California Supreme Court Holds First Prison Hearing for Billings
California justices enter Folsom prison for the first ever re trial of Warren K. Billings amid a pardon application. The seven justices will hear the convict deny involvement in the July 22, 1916 bombing that killed ten. The session marks a historic court meeting inside a state prison.
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Mooney and Billings retrial linked to Swanson influence
Testimony at the San Francisco retrial points to Martin Swanson, a former Pinkerton and private detective for Pacific Gas and Electric, as the mastermind behind the prosecution that toppled due to alleged manipulation. Witnesses describe Swanson as the force pulling strings at identification meetings and pressuring witnesses.
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Tarring Arrests Near Terre Haute and Sullivan Men
Terre Haute and Sullivan residents face arrest on a charge of tar and feathering a field worker for the dual union in Illinois. A conference between Sullivan County Prosecutor Jesse Bedwell and Adolph Germer preceded a nationwide pursuit, with arrests expected.
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Farmer Slays Two Stealing Food for Hungry Family
Elmer Titon 45 and his son Louis 17 attempted to steal potatoes from farmer Lester Coy 23. Coy waited with a shotgun and shot them both. Louis lay dead in the patch and Titon died from a head wound a short distance away. Mrs Tilton said the family had been starving for months and the men had left to bring back food.
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New Orleans Gambling Clash Surges Into Mobilization
The national guard was ordered to stand by as Governor Long warned of war on gambling in New Orleans. Mayor Walmsley denied charges of vice district reopening while forty two casinos faced shutdown in nearby parishes with Attorney General Saint enforcing closures.
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Five slam when gang guns roar at golf event
The Times notes half of the city wide toy golf qualifiers will play a 36 hole elimination tonight at Plaza, Amos and Andy courses with the rest Friday night at two to be announced. The eight top women and eight top men advance to match play next week with cash prizes for low scores and wins.
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Bank Robbery Reported in Twelve Mile Bank Heist
Two masked bandits entered the Twelve Mile State bank shortly after opening. They held up cashier O. R. Pickering and assistant cashier Bernice Brower and escaped in a blue sedan with between 1500 and 2000 dollars. The car was seen headed west. Twelve Mile lies twelve miles northwest of Logansport.
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Flood Kills Thousands in Chihli Province China
Reports from northern China indicate a heavy death toll from floods in Chihli province early this week. Kert Stump, an Indianapolis lawyer, was among featured speakers at the second annual home-coming program here Wednesday.
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R-100 Speeds Toward Britain on Transatlantic Run
The British dirigible R-100, returning from Montreal to England, left Subert Airport at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and has averaged about 68 miles an hour. It carries a dozen passengers plus 45 crew and officers as thousands watched.
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Ten Die in Bucharest Constanza Express Train Crash
Ten people were killed eight gravely injured and twenty slightly injured when two express trains collided on the Bucharest to Constanza route. In Anderson Indiana final inspection Sunday will award cash prizes totaling 125 dollars in a Chamber of Commerce beautification contest.
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Rain Ends Indiana Drought With Widespread Downpour
Heavy rains broke a several week drought across Indiana, starting in Indianapolis just before midnight and delivering 1.24 inches in the west and up to 1.24 inches in Terre Haute. Farmers hailed the relief, with Farm Bureau officials calling the rain worth millions while urging more in New Albany and Jefferson districts.
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Missing 77 After Collision Off Shantung Coast
A Chinese steamer Tongan sank after a collision off Shantung. Lloyds reported from Tsingtsao that seventy passengers and seven crew members were missing.
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Masters of the Dance Open New York Convention
The New Dance America convention opens in New York Sunday with leading dance authorities. The Chicago Association of Dancing Masters holds its annual convention August 25 to 30 as judges decide winter steps. Louis Stockman of Indianapolis will send daily dispatches from the floor for The Times.
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Forest Fires Blaze Through Henryville Tract and Petty Farm
Fire started in the James Dean tract of the state forest at Henryville on Wednesday and burned a considerable area before firefighters extinguished it. About forty acres were burned on the Joseph Petty farm south of Underwood. Both fires were reported out today by Charles Guernsey, superintendent.
