Widening of Charge Street Fails to Boost Home Values
A Superior Court trial over the Charge Street widening in Indianapolis heard three realtors testify that Capitol avenue from Washington to Sixteenth Street has not increased abutting property values. About 100 property owners appeal more than 40 000 in assessments by the works board. Corporations including Indiana Trust Spann Realty and Stutz Motor Car are among contesting owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Avenue
Washington Street
Sixteenth Street
William C. Dunlavy
Board of Works
Works Board
Edward S.S. Knight
City Corporation
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Stutz Motor Car Company
Boyd W. Templeton
The
Indiana Trust Company
B. W. Duck
Spann Realty Company
Walter T. White
Indianapolis
Great Conan Doyle described by sons in exclusive interview
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ill at his country home in England is discussed by his sons Dennis and Adrian. They describe the family reading sessions before publication, praising The White Company and Tales of Long Ago as his finest works and noting Conan Doyle’s habit of taking manuscript notes after family feedback. The piece notes Adrian’s poetic leanings and racing hobby, and adds a separate stat about US mint coin production for foreign governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowborough
England
Sherlock Holmes
Dennis
Adrian
Arthur Conan Doyle
Pop
Watson
Inquiry Into Governor Leslie Spending Sparks Opposition
State lawmakers demand audit of the emergency contingent fund used for Governor Leslie’s mansion expenses. Senators urge repayment of 15 000 and 18 000 salaries and note multiple vouchers from 1929 1930 for furniture drapes rugs and repairs. The controversy centers on fund misuse and erosion of public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Lloyd Claycombe
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Niblack
Leslie
Texas cowmen split from cattlemen in Panhandle shift
United Press reports Amarillo Texas cowmen vote at the Panhandle Cowmen Association barn dance to distinguish themselves from cattlemen. They say cowmen stay sober on the range while cattle men attend dairy shows and get drunk from the proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Amarillo
Tex
Texas
The
Panhandle Cowman's Association
Census Bureau updates for April absentee reporting
Census Bureau supervisor Delbert O Wilmeth announces special absent family schedules for city residents. April absences should report at the Federal Building room 235 via the Indianapolis district census supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Indianapolis
Federal Building
Strikers Clash With Workers At Tennessee Rayon Plants
Pickets in Elizabethton hurled stones and swung clubs to stop Bemberg Glanzstoff Rayon plant workers from reporting for shift. Cars windows were shattered and fenders dented by missiles. In New York General Baden Powell arrived from Bermuda for a Boy Scout joint conference and banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg- Glanzstoff Rayon
New York
Baden Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Bermuda
National Organization of Boy and Girl Scouts
Retired Fireman Lenaghan Dies At 72
Funeral services set for Anthony Francis Lenaghan 72 a retired city firefighter who died at his home 221 Park Avenue after months of illness. services to be held Friday at 9 a.m. Holy Cross church United Press report from Shanghai notes parallel dispatch on Soviet guard claims in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony F. Lenaghan
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
Anthony Francis Lenaghan
Park Avenue
Five youths sentenced in criminal court in Indiana
Five youths await transport to penal institutions after sentences handed by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Arno Ross 36 Marshfield Wis received ten years at Indiana state prison for a Shell station robbery on Jan 23 netting $80. Theodore Edge 19 held for further investigation, Crutcher 23 and Healy 22 East Market street received three to ten years in the Indiana reformatory for burglary. Roy W. Adkins 21 got one to ten years for auto banditry after stealing $200 in merchandise from Albert Michael's drug store. Ernest Thompson received a one year farm sentence for burglary.
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James A. Collins
Arno Ross
Marshfield
Wis
Indiana State Prison
Prospect Street
Madison Avenue
Ross
Theodore Edge
Norman Crutcher
James Healy
East Market Street
Indiana Reformatory
Indianapolis
Roy W. Adkins
Albert Michael
Ernest Thompson
Parley expense grows for naval delegation
Acting Secretary of State Cotton told the senate appropriations committee in executive session that $150,000 more is needed for the American naval conference delegation in London. President Hoover recommended the amount in a message to Congress.
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Bu Dnitel Press
Washington
Cotton
Senate Appropriations’ Committee
London
Hoover
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry T. Russell
United States
Sir Conan Doyle
Gaylord Morton
Gotham
Deny Russ
Shanghai
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chang Huesh- Liang
Manchuria
the Times
Ape
White Furniture Co’s
White Furniture CO
West
Washington ST
Lincoln
Hatfield Electric Co
Meridian
Maryland Sts
New Spring
R.S. Manus CO
East Washington St
Fembroke Arcade
Sander & Recker’s
Maryland
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears. Roebuck & Co
Mass. Ave
Alabama St
the Kirk Stores
South Street
Greenfield
Vonnegut
Selig’s Subway
W. Washington St
Goodyear
Pathfinder Tires
Blue Point
Madison
Delaware
Ray &Ts
the Economy Rug Co
E. Washington ST
United Rug Co
Statehouse
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