Widow Wins Right to 99 Year Hotel Lease in Will Case
Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush rules that Mrs. English may negotiate a ninety nine year lease of the east half of the Hotel English site, enabling rental yields of over forty thousand dollars annually for the Indianapolis Foundation after her death. The decision preserves the widow’s rights and the building’s appearance on Monument Circle while directing the property toward a charity headquarters per Captain English’s intent. Mrs. English plans to lease the structure and said she will travel to New York and Europe after the ruling.
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Mahlon E. Bush
William E. English
English
Indianapolis
Bach
Courts of Equity
Captain English
Monument Circle
Thry Court
Bush
Park Board Seeks Bids for Brookside Community House
The park board will receive bids Thursday for a proposed $100,000 community house at Brookside Park. The building is to be erected at Olney Avenue and East Sixteenth Street.
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Brookside Park
Park Board
Olney Ave
E. Sixteenth St
Strayer Joins Edsel Ford Trophy Air Tour In New York
Frank L. Strayer senior vice commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars travels to New York to join Pilot Leonard Flo in the V F W plane Lucky 13 for the Edsel Ford trophy national air tour. The second leg passes Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh and Cleveland with Kalamazoo Dayton Columbus Louisville Memphis Pine Bluff Dallas Oklahoma City Tulsa Wichita Omaha Moline Hammond Grand Rapids Detroit. Strayer a lawyer and naval reservist was wounded in World War II and served with the north bombing squadron.
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Kofski Photo Lab
Frank L. Strayer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New York
Leonard Flo
Lucky 13
Strayer
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Ford Fliers
Kalamazoo
Dayton
Columbus
Louisville
Memphis
Pine Bluff
Dallas
Oklahoma
City
Tulsa
Wichita
Omaha
Moline
Hammond
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Robbins & Strayer
Fletcher American Bank Bldg
United States
Naval
North Bombing Squadron
Naval Aviation Flying Corps
City in Brief highlights local events and incidents
Seventeen Indianapolis boys attended Camp Bedford YMCA as eighty seven showed up for the first camp period opening June 17. A $40,000 eight apartment building is planned at 2613 15 Broadway by Addison Lease and E P Warren. A two story building at 529 31 N Capitol Ave was put up for sale by Fred McCallister to Walter R Shiel. Detectives searched for an expert pickpocket after a $53 watch and chain vanished downtown. Fire crews battled a small blaze at Del Mar garage caused by an oil burner. A cigarette stub sparked an awning fire at Goodyear Tire, loss $50. A purse containing a $125 diamond was reported missing, suspected pickpocketing. Teachers College students toured the Statehouse to copy inscriptions. County Clerk Hutsell closed the office at noon for quarterly settlement. Christian Church groups plan meetings and flag-raising events. A girls skating party fundraiser for rebuilding St Patrick’s Church is set. The Riverside Amusement Park rink was donated. Fireman William O Neill, 33, was arrested for assault and battery following a warrant by his wife. A break in at an Eleven Street grocery yielded fifty pennies. Doctors amputated two fingers of Roscoe Maupin after a punch press injury. Mrs Hayden Webster reported a lost pearl brooch during a visit to Indianapolis.
Motives of Steve Stephenson Revealed by Attorney
Michigan City Indiana June 30 1927 D C Stephenson seeks to use silence on Indiana politics as leverage for parole and release. Attorney Robert H Moore says Stephenson may discuss prison happenings including two convict deaths to pressure authorities. Moore will meet Marion County Prosecutor Remy in Indianapolis Friday.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
D. C
Moore
Stephenson
Steve
Remy
Indiana Supreme Court
la Porte
Madge Oberholtzer
Daly
John Moore
State Board of Charities
Indianapolis
la Porte County
Grand Jury
Remy to Interview Stephenson in Indiana Prison
Prosecutor William H. Remy plans to visit Indiana State Prison at Michigan City to interview D. C. Stephenson after speaking with Stephenson’s attorney on Friday. Remy expects to learn details of political corruption offered to him by Stephenson and may take Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer if Stephenson cooperates.
