Gun woman's husband held for grillings and death probe
Wilbur Heldman of Lorain a furnace salesman is jailed in Canton pending investigation into the death of his wife Margaret the so called phantom gun woman who allegedly killed Vernard Fearn and then apparently took her own life Family and relatives question the suicide claim and demand a full probe Horner her brother and family say she had no reason to die and Heldman sought divorce after the Fearn killing and letter admission surfaced.
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United Press
Canton
Wilbur Heldman
Lorain
Margaret
Vernard Fearn
Waco
T. C. McQuate
Heldman
Fearn
McQuate
Gibson
Joseph Horner
Dubois
Matthew
Horners
Horner
Rush Christmas Mail to Far North Posts
Santa Claus appealed to the post office for help as the mail steamer Starr’s disablement threatened delivery. Mail and food will be delivered to Unalaska and the Aleutian Islands to aid his frozen northland children.
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United Press
Washington
Santa Claus
Post Office Department
Starr
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
Hold Yuletide Cards At Post Office For Friday Delivery
A stack near 10 000 Christmas greeting cards are held at the post office for delivery to Indianapolis homes next Friday. Senders who followed mail early guidance are assured timely arrival. Postmaster Robert H Bryson said cards marked hold for Christmas delivery will be delivered Friday.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Air Pioneer Honored By Senate For Wright Greeting
Orville Wright, pioneer of the airplane, was received by the senate today. A five minute adjournment was taken as members shook hands and chatted with him. A bill passed Friday awarded Wright and his deceased brother Wilbur a Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Senate
Wright
Wilbur
Broun on Bigamy in Heywood Broun's Times Column
The Times features Heywood Broun's editorial on the subject of bigamy. Broun writes in his characteristic style to entertain and provoke readers with daily thrills. An advertisement promotes Detroit telephone rates, inviting renewals and out-of-town connections.
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Heywood Broun
Detroit
Churches Rally Behind Kellogg Pact Peace Drive
The Indianapolis Times reports a nationwide anti-war treaty campaign led by Scripps-Howard papers aimed to push the Kellogg Pact through the senate by Christmas. The effort centers on Indianapolis churches with pulpits, ballots distributed after worship, and heavy letter support from readers and women’s clubs. An aerial demonstration planned for Saturday noon was postponed due to weather and may be rescheduled next week.
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the Times
Scripps-Howard
Senate
Indianapolis
Nation
Times
Scripps- Howard
Uled
Air
New Physicians Called to Help King George
Two new doctors joined the king’s medical team at Buckingham Palace, bringing total experts to ten in the effort to save King George's life. The king’s condition showed no material improvement. Prince George rushed from Bermuda to England aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria after a brief rest in New York.
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Keith Jones
United Press
London
King George
William Hewett
Robert S. Wood
Buckingham Palace
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
King Edward the Seventh
Atlantic
New York
Prince George
Bermuda
England
Cunard
Berengaria
Peace Pact Hangs On Senate Delays And Resolutions
Washington reports say Kellogg peace treaty supporters face Senate obstruction and delaying tactics. Moses of New Hampshire fronts a clarifying resolution to nullify the pact as a Christmas deadline looms, while the big navy bloc pursues the fifteen cruiser bill and Boulder Dam legislation as leverage.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Times
Scripps- Howard
America
Moses
New Hampshire
United
White House
United States
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Boulder Dam
Gas Company Situation to Be Tackled in Parley
William H. Book of the Chamber of Commerce civic department directs a lunch meeting Tuesday with the legislative and civic affairs committees to study the Citizens Gas Company contract. Officials, including Mayor Slack and ex mayor Holtzman, will discuss enforcing the option on the gas property in a deal estimated at about 17 million dollars with the property valued near 20 million.
