Golf Holiday Feature Sparks Round of Highs at Highland and ICC
The Holiday golf schedule at Highland and Indianapolis Country Club saw tight finishes and standout rounds. Curt Leiber edged Curt Richardson in a 19th hole playoff, while Mrs Jungelaus led and Mrs Norvell chased. Bill Stitle and Bill Hare tied for blind bogey at Meridian Hills with 74. Don Ellis won a 36 hole juniors event with 75 and 88. Roy Bain led early in another pairing before allowances shifted standings. Reed, Shaffer, Simons, and Binford posted strong totals in a 54 hole event at Highland. Binford topped the net scores. Dr Paul Hurt and Heinie Richards served as reserves. Bill Reed shot 69 at Riverside highlighted by two eagles and multiple pars, as he eyes upcoming municipal and national events.
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Woodstock
Curt Leiber
Dr. Down
Leiber
Richardson
Curt
Jungelaus
Ed Norvell
Harry Stitle
Bill Hare
Meridian Hills
Don Ellis
Jack Holiday
Bill
Highlander
Indianapolis
Highland
Frank Binford
Paul Shaffer
Jimmy Hamill
Henry Simons
Ralph Young
Sammy Simpsos
Paul Hurt
Heinie Richards
Dean Is Iron Man as Strauss Says Beats Alexandria Nine
Indianapolis visitors edge Alexandria 7 to 6 after eighth inning rally. Carl Dean pitched three games in as many days while Trefry Miller Fultz and Williams delivered key hits for Stra Says. Local nine managed six hits.
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United Press
Alexandria
Ind
Trefry
Miller
Fultz
Williams
Strauss
Indianapolis
American Legion
Carl Dean
Stra
Shires Delivers in Pinch For Washington Victory
A pinch hit in the tenth sent Washington to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees as the bases loaded drive sealed the comeback. The game report notes a timely hit by Shires in a tense late inning rescue.
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United Presse
Washington
New York Yankees
Burford Captures 100-Target Vent at Indy Gun Club
William Burford won the 100-target vent at the Indianapolis Gun Club on Saturday finishing with 93 hits. The event highlighted top shooters amid a competitive field.
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William Burford
Indianapolis
Noted lawyer Curts dies in West Oakland at 56
Jay Wilfred Curts treasurer and general counsel for the Scripps-Canfield chain dies at his home in West Oakland after a long illness. Born August 16, 1874, he studied at Northwestern and the University of Cincinnati Law School, becoming a key figure in Scripps newspaper interests from 1916 onward and leaving five children and his widow.
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United Press
Oakland
Cal
Jay Wilfred
J. C. Harper
Scripps-McRae League of
Harper
James G. Scripps
Scripps
Newspaper Enterprise Asociation
Scripps-Canfield
Curts
Mystery case of James A Adams remains unexplained
The disappearance of James A Adams, former president of James A Adams & Sons, Inc., in 1925 may stay unsolved in police records as his funeral in Crown Hill Cemetery followed services after his body was sent from Kansas City. His son William N Adams and widow Mary N Adams attended. The family resided with Mrs Corva at 838 North Chester Avenue. A novel telephone with an extended arm for holding a receiver has been perfected in England.
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James A. Adams
James A. Adams & Sons, Inc
Crown Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
William N. Adams
Mary N. Adams
North Chester Avenue
Adams
Traction Terminal
Crawfordsville
Gun Holds Car Thief Suspect in Early Morning Incident
Police at 723 Fletcher Avenue arrested Walter Hinton who, with another man, attempted to steal Hinton's car and held Finley Clark at gunpoint. The second suspect is at large. Separate arrests include James Case and James McKinney on vagrancy and siphoning charges, with Case also charged for carrying a concealed weapon. Additional suspects Ed Arms W A Conniff and John Harris face vehicle taking charges and Miller faces petit larceny and vagrancy after rummaging autos near Capitol and Washington.
