Gotham Probe Foreseen as Roosevelt Seeks Records
Albany August 16 Governor Roosevelt telegrammed New York City district attorney Thomas Crain asking for all records and a full report on the judge case. Rabbi Wise urged purging the city administration citing perceived grand jury actions and corruption in the New York City setup.
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Albany
N. Y
Gove
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas C. T. Crain
New York City
New Yorkity Administration
George F. Ewald
New York
Rabbi Stephens. Wise
Lake Facid
Wise
Ewald
Plan Calls for Non-partisan Inquiry Into Roosevelt Era City
Republican leaders in New York press for a state investigation of city government. They cite the Ewald grand jury dismissal and alleged graft links involving Tammany Hall. The move follows criticism of District Attorney Crain and references to transfers tied to Bertha Ewald and Healy.
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United Press
New York
Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George F. Ewald
Thomas C. T. Crain
Ewald
Herlad-Tribune
Bertha Ewald
Martin J. Healy
Tammany District
The
Morning World
Tammany Hall
the World
Charles H. Tuttle
United States District Attorney
Hog Market at City Yards Shows Gains and Dull Trading
Upturn features hog movement with a 10 cent rise in most classes at the city stockyards this morning. Bulk 160 to 275 pounds sold for 10.50 to 10.75 with top at 10.85. receipts about 2,500 and holders 467. Cattle steady with 200 receipts. weanlers 811.50. calves 200. sheep steady with 200 receipts. Chicago hog receipts 7,000 including 1,000 directs. holdovers 1,000. Meager asking kept market steady to strong.
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Chicago
Close Training Camp Ends Guardsmen Program in Kentucky
In Kentucky at Camp Knox the annual guardsmen training maneuver concluded the program. Weather notes show temperatures around 70 degrees in the early hours with slight variations through the morning as the event wrapped up.
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Kentucky
Endurance Flight Near 1000-Hour Goal by Jackson and O Brine
Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine extend the longest flight in history in the Greater St. Louis monoplane. As the 627 hour mark nears, engines show only oil strain and minor in-air fixes while revenue lags against promised earnings and costs mount.
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United Prean
ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Earth
Jackson
O’brine
Hunter Brothers
John and
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
Funeral for Amanda Wilson Held in Arlisle
Funeral services were held today in Arlisle for Mrs. Amanda Wilson 79 mother of Mrs. H H Burris. The rites followed over the family home with mourners from nearby towns attending. Burial was set for a later date in the local cemetery.
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Arlisle
Ind
Amanda Wilson
H. H. Burris
A True Story of Cinderella in Movieland
Frances Dee, a youthful college extra, leaves behind the ordinary to chase stardom in Hollywood. She walks to the casting director and impresses Maurice Chevalier, setting her on the road to fame as the original Cinderella of cinema.
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Cinderella
Ollywood
Hollywood
Frances Dee
Frances
Maurice Chevalier
Aere
A Cinderella Of The Talkies Movie Portrait
A first account reveals how and why it happened detailing what it takes to transform a film Cinderella into a movie princess. It traces production forces, industry players, and evolving star power shaping the classic transformation.
Link Officials To Gangs By Zuta's Books
Chicago investigators publish records from Jack Zuta linking officials to underworld activity of the Moran Aiello Zuta gang. They surface names including Emanuel Eller Joseph Schulman George Van Lent Louis Fisher and Richard Williams on checks and notes. A balance sheet shows over 429000 receipts and 400000 disbursements for one week of gang era dealings. One exhibit is a courtesy card to Zuta signed by former sheriff Charles E Graydon.
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United Press
Chicago
John A. Swanson
Jack Zuta
Zuta
Moran-Aiello-Zuta North Side
Wisconsin
Charles T. Rathbun
Chicago Tribune
Pat Roche
Swanson
Special Board of Strategy
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Lingle
Emanuel Eller
Criminal Courts
Joseph W. Schulman
George van Lent
Louis I. Fisher
Richard J. Williams
The
Tribune Today
North Side
George
Bugs) Moran
Barney Bertsche
Moran-Aiello-Zuta
Charles E. Graydon
City budget ready for introduction on Monday night
The 1931 appropriation ordinance is expected to be introduced by the city council as city hall reports show administration cutting departmental requests to hold the tax rate at 1.10 per 100. City Controller William L Elder remains silent on figures as the budget nears final form. Meanwhile in Anderson Indiana the body of Rev William P Pearce who died in Paris is en route for burial. he was the father of Rev Wesley Pearce pastor of the First Baptist church.
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William L. Elder
Anderson
Ind
William P. Pearce
Paris
France
Wesley Pearce
First Baptist Church
Europe
Max Stern
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Billings
Folsom Penitentiary
California
John W. Preston
Ed Cunha
Big Charlie Fickert
Jim Brennan
Preston
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Belle Lavin
Jim McNamara
Edwin McKenzie
Cunha
Mooneys
R-100 Ends Stormy Trip Over Ocean
Cardington England August 16 The dirigible R-100 returned storm battered but triumphant from a Montreal round trip mooring at 4 02 p m after fifty nine hours from St Hubert. The 3400 mile flight was rapid aside from Atlantic storms and ended in fair weather after passing the Irish coast. A twenty mile wind and rough air slowed mooring.
