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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
4
Hogs weaker with bulk 160 to 300 pounds selling around 9.65 to 10.05. Receipts about 5,000 with holdovers 118. Cattle steady with steers around 10.00, heifers 7.50 to 9.50, calves 5.00 to 8.50. Sheep and lambs 6.50 to 8.00, total receipts 350 cattle and 600 sheep.
United Press reports churchmen from the Federal Council of Churches National Catholic Welfare Council and Central Conference of American Rabbis found the six I W W members sentenced to twenty five to forty years each for the 1919 Centralia killing of Warren Grimm to be very severe. They concluded the shooting likely came from outside the I W W hall and that the crime was not premeditated.
Radio schedule for WFBM Indianapolis listing program times and titles from Monday afternoon to midnight. includes CBS NBC segments with talks, bands, orchestras, speakers, and late night features.
Government display in the Malmaison palace exhibits Napoleon's son the King of Rome's childhood toys and paintings. The exhibit includes tiny silver and gold cannons, ivory horses, bright red cavalry, and a handwritten note from Napoleon, praising his wife Marie Louise and urging his son to remain French and resist oppressors.
Hogs and cattle receipts vary across markets with steady to lower prices. In St Louis and nearby hubs hogs 170-220 lb range mostly9-10.25 with sows around 7.75-8.25. calves 13-13.5. sheep lambs sluggish at 7.75-8.25. cows and cutters down to 4-5.50. Across Cleveland and other centers, hogs 170-210 lb 9-10.25, sows 8.50, cattle steady to lower with beef steers 6-8.50 and vealers 10-14. sheep around 7.5-8.25.
Birth notices list new arrivals for Charles and Josephine Smith at 2545 West Urban, Sarah Berry at 424 North Warry, Nellie Sendmeyer at 1676 Kessle Boulevard, Jesse and Aoerta at Halls 1210 Udell, and Ernest and Edith Peacock at 939 High.
A scrambled roster lists multiple individuals with serious health conditions such as pulmonary tuberculosis acute myocarditis carcinoma and sepsis. Names include LeRoy Slater Guy Green Etta Study E Jeffries J Moore Richie Gimber Fox and Thomas Teet with ages and partial addresses. The fragmentary entry references hospitals and streets in the city.
Joe Harty, an armless climber from Portland, climbed Mt Hood in September 1917 without help and outran his party. He later rescued a drowning boy from the Tualatin river, earning hero status in his hometown.
Police and deputies hunted two men for a near tragedy on Madison Road thirteen miles south of the city. A stalled car on the tracks was struck by a speeding Interstate flier leaving seven escapees, including W. N. Young and his family, uninjured after leaping clear. An abandoned Kentucky-plate auto tied to the suspects was found at the scene. Others aboard Young’s car included Mrs. Elsie Carr and daughter Norma Jean, Gale Burtt and brother Leslie.
Rotary Club luncheon at Claypool and many club meetings across the city are listed. James J. Donahue of Louisville will speak at the Kiwanis luncheon. R. K. Smith explains banking practices at the National Association of Cost Accountants dinner. Archibald M. Hall campaigns for Congress with a noon speech at Kingan & Co. and a radio segment.
Plans announced to relocate the T A T air depot from Mars Hill to the municipal airport by October 25 to coincide with the start of coast to coast air mail service via Indianapolis. Satisfied by S D Welsh and R S Bridges with cooperation from Postmaster Bryson and local officials for the first mail plane reception.
Charles F. Werner will represent Indiana at an interstate commerce commission rate hearing on Bedford district stone shipments in Washington. The commission will reopen the case and allow new evidence, potentially saving thousands of dollars and jobs for Indiana’s stone industry as it fights a ruling seen as discriminatory against Hoosier producers.
Thugs drove two trucks into the Indianapolis Spring Company at 830 West Washington Street Sunday night and failed to obtain loot. Manager G H Lily told police he believed the thieves fled while attempting to steal two safes containing receipts from a filling station.
The bulletin lists butter and cheese prices, with butter at 37c for creamery tablets and 26c for firsts, 19c for peas and over, and 14c for smaller classifications. It also notes No 1 top quality Kingan & Co meat quotes, fowl prices by weight, and potato futures with Irish Cobblers at about $1.60 to $1.65 per sack.
Capitol Motor Inn Inc announces a five story 600 car parking garage on Capitol avenue north of Washington street. A ninety nine year lease has been signed, and after razing existing buildings an open air lot will operate temporarily. The project costs about 250000 with rentals over the ninety nine year period expected to exceed 375000.
Members of the Indianapolis Home Builders Association will hold their annual fall outing and dinner at Fair Oaks resort four miles east of Batesville Indiana on Wednesday. Autos depart from New York and Pennsylvania streets at 9 AM. A rabbit hunt and clay pigeon shoot precede the dinner. return home Thursday morning. Everett Schofield directs the event. Frank F Woolling is association president.
