Detroit Police Radio Drive Aims at Citywide Crime Solution
Detroit officials unveil a police radio program to city leaders at a Chamber of Commerce dinner. Police Inspector Potts and radio engineer Cox explain in detail how squad car radios cut response times, with talks broadcast on WFBM.
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Citizen's Police Radio Commission
Chamber of Commerce
William L. Potts
Kenneth R. Cox
Detroit Police Department
Indianapolis
Detroit
Potts
Cox
Claude M. Worley
L. Ert Slack
WFBM
Citizens’ Police Radio Commission
Slack
Radio equipped police cars eyed for faster crime alerts
Campaign backs the installation of radio zone arm speakers in each police car to inform cruising squads minutes after crime activity. Miss Marie Campbell of The Times holds the new device as backers include James M Daugherty and a broad coalition of civic leaders and officials in Indianapolis. Andrew J Allen of the Associated Employers of Indianapolis to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Cabinet Company
James C. Daugherty
Hoosier Veneer Company
Fred Connell
Board of Safety
James A. Collins
Judson L. Starke
Council
Indianapolis
Marie Campbell
the Times
James M. Daugherty
Andrew J. Allen
Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Rush to Pick Jury in Textile Striker Murder Trial
In Charlotte on August 29 two farmers and a steel worker sat among 200 potential jurors as prosecutors and defense seek a jury to try sixteen textile strikers on murder charges. The defense requested a fresh venire of 300. the court ordered it. Jurors show strong anti-striker bias. Most veniremen are mountain folk with rough attire and sun-weathered faces.
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United Press
Charlotte
N. C
Council For
C. W. Martin
J. G. Campbell
Veader
Campbell
Venireman
Aderholt
Gastonia
America
Grandmother’s 1824 Horseshoe Illustrated by Susanna Meyers Tale
Granny Smith and George L. Lucas recount a historic horseshoe carved in 1824 by Susanna Meyers of Mt. Jackson Virginia. The heirloom, produced in a smithy with her brothers, shows a girl proving she could match a man’s craft.
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George L. Lucas
Belmont Avenue
Susanna Meyers
Mt. Jackson
Virginia
Bandit 19 Bound Over in Seminole Hotel Robbery
Maurice D. Dyer 19 Monticello Ind confessed taking part in the Seminole hotel holdup at 920 North Alabama. Bound over to the grand jury on charges of automobile banditry and robbery. Accomplice fled after a speeding stop on West Washington. Robbers obtained 4.93 dollars.
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Maurice D. Dyer
Monticello
Ind
Seminole Hotel
North Alabama Street
Grand Jury
West Washington Street
William Hickman
Dartmouth Apartments
Three Distillers Apply for Permits to Make Whisky
Washington Aug. 29 only three distillers have applied for permits to manufacture medicinal whisky as the treasury resumes production of rye and bourbon. Six distillers will be authorized total with warehousing to reduce transit leaks and theft risks. names to be announced after Doran survey. Production slated to begin by Jan 1, 1939.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Doran
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Crime Radio
Granny Smith
Bandit
Baldwin
Lewis Furniture Co. United Trade-In
South Meridian Street
Marott
East Washington Street
New York City
New York
New England
Ohio State Limited
Boston
Southwestern
Century’ Ly
Knickerbocker
Hudson
River Express
Missourian Lv
Monument Circle
Riley
Lower Price
Pettis
Lisle
Angora Tams
Cretonnes
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