Hoyt To Start Game As Cards Seek Fourth Straight Loss
In Sportsman's Park St Louis today Waite Hoyt was chosen by Miller Huggins to face the Cardinals in a pivotal World Series game. The crowd, down from Sunday’s spectacle, watched Babe Ruth launch two to the stands, while Willie Sherdel prepared for duty if needed as Bill McKechnie sticks with his original lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Getty
United Press
Sportsman’s Park
ST. Louis
Missouri
New York Yanks
St. Louis Cardinals
Waite Hoyt
Miller Huggins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill McKechnie
Cardinals
Willie Sherdel
Yankee Stadium
McKechnie
Grover Alexander
Cardinal
Yankee
New York
Young Johnson
Nick Altrock
Yanks
Liner Albert Ballin Reaches New York After Storm
The Hamburg-American liner Albert Ballin docked in New York two days late after enormous seas. The crew reported 35 injuries and damage including a smashed port bridge and several broken port holes as the ship arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Albert Ballin
Here
Knights of Columbus to celebrate Discovery Day luncheon
Indianapolis Knights of Columbus plan Discovery Day luncheon at Spink Arms on Friday. James E. Derry district deputy will speak on Columbus. Thomas D. McGee past grand knight will preside. Music and attendance prize presentations are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Knights of Columbus
Spink-Arms
James E. Derry
Columbus
Thomas D. McGee
Order
Man Awaiting Trial Watches Paint Can In Store Window
Terre Haute Indiana October 9 Tony Atherton stood before a hardware store window for ten minutes as police say the act was to kill time to mask his wobbly walk. Atherton is awaiting trial on charges of drunkenness and possessing liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
Tony Atherton
Atherton
RUMORS OF COOLIDGE WORLD TOUR GAIN CURRENCY
Washington reports circulate that President Coolidge may tour the world after March 4 and contemplate writing a series of articles on his impressions abroad. No definite plan has been announced or confirmed as to publication rights or post presidency activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Protest Against Butler University Bus Line
A petition filed with the public service commission by Arthur A. Stettler and over a hundred residents protests establishing the Peoples Motor Coach Company line to the Butler Fairview site. The petition claims the service would duplicate the Indianapolis Street Railway feeder and trolley, offer slower service, risk abandoning current feeder and streetcar service, and raise fare from 7 to 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler University
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Public Service Commission
Arthur A. Stettler
Capitol Ave
Motor Coach Company
Butler Fairview
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Massacre of 200,000 in Kansu China Reported
An appeal from Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of the China famine relief group in New York cites a 200,000 victim toll in Kansu province. Leighton Rand of the China Inland Mission at Lan-Chow-Fu reports moslem raids and widespread killings, with a letter dated August 17 describing great misery in country districts. Concurrently in Springport Indiana, William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will speak at tonight’s program for the thirteenth Springport community week opening Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
NEW York
Massare
Kansu Province
China
S. Parkes Cadman
China Famine Relief Organization
Leighton P. Rand
China Inland Mission Organization
Lan-Chow-Fu
Rand
Times
Springport
Ind
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau
Panama and Costa Rica resume relations after years apart
Washington reports that on October 9 Panama and Costa Rica renewed diplomatic relations after a seven year break, a move advised by the State Department and reflecting a shift in regional ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
State Department
Tear bombs halt votes rally in Ohio
Israel Anter of Cleveland and Carl Hacker, Workers party candidates for U S Senator and Lieutenant Governor, were jailed in Martins Ferry Ohio after police stormed a hall dispersing a rally with tear bombs. They were denied bail and plan to seek habeas corpus release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Martins
Ferry
Ohio
Israel Anter
Cleveland
United States
Workers Party
Carl Hacker
Anter
Hacker
Sacco-Vanzetti
convict bathing beauty of robberies in hotel
Mrs. Vivian McDowell Page once "Miss Mobile" and 1926 Atlantic City prize winner was found guilty by a mixed jury of larceny for stealing a watch and cigarette lighter from a Chester Pennsylvania hotel room. She was acquitted of taking $170 in cash from the apartment during the same stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsa, Pa
Vivian McDowell Page
Mobile
Atlantic City
Chester
Chicago couples fined after courthouse alcohol alert
Two young Chicago couples staggered into the Crown Point court house seeking marriage licenses and were arrested when liquor was smelled. After sobering they were released by Judge Kemp, each fined a total of 155 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Crown Point
Ind
Chicago
Thomas Platt
Joe Lump
Kemp
Gas Tax Take Surges in Indiana Fiscal Year
Indiana collected 11,404,339 in gasoline taxes for the year ending September 30, up 1,364,697 from 1927. State tax collector Arch Bobbitt released the figures. refunds to counties will total 454,557, compared with 330,762 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Arch Bobbitt
Dancer Still In Bed After Marathon Dance Collapse
