Tax rate set for Center township amid sanitary levy
The state tax board fixed center township’s total levy at 2.83 per 100 dollars, up 0.13 from last year, as a 0.07 sanitary district levy was approved. 1929 rates include school city 1.02, Marion county .38, city 1.10, state .29, and Center township .04. The board cut 6,000 from the sanitary budget, limiting salaries and reducing attorney fees while keeping the levy intact.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indianapolis
City
State
County
Perry Township
Warren Township
Wayne Township
Washington Township
State Tax
James M. Ogden
Tax Board
Otto C. Ross
B. J. T. Jeup
A. H. Moore
Works Board
Jeup
Ross
Joseph J. Daniels
Fall Creek
Ogden
Florida floods threaten Hialeah and vast Everglades
Heavy rains in the Everglades sent flood waters over Hialeah to two feet. Engineers report 6,400 square miles inundated. Emergency steps aimed to save the town. Damming the Tamiami Trail west of Miami and opening a ditch would divert flood waters into Biscayne Bay.
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United Press Ami
Fla
Everglades
Hialeah
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Goosie Lee Begins 30 Day Jail Term For Liquor Violation
Harry Goosie Lee 40 of 2857 Indianapolis avenue started a thirty day jail sentence for violating the liquor law. Convicted November 16, 1928 before Criminal Judge James A. Collins with a $100 fine, the appellate court affirmed last month.
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Harry (Goosie) Lee
Indianapolis Avenue
James A. Collins
Mining firm sues Western Union for damages
The Combination Mining and Milling Company of Denver sues Western Union Telegraph Company in Boston seeking 500000 dollars after alleging the tele gram was not delivered.
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United Press
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Combination Mining and Milling Company of
Denver
Western Union
Judge revokes licenses of four drunken driving offenders
Judge John Mc Cord voided the driving licenses of four men after drunken driving convictions. The four are Cyrus Kenite of 16 Cedar Street, John Murphy of 2968 Arsenal Avenue, Edward Knoerr of Jeffersonville, and John Cudif of Memphis Indiana.
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John McCord
Cyrus Kenite
Cedar Street
John Murphy
Arsenal Avenue
Edward Knoerr
Jeffersonville
John Cudif
Memphis
Ind
Record Booths and Romance in Indianapolis Stores
In downtown Indianapolis phonograph shops lovers use intimate try out booths to listen to records. Couples whisper plans for dates after the music fades while clerks lament lost sales as woodsmoke memories of Tin Pan Alley fade amid sweet nothings and tangled emotions.
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Arch Steines
Indianapolis
Phonograph Record
Sullivan stands cited in mayoral bid and labor clashes
Reginald Sullivan Democratic candidate for mayor praised for his record in law and public life by Municipal Judge Thomas E. Garvin at a Mrs. Berry home gathering. Garvin noted his role in the corrupt practices act and as a city manager election commissioner. The Marion County Good Government Club official’s claim about printer's union ties was denied by the Workers' Non-Partisan Political Action League, which supports Alfred M. Grossbrenner. The Central Labor Union approved a $500 campaign fund against Grossbrenner, while Labor-affiliated groups denounced him in related meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Sullivan
Thomas E. Garvin
Edward P. Berry
Arsenal Avenue
Sullivan
State Senate
John L. Duvall
Garvin
City Manager League
Supreme Court
Clarence L. McPherson
Marion County Good Government Club
Workers’ Non-Partisan Political Action League, Inc
Alfred M. Grossbrenner
Citywide Yo Yo Contest Shifted to Grand Tournament
Inclement weather canceled district contests in The Times city Yo Yo competition. To include every child under 18, a gigantic tournament is planned at a central venue, likely Saturday, with full details to follow in The Times Wednesday.
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Times
Immunity Claimed in U S Case by Maroney
Federal Judge Thomas Slick disqualified himself from a motion to abate a federal grand jury indictment charging John J. Maroney a former prohibition agent with conspiracy to violate liquor laws. Maroney seeks immunity asserting he did not waive immunity as a witness before the grand jury.
