Directors of Chamber Hit at Hall Site
Chamber of Commerce directors deferred a plan to use Tomlinson Hall and city market land for a proposed city coliseum. The report argues saving $1,000,000 and central location, but the board removed the recommendation for future consideration.
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Chamber Hit
Tomlinson Hall
City Market
City Coliseum
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Chamber
Coliseum
Dick Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Duvall
Miller
Henry L. Dithmer
Winfield Miller
Civic Affairs
Civic Affairs Committee
Marmon Plant Picnic Draws 2500 Attendees
About 2 500 Marmon Motor Car Company employees will attend a Broad Ripple Park picnic on a company holiday. Activities include athletic events contests free amusements music and dancing. Prizes for top safety suggestions and a long time employee honors are part of the program.
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Marmon Motor Car Company
Broad Ripple Park
H. H. Rice
R. E. Roberts
John A. Young
William J. Baylor
Mamie Kelly
A. G
Freedom of the knees denied to jurors in Wisconsin court
Waupun Wisconsin June 17. Freedom of the knees may be allowed witnesses but will be denied jurors in Circuit Court here. Judge Byron B. Park ordered a jury box of sufficient height to hide the knees after a term of court in which women jurors were in the majority, court clerk Ingledrath Ovrom said.
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United Preas
Quiet Office Rules? Debating Noise and Work Output
Stenographers at Indiana Statehouse weigh in on Dr. Donald Laird’s finding that quiet boosts output by about 5 percent while noise increases energy burn by up to 25 percent. Mrs. Blackburn and Miss Hale defend lively storytelling as energizing, noting traffic noise is a bigger distraction elsewhere.
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Indianapolis
Myrtle Blackburn
Margaret Hale
L. S. Bowman
Statehouse
Laird
City manager plan gains momentum in Indianapolis vote drive
A widespread campaign backs adopting the city manager form with a straw vote showing strong support. Central office expansions prepare auto books to tally voters at polls Tuesday, as organizers urge high turnout and outline education meetings across the city.
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City Manager
Illinois
Frank E. Gates
Gates
Edward Snyder
Cable Tabernacle
Roy Lewis
Masonic Temple
Prospect St
State Ave
Hawthorne
Ohio St
Hoke
Claude H. Anderson
North Side Park Plan Faces City Action
The Indianapolis park board awaits the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce recommendation on a proposed 109 acre park purchase by Gustav G Schmidt. The Wheeler tract lies between Boulevard Place and Delaware Street near White River. Schmidt argues against platting. flood and sewage systems would be required for development. J Ray Monaghan estimates the city could buy the land cheaper than flood defense and sewage work. Richard Lieber supports the river lowlands for recreation.
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Park Board
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
North Side Park
Gustav G. Schmidt
City Plan Commission
H. H. Wheeler
North Side Civic Club
Richard Lieber
Wheeler
Boulevard Pl
Delaware St
White River
Canal
Schmidt
J. Ray Monaghan
Lieber
Great Sport in Travel by Air Seen Within Year
William P. MacCracken predicts a year of rapid aviation growth with commercial passenger service starting Chicago to San Francisco on July 1 and Boston to New York already in operation. He notes airports becoming busy terminals and air express services expanding nationwide with $250 000 in development funds.
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Pavashington
Gme
Chicago
William P. MacCracken
United States
Lindbergh
MacCracken
New York
Fliers Head Coast Then Hawaii Flight Planned
United Press reports Lieuts Lester Maitland and A F Hegenberger are en route to the Pacific coast for an immediate secret hop to the Hawaiian Islands. They travel in a triple motored Fokker aircraft to beat Navy fliers to the Pacific jump.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Herald and Examiner Today
Lester Maitland
Army Speed
A. F. Hegenberger
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian Islands
Army
Pacific
Navy
Set Ups Debate at Supreme Court Over Night Club Practices
Two Chicago clubs , the Friars Inn and Moulin Rouge, ask the Supreme Court to review padlock injunctions tied to serving set ups for highballs. They defended serving glasses, cracks ice, and ginger ale while guests drank liquor, per the lower court ruling appealed today.
