Way paved for Ogden to move on mob
Indiana law may force Attorney General James M. Ogden to seek the trial of Sheriff Jacob C. Campbell and prosecution of mob leaders for the Marion lynching of two Negroes on August 7. Grant County Prosecutor Harley F. Hardin says he will do nothing, while Deputy AG Merle Wall notes affidavits were issued but blocked by Judge Oliver D. Clawson until September term. Governor Leslie and Marion dispatches indicate political opposition and Campbell’s shifting roles.
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James M. Ogden
Jacob C. Campbell
Marion
Indiana
Harley F. Hardin
Grant County
Indianapolis Times
Hardin
Harry G. Leslie
Wall
Oliver D. Clawson
Grant Circuit Court
Ogden
Campbell
Grant County Republican Organization
Leslie
Indiana State Reformatory
Rockfeller Jr Hires 200 Unemployed Men at Hills Estate
Two hundred married men from Tarrytown reported for work at John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s Pocantico Hills estate. They were assured of employment until spring, and Rockefeller ordered construction of a larger dam to conserve the estate’s water supply after a flood of applicants.
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Hills Estate
United Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Bombing Reported in Kansas City Milk Strike Case
Bombing struck the milk house of suburban dairyman J. D. Shawhan as the citywide milk strike escalated. Shawhan refused to observe the boycott of city distributors, and his dairy farm near Kansas City was targeted in the incident reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kansas City
J. D. Shawhan
Missouri unemployment rises to 1.7 percent in April
The state unemployment rate reaches 1.7 percent with 62,031 Missourians out of work as of April 1. Missouri population stands at 3,620,961, per the census bureau.
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St. Louis
Uniteress Gton
Cal Bureau
Missouri
Billings and Mooney Gain in Hearings
The four weeks long Mooney Billings pardon rehearing adjourned probably permanently with new evidence and opinions before seven justices. Advocates hope the governor will grant clemency as alibis gain strength and prosecutors decline to press prison terms. Frank P Walsh sails to New York hopeful for freedom. McKenzie optimistic and both side seek more time to argue.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fickert
Billings
Mooney-Billings
Wilson
Scripps-Howard
John MacDonald
Governor Young
Mooney
Frank P. Walsh
New York
McKenzie
Walsh
Young
Pardon Board
Lance shoots course record eight up in state amateur semi
George Lance of Terre Haute opened the state amateur links tourney semi final at French Lick with a sensational 68 four under par and a 186 yard hole in one on No 13 to take an eight up edge over Bill Bassett of Fort Wayne after 18 holes. Dwight Mitchell led William Diddel one up in the other semi after 18 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
George Lance
Terre Haute
Bill
Bassett
Ft. Wayne
Lance
Dwight Mitchell
William Diddel
Indianapolis
Miss Donnan City Teacher 50 Years Dies at 76
Miss Laura Donnan of 232 North Capitol avenue Indianapolis died after a fall and hip fracture. Retired since 1928 after fifty years teaching at Shortridge civics and history she wrote a civics textbook and founded the Shortridge senate. Funeral at 10 am Monday with Crown Hill burial. Survived by sister Miss Emma Donnan a Chicago nephew H W Donnan and niece Mrs F A Ingalls.
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Donnan
Laura Donnan
North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Illinois
Ohio
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Emma Donnan
Capitol Avenue
Shortridge
Miss Donnan
Indiana
Crown Hill
H. W. Donnan
F. A. Ingalls
Chicago
Fourth annual picnic of Little Flower Catholic Church
The event organized by the church Men’s Club will take place Sunday at Columbia Park. Activities include dancing contests a card party and a basket dinner under church auspices.
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Little Flower Catholic Church
Fourteenth
Bosart Streets
Columbia Park
Murder charged in wife's fire death case
Protests filed with the board of public safety allege patrolman Marcus Folsom lured a dog to him near a hotel and struck it with a blackjack. The killing occurred on the courthouse lawn as onlookers heard the animal's cries and a crowd formed.
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Board of Public Safety
Marcus Folsom
Indianapolis Officers Promote in Congressional Act
Three Indianapolis men, retired U S Army officers, receive new ranks under a congressional act. Also advanced were four other Indiana men. Names and new ranks include Daniel W. Ketcham brigadier general Clifford G. Carson colonel Clifford R. Wright captain Charles W. Kutz brigadier general Frank W. Bryant major Martin B. Dunbar major Luther S. Welborn.
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Indianapolis
United States Army
Indiana
Daniel W. Ketcham
South Central Court
Clifford G. Carson
Broadway
Clifford R. Wright
North Audubon Road
Charles W. Kutz
Gary
Frank W. Bryant
West Lafayette
Martin B. Dunbar
Darlington
Luther S. Welborn
Leslie Reposes at Indiana Dunes With Lieber
Governor Harry G. Leslie and Indiana conservation director Richard Lieber spent the weekend at Leslie's summer home in Indiana Dunes state park. They will return to state duties after a brief rest with Mrs. Leslie and their party.
