Murder mystery haunts Italian neighborhood as detective work stalls
Nick Cavaretta, 37, was killed when a revolver was fired during a ride. Police fear fingerprints on the weapon were destroyed after Dr. A A Watts ordered murder weapons turned over six months earlier. Investigators may send the serial number to Spain to trace ownership. Cavaretta allegedly warned John Claus he was marked for death by a gang tied to a blacklist racket.
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Nick Cavaretta
A. A. Watts
Lake County
Claus
Joseph Angello
Farm problem dominates campaign issue in middle west
Reports from Republican scouts link failure of agricultural programs to the campaign as a top issue in the middle west. They say farm relief and tariff retaliation shape strategy, with Hoover administration commissions cited to promise relief and counter unemployment rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu Eripps
Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Administration
Middle West
Republican National
House
Senatorial Committee
Rocky Mountains
Will R. Wood
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Federal Farm Board
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Hoover
Tariff Commission
White House
Presidential Commission
Fishing Growing as Canadian Industry
Canadian prairies broaden farming to fishing with government data showing over 4 million dollars paid last year for prairie caught fish. Commercial fishing extends to Lake Athabasca with factories near Waterways and boats heading to northern lakes, expanding industry across central provinces nicknamed the granary of the British Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Toronto
Canadian Prairies
Prairies
Canada
Winnipeg
Chicago
Athabasca
Prairie Provinces
Bay Rum Carload Sits After Compromise
In Des Moines Iowa a carload of bay rum seized as an intoxicant is ordered released by Judge Merhon following a compromise between prosecutors and Woolworth Company. County attorney Missildine agrees not to prosecute the firm on its promise to sell no more of the tonic to thirsty Iowans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Des
Carl Missildine
Radio Dealers Meet Opens Victor Convention at Lyric
Motion picture demonstrations on making Victor radio receiving sets will be shown to assembled dealers at the opening of the state Victor radio dealers convention at the Lyric theater at seven o clock Friday morning. The Griffith Victor Distributing Corporation will host the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Victor Radio
Lyric Theater
Griffith Victor Distributing Corpora
Grandma Delena Richardson Sits for Earnings in Illinois
East St. Louis August 14 Grandma Delena Richardson 60 sat on a wooden platform in a tree to day after her tenth day of sitting for money She earned 84 dollars on Wednesday and 3 dollars the day before in a noted charity stunt tied to Lofty Finance by United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
East ST. Louis
Ill
Lipton Yacht Triumphs After 4200 Mile Atlantic Passage
The Shamrock V commanded by Captain Ted Heard completed a perilous 4200 mile Atlantic voyage to New London. Stripped of extra gear at the Thames river dock, the slender green challenger for the America's Cup arrived intact with its crew of twenty despite fierce gales and long convoy separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Thames River
Ted Heard
William Paul
Sir Thomas Lipton
New London
Duncan Neill
Erin
Thomas
Flat Looting Suspects Held in Detroit Robbery Case
Three suspects are detained at police headquarters and two others were arrested in Detroit for looting twenty apartments. Lena Farber and Emmet McClellan were brought back to face robbery and vehicle taking charges. Loot valued at five thousand dollars, including draperies and furnishings, was stolen with two thousand dollars recovered from the homes of Edward Allen and Helen Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lena Farber
Emmet McClellan
Edward Allen
Apt
Sheldrake Apartments
North Meridian Street
Helen Rogers
Allen
Rogers
Miners Trapped as British Columbia Explosion Sends 46 Underground
Rescue crews pumped fresh air to forty six miners trapped by the No 4 mine explosion at Coalmont colliery in Blakeburn B C. Two were killed by the blast, but officials hope to remove the men alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Princeton
B. C
Coalmont
Blakeburn
Everson Arrives to Review Guard Division at Camp Knox
Major General William G. Everson, militia bureau chief, is due by plane to review the Thirty-eighth division at Camp Knox Kentucky this afternoon. The review and an all night maneuver mark the closing of summer camp for guardsmen Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
William G. Everson
United States Militia
Thirty-eighth
Tariff bill denounced at Virginia institute
