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Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1929

Page

8

Defeat as rebuke for shame of city

Walter Myers Democratic mayoral candidate lauded by radio listeners as he recounted Indianapolis corruption indictments from Republican rule. He faulted Charles W. Jewett’s mayoralty and George W. Coffin’s police tenure, claimed Coffin stole the organization, and linked John L. Duvall’s rise to corrupt practices. He urged defeat to check Coffin’s influence.

Indianapolis Walter Myers Myers Charles W. Jewett George W. Coffin Coffin John L. Duvall Duvall Coffin Gang

Daylight Schedule on WFBM Indianapolis Radio

Radio lineup for Wednesday on WFBM Indianapolis with CBS programs and local segments. Notable slots include National Radio Homemakers Aunt Bammy hour and Mayflower orchestra. Silent periods from 12 to 12:30 and 3:30 to 5:00.

Tippep Unlimited Club National Radio Homemakers CBS

Church Federation Morning Worship and Local Events

The schedule lists services and activities at Mu Apter and the YMCA setting up exercises. Rev W T Jones leads morning worship, with Early Birds Club at 9:45 and a vocabulary session. Other items include cooking chat, organ recital, and town farmers primer with stock market reports.

Mu. Apter Church Federation W. T. Jones W. I. Ene Birds Club Siow Josephine Aumann Sue Carolyn W. K. Stewart

Distinct Radio Schedules Across Networks Revealed

The listing shows looped program blocks across WJZ WEAP WEAF and PS networks with noon day schedules and household oriented segments. It mentions Farm end home hour and cooking school segments and hints at regional station linkage and timing across stations.

Eystein WEAP Cooking School System WEAF PS Gee Bystein

Morning radio program lineup on WLW Cincinnati

The station presents a morning schedule featuring Top of the Morn, YMCA Dad Kershner devotional, woman’s hour with cooking chat and poems, house hunts, talks, NBC segments, and a Gibson orchestra FM concert. Included are Beach Farm and Home hour and Central States School of the Air segments.

Boothine Jr Dad Kershner Y. M. C. A. Woman's Hour Hale Martin NBC Cooking School Tiger Gibson Orchestra Beach Farm Central States School of the Air

Home Treatment Quickly Cures Varicose Veins At Home

A vintage advertisement claims a magical oil from Moone's Em and a druggist can erase varicose veins without restrictive stockings. It promises rapid pain relief and return to normal feeling, offering foot comfort and beauty advantages for women.

Moone Emiat Hook Drug Co

Bow Teller feature to headline Tuesday radio schedule

The Bow Teller backstage show will be broadcast on WFBM and the CBC at 5 PM Tuesday as part of Dave Elman's Show Folks. A masked shipboard ball leads to a scuffle and a man overboard moment in Adventures of Polly Preston on NBC at 6 45 PM. The United Symphony orchestra conducted by Howard Barlow plays Strauss Prince Methusalem at 6 30 PM on WABC and Columbia network stations.

Woodforde- Finden Lew White NBC Dave Elman WFBM CBC Polly Preston Strauss Prince Methusalem United Symphony Orchestra Howard Barlow WABC Columbia Broadcasting System Vincent Youmans Phophylactic Orchestra Jimmy Otis the Clarion Rowley Rawson Dorothy Brent Czar Oliver Smith Fada

Tuesday Night Radio Lineup Across Networks

Multiple NBC and Columbia broadcasts list orchestras and soloists including Paul Whiteman Guy Lombardo and Spitalny with programs airing Tuesday evening at 7:30 to 10:30. Highlights include selections from Vincent Youmans, Fada and Freed orchestras, Dutch Masters minstrels, and Roy Ingraham.

Columbia United Symphony NBC WJZ Goldman Parol WEAF Cornelia Otis Skinner Paul Whiteman

Radio Schedule Highlights A Evening Lineup

Tuesday afternoon and evening radio guide lists CBS programming from 5:00 to 11:00 PM with shows like Old Gold Paul Whiteman hour Fada Salon hour Night Club romance and Paramount Orchestra plus news and weather updates and later performances by Marott trio Grain Dealers quartet and Apollo theater among others.

CBS Hotel Paramount Orchestra Walk’s Weather Indiana Marott Grain_ Dealers Don Herr Wilkine Landing Civic Peerae Apollo Theater Russ Holler

Radio Schedule Dense with Network Listings Across Many Markets

A detailed broadcast grid lists NBC and Columbia network programs across Chicago Detroit Cleveland and other cities with times from 7:15 to midnight. Programs include orchestras ensembles dance acts and variety shows, noting stations WGN WJZ WEAF WHAS WSB WTAM KYW WMAQ and more.

