Lack of Play Space Spurs Youth Crime in Indianapolis
A 1928 juvenile crime survey by R Clyde White of Indiana University Extension School finds the worst districts for youth delinquency cluster near Willard Park, with boy delinquents outnumbering girls three to one. Overcrowded homes and scarce playgrounds linked to higher crime rates, guiding a citywide recreation study.
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Indianapolis
R. Clyde White
Indiana University Extension School
Willard Park
Willard
Washington Street
South Street
Alabama
Shelby Street
Tenth Street
Washington
Delaware
Missouri Street
English Avenue
Shelby
State Avenue
White
Marion County
Monument Circle
Memorial Flaza
Eugene T. Lies
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Indianapolis Foundation
Indianapolis Council of Social Agencies
Labor takes reins as MacDonald to form government
Windsor England June 5 Labor leader J Ramsey MacDonald was asked by the king to form a government after the party's victory in Thursdays general election. He accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
England
J. Ramsey MacDonald
Labor
Map Shows Where Youths Go Wrong
A map indicates juvenile delinquency rates per 1000 children. Regions with different bar patterns show 16 to 20.9 delinquents, 21 to 25.9, and 26 or more in the solid districts.
Aged Man Dies at Wife's Grave in Forest Hill Cemetery
In Kansas City a old man visiting his wife's grave at Forest Hill cemetery on Memorial Day read a tomb inscription for Susan Carter and C. C. Carter 1855 1924 and 1929. An ambulance doctor labeled the death as heart disease. A stone cutter later added 1929 to C. C. Carter's epitaph.
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Nited Press
Ansas City
Forest Hill Cemetery
Susan Carter
C. C. Carter
Priest shoots girl and kills self after kiss request
The Rev. Paul Miervinis shot 22 year old Helen Halitaies in Harrison New Jersey then fatally shot himself after she laughed at his request for a kiss. The two were dinner guests at John Silketis home where the act occurred. Miervinis had been acting pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows until February and had recently traveled to Chicago and Amsterdam New York before returning.
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Butnite
Harrison
N. J
Paul Miervinis
Church of Our Lady of
George Fitzpatrick
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
Fitzpatrick
Miezvinis
New Driver Licenses to Go on Sale
Issuance under the 1929 statute will start at the statehouse Thursday announced by Otto G. Fifield secretary of state. Sale will mirror automobile license plates and certificates of title with applications at 101 statehouse. Forty branches statewide planned with 38 run by Hoosier State Automobile Association and seven by the Chicago Motor Club.
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Statehouse
Otto G. Fifield
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Chicago Motor Club
Publisher Brander of Milwaukee Ger Mania Herald Dies
Colonel William C. Brander aged 60 publisher of the Milwaukee German language newspaper the Ger Mania Herald died in Milwaukee after a brief illness Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee, Wis
William C. Brander
Milwaukee Germania Herald
Three Die After Oil Plant Explosion and Fire
A triple explosion at Cities Service Refining Company in East Braintree Mass causes $500000 in damage and three confirmed deaths. About 100 workers were at risk as three 10000 gallon tanks blew, fire raged two hours, homes within a half mile damaged and hundreds fled in panic toward West Quincy.
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United Press
Braintree
Mass
Cities Service Refining Company
West
Quincy
Quincy Avenue
Mrs Cassler Faces New Murder Charge in Swamp Killing
In Valparaiso Indiana on June 5 1930 Mrs Catherine Cassler defied a death sentence by facing a fresh murder charge over the death of Miss Cameola Soutar. Her 19 year old son Edward Cassler was held on 3000 bond as a material witness while her husband Truman Cassler also faced scrutiny.
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United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Catherine Cassler
Cameola Soutar
Edward
Hebron
Miss Soutar
Cassler
Cassier
Cammie
Chicago's Richest Girl Guarded After Threat
Rose Mary Bauer, heiress to Chicago wealth, faced a threatening telephone call while at Bryn Mawr College. Her mother and family prepared to sail on the Berengaria to Europe, denying rumors of court presentation and noting a $2.5 million inheritance.
