Federal probe widens over state highway equipment sales
Federal grand jury to meet Jan 13 in Indianapolis to probe the state highway commission sale of war materials. U S Attorney Albert Ward says he has the information and will study it during holidays as Attorney General Harry Sargent urges action. Six indicted in Marion County for conspiracy to embezzle relate to disbursed war machinery and private sale profits.
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State Highway Commission
United States
Albert Ward
Highway Commission
Harry Sargent
Ward
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Indianapolis
Indiana
McNamara Appeals Supreme Court Conviction
Attorneys for John J. McNamara, a local iron workers union official convicted of conspiracy to commit blackmail, filed an appeal in the Supreme Court. He remains on bond pending the decision. If the conviction stands he faces one to five years in prison.
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John J. McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
Supreme Court
McNamara
Santa Claus Helpers keep needy families in touch
The Times Santa Claus department reports over sixty families connected with helpers to ensure a happy Christmas and no empty stockings. More families have been checked off the list since. The Santa Claus Editor notes continued progress toward December 25.
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Times Santa Claus
Health Board Wins Verdict Over Dr. King
Members of the State board of health won a court ruling that sustains their charges against Dr. William F. King secretary of the board. Circuit Judge E Dougan overruled a prior injunction and the case heads toward a board hearing in Hendricks County. Dr. King declined comment.
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State Board of Health
William F. King
E. Dougan
Danville
Dougan
Clinton H. Givan
Marion County
Dr. King
Hendricks County
King
Health Board
United States Census Bureau
Ruling Scheduled On Public Service Commissioners’ Salaries
Circuit Court heard arguments over a demurrer to a suit seeking to stop the State auditor from paying 6002 annually to Public Service Commissioners. Alvah J. Rucker argued the State finance committee could cut salaries to 5000 each as part of a broader employee payroll reduction. Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam countered that elected officials are not mere employees and the committee acted unconstitutionally.
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Harry ©. Chamberlin
Public Service Commissioners
Circuit
Alvah J. Rucker
Lowell H. Patterson
State Finance Committee
Jackson
Rucker
Chamberlin
Arthur L. Gilliam
Speeding Train Derails Near Altoona Injures Ten
A Pennsylvania railroad train on an eastbound run to New York left the rails one mile west of Altoona, ten people were taken to hospitals by relief train, including five passengers and the engineer and fireman. One passenger reportedly lost a leg.
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United Press
Altoona
Bennington
Pennsylvania
New York
Black Face Act Costs $300 in Carbon
In Carbon Indiana on December 19 a BIA black face act cost trapper Joseph Tedro $300 after two youths with burnt cork on their faces forced him to surrender money earned from pelts at his camp.
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All Times
Joseph Tedro
Here
Jewelry Thefts Hit Downtown Shops In Early Morning
Windows of two downtown jewelry stores were smashed and about 1200 dollars worth of jewelry taken using a padded brick. Evard Jewelry Company on Monument Place lost watches and other items totaling 900 dollars. Hamilton Jewelry Company on Meridian Street reported 384.50 dollars in watches stolen. A Western Union employee sighted a suspect, and a pearl necklace was later found on the street. Other robberies included a Safe at Standard Oil, gun thefts, bicycle robberies, and petty larcenies across several addresses.
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Evard
Western Union
White
Evans
Jerry Hollowell
Pennsylvania St
Hollowell
Curry Patterson
Northwestern Ave
Twenty-First
Standard Oil
Massachusetts Ave
North Sts
L. J. Husbands
E. Thirty-Sixth St
Florida
Martin Dobson
Central Ave
Lucille P. Witt
Brookside Ave
Hellen Wurtz
Fulton St
Ada Vestal
Highland Place
Anna McKinney
le Grande Ave
Mary Coleman
Madison Ave
Fall and Doheny Indictments Rejected Rehearing Denied
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals denied a rehearing for Albert B. Fall Edward L. Doheny and Edward L. Doheny Jr on bribery indictments. The court had earlier ruled the indictments valid reversing a lower court ruling.
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District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Ex minister indicted in oil swindle across clergymen
Federal grand jury indictment charges William E B Butledge former Baptist minister of Kirkwood Missouri with swindling about 2000 clergymen nationwide of 275000 through a fake oil project promoted via a magazine he edits. He allegedly used wildcat drilling schemes advertised to preachers.
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Rll
United Press
ST. Louis
William EB. Butledge
Kirkwood
Rutledge
Preachers
Hourly Temperatures Chart Fragment
Fragmentary hourly temperature readouts show a sequence with times and numbers. The readable items include 10 am values around 58 to 87 degrees and noon readings near 38 or 87, indicating a fluctuating pattern across the day.
