Motor Policeman Injured While Chasing Speeding Driver
Three people injured and three arrested after a series of accidents Saturday night. Officer Lawrence McCarty was seriously hurt pursuing a speeder when his motorcycle collided with Pierpont’s car at Traub Ave and Washington St. The speeder escaped as the street car blocked view. McCarty suffered multiple injuries including a compound fracture.
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Lawrence McCarty
Roberts Annex
Traub Ave
Washington St
F. M. Pier‘pont
Walnut St
Piert
Frank Schreckengast
Arrow Ave
Pierpont
McCarty
No. 18
Dean
George Lane
Speedway Ave
Ken
W. Tenth Street
Warman Ave
Luther Henderson
E. B. Hare
River of
Marion County
Marion Trexler
Sentral Ave
Joseph Hill
J. E. Hill
W. Thirtieth St
Haze
W. Twenty‘First St
Dowell Beaman
W.S. Ellis
John Highlight
South
Illinois Sts
Massachusetts Ave
Frank Campbell
Alabama &J
R. Bell
Air Flats
North St
Alabama St
Peace Advocate Seeks Modern War Tendencies
Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the world peace commission, addressed the Baptist Ministerial Union at the Y M C A on The Next Great World Event and preached The Sword of Peter at Second Baptist Church. He argued Christ’s command to Peter to sheath the sword applies to nations and cited Canada U S relations as a model of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton N. Howard
World Peace Commission
Baptist Ministerial Union
Second Baptist Church
Peter
Christ
Canada
United States
Smoke Ordinance Up In Indianapolis Meeting
The chamber of commerce civic affairs committee met at noon to discuss a proposed smoke abatement ordinance. William Fortune chaired the session. Reports were to cover an artificial lake in Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Water Company rate increase petition. A recommendation from the Oklahoma Chamber on postal service improvement was to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
William Fortune
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Water Company
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
City to place sinking fund bids on July first
The city general sinking fund totaling 932072.02 will be deposited with banks offering the best bids on July 1, city controller Joseph L. Hogue announced. The sum reflects cash expected to be on hand June 30. The article also notes the closing of a Colored Baptist Sunday School Convention at Mt. Paran Church and a Rainbow Division Veterans Association meeting in Marion County to discuss the national reunion set for July 14 to 16 in Superior Court Room 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City General
Joseph L. Hogue
Colored Baptist Sunday School Convention
Mt. Paran Church
Rainbow Division Veteran's Association
Marion County
Superior Court
Rodney Drane Wins Light Car Race in Thrilling Finish
Rodney Drane, 15, of 301 Drexel Ave., drives the 220 yard race in 23 seconds to win the state pushmobile championship. Donald Miller, 7, and Clarence Leet, 1128 Rural St., take silver and bronze as crowds of 2,000 cheer under a June sun. The event featured crashes, protests over a zigzagging car, and a girl’s race won by Thelma McDermid, 304 Linwood Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Drane
The
Times
Drexel Ave
Donald Miller
Linwood Ave
Rosenburg
Clarence Leet
Crane
Raymond McClintock
Russell Peters
Washington St
Thelma McDermid
Pledges Lift Riley Hospital Fund Beyond Seven Figures
Additional subscriptions to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children building fund from Marion County push the total well past 725000 dollars. Firms and unions contribute large sums alongside churches clubs and individuals including G and J Tire Company and Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority of Indianapolis among many others. The South Bend Kiwanis Club adds 5755 toward a 150000 memorial wing fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
Marion County
G. & J. Tire Company
Kahn Tailoring
Bis Four Railroad
Prest-O-Lite Company
Axenes Makers Union
Eevee
Hugh J. Baker
Rap
Ard Company
Interstate Public Service Company
Women's Rotary Club of
Indianapolis
Magazine Club
River Avenue Baptist Church
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Present Day Club
Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority of
Women's Club of the
Indianapolis Turner Association
The
Hollenbeck Press
Croker Widow Hails Court Victory Over Will Contest
Dublin dispatch reports Mrs. Croker, widow of Richard Croker, celebrating a court ruling that denied Croker’s children from his first marriage the right to challenge the will. She recalled Boss urging her to fight lawsuits and noted an Irish flag flying over Glencairn in celebration.
