Hoover Drives Power Issue Over Muscle Shoals Policy
Oct 9 1928 Herbert Hoover foregrounds the power question in his campaign. He endorses government ownership of Muscle Shoals, dedication of power and nitrate plants to agriculture and fertilizer research, and preservation for wartime nitrates, with surplus power sold under public interest safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thmoas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Muscle Shoals
Congress
George Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Hoover
Coolidge
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Scripps- Howard
Elizabethton
Knoxville
Disqualified for Holding Office by Marriage to Business Aid
William McMasters, former president of the Indianapolis Widows Widowers Maids and Bachelors Club, married club member Mrs. R L Sullivan, his business partner. He is disqualified from active membership but may attend club gatherings. he hosts a reception for 500 guests at Crystal Dance Palace, 729 N Illinois St, this Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McMasters
Indianapolis
McMasters
Cupid
R. L. Sullivan
Crystal Dance Palace
Illinois St
Curtis campaigns in Minnesota while Robinson plans California stops
Senator Charles Curtis Republican vice presidential candidate tours Minnesota seeking farm votes and pledges relief under Hoover win. He spoke in Devils Lake and Grand Forks defending farm laws. Democratic rival Senator Joseph T. Robinson launches California swing at Los Angeles with Boulder Dam topics. Meanwhile Lena Weinburger, 27, dies after plunging from a tenth story window in Cleveland. motive unclear.
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United Press
Duluth
Minn
Charles Curtis
Minnesota
Northwest
North Dakota
Devils Lake
Grand Forks
Herbert Hoover
Robinson
Los Angeles
Joseph T. Robinson
California
Boulder Dam
San Francisco
Phoenix
Ariz
Cleveland
Lena Weinburger
Common Pleas Court
Hawiliff
Indiana Physicians to Tour Europe
Several Indiana homeopathic physicians members of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy joined the international committee of the American Institute of Homeopathy and will tour Europe next summer with that organization. Plans were outlined at a Columbia Club meeting led by Dr. A. H. Gordon. Participants include Dr. W. R. Stewart, Dr. Willis B. Stewart, Dr. Louis Runnells, Dr. A. A. Ogle, Dr. H. Alden Adams of Indianapolis, Dr. C. A. Baldwin of Peru, Dr. A. E. Ayler of Greenscastle, and Dr. A. W. Records of Franklin.
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Indiana Homeopathic
Indiana Institute of Homeopathy
American Institute of Homeopathy
Europe
Columbia Club
A. H. Gordon
National Organization
Indiana
W. R. Stewart
Indiana Institute
Willis B. Stewart
Louis Runnells
A. A. Ogle
H. Alden Adams
Indianapolis
C. A. Baldwin
Peru
A. E. Ayler
Greencastle
A. W. Records
Franklin
State Institute
One-Cent Tax Rate Tilt Denied by Board
Marion County’s proposed 1 cent tax hike in the 1929 budget was denied by the State Tax Board which set the rate at 31.2 cents. The final allocation cut a proposed half cent from the gravel road repair fund and a similar cut from the sinking fund. The 1929 rate keeps general fund at 14.5 cents, sinking fund at 12 cents, tuberculosis fund at 2.5 cents, and gravel road repair at 2.5 cents, with only a half-cent rise in the tuberculosis fund. A remonstrance from the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association objected to the gravel fund increase.
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Marion County
State Tax Board
County General Fund
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Elephants to Initiate Candidates at Athenaeum
The National Order of Elephants will initiate county and State candidates Thursday at the Athenaeum with the Marion County committee directing. Several women and junior precinct committeemen will be initiated, and an out-of-town delegation is expected per Harry D. Tutewiler. A dance will climax the program.
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National Order of Elephants
Athenaeum
Marion County Committee
Harry D. Tutewiler
Fitzgerald Returns From France To Work On Chicago Case Novel
F Scott Fitzgerald, noted novelist and chronicler of the younger generation, arrived in New York after a three year stay in France. He plans a new novel drawn from the Loeb-Leopold case in Chicago.
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United Press
New York
F. Scott Fitzgerald
France
Chicago
Greeley's Daughter Endorses Hoover in Capital Visit
Mrs. Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin daughter of Horace Greeley the Civil War Democrat editor called on Herbert Hoover on Monday in Washington to pledge her support for his candidacy.
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Greeley
Hoover
United Press
Washington
Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin
Horace Greeley
Herbert Hoover
Life term for killer of girl
Norfolk County court reports John Tartar of South Boston was found mentally deficient by the State board of psychiatry and changed his plea to guilty of second degree murder. He received a life sentence from Judge Patrick Keating after confessing to the June shooting of his sweetheart Miss Mary Mahan near Mattapan. He described taking her for a taxi ride to a secluded spot and firing nine shots due to jealousy.
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United Press
Norfolk County
Dedham
Mass
State Board of Psychiatry
John Tartar
South Boston
Mary Mahan
Patrick Keating
Miss Mahan
Blue Hills Parkway
Mattapan
Tartar
City firm plans new theater at Lafayette
Indianapolis based Carl H. Mote leads a new firm planning a $350000 motion picture theater in Lafayette to seat 1600 to 1800 and house offices and a storeroom. Leases on downtown sites have begun and location decisions, with construction to start in sixty days, will follow. Fitzpatrick and McElroy of Chicago will lease the theater. Also, Dora Brown's murder trial has moved to Daviess Circuit Court for trial on a venue change in Vincennes.
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Lafayette
Indianapolis
Carl H. Mote
Fitzatrick and McElroy
Chicago
Indiana Theater
Washington, Ind
Dora Brown
Laura McMahon
Vincennes
Daviess Circuit Court
Bitter Legion Fight On Air Service Plan At Legion Convention
San Antonio October meeting heats around Col William Mitchell poised to push a resolution for an aviation department independent of Army and Navy. Delegates expect sharp opposition amid Parade of 60 000 veterans and remarks by Pershing Allenby and Scapini on peace, Kellogg pact, and future defense.
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United Press
San Antonio
Texas
National American Legion
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Air Service
Army
Navy
John J. Pershing
Lord Allenby
Georges Scapini
General Pershing
Paris
America
Governor Smith to Speak at Indianapolis Rally
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York will give an impromptu address in Indianapolis during his three hour stay Saturday afternoon Oct 20. The event, announced by Democratic county headquarters, will be held at Cadle Tabernacle and tied to a statewide rally.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
Indianapolis
L. J. Keach
Cadle Tabernacle
Smith
Union Support Urged For Labor Candidates
George S. Slater of the United Garment Workers spoke to the Central Labor Union urging support for candidates favorable to organized labor regardless of party. Arch Hinch, Democratic State Senator candidate from Marion County, pledged impartiality if elected. Anna B. Fields will speak October 19 in Plumbers Hall to organize a garment workers label league in Indianapolis.
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George S. Slater
Chicago
United Garment Workers of America
Central Labor Union
Plumbers’ Hall
Arch Hinch
Marion County
Anna B. Fields
Elwood
Woman's Label League
Indianapolis
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