Stark vows crackdown on Indianapolis slot machines
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark declares a drive to abolish 500 slot machines in Indianapolis within a month. He names two “pipers,” an investigator and deputy prosecutor, to seize or shut down the devices, aiming to reduce a 50 percent drop in total machines and redirect funds to legitimate uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hamelin
Judson L. Stark
Stark
Criminal Court
John Willis
George Ecclesta
Wealthy Indian Oil Owner Charging Hawk Dies in Chicago
Charging Hawk, a 172-year-old Sioux chief who owned Oklahoma oil lands valued at about 2 million dollars, died in Cook County Hospital. Silver Bear held the body while talks began on sending him to the afterlife. his widow Ethel Cumbo and daughter Inez Charging Hawk, both under government guardianship, are left with the estate held in trust.
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United Arena
Chicago
Charging Hawk
Cook County
Silver Bear
Ethel Cumbo
Inez Charging Hawk
House of the Good Shepherd
United States Army
City Council to hear flood land purchase report tonight
The Indianapolis council will meet as a committee of the whole in a closed session at the Athletic Club to review a probe into land purchases for flood prevention. Chairman Herman P. Lieber leads a committee that drafted the report with Attorney James W. Noel and City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. No criminal findings were presented.
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City Purchasing Department
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Edward B
Charles W. Jewett
Births Recorded Across City Hospitals and Homes
A list of birth announcements showing couples and newborns at various addresses and hospitals city wide. Many entries include parents’ names and the location or hospital, with several typos and garbled lines from OCR reflecting widespread coverage of births in the community.
Deaths in City Hospital and Homes Across Ages
A list of recent deaths includes Katie Norris 71 of Brookside due to coronary thrombosis, Lauris S Parker 72 of West Twenty eighth acute cardiac dilatation, Gale Burton Jones 25 of city hospital lobar pneumonia, Henry R Calkins 77 of North Beville arcinoma, Charles P Ward 76 of Leslie influenza, Anna E Rogers 33 Central Indiana hospital fleocolitis, Marie Magdelen Adam 22 Spann chronic nephritis, Robert Ivan Boyd 1 month Phipps patent foramen ovale, Alice Perkins Moore 70 Euclid chronic myocarditis, Amos N Joslin 65 Methodist hospital obstruction of bowels, John B Vernon 21 Southeastern and Washington acute cardiac dilatation, Etta Alice Mann 30 Methodist hospital.
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Katie Norris
Brookside
Lauris S. Parker
West
Gale Burton Jones
City Hospital
Henry R. Calkins
North Beville
Charles P. Ward
Leslie
Anna E. Rogers
Central Indiana Hospital
Marie Magdelen Adam
Spann
Robert Ivan Boyd
Phipps
Alice Perkins Moore
Amos N. Joslin
Methodist Hospital
John
Vernon
Southeastern
Washington
Etta Alice Mann
Talks to big meeting on religion and democracy
Rev Aubrey Moore of the Seventh Christian Church told a Sunday crowd at the English Theater that America's future hinges on religion. Substituting for Indiana University president William Lowe Bryan, he warned a democracy without God would be hell on earth and urged God be in every civil movement as the only safeguard for mankind. The Big Meeting orchestra provided music.
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America
Reuigion
Aubrey *. Moore
Seventh Christian Church
English Theater
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Moore
Marion County Council Debates Deficit Appropriation
The Marion county council met to consider about 15000 for county offices and institutions through 1930. James Edwards chaired as temporary leader and plans to vote on the ordinance Tuesday. Councilman Dunn urged record support for a management change at the Colored Orphans' home and criticized a 500 payment to Homer Elliot for a final probe of J F Wild & Co State bank. Delays on buying land for a detention home and juvenile court were also discussed after a 100000 bond issue was approved earlier.
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Marion County Council
James Edwards
Paul Dunn
Colored Orphans’ Home
Homer Elliot
J. F. Wild & Co. State Bank
City Cops Praised for Preventing Crime Center Status
Mayor L Ert Slack told Kansas City officials that Indianapolis avoids becoming a big crime center through an efficient police department. He cited a pending mandamus suit seeking 1.8 million dollars in Missouri police funds, noting Indianapolis spent 1.24 million last year.
