Daily air service to cities from Indianapolis announced
Capitol Airways plans daily passenger and freight routes from Indianapolis beginning Oct. 22 with Detroit as the initial link and stops at Ft. Wayne and Toledo. More cities including Louisville Chicago Cleveland St. Louis Cincinnati will follow. Five Ryan Brougham monoplanes, sister ships to Lindberghs Spirit of St Louis, are being delivered.
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Elmer H. Jose
Capitol Airways, Inc
Jose
Indianapolis
Detroit
Ft. Wayne
Toledo
Louisville
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ryan Brougham
Indiana
Eaglerock
Toldec
West Baden
French Lick
South Bend
Anderson
Richmond
Dayton
Columbus
Connersville
Lindbergh
Mayor L. Ert Slack Celebrates 54th Birthday
Mayor L. Ert Slack marks his 54th birthday with a routine day at the office. He spent Sunday night with his parents in Trafalgar and noted the coincidence that he was born on his father Elisha O. Slack’s 26th birthday. He said, I’m feeling fine.
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L. Ert Slack
Slack
Trafalgar
Elisha O. Slack
Fatally Hurt by Bus Motorcyclist Dies at City Hospital
John Oxford aged 40 of 20 N Ritter Ave died at noon in city hospital after being struck by a West Indianapolis bus at Senate and Kentucky Aves. Driver Lester Delks 21 of 1124 S Richland Ave was arrested for assault and battery and failing to show a driver license. Ex Army Officer Kills Self at Home Lieut Col George Michael Holly 52 retired Army died by inhaling gas in Washington home. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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City Hospital
John Oxford
N. Ritter Ave
Senate
Kentucky Aves
Indianapolis
Lester Delks
S. Richland Ave
Washington
George Michael Holly
United States Army
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Rain postpones fourth 1928 World Series game Cardinals vs Yankees
Rain at Sportsman's Park forces the postponement of the fourth World Series game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Judge Landis orders the game rescheduled for the next available date with tickets honored, as Sherdel and Hoyt were set to duel.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Cardinals
Yankees
K. M. Landis
Baseball High Commissioner
Sportsman’s Park
Sherdel
Waite Hoyt
Bill McKechnie
Yankee
Hoyt
Pittsburgh Pirates
Grover Alexander
Yanks
Jess Haines
Sam Breadon
New York
Willie
Taxless Town Decker Opts No Town Taxes Next Year
Decker Indiana officials announce no town taxes for next year due to the high Johnson township levy. Residents will be $1 per $100 valuation better off than those in the rest of Johnson township, as the town retains no tax collection this year.
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Snecial Decker
Ind
Johnson Township
Decker
Piggly Wiggly Sold to Kroger in Controlling Interest
Memphis to Kroger deal announced by J E Maury president of Piggly Wiggly Corp operators of 2600 stores. Controlling stake in the chain to Cincinnati based Kroger Grocery and Baking Company.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company of
Cincinnati
J. E. Maury
The
Piggly Wiggly
Poison Liquor Killings Sweep East Side
Detectives hunted a back-room still on the East Side as poisoned liquor killed seventeen men and sent seventy to hospitals. Most victims were slum residents who patronized cheap shock houses selling drinks at two for a quarter.
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United Press
New York
East Side
State banking calls issued for bank conditions October 3
The State banking commissioner and the comptroller of currency issued calls for the condition of all banks as of October 3. The notices were released from Washington and focus on the financial status of national and state institutions.
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United Press
Washington
Comptroller of Currency Today
Willebrandt accuses Smith of religious attack in campaign
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant U S attorney general, denounces Al Smith for an unsportsmanlike charge over religion. She cites a letter from P H Callahan praising her on the dry issue and defends her Methodist outreach against alleged religious motivation. Marion County and Indiana vote estimates are noted.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States Attorney-General
al Smith
Willebrandt
Smith
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Spiritualists to open 36th National Convention
More than 800 delegates are expected at the Claypool tonight for the opening banquet of the National Spiritualist Association's thirty sixth annual convention. Tuesday sessions will cover business and Fundamentals of Spiritualism with John Slater delivering Spirit Greetings at the evening session. Wednesday features the Bureau on Phenomenal Evidence report while Maude F Torrey and Otto von Bourg discuss Spirit Greetings. The convention closes Friday with officer elections. London awaits Italian naval reply as officials expect a decision today or Tuesday.
