Kansas Mayor Praises Patrol Wagon Speeders Cure
Residents send letters to Mayor Shank complimenting his crusade against speeding. The mayor jokes about insanity as a deterrent and notes a drop in speeders after patrol wagon rides. Citizens from Kansas offer support while some pedestrians critique jaywalking and downtown crossing risks.
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Shank
Kansas
P. C. Grese
Atchison
Kan
J. Ambrose Dunkel
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
New Heads of Legion Posts Plan to Broaden Influence
Newly elected commanders announce consolidation of posts in Marion County and Irvington to reduce overlap and expand community service. Posts emphasize aiding ex service members and strengthening auxiliary ties with new officers named across several units.
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Earl L. Ferguson
Marion County
Robert E. Kennington
American Legion
Willam Deery
Joseph O'Brien
Minnie M. Arthur
James F. Dale
Fred Bakeman
Oo. R. Olsen
Irvington
O. R. Olsen
Spencer Askin
Charles Figg
W. M. South
Russell Martin
Chaplin Ballington
R. T. Milburn
Stranded Airman Believed Safe After Utah Blizzard
Lieut. Henry G. Boonstra, once at the Indianapolis aviation repair depot, was reported safe after his air mail plane vanished in a Utah blizzard. The aircraft was found half buried on Porcupine Ridge near Salt Lake City, with his aviator suit nearby. Searchers pushed through twenty feet of snow to reach a deserted cabin two miles away.
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Henry G. Boonstra
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Utah
Porcupine Ridge
Salt Lake City
Grand Jury Finishes Work Faces Indictments in Gary Conspiracy
United States district attorney Homer Elliott said the federal grand jury will report to Judge Albert B. Anderson Friday with a large number of indictments. Among the cases investigated was a Gary liquor conspiracy involving Gary and Lake County officials and former officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Anderson
Homer Elliott
United States
Elliott
Gary Lquor
Gary and
Lake County
State Board of Agriculture Meets at Statehouse
State board members held a routine meeting at the Statehouse and discussed possible legislation to bond the State fairground for improvement as part of the next General Assembly. On Jan 3 the board will meet and Governor McCray will appoint three members to join the thirteen from congressional districts. officers for the year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Statehouse
General Assembly
McCray
Four Teens Hurt When Car Rolls Down Embankment
In Anderson Indiana four young persons were injured as their automobile rolled down an embankment near the city. Flossie Lehr sustained the most serious injuries while Ruth Holmes Herman Retherford and Victor Lewis also suffered injuries.
Sigmon Coal Officials to Face School Board Inquiry
Officials of the Sigmon Coal Company will be called before the board of school commissioners next Tuesday night to explain alleged short weight deliveries to public schools and libraries. An employee and officers of the company have been fined in city court in the past two months for two short weight deliveries on school board orders. Plans for eight new school buildings and additions were reported, with portables or temporary buildings at Arsenal Technical High School to relieve overcrowding to be submitted by the buildings and grounds committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmon Coal Company
Board of School Commissioners
Walter J. Twiname
Arsenal Technical High School
Ball Brothers Company Formed In Indiana
A $10,000,000 Ball Brothers Company was formed to take over all property of the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company of Muncie. Articles filed in Indiana name E. Arthur Ball Wil iam H Ball and Arthur W Brady as incorporators with Brady as president. Par value 100 per share with 5,000,000 common and 5,000,000 preferred stock. The Ball firm is known for self sealing fruit jars and is a major Indiana industry.
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Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company
Muncie
Ball Brothers Company
E. Arthur Ball
Wiliam H. Ball
Arthur W. Brady
Anderson
Brady
Indiana Union Traction Company
Ball Company
Indiana
Kelsey to Speak at Y Bible Club Supper
Mead Kelsey state executive secretary of Near East Relief will speak at the Bible Investigation Club meeting at the YMCA Wednesday evening on Word Pictures of the Near East. He just returned from a tour of Armenia and Turkey as part of his study of conditions in Near East nations. Supper at 6 20 and the meeting is open to all men.
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Mead Kelsey
The
Near East Relief
Bible Investigation Club
Near East
Kelsey
Armenia
Turkey
Bible Land Children Urge Santa Aid for Orphans
The Near East Relief appeal signed by Governor McCray and leaders requests Christmas gifts for 100,000 Bible Land orphans. Children say twelve tons of flour daily are needed to feed them as they work to build a new Near East with American help. Donations go to Thomas C. Day at 528 People's Bank Building.
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Near East
Warren T. McCray
Near East Relief
Ed Jackson
Thomas C. Day
Relief
People's Bank
Santa Claus
Ica
Santa
Tts
Water Company Hearing Opens in Indianapolis
Preliminary facts for the valuation of the Indianapolis Water Company were presented at the hearing before the public service commission. Attorneys said the valuation could support bases for security, sale, condemnation or rate analysis. Earl Carter, chief engineer, testified on inventory and appraisal methods. his estimate is about 32,000,000 less than the company's engineers' appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Water Company
Public Service Commission
Commission
Taylor E. Groninger
Earl Carter
Water Company
Man in garage suffers life threatening gas exposure
Herman Pash age 51 of 2110 Webb Street was found unconscious in his garage after starting his car with the door closed. He was rushed to Deaconess Hospital where doctors said his condition was critical due to exhaust fumes.
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Herman Pash
Webb St
Pash
Blind Tots Prepare Christmas Celebrations at Indiana School
Sightless pupils at the Indiana State School for the Blind will perform a Christmas cantata The Star of Bethlehem on Wednesday evening and younger students will stage an operetta Santa Claus in Mother Goose Land on Friday. About 325 students, with 45 older students assisted by staff and alumni, will participate. many will ride trains home after the holiday recess begins, resuming January 2.
