Erick Lund Facing Trial On False Claims Indictment
Erick Lund the North township trustee is scheduled to stand trial in Lake Criminal Court before Judge Martin J. Smith on March 24. Indicted with Lund are Dr Sam A. Bell and Dr William Nichols of Hammond. All three are free on $10,000 bonds. The charges allege Lund and the doctors filed false claims for township poor relief work not performed.
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Crown Point
Ind
Erick Lund
North Township
Lake Criminal Court
Martin J. Smith
Sam A. Bell
William i. Nichols
Hammond
Lund
W. J. McAleer
Florida
James Clark
McAleer
Hammond Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Accounts
County Grand Jury
Lake County
Oliver Starr
Smith
Fmen
Bell
Dr. Nichols
Hammond Temperature Readings From Local Bank Building
The Hammond region registered temperatures at First Trust and Savings Bank building. At 7 30 a m the thermometer showed 34 degrees above zero and at noon it was 10 degrees higher. The sky was cloudy at noon with sunrise at 6 15 a m and sunset at 6 47 p m.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
Hammond
Drunken hit and run injures two in Chicago area
Two Hammond men near death in Chicago hospitals and a Hammond man with a Calumet City girl held on open charges after a drunken late night auto crash. Peter Maker, 25, injured in a crash at Bath Street and South Shore Drive, faces open charges. John Dancen, 46, injured at Jackson Park hospital. The Calumet City girl and Dev Dee are jailed at Woodlawn police station, pending arraignment and bail.
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Hammond
Chicago
Calumet City
Woodlawn
Peter Maker
Steeel
George Dee
Moss Avenue
Bath Street
South Shore Drive
Bridewell Hospital
Maker
John Dancen
Jackson Park
Dec
Patrick McCroyy
West State Street
Alleged Officials of League Rally Sparks Crackdown
Chief of Police Tom Martinson said Hammond police were misled by a false alarm about a radical demonstration at the Shell refinery. Nine Trade Union Unity League figures were arrested at Michigan avenue and Block, with four charged with inciting a riot. Several youths, including Ethel Stevens and Anna Mows, were detained as officers quelled the planned Red demonstration tied to Moscow.
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Tom Martinson
Hammond
Shell
Trade Union Unity League
Indiana Harbor
Moscow
Michigan
Block Avenue
Kethel Stevens
Broadway
Central Committee
Young Communists Party
Anna Mows
Alder Street
A. M. Chapa
D41st Street
Paul Bucha
Trampiond Eligh School
Weary Street
Sam Rudy
Hanmiond
Tom Staley
Blue Esland
Paul Dilebero
Michigan Avenue
Michael
Dilebera
Youngstown Sheet and ‘Tube
Her O
Staley
Standard OF Company
Whiting
Bucha
Chapa
Buhind
Nicholas Makar
Ed Knight
East Chicago
Hthel Stevens
Rulph Schilling
Buthi
Ancient Mortuary Uncovered at Meyburn Site in Egypt
Cairou March 7. Excavations by University of Pennsylvania near the Meyburn pyramid reveal a 350 by 180 foot Mastaba mortuary chamber built in three tiers and twelve rock chamber tombs with 101 mummies. The coffins suggest prominent citizens dated about 1500 B C.
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Catro
Egypt
U.P
University of Pennsylvania
Pyramid of
Meyburn
Safe break in at Postlewaite Printing offices
Police report burglars forced entry to the Postlewaite Printing company at 3 Russell Street and failed to open the safe after knocking off the combination. Earlier, prowlers entered Maywood Junior High at Merrill and Moss, ransacking Lucille Lyons’s classroom but missing money from her desk.
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Postlewaite Printing Company
Russell Street
Hammond
Maywood Junior High School
Merrill and
Moss Avenues
Lucille Lyons
Miss Lyon
East Chicago Leaders Gain Spotlights and Plans
EAST CHICAGO figures like George Opp and Earl Ryder were in recent officer elections and meetings. Washington Senators prep for regional tourney with boosters backing the team. a mayoral cleanup campaign is slated for April 21 to 26.
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T. W. O'Connor
Washington High School
East Chicago
Whiting Community Center features Island Film and Troop Display
Whiting residents await the mysterious island feature at the Community Center with news reel comedy and a serial. Whiting Boy Scout Troop No 8 displays two store windows on 119th street and Indiana boulevard. Streets near 119th widen after concrete safety islands were removed. John W. Gorby of Chicago to be principal speaker at the Whiting Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce annual meeting next Tuesday.