Miss Jeanette Welch eighteen of nineteen North Oriental Street remains in city hospital after collapsing at the marathon dance contest at Tomlinson Hall at midnight Sunday. Her condition is fair and the exhaustion cause is reported. Fourteen couples still dance as promoters say the event may continue for about two weeks more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Welch
N. Oriental Sts
Tomlinson Hall
City Hospital
Five Supreme Court Justices Refuse Hickman Appeal
United States Supreme Court, by a five to five majority, denies William Edward Hickman’s appeal seeking to overturn his California conviction and avoid execution. Jerome Walsh states the attorney and Cantillon exhausted all remedies and Hickman will seek clemency from Governor Young after returning to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Little
United Press
Washington
William Edward Hickman
Jerome Walsh
United States Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
California
Young
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hickman
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Sutherland
Brandeis
van Devanter
Butler
Walsh
Kansas City
Richard H. Cantillon
Graf Zeppelin Flight to U S Postponed Due to Weather
Dr. Hugo Eckener announced the Graf Zeppelin’s ascent to the United States was postponed because of unfavorable weather. The airship will carry 63 people including 13 guests, with 50,000 letters in freight and mail aboard. Eckener hopes to fly soon but gave no date, citing potential severe weather and a need to return to Germany later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
United Press
Friederichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
United States
Eckener
Switzerland
Czecho-Slovakia
Grzesinski
Zeppelin to be shown at Lakehurst amid crowd rush
At Lakehurst New Jersey naval air station preparations run for Graf Zeppelin arrival. Several hundred men trained in airship handling join the navy ground crew. The Zeppelin will be housed in the Los Angeles hangar and public inspection will be from 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Navy
Los Angeles
Fragmentary Scoreboard Entry for Morning Broadcast
Incomplete OCR reads times and scores from a sports or schedule listing at early hours. Numbers show 6 a m 62 and 76, 8 a m 64 and 77, with 1 p m Ti context missing. Local teams, venues, and full event details are not recoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
Dearth Starts Probe of Vice in Muncie
Delaware County grand jury to meet in special session called by Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth to examine liquor dealers and gamblers. Local attorney Thomas V. Miller says there is more illegal gambling and bootlegging in Muncie than ever, citing information from Sanford Starks, a former federal agent. Prosecutor Joe Davis says Miller and others named may be subpoenaed to reveal possible law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County Grand Jury
Clarence W. Dearth
Thomas V. Miller
Joe Davis
Miller
Sanford Starks
Indianapolis
Starks
Davis
Anty
Gilliam Rules On War Memorial Payment
Attorney General Arthur L Gilliam today sent an opinion to Frank H Henley secretary of the Indiana World War Memorial saying final payment to contractors for the main shrine construction is permissible. Henley noted a $40 000 withholding by the commission to fund the statue at the south entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Gilliam
Frank H. Henley
Indiana Worlld War Memorial
Henley
Gilliam
Widow of Railroad Builder Dies In New York Fall
Mrs. Arthur E. Stillwell, 68, widow of a famed railroad builder, died after a fall from her twelfth floor New York apartment. Reports say she had been despondent since her husband’s death two weeks earlier. a sister-in-law moved in to help, and a sealed note was left for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Arthur E. Stillwell
Church bars political meetings at Fortieth Street locale
University Place Christian Church officials condemned widespread political activity by ecclesiastical bodies and banned use of any church room or equipment for political meetings. Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith's motion to keep the church from engaging in political campaign activity was passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Place
Weenie cuts through stairway flees with apparel loot
An intruder in a City, Indiana flat above a woman's wear store escaped with about $3,000 worth of clothing. The items were carried through a stair hole, across the flat, and down a front stair to a nearby automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Priest Kills Priest Then Takes Own Life in Beaumont
Beaumont Texas October story reports John Rose seventy told Father Anthony De Simone fifty four he would kill a man tomorrow The priest was shot twice in the study and Rose killed himself Nearby friend Joe Liberti says motive unclear and coroner will probe While investigators doubt the priest survived the struggle a note by Rossi hints at suicide after the slaying indicating insurance settled and appreciation for care received
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Beaumont
Texas
John Rose
Anthony de Simone
Rose
Father de Simone
Joe Liberti
Liberti
Rossi
These Women Protests Over Voting Machines Debate Keys
Ira M. Holmes, chairman of the county election board, rushes between offices to obtain keys unlocking voting machines as six devices are promised for public practice sites before Nov. 1. County Attorney Clinton H. Givan questions statutory authority for issuing machines before election day. The Prohibition party ticket for Marion County is filed with the county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira M. Holmes
County Election Board
