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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
1
Editorial praises the Northern Baptist convention for rejecting fundamentalist domination and championing tolerance and Roger Williams style liberty. It also weighs Coolidge police enrollment orders, imperial and economic issues, Napoleonic quotes, and tariff debates affecting workers and national policy.
Albert E. Sanders militant prohibition editor of the Evansville Journal resigns after county court exposes extortion from bootleggers. Indictments also filed against Frank Rifford federal agent tied to liquor law enforcement. A party at a local hotel sparked the probe. details follow on Page 10.
William C. Geake, mayor of Fort Wayne, becomes grand master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana Free and Accepted Masons at the 109th annual meeting. The historic succession marks the first time a son follows his father into the role.
A heavy rainstorm caused damage to Fountain Street M. E. Church, the Standard Dry Kiln Company, and several residences. The church sustained about $1,000 in damage, the kiln about $400, with minor damages to homes on Sheffield Avenue Guilford Avenue and Garfield Avenue. Weather officials report 0.74 inches of rain and expect clouds with possible showers through tonight and Friday.
Democrats gather for a love feast and dinner at the Indiana Democratic Club at 6 30 p m tonight. Hosts will include Successful candidates and defeated contenders along with officials and press. Guests listed are Charles W Welliver LeRoy Keach Miss Ruby Hindleman Mrs John Corwin Arthur W Leidy and George Hilgemier Sr as county committee leaders.
Members of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy chose Dr. J. S. Slabaugh of Nappanee as president at a Columbia Club gathering. Junior vice president is J. H. Baldwin of Jeffersonville and second vice president is Dr. C. A. Watson of Anderson.
City and Marion County announce Memorial day services at burial grounds and a 2 pm parade forming near the Circle. Senator Arthur R. Robinson to give the main address at Crown Hill at 3 pm. Captain D H McAbee heads the program as Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Union Veterans divisions march to Crown Hill.
All miners entombed by a blast at the Mount Lookout mine in Wyoming Pa were rescued and in safe condition per Temple Coal Co official General Manager Jennings. Over fifty men were freed as fire came under control.
Floyd Young Knox County prosecuting attorney was arrested on a Federal warrant charging conspiracy to violate Prohibition law. Roy Chambers Knox County sheriff Harvey Smith deputy sheriff and Roy Robinson Vincennes attorney were also arrested for alleged bribery and jury fixing. Oscar Brassier and Wade Phillips were arrested for liquor violations.
G M Williams Marmon Motor Car Company president and fundraiser chair announces the annual Speedway race lap prize fund is now fully collected at twenty thousand dollars. The purse distributes 200 prizes of 100 dollars each to the leaders of each lap of the 500 mile race set for Monday.
Broadway producer Earl Carroll found guilty on two counts of perjury from grand jury probe into a bathtub party February 22 to 23. Conviction tied to denial that Miss Joyce Hawley bathed in a tub with liquor. sentence deferred for one week. potential five year term and $5,000 fine pending appeal.
Memorial day closures affect post offices downtown and substation offices all day. Federal building offices city hall courthouse and statehouse close. Downtown stores factories plan all day closings while neighborhood groceries and drug stores stay open morning and late open for drugs. Butler University classes proceed with few students present. Memorial day services arranged Sunday citywide.
Risks once held by the Integrity Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago have been reinsured by three responsible firms. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. McMurray Jr. states no policies for Indiana policyholders are affected.
Times staff correspondent reports Vice President Dawes launches a presidential bid with Senator Watson of Indiana aiding. Frank Kent notes Dawes courting corn belt leaders despite farm relief opposition and hints at internal Coolidge distraction. Watson’s speech echoes Dawes stance on farm relief and the equalization fee, signaling a political maneuver to damage Coolidge and boost Dawes. Senate moves edge toward limiting debate on revenue and appropriation bills as farm bloc pushes Haugen relief and House action looms before adjournment.
Form South Side Club Garfield Park and Surrounding Civic League will be formed at 8 tonight at an open air mass meeting at the horse show near Garfield Park. Following election of officers, improvement of the south side will be discussed.
Henry T. Davis of the Chamber of Commerce convention Bureau announced lodging headquarters at 9 N. Meridian St in the Kahn Building ground floor. Open 10 a m to midnight Saturday all day Sunday and after the race Monday to accommodate overnight stays. Rooms listed via coupons from local newspapers. Largest listing of rooms in race history.
The snippet shows an hourly temperature note for around 6 5 am with a reading near 64 to 65 degrees. Details are incomplete due to fragmented OCR.
The Indiana Republican State convention at Tomlinson Hall adopts a platform rebuking President Coolidge and proceeds to nominate State candidates amid a gag rule. Grace Banta Urbahns becomes the first woman named for State treasurer, while W. Ed Funk and J. Otto Lee vie for clerk of the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts see multiple nominees.
Resolutions committee report to the Republican State convention in Tomlinson Hall sharply rebuked President Coolidge for his World Court stance and farm aid opposition. The platform endorsed Democratic-aligned farm policy aims, called for tax reforms, budget enforcement, and stronger laws, while omitting the prohibition issue.
Frank Elliguit, in a Miller Special nicknamed the cut-down, posted an average speed of 105.873 mph to become the first to qualify for Monday's race. He ran four laps in 5 minutes 40.03 seconds, starting at 1:10 PM, as about 4,000 spectators watched. The fourth lap was the fastest at 107.206 mph. other laps ranged 105.621, 105.535, and 105.52 mph.
Four children were burned to death and another sustained probable fatal burns when the Harris farm home near Boone Iowa burned today. The blaze destroyed the farmhouse of Mr and Mrs Lafe Harris. United Press report from Boone Iowa.
A petition filed with the Public Service Commission by rural patrons of the municipal plant accuses the town of raising rural rates without notice and threatens to cut service if the group does not take over the transmission line, prompting an official inquiry.
Police searched for two men who disappeared from their homes. Frank Miller aged 40 of 538 left Wed morning wearing a light gray suit and hat with dark hair and eyes and gold fillings. Jamames P Sutton aged 60 of Danville Illinois is reported missing by relative Edgar Burgan.
A windstorm battered the seaplane of the Argentine party near Miami on May 27, forcing a return to the city. The rough weather battered the craft and halted their flight plans as the storm swept through the area.
Senator James E. Watson told the Republican State convention in Tomlinson Hall that the entanglement policy originated with Harding and he opposed joining the League of Nations even while allied with Coolidge. He praised Coolidge on integrity and tax cuts while predicting federal aid for farmers would pass, and lauded Senator Robinson as a rising star.
Senator Arthur F. Robinson pledged the Indiana delegation in Congress to support reform allowing farmers to regulate surplus production. In a keynote at the Republican State convention he called the issue a great American question and urged fair shares for farmers.
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