City School Board Eyes Higher Levy For Portable Classroom Crisis
Taxpayers urged to file formal complaints in July and August as the school board plans a higher levy to fund a 1.8 million dollar housing program and a 750 thousand dollar summer repair plan. With seven new grade schools needed and extensive additions and remodels planned, officials warn progress hinges on securing funds amid anticipated objections from Chamber of Commerce groups.
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Chamber of Commerce
English Ave
Sherman Dr
Instruction Department
Frazer
Street Garden Appeal to State Street Railway
Indianapolis Street Railway Company faces an appeal to the Public Service Commission over the reinstatement of sixty four discharged employees. Attorneys claim firings violated contract and law due to union affiliation with the Amalgamated Association. Officials expect a decision in a day or two after the transcript is completed.
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Public Service Commission
Frank P. Baker
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
David E. Watson
Railway
Robert I.todd
Beware of Chicago Booze Warned by Federal Prohibition Chief
Federal Deputy Prohibition Administrator A. R. Harris warned against illicit alcohol from Chicago after touring confiscated supplies in Illinois. He viewed twenty steel drums alleged to be pure but proved by test to be denatured alcohol and urged verification before consumption.
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Chicago
Prohibition
A. R. Harris
Illinois
Harris
Mystery Blood Stained Auto Found Across River in Kentucky
Indianapolis man Emil Rahke reports his Nash coach stolen and found at Tacoma Beach in Campbell County Kentucky. Blood stains and items inside the car suggest a violent incident. Rahke plans to cross the river to confer with authorities. His wife and mother in law are involved in the background.
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Campbell County
Kentucky
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Emil Rahke
Carrollton Ave
Rahke Vending Machine Company
N. East St
Tacoma Beach
Nash
Rahke
Latonia Track
A. J. Bruce
Capitol Ave
Bruce
Gary Blast Toll Rises
The Gary Steel Works explosion deaths rose to fourteen with the death of Frank McGee a Negro worker. Doctors fear several other severely burned workers may also die.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Frank McGee
Vare Angel Reveals Major Film Backing for Senate Fight
Albert Greenfield testifies before Senate primary investigation committees about a $15,000 contribution from motion picture exhibitors for the Vare campaign and his own $125,000 gift. He details endorsements of a $100,000 loan and his new Philadelphia trust board seat amid probing questions about O Connor and a large fund allegedly aiding Pinchot in a Prohibition era race.
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United Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Albert Greenfield
Philadelphia
William H. Vare
Greenfield
Vare
Any Trust
O'Connor
Reed
Ware
Bootlegger steals sheriff’s car in Illinois Indiana pursuit
In La Porte Indiana on June 21 Charles Coffee a Los Angeles ex policeman forced Sheriff Jacob Hahn from his car on the way to Michigan City to stand trial for liquor transport. Coffee fired grazing the sheriff’s hand, then fled in the vehicle. The car was found near Chesterton and a statewide search for Coffee began. Coffee had been arrested a week earlier in Michigan City with liquor valued at 1500 dollars.
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
Jacob Hahn
Michigan City
Charles Coffee
Los Angeles
Coffee
Hahn
Chesterton
Dunes
Indiana
United Preas
New York
George Hassler Johnston
Chicago
Summit
Allegheny Mountains
Jeinon'n Conden Mcaipe
Raids Net 177 Arrests Over Weekend
Weekend police reports show 158 men and 19 women arrested on a range of charges. Among them 31 men and two women faced intoxication, seven with driving while intoxicated, eighteen men and three women with blind tiger liquor violations. Additional arrests included 22 for speeding, eight for traffic code violations, six for driving with improper lights, 16 men and two women for felonies, 12 men and one woman for assault and battery, and 32 men and five women for vagrancy.
Fire hits Zion Home in Zion City disaster
Fire caused by a workman’s blow torch damaged the 375 room Zion Home in Zion City Illinois. The three story frame building housed Wilbur Glenn Voliva and his followers. Damage estimated at $50 000.
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United Press
Zion City
Ill
Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Resurfacing Ordered on Major City Roads
The boards of works authorized resurfacing on S Meridian St from Raymond St to Pleasant Run and West St from Tenth to Fourteenth St with property owners paying 25 percent and the city 75 percent. Paving between the street car track on E Washington St from Audubon Rd to Sheridan Dr was approved to be funded by property owners.