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United Press
Dublin
Bula
Richard Croker
Croker
Global news in brief from a dry Sunday across nations
Ulster celebrates its first dry Sunday as six county arid area towns flood with thirst quenchers. Harding plans speeches on world court, transportation, farm aid during Western trip. Private Stevens shoots and kills Mrs Coates then himself after a lovers quarrel in Nogales Arizona. Panama Canal tolls in first half of June total 974822. Soviet government signals willingness to negotiate with Japan on trade. Oil workers Rollins Jr and Walden kill each other in Irvin Kentucky pistol duel. Zion’s overseer Wilbur G Voliva debuts sermon on WCBD. Raymond Shelton seeks divorce from wife Josephine after alleged toe tickling. Empress sets Pacific speed record in 8d 10h 53m. Chicago L motorman halts traffic watching a ball game. All-water route New York to Duluth announced. Ohio rural teachers prepare bill to revise school laws. Italian armored cars raid southeast of Benghazi annihilating rebel Arabs. Ometepe volcano in Gran Lago erupts. 300 delegates attend Chicago wheat conference to plan outlet for 170 million bushels.
Wright Named Purchaser As Miller Resigns
Raymond Wright acted as city purchasing agent replacing Jesse E. Miller who resigned Saturday though the mayor had not formally accepted. Miller said his resignation stands. The mayor toured Canton Ohio to attend the Grand Circuit races where his horse Peter Hall is entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Wright
Jesse E. Miller
Wright
Miller
Shank
Canton
Ohio
Peter Hall
Hamilton joins Studebaker in Indianapolis factory
S. C. Hamilton, formerly used car manager of the C. H. Wallerich Company, is now connected with the factory branch of the Studebaker Corporation of America at 832 834 N. Meridian St. Hamilton is well known among Indianapolis automobile dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Hamilton
C. H. Wallerich Company
Studebaker Corporation of America
Meridian St
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Farmer Joseph De Haven Dies by Gas Hose Suicide
Loganport Ind June 18 coroner evidence supports belief that 65 year old farmer Joseph De Haven ended his life by attaching a hose to a gas jet and placing the other end in his mouth. The coroner’s inquest details point to self inflicted death as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timea
Logansport
Ind
Joseph de Haven
Rotary International Convention Opens in St Louis
About 10,000 delegates from 25 countries attend the fourteenth annual Rotary International convention in St Louis. International President Raymond M. Havens and other leaders arrive as a schedule of addresses and entertainment is announced. The gathering runs through Friday June 22 with programs at the municipal opera Coliseum boat trips golf and more.
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Rotary
ST. Louis
United Press
Rotary International
International Board of Directors
International
Raymond M. Havens
Kansas City
International Organization
Arthur Meighan
Canada
James T. Williams
Boston Transcript
Walter Head
Omaha
Neb
American Bankers Association
Merle Sidener
Indianapolis
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Rogues’ Gallery of Business
Sherman Rogers
Northwestwoods
Sidney Pascall
London
Princeipal
Municipal Opera
Coliseum
Local Rotarians Attend National Convention in St Louis
About 125 Indianapolis Rotarians left for the national convention in St Louis joining eastern and northern members who paused in Indianapolis. Governor McCray spoke at a Fairview reception while Athenaeum entertainment and Garfield sunken gardens visits highlighted the visitors program overseen by Arch V. Grossman of the Indianapolis club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
St. Louis
McCray
Fairview
Athenaeum
Garfield Sunken Gardens
Arch V. Grossman
Indianapolis Club
Two Automobile Holdups Spark Citywide Theft Wave
A weekend spree saw thirty robberies and petty thefts across the city. Six men in an old touring car held up two cars on Emerson Avenue while gunmen looted cash and valuables, with additional break-ins at shops and homes yielding wallets, watches, and tires. Detective inquiry underway as suspects identified and held.
