Bowman-Biltmore weighs Indianapolis site for new hotel
Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp. considers Indianapolis for a new hotel but has no definite plans. Vice-president Russell Armstrong said the firm is listening to proposals from real estate interests in several cities and will tour the southwest soon, likely including Indianapolis in the itinerary. He expects to provide more details after the trip.
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New York
Bowman-Biltimore Hotels
Indianapolis
Hoosier Capital
Russell H. Armstrong
Bowman-Biltmore Corporation
Armstrong
Bowman-Biltmore Group
Hotel tract denial halts sale talks in city
Rumors of a big hotel project on the triangular tract between Illinois street and Kentucky avenues faced firm denial from owners Conrad and Mary S. Jennings of Jennings Brothers Realty Company. The site on Illinois street runs 189 feet and 340 feet along Kentucky avenue, currently occupied by old one and two story buildings.
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Illinois Street
Kentucky Avenues
Washington Street
Conrad and
Mary S. Jennings
Jennings Brothers Realty Company
South
Ilinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Detective Sergeants Held in Shakedown Case
Two Chicago detective sergeants, Ernest Dallege and John McCarthy, were jailed on charges of conspiring to extort $5,000 from a druggist in a shakedown operation. Acting Police Commissioner Alcock announced the arrest. Chief Norton called the case highly significant, surpassing even the Moran arrest.
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United Press
Chicago
John H
Iron Man) Alcock
Ernest Dallege
John McCarthy
John Norton
Bugs’ Moran
Honest Find Brings Charity Despite Loss in Detroit
A pocketbook worth 224 dollars found by Mrs. John Robinsons son was kept by the family for the owner. Leonard Collins of Niagara Falls after learning of the widow and her five children sent 40 dollars to aid them though she protested.
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United Press
Detroit
John Robinson
Leonard Collins
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Postal Workers Meet Plans State Convention in October
Plans are being made for the 1930 state convention of the joint association of postal employes here on October 25. Orders from Washington grant leave of absence to all who wish to attend.
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Joint Association of Postal Employes
Washington
Defeat Death by Nuns Save Nine year old
Nine year old Josephine Jarvis of Belleville was saved after nuns from a volunteer corps held the severed ends of her jugular vein and stopped life threatening bleeding until surgeons could repair the injury from an automobile accident. She was taken to St Elizabeth's hospital in critical condition but was recovering today.
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United Press
Belleville
Ill
Josephine Jarvis
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Josephine
Miss Margaret Wilson Leads Indianapolis Air Mail Campaign
Miss Margaret Wilson aids the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in preparing hundreds of air mail letters for the inaugural coast to coast air mail flight through the city. Boy Scouts distributed 1,300 posters urging citizens firms and schools to help fill the city mail bag for the first west bound plane landing at Municipal Airport at 2 30 Saturday.
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Margaret Wilson
Indianapolis
Rich jeweler helps gunman after late night robbery
In Chicago on October 22 A C Mayerle faced a would be thief who stole $35 from him. The robber begged for partial repayment, revealing a sick wife and four hungry children. Mayerle returned $25 and offered aid. They met next day, Mayerle uncovered the truth, and arranged help including hospital care and coal. Mayerle seeks a permanent job for the bandit.
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United Press
A. C. Mayerle
Mayerle
Moran the hard boiled gangster appears for change of venue
Chicago October 22 George Bugs Moran, labeled a hard boiled gangster, faced Judge John H Lyle in felony court for a vagrancy charge. Moran, found sleeping at a Lake county resort, complained the jail is unfit for a respectable man but remained quiet as his attorney requested a venue change. The judge set the motion for Thursday at 5 p.m.
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United Press
Chicago
George
Bugs) Moran
John H. Lyle
Moran
Lake County
Lyle
Cold Wave to End as Warm Front Approaches Indianapolis
The United States Weather Bureau forecast relief from the week long cold spell in Indianapolis with temperatures rising to near 50 degrees this afternoon and continuing to climb on Thursday. Showers are expected to begin late today.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Leslie Probing Mine Warfare in Sullivan County
Governor Harry G. Leslie’s office sent an undercover man to Sullivan County to investigate alleged mine warfare. The action came after a Tuesday afternoon conference with L. O. Chasey and nonunion miners led by Roy Price. Miners claimed they faced coercion and mob threats. Deputy Sheriff Harvey called mob violence claims bunk. Chasey said militia would not be needed unless an overt act occurred.
