Indiana Kingmaker Stephenson Claims Political Cash Ties
Former Klan leader D C Stephenson claims he financed Governor Ed Jackson and bought municipal elections. He met with Marion County Prosecutor William Remy to discuss documented evidence of pre election deals and alleged payments to ministers for church support.
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Michigan City
Ind
State Supreme Court
D. C
Stephenson
Indiana
Degre
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
William’ Remy
Marion County
Remy
Daly
Thomas Adams
William H. Sheaffer
John W. ‘Holtzman
Emsley W. Johnson
Marion County Grand Jury
Ed Jackson
Jackson
Stephenson Scratches Surface in Indiana Corruption Probe
Vincennes Indiana July 6 A veteran newspaper investigator reports that a quiet inquiry into alleged political corruption uncovered deeper malfeasance than expected. He cites a petition to the governor claiming 100000 was raised at a drunken levee at the Lincoln Hotel in Indianapolis to suppress exposure.
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New York World News Service
Vincennes
Ind
Stephenson
Lincoln Hotel
Indianapolis
Auto Mishaps Toll Four Injured In Cincinnati Area
A woman was killed and four others injured in auto accidents near Cincinnati. Florence Tebbe 21 died of a fractured skull after a car driven by Herman Reuhlman 41 crashed into a pole on the Eighth Street viaduct. Reuhlman and Cecelia Wuellman escaped injury. Reuhlman was charged with reckless driving. Other crashes left a 4 year old with a skull fracture, a Grace Hessen injured, and Clyde Shumate with chest injuries.
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Cincinnati
Reuhlman
Cecelia Wuellman
Miss Tebbe
Geeding and
Bruestle
Lawrence Thompson
Pendleton Street
Thirteenth
Race Streets
Harry Haberstreit
Pleasant Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bethel
Grace Hessen
Hoff Avenue
General Hospital
Clyde Shumate
Principio Street
Sharonville
Jesse Brook
Banklick Street
Covington
Ralph Roland
East Franklage Street
Terry Steward
Court Street
Twelfth
Brook
City investigates gas and electric rates report eyed
William J. Hagenah said after a secret conference with Cincinnati officials that a city report on Union Gas and Electric rates would be completed within sixty days. The council approved a $15 000 supplement to his $42 500 contract as he works with Columbia Gas and Electric and its Cincinnati subsidiaries on inventories and inter company relations.
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William J. Hagenah
Union Gas and Electric Company
Hagenah
Seasongood
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
Columbia Company
Cincinnati
Collins Avenue Delay Sparks Heated City Council Debate
A sharp dispute erupted between Col. Sherrill City Manager and Fred Schneller City Council Highways Committee Chair over responsibility for delaying Collins Avenue improvement from Taft Road to Keys Crescent. Mayor Seasongood challenged Schneller for acting without full council support while Schneller defended consulting the manager.
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Col. Sherrill
Fred Schneller
City Council
Collins Avenue
Taft Road
Keys Crescent
Seasongood
Schneller
Mr. Schneller
Fall and Doheny Face Bribery Trial Again
Justice Hitz ordered renewed bribery proceedings against Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny and his son, Jr., upholding indictments tied to the $100,000 “little black satchel” deal over California oil leases. The case rests on alleged fraud and corruption in contracts deemed void by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Justice Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Interior Secretary
California
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
United States Supreme Court
Fall
Doheny
Dohenys
Japanese Join Americans at Geneva Parley Amid Cruiser Tonnage Debate
Gen eva July 6 Japanese leaders join the Americans in the naval arms conference at Geneva with a pledge of shoulder to shoulder support on cruiser tonnage. Britain faces a choice between capitulation and breaking up talks as technical sessions resume to align American and Japanese globular tonnage ideas.
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Geneva
Viscount Saito
Japan
W. C. Bridgeman
British Admiralty
London
Britain
United States
Orient
Saito
Tokio
Bridgeman
Esme
Kellogg
Washington
State Department
Esme Howard
Estate Department
New England
Manchester
Tornado Hits Mt Pleasant Iowa. Child Killed In Storm
A tornado sweeping the northeastern outskirts of Mt. Pleasant Iowa left one child dead and several injured. The storm, which began near Whalen, cut a zigzag path about sixteen miles long and caused heavy farm losses and property damage, including severe hail damage in Clinton Indiana.
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MT. Pleasant
Harry Hazen
W.H. Marshall
Marshall
Here
Whalen
Clinton
Death at Race Street bootleg joint ends in killings
Edward Concanon known bootlegger and Five Points roadhouse owner was shot at 1830 Race Street. Morris Solomon of Newport was found with a bullet wound in Findlay Street. seven beer barrels on site and a hidden garage entrance point to a hurried escape amid a bootleg war.
