Congress Opens Amid Insurgent Clash Over House Rules
The 69th Congress convened with a fight between insurgents and administration supporters. Nicholas Longworth was elected speaker after a party-line vote, with insurgents backing their own and some Republicans voting present. The Senate committee meeting was postponed to decide on Senator La Follette Jr. status.
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Ashington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
House
Senate
Coolidge
Longworth
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Garrett
Senate Committee On Committees
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Court Upholds Oil Indictments Against Fall and Doheny
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a lower ruling, allowing prosecutions of Albert B. Fall Edward L Doheny Sr and Edward L Doheny Jr on bribery charges. The decision lets the government proceed despite a DOJ employee's presence in the grand jury room during evidence presentation.
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United Press
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Fall
the Dohenys
Temperature readouts in late January city memo
A clipped weather record lists hourly temperatures from 10 a.m. to noon on January 26 with values near the upper eighties and a midday high around 88 degrees. Further figures imply a 12 pm reading and subsequent values.
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Memu
Divas M.oies
Party Division in Congress
United Press reports the current convening Congress lines up with the House at 247 Republicans, 183 Democrats, 3 Farmer-Labor, 2 Socialists, and no vacancies. The Senate stands 66 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 1 Farmer-Labor, with no vacancies.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Farmer-Labor
Socialists
Democrats
Judge Denies Two Pleas of Klinck Gentry Bond Doubt
Criminal Judge James A. Collins overruled a motion to discharge the conspiracy to kidnap charge against Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry and to allow $5,000 bonds each on arson conspiracy. Klinck and Gentry remain jailed under $10,000 bonds after acquittal on murder at Noblesville. Prosecutor Remy argued against jeopardy. Holmes pressed for an early trial as others plead not guilty to various charges. Eighty defendants were arraigned with pleas of not guilty on offenses from larceny to murder.
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Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
James A. Collins
Kinick
Gentry
Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Indiana State Prison
Ira M. Holmes
William H. Remy
Holmes
Collins
Remy
Klinck
Hen Strike Over Brings Expected Egg Price Drop
Reports say hens have begun laying again and wholesale houses announce a price cut of 6 to 7 cents per dozen. Retail stores quote 70 to 75 cents a dozen while wholesale prices fall, with a projected 20 cent wholesale price in March as the annual drop continues.
Farm Co op Boost by Goolidge Faces Opposition
President Coolidge defended the tariff as aid to farmers and warned against government price fixing. He praised cooperative marketing and outlined steps to achieve farm prosperity, including storage facilities, farm bank loans, and department guidance. He criticized government marketing plans as faulty and urged independent, sound agricultural policy.
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Ludwell Denny
Chicago
Gemstes
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Department
Coolidge
Farmers’ Cooperative
Washington
Co-Operative
Here's How to Help Santa This Christmas
The Times and the Indianapolis Christmas Clearing House announce a drive to aid sick and needy families. Read weekly lists starting Tuesday and call Main 3500 to learn a family's name and address while the fund supplies meals and warmth.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Community Fund
Times
Santa Claus
Hart Is Sentenced for Leaving Scene of Accident
Clark Hart, 33, of 214 S East St, received one year in Indiana State Prison for failing to stop after an accident. The truck boiler allegedly struck and injured Charles Price of R R 8 Box 126. Price identified Hart as fleeing the scene and Hart was said to have hidden in Detroit.
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Clark Hart
S. East St
Indiana State Prison
James A. Collins
Charles Price
Hart
Price
Jack O'Neal
Detroit
Illinois bridge ruling delays Knox Daviess project
U. K. Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam, in an opinion to State Examiner Lawrence F. Orr, held that a state highway inspector must approve construction of a White River bridge linking Knox and Daviess Counties before final acceptance by commissioners.
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Arthur L. Gilliam
State
Lawrence F. Orr
White River
Knox
Daviess Counties
Army pistols stolen from guard supply room
Tieut. R. L. Stevenson of the Thirty-Eighth Division National Guard reported twenty nine automatic army pistols valued at 580 dollars stolen from the supply room at 518 N Pennsylvania St.
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Tieut
R. L. Stevenson
Thirty-Eighth Division
National Guard
Pennsylvania St
Carpenter killed in fall at Chamber of Commerce Building
Chester Worrell, 31, a carpenter for J. G. Karstedt Construction, died after falling from the eighth floor into a mortar shaft at 320 N. Meridian St. The bucket line operator blew a signal and released the bucket from the tenth floor. Worrell died of a crushed chest. Widow and one child survive.
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Chester Worrell
Lyons Ave
W. Washington St
New Chamber of Commerce
Meridian St
William A. Coeppers
Ray Bailey
E. Eleventh St
J. B. Sanford
W. McCarthy St
Worrell
A. B. Schwartz
Montcalm St
R. E. Carlson
East St
Motorpolice Chitwood and
Maas
J. G. Karstedt Construction Company
Lemcke
Mitchell case on final lap in court martial
The Mitchell court martial enters likely its last week as the prosecution resumes rebuttal. Three naval officers will testify to complete the Navy denial of charges while Army general staff and air service officers prepare to refute allegations of air service maladministration by the high command.
