Indiana highway department adopts new money policy head by Ralph Simpson
Ralph E. Simpson is named chief clerk and head of the accounting department for the Indiana state highway department at a $4,000 yearly salary. The move introduces a central leasing system for accounting machinery costing about $250 a month, a plan endorsed by the state board of accounts to create an integrated, verifiable financial system. Simpson, a Purdue engineering graduate and World War I veteran, has spent ten years with the department as an assistant to the chief engineer and will oversee both engineering and accounting duties.
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Daniel M. Kidney
State Board of Accounts
Indiana State Highway Department
John J. Brown
Ralph E. Simpson
Simpson
William Titus
Teckemeyer
Commission
Owen Roling
Budget Committee
Brown
Boling
State Tax Board
Harry G. Leslie
Titus
A. H. Hinkle
Omer Manlove
Tenance
Princeton
Purdue University
Murder Case Plea Two Years Old in Stephenson Case
Supreme court justices return to the bench on lan 7 marking exactly two years since final appeal briefs were filed in the D. C. Stephenson murder case. The long delays continue as new attorneys appear and every court term brings fresh doubt over a verdict. Stephenson remains serving a life sentence at Michigan City prison.
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Supreme Court
D. C
Indiana State
Michigan City
Stephenson
Fire saves pair as man rescues family from blaze
William Coleman of 1413 East Twenty fourth street escaped a second floor fire by leaping to a ladder, saving his wife and eight month old son. The blaze started by a clogged stove pipe caused $500 damage. a separate closet fire at Oscar Royter’s home caused $30 damage. Two Christmas deaths also reported: Delmar Gene Harshberger, 2, scalded, and Mrs. E N Howe, 20, killed in an automobile crash.
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William Coleman
East Twenty-fourth Street
Coleman
Oscar Royter
Kansas Street
United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
Delmar Gene Harshberger
E. N. Howe
WATCH FOR THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THURSDAY'S TIMES
The notice announces a feature in Thursday's Times highlighting the first chapter of an ongoing work. Readers are urged to check upcoming pages for the installment and related commentary.
Porch Climber Sought After Break–Ins Across City
Reports of porch climbing burglaries and thefts fill Indianapolis streets. An entry on 1207 Broadway netted $15, a purse, $5, and a fountain pen. Other thefts include purses, clothing, a dress and coats, bags, and a revolver from detective Kinney. A separate report notes a Butler student leading a radio program on WKBF. Funeral services were held in Crawfordsville for Mrs. Irena Proffitt after a cistern suicide.
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Indianapolis
Anne Marone
Broadway
Daphn Hester
Bellefontaine Street
College
Twenty-fourth Streets
H. W. Melhorn
East Forty-sixth Street
Gerald Hughes
Twenty-seventh Street
College Avenue
Harrison Street
Joseph Anthony
Bloomington
Charles Patsy
Wendell Baxter
Dominick Mazullo
George W. Kinney
East Twenty-second Street
Sheldon Street
Belt Railway
Kinney
Nickel Pate Railway
John Sands
St. Paul Street
Sands
City Hospital
Times
Crawfordsville
Ind
Irena Proffitt
Two Injured in Riot in Cologne as Arrests Reach Fifty
In Cologne today a four hour clash involved rioting Communist workers and police after a parliamentary defeat of a plan to raise aid for jobless citizens. Two men were seriously injured and fifty were arrested in the unrest.
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United Press
Cologne
Germany
Troops Pursue Bandits Across Mexican Ranches
Federal troops chased about twenty bandits who attacked the La Joya and Pompeya ranches, killing one employee and wounding six in Coahuila and Durango. The raiders escaped with 3000 dollars in cash. In Union City Indiana Mrs. Charles Hufford, 67, died leaving three daughters and a son.
