British Rum Taken From Liner Baltic
Removal of liquor from the White Star liner Baltic began at 1 40 pm as Washington authorities ruled no liquor beyond medical use can enter U S waters. Eight cases were unloaded from the hold and moved to a government warehouse. After 1004 bottles were removed, orders halted further removal until Dr D K Sprague of the public health service arrives to decide if the remaining stock qualifies as medicinal.
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United Press
New York
Washington
Federal Prohibition
Canfield
T. W. Little
Port of
D. K. Sprague
Public Health Service
Sprague
City Marble King Leaves A Play In National Tourney
Ross Beaver the Indianapolis Times city marbles champion and his mother head to Atlantic City for the national championship. The 10 year old, youngest finalist among forty, trains daily and is confident of winning. He will tour Washington before a beach event, then Philadelphia to see historic sites, with ten rings set up at Atlantic City for regional and national rounds through Friday advancing to consolation play and prizes for champions.
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Ross Beaver
Indianapolis
W. H. Beaver
W. Twenty-Third St
Atlantic City
Ross
Indianeapolis
Washington
White House
The
Capitol
Washington Monument
Arlington National Cemetery
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
William Penn
Disabled Veterans Head to DAV Convention in Minneapolis
Eleven delegates left Indianapolis for the Disabled American Veterans of the World War convention in Minneapolis Minnesota. About 25 000 veterans are expected to attend the event. Delegates from Indianapolis include Stuart Walker B C Kloetzke George Beckner L M Meyers Perry Nichols Harry J Winn H 8 Childers B H Harold Carroll Faulkner H G Klein and Tony Lange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Indianapolis
Stuart Walker
B. C. Kloetzke
George Beckner
L. M. Meyers
Perry Nichols
Harry J. Winn
H. 8. Childers
B. H. Harold
Carroll Faulkner
H. G. Klein
Tony Lange
Truck collision injures Sabec in city street crash
A truck owned by E. P. Long & Co. was struck while parked in front of 3018 Kenwood Ave. by F. B. McCord. Frank Sabec, 27, of 737 zh 8t., was driving south on Wright St. when his truck hit a touring car driven by Louis Amt at Morris St. Sabec sustained bruises. both cars damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Long & Co
W. Thirtieth St
Kenwood Ave
F. B. McCord
N. Capi Ave
Frank Sabec
Wright St
Morris St
Louis Amt
Leonarc St
Sabec
Weather report fragment notes morning temperatures
The readable lines show hourly temperatures with 6 am 8 am 11 am and noon readings indicating in the low to mid 90s. The fragment mentions 1 pm and afternoon values around 92 degrees.
British Liners to Keep Ample Medicinal Liquor on Board
The Baltic and Berengaria, London operated liners arriving in New York, will retain ample supplies of medicinal liquor as courts test Prohibition rules. Public health official White and Prohibition Bureau counsel Britt agreed the five gallons per 100 passengers rule will be observed, with doctors approving extra supplies if needed. Champagne and white wine for seasickness may also be dispensed under physician guidance.
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United Press
Washington
Berengaria
New York
United States Supreme Court
White
Public Health Service
James A. Britt
Prohibition Bureau
Shank Faces Uniform Change Debate For Cops
Mayor Shank faced department opposition over introducing white silk shirts for traffic cops. Police Chief Rikhoff warned heat would burn shirts in sun. The board of safety president Kingston opposed the plan but support cooler alternatives like colored wool shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Rikhoff
FE. L. Kingston
Board of Safety
King Albert Injured in Fall From Horse
Belgian King Albert sustained a broken wrist and minor injuries after being thrown from his horse at Laeken today. The incident occurred during a royal ride in Brussels with no immediate danger to his health reported.