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S. Meridian St
Raymond St
Pleasant Run
Tenth
Fourteenth Sts
City
E. Washington St
Audubon Rd
Sheridan Dr
Argentine sportsman and companions found after plane flight
Bernardo Duggan an Argentine sportsman and his two Italian companions were located safe at Vigia near Maraca Island Brazil after a week of disappearance during a New York to Buenos Aires seaplane flight. Dis patches from Para Brazil reported their safe arrival.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Para
Brazil
Vigia
Maraca
Bernardo Duggan
New York
Buenos
Gilliom Demurs in Royse Health Board Case
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom filed a demurrer in circuit court to James G. Royse’s petition seeking reinstatement as assistant secretary of the State Board of Health. The judge had previously sustained a demurrer to the original suit, while Royse alleges illegal ouster and detainment from duties.
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Arthur L. Gilliom
James G. Royse
State Board of Health
Gilliom
Royse
Harry O. Chamberlin
Bandits Rob Roadhouse Near Chicago Evade After Safe Escape
Seven bandits robbed a roadhouse west of Chicago early today taking twenty five people to the room and escaping with a safe and bullets. No injuries reported. A thousand dollars was the reported haul.
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United Press
Chicago
Ten Big Acts mark Congress year work with one veto
Washington dispatch notes ten major administration sponsored laws enacted by the Sixty-Ninth Congress as the first session ends. It cites tax relief of 320 million, debt funding with six pacts, world court reservations, abolition of Railway Labor Board, air navigation regulation, a 165 million public buildings bill, relief for reclamation settlers, and expanded Army and Navy aviation programs.
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Timer
Washington Bureau
New York Avenue
Washington
Senate
World Court
United States
Italy
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Esthenia
Lativia
Railway Labor Board
Board of Mediation
Department of Commerce
Army
Navy
War Department
Army Air Corps
Hold Up Suspects Sought In City Robberies
Police pursue a Negro and a white man suspected in a Sunday hold up at 1619 Lexington Ave. They stole 26 dollars and railroad passes. Burglars took a pay phone at Sinclair station and 35 dollars from P S Shealey's grocery. A purse with 25 dollars was taken from Mrs Iva Felts near Capitol Ave. and Wilkins St. A blind man Ervin Carr reported 25 dollars of clothes stolen from his room at 810 Harmon St.
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James E. Laird
Lexington Ave
McCarty St
Virginia Ave
Sinclair
Twenty-First St
Capitol Ave
P. S. Shealey
W. Twenty-First St
Iva Felts
S. West St
Wilkins St
Ervin Carr
Harmon St
Disabled Veterans Meet in Atlanta for Sixth Annual Convention
About 4,000 wounded ex servicemen gathered in Atlanta for the sixth annual Disabled American Veterans of the World War convention. The city dressed in flags and war relics while Atlanta raised around $35,000 to entertain the guests and welcome arriving veterans.
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United Press
Atlanta
Lumber Yard Fire Causes About 3000 in Damages
A lumber yard blaze at the Indiana Excelsior Company on Keystone Avenue near Belt Railroad caused about 3000 in damages. Firemen led by Chief Jesse Hutsell struggled to save the mill and warehouse as a strong wind hampered efforts. The fire began in a lumber pile and spread to the bailing room and warehouse, drawing a large crowd while police details kept the situation orderly.
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Indiana Excelsior Company
Keystone Ave
Ant Belt Railroad
Jesse Hutsell
O. D. Thomas
Summer Arrives Tonight as Longest Day of Year
Summer officially arrives at 10 30 p m with the longest day of 15 hours and one minute of daylight. The sun rises at 4 16 a m and sets at 7 17 p m. The Weather Bureau forecasts mild start with thunder showers and cooler temperatures as the season begins. The 7 a m temperature at 67 degrees runs two degrees below normal.
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Indianawks
United States Weather Bureau
Referendum on Seizure of Former Rulers in Germany
Berlin reports Fifteen million German voters opposed seizing property of former rulers including the Hohenzollerns. In Sunday’s referendum 14,889,000 voted for seizure and 540,000 against it, far short of the 20,000,000 needed to make the vote binding. The government plans a Reichstag compromise to retain some state property and return the rest to the ousted monarchs and their families.
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United Press
Berlin
Hohenzollerns
Reichstag
Treasury Faces Fight Over Malt Tonic Permits
The Treasury Department faced renewed attacks on malt tonic permits as dry advocates push to abrogate them. The dispute centers on mixing malt tonic with near beer to produce a Muenchener like drink, demonstrated by Representative Le Guardia in the House office building. The Treasury maintains the product is purely tonic and defends its permit stance.
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United Prear
Washington
Treasury Department
le Guardia
New York
Drys
Treasury
Glass injures man at Kresge store in town
Martin Wright of 2108 Pine Street was cut on the head when a pane from a second story window fell at the Kresge variety store at 17 West Washington Street. Police said his hat protected him. he was treated and sent home.
