Coffin Hawkins faction almost gains county control
A political row in Marion County reveals Coffin Hawkins plans to seize council and commission control. Grant Moore refuses deputy sheriff post, blocking a vacancy that would have given the faction the majority. If John E. Shearer wins the county commission race, the balance shifts and a potential council deadlock looms after the November elections.
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Coffin-Hawkins
Republican
Council
Commission
Grant Moore
Dodson
Moore
John E. Shearer
Shearer
Coffin Hawkins
Sherif Omer Hawkins
Coffin- Hawkins
Harry Dunn
Dunn
Hawkins-Coffin
Marion County
George Snider
Cassius L. Hogle
Charles O. Sutton
Hogle
James Edwards
Frank Cones
George N. Montgomery
Paul Dunn
Louis Runnells
Opera Star Rosa Ponsella Hit by Golf Ball
Opera singer Rosa Ponsella sustained a slight concussion and shock after a golf ball struck her right eye on the eighth green while playing with Professor Romano Miss Ponsella. She was unconscious briefly and taken to her summer home on Lake Placid for care.
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United Press
Lake Placid
N. Y
Rosa Ponsella
Opera Star
Romano Miss Ponsella
Airplane marriages planned at Selins Grove airport
Selins Grove Pennsylvania plans an aviation wedding stunt with $100 to the first couple married aboard an airplane. Officials will marry any couple arriving with a valid license, after receiving over thirty registrations and 100 responses.
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United Press
Elins Grove
Selins Grove
Coast Guard probe begun over Cleveland yacht incident
In Cleveland the owner of the yacht Buddy, M F Bramley, alleges a Coast Guard cutter fired across the bow and later boarded in search of liquor. Rear Admiral F C Bullard orders an in depth inquiry with Lt M W Rasmussen to arrive in Cleveland to lead the investigation. Bramley plans a formal protest to Washington as Congressmen Mooney and Burton file their protests. Washington awaits Rasmussen report before action.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Buffalo
F. C. Bullard
Coast Guard
M. F. Bramley
Bramley
Washington
Coast
Democrats to Meet At Indiana Democratic Club Dinner
Democratic nominees Raymond F. Murray and other county and state candidates will address Seventh District Democratic Women's Club members at a dinner meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs. W. C. Smith, club president, will preside at 319 N. Pennsylvania St. Indiana Democratic Club.
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Raymond F. Murray
Marion County
Democratic Women’s Club
Indiana Democratic Club
Pennsylvania St
W. C. Smith
Women’s Club
Flagman Rescues 2-Year-Old From Freight Tracks
F. T. Calhoun, a flagman, leaped from the caboose of a westbound freight in Columbia Pennsylvania and carried a 2-year-old baby off the tracks just before an eastbound train passed over the spot. The child had wandered from a home about 100 yards away.
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United Press
Columbia
F. T. Calhoun
Lindbergh Resting in Santa Barbara After LA Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his aircraft rested in Santa Barbara after a surprise round trip to Los Angeles. The famed flyer flew to Los Angeles for lunch and returned late Thursday night.
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United Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Los Angeles
Air Hero
GOP Tour Opens with Second District Leaders
Republican state candidates and Second District officials kicked off a tour of the Second District led by Ewing R. Emison of Vincennes. The itinerary includes Bloomington Martinsville Sullivan Vincennes Shoals Washington Bloomfield and Spencer.
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Ewing R. Emison
Vincennes
Bloomington
Martinsville
Sullivan
Shoals
Washington
Bloomfield
Spencer
Stowaways Die in Acid Fumes Aboard Ship
Seven men are dead and six others overcome after lethal fumes were released during fumigation of the freighter Steel Inventor off Hawkins Point. The victims, believed Portuguese or Brazilian, were hidden beneath manganese ore in the hold, with rescues reporting broken bones and injuries from a desperate struggle.
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United Press
Baltimore
United States
Hawkins Point
South Baltimore General Hospital
Ammonia Tank Explosion Traps Rochester Watchman
A night watchman, Paul Zimmerman, 51, is critically ill after being trapped by an ammonia tank explosion at the F. C. Crittenden plant in Rochester. Another worker was injured and the fire, fought with gas masks, caused more than 75,000 dollars in damage to the produce company facilities.
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United Press
Rochester
N. Y
F. C. Crittenden
Paul Zimmerman
Injured Driver Arrested After Stop Sign Collision
George Lawrence a 33 year old truck driver for Booth Fishery Company was jailed after being treated for cuts and bruises at city hospital. He was charged with failing to stop at a stop and go sign at New York Street and Keystone Avenue following a collision with a touring car driven by Harry Baker of Michigan Street.
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City Hospital
George Lawrence
N. Olney St
Booth Fishery Company
New York St
Keystone Ave
Harry Baker
Michigan St. Lawrence
Cold Snap Grips Northwest After Storms Damage Totals Rise
Freezing temperatures spread across the Northwest following two storms earlier in the week that caused almost two million dollars in crop and building damage and nine deaths. Fessenden North Dakota reported 28 degrees as the coldest spot.