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United Presse
Washington
Mitchell
Navy
Army General Staff
Air Service
High Command
Cash for Liberty May Cost Life
Pendleton Indiana December reports hospital physicians at the Indiana State Reformatory fear Oscar Boyce twenty may pay with his life for a few hours of freedom. Boyce escaped Saturday and was returned with both feet frozen and exposure after dropping into a pond to elude guards. He walked miles with frozen clothing and spent the night in a barn before being found. Boyce was sentenced from Floyd County.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
Oscar Boyce
Boyce
Floyd County
Grand jury ordered to probe Marion County jail
Judge James A. Collins ordered the county grand jury to investigate jail conditions. He said overcrowding and delays exceed legal limits, with federal prisoners seemingly kept beyond thirty days. The jail, built for 150, now houses 192 inmates with 32 women and 350 capacity. prior inspection noted 242 men and 16 women. He urged recommendations to county commissioners if warranted.
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James A. Collins
Grand Jury
Marion County
Indiana
Marin
Collins
Paticular
Hawkins
State Board of Charities
City Installs 45 New Officers Haltingly Expanded Police Force
City announces forty five new men and two new women join the police ranks under Mayor Shank and the safety board. Ninety day probation begins for all hires, with district patrols assigned under even senior supervision. One officer, James Rights, suspended for alleged drunkenness. Budget constraints may force a new funding plan if the hires stay.
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Shank
Board of Safety
Duvall
James Rights
Broadway
Counterfeiting charge bound over in federal hearing
Florence Burke and Clarence L. Tuck of Detroit were bound over to the Federal grand jury on $1,500 bonds each after a Greenfield Indiana arrest. They were charged with counterfeiting after a Secret Service operation failed to capture them in Terre Haute where they allegedly passed $1 silver certificates raised to ten dollars.
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Florence Burke
Clarence L. Tuck
Detroit
Federal Grand Jury
United States Commission
John W. Kern
Greenfield
Ind
Secret Service
Terror Haute
Judge halts Beech Grove board in bus line dispute
Judge T J Moll of the Superior Court Five issued a restraining order blocking Beech Grove town board from arresting South Side Motor Coach drivers for discharging passengers on streets used by Beech Grove Traction Company. The board adopted an ordinance Sept 22 prohibiting pickups and drop offs on those streets. hearing for a permanent injunction set for Tuesday or Wednesday. A similar order previously was challenged but the public service commission ruled the ordinance legal.
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T. J. Moll
Superior Court Five
Beech Grove Town Board
South Side Motor Coach Company
Beech Grove Traction Company
Moll
Public Service Commission
Milk Driver Hurt In City Crash
Roy Stum aged 19 of 2627 Olney Street, a milk wagon driver, was injured when his wagon was struck at Fourteenth and Bellefontaine Streets by a car that failed to stop.
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Roy Stum
Olney St
Bellefontaine Sts
Evans Woollen Enters Senate Race
Evans Woollen announces candidacy for Democratic nomination in the upcoming primary seeking a short term Senate seat. He aims to win the party's nomination to challenge the incumbent in a tightly contested race.
Woollen enters race for Democratic U S Senate nomination
Evans Woollen president of Fletcher Savings and Trust announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to succeed Senator Arthur R. Robinson in the Indiana primary next May. He is the first to announce and declines to canvass while pledging full effort if nominated.
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Evans Woollen
U. S
Arthur R. Robinson
Fuel
Evans
Woollen
Charles J. Orbison
Indiana
L. Ert Slack
United States
Indianapolis
J. B. Frederick
Dan Simms
James E. Watson
Samuel M. Ralston
Robinson
Reserve Board
Wilson
American Bankes’ Association
Trust Company
Association
American National Bank
Fletcher American National Bank
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
William Watson Woollen
Yale University
Yale
Wabash Natural Gas Company
Indianapolis Sentinel
John T. Dye
Big Four Railroad
Indianapolis Commercial Club
Nancy
Conrad Baker
Evans Woollen Jr
Burglars Take Auto Loot From Local Supply Store
Burglars stole 1680 spark plugs and other auto accessories worth 1862 from United Auto Supply Company at 2388 Meridian Street basement. Manager C. E. Dunham reported the theft. Week-end robberies totaled 800. Attendant Henry Diener was hospitalized after a black-jacking at a gas station on La Salle and Michigan. Bandits linked to prior holdups shot their way from a Maple Road attack, may be the same men who hit Hall Brothers and Haag Drug Stores stealing 96.61 and 10 dollars. One bandit wore a Captain Kidd eye bandage.
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United Auto Supply Company
Meridian St
Maple Rd
Fall Creek Blvd
Hall Brothers
Haag Drug Store
Twenty-Second
Meridian Sts
Captain Kidd
Lawyer Hails City Manager Plan as Better Form
Attorney Edward Snethen told the Indianapolis Jewish Federation Women that the city manager system offers a single directing head who can serve beyond four years if effective. He warned inefficiency allows removal at any time and urged citizens to participate in electing directors of the city corporate body.
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Edward
Snethen
Indianapolis Jewish Federation
Delaware
Tenth Ste
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