Clear skies for Indiana speedway 500 mile grind
Weather bureau forecasts cool clear Memorial Day as 33 plus speed cars prepare for the Indianapolis Speedway 500. Wilbur Shaw leads the field after top qualifying pace with about forty entrants competing for a 36-car starting grid, including Italian Maseratis in the mix.
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United States Weather Bureau
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Shaw
Bill Gardner
Bill
Joe Huff
Baconi Borzacchini
Lotterio Piccolo Cuccinotta
Marion Trexler
Trexler
Morrow Denies 1932 Presidential Ambition
Dwight W. Morrow, Republican candidate for the U S Senate from New Jersey, is expected to deny rumors he seeks the 1932 presidency. The article notes he feels misrepresented and disputes talk of a presidential aim.
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Morrow
United Press
York
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
New Jersey
Cars Awaiting Trials Amid Driver Names and Brands
Fragmentary list of drivers and brands names including Duesenberg Spl. Slade Spl. Decker Spl. J M Specia and Hoosier Pete. Mentions Scranton Spl and Butcher Bros with odds of securing go ahead to trials. No clear event dates or outcomes.
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War
Duesenberg
Duesenberre
Jones-Maley
Slade
Decker
Scranton
J-M Specia
Butcher Bros
Hoosier
Pete
Nardi
Widening Plans Abandoned for Delaware Street and Washington Blvd
The public works board dropped plans to widen Delaware street and Washington boulevard from Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth streets due to high costs to nearby property owners. E Kirk McKinney said remaining work on the north approach to Delaware street bridge will continue and jogs at Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets and Washington boulevard will be eliminated. The board cited damages to residential property as a reason the city won t widen Washington boulevard under the current administration.
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Delaware Street
Washington Boulevard
Twenty-eighth
The
Public Works Board
E. Kirk McKinney
Twenty-ninth
Thirtieth Streets
Graf Zeppelin Off For Havana Flight
The Graf Zeppelin departed from Pernambuco Brazil at 9 13 am CST toward Havana and Lakehurst New Jersey after rain delays. Dr Hugo Eckener led the decision to fly despite unsettled weather in Para and Ceara with a ~4500 mile journey. The airship recently flew from Friedrichshafen and added a Rio de Janeiro leg before continuing toward Cuba and the United States with arrival dates uncertain.
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United Press
Pernambuco
Brazil
Havana
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Para
Ceara
Fredrichshafen
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Cuba
United States
Major League Pitcher Harold Carlson Dies at 35
Harold Hal Carlson star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs died suddenly at the Carlos hotel in Chicago after an early morning illness. The Mets say a internal hemorrhage caused by an earlier injury from spring training led to his death, ending a career spanning Rockford Milwaukee Grand Rapids White Sox Pirates and Phillies managed by Cubs physician Dr. John F. Davis.
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Bu United Preas
Chicago
Harold
Hal) Carlson
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Carlos Hotel
Carlson
John F. Davis
Rockford Maroons
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Wichita Falls
Philadelphia
Phillies
Boy fatally shoots playmate in accidental gun discharge
Lloyd Whobrey 12 took a loaded revolver from a dresser to show Robert Doll 12. He said he tried to unload it but it discharged, hitting Robert in the chest and killing him at City Hospital. Coroner ruled the death accidental.
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Robert Doll
City Hospital
Lloyd Whobrey
Robert
Marion County
Sturm Avenue
Lloyd
Susanna J. Pray
C. H. Keever
Keever
U S Hospital Delay Laid to Politics in Indiana
A six month delay in selecting a site for a $500000 U S veterans hospital in Indiana is blamed on politics. The delay stems from Republican Indiana congressmen opposing Indianapolis as the site, despite evidence and hearings favoring the city. Leaders from the American Legion and physicians push for inquiries.
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U. S
Washington
Indiana
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Congress
Indianapolis
Hoover
Veterans’ Hospital
Federal Hospitalization Board
Treasury
American Legion
House Committee On Veterans
Legion
White House
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Veterans’ Bureau
Army, Navy and Public Health Service
Veterans Bureau
House
Senate
Louis Ludlow
Cars Qualified for Race W Eight List
Qualified entries include Stutz Spl at 94.130 and Mayv Special 100.033 with Gauss Front Dr 93.376 and Moran Jr Du Pont 89.733. The list shows drivers Tony Gulotta and Chas Moran Jr among the early qualifiers for the event.
