School Board Orders Bids On New Buildings
The board set 11 a m July 31 as the bid receipt time for the Irvington high school and four grade buildings amid factional tension over Carl Burton. They also scheduled a 1 30 p m July 17 meeting with Center township officials on city purchasing and noted objections to open truss joist plans. Appointments to several elementary positions and Crispus Attucks language instructor were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington High School
Charles W. Kern
Carl W. Burton
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Fred Kepner
Lillian V. Sedwick
Lewis F. Whiteman
Burton
Center Township
Kern
Charles F. Miller
Atlanta
Helen Norris
Mary J. Moss
Mae Roudebush
Frances Moss
Harry Painter
Mary Juanita Thompson
Thelma M. Armfield
Joseph V. Carroll
Crispus Attucks High School
Beer found in auto tied to Snyder in Indiana Harbor arrest
Eight of twenty four quarts of beer list Jacob FP Snyder aged 50 of 1017 Prospect street as purchaser in Indiana Harbor last weekend. He was held as evidence after arrest at Thirty eighth street and Keystone avenue on transporting liquor charges. Wesley Williams 22 of Detroit was arrested near Speedway City for drunkenness and drunken driving with four passengers in the front seat.
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Jacob FP. Snyder
Prospect Street
Indiana Harbor
Thirty-eighth Street
Keystone Avenue
Wesley Williams
Detroit
Mich
Speedway City
Man Admits Firing Home In Marion
Benjamin Osborn, 40, confessed to setting fire to the house his ex wife received in the divorce. He told fire marshal officers he broke in after drinking intoxicants and ignited the blaze to destroy property because he could not bear another man living there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
United Press
Ind
Benjamin Osborn
Osborn
Eighteen delegates chosen for national carriers convention
Hoosier City branch 39 will send eighteen delegates to the National Association of Letter Carriers convention in Minneapolis the week of August 25 with the women's auxiliary contributing three delegates. The post office band will accompany. The retirement bill pocket vetoed by President Coolidge and newly reintroduced in Congress dominates discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Letter Carriers
Minneapolis
Hoosier City
Women’s Auxiliary
Post Office Band
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
Stolen Automobiles Reported by Residents
Police note three vehicles reported stolen. Hudson sedan owned by Lawrence Mays of 1246 North Alabama Street, tag 62-979, taken from 1246 North Alabama Street. Chevrolet sedan owned by Fred A. Giesting of 515 Cottage Avenue, tag 730-288, taken from Virginia Avenue and Maryland Street. Chevrolet coach owned by Jesse Podd of Lawrence Indiana, tag 55-851, taken from Thirtieth and Bellefontaine Street.
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Lawrence Mays
North Alabama Street
Fred A. Giesting
Cottage Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Maryland Street
Jesse Podd
Lawrence
Ind
Thirtieth
Bellefontaine Street
Stolen car recovered in Burlington linked to Ray Russell
Police recover a Chevrolet touring stolen vehicle found at Market Street and Senate Avenue. In Burlington, Salem Thomas, a 17 year old deaf mute, is sentenced to four years for forgery after writing his defense.
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Ray Russell
South
Colorado Avenue
Chevrolet Touring
Market Street
Senate Avenue
United Press
Burlington, Vt
Salem Thomas
George Chapin Receives New Uniform From Fellow Workers
George Chapin 75, conductor on the West Washington street car line, will wear a new uniform gifted by fellow employees and street car officials in honor of his 37 years of service. He has lived in Indianapolis 61 years, came from Wayne County New York in 1868, and plans to work as long as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chapin
Maysville
Stand Collapse at North Dakota Fair Injures 114
A grandstand at the North Dakota state fair collapsed Tuesday night injuring 114 people. An investigation began into the incident as panic spread briefly when the structure gave way and many spectators fell into a pit.
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Ly United Press
Fargo
N. D
Relatives Renew Search For Missing Plumber L. E. West
Relatives of Lee Edward West 38 a steam fitter and plumber renewed their search today for the man who disappeared from his Apt 8 Jef fers apartments 5914 East Washington street on May 27 Police and relatives have no explanation for the disappearance West lived in Indianapolis about seven years and was married in November He formerly partnered in Curtis West at 2202 East Michigan Street A L Green 3149 Central avenue the brother in law is directing efforts to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Edward West
Apt
Jeffers
East Washington Street
West
Indianapolis
Curtis & West
East Michigan Street
A. L. Green
Central Avenue
Arnold Young
Webb Street
Kansas City
Charles Young
Chariton Burris
West Twenty-fifth Street
Newsbow
Illinois
Boy paroled after killing playmate in Kentucky
Carl Newton Mahan, 6, of Paintsville, Ky, who killed Cecil Van Hoose, 8, after a quarrel, is paroled into parental custody by the Kentucky Children's Bureau. He will stay under board supervision until age 21. Previously he was sentenced to reform school for fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Louisville
Carl Newton Mahan
Paintsville
Cecil van Hoose
John Mahan
Kentucky Children’s Bureau
Reform School
Daughters of Immigrant Boy Wed Marquis in Lavish New Haven Ceremony
Sylvester Z Poli, once a poor immigrant, marries his daughter Lillian Madelyn to Marquis Lippi Gevini of Florence in a grand New Haven wedding. Poli recently sold his theater chain for 20 million dollars and hosted 1000 guests at his estate with opera stars and Italian aristocracy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Haven
Sylvester Z. Poli
Italy
Poli
Lillian Madelyn
Marquis Lippi Gevini
Florence
St. John's
Yale
Career Beginnings in Chicago and Toronto Lead to Theater
The subject started in Chicago and Toronto, with additional work in Rochester New York and Staten Island before expanding into the theater world.
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Chicago
Toronto
Rochester
N. Y
Staten Island
Romanian cabinet resigns amid regency reform disputes
Bucharest July 10 United Press reports the cabinet led by Julius Maniu resigned over clashes with the regency on administrative reform. The regency, to serve Prince Michel, includes Prince Nicholas Cristea and George Buzdugan. Police have detained over 200 officials in a purge connected to the Carol return plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu United Presse
Bucharest
Julius Maniu
Greece
Michael
Mme, Lupescu
California Pastor Chosen by Disciples Board
F. M. Rogers of the United Christian Missionary Society of Disciples of Christ in California was elected secretary of the department of benevolence succeeding James H. Mohorter who died June 4. The vote occurred at the society’s Irvington headquarters Tuesday. Also named was Rev. T. T. Swaringen as superintendent of young people replacing Roy G. Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Rogers
United Christian Missionary Society of Disciples of Christ
California
Department of Benevolence
James H. Mohorter
Society
Irvington
T. T. Swaringen
The
Christian Church
Lathrop
Young People
Roy G. Ross
Young People’s Department
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Irvington High
J. A. Lynch
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Hunt
L. E. West
Lambert Pharmacal Company
Dept. H
St. Louis
U.S. A
Indianapolis Times
Stances Moe
Christopher Sower
Germantown
Disciples Board
Kirk Co
Indiana
Obo
Kirk
East Washington St
Washington St
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