Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1927 — Page 2

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REALTORS KEPT BUSY BY CITY HOME SEEKERS X Board Reports Deals for Week Total $371,000; Mostly Residential. Summer is the best time to drive prospective customers to available property sites. TlMu is the word from the Indianapolis Real Estate board which announced realtors negotiated deals involving more than $371,000 last week. The deals were practically all in residential sections. Henley T. Hottel, manager of the Washington Bank and Trust Co.’s real estate department reported $142,960 involved in ten deals. This makes a total of thirty-nine deals closed by the company since July 1. Bungalows Sold William Low Rice announced sale of the last two of five bungalows to be erected in Carrollton Park. They were sold to J. Lorenz Gemmer and Margaret Patterson. Wesley A. Stockinger, superintendent of schools at Noblesville, Ind., bought a two-story residence from Rice at 5023 N. Capitol Ave. Rice announced other sales, totalling $84,000. P. A. Havelick reported sale of a brick veneer residence at 5421 N. Delaware St., to R. McCullough, which formerly was owned by Georgia A. Wysong for $16,000. Leslie Coleman bought a residence at SOI Hampton Dr., from Max Blackburn for $13,500. Oscar Schmidt, president of Lqrenz Schmidt & Sons reported two sales aggregating $25,000. J. S. Cruse reported four sales involving $20,200. S. H. Breighton, president of the Home Development Compahy reported five deals with total consideration of $25,314. Building Permits Building permits were issued this week for thirty-six Indianapolis residences to cost $156,675. New buildings under construction this week totalled $175,675. New storerooms will be erected at 4102 E. Washington St., and 2406 E. Washington St. The business building at 550 W. Washington St., will be remodeled. During June, t*eal estate activity In forty-one representative cities was five points higher than in May, according to National Real Estate Board statistics. This is in line with predictions of L. H. Lewis, Indianapolis board president, who declared activity the last half of this year will be greater than the first six months. SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED Bankers of Marion County to Help Three Attend Purdue. Three Purdue scholarships of SIOO each will be given to high school pupils of Marion county by the Marion County Bankers’ Association. Scholarships will be awarded to the boy excelling in pig club work for 1928, to the boy excelling in calf club work in 1928 and to the girl excelling in home economics work. Officers named by the association night are: L. A. Wiles, cashier of South Side State Bank, reelected president; Charles Bechtold, cashier of East Side State Bank, vice president; Wililam J. Clark, cashier of Belmont State Bank, reelected secretary, and J. F. Davis, treasurer.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: A. C. Reynolds, West Baden, Ind.; Jordan sedan, 505-33; from rear of English theater. William Sauer, Southport; Chevrolet touring, 508-609; from Georgia St., between Illinois and Meridian Sts. John Yott, 3449 N. Capitol Ave.; Chevrolet coach, 528-717; from front of above address. Harry T. Robinson, 1221 Park Ave.; Chevrolet coach, #595-672; from Washington and Delaware Sts. Roy H. Robbins, 345 S. Rural St.; Chevrolet coach, 548-494; from front of Spink Arms. Buck Rigdon, R, R. B; Ford roadster, 517-239; from Noble and Walnut Sts. Harry Whitesides, 2908 Martindale Ave.; Ford roadster. 576-754; from New York St. side of Federal Bldg.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Harry L. Barnum, 1701 N. Illinois St.; Chevrolet coach, 535-552; rear 522 N. Senate Ave. Boy, 12, Tries Suicide Bp Times Special DECATUR, Ind., July 23.—Theodore Krick, 12, shot himself twice with a revolver at the home of his foster father, Austin McMichaels, near here. The boy feared a reprimand for breaking harness of a team of horses he was driving.

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William Robinson (above) and Norman Robinson. A concert for benefit of the Geneva fund of the Marion County Council of Religious Education was given under auspices of the Ninth district at Rhodius park community house last night. Among instrumental and vocal numbers were solos by William Robinson, tenor, accompanied by Norman Robinson, both of 2515 E. Riverside Dr.

ACTS TO BLOCK TRANSITSTRIKE Mayor Walker Hopes to Prevent New York Tie-up. Bn United Press NEW YORK, July 23.—Mayor James J. Walker alorye stood today between New York and a transit strike which threatened to tie up all elevated and subway lines in Greater New York and the surface street car lines of Brooklyn. Unless the intervention of the mayor won a compromise, a striki) was expected to be called by the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes Tuesday night. The men demanded recognition of their union by the Interborough Rapid Transit Corporation, and arbitration of other disputes. It was charged the company was forcing employes to join a company union and sign unfavorable working contracts. The mayor and amagamated officials were to meet at 2:30 p. nj. today to discuss the situation. U. S. EMBASSY GUARDED Authorities Fear Bombs of Spanish Friends of Sacco, Vanretti. Bn United Press SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July 23. —Authorities have stationed special police around the American summer embassy here, fearing a repetition of the attempt a few days ago to bomb the American consulate at Nice. The violence at Nice was believed to be an expression of sympathy for Sacco and Vanzetti. Flying Editor Reaches Bavaria Bji United Press NUREMBERG, Bavaria, July 23 Van Lear Black, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, arrived here last night in his Fokker air yacht from Aleeppo, Asiatic Turkey. He is returning to Amsterdam from Batavia, Dutch East Indies.

