City Manager League Plans Active Drive For Election
The Indianapolis City Manager League intensifies efforts to form a city wide non partisan ticket of seven high grade citizens for the manager form government following Judge Dunlavy s ruling. Twenty additional precincts are added for the fall election and headquarters opened at 2768 Roosevelt avenue with Roy Swartz in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dunlavy
Indianapolis
City Council
Paul Rathert
Election Board
George W. Coffin
Board of County Commissioners
Council Cup
F. B. Ransom
Wilbur Grant
Highland Place
Edward Gaillard
West Twenty-eighth Street
First Ward City Manager League
Roosevelt Avenue
Roy Swartz
North
Chester Avenue
Russell Ryan
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Anderson
Elsa Huebner Olsen
John L. Niblack
John Louck
South Side State Bank
Frank Schuster
Schuster Coal Company
George Eggleston
North Kealing Avenue
William H. Hirt
North Rural Street
Alexander Jameson
Downey Avenue
W. H. Byrne
North Highland Avenue
Edward H. Niles
Guilford Avenue
John Bell
Lee Street
Leo Stainsbury
Kappes Street
Clarice Hawkins
New Jersey Street
Woman killer freed after fatal shooting verdict
Janet Vollrath 27 wife of Patrolman Fred Vollrath was found guilty of fatally shooting 19 year old John McAllister. A five year probation was imposed by Judge Christopher E Stein who ruled imprisonment would not benefit the state of Michigan. Vollrath said she fired as her husband was attacked in their apartment hall.
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United Press
Detroit
Janet Vollrath
Fred Vollrath
John McAllister
Christopher £. Stein
Hold up tale explodes embezzlement charge
Everett Winning 36 of 2515 English Avenue driver for Polk Sanitary Milk Company is under arrest on embezzlement charges after confessing he fabricated a holdup tale Monday to cover missing funds. He first claimed more than 100 dollars was stolen.
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Everett Winning
English Avenue
Polk Sanitary Milk Company
Winning
Dean criticizes prohibition amid college life in New York
Virginia Co Gildersleeve Barnard College dean says prohibition enforcement is futile and has demoralized the country after admitting students drink liquor purchased in New York hotels. In Newcastle Indiana gun carriers to be few or violators under new state permit statutes, officials plan strict enforcement.
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New York
Virginia Co
Newcastle
Ind
Henry County
Auto License Work Delayed At State Printers
Paper stock shortage at Lafayette state printers delays license blanks for private individuals and firms. Haywood Publishing contracts unable to print until replenishment. another carload expected late today. About 3.5 million blanks planned for a 2 million license total. over 120000 licenses issued by noon. 18000 mailed and 14500 delivered at the state house.
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Lafayette
James A. Bradley
Haywood Publishing Company
Bradley
State House
Curry Trial Opens In Death On Fruit Farm
In Greensburg Indiana on June 13 a jury began hearing evidence in the murder trial of 17 year old Herschel Curry. Prosecutor William H. Dobins said Curry shot Hubert S. Taylor then beat him with a gun stock on Dr. E A Wood’s fruit farm near Columbus. The defense contends Taylor threatened Curry with a pruning knife amid wage disputes. Taylor’s body was found beneath a fruit tree with gun stock marks and gunshot wounds.
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United Pro
Greensburg
Ind
Herschel Curry
Hubert S. Taylor
William H. Dobins
Curry
Taylor
E. A. Wood
Columbus
Park Board Asked to Acquire Jose Balz Tract for Bridge Approach
Mayor L. Ert Slack urged the park board to seize the Jose Balz Realty Company land north of the Delaware Street Bridge to gain an adequate approach. The board values the ground at 62 000 while the city offered 125 000. Condemnation may be pursued to aid north side motorists.
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Jose-Baltz Land
L. Ert Slack
Park Board
Jose-Balz Realty Company
Delaware Street Bridge
North Side
G. A. R. Rally Closes Today With Election
Martinsville Indiana June 13 three hundred fifty Civil War veterans prepared to end the state G A R encampment by electing officers today The parade moved through town with nearly fifty floats eight bands and troops The 1930 encampment will meet in Wabash and the auxiliaries conclude their sessions with officer elections
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Martinsvile
Ind
Wabash
Martinsville High School
Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
J. W. Williams
Ft. Harrison
Inclde Department
Charles E. Hale
Logansport
F. M. McNair
Aged Ohio editor Charles E Kennedy dies at 73
Charles E Kennedy former editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer died at his home in Cleveland after a long illness. A friend of John D Rockefeller and James A Garfield he was 73 and connected to notable figures in the city’s history. A separate item from Greencastle Ind reports Elwood Pollom facing a $10 000 damages suit from Clara A Gilbert widow and administratrix over a Dec 31 auto collision that killed Clarence A Gilbert.
