Crumbling Case Against Mooney and Billings Emerges
San Francisco August 5 The Fickert prosecution weakens as Estelle Smith’s inconsistent testimony clashes with Mooney and Billings alibis. Miss Smith casts doubt on both defendants while naming Oxman as offering money for a false sighting. Court proceedings extend as defense lawyers press cross examination amid chaotic witness accounts.
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San Francisco
Fickert
Mooney
Billings
Estelle Smith
Supreme Court
Frank Walsh
Miss Smith
John MacDonald
MacDonald
General MacArthur Named to Post Amid Marine Head Change
President Hoover announces Major-General Douglas MacArthur will be army chief of staff succeeding Charles Summerall and Brigadier-General Ben H. Fuller named commandant of the Marine Corps to fill the vacancy created by Major-General Wendell Neville's death. Both officers served in the Boxer rebellion. MacArthur is noted for rapid rise, decorations, and Philippine command. Fuller has long Marine service including Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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United Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Ben H. Fuller
United States Marine Corps
Hoover
MacArthur
Charles P. Summerall
Fuller
Wendell C. Neville
Army
Marine Corps
China
General MacArthur
Rainbow Division
France
Philippine Department
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Neville
Wilkins Works on Sub Supervisors Remodeling of North Pole
Wilkins works on a submarine project as supervisors oversee the remodeling of an undersea craft near the North Pole. The effort is coordinated by United Press.
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Wilkins
North Pole
Bu United Presa
Closing two city beaches over drought and bacteria risks
Dr Herman G Morgan urged the Park Board to close McClure and Warfleigh beaches after water tests showed high bacteria counts. Recreation Director Kilgore said a decision would be made Thursday, with a state health board confirmation test possible. White River stagnation raised typhoid concerns, and a heavy rain could relieve conditions.
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Warfleigh
City Park Board
Herman G. Morgan
City
Morgan
Reginald Sullivan
David S. Kilgore
Park Board
White River
State Health Board
Palmer McCloskey Tops Endurance in Tree Sit Near Indianapolis
Palmer McCloskey of Indianapolis reached 530 hours aloft in a tree at 328 North Temple Avenue and says he will press on until cold weather. Beech Grove rival David Smith trails by about a day and a half in the endurance test. In other news a U S appeal seeks greater government obedience to prohibition laws.
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Indianapolis
North Temple Avenue
David Smith
Beech Grove
Palmer
United Press
Washington
Chicago Weather Bureau
North Central States
Corn Belt
Kansas City
Dubuque
Des Moines
Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Great Lakes
Iowa
Nebraska
Laborers paid 20 cents on Indiana road project
The Times reports contractors on State Road 54 near Elliston to Linton pay laborers as low as 20 cents and water boys 15 cents. Duncan Construction Chicago sub-let to Baker of Bloomfield, profit taken, wage cuts, while state estimates had 40 cents minimum. Public officials promise action as labor groups survey wage practices.
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Chicago
Indiana
The
Times
Elliston
Linton
R. D. Baker Company
Bloomfield
Ind
Royal Oak
Mich
State Highway Department
Baker
Duncan Construction Company
Ralph E. Simpson
Duncan
Baker Company
Switz City
Highway Department
Albert J. Wedeking
Commission
the Times
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Adolph Fritz
Peoples State Bank
Hoover Plans Delayed Vacation Trip to Glacier Park
President Hoover hopes to vacation at Glacier National Park later this month but has not finalized plans. Tentative dates under consideration are August 15 to August 28, with no definite decision yet reached.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Glacier National Park
Cop shoots boy in Chicago incident injures 14 year old
In Chicago on August 5 a 14 year old named James Hickey was critically wounded by a gunshot to the chest as officers confronted a suspect. The youth was shot during a confrontation described in local dispatches.
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Ghigago
Small
James Hickey
Pioneer woman returns to Indianapolis for first airplane ride
Bettie Burton Taylor, 77, of Dallas, arrives in Indianapolis after 54 years away. She visits nephew Arthur Wolf and takes her first plane ride over a city once a village, accompanied by Wolf on the flight.
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Bettie Burton Taylor
Dallas
Tex
Indianapolis
Wageon
Northwest
Taylor
Arthur Wolf
North Meridian Street
Wolf
Robbery during auto sales demo in Indianapolis
Frank Krause, 36, a Reo Indiana Sales salesman at 923 North Meridian, was robbed of a new Reo Coupe a $1000 diamond ring and $30 in cash by a large well dressed man during a test drive on National Road. Krause was left on a stump near Sixteenth Street and Franklin Road as the thief fled north in the coupe. Deputy sheriffs hunted the suspect in the early afternoon.
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Frank Krause
Elks Club
Reo Indiana Sales Company, Inc
North
Meridian Street
Reo
Krause
Sixteenth Street
Franklin Road
National Road
Cleveland Detective Walks 24 Miles to Retrieve Prisoner
Detective Alfred Labrig walked 24 miles to Hiram Ohio to return G E Dreger 23 charged with traffic law violations. He then walked 10 miles to Marshal Jerry Walton's home to custody the prisoner. Lack of jail in Hiram forced the marshal to keep Dreger under guard at the marshal's home.
