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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1930

Page

16

Woman Seeks 20000 In Rum Raid Divorce Case Tangle

An Anderson Indiana divorce suit ties a rum raid to an alienation of affections claim. Five police members and Clarence C Leif are named with Emily Rolfs and Ira Emminger in a complaint alleging police sought liquor evidence to intimidate Emminger and influence a divorce case. The raid occurred at Mrs Rolfs home, with Emminger and Mrs Rolfs present, and claims of reputational damage and conspiring officers.

Times Anderson Ind City Police Department Clarence C. Leif Emily Rolfs Ira Emminger Carmen Emminger Leib Ttis Emminger Leith Clarence Brown Rolls Home John Corbett Alvin E. Riggs Alfont

Improvement bids accepted for nine public works projects

Nine contracts totaling 45100 were approved for public improvements. Projects include concrete paving on Concord street and Vermont to Michigan, grading and curbing on Thirteenth street, and walks on Thirteenth street with multiple vendors such as Schwert Brothers Fred G. Janie Mead Construction Company and others.

Concord Walnut Tenth William D. Vorel Liberty Vermont Michigan Schwert Brothers Thirteenth Street de Quincy Riley Avenue Riley Fred G. Janie Carrolton Avenue P. F. Carlos Andes Haugh Street Welnut St. Clair la Salle Street New York Mead Construction Company Michigan Street Tacoma Temple Lawayre Street Standard Paving Company Denny Street Pleasant Run Parkway Norwood Street Noble Virginia Avenue Delaware Street Grande Avenue Raymond Street Pratt Dermon Highland Avenue

Plans to preserve Indiana blind school building discussed

Discussed today were plans to save the original Indiana school for the blind by preserving it in model form at the World War Memorial Plaza site before razing. Christopher B., director of the state bureau, said relocation would be nearly impossible due to the building’s wood frame. He will seek interest from the Historical Society and arrange a special meeting.

Indiana School For the Blind World War Memorial Plaza Christopher B Historical Society

Night at the Tate Museum in August Commences

The Tate Museum will open extended night hours during August to welcome visitors. This new schedule invites local residents and tourists to explore exhibits after dark on select evenings throughout the month.

Irvington Legion to Choose Beach Queen Amid Fete Events

Irvington Post No 38 will select a beach queen from elimination winners at Garfield McClure and Rhodius pools for the Ellenberger pool event Friday at 3 p m as part of a Fourth of July fete. The fete opens with a Thursday parade led by Ft Benjamin Harrison’s Eleventh Infantry band and a mayoral color presentation by Boy Scouts.

Leatrice Maurer Morris Maurer Washington Boulevard Warfleigh Beach Aline Epple East Washington Street Willard Pool McClure Beach Twenty-sixth Street Rhodius Times Ellenberger Pool Irvington Post No. 38 American Legion Benjamin Harrrison Arlington Avenue Washington Street Ernest C. Rookey Legion Boy Scouts American Legion Auxiliary Russell Ryan

Traffic toll rises in Indianapolis first half of 1930

Police figures show 1695 traffic accidents in six months 1930 versus 2047 in 1929 citywide. Forty eight deaths occurred inside city limits with 25 pedestrians and 23 motorists including six children. Marion county outside city logged 163 accidents vs 219 in 1929.

Indianapolis Accident Prevention Bureau The Police Department Marion County

Mexican President’s Representative Greets U S Ambassador

A personal representative of President Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico greeted Ambassador Dwight Morrow during a luncheon hosted by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce. The cordial meeting occurred as Morrow, guest of honor, visited the city on July 1.

EL Paso Tex Pascual Ortiz Rubio Mexico Dwight Morrow Chamber of Commerce

Truck Driver Held in Death of Youth

Raymond Andrews, 36, of 1104 Bates Street, charged with involuntary manslaughter after his truck struck and injured 17 year old Edward Day, a delivery boy riding a bicycle on East Street beneath the Monon railway elevation. Andrews says he did not see the boy.

Raymond Andrews Bates Street Edward Day South Summit Street East Street Monon Railway Day Andrews

Smoke Fund Mounts for Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League

Workers drive to raise 80 000 for a two year budget renews efforts after two weeks of solicitation. They have received 12 000, reports show at Tuesday night Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce

Izaak Walton League Holds Indianapolis Chapter Meeting

Five hundred members will attend the Lincoln July 16 gathering to launch the Indianapolis chapter of the Izaak Walton League. Rev. William H Beachler of Dayton will warn on waterway pollution as a health and civic pride threat. State leaders including Governor Harry G Leslie and Richard Lieber will participate.

