Old Guard Binds to Butler at 1924 Convention
Cleveland report notes the old guard yields to William H. Butler at the Republican gathering. They push his chosen platform and candidates, resist Hoover nomination pressure, and cheer Treasury Secretary Mellon who advances the resolutions process.
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Lowell Mellett
Times Star
Cleveland
Ohio
Old Guard
Waterloo
William H. Butler
Coolidge
Resolutions Committee
Credentials Committee
Butler
Edgar J. Adams
Oregon
Blaine
Senator la Follette
Reed Smoot
Adams
Warren
Republican Party
Burton
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
America
Mellon
Bloomington grocer Chester E. Baker files bankruptcy petition
Bloomington Indiana grocer Chester E. Baker filed a federal bankruptcy petition today listing debts of 1141.82 and assets of 900. The filing outlines his financial obligations and asset values as reported in court documents.
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Grocer
Chester E. Baker
Bloomington
Ind
Baker
Hoople Faces Hurdle at G. O. P. Confab
Major Hoople narrates a chaotic Cleveland day as he clashes with a hotel detective over a satchel and breakfast bill then tries to enter the G. O. P. convention hall. He notes encounters at shops and a barber school en route to the auditorium.
Man faces suspended sentence after long abuse claim
Theodore Brown of 837 Roach St is accused of a four year abuse campaign against wife Vergie Brown. A city court suspended a 30 day sentence on the Indiana State Farm and a $25 fine and costs. Police arrested Brown early Tuesday after a neighbor reported an assault and battery.
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Theodore Brown
Roach St
Vergie Brown
Indiana State Farm
Brown
Motorpolice Baker and Lowe
J. W. Kraushart
DePauw University summer session enrolls 200
Gr eecastle Indiana June 11 Times Special reports DePauw University summer session is in full swing with 200 students enrolled. Dr John L Beyl serves as dean.
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Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
John L. Beyl
Horse Dies in Fire at King Koffee Kompany Barn
A barn at 1139 Cornell Ave. housing the King Koffee Kompany burned early today. One horse died and eight others were saved as flames blamed on defective wiring caused about $300 in damage.
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King Koffee Kompany
Cornell Ave
Chamber seeks lower limestone freight rates in Indiana
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce petitions the public service commission to reduce limestone freight rates from Bedford district to other parts of Indiana. The move targets lower shipping costs for limestone shipments statewide.
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Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Commission
Bedford
Indiana
State Assessments Rise in Indiana Property Tax Roll
A total assessment of 914,179,870 dollars has been raised on Indiana properties under state jurisdiction, marking an increase of 475,967 from 1923 figures. The report notes the higher valuation across counties and implies broader tax implications for property owners.
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Indiana
Ard
Escort Shot Just For Fun in City Battle
Clifford Brown 24 of 40 N Liberty St died at city hospital after a gunshot wound to the stomach. Madia Sanders 24 of Indiana Ave and Michigan Sts is charged with assault with intent after allegedly firing the revolver at Brown at Pleasant Glenn’s home on 16 N Liberty St. Detectives Brickley and Finneran arrested Sanders near Noble and Michigan Streets hours later.
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Clifford Brown
N. Liberty St
Madia Sanders
Idiana Ave
Michigan Sts
Pleasant Glenn
N. Liberty Sc
Brown
Senders
Robbery Report At Alena Steam Products Co
Detectives investigate a burglary at Alena Steam Products Company at 1124 E Georgia St reported by F H Langsenkamp. Loss includes four automobile tires a 2 1 2 hp motor a 1 4 hp motor a motor drill and motor tools totaling about $1 500.
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Alena Steam Products Company
Georgia St
F. H. Langsenkamp
Langsenkamp
Loyalty Is Pledged by Red Cross Women at Luncheon
The Indianapolis traffic division of the Red Cross motor corps pledged loyalty to the Government in a brief ceremony at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall gave the address. Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht offered the invocation as William Fortune, president, presided. About one thousand women participated in the closing meeting and were thanked for their work over the past year.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Morris M. Feuerlicht
William Fortune
Officials Re-Elected at Acme-Evans Company
Present officials of the Acme Evans Company have been re elected for another year. The new corn and feed mill will be ready for operation Sept. 1, it was announced. Officers named Edgar H. Evans president I E Woodard vice president and manager E C Johnson treasurer J A Reis secretary J T Lippincott treasurer Hugh Petten treasurer.
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Acme- Evans Company
Edgar H. Evans
I. E. Woodard
E. C. Johnson
J. A. Reis
J. T. Lippincott
Hugh Petten
G O P Platform Tentatively Made At Cleveland Convention
Draft committee at the Republican national convention agreed on a 6000 word platform at 5 20 am endorsing Coolidge as standard bearer. It pledges economy, agriculture balance, tariff support, world court stance, immigration limits, taxation reform, veterans care, law and order, party unity and loyalty. Key figures Gooding Norbeck led farm plank opposition.
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Patl R. Mallon
Pronse Star
Cleveland
Ohio
Coolidge
Cleveland Howl
Blaine
Wisconsin
Yausherly
la Foallette
Adama
Oregon
la Follette
Warren
United Press
Republican Party
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
Gooding
Idaho
Norbeck
South Dakota
Increase Efficiency at French Lick Meeting
Ray M. Hurson of the Commerce Department outlined simplified practice as a path to standardization. He cited industry gains from the process and urged higher American industrial efficiency to preserve supremacy.
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French Lick
Ind
Ray M. Hurson
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Sheet Metal Ware Association
Gove
America
Yeggs Aue Safe At Milk Plant In Second Raid
For the second time within a year yeggmen cracked the East End Milk Company office at 1916 N Kealing Ave violently breaking a glass door and forcing the safe open. They took $67 and damaged filing cabinet locks. A cashier, Ira A RohI of 2060 N Lasalle St, found the desk ransacked today. Other incidents included a pool hall burglary, theater purse theft, and a Miss Verna Cobler cash heist at Meskel Music Company with scattered losses. Police pursue leads.
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East End Milk Company
N. Kealing Ave
Ira A. Rohl
N. Lasalle St
Cr. H. Doughit
N. Miley Ave
Edward Anderson
Dawson St
Alice Dea Moss
Wayne Ave
Verna Cobler
Meskel Music Company
Massachusetts Ave
Rosevelt
London
Vermont St
Sloan SchoolGraduate Writes Own Class Play
Katie Elizabeth Vermillion a fourteen year old pupil from school No 41 wrote and stars in her class play to be staged at Sloan School at 109 am on Thursday June 12 The two act work complements Our Flag and was chosen from sixty five student submissions Cast includes Dorothy Squires Isabelle Eves James Price Elizabeth Wiley Betsy Ross Katie Vermilion George Washington Raymond Bates and others The writer plans to enter Shortridge in the fall.
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Sloan School
Lafayette Trip Aims At Chamber Courtesy Rail Run
About seventy five Indianapolis business men charter a special Big Four train to Lafayette at 8 a m Thursday. Lafayette luncheon clubs will entertain the visitors and The Newsboys Band will accompany the delegation on this final courtesy trip of the year.
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Big Four
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Chamber of Commerce
Newsboys
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