Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 111, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1928 — Page 22

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STONE LAID FOR FORD'S MUSEUM OFU.SJISTORY Progress From Frontier Days to Present Will Be Depicted. By United Press DETROIT, Spt. 28.—Henry Ford’s dream of a museum depicting in natural settings the mechanical, agricultural and domestic history of the new world, has reached its first , stage of reality. The corner stone was in place today and modern devices of work were bringing to completion a village which will represent America’s development from a wilderness frontier to a great industrial Nation. In a simple ceremony yesterday, attended by Ford and Thomas Alva Edison and their families, the 81-year-old electrical wizard lowered the corner stone into position. Impressed in its cement symbols of American mechanical and agricultural progress. There were footprints where Edison had tacked across the stone, an impression made by the spade of Luther Burbank, one of the world’s leading Botanists, and a signature, "Thomas Alva Edison.’’ Located Near Dearborn The Americana museum is located on a 125-acre tract at Dearborn, it is surrounded by evidences of the newest age in industry, the Ford engineering laboratories and the Ford aviation field. About the main building, an enlarged replica of Independence Hall, will be a village of early New England homes, shops, a. i old inn, church and schools. Buildings for the village were transported almost intact from their original sites in New England States. They will be lighted and equipped it according to the period they reprejsent. Edison “Lab” Reconstructed Already completed in the museum village was a reconstruction of Edi;>.son’s laboratory in Ft. Meyers, Fla., forty years ago, in which many of his inventions were ■ ;eonceived. The old walnut clock, a boiler and steam engine, test tubes, chemicals and lathes, were in place. The inventor threw a switch, starting an

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Homecoming Program to Include Dedication of $250,000 Hall. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 28. Elaborate plans for the inauguration of Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw University’s new president, Oct. 12, are being made by university officials. The inauguration ceremony will be combined with the annual Old Gold day homecoming celebration, Oct. 12-14. Scores of De Pauw alumni and friends will participate in the three-day program. Dr. Oxnam, who assumed charge of the University Sept. 1 formerly was professor of homiletics at Boston University. Dedication of the $250,000 Lucy Rowland Hall for women students will feature the afternoon’s program. The dormitory is an addition to Rector Hall, spaceous dormitory for women, which was donated by the late Edward Rector, Chicago, patent attorney and De Pauw benefactor. The four-story building will accomodate 100 students. It is on the former music school site. Mrs. Edward Rector, widow of the benefactor, will be the university’s guest for the dedication. Roy O. West, Chicago, De Pauw trustees president, and Secretary of the Interior, will preside at the inauguration. Others invited to attend are: Methodist Bishop Raymond Wade, Sweden; Bishop Edgar Blake, Indianapolis; President William Lowe ancient dynamo, which set other machinery in motion. He smiled broadly and recalled other days on such a scene, when meals were foregone in pursuit of an idea. SLACK AIDS CAMPAIGN Mayor Pledges SSOO to Democrat Fund. Mayor L. Ert Slack has pledged a SSOO • contribution to the Democratic campaign, he said today. Announcement by the mayor that he had donated to the campaign fund created comment among Democratic workers because of the mayor’s recent statement that “I am not interested in politics.” It is understood the State committee will arrange some campaign talks for the Indianapolis mayor. •

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TEXAS GIRL SCORES IN OPERA DEBUT ABROAD Dresden Appearance Is Sensational Success. Bn United Press DRESDEN, Sept. 28.—Ladreda Aves, daughter of a Houston. Tex., clergyman, scored a sensational success here Thursday night in her European operatic debut. Singing in Verdi’s “Forza Del Destino,” she was forced to take almost a dozen curtain calls. The Americans, of whom there were many in the audience, especially were enthusiastic in their applause. Miss Aves originally was scheduled to appear in the premier of "The Egyptian Helen,” but was prevented from so doing by illness.