Holmes
Woman's Department Club
N. Meridian St
Clinton H. Givan
Givan
Marion County
Prohibition Party
George O. Hutsell
Halloween on Guilford Ave Disturbs Neighborhood
Three young boys in the 4500 block on Guilford Ave sparked a Halloween season debut when armed with flashlights they frightened residents prompting police to escort them home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Ave
1500 Lonesome Souls Will Hold Convention
United Press reports a plan by Mrs. Nellie B. Stull of Elyria Ohio to host a convention in Kansas City Missouri for 1500 widowed and single men and women seeking companions. The aim is to unite couples who may marry, turning the venue into a targeted meeting place for eligible singles. The Widow and Widowers Club of America was formed six years ago and has received more than 15000 marriage proposals under Stull’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ansas City
Nellie B. Stull
Elyria
Ohio
Widow and Widowers Club of America
Stull
Widow and
Drinking party blamed for murder at Ft Wayne
Detectives pursue theory that Mrs. Marion Durbin, 30, formerly of Indianapolis, was killed after a late night drinking party at her luxurious Ft Wayne apartment. Her body was found near her bed with a shattered skull, a sheet wrapped around her head, and drawers rifled. Two pocketbooks with bloody prints suggest robbery. money reportedly missing. Father William Freeland arrived from Indianapolis but offered no clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Wayne
Times Special
Ind
Marion Durbin
Indianapolis
Shady Grove Roadhouse
Harry G. Irwin
William Freeland
Arrrow Ave
Red Grange Visits Fans At Times Scoreboard Ed
Red Grange, famed gridiron star, continues a weeklong appearance tour on The Times scoreboard platform and a miniature musical comedy Seventy Seven. He visits high schools for practice sessions, visits Washington Park for the Washington vs Cathedral game, and talks to the Tech football squad, stressing teamwork and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED’ Grange
Ed” Grange
Times
Grange
the Lyric
New York
Red
Washington Park
Washington
Ruth Freeman Seeks Father After Ten Years in Fort Wayne
Mrs. Marion Durbin once known as Ruth Freeman traveled from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne about a decade ago per her cousin Mrs. James P. Russell. She visited her uncle Stephen Freeland and sought her father near Arlington, while family members in Lexington Kentucky and Greenfield offered no motive for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Durbin
Ruth Freeman
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
James P. Russell
Arrow Ave
Arlington
Russell
Stephen Freeland
Billy McLean
Georgia Apartments
Georgia
Noble Sts
Lexington
Greenfield
Amelia Earhart Leaves Salt Lake City for New York
Amelia Earhart, famed aviatrix, departed from Salt Lake City airport bound for New York on October 9, signaling the start of another leg in her trans Atlantic fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart
Utah
Salt Lake City
trans-Atlantic Fame
Salt Lake Airport
New York
City trolley workers seek wage boosts and work rule changes
Five Indianapolis Street Railway Union members pressed for raises from 40 to 56 cents an hour with stepped increases to 60 cents within a year. They also sought end to split runs, guaranteed five hours pay for extra men, and discharge of abusive foremen. The request, backed by attorney Frank P. Baker, will be escalated to the railway president and then to the public service commission if denied. Robert Armstrong aided the effort, amid past strike history in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
James P. Tretton
Frank P. Baker
Street Car Union
Public Service Commission
Baker
Robert Armstrong
Car Union
Leslie bids for votes of railway trainmen
Harry G. Leslie Republican nominee for Governor sought union support from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Fort Wayne Indiana claiming he is pro labor He said he opposed the full crew bill in the Legislature at the request of the bill’s author and the national head of the union He spoke at a Purdue Alumni luncheon and his address was to be broadcast over WOWO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Wayne
Ind
Harry G. Leslie
Brotherhood of Railway
Leslie
Purdue Alumni Association
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
WOWO
Orders Arrest Minor Motorists in Memphis Drive Ban
MEMPHIS Tenn Oct 9 Orders to arrest everyone under 16 driving cars were issued by police to lessen traffic accidents. The move targets youthful drivers in the city as officials push enforcement of age limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mrs. Vivian Frederick withdraws from matrimonial tour
Mrs. Vivian Frederick of Washington withdraws from America's matrimonial tour in Columbus Ohio. She says she signed up with Miss Helen Davis and Mrs. Anne Hwe for the trans continental husband hunting trip but did not expect the publicity surrounding the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Vivian Frederick
Washington
America
Frederick
Helen Davis
Anne Hwe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoyt
Last Hope OF
Sherdel
Slab
Babe
Apple
Yankees
Paschal
Douthit
Koenig
Ruth
Frisch
Gehrig
Bottomley
Meusel
Rf Hafey
Lazzeri
Harper
Rf Dugan
Wilson
Hingcush
Cs Maranville
Ss Hoyt
P Sherdel
Pfirman
Owens
Fists Rigler
McGowanard
Alex
Babe Ruth
Grand Ave
Yank
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Police Storm Hall
Workers’ Party
Ocean
Zeppelin
Dancer
Supreme Court
Mammoth Sky Queen
U. S
Gilliom
University Christian Church Board Acts
Lonesome Souls
Shortridge
Tech
Arsenal Field
Forsakes
Cupidi
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!