Nations Set Out to Kill Communism Across Europe
United Press reports a continental drive to smash communism with mass arrests in Bulgaria and Poland. In Sofia 20 000 communists are jailed and 250 said shot. Athens notes Bulgaria imprisons 20 000 and Greece reinforces the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Paris
Montmartre
Alexander Millerand
Warsaw
Poland
Bulgaria
Josiah Wedgewood
M. P
Sofia
Balkan
Jugo-Slavia
Athens
Zankoff
Greece
British MPs report mass murders in Sofia
Josiah Wedgwood M P and two other British MPs describe in the Manchester Guardian a Bulgarian government crackdown in Sofia. They allege about 6 000 communists arrested by Monday night with 250 murdered and bodies disposed of by authorities. Torture and bastinado reported.
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United Press London
Sofia
Josiah Wedgewood
M. P
Manchester Guardian
Wedgewood
Zankoff
Bulgaria
Legations
Three Dead in Montmartre Revolver Battle
In Paris on April 24 three people were killed and seven wounded after a street gunfight in Montmartre. Police arrested two communists who admitted firing on recruits of the League of Young Patriots as supporters of former president Alexandre Millerand attended a nationalist meeting aimed at resisting disturbances.
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Miller
United Press
Paris
Montmartre
Alexandre Millerand
League of Young Patriots
Millerand
Second Son Is Taken
The body of Charles Hurst, 15, of Fillmore Indiana, who died at Robert Long Hospital Thursday, will be returned to his home for burial. He had been suffering with diabetes, hospital attaches said. Charles Hurst is a brother of Cecil Hurst, who months earlier fell eight stories to his death while working on Circle Motor Inn.
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Charles Hurst
Fillmore
Ind
Robert Long Hospital
Cecil Hrust
Circle Motor Inn
Butler 1925 Prom Queen Chosen At Indianapolis Club
Miss Marjorie Chiles was selected from thirteen candidates as queen of Butler University 1925 junior prom at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The election followed tense fraternal rivalries and a tampered ballot box. Grand march starts at 10 05 with class officers following in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Chiles
Butler University
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Miss Chiles
Scott Ham
Sue Harmon
Caroline Godley
Robert Wakefield
Edythe Hubbard
O. K. McKittrick
Frances Peters
Thomas A. Smith
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Pan-Hellenic Association of Butler
Second jury sworn in Owens case again
For the second time in two days a jury was sworn in Criminal Court in the Louis Owens murder case. The state seeks the death penalty and says Owens attacked barber George Robinson with scissors in the Ayres locker room. The trial is expected to continue into Saturday with adjournment planned for Monday.
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Louis Owens
W. Ray Sr
George Robinson
Park Ave
Carl H. Lobbe
Vernon C. Getz
Kenwood Ave
Judson L. Stark
Owens
Robinson
L. S. Ayres & Co
Safe Open Money Gone At Oscar Hinnenkamp Lunch Room
Walter Forman found the lunch room safe at 29 W. Ohio St. unlocked with between 75 and 100 dollars missing. Police say only three people know the combination. Harry Bolin, inspector for the public service commission, reported a steel tape valued at 20 dollars found on the ground at 2000 Dexter Ave.
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Walter Forman
Oscar Hinnenkamp
Ohio St
Harry Bolin
Kenwood Ave
Public Service Commission
Dexter Ave
Officials Fail to Recall License Plate Numbers
A humorous round of memory tests finds federal and local officials unable to recall their own license plate numbers. Some remember after checking notebooks or looking at their cars, while others admit they never memorized them. State officials nearby tend to know their numbers due to access to distribution sources.
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Herman G. Morgan
Board of Health
John Berry
Frank Owings
Jim
Berry
Will K. Penrod
Hubert F. Templeton
Auto crash injures Crawfordsville city engineer
Carl Fisher city engineer was badly hurt in an April collision in Crawfordsville Indiana when his car struck a machine driven by C B Brooks of Indianapolis. Fisher s car wrapped around a telephone pole with wheels touching the front and rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
Carl Fisher
C. B. Brooks
Indianapolis
Fisher
State Police Arrest Score In Speed War
Twenty alleged speeders were arrested by State police Thursday in a drive to curb fast driving. The act was part of ongoing enforcement of the 35 mph limit on country roads and included both city and Marion County arrests. Authorities named several individuals and locations as part of the roundup.