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Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
Kansas City
R. J. Ingraham
Naval group named for five power conference
London December 2 Premier J Ramsay MacDonald announced in the house of commons the chiefs of the British delegation to the five power naval conference next month. The list includes MacDonald Henderson Alexander Benn and Wedgwood Benn amid unsigned naval experts.
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United Press
London
House of Commons
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Albert V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Wedgwood Benn
India
Prayer for car victim at Our Lady of Victory
A priest and 100 parishioners gathered outside the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victory in New York as last rites were given to Annie Derham 42 a school teacher killed in a hit and run. She died before an ambulance arrived.
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United Press
New York
Tiny Dog Foils Bandits at Chicago Hotel
Frisky dog belonging to Mrs. M. R. Miller, cashier at Central Plaza hotel, frightened away two bandits threatening to hurt her. The dog barked and snapped at their heels as they tried to learn the location of the money, and Mrs. Miller lost $300 of her own funds.
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United Press
Chicago
M. R. Miller
Central Plaza Hotel
Burglar Chases Woman With Revolver In Morning Theft
A burglar pursued Mrs. Harriett Baker down a street at 10 30 with a drawn revolver forcing her to return home. He fled with 110 dollars gathered before police interrupted the crime. A second hold-up occurred when a bakery driver was robbed of 30 dollars after being forced to drive to the 1800 block of South Talbott street.
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Harriett Baker
Pennsylvania Street
William Coburn
East Morris Street
Freihofer Bakery
Coburn
Talbott Street
Pettis Suspect Parker Faces Federal Indictment in Toledo
W C Ela a postal inspector went to Toledo with a federal indictment charging conspiracy to commit a felony to obtain a federal order returning De Witt Parker to Indianapolis. Parker pictured as Woodward Anderson was captured with three companions. police identified him as leader of a gang planning to blow the Pettis Dry Goods safe last December. Five gang members are in prison, another is in life imprisonment, and a seventh is at large. Parker’s companions include Cecil Johnson Conrad Sams on and Paul Samson. a Marion county grand jury also indicted Parker on the same charges.
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W. C. Ela
Toledo
de Witt Parker
Indianapolis
Woodward Anderson
Clinton
Til
Parker
Bertillon
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Chicago
California
Cecil Johnson
Louisville
Conrad Samson
Paul Samson
Marion County Grand Jury
Dry Raid at La Ruth bungalow Taints Suburb Leader
Federal agents disrupted a Sunday dance at the La Ruth bungalow in Stickney Illinois, alleging it was the home of village president Anton Rench. They found couples dancing drinking at tables and a long oak bar with hoodlums and high school girls in attendance. Authorities seized twelve pints of whisky two gallons of wine gin and five barrels of beer and removed the bar and the president's furniture.
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United Press
Stickney
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Federal Prohibition
la Ruth
Anton Rench
Rench
Federal Building
Injured Waistline? Childs Play Leads to Hospital Fall
William Hall twenty three is hospitalized after a fall at his sister's home at 40 South Mount Street. A tussle with his niece caused him to be knocked into a stove, leaving a large cut on his head.
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Wiliam Hall
Hall
City Hospital
South Mount Street
Post Office Receipts Rise in November
Indianapolis post office receipts totaled 39,666 in November, up 8,445 from the previous year’s figure and about 2.2 percent higher than November 1928. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson cited improving conditions and growth as factors driving the increase.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Bryson
Firemen flood Crystal Lake to save Chicago home
Firemen chopped a hole in Crystal lake ice near the Illinois Wisconsin line and pumped water onto the country home of P. H. Leonard to quell a blaze. Leonard, asleep on an upper floor, was rescued through a window as the house burned.
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United Press
Chicago
Crystal Lake
P. H. Leonard
Illinois-Wisconsin State Line
Leonard
Loss Leads To Altar In New York Nuptials
Last June Miss Julia Vitarelli refused a $100 reward for finding a bankroll of $2,000 lost by Anthony Margadonna. The incident sparked a friendship that culminated in their marriage Sunday.
