Derby Fandom Swells for Louisville Crowds at 51st Run
Louisville crowds exceed 100000 for the Kentucky Derby with twenty five starters as scratches reduce the field to the largest in Derby history. Quatrain favored at 3 to 1 with Flying Ebony ridden by Earl Sande and Chantey linked to Backbone among hot contenders.
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Louisville
Reminder
King Nadi
Reputation
Elsass
Chantey
Frederick Johnson
Churchill Downs
Flying Ebony
Coventry
Earl Sande
Will Prosecute Wife in Gretna Green Case at School Board
Trustees of the Indiana Boys' School at Plainfield planned to meet with Superintendent Charles A. McGonagle on William E. Garvin a 14 year old ward who refuses to consent to annulment with a 23 year old New Albany woman. They obtained a Jeffersonville marriage license Sunday. The probation officer warned the county clerk who was asked not to issue the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Charles A. McGonagle
William E. Garvin
New Albany
William
Edith May Orr
Jeffersonville
McGonagle
Lillian Kurfess
Fraud Allegations Hit Evansville Mayoral Race
Contests filed by losing candidates claim fraud in the recent primary. Dr J Y Welborn Democrat seeks a recount against John K Jennings while A V also files against another opponent. The suits aim to overturn votes and challenge the mayoral outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse Evansville, Inc
J. Y. Welborn
John K. Jennings
Gorse
Pomiase
A. V
Attack on Frank Lauderbaugh and burglary report
Police seek details on a late Friday assault on Frank Lauderbaugh 40 of 1310 Raymond St. He was found bleeding in his garage with $180 missing from an apparent $200. Neighbors reported a blond man and a woman in a coupe nearby. Burglars also stole $105 from Louis Schoeman meat market at 1409 S. Meridian St.
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Frank Lauderbaugh
Raymond St
Lauderbaugh
Louis Schoeman
S. Meridian St
Eleven Rum Runners Remain in Row Off New York
From Atlantic City to Nantucket the north Atlantic rum fleet has shrunk to eleven ships as the blockade offensive continues. Coast guard officers aboard destroyers and cutters report no ships abandoned overboard in a week, with sixty eight sailing at the start of the operation twelve days ago.
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United Arena
New York
North Atlantic
Atlantic City
Nantucket
Light
Coast Guard
Preparatory School Dads Face Off In Major Baseball Game
At the Preparatory School on Riverside Drive Indianapolis dads mixed the lines with prominent businessmen and professionals in a 14 to 5 defeat of the young players. The event, organized by the Varsity Club, began after 5 pm and ended with a school dance.
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Indianapolis
W. Riverside Drive
William Rockwood
Rockwood Manufacturing Company
la Monte Daniels
Indianapolis Cordage Company
Clinton D. Lasher
The
Home Insurance Company
Albert P. Smith
Harry Dame
Armour & Co
Meyers Whitaker
Joan Lasher
David Chambers
Dudley Sutphin
Jim Corey
John Rockwood
Richard Fairbanks
Robert Geddes
Nick Noyes, Jr
Fritz Ayres
John Carter
Derbyday arrests after liquor found in students’ car
Six Millinola and Wisconsin University students were detained near Louisville Kentucky during Derby day. State Police officers Losey and Bridges reported finding a quantity of liquor in the vehicle. City Judge Pro Tem Vinson Manifold released them after fining Harry Commona, 19, of Freeport Illinois, $5 plus costs for speeding. Also listed are Theodore Schorth 19 Blue Island Illinois Robert Brolin 19 Rockford Illinois John J. O'Brien 20 Milwaukee
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Millinola
Wisconsin
Louisville
Flackville
Losey and Bridges
Vinson Manifold
Liberty
Harry Commona
Freeport
Theodore Schorth
Blue Island
Robert Brolin
Rockford, Ii
John J. O'Brien
Mil
New Bus Terminal Opening Triggers Booster Committee
W B Harding president Associated Employers of Indianapolis names a booster committee to aid the opening festivities of the new Motor Bus Terminal on Times Square Tuesday. The event marks a milestone in local transportation with leaders coordinating support.
