Hoover Plans Broad Address Plan For Campaign
Hoover outlines a dozen or more big addresses to cover waterway development highways aviation irrigable lands merchant marine education and tax cuts. He will address Boulder Dam public utilities and railroads in Los Angeles and expand farm views in West Branch Iowa before Oct prohibition remarks.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
West Branch
Iowa
Smith Completes Speech for Republican Campaign
Governor Alfred E. Smith prepares his acceptance speech in Albany after a late night drafting session at the executive mansion. The 6000 to 7000 word address will be printed tonight and distributed Wednesday with focus on farm relief prohibition and federal reform.
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Los Angeles
Smith
Bandit Gunman at 14 Hunted in Indiana
Authorities pursue Otis Moncarde of Louisville Kentucky a 14 year old bandit gunman after he supplied a revolver and saws to two youths during a robbery and coerced custody escape from Decatur County jail. He described the robbery and boasted of weapon use. Officers call him a born criminal and fear he would shoot if cornered.
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Reensburg
Ind
Otis Moncarde
Louisville
Wallace Cobb
Roy Windham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Decatur County
Moncarde
Cobb and Windham
Maddux
Gurley speech cited at University of Virginia Institute
The Times editor Boyd Gurley spoke before the Institute of Politics at the University of Virginia. The page 9 feature notes the full text of his remarks and references the event.
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Boyd Gurley
the Times
Institute of Politics
University, Va
Delay Fight On Bus Lines In Indianapolis
A legal fight between the city and suburban bus operators will be delayed to September term of the Circuit Court. The temporary injunction hearing on routing changes, including moving Ben Davis buses west of Capitol Ave and south of Maryland, was postponed. Attorney Garth Melson accuses the city ruling of harassing and destroying the South Side Motor Coach Company.
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Smiley Chambers
Mile Square
Fred E. Barrett
Martin J. Linsky
Tony Poparad
Ben Davis Line
Ben Davis
Capitol Ave
Maryland
Indianapolis Safety Board
South Side Motor Coach Company
Garth Melson
Public Service Commission
Coolidge OKs Mississippi flood board plan to use floodways
President Coolidge approved the flood board report submitted by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin chief Army engineer. The plan endorses floodways and spillways in the flood control project as advocated by Army engineers.
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United Press
Wis
Coolidge
Mississippi Flood Board
Edgar Jadwin
Army
Army Engineers
Campaign Opens in Salem with Dailey and Peters
The Democratic State campaign will be opened August 31 in Salem Indiana with addresses by gubernatorial nominee Frank C. Dailey State chairman R Earl Peters and other State candidates Homer Ormsby Huntington publisher and director of publicity for the State central committee announced Dailey's address will signal a vigorous statewide campaign Salem was chosen to recall earlier victorious campaigns by Hendricks Matthews Marshall Turpie and Vorhees with opening guns in the city.
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Salem
Ind
Frank C. Dailey
R. Earl Peters
Homer Ormsby
Huntington
State Central Committee
Dailey
Peters
Thomas A. Hendricks
Claude Matthews
Thomas R. Marshall
David Turpie
Daniel W. Vorhees
Estate of James A Allison May Go to Widow Under Florida Law
The estate of the late multimillionaire James A Allison totaling between 2.5 and 6 million dollars may go to his widow Lucille Massey Allison under Florida 1920 law, as no will exists. Indianapolis and Miami lawyers weigh whether his Indianapolis relatives or mother and brother may share, with questions about the Biscayne Bay mansion and Riverside Springs property tied to the Motor Speedway Realty Co.
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James A. Allison
Lucille Massey Allison
Allison
Dade County Court of
Miami
Fla
Sarah C. Allison
Indianapolis
Florida
Indiana
Carl Fisher
Indianpolis Motor Speedway
Miami Beach
Crate D. Bowan
Shutts and Bowen
Biscayne Bay
Riverside Springs
Allisons
Motor Speedway Realty Company
Fisher
Fordson joins Dearborn to form new city name
Detroit suburbs unite Dearborn and Fordson into a single city named Dearborn. The commission chosen after a recent election decided the merged community would retain the Dearborn name. Henry Ford's home lies at the center of the new city, and retaining the historic name was a priority over the announced tractor name.
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United Fo Press
Troit
Fordson
United Dearborn
Henry Ford
Edward Stevens Celebrates 99th Birthday in Hometown Home
Edward Stevens marked his 99th birthday in the house where he was born and has lived all his life. The residence has been in his family for 150 years in Thomaston Conn.
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United Press
Thomaston
Conn
Edward Stevens
Stevens
Blockade Ordered to Halt Two Rum Fleets
United States Coast Guard officials in Buffalo ordered all rum chasers in the district to form a blockade on the American side of the international line. Two rum fleets were forming, one at Bridgeburg with twenty five boats and another off Port Colborne, Ontario with ten boats, aiming to break through together.
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United Press Buffalo
United States Coast Guard
Bridgeburg
Port Colborne
Ontario
Coast Guard
West Florida Braces for Hurricane Menace
Tropical disturbances threaten western Florida with a developing gale system expected to reach Tampa Cedar Keys and Mobile. Winds reach 65 mph at Punta Rassa, with prior damage estimated above 1 million dollars as Havana storms spark caution across the region.
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United Press
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Cedar Keys
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Deadly storm damages Guantanamo area
United Press dispatch from Havana reports one drowned and extensive destruction after a heavy wind and rain storm near the Guantanamo naval base. Eleven inches of rain fell at Guantanamo with winds up to eighty miles per hour. many houses unroofed at Caimanera and several fishing craft driven ashore.
