Utilities Plan Expansion at Million Dollar Cost
The Indiana weekly survey notes several planned and ongoing projects across cities. Goshen contracts Fairbanks Morse for electric plant equipment at 238000 dollars while Indiana Public Service plans 14 million in bonds for northern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indiana Public Service Company
Goshen
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Chicago
Municipal Electric
Morristown Woman Dies at Home of Daughter
Lifelong Morristown resident widow of Gerard Cox died at her daughter Mrs. Anna Whitaker home. Survived by father John M. Unger two daughters five brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Ind
Anna Whitaker
Gerard Cox
John M. Unger
Widow Nannie V Hatfield Dies in Putnam County
Aged widow Mrs. Nannie V. Hatfield 75 died at Putnam county hospital in Greencastle Indiana from a complication of diseases. She was the widow of Hugh Hatfield and leaves three nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Nannie V. Hatfield
Putnam County Hospital
Hugh Hatfield
Life Tale of Legs Diamond Gangster Chief On The Run
New York gangster jack diamond known as Legs rose through rackets then was shot in his hotel room as enemies closed in. The Times recounts his rise and fall, noting his speed, avoidance, and eventual demise amid Chelsea Village and Hell's Kitchen, with a tainted psychology of ambition and weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Diamond
New York
Gene Cohn
The
Times
NEA Service
York
Jack Diamond
Europe
Legs
Germany
Eddie
Nature
Philadelphia
Hell's Kitchen
Chelsea Village
Docks
Arnold Rothstein
Legs Diamond
Rothstein
Marion Roberts
Eddie Diamond
Nolan
Dick Butler
Reformatory
Rise of the Diamond gang and the Legion of Legs era
The narrative traces 1910s gang activity on New York waterfronts. Jack and Ed Diamond, possibly Nolan, rise with Legs the “Legs” and Augie Orgen. Eddie joins as trouble tightens and a corner ambush on De Lancey and Norfolk leaves Diamond fatally wounded. Police doubt surrounds the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Leavenworth
Little Augie
Jacob Orgen
Diamond Brothers
Augie
Eddie
Orgen
Legs
Delancey, Street
Norfolk
Dre
Diamond
Rise of a gangster linked to Rothstein and a life of crime
The narrative traces an early spark of Ace High with the Big Guy leading to a direct link with Arnold Rothstein. It describes a rapid ascent into an underworld circle, high society, and involvement in numerous rackets, culminating in a perilous, entangled path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underworld
Arnold Rothstein
Diamond
Indiana Race Hots Up As Tariff Turmoil Echoes
Hoosier voters focus on congressional contests as national leaders monitor Indiana options for nine or more Democrats. Analysts cite past economic downturns predicting shifts in outcomes, with tariff issues shaping party fortunes and Everett Sanders guiding efforts in Fifth, Eighth and Ninth districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hoover
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Cleveland
Curtis
Fess
Watson
Robinson
Paul McNutt
National Committee
Everett Sanders
Terre Haute
White House
Coolidge
Sanders
Educational Leaders Heard by Teachers in Section Meetings
Indiana's 17 000 teachers at the state association convention prepared for sectional conferences led by prominent educators. Various sections reported on teacher training, liberal arts oversupply, kindergarten parent education, and new officers across disciplines at Washington and Cropsey venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
State Board of Education
Robert K. Devricks
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Walter F. Dexter
Whittier College
California
Lois Hayden Meeks
Columbia University
Indiana State Teachers Association
M. M. Black
Bloomington
Margaret Overshinn
Marion
Ruth Staneger
Vincennes
E. H. Kemper McComb
Manual Training High School
Cropsey Auditorium
Central Library
Helen Iris Knoxville
Tenn
Newton
Shemale
Florence ° Schad
Manual
Tne Point
Flora Schultz
Logansport
Wilma
Bennett
la Porte
Mabel Hilligos
Anderson
Doris Dixon
Linton
Chic Jackson
Lincoln
Ida Fleener
Metta Leedy
Huntington
Neva Bourne
Kokomo
Mary Smith
Gertrude Plattner
Helen Smith
Connersville
Harley Talley
Henry Bogue
Washington High School
George E. Keegan
Notre Dame
Dale Miller
Indianapolis
E. C. Hayes
Indiana University
Chester Hill
Everett Case
Frankfort
Thomas Campbell
Short Fall Fatal
Eight foot scaffold fall at a Washington Indiana factory killed William Belcher who suffered a concussion. The incident occurred October 17 and involved Earl Wuertz as a related name in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ind
William Belcher
Belcher i
Einsee
Earl Wuertz
Charity tickets fund lodging for homeless in Chicago
Tokens sold for 25 cents each by Tower Town Food and Shelter to aid homeless men. Redeemable at the old Cook county jail near the loop, where accommodations for 3,000 men are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Press Chicago
Tower Town Food and Stelter
Cook County
Loop District
Widow awarded eight thousand eight hundred in suit
Mrs. Fannie B. Hodges of Indianapolis won a Boone circuit court judgment for 8500 in a case against Glenn Trucking Company over a December 1928 crash on the Shelbyville road. The accident, which killed James Hodges and Edgar Brown, involved a stationary Glenn truck with no taillight and a gasoline explosion. A jury deliberated one hour and fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Lebanon
Ind
Fannie B. Hodges
Indianapolis
