City Board Reforms Bathing Pool Fees Rules
The park board censured concessionaire William Harrison Marsh for charging 10 cent checkroom fees and ordered changes. Bathers of all ages may enter in swimsuits without paying fees and children under 14 may use checkrooms free. adults may choose to check clothes or not. The board also approved free checking for children at times and criticized Marsh for enforcing fees for personal benefit.
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City Park Board
Park Board
William Harrison Marsh
Garfield and
Ellenberger Pool
Marsh
Paul Rathert
David Kilgort
Jackiel W. Joseph
Locan Scholl
Miami
Fla
Kilgore
Charles Sallee
Pantomime Moves to Riverside Park This Friday
The pantomime announced for Municipal Gardens by The Times will instead be staged at Riverside amusement park at 8 Friday night. Mrs. Howard Shelby, the Municipal Gardens playground director, will direct the pantomime for the Municipal Gardens Woman's Club.
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Municipal Gardens Club
Riverside
the Times
Municipal Gardens
Municipal Gardens’ Woman's Club
Riverside Amusement Park
Howard Shelby
Municipal Gardens Playground
War Veterans elect Evansville man head Indiana Spanish War group
United States Spanish American War veterans in Indiana met at La Porte on June 26 and elected officers led by Commander Fred Loetverich of Evansville. Other officers named include W S Shepherd of Greensburg junior vice commander John W Metzger. Additional officers will be announced at the national convention. others listed include Julius Hale Indianapolis August Lawson Valparaiso Ashford Indianapolis and Dudley Haute.
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
United States
Raise for Father in Baby Boom Costs $12.50 Weekly
New York federation data argues families must boost wages with each new child. A first baby requires at least a $12.50 weekly raise, twins $25, and $12.50 for every additional birth. Food, clothing, medical, and schooling push yearly costs from $630 for under four to $880 per child up to age 15.
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York
New York Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
Mrs Landon Dies of Heart Attack in Maine Holiday
Mrs. Jessie L. Landon 60 wife of Hugh McK Landon vice president and trust official died of heart disease at Seal Harbor Maine where the couple were vacationing She was a Chicago native and longtime Indianapolis civic patron with ties to St Lukes Hospital Riley Hospital and the Indianapolis Community Fund Funeral services are planned in Indianapolis before burial in Chicago.
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Jessie L. Landon
Hugh McK. Landon
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Seal Harbor
Landons
Indianapolis
Lanson
Landon
Henry H. Walker
Mr. Walker
J. L. Spaulding
Chicago
Naples
Europe
Indianapolis Community Fund
Slayer Hangs Self in Michigan City Prison
Louis Maloney, serving a life sentence for the murder of William L. White in January, died by hanging Wednesday in Indiana state prison at Michigan City. Officials say mounting worry over a forthcoming damage suit linked to a restaurant financial issue prompted the act.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Louis Maloney
Indiana
Maloney
William L. White
White
Sorority to Build New House at Indiana University
The Indiana University chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta approves plans by Indianapolis architect Lee Burns for a new sorority house to be built soon. The Theta house will replace the current structure on Forest Place, while Delta Delta Delta progresses on its new facility opposite the Commerce Building, making two sororities housed on campus next year.
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Times Special Bloomington, Inc
Indiana University
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Lee Burns
Indianapolis
Burns
Butler
Delta Delta Delta
I. U. Commerce
Theta
Forest Place
Advertising Club to Install New Heads Tonight in Indianapolis
The Advertising Club of Indianapolis will install officers elected May 29 at a dinner tonight at Briant Sando’s country home near Oaklandon. Officers include Roscoe Co. Clark president Russell C. Rottger vice president Russell Etter treasurer Ernest Cohn Frank B. Flanner R. E. Melcher Roland Schmedel and Briant Sando new directors. Retiring president Karl C. Wolfe will also be installed.
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The
Advertising Club of
Indianapolis
Briant Sando
Oaklandon
Roscoe Co. Clark
Russell C. Rottger
Russell Etter
Ernest Cohn
Frank B. Flanner
R. E. Melcher
Roland Schmedel
Sando
Karl C. Wolfe
Columbus According to Dr. Charcot A Portrait of Columbus
Dr. Jean Charcot portrays Christopher Columbus as a 100 percent dry vegetarian who drank only sweetened water and perfumed himself with attar of roses. He suggests Columbus was not an explorer but a traveling salesman and praises him as a kind father and gentleman. The physician notes Columbus was tall with a long face and aquiline nose, freckled cheeks, gray hair by 30, and a firm character, while acknowledging his place in history as the admiral who gave ships a hammock.
