Opposition to garbage plant ends opposition
Citizens attend hearing as Lucius B. Swift agrees to back a resolution for a new $300,000 garbage disposal plant at Sellers farm. Jay A. Craven and John L. Elliott favor the plant. the board plans formal approval at the next meeting after reviewing cost data and plans from E. W. McCullough.
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Lucius B. Swift
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Sellers Farm
Swift
West Indianapolis
Jay A. Craven
John L. Elliott
State Beekeepers Open Annual Convention
Governor McCray welcomed the Indiana State Beekeepers Association at the Statehouse as the group opened its annual convention to address brood diseases. The meeting will run through Friday with commendations for Indiana apiarists' efforts to rid the state of brood diseases.
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Indiana
Government to sue harness firm over war contracts
An official of the Department of Justice said civil or criminal suits will be filed very soon against the United States Harness Company of Rawson West Virginia to protect government interests on war contracts during a hearing on Attorney General Daugherty’s impeachment charges in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
United States Harness Company
Rawson
W. Va
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Child Dies as Parents Prepare for Christmas
Margery Jane Page, age two, died suddenly as Mr. and Mrs. Harry Page of 3513 Evergreen Ave. prepared for Christmas. She was the fourth Page infant loss. the father is sales manager for Lathrop and McFarland Co.
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Harry Page
Evergreen Ave
Margery Jane
Page
Lathrop-McFarland Company
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis and Vicinity
The weather forecast for Indianapolis and nearby areas calls for fair skies and warmer conditions tonight and Friday. The low temperatures dip to the mid 20s to low 30s with an hourly temperature chart showing gradual warming into Friday.
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Indianapolis
Mayor Shank Returns as Auctioneer at His Store Sale
Mayor Shank resumed his post as auctioneer in his own store after about two years. He opened with the prompt Run, and items ranging from alarm clocks to cedar chests went under the hammer. About 5000 pairs of shoes were offered as crowds bid eagerly, showing the mayor has kept his former auctioneering flair.
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Shank
Fire Marshal Broadcasts Christmas Fire Hazard Warning
State Fire Marshal Neuman T. Miller warns householders and merchants by radio about fire risks during Christmas celebrations. He highlights danger from cotton-draped trees and plans further broadcasts for several weeks through the holiday season ending on New Year’s Day.
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Neuman T. Miller
Miller
Lucky Man Survives Wreck After Freight Car Collision
Dr. W. E. Brown, a resident of 1125 N. Senate Ave., crawled free from a wreck where his car was pushed 116 feet by the impact of freight cars at the Big Four Railroad crossing near West North Street. He was unhurt.
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W. E. Brown
Senate Ave
W. North St
Big Four Railroad
Bluffton Man Seeks Fourth Wife In Humorous Ad
Oscar Noe, a 65 year old Wells County farmer, advertised for a fourth wife who is docile, non snoring, and willing to obey. The notice demands education in domestic science, correspondence only, and quotes past wives as references while boasting of his own honesty and a missing set of teeth.
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Oscar Noe
Wells County
Oscar
Bluffton
Christmas Heist Suspect Lured by “Easy Money” Chaos
Charles Baglin, 19, of 2647 Northwestern Ave, explains to Times reporter he wanted the $2,393 bag from Kresge five and ten store to buy presents. He fled, fired at pursuers, and was captured after a poolroom chase. He faces highway robbery and grand larceny charges and awaits county jail.
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Charles Russell
Charles Baglin
Thomas B. Hawkins
Russell
Baglin
Hawkins
Kresge Five and Ten Cent
Times
Northwestern Ave
Kresge Company
City
Pearl St
Ilinois St
Illinois St
Robert Brown
Studebaker
Shrine to distribute Christmas baskets to families
Shriners will give baskets of food to eligible families Sunday morning. Over $2,000 was raised at last week’s ceremonial to fund the drive run by the benevolence committee chaired by Amos T. Mack with members Willam C. Moore Clyde T. Titus Granville Richey and Fred J. Brinkmeyer. Each basket feeds a family of four for a week and names have been secured for those not receiving aid elsewhere.
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Shriners
Amos T. Mack
Willam C. Moore
Clyde T. Titus
Granville Richey
Fred J. Brinkmeyer
Taft Recovers at Home After Gallstone Surgery
Chief Justice Taft of the United States Supreme Court is recuperating at his home in Washington after a serious operation for gallstones several days ago. Taft was moved from Garfield Hospital yesterday, and doctors say secrecy surrounds his illness.
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United Press
Washington
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Garfield Hospital
Man Dies After Rail Yard Injuries
Frank Goodale, 52, of 1411 Pleasant Street, died at Methodist Hospital after a Monon yards accident. Coroner Paul Robinson investigates the case. Goodale is survived by his widow Mrs. Mary Goodale.
