Senate gridlock marks Coolidge tax board fight
Times Staff Correspondent reports a bitter Senate clash over President Coolidge’s sixteen Federal tax board nominations showing weak executive leverage. The article notes defeats and delays including Warren’s failed attorney general bid and McCamant’s rejection, with withdrawals of Reed, Ritchie, and Shoup, and slow confirmations of Stone Woodlock Humphrey amid tariff commission tensions.
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Washington
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Charles B. Warren
Dawes
Senate
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Wallace McCamant
Oregon
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth
Thomas M. Reed
Elmer E. Ritchie
United States
Alaska
Arthur G. Shoup
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harlan F. Stone
Thomas F. Woodlock
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Demand in Evidence for High Grade Rails Lifts Markets
NEW YORK June 24 Today's market showed steady demand for high grade rails, signaling strong investor interest in dividend paying stocks. Canadian Pacific reached a new high since 1919, with notable gains for Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Nickel Plate. Money market rates were steady with call money at 4 1 4 percent and time money at 4 1 4 percent.
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Bu Inited Press
New York
Canadian Pacific
Atchison, C. & O
Nickel Plate
Banks and Exchange News from June 24
Local clears in Indianapolis totaled 3 536 000 with debits 5 469 000. New York statement shows June 24 clears 921 000 and exchanges at 97 000 000. Foreign exchange section notes steady market with demand sterling 8 16 pence, francs 2 89 cents, lire up, Belgium 2 88 4 cents, Holland 40 16 cents, Russian 5 ibe, Hong Kong 5 se, Shanghai and Yokohama rates listed.
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Indianapolis Bank Deskiea
New York
PrassEw Fo
Mentee
Atchison
Erie
Lehigh
Nh&h
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L&s W
Goodrich
Goodyr
C&f
Genelec
Lima
Westh
Ullman
Vigilante's Car and Gear Stolen in Indianapolis
A bank vigilante traveling to the Indiana Bankers Association shoot in Indianapolis had his car and his weapons stolen Tuesday night. The thief took F. W. Steelman’s car from New Harmony and the vigilante group’s shooting equipment from a garage. The suspect remains at large.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Bankers Association
F. W. Steelman
New Harmony
Posey County
Steelman
Rabbi Goodman to Leave Charge for New York Studies
Rabbi Goodman of Beth El Congregation at Thirty-Fourth and Buckle Streets will relinquish his charge soon and depart for New York to pursue a doctor’s degree at Columbia University. J A Goodman, president, announced a two month vacation ending in September. Mrs Goodman, then in a Battle Creek sanitarium, will join him on the trip.
Wheat and Corn Show Strength in Chicago Trade
Wheat and corn closed fractionally above the prior close amid a dull session on the Chicago Board of Trade. Oats remained steady, with corn rallying on Kansas rain and hail reports before finishing above Wednesday for all deliveries. provisions fell on late lard selling.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Kansas
Grain and Market Roundup from Chicago and Toledo
Wheat and corn futures advance in Chicago with July and September contracts rising while December holds. Primary receipts and shipments show notable movement. oats and rye mirror gains, with prices across multiple grades and timothy and clover featuring steady values in Toledo markets.
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Chicago
Toledo
Timothy
Ober
Alsike
Fresh Produce Price List From Local Market
The notice lists apples, bananas, apricots, cantaloupes, grapes, melons, citrus, berries, and vegetables with unit prices. Items include new apples 15.5 dollars per box, Early Harvest bananas 2.25, oranges California 3.50, strawberries Indiana 4.50, lettuce 0.15 per head, potatoes Nancy Hall 1.75 per 10 pounds, and assorted greens, roots, and tubers with varied crates and weights.
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Bae
California
Califonia
Valencia
Jamaica
Indiana
Plug
Valoriielons
Florida
H. G
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Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
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Acta G
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Local Wagon Wheat Tor i Trearasats Shel
Short, unclear local item references a wagon and wheat event with scattered proper nouns. The readable portion mentions Shel and Trearasats in a possible community notice. Details are fragmented and cannot confirm full facts or dates.
Fresh Market Prices for Butter Poultry and Potatoes
Chicago and Cleveland reports list wholesale and retail prices for butter creamery and firsts, poultry including fowls turkeys ducks and roosters, and potatoes with receipts from Southern Tiomphe California Carolina and Mississippi regions. Prices shown per pound or per 100 pounds with various grade distinctions.
