Jury system blamed in Mooney case sparks nation wide debate
San Francisco, Aug 11 The Times outlines factors blamed for Mooney and Billings convictions including a professional jury system, inflamed public mind after ten bystanders were killed, and a $17 500 reward plus eager witnesses seeking notoriety. It notes 1929 reform limited juror service to twenty days in two years and previews further hearings.
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America
Warren Billings
Tom Mooney
California
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Billings
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MacDonald
Estelle Smith
Edeans
Commonwealth Club
Billingson
Fickert-Cunha-Brennan
Moctzy
Couple Weds After Warning From Dying Man
Edward Keller married his brother’s widow Florence in Ark, New Jersey, despite a note from Henry Keller who later died by his own hand after declaring love for Edward’s wife. The ceremony occurred Sunday at Degreat Methodist Episcopal church.
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Ark
N. J
Edward Keller
Henry Keller
Degreat Methodist Episcopal Church
Henry Kel Jer
Hfe
Edward
Florence
Tree Sitting Craze Warned By Expert In New York
Martin L. Davey a New York tree expert warns against the current tree sitting fad saying it harms bark and limbs. He teaches proper climbing using rubber soles and rope as essential gear and notes the need to stop the practice for trees health.
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New York
United Press
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Highway Board to Act on Wage Slash in Indiana
State highway commissioners meet in New Albany to condemn contractors who pay labor as low as 20 cents an hour. A minimum wage clause may be discussed to protect future contracts, alongside a possible blacklist for noncompliant firms. Colonel A P Melton attends from Gary amid national guard duties.
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Highway Department
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Melton
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Camp Knox
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Indianapolis Times
Adolph Fritz
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
Border clash near Hargill claims two lives
A battle between border patrol customs and Hidalgo county officers and rum runners at Hargill near La Feria Texas left two dead and a third severely injured. The dead were Customs Inspector Bert Ellison 28 and Margarite Rodriguez 25.
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Tex
Border Patrol
Customs
Hidalgo County
Hargill
Here
Bert Ellison
Margarite Rodriguez
Attack on girl at Ft Harrison triggers manhunt
Private David W. Wilson 25 of Company C Eleventh Infantry was shot in the left shoulder while defending a 16 year old girl and another woman as a man assaulted them along Fall Creek near Baker's bridge on the Fort Harrison reservation. The attacker, described as 35, 145 pounds with a beard, fled after firing four shots. Authorities extended the search as they question the girl who described warnings of a large reward if she spoke. Wilson is hospitalized and not in serious condition.
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Eleventh Infantry
Ft. Harrison
Wilson
Robert Archill
Fall Creek
Baker's Bridge
Post Hospital
Turkey in Protest Demands Reply to Angora Dispatch
The Turkish cabinet decided to send a response that a replay will be demanded within forty eight hours according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Angora.
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London
Angora
Lands Probe Take On Road Contractors Abuse
Senator Arthur R. Robinson returned from Lake Wawasee condemning road contractors for paying labor as little as 15 to 20 cents an hour while estimates claimed 50 cents. He praised The Times for its editorial and news coverage that spurred public attention to the issue.
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Lake Wawasee
Times
Bandit Slain in Farmers Trap Near Brazil
Four filling station bandits trapped by farmer vigilantes early today were captured after a gun battle near Brazil Indiana. Roy Long, son of ex county official Charles Long, was killed while the attackers fled. Floyd Frye of Terre Haute was wounded in the leg. The youths had just robbed the Rawley station.
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United Press Terre Hauty
Ind
Roy Long
Charles F. Long
Long
Brazil
Floyd Frye
Terre Haute
Rawley
Drought Crisis Told Hoover in Early Reports
President Hoover received a Red Cross report from John Barton Payne showing drought and famine worsening in eighteen states. Unemployment among farm workers and rising typhoid and pellagra cases threaten starvation in several localities as governors gather for a Thursday meeting.
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Une
Hoover
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Cool weather returns to Indiana after stormy weekend
A cyclonic storm swept parts of Indiana with wind and rain and cooler air returns. Forecasters expect several days of normal temperatures with no immediate rain in the forecast. Farmers east of Indianapolis benefited from the warm spell but southern areas saw insufficient rain. Morning temperatures were 58 at 6 am and 66 by 9 am with a high around 79 elsewhere.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana Farm Bureau
Keep That Cow Quiet Canton Orders Cow Silence
Canton officials order Mr. and Mrs. E Lucas to restrain their cow from mooing and disturbing residents under a city ordinance prohibiting livestock movement within city limits. The notice emphasizes maintaining quiet in the community.
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Plane Bombs Three Kentucky Mines in Early Morning Attack
Three nonunion mines near Providence Kentucky were bombed from an airplane at dawn. Bombs planted at the Diamond Inton and Ratman mines exploded with little damage and no injuries as witnesses described a bright orange monoplane bearing the number 5088. Police and mining officials investigated whether the aircraft originated from Illinois and linked the attack to a possible Marion Illinois feud.
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Providence, Ky
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Diamond
Inton
Ratman
Illinois
Marion
Providence
United Mine Workers of America
St. Louis
Mt. Pleasant
Murphysboro
Herrin
Ill
Million Loss Fails to Deter Claude in Cuba Energy Tests
Paris August 11 French scientist Professor Georges Claude remains unfazed after two failed electrical energy experiments in Cuba costing 1 200 000 dollars He plans to resume work later this month sinking a mile long steel tube off Matanzas to tap ocean temperature differentials to drive a turbine by generating steam from cooled surface water
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Paris
Georges Claude
Cuba
Claude
Matanzas
Wheat and corn equal as stock feed in Purdue tests
Experiments at Purdue University's farm show wheat equals corn bushel for bushel as stock feed when given the same ration of other grains and hay. The test aimed at milk production rather than fattening qualities.
