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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
1
Fremont Older, editor famed for opposing crooks, testifies at the Mooney Billings retrial advocating mercy and innocence. Estelle Smith’s mother brands her daughter a perjurer amid new witness accounts about bomb sighting and timeline. Further hearings and witnesses are anticipated as officials push to fix responsibility.
John Hartog a 46 year old man who entered the United States without a passport has lived in the country fourteen years without seeking naturalization. He may be deported to Holland with authorities planning to present his case to immigration officials. Hartog was fined 15 dollars for loitering after being accused of insulting women at homes where he begged for food. He says he was a sailor on a Dutch ship that docked in New York fourteen years ago and he deserted it.
Carl W. Ackerman, Richmond native and author of five books, is visiting his parents in Richmond to gather material for a sixth work. His latest test book is a biography of George Eastman, linked to his work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The annual conference of the Missionary Church Association began in Fort Wayne on Monday and will run through the week. The session is under auspices and features discussions on church work and outreach.
A posse of West Point cadets, marines, and state and park police plus bloodhounds closed in on William Horner, 24, of New York, after he allegedly attacked a 16 year old camper girl at a girls camp near Stony Point. Horner, captured earlier and recaptured, surrendered after gunfire from park police. The girl’s camp name and location were not released.
Mr and Mrs Steve Brooks report a costly two week trip ending with a stolen fur coat seven dresses a house fire a stolen radio seven garage windows broken and a trebled electric bill from forgotten basement lights while golf balls were driven through garage windows and damage noted in Hammond Indiana.
Bar Times reports the twenty seventh Fayette county fair opening in Connersville Indiana. The fair runs from August 19 through Friday with events and exhibits planned for residents and visitors.
Five revolver shots shattered the quiet of a north side neighborhood at 5 am. A police officer fired into a basement window to quiet a police dog, severing a water pipe and causing a cascade of damaged boxes and jars as the homeowner searched for a plumber.
In Tarboro North Carolina Oliver Moore a 35 year old Black man accused of confronting two white girls was killed by a mob of 200 men who stormed the Edgecombe county jail. His body was found in a tree near the jail with 50 to 60 bullet holes. Moore had been arrested Saturday after confronting Ethel Morgan age 7 and her sister 5 in a tobacco barn. This marks the first mob fatality in North Carolina since 1921.
Governor Leslie's drought conference heard that the Indiana highway department cannot borrow $1,000,000 from the general fund, delaying a plan to pair it with federal aid for road labor to aid burned-out farmers in southern Indiana as J. T. Voshell of the federal roads bureau outlined requirements. A drought relief committee was formed with five members to coordinate county efforts while seeking $2,000,000 totals.
Chicago Aug 19 A suburban police chief William Freeman of Evanston confessed investigators allege taking 400 from gang leader Jack Zuta whose ledgers tie officials to gang profits. The records name Freeman and others including State Senator Harry W Starr and Chicago Daily News editor John Craig in a widening web of payments.
Residents near Lincoln and East streets were awakened Monday by a roaring lion in a small menagerie wagon. People guarded homes and waited for dawn, imagining a circus train wreck and a wild beast escape before daylight revealed the stunt.
A south side resident suspects a firebug was at work again Monday night as an incendiary blaze in a garage at G. Talton, 1365 Calhoun Street, caused 520 dollars in damage. Earlier last week two other garages burned nearby. Another incendiary fire damaged a vacant house at 2162 Tacoma Avenue, starting in a second floor closet.
Congratulations pour into Police Commissioner Mulrooney’s office after traffic cops stop using whistles as an experimental ban. The measure, adopted a week ago, will be permanent.
Roger and Bruce Manternach two Hartford heirs aged 18 and 15 were located by Pilot Harvey of the Ontario forestry air service near Lake Kapi kik close to Cat Lake Manitoba after a month of apparent disappearance. They had been on a side trip and had not contacted their courier.
Gilbert Nicoll had just begun work as a messenger for the Bank of New York when a bolt from the fifty seventh floor of a tall office building struck him on the head. He was listed in serious condition.
Mrs. John M. Cates, a New Haven society leader, told a meeting of the local organization for national prohibition reform in Litc Conn that women now fear the speakeasy more than the pre prohibition saloon. The remark came at a Monday night gathering amid broader calls for stricter liquor controls and reform.
Captain W. R. Meyer and his crew receive a hero’s welcome as the Matson liner Ventura arrives with 251 Tahiti survivors after rescuing passengers as the British steamer sank in the south seas. The ship sped 700 miles to reach the disabled vessel in time.
