Utilities to Build Centers and 132000-Volt Line
Northern Indiana Public Service Company and Interstate Public Service Company plan two electric distribution centers in northern Indiana at Plymouth and Monticello. A new 82 mile 132000 volt transmission line will run from New Carlisle to Monticello via Plymouth, linking Midland subsidiaries to Chicago district facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Stone
the Times
Indiana
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Interstate Public Service Company
Midland United Company
Plymouth
Monticello
New Carlisle
Midland
Electric
Chicago
Michigan City
Nathaniel Bernstein
Gary
H. A. Arbaugh Construction Company
Portland
Randolph County Hospital
Winchester
Foster Lumber and Coal Company
Valparaiso
Porter County Fairground
Shelbyville
Columbus
Baltzell Convicts Six In Liquor Case
Six persons were convicted of violating the liquor law in federal court today by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The defendants and their sentences are Frank Zehr of Indianapolis sixty days Willard Gruell and Eugene Abercrombie both in Howard county ninety days each Andy Brunton sixty days and Earl Rud dle four months Lucius Wilson Negro will be sentenced May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Baltzell
Frank Zehr
Indianapolis
Willard Gruell
Eugene Abercrombie
Howard County
Andy Brunton
Earl Ruddle
Lucius Wilson
Burglars Steal Silverware From Mrs Roberts Home
Burglars broke into Mrs John W Roberts residence at 3517 Central Avenue this week, taking a large quantity of silverware from the dwelling. Virginia Roberts reported the incident to police as investigators search for clues about the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Roberts
Central Avenue
Virginia Roberts
Ranone
City turf fans head 10 derby to Louisville
Indianapolis fans prepare to travel to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. Weather forecast calls for cloudy skies and possible rain with cold temperatures. Special trains and transit lines will run to the Downs as Gallant Fox and Tannery draw major attention amid expectations of a possible upset.
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Indianapolis
Louisville
Churchill Downs
United States Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Traction Company
Downs
Gallant Fox
Tannery
Optometry Clinic Slated Next Week At Lincoln
Dr. A. M. Skeffington of Chicago, director of the Graduate Foundation of Optometry, will conduct a three day clinic at the Lincoln next week under the Indianapolis Optometrists Association. His work links juvenile delinquency to defective eyesight and he will consult with juvenile court and traffic officials on arrival.
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A. M. Skeffington
Chicago
Graduate Foundation of Optometry
Lincoln
Indianapolis Optometrists Association
Merchant Inju red Frank R. Wolf in Derby bound crash
H. P. Wasson & Co. vice-president Frank R. Wolf, of 3703 Washington boulevard, was injured when his car overturned near Bedford on Thursday night en route to the Derby at Louisville. He suffered a fractured collar bone, severe cuts above the right eye, and serious bruises. officials will return to Bedford with him after aid from passing motorists and an ambulance.’
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Wolf
H. P. Wasson & Co
Washington Boulevard
Bedford
Dunn Memorial Hospital
Wasson
Louisville
Wolf
Mitchell
Best Roads to Derby Best Roads to Derby
Touring department of the Hoosier Motor Club offered routes to Louisville for Derby Day. First route: south on Madison Avenue on Road 31 through Seymour to Jeffersonville, then via Road 31E to Louisville with 9 am to 8 pm entry through municipal bridge onto Main Street, Sixth, Hill, Seventh to Churchill Downs. Second route: Bloomington and Bedford via Meridian to road 37 through Bloomington to Paoli, then US 150 to New Albany and Louisville. cross K I bridge 9 am to 8 pm, use Western Parkway and Algonquin Parkway to Taylor Boulevard Central Avenue.
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Louisville
Hoosier Motor Club
Madison Avenue
Seymour
Sellersburg
Municipal Bridge
Jeffersonville
Main
Hill
Seventh
Churchill Downs
Bloomington
Bedford
Meridian Street
Paoli
New Albany
Western Parkway
Algonquin Parkway
Taylor Boulevard
Central Avenue
WORK ON FARMS 10 DAYS AHEAD OF NORMAL PLANTING
Indiana farm bureau members report spring planting about ten days ahead of normal due to favorable March and April weather. Early plowing and warm recent weeks have boosted early corn planting with good seed beds and adequate moisture from warm rains. Seed corn testing shows likely satisfactory stands and total corn acreage is expected to exceed normal due to favorable conditions.
