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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
5
The article profiles Romania's current monarch and his complex romantic history. It highlights three key women: his boyhood sweetheart, a commoner’s daughter whose marriage was annulled by King Ferdinand. and J. Helen of Greece, a royal-born princesa he married for political reasons.
Minott Saunders details the royal romance drama in Romania as Crown Prince Carol battles his 8-year-old son Michael for the throne. The affair centers on Mme Lupescu, a red-haired divorced mistress, and the King’s return from Paris to assert his claim amid palace intrigue.
Kilgore faces park board censure as Marsh defends concession profits and rules at Ellenberger and Garfield parks. Marsh disputes Kilgore’s claim of $200 daily gains, cites staffing and sanitation issues, while board members demand immediate fixes and policy clarity.
Washington plans to realign prohibition enforcement nationwide as of July 1 under Hoover era reforms. Treasury hands over general enforcement to the Justice Department with twelve districts realigned to fit judicial circuits. Eighty seven deputy administrators move with the shift while twelve treasury administrators join the treasury industrial alcohol system.
The transfer moves district control to the department of justice. John W. Wilkey remains deputy administrator for southern Indiana at the federal building. Howard Long of South Bend becomes deputy administrator for northern Indiana. District 7 headquarters, including Indiana, move back to Chicago with J. J. F. Herbert as district administrator, reversing a prior relocation from Columbus, Ohio two years ago.
Washington report says the Federal Farm Board will keep 50 million bushels of Wheat Stabilization Corporation stock from hitting the market. President Milner stated the surplus wheat will not be sold openly to compete with the 1930 crop, lifting prices for growers.
A thirty by fifteen foot imitation blimp anchored atop Capitol Electric Company on South Sen ate avenue directs Majestic radio dealers to the firm for sales conferences. The swaying craft draws downtown crowds as it advertises the company and its events.
A Washington Bureau feature from The Indianapolis Times offers a 5 000 word bulletin on Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh detailing Lindys Paris flight and aviation career. Readers are invited to mail a coupon with 5 cents for a copy.
Indiana Supreme Court upholds city power to ban billboards within five hundred feet of parks and boulevards. City must compensate owners for removed signs unless proven nuisances. decision, written by Justice Clarence R. Martin, reverses Superior Court. Case involves General Outdoor Advertising Company versus Indianapolis, featuring over 160 billboards at thirty-one sites. The ruling cites esthetic considerations and parallels a 1927 Pennsylvania case. Spanking Case Fines and Suspends Jail in Evansville. Edwin Seibert fined 25 dollars and given a sixty day jail term, suspended for spanking his former wife.
In Brazil Indiana a Clay county grand jury will convene to investigate the slaying of 18 year old Ruth Williams by her 36 year old demented brother Fay Williams a disabled World War veteran. Fay Williams has been held at Vigo county jail since Wednesday night and moved for his safety as crowds gathered. Funeral services for Ruth Williams were held Thursday afternoon.
Former Agriculture Department drug unit chief George W. Hoover told the Senate Agriculture Committee that lax enforcement stems from budget bureau funding shortfalls. He said the unit has only a handful of men to supervise 125000 drugs in commerce and criticized priorities that treat ships over babies.
Dorothy Rudolph led with 3,300 votes in the Miss Victory contest conducted by Convention City post and Veterans of Foreign Wars tied to the Siege of 1918. Lillian Smock trailed with 3,000 votes as standings were posted from Veterans headquarters on East Ohio Street and campaign notes announced at a Thursday dinner.
Bloomington company books a large order and plans to staff a new Muncie plant with 10500 workers while shipping 450 carloads of goods.
Indiana business highlights include the Warner Gear Company starting a new Muncie plant employing 500 to 600 workers and capable of 2000 automobile transmissions. Other items note Shawnee Stone securing a large 450 car load contract for Gulf Refining in Pittsburgh, and multiple Kokomo consolidations boosting local production lines.
A twin tree near Decatur Indiana on the Poe road stands three miles north on John Fuhrman’s farm. The beech hickory and ash varieties grow in_full leaf and the ash is the largest. The observer recalls no prior example of natural grafting between different species.
District Attorney Loomis ended grand jury handling of criminal cases and allowed 26 jail inmates to be sentenced on guilty pleas. Judge Slick presided, with sentences ranging from one to two years for narcotic, Dyer act, postal fraud, and white slave offenses involving defendants from South Bend Gary Chicago and Fowler.
Thirteen automobile deaths occurred in metropolitan Indianapolis in the four weeks ending June 14, an increase of five from the same period in 1929, according to mortality figures from the commerce department. Ten of the deaths were inside city limits. for the year ending June 14, 1930 the city’s auto accident death rate was 18.5 per 100 000, up from 16.7, with 122 deaths in the last year versus 96 the prior year.
A gang of youths seized an ice cream truck in the 2200 block of Langley Avenue after a delayed reaction by the groom. They drove off in the truck belonging to Theodore Dommie, 47, of Fulton Street, taking a half gallon of ice cream and $8 cash before the vehicle was found later at Sixteenth Street and Roosevelt Avenue.
City officials and employees will take a half holiday on July 16 for an old fashioned picnic at Broad Ripple park. The event is organized by a committee headed by Purchasing Agent Albert H. Lesche with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan approving. Various games contests and entertainment are set for the afternoon.
Mrs A B Waggoner and nieces Ethel and Lena Hill of Indianapolis were seriously injured when their car crashed into a utility pole three miles south of Lebanon. Mrs Waggoner had cuts and bruises, Ethel Hill broke a leg, Lena Hill suffered a fractured skull. They were taken to a Lebanon hospital. The crash happened as Mrs Waggoner, ill and temporarily blinded, tried to pass another car and lost control. Jens Jorgenson, 82, died at Bartholemew infirmary after a three week illness. He was born in Denmark and lived in Bartholemew county for thirty years after moving here sixty years ago. naturalized in 1926. He leaves a brother in Iowa.
Russel R. Reeper, an attorney from New York, purchased for 15000 dollars the General Fuel Corporation property in Princeton Indiana, including the two Somerville mines, which were sold by court order.
London pact failure would strain Anglo American ties and risk a new naval race. Britain may shift to bellicose policy if finances improve, while the United States would face parity or better if Britain seeks to outpace or match in armament, heightening tension in Europe.
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana denounced the London naval limitation covenant in a nationwide radio address. He criticized Britain and Japan and cited a naval experts report claiming Britain benefits from eight inch guns. The talk was carried under National Grange auspices as Robinson argued for preparedness. Senator Watson supports the treaty and will vote yes after debate.
Reese A. Maxwell former grand juror failed to obtain county funding for a transcript as he appeals a two to fourteen year arson conviction. Judge Joseph M Milner denied the motion noting the transcript would not be prepared at county expense. Maxwell is imprisoned for hiring two individuals to burn his home while he served on a jury in Marion County.
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