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Edward “Dutch” Concannon
Five Points
Rapid Run _ pike
Price Hill
Race Street
Findlay Street
Morris Solomon
Fourth
Columbia Streets
Newport
Solomon
Concannon
Bobbe and
Metzger
Concanon
General Hospital
Swing
Richard Pfiester
Five Points Roadhouse
Polion
Charges Dropped In Jewish Hazing Case At Kings County
Settlement announced to drop court charges against six Gentile internes accused of hazing three Jewish internes in a Kings County Hospital episode. Rabbi Louis D. Gross said the inquiry would continue to curb anti Semitism while the internes express regret and pledge to prevent further incidents.
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New York
Kings County Hospital
Louis D. Gross
Walker
Rabbi Gross
New York Board of Jewish Ministers
Liberia pays full war debt to United States
Liberia today became the second nation to settle its war debt with the United States by delivering a Treasury check for 35610 dollars. The principal was 26000 dollars and the rest covered interest. Cuba is the other nation to have wiped its debt slate clean.
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Washingtoon
Liberia
United States
Treasury
Cuba
Tail of Comet Wags Two Ways
Dr. Elliott Smith of the University of Cincinnati Observatory explained in a McMicken auditorium lecture that solar radiation drives a comet’s tail away from the sun. He described perihelion dynamics showing the tail sweeping across the sky and the comet’s movement swapping order before and after perihelion.
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Elliott Smith
University of Cincinnati Observatory
McMicken Auditorium
America Taking Rapidly to the Air
Washington reports a Commerce Department estimate shows 2,059 civilian pilots seeking licenses, plus 1,579 applications to license planes and 1,925 for air mechanics. The surge follows trans Atlantic and trans Pacific flights. W P MacCracken Jr says licenses may be issued before full inspections due to staff workload. Maj C M Young notes more operators may yet apply.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
W. P. MacCracken, Jr
Air Tragedies Claim Six Lives in Military Crash
Two New York National Guard flying officers Capt Curtis Wheeler and Lieut Carl Sack died when their old Curtiss JN-4 plunged nose first from 200 to 300 feet during maneuvers with the 105th Infantry at Pine Camp New York Brig Gen Ransom H Gillett ordered a military court to hear witnesses to fix blame Wheeler 36 assistant editor and Sack 26 a Baltimore native and PennRailroad chemist were killed others in the area reported drowning when a separate plane fell into the Ohio River near Huntington W Va
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Pine Camp
Great Bend
N. Y
New York National Guard
Curtis Wheeler
Carl J. Sack
New
Ransom H. Gillett
Wheeler
Lieut. Sack
105Th Infantry
National Guard
Lieut
Sack
Herman von Lockum
Medical Corps
Watertown
Capt. Wheeler
New York Herald-Tribune
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Marion Hunter
New York
John T. Sack
John Drew Nears Death After Illness Since May
San Francisco reports veteran actor John Drew aged 73, ill since May 31, near death but expected to live until morning. Dr Lawrence Hoffman said Drew was cheerful with an unclouded mind and described him as extremely amiable. His daughter, son-in-law Jack Deveraux, and nephew John Barrymore, also an actor, stayed with him.
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San Francisco
John Drew
Lawrence Hoffman
Drew
Hoffman
Jack Deveraux
John Barrymore
Chicago Storm Kills Man as Severe Weather Hits
A thunderstorm struck Chicago with wind hail and rain causing property damage and one death. The victim was Frank Dandrowski 24. Weather authorities warned of continued storms through the night.
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Chicago
Frank Dandrowski
Engineers Find Secretary Guilty of Funds Mismanagement
At the Cleveland triennial convention the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers found Secretary-Treasurer C Endquist guilty of laxity carelessness and indifference in handling finances. Charges against President W B Prenter and other officers will be heard. Officials say the case focuses on financial administration and the trial could influence leadership outcomes amid Canadian rail nationalization and merger issues. The five week meeting may extend into a sixth, costing about 30 000 dollars daily.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. Endquist
Lindquist
W. B. Prenter
L. G. Griffing
Harry P. Daugherty
Brotherhood
Eame
Governor's Grandson Held After Arrival in Chicago
Charles Dr. Austin, 37, of Los Angeles and grandson of a former Minnesota governor, was arrested on arrival at a Chicago hotel following a telegram offering $100 reward for his arrest and confiscation of the automobile he drove here.
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Chicago
Charles Dr. Austin
Los Angeles
Cal
Austin
Minnesota
W. S. Traeger
Los Aneles
Peace Officer Slain Leads Posse Hunt Farmer
Centerville Tenn July 6 A fifty man posse led by Sheriff W T Webb searched along Joes Branch near Centerville for George Pace the man accused of killing County D Spence a well known peace officer and injuring Deputy Sheriff C P Gilbert Pace resisted entry to a farm without a warrant and Spence was killed in the incident
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Centerville
Tenn
W. T. Webb
Joe
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