Senate inquiry opens on West for interior post
Washington Dec. 8 Congressional focus rests with the senate public lands committee as it starts an inquiry into Roy O West of Illinois for secretary of interior. West's past legal ties to power interests and Insull era activity prompt questions while the group signals a possible fight on confirmation. West likely to be called as first witness next week.
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Senate
Boulder Dam
Public Lands Committee
Roy O. West
Interior
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Illinois
Coolidge
House
Senatorial
West
Federal Water Commission
Walsh
Montana
Teapot Dome
Nye
Samuel Insull
Frank L. Smith
Ilinois
Smith
Illinois Republican Organization
Republican National Committee
Salt Creek Oiseases
Treasury and Post Office
Fifth members hear Detroit health official at chamber dinner
John F. Newton director of the bureau of laboratories department of health Detroit spoke to the Indianapolis branch of the Society of American Bacteriologists at their monthly dinner Friday evening at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Indianapolis
Society of American Bacteriologists
John F. Newton
Bureau of Laboratories
Department of Health
Detroit
Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Gives Up in Auto Theft Case
Frank Glenn pleaded guilty to two indictments and was sent back to county jail on a 25000 bond. Judge Baltzell warned of a seventeen year sentence and urged cooperation. Glenn, a coal dealer, surrendered to federal authorities and faced interviews in jail. He is the brother of M J Glenn, already sentenced in a related case. The indictments include a general conspiracy and a specific transport and sale of a stolen LaSalle sedan.
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Bulletin
Frank Glenn
Baltzell
Glenn
North
Jefferson Avenue
United States Marshal’s Office
Robert C. Baltzell
Minneapolis
Michael J. Glenn
M. J. Glenn
Edward Traugott
LaSalle
Harold J. Deutsch
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Louisville
Bandit Fails In Car Stickup By 15 Year Old
A 15 year old boy attempted to rob a Broad Ripple street car at Ohio and Pennsylvania but fled after the conductor shouted. Police later found him at 544 East Washington street with a 32 calibre pistol and a cheap revolver. He was sent to the city prison.
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Robert Whoberg
Sturm Avenue
Tenth Street
College Avenue
Ohio
Pennsylvania
James G. Smith
Stillwell Street
Smith
Pennsylvania Street
Clyde Mitchell
Highland Avenue
East Washington Street
Harry Schley
Otto Maas
Public service panel orders water company probe
The public service commission today ordered a thorough investigation into the Indianapolis Water Company's methods of complying with an order issued two years ago to motorize connections in homes.
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Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Water Company
Commission
Wheat King James Patten Stricken With Illness
James A. Patten once known as the wheat king is seriously ill at his Evanston home. He has been bedfast since November 30 and may face pneumonia. Patten, 76, earned his title through extensive Chicago Board of Trade trading.
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United Press
Evanston
Ill
James A. Patten
Patten
Board of Trade
Chicago
Flag drapes looted safe found near Muncie
Two hunters spotted a safe draped with an American flag near the Muncie city limits. The safe from a local filling station had been looted of $50. The ad note about a Chicago telephone rate appears in the clipping.
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Times
Muncie
Ind
Skip Stop Approved for East Washington Street Line
The Public Service Commission approved skip-stop service on East Washington Street to start after the first of the year. Indianapolis Street Railway must submit a plan within 30 days, with a 30 to 60 day trial to follow. The Karns proposal was rejected for impracticality. officials aim for a simpler, faster service.
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East Washington Street
Howell Ellis
Public Service Commission
Grant Karns
North Audubon Road
Irvington
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Ellis
Karns
Unusually Heavy Receipts Hit Hogs Saturday Market
Hogs declined slightly on unusually heavy Saturday receipts of 15 000. The bulk 160 to 300 pounds sold for 8 65 with holdovers 201. Cattle steady with limited selections. Vealers steady at 16 50 down. Lambs near steady with 12 to 15 25 bulk. Fat hogs steady Chicago receipts 5 000 with 8 75 to 8 80 on 190 to 240 weights. Sheep receipts 1 000.
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Chicago
Riots in Magdalena Leave 24 Dead in Colombia
Official tally reports 24 killed and over 200 injured across banana plantation protests in Magdalena. Fifteen strikers died in Sevilla clash between about 2,000 workers and 200 federal soldiers, with nine additional deaths in other confrontations.
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United Press
Bogota
Colombia
Department
Magdalena
Sevilla
Indiana Professor to Address Therenapals Traffic Club Dinner
Prof W A Rawles dean of Indiana University School of Commerce will speak at a dinner Thursday night for the Threnapals Traffic Club at the Columbia Club.
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W. A. Rawles
School of Commerce
Indiana University
Thdrenapals
Columbia Club
King George Too Weak for Operation and Restless Night
London dispatch reports King George endured a restless night with fever and enfeebled health. Physicians say his condition remained fragile though not improving, while Prince of Wales hurries to Cairo and Duke of Gloucester sails from Capetown as doctors weigh next steps.
