Nineteen Die By Violence Over State Toll
A weekend toll in Indiana records nineteen deaths from accidents and acts of violence. Among the deceased are seven year old Donald Poole of Indianapolis, struck by a car, and 13 year old Woodrow West with double pneumonia. Others include Sam Walden, James Richardson and family victims, and four killed in a Fridlin laundry explosion in Kokomo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Donald Poole
W. Twenty- Eighth St
City Hospital
Edward Cook
Charles People
Northwestern Ave
Donald
James
Harry West
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward
Marshall
Woodrow West
Indianapolis
Mabel
Gertrude
Thelma West
Lloyd Thomas
Sam Henry Walden
Garfield Pl
Fourteenth
West St
Walden
Chicago
Gary
James E. Richardson
Beatrice
Peter McDonald
Edna
Helen Eckert
Fridlin
Kokomo
Fourty
Emma. Ford
Anna Black
Rosella Courtney
Thelma Garriott
Vincennes
Robert Lincoln
Philip Miller
Harry O. Davis
Pleasant Mills
James McGhie
Wabash River
Fletcher JA Basement Food Sale at Fletcher Bidg
Local notice announces best foods sold at wholesome prices from Fletcher JA basement store opening at 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m with details garbled. The event promises affordable meals or groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher JA
Fletcher
Fickle Fate on Mother's Day Claims Several Lives and One Return to Cell
May Driscoll 26 fell to her death from a third floor kitchen window as grief over Mother's Day spurred a suicide. Mrs Leila McKillop 48 is in serious condition after an attempted gas self harm following a forgotten visit promise. Joseph Richatsky, an escaped convict, was arrested at his mother’s grave in Linden after returning to his cell. He previously escaped Flushing police court in 1927 by knocking down a 65 year old attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Reef
Geneva
Vera Hirschy
Bluffton
George Harbison
Francisco
Marshall Miller
Gary
Thelma Scroggins
Homer Scroggins
Marvin C. Jeffries
Roy Jeffries
Evansville
Albert H. Huntsinger
R. R. P. Box
Harry Johnson
Chicago
Marion Ind
Huntsinger
Emerson Ave
Washinton St
Johnson
Harding
Twenty-Ninth Sts
Roy Cartwright
Crittenden Ave
Cartwright
Cathrene Owens
Crawfordsville
Ind
Mirim Owens
Washington St
Vassie Whitley
Harold Neasing
Ashland Ave
Cecil Nease
Colorado St
Harold Theobald
E. Eleventh St
Helen Alexander
Grace St
Helen Green
Freeman Green
DeLoss Ave
Frank M. Reed
Woodruff Place
Lola Kelley
Los Angeles
Methodist Hospital
Meridian
Forty-Third Sts
John A. Miller
Standard Ave
Kelloy
John Summers
N. Bosart Ave
Linden
Orange Sts
Adolph Guth
New Jersey St
United Press
New York
Leila McKillop
May Driscoll
Joseph Richatsky
Richatsky
Flushing
Death claims young lawyer Walther Lieber at 33
Walther Lieber Mr Lieber 33 attorney of 617 E Maple Rd died at Methodist Hospital at 5 30 this morning after septicemia illness. Born Indianapolis Nov 22 1894 he married Elizabeth MacClintock of Chicago in 1921. Survived by Mrs Lieber and two sons Richard Jr and William L. Funeral Tuesday private. Lieber practiced with Jones Hammond Jones then with Rapaport Kipp Lieber Illinois Bldg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walther Lieber
E. Maple Rd
Methodist Hospital
Richard Lieber
Iieber
Indianapolis
Elizabeth MacClintock
Chicago
Lieber
Richard, Jr
Hoover Favorite for Republican Nomination in New York
George K. Morris chairman of the Republican State committee said after a ten day tour of New York that Herbert Hoover is the overwhelming favorite for the Republican presidential nomination. Morris announced he would no longer withhold his endorsement of Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
George K. Morris
Republican State Committee
Herbert Hoover
Morris
Secretary of Commerce
Bremen Wives Visit Indianapolis Exchange Ties
Mrs. Herman Koehl and Mrs. James Fitzmaurice wives of Bremen crew members arrive in Indianapolis by motor from Chicago to meet Richard A. Kurtz Union Trust official at his Seventy Seventh Street home. Mrs. Koehl is Kurtz’s cousin and visited Germany last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Herman Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Koehl
Major Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Chicago
Richard A. Kurtz
Union Trust Company
Kurtz
Seventy-Seventh St
White River
Auto racer Dave Lewis Dead in California Death Probe
Dave Lewis 43 a veteran Indy driver was found shot to death in a San Francisquito cabin near Los Angeles. Authorities explore murder theory as relatives dispute self inflicted death while a brush fire claim is questioned. Lewis had planned to drive in Indianapolis on Decoration Day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Lewis