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Og Abe
Chicago
Americas
California
Carolina
Cleveland
Alabene
Louisiana
Barr
Mississippi
Tubote
Sugar Market Trading Shows July Liquidation and Shifts
New Oak June 24. Wednesday's sugar futures trading centered on July liquidation and switches into nearby months. The market faced conditions in the refined trade with weather factors influencing buying. Analysts expect marked increases in prices later as aged purchases may trigger responses in the far months.
Building Permits Filed for Roofs Garages and Dwellings
Miller and many others filed permits for reroofs garages and dwellings across multiple addresses including 3130 N Delaware 152 Madeira 1002 W Thirtieth 620 E St Clair and 3242 Baltimore. Several entries note additions and excavations with values ranging from 200 to 3500 dollars and multiple owners named such as Spurgeon Lorain and Clonat.
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Delaware
W. Mitchell
Madeira
Harry
Spurgeon
N. Oakey
Stokes
E. St. Clair
Fawarg Otto
Rawlings
N. Ritter
Fred Kro
Bpetin Burk
New Jersey
Mary Pottage
Eugene
I Is Clonat
W. Morris
Mai Louie Clonat
W. Moramg Daniels
Church- Paugh
Washington
Fee
Charles Ee
Caplinger
Arles Richardson
Agnes
Menpanee
Pennsylvania
Art Delice
Sevilla
oacMel
Ose-Balz Company
Porch
Lightweights Top at $15 in Indianapolis Hog Market
Hog receipts reached 6000 with 1381 carried over. Lightweight hogs led at $15 while bulk sold around $14.50 to $15. Heavy weights $14.60 to $14.90, pigs $15, sows $12 to $13, and stags $11 to $13. Cattle at $5 to $10. Lambs $10 to $15, good lambs $14.50 to $15.75, sheep $7 and down.
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Packard Pierce
Studebaker
Wil Iva
Amer Smit
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Strela
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White Eagle Wee Aily Industrials
Ady Rumety
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Allis Chalm
Leows
Mont Ward
Woolworth
Athilles
Brklyn Man RI
RTS
Ons
EB &T
O Amn Co
Peoples
Wa Union
Atlan
Fleischmann
Orillard
Indianapolis
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Chicago and East St Louis Markets
Receipts around 10 000 cattle and 10 500 hogs feed trading in Chicago and East St Louis. Prices span heavy cattle about 14.25 to 14.75, veal and calves mixed, hogs steady to 10 cent gains, yearlings around 10.40 to 15.50, cows and bulls varied, sheep and lambs steady with occasional high bids, regional listings include Evansville and Joliet areas with multiple yard results.
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Mane Erne
California
Aia
Atockers
Nies
Lars
Eveland
Arket
York
Elow
Statison
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Choice
BDO
Cotton Market Reports Hint Bearish Private Data
New York June 24 reports suggest government estimates will be bearish. traders eye modest profits as the market reacts to private crop forecasts.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
London Athlete Here at Indianapolis Club Lunch
Captain Percy Redfern Creed of London, noted sportsman and journalist, spoke at an Indianapolis Legion lunch for the Americanization Commission. He urged settling disputes through sport, saying soccer can replace war among true sportsmen.
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Percy Redfern Creed
London
Indianapolis
Americanization Commission
The
American Legion
Pay Scale Adjustments Highlight State Finance Committee
The State legislative finance committee will tackle requests for pay scale adjustments in the secretary of State's offices and the conservation department when it meets Friday at the Statehouse. Routine business will keep the committee in session through Saturday, per State Examiner Lawrence F. Orr.
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Secretary of State
Conservation Department
State Legislative Finance Committee
Statehouse
Lawrence F. Orr
City fights bond issue legality to spare lawsuits
Alvah J. Rucker prepares a brief asserting the 210 000 dollar bond issue to pay unpaid city bills is legal. Union Trust Company rejects the bond in bidding, with Charles Remster arguing illegality. City officials had planned court judgments for creditors but Rucker argues litigation would be costly.
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Alvah J. Rucker
Union Trust Company
Charles Remster
Rucker
State Seeks Bids for Capitol Area Remodeling Plan
Estimates were obtained today by Ben Pierce statehouse custodian on remodeling the old medical school building at Capitol Ave and Market St to house the state museum and health board departments. More basement space is sought for the automobile license department at the statehouse.
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Ben Pierce
Statehouse
Medical School
Capitol Ave
Market St
State Museum
State Board of Health
Ohio Extradites Florence Shene in Apparel Theft Case
Governor Jackson approves the extradition of Florence Shene of Bluffton to Tiffin over theft of more than 1700 dollars in women's apparel. She is tied to the fatal shooting of an Anderson police officer who tried to arrest her and two other suspects. One male suspect, Ed Garner, died by his own hand in the Anderson jail.
