Tank Explosion Kills Man at Republic Creosoting Plant
Lewis C Fortune aged 60 died Thursday after a creosoting oil tank exploded at Republic Creosoting Company Mileyave The man was atop a 1000 gallon tank when the blast occurred His clothing caught fire and he ran into the yard where coworkers smothered flames Unable to save him Fortune died minutes later His widow and five children survive The shed and oil loss were valued around 200 dollars
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Lewis C. Fortune
Ant of the Republic
Fortune
Amos Minsch
P. Armstrong
Herman Ruffy
Republic Company
Supreme Court Clears Window Catch Liability in Damages Case
The court rules a woman who extends an arm from a window is not negligent when a window falls and injures her arm. Justice Montgomery states the Four Way Company is not liable for venturing. Vivian Nadley had been awarded damages in Putnam circuit court. The incident stemmed from a defective window catch.
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Supreme Court
Mortgomery
Hetv
Gig Four Way
Vivian Nadley
Putnam Circuit Court
Wife alleged to have deceived husband on age in divorce suit
Thomas P. Zell sues for divorce from Qphelia claiming she misrepresented her age before the fall marriage and that seven days after the ceremony they were in complete harmony and later separated due to temper and lack of love.
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Qphelia
Thomas P. Zell
Vehicle tax delinquents face April deadline
City Controller George T Breunig announces prosecutions for those who have not obtained vehicle licenses will begin April 1 as licenses become delinquent on that date.
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George T Breunig
Fire threatens Fletcher Place M. E. Church on Virginia Ave
Fire at Fletcher Place M. E. Church South Street and Virginia Avenue noon Thursday caused dense smoke and delayed locating the seat of the blaze. Crews ripped through ceiling and floor to reach flames in the Italian night school room and prevented heavy damage. loss not to exceed 1000 dollars. Bert Kemper of hose company No. 12 reported the smoke after returning from dinner.
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Fletcher Place
M. E. Church
South St
Virginia Ave
Pastor Wolf
Bert Kemper
Hose Company No. 12
Fletcher-place Church
M. EB
Indianapolis
Bricklayer killed by falling pipe in New York shaft
Thomas Watts, a bricklayer, was killed today when he fell eight stories through an elevator shaft at the Hendrick Hudson apartment house. His body struck a three inch pipe at the fifth floor, breaking it, and he died ten minutes after rescue. The body was sent to the Watts home in the Bronx.
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Hugh Hollis, Jr
Emelyn Hols
Washington, D. C
Hollis
Treasury Department
New York City
New York
Thomas Watts
Hendrick Hudson
Watts
Bronx
Tolstoi Stricken by Illness In St Petersburg
Reports from Moscow state Count Leo Tolstoi, the famed novelist, is very ill in St Petersburg after fainting yesterday. He remains weak following a prolonged influenza episode and is under medical care.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
USA
Moscow
Tolstoi
Widows and Children Seek Seed Help From The Sun
Letters to Senator Hemenway in Washington and The Sun show widows and poor families asking for flower and garden seeds. Affected children describe poverty and longing for a small garden to brighten homes and pass summer days.
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Office of the Sun
the Sun
Hemenway
Washington, D. C
Indianapolis
Ind
Miss V
Hail Damages Greenhouses in Madison Avenue Area
Hail struck six greenhouses owned by Christ Schlenskerg & Sons at 21 Madison Ave damaging nearly all glass and causing about 3000 dollars in losses. City hotbeds at Garfield Park sustained about 2500 dollars in damage with ten beds glass shattered and plants ruined. Additional losses listed for Henry Riemaan Fred Meyer Meyer Herman Strecker Henry Brehob and Herman Schilling ranging from 400 to 3000 dollars.
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Christ Schlenskerg& Sons
Madison Ave
Garfield Park
Henry Riemaan
Fred
William
John Meyer
Vacant Lot Gardening Profitable in Columbus
VACANT LOT GARDENING WILL RESUME IN COLUMBUS Ind March 19 A local man grew vegetables on a vacant lot last season supply his family and clear 20 dollars besides the effort shows promise for others to follow in the city gardens program with modest but real returns.
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Columbus
Ind
Three Men Crushed In Calumet Mine Disaster
In Calumet Michigan on March 19 a cable broke at the Old Osceola mine causing a cage to drop several hundred feet. One man was killed and two others were seriously injured. The accident disrupted mine operations as rescue teams responded.
