Holdups Keep Police On Run As 1925 Ends
Five holdups and one attempted holdup kept police busy New Year’s Eve and early today. Two Negro bandits blamed for three holdups robbed a tire shop, a street car operator, and others, with sums ranging from $5 to $40. A white bandit hit a Great Western Oil attendant for $25, while other burglaries took place at homes and stores including a drug store and a grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby Pass
Harry Draker
Valley Avenue
Harry Hodson
Highland Avenue
Adams
Twentieth Streets
Paul Alexander
Olive Street
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Keystone Avenue
Millersville Road
M. J. Levi
East Twenty Fifth Street
East Seventeenth Street
Rodney Jones
South Twelfth Street
Beech Grove
Great Western
Twenty-fifth and
Illinois Streets
Woodrow West
North Illinois Street
Jones
Ezra W. Williams
East Tabor Street
Progress Laundry
North Meridian Street
Jack W. Bates
East Twenty-eighth Street
Boxing figures linked to Inland restaurant brawl
Bobby Allen and Walter Brummitt were arrested on malicious mischief charges after a free for all at Inland restaurant on Central avenue. The fight began when they could only pay a $1.60 bill with $1, taking the money for themselves and Miss Alice Mitchell, who lived on South Meridian street and was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Allen
North Senate Avenue
Walter Brummitt
South Meridian Street
Inland
Central Avenue
Alice Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Sisters Reunited After Eighteen Years
Mrs. Margaret Barnes and Miss Mase Taylor, sisters separated as orphans and adopted by different families, were reunited for the first time in eighteen years at Barnes home on Udell street. They had lived within fifty miles of each other most of their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Barnes
Udell Street
Mase Taylor
Columbus
Tunney Meets Walpole on Berengaria Pier
James J Tunney arrived as the Berengaria docked and approached Primo Canera before seeking English novelist Hugh Walpole. Tunney and Walpole departed the ship together, with Canera’s admirers nearby reacting to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Jani
James Joseph Tunney
Berengaria
Primo Canera
Tunney
Canera
Hugh Walpole
Walpole
Voshell to Stay as City Fire Chief
Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell was retained by the Sullivan administration after a series of safety board, mayor elect and party leader talks. Nine fire department appointments followed, including lieutenants and captains, with Ioan McHugh and Clyde Long among new hires and promotions to fill vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Voshell
L. Ert Slack
Charles R. Myers
Board of Safety
Sullivan
Voshell
Safety Board
Reginald H. Sullivan
Fred W. Connell
Robert Miller
Ira Haymaker
Joseph P. McHugh
South West Street
E. E. van Osdel
Penn-Tenn Auto Company
Three More Die From Meningitis At City Hospital
Three deaths at city hospital in twenty four hours raise today’s meningitis toll to forty two. Victims include Norman Melton age 3 of 508 West Milton. Caroline Dugan age 6 of 1048 South West, daughter of Patrolman Lawrence Dugan. George Hershauer at Capitol avenue and Fall Creek. Albert Byrd age 6, Negro, 904 West Walnut reported by deputy coroner. Real Silk Hosiery Mills donates mercurophen bottles with usage instructions to aid epidemic fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Herman G. Morgan
Norman Melton
West Milton Street
Caroline Dugan
South West Street
Lawrence Dugan
George Hershauer
Capitol Avenue
Fall Creek Boulevard
Albert Byrd
West
Walnut Street
Many Autos Stolen in Indianapolis During 1929
Police reports show about 2,921 automobiles stolen in Indianapolis during 1929 with an average value of 1,000 dollars per car, totaling roughly 2,921,000 dollars. Only 2,656 cars were recovered locally, with officials noting additional recoveries by owners were not reported and many cars were recovered in other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
One Killed in Blast at Pillsbury Flour Mill
An explosion at the Pillsbury Flour Mill elevator in Enid Oklahoma killed Robert Lee Mizar a sweeper and injured three others. Charles Backis sustained serious burns while Paul Liton and William Copper were burned on the face and arms.
