Legal Opinion Awaited On Gas Transfer For Indianapolis
Developments in the city plan to take over Citizens Gas Company await a legal opinion from William H. Thompson. The 1905 agreement and charter status fuel questions about automatic breach when the utility surrendered its charter. Civic leaders favor municipal ownership while wary officials question technical feasibility and debt impact.
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Citizens Gas Company
William H. Thompson
Miller, Dailey and Thompson Law Firm
Thompson
Citizens Gas Trustees
John W. Holtzman
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
John R. Welch
Indianapolis Engineering Society
Russell T. McFall
Sanitary Board
Williard S. Boyle
Norman N. Doane
Mrs Carrie Carson Rites Set For Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Carson 60 of 233 Virginia Avenue will be held at 2 Friday at the C A Hockensmith chapel 726 North Illinois Street. Burial will be in Crown Hill. $2720 found concealed on her person believed to be their life savings per husband Harry L Carson.
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Carrie Carson
Virginia Avenue
Alabama Street
C. A. Hockensmith
North
Illinois Street
Crown Hall
Carson
Harry L. Carson
Popping Corks 1600 Noises Ring Milwaukee Streets
Sixteen hundred different noises grating on Milwaukee residents are listed in a police survey. Streetcars fog horns rivet hammers and early crowing roosters populate the report as officials seek to make Milwaukee the quietest city in the United States.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Child loses finger and scalp after mule attack
Eight year old Ernest Dean of Greenville Texas was kicked by a mule and severely injured. He also suffered a binder injury and escaped serious harm in an automobile accident while being rushed to the hospital. Doctors expect recovery.
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United Press
Greenville
Tex
Ernest Dean
Evansville bids for Indiana veterans hospital
Evansville, with Indianapolis, seeks the Indiana veterans hospital. The Evansville Chamber of Commerce sent Joseph Zimmerman to Washington to drum up support for southern Indiana. Dr. George W. Bowman said the state convention favored a central location but he knew nothing of Evansville’s proposal.
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Evansville
Indiana
Northcott Map Aids Hunt for Victims in Mojave
Gordon Stewart Northcott, named in the so called murder farm case, probably cannot assist in the renewed search for bodies in the Mojave desert. A map found at his home marks a route between Little Rock and Valermo with a circle southwest of Little Rock. He is ill with a high fever and was moved to the jail hospital after sanity tests. He previously pleaded not guilty to killing an unknown Mexican youth whose body was reportedly found near Puente in Los Angeles County.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Mojave Desert
Northcott
Little Rock
Valermo
Mojave
Puente
Los Angeles County
Six Prison Terms From Judge Collins in Criminal Court
Six defendants including a 19 year old woman Mary Thompson received prison terms from one to five years up to one to ten years. Thompson faced grand larceny after being found wrapped in a mattress at Arthur Brown’s home on North Capitol Avenue with $250 in goods taken. Other sentences included Earl Mecca alias Joe LaFox, 23, to one to five years for armed entry at Union Trust’s West Indianapolis branch. Robert Allen, 22, to one to ten years. James Anderson, 33, to one to five years. and Willa James, to one to ten years.
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James A. Collins
Mary Thompson
Arthur Brown
North Capitol Avenue
Correctional Department
Earl Mecca
Joe LaFox
West Indianapolis
Union Trust Company
Indiana
Robert Allen
Indiana State Reformatory
James Anderson
Willa James
Reformatory
Ruling Hits Insurance Loss of State Funds Looms Over Auto Firms
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam issued a ruling at the request of state insurance commissioner Clarence Wysong stating that state departments cannot insure with reciprocal companies. The opinion warns such insurers shift losses to the state and will cost thousands of dollars in state funds as several departments already carry these policies.
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Clarence Wysong
Arthur L. Gilliam
Inspect Airport Sites With City Officials And Chamber
Mayor L Ert Slack and city officials with Chamber of Commerce officers John E Sommers inspect proposed sites 30 and 8 for a new municipal airport. Sommers reserved comment pending an official report in two weeks after a Chamber luncheon and private talks at city hall.
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L. Ert Slack
Chamber of Commerce
John E. Sommers
Department of Commerce
Sommers
Slack
Coast Guard urged to expand to curb rum runners
Washington December 6 Rear Admiral F C Billard commandant urged Congress to increase Coast Guard personnel and vessels to bolster defense of the American coast against rum runners in his annual report.
