Tax groups seek fair tax reform in Indiana meeting
Indiana tax leaders from 14 organizations met at the Claypool Hotel to chart a broad survey of the tax system. They urged a more equitable burden and pledged to reconvene in about sixty days after individual studies.
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Indiana
John J. Brown
Indiana State Tax Board
Claypool Hotel
Brown
C. Oliver Holmes
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Association
William C. Harrison
State Tax Board
Mrs Lemira Goodhue Improving After Flu Illness
Mrs Lemira Goodhue 78 mother of Mrs Coolidge is ill with influenza at Dickinson Hospital Norwood Mass. Physicians reported she passed a comfortable night and her temperature was normal. They believed the crisis was virtually past.
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Pu United Press
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Coolidge
Dickinson Hospital
Air Grind Delayed by Detroit Flyers Endurance Attempt
Detroit fliers William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee postponed their endurance flight in the Pride of Detroit until tomorrow after a test plane reported adverse channel conditions. They planned a new test today to push toward a record endurance flight.
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United Press
Daytona Beach
Fia
William 5
Brock
Edward
F. Schlee
Detroit Fliers
Detroit
WW Elect
Deve
Davis Seeks Mine War End by Christmas
Secretary of Labor Davis hopes to bring together United Mine Workers and bituminous operators in Washington for a conciliation conference to end the soft coal strike by the holiday. He aims to unite workers and owners over fighting conditions and may see more operators attend, though some refused to disclose their districts or attend.
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United Press
Washington
Davis
United Mine Workers
Hugh L. Kerwin
Department
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Close Pass Deputy Sheriff Mays Arraigned Over Key Forgetfulness
Deputy Ollie Mays faced Special Judge Freemont Alford in Criminal Court after forgetting his handcuff key while escorting Louis Daley from county jail on manslaughter charges. Daley’s case was postponed to December 21 due to indictment error. the pair allegedly struck Gilber Conner with a pop bottle in a April quarrel.
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EPUTY
Ollie Mays
Freemont Alford
Mays
Louis Daley
Daley
Anna Barrett
Gilber Conner
Tenth St
Conner
Wrights drink and law clash in Indiana story
Representative Frank Wright from Indiana, known for the Wright bone dry law, drinks during a securities hearing in South Bend, prompting comments on his stance. In Terre Haute the Advance Normal School held a Sweetest Smile contest with nominees including Florence Dodge and Lillian Maxam.
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Frank Wright
Wright
Indiana Securities Commission
South Bend
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Advance
Indiana State Normal School
Florence Dodge
Lillian Maxam
Gladys Carpenter
Dugger
Josephine Moon
Ruth Pursely
Marshall
Thieves Target Radish Stock At Muncie Store
Police in Muncie Indiana pursue a lead on a theft of a quantity of horse radish from the store of Charles White. Detectives chase possible trail clues and examine security records to identify suspects.
Political turnover looming as terms end in Indianapolis
The notice lists eighteen state county city and school officials whose terms end December 31. Nine changes at the Statehouse include reappointments or successors for post holders in engineering registration Central State Hospital Richmond State Dan R Young Logansport State Hospital and other state schools. City hall sees four changes on the sanitary park and planning bodies plus two on the school board. Courthouse terms expire for the treasurer, auditor and county commissioner with new four and three year terms likely for Clyde Robinson Harry Dunn and Charles O Sutton.
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Statehouse
Jackson
Herbert Foltz
Indianapolis
Board of Engineering Registration and Examination
Paul Davis
Board of Trustees
Central State Hospital
A. V. Kennedy
Liberty
Democrat
Richmond State Hospital
Dan R. Young
Attica
Logansport State Hospital
James K. Risk
Lebanon
State School For the Deaf
William A. Hough
Greenfield
Indiana State School For the Blind
Jess C. Andres
West Point
Indiana State Prison
Fannie French
Evansville
Madison State Hospital
Margaret T. Hoop
Crawfordsville
Women’s and Children’s
State Industrial Board
City Hall
J. T. Jeup
Russell T. MacFall
City Sanitary Board
John E. Milner
Park Board
Gustav G. Schmidt
City Plan Commission
J. H. Atherton
Commission
Emsley W. Johnson
Milner
Johnson
Shank
Whiteman
Kepner
John L. Duvall
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Lillian G. Sedwick
Charles W. Kern
Clyde Robinson
Edward A. Ramsay
Harry Dunn
Beards Stirring at I C C as Coeds Protests
Indiana Central College co-eds object to the male students growing beards after a basketball loss by Rose Poly. The group of fifteen led by Miss Helen Phipps cites weakness and lack of will, while the men vow to keep facial hair until the team wins. Hope dwindles after De Pauw’s close victory and a game with Muncie Normal looms.
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Edward Howard
Charles Merriman
M. Barrick
Francis Hottle
Floyd Huffman
Eelen Phipps
Indiana Central College
Rose Poly
de Pauw University
Muncil
Helen, Phipps
Nora Schmidt
Mary Alice Petty
State Seeks Death Penalty In Indiana Murder Case
In Delphi Indiana Lloyd Kimble faces a second day in Carroll Circuit Court under a first degree murder indictment for the death of Daniel Sink 74. The state aims to execute him by electric chair. Thirty two jurors were questioned with none willing to impose the death penalty. The venire was exhausted and more potential jurors were summoned.
