Four Arrested in $11,000 St Bernice Hold-Up Case
Two men and two women were arrested in Terre Haute and Clinton, Ind., in the $11,000 armed hold-up of bank messenger Floyd Reed and guards on a road between St. Bernice and Clinton on August 25. Suspects are held as Indiana Bankers Association officials withhold evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Clinton
Ind
Floyd Reed
St. Bernice
H. C. Webster
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Reed
First National Bank
American State Bank
Webster
Parker named assistant superintendent of Statehouse grounds
Robert D. Parker a colored First Ward Republican worker was appointed assistant superintendent of the Statehouse buildings and grounds today by the committee in charge and Henry A. Roberts Parker succeeds Eli Burnett of Indianapolis who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Parker
First Ward
Statehouse
Henry A. Roberts
Parker
Eli Burnett
Indianapolis
Daylight Robbery Strikes Spann Company Cash
Harry n of 303 N East St reported an unusual daytime robbery at a vacant Spann Company property at 226 Smith St. two men, one armed, knocked him unconscious and stole 251 in cash and 595 in checks belonging to Spann Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry N
N. East St
Spann Company
Smith St
Railroad Crash Kills Two in Dense Fog Near Ian
In Ian Michigan a freight train wreck killed two workers, injured several others, and left eighteen unaccounted after a fog shrouded the line. Foreman Joseph Cutello, 35, and W J Jones, 32, were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian, Mich
Joseph Cutello
W. J. Jones
Three Days Left to Register in City Election
City clerk at the police station gears up for a rush of last minute registrations as Chief Deputy John Ambuhl warns turnout may lag the 1921 level of 143000 eligible, with only 101000 voting. He urges unregistered residents to act now before party workers are overwhelmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ambuhl
Ambuhl
Signs Point to Florida Real Estate Collapse
The Indianapolis Times reports a slowdown in Florida land boom as prices are seen as inflated and a shift from buying to selling is expected. Foreclosures rise as speculators struggle with on time payments, while owners delay sacrifice. Foreclosing and forced sales may accelerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Indianapolis Times
Harold Keats
Seven resign from state fire offices in Indiana shakeup
Seven employees in the office of State Fire Marshal Alfred Houston tendered resignations effective today or November 1. Houston named Rollie Granger to succeed Felthaus, Ben Pierce and Charles Thompson plus Miss Electa Walker in new roles as inspector and stenographer, as temp attorney duties were considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Houston
Newman T. Miller
Houston
George H. Felthaus
Evansville
Bertha Bowen
Indianapolis
South Bend
Blanche “Spellman
S. D. Rawls
Tipton
Thomas Greenlee
Louis Strack
New Albany
Lillian Kling
Jackson
Rollie Granger
Logansport
Felthaus
Ben Pierce
Marion County
Charles Thompson
Elwood
Lelecta Walker
Greenfield
Chester Davis
Miller
Fire Belts Siwash Yacht. Crew Escapes
The 60 foot motor yacht U S S Siwash was damaged seriously by a fire and explosion at anchor in Plymouth harbor. The captain and ten crew members faced peril but survived thanks to quick action by a passing ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Plymouth
Mass
Train bandit fatally shot after two rail robberies
Robert Henry Porter of Council Bluffs Iowa aged 53 fatally wounded by Union Pacific special agent Audrey S. Kenworth while escaping after a second robbery. Porter had confessed to two train robberies, including robbing twenty five of forty aboard the Missouri Pacific line and staging a $600 haul on the Portland limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Omaha
Neb
Robert Henry Porter
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Audreys
Kenworth
Union Pacific Railroad
Porter
Portland Limited
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Delegation Awaits Edsel Ford Trophy Air Tour Arrival
Sixteen pilots opened the first commercial airplane reliability tour for the Edsel B. Ford trophy from St. Louis to Ft. Benjamin Harrison as a large Indianapolis delegation waited at Schoen Field. Capt. Ray Collins arrived at 1 11 a.m. after a 10 10 a.m. departure, with planes delaying from a three hour start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Travel Air
Junkers
Fokker
Ford Air Transport
Waco
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Schoenfield
Benjamin Harrison
Ray Collins
Schoen Field
United Press
Shoenfield
Terre Haute
Navy rulings affirm Shenandoah voyage within law
Rear Admiral K H Campbell as Judge Advocate General declared the Navy acted legally in sending the Shenandoah on its western trip. Colonel William Mitchell had charged that law requires air operations to stay with the fleet at sea.