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Harry G. Leslie
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Department
Indiana Dunes State Park
Mrs. Leslie
Affidavit filed in murder case over charred Newcastle wife
Turner Huddelson 65 faces first degree murder charges after investigators link the death of his wife Carrie Huddelson 64 to a charred body found in their kitchen west of Newcastle. Franklin George county prosecutor says the affidavit aims to hold Huddelson for the September grand jury. Huddelson says he found his wife burned on the kitchen floor after hours away, while a son Arthur Huddelson reports his father had threatened his mother. Officials question how the fire occurred without flames or house damage.
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United Press
Newcastle
Ind
Turner Huddelson
Carrie Huddelson
Franklin George
Henry County
Huddelson
Arthur Huddelson
Spiceland
Soviet Nine Executed for Hiding Coins
Soviet police report nine persons executed for hoarding coins as part of a gold hoard crackdown in Moscow reported August 22. The executions followed findings of concealed treasure and illegal possession of precious metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Moscow
Meyers Toy Golf Queen to Meet City Champions
Theodore Siener and Morris McIntyre clash tonight at 8 at the Plaza course for the men’s championship in the city toy golf tournament. The winner will meet Mrs. Mary Jane Meyers, women’s champion, Saturday night at the Butler race course for the city title amid growing crowds and a double rope system to keep shadows off the greens.
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Theodore Siener
Morris McIntyre
Plaza Course
Pennsylvania
Michigan Streets
Mary Jane Meyers
Meyers
Louise Leonard
Mapleton Course
Eighth
Illinois
Mrs. Meyers
Butler Terrace
Fifty-sixth
Illinois Streets
City Church Is Remodeled
Workmen complete a major remodeling at Central Avenue M. E. church costing over $6,000. Rededication is set for Sunday, Aug. 31, with Pastor F. L. Roberts returning from vacation to lead services. Reverend Paul L. Benedict of St. Paul’s M. E. church will substitute.
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Central Avenue M. E
Frank Jordan
Board of Trustees
F. L. Roberts
Minnesota
Paul L. Benedict
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
South Bend
Mr. Roberts
Car Tests Set to End Safety Lane Closure on Nineteenth Street
Safety Lane on Nineteenth Street between Illinois and Meridian streets will close Saturday at 5 p m. Autos will be tested for load brakes wheel alignments and lights until 10 tonight. Thursday night inspection averaged about one car per minute. About 2 500 autos have been checked since Monday opening by the police department and the Hoosier Motor Club.
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Nineteenth Street
Illinois
Meridian Streets
Police Department
Hoosier Motor Club
PASS STREET PAVING AGREEMENT CONFIRMED IN ILLINOIS
A paving resolution for Illinois street between Twenty eighth and Thirty fourth streets was confirmed by the works board with an estimated resurfacing cost of 44737 dollars. The cost will be split 25 percent to benefited property owners and 75 percent by the city, funded by a 160000 dollar bond issue. John Hemeczak died at 43 from an infection after a factory injury, leaving seven children. He was born in Poland. Purdue University reports 49 graduates from the summer session led by Austin Tarr of Indianapolis earning a bachelor of science in agriculture, with 701 attendees the largest yet.
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Illinois Street
Works Board
Bytchigan City
John Hemcczak
Poland
Ers
Fate of Polar Party Lost in 1897 Revealed
The Andree expedition bodies are found on Victoria island near Franz Joseph Land after drifting from Spitzbergen. Salomon August Andree Nils Strindberg and Knut H. Fraekel vanished in 1897 while attempting a polar balloon flight. The log book is recovered aboard the Brattvaag as the ship heads to Norway.
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United Prose
Oslo
Norway
Andree
North Pole
Arctic
Franz Joseph Land
North Polar
Spitzbergen
Victoria Island
Salomon August Andree
Nils Strindberg
Knut H. F. Fraekel
Dane's Island
Brativaag
Brattvaag
Encyclopedia Britannica
Dane’s Island
United States
Europe
Veterans Bureau names Huntington WV hospital site
The United States veterans bureau announced a new general hospital near Huntington West Virginia. The 125 bed facility will cost 700000 dollars.
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United Press
Washington
United States Veterans’ Bureau
General Hospital
West Virginia
Huntington
Fugitive Is Captured By Unitress RD Till
Alfonso Canistrato a 45 year old sought by the Italian government for murders and by U S immigration on passport falsification charges was arrested by Rockford detectives as he left a barber shop. Green Castle Ind Aug 22 Miss Rowena South and Miss Margaret Webster chosen by Putnam County 4 H Club to attend State Fair Home Economics school for record as junior club leaders.
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Unitress
Till
Alfonso Canistrato
United States
Rockford
Green Castle
Ind
Rowena South
Brick Chapel
Margaret Webster
Russellville
Putnam County
State Fair
Al Smith Confers With Governor Leslie
Al Smith of Crawfordsville, editor and publisher, was in conference with Governor Harry G. Leslie, announced by secretary to the governor. The statehouse reporters noted the meeting as it occurred this morning.
