Gas firm faces bid clash over $1 million stock issue
Reluctance by Citizens Gas Company to entertain Gavin L Payne & Co bid for its contemplated $1,000,000 5.5 percent preferred stock drew sharp exchanges. Payne urged higher offers while gas officials argued for the contract with Union Trust, noting an estimated $30,000 saving if approved by the public service commission.
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Citizens Gas Company
Gavin L. Payne & Co
Investment Securities
H. M. Bullegby & Co
Payne
Public Service Commission
Byllesby Company
Gustav A. Efroymson
Henry H. Hornbrook
Ucility
Union Trust Company
Fletcher American Company
Efroymson
Howell Ellis
John W. Holtzman
Commission
Lucius Swift
Ellis
John W. McCardle
Harvey Harmon
Hornbrook
Secretary Speaks at Interracial Meeting
James D. Burton interstate secretary for the Central Association of Colored Women led the second session of the biennial meeting at the Negro YWCA, reporting growing interest in interracial relations and success in improving white and Negro relations. Meta B Pelham and Grace Evans also spoke on funds and ownership of state clubs, with Mrs Minnie M Scott naming new appointments for the year.
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James D. Burton
Central Association of Colored Women
Negro Y. W. C
Grace Evans
Minnie M. Scott
Second Christian Church
Pratt and
Camp Sts
Joan Snowden
Scott
Sallie W. Stewart
Church club elects Cherdron as head of Central Universalist group
Charles Cherdron was elected president of the Mens' Fellowship Club of Central Universalist Church at the annual election and ladies' night meeting Wednesday night. Oscar Vogt was chosen secretary treasurer and William Devine, vice president. The Rev. L. J. Chase and Mrs. Chase, Galesburg, Ill, related experiences of their recent trip abroad.
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Charles Cherdron
Central Universalist
Central Universalist Church
Oscar Vogt
William Devine
L. J. Chase
Mrs. Chase
Galesburg
Ill
Adams and Gurley Named to Nation Honor Roll 1927
Editors Thomas H. Adams of Vincennes Commercial and Boyd Gurley of The Indianapolis Times are named on The Nation’s 1927 Honor Roll. The list honors journalists and other figures for public service, with Adams noted for exposing state corruption and Gurley for continuing that work.
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Vincennes Commercial
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
the Nation
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Body Gurley
Adams
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Don H. Mellett
Canton
Ohio
Daily News
J. B. Powell
China Weekly Review
Shanghai
China
Victor H. Hanson
Birmingham
Age-Herald
Montgomery
Submarine S-4 wreck to get new cold weather lines
Washington Navy Yard will send new underwater telephone lines to the S-4 wreck to improve surface divers communication in cold water. Rear Admiral Brumby reported a second tunnel for hoisting line had washed under the S-4, prompting a request for four more divers.
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United Press
Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Department
Brumby
Lodge Leader Is Ill In Indianapolis At 89
Mrs. Nettie Ransford longtime Eastern Star leader in Indianapolis and Indiana and current grand secretary of the Grand Lodge is seriously ill at her home 509 North Illinois Street. Heart weakness followed bronchitis several weeks ago and doctors fear she may not recover. She is 89.
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Nettie Ransford
Eastern Star
Indianapolis
Indiana
Grand Lodge
Illinois St
Ransford
Coolidge and King Albert Exchange New Year Greetings
President Coolidge and King Albert of Belgium exchanged New Year greetings for the happiness and prosperity of their peoples in Washington. The brief exchange highlighted cordial ties between the United States and Belgium as 1926 began.
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Coolidge
King
United Press
Washington
President Coolidge
King Albert
Capitol Loan Co Refinances Auto Payments Ad
Confidential and quick offer to refinance auto payments on easier terms. Capitol Loan Co advertising from 141% E Wash St for Washington state area.
