Supreme Court to decide railroad valuation in IC C case
The O F a l l o n case questions how the Interstate Commerce Commission values railroad properties to set rates. The dispute centers on whether reproduction cost should set value or if court determined value is valid. The National Conference on Valuation of American Railroads argues the issue has broad public policy implications.
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Washington
United States
E Court
O'Fallon
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Company
Supreme Court
National Conference On Valuation of
I. Cc. C
Mellon Forecasts Bright 1929 Economy In New Year Statement
Secretary Mellon says 1928 showed steady progress and 1929 will continue with improvement in manufacturing steel output auto production building contracts and consumer demand Prices in basic industries remain stable and money remains available for legitimate undertakings Gold exports rise but credit remains sound Government finances are solid with tax cuts and reduced debt He expresses confidence in continued progress through the year ahead.
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Mellon
Europe
Ued
WIOD joins NBC coast to coast on New Year’s night
America's southernmost radio station WIOD on St John’s island joins NBC chain. It will broadcast 8 p m to 1 a m on 1249 kilocycles and participate in the GM hour Monday nights. The Octoroon and coast to coast NBC programs are listed for Tuesday night.
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America
Biscayne Bay
WIOD
St. John’s Island
Lee of Miami Beach
National Broadcasting Company
United States
General Motors
Pay Up Police Told By Attorney Zechiel
Chester L Zechiel attorney asks the board of safety to order twelve city policemen and firemen to pay about 600 dollars owed to the Edward Traugott Company. He says the city employees should pay promptly and avoids suing individual workers.
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Chester L. Zechiel
Peoples Bank
Board of Safety
Edward Traugott
Zechiel
Traugott
Lindbergh to Dine With Indianapolis Credit Men
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and William P. McCracken Jr. will dine at the Columbia Club on January 24 as guests of the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men. City officials and residents allied to a municipal airport project will be invited. Ulysses Grant will toastmaster and Louis Ludlow will attend. Lindbergh heads the technical committee of Transcontinental Air Transport Company.
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Indianapolis Association of Credit Men
Charles A. Lindbergh
William P. McCracken Jr
Columbia Club
McCracken
United States Department of Commerce
Ulysses Grant
Association
Louis Ludlow
Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport Company, Inc
Fire disrupts funeral as boy re breaks hip lunge
In Tocsin Indiana a kerosene lamp toppled near curtains at the Miller home interrupting a double funeral for Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey. Dorothy Miller, 12, knocked down curtains and quenched the blaze with water. Lloyd Miller, 10, who had just recovered from a broken hip, leaped from bed and re injured the hip. doctors say he will be bedfast about ten weeks.
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Times
Tocsin
Ind
Emmanuel Miller
Lloyd Miller
Fair Association Bill for 1929 Announced
Programs for the Indiana Association of county and district fairs annual meeting and the Indiana Board of Agriculture annual delegate meeting were announced by E. J. Barker secretary of the state fair board. The county fair meeting will be at Claypool January 8 and the Board of Agriculture meeting January 9 in the house of representatives. Ottawa Ohio’s A P Sandles will speak at the county fairs meeting. Mayor L E Slack and Governor-Elect Harry G Leslie will address the banquet. State Senator Andrew Durham is also on the program.
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Indiana Association of County and District Fairs
Indiana Board of Agriculture
E. J. Barker
State Fair Board
Claypool
House of Representatives
A. P. Sandles
Ottawa
L. Ert Slack
Harry G. Leslie
Andrew Durham
Wanted Bandit Bride Anderson Wife Charges Husband
Irene Hundley files divorce suit in Anderson Indiana alleging Harry Hundley proposed a hold up the day of their wedding to obtain money for a home. She says she left him after he revealed the bandit plan claiming he portrayed himself as a man of means with two children from a prior marriage.
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Anderson
Times Special
Ind
Irene Hundley
Harry Hundley
Hundley
Earlham College to Allow Greek Fraternities
Earlham College president announces the school will permit Greek letter fraternities for the first time in its ninety year history. Fraternities will operate as honor organizations only and social fraternities are rejected as undemocratic on campus.
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
David M. Edwards
Edwards
White Wins Second Term as Municipal Judge in Indianapolis
Dan V. White 32 North Arlington Avenue began his second four year term as a municipal court judge after Governor Ed Jackson reappointed him Monday afternoon. White, 46, was chosen over William H Sheaffer Thomas C Whallen and H B Pike. He first served since the court’s creation in 1925 and spent over two years on the criminal municipal bench at police headquarters. White, born in Tipton County, organized state employment offices during the war and is active in the Scottish Rite Irvington Masonic Lodge Century Club Loyal Order of Moose and the Society of Indiana Pioneers.
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Dan V. White
North Arlington Avenue
Ed Jackson
White
William H Sheaffer
Thomas C. Whallen
George W. Coffin
H. B. Pike
Police
Tipton County
War Department
Scottish Rite
Irvington Masonic Lodge
Century Club
Loyal Order of Moose
Society of Indiana Pioneers
Control of Muscle Shoals Talked in Congress
Interest in Muscle Shoals legislation remains limited as Senator Norris and allies resist government operation. American Cyanamid promotes a fifty year lease but Congress has defeated the proposal. Norris says Cyanamid keeps the idea alive due to President Coolidge's preference for private control.