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Typhoon Kills Twenty in Kiushiu Island
A Tokyo dispatch reports twenty people dead as a typhoon swept Kiushiu Island on Tuesday. The storm caused widespread damage across the island, according to the Ex change Telegraph.
Not a Drop to Drink Water Drought Hits Indiana Cattle and Crops
Top photo shows cows waiting by a Sand Creek culvert near Martinsville as drought bites Indiana. Bead Stout laments pumping from his well to water cattle while a north of us fish hatchery allegedly dries the creek. James Murphy of Morgantown mourns a burnt field despite rain.
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Endurance Pair Up 582 Hours in Record Flight
Field St. Louis Aug 14 Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine reported confidence Greater St. Louis would reach 1000 hours aloft. The monoplane had logged 582 hours at 1 11 p m after refueling breaking Hunter brothers record by 28 hours. Oil company agreed to pay 100 dollars an hour until the new mark was surpassed.
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Hawks Sets Transcontinental Speed Record
Captain Frank M Hawks cut the Pacific to Atlantic flight to twelve hours twenty five minutes, averaging 220 miles per hour over 2,510 miles from Los Angeles to Roosevelt Field. He notes best time possible in ideal fall weather and cites wind and dust conditions on various legs. He plans to race at Chicago national air races later this month.
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Mary Pickford Builds Beverly Hills Golf Course
Hollywood August 14 Mary Pickford reveals she owns a Beverly Hills golf course to open in two weeks spending forty thousand dollars on it while awaiting a New York stage appearance.
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Mary Pickford
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Beverly Hills
Walter Johnson urged to rest as illness and grief affect manager
Washington reports Walter Johnson, famed Big Train pitcher and Washington club manager, is ill with stomach trouble and grieving his wife’s death. President Clark Griffith, citing health, urges complete rest from duties while a physician orders him away from the ball park.
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Governors in Relief Parley
President Hoover plans a voluntary drought relief system with twelve state governors or representatives. Each governor to appoint a state drought commission to work with federal agencies Red Cross railroads and affected areas. An unofficial federal commission will coordinate relief. more states may join as needed. Hoover to release a new report on drought damage at White House meeting.
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Capone Back in Saddle As Chicago Beer Flows Return
Capone regains control of Chicago rackets after a year in jail. Beer deliveries resume on schedule in the Loop with lawmen reporting a single raid on ninety barrels near Lawndale station amid renewed gangland activity and shifting district leadership.
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Highway Fund Move Seen As State Peril
Indiana faces a risky finance move as the state highway department seeks 1.0 million from localities plus 3.2 million from other sources to add to a 22 million budget. Governor Leslie backs the plan while unclaimed federal aid stands at 2.098 million for inspection delays.
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Basquette Opens Custody Fight for Daughter
Hollywood, Aug 14 The actress Lina Basquette formerly a Follies dancer reopened a legal bid to regain custody of her daughter Liza Warner who is under guardian Harry M Warner. Basquette had previously attempted suicide by poisoning amid despair over the child.
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Insull Denies Merger Reports as Rubbish Sayins Insull
Rene Insull rejects claims that Insull utility interests in Chicago would merge, calling reports from New York absolutely false. He stressed there is no truth in the circulating story regarding combination of his firms.
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Child Hit By Bakery Truck Injures James Sampson
A 3 year old boy, James Sampson of Til North Arnolda avenue, was injured when struck by a bakery truck driven by Carl Hagg aged 38 of 3140 West Sixteenth street at Arn olda avenue and Michigan street today.
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Lindy to Get Medal for Congressional Flight Award
Hoover will present a $1,500 Congress medal to aviator Charles A. Lindbergh on Friday. The award honors his historic transatlantic flight and contributions to aviation progress announced from Washington.
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Freight train wreck damages theater sign in Indiana town
At Base, Ontario, Aug. 14 a freight train on the Indiana Service Corporation inter urban line wrecked a large electric sign of the New Grand theater in the town. No injuries reported in the brief incident.
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