Waldorf Astoria to be razed for new skyscraper
New York May 1 The Waldorf Astoria hosts its last guests tonight and will be torn down by wreckers by Thursday. Auctioneers will disperse furnishings. proceeds from a $10 plate dinner go to employees. The 1893 landmark, famed for presidents and royalties, will yield to a 1931 Park Avenue skyscraper.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Waldorf- Astoria
Waldorf’s
Europe
Park Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth Street
Labor Party lauded by Dr. Oxnam at Rotary Club
Dr. G Bromley Oxnam, president of De Pauw University, told the Claypool Rotary Club that the British Labor party succeeds through leadership and organization. He warned that industrial focus can blind people to world movements and urged study of surrounding events. President Robert J Aley introduced him.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
de Pauw University
Rotary Club
Claypool
Dr. Oxnam
British Labor Party
Labor Party
Oxnam
Robert J. Aley
Butler
Stolen Autos Reported in City Listings
A police bulletin lists vehicles reported stolen from residents and businesses including Helen Campbell Ford Coupe 737-788 from 500 Indiana Avenue and Hoosier Fence Company Ford Roadster 90-094 from Capitol Avenue and Market Street, with multiple owners and locations statewide.
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Senate Avenue
Ford
Washington Street
Harvey Sears
Washington Boulevard
Chrysler Coach
Indiana Avenue
Ed Siler
California Street
Eighteenth
Harding Streets
Albert’ Springer
Twenty-fifth Street
Ft. Harrison Road
Luther C. Rice
Pennsylvania
South
John Gray
Traub Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Market Street
Grover Lytle
J. Box
Jack Petree
Randolph Street
Hudson
Fletcher Avenue
Nobile Street
Howard Webb
Armstrong Street
Kokomo
Ind
Chevro Jet Touring
Kokomo, Ind
Stolen Cars Recovered Tie To Local Residents
Police recover several stolen vehicles linked to residents including Chester Ball of 1903 South State Avenue with a Ford roadster found at Senate and Washington, Samuel R. Perrott of Rural Route C with a Chevrolet touring found at Hillside and the Belt railroad, Omar Coulter of 1136 West Twenty Seventh Street with a Chevrolet coupe found at Eighteenth and White River Boulevard, Rumsey Thomas of 437 South Delaware Street with a Ford coupe and a Ford touring found at Tibbs Avenue and West Washington, and another Ford touring number 739-819 located at Tibbs Avenue and Morris Street.
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South State Avenue
Senate Avenue
Washington Street
Jewish Community Center Association
Illinois
North Streets
Samuel R. Perrott
Hillside Avenue
Omar Coulter
West Twenty Seventh Street
Eighteenth Street
White River Boulevard
Rumsey Thomas
Delaware Street
Tibbs Avenue
West
Morris Street
Ivy class furnishes room in Indiana Christian hospital
Members of the West Park Christian Ivy class opened the Ivy room in the Indiana Christian hospital after spending about 150 dollars on furnishings. The event was marked by a Saturday ceremony and a group photo showing several named members and their addresses.
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West Park
Former New Hampshire Secretary of State Pillsbury Sentenced
Ho bart Pillsbury former secretary of state for New Hampshire began serving a prison term of one year and a day to three years in the state prison. Judge Joseph S. Matthews imposed the sentence after Pillsbury changed his plea to nolo contendere on misappropriation of state funds following a resignation amid audits showing over $6,000 in department discrepancies.
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United Press
Concord
W. H
Hobart Pillsbury
New Hampshire
Joseph S. Matthews
Pillsbury
Secretary of State
German Plans Fail for Political Parley
Paris May 1 Germanys revived push for a political conference as a sequel to the reparations talks hit a wall France warned the Reich no political meeting would be considered. France said Germany must settle reparations while the Young conference sits or revert to the Dawes plan.
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Paris
Germany
France
Reich
Dawes
Aristide Briand
Gustav Stresemann
Business men boost city says Holtzman
John W. Holtzman, former mayor, told the Universal Club at the Columbia Club that the city’s best advertisement is the integrity and goodwill of its business men. He urged support for efforts to boost Indianapolis. Howard E. B. Robertson and William H. Harrison will direct the club’s radio program Thursday night over WEDF.
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Universal Club
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
Howard EB. Robertson
William H. Harrison
WEDF
Beauty expert Mile Rubinstein tours city for cosmetics talks
Beauty expert Mile Rubinstein sister of Helena Rubinstein visits for consultations and lectures under L. S. Ayres & Co. She says women can shed ten to twenty years with cosmetics and opposes gland grafting, face lifting, calling miracles unlikely. She speaks at the Ayres tea room at 3 30 this afternoon on avoiding age danger signs.
