Watson Attacks Mellon Over Tax Bill Vote
Senator Watson of Indiana pivots on the auto levy amid a tax reduction bill fight, siding with Democrats to repeal the tax and threatening further action against Secretary Mellon. The move signals tension with the Coolidge administration over Mills and Hoover endorsement.
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Ray Tucker Washington
Watson
Indiana
Mellon
Ogden L. Mills
Herbert Hoover
Treasury
Mills
Democrats
Coolidge-Mellon
Senate
Coolidge
King
Couzens
Hoosier Statesman
McNary
Dawes
Man admits robbery attempt at Green Garage
Joseph Summers, 19, of Bowling Green Kentucky, was captured by the emergency squad while trying to enter the Green Garage at 1431 North Illinois Street. He said he sought money to return home for his mother's funeral and is being questioned about recent burglaries. Summers had previously worked at the garage but was discharged Tuesday.
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Joseph Summers
Bowling Green
Green
Illinois St
Kentucky
Fred Drinkut
Harry Nagelsien
Summers
Fragmentary Almanac Times with Mixed Numbers
A garbled OCR snippet shows scattered times and numbers like a.m. 35 10 and noon 50 9 a.M. 45. Contents are unreadable fragments lacking clear events or subjects to identify a coherent news item.
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Maiseee
Deaf man presumed dead springs up in rooming house
Police and a city hospital ambulance respond to two calls, finding Charles Fries aged 35 dead in a chair at 418 E Ohio Street, then the “dead” man awakes at 317 E Vermont Street. Coroner rules natural causes. the man is revealed as deaf and flees after being roused.
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City Hospital
Vermont St
Ohio St
J. B. Peitz
Charles Fries
City
E. Vermont St
Ohio St. Rooming House
Vermont St. Rooming House
Mary Gayer
Bank Robbers Loot Howe State Bank During Meeting
Armed men stormed the Howe State Bank, lined directors and customers against a wall, and rifled cash boxes during a directors meeting. Loot estimated in the thousands. a posse pursued the bandits who fled via an automobile toward Shipshewana, leaving undisclosed paper money behind.
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United Press
Howe
Ind
Howe State Bank
Shipshewana
Motorist finds six day old girl in road in Annapolis
In Annapolis Maryland a motorist stopped to avoid a market basket in the road and found a blue eyed six day old girl in embroidered baby clothes. Authorities, suspecting abandonment, search for the parents.
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Bu United Press
Annapolis
Relief plane crew to attend Floyd Bennett funeral
Baron Von Huenefeld Capt. Hermann Koehl and Maj. James Fitzmaurice plan to attend Floyd Bennett's funeral in Washington on Friday if they reach New York in time. Grover A. Whalen, head of Mayor Walker's reception committee, said the information was received today.
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United Press
New York
Baron von Huenefeld
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Floyd Bennett
Washington
Grover A. Whalen
Walker
Fliers Escape Triumph Pontoon Across Atlantic Route
Baron von Huenfeld Captain Koehl and Major Fitzmaurice traveled by Balchen’s tri motor from Greenly Island toward Murray Bay as a relief mission for the Bremen crew. The craft aimed at Lake St. Agnes with 4 to 5 PM arrival expected. Floyd Bennett’s funeral proceeded in Quebec with officials and a Twenty-Second Regiment detachment attending.
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United Press
Murray Bay
Quebec
Junkers
Bremen
Atlantic
Ireland
Baron Huenefeld
Koehl
Major Fitzmaurice
Greenly Island
Bernt Balchen
Louis Cuisinier
C. J. V. Murphy
New York World
Balchen
Seven Islands
New York
Lake St. Agnes
Herman Koehl
Baron von Huenfeld
Maj
James Fitzmaurice
The
New York World Relief Expedition
United Preas
St. Lawrence Valley
Floyd Bennett
Arlington National Cemetery
America
Jeffrey Hale Hospital
Bennett
Ford
Detroit
St. Agnes
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Dennison
Twenty-Second Regiment
Richard E. Byrd
Bridge Parkway urged by Slack for north side plan
Terre Haute Ind April 26 Mayor L Ert Slack urged park board to acquire property along the Delaware St bridge at Fall Creek to build a wide north side approach. He suggested buying two blocks south of Thirty Eighth St between Talbott Ave and Washington Blvd and opposed permits for filling stations on corner properties. Opal V Dunn awarded 750 in $5 000 damage suit against Louis Ott Company for injuries from a car crash.
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Delaware St. Bridge
Fall Creek
L. Ert Slack
Park Board
Slack
Thirty-Eighth St
Talbott Ave
Washington Blvd
United Preas
Terre Haute
Ind
Opal
DRY AGENTS ON RAID ACROSS MIAMI WABASH COUNTIES
Federal dry agents led by George L. Winkler raided Miami and Wabash counties today, serving warrants for Peru figures John Kenworth and Tom Emory along with Sam Cash Clarence Simpson Mary Griffith and Irish O’Brien. Under cover agents reported Simpson’s 12 year old son and other children given drinks of white mule during the operation.