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United Press
Cleveland
Charles E. Kennedy
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kennedy
John D. Rockefeller
Mark Hanna
James A. Garfield
Tom L. Johnson
Greencastle
Ind
Elwood Pollom
Manhattan
Clarence A. Gilbert
Brazil
Clara A. Gilbert
Boy Wins Best Yard in West Indianapolis Contest
Carl Hadley of School 49 won the $25 grand prize in the first annual yard beautification contest open to all children of west side schools. Walter Jarvis park superintendent presented prizes at Rhodius park community house. total awards reached $175.
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Carl Hadley
West Indianapolis
West Side
Walter Jarvis
Rhodius Park
Violet Douglass
Daniel Schafer
Raymond Kruse
Norman Nuetzman
Gilbert
Timothy Timmons
Katherine McMillan
Rufus Carroll
Martha Bramm
M. Geisendorf
Arnold
Maggie Smith
Mabel Waltman
Ella E. Brown
Emory Morgan
Dora Thorne
Ruby Dady
Royse Suit Seeks County Payment for Pauper Attorneys
Arguments in a circuit court case led by John Royse contended county commissioners must pay him for pauper attorney services since January 1. Special Judge Henry Dowling heard Royse’s claim that Criminal Judge James A. Collins could appoint him to the post, while Lloyd D. Claycombe’s attorneys argued the position lies under county commissioners. Royse’s pay warrant was rejected by the commissioners and County Auditor Harry Dunn, who approved Claycombe’s but refused Royse’s.
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John Royse
Henry Dowling
Royse
James A. Collins
Lloyd D. Claycombe
Harry Dunn
Claycombe
Welder Injured by 440-Volt Shock At Work
Julius Fink 26 of 160142 South Meridian Street an electric welder for the American Aggregate Gravel Company is recovering in Methodist Hospital after a short circuit in the welding machine sent 440 volts into his body at 1 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Fink
South Meridian Street
American Aggregate Gravel Company
Methodist Hospital
Death of Harry C. Hubbard Prompts Saturday Funeral
Harry C. Hubbard age 76 of 619 North Hamilton avenue died Wednesday at St. Vincent's hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. He was a railroad veteran, legislator from 1897 to 1905, and a poet. Survivors include a son John Hubbard a daughter May Hubbard and a grandson John Gilmore Hubbard all of Indianapolis along with two sisters Mrs Jesse Stevens and Mrs John Shaffer and a brother Ed Hubbard of Seattle Washington.
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Harry C. Hubbard
Hamilton Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Crown Hill
Hubbard
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. Strauss and Company
Indiana
Pennsylvania Veterans’ Association
Marion Lodge
F. and
A. M
Woodruff Place Baptist Church
John Hubbard
May Hubbard
John Gilmore Hubbard
Indianapolis
Jesse Stevens
John Shaffer
Ed Hubbard
Seattle
Wash
Minister Is Buried in Indiana After Long Beach Pastor’s Death
The Rev Joseph E Sherrill age 77 died at his Long Beach California home on June 2 and was buried in Danville Indiana South cemetery after services at the Clayton Indiana Baptist church He had served as pastor at Garden Baptist and River Avenue Baptist in Indianapolis and at Amo Friendship Clayton New Winchester and in Putnam county Indiana over many years
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Joseph E. Sherrill
Long Beach
Cal
Danville
Ind
Baptist Church
Clayton
Sherrill
Indiana
Garden Baptist Church
River Avenue Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Amo, Friendship
New Winchester
Putnam County
Eakes Sues Carson for 15000 Damages Over Elevator Shaft Injury
Joseph Eakes filed a $15000 damages suit in circuit court against Everett Carson of 5502 Central Avenue. Eakes says while measuring elevator doors at 221 East Michigan Street, the elevator was moved and he fell into an open shaft, sustaining permanent injuries.
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Circuit Court Today
Joseph Eakes
Everett Carson
Central Avenue
Eakes
East Michigan Street
Carson
Linwood Post Office to Close June 15
Linwood Indiana post office six miles south of Alexandria will close June 15. Twelve patrons will be served by an Alexandria rural route carrier, per Postmaster A O Cripe.
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Times Special
Alexandria
Ind
Linwood
Here
A. O. Cripe
Van Hook arraigned in Terre Haute murder case
John Van Hook, dismissed in Clay circuit court on a first degree murder charge for shooting attorney Austin Sweet, was to have a preliminary hearing today in city court on a related warrant. The Vigo county grand jury was called for a special session Friday to reinvestigate and likely reindict the deputy.
