Hoax Suspected in Widows Disappearance in Ky
Mrs Ella McDowell Rogers a pretty young widow vanished last October in USS Kentucky The case suggests a staged departure with postcards mailed from Chicago and an Illinois licensed car seen at her apartment Police investigated cremation ashes but found no evidence The cards were sent to Mrs Louis Heck wife of a Chicago attorney formerly in Louisville detectives say Rogers was believed to be in Chicago at the time.
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United Press
Uss
Ella McDowell Rogers
Rogers
Louis Heck
Chicago
Coolidge outlines postwar policy and warned against new spending
President Coolidge sent to Congress his final annual message urging restraint on immediate outlays to avoid a June 1929 deficit. He endorsed farm relief, naval cruiser funding, Kellogg pact ratification, Boulder dam consideration with private power, and a Muscle Shoals approach excluding extensive government control of power and nitrate sales.
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Indianapolis Times
Coolidge
F&f
Congress
Collins
Robert Moorefield
United Press
Washington
America
Treasury
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Cove Creek
Boulder Dam
United States
Colorado River
Secretary of War
Man Who Laughs Is Chased Out By Actress
Florence Reed halted Macbeth during the sleep walking scene to remove two noisy spectators. After light was called, ushers confronted the pair. one man fled as the play resumed before a straight faced audience. Reed apologized after the curtain for stopping the performance.
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Py United Press
New York
Florence Reed
Miss Reed
Lady MacBeth
New York City Budget Hits 538 Million for 1929
New York city approves a 538,928,697 budget for 1929, up 26 million from this year. Aldermen condemned the police department as the rottenest in the world while critics called the Walker budget scandalous. awaiting Mayor Walker’s signature.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Ruth Pratt
Walker
McGuffeyites File Incorporation Papers Filed
Incorporation papers were filed with the secretary of state by the National Association of McGuffeyites. The group plans to extend its Indianapolis organization across the state with a $1000 membership. Any former McGuffey readers student is eligible to join to promote literary education.
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National Association of McGuffeyites
Indianapolis
McGuffey
McGuffeyites
Rockne’s Child Worse After Peanut Removed From Lung
Jack Rockne, 2 year old son of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, underwent surgery to remove a peanut from a lung. He had a restless night and breathing trouble, a tube was placed in his throat, and doctors awaited the coach and his wife’s return from Los Angeles as authorities watched closely.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Jack Rockne
Knute Rockne
University of Notre Dame
Jack
Coach Rockne
Los Angeles
Cal
Laundry Remodelling After $40000 Fire At Tiffany Laundry
H. H. Pointer, proprietor, announced remodeling is under way at 25 27 McLean Place after a Sunday night fire that caused most damage to the building. The laundry sustained little machinery damage and continues operations, with the loss fully insured.
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Tiffany
McLean Place
H. H. Pointer
Pointer
Longworth backs partial tariff revision over full overhaul
House Speaker Nicholas Longworth says Congress should modernize the tariff without a complete schedule overhaul. He warns a total change could harm business, and hearings on revision will begin January 7 before the Ways and Means Committee. The panel will decide on the revision approach and aim to finish before March 4.
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Washington
Congress
Nicholas Longworth
House
Ways and Means Committee
Longworth
Ways and Means
Fire of incendiary origin damages vacant frame building
Fire of incendiary origin was discovered in a vacant frame building at 316 to 324 North Missouri Street at 7 30 a m. Firemen found paper and wood burning on the floor. Damage was estimated at 50 dollars.
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Missouri Street
Crown Angus Bull Crowned Grand Champion
Revolution of Page II was crowned grand champion breeding Aberdeen Angus bull of America at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Owned by Hartley Stock Farm of Page North Dakota, Ames Plantation of Grand Junction Tennessee was named reserve champion.
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Chicago
Hartley Stock Farm
Page
N. D
Ames Plantation Pal
Ames Plantation
Grand Junction
Tenn
Walgreen Company Buys Goldsmith Drug Chain in Indianapolis Area
Walgreens of Chicago completed the purchase of the twelve Goldsmith brothers drug stores, eleven in Indianapolis and one in Shelbyville. Saul Wolf of Walgreens will supervise the district. The brothers expressed uncertainty about their ongoing involvement and the Goldsmith name will be kept for a time.
