Indianapolis Community Fund launches ninth campaign drive
Nearly 4 000 volunteers begin solicitations to raise 781 800 dollars for 37 social service agencies in 1929. Marmon leads with Downey and Borst, detailing division quotas and special gifts while events at Claypool, Insley home, School 75, and other venues drum up support.
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Army
Community Chest
Community Fund
Claypool
Walter C. Marmon
Brandt C. Downey
Women’s Army
Homer W. Borst
Marmon
Indianapolis
Family Welfare Society
Public Health Nursing Association
Wheeler Mission
The
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Community Fund Army
William H. Insley
South Audubon Road
Joseph Ostrander
Walter Montgomery
Parent-Teacher Association of School 75
Borst
Clarence Cox
Caravan Club
Murat Temple
Claude H. Anderson
L. Strauss & Co. Employes
Fifteen Die in Lynn Box Factory Blast Mystery Blamed
A Lynn Massachusetts box factory explosion killed fifteen people including a mother and five children and injured scores. Investigators blame a smoking worker for triggering the blast as walls collapsed and fire spread to nearby homes.
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United Press
Lynn
Mass
Preble Box Toe
Harry Blaney
Harry Jr
Norman
Lynn Hospital
Lillian
Ella
Red Cross
Dance Marathon Goes Past Brief Noon Mark With Sleeper
The event enters its 856th hour as couples 8 and 28 vie for a $1,000 prize. Couple 18 quits at 6:30 am when Herman Marsh slept through and Marie Rice continues for three hours before leaving Riverside dance pavillion floor.
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Herman Marsh
Marie Rice
Riverside Dance Pavillion
Weather Log Snapshot From Incomplete Northwest Entry
In the Air Northwest wind at 12 mph barometric pressure 30.06 inches at sea level temperature 43 degrees with unlimited ceiling and visibility. Readings show 6 am 43 10 am 43 7 am 40 11 am 43 8 am 40 12 noon 42 9 am 431 Pp. Mane 44.
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A. Mee
Mane
Iowa Wesleyan President Pushes Intellectual Pep Sessions
Dr. James E. Coons of Iowa Wesleyan College urged a pep session for top students to boost learning and combat misused time in campus life. He said colleges celebrate football wins while neglecting chapel, libraries, and books, calling for an intellectual whoopee to raise academic effort. Berlin reports Vorwaerts says metal industry employers blacklist locked out workers, blocking 213,000 from jobs.
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United Press Dis
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Indiana Returns Show Hoover Near 645000 as Leslie Gains
Early unofficial returns from Indiana precincts indicate Herbert Hoover leads with about 645000 votes while Harry G. Leslie for governor trails by roughly 46000. The state total tops 1400000 votes with substantial precincts still reporting and Democratic and Republican candidates posting large pluralities in key races.
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Herbert Hoover
Indiana
Harry G. Leslie
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Albert Stump
Blican
Mad dog bites four children and a policeman
A mad dog attacked near the 1200 block and Naomi street injuring five people including motor police man Robert Hyland and four children. Hyland killed the dog after being bitten on the leg and the animal was found rabid. All bitten will likely undergo Pasteur treatment.
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Naomi Street
Robert Hyland
Paul Becker
Ralph Fullinix
Lockwood Street
August Caplinger
Marion Trees
Hyland
Pasteur
Rams Three Vessels
In Nantes France on November 8 the French freighter Irene E attempting to depart without tugs rammed three ships. One vessel was crushed and sank in twenty three feet of water. A second ship with a gaping hole in its hull was towed to safety by a tug and the third, though leaking, proceeded to dry dock.
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United Presa Nantes
France
Irene E
Stock sales May set new all time record on market day
New York traders bid to push volume past 5 million shares as oils, rails, and copper led gains. Montgomery Ward topped points with a 366 trade, copper names hit records, motors strengthened, and call money stayed at 6 percent while banks adjusted reserves.
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United Press
New York
Montgomery Ward
General Motors
Greene Cananea
Inspiration Copper
Miami
Cerro de Pasco
American Smelting
Calumet
Hecka
Nevada
Federal Reserve
No League Nations Locarno Pact Won’t Prevent War
Sir Austen Chamberlain told a convocation at the University of Toronto that no League of Nations Locarno agreement or pact between nations can make war impossible yet each makes war more perilous for the aggressor. He and Paul Claudel received honorary degrees.
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United Press
Toronto
Ontario
League of Nations
Austern Chamberlain
University of Toronto
Paul Claudel
United States
To Shave or Not to Shave Bets and Wheelbarrow Ride
Samuel Todd faces a $75 wager on Al Smith with Eddie DeKatz Morris Elliott and Wall Jessup as backers. A wheelbarrow parade around Monument Circle features Sam Steele and Louis Larsen riding, with Steele betting on Hoover and White predicting Indiana results.