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L. O. Chasey
Harry G. Leslie
Statehouse
al Smith
Crawfordsville
Boston braces for Sacco-Vanzetti anniversary rally
Boston police deploy 125 officers with riot guns and tear gas bombs for a planned Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers demonstration on Boston Common on the third anniversary of the execution. Mayor Curley bars a permit but rally may proceed at Old South Church with Edna St Vincent Millay and Rabbi Stephen Wise among speakers.
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Preas Ston
Sacco-Vanzetti
Boston Commons
Boston Common
James M. Curley
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Old South Church
Miss Millay
Superior Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State Prison
Rev L O Leet Accepts Texas Pastorate
The Rev L O Leet pastor of Bethany Christian church 230 South Butler avenue has accepted a call to a Ft Worth Texas church. He will leave Indianapolis August 31 with Mrs Leet to study for a bachelor of divinity at Texas Christian University, after graduating from Butler University in 1930 and serving at Malott Park Community church and the Southeastern Union church. Springfield Memorial Association at High Point N C memorializes Richmond Quakers Joseph Moore and Allen Jay.
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L. O. Leet
South
Butler Avenue
Bethany Christian Church
Ft. Worth
Tex
Leet
Indianapolis
Texas
Texas Christian University
Butler University
Malott Park
Southeastern Union Church
Richmond
Ind
Springfield Memorial Association
High Point
N. C
Joseph Moore
Allen Jay
Earlham College
Ain't Fair Protest Lands Attorney in Jail for Contempt
Attorney John Hawkins is jailed for three days and fined $10 after interrupting a courtroom proceedings in a case involving William Seltzer, a Black defendant. Judge Royse orders Hawkins to remain silent. Hawkins protests by shouting Ain’t fair. Seltzer was found guilty of possessing stolen door screens.
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John
Hawkins
Sheldon Street
William Seltzer
Sheldon
Royse
Seltzer
John Ambuhl
Ambul
Air races kick off with Chicago aviation pageant
The Chicago loop hosted a massive prelude to the national air races with dozens of planes roaring over the loop. Notables including Read Admiral Moffett Captain Lohse Eddie Rickenbacker and Senator Bingham attended as races begin. Women and men pilots started six derbies from various cities with multiple legs toward Chicago while Byrd was delayed.
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United Press
Chicago
Aviation
Chicago Loop
William 4. Moffett
Fritz Lohse
Casey Jones
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
National Aeronautical Association
Eddie Rickenbacker
Richard E. Byrd
Canada Plans Thirty Hour Week In Long Range Labor Push
Organized labor through the Trade and Labor congress of Canada proposes a universal six hour day and five day week as a long term program to reduce industrial unemployment. Canada has 112,000 jobless now and expects 160,000 by next winter as the Bennett government faces new policy.
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Scripps-Howard
Alliance
Ottawa
Ontario
Organized Labor
Canada
Trade and Labor Congress of Canada
Bennett
$25 000 suit filed against dry raiders
James Angelo filed in circuit court a $25,000 damages suit against four Justice Department Prohibition Bureau agents for a raid on his home alleging defamatory remarks to his wife and children. The complaint claims the warrant was based on an affidavit referring to a Johnson's garage liquor arrest and misrepresented Angelo's phone number. Angelo and attorney Ira M. Holmes seek an early hearing. lawyers assert no liquor was found.
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James Angelo
North
Illinois Street
Department of Justice Prohibition Bureau
B. F. Hargrove
O. J. Gettel
John H. Wyman
J. H. Denny
Angelo
Lucile
John W. Kern
United States
Johnson
Ira M. Holmes
Harry O. Chamberlin
Holmes
Mencken Blushes on Marriage License in Baltimore
Henry L. Mencken, 49, and fiancée Sarah Haardt, 32, applied for a marriage license at the Baltimore courthouse clerk’s office, Clerk Edward Wolf reported. Mencken, famed as the "bad boy" of Baltimore, blushed like any young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Baltimore
Henry L. Mencken
Edward Wolf
Sarah Haardt
Poultry from Columbus Exports to Red Russia
Four White Wyandotte fowls from J. C. Fisher & Son hatchery exhibited at the World Poultry Congress in London are among 300 chickens bought by the Soviet government. The report comes from Columbus, Indiana, with corroborating notices from Fort Wayne and Bloomington about an Indiana Legion convention and municipal water meter orders.
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Snec
Columbus
Ind
Red
Russia
J. C. Fisher & Son Hatchery
London
Lit Up treetop contest narrows gap at Huntington
Huntington Indiana August 22 Junior Glass leads the treetop endurance event with Fos ter two hours behind near the 900 hour mark. Both competitors benefit from electric light and Foster uses a radio loudspeaker at his perch for entertainment during the sleep period.
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Huntington
Ind
Junior Glass
Dick Foster
Foster
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Veterans’ Institution
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Indiana Spa
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U. S
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H. L. Mencken
Legion
Indiana Department of the American Legion
Bloomington
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