Murder trial hinges on Decker plot and alibi
In Warsaw Indiana Virgil Decker faces trial for the Lovett murder with prosecutors seeking to prove a Decker family plot to kill Lovett, claim his body as Decker and collect a $24 000 life insurance policy. Witnesses include Decker relatives and law officers who recount his statements and alleged movements to South America.
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Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovett
Decker
Lovett
Fred
Samuel Decker
Marion
Albert Fowler
Grant County
Virgil
West
Mildred Decker
William Decker
Cal A. Ferguson
Atwood
Fred Decker
Ben Phillips
Fowler
Elkhart
Tippecanoe River
South America
Phillips
Rayland Cleary
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homer Summerlin
Love
First-Born Son Born to 71 and 50 Year Married Couple
Hazard Kentucky June 6 An elderly couple Mr and Mrs Elhanman Crawford aged 71 and 50 years have welcomed their first child a son in the city.
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Hazard, Ky
Elhanman Crawford
Rerery
Lloyd George Ordered to Take Complete Rest
Premier Lloyd George has been ordered by physicians to rest due to a severe chill and overwork. He canceled all engagements for the week to recover in London on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
London
Index to Advertisements and Companies Featured
An index listing diverse advertisers and services including American Tobacco Co. Baltimore & Ohio R R Excursions Grape Nuts Provident Savings Bank and Trust Co Kolbe and Co Mixed Paints Ghat Shpacademn Kotalko For the Hair and other brands and firms such as Libera Savings Loan Assn Louisville and Nashville Railway Northern Pacific Railway Swift Laboratory and more listed within the page. The compilation reflects a broad range of goods and services advertised in the issue.
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Inanocemi- Breed, Elliott & Harrison
Fifth-Third National Bank
Henry le Doherty
Eae Kolbe & Co
Veet
wSrein Meeinhs
Ghat Shpacademn Kotalko
Kotte’s Drug Store
Liberal Savings & Loan Assn
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Savas Max Wocher & Son Co
Motion Pictures
Nck
Cekcceuceece
Mullane—Candy
Northern Pacific Railway
Ohbto Truss Co
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Ae Provident Savings Bank
T. Co
Richmond Bros.—Paints
Sante Fe
Schaefer Rubber Co
IO Ee Oy
Wagon Hit by Train Hurled Man 45 Feet in Kentucky
Wiley Craft a 23 year old Eastwood Kentucky man was struck by a train and hurled about forty five feet from his wagon as it was struck near Eastwood en route to Louisville The horse died and Craft was left stunned but unharmed after being cared for by a physician in Anchorage and later walking home.
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Louisville
Wiley Craft
Eastwood
Bloomfield
Craft
William Madden
Anchorage
Northside group urges deportation over war record
The Northside Business Men's Club discussed deporting Stephen Ponticos after it learned he had been pardoned by Governor Davis for wartime exemption allegations. Judge Edward F. Dixon explained deportation cannot occur since Ponticos was legally exempt. The club condemned the pardon and approved sending a protest to Governor Davis.
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Stephen Ponticos
Northside
Davis
Northside Business Men's Club
Ponticos
United States
Draft Board No. 10
Edward F. Dixon
C. A. Ae
Dixon
Floyd E. Waite
Columbus
Thompson Loses Hal Remark in Chicago Political Bust
Chicago voters rejected William Hale Thompson in a coalition judicial ticket sweep with losses for all Thompson Republicans. Bond issue for a new jail failed while free textbooks in public schools carried by a slim margin amid violent polling day incidents and fraud charges. Women voters helped tilt the Judiciary election as 50 percent of 900000 registered turnout.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
Bar Association
Coalition
Judiciary
Marshal Joffre
France
United States
Pacific Coast
Hiram Johnson
Harding
Confessed motive in Kaber murder case shocks Cleveland
In a purported confession to County Prosecutor Stanton, Mrs. Mary Brickel says Eva Catherine Kaber planned her husband Dan Kaber's murder. Indictments were returned against Brickel and Marian McArdle, with Kaber already indicted for murder and awaiting transport from New York.
France Faces Coin Shortage Challenge for Small Change
France struggles to replace vanished small silver coins with paper money and aluminum coins. Experimental denominations prove impractical as ragged notes frustrate users. The government needs 400 million francs in small money, while the mint can produce only 100 million francs yearly.