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Variety Store
Martin Wright
Pine &J
Kresge
Washington St
Chicago Eucharistic Congress Draws 146000 In Rainstorm
The United Press reports June 21 that 146000 gathered near Soldiers Field Chicago for a grand Eucharistic Congress. Cardinal Bonzano and eleven cardinals attended with bishops monks and nuns as parochial school children sang and prayed. The ceremony blended ancient Rome pageantry with modern devotion in a vast stadium setting by Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Cardinal Bonzano
Papl
Cardins
J. L. O'Sullivan
United Press
Soldiers Field
Rome
Primaries Held in Maine and Minnesota Gubernatorial Battles
Voters in Maine and Minnesota went to the polls as primaries opened amid fair weather. In Maine, the key race is the Republican gubernatorial contest between Governor Ralph O. Brewster and Arthur L. Thayer. Minnesota features four governor candidates across two parties including Theodore Christianson and George E. Ldach for Republicans, Magnus Johnson and Tom Davis for Farmer-Labor, with Alfred Jaques unopposed for Democrats.
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United Press
Maine
Minnesota
Ralph O. Brewster
Portland
Arthur L. Thayer
Bangor
Theodore Christianson
George E. Ldach
Minneapolis
Magnus Johnson
Tom Davis
Alfred Jaques
Duluth
Johnson
West Hard for Hikers Says Girl
Miss Mary Rogers of Philadelphia recounts a westward hike with Miss Dorothy Ambrose that started on Memorial Day. They traveled to Denver then Chicago where Ambrose returned home, leaving Rogers with 50 cents, a motorist later brought her to Indianapolis.
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Mary Rogers
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Denver
Col
Miss Rogers
Dorothy Ambrose
Chicago
Miss Ambrose
Vincennes Booze Trial Opens in Indiana Federal Court
Trial of Vincennes booze cases began before Judge Robert C. Baltzell in Terre Haute Indiana. Sixty four Vincennes residents face charges of violating the national prohibition law or conspiring to do so. Knox County officials Floyd Young Roy Chambers and Harvey Smith are among the defendants with Roy Robinson a Vin cennes attorney having pleaded guilty and agreeing to testify for the government. Indictments followed a Federal grand jury investigation.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Vincennes
Robert C. Baltzell
Knox County
Floyd Young
Roy Chambers
Harvey Smith
Roy Robinson
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Ex Senator Vail Dies in Goshen After Illness
Lou W. Vail 75 former State Senator and Goshen attorney dies after a seven month illness. He practiced law in Goshen since 1877 and was treated for weeks at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis.
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Goshen
United Press
Ind
Lou W. Vail
Indiana
Vail
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Supreme Court weighs delay in Shurmaker contempt case
The Indiana Supreme Court named an advisory group of lawyers to draft guidance as it considers contempt proceedings against Rev. Edward B. Shurmaker and two associates. Chief Justice Myers warned defense counsel to avoid further delays while indicating a decision may come this week or at a summer session. The panel includes George Terra Haute Moses Lary Gauce Shirley Evan Brotsenberg Dan Sims, with Gilliam supported by Carter and Thompson.
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State Supreme Court
Edward B. Shurmaker
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Bupreme Court
David A. Myers
Myers
George C. Terra Haute
Moses B. Lary
CO. Gauce
Shirley
Indianapolis
Evan B. Brotsenberg
New Albany
Dan W. Sims
Lafayette
Gilliam
Bolen J. Carter
Will H. Thompson
Father of Hostetter Boys Faces Trial for Receipts
A jury is to hear the case of Richy ard Hostetter father of Robert and Howard Hostetter alleged to have received 2000 dollars from the February hold up of the Southport Citizens State Bank. Dennis Hostetter is serving a two to fourteen year term in the Indiana Reformatory for his role. Kenneth Reeves and Mrs Rose Mary Ka were named State witnesses. Reeves and the Hostetter brothers were linked to the crime with Robert and Howard subsequently escaping.
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Richyard Hostetter
Robert
Howard Hostetter
Southport Citizens State Bank
Dennis Hostetter
Indiana Reformatory
Kenneth Reeves
Rosé Mary Ka
Reeves
Kaiser
Howard
Man Admits Slaying Father in Milwaukee Household
Harold Owens 83 tells police he protected his mother by entering a room with his cars, finding his father aiming a shotgun at her, and seizing the weapon to shoot him. He confessed after the confrontation.
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Bu United Press
Milwaukers
Jung
Harold Owens
Owens
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