Gas Company Repeats Plea Against Higher Tax Bill
Clarence L. Kirk of Citizens Gas asks the State Tax Board on July 12 to reconsider the $1,000,000 increased assessment tied to a $12,000,000 1926 valuation. Chairman John J. Brown stands firm that valuation must reflect property value income and stock capital, not current rates or public service changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brown
State Tax Board
Clarence L. Kirk
Citizens Gas Company
Kirk
Public Service Commission
Tax Board
Brown
United States Supreme Court
Pany
Citizens Gas
Spingarn Medal Awarded to Anthony Overton
Anthony Overton, Chicago head of Victory Life Insurance, received the Spingarn medal from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during its eighteenth annual conference at Caleb Mills hall. Dr. W. E. Du Bois of New York spoke on the business man as a social servant before Overton’s acceptance. Miss Iona Gale of Portage, Wisconsin urged race understanding and cooperation.
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Spingarn
Anthony Overton
Victory Life Insurance Company
Chicago
National Association For the
Caleb Mills Hall
Association
Overton
W. E. du Bois
New York
Iona Gale
Portage, Wis
Osteopath Honored at Annual Osteopathic Convention
Dr. Frank H. Smith a local physician at 527 Merchants Bank Building is among thirteen osteopathic doctors selected to treat attendees at the thirty first American Osteopathic Association convention in Denver Colorado the week of July 25. The program committee scheduled early morning clinics and evening sessions to ensure physicians address their health during the convention. In a separate incident William Frye aged 43 was struck by a car driven by Frank Wagner 56 causing bruising and minor injuries he was treated at city hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Smith
Merchants Bank Bldg
American Osteopathic Association
Denver
Col
William Frye
Frank Wagner
Kealing Ave
Meridian
Washington Sts
City Hospital
Chiropractor McIlroy Seeks American Chiropractic Convention
Dr. Harry K. McIlroy of Indianapolis plans to urge the convention of the American Chiropractic Association to select Indianapolis for the next meeting. The convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky, January 16. About 1,000 members typically attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. McIlroy
Indianapo
American Chilic Association
Indianapo Convention Bureau
Louisville
Transfers Announced in Indianapolis Catholic Diocese
The list includes Rev Charles Kabey moving from Little Flower Indianapolis to Evansville and Rev John J Doyle from Jeffersonville to Little Flower. Other clergy reassigned include Rev Pierce Dixon Hayden to Leopold and Rev Henry Ernst Shelbyville to St Bernard Gibson County. Newly ordained priests place at St Augustine Jeffersonville, St Phillip Neri Indianapolis, and St Simon Washington. Appointments effective July 1. Rev Joseph Kempf named professor at St Mary of the Woods College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kabey
Little Flower Church
Indianapolis
Evansville
Joseph Chartrand
John J. Doyle
Jeffersonville
Pierce Dixon
Hayden
Leopold
Henry Ernst
St. Bernard
Gibson County
Shelbyville
Edward Eisenman
Francis H. An
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Terre Haute
Wisconsin Senate Passes Beer Bill
The Wisconsin Senate approved the Duncan beer bill by 17 to 14, sending it to Governor Fred R. Zimmerman. The measure allows manufacture and sale of home brewed beer and sets penalties under prohibition laws only if the liquor exceeds 2.75 percent alcohol by weight. Proponents expect the governor will sign.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Fred R. Zimmerman
Senate
Assembly
Boy Accuses Parents of Forcing Begging, Detained
A 12 year old told police he was beaten and made to beg on the street by his parents who required a fixed amount of money before he could return home. Officers located the parents at 2300 Massachusetts Ave. They denied the charge and said they could not curb his begging. The boy was taken to the detention home and the case referred to juvenile court after two prior investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ohio Sts
Massachusetts Ave
Taught for 50 Years in Boston Schools
Fred O. Ellie of Braintree Massachusetts served 50 years in Swampscott and Boston schools. He just celebrated his 91st birthday. Since retiring in 1909 Ellie has worked on an international phonetic alphabet he originated and produced a spelling grammar book.
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Boston
Fred O. Ellie
Braintree
Mass
Swampscott
Ellis
British Isles Darkened by Sun's Eclipse
London reports a total solar eclipse across England and Wales shading nearly three million acres. Observers crowded roads and hotels as scientists gathered in prime viewing spots. the event marked the first total eclipse in Britain since 1724 and not to return until 1999.
