Stephenson Returns to Indianapolis Grand Jury
Indiana prison inmate D. C. Stephenson was moved to Indianapolis to face the Marion County grand jury for a third time in the political corruption inquiry. He was brought in under guard and questioned behind closed doors while Attorney Robert H. Moore also prepared to testify.
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D. C
Stephens
Alabama St
C. W. Craig
Walter Clark
Harvey Westfall
Albert Evans
Grand Jury
Stephenson
la Porte Superior Court
Robert H. Moore
Moore
Indiana
Michigan City
Indianapolis
L. G. Julian
Julian
Ambassador designate to Cuba arrives for policy talks
Noble Judah arrives from Chicago for a series of meetings with President Coolidge and State Department officials ahead of his post in Havana. The report also notes New York factory output reaches 5.324 billion dollars, Chicago and Philadelphia combined, with Detroit cited for comparison.
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Washington
Noble Judah
Cuba
Chicago
Coolidge
State Department
Havana
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Durant praise from Indianapolis leaders for Durant’s Story of Civilization
Civic and business leaders write The Times praising Will Durant and his Story of Civilization. They say Durant surpasses his earlier Story of Philosophy and that the daily epic installments will appear on The Times editorial page for reader convenience.
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Indianapolis
Times
Will Durant
Durant
Deny Insull Aided Smith Campaign Donation Report
The Chicago Tribune reported that a $40,000 campaign contribution, disclosed by Samuel Insull and not discussed before the Senate campaign expenditures committee, was not used in Frank L. Smith’s campaign. The funds went to George F. Harding and Charles R. Francis, with Insull previously confirming direct donations to Smith and other candidates.
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United Press
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Senate
Frank L. Smith
Chicago Tribune
Insull
Daniel J. Schuyler
The
George F. Harding
Thompson Republican
Charles R. Francis
Governor Small
Committee
Smith
Mrs Updike Freed After Traffic Signal Misunderstanding
Mrs Ralph E Updike wife of the Indianapolis Congressman was arraigned in police court for disobeying a traffic signal but was dismissed along with two other drivers. They claimed the officer signaled one direction while the others believed it applied to the opposite. Judge Hitt called it an honest mistake.
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Times
Washington, D. C
Ralph E. Updike
Indianapolis
Hitt
Educator to Speak at Public Columbia Club Meeting
The Indiana Council on International Relations announces a public talk by Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University. The address is Thursday night in the Columbia Club ballroom with no tickets required per council secretary Mrs. W S Lockhart.
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Indiana Council On International Relations
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Columbia Club
W. S. Lockhart
Council
Arkansas Flood Threat Warnings Issued
Flood warnings were issued for farmers in north and central Arkansas after torrential rains. Farmers moved livestock and belongings to higher ground as Arkansas and White Rivers threatened to rise. Bottom lands crops were reported under water.
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United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
White
Child Swallows Lye Injures Harveys At Bluff Ave Home
Harvey Dillon three drinks lye from a glass as his mother prepares washing. Doctors at city hospital report the child is not seriously hurt and is expected to recover fully.
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Harvey Dillon
Bluff Ave
City Hospital
Three School Veterans Dropped In Indianapolis Upheaval
The Indianapolis school board, backed by Ku Klux Klan aligned majority, abolished three assistant superintendents Flora Drake Joseph F Thornton and D T Weir effective June. Superintendent Charles F Miller gains power to set next year’s staffing. Albert F Walsman named temporary school business director succeeding Ure M Frazer.
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Charles F. Miller
Indianapolis Public Schools
Miller
Indianapolis
Flora Drake
Joseph F. Thornton
D. T. Weir
Albert F. Walsman
Center Township
Ure M. Frazer
Charles W. Kern
Frazer
Muncie Liquor Violations Probe Widens With Grand Jury
Federal grand jury investigates liquor violations and alleged official corruption in Muncie. Prohibition agents report over sixty residents arrested under Deputy Chief George Winkler.
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Grand Jury
Muncie
Federal Grand Jury
Prohibition
George Winkler
Cry
Looting at Silver Flash Station on Prospect and Spruce
Two young bandits held up the Silver Flash filling station at Prospect and Spruce Streets Tuesday night. They forced attendant John D. McClain aged 38 of 1712 Prospect Street to open the safe and escaped with 25 dollars.
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Prospect and
Spruce Sts
John D. McClain
Prospect St
Forged Mexico United States Papers Reported
Washington dispatch reports two new sets of forged documents related to U S Mexico relations may be disclosed by Senate investigators. The Reed committee will hear evidence on a document alleging four U S Senators were paid over 21 million by order of President Calles.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Dem
Hearst
Reed of Pennsylvania
Calles
William B. Ware
Pennsylvania
Reed of Missouri
Man Vanishes After Argument With Shotgun Reported
Mrs Allen Waters reports husband fled through the back door with a shotgun during a quarrel and threatened suicide. Police found an empty shell and no body. tracks indicate he walked away.