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South Bend
Thomas Slick
John J
Jack) Maroney
Ind
Indianapolis
Prohibition
Department of Justice
Thomas W. Slick
Maroney
Indiana
James E. Watson
D. C
Conrad Bivin
Andrew Kekko
Slick
Barred Candidates Spark Ballot Petition Fight in City
A plan to block eight school commissioner hopefuls faced swift reaction from Herman C. Wolff as a Coffin backed move. A suit to bar ballot printing of five citizens candidates and three current trustees was being prepared amid questions over notarization and eligibility under city election law.
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Herman C. Wolff
Citizens’ School Committee
George W. (Ross) Coffin
Citizens School Committee
Lillian V. Sedwick
Fred Kepner
Lewis Whiteman
Otto Doyle
Chester W. Johnson
Pierce J. Sluder
Lloyd Harvey
Coffin
Democratic Organization
Labor Organization
Wolff
Teman
Kepner
Charles K. Kern
Edna Mellett
Lillian B. Moore
J. D. Hoss
Ernest K. Marker
Mark R. Gray
Andrew J. Blueher
MacDonald Bids Farewell to U S on Peace Mission
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald left the United States for Canada after a goodwill tour. His New York to Niagara Falls trip drew crowds and cheers, with him praising Anglo American amity and peace. He planned a brief stop in Toronto before returning.
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Joseph Gordon
United Press
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Canada
New York State
Toronto
MacDonald
New York City
Niagara
Utica
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Sinclair Lewis to report from southern textile field
The author of Main Street and Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis, has been assigned to cover the southern textile field for the Scripps-Howard papers. His articles will reveal the inside story, with the first piece to appear in The Times within a few days.
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Sinclair Lewis
Bridge Bids Taken For 35 Bridges In 18 Counties
State highway commissioners received 168 bids on 35 bridges to be built across 18 counties on state and federal highways. Low bids totaled 650314.37 dollars, while the department engineer’s estimate was 736349 dollars. Four projects are overhead constructions crossing railroad tracks.
Attack Slayer May Plead to Escape Electric Chair
Chicago October 15 United Press reports John Preston a so called model husband confessed to strangling Miss Agnes Johnson 26 after brutal attack in a lane near West Chicago. He offered to plead guilty to escape the electric chair with toxication as his only defense. Fear of vengeance from the victim's brother prompted the confession.
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United Press
Cihcago
John
Preston
Agnes Johnson
Chicago
Thomas Johnson
Wreston
John Preston
Lawrence Hattendorf
Dupage County
Happy Bride Dies From Gas After Beans Boil Over
Mrs Ora J Lee Dues an 18 year old newlywed died in her home when a gas stove flame went out after she boiled beans. She had been writing a letter to her sister about happiness and plans for a bungalow as her husband Duke saved money. Her father Ora Barrow found her hours later.
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United Press T. Louis
Ora J Lee Dues
Duke
Ora Barrow
Parent-Teacher meeting under way at Indiana convention
Miss Frances Hays extension secretary of the national congress of Parent-Teachers urged delegates to support home education and national organization to improve children’s interests. Mrs Homer J Miller of South Bend reported Indiana PTA membership rose to 30 730 after a 5 333 gain last year.
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Frances
Hays
National Congress of Parent-Teachers
Indiana
the Severin
Homer J. Miller
South Bend
Rodger Nepety Dies of Heart Attack in Abaris
Rodger Nepety aged 54 director of the public hygiene department of the ministry of labor died in Abaris Monday night from a heart attack. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor and long served as a high government official.
Baby Dies After Two Operations Fail to Remove Bread
An 8 month old baby named Charles Miller Anderson died at Riley hospital after two operations failed to locate a bread fragment stuck in his windpipe. The child was brought in Sunday and an emergency operation followed by a second attempt Monday. Coroner C. H. Keever plans an autopsy.
