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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
COMPANY Gets
MANY PAVING
JOBS IN CITY
Indiana Asphalt Concern Is
One Of Biggest Firms
Here.

Some Of the biggest street paving
contracts in the city have been COM
pleted by the Indiana Asphalt Paw
ing Company, 2810 Columbia ave-
nue., within the past two years.
These include Delaware street
from st. Clair to Sixteenth street;
Capitol avenue from Tenth to Six
tenth street; Meridian street from
Sixteenth street to Fall Greek; East
Washington street from the Belt
railroad to Audubon road
At present the company is await
ing contract for paving of East
street from Ohio to Massachusetts,
being the low bidder.
The company has been in bust
ness since 1915 and in that time has
built up an enviable reputation.
1t is now one of the biggest paw
ing contractors in the city. being
equipped to lay 100000 yards of
paving year
Officers Of the company are c. 7.
Brilliant, president; George A
Brilliant, vice. president, and w. c.
Richter, secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
FIRM HANDLES
MACHINE WORK
OF ALL KINDS
and Experimental
Jobs Done at City
Plant.

Machine work of all kinds is han
died by the Western Machine works.
4O8 West Tenth street.
The plant is doing experimental
work for a number Of companies.
repair work for factories, ice and
ice cream plants, hotels, laundies
and other firms.
The company speciaIizes in re-
pairing engines, pumps, conlpressors
and refrigerant machinery. At pres
emit it is working on several auto
matte labor Saving machines, and
recently completed several expert
mental automatic railway gates for
the International Safety Gate Com
pany.
The firm does service and repair
work on engines shipped here from
all over the country, several ship
ments being received each week.
Cylinder reboring is done any
where in the state without remov-
ing the machinery from the plant
in which it is located,
The company has been in bust
ness since 1908, formerly being 10
Gated at Market and West streets.
G. F. Spechin, president, is one Of
the best known men in this work in
Indiana, where he has won the con-
fdence of engineers by solving their
engine problems. George NIaIOtt is
manager.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
CITY REALTY SALES
ARE SPEEDING UP
another lot at 8o7 South Sheffield avenue.
was sold to Oliver Miller
Farm Is Traded

Another lot at 5o7 South Sheffield avenue,
was sold to Oliver Miller
Farm Is Traded
Statesmen for the realt- department Of
the Washinkton Bank and Trust Company
closed number of deals during the week
according to Henley It. Hotel. manager
Of the department.
In an exchange negotiated BY Roland NJ
Arens. representative Of the departments.
Louis Wukerson acquired a farm in Jack
son county, near Seymour Samuel F.
Asher. owner, accepting in trade prop
ertv at 744 Sumner avenue
Four lots in tho Meridian Hills addition
we're sold. one was purchased by Leila
r. Throckmorton through G. j. Carbon.
Two lots we're sold by Arnold Davis to
Robert j. Mum and Marrett L. Carr pur-
chased one lot through J. c. Myers
An eighteen-acre tract in Marion coun-
ty north Of Lakeside development. was
sold by f. A. Shockley to E. e. Tilson.
Other deals negotiated by representa-
tives Of the Washington Bank and Trust
Company during the week included the
sale by Herbert Paine through j. r. Con-
erty to James G. Gentry of a house at 1872
Dickson street; purchase BY Charles and
Hope Young from T. S Hood through John
F. Clayton of a residence at 1927 Taft
street. and two sales by E. H. McClain.
In one of these, E. F. Kitselman sold
to Charles F. Steffin lot in Braden's
addition and in the other Samuel F. Nor
ris bought property at 1929 Tibbs avenue
from John F. Engelke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
MARTIN AGENCY
WINS SUCCESS
IN INSURANCE
Bases Growth on Ability to
Satisfy Its
Clients.

Based upon a foundation Of Moth
ing but satisfied clients, the Harvey
B Martin insurance agency, 801
New City Trust building, has grown
to become one Of the largest single
agency insurance Offices in the state.
The agency handles fire. auto and
windstOrm insurance written by the
Northern Insurance Company Of
New York, with assets of more than
S10.000000.
Growth of the agency's business
has been due to service given in the
way Of handling losses.
All losses have the personal at
tention Of Martin, who has been in
the insurance business in Indian
apolis thirty nine years, and are
paid through local banks.
All dwelling losses are handled by
a contractor who has been connect
ed with the agency for the last fif-
teen years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
INLAND BANK FORMS
REAL ESTATE CONCERN
New Firm Will Handle Sales of
North Side Subdivisions.

