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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
5
State board of agriculture leaders Lin Wilson and E. J. Barker say tentative plans for a bigger 1926 fair are under way. Attendance for the five days fell 2,427 short of last year but surpassed all prior events.
From sunlit California beaches Fay Lampeer of Oakland won the 1925 Miss America title. Adrienne Dore of Los Angeles finished second. Fay, 19, is tall. Adrienne, 17, is shorter.
Maria Racer, 2, escaped serious harm after tumbling from a second story window in Whiting Indiana. The child landed on a kitten which shielded her head. the kitten died from the fall.
Frank Nash a carpenter owes his life to a horse that broke his fall from the First National Bank building after he tripped on a wire and toppled to the brick pavement. The horse bore the impact and Nash survived the incident.
In Transport Indiana Frank Perrome was placed under a court order to start serving a sentence at the Indiana State Farm for liquor law violations. He had fought the sentence in court for more than a year before this order was issued.
Beech Grove could gain immediate police and fire protection if annexed to Indianapolis, predicted city controller Joseph L. Hogue. Officials note the area would add 1.25 square miles, boost city assessed valuation by 3,893,210 dollars, and include Beech Grove’s borders to Churchman Avenue.
County Clerk Albert H. Lesche held a marriage license issued to a colored couple who paid $2.50 for the document. They reached the courthouse steps where a dispute over officiant caused them to return the license to the clerk, the man unsuccessfully demanding the fee. The pair then left separately.
Earl Klinck, charged with the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, was granted brief liberty in Evansville to attend his sister's funeral. He was allowed to leave the Noblesville jail under guard and was set to return late tonight for trial.
A 1925 tax digest for Marion County Indianapolis shows taxpayers with 1924 incomes over ten dollars. Names with addresses and tax amounts range from Mary Allen at 3228 College with 10.72 to James Drake at 3655 N. Pennsylvania with 872.04 and beyond, listing numerous individuals and firms including Courtright, William A., 716 Merchant Bank Bldg., 189.23 and Dwyer, L. T., 2444 N. Meridian, 312.42.
Readers urged to report any mistakes in income tax figures published by The Times. The notice lists numerous names and addresses with amounts, inviting corrections to ensure accuracy in the tax column.
The St Joseph County grand jury will start a broad probe of liquor law violations in South Bend. Each night patrolmen and every drunk convicted since June 1 will testify, and police corruption cases involving Chief Lane and officers Knudson and others will be examined. Dismissed cases and saloon conduct reports will also be reviewed.
Opening of the Indianapolis city election campaign unfolds this weekend with a Republican rally at Dietz's grove in Irvington and Democratic mayoral candidate Walter Myers set for his first formal address Monday. Key Republican speakers include Senator James E. Watson Governor Ed Jackson Fred Schorneimer and John L. Duvall with Myers speaking Monday night at the Apex Theater Noble and Pine Streets.
Federal Judge Balizell approves opening dates for three southern divisions with Terre Haute Oct 6 Evansville Oct 12 and New Albany Oct 19. Indianapolis session begins Nov 2 and the federal grand jury meets Sept 21.
Charles G. Keiser was elected president of the McGuffeyites of Indiana Friday at the Statehouse. Other officers named include Mrs. Addie Frank vice president R. T. Burrell R. B. Stuart recording secretary Mrs. John Friday corresponding secretary and Robert O. Jones treasurer. All live in Indianapolis.
A garbled notice requests readers to report stolen license plate details and lists several individuals and addresses in Indianapolis with vehicle makes such as Ford and Chevrolet mentioned alongside street intersections. The item resembles a brief police bulletin urging tip submissions for stolen plates.
Police report two vehicles found at major intersections. A Hupmobile tied to F. C. Myler of 2035 N Meridian St was recovered at Delaware and Ohio. A Studebaker with Ohio license 272 235 was found at Market and Delaware Streets.
E. C. Yellowley, named dry czar for the district, begins an offensive to curb bootleg liquor at the source in Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. He says small fry may be spared while big fellows will not be overlooked as a tough winter looms.
Joseph Axelrod and Louis Jake, tailors at 403 Guaranty Building, reported a theft scheme where a tin can attached to the nearest suit would fall when taken. Friday the ruse succeeded and police have a description of the colored man seen fleeing the shop. the suit remained on the floor.
Miss Ida Drosdowitz of Indianapolis resigns from the State industrial board after years of service. No successor named yet. Chairman Dixson H. Bynum announces Mrs. Bertha H. Van Camp of Brookville appointed to replace Miss Florence Paetz. Mrs. Van Camp, widow of the former Franklin County sheriff killed in a battle with rum runners, has been a reporter for the Thirty Seventh judicial circuit.
Fresh cranberry sales appear at 25 cents a pound in the city market house. Prices for other items include lemons 40 to 60 cents per dozen, Bartlett pears at 3 to 4 pounds for 25 cents, California grapes eight pounds for 26 cents, blue grapes 45 cents per basket, watermelons 15 cents each, cantaloupes 10 cents each, tomatoes 5 cents a pound, and head lettuce 10 to 15 cents each.
Park board to buy playground land between Tenth and Eleventh streets and blocks near Roosevelt Avenue and Lawrence Gertrude in Oak Hill addition. Bond of 26000 approved to finance the land purchase. Plans ordered for a Fifty Ninth Street canal bridge linking two Kessler Boulevard sections. First Kessler Blvd. section contracted to Indiana Asphalt Paving Company for 28113.
Unsettled conditions expected with possible showers tonight then clearing. The forecast calls for lower temperatures Sunday in Indiana. Early today the temperature was 68 degrees, four degrees above normal, and .26 inch of rain fell. heavy rains occurred in the northern half of the state, including 2.30 inches at Angola.
A special train will carry American Legion members from Indianapolis and vicinity to the national convention in Omaha Nebraska from October 6 to 8. The train departs Indianapolis October 3 at 2 15 p m. About 200 Hoosiers are expected to ride. Officials and attaches of the national headquarters will depart on earlier trains.
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