Darrow Testifies In Remus Murder Trial In Cincinnati
Clarence Darrow testified that George Remus had a reputation for peace and quiet and defended Remus as a humane lawyer. Prosecutors pressed gunman Harry Truesdale about Remus plot details before the Eden Park shooting two days after Mrs Imogene Remus offered him money to kill Remus.
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Paul W. White
United Press
Cincinnati
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
George Remus
Darrow
Charles P. Taft, II
Harry Truesdale
Imogene Remus
Remus
Truesdale
Chester R. Brook
Charles H. Elston
Taft
Chicagoan
Chicago Bar Associa
New York
Added tax gut means deficit warned by Green
United Press reports a House Ways and Means committee bill analysis warning that tax cuts beyond the bill would widen the treasury deficit. Rep Green Iowa chairs the committee and cites a net cut of 235.5 million with limited offsetting revenue gains totaling 2.78 million.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Representative Green
Rep
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Mellon
Representative Garner
Texas
Boulder Dam
Railroads asked to add partitions in mixed livestock cars
The Producers' Livestock Association on Thursday filed with the Public Service Commission requesting railroads in Indiana provide partitions in cars carrying mixed livestock. The petition cites an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling and Commissioner McIntosh has convened a conference of railroad officials.
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Producers’ Livestock Association
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
McIntosh
Indiana Supreme Court Rules on Sims Amendment Dismissal Motion
The Indiana Supreme Court Wednesday ruled on a motion to dismiss the case filed by city manager leaders seeking to stop Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier from enjoining the 1927 Sims amendment to the city manager law from publication. Schortemeier had moved to drop the case noting the 1927 statutes including the amendment are already printed and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Supreme Court
Frederick BE. Schortemeier
Sims
Schortemeier
Indiana Senator Robinson Misses Smith Vote During Smith Case
Indiana Senator Arthur R. Robinson missed votes on three resolutions about Frank J. Smith in the Senate, while James E. Watson voted for Smith on all three. Robinson said he would oppose Smith on two oaths matters but would have supported the Deneen referral if present. He left a banquet at the New Willard late and arrived too late to vote on the last resolution.
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Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Frank J. Smith
Senate
James E. Watson
Smith
Robinson
Deneen
Illinois
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
J. A. Reed
Missouri
Sapp
New Willard Hotel
Arthur Sapp
Huntington
Ind
Rotary
Washington
Reed Committee
Smith and Ware
Reed
Watson
Small
New Jersey
Women’s League For Law Enforcement
Newark
Burns Agent Approached Kin of Juror Kidwell
Washington December 8 The U S Attorney disclosed that a Burns detective spoke with a relative of Edward Kidwell the juror nicknamed talkative in the Fall Sinclair trial The government presented the new evidence in the contempt hearing against F A Sinclair and associates while Sinclair himself plans to testify in his defense along with Day Clark and other Burns men
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Burns
Kidwell
U. S
United Press
Washington
Edward J. Kidwell
United States
Peyton Gordon
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Aid
Gordon
O Reilly
O'Reilly
Edward Kidioe
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Charles A. Douglas
Sheldon Clark
Martin Littleton
Teapot Home
Bandits brave cold stage three hold ups netting 235
Bandits escaped with 235 after three Wednesday night robberies. A lone gunman forced Kroger clerk William Kissell 18 into a back room while manager Kemp Galbraith 24 watched, taking 75 from the register. Four men in a large auto robbed Standard Oil attendant William E Leech 31 of 70 and later hit Shelby Street station attendant Harry Lawrence 32 of 1226 Linden Street for 90.
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William Kissell
Kroger
Indiana Ave
Kemp Galbraith
William E. Leech
Thirty-Fifth St
Standard Oil Company
Meridian and
Thirtieth Sts
Shelby St
Pleasant Run Blvd
Harry Lawrence
Linden St
Man Charged After Dual Accidents In Storm
J Allen Thorn, 26, of 2826 W Washington St faces two counts of assault and battery and a charge of failing to have a tail light after two accidents during Wednesday night’s storm. Roy James, 128 Senate Ave, testified his car collided with Thorn’s truck in the 1200 block of Indiana Ave, injuring Fred Maas, 834 E Maryland St, who was taken to city hospital with a fractured arm and severe cuts. Thorn later struck Lafe Smoyer, 118 N Belmont Ave, at Belmont and Ohio Sts, injuring him seriously. Thorn claimed poor visibility and Smoyer’s movement forced him off the road onto a sidewalk and into a tree. Police charged Thorn with assault and battery again.
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J. Allen Thorn
Washington St
Fred Maas
Maryland St
City Hospital
Roy James
Senate Ave
Thorn
Indiana Ave
James
Lafe Smoyer
Belmont Ave
Belmont and
Ohio Sts
Smoyer
Rites for Mrs. Angelina Kern Held in Indianapolis
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Angelina A. Kern 91 of Indianapolis at 10 a.m. Thursday. She died Tuesday at her daughter’s home Mrs. Lela Richmann 26 S Arlington Ave. Surviving are her son Adelma W Kern and two daughters Mrs Katherine Seldomriddle and Mrs Richmann. Burial in Beechwood Cemetery Muricie Indiana.