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Frank Goodale
Pleasant St
Monon
Methodist Hospital
Mary Goodale
Paul Robinson
Coffman Arrested on Warrant for Assault with Intent to Kill
Marshal Charles Askin of Southport arrested James Coffman aged 52 of Southport on a warrant charging assault and battery with intent to kill. An affidavit states Coffman cut Jesse Duvall of Greenwood across the back in a fight in Traders Alley near West Street on December 13.
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Charles Askin
Southport
James Coffman
Coffman
Jesse Duvall
Greenwood
Traders Alley
West St
Strangers Take Injured Girl Home After Wreck
Miss Margaret Dennany twenty of 227 West Twenty-Eighth Street was shaken but not seriously hurt when another car struck her automobile at Meridian Street and Thirty-Eighth Street. Two men who fled the scene carried her unconscious home before vanishing. police have no description of them. Dennany recalls being placed in a car and smelling liquor. the men spoke of going to a hotel and hinted at a Kokomo to Nebraska trip. Damaged auto found, other vehicle not located.
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Miss Margaret Dennany
W. Twenty-Eighth St
Miss Dennany
Meridian
Thirty-Eighth Sts
Kokomo
Nebraska
Miss Dennay
Step Forth Cinderella Wins Times Prize in Footwear Quest
Betty Cronk, 621 New York Street, first to enter the Indianapolis Times Cinderella Contest. The Times offers 25 dollars to the girl sixteen or older who can wear Dora Weig's slipper or the smallest foot among others if the midgets wear none. Photographs of Weig's slippers will be shown and displayed in a Washington Street shop. Step lively, enter today.
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Iss Betty Cronk
New York St
Indianapolisn Times
Miss Cronk
Indianapolis
Singer
Miss Weig
Times
Washington St
Trial of Dillon Waives Jury in Gambling House Case
Thomas B. Dillon, Republican chairman of the Twelfth Ward, is accused of operating a gambling house. Dillon waived trial by jury. special judge William V. Rooker presides as testimony details police inaction and wagers totaling about five thousand dollars are presented by witnesses Paul Bisesi and Robert Bruce.
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Thomas B. Dillon
Twelfth Ward
McCarty St
Capitol Ave
William P. Evans
Dillon
William V. Rooker
Paul Bisesi
Suspect 9 Held in Mint Robbery Case
Jon Wagner, an underworld figure, was jailed in St Joseph Missouri in connection with the Denver mint robbery of 200000. Police chief Henry Zimmer said Wagner’s arrest could help solve both the Denver mint heist and the Drovers National Bank robbery last week. Fingerprints from the bandits shotgun matched prints from a car linked to the crime. A pawnbroker identified the shotgun as sold to a well dressed man days earlier.Authorities still theorize the bandits remain in Denver.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kan
Jon Wagner
St. Joseph
United States Mint
Denver
Wagner
Denver Mint
Drovers National Bank
Henry Zimmer
Guerilla clashes flare in Italy as Fascisti hit by bomb
In Rome on December 21, guerilla warfare resembling Irish tactics erupted across Italy. A bomb thrown at a Fascisti group in Trieste wounded twenty four people, three seriously, and a former Fascisti leader was alleged to have thrown the device.
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United Press
Rome
Ireland
Italy
Trieste
Bernhardt Consents to Rest Cure After Illness Crisis
Paris note reports Sarah Bernhardt agreeing to a rest cure after illness. Doctors said she has passed the crisis and will stay in bed for fifteen days or longer, as the famed actress previously feared rest could mean death.
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United Press
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
State Budget Committee May Visit Institutions
The state budget advisory committee led by Jesse E. Eschbach will meet next week and may visit several state institutions before approving budgets. Indications point to reductions in amounts requested as the committee prepares to finalize allocations.
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State Budget Committee
Jesse E. Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
Stone Identified As Man Found In Freight Car
The body of Walter Stone aged about 40 was identified by his father at a funeral parlor. Stone was found in a freight car in the Brightwood Big Four yards Tuesday night. The coroner ruled pneumonia from exposure as the cause of death.
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Brightwood Big Four
Walter Stone
Minerva St
Royster & Askin
Illinois St
Stone
Indianapolis considers ban on Fatty Arbuckle films
Mayor Lew Shank says he has a plan to bar Arbuckle from Indianapolis as debate grows over Will Hays reinstating the star. City leaders and Indiana theater owners weigh public reaction and a January convention to decide exhibitors policy while citizens express mixed views.
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Arbuckle
CLASH
Shank
Fatty
Fatty Arbuckle
Indianapolis
Will H. Hays
Gustav C. Schmidt
Motion Picture Theater Owners of Indiana
Arbuckle Aflkms
Indiana
Schmidt
Motion Picture Owners of
Fred Francis
Udell St
Fletcher Savings and Trust Building
Will Hays
Lew Shank
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