Menace for New School Plans Seen
New school board members approve a temporary restraining order against the current board’s building program. A permanent injunction hearing is set for Thursday as the old board faces legal limits on contracts for six new elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton H. Givan
Theodore Vonnegut
Charles W. Kern
Lillian Sedwick
Vonnegut
Kay K. Wark
McPherson Ave
Wark
Givan
Bock
Emhardt
Joseph Daniels
Fred Bates Johnson
Charles R.yoke
Secretary Reinstated as Lieutenant by City Board
Oscar J. Queisser, secretary to Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff, was reinstated and promoted to lieutenant by the Board of Safety. He was assigned to the chief's office. The board also appointed Frieda Saunders of Illinois and New York Streets records as resignat ee J
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Queisser
Herman F. Rikhoff
Board of Safety
Frieda Saunders
Arneston
Apt
Illinois
New York
Ee J
Shortest Day Brings Joy and Woe in Indianapolis
A nostalgic 1925 vignette notes the shortest day of the year with city scenes. Bankers joke about no grace to cashiers while spouses hope for short pies and diners cheer the daylight lull. Tom Thumb show plans and a city sleep before Santa Claus close the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Shorty” Burch
New Dunes Bay Announced at Michigan City Park Purchase
Charles G. Sayers of the State Conservation Commission announced the purchase of Waverly Beach near Michigan City for 181 612 59 dollars. The 4000 foot lakefront tract includes Mounts Calm and Holden and will open to the public next summer after spring work. Land sellers are A Murray Turner Peter Meyn Carl Kaufman and Ralph Vechtan. Additional 3870 acres will soon be acquired bringing total contracted land to 1000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly Beach
Michigan City
Charles G. Sayers
State Conservation Commission
Lake Michigan
Mounts Calm
Holden
Sayers
A. Murray Turner
Peter Meyn
Carl Kaufman
Hammond
Ind
Ralph Vechtan
Chicago
Sauer
Three Escape Jail Through Ventilated Basement
Three inmates fled from a Newcastle jail Monday night after prying open a ventilator and dropping into the basement. Harley Taylor 28 convicted on liquor law violation, Arthur Hatch 28 alleged forger, and Fox Evans 22 were at large when the escape was discovered Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Newcastle
Ind
Harley Taylor
Arthur Hatch
Fox Evans
Purse Stolen From Woman in Milwaukee
Mrs. Helen Antowski of Hammond Indiana reported to police in Milwaukee today that a purse containing 25 dollars and ten cents was stolen by a purse snatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Milwaukee
Helen Antowski
Hammond
Ind
Police seek driver after collision injures Mrs Thompson
In Greencastle Indiana police search for the motorist whose car collided with a vehicle driven by Frank Thompson of Valparaiso. The crash seriously injured Mrs. with details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timea
Greencastle
Ind
Frank Thompson
Valparaiso
Huge Loss in State Fire Destroys Portland Weiler Bldg
A morning blaze in Portland Indiana swept the city business district. Two men were injured one seriously, with losses estimated between 500000 and 750000. The Weiler Building, the town's largest structure, was destroyed along with the Weiler department store stock and fixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu_United Press
Portland
Ind
Weiler Bldg
Weiler Brother
James Limley
Weiler
Richard Hartford
Garage fire in Decatur destroys P B Hebble garage
Fire in Decatur Indiana destroyed the P B Hebble garage causing about 12000 dollars in damage. Fourteen automobiles were burned and the blaze threatened the downtown district after a tank of denatured alcohol exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Indiana
United Press
Decatur
Ind
P. B. Hebble
Whisky found in automobile
State Motor Policeman Charles Bridges aided city and Federal agents drive to dry up Indianapolis Monday night when he arrested Norbit Stirger from Louisville Kentucky on a charge of transporting liquor and seized eighteen gallons of Scotch whisky found in Stilger's machine. The arrest was made on State Rd. 1 north of Franklin. Bridges said an Indianapolis business man will probably be implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bridges
Indianapolis
Norbit Stirger
Louisville
Stilger
State Rd. 1
Franklin
Bridges
Indianapolis Street Railway seeks to abandon Pershing Ave line
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company petitions the Public Service Commission to abandon its Pershing Ave street car route about four blocks long from Emericksville bridge to Tenth St. The line loses over $1,000 monthly and repairs to bring it to satisfactory condition would require heavy expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing Ave
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Emericksville Bridge
Tenth St
Constitutionality of 1925 act tested in salary suit
A taxpayer prepares a suit challenging the 1925 act creating the State legislative finance committee as unconstitutional after salary cuts affecting state officials. In Rochester Indiana Mrs. Ann Alexander will assume the city clerk post as widow elect at year end after her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Legislative Finance Committee
Specia Rochester
Ind
Ann Alexander Will