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KIDNAPERS BORN MAN WITH TAR Victim Walks 16 Miles After Release. By United Press KENOSHA, Wis., Sept. 28. Swathed in bandages covering burns on his body and arms, Harold Henderson, 22, an employe of the Allen Hosiery Company here, today aided authorities in the search for four men who kidnaped, slugged and burned him with hot tar Thursday night. After his release at dawn, Henderson walked sixteen miles, he said, to the home of friends, who notified the sheriff at Kenosha. Posses of several hundred persons had searched throughout the night for him, after his sisters told how he had been slugged and dragged from their automobile six miles from Kenosha. The four men who held up their automobile were masked, the women said. RIVAL EXCHANGE CLUB CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN Pre-Eelection Speeches Given at Luncheon. The weekly luncheon of the Exchange Club today at the Lincoln was devoted to “campaign” speeches preliminary to the club's election ot officers. A ticket managed by M. L. Norland is composed of these candidates: Dr. W. F. King, president; Harry E. Wood, A. L. Rowe and Howard Maxwell, vice presidents; Elmer Bertsch, treasurer; Clarence W. Smith, secretary, and Mark Pangborn and M. L. Norland, board of control. The Home Mission ticket, whose campaign is directed by Willard Boite: Dr. Douglas V. White, president; Walter M. Carter, Frank L. Thomas and Clarence F. Merrill, vice president; Elmer Bertsch, treasurer; Tom S. Elrod, secretary, and Harry Wenger, Austin V. Clifford and J. P. Edminson, board of control. TRIKE ‘NATIONAL CRISIS’ Sonth Australian Government Moves to End Dock Strikes. By United Press SYDNEY, "N. S. W„ Sept. 28. The South Australian government issued a proclamation today that a national crisis exists because of the strike riots by dock workers at Adelaide. Five hundred special police were issued rifles and red and white arm bands, drilled by army officers, and placed on dock patrol duty.

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Automobiles reported to the police as having been stolen: Ernest R. Baltzell, 30 W. Twentyfirst St., Auburn brougham, license G 22-1 42, from the Marott. Police department, Connersvillc, Ind., Ford sedan, 208-688, from Connersvllle. Ralph B. Strange, Route C, Danville, Ind., Ford roadster, from Hotel Edwards. Hartford D. Williams. 902 N. Emerson Ave., Hudson, 218-499, fron; New Jersey and Walnut St.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by the police: R. R. West, 1315 Lee St., Ford touring, found at 1434 S. Meridian St. W. J. Sellman,, Ravenswood, Ford coupe, found at Burdsell Blvd. and White River. \ International touring car, no license, found at 1300 De Quincy St. Ford touring, 661-351, found at 1740 Brookside Ave.

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WOMAN STRANGLES STEPSON TO DEATH

By United Press ENID, Okla., Sept. 28.—Mrs. Cleo McLaughlin, 36, today assumed full PRETTY DIVORCEE TIRES OF LIFE, SEEKS PRISON Admits Forging Checks to Be Sent to Penitentiary. llii United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 28. Mrs. George W. Newman, 23, attractive divorcee, admitted to police th atshe forged checks totaling S4BB and then asked, if it was all ri"/it with the chief, could she be sent to the penitentiary right away, please? "I just became tired of everything. I was dreadfully bored. with life,” Mrs. Newman said. "I decided I would* become a criminal and go to prison. At first I thought of murder but that would be cruel. I would steal.” The young woman was sent to the prosecutor’s office, the first step on the way to the penitentiary. But an examination is to be given her to determine whether a recent divorce granted her in St. Louis had unbalanced her mind. TWO OUT ON BOND AFTER FELONY INDICTMENT Men Arrested in Gambling Case for Conspiracy. Ray Smith and Joey Jacobs, Indicted Wednesday by the Marion County grand jury as members of an alleged conspiracy that substituted two defendants in a gambling case in municipal court last week, were under SI,OOO bonds each today following their arrest Thursday afternoon. They and Harry Burton and Solly Hpstein are charged with conspiracy to commit a felony on grounds of false personation. Another man indicted with the four also is being sought by authorities. It is alJeged that Hymie Nahamis and Max Goldsmith were employed to substitute for two men who had been arrested in a gambling game.

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GRAND JURY INDICTS 5 Federal True Bills Name Four City Men on-Liquor Charges. The Federal grand jury returned three Indictments charging four Indianapolis persons with liquor violations Thursday. Those indicted included Robert Ballenger, Sixteenth St. and Arlington Ave.; Martin Deveney, 441 Ketcham St., and Herman Alarding

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