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Cardington
England
Montreal
Atlantic Ocean
St. Hubert
Atlantic
Empire
Irish
Marion prosecutor weighs federal court move in lynching case
Grant county prosecutor Harley F. Hardin says threats and lack of public support hamper state action after two Negroes were lynched on August 7 in Marion Indiana. Deputy AGs return to Indianapolis to discuss possible federal action with Attorney General James M. Ogden amid mob pressure from whites and warnings of retaliatory violence from Black residents.
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Bu_Times
Marion
Ind
Harley F. Hardin
Grant County
Merle Wall
Earle B. Stroupe
Indianapolis
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Hardin
Court of Inquiry
How the Market Opened
NEW YORK August 16 The stock market opened steadier after Friday’s late short covering. Dow Jones slight gains and many issues were unchanged. Notable blocks included United States Steel at 164 ½, International Nickel unchanged at 20 ½, Radio Corporation 40 ¼, Warner Brothers 26 ¼, General Motors 43 ¾, General Electric 69 ½, Bethlehem Steel 79 ½ up 4 ¼, Westinghouse 141 ½ down 1 ¼, Montgomery Ward 32 unchanged.
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United Press
New York
United States Steel
International Nickel
Radio Corporation
Warner Brothers
General Motors
General Electric
Consolidated Gas
Vanadium
United Aircraft
Montgomery Ward
American Can
Westinghouse Electric
Bethlehem Steel
Despondent Indiana man ends life with poison at home
Despondency over domestic troubles is believed to have driven Harvey McClain, 57, to take poison at his Terre Haute residence. He attempted suicide earlier in the week, was revived in hospital, then died when the poison took full effect.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Harvey McClain
Mayor Dugan Denied $500 Salary Increase
Huntington Indiana council refused to approve a $500 yearly raise for Mayor Zack T. Dugan by deleting the proposed payment from city water works funds. The action followed a committee recommendation to reduce the budget by slashing the increase.
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Huntington
Ind
Zack T. Dugan
City Water Works
Billings pardon hearing shifts focus beyond bombing case
At Folsom hearing in California, prosecutors ignore the bombing scene and press the past of Ed Billings. The panel weighs commutation prospects for Billings and Mooney as they move toward potential freedom.
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Mooney
Billings
Waste
Showers Forecast Over Indianapolis and Indiana
Summer weather with temperatures near 90 was to return to Indianapolis and Indiana today. Showers are expected generally across Indiana Sunday as rain arrives and cooler air follows the rain. The mercury may drop a few degrees with the rain.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Opera Star Mary Lewis Wins Divorce from Bohnen
Mary Lewis the Metropolitan soprano testified her husband Michael Bohnen slapped her hair pulled and threw her across a room and threatened to wed German acrobat dancer La Jana He won a divorce on desertion grounds in five minutes before Superior Judge Walter Hanby Bohnen also sings in grand opera and agrees to pay Miss Lewis 35000 under the settlement
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United Press
Los Angeles
la Jana
Mary Lewis
Metropolitan Opera
Michael Bohnen
Bohnen
Walter Hanby
Hanby
Miss Lewis
Icebox Bandit Raids Kroger on East Michigan Street
The intruder rushed into Kroger at 4107 East Michigan Street and fled with 93 dollars as two men and a youth were placed in the store’s icebox. Charles McFarlan, 37, and Russell Davisson, 25, along with Russell Burkle, 17, were ordered into the icebox. Burkle resisted and the bandit threatened him. The burglar then raided two cash registers before escaping.
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Kroger
East Michigan Street
Charles McFarlan
North Forest Street
Russell Davisson
North Adams Street
Russell Burkle
Pleasant Run Boulevard
Burkle
Parks to haul sludge to city golf links
The park department seeks sanitary trucks to move sludge from the city sewage disposal plant to city golf courses and parks. Park superintendent Charles Sallee said using sludge on park property saves money and will begin before the ash hauling season, with the park paying labor costs.
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Park Department
City Sanitary Board
Charles Salles
Sallee
Sanitary Board
Noted Flier's Wife Fights Divorce Suit
Mil dred Avery Arnold wife of Leslie P. Arnold an around the world army flier asks dismissal of divorce suit filed in Maricopa county superior court by her husband. She denies allegations of excessive cruelty and intoxication at their Groton Conn home during World War I. The couple married in New York City August 13 1917. The suit was filed July 19 in Phoenix.
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United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Mildred Avery Arnold
Leslie P. Arnold
Maricopa County Superior Court
Arnold
Groton
Conn
France
Arnolds
New York City
Filer
Local Times Toy Golf Finals Set With Eight Men and Women
Sixteen players, four men and four women plus Thursday’s eight winners, advance to the championship flights after 36 holes of elimination. Winners from Roof Garden and Ten-Em courses include G Morris, Mary Jane Meyers, Flora Kirider, Burke Whittaker, John Maloney, Myrtle Banta, and Rosalind Pugh. An eighth finalist tie between Miss Marcella Smith and Miss Florence Brown will be decided at the Plaza course tonight at 8. Players are urged to check Monday Times for opponent names, courses, and play times.