Boone Circuit
Glenn Trucking Company
James Hodges
Edgar Brown
Glenn Company
Shelbyville Road
Sightseers mutilate furniture at Capitol
Souvenir hunting sightseers have mutilated historic furniture in the President's room adjoining the senate chamber. Officials have removed it from view and will replace it when Congress convenes. The room has been used by Presidents to sign bills in the closing hours of Congress since Lincoln's time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
US Lines Plans Seasick Free Routes In Fall Voyage Change
Paris Oct 17 United States Lines announced it will direct all ships to take bumpless and stormless courses this fall to cut seasickness as they restructure routes across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
United States Lines
McNutt Defends Tax Relief Call At Indiana Rally
Paul V. McNutt and other speakers addressed a Democratic district rally in South Bend. He dismissed Republican claims of economy and argued tax relief requires a Democratic general assembly, noting rising assessments under prior administrations and urging voters to consider net payments to the state treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Democratic General Assembly
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana University Law School
McNutt
American Legion
Leslie
Watson Advocates Five Day Week To Ease Unemployment
Evansville Indiana October 17 United States Senator James E Watson told a Republican meeting that a rag week is the best remedy for unemployment arguing every man deserves a livelihood and proposing a five day work week as machinery displaces workers and overproduction grows global hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Evansville
Ind
Unitedtates
James E. Watson
Watson
Dead trees banned in city plots removal ordered
City park board orders removal of more than 500 dead trees on grass plots between streets and property lines after a senate of the pitch...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Board
City Park Board
Grace Cook Named Indianapolis Sweetest Girl at Hospital
Grace Cook of the city hospital is declared the Sweetest Girl in Indianapolis after a contest with over 200 nominees. Judges include Mary Rose Himler and Gladys Craig. Cook receives 200 prize dollars and a nominators prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cook
City Hospital
Mary Rose Himler
Bobbs Merrill
Gladys Craig
L. S. Ayres & Co
William Ash
Community Fund
Miss Cook
Indianapolis
Central Directory
Sidener
Sunshine
Dynamiting Shocks Danville Cotton Strike Home of Overseer Bombed
The Danville Virginia cotton strike turned violent as the home of mill overseer Jerry Wentz was dynamited. No injuries were reported though the porch and windows were destroyed. Police suspected a bomb was hurled from a passing automobile with no arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
United Press
Danville
Jerry Wentz
Navy chief bars Old Ironsides from world fair trip
Boston report quotes Secretary Adams refusing to risk damage to the frigate Old Ironsides by moving it to Chicago for the world fair. Also noted is a separate incident: $58 in clothing stolen from an auto parked at New York and Illinois streets reported by C. H. Ryed of Elwood Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Indiana
Macksville
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Anderson
Cleveland
Guide Lamp Corporation
Delco-Remy
National Tile
American Steel and Wire
Davidson Cartage Company
Chicago
Cameron Beck
New York Stock Exchange
E. G. Blackstone
University of Iowa
Winifred Mills
John Herron Art Institute
Boston
The
Boston Post Today
Adams
New York
Illinois
C. H. Ryed
Elwood
Ind
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Charles C. Stone
the Times
Muncie
Durham Manufacturing Company
Dougherty Cake Products, Inc
A. E. Boyce Company
Durham
Boyce Company
Davis Corporation
Michigan City
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Pullman Manufacturing Company
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Indiana Truck Company
J. J. M. Triggs
Orton Crane and Shovel Company
Santa Fe
Oliver Farm Equipment Corporation
South Bend Bait Company
Elkhart
Elkhart Wrapping Machine Company
American Telephone and Telegraph
Tale OF
Governor's Island
Big Guy
Hoosiers
BY Ben Stern
W. M. Brigance
Wabash College
E. P. Trueblood
Alfred C. Kinsey
Stanley Coulter
Jeanette Brown
Harvey V. Raquet
Ray C. Freisner
Butler University
Charlene Rector
Arthur Foley
Druley Parker
Shortridge High School
Carl F. Hanske
Edwin Bruce
Edward Cratl
Horace Powell
Eli Lilly & Co
Tech
David Martin
University of Michigan
Milo H. Stuart
J. R. Paxton
John G. Rossman
East Chicago
Claypool
L. H. Dennis
Harrisburg
L. van Cleave
Franklin
Orlando Johnson
George K. Weils
Helen Haynes
J. B. Todd
Fountain City
Myra Hostetter
Martinsville
Wayne Lowe
OME
Frieda Ann Bach
Thurman B. Rice
University
Laura Shryer
Ethelyn Miller
John Herron
W. E. Coughlin
Silver Springs
Florence Are
Indiana Central
Caroline Mosely
Peru
Mary Louise Talbott
Edith Griffeth
Paraiso
Ellen Leare
Bedford
Columbia Club
Marte Renrod
de Pauw
Nelli McMichael
Marion College
Mme
Yvonne Chamilovitch
Tudor Hall
Ruth Lewman
Shortridge
New Officers
John Fotos
Purdue
Charline Jamieson
Ella Lyons
Gino Ratti
Butler
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
L. S. Ayres É& Co
Whittier
Cal
Grace Julian Clarke
James A. Woodburn
Dewitt S. Morgan
O. F. Hall
Miss Grace Cook
M’nutt
Law School
Beloved Invalid
E. H. Kitch
North Kealing Avenue
Max Ridgeway
North Bradley Avenue
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