Hoover Budget Calls for Huge Cut and Tax Reduction
President Hoover sent to Congress the 1931 budget totaling 3.83 billion dollars, a reduction of 145.7 million from the current year, with a temporary 1 percent income tax cut and estimated surpluses of 225 million this year and 122 million in 1931. He urged fiscal prudence, noted revenue gains from tax relief, and outlined increases in flood control, justice, and Indian affairs, plus building plans for prisons and naval programs. Funeral services were held today for Theodore Bees, former Putnam county sheriff, in Greencastle Indiana.
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Hoover
Congress
Mellon
Coolidge
Greencastle
Ind
Theodore Bees
Putnam County
Perry Wilson Reappears to Tend Pembridge Hotel Furnace
In Vanston Illinois Perry Wilson, jailed for stoking the Pembridge hotel furnace, is released for court and returns to the hotel to shovel coal. He helps relight the furnace at 4 pm after four earlier shifts. The judge dismisses a liquor charge, and Wilson resumes the dangerous task to warm guests.
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United Press
Vanston
Ill
Pembridge
Perry Wilson
Perry
Kinder
Wilson
Gun shots tied to missing air mail flier case
United Press dispatch from Clarion details a report of twelve revolver shots and a signal fire seen six miles north of Kennerdale flying field. The shots are linked to missing air mail flier Thomas P. Nelson who disappeared after a snow storm over Hell's stretch in the Allegheny mountains. A Commerce Department search party was to be dispatched, with W L Smith of N A T Cleveland coordinating and shifting search efforts to the Erie lake shore.
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United Press Clarion
Department of Commerce
Kennerdale
Frank Jacobs
Thomas P. Nelson
Bellefonte- Cleveland
Hell
Alleghany Mountains
Probe Gang Killing in Chicago Deepens Racketeers Feud
Paddy King, a noted gang figure, was found dead in an abandoned gambling hall above Club Royale after a late night shooting. He wore garments tied to Frank Gustenberg, tied figure from the St Valentine’s Day massacre era, and his revolver lay near his body with two empty chambers.
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United Press
Chicago
Paddy King
Jack
Frank Gustenberg
Nurse Scolds Brother-in-Law Then Commits Suicide
In Des Moines a nurse Miss Faye Hanway scolded her brother-in-law Harry Deakin 41 for drinking. Deakin apologized and then stepped away and shot himself through the heart, ending his life at home.
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United Press
Des Moines
Faye Hanway
Harry Deakin
Deakin
Labor Leader James Noonan Dies in Washington
James P. Noonan, president of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a vice-president of the AFL, died in Washington from burns suffered in his apartment. He was a St. Louis leader in the labor movement.
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Washington
James P. Noonan
St. Louis
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American Federation of Labor
Burns
Gun Taken By Rothstein To Poker Game
New York December 4 The gun Rothstein handed to James Meehan before leaving Lindys for a poker engagement is described during James Meehan testimony in McManus trial. Bridget Farry the Park Central chambermaid testified she found no one in Room 349 at 8 pm and later saw two men in the room but could not identify them.
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United Press
New York
Arnold Rothstein
Lindy
Broadway
James Meehan
Meehan
George A. McManus
McManus
Lindy’s
Bridget Farry
Park Central Hotel
Bridget
Detroit Divorce Ends Mrs Dee Furey Mott Marriage
Mrs Dee Furey Mott celebrates the end of her marriage to Charles S. Mott, vice president of General Motors, as a Flint court grants a divorce. He transfers General Motors stock valued at 1.36 million and other items totaling nearly 2 million for his years of marriage, plus 1 million settled for their child.
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Dee Furey Mott
General Motors Corporation
Charles
Mott
Detroit
Flint
General Motors
Mercury Rise Predicted to Continue Thursday Warmup
Meteorologist J. H. Armington forecast Continued temperature rise with a thaw likely to push above freezing on Thursday. At 7 am the U S Weather Bureau logged 11 degrees, up 12 from Tuesday. Tonight may reach 30 degrees as a break in the Thanksgiving cold wave spreads statewide except near Ft Wayne where readings linger near zero.