Blackstone Plantation Wacco NBC Epa Michelin Menu WEAF KSD WGY WSAIL WWJ WGN Chicago Ploorwalker Nighthawks WIS Chiesco Angelus WEAS Chicareo U. of Chicago locaue ~System Goldman's Purol_ band to WJZ, KDKA, WIR, WLW KYW WTMJ WHAS WRVA WSM WSB WTAM Cleveland Columbia Old_ Gold-Whiteman’s orchestra WABC WFBM NBC WDAFP WJR Detroit Manuel Girls WLS Majestic WJZ KDKA WLW WOWO WENR Chicago—Concert Orchestra Clicoquet_Eskimos orchesstra Wsail Whas WBAL Lombardo and Orchestra Westphal Orchestra Tommorow Tribune Hungry Five NBC _ System KDEKA Wea Ey Cage WPG WMAQ Atlanta KMOX St. Louis Blue Steeles New York Dreamship McKinney Orchestra Wmaq (670). Epeehe Music. P. M Wdaf Kansas City WDAF Kansas City—Nighthawks

Dixie Flashes opens at Walker Theatre weeklong revue

The Walker Theatre presents Dixie Flashes a peppy musical revue opening Monday directed by Jessie Johnson with Bugle Blues featuring the Walker Orchestra. Dancers Hope Black Susie Webster Emma Smith Lucille Jordan and Marie Danner headline with Slim and Jimmie Howard providing humor and The Man I Love starring Mary Brian and Richard Arlen offers screen attraction.

Dixie Walker Jessie Johnson Walker Orchestra Hope Black Keith Black Susie Webster Marie Danner Emma Smith Lucille Jordan Slim Howard Jimmie Howard Mary Brian Richard Arlen Ruby

Teen Pedestrian Struck By Car On Twenty-Ninth Street

LaVerne Fisher 17 of 955 West Twenty-Ninth Street was knocked down by an automobile driven by Elvin Lockhart at Twenty-ninth and Annette streets. His ankle was sprained.

Elvin Lockhart Udell Street Twenty-ninth and Annette Streets LaVerne Fisher West Twenty-ninth Street

Thousand will attend Negro Branch parley in Indianapolis

One thousand persons are expected to attend a two day NAACP session in Walker Casino November 8 and 9 with speakers from New York and Indiana. The forum topic The Increasing Prejudices and Injustices Against the Negro in Indiana and What Shall We Do About It will be led by Dr. Robert W. Bagnall. Attorney R L Bailey says the event aims to foster understanding between race groups and welcomes broad collaboration for amity and fair play.

Indianapolis National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Walker Casino R. L. Bailey New York Indiana Robert W. Bagnall Bailey

Queen Victoria of Sweden Enters Serious Illness Stage

A Rome bulletin reports Queen Victoria's bronchitis worsened and she remains bedridden with lung involvement. She has been ill for months and spent this summer at Lake Constance, with condition described as very weak.

Rome Queen Victoria Sweden Lake Constance

Thief Loots Alex Matthews Pharmacy in Break-in

A burglar entered the Alex Matthews pharmacy at 2455 Martindale Avenue through a window early today. He looted a pay telephone, a peanut slot machine, candy, cigarettes, and other merchandise, then left part of his clothing on a nail as he climbed back out.

Alex Matthews Martindale Avenue

Weather Summary From Morning Observation

At 9 30 a m southeast wind 12 mph temperature 49 degrees pressure 30 09 inches sea level ceiling 600 feet visibility three quarters of a mile field fair

Understanding NC NR and X aircraft designations

The Commerce Department Aeronautics Bureau explains that NC denotes aircraft approved to carry persons or property for hire, NR marks special purpose ships such as aerial photography or racing that cannot carry passengers, and X indicates experimental types.

Commerce Department Aeronautics Bureau Department Carri

Air Death Rate Low Says Actuarial Study

Connecticut report shows flying on scheduled routes yields a one in four thousand chance of death when riding with licensed pilots. For 50 000 passengers, 13 died last year. Commercial pilots logged 45 per 1,000 fatalities, higher than army and navy aviators.