Indiaapolis Speedway
Los Angeles
United Press Dispatch
Lewis
San Francisquito Canyon
Tom Gardner
Indianapolis
Speedway
Miller
Harry Miller
de Paolo
Montana Turns to Al Smith in Democratic Primary
Montana eyes the presidential preferential primaries as Senator Walsh withdraws. On the eve of the convention, Governor Al Smith of New York was expected to receive the Montana Democratic Party’s unanimous indorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Helena
Mont
Thomas J. Walsh
al Smith
New York
Montana
Methodists Hear China Peace Plea
In Kansas City on May 14 the Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference heard a resolution urging President Coolidge to avert a China Japan conflict. Dr Y Y Lo of Shanghai presented the resolution. A temperance report proposed uniting church forces against nullification candidates, criticizing moves against enforcing Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kansas City
Coolidge
China
Japan
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Y. Y. Lo
Shanghai
Chinese Christian Advocate
Committee On
Temperance
British steelman to curb backseat drivers on U S roads
Peter Jones a wealthy British steel manufacturer arrived on the Cunard liner Samaria and announced a crusade to rid the United States of back seat drivers. He will visit Detroit Cleveland Buffalo and Chicago promoting a device to convert an automobile into a pullman car and hopes to hide traffic risks from the back seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Jones
Samaria
United States
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Chicago
Jones
Delays Tilton Case in Federal Conspiracy Trial
Trial of Charles W. Tilton an Internal Revenue Bureau employee convicted a year ago of conspiring to steal a Federal Government check with Russell V. Duncan former State Representative was postponed until Tuesday in Federal Court. Duncan and Tilton were convicted a year ago but the U S Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago set aside the conviction. Duncan also faces retrial with Tilton while Tilton seeks a separate trial. The postponement came as Special Judge Walter C Lindley of Danville Illinois failed to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Tilton
Internal Revenue Bureau Department
Russell V. Duncen
Duncan
Tilton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Walter C. Lindley
Danville
Ill
Chamber Of Commerce to Reassign Office Space
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will relocate its general offices from the third to the second floor of the chamber building. The third floor space is leased to George S. Clive Company for five years, while industrial commission offices stay on the third floor. The move is set for July after required alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Hunter
George S. Clive Company, Accountants
Industrial Commission
Organ Dedicated at Hillside Church During Vespers
A new five thousand dollar organ was dedicated at Hillside Christian Church amid a vesper service Sunday at 4 p m. Rev Homer Dale led the service and the program arranged by Mrs Carolyn Ayres Turner was broadcast over WKBF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Christian Church
Homer Dale
Carolyn Ayres Turner
WKBF
Expert yeggs loot Pettis Dry Goods safe in bold Sunday heist
Police hunt three skilled criminals who blew a large safe at Pettis Dry Goods Company 25-39 East Washington Street and looted about $10,000. They overpowered watchman William Cope bound him to a pipe and left no prints using gloves. entry was gained via a third floor window after breaking a fire escape lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Washington St
Yeggs
Jerry Kinney
Claude M. Worley
Cope
Pear St
American District Telch Company
Boosts Utility Tax On Indianapolis Power and Light
State tax board announced a more than one million dollar boost in tax valuation for Indianapolis Power and Light Company properties. The total increase, including state and local, was 1,139,466 with 1928 valuations at 26,036,315. Local valuations rose from 1,289,255 to 1,443,785 as earnings supported higher assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
State
Delays Klingk Trial in Evansville Notary Case
Trial of Earl Klinck, former deputy of D C Stephen son, on an accessory charge in a fraudulent notary seal case was postponed to June 7 in Criminal Court. Special Judge Thomas Garvin granted the delay after a doctor’s affidavit cited influenza illness and ordered a fresh jury venire of fifty to report June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Klinck