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Claypool
National Spiritualist Association
John Slater
Bureau
Maude F. Torrey
Otto von Bourg
Held as car thief in bold attempt Sunday night
Thomas Moore, 22, of 244 Walcott Street, was arrested after a motor car theft attempt on Paul E. Wright’s vehicle at New York and Illinois Streets. Wright and Dallas Watterson overpowered the suspect but he escaped as a second car appeared and a youth with a pistol covered Wright and Watterson. Police traced the second car’s license plate to Moore.
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Thomas Moore
N. Walcott St
Paul E. Wright
W. Tenth St
Wright
Dallas Watterson
Moore
New York
Illinois Sts
Watterson
Polies
State funds shifted by secretary of state
Secretary of State Fred E. Schortemeier returned 16502 dollars to the State general fund. Unused funds include 6388 dollars from the bureau of criminal identifications and 6880 dollars from the auto license and police department.
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Fred E. Schortemeier
State General Fund
Bureau of Criminal Identifications
Auto License and Police Department
Supreme Court Denies Hickman Appeal Before Gallows
William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, is denied a U S Supreme Court appeal of his death sentence. If granted, the stay would halt his Oct 19 execution at San Quentin. Lawyer Jerome Walsh plans to seek review before other justices if possible.
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Times
Washington
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
United States Supreme Court
San Quentin Prison
George Sutherland
Pacific Coast
California Supreme Court
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Hickman
Justice In Chambers
Sutherland
Walsh
Supreme Court
California
Brandeis
Chicago reporters fail at straw vote in Monticello
In Monticello Indiana on October 8 two Chicago newspaper representatives tried to gauge support for Hoover and Smith. They collected only a handful of ballots as eight poolroom patrons were approached and only one voted with the others shrugging off the effort.
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Times Special
Monticello
Ind
Chicago
Hoover
Smith
Indianapolis Dance Derby Nears 112th Hour Of Marathon
With sixteen veteran couples left, the Indianapolis dance derby stretches into its 112th hour as contestants, mad for endurance, claim 400 more hours. The last couple eliminated were Ralph Campbell and Jeanette Welch of Indianapolis after 98 hours. New vaudeville acts have been added by the American Legion, sponsor.
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Indianapolis
Ralph Campbell
Jeanette Welch
The
American Legion
Haag Auto in Hold Up
The Haag auto once linked to the late Wil kinson Haag, a chain druggist slain at Green Mill on East Thirty-Eighth Street, surfaces in a police inquiry as three men used the car to rob a Muncie restaurant owner of 200 dollars. Authorities say the vehicle was stolen from a Louisville salesman who bought it from Haag’s estate.
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Wilkinson Haag
Green Mill
E. Thirty-Eighth St
Muncie
Ind
Louisville
Haag
Pastors set day to pray against Al Smith
Indiana Methodist ministers approve a motion to devote November 4 to prayer for the defeat of Al Smith. The Rev Fredrick Stone calls Smith a nullifier and alcoholic user. Rev George Henninger votes against the motion saying prayer alone won’t help. Linn A Tripp addresses on social service. New officers elected: Rev L H Kendell president, Rev E E Jones vice president, Rev M S Marble secretary treasurer.
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Indianapolis
al Smith
Smith
Fredrick Stone
Methodist Ministerial Association
George Henninger
East Tenth Street Methodist Church
Henninger
Linn A. Tripp
Indianapolis Church Federation
L. H. Kendell
E. E. Jones
M. S. Marble
Dirigible Los Angeles Arrives for Legion Convention
The Navy blimp Los Angeles reached San Antonio at 9 40 a m and drifted over the municipal auditorium as the tenth annual American Legion convention opened. It had departed Lakehurst New Jersey Saturday night to attend the start of the gathering.
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San Antonio
Navy
Los Angeles
Municipal Auditorium
American Legion
Lakehurst
N. J
Meadows divorce suit cites tobacco chewing and abuse
Benjamin Meadows alleges in Monroe Circuit Court that his wife Dora Meadows chews tobacco and curses him and otherwise abuses him as grounds for divorce.
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Times Special
Bloomington
Ind
Dora Meadows
Benjamin Meadows
Monroe Circuit Court
Stolen Buick Crash Leaves Driver Injured in Indiana
A man believed to be Marshall Bedford of Lafayette was unconscious with a fractured skull after a stolen Buick crashed into a tree near Hendricks County. The car, reported stolen Sunday from Marinen Norland, bore a license plate from an Auburn stolen vehicle. A second man fled. another Auburn sedan was found nearby, stolen from Cleveland.
