Historians to Convene in Indianapolis 3 Day Meeting
The forty third annual American Historical Association convention will fill Indianapolis Friday through Monday with 700 delegates attending sessions at the Claypool and other venues. Topics include Indiana Lincoln nomination 1860, Judaism beginnings, Clinton Burgoyne, and plans to raise one million for historical research. Dr James Harvey Robinson to be installed as president.
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Indianapolis
American Historical Association
Association
Palm Room
Claypool
American Association
Charles Béll
Indiana State Normal School
Indiana
Lincoln
James A. James
Northwestern University
Oliver Pollock
Charles W. Ramsdell
University of Texas
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Conference of Social Societies
The
Agricultural History Society
American Oriental Society
Bibliographical Society of America
James W. Fesler
Emmett A. Rice
J. M. P. Smith
University of Chicago
Julian Morgenstern
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Clinton and Burgoyne
Randolph G. Adams
University of Michigan
James H. Breasted
Gregory VII
Public Archives and Records
George S. Godard
Connecticut State Library
Frank H. Hodder
University of Kansas
James Harvey Robinson
New York
Robinson
Most Courteous Traffic Cop Will Quit Force
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson reported Indianapolis handled the heaviest Christmas mail ever with 7,845,539 pieces outbound in seven mailing days, a record despite less confusion. The city suspended most operations for 24 hours and praised careful addressing that reduced undeliverable cards to about 10,000. Hillman, longtime traffic officer and 1925 Hoosier Motor Club winner, will retire New Year’s Day after 30 years as a patrolman and 20 years as traffic chief.
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Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Bryson
Mary Doe
Charles T. Hillman
East
Morris Street
Hillman
Hoosier Motor Club
Virginia Avenue
Alabama Street
Pat Delane
South Side
Tex Rickard recalls border disputes and oil in Paraguay
New York Christmas story recalls Tex Rickard’s 1912 land purchases in Paraguay and 1913 stay with his wife. He notes four Bolivian forts near the Pilcomayo river and his refusal to lead an army. He warns war would be long and cites oil as a driver in the boundary dispute.
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NEA
New York
Paraguay
Bolivia
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Chaco
Pilcomayo
Richard
Asuncion
Ricka
Market Ruling Sought On Market Site Use
Obie J. Smith real estate dealer asks the board of safety to bar restaurant operation on market closed days. He argues lower rent hurts nearby property owners and that the market site should be improved to attract viable shops.
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Obie J. Smith
Board of Safety
Smith
Peeling Onions Pays Rich Vocation For Worker
London reports a professional onion peeler’s death highlights a lucrative career. Over fifty years profits from a small initial stake grew into an estate of 30 000 dollars. Times Special Newcastle Ind notes 1100 gift packages sent by relatives of inmates at a Christmas event for Epileptics.
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London
Times
Newcastle
Ind
Indiana Village
Legion Winners On Boxing Fee Ruling Allows Events
Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott blocked the city boxing commission from collecting a 5 percent gross fee from American Legion boxing under a temporary restraining order. The ruling says the council overstepped, needing definite standards, and a permanent injunction may follow after a hearing with interested parties. The order targets the city Police Chief and the boxing commission and names its members.
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The
American Legion
City Boxing Commission
Byron K. Elliott
Elliott
Legion Benefit Trust Fund
Claude M. Worley
David H. Jennings
Kenneth K. Woolling
Gideon W. Blain
Fred W. Connell
Salvation Army Christmas Party At Tomlinson Hall
The Salvation Army invites 3500 underprivileged residents to a Christmas celebration Wednesday at 5 30 PM in Tomlinson Hall. Adjutant Harry H Booth announces Santa will attend to distribute toys fruit and candy. Frederick E Schortemier chairs the event with Charlie Davis and his orchestra and Johnnie Perkins and Indiana theater artists performing, plus Lyric theater numbers and the Newsboys band.
