Amarillo editor defends boy who praised big feet
Gene Howe of the Amarillo News defends 15 year old Carl Hart who was suspended after remarking to Howe that he had big feet. The Hellene New Mexico student group visited, a superintendent was stunned, and a Chamber of Commerce letter apologized while Howe urged reinstate. Carl returns to class.
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Amarillo
Boy
United Presa
Tex
Gene Howe
W. Reiad
Hellene
Carl
Howe
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hart
Chamber
Carl Harts
Advertising plan to promote refrigeration in the United States
James R. Branson of Millis Advertising in Cleveland drafts a $500,000 national campaign for artificial refrigeration backed by General Electric Prigidaire and Kelvinator. Fred Millis announces a $200,000 initial budget with $300,000 to follow next fall. A summer public attitude survey is planned. industrial surveys show 70 percent of U S homes lack refrigeration.
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Millis Advertising Company
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cleveland
James R. Branson
Millis Company
General Electric Company
Prigidaire
General Motors Corporation
Kelvinator Corporation
Fred Millis
United States
Slot raid nets two suspects on gaming device charges
Forest Ashcraft 33 of 510 East McCarty Street and Charles Fisher 111 East Twenty-fifth Street await trial in municipal court on charges of keeping gaming devices after raids Thursday that yielded three slot machines vending nickels. A nickel machine was found at Fisher s delicatessen and both devices were seized by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Ashcraft
McCarty Street
Charles Fisher
East Twenty-fifth Street
Ashcraft
Fisher
Socialists to Meet at Indiana State Conference
John W. Shorts of Dayton Ohio will speak at the state conference of Indiana Socialists Sunday afternoon at the Denison. The opening discussion will cover party activities, led by secretary Mrs. Lois E. Newland. Dr. William Fogleson of Indianapolis is state chairman.
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John W. Shorts
Dayton
Indiana
Denison
Lois E. Newland
William Fogleson
Indianapolis
Burglary at Greenwald Dry Goods Stolen Goods Found
A burglary at Greenwald dry goods store on North Illinois Street occurred Thursday night. The thief smashed a show window with a brick and stole nine suits of underwear, with cold weather blamed as a contributing factor.
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Greenwald
North Illinois Street
Couple Married in St Louis to Face Federal Term
Clyde C. Lyster and Mildred Bright, both 20, wed in St Louis with Indianapolis listed as home. Lyster, charged under the Dyer Act, began a two year Leavenworth sentence after pleading guilty while Bright’s charges were dismissed. They had been arrested Feb 15 in St Louis at the sister’s home after stealing a car in Indianapolis.
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United States
Clyde C. Lyster
Mildred Bright
Indianapolis
St. Louis
The
Times
Lyster
Leavenworth
Miss Bright
Screen’s Ideal Mates Split Rumors State
United Press reports Hollywood rumors that Douglas MacLean and his wife Faith Cole have separated after thirteen years of marriage. Friends say they have drifted apart for about two years amid prominent social connections in Douglaston Long Island.
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United Press Hollywood
Douglas MacLean
Faith Cole
Hollywood Today
MacLeans
Vice Probe to Start Monday in St Joseph County
Fifty operators of alleged disorderly houses will be called before the circuit court grand jury Monday in a sweeping probe of vice conditions in St Joseph county. Prosecutor Harry S. Taylor aims to determine if a ring is engaged in wholesale law violations with liquor dealing and gambling taking emphasis. The jury will also hear six coroner cases including the slayings of Wilson Coleman and James L Weisweaver, and deaths at railroad crossings and a highway.
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Pi Times
South Bend
Ind
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
St. Joseph County
Harry S. Taylor
Wilson Coleman
James L. Weisweaver
Alice Hapner
Elmer Ulbricht
Edmard Gatz
Fire damages Bachman mill at Madison and Ray streets
A fire heavily damaged the interior of the old Bachman flour mill at Madison and Ray streets early today. The mill, built over fifty years ago, belonged to William Rubly of the William Rubly Plumbers Supply Co. Fire loss estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars. No damage estimate yet.
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Bachman
Madison and
Ray Streets
William Rubly
Block Day air features Block Orchestra and humor act
The Block day concert orchestra of twenty pieces directed by George Irish will be heard on WFBM tonight at 7 30. The program includes Block Elevator Boys a harmony team offering humor and songs. A second program airs Sunday night at the same time as part of the thirteenth Greater Block Day observance at the William H Block Company store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Irish
WFBM
Elevator Boys
William H. Block Company
Murder attempt charged by girl in rail track incident
Miss Blanche Taylor, 23, reported injured in an auto wreck and placed on interurban tracks near Richmond Indiana. Merle McKillip was arrested in Connersville amid claims he left her on the rails after the April 21 crash. his guilt remains disputed as he is jailed.
