Norman Perry Leaves Indianapolis Power and Light Co
Norman A. Perry, president, resigns as director and leader of Indianapolis Power and Light as he moves to vice president of the Utilities Power and Light Corporation. Clifford L. Harrod becomes successor and Emmet G. Ralston elected executive vice president. Directors re-elected include Arthur Brown and Bernard Xhorbly. officers named include J N Canavan and H E Carver. The firm scales up with a $9 million power plant and expands Midwest output.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Norman A. Perry
Perry
Utilities Power and Light Corporation
Indianapolis Utility
Clifford L. Harrod
Indianapolis Power and Light
Indianapolis
Middle West
Emmet G. Ralston
Arthur V. Brown
Harley L. Clarke
Bernard Xhorbly
Walter C. Marmon
Ralston
William C. Richardson
Elmer E
Richardson
Stout
H. L. Fogg
C. D. Harrison
Chicago
W. A. Horner
New York
Charles C. Perry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Richmond
Jenny Electric Company
Marmon-Perry Light Company
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchant Heat and Light Company
Norman Perry
Rub-Tex Products Company
Union Trust Company
Farmers Trust Company
Indiana National Bank
Columbia Club
Scottish Rite
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Highland Golf and Country Club
Woodstock Club
University Club
Harrod
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Emmerich Manual Training High School
Purdue University
American Society of Military Engineers
Indiana Engineering Socety
Masonic Order
Pennsylvania Railroad
Purdue
Jeers at rump convention riles Marion county Republicans
Democratic candidate John F. White assails the Marion county Republican legislative contenders for repudiating party leadership at a Tuesday meeting of party workers. Charles Grossart, running for county auditor, faults Coffin machine tactics and asks whether rents at the poor farm should go to taxpayers.
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Marion County
Republican Legislative
John F. White
George Snider
Coffin
Charles Grossart
Peewee golfer outburst lands Dyt in jail
Dierard C. Dyt of Hynes on a Downey peewee course grew angry after missing two putts. He chased players from Bellflower course using his putter as a weapon. Deputies arrested him. he received a fifteen day sentence for disturbing the peace and is under observation for signs of insanity.
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Dierard C. Dyt
Hynes
Dyt
Downey
Bellflower
Doctors Rule Pryor Is Sane
Ernest Pryor of Martinsville was found sane at the time of his wife Carrie Thelma Pryor’s death and will be tried for first degree murder. Morgan County grand jury indictment accuses him of poisoning to continue a love affair and to collect insurance.
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Prerce
Martinsville
Ind
Ernest Pryor
Carrie Thelma Pryor
Morgan County
E. M. Sweet
G. B. Breedlove
Pryor
State Bank Closed in South Bend by Bank Examiner
The People's State Bank of South Bend, a $1,200,000 institution, was closed today by Thomas D. Barr state bank examiner citing lack of sufficient cash reserves. Local hourly temperature readings are listed in the same brief dispatch.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
People’s State Bank of
Thomas D. Barr
State Bank
Brazil Armies Near Clash Over Coffee Crisis
Two 100000 strong Brazilian armies maneuver toward a head on collision as political and economic tensions rise. Coffee prices plummet amid alleged government fraud while Vargas supporters push rebels toward Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo centers.
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Washington
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
Getulio Vargas
Rio Grande
Washington Luis Pereira de Sousa
Julio Prestes
Sao Paulo
Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Press War on Rebels in Brazil As Forces Mobilize
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports a broad government campaign against rebels across south central and northern Brazil. Naval, army and air units moved into action with insurgent strength centering in the south around Rio Grande do Sul coastal cities. Pernambuco’s status was unclear though surrender was widely suspected.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Pernambuco
State Road Department Salaries Jump During Brown Administration
August salary vouchers show peak payrolls rising sharply from 454 workers in 1929 to 546 this year. Total August pay reached 78,851.22 compared with 61,128.92 last year, with overall yearly increases estimated at about 33 percent and a 212,668 dollar rise using August as a base. The surplus contributed to overrun of the budget and a 1.6 million dollar borrowing from local gasoline tax funds.
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State Highway Department
John J. Brown
Brown
William J. Titus
State
Ice truck romance ends in heiress engagement
Albert Doerr, an El Paso native and Stanford graduate, wo rked his way through college driving an ice wagon in Los Angeles. He fell for Harriet Huntington, granddaughter of railway magnate Henry Huntington, and learned on her 21st birthday she inherits a $10,000,000 estate. The engagement is formally announced.
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NBA
Asadena
Cal
Harriet Huntington
Albert Edward Doerr
Doerr
el Paso
Tex
Leland Stanford University
Los Angeles
Stanford
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Miss Huntington
Pasadena
Biltmore
Huntington
Hercules Powder Company
Henry Huntington
Defense fund raised for indicted police officers
Police chief says private solicitation for a defense fund among officers for the eighteen indicted on conspiracy charges is not official. He notes the men face bond costs and likely hefty legal fees while friends may donate five dollars each.
