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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1927

Page

5

Plane crash ends dreams of two Butler students

Edward McCalip 20 of 330 Downey Ave and Weldon Worth 20 of 5920 University Ave were aviation hopefuls and Butler University students. McCalip died as a passenger plane crashed three miles west of Shelbyville. Worth survived with facial injuries a broken right arm and possible internal injuries. They were trained by Goodwin Weaver and had built a new winged plane after a prior flight. Worth piloted from the rear seat as the craft hit an air pocket from 150 feet and spun. Funeral plans have not been set.

Edward McCalip Downey Ave Weldon Worth University Ave Charles Lindbergh McCalip Shelbyville Worth Eugene Worth Shelbyvill Hospital Butler University Technical High School Goodwin Weaver California Weaver Indianapolis Bouilt

Oil field blast burns three drillers in Long Beach

Three oil field workers were burned while five wells in the Alamitos Heights area were destroyed by fire. The blaze caused about 500000 dollars in loss. Two wells belonged to Union Drilling Petroleum Co and one to A S Johnson Petroleum Co, with flames triggering after an explosion during late-night operations.

United Press Long Beach Cal Alamitos Heights Julianee Company Union Drilling Petroleum Company A. S. Johnson Petroleum Company

Marion Reverts To Standard Time After DST Confusion

Marion Indiana switches back to standard time after three weeks of daylight saving. A straw vote showed a clear majority in favor of standard time, following complaints from residents who resisted daylight saving and caused confusion in Grant County city.

Marion Ind Grant County

Thief Strikes Filling Station Attendant Third Time

Luther Boatman, 23, of 22 Audubon Rd., robbed at a filling station at Thirty-Eighth St. and Fall Creek Blvd for the third time by the same bandit. The man, in an expensive car, ordered Boatman to return to the station and grab the cash box, escaping with $250 after Boatman slipped $20 from the register to the floor.

Luther Boatman Audubon Rd Boatman

Tom Mix Leads Opposition to Salary Reductions

Hollywood news reports motion picture producers plan to cut salaries by 10 to 25 percent. Tom Mix vows to refuse any reduction, citing his star status and $15 000 weekly pay. Conrad Nagel named chairman of an executive committee for Actors Equity as a mass meeting is planned. First National, MGM and Paramount tackle reductions with listed stars.

ONT Tee Hollywood Cal Tom*mix Mix Tony Conrad Nagel Motion Picture Players Actors’ Equity of New York City Nagel First National

Straton plans two months crusade against modernism and Pentecostalism

Dr John Roach Straton, Baptist fundamentalist pastor in New York, announces a two months campaign against modernists and Pentecostalism. Aldine Utley, a 15 year old evangelist, will be a weapon in the crusade. Straton plans sermons targeting Calvary Church dissenters and editors while uniting churches for a world fundamentalist union.

United Press New York John Roach Straton Aldine Utley Glad Tidings Tabernacle Ainee Semple McPherson Straton Dr. Straton Miss Utley

Boy Drowns Near Old Swimmin Hole in Greenfield

The Times reports 12 year old James Lewis drowned in Brandywine Creek near the Old Swimmin Hole from Riley’s poem. His twin Gerald and playmate Fred Merriman, 10, tried to rescue him. James is a son of Mrs. Sheridan Lewis of Greenfield.

Times Special Greenfield Ind Brandywine Creek James Whitcomb Riley James Lewis Gerald Fred Merriman Sheridan Lewis

Praying On Knees Urged By Evangelist Erickson

Reverend C. H. Erickson opened his second week at Cable Tabernacle with a sermon on The Power of Prayer. He urged fewer rituals and more kneeling prayer to claim God's promises, noting prayers were answered in Bible times and should be today.

C. H. Erickson Cable Tavernacle Erickson

Woman Cheats Death After Poison Claim

Mrs. Grave Bailey, 37, of 2301 Roosevelt Ave took poison after a family argument but doctors say she is not in danger today. Police were told she attempted self harm at home Sunday night and then fled to city hospital where she denied taking poison.

Grave Bailey Roosevelt Ave City Hospital

Radio Corp Triumphs Over DeForest in Tube Patent Suit

The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled RCA wins again against DeForest Telephone and Telegraph for alleged infringement in selling vacuum tubes. DeForest sought damages alleging patent infringement of Dr Lee DeForest’s patent by tubes made by Westinghouse Lamp Company.

United Press Philadelphia United States Circuit Court of Appeals Radio Corporation of America DeForest Telephone and Telegraph Company DeForest Company The Radio Corporation Lee DeForest Westinghouse Lamp Company

Police abandon water search for missing Marion Miller

Police stopped dragging a gravel pit near Raymond St and Bluff Rd for 13 year old Marion Hubert Miller and shifted to a land search. A clothing fragment found by the boy's mother and uncle on the pit bank, Friday's last known location, prompted the change. Witnesses described a boy matching Miller's description seen in Morgan County and Greenwood to Edinburg, with a ride to Louisville claimed by a boy named Marion Miller.

Raymond St Bluff Rd Marion Hubert Miller Beecher St Harry Miller Marion Bedford, Inc Morgan County Clarence Robinson Lincoln St Frank Pardick Leonard St Greenwood Edinburg Ind Marion Miller Louisville

Burglary Charges After Standard Grocery Break-In

Witness W A Workman reports a man crawling through a broken window at the Standard grocery on Fairfield Avenue. Police locate Joe Owens and Paul Jones in a car at Birchwood and Fairfield with a sack of sugar and canned goods, both charged with burglary.