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United P
London
England
Wales
British Isles
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Carnarvonshire
St. George’s Channel
Greenwich
North Wales
Irish Sea
Liverpool
Fleetwood
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Durham
North Sea
Sunderland
Saltburn
Scandinavia
Artic
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea
Hold Irate Landlord Held on Assault Charge
C W Hoover of 213 East Walnut Street was held on an assault and battery charge after allegedly attacking Mrs Helen Stoops a roomer in his home during a visit by Agatha Courtney. Hoover reportedly struck Stoops nine times while she held a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hoover
E. Walnut Sr
Helen Stoops
Mrs. Stoops
Commerce Department Names July 1 Office Managers
The Commerce Department announced managers for new offices opening July 1. Jacksonville Florida assigns Walter N. Pearce of Washington D C Houston no. Los Angeles California goes to James H. Smiley of Haverhill Massachusetts. Mobile Alabama to Lawrence W. James former Lima Peru commercial attache. Wilmington Delaware to John H. Farrell of Troy New York. Norfolk Virginia to Sherman R. Peabody of Rochester New York.
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United Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter N. Pearce
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Cal
James H. Smiley
Haverhill
Mass
Mobile
Ala
Lawrence W. James
Lima
Peru
Wilmington
Del
John H. Farrell
Troy
N. Y
Norfolk
Spartan wives await word as ocean fliers fly on
Patricia Maitland, age 3 4, and her mother wait in St Elizabeth's hospital for word on the father’s Pacific flight. Mrs. Maitland recalls the couple’s days in Dayton and notes advances in safety gear since Commander Rodgers’s Hawaii attempt. She hopes for a future with fewer long pioneering flights.
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Ashington
Patricia Maitland
Pyoowis
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
William A. White
Patricia
Dayton
John Rodgers
Hawaii
Pacific
City in Brief highlights Thursday business and events
Indianapolis events cover traffic club dinner speakers from Pennsylvania Railroad and local Chambers of Commerce. Notable items include Dr. John F. Sparnhurst’s reelection as trustee of the College of Electronic Medicine of San Francisco and a key relic gift from C. E. Shover for the state’s relics collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Sparnhurst
Boulevard
College of Electronic Medicine of
San Francisco
American Electronic Research Association
Chicago
Beggar Leaves $65,000 Estate in New York
John Armstrong, a longtime professional beggar, died leaving an estate valued at $65,000. Mrs. Ella Sloan filed in surrogate court to claim $10,000 of the estate, saying she had befriended the man who panhandled downtown streets for fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
John Armstrong
Ella Sloan
Armstrong
Normal School Board Sets July 15 Meeting
Superintendent Charles F. Miller announced a July 15 meeting of the State Educational Board at his office and the Normal School trustees at the Columbia Club. A president for Muncie Normal may be chosen then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal School
State Educational Board
Charles F. Miller
Miller
Columbia Club
Muncie Normal
Missionaries from Kentucky land in jail in Indiana
In Martinsville Indiana Sheriff Pointer and deputies trapped three Kentuckians planning a large moonshine operation. They seized a 1400 gallon daily still, a boiler, copper condenser, forty four barrels of mash and cotton, ending their attempt to profit from illicit whiskey.
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T S
Martinsville
Ind
Indianapolis
Rufus Pointer
Kentucky
Kentucky Hills
Morgan County
Raub
Sheriff Pointer
Bert Lucas
Harry Ratcliff
Charles Byrum
Howdy
Fred Cramer
Cramer
Fred Ulrich
Fred May
Pointer
Paralyzing strikes loom in Chicago transit and gas stations
Chicago faces possible citywide disruption as the Carmen's Union demands wage concessions from street railways while gasoline station attendants threaten a strike over pay. If officials refuse, a general strike conference is likely. Separately, Chief Senator Arthur R. Robinson will receive the chief's degree tonight from the Red Cloud Tribe IORM and address brothers after the ritual.
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United _P
Chicago
Carmen's
Robinson Redman
Arthur R. Robinson
Red Cloud Tribe
I.O.R.M
Robinson
Red Men
Pope Leads in Holiday Rites at St. Peter's
In Rome on June 29 Pope Pius XI led the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, a government holiday under Fascist policy. He and the Sacred College attended homage at St. Peter's Basilica where thousands paid devout kisses before the bronze apostle, with the facade later illuminated.