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Chas. Moran Jr. du Pont
Tony Gulotta
Census puts Marion county population at 420255
Marion county including Indianapolis is estimated at 420255 by the census department, up 7194 or 20.7 percent since 1920. Indianapolis city totals are 362527, with 57728 in townships outside the city, as the county continues to grow with new homes and expanding transportation.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
Census Department
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Wilmeth
Washington
Wayne
Perry
Mars Hill
Ben Davis
Seattle
Wash
Pike
Lawence
Decatur
Center
Warren
Franklin
Beech Grove
Times
Chamber of Commerce
Packard Cuts Price on Standard Eight Cars
Detroit May 28 Packard Motor Car Company reduced the price of the standard eight models by 400 dollars effective today The move follows an announced reduction Tuesday and aims to align with the anticipated fall introduction of a new car The exterior features and official details were noted in the report but some text remains garbled
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United Press
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Stores Close on Memorial Day by Indianapolis Merchants
Following a long established custom the member stores of the Indianapolis Merchants Association will be closed all day Friday in observance of Memorial Day. Local merchants announced the change today and urged customers to plan accordingly.
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Indianapolis Merchants’ Association
King George Improves From Hip Rheumatism
Buckingham Palace announced today that King George’s rheumatic hip shows definite improvement. The king, however, did not receive visitors this morning.
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United Press
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Boiler Blast Ruins Gerstmeyer High Gym in Terre Haute
A boiler explosion in Gerstmeyer High School gymnasium Terre HauteInd caused about 10000 in damage Tuesday night. Night watchman Oral Smith was on site. gas leakage from a pipe led firefighters to suspect the boiler was still burning after water was turned off.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Gerstmeyer High School
Oral Smith
Renew Fight on Sea Pact
Naval officers urged renewed Congressional scrutiny of the London limitation treaty centering on Japan's ratio and six inch cruisers. Rear Admiral S S Robison warned the Philippines would be harder to keep if the ratio shifts, saying Americans would not yield the islands. He noted article 19 of the 1922 Washington treaty remains unchanged and defended the eight inch cruiser as a future battleship.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations and Naval Committees
United States
Philippines
S. S. Robison
Naval Academy
Foreign Relations Committee
Bullet Wounds Boy In Accidental Discharge
Virgil Williams aged 16 was wounded in the right leg when a revolver he was cleaning discharged by accident. The incident occurred in Hartford City Indiana on May 28. No other injuries or persons are reported.
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Hartford City
Ind
Virgil Williams
Deny Hoover Weakening On Tariff Bill Stance
Washington May 28. Debate centers on whether Vice President Curtis misused Senate rules by returning the 630 million Smoot Hawley tariff bill to conference. Republicans deny a reversal, Democrats argue the move delays and could kill the measure via filibuster. Smoot plans to reconvene conferees Thursday to resolve Curtis objections.
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Washington
Curtis
Hoover
Smoot
Ee Econom
Ee Ae A
Congress
Senate
Watson
Attorneys fail to sway jury in rain baby case
In juvenile court Mrs. Sally Breedlove testified she abandoned her year old son Robert Eugene near Bluff Road on April 27 due to lack of home food and money. Prosecutors and defense debated guilt and mitigation as Reynolds pleaded not guilty to contributing to neglect. The court reserved judgment on further evidence after hearing the guilt phase.
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Indianapolis
Rain Baby
Marion
Dillon Decker
Bloomington
Sally Martie Breedlove
Vernon Lee Breedlove
Pearance
Bobby
Mrs. Breedlove
William Breedlove
Sally
Sally Marie Breed
Love
Robert Eugene
Bluff Road
Bess Robbins
Frank J. Lahr
Lahr
Here Clark
Times
George Winkler
Breedlove
Rum runner admits to illegal voyage in Bridgeport court
In Bridgeport Ontario on May 28 Edmund Lahr 25 testified he is not a fisherman but a rum runner. He faced a charge of fish er handling illegal liquor with authorities detailing the claim in court.
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United Press
Bridgeport
Ontario
Edmund Lahr
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