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United Press
Brussels
Albert
Belgium
Laeken
Red Cross Offers Free Swim Lessons June 25 to 30
Agnes Cruse announces free Red Cross swimming instruction from June 25 to 30 at the Chamber of Commerce building fourth floor. Learn to swim to save lives with lessons offered by the Red Cross during the week. Register at Red Cross headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Agnes Cruse
Heat Wave Strikes Indiana With Record 110 Degrees
Indianapolis endures a heat wave as temperatures reach 92 in the afternoon and 84 in the shade by morning. Ice, ice cream and electric fans surge in demand. 1500 tons of ice and 10,000 gallons of ice cream go quickly. Cities across Indiana report 100 plus degrees with flames of heat noted in Vincennes and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Indianapolis
Polar Ice and Fuel Company
Furnas Ice Cream Company
Hatfield Electric Company
Vincennes
Bloomington
Lafayette
Columbus
United States
Rocky Mountains
Indiana
Five Heat Deaths in Twin Cities Over Week
Heavy rain ended a week of extreme heat that killed five people in the Twin Cities. Severe wind damaged small buildings and cut telephone and telegraph wires near Excelsior and Lake Minnetonka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Twin Cities
Here
Excelsior
Lake Minnetonka
Friday Hottest June Day in Forty Nine Years at Cincinnati
Cincinnati records a heat surge as June 23 sees temperatures rising toward a new peak. The previous day tied the hottest June reading in 49 years at 97.2 degrees, signaling a blistering spell across southern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United Press
Ohio
Thousands of City Playgrounds and Pools Opened for Kids
Thousands of children filled city playgrounds and three municipal pools as openings began. At Willard Park a crowd of 287 children entered the newly enlarged pool at 9 am, with another 250 joining at 10 am and more throughout the day under supervisor Dora Cooper. Other pools were Ringgold Playground and Douglass Park.
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Willard Park
Dora Cooper
Ringgold Playground
Douglass Park
Ghosts at Gunness crime site rise with new home
La Porte Indiana June 23 Ghosts of Belle Gunness ten murdered men and a fire killed her family haunt the former deathhouse now cleared away John Nepsha and family plan to build on the site saying the living scare him more than the dead and he will guard his fruit from thieves
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
John Nepsha
Indiana
Gunness
Nepsha
Here
Belle Gunneas
Michigan City
Civic Clubs Push Water Rate Fight in Indianapolis
Civic leaders say Indianapolis Water Company can keep pace with city growth without rate increases. Edward O. Snethen notes fair view for citizens while company cites need for more funds amid rising county growth. Dividends to common stockholders amount to 400 000 annually.
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Indianapolis Water Company
Edward O. Snethen
Federation of Community Civic Clubs
Indiana Trust Building
Frank C. Jordan
Civic Club Committee
Jordan
Indianapolis
Snether
Eounty
Water Company
Clarence E. Weir
Taylor E. Groninger
Edward W. Bemis
Chicago
T. P. Woodson
Sumner Clancy
College Ave
Michigan Road Bonds Approved for 5.4 Mile Cement Route
The State Board of Tax Commissioners approved a $223,000 bond issue to cement surface Michigan Road from Crooked Creek to the county line a 5.4 mile segment. The project, delayed by disputes over specs and bond size, will use McCaun Construction for $196,643 with Pfizenmayer earlier contract canceled as too high. Bridges cost $21,662. road will be twenty feet wide eight inches thick and start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Michigan Rd
Crooked Creek
Tax Board
Pfizenmayer Construction Company
Elevator shaft accident at Pittman Moore injures Gus Haywood
Gus Haywood age 50 of 2444 Puryear Street was seriously injured this afternoon after falling down an elevator shaft at Pittman Moore Manufacturing chemists located at 111 North Capital Avenue. He was transported to the city hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Haywood
Puryear St
Pittman-Moore Manufacturing Chemists
N. Capital Ave
Jury Finds Women Not Guilty in Slaying Case
In Chicago on June 23 the jury acquitted Mrs. Anna McGinnis and co defendants Miss Myna Pioch sister Francis Nee and Charles Schade in the murder of Michael McGinnis Anna’s husband the verdict was not guilty.