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Blanche Taylor
Here
Connersville
Merle McKillip
Miss Taylor
McKillip
Dayton
Golden Rule Safety Club Offers Drive Safe Stickers
The Indianapolis Times announces Golden Rule Driver windshield stickers for club members and hopefuls. Anyone pledging to drive as they would want others to drive can obtain the emblem by visiting The Times office or sending a request to The Golden Rule Editor. The policy welcomes pedestrians and drivers alike with a focus on universal safety.
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The
Indianapolis Times
the Times
Golden Rule Club
Indianapolis
Golden Rule
Walker
Loew's Palace Theater
Mary Pickford
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Office of the Times
Golden Rule Safety Club
Butter Better Buy Suited Press
Walter Blick, a breadman, testified that Mrs Mary Block left her bread salesman husband for a butter salesman lover in a divorce case heard in St Louis on May 3.
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Buy Suited Press
ST. Louis, Mo
Mary Block
Walter Blick
Oil Official Rises in Standard Oil Hierarchy
John C. Marshall, longtime manager of Standard Oil of Indiana Indianapolis division since 1922, is promoted to assistant general manager of the western division with Chicago headquarters. F. H. Fillingham becomes Indianapolis division manager, to be succeeded by H. H. Akers. Marshall and family will move from 4835 Central Avenue to Chicago.
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John C. Marshall
Indianapolis
Standard Oil
Indiana
Chicago
F. H. Fillingham
Marshall
H. H. Akers
Evansville
Ind
Central Avenue
Sinclair to Begin Jail Term Next Week
Harry F. Sinclair the wealthy oil magnate is due to report to federal custody next week after the Supreme Court mails the mandate upholding a contempt sentence. His attorneys will seek surrender arrangements at the District of Columbia jail with possible transfer to Occoquan Virginia if he is physically fit.
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United Pre
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Sinclair
Occoquan, Va
Radio Dealers Meet at Spink-Arms in One Day Convention
One day Earl radio dealer meeting held at Spink-Arms with Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company hosting visiting dealers. A noon luncheon and presentation of new receiver models highlighted the program led by Karl Friedrichs of Em-Roe. CRAWFORDSVILLE Ind May 3 Albert B Douglas Chicago has leased the Monon hotel and will take control, with Edward N White as manager. building owned by Mrs Mary Dee Kline Indianapolis.
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Earl Radio
Spink-Arms
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company
Karl Friedrichs
Em-Roe Company
Times
Crawfordsville
Ind
Albert B. Douglas
Chicago
Wilbur A. Mead
Edward N. White
Mary Dee Kline
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Brown Shoe Company
Ft. Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hammond
Lever Bros. Soap Company
Boardwalk Park
White City
Progrss
Empire Re
Indianapolis Dance Master to Teach Chicago Meeting
Loris Stockman director of Stockman Studios on Sixteenth and Illinois streets will travel to Chicago on Saturday to teach the May meeting of the Chicago Masters of Dancing Association. This marks the third consecutive monthly teaching engagement for Stockman with Chicago teachers. He is also reengaged to teach at the Dancing Masters of America convention in Pittsburgh this summer and at the Chicago Association convention.
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Loris Stockman
Stockman
Sixteenth
Illinois Streets
Indianapolis
Chicago
Chicago Masters of Dancing Association
Dancing Masters of America
Pittsburgh
Chicago Association
Elwood Officers Back Local Inventor Startups and Plant Expansion
Elwood approves financial aid for Ester Ellis Reuben Niehaus and Victor Cole to form a local firm producing the corn cultivator and lock bolt. Central Indiana Gas Company at Anderson to spend 150000 to expand a plant and office, serving a 75000 population, with plans reviewed by Rufus C. Dawes.
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The
Times
Elwood
Indiana
Ester Ellis
Reuben Niehaus
Victor Cole
Central Indiana Gas Company
Anderson
Rufus C. Dawes
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Ezra Overdorf Recovers at Home After Auto Accident
ARCA Ind May 3 Ezra Overdorf is recovering at his home from injuries after a switch engine wrecked his automobile.
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Times
Arca Ind
Ezra Overdorf
Indiana Senators Clash Over Watson Aid
Public denial by Senator Arthur Robinson that he aided Senator James Watson’s presidential campaign worsened ties between the Indiana senators. In open debate he said he took no part in the presidential primary campaign one way or the other, amid Hoover era rivalries for the president's favor.