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United Press
Washington
United States Coast Guard
F. C. Billard
Congress
Education Pays Cost of Arms Says Speaker
Dr. G Bromley Oxnam president of DePauw University told Area Men's council at Cable Tabernacle that investing 42 million dollars in education could send 1000 students abroad for a year and return 1000 overseas annually at 5 percent interest. He argued the church must teach ethical ideals of Jesus and encourage practical daily application.
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America
Uncle Sam
G. Bromley Oxnam
de Pauw University
Methodist
Area Men’s Council
Cable Tabernacle
Dr. Oxnam
United States
Church of Jesus Christ
Jesus
Legion Chiefs Aid Children in Welfare Drive at Conference
At the American Legion annual conference at national headquarters delegates from all states and many possessions urged active support for child welfare laws. Miss Emma C. Puschner said focus should move to child welfare as 44 states plan early legislative sessions. John Thomas Taylor outlined the program including naval cruisers, universal draft, disabled laws, 2,750 hospital beds, and national defense act approval.
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American Legion
Legion National
Legion
Emma C. Puschner
National
National Child Welfare Division
Paul V. McNutt
Boyce Ficklen Jr
American Legion Auxiliary
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee
Army
Indictments in Rothstein murder case widen to four
New York December 6 Hyman Biller named as an indicted suspect in the Rothstein murder case. Biller has eluded arrest for three days while his link to the case remains unclear. Four persons have been indicted for Arnold Rothstein murder.
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United Press
New York
Hyman Biller
George McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Biller
Rothstein
Guard Trains After Rail Crash Near Suburban Run
Chicago authorities placed a guard over the engineer and fireman of a Chicago and Eastern Illinois commutation train after it ran through a block signal and collided with a Pennsylvania freight. The locomotive and two cars derailed. four freight boxcars were knocked off the tracks. Passengers were jolted but none seriously hurt.
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Chicago & Eastern
United Press
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Pennsylvania
Jail terms quashed for Sullivan brothers in Indiana case
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed two to five year prison terms for Timothy and Thomas Sullivan who were convicted of possessing a still. The ruling cited an error in failing to record a not guilty plea entered by the defendants in Davies circuit court.
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Timothy
Thomas Sullivan
Indiana
Supreme Court
Davies Circuit Court
C. Travis
Portugal Urges Measures to Stop Typhus Spread
United Press reports an official note from Lisbon urges the public to adopt measures to halt the spread of typhus fever amid growing concerns across Portugal.
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Portugal
United Press
Lisbon
Schloss elected Kiwanis president in annual election
Eli Schloss headlined the Kiwanis ticket and was elected president at the Columbia Club election meeting. The slate beat Otto Mueller's ticket. officers include Ezra Voyles vice president, Robert Bryson vice president, Cecil Crabb district trustee, and Samuel Ashby A P Conklin Arthur Webber as directors. Campaign management details noted.
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Eli Schloss
Kiwanis Club
Lurzheon
Columbia Club
Eli
Schloss
Schloss Brothers, Investment Company
Otto
Otto Mueller
Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller
Ezra E. Voyles
Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Cecil Crabb
Samuel Ashby
A. P. Conklin
Arthur Webber
Herman C. Wolff
Clarence E. Darnell
W. H. Trimble
Harry E. Yockey
Ira A. Minnick
Richard A. Shirley
Walter T. White
Henry L. Dithmer
Forge Girl to Take Auto Ride
Miss Gladys Beavers, 21, reported to police at midnight after a man in a gas hawk Ford coupe abducted her near Delaware and Market streets at 10:30 p m Wednesday. She said two men, one stylish and one shabby, forced her into the car, threatened her, and drove east into the country before she escaped near the Statehouse and returned to police headquarters. She could not provide the vehicle’s license number.
