The Star Will Broadcast Indians' Opener Over WFBM

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 26, 1926:  The first broadcast of the opening Indians baseball game from Washington Park will be made Thursday through special arrangements by The Indianapolis Star and radio station WFBM.  Fitting festivities will welcome Ownie Bush and his Indians back in town to play their first game of the season before the home folks.  It will be a return series with the Kansas City Blues with whom the Tribe was victorious when the American Association opened there on April 13.  W. Blaine Patton, The Star sports editor, will be at the microphone for the broadcast and will give an entertaining and realistic play-by-play account of the game.  Every Indiana baseball fan who is unable to see this game from the stands can hear a graphic description of every detail by tuning into The Star’s program.   

“The Star Will Broadcast Indians’ Opener Over WFBM,” The Indianapolis Star, 26 April 1926, p. 1:3

Incorporation Papers for Airport are Filed

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, April 20, 1926:  Articles of incorporation for the Indianapolis Airport Corporation were filed today with the secretary of state by the Chamber of Commerce airport board.  The nonprofit organization was offered free use of the northeast quarter of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a commercial airport which will be controlled and managed by the 113^th observation squadron of the Indiana National Guard.  Hangars in Kokomo currently used by the squadron will be removed and set up at the speedway for the airport   The speedway makes an ideal landing field for commercial aviation, experts say.  Under the supervision of the national guard, the cost of operation will not exceed revenues, and the property will be well protected.  The immediate establishment of the airport is to place Indianapolis on the new commercial air map of North America.      

“Incorporation Papers for Airport are Filed,” The Indianapolis News, 20 April 1926, p. 14:7

Corner Stone of Church Will Be Blessed at Rite

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, April 11, 1926:  The cornerstone of Little Flower Church will be laid this afternoon with the blessing of Bishop Joseph Chartrand, assisted by the church pastor Rev. Charles Duffy and several priests from various Indianapolis churches.  The new building, which is half completed, will be used as a combination church and school.  Six classrooms and a 700-seat church auditorium will occupy the first floor, and the second floor will be the living quarters for the nuns.  The basement will contain club rooms for men and women.  A copper box will be placed in the cornerstone, containing a roster of present members of the new parish, the names of the men employed in the building’s construction, the program of the ceremonies, a history of the foundation and beginning of the parish, and copies of local newspapers. 

“Corner Stone of Church Will Be Blessed at Rite ,” The Indianapolis Star, 11 April 1926, p. 43:1