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Washington
Arthur Robinson
James Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Watson
Robinson
Wintry storm sweeps Indiana with May snow records
Indiana endured a wintry storm packing rain sleet and snow with May snow in the first time since 1923. Northern Indiana suffered heavy snow and transportation disruption while Vincennes Evansville and Crawfordsville reported damage and record May snowfall.
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United Press
Indiana Today
Indiana
South Bend
Vincennes
Evansville
Terre Haute
Washington
Columbus
Petersburg
Richmond
Wabash
Vernon
Crawfordsville
Adrian R. Remley
Monon
Romney
Wife in critical condition after double shooting in city
Mrs. Jeanette Kilner 54 of 3140 Speedway Avenue remains critically ill after allegedly shooting her husband then herself. Police expect murder charges if she recovers. Probate filed by Florence Hague, Kilner's daughter and stepdaughter, for $200 personal property. Kilner deeded home and four acres to Hague five years ago.
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Jeanette Kilner
Speedway Avenue
City Hospital
Kilner
Florence Hague
Mahlon E. Bush
Play Child Symphony in New York by Grammar School Pupils
A symphony built from motifs by fourth to sixth grade pupils was performed Thursday night in New York. The piece uses marimbas flageolets reed flutes pan pipes triangles and standard orchestral instruments.
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United Press
New York
Prize Contests Urged By Chicago Leader
John M. Kumler of Chicago told the Advertising Club of Indianapolis at a luncheon that prize contests and modern sales promotion methods are effective advertising. He noted more than sixty thousand prize contests were promoted nationwide in 1928 and announced the club's annual meeting set for May 23.
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Chicago
John M. Kumler
Advertising Club
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Kumler
Grand prize offered for killing last world’s cat says Roscoe Sayre
Chicago May 3 Internationally known bird lover Roscoe P. Sayre announces he has reached the halfway mark in his campaign for a catless world. He offers 100 dollars to the person who kills the last cat on earth and prizes for those killing the most cats. He condemns house cats as disease spreaders and threats to children and song birds, calling for widespread extermination. He cites me as a real estate man and urges mothers to keep children away from cats.
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W. F. Sullivan
United Press
Chicago
Roscoe P. Sayre
Sayre
Dren
Catland
Balloon race pilots face bad weather at Pittsburgh event
National elimination balloon races near University of Pittsburgh face rain and cloudiness with Amelia Earhart expected to pilot one Goodyear baby blimp. Weather forecasters warn of cooler skies, and pilots prepare safety devices as 12 balloons prepare to launch at 5 PM with radio weather support.
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Francis Fitzsimmons
United Press
Pittsburgh
University of Pitttsburgh Stadium
Goodyear Company
Akron
Amelia Earhart
Volunteer
Bettis Field
McKeesport
W. S. Brotzman
E. G. Andrus
Hadley Field
N. J
Brotzman
James H. Kimball
New York City Weather Bureau
National Broadcasting System
Ward T. van Orman
Alan L. MacCracken
Goodyear
van Orman
Memorial Fund Grows For Miss Browning’s Library Work
Pledges of 300 by city library staff to a memorial book fund honoring Eliza G Browning, twenty five years librarian and ten years assistant librarian who died May 18 1927. The Portfolio Club publishers and others contributed. Interest funds book purchases for the library and each book will bear a plate honoring Browning.
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City Library
Eliza G. Browning
Miss Browning
City Student Honored in Nations League Exam
Harvey D. Trimble of Shortridge High School earned honorable mention in the League of Nations examination. Winfred Polk, 16, of Corning Arkansas won first prize a two month trip to Europe.
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Harvey D. Trimble
Shortridge
United States
League of Nations
League of Nations Association
Winfred Polk
Corning
Arkansas
Europe
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Dorothy Urfer
Anne
NEA Service
Charles Lindbergh
Miss Morrow
Colonel Lindbergh
Mexico City
Saves Youth
U. S
Vice Probe
Orchestra
Supreme Court
Earl Distributors
Community Council
Gas Company
Charles C. Stone
Anderson Industries
Maring Wire Company
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Anaconda Cooper Company
National Sign Corporation
Kokomo
Lebanon
Big Four Railroad
Colfax
Whitestown
Hartford City
Overhead Door Corporation
Iast
Detroit
Portland
Portland Theater Company
Muncie
Edgar L. Haymond
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Marion
W. C. Perkins
United States Radio and Television Corporation
Schwartz
Packard Shirt Company
Akron Basket
Bloomington
Hindustan
W. A. Kirkoff
Thornewald Larsen
Detroit Balloon Club
Harvey Trimble
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