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Indiana State School For the Blind
Santa Claus
Frieda Heider
Jesse Miller
Adolph Schellschmidt
William Shannon
Indianapolis Filing Association Formed For Better Business Service
An Indianapolis Filing Association will be organized at 43 45 S. Meridian St on Thursday at 7 p m with Mrs E E Brouster of Shaw Walker Offices Furnishings Co leading. The group aims to educate members in better business service lines and will meet the first Tuesday of each month inviting all interested parties.
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Indianapolis Filing Association
S. Meridian St
E E. Brouster
Shaw Walker Offices Furnishings Company
Tmnovement
Jury to Report on Marion County Institutions
The county grand jury will report to Judge James A. Collins on the condition of county jails, Julietta, Sunnyside, poor farm and detention homes. Deputy Jackson Carter said all are in first class condition and the jury favors taking Julietta for the county poor farm with the insane sent to state institutions.
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Poor Farm
Julietta
Sunnyside
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Jackson Carter
Grand Jury
Carter
Marion County
Postal Service Reports Holiday Mail Surge
The Postmaster said the office kept pace with the Christmas rush with all mail processed by midnight and ready for delivery. Saturday volume reached 578,328 pieces, up from 461,810 on the same date last year, with officials predicting record holiday business.
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Post Ofice
Robert H. Bryson
Sumner Pallardy Named Editor in Chief of The Ident
Sumner Pallardy of Clayton Alabama was elected editor in chief of Indiana Dental College annual The Ident at a student meeting. Others elected include associate editors E E Gillespie Floyd Harrold Ross Kennedy and William R Fulton. business manager Robert Longman. advertising manager Lewis A Singer. circulation manager John Rhonemus Hova Brooks. sport editor Fred W Chase. art editors Joseph E Buck Lant Clark Arthur Payette. humor editor Wayne Abbott. society editor Nathan M Beery.
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Sumner Pallardy
Indiana Dental College
Pallardy
Clayton, al
Hobart Ingle
Robert Longman
James E. Williams
E. E. Gillespie
Floyd Harrold
Ross Kennedy
William R. Fulton
Lewis A. Singer
Leo Treuhart
John Rhonemus Hova Brooks
Harold B. Havens
Fred W. Chase
Joseph E. Buck
Lant Clark
Arthur Payette
Wayne ©. Abbott
Russell Boyd
Nathan M. Beery
State considers large snow plows for highway clearence
The State highway commission discussed buying large plows for tractors and heavy trucks to keep trunk line highways clear during winter. Plans were informal with no action until the next regular meeting. Directors noted current improvised plows are unsatisfactory and favored eight foot wide tractor plows, plus smaller truck blades for statewide use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
John D. Williams
Williams
Holiday bootleg flood begins as bootleggers plan
Federal prohibition agents prepare to curb liquor supply in Indianapolis before Christmas and New Year. Bert C. Morgan, the prohibition director, says yearly efforts spike prior to holidays and that authorities are deploying plans to counter the illegal liquor flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Bert C. Morgan
Federal Prohibition
Morgan
Fruit Dealer Arrested as Blind Tiger Owner
Mike Bisesi a 45 year old fruit dealer of 617 East Merrill Street was arrested as a fugitive accused of operating a blind tiger He had prior conviction in the city for operating a still and paid a 530 dollar fine the largest in city court history
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Mike Bisesi
E. Merrill St
Franklin
Ind
Hisesi
State reaches climax in Gage state massacre trial
In Marion Illinois December 19 the Nederrin massacre trial heard grim eyewitness accounts of a June mob killing twenty non union coal miners. Dr O F Shipman testified that defendants Leona Mann and Joseph Carnaghi were in a firing squad that killed survivors as C K McDowell and others were murdered and four men killed in a forest march.
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United Arena
Marion
Williamson County
O. F. Shipman
Herrin
Shipman
Leoa Mann
Joseph Carnaghi
Howard Hoffman
C. K. McDowell
Flappy galoshes trend hits Washington Street
The cold weather brings a flappy galosh craze with many variants. Shoppers admire arctic styles and patent leather boots with oversized tops, about ten inches in diameter, as they stroll Washington Street.
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Washington St
Great Goatralts Sable To Sing Great Goatralts Sable To Sing
Mme Schumann Heink returns to the stage after bronchial pneumonia with a first post illness performance. Guests gathered to celebrate as her voice carried clear notes and she expressed relief that her singing remains intact.
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United Press
Garden City
N. Y
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Schumann- Heink
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Burglary Charge Filed Against Local Youth
Arthur Parker, 18, a farmer from Lawrence, held on vagrancy charges, was restated today on burglary charges. Police link Parker to several break ins near Forty-Sixth Street and Arlington Avenue.
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Arthur Parker
Farmer
Lawrence
Parker
Forty-Sixth St
Arlington Ave
Auto Violator Up Second Time In City Court
Dr Emmett E Rose 42 of 1869 Shelby St appeared in city court today to answer charges of traffic law violations for the second time since police began their speed enforcement. He was fined 25 dollars and costs on failure to obey a traffic officer signal. Sentence was withheld on speeding and improper driving. Last week he was fined for speeding and jailed for contempt of court. He had been before for traffic violations, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett E. Rose
Shelby St
Dr. Rose
Ku Klux Klan Leaders Meet White House In Effort To Counter Criticism
A newly elected Klan leadership delegation headed by H. W. Evans Imperial Wizard called at the White House seeking an interview with President Harding to deny charges that the order spurred lawlessness. The group in Washington aims to defend the organization against Governor Parker and others.
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Ku Klux Klan
White House
Harding
Washington
H. W. Evans
Parker
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