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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
8
Six men held up an express car in Toronto at midnight stealing an estimated 150000 to 200000 in registered mail. Police surrounded the city as bandits fled with sacks loaded onto a car, leaving workers unharmed. Investigation by local police and railroad officials to continue.
Funeral services planned for Alvah S. Rhoades, 56, of 2748 North Gale Street, who shot himself in the heart with a .22 caliber rifle Tuesday afternoon. He served twenty five years as a special clerk in the Indianapolis post office until a January nervous breakdown. The body was found by son in law Enos Sunderman after he forced a window passage. A family note expressed despair and gratitude for support. Surviving are his widow Cora, two daughters Gertrude and Mrs Sunderman, and a sister Mrs Carl Ryan.
A $217000 six story fireproof apartment hotel named the Dartmouth will be built at 223 E Michigan St replacing an old frame building. E A Carson of Indianapolis won the contract announced by Michigan and Delaware Realty Co president Thomas D McGee. Architects J Edwin Kopf Deery drafted plans for 72 units including varied bedroom setups and full living spaces.
Two men Irwin Bowers aged 35 of 1533 Sauley Street and Jess L Hood of 1213 West New York Street are reported missing. Bowers is described as six feet tall and 170 pounds with shell shock and wearing overalls. Hood, five foot ten, 160 pounds with brown eyes and black hair lacks a right thumb, wearing a dark brown suit and gray cap. Hood worked for Rub Tex Company until Friday and is wanted on charges of wife desertion and child neglect.
Clarence S. Riggin a Muncie dairyman was robbed of 1282 and his car by three unmasked bandits at the Muncie north city limits. He was bound and left in a roadside ditch but was rescued within ten minutes by passing motorists. No arrests or traces have been found.
On a hot day at Central Headquarters police auction, bidders fought over baby buggies, bicycles, and a Ford head. The three hour sale yielded $371 for the police pension fund as unclaimed items were liquidated.
Washington reports noting Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming as a possible running mate for Alfred Smith. The Democratic field also includes Cordell Hull and Mrs. Ross along with other potential candidates, signaling a pivotal, era defining bid for a woman vice presidential contender.
A parade and campfire marked the third day of the forty-ninth annual en campment of the Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic in Columbus. Officers will be elected Thursday as Allied G A R groups and auxiliaries prepare for their own elections. Charles Shaffer, 1124 East Seventeenth Street, suffered a cut hand in an auto crash at Richwein and Washington. Taxi driver Morriss Zachary skidded and struck Shaffer’s truck. both vehicles were damaged.
Names and addresses list multiple thefts of cars including a Chevrolet touring and a Whippet sedan. Vehicles were taken from locations on Tenth Street Holmes Avenue Washington Street and surrounding blocks with several license-like numbers for each entry.
The notice lists owners including J. Hedrick of 226 W Pratt St Ford touring, William Hienbaugh of Plainfield Ind Ford touring, George Stuckley of 102744 Villa Ave Overland coach, E H Habig 2948 N Talbot St Packard ecdan, and Burrell Rosenbaum 5S Me.
The Inter national Typographical Union re elected Charles P. Howard of Chicago president with 37 057 votes to 20 944 for James M. Lynch of Syracuse New York The slate also named Theodore Perry Indianapolis as vice president George Bentley New York second vice president Woodruff Randolf Chicago secretary treasurer New trustees of the Union Printers home Colorado Springs Colorado Frank H Cook George H Knell San Francisco William R Lucas Toronto Can Ira Gwinnup Denver and auditor Fred J Robinson New York Delegate to the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress W B Lowe Winnipeg Can Delegates to the American Federation of Labor meeting Frank Morrison Chicago William R Trotter Vancouver Frank X Martel Detroit William M Reilly Dallas and William Robinson New York.
In Muncie Indiana on June 20 206 delegates at a national convention of the Knight of American Protestantism endorsed Senator Thomas J Heflin of Alabama as Democratic candidate for President The resolutions attack Governor Alfred E Smith as a Catholic and call Heflin a true believer in Americanism The three day session adjourned that afternoon
Myron A. Bunting 17 of Cambridge City Indiana and Wayne Hoover 22 of Dublin Indiana are jailed on vagrancy charges with bonds set at 3000 after police found them asleep in a Chrysler in the 1100 block of Southeastern Ave Tuesday night. They said they stole the car in Chattanooga Tennessee changed the title and came to Indianapolis to run booze.
H. W. Judd of 3526 E Vermont St reported a letter from his wife Beulah Opal Judd of South Bend Indiana saying she would be returning home with their two children. Earlier he had said she had taken the children and left in the family sedan.
F S Wood president announced the annual Parke County reunion for Sunday at Garfield Park. A basket dinner is served at 12 45 p m with the meeting starting at 2 p m If rain occurs the picnic moves to the shelter house.
Mrs. Mary Ulrich Thatcher, niece of Mayor L. Ert Slack, was appointed to an $1,800-a-year post in the mayor’s office this week. She previously worked with the mayor when he was U.S. district attorney. The post appears created to train her in stenographic work if Miss R. Anne Cunningham resigns from her $3,000-a-year position.