Bicycle Rider Struck by Car Injures Head and Back
Anthony Whipped, 53, of 818 Weghurst St, riding a bicycle, was injured around 6 am when struck by an automobile at Alabama and Merrill Streets. He was taken to City Hospital with injuries to the head, hip and back. The driver, George Crider, 1029 High St, was charged with assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Weghurst St
Alabama and
Merrill Sts
City Hospital
George Crider
High St
McNamara Denied New Trial Plea in Blackmail Case
Special Judge Fred C. Gause denied John J. McNamara a new trial and gave sixty days to file a bill of exception while the appeal to the State Supreme Court proceeds. A $5000 personal bond was set. McNamara, longtime Ironworkers business agent, was convicted September 22 after an eight day trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Gause
John J. McNamara
Elks
Gause
McNamara
Supreme Court
Charles FE. Cox
Ready
State Supreme Court
Cox
Times Radio Season to Start at 9 Tonight
Times Radio opens its season at 9 pm with an hour and a half program from the Severin via WFBM Merchants Heat and Light. Dr Frank S C Wicks hosts with the Victor Herbert Ensemble Tom Broadstreet soloist Mrs James Wynn accompanist and Wagner talk by Ona B Talbot with Walter Flanders pianist and Edwin Jones violinist. C Roltare Eggleston guest announcer for Oct 9 will feature a violoncello solo by Constantine Bakaleinikoff and a string quartet from the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
the Severin
WFBM
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
Frank S. C. Wicks
All Souls Unitarian Church
Victor Herbert
Tom Broadstreet
James Wynn
Ona B. Talbot
Wagner
Walter Flanders
Edwin Jones
Metropolitan School of Music
Baldwin
C. Roltare Eggleston
Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Flight chief opposes plan before air board
Commander John Rodgers urged the Navy not to create a separate air corps and voiced opposition to the Mitchell unified air service plan. He argued the unified proposal would defeat the main aim of giving air planes control to air officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Air Corps
Navy
John Rodgers
Rodgers
Clouds Persist Over Indianapolis With Showers
Overcast skies and intermittent showers greet Indianapolis this morning as a cloudy unsettled pattern continues today and Saturday per the U.S. Weather Bureau. Rain last night totaled .73 inch. At 7 a.m. the temperature was 65, 13 degrees above normal, and a planned cold wave was sidetracked, with the mercury 2 degrees higher than Thursday’s reading, reports meteorologist J. H. Armington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Afsa
Mercury
Hoosier Maid Chocolate Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of Incorporation for the Hoosier Maid Chocolate Company at 32 E. Georgia St. were filed with the Secretary of State. Capital stock is $5,000. Corporators include Claude L. Heffelman Willard D. Hough and Ora B. Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Maid Chocolate Company
Georgia St
Claude L. Heffelman
Willard D. Hough
Ora B. Keller
Coolidge to Visit Omaha via Cincinnati and St Louis
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge will travel from Washington to Omaha to address the American Legion convention October 6. They will pass through Cincinnati and St Louis with brief stops in Chillicothe Ohio and Vincennes Indiana, and arrive in Omaha early Tuesday after a short stay in St Louis.