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United Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Fessenden
N. D
Carrington to Vote for Smith Over Roosevelt in 1912 Campaign
Col. E. C. Carrington, Roosevelt’s Maryland campaign manager, will vote for Alfred E. Smith for president citing Smith’s support for the lakes to gulf waterway. Carrington made the pledge in New York on August 24.
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United Press
New York
Col. E. C. Carrington
Maryland
Theodore Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
5 Cent Cut in Proposed City Tax Rate
City council forecast a reduction of the 1929 levy to 1.10 dollars from the mayor’s 1.15 proposal. The finance committee, after talks with Mayor Slack, plans cuts across departments. An emergency fund of 30,000 dollars faces legal review, and a fire watch tower savings of about 7,000 dollars annually was approved.
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L. Ert Slack
William H
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Arthur L. Gilliam
Merchants Bank
Child of New Age Billy Knows His Airplanes
Billy Shank, age 2, demonstrates early aviation knowledge by identifying airplane makes and models. The youngster’s ability draws attention as he names various aircraft with surprising accuracy for his age.
Billy Shank the flying wonder born to flight
William Shank and his wife boast of their two year old Billy who can tell airplane makes by sight and has flown at a young age. He distinguishes planes such as Travelair Waco monocoupe and has ridden in air from Huntington West Virginia to Columbus Ohio among other trips. Billy began flying as a birthday thrill for thirteen toddlers and has since logged many hours aloft with his father the Hoosier Airport president.
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Illiam Shank
Lindbergh
Bob Shank
Hoosier Airport
Billy
Travelair
Mrs. Shank
Huntington
W. Va
Columbus
Ohio
July Indiana traffic deaths and accidents reported
Nineteen people died and 433 injured in Indiana during July amid 699 motor vehicle accidents. Data from the State police report to Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier details 890 autos with 428 damaged, 66 trucks with 32 damaged, 7 buses with 3 damaged, and 10 motorcycles with 1 damaged. Causes include pedestrians, vehicle collisions, and fixed objects. A separate note reports 78 year old Laura Clayton seeking divorce from Isaac W. Clayton in Greenfield on August 24.
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Indiana
State Police Department
Frederick E. Schortemeier
JURY TO HEAR ROZELLE INQUIRY IN SOUTH BEND
Frank E Rozelle of Lagrange will testify before a Federal grand jury in South Bend to discuss operations of the Omaha Tapestry Paint Company a mail order concern linked to him Rozelle resigned as U S marshal for the northern Indiana district this week amid charges the company defrauded patrons Robert E Hicks former publisher of Specialty Salesman a magazine accused the firm and has been seen at the grand jury building where it sits.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Frank E. Rozelle
Lagrange
Omaha Tapestry Paint Company
Rozelle
United States
Nortern
Indiana
Department of Justice
Robert E. Hicks
South Whitley
Specialty Salesman
Rozelle Company
Hicks
Grand Jury
Allison Suit Seeks Administration Papers In Marion County
Luther M. Langston, secretary to late James A. Allison, asks Marion Probate Court for letters of administration. Estate mainly valued between 3 to 6 million dollars, much of it in Florida to be handled by Dade County courts. Fletcher American National Bank and Ray H. Briggs proposed as co administrators.
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Marion County
James A. Allison
Indianapolis
Miami
Fla
Luther M. Langston
Allison
Marion
Florida
Dade County
Fletcher American National Bank
Ray H. Briggs
Briggs
Mahlon E. Bush
Broken Love Buried in Whirlwind Jazz Craze
Sybil Thorne, once famed as Boston's most beautiful girl, faces war era whispers and heartbreak. Her love for John Lawrence ends with his death in action, while her brother Tad returns decorated. The city spirals into the Roaring Twenties as a new serial story unfolds on Page 24.
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Sybil Thorne
Boston
Sybil
John Lawrence
Tad
Eleanor
Radio hoax claims lost fliers near Greenland
Reports of radio messages from Hassell and Cramer, lost Greenland fliers, were deemed a hoax by experts. Investigations found conflicting wavelengths and no evidence of landings near Newfoundland while search efforts focused on Ivigtut Green land coast guard units.
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York
Hassell
Cramer
Greenland
Don Mix
Madison
Wis
Greater
Rockford
Newfoundland
Mix
Brooklyn
N. Y
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
Joseph E. Williams
United Press
KHAH
Sweden
Coast Guard
Marion
Ivigtut
Green- Ind
Driver Fined for Beating Train at Shelby Crossing
Lieutenant Frank R. Owen of the accident prevention bureau halted at the Shelby Street Belt railroad crossing as a truck ahead sped past. Arthur Fields, driver of the Drexel Cleaners truck at 1337 Hoyt Ave, was arrested and later fined in Municipal court by Judge Paul C. Wetter five dollars plus costs for speeding and ten dollars plus costs for attempting to beat the train.