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Nelson Taylor
E. St. Paul St
Emerson Ave
Muriel Engle
Bates St
Taylor
YM C A Starts State Relay Run
The Statewide 785 mile YMCA relay run began in Evansville and will finish in Hammond Thursday. Twenty seven Evangelical boys covered 57.4 miles to Vincennes, where the first swimmer reached the river in three and a half minutes. Relay pace averages about half a mile per runner with every Indiana YMCA city to be touched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Hammond
Vincennes
White River
Indiana
M. Co. A
Indianapolis
Captain Harrington Dies After Illness in Washington
Captain George Harrington of the regular Army, long a recruiting officer in Indianapolis, is reported dying at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D C. He served thirty years and lost his wife to influenza in 1918 while stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harrington
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Harrington
E. Thirty-Sixth St
Indianapolis
United States
Washington
Harington
Evansville patrolman exonerated in bootlegging arrest death
Evansville June 1 Coroner French is expected to return a verdict exonerating Patrolman John Lehman in the death of R. L. Reulean who was shot while resisting arrest. Reulean and his brother in law were suspected of bootlegging and died in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
French
John Lehman
R. L. Reulean
Reulean
Poison victim is better
George Speers twenty three of 2101 Barth Avenue was reported improved at the city hospital after authorities say he drank poison Saturday night. Mrs Speers said he had been ill and despondent and the couple have four small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Speers
Barth Ave
Police probe poisoning of Etta Hunter at city restaurant
Police today investigated the poisoning of Etta Hunter a 35 year old colored woman living at 742 Adelaide Street who was found at the restaurant of Jack Mooney 812 Fort Wayne Avenue where she is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Hunter
Adelaide St
Jack Mooney
Wayne Ave
Thief Walks Right In After Open Rear Door
Warm weather left the rear door of Sam Conrad's home at 1413 East Michigan Street open, allowing a thief to enter and steal Mrs. Conrad's purse containing $18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Conrad
Michigan St
Pioneer Resident Doerschel Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Anina E. Doerschel 78, longtime Indianapolis resident, died Sunday at her son Louis Doerschel's home. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crown Hill burial to follow. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Zahl and Mrs. Miller, son, and eight grandchildren. Born in Saxony, she moved to Indianapolis with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anina E. Doerschel
Indianapolis
Louis B. Doerschel
Summit Ave
Crown Hill
Prohibition Lifts Threaten Nation Says Howard
Clinton N. Howard of Rochester, chairman of the world peace commission, told the Indianapolis Ministerial Association prohibition remains in peril of nullification. He warned of a rum revolution and an armed whisky insurrection, urging the U.S. to pressure nations protecting rum piracy and to seek their cargoes at the bottom of the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
World Peace Commissioner
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
Howard
United States
Marriage Licenses Listed for Numerous Couples in City
A long column lists marriage licenses showing names ages and addresses across city districts including J W Sandera 25 and Georgia Thompson 20 both of N Richland. F E Pickett 29 and Corrie Irish 48. Eckstein Jr 21 and Bernice Ludurs 19. Steele 23 and Marie Schuck 25. Neilson 30 and Ruth Burrows 25. Eckel 27 and Gladys Martindale 24. Lonnie Lyster 43 and Katie Grammer 43. Brinkworth 26 and Helen Sheehan 25. Duenweg 1254 Broadway with Irene Lindsey 32. Kennadie 21 and Lottie Hendershott 18. and many others with varied ages and addresses.
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J. W. Sandera
N. Richland
Georgia Thompson
F. E. Pickett
Broadway
Irene Lindsey
Kenneth Kennadie
E. Pratt
Lottie Hendershott
S. B. Canfield
Indianapolis
Ruth Custer
N. Liberty
Glove
Felix Blazich
Arnolds
Gezela Blazich
Arnolda
M. E. Gribble
Charles
Blanche Crow
A Ll
Mills
Woodlawn
Leona Hall
R. R. BE
J. F. Brengle
E. Washington
Ritchie Edwards
Tenth
J. A. Lane
N. Fremont
Opal Hammond
N. Sheffield
O. J. Berry
Staunton
Ind
Ludema Holmes
N. Capitol
L. F. Winders
N. Bright
Katherine Edwards
G. E. Mitchell
King
Qhel Roberts
N. Holmes
Labor officials oppose arrest of movie picket in Marion