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Riley Hospital
Charles Miller
Anderson
C. H. Keever
Shumaker Suffering Liver Disease Quietly Resting at Home
Dr. E. 8. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, is visibly weaker and resting quietly after a two week bed confinement at his home at 2232 Broadway. Doctors report he is suffering from a liver disease.
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E. 8. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Shumaker
Broadway
Government rests in Fall bribery trial after Sinclair payments
The government concludes its case in the Albert B. Fall bribery trial, detailing payments from Harry F. Sinclair including 269 100 dollars for a New Mexico ranch and 230 500 dollars in Liberty bonds while Fall faced a separate 100 000 dollar bribe claim from E L Doheny. Fall appears in good health amid pneumonia. Mahlon T. Everhart testifies on the Sinclair deal as defense moves to dismiss. defense plans three to four days of case.
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United Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Fell
New Mexico
Fall
Sinclair
E. L. Doheng
E Fall
Doheny
Ellis Hill
Cal
Mahlon T. Everhart
E. L. Doheny
Times Radio Service Expands To Aid Interference Issues
Indiana's Times newspaper launches an expanded radio interference service in its second year. John T. Hawkins leads the department with a capable assistant, using an equipped car and top interference sets through Roosevelt and Vonnegut. Readers are urged to report interference details, gather signatures, and visit The Times office daily to discuss troubles.
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TS Times
Indiana
John T. Hawkins
Times Radio
Roosevelt
Vonnegut Company
Times
Riley
the Times
Woman Tries to End Life Under Train
Mrs. Winifred Touhy, 25 to 30, wearing a blue apron, attempted suicide by jumping under the Belt railroad’s fourth freight car at Twenty first street and Sherman drive. She was fatally injured and rushed to the city hospital in unconscious condition. witness Delbert Gray and Elliott Gill reported seeing the act, with her husband and neighbor assisting at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winford Tuohy
Denny Street
Twentyfirst Street
Sherman Drive
City
Touhy
C. R. Swain
North Denny Street
Mrs. Swain
William McMahon
City Hospital
Winifred Touhy
Elliott Gill
North Tuxedo Street
Delbert Gray
Gray
Walter Coleman
Sher‘man Drive
Gill
Government probe demanded into coast guard patrol shootings
Representative Robert F. Clancy urged a government inquiry into coast guard and border patrol actions after three pleasure boats reported being fired upon while cruising in local rivers and lakes. He had earlier protested the shooting at the private boat of Lawrence P. Fisher, a wealthy body builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Robert 4H
Fe Clancy
Clancy
Lawrence P. Fisher
Belgian banker Leon Delacroix dies in Baden
Leon Delacroix noted Belgian banker and reparation committee delegate died suddenly in Baden today of heart disease. He was a former Belgian premier and served as a trustee for German railway bonds used as security against reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Baden Baden
Leon Delacroix
International Bank
Delacroix
Gas Station Robbery and Theft Reported
An 18 year old attendant, Jess Finke of 1835 North Harding, was held up at the Standard Oil filling station at Twenty first and Harding and robbed of 35 dollars after counting receipts. A bandit fled on foot. Clothing valued at more than 450 dollars was stolen from Otto Acres and Earl Sutherland at 933 Division Street today.
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Jess Finke
North Harding Strete
Standard Oil Company
Twenty-first
Harding Streets
Otto Acres
Earl Sutherland
Division Street
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Goosie
Lee
Mining Company
Honey’ Haven
Lou
Pennsylvania Street
Lauds Sullivan
McPherson
League
Glossbrenner
Central Labor Union
Brotherhood of Railroad
Garment Potters and Saw Makers Unions
U. S
Citizens’ Committee
New York
NEA
P.T. Meeting
High Paris
Baby
Hawkins
Belt Railroad
U. S. Patrol
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