Ford Plant Reopens in Indianapolis with 200 Men Back
Ford Motor Company resumes operation at 1315 E. Washington St. after a one week shutdown. About 200 old workers return with plans to reach 800 by next week as machinery is updated for new Model T. Output starts at 50 cars daily, rising to 300 later. emphasis on training both old and new staff.
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Ford Motor Company
Washington St
Indianapolis
Weathervane Industries
Steinmetz
Henry Ford
Ford
Oriental St
Pennsylvania
Plea of Abatement in Bank Embezzlement Case
A plea of abatement for four ex officers of the defunct J. F. Wild & Co. State Bank was argued in Criminal Court. Indicted on bank embezzlement charges, they challenged the indictment as defective since women were not named among grand jury list. Judge Collins took the matter under advisement until 9 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Wild
Otto P. Kern
W. F. McNairy
John C. Fisher
J. F. Wild & Co. State Bank
James W. Noel
Collins
Queen Marie to Visit the United States
Queen Marie announced in Bucharest she will travel to the United States within a few months to visit friends. She spoke during a reception with Leon Fischer president of the Association of Rumanian Jews in the United States.
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United Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Marie
United States
Leon Fischer
Association of
Rumanian Jews
Radio to broadcast Democratic convention coverage
Hear It All Radio listeners Wednesday will hear the State Democratic convention in full from 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m over station WFBM and Indianapolis Power and Light Co with announcers describing every feature and a county by county tally of nominations for Governor Lieutenant Governor secretary of State and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFBM
Indianapolis Power and Light Co
Woman Fires Shot in Porch Dispute Over Dog
Alice Allison 29 of 1306 Ewing Street nearly shot her mother in law Irene Allison 222 North Tacoma Avenue in a domestic dispute over a bulldog. The daughter in law admitted firing into the porch floor to frighten her. James Allison restrained her until police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Allison
Ewing St
Irene Allison
Tacoma Ave
City
James Allison
Dogs and planes join search for Nobile crew at Spitzbergen
The hunt for Gen Umberto Nobile and his Polar Italia crew expands with new rescue parties in frozen northern territory. Dog teams guided inland to find survivors after ten days missing, with planes aboard some expeditions. The Whaler Braganza reports passing Amsterdam Island as Norwegian parties mobilize northward.
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Lars Hansen
United Press
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
King’s Bay
Braganza
Amsterdam Island
Sinclair Case Delayed By D C Court Of Appeals
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals adjourned without acting on Harry F. Sinclair's appeal from a three month jail term for contempt of the Senate. Sinclair remains free on bond until the court reconvenes in October.
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United Press
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Sinclair
Dawes Plans Quiet Evanston Summer Fishing
Vice President Charles G Dawes will spend his vacation at his Evanston home avoiding politics. He intends to fish in a quiet summer, and may travel West for a few weeks. Dawes will not attend the Republican national convention in Kansas City.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Dawes
Evanston
Kansas City
Voters List Vacant Lots as Dwellings in Seventh Ward Probe
Prosecutor agents report 25 to 30 discrepancies per ward precinct in Republican poll books from the May 8 primary. House to house checks found vacant lot addresses and possible misregistered voters as grand jurors review the Seventh ward data. Recanvass notes affect Second ward precincts and show small shifts in Updike Hall and Campbell Brown races.
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Seventh Ward
Grand
George O. Hutsell
Grand Jury
Ralph E. Updike
Archibald M. Hall
Congress
Updike
Henry R. Campbell
Paul Brown
Radio power shift for Coolidge benefit in Wisconsin
The Federal Radio Commission raised WEBC Superior Wisconsin from 250 to 1000 watts for evening summer broadcasts to ensure President Coolidge can receive good radio signals at his Brule River summer home. The commission will not change frequencies or powers except for this case per new allocations rules.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Brule River
Wisconsin
Federal Radio Commission
WEBC
Superior
Wis
Hoover Campaign Spends $22 532 in West Virginia
West Virginia campaign manager Harry Woodyard testified before the Senate Campaign Committee that Hoover’s effort in the state cost 22532, with 18701 raised in and out of state and 3831 personal expenses. Approximately 1000 more in outstanding bills were expected.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
West Virginia
Harry Woodyard
Senate Campaign Committee
Woodyard
Goff
A. ©. Harreld. Sutton
W. Va
Reed
Lowell Mellett
Fletcher Cafeteria Ad Promotes Pies and Pastries
An advertisement for Fletcher Cafeteria in the basement Fletcher Trust Blog invites customers to try pies and pastries from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Cafeteria
Fletcher Trust
Mickey and Jim Are Pals School Not So Much Now
A neighborhood tale from Indianapolis describes Mickey the dog as the city’s best educated animal after daily school attendance with 11 year old Jimmy Willingham. Once educated in a portable at School 36 the dog helped Jim in class and even acted in tandem with Jim’s violin while barked on radio air.
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Dan M. Kidney
Ickey Willingham
W. Twenty-Ninth St
Indianapolis
Jimmy Willingham
C. A. Willingham
Jimmy
Mickey
Iowa Primary Features Hammill Race With Four Candidates
Des Moines reports the Iowa primary pits Governor Hammill against three challengers. Leader M. L. Bowman of Waterloo campaigns against the Governor’s paved road program and endorses a State bank guaranty law.
