War Manpower Commission Industries producing war material geared up immediately following Pearl Harbor. To meet the demand for labor, the employment services of… Read More »War Manpower Commission
WBRI In October 1963, Radio One Five Hundred Inc., a subsidiary of New York City-based brokerage firm Edwin Tornberg and Co.,… Read More »WBRI
Westchester Country Club Following the success of the , the first Jewish country club in Indianapolis (1921), members of the Jewish community established… Read More »Westchester Country Club
Western Association of Writers In 1885, Marie L. Andrews of Connersville, Indiana, suggested forming a Midwestern writers group to encourage the development of a… Read More »Western Association of Writers
Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide Established on March 7, 1823, the Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide was launched nearly one year after the appearance of… Read More »Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide
Western Electric Western Electric was a telephone manufacturing unit for Bell Telephone with several locations throughout the U.S. The company added a… Read More »Western Electric
Westview Hospital Until the 1970s, local medical doctors did not accept osteopathic methods of treatment using muscle and skeletal manipulation, and osteopaths… Read More »Westview Hospital
WFBQ WFBQ went on the air in 1959 as WFBM-FM. Like other radio stations in the United States, WFBM-AM added the… Read More »WFBQ
WFMS Cambridge City native , formerly chief engineer for WFBM, began broadcasting Indianapolis’ first permanent commercial FM station on March 17,… Read More »WFMS
WFNI After gaining the rights to broadcasts in 2007, held the rights for all Indianapolis major sports teams. The company sought… Read More »WFNI