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Salvation Army
Tomlinson Hall
Harry H. Booth
Young Peoples
Santa Claus
Santa
Frederick E. Schortemier
Charlie Davis
Johnnie Perkins
Two People Bitten by Bulldog Receive Anti Rabies Treatment
Mrs. Artie Halpin and her daughter Mil dred, seven, were bitten Sunday by a stray bulldog that had lingered near the Halpin home at 1307 East Tenth street. Mil dred suffered multiple bites on arms and legs while Mrs. Halpin was bitten as she tried to shield her child. The dog is under observation at the city dog pound.
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Artie Halpin
East Tenth Street
Mildred
Halpin
Mother of 14 Dies in Indiana Influenza Toll
In Bicknell Indiana Mrs John Martin 40 dies from influenza a few hours after her two year old son succumbs. She was paralyzed since the birth of her first child and wheeled herself for chores. Five of the fourteen children have died and the rest are ill in their two room home.
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Times Special
Bicknell
Ind
John Martin
Export Trade Decline Prompts Bermuda Tax Plan
Bermuda faces a drop in export trade mainly of onions potatoes and celery sent to New York. The colonial parliament in session considers adopting an income tax to cover government expenses for the next fiscal year.
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United Press
Shotgun Depth Test Used Under Water At Sea
Captain J. P. Ault aboard the non magnetic yacht Carnegie used a shotgun extended on a pipe to measure ocean depths after a sonic depth finder failed. The test matched depth readings from a sounding wire. The ship left Balboa Oct 25 and reached Easter Island Dec 4, then faced a gale after Dec 12 while on a Pacific patrol.
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Science Service
Washington
J. P. Ault
Carnegie
South Pacific
Ault
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Balboa
Canal Zone
Easter Island
Pacific
Chinese merchants to be paraded in cages for selling Japanese goods
Pekin authorities under the Kuomintang order Chinese merchants who sell Japanese goods to be paraded through city streets in wooden cages. The nationwide boycott tightens as investigators inspect shops and merchants are barred from selling any Japanese goods.
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United Press
PEKIN
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Shanghai
China
Library Saved From Fire at Wilton House Salisbury
A library of international reputation was saved from destruction by quick action of household staff at Wilton House Salisbury. Flames from the fireplace chimney were diverted into the library due to wasp nests blocking the chimney outlet.
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London
Wilton House
Salisbury
Senate battle delays 1930 census funding over reapportionment
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan signals a filibuster to block census funding until a reapportionment bill passes. With Senator Jones backing the census measure, he may attach reallocation as an amendment if House action stalls.
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United Press
Washington
Vandeberg
Michigan
Congress
Jones
Senate
House
Man Calling Himself John D Rockefeller Faces Bribery Charge
In Philadelphia a 32 year old man alias James Griffin known as John D Rockefeller is to have a hearing on bribery of a policeman. Patrolman William Morton reports Griffin was handing out dimes on his beat and claimed to be the real Rockefeller, prompting detainment and public disapproval from bystanders.
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United Press
Philadelphia
James Griffin
John D. Rockefeller
William Morton
John D
Monaghan
Morton
Christmas greeting from late railroad president
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad employees received a posthumous Merry Christmas from Edward J. Pearson. Four days before his death on December 7 at Johns Hopkins Hospital he praised staff and urged a strong relationship with his successor in a message published in Along the Line.
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United Press
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Edward J. Pearson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Pearson
School Board Shifts $77,000 in Special Funds
The school board adopted a resolution transferring 77000 among special fund levies after a Monday public hearing with no objections. The move reallocates funds within district accounts to different purposes as approved by the board.
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Chloe
Uncle Chan
Chicago
Long Island Aviation Country Club
Westbury
Tex
Bermuda
New Order
Senators
Club
Nahsua
Wright
John Wright
Frank
Garth Butler
Doris
Philly
Strauss
the Jaleison
Hannan Oxfords
Fashion Park
L.strauss
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