Continentwide Precautions As May Day Fears Rise
London April 30 United Press reports authorities fear May Day will trigger communist outbreaks across Europe. Paris arrests eleven with revolvers. Rome seizes two tons of literature. Riga uncovers a railway machine. Sofia battles a communist stronghold leaving thirteen dead and twenty nine wounded. Bucharest hosts May 9 talks among Jugo-Slavia Czechoslovakia Roumania.
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United Press
London
France
Italy
Bulgaria
Esthenia
Hungary
Rhineland
Great Britain
Paris
Riga
Rome
Milan
Naples
Turin
Fascisti
Europe
Balkans
Cologne
Sofia
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Bucharest
Communists and Police Duel to Death at Stronghold
In Sofia on Wednesday communists and police fought a fierce siege. thirteen communists and police were killed with twenty nine wounded as militants held a stronghold against overwhelming odds all day.
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United Press
Sofia
Woman Russian Spy Allegedly Aided Bolshevik Plot In Rome
Central News dispatch says Rome officials thwart a bomb plan similar to the Sofia Cathedral blast. A seized Bolshevik document allegedly identifies a beautiful woman Russian spy allied with the Reds.
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London
Rome
Sofia
Mother mourns son after blood transfusion failure
Mrs. Oda Green of Riley Indiana buried her son Mayo Green aged 18 after a blood transfusion at Methodist Hospital failed. Mayo, admitted April 20 for appendicitis and gall bladder surgery, died from loss of blood as he was a bleeder and weakened after the operation.
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Oda Green
Riley
Ind
Mayo
Methodist Hospital
Mayo Green
Witness details bribe attempt in Shepherd case
Earl P Clark testified that William D Shepherd's attorney William Scott Stewart offered him 5000 to alter his testimony in the Billy McClintock typhoid death inquest. Clark said Stewart used whisky and threatened abortion prosecutions to coerce him into signing a false affidavit.
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United Press
Chicago
Earl P Clark
William D. Shepherd
Indianapolis
Shepherd
Clark
Billy McClintock
McClintock
William Scott Stewart
Stewart
Faiman
C. C. Faiman
National University of Sciences
Stephenson and Two Lieutenants Face Bail Hearing in Oberholtzer Case
A huge crowd expected as defense moves to admit Sh C Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck to bail in the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Witnesses include Mrs Oberholtzer and Marshall Oberholtzer as hearings before Judge James A Collins proceed in Hammond Indiana.
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Sh. C. Stephenson
Indiana Ku Klux Klan
Earl Gentry
Earl Klinck
James A. Collins
Madge Oberholtzer
University Ave
Hammond
Ind
Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Indianapolis
Eph Inman
George Oberholtzer
Inman
Marshall Oberholtzer
Madge
Linton
Miss Oberholtzer
I. C. Plans Are Asked by City
Track elevation plans focus on obtaining Illinois Central Railroad drawings to remove a grade crossing near Raymond Street on the White River east bank. H. G. Wray, track elevation engineer, seeks the plans after prior correspondence with road officials. Early decision is needed to proceed with bridge plans at Raymond Street as part of flood prevention efforts.
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H. G. Wray
Illinois Central Railroad
Raymond St
White River
Wray
H. W. Cassady
Three Days Left for Tax Payment in Marion County
Marion County treasurer John L. Duvall announced only three days remain to pay taxes. The treasurer's office will stay open until 4 p m Saturday and one hour later than usual on Monday. Taxes may be paid by mail or at twenty bank tax stations.
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Duvall
Pound Opens Higher on Gold Standard Return
London April 30 The pound sterling opened at 4.84, up a quarter of a cent from yesterday, as Britain resumes the gold standard. United Press reports Britain's move signals continued climb in exchange rates.
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United Preas
London
Britain
City to double residential garbage pickups on Fridays
Russell T. MacFall, sanitary board president, announced that starting Friday the city will gather residential garbage twice weekly while maintaining the daily schedule in business districts.
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Russell T. MacFall
Sanitary Board
Pearl Bryan Case Parallels Noted By Indianapolis Men
Indianapolis men compared a murder from a generation ago to the unidentified woman found burned near Chesterton Indiana on Sunday. They cited Pearl Bryan a Green Castle Indiana 19 year old who died after an illegal operation in Cincinnati Ohio and whose body was buried behind a Newport Kentucky factory.
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Indianapolis
Chesterton
Ind
Pearl Bryan
Greencastle
Jerry Kinney
Harry Webster
The
Webster Detective Agency
Herbert Fletcher
Cincinnati
Pearl
Ohio
Newport
Rainy Season Brings Wet Weather Fun For Local Children
Rainy forecasts say April and May may bring more showers after a dry spell. Children on a school day parade with umbrellas and laughter as Mary Cathert Gayer and friends walk home with Robert Baker, while a basket of groceries slows their breezy stroll.
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Mary Cathert Gayer
Delaware St
Robert Baker
Mary Esther Freeman
Arlington Apts
Wandla de Marco
E. St. Clair St
Robert
Highway Trial Set for June Indicted Officials Face Court Date
John D. Williams of the Indiana State highway commission and four others indicted March 4 1925 for alleged misuse of state war material will likely go to trial in Criminal Court in early June Judge James A Collins announced. Prosecutor William H. Remy cited busy docket including eight murder cases and the D C Stephenson trial delaying the case. Indicted alongside Williams are Earl Crawford Milton George Bartley Moses and Victor Goldberg. The material sums to about 19000 dollars. Remy suggested replacing several indictments with a single conspiracy to embezzle count.
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John D. Williams
Indiana State Highway Commission
James A. Collins
Martin Hugg
Michael A. Ryan
Atorneys
Colins
William H. Remy
Hugg
Ryan
D. C. Stephenson
Rain Postpones All Baseball Games This Afternoon
Weather halted play across the National and American Leagues as rain and cold weather forced postponements of all scheduled baseball games this afternoon.