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Marshall Bedford
Lafayette
Ind
Methodist Hospital
John Lux
W. Morris St
Hendricks
FE. L. Hade
Bridgeport
Hade
Marining Norland
Central Ave
Auburn
Louis Freedman
Freedman
Hendricks County
Wildwood Camp
Cleveland
Public to Use Six Voting Machines for Practice Now
County commissioners and election officials argued over distributing practice voting machines. A final plan provides 275 machines to the election board for any purpose, with one in the Statehouse, one in the courthouse, one at the Woman's Department Club, and three likely at political headquarters.
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Election Board
Ira M. Holmes
Charles O. Sutton
Holmes
Statehouse
Woman's Department Club
N. Meridian St
Found Dead in Bed Brick Contractor Hugh Mc Caffery Dies
Hugh Mc Caffery a 57 year old brick contractor was found dead in bed this morning by his wife at 1649 Roosevelt Ave after almost a year of ill health. He leaves six children.
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Hugh McCaffery
N. Roosevelt Ave
Gang Patrons at Chicago Opera Shrink as Mob Wars Rise
Bullets and machine guns have thinned the Diamond Horseshoe as boxholders from Chicago gangland vanish. Capone brothers and other underworld figures no longer occupy boxes. Scarface Al and Ralph sit on the main floor with bodyguards. Former leaders Murlo Scalis Anselmi shift from horseshoe to balcony due to business and safety concerns.
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United Press
Hicago
Chicago Civic Opera
Tony D'Andrea
Samoots Amatuna
Genna Brothers
Tony Lombardo
Chicago
Tony
Cicero
Scarface al
Ralph
Gangland
Michael Murlo
Unione Siciliano
Murlo
Michael Scalis
Albert Anselmi
Genna
Red Cross Florida West Indies relief fund grows in Indianapolis
The Red Cross fund for hurricane relief in Florida and the West Indies reaches 16211 with 397 today. The Indianapolis chapter forwards 2000 to national headquarters, totaling 15000 raised locally. Citizens who have not contributed are urged to send checks so the campaign can terminate.
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Red Cross Fund For Relief
Florida
West Indies
Indianapolis
National Red Coss
Ruling on Dunn Ineligibility Case Delayed
Superior Judge will rule Tuesday on Frank I McClain's bid to void September county council minutes over Paul Dunn ineligibility. Attorneys for Dunn were out of town delaying the decision. The transcript may go to the Marion County grand jury amid alleged perjury claims. The suit contends Dunn lacked real estate. Dunn says he owned property but sold it in 1925.
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Frank I. McClain
Surveyor's Office
Paul Dunn
Dunn
Elliott
Marion County Grand Jury
McCain
Indiana Boy Wins Trip To Memphis Dairy Exposition
Fred Dixon of Economy Wayne County is named Indiana’s champion dairy calf club member by Purdue University official H F Ainsworth. He will visit Memphis October 13 to 20 as guest of Blue Valley Creamery Institute, which pays his expenses and funds similar trips for 16 other state champions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fred Dixon
Economy
Wayne County
Indiana
H.F. Ainsworth
Purdue University
Lafayette
Dixon
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Dairy Calf Club
Fire at Ohio pen dormitory kills and frees inmates
Seventeen prisoners are believed dead with three missing after a fire destroyed the Junction City brick plant dormitory. A state investigation broadens as guards and prisoners escape, clothing and food supplies are rushed from Columbus, and National guard help is considered.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Junction City
Penitntiary Hospital
John E. Harper
John D. Bloodgood
J. D. Clark
Welfare Department
Thomas
Kansas City
William O'Malley
Cleveland
Malley
Liberty
Brick Plant
State Penitentiary
Driver reports beef theft at Kappes and Morr is
J C Renn Brown Bros. driver reports a quarter of beef taken from his truck at Kappes and Morr is. He hosts a beefsteak dinner for unknown guests, finds the guest list missing, and paid for the dinner with a $20 bill at his home on 56 N West St.
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J. C. Renn
Brown Bros., Meat Packers
Renn
Kappes and
Morris
N. West St
Two Robbers Take Cash From Garfield Park Attendant
Charles Nelson, a park attendant at Garfield Park on Reisner Avenue, was approached by two men who claimed hunger and produced a pistol. They fled with $6.30 after the robbery.
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Charles Nelson
Reisner Ave
Park
Garfield Park
Nelson
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