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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1930
Page
8
In Bombay and across India protests over Mahatma Gandhi's arrest intensify violence. More than 150 injured, with at least three serious. Troops deployed at key points as Hindus and Muslims show rising tensions amid a hartal that halts 70000 mill workers and closes 41 mills.
United Press reports heavy fighting today between troops and revolutionary bands on the Karnafult riverbank opposite Chittagong. Four insurgents were killed and a villager also died. Five others, including a constable, were wounded.
Charles Gilpin a famed Negro song and dance man and creator of the title role in Eugene O Neills Emperor Jones died at his New Jersey home. He had long battled illness and had left the stage as his voice failed. Born in Richmond Virginia he wrote several plays though none achieved major prominence.
Mrs. Robert Wilcox of Owosso Michigan state poppy day chairman arrived at Mars Hill airport by airplane bearing 25,000 poppies made by disabled veterans at Camp Custer. The flowers will be sold on poppy day May 24 by the American Legion auxiliary. She was greeted by Mrs Edna Werkhoff state auxiliary secretary Mrs Ruth Thomas seventh district poppy chairman and Mrs Paul M Akin national poppy director.
J A Langan chief credit executive of Mooney Mueller Ward Company was elected president of the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men at the Spink Arms Tuesday night. Officers named include J B Solomon first vice president Walter J Hubbard second vice president and Roy Sahm treasurer. The Big Four Building at Meridian and Maryland streets will open Friday with all major offices consolidated into the new south east corner structure.
Sergius P. Grace of Bell Telephone Laboratories delivers three lectures here today. He demonstrates sound reproduction at Keith's theater with a thunder like rumble, addressing the Indianapolis Lafayette section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Indiana Telephone Association during their annual convention. High school students attend the night lecture at Keith's theater after a Kiwanis luncheon at the Claypool.
In New Orleans on May 17, 1000 Sophie B Wright high school girls rejected the old ideal of home duties. Eight favored homemaking, while sixty five listed 65 vocations beyond traditional roles. Twelve aimed at writing and six at acting, thirteen sought to emulate Ruth Elder, fifty eight chose teaching, and many planned business careers.
Indianapolis officials discuss a possible downtown parking ban before 9 am to ease curb space use. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan notes cities with such limits report positive results and plans a conference at city hall.
A 1928 freighter crew in a mixed nationality group near Brazil fought over a red hot burner. The chief engineer was killed by the fireman and later died. Seaman Larry Kimmons wrote a bottle message from the ship seeking port, and 18 months later the note reached him through the Seamen's Church Institute in New York.
Detective sergeant John E. Ambuhl, former secretary to Police Chief Claude Worley, will be tried for conduct unbecoming an officer before the board of public safety on May 20. Ambuhl sought a hearing after his accounts with a Cincinnati uniform company were questioned. He collected payments from officers and handled adjustments, claiming final payment was made four weeks ago to the company’s satisfaction.
Services for former grain dealer O. L. Means of Acton will be held at 2 p m Thursday at his home. Means, 71, died Tuesday after years as a grain dealer operating houses in London Fairland and Brookfield and owning a general store at Rossville. He also owned a de-
The death leaves a prominent department store and auto business founder in Shelbyville since 1900s. His widow and brother John Means of Pleasant View Indiana survive him. Burial is planned for Acton cemetery.
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