Sweep of five narcotic rings nets twenty leaders
United Press reports treasury agents crippled five international narcotics rings importing morphine and heroin from Turkey into New York. Twenty ring leaders were arrested across the eastern seaboard after a two month operation described as highly efficient. 4,000 ounces were seized aboard the steamer Snake billed as electrical machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Turkey
New York
Treasury
Tony Laptino
Long Island
Tony
East
Harry J. Anslinger
Narcotic Bureau
Norfolk
Vessasco
Anslinger
Sam Ferera
J. F. Swinford
J. A. Kincaid
Snake
Black Diamond
J. H. Manning
J. B. Greeson
R. A. Sanders
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Tuttle
Henry Esposito
Brooklyn
John Aqualino
Vincent Versace
Nashville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Ala
New Orleans
New York City
Modern Rotary convalescent unit planned for Riley Hospital
Plans announced for immediate construction of a new convalescent unit at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. The Indiana Rotary Convalescent Home will cost about 200000, be built on ten acres, and serve every Indiana county with capacity for over sixty patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Children’s Hospital
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For
Hugh McK. Landon
Hospital Board of Control
Indiana Rotary Clubs
Indiana Rotary Convalescent Home
Landon
Indiana University Medical Center
West Michigan Street
City Hospital
Rotary
Riley Hospital
Indiana
Robert E. Heun
Charles E. Arnt
Michigan City
Arthur R. Baxter
Charles O. Grafton
Muncie
Bill G. Irwin
Columbus
Charles M. Miezer
Ft. Wayne
Ben Sherwood
Bedford
Worth W. Pepple
Leslie C. Sammons
Shelbyville
Rotary Fund
Rotary Convalescent Home
Indiana Rotarians
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children
Robert Frost Daggett
Father Drinks, Baby Dies. Johnston Cleared by Jury
A coroner's jury in Chicago finds Edward M. Johnston not criminally responsible after he, intoxicated, dropped his 5 month old daughter Mary Jane from a cradle and accidentally crushed her. Johnston is a stock broker and wartime aviator. his wife supported him amid tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Edward M. Johnston
Mary Jane
Johnston
Oxnam urges new patriotism for world ethics at Rotary
Dr. G Bromley Oxnam DePauw University president spoke to the Oxnam Rotary Club urging America to lead for a better world. He called for a developing world conscience with nations regulating actions for the global good and a world mind and world organization to guide cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bromley Oxnam
de Pauw University
America
Rotary Club
The
Claypool
Dr. Oxnam
Camp Knox to Have Plenty of Water
Indiana National Guard troops at Camp Knox Kentucky will have ample water for the encampment August 3 to 17. Adjutant General Manford G. Henley said a 300000 gallon spring is functioning and the drought of last summer will not be repeated though no rain has fallen since June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana National Guard
Camp Knox
Manford G. Henley
Henley
Statehouse
Fire destroys garage on Dearborn Street in Chicago
A Monday night blaze started in the rear garage of Chester Stout at 2755 North Dearborn and spread to Arlie O. Stafford’s adjacent garage at 2753 North Dearborn. Total damage was estimated at 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Stout
North Dearborn Street
Arlie O. Stafford
Force guards aid in plant robbery at Columbia Club outing
Moving pictures from the Columbia Club annual outing at the Allen Country Club Lebanon Indiana show Governor Harry G Leslie Republican State Chairman Elza O Rogers and other prominent Republicans in stunts that enlivened the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Club
Alen Country Club
Lebanon
Ind
Toay
Harry G. Leslie
Elza O. Rogers
Shortage Denied as Ft Wayne Inspector Testifies
A state board of accounts hearing examined Homer Kelsey, oil inspector in the state health department, over a $1800 shortage. Kelsey, assisted by attorney James K. Rose, denies the charges, claiming retirement a year earlier before resuming work briefly. Board examiner Ralph Hessler noted shortages in Kelsey's records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Accounts Office
