Ex-Policeman Held In Bribe Case Court Moves To Oust Dr King
Renewed efforts to free David C Stephenson ex Klansman Indiana Earl Klincker and Earl Gentry from Noblesville jail will be led Wednesday by Eph Inman chief defense attorney before Hamilton County Circuit Judge Fred T Hines A motion for change of venue on grounds of prejudice is likely and other steps including appeal of bail denial or habeas corpus may follow.
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David C. Stephenson
Indiana
Earl Klinek
Earl Gentry
Noblesville
Hamilton County
Fred T. Hines
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Eph Inman
Hines
Klincker’Gentry
Inman
Stephenson
King
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
State Treasury
Edward M. White
John H. Green
North Vernon
White
City Budget Pruned by Mayor Shank and Heads
Mayor Shank and department heads cut nearly one million dollars from the 1926 city budget. The total tax levy drops from 1.825 to 1.175, with the rate 12 cents higher than 1925. Police and fire staffing are slashed, and bureaus merge as a statewide trimming agenda continues.
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Shank
Barrett Law
Board of Safety
John J. O'Brien
Broad Ripple
War ships to burn at Mallows Bay in largest salvage fire
The Shipping Board will burn a wartime fleet valued at about 200 million dollars as 200 ships are towed to Mallows Bay Virginia and destroyed in groups of thirty five. Each vessel cost around one million dollars but sold for four hundred thousand dollars after salvage stripping prior to the fire.
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Times
Washington
Potomac
Shipping Board
Mallows Bay
War clouds lifted as Balkans move toward amity
Athens Aug 4 The United Press reports Greek Bulgarian tensions eased as leaders indicated progress toward a long awaited amity. Diplomatic exchanges and proposed treaties appeared to signal a shift from gravity to hopeful negotiation in the Balkan crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prese
Athens
Evolution suit filed in Tennessee court
John Randolph Neal filed a taxpayer petition in U S District Court seeking to enjoin enforcement of the Tennessee anti evolution law. The plaintiff Robert Wilson of Rhea County alleges the law deprives his children of truthful knowledge in their public school. Judge Neal departs tonight for New York to confer with Seasac colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States District Court
John Randolph Neal
Scopes
Robert Wilson
Rhea County
Neal
New York
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Garfield Aves
He Seasac
Rio Grande Rising Flood Submerges Fort Bliss Aid Sought
The Rio Grande flood swamps about 3000 acres of cotton and farmland in Fabens Texas leaving over 100 families homeless. Women and children wade waist deep to rescue belongings as officials request 500 Ft Bliss soldiers with trucks and materiel to bolster levee defense.
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Fabens
Texas
Rio Grande
Ft. Bliss
Flapper Fanny Predicts June Roses and August Bills
Fanny, a society column voice, jokes that June will bring roses to weddings while August brings higher furniture costs. The quip blends fashion mood with household expense humor.
Coffin Not Favored in Klan Ranks
Ku Klux Klan leaders hint at moves to oust Republican city chairman G. Coffin after a primary linked him to mayoral candidate John L. Duvall. Elliott says broad Klan opposition arises with old-line politicians while pledging no election-day action against Coffin.
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Coffin
KLAN
John L. Duvall
George W. Coffin
George S. Elliott
Marion County
Ku Klux Klan
Bill Armitage
Shank
Duvall
Elliott
State Board Orders Secretary to Face Malfeasance Charges
The Indiana State board of health moves to remove secretary William F. King after a special meeting charges him with malfeasance over falsified salary approvals and outside income. Records will go to the State Board of Accounts for investigation with a special closed session set for Monday at 10 a.m. in this stocky corruption probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. King
State Board of Health
King
State Board of Accounts
Board of Accounts
Intruder narrows escape from Hooser home on Brookside Avenue
Police seek a man seen fleeing the Hooser residence at 2840 Brookside Ave after an attempted chloroform attack on Esther Hooser. Mrs Hooser heard the front door slam as a rear screen was torn out and no other damage occurred. A vaguely similar suspect was later detained but not identified.
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James Hooser
Brookside Ave
Esther Hooser
Hooser
Emma
Reilly
Planes Assembled by McMillan Arctic Expedition
Two exploring planes were assembled at Etah in Greenland. One plane made a 30 minute flight in the NA-2, which suffered a slight breakdown before landing and mooring at a buoy offshore. Commander McMillan reported the navy dispatch, noting the successful flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington
Etah
Greenland
Navy Department
McMillan
Scott Insane in Sanity Hearing for Maurer Murder
Chicago Aug 4 Russell Scott deemed insane by Dr Carl Hulburt a Loeb Leopold alienist testifying in the sanity hearing for the former millionaire accused of killing Tex Maurer during a hold up. If found sane he faces immediate execution. if insane he is to be confined then hanged if restored.
