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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1926
Page
2
Classifieds offer job wants and real estate sales with addresses and contact numbers. Ads include sales positions for female and male workers, home offerings with prices and terms, and vehicle sales listings with makes models and contact details.
A string of used car listings from several dealers includes makes such as Packard Marmon Nash Studebaker Chevrolet Ford and Buick. Advertisements highlight 4 and 5 passenger sedans coupes touring cars and roadsters with emphasis on bargains and special daily deals.
The board of school commissioners of Indianapolis invites sealed bids by June 22 1928 for complete construction and installation of a concrete vault in the school administration building at Ohio and Meridian Streets a certified check for 3 percent of the bid is required and a surety bond will be needed if awarded the contract.
The Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis invites sealed bids for demolition and relocation of multiple school buildings and for installation of unilaterial windows at the Ketcham site. Bids require a 3 percent certified check and may be rejected. Also notice to contractors for construction plans by Spencer Cannon with bid envelopes and plan fees.
At the Chicago Palmer House AAA delegates debated cutting roadside arrest fines and speed traps. Hoosier Motor Club reports 10 percent membership rise to 8 000. plans road service expansion and uniform state police to curb nonuniform enforcement on rural roads.
Police report a list of stolen cars with owners including Leslie E Dobbs, Ellsworth Miller, Carl C Wilbur, Archie J Ridgway, Burton J Malott, Theodore Clevenger with makes Ford Chevrolet Maxwell and others. Recovered vehicles include Russell D Endicott with a Ford and an Essex coach found at White River Blvd and Kingan Co. Michigan Street location noted.
Otis E Bartholomew announced Monday night he would introduce an ordinance to end dumping grounds. He criticized Meridian and Minnesota St dumps as sites forcing the city to station a fire apparatus. Fire Chief Jesse A Hutsell testified the city has had to protect the dumps for eight or ten years.
Hearing opened in federal court before referee Carl Wilde on objections by Robert L. Tudor trustee in bankruptcy to A. E. Starbuck administrator's claim for more than 100000 tied to Elwood Haynes estate. Tudor says Haynes owed the defunct Haynes Automobile Company 135000 before death, tied to a reorganization bond with 1.0 million in director officer and Kokomo citizen subscriptions.
Iowa Republicans nominated Brookhart amid farm relief turmoil as Cummins, once a progressive, fought to keep the administration out of the race. The campaign highlighted tensions over the farm relief policy and a possible Republican split like the 1924 Steck victory.
Col. Smith Wildman Brookhart announced from his Washington Iowa home that he would fly to Washington D C to join the farm belt committee in pushing agricultural rules through Congress this session. He also claimed the primary election would increase his lead over Cummins as final returns from outlying farm communities came in.
Unclaimed items including bicycles tires auto accessories and clothing will be sold at 2 p m June 22 in the police station garage. Sergt George Cox custodian says trunks and suit cases may hold valuable articles and buyers could bid less than a quarter of value.
Sixty two motorists were slated at the city prison Monday night. Forty three men and four women drivers were charged with failing to have proper lighting on their autos. Five drivers were charged with violating sections of the traffic code. Nine alleged speeders were slated. Thomas W. Walker, 57, of 612 N. Senate Ave., was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and driving without license or title.
Florida voters went to the polls in the state primary as seven candidates contested three national posts. Ruth Bryan Owens, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, drew the most discussion as she sought the Fourth district seat.
In a letter to a New York constituent, Wadsworth argues against federal coercion for total abstinence. He favors a Quebec style system where the province controls sale of alcohol, allowing local choice and government regulation to curb saloon and private traffic abuses. He warns against amending the Volstead Act and calls for a constitutional grant to Congress to adopt local sentiment based temperance measures.
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