Hoover Maintains Prohibition Stance Amid 1920s Debates
Herbert Hoover will travel to the East in October to elaborate his hard line on prohibition while pledging an unconditional endorsement of the Eighteenth Amendment. He plans a commissioned inquiry into enforcement abuses, representing a broad spectrum of society, to suggest improvements without endorsing lighter beverage rules.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
East
Hoover
Auto Theft Foiled By Owner. Teen Detained
Charles Osterstock, 17, of Easton Pennsylvania was stopped by owner Edward Matzler after attempting to start his car. Osterstock drew a revolver but the owner confiscated the weapon and alerted police. He faces charges of carrying concealed weapons and vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Osterstock
Easton
Edward Matzler
Pennsylvania
Matzler
Osterstock
Western style shooting mars Gotham speakeasy clash
In New York a Montana style shooting spree ends with Martin Gentner and six customers jailed after a gunfight at a speakeasy. Police found liquor on the premises as patrons danced the Western way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Montana
Martin Gentner
Gentner
Atrolman
Peter Donohue
Donohue
Denhue
Baby burned by lighter in Brazil Ind home blaze
Braz il, Aug 13. Bernice Sawyer dropped a safety cigarette lighter onto a bed causing a fire. Flames were extinguished quickly with only slight damage reported at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Brazil
Ind
Bernice Sawyer
Dental Exam Mixup Cleared in Indiana Licenses
Seventy eight licenses to practice dentistry in Indiana were issued by the State dental examining board. Ninety three graduates took the spring exam, mostly from Indiana University Dental School. Fifteen failed for various reasons, with one group suspected of cheating but no reprimands issued. board members stressed they pass or fail candidates rather than reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Dental Examining Board
Indiana University Dental School
J. M. Hale
Vernon
Claypool
Hale
Scott W. Shields
Brownstown
C. W. Sibbitt
Frankfort
R. G. Gillis
Hammond
Wallace T. Linn
Crawfordsville
Ambitious Authors Swindled Out of Nearly $100000
Federal authorities report Luther Hanger alias Zane De Mille Jacques Foichere and Roberto Francisco swindled authors in the Middle West and West of about 100000. He solicited manuscripts and claimed to have placed stories but demanded more for rewriting and technical aid.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Luther Hanger
Hanger
Zane de Mille
Jacques Foichere
Roberto Francisco
Middle West
West
W. G. Means
Not Guilty Plea in Murder Case By Boy Lover
Leo P. Kelly, described as a butcher boy and lover of Mrs Myrtle Mellus, will plead not guilty at arraignment in Los Angeles for the murder of the wealthy woman whose body was found in her palatial home. Kelly has denied killing Mellus since his arrest.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Leo P. Kelly
Myrtle Mellus
Kelly
Arrest 99 for Liquor Violations in 48 Hours
Ninety nine arrests by Indianapolis police in the 48 hours ending at 6 a m today were for liquor law violations. Sixty five were for drunkenness, twenty four for operating blind tigers and ten for driving while intoxicated. Other charges included gambling nine, speeding seven, traffic violations fourteen, and vagrancy sixty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ben Davis Line Operators Seek to Halt Downtown Schedules
Suburban Ben Davis bus line operators file restraining orders in Marion Circuit Court to block a safety board order altering downtown routes in the mile square. Plaintiffs Tony Toparad and Martin J. Linsky seek immediate hearings while naming Mayor L. Ert Slack and other safety board members as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Safety
Mile Square
Ben Davis
Marion
Tony Toparad
Martin J. Linsky
L. Ert Slack
Claude M. Worley
Fred W. Connell
Robert F. Miller
Senate Ave
Maryland St
Capitol Ave
Georgia St
Washington St
Beech Grove
Souders Still in Serious Condition After Race Injury
Ray Souders of Lafayette Ind injured in the Knights Templar 150 mile race here July 15 remains in serious condition at Highland Park Hospital. He was unconscious for days after his car rolled over him and has been semi conscious only part of the time in the last week. His wife visits daily.
