Governor Drops Bid to Oust Williams Indicated in Letter
A letter to M. E. Noblet secretary of the Hoosier State Automobile Association reveals Governor Jackson’s shift on John D. Williams the State highway commission director. The letter praises the department noting its efficiency and a large highway program for this year and plans to expand mileage next year.
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Ed Jackson
John D. Williams
State Highway Commission
M. E. Noblet
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Noblet
Claypool
Williams
Earl D. Crawford
Crawford
States of the Union
Highway Department
French Crisis Grows With Finance Cabinet Uncertain
Paris June 22 United Press Caillaux moved to push an urgent meeting of left senators and deputies amid doubt over Briand forming a viable cabinet Doumer had been seen as accepting the finance portfolio but may refuse Briand’s invitation Former Premier Poincare declined the post over debt funding terms with the United States.
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United Press
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Paul Doumer
Aristide Briand
Doumer
Caillaux
Briand
Poincare
United States
Drunk Driver Ross Allison Fined and Jailed in Municipal Court
Judge Pro Tem Thomas Whallon sentenced Ross Allison of 1317 Roach Street to ten days in jail and fined him $10 plus costs for driving while intoxicated. An additional $10 and costs was added for intoxication.
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Thomas Whallon
Ross Allison
Roach St
Classified sale items listed for vehicle and property
A Ford Coupe in good running order offered for 175 dollars. A six room bungalow in good location offered for sale with 100 dollars down. A small lunch room available for 150 dollars. A race horse and harness are offered for sale. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS CONSULT TODAY'S CLASSIFIED.
Mrs Kealing Likely Appointed to City Park Board
Mrs. Joseph B. Kealing, wife of Indiana's Republican national committeeman, appears set to succeed Emsley W. Johnson on the city park board. Mayor Duvall praised the possible pick but denied a formal tender. Orbison's removal from Democratic consideration and Keach's note on consultation frame the appointment process.
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Joseph B. Kealing
Republican National Executive
Indiana
Emsley W. Johnson
Witness testifies to fixing cases for bootleggers in Indiana trial
Roy Robinson, former Vincennes attorney turned government witness, swore he paid Floyd Young Knox County prosecutor for favorable handling of bootlegger cases, amounts ranging from 100 to 200 dollars. Eight defendants pled guilty. three await trial as others remain at large in the largest Indiana liquor conspiracy case. Judge Robert C. Baltzell presides in Terre Haute Federal Court as the sprawling network is probed.
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Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
Roy Robinson
Vincennes
Floyd Young
Knox County
Robinson
Harvey Smith
August Wolfe, Jr
Herman Ayres
Emery Hall
John Schlomer
Eli Crane
Marvin Shepherd
Ben Crawford
Adolph Adams
Alex Thomas
Everitt Nicklegs
Robert C. Baltzell
Young
University of Michigan
Indiana
Inmate Population Increases at State Institutions
A report by John J. Brown secretary of the board of State charities shows an overall rise of 1,021 inmates across state charitable and penal institutions in the past year. The State prison declines by 41 while the five insane hospitals gain 364, the State reformatory 305, and the State farm 273.
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John J. Brown
Board of State Charities
State Reformatory
State Farm
Traffic stickers bring fines under police warning
Traffic Inspector Lester Jones reports E. M. Lawrence of 559 Tibbs Ave. was fined 15 dollars after five traffic violation tags. Paul Hedges of 3458 N Capitol Ave. paid 20 dollars for failure to appear after receiving five stickers. Jones warns authorities will be rough with violators.
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Lester Jones
E. M. Lawrence
Tibbs Ave
Paul Hedges
N. Capitol Ave
Jones
Shelbyville Storm Floods Streets. Crops Damaged Countywide
Severe damage to crops reported across Shelby County after a rain and wind storm late Monday. The downpour flooded streets in Shelbyville, Indiana, on June 22.
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United Press
Shelbyvill
Ind
Shelby County
Air blast kills man at Starr Piano Company
Richmond Indiana June 22 Ed win Issen 55 was killed when air pressure used to siphon oil from a steel drum blew off the drum head tearing into his head at the Starr Piano Company authorities said the accident occurred late Monday in the plant
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Edwin Issen
Starr Piano Company
Issen
Bandit pleads guilty in street car robbery bid
Evansville Indiana June 22 Douglas Spradley twenty was held under five thousand dollars bond today to the Circuit Court after entering a guilty plea to an attempt to rob a street car conductor.
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Bus Times
Evansville
Ind
Douglas Spradley
Circuit Court
Street Car Workers Seek Commission Action in Arbitration Case
Streetcar employees of the Indianapolis Street Railway and the Amalgamated Association press for arbitration via the public service commission. A federal court issued a temporary restraining order against a strike, while 64 discharged workers appeal the firings asserting union affiliation. The men cite Governor Jackson and urge a binding commission award, with arbitration as final.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Public Service Commission
Jackson
Frank P. Baker
Alcide
Duvall Plan Explored For Kessler Boulevard Route
A. W. Brayton and Mayor Duvall discussed routing Kessler Blvd along Fall Creek with park board president Joan Milner. Brayton indicated a possible Fall Creek route from Thirty-Eighth Street and noted the mayor favors natural watercourses and opposes routing near his home at 6242 College Ave.
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Duvall
New Park Board
Kessler Blvd
Fall Creek
A. W. Brayton
Joan E. Milner
Brayton
Thirty-Eighth St
College Ave
Duval
City moves to condemn 19 shacks over fire hazards
Indianapolis officials order immediate repair or wrecking of seventy five dilapidated buildings from a canvass of over a hundred structures. Fire Prevention Chief Horace Carey and health officials cite fire and disease risk as crews inspect neighborhoods city wide and warn owners to act before inspectors arrive.