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Miami
Wabash Counties
George L. Winkler
John Kenworth
Podrom
Peru
Tom Emory
Sam Cash
Clarence Simpson
Mary Griffith
O’brien
Wabash
Simpson
Beach Mourns for Lockhart
Daytona Beach Florida mourns Frank Lockhart a 25 year old race driver who died during an attempt to set a new world speed record. Flags were at half mast by mayor proclamation. F E Moskovics of Stutz Motor Company is to oversee funeral plans and the body is expected to be sent to Los Angeles for burial.
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United Press
Daytona Beach
Fila
Automobile Speed World
Frank Lockhart
E. H. Armstrong
F. E. Moskovics
Stutz Motor Company
Los Angeles
Milwaukee Divorce Suit Alleges Bed Covering Theft
Mrs. Evelyn Hoepfl filed for divorce alleging her husband August stripped the bed coverings to wrap them around his sweetheart who returned from a party. She claims the only clothing he ever bought her were two pairs of stockings later taken to gift to the other woman.
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Milwaukee
Evelyn Hoepfl
August
Coolidge to Study Flood Bill Changes and Sub mit Suggestions
President Coolidge is reviewing House amendments to the Senate flood control bill and will likely submit a memorandum outlining proposed changes to Congress while the bill remains in conferees. Senate Commerce Chair Jones said conferees should have little trouble shaping the bill for Coolidge. He added the President is likely to sign the measure given its broad importance, even if it lacks full alignment with his views.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate
Congress
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Updike Returns to Rally Support in Indianapolis
Seventh district Congressman Ralph E. Updike arrives from Washington to campaign for renomination on the Republican ticket facing six opponents. He will address the Indiana Woman's Republican Club at the Columbia Club and hold neighborhood meetings at 2337 Baltimore Ave and 2443 Arsenal Ave.
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Ralph E. Updike
Washington
Updike
Indiana Woman's Republican Club
Columbia Club
Baltimore Ave
Arsenal Ave
Perjury Charge May Hit Stewart of Standard Oil
The Senate adopted an order directing a federal probe of Robert W. Stewart's Teapot Dome testimony to determine if he should be indicted for perjury. The action followed sharp attacks by Nye Norris and others calling Stewart a fool or a crook, while amendments aimed to aggressively pursue contempt indictments.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
United States
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Nye
Stewart
Benedict Arnold
Norris
Neb
Teapot Dome
Glass
Heflin
Walsh
Montana
Police Sergeant McGuire Dies After Self Inflicted Wounds
New York report details Police Sergeant Patrick McGuire surviving initial self inflicted heart wounds, then fatally shooting himself through the heart and brain. Senate action in a separate item shows unanimous support for Stewart's prosecution over alleged crimes involving partner Sinclair, with Senator Glass accusing Stewart of lying to shield Sinclair.
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Bay United Press
New York
Patrick McGuire
Ment
Glass
Walsh
Senate
Stewart
Heflin
Dem
Virginia
Sinclair
Italia Leaves Sunday For Polar Flight Preparations
General Umberto Nobile plans to depart from Stolp Germany on Sunday weather permitting. He will fly the airship Italia to Spitzbergen to complete final preparations for a crossing of the North Pole.
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Stolp
Germany
Umberto Nobile
Spitzbergen
Italia
North Pole
State Appointee Quits Public Instruction Aide
Roy P. Wisehart announced that Harvey Cushman, an auditor in the State aid department, has resigned. The resignation takes effect Monday.
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Roy P. Wisehart
Harvey Cushman
State Aid Department
Wisehart
Thousands Flee as Southern Flood Waters Pour Over River Banks
Thousands flee homes across the South as river flood stages rise further. In Alabama’s Tom Bigbee valley communities seek higher ground while Choctaw Sumter and Marengo counties report widespread inundation and million-dollar damage. Florida’s Chocowatchee River floods claim lives and marshal resources shift to repair rail and road infrastructure amid widespread standstill.
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United Press
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Tombigbee River
Alabama
Sumter
Choctaw
Marengo Counties
Florida
Chocowatchee
Century
Fla
Ascambia
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Walb Denies Knowing Weaver Forged Notes For Cash
In federal court at Fort Wayne Indiana Clyde A Walb former Republican state chairman testifies he did not know Weaver forged notes to cover bank overdrafts. Weaver former bank president pleads guilty and detailed forged notes and signatures used to fund Walb and related firms.
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Wale
Stand
Weaver
Charles E. Carll
FT. Wayne
Ind
Clyde A. Walb
Valentine D. Weaver
First National Bank of
Walb
Wald
Better Service Company
Frank J. Dunton
la Grange
John W. Hanan
Hanan
Dunton
Homer Elliott
Walter Lindley
Silas D. Weaver
Wally
Ward
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