Establishment Of the Johnson
Wright Realty Company, with Of
fees at 6253 College avenue, was
announced today by Walter B.
johnson. manager of the real estate
department of the Inland Bank and
Trust Company.
The company was organized to
handle sales Of north side subdivi-
sionS Of the Inland company, in
Guiding the Arden addition, between
White river and Seventy first street
and between Pennsylvania street
and College avenue; Marlborough,
on East SiXty-second street; North
ern Hills, north of Broad Ripple on
State Road No 81, and North Meri-
dian Manor addition at Meridian
and Eighty sixth streets
Associated with Johnson in the
new company is Newton B. Wright
who will be in immediate charge Of
the north side office Manuel Nc
GOldrick and L. R. Heady are mem
berS Of the sales force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
"a HOUSES STARTED;
WORK TOTALS S288,OO0
Building Gains During Week;
$4,000 Garage Being Erected.

With thirty-four new residences
started this week, and several bust
ness and industrial projects begun,
local building conditions were good.
according to the indianapolis Real
Estate Board. The boards compila-
ton of city building permits showed
total of $288,55O of new construc-
ton started during the period.
Residential projects totaled $207,-
$50, making the average dwelling in
excess of $4,000, an unusually high
figure.
Among other projects was a $780,
600 garage, started by w. H. Cook
at Eleventh and Pennsylvania
streets; additions to the plants of
the Columbia Conserve Company,
Churchman avenue and the Belt
railroad. and Piel Bros. Starch Com
pany, 1915 Drover street; Lincoln
Oil Refining Company service sta
ton at Tibbs avenue and Washing
ton street. and several community
StOrerOOmS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
Spain to Declare Amnesty

BU LRitCd Press
MADRID, June 15.-A general
amnesty in favor Of the officers in
volved in the February revolt is be-
ing planned by the government, it
was understood here today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
OPENS MODERN OFFICE

DR. w. L. Van Osdol, prominent
optometrist, for the last four years
associated with Leo Lando, Inc, has
opened a modern Office at sos State
Life building. Dr.. Van Osdol has
served as secretary Of the Optic
metric Research Academy and is
now president of an Indiana club.
In preparation for meeting the
demands Of his patients. Dr. Van
Osdol has brought to his aid the
most modern equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
NAMED ON BANK STAFF
Washington Trust Adds S. c. Legge
to Realty Department.

Appointment of Scott c. Legge as
a representative of the real estate
department of the Washington Bank
& Trust Company was announced
today by Henley T. Hotel. man
ager of the department.
Legge will represent the business
and industrial division. He was or
ganizer and developer of the Rub
Tex Products Company, Inc, local
manufacturers Of rubber products.
He was secretary-treasurer of the
company until about year ago.
when he sold his interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
Civil War ShrapneI Removed

BIZ Hitcd Press
CANTON, Ill, June 15.-A piece
Of shrapnel imbedded in the back
of John Murphy, 84-year-old Civil
war veteran, was removed by DR..
John Coleman yesterday. The
shrapre. lodged in Murphys back
in 1864.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
FIFTEEN

FIFTEEN WOO DIVORCE
BERLIN.-Within two days after
her divorce, Frau Bertha Gorvech,
beautiful blonde, received Is
proposals Of marriage by mail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
DOCTOR
TORCH MURDER
Man Tells Gruesome Story
Of How He Set Fire to
Woman's Body

