Dallas Hong Kong Flight Longest Ever Tried
United Press reports a planned Dallas to Hong Kong air race worth 25 000 to 50 000 dollars with a 144 hour limit and stops in San Francisco Honolulu and Manila or Guam. Capt William P Irwin of Dallas leads entrants as pilots face a 9 000+ mile Pacific crossing after a 1 500 mile Dallas to San Francisco leg.
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Dallas-Hong Kong
James G. Dole
San Francisco Daily News
Scripps-Howard
Dole
The
Dallas
Texas
Hongkong
William E. Easterwood Jr
Rich
Rockies
San Francisco
Onolulu
Honolulu
Manila
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
San Francisco-Honolulu
Prize of $50 000 Lures Many to Frisco
The event draws famed aviators Leigh Wade and Linton Wells traveling together with Ben Stern and Jess Windham. Stern and Windham photo the Mississippi flood for the Press Scimitar and NEA Service. Mildred Doran of Flint plans to depart from San Francisco with a male companion. Lieutenant Maitland pilots toward the west coast, while Charles Lindbergh may join if he commits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Ben Stern
Jess Windham
Stern
Memphis
Mildred Doran
Flint, Mich
San Francisco
Lester Maitland
Hawa
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Prison probe report ready for Governor
After a charities board meeting the final Stephenson prison investigation report was framed and will be presented to Governor Jackson next Tuesday. No publicity has been given and a copy will go to Indiana State prison trustees who will meet to consider parole plea of D C Stephenson, serving life for murder. Habeas corpus arguments heard by Supreme Court on same date if lower court is reversed. Warden Daly would release Stephenson if needed. Testimony from Stephenson Daly and Moorman compiled. board says no more testimony. Attendees included Secretary John A Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Charities Board
Stephenson
Jackson
Indiana State Prison
D. C. Stephenson
Marion
Hamilton County
Supreme Court
Charities Board
Hiram Evans
Atlanta
Daly
John H. Moorman
Michigan City
Moorman
John A. Brown
Francis H. Gavish
E. C. Rumpler
Indianapolis
W. H. Eichhorn
Bluffton
William J. Sayers
Muncie
Evansville Ohio River Bridge Rush Draws Officials
Marcus Sonntag E D Wemyss and H C Cleymeyer of Evansville met with the State highway commission and Governor Jackson to speed the Evansville Ohio River bridge project. Estimated cost about 3 million dollars to be funded by state county and highway funds. Plans call for a toll operation until reimbursement, while private builders seek the contract for profit. Evansville Chamber of Commerce opposes the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Sonntag
E. D. Wemyss
H. C. Cleymeyer
Evansville
State Highway Commission
Jackson
Ohio River
Funeral Rites Planned for Cumberland Man Hartman
Funeral services for William Hartman 50 of Cumberland Indiana will be held at St John Evangelical Church Cumberland at 2 p m Saturday with burial in the church cemetery Hartman took his life Thursday by slashing his throat with a razor Coroner Paul F Robinson said he had previously tried iron poisoning Relatives say despondency over financial losses led to the act Beside his widow Mrs Matilda Hartman five children and two brothers survive Hartman lived in Cumberland where his parents had recently emigrated from Germany
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Cumberland
William Hartman
Ind
St. John’s Evangelica Church
Hartman
Paul F. Robinson
Matilda Hartman
Cumberlands
Cumberland Palt
Germany
Negro Unity at Polls Urged at NAACP Conference
At the eighteenth annual NAACP conference in Bethel A M E Church speakers urged organization of Negroes into political groups to secure municipal improvements and ballot use in 1928. William Pickens said voting strengthens both Black and White supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Vermont
Toledo Sts
William Pickens
New York
I. B. Scott
Nashville
Tenn
South
Harry E. Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Caleb Mills Hall
Praise Newspaper Ads
Dempster MacMurphy, representing Middle West Utilities, told the Advertising Club at a luncheon that public utilities should avoid press agents. He urged an ambassador to the public from the utility viewpoint and said goodwill advertising slowly builds public understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempster MacMurphy
Chicago
Middle West Utilities Company
Public Information Director
Advertising Club
MacMurphy
Nurses Charge Gentile Internes at Kings County Hospital
Two nurses level charges of hazing and persecution against Dr Hyman A Solovay and Dr Louis Borow at Kings County Hospital. Authorities said proof would lead to immediate dismissal and triggered an investigation of the city public welfare department. The accusations involve Jewish internes and Gentile staff as the inquiry unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Kings County Hospital
Public Welfare Department
Hyman A. Solovay
Louis Borow
$800000 Hotel Plan Approved at Fourteenth and PennsylvanIa
Pennfore Realty Company led by Fred M Meier announces an 133 apartment hotel at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania Streets costing 800000 The zoning board grants permission with ground floor setback for future street widening An arcade will satisfy the setback Storerooms will line the street floor The hotel replaces a two story frame building at 1404 N Pennsylvania St
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Pennfore Realty Company
Fred M. Meier
Fourteenth and
Pennsylvania Sts
Board of Zoning Appeals
Pennsylvania St
Arbitration Petition Alleges Grievances Against Indianapolis Street Railway
James Green and other employees file with the public service commission. They claim 64 workers were dismissed before the 1926 July strike, accused of striking, with open shop defiance. Extra board crews work 4 a m with little or no pay, rest times are insufficient, striker seniority was erased, and current pay 40 to 45 cents an hour is insufficient. They seek return of strikers, restoration of seniority, and a wage scale from 60 to 65 cents per hour, plus adjustments to other grievances. Arthur Rendree’s reinstatement is also requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Green
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Frank Baker
Arthur Rendree
Druggists Elect State Association Officers
Wood Wiles of Bloomington was elected president of the State Association of Retail Druggists. Other officers chosen at the closing session include W. A. Oren of Indianapolis as secretary, L. G. Kramer of Michigan City, Fred Smith, and H. W. Heine of Lafayette as vice presidents, E. G. Buechner of Elkhart as treasurer, and Frank B. McCullough of New Albany as permanent secretary.