Richard Smith of 637 North Davidson street reported Sunday night he fired on a suspected chicken thief after thirty birds were stolen from his yard. He said the man fled when shot and he believes he may have wounded him.
A Negro bandit held up Samuel Scott at J station near 3743 North Olney street, prompting a police response and investigation into the assault and robbery incident.
State election officials say students may vote where they study if they intend to make that town their home during and after school. If a student plans to return home after coursework, he is not a resident of the college town. The opinion was requested by a Democratic county chairman.
Carl Reeves age 16 of 546 Jones Street drank a small vial of deadly poison Saturday night in sorrow over his mother's death. Descriptions note neighbors had been giving his sister liquor and he was intoxicated when he drank the poison as authorities investigated. Funeral rites scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. Mrs Mary Fawcett of 118 West Eleventh Street identifies her son as the deceased.
A detailed hourly roster lists Maltine story program NBC at 4 00 and 1 aeon Troubadours NBC at 1 00, plus 6 43 Haygrade weather and 8 00 National Radio advertising program. Featured acts include Castle Farm orchestra and Hotel Gibson orchestra through midnight with sign off at 12 30 A M Time announcement.
A dense Chicago centered radio grid lists NBC and CBS programs across multiple stations. Orchestras, dance bands, and studio programs are scheduled from afternoon into midnight, featuring WJZ WEAF WGN KDKA WLS and others with diverse acts and times.
Morning programming on WFBM in Indianapolis lists Pep Unlimited Club at 7 00 AM CBS spots with Jean Carroll Aunt Sammy and Town Crier through late morning. Afternoon entries include CBS Master Singers Columbia Salon Orchestra and two third tunes.
The schedule lists WKBF Indianapolis programs for a Tuesday including Wake-Up band, church worship, The Breakfast Club, Stewart's radio, milk ads, Downstairs store, Hoosier Club Coffee, Standard Nut Margarine chat, Home modernization, circle theater logs, Capet Dairies, Indianapolis Paint and Color, Sanders Becker decorator, Wilson milk talk, and The Pied.
Cincinnati radio listing notes the Me and Quaker Man program on WLW 700 at 5 30 PM scheduled segment.
A slate of Monday night radio programs includes Henry Holden Huss’s Crossing the Bar sung by the Mormon Tabernacle choir on NBC from Salt Lake City. Kate Smith and Freddie Rich present a blues segment on Columbia at 6 15 am. Robert Ripley speaks on football facts during Colonial Beaconlights on WEAF WGY NBC at 6 30 pm. A double narrative Spain and Christopher Columbus by Henry Burbig and Nat Brusiloff airs on WABC and CBS chain at 7 pm.
A late evening lineup features Columbia and NBC programs from 6:45 to 9:30. Highlights include Phil Baker Shaw and Lee at 6:45, Christopher Columbus bus at 7:00, Freddie Rich’s Orchestra at 7:30, Ipana Troubadours and Minneapolis Symphony at 8:00, Motors Party and Real Folks at 8:30, Stromberg Carlson Rochester Civic Orchestra and Guy Lombardo selections at 9:00, plus Empire Builders with Don Amalza at 9:30.
A. and P Gypsies perform October from Tschaikowsky The Seasons on WGN WTAM NBC at 7 30. A Mississippi River medley with Robert E Lee Here Comes the Show Boat and more for Mardi Gras at 7 30. Ipana Troubadours Virginia Kentucky Maryland medley on WLW NBC Monday at 7 30. Wilfred Glenn bass soloist on General Motors Family Party at 8 30 on WGN WHAS WTAM NBC. Tom Dick and Harry sing What’s Become of Sweet Adeline on Maytag orchestra program from WHAS KYW WFAA NBC Chicago at 8. Description of Bill Perkins invention first public test at Chesebrough Real Folks on WLW NBC at 8 30.
Charles Reece a merchant policeman repelled burglars who battered in a safe at the Koehring hardware store offices located at 878 80 Virginia avenue. The robbers fled without taking money while safe contents were scattered on the floor.
Raleigh officials announce the senate campaign expenditures investigating committee will begin an inquiry Tuesday into alleged irregularities. Investigators focus on absentee ballots and a slush fund tied to Josiah W. Bailey in the primary that defeated incumbent Furnifold Simmons for the nomination.
Louis Salvio, 37, reputed gangster and beer operator, was shot and killed in Detroit today by a jealous husband who found him as a roomer in the home. Felix Triano, 43, is sought as the slayer.
Clyde Blackwell aged 35 a wealthy farmer and aviation enthusiast and his sister Winifred 24 were killed when the dual control airplane they were using for a lesson crashed Sunday in Longmont Colorado authorities said.
In Dallas on October 13 R. A. Short the fireman was crushed to death when the engine and three baggage cars of a Texas and Pacific passenger train left the tracks and overturned. Engineer T. B. Petty and a woman passenger were injured.
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