Protests Planned Over North Side Baseball Park Location
North side residents oppose the planned baseball park south of Thirty-Eighth Street and along the boulevard. The plan commission delayed a permit decision for the $500,000 project bounded by Monon railroad, Thirty-Eighth Street, Kissel Avenue and Fairfield Avenue until citizen objections are heard. City officials and residents, including Oscar F. Schmidt and Daily McCoy, vow to present concerns at the park board meeting as the dispute over east versus north side sites continues.
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North Side
Thirty-Eighth St
City Plan Commission
Plan
Monon Railroad
Kissel Ave
Fairfield Ave
Oscar F. Schmidt
Works Board
Park Board
Daily McCoy
Slack
East Side
Baseball Club
Hogue Couple Remembers 60 Years in Indianapolis
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Hogue of 1330 S Reisner St mark sixty years of marriage. They wed December 31 1867 in Shelbyville and moved to Indianapolis in 1881. Hogue ran a stockyards business for forty five years. He turned 80 on Christmas Day and Mrs. Hogue was 76 on July 24. They have two children Joseph L Hogue and Mrs. Mattie Albright and two grandchildren.
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Samuel A. Hogue
S. Reisner St
Hogue
Amusement Plant to Rise Across From State Fairground
Thursday members favored the boulevard site south of the fairground for a new amusement plant. Officials called the location ideal for traffic. Land under option belongs to John C. Spahr and the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. Construction to start soon to have a park for next season with 17 500 seating. Central and College Aves and Fairground branch of Illinois Street lines would serve the site and parking for hundreds of autos. Charles S. Crawford, Stutz chief engineer since 1922, resigns to join General Motors Export Company in Berlin.
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Amusemt
Fairground
John C. Spahr
Hawthorne Tennis Club
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Central and
College Aves
Illinois St. Lines
Charles S. Crawford
Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc
General Motors Export Company
Berlin
City elevator safety ordinance challenged on wording
Mayor L Ert Slack, an attorney, criticized an elevator safety ordinance for poor form and excess wording. He said the provisions are sound but should be rewritten in standard form, noting unnecessary penalties and repeated whereas language raise printing costs.
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L. Ert Slack
Slack
Park Board to Cut Wages and Consolidate Posts
The Park Board plans a special meeting to slash salaries and merge several positions amid 1928 budget constraints. A $240,000 cut is needed from the 9 cent levy lowering expected revenue to about $341,000. Edward B. Raub Jr. is set to become park board counsel replacing Telford Orbison and William T. Quillen. A. W. Brayton’s landscaping role may be eliminated.
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Park Board
Walter Jarvis
Michael E. Foley
Recreation Department
Edward B. Raub, Jr
Raub
Telford Orbison
William T. Quillen
A. W. Brayton
Law Frat in Session in Indianapolis Convention
A tour of Indianapolis highlighted today’s Sigma Delta Kappa session in its Lincoln convention. Speakers include Governor Ed Jackson Mayor L Ert Slack and U S commissioner John W Kern. Officers will be named Saturday morning and a New Year’s Eve party will close the event in the Travertine room.
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Indianapolis
Sigma Delta Kappa
National Intercollegiate Law Fraternity
Lincoln
Ed Jackson
L. Ert Slack
John W. Kern
United States
Hammerstein Widow Plans New York Night Club
Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, now penniless after a family dispute, seeks a backer for a liquorless New York club called the Hammerstein Black Bottoms. She aims to emulate Texas Guinan and Park Benjamin, warning that New York society has faded and promising a law abiding venue for those who can fund it.
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Oscar Hammerstein
New York
Texas Guinan
Park Benjamin
Marmon Plant Growth to Put Firm at Front
Marmon Motor Car Company plans the largest expansion in 76 years with Plant No. 2 and Plant 3 upgrades, new regional sales offices, and a rise to 300 daily Straight-eight production in January. About 4,000 workers will be employed as the Marmon 78 is released and output expands.
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Marmon Motor Car Company
G. M. Williams
Drover St
Nordyke Ave
Morris St
Indianapolis
Marmon
John Tavish
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Atlanta
Kansas City
H. H. Brooks
W. T. Young Jr
Murat Theater
Claypool
Kentucky Ave
Hold Doctor As Killer In Sack Murder
United Press reports the arrest of 57 year old retired doctor Charles M McMullen on suspicion of murder in the sack murder of Amelia Appleby also known as Mollie Burke and Amelia Ellenborough. Appleby held Chicago properties with a power of attorney directing to McMullen. Appleby’s body was found tied hand and foot in a burlap sack. her face crushed by a heavy club.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles M. McMullen
McMullen
William Traeger
Amelia Appleby
Mollie Burke
Amelia
Rings and watch stolen from Fall Creek Blvd move
Mrs. Clarence Cole reported two rings and a watch valued at 443 dollars were stolen or lost during a move from 2442 North Illinois Street to 59 West Fall Creek Boulevard. Police were notified of the incident.
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Clarence Cole
Fall Creek Blvd
Illinois St
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Plan Commission
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Mr. and
Mrs
Adolph G. Emhardt
Mary Hoss
Indiana Asphalt Company
Meridian St
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Fall Creek
J. E. Perry
LAW
Opera King
Oscar
Victor
Washington Street
Illinois Street
Armucciad
Simmons
Lady Limes
Victor Guaranteed Furniture
Furniture Co
West
Rocker
Motor Company
Hold Doctor
GLOBE
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Globe Store
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