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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
16
The Indianapolis municipal election on November 5 lists 99 candidates across five complete party tickets and 15 school commissioner posts. Names include mayors and clerks from Democratic Republican Prohibition and other parties, with advocates moving away from an independent ticket due to time constraints.
The safety board orders removal of the People Motor Coach Company bus station from Monument Circle in front of the English hotel to a spot in front of Indianapolis Power and Light Company. The change aims to handle heavy passenger demand south of Market Street on the Circle’s west side. The plan includes guiding coach buses around the outside of the Circle and reducing triangular safety zones at Meridian Street intersection.
The criminal court murder trial of Jesse Brown, 40, Negro, was nearing completion as the jury was expected to receive the case before adjournment. Brown faced two days of testimony for the fatal July 16 shooting of Meolis Martin, 715 West Tenth Street, Brown pleading not guilty before Judge James A. Collins.
William Mosier filed in superior court seeking ten thousand dollars against Charles Edward over an accident on September 2 at the Morris street and Belmont avenue intersection. The suit alleges damages arising from the incident.
The Times announces a new serial Sheila set in Indianapolis life. It follows Sheila Wilber fiancee of Marion county assistant prosecutor Joseph Smedley as detective Frank Sheridan probes a mysterious death and blackmail. Other figures include Andy Masters and Edna Rogers with villain Homer Menton and stenographer Mercedes Riverton. The story promises thrills and romance from Chapter One.
Washington attorney Frank J. Hogan, famed defense for oil magnates in the Teapot Dome inquiry, pleads in DC supreme court for Albert B. Fall's vindication. He denounces the Johnson quote used by prosecutors and argues personal ambition driven Doheny’s Elk Hills lease.
Guy S. McCoy secretary of the Typographical union spoke at Garment Workers union meeting Monday night opposing Alfred M. Glossbrenner the Republican mayoral candidate. He said the Workers Nonpartisan Political Action League acts as its name implies and that Glossbrenner would make Indianapolis an open shop hurting union members. He denied claims that Glossbrenner helped organize the Typographical union.
Former Premier Raymond Poincare shows satisfactory recovery after a second operation. A bulletin by Doctors Marion Gausett and Boldin reports he passed a satisfactory night and is progressing as well as possible.
Mary Garden arrives in New York after nude swims abroad, weighs 120 pounds, models a knee length skirt, and plans to return to Chicago for Camille. She praises Paris fashion, jokes about aging, cites Byrd as her hero, and discusses future projects including an English talking picture and radio singing.
At the first district conference of the Indiana Tuberculosis Association held at the Lincoln hotel in Indianapolis, representatives from 37 central and southern Indiana counties attended. J W Becker of St Louis Mo, president of the Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis, urged a rehabilitation program for patients post treatment and outlined prevention and education plans. Mary A Meyers of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association called for more fresh air schools and a central placement bureau for handicapped individuals.
Mike McGlenn aged 29 of 177 Bright Street was brought back from Detroit to face auto banditry charges in connection with a May 21 Riverside park holdup. He is alleged to be the fourth member of a four man group. three accomplices Harry O’Haver Desse Carter and Glenn Carter already received sentences ranging from one to ten years.
John A. Brown state highway director will speak at Rushville Rotary Club tonight. Circuit Judge Will M. Sparks will preside as he weighs a U S circuit court of appeals appointment in Chicago during the Hoover administration.
Photographer Charles F. Bretzman invited crowds to view a window display at 114 North Pennsylvania Street featuring eight Republican and Democratic candidates and fifteen school commissioner candidates. He noted no one can meet all of them, but people can see what they look like.
A nationwide radio appeal for serum boosted by Dr Richard of St Michel De Maurienne prompted a Dax doctor 370 miles away to deliver serum by car. The serum reached Toulouse's St Michel De Maurienne and was given to a child paralytic patient, offering a life-saving chance.
Oscar Grant a city water department clerk for nine years faces embezzlement charges after a $13 821 shortage in his accounts. He works daily on records to find a mistake and bond issues loom. Vaughn Wise and George Dunn probe further shortages. Grant, arrested at his country home, was appointed May 1, 1920 and may plead guilty if no error found. Robert Heath named his successor.