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Marion
Robert E. Humes
Humes
Losey and Bridges
Grace Lucas
Frankfort
Ind
George M. Spindler
Meridian St
Walter Alrey
Parkway Blvd
George Fesler
Greenwood
John I. Anderson
Monon
William Combs
Crawfordsville
Homer Cochran
Bueckle St
Lyle Brown
W. Washington
Arnold Anderson
Bellefontaine St
Glen McClain
New Bethel
Joe W. McCarthy
Lafayette
Walter Shiel
Illinois St
Chares Proper
Attica
Glen F. Ralston
Talbott Ave
William Ferguson
Michigan St
James Green
Howard St
Jess E. Rogers
Broadway
Tra Settles
Maryland St
John Haynes
Elder Ave
Boyer
John Overman
Central Ave
Davidson
Frank Hackensturn
N. Mount St
Roscoe Brane
University Hts
Clyde Bestley
Pennsylvania St
Henry
Herbert M. Lord to attend dinner at Claypool May 15
Business leaders from across the state will honor Herbert M. Lord director of the budget at a May 15 dinner at the Claypool. George Mosser secretary State Chamber of Commerce listed cooperating organizations including Associated Employers of Indianapolis Indiana Bankers Association Real Estate Board Retail Hardware Dealers Association Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Indiana Association of Certified Public Accountants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert M. Lord
Claypool
George Mosser
State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Brig
Lord
Chamber
Employers of
Indianapolis
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Real Estate Board
Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Indiana Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Association of Certified Public Accountants
Actor Carl W. Lynn Dies After Toronto Party
Carl W. Lynn an actor and leading member of The Dream Girl company died in a Toronto hospital after a party at the King Edward Hotel on Wednesday night. He passed away last night, investigators said.
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Toronto
Carl W. Lynn
Dream Girl
King Edward Hotel
Car Victim Restless Miss Durflinger’s Condition Reported
Miss Kathryn Durflinger age 20 of 1002 Palmer Street remained not much better at home after being struck by a Shelby street car at Palmer and Shelby Streets Thursday morning. She suffered severe cuts and bruises and had a restless night. She works as a stenographer in the office of County Clerk Albert H. Losche.
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Kathryn Durflinger
Palmer St
Shelby
Palmer and
Shelby Sts
Durfinger
Albert H. Losche
Heat records teased as Indianapolis basks in high temperatures
Temperatures near 85 degrees today threaten a new Indianapolis heat record, previously 88 set in 1895, with 87 noted in 1896. Forecaster J H Armington warns unsettled, cooler weather and potential showers tonight into Saturday. Meanwhile crowds roam in light clothing as youths swim at Pleasant Run and farmers note favorable plowing conditions.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Bureau
Pleasant Run
Euclid Ave
Arrest Follows Crash Involving Drunken Driving
Ed Bramble, 29, of 943 Tibbs Ave, faces charges of failing to stop after an accident, assault and battery, and drunken driving after his vehicle collided with Earl Donahue’s on Key stone Ave bridge over Fall Creek. Injured were Vera Ranes, 19, of 822 N Beville Ave, and Edna Thompson, 24, of 411 N Chester.
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Ed Bramble
Tibbs Ave
Earl O. Donahue
New Jersey St
Keystone Ave
Fall Creek
Vera Ranes
Beville Ave
Edna Thompson
N. Chester
Honahue
Two Boys Hurt When Struck by Vehicle in City
Maxwell West, 4, of 1401 N Belle Vieu Pl, is hospitalized with a broken leg and head injuries after being struck by a truck in front of his home late Thursday. Thomas Sawyer, 50, of 1325 W Twenty Third St, the driver, was slated. Lester Hurt, 7, of 2246 Madison Ave, suffered head and body bruises Thursday when struck by an auto at Madison Ave and Raymond St. A. L. Wallen, 3121 Park Ave, the driver, was slated.
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Maxwell West
N. Belle Vieu Pl
Methodist Hospital
Thomas Sawyer
W. Twenty-Third St
Lester Hurt
Madison Ave
Raymond St
Wallen
Park Ave
Attempts at suicide by two girls shock city
Two young girls ages 14 and 16 attempted to take their own lives amid family and school troubles. May Allen 14 of 512 West New York Street was whipped by her mother and later left a gas note before being found and treated at city hospital. Loretta Guy 16 of 2343 North Gale Street took poison on a streetcar after an argument with her mother and was treated after receiving an antidote and admitted to city hospital.
