New Catholic Parish North of Irvington

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, March 13, 1925:  Bishop Joseph Chartrand announced the creation of a new Catholic parish to be known as Little Flower with Rev. Charles Duffey, assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s, as pastor.  Located north of Irvington, Little Flower parish will be formed from sections of three parishes, St. Philip Neri, Rural and Michigan streets, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Francis de Sales, Brightwood.  Named after Blessed Therese, the Little Flower, who will be canonized a saint later this year, the buildings for the new parish will be located between 13th St, Nowland Av, Wallace St, and Bosart Av on land that has been the property of the diocese for several years.  According to Rev. Duffey, an organization meeting will be called and the first building to be constructed will be a combined church and school.

“New Catholic Parish North of Irvington,” The Indianapolis News, 13 March 1925, p. 25:5

Dedicatory Program Opens Station WFBM

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, March 5, 1925:  WFBM, the Merchants Heat & Light Co radio station, will formally begin broadcasting at 6:30 tonight with a special program transmitted remotely from the Indianapolis Athletic Club.  The program will include selections by the Gus C. Edwards orchestra, playing for the club’s regular dinner and dance crowd, remarks by Mayor Lew Shank and Lt. Gov. Harold Van Orman, and a special musical performance by the Popular Four Quartet and the Schubert Quartet.  WFBM radio will not have a studio but will broadcast from any place in the city by a special telephone connection to the Merchants Heat & Light Co Lenore substation five miles southwest of the city.  One purpose of WFBM is to advertise Indianapolis as the “convention city of America.”  Its use will be free to any person or organization. 

“Dedicatory Program Opens Station WFBM,” The Indianapolis News, 5 March 1925, p. 25:1

D.C. Stephenson Behind Move Which Brought 15 Absent Senators Back

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, February 27, 1925:  Because of promises by Republican political boss D. C. Stephenson, Indiana Democratic state senators are back in their seats after bolting to Dayton, Ohio over a gerrymander bill that would have made the second Congressional District safely Republican.  Their action denied a senate quorum and left hanging pet measures backed by the Ku Klux Klan.  If the Democratic senators remained on strike and the legislative session adjourned sine die on Monday, March 9, and a special session had to be called to pass the appropriation bill, the Klan leadership saw little chance of getting its legislative program through.  Stephenson promised the Democrats immunity from arrest for bolting and killing of the gerrymander bill, which Lieutenant Governor Van Orman in a signed telegram confirmed he would “do everything in his power” to defeat.    

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“D.C. Stephenson Behind Move Which Brought 15 Absent Senators Back,” The Indianapolis Times, 27 February 1925, p. 1:7