Demand for School Buildings In Indianapolis Grows
A public demand for better Indianapolis school facilities is evident from 1924 25 records showing sixteen delegations and petitions for new schools or improvements. The plan calls for five new buildings, eight room additions, and a push to fund six more grade schools next year to ease overcrowding at School 43 where enrollment rose from 224 in 1911 to about 680.
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Indianapolis
Rainbow Ridge
Reisner
Howard Sts
Jar
Sherman Dr
Obson St
Capitol Ave
Thirty
Eighth St
Marion Ave
Sixty- Third St
Wade and
Boyd Sts
Fortieth St
Jacob Hilkene
Murray Dalman
Stores Plan Half Holiday for July and August
Merchants Association members will close stores at 12 30 p m during July and August beginning Saturday. Charles Mayes & Co and Julius C Walk & Son Inc will close at 1 p m while LS Ayres Co William H Bleck Co E O Langen Co H Lieber Co Lilly Hardware Pettis Dry Goods Rauh s Inc Rink s Cloak House Sander Becker Furniture Selig Dry Goods W K Stewart Taylor Carpet Vonnegut Hardware and H P Wasson Co will close at 2 p m
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The
Merchants Association
Charles Mayes & Co
Julius C. Walk & Son, Inc
Ep. m. LS. Ayres & Co
William H. Bleck Company
Baldwin Piano Company
E. O. Langen Company
H. Lieber Company
Lilly Hardware Company
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Rauh’s, Inc
Rink’s Cloak House, Inc
Sander-Becker Furniture Company
Selig Dry Goods Company
W. K. Stewart Company
Taylor Carpet Company
Vonnegut Hardware Company
H. P. Wasson & Co
The Last Frontier Begins in The Times
David Dietz, special science writer, becomes The Times correspondent on The Last Frontier column. He will report daily on frontier discoveries, conquering dread diseases and creating new substances as science pushes into the unknown.
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David Dietz
Times
Continuation of Heat Seen Across Indianapolis
Sol’s rays beat down on Indianapolis with an outlook for continued high summer temperatures. Humidity is high and well above normal. Noon temperature was 85, two degrees above Tuesday’s level. Three heat prostrations were reported to police Tuesday, two of them later identified as Cora Baker and Steve Fulton. Local forecasts expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with possible local thundershowers and temperatures near steady.
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Sol
Indianapolis
Government Weather Bureau
Cora Baker
Linden St
Prospect St
Steve Fulton
N. Pershing Ave
Belmont and
Oliver Aves
Plan Commission fights bus routes around Monument Circle
At a public hearing in Indianapolis the plan commission opposed lines by South Side Motor Coach Co entering Monument Circle via Meridian Street. The company amended its petition to route Beech Grove lines south of Washington Street. Attorney Hoff man urged avoiding streets north of Washington Street. Coach Co. offered to draft new routes. owners testified about finances.
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Indianapolis City Plan Commission
South Side Motor Coach Company
Monument Circle
Meridian St
Beech Grove
Washington St
Public Service Commission
South Side Company
Mars Hill
West Indianapolis
Kentucky Ave
Southeastern Ave
Union St
J. Clyde Hoffman
Plan Commission
Arthur R. Robinson
The
Coach Company
Prosecution Office Maps City Crimes With Color Pins
Prosecutor William H. Remy displays a large crime map in his office. Red pins mark murder scenes, yellow indicate larcenies, blue show liquor law violations, and brown note vehicle taking. The map guides patrol focus across the city.
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William H. Remy
New York Ends Second Heat Wave Day
New York suffers through a third day of extreme heat with three deaths and fourteen prostrations already reported. Officials promise relief measures as the hot spell continues.
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United Press
New York
Citizens Army Camp Opens at Ft. Benjamin Harrison
About 1,200 citizen-soldiers from Indiana Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia were due to arrive at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for a Citizens Military Training Camp. A special Ohio train brought 600, total enrollment 1,780. Training starts in a few days and runs until Aug. 6 under Lieut. Col. Edwin J. Nowlen.
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Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Citizens Military Training Camp
E. A. Green
Ohio
Edwin J. Nowlen
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Governors Back Governor Jackson Returns to Duty
Governor Jackson resumes official duties after a week away at the Governors conference in Poland Springs Missouri and a visit to President Coolidge at the summer White House in Swampscott Massachusetts. During absence private secretary Pliny H. Wolford performed gubernatorial duties.
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Jackson
Poland Springs
President Coolidge
White House
Swampscott
Mass
Pliny H. Wolford
Hourly Temperature Reading Noted at Noon
A partial weather entry records a noon temperature of 85 degrees and mentions Miss CA Lie Biesen ORS 12. The fragment implies a local temperature check and a named individual, with limited surrounding context.
Building Collapse Buries Diners in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires at the El Tropezon restaurant a three story building collapsed during dinner. Six people were removed injured with severe condition reported. Rescue teams worked through the debris to recover victims and aid the injured.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
el Tropezon
Federal Judge Orders Destruction of Seized Alcohol
Federal Judge Robert C Baltzell ordered the destruction of more than 200 gallons of whiskey and mule and a large quantity of apparatus and supplies used to make liquor. The alcohol and gear were seized from defendants recently tried in federal court.
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Robert C. Baltzell
Flapper Fanny on Foot Work For Pretty Ankles
Flapper Fanny says a girl with a pretty ankle, like a boxer's stance, depends a lot on foot work for balance and charm.
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Flapper
Bryan calls Scopes trial a duel to the death
United Press dispatch from Dayton Tennessee reports William Jennings Bryan declaring the Scopes trial is a duel to the death between evolution and Christianity. He says if the verdict defeats the law it will go to the U S Supreme Court or to the American people for a constitutional amendment. Bryan adds his son will join the prosecution and defense attorney Bainbridge Colby cannot participate.
