Murder Trial Begins Today in Vincennes Case
Joseph Eke of Vincennes goes on trial in Daviess circuit court for the September murder of Robert Marley. The case moved from Knox county. Prosecutors rely on self defense as Eke’s plea. Marley’s widow is the state’s star witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ba Tiers Spredi
Washington
Ind
Joseph Eke
Vincennes
Daviess
Robert Marley
Knox Circuit Court
Erie
Marley
Eke
Peter West- Moreland
Knox County
Henry Mack
William Gentry
Arterburn
Mack
Gentry
Robert A. Banta Dies After 43 Years as City Broker
Robert A. Banta 71 died Tuesday at his home 138 East Sixteenth street. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Thursday at John F Reynolds undertaking parlors 950 North Pennsylvania street with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. He worked in insurance and stock brokerage in Indianapolis for more than 43 years. Born April 23 1858 near West Manchester Ohio he had lived mainly in the east recently. Surviving two sons Leonard E Banta traffic manager of the Indianapolis Board of Trade and John Banta. A sister Mrs Mary Ellen Disher died in November at 94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Banta
East Sixteenth Street
John F. Reynolds Undertaking
North
Pennsylvania Street
Crown Hill Cemetery
Battta
West Manchester
Elks Lab
Leonard E. Banta
Indianapolis Board of Trade
John ©. Banta
Mary Ellen Disher
Alumni Honor John W Cravens At Marion County Dinner
Indiana University secretary John W Cravens will be the principal speaker at the Marion County alumni Foundation Day dinner at the Columbia Club. He has served thirty one years as registrar. Radio stations plan programs for the school's 108th birthday with a WFEBM half hour show at 7 30. Dr W L Bryan will speak on WLW at 7 pm from Cincinnati and Pat Page along with George F Heighway will address WHAS in Louisville at 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cravens
Indiana University
Marion County Indiana
Columbia Club
Cravens
WFEBM
W. L. Bryan
WLW
Cincinnati
Pat Page
George F. Heighway
WHAS
Louisville
Display Team Merchants Win Clock Display Certificates
Display managers A. A. Roeder of William H. Block Company and J. R. Patton of L. S. Ayres & Co. won second place certificates in a national clock window display contest. The displays featured clocks and window photos entered in the national contest. Mrs. Edna Van Zant, 22, is hospitalized in Newcastle, Ind., after a suicide attempt at her home on Monday due to despondency and ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Clock Manufacturers’ Association of American
A. A. Roeder
William H. Block Company
J. R. Patton
L. S. Ayres & Co
Edna van Zant
City Hospital
Newcastle
Ind
Spring flowers cheer Betty Lou and shut-ins
INSHINE visited Betty Lou Schmedel at 1074 South Illinois with three pots of flowers during Child Health Week. The Girl Scouts, Public Health Nursing Association, and Red Cross distributed blooms to a thousand shut-ins and crippled children, with Miss Edna L Hamilton and Mrs. Wilbur C Johnson directing the effort.
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Inshine
Betty Lou Schmedel
Betty Lou
South
Illinois Street
Alex Metzger
The
Red Cross Motor Corps
Girl Scouts, Public Health Nursing Association
Red Cross
Edna L. Hamilton
Wilbur C. Johnson
City in Brief Thursday events highlight civic activities
A roundup of Indianapolis events lists luncheons hosted by Modern Woodmen, Sigma Nu, and other societies at local clubs. State Rep E Y Guernsey now leads Spring Mill state park development east of Mitchell. An operetta by St Agnes Academy rehearsals notes. A federal suit seeks $1,000 bond posted by Yeager and Alexander for Joseph Roberts indicted on liquor charges. A new American Legion police post speaker is Gary’s John Smith with B W Breedlove presiding. Indianapolis Athletic Club to host president’s dinner. Real Estate Board briefs with Commerce Department reps. Petty theft and clinic notices wrap the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America
Severin
Caravan Club
Murat Temple
Advertising Club of
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Indianapolis Engineering Society
Board of Trade
American Business Club
Sigma Nu
Lincoln
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
E. Y. Guernsey
Bedford
New Spring Mill
Mitchell
State Conservation Department
Guernsey
Spring Mill
Joseph Roberts
George R. Jeffrey
Roberts
Anna E. Yeager
North
Pennsylvania Street
Robert Alexander
Yandes Street
The
American Legion
John R. Smith
Gary
Indiana
the Legion
B. W. Breedlove
Harry Smith
Lee Troutman
State Opposes Monon Merger
Indiana Public Service Commission opposes the Monon Baltimore and Ohio merger to preserve north south rail service and state assets. The petition notes Monon tax payments of 900000 annually and potential shop closures at Lafayette, urging continued competition with east west lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chicago, Indianapolis& Louisville Railway Company
Monon
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
