Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 134, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1931 — Page 7

OCT. 14, 1931

HIT-RUN AUTO STRIKES GIRL, 10 Life of Woman Saved by Truckmen’s Alertness. TWlc today sought a hit-and-run driver who injured Mildred Cotton, 10, of 1017 West Pearl street, near her home Tuesday night. The girl *as treated by a neighborhood Physician. Alertness of a truck driver saved

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f Mrs. E. J. Laning. 26, of 234 East Pratt street, Apartment 31, from serious Injury or death Monday night, when she stepped in front of i the truck at Ft. Wayne avenue and Alabama street. Her vision blocked by an um- ! brelle she carried, Mrs. Laning did i not see the truck. William Taggart, 28. of 854 Bradshaw avenue, driver, brought the vehicle to a sudden stop, Mrs. Laning sustaining only minor bruises. John Ferguson, 61, of 234 West Morris street, was cut and bruised Monday night when struck by an : auto driven by Harry Osborn, 41, of j 1624 Ringgold street. The accident occurred at Meridian and Church j streets.

POWER RATES ‘SLASH' ASKED Another Petition Presented by Insull Company. Fourth attempt of the Insull interests to standardize rates in the southern Indiana “power loop” is on file with the public service commission today. This time it is what they term a I rate reduction petition, which, it is

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claimed, will save consumers $370,000 annually in the seventy-six cities and towns and the rural districts involved. It also means rate standardization, it is claimed. The territory is served by the In-sull-owned Public Sendee Company of Indiana and supplied with power from several sources. So far, they have fought vainly to have the commission accept the "power loop” idea in rate making. Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson has been the only convert to the theory. It means -that entire districts served from similar power sources should have standardized rates. Under the plan, local rate making would be abandoned. The com- ]

i mission rejected the Insull idea in j the Martinsville and Bloomington ! rate cases and in the former case, thus far have been upheld in the ! local rate making theory by a master’s decision in federal court. GUNSHOT WOUND FATAL Greenfield Man Dies at Hospital of Accidental Injury. John Cooper, 34, of Greenfield, died early today at Methodist hospital of gunshot wounds inflicted accidentally while hunting Monday. Hospital attaches said the gun Cooper was carrying discharged as Cooper attempted to climb a fence. The siug pierced his chest.

BURGLARS LOOT GROCERY FIRM Steal Seven Cases of Cigarets Valued at $350. Removing iron bars from a window of Schnull & Cos., wholesale grocers. 2272 West Michigan street, bruglars early today # stole seven cases of cigarets valued at $350. The robbery was discovered by Charles Ferguson, night watchman,

who informed police and company officials. Returning to her home late Monday, Mrs. Claier H. Smith. 3523 Graceland avenue, informed police clothing and silverware, valued at $205, had been stolen. Burglars unlocked a bedroom window to gain entrance. Appeal to night watchmen of business houses and citizens to call police immediately after discovery of burglaries or while thieves still are on the premises, was issued today by Police Chief Mike Morrissey. In letters sent to heads of firms Monday, he said with radio squads in all parts of the city at nights, police, equipped to handle the emergencies, can reach the scene within a short time.

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