Vaunted strength of wets is a myth in first test vote
In Washington the House defeated a Tucker amendment 139 to 17 to bar use of fraud or deceit in obtaining evidence for a $250 000 purchase by city agents. Lawmakers denounced agents trapping violators and criticized large party expenditures connected to enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Washington
Congress
Prohibition
House
Ciry
Tucker
Virginia
Apology Frees Police Captain Sumner in Contempt Case
Captain Charles Buck Sumner, special investigator to Police Chief Herman Rikhoff, was purged of contempt charges tied to the May election dispute. He had been fined 75 and jailed seven days after a 1925 conviction for contempt related to a restraining order blocking Indiana police from arresting Horse Thief detectives for carrying guns at polling places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles “Buck” Sumner
Herman Rikhoff
Clinton H. Givan
Sumner
Indianapolis
Horge
Givan
Rikhoff
Charles L. Riddle
Marion County Council
Horse Thief Detective Association
Troops Recoil After Fierce Yangtsun Front Battle
London dispatch reports Feng Yu Huaiang forces waning after two weeks of fighting near Yangtsun. Li Ching Lin troops hold positions as the plains are described as strewn with dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Feng Yu
Merchants warned after burglary targets tools at Link and Edwards
Detective Inspector Jerry Kinney urged merchants to bank cash during the Christmas season following a burglary at Link and Edwards Company 908 Roanoke St. A $105 electric drill and a $35 welding set were stolen, with Kinney noting the items could be used by yeggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kinney
Link and Edwards Company
Roanoke St
Kinney
Yeggs
Out of town shoppers flood Indianapolis during holiday season
More than 13,000 people daily from surrounding towns visit Indianapolis stores for Christmas shopping. With an estimated $50 spent per person, out of town shoppers may spend about $650,000 daily. Traction officials report thousands use lines and terminals while many arrive by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Joseph A. McGowan
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Traction
Fred J. Jones
Todd Stoops
Hoosier Motor Club
Higher Fares to Be Sought by Indiana Red Ball Receiver
Fred I. Jones named receiver for Indiana Red Ball Lines and Union Bus Station Company said he will file a Probate Court petition to seek authority to request the Public Service Commission for fare increases. Madden Dopple and Automobile Equipment suits allege heavy debts. no schedule changes planned. Union Bus Terminal owes about 8000 dollars. Indiana Red Ball Lines about 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred I. Jones
Indiana Red Ball Lines, Inc
Union Bus Station Company
Public Service Commission
Mahion H. Bush
Madden-Dopple Company
The
Automobile Equipment Company
Indiana Red Ball Lines
Jones
Union Bus ‘Terminal Company
Residents Threatened As Police Break Up Gun Pack
Police ordered arrests in the 500 block of W Twenty Ninth Street after a colored resident received threats. Officers watched the area as five members of Eagle Creek division 348 of Horse Thief Detective Association showed guns and badges in the crowd. Basil Booker claimed leadership and said Kinney asked the men to come aid police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Drinkut
W. Twenty- Ninth St
Sneed
Eagle Creek Division
Horse Thief Detective Association
Basil Booker
W. Michigan Sr
D. J. Kinney
Paris Ave
Kinney
Wreaths and crafts by Riley Hospital children for Christmas
In the Riley Hospital occupational therapy ward fifteen to twenty young patients work daily under Miss Winifred Conrick and Miss Lois Keim. They make wreaths, rugs, and baskets as part of therapy to develop limbs while producing decorations and gifts for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Hospital
Winifred Conrick
Lois Keim
U S Accept League Call On Disarmament Conference
The White House forecast acceptance of the League of Nations invitation for the United States to join preparatory plans for a disarmament conference. The administration said it would pursue a method to accept, with President Coolidge naming representatives to future talks on land, sea, and air armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
United States
League of National Invitation
White House
Coolidge
League of Nations
Senate
King
Utah
138 Nabbed in 58 Dry Raids
In Kansas City, 58 raids led by sheriff, prosecutor and police liquor squads resulted in 138 arrests. Authorities seized 240 gallons of whisky, 15 400 pints of beer, 30 gallons of alcohol, 697 gallons of wine, 133 barrels of whisky mash and 240 barrels of beer mash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Kansas City
Butler Quits Marines To Head Philadelphia Safety
General Smedley Butler announced his resignation from the United States Marines to become Philadelphia public safety director. Mayor Kendrick replied he did not want him to serve if his status would be that of a retired officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
Smedley Butler
Kendrick
United States Marines
End of the road loneliness and age in print
A reflective, somber note on old age, loneliness, and destitution, imagining a solitary end without kin or care. It laments the bleak prospect of dying alone, without gifts or a Christmastime gesture, highlighting isolation in later life.
