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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1925

Page

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Icy pavement arrests flood Indianapolis weekend

Police report twenty six drivers arrested for speeding in icy Indianapolis streets during the weekend. No fatalities in the city, but three deaths occurred elsewhere in Indiana. Snow began Sunday morning and varied with flurries through the day as temperatures hovered near freezing.

Indianapolis Indiana United States Weather Bureau Howard Curry Pleasant St Hudgins Chitwood and Maas Blaine Miller, Jr Washington 3Lvd Virgil Bear W Thirty-Fourth St Wesley Bullock N. East St Dan Kepner E. Washington, St George W. Dickey Kokomo Ind Ruckle Smellberger Northwestern Ave Richard Higgins N. Talbott Ave Merle Bennett Broadway Harvey Hudson Congress Ave Arthur Basey E. North St Henry Webb Meridian St Harry Langdon Delaware St Russell Bosart Yowell Ave Gordon A. Grant Michigan St W. Washington St George Bennett English Ave M. B. McDonald Plainfield J. H. Whitlock Ashland Ave Charles Chevrolet Sixth St Purcell Jones Bedford Ray McCarty Prospect St Elmer Yates Georgia St

He-Mannequins Parade At London Fashion Show

London, Nov. 30. He mannequins appeared at the male fashion show as tailors push new shapes. Trousers stay wide coats looser overcoats more military in style. Double breasted waistcoats vanish, while double breasted jackets remain popular.

ONDON London

Army and Navy bungle cited by committee report

The House aircraft committee endorses Col. William Mitchell’s merger plan for national defense and criticizes Army and Navy leadership for hindering aviation. It argues the U S ranks between third and fifth in air strength and notes only 10 percent of five year expenditures funded new or remodeled aircraft.

United Press Washington Army Navy Col Wiliam Mitchell Department of National Defense House Aircraft Committee Mitchell United States

Father Kills Son in Hunting Accident Near Winchester

Chester Cales, 12, died after his father, aiming at a rabbit, slipped and discharged his gun on a hunting trip near Winchester Indiana. The boy died from gunshot wounds hours after the accident, leaving a grieving family in the small town.

Lad United Winchester Ind Chester Cales Chester

Courtesy on Indianapolis streets improves transit service

Street railway and bus companies foster courtesy amid rubber tired versus iron wheeled transport. Drivers receive frequent reminders to aid children, the elderly, and mothers with infants, halting vehicles to assist passengers, with safety and reports of discourtesy encouraged.

Indianapolis Indianapolis Street Railway Company Henry Jameson

Prater Sentenced After Pool Room Confession

Edward Prater, 16, of Indianapolis, escapes the electric chair by admitting pool room influence in a January hold up-murder case. He gets two to twenty-one years at the Indiana State Reformatory for manslaughter. accomplice Lawrence Cottle, 16, awaits trial December 15 on accessory charges.

Bu_Times Oblesville Ind Edward Prater Deloss St Indianapolis William H. Remy Indiana State Reformatory Forest van de Vere Prater William Prater Fred E. Hines Lawrence Cottle Marion County

Gary Now First City Bigger Than Indianapolis

Gary announces a large annexation increasing its area to sixty four square miles making Gary the largest city in Indiana and surpassing Indianapolis in size. City council approved the annexation in a secret meeting.

Indianapolis Bu United Press Gary Ind Indias Tory Sory

Defense rests in Kip's suit

In White Plains New York Mrs Leonard Kip Rhinelander defense rests as trial resumes. Mrs Rhinelander did not testify as expected. Rhinelander then takes the stand to rebut testimony about the groom's claimed remark regarding her father being black.

Unitea Presa White Plains N. Y Rhinelander Leonard Kip Rhinelander Alice Jones Ross Chidester

Man Seriously Hurt In Fatal Chicken Collision

Loganport Indiana November 30 Henry Bandow aged 50 lies in a hospital in critical condition after a collision with a fence post and a chicken. Medical staff report the injuries could be fatal.

United Press Logansport Ind Henry Bandow

Thompson says council is not Santa Claus in city aid push

City Council President Ben H. Thompson warns that a wave of proposed ordinances seeks funds from the treasury, including a $900,000 flood control bond, $30,000 for Meridian Street bridge, and other allocations. He says a special meeting will review these requests and clean up pending ordinances, while noting administration pressure to extract money.

