Business men unite to oppose auto fee hike in Indiana
Eighteen industrial associations and firms formed a coalition at the Chamber of Commerce to oppose higher motor vehicle license fees and the gasoline tax. Bert O Leary led the session while vows were made to push a uniform registration fee for all vehicles and to argue the tax should reflect miles driven and road wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bert O'Leary
Kiefer-Stewart Drug Company
Motor Truck Association of Indiana
O'Leary
J. D. Dungan
Hoosier Motor Club
Indiana Good Roads Association
Indiana
State Highway Commission
W. S. Frye
William Trimble
Western Oil and Refining Company
Indianapolis Better Business Bureau
While Cat's Away Husband Divorces and Remarries
Mrs Sylvia Myrotz returned from an extended vacation to find her husband had divorced her and remarried. The incident, occurring in Chicago, emerged as a striking domestic upheaval with the husband reportedly refusing a kiss upon her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prchigago
Sylvia Myrotz
Myrotz
Rubber ball thrill seeker plans Niagara Falls repeat
Jean Lussier, who went over Niagara Falls in a giant rubber ball last July 4, announces in a letter from Springfield Massachusetts that he will attempt the stunt again on the next Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Springfield
Mass
Niagara Falls
Jean Lussier
Wanted 5 Overstuffed Chairs
Classified ask spreads for five overstuffed wing chairs in aged condition at ten dollars. Located at 5201 Park Ave Hu 3474. The Times received six replies to the advert and touts its large daily readership as a prime marketplace for buying and selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Ave
Woman asks cheapest coffin in will probate filing
Dedham Mass January 23 United Press reports Katherine og of Quincy wants burial in the cheapest coffin possible. Probate filings reveal the unusual clause and reflect frugal wishes amid estate matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dedham
Mass
Katherine Og
Quincy
Bank Death Arrest Near at Sullivan
Sullivan Ind Jan 23 Arrest within two days of the man who shot Edgar D Maples to death in the Peoples bank here and threats of violence against Jessup F Bolinger vice president of the First State bank at Shelburn are startling developments in Sullivan countys week old financial tragedy Authorities say Maple visited by phone arranged to meet the banker and a visitor left the name at his home They believe the visitor took 4000 from a small safe near Maple's body Bolinger is held on forgery charges and investigators link Maple to knowledge of the forgeries Shelburn faces ruin as its only bank closes with coal mine idleness straining finances Charles Thompson says little can be salvaged from the bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Scofield
Sullivan
Ind
Edgar D. Maples
People’s Bank
Jessup F. Bolinger
First State Bank
Shelburn
Sullivan County
Maple
Bolinger
Charles Thompson
Salt Lake City Crusier Launched at Camden Navy Yard
In Camden New Jersey on January 23 the cruiser Salt Lake City was launched in a ceremony attended by high naval officials. Miss Helen Budge of Salt Lake City christened the ship, a 10 000 ton light cruiser built under Washington armaments conference limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Camden
N. J
Salt Lak City
Salt Lake City
Helen Budge
University of
Twenty Lost After Launch Sinks in Magdalena River
United Press report from Bogota says a Local launch exploded and sank in the Magdalena River near Sitla Nuevo. Twenty passengers are unaccounted for and several survivors are injured as rescue boats search for others.
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United Press
Bogota
Colombia
Magdalena River
Sitla Nuevo
Lithuanian Dancer Arrives for Vaudeville Engagement
CHICAGO January 23 Jurgis K Skinderis Lithuanian vaudeville actor aged 105 arrived today to present an act on the still active stage. The veteran performer is billed for a vaudeville engagement at city theaters and is expected to repeat a long career on tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Jurgis K. Skinderis
Indiana Senate Rejects Gray Bill Tightening Minor Liquor Penalty
By two votes the Gray bill failed in the Indiana state senate to raise the liquor sale or gift penalty to minors from thirty days to one to two years. Senator Carl M. Gray, Democrat of Petersburg, argued mothers and fathers demanded action while opponents warned of difficult convictions and parental responsibility. Senator Denver C. Harlan led the opposing defense of prohibition sentiment, noting enforcement limits and urging an awakening of parental responsibility. Absentees were excused after no new votes emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
State Senate
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Denver C. Harlan
Indiana
Harlan
Anti- Saloon League
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Ralph Adams
Shelbyville
John L. Niblack
Indianapolis
John S. Alldredge
Anderson
Shumaker
Ethan A. Miles
Arm Broken in Arctic Set by Radio Advice
A fur trapper, 1200 miles into the Arctic, set his broken arm after receiving medical instruction via radio from G Hudson, a radio operator at Hopes Advance on the Hudson strait, and is now progressing well. He traveled by dog team to seek help following the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Toronto
Ont
Arctic
Hudson Strait
G. Hudson
Duncan appeal argued before U S circuit court