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Samuel Todd
Ben Davis
al Smith
Eddie DeKatz
Morris Elliott
Wall Jessup
Plainfield Milk Company
Smith
Todd
Monument Circle
Sam Steele
William H. Black Company
Monument
Charles Davison
Steel
Hoover
Eugene V. White
Indiana
Louis C. Larsen
Woman Injured In Collision With Swan Auto
Mrs. Newton Willey of 1315 Burton Place was thrown from a car at noon when it collided with John Swan’s vehicle at 1138 North Illinois Street. The Willeys’ car overturned and Swan was arrested on an assault and battery charge.
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Newton Willey
Burton Place
John Swan
North
Illinois Street
Swan
Hoover to Start Regime as Silent President
Herbert Hoover indicated he will begin his White House tenure as a silent president like Calvin Coolidge. He plans to listen to the people, avoid public addresses, and assemble a cosmopolitan cabinet while remaining in seclusion until taking the oath on March 4. Governor Ed Jackson granted a pardon to Ralph C. Fairman from Indiana state prison.
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Hoover
Coolidge
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
White House
Calvin Coolidge
New England
San Juan Hill
Capitol
Washington
Ed Jackson
Ralph C. Fairman
Indiana State Prison
Smith Faces Job Hunt After25-Year Politics Career
Governor Alfred E. Smith, fresh from a long career in politics, declares he will not seek public office again. He plans to stay in New York during a transition period and explores new roles, including a possible five year presidency at the Toledo based Business Development Company at $50,000 annually.
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Max Buckingham
United Press
New York
Navy
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
John J. Raskob
Business Development Company, Inc
Toledo
Body of 19-Year-Old Bandit Claimed by Brother
The body of Robert Butvilas a 19 year old bandit who killed himself in his city jail cell on Halloween night after being captured in a stolen car was claimed Wednesday night by his brother Bruno Butvilas of Chicago. The dead youth will be buried in Chicago according to the brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Butvilas
Bruno Butvilas
Chicago
Joyriding City Ash Men Fined in Municipal Court
Three city sanitary board workers were fined for joyriding in a city ash collection truck. John Cross received multiple fines and a ten day jail term for drunkenness resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated. Boling Dillahay and William Murphy were each fined for intoxication.
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City Sanitary Board
Earl Cox
John Cross
South West Street
Boling Dillahay
Smith Lane
William Murphy
North Gray Street
Blind Tiger
Prosecutor-elect Judson L. Stark congratulated by rival
Raymond F. Murray, defeated Democratic candidate, issued a statement congratulating Judson L. Stark on his election as prosecutor and wishing him a successful law enforcement administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson L. Stark
Raymond F. Murray
Stark
County Officials Indicted in Gravel Contract Probe
County Councilmen Paul Dunn and Grant Moore were indicted by a county grand jury on perjury and interest in a county gravel contract with W J Sparks. Dunn allegedly misstated property ownership timing, Moore allegedly profited from a 20 percent cut on gravel. bonds set at $1000 each.
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Grant Moore
Paul
Dunn
Moore
W. J. Sparks
Byron K. Elliott
Lawrence Township
Sparks
Grand Jury Room
Indiana
Montgomery
Salt Lake Road
Coffin
James A. Collins
Bonds
Hoover Defeats Smith by 6 Million in Election Win
New York reports Herbert Hoover won by more than 6 million in the late tabulation with an electoral 444 to 87. Hoover led in industrial east and agricultural west while Smith carried eight states including Rhode Island and Massachusetts amid race and immigrant voting patterns.
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United Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Smith
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Hoover landslide seen as mandate for prohibition
In Emporia Kansas on November 8 William Aller White a Kansas editor declared Hoover and the Republican victory a clear mandate for prohibition. He warned Hoover to stand by prohibition and lead morally and officially or risk acrimony if conditions fail to improve.
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United Press Emporia
Kan
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
William Aller White
Kansas
Prohibition
Party of
White
Hoover
America
Noel Neal to Become Appellate Judge in Indiana
Noblesville attorney Noel Neal, elected on the Republican ticket, will take office after Governor Ed Jackson’s announcement. The court statute sets Jan 1 as the start, but Jackson will appoint Neal to the vacancy from Judge Ethan A. Dausman’s death in Goshen. A $1.05 round trip to Chicago by telephone is advertised.
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Noel Neal
Noblesville
Ed Jackson
Jackson
Neal
Ethan A. Dausman
Goshen
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