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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
1
Petition 8 is sent to HX to probe the construction of the Poor Farm and Julietta Asylum buildings. The move signals scrutiny of site plans and funding, with officials awaiting detailed inquiry results.
The county approved the new men’s building at the poor farm and faced a probe into altered sale records for eighteen acres bought by Morse & Co. The council sought state review, while officials prepared an inspection of Julietta asylum wing and the poor farm.
Three members of a Cincinnati Ohio and Texas Pacific Railway train crew were killed when the locomotive and cars overturned near Amory Gap six miles from Knoxville Tennessee.
A historical chart shows hourly temperatures with values around the low to mid fifties from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sequence records 56 at 10 a.m. 52 at 11 a.m. 55 at noon 54 at 1 p.m. The data reflects a steady midday warmth then slight dip.
The article outlines primary routes to the Speedway race day via Capitol Avenue Meridian Street and Capitol corridor through Riverside Park to Georgetown Road into Speedway. It notes alternate westward routing from Washington Street Tibbs Avenue through Speedway City to Indiana Avenue and Sixteenth Street to Crawfordsville Road. It mentions special interurban trains every minute and eight minute shuttle departures from Union Station by the Big Four Railroad.
Memorial Day observances in Indianapolis honor veterans from Civil War to World Wars. Grand Army of the Republic ceremonies outline historic customs with Service Star Legion events at Garfield Park Grove. D 8 McAfee to preside at Monument program. School 35 and 34 students contribute songs and readings.
In Evansville Indiana in the circuit court the parents James Renehan and his wife contest custody of their 5 year old son Charles as a preliminary to a divorce suit. Renehan an Indianapolis fireman testified the boy loved him best. Divorce hearing set for July 2 and custody given to the mother until then.
Governor Emmett F. Branch stood by Indiana law and refused to stop the Michigan City boxing match after telegrams from the Presbyterian General Assembly and Methodist General Conference protested the fight. He said the contest will continue unless it becomes a prize fight.
Glenn Stout and Richard Heyman, both 21, were charged with vagrancy and vehicle taking by police. They were arrested in an auto owned by Harry Teyman at California Street and Kentucky Avenue, according to authorities.
State must secure funds to meet notes due June 30. Loan of 7.5 million dollars extended by Union Trust Company on January 2 to cover obligations.
The Indiana State Finance Board plans to consider borrowing 2.5 million dollars to cover a loan maturing June 30 from Union Trust Company of Indianapolis. Interest for six months totals 60 060 at 4.8 percent. State officials say renewals are prohibited by law.
The tribunal of Protestant Episcopal bishops in Cleveland will decide today whether modernist preachers who skipped summons must testify in Bishop William M Brown's heresy trial. Counsel Joseph Shorts sought a continuance for depositions from the modernists including Dr. Percy Stickney Grant and all Episcopal bishops. Brown recovered from a collapse attributed to a heart attack.
The Weather Bureau foresees an east moving Indiana storm bringing a cloudy day with cooler temperatures and little rain. J H Armington notes the storm, centered over Indiana and southern Illinois, will pass tonight as it shifts northeast. Rain totaled .26 inches from 7 pm Wednesday to 7 am today.
Richard V. Sipe ex county clerk, once sent to prison for two to four teen years for embezzlement tied to a $143000 shortage in the county clerk’s office, is out on parole living on a Rush County farm. He served the minimum sentence and has not paid a $7000 fine.
Special order by Pope Pius lifting Friday meat restrictions for Catholics as Memorial Day falls on a holy day. Monsignor Gavish of St John’s Church said the ruling likely applies to Friday July 4 as well.
Fred S. Knodle resigns as secretary to the mayor effective Saturday. He offered no reason and has no immediate plans. Appointed at the start of the Shank administration the lifelong friend of the mayor will be replaced by Mrs. Harry Peckman his niece and current stenographer to cut expenses.
In Indianapolis twelve old-time fiddlers competed at Recreation Hall under the Better Business League. E Hanson won best all around fiddler and best playing of The Devil's Dream with mandolin accompaniment by Harry Colden. Joseph F. Lawson, 78, was the oldest fiddler present. J R Williams won best old-time caller. I Lyle Wiesenberg and Charles Stevens won top prizes for Turkey in the Straw.
Captain Ed Schubert was reduced to a lieutenant by the board of safety after acting without authority to order the production Three Weeks at Mister Smith's Theater, halted Wednesday. The film now runs on Mayor Shank's orders amid testimony and a board review.
Plans are complete for the Klan Review and pageant at the state fair ground tonight. E. M. Hardin, chairman of the entertainment committee, said more than 2,000 men will take part. The celebration is open to the public with vaudeville acts and musical numbers. The Indianapolis Drum Corps and the Indianapolis Liberty Band will perform.
Woman believed to be Mrs. Elizabeth Cochran, about 50, was struck by a Central Ave street car at Massachusetts Ave and Alabama St Wednesday night. She was reported seriously injured at city hospital. Police charged Lawrence Meyers, 816 N Illinois St, the motorman, with assault and battery.
Traffic officers examined all taxi meters to curb illegitimate charges. Taxicabs must display fare to the Speedway on the outside. The official route into the Speedway area directs west on Warman Ave to Warman Speedway Rd then north to Michgan St and Tibbs Ave to Tenth St. Traffic personnel will man routes into the city and steer westbound traffic away from downtown.
E F Hartsock reported two men climbing the Meyer Kiser Bank fire escape and entering a fourth story window. The two men were carpenters working in an office and had been locked out, police said.
The St. Paul central executive committee issued a statement saying Senator Robert M. La Follette cannot divert or destroy the third party movement. They accused him of gross misrepresentation and emphasized the movement is bigger than the man and cannot be diverted by his actions.
Race plans proceed as favorable weather is predicted for Friday. Only a bar to the event field may limit entry with fewer than twenty five cars. fans arrive in droves.
Mud splattered cars from all states arrive at Indianapolis for the fifteenth 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rain unlikely. start set for 10 a.m. with Cole Eight pacing the field and 500 musicians marching in the pre race formation. Old timers recall early days and Ray Harroun's 1911 win as fans anticipate the event.
Japan sends a solemn protest to Washington over the immigration act excluding Japanese, with Ambassador Hanihara to present the note to the State Department. Secrecy surrounds the contents, and a public exchange of notes may follow once decoded and translated.
Henry Ford visits for a Speedway race discussion and talks on the motor industry while remaining silent on Muscle Shoals Coolidge politics and religion. He plans to walk the 2 1 2 mile track and asserts gauges have reduced inaccuracy, with Edsel Ford and aides in attendance at the Prest-O-Lite plant vicinity.
Capt. Pelletier D Oisy, French airman, arrived in Pekin after flying from Shanghai in a Chinese aircraft. His own plane was smashed at Shanghai and he continues toward Tokio in the borrowed craft.
The article urges citizens and businesses to protect Indianapolis reputation for courteous treatment of guests. It notes the city’s enviable nationwide standing and calls on residents to guard this image during visitors’ stays.
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