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Paris
France
Stamp enters not guilty plea in murder case
Walter P. Stamp a 37 year old Louisville real estate dealer charged with murder was arraigned in Criminal Court. His plea of not guilty was entered as bail and a preliminary trial were set with the hearing to start in July. The defendant is accused of shooting and killing W Smith Russell and wounding Mrs Russell and Catherine Russell the six year old daughter. Mrs Russell identified Stamp as the driver of a car that pulled alongside theirs and heard him say you broke up my home before he opened fire.
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Louisville
Walter P. Stamp
Stamp
W.smith Russell
Russell
Catherine
Russells
Robinson
Mr. Smith
Zoo Fete Dancer Fractures Ankle During Rehearsal
Miss Alicia Hill aged 20 fractured her right ankle while executing an intricate turn during a rehearsal at the Zoo band shell. She was taken to General Hospital by private car for treatment. The injury occurred as she prepared a solo dance for the fete benefitting the Children's Hospital.
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Shell
Alicia Hill
General Hospital
Miss Hill
Children's Hospital
Miss Mariah McArdle Arrested as Fugitive in Slaying Case
New York reported on June 6 that 20 year old Miss Mariah McArdle was arrested as a fugitive from Lakewood Ohio charged in the two year old slaying of her stepfather Dan F. Kaber, a wealthy publisher. She denied involvement after police questioned her about an ice pick break in at the Kaber home and said her mother suggested the burglary ruse. Lakewood police noted her grandmother had claimed the girl ransacked the house to mislead investigators. Mrs Kaber was held without bail awaiting extradition papers after a prior arrest.
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Cleveland
Stanton
Mary Brickel
Eva Catherine Kaber
Dan Kaber
Lakewood
Kaber
Brickel
Utterback
Cedar Point
New York
Mariah McArdle
Dan F. Kaber
McArdle
Harlem
Canada Premier Seeks Renewal of Japan Pact
Arthur Meighen sails for London to attend the imperial conference and push renewal of the Anglo Japanese alliance, conditioned on American agreement. The June 21 meeting at 10 Downing Street will also discuss constitutional preparations and empire foreign policy.
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Quebec
Arthur Meighen
Canada
London
Meighen
United States
Downing Street
British Empire
Dominions
Imperial War Cabinet
United Kingdom
France
Narrow escape as auto plunges off Rock Mill precipice
Lancaster Ohio June 6 John Crist and four companions escaped serious harm when their auto careened over Rock Mill precipice forty feet high. Crist was driver and the machine rolled twice during the descent as the men leaped clear to avoid injury.
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Lancaster
John Crist
Columbus
Rock Mill
Crist
Morals Group Slams Local Beach Fashion in Owensboro
The Morals Company F of Owensboro criticizes the city beach across the river for scanty bathing suits and dancing costumes. The group claims the Waukee beach lacks modest standards and seeks local jurisdiction to enforce decency rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Men’s Christian League of
Waukee
League
Cincinnati Police Halt Huntington Suitor At Wedding
Huntington asks Cincinnati police to intervene to stop the marriage of Virginia Ray a 20 year old Notre Dame Academy student from Walnut Hills to a Huntington West Virginia man. Police were told she left the convent to visit Cincinnati and had not returned by early morning. a description of the girl was circulated and officers were posted at rail hubs.
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Cincinnati
Virginia Ray
Notre Dame Academy
Grandin Road
Walnut Hills
Huntington
W. Va
J. Ray
West Virginia
Rau
Virginia
Miss Rau
Miss Ray
Court reverses ruling on New York Call second class mail
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia reversed the district Supreme Court ruling granting mandamus for reinstating The New York Call’s second-class mail. It remanded to dismiss at publishers’ cost. The case cites espionage act violations and postmaster decisions by Burleson Hays and others.
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Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia Today
Supreme Court of the District
New York Call
Burleson
Hays
Russia
United States
Teens Held In Auto Theft Ring In Youngstown
Youngstown police hold two fourteen year old boys who confessed to stealing five automobiles. Officers expect the total stolen车辆 may grow as the investigation continues.
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Youngstown
Pueblo Rises From Flood Chaos Amid Martial Law
Pueblo Col June 6 All able bodied citizens were ordered to work under military direction to clean streets and remove debris. Pay set at 43 cents an hour. Sightseers must leave and no one is exempt. Refusal means military guard and forced labor. Businessmen vow to rebuild and Pueblo to become a new, better city.
