Aged man struck by car near home in early morning
Charles Wilson, 70, of 4102 East Tenth Street, is in critical condition with a skull fracture and other injuries after being struck by a car driven by Frank Getty on Tenth Street near his home at 6 49 AM. Witnesses say he stepped from a milk wagon into the path of the vehicle. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
East Tenth Street
City Hospital
Frank Getty
North Gate Street
Tenth Street
Wilson
Getty
Anna Thiesing
Maywood
Mildred Woods
A. L. Paugh
West Michigan Street
G. E. Shepherd
Louie Lookhovi
Ketcham Street
Everett Claton
Park Avenue
J. F. Zimmer
North Rural Street
Freddy Peck
Bonna Avenue
Anne Hawkins
Troy Avenue
Eugene Wilcox
North Mlinois Street
Marion Officials Urge Water Softener Purchase Plan
A Marion committee reports after examining water works finances that a water softening plant should be purchased. The project costs about 56 0900, with 18 000 annual operating expenses, using a 3110,000 fund surplus and no tax raise. Bids will be sought next meeting and likely awarded July 2. The committee also suggests retirements of 25 000 bonds due 1929 and other upgrades including meters, roof, pump, and main extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Marion
Ind
Water Works Fund
Citizens Committee
Armless Mary Joyce West Plans European Tour in Chair
Mary Joyce West a 22 year old armless woman from Leicester plans a Europe tour in a leg propelled cripple's chair. She expects to cover about thirty miles daily and fund the trip by selling handwork fancy articles she makes herself through France Belgium Switzerland and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Leicester
England
Mary Joyce West
Europe
Burglars Loot Stevens Tire and Battery Station
Burglars blew a safe at Stevens tire and battery station in Elwood early today causing severe damage. A clock in the office stopped at 2 07 a m indicating the blast likely occurred then and fifty dollars was stolen.
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Times Special
Elwood
Ind
Stevens Tire and Battery
Indiana Winter Wheat Normal In May Outlook
Indiana's winter wheat outlook for May shows improvement in the east and a sharp decline in the southwest, averaging the normal May decline. Hessian fly damage caused infestation in some sections. overall condition 84 percent normal. Production forecast 27,334,000 bushels versus 9,450,000 last year and 30,957,000 five-year average. Rye 85 percent, oats and barley 4 and 6 points below ten-year averages. Hay and pasture above average. alfalfa up slightly. Fruit outlook: apples and pears above average, peaches excellent. Farm labor supply declined while demand rose.
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United Arena Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Department of Agricultural Statistics
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Grace Coolidge Receives Honorary Doctorate at Smith College
Grace Goodhue Coolidge former first lady is among four honorees at Smith College fifty first commencement in Northampton Massachusetts. President Neilson lauds her service and dignity noting her seven years in a prominent national role.
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United Press
Northampton
Mass
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Land
Smith College
William Allan Neilson
University of Vermont
Boston University
George Washington University
America
Four youths receive suspended terms in missing girl case
Four young men pleaded guilty to assault and battery with intent in the disappearance of 15 year old Mary Frances Whelan. Sentences ranged from six months to ten years with all terms suspended and probation imposed. Andrew Grimes received one to ten years, Lester Jackson and Homer Stockwell one year each, and Paul Haver six months.
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United Press
Pennsyl Men Retired in Railway Ceremony
Three Pennsylvania railroad veterans were awarded certificates of retirement by J T Ridgely at Union Station. Henry Fox of Columbus Indiana retires after more than forty years as track foreman on the Richmond and Madison branch. Charles Cochran of Lewis Creek Indiana served forty five years as track foreman since 1891. John D Anderson of Logansport began in 1898 on the north end of the Indianapolis division.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
J. T. Ridgely
Indianapolis
Union Station
Henry Fox
Columbus
Ind
Richmond and Madison
Charles Cochran
Lewis Creek
John D. Anderson
Logansport
City in Brief highlights graduates and local notices
The City in Brief summarizes a magna cum laude graduation from Boston School of Theology for Roll and Lee Dove, Clifton family reunion at East New York street, new officers in a locksmiths chapter, and physicians joining the National Eclectic Medical Association. Other items include Carl Bundy’s election in Los Angeles, a street stabbing, and Rotary Father and Son Day plans with a Shortridge oratorical winner.