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May Allen
New York St
Nellie Chapman
City Hospital
Manual Training High School
Loretta Guy
Gale St
Brightwood
Roosevelt Ave
Rural St
Fire destroys Oriental Rug Company plant in Chicago
Fire at the Oriental Rug Company plant on West Sixteenth Place damaged the building and destroyed valuable rugs. Loss was estimated at 10 thousand dollars, with fears it could reach 30 thousand. Two delivery trucks burned. eight fire wagons and multiple trucks responded. Proprietors Ashjian checked records to assess rug losses.
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The
Oriental Rug Company
Sixteenth Pl
Meridian St
K. Ashjian
Needs of Agriculture Highlighted by Dairy Chief
W. E. Skinner of Chicago, general manager of the National Dairy Association, urged the Advertising Club of Indianapolis at the Claypool to focus on home agriculture. He warned that many leaders favor foreign politics over promoting the nation’s chief industry and called for stronger publicity of key factors driving national prosperity.
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Washington
W. E. Skinner
Chicago
National Dairy Association
Advertising Club
Indianapolis
Claypool
Skinner
Dempsey Recovers From Illness After LA Trip
New York April 24 Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion recovered from ptomaine poisoning after arrival from Los Angeles. Hotel reports his indisposition not serious and rest was precautionary as he returned to bed for a day.
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United Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Los Angeles
Dempsey
Tragic Garage Accident Kills 3 Year Old Son
In St Joseph Michigan on April 24 Mrs Paul Seibart backed her car from a garage and fatally struck her 3 year old son Edward who she believed was inside the house. She is reported collapsed with grief.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Paul Seibart
Edward Seibart
County Engineer Flags Poor Roads and $50,000 Request
County surveyor George Schmidt reports poor condition of 900 miles of roads and urges immediate repairs. A $50,000 appropriation is to be asked, with Tom Ellis presenting photographs. Budget also includes $5,700 for surveyor staff, $65 for a typewriter, and $1,260 for a new automobile.
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George Schmidt
Tom Ellis
Schmidt
Harry Dunn
Boy Becomes Detective Tracing Stolen Bicycle
Ralph Mullin fourteen from 200 Massachusetts Ave traced a bicycle stolen six weeks earlier leading to the arrest of Dave Bonner twenty five and John Woods nineteen on gav rancy charges. Police traced the bike via two sales to Bonner who said he bought it from Woods. Woods denied any connection.
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Ralph Mullin
Massachusetts Ave
Dave Bonner
John Woods
Oxford St
Bonner
Woods
Ena
Hearing Delay on Stephenson Bail Likely Postponed
Trial for D C Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck on murder charges faces likely bail delay after juror illness delays Owens case. Stephenson and co defendants remain jailed while attorneys discuss dates and prepare to subpoena witnesses. Officials question legality of using city funds to aid prosecution and Councilman Thompson faces scrutiny.
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D. C
Inman
Owens
Stephenson
George Oberholtzer
Ben M. Thompson
William D. Bosson
James M. Ogden
Thompson
Klan Shifts Support to Frye in City Mayoral Race
Rumors say the Ku Klux Klan will back W. S. Frye over John L. Duvall after a week of mudslinging among mayoral hopefuls. Frye slated to headline a Brightwood meeting tonight with an official Klan slate expected soon. Lemcke supporters laud the split in the Klan vote.
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Ku Klux Klan
John Ll. Duvall
W. S. Frye
Frye
Brightwood
Ralph A. Lemcke
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Butler Prom
Stark
William A. Coeppers
L. York
Ayres Store
Ansel D. Stanton
Thomas Wakefield
William R. Schwier
Charles Stevens
Moore
Southport
Charles Ryker
R. R
David W. McCord
Peoples State Bank
Fred I. Willis
Central Rubber and Supply Company
John Stein
C. H. McClenon
Bert Morgan
Indiana
Robert H. Bryson
Harry E. Hoffman
Muncie
Marion County
John A. Weibrecht
Louis Myers
City Hall
Recalll
Auto
Pole
Herbert Lord
Bobby Dean
James Carr
Paul Baker
Troy Poore
Paul Carr
College Ave
Hobby Dean
James
Dama
Tenderfoot
Dairy Association
Ad Club
Big Champ
Council
John Kitley
State Tax Board
Boy
KLAN
Lemcke
Flapper
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