W. A. Workman Fairfield Ave Standard Wenze and Bruce Joe Owens Cornell Ave Paul Jones W. Thirtieth St Birchwood Fairfield Aves

Seek Motherless Girl Taken for Auto Ride

Mrs. Mae Sherrick seeks help in locating Rosabelle Johnson a seven year old girl allegedly kidnapped Sunday. The niece is reportedly in the custody of another aunt, whom Mrs. Sherrick seeks to arrest. Rosabelle’s mother is dead and the child has lived at the Sherrick home with her father away for health reasons.

White must aid Negro, says New York educator Pickens

W L Pickens, a New York Negro educator, told East Tenth Street M E Church that whites must aid Negroes for white safety and well being. The service featured a pageant and was attended by Mr and Mrs Clarence Darrow of Chicago.

East’ Tenth Street M. E. Church W. L. Pickens New York Clarence Darrow Chicago

Local boys compete in fifth national marble tournament

Atlantic City, June 27. Thirty seven boys, each city champion, began the elimination rounds of the fifth national marble tournament today, seeking the national title.

United Press Atlantic City N. J

Readers Endorse The Times Across Pages

A chorus of women from various streets praises The Times for its concise front page stories helpful household hints patterns and recipes fashionable society notes and entertaining serials. They commend the women's and sports pages the comic section and editorials noting readability and stand taken on city matters.

Eva Madison Asbury St Times Aca Silcox Twelfth St Katherine Boone Central Ave Maxine Gardner Seventeenth St Boots Elmer Barnes la Salle St Mis Sue Bartling B. Twenty- Eighth St The George Kenny Greenwood Margaret Murt Capitol Ave Marcella Katzenbach Oliver Ave Stella Stewart Dorman St Hilda May Pennsylvania St Lucille Wibbels Merkel St Esther Robb Park Ave Marie Parisi S. Liberty St

Lindbergh to Discuss National Air Line Plans in New York

Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, resting in Locust Valley, is due in New York to discuss a commercial passenger air line with national scope and to meet publishers for a forthcoming book. He plans a trip to Ottawa on July 1 aboard the Spirit of St Louis and is visiting F Trubee Davison. The presidential yacht Mayflower arrived at Charlestown Navy Yard for extensive repairs.

Presse New York Charlies A. Lindbergh Locust Valley Long Island Lindbergh F. Trubee Davison Davidson Ottawa Canada St. Louis Coolidge United Boston Charlestown Navy Yard

Growth of advertising highlighted at 23rd convention

Denver reports the twenty third International Advertising Association gathering opens with C K Woodbridge outlining ad industry growth and a New York research bureau plan. Speeches include Merlin Hall on The Romance of Radio, Mrs Emily Newell Blair on The Women Who Buy, and Samuel R McKelvie The Market at Our Door.

Denver Colo C.K. Woodbridger International Advertising Association Woodbridger New York Merlin Hall Aylesworth National Broadcasting Company Emily Newell Blair Washington, D. C Samuel R. McKelvie Lincoln Neb Nebraska The Nebraska Farmer

Snethen Plans Study Tours on Industrial Foundations

Edward O. Snethen of the Federation of Civic Clubs will tour eastern cities to study industrial foundation plans. The group aims to form a Indianapolis foundation after visiting Dayton Baltimore Rochester Buffalo and Canton. A July 20 meeting will draft the platform and invite chamber groups labor bodies and civic organizations. Speakers criticized the Chamber for not delivering results from the industrial program after Dick Miller’s election.

Edward O. Snethen Federation of Civic Clubs Shethen East Indianapolis Dayton Ohio Baltimore Rochester N. Y Buffalo Canton Snethen John F. White A. Leroy Portreus Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade, Merchants’ Association Federation Chamber Dick Miller

Negro Intruder Sought After Home Invasion

Mrs. Mollie Grant of 128 North East Street reported a Negro intruder entered her apartment Sunday night. She said she was visiting another unit when he seized her at the door and fled via a ground level ladder after her screams. The thief did not obtain the hidden money.

Mollie Grant N. East St

Asthmador Inhalers Mentioned in Purchase Note

An entry lists Schiffman’s Asthmador products with prices of $1.29 and 10 cents, indicating sales or stock entries for asthma relief inhalers. The fragment references two pricing variants associated with the same brand across the page.

Schiffman Schifman Page

Felled burglar flees after intruder is knocked down

Alfred Matthews of 926 English Ave. woke to a burglar in his bedroom Sunday night. He kicked the intruder, felling him, but the man recovered and fled. Matthews reported his wallet and $45 were stolen.

Alfred Matthews English Ave Matthews

Probation Law Promises Crime Reduction in Indiana

Indiana officials and national experts note a new adult probation law will expand supervision and examinations for officers. Charles L. Chute of the National Probation Association cites over 80 percent success with probation and forecasts improved crime control with added officers and standardized exams. Two dozen candidates undergo tests in Indianapolis as five may be hired at up to 2500 dollars salary. A separate Rochester incident reports a Lake Manitou fire destroying four cottages and threatening a colony, with residents saving the remainder. damage listed at 15000 dollars.

Indiana Charles L. Chute New York Naational Probation Association Marion County Chute Indiana Extension Rooms Pennsylvania St Circuit Criminal Municipal Court Homer W. Borst Eugene C. Foster H. E. Jensen Indianapolis Bar Association Chaute Uni Putees Rochester Ind Lake Manitou

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