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Goldsmith Brothers
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Walgreen Company
Chicago
Saul Wolf
Wolf
Sol Goldsmith
Louis
Julius
Goldsmith
Dolores del Rio Pleads to Save Ex Husband in Berlin
Dolores del Rio cables to move heaven and earth to aid Jaime del Rio whose Berlin illness worsened after surgery and septic poisoning. Curtis Melnitz, United Artists rep, relayed the plea while confirming no summon of the actress to Berlin. The couple divorced recently at Sonora Mexico due to incompatibility.
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Heaven
Melnitz
Jamie
Dolores
Berlin
Dolores del Rio
Jamie del Rio
Sonora
Mexico
Missionary jailed for luring girls in independent work
Charles Billman 61, described as an independent missionary with headquarters at 1112 English Avenue, was sentenced by Juvenile Judge Frank J. Lahr to six months on the Indiana state penal farm after two 12 year old girls testified that he begged them to attend services and lured them with candy food and clothing. He claimed he worked independently and had been in missionary work for several weeks.
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Paul Edson
James A. Collins
State Reformatory
Ourley
Harry Hardacre
Bobby Wilson
Anne Earls
Newt
N. Everest Newton
East Eleventh Street
Newton
Edson
Bobby
Twenty-first Street
Arlington Avenue
Indiana
Charles Billman
English Avenue
Frank J. Lahr
Billman
Delays Mount Over Indianapolis Municipal Airport Project
The Citizens Airport Finance Committee adjourned after a three hour session behind locked doors to review financing methods for the municipal airport. Mayor Slack requested a federal aeronautical expert visit, while a bond issue appears allowable if immediate expenditures reach 0.1 percent of assessed valuation, about 675000 dollars, leaving funds for field improvements and hangars. Plans to acquire the site will be presented to the city council in two weeks.
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Indianapolis
Citizens Airport Finance Committee
L. Ert Slack
Department of Commerce
Slack
Plan board weighs new building plan for Capitol Construction
The plan commission will consider Capitol Construction Company's petition to erect a 224 apartment building on the south side of Forty sixth street between Central avenue and Washington boulevard. The two story structure, costing about $2,000,000, sits on a 600 by 600 foot site after the company bought nearby property.
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Capitol Construction Company
Forty-sixth Street
Central Avenue
Washington Boulevard
City Plan Commission
Daughter of Dodge Weds Ex Mint Head
Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell formerly Delphine Dodge of Detroit, daughter of Horace Dodge, marries Raymond T. Baker former United States mint director at the Ambassador hotel in New York. The ceremony followed Reno divorces and separate settlements including custody of a child.
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Times Special
New York
James H. R. Cromwell
Delphine Dodge
Detroit
Horace Dodge
Raymond T. Baker
United States Mint
Ambassador Hotel
Hugh Dillman
Cromwell
Reno
Edward T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Baker
Margaret Emerson
Isaac E. Emerson
Baltimore
Clara Bow to Return to Screen Work After Flu
Clara Bow recovers quickly from influenza and plans to resume screen work this week, she said today in Hollywood California.
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United Press
Ollywood
Cal
Clara Bow
Funeral for Muncie Star editor H. Cameron Drummond
Funeral services were held today for H. Cameron Drummond state editor and music critic of the Muncie Star. He died in an Indianapolis hospital Sunday night following an operation.
End Sickness This New Way Radio Active Solar Pad
An advertisement claims a light inexpensive back worn pad cures neuri tis rheumatism high blood pressure and other ailments without medicine or dieting. Free trial offered by Radium Appliance Co Los Angeles with letters praising results and over 150000 sold.
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Degnen
Radium
Applicance Co
Bradbury Bldg
Los Angeles
Cal
Permanent freeze proofing with Radiator Glycerine
A dairily written advertisement asserts Radiator Glycerine prevents freezing and evaporation, offering permanent protection after a single filling. It claims safety for the cooling system, non corrosion, and references to Amundsen and official guidance.
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Amundsen
Norge
North Pole
U. S. Bureau of Standards
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