Two Murders Open New Year in Windy City
Two people were killed as Chicago welcomed 1930. Fred Leon Roe, 52, prominent Mason and real estate board member, died from a gunshot wound near Logan Square. At a New Year’s Eve party, Al Lambert shot and killed William Havenann, 31, after rivalries over Miss Margaret Dwyer, with Lambert still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dy United Press
Chicago
Fred Leon Roe
Chicago Real Estate Board
Logan Square
Margaret Dwyer
al Lambert
William Havenann
Lambert
Havenann
Chicago coal famine threatens city as walkout looms
United Press reports a midwinter coal shortage looms in Chicago after the West Side Coal Teamsters and Chauffeurs' Union called a Thursday walkout. A general strike by teamsters could follow, prompting concerns from James D. Rooney of the Coal Merchants' Association about hotel and apartment coal supplies and home preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
West Side Coal Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Teamsters
James D. Rooney
Coal Merchants’ Association
Gas Pipe Organ Built by Schoolboys in London
Young Mr. A W Atwood and his brother with friends built a queer organ from spare time. It has 600 to 700 pipes and eighteen stops. Made from old gas pipes billiard balls and knife handles. Construction cost about 1000 dollars with a similar organ selling around 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. W. Atwood
Al Smith Arrest Story Not The Al Smith
Cleveland readers were startled by a report that bootlegging suspect Al Smith was arrested. At arraignment he denied guilt and was held on $2,000 bond for a hearing, while Berlin reported five killed and six seriously wounded when a train hit a motorbus at Insterburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jan
al Smith
United Press
Berlin
Insterburg
Fruit and Produce Prices From Regional Markets Listed
A sprawling price listing shows per crate and per unit costs for fruits and vegetables including apples various varieties, lemons, grapes, strawberries, beans, beets, carrots, cabbage, celery, cauliflower, cucumbers and more across Florida California Michigan Wisconsin Idaho and other regions, with many prices in dollars per crate bushel or dozen. The catalog style notice reads like a wholesale market ledger with item by item prices and regional origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Michigan
Idaho
Colorado
Prices for Poultry and Related Goods
Markets list buying prices for hens, springers, cocks, turkey hens, young, fat geese and full feathered white birds. Includes weights and tail-end notes on butterfat and miscellaneous staples with regional pricing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benery
S&c. F
New York Timberrer
Seventh Game of Milton Work Radio Bridge Exhbition
In the seventh Milton C Work Radio Bridge game broadcast from Station WFBM on Tuesday the exhibition featured Mrs Virginia Tubbs Chicago Mrs J Vail Shipley Wichita Kan R L Rutter Spokane Wash and George M Hosack Pittsburgh. Tubbs as declarer won three Spades to make four spades with 36 trick points while opponents totaled 30. Mr Work praised Tubbs bid but warned the case applies only to her extraordinary hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFBM
Virginia Tubbs
Chicago
J. Vail Shipley
Wichita
Kan
R. L. Rutter
Spokane
Wash
George M. Hosack
Pittsburgh
Tubbs
South
A. K. Rutter
West
Hosack
North
Mrs. Shipley
East
Shipley
RS. Tubbs
Mrs. Tubbs
Rutter
Eclarer
Dummy
Declarer
Deny Rivera Resigns as Spain’s Premier
Official sources deny Primo de Rivera’s resignation as premier of Spain. It is noted he previously told the United Press he would resign only when a successor is ready, and current remarks suggesting regime changes were not an actual resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Spain
Fitzgerald Rites Set for Civil War Veteran Philander Fitzgerald
Funeral services are planned for Philander H. Fitzgerald 83 Civil war veteran and former Indianapolis pension attorney and financier died at his son Frank Fitzgeralds home in Acton. Services will be held Thursday at J C Wilson undertaking parlors 1230 Prospect Street with burial in Crown Hill cemetery Survivors include two daughters Laura G Fitzgerald Rose E Carlin of Indianapolis three sons Frank Acton Bernard G Fitzgerald of Terre Haute and John T Fitzgerald of Indianapolis and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philander H. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Frank Fitzgerald
Acton
J. C. Wilson Undertaking
Prospect Street
Crown Hall Cemetery
Laura G. Fitzgerald
Rose E. Carlin
Bernard G. Fitzgerald
Terre Haute
John T. Fitzgerald
Noisy New Year revels mark Indianapolis celebration
