Detroit pair tied to Tuxedo Bank heist
Police detain a Detroit woman and man in the Tuxedo State Bank robbery on East New York Street. Ex detective Harry Webster says the woman confessed receiving 800 of the 8774.19 stolen, naming Leroy Young and an man known as Italian Joe as others. Extradition papers sought to return to Indianapolis. arrests followed tips from a local informant.
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Detroit
Mich
Tuxedo State Bank
New York St
Harry C. Webster
Webster Detective Agency
Marjorie Young
Callahan
Leroy C. Young
Joe
Young
Webster
Indianapolis
Wallace and
Michigan Sts
Miss Callahan
Jennie Palmer
Five indicted on auto banditry and burglary in Paducah case
Thelma Louise Clark of Paducah and Rudolph Fleenor with James Harrington of Louisville pleaded not guilty in Criminal Court to luring Alfred Voight from the Claypool Hotel on Nov. 28 and robbing him. Jack Holliday and Thomas Dranginis, charged with robbing an E Washington Street filling station for $35 on Oct. 25, also pleaded not guilty to auto banditry robbery and grand larceny.
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Thelma Louise Clark
Paducah
Rudolph Fleenor
James Harrington
Louisville
Alfred H. Voight
College Ave
Claypool
Riverside Park
Jack Holliday
Thomas Dranginis
E. Washington St
Girl Missing After Clothes Stolen From Home
Sparkle Milan, 15, of 429 East Pratt Street, has been missing since last Saturday. Her mother reports that a visitor or the girl herself took all the clothes while she was at work Monday. Two patients, Susan Talbott, 38, of Holton Indiana, and Rose Dunlap, 43, from Marion County, escaped from the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
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Sparkle Milan
E. Pratt St
Ethel Milan
Susan Talbott
Holton
Ind
Rose Dunlap
Marion County
Central Indiana Hospital For the
Tips to Young Mothers by Mrs Helen Wooley
Advice for young mothers from Mrs. Helen T Wooley of Merrill Palmer Detroit at the Indiana conference on Mental Health in Claypool. Suggestions urge child independence with self care tasks, fostering helpfulness, encouraging dramatic play, and avoiding discussing children in front of them.
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Helen T. Wooley
Merrill Palmer School
Detroit
Mich
Claypool
Bank Robbery Suspect Linked to Ford Car Escape
Detectives heard an informant describe a bank hold up plot involving Young and Italian Joe. She recalled meeting them the day before and guiding them to the Tuxedo Bank, while Young allegedly hurriedly left after theatergoers returned. Witnesses later saw a Ford coupe used by the robbers and money burned in a coal bin while the couple planned a Detroit trip.
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Pennsylvania
Washington Sts
Young
Joe
Webster
Detroit
McCray appoints four trustees to state institutions
Governor McCray announced four new trustees for Indiana institutions. Charles A. Greathouse, Democrat of Indianapolis, and Helen C. Benbridge, Republican of Terre Haute, receive four-year terms on the State Normal School at Terre Haute. Jess C. Andrew, Republican of West Point, is named for four years on the State Prison board. Henry E. Drier, Republican of Evansville, fills an unexpired one-year term on the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane board at Madison.
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McCray
Charles A. Greathouse
Indianapolis
Helen C. Benbridge
Terre Haute
State Normal School
Jess C. Andrew
West Point
State Prison
Henry E. Drier
Evansville
Joseph L. Bayard
Vincennes
Southern Indiana Hospital For the Insane
Madison
Fragmentary OCR Note Displays Timings and Codes
A jagged OCR extract shows times like 8 a m and 12 noon with numeric codes and abbreviations. The readable items include 6 By Wes and 8, 36, 50 figures, suggesting a schedule or ledger fragment. No clear event or identities emerge beyond isolated numbers and times.
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Wes
Mexican Rebel Troops Close In On Capital City
United Press reports Adolfo De La Huerta claims rebel forces enclose Mexico City with Cuantla captured south and Tlazcala Iguala and Santa Lucrecia seized. Puebla evacuated by federals as part of a pre arranged plan. Obregonistas predict a decisive attack and swift end to rebels under presidential direction.
