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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
1
A Times reporter in Indianapolis recounts hopping streetcars without fare. Conductors and fellow passengers advance charity, with one allowing a ride for a penny and another for a cigarette. The piece blends humor with a social snapshot of kindness on public transit.
A crowded scene across downtown as the sun dimmed during the eclipse. Pedestrians wore smoked glass, workers gathered on rooftops, and police and fire crews watched from headquarters and towers while crowds in Boston, Oklahoma City and Minneapolis joined the city in observing the event. An Irvington woman watched the sun through smoked glass while holding a chicken, claiming it would sleep during the eclipse.
Indianapolis residents gathered on high hills to witness a 93 percent total solar eclipse under clear skies. Meteorologist J H Armington notes temperature rise after the maximum eclipse, from 23 degrees to 27 degrees as the sun reemerged. Spectators used smoked glasses and field glasses to view the event.
The attorney general told the budget committee there are no obstacles to shifting highway and conservation funds into the general fund. Gas tax revenue and commission disbursements could be centralized, despite objections from the commissions that such control would nullify the gasoline tax law. The appropriation bill by the commissions is to be introduced next week.
Four thousand square meters of inhabited land have suddenly submerged into the Atlantic Ocean off Port Alexandre Angola a fishing port in the Portuguese colony. Luanda dispatches say the event occurred near Great Fish Bay about forty miles from the coast.
Nine members of the Egan's Rats gang from St. Louis were sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary for robbing a mail truck at Staunton Illinois. A rehearing and bail request were denied at a Chicago hearing before Judges Samuel Alsuhler and George T. Page.
State auditor Lewis Bowman says he will refuse salary payments to Supreme Court Judge Benjamin Willoughby until the Denton election contest, in which Denton lost by a single vote, is settled. Denton has acknowledged the election but lacks a governor’s certificate and has sworn in.
In Superior Court Three, Judge Sidney E. Miller today accepted a $67,000 cash bid from contractor Thomas Monoben for the ninety nine year lease of the Baldwin Bridge property held by a company, Talawene. The bid funds the project described as the Baldwi nidg relocation or replacement.
O. D. Crosley named chairman of teams organized to promote uniform tag decoration sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Veterans of Foreign Wars and Spanish War Veterans. Assistants include Albert Pauley George T. Becher and William Jones with team captains listed. A joint committee from the veteran groups works on education about the campaign’s purpose.
Miss Ethel Hays, artist and expert on the modern flapper, introduces Flapper Fanny a chic young lady with sharp ideas. Portraits flank Fanny as she appears daily starting Monday with witty lines on autos and telephones. The Times will present her and other up to date youth next week.
Five men were sentenced to ten to twenty-one years at the Indiana State Reformatory by Criminal Judge James A. Collins for robbery. Edward Tate Oliver Jackson Morris Watkins and Fred Meyer received fines for the drug store hold up and the filling station robbery. John Lewis colored was fined and sentenced for holding up Daniel Thomas and robbing him of eighteen dollars.
A. Smith Bowman filed suit in Superior Court seeking a receiver for the Cartinhour Bowman Company at 933 N Capitol Ave. He alleges he was president and board member until July 1 1924 and was promised 300 monthly salary plus 2100 back pay. The suit asks for a receiver to wind up the business and a judgment for the back salary. No statement from company officers was provided.
A garbled puzzle hints at a place to store dishes during film viewing, a perturbed person who believes he leads the family, and a large hall suitable for roller skating, all wrapped in a humorous context.
Sherman Rogers a principal speaker at a special Indianapolis Optimists Club banquet in Lincoln Wednesday evening will discuss Your Side, My Side and the Right Side. He may broadcast his speech.
County Council approves 500000 in additional appropriations for county institutions and four road improvements. Major item includes 62000 for fifty five voting machines. Roads to be improved include Jansen Swails Mann and Thompson.
Four East St. Louis citizens presented charges against George English a federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois to Speaker Gillette. Charles A. Karch former U S district attorney in Englishs court helped file the complaint but the nature of the charges was not announced.
Senator Heflin launches floor attack on Attorney General Stone’s Supreme Court nomination. He charges Stone joined a Delaware suit for J. P. Morgan interests in an outrageous affair. The dispute centers on confirmation proceedings in Washington.
Scientists across the East report perfect observations of a once in a lifetime phenomenon. The event drew millions who watched in awe as the eclipse produced the best night sky sight in years across the country.
The sun dimmed to totality as the moon passed, creating a rare 200 year event. Observers across a wide swath from Duluth to Montauk Point watched the darkness and corona, amid cold weather and bands of shadow racing over the land. Scientists from thirteen observatories tracked the eclipse with near perfect observing conditions at Ithaca and other sites.
Ike Stecher, chauffeur for Grover Bergdoll the arch draft dodger, turned himself in to federal officers in Philadelphia. He says Bergdoll fled after a myth of buried gold and mentions the two Army sergeants, who were billiards players at Bergdoll's mother’s home, aided the escape. Stecher traveled from Germany under an assumed name and faces possible charges.
Dense clouds over Iron Mountain Michigan hindered a University of Chicago solar eclipse expedition. Four high speed cameras worth $500000 failed to capture usable data as the sky patrol could not track the event. The team planned to disband and return to Yerkes with a note on a possible 1926 eclipse in Sumatra.
United Press reports a severe cyclone razed Roebourne in western Australia causing 5 million dollars in damage to the town and surrounding area. No loss of life is mentioned. The town is listed in Lippincott's Gazette as having 300 residents.
Miss Loretta Hines daughter of a millionaire lumberman married Howell Howard a Dayton Ohio sportsman in a lavish Chicago ceremony at the Holy Name Cathedral priced at about 100000. Cardinal M Service officiated in a rosary adorned setting.
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