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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1926

Page

4

Stay Away From Hollywood Plea Of Film Firms

Hollywood studios form a central employment bureau to handle extras staffing. They report 10 000 selected extras sorted for work, with eight hour days and an average wage around 7 50 daily. The move aims to curb exploitation by coaches and agencies while noting persistent unemployment in Hollywood.

Bu Times Central Casting Corporation Hollywood America Dow Lamp Popuno Wom Marion L. Mell C.r ‘Cial Welmerly State Industare Commission Los Angeles Hollwood

Iowa primary centers on Cummins Brookhart clash

National attention focuses on the Iowa primary with Senator Albert Cummins seeking renomination against insurgent former Senator Smith W. Brookhart. Also seeking the Republican nomination are H. J. Clark and Dan B. Reardon. Democratic hopefuls are Claude R. Porter and J. Ray Files.

Iowa Albert Cummins Coolidge Smith W. Brookhart Howard J. Clark Dan B. Reardon Claude R. Porter J. Ray Files

Shortridge High School to Be Built at Meridian and 34th

Preliminary plans for a new 1900000 Shortridge High School to be built on Meridian Street and Thirty Fourth Street will be shown to the school board. The project includes 65 classrooms and 20 laboratories with two story brick construction and dual main entrances.

Shortridge High School Thirty-Fourth Meridian Sts Kopf & Deery Jacob H. Hilkene Nilkene Th Meridian St Caleb Mills Meridian St Thirty- Fourth St Thirty-Fourth St

Contempt Charges Await Response by Three Indiana Officials

Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam announced that Dr. Edward S. Shumaker Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent and two league attorneys Ethan A. Miles and Jess E. Martin will file an answer to contempt charges late today or Tuesday. The State Supreme Court granted them until Tuesday morning to respond to the original and amended informations. The charges stem from criticism of Gilliam's office and the Supreme Court in the 1925 League report. A motion for discharge may follow, with a possible challenge to the court’s jurisdiction as a matter of review rather than original jurisdiction.

Edward S. Shumaker Indiana Anti-Saloon League Ethan A. Miles Jess E. Martin League Geeeral Arthur L. Gilliam State Supreme Court Gilliam Supreme Court Shumaker Bingham

Believe Aimee Dead

Los Angeles officials conducted an official investigation into the disappearance of Mrs. Aimee McPherson and concluded she is dead. Police and the district attorney’s office traced rumors about her whereabouts and believe she drowned, with no evidence supporting alternate theories. She had been missing three weeks.

United Press Los Angeles Cal Aimee McPherson District Attorney's Office McPherson Herman Cline

Negro Held on Vagrancy Bond in Madeira Street Fire

Police detained a Black man on a $2,000 vagrancy bond for investigation by fire officials in a recent Madeira Street house fire. Damages were estimated at $3,000.

Madeira St

Auto Crash Injures Three. Others Hurt in city incidents

Three people, Fred Powers 26 Harry McDaniels 55 and George Thompson 39, were hospitalized after Powers car hit a West Tenth Street streetcar at West and Ohio. Louis Schmidt 32 was also injured crossing near 351 Massachusetts Ave. Several others suffered injuries in separate incidents including Mrs. R L Wilson Mrs. Ethel Doty Maud Odom Henry Wasserman Roy Short Fred Jones William Roberts Mrs. Clara Goins Tracey Carter and Susie Robertson.

Fred Powers Ohio St Harry McDaniels New Jersey St George Thompson Delaware St City Hospital Powers W. Tenth Street West and Ohio Sts Louis Schmidt Laurel St Massachusetts Ave Schmidt R. L. Wilson Royal Oaks Mich Ethel Doty Litton Ind Maud Odom R. R. B. Box Henry Wasserman Villa Ave Orange St Roy Short Hanson St Fred Jones Ewing St William Roberts S. Bradley Ave Clara Goins Broad Ripple Blanche Trester N. Bergille Ave Tracey Carter Susie Robertson Prospect St

Bayonne Youth Faces Dare Jump From Garage Roof

A Bayonne youth challenged Edward Gunshef sky, 17, standing on a garage roof near his home, calling him to jump twenty five feet to the street. Edward jumped and fell, striking a crude heap on the sidewalk below.

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Thousands visit Dunes State Park on Memorial Day weekend

About 10,000 people flocked to Dunes State Park on the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan for the Memorial Day weekend. The state conservation department announced 10,122 visitors were recorded. Richard Lieber, Conservation Director, said the former Chicago Boy Scout camp, recently acquired by the state, will be leased to Boy and Girl Scout troops with capacity for 100 persons.

New Dunes Indiana Lake Michigan State Conservation Department Richard Lieber Chicago

Ohio Authorities Seek Wives in Slayings Case

Ohio authorities prepared to extradite Dorothy Garner and Florence Shene man from Anderson Indiana as police neared releasing the two women whose husbands are held in a slaying of a policeman named Clay.