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Indiana Farm Bureau
Harrison Appointed To Lafayette Soldiers Home Board
Joseph R. Harrison of Columbia City, a Democrat, was appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie to the Soldiers' Home at Lafayette governing board. He succeeds A. D. Zuber of Ft. Wayne, whose term ends May 11. The four year term follows Harrison’s long service in the Indiana national guard and his retirement as a colonel after the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Harrison
Columbia City
Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Harry G. Leslie
A. D. Zuber
Ft. Wayne
Harrison
Indiana National Guard
These Twins Think Alike At Arkansas College
ONESBORO Arkansas May 16 Not only do Letha and Leton Adams Jonesboro twins look alike and act alike but their minds run in the same channel Teachers at Arkansas State College say the sisters think alike and often give identical answers during civil service exams Washington has ruled against copying but instructors testify the twins remained trouble and indignant at the charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha
Leton Adams
Arkansas College
NEA
Onesboro, Ark
Jonesboro
Arkansas State College
Washington
Tme
Navy Chiefs Clash Over Sea Treaty Amid Senate Hearing
Senate foreign relations committee heard Rear Admiral Bristol and Senator Reed dispute the London naval pact. Reed produced a secret general board report arguing for 8-inch cruisers and parity with Britain, while Bristol warned of risks to US leverage against Japan and the need to defend the Philippines. The panel weighed conflicting tests of naval policy and treaty terms.
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United Press
Washington
Navy General Board
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Rep
Mark L. Bristol
General Board
Great Britain
United States
Hilary P. Jones
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Bristol
Japan
Pageant and Exhibition by Indianapolis Turners At The Athenaeum
A pageant and exhibition will be presented tonight by the Indianapolis Turners at the Athenaeum. Normal college A. G. U. sophomores will stage the creation of man and Pandora with her box of troubles. Junior boys present an apparatus number and Indian club drill. Normal college girls perform a physical education number and the men’s class a spectacular drill and a high horizontal bar routine. The Shortridge high school orchestra will provide music and dancing will conclude the program.
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Indianapolis Turners
Athenaeum
Normal College A. G. U
Man
Pandora
Normal College
Shortridge High School
Funeral rites for Clarence E. Parks planned Sunday
Clarence E. Parks 50 of 5353 College avenue died Thursday at home. Funeral services at Johnson & Montgomery 11 a.m. Sunday with Masonic order in charge at Earlham cemetery chapel Richmond. Survivors include widow Bessie Trueblood Parks two sons Evan and Robert four brothers Charles Roy William Ernest two sisters Mrs Raymond Briggs Mrs George Simmons and his parents Leonidas and Mrs Parks of Richmond.
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Clarence E. Parks
College Avenue
Johnson & Montgomery Undertaking Establishment
Richmond
Ind
Masonic Order
Earlham Cemetery
Parks
Carson & Parks, Public Accountants
Indianapolis
Bessie Trueblood Parks
Evan
Robert
Charles
St. Louis
Roy
Miami
Fla
William
Ernest
Portland
Raymond Briggs
George Simmons
Washington, D. C
Leonidas Parks
Hoosier Athletic Club Reorganisation After Auction
The Hoosier Athletic Club in receivership plans a form club reorganization after the club building at 902 North Meridian Street sold at auction. George J. Marott bid $110,000 pending court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Athletic Club
North Meridian Street
George J. Marott
Thrilling Curtiss Stunter Acts at Stoutfield Show
Curtiss-Wright aerial pageant features Dale Red Jackson, world record holder, with 10 airmen demonstrating three outsides loops plus inverted flying, glider drops, parachute jumps and speed races over Mars Hill field this weekend starting at 2 PM each day.
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Dale
Red) Robinson
Memphis
Air Circus
Stoutfield
Mars Hill
Travel Air Mystery
Cr. McElroy
George Aldridge
W. W. Osborne
LeRoy McGrady
Lee Allen
Jackson
Red) Jackson
Curtiss-Wright Exhibition Company
Curtiss-Wright
H. Weir Cook
J. le Roy McGrady
Leo Allen
McGrady
Allen
Lyman Voespel
Jimmy van Cise
Frances Harrell
U S War Mothers Arrive in France
Cherbourg hosts the first contingent of Gold Star mothers visiting their sons graves in France. The party, led by French officials, tours Normandy then Paris including the Arc de Triomphe tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Versailles before traveling to battlefields by Pullman buses.
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United Press
Cherbourg
France
S. S. America
America
Normandy
Paris
Sarah Thompson
New York
Versailles
Pullman
Washington town marshal Charles Connaughton death probed
The Daviess County grand jury planned a Thursday night death investigation into Charles Connaughton 68 Montgomery town marshal who fell from an auto while trying to arrest driver Cecil Gilliatt 28 Washington was jailed on drunkenness allegations with no charges yet filed against him.