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Pueblo
Col
Paul P. Newton
Associated Press
Lasker Accepts Harding Offer as Shipping Board Chair
Albert D. Lasker of Chicago accepts the chairmanship of the U S Shipping Board after President Harding delays by urging Walter Teagle to take the post. Teagle declines due to illness, leaving Lasker to lead the liquidation and sale of ships while securing technical aid as needed. Lasker, a prominent Chicago advertiser and investor, has ties to Medill McCormick and Will Hays era Republican campaigns.
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Albert D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Lawrence
Washington
Chicago
United States Shipping Board
Harding
Mr. Lasker
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Lasker
Teagle
Mr. Teagle
Standard Oil Company
Europe
Albert Lasker
Lord & Thomas Advertising Agency
Mitchell Car Company
Quaker Oats
van Camps
Chicago Cubs
Judge Landis
Will Hays
Congress
Hiram Johnson
Hays
Illinois
Medill McCormick
Lasker Energy
American Jewish Committee
State Adjutant General Fined for Speeding in Delaware
Adjutant General George Florence was arrested for speeding beyond the 30 mph limit in Delaware and paid a $15 fine. He was en route to the National Guard shoot at Camp Perry, accompanied by State Auditor Tracy and State Senator William M. Miller.
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Delaware, O
George Florence
National Guard
Camp Perry
Tracy
William M. Miller
Thieves Escape With Stolen Car After Pursuit
Walter Tailor and Joseph Hayes chased a car stolen the previous Saturday passing Covington Eleventh and Madison. They lost the trail, later found the car at the Stonewall House on the Dixie Highway, confronted two men with hammers, but the thieves drew guns and fled with the car, leaving Tailor and Hayes to report to the police.
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Eleventh
Madison Avenue
Covington
Walter Tailor
Holman Street
Joseph Hayes
West Twelfth Street
Tailor
Hayes
Stonewall House
Dixie Highway
Auto Craghends Pleasure Trip Ends in Injuries
A family of John Rutenschrover, 42, Greenwell avenue, was injured when their car crashed into a telephone pole on Glenway avenue after being struck by a Bell Telephone Company truck driven by James Nelson on Price Hill. Rutenschrover and his wife and two children were pinned under the wreck. all were taken to General Hospital in not serious condition. A charge of reckless driving was filed against Rutenschrover and Nelson. Separately William Lowry, 12, 215 East University avenue, suffered a fractured left ankle after a collision with Wallace F. McCaw on Reading road near Burnet avenue. he was admitted to General Hospital with not serious condition.
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John Utenschrover
Greenwell Avenue
Bell Telephone Company
Price Hill
Rutenschrover
Glenway Avenue
Rapid Run
James Nelson
Wells Avenue
General Hospital
Ferdinand Schaefer
Rutenschrever
Nelson
William Lowry
East University Avenue
Writing Prompt Echoes in Adr's Memory
A reflective note mirrors Adr's motto that writing should be constant and thoughtful. The line invites readers to treat every thought as a seed for prose.
President Harding requests Red Cross aid for Pueblo flood victims
President Harding asks the American people to donate to the Red Cross to aid Pueblo Colorado and surrounding districts struck by flood. The appeal urges immediate contributions through local chapters or Red Cross headquarters to support relief and recovery efforts.
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Washington
Harding
United States
American Red Cross
Pueblo
Col
Red Cross
Arren.g. Harding
Pueblo Flood Response Expands With Ward Sanitation Plan
Pueblo begins systematic flood aftermath effort dividing the city into eight wards with two physicians and four nurses each. Three isolation hospitals open as Dr. John C. Cornell from the Public Health Service assists. five chicken pox cases reported, no current epidemic. Recovery of bodies continues amid mud and receding water. about forty-two in morgues plus ten more from St Charles Mesa.
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Pueblo
Col
Associated Press
John C. Cornell
United States Public Health Service
Denver
W. E. Buck
E. E. Withers
Pueblo Chieftain
St. Charles Mesa
Arkansas
Fountain
Colorado Springs
Shoup
Colorado
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Decker Gase
Cabin
American Tobacco Co
Naas
Eus
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Baer
Erenesesees Burger Bros
Llosson
Davaine Cunard-Anchor 9
S. Line
Dunlap Clothes Shop
Scsesesseees Misoseuen
Urge Pontico
Northside Club
Davis Freed
Hal
Political Eight
Dan
Mary McArdle
Zoo
Marian McArdle
Henewal
Japan
Dominion
U. S
Shock Christian League
Agred IO
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State Adjutant General
Ant
John Rutenschrover
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