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William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce
Legislative and Civic Affairs Committee
Citizens Gas Company
William Fortune
James W. Noel
L. Ert Slack
John W. Holtzman
John W. Welch
Gas Company
Dick Miller
Chamber
Civic Affairs Committee
Public Service Commission
Coal dealer Glenn given 21 months and $1000 fine
Frank Glenn, a coal dealer, was sentenced by Judge Robert C. Baltzell to 21 months in Leavenworth federal prison and fined $1000 for participating in an interstate automobile theft conspiracy after pleading guilty last week. He fled upon indictment and faced additional punishment for fleeing.
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Frank Glenn
Leavenworth
Robert C. Baltzell
Glenn
Baltzell
Frank C. Riley
William J. Laffey
Harold Libowitz
Laffey
Libowitz
Traugott
la Salle
Laffe
Cleveland
Dickinson's Body Lies In State At Capitol
The body of Jacob M. Dickinson former secretary of war lay in state in the rotunda of the state capitol in Nashville. Funeral services were set for 3 p m after tributes in the statehouse. Dickinson a prominent figure in national legal circles died in Chicago Thursday. He served as war secretary under Taft and as assistant attorney general under Cleveland.
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United Press
Nashville
Tenn
Jacob M. Dickinson
State Capitol
Statehouse
Dickinson
Chicago
Taft
Cleveland
Four Found Guilty in Idaho Copper Corp Fraud Case
Four of five defendants were convicted in federal court on charges of conspiracy and use of the mails to defraud in the sale of Idaho Copper Corporation stock. Defendants George Graham Rice Walter K Yorkston The Wall Street Incoconlast Idaho Copper Corporation found guilty. Dr Walter Harvey Weed acquitted. Sentencing set for Friday.
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United Press
NEW York
George Graham Rice
Walter K. Yorkston
Wall Street Inconoclast, Inc
Idaho Copper Corporation
Walter Harvey Weed
Joseph Unger Held on 100000 Bail in Rothstein Narcotic Case
Joseph Unger, indicted in the Rothstein narcotic ring, arrived from Buffalo for questioning by federal authorities and was held on $100,000 bail for trial next Wednesday.
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United Press
NEW York
Joseph Unger
Buffalo
Mayor Urges Council Buy Site 8 For Airport
Mayor L Ert Slack urges city council to approve purchasing Site 8 for a municipal airport south of Ben Davis. A $675000 bond issue is planned to fund the purchase and improvements. Slack turned fourteen options on the 1000 acre tract to the council for approval.
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L. Ert Slack
City Council
Ben Davis
Slack
Council
McKinney Named President of Indianapolis Real Estate Board
E Kirk McKinney, manager of State Savings and Trust real estate, was elected president of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board at the annual directors meeting. Officers elected include Joseph J. Argus as vice president and Clemens A. Dahlman as secretary. Hilgenberg serves as treasurer with long-standing ties to Indianapolis real estate. George W. Klein, Glenn B. Ralston and Forest M. Knight were named three year appraisal committee members.
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E. Kirk McKinney
State Savings and Trust Company
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
McKinney
Joseph J. Argus
Clemens A. Dahlman
Noble C. Hilgenberg
Argus
American Estates Company
Cashman
Z. B. Hunt
Lemcke
Hilgenberg
Indianapolis
C. A. Hilgenberg & Son
George W. Klein
Glenn B. Ralston
Forest M Knight
Train passenger dies after gun attack near Washington Indiana
Lester L. Fraby died today after being shot on a freight train north of Washington on Wednesday. He claimed two men entered the car, robbed him, and shot him. Authorities have not found the assailants.
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United Press
Washington
Ind
Lester L. Fraby
Here
Fraby
Off the Backboard Begins in The Times Monday
The Times launches Off the Backboard, a daily basketball column by Norman E. Isaacs, assistant sports editor. It will follow high school, college, and independent hoops with breezy court updates as the season runs into March.
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Times
Norman E. Isaacs
Kidnapers Take Car From McDowell at Meridian Intersection
Robert E. McDowell an automobile salesman 33 reports two men abducted him at Meridian and Sixteenth tied him to a tree then drove off with two other men in a Hupmobile six The Baxter Automobile Company at 1142 North Meridian street owns the car McDowell was demonstrating.
