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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
1
Former British Prime Minister argues that Britain should recognize the Soviet government and help the Russian people. He notes the Bolshevik regime is the only authority in Russia and warns against actions that harm its people or cut essential trade.
Washington June 2 The Administration will leave New York enforcement policy to President Harding after Governor Smith signed the repeal of the State enforcement code. Haynes and Mel Lon push the issue to the President, noting state and local courts must still hold violators for Federal authorities. Governor Smith criticizes the process as hypocritical and favors a flexible, scientifically grounded standard for intoxicating liquor.
Police halted a 13 year old boy, Harry Elmore of 136 Hermann St, after humorous urban complaints of an upstairs airgun shot at passers by. Patrolman Simmons found him with an air rifle in an advantageous position. Captain White kept the rifle until a parent spoke with him.
Some Butler University seniors push for a Fairview commencement this year. The class could become the first to graduate there, with members organizing efforts to secure the distinction.
Moses B. Lairy aged 62, a former Supreme Court judge, faced City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth on charges including failure to have a title certificate, improper driving, and assault and battery. He pleaded not guilty. The assault and battery and driving charges were continued. the title certificate charge set for June 9. Patrolman Rubusk testified Lairy's car struck Albert Minter in Maywood near Thirti er St ang College Ave. Minter's improper driving charge was continued. Lairy allegedly sought to speak with Mayor Shank, but was placed in the patrol wagon before the mayor arrived.
John J. Brown of the State board of tax commissioners predicted today that Indiana's taxable property value will exceed 1922 by about 100 million dollars. The 1922 total stood at 5,701,888,589, based on preliminary assessor reports from across the state.
Dayton Ohio June 2 Lieutenant Russell Maughan will attempt a dawn to dark coast to coast flight on June 18. McCook field officials announced today a Curtiss Bullet is being prepared for the record attempt.
Officials at Schoenfield in Fort Benjamin Harrison announced Capt. Dr Shepperson from St. Louis will perform sky writing next week if weather allows. Weather canceled the Sunday flight plan.
In Los Angeles June 2 Armour Phillips declares he will reveal all about his relation to Alberta Meadows and vows to bare his life to save his wife Clara who travels to San Quentin after authorities deny habeas corpus. Clara's sister Clara Etta May Jackson accompanies the party as the couple exchange tense farewells aboard the train.
Mrs. Hermance Meyer 29 wife of Roy Meyer of Beech Grove injured in a collision with Ora Duvall's truck at Southeast Ave and Sherman Dr. in Indianapolis. Meyer suffered a deep shoulder wound hip injuries and bruises to the legs. Duvall uninjured. Meyer sent home tonight. view obstructed by railroad elevation.
Mrs Irene Fields sues for divorce from Allen E White alleging cruel and inhuman treatment for ridiculing her slender figure and claiming a preference for fat women. She seeks alimony and custody of their child.
J A Henry of New York and Edward Wiias along with two other foreign captives were released by Chinese bandits after being taken from the Shanghai Pekin express. The captives are to be returned to Chinese army as a stipulation of their freedom.
In Madison the Tucker bill to repeal Wisconsin prohibition enforcement law was taken up by the lower house as a special order for next Tuesday at 11 a.m. Assemblyman H G Tucker of Milwaukee, Socialist, authored the measure, a duplicate of the Orvillier law recently signed by New York Governor Smith.
Bloomington Indiana June 2 19 year old Raleigh L Porter of Bedford died from injuries after an automobile carrying Emery Bough 18 skidded and struck a telephone pole on the Dixie Highway Bough was uninjured
Fragmented text shows race times and scores with unclear entries. Mentions 7 a.m. 8 a.m. and noon with numbers like 78 80 83, but names and events are unreadable. No clear event, place, or participants can be determined from the fragment.
In Superior Court Judge Clinton A. Givan ordered 9 year old Wilbur Grandstaff to live with his father Cyrus A. Webb Elwood Ind a barber and former Navy man after a 1922 divorce from Wilbur's mother Margaret Grandstaff of Lewisville. The mother fainted in court and the boy will live with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Alonzo Webb of Elwood who testified they could care for him.
The Rev. W. H. Book of the Tabernacle Church in Columbus objects to the use of the title Reverend for ministers. He says the word appears in the Bible only concerning the divine and should not be applied to men.
Joseph Moore and Edward Conley, both 22 and from Detroit, were sentenced for conspiracy to commit felony and grand larceny after a $95 wager with Cather Minis of Atlanta allegedly led to a riveted pocket knife. Judge James A. Collips sentenced Moore to one to eight years in the Indiana Reformatory and Conley to nine months in the Indiana State Farm.
Co. E. Merrill of 916 West Thirty First Street pleaded guilty for his wife to allowing their 13 year old daughter to drive an automobile. City Judge Delbert Wilmeth imposed a five dollar fine plus costs.
The Indianapolis Woman's Department Club joined citizens in protest against county commissioners cutting Dr. H. S. Hatch's salary as superintendent of the tuberculosis sanitarium from 4200 to 3000 a year. A protest letter urged leaving the salary to the institution's managers and noted Hatch's growth of the facility from 1 building and 60 beds to a hospital with 17 beds and hundreds treated.
In Indianapolis boys from city sections competed at Willard Park for the city marble championship. The winner earns a trip to Atlantic City with a parent, paid by The Indianapolis Times, plus a bicycle. Six games determine the city champion, with two groups and final three-game series.
The Indianapolis Times closes a 99 year lease with Crawford Fairbanks via J. G. McCullough for the Maryland Street property. A modern plant will replace old structures as wrecking starts. Construction begins soon with occupancy planned for early fall.
May valuation on dwelling house permits hits 1,427,530, a new high for the Ey Building Department. The figure surpasses last May’s 1,417,920 and keeps April 1923 total at 5,215,976, marking the third high in department history.
George N. Mannfeld of the State conservation department warns of a hard season for fish propagation as early good weather gives way to damaging cold, heavy rains, and nests destruction. Hatcheries deliveries will lag, pike-perch fry unavailable due to missing Michigan eggs, and statewide arrests reach 101 in April versus 102 a year earlier.
Two fires began in trash in basements of downtown buildings Friday night but caused no damage. Fire department responded to the Murphy building at 8 45 and an hour later to the Stubbins Hottel.
Eight dressed chickens were stolen from a basket in the rear of the Lincoln Hotel. Owner Ralph Eustas reported the theft to police today.
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