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Jerry Kinney
Chief Kinney
Paderewski Warns Car Hazard Over Radio In Music
In New York pianist Ignace Paderewski warns the motor car, not the radio, is the greatest menace to music. He says America seeks speed over refinement, with the accelerator replacing the piano’s soft pedal during his two year absence.
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Paderewiski
United Press
New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
America
Shearer shifts position on Marion poor farm and plaza plan
Marion county Commissioner John E. Shearer pivots from blocking the Indiana War Memorial Plaza church purchases to backing poor farm improvements. Fire Marshal orders the old men's building vacated as a fire trap, while Shearer cites cost and insists improvements are needed to house inmates, with election implications and a $198,000 price tag for the upgrades.
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Marion County
Indiana War Memorial Plaza
John E. Shearer
Times
Shearer
Alfred M. Houston
Plaza
Allen Finances Bared in Senate Campaign Aid
Lyons Daily News prints a list claiming 21,450 in campaign contributions for Senator Henry J. Allen, with 3,600 from Kansas donors and the remainder from out-of-state sources.
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Senate
United Press
Dr Colin Dunbar New Pythian Chancellor in Indiana
Dr Colin V Dunbar of Indianapolis was elevated to grand chancellor of the Indiana Knights of Pythias at the state convention held in the K of P building. New officers include Levi Hooker as grand vice chancellor Edwin R Thomas as grand precursor Harry C Sullivan as grand master at arms and Raymond R Tash as grand inner guard. Joe W Todd won the lone contest becoming grand outer guard. The convention ends today with a reception at the Denison hotel and the Indiana Pythian Sisters to meet for their state conclave Thursday and Friday.
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Colin V. Dunbar
Indianapolis
Indiana Knights of Pythias
K. of P
Charles S&s. Loy
Swayzee
Levi Hooker
Evansville
Edwin R. Thomas
Wayne
Harry C. Sullivan
Vevay
Raymond R. Tash
Salem
Vention
Joe W. Todd
Hammond
Carl R. Mitchell
Henry Kammerer
Logansport
W. W. Crocker
Jeffersonville
Grand Lodge
Denison
Indiana Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Grand Lodge
Gabby Street Revises lineup as Cards meet A’s in sixth
In Shibe Park Philadelphia the St. Louis Cardinals face the Philadelphia Athletics in the sixth world series game with a reshuffled batting order. Gabby Street drops Jim Bottomley to sixth, moves George Watkins to third, and Frankie Frisch to cleanup while Connie Mack starts Jim Moore in left and shifts Al Simmons to center to counter Hallahan. Earnshaw starts for the A’s with Grove on standby.
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Shibe Park
Philadelphia
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics
Bill” Hallahan
Gabby Street
Big Jim Bottomley
George Watkins
Frankie Frisch
Athletics
Connie Mack
Jim Moore
al Simmons
Mule Haas
Hallahan
George Earnshaw
Cards
Earnshaw
Lefty Grove
Grove
Cardinals
Charley Gelbert
Charley Horse
Jim Bottomley
Cardinal
St. Louis
Sportsman’s Park
Hoover
Bill Hallahan
Ray Blades
Red Birds
National League
Gelbert
Wilson
Street
Gabby
Andy
Adams
Mack
Sweetest Girl in Indianapolis contest opens submissions
The Times invites nominations for the Sweetest Girl in Indianapolis. Nominations must be postmarked by midnight October 11 with $200 prize to winner and $25 to the nominator. Judges pick Oct. 16. winner announced Oct. 17 ahead of Sweetest Day. Grand prize includes a Havana trip.
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EARCH
Indianapolis
Sananiene
Dai Dealers
Bergees
the Times
Times
Havana
Cardinals and Athletics clash as Earnshaw dominates early
In the opening frames Douthit’s foul line homer and strong pitching by Earnshaw keep the Cardinals hitless and scoreless while the Athletics push across two runs on a Cochrane double and Miller two-bagger. Hallahan struggles as Bottomley stacks strikeouts in the late at bat, marking Earnshaw’s continued effectiveness.
Warrant Issued in Murder of Widow
Milwaukee October 8 a murder warrant was issued for George E W Perry husband of Chicago widow Mrs Cora Belle Hackett whose body with a bullet wound behind the head was found beside a logging trail on the Lac Du Flambeau Reservation Authorities in four states joined the search for Perry a portly salesman who wooed his victim with a tale of an inheritance from a maiden aunt.
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Milwaukee
George E. W. Perry
Cora Belle Hackett
Chicago
Lac du Flambeau
Perry
Hackett
Budget hearings set for Marion County appeals
Marion county budget appeal hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, chaired by James Walter of the state tax board. A hearing on the sanitary district appeal is 9 a.m. Friday, and the eid levy return is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.
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Marion County
James Walter
State Tax Board
Sanitary District
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