Investigation deepens in Lake County murder case
Brisk grand jury hearings in Crown Point Indiana probe the Brick Land case. Joe Haney a Hammond drug store clerk testified about a $20 voucher and a $9 bill payment tied to township medicine. Indictments against Gary murder suspects loomed as jurors weighed four cases in one day.
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Crown Point
Ind
Brigk Lund
Lake County
Joe Haney
Hammond
Haney
State’ Board ’ of Accounts
Martha. Kelso
Checkaney
Itvis
Grand Jury
Brick Land
Joan
Lund
Gary
William Hudson
Switch
Lorencio Chacos
Connecticut Street
Hammond Dollar Days Witnesses in Lunch Case
A grand jury testimony is reported in Hammond related to a lunch case tied to the town's famous Dollar Days event. The article notes a witness proceeding next Tuesday as part of the ongoing investigation. Temperature readings from the First Trust and Savings Bank building show 10 F at 7:30 a.m. and 30 F at noon with fair weather.
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Havey
Oliver Starr
Grand J
Brick i
Hammond
First Trust and Savings Bank
Indiana Senate Defends Administration Primary Bill
A charged Indiana legislature day centered on Senator Hodges Gary backed defense of the administration primary system and a bitter clash with Republicans. The measure, split in committee, would shift nomination offices and governors to a new ballot system while efforts to rally votes fell short of a constitutional majority.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. Glenn Harris
Gary
Senate
William F. Hodge
Indiana
Hodges
Vor Bismarcks
Nention
United States
Elza Rogers
Harry Fenton
State Committee
Ewing
Emison
Vincennes
Joe Rand
Beckett
Sumner A. Clancy
Marion
John Hewitt
Terre Haute
Rollo
Walter
LaGrange
C.oliver Holmes
James 3. Nejdl
Whiting
Thurman Gottschalk
Berne
Joseph Cravens
Madison
Ex-Husbands In Non-Support Failures Face Court
Judge Joe Todd presided as two non-support cases dominated yesterday’s Hamy city court docket. Geers Ahlborn, recent divorcee, and William Meyer were ordered to pay weekly child support of 15 dollars. Both matters were continued for 30 days. A separate case saw Thomas Brinker found guilty of reckless driving after a rear-end collision, fined five dollars plus costs, with a six month suspended sentence conditioned on restitution. Ernest Wolf pleaded guilty to a drunkenness count and was fined.
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Joe Todd
Hamy
Geers F
Ahlborn
William Meyer
Shore
Griver
Superior Court
Meyer
Thomas Brinker
Hessville
15Th Street
Ernest
Wolf
Earthquake Shakes Gibson County Causing 10000 Damage
In Gibson County Indiana an earthquake late Thursday afternoon caused $10 000 in damage. Local weather observer in Joplin noted the quake resembled the one four years ago. No injuries were reported.
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Princeton, Inn
U. P
Hich
Gibson
County
Wi -Joplin
Weather Observer
Azo
East Chicago News Roundup and City Notes
East Chicago figures in mayoral talk with Judge Havran name resurging. A blood poisoning case involves Fred Schadd as city boards meet at city hall. Local lodge hosts a countywide torture session. New Franklin School delayed opening to March 4 per officials. Pythians plan a night meeting in East Chicago. Alavos awoke after being shot in the hip. Davis basketball team to face Whiting Macks at Washington gym. Police pursue thieves sneaking through offices in town. High school newspapers to be represented at Washington High. Johnston aims to lure a large radio maker to East Chicago. Congregational choir and Washington High glee club to sing Sunday at Congregational church. Chief Regan reports on $3200 in counterfeit Inland Steel checks before Christmas. Stoddard King entertains East Chicago Chamber of Commerce at noon.