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United Press
Chicago
Anna McGinnis
Myna Pioch
Francis Nee
Charles Schade
Michael McGinnis
Anna
Four Men Burned in Ice Cream Plant Blast
Four men suffered burns to face and arms in an explosion at an ice cream factory rear of 602 W Maryland St. Tom Billions 57 and Tomy Poppas 57 of 602 W Maryland St Frank Thomas 32 of 40 N West St and John Sharkey 47 of 2815 N Illinois St were injured Sharkey is in serious condition. Sharkey had been called to repair a leaking air compressor when the gas escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
8&T
Tom Billions
Maryland St
Tomy Poppas
Frank Thomas
West St
John Sharkey
Illinois St
National City Bank to Take Over Commercial National Bank
Stockholders of the Commercial National Bank meet at 3 p m as National City Bank prepares to consolidate with Commercial National. Plans call National City to absorb the Commercial institution with staff to be retained, and proxies already secured for a two thirds vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Commercial National Bank
Brandt C. Downey
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
Second Offense Speeders Draw Jail Sentences
Kenneth Fowler and Forest Fox were fined and sentenced to thirty days in jail by City Judge Delbert O Wilmeth. This marks the first use of a new state law making a second speeding offense a jailable offense. Fox allegedly drove forty mph in a Fronty Ford and was chased on College Avenue. he offered a bribe of 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Fowler
Riebolt St
Forest Fox
Ashland Ave
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Wilmeth
Michael Glenn
Fox
Morissey and
Brooks
College Ave
Fisher
Glenn
Fowler
Prowler sought as police capture Sneed on vagrancy charge
Police hunt for a second suspect after John Davis reports two men prowling behind his home on Friday night. Charles Sneed, 19, of 706 Darnell Street, is arrested on a vagrancy charge. Heller and Petit of the Motor Police arrested Sneed while the accomplice fled amid a shower of bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sneed
Darnell St
John Davis
Alabama St
Heller and Petit
Sneed
How to Combat the Heat by Rear Admiral Grayson
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson offers practical health rules for hot weather. He urges small ice water portions, shade and limit sun, light clothing, modest exertion, diet with vegetables fruit and limited starch fat, daily bowel movement and bath, regular sleep, reduced smoking, and a plan to spread work through the day. He notes heat will pass and ends with a farmer anecdote about rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary T. Grayson
Medical Corps
United States Navy
United News
Washington
Shank to Study Street Railway Lines in City
Mayor Shank announced formation of a committee from the board of works and City Controller to inspect street car systems in other cities, especially Cleveland, to decide if a fare increase is needed. A prominent citizen will join. action aims to improve service and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Shank
Board of Works
Joseph L. Hogue
Cleveland
Romantic bandits send back victim's checks
Three men who held up Harry Bowen a Franklin filling station operator mailed back the victim's checks and a season basketball ticket. Bowen, though grateful to recover the $15 in checks, wishes to see the bandits behind bars. The letter was mailed from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Indianapolis
Times Special
Ind
Robin Hood
Harry Bowen
Franklin High
Bowen
Bandits
Cabinet meeting chaired by Mayer Shank at city office
Mayer Shank convened a cabinet meeting today and directed city department heads to submit suggestions for improving the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Mayer Shank
Ward Plan At City Hospital Budget
Dr. Herman G. Morgan city sanitarian told the monthly cabinet meeting that a new ward for a psycho pathic ward should be included in the 1924 city budget. He also urged the mayor to consider a tuberculosis hospital with 100 beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman G. Morgan
Morgan
Girl Bruised In Crash At Union And Palmer
Everett Fallon struck a parked car owned by Joseph Strauss at Union and Palmer Streets. Alta Rolland was thrown from the car and found under Strauss's vehicle with a badly bruised eye and cuts.
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Everett Fallon
Charles St
Joseph Strauss
W. Twenty-Sixth St
Union and
Palmer Sts
Alta Rolland
Strauss
Good Samaritan’s kindness ends with loss on streetcar
G H Humphrey of 756 Highland Ave loses 185 dollars after helping a man believed cripple onto a streetcar at Washington and Pennsylvania Streets. The man, about 45, five feet eight, 180 pounds, wore a light summer cap and fled as car started. Humphrey filed a report describing the incident and suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Humphrey
Highland Ave
Humphrey
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
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Mother
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Sol
Shade
Farmer
Brave Gunness
Michigan Road
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H. G. Morgan
Good Samaritan
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