Ballot of Bandits Stages Robbery at Indianapolis Club
A gang of four robbed the Silver Dragon Club in Indianapolis, taking cash and valuables from nearly a dozen guests and staff. They searched patrons, seized loot in bags, and fled as police tracked the car license plates amid a chaotic ballroom hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Burns
Wolf
Burns
Arthur S. Lubell
Lubell
Joe Quinzoni
Quinzoni
Silver Dragon Orchestra
Eli Schloss
Speedway Rd
Sol Meyer
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Nathan Kahn
Pennsylvania St
A. L. Block
L. Strauss & Co
Ford Meyer
Bert S. Meyer
M. S. Block
Delaware St
Leo Traugott
Louis Traugott
Traugott Bros. Fair
Washington St
Edward R. Green
Peoples Outfitting Company
Saul Solomon
Gus Falk
Pittsburgh
Samuel Muellers
Broadway
Rosenthal
Girl Makes Chute Jump From Balloon In Indianapolis
A girl made a three parachute leap from a balloon before a large Indianapolis crowd. Miss Xthel Pritchatt is the reported jumper, drawing attention from onlookers and establishing a bold stunt at the event.
Runners and Fans Arrive by Airfront for Speedway Races
About 140000 spectators reached Indianapolis for the Speedway races by air. Notables include Capt Laughlin Wrightfield flying a Curtiss O-2, Lt and Mrs Moffet flying a Lockheed monoplane from Los Angeles to Dayton, and Duke Skoning with four passengers aboard a Gray Goose Stinson from Chicago. Other arrivals include pilots from Detroit Chicago Owosso and Memphis in Waco 10s Stinson biplanes and Ford tri motor planes with numerous passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway
Indianapolis
Rapid Air Lines
Rapid City
S. C
Clyde W. Ice
Embry-Riddle Company
Cincinnati
George Hefferman
Chanutefield
Rantoul
Ill
Army
National Guard
Laughlin
Wrightfield
Dayton
Moffet
Los Angeles
Duke Skoning
Chicago
Abrams
Owosso
Wis
Lee Brutus
Advance Aircraft Company
Troy
Ohio
J. A. Bates
Charles W. Towns
Detroit
Stinson
Shirley J. Short
Chicago Daily News
de Haviland
Capt
L. G. Mulger
Stout Ford
S. D
R. L. Duckworth
Louisville
Major Wassell
St. Louis
Corporal Lewis
Lloyd F. Layne
Lane
Snow Wilson
Memphis
Tenn
New York
Laird
Ed Bullough
Lebanon approves aviation survey and landing field plan
Lebanon city council favors an aviation survey for the city and considers marking a landing field in South Side Park as part of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu Vimes
Lebanon
Ind
South Side Park
Wakefield Case Advances After Brief Pause
Wabash Ind May 31 Forty minutes after Dean Wakefield had taken the stand the case moved forward as testimony shifted to key events and surrounding questions in the courtroom proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Dean Wakefield
New Six-Cylinder Aircraft Motor Promises A New Chapter
Times Special from Kokomo Indiana reports the Super Machine Tool Company completed a block test of a six cylinder aircraft motor. The lightweight motor weighs 220 pounds or 130 pounds lighter than Lindberghs Spirit of St. Louis engine. Company official O L Ham says the cheapest plane motor now costs 1600 dollars while the new motor will sell for under 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Enee
Super Machine Tool Company
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Endurance Stinson-Detroiter Lands at Speedway
The Stinson-Detroiter, flown from Detroit by Eddie Stinson, landed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway greeting a field of planes. Haldeman accompanied Stinson as part of the endurance record flight.