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United Press
Mexico City
la Joya Ranch
Coahuila
Pompeya Ranch
Durango
Union City
Ind
Charles Hufford
Weir to Take Over Post as Schools Chief
Indianapolis news reports the incoming school board appoints D. T. Weir as acting superintendent of schools, H. F. Osler as assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds, and A. B. Good as business director, with Burton Miller York outgoing. The new board vows a careful search for a permanent leader while praising Weir’s past service at Arsenal Technical High School.
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Indianapolis
D. T. Weir
Arsenal Technical High School
H. F. Osler
A. B. Good
Carl F. Burton
Charles F. Miller
Charles C. York
Julian Wetzel
J. Don Miller
Russell Willson
Citizens’ School
Charles W. Kern
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Lillian G. Sedwick
Lewis E. Whiteman
Fred Kepner
Weir
Technical High School
E. A. Graff
Graff
Central Normal College Announces Three-Term Summer School
Danville faculty heads at Central Normal College reveal a three term summer program from May 8 to Aug 22. Students can complete a year’s work in two subjects across English Latin German mathematics social studies science music art and more with classes twice daily. Alumni will return for reunions during commence ment week starting June 8.
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Central Normal College
Danville
Girls Struck by Auto Injures Reported in United States News
Two women aged 23, Miss Jean Williams of 1125 Madison avenue and Miss Christinia Tharp of 3330 West Tenth street, were bruised after being hit by a car driven by Herbert E. Hill of 5128 Carrollton avenue. Hill said the girls stepped into the path to avoid water puddles. They were treated at City Hospital and released. Also, CAIRO dispatch notes the cabinet submitted its resignation to the king today.
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Herbert E. Hill
Carrollton Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Belle Vieu Place
Jean Williams
Madison Avenue
Christinia Tharp
West Tenth Street
City Hospital
Hill
Unsung Heroes Wage City's War Against Meningitis
A photo feature highlights nurses and doctors battling meningitis at the city hospital. Front row includes Irene Hanger and Frieda Grossman among student nurses. back row shows Dr. Kempf and Dr. Smithburn with other staff. A Ward Four entry carries a danger placard as a nurse prepares for duty.
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Meningitis
Little Gray
City Hospital
Irene Hanger
Frieda Grossman
Clara Gregg
Dorothy Shaefer
Dorothy Underwood
Esol Taylor
Margaret Cutty
G. F. Kempf
Richard Appel
Kenneth Smithburn
L. H. Gilman
D. H. McKeeman
Ray Flettwod
James Jobes
Donna Stephens
Christine Westbrook
L. G. Zerfes
Dr. Smithburn
Open House at Leslie Mansion in New Year Rally
Governor Harry G. Leslie and Mrs. Leslie host a New Year’s day open house at the Indiana Governor’s mansion from 2 to 6 p m. The event features U S Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson and many Republicans including Otto G. Fifield Irving W. Lemaux Franklin Reynolds J E P Holland John C. Ruckelshaus Louis Ludlow Dorothy Cunningham Genevieve Brown and reporters Fred Sunningham and Everett C Watkins from Indiana papers.
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Governor’s Mansion
Harry G. Leslie
United States
James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Otto G. Fifield
Irving W. Lemaux
Republican State Committee
Franklin Reynolds
Approval Granted Auto Purchase With City Council Action
City council approved the La Salle automobile purchase made on split requisitions last July for Police Chief Claude M. Worley. The action follows a prior investigation into buying the car without authorization and a report to the public. The ordinance was urged by Herman P. Lieber as urgent and the Pleasant Run sewer appeal witness fees were reduced from $1,000 to $600.
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la Salle
Claude M. Worley
Herman P. Lieber
Ben Davis
E. Kirk McKinney
Bert Richardson
S. H. Montgomery
Pleasant Run
Odd Little Gray Building Houses 15 Self-Exiled Medics, Nurses
A gray building in Indianapolis houses fifteen nurses and doctors fighting a meningitis epidemic in Ward Four. The article profiles their daily heroism as thirty patients died and the staff, including Dr. L H Gilman and Miss Margaret Cutty, kept working despite personal risk and separation from families during Christmas and New Year.