W J. Lauck economist condemned the Hawley Smoot tariff bill at the University of Virginia institute of public affairs calling it the almost incredible climax to narrow and misguided policies of the past decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
W. Jett Lauck
Washpoms
Burial for Mrs Laura Belle Milam at East Tenth Street M E Church
Funeral services for Mrs Laura Belle Milam 73 of 1024 North Keystone avenue will be at 2 p m Friday at the East Tenth Street M E church with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving children are Fred A Naegele and Mrs Sybil K Grimes of Indianapolis and Carl S Naegele of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Belle Milam
North Keystone Avenue
East Tenth Street
M. E
Crown Hill Cemetery
Fred A. Naegele
Sybil K. Grimes
Indianapolis
Carl S. Naegele
Columbus
Frost Nips Vegetables in Wisconsin and River Ice Forms
An early fall frost froze Couderay gardens today and ice formed in low places along the Couderay River. The report notes Wisconsin frost and river ice with brief mention of a government agreement on Illinois waterway funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Couderay River
United Preae
Couderay
Wis
Couderay Gardens
Prince of Wales participates in mock air battle at Cranwell
The prince of Wales flew from Uxbridge to join Royal Air Force maneuvers in a simulated war. He directed his pilot into the battle and a group of six RAF planes pursued them, scoring a “shoot down” under the rules, with pilot Don also being downed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tondon
Prince
Wales
Cranwell Airdrome
Uxbridge
David Don
Royal Air Force
Cranwell
Prince of Wales
Don
Eagles Back Jobless San Francisco Plan
The Fraternal Order of Eagles with 700000 members backs creation of a federal commission to design a system to end long term unemployment. A resolution, passed unanimously at the national convention here, was presented by the Indiana delegation and adopted from the Anderson state convention in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Order of Eagles
Indiana
Eagles
Anderson
Ewald Denies Charges Before New York Grand Jury
Former Magistrate George F. Ewald testified before the county grand jury denying the charge that $12,000 bought his 1927 city magistrate appointment. The panel neared the end of its inquiry and was to decide on indictments later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
NEW York
George F. Ewald
Grand Jury
Eleven-year-old Spencer hurt in fall from up stairs window
Onez Spencer, 11, of 620 Abbott Street, broke her left arm after falling from an upstairs window at home while indoors. She was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onez Spencer
Abbott Street
Perine
City Hospital
Marion County 4-H Club Awards Highlight Livestock Winners
The Marion County 4-H Club show awarded 231 youths after judging livestock and agricultural exhibits at the state fairground. Karl Gardner Wayne township Mary Alice Jay Decatur township Mary K Hester Warren township received Purdue scholarships. John Bastin Decatur township won the William Bosson trophy for the leading dairy exhibit. Twenty two dairy winners will tour the national daily show in St Louis in October. Home economics winners earned Purdue short courses. Trips to the 4-H Club camp in July were awarded to 175 girls. Clarence Henry county agent supervised the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
State
Purdue University
Karl Gardner
Wayne Township
Mary Alice Jay
Decatur Township
Mary K. Hester
Warren Township
John Bastin
William Bosson
St. Louis
Purdue
Sarah Smart
Lucille Morris
Acton
Irene Goss
Indianapolis
Louise Sands
Maywood
Mildred Hauser
Edgewood
Doris Wiley
New Augusta
Martha Yeager
West Newton
Alice Read
Clarence Henry
Model Plane Victors Chosen in Aviation Week Exhibit
Robert Atkinson won first prize with a miniature Curtiss Hawk biplane at the Circle theater exhibition tied to Aviation Week. Other winners included Harold Stofer and Aloysius Boeing with various aircraft models. prizes include silver cups, airplane rides, and tickets to the Circle. Outdoor trials are set for Mars Hill airport Saturday with a ride for the winning owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Atkinson
Circle Theater
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Skouras Publix
Aviation Week
Atkinson
Harold Stofer
Aloysius Boeing
Norman Schnell
Eastman Flying Boat
Duglass
William Emmick
Super Marine
Robert Bacon
John Stofer
Ryan
Moth
Skouras-Publix
Mars Hill
Curtiss
Dawn Patrol
Mars Hill Airport
Marion County
Finger Nails as Clue to Tuberculosis Cure Index
Chicago Aug. 14 Finger nails reveal patient progress in fighting tuberculosis says Dr. A G Hahn at Trudeau sanatorium Saranac Lake. Pitted nails found in all active cases fifty ex patients and normals had smooth nails. Indented nails occurred in inactive cases only three times. Downward curving nails common in lung disease present in active and inactive groups. Incarnivation persists in ex patients though cure achieved. normal group shows none.
