The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
The City
in Brief
THURSDAY EVENTS

THURSDAY EVENTS
General Memorial Association. meeting.
| Fl Friendly. 5l2 N. Illinois St. p. m.
Alpha Beta Phi Sorority. dinner. Severin
Real Estate Board. luncheon. Eli Lilly g.
AdvertiSing Club; luncheon. Sphinx Arms.
- International New, Thought Alliance
National Association S Tor for Advancement
of Colored People. meetings Bethel A. Nj.
E: Church afternoon and evening, p. m.
= Indianapolis Engineering Club, luncheon,
| Board Of Trade.
con. Chamber Of Commerce.
Loyal Knights of the Round Table,
luncheon. Chamber Of Commerce;
Sigma M. luncheon, Board of Trade.
Sigma Chi, luncheon. Chamber Of Com
| merce.
Twenty sixth annual convention
of the Indiana branch of the Ma
tional Association of Postoff1ce
Clerks will be held Sunday at the
Chamber of Commerce. Discussions
will be held on insurance, pensions
and half holidays. o. H. Fench of
Muncie, Ind, is association presi-
dent and Almont Williams of Ma
rion, secretary.
Marion County farmers appear
satisfied with their property valu-
ations. The State tax board con-
vened Tuesday Afternoon to hear
complaints for revision under the
new valuation law and not a single
farmer appeared.
After an alleged attack on IvOla
Cook, %. Negro, 922 Hadley ST., his
housekeeper, Obert Cox, 81, Negro,
of same address, was arrested on a
charge of assault and battery and
operating a blind tiger. The in
censed housekeeper directed Motor
Policemen Kinder and Robson to
vacant house in the rear of 948
Hadley ST.. where five-gallon can
of grain alcohol, bottle capper
and five empty five-gallon cans we're
found.
A special committee of the Fed
Grafton of Community Civic Clubs,
which has been making a study Of
an industrial foundation for Indi-
annapolis, will report its findings at
special meeting at 8 Friday eve
ming at the Chamber of Commerce
Bldg. Members of the committee
are John F. White, president of the
federation: E. 0. Enethen and A.
Leroy Portteus.
Indiana farmers are receiving
checks from the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture for work on,
their farms to aid in the United
States fight on the corn borer.
Farmers are paid So an acre. John
F. Loucks, Helmer, Steuben County,
was the first to receive a check, $50.
Weekly luncheon of the Indiana
polls Real Estate Board will be held
at the Eli Lilly and Company plant,
210 E. Carly ST., Wednesday.
Indiana's state flag and a message
from Governor Jackson will play a
part in the ceremonies at the dedi-
cation of a memorial to James
Whitcomb Riley to be held at
Fletcher, N. c., July IT, The mem
orial to the Hoosier poet is a bronze
tablet to be placed in boulder six
feet high. DR.. Joe Shelby Riley, a
cousin, is the donor.
Dudley Smith Bowman, son of A.
Smith Bowman, 1907 N. Illinois ST.,
received scholastic honors at the
Princeton University commencement
at which he received the bachelor
OF arts degree Tuesday. A prize for
scholarship and the junior oratorical
medal went to 2. F. Wood, Terre
Haute.
Demster MacMurphy, Chicago,
director of public information of
the Middle West Utilities Company,
will speak at the Indianapolis Ad-
vertising Club luncheon at the
Sphinx Arms, Thursday.
The board of safety set the trial
of three policemen for next Tues
day. Patrolman George Paxton,
Negro, 2014 Highland Pl., is charged
with neglect of duty. Patrolman
Everett Church, Ala Ruskin Pl., and
Traff1cman William Brjckley, 3454
Graceland Ave-, are charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer.
Petition Of voluntary bankruptcy
was filed in United States District
Court here today by Clifford Mus
tard, Muncie, Ind. The petition
listed Mustard's liabilities at
$2,878.56, with no assets.