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J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Ft. Wayne
Parker Transferred to Face Federal Conspiracy Charges
De Witt Parker, 32, will be moved from Toledo to Indianapolis to face federal conspiracy charges. Postal inspector W. C. Ela said the transfer was ordered after his return from Toledo, Ohio, where he obtained the federal order.
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de Witt Parker
Toledo
Indianapolis
W. C. Ela
Ohio City
Parker
Ohio
Indiana
Indiana Lad Is Nearly Healthy in 4-H Judging
Harold Deatline an 18 year old Morgan county Indiana youth was named the healthiest boy in the United States among 4 H club members at the International Livestock exposition judging. He is tall blond blushes easily dairy minded and plans to study at Purdue after a farm oriented high school education. Miss Florence Smock from Lake county Alabama was the healthiest girl with 98.7 percent. She credits orange juice Florida sun and good health to her routine.
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Chicago
Harold Deatline
Morgan County
Indiana
United States
Florence Smock
Lake County
Alabama
Smock
Harold
Purdue University
Open New Bridge on West Tenth Street in Indianapolis
County commissioners announce the West Tenth Street bridge over Big Eagle Creek will open to traffic within days, replacing a half century old covered span. The project cost about 80 000 dollars and finished last spring. Similar relief expected in Irvington with the highway from Arlington Avenue to the Post road.
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Indianapolis
Washington Street
West Tenth Street
Big Eagle Creek
Irvington
Tenth Street
Arlington Avenue
Post Road
Russia Rejects Outside Peace Moves Over Far East Dispute
Soviet Russia repudiates Kellogg pact references in the China Eastern railway dispute and informs the United States Britain and France that outside overtures are unfriendly. Moscow also announces a protocol with the Manaiveniats for settlement, signaling possible shifts in U.S.–Soviet relations. Chinese Nationalist government prepares its reply to the United States.
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United Press
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Russia
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Manaiveniats Papeianen Haa
Washington
Ball Players Hurt in Nashville Auto Crash
Three Indianapolis minor league players James Pierce Rob Russell and Pat Bauman were injured when their car was hit near Nashville while en route to Chattanooga. The other vehicle occupants fled the scene and are being sought by the Nashville sheriff.
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Chattanooga
James Pierce
Rob Russell
Pat Bauman
Indianapolis
Nashville
Negro representative De Priest attends House session front row
Representative De Priest from Chicago attended today’s House session and sat in the front row on the Republican side.
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United Press
Washington
de Priest
Rep
Ill
Chicago
Ware Brands Ouster Case Cruel Must Flay Ed
Senator-elect William S Ware of Pennsylvania appeared in the Senate in a dramatic bid to defend his right to a seat. Senator Norris condemned the Vare machine linking Ware to Pennsylvania fraud while Ware read a 2000 word defense citing constitutional election.
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William S. Ware
Pensylvania
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
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Mellon
Hoover
Grundy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hungary Seeks Loan To Aid Farm Development
Budapest reports the government aims to rehabilitate farming through long term loans. The farm development plan targets foreign markets and has rediscounted the Swedish match loan due in 1931. Officials negotiate additional funding around 22 million dollars.
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Bu United Presa
Budapest
Hungary
Chamber of Commerce posts $100 reward for robberies
Greencastle Indiana December 4. The Chamber of Commerce offers a $100 reward for the arrest of any person robbing its members as part of a drive to curb a wave of thefts.
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Times
Greencastle
Ind
Chamber of Commerce
Flames Drive 15 From Apartment in Early Morning Fire
Fourteen persons escaped through smoke as firefighters rescued Mrs May Adams from an upper apartment at 315 East St Clair Street. The blaze started in a basement furnace. Damages totaled about 1400 to the building and contents.