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Science Service
Chicago
A. G. Hahn
Trudeau
Saranac Lake
Girl Is Kidnapped by Three Negroes in Raleigh
Milton Rogers of Angier told Raleigh police he was driving Viola Edwards of Elizabeth with him when three Negroes dragged her from the car shortly before 1 a.m. A search posse began at dawn with Deputy Clyde Whitaker in charge but no trace had been found by 8 a.m.
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United Press
Raleigh N. C
Milton Rogers
Angier
Raleigh
Viola Edwards
Elizabeth
Rogers
Clyde Whitaker
Garner
N. C
Wake County
Peebles
Elizabethtown
Here
Sailor King to Return to Tiny Pacific Isle
Captain John S. Drever, monarch of Laueneuwa, visits the United States for the first time in eight years. He rules 650 Polynesians on a palm leaf palace island 200 yards wide and five miles long in the mid Pacific. His subjects revere him as a magician and demigod while dancing girls entertain him during the Garden of Eden style regime. He states his trip is a visit and he will return to his Pacific paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Los Angeles
John S. Drever
United States
Captain Drever
Laueneuwa
Equator
mid-Pacific
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Drever
S. S
Pacific
Solomon Islands
No Shift in Guard Washington on Liquor Export Law
Aug. 14 Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, head of the coast guard, said the first two and a half months of Canada’s liquor export ban had not shifted coast guard forces. Reports from Great Lakes stations show a break-up of smuggling, but it’s too early to judge long term effects. Some cargoes may be routed to St Pierre and French North Atlantic possessions, but no clear rise in North Atlantic smuggling has been detected yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Washington
United States
Frederick C. Billard
Billard
Great Lakes
St. Pierre
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Unbidden Guest Stages Early Morning Hotel Robbery
A bareheaded youth robbed the Lockerbie hotel at 5 am seizing $90 from the cash register. Night clerk John Mendenhall and bellhop John Mertens alerted, the assailant fled after shouting Front. Police questioned witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mendenhall
John Mertens
East Michigan Street
Mendenhall
Mertens
Pianist and singer endure grueling music marathon
In South Bend Vector Labedz, 29, aims for a world piano record by playing forty five minutes and resting fifteen per hour day and night. He performs works from Irving Berlin to Richard Wagner. Ray Lucas, Chicago, paused in Gary on a 2400 mile singing trek toward Chicago. If he finishes in thirty days with proof of travel and city sings, he wins 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Vector Labedz
Irving Berlin
Richard Wagner
Ray Lucas
Chicago
Gary
Law in California delays funeral trip after wreck
Mourners miss transport to Elwood when a California rule requiring 24 hours before exporting a body delays the journey. George P. Jenkins died in Long Beach and his widow and two sons altered their plans after learning the law, avoiding a train wreck near Chicago on a later departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
California
George P. Jenkins
Long Beach
Cal
Chicago
Radio Enlivens Court in East Chicago Baseball Broadcasts
Justice of the Peace David Rosen thal entertains defendants and lawyers with radio baseball reports between cases. He ordered a radio installed so the Calumet building court can hear baseball news when trials pause. The courtroom, once quiet, now echoes with sports updates as part of daily proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Ind
Justice of the
David Rosenthal
David
Calumet
Ejected From United Mine Workers Over Local District Charges
Two Terre Haute men William Jardine and John Thompson were suspended from active union membership by the international executive board. John Templeton of Sullivan and E S Rocosky of Shelburn were barred from office for one year while remaining members. The board cleared two district officials of charges, ruling the counter claims against them based on hearsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prena Terre
Miners’ Union
Jardine and Thompson
William Mitch
Michael Ferguson
District 11
John Templeton
Sullivan
E. S. Rocosky
Shelburn
Mine Union
Illinois Governor to Be Guest at Muncie Garden Party
