China Nationalists face ultimatums in new talks
London reports United States England and Japan drift toward an agreed ultimatum for the Nationalist armies over the Nanking incidents. Discussions consider a time limit and whether to address Eugene Chen or Chiang Kai-shek, with potential river blockade among options. Page 25 coverage.
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Ai Dankow
Chiang Kai- Shek
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Dead in Four Flooded States
A heavy storm struck four states causing river flooding and widespread damage. Ten deaths are reported across Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas with levees breached and thousands of acres inundated as rainfall continues.
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Ahoma
Mississippi
Laconia Circle
Boy 8 Borrowed Watch Killed by Auto in Street
Eight year old Jimmie Duhamell of Wyoming Street was struck by Louis Heckelsberg’s car as he walked across a street while trying to check his borrowed father’s watch. Jimmie lies near death with brain concussion and other injuries at City Hospital. The watch, stopped at 12 10, lay in the Duhamell home as a quiet reminder of the moment he paused to see the time. Police note this is the first accident of the spring vacation period and urge caution from both youngsters and drivers.
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Jimmie Duhamell
Wyoming St
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Jimmie
Howard Duhamell
Loyd Patterson
E. North St
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Replac
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Harry Lukes
I. Fourteenth St
Ford
Detroit
Best
Dearborn
Mayor Duvall and Coffin Leave City Together for Chicago
Reports say Indianapolis mayor Duvall and Marion County GOP boss George W. Coffin left for Chicago with a pending board of works shake-up. Officials dispute the break, noting engineer shifts and Armitage's plan to back Shank’s 1929 mayoral bid while vowing to overhaul city hall.
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George W. Coffin
Marion County
Indianapolis
Chicago
City Hall
Illinois
Willam H. Armitage
Shank
Coffin
Armitage
William ©. Buser
Roy C. Shaneberger
Lem H. Trotter
Trotter
Shaneberger
Chester C. Oberleas
Frank C. Lingenfelter
Bill for easy divorce moves in California legislature
Sacramento April 1 The bill would place California ahead of Nevada by making divorces final as soon as granted and removing the one year wait before remarriage. The measure is now before the State Legislature.
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Bu Unitet Presse
Sacramento
California
Nevada
Spring Vacation Accident Score Through the Years
Historical tally shows 1925 two children killed and fifteen injured during spring vacation. 1926 reports one child killed and seventeen injured. This week’s figures list killed and injured outcomes.
Hoover says coal stocks enough to last months
Secretary Hoover assured the public there is no need for anxiety after a large walkout by soft coal miners. He cited 90 million tons in storage and non union mines producing about 9 million tons weekly, with normal output above 11 million. The mediation board may aid talks if requested, but no government action is anticipated.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Mediation Board of the Labor Department
Ford Leaves Hospital For Home In Secret Move
Henry Ford was moved from Henry Ford Hospital to his Dearborn home overnight in secrecy. Medical bulletins confirm a sprained back and fractured ribs are improving while officials deny any assassination plot and rule out private inquiries by federal agents.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Dearborn
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R. D. McClure
M. D
F. J. Sladen
Aaron Sapiro
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Governor Jackson May Return Sunday
Governor Jackson showed improvement at Clifty Falls Inn and could ride in a car with the State Park Hotel manager saying the Jacksons likely will not return to Indianapolis before Sunday. He had been confined by an influenza illness after a weekend stay at the hotel.
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Indianapolis
Sapiro details loans for farm cooperatives in Ford libel case
Aaron Sapiro testified before the War Finance Board in 1921 about securing credit for ten to twelve farm cooperative associations. He said he received about $20,000 in fees and traveling expenses for the service. He claimed the board and New York banks provided $15,000,000 credit for handling 300,000 bales of Texas cotton.
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
United States War Finance Board
Henry Ford
James A. Reed
Sapiro
War Board
New York
Texas
Southern Indiana Snow Likely Tonight
The Weather Bureau forecast for southern Indiana calls for rain or snow with a drop in temperatures to around 30 to 35 degrees tonight. Strong winds and local gales expected, with colder conditions continuing into Saturday. Somewhat cloudy in the north portion.
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J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Formal Charges Against Dearth Against Pearth in Muncie
The House of Representatives filed seven charges against Circuit Judge Clarence W. Pearth, with a Senate tally on each across corruption allegations. The list includes removing newspapers from news boys, appointing a non-freeholder as jury commissioner, jury irregularities, manipulation of juries, dismissal of impeachment hearings, confiscation of a news boy’s property, and bias against fair trials.
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Clarence W. Pearth
Muncie
Senate
Pearth
Dearth
Jake Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Wen
Family Spelling Bee At Home Encouraged
Home spelling bees are promoted as training for school and national contests. The Times explains a simple line up method, notes older and younger siblings can excel, and outlines Indianapolis city and state bees leading to the national bee in Washington with top prize of $1000 and expenses paid.
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Dearth Acquitted by Narrow Margin in Impeachment Vote
State Senators secretly voted on seven charges against Circuit Judge W Dearth of Muncie. Five charges brought acquittal while two counts failed. on the second count only 32 of 49 voting lawmakers favored conviction. Seventeen senators stood by Dearth, including several aligned with the Ku Klux Klan and political machine interests, preserving his acquittal on one vote and blocking conviction on others. The trial featured executive sessions and a last-ditch effort to shield records.
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Muncie
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Whiting
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South Bend
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Terre Haute
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Winchester
Cartwright
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Indianapolis
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Hebron
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Sumner Dpd
Clancy
Fred M. Dickerman
William P. Evans
Insull
W. Lee Smith
Indiana
W. A. McClelland
Rio’ Oy
Chester A. Perkins
Bruce Cooper
Sena
Dinner yields verdict on Judge Dearth case
Nineteen newspaper men and three wire service reporters dined with Lieut. Gov. Van Orman. A secret vote at the gathering asked whether Judge Claren W. Dearth was guilty or innocent, results showing eighteen for conviction and one for acquittal.
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Indianapolis
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T Dearth
Claren W. Dearth
Fairbanks Morse Peace In Sight
A county officials conference Monday aims to settle a dispute with Fairbanks Morse over a spur track on a one seventh acre of the old work house grounds. County Attorney Clinton H. Givan will present a compromise for signature by the county commissioners and Rh H Morse Jr. The company asserts it bought the track with the main property while county records were altered. The agreement would allow the firm to gain the spur switch and let the county use it starting now with the county able to take a switch within three years.
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Couty
Clinton H. Givan
Rh. H. Morse Jr
County Co
Industries Aid Manager Drive Gathers Community Support
A coalition of major industries links with the city manager campaign committee to push the petition drive reaching 15 000 signers. Claude Anderson announces union of firms to mobilize workers to sign and vote. Speeches at plants are slated next week as the drive accelerates under the Home Complete Exposition plan.
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Paign
Claude Anderson
Indus
E. O. Snethen
J. D. Adams Copany
Frank E. Gates
King Ferd I of Roumania in Critical Condition
The King of Roumania Ferd I grew worse today with reports that his death could come at any hour. He has suffered from cancer for months and his wife Marie had cut short a U S tour last fall due to the illness.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Ferd I
Marie
United State
Fatal Crash Claims Life of Local Resident
A vehicle collision in New Albany early today left injuries reported and is being investigated. The event involved the son of Joseph Wi and is described as fatal in initial records. Further details were not available at press time.
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Joseph Wi
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