Albert Ward United States district attorney traveled to Chicago for oral arguments before the United States circuit court of appeals in the Duncan case. Russell V Duncan Indianapolis attorney faces the appeal of his second federal conviction for conspiracy in the disappearance of an income tax refund check. He was sentenced to two years and a 2000 dollar fine after the May 1928 conviction, a prior May 1927 conviction had its appeal sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ward
T N'Ted
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Russell V. Duncan
Indianapolis
Duncan
Internal Revenue Office
Wreck Fatalities Claim Barney Foster in City Accident
Barney Foster aged 35 of 524 West Wilkins street died at city hospital from injuries after his car overturned on Saturday on south Meridian street. Internal injuries followed as he was pinned beneath the vehicle during the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Foster
West Wilkins Street
City Hospital
Foster
South Meridian Street
Captain William Frost Retires After 46 Ferry Years
New York harbor records show Captain William Frost, longtime holds ferry skipper, estimated his sailing trips would circle the globe fourteen times if laid end to end. He signed off after forty six years in ferry service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
William Frost
Ships in Distress Amid North Atlantic Storms
The American tanker Dannedaike, en route from Beaumont to Ghent, seeks Bermuda under its own steam after distress off Cape Hatteras. The steamship Florida, near the Dannedaike, battles heavy seas as several ships patrol the area. The President Harrison and America monitor, with Teesbridge, Yorck, and Maine also involved. No passengers aboard. crews number between thirty and thirty-five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Dollar
Harrison
Radio Marine Corporation
Florida
United States
America
Yorck
North Atlantic
Pensacola
Naples
Ghent
Belgium
Beaumont
Tex
Becky Rogers Granted New Trial in Bank Robbery Case
Becky Rogers, former University of Texas co ed, who was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary for the robbery of Farmers National Bank of Buda, Texas, was granted a new trial today by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Austin
Tex
Becky Rogers
University of Texas
Farmers National Bank of
Buda
Court of Criminal Appeals
Copper Pinches First Man In 25 Years Arrest
Chicago police officer Jeremiah Downey, with 25 years service, makes his first arrest by pinning a masher in the city on January 23. Downey’s long tenure highlights a historic moment for the force as a veteran officer captures a suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Press
Jeremiah Downey
Chicago Police Department
Imade
Masher
State Tax on Cigarettes Proposed in Indiana House
A bill would tax every cigarette sold in Indiana by one tenth of a cent with stamps on packs and a retail price cap. It targets wholesalers and retailers, allows only specific pack sizes, and funds school relief to cover a 2 million dollar deficit. Penalties include fines up to 1,000 dollars and possible prison terms for stamp counterfeiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
House of Representatives
Lafayette Gilley
Washington
Lewis £. Carter
Salem
Harlan R. Benton
Barber Post Office
Virginia
Indiana Grain Dealers Convene Twenty-Eighth Annual Convention
Indiana Grain Dealers Association opens its twenty-eighth annual convention in the Board of Trade library Thursday afternoon with speakers Dr. R. H. Carr of Purdue University Charles Quinn secretary of the Grain Dealers National Association and Ed Wasmuth former Indiana association president A banquet follows at 6 p m at the Elks Club An entertainment program arranged by the Indianapolis Board of Trade and the local grain dealers features the Flying Flappers orchestra and The Harmony Darlings A second business session is scheduled for 9 30 a m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
Board of Trade
R. H. Carr
Purdue University
Charles Quinn
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Ed Wasmuth Huntington
Indiana Association
Elks Club
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Indianapolis Grain Dealers and Millers
Flying Flappers
Harmony Darlings
Time change shelved in Indiana bill postponement
A bill by State Representative Forrest Knepper to shift Indiana from central to eastern time was indefinitely postponed by the committee on rights and privileges last Friday. The move preserves current time standards as the measure stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Forrest Knepper
Etna Green
Committee On Rights and Privileges
Man Bequeaths Estate to Sister then Leaps Before Train
Detroit dispatch reports Robert Hudspeth aged 50 leaped in front of a Michigan Central engine after writing a note bequeathing his $4,000 estate to his sister Mrs Ellen Kelley of New Albany Indiana. He was said to be discouraged by ongoing illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Ellen Kelley
New Albany
Ind
Robert Hudspeth
Michigan Central
Wakes Finds Lost Boy Returns After Cold Morning
A 3 year old boy Oliver Pagel wandered from home at 6 a.m. wearing only an undershirt. Mrs. Hilda Naperstick sheltered him until police arrived, while father Carl Pagel reported him missing shortly after. The child was returned to his parents after descriptions matched. Police noted the father had left to light a fire in his machine shop at 123 West Norwood Street.
