Widow Identifies Girl Killer Using Male Alias
Mrs. Francis Thompson alias Fred G Thompson identified as the smiling blue eyed girl bandit who killed Richard C Tesmer at his Gold Coast home. Mrs Tesmer and police said the suspect was arrested in a north side apartment raid.
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United Press
Chicago
Francis Thompson
Fred G. Thompson
Richard C. Tesmer
Gold Coast
Michael Hughes
North Side
Sergt
William Cusack
John Doe
Marie Clark
Cusack
Tesmer
Tes Mer
Hughes
Boys Coaster Wagons Stolen In Local Neighborhood
Howard Kelley eight, son of Elmer and Mrs. Kelley, and Ralph McKinney's son report coaster wagons stolen. Mrs. Kelley notes sisters Virginia and Elma ill with whooping cough and the wagon missing for over a week as Howard fears larger boys. Police search for the missing wagon and a second wagon valued at nine dollars.
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Howard Kelley
Elmer Kelley
Mount St
Howard
Virginia
Elma
Horse Runs Wild Damaging Autos At City Intersection
A bakery wagon driven by Roy Easley left untied in the 2100 block of Northwestern Ave. spooked a horse which ran into three machines owned by Ross Hewes and William Kroll, pushing Hewes’ unit into Vallorous McLeay’s car. No serious damage reported. Easley arrested for leaving a horse untied.
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Roy Easley
Prospect St
Twenty- Sixth St
Northwestern Ave
Ross Hewes
Thirty-Fifth St
William Kroll
Thirty- First St
Hewes
Vallorous McLeay
New Jersey
Easley
Bank Seeks Charter For Postal Station State Bank
A petition to form the Postal Station State Bank is before the State charter board at a meeting Wednesday. The bank would occupy a new postal building at South and Illinois Streets with capital stock of 25 000. Tick Miller and other City Trust Company officers are incorporators. Harry Cooper Missing Mrs. Harry Cooper asks police to search for her husband, a 33 year old barber, who disappeared since Saturday. He is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and 150 pounds.
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State Bank
South and
Illinois Sts
State Charter Board
Tick Miller
The
City Trust Company
Harry Cooper
W. North St
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cooper
Rotary Chief Declares New Rules for Business Conduct
At the Rotary International session in St Louis four thousand delegates heard President R M Havens say rules will be brief and efficient. He urged integrity and personal responsibility, noting the shift from buyer beware to seller beware and stressing Rotary unity to improve business and society worldwide.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Rotary International
R. M. Havens
Havens
R. H. Schuette
Grace M. E. Church of St. Louis
George O. Relf
Salt Lake City
Charles A. Smith
Birmingham
England
Joseph A. Caulder
Moose Jaw
Sask
Lee Jordan
Atlanta
Charles A. Simons
Boston
Indiana Narcotics Tax Expected To Net 25000
U S purse to gain about 25000 from narcotics taxes in Indiana by June 30, per collector M Bert Thurman. Tax rates range from 1 to 24 dollars, paid by 3308 physicians 1010 dentists 398 veterinarians 102 hospitals 105 wholesalers 12 manufacturers and 1485 retailers. Tax deadline is June 30.
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Uncle Sam
Indiana
M. Bert Thurman
Internal Revenue
Thurman
Summer term opens at Indiana State Normal School
Classes began at the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute with an advance registration of 1590 students and officials expect total enrollment to exceed 2000.
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Normal
United Press Terre
Body search abandoned for Fall Creek drowning victim
Police dragged Fall Creek near Indiana Avenue for Jesse Jackson a 12 year old missing from 1132 Brook Street since Monday morning but quit the effort as water ran too deep. Witness Wilbur Mansfield reported seeing a colored boy push Jesse into the creek near Darnell Street. Jackson was described as 95 pounds with black hair blue eyes wearing a black shirt and black and gray trousers.
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Fall Creek
Indiana Ave
Jesse Jackson
Brook St
Henry A. King
Darnell St
Wilbur Mansfield
Jesse
Henry Williams
WATER CLASSES FORMED BY RED CROSS AND CITY
Registrations for a swimming campaign next week run high as over three hundred school children are already registered. Miss Margaret Noone heads the registration bureau at Red Cross headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building. Parents of children up to 15 are urged to register them. A large staff of instructors will assist. A Red Cross Life Saving Corps meeting tonight in Room 411 Chamber of Commerce will finalize plans.