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William H. Remy
Indiana State Prison
Michigan City
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
Moore
Remy
William H. Sheaffer
Screen star Dorothy Mackaye found guilty of manslaughter
Dorothy Mackaye, famed film star, faces 1 to 3 years in prison after a jury found she attempted to conceal the manner of her husband Ray Raymond's death following a fist fight with Paul Kelly. Kelly was previously convicted of manslaughter and is jailed. Mackaye's sentencing is set for Saturday with an appeal planned.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Screen
Miss Mackaye
Kelly
Gone but Not Forgotten Automobiles Reported Stolen
Police report lists several stolen autos and owners including Glenn Summers of 412 Morland Ave with a Chevrolet 23 857 from Riverside Park and Walter Stork of 436 DeQuincy St with a Ford 7 436 from Virginia and Delaware Streets. A Studebaker 964 340 was stolen from Cincinnati Ohio in front of a post office. F J Foust of 1525 Leonard St with a Ford from in front of that address, Roy Statton of 15 Russell St with a Ford from State Ave and Washington St. Back Home Again later notes found: R C Tomlinson of Danville Ind with a Ford at 940 S Delaware St and Harry Woodsmall of city Hudson found at Chesapeake and Illinois Streets. A Harley Davidson motorcycle no license was found at 2100 N Capitol Ave.
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Glenn Summers
Morland Ave
Chevrolet
Riverside Park
Walter Stork
DeQuincy
Ford
Virginia Ave
Delaware St
F. E. Davis
Studebaker
Cincinnati
Ohio
F. J. Foust
Leonard St
Roy Statton
Russell St
State Ave
Washington St
R. C. Tomlinson
Danville
Ind
S. Delaware St
Harry -Woodsmall
City
Hudson
Chesapeake and
Illinois
Capitol Ave
Former Resident Dies at St Vincent’s Hospital
Dr. W S Baker aged 35 of Carmel Indiana died at St Vincent’s Hospital after an ulcer caused his death. He had lived in Indianapolis until five years ago. The remains were to be taken to Carmel for funeral services.
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W.S. Baker
Carmel
Ind
Indianapolis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Pershing Praised As Indianapolis Hosts Memorial Pageant
Gen John J Pershing arrives in Indianapolis for a large patriotic ceremony it includes laying the Indiana War Memorial plaza cornerstone and a multi divisional parade led by the 150th Field Artillery Rainbow Division. Governor Jackson and Mayor Duvall attend with other officials.
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John J. Pershing
Indianapolis
Indiana War Memorial Plaza
War Memorial Commission
Frank H. Henley
Pershing
Delaware and
North Sts
Meridian
Michigan Sts
Jackson
Duvall
William H. Kershner
Dwight E. Aultman
150Th Field Artillery
Indiana
Adjt
France
Roy A. Murphy
Marion County
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Be a Flag Fortune Calls 600 Women for Living Flag
William Fortune of the Indianapolis Red Cross appeals for 600 volunteer women to assemble in red, white and blue costumes on the south steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument for a living flag greeting during the War Memorial parade for Gen John J Pershing Monday morning. Red Cross costumes provided. The event offers a good viewing position for the parade.
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William Fortune
Indianapolis
Red Cross
John J. Pershing
Fortune
Picture Record Set as WW Ori Flight Reaches Honolulu
A NEA Service photographer in Honolulu captured the San Francisco to Honolulu flight's finale as American Army fliers landed yesterday at 1 01 p m eastern daylight. Photos were developed at the wireless station and two were sent by radio to San Francisco for telephoto to New York arriving eight hours after the landing. The Times transmits the NEA Service in full.
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Ori
Sid AD Satords
San Francisco
Honolulu
NEA
New York
Record Flight Sets World Endurance Mark
Van Lear Black publisher of the Baltimore Sun completed a world record passenger flight in the Fokker monoplane. The 8,000 mile journey from Amsterdam to Batavia took 15 days with smooth travel. He plans to fly 4,000 more miles to Australia starting Sunday.
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United Preas
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
van Lear Black
Baltimore Sun
Weltevreden
Fokker
Amsterdam
Australia
Steel Cars Save Lives
Steel coaches today saved many passengers on a Nickel Plate train inbound from New York after striking an open switch in south Chicago. The four last cars leaped an embankment and overturned, trapping more than fifty men. Six injured, one seriously, Dorothy Mc Clure of Barrington Illinois.