ELIZABETH, N. j., April 12.-(P
Henry Colin Campbell, 60-year-old
civil engineer and bigamiSt, was In
Jail today as the confessed slayer
of one of his wives whom he shot
and set afire.
The arrest and confession, police
said, cleared up the mystery of the
killing of a middle-aged woman,
whose body, with a bullet wound
in the head, was found blazing by
the roadside near Crawford, N. j.,
on the morning Of February %.
Campbell was arrested as he was
about to enter the apartment where
he lived with his first and legal
wife and three children. He was
taken into custody a few hours after
the body Of the victim had been
identified as that Of Mrs. Benjamin
S. Mowry Of Greenville, Pa, a
nurse.
In his confession he said he be-
came acquainted with Mrs. Mowry
through a matrimonial agency in
Detroit. He said he had been in
I financial difficulties and hoped to
clear up his affairs by another
marriage.
He said that after q brief cor
reSpondence they were married Au-
gust %, last.
The next day the woman deposit
ed a check for 5 1000 to their joint
account. He then returned to West
vile, N. j., where he was then liv-
ing and she returned to Greenville.
In February she came in search
Of him. H communicated with her
at the Y. w. G. A. in New York,
where she was staying and met her
February 81 at Philadelphia. After
stopping at Dover, Del, that night,
they drove northward in his car.
They arrived in Crawford about 4 a.
m. February %.
While they were driving along
there was an argument because she
wanted to go to the home he had
promised to prepare for her.
Then he shot her while she doZed
in the seat beside him. He stopped
the car and dragged the body to the
roadside. He took a cal Of gaso-
line from the car, poured its con-
tents over the clothing and set fire
to it.
The body was discovered by John
Doyle, driver of a baker wagon.
identification was accomplished
tracing the shoes back to the manu-
facturer in st. Louis, thence to
Greenville. Pa, where detectives
learned Mrs. MowTy had lived be-
fore she left to marry a Doctor
Campbell"
Several features Of the Staying of
Mrs. Mowry are similar to those of
the killing of Margaret Brown, New
York g~overneSs, found dying with
her clothing afire behind a refresh
ment stand near Benardsville, N. j.,
a year ago.
Miss Brown had drawn her life
savings from a bank and gone away
saying she was going to marry a
doctor" Her slayer was never ap-
pretended although some bonds
identified as having belonged to
her were sent to authorities with
a note in which the writer said he
was the slayer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
Marion TaHey VIII Quit
Stage to Settle on Farm

NEW YORK, April 12.-(P)-
Marion Talley, youthful Metropoli-
tan Opera star, whose phenomenal
career brought her a fortune in
three years, has decided to retire
to a farm. Estimates are that her
golden voice has made $780, 00.
Since she is only % and presum-
ably in years 10 come would earn
hundreds Of thousands more, she
has amazed her concert manager
and friends with the statement:
Il have made up my mind to
retire from the professional stage.
BY this l mean all operate ap-
pearances as well. My retirement
will be permanent.
Il am going west with my fam
lily. The farm might be in Cali
fornia and it might be in Colorado,
but 1 am going to look first in the
middle west. I am going to be
just like all other farmers"
Her last appearance will be at
Cleveland. where she will sing in
Lucia" on May 4. Her engage
ment with the Metropolitan expires
with that appearance.
day in regard to Miss Talley:
Numerous rumorS became cur
rent as to possible causes of her
decision. One report had it she
was to appear In the talkies. An
other was that the singer, despite
the continued enthusiasm Of her
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12

citation, headed by Col. r. L. Kirk
patrick, Of Charlotte, N. c., which
will undertake a new project in
asking congress to authorize estab-
liShment of the Bankhead route as
a national military road, to be main
tanned throughout its length by the
federal government. This campaign
will be based on the report of a
U. S. army unit under Col. H. M.
Franklin, which traversed the whole
route last year and pronounced it
the best all-year highway route
across the nation, according to j. A.
Rountree, director-general of the
association, who has established
headquarters in Memphis.
Entertainment for delegates to
both conventions is being planned
on an elaborate scale by the good
roads committee of the Memphis
Chamber of Commerce, headed by
Walter Lane Smith. Auto tours of
Memphis and her principal indus
tries, social events and receptions
will feature the program.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
big u. ROAD
FUND SOUGHT
Campaign For 100 Million
To Be Launched During
Meet AT Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April IA
nationwide campaign to increase
federal aid to roads to 500, 600, 900
o year and TO have the federal gov
eminent take over building and
maintenance Of at least one great
transcontinental highway will be
LAUGHED in Memphis when the Unit
ed States Good Roads association
gathers at its 18th annual meeting
April 20.
Along with the bigger federal aid
plan tn eaSsociation plans to spon-
o other national projects, one of
them calling for the consolidation
of all federal highway activity I'M
der a secretary of highways in the
presidents cabinet, another calling
for an act of congress ceding large
amounts Of federal lands to the
states for aid to education and good
roads, and a third by which congress
will be asked to provide for marking
of all national highways by name
as we'll as number.
w. w. Brandon, OF Tuscaloosa,
former governor Of Alabama, will
open the meeting as president. Gov
ernor Ben S. Paulen Of Kansas. will
assist him in the task of directing
the conventions work. Gov. Henry
II. Horton of Tennessee, will be there
to welcome the delegates to Tennes-
see. Former Gov. Malcolm r. Pat
terson of Tennessee will be in at
tendance.
Other governors present will in
clude Gov. Henry Parnell Of Ar
kansas, Gov. Bibb Graves of Ala
bama, and Gov. j. CT. Richards of
South Carolina.
Concurrent with the United States
roads meeting will be that of the
Bankhead National Highway asso-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
DRESSCONTEST
JUDGES NAMED
High School Sponsors Show
To Raise Fundo For
State Competition