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W. B. Harding
Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Times Square
Young Woman Poison Attempt Fails, Hospital Reports
City hospital reports Mrs. Ethel Weyreter, 29, of 816 North Illinois Street likely to recover after a slow poison taken Friday night amid personal crisis. Police said she was separated from her husband.
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City Hospital
Ethel Weyreter
Illinois St
Womanless Wedding at Tomlinson Hall Benefits New York Store Welfare
In Indianapolis on Friday night a unique wedding event unfolded with all male participants. The Womanless Wedding, staged by men employees of the New York Store, supported the New York Store Welfare Association at Tomlinson Hall.
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Indianapolis
New York
Tomlinson Hall
Fire destroys Huntington Packing Plant with $75,000 loss
Huntington Packing Company burned today causing an estimated $75,000 in damage. A large supply of dressed meat and lard was destroyed. Fire officials cited an overheated furnace. The plant lies outside Huntington city limits and firefighters could not reach the flames.
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Times Special
Huntington
Ind
Huntington Packing Company
Traction hits roller in Bluffton crash injuring motorman
In Bluffton Indiana on May 16 a Hoosierland interurban collided with a heavy road roller at a crossing. Motorman Bert Etter was injured with a wrenching back. the traction car derailed but passengers escaped harm.
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Buy Timea
Bluffton
Ind
Bert Etter
Hoosierland
Etter
Manifold suspends Harper sentence for support of mother
Rhema Harper 22 of 1716 Broadway was fined 100 dollars and costs and given ninety days on the Indiana State Farm by City Judge Pro. Tom Vinson Manifold. The sentence was suspended if Harper pays his mother Mrs. Jennie Wesner 418 East St. Clair Street five dollars weekly.
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Rhema Harper
Broadway
Indiana
Tom Vinson Manifold
Harper
Jennie Wesner
E. St. Claire St
Public Service Commission orders probe of utility rate changes
The public service commission has ordered an investigation into charges by the Indianapolis Light and Heat Co and the Merchants Heat and Light Co. The December established Schedule B changed classifications for about 7,500 consumers, aiming to relieve those paying small energy bills.
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Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Light and Heat Co
Merchants Heat and Light Co
Kennard Ong Wins Indianapolis Marble Championship
Kennard Ong, 14, of 2861 Park Ave., won the city marble title at Willard Park in The Indianapolis Times Journey. He earns a trip to the national tournament in Atlantic City on June 1 with a bicycle and gold medal. Second place goes to Carl Kitchen, 14, 116 KB North St., who receives a radio set and silver medal. Medals to district champions, banquet at Claypool Hotel with Felix F. Bruner presiding. R. Walter Jarvis opens finale by shooting the first marble.
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Dianapolis
Willard Park
Ong
Indianapolis
Scripps- Howard
Atlantic City
N.J
Carl Kitchen
North St
Felix F. Bruner
Indianapolis Times
Claypool
C. A. Kopner
R. Walter Jarvis
Jarvis
Times
Elliott to Aid State in murder retrial at Martinsville
Homer Elliott, former U S district attorney for Indiana, will assist State in prosecuting John Thomas Shaw 83 colored next week in Martinsville on murder charges. Shaw retried for the killing of Helen Hager Whelchel 22 of 1854 Aplegate St on Nov 27 1923. Prosecutor William H Remy leads the case. The trial stemmed from this county and the first jury imposed a death sentence later overruled by the Supreme Court.
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Homer Elliott
Indiana
John Thomas Shaw
Martinsville
Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Fire at Root Glass plant causes $75,000 loss
Fire Chief Frank Miller estimated $75,000 in damage from a midnight blaze that destroyed one glass house at the C. J. Root Glass Company plant in Terre Haute Indiana. Firefighters from the city battled the flames though the plant lay outside city limits. The cause was a bursting gas container.