Whiting Rivalry Highlights Local Basketball and Events
The Whiting high school oilers host LaPorte in the final home game of the season under a busy local scene. The Whiting Elks lodge plans Past Exalted Ruler night as Mosers’ team leads the Women’s Bowling league after twelve games. McNamara Davis Sports clash at Washington gym in Indiana Harbor draws fans while Monte Blue’s Across the Atlantic plays at the Community Center. Boy Scouts run a Whiting morning town event tomorrow from eleven to noon with local officials participating. Jim McNamara, manager of the Whiting Macks, hopes to attend Sunday’s game against the Davis Sports.
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Whiting High School
Oilers
LaPorte
Whiting
Mosers
Washington Gym
Indiana’ Harbor
Jim McNamara
Whiting Macks
Macks
Davis Sports
Scout meeting on Will. Be Boosted at BP Te.A. meet
Scouting group Will. Be Boosted will hold its regular BP Te.A. meeting Monday evening. The venue moved from the junior high auditorium to the new primary building, with attendance expected from local scouts and leaders.
Dry Agent Accuses Police of Massacre in Moran Gang Slayings
F D Silloway deputy prohibition administrator alleges Chicago police killed seven Moran gang members lined up against a wall after a liquor hijacking. He claims private agents uncovered the slaying and says he will name the involved officers and press the case with the state's attorney.
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Chicago
F. D. Silloway
Prohibition
Siloway
George “Bugs” Moran
North Side Liquor King
Moran
Soap Factory Meeting Set for Hammond Thursday
A mass meeting of Hammond residents on Thursday will discuss selling city park property at the corner of Indianapolis boulevard for a large soap factory. A three citizen committee will report after visiting a Cambridge plant to gauge desirability and possible location near the lakefront.
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Hammond
Far North Side
City Park
Indianapolis Boulevard
Cambridge
Mass
Lake Front
Hammond” Park
Indianapolis Doctors Reveal Rapid New Anesthetic
Indianapolis physicians Dr. L. G. Zerfas and Dr. J. T. C MacCallum announce a new anesthetic derived from barbituric acid called Sodium Iso Amyl Ethyl Barbituric Acid. Injected in the arm it removes the smothering stage and reduces post operative nausea and shock, with over 200 patients treated successfully.
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Indianapolis
U.P
L. G. Zerfas
City Hospital
J. T. C MacCallum
William A. Coeppers
Hospital Medical
Zerfas
Eli Lilly &Co
Dollar Day Sales Set by Hammond Merchants
Hammond merchants announce a big Dollar Day sale next Tuesday February 19 highlighted by winter clearance and spring arrivals. Stores will publish announcements in The Times Monday enabling shoppers to plan routes and check desired items to avoid crowding on a busy retail day.
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Hammond
the Times
First Drivers Caught Minus New Licenses in Hammond
Harry Feldman age 21 of 461 Elim Street became Hammond’s first motorist arrested for driving with 1928 plates as the old deadline passed. Patrolman George Carlison arrested Feldman and J Broadwick of Gary on the same charge. Both were released on small bonds and await city court Monday amid planned arrests of other tardy drivers.
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Harry Feldman
Elim Street
Hammond
Emil A. Bunde
Feldman
George Carlison
J. Broadwick
Washington
Gary
Broadwick
Pilot and Passenger Die in Indiana Plane Crash
Noble Green, pilot, was instantly killed when their airplane crashed near Terre Haute. Passenger Robert Sappington was injured, later dying at a hospital. Green reportedly gave Sappington flying pointers before he entered aviation school.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Noble Green
Robert Sappington
Here
Green
Sappington
Hangs Self in Front Yard in Findlay
Ensworth Fagan, 23, selected a conspicuous tree in his brother in law's front yard and hanged himself. He had been estranged from his wife who was living with her brothers.
Bloody Saga of Mastery of Beer Trade Tells a Massacre
Chicago reports a mass killing tied to the beer trade, tracing the line from the 1924 murder of Dion O Banion to the seven-gangster massacre that followed. It notes rivalries with Al Capone and Aiello men, naming Mor an as a sought leader and outlining the violent power struggle across the North Side.
