Body of Dixmude captain found off Sicilian coast
United Press reports Captain Du Plexis de Greneda of the ill fated French airship Dixmude was found by fishermen in the Mediterranean off the Sicilian coast. Officials say the airship was likely lost at sea days ago and crew possibly escaped by parachute before the crash. Warships were ordered to patrol the Tunis Sicilian waters as rescue efforts and conflicting desert reports unfold.
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Paris
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Ministry of Marine
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Hangaim
Ahmet
Fair and Cold With Forecast Rise in Temperature
Local meteorologist J H Armington predicts fair weather today and Saturday with a slight temperature rise. Morning readings show 29 degrees at seven with the thermometer expected to range 26 to 30 degrees tonight.
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J. H. Armington
Armington
Third confession in Tuxedo State Bank case shocks Hamilton
Oscar Sanders 23 signs a full confession detailing his role in the November 23 bank robbery in Indianapolis where 8774 was taken. Leroy Young and Miss Marjorie Callahan are held in Indianapolis with confessed involvement. Sanders led police to a plan involving a Ford coupe and an Italian accomplice, with $900 of the loot paid to him.
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Oscar Sanders
Tuxedo State Bank
Indianapolis
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Marjorie Callahan
Harry C. Webster
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Leroy Young
E. Tenth St
Ashland Ave
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Young
Vernon Sweet
Dunreith
Ind
Indiana Bankers’ Protective Association
Studebaker
Dynreith
Indiana
Burns
Cincinnati
Arrest in Indiana man on wife desertion charge
John W. Shofner, 22, formerly of Franklin, Indiana, was arrested at 1868 Pleasant Run Blvd today by Detectives Radamacher and Allen on a Franklin warrant charging wife desertion. In Mexico City, the Mexican Senate ratified the special claims convention with the United States by a 42 to 5 vote.
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Franklin, Ind
Pleasant Run Blvd
Radamacher and
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Shofner
United Press
Mexico City
Mexican Senate
United States
Resignation Tendered by Police Secretary Ora Ball
Ora C. Ball secretary to Traffic Captain Michael Glenn resigned from the police department citing other employment as the prompting factor. Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff acknowledged the resignation and the departure of Ball from his staff.
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Michael Glenn
Police Department
Herman F. Rikhoff
Ball
Scientist Declares Human Sex Can Be Reversed
Cincinnati report on Dr. Oscar Riddle at the American Society of Zoologists describing a dove altered from female to male by tuberculosis at Cold Spring Harbor. He argues sex characteristics are not fixed, citing the bird's eleven eggs, behavioral changes, and eventual death with two male glands.
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United Press
Clerical Work Keeps Volunteers Busy at Big Convention
Staff of student volunteers works late at the movement’s headquarters in Indianapolis before the ninth international Student Volunteer Movement convention opens. Helen Thomas from Teachers College Indianapolis Hallie Strange from Texas Mrs Herbert Dexter from Indiana University Marie Nelson from Wooster College and Helen Hoover from Butler University are among the workers.
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Helen Thomas
Teachers’ College
Indianapolis
Hallie Strange
Texas
Herbert Dexter
Marie Nelson
Helen Hoover
Grand Jury Bonds Shideler In Shoplifting Case
Mrs. Fern Shideler bound over to the grand jury on a shoplifting charge from Agree & Co. in a case heard before Special Judge Garrette W. Olds. Policewomen testified to stolen socks ties a lunch cloth and other items totaling 44.80. Attorney Eph Inman argued for the defense as deputy prosecutor J. Burnette Little pressed the case. husband Fred W. Shideler, head of F. W. Shideler Company, cited alleged mental strain.
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Eph Inman
Water Tank Burst Cuts Fire and Water Service
Galveston Indiana reports a 16,000 gallon water supply tank burst, leaving the town without fire protection and water service. Authorities assess the incident as a loss of essential utility.
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Galveston
United Press
Ind
Swamp land sale near Hammond draws bidders
State Auditor Robert W. Bracken announced a sale of swamp land near Hammond Indiana this afternoon. The appraised value was 25 dollars an acre but the first bidder offered 150 dollars per acre. A Chicago realtor bid 155 dollars per acre. The sale was scheduled to close at 2 p.m.
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Ind
Robert W. Bracken
Chicago
Widow Effie Chapman Appointed To County Treasurer Term
Rockville Indiana December 28 Mrs Effie Chapman widow of John Chapman county treasurer who killed himself last week has been appointed by the county commissioners to fill his unexpired term.
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United Press
Rockville
Ind
Effie Chapman
John Chapman
Drivers urged to join safety club
Neal McCormick signed a Times Safety Club coupon becoming the first private car owner to join. Within a day the movement reached 201 members, with 196 taxi drivers joining after managers praised the cause. Traffic Captain Michael Glenn urged all drivers to join, citing reduced fatalities in Detroit’s 1920s campaigns and personal responsibility pledges.