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Calumet
Mich
Osceola
Insulter of Girls Sentenced at Workhouse
Clyde Allen of 517 E Eleventh St was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail and fined 200 dollars by Judge Whallon for insulting young girls at Benjamin Harrison school last May. Anna Keay a teacher at the school identified him as the culprit.
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Clyde Allen
Eleventh St
Whallon
Allen
Anna Keay
Benjamin Harrison
Thread trust rebates favor merchants over sewers
The thread trust cut wholesale prices from 457 to 60 cents per dozen spools and issued rebates to merchants for past overcharges. Retail price fell to five cents per spool with discounts up to 10 percent for large orders, but poor seamstresses gained nothing and the trust keeps no rebates for them. Indianapolis stores mostly returned to five cents, with some dealers still charging six cents briefly.
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Bhread Trust
Indianapolis
Judge sentences horse trader to jail for cheating deal
William Sebastian, an Indianapolis horse trader, was fined 200 dollars and jailed 30 days by Judge James A. Pritchard for selling winded horses to Hiram Alexander of Shelby county. The judge refused to suspend the sentence even if Sebastian left the state, calling horse trade cheating a problem to be stopped.
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Hiram Alexander
Shelby County
William Sebastian
Indianapolis
James A. Pritchard
Criminal Court
Ira Holmes
Sebastian
Pritchard
Roosevelt Barber Becomes Navy Auditor Office Bookkeeper
William Dulaney, long time barber at the White House, resigns from the president’s service to take a bookkeeper role in the Navy auditor’s office. The $1,600 salary follows a presidential request and a special transfer process. Dulaney, a graduate of a local business college and Howard University, had served as White House messenger.
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Washington
William Dulaney
White House
Roosevelt
Navy
Rlaney
Dulaney
Howard University
JAIL Switches to European Meal Plan for Prisoners
Sheriff Joe Clay announced at the county commissioners meeting that the county jail will move from charging 40 cents per day to a per meal system. He stated meals will be billed individually and refused to confirm three meals were always served to justify prior daily charges.
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Joe Clay
Easter lily crop in Bermuda to bring 10000 boxes to New York
News from Bermuda reports a large Easter lily crop this year. The steamship Bermudian will bring 10 000 boxes of lilies, each with 13 buds, to New York on the next voyage.
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New York
Bermuda
Bermudian
Quebec
Sunday Opening of Shops Makes Barbers Like Slaves
Barbers protest after the supreme court knocked out the Sunday closing law, arguing除 that keeping shops open on Sundays benefits proprietors while workers endure longer hours and less family time. They urge universal closures and plan a Master Barbers' association meeting to decide Sunday operations.
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Barbers
Master Barbers’ Association
Woman sues for $5,000 life policy in Texas murder case
Ida Reeves Jones sues State Life Insurance for $5,000 plus interest after her husband L. B. Reeves was murdered in Texas in February 1944. The insurer withholds payment claiming improper identification of the body.
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Texas
Ida Reeves
Jones
L. B. Reeves
Reeves
Indianapolis
Power House Supt Goes Before Jury
Charles Daugherty superintendent of the county powerhouse testified before the grand jury to reveal details about the plant’s contact during the period the county commissioners are accused of graft. Indictments may follow involving County Commissioner John McGregor former commissioner Thomas E. Spafford and Atlas Engine Works’ Arthur Willeats over boilers sales. The jury adjourned and may resume once deputy prosecutor Frank Baker returns.
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Charles Daugherty
Daugherty
John McGregor
Thomas E. Spafferd
Arthur Willeats
Atlas Engine Works
Frank Baker
Wio
Admits Wearing Bathing Suit at Masked Ball
Mrs Henry Clews Jr sails from New York on the Baltic to Paris with her two children to join her husband. She denies bathtub incident at the Baltimore masked ball saying she attended as guest of the hostess and wore a bathing suit with a mask.
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New York
Henry Clews, Jr
White Star Line
Baltic
Paris
Baltimore
Boy Injured on Interurban Bridge Near Winchester
Ernest Shively, 16, of Parker City, was struck by an interurban car on a bridge near Winchester Indiana and seriously injured. He and cousin Harry Shively were riding home from glass works and tried to hang over the bridge side as the car approached. Harry escaped unharmed while Ernest was fatally injured.
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Winchester
Ind
Ernest Shively
Parker City
Harry Shively
Harry
Ernest
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