Ben H. Thompson Thompson Meridian St Canal Blackford St Bloyd Ave Illinois Forty-Sixth Sts Columbia Construction Company Santa Claus

Miners Await Peace Reply On Strike Plan

Harrisburg Pa November 30 The scale committee of anthracite miners meets at 4 p m to hear any reply from mine operators to Governor Pinchot s peace plan The miners have accepted the proposals and are ready for joint talks to resume production at once if an accord is reached Arbitration is proposed to settle the wage dispute and would guide the settlement path for the industry.

Harrisburg Pinchot

Chapman Writ Battle Starts in Federal Court

Hartford November 30 Gerald Chapman not a Federal prisoner and federal authorities have no interest in him. Assistant United States District Attorney Cohen declared in federal court today when the hearing of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus started. If granted the petition would return Chapman to Atlanta Federal penitentiary to serve out his lone federal sentence for a New York bank robbery before return to prison.

United Press Hartford Conn Gerald Chapman United States District Cohen Chapman Atlanta Feders Penitentiary New York

Appointment made for Indianapolis Chamber post

Charles N. Barr of Des Moines Iowa is named membership secretary succeeding Morris E. Floyd whose resignation is effective today. Floyd moves to a New York firm. Barr previously served as membership secretary of the senior Chamber and executive secretary of the junior Chamber in Des Moines after thirteen years as a teacher.

Charles N. Barr Des Moines Iowa Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Morris E. Floyd John B. Reynolds Chamber Floyd New York Barr Junior Chamber of Commerce

Stephenson 10 Files for Retrial in Oberholtzer Murder Case

Eph Inman announced that a retrial request for D. C. Stephenson, serving a life term in Indiana State Prison for the Miss Madge Oberholtzer murder, will be filed with Judge Will M. Sparks. The filing will argue errors in admitting evidence and in instructions, with a possible appeal to the Supreme Court if Sparks denies relief. The transcript reportedly runs ninety six pages.

D. C. Stephenson Indiana Madge Oberholtzer Indianapolis Will M. Sparks Eph Inman Sparks Supreme Court

Ma Ferguson Demands Resignation of Carter as Tech College Director

In Austin Texas Governor Ma Ferguson asks by letter for Amon G. Carter publisher of the Fort Worth Record Telegram to resign as a director of West Texas Technical College. She alleges Carter supported her impeachment movement and accuses him of hosting a tawdry gathering with alcohol and hidden vials in souvenir canes.

Bunited Stin Texas Ma” Ferguson Amon G. Carter Ft. Worth Record- Telegram West Texas Technical College Carter Ferguson

Suspect Charged With Petit Larceny in Downtown Store

Veldah Lamibertson, 30, of 21 W Sixteenth St, arrested today by Quigley Hyland Detective Agency operatives in a downtown store and charged with petit larceny.

Veldah Lamibertson Sixteenth St Quigley- Hyland

Stoves fall injure two men in street accident

William Strenge 26 of 725 N Capital Ave sustained a broken leg after a stove he and Orville Horton 1273 W Twenty-Sixth St were carrying toppled at 1228 N Alabama St. The incident occurred Saturday and left Strenge injured.

William Strenge Capital Ave Alabama St Orville Horton W. Twenty-Sixth St

Temperature Readings Across Morning Hours

A clipped weather table shows hourly temperatures starting at 6 a.m. with 32 degrees and rising to 93 by the late morning. Additional readings list around 38 at 1 a.m., 41 at noon, and 34 to 42 for nearby references.

Nonpartisan Survey Board to Be Named

Mayor-elect John L. Duvall announced his five member survey committee will be nonpartisan and include a manufacturer and a Democrat. He noted he has entrusted secretary L V Schneider with selecting members and that consideration of appointments will occupy his time this week.

John L. Duvall College Ave Duvall Indianapolis L. V. Schneider Schneider

Passenger train derailment near Iowa City kills engineer

Tom Murphy, 53, an engineer on the third locomotive of a Rock Island freight train, was killed when the train derailed on a sharp curve near Iowa City. A group of school children in a passenger coach attached to the freight narrowly escaped death in the incident.

Murphy Rock Island Here

Ministers Urged to Abstain from Tobacco in North Georgia

Georgia Methodists attending the north Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church south were warned Sunday to stop smoking secretly. Ministers must sign a pledge to abstain from tobacco as part of the conference discipline.

Georgia Methodists Bu Times Macon North Georgia The Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Seven Nations to Sign Locarno Treaties in London

Statesmen from Germany Britain France Belgium Italy Czecho Slovakia and Poland will sign the Locarno treaties at the British foreign office Tuesday as cameras record the ceremony. The pacts promise a charter of peace for western Europe.