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Whiting Boy Scout Troop No. 8
119Th Street
Indiana Boulevard
Strieets
Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce
John W. Gorby
Chicago
Scout radio address by Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell
Those interested in Boy and Girl Scouts may listen tonight at 9 o clock as Lord Robert Baden-Powell chief Boy Scout of the world and Lady Baden-Powell chief of the Girl Guides of Great Britain speak over WMAQ Chicago.
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Sir Robert
Lady Baden Powell
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Twin City
WMAQ
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
Lady Baden- Powell
Girl Guides of
Great Britain
Chicago
Burglar Trapped on Roof by Hammond Cop
Officer John Vinson spotted a burglar at Durant Auto Sales in Hammond early today. Fos ter Williams alias Rex Toster, 54, Boston, was cornered on the roof after squads surrounded the building. Williams had stamps and a government bond. police suspect him in a recent Indiana Harbor post office burglary.
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John Vinson
Durant Auto
Calumet Avenue
Hammond
Foster Williams
Rex Toster
Boston
Mass
Williams
Vinson
William Kunde
Kunde
Fremil Bunde
Robert Sorimers
Walter Mroz
Indiana Harbor
Safe heist at Shelby post office yields under a dollar
In Lowell Indiana on Wednesday night thieves used a truck to move a heavy safe from the Shelby post office after smashing a front window. They loaded small change stamps and blank money orders, but deputies found no clues and the sheriff’s office was notified.
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Lowell
Ind
Shelby
Tuf-Tread Case Comes Up Monday
The Lake county suit by the state against County Commissioners James Black William Linton and former Commissioner John Vincent seeks about 160000 including interest for road material allegedly expended illegally. Attorneys Hershman and Roberts move to make the complaint more specific with Monday hearings.
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Miles Norton
Lake
James Black
William Linton
John Vincent
George Hershman
Victor Roberts
James M. Ogden
Oliver Starr
Tuf-Tread Company
Chicago
Man Slaps Local Pastor Over Sunday Movies
Vernon Hurst, who withdrew from the Church of God in Princeton Indiana, faced assault and battery charges after allegedly slapping Rev. W. S. Southerland on the street. The incident followed the pastor crusading against Sunday movies.
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Princeton
Ind
N.S
Vernon Hurst
Church of God
W. S. Southerland
Hurst
WWAE player loses leg in Michigan City accident
William J. Sharp known as William McMann of Hammond was struck by a Michigan Central passenger train yesterday near noon. His left leg was severed at the hip and he is in critical condition at Clinic hospital in Michigan City. He has a wife in New York and said he was in Michigan City seeking work at the Insull plant.
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William J. Sharp
William McMann
Hohman Street
Hammond
Clinic
Michigan City
Sharp
Michigan Central
Times
WWAL
McMann
New York
Insull
Miss Brummitt Called Home From Manila High
Relatives in Valparaiso cable Miss Mable Brummitt to return home after remarks at Manila High School sparked a strike by 2770 pupils. North High students protested and rioted over calls of imbeciles and cochero pig drivers, resuming classes after her reassignment to the school office.
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Valparaiso
Ind
U. P
Mable Brummitt
Manila
P. I
Cook Parole Ordered for Dr Frederick Cook
Washington reports Dr Frederick A Cook former Arctic explorer and physician was ordered paroled from Leavenworth prison. He served four years and eleven months of a fourteen year sentence for using the mails to defraud. Cook, once famed for claiming the north pole ascent, had later promoted the Petroleum Producers association.
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Washington
U.P
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth
Mitchell
Cook
Fort Worth
North Pole
Texas
Petroleum Producers’ Association
Contractor In Second Escape At Grade Crossing
Oscar Martin plasterer-contractor of 1678 Cleettave Hammond escaped death for a second time when his Ford truck was wrecked by an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train at the Cline ave grade crossing at the Harbor. He failed to see the approaching train until on the tracks and jumped to safety just before the engine struck the truck.
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Oscar Martin
Cleettave
Hammond
Pennsylvania
Cline Ave
Mr. Martin
Truck driver killed at rail crossing in Nappanee
A fatal crash in Warsaw area reports Walter Heekeman aged 55 from Millwood killed when his truck struck the Capitol Limited at a Baltimore and Ohio crossing near Nappanee early today.
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Warsaw
Ind
Walter Heekeman
Millwood
Capitol Limited
Baltimore and Ohio
Nappanee
Robbery at Milcott Crossing Near Crown Point
A night-time robbery occurred on the Erie rail line detour near Milcott crossing. Two masked bandits halted a traveling salesman, stole his valuables and car contents, then fled along the highway. Sheriff notified an hour later as investigators search for clues.