After Alvin Cole 21 of 3538 Garden Ave was arrested for picketing the Savoy theater 1225 Oliver Ave labor leaders including Adolph J. Fritz secretary of the State Federation of Labor and T N Taylor president met with Chief Rikhoff and the board of safety. They asked enforcement of the anti picketing law and demanded equal treatment under the Sunday closing law with theater owners if Operators Union members are arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Cole
Garden, Ave
Motion Picture Operators’ Union
Adolph J. Fritz
State Federation of Labor
T. N. Taylor
Rikhoff
Board of Safety
Cole
Savoy Theater
Oliver Ave
Marion County Labor Committee
U S Agents Seize Beer At Norton Brewery Anderson
Federal prohibition officers raided the Norton brewery at Anderson early Sunday finding about 100 barrels of beer in vats and two large trucks loaded with barrels. Evidence will go to U S district attorney Homer Edliott. Driver names and an implicated Markleville soft drink owner were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Anderson
Homer Edliott
United States
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Ohio
William Schramm
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Death notices and a car theft report from Frankfort
A list of deaths with ages and hospital notes follows plus a Frankfort report: two boys found a stolen car Thursday, the vehicle hidden in woods and returned by Mattix who paid them $1 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Frankfort
Ind
Mattix
Ford truck stolen from Hauser reported in city
Charles Hauser of 936 Virginia Ave reported a Ford truck stolen from his garage today. He later found it in front of 6210 Lexington Ave. The vehicle had been stripped of tires, valued at 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufina Smith
Sliver Ave
Leon Jackson
N. Sherman Drive
Riverside Park
Ira Taylor
Highland Ave
Oakley Club
Stanley Lawill
Eugene S&j
Cooper Ave
Thirtieth St
George de Watz
Bakemeyer St
J. S. Gollin
Frank Granden
E. Raymond St
Olive and Raymond Sts
Charles Hauser
Vincennes Runaways Held After Detention Home Find
Vincennes youths Leroy Crowe and Cleophas Crowe aged 16 and 14 were held at the detention home after being found by Sergeant Cummings. The incident involved authorities detaining the pair following their apprehension in Vincennes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Silent Ed recalls the Maine sinking from Illinois prison
Ed Smith, known as Silent Ed, sits in the Illinois State Penitentiary remembering the 1898 sinking of the USS Maine daily for 25 years. He was a Great Lakes seaman named on the night of the explosion after a drunken altercation in a bar led to a fatal fight and life imprisonment.
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NEA
Olset
Ill
Maine
United States
Illinois State Penitentiary
Ed Smith
Cables
Havana
Smith
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Zion
WCBD
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Jersey City
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New York
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Libyan
Ometepe
Gran Lago
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Anton Verkade
Rotary Club of
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Holland
Charles Smith
Birmingham
England
Rotary International Association For
Great Britain and Ireland
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Cuba
Mexico
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Knights of Columbus
Paxton Unger
Mahlon Unger
Pennsylvania St
Swarthmore College
Unger
Technical High School
Albert Taylor
Vandeman Ave
Roy Burford
Prospect St
Burford
Bungalow Road
Brighton Boulevard
George McCarty
Ringgold St
Jesse Robinson
le Grande
Paul Elliott
Madison Ave
Leslie Meister
Applegate St
Thomas Cain
Orange St
Albert Stuck
Beecher St
Robert Lewis
LeGrande
Frank and
Meridian Sts
H. D. Shipp
Louis Goins
Harry Grey
Grey
Richard Winnings
Webb St
Garfield Park
Ed Lawrence
Sunset Ave
Florence Gamble
Greencastle
Samuel D. Goldsmith
Goldsmith Iron and Supply Company
South Side State Bank
Goldsmith
Florence M. Schick
Central Ave
Iter Jackson
N. Ilinois St
Standard
Illinois
Tenth Ste
Homer Engersoll
W. Tenth St
Jackson
Engersoll
H. M. Zimmer
Evergreen Ave
Ed N. Rodmier
Miss Malcolm
Clara Mueller
Vermont St
Horace Edmonds
Belmont Ave
A. F. Waisman
N. Minots St
YM. C.A
Washington Hospital
National Zoological Park
Anna E. Doerschel
Anna Doerschel
U.S
Norton Brewery
Nellie E. Grinalade
Desconese Hospital
Peter Sering Deitzer
Methodist Hospital
Orrid
City Hospital
Emmales Minton
Catherine Esther Hammer
Charles Edward Unigeman
Long Hospital
George A. Hazelworth
Park
James Cox
Gale
Margaret Agnes Hockery
W. Michigan
John McParland
St. Vincent Hospital
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