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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
5
New York greets Charles Lindbergh with a citywide pageant as the Macon arrives. A sky writer spells Hafi Lindy above crowded streets. bands, planes, pennants, and ticker tape illuminate the harbor. Lindbergh tours the city with his mother and a vast welcoming committee amid parades, crowds, and guarded sidewalks.
Butler University conferred 13 graduate degrees and 225 bachelor degrees in science and music as John L. Tigert urged civic duty and a revival of spiritual values. Dr. Robert J. Aley presented diplomas. Rev. Thomas W. Crafton gave the baccalaureate address. Alumni roles were elected at a Saturday night meeting.
Signor Guglielmo Marconi married Countess Maria Bezzi Scali at Rome's Camidoglio. The ceremony was performed by Prince Spada Potenziani, governor of Rome. Gifts included a diamond tiara, bracelets, a ring, a red cigarette case, and two radio sets.
DREW GAINS SLIGHTLY SAN FRANCISCO June 13. John Drew, 73, veteran actor, suffered a sinking spell yesterday but rallied today. Doctors are in constant attendance with renewed hope for his recovery. He has been seriously ill with arthritis and rheumatic fever for three weeks.
Anderson Indiana June 13 Mayor F M Williams fired police commissioner Wilbur Austin for lack of cooperation with Police Chief Elmer Nighbert. The action reflects discord in police administration and disruption of harmony in the department.
The Times and NEA Service photographer M. Ackerman captured Captain Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis at Curtiss field on a test flight used for the new Lindbergh 10 cent air mail stamp. The post office fast tracked production to have stamps ready within 10 days for Lindbergh's return.
June 13 United Press reports Lower Broadway packed with spectators awaiting Charles Lindbergh's arrival. Firemen guard decorations, brokers watch from offices, and families crowd the route as a wreath bearing girl Ethel Winter prepares to greet the aviator amid ticker tape and cameras.
Walter A. Scholl, once of Indianapolis, pleads insanity to avoid execution for murdering his two children in Gary last March. With parents present and wife divorced, the clemency hearing before Judge Crumpacker in Valparaiso concludes with his fate awaiting the judge’s decision.
Pur due University will present diplomas to 463 seniors at the annual commencement services in Lafayette Indiana Tuesday morning. About 415 will receive bachelor of science degrees and the rest master of science. Dr Edward C Elliott President will confer the degrees. Eighty nine men will receive commissions as second lieutenants in the officers reserve corps of the United States Army.
Governor Jackson urged spiritual preparedness as key to keeping America great during a Flag Day talk at North Park Christian Church. The program commemorated the 150th flag anniversary with a prayer by Rev. C. E. Morris, formerly of Indianapolis, now New York.
Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to Vibert Gillespie of 815 N Rural St and Esther Paulus of 1234 W Eighteenth St both in Ford. Theft locations cited include Senate Ave and Market St, and Market and Illinois Sts.
Automobiles located by Sanford Umphrey at Meridian and New York Streets and by Edgar Devers at 21 South Summit Street. Found vehicles include a Chevrolet. California? No. This item lists finder and locations rather than details.
Clarence Coles Phillips, 42, celebrated artist known by his double surname, died last night at Sutton Manor in New Rochelle after nearly a year of illness. He lived in the city and achieved wide recognition for his illustrative work.
In Winnipeg Manitoba June 13 authorities continue search for a man suspected of the United States strangler cases. Lola Cowen fourteen was found beneath a bed as police also recover Mrs. Emily Patterson battered body. Police interrupted church service to broadcast the suspect description.
A series of daylight burglaries struck multiple residences and shops. At 331 Hampton Dr a theft totaled 965 dollars in jewelry and 15 dollars cash during a family picnic. Other crimes include 50 dollars in jewelry stolen at 1134 M Arsenal Ave and 65 dollars in clothing taken from an upstairs unit. A window was broken at Tony Alpert store 2302 W Michigan St with 27 dollars in clothing stolen along with 10 dollars in cigarettes. The Atlantic and Pacific grocery at 952 E Thirtieth St reported 300 dollars in cash and 54 dollars in cigarettes stolen.
Parents appeal to police for Viola Morgan a 15 year old of 983 West Pearl Street who did not return home by 2 a m after going to a show. Viola wears a green dress white and blue sweater blue eyes and sandy hair. William Belford 12 left 601 Fletcher Avenue Thursday and has not been heard from. He wore blue overalls a light shirt brown tennis slippers and no hat.
A dispatch from Buenos Aires reports 13 people killed and 24 wounded when police fired on a festive crowd at the home of Pedro Fentes in Nonci, Brazil, during a dance gathering.
Detective Chief Claude Worley pressed a legal workaround to move Tilford Roberts from Kentucky to Indiana suspecting him in Patrolman Charles Carter’s May 7 slaying. No grand jury until July. Roberts identified by two witnesses as the drunken killer bearing head wounds. plea to Kentucky board to return him on feigned insanity grounds.
Two cars collided near Greenfield Indiana injuring occupants including Mrs C E Thompson of 3902 Byram Ave who was in improved condition at Methodist Hospital. Bechmaker of Covington Kentucky was arrested by Sheriff Harry Comstock for reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Others from Covington were treated at Greenfield.
In Paris two hundred thousand Russian exiles including former officers cab drivers and former nobles now workers see signs of Soviet collapse after mass for Prince Dolgorukoff at Rue Daru Orthodox Church. The funeral scene featured a chauffeur wearing Legion of Honor, kneeling before the priest who saluted him. Dozens of once wealthy Russians hopeful of return to former status were moved by the priest’s message of better days ahead.
W. R. Hancock, chair of the program committee for the American Industrial Lenders Association, leaves for Harrisburg to confer with national officers ahead of the Claypool convention September 14 to 16. Indiana Industrial Leaders Association to host the event.
Styles in wax dummies shift as Mr Dummy dummies display bald heads and waistlines of middle aged businessmen. Debutante figures gain tinted cheeks and exposed ears under bobbed hair as poses appear vividly animated.
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