Mortgage loan king sells Indiana empire for over three million
William A. Zumpfe, longtime Indianapolis financier, sells his chain of Provident Loan Companies and related interests in Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania to Merchants and Manufacturers Securities Company of Chicago for reputedly more than 3 million dollars. The deal closed while Zumpfe lay seriously ill at Methodist Hospital.
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Methodist Hospital
Horatio Alger Jr
Alger
William A. Zumpfe
Zumpfe
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Merchants and Manufacturers Securities Company of
Chicago
Provident Loan Companies
Valparaiso
Elkhart
Michigan City
South Bend
Hammond
East Chicago
Youngstown
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Will Chandler
Leo
John H. Aufderheide
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Shortridge High School
Business
Indiana National Bank
Indiana Banking Company
Aufderheide
Frank D. Stalnaker
Zum Pfe
Central Loan Company
North Alabama Street
Long Beach
Ind
Lake Michigan
Leader in Motor Industry Dies After Operation
Harry C. Stutz 53 a pioneer in American auto industry died at Methodist hospital Indianapolis after an appendectomy Monday He designed the first Stutz car helped found Marion Ideal and Stutz Motor Car companies later engaged in fruit growing and airplane motor work Survivors include his widow Clara Dietz former wife Blanche Miller two sisters a daughter and a grandchild Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday at McNeely Sons parlors North Meridian Street Indianapolis
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Harry C. Stutz
Stutz Motor Car Company
Methodist Hospital
Stutz
Indianapolis
Orlando
Fla
McNeely & Sons Undertaking
North Meridian Street
Mr. Stutz
Ansonia
Henry J
Elizabeth S.stutz
New Carlisle
Dayton
Lindsey-Russell Axle Company
G. & J. Tire Company
Marion Motor Car Company
Ideal Motor Car Company
H. C. S. Motor Car Company
Clara M. Dietz
Blanche Miller
Almada Brewbaker
Iva Stutz
Carlisle, O
William S. Horn
Washington Boulevard
William Horn Jr
Fifty Miles From Halifax The Cross Near Halfway
Captain Charles E. Kingsford Smith and three companions flying from Harbor Grace to New York reached near the halfway mark over Nova Scotia. They reported cheery spirits despite fog and headwinds as they prepared to land in Lynn Massachusetts and greet polar pilot Bernt Balchen.
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New York
Charles E. Kingsford-Smith
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
Halifax
North America
Atlantic
Country Harbor
Nova Scotian
Lynn
Mass
Bernt Balchen
Richard E. Byrd
Kingsford- Smith
United Press
Marconi Company
Maine
Kingsford-Smith
Everett van Dyk
From Liberty to Prohibition in The Times by Reed
The fourth article in The Crime Against Temperance series by James A. Reed argues the Anti Saloon League has used power to press Prohibition, detailing his view of political tactics and moral reform efforts.
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the Times
James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Anti- Saloon League
Chicago Police shakeup moves 900 detectives to walking beats
Acting Commissioner John Alcock announced a large reorganization in Chicago police. About 1,200 to 1,400 officers were reassigned, with 900 detectives moved from the detective bureau to walking beats. The traffic patrol was warned that officers who swear at citizens would be removed from the payroll.
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United Press
Chicago
John Alcock
Detective Bureau
Indians Acquire Three Players From Red Sox Trade
The Indianapolis club bought three players from Boston: outfielders Joe Cicero and Graves and pitcher Frank Mulrooney, plus collegian George Kepler. Cicero hit .340 in the Eastern League with Pittsfield, Mulrooney won 13 games last season in a fourth place club, Graves batted .343 for Portland, and Kepler is a right handed Penn State alum.
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Indianapolis
Boston Red Sox
Ownie Bush
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Joe Cicero
Graves
Frank Mulrooney
Cicero
Pittsfield
Mulrooney
Portland
Collegian
George Kepler
Penn State
Hoover vetoes liberal World War veterans bill
Washington June 26 President Hoover vetoed the liberalized World War veterans compensation bill and sent it back to Congress with a strong message. He warned the plan would cost about 235 million yearly and require 140 million for hospitals plus 60 million annual maintenance, stressing unaffordable tax burdens. House leaders expect the veto to stand, killing the bill in its present form.
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United Press
Washington
House
Hoover
Congress
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Mr. Hoover
Myrtle Larson Seeks Divorce Over Pound Loss Kiss Rule
Mrs Myrtle Larson asks for divorce from Eugene Larson claiming he kissed her each time she lost a pound and struck her when she gained a pound. She notes she has recently been gaining weight rapidly.
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Pound
Bu United Press
Mason City
Myrtle Larson
Eugene
Fragmented Weather Readings and Crude Timings
A garbled OCR fragment shows early morning readings with times 6 am 4 am 7 am and noon 12. It includes numbers 67 74 68 69 78 and mentions Sac Th pom. tine, leaving unclear location or event details.
Schroeder waives hearing in torch murder case
Harold Schroeder, garbed under intense questioning, waives arraignment and preliminary hearing on the torch car murder charge and is bound to the grand jury without bond. Attorney Ira Holmes plans a federal habeas corpus petition claiming constitutional rights violations. The case ties to a charred victim possibly Frank Macy of Cincinnati and involves disputed confessions after a lengthy police grilling in Indianapolis.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Paul C. Wetter
Ira Holmes
Schroeder
Holmes
Mobile
Ala
George Winkler
Frank Macy
Cincinnati
Winkler
Macy
Isaac Abner
Hiatt Street
Arthur
Stark
Snider
Meredith
O’nan
Horace Holmes
Torch Man Tells Story of Life in Interview at County Jail
Harold Herbert Schroeder a Mobile radiator man faces murder and arson charges for a car fire that killed an unidentified man near Indianapolis. In a jail interview he recounts a hard life on a Clarion Iowa farm with thirteen siblings and a pattern of wandering for work.
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Winkler
Macy
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh
Schroeder
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Torch Man
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Don Juan
Ernest W. Schroeder
Clarion
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H. C. Stutz
Newfoundland
United Preas
Gloucester
Southern Cross
Gloucester Coast Guard Station
BY Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press Staff
J. W. Stannage
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Bridgeport
Grace Cooke
Bernice Stansbury
Margaret Spreen
Brooklet
Marie Hartley
Helen Wagner
Bula McKinney
Betty White
Evelyn Riley
Marion County
Indians
Red Sox
Flames
Simard
River Avenue
Moorland
Western Wheat Fields
Doctors of
Frederick C.othman
Hack Wilson
Hack
Wrigley Field
All Boy
Menac
Francis
Arthur Porto
Smalloy
Bluecoats
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