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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
1
Duvall Questions Police and Fire Pay Increase
Five of nine city councilmen elect favor a dollar a day raise for police and firemen. Mayor-Elect Duvall doubts it can pass the 1926 budget and will form a five member committee to review spending. Several councilmen support the increase while others have not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Duvall
Duvall
Walter R. Dorsett
Boynton J. Moore
Shank
Moore
Cosmopolitan Club District Conference at Indianapolis
The Intercollegiate Cosmopolitan club of Indianapolis hosts Cosmopolitan clubs from Illinois Ohio and Michigan for a three day district conference at the YMCA building Illinois and New York Streets. Banquets and an open forum are in rooms BE and F with registration in room A Speakers include Howard W Adams J H Shea and James A Collins from the Marion Criminal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Indianapolis
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
New York Sts
Howard W. Adams
Foreign Service
J. H. Shea
James A. Collins
Marion Criminal Court
Heirs to Hear Report on Edwards Claim at Lincoln Lunch
About 250 Edwards heirs in Indianapolis and nearby will hear Mrs. G S Walters, fresh from a six week New York conference, speak at a Lincoln luncheon Saturday. The heirs claim ownership of a valuable portion of lower Whattan and press to receive compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Indianapolis
G.S. Walters
New York
Cravens May Seek Tooga United States Senate Bid
Madison Ind Democratic State Senator Joseph J. Cravens may run for the U S Senate after talks with party leaders. A longtime Indiana legislator with two decades in public office he previously sought the governorship. He is believed to have lined up backing from Lincoln Dixon of North Vernon who had contemplated a bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Cravens
Madison
Ind
United States
Cravens
Indiana
Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
Mitchell Offered Lead of Aerial League of America
Washington December 25 Colonel William Mitchell, suspended from the Army, has been invited to become general director of the Aerial League of America. The league plans a world spanning air line system linking Europe and the United States, plus a major New York airport and two southern and western hubs. If War Department consent is granted, Mitchell could oversee these projects, said league president Henry Woodhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Washington
William Mitchell
Army
National Defense Administration
Mitchell
Aerial League of America
Europe
United States
New York
War Department
Henry Woodhouse
Aerial League
Woodhouse
Sunnyside Sanitorium Wins Local Support for TB Unit
The Sunnyside Sanitorium gains backing from the Indianapolis Medical Society the Indianapolis Dental Society and several parent teacher associations urging Marion County to fund a new thirty bed tuberculosis unit and other additions. Perry township School No 9 and Ben Davis PTA groups have also approved resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside Sanitorium
Indianapolis Medical Society
Indianapolis Dental Society
Marion County
Perry Township
Fire at Moose Hall Causes 2000 Dollar Damage
Fire began in the stock room on the Moose Building second floor at 135 North Delaware Street. Fire Chief John J. O'Brien cited spontaneous combustion or mice chewing matches as possible causes. A second alarm rang as flames climbed a shaft to the roof, but damage remained confined to the stock room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Delaware St
John J. O’brien
Ons
Times Readers Make Christmas Real for 118 Needy Families
Christmas work by Times readers helps 118 needy families, with reports from ARIS on December 25 about armistice talks and peace efforts in the Holy Land. French officials seek stability amid war weariness as Syrian Druse tribesmen supposedly sign a truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TIMES
Foreign Office
Syria
Holy Land
France
Aris
Youth in Stolen Auto Triggers Five False Alarms
Police and fire officials search for a youth driving a stolen car who set five false fire alarms on the north side late Thursday and early today. Alarm boxes at Forty-Sixth Street Park Avenue Thirty-Sixth and Pennsylvania Forty-Second and College Twenty-Eighth and Meridian and Twentieth and Illinois were pulled, seen by bystanders near the boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Forty-Sixth St
Park Ave
Thirty-Sixth
Pennsylvania St
Forty-Second St
College Ave
Meridian Sts
Twentieth
Illinois Sts
Christmas generosity feeds 118 needy families
The Times readers funded a Christmas for 118 families previously counted at 100. The Santa Claus Editor and Community Fund teams praise donors who provided food warmth and toys, ensuring a brighter holiday for mothers, fathers, and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Santa Claus
Christmas Clearing House
A Frigid Christmas Recalled In Indianapolis Chronicle
A year ago Indianapolis and the state shivered through the coldest Christmas on record with temperatures as low as 4 degrees below and an average near 3 above. Heavy snow covered the ground. This year a milder white Christmas returns as temperatures drop from 29 at six this morning to 25 by eight with snow flurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Dawes Plays Santa for Evanston Children
Vice President Charles G. Dawes opened his mansion in Evanston for the neighbors and the two adopted children. Gifts were distributed, a seasonal film showed, and a dinner followed with festive Yuletide fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
United Press
Evanston
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Betty White laments end of holiday sales season
Miss Betty White of 2147 Central Ave., a clerk at L. S. Ayres & Co., says Christmas fun is ending and the holiday season is tiring for sales staff. She voices weariness as the busy period wraps up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty White
Central Ave
L. S. Ayres & Co
Peace grows as coal strike talks set for New York
In Scranton Pennsylvania on Christmas Day hope for settlement rises as operators and miners agree to conference in New York next Tuesday. John L Lewis confirms miners will attend after earlier resistance and Governor Pinchot peace proposals as potential settlement basis. Alvan Markle says meeting in New York City at 3 pm may consider any settlement basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Scranton
New York
Durkan Scranton
Committee of Mayors
John L. Lewis
Workers Union
Springfield
Lewis
Pinchot
Alvan Markle
New York City
City Administration Dinner to Honor Mayor and Farewell