White River Indianapolis Izaak Walton League Lincoln William H Beachler Dayton League Harry G. Leslie Richard Lieber Conservation Department Charles Biederwolf Indiana Supreme Court Lewis F. Finch State Board of Health Ivar Hennings

Camp Knox Prepares For 1930 Citizens Training Camp

Camp Knox Kentucky readies for the 1930 Citizens Military Training Camp inviting 1500 candidates with potential 200 more on opening day. Lt Col Oliver P Robinson leads a staff drawn from Indiana and Ohio universities. The program includes medical support, 50 cooks, scholarships, athletics, swimming, tennis courts and a boxing platform.

Knox Camp Knox Kentucky West Virginia Indiana Ohio Oliver P. Robinson Robinson Indiana University David d. Edwards Oral E. Clark Henry McE Pendleton William T. Hamilton Harry C. Dayton Mack Garr Benjamin E. Grey Edward H. Metzger Owen Summers Harold Haney Citizens’ Military Training Camp Association Metzger

Cooler Weather Forecast For City Tonight

The weather bureau forecast slightly cooler temperatures tonight with fair conditions statewide. Early morning temperatures were 66 degrees, rising slightly during the day, with cooler air expected tonight and on Wednesday in the northwest portion of the state.

United States Weather Bureau

Girls in Auto Mishap Near City

Miss Beulah Head aged 17 of South Brookville road sustained cuts and bruises when her car skidded in gravel and overturned south of the city Monday night. Miss Jeanette Baker aged 17 of 31 North Denny street escaped injury in the same mishap.

Beulah Head Brookville Road Jeanette Baker Denny Street

Chicago Votes on Insull Move to Unite Transit

Citizens in Chicago went to 3,009 polling places to cast ballots on a proposal to unite the city's transportation system under the Samuel Insull interests.

United Preas Chicago Samuel Insull

Former Official Charles C. Howard Dies at 56

Charles C. Howard, 56, former teacher and ten year Marion township trustee, died at his Lebanon area home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon.

Lebanon Ind Charles C. Howard Marion Township Here

Nominees Chosen for Brown Derby Contest

The Times and the Veterans of Foreign Wars announce nominees from Broad Ripple to Southtown for the BROWN DERBY war drama event at the state fair ground July 19. Ballots be placed Wednesday in local drugstores and shops. winners receive a brown kelty and a bronze parque.

Broad Ripple Southtown Bank Bakeshop The Times State Fair Ground Charlie Davis Reginald H. Sullivan H. Vici Cook George J. Marott James A. Collins Arthur R. Baxter Charles Jewett Rebbi Milton Steinburg George Vonnegut George Winkler Bert Gadd Albert F. Meurer Pop” Myers Ira Holmes Fred M. Ayers Harry Wangelin Judson L. Stark Dick Miller Norman Perry John C. Ruckelshaus Roy Wilmeth George J. Mayer Frank Shellhouse Bowman Elder Karl R. Ruddel Sterling R. Holt Clyde Robinson Leslie Colvin Irving Lemaux Michael Foley Samuel Rauh Felix McWhirter A. L. Black H. C. Atkins Jerry Kinney Frank Stalnaker J. W. Esterline Walter T. White Francis Gavish F. C. Bird Veterans’ Post Hook's Drug Stores Walgreen's Drug Stores Clark & Cade L. S. Ayers & Co Harry Levinson Company Hatters New York Levinson's Stanley Credit Jewelers the Times

Amusement Park Races and Fourth of July Festivities Planned

Walnut Gardens speedway under new manager Gray Green hosts a July 4 program featuring fast dirt track cars from Roy Meyers and other Midwest drivers. The Riverside park offers balloon ascensions, parachute leaps, boxing, fireworks, picnic tables, and a 2:30 p.m. start with three five-mile preliminaries leading to a twenty-mile final.

Speed Green Walnut Gardens Green Walnut Gardens Speedway Middle West Roy Meyers Indianapolis Meyers W. L. Powell Willett Powell Terre Haute Wes” Uptergraff Ford Willard Grow Endicott Riverside Amusement Park Lorel Starkey Riverside

Estate unites lost brothers after forty years apart

John Lydon of Vanhouten New Mexico and his brother Thomas Lydon of Sullivan Indiana were reunited after Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush awarded John a share of an estate left by their mother Abbey Lydon in 1925. The brothers, aged 59 and 55, declared they were starting life anew as they left the courtroom arm in arm.