Dog’s Snores Alarm Operator in Winsted Call
A telephone operator on a routine call heard loud breathing over the line and traced it to a dog sleeping near the instrument. The owner of the house arrived home to find the dog had knocked the phone from the table and caused the accidental alert.
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Times Special Winsted
Conn
Bankers Indicted in Columbia City Conspiracy and Embezzlement
Federal grand jury returns indictments against two Columbia City bank officials Archie G. Smith and Frank E. Kenner on conspiracy and embezzlement charges after a bank failure. Edison L. Wagner of Terre Haute faces an eight figure abstracting count. Seven Indianapolis residents named among twenty three indictments. others hail from Ft. Wayne East Chicago South Bend and Evansville.
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Columbia City
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Archie G. Smith
First National Bank of
Frank E. Kenner
Edison L. Wagner
McKeen National Bank
Terre Haute
Shooting Unexplained Near White River and Washington St
Police investigated a Thursday night gunshot incident near White River and Washington Street. The bullet hit the car of Noble B Toliver a 29 year old filling station attendant of 410 Goodlet Ave Toliver reported hearing a shot and seeing a car speed east on Washington Street.
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Ington St
Noble
Toliver
Goodlet Ave
Washington St
June Weather Fails to Dampen County Marriage Licenses
County Clerk George R. Hutsell notes June marriages keep pace with last year despite rain. Through June, 326 licenses issued, with two fewer couples than 196? figures, and one case of a license obtained for a later ceremony.
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Cupid
Indianapolis
George R. Hutsell
Hutsell
City Manager League seeks 100000 members in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis City Manager League launched a drive to recruit 100000 members to back municipal reform. Sol Schloss heads plans for ward and precinct meetings, with Lehaman Dunning Roy Lewis Claude H Anderson among organizers and Coffin Esterline Snethen steering the league board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
League
Charles F. Coffin
John Esterlin
Esterl Angus Company
Chamber of Commerce
Phone deal approval sought in state utility petitions
Fayette Telephone Company and Connersville Telephone Company filed petitions with the public service commission to approve a sale. Connersville would buy Fayette for twelve thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Fayette Telephone Company
Connersville Telephone Company
Patriotic rally by K P Lodge at Castle Hall
Olive Branch Lodge No. 2 Knights of Pythias plans a patriotic rally Saturday night at Castle Hall 230 E Ohio St Drill teams and Pythian Sisters perform fancy drills Chancellor Commander presides Archibald Hall delivers the address Robert Wenner banjo solo George Williams piano solo readings by Mrs John Mushrush and Miss Florence Smith music by a trio Helen Brose Otto Brose and George William with piano violin cornet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Branch Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Ohio St
Pythian Sisters
Archibald Hall
Robert Wenner
George Williams
John Mushrush
Florence Smith
Helen Brose
Otto Brose
George William
Luther League convention closes in Indiana church
The thirtieth annual Indiana convention of the Luther League Indiana synod United Lutheran Churches of America adjourned in Richmond. Officers elected include President Rev. J. S. Albert of Muncie, Vice President Verna Schwab of Louisville, recording secretary Cordelia Nickel of Batesville, treasurer Oliver C. Fetta of Indianapolis, and a five year committee member.
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Luther League
Indiana Synod
United Lutheran Churches of America
J. S. Albert
Muncie
Verna Schwab
Louisville
Cordelia Nickel
Batesville
Oliver C. Fetta
Indianapolis
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Aces of Air
Pacific
Lieut. L. J. Maitland
Lieut
Leigh Wade
Atlantic Ocean
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Asia
Paris
Ocean
Dallas-Kong
Sity
Linton Wells
China
PAC
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Midway
Seattle
Equator
W. P. Irwin
Plan Hartman Funeral
Chicagoan
Wood Wiles
Bloomington
Heads State Association
White River
Wash
City League
Hickey Freeman
Stein Bloch
Fashion Park
L.strauss & Go
K.P
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