Festivities by Club Members to Greet 1930 in Indianapolis
Major celebrations across Indianapolis clubs will welcome 1930 with dinners dances and watch entertainments for thousands of members and guests. Meridian Hills Country Club hosts a 6 to 7 pm dinner Tuesday while over 1000 attend the Columbia Club party with dinner dance and entertainment.
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Indianapolis
Broadmoor
Highland Golf
Meridian Hills Country Club
Columbia Club
Central Building
New York
Illinois Streets
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Hoosier
Prospect
South East Streets
Elks
Elks’ Club
Last rites held for Dr. William A. Gant
Dr. William A. Gant 71 longtime Indianapolis dentist died of heart disease at 4625 Carvel Avenue Sunday. Services were at 10:30 a m at Flanner Buchannan mortuary with Rev T R White. Burial Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Kenneth and E W Gant three grandsons Mark Lyle Richard and one brother J F Gant and three sisters all of Indianapolis and nearby Champaign Ill.
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William A. Cant
Indianapolis
Carvel Avenue
Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary
T. R. White
Crown Hill Cemetery
Gant
Ohio
Indiana
E. W. Gant
Kenneth Gant
Philadelphia
Mark Gant
Panama Canal Zone
Lyle Gant
Richard Gant
J. F. Gant
Champaign
Ill
H. D. Breadheft
E. R. Parker
James Fischer
Two Killed by Plane Near Hearne Texas
A 17 year old pilot Miss Dorothy Stocker lost control of her plane and struck a crowd causing two deaths Doak Kelsey age 7 and James Hearne age 9 Injuries included Doc Wright who died after hospital treatment Miss Stocker was bruised and shocked in the crash at the landing field yesterday.
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United Press
Hearne
Tex
Dorothy Stocker
Doak Kelsey
James Hearne
Doc Wright
Stocker
Ford to Spend 30 Million on 1930 Expansion
Detroit December 30 Ford Motor Company approved a 1930 expansion totaling 30 million dollars with 20 million for new buildings and 10 million for plant equipment to be spent in the next year. Edsel Ford cited confidence in continued business and noted overseas plants excluded.
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Pu Times
Speciatl
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
O. K
Edsel Ford
Ford
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Hoover
In sull Appears in Talking Picture for Opera Film
Samuel Insull, famed Midwest power magnate turned opera patron, allowed ochre makeup for a talking film about the Chicago Civic Opera. He posed for photographs and spoke lines for the production Behind the Footlights detailing the opera story.
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Bay United Press
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Middle West
Chicago Civic Opera
Thieves Steal From Bertha Setser In Columbus Home
Thieves entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Setser in Columbus and took 15 dollars from a purse belonging to their daughter Bertha Mae Setser a teacher of art and music in Young America schools who was home on holiday vacation.
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Times
Columbus
Ind
Scott Setser
Bertha Mae Setser
Young America
Setser
Ceramic Materials of Indiana by State Geologist Logan
Dr. W. N. Logan announces a new publication Ceramic Materials of Indiana issued by the state conservation department. The pamphlet serves as a geology map of Indiana and may be obtained free at the state geologist's office in the state house.
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Indiana
W. N. Logan
Statehouse
Passenger struck in eye by rock on Union traction car
A passenger on a Union traction dining car was hit in the eye by a rock thrown through a window at Twenty third street and Martindale avenue Sunday night. Police investigated.
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Arthur Worthington
Union Traction
Twentythird Street
Martindale Avenue
Mrs Katherine Hamilton Recovering After Stair Fall
Mrs Katherine Hamilton age 76 of 919 East Tenth Street is recovering in City Hospital from head injuries after a fall suffered at her home Sunday night.
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Katherine Hamiton
Eest Tenth Street
City Hospital
Auto Collision Fatal Near Brazil Indianap
Injuries from a Saturday night auto collision led to the death of Mrs. Ethel Bradway 35 at Clay County Hospital Sunday.
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Tiited
Prena
Brazil
Ind
Ethel Bradway
Clay County Hospital
Cabinet Drafts Resignation Letter for King
In Cairo on December 30 the cabinet met to draft a resignation letter to be submitted to the king. The move signals a political shakeup as officials prepare the formal notice.
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Cairo
Egypt
Five Dead as Severe Storms Sweep Europe
Storms across England France Belgium and Germany Sunday night left at least five dead. Drownings reported at Havre and Hazebrouck France. Coastline altered near Beachy Head and lines down across the country.
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Europe
United Press
England
Channel
Belgium
France
Germany
British Isles
Havre
Hazebrouck
London
English Channel
Beachy Head
Eastbourne
Tardieu to Meet MacDonald Before Naval Conference
Premier Andre Tardieu will travel to London to confer with J Ramsay MacDonald on January 19. French officials seek to ease fears about France's defensive posture at the upcoming naval conference. Edge and Tardieu have held two meetings, with more talks planned before the London talks.
