Auto Theft Crackdown Targets Hiding Grounds Near Indianapolis
Detectives report three auto stripping locations near Eagle Creek Reymond Street on the Speedway Road and south of Irving. Fifteen cases set for trial Tuesday as authorities pledge tougher sentences to curb car theft.
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Indianapolis
Claude M. Worley
James A. Collins
John L. Niblack
Worley
Eagle Creek
Reymond St
Fount H. Brown
Armacost Auto Company
Prohibition Enforcement Army Exceeds 15000 Staff
United Press reports that Ameli a s active prohibition enforcement army and dry navy now total over 15000 employees. The Treasury notes 4527 federal personnel and 4193 Coast Guard personnel plus immigration inspectors, customs officials, and other officers cooperating with the dry organization. Connecticut and eastern New York lead with 605 agents, followed by Illinois Indiana and eastern Wisconsin with 811.
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United Press
Washington
Amelia
Prohibition
Treasury
Federal Prohibition Unit
Coast Guard
Connecticut
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Foland Named Indiana Customs Collector Choice
George Foland of Crown Point Indiana Republican chairman of the Tenth district was recommended to President Coolidge for customs collector of the Indiana district. He benefited from Lake County voters reelecting Senator James E Watson and was cleared on residency questions before confirmation.
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Times
Washington Bureau
New Avenue
Washington
George Foland
Crovgn Point
Ind
Rescue at Francisco Mine No 2 after fatal blast near Princeton
Rescue workers pull the body of George Black from Francisco Mine No 2 after a Thursday explosion. Black, a fire boss, reportedly lit a match seeking a lost watch and may have started the fire. Miners descended to the 300 foot level when the blast occurred. surface crowds gather as crews and aid stations respond.
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Francisco
Princeton
George Black
Black
Rucker to Appeal Merger Case to Supreme Court
Indianapolis City Attorney Alvah J. Rucker announced plans to seek a State Supreme Court ruling to halt a merger between two utility firms. He appealed after Circuit Court Judge Harry O. Chamberlin ruled there was no jurisdiction to grant an injunction. The city council plans an ordinance to appropriate 10 000 to 15 000 for legal aid to support the effort.
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Indianapolis
Ight
Alvah J. Rucker
State Supreme Court
Rucker
Circuit Court
Harry O. Chamberlin
Boynton J. Moore
Moore
Chamberlain
Indiana Postmaster Nominees Submitted
Nominations submitted by President Coolidge to the Senate include Indiana postmasters for Corydon Robert E. Black Madison Harry H. Cope Monticello Ben Price Jr Rockyill Charles A. Thompson Summitville Charles R Jones Westfield John C. Hinshaw Williamsport Joesph H. Lewia.
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United Preas
Washington
Cooldge
Senate
Indiana
Corydon
Robert E. Black
Madison
Harry H. Cope
Monticello
Ben Price, Jr
Rockyill
Charles A. Thompson
Summitville
Charles R Jones
Westfield
John C. Hinshaw
Williamsport
Joesph H. Lewia
That's not Fred my brother says rescue worker in mine blast
Princeton Indiana December 10 Times Special John James, a rescue worker, identifies burned bodies after a mine explosion. He believes three of his brothers were among the trapped. He learns William is killed, Jesse is seriously burned, and Fred is dead. A body identified as Fred is recovered, while Clifford Beal is named. Joe Gordon's life is saved by a check tag during elevator scouting.
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Times Special
Princeton
Ind
Fred
John James
John
William
Jesse
Clifford Beal
Joe Gordon
William Cassiday
James Gates
Fred James
Claude Stone
Oakland City
Vick Hulet
Frank Helsley
Francisco
John Comskell
John Ireland
Everett Sadler
Roy Shaw
J. H. Creech
Earl Gates
Ollie Roll
Evansville
S. J. Roll
Ollie
W. P. Ratliff
Ledford King
Arvil Slater
Walter Thomas
Claude Wright
Emery West
One Killed in Indiana Blast at Signal Company Plant
An explosion in the powder room of Central Signal Company in Hammond Indiana killed John Frank and seriously injured Teresa Heineke and Isetta Starkey. The blast injured ten women and two men with burns and cuts from flying glass. Windows shattered within a quarter mile. damage value not yet estimated.
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Puisd Iena Ind
John Frank
Teresa Heineke
Hammond
Isetta Starkey
Hessville
Central Signal Company
Gary
Probe of Vanderbilt Marlborough Marriage Annulment
The Federal Council of Churches will investigate the annulment of Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough. The interdenominational body adopted a resolution for a searching study of the entire issue.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Federal Council of Churches
United States
Funeral Rites Today for Senator McKinley
Funeral services for United States Senator William B. McKinley, who died in a Martinsville Indiana sanitarium, will be held in Champaign. The ceremony will be unpretentious as requested and take place at the church where his father preached sixty nine years ago. Attending will be U S Senators, representatives, state politicians, and friends. Twelve lifelong friends from the Illinois Traction Company, where he was principal stockholder, act as pallbearers. Burial will be in Mount Hope.