Buy Science Ser Tford, “Conn Committee On Aviation Statistics The Actuarial Society of America Army Navy

Western Air Craft Show to Open in Los Angeles

California prepares the Western Air Craft Show with all manufacturers invited to display their latest models. The event runs in Los Angeles from November 9 to 17.

California Los Angeles

Lindbergh 9000 Mile South America Flight on NBC Tonight

Charles A Lindbergh completed a 9000 mile Central and South American flight and will be heard tonight on NBC Radio in the Roads of the Sky series. J T Trippe president of Pan American Airways accompanied Lindbergh and will deliver part of the program.

Charles A. Lindbergh Central South America NBC Tonight J. T. Trippe Pan- American Airways, Inc Lindbergh

Night flight crew and passengers tied to multiple city hops

Curtiss Mars Hill Airport pilots Michael Murphy and L I Aretz with E Stephens Swallow biplane and F M Barr Eaglerock fly to Wichita. Embry Riddle passengers F A Peterman and Gene Jones travel Tacoma to Chicago via Indianapolis and Cincinnati to Chicago. Capitol Airport figures Ray Kuhl Charles Powell and Warren Ashley fly Eaglerock through Greensburg Owensboro to Ft Wayne. Capitol Airways president E H Jose with Ryan Brougham pilots Elwood Noblesville return, joined by Cardo and Neal vaudeville cast.

Curtiss-Mars Greensburg Warren Ashley Waco Owenboro Ft. Wayne E. H. Jose Capitol Airways Ryan Brougham Elwood Noblesville Cardo and Neal

Navy Day Observance Flight Drops Over City

Clarence Dowden a Hooseir airport pilot flew a Travelair bi plane Monday carrying Boatswain Frank Mc Coy U S N R who dropped circulars over the city to mark the Navy day observance.

Clarence Dowden Hooseir Frank McCoy Travelair McCoy

Weather Halts Transcontinental Air Transport Between Wichita and St Louis

Bad weather interrupted the Transcontinental Air Transport service Monday between Wichita and St Louis. The westbound plane from Indianapolis stopped at St Louis, and the eastbound plane was ordered back to Wichita after departing that city.

Wichita Kan St. Louis Indianapolis

Guggenheim fund to stop aeronautics support after this year

The Daniel Guggenheim fund for promotion of aeronautics will cease functioning after this year as aviation gains independence and can stand on its own. The announcement was made in New York by United Press.

United Press New York Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics

Anderson urges party loyalty in radio appeal for Grossbrenner

Claude H. Anderson, former campaign manager for the City Manager League, on WFBM radio Monday night urged election of Republican Alfred M. Grossbrenner. He defined patriotism as active work for good government, not only combat.

Claude H. Anderson City Manager League WFBM Anderson Alfred M. Grossbrenner

Railroads Pledged to Aid Fund Drive in Indianapolis

Fifty chairs and workers of the steam railroad division of the Indianapolis Community Fund in a campaign meeting pledged that railroad employees would take active part in the drive November 15 to 25. P. T. White, general superintendent of the Big Four, said railroads and their employees play an important part in the city and will have a role in the campaign. The Indianapolis Travelers Aid Society derives its income from the fund.

Indianapolis Community Fund Finar Claypool Indianapolis Railroad P. T. White Big Four Indianapolis Traveler's Aid Society

Former piano dealer Herman T. Spain buried in city

Last rites for Herman T. Spain, former Indianapolis piano dealer who died Friday in Rockport, Massachusetts, will be held at 2 this afternoon at Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial follows at Crown Hill. He left Indianapolis in 1905 after ties with Pearson and Starr Piano Companies and served as secretary of the Chickering Piano Company of Boston. Survived by widow Frances E. Spain, son Herman C. Spain of Boston, and sister Mrs. Joseph Newsom of Webster Groves, Missouri.

Herman T. Spain Indianapolis Rockport Mass Flanner & Buchanan Crown Hill Spain Pearson Piano Company Starr Piano Company Chickering Piano Company Boston Frances E. Spain Herman C. Spain Joseph Newsom Webster Groves

Funeral set for Ferdinand Hayes police officer

Final rites for Ferdinand Hayes, a policeman of over thirty years service, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at his home 1430 Speedway Road. Dr. O. R. McKay of First Baptist Church will officiate, and the body will be cremated after the service.