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Frank R. Owen
Owens
Shelby St
Belt Railroad
Drexel Cleaners
Hoyt Ave
Arthur Fields
Paul C. Wetter
Fields
Fire Damage at Leonard Cleeners and Dyers Causes $3000 Loss
Spontaneous combustion cited as the cause of a Thursday fire at Leonard Cleeners and Dyers Inc 2216 W Michigan St damaging machinery and clothing in cleaning process. Building brick and owned by William Leonard. Washington obit notes Mrs Jennie Davis Garrison 85 founder of DAR and DAC died Thursday.
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Leonard Cleeners and Dyers, Inc
Michigan St
William Leonard
United Press
Washington
Jennie Davis Garrison
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
Kidnapped Detroit Girl Freed by Bandit in Los Angeles
Elizabeth Duthie a 13 year old girl was abducted Aug 10 in Detroit after her father James Duthie and mother were robbed. The kidnapper drove across the country and released her in Los Angeles where she told police the bandit threatened to kill her and forced obedience during the trip.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Kellogg Arrives in Paris for Anti-War Pact Signing
United States Secretary of State Kellogg arrived in Paris aboard a special train from Havre for the anti war pact signing. Municipal guards and police lined the platform as crowds cheered. Kellogg declined to discuss the pact or American politics and said there would be no speeches during his stay.
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United Press
Paris
United States
Kellogg
Havre
Park Board Demands Delaware Street Bridge Approach Change
The park board asks the board of works to remove the Thirtieth Street jog at Delaware Street and develop a proper approach to the Delaware Street bridge over Fall Creek. Works board president Oren S. Hack vows serious consideration and cooperation in traffic relief efforts.
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Park Board
Delaware St
Watson for Hoover in Iowa Warns on Tariff Relief
Senator James E. Watson of Indiana told an Iowa audience that Herbert Hoover and tariff revision under Republican leadership would deliver farm relief. He labeled Governor Alfred E. Smith and the Democratic platform on tariff principles inconsistent and urged prompt action to provide protection for agricultural products facing foreign competition.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Senate
James E. Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Petty
Kansas City
Watson
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover maps East campaign from Hoover special train
Herbert Hoover plans a Washington conference with Hubert Work to map an East campaign. He will deliver Labor Day speech in the East and travel weekly to major cities, arranging engagements in New York New Jersey Massachusetts Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Missouri Illinois and possibly Wisconsin. Ten days before election he will head home to Palo Alto for ballots with Mrs Hoover and may return via the Solid South.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Alliance
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
East
West
Work
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Missouri
Illinois
Wis
Palo Alto
Cal
Chicago
Frame up theory sparks murder probe in Indiana barn blaze
In Angola Indiana sheriff charges a frame up in the murder of E. J. Bliss alias Baker found burned in a Fremont area barn. Bliss had prior records in Indianapolis Detroit and Canada. A revolver tied to the sheriff was found in Bliss’s auto and linked to a supposed disappearance.
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Times
Angola
Ind
Freemont
Here
Charles Zimmerman
E. J. Bliss
Baker
Bliss
Indianapolis
Detroit
Canada
F. R. Humphreys
Zimmerman
Vicetim
Colon
Mich
Blinding Rain Blamed for Traffic Accidents
Heavy rainfall caused hazardous driving leading to several minor crashes Thursday afternoon. Mary Stevens, age 19, injured near 502 S Harding St when the car she rode in hit a Van Camp Hardware truck driven by Frank Earl. Marion Swinford, 12, struck while riding a bicycle at 2236 N Harding St, suffered cuts and bruises after turning into a truck driven by Jesse Moore. Lem Siebenthal, 70, injured when thrown from a junk wagon after a collision in the 2700 block S Meridian St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stevens
Central State Hospital
Dorois Wampler
van Camp Hardware Company
Frank Earl
Whitcomb St
S. Harding St
Marion Swinford
W. Eighteenth St
Florists' outing planned by Indiana association
The State Florists' Association of Indiana announces its annual outing in Elkhart August 28 and 29. Edward C. Grande of Indianapolis says members will meet at Hotel Elkhart for a business session and proceed to Christiana Lake Tavern for a picnic. The second day features Kunderd's Gladioli Farms in Goshen and a lake region drive.
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State Florists’ Association of
Indiana
Elkhart
Ind
Edward CC
Grande
Indianapolis
Christiana Lake
Kunderd
Goshen
Lake
Senator Robinson to Return for August 30 Notification
In Hot Springs Arkansas on August 24 Senator Joseph T. Robinson Democratic vice presidential nominee is slated to return Saturday to start active preparations for his notification ceremony set for August 30 Col Edwin A Halsey from New York sergeant at arms at the Democratic national convention will also arrive Saturday and oversee seating and related details
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United Press Hot
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