City Council Postpones Merger Fight Aid in Indianapolis
Indianapolis city council delayed action on a $25,000 impartial appraisal fund and a $15,000 legal aid package to oppose the electric utility merger. The plan awaits a special meeting next Monday night as Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker leads the fight against consolidation.
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Indianapolis
Alvah J. Rucker
William C. Buser
Rucker
Claude E. Negley
Walter R. Dorsett
Legislators Debate Graft Probe Amid Corruption Talks
A splash of remarks from Senators and representatives shows pressure for a statewide graft investigation. Officials like McCardle and Shank push for broader reforms and an open, joint inquiry, while other leaders urge purging corruption and limiting political powers. A Times poll echoes mixed support for sweeping probes and impeachment if warranted.
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The
Times
the Times
State Senate
James J. Nejdl
Whiting
Edgar Livingston
Bruceville
C. Oliver Holmes
Gary
Senate
Tndala Haga
William W. Mar
Lawmakers Split Over Investigations and Facts Warrants
Flapper Fanny voices conditional support for investigations if facts justify. Indiana legislators and senators from multiple parties debate whether grand jury probes or state courts should lead investigations and how far impeachment should go.
Directors approve Y W C A vote change
Indianapolis Y W C A directors unanimously approve a proposal to shift voting membership and office holder eligibility from church affiliation to personal commitment to leadership of Jesus and the association's purpose. The change is to be voted at the Columbia Club on Jan 22 and could become permanent after two consecutive annual meetings.
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Indianapolis Y. W. C. A
Columbia Club
Pearl Forsyth
Jesus
Association
Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America
Shoals Legislation Postponed Until After Holidays
United Press reports further action on Muscle Shoals legislation was deferred until after the holidays. Senator McNary of Oregon said he would withhold his motion to refer the three pending proposals regarding disposition of the government’s plants to the agriculture committee for investigation until January 4.
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United Press
Washington
Muscle Shoals
McNary
Oregon
Committee On Agriculture
Council Adopts Flat-to-Curb Parking Measure
The council on Monday night unanimously approved a traffic measure after leaders allied to end their support trading tactic. Mayor Duvall will sign to enforce a flat to curb parking rule with a thirty minute limit in the congested district.
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Duvall
New Traffic Rules Curb Parking With Three Foot Gap
District bounded by Ohio Delaware and Maryland Streets and Capitol Ave imposes thirty minute parking limit. Parking allowed on one side on streets thirty feet or less in width to enforce the rule.
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Ohio, Delaware and
Maryland
Capitol Ave
Downtown street parking proposal defeated in council
Councilman Robert E. Springsteen's plan to permit angle parking on downtown streets failed. Councilman O Ray Albertson's bid to strike a clause allowing hotels to sell exclusive taxicab rights for 25 dollars also failed. Albertson warned the move would sell city streets to private interests. The ordinance had been under council review since last spring, drafted by police, Hoosier Motor Club and Indianapolis Engineering Society officials.
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Robert E. Springsteen
O. Ray Albertson
Albertson
Council
Hoosier Motor Club
Indianapolis Engineering Society
Wounded Man Improves After New York Apartment Tragedy
Wallace McLean Probasco, wounded when Mrs. Robert H. Ingersoll killed Sunday, showed improvement and is expected to live. He was moved from Bellevue to Murray Hill Hospital after a bail hearing with bond set at 12000. Mrs. Probasco, reconciled with him after a prior estrangement involving Mrs. Ingersoll wife of Robert H. Ingersoll, founder of the dollar watch firm, remained at his side.
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United Press
New York
Wallace McLean Probasco
Robert H. Ingersoll
Probasco
Bellevue Hospital
Murray Hill Hospital
Mrs. Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
Santa and Times on a toy ride at the factory
A playful scene shows Santa guiding a rocking horse ride for the Times staff inside a toy factory. Dwarfs pull the ride as rubber balls fly during a chaotic, festive tour ending with wrapping bundles for shipment.
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Wee Coppy
Giddap
Santa
Cloyny
Co-Ed Saves Life of Driver in Crash
Jean Campbell of 4200 Brookville Road received praise after she helped free a driver from a crash scene. Onlookers called the act brave and urged wider notice for her quick action.
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Jean Campbell
Brookville Rd
Pleasant Run
Oscar Small
Small
Ald
Merger Valuation Sparks Hearing and Investor Concerns
The public service commission schedules a Wednesday hearing on a 55 million merger involving Gem Electric Service and Indianapolis Light and Heat. Opponents argue excessive capitalization. appraisals by Stone and Webster are expected to be released at the hearing.
