Epidemic of Bank Crime Grips City
Indiana police confront a rise in bank robberies as eight hold ups occur in three nights. A patrol plan to lecture officers at roll calls aims to curb the spree. In Capitol Ave a 26 year old Robert Craig suffered scalp wounds and $20 was stolen. Lee Brennan was wounded on the arm. Earlier, three bar workers at 472 Massachusetts Ave were robbed of $70.76 by a masked bandit. A drug store near 1002 S Meridian was also hit in the night.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Robert Craig
Highland Golf and Country Club
Methodist Hospital
Capitol Ave
Washington St
Indiana Ave
Lee Brennan
Craig
Homer T. McCreery
Massachusetts Ave
Gordon’ Smith
Brookside
Ave
Joe Goodin
Alabama St
John Mann
E. Market St
Chuck Wiggins Barnstorms After Early Parole
Charles F. Chucky Wiggie a light heavyweight from Indianapolis was paroled from the Indiana State Reformatory last Friday and intends a barnstorming tour with a noted fighter, likely Harry Greb, in the coming weeks. His parole followed a commutation of a two to five year sentence to fifteen months minimum by the state pardons board after the reformatory parole board granted freedom. Wiggin’s prior escape from the Indiana State Farm led to a delinquency conviction and a short sentence.
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Charles F.chucky Wiggie
Indianapolis
Indiana State Reformatory
Harry Greb
Wiggins
Reformatory Parole Board
State Board of Pardons
Indiana State Farm
Four Seek Executive Secretary Post in State Teachers Fund
Four candidates declared for the executive secretary role of the State teachers retirement fund, currently held by Estes Duncan whose term ends August 1. Applicants include William H. Lytle of Burlington, William Hays of Terre Haute, Marshall Bernard of Franklin, and Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewiler of Indianapolis.
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State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Estes Duncan
Duncan
William H. Lytle
Burlington
House of Representatives
William
Big Bill) Hays
Terre Haute
Prohibition
Marshall.Bernard
Franklin
WeKnson County
Republican
Julia Belle Tutewiler
Indianapolis
Hourly Temperature Reading for Wycoes CF 2 Peaks
Readings show 56 at 10 a.m. rising to 67 then 61 at 11 a.m and 66 at noon. Forecast notes a peak near 70 at afternoon, with moon phase indicated. Local station report summarizes temperatures and brief sky conditions.
Woman Attacked by Mad Cow Near AZILINDA
Mrs Henry Frazier of Brazil Indiana was fatally injured when a cow she was milking felled her against a barn wall. A hired man intervened and beat the animal off.
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United Presse
Azil
Ind
Henry Frazier
Here
Japanese cherry trees to grace Indianapolis boulevards
R Walter Jarvis, superintendent of parks and recreation, returns from Washington and Philadelphia where he inspected park and recreation systems. He says the Japanese cherry trees planned for planting along Indianapolis boulevards will likely not be shipped until September because they cannot be sent in full bloom.
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R. Walter Jarvis
Parks and Recreation
Washington
Philadelphia
Park Board
Indianapolis
New angle given in LSU professor murder case
Baton Rouge authorities expect an arrest within 24 hours in the ax murder of Professor Oscar B. Turner at Louisiana State University. A waitress reported seeing the professor in a car with three unfamiliar men in the university restaurant the day before the killing.
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United Press
Baton Rouge
Oscar B. Turner
Louisiana State University
King Strenzke
Seek to Close Places Abatement Proceedings in Indiana
Abatement actions to close twenty nine soft drink spots in Indiana for violating prohibition laws will be heard by Judge Robert C. Baltzell in federal court Friday. One site is in Indianapolis at 427 W Pearl St, involving proprietor William Henry and occupants William Stewart and James Parrott. Most locations in Fort Wayne with others in New Albany and Jeffersonville.
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Indiana
Robert C. Baltzell
Indianapolis
W. Pearl St
William Henry
William Stewart
James Parrott
Ft. Wayne
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Loot Identified as Property Theft Page Finds
William F Lynch and William M Smith of Terre Haute Indiana and Cliff McCulloch of Crawfordsville Indiana identified as owners of loot recovered in the garage of John Svotesky a known fence Illinois and Wisconsin merchants confirm possession of goods Lynch reports clothing taken from his store Smith claims tobacco stolen from his shop Moe Culloch notes $8000 in silk dresses seized Moe says total loot in the garage amounts to $100000
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United Preas
Chicago
Ill
William F. Lynch
William M. Smith
Terre Haute
Ind
Cliff McCulloch
Crawfordsville
John Svotesky
Illinois
Wisconsin
Lynch
Smith
MoeCulloch
Klan Rioters Held After Worcester Clash
Thirty six men appeared in Clinton district court charged with disturbing the peace after a Worcester County anti Klan clash injuring over twenty. Arrests followed an attack on Klansmen returning from a mass meeting in Berlin as 500 anti Klan members used fists and clubs to subdue them.