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Monka Rubinstein
Helena
L. S. Ayres & Co
Mlle. Rubinstein
Europe
Rubinstein
Ayres
Funeral rites for Michael D. Lawlor
Funeral services for Michael D. Lawlor 74 of 1140 Pleasant Street will be held at St Patrick church Friday at a.m. He died at home after a long illness. Burial will be at Holy Cross cemetery. Lawlor served in the Indianapolis police department twenty two years and retired after a paralytic stroke in 1926.
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Pleasant Street
St. Patrick's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Lawlor
Indianapolis
Agua Prieta Surrenders as Rebel Holdout Falls
The Agua Prieta garrison in Sonora, the last Mexican rebel stronghold, surrendered to federal troops after amnesty terms from General Juan Almazan. General Antonio Medina led 800 rebels to capitulate, with negotiations mediated by Major John E. Crede and the Mexican consul. Escobar remains at large, last thought to be southwest of the border.
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Ariz
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Juan Almazan
Chihuahua
Antonio Medina
John E. Crede
Camp Yones
Medina
Almazan
J. G. Escobar
Roberto Cruz
Sinaloa
Escobar
Here
United States
Maxine Lambert Wins Dance Contest at Hotel Lincoln
Miss Maxine Lambert of 2329 North La Salle street won first prize in The Indianapolis Times Junior League dancing contest in the Lincoln room at Hotel Lincoln. She earned a slot in the Junior League Follies at Murat theater and two dance terms with Louise Purcell Powell. More than a hundred watched as Lambert performed a waltz and a nearly perfect tap dance.
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Lincoln Room
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Dorothy Mabey
Mary Ellen Huggins
Miss Powell
Ellenor McDonald
Virginia Lapp
Allen Champion
Myrle E. Long
Mary Frances Bowers
Mary Eleanor Ellis
Margaret Laughner
Lavonne Maloof
John Fishback
Allen Carey
Roltaire Eggleston
E. G. Thomas
Directors’ Service Guild
New York City
Butler college of religion building fund boosts donations
More than 250000 has been subscribed in the building fund campaign for Butler university's college of religion among Disciples of Christ churches in the state. The project aims for a total cost of about 350000, said William J. Evans, field secretary.
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Butler University
Disciples of Christ Churches of the State
William J. Evans
Dr Paul C Carrick Dies Former Indiana Anti-Saloon Leader
Funeral services are set for Dr Paul C Carrick 65 former field secretary of Methodist hospitals in Indiana who died Wednesday in Gary. Burial will be in Evansville. Services conducted by Bishop Edgar Blake Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent Dr E S Shumaker and Rev Grant Seamon. Carrick served eighteen years on the Indiana central headquarters committee of the Anti-Saloon League.
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Methodist Hospitals
Indiana
Gary
Evansville
Edgar Blake
Indianapolis
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Grant Seamon
Curnick
Indiana Central
Anti-Saloon League
Hoover to Air Charges on Southern Patronage
Washington May 1 The Times reports President Hoover will amplify his recent call for southern patronage reforms amid misunderstandings and southern leaders pressing for a showdown. The move is expected to clarify Colonel Horace Mann status as Hoover’s southern campaign director who denies elimination from patronage.
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Times
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Horace Mann
Evansville Society Shooting Leaves Questions Open
An Evansville shooting left two women wounded and the investigation at a standstill as both women recover. Miss Margaret Maley 25 an heiress and Mrs. Josephine Conrad 27 a wealthy divorcee clashed when Maley tried to wrest a revolver. Maley said she would not press charges and it is unlikely to go before the grand jury though the prosecutor will seek additional motive evidence. Meanwhile Boston police report a separate note on a tall officer failing a sergeants’ exam due to weak eyes.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Margaret Maley
Josephine Conrad
E. M. Lindsey
Strike delays Ile De France sailing from Le Havre
The French liner Ile De France was delayed departing Le Havre for New York as cooks and stewards went on strike. The ship had been set to sail at midnight Tuesday with no updated sailing time announced. No disorders were reported aboard.
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United Press
LE Havre
France
Ile de France
New York
Wisconsin to Probe Campaign Expenses Since 1924
Governor Kohler signed the Fellenz bill authorizing a $10,000 investigation into Wisconsin political campaign expenditures and practices dating back to 1924. The inquiry will be conducted by two state senators and three representatives.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Police Indicted in Slot Racket Graft Case
Chicago May 1 Cook county grand jury returns conspiracy indictments against alleged police and political protection ring in a million dollar slot machine racket. Six police captains two Republican politicians Dr William H Reid and Arthur E Dyer named in true bills. The probe followed the death of Mrs Selma Burnham widow of S A Burnham gum machine maker who died after heavy drinking.
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United Prize
Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
William H. Reid
Arthur E. Dyer
Selma Burnham
S. A. Burnham
Burnham
First US Post Office in Massachusetts and 1825 Dead Letter Office
A historical note records that the United States first post office was located in Massachusetts and that the dead letter office was established in 1825, marking early postal service milestones.
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United States
Massachusetts
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