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Walter Hinton
South Noble Street
Finley Clark
East Washington Street
Hinton
Clark
James Case
Box 430
James McKinney
South Drover Street
Graceland Avenue
Case
Ed Arms
North Key Stone Avenue
W. A. Conniff
South la Salle Street
John‘nie Harris
North West Street
William Miller
Senate Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Washington Street
Mars Hill Airport Visitors Mark Busy aviation Day
At Mars Hill Airport a tri motor Fokker on overhauls at Wheeling after a stop at Curtiss field. pilot Gentry Shelton arrives in a Lockheed from Cleveland to St. Louis. Westbound T A T passenger T E Doyle and eastbound flyers F I Atwell Miss Owka Cowgill F T Becker A M Earle F B Bowman J H McDuffee Richard Knox C A Coffey travel, while Hoosier airport sees H M Maupin and Miss Marjorie Stearns return from Portsmouth. Sam Jones arrives from Madison and Walker W Winslow travels from Culver in a Travel Air planning a cross country run. The experimental craft built locally completes initial tests with a 240 mph mile and Hawks predicts 250 mph. tests run through Friday before Hawks proceeds to New York.
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Fokker
Western Air Express
Curtiss
Wheeling
W. Va
Gentry Shelton
Cleveland
St. Louis
T. E. Doyle
F. I. Atwell
F. I. Atwell, Miss Owka Cowgill
F. T. Becker
Columbus
A. M. Earle
Indianapolis
F. B. Bowman
New York
Capital
J. H. McDuffee
Richard Knox
Detroit
Mich
C. A. Coffey
Cincinnati
Chicago
Hoosier
H. M. Maupin
Marjorie Stearns
Portsmouth
Sam Jones
Madison
Walker W. Winslow
Culver
Travel Air
Mantz Enters Aviation Hall After Record Flight Feats
United Press dispatch from San Mateo reports Paul Mantz of Palo Alto inducted into aviation hall of fame after twice breaking the world outside loop record in a single flight and completing forty six dangerous circles with no ill effects. Captain Frank Hawks in Kansas also noted in brief aviation item.
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Britain Asks Delay of New U S Tariff Enforcement
London reports that Great Britain has formally urged Washington to delay the United States tariff. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British ambassador, asked that ships already on voyage be allowed to unload without interference. The plea argues that sudden tariff enforcement is unjust and ships were rushing to reach American ports before rates began.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Hoover
American
Atlantic Flier Rescued From Fire In Plane
Major C. Wynne-Eyton, set to fly a trans Atlantic leg from Newfoundland to London, was pulled from his burning Moth De Haviland by farmer George Symonds and mechanics James Davis and Dan Reardon. He survived with facial injuries and a few broken teeth, and expressed sorrow at the aircraft loss.
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John T. Meaney
United Press
ST. Johns
Newfoundland
C. 5. Wynne-Eyton
Harbor Grace
London
Wynne- Eyton
de Haviland Company
George Symonds
James Davis
Dan Reardon
Parachute Saves Girl and Loses Rescuer at Joliet
At Joliet airport Mary Fahrney survived a two hour hang above the ground when her parachute freed itself. Bruno Schustek, a parachute jumper, died after climbing down a rope to save her but could not pull himself back to his plane.
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United Press
Chicago
Mary Fahrney
Bruno Schustek
Miss Fahrney
Joliet
Schustek
Rescuers Free Major From Wrecked Plane As Fire Spreads
Seconds after the crash the major lay unconscious in the cockpit with blood on his face. Fire leaped around the engine as rescuers freed him from tangled controls and dragged him clear, just before the plane exploded and was engulfed in flames.
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Arl
Davis
Youth Poisoning Death Attempt Reported
Walter Munden aged 18 of East Washington street was discharged home today after treatment for a self inflicted poison attempt. Elmer Streeval aged 30 of Maryland street was treated after poisoning and described as not seriously ill by city hospital staff.
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Walter Munden
East Washington Street
City Hospital
Elmer Streeval
Maryland Street
New Pastor Takes Pulpit in Irvington
Dr. J. B. Ferguson became pastor of the Irvington Presbyterian church and led the morning service. He joined in a union service with the Irvington Methodist Episcopal church and Downey Avenue Christian church at Downey Avenue church. Ferguson came from Hopewell Indiana and served with the Y M C A during the war and as a Philippines missionary. Mrs Ferguson and the five children plan to move to Indianapolis in September.
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J. B. Ferguson
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Irvington
Noted athlete Lassman dies in lake accident near Harrison
Alfred Lassman 28, former NYU All American football tackle, drowned when his canoe capsized on Long Lake near Harrison Maine. A guest at Camp Vakelo, he was swimming well but disappeared after the overturned craft was found. Lassman, native of Massachusetts, played for NYU until 1928 when a head injury ended his college career.
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Alfred
al) Lassman
New York University
Long Lake
Here
Lassman
Camp Vakelo
Massachusetts
New York Eleven
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
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