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United Press
New York
Edward V. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine
Mary Stars
Astoria
L. L
Browning
Hulburt
Scott
Illinois
Small
Pardon Board
Mulburt
Loeb-Leopold
Ritta Scott
Unions Withdraw From Coal Wage Conference
Atlantic City N J Aug 4 United Mine Workers President John L Lewis announced the withdrawal of union delegates from the coal wage conference. The move follows the operators committee refusing to have Warriner attend and demands replacement by men with power to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel D. Warriner
Lewis
Beech Grove Line Sold to Schmidt for 35000
The Beech Grove Traction Company was sold by Fletcher Savings and Trust as receiver to C. F. Schmidt for 35000. Schmidt filed with the public service commission to authorize a Beech Grove to Indianapolis bus line when deemed necessary. The court had ordered a minimum price of 30000. sale pending report to the court and tied to a prior disapproval of a competing Beech Grove to Indianapolis bus line.
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Beech Grove Traction Company
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
C. F. Schmidt
Schmidt
Public Service Commission
Beech Grove
Indianapolis
Donald 8. Morris
Fletcher Company
Commission
Traction Company
Temperature readings from morning for city weather report
Morning weather update lists hourly temperatures from 6 am to noon with 62 at 6 am rising to 83 by 9 am and 74 at 10 am. Includes radio signals and disc notes. no further weather details provided.
Four youths charged in burglary and theft case
Three youths aged 16 to 17 were charged with burglary and petite larceny after confessing to stealing from a grocery. A 15 year old was held in connection with a bicycle theft. They later admitted attempting to force open a Standard Oil station safe.
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Wendell Jones
Beville, Ave
Thomas Thompson
N. Sherman Dr
John Dunwiddie
Broadway
Jake Walden
N. Sherman
Standard Oil
Tenth St
Beville Ave
Former State Officer Charged in Quiet About Liquor Discovery
A former state official faces charges after allegedly failing to disclose finding liquor in a car. The incident prompted an internal investigation and raises questions about official conduct and transparency.
Appointee of Governor Jackson Under $1 000 Bond
Howard Bennett former State police officer from 1456 Central Ave was freed on a $1 000 bond after Monday arrest on grand jury charges of taking hush money from bootlegger Fred Slater. Indictment accuses Bennett of both felonious and misdemeanor bribery related to hid liquor in Slater’s car on May 6.
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Howard Bennett
Central Ave
Liberty
Louis Brown, Jr
Bennett
Fred Slater
Delaware St
Slater
Louis Schneider
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Schortemeier
William H. Remy
Eight liquor-law violators fined by City Judge White
City Judge Dan V. White fined or suspended sentences for eight violators. Clarence Schwegman of Acton Indiana paid $15 on speeding and costs plus 30 days on a separate charge. Richard Byland Dean Meador and John Ward of Beech Grove faced suspended fines and 30 days on the farm charge. William Parish of Lafayette Street paid $100 fine and 30 days. Chester James received $5 on speeding and $100 with 30 days suspended on the farm and blind tiger charges. Geneva Harrison of Lafayette Street got a suspended $100 and 30 days in the Indiana Women's Prison on blind tiger. Frank Barton of Thirty-Fourth Street and Sutherland Ave received 30 days on the farm and a suspended $100 on the blind deer charge.
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Dan V. White
Clarence Schwegman
Acton
Ind
Indiana State Farm
Richard Byland
Dean Meador
John Ward
Beech Grove
William Parish
Lafayette St
Chester James
Geneva Harrison
Indiana Women's Prison
Frank Barton
Snt
Sutherland Ave
Remy’s Aids To Mop Up County Liquor Supply
Prosecutor William H. Remy and Byron K. Eliott outlined a plan using special prosecutors under the bone dry law to curb liquor drinking in Marion County. The squad will target liquor cases on dedicated court days with warrants strict enforcement and pay per conviction.
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Remy
Death Valley
Indianapolis
William H. Remy
Byron K. Eliott
Eliott
Marion County
Ralph Spann
Judge Hosts Picnic With Children and Milk for Guests
Circuit Judge H. O. Chamberlin took ten children under eight along on a picnic. He brought a bucket of frozen suckers and milk bottles for each guest, leaving behind cases about streetcar lines in receivership and a divorce dispute.
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H. O. Chamberlin
Eata
Policeman Recalls Narrow Escape From Lightning Bolt
Patrolman Fred Winkler of 9158 East Street recounts a close call during a storm. He was at home when lightning struck the chimney, bricks shattered into a neighbor’s window, and the bolt scorched a stove pipe hole while igniting the electric chandelier.
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Fred Winkler
Police Leutenant
East St
Winkler
Carrie Jasper
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Addi
Elimi
Herman F. Rikhoff
Balkan
NEW Evolution
Tennessee
Flapper
Says Duvall
Tain
Claude Worley
Dr. King
Cinderella
John Coolidge
Gen
Malvern Hill Barnum
Citizens’ Military
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
MacMillan
Slayer
Warriner
Beech Grove Line
Jackson
D. C
Twenty-First
Talbott Sts
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Klan
Carmel
Schneider
Claude Isenhower
Illinois St
Ralph EB. Johnson
Cowan and Johnson
Chamberlin
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