John Lydon Vanhouten N. M Thomas Lydon Sullivan Ind Mahlon E. Bush Tom Vincennes Tom Lydon Abbey Lydon Bash John

Elections set for Indiana Association of Workers for the Blind

Officers will be elected at the closing session of the eleventh biennial convention at the Claypool this afternoon. Nominations were prepared by Richard Williams Evansville Fred Simminger Fr Wayne and Mrs Carl Wolf Terre Haute. Incumbents include A F Burrows president Russell Judd first vice president Miss Minnette Baum second vice president Miss Violet Topmiller secretary and Mrs Elizabeth Lauenstein treasurer.

Indiana Association of Workers For the Blind Claypool Richard Williams Evansville Fred Simminger Wayne Carl Wolf Terre Haute A. F. Burrows Russell Judd Minnette Baum Violet Topmiller Elizabeth Lauenstein Edward M. Peterson Chicago Eugene Miller Indianapolis

Stutz Motor Car Plant Sale And Production Outlook

Stutz Motor Car Company of America continues scheduled plant sales through July 24. President E. S. Gorrel and sales development manager C. Alfred Campbell announced today. Additional orders suggest production will stay ahead for thirty days.

Stutz Motor Car Company of America E. S. Gorrel C. Alfred Campbell

Tombstone Loses Its Last Chinese Laundryman

Wong Dee Hong, Tombstone's sole Chinese laundry proprietor, leaves with his wife and son for Phoenix, leaving only two elderly Celestials. The town once boasted a thriving Chinese population amid the Boot Hill graves and Can Can restaurant lore, now fading into memory as ghosts and tunnels mark the end of an era.

Mbstone Ariz United States Tombstone West Wong Dee Hong Wong Hong Wong Jr Phoenix Mississippi River Pacific Coast Ah Lum Yee Yee Boot

Moran Gang Rumors Swirl After Tribune Murder

Chicago gangster Prank Foster was jailed on suspicion of killing Alfred J. Lingle, Tribune reporter. Nine Moran gang members and a bookkeeper Henrietta Smith were arrested as police restructured the force and pursued leads linking Lingle to underworld bosses.

Unitress Tos Angeles Foster Chicago Alfred J. Linkle Chicago Tribune Lingle United Press Alfred Jake) Lingle Arnold Rothstein Murch New York Police Department Grover Dullard George Bugs) Moran Dullard Illinois Central Special “Board of Strategy Chicago Herald and Examiner Today Alfred Lingle Tribune Moran al Capone Henrietta Smith Detective Bureau Board of Strategy the Tribune

Burglary and Robberies Reported Across City

Home of G J Selimeyer ransacked Monday night with a $40 ring stolen. Fern Garber reports a $45 wrist watch and $20 cash taken from her Apt 5. Howard Messer attendant at a Standard station loses $12 to three men. Harold Hinkle owner and Milburn Diardof clerk robbed of $15 at Hinkle Pharmacy. Ira Goff, 49, driver for Omar Baking, robbed of $35 near Arsenal Avenue and the canal.

G. J. Selimeyer Guilford Avenue Fern Garber East St. Clair Street Apt. 5 Howard Messer North Delaware Street Illinois Street The Canal Harold Hinkle Milburn Diardof South East Street Hinkle Ira Goff Bellefontaine Street Omar Arsenal Avenue

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Works Board Indiana Blind School Tate Museum Irvington Legion Post Mary Mulry Prospect Street Ruth Gaalema Finley Avenue Garfield Pool Audrey Foley North Walcott Street Thelma Rusk Oakland Avenue Virginia Roberts Woodlawn Avenue Irvington Post Francis Hodges Alma Tiefert Morrow I. U United Transportation System Amusement Parks FS Ie Dixie Valentines Mildred Melrose Miss Melrose Charlie Wilson Paul Gordon Beck Regan George O’brien the Lyric Walter D. Hickman Byrd South Pole the Circle Courage Apollo Palace Colonial Estate Unites Lost Brothers Gorrel Dennis Landry Toin Boot Hill Ed Schieffelin Bonanza Bisbee Ah Sing Eddie Foy Lotta Crabtree Hlum Masonic Lodge Finis Moran Gang Case Rothstein Moran Dives Holdup Trio
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