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Freeman Apartments
East St. Clair Street
May Adams
Claude Adams
Donald
Sunshine Cohen
Helen Carlson
Melissa Clark
Audrey Wrighthouse
Spann Company
West Thirty-third Street
James Stewart
F. O. Wiley
West Thirtythird Street
J. M. Herr
W. R. Humphreys
H. J. Buell
Dress Strike Backed by ILGWU Delegates in Cleveland
In Cleveland 45,000 dress industry workers in New York won unanimous support at the ILGWU biennial convention. Delegates cheered for an unusually long time as the strike issue was adopted.
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United Press
Cleveland
New York
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
The Woman Charmer continues in The Times
The second installment of Vida Hurst’s serial life behind the scenes in Hollywood runs in The Times on page 22. Readers missing the opening chapter may obtain a free copy of the tabloid containing the first five chapters by sending name and address or calling Riley 5551 at the circulation department.
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Hollywood
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Kidnapper Faces 9 Year Term in Detroit Case
James Fernando, father of three, was found guilty of seizing 5-year-old Jackie Thompson and detaining him from August 30 to September 24. He faces up to ninety nine years on either count. Judge Charles L. Bartlett set sentencing for this afternoon.
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United Press
Detroit
James Fernando
Jackie Thompson
Charles L. Bartlett
Fernando
Airport runway bids come in high for city project
City Engineer A H Moore says bids for municipal airport runways are too high. Low bid of 86000 by Fred H Rosebrook, others $89900 from Joseph E McNamara Construction Co and $109780 from Mead Construction Co. All bids cover asphalt surface and drainage.
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Board of Works
A. H. Moore
Fred H. Rosebrook
Joseph E. McNamara
Negro burglar shot by cop may die of wounds
A 35 year old Negro burglar identified as John Smith was shot by motorcycle officer Andrew J. Heller when fleeing a fish and poultry market at 1417 East Twenty fifth Street. The man, charged with burglary and entering to commit a felony, was wounded in the back and abdomen and is in serious condition at city hospital.
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James Gates
East Twentyfifth Street
Andrew J. Heller
City Hospital
John Smith
Joseph Smith
Hovey Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Ferdinand D. Helt
Heller
Frank J. Seifert
Central Indiana Power Ice Plants At Center Of Merger Hearing
Ice plants owned by Central Indiana Power are under scrutiny in the $70,000,000 Insull utilities merger hearing before the public service commission. L. B. Andrus admitted no commission authority to own subsidiary stock, while questions on whether ice plants qualify as utilities and on interurban lines were debated. Exhibits show Central’s plant value at over 22 million with additions of 1.7 million and current assets around 2.06 million. 1924 revenue near 1.24 million with rising figures into 1928.
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Central Indiana Power Company
Insull Utilities
Public Service Commission
L. B. Andrus
Central Company
Calvin McIntosh
Frank Singleton
Insull
Howell Ellis
James M. Ogden
McIntosh
Harvey Harmon
Andrus
John W. McCardle
Commission
Harmon
Central
P. J. Lucey
Chicago
Indiana
T. H
Spooner and Merrill
Brown murder jury to be chosen soon in court
A jury panel was expected today to try Charles Brown for the murder of his wife Alma Brown at their home on August 17. Judge Thomas E. Garvin presided as jurors questioned. two days spent with fifty prospective panelists reported.
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Charles Brown
New Jersey
Thomas E. Garvin
Brown
Alma Brown
Christmas Clearing House Opens for Charity Work
The Christmas clearing house operates today at 19 North Meridian Street to coordinate holiday charity. City social agencies unite to prevent duplicate efforts and invite clubs and individuals to confer with the office. Herbert King leads the initiative with Miss Winifred Brown in charge of the office, assisted by Miss Helen Iams.
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North Meridian Street
Herbert 3. King
Winifred Brown
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