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Capitol Loan CO
E. Wash
Ninety Nine IWW Suspects Arraigned After Vigilante Raid
In Trinidad Colorado sixty nine men arrested by a vigilante committee for charges from vagrancy to health ordinance violations were to be arraigned. The raid occurred after health officers ordered the IWW hall cleared for use as living quarters and the demand was refused. The city jail was crowded from clashes with police the previous week.
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United Press
Trinidad
Colo
I. W. W. Hall
Calles Plans to Change Oil Law Approved
United Area Mexico City December 29 President Calles petrole under revisions to oil laws pass Senate after late night session. Revisions remove retroactive and confiscatory provisions and may ease tensions with American companies by extending property rights confirmation to one year from publication. Supreme Court ruling in November supported Mexico’s objections to articles 14 and 15, prompting Calles to act.
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United Area
Mexico City
Calles
Petrole i
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Supreme Court
American Corporation
Ransack Sacks Home Of Maj Gen Tyndall Relics
Mrs Robert Moorehead reported hearing glass crash on Tuesday night then found a window broken at 2016 N Meridian St the home of Maj Gen Robert Tyndall. Police found drawers and cabinets ransacked along with his antique room containing guns and war relics though losses could not be determined. The Tyndalls were in Florida.
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Robert Moorehead
N. Meridian St
Robert Tyndall
Tyndall
Tyndalls
Florida
Funeral for Municipal Judge McCallister Held at Home
Funeral services for Municipal Judge Fred McCallister will be at his home on Byram Avenue Friday at 10 a.m. Burial follows in Shannondale Cemetery Montgomery County near the farm where he was born 52 years ago. He shot himself at home Wednesday morning amid family notes of financial worry and not being reappointed January 1. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Municipal Court Two, hosted by the Indianapolis Bar Association led by president Emsley W. Johnson.
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Fred McCallister
Byram Ave
Shannondale
Montgomery County
McCallister
eThe
Indianapolis Bar Association
Emsley W. Johnson
Speakers Named for Local Forum Panel
The event features Ira M. Holmes, Earl Cox, Charles Welliver, Oren Hack and Martin Hugg as panelists.
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Ira M. Holmes
Earl Cox
Charles Welliver Oren Hack
Martin Hugg
Utilities Sale Approved in Mid-States Case
The public service commission approved the receiver's sale of Mid-States Utilities Company assets to General Utilities Company under a court order. It authorizes $150,000 in General Utilities preferred stock to swap for Mid-States preferred, $65,000 in notes to liquidate debts, and $75,000 in common stock with only twenty shares sellable, rest held until further orders.
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Mid-States
No Trace of Lost Plane in Sable Island Search
Mrs. Francis W. Grayson’s missing amphibian plane The Dawn remains unfound after naval and coast guard vessels completed a search in waters south of 44 degrees latitude within 70 miles of Sable Island. Destroyer Sturtevant reports extending search eastward and northward while coast guard boats probe south.
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Ba United Press
Boston
Francis W. Grayson
Sable Island
Sturtevant
Charlestown Navy Yard
Coast Guard
Sturtevant and Mahan
Boy Saved By Pumps Near End Of Fight For Life
Mil to Rush a 16 year old high school Loy kept alive by artificial respiration for more than 110 hours after an accidental gunshot wound paralyzed his spine. Boy Scouts pumped air into his lungs for four days by raising and lowering his arms in a bid to save him. In Nebraska Alma Overgard, 16, a paralysis victim, died after friends kept her alive for thirty six days by artificial respiration in a theater funeral held today.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Milton Rush
Milton
Alma Overgard
Miss Overgard
Paris Africa Flight Begins Official West Africa Tour
At Le Bourget airfield Paris on December 29 three airplanes started an official flight toward French West Africa. Participants include Major Gaurat deputy Proust and M Poinsot general administrator for the colonies. Perpignan will be the first stop on the route.
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LE Bourget Airdrome
Paris
French West Africa
Gaurat
Proust
M. Poinsot
Perpignan
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