Indianapolis School Growth Drives Citywide Building Program
Indianapolis schools push to widen access and modernize facilities as enrollment grows from 52,985 in 1927 to 55,017 in 1928. Charles F. Miller notes progress with new Shortridge High School, portable-to-permanent replacements, and plans for Broad Ripple and Irvington high schools. The report highlights social service, exceptional-education centers, physical education, safety patrols, music and art programs, and expanded home economics and shop work.
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All America
Charles F. Miller
Indianapolis
Board of School Commissioners
Shortridge
Broad Ripple
Irvington
Social Service Department
C. C. Underwood
Social Service
Department of Exceptional Children
Four new county officials sworn in at ceremony
Paul R. BKwn becomes surveyor Judson L. Stark takes over as prosecutor Dr Charles O. Keever is sworn in as coroner George L. Winkler becomes sheriff John E. Shearer is county commissioner Clyde Robinson takes treasurer post Keever and Robinson were re elected Stark succeeds William H Remy who will act as deputy prosecutor in juvenile court Winkler a former police captain and group prohibition chief in Indiana Shearer retires from county council and succeeds Cassius L Hogle Shearer sworn in by County Auditor Harry Dunn Keever re elected and Brown succeeds Henry R Campbell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Bkwn
Judson L. Stark
Charles O. Keever
George L. Winkler
John E. Shearer
Clyde Robinson
Keever
Robinson
Stark
William H. Remy
Winkler
Indiana
Shearer
Coun
Cilman
Cassius L. Hogle
C. O. Dodson County
Harry Dunn
Brown
Park Board
Henry R. Campbell
City hires special counsel to study Bas Gas case
John W. Holtzman and Fred C. begin an extended study of the Citizens Gas Company case as the city prepares to take over operation of the plant. The move follows a 1905 contract dispute and seeks authorization for city ownership and operation with new legal guidance. Mayor Slack underlines outside litigation as a hindrance and outlines steps with Holmes and Gause to draft required legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Holtzman
Fred C
Citizens Gas
L. Ert
Slack
Save Gas Company
Indianapolis
Holtzman
Corporation Counsel
Oren S. Hack
Works Board
Theodore H. Dammeyer
Assessment Bureau
Emsley W.johnson
Hack
Charles Riddle
Glenn B. Ralston
Dammeyer
John P. Sears
Sears
Hor
Byron K. Elliott
George Sheehan
Harvey & Sheehan Law Firm
Holtzman and Gause
Ent
City in Brief: Mrs. Wilson Burns In Stove Fire
Mrs. Nettie Wilson, 58, of 140 East Ohio apartments, remains in critical condition at Indiana Chris hospital after her clothes caught fire while preparing breakfast. The Indiana Republic Timber group announced plant consolidations affecting several Van Camp Milk Company facilities in Angola Adrian Mauseon Bryan.
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Nettie Wilson
East Ohio
Indiana Chris Hospital
Burns
van Packing Company
van Camp Milk Company
Sted
Angola
Ind
Adrian
J. Mich
Mauseon and
Bryan
Son charged after near-fatal stabbing of father
John Nelson Shepart, 56, is hospitalized in critical condition with two stab wounds to the abdomen inflicted by his son Adrian Andrew Shepart, 23, who police say was drunk at the time. The son choked his parents, locked them in a bathroom, and attempted to ignite a gas buildup before a door was forced open. He faces charges of mayhem and assault with intent to kill and is held on $5,000 bond.
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John Nelson Shepart
Rth
Sherman Drive
Tity Hospital
Adrian Andrew Shepart
Ing Shepart
Shepart
State Ends 1929 License Hold For Motorists
February 1 marked the endline for licenses as the state wraps up 1929 requirements. Authorities note arrests and enforcement actions proceed alongside regulatory shifts impacting drivers.
Heartache Lane’s Pawnshops and Hidden Marital Tales
A narrator roams a tawdry Chicago pawnrow nicknamed Heartache Lane where shops loan on rings false teeth and glass eyes. Couples pawn wedding bands in secret, each ring bearing marks from J G to M G and back, a pendulum of broken vows and unresolved futures.
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Illinois Street
Ohio Street
Indiana Avenue
J. G
M. G
Joe
Culture of Old Indians Discussed by Historian
Professor Fay Cooper Cole of the University of Chicago spoke before the American Historical Association on Culture Areas in Pre Columbian America. He argued that Central American foods and plains buffalo crafts show how surrounding environments foster distinct yet interacting cultures.
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Central America
California
Plains
Fay Cooper Cole
University of Chicago
America
American Historical Association
Claypool
Davidson to preside at Chicago convention events
Roy L. Davidson of Indianapolis president of the National Wholesale Grocers' association will preside and speak January 21 at the joint convention of the National Canners' association and the National Wholesale Grocers' association in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roy L. Davidson
Indianapolis
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
National Canners’ Association
Lord Beaverbrook Gives $125000 to Charity After Accident
Lord Beaverbrook donates 125000 dollars to charity as a Thanksgiving offering after escaping serious injury in a car crash last Friday in London. The move follows his reported safe recovery and widespread good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beaverbrook
United Pross
London
Springsteen Ill at Home with Pneumonia
City Market Master Harry Springsteen is ill at his home 5255 North Illinois Street since Christmas Day. He is a brother of Councilman Robert E. Springsteen.
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Harry Springsteen
North Illinois Street
Springsteen
Robert E. Springsteen
Princeton Triangle Club presents Zuider Zee play
The Princeton Triangle Club staged Zuider Zee a romance of Holland at Murat Monday night. The all male cast featured Charles E. Arnt as the mayor of Doontreedam and J. L. Logan as Dick American lad adrift in windmills and dikes. C Norris Houghton designed sets lighting and costumes. The show was written by Donald Clive Stuart professor of dramatic literature at Princeton and club director.
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Indianapolis
C. Norris Houghton
Donald Clive Stuart
A. M
Princeton
Police and Fire Shakeup Affects Eighteen Officials
Eighteen police and fire department members were affected by shifts ordered Tuesday by the board of public safety after a secret two hour conference with Mayor Slack. Nine police promotions and six reductions plus three fire reductions were announced with several detective department changes to bolster the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Safety
Claude M. Worley
Harry E. Voshell
L. Ert Slack
Steeg Named Secretary of City Plan Commission
JO Henry B Steeg of 272 Parkview avenue was appointed secretary of the city plan commission today. A registered engineer and Purdue civil engineering graduate, Steeg has served with the commission since 1921 and is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The post pays 2700 dollars a year.
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Henry B. Steeg
Parkview Anue
City Plan Commission
Commission
Steeg
Purdue University Civil Engineering School
American Society of Civil Engineers
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John FE. Shearer
Paul R. Brown
Clyde E. Robinson
C. H. Keever
Aty
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Gause
Teachers’ College of Polis
Alice Corbin Lies
Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis Humane Society
Rodehamel
H. W. Rhodehammer
Chevrolet Aviation Motorstation
Chevrolair
Secret of
Hold Son
Stabber
Otto
Cibus
Steines
Ike
Tye
Lane
Princeton Triangle Club
Murat Theater
Zuider Zee
Ired Simon
Edward Samuels
Frank Reynolds
Samuels
Jerry Kinney
Veteran Department
Eugene Shine
John Dalton
Jesse McCarty
William Paulsell
Irwin Landers
Earl Hi
Forest W. al Thomas Harris
Toomas Pollard
George R. Liesse
Roy Phillips
Duvall
Charles Cavender
Louis T. Tripey
John Miller
F. P. Reid
John Fox
Georg Toon
Henry Stegg
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