Judges Fling Reprimand at Mooney Foe in Court Plea
San Francisco reports recount a pardon rehearing over the 1916 Preparedness Day dynamiting. Edward Cunha and James Brennan urged parole for Tom Mooney and Warren Billings amid accusations of outside influence and alleged conspiracies. The judges pressed for clarity on timing and location as the case risks a move to Folsom to hear Billings’ side.
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San Francisco
John MacDonald
Estelle Smith
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
Fickert
Edward Cunha
James Brennan
Mooney- Billings
Supreme Court
Cunha
Brennan
Huston Resigns as GOP Chief in Hoover Era Shakeup
Claudius H. Huston resigns as Republican National Committee chairman after a long party dispute. Senator Fess of Ohio named to lead. Robert H. Lucas elected executive director. George Keim becomes secretary. Ernest Lee Jahneke named national committeeman from Louisiana.
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United P
Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Executive Committee
Huston
Senator Fess
Ohio
Fess
Robert H. Lucas
Louisville
Lucas
Internal Revenue
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
National Democratic Executive Committee
George Keim
Edgewater Park
N. J
Franklin Fort
Rep
Dwight Morrow
New Jersey
Ernest Lee Jahneke
New Orleans
Navy
Louisiana
Emil Kuntz
Ezra R. Whitla
Idaho
Thomas
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
State Highway Commission Secures Loan for Road Building
The state highway commission will proceed with its road building program after a $1,600,000 loan from the cities and towns fund of gasoline tax collections. The loan will be repaid when the state receives its share of full taxes from counties, with a 2 percent interest due on the withdrawn funds.
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State Highway Commission
Commission
The
Highway Commission
Two White River Beaches Closed Indefinitely
The White River beaches McClure and Warfleigh were closed by the city park board after health officials warned river pollution makes swimming unsafe. Dr. Herman G. Morgan cited risk of typhoid during the drought. guards will warn bathers and an appeal urges avoidance of the river until conditions improve.
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McClure
Warfleigh
White River
City Park Board
Health Board
Park Board
Herman G. Morgan
City Health Board
Park Commissioners
Morgan
Demand for Rebate on Indianapolis Light Bills
The Indianapolis Park Board will press Rebattés from Indianapolis Power and Light Co for overcharges on illumination rates. Board member Jackiel W. Joseph urged audits of the company’s books to calculate a contract credit, noting coal prices fell but rates did not. Coal bids to the board showed declines of 20 to 30 cents per ton from last year.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
City Park Board
Jackiel W. Joseph
J. E. Perry
Light Company
Park Board
Joseph
Endurance Monoplane Passes 410 Hours Over Lambert Field
The Greater St. Louis piloted by Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson topped 410 hours aloft at 9 11 am at Lambert field. They planned to stay high to avoid heat and aim for 420 hours, threatening their old record if they remain airborne at 7 32 pm.
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United Preas
Labor pact ratified by miners in anthracite regions
Five and one half years of labor peace in the coal regions is guaranteed after the tri district convention of the United Mine Workers of America ratifies the wage agreement reached with operators at the New York conference last month.
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United Press
Scranton
United Mine Workers of America
New York
Bear grabs toddler in Lake The field bear attack
A large female black bear carried away a 2-year-old boy from Lake The and fled nearly a mile while biting the child’s face neck and arms. The infant was taken to General hospital and is expected to recover. Mr and Mrs Winch chased the bear until it dropped the child near a railroad crossing.
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United Press Usburgh
George Winch
Lake
General Hospital
Winch
Soldier Proves He Lived Wins $7000 Back Pay
Millard F. Likens secured $7000 in accrued compensation from the United States Army after a district court ruling. He had been believed dead following a war return from France and held up by a returned death certificate for more than ten years.
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United Press
Springfield
Millard F. Likens
United States Army
France
Floods Ravage Nogales and Sonora Killing Unconfirmed
Floods that hit Nogales Arizona and Sonora Mexico left at least two dead and caused extensive damage. Rescue workers found a man and a woman among drowned bodies while babies in cribs were swept away. Water rose to three feet in the American business district and five feet in the Mexican side as services failed.
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United Press
Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Sonora Hills
Heat described as oppressive by arson murder suspect
Harold Herbert Schroeder, held in Marion County jail on arson and murder charges, says Indiana heat is oppressive like Mobile, Ala. His case likely will be reviewed by the September grand jury. He is accused of murdering an unidentified man and burning the car with the body on High School road May 31. He has few visitors. his attorney visits. he talks mainly about weather and writes to his wife and two sisters.
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Indiana
Mobile
Ala
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Schroeder
Marion County Grand Jury
High School Road
Child Dies From Burns After Fire Spark
Pauline Carrier aged 6 in Lawrence Massachusetts stepped on a match and set her clothes alight. She fell and suffered burns. she died several hours later in a local hospital.
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United Press
Lawrence
Mass
Pauline Carrier
Stetson Is Honored at Lincoln Reception for New Schools Chief
An informal reception was held in Lincoln today to honor Paul C. Stetson, appointed city schools chief. Attendees included local officials and education leaders who welcomed the new administrator to the district.
