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...Gene Shank, who once held the record for looping-the-loop in an airplane, flew after a flock of blue teal in an airplane. He went 80 miles an hour; the ducks went much faster...
...Indianapolis were one Joseph Hogue and one Walter Myers. They contended that, by Mayor Duvall's conviction, his election in 1925 was voided. Joseph Hogue claimed office on the ground that he was City Comptroller in the administration of John L. Duvall's immediate predecessor, the late Lew Shank. Walter Myers claimed office because he ran second to John L. Duvall in the 1925 election...
...Indianapolis, they last week mourned the sudden death from heart failure of Samuel Lewis ("Lew") Shank, 55, farm boy, clog dancer, vaudeville trouper, auctioneer and twice mayor of Indianapolis...
...Republicans elected shambling Samuel Shank, "friend of the poor people," to be Mayor of Indianapolis. The next year he became nationally known by hawking potatoes, geese, onions, eggs, tomatoes and cheeses from the steps of his city hall in an effort to break a commission merchants' trust. A street car strike ended his term prematurely, the carmen refusing to promise they would strike no more while he was mayor. He had threatened to resign if they failed to promise and he made the threat good...
Died. Samuel Lewis Shank, 55, onetime mayor of Indianapolis; in Indianapolis; of sudden heart attack...