AS students of the Brownsville
high school were busy today SELL
ing tickets to the Queen theater for
a picture show which they arc
sponsoring to raise funds to send
contestants to the state clothing
contest, names of the judges WHO
are to make the final Examinations
were announced.
The picture being sponsored BY
the high school is Monte Blue in
Greyhound, Limited" and a part
Of the proceeds from all tickets sold
by the students is to apply on the
fund. Tickets sold at the theater
box office do not help the fund
Miss Myrtle Jennings, who is aid
ing with the contest, announced.
Mrs. A. H. Fernandez, Mrs. John
Hunter and Miss Mary McCollum
are to select the three girls who will
represent Brownsville schools in the
state meet at Dallas, The final Sc
lection will be made from about 70
entrants who already have been Sc
lected from more than 100 original
contestants. The judging is to be
done at 4 p. m. Monday at the Sc
Nor high school auditorium.
In addition to the costumes, the
health and physical hygiene of the
entrants will be considered. This
Is a new feature Of the competition.
but one Of which the girls were
warned early this year. The con-
testants have been receiving advise
Of the school nurse in their efforts
to improve their health and ap-
pearance.
A style show was held at the jul
nlor college-senior high auditorium
Thursday afternoon and repeated
at the Junior high auditorium Fri
day morning. Girls in the contest
took part.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
IUCKY ROW

CHICAGO.-Earl Witten, aged
II, received a reward of $4,000 for
finding and returning a lost pearl
necklace valued at S25, 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
Flashes Of Life
OBJ The Associated Prsss)

WASHINGTON Justice Harlan
Fiske Stone, who once played foot
ball for Calvin Coolidge's alma ma
ter, has lots of stuff at sessions of
the Medicine Ball cabinet, as Mr..
Hoover and Hugh Gibson a tes-
tify. The story is that one Stone
toss affected the presidential wind
and another marked up q diplo-
matte nose.
BERKELEY, Calf. - California,
here they come, moan college ath-
letics on the eastern seaboard. Two
crews are going to Poughkeepsie
and a track team to Philadelphia.
ILL., A-Frank H.
Thomas, u, and Isabella G. Oliver,
II, have obtained a marriage IL
cense, one day after Miss divers
mother died at 90. Mother for
babe my marrying till after she
died." explained Miss Oliver. "She
maintained I would have plenty Of
time after that"
NEW YORK An invasion BY
apartment houses Is likely to drive
Mayor Walker out of Greenwich
Village. He says he may have to
sell for $4,000 or so the old home
stead his father bought 80 years
ago for $4,000, as much as he hates
to leave the neighborhood.
WASHINGTON-The baby OF
congress should be able to put a lot
OF pep into any singing the mem
bers may indulge in when laborious
duties cease at adjournment. Fred
A. Hartley, Jr., of Kearney, N. j.,
who was rs years old last Washing
tons birthday, was a soprano So
lolst as a boy and later started a
jazz orchestra at Rutgers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
TEACHERS AT
CORPUS MEET
Valley Educators Taking
Leading Part In Two
Day Session
Especial to The Herald)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, April
12.-Valley educators took a lead
ing part in the second day session
of the South Texas Division Of the
State Teachers association here
Friday.
superintendent G. w. Gotke of
Brownsville led a discussion IN the
primary section. speaking on Shall
the Place of the Teacher in Pri-
mary Grades be in the Upper, Mid
die, or Lower Quartile in Academic
and Professional Training?" This
talk was followed by a general dis
cussion on the topic which was
participated in by Miss Ethel Myers,
primary supervisor at McAllen.
In the elementary division Miss
Helen Mcpherson Of Weslaco spoke
on Development of Appreciation
and Oral Reading Ability" G. S.
Chiffon Of Harlingen presided over
this gathering a chairman.
The meeting Of principals was
addressed by Supt. Paul Phipps Of
Harrington On superintendent
Viewpoint Of the Classroom Teach
er in Our System"
Supt. j. Lee Stambaugh of Pharr
was chairman of the s~uperintend-
ents' meeting. Miss Elzada Clover
Of Mission addressed this gather
ing on Factors to be Considered in
Selecting Teachers for Mexican
Pupils"
Supt Gotke Of Brownsville re-
sponded to the address of welcome
Thursday morning by Judge Nat
Benton. Supt. Florence j. Scott Of
Rio Grande City gave the meeting
greetings from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. The McAllen high
school orchestra furnished music in
the morning.
Brownsville teachers here besides
Supt. Gotke are Dean 5. A. Cald-
we'll Of the junior college. Mrs
katherine Hamilton, and Miss An
! ME Tucker.
Officers In the association are
j. D. Bramlette. president, Meal
len; s. D. Hendrix, vice president
Edinburg; and Robert PinSon
secretary, Corpus Christi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12