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United Press
Clinton
Mass
Worcester County
Berlin
U S Hospital Hit by Shells in Far East Fighting
Washington June 10 The Canton American hospital at Canton was struck by shells during fighting between Yunnanese and Cantonese troops Consul General Douglas Jenkins reported to the State Department. He protested the firing on foreigners as American women and children moved from the danger zone following his advice and warning foreigners to avoid the area.
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United Press
Washington
Canton
Douglas Jenkins
State Department
Jenkins
Mayor Shank Hosts Realty Board Luncheon at Storage House
About seventy five members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board were entertained at luncheon today by Mayor Shank at his storage house located at 1430 North Illinois Street.
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Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Shank
Illinois St
Supreme Court Sets July 1 Date for Parker and Barber Appeals
The Supreme Court fixed July 1 for oral arguments on appeals by Joseph Parker and Edwand Barber of Terre Haute who await death sentences for the murder of a plainclothes policeman. The court recently granted them a stage of execution.
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Supreme Court
Joseph Parker
Edwand Barber
Terre Haute
Second Bus Hearing Under Way in Indianapolis
Public Service Commission conducts a joint hearing on rival bus and streetcar routes in Indianapolis. Todd leads the trolley system as chief witness arguing cost and expansion, while coach company reps push for certificates of necessity to operate on multiple routes including boulevards.
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Todd
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Street Car Company
Coach Company
Central Ave
New York St
Brightwood
Riverside Park
Robert I. Todd
A. Smith Bowman
Riverside
Ines
Park and
Carrolton Ave
Forty-Eighth St
Capitol Ave
Fifty-Second St
Meridian St
Westfield Blvd
Broad
River Survey Planned Near Indianapolis
Definite plans for a sanitary survey of White River north of Indianapolis were made today at the Chamber of Commerce by officials from the State and city health boards, the State conservation department, the city sanitary commissioners, and the Indianapolis Water Company. Dr. William F. King said the survey would likely take a year of study and twenty testing stations between Muncie and Spencer were chosen to monitor river pollution.
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White River
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
State
City Boards of Health
State Conservation Department
City Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Indianapolis Water Company
William F. King
State Board of Health
Muncie
Spencer
Collins Fines Woods in Assault with Intent to Kill
Lester Woods was fined $3 and costs by Criminal Judge James A. Collins on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Woods allegedly cut Miss Helen Phillips with a pocket knife at 2451 Columbia Ave.
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Collins
Lester Woods
Prospect St
James A. Collins
Woods
Helen Phillips
Columbia Ave
Fire Sweeps Gardener's Home and Barn Causing 30000 Loss
A Martinsville Road property owned by the Wegehoft family suffered a $30,000 blaze late Tuesday that largely destroyed the home greenhouse and barn. The family escaped in nightclothes, son Fred 22 was burned slightly trying to save a truck. Neighbors pledge help, insurance partially covers losses. pony Bobby killed, others saved.
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Wegehoft
Martinsville Rd
Holy Cross Cemetery
Fred
Wegehoff
Herman Lehman
Bobby
Indianapolis
Boy
Street Railway Reports 1924 Fare Gain and Dividend Delays
Indianapolis Street Railway Company reports 1924 direct fare income of 4 804 890 86 up 4 4 percent from 4 602 549 41 in 1923 with a 202 341 45 rise due to fare increases. Transfers fell to 246 110 13 from 379 871 33 as a one cent decrease was instituted. Net earnings after taxes totaled 1 120 072 70. a 484 965 08 surplus funded 300 000 in preferred dividends, though eighteen months behind on payments. Board re elected. plans discussed to remodel freight house for buses.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Food price increases in Indianapolis reflect national rise
Food prices in Indianapolis rose 1 percent from April 15 to May 15 and 56 percent versus May 15, 1924, with a 44 percent rise since 1913. Increases varied by city, from 3 percent in Salt Lake City to 0.5 percent in Columbus and New York City, while Houston and Memphis fell 1 percent. Overall, the national rise exceeded declines and paralleled Indianapolis.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
Denver
Columbus
Ohio
New York City
Houston
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Indianapolis
Poison Proves Fatal: Plainfield Woman Dies at 30
Mrs Iva Crayton 30 editor of the Plainfield Messenger died at Methodist Hospital after taking poison in a dispute with family. Funeral at her Plainfield home scheduled for 2 p m Thursday. Wife of Sherman Crayton and daughter of J B Inman a Dan a State Senator.