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United Press
Chicago
New York
Dorothy McClure
Barrington
Twin swimmers arrive on hudson 162 mile swim near finish
Bernice and Phyllis Zitenfield, 13 year old twins, reach the 158th Street dock at 7 a.m completing the next to last lap of their Hudson River crossing from Albany to the Battery. They left Yonkers at 5:30 a.m and arrived there yesterday after 1444 river miles. Their trainer George Mains notes they have completed 155 miles in 49 days in the water.
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Pew York
Bernice
Phyllis Zitenfield
158Th St. Dock
Hudson
Albany
Battery
Yonkers
Tarrytown
George Mains
Tractor Attack Leaves Indiana Farmer Grievously Injured
Evansville reports Alvin Buttery, 25, of near Griffin, Ind., was injured when a tractor suddenly surged, running over his lower body and breaking a vertebra as it circled the field. He lay for hours before neighboring worker Claude Compton stopped the machine.
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Times
Evansville
Ind
Alvin Buttery
Farmer
Griffin
Buttery
Claude Compton
Agreement Reached on Destroyers and Flotilla Leaders
Geneva reports provisional agreement on destroyers and flotilla leaders by the technical commission. Submarines are to be considered Friday. First category destroyers will be limited to 1500 tons and twenty knots, with a fifteen year limit.
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United Press London
Geneva
Technical Commission
eXchange Telegraph Company
England Not Down and Out Says Stamp Optimistic Outlook
Sir Josiah Stamp, English industrialist and economist, after receiving a Harvard honorary degree, says England remains an industrial leader in Europe and is absorbing about 150,000 workers annually. He notes unemployment is a problem but not as acute as before and contrasts Britain with the United States.
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United Preas
New York
Josiah Charles Stamp
Harevard University
Britain
England
United States
Europe
Lowden Declines Indiana Boost for 1928 Presidency
Former Governor Frank O Lowden of Illinois told Indiana Republican committee he cannot seek the presidency. He said no man in U S history has run away from the presidency and thanked supporters for their confidence.
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United Press
Oregon
United States
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Indiana
Pere
Lowden
Hints of love slaying in Gary amid murder inquiry
Gary police question Benjamin Hesselrock and his wife of three weeks Ruth Coffman in the death of John A. Burt. Burt died from a blow with an iron pipe after a quarrel reportedly sparked by jealousy over Burt and Hesselrock's romance. John Havill, 18, said Burt was angry at Hesselrock over a stolen sweetheart. Mrs Hesselrock admitted Burt sought her affection.
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Gary
Ind
Benjamin Hesselrock
Ruth Coffman
John A. Burt
Burt
John Havill
Hesselrock
Help Yourself Plan Supports Odd Penny Prices at White's Cafeteria
The cafeteria promotes a help yourself plan featuring odd penny prices for a selection of foods at White's Cafeteria On the Circle. The arrangement promises affordable serving options and a casual dining experience for patrons.
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Sonics
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Broadway
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E. P. Warren
Lemcke
Fred McCallister
Walter R. Shiel
Illinois St
Henry Prentice
Box 7
Delaware and Market Sts
Del-Mar
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Teachers’ College of Indianapolis
Statehouse
George O. Hutsell
Christian Church
Beech Grove Christian Church
Beech Grove Church
Young Ladies’ Sodality of
St. Patrick’s Church
Riverside Amusement Park
Anna Hurley
Margaret Davey
Sophia Kot
Florence Round
Rose Linder
William O’neill
Loretta O’neill
River Ave
W. Eleventh St
Tillman Buggs
W. Tenth St
Hayden Webster
Martinsville
Dragon
State
Screen Star
Joint Stock Land Bank
J . F.wild & CO. State Bank
East Market St
Bond House
Lae Eid
Gen, Pershing
United States Army
Kershner
Washington
Market St
Meridian St
North St
Pennsylvania St
Michigan St
the Times
America
Hoosier G. O. P
Leonard
Leo Polai
Vonnegut
E. Wash. ST
Capitol Milk
Billie Burton
Billy
Capitol Dairies, Inc
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