More than 1,000 persons including city officials and guests are expected to attend the fourth annual city administration dinner and farewell party at the Athenaeum Tuesday night. Reservations total will be announced by City Controller Joseph L. Hogue Monday morning. Department heads will report at the banquet. Charles B. Collin heads ticket distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Administration
Athenaeum
Shank
Joseph L. Hogue
Charles &. Collin
Board of Works
Democrats Name Four Clerks for Municipal Courts
Albert H. Lesche, county clerk, announced four Democratic workers chosen as clerks for the four Municipal Courts opening January 1. Selected are Badger Williamson, Robert G. Cunningham, Miss Ruby Hendleman, and Henry Goett with assignments under Judges Felt, McCallister, Van White, and Wetter. Losche noted over 200 applications were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Lesche
Badger Williamson
Robert G. Cunningham
Ruby Hendleman
Henry Goett
Cunningham
Hendleman
Edward Felt
Fred
Williamson
Third Ward
City Democratic Committee
Miss Hendleman
Democratic Club
Goetz
Myers For Mayor
Losche
Postal worker shares joy of service during holidays
A mail carrier from Austin at 1331 Parker Ave. speaks of making people happy through service. The week has been busy for postal employees as they enjoy a Christmas at home for the first time in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Black
Parker Ave
1927 Will See Children Out Of Portables
About 1200 public school children will move from poorly heated portables to six new elementary schools by January 1927. Judge Clinton H. Givan dissolved a temporary restraining order allowing contracts with five architectural firms to proceed. Construction expected to start March 1 and finish by late 1926 with the Bohlen contract pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton H. Givan
Superior Court Four
Givan
Kay K. Wark
McGuire & Shook
Bass, Knowlton & Co
Robert Frost Daggett
Osler
Fire Victims Recover At Huntington School
Two children suffer facial burns after fleeing a burning schoolhouse on Saturday. More than eighty other students escaped unhurt in Huntington Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Marion County Jail To Host Christmas Program For 203 Inmates
The Wheeler Rescue Mission will conduct services at the Marion County jail on Christmas with a radio concert to follow. Inmates will receive two meals at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. including roast pork and potatoes for dinner and a shared three bushels of apples for dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Marion County
Wheeler Rescue Mission
Gilliam Replies To Denton Letter On Senate Bid
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam sent a sharp response to George K. Denton Evansville attorney regarding Denton’s candidacy for the long term United States senatorship. Gilliam labeled Denton’s remarks about the state Supreme Court fight as false and said Denton likely was misquoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Denton
Evansville
Arthur L. Gilliam
Sharp
Denton
United States
State Supreme Court
Benjamin M. Willoughby
Gilliams
General Assembly
Gilliam
Church Purchase Urged on World War Memorial Site
Resolutions adopted by the Indianapolis Medical Society urged Marion County to purchase two churches located on the Indiana World War Memorial site and the proposals were sent to county commissioners for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Medical Society
Marion County
Fame Fickle Remember These 1925 Headlines
A year-end roundup of famous names and headlines from 1925. Notes on David Stephenson and Madge Oberholtzer, Gaston B. Means, Warren McCray, Kip Rhinelander, Dorothy Ellingson, John T. Scopes, Clarence Darrow, Jack Dempsey, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, and others in festive or troubled contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Michigan City
Gaston B. Means
Warren H. McCray
Atlanta
Postal Worker Reflects on Christmas Day Duty
A postal employee laments missing his routine rounds on Christmas Day after twenty nine years of delivering gifts and spreading cheer. He notes the work is worthwhile when it brings happiness to others.
Spirit of Season Brings Happiness to City's Needy
Christmas generosity blankets Indianapolis as 203 inmates remain in county jail, several thousand families receive food clothing and toys from lodges churches and groups. Klan charity and Murat Temple Shriners distribute aid while firefighters and officials back municipal holiday events at Cable Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer W. Borst
Community Fund
Bethlehem
Ku Klux Klan
B. W. Bass
George Elliott
Marion County Cyclops
Murat Temple
Cable Tabernacle
Shank
John J. O'Brien
the Tabernacle
Johnson heads city park board after unanimous election
Emsley W. Johnson, reappointed by Mayor Shank, was unanimously elected president of the city park board to succeed Charles A. Bookwalter who resigned. Johnson’s term runs to January 1. Frank P. Manly was chosen vice president, noted as a Democrat. Mayor Shank praised Johnson and anticipated minor personnel changes under Mayor-elect John L. Duvall’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emsley W. Johnson
Shank
Charles A. Bookwalter
Johnson
Frank P. Manly
John L. Duvall
Downtown Indianapolis Leads in Christmas Snow Day
Downtown Indianapolis was unusually empty as thousands stayed home for the holiday. Union station counted about 7,000 travelers by train and interurbans reported a 40 percent rise in fares with crowded 5 to 6 pm cars. Buses were packed while only essential workers and reporters braved the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hourly Temperature Readings Show Morning Drop
The report lists hourly temperatures at 6 AM with values 29 and 26 degrees and 37 and 34 degrees for two locations. The column headers indicate times and temperature values across four readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M.vewee
Minsiee
TM Mevseee
DP. Mirren
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Son
Goett
Dan van White
Paul Wetter
Gilliom
Senate
Mary Spas
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Popsy-Wopsy
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Land Huckster
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Clarence Darrow
Greely
Colo
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Billy Mitchell
Lucy Mitchell
Col
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Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
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Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
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Richard Loeb
Elsie Sweetin
Churches, Clubs and Organizations
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