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Harry G. Leslie
Sullivan County
L. O. Chasey
Leslie
Statehouse
Roy Price
Hoosier Coal Sales Company
Agen
Chasey
H. H. Harvey
the Times
United Mine Workers of America
Massacre Report Drives Fear as Reds Sweep Kiangsi
Shanghai dispatches claim 60 000 were killed when fourth and fifth Red armies captured Kiangsi on Oct 6. Reports describe rivers stained with blood and corpses in heaps. Missionary kidnapping and ransom demands rise to 10 million dollars as Nationalists near a rescue. Peng Teh Hui and Huang Kung Lueh lead a well armed, increasingly organized force amid widespread property seizures and anti capitalistic actions.
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United Press
Shanghai
Red
Kiang
Kiangsi
Kan-Kiang
Kianfu
Changsha
Hunan
Peng Teh-Hui
Fifth Red Army
Huang Kung-Lueh
Peng
Huang
Yochow
Labor Secretary Urges Inquiry on Machines vs Job Loss
Labor Secretary James J. Davis urged the advisory committee on employment statistics to study how time saving industrial machines affect unemployment. The meeting included labor leaders, economists and manufacturers, following President Hoover’s Aug 12 call. Davis stressed prospective surveys to measure machine displacement of workers.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Advisory Committee On
Davis
Hoover
Labor Department
Statistical Bureau
Jacob S. Coxey
Commerce Lamont
Trapped Miners Signal Alive as Death Toll Rises
Aachen Germany Oct 22 Hope fades and returns as rescue teams hear signals from entombed miners. About fifty three workers believed alive below 1300 feet after 1 5/6 days trapped in Wilhelm pit. Rescue crews sift for survivors while bodies are recovered and cause remains under investigation.
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United Press
Aachen
Germany
Wilhelm Pit
Navy Seeks 32 Million for Air Fleet Budget 1932
Washington October 22 1931 Appropriations totaling 32 million dollars for naval aviation are requested in the navy department budget for the 1932 fiscal year The request includes 1.5 million for starting the second of the Navy s two new super dirigibles ZRS 5 pending construction and testing details remain to be released by the department
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United Press
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Camera Never Lies but Picture Can Start Wars
VANSTON Oct 22 Thomas Turpin had pictures taken to keep on a piano or to leave to relatives in case of death. He accused photographer Bernie of fake likenesses and demanded payment of $60. In court Magistrate Porter ordered the prints to Bernie.
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United Press
Vanston
Lil
Thomas Turpin
Turpin
Bernard J. Bernie
Bernie
Harry Porter
Bull Montana
Mr. Turpin
Ambassador Edge Arrives in New York for Vacation and Vote
Walter E. Edge ambassador to France arrived in New York on the Tre De France for a vacation and to vote for Dwight W. Morrow for senator from New Jersey.
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United Press
New York
Walter E. Edge
France
Tre de France
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
No End to It Says Flynn Sees Thieves, Tornado Link
C W Flynn of R R 10 Box 329 B laments crime loss after a tornado three years ago spared a chest of silver that later vanished with his new home. He reports $600 in clothing and jewelry stolen by prowlers. police are investigating.
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Coxey
Lamont
Wall Street
Arthur Woods
New York
Mr. Hoover
Woods
C. W. Flynn
Flynn
Enogh
Youths Warned After Near Shooting During Halloween Prank
Indianapolis police warned youths about pre-Halloween pranks after a teenager almost was shot when fleeing officers halted a gun drawn on him. He had climbed into a house to drop tin cans down the chimney to frighten residents.
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Indianapolis
Day chiefs to talk in Indianapolis on prohibition
Amos Woodcock national prohibition director will arrive in Indianapolis Thursday morning to confer with John Wilkey acting deputy prohibition administrator for Indiana on prohibition problems in Indiana. Woodcock will come from Springfield on a Western tour. Mail-Order Husband Flees Chicago. Robert E. Copeland matrimonial agency husband missing today.
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Amos Woodcock
National Prohibition
Indianapolis
John Wilkey
Indiana
Woodcock
Springfield
Chicago
Robert E. Copeland
Russia calls for 1.3 million workers in 1931 mobilization
The central committee of the Communist party instructed the government to mobilize 1,300,000 qualified workers for Soviet industries in 1931. It warned of a labor shortage and ordered registration and training of all capable people including women, grown children, and landless peasants.
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United Press
Moscow
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Indianapolis Community Fund nears half of $865000 goal
Subscriptions total $449113.50 with $120708.55 added, as 2500 volunteers report progress at Claypool. A year earlier, $396000 was raised, 50 percent of last year’s goal. The drive runs through Oct. 27 with 35 social service agencies sharing funds.
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Indianapolis
Fuid
Claypool
Arthur R. Baxter
Indianapolis Foundation
Eli Lilly & Co
H. P. Wasson & Co
E. C. Atkins & Co
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Baxter
Illinois Senator Glenn Sees Prohibition Law Change Growing
Washington reports sentiment for altering prohibition laws is expanding in Illinois, according to Senator Otis F. Glenn a Republican from Illinois who stated the shift during remarks.
