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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
8
William McConnell aged 65 of 2717 Jackson Street died at city hospital from a self inflicted shotgun wound fired at his home Thursday. Coroner C A Keever ruled death by his own action, attributed to despondency after his wife's death a year ago.
Marion county clerk George O. Hutsell defended a $1,400 overpayment to Sentinel Printing Company for primary ballot printing. Sentinel bid $4,380 for 316,225 official and 3,110 sample ballots, with Burford as next low bidder at $4,498 or $4,048 for pink stock. Rotation of convention delegate names was cited as justification, though bidders say it was in the specs. The state board of accounts approved the extra payment after consultation with Deputy Examiners Lowe and Owens.
Blythe and Tom Hendricks, long known as a duo in Indiana sports radio, started in 1924 with The Times and WFBM broadcasting the state high school basketball championship. They built a lasting career, with Blythe as WFBM manager and former Times football and speedway staffer, and Tom as a veteran newspaper man and Indiana State Medical Association secretary.
A UPI report from Moscow recounts a roadside village procession where a white sheeted cow is wheeled on a cart and milked to shame the rain gods for a drought affecting crops. The scene contrasts rapid industrial change with enduring folk ritual in a single startling moment.
The formal opening of the 1930 model home in Wynnedale adds is set for this Saturday with 175 guests from the Indianapolis Home Builders Association to attend. Mayor Reginald Sullivan and supplier representatives will inspect the structure rebuilt from the centerpiece of the 1930 realtors’ home show. A 30 day public inspection period begins at 4 o clock. Walter T. White notes early American period architecture and simple, elegant design.
The two day Mardi Gras event opens at 6 tonight with civic club figures Mrs C A James Federation of Civic Clubs president L Ert Slack former mayor L K Harlow and Roy M Swartz on stage Indianapolis night Saturday features Mayor Reginald H Sullivan Police Chief Jerry Kinney and Ernest C Rookey city council president in Neuerberger park center activities along Tenth street from Sherman drive to Emerson avenue is decorated for the event.
J A Talbott of Richfield Oil Company T T C Greggory Richfield general counsel Roy W Howard Scripps-Howard chairman George Garrett Washington Thomas G Chamberlin New York Dickson Maddox G L Given Talbott aides depart Columbus in a tri motor Fokker for California. Howard to attend Mooney Billings hearing in San Francisco next week.
Thea Rasche, renowned woman aviator, was only slightly hurt when her plane crashed at Tempelhof airfield near Berlin after descending from about 125 feet. The crash occurred July 25 and Rasche escaped serious injury.
Ohio State University School of Journalism nominates four candidates for the Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame. Among them are the late Warren G. Harding former president and publisher of the Marion Star and the late E. W. Scripps of the Scripps-Howard papers. Also nominated are James W. Faulkner longtime editor and political writer of the Cincinnati Enquirer and Edwin Cowles editor and publisher of the Cleveland Leader.
Chicago millionaire Albert Fuchs now living in Glendale California made marriage plans with Pasadena resident Josephine Stencer after filing a second notice to wed. Fuchs had been sued for 500000 dollars for breach of promise by Martha Gulickson who charged he jilted her after she came from Chicago to marry him. He answered that he paid two hundred dollars in full settlement.
Mrs. George M. Smith heard a noise at 3 this morning at 3753 North Meridian Street Apartment 101. Burglars entered the residence and removed a rug valued at 55 dollars. E. L. Shaneberger reported a $1,000 diamond ring missing from his wife while visiting A. H. Shaneberger at 3068 Fall Creek Boulevard.
The Times Vacation Contest draws varied editor letters praising trips from Madison Indiana to the Blue Ridge. Readers describe scenery, hospitality, and mental and physical refreshment, with hints of frugal travel and simple homebound joys.
The Hoosier Motor Club proposes a 170 mile weekend route from Anderson via road 67 and road 9 to Huntingdon then road 34 to Fort Wayne, continuing on road 27 to Angola and Lake James. Lake James bounds Pokagon State Park. road 27 is new and the Fort Wayne to Angola segment is unfinished.
During a Thursday night fight at 32214 North Senate Avenue, Miss Viola Crawford 26 was cut on head and face. Miss Campbell 20 provoked by Miss Crawford was arrested and Crawford faces assault charges. Miss Carolina Sweeney 17 was stabbed in the left chest and Mrs Lillian Mason of 810 North Talbott Avenue is sought for cutting.
William F Hodges of Gary presides over a state Rotary officers meeting in Crawfordsville Indiana with 111 attending and 175 at a banquet Charles H Watkins of Muncie spoke Walter Curtis of Crawfordsville led the session In Paris France the asylum census rose to 7180 up 212 from last year per an official report.
The state highway department reports five new bridges and about eighteen miles of pavement opened this week on state roads. Detours and unfinished shoulders affect routes including U S 41, 30, 31, 39, 40, 52, and 67 with multiple run-arounds and detours described from Logansport to Indianapolis and beyond.
Palmer McCloskey, dean of limb squatters, remains perched in his sower at 324 North Temple Avenue after more than 260 hours. Contenders Warren Winzenreac of 3123 North Sherman Drive and David Smith of Beech Grove trail by a day and a half.
Southeast wind five miles an hour. Barometric pressure 30.08 at sea level. Temperature 87. Ceiling unlimited. Visibility one and one half miles. Local smoke. Field good.
The report lists numerous passengers and routes among several small airports. Names include V. C. Pflugradt, H. E. Mountain, Miss Dorothy Baker, and others from Indianapolis. Flight legs cover Oklahoma City to Columbus and Cincinnati to Chicago with pilots and inspectors mentioned.
The endurance monoplane Greater St. Louis piloted by Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson stayed aloft on its fifth day over Lambert Field after a stabilizer repair. They reached the ninety sixth hour in the air at 7 11 this morning despite a brief anxiety caused by sea Gabness.
Eric Wolf and Oscar Weller arrived in London from Berlin shortly before noon to prepare for a trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago. The two aviators aim to cross the ocean, with preparations underway at the airfield.
Louis Reichers and Robe Black continued a long endurance flight from Prosevelt Field on Long Island. They surpassed the 108 hour mark at 7:34 this morning without incident as they pursue a new refueling endurance record.
S. W. Harding, Mormon salesman ager, left by T. A. T. Maddux Air lines this morning for a two weeks business trip to Dallas, Tex. He will cover the Texas territory, visiting dealers, using air transportation wherever possible.
A gasoline stove explosion is suspected to start a fire that wiped out a large house a garage and a milkhouse on the Dallas Taylor farm near Columbus Ind Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. George Morris hospitalized after the incident. Police report stolen cars and missing items from several streets.
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