Indianapolis Streets Prepared for Speedway Race Traffic
Assistant City Engineer Arthur Hauffler says Indianapolis roads to the Speedway are in good condition for race crowds. The engineering department has prioritized routes to the track with Meridian Street widened and work aimed to finish by Thursday noon if rain holds. Final county survey by Henry Campbell will verify readiness with repairs planned for any sections not up to standard.
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Indianapolis
Arthur Hauffler
Hauffler
Meridian St
Pratt and
Sixteenth Sts
W. C. Smith
Marion County Construction Company
Marion County Force
Michigan St
River
Holmes Ave
Smith
Michigan Boulevard
Vauffler
Speedway
Indiana Ave
Sixteenth
Emvichsville Bridge
W. Washington
Warman
Holmes
Michigan
Main St
Speedway City
W. Tenth
Georgetown Rd
Marion County
Henry Campbell
Left turns warned as dangerous driving risk
Traffic engineers urge elimination of reckless left turns at ungarded corners as a deterrent, while police pledge concerted action. The article also reports corporate moves in Indianapolis with Purdy named factory manager at H. H. Franklin and Wildman Niehaus joining Millspaugh & Irish in key roles.
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E. C. Wildman
J. Mahlon Niehaus
Millspaugh & Irish Corporation
Indianapolis
Wildman
Millspaugh & Irish
Duesenberg Motors
Nordyke & Marmon
Niehaus
Indianapolis Star
Benny Has Ripping Good Time at Stutz Open House
In Indianapolis the Locomobile Stutz of Indiana hosted an open house at 1525 N Meridian St drawing motorists from the city and state. Viewers praised the new Stutz Challenger Safety models and several deals were closed. George M. Spindler, president, announced an intensive sales campaign for Locomobile and Stutz.
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Indianapolis
Locomobile
Stutz
Indiana
Meridian St
Locomobile Stutz
George M. Spindler
620 Models of Autos Put On Market in America
Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, reports 620 American car models priced from 360 to 9 000 dollars offered in the U S. Four sell for under 500 dollars, eighty between 500 and 1090, two hundred forty six between 1000 and 2000, and one hundred thirty seven between 2600 and 3000 dollars.
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New York
Alfred Reeves
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Tornado relief progress praised by Indianapolis fund
Relief agencies report satisfactory progress in relocating families left homeless by the tornado last Wednesday. H. C. Atkins, president of the Indianapolis Community Fund, described the six agencies' work in a statement for the board of directors Thursday. He praised the police and fire departments in the emergency.
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H. C. Atkins
Indianapolis Community Fund
Ex Mayor Niemeier Searched After Unaccounted Fine Revenue
Ex mayor Charles A. Niemeier of Princeton Indiana is being sought by police after field examiners from the State board of accounts found he failed to account for 5094 dollars in fines he imposed while in office. A Gibson County grand jury investigated the matter.
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State Board of Accounts
Charles A. Niemeier
Princeton
Ind
Gibson County
Ten Villages in Louisiana Face Floods’ Menace
Ten villages and 100 square miles of farmland in Point Coupeé parish face inundation within 24 hours as flood waters from the McCrae levee break advance. No lives lost. relief centers report evacuations and coast guard craft stand by.
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Louisiana
United Press
New Orleans
Point Coupeé Parish
McCrae
Baton Rouge
Coast Guard
Old River
John Gotwall
McCrae Crevasse
Sugar Bowl
Atchafalaya
McCrea
McCrea Break
St. Mary Parish
Paul Kelly Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Hollywood Beating
Paul Kelly, noted screen juvenile star, is sentenced to one to ten years in prison after a jury of eight women and four men finds him guilty of manslaughter in the beating death of Ray Raymond, who died April 2 in his Hollywood bungalow.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Kelly
Debonair and
Husky Screen
Ray Raymond
Raymond
Hollywood
County Judges Seek 3000 Dollar Raise For All Except Municipal
A petition signed by 150 taxpayers asks the county to raise salaries of all county court judges by 3000 dollars annually under a new legislature enacted rule. The plan covers five Superior Court judges and the Criminal Juvenile and Probate Court judges. The board may set a hearing date. State adds 4200 dollars to each judge's pay, and if granted the county would pay 5800 dollars instead of 2800.
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Cassius L. Hogle
Indiana Woman at British Court
Eight more American women will be presented to King George and Queen Mary at the royal court in London. The group includes Grace Cody Pauline Day Josephine Flood and Mrs Myron Taylor of New York along with Mrs Lowell Pinkerton of Washington Mrs Joseph Sheedy of Randolph Vermont Mrs George Webb of Indiana and Eleanor Wendell of Summit New Jersey.
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United Press
London
King George
Queen Mary
Grace Cody
Pauline Day
Josephine Flood
Myron Taylor
New York
Lowell Pinkerton
Washington, D. C
Joseph Sheedy
Randolph
George Webb
Indiana
Eleanor Wendell
Summit
N. J
Race Gas Stations Get Night Service for Speedway Visitors
Police were requested by J C Marshall Indianapolis manager of Standard Oil Indiana to guard eleven filling stations that will provide all night service May 29 to accommodate speedway race visitors. Other stations will stay open later Sunday night and open earlier Monday, Marshall said.
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J. C. Marshall
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Speedway
Marshall
Driver chases thief near Capitol Avenue home
Otha Lantz of 1905 N Capitol Ave reports he spotted an auto thief attempting to start a car in front of his home Monday night. The thief jumped away as Lantz neared, ran between houses, and vanished.
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Otha Lantz
Capitol Ave
Lantz
Cleansing the Inside With Adlerika Buckthorn Bark Mix
An ad promoting Adlerika claims a buckthorn bark and glycerine formula cleanses the upper and lower bowels, removes metabolic poisons and old matter, relieving gas bloating and sour stomach. One spoonful supposedly relieves gas and heaviness, even for those who move bowels daily.
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Adlerika
Aderika
Five-Year Car Values Fall Sharply, Study Finds
Cleveland May 25. Col Leonard P Ayres reports an average five year old car is worth 9 percent of its original price from a sample of 18 cars. The lowest value observed was 5 percent and the highest 17 percent.
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Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Polishing Union Plans 25th Jubilee at Hotel Denis
The Indianapolis Metal Polishers and Buffers Union marks its twenty fifth anniversary with a jubilee party at Hotel Denis on Saturday night. Special entertainment is planned for the celebration.
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Indianapolis Metal Polishers and Buffers Union
Hotel Denis
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Indianapolis Automobile Club
Marion Co., Inc
Anybody
Tire & Rubber CO
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C., C., C. & St. L. Railroad
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Brooklyn
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Habig Mfg
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Ance
Main
Hudson
Hudson Super-Six
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N. Cap. Blvd
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Meridian S
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NGS CO
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Hudson-Essex CO
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