Bandits Steal Jewels Worth Up To 75000 In Chicago Heist
Two men robbed jewelry salesman Frank Rifias on the ninth floor of a Michigan Boulevard skyscraper in Chicago. They bound him, struck him, and pocketed $50 000 to $75 000 in jewels before fleeing a vacant elevator cage. Rifias regained consciousness twenty minutes later and called for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Frank Rifias
Michigan Blvd
Riflas
Fragmentary OCR Timeline Note
Scrambled OCR text shows times and phrases with unclear places and numbers. Some tokens resemble hours such as 6 am 10 am 7 pm and 8 am with related digits, but no coherent event or names are readable to define an article.
Ocean Tomb Gives Up Two Bodies In A Million That Others Live
The bodies of Raymond D. Lindsey and Walter D. Lawton were recovered from the S-51 engine room. The open water tight compartment door confirms the ship is flooded except perhaps the torpedo room. Divers planned to test the torpedo room for water and hoped to recover more bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prew
New London
Conn
Raymond D. Lindsey
Walter D. Lawton
Lawton
Weymouth
Mass
Lindsey
Pensacola
Fla
8 51
Stonington
Navy
Wilbur
John L. Gibson
Portland
Ore
William Teschemacher
Indianapolis
Ind
Woman charges man as home invader on June 25
Mrs Mona Clark 17 of 2209 N Gale St formally charged William Risk 24 of 2069 Valley Ave with burglary and criminal attack. Risk was arrested last week after Mrs Clark partial id, held on $6000 bond. Detectives note other victims failed to identify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale St
William Risk
Valley Ave
Risk
Bankert
Judge Collins Ill Promptly Replaced by Pro Tem
Criminal Judge James A. Collins stayed at home due to illness and named Frank A. Symmes as judge pro tem. He expects to return Monday after a Thursday noon departure caused by a slight pneumonia attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Collins
Frank A. Symmes
Collins
Judge to Act on Big Bond in Toledo Mail Theft Case
James English, 28, waives examination at a commissioner’s hearing on a charge tied to an $80,000 mail robbery in Toledo. Federal authorities set a $30,000 bond for his Toledo appearance, to be reviewed by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. English was arrested after a suspected bid to mail stolen jewelry and bonds from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
James English
N. West St
Robert C. Baltzell
English
Indianapolis
Louisville
Major Orders Honor Paid to Twins Died at Sea
Indianapolis plans tribute to William and Frederick Teschemacher twins of Frederick E. Teschemacher lost when Submarine 851 sank off New London Connecticut. Mayor Shank and park board president order flowers sent to Mrs. Teschemacher in Newark. Funeral plans set for Greenwood cemetery Brooklyn as bodies recovered and awaiting final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndianapolis
William
Fred-erick Teschemacher
Frederick E. Teschemacher
College Ave
New London
Conn
Shank
Charles A. Bookwalter
Park Board
R. Walter Jarvin
Charles Littlefield
Newark
N. J
Hawkins Mortgage President Sentenced in Federal Court
Hawkins, president of the defunct Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland, was sentenced to fifteen years in Leavenworth and fined $10,000. He was jailed in Marion County pending appeal after failing to meet a $30,000 bond. he had a dental visit while in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton
Hawkins
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Portland
Leavenworth
Marion County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Bankers’ Detectives
Investi
Sus
Roberts
U. S
Siwash
Flapper
Ft. Harrison
Lieut
Louis Johnson
Sergt
Eugene Shine
Lincoln
Rickenbacker
Studebaker
Otis Porter
Iiner
Bert Coffin
Burt Westover
Thomas Murray
Myron Tatlock
Columbus
Fred Duesenberg
Arthur Chevrolet
J. Bray
Fort
A.C. Fitzhugh
Detroit
Mitchell
M’namara
Times
Flight Chief
NEW Candy Firm
Coolidge
Indiana
Vincennes
United Press Ashington
Mona Clark
Teschemacher Boys
Ife
Richard Hollywood
Broadway
Teschemacher
Hollywood
Frederick
Buster
Billy
Will
Liberty
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!