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Jackson
Florence Sheneman
Bluffton
Tiffin
Ohio
Sheneman
Anderson
Ed Garner
Robber Holds Up Streetcar Conductor in Michigan City
A lone bandit robbed Roy Newlin on a West Michigan streetcar at Tibbs Avenue Wednesday night, taking $6 after threatening him with a gun. Newlin, conductor, was seated as the thief jumped from the car and fled.
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Roy Newlin
N. Miley Ave
W. Michigan
Tibbs Ave
Newlin
Prohibition Case Evidence Faces Defense in Vincennes Trial
In a Vincennes liquor case, Young denied conspiring with defendants and claimed no motive to repay a $450 payment to FE Miles for investigations. Ward pressed questions about Miles and Rubs of money, while Harvey Smith and others testified on transfers, fees, and alleged bribery during the Knox County proceedings.
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Ward
Anti-Saloon League
E. Ss. Shumaker
League
Indianapolis
Young
Baltzel
Elliott
A. Miles
Prohibition Force
James Armstrong
Harvey Smith
Knox County
Sherriff
Armstrong
Knox County Court
Jim Armstrong
Hammett Hinkle
Smith
H. R. Lewis
Corbin Summers
Summers
F. F. McNaughton
Bicknell
William Crowe
Roy Chambers
Chambers
Progger J. Thomas
Vincennes
Robinson
Curtis Shake
Shake
Ordinance Aims to Stop Inflammable Dumps Fires
Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew will propose an ordinance to ban dumping inflammable material at city dumps to prevent fires. Items targeted include paper boxes wooden wrecks oil waste tires scrap paper and garbage with dumps on Minnesota Street Southeastern and English Avenues Fall Creek Boulevard and Northwestern Avenue cited.
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Otis E. Bartholomew
Minnesota St
Southeastern
English Aves
Fall Creek Blvd
Northwestern Ave
City Building Department Salaries to Rise in 1927 Budget
Building commissioner Bert J. Westover said salaries for city building department officers will increase from 15000 to 20000 in the 1927 budget with some additional help. The boosts are in the new city building code adopted months ago by the city council. Westover expects little change in the total he will seek from the board of safety for appropriation.
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Bert J. Westover
Westover
Board of Safety
Two Doctors Court Sanity Testimony in Scott Trial
In Chicago on June 24 two renowned alienists testified before Scott's second sanity jury that Scott is sane. Dr Ralph T Hinton of the State hospital at Elgin corroborated the Chester Hospital superintendent Frank A Stubblefield who had testified earlier.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Scott
Ralph T. Hinton
State Hospital
Elgin
Tfl
Frank A. Stubblefield
Chester Hospital
Whaley Grand Larceny Case Date Tabled For Saturday
Prosecutor William JH Remy will decide on Saturday whether to move forward with the Whaley machine dealer case in Criminal Court next Thursday. Judge James A Collins noted a planned defense assistant may push the case to be passed, likely postponing to September. Other related trials for Moses and Victor Goldberg and for John D Williams and associates remain scheduled for July, with subsequent cases to follow if Whaley is delayed.
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William JH. Remy
C. William Whaley
Remy
James A. Collins
Moses
Victor Goldberg
John D. “Williams
George Bartley
Karl Crawford
Goldbergs
Whaley
Favor Change in Street Control in Meridian and Capitol
Indianapolis park board considers extending the business district north on Meridian Street and Capitol Avenue. John E. Milner supports widening Ninth Street to Boulevards as part of the plan. Bus operations on Capitol Avenue under review amid park board funding constraints.
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Meridian St
Capitol Ave
Eighth St
John E. Milner
Park Board
Board of Works
Roy C. Shaneberger
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Many Happy Returns for Cinderella
New York reports the sixteenth birthday of Cinderella, once a Bronx nurse’s daughter, now wife of Edward W. Browning. At the Victory Club celebration Browning’s social circle included peers of Peach Browning age, with a ballroom filled with diamonds and indulgent revelry.
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Bu United Press
New York
Cinderella
Mother Goose
eBronx
Prince Charming
Francis “Peaches
Heenan Browning
Peaches
Victory Club
Edward W. Browning
Browning
Bronx
Indictment Sought in Grand Larceny Conspiracy Case
The state seeks a reindictment of Margaret Leathers, James Rector also known as Colling, and Irene Rector for conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Judge James A. Colling sent the matter back to the grand jury after the case was presented. Prosecutor Remy offered evidence of stolen women’s apparel seized from the trio’s apartment.
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Margaret Leathers
James Rector
Alias Colling
Irene Rector
N. Tiltnois St
Apt. 10
James A. Colling
Remy
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