Fire bug hunt under way in Indianapolis fires
State Fire Marshal Alfred Hogston reports a suspected arsonist linked to at least four fires in Indianapolis. Eleven recent blazes have been referred to the fire marshal, with six fires in vacant houses likely incendiary and multiple address trials detailing losses from $50 to $2,200.
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Indianapolis
Alfred Hogston
John J. O'Brien
Fourteenth St
Columbia Ave
E. Pratt St
Toledo St
S. Temple Ave
Illinois St
Ogden St
Minerva St
Bright St
Pleasant Run Blvd
Michigan St
Circle Pulls Boxcar to Dr ive Legion Campaign
Staid businessmen and veterans pulled a French boxcar around Monument Circle and downtown streets to promote the American Legion city wide drive for new members. Mayor Shank offered a noon concert on Monument Circle by the Police and Firemen Band to boost the effort. Bishop announced a 6 p m membership dinner at the YMCA and said many were enrolled today.
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American Legion
A. Bishop
Shank
Monument Circle
Lew Shank
Legion
Bishop
Death Claims Rich Convict in Kentucky
In Kentucky at Butte, Rector Johna, a 60 year old wealthy real estate dealer, died after release from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary three weeks earlier. Indicted in 1928 for alleged interstate motor act violations, he served ten months of an eighteen month sentence. His death ends a turbulent career with at least five confirmed killings and two bank robbery trials before federal prison time for involvement in an auto theft conspiracy.
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Butaat Ys
Rector Johna
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
John
Indianapolis
New Albany-Loulaville
Toledo executive Robert Theobald found dead in suicide
United Press report from Toledo states Robert Theobald vice president of the Toledo Scales Company was found with a bullet wound to the head. A verdict of death by own action was returned.
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United Presa
Toledo
Ohio
Robert Theobald
Toledo Scales Company
Prohibition Abolished Report Sparks European Reactions
Dispatches from Paris carried sensational headlines claiming the American Congress had abolished prohibition. The reports provoked jubilation and suggested a major setback for prohibition across Europe, though the accuracy of the claim remained uncertain.
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Sn United Presa
Ger Emans
Paris
Europe
Fire Wave Continues With 25 Alarms in 24 Hours
Fire headquarters report twenty-five alarms in the last twenty four hours. The heaviest loss came from a roof fire at the Indiana Auto Parts Company at 608 North Capitol Avenue causing fifty dollars of damage.
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Indiana Auto Parts Company
N. Capitol Ave
Wild driver is gaought by NBA
London dispatch reports George Brown, a deaf and mute driver, charged with drunken driving and dangerous operation. He allegedly drove without lights, swerved, and failed to stop when signalled, in a sensational case that may set a record for irresponsibility.
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NBA
London
George Brown
Brown
Bible Copied Entirely on One Paper Strip
Dr Ishizuka a Japanese missionary has copied the Bible on a single strip of paper about 110 inches long and 30 inches wide The Japanese text contains over a million characters and can be read only with a magnifying glass gloss
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NEA
Tokio
Deéec
Ishizuka
Forgotten schoolbook costs life in Winchester tragedy
In Winchester Indiana on Friday night a child named Mary Grow died after exiting a school hack to retrieve a forgotten book. The hack struck the building as she stepped out, crushing her. The incident occurred shortly after she had boarded the vehicle.
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Winchester
Ind
Little Mary
Fate saves children as train hits school bus
In Ligonier Indiana on December 19 the Twentieth Century Limited collided with a school bus at a track crossing. Driver Guy Albern, 38, was killed. no other fatalities reported as children escaped danger.
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Times
Ligonier
Ind
Guy Albern
Plane crashes near Zanesville injuring two officers
Sergt. Lawrence Stipe of Saginaw Michigan was hurt probably fatally and Lieut. James Hewings of Boston Massachusetts was seriously injured when their plane en route from Aberdeen Maryland to Dayton Ohio crashed five miles west of Zanesville. Stipe was reported with a broken back.
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United Preas
Zanesville
Ohio
Lawrence Stipe
Saginaw
Mich
James Hewings
Boston
Mass
Phillips Field
Aberdeen
McCook,field
Dayton
Stipe
Miners Entombed After Shaft Explosion in London
A shaft at Barinchinwood colliery in London is blocked by a fire and explosion. Four rescue teams work a mile away to reach trapped miners while thirty men escaped to safety after the blast.
