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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1928
Page
8
Al Smith drew an estimated 100000 people to a Saturday rally in Monument Circle, with a Claypool address emphasizing farm relief and labor support. He praised the Democratic platform, contrasted it with Republican pledges, and urged workers to back a party seen as destined for change despite a hospital visit by Tory Taggart who urged Smith to persevere.
Secretary of Commerce Whiting reports the United States economy at its highest level in history with robust auto steel and building sectors. He notes record weekly check payments and strong activity across major industries in reports to the department.
Shurgch League elects young members during a semi annual meeting in St Pauls hall Sunday. Rev A E Brauer of Columbus Ind urged youth to watch and be ready to respond to every need of the nation and church. New officers elected include Albert Brethauer president Miss Pauline Simon first vice president Lewis Moehlman second vice president Miss Olga Dittmer Miss Ruth Sudbrock Miss Eloise Leukhardt secretaries Lester Rahn treasurer.
James T. Busby a 25 year old Negro at 1658 Sheldon Street is charged with murder for shooting his brother in law J. C. Miller 30 at the same address. Miller allegedly threatened others after a liquor fueled dispute when Busby fired through the door with a shotgun striking Miller in the throat and causing death at city hospital.
More than 1,500 spectators watched Ft. Benjamin Harrison polo match as the Eleventh Infantry beat a combined Third Artillery and Rolling Ridge club team 4 to 3. Proceeds from the game will go to widows and orphans of former service members.
Mexico City October 22 United Press reports the trial of Jose De Leon Toral the admitted slayer of General Alvaro Obregon and Mother Superior Concepcion the alleged intellectual instigator of the murder plot will likely begin around November 5 according to indications today.
Lavon Rogers aged 16 was killed when a plane piloted by John Hagan of Orlando Florida struck a telephone wire and crashed into a car at an air circus in Hattiesburg Mississippi. Three other family members were slightly injured and Hagan was also slightly hurt as crowds swarmed the landing field. In Oxford Massachusetts another plane nose dived after a wing failure killing two occupants.
An Indianapolis family escaped twice as a fire burned through the upper story of their home at 1236 Olive street. Discovered in the attic at midnight, the blaze caused by defective wiring swept the roof and damaged the second floor, with damages estimated at 2500 dollars.
Fred C. Coons vice-president and treasurer of Union Title Company died unexpectedly of heart disease Sunday night at his home 2627 Broadway. A German-born immigrant, he came to America young and lived in Indianapolis forty seven years. Survived by widow Ida Belle Coons and two sons.
In Jerusalem on Oct. 22 tensions rose after Moslems attacked Jewish worshippers at the wailing wall. A British guard was requested to help restore order as Jews and Arabs grow more hostile following the Saturday incident. In Tarrytown New York a man and his wife escaped after their car plunged into the Hudson from a ferry. The brake failure caused the crash and they climbed to safety from twenty two feet below.
Indiana Central College President I J Good praised Herbert Hoover for his international experience and qualifications. He contrasted Hoover with Governor Smith citing Smiths Tammany ties and aim to undo advances as reasons to oppose Smith. Good accepted a Hoover button from student Miss Mary Hiatt during the remarks.
Florence Ruby McMillin seven was grabbed by a man in a Ford coupe who claimed to be her father as she walked to school with two companions on High and Bicking streets. The abductor, described by the mother as resembling the girl’s father William McMillin, fled with the child after muffling her cries.
Ladywood School north east of Indianapolis marks Founders Day of St Mary of the Woods College and the arrival of the Sisters of Providence in America in 1840 with special ceremonies. Senior members will entertain the Sisters with a three act play at 8 tonight.
In Athens on October 22, efforts to prevent ballot box stuffing culminate in a finger ink test. Voters dip a finger in yellow ink before exiting the voting booth to record their participation.
Formal inquiry opened into the deaths of Terrence Waldman age 4 and his brother Benjamin 14 months after they fell from a thirteen story New York apartment roof. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris ordered the investigation and will summon witnesses to establish how the tragedy occurred during a visit with their mother to an aunt’s penthouse atop the building.
Yeggs blew a safe at the Willis Fish and Oyster Company store at 238 Massachusetts avenue early Sunday, taking $400 while leaving $3,000 in checks untouched and failing to open a strong box inside the safe. The blast wrecked the safe and flooded the basement by bursting a water pipe. a nitroglycerin charge with an electric wire attachment was used.
Byron Hiner 1033 South Capitol avenue was found guilty of contempt of criminal court by Judge James A. Collins and sentenced to sixty days on the state penal form and fined $100. He was accused of intimidating Charles Unger before Unger testified against Hiner’s wife Laura Hiner who was convicted of liquor law violation on October 15. No testimony was offered in the contempt proceeding. Hiner’s attorney Ira M. Holmes argued the matter on written pleadings. Hiner posted a $5,000 appeal bond.