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Roll and
Lee Dove
Indianapolis
Boston School of Theology
Boston
Mass
East Tenth, Street
Shortridge High School
Clifton
J. A. Clifton
East
New York Street
Riverside Park
Fred Ball
Roachdale
Mabel Worley
Connersville
American Association of Master Locksmiths
Oliver W. Isensee
B. W. Mulhaipt
Lafayette
E. W. C. Brumfield
Audrey Dunham
George Kaufman
Adolph J. Auch
Charles Courtney
New York
Rotary Club
Claypool
Frank H. Sparks
John David Millett
Grover A. Millett
Robbers Drill Safe at W C Stedfeld Drug Store
Robbers cut through the roof of the W C Stedfeld drug store at 4901 North Pennsylvania Street early Sunday drilled an eight by ten hole in the bottom of the safe and escaped with 800 dollars. Clerk William J Hamaker found the burglary on opening the store. Fingerprints were found on tools used in the break in. Harold Carpenter was held on 1000 dollars bond on vagrancy charges after being alleged as the only person to leave the house before three purses were stolen. A maid saw a man outside and a man under a bed prompted a police call.
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W.C. Stedfeld
North
Pennsylvania Street
William J. Hamaker
Salem Street
Harold Carpenter
College Avenue
Warner Strelow
Carpenter
Guy Lemmon
Washington Boulevard
Friend's Story Clears Youth in Nurse Death
Independence Kan June 17 192? The account of David Sterling 20 friend of Elmer Cales 20 farmer helps authorities conclude Cales did not kill Marguerite White 20 nurse student of Caney. Sterling testified from his car near the scene he heard a shot saw a second car headlights flicker then saw the other car leave toward Caney. Coroner’s inquest and distance checks supported the alibi and Cales remains jailed on murder charges.
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United Press Independence
Kan
David Sterling
Elmer Cales
Marguerite White
Sterling
Cales
Miss White
Caney
Kane
David
Beating Suspect Charged After Bed Incident
On June 17 1929 Chester Moore 18 of Highland place was found under a bed and jumped on by a pursuer. He faced charges of vagrancy and entering a house to commit a felony. Police also tied Ira Haymaker safety board member to a theft of a .32 pistol from his car in a downtown garage and reported a burglary at Fred Jarvis Massachusetts Avenue home with $280 in dresses coats and a hat stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
Chester Moore
Highland Place
Lemmon
Ira Haymaker
East Tenth Street
Safety Board
Fred Jarvis
Massachusetts Avenue
Lyle Womack Divorces Ruth Elder in Canal Zone
Canal Zone court grants final decree dissolving marriage of Lyle Womack and Ruth Elder. Suit filed on desertion grounds, not opposed. Rift began after Elder’s Oct 11 1927 trans Atlantic flight with George Haldeman. Elder pursued flying ambitions upon return to New York.
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United Press
Balboa
C. Z
Canal Zone
Lyle Womack
Ruth Elder
Womack
George Haldeman
New York
Miss Elder
Indianapolis Medical Society Picnic at Sunlight Dairy Farm
The Indianapolis Medical Society plans a picnic at Sunlight Dairy Farm in Greenwood on Tuesday. Chicken dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Dr. Herman G. Morgan and Dr. Chester A. Stayton will oversee arrangements.
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Indianapolis Medical Society
Sunlight Dairy Farm
Greenwood
Herman G. Morgan
Chester A. Stayton
Byrd party to hear talking film from Little America
Commander Richard Byrd and his Antarctic explorers will hear the speaking parts of a yet unnamed talking motion picture next Saturday night. The vocal portions will be broadcast from KDKA in Pittsburgh at 11 p.m. EST, while Byrd will listen in from Little America and his party will stand by for the program.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Richard Byrd
Little America
Antarctic
S. R. Kent
Paramount Famous- Lasky Corporation
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Byrd
Two children dead after mistaken fertilizer incident
In Newton New Jersey on June 17 two four year olds Janis Roe and Elizabeth Dudgeon died after their brothers Earl Roe and Ernest Dudgeon aged eight fell seriously ill when they sprinkled a nitrate fertilizer believed to be sugar on wild strawberries.
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United Press
Newton
N. J
Janis Roe
Elizabeth Dudgeon
Earl Roe
Ernest Dudgeon
Fleet owners to meet on no accident contest
Sixty five fleet truck owners from the Indianapolis Safety Council plan a 6:30 p m meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. They will discuss accident data for participants and outline measures to prevent repeats. Jesse Suter of the American Railway Express Company chairs the association.
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Indianapolis Safety Council
Chamber of Commerce
Jesse Suter
American Railway Express Company
Association
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Lincoln
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Death Tangle Principals
Detroit
Ralph Wood
Arnold F. Zeleznik
Cecil W. Holt
Wood
Grace Wood
Holt
Herbert L. Sullivan
Indiana Railroad
National Eclectic Medical Association
William P. Best
J. E. Holman
F. L. Holman
F. W. Moses
John T. Stewart
Cc. C. Edson
Carl A. Bundy
Los Angeles
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Pete Smith
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Self
Si-Nok
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Cesterfield
Licegrr & Myzzi Tosacco Co
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