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United Press
Paris
Andre Tardieu
France
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
London
United States
Walter E. Edge
MacDonald
Tardieu
Edge
Elmore Given Prison Term For Wife Desertion in Indiana
Albert I. Elmore was convicted by a Montgomery county jury of wife desertion and, by Judge Edgar A. Rice, sentenced to one to three years in the state prison. He was also disfranchised for three years, the harshest penalty for such an offense in years at Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Albert I. Elmore
Montgomery
Edgar A. Rice
Eugene F. Downey Jr
Buffalo
United States Coast Guards
Downey
Canada fliers join in hunt for missing Eielson
Three Canadian airmen prepared to join two U S pilots searching the Arctic for Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic Earl Borland near North Cape. Their Fairchild cabin planes will base at Nome or Teller and fly when conditions improve as Soviet planes near.
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United Press Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
Arctic
North Cape
Fairchild
Pat) Reid
B. W. Broatch
Gifford Swartman
Hielson
Earl Borland
Seattle
Coast Guard
Nome Or
Teller
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Washington
White House to Host First Youth Dance Since Alice Roosevelt
The East Room will host Allan Hoover’s Christmas dance with a private jazz orchestra supplementing the Marine Band. About 100 guests are invited for a brief White House social event, marking the youthful set’s return to presidential entertaining after decades.
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United Preas
Washington
White House
Alice Roosevelt
Allan Hoover
Harvard
Marine Band
Nicholas Longworth
House
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
John Coolidge
Chipman Funeral Planned for Mrs Lucy A Chipman
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy A Chipman widow of John W Chipman traction field pioneer in Indiana will be held Tuesday at 10 am at Flanner Buchanan mortuary burial in Crown Hill cemetery She leaves two daughters Susan and Elizabeth Chipman Indianapolis and brother M D Whitney of Youngsville Pa She was a longtime Indianapolis resident member of First Congregational church Art Association and former Board of Children's Guardians Born in Cincinnati
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Lucy A. Chipman
John W. Chipman
Traction Field
Indiana
North Meridian Street
Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary
Crown Hill Cemetery
Chipman
Susan
Elizabeth Chipman
Indianapolis
M. D. Whitney
Youngsville
First Congregational Church
The
Art Association
Board of
Children’s Guardians
Cincinnati
Civil Service Openings Include Weather and Naval Posts
Vacancies announced by Henry M. Trimpe include junior observer in meteorology at the Weather Bureau, associate aeronautical engineer in the Navy Department, and associate ecologist in the Department of Agriculture.
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U. S. Civil Service
Henry M. Trimpe
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Weather Bureau
Navy Department
Department of Agriculture
Sweets 3 Doughnuts and Crullers 4 Frozen Desserts
Ice cream and frozen desserts category items listed along with doughnuts and crullers. bakery offerings described in compact catalog style with partial product names.
Near Death Veteran of Labor Leader Mother Jones
Mary Harris Jones known as Mother Jones, 99, near death in Hyattsville Maryland. Born in Cork Ireland in 1830 she immigrated as a girl and married George Jones of Memphis in 1861. Widowed seven years later she devoted her life to labor activism and was arrested many times.
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Mother Jones
Hyattsville
Cork
Ireland
George Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Raiders Strip Shrine Gems Taken in Hindu Temple Raid
In Bombay on Sunday raiders overpowered a small priest staff at the Goddess Bhawani shrine and stripped the temple of gems and coverings valued at about a lakh and a half rupees. Twelve of the alleged robbers were arrested at Bhor.
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United Press Bombay
Bhawani
Pathan
Bhor
Poverty blamed for Vernon family tragedy
In Vernon Texas on December 30, farmer J. H. Haggard killed his five children and then died by suicide, authorities report. A shotgun lay across his body and seven shells were found. a brief note read All
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United Press
Vernon
Tex
Farmer Haggard
J. H. Haggard
Farmer Haggard and Family Found Dead in House
Lewis Rivers found five bodies inside a residence after visiting Sunday. Haggard, his three daughters Alta Alma 15 and Dorothy 6, and two sons Simon 18 and John 10 were discovered in a cellar behind the house. Coroner Justin suggested a verdict of death by self destruction in the farmer's case.
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Lewis Rivers
Haggard
Alta
Alma
Dorothy
Simon
John
H. C. Justin
Vernon
Cops Raid Log Cabin Barbecue Two Gallons of Whisky Seized
Police raided the Log Cabin barbecue at 5145 West Washington Street Sunday and confiscated two gallons of whisky. Walter W. Stewart, proprietor, faces a charge of operating a blind tiger. Ralph Arthur and George Parker of 36 Koehne Street are charged with operating a blind tiger and selling liquor after agents report a liquor purchase at their home.
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Washington Street
Walter W. Stewart
Ralph
Arthur
George Parker
Koehne Street
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