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United Press
Washington
United State Supreme Court
Chicago
Friars’ Inn
Moulin Rouge
Boston Terrier Dog Show At Broad Ripple Park
The Indianapolis Boston Terrier Club hosts a Sunday dog show at Broad Ripple Park with dogs from across the state. A committee led by secretary Mrs Samuel Gunther runs the all day picnic and free park admission for those with Boston terriers. Local entrants include King O Hearts owned by Mrs J H Donahue Dokkie Boy owned by Mrs Gunther and Hagerty's Midget owned by John W Roeder.
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Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis
Boston Terrier Club
Samuel Gunther
Boston Terriers
J. H. Donahue
W. Twenty-Ninth St
Mrs. Gunther
Hagerty
John W. Roeder
N. Davidson St
Pickford Kidnap Plot Guards Pickfair Estate
Beverly Hills California June 17 heavy police guard surrounds Pickfair after discovery of a believed kidnapping plot against actress Mary Pickford and husband Douglas Fairbanks. Authorities say armed intruders were suspected and a guard was posted through the night based on information from H L Brady following Pickford's first street location in five years.
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United Press
Beverly Hills
Cal
Pickfair
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
H. L. Brady
Miss Pickford
Warning on hay fever starts battle early
An Indiana State Medical Association bulletin urges hay fever sufferers to begin combating the disease now rather than in August. The bulletin advises patients to identify pollen-triggering plants and notes physicians can test using dried pollen or plant extracts.
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Indiana State Medical Association
Boy and cart confuse police in Brooklyn playtime incident
A four year old named Robert Hines and a large push cart were stopped by a patrolman in Brooklyn. The boy said they were just playing and that he and others were together, and they were taken to the police station until their address could be found.
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United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Hines
Central Avenue Methodist Church Holds Semicentennial Dinner
Charles F. Coffin, 33 years head and first teacher of the men’s Bible class, cites loyalty and cooperation as keys to the church’s success at a semicentennial dinner celebrating the Trinity and Massachusetts Ave churches merger. The semicentennial sermon will be preached Sunday by Rev. Orion W. Fifer, with music by E. G. Hesser and quartet and attendance by Ida Andrus, daughter of the first church pastor.
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Central Avenue Methodist Church
Charles F. Coffin
Trinity
Massachusetts Ave
Orion W. Fifer
Coffin
O. H. Palmer
Alta Roberts
Jefferson Caylor
H. F. Holland
W. W. Thornton
F. C. Jordan
Mattie Sparks
Caroline Thompson
E. G. Hesser
Quartet
Ida Andrus
Fire kills mother and three children in Port Huron
An explosion of a chicken brooder lamp early today caused a fatal fire in Port Huron Michigan. Mrs Stephen Malinske 34 and her children Stephen 11 Mary 7 and Margaret 3 died in the blaze after the mother had installed the new brooder in the children's bedroom.
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United Press
Port Huron
Mich
Stephen Malinske
Stephen
Mary
Margaret
Autos Needed to Ferry Voters to Polls
City official Claude Anderson urged volunteers to provide automobiles to transport voters to the polls Tuesday. He appealed for help and said many residents would offer cars if asked. People willing to donate were asked to call John B. Orman at Indianapolis Auto Trade Association 238 N. Delaware St Riley 4584.
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Claude Anderson
John B. Orman
Indianapolis Auto Trade Association
Delaware St
Riley
Richman Brothers Declares Employee Dividend in Indianapolis
Richman Brothers Company announces a $5 dividend on every $100 of salary or wages earned between January 1 and July 1. The firm shares profits via labor invested in the company. Headquarters are in Cleveland with a $5 dividend plus the regular $1.50 quarterly stockholder disbursement for those on record June 21. About 90 percent of employees are stockholders.