public, was herself dissatisfied with
the progress she had made in her
Singing-an explanation that would
conform with opinions of her voice
often expressed by some of the
critics, who asserted it was cold
and infleX!ble. Still another re-
port was that the announcement
was a publicity stunt. designed to
obtain for Miss Talley more and
fatter contracts"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
STREET CONTINUES TO
HEAR MERGER RUMORS

NEW YORK, April 12.@tP-Ru-
mors of more oil mergers continue
in Wall street. The latest reports
which lack confirmation, mention
Sinclair Consolidated Oil corpora
ton as involved in merger negotia-
tons possibly with Union Oil COM
pany of California, which also is re-
ported as sought for inclusion in
the recently announced Marland Oil
company and Continental Oil con-
Solidation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
RANGE CONDITIONS coon

AUSTIN, April 12.-(P-Rains
and warm weather during March
have improved range conditions
an dassured good spring and sum-
mel grazing in most sections, &C
cording to the April livestock report
Of H. H. Schultz, statistician with
the =. S. department Of agriculture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
CRUSHED COTTON SEED
o GAIN OVER '2S

WASHINGTON, April 12.-(P-
The census bureau announced today
that cotton seed crushed from
August I to March 81 totaled
4,595.365 tons compared with A.
351 AGA for the same period in 1928
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
p.0-RARREL PRODUCER

DALLAS, April 12.@P-The
Robinson-Wells offset to the discov-
cry well in section 10, block 4, H. &
T. c. Railway survey, Wilbarger
county, has been completed, the
production being estimated at $50
barrels daily.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
Indy SPENT NIGHT
IN r

GREENSBORO, N. c., April 12.-
(P)-Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
took the air at the Greensboro air
port at 10:40 a. m, today after
spending the night here while en-
route to New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12

and cotton seed on hand at tho
mills on March 81 totaled 500, 986
compared with 255,924 a year pre-
vious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
SNYDER GETS CONVENTION

SNYDER, Texas, April 12.-(P)-
Snyder was selected the 1880 con-
vention city at the close Of the
Abilene Presbytery at Arson last
night, and Rev. j. w. Parker, OF
Post, was elected moderator to sue
coed Rev. j. H. Tate, Of Fluvana.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-15

see what tales the contraption is writing about them.
 The machine, says Fincher, has demonstrated that some of the huskies with regulations as bone crushers pack lighter wallop than Trailer lads who look more like lady finger munchers.
 The machine is of most value, Flncher believes, in discovering" youths who have been toiling in vain with the scrubs because of waste effort.
 Tech, tangling with the best of the South's football representatives and Notre Dam before autumn gives way to winter, will need plen- ty of powerful linesmen. The Tech foemen will be Mississippi A. and M, North Carolina, Tulane, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-15

bucking machine with scales de- viscd by Bill Fincher, line coach.
 Some of the Tech huskie5 regis ter as high as 400 pounds when they wallop Finchers mechanical contri- button to the golden age of foot ball.
 Just what each of the Tech,nen register is Fincher's secret. He uses the machine with the scale face to- ward him so the linesmen cannot