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United Preas London
Barinchinwood Collery
Metal Turns Bullet as Badge Saves Grocer in Hold Up
Michael J. Bowers a 64 year old grocer at Twentieth and Olney Sts. says a metal badge below his heart saved him during a late Friday hold up by two bandits. He fired six times injuring one and narrowly escaped. The bandits fled with about $800 in the store.
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Michael J. Bowers
Twentieth and
Olney Sts
Bowers
Bower
Bandits Given 10 Year Terms In Robbery Case
Jesse McClure of Holton and Clarence Williams of Dayton were sentenced by Judge James A. Collins to ten to twenty one years in state prison on robbery charges. Each was fined $1000 and costs after being identified by filling-station attendants for robberies at Bluff Road Troy Avenue Thirty Eighth and Fall Creek Boulevard. Williams denied involvement. McClure admitted participation. Collins planned to ask the governor to transfer McClure to Indiana Prison. Williams earlier had a 1922 forgery sentence and a hospital recommendation for criminal insanity.
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Jesse McClue
Holton
Indiana
Collins
Jackson
McClure
William
Williams
Indianapolis Lawyer Named Special Judge in Weaver Case
Charles S. Wiltsie of Indianapolis was chosen as special judge for the George A. Weaver and Windsor J. Weaver cases. The defendants face charges of false claims and perjury tied to a county asylum addition project. Windsor Weaver’s trial begins December 28 in Criminal Court. separate trials were granted.
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Charles S. Wiltsie
Indianapolis
George A. Weaver
Windsor J. Weaver
Julietta
County Asylum
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Windsor Weaver
Criminal
Barrett Law Under Inquiry By Civic Committee
Barr e tt law is under review by the Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee which discussed disposition of the law and will seek legal advice before recommending action. William Fortune chairman noted receipt of a communication from Edward B Raub city councilman elect. Ralph Hamburger legal affairs chairman said the issue will be taken up soon. Leonard V Harrison expert warned prepayment funds may not count as public money since the debt funds private improvements.
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Chamber of Commerce
Barrett Law
William Fortune
Edward B. Raub
Ralph Bamburger
Leonard V. Harrison
Courts Handicap Speed War Police Charge New Drives
Control cites leniency in six cases four admitted guilt in city court.
Corner Cops Tighten Speed Rules Downtown in City
A speed crackdown orders motorists not to exceed ten mph downtown and five mph at corners. Two drivers were jailed on bond, eighteen arrested overall, while police push for stiffer penalties and court cooperation. Sergt. Owens notes judges have suspended judgments for some violators.
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Sergt
Frank Owens
Herman If’. Rikhoff
Owens
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Louis Blair
R. R. L. Box
Elmer Miller
Parkview Blvd
Paul C. Carpenter
Pleasant Run Blvd
Ira Batty
Woods
Meridian St
John K. Kingsbury
Irvington Ave
Lewis Schneider
Rikhoff
Misgivings Over Dawes Plan Openly Expressed in Germany
Berlin reports that a government official in the Reichstag openly voiced misgivings about the Dawes plan. The spokesman said tax funds would not cover 1927 payments and that revenue from other sources would be needed, advocating reduced industrial taxes on manufacturers.
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Germany
Bu United Presse Berlin
Alcohol in car sparks chase near Traders Point
State Policemen Jarrett and Bridges pursued two men who owned and drove a liquor car abandoned near Traders Point after a chase from Lebanon. The vehicle, carrying seventy gallons of alcohol, crashed into a ditch. the pair fled.
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Jarrett
Bridges
Traders Point
Lebanon
Supply Bill Up In House
Washington Dec 19 The House began consideration of the 867 852 000 treasury post office appropriation bill as the next major supply measure after sending the 325 000 000 tax reduction bill to the Senate Leaders aim to pass the big appropriation before next Tuesday when the holiday recess starts Senator Smoot and other Administration backers push for swift Senate action President Coolidge wants the tax bill signed by March 1 to apply reductions to this year income use
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Senate
House
Treasury-Post Office
Smoot
Utah
Republican
Coolidge
Indianapolis Street Railway Deficit Cut in October and November
Monthly financial report shows improved condition with a 2 cent transfer charge. Depreciation reserve declined from 107 459.91 to 9 742.25 in October and to 87 200.99 in November. October receipts reached 482 116.75 versus 418 399.09 in 1928. November receipts were 408 100.55 versus 400 559.29 in 1928.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
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Iron Worker
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MEK
Legionnaires
Rector Johns
Gaught
Amack
Hack
United States Army
Charles Wiltsie
C. of C. Committee
Court
N. Meridian St
Frederick B. Schortemeier
Schortemeier
Secretary of State
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