James M. Ogden
Lafayette
Purpose in tire color discussed by American Chemical Society
In Columbus Ohio H A Depew reports at the American Chemical Society meeting that fine pigments in tires protect rubber better than coarser pigments extending tire life. The discussion notes pigment fineness influences durability and dissolution resistance. Also included is a Times Special about Alice Pemberton inheriting 350000 from Miss Florence Austin's estate in Birmingham England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
American Chemical Society
H. A. Depew
Palmerston, N. J
Alice Pemberton
Florence Austin
Birmingham
England
Utilities convention opens in Gary Indiana leaders gather
A three day Indiana public utilities session begins in Gary with about 3000 attendees. The Indiana Gas Association meets featuring speakers from Chicago Hammond and Purdue and an election for association officers. Thursday features Gary industry tours and a joint dinner for gas and electric groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Indiana Public Utilities
Indiana Gas Association
M. I. Mix
Chicago
Stanley Jenks
Hammond
H. C. Vandas
A. F. Mitchell
L. D. Spragle
New Albany
H. C. Peffer
Purdue University
Oscar H. Fogg
New York
American Gas Association
Indiana Public Utilities Association
Arthur W. Brady
E. C. Elliott
Samuel Insul Jr
Midland Utilities Company
H.H. Allen
J. B. Wotton
Public Service Magazine
Public Service Management
Gary Industries
Gas and Utilities Association
Electric Light Association
the Light Association
Norman A. Perry
Indianapolis
Kidnapping Mystery Haunts Brooklyn Church School
Eight year old Gerald De Sousa vanished Friday after leaving St Frances De Chantal parochial school with his brothers Elmer and Edgar. Police search widens after his mother reports a threat from a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klyn
Gerald de Sousa
St. Frances de Chantal Church
Elmer
Edgar
Gerald
Furniture Plant to Be Sold by Trustee in Bankruptcy
Brazil Indiana May 1 The plant of the Stout Furniture Company will be sold by May 16 by John F Brown trustee in bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Brazil
Ind
Stout Furniture Company
John F. Brown
British aviatrix Lady Heath loses plane in wind near Terre Haute
Lady Mary Heath piloted a plane forced to land near Effingham Illinois due to strong winds. The craft damaged in the landing was shipped to Terre Haute for repairs with no injuries to Heath or her mechanic. The aircraft, once used by Amelia Earhart, sustained a crashed tail and minor damages. Heath planned to resume to St Louis after repairs, weather and repairs permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Terre Haute
Effingham
Ill
Lady Mary Heath
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Amelia Earhart
Lady Heath
Gannett President Offers to Testify on Paper Trade
Rochester May 1 Frank E. Gannett president of the Gannett newspapers expresses willingness to appear before the federal trade commission in Washington and provide any facts he has about International Paper Company. He denies involvement with trusts and defends a securities sale as a necessary market move during hard times. He says the sale covered notes and minority stock in Albany Ithaca and Brooklyn papers he controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Rochester
N. Y
Frank FE
Gannett
Gannett Newspapers
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
International Paper Company
Albany
Ithaca
Brooklyn
Civic group seeks North Side park development
Butler-Fairview Civic Association will ask the city to develop a north side park. Association president John Shafer will lead the delegation, proposing the Wheeler estate north of the canal between Washington Boulevard and Capitol Avenue. Dr. H. H. Wheeler has tried to sell the property to the city. Winfield Miller outlined the City Manager League program at Fairview Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler-Fairview Civic Association
Park Board
John Shafer
Association
Wheeler Estate
Canal
Washington Boulevard
Capitol Avenue
H. H. Wheeler
Winfield Miller
Indianapolis
City Manager League
Civic Association
Fairview Presbyterian Church
Butler Faculty Scrambles Into Spring Soccer Training
Butler University faculty members led by Captain R W Keahey abandon class to join spring training for a faculty versus student benefit soccer match at the Butler bowl pay. Several candidates fail to report for the first practice and wear heavy sweat shirts in warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler University
R. W. Keahey
Paul D. Hinkle
Robert Nipper
Hermon Phillips
School of Physical Edu
Mother Jones at 90 Still Fighting for Workers
Washington May 1 Mother Jones though aging remains defiant. She recalls climbing a hill with a machine gun and vows to fight for workers, calling for justice for textile workers and championing better pay and living conditions. She questions frameups and supports pardons for Mooney and Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Jones