Weather brief observed at 9 30 a m with wind and temp
At 9 30 a m winds from the southwest 16 mph pressure 29 83 inches altitude ceiling 1300 feet visibility two miles field wet temperature 53 degrees through the station
Bed smoking sparks blaze at Pinex apartments
A morning fire at 808 Fletcher avenue damages 200 dollars in the Pinex apartments. The fire started from smoking in bed and forced more than twenty residents to evacuate their homes around 5 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex
Fletcher Avenue
Robin returns to Fischer home for spring nest
The robin that yearly builds a nest at 2179 Gale Street near William and Mrs. Fischer is back for the new season. Police officer Fischer notes the bird works on a nest despite forecasts of colder weather for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fischer
Gale Street
Fischer
Death claims Charles Taft famed editor and financier
Charles P Taft 86 half brother of Chief Justice William Howard Taft died in Cincinnati from complications after a pneumonia attack. An editor philanthropist and art collector he led the Cincinnati Times Star and owned stakes in Chicago and Philadelphia baseball teams. Survived by his widow two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
William Howard Taft
Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
Yale University
Cincinnati Times
The
Star
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Congress
Chicago
McAlpin
New York
Albert S. Ingalls
William T. Semple
Charles Howard Taft
Roosevelt pushes prison reform to curb outbreaks
Albany NY January 1 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt proposed prison reform to reduce outbreaks and speed up judicial process. He urged applying enlightened research to convicts and called for a commission of laymen and lawyers to study judicial reform to cut costs and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Dannemora
Auburn
Coffee Cup Clash at White Castle S Links Injuries
In a late night brawl at the White Castle cafe 618 North Illinois Street Russell Walker of Detroit is hospitalized with scalp wounds and charged with intoxication and assault. George McHenry of 1120 North Pennsylvania Street faces intoxication assault and battery and carrying concealed weapons. Police found both men face down outside the shop with clerks and customers nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Castle
North
Illinois Street
Russell Walker
Detroit
City Hospital
George McHenry
Pennsylvania Street
McHenry
Walker
Local Man Hit By Car In Koehne Street Incident
Henry Shott, 72, of 1219 West New York Street, was injured when struck by an automobile driven by 23 year old Tandy Drunton of 602 North Rybelt Street in the 200 block on Koehne Street Tuesday night. He was taken to city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shott
New York Street
Koehne Street
Tandy Drunton
North
Rybelt Street
City Hospital
Nation Welcomes 1930 Amid Fireworks and Fanfare
The nation greeted the new decade with celebrations across cities and towns. Churches filled, nightlife thrived, and radio carried London’s Big Ben chimes as 1930 began. an attempted 4 a.m. rebroadcast from Australia failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
United States
Australia
White House Opens for New Year Visits
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover welcomed the public to the White House today, with doors opening at 1 p.m. after a private New Year’s Eve, as cabinet members, congressmen, military officials and diplomats lined up to meet the First Family in the Blue Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
White House
Hoover
New York Revels Endured New Year Festivities Across Boroughs
New York observes a restrained New Year with less liquor and lavish entertainment. Prohibition officials led a raid on about twenty venues in Broadway Harlem and Greenwich Village, yet overall revelry persisted with thousands still drinking and many speakeasies reportedly closing early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Maurice Campbell
Broadway
Harlem
Greenwich Village
Detectives Investigated 8429 Cases Under Police Chief Kinney
The Indianapolis detective department led by Jerry Kinney investigated 8,429 cases in the last year and made 3,085 arrests. This compares with 8,379 cases and 2,994 arrests in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
New Year Radio Bullet Wounds Man in Philadelphia Apartment
Andrew McFarland at 848 South Pennsylvania street heard New Year festivities through a radio lacking a television. A bullet pierced his arm from nearby elevated tracks during the celebration. He was treated at City Hospital. no bone was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McFarland
Pennsylvania Street
McFarland
City Hospital
Indianapolis first New Year's baby a girl born at Methodist
The first New Year’s baby in Indianapolis is a girl born at 7 50 a m at Methodist hospital. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Loren Knuckles of 24 North Campbell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
Loren Knuckles
North Campbell Street
Tuberculosis Seen as Ongoing Threat by Public Health Expert
Dr William Charles White of the Public Health Service warned that tuberculosis remains a major danger and the U S may still see over 160000 deaths annually. He spoke to the American Association for the Advancement of Science about overestimating progress against the disease once called the white plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
William Charles White
United States Public Health Service
White
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lindberghs Spend Quiet New Year on Inspection Tour
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh spent New Year’s Day in St Louis quietly during their inspection tour of the Transcontinental Air Transport airports. They expect to continue the tour if weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Priest Father Deville Dies After Christmas Heat Prisoner Rescue
Father John B. Deville, longtime pastor of St. Anthony's and director of a settlement house, contracted pneumonia after aiding a shivering man on Christmas Eve and was hospitalized with doubtful recovery. Credited with rescuing Belgian orphans during the war, he counted President Hoover among friends and was knighted by King Albert. Prayers circulated across Chicago for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Mercy Hospital
St. Anthony’s Church
Gary Bishop Alerding
Father Deville
Albert
Stork Brings First Baby as Chicago Welcomes 1930
Dawn of the thirties in Chicago features a newborn at midnight to Mrs. John Gnatek, a ruckus at a South Wabash dance with Gin bottles and blackjacks flying, and a Texas Company filling station safe blown with $900 missing. Police kept order after a dozen officers quelled the melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
John Gnatek
South Wabash
Texas
Hourly Temperatures Open With Morning Reading
A brief weather note lists early hour temperatures showing 52 degrees at 6 AM and 9 AM, with a later 8 AM entry also at 52 degrees and a 10 AM reading of 52 point five eight eight. The fragment provides minimal readings and lacks context or location.