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United Press
Champaign
United States
William B. McKinley
Martinsville
Ind
Illinois Traction Company
McKinley
Mount Hope
Senate Leaders Move to Bar Incoming Senators
Washington December 10 Republican Senate leaders seek to sidetrack two Dill resolutions aimed at barring Senators elect Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois. Curtis plans to send the cases to the Judiciary Committee for an indefinite sojourn and considers pressing Smith to decline the unexpired term.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Curtis
Vare
Pennsylvania
Smith
Ilinois
Judiciary Committee
Allen 8
Moore
Illinois
McKinley
Olson Suspect Held by Georgia Officer
Alma Georgia dispatch reports Erdman Olson, sought for the murder of Clara Olson in Wisconsin, is believed held in Alma County Jail. A Wisconsin detective planned to identify a youth arrested last Monday who denies being Olson, claiming to be John Pittman of Baltimore. Pittman offers alibis placing him in Westchester New York at the murder time.
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United Press
Alma
Erdman Olson
Wisconsin
Clara Olson
Alma County
Olson
John Pittmes
Baltimore
Pittman
Westchester
N. Y
Mexicans Move Toward U S Gunboat Amid Tense Talks
United Press report from Washington notes Mexican ships carrying arms toward Nicaragua head for Puerto Cabezas where the U S gunboat Tulsa awaits. Diaz seeks a munitions blockade as Mexico's rebels challenge the Diaz government with U S support.
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United Prear
Washington
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
United States
Tulsa
Mexico
Diaz
State Department
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Reed
Pennsylvania
America
Rufus C. Dawes
Dawes
Calles
Mexico City
United Press
Girl Wins $50,000 Love Suit Verdict
Miss Anne Caldwell a New York show girl won $50,000 in a federal court damages award against John W Hubbard a Pittsburgh shovel maker. The jury found Hubbard promised to marry Caldwell and breached the engagement without justification. The case began October 19 1925 and included breach of marriage contract and seduction claims.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Anne Caldwell
New York
John W. Hubbard
Count Ludwig Salm Offered 500000 to Stay Quiet
Rumor says Col. H. H. Rogers offers near $500,000 to Count Ludwig Salm in exchange for silence. If accepted, the Viennese noble would stay out of the United States, allow wife a separation, and relinquish custody rights to his 2 year old son Peter.
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Tinted Press
New York
Ludwig Salm
Col
H. H. Rogers
Rogers
Millicent
Count Salm
United States
Peter
New England Tops Savings Per Capita in 1926 Report
United Press reports to Congress that New England has the highest per capita savings with Maine and Massachusetts leading. Massachusetts $534.62 and Vermont $511.39. Indiana shows $76.99. Overall U.S. savings total $21,042,308,000 and per capita $164.16.
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United Press
Washington
New England
Coolidge
McIntosh
Congress
Massachusetts
Vermont
Cooldge
Middle Western
United States
Indiana
Fragmentary OCR Card of Unclear Content
Fragmentary OCR lines show random times and letters with no clear events names or actions. The readable items include numbers and initials, offering no coherent event or subject to summarize into a factual news item.
Five Die, Twenty-Eight Feared Dead in Indiana Mine Blast
The Francisco Coal Co mine near Princeton Indiana was sealed after a Thursday explosion. Seventy-one miners were inside. twenty-eight killed, seven rescued alive but one died in hospital. Rescue work halted as smoke filled the shaft. three missing believed dead. An official inquiry noted possible gas squeeze and spark ignition. 300 workers were underground when the blast occurred.
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Gerald P.eee
Preas
Corresmond
Princeton
Francisco
Methodist Hospital
8. J. Roll
Evansville
W. P. Ratcliffe
Walter Thomas
Claude Wright
Emery
Oakland City
Ollie Roll
Francisco Mining Company
State Mining Department
Federal Bureau of Mines
George Black
Indiana
Dawes and Chamberlain Win Nobel Peace Prize 1925
Oslo announced the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize to Vice President Charles G. Dawes of the United States and British foreign minister Austen Chamberlain. The prize, about $25,000, will be shared. The Dawes plan spurred Germany’s economic reorganization. Three other Americans Theodore Roosevelt Elihu Root and Woodrow Wilson had won previously.
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United Press
Oslo
Norway
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Austen Chamberlain
Dawes
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson
Elihu Root Wins Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award
Elihu Root former secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate receives the $25 000 Woodrow Wilson Foundation award for 1920 work on the World Court protocol. The presentation will be at a December 28 foundation dinner marking Woodrow Wilsons would be seventieth birthday.
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United Press
New York
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
World Court
Woodrow
Red Cross Appeals for Mine Disaster Fund in Indiana
William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross, talked with Governor Jackson by long distance about a state wide appeal for funds to aid Francisco mine blast victims. Eugene C. Foster urged the appeal, noting Sullivan 1925 conditions and that many victims are married with five to nine children. A $200 gift from Allen A Wilkinson started the fund.
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William Fortune
Indianapolis
The
American Red Cross
Jackson
Francisco
Ind
Evansville
Fortune
Eugene C. Foster
Home Service
Foster
Allen A. Wilkinson
Sullivan
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Lloyd Jenkins
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Wess Lewis
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J. H. Turner
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Edward Pancake
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Charles All
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