Ferdinand Hayes Speedway Road O. R. McKay First Baptist Church Hayes Police Department

ZEP SERVICE TO MANILA VIA PACIFIC ZEPPLINE

United Preer reports the Pacific Zeppelin Transport Corporation plans a bi weekly dirigible service from California to Manila. The lighter than air ships will carry eighty passengers and up to ten tons of express and mail, cutting the voyage time from three weeks by steamship. Financing comes from National City Company Grayson MP Murphy Company Lehmann Brothers and Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.

Pacific California Manila National City Company Grayson MP. Murphy Company Lehmann Brothers, Inc Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation Akron

Care urged in buying of coal

Indianapolis coal buyers are urged by the Indianapolis Retail Coal Club to buy from reliable retailers. The club notes that 80 percent of city coal tonnage comes from dealers in the group. After 1926 complaints, the city adopted an ordinance regulating coal advertising and sale, urging full product description and analysis by a chemist funded by the better dealers.

Indianapolis Indianapolis Retail Coal Club Indianapolis Better Business Bureau

Film merger rumor revived by United Presa

Toronto reports no confirmation of revived speculation that Canadian Famous Players may be absorbed by Paramount Famous Players Lasky. Officials had denied the idea a month ago.

United Presa Toronto Canadian Famous Players Paramount Famous Players-Lasky

Met Opera Opens Season With Manon Lescaut in New York

Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera in New York featured Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Lucrezia Bori in the title role, reuniting with memories of Caruso as audiences admired stars like Gigli and De Luca while Vanderbilt attention and social gowns drew focus. Eleanor La Mance made her debut in a small role, and Mary Garden lingered in the city, drawing headlines alongside the performance.

United Press New York Enrico Caruso Metropolitan Opera House Puccini Manon Lescaut Lucrezia Bori Caruso Des Grieux Miss Bori Opera House Manon Wall Street Vanderbilts Frank Vance Storrs Charles E. F.mccann Bob Gigli de Luca America Jacksonville Fla Eleanor la Mance Metropolitan

Legal Challenge to Gas Plant Transfer to City of Indianapolis

Federal Judge Baltzell heard arguments in the suit by New ton Todd to block transfer of Citizens Gas Co. title to Indianapolis. Attorneys debated charter legality, required public procedures, and the city’s ability to accept a public trust risking up to 3 million dollars to repay certificate holders.

U. S Newton Todd Citizens Gas Company Indianapolis Robert C. Baltzell Allen G. Williams William V. Rooker Williams Frederick E. Matson Todd Matson Works Board

Premier Faces Tilt as Parliament Opens in Britain

London news reports the labour government confronting unemployment and coal shortages as Parliament opens. With Premier Ramsay MacDonald at sea, the session plans routine business until his return, when the domestic fight over relief promises will begin.

London J. Ramsay MacDonald MacDonald

Dems Attack Glossbrenner Patronage Ties in City Hall Row

Democratic leaders led by Reginald H. Sullivan challenged Alfred M. Glossbrenner’s pledge on employing Coffin loyalists at city hall if elected. Sullivan warned that a Coffin-backed administration would cement “Coffinism” for four years, while promising no machine under a Democratic win.

Alfred M. Glossbrenner George V. Coffin City Hall Reginald H. Sullivan Clifton Udell Streets Grossbrenner Coffin Sullivan Albert Stump Frederick van Nuys William D. Hendricks Irvington Masonic Temple Hill Top Theater Howard Street Blaine Avenue L. Ert Slack

Banker Waggoner Gets Leniency From Court

Charles D. Waggoner a Telluride Colorado banker convicted of defrauding six New York banks of 500000 has had his sentence reduced from fifteen to ten years on defense counsel motion. He will report to the Atlanta federal penitentiary when accommodations allow.

New York Charles D. Waggoner Telluride Colo Waggoner Atlanta Federal Penitentiary

Special Notice Stockholders meeting of White River Railroad

Stockholders annual meeting to elect officers and conduct general business will be held at the office of ee & Co Kapienapals Friday Nov 15 at 2 30 PM MINE Secretary. Death notices list numerous obituaries with names and funeral details for Cunningham Farrell Foxworthy Kampman Tracy and others with funeral arrangements and local funeral home references.

Methodist Church Simpson M. E Pasoor M. W. Clair Jr Braden Aid Society M. W. Clair Boulevard Place Colored Orphans Tomlinson Hall Emma Duvalle Fourth Church of Advent North West Street Pratt Street J. M. Gillam White River Ee & Co Kapienapals

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