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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
8
Gangs of workers tighten up playgrounds for a June 5 season opening under city park chief H. Walter Jarvis. Fixit, the Times’ man, says Finch Park will get attention by June 20 aided by the Finch estate's $10 000 bequest.
A lone bandit robbed Plaza Oil Station at Senate Ave and Maryland St on Friday night. He took $90 of manager W. J. Graves personal funds, leaving company money untouched.
Board of Public Works of the City of Indianapolis announces hearings on vacation of property and approval of an assessment roll for public improvements. Names include Charles E. Corbin W H Freeman M J Spencer. Meetings set for June 1925 with remonstrances invited from affected owners and holders of property assessed benefits or damages.
James A. Drain national commander of the American Legion speaks on Memorial Day in Middletown Ohio. He says honoring the dead means caring for the disabled and orphans of the last war, a monument of service that endures.
Ordinances to repair city bridges totaling 8639 dollars will be drafted by city attorney William Bosson at the board of works request on Friday. W Tenth Street bridge resurfacing costs 6139 dollars. W New York Street bridge needs railing panels costing 1500 dollars and Kentucky Avenue bridge requires new railings at 1000 dollars.
A woman carrying papers with the name HWinora Snider of 414 N Illinois St was hit at 448 Illinois St at 1 20 a m today by Walter Shriner 28 of 1236 Oliver Ave The front wheel reportedly stopped on her chest She was taken to City Hospital in critical condition Police reported no identification known at address
Police assigned to Speedway crowds slated twelve men for investigation at the city prison in Indianapolis on May 29, 1925. The notice includes a public works assessment for vacation of parts of a north Lawton Street alley and lists property owners with small assessed benefits.
Three people died and four were injured in late Friday automobile accidents. Dorothy Blankenship, 4, Louisville, was killed. Melvin Kimberlain, 44, Nabb, died at St. Vincent's Hospital after a head on collision on State Rd. 1 near Franklin. Injured are Joseph Trout, 39, and his wife. Pearl Kimberlain, 44. Eldridge Blankenship, all of whom suffer internal injuries or shocks. A separate crash near New Carlisle injured Mrs. Joseph Waldrick, 41, Chicago.
Albert J. Beveridge former senator criticized Vice President Dawes proposed cloture rule citing past experiences where it would have harmed the nation. Other speakers included Charles M. Schwab Maj Gen Mason Patrick head of the air service and Charles F. Kettering of GM Research. Frederick E. Moskovics led toasts.
Gen Feng Yuh Hsiang reportedly keeps 40 000 troops in semi concealment near Peking. Change Tso Lin heads for Peking and will pause at Tsien Tsin. Change Tse Lin had threatened trouble over the Boxer indemnity settlement with France.
Funeral services for George H. Newman aged 52 of 6629 Beechwood Ave will be held at 2 p.m. Monday with burial at Crown Hill. He died Friday at his daughter's home in Indianapolis where he had lived thirty years. Survived by widow Mary Newman a daughter and a son and the Rev. Everett Newman all of Indianapolis. He belonged to Hillside Christian Church.
Former Vice President Thomas Marshall showed marked improvement today and Mrs. Marshall briefly left his bedside for a shopping trip. Friends expect he will soon leave his bed after nearly a week of light heart trouble.
A fire aboard the 4,334 ton British steamer Fenchurch 400 miles from Sandy Hook was put out and the vessel is believed not in immediate danger, according to a wireless message to the Independent Wireless Company in New York.
Ed Meyer reports a theft at a downtown hotel room totaling more than 300 dollars in cash two diamond rings and six box seats for the Speedway. Police are investigating the incident and reviewing hotel security footage.
South Bend Indiana reports the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Motor and Accessories Manufacturers Association conventions will open here June 12 and 13. National leaders are expected to attend.
Edward J. Fogarty head of Indiana State Prison at Michigan City plans to resign at a prison board meeting on June 1. Deputy Warden Walter H. Daly, with over sixteen years on the staff, is favored to succeed him according to reports.
Harold M. Griffith 12 of Tebre Haute Indiana failed to meet his father at the Fair grounds in Indianapolis. Rudolph Hayes 13 took his cousin Virgil Farley 17 downtown and did not return. George Baker 2118% E Tenth St is also missing, described in blue overalls and gray cap.
Attorneys for the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Co won temporary restraining orders against the public service commission blocking certificates to two inter city carriers. Hearing set for June 13. Judge Chamberlain barred Hiner Réa Ball Bus Line from Indianapolis to Richmond and Judge Miller halted Joseph Gregg line service between Harmony and Terre Haute.
Scott Clark age 44 of Lapel suffered severe burns after his car ran out of fuel and while transferring gasoline from another vehicle the gas exploded creating a fire in Anderson Indiana.
At Arlington National Cemetery on May 30 President Coolidge criticized state and federal governance, warning that local units abdicate duties to the federal system and that states lack morality and liberty without national action. He cited prohibition as a power shift and noted inequities in taxation and divorce laws among states. The article adds a final line noting the minimum airplane speed of 31 miles per hour.
Twenty two cars enter the speedway with balloons instead of standard tires for the first time in local history. Waldo Stein of Firestone supplies tires. weather may push speeds past last year’s record of 98.24 mph. Notables include Doc Shattuc, Harry Miller, Bennie Hill, Ralph De Palma, Pete De Paolo, Alfred E Mossess as relief driver for Herbert Jones, and the Jones Whitaker Special. A Cleveland Auto Club train arrives, and timing devices seek accuracy.
More than 2,500 Klansmen from across the state in full regalia marched through downtown Friday night. Bands drum corps floats and decoratively adorned cars accompanied the procession. Brookside Shining Star drill team won the Marion County drill team contest while Logansport men's drum corps and Terre Haute women's drum corps took state honors.
Mrs Helen May Bond received 5583 from a Circuit Court jury here after finding that her son in law and his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Bond caused alienation of affection. The decision details a civil suit filed in Logansport Indiana on May 30.
Spitzbergen advices report heavy snowstorms and fog along the path from Spitzbergen to the North Pole where the Amundsen-Ellsworth expedition departed ten days ago. Fears rise for the relief search as Amundsen watchers brace for delays. The Farm, supply boat for Amundsen, reached King's Bay Spitzbergen for canal and is seen as prepping for a hunt along the ice edge to the north.
Illinois State's Attorney Ines E Crowe ordered six men brought to his Chicago office to probe corrupt juror and witness influence in the William D Shepherd murder trial. Crowe said he would question jurors tied to Shepherd's lawyers Stewart and O'Brien and promised disclosures to come.
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