Guard Court Scenes as Gang Bandit Trial Opens
Jury chosen and testimony starts in the trial of Lloyd Amos 617% North Illinois Street accused of masterminding a December 8 holdup outside F. W. Hohlit Son store 1239 Kentucky Avenue that left two bandits dead Otto Price and Carl Kittrell. Armfield top witness. heavy police guard with plain clothes detachment to prevent gang retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Amos
North
Illinois Street
Amos
F. W. Hohlit & Son
Kentucky Avenue
Otto Price
Carl Kittrell
Price
Herman Armfield
Kokomo
Hohlt
Armfield
Kittrell
Roy Pope
Herbert Fletcher
James A. Collins
Claude M. Worley
Harry McGlenn
John T. Willis
It pays to telephone Basic rate to contact only 70 cents
Advertisement notes a basic telephone rate of seventy cents for a contact. It emphasizes the cost as a simple incentive to use the phone for inquiries or orders. The brief ad frames calling as economical.
Four Way Love in United Press
A Wichita man, George J. Daley, his wife Daisy, and his second wife Neva share custody of Catherine a five year old. After initial divorce in Chicago and a move to Wichita Daley later remarried. Daisy and Neva care for Catherine while Daley works and Neva treats her as a daughter. Catherine expresses affection for both mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ichita
Kas
George J. Daley
Daisy
Chicago
Catherine
George
Neva
Wichita
Poison Used In Guggenheim Lab Robbery Slaying
United Press reports a bandit poisoned coffee at the Guggenheim Laboratory in New York killing night watchman Henry W. Gaw 29. The attacker then robbed a $20 cash drawer and sought chemical files while fleeing after beating two tear gas truck drivers Chester Mc Cauley and Elmer Mayhew unconscious.
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United Press
New York
Guggenheim Laboratory
Baltimore
Chester McCauley
Elmer Mayhew
Henry W. Gaw
Gaw
Robbery of 60 year old real estate collector
William Mel lender aged 60, a real estate company employee, was robbed early today. Two men forced him from his bicycle at Seventeenth Street and Arsenal Avenue into a car, drove him to Thirty-ninth Street and Keystone Avenue, and took $50, returning 25 cents for carfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mellender
North Chester Avenue
Dunlop & Hostegel Real Estate Company
Seventeenth Street
Arsenal Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Keystone Avenue
U. S. Referee Named in Evansville Bankruptcy Panel
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell announced the appointment of George F. Zimmerman of Evansville as a federal bankruptcy referee for the Evansville division. Zimmerman succeeds Charles F. Werner who resigned Jan. 1 to become assistant Indiana attorney general.
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George F. Zimmerman
Vernon
Evansville
Robert C. Baltzell
Zimmerman
Charles F. Werner
Indiana
Postoffice to Observe New Year Holiday in Indianapolis
No mail on Jan 1 as New Year’s Day is observed at the Indianapolis postoffice. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced all departments will be closed except perishable parcel post and special delivery. Holiday collections will be made and no carrier delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Married sixty years in same home in Buano
Mr and Mrs Amer Cook aged 84 and 77 celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Buano on December 27. They still reside in the house where they were wed, marking six decades together.
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Bu United
BUANO
Sav Amer Cook
New Clews May Solve Schoen Case
Detectives may soon solve Patrolman Norman Schoen murder as a crew is suspected to operate, but prosecutors say evidence hasn’t yielded an arrest. Hugh Cooper testified detectives Englebright and Hubbard received important information, leading to a suspect roundup that produced no arrests. Cooper, jailed after a November restaurant fight, said a hot car ring links to the case. Special Judge Rochford fined him $50 for drawing deadly weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Schoen
Parolman Schoen
Irvingen Avenue
Hugh Cooper
Princeton
Marmon Motor Car Company
Cooper
Emmett Englebright
George Hubbard
Schoen
Jerry Kinney
Kinney
Englebright
Hubbard
Paul Rochford
Yugoslavia King Alexander III Confined by Cold in Belgrade
Belgrade reports King Alexander of Yugoslavia is confined to bed with a severe cold. The monarch, Alexander III, is resting at royal residence as doctors monitor his condition. Public announcements offer reassurance and expect a swift recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Belgrade
United Press
Alexander of
Yugo-Slavia
Plea Appeal On Motor Theft Convictions Filed In Court
Federal court completed the appeal process for Michael J. Glenn and Frank R. Wolf after filing a bill of exceptions. Wolf received fifteen months in prison and a $1000 fine. Glenn three years and a $5000 fine for receiving and concealing a stolen automobile. Captain Benjamin E. Price, 90, Civil War veteran and longtime White County resident, died after a long illness in Monticello Indiana.
