Insull to Acquire Northern Indiana Gas and Electric
Negotiations nearing completion for the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Corporation sale to Insull interests. The $30 million deal would link Indiana properties with Chicago assets, creating the largest public utility operator in the West and expanding lines from Michigan City to Crawfordville and beyond.
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C. H. Geist
Northern Indiana Gas & Electric
Chicagoan
BERT HENLEY
The Star
Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Corporation
Indiana
Michigan City
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Hawfordsville
Indianapolis
Insull
Interstate Public Service Company
C H Geist
Geist
Samuel T. Insull
uutality
walable
Northern Indiana
Gag and Electric Corporation
Crawfordville
Eneat corporation
Ingull Exincarest
Insull group
Chicago
Calumet
New Albany
Indianapolis News Highlights Reach Across Wide Range of Topics
A sprawling Indiana summary notes Supreme Court denial in Crabb case, alcohol, finance, and police topics, plus local items from Indianapolis. It mentions the Open House at Emmerich Manual Training, shifts in state police, a fatal auto accident involving Bonne MacInnis, and a broad slate of political, legal, and social developments across the state.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Supreme court
Crabb
Marion County
Tubercntdss ‘Association
H. 8
Hatch
Bonne MacInnis
Methodist state council
Tadiana arza
Emmerich Manual Training high
cound
Englewood Christian Church
Benjamin Harrison Law school
Coast to coast fliers arrive in Washington
Coast to coast air fliers Liteuts Oakley Kelly and John MacReady of the army air service landed in Washington from Dayton Ohio today aboard an army transport. They are returning from a coast to coast flight from New York to Seattle.
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WASHINGTON
Oakley Kelly
John MacReady
army rate service
Dayton
este
fomaeling & Jessurels
Weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis regions
Forecast for Indiana Saturday and Sunday calls for generally warm conditions with unsettled intervals. Indianapolis area expects fair skies with some unsettled periods and sustained warmth. United States Weather Bureau special report accompanies the note.
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Indianapolis
United States
Indianapolis Star
Sun inapac
Stesee BAMasinium eee
Phaniin Gabo
Actress Miss Russell Wins Berwick By election Seat
Miss Mabel Russell actress wife of Cant Hilton Philipson won the Berwick-Upon-Tweed seat in Northumberland as a Conservative, polling about 12 000 votes. She becomes the fourth woman elected to the British House of Commons and the third to take her seat.
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LONDON
Associated Press
Mabel Russell
Hilton Philipson
House of Commons
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
aralat
Harold Tabse
pipers
Bent
revten
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ash
aes
Jon arent
Miss Russell ja
MFP
Georgina Markievics
mre
Irela
BP Peris
Dublin
Commons
Astor
Louth
Uingalnshire
Two Killed by Day Agents During Raid
Madison Ga June 1 Federal officers killed two men during a raid to seize a car carrying alleged contraband whisky. An officer leaped onto the running board as the vehicle was approached and occupants opened fire. the two men died at the scene. About ninety gallons of moonshine whisky were reported in the automobile.
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MADISON
Henry Galasey
Gaisley Killey Sueney
Bravest of the Brave Mary Bruner Hailed for Rescue
Mary Bruner of St. Petersburg Florida is praised as the bravest girl in America for aiding Dorothy McClatchie after a barracuda fatally bit her in Tampa Bay. The act follows Red Cross and Carnegie recognition for courageous conduct.
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Mary Bruner
St. Petersburg
Fla
America
Red Cross
Dorothy McClatchie
Plan for $10 300 000 expansion of water company explained
Leonard Metcalf of Boston outlined Indianapolis Water Company’s 15 year program costing about 10 3 million dollars. He said most work would occur in two to three years, with a small rate increase to fund the expansion and a meter based revenue plan for future finances.
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Sorm Indianapolis
Leonard Metcalf
Boston
Indianapolisa Water Company
Metcalf
gram
Clay pool hotel
Indianapolis
water company
Riverside station
Eleventh
Thirteenth streets
Park avenue
Thirtieth street
Thirteenth street
St. Clair
Harding Opposes Sugar Tax Cut and Fordney Agenda
President Harding will not consider changing tariff rates to lower sugar prices. He met with Tariff Commission Chairman Marvin to discuss domestic sugar industry growth and expediting Fordney McCumber act directives. A special observation car for Harding’s Western tour is being outfitted in Wilmington with radio and broadcasting gear to relay speeches.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
White House
sxecude
Marvin
tariff commission
WILMINGTON
Del
Pullman car works
Indiana Pilot Vance plans solo nonstop transcontinental flight
Logan'sport Indiana June 1 Clare Ky Vance a forty two year old air mail pilot plans a coast to coast solo nonstop flight in a home made airplane within ten days He will depart San Francisco at night and reach New York the next day The 4200 pound craft carries 350 gallons of fuel and can reach 122 miles per hour Vance built the plane in his yard with one assistant and is undertaking the trip without Postoffice backing or a mechanic.
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WASHINGTON
shane
Clare Ky Vance
Logansport
Ind
National Aeronautic Association
Vance
A C. Nelson
Salt Lake City
air mail service
waa
Postoffice Department
Sierra mountains
Jakre K. Vance
San Francisco
United States mail service
Rengles
seava st hight
Sferras
Clara Phillips sent to San Quentin for long prison term
Clara Phillips is being taken to San Quentin to begin a sentence of ten years or more for wounding Alberta Meadows. Police and court officials accompanied the prisoner as a crowd gathered at depots along the route from Los Angeles to Colton and Yuma to San Francisco. Her husband Armour Phillips rode the train briefly before being barred from continuing. the journey was to proceed under heavy guard to San Quentin with a habeas corpus petition planned to challenge the conviction.
