commissioners ordered $3,000 to Charles H. Hurd for his Broad Ripple sanitary system report under an existing contract. They also purchased a Sterling six cylinder truck from Sterling Motor Truck Company of Milwaukee for $5,138, with city engineer A. H. Moore saying it met specifications and was a better buy.
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Charles H. Hurd
Broad Ripple Sanitary System
Sterling Motor Truck Company
Milwaukee
A. H. Moore
Reward Offered for Jewel Theft Recovery
A $3,000 reward is offered for information leading to recovery of $50,000 in watches stolen from a jewelry salesman's trunk. The theft occurred last Friday with insurance by Chicago companies through attorney Russell Ryan. The trunk, belonging to William G. Grimes of L. Lewitt & Co., New York, was later found empty after theft from a transfer truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Ryan
Chicago
William G. Grimes
L. Lewitt & Co
New York
Woman Slugged Near Home by Unknown Attacker
Mrs Clifton Merritt, 25, of 1114 North Tremont Street, was struck on the head by an unidentified assailant as she returned from a cinema near her home on Wednesday night. The attack left her severely injured and the motive appeared not to be robbery.
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Clifton Merritt
North Tremont Street
Marion man jailed for insults and threats near Ray Street
Peter De Bates, 42, of Marion Indiana, insulted and threatened several women near Ray street and the White river this morning. He was captured by two men and turned over to police. He faces vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons charges.
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Ray Street
White River
Peter de Bates
Marion
Ind
Brothers Die In Fatal Rivalry Over Lost Love
Willard Ricker a 39 year old carpenter and Robert Ricker a plumber killed each other in Whitestone Queens after a dispute sparked by a woman they both pursued. Willard had returned intoxicated and war injuries. Robert reportedly died after taking poison. The sisters Julia and Elizabeth provided details.
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Biorinted Press
New York
Willard Ricker
Robert
Whitestone
Queens
Flushing Hospital
Julia
Elizabeth
Willard
Bridge Suit Up Today Over White River Bridge Plan
Marion county filed an injunction to stop tearing down the Morris street bridge on White River. A hearing before Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy was set for this afternoon to challenge the city plan to build a new bridge, contending county commissioners were not informed and contracts only extended the existing span.
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Marion County
Morris Street
White River
William O. Dunlavy
Dickinson near death as Dickinson slips into coma
Jacob M Dickinson former secretary of war has lapsed into a coma and may die within hours doctors at St Luke's hospital said today Dr Arthur R Elliott Dickinsons personal physician told the United Press death probably will come before nightfall Judges and sheriffs in Valparaiso Indiana prepared to challenge a state board of accounts ruling that sheriffs are not entitled to pay for summoning extra jurors from another county on venue changes
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United Press
Chicago
Jacob M Dickinson
St. Luke's Hospital
Arthur R. Elliott
Dickinson
Valparaiso
Ind
State Board of Accounts
Indianapolis bandit robs two girls on street
A local bandit in Indianapolis followed the motto F-iled! Do a kind deed daily. On Wednesday he accosted Marie and Emma Coger, aged 12 and 10, at Stanley and Shelby streets, took a bottle of castor oil from them and fled. The girls are from 2632 South East Street.
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Indianapolis
Stanley
Shelby
Marie
Emma Coger
South East Street
Miners vote on return to work at Knox County
Knox county coal miners cast secret ballots to accept a $5 daily wage basis with conditions from the Terre Haute agreement and report a $6.10 basic rate. Polls were set for 1 to 6 pm at two locations Murfreesboro? No. here and at Bicknell. Union leaders say the contract lacks sanction and plans to keep miners aligned while a Pennsylvania Railroad train may run once enough men sign.
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United Press
Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
Terre Haute
Bicknell
Knox County Coal Miners Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lady Heath Introduced in Congress by Tilson
English aviatrix Lady Heath was presented to the House by Majority Leader Tilson. The chamber applauded as she bowed and waved from the speaker's gallery.
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United Press
Washington
Lady Heath
House
Tilson
House Honors Wrights for Distinguished Flying Crosses
The house approved a bill sending to the senate to authorize the president to present distinguished flying crosses to Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, both deceased aviation pioneers.
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United Press
Washington
House Today
Senate
America
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Flu Epidemic On Wane In West
The influenza outbreak in the West and Midwest is waning with fewer new cases. Los Angeles reported 350 new cases and 14 deaths, while Kansas City noted declining totals and less serious illness. Health officials credit prompt physician warnings and public precautions for preventing a larger crisis. Illinois reports 210 cases and nine teen pneumonia deaths with students and Evanston children affected.
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United Press
Chicago
West
Middle West
Health Department
Los Angeles
Kansas City
E. W. Caveness
Arnold H. Kegel
Kegel
Health Bureau
University of Illinois
Evanston
Heywood Broun Readers Urged to Send Feedback
The Times highlights Heywood Broun as a fearless, direct columnist and asks readers to share opinions. It urges new readers to start with page one, section two and invite letters about his daily world views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braun
King George II Faces Critical 48 Hours After Operations
London reports indicate the king's condition is precarious as doctors note considerable weakness and toxaemia from recent surgery. A chest drain is removing infection while officials say the monarch is not losing ground and shows some restful sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Jones
United Press
London
George
Dorland
Linton Man Shot by Bandits in Freight Car Robbery
L L Frady of Linton Indiana was shot and seriously wounded near Odon by two bandits who robbed him in a freight car. Frady said two young men forced him to surrender before firing. He has a brother Charles Frady of Indianapolis.
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United Press
ODON
Ind
L. L. Frady
Linton
Frady
Charles
East Washington Street
Indianapolis
City Bonds in Demand as Park Improvement Bid Arrives
City Controller Sterling Ruolt noted strong demand for a $10 000 park improvement bond issue with City Security Company as high bidder offering a $221 premium. Holt said Indianapolis bonds are active in the market and selling quickly compared with months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling R.uolt
City Security
Indianapolis
Holt
New Green Carpet Installed in Mayor Slack Office
City officials commissioned a fresh green carpet and fresh paint in the mayor L Ert Slack’s office. Custodian Chris Hoffman led the project completing the full floor makeover.
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Slack
L. Ert Slack
Chris Hoffman
Public Service Commission Seeks 10000 Attorney Fund
The public service commission announced plans to ask the legislature for a 10000 dollar appropriation to hire a full time attorney to represent the commission in all appealed cases. Currently the attorney general will not defend commission cases in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Service Commission
Legislature
Commission
Arthur L. Gilliam
Rate Boosts Asked by Utilities Firms
Rate increase petitions were filed with the public service commission today by the Hoosier Gas and Light Company Greensburg and the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company Columbia City The Whitley County Telephone Company petitioned for permission to issue securities to finance the Farmers Mutual
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Public Service Commission
Hoosier Gas and Light Company
Greensburg
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company
Columbia City
Whitley County Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual
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