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Allen Waters
Ralston Ave
Remus trial near close as rebuttal testimony ends
In Cincinnati on December 14 United Press reports prosecutor Taft II says rebuttal testimony in the George Remus murder trial will be completed tonight. Ruth Remus testified further against her foster father and Imogene Remus’ sister claimed Remus was sane when he killed his wife.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Imogene
Charles P. Taft II
Ruth Remus
Imogene Remus
Walter K. Sibbald
Delay Coliseum Site Decision Pushed to January 10
The Coliseum board delayed selecting a site for the proposed complex until January 10 to allow Oren S. Hack, the new works board president, time to review proposals. President Edward Krause announced the postponement today as new leadership prepares to take office.
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Edward Krause
Coliseum Board
Oren S. Hack
New Works Board
Divorce Petition Alleges Police Abuse and Separation
Mrs. Mary Lacey of 304 South Cole Street files for divorce from Roy Ixey, former policeman, in Superior Court Two. She accuses him of threats with a revolver, beating with a blackjack, restraining her with handcuffs, and dragging her into the street during their marriage begun in July 1918 and separated in September.
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Mary Lacey
S. Cole St
Roy Ixey
Lacey
Indianapolis boys pay sewer assessment for mother
Bernard, 8, Laurence, 12, and Charles Broderick, 10, sons of a widow, paid a $150 city sewer assessment on their mother's home at 555 N Belleview Pl using their combined savings from their newspaper routes, presenting the receipt to Mrs. Freda Broderick as a cherished Christmas gift.
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Indianapolis
Bernard
Laurence
Charles Broderick
Freda Broderick
N. Bellevieu Pl
Grayson plans Dawn takeoff toward Copenhagen trans Atlantic
Mrs Frances W Graysons amphibian plane The Dawn prepared at Curtiss Field New York for a late afternoon takeoff to Harbor Grace Newfoundland the first leg of a long delayed flight to Copenhagen The start time to be decided after Grayson arrives The crew aims for a thirteen hour flight with light load due to soggy field en route Croydon England and Copenhagen are on the itinerary with Harbor Grace as first ocean leg stop.
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United Press
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Frances W. Grayson
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Copenhagen
Oscar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Wator
Croydon
England
Earthquakes Strain Cyprus Coast Camp Scene
The Daily Mail reports eighteen quakes struck southern Cyprus Tuesday morning. Citizens camp outside Nicosia. Limassol suffered damaged public and private buildings. schools closed and a state of disruption described by the Nicosia correspondent.
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United Press London
The
Daily Mail
Nicosia
Cyprus
Limassol
Rewmni Pie
Lindbergh Flight Delayed as Fogs Halt Mexican Welcome
Thousands wait in Mexico City for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh aboard the Spirit of St Louis as fog and unclear reports block confirmation of his southbound arrival. Escorts seen no sign. three unconfirmed sighting reports trace his likely path toward the capital.
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Spirit of St. Louis
United Press
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Valbuena Field
Washington
Calles
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh
Vaalbuena Field
Lindberrgh
Tampico
Valdez Mining Camp
Topila
Texas
Mexico
Brownsville
Matamoras
Corpus Christi
General Obregon
Ex-service men forfeit $1000 Christmas grant in Indiana
About 10 000 Indiana ex service members lose a $1 000 Christmas present by December 31 for not applying for adjusted service certificates. Apply today at the State Department American Legion Memorial Building 777 N Meridian St or your Legion post.
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Indiana
State Department
American Legion Memorial
Meridian St
Legion Post
Indiana Bell seeks 3 million stock issue with AT&T buy in
Indiana Bell requests authority from the public service commission to issue 3 million dollars of common capital stock to reimburse treasury for capital expenditures from February 1, 1923, to September 1, 1927. AT&T also seeks authority to purchase the stock. The company has 27 million of 30 million authorized stock issued to AT&T.
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Walsman
Indiana
The
Musical Arts Society of America
Center Township
William H. Evans
Amelia Harding
Otto Ray
Capital Paper Company
Independent Packing Company of Chicago
Central Ave
Robert
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
American Telegraph and Telephone
Bell Company
Shipping Outlook Seen Positive For Ninety Days In Ohio Valley
Railroad officers at the Ohio Valley Shippers advisory board annual meeting in Cincinnati report encouraging shipping prospects for the next ninety days. The gathering was attended by more than seventy five Indiana shippers and traffic officials. Freight and passenger equipment was reported in good condition.
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Ohio Valley Shippers’ Advisory Board
Indiana
Cincinnati
Ohio
Velma West in Custody as Fear of Suicide Grows
Velma West, 21, confessed killer of her husband Edward with a hammer, remains under strict guard in a Pattsville Ohio jail cell. Authorities fear she might attempt suicide as attorneys pursue habeas corpus to seek bail before Christmas.
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Paittsville
Ohio
Ward Rasmussen
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