Times
Washington
West Virginia
Steamer Kadiak Aids By S O Tanker Near Point Keyes
The steamer Kadiak with about twenty five crewmen fought heavy water in its hold as it plowed to San Francisco Bay to avoid sinking. It was aided by the Standard Oil tanker Charlie Watson after sending an S O S from ten miles off Point Keyes Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Charlie Watson
Kodiak
Mies
Point Keyes
Pupil Artists Earn National Prizes From Scholastic Contests
Five Manual Training High School pupils won national awards announced today. George Figg senior won first prize of 100 dollars in a pictorial art contest. Dale Hynes received 10 dollars and honorable mention in the same contest. Blanchard Smith won second prize in a jewelry contest. Irma Roempke won 5 dollars in the Binney and Smith contest. Laura Nelson won 10 dollars in a national literary contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training High School
George Figg
United States
Dale Hynes
Blanchard Smith
Irma Roempke
Binney
Laura Nelson
West Riverside Civic League Tonight at Municipal Gardens
A vaudeville and musical program is planned by the West Riverside Civic League for tonight at 8 at Municipal Gardens on Lafayette road and West Riverside drive. Speakers include E. O. Snethen, president of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs, and Reverend Clarence G. Baker of the Hawthorn Settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Riverside Civic League
Municipal Gardens
Lafayette Road
West Riverside Drive
E. O. Snethen
Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs
Clarence G. Baker
Hawthorn Settlement
Lil Damita Romantic Link Hovers Over Hollywood
Hollywood fog swirls around ex prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and French film star Lili Damita. Reports say they are engaged while the 21 year old, who arrived in Los Angeles, considers a cinema tied future or a potential business offer in Los Angeles.
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Bu United
Prvas
Hollywood
Cal
Louis Ferdinand
Prussia
Germany
Lili Damita
Berlin
Los Angeles
Wiggins Loses Pay In Ten Round Bout
Indianapolis heavyweight boxer Charles Chuck Wiggins went unpaid after his ten round headline fight with Big Boy Peterson in Minneapolis as an execution garnisheeing his wages was served for a $275 debt to Harry Tumbleson. About $900 of his earnings were tied up. In a separate item, Mrs Frieda Ooley filed for divorce from Grover Ooley accusing him of contributing only $1 in eight months to their three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Chuck) Wiggins
Indianapolis
Big Boy Peterson
Minneapolis
Armory
Louis Meredith
Chuck
Harry Tumbleson
Wiggins
Tumbleson
Brazil
Ind
Grover Ooley
Frieda Ooley
Senator Copeland Roils Prohibition Debates At Capitol
Senator Royal Copeland accuses the Methodist board of temperance of lobbying for votes in the Senate office building and calls for broader inquiry into prohibition groups. Dr Clarence True Wilson denies a lobby while defending free speech and public assembly for his board. News notes expected remarks by Representative La Guardia on lobbying by Anti Saloon League and other dry groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
Washington
Senator Royal
Copeland
Methodist Church
Prohibition
Capitol
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Senate
F. H. la
Clarence True Wilson
Pickett
Wilson
Tammany
Board of Temperance
Indigestion Banished by Ver-Wil-Ko Cure Claim
A Bloomington doctor promotes Ver-Wil-KO in claims of relief for stomach kidney and liver trouble constipation rheumatism neuritis nervousness catarrh and impure blood. Frank Calloway of Indianapolis provides one testimonial among hundreds backing the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Calloway
J. C. Vermilya
Bloomington
Ind
Summit Street
Indianapolis
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Westmoreland
Institute
Jair
Kruse
Indiana U
S. Ayres
William H. Block
G & J Tires
Selig Tire CO
South East St
Leon
Alex Metager
Hiawatha
St. Agnes Academy
Cathedral High School
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Dick Miller
T. E. Myers
Kenneth H. Dame
Francis Wells
Indianapolis Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Department
H. C. Schrader
East Thirtythird Street
Schraders
Arthur Steindler
University of Iowa
Indiana University Medical School
James Whitcomb Riley
Maude Ogburn
Alfred M. Houston
Josephine Martin
Earle Coble
State Securities Commission
Utah
Securities Commissioner
STATE
Public Service Board
Fear Child
George Young
North Capitol Avenue
Crown Hill
Mr. Young
Marion County Bar Association
Superior
Power Firm
CIVIC
North Side Park
Paul E. Alyea
Walter Slifer
George W. Harris
J. Douglas Perry
de Forest O'Dell
Forest E. Keller
N. R. Buchan
Don H. Gearheart
America
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
California
West Riverside League
May
Lil
Prince Lurs
Carter
Fletcher Crust Banks
Pennsylvania and
Market Streets
Ver-Wil-Ko
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