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Rome
St. Paul
Pius XI
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican Basilica
St. Peter's
Suits Protest River Property Damages Appraisals
Two suits filed in Superior One challenge the Board of Works valuations for White River flood project land. Heirs of Nicholas McCarty contest $61,787 appraisal vs a claimed $500,000 value. The Dilling company fights a $55,550 appraisal on its $146,700 property.
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Board of Works
White River
Superior One
Raymond St
Morris St
Nicholas McCarty
Dilling Company
Divorces Granted to Three Individuals Today
Mrs Euphemia Louise Tudor Slade Bambrooke obtained a divorce from Fred eric John Bambrooke of Long Beach California. George Frederick Beth Johnson divorced Mrs Madeleine Shellings Johnson of Jacksonville Florida. Mrs Gertrude Pardee Chanotulski obtained a divorce from Chatur Chanotulski of Columbus Georgia.
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Euphemia Louise Tudor Slade Bambrooke
Frederic John Bambrooke
Long Beach
Cal
George Frederick Beth Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
Madeleine Shellings Johnson
Gertrude Pardee Chanotulski
Chatur Chanotulski
Columbus
Arsenal Tech seeks bond plan for 450000 addition
The Indianapolis school board considers authorizing 450000 in bonds to add a 5000 seat auditorium gymnasium and 20 new classrooms at Arsenal Technical High School as part of the greater Tech program. Architects Harrison and Turnock were chosen to draft plans for the No. 73 project on Thirtieth Street.
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Arsenal Technical High School
Greater Tech
Harrison & Turnock
Thirtieth St
Fifty-Seventh St
Central Ave
Ervin W. McCullough
New Jersey St
Sanitary Board
Thirty- Eighth St
College Ave
McCullough
Charles W. Kern
Technical High School
DIES AFTER REUNION
ELWOOD Ind June 29 Three weeks after reunion with his family following a twenty year absence and identification as killed in an accident fifteen years ago John Williams 65 died at his home from complications of diseases. A body found after a timber accident in Anderson was identified as him years ago but relatives claimed it. A son had been told he was alive and ill in Ohio before returning home for funeral services.
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Times
Elwood
Ind
John Williams
Williams
Anderson
Ohio
Veteran employee John W. McAuley dies at 56
Funeral services for John William McAuley 56 of 1932 Parker Ave will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Crown Hill Cemetery with Rev Lemuel G Carnes of Heath Memorial M E Church officiating He had worked for Indianapolis Manufacturing Company thirty six years and had been ill eight months He was a member of Heath Memorial M E Church I O C F Evergreen Lodge No 751 and Loyal Order of Moose Indianapolis Lodge No 17 He is survived by his widow two daughters Emma and Mrs Robert Rhodes and three sons Roy Ralph and Russell all of Indianapolis
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John William McAuley
Parker Ave
Lemuel G. Carnes
Heath
Crown Hill Cemes
McAuley
Indianapolis Manufacturing Company
Heath Memorial M. E. Church
Evergreen Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Indianapolis
Emma McAuley
Robert Rhodes
Roy
Ralph
Russell
Riley Shrine to Be Unveiled in Fletcher July 17
Cham ber of Commerce officials will unveil the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial in Fletcher North Carolina on July 17. Dr See Shelby Riley of Fletcher, cousin of the poet, donated the memorial a broad tablet on a bowlder. He will deliver the dedicatory address. Riley often visited Fletcher as guest of Bill Nye the famous humorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Stuart McClellan, Jr
Cavalry Episcopal Church
Fletcher
N. C
James Whitcomb Riley
See Shelby Riley
Riley
Bill Nye
Washington mission to raise 5.79 million in trust certificates
A report notes a planned issuance of 5 786 000 dollars in 4 percent trust certificates. Details on the issuer and purpose are limited in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Mission Today
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U. S. Army Air Service
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Honolulu
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Alfred S. Hegenberger
Army Flyer
NEA
Rev
Kabey
Bishop
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Severin
Ravertising Club
Caete
Chamber of Indianaplis Engineering Club
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Signs Nu
Retail Credit Men's Association
Chamber of Com
Indiana
Illinois
Willys- Knight and Whippet
Broad Ripple Park
R. R. Nace
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis Traffic Club
Spink-Arms Hotel
Oberammergau
First Presbyterian Church
Sixteenth and
Delaware Sts
Harvey Hadlock
California
L. H. Lewis
Robert MacGregor
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
C. E. Shover
Vancouver
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Pope
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Paris
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Helen
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Indianapolis Times
Home Delivery Department
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Elkhart
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Fletcher, N. C
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