Roads Entering Indianapolis in Condition Again
Snow and ice in northern Indiana with thawing in southern counties and traffic back to normal on state roads. Detours removed on Road 2 near Lincoln highway and on Road 19 near Tipton as highway officials report smooth travel week of Jan 10 17 with no major closures.
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Indiana
Traffe
John D. Williams
Commission
Williams
Tipton
New Albanyls
South Bend
Michigan
Peru
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Chestnut Ridge
Thersville
Madison
Greens O- Lafayette
Oxford
From poor man to Coca Cola executive in Charlotte
Weds Candler Homer Thompson, once poor, is now a Coca Cola Company executive in Charlotte North Carolina. He married Miss Lucy Candler, granddaughter of Asa G. Candler Sr., Coca Cola’s founder.
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Tive
Coca- Cola Company
Charlotte, N. C
Lucy Candler
Asa G. Candler Sr
Coca-Cola King
Fire at Quick Tire Service Inc. causes basement blaze
Fire at Quick Tire Service Inc. on North and Meridian Streets caused by spontaneous combustion in rubbish in the basement. Damage estimated at 50 dollars. Police Lt Schubert said firefighters provided the assessment.
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Quick Tire Service Inc
North and
Meridian Sts
Schubert
Survey shows living costs still high after war
International Typographical Union statistics align with Herbert Hoover's findings that the 1913 dollar's value is about 58 cents. Thomas K. Lewis notes variations in methods but asserts their survey, covering diverse cities, supports Hoover's conclusion of about 72 percent higher living costs than the prewar level.
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International Typographical Union
Bureau of Statistics
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Union
Thomas K. Lewis
Hoover
Lewis
General Tire to Build New Station at Pratt and Delaware
General Tire Sales Company will begin work on a new tire station at the southwest corner of Pratt and Delaware Streets within two weeks. The firm leased the property for ninety nine years, with building costs estimated at about $20,000 and the structure to be erected by Mothershead & Fitton, Inc.
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General Tire Sales Company
Pratt and
Delaware Sts
Mothershead & Fitton, Inc
Third Youth Arrested In Series Of Robberies
Detectives Gollnisch and Sheridan arrested Harold Fortune 19 of 745 Luett Ave as the third youth in alleged robberies at a drug store, the home of Clyde Freeman, a school, and two Somerset Avenue addresses. Roy Mackey 17 and William Fariss 17 were arrested after Mackey allegedly shot Harold Tanner 14 during a lookout incident. All three youths face grand larceny charges.
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Gollnisch
Sheridan
Harold Fortune
Luett Ave
Alva Stevenson
Michigan St
Clyde Freeman
Somerset Ave
Winfield Smith
Walnut St
Roy Mackey
William Fariss
Bridgeport
Ind
Mackey
Harold Tanner
N. Warman Ave
Coroner Rules Shooting Justified in Danville Youth Death
Coroner Paul F. Robinson ruled the fatal shooting of George Clark aged 22 by Police Sergeant Ralph Dean Des at 552 W Washington St as justifiable homicide. Seven witnesses supported the sergeant's account of the incident in Danville Indiana.
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Paul F. Robinson
George Clark
Danville
Ind
Ralph Dean
W. Washington Bt
Dean
Pleased with the Bargain in Times Want Ad
A reader recalls a sale of a used bedroom suite in the Times Want Ad despite the surrounding context of a 513 Chesapeake St. hold up alleged to involve Clark and Os Mond Bowyer 19 of Danville. The note notes satisfaction at the bargain and the ad’s usefulness.
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Clark
Osmond Bowyer
Danville
Chesapeake St
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