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Crown Point
Milcott Crossing
Erie Railroad
Morris Altrroff
Weet Grand Avenue
Chicago
Shalesuiai
Standard Colton Company
Whiting Youth and Girl Lose Cash Jewelry in Holdup
Marek Toussel Lehman of Whiting was robbed after a track meet at Chicago Stadium. A wrist watch and $47 were taken from him while his friend Lebiman lost a diamond ring and pearl necklace. A struggle occurred as two men fled, with Lehman holding the jewelry to aid recovery.
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Whepeing
Marek T.toussel Lehman
Whiting
Tard
Jeffrey Avenue
Chicago
Aol
Lebimat
Dehman
Lehman
Officials Set Contracts On 30 Fair Acts
Crown Point March 30 Fair officials set contracts for amusements at the fair Sept 8 to 12 promising new features including a society horse show. The executive committee awarded contracts to Barnes-Cauruthers Fair Booking Chicago for free acts Gordon & Co Chicago fireworks Chicago for shows and Ridex Chicago for performances and Perry Gary Municipal Band for music.
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Crown Point
Tid
Mareh T. Lake County
The
Fair Association
Air Association
John HM. Claussen
George B. Bailew
Lowell
H. D. Dorman
Gary
Barnes-Cauruthers Fair Booking Association
Chicago
Fireworks
Gordon & Co
Chi- CaAgro
Ridex
Amusic
Perry
Outer Gros
Death of Pearl Demaret in London fall declared accidental
The coroner in London ruled the death of Mrs. Pearl Demaret secretary to Henry L. Stimson an accident. She fell 40 feet from a window at the Mayfair hotel while with the American delegation awaiting return to America.
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London
USPSA
Westminster
Pearl Demaret
Henry L. Stimson
Reserve Officers to Dinner Meeting at Gorby Hotel Saturday
Nise Cadoret chapter of the Reserve Officers association will host a dinner meeting at the Gorby Hotel in Cars at 630 p.m. Saturday. The chapter comprises reserve officers from Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties with Colonel Tenroge Byers of Italy as state president and principal speaker. Colonel Gywers will arrive in the district Saturday afternoon with other officers from the state. Colonel Rwers fine is noted for World War artillery service and later roles at Purdue and as military attache in Pekin China. Byers later spent time in Washington attending Army War College. He resigned from active service years ago but remains active in the Officers Reserve Corps.
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United States
Dlotel Gory
P.n
United States Armyry
Gywers
Calumet Gistrict
Dow State
Rwers Fine
Purdue University
Pekin
China
American Legion
Orient
Coronel Byers
Washington, D
Army Wier College
Piva
Rveeulae
Officers Reserve Corps
United
Stork Delay Delivers Mixed News At Capitol Airport
A scrambled report from an older newspaper describes a late birth and a hurried hospital rush connected to Caswell of Cincinnati visiting his daughter Myre Neild Neti, with chaotic travel to Capitol Airport and references to a dancer and other stray details.
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Caswell
Cincinnmati
Fere
Myre
Neild
Neti
Pastora
Capitol
Tayton
Grigil Pourthors
Husband Kills Wife And Doctor In Slaying
Leo Daminski, 26, arrested after allegedly killing his wife Ave Chemedting Daminski, 26, an expectant mother, and Dr J Curtis in their home. Daminski said the physician advised calling a neighbor for medicine, then paused at the door before shooting both.
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Ave, Chemedting Daminski
J. Ta Curtis
Made
Leo Daminski
Daminski
Death of A L Erlanger in New Work
Abraham J Erlanger Broadway theatrical producer aged 69 died at his home from a paralytic stroke in New Work. His death, unexpected, ends a career linked with a large national theater chain and the stage world.
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N.S. Abraham
J. Erlanger
Sewer fight spills into village primaries in Lansing
The heated civic dispute over a 1 216 000 sewer system investigation spills into the village caucus. Voters meet at the town hall tomorrow to nominate three trustees and a clerk as conservatives reformers and a religious faction vie for control. Incumbent clerk Otto Schulty may seek re election. retiring trustees Cornelius Cuipers George Dutweiller and Fred Vierk say they are done with office holding.
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M. J
Dynamo
Weinberg
Otto Schulty
Cornelius J.cuipers
George Dutweiler
Fred Vierk
Lansing
Seminole Limited Wreck Near Glenn Alta
In Columbus Georgia on March 7 a crash involving the Seminole Limited rear-ended the first section near Glenn Alta, killing flagman Col H White of Phoenix City Alabama and injuring at least ten others. A nurse and doctor emergency call went out and a special train of volunteers was sent from Columbus.
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Columbus
Chicago
Florida
Glenn Alta
Here
Col H. White
Pheonix City
Ala
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