Open Letter to Indianapolis Business Men on Telephone Rates
An open letter denounces Indiana Bell as a monopoly pushing prohibitive telephone costs on Indianapolis businesses. It argues the company profits twice by charging customers and paying 41 percent of gross income to AT&T, calling for organized opposition to ongoing rate increases and urging business across the city to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indiana
Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
America
Indianpolis
Indiana Company
Public Service Commission to Modify Measured Phone Rates
Indiana Bell rates may be rolled back after a Page decree limit. The Public Service Commission, with Governor Branch and Corporation Counsel Groninger, will issue a hearing notice within days to reconsider measured business phone rates in Indiana. If needed, the commission will seek to decrease rates and prepare a new rate schedule after a full valuation of Bell properties.
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Public Service Commission
Emmett F. Branch
Taylor E. Groninger
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indiana
Commission
John W. McCardle
George T. Page
Bell
Local Scorecard Snippet From Patchy OCR
Fragmentary values show a sequence of numbers and times like 7a and 8 am with several figures such as 64 12 noon 68 9 and 88. The text lacks clear names or events but hints at a scoreboard or schedule fragment.
Ralston Hopes SAR as Breakin Deadlock Nears
Democratic stalemate nears resolution as Ralston and Smith backers discuss a ticket with Royal Copeland as running mate. Key talks at Waldorf Astoria involve Tom Taggart George Brennan and Norman Mack amid East Coast Smith faction concerns.
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Ralston
Copeland
Tom Taggart
George Brennan
Norman Mack
Waldorf Astoria
Mack
al Smith
Indiana
Illinois
Smith
MccAdoo
Royal S. Copeland
Hoosier
Senator
Ralston Estate
the Times
Guarded Hotels and Offices Amid Embassy Flag Incident
London cable reports Tokio police guarding the Imperial Hotel and the Japan Advertiser offices to protect Americans after a Japanese lowered the flag at the American embassy. A slogan contest by the Chamber of Commerce will close in a week with over 300 entries statewide.
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United Press
London
Imperial Hotel
Japan Advertiser
London Times
Chamber of Commerce
State loses funds from Equipment Division irregularities
The Indiana State Board of Accounts reports more than 50 thousand dollars lost due to extravagance and incompetence in the Division of Equipment of the State Highway Commission. Excess charges by O F Schlensker, vast unneeded purchases, and stockpiled truck parts caused tens of thousands in unspent money. Schlensker cooperated, offering restitution for roughly 50 thousand dollars in overcharges. invoices covered only part of the material.
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Indiana
State Highway Commission
State Board of Accounts
George Bartley
O. F. Schlensker
Schlensker
Highway Department
Winamac
Columbia City
Dale
Ind
Indianapolis
Clintonville
Wis
Schelsaker
Schelnsker
Schensker
Economy platform planned by La Follette movement
The progressive convention in Cleveland plans a platform calling for more farm aid and labor recognition. It endorses La Follette as an independent candidate and aims to influence both major parties. Talks touch on lower taxes, higher surcharges, public utility nationalization, freight-rate reform, and farm marketing aid.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Prena
Cleveland
Ohio
Progressive Convention
Robert M. la Follette
United Press
la Follette
Washington
William H. Johnston
Johnston
William Cooper
Wisconsin
Cooper
House of Representatives
Cal
S. Vrooman
Illinois
Vrooman
Voting tallies show multiple candidates in statewide ballot
The report lists ballot counts and percentages for candidates Smith McAdoo J W Davis Underwood Ralston Glass Robinson Cox Ritchie and governors Davis Saulsbury Owen Walsh across numerous districts with total votes around one thousand and one absent. The results reflect fragmented support and frequent minor variations in each line.
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Smith
McAdoo
J. W. Davis
Underwood
Ralston
Glass
Robinson
Cox
Ritchie
Davis
Saulsbury
Owen
Edwards
Walsh
J. M. Davis
Spellacy
Cummings
J. W.davis
Jackson
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Philippines
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
Mississippi Swing Clears Path for Indiana Senator at Democratic Convention
On the forty-ninth ballot Mississippi shifted its twenty votes from McAdoo to Indiana's Samuel M. Ralston, giving him 56 and signaling a possible end to the deadlock. Illinois added five Ralston votes, Missouri followed on the fifty-second, and Iowa briefly abandoned unit rule for one ballot. Ralston led with 93, while McAdoo fell to 41 2/3, Smith 32 1/2, and Davis 6 2/3.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Madison Square Garden
New York
J. W. Davis
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Mississippi
McAdoo
Ralston
Illinois
Smith
Davis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Robinson
Iowa
McAdood
Walsh
Underwood
Charleston
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Baltimore
States vote tallies color a shifting 1920s race
Detectives traced suspects in the theft of a $332.11 check from the Domestic Coal Company at 333 W. St. Clair St. The robber cashed it. State poll data show broad candidate tallies for McAdoo, Smith, Underwood, J. W. Davis, and Ralston across multiple states and territories.
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W. St. Clair St
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