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United Preas
Havana
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
el Pais
Guantanamo
Caimanera
Carnival at E Washington St Closed by City Controller
Sterling R. Holt city controller ordered the carnival, run under Modern Woodmen of America, to close after an office investigation found only two of thirty eight petition signers within 500 feet were property owners. The promoter had filed the petition and a lodge committee conferred with Holt.
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Keystone
Tacoma Aves
E. Washington St
Sterling R. Holt
Woodmen of America
Holt
Sells White Elephants Ad Guide
Local ad notes selling unused items termed white elephants to raise cash. Roy Glenn of 4620 Millersville Rd sold an 18 ft awning and a hot water tank after placing a two line ad in The Times. Readers are invited to place for sale notices by calling RI 5551. Ads are chargeable.
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Roy Glenn
Millersville Rd
Times
Kidnapping Foiled as Three Held After Midnight Chase
Ray Rough, 25, of 426 W Washington St is charged with assault and battery and vagrancy. Two companions are held as alleged gas hawks after a car pursuit when Rough forced Ella Mitchell 21 from Brownstown and Indianapolis into a rear seat. Witness Nick Thomas corroborates the restaurant kidnapping tale.
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Ray Rough
Washington St
Robert E. Woolen
Kentucky Ave
Rough
Morris St
Ella Mitchell
Brownstown
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Nick Thomas
Senate Ave
Bedroom break-ins threaten two families in city
Parents report two house break-ins with intruders entering by open windows while attempting to attack two 12 year old girls. One girl woke to a man leaning over her bed with a bottle at her nose. the other two sisters screamed as a man entered their room and escaped.
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Marie Light
Oxford St
Virginia
Brance Pruitt
Lord St
Daredevil Shipwreck Kelly Clings to 13 Inch Disc Ever Upwards
Shipwreck Kelly ascended an eighteen foot flagpole at the Denison Hotel at 9 a m and will remain on a thirteen inch disc for 100 hours 13 minutes and 13 seconds unless relief comes Saturday at 1 13 p m when he proceeds to Walnut Gardens for a physical culture exhibition. Crowds gather at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Ohio Streets to witness the stunt illuminated by an electric light during the night and aided by liquid foods delivered by his assistant.
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Alvin
Shipwreck
Kelly
Walnut Gardens
High Mount
Times
Pennsylvania
Ohio Sts
Brooklyn Boy Rescues Brother After Street Car Incident
Joseph Cotten, 11, was knocked down by a street car in Brooklyn and, pinned by a wheel, directed his own rescue and sent his younger brother home with the message to tell their mother not to worry he only had a scratch. He may lose one toe.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Cotten
Woman Slayer Ends Own Life in Police Sting
Austin Pavey, 37, a musician in South Bend, shot himself as police moved to arrest him for the murder of Mrs. Lillie Carmean. He died shortly after police broke into his room. Carmean, shot four times on a busy street, left a husband and a ten year old daughter.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Lillie Carmean
Austin Pavey
Pavey
Studebaker Corporation
Red Coat
Covington
Cates
Du Pont Donates 50000 to Smith Campaign
Pierre S. Du Pont, chairman of General Motors and Dupont De Nemours, gave $50,000 to the Democratic national campaign today. He sent the check to John J. Raskob, national chairman, signaling support for Governor Alfred E. Smith. Temperatures and stray data follow in the page, including 65 at 8 a.m. and 88 at noon.
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United Press
New York
Pierre S. Dupont
General Motors
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co
Dupont
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Famous Jazz Composer Refuses Talkies Gold
New York August 14 George Gershwin famed jazz composer and pianist rejects offers from Fox Movietone for a talking motion picture musical. He notes a possible 50 000 offer for use of Rhapsody in Blue but has not agreed. Musicians oppose talkies fearing income loss for orchestras and soloists. Gershwein recently returned from Europe to positive reception in Vienna Berlin Paris and London.
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United Press
New York
George Gershwin
Gershwin
United Press Today
Fox Movietone Company
Gershwein
Europe
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
London
Soldier Sought as State Ace in Green Mill Killing Case
Detectives seek a soldier who witnessed the Green Mill barbecue shooting that killed Ter rence King to counter Philip Smith's self defense claim. Smith has admitted firing the shot but says it was in self defense as King appeared poised to shoot. The trial is expected for late September with Smith held for grand jury action.
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Terrence King
Green Mill
Philip Smith
King
Smith
Jerry Kinney
Grace Ford
Gladys de Voe
Miss de Voe
Byron
Dennis Houlihan
John White
James E. Deery
Firemen Rescue Pony From Open Well on Tindal Street
Four firefighters pulled a pony from a twelve foot open well behind 2756 Tindal Street. The pony owned by George Goodnight of 1715 Gimber Street remained unharmed. The animal slipped through a tin cover, alarms from Truck 29 at 2302 Shelby Street, and Lieutenant William Pallikan led the rescue with a ladder and ropes.
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Tindal St
George Goodnight
Gimber St
Shelby St
Wiliam Pallikan
Stickups May Return For Night on River Bridge
Jessie Lewis, 16, of 283 N Elder Ave, was held up Monday night on the New York Street bridge over White River. The two men took $8, returning $5, and warned they would be back tonight to take the remaining $3.
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Jessie Lewis
N. Elder Ave
Lewis
New York St
White River
Delay in Obregon assassination trial in Mexico City
August 14 report says the Jose Toral trial faces another week delay as the defense seeks time to investigate Toral’s sanity. Prosecutors and court officials indicated the postponement was anticipated.
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United Press
Mexico City
Jose Toral
Alvaro Obregon
Toral
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