Din and gin greeted 1930 as crowds in Indianapolis filled clubs theaters and hotels with merriment. About 1590 from the Indianapolis Athletic Club joined Peter Pan entertainment at the Columbia Club while Elks and Sahara Grotto hosted meals and dancing. Bells guns and noise makers sounded at midnight as many churchgoers kept watch and caroled in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Columbia Club
Elks Club
Sahara Grotto
Hotel Severin
Indiana
Lyric
Realty committees named for ninth annual Indianapolis show
Two contests linked to the Indianapolis Real Estate Board exposition set for April 5 to 12 at the Indiana State fairground were announced by board president T. E. Grinslade. Fred L. Palmer will head the miniature model house contest for Marion county students and E. E. Brodbeck will lead the poster contest for Indiana artists. Prizes total 300 dollars. The school children contest committee will meet at the realty board office Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Indiana State Fairground
T. E. Grinslade
Fred L. Palmer
Marion County
E. E. Brodbeck
Indiana
Realty Board
Two Hoosiers Barred From Chicago With Vests
Lafayette banker G. L. Potter and attorney Charles H. Robertson were chased and arrested in Chicago as bandit suspects after attempting to buy steel vests for a confrontation with a tenant. Police used a decoy delivery and a bank money run to nab them. they were advised not to equip themselves with armor in future tenant disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lafayette
Ind
G. L. Potter
Charles H. Robertson
Chicago
Potter
Robertson
Fred R. Burke
Riley Funeral for Ellen Riley Friday
Funeral services for Ellen Riley 90 Indianapolis resident for seventy seven years who died at her home 634 North Pine Street will be held at her home 8 30 a m and at St Josephs Church 9 a m Friday She came to Indianapolis from County Kerry Ireland at age 13 She is survived by two sons Hugh Riley and Thomas A Riley both of Indianapolis a daughter Miss Margaret Riley of Indianapolis and twelve grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Riley
Indianapolis
North Pine Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Riley
County Kerry
Ireland
Hugh Riley
Thomas A. Riley
Margaret Riley
Obituary notices for Carolyn Dugan and Mabel Irene Smith
Carolyn Mary Dugan age six died Wednesday January 1 funeral Friday January 3 at 10 am private due to spinal meningitis at 1048 South West Street. Mabel Irene Smith widow of Raymond Smith died Tuesday December 31 funeral Thursday January 2 at 2 pm at her sister Mrs Tover Myers home 610 North New Jersey Street. Burial Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tover Myers
North New Jersey
Ocean Air Heroes Meet Here in Indianapolis
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Captain Herman H. Koehl met at Mars Hill airport in Indianapolis on Tuesday. The Koehls visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kurtz on Seventy Seventh Street and White River, with photos showing the handshake, autographs, and a planned flight to St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Herman H. Koehl
Mars Hill
Richard A. Kurtz
Koehl
Herman A. Kurtz
Koehls
Mrs. Kurtz
Seventh Street
White River
Lindy
St. Louis
Air Eagle
Trio Lost in Canyon Blames Lighter Failure
Three youths Celia Caplan Jack Schwartz and Lawrence Kotkin were rescued after sixty hours lost on Mount Wilson slopes. They decided to stay on frequented trails and carry a lighter along with matches. A defective lighter deprived them of a fire and food during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Mount Wilson
Celia Caplan
Jack Schwartz
Lawrence Kotkin
Talking wire records sounds on spool for future use
A new talking wire records human voice or music similar to phonograph discs. The spool stored medium allows filing plays operas speeches and other sounds for future generations. The article notes ancient Egyptians used cork coffins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Windy City
Chauffeurs
Jonathans
Grimes
New York
Duchess
Gravenstein
Wolf River
es—Jamgcia
angel—Caifornia
Valencia
Ripley
India
Brahma
Heilbronn
Germany
Cincinnati
U.S. Patent Office
Milton C. Work
Deny Rivera
Fitzgerald
Oo!l Investments
Fletcher American Company
James T. Hamill & Company Brokers
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Associated
New York Curb
Continental Bank Bldg. Tel. Riley
Rliley
Ocean Air Heroes
Canyon
Weo
Mark Twain
Connecticut
Fields
Rogers and Hart
The
the Lady
Alfaqueque
J. Alvarez Quintero
Nineteenth and
Alabama
Sts
Motion Pictures
AETN
AETNA
Ry Bis
Aed
Marina
Charlie Davis
Harry Savoy
Paramount
Mary Brian
Fredric March
the Children
Talking Screen
Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
Lupino Lane
Lillian Roth
Virginian Setts
Gary DogrEs
Walter Has
Speed Webb
Red Hot Band
Britt Woop
Powers
Wallace
Giorgia
Sandy Lang & CO
Hubert Dyer & Co
Laurh
Nix Dames
Max Cearke
Rod Tames
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!