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Indianapolis
Horace T. Carey
Board of Health
Bert J. Westover
Carey
Submarine S-51 May Surface Today After Salvage Effort
Aboard the U S S Vestal off Block Island Rhode Island the salvage ship Falcon began pumping air into sunken S-51 pontoons amid a stiff southwest breeze. Crews reported the submarine buoyant and believed raising it to the surface possible by late afternoon or tonight.
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United Preas
Vestal
Block Island
R. I
Falcon
Assailant Identified in Purse Snatch Him Shot by Officers
William Young 22 of 308 N New Jersey St was charged with assault and battery and intent to commit robbery after Mrs Bertha Pinto 220 N East St identified him as the man who knocked her to the sidewalk and seized a purse containing 200 and a diamond ring valued at 500 Police said Young fled but was stopped when Motor policemen Davidson and Schley fired a shot Monday night The purse was recovered with Mrs Pinto holding on to it until a motorist arrived.
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William Young
New Jersey St
Davidson and Schley
Bertha Pinto
East St
Young
Tariff speech mix up shocks House members
In Washington on June 22 members of the House were astonished to find Rep Harry Canfield Democrat of Indiana listed for a high tariff speech in the Congressional Record and Rep Begg Republican of Ohio listed for a sharp attack on tariff rates. Canfield asked the public printer for explanation as names appeared swapped.
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Indiana
Times
Washington
House
Harry Canfield
Representative Begg
Ohio
Canfield
Begg
Fireworks blaze levels store in Nova. $17,500 damage
Fire starting from fireworks in the front window of A. G. Newby & Son general store on Eighty-Sixth St and State Rd destroys the building and a curbside truck loaded with butter and cheese. Fire crewmembers saved a rear garage as flames leaped 60 to 75 feet, killing most cash and accounts.
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A. G. Newby & Son
Eighty-Sixth St
State Rd
Nova
Broad Ripple and
Brightwood Fire Companies
Jesse Hutsell
Russell Rider
Twenty- First St
Schlosser Creamery Company
Police issue light duty strikes on city and highway motorists
State Policeman Brdges arrested fourteen motorists on highways Monday night for failure to dim headlights. City police arrested four drivers for no auto lights and six for traffic code violations. Eleven drivers were charged with
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Brdges
Nuns Gather in Chicago for Peace Plea at Eucharist
In Chicago on June 22 a massive Catholic service drew 250000 worshippers inside an outdoor cathedral and 100000 more outside, with 6000 nuns leading choirs from Catholic churches and 6000 laywomen joining the devotion as they heard a plea for peace.
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United Prene Soldiers
Chicago
W C T U Leader Questioned By Senate Committee
Washington July 22 The special primary investigating committee questioned Mrs Ella M George president of the Pennsylvania W C T U about a 250000 prohibition enforcement fund She said the state organization has 50000 members raises 50000 yearly and spent 31300 in 1925 The group hires speakers to campaign against candidates it opposes and Governor Pinchot paid for about three speakers in the last Pennsylvania primary
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Special
Ella M. George
Pennsylvania
George
Reed
Pinchot
Yellow Kid Weill Sentenced in Bond Theft Case
Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weill of Chicago was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary and fined $2,000 for possessing stolen government bonds. He had been convicted earlier of holding stolen bonds, 2 cent stamps, and $5,000 in safekeeping goods from a railway messenger during incidents tied to a Rondout mail robbery.
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United Press
Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid” Weill
Federal
Yellow Kid
Indiana
Hardware shops profit from prohibition boom says trade group
P J Stokes directs the National Retail Hardware Association research bureau which reports bootlegging gear like stills coils bottling equipment and vats are fueling a vast new hardware sector. Delegates heard prohibition has not helped hardware merchants and specialist shops dominate the bootleg machinery market.
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America
National Retail Hardware Association Congress
Association
Meyer-Kiser Bldg
P. J. Stokes
Stokes
Hourly Temperatures Chart with Morning Readings
The page lists hourly temperatures from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. with readings such as 59, 78, 62, 55, 78, 67, 74, 72, and 76. It also includes garbled names scattered in the header. The data shows a rising morning temperature toward noon.
Indianapolis Faces Budget Dilemma Over School Levy
Indianapolis plans a $1.40 two year levy option to fund a growing system. Officials warn only high levy can build enough classrooms this year to meet needs. Sixty portables house over 2,500 elementary students as population rises.
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Indianapolis
Jacob H. Hilkene
Real Estate Board and Post Office Department
Lights for Soldiers and Sailors Monument Discussed
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce publicity committee outlined lobbying at the 1927 State Legislature to install flood lights for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Monument Circle. A 1925 bill for lights was previously discussed in committee. Plans for Courtesy week tied to Labor Day and the State fair opening were considered, and seven travel picture proposals from firms for national distribution were reviewed.
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Monument Circle
Ber of Commerce
Homer McKee
Indianapolis
Five Children Die In Waterford House Fire
A fire destroyed the Waterford home of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich, Sr. near Albany New Jersey killing five of their children and severely burning other family members. The only survivor was a 3 month old baby.
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United Preas
Albany
N. J
Aldrich, Sr
Waterford
What Went On in Congress in 1776
The Times will publish a series stepping back to 1776 with daily dispatches from the Continental Congress. Finney of The Times Washington Bureau uses Congressional Records to recreate events as if reported that day, starting June 24 1776. One dispatch notes Congress appropriated $2 for a soldier's coffin.
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Scripps-Howard
Congress
Continental Congress
Ruth. Finney
Times Washington
Congressional
Miss Finney
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