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Michael J. Glenn
Long Island
Indianapolis
Frank R. Wolf
Wolf
Glenn
Robert C. Baltzell
United Press
Monticello
Ind
Benjamin E. Price
White County
Frederick of the Waldorf the Perfect Waiter Dies
Fred Cigler known as Frederick of the Waldorf and famous waiter died after a gas attack following his report that the Waldorf hotel was sold and to be torn down. He had lost a foot to infection and had reappeared occasionally selling pencils with a poodle beside him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
York
Fred Cigler
Heidelburg
Germany
Waldorf Hotel
Frederick
the Waldorf
Cigler
Waldorf
Flays Utilities For Dam Fight
Senator Norris of Nebraska attacks the Boulder dam bill opposition by the power trust. He says the compromise to pass the bill is unsatisfactory to the power trust and urges government control of the power. He praises the legislation as a progressive step for natural resources, while accusing trust controlled newspapers of fearmongering farmers about land settlement and crop competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Power Trust
Boulder Dam
Imperial Valley
Iowa
King Gains Slowly as London Reports No Change
London reports no change in the king's condition at 3 p.m. with slow improvement continuing from Wednesday. Officials note a daily bulletin due to extremely slow progress, while indicating no bulletin will be issued until tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press London
Burial of Lewis Purnell, King Benjamin Purnell’s brother
Lewis Purnell 82, brother of the late King Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, was buried in Greenup Kentucky after a long illness. He was not laid in the mausoleum being erected for King Benjamin as officials cited ongoing litigation over the site. King Benjamin had died several months earlier.
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United Press
Greenup
Lewis Purnell
King Benjamin Purnell
House of David
King Benjamin
Benjamin
Buyer of bootleg liquor fined in first conspiracy case
Alfred E. Norris, a New York Philadelphia banker, is fined 200 dollars for conspiracy to violate prohibition law. The court held that mere purchase can establish conspiracy if it leads to liquor transport. Norris appealed as co-defendant Joel D. Kerper faced a prior conviction and ongoing sentence at Atlanta federal penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
Alfred E. Norris
New York
William H. Kirkpatrick
Norris
Kirkpatrick
Joel D. Kerper
Society
Washington
Bar Harbor
Maine
Nolle Contendre
United States
Kerper
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Yale Editor Dies After Horse Kicking Injury
Henry Stoddard Sherman Jr. a Yale junior and Yale Daily News editor, died in Cleveland at age 20 from head injuries after a Christmas Day kick from his horse. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cleveland
Henry Stoddard Sherman Jr
Yale
Yale Varsity
Yale Daily News
Henry S. Shermon
Emotional send-off aids keeping New Year resolutions
Temple University psychology chair Professor Thaddeus L. Bolton proposes an emotional send-off for New Year resolutions. He says breaking them hinges on method, not habit, and recommends soft lights, spacious surroundings, and soft music as one signs the pledge, then keeping a visible copy at morning and throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Hiladelphia
Thaddeus L. Bolton
Temple University
Train Wreck At Navaho After Spikes Removed
Derailment of the Santa Fe Navaho line near Hesperia California follows removal of spikes along one rail and a disconnected angle iron. Eight seriously injured include Mrs. Mackie and F J Mackie. engineer A C Long praised for stopping the train. Sheriff orders posse to identify wreckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe
Navajo
Hesperia
A. C. Long
F. J. Mackie
Mackie
W. H. Burdage
Winslow
Ariz
Los Angeles
Shea
San Francisco
Man loses pants in Chicago garage robbery
George Wood a traveling salesman was robbed of a watch and $16 in a garage scuffle. When the thief demanded Wood's pants he fought for two hours, wrestling on the floor before the robber took the pants and fled. Wood chased him in his underwear but the robber escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
George Wood
Wood
Child dies after finding bottle of whisky
In Brooklyn Ida Medina aged 6 crawled under a bed on Wednesday night and tasted whisky from a bottle found there. She became unconscious and died later at Long Island College Hospital. Police sent the bottle’s samples to chemists for analysis and no action against her mother Mary Santos was yet taken.
