Flying wing airplane perfected by Northrop at Burbank
Northrop Aircraft Corporation in Burbank California has perfected a metal monoplane called the flying wing. It carries two passengers, spans thirty feet, length twenty feet, and uses a 70 horsepower pusher propeller behind the wing. The design aims for greater speed and efficiency with retractable landing gear and streamlined cantilever outriggers.
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All United Pree
Washington
Northrop Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Cal
Passengers Listed for Early Airline Movements Across Cities
Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport shows T. A. T. travelers bound for Columbus Ohio with P. F. Ryan of Indianapolis. West-bound riders include Mr and Mrs H G Phillips of Toledo and Mrs William Davis of Muno to Los Angeles. Embry-Riddle group to Cincinnati includes S L Weld and W H Talbott of Indianapolis. To Chicago travel features F H Lea of Indianapolis and A E Fandcroft of Chicago. Hoosier Airport reports Charles Western, commerce inspector, to Terre Haute Evansville and back. O G Harned goes to Albany New York aboard a Travel Air monoplane. Capitol Airport lists Lt E H Jose of Capitol Airways from Detroit to Indianapolis and Charles Farr from St Louis to Detroit aboard a Stinson monoplane.
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Curtiss
Air Mail Loads From Indianapolis Post Office
Post master Robert H. Bryson announced February air mail dispatch from the Indianapolis office reached 792 pounds, slightly below January’s 800 pounds but above February 1929’s 717 pounds. Embry-Riddle Company planes were grounded several days due to landing field conditions.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Embry-Riddle Company
Bryson
Rum Analysis Clears Home of Deceased Man
Public health chemist J R Dunwoodie reported that no deadly poison was found in liquor in the Steck home at 249 East South Street. Police say alpha Davis and Lola Morgan, linked by Steck’s sons Roy and Clifford, will be tried March 11 on blind tiger charges.
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Samuel Steck
East South Street
J. R. Dunwoodie
Public Health Board
Alpha Davis
Warsaw Street
Lola Morgan
Steck
Roy
Clifford
Blind Tiger Cherce
Flavor the Food Sugar Advice From Doctors
Doctors advocate wholesome foods and balanced diets but support making foods palatable with sugar. A dash of sugar enhances vegetables and cereals, boosting flavor while preserving nutrients, a plea that applies to both children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Institute
Expert Gives Antidotes for Diseases of Plants
Miss Mildred Mc Gravel of 1418 East New York street appears at the Indianap lis Home Garden Institute in Tomlinson hall. She and other enthusiasts study remedies for plant diseases as show officials warn against turf digging. The institute will close Wednesday night.
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Mildred McGravel
New York Street
Indianapolis Home Garden Institute
Tomlinson Hall
Methods of Rot Treatment Recounted at Session of Gardeners
Indianapolis gardeners and plant lovers heard practical disease control tips at the Indianapolis Home Garden Institute in Tomlinson Hall. Dr. C. T. Gregory of Purdue spoke on treating rats blights and other diseases, warning that improper spraying or dusting can kill plants. Landscape gardening principles will be tackled tonight by Prof. C. L. Burkholder, with lawn and plant disease questions answered by institute leaders through the agricultural agent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Home Garden Institute
Tomlinson Hall
C. T. Gregory
Purdue University Botany Department
Gregory
C. L. Burkholder
Purdue University Department of Horticulture
Clarence Henry
Merion County
Thurston Moonlights as Master of Modern Illusion
Howard Thurston and his daughter Jane headline a standout show praised by three adults for its strongest illusion yet the midair disappearance of a girl and other feats that blur reality. Critics hail the performance at English’s with high tension and brisk awe, calling it the town’s best entertainment of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Hickman
Howard Thurston
Jane
Thurston
Tamearas
Carlos Lane
Moses
English’s
Sasia
Connell Turpen
Open forum on Indianapolis fire losses at Chamber of Commerce
Alfred Fleming of the National Board of Fire Underwriters will speak at a noon Friday forum in the Chamber of Commerce. Joseph W. Stickney says the Indianapolis Times exposed perceived fire department inefficiency contributing to heavy losses and urges property owners to take preventive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming
Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis
Alfred Fleming
Conservation Department
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Joseph W. Stickney
Indianapolis Times
Stickney
Lynhurst Mayor Cited by Judge in Annexation Contempt Case
Ernest E Kellogg known as mayor of Lynhurst along with two political associates are cited to appear before Circuit Judge Harry O Chamberlin on March 17 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court. Co defendants include Lynhurst town clerk Edith M Roberts and lawyer W C Swails. The citation follows Swails attempt to file papers with county officials to claim the town board rescinded a 2000 acre annexation resolution ruled void by the same judge last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Kellogg
Lynhurst
Harry O. Chamberlin
Edith M. Roberts
W. C. Swails
Kellogg
Witness Reneges and Sentences in Local Court
Eugene Monroe testified against Waverly Houston in a case involving liquor. The judge fined Hunston $100 and 30 days in jail, then imposed a similar fine and sentence on Monroe after he reneged on his bargain and admitted purchasing liquor at Hunston's home.
