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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1929
Page
7
Geraldine De Vorak, Garbo’s near perfect double, was fired after years posing as the star off screen and on set. Photoplay reveals she treated studio staff as a prima donna and demanded Garbo’s salary, ending the arrangement.
A Rock Island express derailed when a Sand Creek bridge collapsed under flood pressure near Stratton Colorado. Nine bodies recovered, with eleven victims named by Coroner O Kinney as inquest planned. Miss Mary McDonald of Florida and G S Carlie of New York City among the dead.
Funeral services for Harry C Burris 59 of 2458 College avenue will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Second Presbyterian church with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving are his widow a son Ralph and two daughters Naomi McCombs and Ruth Carson. He was a Knight of Pythias member and lifelong Indianapolis resident and a foreman with the Indianapolis Street Railway Co for 15 years.
Washington Indiana July 19 Ben Hook 54 who had endured 22 operations and lost a leg in a mine accident committed suicide by shooting He was found dead by his sister Mrs Joseph Everhart with a revolver in his hand a handkerchief placed to mute the blast of the wound
St Louis Robin monoplane logged 140th straight hour at 3 17 a m today as Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine push toward a 246 hour endurance mark while Missouri Robin sister ship pilots Joseph Hammer and W Gentry Shelton reach 41 hours. Weather remains ideal and crews are well supplied. Shelton reports a touch of air sickness.
A Russian steamer struck a mine in the Black Sea and sank, killing fourteen passengers and seventeen crew members. The disaster was reported to Berlin today as authorities investigated the unidentified vessel’s fate.
Sheriff George Winkler, operated on for appendicitis at St. Vincent's hospital Thursday, showed improvement today. He fell ill Monday and was rushed to the hospital as his condition grew acute Thursday morning. A sudden storm on Lake Michigan sank a Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company pile driver and barge off Buffington harbor, causing about $30,000 in losses.
Washington July 19 George W Wickersham s letter to governors stirred the prohibition issue shaping the 1932 campaign. Maryland Governor Albert C Ritchie emerged as a leading wet voice, with Roosevelt still cautious and Smith allies in play. The piece notes party splits and potential wet Republican reactions amid looming enforcement debates and a two year study by Hoover s commission.
Eastern Point Conn July 19 Republicans held a private caucus to plan a strategy about the governors conference and the Wickersham prohibition letter. They aimed to drive a wedge in Democratic ranks as divisions surfaced during the last Democratic campaign.
Richard Bowie a 31 year old World War veteran dies in Wheatfield Indiana from injuries and gas exposure suffered during World War I He was among the first Jasper County men to enlist entering service shortly after the U S declared war on Germany Bowie was twice wounded by shrapnel and gassed and lived nearly twelve years disabled before his death
Former President Calvin Coolidge warns in American Magazine that intimidation by powerful minority groups is pushing the United States toward presidential dictatorship. He says Congress avoids party platforms to escape minority displeasure, shifting government responsibility to the President.
Funeral services for J. W. Craig age 72 of 1201 Laurel Street will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the J. C. Wilson undertaking establishment 1230 Prospect Street. Burial in Anderson. Craig died Thursday at Methodist Hospital after twenty-one years in Indianapolis. He was a native of Bath County Kentucky.
President Hoover announced the appointment of Leslie A. McLeod of Massachusetts as auditor of Porto Rico. He succeeds Frederick Holcomb, who resigned.
In Shelbyville Indiana on July 19 employees of F I Stafford Inc. received a group name Wrecking Crew after Mrs George Lee struck her forehead on a gasoline lantern at the annual company picnic.
Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey, American airmen who recently crossed from Old Orchard, Maine to Rome with a stop in Spain for fuel, departed Le Bourget field for Cherbourg to ship Pathfinder home by liner.
Kansas City police praise detective Harry Hirsch who defied the law to rescue “Volstead” the starving cat from a padlocked saloon. He has received thousands of letters from cat lovers and $23 in offerings.
Dr William F King director of the state board of health urged drastic special quarantine measures to curb rabies spread in South Bend and Mishawaka. The rule requires shooting all dogs found roaming at large regardless of vaccination. Four rabies infected dog heads have been tested in state laboratories from South Bend this week and another was sent by Mishawaka health officer Dr B S Wyland.
Six bandits robbed a bank truck in New Orleans, expelled its guard and driver, and escaped with 21,000 dollars in cash and securities of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company.
Scottish Rite Masons will hold a dinner at the new cathedral to promote the class of candidates starting September 25. David C. Pyke chairs the Marion county district and about 2,500 are expected to attend.
Indiana business activity rises as the Marion Industrial Fund plans to locate factories in Marion with 40,000 shares of stock. Subscriptions include a bonus share for each five dollars, and initial aims include acquiring the former Marion Electric property. Regional reports note strong furniture market and new plant activity across multiple Indiana cities.
Five thousand laymen and ministers from Indiana churches gather for Bethany Park forty sixth annual meeting in Bethany Park Indiana opening Sunday. Dr G I Hoover opens with 11 am address and daily sessions run through July 28. Various days feature Youth Women Ministers Education Music and Temperance programs with speakers from Christian missions and Butler University.
In Lincoln County Montana July 19 a famed killer white wolf known as White Wolf terrorizes Little Belt ranches. Despite a $700 bounty by stockmen, federal hunters and locals have failed to kill him. The wolf, elusive in snow, has killed cattle colts and sheep for years, hamstringing prey and dodging traps after escaping a prior capture.
Miss Ruth Chamness, 19, of Cincinnati, was killed instantly when a car driven by Mrs. George E. Rendigs, Cincinnati, collided with another driven by McClelland White on the New Paris pike north of Richmond. Mrs. Rendigs was injured and taken to Reid Memorial Hospital. the extent of her injuries is not yet known. Sears, Roebuck & Co. will open a retail store in Kokomo Saturday, manager Ray Williams announced.
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