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United Press Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
St Louis fliers push toward 1000 air hours in endurance record
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine fly the Greater St Louis monoplane past the 510 hour mark aiming for a 1,000 hour endurance record. They said by radio they may stay up next week or next month as they close in on the Hunter brothers’ 553 hour mark.
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St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Greater St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
O’brine
Marion to Return to Peace After Lynching Week End
Troops of Indiana National Guard prepare to leave Marion Kentucky bound Camp Knox after two mob killings. Funeral of Abram Smith escorted by guardsmen to Weaver amid fears of renewed anti Negro demonstrations. Thomas Shipp’s funeral proceeds with no disorder as prosecutor Hardin begins grand jury probe.
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Ind
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Camp Knox
Abram Smith
Weaver
Thomas Shipp
War Warnings Echo 1909 Outlook for Big War
Williamstown report quotes Professor C De Lisle Burns of the University of Glasgow who says western nations are again planning for a large war between 1935 and 1940. He notes Europe’s governments are spending heavily as in the prewar period of 1909 to 1914.
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United Press
Williamstown
Mass
C. de Lisle Burns
University of Glasgow
Institute of Politics
Europe
Oklahoma 9 Year Old Arsonist Sparks City Fire
Elderis Taylor a nine year old boy from Duncan Oklahoma was jailed after trying to ignite multiple fires including a lumber yard blaze worth seventy five thousand dollars. He had previously started five fires including one in his parents home.
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United Press
Duncan
Okla
Elderis Taylor
Fire destroys home of Clay Pointer on Baltimore avenue
A late Sunday night fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of Clay Pointer at 4834 Baltimore avenue while the family was away. The extent of the loss was not determined.
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Clay Pointer
Baltimore Avenue
Man Killed in T Story Leap at Medical Arts Building
Charles Guy, 45, night watchman for the Medical Arts building, was found crushed on an elevator shaft after leaping from a shaft on the ninth floor. Police suspect suicide as he fell seven stories. Deputy coroner W. S. Zarick reported the elevator was at the second floor when the body appeared. Read more as emergency personnel responded and building managers were notified.
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East Eleventh Street
Medical Arts
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Pennsylvania
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Stewart Coleman
College Avenue
Louis Garrett
Kenwood Avenue
Headline Ties Red Cab Robbery to City Officials
A police raid at Charles Nugent 633 East Pratt street night supervisor of Red Cab Company led to his arrest after alleged confession by George Thompson 24 of 270 Hendricks place. Thompson implicated Nugent and another man in a $300 raid on the company safe claiming loot was split three ways. Leo Troutman admitted during hours of questioning to being one of the bandits.
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Hendricks Place
Charles Nugent
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Pratt Street
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Thompson
Leo Troutman
Balcony Collapse Hurts Women and Children in Memphis Store
A Rhodes Jennings department store balcony collapsed in Memphis as hundreds of women and children crowded the area. About 35 injured as the structure gave way, with an estimated 150 people on the balcony when it dropped and sprinklers activated amid the chaos.
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Tenn
Rhodes-Jennings Department Store
Shortage laid to city license clerk in alleged theft
Investigation into alleged irregularities in the accounts of Rallen P. Rhodes city license clerk began today in the office of City Controller William L. Elder with state board of accounts examiners. Rhodes is accused of collecting full truck license fees after July 7 stamping receipts pro rated and pocketing the balance while denying theft.
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William L. Elder
Elder
State Board of Accounts
Rhodes
Clyde E. Robinson
Tracy Whitaker
James Smith
State Board of Accounts Examiners
Otto Ray
Robinson
Slayer Will Go East Arrest at Decatur
Stephen William Grow 24 waived extradition after confessing to officials in New York that he murdered Cyrus Goeney justice of the peace in Montgomery County on June 18. Grow was arrested in Decatur after an all day search and to be sent to Amsterdam, New York, today by Sheriff Charles Snell.
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Uniteress
Ind
Stephen William Grow
New York State
Cyrus Goeney
Justice of the Peace
Montgomery County
New York
Grow
Amsterdam
N. Y
Charles Snell
Fonda
Civic Reports Slated At South Side Civic Clubs Meeting
Several reports will be heard including a new city budget at the South Side Civic Clubs central committee meeting Wednesday night at 8. Councilmen Wheatley Henry and Hildebrand and board member Paul Rathert have been invited.
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Fountain Square Theater
Clarence I. Wheatley
George A. Henry
C. A. Hildebrand
Paul Rathert
Ser Board
Woman confesses ax murder of husband in Wellston
Mrs. Josie Napper age 60 of Hawk Station admits killing her husband Jasper Napper 71 with an ax saying she could not stand his assaults with other women and girls and was jailed today in Wellston Ohio.
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Wellston
Josie Napper
Hawk Station
Jasper
Storm chokes Kendallville fair as dust clouds turn mud
A freak storm yesterday left Kendallville fairground tracks muddy with dense dust so thick the float could not be used. Fire hazard crews burned grass and cleared puddles as vegetation was drenched. In Logansport, 82 year old Winfield Wilson was critically burned after setting his clothes aflame in despair over a son’s World War II death.
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Ind
U C. Brouse
Indiana Fair Board
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Logansport
Winfield Wilson
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