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United Press
York
Jacob Bauer
Chicago
Bryn Mawr College
Rose Mary Bauer
Europe
Miss Bauer
Bauer
Court of St. James
Pact on war debts ready for signing
Paris June 5 after ten years of talks the Reich accepts a fixed annuity payment plan to satisfy allied creditors for sixty years. The Young plan creates an international bank and frees German railways from Dawes liens with total payments around 23.205 billion dollars.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Reich
Secondawes
Owen D. Young
Conference of Reparations Experts
Germany
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Japan
International Bank
Bank of International Settlement
Farm Bounty Plan Abandoned in Final Farm Bill
Washington June 5 United Press reports the debenture plan opposed by President Hoover and others was dropped by the house and senate conferees. The bill title became the agricultural marketing act with stabilization corps allowed to aid cooperative groups. Federal farm board expenses rise to 1.5 million. Nine members to be appointed by the President with salary 12000, ensuring regional representation. Dublin June 6 six youths including Sean McBride were acquitted of charges of maintaining an illegal military force.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Senate
Agricultural Marketing Act
Federal Farm Board
Bunited
Dublin
Sean McBride
Maude Gonne McBride
Joan of Arc
Gene Alger's brother denies joy ride theft claim
Gail Alger 16 of 409 North Walcott Street faced theft charges linked to an automobile theft with Lowell Edwards 18 as the accuser. Edwards alleged a joy ride from North Keystone to Vermont Street. Gail says he was not in the car. The hearing was continued to June 14, the date Gail graduates Arsenal Technical High School where he played varsity football. Gene Alger, 21, was paroled from the Indiana state reformatory by Governor Leslie after a prior killing conviction.
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Gail Alger
North Walcott Street
Gene
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana State Reformatory
Lowell Edwards
Walcott Street
Lester M. Rhoads
Brookside Parkway
Gail
Arsenal Technical High School
Clarence Golder
John Dugan
Edwards
Alger
Keystone Avenue
Vermont Street
Michigan Street
Gene Alger
Reformatory
City May Buy Other Utility Firms Hinted by New Gas Board
The newly organized city utilities trustees hint at possibly absorbing other public services beyond Citizens Gas. The board elected officers and seven directors to manage future acquisitions, with current plan keeping the gas dispute unresolved while the city holds title and monitors annual director elections.
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City
Citizens Gas Company
Utilities
Indianapolis Water Company
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Osse Whites
L. Ert Slack
George J. Marott
Mooney
Thomas C. Howe
Butler
Derby Ticket Nets $84 790 To City Man
Arthur Court, 49, engineer in Jackson building, wins 84 750 from the British sweepstakes on Trigo the Derby winner. Court, with eight children and a wife, plans a fishing trip but keeps his job. A stranger offered $10 000 for the ticket before the win was confirmed. Other US winners total 127 170, with Bangor Me and Boston taking 28 260 and 14 160 respectively. Police Sgt Bertrand of Quebec declined a syndicate bid for his ticket.
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Arthur Court
Jackson Building
South
Meridian Street
Court
Trigo
Epsom Downs
Cleveland
Quebec
Indianapolis Times
New Augusta
United States
W. P. Redmond
Bangor
Walter Gay
J. L. Mularkey
Boston
Brunez
Bertrand
Mr. Jinks
Death penalty sought for Mrs Powers in Parker murder plot
In Macon Georgia on June 5 the death penalty will be demanded for Mrs Sarah E Powers a 71 year old rooming house proprietor and for Earl Manchester the confessed slayer of James Parks a young printer in an alleged insurance murder plot. They will be tried separately the week of June 17.
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United Press
Macon
Sarah E. Powers
Earl Manchester
James Parks
Senate Confirms Cotton as Undersecretary of State
Washington June 5 The Senate confirmed Joseph P. Cotton of New York as undersecretary of state moments after the Foreign Relations Committee reported the nomination favorably.
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Washington
Joseph P. Cotton
New York
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson intervenes in China dispute over Andrews expedition
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson has intervened in a clash between nationalist China and the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition seeking access to facilities for Asiatic exploration. The Andrews party is currently in China as officials confirm the effort to secure permission to remove fossils and antiquities found in prior and ongoing digs.
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Sied Press
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Nationalist China
Roy Chapman Andrews
Andrews
China
State Department
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Brodehurst Elsey
Indianapolis Glove Company
Edward A. Kahn
People's Outfitting Company
Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly & Co
John J. Madden
Derby Ticket
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