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United Press
New York
Julia Vitarelli Stillingly
Anthony Margadonna
Hoosier Finance Group Opens Meeting Banquet Speaker
State group starts the fourth annual Hoosier Association of Finance Companies convention with a banquet in Claypool. Felix M McWhirter of Peoples State Bank will speak as auto financing topics and meetings follow with 43 member firms. Herman Gaus of 645 South Meridian was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the Oct 4 1927 crash that killed Herman Manthey.
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State Group
Felix M. McWhirter
Peoples State Bank
Hoosier Association of Finance Companies
Claypool
Automobile Finance Companies
Herman Gaus
South Meridian Street
Herman Manthey
Robert Dalton
Special Criminal Court
France Sets Five Power Conference Line on Naval Parity
Paris December 2 France will attend the London five power naval conference with five core points emphasizing equal rights to land and sea power for independence and security. Paris stresses parity for protection of supply lines and notes submarines remain a defensive arm while acknowledging limited aims against Mediterranean power balance. France flags cruisers and submarines as key issues and aims to keep talks within the British invitation framework.
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Paris
France
London
Foreign Office
War, Navy
Aviation
United Press
Ier
Navy Office
Italy
Germany
Quai D’orsay
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Philosophy By United Presse
In Evanston Illinois Henry Chun toppled into misfortune while balancing turkey chop suey and black mushroom soup on a platter. A passing car horn interrupted his meal plan and a collision sent chop suey and black mushroom careering through the scene as Chun woke in Evanston hospital.
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United Presse
Evanston
Ill
Henry Chun
Waukegan Road
Chun
Evenston Hospital
Solons Move With Eye To Next Election
Washington watchers note the reconvening of Congress ahead of the 1930 elections and the 1932 presidential race. Independent Republicans split with Hoover over tariff revisions, a young guard revolt emerges and seeks Hoover leadership. McNary would be assistant floor leader to Watson, with possible better committee placements for independents and the young guard. Democrats hope for gains next November as off-year trends complicate the political landscape.
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United Presse
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate Democrats
Senate
Young Guard
McNary
Oregon
Watson
Indiana
House
Slipping on Ice Injures Bailiff George Lowe
George Lowe a 49 year old bailiff in Municipal Judge Paul Wetter's court fell on an icy sidewalk at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets early today fracturing his left shoulder. He was taken to city hospital for treatment.
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George Lowe
Ohio Street
Paul C. Wetter
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
City Hospital
Death notices compiled for Brandt Ferneding Groover Hulvey Madden Mulrey Roberts Simpson
Obituaries and funeral notices list Lena Pearl Brandt wife of Harold C Brandt and sister of Mrs E L Singleton and Ralph Hoover who died Nov 29 1929 age 23 with services Dec 3. Other notices include John C Ferneding husband of Alice Layne Ferneding died at 615 E Thirty-first St with services Dec 3 at St Peter and Paul Cathedral and burial at Holy Cross cemetery. Clifford M Groover Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Groover died at Riley Hospital with funeral Dec 4 at grandma Muriel Brooking's home and burial Crown Hill. Bert Hulvey husband of Rosa and father of Clarence K and Clelia Hulvey died Dec 1 age 51 days with funeral Dec 4 at East Christian church and burial Greenlawn Darlington. Thomas Madden aged 80 father of several, died Nov 30 with funeral Dec 3 at St Joan of Arc and burial Rushville. Thomas Mulrey aged 68 husband of Katherine died Nov 30 with funeral Dec 3 at St Bridget's. Charles R Roberts (Dick) husband of Anna and father of Paul T Roberts died Dec 1 with funeral Dec 4 at 10 am and burial Washington Park. Fleetabelle Simpson aged 26 daughter of Ida M Simpson died Nov 30 with funeral Dec 2 at Rol Park M E church and burial Crown Hill. Local funeral home ads listed including W Ray Beans Blossom, Blasengy, Hinschaw, Moore & Kirk, Lauce Funeral Home, and W Patterson, with service references as insurance of undertakers.