Work at Marion County courts will pause to a virtual standstill beginning June 30 as judges begin a two month vacation period. Most are finishing pending litigation and divorce calendars this week. Superior Judge Milner will travel to northern Canada for two weeks in late July. Dunlavy plans several short trips but stays near Indianapolis. Clerks will remain on duty during the break.
Evans Woollen, Indiana Democratic favorite son candidate, spoke to the Iowa Bankers' Association in Cedar Rapids on a Monday. He called agriculture a fundamental and national challenge affecting both national resources and human resources, outlining his views on reform.
John Knetzer reported his commission house at 2131 Madison Ave was entered during the night with goods stolen of an undetermined amount. John Partlow said his pool room at 29 W Ohio St was broken into at night and about 100 dollars in money taken.
Washington reports 88000 copies of six utilities texts were distributed in Missouri public schools via power interests. The Missouri committee on public utility information and J B Sheridan testifying revealed ties to the State Press Association and funding for events. 553 speeches were delivered last year by utility speakers.
An explosion at a public bathhouse near the national palace killed twenty people and injured forty nine, many burned. The four blocks south site caused damage to adjoining buildings and some nearby tenement residents were injured. Authorities feared further deaths from the blaze.
The board of works held a public hearing on closing Oriental Street at Southeastern Avenue to open Seota Street between Southeastern and Washington. The move targets traffic hazards from the Pennsylvania Railroad elevation and aids the Ford Motor Company plant switch nearby. Property owners opposed the closure for two years, with no new objections voiced.
Kaw tribe plans a commemorative gathering in Kaw City to honor Curtis descendant Senator Charles Curtis as Republican vice presidential nominee. Raw leaders met to discuss a celebration on the Arkansas River with an invitation extended to Curtis.
Frank Payne aged 47 of 117 Belle Vieu Place was injured after stepping into the street and into the path of a car driven by Ben Allen of Spink Arms Hotel at Eleventh and Meridian Streets. He suffered head and leg injuries but details of his condition were not released.
Miss Amelia Earhart, first woman trans oceanic flier, appears in public in a feminine outfit borrowed from Mrs. F. E. Guest after arriving in London. She plans to sail to New York within a week without stopping in Paris and accepts one formal invitation from the Air League of the British Empire.
Thomas James O'Brien an Indianapolis attorney and bond salesman and Bert Spicer of Chicago were convicted in Federal Court of driving a stolen auto from Chicago to Brazil Indiana Spicer got three years and O'Brien two years in Federal Penitentiary O'Brien stated he drank heavily for ten weeks before arrest Also Harry Ridley and Mabel Ridley with William Reedy of Terre Haute were sentenced for liquor conspiracy Ridley received ninety days Mrs Ridley two hundred dollar fine and Reedy six months jail Thomas Lewis a Negro of Indianapolis drew fifteen days on liquor violation
Joseph Bunce, 28, of 1115 Roache Street, received ninety days at Indiana State Farm and a 125 fine for driving while intoxicated and being drunk in court. He is barred from driving for one year after an incident at Market Street and the Circle with Police Chief Claude Worley. Edward Thrall, 34, of 1280 Eugene Street, was fined 1 for being drunk.
Federal Court today saw petitions by Yale Woolen Mills Yale Michigan Stickney Color Company and the Vonnegut Hardware Company Indianapolis seeking involuntary bankruptcy for McFarland Motor Corporation of Connersville. Yale Woolen Mills also filed for the appointment of a receiver for the motor company.
City head James Forshae of Indianapolis was named state master councilor at the Indiana De Molay second annual convention in Purpayette. Kokomo chosen for 1929 convention city with officers Richard Zurmuehlen, William Laswell, Frank Van Sickle and Ralph Briggs elected to senior and junior councilor scribe and treasurer roles. More than 500 students expected to enroll in Butler University summer school as the term opens.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio met Governor Smith at the Biltmore Hotel in New York and rumors spread that Ohio would pledge its forty eight votes on the first ballot to Smith. Pomerene said the talks were not political and he did not know who Ohio would support after the first ballot.
WFEM will air ten minute safety talks on municipal pools and playgrounds under the Indianapolis Safety Council. The first talk by Paul H. Krause is set just before 6 p m today. A Friday talk and another next week follow with participation from the water activities committee.
Duncan Marshal of Toronto, Canada, a livestock breeder, will be principal speaker at a dinner for agricultural agents and farm vocational workers hosted by the Indians Agriculture Board at Lincoln.
Kenneth Doc Spurgeon, Terre Haute gambler, was held on federal orders after disclosures from Carl Jennings and Cal vin Holmes who were sentenced to 25 years each for the Terre Haute mail robbery. Jennings implicated Spurgeon as instigator and recounted prior plotting in Jasonville Greencastle and the Terre Haute union station heist.
Funeral services for John W. Johnson 88 lifelong Indianapolis resident who died at his home 1019 Riviera Blvd Broad Ripple will be held at his home at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev D M Horner of Cicero officiating Burial will be in Fall Creek cemetery He was born on the State fairground site and lived there and in Broad Ripple He farmed until retirement in 1892 During the Civil War he was a member of the Broad Ripple home guard company but did not see active service He was the last survivor of a family of twelve children.
Athens reports that public officials groups plan a general strike if their demand for higher salaries is not met after two days of action. The move signals widespread labor unrest and could affect public services nationwide.
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