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United Press
Washington
Ind
Daviess County
Charles Connaughton
Montgomery
Cecil Gilliatt
Gilliatt
Connaunghton
Miss Flanders Named City Purchases Clerk
Miss Dollie Flanders of 2234 Ashland avenue today was appointed a clerk in the office of City Purchasing Agent Albert Lesche. She replaces Mrs Ruth Sims who resigned. Frank Callahan an asphalt plant employer was made foreman of the brick repair gang succeeding Patrick Noon who was transferred to foreman of the pete repair sess Martin Gains who was
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Dollie Flanders
Ashland Avenue
Albert Lesche
Ruth Sims
Frank Callahan
Patrick Noon
Martin Gains
Vandaworker to Be Honored by Butler Band Fraternity
J B Vandaworker Butler university band director will be honored at a Butler chapter of APPA Kappa Psi banquet at the Columbia Club on Tuesday May 20. Vandaworker has led the Butler band for six years and was elected national vice president of the fraternity, the only band honorary in the United States. Richard Trotter of North Salem Indiana chairs the committee.
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J. B. Vandaworker
Butler University
Butler Chapter
Appa Kappa Psi
Columbia Club
Vandaworker
Butler Band
United States
Richard Trotter
North Salem
Ind
Retailers War on Return of Mistreated Goods
Two Indianapolis retailer groups aligned with the Merchants Association to curb abuse of merchandise returns. The Indianapolis Retail Shoe Dealers' Association voted to refuse shoes kept too long or used items. The Furniture Association of Indianapolis issued a similar resolution citing damaged returns and health rule violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Merchants’ Association
Indianapolis Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Furniture Association of
Indianapolis
Herman C. Morgan
Gas Suit Near End Over Ownership of Citizens Gas Co
Final arguments are set in federal court Saturday before Judge Robert C. Baltzell on the city’s claim to own the Citizens Gas Company under the 1905 franchise. Plaintiffs Newton Todd and John J. Cotter challenge the ownership, with Cotter’s counsel seeking a privileged argument after evidence concluded May 5. Baltzell previously sustained the city and company’s ownership in February and has not indicated a change in that view.
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Citizens Gas Company
Robert C. Baltzell
Newton Todd
John J. Cotter
Cotter
Todd
Baltzell
City
Walks Five Miles to Plead Speeding Guilty
Lionel E. Busch, 83, walked five miles to Evanston police court to plead guilty to speeding. The retired electrotype company president said he was not at fault and had never had an accident in thirty years of driving. Judge Harry Porter admonished him for tardiness. Busch was fined $10 and costs.
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United Press
Vanston
Lionel E. Busch
Evanston
Busch
Electrotype
Tye
Harry Porter
Wilmette
Gandhi Release Urged Amid India Nonviolence Shift
In Bombay a two‑organization push seeks Gandhi’s release for nonviolent prisoners and calls for talks with the viceroy. A journalists conference backing Gandhi urges negotiation, while martial law tightens in Sholapur with five‑year penalties for offenses. The trend toward violence grows as authorities crack down on nationalist activity and salt protests.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Council of the National Liberal Federation
Lord Irwin
All-India Journalists Conference
Gandhi
Sholapur
Operetta Planned by School 3 Pupils
Sixth and seventh grade pupils of School 3 at 23 North Rural Street present The Royal Playmate operetta at 3 15 and 8 p m Thursday. Music directed by Mrs Katherine Youngman with Mrs Marie Knight as assistant. Maurice Towler a pupil, plays the Prince. Stage scenery by departmental art pupils under Miss Marian Hill. costumes designed by pupils.
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North Rural Street
Katherine Youngman
Marie Knight
Maurice Towler
Prince
Marian Hill
Fisher sues Banner Rock Products and Charles Hall for $100,000
Charles C. Fisher of Chicago filed a federal suit against Banner Rock Products and Charles C. Hall of Indiana seeking $100,000 in damages. The action centers on a dispute over storages and related claims.
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Charles C. Fisher
Chicago Today
Banner Rock Products Sends
Charles C. Hall
Ind
Ise: Charted Defend
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Sweringen
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Terre Haute
Evansville
van Sweringen
Perfect Circle Company
Hagerstown
Tipton
Newcastle
Arthur Driver
Dirigold Corporation
Kokomo
Crawfordsville
Apex Stamping Company
Mt. Vernon
Florida
Eddie Foy
Beauty
Barbara Newberry
Eddie Foy Jr
City Turf
Merchant
Derby
Leslie
Soldiers’ Home Board
Letha Adam
Jones
Senator Reed
Pat
Philippines
Hoosier A. C
Offing
Curtiss
Miss Harrell
C. L. McElroy
Swanee Taylor
Lyman Volepel
U. S
Gold Star
Miss Flanders
Gwen
Liberal Group
Journalists Back Movement
Webb Miler
London
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Ban Congress
Congress Bulletin
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