Pacific Flight Half Complete
A Pacific flight to Hawaii was forced down about 300 miles from San Francisco, its starting point. The incident leaves the journey unfinished as crews assess damage and next steps and no injuries are reported.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1925
Page
1
A Pacific flight to Hawaii was forced down about 300 miles from San Francisco, its starting point. The incident leaves the journey unfinished as crews assess damage and next steps and no injuries are reported.
United States Navy reports the PN-9 No. 1 completed half of its Hawaii flight, while PN-9 No. 3, forced down 300 miles from land, is towed to San Francisco. No. 1 passed destroyer Langley, recovering an hour of lost time and staying ahead of schedule.
Sharp curtailment of the State motor police force now about forty five will be made within the next month. Letters from Robert T. Humes, chief, notify members. With the budget at Oct 1, it will be impossible to maintain present personnel. plan to limit the force to thirty men by Secretary Frederick R. Schortemeier.
Samuel Baldwin and Edward Ford were charged with keeping a gaming house and device and selling baseball pool tickets after a raid by Lieutenant Hudson and squad. Six men at the scene were charged with visiting a gaming house.
In Palmi Italy Socialists fired on a Fascist celebration in the main square killing one Fascist injuring another and wounding two spectators. Police arrested several Socialists.
Mrs. Mary Seifert aged 65 of 2417 Coyner Avenue died at St. Francis Hospital Beech Grove from injuries suffered when a machine she rode crashed into a telephone pole on August 29 in front of 1326 Brookside Road.
Walter McNerney tried to stop his mother Alice McNerney 58 from drinking poison at 1180 Kentucky Ave. She was rushed to the city hospital in serious condition after she obtained another bottle despite his intervention.
Mrs. Ora Kent of 305 West Thirty Third Street was charged with assault after Francis Lane, a 13 year old of 1202 West Thirty Sixth Street, leaped from her auto and was injured. The girl was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. Kent said she was visiting the Lane family and the girl jumped on the running board and leaped as she drove away.
In Cheboygan Michigan on September 1 volunteers battled a spreading fire near the Martin Lumber Company plant at the city limit. Sheriff KE L Slade ordered 125 men to work with shovels as winds and drought threatened more timber loss.
The board of safety will urge the city council to curb parking on Kentucky Avenue from Washington to Georgia Streets. Members said 45 degree angle designations caused traffic jams and accidents, especially southwest of Maryland Street, and recommended the measure at today’s meeting.
The People's Motor Coach Company applies to the public service commission for an extension of the E New York Street line. It plans seven new buses and increased service on Central and New York Street routes. Street Railway Company counters with petitions for additional lines as hearings are eyed for mid September.
Wabash Ind Sept 1 Two men Jesse Millican 24 of Wabash and William Walker 42 of Oklahoma City were charged with robbing the Claypool ticket office safe. About $100 in bills was taken but recovered. Authorities from Warsaw plan to transfer them to Kosciusko County.
Lieut John Thompson of Rockaway Long Island pleaded guilty at a court martial to manslaughter for killing 16 year old Audrey Burleigh in a taxi on Dewey Boulevard Manila. He had dropped his insanity plea. The case involves a U S army officer and a societal figure.
Ludovic Clampitt of Westfield is hospitalized with twenty gunshot wounds after an accidental shooting while hunting Monday afternoon. Charles Stout, a fellow hunter, mistook Clampitt’s handkerchief for a squirrel and fired, striking Clampitt in the neck, arm, and chin.
The executive committee of the Indianapolis Chapter American Association of Engineers will discuss criticism from the State Board of Accounts of Walker & Weeks, designers of the Indiana World War Memorial arch, at a closed Columbia Club meeting. Chapter president L A Turnock said recommendations would go to the full chapter. The State Examiner had urged dismissal of Walker & Weeks after learning both architects are officers in a steel armature firm.
Senator James E Watson after announcing restraint on Indiana prohibition made a private 20 minute call to Prohibition Director Lincoln Andrews in Washington. The talks followed a Chicago telegram naming Bert Morgan, Watson's political foe, as deputy administrator for Indiana. Watson planned to travel to Swampscott to confer with President Coolidge on patronage in Indiana.
