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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1928
Page
6
The seventieth Congress adjourned with Coolidge holding the Muscle Shoals bill, ten days to sign or pocket veto. The Boulder Dam bill remains in limbo for December reconvening, while the Navy bill and tax cuts became law.
City departments have been asked to prepare budget estimates for 1929 with submissions to the city controller by July 1. The controller and Mayor will study the requests and report to council in October, with council required to pass the measure by the first November meeting.
De Pauw University men prefer blondes as four of six contest winners this year. The Mirage yearbook shows Dorothy Shideler of Indianapolis and five others including Margaret Townsly Carmi Vitris Carr Sally Robards Pauline Torrance and Dixie Elkins as top vote recipients.
City Engineer A. H. Moore moves to collect over 175000 from property owners for flood prevention along White River. Five inspectors to serve 15000 notices on owners for Kentucky Ave Oliver Ave bridges and flood wall. Public hearing set for September 12, with new inspectors to be named Friday.
Police report dozens of autos stolen from multiple addresses including John Baker at 611 W Pratt St Ford 66 072 from 1005 N Pennsylvania St Clyde Baker 1105 Senate Ave Ford 33 368 from Delaware St and Virginia Ave Jewell Woodruff 923 Division St Ford 635 427 from Capitol Ave and Market St Patrick Barton 2636 N Meridian St Ford from Riverside Park Garrett Green 1603 Central Ave Ford from Twelfth and Capitol W H Katzenberger 1114 N Oxford St Chevrolet 15 113 from Market St and Senate Ave Joseph Smith 3360 N Meridian St Chevrolet 9504 from Pennsylvania and Court Sts John Kimbie 603 E Thirtieth St Nash 641 558 from rear of Claypool Hotel.
Police report cars located include a Ford 662-582 owned by Sam Short of Birch Ave found on Raymond St a half mile west of Keystone Ave a Lincoln touring 2-502 found at Washington Blvd and Thirty Eighth St attributed to Laurena Mays 1312 Brooker St a Chrysler sedan Illinois 160-576 found at 2526 Central Ave and a Ford found at King Ave and Michigan St associated with Hubert Beck Greenwood Indiana
Clifton O. Page, master of the Green House dormitory at Lawrenceville New Jersey, named headmaster of the Boys' Preparatory School, announced by President Oscar Schmidt. He will assume duties July 5, succeeding James T. Barrett and is a Bowdoin College graduate active in athletics.
Two policemen and two firemen were named Tuesday by the board of safety. They are Daniel Scanlon and Martin Henry Kruse as patrolmen, Herman James Blume and James Kennington as firefighters. All are Democrats.
In four and one-half months this year, 142 persons have been committed to Indiana penal institutions, with 31 to Indiana State Prison, 68 to the Reformatory, 41 to the State Farm, and 2 to the Women's Prison. Terms range from five to twenty-one years to life. Judge James A. Collins notes the compacted calendar and up-to-date criminal court docket. He praises Marion County jail conditions and municipal court cooperation with police for prompt county criminal work.
Funeral services for Philip F Ryan Sr 72 city engineer and inspector who died Tuesday at his home 6171 Ashland Ave will be held Friday at 9 am at St Joan of Arc Catholic Church Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery Ryan lived in Indianapolis 25 years served as vice president of Mainland Manufacturing Company wholesale hardwood dealers He is survived by his widow and four children
Robert King of Whitestown Indiana will be among fifty-one graduates receiving liberal arts degrees at St Xavier College commencement on Corcoran field. King earns a bachelor of philosophy and has a record in athletics with three football touchdowns and two basketball points.
Ira C. Tilton of Valparaiso was named secretary of the Democratic State convention opening in Cable Tabernacle June 6 by state chairman R. Earl Peters. The call lists delegates and program. convention starts Wednesday at 9 a.m. Speakers include Peters Simms and Lew O Bannon.
Dhan Pal Mukerji of India receives the John Newberry Medal at the American Library Association convention in West Baden Indiana for his book Gay Neck the Story of a Carrier Pigeon and Indian boyhood. The prize honors the most distinguished children's book of the past year. Other past winners include Hendrik Van Loon and Arthur Bowie Chrisman.
The Greencastle Indiana city sanitary board signed a three year deal with George Dollarhide to remove 125000 tons of sludge from the sewage plant. The waste will be dumped on nearby fields and used in fertilizer, with no charge to the city. In Putnam County divorce action Ralph Crousore says his wife Ethel deserted him May 17 and moved to Indianapolis to seek divorce.
Refinance your debts now and repay as you earn. Low cost and confidential quick service advertised by Capitol Loan Co. at 141% E Wash St. Includes a bold promise of fast approval and flexible repayment.
Belgrade reports rising anti Italian demonstrations sweeping Sarajevo and Belgrade. Gendarmerie patrols with drawn weapons as Italy protests burnings of Mussolini pictures and Fascist flags. Fifty wounded as police break up meetings amid fear of broader international tension.
A six weeks old baby boy found naked except for a small blanket in a theater restroom will be brought before a juvenile court Friday to determine dependency. Authorities plan the hearing to decide the child’s welfare and custody.
In Covington Indiana on May 30 a push to organize a Women’s Christian Temperance Union forms amid prohibition fervor sparked by speeches from Pussyfoot Johnson and Maj. F B Ebbert of Los Angeles California.
Roman Luczkowski, 21, was sentenced to life for the murder of his wife Marie Luczkowski in South Bend Indiana. A juror said the youth influenced the verdict aiming for possible parole in ten to fifteen years. The hammer attack happened March 22 and a friend exposed the crime to police.
In the school board offices a Western Union clock was covered after the board decided to continue on daylight saving time. Visitors saw the clock face screened as officials moved it forward an hour to CST.
Charles K. Zollman of Jeffersonville announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Reporter of the Supreme and Appellate Courts after two terms as Clark Circuit Court clerk and service as Clark County prosecutor. He served in the 1901 and 1903 Indiana House sessions and belongs to multiple fraternal and church groups.
Governor Al Smith is virtually assured of the Democratic nomination but faces lack of solid South endorsement as North Carolina and Texas back dry candidates. The situation colors a possible South split while Hull remains a weaker rival, with other regions backing Smith.
Byron Bunch son of Mr and Mrs William Bunch has been appointed to the United States Military Academy West Point by Representative Richard N Elliott. He will report July 2 after passing tests at Fort Benjamin Harrison and graduating from Brooks Flying School.
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