Homer Kelsey
Ft. Wayne
State Health Department
Kelsey
James K. Rose
Wayne
Ralph Hessler
State Board of Accounts Examiner
Miss Helena Gilbert Burial Set at Crown Hill
Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 3 PM at the Missions building 222 Downey Ave for Miss Helena Gilbert long a worker with the Christian women’s board of missions and secretary to Mrs Anna Atwater. She died Monday at 15 North Irvington Ave burial to Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving sisters Lida and Elizabeth Gilbert live at North Irvington Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missions
Downey Avenue
Helena Gilbert
Missionary Department of the Christian Church
Irvington Avenue
Crown Hill Cemetery
Danbury, Conn
A. N. Gilbert
Miss Gilbert
Whisky Prize for Punch Board Play
Testimony in Judge Paul C. Wetter's court described a vapor bathhouse raid at 318 East Vermont Street run by Mrs. Julius Brook and an employee. A punch board offered whisky bottles as prizes and officers found three bottles on arrest, plus seventeen bottles of home brew. Mrs Brook and Fred Shoemaker were arrested on liquor charges. sentence was delayed for health reasons pending medical exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Wetter
Julius Brook
East
Vermont Street
Irs Rock
William Cox
Night Watchmen Targeted as Safe Looted Near White River
Three criminals forced a night watchman to load a city office safe into a carriage after forcing entry at Capitol Ice Company. They looted $150 in cash and an unknown amount of checks, ripped a telephone line, and fled on a lonely road west of White River near Emrichsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Emrichsville
Capitol Ice Company
East North Street
Jasper Gatewood
Roosevelt .Avenue
Gatewood
John Hill
North
Ilinois Street
Twenty-fifth
Pennsylvania
Homer Tyler
Sheldon Street
Thirteenth Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Earl Ritter
East Tenth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Martindale Avenue
Raymond Bailey
West Newton
East
Lord Streets
Bailey
Feud Rivalry Ends in Onion Grower Slaying at Newland
Frank Patrick, 42, an onion grower, was shot outside a general store in Newland, Indiana. Sheriff George Rouse said Archie Patrick, 21, a member of the feuding Kentucky families, is sought as the suspected killer after a quarrel over a courtship. Archie’s whereabouts remain unknown as authorities pursue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Newland
Ind
Frank Patrick
Archie Patrick
George Rouse
Grover McClurg
Archie
Frank
Rouse
Refugio Gas Well Fire Threatens City Center
Firemen battle a towering gas well blaze in Refugio Texas as a six inch pipeline is hastily built from the river to divert the flow. Flames reach 300 feet high and drift toward the business district three blocks away. the town lacks a water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Refugio
Tex
Legge to Open Grain Drive in Indiana Friday
Chairman Legge of the federal farm board will press his reduced wheat acreage plan in Indiana and other states over the next two weeks. He departs Thursday for Indianapolis, then Chicago, with Hyde. the program aims to shrink export sales of American wheat. Senator Capper proposed flour exports to China, a plan the board is already weighing.
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Washington
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Indianapolis
Reed
Kansas
Hyde
Chicago
Farm Board
China
Capper
Rep
Kan
Flying Envoy Arrives After 12 1 2 Hour Havana Flight
Flying envoy and American ambassador to Cuba Harry Guggenheim lands at Mitchelfield Long Island after a twelve and a half hour flight from Havana. Pilot on the trip was Philip Melville air attache of the embassy. Guggenheim is in the United States on two months leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Guggenheim
Cuba
Mitchelfield
Long Island
Havana
Philip Melville
Ambassador Guggenheim
United States
Report from BH East weather observation
In the air at BH East conditions show wind at 10 mph, pressure 30.02 inches at sea level, temperature 79 degrees, ceiling unlimited, visibility 12 miles, field good.
