Scooter Derby Trials Set Across Five Parks
Hundreds of children compete for a $500 prize in the Times Capitol Dairy Scooter Derby. Trials begin Monday at 10 a.m. at Brightwood Brookside Camp Sullivan Christian and Dearborn parks under city recreation director Jesse P. McClure and playground instructors. Pre entry blanks may be signed at The Times or at each park for a post entry. all entrants must report to instructors before racing.
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Tex Guinan backs Willebrandt in Prohibition fight
New York August 11 Texas Guinan praises Mabel Walker Willebrandt for pursuing Prohibition enforcement and vows support though critical of methods. She recalls court appearances with night club life as backdrop and jokes about jail time, lunch at Kahn's, and a busy show business world.
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Gene Tunney to wed steel heiress in near two million fortune
The former world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney announced engagement to Miss Mary Josephine Lauder of Greenwich Conn. He earned nearly two million by boxing and now plans a gentlemanly life with his socialite fiancée. The piece notes his rise from unknown fighter to champion and hints at a literary biopic potential.
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Hickman to Die Soon in California Murder Case
The article reports William Edward Hickman faces execution between Oct 8 and Nov 7 for the Marian Parker kidnapping and murder. It notes prior appeals, a death sentence affirmed, and references other world events and figures from the period.
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Murder and political race fill Queens Village news
A new murder shocks Queens Village as Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray are executed for Ruth’s husband’s murder. Frances Kirkwood is charged with stabbing her husband, claiming it was accidental during a quarrel over her vacation. Albert Hoover and Al Smith press campaigns toward the presidency with events and speeches shaping the race. Hoover marks his 54th birthday at Palo Alto and prepares for nomination actions while Smith challenges Dr. John Roach Straton on the other coast.
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Mystery death probe in Missouri linked to slow poison
Three deaths in Cabool Missouri, including Nancy Louise McGhee and Mrs. Joseph McGhee, prompt a slow poisoning investigation. Cecil J Weatherman and his son remain ill. Authorities pursue threats angle, with no water or food source found, sparking widespread puzzlement. A separate note cites alimony suit in Indiana and a New York church debate on political morality.
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Kansas City
Joseph McGhee
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Debate venue dispute blocks candidate clash
Smith sought to answer charges at the church where raised Straton offered Madison Square Garden then insisted on the church venue Smith would not consent to both sides debating at St Patrick's Cathedral The stalemate likely blocks the debate Meanwhile Pierre S Du Pont resigned as GM chairman to aid Smith but the board granted a leave instead of accepting his resignation
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Twenty Thousand Women Rally for Hoover Speech
Palo Alto August 11 Twenty thousand California women who aided Belgian relief will fill Stanford stadium to hear Herbert Hoover speak at the Republican notification ceremony. Mrs. Parker S. Maddux notes Santa Clara County sends 14,000 women. San Jose organizer Mrs. W. Davey targets 3,000. The Coolidge Dawes era group now mobilizes 100 units in the north. A chain telephone drive summoned attendees.
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United Press
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United States
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Stolen Automobiles Reported by Police
Edward Lowenthal of 30 N Pennsylvania St lists a Willys Knight coach 29-406 taken from Kentucky Ave near Lincoln Hotel. Charles D Boltz of Greenwood Indiana reports a Chevrolet touring 29-534 stolen from Senate Ave and Market St. Errol Broyles of 845 W Twenty Seventh St reports a Ford touring 632-931 taken from Twenty Fifth St and Ralston Ave.
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Stolen Cars Recovered and Missing Man Located in Muncie
Salvation Army and police recovered several vehicles at Osage and West Streets and on Earhart Street near Southeastern Avenue, including a Ford half ton truck and a Ford roadster with four tires stripped. In a separate item, Lloyd Harrell, 30, of Shelbyville, missing since Monday, was found Friday night in a local hotel after seeing his name in the newspaper.
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Maryland St
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Times Special
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Shelbyville
Horace Nixon Rites Held In Newcastle
Funeral services for Horace L. Nixon aged 53 were set for 4 p m today at the home of his sister Mrs Walter P Jennings in Newcastle. Nixon had been Indianapolis agent for New York Life Insurance for nine years and belonged to the Elks and Delta Kappa Epsilon at Miami University. He was a member of the First M E Church in Newcastle. Surviving are his widow, a son Franklin W Nixon, a brother Frank Nixon and two sisters, Mrs Jennings and Miss May Nixon.
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Stone Will Be Laid For New Baptist Headquarters
Cornerstone of the new Baptist headquarters at 1831 N Capitol Ave will be laid Sunday with Rev. C. E. Hawkins of Gary Ind in charge. Hawkins was named moderator of the Indiana Baptist State Association Friday at the Metropolitan Baptist Church convention. Other officers elected include Rev. G. Jordan of Indianapolis second vice moderator, Rev. John Crittenham mond recording secretary, S. M. Gains of Madison assistant recording secretary, Rev. J. D. Johnson of Indianapolis corresponding secretary, and Rev. N. A. Seymour of Indianapolis treasurer.
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Governor Smith Returns After Chicago Funeral Trip
Governor Alfred E. Smith arrives in Albany after traveling 1,600 miles in 36 hours to attend the Chicago funeral of George E. Brennan. He rests at the executive mansion and may not speak until late afternoon. Crowds along the route greet the Democratic presidential candidate, including an unannounced stop in Cleveland where he greeted well wishers.
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Chicago
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Cleveland
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Age and youth beg for aid at Fresno police station
In Fresno California on August 11 an elderly 102 year old man and his six year old grandson sought food and shelter. They walked from Los Angeles through heat and dust, were penniless and hungry, and were aided by a passerby named John Gonzales.
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Diegueno Youth Tries Ancient Jamestown Drink
A Volcan reservation youth near Santa Ysabel brewed jimson weed liquor to revive ancestral rites. Anthropologist Arthur Woodward notes the narcotic drink caused days of possession and dreams revealing personal totems. The youth and onlookers recovered. others who witnessed the episode were spared.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Woodward
Los Angeles Museum
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Santa Ysabel
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Diegueno
Woman sustains deep cut while shaving at home
Mrs. Cloyd Million suffered a severe cut to her right hand at her residence near Monticello Indiana while attempting to shave her father Easly Miller. The razor slipped from her grasp and she caught it in midair causing the injury.
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Times Special
Monticello, Ind
Walton Lake project backed by West Terre Haute club
The Izaak Walton League proposes Walton Lake as a sportmen's mecca near West Terre Haute. The project received endorsement from the local Young Men’s Club, signaling community support for development near the planned lake site.
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Ind
Izaak Walton
Walton Lake
West Terre Haute
Explorers Find Huge Monsters In Mongolia Discovery
Shanghai August 11 Prehistoric monsters colossal creatures beyond prior knowledge were found by the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition in Mongolia. The missionary report says the beasts are unknown to science and the expedition’s greatest find with a saddle shaped head and 400 pound headbones. The expedition returns August 25.
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United Press
Shanghai
Roy Chapman Andrews
Mongolia
Andrews
Girl 13 Preacher Schedules Evangelistic Services
Miss Helen Campbell, a 13 year old traveling evangelist, leads two Sunday services at Cadle Tabernacle with a preceding choir and organ recital. She began her stage career in San Francisco four years ago and is ordained with the American Conference of Interdenominational Churches, accompanied by manager G W Fitzhenry and grandmother Mrs L Fitzhenry. A three week St Louis session preceded the Indianapolis stop.
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L. Fitzhenry
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