United Press

Women in Congress Set to Break One Term Tradition

Washington report notes fall elections may end the custom of one term for women in public office. Mary T. Norton Edith Rogers and Florence Kahn are highlighted as likely to win re election on record of service. All three are active in current session and may challenge existing norms despite male peers’ longer careers.

Times Washington Bureau New York Avenue Washington Congress House Mary T. Norton Jersey City Norton New Jersey Florence Kahn San Francisco Edith Rogers Massachusetts Rogers Kahn South Virginia Dare Oldroyd Lincoln

Oldest telephone operator Emma Watt dies in Cambridge

Cambridge Miss Emma Watt a telephone operator of thirty three years died here in her seventieth year. She is believed to have been the oldest operator in the world.

Cambridge Miss Emma Watt

Youths confess as bandit gang busted in Indiana

Four youths are jailed with another expected to be arrested as authorities say a gang of young thieves operated across Indiana and Illinois. Leaders include Henry Hester and Russell Long with confessions tying them to at least a dozen robberies including stores in Green Castle Spencer and Putnamville. Additional arrests were planned in Brazil and Crawfordsville.

Times Crawfordsville Ind Russell Long Brazil Henry Hester Waveland Carl Thomas Hollandsburg Romey Redencauch Byron Scott Brazily Greencastle Frank Dowden Earl Carver Kansas Milligan Flannigan Cartersburg Spencer Bridgeport Sutherlin-Cooper Putnamsville Manito Ill Effingham Vandalia Oscar Knight Mt. Meridian Raccoon Marshall Long Thomas Hester, Dowden Carver Vernon Shields Amos Falk Shields

New Casualties in Pole Revolt

The Polish government proclaims a state of emergency in Tarnow and Lemberg after autonomist activity. Military forces halt Tarnopol demonstrations with several killed and fifty wounded. One hundred five students are arrested. Reports say 3000 Ukrainians attempted to attack the prison in Lemberg.

United Press Danzig Tarnow Lemberg East Galicia Tarnopol

Indiana Men Represent Hoosier Motor Club at A A A Meeting

Indiana officials Robert B. Rhoads president and James Dunne Dungan treasurer join others at the national American Automobile Association convention in Chicago. The Hoosier Motor Club, founded in 1902, is a pioneer group with about 2,000,000 motorists overall and 800 local clubs. Indianapolis reporters are guests. Indiana delegates are based at the Palmer House.

Tiwo The Hoosier Motor Club Robert B. Rhoads James Dunne Dungan Indiana American Automobile Association Chicago United States Hoosier Club Indianapolis Palmer House

Services Held For City Nurses Training And Shortridge Graduates

Separate services were held Sunday at Central M B E Church for Methodist Hospital Nurses' training class and Shortridge High School graduating class. Dr Orlen TM W Fifer urged nurses to share faith and strength and warned students against taking easy paths to success.

Methodist Hospital Shortridge High School M. BE Orlen W. Fifer Fifer

Indiana delegates to national Travelers Protective Assn convention

Indianapolis delegates to the national Travelers Protective Association convention in Philadelphia June 14 depart Indianapolis at 2:30 p m Friday by the Big Four to Cincinnati where Indiana reps join. The Hoosier special from Cincinnati will be entertained by Baltimore T P A Sunday and proceed to Philadelphia that night. Sam S. Stalcupp is Indiana division's candidate for national direction.

Indianapolis National Travelers Protective Association Philadelphia Big Four Cincinnati Indiana Hoosier Baltimore T. P Sam S. Stalcupp Newah

Cummins and Brookhart Lock Horns in Iowa Senate Fight

In Washington the decades old clash between Albert B. Cummins and Smith Brookhart replays. Both men, ages 76 and 55 respectively, trade charges over reform versus established power. The piece links their feud to broader progressive-era battles and notes a large campaign fund claim. The narrative ends by describing the swordfish as a mighty king of the ocean.

NEA Philadelphia William Scott Ware Pennsylvania United States Senate Bill George A Edwin H. Ware George Edwin State Senate Washington New York Avenue Albert B. Cummins Iowa Smith W. Brookhart Cummins W. B. Allison Smith Wilman Brookhart All Men West

Present Session Sets Record For A Number Of Bills

The present Congress has seen a record number of bills and resolutions introduced. In 134 days 16,906 bills were filed, averaging 127 per day, with 12,630 to the House and 4,575 to the Senate. Enacted totals are low, about 378 laws so far.

United Area Washington Congress House Senate Treasury Rotary Club Indiana Menges Pennsylvania Curtis Kansas Copeland New York Georgia Upshaw

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