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Concordia Cemetery
Ferneding
John C. Frank
Alice Layne Ferneding
Peter and Paul
Holy Cross
Groover
Clifford M
Clifford Groover
Riley Hospital
Muriel Brooking
North Miley
Crown Hill
Hulvey
Bert
Rosa Hulvey
Clarence K
Clelia Hulvey
Oda Morgan
Flora
Charles Hulsey
Darlington
Ind
Hfe
East Christian Church
Greenlawn
Senate Ave
Moore & Kirk
Madden
Thomas
Thomas E
Ted B. Madden
H. J. Weigand
Thomas J. Gannon
H. C. Cook
Guilford Avenue
St. Joan of Are
Rushville
Mulrey
Katherine Mulrey
E. Morris St
Washington Park Cemetery
Franklin
Simpson
Fleetabelle
Ida M. Simpson
Frank H. Simpson
Rol Park M. E. Church
Central Ave
Roberts Park M. E
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U. S
American Aeronautical Engineers
General Development Company of Connecticut
William Whitney Christmas
Department of Commerce
General Development Co
Connecticut
U. S. Ward
Probe Committee
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Lyric All
Jack Major
Sharon Devries
Lohse
Sterling
Cyclonic
Bill Edward Everett Horton
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
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Marjorie White
Frank Richardson
Res
Charlie Davis Reeds
Georges Bancroft
Anne
Black
Duke Pi LaNncTon
Living Screen
Douglas Fairbanks JR
Loretta A Young
Leture
William and
Edith Lyons
North
Beville
Otto and
Edna Retiels
Orence
Mamie Hadley
Charles and
Pearl Pollard
Wayne
Nina Hackieman
St. Vincent's Hospital
Alexander and
Margaret Allred
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Raymond and
Helen Hord
Albany
James and
Essie Wilson
South East
Jesse and
Anna Tucker
Newark
May Humphreys
Vermont
Everett and
Nellie Gregg
Michael and
Stephana del Rio
City Hostal
Harold and
Dorothy Imel
Joe and
Stella Ellery
Lytle
Leone Roberts
Ebster
Sally Brooks
Martha Hargis
Sinepital
May Castle
Oy Hospital
Joseph and
Odie Jackson
Ralph and
Pantie Elise
Virgil
Beryl Parsley
West Thirty-third
Ee Jam
Anne Heine
South Ate
O Stephen
Viola Spottenwood
North Capitol
Hi Sioa
Doris Brown
St. Vincent’s
al. Raymond
Magdalen Clapper
Bt. Vincent's
Miller
St. Vincent's Ospital
Jee
Eva Jeffries
Walley
Marjorie Loughmiller
Raper
Robert
Minnie Malone
Boulevard Place
Blanche Holding
Westorris
Raymond
Margaret Hedricks
Baltimore
Mannie
Zerelalia Ferguson
West Market
Wallace
Margaret Jenkins
Isham
Minnie Benton
Ray
Cora Archalets
Ben
Clara Hendrickson
City Ospital
Shek
Ruth Raney
City
Clarence
Lucile Pryor
Harry
Edith Germaine
Franklin and
Riis Lyons
Tw Rollie
Hazel Fox
Madison
Rev. More
Normans
Tormans
Lewis Furniture Co
United Trade-In
Meridian
Dunnans
Home Questions Pay
City Cops
Naval Group
Pettis
Finder
F. Forster
Order of St. Basil
Montreal
Basilian
England
St. Basil College
Waco
Tex
Assumption College
Sandwich
Ont
Ralph Heinzen
Philosophy
Solons
WM. D. Beanblossom
Mortua
W. Ray
W. T. Blasengy
Grinsteiner Poneradir
Foreral Ie
New Jersey
St. Rt
EE. H. Hinshaw Hem
Bellefontaine ‘Undertakers
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Delaware
Lauce Funerat
Morris
W. Patterson
Deane
W. H. Richardson & CO
Union St
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