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Washington
Illinois
Otis F. Glenn
Rep
Double Parking Confession From Mrs McPherson
In Evanston Fountain Square police encounter Mrs. John A. McPherson after a double parking incident. She denies know-how of rules, cites gender bias, explains teeth were tied by taffy, and agrees to appear in court with taffy removed.
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John A. McPherson
Fountain Square
Evanston
Henry Miller
Miller
Mrs. McPherson
203 Fishermen Lost in Gales
Brest dispatch reports an official announcement that 203 fishermen were lost in September storms leaving 127 widows and 193 orphans. The tragedy is noted by authorities as a heavy blow to maritime communities and families dependent on seafaring livelihoods.
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United Press
Brest
France
Rhode Island Senator backs repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
United States Senator Jesse Metcalf of Rhode Island declared in favor of repealing the eighteenth amendment. He argued temperance could be advanced and law respect strengthened by repeal, a stance surprising his Democratic rival Peter Gerry. A separate Omaha report noted testimony that Walter W. Head paid $4,000 for a state wide poll to gauge Norris’s primary defeat chances.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Walter W. Head
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Providence
R. I
United States
Jesse Metcalf
Metcalf
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Peter G. Gerry
Brookline Considers Movie Theater Question
Brookline mass residents face a separate ballot on November 4 asking if they want moving picture theaters in the town. The vote could determine whether Brookline remains without a cinema.
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Brookline
Mass
Girl Writes Lost Love Tale Before Gas Ends Life
Miss Draper Gill a 26 year old bookshop salesgirl in Ashington penned a six page tale of a stormy romance with a youth named Carol before dying by her own action in a skylark nest attic room. Police report notes thirteen cigarettes then eight then final line I am smoking my last one now.
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United Preas Ashington
Skylark’s Nest
Green House
K Street
Chicago store signs five year lease in Indianapolis building
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co of Chicago signs a five year lease for the Havens Geddes building at 210 214 South Meridian. A branch wholesale house will open here to sell floor coverings when interior work ends in mid November. L H Lewis and S J Robinson led the deal representing local and Chicago interests.
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Indianapo
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Chicago
Havens-Geddes
South Meridiam Street
L. H. Lewis
Indianapolis
J. Robinson
Havens-Geddes Company
R. F. Geddes
Fred B. Brown
E. H. Brown
Brown & Mick
Carson Pirie Scott & Company
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Robinson
Hustlers Hold Lead In Indianapolis Real Estate Contest
In Indianapolis the Hustlers and Rustlers contest for largest sales shows Hustlers leading with $991,909 in real estate transactions since Oct 10. This morning Hustlers reported 23 deals totaling $174.27 and three leases valued at $449,000, with REM TVs contributing $496,000 in leases. Three awards will be presented at the weekly board luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club on Thursday, and overall transactions exceed last year’s by $355,000.
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Indianapolis
Hustlers
Rustlers
REM Tvs
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Wife Beats Husband Interruпts Barrymore Show at Shubert
In Cincinnati at the Shubert theater a performance of Scarlet Sister Mary featuring Ethel Barrymore was interrupted when a wife spotted her husband with another woman. She sprang up, charged the man with her purse, and the couple fled the auditorium pursued by the enraged spouse who shouted for him to remove the other woman.
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Barrymore
United Press
Cincinnati
Ethel Barrymore
Shubert Theater
Gas Station Battle Heads to Marion Court
Broad Ripple Realty Company sues in Marion circuit court seeking a writ of certiorari to compel the park commission to allow a fishing station near Central avenue and Thirty-eighth Street. The suit accuses William F. Hurd building commissioner and the board of zoning appeals of granting permits after the park board denied, saying the station would border a boulevard.
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Mission To Realty Company
Broad Ripple Realty Company
Central Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Marion Circuit Court
Realty
William F. Hurd
Board of Zoning Appeals
Park Board
Hypnotic Test Sought in Brooklyn Son Murder Case
Alienists summoned to observe a hypnotic test on Vincenzo Calise, 61, charged with murdering his son Salvatore. Doctors Nicols and Meager report belief of insanity but propose hypnosis to probe his subconscious state.
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United Press
New York
Vincenzo Calise
Brooklyn
Salvatore
Carroll L. Nicols
John F W. Meager
Franklin Thayer
Calise
Airport workers quit over unpaid wages dispute
Workmen at Municipal airport abandoned tools refusing to work after not receiving pay recently. The board of works met and denied an advance of funds sought by Charles T. Caldwell to pay laborers, ending weeks of financial delays.
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Board of Works
Charles T. Caldwell
General Tractor
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