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Robert E. McDowell
North la Salle Street
Meridian
Sixteenth Streets
Sixty-fourth Street
White River
McDowell
Baxter Automobile Company
North
Meridian Street
Heiress Lelia Kerr Ends Life in New York Hotel
Miss Lelia Kerr, 35, daughter of the late Walter Kerr and heir to his estate, killed herself in a New York hotel on Friday night. The death followed reports of loneliness and family troubles.
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United Press
NEW York
Lelia Kerr
Walter Kerr
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Frank Chance, Advertising Pioneer, Dies at 62
Frank S. Chance, head of the Frank S. Chance Advertising Agency, died at 8 45 a m at his home 4038 North Illinois Street apartment 201 Heart disease was listed as the cause He was 62 and had been ill seven weeks Born in Cincinnati he came to Indianapolis early and worked in printing and at the Indianapolis News before founding his agency in 1918 He led the Art Sign Company and helped establish the Indianapolis Advertising Club later serving as its president He held memberships in Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce Ancient Landmarks Lodge F A M Hoosier Athletic Club and All Souls Unitarian Church.
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Frank S. Chance
Kahn
North Illinois Street
Mr. Chance
Cincinnati
Chance
Indianapolis Advertising Club
Flanner and Buchanan
F. S. C. Wicks
Indianapolis
Chance and Matthews Printing Company
Chance, Ryan, Paramore Agency
Indianapolis News
Art Sign Company
Murphy Building
Kiwanis Club
Judge orders infant with insane mother in asylum case
Betty Ann Zalis two months old faces state asylum as Judge Thomas Lynch orders the baby remain with her mother Cathy Zalis who is found insane for smothering Cecelia, the second child. Chicago Junior League plans to seek custody or adoption to protect Betty Ann amid court fight.
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Hicago
Betty Ann Zalis
State Asylum For
Catherine Zalis
Cecelia
Etty Ann
Betty Ann
Lynch
Betty
Blast Wrecks Cereal Plant Injures Four at Knefler Bates
Four men were injured two critically when the Knefler Bates Manufacturing cereal plant at 165 Palmer Street was leveled by two dust explosions and fire. Loss estimated over 250000. Thomas Klein Herschel Cassidy Lindsey Hewett and Carl Jeffries hospitalized with burns. Plant four stories high with 300 feet length. insurance covers damage.
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Kneffler-Bates Manufacturing Company
Palmer Street
Herschel Cassiday
Thomas Klein
Knefler-Bates Manufacturing Company
City Hospital
Kennington Street
Herschel Cassidy
South
New Jersey Street
Lindsey Hewett
Church Street
Carl Jeffries
Charles Street
Ernest Knefler
Golden Hill
Times
Cassidy
Ruby
Robert
Marjorie
John
Armstrong
Carl Gent
Kleffer-Bates
Fragmentary OCR time stamps from 46 year diary page
A partial line shows multiple time stamps such as 6 a.m 8 a.m 9 a.m and 1 p.m with supplementary marks like 46 and noon. The fragment resembles a schedule or diary log listing times instead of full events.
Orchid Inspired Song At Indiana Theater By Charlie Davis Orchestra
Charlie Davis orchestra performs the hit Orchid at the Indiana theater this afternoon and tonight. The song, praised as among Davis best, is dedicated to the heroine of The Times serial Orchid. It has sold thousands of copies nationwide and is billed as the season's top seller by local music houses.
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Indiana
Charlie Davis
Times
Orchid
Davis
Charlie’s Boys
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RS. Zalis
Kittle Ia
Knefler-Bates Factory
Fred Kennedy
Herbert Fulmer
Wallace Fisk
Tom Frees
Kansas Street
Dave Thompson
Ringgold Street
Fred Cochran
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