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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1930
Page
1
J H Armington cautions no divine aid for the heat as Thursday cool showers are forecast. City workers, shoppers, and lifeguard-like photographers adjust to the torrid day with soda fountains busy and coats abandoned. Goldfish require 70 degree water to survive while owners urge shade, water, and light meals for pets. Golfers chase tan on hot fairways as feminine fashion shifts to lighter ensembles.
The Southern Cross landed at Harbor Grace Newfoundland after 31 hours 35 minutes and 2190 miles from Port Marnock Dublin. Captain Kingsford Smith and crew slept before renewed attempt to reach New York, having flown blind for hours through fogs and clouds with failing compass near Newfoundland.
Retired Yale Graduate School dean Dr Wilbur L Cross a possible Democratic gubernatorial candidate issued a statement from New Haven Connecticut on June 25 demanding repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
London June 25 King George Queen Mary and royal family took part in a grand pageant at the reopening of St Pauls cathedral after repairs. Also on June 25 a dinner at the Spanish embassy honored King Alfonso of Spain, marking the first out dining night for King George since illness.
A Dublin dispatch to the Evening News reports Captain J. Patrick Saul's father, navigator of the Southern Cross, is seriously ill and sinking. The update comes as the airship continues its voyage.
South side civic leaders asked the work board for a 6 cent track elevation levy in 1931 to speed elevation plans. President E. Kirk McKiney said the levy was 2 cents last year and suggested cutting elsewhere to fund the project. The board set July 16 for a public hearing on the College and Kentucky avenues improvement under the connecting link law, with county commissioners joining the meeting.
The sixteenth annual convention of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association, set for Thursday at the Marott, is postponed due to the serious illness of president Fred W. Senger who was injured in an automobile accident. Senger owns Peer Dry Goods in Peru and will oversee selection of a planning committee once he recovers.
Vatican reports Pope Pius is in good health and actively carrying out the jubilee program. A Vatican note called health rumors wholly groundless after the canonization ceremonies and repeated audiences with thousands of pilgrims.
Amelia Earhart appeared to set an international women’s speed record at Grosse Ile airport near Detroit as she averaged 174.9 mph over a 64 mile course in a Lockheed Vega.
President Hoover demands a special session of the Senate to debate the London naval treaty despite a petition from twenty three senators asking to delay until fall. Officials indicated the White House stance.
Service Club of Indianapolis issues statement supporting completion of the World War memorial site after county commissioners invited opinions from local groups about the proposed purchase of churches on the memorial ground.
The Standard Paving Company, with a low bid of 26199, wins the Delaware street bridge approach improvement contract from the works board. The project covers asphalt paving on Delaware street from the bridge to Twenty-eighth street, Fall Creek boulevard, and the street linking Washington boulevard and Talbott street. President Harvey Tutewiler pledges to rush completion before August 15 and notes the bridge will be closed to traffic for a minimum period to ease heavy traffic flow.
In quarter final play at Avalon Country Club today Miss Elizabeth Abbott of Avalon a favorite was edged by Mrs J C Patten one up. Miss Elizabeth Dunn defending champion and Mrs Ben Stevenson ex titleholder split a tight match ending eighteenth with Dunn one up. Ruth White 1929 runner up moved to meet Dunn in the semi finals Thursday by a 6 and 4 victory over Mrs Roy Van Horn. Mrs Robert Tinsley defeated Mrs Marjorie Fisher Kahn 1 up in nineteen holes.
Buffalo June 25 Harry Richman New York nightclub proprietor plans to marry Clara Bow the It girl of the movies some time in August and Maxie Rosenbloom the pugilist will be his best man Richman announced today.
Great Britain's 1930 naval construction program will include three cruisers, one flotilla leader, eight destroyers, three submarines, four sloops, one net-layer and a target towing vessel. The total cost is set at 45 million dollars, announced by A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admiralty.
The House unanimously passed the World War veterans' pension bill and sent it to President Hoover for his anticipated veto. Speaker Longworth signed, Vice President Curtis added Senate signature, and a messenger delivered the measure to the White House. Republicans reportedly ready to vote against passage over the veto, ensuring the veto stands. Mussolini should take notice.
Officials of the American Legion issued a formal statement supporting the measure as passed by the senate and favored amendments adopted by the house. National adjutant James F. Barton said members were not authorized to seek a presidential veto.
Fragmentary weather data shows hourly temperatures with inconsistent annotations including 68 at 6 a.m. 71 at 10 a.m. and a noon reading of 87 with 82 at 1 p.m. The garbled text includes stray letters and digits such as cg SL ee ee and 9 aytm, reducing reliability of the forecast.
Ex Senator James A Reed continues his series on the crime against temperance promising to expose how the Anti-Saloon League uses money and how dry leaders press churches to enforce prohibition. The piece notes another installment titled From Liberty to Prohibition set for Thursday.
Luther Day opens final court battle in Mahoning county over the merger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube with Bethlehem Steel. Judge David G Jenkins will rule within a fortnight on whether to issue an injunction halting the billion-dollar deal amid claims of gross fraud.
In San Francisco on June 25 Howard Miller admitted the accusations made by Miss Kathryn La Rue in Judge George J. Steiger’s court. He claimed he did not tip his hat, a minor point, prompting the judge to sentence him to thirty days in the county jail.
Viola Nelson, 18, admitted fabricating a story of torture and a $30,000 extortion after three hours of questioning by Sheriff O J Tweeten. She said she inflicted self wounds with a pen knife to push her grandparents, Anne Holt and her husband, into sending her away to school.
The colorful tale traces Carol II of Romania through two marriages, a royal mistress, and elopement, as he regains the throne from his young son King Michael. Allies and rivals in a Balkan drama, the Paris bureau reports his dramatic return and the couple’s public romance.
The Mobile arson suspect Harold Schroeder faced stern cross examination in Marion County Court as Ira Holmes pressed for bond reduction and a murder arraignment. Schroeder clung to his statement that a hitchhiker died in a crash and that he burned the car not to conceal murder. Public interest surged as police processed him and defense work began in Mobile with lawyers seeking habeas relief.
Chicago reports the death of 63 year old nurse Ida May Galbraith after she taped her lips, attached her purse to her body, and leaped into Lake Michigan Tuesday night. The body was recovered early today.
Miss Thelma Cole, 30, of Terre Haute, was released today on habeas corpus proceedings before Superior Judge William S. McMasters. The petition, granted with agreement from defense attorneys and deputy prosecutor George Eggleston, frees her while held on a vagrancy charge suspected of auto theft.
The department informs Senator Connally that a new federal penitentiary for the southwest will be built near El Paso Texas. Connally notes the potential location and discusses the matter with official circles in Paso.
Henry Davis 26 of 1210 Union St Berlington hq says he would rather be in his shoes. Harold Herbert Schmeder prisoner is brought in for fingerprinting. Gard McNeece 18 of 910 S New Jersey St and John E Mutter 19 confess to ten grocery holdups and are described as tough by police. Schroeder ignores the scene with a smile.
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