Radio to Carry Indiana High School Basketball Play by Play
The Indiana high school basketball championship at the State fairground March 20 and 21 will be broadcast live by The Indianapolis Times and Merchants Heat and Light Company. WFBM will carry all games with Times writers providing real time play by play and crowd sound.
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Merchants Heat and Light Company
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State highway probe widens after six indicted men
Public service officials warn the county inquiry continues despite indictments of six men. George Bartley sought information as officials state the investigation into state highway affairs remains active and unresolved as Friday proceedings loom.
Indictments in War Material Sale Probe Draw Six Defendants
The Marion County grand jury indicted six men including two highway officials on charges of irregularity in the sale of surplus war material. They are John D. Williams, Earl Crawford, Mose G. L. Goldberg, Victor Goldberg, and George Bartley awaiting return, plus Bartley. They face conspiracy to embezzle and grand larceny charges. arraignment set for April 6 before Judge James A. Collins with trials likely in May or June. The State Board of Accounts preparing a public report on its war material sales probe.
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State Highway Commission
Marion County Grand Jury
Claude Worley
William H. Remy
Statehouse
State Board of Accounts
County Grand Jury
Omer Hawkins
Indianapolis
George Bartley
Bartley
Jacksonville
Fla
John C. Rucklehaus
Rucklehaus
Indianapolis Times
James A. Collins
Remy
John D. Williams
Earl Crawford
Moseg.l
Victor Goldberg
Washington
Shank Targets Rotten Mains Over Water Pressure Alarm Dispute
Fire Chief O'Brien backs Mayor Shank as he pushes the Public Service Commission to address weak city water mains. Shank cites alarms with pressure swings from sixty to ten pounds and warns mains may burst under fire fighting loads. Indianapolis Water Co. manager Davis declines comment while awaiting commission action. The city still owes about 74 000 dollars for excess rates last year.
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Watyre
Public Service Commission
Commission
Eigen Pumpere
John J. O’brien
O'Brien
Co. E. Davis
Indianapolis Water Company
Davis
Joseph L. Hogue
Phone Company Income Soars in 1924 Report
American Telephone & Telegraph shows net income of 107,245,548 in 1924, up from 99,624,472 in 1923. Dividends paid totaled 82,602,906 with a 24,642,642 surplus, while operating expenses rose to 466,614,275 from 429,076,069 amid broad holdings in Indiana Bell and related firms.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
American Comany
Incompany
Ameri
Senate Rules Cramp Dawes Speech to Senate
Vice President Dawes made his first and last Senate address of his term as rules bar him from speaking on any topic beyond procedure. The only future speech would occur if he is re elected in 1928, leaving his inaugural address as his sole formal address to the body.
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United Press
Ashington
Dawes
Senate
Hell
Maria
Ambulance Delays at Belt Railroad Crossing Prompt Action
Dr. Cleon A. Nafe asks public safety action over repeated ambulance delays caused by Belt railroad trains. Leonard Cox, driver, reports waiting 24 minutes at West Washington Street crossing while a infant patient with meningitis and pneumonia suffers in the vehicle. Father rushes to hospital after delays and police note similar holdups affecting responders. Trainmaster J. J. Liddy cites air issues on a Belt line outbound and says crews are told to cut trains at crossings after delays.
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City Hospital
Board of Public Safety
Leonard Cox
W. Washington St
Duane Pierson
T. H. Pierson
W. Washington &J
Cox
H. J. Meyer
Miley Ave
New York &T
Thomas
J. J. Liddy
Union Railway
Henry
H. J. Warner
Chicago
Liddy
Shank Opposes Highway Commission Change In Letter
Mayor Shank voiced opposition to a proposed bill to abolish Indiana's state highway commission in a letter to Senator William K. Penrod. He warned the change would empower a political machine and use tax dollars to aid job-hunting politicians.
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Shank
William K. Penrod
Indiana
Highway Commission
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Fragmented OCR note mentions a time 12 noon and a Kotkin encom, unclear context. No clear people or organizations are identifiable.
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Kotkin Encom
Defense in Stokes Case Gets Blow
A New York hotel proprietor and millionaire sits drowsily in court as attorneys clash over a key legal point in the Stokes case. The moment underscores the high stakes of the proceedings and the tension between the defense and prosecution.
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Stokes
New York
Courtroom Crowd Packed as Stokes Trial Ruling Blocks Testimony
Chicago March 6 The defense of W E B D Stokes 78 New York hotel proprietor faced a court ruling denying him testimony about conversations in New York with more than twenty people including chauffeur Valentine Kubicke The ruling centers on alleged defamation of his wife Helen Elwood Stokes Judge William Gemmill barred Stokes from detailing these conversations Stokes remained on the witness stand as attorneys argued over the scope of admissible evidence The trial drew a curious crowd in this high profile case demanding clarity on the defamation charges.
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Chicago
W. EB. D. Stokes
New York
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Stokes
Helen Elwood Stokes
Valentine Kubicke
William Gemmill
Kissinger blue Sunday bill killed in Indiana House
Indiana House defeated the Kissinger blue Sunday bill by 48 to 44 in an indefinite postponement vote after a 75 minute floor debate. Senator passed a separate Daily bill banning lurid magazines, pitting minister representatives Gill and Horne in a cross fire over the measure.