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Red Cross
Margaret Noone
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Life Saving Corps
Property Owners Lose Paving Case On King Ave
Judge James M. Leathers refuses permanent injunction for paving from St. Clair Street to the alley south of Sixteenth Street. Only thirty valid signatures found among seventy four owners. thirty eight would be needed. Petitioners may appeal ruling on signature eligibility.
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King Ave
St. Clair St
Sixteenth St
James M. Leathers
Leathers
Board of Works Action
Multiple Listing Topic At Indianapolis Real Estate Board Luncheon
The Indianapolis Real Estate Board will discuss the shared listing topic at a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Each state real estate board is asked to send a representative to the meeting with Lawrence J. Welch in charge of arrangements. Summer meetings are planned every other Wednesday. Delegates attending the National Association of Real Estate Board convention in Cleveland will depart in late June.
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Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence J. Welch
National Association of Real Estate Board
Cleveland
Ohio
Assault arrest of Harold Whitmeyer in city incident
Harold Whitmeyer of 3815 N. Tlinols St. was arrested at his home on charges of assault and battery after police say he knocked Don McCall of 615 Stevens St. to the ground, his head striking the sidewalk.
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Harold Whitmeyer
N. Tlinols St
Don McCall
Stevens St
Whitmeyer
Problems of Modern Sunday Schools Occupy Center of Attention
State Sunday School convention sessions at Cable Tabernacle and nearby churches cover morning worship, sectional conferences, mass session, and addresses on religious education. Key speakers include H. Augustine Smith Luther A. Weigle William Beil and Margaret Slattery with a public parade and banquets scheduled.
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Cable Tabernacle
the Tabernacle
H. H. Halley
H. Augustine Smith
Luther A. Weigle
William M. Beil
God
Margaret Slattery
Business
Indiana
Marion Lawrence
Hugh S. Magill
Chicago
International Sunday School Council of Religious Education
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Malden
Mass
Boston University
W. S. Bovard
Methodist Board of Sunday Schools
Edward H. Bonsall, Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association
William M. Bell
Puente
Cal
Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Lacey Stock Chapin
Hartford
Connecticut Sunday School Association
Thomas S. Young
Northern Baptist Convention
Mary E. Abernethy
Gary
Ind
N. F. Forsyth
Hammond
Frank M. McKibben
South Bend
St. Joseph County Sunday School Association
Committee again urges new market building plan
The city market commission reports it opposes repairs to the current market house and prefers constructing a new $1,000,000 structure, with plans to meet the council on June 21. The panel notes repairs would add debt without boosting revenue and cites congestion at Emer ton Ave and Michigan St as its reason to install stop signs. Trafficman Ray Harris resigns. a $384.84 bill for Police Chief Rikhoff’s convention expenses is approved.
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Board of Public Safety Today
City Market Commission
Shank
City Market House
Frank B. Hunter
Board of Works
Boards of Works
Commission
Emerton Ave
Michigan St
Ray Harris
Herman F. Rikhoff
Buffalo
Klan Upheld in Marion County Mask Ordinance Vote
More than 1,000 Marion County Unity League members packed City Hall as Councilman Otto Ray pressed an anti mask law. The council defeated the ordinance six to two with two votes in favor by Ray and William E. Claver. President John E. King and five others opposed. Walter Wise absent. Police presence noted.
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Marion County
American Unity League
Otto Ray
Ray
William E. Claver
John E. King
Ben H. Thompson
Heydon W. Buchanan
Theodore J. Bernd
Ira L. Bramblett
Lloyd D. Claycombe
Walter W. Wise
Unity League
Successor to Couch Discussed in Conference
A conference on the successor to Roy Couch statehouse custodian occurred informally today with Governor McCray Clyde Walb chairman Frederick Schortemeier and others in attendance. Schortemeier cited a scramble of candidates for the 2500 job as a complicating factor. Couch is away from the city reportedly seeking new employment while examiners from the state board of accounts review his accounts. The selecting committee includes McCray Ed Jackson secretary of state and Robert Bracken state auditor.
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Roy Couch
Statehouse
McCray
Clyde A. Walb
Republic State Committee
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Schortemeier
Couch
State Board of Accounts
Ed Jackson
Robert Bracken
Meetings Here Wednesday Many Groups Schedule Luncheons
A list of gatherings appears for Wednesday including Cable Tabernacle Auxiliary Post No 4 C of C State High School Superintendents Conference Purdue Alumni Association Kiwanis Club Indiana Dairy Products Association Lions Delta Upsilon American Legion Sigma Nu and Board of Trade with various luncheons and dinners in Lincoln Spink-Arms Claypool Severin Lincoln.
