Army air equipment inadequate in testimoy
Acting Secretary of War Davis told the National Aircraft Commission the army air service lacks sufficient numbers and much of its postwar gear is unsatisfactory. He blamed economy policies and said only more money can fix the problem. He opposed the Mitchell plan for unified national defense, citing Secretary Weeks's earlier warning about cross-department tool access and stressing a war efficient, not peacetime, organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Army Air Service
Davis
National Aircraft Commission
War Department
Air Service
Mitchell
National Defense Army
Secretary of
War Weeks
Weeks
Bandit Slayers Die in Chair
Tony Pezzi and Michael Bassi, convicted for the murder of John Garman during a Cambria and Indiana Railroad payroll hold up, were electrocuted ten minutes apart at Rockview Penitentiary in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The 1924 crime forged a seven man gang, yielding $38,000 and seven arrests later, with $6,000 recovered from Pezzi and Bassi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bellefonte
Tony Pezzi
Michael Bassi
John Garman
Rockview Penitentiary
Pezzi
Bassi
Cambria & Indiana
Garman
Terre Haute
Ind
Cambria County
Autoist Held Under 3500 Bond Near Presidential Walk
A Washington autoist, Nathan Smith of Baltimore, was held on 3500 bond for cutting corners and failing to yield to pedestrians. President Coolidge was saved from being struck during an evening downtown walk when a secret service agent jerked him from the car's path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ashington
United States
Nathan Smith
Baltimore
Coolidge
Smith
John Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Washington
Big Radio Show Opens Tonight at Cable Tabernacle
The million dollar radio exposition by the Broadcast Listeners Association of Indianapolis opens tonight at Cable Tabernacle. Programs run 8 to 11 PM with officials, Gov Jackson, Gen Aultman, Luckey and musical acts from Ralph Emerson to the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. WFBM (268) will broadcast the entire program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadcast Listeners’ Association of Indianapolis
Cable Tabernacle
Times
Robert L. Moorhead
Jackson
Dwight E. Aultman
Benjamin Harrison
Herbert A. Luckey
WLS
Chicago
WFBM
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
Bus Men to Banquet Discuss Problems Wednesday
Problems of motor bus operators will be discussed at a banquet of the Motor Bus Association of Indiana to be held at 6 p.m. at the Columbia Club. Between 100 and 150 Indiana bus line operators are expected to attend. Speakers include Robert I. Marsh Ralph Sandborn Cleveland Ohio and Norman E. Johns La Porte association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Bus Association of Indiana
Columbia Club
Indiana Bus Line
Robert I. Marsh
Ralph Sandborn
Cleveland
Ohio
Norman E. Johns
la Porte
Association
Stephenson suit continued in Hamilton County court
Judge James M. Leathers indefinitely continued the hearing on the May 13 1924 suit for replevin by D. C. Stephenson the ex Klansman jailed on a murder charge against Walter F. Bossert Indiana Klan head. Stephenson claims Bossert holds office equipment valued at 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Leathers
Superior Court One
Replevin
D. C. Stephenson
Hamilton County
Madge Oberholtzer
Walter F. Bossert
Indiana
EXPECT MORE ECONOMY IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FORECAST
Harry Miesse secretary Taxpayers' Association says 1926 local tax levies will be fixed to beat last year and urges taxpayers to file appeals to the State tax board before the September 28 deadline. A week remains for appeals if they believe local officials over spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miesse
Taxpayers’ Association
Miesse
State Tax Board
Prominent Filipinos Arrested in Manila Raids
In Manila on September 21 police raided the home of Manerto Roxas brother of Speaker Roxas and arrested about twenty prominent figures. Among those detained were Manetto Roxas and Vincent Carmona head of the treasury with several thousand dollars found at roulette and baccarat tables where the group gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prene Manila
Manerto Roxas
Speaker Roxas
Philippine House of Representatives
Manetto Roxas
Vincent Carmona
Philippine Treasury Department
Police Go To Schools In Traffic Safety Talks
School children received traffic safety lectures from Sergeants Smith and ONeal at Brightwood and other schools. Officers warned against playing in streets and improper crossing and hanging on vehicles. Sergeant Mary Moore noted fewer child fatalities last school year than the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
O'Neal
Brightwood
Mary Moore
Auto drivers sought after hit and run incidents
Police search for two auto drivers who fled after striking a pedestrian on Washington Street. Witness Lecta Brown, 57, was injured and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. A license number was provided, and Jesse McClough reported a separate hit on his parked car at West and Washington Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Edghill
Indiana Chief Harris to Head Dry Enforcement in Indiana
Ansel R. Harris was named to lead Indiana’s prohibition enforcement after Bert C. Morgan’s dismissal. Harris, a 26 year internal revenue veteran and former Indiana prohibition group chief, promises strict enforcement while awaiting approval from district administrator E. C. Yellowley. Readjustment expected by Oct. 15 with several agents at risk of dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel R. Harris
Bert C. Morgan
Prohibition Admin
Indiana
Harris
E. C. Yellowley
Indianapolis
Morgan
Internal Revenue Service
Jonesboro
Ind
R. C. Minton
Nton
Fred I. King
George Winkler
Winkler
Oscar Holman
Holman
Seth Ward
John King
Robert Neilan
Billy” Hindel
Will Hays
Terre Haute
Dan Moore
Bedford
James Browning
Hammond
Hays
Marion
Federal jury opens two week clean up session
The federal grand jury began a two week clean up session to prep for the November term. About eighty cases will be presented to the jury by United States District Attorney Albert Ward. Cases span postal theft auto theft white slave prohibition and stealing from interstate shipments with possible conspiracies among the minor matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Terre Haute
Evansville
New Albany
United States
Albert Ward
Samaritan Role Costs Man Auto in Early Morning Incident
A. Thurman Kiger of New Augusta was awakened by a four man knocking at his door at 2 40 am. He drove the suspect to a supposed auto collision near Forty Sixth Street and Kessler Boulevard, but the man produced a gun, took Kiger’s car, and fled. Kiger sought help at a nearby farm house. authorities in Indianapolis were not alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiger
Forty-Sixth St
Kessler Blvd
Indianapolis
Evansville Rattled by Third Earthquake in Five Months
Residents of southern Indiana and western Kentucky faced three tremors in one night with a low rumble. The shocks occurred at 2 a.m., 3 10 a.m., and 5 a.m. rattling windows and dishes but causing no material damage.
