Misbranding Prison Shirts Prompt Senate Debate
Senator Hawes charged Indiana officials took no action against misbranded prison shirts as he urged a bill to bar prison-made goods from interstate commerce. He cited Federal Trade Commission findings about Chicago producers falsely claiming Indiana ties and warned states like Ohio and Connecticut would be affected by such imports. Debate continued as Hawes warned of large prison-made goods flows, estimated at 40 to 50 million dollars yearly.
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Times Special
Washington
Indiana
Indiana State Penitentiary
Hawes
Missouri
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Commonwealth Shirt Company of
Chicago
Goff
West Virginia
Downie
Des Moines
American Eagle
Indiana Penitentiary
Fess
Ohio
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Hand of Fire Mystery Stuns Woman at West Thirteenth Street
Mrs. Katie Moss, a resident at 433 West Thirteenth Street, reported a burning hand appeared through a window in her home and scattered flaming papers onto a table, which she doused with minimal damage. Separately, Ben Bauman and his son William killed a fifty-pound wolf near Star City, marking their second winter wolf kill.
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Katie Moss
West Thirteenth Street
Moss
Hoosiers
Star City
Ind
Ben Bauman
William
Maude Wilson
Kansas City
W. H. Wilson
Dogs Rush Vaccine to Halt Alaska Smallpox Epidemic
A dog team with a large vaccine supply races from Anvik toward Holy Cross to curb a inland spreading smallpox outbreak. Amateur radio stations relayed the message from Anvik Post Master J. W. Chapman to Governor George A. Parks in Juneau. Half of Anvik’s vaccine was sent to Holy Cross, 50 miles away, with no apparent shortage at Anvik.
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United Press
Cordova
Alaska
Yukon
Holy Cross
Anvik
St. George Island
J. W. Chapman
George A. Parks
Juneau
Death Ranch case rests on bone list
A Riverside county chicken ranch owned by Gordon Stewart Northcott yielded small bones believed to be human remains. Testing by USC anatomists and the Los Angeles museum is planned, as the bones may become the key evidence against the alleged slayer of four boys. Northcott claims the bones are from animals.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Riverside County
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Museum
Northcott
Sing Sing prisoners stage show earns $7 thousand
Convict show at Sing Sing raised 7,023.77 dollars for the prison mutual welfare league, the Ossining newspaper reports. The performance by inmates demonstrated notable acting ability and community benefit.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Mutual Welfare League
Aerie Pushes Indiana Old Age Pension Bill
Indianapolis aerie No. 211 Fraternal Order of Eagles urged support for an Indiana old age pension bill in a Monday night communication from state secretary Ernest E. Cole Noblesville. Otto P. Deluse and Louis C. Schwartz are active in backing the bill to be introduced at the January 10 assembly session. Committees for the Christmas entertainment on December 29 were announced with chairmen for entertainment finance wheel reception music and dance commissary and free. Ford called a meeting of all committees for Friday night.
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Indiana
Indianapolis Aerie
Order of Eagles
Ernest E. Cole
Noblesville
General Assembly
Otto P. Deluse
State Old Age Pension Commission
Louis C. Schwartz
Commission
Teachers Tenure Law Declared Not Valid in Brazil
Judge T W Hutchinson ruled the 1927 Indiana teachers tenure law unconstitutional in Clay circuit court in a mandamus case brought by Miss Emma Ratliff against Trustee Lée Ringo of Dick Johnson township. Ratliff, employed fourteen years, claimed omission from the staff violated her rights. likely appeal to Indiana Supreme Court.
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T. W. Hutchinson
Brazil
United Press
Ind
Indiana
Clay
Emma Ratliff
Lée Ringo
Dick Johnson Township
Miss Ratliff
Ringo
Indiana Supreme Court
Senator Holmes Warns Over Grand Stand Fight in Indianapolis
Gary Senator C Oliver Holmes visiting the statehouse urged action on his mental health bill or he will oppose the state fair board’s $300,000 grand stand appropriation. He warned supporters of the grand stand to beware of seating on old boards if his plan fails.
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C. Oliver Holmes
Gary
Statehouse
Indianapolis
State Fair Board
Holmes
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