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Indiana House Today
Kissinger
House
Senate
Gill
Cloverdale
Horne
Osgood
Flapper Fanny Remarks On Ivory Hoard Of Boy Friend
Flapper Fanny complains that one of her male acquaintances has amassed a large ivory collection to the point his head seems full of it.
Truck Crash Injures Three In Market Street Collision
A driver lost control near a traffic semaphore at Market and Pennsylvania Streets Wednesday. Mrs Irene Wrennick 20 of 1405 E Washington St and Mrs Ida Trillo 35 of 1617 Park Ave suffer serious injuries after a truck plowed into a crossing crowd. David Green 42 of Pittsburgh Pa also injured. The truck was driven by Horace Hicks 19 of 1955 Hovey St. He ran over Mrs Wrennick injuring her legs and Mrs Trillo sustaining serious internal injuries.
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Pennsylvania Sts
Irene Wrennick
Washington St
Ida Trillo
Park Ave
Market St
David Green
Pittsburgh
Horace Hicks
Hovey St
Wrennik
Trillo
Blessings of No Politics Highlight City Manager Form
Letters from the Indianapolis Real Estate Board showcase support for the city manager system. Officials cite unified executive leadership, budgeting efficiency, and nonpartisan administration as key advantages reflected in Dayton, Knoxville, and Wichita examples.
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Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Henley T. Hottel
Indianapolis
Frank D. Stringham
Berkeley
Cal
Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Research Association
Citizens’ Agency
Knoxville Sentinel
Knoxville
Earl C. Elliott
Wichita
Kan
Georgia official heads to Greensboro to seek Borglum extradition
An Atlanta official sails for Greensboro to secure extradition of Pack Gutzon Borglum, the fugitive sculptor indicted for destroying Stone Mountain memorial models. A Saturday hearing on a writ of habeas corpus is planned.
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United Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Greensboro
Pack Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain Memorial
Borglum
Do You Know As Much As A 14 Year Old Boy Trivia
Indianapolis Public School head of research Murray Dalman selects typical eighth grade exam questions in mathematics English history and geography from recent tests. Answers on mathematics will be published Friday. Test items include per capita bond investment interest total, stock loss, painting cost, and algebra problems.
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Murray Dalman
Department of Research
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
United States
Clark
New Rise in Light Temperature Forecast Tonight
Weather Bureau predicts a rise in temperatures tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies. Above freezing is forecast, and conditions are expected to be mild with increasing warmth.
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Weather Bureau
School vote ponders Cal in dinner hour test
Five hundred Junior High pupils in Noblesville Indiana voted to miss their lunch to hear Peinen Coolidge speak in Washington. The Times notes the noon hour timing 12 to 1 pm and questions how teachers might keep students in class.
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Noblesville
Ind
Peinen Coolidge
Washington
New Justice Chosen for Warren Township Justice of Peace
County commissioners appointed Thomas S Crutcher to succeed Thaddeus R Rainey as justice of peace of Warren Township. Rainey resigned and is under indictment by the county grand jury for conspiracy to blackmail over fines on workers comp violations. Crutcher previously served as justice of peace in Warren Township.
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Thomas
Attack Case Opens Trial of Robert McDannon
Robert McDannon, 25, colored, of 1006 Adler Street, faces assault and battery with intent to murder. The trial before Judge James A. Collins began this morning with jury selection after arguments with Fred McCallister and William H. Remy. McDannon allegedly shot James Schroeder, a street car conductor of 543 Holly Street, following a dispute over a torn transfer. Schroeder testified he protested when handed a torn transfer and was then shot twice.
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Adler St
James A. Collins
Fred McCallister
William H. Remy
McDamon
James Schroeder
Holly St
Schreder
Seebamcg
Times Readers Aid Widowed Mother
Times readers rally to help Mrs. Burton R. Davis widow of a man killed when his car was struck by an Inter-State traction car at Stop 6 Madison Rd five miles south of the city. Donations include a fur coat and cash gifts totaling about 170 dollars with others offering groceries and money for a home.
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Indianapolis Times
Burton R. Davis
R. R. E. Box
Madison Rd
Bainbridge
The
Times
Two More Held In Liquor Ring Probe
Herbert Breedlove and James M. Quigley of 311% E Walnut St were held with six other suspected ring members to the Federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to violate prohibition law. Additional persons may be presented later as evidence is reviewed by agents at the Merchants Bank Building office.
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Herbert Breedlove
James M. Quigley
Walnut St
Federal Grand Jury
Breedlove
Quis
Katherine West
Eddie Monfort
Broadway
Outfit
Marshall Rowe
Oliver Ave
William Crews
Morris Sr
Quigley
John W
Merchants Bank
Lux
Forty-Second St
Ella Sherer
Arbor Ave
Methodist bishop dies in Memphis at 76
Bishop William Wilton Murray, a prominent figure in southern Methodism, died in a Memphis hospital at age 76. The church leader, long associated with the denomination's Southeast region, passed away after a period of illness.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
William Wilton Murray
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