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United Press
Detroit
Ray Souders
Lafayette
Ind
Knights’ Templar
Highland Park Hospital
Sonders
Fugitive Beatty Held on Seven Year Manslaughter Indictment
Charles Lewis Beatty aged 33 of 242 South McKim Street was arrested after being spotted as a suspicious character and confronted at police headquarters. He faces a seven year old indictment for manslaughter in the fatal hit and run of Sophia Wellman of 516 Orange Street at Meridian and Maryland Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lewis Beatty
S. McKim Sr
Beatty
Sophia Wellman
Orange St
Meridian
Maryland Sts
Escaped Convict Held on Vagrancy Charge
Ward Langford 25 of 526 E North St is held on a vagrancy charge after alleged escape from a Kentucky chain gang for road work. He is on parole for killing a man and says he was shot seven times by the Harlan Kentucky police chief.
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Ward Langford
E. North St
Kentucky
Harlan
Gale Lashes South Florida Coast As Disturbance Moves Northwest
Severe tropical disturbance off Cuba brings gale winds to Miami Fort Lauderdale and Key West as it tracks northwestward toward Florida. The Manamar liner aground near Great Abaco Island with 75 passengers. Bahama tug Lady Cordeaux aims to refloat at high tide. Five dead and many injured across North and South Carolina as last week’s storm recovery continues.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
West Palm Beach
Key West
U. S
Arkansas
Guantanamo Bay
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Munson
Manamar
Great Abaco Island
Lady Cordeaux
South
North
South Carolina
Four tropical storms hover near U S coast
Four tropical storms crowded the Eastern United States as forecaster R H Weightman reported. One storm veered out to sea after damaging Florida to Maryland real estate and setting a DC rain record of 8.67 inches in 48 hours. A second formed in Yucatan and stalled in the Gulf, while two more were spotted along the Florida east coast near Ft Myers and near St Lucia in the Windward Islands. The danger to the U S from the three latest storms appeared limited though paths and intensities remain unpredictable.
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United Press
Washington
United States
R. H. Weightman
United States Weather Bureau
New England
Florida
Maryland
District of Columbia
Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
Ft. Myers
St. Lucia Island
Weightman
Hold Dance Marathon at Days' Casino Near Emerson Ave
Nine couples danced at Days' Casino near Emerson and Southeastern Aves at noon today as a 72 hour marathon to win prizes. Ten couples began at 9 p m Sunday. one dropped out early this morning. Prizes range from 200 to 25 dollars. Dancers receive a 15 minute rest each hour and a full hour between 4 and 5 am daily. Entrants underwent physical examination before starting.
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Casino
Emerson Ave
Southeastern Ave
Young aviatrix Elmor Smith aims for endurance flight record
Pretty Elmor Smith, daughter of a flying father, plans a new endurance flight record with a male companion. They will take off from Curtiss Field on Long Island seeking to add to her growing aviation honors.
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Elmor Smith
Curtiss Field
Long Island
Bank President Switches to Al Smith in Prohibition Dispute
Alfred C. F. Meyers, a bank president and Republican leader, announced his support for Governor Alfred E. Smith. Meyers accuses Hoover's acceptance speech of binding the Republican Party to prohibition and shifts his endorsement to Smith.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Hoover
Alfred C. F. Meyers
Alfred E. Smith
Indianapolis businessmen plan Detroit air trip in tri motor monoplane
Twelve local executives led by A. Kiefer Mayer and Norman A. Perry will visit Detroit in a Stout-Ford tri motor monoplane to inspect Ford airport facilities. The mission aims to gather data for establishing a municipal airport with the help of the Cham ber of Commerce and city airport committees.
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Indianapolis
Detroit
A. Kiefer Mayer
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Commission
Norman A. Perry
JL. Ert Slack
Mayer
Perry
Ford
Cc. L. Harrod
Chamber
Henry L. Dithmer
Walter Kuhn
Air Cruises, Inc
E. G. Hamilton
Parry Hutton
Farm Leaders Attend Smith Parley Indiana Delegation
William H. Settle president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation and Mrs Vernie Hatch of the federation's women's division attend Governor Alfred E Smith's farm relief conference. They represent Indiana farmers at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Vernie’ Hatch
Women's
Federation
Conference On Farm Relief
Alfred E. Smith
Organs Farmers of
Indiana
Indiana weekend toll shows thirteen violent deaths
Over the weekend Indiana saw thirteen fatalities from violence and accidents. Auto crashes caused four deaths, including Rob ert Emerick aged 10 struck by a hit and run vehicle near South Bend, and Harry Bax 24 killed near Columbia City.
