Plaza Building for Ex-Soldiers at Once

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 12, 1922: A committee of the National Disabled Soldiers’ League will temporarily use a vacant two-story brick double house at 16 E. Michigan St as a relief station for destitute ex-service men until it has use of the adjacent San Toy Apartment building once it is vacated according to an announcement made yesterday by Judge Arthur Robinson, chair of a committee appointed by Mayor Shank to apportion among ex-service men’s organizations the buildings which have been acquired as the city’s share of the state war memorial plaza. Free meals will be served to needy former service men and sleeping quarters will be provided for homeless veterans. One hundred baskets containing fruits, vegetables, canned goods, and other foodstuffs have been collected from city market stand holders and sent to the National Disabled Soldiers’ League for distribution.

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“Relief Depot Assigned,” The Indianapolis Star, 12 February 1922, p. 10:6

“Plaza Building for Ex-Soldiers at Once,” The Indianapolis News, 11 February 1922, p. 1:6

Dial Shows Decrease in Local Fires

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 8, 1921:The Indianapolis permanent fire prevention committee has placed a very large dial, with red and black hands, at Kentucky Av and Washington St, showing the number of fires each day this year as compared with the number a year before. Yesterday, the dial registered ten fires, while one year before there were thirteen fires, showing a decrease for the day of 23 per cent. So far this year the fire department has made 2,772 runs compared to 3,465 runs in 1920.According to Frank C. Jordan, committee chair, there were 5.8 fires per 1,000 persons in 1910, and by 1920 the number of fires per 1,000 persons had increased to 10.7.The growth was principally due to carelessness, and the decrease is to the credit of people exercising more caution, said Jordan.

“Dial Shows Decrease in Local Fires,” The Indianapolis Star, 8 December 1921, p. 2:2

Hoosier Basketball Officials Form Board

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, November 29, 1921: Dale Miller, one of the most popular Indiana basketball officials, hosted a meeting of thirteen Indianapolis basketball officials last evening at the Board of Trade. After making a list of their names, addresses, and phone numbers so that high school, college, and independent coaches and managers may know where a competent and experienced official is available, they formed a state board that will meet from time to time during the basketball season with coaches and officials to discuss rules of the game and in this way standardize procedures throughout the state. Officers of the organization are Pat Page, Butler College athletic director, president; “Hap” Craigle, well known basketball referee, vice president; and Dale Miller, secretary-treasurer. The officers will draft organization bylaws and consider affiliation with the national board of approved basketball officials.

“Hoosier Basketball Officials Form Board,” The Indianapolis News, 29 November 1921, p. 22:1