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Delaware
Market
Gladys Beavers
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Pennsylvania
Washington Street
Statehouse
Stephenson Confers With Attorney Again Before Appeal
Pelix Blankenbaker Terre Haute attorney for D C Stephenson interviewed him at Indiana State Prison before an appeal at Noblesville for a new trial. Blankenbaker plans another conference Friday and says Stephenson never had a constitutional trial and blames Hiram Evans Klan head for imprisonment. A writ of coram nobis petition will be filed within weeks.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Pelix Blankenbaker
Terre Haute
D. C
Ku Klux Klan
Stephenson
Noblesville
Trio in Critical Condition After Lafayette Crash
Three Lafayette residents were in critical condition at the city hospital after a Wednesday crash at Traders Point. Mrs Gladys Bastin suffered a broken neck and is not expected to live, while Edward Bastin and Miss Martin sustained skull fractures.
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Lafayette
City Hospital
Traders Point
Gladys Bastin
Edward Bastin
Miller to Offer Plays to London Ahead of New York Shows
Gilbert Miller of Charles Frohman Inc states the American theater faces an economic crisis and will present all plays to London before any New York production.
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New York
Gilbert Miller
Charles Frohman, Inc
London
Bachelors Lose Out In Navy Pay System
Washington December 6 The ranking medical officer on the U S S Maryland Hoover s battleship earns more pay than the captain and the executive officer also receives more due to a bachelor s tax. The House Naval Affairs Committee will consider a bill to remove the discrimination. The House approved the bill and sent it to the Senate.
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United Press
Washington
Maryland
Hoover
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Georgia
la Guardia
New York
Senate
Expert scoffs at 1928 campaign method
Victor Rosewater former Republican national commit tee chairman and political observer criticizes the 1928 presidential campaign as antiquated and ridiculous. He says the four month campaign period and acceptance speeches are relics of post-chaise days in the December issue of the Review of Reviews.
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Times
New York
Victor Rosewater
Republican National Committee
Rosewater
Wood Seeks Air Derby Challenge by Boat Speed King
Miami dispatch reports Gar Wood, famed motor boat racer and speed boat builder, issues a challenge to race his Fairchild cabin monoplane over a fifty mile course in January during the Air Derby. He will race any plane with similar carrying capacity, pontoons, and engine not exceeding 475 horsepower. His monoplane uses a 425 horsepower Wasp engine.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
Gar Wood
Wood
Wife Wins Freedom From Neuritis Through Nurito
The New York specialist who discovered Nurito makes it available via neighborhood drug stores. Thousands report relief from neuritis and related pains with a money back guarantee if Nurito fails. With 20 000 boxes sold and only three reported failures, Nurito is said to be non narcotic and harmless. Drug stores including Hook's Dependable Drug Stores carry it.
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Nurito
New York
Hook
Cabinet split over alien law widens in Davis report
Labor Secretary James J. Davis' annual report shows persistent cabinet division on immigration as Kellogg warns extend to the western hemisphere could strain U S relations with Latin America and Canada. The report notes fewer living costs, more naturalizations, and lower infant mortality.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Coolidre
Kellogg
Davis
Senate
Western Hemisphere
United States
Latin America
Canada
United Press
State Department
Mexico
Senate Committee
Police pursue two car thieves after chase ends with gunfire
Motorcycle officer E. D. Rouls hunted two thieves in a Chrysler sedan stolen from near Manual Training High School. The chase began at Meridian and Twenty-second streets, ending in the 800 block College Avenue where the suspects abandoned the vehicle. Rouls fired one warning shot and another at the car during the pursuit.
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College Avenue
E. D. Rouss
Meridian
Twenty-second
John Surban
Manual Training High School
Rouls
Jingle No 14 Contest Opens as Circle Show Nears
Readers submit last lines for a Christmas competition with prizes of two tickets to Corinne Griffith's Outcast at the Circle theater. Names and lines from Quincy residents are printed, highlighting early shopping and humorous quips as contenders.
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The
Circle
Corinne Griffith
Times
A. L. Orrell Jr
Quincy, Ind
Reed rallies opposition to Kellogg pact
Senate debates Swing Johnson Boulder Dam bill as opposition to the Kellogg pact coalesces around Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and other wary lawmakers. Some Democrats and statesmen question reservations to protect the Monroe Doctrine while discussions pause the treaty amid naval cruiser building considerations.
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Reed
Kellogg
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
League of Nations
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Bruce
Maryland
United Press
Rockefeller Leaves for Florida Winter Home
John D. Rockefeller departed his Tarrytown mansion for Ormond Beach Florida on Wednesday. Friends bid him farewell as he left for the station. A planned golf match was canceled due to a wet course.
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United Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
Rockefeller
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