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United Press
Cleveland
Alfred Labrig
Hiram
G. E. Dreger
Jerry Walton
Nga
Tanrig
Dog Sentenced to Die Safe in New York
In Atlantic City New Jersey police recorder Joseph Altman ruled that the wire haired Fox terrier named Jiggers may remain free in New York. The two year old dog had been sentenced to death for biting a woman but the owner Mrs Dora Gaulker fled with the dog to New York. Extradition was discussed but New Jersey has no action unless the dog returns.
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United Press Atlantic
City
N. J
New Jersey
Joseph Altman
Police Recorder
Dora Gaulker
New York
Man pays 18 year debt to Big Four railroad
An Indianapolis man settled an 18 year old debt by paying $3.20 into the Big Four railroad conscience fund. He admitted cheating a conductor on a 1912 Indianapolis to Terre Haute round trip and sought restitution. The toll was calculated after reviewing old tariffs.
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Indianapolis
Big Four Railroad
Big Four
Terre Haute
Rezoning Sought Near Butler University Field House
City councilman Leo F Welch introduced an ordinance seeking rezoning of Forty ninth street across from the Butler university field house for business use The plan commission had previously rejected the request The property is owned by Frank Sidensticker The item appeared on Monday night's council agenda London Aug 5 Serious communal rioting at Sukkur India caused casualties according to a Karachi dispatch to the London Evening News
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Butler University
Leo F. Welch
Frank Sidensticker
City Plan Commission
United Press
London
Sukkur
India
Ho Apeige
Karachi
London Evening
Love's Dream Ends as 16 Year Old Takes Poisons
Walter Autey Oldham age 16 a Clayton Indiana farm boy wrote a farewell note to Wyona Leathers 15 of Mooresville Ind then drank slow acting poison late Monday his condition today at city hospital was uncertain and the note described a dream of a home and lasting love that never came true
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Autey) Oldham
Clayton
Ind
Wyona Leathers
East
Harrison Street
Mooresville
City Hos
Dad
Wyona
Autey
P. S
Oldham
Indianapolis
Hoover Promises U S Aid To Drought Regions
President Hoover pledged federal help for areas hit by the prolonged drought. The Agriculture Department will issue a regional report next Monday, with railways asked to offer reduced hay and feed rates or other assistance to relief efforts. The drought's reach spans the Potomac, Ohio and Mississippi belt, threatening water supplies and crops nationwide.
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U. S
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Mr. Hoover
Hyde
Legge
Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
Public Service Commission Sets Bond Argument on IPL Securities
Oral argument on the protest against Indianapolis Power and Light Company petition for a 12,267,075 securities issue will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Commissioner Howell Ellis announced the hearing to address jurisdiction on the purchase of right of way for high tension lines.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Public Service Commission
Howell Ellis
Doctor Dies During Caesarean in Birmingham
In Birmingham on August 5, surgeon Dr. T H Williams collapsed from a heart attack during a cesarean. Drs R M Coston and J D Dean completed the operation, saving mother Mrs L H Day and her baby girl. Coroner's jury ruled death from natural causes.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
T. H. Williams
South Highlands Hospital
R. M. Coston
J. D. Dean
Williams
L. H. Day
Babe Ruth Hits 41st Home Run at Yankee Stadium
Babe Ruth belted his 41st homer of the season in the sixth inning of today's first game of a double header against the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium New York. The blast to right center near the scoreboard traveled about 450 feet with no runners aboard. Irving Hadley pitched.
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United Press
Yankee Stadium
New York
Babe Ruth
Washington Senators
Irving Hadley
Indianapolis Operators Buy Kokomo Boston Store Assets
Operators of the Leader department store in Indianapolis purchased at auction the stock and fixtures of the bankrupt Boston store in Kokomo for 48600 dollars. The building lease was not included in the sale. A Newcastle store owned by A Anspach, owner of the Boston store, will be closed Wednesday.
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Leader Department
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Boston
Newcastle
A. Anspach
Mile High Relief From Heat Says Flying Doctor
Kansas City August 5 The flying physician Dr John D Brock reports relief after reaching a altitude about a mile above clouds to escape the extreme heat in the city.
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Kansas City
United Preas
Kansas City, Mo
John D. Brock
Heat and heat wave stories across cities
Swarms of bees in Missouri and Kansas allege losses as heat stifles crops. In New York City Karl Herzog and Fritz Vogel fail to sail a rubber ball across the Atlantic. Brooklyn reports a 28 hour roof fitting record as a boy clings to the title. Maryland patrols watch green lawns amid water shortages. New Jersey man beats his wife during heat. Hoboes die in a sun baked jungle shelter. Cleveland youth arrested after robbers chased him with a wooden gun.
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United Press
New York
Karl Herzog
Fritz Vogel
Atlantic
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