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Girl
Bottie
United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ida Medina
Long Island College Hospital
Mary Santos
Myrtle Avenue
Entertainer Christy Held After Stabbing in Elkhart
Elkhart Indiana December 27 Joe Christy an entertainer at a local theater is jailed awaiting trial on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill. Police say Christy and Charles Wright entered a restaurant where Christy stabbed a porter after an argument over walking on a freshly washed floor Wright allegedly struck the porter as he fell both men are jailed awaiting action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Elkhart
Ind
Joe Christy
Christy
Charles Wright
Wright
Adams to testify on bribery probe in Boston Braves case
Charles F. Adams vice president of the Boston Braves agreed to appear before the finance commission to testify in the bribery inquiry. Adams says a city council member proposed a payment before the Sunday baseball bill was acted on. The council planned to take up the bill that afternoon.
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United Press
Boston
Charles F. Adams
Boston Braves
Finance Commission
Adams
Boston City Council
Angry Consumers Storm Statehouse Over Water Meter Program
About fifty Indianapolis water customers testified at a public service commission hearing on the city water meter program. They described shutoffs after paying flat rates, promised savings from meters that failed to appear, and harassment from inspectors when refusing installation.
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Statehouse
City Water Company
Itate Water
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Water Company
Hearing On Water Meter Practices Draws Citizens Grievances
Citizens testified at a house of representatives hearing about water meter installations and alleged company pressure. Witnesses described water shutoffs without prompt meters, repeated inspections, leakage charges, and high installation costs while urging flat rates and company payment for meters. The proceeding involved commission staff, company attorneys, plumbers, and state officials.
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House of Representatives
Ellis
William A. Edwards
Commission Service Department
Indiana
Frank Singleton
Commission
J. B. Downing
English Avenue
Frank D. Jordan
Mussle
College Avenue
Saddlier
J. J. Daniels
Fred Bates Johnson
L. R. Zapf
Asa Smith
Robert L. Moorhead
Favor Johnson on City Board
Emsley W. Johnson, Republican attorney, is expected to be named a board of works member by Mayor L. Ert Slack, Democrat. The post would fill a vacancy created by the probable Jan. 1 removal of Charles L. Riddle, Republican. Johnson has long been active in Republican politics and has offices in the Peoples State Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emsley W. Johnson
Board of Works
L. Ert Slack
Slack
Johnson
Charles L. Riddle
Peoples State Bank
Lew Shank
Park Board
John W. Holtzman
Bank Cashier Kidnapped in Manchester Robbery
Three bandits abducted Robert Bloom the Manchester bank cashier and fled with a loot estimated between 2000 and 5000 dollars in a second bank holdup in a month. Earlier this month another gang had seized about 5000 dollars after taking the cashier and assistant cashier.
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United Arena
Manchester
Robert Bloom
School Boy Killed in Evansville Auto Crash
Louis Wunderlich an 18 year old high school student was killed when the car he rode in crashed into a parked machine in Evansville Indiana. Two other youths Willam Kassling age 20 and William Hobbs age 19 were seriously injured and hospitalized. Frank Frick 32 the driver was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Evansville
Ind
Louis Wunderlich
Willam Kassling
William Hobbs
Frank Frick
Detroit man in critical condition after Elyria sideswipe
John H. Johnson aged 29 from Detroit was in critical condition at Elyria Memorial hospital after a one car sideswipe accident near Elyria. His left arm was severed at the shoulder when he drove with his arm resting on the door and struck a trailer owned by James R. Martin of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Elayia
Ohio
John H. Johnson
Detroit
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Here
Johnson
James R. Martin
Cleveland
Poison Booze Kills 12 in New York Metropolis
In New York, twelve people have died from alcoholic poisoning in the metropolitan area since Sunday, with reports continuing as of Wednesday. Authorities investigate the outbreak and urge caution over tainted liquor and illicit distilling.
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New York
United Press
Shotgun Fire Scare Hits Milford Family Home
Charles Maul farmer and his family near Milford were awakened when a shotgun discharged into a kitchen wall. The blast damaged the wall but the fire was stopped before spreading to other parts of the house.
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United Press
Milford
Del
Charles Maul
Here
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East Fifteenth Street
Olin A. Hammond
Hall Place
Homer C. Lathrop
Ames
Judson IL
Stark
Christas
Rob
U. S
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North Capitol Avenue
Claude Kuntz
Buddy
Bury
King
Santa Fe Navajo
Bandit
Elkhart Theater
Porter
W. W. Wentworth
Times
NEA
DIU VR
Commis
Sioner Howell Ellis
Downing
J. C. Goddam
North Temple Avenue
B. F. Prank
Mulray
Oscar Moore
Southeastern Avenue
O. F. Mussle
Park Avenue
William F. Menning
Hamilton Street
George Saddlier
Favor Johnson
G. O. P. Sawyer
Bandits
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