Rash Romance Begins Thursday in The Times
Judith Cameron a stenographer and Arthur Knight her widowed employer with two children plan marriage though he is middle aged. The romance promises complications as they face unexpected difficulties after tying the knot in the new Laura Lou Brookman serial Rash Romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Cameron
Arthur Knight
Mance
Laura Lou Brookman
Rum Skipper Free On Bail In Rhode Island Case
Charles Travers of New Bedford mass, sole survivor of the Black Ducks sea raid, is freed on ten thousand dollars bail pending a January sixteenth hearing on liquor smuggling charges. He appeared with a wounded arm in a sling after being brought from a hospital to US Commissioner Archibald C Matteson. Travers pleaded not guilty. Bail was posted by Walter G Nichols. Three companions died when coast guards opened fire near Narragansett Bay mouth early Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
United States
Archibald C. Matteson
Walter G. Nicols
Traver
Narragansett Bay
Four city branches to issue Indianapolis license plates
Four city branches for distributing automobile license plates in Indianapolis will open Thursday announced by James L. Bradley head of the state licensing bureau. Locations include Forty-second Street State bank at Forty second street and College avenue Northwestern State bank at Northwestern avenue and Thirtieth street Belmont State bank at 2101 West Washington street and Fountain Square State bank at 1059 Virginia The 1930 plates may also be secured in the statehouse basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
James L. Bradley
State Licensing Bureau
Forty-second Street
Bandits Rob Suitcases From Checkroom Patrons
Two Negro bandits robbed Wilbur Burton at Twenty second and Talbott streets on Tuesday night taking $20 and checks for two suitcases left at the traction terminal checkroom. The thieves used the checks to claim his suitcases before he reported to police, absconding with clothing and valuables valued over 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Burton
Carmel
Talbott
Traction Terminal
Burton
Avay
Deadline near for veterans adjusted compensation applications
John H. Ale, regimental director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, announced that all applications for adjusted compensation for World War veterans must be mailed by midnight tomorrow. About 85 percent of Indiana's 120,000 veterans are eligible for the benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Ale
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Indiana
Leslie starts war on bondsmen and crooked lawyers in Indiana
Governor Harry G. Leslie closes 1929 by ordering a crackdown on professional bondsmen and secret ties with lawyers. He shifts judge benches to the courthouse, moves probation and bailiff oversight, and seeks county cooperation to end underworld bondsman networks. Additional appointments include Chicago world’s fair and state engineering boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Leslie
Indianapolis
Clifton R. Cameron
Cameron
Paul C. Wetter
Dan V. White
Thomas E. Garvin
Marion County Commissioners
Solon Vial
Leslie
Marion County
de Pauw University
Indianapolis Bar Association
Ed Jackson
Battle Flag Commission
State Board of Registration and Examination of Engineers
George Ade
Brook
Purdue University
Ball
Frank C. Ball
Muncie
E. J. Baker
A. Murray Turner
Hammond
William H. O’brien
Lawrenceburg
William Aspen
Valparaiso
Charles O. Grafton
Mary Q. Burnet
Jerry Magivan
Peru
Lynn O. Knowlton
Frank T. Strayer
Indiana Battle Flag Commission
R. V. Achatz
Aurora
E. F. Smith
Howard M. Stradling
Harry M. Bell
Logansport
Police arrest man after alleged New Year kick at home
John Kennelwell of 811 West Washington street told police he and his wife Gladys were happy over the New Year. He is accused of kicking her down stairs at 3 15 this morning and was arrested at city hospital when he called to learn her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennelwell
West Washington Street
Gladys
Kennelwell
City Hospital
Brakeman Crushed Between Box Car and Shanty
Michael Klein of 1423 East New York Street, brakeman for the Indianapolis Union Railway Company, was seriously injured early today when caught between a box car and the side of a switch shanty. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Klein
East New York Street
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Blanche Thomas
Darnell Avenue
Mock Sears
Colton Street
Sanford Secret
College Avenue
Patrick Butler
Arnolda Ave
Mme
Ashington
Richard Teeter
Madison Avenue
Isaac George
Brookside Avenue
Loca
Charles Taft
GOV
Roosevelt
Joseph H. Baird
Jion
Tua
Januar
Marc
Gertrude Mary Mahoney
William J. Mahoney
East Fifty-fourth Street
Gertrude
Stockman Dance Studio
Shot
T. B. Peril
Lindys
Gary Priest
Stork
Dance
Safe
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