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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
8
Rapid City dispatch notes a strong Coolidge movement in South Dakota as support for Frank Lowden waned. The report cites Coolidge’s summer presence and a new political climate led by Senator Peter Norbeck, with polling showing eight to one support for Coolidge over Lowden and other candidates.
Washington June 28 President Coolidge boosted a national motor touring route by selecting the South Dakota State Game Lodge as the Summer White House. The American Automobile Association maps main roads and tourist objectives in the Black Hills site from Rapid City rendezvous to Needles, Sylvan Lake, Harney Peak, Crystal Cave, Spearfish Canyon, Lead, Deadwood, Rim Rock Drive and state parks with trout streams and resorts along routes through Chicago and Waterloo to Sioux Falls and beyond.
Chicago June 28. The State of Illinois will press for Russell Scott to be hanged, with George E. Gorman asking Chief Justice William J. Lindsay to set an immediate sanity hearing. Scott, a former Canadian millionaire, has been saved from execution four times and was declared insane then sane by sanity commissions.
Pittsburgh investigators search city and county for William L. King director of the Citizens League missing since 2 p m yesterday. Newspapers report letters purporting to be from King resigning as head of the league. Investigators fear foul play in the crusade against vice.
George Rosin was sentenced in Circuit Court here on Monday to one to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to an attempt to blackmail Frank C. Ball, a wealthy manufacturer, for $20,000.
Edsel Ford presents the Edsel Ford trophy for the Ford reliability air tour. Walter Beach, winner of two legs, stands with Ford as the all metal referee’s prize is shown at left.
About 350 cadets will join the Military Academy next Friday with wide state representation. The class includes 25 from Regular Army personnel and 25 from State National Guards, plus five sons of war casualties and ten others under various appointment categories.
Three Indiana businessmen died by suicide Monday. John H. Lofland assistant cashier at Romney State Bank shot himself. John B. Chance 65 restaurant owner in Princeton found hanging in his basement after ill health. Augustus W. Wilkinson 56 retired Rushville baker shot himself due to illness.
About 1700 trainees at Ft Benjamin Harrison will ride street cars from the Traction Terminal to the baseball park to see the Indianapolis vs Toledo game on Wednesday. The event will showcase the cadets in a city outing connected to the military training camp.
A city club issued a murder map of Manhattan showing black spots where a boy or girl was killed by a street vehicle in 1926. The report highlights fatal accidents across the island.
Pearles Motor Coach Company petition for a Guilford Ave bus line will not be heard until August 1 after counsel agreement. Public Service Commission Chairman Frank Singleton announced the delay. A petition to dismiss was denied at the weekly commission conference, with opposition from Sides.
In Chicago on June 27 Senator Borah quips Cal is catching em meaning fish. He dodges the president’s vote prospects and says to learn the Republican nominee from Calvin Coolidge. Borah cites Democratic hopefuls James A Reed of Missouri and Governors Smith of New York and Ritchie of Maryland.
Charles and Willis Hazard reported a buzzard flying over the John Hazard farm near Reddington in Seymour carrying a four inch bell. They noted bell buzzards appear about once a year and birds may carry bells for several years.
In Lucas Kansas a town of 650, fifteen residents are aged eighty or more. Ten are men and five are women, with a combined age totaling 1,250 years.
The San Francisco Chicago air route will run 20 hours and 45 minutes with daily departures from San Francisco at 7 a.m. and arrivals in Chicago at 5 45 a.m. next day. Fares set at 200 dollars. Service to begin about July 15 with four planes and stops at Sacramento Reno Elko Salt Lake City Rock Springs Cayenne North Platte Omaha Des Moines and Iowa City eastbound. westbound stops at North Platte.
Eight English magistrates refuse an all night liquor license on the night before a solar eclipse in West Hartlepool England. Visitors from the United States seek hotel rooms as the town prepares for a rare total eclipse and innkeepers charge high rates for beds amid the unusual interest.
The Godyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron Ohio earned the first prize for the design of the 6500000 cubic foot navy dirigible. The award includes a $50000 cash prize. W Watters Pegon of Baltimore received the second prize with $5000, while Dr Johannes Stretlita of Germany received honorable mention.
In London a symposium with artist Henry Pegram and anthropologist H J Fleure notes faces today show greater variety and character. They cite mixed types, athletic influence, and rising education as key factors behind perceived handsomeness and a more intense, alert look.
Paris dispatch notes unconfirmed report that Leon Daudet royalist leader freed in a hoax fled to Lausanne via Switzerland. Police skeptical, authorities doubt the claim and think Daudet Delest and Lemard may be hiding near Paris.
A delegation of 300 Sahara Grotto members and families with the band and drum corps left on a twelve coach train at 9 a m today bound for Cleveland to attend the annual convention. Lawrence W. Drapier will invite the convention to Indianapolis in 1928.
The Sousterane lawn in Randolph County will host a bronze and granite World War memorial to honor fallen soldiers. The local D A R chapter in Whechter will sponsor the project and oversee the dedication.
Prohibition Supervisor Chester P. Mills resigned from his post and asked for a month’s leave after a transfer to an eastern zone supervisor role. Major Augustus Heise, fired for alleged violent coercion to force confessions, faces grand jury charges.
Hollywood reports producers may not rescind a 10 percent pay cut for stars after a controversial meeting of the Motion Picture Producers Association. Stars faced crowding rumors as producers grew alarmed at the star stance.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri tours the South amid Democratic energy. He addressed the Texas Bar Association in Houston on July 9 and plans visits across Texas, with a fishing trip listed as part of the itinerary. Texans remain loyal to Wilson yet show interest in Reed's policy opposition.
Six members of the Freedman family were found dead in their residence in Stone N Y on June 28. Marie Freedman 35 apparently died by gas and may have caused the deaths of her five children Theodore 10 Janet 7 Catherine 4 Nancy 3 and Joseph 2. Dr Babcock of Flushing Hospital arrived to find all six dead.
Chester Oberleas resigns as deputy county surveyor to join the Jeffersonville city engineer's department. County Surveyor Henry R. Campbell announced the move. Oberleas, a former city engineer, was retained by the county after a demand from county officials. Morgan, who induced the action, has worked in Indiana State highway commission offices.
Martin Nelson 23 of Chicago Heights died and Myron Gunther was seriously hurt when their ice cream truck was struck by a Grand Trunk freight train at the Torence Avenue crossing in Hammond on Monday afternoon. At the same crossing, a woman was killed and four others injured Saturday night.
A lone bandit robbed Paul Williams, an attendant at a local oil filling station in ARAISO, Indiana, taking $200. The incident occurred at the station and is under police investigation.
Indianapolis officials announce a 100000 membership push for a nonpartisan municipal government league. John W. Esterline says citizens may join to support affordable, clean city governance. Directors met to plan. next ward meeting planned. July 11 board session at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
June 28 Valentine Le Page a crippled Parisian chair mender is known to many Americans. For three years he has lived along the highway in a battered bath tub covered with boards.
Governor Frank O. Lowden said he has not heard South Republicans are considering him for the 1928 Republican nomination. He called reports pleasant and noted farmers in the Middle West high regard for him.
Charles G. Carpenter 91 a longtime manager of Richmond Roller Mills retires after fifty four years at the plant recently sold to Indianapolis interests. Longevity runs in the Carpenter family with father dying at 90 years six months and mother at 96. Indiana Bell office closes at 1 pm Saturdays from July to August 20 inclusive per Phil M. Watson.
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