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Congress
Times Special
Washington
Norris
Coolidge
Indiana Real Estate Association to draft license bill
The legislative committee of the Indiana Real Estate Association will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at 824 Lemcke building to draw up a real estate license bill. Members include chairman B. Wilson Indianapolis and other appointees from Gary Fort Wayne Hammond Evansville Terry Haute and Anderson. The retiring president W H Surbaugh and new president F W Keller are invited. The convention last September favored a state license law.
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Legislative Committee of the
Indiana Real Estate Association
Lemcke Building
B. Wilson
Indianapolis
R. E. Worley
Terry Haute
John M. Fox
Gary
Walter L. Curdes
Ft. Wayne
Glen L. Surprise
Hammond
E. G. Huber
Evansville
William H. Surbaugh
Anderson
Association
Fred W. Keller
South Bend
Miller marks 25 years of service at Indiana Bell
L A Miller of 1011 Berwyn street completed twenty four years on the job and today began his twenty fifth year with Indiana Bell Telephone Company. Indianapolis plant superintendent presented a gold medal for faithful and loyal service. He is a cable splicer.
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L. A. Miller
Berwyn Street
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indianapolis
Constable Quits After 30 Years in Fishkill
In Fishkill New York on January 1 after three decades Leonard resigns as constable as deputy sheriffs and state troopers assume the duties in the area leaving a long serving official to retire from the post.
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United Press
Fishkill
N. Y
Leonard
Jazz Dominates Radio Play and Public Taste
New York report by critic Charles Merz shows in a sample week smaller stations aired 294 hours with 28 hours talks, 77 hours serious music, and 189 hours harmony. Larger stations totaled 357 hours with 56 hours talks and 259 hours music. jazz's dominance appears greater when accounting for gaps in daytime and evening listening.
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America
Charles Merz
Golden Book Magazine
Des Moines
Philadelphia
New York
Nashville
Hartford
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kansas City
Dallas
Merz
Schenectady
Pittsburgh
Davenport
Detroit
Springfield
Minneapolis
Leslie to Speak at Indiana Fairs Dinner
Governor-Elect Harry G. Leslie will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Indiana Association of County and District Fairs in Claypool on January 8, according to E. J. Barker. Mayor L. Ert Slack will give a welcome, with F. J. Claypool and A. P. Sandles also speaking. The Indiana Board of Agriculture meets January 9 in the House with Governor Jackson, Levi Moore, and Barker among speakers.
Dailey Forms New Law Firm After Return From California
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank C. Dailey returns from California and opens a new law office with Perry O Neal on the twelfth floor of the Consolidated building. The longtime Miller Dailey and Thompson firm dissolves, giving rise to three new firms including Dailey and O Neal led by Will H Thompson Albert Rabb and Tom D Stephenson.
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Frank C. Dailey
California
Perry O’neal
Consolidated
Miller, Dailey and Thompson
Middle West
Samuel D. Miller
Sidney
Lou Robertson
Dailey and O'Neal
Will H. Thompson
Albert Rabb
Tom D. Stephenson
Tuesday Night Radio Highlights From NBC Network Schedule
Tuesday night features combined NBC broadcasts including California versus Georgia Tech in Pasadena at 3:30 and various music programs. Lillian Taiz headlines the Freshman Orchestrations at 9:30 with a 35 piece orchestra under Hugo Mariani, plus operetta and classical selections by the United Light Opera Company and other NBC offerings through the evening.
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NBC
California
Georgia Tech
Pasadena
Cal
Newark
WEAF
Eveready Hour
WABC
Hank Simmons
United Light Opera Company
Lillian Taiz
Hugo Mariani
Miss Taiz
Hanley
Franz von Suppe
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ed Zs
Victor Herbert
Lehar
Delibes
Carver
Chaminade
Naila
Sealy Air Weavers Orchestra
Larry Briers
Radio Schedule Highlights Across Major Cities
A dense radio grid lists programs from Indianapolis WKBF and WFBM with noon to midnight slots, featuring studio orchestras, news, dances, theater programs, weather, and farm chats. Other stations in Cincinnati, New York, Chicago, and more present operas, concerts, markets, and variety shows with multiple time blocks and prominent bands.
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Mire Farrell
WFBM
Sammy
Indianapolis Times
Parker Wheatley
Longine
Henry Wood
Lieutenant Owen
Jim
Walt
American Legion
Times
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Julian Oliver
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BILL
Constable
Leslie
State Association
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Muncie
Dailey
Fada and
Crosley Radios & Down
Chicago Jewelry Co
Washington St
Reed’s Minstrels
Dick Jose
Reed
WKBF
Hoosier Athletic Club
Bair’s
Studio Papasae
Don Herry
Omran
International Ble Students’ Association
Apollo Theater
WLW
Hotel Gibson
Montgomery Ward
Henry Thiess
Hotel Gibson Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jacks
Seth Parkers
The
Quintile Trio
WJZ
WRNY
Opera
Columbia
Simmon
la Palma
United Light Opera
Midnighters
KSTP
St. Paul
Midnight Club
KFI
Los Angeles
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WHN
WMAQ
Benson
WGN
Goldkette
Nighthawks
CNRV
Vancouver
the Trocaderans
KPO
Motion Pictures
Hickman
the Barker
Milton Sills
Betty Compson
Dorothy Mackaill
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Dessa Byrd
Publix Iin
Te” Girl
Clara Bow
Charlie Davis
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Pauline Frederick
Lois Wilson
Bert Lytell
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Greta Garbo
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