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William Jennings Bryan
United Press
Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Bryan
Scopes
United States Supreme Court
Young Scopes
Salem
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
United States
John R. Neal
William Jennings Jr
Los Angeles
Bryan Jr
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Neal
Colby
Shank Seeks Dayton Visit to See Scopes Trial Monkey Business
Mayor Shank said he yearns to visit Dayton Tennessee to witness the Scopes trial. He predicted more monkey business than the country has seen with Bill Bryan in action. He quipped Bryan's ancestors were not apes but wild animals of a larger species. He added that mayoring and other duties will stop him from attending.
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Ayor Shank
Dayton
Tenn
Bill Bryan
Shank
Bryan
Owners frame reply to miners in Atlantic City
Anthracite coal operators met in Atlantic City New Jersey on July 8 to draft their reply to miners demand for wage increases. They plan to present the reply tomorrow afternoon at 8 peace parley to avert a threatened walkout by miners representatives.
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Anthracite
Miners March Toward Imminent Strike Says Journal Editor
Times Special Philadelphia July 8 Ellis Searles editor of the United Mine Workers Journal in Indianapolis declares a coal miners strike is imminent. He says miners are thoroughly in earnest in demanding a wage increase and a new working agreement as operators head to Atlantic City for a peace parley with miner representatives.
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Times
Philadelphia
Ellis Searles
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers Journal
Atlantic City
Searles
England not ready to renounce rights in China
London July 8 British foreign secretary Austin Chamberlain said Britain is not prepared to renounce extraterritorial privileges in China as Russia Germany and Austria have done in response to a parliamentary question.
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Chamberlain
China
United Press
London
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Austria
Austin Chamberlain
Passing of circus phase in Scopes trial outlined
Dayton Tenn July 7 The circus phase of the Scopes trial has passed and the Friday session will be serious. Defense fears circus publicity, but Judge Neal vows high level, non technical argument focused on issues where state and federal constitutions align. Prosecution argues Legislature may set teaching standards, while defense claims the anti evolution law violates the state constitution by establishing religion.
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John T. Scopes
Dayton (Tenn
Dayton
Tenn
Neal
Tennessee
Bryan
Girl Attempts Poison In Terre Haute Marriage Plans
Miss Mary Carstensen, 17, of Terre Haute Indiana, rooming at 98 Layman Avenue, was hospitalized after taking slow poison Tuesday night. Hospital staff said the toxin could not be determined. Police said she was to be married June 29.
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Mary Carstensen
Terre Haute
Ind
Layman Ave
Miss Carstensen
South Side councilors press for action over promises
South side council members led by Otto Ray demand tangible improvements and accuse Mayor Shank of failing to deliver on campaign pledges. They oppose park spending, urge action on Laurel Hall lease and potential purchase, and threaten to block pet projects until south side needs are addressed.
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North Side
Shank
South Side
Otto Ray
State
Golden Hill
Emsley W. Johnson
Woodstock Golf Club
Laurel Hall
Hayden W. Buchanan
John E. King
Theodore Bernd
Ray
Board of Works
Shelby St
Lexington Ave
Shelby and
Morris Sts
Pleasant Run
Cruse
Harlan Srs
John D Getting Best of Life at 46 in New York
BUARY TOWN New York John D Rockefeller marked his forty sixth birthday with a family gathering at Pocantico Hills. He golfed nine holes on his private course and reported his best form yet. The celebration included Abby Rockefeller and Dave Milton returning from Europe married to Abby’s granddaughter.
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United
Rockefeller
Dave Milton
Abby Rockefeller
GUNS BLAZE IN NEW GANG WAR
In Chicago the Genna family curse deepens as Tony Genna is shot in the heart while riding in a costly car in the Italian quarter. His brothers Michael and Angelo were killed in the preceding two months in the same gang feud with Dean O Banion the bootleg king. Tony is expected to die.
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Run United
Chicago
Genna
Tony
Michael
Angelo
Dean O'Banion
Two Italian ministers resign from Mussolini cabinet
Rome July 4 official announcement says Finance Minister Alberto De Stefani and National Economy Minister Cesare Nava have resigned from Premier Mussolini's cabinet.
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Rome
Alberto de Stefani
Cesare Nava
Mussolini
Evolution and the Want Ads
The article argues that want ads evolved from long development and now offer a sick, sure and economical way to buy sell and exchange many items. It humorously links the ads to the theory of evolution and urges readers to use them for results calling MATIN 3500.
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Dayton
Tenn
Pedestrian group calls for anti car crusade in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis readers are urged to join the Harassed Order of Pedestrians, a humorous appeal listing dues, prizes, and a contest for visa readers. The campaign mocks traffic and asks locals to send experiences and letters to the Indianapolis Times with a one cent membership and a note on the motorist menace.
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Indianapolis
Ilinois
Washington
Monument
Pennsylvania
Harassed Order of Pedestrians Dues Request
A fragment notes a plea for one cent or stamp as first year dues for the Harassed Order of Pedestrians and invites walkers to send crossing safety suggestions. Address line reads Age Men only.
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Gilbert E. McFarlane
Will H
Remy
Maine
Coolidge
NEA Service
Jack Hudson
Howard Morgan
Jimmy Benson
William J. Losh
N. J
England
Thorn
N. D. Cochran
Girl
City Hospital
Golden Hill Project
Chase Price
Laurel
Park Board
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
John D
Evolution
By Ross H. Garrigus
Padillacs
Cackards
Grand Glorious Society
Patrick Henry
Destrian
Meridian
Washington Sts
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