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George
Keith Jones
United Press
London
Sir Stanley Hewett
Prince of Wales
Cairo
Egypt
Africa
Duke of Gloucester
Balmoral Castle
Capetown
South Africa
Buckingham Palace
Moslem Loyalty Demonstration Draws 10000 in Rangoon
A Rangoon dispatch to the Morning Post reports 10,000 people packed mosques and streets to pray for King George's recovery, with priests addressing the crowd in an unprecedented display of Muslim loyalty.
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United Press
London
Rangoon
India
Morning Post
George
Indiana Implement Dealers elect new officers at Claypool
E. E. Landis of Flora was elected president at the twelfth annual convention. W. C. Hunter of Versailles was named vice president, W. C. Scott of Milford secretary, and George P. Wagner H. L. Gaines and D. M. Bottoms named to the official board. Hourly temperatures listed 6 to 9 a.m. show 19 18 18 degrees.
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E. E. Landis
Flora
Indiana
Claypool
W. C. Hunter
Versailles
W. C. Scott
Milford
George P. Wagner
H. L. Gaines
D. M. Bottoms
Market Opens Amid Bear Bull Fight After Big Losses
United States stocks opened with renewed bears and bulls as losses exceeded 100 million in two days. Radio fell to a new low 361, down seven points, trimming market value by about 9 million and bringing three day loss over 57 million. Major movers included United States Steel up 7 percent to 153 on 4900 shares and General Motors up 1 percent on 5000 shares at 194.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
New York
Bears
Bulls
United States Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Sinclair
Victor
Sears Roebuck
Democrats to Meet on Legislative Program in Indiana
Twelve Democratic senators and twenty minority house members will meet with state chairman R Earl Peters at the Indiana Democratic Club for a luncheon. Peters says the group will craft a legislative program and act constructively as a minority party, not on partisan motives.
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Democratic Party
House of Representatives
R. Earl Peters
Indiana Democratic Club
Peters
Payroll Robbers Trapset in Store Gun Battle
Two bandits entered the F W Hohlt & Son dry goods store at 1239 Kentucky avenue to rob $6 000. An ambush by Lt Pope and Det Fletcher sparked a gunfight. Kittrell died inside, Price died at city hospital, Amos captured. Officers Hose and Ball among those wounded. seven bullets hit Price and six hit Kittrell.
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F. W. Hohit & Son Dry Goods
Kentucky Avenue
City Hospital
Carl Kittrell
East Georgia Street
Otto Price
Lloyd Amos
North
Ilinois Street
Marmon Motor Car Company
Roy Pope
Herbert Fletcher
Fletcher
Pope
Claude M. Worley
Charles Hodges
Worley
Kittrell
Whitson
Price
Hohlit
Archie Ball
William Rugenstein
Harry Irick
Arthur Fields
Pope and Fletcher
Irick
Fields
Smith & Wesson
West Indianapolis
Union Trust Company
Morris Street
Charles H. Keever
City
William A. Coeppers
Indiana State Prison
Indianapolis
Somerset
Paul Pulliam
Ft. Wayne Avenue
St. Clair Street
Dr. Doeppers
Man
New Trial Sought in Steinbrenner Rubber Conspiracy
Attorneys for three defendants in the Steinbrenner Rubber Company check kiting case filed motions for a new trial before Judge Robert C. Baltzell as sentences loom. Defendants Homer Federman, E Porter Ayres, and Newton W Cowgill face five to ten years and up to $10000 in fines. Edwin B Ayres and Walter W Bray were acquitted.
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Steinbrenner Rubber Company
Robert C. Baltzell
Homer Federman
Rubber Company
E. Porter Ayres
Huntington County State Bank
Newton W. Cowgill
First National Bank of
Huntington Bank
Walter W. Bray
Noblesville Bank
Public Service approves large power rate cuts in Indiana
The Indiana Michigan Electric Company will cut power rates by up to 30 percent for large customers in South Bend and Elkhart. Rural customers will be moved to city-rate schedules, extending the changes to Indiana and Michigan farmers. The commission denied Leonard C. McDaniel’s petition to operate a freight line between Indianapolis and Williamsport. Eight federal officers from South Bend and Indianapolis conducted raids on alleged liquor outlets in Fort Wayne, resulting in two arrests.
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Sou Bend
Elkhart
Public Service Commission
Indiana and Michigan Flectric Company
Calvin McIntosh
Indiana
Michigan
Leonard C. McDaniel
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
Williamsport
United Preas
FT. Wayne
Ind
South Bend
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Kellogg
Foreign Relations Committee
Bandit
James P. Tretton
Street Car Company
Illinois Street
Thirty-seventh Street
Union Depot
Aun
Dorothea Moore
University of Southern California
Ruler
Wales
Armoures
Bethlehom Pa Tees
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Kennecott
Mo Pacific
Montgom Ward
Ord
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Sresecs
Sears
Or Ood Ltda
Roebuck
Aware Warner
Studebaker
Union Carbide
White Motors
Willys-Overland Daisies Teers Bere M
Canadian Maudson Bay
Hohlt
William F. Hohlt
James D. Whitson
East Morris Street
Auto
Hodges
Graham-Paige
Amos
Sergeant Hodges
Sergi
John Moorman
Charles Reardon
Glenn Macy
George Hubbard
Emmett Englebright
North Illinois Street
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