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LOS ANGELES
Cal
Universal Service
Clara Phi Mpa
alate
San Quentin
Alberta Meadows
Buperior court
Cal Tune T Clark
Phillips
Honduras
SAq
Quentin prison
Colton
John L. Richardson
Cas Richardson
countrel
San Francisco
state Supreme court
Armour Lee Phillips
Yuma
Ariz
William T Traeger
Ana Keyes
Pomona
Etta Mae Jackson
alster
Tegucigalpa
Crfton
prizon
Philips
Clara st Yursa
Ariz YUMA
Armour Phillips
Clara Phillios
Mra Phillips
California
catse TNOeM
Arizona
Citizens propose market improvements and possible new building
A citizens committee led by John F White seeks to improve the city market or build a new structure. Proposals total about 237000 dollars with plans for a new plumbing system, ventilation, heating, wiring and an auditorium. The group will meet with council members to determine funding and council approval.
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citizens’ committee
John F White
Robert R. Sinan
market mastor
Frank B Hunter
board of public works
Charles B. Coffin
Wiliam H. Freeman
Sloan
Hunter
Hunters plana
mare Fe
vicin
Reports reveal death by own action in skeleton case
Papers in two $10 000 damage suits filed by Roscoe Fitch detail new evidence in the Mount Northwestern University student disappearance case. The reports allegedly show Mount transferred savings to his sister and a letter to Dorle Fuchs, while prosecutors say he likely committed suicide.
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Roscoe Fitch
Miss Fuchs
Fitch
Chicago
Mount
secon
Buite
Charlea L Wharton
John A Sgrbaro
a attorney’s office
Cook county
ItMnola
siven
Roscoe Conklin Fitch
states attorney office
Virgil A. Fitch
Mason county
asdsecutor
son
Associated Presa
Disputed Roommate ID Linked to Northwestern Student
Chicago June 1 Roscoe Conkling Fitch a former roommate of Leighton Punt, Northwestern student, disappeared after a class fight. Contined on page three.
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toung Fitch
Atetorneyn
CHICAGO
Roscoe Conkling
Fitch
Leighton
punt
Northwestern interaity atucent
Shrine temples and Indianapolis views in Hoosierdam edition
A page highlights Shrine temples in Hoosierdam and showcases Indianapolis scenes including the Indiana World War Memorial and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The feature appeals to readers who admire the Sunday Star’s photography and city views.
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Hoosierdam
Indianapolis
Indiana World War Memorial
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Raps Volstead Act as Dishonest Work of Fanatical Days
Smith declares Congress should set alcoholic content levels by scientific facts and human experience and permit states to opt for lower figures if desired. He argues the federal act misleads the public and hinders practical enforcement.
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VOLSTEAD
U S May Seek Dry Act Change
Washington reports treasury officials favor pursuing legislation to modify the Volstead act after a Supreme Court ruling. Officials say only legislative change could resolve the conflict with foreign laws and ease enforcement, with no exemption for medical quines or crew rations.
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U.S
WASHINGTON
Supreme court
herring — Nyauor
United States
treasury
Boy Dies After Being Struck by Auto in City
Bonnie Macinnis 8 or 9 years old died in City Hospital after being knocked down on St. Clair Street by a westbound car driven by Edward J. Patterson. Witnesses said the child ran into the street and the left front wheel ran over his chest. Patterson faced manslaughter charges with a $1500 bond while coroners investigated the crash.
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Bonnie Macinniz
Delaware street
City hospital
Edward J. Patterson
Boulevard place
Delaware and St. Clair
St. Clair street
Patterson
Studebaker Sales Company
Train Collision Kills One Boy Injures Another At Crossing
At a danger crossing four miles west of Washington Indiana a Baltimore and Ohio eastbound train struck a motor truck carrying Louis Heals W3ears Oll and his brother Hubert 14. Louis was killed instantly and Hubert was fatally injured. The third boy driving the truck was rushed to Dasseny County Hospital with a fractured skull. Both boys were thrown clear of the track as the train sped by.
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Indianapolis Star
WASHINGTON
Ind
Louis Heals
oll
Hubert
Baltimore & Ohio
Dasseny county
hie atuli
Bedford Youth Killed in Indiana Auto Crash
Raleigh Porter 30 of Bedford and Comer Bough 18 were riding toward Bloomington when their car struck a telepon pole near the Cirod farm one mile south of the city on the Dixie highway. Porter died of internal injuries. Bough was uninjured. Porter’s father is a mechanic at the Ingalls stone mill in Belford.
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BLOOMINGTON
Ind
Raleigh ls Porter
Frank Porter
Bedford Porter
Comers Bough
city
Cirod farm
Dixie highway
Porter
Bough
d'arter
Ingalls stone
Belford
Governor backs repeal of Mullan Gage act in pro liquor shift
Governor Smith endorses repeal of the Mullan Gage state prohibition enforcement act and calls for a state based limit on alcohol content while urging Congress to amend the Volstead act to a common sense maximum. He argues states should set their own limits and reinforces continued Volstead enforcement. He announced the decision in a dramatic briefing with newsmen and attached a statement stressing state sovereignty.
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ALHANY
Associated Press
Smith
Congress
United States
at & aelock
Harding
Westley Waite Newburgh
co ae
Widlar Bartlett
Almet Jenks
E. Hen Lacomb
Austin G Fox
Toker Ingne
aet
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Knot
New York city
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