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Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
John van Hook
Clay
Austin Sweet
Sam Beecher
van Hook
Thomas W. Hutchinson
Indiana General Assembly
Vigo County
Hammer Death Probed in Cincinnati
The body of an unidentified middle aged man beaten to death with a hammer was found in a tool shed near the C O right of way. police say robbery was the motive.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Indiana Eagles Open 24th Annual Fraternal Session in Fort Wayne
Nearly one thousand members of the Indiana State aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles gathered in Fort Wayne for the opening session of the 24th annual meeting. Former national presidents Otto P. Deluse and Michael Burns will address the convention, as Joseph W. Humbert presides. Delegates will hear ritual exemplifications and elect new officers with a national convention nomination in Minneapolis August 5 to 12. Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart is favored for national vice president.
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Imes
William G. Geake
Minneapolis
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
Naional
101 Ranch owner threatens suit against Tom Mix in high-stakes dispute
Colonel Zack Willer, part owner of the 101 Ranch show in Ponca City Oklahoma, says Tom Mix and his horse Tony damaged a 7700 weekly circus contract by switching to the Sells-Floto circus for 15000. Miller had arranged a contract with Mix but claims it was broken. Mix previously earned about 18 dollars a week in the early 1900s.
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United Press
Ponca City
Okla
Tom Mix
Tony
Zack Willer
Miller
Mix
Sells- Floto Circus
Cork leg frees man in drunken driving case
Stanley Terlixowski, charged with drunken driving, was discharged by Judge Bill after a police examination failed to distinguish drunkenness from his cork leg handicap. The judge warned a repeat offense would not be treated with leniency.
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United Press
West Hartford
Conn
Stanley Terlixowski
Bill
Toll climbs to 128 in Cleveland Clinic disaster
Cleveland on June 13 reports the death toll from the May 15 clinic disaster rising to 128. Henry W. Lustig, a 47 year old attorney, died from toxic gas exposure after helping others. He died performing heroic rescue efforts.
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United Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Henry W. Lustig
Lustig
Rings to Jail
Chicago June 12 George Wasson rang up $15 in sales at a refreshment stand police arrived. A few hours in jail plus a fine put a crimp in his fun.
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Chicago
George Wasson
School Board Approves Principals as Kern Skips Meeting
The school board approved Charles F. Miller's picks for grade school principals with minimal dissent as President Kern was absent. Reappointment of three staff, including Fred T. Gladden, drew objections from Theodore Vonnegut, while two new principals were named Rose H. Thompson and F. W. Sumner. A full roster of principal assignments follows the two appointments.
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Charles F. Miller
Charles W. Kern
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Kern
Lewis E. Whiteman
Miller
Fred T. Gladden
Gladden
C. C. Underwood
Byron Williams
Vonnegut
Charles H. Johnson
Sedwick
Rose H. Thompson
F. W. Sumner
Fach
Alice O'Hair
Mary McGee
Cecelia Galvin
Mary Cable
Mabel Schmidt
Elizabeth O'Mara
Mary E. Buckley
Mildred Weld
Kate Mason
Geraldine Eppert
Angela Moler
W. A. Stockinger
Corinne Rielag
Ruby Lee
Anna Rahe
L. E. Hall
J. Merton-Finney
J. W
Louise Bonar
Jeannette Knowles
Mary Connor
E. L. Norris
Adda Wyrick
H. C. Knight
Martha M. Pich
Georgia Lacey
Hazel H. Hendricks
Huldah Kearn
Lena D. Swope
H. M. Riley
R. J. Black
Henrietta Walters
E. W. Diggs
Nell V. Green
Elizabeth Kirby
Olive K. Funk
Grace A. Granger
Grace W. Kimber
Dorothy Pennington
Mary H. MacArdle
Charlotte Carter
J. L. Dunn
Gertrude Buscher
Grace Black
William A. Thomas
Helen Lepper
Maude Moody
Ivory M. Johnson
Mary S. Ray
Gertrude Thatcher
Elizabeth B. Witt
Jennette Cary
Clio Kurtz
Nellie Chapman
Dorothy Kenner
Harriet Cook
Maude Price
Mabel Keller
Ruth Leedy
Ida Belphinstine
Frances Newton
May L. Bowen
M. B. Stump
Belle Ramey
Laura Hayes
Verena Denzler
Rosa Jones
Edith B. Hall
Adelaide McCarty
Lola B. Stuart
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California
Galveston
Ruby Smith
Oakland
Boy
G. Alr
McNutt
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Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Mars
Ohio
Old Orchard Beach
Paris
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Rene
Hurt
Linwood Postoffice
Hammer Death
Gary Girl
Specia Gary
Edna Rausch
Edna Day
C. E. Allen
Florida
Miami
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Frankie Day
al House
Paul Huhn
St. Louis
Tampa
Allen
Indiana Eagles
Fort Wayne
Lodge
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Board of Education
F. T. Gladden
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