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Cable Tabernacle
City Council Opposes Water Rate Increase in Indianapolis
Indianapolis leaders back a battle against a 20 percent water rate hike filed with the Public Service Commission by the Indianapolis Water Company. The council authorized its legal department to hire experts to determine the utility’s property value and to contest any rate rise.
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Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Water Company
John E. King
Common Council of Indianapolis
City of
Indianapolis
Urge Lawmakers to Study Bible at Sunday School Conference
The gathering urges lawmakers to elevate religious training to same efficiency as secular education. Speakers include Hugh S. Magill and Marion Lawrence. the program spans multiple divisions and sites around Monument Circle with evening sessions at Cable Tabernacle. A Sunday school leaders’ parade is planned for 12:30 p.m. and may be the longest in state history.
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Ture
Luther A. Weigle
Zion's Evangelical Church
New Jersey
North Sta
N. F. Forsyth
Frank M. McKibben
Young People’s Division
First United Brethren Church
Massachusetts Ave
Walnut &I
Young People’s Department
Bonsall
Young People's Division
Roberts Park
M. E. Church
Delaware and
Vermont Sts
H. H. Halley
Hugh S. Magill
Chicago
Charles H. Winders
The
Church Federation of Indianapolis
William M. Bell
M. E
Walnut St
Delaware
First Evangeliccal Church
New York
East Sts
M. BE
New York Sts
Zion's Evangelical
North Sts
First Evangelical Church
New York and
Cable Tabernacle
Ohio
Monument Circle
Christ
H. Augustine Smith
Hugh
Magill
Thation
Jens Th
Reward Offered for Arrest of Policeman Killer
The board of safety asked the city council to appropriate 250 for a reward to apprehend the killer of Motor Policeman Jesse Lowden. Lowden was fatally wounded June 14 by a colored prowler at Sixteenth St and Central Ave and died Monday at Methodist Hospital. Condolence letters were sent to the Lowden family and to the widow of retired patrolman Charles Dolan who died recently.
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Jesse Lowden
Board of Safety
Lowden
Sixteenth St
Central Ave
Methodist Hospital
Charles Dolan
Woman Triggers Divorce Case at Superior Court
A woman calls Judge Moll’s home and prompts testimony in the divorce suit of Jimmie C. Phillips, restaurant owner at 620 S Milnois St. Stella Phillips testified of multiple divorces and alleged plans to marry again, while the judge urged all parties to appear together.
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T. J. Moll
Stella Phillips
Superior Court
Jimmie C. Phillips
S. Milnois St
Phillips
Moll
Monument to Host Rainbow Veterans Convention in Indianapolis
The Soldier's and Sailor's Monument will house the national Rainbow Veterans Association convention July 13 to 15. Gen Pershing and Gen Gouraud will attend, with a military parade, boxing match, automobile race, and banquet. Rainbow delegates from 27 states participate. planning meeting set to finalize details.
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National Rainbow Veterans’ Association
John J. Pershing
Henri Gouraud
Rainbow Division
Indianapolis
Pershing
General Gouraud
General Pershing
Washington Park
Speedway
France
Sam D. Miller
Citizen’s Committee
Miners Challenge Appellate Court Powers in Prohibition Plea
The Lynch Coal Operators Association files with the Indiana Supreme Court a petition seeking a writ of prohibition against the Appellate Court. It argues the court cannot decide questions of law where there is no real controversy. The move targets a 1923 amendment doubling miners' compensation deemed unconstitutional by the Appellate Court. If the Supreme Court sides with the petition, the law could become effective again.
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State Supreme Court
Lynch Coal Operators’ Association
Supreme Court
Pay Your Dog Tax Or Face Action By Squire
Seven hundred dogs must have their taxes paid immediately or their owners will be tried before the squire and fined 16.50. Prosecutor William P. Evans announced, with Center Township trustee William H. Evans delivering the delinquent list. Owners should report to 215 E. New York St. before the justices of peace act. The payment deadline was June 1.
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William P. Evans
William H. Evans
Center Township
New York St
Justices of Peace
O. K
Burglar Frightened Off by Ringing Bell at Delaware Street Home
George Kargbell of 2245 North Delaware Street awakened by noises at his window called police. Officers found no trace of a prowler after responding to the incident early today.
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George Kargbell
Delaware St
Kargbell
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