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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1926
Page
3
The weekend session on the New York stock exchange showed irregular trading as uncertainty in business conditions weighed on investors. Sugar shares and American Woolen fell to war period levels while earnings leaders also faced pressure. Van Sweringen issues led while overall market closed irregular.
In Chicago a mother, Mea Margaret Tillman, jealous of her secretary Edna Eddina, killed her two youngest children Melvin Jr and Mary Millicent and then died by suicide. Margaret, 9, survived as the eldest. A revolver and poison were found. the gun had an empty shell.
The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis invites sealed bids by June 22 1926 at 11 am for timber materials maple flooring slate roofing and related supplies. Bids on form No 95 require a 3 percent certified check and the board may reject any or all bids.
New York reports from June 5 note a bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture indicating weak demand from spinners in the near term. Lancashire and Indian, Chinese markets show slow consumption while the overall crop remains good. The market is strong but perceived as short covering.
Banks and exchange data for June 5 show Indianapolis daily clearings at 4.07 for the day and weekly totals at 752 with weekly debits of 38,194,000. Chicago statement reports clearings at 114 and balances at 18,100,000. New York foreign exchange closes mixed with sterling 4.8647, francs 3.08, lire 3.7640, and other currencies noted.
A long OCR excerpt lists numerous pairs of names and addresses across locations, followed by various medical diagnoses and hospital references such as broncho pneumonia chronic myocarditis diabetes carcinoma and arteriosclerosis. It reads like a directory style record of residents, households, and ailments with hospital affiliations and ages.
In Washington on June 5 the Senate held a secret session to confirm sixteen nominees to the board of tax appeals. After about an hour of debate no decision was reached and further action was postponed to 5 p.m.
Washington report notes a forecast for June 7 to 12 with scattered showers across the Ohio Valley, Tennessee area, and the Great Lakes region. The outlook emphasizes unsettled conditions and variable precipitation chances during the period.
Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat sharp gains across all positions. Reports from Kansas crop experts of deterioration and a dry warm forecast fueled gains while offerings were light. Corn and oats rose fractionally as wheat strength lifted markets and provisions closed higher.
A dense OCR of wholesale price listings shows various fruits vegetables and related items with price per crate box or pound. Items include melons grapes oranges strawberries cherries tomatoes cucumbers carrots onions lemons limes beans cantaloupes and more from California Florida Kentucky and Mississippi with notes on quality like Fancy and H G and regional prices such as 6.50 for celery and 22.25 for Texas yellow crates.
Wholesale butter and poultry prices listed for Indianapolis and Chicago with per pound bids and receipts. Included are butter grades firsts seconds and receipts, poultry items fowls ducks geese turkeys and roosters with various regional price points and carloads noted. potatoes sugar coffee and meat prices also appear with state and regional references.
Adj. Gen. William H. Kershner ordered the disbandment of the 113th Observation Squadron of the Indiana National Guard now at Kokomo effective next Wednesday in a memorandum. The move marks the first definite removal of a unit.
Weekly report shows bids and inspections across wheat and corn. Multiple car counts and grades listed, including No 2 red wheat and No 1 yellow corn, with prices and totals in flux across Chicago and Indianapolis markets.
Ira M. Holmes attorney for Mike Minardo 19 of 4438 Alabama Street filed a motion for arrest of judgment in Criminal Court before Judge James A. Collins. Holmes asked for oral argument. The defendant was convicted a week earlier by a jury of manslaughter.
Light hog receipts at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange boosted pricing in the final session of the week. Top quotes reached $14.85 for light hogs with most porkers selling from $14.25 to $14.75, while cattle trades were slow due to low offerings and varied by type.
The report shows $107 647.85 realized from quantities sold and $514 087.83 from non usable materials. $406 439.98 paid in freight, government handling and storage. Many items lacking records. goldbergs tied to sales and alleged larceny. Whaley and others to faces of trial.
Chicago June 5 cattle receipts mix with higher veal and fat cattle, steady to lower yearlings, and lighter demand for canners and bulls. Strong demand for top steers and stockers contrasts with declines in some fat cattle grades, while hogs and sheep show varied movement and price shifts across grades and weights.
Walter McCormick 33 of Fairmont WV confessed to killing Capt. Eugene Riley 49 and shooting Capt. William McGregor 45 after a discharge from the Salvation Army in Wheeling. Police report the incident occurred June 5.
Ernest Brandelein 27 received a one year Indiana State Farm sentence on a petit larceny charge. His wife, a St Louis widow, testified she alerted police, saying he was a fugitive from Indianapolis. Co-defendants Eugene Swope 19 got a suspended term. Robert Green 21 was found not guilty.
Butler University hosted its first girls track meet at Irwin Field on Friday. Freshman Betty Fullenwider led with 14 points, followed by Miriam Fay and Faye Smith, with Katherine Price and Dorothy Stephenson tying for fourth in eight events.
Two youths robbed a mall mail bus in Nashville Tennessee taking 44300 dollars destined for the Du Pont Rayon company payroll. The bandits forced carrier Charlee J. Davis to stop with revolvers and stole the switch key to stop pursuit. The money had been moved from the Federal Reserve to the post office for safekeeping and was insured.
The Senate adopted the Borah resolution directing the State and War Departments to report whether British concessions in Panama violate the Monroe Doctrine. The concessions are alleged to block American rubber plantation plans in Panama and protect Britain's rubber monopoly.
Governor Jackson selected Alvah Malott of Etna Green Kosciusko County to replace Ralph Jenkins of Orleans on the State livestock sanitary board for a four year term. The governor has yet to name a successor to Dr. Ward J. Tansey of Monrovia whose term also expires Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Kessier, women’s recreation director, told recreation department employees at a meeting held today before the June 14 opening. She noted most accidents to children on municipal playgrounds occur on rainy days.
Delegates at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in Atlantic City pledge to make housewives happier by framing home making as a profession. They seek classified home duties, family budgeting, planned housework, and better child care to reduce fatigue and monotony.
Warsaw reports the Polish government has proclaimed a siege in Posen and Pom erelen after Governor Machowiak warns of German chauvinists planning a coup. An interview with Acting Premier Bartel cites the proclamation as meeting the governor’s demand.
Thomas C. Wilcox and Robert E. Silver, both 24 and of Richmond, are held on vehicle taking charges after state police arrested them at Plainfield. They allegedly wrecked a stolen car in a collision that injured a woman who may lose sight in one eye. The pair are said to have stolen several cars.
A suit to close the residence of Lucius Wilson, 527 N Tab bott St, as a public nuisance, has been filed in Superior Court One by deputy prosecutor John L Niblack. Wilson, convicted of operating a blind tiger on numerous occasions, is alleged to have sold alcohol to high school students. He now faces a Criminal Court charge for selling alcohol to a student, the petition states.
United Press reports in Los Angeles that the search for Aimee Semple Moe is to be officially abandoned tomorrow night. Mrs Minnie Ken announced the decision this afternoon.
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