Dempsey Retains Title In Fierce Firpo Knockout
Oklahoma Governor clamps down on press coverage as Jack Dempsey defends the heavyweight crown at Polo Grounds. In a thunderous second round, Dempsey floors Luis Angel Firpo five times, then finishes him with a right uppercut. Firpo battles back fiercely, nearly toppling the champ and signaling a dramatic moment in the bout before Dempsey regains control.
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POLO GROUNDS
NEW YORK
Associated Press
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
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thice
Firpo
Dempsey
Weather Forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis Area
United States Weather Bureau Special Report provides almanac style details for Indiana and Indianapolis area. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday shows partly cloudy conditions with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s and a lower 40s minimum. Reports include yesterday's humidity and temperature ranges, plus accumulated departures from normal since January 1, 1935.
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adianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis Star
Fs Masverstees
40 000 Theft Without Clew At Indiana National Bank
Detectives pursued theories after a $40,000 theft from Indiana National Bank, with bonds taken while cashier Moore was away. Bank women identified possible suspects but could not confirm faces from available photos. Police and Pinkerton teams weighed two-professional-robber scenarios while considering a ruse involving a phone call to lure staff away.
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United States
Pinkerton
Harry C. Webster
Websteree
Moore
Misa Gertrude Dausman
Harry Wiesshahn
set Moors
Wiesehahn
Miss Dausman
Webster
Roche
Union station
Wells
Indiana Na
Adelene Harrold Sues For Divorce In Muncie
Adelene Patt Harrold McElroy, former Muncie high school girl and musical star, files divorce in Superior court seeking alimony and separation from John McElroy. She accuses neglect, cruelty, and verbal abuse with threats of assault. asks restoration of Harrold name and cites her husband’s New York address. Daughter of opera star Orville Harrold, she recently returned from London after a Chicago marriage in 1922 while starring in Irene.
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Indianapolis
MUNCIE
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meir
Harrold
McElroy
Hin West One Hundred and Fifty-second street
New York
Orville Harrold
Metropolitan opera company
Mel El
Alleged $1,000,000 Swindler Caught in Chicago
R J Salinger, alleged to have defrauded a South Dakota farm of $1,000,000, and fugitive since forfeiting $15,000 bail after a 1917 federal indictment in Sioux Falls, was arrested in a Chicago hotel today by Department of Justice agents.
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United States
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
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Department of Justice
Wreck of U S Destroyers on Rocks Off Point Honda
Seven United States destroyers were driven onto rocks off Point Honda in fog, smashing on the rugged California coast. The upheaval left wreckage scattered and, in the photo, Chief Boatswain's Mate A Peterson aboard the destroyer Young is shown swimming a lifeline to aid others to safety.
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United States
Point Honda
Cal
A. Peterson
detroyer Young
Republicans Strips South Of Votes For 1924 Convention
The Republican national committee approved a plan to apportion 1038 delegates and alternates for the 1924 convention, aiming to equalize GOP representation. It reduces South state delegations and raises Northern and Western ones, with rules denying delegates from districts lacking a Republican organization or at least 2500 votes, and limiting to one delegate in marginal ranges.
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Virginia
igna
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Montana
New Jerae
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New New
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Wisconsin
Inquiry into wreck of ships to be public
Washington Sept 14 an inquiry into the Iowa wreck of seven destroyers off Point Honda Cal last Saturday will be held publicly. Officials report additional vessels may have been involved though not yet confirmed. Two more bodies were recovered as guards patrol the wreck to deter looters and vandals amidst continuing recovery work.
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Point Honda
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Denby
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Farragut
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col Liston
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Commission to Study Indiana Aged and Poorhouses
Governor McCray appoints a five member commission to investigate care of aged dependents in Indiana and the feasibility of abolishing county poorhouses in favor of four to five state homes. The panel includes Frank E. Hering James Nejdl Esther O Keefe Otto Deluse and Louis Schwartz. The group will survey the issues and report to the Governor for transmission to the next General Assembly.
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Indiana
General Assembly
Frank E. Hering
South Bend
James Nejdl
Whiting
Esther O'Keefe
Plymouth
Otto P. Deluse
Indianapolis
Louis CC. Schwartz
Mayor Hylan In Critical Condition At Saratoga Springs
Mayor John F. Hylan of New York is reported in critical condition this evening from double pneumonia. physicians announced an optimistic bulletin earlier today but condition remains serious.