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Dion O’banion
Scarface al” Capone
Aiello
O’banion
North Side
Capone
Brooklyn
Johnny Torrio
Drucci
Hymie Weiss
Weiss
Chicago Valentine murders tally ten in city survey
A survey counts ten Valentine murders in Chicago as of today. Seven men died in a gang massacre. A wife was killed by her husband who then killed himself. Peter Moss and Oscar Jones died in a fight with a man identified as Arthur Lee.
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Chicago
I.N.S
Qchicago
Valentine
Peter Moss
Oscar Jones
Arthur Lee
East Chicago Public Schools Head Asbury Resigns
J. W. Asbury, superintendent, mailed his resignation to Grover Hansen president of the board. The effective date is July 1 and Hansen is away from the city. Asbury cited no public reason for resignation while noting he has other prospects, and supporters plan protests during the board meeting. His tenure included summer school reorganization saving over 2000 and initiatives at Roosevelt High School.
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J. W. Asbury
East Chicago Public Schools
Grover Hansen
Board of Education
Watson to Meet Hoover in Capital Soon
Senator Watson altered plans to meet President-elect Hoover in Florida after Hoover announced an early return to Washington. The two had a one hour conference just before Hoover left for Florida, as Watson prepares to be Senate leader in the next Congress.
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Washington
Senator Watson
Hoover
Florida
Watson
Senate
Congress
Policeman Fires on Three Bandits in Chicago Standoff
Patrolman William Katelhut exchanged gunfire with three bandits in Chicago. He wounded all three with five shots each after they robbed a grocery, then rushed them to a hospital. The dramatic shootout occurred as the men fled and fired at the officer.
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International
Chicago
William Katelhut
Four In Check Gang Arrested In Chicago
Chief James Regan of the East Chicago Police announced the arrest of four men linked to a forged check ring tied to Inland Steel payrolls. Named suspects William Smith James Romas Winn Van Kuren and Arthur Flood were detained in Chicago with victims identifying them. The case involves about $3200 in forged checks and may trigger further arrests and extradition actions.
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Chicago
James Regan
Steel Company
William Smith
James Romas
Winn “van Kuren
Arthur Flood
Indiana
Regan
Sergt
Martin Zarkovich
William Cusack
Hunger Strike of Fred Conrad Shocks New Hampshire
Fred Conrad, a 24 year old interurban station agent, began a hunger strike in New Hampshire aiming to fast until the devil is cast out. He has lost fifty pounds since starting, dropping from 200 to 150 pounds after thirty three days without food.
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New Hampshire
Ohio
U.P
Fred Conrad
Conrad
Interurban
Murder trial expected to reach jury in Indiana case
Martinsville Indiana prepares for the murder trial of Logan Manis and Jesse Squires over the killing of Arlie Bryant owner of Bro Crossing store. Defense rested yesterday. arguments to conclude today as defendants testify they were in an automobile at the time and knew nothing until returning to Squire home.
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Martinsville
Ind
U.P
Logan
Manis
Jesse Squires
Arlie* Bryant
Bro
Tate
Ott Squire
Abbe Moreux Predicts Colder Winters Through 1935
Bourges France Feb 15 Abbe Moreux of the Bourges Observatory predicted a colder climate with less rainfall until 1935 citing a 34 year solar activity cycle. He warned that Earth’s changes could bring more earthquakes in 1929 and 1930 and notable volcanic activity in 1930 and 1931.
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Bourges
France
U. P
Declares Husband is a Crap Shooter
A court filing quotes Virgil Reiter and Tren Dockery asserting a husband’s alleged gambling habit. Ernaee Grant is listed in the accompanying line of names. The fragmentary text centers on a family dispute or legal statement involving marital conduct and reputation.
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Udge
Virgil Reiter
Yesirs
Tren Dockery __ Superior
Ernaee Grant
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Board OF Public Safety
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Stoddard King
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Henry L. Stimson
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