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Angelina A. Kern
Lela C. Richmann
S. Arlington Ave
Kern
Fayette County
Ohio
Franklin County
William I. Kern
Red Key
Ind
James Allegre
Delaware County
Albany
Muncie
Indianapolis
Richmann
Adelma W. Kern
Mesa Grande
Cal
Katherine Seldomriddle
Pasadena
Beechwood Cemetery
Muricie, Ind
What to Do Heads Indiana Republicans in Turbulent Time
Indiana Republican leaders debated overhaul versus patching the party as state chairman Clyde Wald plans resignation to devote himself to business. National committeeman Joseph B. Kealing’s death and internal battles over likely successors including Bert Thurman and James Goodrich’s faction dominated discussions ahead of May reorganizations and March primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
T. Guy Perfect
Indianapolis Times
Walb
National Committee
Dorothy Cunningham
State Committee
Frank Ball
Muncie
Ewing Emison
Vincennes
Forgotten deposit grows to two thousand three hundred three
In Nashua New Hampshire twenty years after a Bristol County Savings Bank deposit by Mrs Emily F Barnes a required ad led her daughter to claim the funds now totaling 2303 dollars.
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Nashua
N. H
Emily F. Barnes
Bristol County Savings Bank
New Microbe found in French Guinea by Dr Wilbert
A spiral bacillus detected by Dr Wilbert at the Pasteur Institute in Kandia French Guinea causes a contagious disease like yellow fever. The disease was contracted by Dr Wilbert but he recovered.
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Paris
Wilbert
Pasteur Institute
Kandia
French Guinea
Air clerkship sought in aviation future
Olathe Kansas December 8 W O Tuchfarber a railway mail clerk for twenty two years has applied for air mail clerk status when air mail becomes common on routes postal officials say the day is likely a year or two away.
Tribute paid to J B Kealing death prompts national mourning
President Coolidge and national leaders expressed sorrow over the death of Joseph B Kealing Indiana national committeeman. Funeral services were set for 2 30 p m at his residence with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Public memorials and tributes followed from vice president Dawes cabinet members and lawmakers.
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Coolidge
Republican Party
Joseph B. Kealing
Indiana
Alabama St
M. J. Spencer
Washington St
A. E. Renn
First Lish Lutheran Church
Kealing
Crown Hill Cemetery
Dawes
National Committee
Mr. Kealing
Washington
Capitol
Gary Girl From Mill Town Debuts in Carmen
Kathryn Witwer, 24, daughter of a former Gary steel mill worker, will debut as Micaela in Carmen at Chicago on Friday with Mary Garden starring. A graduate of Emerson High School, she pursued singing after a chance recommendation by Richard DeYoung and won a National Federation of Music Clubs contest before joining the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Her father Samuel Witwer is a steel mill superintendent in Cumberland, Maryland.
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Gary
Ind
Kathryn Witwer
Chicago
Micaela
Mary Garden
Miss Witwer
Emerson High School
Richard DeYoung
Samuel W. Witwer
Cumberland
H. C. Witwer
Wolheim Seeks Nose Change Amid Contract Scrutiny
Actor Wolheim plans facial surgery to tone his nose and broaden his acting roles, drawing opposition from his employer John Considine Jr who warned of court action. The story notes his film work in Two Arabian Knights and What Price Glory and mentions local events including Eastern Star and a dance recital by Ruth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wolheim
Hairy Ape
John W. Considine, Jr
Wolheim
John Considine, Jr
Considine
Howard Hughes
Loan abuse disputed in Municipal Court case
Eric V. Lindbloom of 1116 N Capitol Ave. faces suit by L. Verne Walker of the Washington Loan Co. for $35 principal and $25 attorney fees after a saga of loans and relending starting May 1926. Lindbloom claims improper charges and seeks judgment, while the arcade and Washington loan operations are connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric V. Lindbloom
N. Capitol Ave
Lindbloom
Bernard Stroyman
L. Verne Walker
The
Washington Loan Co
Lilliendahl Death Jury In Deadlock
In Landing New Jersey the jury in the Lilliendahl murder case fails to reach a verdict after nearly seventeen hours of deliberation. The defendants Mrs Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach face possible retrial as rumors swirl about the deadlocked panel.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Lilliendahl
Luther A. Campbell
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
S. Cameron Hinkle
Father asks police to arrest son after car theft
In Portland Henry Schaffer Sr. pressures officers to arrest his son Henry Jr. 19 over a car taken without permission. The officer explains that arrest is not automatic and the exchange ends with a threat to arrest for an eye injury.
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United Press
Portland
Ore
B. M. Pharris
Henry Schaffer
Henry, Jr
Henry Sr
Kroger Stock Listing Planned by Kroger Company
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company says stock will be offered to the public and listed on the New York Stock Exchange after an option to a New York investment bankers firm is exercised by January 8. The deal may involve about 30 million dollars. William H. Albers becomes president. Kroger remains chairman with no change in management or policies.
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Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
New York Stock Exchange
New York
B. H. Kroger
William H. Albers
Kroger
Indian rights program outlined for Congress
In Mill Valley California on December 8 the Indian Defense Association and General Federation of Women's Clubs announced a six measure bill of rights for about 350 000 American Indians. John Collier secretary of the association described the plan and vowed a Washington winter push to erase what he called the nation s most disgraceful scandal since black slavery.
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Mill Valley
Cal
Congress
Indian Defense Association
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington
John Collier
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G. O. P. Heads
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