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Hammill
United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
John Hammill
M. L. Bowman
Waterloo
Three Fliers Reach Sea Ready to Hop Today to London
United Press dispatch from Washington reports June 4 that the People’s Lobby led by Prof John Dewey asks President Coolidge whether his son John should join the U S Marines in Nicaragua. The letter questions U S policy and asks if the President would risk his son’s life under Marine rule in Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Preas
Washington
Coolidge
John
United States
Nicaragua
People’s Lobby
John Dewey
Ben C. Marsh
Central America
Broadmoor Loot Totals About 100000 After City Club Robbery
Detectives report losses totaling about 100000 from the Broadmoor Country Club robbery on Wednesday night with bracelets alone valued at 24000. A suspect is being questioned as investigators seek information to solve the Indianapolis Country Club hold up and a payroll satchel found near Stop 3 Lafayette Rd indicates a northward escape. Six youths from Chicago were released after police confirmed their connections.
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Broadmoor Country Club
Jerry McKinney
Kinney
Indianapolis Country Club
Lafayette Rd
Clermont
Chicago
Broadmoor
Democratic Vanguard Arrives For Conclave
Delegates to the Democratic State convention and district meetings will be hosted by Marion County Democratic committee. The Moorish room and Parlors G and H on the Claypool mezzanine are booked with county nominees and their wives as hosts. State candidates have engaged a score of rooms and suites on the eighth floor and convention headquarters are opening.
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Marion County Democratic Committee
Claypool
First Baptist Church Bible School Installs New Officers
Officers installed Sunday by Dr. Frederick E Taylor include Everett Ellison Alli son general superintendent Jack C Moore general secretary and Russell Geddes treasurer. Alli son succeeds Claude G Jacquart who served two years as general superintendent.
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First Baptist Church Bible School
Frederick E.taylor
Everett E. Allison
Jack C. Moore
Russell Geddes
Allison
Claude G. Jacquart
New Hospital Planned In Indianapolis Downtown Building
The Rev. Gary L. Cook was named executive secretary to direct erection of a sixteen story Indiana Christian Hospital at Senate Ave and Ohio St. The new downtown facility is planned as the church’s principal hospital project. Cook will assume duties June 11. Indiana Christian recently acquired the old Deaconess Hospital.
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Gary L. Cook
Indiana Christian Hospital
P. A. Wood
Indiana Christian
Senate Ave
Ohio St
Christian Church
Mr. Cook
Coolidge Activates Times Union Press at Rochester
President Coolidge pressed a button to inaugurate the Times Union press in Rochester signaling the start of its operation. The ceremony marks a milestone in the newspaper’s production capabilities and regional news reach.
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Washington
Coolidge
New Times Union Press
Rochester
Earhart flight prepares for trans Atlantic dash to London
Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lew Gordon arrive in Trepassy Bay ready to depart for London after Halifax and Boston legs. The Fokker plane, previously Byrd’s, is equipped with pontoons for potential water landings and is used to study regular trans Atlantic crossings under Mechanical Science Corp. of Delaware with George Palmer Putnam directing.
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United Preas
Bay United Press
Alifax
N. S
America
Atlantic
London
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Wilmer Stultz
Charles A. Levine
Frances Grayson
Lew Gordon
Eston
Richard E. Byrd
Thomas Mooney Dies at 73 Former Indianapolis Abattoir VP
Thomas Mooney 73 longtime vice president of the Indianapolis Abattoir died at his Louisville Kentucky home Saturday Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Columbus Indiana Mooney born in Edinburgh later moved to Columbus attended Indiana University and had been connected with the Indianapolis Abattoir for forty years He is survived by niece Mrs F Ellis Hunter of Indianapolis
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Indianapolis
Thomas Mooney
World's Greatest Used Car: The Southern Cross Monoplane
The Southern Cross, rebuilt at Boeving Aircraft in Seattle from parts of a Fokker, Stinsons, and three Wright motors, heads toward Fiji. Despite slow speeds on early legs, aviation experts call it highly airworthy and stout.
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United Press Battle
Wash
Fiji Islands
Wilkins
Stinsons
Fokker
Boeing Company
Honolulu
Seattle
San Francisco
Bay City
Southern Cross Eyes Suva After Pacific Crossing Attempt
The giant monoplane Southern Cross, captained by Charles Kingsford Smith, neared Suva Fiji eight hundred miles away as it fought storms and engine glitches in a twenty five hour nonstop flight from Hawaii. Radio reports noted fuel strength and steady progress toward Suva despite squalls and battery issues.
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Honolulu
Southern Cross
Suva
Fiji Islands
Pacific
Australia
Pacific Coast
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Radio
Cor
Canton Island
Equator
Phoenix
Hawaiian
Kingsford-Smith
Charles T. P. Ulm
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Barking Sands
Flight Log From Pacific Flight Near Suva
Log notes Honolulu time, with time checks from Barking Sands Kauai through Pacific crossing to Suva. Entries describe battery repair, rain squalls, motor concerns, fuel-saving, cloud racing, altitude gains, movement over Kauai to Suva, and approaching Suva with worsening weather as night falls.
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Barking Sands
Kauai
Ulm
Harry
E. K
Suva
Equator
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Slack
Board of Works
J. F. Wild and Associates
Queen Marie
U. S
Dawes Will
W. W. Spencer
Fred C. Gause
Second Ward
Washington Daily News
Scripps- Howard
Scripps-Howard
Smith
New York
Commerce Hoover
Heflin
Alabama
Mellett
United Feature Syndicate
Jim
Democratic Vanguard
First Candidate
Claypool Hotel
New Baptist
Christian Building
New Press
Abattoir
Louisville
Hess
Pacific Plane
Boeling Aircraft Company
George H. Wilkins
Point Barrow
Alaska
Stinson
FU Islands
South Seas
H. R. Ekins
Acain
Epast
Kingsford- Smith
Warner
Lyon
O. K
Pheenix Island Group
South Pacific
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