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LINDBERGH RECEPTION Committee to meet Assistants to Be Chosen by Leaders Monday. Sub-committees will be appointed and definite arrangements made for reception of Col. Charles A. Lind-

Come Today or Tomorrow (Sunday) to BIG SALE OF LOTS —in—iflHH ff&B HMMHR HUH fIHHH IjfiHUHk. * ■ '*l3Boo The Big Success of the West Side OVER 150 HOMES ARE NOW ON THIS BANNER SUBDIVISION

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HUNDREDS Came to our lot sale two weeks ago at Rosslyn and Waldemere notwithstanding the big rain, and many were too late to get the lots they wanted. See that you don’t make the same mistake here.

Big, Beautiful, High, Level Lots Fronting Graded and Cindered Streets, at $1 DOWN except on Washington ano' Morris Sts. and Lynhurst Drive. BUT WE WILL DOUBLE any amount paid down of $5 or over up to $25 For Example $5 Credits $lO on Lot $lO Credits S2O on Lot $25 Credits SSO on Lot BRING WITH YOU from $5 to $25 and the salesman will he instructed to give you this double credit on the ground^. WE WILL ALSO DOUBLE another $25 or any part thereof of $lO or over paid at one time within first 15 days. AND WE WILL ADD 50% to the* next SSO paid within first 30 days in amounts of $lO or over. I. It will be seen from above that pay-;! ments of $5 to SIOO made in the man- j| ner above provided will entitle you to ; bonus credits of from $5 to $75 10% Additional Credit on all other payments of $lO or over made within first 30 days. Weekly payments only SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00, according to price. You can pay as much more as you like, weekly, monthly or any way you wish. Advance payments are credited ahead. No Interest for 1 Year No Taxes to Pay Until 1929 No Payments When Sick or Out of Work Here Is Your Chance

Immediate Possession Your contract gives you immediate possession, so you can put in your garden or plant your fruit, <sr build or not, and enipy the privileges of ownership while yod are keeping up your payments. RESTRICTIONS These beautiful lots are protected by such building restrictions as are . necessary to insure a good residence neighborhood. Living in shacks or garages is forbidden. No lots sold to undesirable citizens.

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bergh here Aug. 9 at a meeting of the Lindbergh reception committee Monday at 11 a. m. The meeting will be in the office of Schuyler A. Haas, city corporation counsel. Haas is the mayor’s representative on the committee. Milburn Carterer of the Daniel Guggenheim Foundation, sponsoring the Lindbergh tour, will arrive

Valuable and Useful Souvenirs Free This afternoon and tomorrow (Sunday) we will give to adults, one to a family or party, who visit Biltmore Gardens and register their names and addresses, an EASTMAN KODAK as a souvenir to show that they are welcome guests. We are proud of this beaut if ill addition and want every one to see it. Come and Bring Your Friends

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in Indianapolis in advance, to pass on arrangements. Gasoline, oil. hangars and guards for Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis have been offered at the Mars Hill airport. Wallace O. Lee, vice president of Indianapolis Power and Light Company, was named vice chairman of the committee.

The Homeseeker s Friend LAFAYETTE PERKINS, Secretary and Treasurer, Realtor, Member National Association of Real Estate Boards 209 East Ohio Street Rl ley 4295 Lots Sold to White People Only

PROVES BANDIT BLUFFER Bank President Tackles Robber— Can of “Explosives” Empty. Bn United Press TECUMSEH, Okla., July 23. Holding a can in which he said there was nitroglycerin and warning Tom

Southgate Jr., bookkeeper to “do as I tell you and we’ll both live," an unidentified man today attempted to hold up the Tecumseh National Bank, but was captured when E. L. Rosebush, president, tackled him, can, cash and all. The can was later found to contain no explosives, and the wouldbe bandit is in jail.

Bargain Prices for Quick Sale $269, $289, $314, $364, $389, $434 and Up to $479 A Few Higher Think of being abls to get such big beautiful lot.j in this rapidly growing section at such low prices and on such easy payments as to put them within the easy roach of every man, woman and child in Indianapolis.

Buy for a Home Every man owes It to himself and his family to own his own home. If you are a renter you are not getting anywhere. At the end of ten years you will have paid enough in rent to buy a home. Your iandlord will still own the home, and you will have a bunch of rent receipts of absolutely no value. But there Is no reason why you can not own a home as well as any one else. We are pointing the way by offering you these beautiful homesltes on payments within your easy reach. Start now with a lot. End with a home of your own. Enjoy the feeling of ownership and the thought that after you are gone you can at toast leave your family a home in which to live.

Buy for Investment Indianapolis is growing steadily. It has now a population of almost 400,000. In a short time it will have half a million. It is the cross-roads of America and one of the best cities in the United States. You have all seen Indianapolis grow from year to year. Many of you can remember when there was nothing,, west of the river but fnrmß. Look at it now. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been made in west side real estate and there are greater opportunities today than ever before, (let one or more of these big, beautiful lots in Biltmore Gardens at our low prices and realize some of the big profits yourself. Now is the time. Tomorrow never comes.

Andrew Carnegie said: “The wise man or wage earner of today invests his money in r*l estate." John Wanamaker said: “The difference between the clerk who spends all of his salary and the clerk who saves part of it is the difference—in ten years—between the owner of the business and a man out of a job.”

Don’t let your friends and neighbors get ahead of you

Two Hoosiers Chosen By Times Special HUNTINGTON, Ind.. .July 23. Two Hoosiers are among of Rotary international named here by Arthur H. Sapp, international president. Arch V, Grossman. Indianapolis, has a place on the convention committee and A. B. Thielcns, South Bend, on tha finance committee.

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JULY 23, 1927