Montauk Point reports Fred Phipps a 28 year old fishing guide rode four hours Monday night on a raft attached to a 700 pound swordfish. He volunteered after John Wanamaker Jr left for New York. A second boat crew aided in landing the fish.
Lester Coy aged 23, a farmer, is cleared of criminal liability for shooting Elmer Tilton 36 and his son Louis 17 who were stealing $2 worth of potatoes from Coy. Mrs. Tilton and six other children waited as the men were killed.
Van Lear Black, chairman of the Baltimore Sun, an aviation enthusiast and yachtsman, fell overboard from his boat Monday night and drowned. He recently completed an around the world flight, with details reported from Baltimore.
William C. Durant returns as active head of the Durant Motor Company and announces contracts to manufacture the Mathis, a French two seat car, at the Lansing plant. Production starts by Dec 1 with 100,000 units planned at about 500 dollars each. The Mathis will rival the American Austin in the U S market and the Durant line continues.
Roy M. Sherrill age 44 a Cass county farmer and manager of the county farm bureau station died in Logansport Ind during an operation to remove necrosis from his lower jaw caused by an infected tooth.
The Western Yearly Meeting of Friends in Plainfield opened with organization and committee work. Delegates were called and instructions given to the nominating committee. Erna O. Nixon of Chicago, children's leader, began work in the session.
Bucharest reports postpone King Carol coronation to spring 1931 because Prince Carol cannot reconcile with his divorced wife Princess Helene. Official confirmation cites the unresolved separation as the reason for the delay.
Anna Hooks files for divorce from George Hooks alleging she grows produce that he sells to get money used with immoral persons. The couple married in 1920 and have four children.
Four men and four women reach semi finals in each flight after Monday play in The Times city wide toy golf tournament. Results include Miss Mary Jane Meyers 1 up over Florence Brown at Tom Thumb course and Miss Virginia Quigg 7 up over Jeanne Schlosser at Plaza course. Several players advance by default. final rounds set for Wednesday with 36 holes at four courses.
Aimee Semple McPherson has reportedly lost her eyesight following a nervous breakdown two weeks earlier. Emma Schaeffer says the condition may be temporary and that the evangelist is staying with a friend as hundreds of followers pray daily at Angelus Temple.
The council approved a $25,000 advance to the city engineer to keep the asphalt plant running where street repair materials are made. Repayment will come from the next gasoline fund distribution. Closing the plant could put many employees out of work. This marks the third rescue this year.
The Supreme Court mandates Clifton R. Cameron to grant Tom Moore a jury trial on assault and battery and reckless driving charges arising from a three week old car crash with Walter Myers. Moore attorney Seth Ward had sought the trial after Cameron refused and overruled venue change. Cameron initially resisted service saying to return after court.
Dorothy Jacobs 23 of 1039 North Pennsylvania Street Apartment 16 was bound over to the grand jury on murder charges after admitting to fatally stabbing her lover Robert Morrison 24 in his apartment on August 9 following all night drinking in observance of his birthday.
The executive board adopted a resolution urging immediate appointment of a city smoke inspector and requested sufficient 1931 budget funds for salaries and expenses in the smoke abatement department. Mrs. George A. Van Dyke chairs the committee. The parish St. John the Baptist plans first Mass around Aug 31 or Sept 7 as a combined church chapel is built.
Police seek two men and report Felascano Vargas, 24, under arrest after a mother says her 6 year old son was given whisky by Vargas and two others, then left home for four hours. The incident was reported in Gary Indiana.
Six women pilots depart Sky Harbor in Phoenix for Tucson in the national air derby. Grady's O'Donnell, from Long Beach, leads the field as the group proceeds through desert heat on the noon stop and Douglas, Arizona, is the night halt.
James Burdette will conduct a southern Indiana search to trace Windham a former town after a book dated 1810 was found. The volume owned by a Windham merchant lists Abraham Lincoln family members Thomas Nathaniel and Oina along with Jonathan Jennings, an early Indiana Governor.
Washington plans to stop stage presentations in downtown theaters due to a dispute with the musicians union. Beginning after September 1, theaters will use canned music while discarding live orchestras.
The Indiana public service commission approved abandonment of service on the Kokomo to Logansport division. The last car on the line will run September 15.
Mrs. Alice Whisler files for divorce from Charles Whisler in Madison Superior Court after forty three years of marriage. She claims he wrote letters to other women and seeks one half of a $3 000 Hancock county farm as her equitable share.
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