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Washington St
Times Safety Club
Safety Club
Michael Glenn
the Times
Police Department
Detroit
Don Herr
Donn Herr Cab Company
Mike Maroney
Yellow Cab Company
Times Club
William H. McLaughlin
Diamond Cab Company
F. J. McKennan
Indiana Cab Company
A. F. Davidson
Red Top Cab Company
Passaic High Team Coach Blood Plans New Offense
The Passaic High School Five led by Ernest Blood, famed for 120 straight wins, will have nine formations as the coach explains his unconventional offense. Blood will diagram plays for HE TIMES and contribute three articles on basketball with the first feature appearing on Saturday.
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Passiae
N. J
Ernest Blood
Blood
Coach Blood
Passaic
The
Times
Times Sport
Standard Oil to raise gasoline price Saturday
An increase of two cents per gallon in gasoline prices will go into effect Saturday by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Eleven mid western states will be affected. Local officials say they have received no notice of the hike.
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Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Interurban car strikes killing two Mancini women
GRebNrlbLp Ind Dec 28 Mrs Maury Mancini 68 and daughter Rose 31 were killed when an interurban car struck their fruit truck west of here. Son Nicholas 29 was seriously hurt. The truck skidded on the tracks pinning the women under the seat. The motorman did not see the overturned truck in time to stop.
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United Press Grebnrlblp
Ind
Maury Mancini
Rose Mancini
Nicholas Mancini
Here
Connersville
Mancini
Indianapolis
Ft. Wayne
Raymon McGoffin Pleads Guilty To Liquor Violation
In a sudden change of plea at Criminal Judge James A. Collins court Raymon McGoffin enters a guilty plea after his wife urges the shift. The judge imposes thirty days in jail and a hundred dollar fines and costs for producing seventy five quarts of home brew for his wife.
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James A. Collins
Clerk
Raymond McCoffin
McCoffin
George Snider
Five Hurt as Dynomite Blast Rocks Ohio Plant
Five persons were seriously injured at the Pittsburgh Glass Company plant in Zanesville Ohio after twenty two cases of dynamite exploded due to a short circuit.
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United Press
Zanesville
Ohio
Pittsburgh Glass Company
Lloyd George to Speak on Indianapolis Tour Impressions
The Indianapolis Times publishes thoughts from former British premier Lloyd George, a regular contributor, on his views of Indianapolis and sister cities visited during his American tour. The article promises tomorrow's print from this special correspondent.
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis
S Times
Lloyd George
Times
Volunteers Open Convention With 6000 Delegates
About 6000 young people from the United States Canada and foreign lands attended the ninth international convention of the Student Volunteer Movement at Cable Tabernacle. Dr Walter H Judd presided delivering What Is Wrong with the World. other speakers included Joseph C Robbins Paul Blanchard and Newton W Rowell.
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Cable Tabernacle
United States
Canada
Walter H. Judd
University of Nebraska
Joseph C. Robbins
New York
Paul Blanchard
Boston
Newton W. Rowell
Privy Council of Canada
Tabernacle
Wills J. King
Atlanta
Y. Y. Tsu
China
Union Station
Japan
Turkey
Greece
Africa
East Indies
Shortridge High School
Sailstad and Sunshine Girl Sentenced for Arson
Edward J. Sailstad and Dorothy Anderson, his sunshine girl, were sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to arson. The pair, arrested in Napa California, had been accused of digging up another man, burning the body, and staging Sailstad’s death to hide their elopement. Sailstad’s wife remarried and collected insurance on her presumed dead husband.
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United Press Superior
Wis
Edward J. Sailstad
Dorothy Anderson
Sunshine Girl
Sailstad
Miss Anderson
Napa
Cal
Opinion backs release of Indiana National Guard camp pay
Attorney General U. S. Lesh expected to approve release of 75000 dollars of state funds for Indiana National Guard camp pay to 4750 men. Payroll totals 54271.40 with armory rentals at 23000. State Auditor Bracken refused payment citing fiscal year end. Lesh to cite 1901 law allowing annual funding from Jan 1 to Dec 31.
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U. S. Lesh
Indiana
Lesh
Robert W. Bracken
Youth Admits Robbery Over Jobless Frustration
Gary Indiana dispatch reports Ray Hogan age 23 confessed to police that he threw a brick through a South Bend jewelry store window and fled with 2500 dollars in diamonds after failing to find work. He said he sold the loot in Chicago for 250 dollars. Hogan left his 17 year old bride in a movie when he carried out the crime. His father in law was tipped to his whereabouts.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Ray Hogan
South Bend
Hogan
Chicago
Brooklyn umbrella peddler jailed for home invasion
Judge James A. Collins sentences Ben Zissner of Brooklyn to thirty days in county jail after he was found guilty of entering the home of Mrs. Ella Eblin at 75 N. Holmes Ave. The assault and battery conviction follows a remark about residents fearing to stay in Indianapolis.
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James A. Collins
Ben Zissner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zissner
Ella Eblin
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