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Arch Steinel
Indianapolis
City Hospital
Margaret Cutty
William Coeppers
Doeppers
Detroit
New Pastor Inducted for First English Lutheran Church
The First English Lutheran church of Indianapolis will induct Dr. Clarence E. Gardner, former pastor of St. Mark's in St. Louis, at North Pennsylvania and Walnut streets. Gardner, born in Kendallville, a Wittenberg College alumnus, served in Springfield Ohio and St. Joseph Missouri. Mrs. Gardner presides over the missionary society for Illinois and Missouri synods. their son studies at Johns Hopkins and daughter attends Wittenberg College as a junior.
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First English Lutheran Church of
Indianapolis
Clarence E. Gardner
St. Mark’s Church of St. Louis
North
Pennsylvania
Walnut Streets
Gardner
Kendallville
Wittenberg College
Sorifeld, O
Springfield
St. Joseph
St. Mark’s Church
Lubreeze Lubricant Aims Subzero Motor Use
The Denham Oil Company has launched Lubreeze a subzero motor lubricant. It allows using regular summer oil in winter and reduces operating temperature by about 15 degrees. It reportedly increases engine speed by 200 RPM and separates from heavier oils to reach small passages by capillary action. One quart Lubreeze per gallon oil is added to the crankcase.
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Denham Oil Company
Missionary Marie Adams to Return to China Service
Miss Marie Adams, after a year and a half furlough, will leave this week from Noblesville Indiana to resume her missionary work in China. During her vacation she spoke across Indiana in support of missionary efforts.
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Noblesville
Ind
Marie Adams
China
Rhode Island to Decide If Coast Guard Killings Were Justified
Rhode Island officials push for a state grand jury to assess killings during a Newport harbor rum raid. Captain Charles Travers, the Black Duck survivor, faces bedside arraignment on Volstead Act charges as state and federal authorities clash over jurisdiction and accountability.
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United Press
Providence
R. I
Coast Guard
Newport Harbor
United States
Henry M. Ross
Rhode Island
Benjamin M. McLyman
Norman S. Case
McLyman
Charles Travers
Coast Guards
Travers
Newport Hospital
New London
Conn
Coast Guards Held Amid Whisky Theft Charges In New London
Four coast guards are jailed on theft charges after liquor seized from the Flor Del Mar and the Black Duck was said to be stolen aboard a launch. Police arrested three guards after a lodging house brawl as a fourth boat was captured with 700 cases aboard.
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United Press
NEW London
Conn
Flor del Mar
Coast Guard
Leona M. Sproul
Indian Christian Ministerial Association Session Closes
Seven hundred Disciple ministers attended the final sessions of the Indian Christian Ministerial Association at Central Christian church in Delaware and Walnut streets. Speakers criticized an $8,000,000 pension fund for aged and disabled ministers as unspiritual. Dr. Bert Wilson, former Eureka College president, argued sanctified money is as holy as bread and wine. S. J. Corey of the United States Missionary Society also spoke. The meeting will close with a banquet tonight.
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Disciple of Christ
Indian Christian Ministerial Association
Central Christian Church
Delaware
Walnut Streets
Christian Church
Bert Wilson
Eureka College
S. J. Corey
United States Missionary Society
Leaves Rail Service James Hennessey Retires After 55 Years
James F. Hennessey aged 70 of 2035 North Meridian Street retires after 55 years with the Big Four railway. Since January 10, 1891 he served as yardmaster in the Union Station coach yard, earlier holding posts as section foreman and roadmaster's clerk at Lebanon, and will be honored at a January party.
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Big Four Railway
James F. Hennnessey
North Meridian Street
Union Station
Lebanon
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Butler University
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Osler
Cairo
Leslie Mansion
U. S
Crawfordsville, Ind
Montgomery County
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James Hennessey
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