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Capital
United Press
Vera Cruz
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico City
Guadaloupe Sanchez
Cuantla
Capitol
Tlazcala
de la
Puebla
Obregonista
Careless Driving Toll Hits Marion County Fatalities
A Marion County record shows 5 042 deaths this year with auto accidents killing 92 people when including other traffic deaths. Sixty killed since Jan 1 1923 and 13 of the 59 child victims were under twelve. Officials and groups push campaigns yet speeding and jaywalking persist. Mothers fear sending children to school.
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Marion County
Christmas Dinner for Civil War Veterans at G A R Hall
Twenty Maj Robert Anderson Post veterans gathered at the G A R Hall for a Christmas dinner hosted by the Woman's Relief Corps. James M. Hoover gave the invocation, with ball, Negley, Morford, and Mrs. Elizabeth South speaking. Edith Blume heads the W R C Post and each veteran received a gift.
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Maj
Robert Anderson Post
G.A. R
G. A. R. Hall
Maryland St
Woman's Relief Corps
James M. Hoover
Sixteenth St
Virginia
Albert J. Ball
Indiana
Harry E. Negley
Sons of Veterans
John 8. Morford
Two Children Die in Kerosene Fire Accident
In Moberly Missouri on December 18 a 10 year old girl Alice Pitsford and 4 year old Hilbert Lee Smith died when kerosene used to rekindle a fire spilled on them as their parents were at a religious service. The house burned down. Nearby Huntsville saw Mrs Estal Warris fatally burned last week after pouring gasoline on a fire.
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United Preas Moberly
Alice Pitsford
Hilbert Lee Smith
Estal Warris
Huntsville
Here
City issues 208 building permits for week ending Dec 15
Building inspector reports 208 permits issued for the week ending December 15 with construction valued at 261,417 dollars and city fees totaling 572.35 dollars.
Sewage Interceptor Plan Blocked by Technicalities
Sanitary board meeting halted discussion on a resolution to build interceptors along Fall Creek and Pleasant Run for the city sewage system. A proposed expenditure of 560000 dollars was put forward by Charles Hurd, the board’s consulting engineer.
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Fall Creek
Pleasant Runt
Sanitary Board
Charles Hurd
Chasing Haislip Ends With Capture by Patrolman
A film style chase in downtown ended with Francis Haislip of Columbus Indiana captured by Patrolman Pat Fhey after a running pursuit from Gabriel Calver Shop to Illinois and Ohio Streets. Haislip faced imprisonment following a counterfeit check incident involving a $20 trousers pressing payment.
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Illinois and
Ohio
Francis Haislip
Columbus
Ind
Gabriel Calver
Indiana Ave
Calver
Hatslip
Illinois
Palms Theater
M Haislip
Pat Fhey
Haislip
City Prison
Carollers to Sing at Statehouse Rotunda
Capital Sixty four Manual Training High School carolers under director H E Winslow accept Governor McCray's invitation for a Christmas song service in the Statehouse rotunda next Friday.
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Capital
McCray
Statehouse
H. E. Winslow
Wheat Coops Urged By Sapiro To Stabilize Prices
Aaron Sapiro denounces Board of Trade manipulation of the world wheat market in Chicago Liverpool and Winnipeg. He urges about 200 Indiana growers at Severin to form a cooperative marketing group to regulate supply and stabilize prices. Contracts were distributed and a campaign to recruit farmers to reach forty percent of Indiana production was outlined.
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Indiana
Board of Trade
Chicago
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Aaron Sapiro
Severin
Sapiro
Children 10 Get Candy and Fruit at Fire Stations
Twenty thousand Indianapolis children will receive candy and fruit at thirty two fire houses Saturday evening. City officials note the event continues Mayor Jewett's Christmas tradition, with firemen adding to the candy and decorations. Mayor Shank plans to visit as many stations as possible, and each sack carries a "Merry Christmas, Me and Sarah" card. Plans for Caleb Mills hall production The Bird's Christmas Carol progress with no admission.
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Indianapolis
W. T. Bailey
Jewett
Shank
Sarah
Caleb Mills Hall
City Park Board
G. Carleton Guy
City Dramatic Activities
Bandit shoots Rushville councilman to death
Rushville Ind December 18 Luther C Sharp councilman died from a bullet wound after a bandit attempted a hold up at his meat market. The shooting occurred December 8 as he counted receipts. Sharp, a Rush County native, leaves a widow two daughters and a son.
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Times Special
Rushville
Ind
Luther C. Sharp
Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Rush County
Greece may become a republic this week in upheaval
A Athens dispatch reports King George of Greece may depart the country after a military committee demanded his exit and government officials arranged for him to leave by Wednesday aboard the yacht Narcis Bus to Constantia. The king resisted at the summer palace. Col. Plastiras, head of the military government, brokered the arrangement.
