Indianapolis Mayor Duvall Testifies About $12000 Contribution
Mayor John L. Duvall admits receiving $12000 from William H. Armitage but says it was not to be used. He describes notes for $1000 and written job recommendations tied to an alleged scheme during the 1925 mayoral campaign. The prosecution focuses on cross examination to reveal patronage attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Duvall
William H. Armitage
Armitage
Indianapolis
Duvall
William H. Remy
Marion County Grand Jury
Samuel Lewis Shank
Shank
Golden Hill
Orville Marshall
Red Star League
Harvey W. Bedford
Ku Klux Klan
George 8. Elliott
Cyclops
Marion County Klan
Mariona County State Bank
Bedford
Sixteenth
Ashland Aves
Elliott
Nineteenth
Bellefontaine Sts
Broadcast Plan for Dempsey Tunney Fight Across Scripps-Howard Network
The Times and 25 Scripps-Howard papers sponsor a blow-by-blow radio of the Dempsey Tunney fight from Soldiers Field Chicago. More than sixty stations including WFBM and WKBF join the mammoth hookup with Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlan handling the play by play. Broadcast begins at 9 p m Chicago time to cover preliminaries and the main bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-Howard
Fistiana
WFBM
WKBF
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
Scripps- Howard Papers
Soldiers’ Field
Chicago
Graham McNamee
Phillips Carlan
WEAF
The
Times
Scripps-Howard Papers
Morrow Named Ambassador to Mexico by Coolidge
Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey was chosen by President Coolidge as American ambassador to Mexico succeeding James R. Sheflield. The Mexican government reportedly informal approval noted. Morrow plans to retire from Morgan and depart for the post within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Coolidge
Mexico
James R. Sheffield
White House
Morrow
House of Morgan
New York
Mr. Coolidge
Posse Searched for Missing Boy Glenn Smith
Police and a posse searched an hour and a half for Glenn Smith six, grandson of Mrs Myrtle Bailey of 1536 North Gale Street, after he wandered home alone from school when an older girl assigning to take him home stayed late and he went the wrong way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Smith
Myrtle Bailey
N. Gale St
Stop Thief! He Did It at State Ave Restaurant
T E Trez delivered groceries to a restaurant at 722 S State Ave. She found $21 missing from her machine when returning to her car. As onlookers gathered, the thief reentered the restaurant and stole $1.50 from the cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AS. T. E. Trez
S. State Ave
Coolidge Drops Plan for Special Session
President Coolidge announced there will be no special session of Congress. Flood relief funding is expected to last until January 1, and Army engineers will finish flood control work by November 15. The Senate will handle purely senatorial matters when Congress convenes in December. flood legislation and a possible tax cut could reach final action after the Christmas recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
White House
Army Engineers
General Congress
House
Court Won't Block Fights As Dempsey Tunney Bout Set
Federal court declines to halt the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight clash after wresting injunctive action from Rev Elmer Williams. Williams argues it is a prize fight harming Soldiers Field and labels Dempsey a brutal mauler and Rickard a gambler. Circuit Court delays Coliseum Club suit until after the fight as Dempsey posts a $100000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Williams
Williams
Dempsey
Tunney
Tex Rickard
George A. Carpenter
Miight
Coliseum Club
Hoover says flood relief costs won't hinder tax cuts
Secretary Hoover stated federal permanent Mississippi Valley flood relief costs are not expected to disrupt tax reduction plans. He estimated 20 to 30 million dollars annually for ten years under the Mississippi River commission appropriation, though a definite program awaits the report. He also noted state emergency corporations may need to operate into the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Mississippi River Commission
Miss Irma Stern Struck by Street Car in City
Irma Stern an 18 year old girl from 815 North Illinois Street stepped from a safety zone on St Clair Street and was hit by a street car. She suffered a serious head injury and severe body bruises and was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Stern
N. Miinois &T
St. Clair St
City Hospital
Hourly Temperatures Reported With Cold Morning
The notice lists hourly temperature readings from 6 a m to 11 a m with values around mid forties to low fifties. It records brief measurements labeled by times and readings without additional weather details.
First Frost Hits Corn Belt as Prices Rise On Heat Demand
The first frost of the year touched the corn region with frost in northern Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. Chicago board futures jumped about 6 to 7 cents higher by late morning and closed 6 to 7 cents up. Coal prices in the city were expected to surge as heat use increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Frost Predicted In Indiana With Coal Prices Rising
A light frost is forecast tonight for Indianapolis and central and northern Indiana. The cool wave will persist through Wednesday with warmer nights ahead. Coal prices rise as dealers report higher mine costs and delayed winter stock filling. City heat begins in the north fringe, using a hot water system. downtown steam heat remains off until Sept. 25 unless cold weather demands earlier start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Sixteenth
Alabama Sts
Children Perish as Playhouse Burns Near Frankfort
Ruby Burns aged 4 and Kenneth Burns aged 2 died after a playhouse at their home north of Frankfort was burned by a match lit by their twin Paul Burns. Ruby and Kenneth died in a hospital later. Paul survived with injuries.