Governor and Mrs Louis L Emmerson of Illinois head the guest list for a garden party at Otto Carmichael's home in Muncie Indiana. The event marks the fiftieth year in horticultural work for organizer A E Kunderd of Goshen and features hundreds of gladioli varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
Otto Carmichael
A. E. Kunderd
Goshen
Bandit Trio Sentenced In Brazil Case
Ermyle Young Floyd Frye and Hubert Moyer of Terre Haute pleaded guilty to auto banditry and received minimum ten year sentences in the reformatory from Judge T W Hutchison. They were captured after Roy Long was shot and killed by a posse Sunday night. The judge criticized slot machine owners for prompting the robbery that led to the slaying and capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brazil
Ind
Ermyle Young
Floyd Frye
Hubert Moyer
Terre Haute
Reformatory
T. W. Hutchison
Clay Circuit Court
Roy Long
Two 14 Year Olds Die In Cabin Fire In Pa
Two 14 year old boys burned to death when a small camping cabin in Johnstown caught fire. Firemen believe a stove overturned causing the blaze. The victims were John Bookhart of Estherville and John Kitka of Edgewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Johnstown
John Bookhart
Estherville
John Kitka
Edgewood
Muncie to Cut City Tax Rate by Four Cents
Muncie Indiana budget would reduce the property tax levy to 85 cents per $100 valuation next year unless vetoed by Mayor George R. Dale. The finance committee said the budget was cut enough to allow the 4-cent reduction and that sufficient support exists to pass it at Monday night’s council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
George R. Dale
Chevrolet trims prices on sport models across lineup
Detroit August 14 price cuts of 40 dollars on all sport models announced by H J Klingler vice president and general sales manager of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Affected models include sport roadster sport coupe club sedan and the special sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Chevrolet
H. J. Klingler
Chevrolet Motor Company
Bootlegging Sacramental Wine Giants Convicted in Federal Court
In New York on August 14 Bishop Charles Menza of the Czecho Slovakian Orthodox church and six laymen were found guilty of bootlegging sacramental wine. Judge Thomas set sentencing for Friday. In Martinsville Indiana on August 14 William Dowdy, 20, was sentenced to one to ten years in the reformatory after pleading guilty to assault and battery with intent to kill. Dowdy, married with Tennessee ties, shot Emil Shields. Shields remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Menza
Thomas
United Press
Martinsville
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
William Dowdy
Dowdy
Tennessee
Snemees
Emil Shields
Laeries Shields
City Woman Emma Foreman Found Unconscious After Car Overturn
Mrs. Emma T. Foreman of 4132 Carrollton Avenue Indianapolis representative of Corrall Dunn and Smith Pharmaceutical Company was found unconscious in her overturned car on State Road 67 five miles north of Bloomington at about 11 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma T. Foreman
Carrollton Avenue
Indianapolis
Corrall, Dunn & Smith Pharmaceutical Company
State Road 67
Bloomington
Slaying of Mrs. Bessie Perri in Hamilton Garage
Mrs. Bessie Perri sixty four? No 45 wife of Rocco Perri reputed bootlegger was shot and killed in the garage adjoining her home in Hamilton Ohio by unknown gunmen as reported by United Arena dispatch on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena Hamilton
Bessie Perri
Rocco Perri
Man from Ben Davis suffers injury after fall at airport
Ural Powers, 36, of Ben Davis, fell twelve feet from a building at the municipal airport today and suffered a broken collar bone. An official at the scene said Powers was taken for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ural Powers
Ben Davis
Funeral services for Mrs Gillispie in South Bend
Aged Mrs Margaret Gillispie Gillis pie died at 77 of heart disease at her South Bend home. Funeral services were held at Tip ton with burial planned. She leaves a daughter Rose Mary Gillispie of South Bend a son Andrew Gillispie of Hammond and a sister Mrs Barbara Lipp of Indianapolis.
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South Bend
Ind
Tipton
Margaret Gillispie
Rose Mary Gillispie
Andrew Gillispie
Hammond
Barbara Lipp
Indianapolis
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