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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1930
Page
5
Milton Bronner surveys rumors about Adolf Hitler in a multi section piece. Biographical gaps and misstatements swirl around his youth, wartime service, and rise to power as he gathers a small following in Munich and forms the forerunner of the Nazi party.
Police pursued three suspects after a lone gunman robbed the Model bakery on Madison Avenue and two other weekend robberies netting several hundred dollars. One man, Howard Turner, 31, was arrested after a chase and gunfire. others remain at large as detectives examine additional thefts and a store burglary.
Judge James A. Collins urged support for his fellow judges at a Sunday rally on South Meridian Street. He praised Archibald M. Hall for Congress and emphasized the unassailable records and integrity of the incumbent criminal court judges. Republican leaders then announced 200 more rallies and radio talks to close the campaign.
Members of Capital City Circle No. 176 Protected Home Circle plan visits to nearby lodges. A trip to Shelbyville is set for Wednesday night, following a Saturday visit to Logansport lodge. A Halloween dance benefit will be held Friday at 8 in the Modern Woodmen building 322 East New York Street.
Francis Houghton aged 21 from Bluffton Ind died Sunday after artificial respiration kept him alive for two days. He suffered from infantile paralysis and his life ended despite efforts to revive him.
Nineteen persons sustained injuries in weekend automobile accidents around Indianapolis. Notable cases include Mildred Bunce, 21, injured when her car collided with an ambulance at Tenth street and Jefferson avenue. Chester Wilson, 18, of Zionsville, arrested after his car struck the Bunce vehicle. Other injured individuals listed with ages and addresses, plus several serious head injuries near Stop 7 and Oakland on Road 67.
Police list stolen vehicles linked to individuals including Louis Joseph at 4620 Washington Boulevard and Paul Clem at 705 South Keystone Avenue. The items include a Packard sedan from 2314 North Meridian Street, a Nash coach from Maryland Street and Capitol Avenue, a Chrysler sedan of 89 194 from 1125 North Alabama Street, a Studebaker touring from 1400 South Meridian Street, a Ford sedan from 1513 Orange Street, and a Chrysler sedan from New York and Meridian Streets in Bargerville Indiana.
Police recover several stolen vehicles including a 1926 Dodge sedan at 843 Camp Street and a Studebaker touring at Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue. A Ford touring is found at 3445 North Pennsylvania Street and an unidentified coupe at Randolph and Ohio Streets. Victims listed: Ed Bailey, Roy Louden, Charles Anderson, Harry Dugan.
Mrs Laure Kelley reports a Negro attacker threw her to the ground on the statehouse lawn as she walked to work. She screamed, the assailant fled, and she aided police with details.
At the Jewish Community Center Association forum a crowd of about 1,300 heard Arthur Garfield Hays of the Civil Liberties Union oppose Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa in a lively debate on Prohibition. Hays argued liberty and individual responsibility, while Brookhart asserted broad enforcement and constitutional backing.
Police hunt two privates from Fort Harrison after an escape from the chain gang. Ben A. Garr of Oklahoma and William C. Stuckey of Crawfordsville are suspected of kidnapping Private Luckey of Indianapolis during the escape.
Indianapolis readers are invited to mail in matched twin pictures for a chance at prizes in The Times Twin Contest. The fourth group is printed now with prior groups shown on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Final set appears Nov. 14 with winners announced later. First prize is a Stewart Warner radio, second prize $25, third $10, plus twenty $1 prizes.
In New York on October 27 a bandit entered Martin Nieustedt's lunchroom and demanded money. Nieustedt dropped his pan and followed orders as customers complied. The robber rang up a no sale and pocketed 40 cents. Turning, Nieustedt hurled a sugar bowl and knocked the thief down. customers then threw pies. Nieustedt recovered 40 cents, rang no sale again, and restored the cash to the register.
A thug slugged David Awfleck at 1514 Churchman Avenue as he left a car early today. Awfleck was with his wife and another couple and could not identify the assailant or explain the motive. He lost consciousness briefly.
Police officers Legionnaires and Indiana National Guard in Indianapolis unite to honor Edward C. Ball a motorcycle officer who died from injuries after his revolver discharged while he bent to inflate a tire in Lebanon. Services begin at 2 p m Shirley Brothers chapel with a Crown Hill grave ceremony including a Ft Harrison firing squad taps and a bugler echo. Ball died at Williams Hospital Lebanon on Saturday morning from a gunshot wound when his weapon fell from its holster.
Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at the Christian church in Darlington for Rev John A Johnston 83 retired minister who died Saturday in an Indianapolis sanitarium after a two year illness Burial will be in Odd Fellows cemetery Darlington He was born on a Greencastle area farm and served at Lebanon Christian church before moving to Indianapolis Twenty seven years ago he and his wife moved there and she died soon after. he later retired and lived with daughter Mrs J D Meek at 635 Park Avenue
Universalists trustees conclude a two day quarterly session in Claypool as delegates of the eighty first annual Indiana Universalists convention return home after last week’s city gathering.
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