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Iva Crayton
Plainfield
Ind
Heaviest Penalty Under Bone Dry Law Imposed
William McCarty of 2133 Ringgold Street received the heaviest city court penalty to date under the bone dry law. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to sixty days on the Indiana State farm for drunkenness and 250 dollars plus ninety days on the Indiana State farm for driving while intoxicated after his car hit a telephone pole at Troy Avenue and Bluff Road on Tuesday afternoon.
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William McCarty
Ringgold St
McCarty
Indiana State Farm
Troy Ave
Bluff Rd
G A R Convention Chosen For Fort Wayne This Year
Princeton Indiana June 10 Fort Wayne was selected for the 1926 convention of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Indiana after a strong Bloomington bid failed. Nearly 2000 Civil War veterans attended as six bands and seven drum corps provided parading music. The campfire gathering will be tonight and a Thursday visit to the Nancy Hanks Lincoln tomb at Lincoln City. Senator James E Watson will address the convention.
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United Press
Princeton
Ind
Ft. Wayne
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
F. M. van Pelt
James E. Watson
Driver Fined on Appeal in Muncie Speeding Case
Court in Muncie Indiana fined driver Asher ten dollars plus costs on a speeding charge after appeal by Criminal Judge James A Collins. He had been fined fifty dollars and costs in city court and was discharged on a concealed weapons charge after a separate lower court fine of one dollar and costs.
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Asher
Muncie
Ind
James A. Collins
United Church of Canada forms from three denominations
The United Church of Canada united the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational churches in Toronto marking a historic step toward Protestant unity. About 2.5 million adherents across 8,771 congregations will worship under one roof.
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Dominion Presbyterians
Congregationalists
United Press
Toronto
United Church of Canada
Room needs of schools still short
Officials declare that normal increases are not met as Indianapolis students face crowded rooms. About fifty thousand children may be temporarily relieved this week, but many will return in September to dim corridors, attics, and basements. Sixty nine portables and cottages are in use, with three new twelve room buildings planned and eight additional rooms added, yet most new spaces will only cover normal growth. The board can appropriate about $400,000 for new grade schools under the present budget as the State tax board reduced funds.
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Indianapolis
Jacob Hilkene
Robson St
Sherman Dr
Miller and
Reisner
Wade and
Boyd
Murray Dalman
Department of Research
Hilkene
Utilitor Co Incorporation Forms for Indianapolis Tractor
Articles of incorporation filed in Indianapolis establish Utilitor Co as a $50,000 stock company to manufacture a small garden tractor like the Midwest Engine product. Officers: Clarence A. Brown president Wallace Bear treasurer Mary Brown secretary. Bear formerly with Midwest. rights to manufacture sold about a year ago. Operations continue at Midwest plant with plans for a new building.
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Utilitor Company
Indianapolis
Midwest Engine Company
Capitol
Clarence A. Brown
Wallace
Bear
Mary Brown
Midwest Company
Brown
Midwest
France seeks peace with Abdel Krim but not while fighting
Premier Painleve states France favors peace with Abdel Krim yet will not concede while Riffians wage war and try to incite Islam against France. He says if they renounce plans to capture him and accept honest peace and normal relations, France will be ready to apply Lyautey’s words that today’s foes become tomorrow’s collaborators.
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Preas Toulouse
France
Abdel Krim
Painleve
Marshal Lyautey
Cool Weather Eases Heat in Indianapolis Amid Drought
Indianapolis woke to a cool, bracing morning as two weeks of intense heat faded. A prolonged drought grips the state with forecasts of continued cool spells. Seven a.m. temp stood at 67, eight degrees below normal and 14 lower than Tuesday. The June crop report expects below normal wheat and oats yields despite higher acreage, with hay worst hit. Corn is in better shape, winter wheat projected at 23.854 million bushels, down from May and last year, while fruit crops are uneven and hard to judge.
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Federal Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Indiana
M. M. Justin
MacMillan Navy expedition planes depart Philadelphia
Three Loening Amphibians take off from the Navy yard bound for Boston to aid Donald MacMillan’s polar exploration mission and search for the Amundsen party, leveraging their water and land landing capability.
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United Preas
Philadelphia
MacMillan Navy Expedition
Navy Yard
Boston
Donald MacMillan
Amundsen
Bathing Casualty Aids Riverside Beach Theft Report
Police report a man named Vaughn Toley lost his suit shoes shirt cap and watch valued at 65 while swimming at Riverside Beach on Tuesday night. Investigators say the return home remains a mystery as officers continue to probe the incident.
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Vaughn Toley
Craft Sr
Riverside Beach
D V Miller Dies Prominent Terre Haute Lawyer
Terre Haute Indiana June 10 D V Miller attorney long known across Indiana died at Union Hospital from blood poisoning His wife planned a year abroad trip when he fell ill and died today at the hospital
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United Preas
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George M. Smith
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E. McCarty
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Henry C. Thomson
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Joseph A. McGowan
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Winfield T. Durbin
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