Indiana highway contractors elect officers at fifth annual session
Fred Cunningham of Indianapolis was chosen president of the Indiana highway contractors at the fifth annual session in the Claypool hotel. Edward F. Smith of Indianapolis was re elected secretary treasurer, with E A Gast of Warsaw named vice president. New directors include Cunningham and John Sunderman of Gary for three years and Edgar Traylor of Evansville for one year.
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Fred Cunningham
Indianapolis
Indiana Highway Contractors
Claypool Hotel
W. W. Willmore
Vincennes
E. A. Gast
Warsaw
Edward F. Smith
Cunningham
John Sunderman
Gary
Edgar Traylor
Evansville
D. B. McCown
Noblesville
M. T. Calef
South Bend
Willmore
N. C. Neal
Robert H. King c
Danville
Police move to close 20000 speakeasies in New York
New York police under Commissioner Grover Whalen begin raids to shut down 20000 speakeasies seen as breeding grounds for crime. Captains hold district chiefs responsible, with no gum shoe squad, while Rothstein murder case tops priority for the detective division.
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Max Buckingham
United Press
New York
Grover Whalen
Whalen
Mahoney Funeral Planned for Saturday in Indianapolis
Funeral services for Jeremiah J. Mahoney longtime park employee under the Shank administration will be held Saturday at 8 30 am at his home 805 Prospect street and 9 am at Holy Cross Church with burial in Crown Hill cemetery He died Thursday He had worked for Union Pacific and Burlington railroads and led Garfield and Brookside park theaters in Indianapolis He is survived by his widow two daughters three sons a sister and three grandchildren all of Indianapolis
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Jeremiah J. Mahoney
Samuel Lewis Shank
Prospect Street
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Mr. Mahoney
Indianapolis
Omaha
Neb
Elizabeth McDonald
Union Pacific Railroad
Burlington Railroad
Mahoney
Anden
Park Board
Mayer Shank
Garfield Park
Brookside Park
Elizabeth Mahoney
Philip McMillan
Wilford
John
Harry Mahoney
Catherine Mahoney
Baby in Auto is Killed in Bridge Collision
A baby of Mr and Mrs Elmer Mohler Logan Ohio was killed instantly when the automobile they rode in struck a bridge abutment at Richmond Indiana. The baby's parents Roland and two other children were injured and taken to a local hospital where their condition was not serious.
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Richmond
Ind
Elmer Mohler
Logan
Roland
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction in Chicken Coop Theft Case
The Supreme Court overturned a day circuit court ruling finding Ed Landers guilty of stealing ten chickens valued at one dollar each. The reversal rested on an error in the circumstantial evidence linking Landers to the alleged theft.
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Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Ed Landers
Landes
High Court
Chaplin Choses Virginia Cherrill as New Leading Lady
Hollywood discovers Charlie Chaplin values youth and potential over experience. He praises a leading lady's adaptability and musical sensibility while revealing a preference for novices. Virginia Cherrill becomes Chaplin’s fifth leading lady after a chance boxing crowd sighting.
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Tines Speci
Hollywood
Cal
Charlie Chaplin
Little King of Comics
Charlie
Virginia Cherrill
Chicago
Chaplin
Photoplay Magazine
VerWillio Promises Flu Prevention and Cure
Dr Vermilya promotes the VerWillio prescription during the 1918 flu epidemic. The ad claims the remedy checks the disease if started early, cleanses the blood and nerves, restores digestion and eliminations, and acts as a tonic in convalescence. Available at Goldsmiths Drug Stores and other outlets.
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Vermilya
Vermillia
Robber Returns after Mock Morning Greeting at Skeen Meat Market
Five minutes after Clarence O. Skeen opened his meat market at 707 East Michigan street a bandit robbed him of 25 dollars. The thief forced Skeen to the floor and searched the store, finding the money in a match box before leaving with a pistol in hand. Later that morning two African American suspects robbed the Standard Grocery at 801 South Capitol avenue of 40 dollars. A young bandit in a light touring car then held up George H. Prime, an attendant at a nearby Standard Oil filling station, and escaped with 50 dollars.
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Clarence O. Skeen
East Michigan Street
Skeen
Standard Egrocery
South Capitol Avenue
George H. Prime
Standard Oil Company
Broadway and
Tenth Street
Influenza and pneumonia deaths rise in Anderson
Twenty four people have died in Anderson in the last three weeks from influenza and pneumonia, reported by city health officer Dr. E. M. Conrad.
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Anderson
Ind
E. M. Conrad
City Council Considers Gas Company Purchase and Airport Site
The council met to act on Mayor Slack's recommendation to appropriate 15000 from the 50000 contingency fund for the Citizens Gas Company case. John W. Holtzman and Fred C. Gause assist in the gas plan. a separate airport Site 8 resolution awaits further city engineer details and an upcoming special session Monday.
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L. Ert Slack
Citizens Gas Company
Slack
John W. Holtzman
Fred C. Gause
Pickens, Davidson, Gause & Pickens
Fletcher Savings and Trust Building
Holtzman
Ben Davis
Gas Company
Coast Guard Cutter Crew Cleared of Charges
Admiral F C Billard commandant of the coast guard submitted to the treasury department that the crew of coast guard cutter 219 is cleared of drunkenness and firing without cause on a Toledo area fishing vessel on Lake Erie. He said the charges were unsubstantiated after a thorough review of the facts.
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United Preas Washington
F. C. Billard
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Lake Erie
Toledo
Toledo Fish Company
Fish Company
Billard
Boy Airman Honored for Crossing Continent
Richard James aged 17 won a $1000 prize as the first under eighteen to fly across the continent. He was presented to President Coolidge in Washington on December 21.
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United Preas Washington
Richard James
President Coolidge
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