Frigid Wave Promises Snowy Christmas in City
Frigid weather grips Indianapolis with 8 above wind chill and 1.1 inches of snow since midnight. Downtown motorists face a 10 mph limit as police enforce safety rules amid icy streets and several accidents injuring five people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Seasonal Shift as Winter Arrives Simultaneously in Hemispheres
At 3 37 a m today summer reached its southern hemisphere origin while winter began in the north. The Earth’s orbit placed the solstice moment causing cold waves to appear here and reports of heat waves in Argentina and nearby regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentine
City Police Describe Scalp Wounds After Street Crash
Sylvania Sts Rhiner was cut about the head and Edwards charged with assault and battery and reckless driving. Newell J. Black slated at city prison on an assault charge. Black’s car skidded, struck a street railway truck, then blocked the street. His wife Edith Black was cut by flying glass. Ice on windshield blamed for vision obstruction. Autos driven by Ira Ballard and Kenneth Myers collided at Garfield and New York. Ballard and Carlin Ballard were cut by glass. Ira Ballard taken to city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Ballard
Eden St
Kenneth Myers
N. DeQuincy St
Garfield Ave
New York St
Ballard
Carlin Ballard
City
Fragmentary OCR Chronology of Morning Schedule
Readable fragments show times around 6a m 8a m and 12 noon with stray labels and numbers. No clear events, names, or places emerge to form a coherent article item.
Injunction Talks Over Shelby Street Route Change
Injunction proceedings to block routing Shelby Street via Bates Maryland and Cruse Streets to Washington Street were seen as likely today. South side residents complain of high assessments and urge Shelby Street to connect directly Bates to Washington Street, with Councilman John B King introducing an ordinance to open and widen the street from Maryland to Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Shelby St
Bates
Maryland
Cruse Sts
Washington St
South Side
John B. King
Council
Maryland &T
Maryland St
Postal records fall as Indianapolis handles over one million pieces
Postmaster H. Brydon announced a new city record at the Indianapolis Post Office with 1,000,822 pieces of mail processed in one day. This figure marks a 236.24 percent increase over the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
H. Brydon
Death claims Frank Munsey at 71 publisher
Frank A. Munsey, 71, noted newspaper and magazine publisher, died at Lenox Hill Hospital after recent surgeries. Once owner of seventeen papers and several magazines, he left two newspapers the New York Sun and New York Telegram and two magazines Munsey's and the Argosy. He began as a Mercer Maine store clerk before becoming a telegrapher and publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Frank A. Munsey
Lennox Hill Hospital
Munsey
New York Sun
New York Telegram
Munsey’s
The
Argosy
Mercer
Maine
French Officers Ambushed as Rebels Massacre 102 Men
A convoy reported that two French officers and 100 men were ambushed and killed by rebels near Homs north of Damascus. The district was described as restive with rising pillage and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bagdad
Homs
Damascus
Naval court ends Shenandoah inquiry with case taken under advisement
Washington December 22. After an attack by Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl against Colonel William Mitchell and other critics, the naval court of inquiry into the Shenandoah disaster finished its long investigation and took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
United Preas
Washington
Co. E. Rosendahl
Cenior
William Mitchell
Naval Court of Inquiry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Garvin
Work
Adolph Emhardt
William H. Book
Mamma
Papa
Shorty
Dianapolis
Santa Claus
Darin
New Dunes
State
Hoosier
Deuvatur
Budget Board
Drys
New Con
Gress
Hsiang
Yangtsun
U.S
Butler
Marines
Weather Bureau
Frank Owens
J. KH. Armington
W. H. Edwards
W. Twenty-Sixth St
R. M. Rhiner
Oxford St
Vermont
Penn
Shelby
Postal Records Fall
Frank Munsey
New York Sun and Telegram
Druses
Naval Court
Flapper
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!