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Frankfort
Ind
Ruby
Kenneth Burns
Melvin Burns
Here
Paul
Kenneth
Mack the Talking Dog Delights Telephone Operator
Miss Marie Whitehead, a telephone operator living at 1316 Kelly Street, reports her poodle Mack answers calls promptly. The dog dashes to the phone on a single ring, keeps the line clear with barking, and waits by his own white bed while the conversation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Marie Whitehead
Kelly St
Miss Whitehead
State tax rate fixed at 23 cents for 1928
The State tax board set the 1928 State tax rate at 23 cents, same as 1927, with governor and state auditor approval. The panel trimmed 95 cents in 1927 special levies from the general fund, while city and county figures were adjusted. Indianapolis Center township residents face a total around 2.75, up from 2.62, with civil city 1.089 and school rate likely to drop about 40 cents. The county rate stands 3.25 after a 2 cent restoration to the gravel road fund. Superior Court ordered the restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Indianapolis
Center Township
Superior Court
Police Officer Dismissed After Improper Use of Revolver
Patrolman E. D. Chikote was dismissed from the police department today by the board of safety on the recommendation of Police Chief Claude M. Worley after charges of improper revolver use and beating a west side butcher. Other officers, Jerry Hollahan William Wheeler and Fred Loucks, were recommended for retirement on pension following actions by the police surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Chikote
West Side
Board of Safety
Claude M. Worley
Jerry Hollahan
William Wheeler
Fred Loucks
Chinese Battle Near Shanghai Reported in Lunghwa
Three thousand Chinese soldiers clashed at Lunghwa near Shanghai with eighty recorded casualties. A regiment under General Ho Ying Ching engaged and disarmed 1,500 troops commanded by General Chen Chio Chien.
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Shanghai
United Press
Lunghwa
Ho Ying- Ching
Chen Chio- Chien
Kill Marine in Nicaragua
United Press reports one American marine killed and another wounded in Telpaneca fight with Nicaraguan guardsmen. About 140 Salgado followers attacked the garrison of 20 Marines and 25 guardsmen from Sept 19 to 5 am. A relief column moves from Pueblo Nuevo amid fears of further attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Telpaneca
State Department
Aire
Pueblo Nuevo
Managua
Salgado
Mail order sleuths seek dry spy jobs in Prohibition Bureau
A flood of applicants with mail order training seek undercover enforcement roles in the Prohibition Bureau. Letters to Doran Mellon and others request information on civil service openings while applicants brag of experience with bootleggers and speak easies, hoping for positions as undercover agents under the Volstead Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Ashington
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Doran
Mellon
Anti- Saioon League
Congress
Prohibition Bureau
Civil Service
Prohibition Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Two Killed as Planes Race West in Air Derby
Two men died as a Bohl Airster piloted by Richard Hudson crashed near Morristown New Jersey during the New York Spokane air derby. Irving Ballough led Class A arrivals at Cicero field Chicago before continuing toward St Paul amid cold winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Eaton
United Press
Chicago
Cicero Airfield
St. Paul
Richard Hudson
Maysville
Mich
J. Radke
St. Clair
Morristown
N. J
New York
Cleveland
Laird
Irving Ballough
C. D. Dickenson
C. H. Holman
Thomas Lane
A. Vs. Banks
William Welsh
Verne Roberts
Middlewest
Minnesota
First disaster in New York to Spokane air derby claims two lives
Morristown reports the crash of a Buhl Airster near Long Valley eighteen miles away. Richard Hudson of Marysville and J. Radike of St. Clair, both Mich., died or were fatally injured in the wreck. The plane, the first to depart Roosevelt Field in Class A, crashed as crowds watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Morristown
N. J
New York
Spokane
Richard Hudson
Marysville
Mich
J. Radike
St. Clair
Long Valley
Radike
Hudson
A. T. Lange
William O’dowd
All Souls Hospital
Buhl
Roosevelt Field
Wash
Gas War Cuts Prices 4 Cents a Gallon in Indianapolis
Independent dealers in Indianapolis launched a gas war last spring, driving prices down today to 15.2 cents a gallon for low test and 18.2 cents for high test. Prices in Richmond and Muncie were 15 and 18 cents. Major companies involved include Standard Oil Pure Oil Western Oil Roxana Petroleum and Sinclair Refining.
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Indianapolis
Richmond
Muncie
Standard Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Western Oil Oil Company
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Sinclair Refining Company
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Democratic State Committee
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E. ‘Tenth St
Dr. Henninger
Morgan
U. S
POSSE
United Presa
Dempseyard
Myeves
Margaret
Wheseon
Aliaaataeel Vo
Board
Nicaragua
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Jersey
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