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Lincoln
New Schools
Lincoln Today
Paul C. Stetson
New City
Ee Aeine
Blacklist Threat Shapes Indiana Wage Case
State road contractors face possible blacklisting by the Indiana highway commission over wages of 20 to 40 cents an hour. Commission Chairman Albert Wedeking and others advocate action after Times data show 20 to 25 cent pay on several projects. Officials say a meeting may be held in Louisville or Indianapolis to conclude steps to curb wage cutting.
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State Highway Commission
The
Times Today
Albert J. Wedeking
Commission
Wedeking
John J. Brown
Kentucky
Evansville
Times
Dale
Ind
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Louisville
Indianapolis
Brown
Kentucky Commission
Pete
Jess L. Murden
Rep
Peru
Murden
Rochester
Robert Boren
Fountain City
the Times
Adolph Fritz
Indiana
McCarthy Improvement Company
Iowa
U. S. Road 50
North Vernon
Seymour
Dunlap & Co
Homer C. Dell
McCarthy Company
World War II Pilot Homer Goodier Killed in Action
United Press report from New York dated August 6 states Homer Wadsworth Goodier, 36, of Petersburg Virginia, a World War II aviator, was killed seven miles from his target in a mission.
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United Presa
N. Y
Homer Wadsworth Goodier
Petersburg
Government Loans to Feed Livestock Will Be Available
The Federal Farm Board announced loans to drought stricken farmers to buy livestock feed. President Hoover and Secretary Hyde agreed on dispatching a nationwide drought damage questionnaire. Local co operatives would borrow through the Grain Stabilization Corporation and supply feed at market prices with easy two year terms. The plan totals over 19 million dollars in available funds and foresees feeding up to 100 million bushels of wheat as an emergency substitute.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board Today
Farm Board
Hoover
Hyde
White House
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Federal Farm Board
Agricultural Marketing Act
Federal Board
Carl Williams
Car stolen from police lot found stripped on street
Patrolman Orville Quinett reported his police department car stolen from the parking lot near headquarters. The car was recovered around Daisy street and Bluff road minus tires and accessories.
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Orville Quinett
Daisy Street
Bluff Road
Crushed in Cave-In at Old Albert Hotel Site
Thomas L. McDowell 32 of 3221 East Twenty sixth street was buried beneath rocks when a wall collapsed during razing at 121 West Ohio street this afternoon. He suffered a broken shoulder and other injuries and was taken to Indiana Christian hospital. McDowell worked for John Hoffman Excavating Company, contractors for the razing job.
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Albert Hotel
West Ohio Street
Thomas L. McDowell
East Twenty-sixth Street
Indiana Christian Hospital
McDowell
John Hoffman Excavating Company
Heat Wave Ravages Indiana Cities With Record Temperatures
City residents endure extreme heat as temperatures reach 96 degrees amid high humidity. Heat prostration claims several victims and rainfall offers little relief while drought bites southern Indiana. Army trucks ordered to haul water aid drought stricken Clark county farms as crops fail.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Elmer Hallwell
Laurel Street
City Hospital
Prospect Street
Hallwell
James Demetri
Gary
Ind
Indiana Avenue
Michigan Street
Indiana
Helen Vandevee
Finley Avenue
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
South Bend
Angola
Wheatfield
Ft. Wayne
Royal Center
Marion
Lafayette
Farmland
Cambridge City
Columbus
Madison
Paoli
Army Corps
War Department
Clark County
Gibson
Vanderburg
Posey
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Castell Visits German Home on Homeward Trip
Anderson Indiana Aug 7 William Castell a Delco Remy engineer has sailed from New York to visit his native Germany He will visit Carl Goettsch a former Anderosa swimmer who returned to Germany a year ago
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Castell
Anderson
Ind
William Castell
Delco-Remy
New York
Germany
Carl Goettsch
15 Pairs of Pants Astray On New York Pullman
A Southwestern Limited mishap leaves fifteen male passengers with pressed trousers delayed two hours after Buffalo sorting. The pants were separated from the train club car but eventually reached New York, causing mild embarrassment and humorous commentary.
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York
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Grand Central
Buffalo
Ohio State Limited
New York
Tumultuous Chicago grain session ends slightly lower
Chicago August 7 grain prices swung wildly on the Board of Trade with paper fortunes rising in early trading before declines near noon. Wheat and corn closed modestly down from intraday highs as profit taking and late buying tempered the session amid market bedlam and rumors.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
la Salle Street
Bedlam
Park board to inspect new community house at Christian Park
The park board will inspect the $33,000 community house at Christian park on Tuesday ahead of contract acceptance. The facility is expected to open in the fall. Crowned City's Perfect Driver Washington Aug 7 Capital traffic authorities nominate Stewart D. Chapman as the citys perfect driver.
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the Park Board
Christian Park
Washington
Stewart D. Chapman
Chapman
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Max Stern
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Edwin McKenzie
Alexander Berkman
Berkman
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Preston
Market
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Wilson Mediation Commission
Labor
William B. Wilson
John B. Densmore
Densmore
Duncan Matheson
Waste
Mitted
U. S. Webb
Justice Waste
G.O.P
Republican Party
Horace A. Mann
Mann
Nursery Association
Lockerbie
Survey of Credit
United Mine Workers
Stetson
Boren
Murden and Wedeking
A. P. Melton
Indiana National Guard
Camp Knox
Tacomas
Ill
United States
St. Io Keokuk
Birmingham
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