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Ie Roof Garden
Morris Tyre
Mary Jane
Plaza
Michigan
Pennsylvania Streets
Marcella Smith
Florence Brown
Times
$20 000 Bequest to Tennis Champion Stirring Controversy
The bequest from the late Senator James B. Phelan of $20 000 to Mrs. Helen Wills Moody sparked debate over amateur status. Moody denied the gift would affect her amateur standing, noting it a gesture of admiration. Roscoe Maples backed her view, while Moody said she had not decided whether to accept.
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United Press
San Francisco
James B. Phelan
Helen Wills Moody
Phelan
California
Lawn Tennis Federation
The
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Roscoe Maples
California Tennis Association
Hold Kafoure Funeral for Local Pharmacist A W Kafoure
Last rites for A W Kafoure aged 31 of 1702 North New Jersey street were conducted at his home at 2 PM. Sunnyside sanatorium reported his death on Friday and burial followed at Washington Park cemetery. A native of Brazil he worked as a pharmacist.
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A. W. Kafoure
North
New Jersey Street
Sunnyside
Washington Park Cemetery
Kafoure
Brazil
South America
Stagg Celebrates 68th Birthday at Chicago Home
Amos Alonzo Stagg marked his 68th birthday at his University of Chicago area home where he has served as director of athletics since 1892. He demonstrated fitness by playing a tennis match against his youngest son Paul, the university’s quarterback.
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United Press Chicago
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Paul
Chicago University
Ripple Series Opens With Free Saturday Boxing At Broad Ripple
The first in a series of free boxing nights debuts tonight at Broad Ripple. Bouts cover classes from 116 to 145 pounds with winners advancing to next Saturday and losers eliminated. Monday’s card also free features Bobby Chick versus Ed Baker in the main event and a time limit bout between Johnny Carlin and Harold Sims with another match to be arranged.
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Broad Ripple
Ripple
Bobby Chick
Ed Baker
Johnny Carlin
Harold Sims
Miss Hazel Stewart Struck By Hit and Run Car Near Anderson
Hazel Stewart 18 said she was struck by a hit-and-run automobile while walking home along Tange line road northeast of Anderson. Police have a car description but no license number. In Union City a man named Harry Duffey was arrested for peddling iced beer to railroad section workers near Ridgeville, with deputies finding twenty four bottles.
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Timea Special
Anderson
Ind
Hazel Stewart
Tange Line
Union City
Ridgeville
Harry Duffey
Briner
Bullock
Painter
Duffey
Tahiti Adrift After Steamer Founders In South Pacific
Two hundred passengers and crew, many Americans, abandon the liner Tahiti as it sinks after losing a propeller. Captain Toten orders evacuation while vessels race to assist, with the nearest relief freighter twelve hours away and Ventura and Tufua steaming from Suva thirty six hours distant.
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United Press
Suva
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Tahiti
United Prear
Toten
Rarotonga
South Sea Islands
Apia
Samoan Islands
Ventura
Tufua
Indiana Gladiolus Society Elects New Officers
Marion Ind Aug 16 New officers of the Indiana Gladiolus Society are President Dr James Motle Sullivan re elected first vice president Dr P J Pentecost Tipton vice presidents Frank N Martin Terre Haute Claude Enslen Marion and Walter Hollering Logansport secretary Kenneth Lindsey Warsaw and treasurer T J Swank Crawfordsville The achievement prize highest award of the society was awarded Enslen.
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United Press
Marion
Ind
Indiana Gladiolus Society
James Motle
Sullivan
P. J. Pentecost
Tipton
Frank N. Martin
Terre Haute
Claude Enslen
Walter Hollering
Lo~gansport
Kenneth Lindsey
Warsaw
T. J. Swank
Crawfordsville
Enslen
Truck owners wary after load bursts bridge in Delaware County
Muncie Ind Aug 16 Prosecutions will be directed against truck owners who haul heavy loads on Delaware county roads and bridges after a twenty four ton excavating machine fell partly through the floor of the North Walnut street bridge blocking traffic almost twenty four hours. Road superintendent Robey Hirons asked County Attorney Arthur McKinley to determine possible charges against F C Hedrick Shirley operator of the machine.
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Times Special
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Robey Hirons
North Walnut Street
Arthur McKinley
F. C. Hedrick
Shirley
Lawyer Pierce Fined After Court Appearance
Anderson Ind on August 16 lawyer R Pierce appeared in court intoxicated while defending a client charged with drunkenness and was fined 40 dollars. He was taken into custody by police as he left the courtroom.
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Lawson R. Pierce
Pierce
Detroit veteran arraigned on vagrancy charge in city court
Les Lie Few of Detroit appeared in Inder son city court on a vagrancy charge after questioning revealed he is a shell shocked veteran of the Waldao ee so his home.
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Tuttle
City Yards
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Inguardsmen
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Will Pickins
the Talkies
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Leavir
Mrs. Moody
City
Stagg
Chicago Grid
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