Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1931 — Page 2

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NEW OFFICERS ! ARE NAMED BY EASTERN STAR Grand Chieftains Will Be Installed at Meetings Here Today. Delegates of the Order of Eastern Star was to conclude Its election of , officers at the session in Murat temple auditorium this afternoon. At the opening meeting Wednesday of the fifty-seventh annual convention, Mrs. Daisy Crist of j Crawfordsville was elected worthy grand matron, succeeding Mrs. Frances E. Curtis, of Monon. Dr. Truman G. Yuncker of Greencastle, ; professor of botany at De Pauw university, succeeded Ura Seeger of West Lebanon as worthy grand patron, and Mrs. Mamie Conrad of Warsaw was re-elected grand treasurer. Mrs. Blanche Regett of Clarks j Hill was re-elected grand secretary, j Miss Mabel Carrithers of Princeton will succeed Mrs. Crist as associate grand matron. Albert S. Phillips of Hobart was elected associate grand patron. Office of grand conductress will be filled by Mrs. Rose Malcolm of Indianapolis. Balloting for associate grand conductress was not to be finished until this afternoon. Deputies appointed for the twenty-one districts of the Order of Eastern Star were to be announced late this afternoon when installation of officers also will take place. Fourth annual ball, to be given by worthy matrons and worthy patrons of District 11 of the Order of Eastern Star, will begin at 8:30 tonight in the Columbia Club ballroom. j Officers elecetd, at the annual State Secretaries’ Association dinner in the Severin Wednesday night were: Mrs. Laura Rathbun, president, succeeding Mrs. Nellie K. Stammel; Mrs. Katherine Hawk, first vice-president; Mrs. Edna Hollowell, second vice-president; Mrs. Sarah Baker, secretary, and Mrs. Vera Day, treasurer. Memorial services by grand officers were given Wednesday night at Murat temple. Banquet held by Order of Eastern Star secretaries in the Claypool preceded the services. BUILDING PERMITS ON INCREASE IN MARCH National Survey Shows City One of Leading in Nation. Large increase in the value of building permits issued in Indian- j apolis in March in comparison to i the preceding month, was reported ! today in the national building survey of S. W. Straus & Cos. During March permits were val- ! ued at $806,508 while February's j total was $524,790. In March, 1930, I the aggregate was $817,098 while in j March, 1929, the total was $1,930,185. Indianapolis is listed among the twenty-five cities in the country which are leading in permit valuations. FOUR PERSONS HURT IN AUTO COLLISIONS Suffer Cuts and Bruises; Woman la Thrown From Car. Four persons were injured Wednesday night in two minor auto accidents. Aubry Wilson, 26. of 520 Coble street, is in city hospital today recovering from leg injuries sustained when his auto was sideswiped by another driven by Dr. J. J. Black, 4742 Broadway. The accident occurred in the 5900 block East Washington street. Mrs. Francis Morris, of near Lebanon, was thrown from the car driven by her husband, Walter, and suffered body bruises. Their auto collided with another driven byFrancis F. Sheehan, 20, of 22 North Gray street. Sheehan's mother and father were bruised. VOLIVA TO QUIT ZION. BECOME EVANGELIST Refutes Reports He’s Dying; He’ll “Never Go Near Tub Again.” By United Press ZION. 111., April 23.—Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church, has announced he will turn over active control of Zion to Apostle W. J. Mintern next summer, and devote the remainder of his life to spreading his religion throughout the world. The famous overseer refuted recent reports that he was dying by appearing publicly, naming his successor, and vowing he “never will go near a bathtub again,” although he expects to live forty-five years longer or until he is 106 years old. "I merely scalded my foot while bathing,” he said. CAMELOT TO BE SHOWN Game of Skill Will be Explained at Ayres by Mrs. Boyden. Camelot, the first of the six onlygames of skill in existence to be added in this century, will be explained in L. S. Ayres & Cos. auditorium at 2 this afternoon, by Mrs.' Elizabeth Clarke Boyden of New York, one of the leading authorities on contract bridge. Camelot Is a combination of checkers and chess, invented by George S. Parker. Salem. Mass., after forty years of study. The ease with which the game is learned, and its romantic atmosphere account for its popularity, according to Mrs. Boyden ALFONSO'S “AUNT DEAD Infanta Isabella, 79. of Spain, Succumbs at Madrid. By United Press PARIS, April 23.—The Infanta Isabella. 79, of Spain, aunt of the exiled King Alfonso, died today.