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Eugene Monroe
Douglass Street
Waverly
Houston
Minerva Street
Monroe
Thomas E. Garvin
Hunston
Garvin
Royalty’s Puppy Love Court Battle Over Pomeranians
In Chicago on March 4 Queen Marie and General Pershing yawned in court as owners argued over eight Pomeranian pups. The General Pershing owner claimed two pups since the sire is at least 25 percent in the litter, but Judge J. H. Clayton ruled Queen Marie may keep and distribute her brood as she pleases.
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Queen Marie
General Pershing
Bu United Press
Chicago
J. H. Clayton
Arrest of Otto Roberts in store garage and station robberies
Police arrest Otto Roberts a 21 year old Black man for investigation in a series of robberies at drug stores garages and filling stations. Two other Black suspects have been reported to implicate him.
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Otto Roberts
Stolen Automobiles Reported to Police
Automobiles reported stolen include an Essex coach M-49 belonging to T. A. Bell Company at 1110 North Meridian Street and a Hudson coach at 420 North Capitol Avenue. Both vehicles were taken from Capitol Avenue intersecting Maryland Street and Washington Street. Personnel: Harry Wilson cited as owner.
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Harry Wilson
North Capitol Avenue
Hudson Coach
Capitol Avenue
Maryland Street
T. A. Bell Company
North
Meridian Street
Essex Coach
M-49
Washington Street
Stolen Cars Recovered From Local Residences
Police recover two stolen vehicles linked to Charles H. Burgess. A Ford touring found at 2311 East Eleventh Street and a Hudson sedan with tag 650-118 found in a shed behind a vacant house at 1005 Ashland Avenue. Burgess’s address listed as 2113 East Lodust Street, Terre Haute.
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Charles H. Burgess
East
Locust Street
Terre Haute
East Eleventh Street
Hudson
Ashland Avenue
Turkey Sets New City Spellings for Postwar Map
The Turkish government has announced official spellings for many cities and geographic features. Constantinople becomes Istanbul Gelibolu for Gallipoli and Angora now Ankara. The change reflects postwar naming and differs from traditional geographies.
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Science Service
Washington
Cobh
Oslo
Istanbul
Gelibolu
Ankara
United States Geographic Board
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Angara
Census taking begins in city with 10 enumerators
The 1930 census work started as C S Durant chief special agent placed ten enumerators in the city for the manufacturers wholesalers and retailers census. Enumerators named include Crow Croner Harrington Hiles Gillespie Hoover Pierce Roessner Wolfley Wilcox. Brammell joins Durant with Templeton assisting in office and field work. Wilmeth to direct population and agricultural census in the city and Marion county.
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C. 8. Durant
United States Census Bureau
Fred J. Crow
Edgard B. Croner
Humphrey Harrington
Herman H. Hiles
Boyd M. Gillespie
Floyd W. Hoover
Leslie I. Pierce
Charles W. Roessner
Edward L. Wolfley
Harold E. Wilcox
Edward B. Brammell
Census Bureau
Washington
Durant
Harry Templeton
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Marion County
Indianapolis
Warren township candidates announce renomination bids
William H. Cooper and Jesse Lowes declare reappointment bids after a Warren township Republican Club meeting. Laurens L. Henderson formally opens his campaign for prosecuting attorney, pledging protection for women banks homes and streets. Additional speakers include Claude H. Anderson Mrs. John T. Askren W. S. Frye Fred T. Gladden John Lewis and Edward J. Hecker.
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Warren Township
Irvington
Republican Club
William H. Cooper
Jesse Lowes
Laurens L. Henderson
Henderson
Claude H. Anderson
Superior Court Four
John T. Askren
Warren Central High Schol Parent-Teacher Association
W. S. Frye
Fred T. Gladden
John Lewis
Edward J. Hecker
William L. Taylor
Meningitis Toll Rises to Ninety With Edith Webb Death
The cerebrospinal meningitis death toll rose to ninety today after the death of Edith Clarkson Webb 2 of Greencastle a former Indianapolis nurse. Webb was moved from Robert W Long Hospital to city hospital and was a graduate of City Hospital Nursing School. Additinal cases bring the total to 138 including Florence Jackson 46 of 216 East North Street and Irma Wilson 6 Negro of 1710 Boulevard Place.
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Edith Clarkson Webb
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Plant Improvement Plans Announced by Local Firms
The Independent Concrete Pipe Company at 201 North West street says it will spend 50000 for improvements at the Indianapolis Concrete Products Company plant at 2050 South Harding street recently acquired by the pipe company. The work will add 7400 feet of floor space and seven acres of yard area.
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Independent Concrete Pipe Company
North West Street
Indianapolis Concrete Products Company
South Harding Street
The
Pipe Company
START HOSPITAL WORK AT ST FRANCIS ADDITION
Ground was broken for a $300 000 four story brick addition at St Francis hospital Beech Grove on Monday. Completion will expand capacity to two hundred patients.
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St. Francis' Hospital
Beech Grove
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