Evansville
D. C
Mayor Re-elected in Turbulent Vanderburgh GOP Fight
In Evansville Indiana May 14 Mayor Herbert Males was re elected Vanderburgh County Republican chairman after a bitter factional battle with the Republican Better Government League charges of graft and corruption. The session was marked by screams and denunciations from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Evansville
Ind
Herbert Males
Vanderburgh County
Republican Better Government League
Males
Watson Faces Quiz On Dawes Deal Allegations
Washington May 14 Senator Watson of Indiana faces a campaign quiz over alleged ties with Warren Fairbanks publisher of the Indianapolis News and John Shaffer publisher of the Indianapolis Star Terre Haute Star and Muncie Star. The Chicago Tribune reports a 1926 deal to back Watson for re election and to secure Indiana delegates for Dawes at the 1928 Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Fleming
Washington
Senator Watson
Indiana
Warren Fairbanks
Indianapolis News
John C. Shaffer
Indianapolis Star
Terre Haute Star
Muncie Star
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Watson
Fairbanks
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert Hoover
Indianapolis
Dawes
Evanston
Long
Shaffer
Lowden Denies Trade Deal With Dawes
Illinois candidate Frank O Lowden testified before the Senate committee denying any agreement to trade delegates with Vice President Charles G Dawes. He said he and Dawes were close friends sharing agriculture views and noted Chicago headquarters received 64700 and spent about 60000 on the campaign. He said he was indebted to the committee for the pleasant visit and left after testifying as the panel prepared to hear Senator Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Lowden
Republican Party
Chicago
Dale
Rep
Vermont
Watson
Indiana
Iowa
Five Women Die Slowly From Radium Poisoning Case
Five former New Jersey watch dial painters, Grace Fryer Albina Larice Quinta McDonald Edna Hussman Katherine Schaub, are dying from radium poisoning contracted between 1917 and 1920 while employed by the Radium Corporation. Attorneys seek $250,000 each in a pending civil suit. scientists say treatment is unknown and prognosis is grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times and
The
United Press
New Jersey
United Press Range
Science
Jersey Justice
Grace Fryer
Albina Larice
Quinta McDonald
Orange
Edna Hussman
Hillside
Katherine Schaub
Newark
United States
Radium Ce
Berry
Meridian Hills Country Club to Host May 26 Horse Show
Preparations are complete for the Meridian Hills Country Club horse show to be held in the outdoor ring on May 26 at 1 30 p m. Mrs C Willis Adams chairs the stable committee and announces public attendance. Trophies ribbons and two 200 prizes will be awarded in three gaited five gaited and riding only events with R E Goddard of Harrodsburg Kentucky as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian Hills Country Club
C. Willis Adams
R. E. Goddard
Harrodsburg
Fire Hazards Found in City Clean Up Drive
Fire prevention inspectors under Fire Prevention Chief Horace Carey conducted over 24 thousand inspections during the cleanup effort. They reported 1 013 defects ordered removed to cut fire hazards, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Prevention Bureau
Horace Carey
Carey
Two Bandits Rob Polk Milk Driver on Ethel Avenue
Clyde Paugh a Polk Milk Company wagon driver was held up at 9 30 this morning by two men in a green Chevrolet coupe who forced him to stop on Ethel Avenue south of Twenty Ninth Street and took 130 dollars after one brandished a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Milk Company
Clyde Paugh
Twenty-Eighth St
Ethel Ave
Twenty-Ninth St
Paugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoover
N. Y. Committee
Indorses
Fitzmaurice
City Today
Pete de Paolo
Fred Duesenburg
Wrecken St. Francis Dam
Laura Lewis
Gardner
Walsh
Smith
Pettis
James Lannan
Barth Ave
William Cope
N. Pershing Ave
Klingk
G. O. P. County
Boom
Hoosier
Chicagoan
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
California
Curtis
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Golf
West Virginia
Smith New York
Reed
George
Georgia
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hitchcock
Leonard Wood
George B. Lockwood
Muncie
Raymond Berry
Radium Corporation
Backes
Prominen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!