Police raided multiple gambling locations over the weekend resulting in 210 arrests. Sixty five charged with gambling, forty six with drunkenness, twenty two with operating a blind tiger, and six for driving while intoxicated. Notable raids included a poolroom linked to Rufe Page at 1305 North Senate Avenue and several other sites with named individuals charged with keeping a gambling house or gambling. Police seized dice and cash.
Leonard Otto twenty of 1801 South Delaware street was arrested after fleeing the scene of a crash on McCarty street and Capitol avenue that seriously injured Miss Marie Duffy of 830 South Missouri street. Duffy remains in serious condition at City Hospital. Otto admitted fleeing and said a passerby took him home before he left the city. He faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
Earl Calvin, 33, of 1327 East Minnesota street, was fatally injured with four laps remaining in a 100 mile auto race in Cincinnati when his car overturned and struck a fence. Witnessed by his wife Mary Calvin, the accident follows another crash in the same event. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Calvin of 1243 Barth avenue. body sent to Indianapolis for funeral arrangements.
August Ellis, 32, jailed in Chicago on charges of fleeing Baltimore with pay checks stolen from fellow firemen. May Johnson, 24, also Baltimore, arrested with him. Ellis allegedly deserted his wife and two children. Detectives say Ellis cashed checks before leaving for Chicago last Wednesday.
Two Union Traction interurban cars collided head on near Sharpsville Indiana. One south bound car was carrying papers. Motorman Crum said a factory and trees on a curve blocked view. brakes failed on the north bound car. Officials will probe, no blame assigned yet.
Clayton Darius Lee a founder of the United Press died at his Maplewood home after a four year illness. He helped launch the United Press Association with H B Clark and John Vandercook. Survived by widow two sons and two daughters. Funeral set for 2 30 p m Wednesday.
Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks of All Souls Unitarian Church argued that human ability to heal injuries refutes the idea that man is a machine, citing a debate influenced by Darrow and Feuerlicht.
W. M. Golden of 1203 Herbert Avenue was held by Martinsville police on involuntary manslaughter charges after the death of his wife Ida Golden in a wreck on a turn in Martinsville Indiana. Golden admitted drinking and claimed he thought he was on State Road 37. His two children Herman 10 and Mabel 4 escaped with minor injuries along with Cecil Broyles 17, a nephew.
The Mutual Benefit club of Evergreen Masonic lodge stages its fourth annual mask dance at Crystal Dance Palace 729 N Illinois St Thursday evening. Proceeds support the temple construction fund at West Washington St and Harris Ave.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank C. Dailey will address the Indianapolis Lions Club at the Lincoln on Wednesday. In Michigan, Ida Tuck of Hammond, Indiana, 50, is hospitalized after a crash between a bus and a train at Somerset Center.
Dr Mansfield Robinson plans a Wednesday radio contact with Mars using a dictaphone record he says contains a Martian love song and the alphabet. He cites a “woman on Mars” and a medium on Earth, while scientists debate feasibility and skeptics warn against overreach.
A grim weekend in Indiana ends with fifteen fatalities from traffic and gun violence. Victims include Clair Oilar and Clarence Buckingham in a two car crash near Sharpsville, Viola Nelson in Dyer killed in a head on crash, and Roberta Miller an 18 month old killed near Numa. others died in wrecks and a gun homicide involving J C Miller and James T Busby. Police report truck train crashes and a fatal auto overturning in Martinsville, while two children escaped uninjured.
An all star Broadway cast dramatised the life of Governor Alfred E. Smith from Bowery newsboy beginnings to his Democratic convention nomination. The broadcast on WABC featured Helen Hayes William Boyd Rosamond Pinchot Peggy Wood Roger Pryor and Heywood Broun as announcer.
Commander Richard E. Byrd extols Dr. Harry E Barnard former Indiana food and drug administrator and current director of research for the American Institute of Baking in Maurice Hollands Industrial Explorers foreword. He compares explorers like Sperry Jewett Whitney Mathews Bakeland and Barnard to Atlantic crossers and polar air travelers.
The National City Christian Church crusade director H. H. Hareman said the drive surpassed its $500000 goal for a Washington D C church. Central Christian church victory fund chief W. C. Smith reported their $2000 goal was also surpassed.
The United States Supreme Court announced it will recess from Oct. 29 and resume on Nov. 19. The decision was disclosed in Washington and marks the court's schedule for the autumn term.
KOKOMO Ind Oct 22 John Aspy once chief is now a fireman after conviction for violating the dry law. Mayor S E Spurgeon reduced him from chief to fireman. Lloyd Morgan, a fireman, was also convicted of the same charge and dismissed from the department.
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