Ed W. Hunter resigns as secretary manager of the Indianapolis Advertising Club to become educational director of the Advertising Clubs of the World. He will join the New York staff September 14 to supervise educational work for 350 clubs worldwide. Club directors will discuss a successor at Friday luncheon.
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff ordered a ban on political activity by officers during the campaign and denied rumors that patrolmen are assigned to colored districts to support John L. Duvall. He urged officers to enforce the law and not serve politicians while pay day drew officers to Republican HQs.
Edward Prather, 15, held in Noblesville Indiana on murder charges after a file was found on him by Sheriff Charles A. Gooding. Prather allegedly attempted a hold up that killed Forrest Devan, a street car conductor, in Indianapolis last January, with the case moved from Marion County.
Leo Morocco a 3 year old of Logansport Indiana is wounded in the left shoulder by an accidental discharge. The gun was left on the ground by hunters who had stopped at the Morocco home.
Fragmentary figures and times appear from a historical page, mentioning 6 a m 67 and 10 a m 82 with scattered notes like 11 a m 84 and 9 a m 821 DP Misere SE.
Construction will start soon on a 425000 Armory for the National Guard in the 700 block of N Pennsylvania St. Adjutant General William H. Kershrer announced the building should be completed about February 1, 1926. Qstrom Realty and Construction Co. will erect it, financed by the People's State Bank. Armory trustees authorized a 425000 bond issue Monday.
Three men drowned when the passenger steamer Colonial burned off Westfield in Lake Erie early today. Ten were rescued. The dead are Thomas McGeron second engineer Cleveland Ohio Bob O'Brien wheel man Erie Pa and Hart Huntington Conneaut Ohio.
Retailers from Indiana and nearby states, guests of Indianapolis wholesale houses during Buyers Week, will attend an educational meeting at 3 15 p m at the Claypool after a day of stock viewing. Saunders Norvell of New York will discuss Merchandising Elmer W Stout president Fletcher American National Bank will speak Reports from participating wholesale houses say attendance may exceed prior years and buyers show better goodwill.
President Coolidge stated he would ask Congress for authority to handle future coal shortages as the nationwide anthracite strike began. He urged calm to prevent alarm over possible coal-shortage consequences.
Philadelphia reports that 828 mines in 500 square miles of anthracite territory were deserted as 50,000 workers completed a strike at midnight. Union leaders described the walkout as 100 percent with no disorder. Workers quit work and returned home quietly after shifts ended.
The Marion County grand jury will convene on Labor Day after a month’s vacation to review 110 pending August cases from city courts. Deputy prosecutor William Schaeffer lists charges including five murder cases, grand larceny, burglary, embezzlement, auto banditry, and multiple assaults with intent to murder.
Archie N. Bobbitt reports Indiana used 3,363,845 more gallons of gasoline in July than 1924. July tax receipts total 853,685.74 dollars, up 351,827.32 dollars from July 1924, including delinquencies.
Ford and Rockefeller lead the names appearing in the annual tax returns released for public view. Uncle Sam’s publicity drive highlights the disclosure of income figures while detailing the most prominent earners and corporate contributors.
Internal Revenue throws open 1924 tax lists for 150,000 Hoosier residents. The figures reveal Henry Mellon paid $1,882,609 and John D. Rockefeller Jr. reported $6,277,699, with Ford Motor Company at $16,493,160 as the top corporate payer. Other notable amounts include Coca Cola heir Walter Candler taxed at $4,491.95 and silent-film star Mary Pickford at $34,075.23.
The Times lists Marion County residents who paid more than ten dollars in income tax. About 29 000 county filers and 180 000 Indiana returns were filed, with roughly 5 000 individuals likely paying over ten dollars. The public can view assessment rolls from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m in September at the Indianapolis collector’s office.
President Coolidge reiterated opposition to a publicity clause in the income tax law. He argued that making taxes public harms collections and should be repealed, confirming his stance at the summer White House and in his winter message to Congress.
Indianapolis begins September with a high of 84 at noon and a forecast for warmer days ahead. August temperatures ran about .6 degree above normal with rainfall 0.49 inch above average, mostly before Aug 20, while yearly rainfall trails 7.97 inches below normal.
Dr. C. H. Winders of Northwood Christian Church will address the Bible Investigation Club at the YMCA at 6 30 p m Wednesday. His topic is The Church A Militant Crusader for Comforting Shepherd.
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