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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
7
Twenty six graduates received diplomas at the annual commencement exercises of St Agnes Academy Sunday evening in the auditorium of Cathedral High School. Bishop Joseph Chartrand was the speaker.
Maurice L. Boyd 22 of 843 North Meridian Street announces he will attempt a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo Japan. Boyd will sever ties with the Meyer Kiser bank July 1 and go west to supervise final preparations for the flight. He did not name his flying companion or discuss the flight.
Former Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot at a Chicago Anti-Saloon League event charged that the liquor permit system was the key defense against industrial alcohol violations. He blamed Republican influence in Mellon Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania for permits to violators. Treasury orders followed, shifting enforcement between government control and business interests amid Treasury disputes.
A discussion from a four part series by Dr. Morris Fishbein surveys medical authorities view on alcohol in treatment. British physicians note historic declines in alcohol use for disease, while detailing its potential nervous system effects and limits of moderation for productivity and health.
Sixty three graduates of Sacred Heart High School will receive diplomas at annual commencement exercises next Sunday afternoon in Sacred Heart Church. The Rev Didacus Gruenholz will deliver the address and present diplomas. The list includes graduates from Classical and Commercial Courses with numerous names across both programs.
Times Special reports that more than seven carloads of coal soot are dumped daily on residents of cities of 300 000 population. W W Williams of the Williams Institute of Heat Research in Bloomington Indiana cites 60 percent efficiency and 10 to 20 percent soot loss from every ton.
Anderson Ind June 13 three horses he was leading from the field became frightened and broke away trampling Frank Robinett 65 a farmer near here His injuries are serious.
Police report weekend crashes left one man dead and twelve others injured. George Head, 35, of 528 E Market St, died in a two car crash at Emerson Ave and Thirty-Eighth St. Occupants of Head's car faced charges or were detained for drunkenness. Other injured include Roy Vicerey, 16, with severe injuries in a Baltimore Ave crash, and Warwick Ripley, 76, struck while crossing Delaware St. Suspects include Bud Garriott, 17, charged with assault and reckless driving, and Lester Brown, charged with manslaughter and drunken operation. Multiple other injured individuals and names appear in the report.
The article lists Upper School trustee prizes: first and second cash awards in English French Latin Mathematics Spanish and more with named recipients. It notes the H. C. Adams scholarship trophy to Kurt Lieber and the Sutphin shield to Ralph Heath. Fathers' Club members distributed sweaters blankets gold footballs and base balls to team members. Lower School awards follow but text cuts off.
The text honors recipients for a scholarship to Richard Clements Vonnegut, Sheldon Charles Sommers, Donald Duvall Nodrell and Charles Latham Jr. Honorable mention goes to John W. Carter, Evany Noyes, Bernard Vonnegut, Robert Iglehart, Cyrus Shepard, WilliamB. Burford III, James Meyer Block, John Spann Lynn and Frank Streightoff. Fathers' Club shield goes to Sheldon Carl Sommers and the William H. Stafford cup to Felix Geddes Jr.
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