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United Press
Paris
Athens
Fournier
George
Greece
Tatotou
Col. Plastiras
Constantia
Policewoman's Trial: Mrs Hettie Brewer Charged With Absence
The board of safety took the case of colored policewoman Mrs Hettie Brewer under advisement after hearing evidence in her trial for absence without leave and neglect of duty. Carl Kloepper, a repair department chauffeur, was reduced to fireman at his own request. Brewer claimed she was performing special Traffic Captain Michael Glenn duties and had reported regularly as required by police rules.
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Hettie Brewer
Board of Safety
Carl Kloepper
Death penalty sought for Shaw in murder case jury trial
The State will seek the death penalty from a Criminal Court jury for John Thomas Shaw 24 colored of 1418 E Maryland St on a murder charge. A motion to continue was overruled. Shaw’s attorneys claim public sentiment hinders a fair trial. Prosecution plans to press circumstantial evidence including a watch ring and a sighting near the body. Trial could hinge on alibi and the standard beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Criminal Court
John Thomas Shaw
Maryland St
William H. Remy
Shaw
James A. Collins
W.H. Henry
Joseph E. Brown
Roy Gill
Remy
Three Die in $300,000 Capitol Hotel Fire
Houston, Dec. 18. Three bodies recovered from the Capitol Hotel ruins after a blaze that destroyed seven other buildings, totaling damage of 300000 dollars. Several people injured leaping from windows into nets. Policeman O C Friday and night clerk James Davis led rescues, with Davis badly burned. Mrs A F Anderson of Lakewood New York escaped with her baby.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Capitol Hotel
O. C. Friday
James Davis
Davis
A. F. Anderson
Lakewood
N. Y
Detectives Cite Confessions From Trio of Juvenile Suspects
Detectives Brickley and Finneran announced that detailed confessions expected from three boys aged 15 to 17 may clear up fifteen burglaries in the east section of the city over the past six months. The youths are held on $6,000 vagrancy bonds.
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Brickley
Finneran
Lieber salary boosted to six thousand by appropriation rider
Richard Lieber, director of the State department of conservation, will have his pay raised from 4000 to 6000 dollars per year under a late 1923 appropriation rider. The change removes governor approval and ties salary to the board or commission in charge. The commission voted unanimously last Saturday to grant the increase, effective January 1, with retroactive payment not approved.
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Richard Lieber
State Department of Conservation
Conservation Department
Friends of Lieber
Highway Department
Lieber
James P. Goodrich
Goodrich
Senate Leaders Admit Democrat Will Be Named
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge was notified that Senator Smith of South Carolina, a Democrat, would be elected chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Senator Watson of Indiana indicated Smith would win today, with Norris and Howell potentially breaking a deadlock. Johnson and Norbeck reportedly pivoted against the administration as voting continued. Moses doubted Howell would back Smith.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Watson
Indiana
White House
Norris
Howell
Nebraska
Couzens
Michigan
Mr. Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Norbeck
Moses
New Hampshire
No Responsibility Declared in Limited Wreck Verdict
Coroner Blood of Chautauqua County returns a verdict in the wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited at Forsythe crossing in Fredonia New York finding no one criminally responsible for nine deaths and numerous injuries. Recommendations urge immediate construction of a viaduct or subway.
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United Press
Give Him A Mark For Christmas In Useless Giving
A satirical note on the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving mocks Christmas gifts. A mark salesman suggests giving millions of marks as the latest quirky trend, with a store displaying the sign Give him marks for Christmas.
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Society For the Prevention of
Reinstatement delayed for Bedford and McGee
Circuit Judge H O Chamberlain ordered the reinstatement of Patrolman Harvey W Bedford delayed by the board of safety to December 26. The city legal department was directed to draft a petition for rehearing. Judge Chamberlin reportedly consented to the one week delay as Bedford and Lieut McGee attended. McGee’s dismissal was upheld.
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H. O. Chamberlain
Harvey W. Bedford
Board of Safety
City Legal Department
Chamberlin
Bedford
Lieut
McGee
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Tex
By Felix F. Bruner
Holtzman
John W. Holtzman
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
W. A. Guthrie
E. M. Wilson
Anderson
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Senator Watson
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