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Frank Miller
C. J. Root Glass Company
Davis
Fragmentary 62 12 Noon and 74 06 1 P.M. Notation
Readable text records two time stamps 62 12 noon and 74 06 1 P M along with scattered letters cress WE. No clear event or names identified.
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Cress
Shortridge High Court Battle Over Athletic Field Rules
A temporary injunction limits Shortridge High School athletics near Mrs. J F Kittle property in Superior Court Four Judge Clinton H Givan directs field use rules including distance from her property seasonally limiting football and track races and banning firearms at starts while barring most activities on the plaintiff's premises until a final hearing.
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Shortridge High School
Superior Court
J. F. Kittle
Pennsylvania St
Clinton H. Givan
Givan
Shortridge
Ity- Fourth and
Pennsylvania Sts
Thirty- Fourth St
Meridian 8
Too Poor to Rest Dies Rich by United Press
In Chicago on May 16, Andrew Long known as Old Andy, an elevator operator in a Michigan Boulevard hotel, died after refusing to take a week off. Police found $20,000 in bonds, a $1,000 bank deposit, and keys to two safety boxes under his bed in a flop house. He left three brothers, H. W. Long of Brunswick Nebraska, Charles Long, and William pea.
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United Press
Andy
Michigan Blvd
Barrel House
Andrew Long
H. W. Long
Brunswick
Neb
Charles Long
Ee Sanit
William Pea
Woman Drowned in Pleasant Run Identified as City Inspector's Wife
Police found a note in clothing indicating the drownings were by self action. The victim is identified as the wife of the city health inspector.
Bodies of two men found in Indianapolis streams
Three boys discovered an unidentified man in White River near Twenty-Second Street. A second body of a woman, Mrs. Mary Flannery, 52, was found in Pleasant Run near Southeastern Avenue. Police recover a note and suspect self-inflicted death. coroner to investigate.
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Indianapolis
White River
Twenty-Second St
Whittier Grove
Mary Flannery
Temple Ave
Thomas Flannery
City Board of Health
Pleasant Run
Southeastern Ave
Flannery
Otis Baker
Tola
New Red Plot Found in Belgrade Plot to Assassinate King
A United Press report from London dated May 16 cites a Central News dispatch revealing a communist plot in Belgrade focused on killing King Alexander and cabinet members and dynamiting the royal palace. Seventeen bolsheviks reportedly arrived recently to execute the plan, with several captured while studying plans and maps.
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United Press
London
Alexander
Belgrade
Protests Filed Against Street Car Company Bus Operation
Protests were filed with the public service commission against certificates for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company to operate motor buses on city streets. The Peoples Motor Coach Company objects to the street car petition for sole operation on routes duplicating existing ones. Hearings set for May 22 in the Statehouse Senate chamber due to high public interest.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Street Car Company
New York St
Central Ave
Riverside Park
Motor Coach Company
John W. MecCardle
People's Company
Senate
Statehouse
Stock Drought Holds Citizens Gas Offer At Forty
Stock holders for Citizens Gas Company see offers of 40 dollars a share but no willingness to pay more. Otis & Co of Cleveland struggles to buy 40 000 shares, about 60 percent, while Gavin L. Payne says no authorization to raise the bid. Arthur V. Brown of Union Trust and Otto F. Hauelsen of Hauelsen Co of Indianapolis announce they will pay 40 dollars a share.
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Citizens Gas Company
Otis & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Gavin L. Payne
Gavin L. Payne & Co
OUI
Arthur V. Brown
Union Trust Company
Otto F. Hauelsen
Otto F. Hauelsen Company
Indianapolis
Turner fined and jailed on blind teller charge
Robert Turner of 852 West Walnut Street was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to thirty days on a blind teller charge.
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Robert Turner
W. Walnut Sr
Wea
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