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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
6
Washington June 28 One in 26 Americans files a 1926 income tax return on 1925 income. Average 1926 taxpayer earned 5249 and paid 176.11 tax at 3.35 percent. Total 734 million from 4.171 million filers, up about 30 million from 7.876 million last year.
The engagement of Louise Hunter a Metropolitan opera soprano to Henry Haven Windsor Jr editor of Popular Mechanics is announced by Mrs. Ella Hunter of Middletown Ohio. Tax figures follow noting various income classes pay percentages near 14 to 16 percent with no cut for the super millionaires under the 1926 law.
Diana Brooks, daughter of Roger Brooks, is kidnapped and released as Roger fights Corse administration in Catawba City. Brooks suspects John W. Walden amid stock manipulation. Teddy Farrell and Don Keene navigate newsroom intrigue while Lola Mantell and Diana join a tour of the Times plant.
The statement notes a parity between the number of automobiles and households in the United States, suggesting a vehicle for roughly every five people and nearly one per family.
McGuffeyite alumni seek Indiana World War Memorial Commission permission to place a bronze tablet of Mary and the Lamb on the former academy site in University Park. Henry Ford donated the tablet and previously placed a marker near the nursery rhyme authoring school. The group hopes to locate the 1833 to 1853 academy site, moving marker from the park corner near Benjamin Harrison statue. R. O. James and Dr. D. E. Coble lead the committee.
Answers to page four brain teaser questions list the Wright brothers first flight in 1903 and the B 34 dirigible first Atlantic round trip in 1919. It notes Lieut Maughan 1924 New York to San Francisco dawn to dusk and Walter Wellman 1910 dirigible attempt ending 1000 miles off the coast. Bleriot crossed the English Channel in 1909. The entry ends with "The pig woman" Mrs Jane.
Evans Woollen an Indianapolis banker and potential Democratic candidate speaks at a roadside memorial four miles south of Noblesville to honor William Conner the first English speaking settler in central Indiana. The Conner house still stands nearby as the site of 1820 capitol site talks. The marker was provided by Hamilton County Historical Society and the Society of Indiana Pioneers.
Jacques Garneau, 60, a folk dancer in Quebec, reinterprets the Black Bottom at a Canadian festival to show it features wiggling hips quivering knees and spinal movements. National Museum officials note the dance arrived in the new world with French colonists over 300 years ago.
Seven Wichita high school girls skated 22 miles to Augusta and returned the same night. The feat highlights spirited youth activity in Wichita on a June evening.
Roy L. Babylon, state commander of the Sons of Union Veterans, announces appointments in Richmond. Lists include counselor J. S. Kenny, patriotic instructor William F. Gottschalk, chaplain A. W. McDaniel, color bearer Russell Chase, inner guard E. E. Pauline, with district aids across Indiana from Petersburg to South Bend.
Decatur Ind June 28 United Presse reports John Koenig a leading promoter of the Fort Wayne Decatur interurban line was sentenced to two to three years in prison for writing checks without funds. Judge Blachey at Van Wert Ohio imposed twenty days suspension to permit time for appeal.
The cafeteria at White's Cafeteria On the Circle adopts a self-serve system offering the finest foods at odd penny prices, promising value and variety for diners.
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