Donald Lloyd, 23, of 2538 Brook Way, was named operator on the police radio commission by the safety board. Lloyd previously served as chief operator at radio station WFBM and will earn 2000 annually. Robert L. Batts, ex Detroit policeman, becomes director and will receive 3000 annually.
Commissioner Howell Ellis of the public service commission presided over a hearing on Citizens Gas Company petition to issue 37000 dollars of five percent mortgage bonds for sale at not less than 90 percent of face value. Proceeds fund refinancing of improvements between January and June this year. There was no protest.
Oswald Ryan and Anderson attorney a former American Legion national committeeman will address the Kiwanis Club American Legion day luncheon at Claypool on Wednesday. Colonel A J Dougherty commanding the Eighty fourth division of United States Reserves will also speak.
Ed R. Powers aged 67 committed death by own action at an Angola undertaking establishment owned by L. N. Klink. In a letter he asked for a cheap casket and a cement vault. Despondent over illness, Powers had driven from Three Rivers Michigan with Mrs Powers and shot himself. He was a retired real estate dealer and former resident of the area.
In Gloucester Massachusetts on October 22 bricks and stones were thrown at the Ipswich hosiery mills during a four month strike. Police said twenty five strikers gathered near the plant where night shift strikebreakers were at work and several strikebreakers suffered minor injuries as rocks and bricks shattered windows before participants fled.
John A. Titsworth and Chauncey W. Duncan, Rushville lawyers, have been urged as successors to Judge Will M. Sparks on the Rush circuit bench in letters to Governor Harry G. Leslie. Sparks is recommended by Attorney General William Mitchell for the U S circuit court of appeals in Chicago to succeed Judge A B Anderson.
Attorneys who prosecuted D. C. Stephenson in 1924 said Judge Will H. Sparks of Rushville could retain jurisdiction if a retrial is granted and the state supreme court reverses the murder verdict. They noted Sparks might appoint a successor or disqualify himself if needed, with jurisdiction briefly passing to Judge Fred Hines before a new special judge is named.
Fred C. Miller resumes duties as Michigan City mayor and top officials follow a court order amid a dispute over the city manager form of government. Judge Crumpacker cites Indiana Supreme Court on manager law as unconstitutional. Also noted is Orchard Avenue feeder bus rerouting to serve Indianapolis Street Railway patrons.
Anderson club women gathered at the First Presbyterian church to hear Zona Gale discuss her writings during a local literary event on October 22.
Official denial from Bucharest rejects Daily Mail report of an attempted rail attack on a train carrying Queen Marie. It states no laborer was arrested and the queen remains at Baltchik Castle with no plans for travel to Temesvar near the Yugoslav border.
Alain Gerbault the French “hermit of the seven seas” says he finds land life crowded and plans to depart again for a quieter voyage. He reflects on fame, autograph seekers, and a desire to sail freely, hinting at building a smaller sloop after a six year global cruise.
In Los Angeles on October 22 Alexander Pantages faces a trial over alleged assault of 17 year old dancer Eunice Pringle. Witness James Townsend and Kate Rockwell testify while defense counters with claims of blackmail and staged assault to gain wealth or a vaudeville seat. Final arguments expected Wednesday with a verdict by Thursday night.
Three damage suits filed in Marion county allege defamation and false imprisonment after two Negro youths were detained as larceny suspects. Robert Crowley and George Garrett sue the Colored Y M C A officials for 5 000 each, claiming unjust detention on Oct 18. Caldwell Morris seeks 2 000 against Aaron Bloom for alleged false imprisonment of the youth by suspecting him of theft.
Frank Sanders, 50 South Butler avenue, auto salesman, fined 25 by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron for driving past a street car. His car allegedly struck Charles Britton, 15, of 2519 East Washington street on Oct. 13 as the youth stepped from a street car at Washington street and Temple avenue. Sanders appealed to criminal court.
CLEAN NY Oct 22 a large black bear drawn to aviation near Brain watched planes at Barse flying field. As a ship neared it bolted and was cornered by pilots who fired rifles killing the animal.
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