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Frederick E. Matson
Chamber of Comerce
Frank Wampler
Public Service Commission
Stone and Webster
Gem Electric Service Company
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
National Rd
Gem Company
Albert C. Rasener
Insull
Rasener
Fred M. Thomas
Gem Elevator
Thomas
Grover Holzhausen
J. BE. Ward
Gen General Store
Eenah Es Taehogm Soci
Auditor Orville Butcher Arrested on Extortion Charge
Howard County Indiana auditor Orville Butcher was arrested and released on $1000 bond after being indicted by the Howard County grand jury on two counts. The charges allege he received 840.40 for copying poll book names and addresses and extorted fees for registration lists from county commissioners. Butcher says his work aimed at removing tax dodgers.
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Times Special
Koorom
Ind
Orville Butcher
Liberty
Butcher
Howard County Grand Jury
Howard County
Man Found in Auto Leads to Cincinnati Man Arrest
Police arrested William Martin, 25, of Cincinnati, on vagrancy charges after William P. Lindley and George H. Smith found him in Smith’s parked auto at New York and Meridian Streets. Martin is held on a $3000 bond at headquarters.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William P. Lindley
George 8. Smith
Park Ave
Martin
Smith
New York and
Meridian Sts
Beech Grove Man Caught Stealing Batteries at Station
Carl Wilson of 202 Bethel Ave Beech Grove Indiana held on grand larceny charge after being caught in the act by Carl Gassert of 92 S Delaware St stealing batteries from a local filling station.
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Carl Wilson
Bethel Ave
Beech Grove
Ind
Carl Gassert
S. Delaware St
Gassert
City body seeks county action to close Fairbanks Spur deal
Marion County council moves to authorize action to acquire a railroad spur on the old county workhouse grounds to facilitate Fairbanks Morse and Co expansion. The firm has bought the grounds for 150000 but needs the spur for its planned plant. County officials have debated sale terms and a possibility of county use of the spur for one dollar. A special session may decide next week. Leo Fesler has been indicted over altering records in the deal. Special prosecutor is handling related matters amid Indiana politics distractions.
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Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Old County
Twenty-First St
Northwestern Ave
Cassius L. Hogle
The
Times
Alvah J. Rucker
Otis Bartholomew
Leo K. Fesler
Fred C. Gause
Gause
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Captain Held After Tragedy In Hudson Boat Sinking
Captain John Rohweder, 29, under arrest on homicide and negligence charges after the Linseed King sank in Hudson River killing at least 33 laborers. He remained hospitalized with submersion injuries and pneumonia feared. Survivors dispute crew size, some claiming as many as 160 aboard.
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New York
John Rohweder
Hudson
Death demanded in boy's slaying by Croarkin
Chicago December 21 grand jury expected to indict Harold J Croarkin 26 son of wealthy parents for beating to death Walter Schmith found dying in a barn Friday night Crowe state’s attorney calls for hanging stating brutal treatment and murder justify death penalty and will present extensive evidence to jury
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United Press
Chicago
Cook County
Harold J. Croarkin
Walter Schmith
Groarkin
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Petition For Liberty Filed In Stephenson Case
Gilliam indicated possible postponement if records from Marion Hamilton counties are needed for the State case. Remy dismissed Stephenson habeas corpus move as not noteworthy while noting no Michigan City appearance. Clerk Lesche has not been subpoenaed. Attorneys Hill and Newman visited Stephenson and obtained his signature.
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Daly
Gilliam
Marion
Hamilton
Remy
Michigan City
Albert Lesche
Hill
Newman
Stephenson
Stephenson's Story Retold in Harrowing Detention
A girl lured by Stephenson to a Hammond hotel is coerced and drugged. After a forced ride to Indianapolis she suffers without medical aid, is kept in a garage, and finally returned home amid a cruel sequence of events.
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Hammond
Stephenson
Agout
Indianapolis
Church 100 Years Old at Delphi Dedication
The Methodist Church in Delphi Indiana will celebrate its centennial with the dedication of a new building. The first wooden church was constructed in 1840.
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U Times
Delphi
Ind
Methodist Church
Anti Fascist Rally in Paterson Draws 1500 With No Rioting
Gen Umberto Nobile addressed 1500 Italian supporters in Paterson New Jersey as twenty five police restrained about sixty anti Fascists. The crowd remained orderly and there was no violence during the anti Fascist demonstration.
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United Press
Paterson
N. J
Umberto Nobile
Norge
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