Government merger urged to ease friction between Marion County and Indianapolis
Smiley N Chambers urged uniting Marion County government and Indianapolis to end clashes between the city and county in a bid to reduce waste and costs. The conflict centered on flood prevention plans and a county suit to stop city work on the Morris Street bridge. The county also owns the New York Street bridge needing repairs.
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Smiley N. Chambers
Morris Street
Chambers
Marion County
Municipal Corporation
Indianapolis
John C. McCloskey
Works Board
A. H. Moore
Board of Works
New York Street
Bank Case Unsettled in $55,000 Check Suit at Wabash
A twenty hour jury deadlock in the Guardian National Bank of Chicago versus Huntington County Bank of Huntington leaves the $55,000 check collection case unresolved. The four checks were drawn by the Steinbrenner Rubber Company of Noblesville before receivership. Judge Switzer scheduled re presentation for January.
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Wabash
United Press
Nobiesville
Switzer
Hypnotism Found in Ancient Greek and Egyptian Practices
Golden Book magazine in its December issue cites excerpts from ancient manuscripts and inscriptions to show that the laying on of hands and dream cures in Greek and Egyptian temples were based on hypnotic influence, predating modern theories by centuries.
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United Press
New York
Golden Book
Edna St Vincent Millay Recites Verses in Terre Haute
About 400 people attended Edna St Vincent Millay at Tudor hall to hear the American poet read selections from multiple volumes including The Buck in the Snow. Millay traveled from Nashville by mail plane to Terre Haute with husband Eugen Boissevain, noting missing baggage.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
America
Tudor Hall
Miss Millay
Nashville
Tenn
Terre Haute
Eugen Boissevain
Coal Thief Gives Up After Chase in Martinsville
Cecil Rapp, charged with coal theft in Martinsville Indiana, admitted the charge, was fined ten dollars and sentenced to thirty days at the penal farm. He escaped briefly during transport but surrendered after tiring during a pursuit. He said he acted without clear reason, thinking of his family.
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Martinsville
United Press
Ind
Cecil Rapp
Rapp
Globe sailor in Rome American captain girdling earth
Captain Edward Miles of Memphis Tennessee arrived in Rome in his cutter Sturdy from Malta on a solo voyage around the globe. He left New York August 31 and plans to sail to the Red Sea via Greece next.
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Earth
United Press
Rome
Edward Miles
Memphis
Tenn
Malta
New York
Red Sea
Greece
Frontiers See Bolivian Paraguayan Troop Skirmishes
In Asuncion on December 7 La Razon reported serious clashes on the frontier yesterday between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops increasing tension along the border.
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Preen Asuncion
Paraguay
la Razon
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Pear
NTS Aoly
Indiana
Martha Washington
Walnut
Toytown
Kirk
Cogswell
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