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With the coming of spring, anew search is under way for Professor Alfred Wegener, above, missing leader of the German expedition to Greenland for the study of geological and meteorological conditions, who has not been heard from since he disappeared into the frozen wastes last October. When he left the western coast, near Umanak, last September, he was carrying supplies to two scientists at a meteorlogical station in central Greenland, 250 miles inland, indicated by the cross on the above map. Professor Wegener also was exploring possibilities of an Arctic air route.

TAX VALUATIONS ON INSULL SITES HIKED

Northern Indiana Utilities Boosted Millions by State Board. Insull utilities in northern Indiana were boosted several millions in tax valuations according to the 1931 figures made public today by the state tax board. Chicago District Electric Generating Corporation, the huge Insull power plant at Hammond, was increased $3,500,000 over the 1930 valuation. The 1931 figure was set by the board at $16,500,000. Northern Indiana Public Service Company was given a merged value with Indiana Hydro Electric Power Company of $51,500,000, the combined value last year being $48,131,953. Hobart Light and Water Company was decreased from $276,400

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BASEBALL GAME FREE TO BOYS; PARADE SLATED All In or Near City to Be Guests of Lions Club, Norman Perry. , If any boy in or near Indianapolis misses a free trip to Washington Park Saturday, to see the Indians waggle bats at the Kansas City club it will be his own fault, Lions club officials said today. They invited every lad within reasonable distance of the city to join a parade from the War Memorial Plaza to the park, where the entire crowd will be guests of Norman Perry, owner of the Indians. Parade will form before 1 p. m„ and move south to Washington street, and then west to the ball Dcirlc Cash prizes will be given for best floats and banners, and trophies will be awarded the best drill units in the procession. More than 10,000 boys are expected to fill the seats at Washington Park through courtesy of the Lions Club. The procession will be made up of the following sectionsPolice escort; Major Thomas E. Cathro, instructor of high school R. O-T C. the city- judges of floats. Governor Har., G. Leslie. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan O. Snethen and Norman Perry; fireman’s band; Captain Paul D. Carter and Lieutenant Robert W. Ward of PtBenjamin Harrison, judges of drill units. Women’s Lions Club. Judges of slogans, Ed Kepner. Lee Walker and Jesse McClure, judges for bands; white and colored . M C. A.; Indianapolis Newsboys’ band; Emmerich Manual Training high school; Broad Ripple high school; Crispus Attucks high school and band; Boys’ Club; Washington high school and band; Jewish Community Center, Riley hospital, General Protestant orphans’ home. Cathedral high school, Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis News newsboys, Indiana Boys school and band, Arsenal Technical high school, Shortridge high school, Boy Scouts and band, unattached boys. FACING BOOZE CHARGE City Police Raid Home, Turn Case Over to U. S. Authorities. Seveal gallons of liquor were confiscated by police Wednesday night in a raid on the residence of Max Weil, 2424 North Alabama street, they said. The case was turned over to federal authorities by Sergeant John Eisenhut and squad.

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HAWKS SETS 2 MORE EUROPEAN FLYING MARKS American Speeds From Paris to London in Less Than Hour. By United Press HESTON AIRDROME, England, April 23.—Captain Frank Hawks, the American flier, arrived from France today, smashing two more European records t-o finish off his two days of flight between London and Rome. The American speed flier who Wednesday set anew mark of five hoiffs and twenty-two minutes from London to Rome, broke two records on his flight from Paris to London. Flying from Le Bourget, near Paris, he reached Croydon airdrome in fifty-five minutes to break the ninety-six-minute mark recently set by Commander Glen-Kidston and then continued to Heston airdrome

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