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Aris
Christopher Columbus
Jean Charcot
Institute of France
Columbus
Charcot
San Fernando
America
Butler University summer school enrollment rises this year
Six hundred students enrolled last year and 660 now attend the university summer school. Dean J. W. Putnam announced the number should climb to about 700 within a few days.
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Sity
J. W. Putnam
Putnam
Funeral services held for Walker Sidons in Roachdale
Roachdale Indiana June 26 funeral services were held for Walker Sidons 71 who died Sunday from an illness He leaves four grandchildren and was a longtime resident of the community.
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Roachdale
Ind
Walker Sidons
Aged City Man Shot by Prowler at Home
John F. Robinson a 73 year old resident of 1408 South Sherman drive was wounded twice when a prowler burst into his chicken house at 3 this morning. Robinson fired his rifle and chased the intruder but police found no trace of the assailant.
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John F. Robinson
South Sherman Drive
Robinson
City Hospital
Walter Coleman
Evan Stackhouse
North Gleatstone Avenue
East Michigan Street
Edward Barclay
William Kolling
High Street
White River
Michigan
Tenth Streets
Wesley E. Shea
North Meridian Street
Six Foot Bandit Suspect Named Henry Davis
Police allege Henry Davis 26 of 1210 Union Street leads a daylight holdup trio that has preyed on chain grocers for over three weeks. Gardner McNeece 12 of 910 South New Jersey Street is accused as a gang member and is linked to Richard McNeece, a Kentucky fugitive slain in a gun battle with a Chicago officer. John E. Mutter 19 of the same address is held as the third bandit. Police say all have confessed.
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Henry Davis
Union Street
Gard McNeece
New Jersey Street
Richard McNeece
Kentucky
Chicago
John E. Mutter
Woodcock vows fair enforcement of prohibition
Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock, named national prohibition director, promises honest and fair enforcement of the federal law. He pledges no underhand moves and says the Bill of Rights will be observed while he tackles enforcement challenges. He declines to predict bootlegging elimination or specific raids, noting only intent to address problems to the best of his ability.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Baltimore
Amos W. W. Woodcock
National Prohibition
Woodcock
Maryland
United States
Colonel Woodcock
Saloon Walks Walks Easy Whisky Tube
Claude Santchell a 5 percent qualifier described as a walking speakeasy was charged with possessing liquor. Police said he wore a heavy copper tube around his body filled with whisky and carried a collapsible cup. He opened a spigot and a drink gurgled out to a customer.
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Santchel
Capitol Seized in Chihuahua as Estrada Named Governor
Governor Francisco R. Almada of Chihuahua planned to flee Juarez for Chihuahua City where a political rising left two dead. The Capitol was seized by Almada opponents and deputies proclaimed Manuel Jesus Estrada as governor according to dispatches.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tex
Francisco R. Almada
Chihuahua
Mexico
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Alamada
Chamber of Deputies
Manuel Jesus Estrada
Perfect crime impossible says firearms expert
A detailed account describes a mansion murder where a son-in-law is killed by a rifle shot and a workman is found stabbed. An Austrian eight millimeter rifle, with a steel jacket bullet, is identified as the murder weapon via expert analysis. A staged entry and a hidden weapon explain the crime. the killer is arrested and claims innocence.
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John F. Coggswell
Popular Mechanics
United States
Austria
Portieres
Ralph Capone Millionaire From Prohibition Tax Case
Chicago says a gangster can earn at least 300000 annually, four times the US president’s pay, based on the Ralph Capone income tax conviction. Capone banked 1800000 in six years 1923 to 1929 and faced three years Leavenworth.
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Ralph Capone
al Capone
Ralph
Leavenworth
Kas
Bruce Catton
NEA
Chicago
United States
Scarface
Terry Druggan
Frankie Lake
Frank Nitto
Dwight H. Green
Mr. Green
Ten Sue to Get Jobs
Ten Muncie firemen dismissed after Mayor George R. Dale took office sue in Delaware circuit court seeking reinstatement and back pay. Five were discharged Jan. 6. suit alleges positions given to political friends and claims no charges were filed with the public safety board.
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Muncie
Ind
George R. Dale
Delaware Circuit Court
Public Safety Board
George Koons
Fortville Crashes Leaves Victim in June Fatality
United Prene Fortville reports a crossroads automobile collision resulting in a death on June 26. The incident description is incomplete but names Mrs. Joseph appear in initial notes. Further details pending.
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United Prene Fortville,inc
Joseph
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