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United Pres
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Rate Probe Asked Against Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Charge
Roscoe Butner Company filed with the public service commission to investigate freight rates from Greencastle to Lenore. The petition says crushed stone was billed at $1 a ton while the commission had approved 88 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Butner Company
W. Morris St
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greencastle
Lenore
Raid on Gill Farmled Home by Prohibition Agents
Prohibition raiders searched the Gill home at 12:30 a.m. on August 30, examining from attic to cellar with Andrew Gill and his wife stating they found no intoxicants. State Motor Police Losey and Bridges led the operation assisted by Horse Thief Detective Association members. the couple, with a newborn, described investigators peering under their bed.
Antis Stirred by Beer Talk at Brewers Conven tion
A proposed liberalization of the Volstead act to curb bootlegging draws mixed reactions across wet dry and church groups. Brewers advocate plans to support liberalization in return for backing against illegal liquor, a topic at the United States Brewers Association meeting in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
United States Brewers Association
New York
Temperature Readout Fragments For Morning Hours
Hourly temperature chart fragment shows values around 60s to 68 with readings near 6 to 12 noon. Missing context and locations are noted. contains partial times and numbers without complete labels.
Levy veto faces test in city council debate over sanitary levy
City councilors prepare to override Mayor Shank's veto on raising the sanitary board levy from 4 to 6.4 cents as part of the 1926 budget. If veto stands, the total tax rate would be 1.0525 dollars, slightly lower than 1925. Officials expect remonstrance to the State tax board and discuss a new building code to cut construction costs.
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Shank
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Ben H. Thompson
Park Board
State Tax Board
Francis F. Hamilton
Thompson
Board of Works
Senate Ave
South St
George C. Brinkmeyer & Co
Chapman briefs filed in Hartford on Chapman death appeal
Attorneys for Gerald Chapman under a death sentence filed briefs supporting his appeal from a murder conviction in New Britain. They cite twelve alleged prejudicial errors in the trial, mostly technical, and say the brief will likely be argued next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
New Britain
Chapman
Cholera Infantum Claims Third Victim in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana on September 21 a third child has died from cholera infantum. Cleo Garringer, the 1 year old daughter of Isaac Garringer, was laid to rest amid mourning today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas Anderson
Ind
Delay in Blackmail Trial Nears End as Testimony Continues
The McNamara blackmail trial drags toward closure after a seventh day of testimony. Defense witnesses dominated the morning with two more planned, including one additional witness later. State witness Ray Case testified about boiler work on the Elks Building project and dismissed threats attributed to McNamara under cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McNamara
Elks
Ray M. Case
Case
McNamara
Ben Staggenberg
Ninian Transfer Company
William H. Remy
Tax Session Opens With Planned Tax Levy Review
The State tax board opened a session to run until December 12 with about 3,500 certified assessments to be heard. Chairman John J. Brown said tax commissioners will meet with Governor Jackson and State auditor Lewis Bowman to fix the levy, expected at 27 to 28 cents per $100, versus 28 last year. State valuation is about $5.26 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
John J. Brown
Jackson
Lewiss. Bowman
Safe Crackers Fail Twice At Local Businesses
Police report two weekend attempted break ins at Julius Braun Printing Shop on Virginia Avenue and Penn Coal Company on Washington Street. In each case suspects used improvised tools. small cash drawer emptied of eight dollars at Braun shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Braun
Virginia Ave
Penn Coal Company
Washington St
Petitions for City Bus Line Permits Heard
The Indianapolis Street Railway Co seeks a feeder line on East Tenth St opposed by Peoples Motor Coach Co. Also asked for extension of E New York St line. Street Railway beginner feeder on English Ave heard. Central Ave and Keystone Ave through route hearing to be held. Noel of Peoples Motor Coach notes opposition. College Ave feeder line hearing postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
East Tenth St
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Samuel R. Artman
Ice Commission
Motor Coach Company
E. New York St
Street Railway
English Ave
Central Ave
Keystone Ave
James W. Noel
People's Motor Coach Company
College Ave
Paving on East Tenth Street Challenged in Court
Judge Clinton H. Givan and city officials inspected EB Tenth Street paving by Mead Construction amid a temporary injunction lawsuit filed by Albert Neuerburg and others against the board of works. Complainants allege two course concrete on a six inch foundation failed to meet specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth St
Mead Construction Company
Givan
Albert Neuerburg
Board of Works
Sherman Dr
Hawthorne Lane
Suil
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William J. McEvoy
Indiana Association
Stephenson
Bossert
Wenty
Police
Aavashat
Federal Prohibition
Marion County
Hew
Istrator
Holman Safer
Samaritan
Bandit
New Augusta
Andrew G. Gill
William Bosson
Gill
Flapper
League
Sas Ie Gor Rok
Beech Grove
Joseph L. Hogue
Mara
Fred C. Gause
Staggenborg
Remy
Grand Jury
Claude M. Worley
Worley
Charles E. Cox
H. A. Roldan
E. Walnut St
Columbus
Woolworth
Judge Gause
Railway
Clinton H. Givan
Superior Court Four
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