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Stinson
Lindbergh lands in Long Beach after Wichita survey flight
Lindbergh, who avoided reporters all day, landed in Long Beach early this morning after taking off from Wichita on a survey for the Transcontinental Air Transport Company. An airplane was heard over Los Angeles at 2 am before his arrival.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Dallas M. Speer
Embry-Riddle Company
Chicago-Cincinnati
Stout
Captain Speer
William H. Plock Company
Otto Y. Schnering
Curtiss Candy Company
United Press
Long Beach
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Wichita, Kart
Transcontinent] Air Transport Company
Los Angeles
Transcontinental bus air line announced after merger
Kansas City announcement pairs Nu-Sun and Paradox Bus Companies to form a cross country line. Ni Sun operates Kansas City to Detroit while Paradox runs Kansas City to Salt Lake City. Bus service to Los Angeles and New York planned within ten days and air service to begin when equipment arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay United Press
Kansas City
Nu-Sun
Paradox Bus
Transcontinental Air Transport Air Rail System
Walter A. Nisun
Ni-Sun Line
Frank W. Swerer
Paradox Line
Ni-Sun
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
New York
Size of Racing Cars for 1929 Undecided
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker says piston displacement for the 1929 500 mile race may be reduced if it serves the motor industry. The current 91 1 2 cubic inch limit has governed since 1926 with previous cuts every third year. The contest board and speedway officials will seek input from drivers engineers and others before the A A A makes a final decision next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway Pre&dent
Eddie Edenburn
Speedway
Marion County Council Reads $1.3 Million in Proposals
A special meeting Friday will consider ordinances totaling 1.3 million dollars. Projects include pavement for Holt Road E Tenth Street High School Road and College Avenue at 579200. Also requested are funds for Sunnyside Sanitarium well and equipment. County commits 150900 for Belt railroad track elevation and temporary loans of 350900 and 80000 for expenses and debt.
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Marion County
Holt Rd
Tenth St
High School Rd
College Ave
Sunnyside
Paperhanger Sought In Missing Person Case
Relatives of G. Richard Larr 56 of 3133 College Ave appeal to The Times for help locating him He has been missing since Monday Larr a paperhanger lived with his sister Mrs S C Hoyt He was last seen in a dark gray suit brown shoes blue gray felt hat tan cravat and light shirt He is 5 feet 8 inches tall weighs 119 pounds has brown hair gray streaks gray mustache blue eyes a prominent nose and chin.
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G. Richard Larr
College Ave
Times
Larr
S. C. Hoyt
Toledo Chauffeur to Face Insanity Plea in Child Killing
Charles Hoppe, a Toledo chauffeur, arraigned on first degree murder for the Dorothy Szelagowski case. He pled not guilty but plans an insanity defense after a signed confession detailing the kidnapping and death of the 7 year old. A special jury is expected as the case moves to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Toledo
Ohio
Charles Hoppe
Dorothy Szelagowski
Hoppe
John Hovey
Roy Hunt
Dorothy
Stella
Leona
Szelagowski
Goffin Lead Over Hoover Smith Ahead in West Virginia
In Charleston WV on May 31 the West Virginia primaries showed Senator Guy D. Goff leading Hoover by about 7 000 votes for the Republican endorsement and Governor Alfred E. Smith ahead of Reed by just over 5 000. Washington observed the stop Hoover movement as WV returns suggested not a sure winner.
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United Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Guy D. Goff
Alfred E. Smith
Goff
Herbert Hoover
Smith
James A. Reed
Hoover
Reed
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Watson
Indiana
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J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Government Aeronautical
Riverside Park
James Doremus
Claude Shafer
Ft. Wayne
Wabash
J. W. Dill
American Railway Express Company
D. A. McConnell
George H. McCarty
Warren Vine
Inland Bank & Trust Co
Ling
the Inland Investment CO
Corner Market and
Delaware
Lindy
California
Paperhanger
America
Parkman
Park-Fifty
L_.STRAUSS &GO
West
Washington Street
Goffin
Fletcher Trust
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
Fletcher Trust Banks
Pennsylvania and
Market Streets
East Tenth Branch
East Tenth Street
West Street
West Washington Street
Thirtieth Street
Illinois Street
Oliver Avenue
Rural Street
East Washington Street
Sixteenth Street State Bank
North
Roosevelt Avenue
State Bank
East Washington State Bank
Broad Ripple State, Bank
Bellefontains Street
South Side State Bank
South Meridian Street
Irvington State Bank
East
SF Leicher Savings and Trust CompAny
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