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Indiana
South Bend
Robert Emerick
Harry Bax
Ft. Wayne
Columbia City
Walter Bubacz
Hammond
Tony Groevich
Chicago
Jay Creek
Dunkirk
Muncie
Harry Garvin
Arthur Barnard
Bancroft St
Leroy A. McIntosh
New York St
Mary Michaels
Geneva
Samuel E. Davis
W. O. Davis
Arch St
Flat Rock Creek
Flat Rock Cave
Robert Marker
Boyd Marker
Big Lake
Gordon
Mary Monroe
East Gary
Richard High
H. High
Honduras
Malcolm T. Danner
Monroe Crushed Tone Company
Bloomington
Shipwreck Kelly Prepares 104 Hour Flagpole Stand
Alvin Shipwreck Kelly arrives in Indianapolis to begin a 104 hour 13 minute flagpole standing stunt on a cupola at the Denison Hotel. He rigged a birdcage like pedestal and plans night illumination and spectator visibility. The event starts 9 am Tuesday and ends Saturday at 1 13 pm with related exhibitions at Walnut Gardens.
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Kelly
Alvin
Walnut Gardens
Indianapolis Man Records First Plane Ride at Hoosier Airport
Charles T. Lindbergh of 3040 McPherson Ave Indianapolis took his first airplane ride Sunday at Hoosier airport on Kessler Boulevard and Lafayette Place. Pilot Harold Brooks reported Lindbergh enjoyed the novel experience and asked to be addressed properly by attendants.
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Charles Lindbergh
Hoosier
Kessler Blvd
Lafayette PLC
Harold ©. Brooks
Lindbergh
Charles T. Lindbergh
McPherson Ave
Indianapolis
Hoosier Airport
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles T. Lindbergh of
Debate prospects dim as Straton declines church clash
In New York on August 13 Governor Smith and Dr. John Roach Straton faced a stalled plan for a debate over Straton's charges that Smith is a foe to moral progress. Straton refused to share his pulpit, preferring Madison Square Garden or a large hall, while a church debate was proposed with a radio broadcast tentatively planned.
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United Press
New York
Smith
John Roach Straton
Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Madison Square Garden
Coolidge Accepts Lanphier Resignation to Join Transcontinental Service
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Maj. Thomas Lanphier commander of the 1st Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge Field Michigan. Lanphier will leave Aug 25 to join a newly organized company providing trans continental railroad and airplane service with Col. Charles A Lindbergh as technical adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Thomas Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Michigan
War Department
Lanphier
Army Air Service
Techncal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oklahoma Democratic papers back Hoover on principle over party
The Daily Oklahoman and Times endorsed Herbert Hoover citing principle over party. Editor E. K. Gaylord announced the alignment on the front page, arguing prohibition drives the campaign and leaving Governor Alfred E. Smith’s forces without metropolitan support in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoman and Times
United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Daily
Herbert Hoover
E. K. Gaylord
Gaylord
Afred E. Smith
Oklahoma
Outlived His Fame Arthur J Lamb Dies in Providence
Efforts to locate relatives of Arthur J Lamb the famed bard and playwright who wrote songs like Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage and Out of the Dusk With You. He died in a Providence hospital Saturday of an embolism above the heart and may be buried at Potters Field if kin cannot be located.
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United Press
Providence
R. I
Philip Smith to Plead Not Guilty in King Killing at Green Mill
Philip Smith surrendered to police after a self defense claim in the shooting death of 27 year old Terrence King at the Green Mill barbecue. Attorney James E. Deery said Smith will plead not guilty to murder, and trial readiness is targeted for early Criminal Court sessions in September. A petition to padlock the Green Mill as a public nuisance is set for a Wednesday hearing.
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Terrence King
Green Mill
Philip H. Smith
Smith
King
James E. Deery
New York St
Deery
Claude M. Worley
Detective Department
John White
Dennis Houlihan
Houlihan
White
Muenicipal
Vinson H. Manifold
Manifold
Joseph Milner
Wilkinson Haag
Haag Drug Company
Bessie Gipprich
Omer Hawkins
Man Arrested on Check Forgery Charges in Bank Cashing
Harry Mahoney of 620 North Liberty Street was arrested today on forged check charges. He allegedly cashed forged checks at three banks after making small deposits to build credit.
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Harry Mahoney
Liberty St
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