Times London Germany Great Britain France Belgium Italy Czecho- Slovakia Poland Foreign Office Western Europe

New Board Secretary Named for Indianapolis Real Estate Board

Robert MacGregor, a realtor, is appointed executive secretary of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to replace Henley T. Hottel, who becomes real estate manager of Washington Bank and Trust Company on December 10. Frank E. Gates, president, notes MacGregor has long been active in real estate circles.

Robert MacGregor Indianapolis Real Estate Board Henley T. Hottel Washington Bank and Trust Company MacGregor Frank E. Gates

Wife dead, mate shot in Clinton tragedy

Authorities investigated a shooting in Clinton Indiana where Mrs. Millard Clinton aged 45 died from bullet wounds and her husband was wounded in the brain. It is believed Mrs Clinton, with a mental aberration, shot her husband and then killed herself.

Bu United Press Clinton Ind Millard Clinton

Jury Expunges "Damn Rot" Incident From Records

The jury of generals hearing Col. William Mitchell's misconduct case wiped from the record the "damn rot" remark uttered by Brig. Gen. Edwin L. King during cross examination of a witness. The action followed the motion by Rep. Frank R. Reid, as Mitchell's counsel.

United Press Washington Frank R. Reid William Mitchell Mitchell Edwin L. King Reid

School board urges citizens to attend remonstrance hearing

Indianapolis officials call for a large turnout as the remonstrance against the new Shortridge High School is set for Saturday at 9 30 am before the State tax board. The Indiana Taxpayers' Association filed the remonstrance, with a Scientech Club resolution condemning it and a committee to probe the tax board.

Shortridge High School Indianapolis Indiana Taxpayers’ Association Charles R. Yoke William H. Book John J. Brown Book Brown Walter T. Horne Tax Board Scientech Club Taxpayers’ Association BE. L. Goldsmith Shortridge Parent-Teachers’ Association Taxpayers Association Remonstrance

Cyclone Ravages Morrocco Kills Three Injures Twenty

A cyclone struck EZ Morrocco on Sunday causing three deaths twenty injuries and damage to ten planes with part of the French aviation headquarters destroyed.

Morrocco

Mayor Shank Reflects on Possible Another Term

Mayor Shank states mixed feelings about serving another four years. Department heads recap four year Shank administration gains including a city hospital depoliticization and improved street infrastructure totaling 560 miles. Board of Safety president Kingston notes strong public support from many residents.

Shank Delon Nate City Hospital Charles B. Coffin Board of Works Ernest L. Kingston Board of Safety

Three Girls Discharged by State Industrial Board

In compliance with the state budget committee three girls employed temporarily by the State Industrial Board were removed from the payroll today.

State Industrial Board

Tatlock’s Son Loses Sled Then Bicycle, Police Say

The son of E. L. Tatlock of 1750 EB Thirtieth St. has had his transportation stolen. Police report the boy’s sled was taken today and his bicycle was stolen last week.

E. L. Tatlock EB. Thirtieth St Tatlock

Architects stir ire over church sites at World War Memorial Plaza

At a county hearing the Second Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church denounced the plaza design arguing the main memorial building should not sit on their block. They warned a bond purchase would provoke taxpayer remonstrance and called for adherence to earlier agreements while noting ongoing improvements and disputes over site plans.

Second Presbyterian Church Caleb 8S Denny Second Presbysterian Robert Moorhead American Legion Legion Second Presbyterian First Baptist Moorehead Indiana Plaza Indiana School For the Blind Plaza Commission

County Sues Over Bridge War Funding Dispute

A suit filed in Circuit Court by William Bosson seeks $194 856 74 as the county share for two White River bridges under the flood prevention plan. The city claims funds were misused for land for the flood wall after paying its share. The case notes state 45 percent each by city and county and 10 percent by property owners.

Sioners County Council White River William Bosson W. Raymond St W. Morris St Charles C. Sutton South Side Dunn

Interstate Utility Seeks Stock Sale to Boost Capital

Harry Reid president of Interstate Public Service Company and Carl H. Mote the company's attorney conferred with the public service commission today regarding Interstate plan to issue about 1.5 million dollars in stock to raise working capital. A formal petition is expected later.

Interstate Company Harry Reid Interstate Public Service Company Carl H. Mote Public Service Commission Interstate

Flood Devastates Miami Streets After Nine Inch Rainfall

Miami Florida November 30 heavy rain left streets flooded up to a foot in the downtown area with some pockets reaching two feet. Mayor led hundreds wading to work as automobiles stalled and businesses evacuated stock while the courthouse and electric system failed.

United Press Iami Fla Miami

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