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HYLAN
NEW YORK
SARATOGA SPRINGS
N. Y
John F. Hylan
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Banks Throw Out Mark Value in New York
The German mark has sunk in value to the point that American banks are dropping it from their exchange lists and ceasing to quote a rate. National City Bank led the move, with other major banks reportedly considering similar action as they abandon all effort to price the rapidly shrinking paper mark.
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NEW YORK
Wall street
tmark
Cold weather closes five public schools in city
The first frost and holiday season bring closures for five grade schools: numbers 60 and 2b on Pennsylvan ia Avenue, 33rd Street No 28 Simice Street, 27 Park Avenue and Seventeenth and College avenues Twenty four Street and Virginia Lexington Aves. Unfinished heating repairs at No 2 MandIe delayed furnaces while No 20 had not yet installed hot water lines. Fire damaged paint and repairs delayed work at many sites as headaches over fall readiness mounted.
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Simice street
Park Avenue
Seventeenth street
College avenue
ras Iatora
No. Ao
Tocal Relief Fund Surpasses Goal In Indy Red Cross Drive
The Indianapolis Red Cross chapter reports total gifts from the earthquake appeal at 54 520.70 with new subscriptions exceeding 2 000. Contributions came from the William H. Block Company store staff and Indianapolis post office workers led by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson. Fort Benjamin Harrison troops gave 130 627, led by Captain Bert M. Allen. Several group funds remain outstanding as organizers push to close by Monday evening. The appeal illustrates broad civilian generosity toward Japan’s earthquake victims, with teachers and churches among notable contributors.
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Fortune
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Trachers
Holiness Preacher Condemns Dempsey Fight At Convention
Dr Bracher of Oskaloosa condemns the Dempsey bout as an unholy exhibition amid a holiness gathering in Giddaranernacle, urging sanctification to curb alcohol, cigarettes, and immorality. He laments rising vice, noting thousands attend the event while churches plead for moral renewal.
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Oskaloosa
Central Holiness university
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Dr. Brasher
Dollings Case Probed After Indiana Inquiry
Grand jury investigation of the Dollings Company and its Indiana subsidiaries was recommended in a report to Governor McCray by Attorney General J S Lesh. The probe follows concerns over investments and alleged transactions, with action expected soon after the report becomes public.
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Bert McBride
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Erand
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Taylor
Dollings companies
Ohio
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Ohio Dollings company
Two Officials Indicted In Ohio Company Case
Fourteen indictments returned by Preble County grand jury at Eaton charge William B Benham president and Dwight Harrison secretary treasurer of the R L Collings Company with obtaining money under false pretenses and aiding and abetting. The matter continues on page three.
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William B. Benham
Dwight Harrison
R. L. Collings Company of
Ohio
Eaton
State Wins Bonus by Prison Change
Special to The Indianapolis Star at Jeffersonville Ind Sept 14 With removal of nearly all but a small number of the prisoners from the old state reformatories to Pendleton the Jeffersonville Institution virtually ceased to exist as a place of reform for youthful offenders The small group of men will tear down the foundry and certain equipment to be shipped to Pendleton The equipment is valued at about 100000 By vacating the institution this fall the state secures a 50000 bonus from Colgate Co which purchased the building The total purchase price including the bonus is about 31101 The property valued by engineers at 27034295 shortly after a damaging fire The transfer of prisoners to Pendleton will save more than 100000 in labor costs according to officials Work on remaining structures including hospital laundry and stores buildings proceeds
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JEFERSONVILLE
Ind
Pendleton
Jeffermonville Institution
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Colgate & Co
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Ch A. Ht
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Papers Seek Injunction to Stop Muzzling Walton Promises
Oklahoma City reports two actions against Governor Walton’s martial law stance. Tulsa Tribune editor Richard Lloyd Jones seeks a federal injunction to defend press freedom. A move to convene an extraordinary legislative session targets actions limiting constitutional rights and press censorship. The paper vows to defend constitutional rights and oppose mob-law suppression.
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Walton
OKLAHOMA CITY
Okla
Associated Press
Oklahoma
J. C. Walton
Tulsa Tribune
Richard Lloyd Jones
Oklahoman
Muskogee
Phoenix
Jones
preas
United States
Tribuune
New Testimony Unearths Sensational Leads in Tulsa Case
Tulsa dispatch reports a military court of inquiry obtained sensational testimony tonight claiming new leads involve officials now in the limelight and facing resignation demands. Jurors refuse to resign, insisting they committed no lawlessness, while moral and legal pressure escalates toward possible ouster actions and martial law threats.
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Harry W. Kiskaddon
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