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Times Special
Delphi
Ind
Lloyd Kimble
Carroll
Daniel Sink
Kimble
City Hall Pay Delay for December Salaries
Deputy Controller A B Good announced city employees, including 1200 police and firemen, will get December pay on December 31 totaling about 167000 dollars. The treasury could not advance payment before Christmas. about 125000 dollars will go to semi monthly staff on December 15 and roughly 4000 dollars to weekly payers the Saturday before Christmas.
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Santa Claus
A. B Good
Good
Sterling R. Holt
Slayer of Children Becomes Quiet Prisoner in Indiana
Walter A Scholl, former Indianapolis resident serving a murder sentence for killing his son Donald and daughter Vivian in Gary last March, is said to be non troublesome in Indiana State Prison. Deputy Warden H D Claudy noted no trouble from him since transfer. Scholl used chloroform in the killings hoping to reconcile with his wife Marguerite, who later married a Chicago lawyer.
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Timea
Michigan City
Ind
Walter A Scholl
Indianapolis
Indiana
Porter County
H. D. Claudy
Scholl
Donald
Vivian
Gary
Marguerite
Ad contract delayed for 1928 city advertising bid
The awarding of the city legal advertising contract for 1928 to the Indianapolis Commercial was delayed today pending mayoral approval by L. Ert Slack. Oscar F. Smith, works board president, and John W. Friday signed the contract Monday amid protests by Republican member Charles L. Riddle who urged readvertisement.
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Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
Oscar F. Smith
Works Board
John W. Friday
Charles L. Riddle
Santa thief tale rattles Royal Oak police
Royal Oak police report two thefts of harness from teams in Oak, Mich. One suspect described as a man with long white whiskers. Officials joke Santa Claus may be behind the crime as a fresh set of traces for his reindeer is blamed.
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Royal, Presa OY
Oak, Mich
Royal Oak
Santa Claus
NO PRIVATE BRIDGES FOR OHIO RIVER LINK EVANSVILLE
State highway commission rejects two private financing proposals for the Evansville bridge over the Ohio River and will not fund it with private money. The sessions are secret and public access depends on director John D. Williams. The rejected bids came from P W Chapman & Co of Chicago and J G Wight of New York backed by Congressman Fred Purnell. A third private proposal remains under review by Commissioner George Hershman.
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State Highway Commission
Evansville
John D. Williams
Williams
A. J. Wedeking
P. W
Ocean dolls rise in popularity reflect modern style
In Indianapolis and across the county the Ocean fashion doll craze dominates Christmas toy aisles with over 25 million dolls made in America. Dealers note shifting tastes toward sophisticated, mature doll types with silent “da da” cues, shorter dresses, rosier cheeks, and a role of dolls in education and development of children.
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Indianapolis
America
Hoosierdam
Santa Prizes Awarded Soon
The Santa Claus editor reports Santa will pick contest winners by Saturday likely Friday. The Times lists Indianapolis children found by Holly Berry in Santa’s records, with names read daily. Santa Claus film Eskimo land shows at Garrick Theater and Garfield Theater tonight.
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Holly Berry
Times
Santa Claus
North Pole
Indianapolis
Santa
Dolores Deitz
Mary Helen Dietz
Pauline Henninger
Herman Henninger
Paul Becker
Joanna Beth Moore
Phyllis Cooler
Jeanette Cooler
Jessie Adams
Anna Abbott
Betty Lou Atkins
Lyle Wayne Skinner
Harry Yount
James Burke
Florence Smith
Virginia Smith
Catherine Elliott
Blaie Noland
Murray Noland
Mary Campbell
Times Polar Party
Garrick Theater
N. Illinois St
Garfield Theater
S. Shelby St
Whipped Boy Charge Port Indiana Principal Faces Probe
Ralph Trotter junior high principal of Whipped Boy, Port Indiana, prepares to fight charges of assault and battery stemming from a whipping of 13 year old Donald Sasser. Sasser’s mother says the boy had black and blue marks and was whipped with a rubber hose after notes were found in girls coats.
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Times Special Port
Ind
Ralph Trotter
Donald Sasser
Nora Sasser
Turbine blast hits sewage plant at Princeton and delays work
The article details partial treatment of city sewage and a turbine explosion at the power plant reducing the activated sludge capacity. Engineer Hurd pins problems on bottlenecks and prior cost cuts while an inspector cites non return valves. insurers and plant owners clash over causes and remedies as a $100000 damage case against Indiana Bell follows.
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White River
State of of Affairs
Charles H. Hurd
Hurd
Sanitary Board
Insurance Company
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Indianapolis Water Company
Indiana Utilities Association
G. W. Starr
Indiana University
Business Research Department
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
State Chamber of Commerce
Farmers Voice Cooperation
L. L. Needler
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
W. H. Newsome
Columbus
Mrs. Goodhue
Schlee
Robinson Studio
Wichita
Kan
Thelma Earhart
Thelma
Richard Rhyme
Ted
SEALS
Naughty Santa
State
Portland
Case
Deklt
Inhoff
Russell T. McFall
Princeton
Jesse Miles
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Mary Elizabeth Miles
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