Court to Decide What He Said Court to Decide What He Said
Joe Adams 52 of 819 E Market St says he told his dog Kick em while Earl Blanchard 15 rode past his wagon at McKim and E Washington Sts Earl says he heard Sick em Adams was charged with harboring a vicious dog after the dog bit Earl on the left leg and both dog and owner faced city actions.
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Hether
Joe Adams
E. Market St
Adams
Earl Blanchard
S. McKim 8
McKim and
E. Washington Sts
Earl
Clouds Keep Frost At Bay In Indiana
Frost in Indianapolis and most of Indiana was prevented by cloudiness and rainfall Wednesday night. Indications are favorable for frost tonight, but Marion reported a 31 degree reading the lowest in the state. Rain totaled 1.14 inches in the city and .50 inch statewide, delaying crop damage yet frost remains a threat to tomatoes and other growing plants.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Marion Ind
Indianapolis
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Arkansas
Bus franchise rescinded after legal challenge
A. Smith Bowman of the People's Motor Coach Company says he will seek legal advice to determine if the board of works had the authority to rescind a vote granting the company the right to operate buses on fifty nine streets. The board granted the franchise Monday and rescinded Wednesday, citing Moorhead bus regulatory law that took effect last Saturday placing bus supervision under the public service commission.
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A. Smith Bowman
People’s Motor Coach Company
Board of Works
Moorhead
Public Service Commission
Woman Hurt by Auto on Greeley and Washington Streets
Miss Bertha Webb 31 of 2054 N Dearborn St was taken home Wednesday night bruised after being struck by an auto at Greeley and W Washington Sts. Otis Turner 23 of 433 S Addison St was charged with assault and battery.
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Bertha Webb
N. Dearborn St
Greeley and
W. Washington Sts
Otis Turner
S. Addison St
Dog Unearths New Clues In Dunes Murder
Gary Indiana April 30 United Press reports a charred note bearing the name H Schmidt and part of a woman’s stocking found as police extend a fourth day search into the murder of an unidentified girl. Lux the German police dog located the paper. handwriting will be compared with scraps from an abandoned schoolhouse half a mile away. Raymond Sweeney, a switchman, is released after confirming his wife is alive.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
H. Schmidt
Chesterton
Lux
James Connelley
Raymond Sweeney
Switchman
Sweeney
Jennings Named State Securities Commissioner
Frederick E. Schortemeier announced David Jennings of Indianapolis as State securities commissioner under the new blue sky law. Jennings will earn 3600 dollars annually and has been acting as assistant securities administrator. Hermann Gray of Indianapolis was named first assistant secretary of State and has served as deputy secretary and securities administrator.
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Frederick E. Schortemeier
David Jennings
Indianapolis
Schortemeier
Jennings
Herman Gray
Gray
Securities Commission
Voting Plan Changes At City Council Meeting
A special meeting before the regular session is expected to decide further changes to the primary election polling places. Otto Ray of the majority faction said several property owners declined to allow homes as booths. Ben H. Thompson, president, had prepared the list that was adopted after the minority opposed a Coffin list.
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Otto Ray
Ray
Ben H. Thompson
George W. Coffin
Republican County
Bone-Dry Indiana Law Ends Rich Man Immunity in Liquor Raids
Under Indiana's new bone dry statute, possession of any intoxicating liquor is unlawful regardless of acquisition time. Sheriff Omer Hawkins reports arrests as police enforce the law, seizing liquor stocks from Ruth Clark and others while prosecutors press cases under the stricter standard.
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R. C. Minton
Indiana
Minton
Omer Hawkins
Ruth Clark
Drexel Ave
Hawkins
Miss Clark
Clark
William Paulsel
Lucille Harris
Muskingum St
Halstead
War Lord Accepts Presidency in Germany
Berlin April 30 Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg formally accepts the presidency of the German republic by letter to the national election director.
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United Press
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
German Republic
May Day Observance Highlights Child Health Day Events
May Day will be observed with open houses in schools, hospitals, and welfare institutions. Flowers will be given to shut in children in private and hospital settings by the Red Cross. A children’s party will be held at Riverside Park with the Family Welfare Society. School programs include a playlet at School 3 and a fairy tale story at School 16 with venues and times listed.
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Red Cross
Riverside Park
Rural
Washington Sts
W. Market St
Amnesiac Ward Hughes Fails To Recall Self Or Family
Ward Hughes of Chicago, an amnesia patient at the city hospital since Tuesday, could not remember his own identity or his relatives. He accepted the given identity from William Nicholson and D. T. Marsee of Vincennes Y M C A as his, while police seek his father James Hughes, his wife, or brother Clayton Hughes in Champaign or Bloomington.
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Ward Hughes
Chicago
City Hospital
William Nicholson
D. T. Marsee
Vincennes
Ind
Hughes
James Hughes
Wabash Railroad
Clayton Hughes
Champaign
Bloomington
Governor veto blocks Bible verse bill in Ohio schools
Governor Vic Donahey of Ohio vetoed a State bill that would require ten verses of the Bible to be read daily in public schoolrooms. The bill, pushed by a KKK bloc, was advanced by the Legislature after stalling other legislation, with Donahey warning it would abridge religious freedom.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Ohio Today
K. KK. Ks Bloc
Donahey
Love Deserts End in Tragedy as Pittsburg Nurse Dies
Miss Gypsey Merle Beer aged 24 a nurse in Pittsburgh shot herself in a well furnished apartment after her lover Earl Squires of Wayne Indiana left her police said. She left notes requesting Squires be notified and Akron be informed of her death.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
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