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Richman Brothers Company
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Ohio
Poawatomi Inn Dedication Near Angola With Governor Attending
Mrs Ed Jackson wife of Governor accompanies Richard Lieber conservation director Dean Stanley Coulter Purdue University former Congressman Louis W Fairfield and Frank B Riley to dedicate Poawatomi Inn at Pokegon State Park Lake James near Angola Sunday. Crowd expected from Indianapolis and across the state by automobile.
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Ed Jackson
Angola
Ind
Richard Lieber
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Louis W. Fairfield
Frank B. Riley
Potawatomi Inn
Pokegon State Park
Lake James
Indianapolis
Veteran of Gold Rushes Back in Favorite Hills
Jack Smith, an old prospector and frontier figure, returns to Custer South Dakota after decades in Montana with Gen. Miles. He recounts the rough early days, Crago Creek era saloons, hangings, and encounters with Wild Bill Hickok, recalling lawless frontier life near Calamity Jane Peak and Lame Johnny Creek.
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Favorite Hills
Jack Foster Aster
S. D
Jack Smith
Custer
President Coolidge
Game Lodge
Smith
Lame Johnny Creek
General Custer
Montana
Nelson A. Miles
Jack
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok, Shooting Man of the Law
Wild Bill
Fort Hayes
Kane
Bill
Reds Say Foes Asked Ford Aid
Moscow reports an alleged official confession by George Elvengren claiming a plot to obtain Ford financial backing for anti Soviet activities. The confession links an assassination plan against Soviet Foreign Minister Tchicherin in France and cites a Swiss fascist "Ober" who supposedly sought Ford. No evidence Ford heard of the plan.
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United Press
Moscow
George Elvengren
Henry Ford
Elvengren
Ford
George Tchitcherin
Tchitcherin
France
Ober
Vorovsky
Switzerland
Profit High on Gas All Timea Special
D W Moffitt of Mid-Continent Petroleum testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that motorists pay more than fair profit due to the advantage of large oil companies. He said ocean and pipeline transport allow price undercutting of inland rivals using rail freight, and urged rate equalization toward water and pipeline costs.
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All Timea
French Lick Springs
Ind
D. W. Moffitt
Tulsa
Okla
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commission
Moffit
Irish cabinet in doubt after Irish election results
Dublin reports quote President Cosgrave saying he would not form a government. He argues his party is in the minority in the Free State Dail after last week's general election. The government holds a plurality but not a majority. stability hinges on independent party support.
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United Press
London
Daily Telegraph
Dublin
Cosgrave
Iresh Free State
Free State
Republicans
Dail
Chorus Girls In Lurch Reach Back To New York
Two New York chorus girls stranded in Atlantic City with only $7.50 between them appeal to return to Longacre Square. If their shoes hold out and their landlord allows, they plan to go back to New York in a few days.
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United Press
Atlantic City
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Longacre Square
Philadelphia's only woman taxicab driver drives forcefully onward
Mrs. Winifred Lee, widow of a British officer slain in war and daughter of Gen. Henry R. D. Maciver, works as Philadelphia's sole female taxicab driver. She supports her two children and hopes to study law in the future.
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NEA Service
Philadelphia
Winifred Lee
Henry R. D. Maciver
Briand Leaves Parley After Illness At Geneva
French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand returned to Paris with wool bandages on his face after contracting zona. He said the skin disease forced him to leave crucial League of Nations council talks in Geneva and return home.
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United Press
Paris
Aristide Briand
Geneva
Briand
Airm men Face Giant JB in Pacific Hop
Twenty applicants seek to win 25000 and 25000 purses in two trans Pacific flights. Flight 1 from San Francisco to Honolulu offers 25000 to the first aviator, 10000 to the second. Flight 2 from Dallas to Hongkong offers 25000 to the first to fly 9511 miles with three stops.
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Washington
Pacific
National Aerosnautic Association
James D. Dole
Honolulu
San Francisco
William E. Easterwood, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Hongkong
China
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