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Oliver Pages
Church Street
Hilda Naperstick
South Capitol Avenue
Tague
Elizabeth Denny
Carl Pagel
Oliver
Pagel
West Norwood Street
U S Don Juan Dies in New York and Related Bank Suit
A 23 year old Bernard Halpern was found dead in New York streets with an address book containing a list of 100 girls. In Noblesville Indiana the Citizens State Bank sues Patterson relatives for 30000 over an embezzlement of 147000. Patterson died by his own hand after admitting the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Bernard Halpern
Cold Sweeps City as Latest Chill Arrives
The cold wave deepens with a 28 degree drop overnight and forecast to reach 5 above zero tonight. A northern surge brings bone chilling air from Bis mark and Manitoba with storms likely by Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Bismark
N. C
Manitoba
Canada
Armington
Updike Loses Suit In Indiana Supreme Court
Congressman Ralph E. Updike lost his appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court in his election recount suit against Louis Ludlow, the Democrat who defeated Updike for re election in November. The court refused to order a recount of the votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Updike
Indiana Supreme Court
Louis Ludlow
Updike
Linn D. Hay
Laddie Boy the White House Dog Dies in Massachusetts
Laddie Boy, once the first dog of the land and White House mascot during the Harding era, died at age and illness in Newtonville, Massachusetts. The Airedale, presented by Charles W. Been, joined the White House on March 4, 1921, and was later connected to President Harding's administration. The Harding Memorial Society notes the passing and contemplates the dog’s final resting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
EWTON
Mass
Airedale
White House
President Harding
Newtonville
Harry L. Barker
Secret Service
Laddy Boy
Coleidge
Laddie Buck
Charles W
City Orders Bus Stop Survey Under New Traffic Code
Traffic Captain Lester E Jones was ordered by the safety board to survey city bus stops for near side placement under the new code. The department will report next Tuesday after talks with Peoples Motor Coach officials showed about 90 percent of existing stops on the far side. Board president Fred W Connell said the survey aims to balance safety and convenience for the public. Paper Manufacturer Divorced By United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Jones
The
Safety Board
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Fred W. Connell
Snowbound rail crashes claim thirty six lives across nation
A spate of Western and Midwestern rail crashes was blamed on heavy snow and blizzards. Bellevue Ohio bus interurban collision killed many and prompted four investigations. Other wrecks occurred in Torrington Connecticut Depue Illinois Elko Nevada Dayton Ohio and Farmland Indiana. Teddy Branski admitted involvement in a Detroit bank robbery before dying. The Greyhound bus escapade near Toledo left thirty aboard with driver Ed Butler surviving.
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United States
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
Interuran
Torrington
Conn
New York
New Sons
Haven & Fortford
Depue
Ill
Peoria
Rock Island
Western Pacific
Elko
Nev
Dayton
Charles
William Crawford
Chrisman
B. and
O. Capitol Limited
Wellington
Frank M. Davidson
Farmland
Ind
Davidson
Detroit
Bellevueu
Obrawski
Brooklyn
Richard Freeman
D. C. Coughanour
Cleveland
William J. Cook
A. Robinson
Davenport
Negro
Louis Flynn
Steubenville
O. Elmer Almond
Youngstown
O. Bela Theist
R. Rawnay
Chicago
Peter Kingsley
Wakeman
Harry Glickman
J. H. Harmon
Akron
Susan Deister
Greyhound
Pittsburg
Toledo
Ed Butler
Arc
Bill Would Allow Younger Children To Serve as Caddies
A bill introduced by Representative Green amends the current school attendance law to permit children aged 14 and over to act as caddies. The existing statute sets the minimum age at 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Knepper
Etna Green
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Motor Club
Henry Dithmer Sr
Polar Ice and Fuel Company
C. W. Abraham
Tom Snyder
Central Union Truck Te
Scott Johnson
Indiana Ice Dealers Association
George Ziegler
Indiana Petroleum Dealers Association
R. W. Bales
Indiana Manufacturers of Dairy Products
A. N. Lawson
Indiana Retail Coal Club
William Kreis
Kreis Transfer Company
Ray Macy
Peoples Coal and Cement Company
J. L. McNerny
W. M. McKinstrey
Vacuum Oil Company
George A. van Dyke
T. A. Bell Company
Automobile Dealers and Distributors
A. L. Mieserly
National League of Commission Merchants
M. M. Fritsch
Furniture Association of Indianapolis
E. O. Grove
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Mar
Times
Arship
Sal Lake City
Senate
Argue Duncan
U. S. Circuit Court
Theaee
Globe
Hoosier
U. S
Don Juan
Noblesville
Omar G. Patterson
Citizens State Bank
Patterson
Ludlow
Laddie Boy
Laddie
Harding Memorial Society
United Preas Reno
Virginia Mowbray Whitney
N. Y
Arthur Whitney
Eastern Paper
Butler
Bill
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