Buying Power of Dollar Greatest For Many Years
Indianapolis merchants report drastic reductions in clothing fur nishings and home goods with 10 to 50 percent cuts since 1929. They cite lower raw material costs and store discounts, noting many items now far cheaper than in 1912 13 and warning of potential price upticks as the economy recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Harry Kahn
National Furniture Company
Ralph S. Norwood
L. Strauss & Co
Philip Holzner
Rink
Leo Traugott
Fair Store
C. W. Gay
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Louis Wolf
H. P. Wasson & Co
R. C. Block
William H. Block
Italy Earthquake Toll Prompts Wide Disparities
The Daily Herald estimates 15,000 dead in the Italian earthquakes, citing Naples observers and officials. In Aquilonia only 300 survivors were counted of 3,500 inhabitants, while Lacedonia reports 60 to 70 percent buried as official tallies range from 2,000 to 4,000. Rome also reports a 100,000,000 lire relief fund approved for rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Aquilonia
Lacedonia
Daily Herald
Byrd to Visit City Conclave Aug 25
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will visit Indianapolis Aug. 25 as guest of the National Exchange Clubs at their annual convention Aug. 24 to 28. He will speak at Cable Tabernacle. the talk will be broadcast nationwide. A parade and banquet will conclude his address. several aviators and officials will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Harter
National Exchange Clubs of America
Reginald H. Sullivan
Indianapolis
Byrd
National Exchange Clubs
Cable Tabernacle
Chicago
Curtis- Wright Flying Service
Indiana
Cable
Guy K. Jeffries
National Exchange
Exchange Club
Washington, D. C
United States
Harter
Claypool
Richard C. Lennox
General Vention
Man Foiled In Suicide Bid On Alabama Street
A. T. Apple of Oaklandon attempted suicide by swallowing twenty four poison tablets at Alabama and Market streets Monday night. Companions alerted police and he was saved. His condition at city hospital today was improved and he cited ill health as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Market
A. T. Apple
Oaklandon
City Hospital
President to Speak at Hibernians Meeting in Rushville
County board and Ancient Order of Hibernians will hear Thomas J. O Connell describe a visit to Ireland at a quarterly meeting Wednesday night in Hibernian hall. Furniture from the defunct Innis Pearce Furniture Co was bought by the Fletcher American Bank for 75000, though valued at about 900000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians
Thomas
J. O'Connell
Ireland
Hibernian Hall
Innis Pearce Furniture Company
Rushville
Fletch- American Bank
Search for Buckley slayers shifts to New York
The probe into radio announcer Gerald E. Buckley s killing moves to New York with William De Lisle said to be seeking the assailants there. Detroit police report raids across the area netted dozens of arrests as gunmen linked to multiple recent murders face scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Gerald E. Buckley
New York
William de Lisle
Black Hand Squad
Buckley
Wilcox
Chicago
St. Louis
Florida
Tourists Profit from Every Dollar Spent in U S
Frank Hatfield president of the Hoosier Motor Club says 26 cents of every tourist dollar goes to merchants with 20 12 cents to restaurants and cafes 17 3 10 to hotels 11 cents to auto dealers and gas and the rest to theaters and travel incidentals He notes over 4 billion dollars are spent yearly by motor tourists with more than 1 billion paid to merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank Hatfield
Hoosier Motor Club
American Automobile Association
Hatfield
Exchange of Pulpits Await Bishop Approval
The Rev. Frank Lee Roberts of Central Avenue Methodst Church moves to Pittsburgh as the Rev. W. T. Duncan of Emory Methodist Church Pittsburgh takes the Indianapolis pulpit. Bishop Edgar Blake in LakeSide Ohio must approve after church boards action. Roberts has led Central Avenue since 1927. Duncan helped grow Pittsburgh membership to 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lee Roberts
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
W. T. Duncan
Emory Methodist Church of
Indianapolis
Edgar Blake
Central Avenue Church
Emory
Blake
Lakeside
Roberts
Duncan
Zemo Heals Itching and Skin Ailments Quickly
Antiseptic Zemo relieves mosquito bites rashes and itching from sunburn ivy poisoning and minor skin irritations. It cools and soothes razor burn and fading pimples and dandruff with fast action. Available at druggists for 35¢ 60¢ or $1.00.
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U. S
Bayer Aspirin
Oxnam Rotary Club
de Pauw Head
National Guard
Force Guard
Accounts Board
Texas
Central States
BY Lyle C. Wilson
Italy
London
Relief Fund
Rome
Explorer
Richard E. Byrd
Hibernians
O’connell
Fletcher American National Bank
Southeast Cor. of Market and
Carry Buckley
Detroit
Wyandotte
Grosse Pointe
Claud Lansra
Erhart Myer
Jimmy Walters
Barney Roth
John Mietz
Central Avenue
Savings Security Trust Co
North Pennsylvania Street
Jacquard
Lewis Furniture Co
United Trade-In Store
Meridian St
Ee Are Clothing
Pet Asians
Askin & Marine CO
PEM Mo Lak
Water Kent Radio
Public Service Tire Co
Lincoln
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